Morning Tribune, 4 January 1949

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    Masthead
    15 1 MORNING Tribune \ol, I. No. 977 (New Series). TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1949. Price 10 Cents.
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    S'HAI SUES FOR PEACE
    222 1 S'HAI SUES FOR PEACE "Please MR. 'Bandit...." SHANGHAI, Monday. APPEALS to the Communist leaders to issue a cease-fire order and start peace talks to end China's civil war have been sent to the Communists from three of China's biggest cities Shanghai. Peiping and Tientsin. The Shanghai appeal, sent by the
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    STOP PRESS New U.K. Goverment Probe
    107 1 STOP PRESS New U.K. Goverment Probe VDON, Mon._ The Soot>'ard fraud squad has i new inquiry into irregularities by JJor civil servants dealing ll *h import lirences at the ward of Trade, reported the "■jjjj Telefrapk today. P"l>er says that they r -""iarlv concern the im- of motor cars. When
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    Strange Cease-Fire Hard To Explain
    107 1 Strange Cease- Fire Hard To Explain DATA VI A, Mon. A Dutch Army spokesman was hardpressed today to explain the strange cease-fire order in Indonesia. The order was revealed last night by a spokesman who said it had gone into effect in Java on December 31. Asked why the order
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    The Official Statement
    186 1 The Official Statement THE FOLLOWING OFFICIAL STATEMENT ON THE INCIDENT AT KUALA KL'BU ON DECEMBER 12, 1948, WAS ISSUED IN KUALA LUMPUR YESTERDAY. nOLICE had reliable Information that there were concentrate tions of C'oinmiiniHtH In the area west of the main road between Raaa and Sungei Tempayan. After discmwrton with
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    DEATH TRAP
    217 1 The section patrolled a wide area, including rubber estates and jungle, during which bandits were spotted and tired at. The sergeant, fearing that the bandits spotted, would carry information regarding the section to other concentrations of bandits, and that his section might be trapped, decided to press on,
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    SPLIT INTO GROUPS
    288 1 The following morning- they were brought out of the room by two sentries who were on the verandah of the kongsi hou.se m which the room was situated. The only other soldier m sight was the sergeant m command, who was standing on the ground a little
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    KUALA KUBU
    1112 1 TELL THE PEOPLE THIS IS STILL NOT GOOD ENOUGH THE story of Kuala Kubu, where twenty-four out of twenty-five Chinese were shot dead while attempting to escape from a patrol of police and Scots Guards" less satisfactory with every account issued by the Federation Govern' ment. The attitude
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    Muslims oppose Penang break
    34 2 TM I. ben d the v.i r boua bi .i"< be* M perit) i u^ \on ;>ut.- tin in:{»i. tn. m th' A i uri c i olution and re
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    POSTPONED PAYMENT NOT CHEATING
    99 2 POSTPONED PAYMENT NOT CHEATING .■nina^im: fuopn-tor of r i :ifle Traders Robert U I an.J Lok Kirn I 'oh (2SI rutt> «J of two ctiaryes of < iwui- (i x/ si yzz i < itm^: m Urn BetojMl p<<lk'i C« rt yk»'.ster<lay. Lee and ix>h irere allegei to have dlMtOd
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    Guinea pigs weather the tropics— in a room
    171 2 Guinea pigs weather the tropics— in a room TWENTY Human <-» vi: PI r, Rr iMbmitting them- p ul tropical wea thei condition tests m Q Rova Naval r. irch institute to I ground* of the College of »W I cine, Btng 'P v Th.n ire v. Mito" from the
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    Shot Comrade By Accident—Fined
    256 2 Shot Comrade By Accident— Fined puiVATE s. Cardwell, an infanteor attached to the K.A.S.C.. was yesterday fined $150 m the First District Court, for causing the death of Private Kaleb bin AivariK. who was accidentally shot m the R A SC room. I'asir Panjang. on November 10 HI E. F'
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    TUITION
    49 2 MXX( WtILK INSTITI TION 209, Qwea Street Phase MH). DAY C O M Ifl B RCI A I classes for ail commercial mibjects. EVENING CLASSES for Shorthand, Typewriting, I !ook -Keeping and Higher Ace intnncy. Mathomatics, F.nizUsh, Physics, Chemistry for Laboratory Assistants and for Senior and Matriculation Examinations.
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    RAF forms new Malaya squadron
    72 2 RAF forms new Malaya squadron Trie fmnritiori Oi NO I ■quadron of the f..a F. Regi- aaent Mii.iy.i I hai now be* n approve i R >cruiting teami will shortly tOUI Malaya ami Sing! pore. Poattn it Local l'o!ic. Headirten gave the ttmc table foe visits to individual nr-a-Recruit* have
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    PLANTERS KILL THUG IN DUEL
    218 2 PLANTERS KILL THUG IN DUEL THRKE Eiiropeau planters from 1. .dang dedd e> Eftetc m the Km! Pilah ;«re;. shot J. .<} N .n.l it and wounded another m a gun duel v*r" threy bandits, on Sumt:<y. The wounded niurt ttMped with the third man into the juflgk. The planter
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    CRIME dropped in 1948
    124 2 CRIME dropped in 1948 The.".' »#J U% 4 ir..j, Jin erlmc In lIM Ie parv i »Ita IMT (h raur r, t>i: ln»m *>b 2 19, ;t>i:m! ra|#tffisi frost 13' StS t SM b.>iisf brt-ak t in X rron t^Sii to 1,003 S thWt* fr.>m 5.701 S SJf* Th«* eojer^»*m
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    Stole Mother's Cloth: "For Food"
    50 2 Stole Mo ther's Cloth: "For Food" TAN Ah Tee, ag*d 9M, charged with breaking into hi* adopted mother's house and stealing three >&rd- cloth and $5, told the First District Judge yesterday thtt he did it because his mother gave him no food. H* sentenced to elpht weeks' ritrorous imprisonment.
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    IN BRIEF
    118 2 There have been less than ten accident! in the Crawford Street. North Bridge Road. Scmbawa Road and Victoria Street area since the roundabout was started there ei<;ht months a^o The R.A. band concert, which was to be held at Vic- tona Hall on Jan. 6. has been cance'led.
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    GRAFT CHARGES AGAINST FRENCH GOVERNMENT
    203 3 GRAFT CHARGES AGAINST FRENCH GOVERNMENT PARIS, Mon. The French National Assembly last night asked the Government to investigate allegations of waste and graft involving millions of pounds of public funds. M. Christian Pineau. Acting Finance Minister, said inquiries would be conducted without regard to political consequences. The first names of
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    Mac Arthur takes a holiday
    78 3 U.P. TOKIO. Monday. Goneia! j MacAithur worked at his office I only 364 days during 1948. but Ihe started off the new yeai vvith indications that he will do better m 1949. Headquarters officials admitted that their mechanical boss skipped one day behind his desk
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    850 MPH PLANE
    48 3 LONDON. Mon. The Daily Express reported today that an instrument carrying robot "plane developed at the Royal Aircraft establishment at Farnborough. Hampshire. "touched 850 miles an hour" several days ago m a test i above the Scilly Isles off the southwest coast of England. U.P.
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    SEMI – OFFICIAL CEASE FIRE IN JAVA
    214 3 SEMI OFFICIAL CEASE FIRE IN JAVA BATAVIA. Mon. THE Dutch commander i:i Indonesia has told his troops m Java that their only remaining job is "operations against roaming groups or individuals trying to cause disorder." This was interpreted here as a semi-official cease fire order. A Dutch military spokesman declined
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    17 die in air crash
    38 3 Seattle. Monday Seventeen people ate believed to have died when a chartered Dakota transport plane carrying 27 Yah- University students back to college crashed and caught Are while taking off hove last night.
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    Marriage Licencee —Aged
    88 3 Marriage Licencee Aged LOXG lit: \C 11. (ali i turnia, Mon. A li\»- year-old prea< her, Major (iortner, |M-rf(»rni"(l his y tir*»t marriage < «r«-inon\ j y^st.'nlav. H»* whs a«»siMed by his brother Fat, aj;«'<i He solemnised the marriage of Raymond > Mil!er, aped 23, a sailor, and Ainu: llr-un
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    MYSTERY PLANE
    27 3 FRANKFrRT. Monday. The American An Foia head< quarters at Weisbaden reported that a Rome-bound America! 'plane, landede m some undentiflad place, .md left Munich /esterdav.
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    Europe Will Get Priority
    119 3 Europe Will Get Priority Hondas )iir.;;'ly. lneoni- v n of the Senate latloni Oommltt* I priority to n< w ■i, nnlitaiy aid foj Europe. |ftd that be would iiu efforts aa comchalnnan to the strengof the M-partisan puiicy approach which s. antoi Aithui H. VanI the rctftrfcmg chairman, to launch.
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    MORE TOBACCO THAN EVER BEFORE
    79 3 MORE TOBACCO THAN EVER BEFORE SHINOTON, Monday— I time high m world toproduction is forecast 1943-49 crop year. a sharp reduction m n output. Departou nt of Agriexperta estimate the! Utput from July to; 7.340.000.000 pounds, j i 69 million pound? I year's crop, which led 7 billion pounds fo
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    Jerusalem Bombed Again
    252 3 WDON. Mon. Jerui'« air raid sirens wail- before midnight yes'•arning residents of nd raid m one day. v hours earlier planes the southwest, believed been Egyptian, dropBttcka of bombs »ll Qon-batUe areas people. lioni were heard the second raid and A-viv .spokesman said Element m the Northern
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    Dutch ask India to let Drees go through
    127 3 Dutch ask India to let Drees go through THE HAGUE Monday land was tod;«\ M fOtb I vvith i^l pDW ■r I notahly I'uiiH and to allow passage ol rait cariyinjr I>i Will* m I Dutch Picmici. to iDdOßCtia. 'l«- had planned tv m>\* I o sook fl NttttflMßt alt-
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    IN DISTRESS
    30 3 MIAMI. Florida. Mon Th.j I Coast Guard reported on Sun- day night that the iteamship Adcllen. <«.800 ton British tanker, was m distn-ss milcJl north of < 'artaprna. Colombia
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    Mr. President
    8 4 lIAKKV IK I MAN— nations hj,nrliv;i<|
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    Historic Congress Opens
    121 4 Historic Congress Opens Washington, Mon. The United States new Democratic Hint Congress opens today a six-month session which may prove one of the most momentous m the country's history. The House of Representatives and Senate, with newly won Democratic majorities are expected to initiate a programme of domestic legislation which
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    Few French Liners Call Here These Days
    315 4 (Tribune Shipping lieporter) THE pre-war busy passenper traie betw en France and the Far East operated by the Cie dc.s Messageries Maritimes when a liner a iortnipht called at Singapore— is nearly at a standstill. The arrival tomorrow of the 13.C00 ten Champollion
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    Elephant Handle With Care
    43 4 Elephant Handle With Care PARIS, Mon. Inaugu- t rating a new heavy J I freight service, a French V plane was due at Orly i airport, near here from Saigon. > lt« panaenger i freight an elephant i weighing nearly half a ton. Reuter
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    DEMAND FOR KARENISTAN
    75 4 RANGOON. Mon. Karen rebeli attacked the rice-milling centre at Pantanaw, just west Of Kanjjoon. and sot it afire, an 0 n Clal announcement said <"•«>■■ Some of the townspeople were killed. The Karena are demanding a -state for themselves to 1.,' known as Karenistan it would take
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    Letter Was Not So Dead After All
    98 4 Letter Was Not So Dead After All SYDNEY. Mon A parcel containing 700 A £lo notes was turned into Government funds by the Sydney Dead Letter Office after a sixmonth search for its owner. The package, which was unregistered, was posted m Sydney to an addressee m Brisbane, but no
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    WIDESPREAD
    99 4 NEW YORK. Mon The United States is planning to open nearly a score mor^ libraries m foreign coutr:es to spread information about American life, a State DepartBlent official n ported. Dr. William c. Johnstone Jr., director of the Department's office cf Educational exchange, said 64 libraries are m operation
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    FRONTLINE TEACHERS
    66 4 MOSCOW. Mon.— T^e Soviet Union has 1-250.000 schooi teachers. This figure was given m an aditonal article m Pravda urging all local authorities to see that laws of universal ducat: on are rigorously enlorced. The editorial also stated that the 1.250.000 teachers haj m their classes 32.000.0^0 pupils
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    A Feather In The Cap
    118 4 LONDON, Mon- The Conservative Daily Telegraph said today m a leading article on the ceasefire agreement m Kashmir, that "so sensible and satisfactory a step towards the restoration of peace between India and Pakistan is a feather m the cap of the commission from the
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    GUNFIRE. BOREDOM -N. CHINA
    105 4 I tin w.i ctenl < •>; ih V. :iat the Ri been replaced by unit Uf< In Ti< r'-»- -nli- put long Ut-: »uch commonpUi is 1 IMted <!• i tl> .f kfht AmerW k i nlm <: int li uith the city'i I I em
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    Gangs Rob N.S. Wales Railways
    99 4 Gangs Rob N.S. Wales Railways SYDNEY. Mon. p:'.:-r:r.? on Now South Wales rftlll caused a loss of C2SOJNN daring 1948. Officials said that o| .articular concern to the depart. ment is the pilfering txu-een stations. Organised gar.gv apparently raid goods trains at slow-moving points and roil goods from trucks to
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    Tizard Confers With Chifley
    65 4 Canberra. Mon.- Sir ry lizard, chief defence sci< BOfie adviser to the British gov< I ment, who has been examining Australian rocket range defence plans, had a final DM ing with Prime Minister J. l Chifley and Defence Mlnisi Johnstone Dednian m Cant- n Sir Henry's
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    Betty Persuades Major Beatty
    165 4 SYDNEY, Mon.— Mr. E. N. Larkin veterinary surgeon of Sydney, said on his recent return from a visit to England that he had be^n surprised to find that many stables employe eirto as "strappers." k Ho added that misgivings of trainers, forced to employ girls because
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    Li Leaves Hongkong
    82 4 5 NANKING. Mon— Re- j liable report** from Hong i K.»ni; said Marshal U I Chi-shen had left his re- j fug^e m the British colony > and headed secretly tor Ked territory m the North. The one time Nationa- t list army chief of staff is
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    NEWSVIEW
    270 5 nmEREAS the begin- ning of last year saw decline m the political temperature of Malaya. x,w sTear reveals of warmer weather ih< L January 1948 marked i of on- phase m political cycle In a. The constitu--1 controversy which n 5 ,,»,n after the ration culminated with imposed Constitu-
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    TRIBUNE MAGAZINE
    44 5 A CHTLD SMUGGLER IS BKOI'GHT TO BOOK /lore than 100.000 juvenile vagabonds was the heritage Hitler left behind. Roaming like wolf packs, stealing and engaging m blackmarket activities these children, the war orphans oi' today may be the war lords of tomorrow.
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    GERMANY'S DEAD END KIDS
    616 5 GERMAN Y'S DEAD END KIDS HUNDREDS of thousand? of homeless youths living on the black-market and minor criminal offences, still wander around m Western Germany as what allied officials described as "victims of the second world war." More than 100.000 juvenile vasribonds. attempting to escape police arrest, chose the open
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    THE RED SHOES
    1081 6 Jour newj SERIAL I V THE STORY SO FAB: \fIrr the premiere <>l his new f.iifl.t, ***** LBRMONTOV, internationally -famed impresario, attends a reception at LADI NKSTOVS home. There he meets l.ad\ Nestoa'n aelce, VICTOBI I\\(»E who has asaMttOSM of fce< >ming a hallet dancer. LprmoatoVi though
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    AN AMERICAN LOOKS AT PENANG
    763 6  -  STAN SWINTON AMERICA fought her Civil War over secession. Today the same issue has awakened this oldest cornoi of Britain's Pacific empire from a 162--year political doze. Most Penang*s population wants to secede from the Federation of Italaya. They want to become I Crown Colon
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    World Pnotonews
    128 7 IVJtJf. THE DVC ESS OF KENT distributed an in food parcel to Mrs Marjoru Flfftm of the EUza- i ft A>:d<rson Hospital. Eitston- road. r f. H L. Johnmm (left), of Ohio state University, Ohio, gJPgWtfUgt eqmi'OU )if Which he said has '.'i'l-id hinlrofff-n that c n 1
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    NEW YEAR ROUND UP
    265 8 NEW YEAR ROUND UP NKYV VKAK I)\N( E: Members of the S.V.C. celebrated New Year with a dance at the Victoria Memorial Hall Above (left to rifjht Pat Swyny, Mr*. J. L. Pestana, Mrs. Kirby, Burpord. Rodyk, M. Moss Mlhh P. QMrm, Mrs. A. George, N. N. Leicester, Mrs. Pat
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      219 10 I I\«HSIVi: T« THE >lOR\IM. THIIH \E s J J J LI'L ABNER f HUMBA»OS.£ <*'/%***£%£. i~ Slfthhi7r t HERE I RESPECT rOR QUteNiE..^ -^Ht I i HER H^ND AN'LOOKiv QUEEHiE RUB Xt V WAS TH TVPt WHICH WOULD r> hER EYES -HE EMOUTAN LETS^ rAT > JUS T AS
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    Magic in a Wall
    579 11  -  KAY SHERWOOD By wa 1 iivk wall treatB d perform optical B LCiouaneas, and B; k:n^ effects, mMI B ■<; by amateur -l^' that a simple B illusion works. V wall treatment B amateui ik'cotaB Mrs, Cail B > mako a nino B :(;>on i 'ook
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      154 11 DIARY pONORATULATIONfl to meet H.R.H. Prince Axel tad v Kund Oyidenstieine Se- Mr. Hakon Christiansen on hosted and Veronica McMa- Sunday evening at "Rosehon whose engagement was neath'". announced on Friday Dec. 31. The Governor and Lady Kund and Veronica' became Gimson, local dignitaries and engaged over the Christmas members
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    CARDBOARD CAYALlfcK TURNS SANTA CLAUS
    271 12 ISiilMi Him *V™ lOMV > sii) FIELD Britttarti teadtag comefca, mrntly h ,l|;l!llI pobw for his (romwellian i OOtfil m tht-t»l.n -i :.r»M.ird Cavalier !■> I hristmM t) hi> tkrtt tMldffl at thnr ichmoad, Umdoa, "Discovery Re-Opens he in urn ij nii it public Bl«
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    Inquest On Ceylon Rubber Decision
    212 13 Inquest On Ceylon Ru bber Decision jfcoNU'O. Mon. An Opposition motion to reverse < «'>lon Government's decision refusing to sell Js.xiet Inion the entire Ceylon rubber output has L rf jwted b> the Ceylon House of Representative*. K*!ir* resolution was §oduced by Mr. H. Sri sanka. who said that to
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    PEPPER GAINS
    106 13 THE prpp» r market showed a flight improv* rmnt \vsterday with Itltn quoting higher a picul for whit«- qualitttl and $4 more for black *A small lot of Ling^ <4 flour fetched business at $17 4 a picul. The following w. i« day's quotations SAGO FLOUR LinggaSlT', Sarawak
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    PILOT DUES
    24 13 Pilot dues m the Singapore Pilotage District have been in- creased by 20 per cent, above the 1948 rates from January 1.
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    Malayan Share Quotations
    784 13 Pungah 13/6 14,'Puket *>9 5/3 Putch 1.27^ 1.32 1 2 Rambutan 9X6 10/3 Rahman Hyd. .97^ 1.02' 3 Rantau 1.20 1.25 Raub Gold 2A2K 2.50 Rawang Con. 18/ 19/Rawang Tinfields 5/6 5 9 Rcnong Con. 22/6 23/3 Renong Tin 35/6 37/6 Selayang 9/- 10 Siamese 20/6 21/6
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    Shares Steady
    27 13 WITH no lead from overseas, there was J Z Uttle acti\lty m the local I share market yesterday. S Prices, however, were steady. ■■■■■■^Lr -JLr«««n»»?
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    U. S. Synthetic Rubber Prospects
    229 13 WASHINGTON, Mon.— The 51 plants comprising the United States synthetic rubber industry are in good condition and plants now on a care and maintenance basis could be working in 90 days, according to a statement to Congress by Republican Representive Paul Shafer, chairman of a
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    NO DOLLAR LOAN FOR US—CHIFLEY
    117 13 NO DOLLAR LOAN FOR US CHIFLEY £ANBERRA, Mod.— Mr. Joseph Chifley, Australian Prime Minister, has stated a dollar loan for Australia is still "out." He said: "I have not the happiest thoughts about loans floated m the United States. In the past interest rates have been high, there has been
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    Rubber Market
    60 13 THE rubber market wa. steady yesterday. There was a fair volume of business recorded. Yesterday's closing: prices were: Buyers. Sellers. No. 1 Jan. RSS 37 37 >, No. 2 Jan. RSS 36 36 J 4 No. 3 Jan. RSS 35 35., On rep; to red tender: Jan-Mar. 37
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    RAFFLES HOTEL
    32 13 DAYMENT of a dividend of 10 per cent, less tax, was sanctioned at the annual gen- era) meeting of Raffles Hotel Ltd., held on Friday, Mr. J. Ford (chairman) presiding.
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    What they are paid
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