Morning Tribune, 11 February 1949

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    25 1 MORNING TRIBUNE \ol. 1. No. 1010 (New Series). SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1949. Price lOCeat*. watch! For Tlit'j Itiji ftewi :Triunne{ I on MONDAY t
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    Statement on Community talks
    247 1 Statement on Community talks THK Communities Liaison rui.iinittee of Malay, Chinese. and ..ther Malayan community ktdern met m Johore Rahru y.stn-lay and today. Mr. Malpolm I v Donald was present at thr ilKcussion. Th( members desire that the ommittee shall be expanded to include members of all the maj racial
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    NO SECESSION
    621 1 PENAN C, Thursday A motion for the secession of Penang and Province Wellesley from the Federation was defeated by fifteen votes to ten m the Penang Settlement Council tonight Of the 27 council members 11 official members and four Malay members voted against secession. The ten unofficial members
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    KELANTAN MALAYS OPPOSE SECESSION
    109 1 KELANTAN MALAYS OPPOSE SECESSION Kota Bahru. Thurs. The 12.000- stiong independent Malay political body. Pcrsekutuan Peisetiaan Melayu Malay i Loyalist Union >, Kclantan, has officially informod the Federation High Commissioner, Sit Henry Gurney, that any move I to accept Tenant's move to I break away from the Federn- i tion
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    THREE CHINESE TO BECOME MUSLIMS
    99 1 lpoh, Thursday. THREE Chinese including a well-known miner and a businessman are to embiace I the Muslim faith ami I formal announcement of their conversion will be made at a function to be held here sometime this month. The convert? aic Mi. Lu'W iFatt Wong,
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    TWO TO DIE FOR GANDHI KILLING
    235 1 NEW DELHI, Thursday. TWO men were today sentenced to death for the murder on January 30, 1948, of Mahatma Gandhi, apostle of non-violence. The Special Court trying the eight Hindu extremists charged passed the death sentence on 36-year-old Nathuram Vinayak Godse, who fired the
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    U.N. can do nothing for Cardinal
    102 1 U.N. can do nothing for Cardinal LAKfc SUCCESS. Thurs. R<»9ponsib'c United Nations officials today expressed doubt to that the United Nations would be able to do much about the case of Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty if it is brought before the organisation. They said that Russia COtlM block Security Council action
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    CYCLONE HITS TOWN
    36 1 BRISBANE, Thurs. An M)-mile-an-hour cyclone struck the coastal area of North Queens* land today, badly damaging th» former booming mining centra of Cooktown, which now has a population of only 660. -Reuti-r- AAP
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    COURT WARNING ON CRACKERS
    217 2 CM \r (.OHM M due on Feb. 15, the Mjrireftt Chine*- festival after tfee n.-h Year will have to ffo without bang because t*e baa oa crackers coattnues, a Police upokesmaa **ld yesterday. He said this shortly after Ong Wee a coffee shop man was fined
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    SPECIAL CONSTABLE FOUND SHOT
    136 2 KTAU LUMPUR, Thursday. A SPECIAL Constable on duty at Bukit Besi was killed by a rifle shot yesterday. Police suspect that it is a case of suicide. Four bandits armed with pistols went to Ayer Tawar Village m the Srtiawan area and attacked a timber contractor
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    BRITISH OFFICER KILLED IN BANDIT AMBUSH
    203 2 BRITISH OFFICER KILLED IN BANDIT AMBUSH MTAR, Thursday. 4 BRITISH yeutenant of the lflth Field Battery was killed and a major wounded seriously when bandits ambushed military jeep In which the officers and two BOR's were travelling at the 30th mile Tangkak Road this morning. The BOR's were nnhurt. The
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    THOMSON GOING ON LEAVE
    34 2 M;. (Jeorge G. Thomson Public Relations Secretary, Sin gapcre is going on leave to th< United Kingdom shortly. m>. I* U, Vfon ot uif Sectetanat will act m his place.
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    SAKAI CHIEF BELIEVED ABDUCTED
    92 2 Kuala Lumpur. Thur* Sakai Chief at BerUm Valley and his son-in-law are believed to have been abducted by bandits They have been missing since January 20. The Chief brought a party of JO Sakais to Ringlet for registration and returned on January 20. Sakais have catricd
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    CHARTERED BANK CLOSE BRANCH
    50 2 The Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China are closing their Hankow branch at the end of this month. This branch was opened 86 years ago and had been operated ever since except the war years of 1941-45. They closed their Chunekine: branch last December.- Reuter
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    PLANTERS WANT PENSION SCHEME
    192 2 m ALA VAN plasters should have a pension scheme II or alternatively an annuity policy for the junior II planting staff which would follow them wherever they 11 serve m the planting profession says the current Issue i of The Planter, the official publication of the
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    JAVA ASSIGNMENT
    39 2 Capt. (Miss) Levynat Kroeker of the Salvation Army, 26-year-old Canadian, arrived m Singapore by the American President Line passenger-freighter Marine Snapper yesterday. Capt. Kroeker Is on her way to Java from America for her first overseas assignment.
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    Court Poser For Sub-tenants
    54 2 Court Poser For Sub-tenants CORRECTION I Tay Siong chuaa w* ?J appellant m an u-m™, l < «M that he it, URL Road. u naj Tho appellant v v to. v who is actually tho b* Mr. Tay. zl>ult of Mi tay was ro rJiW M:. Hams, of Drex M».
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    34 ARRESTS
    28 2 ri? 1^ 6 Wete M IT ft I Federation m the la* U&J* I 12 m Ketantan; 11, J 1 m Kedah/Perlis; 2 m hSug. I
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    Down The Hutch
    57 2 As the American President Line ship Marine Snapper came into Singapore yesterday the Junior Third Officer Sunok ell down the hutch and hurtled to what appeared to be certain death. But he broke his fall by holding on to a support as "he fell and survived the
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    RAF REGIONAL BAND GOES EAST
    126 2 WHEN the Carthage left for, Far Eastern ports yesterday, she took with her from Singapore a complement of 29 men for Hongkong members of No. 1 R.A.F. Regional Centre Band who have been entertaining airmen audiences throughout the Colony during/ the past five weeks. Since
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      126 2 RUCGLES -J THEN CAN GEE VH YYES, I QUITE HF~ ONE MOMiM, PHASE f- N (MO. fa Thr^ \YOUiI! IN DIFFICULTIES A UND6RSTAND NOW COM* 70 Ml BECAUSE \FROM M WMWf mm O>m J^-T\ LET m APPROACH Sr^V YOU **t w TROUBLE -YOUR AND /W COME >0m FM W yr^~y^^\l
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    Stamford Road Treasure Mystery Solved
    558 3 ■issies Buried Heavy Box I Hi; C. TAN is going to ask the Singapore LegisI i five Council on Tuesday: to whose behalf, and at whose expense, are the n ,tions at the corner of Stamford Road and vorth Bridge Road being carried out?" Mr.
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    DELAYED PAYMENT MIGHT MEAN ECONOMIC RUIN
    169 3 KI'ALA LI MPUR, Thurs. The delay m the payment of claims under the War Damage Compensation Scheme and War Risks (Goods Insurance) might well set off a chain of economic disaster which may result m estates having to close down and unemployment flooding the
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    FAMILIES ARRIVE
    34 3 The Or. lima which is due to berth alon^ido tiie Singapore Harbour Boan! wharf this morning, brings 314 Scrvice.ncn'i fftniHitl and 429 civilian families fr< m the T nitetl Kingdom tor Singapore.
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    U.S. NAVY CHIEF VISITS SINGAPORE
    162 3 Vice- Admiral Robert G. Carney, L.h. uepm> Chief of Naval Operations arrived yesterday m smgapore by air with a party of five high-ranking U* naval officers. c He is on an inspection tour of various JL.S. commands m the Atlantic, Mediterranean and Paciiic. This was
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    CANDIDATES NAMED
    33 3 The Progressive Party has named one more candidate tor the city elections— Mr. V. Packirtoamy for Municipal j This brings the number of candidates standing on the •Progressive ticket' to 15.
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    GERMAN BEER CARGO ON GERMAN RAIDER
    73 3 n,X hundred »nd U*_*-m SS^Sv —^tJS S meat to arrive i>MW»;j; B kwnlf i. not tor I— the. Gleng«"y. >•«*'«'»>'• for lran shipment. —r'o^rwTo^n s WP «ne N— -AMU*, now reconverted. KfKSJLrss a mongrel terrier, the Glengairy a da> I herself sailed for Singapore
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    $8,000 Charge
    48 3 4-\'«". KIM TECK (26) was stefday accused by his 'iiotl i-in-law, Kiong Kirn Neo. ot i!.>sappropriating $8,000 *hich. she Mid, she lent him flJ Charged with breach of Ang pleaded not guilty J (f( i the Fourth Police **gistratc Th. ase waa adiourned to li rt-inuary.
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    Johore Bandit Hanged
    78 3 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. A Chinese bandit, Lee Heong. was executed by hanging at the Johore Bahru Prison early today. Lee was caught m a Pouce trap which was set m a Chinese school m an area between Labis Bahru and Suan Mcng Estates. He walked into the
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    CEYLONESE SOLDIER ROBS DRIVER
    87 3 DW. A. DHARMAFAL.A. a Ceylonese soldier, was found guilty of robbing a taxi driver. Wee Cheng Tin. tX Clemwrti Road on the night of Septem- j ber 14 last. an..i sentenced to five years' rigorous imprisonment by Mr. Justice Cox Evans m the Singapore Assize Court
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    One Woman In Johore State Council
    162 3 One Woman In Johore State Council THE Johoi( Statr Council haa only MM woman member this year She is Che Sale ha binti Onn of Johoie Bahru. newly elected l r nofflcial Member to the Council Other new members include Dato Wong Sec Fun (Johore Bahru); Mr. Ko»>k Kai K«
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    PLAN FOR RED ASIA
    118 4 T.IF B munM pi.:. tl 1 an a-M\ tt'poit I Wai -it S ivu-t tpi i I Tbt dOCUm—t sum:' Intelligence transmitted to tb» ring by a Jiaftowe Hosuiu Ozaki. It Mid M be cone- i I of a communist n<-w oidoi which would includr POt
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    TALKS ON RED THREAT TO MALAYA
    226 4 TALKS ON RED THREA T TO MALA YA LONDON. Thurs.— f() MMOXWLAI.TH sources said today that the defence against a further Communist advance m South East A>ia will be a major subject for discussion at the forthcoming meeting of foreign ministers m Ceylon. Tentatively, the meeting is set tor May.
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    Bevin's 'No" To War Question
    86 4 Bevin's N o To War Question LONDON". Thurs. British Fortsgn Secretary Ernest Bevin rejectee a lUfgestion today that Britain refuse to 'promise to gj to war bottllities break out between tho United states and Rrusia, Labourite Member o| Parliament Ronald Chamoerlai" asked Eevin whether ac could give an assurance that
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    SOUND ECONOMY NEEDED IN GERMANY
    45 4 LONDON. Thurs Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin toi-i the House of Otmmflll yesterday that was his governments policy to re■tort a sound anJ heattiiy *> economy m Germany and to achieve this "an increa^.u expansion la German exports will be required.— A.P.
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    NEHRU FOR WHITE AUSSIE POLICY?
    119 4 NEHRU FOR WHITE AUSSIE POLICY? CANBERRA, Thuri Dr. Herbert Bvaftt Australian External Affairs Mini^toi toNi the House of Representatives today that m his viev the Indian Prime Minister. Pandit Nehru supporter! the "White Australia" policy Pandit Nehru m a press interview on Jan 24 was tain »he "While Australia* 'vas
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    PARTITION MAY BRING INVASION
    73 4 BELFAST, nmrt. Prime Minister Sir Basil Biookt, ■peaking or. the ere oi Ulster's general election, referred today to the potaibLity of an Inv&fion of Northern IreUn.i. reeling In tin- election eanVpaign .\i& run .vigh on the! ssue o: partition, and Sir, Basil told preafl Csonf?renc< today
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    DENMARK, SWEDEN ENVOYS SEE ACHESON
    178 4 DENM ARK, SWEDEN ENVOYS SEE ACHESON WASHINGTON. ThUTS, AMBASSADORS of Denmark and Sweden outlined to Ury of S;ate Dein Achc«cr Ute last night their ments Vlewi on Scandinavian defence m connects:. wrU projected North Atlantic Alliance. The envoys called at the State Department o:. hoon after Achessr. served notice that
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    TROOPS WAGE WAR WITH SNOWBALLS
    82 4 JERUSALEM Than. Israeli and Arab troop* tossed snowballs at each oth^r from frontltne poatttooa today when the heaviest mow m the years fell In Jerusalent Winter 1^ tr.dt Ho.'y Land sent temperature dipping to z?-o ripDe-i ro?f^= crt bousefl and uprooted tr< is m the
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    FORCE NO ANSWER TO ASIA
    101 4 FORCE NO ANSWER TO ASIA T ter H that an tate j srsss i Bvmtt Mpp. the Far East cannot >.. Ed by force. an,i support Should JJ«tU plans for full en and better hv.ng itSBSTj infiltrating into Asia He said that A^mm.< membership ta the B^S Commonwealth doe, not
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    Mitchum Gets 60 Days For Taking Marijuana
    59 4 Mitchum Gets 60 Days For Taking Marijuana LOS ANOICLES T. v itar Robert Mitel tenced to GO day- prti a churi:? cf poaaeaa marijuana cigar Activ— Li: a Leed with ICitchun on po*~e^i.j;i charges given 6 n daya tnpri Tn< Judge first m I It Ie placed Mil Miss L
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    U.S HAS REGAINED PRESTIGE IN FAR EAST
    200 4 U.S HAS REGAINED PRESTIGE IN FAR EAST LAKE ?T'CCES3, Thura CHARLES Tr.A-r > na; Ind r r ativo to the United Nations said op. W that U.?. ".■>■. rnment regained some prestige m Asia a> i result I tand m the Dutch-Indonesian dispute. He (at nra lurii >rview i v
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    NEWSVIEW
    348 5 two hours on Tv Inesday, the Aus B Federal Parlia- debated the case of O'Keefe and her en threatened with rtatkm. The Immin Minister, Mr. !1. defended his In a manner which only been surpassed the bigoted Nazi lists against whose unable doctrines the copies of the world, eluding
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    TRIBUNE MAGAZINE
    37 5 The 380 acre "Six Sisters Farm" at Thurlby, Yorkshire is run entirely by women. Edith and Joan are doing the early morning milking, and want to know who said farming was a man s job.
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    RED INDIANS DISCUSS URANIUM
    562 5 THE Navajo Indians, living under probably thc most primitive conditions m the United States, have been holding their tribal council m Window Kock. Arizona. The subjects under discussion show that the tribesmen m their vast, isolated domain aie not exempt from the problem* of the modern
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      122 5 British agriculture, drawing Increasingly on the skill md knowledge of sch ntista, «onoj 1 mists and technicians, 1 this yeai to supply the catio I larder with more food than <* before. cut i m food Imp v\ by dollar shortage have upon the iMtusti spon: tics a.-i great ai
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    FASCISM OVER INDIA
    1391 6 The peace of India is being threatened by an: ultra nationalist, near Fasci t group the R. S. S. which aims to recreate th; glories of an all -Hindu] Empire of 10,000 years ago. by A COR RESPONDENT A SUPER-SECRET orgamsation thriving on religious fanaticism ar.d racial
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    RUSSIA'S REPLY TO E.C.A.
    465 6 THE r.ew trads orgai&ftUon spoarored by the Soviet Unio-i E&sterJ Europe is an answer u> the Marshall Pla.i but the differences are striking, There is no indication that tlie Soviet Union, through the Economic Ccune'J. '"ntendc to pump rub'?s pito th< economy of her a^ccia: nations,
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    NO PEACE IN P.I.
    75 6 NOTWITHSTANDING recent constabulary claims to the contrary, the peace and order situation while very much improved m recent weeks, remains a problem m Luzon's trouble areas, according to Mariano Rogue, Under Secretary of the Interior. Secretary of the Interior Sotero Baluyot, Rogue's immediate superior, previously declared
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    BRITISH P H O T O N E W S
    200 7 BRITISH P H O T O N E W S Delegates fr otn the Eastern Europe .-wi Balkan courtne* attended a J lUree-day conference of "Liberal Exiles" J -.f Church House, Westminster. Main ,'t.ject of the conference, organised by the „'orid Liberal Union, is to create an In- rnationai organisation
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    New Women's Forces Sail For Colony
    91 7 New Women's Forces Sail For Colony LIVERPOOL. Thurs. 'I h <' British troopship Empire Hajladale (14,056 tons) was Balling from Liverpool tonight with a large contingent of women reinforcements for Blßgmpore Army and Koyal Air Force units*. One hundred and ten WAAF and more than 60 WKAC first of new
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      111 7 oi\ YOUR RADIO TODAY BLUE NETWORK -g 4"?! S^SS' S& WGUSH PROGRAMMES programme Sum- ffi«» «g*-| JfiJtSS-SB iS ':v^ me sum S.H^je 3^ 1 c^r ntf tn j M?= sS?«sdc Jp: 02 Radio Orchestra; baw II 9 P>m U 9.01 News ni MMwini«Hl ■P Knt Md Pro t-"no M t;U-
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    W PHOTO RLD NEWS
    327 8 W PHOTO RLD NEWS Mremen attempted to enter a subway station through a second storey tower to fight j fire which started underground at Host on, Mass. U.S.A. and I hen swept jp wards through the station. The fire halted all subway traffic and blocked surface traffic m the congested
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    ONE MAN'S MEAT, ANOTHER MAN'S POISON
    340 10 NATIONALIST China's bad -1 luck may bo Philippines' k'ood luck Maybe now. says Philippine Permanent U.N. Delegate Carles P. Romulo. the 'nited States and Western emocracies will pay a little more attention to this part jf the world. Undoubtedly, m the opinion Of the
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      188 10 iixCLisiVE TO THE MORNMG THIBI V. I JACK ARMSTRONG I <s< *> s^ i '^HHbilb?^^^b^^^^b^bh^bhßl^b^^b^b^^ _^J^3S Si^^ v\ssvX jKt^*22f bu -^A^^ Sffi m^bV ISttji s/' v t*Aws^— i T*Lj j i RiIWJ bV^^^blHu vlrii Pfl BH B^^^ QEIksL. s^^^Sßv J^^^B^ Bv9^^^»^ Bbl^l Bift^^^Bßi^Kfc..^—^^ H i 7^ 'vTt fk# IUAAA F
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    YOUNG GIRLS CHOOSE SOPHISTICATION
    260 11  -  Rose Rclland by THIRTY ycam pgo no de*;i--1 tnnte would have v>e« n permitted to wear an evening (I? ess which was not demure, pirlirti, and oven to contrmpory eyes— somewhat dull. The present day Miss, noweyej, makes her own d-^.i--sions to a great extent with
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    WOMEN'S VIEW
    470 11 Suggested training for marriage counsellors BRITAIN ie tackling the jcb of mending broken homes m the same practical ypkit that Bh« is setting about Die relHii'.ding of her factories, and cities. To this end, volunteer ma;nape councillors", trained Sfe* supported by the Slate, have been recomr.iendcd by a
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    DIARY
    167 11 THE American Oub hnvc posted up this reminder to members George Washington's blithriav is being celebrate*! with a »M.mci and dance at the Scaviiw Hotel on February 22. life occawion will be a formal one with tickets priced at ?7.:»0. Tomorrow the Straits Chinese Methodist Youth Fellowship wiil be
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    PREPARING FOR BEAUTY
    166 11 IF you w; n dauj. t«> t !ic( mot« r '<*<■ m h» well fcToon.**'. tr> Living h the Bina'l sca'e aid. she n^ to eate Im bff own hair E'leoj i ;•>.<• ber t-> keep her hair sinning iod finale free by buying fi «mall, b-it
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      46 11 C. X, TANG Pewter Ware Bali Heads Siamese Bracelets Silk Underwear CARVED TEAKWOOD FURNITURE AIX KINDS OF LINEN EMBROIDERIES ETC., ETC., 241, River Valley Road, Singapore. Phone: 4025 RAFFLES HOTEL! To-morrow Floor Show YOUR OLD FAVOURITES BACK AGAIN VIRGINIA CLAY Dl LEE SULLIVAN tisi: or hoh»\i-:y
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    MARGARET HOPES TO LAY THE JINX
    250 12 British Film News WRFFN star Margaret Lockwoods ambition is to play lUry, Quee of Scotts on the screen. The reason why she is so anxious to fill this role is because she firmly believes there s a iinx on plays and films concerning the
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    Produce Market Round-Up
    101 13 FiWIN'G soi.io local ttanstho white pcpptt yhju-.d ■Mght mini y.^U relay. Hoth itok and Sarawak pCfftl :naiked up $2 a picul. k pepper remained un :loui continued to be tly maker and Siak was down to $13-!* a picul. following were yesteruuotations FLOUR Lingua Sarawak $13. Siak
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    AUSTRAL TIN
    36 13 THE directors of Austral Ma lay Tin, Ltd., announce the' following returns for January: Ore recovered (Piculs.) Kampong Kamunting 394 Thabawleik 1,160 Austral Amalgamated Asam Kumbang Section 127 j L'lu Van Section 395 j
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    Malayan Share Quotations
    826 13 Singapore. Feb. 10. Singapore simne quotation* today as given by the Maii EhareDrokers' Aanodatloa •*r« as follows i Buyers Sellers Attai Ice 14.00 15.00 AHK. Brick Prof. 2.85 2.924 Ordl. 1.974 ZQ.2ft 1.8. Potrol 41/6 42, 6 M. Trustee 7.50 8.50 :ons. Tin (O) 18 13/9 do.
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    Tin Easier
    23 13 j i t The tin share market %vas easier yesterday fol- t Sloulng London advic«*s. Industrials uere also j easier. t
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    JAP TEXTILES:
    130 13 Chinese Chamber Agrees To Govt Proposal JHE Chinese Chwnbe r of Commerce is aereeabl,This decision was made by textiles imnort*™ Mr. Ong Piah Ten?, a representative of the Chamber will acquaint the Government with the decision at today's meeting of the import and export advisory panel Applications must
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    Rubber Market
    71 13 Tho rubber market was steady yesterday and mainly unchanged from th* previous day. Only a small volume of buj-i-Befli was recorded. Closing prices were M flyers. Sellers. No. 1 Mar. HSS 35- 1,. ;;5-;< No. 2 Mnr. RSS 34- 33-4 No. 2 Mar. RSd 34- 8 34 -J
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    Steel Output Record
    63 13 LONDON. Thursday. Thr British Iron and Steel industry has announced that its 194s output of .steel ingots and castings was record of 14.87 7 000 tons. ThLs was 377.000 tons mor*« than the goal fixed by the Labour Government and 2.000.000 tons more than the previous record
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    N. Y. RUBBER
    60 13 .\r\V Thursda c Dtft rvM io poinU hi.- ft day 8 il< total! <i two 1 1 i M i tb b f futures closed 10 to 1~. tiled n ceft. trm wen Mai h IS 25; May Lt.M I d !7.!»0 hid; B«pt4 mbei 1 Spot
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    COMMERCIAL HICH SCHOOL
    104 14 Thp following are requested to turn up for the Commercial High School against R:A:F: Juron ff on Feb. 13 at the Choon Guan English School ground: To-ng; Ahmai; Hoon Kiat: E. Tan s. Tan; Kessler. D. Kesslcr; G. Thamboo; Singharam; J. Ong; Bah Chat; J. Ng: J
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    SCFA PLAN AID for PAST HEROES
    216 14 At the next council meeting of th<» S.A.F.A., the Singapore Chinese Football Association will forward a proposal to hold a charity soccer match m aid of the families of deceased players who have rendered past service to the S.C.F.A. The proposal will also cover
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    U.S. CUP TEAM TROUNCE INDIA 4-1
    234 14 U.S. CUP TEAM TR OUNCE INDIA 4-1 MOXTCLAIR. New Jersey. Thursday. THE I nitetl States Thomas Cup badminton team defeated India by four matches to one m an exhibition match here last night. Dave Freeman, America** Number One. did not olav. In the main single*, Carl Lovedav of Montclair beat
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    Denmark's Cup Team Named
    95 14 Denmark's Cup Team Named LEXMARK, Thurs. Denmark, winner of the I European zone m the Thomas Cup badminton competition, tixLiy announced their tmm for the final to be played at Preston, England. on February 25 and 26. It is: Knud Chastensen, Preben Dabelsteen.Mogens F 'els by, Poul Hotnn, I. B.
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    S'PORE CHESS LEAGUE
    82 14 The Singapore CSIMI League was formed last night a: a meeting between representatives or teams taking par. m this year's League Championship Mr. Lee Geok Eng -*ho was elected patron donated a Challenge -shitid to the League. All matches m the Championship will take place at the
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    MANILA SWIM MEET
    39 14 Manila. Thursday.— The Philippines Amateur Federation today approved the recommendation of its swimming committee to invite Chan Chanam, a Hongkong swimmer, to participate m the national swimmine meet m Manila on March 5 and 6.— U.P.
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    RECKLESS IN PLAY AS IN LOVE
    240 14 RECKLESS IN PLAY AS I N LOVE WASHINGTON. Thuisdjv. They ci. UKOBMivei U»e Ot&et of Urn Boos o! Italy (0.5.1.A.) m the Washington and subarbar. soccer league. Their au i a few Italians to make the name legal, but the re>t of the team is composed of Spaniards. Greeks. Soutli
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    MARSHALL BREAKS SWIM RECORD
    48 14 MARSHALL BREAKS SWIM RECORD SYDNEY, Thurs.— Victorian jjohn Marshall again broke a 12 year old Australian swimming record held by American Jack Medlca, when he won the 2*o yards free-fttyle event. Hi's time of 2 minutes 14.2 seconds bettered Mecca's record by eight-tentha of a second. U .p.
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    HOME FIXTURE
    18 14 London, Thursday. Additional football fixture for Saturday. February 12 Second Division Southampton versus Lincoln City. Reuter
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    KEVIN-BEST ALL ROUNDER?
    187 14 London, Thursday. In any I ballot for the best all round sportsmen m the British Islea. < Dr. Kevin O'Flanagan, Ir,e- 1 land's centre forward m the i amateur soccer international j against England at Norwich recently, would doubtless command a number of votes. A specialist m
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    MASKED BALL
    16 14 The -Gay Revellers' ing a Granjl Mask-i W Saturday Feb. 1Adelohi Hotel at 8-3<
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    Cotton is ruining Carr —McKenley
    124 14 SYDNEY, Thurs. Physiology professor at Sydney University F. S. Cotton takes a great interest m sport and has coached swimmers and runners using theories he has evolved. However successful these may have seemed to the man-m-the-street Jamaican world champion sprinter Hexb McKenlcy thinks the professor
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    NEW LTA TENNIS WILL BOOST SUMMER TENNIS
    128 14 NEW LTA TENNIS WILL BOOST SUMMER TENNIS LONDON*. Than. Thanki to the adoption by the Uvb Tennis Association of W "eight weeks' rule" We year British followers of t game are likely to see a P"> gramme greatly enhance.i m interest during the comma summer. The eight weeks 1 rule
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    SMART TIMES AT YESTERDAY'S TRACK WORK
    923 15 IPOH, Thurs. Some smart times were returned this mornng when the inner grass on which the going was good was opened for fast work. Merlin (Jeffers) was the first out and t steady work. London (Turner), Amvika (Tait) and (old Wave (Glennon) were t
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    ROPER SCORES 3 FOR SCC LADIES
    373 15 ROPER SCORES 3 FOR SCC LADIES (Tribune Staff Reporter) iirrniOUT a goal-keeper throughout the raatoh the Singapore Cricket Club ladies did the impossible to trounce the Girls' Sports Club Hockey by m\ goals to nil on the Padang yesterday. Spectators cheered themselves hoarse as the Nictors chalked up goal after
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    SERAY-KAYA FOR THE CUP TEAM
    109 15 SERAY-KAYA FOR THE CUP TEAM Mr. Chew Chin Cheong of the Capital Products Company is nding a case of Seray-Kaya to the Malayan Thomas Cup Team through the AngloFrench Trading Company who agents for the product. The case, which is addressed Mr. Urn Chuan Geok, care of the Malayan Agent
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    F and N SOCCER
    28 15 F. N. SporU Club XI beat I Eoustead XI by seven goais i one at sorcer at the Fai- r r Park on Wednesday.
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    CUP FUND Whisky: 3 Left
    93 15 CUP FUND Whisky 3 Left THERE are still thre^ i battles of "ChaJ. len^" Scotch U hisi<> to be c-l«jine»!. A bottle S **h g*> to anyone who I donate $25 or more to th«* Tribune Cup nmd. Thp total of the Fund Is $5,027.40 S«ml your donations to the
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    DANES TO DEFEND IN ENGLAND
    66 15 DANES TO DEFEND IN ENGLAND LONDON, Thurs. Jorn Skaarup and Miss Kintten Thorndahl, of Denmark, will defend their single* titles In the English open badminton championships at Harringay, London, on Mar. 2. Entries include the entire United States and Malayan Thomas Cap teams, six Indians, five Irish, six Scots and
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    SOM PONG LOSES ON POINTS
    46 15 Som Pong, the Singapore welterweight champion fought the Dutch champion, Qucntermeyer, last Monday m Batavii The Siamese lost on point after ten gruelling rounds. The Siamese floored the Hollander four times during the fight. The verdict was not well I received.
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    Camera Test postponed
    47 15 Camera Test postponed IPOH, Thurs. —The Z photo-finish camera te§t that was to be held to- J I day, has been postponed. J It is not working fta- thfactorily. The operator S says that the paper for I 5 developing the films In a not good enough. ",<•■»••«■•■■•■■■■••«•■■■•••
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    Malayan Chinese to tour Hong Kons
    135 15 place m k\,.ii*i Lumpur at the Sclangoi Recrr ,tion Club on F* itruary 19. 1U49. It was d« ct«led at the meeting that the S.C.F.A. should request the B.A.F.A. to grant sixteen passes to every competing team, irrespective of the division m which they
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    VON NIDA MAY PLAY AGAIN IN SINGAPORE
    273 15 Norman von Nida and Dai Rees may play a series of exhibition games on the Island Club Golf Course later this year while on their way to participate m major competitions m England The Island Club announces the following fixtures for Febluary 1949:
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    S'pore Chess Club Teams
    107 15 The following have been .selected to represent the Singapore Chess Club to play m thr Singapore Chess League, the fir9t round of which will com mence on the March 6, 1949 at the Happy World. Flr*t Team: Dr. Llm Kok Ann, Teh Choon Keat (Captain), Dr.
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    SELANGOR-NEGRI MATCH
    27 15 Selangor will meet Negri m the last inter-state hockey match of the season. When th< teams met last at Kuala Lumpur Selangor won 3 o.
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    LEAGUE REVIVED
    38 15 The Selangor Chinese Recreation Club m once again .sponsoring the Chinese soccer league open to all Chinese residents m the State. In 1938 honours went to Alan Loke's toam and after that no league wa? ctnducted.
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    Inquiry Into Rawang Shooting
    143 16 KUALA LI MPI R, Thurs. An inquiry opened here today into the killing of a Chinese at Rawang on D«™»*? ufs't during firing which a police report said "a* started b> "some irresponsible member" of the lower ranks of police. Mr M. Carton presided over the
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    BANDITS KILL STATE COUNCILLOR
    273 16 SEKEMBAN, rnursaay. i iiri-TFN ANT-COLONEL. W. A. Guttsell. E.D.. J.P., L IEl m T emtr of ihe Ne K ri SembUan Council of State and o} Ihe Seremban Town Board. «a-s k.Ued by banait* m an ambush at 8 a,m. today. Co Guttaell. accompanied by two
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    Dutch deny Calwell charge
    124 16 Dutch deny Calwell charge CANBERRA. Thursday. Dutch Legation m Caal today made a strong pn against the statement >>•• by Mr. Arthur Calweli. a Han Immigration Mhtoter, that opposition to the propose t portation of an Indoi woman and her eight chil<*r«ii was "part of a Dutch plan to embarrass
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    Ulster goes to the polls
    138 16 BELFAST. Thurs. Voters began streaming to Norton Ireland P oI!< today to settle one of Ireland's hottest elec*»on issues since the Republic of Ireland Bill. Not them Ireland's choice of a fodeiation with Die or continued union with the l T n«ted Kingdom hun^ m
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    Arkhangelsk becomes Royal Sovereign
    46 16 ROSYTH. Scotland. Thuts. In a three-minute ceremony this afternoon the battleship "Archangclsk" was handed back to the Admiralty to become afain His Majesty's ship "Royal Sovereign". Three submarines l^nt to Russia will be taken back informally when they arrive probably tomorrow.- Reuter
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    COMMONS DISCUSSES STORE HOMES
    380 16 wanted to know what arrange ments were m force for consuiting public opinion m Hongkong about the nature of IN* BBC recotding?. Mr. Cteech Jones replied tint he was consulting the Governor of Hongkong on these points and would communicate m reply to Mr. Gammans. Commenting
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    MARINE PARADE BODY MYSTERY SOLVED
    138 16 T HE body of Ang WJ T ,23). a former jterkj^ pineapple factory m g^ ss.n? &sv? at P^i the inquest > r^>-^ mother. Tan Cheng^Tio* that on Chinese Now rr her son B Sfniorni«g house and left the next' without ••"SfjJ 5W was the
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    INDONESIA TO GO BEFORE COUNCIL
    130 16 INDONESIA TO GO BEFORE COUNCIL BATAVIA, Thurs.— It appeared probable here today that the United Nations Commission for Indonesia would have to make recommendations to the Security Council for a solution to the Indonesian pro blem tollowing the lailuie or the parties to agree amon? themselves. Only five days remain
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    Bayonet charge on Karen rebels
    169 16 Rangoon, Thursday. Government troops were reported today to have launched bayo- net charges against Karen insurgents outside Insein, while artillery shelled the city witn 25-pounders. At the same time angry stu- 1 dents and striking office workers swarmed through the streets of Rangoon, denouncing! as
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