Sunday Tribune (Singapore), 8 January 1950

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    39 1 SUNDAY Tribune BY IHB PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPI£ Tel: Tribune" S'pom MALAYA'S NA77OXYL NEWSPAPER Phone 5811/3 Nine b*ne& ru(V.i.\'K (i jsaT«uU(iH«o«6<.w "< Singapore, liuaia Lumpur, Jpoh i «t Pen ma SIXTEEN PAGES SINGAPORE, SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 1950. PRICE TEN CENTS
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    ERROL (Aged 8) IS A UTHOR, ARTIST, SHOW MAN
    226 1 i \voxe*i<:Eg iiov I TRROL Le Cain eieht- year-old son of .Mr. and Mrs. J. Le Cain, of Paya Lebar. sketches, paints, produces iiis own "funnies." stages puopei shows and writes books not one at a time, but two at one
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    Planes To Hunt For Professors
    90 1 MANILA. Sat— An all-out searcii for two American professors. Marvin Pittman and Robert Conklin. who set out on a hiking expendition into the mountains Baguio on December 2\i. will be intensified today with the United States Air Force sending out observation planet., The Air Force
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    "Sourabaya Sue" Is Going Home
    299 1 "Sourabaya Sue Is Going Home By MICHAEL GOH "COI'KABAYA Sue," the American girl who earned her nickname because she sided with Indonesians against the Dutch, arrived in Singapore by air yes terday on her way back to Java, the country of her adoption. She registered at Raffles Hotel as MisssKetoet
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    OFF TO U.S.
    55 1 MANILA, Sit. Before leaving foi the r.S. today, President <^;iitino. liiiiisclt ;t sick i.iLm. paid a vi.sit. to BugenlO fcrez, .lAt-i of ihe Pnilip■me- Parliament, w.io kiad teen raj led to tiospital with appendlcitia. 'i ie P e iident received a twenty-oa U is he ai i
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    I'll take only what belongs to me'—Dr Wu
    258 1 Tribune Stall Reporter nPw. Wu Paak-shing, former Chinese Consul-General in Singapore, repudiated yesterday Chinese press reports that furniture was being removed from the Consulate. He said the only furniture that had left the Consulate was the property of a member of his
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    A GIFT TO SIR HENRY
    120 1 nuAUA Lit xvifuri, oat. I Mr. Li-chin, Chinese ConsulGeneral at Kuala Lumpur, last night donated all moveable property in his Consulate to S;r Henr> Gurney, Federatio l Kigh Comnii: sioner, for the relief of Chinese squatters in resettlement are—. The offer was accepted. In <\
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    NO REDUCTION
    32 1 HONO KCN(;, Sat. An Army spokesman M|M today that the recognition of tho Ccmmunist Government of China would not cause any reductkpa In the 30.000 strong Hon^ Kofi^ garrison.— U.P.
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    MAN WITH NINE HOUSES IN S.I.T. FLAT
    432 1  - MAN WITH NINE HOUSES IN S.I.T. FLAT OSCAR FERNANDEZ TRUST MA Y CHECK ALL TENANTS By ANDLORDS who occupy Singapore Improvement TrLs! homes may be evicted, if the Truste-s succeed with a test case against the tenant of a 1 iong Bahra Hal who owns nine houses in the city.
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    4,000 HOMELESS IN FLOODS
    64 1 CHICAGO. Sat. Nearly four thousand people are homeless in the flooded river basins of Illinois, Indiana, and Missouri as fresh rains swell the raging streams. New flood threats have also arisen in Ohio. Alabama, Mississippi and Kentucky. a survey shows that a \v*»ek cf rains. sleet,
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    Red Attach On Hainan Batten Off
    87 1 HONGKONG. Sat. China's Nationalists today claimed they had sn. ashed a second Red attempt to invade Hainan Island, sinking about half the fleet of 1.000 junks. Pro-Nationalist reports said government warplanes caught the junks launching down Luichow Peninsula toward the bis island otr China
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    MENZIES FACING FIRST CLASH WITH DOCK REDS
    73 1 MENZIES FACING FIRST CLASH WITH DOCK REDS BYDNEY, Sat, The new M'lizies Government, pledged to outlaw the Communist Party, Cacej i»s nrsi clash with c cm. mums. s over ilu* Syancy dock strike. ih.« stoppage, culled by th" Communist-control] d Waterside Workers Federation, start 'd ycstcTQuy In protest against the
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    3-DAY WEEK STARTS STRIKE
    42 1 WASHINGTON. Sat. Senate Democratic loader t-'co;. Lucas has informed he White Hoii&e that a s'ri< ;.s coal crisis is developing as a result oi tne three-day work wee* imposed on the coal industry by John L. Lewis.—U.P. U.P.
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    TRUMAN'S BUDGET TO-MORROW
    120 1 TRUMAN 'S BUDGET TO-MORROW WASHINGTON. Sat. Congress reached the end ot its first week today, moving slowly on President Truman's legislative programme and awaiting eagerly his election year budget and tax proposals. The budget, due to be tabled on Monday, will be around US$42 billion. His request tor a "moderate"
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    MR. GAW SAYS— "They must give me a new home"
    188 1 MR. GAW SAYS— "They must give me a new home" i ri:»i»u«' Reporter MR. Oaw Khek Jim. one of the propertyowning tenants of a SIT Hat at Tiong Bahru, told the Tribune: "I came to this flat in 1942. It is true that I own some property, but my houses
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    MR. HSU MAY RETURN
    79 2 IPOH Sat. Aeporta arc prevalent >n Perak that tn^ former Chinese Consul In KuaiS Lumpur, Mr. Hmi Menfs Bheung. will tn appointed Consul Oencrmi the PederaUon by the Chinese Commiinb t Ct'ov.M nment Hsu. who was appointed Consul at Kuala Irumpur soon after the war, later
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    SOME BIRD
    22 2 A canary weighing 2oz. and valued at £100 was exhibited at the Norwich Alliance All -England Cage Bird Association show.
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    GOVT. UNIONS CALL PROTEST MEETING
    140 2 Because Of Delay In Salaries Revision iTniottfl rf»" tine about -I.OUO m»»mto attend the mortmjj. The Committee »<•);•■• tlw delaj an "unsympathetic attitude by U|c piuthoriticH toward 'is- "hardsliipa and sufferings" of Government The meeting will provide "first hand" information about j tKe grievances and
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    Dresser Will Sign Death Certificates
    188 2 Dresser Will Sign Death Certificates COR thirty six years the city area of Singapore has had qualified doctors to si?n death certificates as Inspecting Officers of the Municipality Municipal committee has now recommended to the Cdmmisßionerfl that u ftrsi grade dre^er rould dp the job just a, well. They have
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    Singapore Lawyer For Sibu
    139 2 Singapore Lawyer For Sibu «y MANNING ULM'MVOOU SIIU >vitnrilaj. A SINGAPORE lawyer, ayet SB-named, may ».c--fond A'vang; Uam'ili and the nine ot^er memb*ra of the Perporpkan Permuda lie'pyu iMalay Youth Movement) when they *»cr triQl Cl> charges of conspiracy tu murder the Suraw ik Govcinor. in February. Rambli, named as
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    NEHRU'S U.S. VISIT TOLD IN PICTURES
    82 2 NEHRU'S U.S. VISIT TOLD IN PICTURES Fictotial exhibit.-- of Indian Prime Minister Pamlit Jawai ha rial Nehiu's recent visit to the United State? ate now on public view in Singapoi e. The exhibits, entitled "Hands of Peace Across the Ocean." ,u. on display for a fortnight at the Y.M.C.A.. Orchard
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    CHAMBERS SEEK DATA ON DEBTS LAW
    121 2 THE Chinese chambers ol commerce in the Federation are now seeking data irom members to send to Go- vernment in support ol the demand for new changes In the Debtor Creditor Occupation Period Ordinanc'-. Two types of forms nave bee^n provided to members oxl
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    A 'HEAVY' YEAR
    78 2 laic Singapore Harbour IJo.'Md handled th< heaviest tonnage Since the liberation of X608.285 tons for the year endiag .line oO last year. It \v:> ;>!s<> the heaviest U ;iii.i handled by them > ceptfoi th« ye.ii 1940. when they dealt with .",841.300 tons. The gtosa tonnage of
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    MR. MAH IS ENTERTAINED
    48 2 MALACCA, Sat. -Mr. Mali Pock Wah. chief clerk, Public Relations Qflftee, Malacca, wlio is leaving for Kuala Lumpur on transfer, was entertained at the Sin Wuh restaurant a few days :iro by the P.R.O. staff anil newspaper con-.s-paodent& Mr. Mali wa oiu. of tUo: <(
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    'Corruption Is Rife In Malaya'-Prosecutor
    170 2 'Corruption Is R ife In Ma laya '-Prosecutor IPOH, Saturday. INSPECTOR Kauf bin Haji Ahmad, attached to Police headquarters. Tapah. was this mornm-? sentenced to a total of 27 months' rigorous imprisonment, on three charges of receiving illegal t<ratiAca- ion. bv the President of the Session Court. Mr. E. A.
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    NEW BRITISH NATIONALS
    53 2 The following aliens have been (ranted certificates of naturalisation under the British Nationality Act fang Yit Lin. Noel Albert Christopher, Soli c.-rk Kian. l,o> Swee Cheng, David Chow chm Wai, llearope MHckeitooni < 'atchatoor, AbdiiHa rahlni Lolah, Karel Vanicek, Christopher K.c. Ng, Maria Magdalena Dabsaka, Kwck Chip
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    On Your Radio Today
    407 2 BIJ NLTVVOKK BNGLISI IVOOBAMXKf) !».00 a.jji. I'p.i.i .inniK >uniniary; sfcirnin C nn:«ir: W.30 Latin Anwru-an on Die At? Mn*i< pla> «-il in South Ann rua;i style; !0.00 Rfowi tIMM Kiihlj Liiinpiir; 10.05 Cant! stand; 10.150 Musk in the Air IIJW No other T±tT. lip.Mil.I "Tin' Man
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    PROPHET'S BIRTHDAY
    93 2 Top: Mr. J. I>. M. Smith. Colonial S»-cr»tar> (left) ■peaMag at th" PtaphH MnhammadTa Birtaiaj niwrxary tea-part at Um Victoria Memorial H-'ll mi Friday. Sitting, from left to right, :irr: Mr. A. Mnii M«»hd. Ibrahim. J.l'.; RtaM, W. l.,ii::ili i, I'.S. i'oasul-(.i»*nc-ral in SinKnjw>r', M. J. \ani:»z'u\ A.
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    Coroner Asks Police For Explanation, But Does Not Wait For It
    217 2 ri caustic soda. M*. Poitei said, tote is the only case where a rtatcrarot was not taken rrom a person who was admitted to hospital after Uktog ca«atu •I want U»e Police to an explanation Why thta not done."
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    A.C.S. BOY COMES BACK WITH U.S. DEGREES
    165 2 A story of determination an«i turagc nun ka th< brilliant scholastic career of Malayan student who has Just returned to Singapore fiom the United State*. He ui 17-j ;u-<;i-i Lim Chew Swi <\ a fuinit! A.t.s. boy and son of Mi. and Mr*.
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    'PARENTS ARE NEGLECTING CHILDREN'S TEETH'
    16 2 'PARENTS ARE NEGLECTING CHILDREN'S TEETH' Hill of > ibu and children dont hm This tr: lust unincd
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    Two New Schools For Colony 1. A Craft School
    131 3 Two New Schools For Colony 1. A Craft School \.nk\\ Cn n School to plemcnt i»upii>- academic unowir.i will be opened .-(mi in th< Colony, Mi A W. Prisbj Din ctor of 1 tioj \<A\\ the Tribune Tii.- school will be housed m tli old Rochon M ilay $12,000 to
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    2. A FREE TAMIL SCHOOL
    79 3 THE Oral tree prlmlury education KbOQ] for Tamil children ol Government and Municipal labourers—the St. George^ Road School—will be officially opened by Singapore,^ Director or Education Mr A. w. Frlsby to-morrov:. The school is cxpectfd to Mart with about 150 pupii.s .\nd three or four
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    98 3 Voluntary workers ol the Phrenloßal Therapj I nit !iav«* saccceded In u Mr. Teh Slow Ilin. a hlinU patient at the Tan Totu Srni; Hospital. Singapore, from brooding over l«- v affliction become ircaTing wrii L bojkeli aftei few awiillni of tuition tliat he ran today finish basket in two
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    AT THE WHEEL
    63 3 I* i Mllm l':»i;'in. t.mi, 17,^ l* IjuU Ihc ul-'l iil her I* latJx r < up, sint'il I ya«ht, th.- Sn mee, whnil th« -y u«-nt out saiiin- j Iht Other H« r lather, l>r. lan Soo Hock, an opthahaic mm um, <-:w--twUi <lir.>ct«*l :md MtpeiV
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    MASKED MEN STAB CHINESE
    52 3 v Chinese waJfctos ;ii< nu Jcllico Road i -ii !y yesterday morning wa i t<> have been let upon ;w<. laulcd i(»iup«'»txi')t- and :-t .•I.TT-,1 In th» buck. He made report at Ko<horo Koa'l police tatioii end mm taJ-.on |o the General Hospital by a Municipal
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    85-Mile Bund To Save Coastal Land
    307 3 i bid to saw several hundred square miic.s jf land on the west coast of Johore. for coconut arid other cultivation, the Johore Government is constructing an 85-mile coastal bund from Mu^r to Kuku and a number of drains. Mr. T. E. Emmett. State
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    Social Insurance For Malayan Workers
    323 3 Social Insurance For Ma lay a n Workers COVT.CONSIDERiNG PROPOSAL thk Governmentfl of Singapore und 1 the Federation of Malaya arc nom actively considering a proposal tor the introduction of a Pan-Malayan Social Insurance scheme for worker The necessary legislation is expected to be completed before the end ol the
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    METHODISTS TO COWER HERE NEXT MONTH
    137 3 The rir^t Central Confn .■•nco of Methodist* in Sout-i Bast Asia, originally BCbedul- to meet in Kua.a Lumpur, vvill how be heM at Weslev Church, Singapore, startin: r .i February L Thin wa* annountfvd t>v F>r. M&rmaduke Dodsworth. Ml ton BuDtrintcndeUl v r *»i
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    More Women Take To Driving
    127 3 More Women Take To Driving VHBRE ate MM women tlvivers in Singapore today than there were prewar. More Chinese women are taking up to drivinc their own ears. Mr. l> F. Niekels. hief of the Singapore l'rafiie Police said. Mr. Niekels i* of the opinion that the standard of driving
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    ADVENTISTS MEET
    61 3 ADVENTISTS MEET Tn< :■>• nil: L'u;. AdveOtist Mis>ion m Singapore received into the churcti norc l!ian 6.500 peopl« in 191'* This was stated by Mi. V. P. Armstrong, PresMent of the Mission foi the Fi! East, in his report to tn»^ .'nnup.l meeting of tlv^ Mi>si(-.'i Ifl -t night. Thj
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    Rubber Boned Acrobat
    142 3 VICKY Masckavltch may not tie a member of the Singapore (inn Club'-* Toxophily Section, but she's able to nrlntf blush U> Bfl MCfcefl checks with her ability to iliscliarge an arr. o**"0 w tn her toes. It fmmm natural to Ikt because: 1. Vicky is a rubber-homul
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    38 Unions closed down last year
    160 3 38 Unions closed down last year MOiiK Ttati-- L'nioni CKHCQ Mown than were registered during 1949, an official of the Registry cf Trade Unions jam. The numbei or it ia Unions in Sin^anoic ni<: dropped from i.">i> it the cno of 1948 to l.'>2 by too end Oi Omy 14
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    CORRUPTION CHARGE FAILS
    72 3 CORRUPTION CHARGE FAILS iroH. sat. INBPBC3OR Tay Lay Sentattached to Tapah Police, this morning was acquitted and discharged on two counts of having received illegal gratifications !>v Mi. B.G. Smith. President of the Session ("'out t. Discharging T»y, Mr. Smith said that there was considernU]r doubt in the oasc Sttdthe
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    All-Time High In Road Accidents
    314 3 JHERE were 7.134 road accidents reported to the Singapore Traffic Police last year, setting up an rl!-tiniL postwar record But d*?ath on the rouds baa progressively decreased over the past veart>. In 1948 there were 7,026 accidents and ii..';kl in 1947. The toll of the
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    'Con' Man Gets 16 Months' Gaol
    101 3 'Con Ma n Gets 16 Mon ths Gaol WV San Foi 26. an Englishspeaking Chinese confidence trickster, was yesterday sentenced to sixteen months' rik'oious imprisonment and two years police supervision in the Fust District Court. British A.rmv Officer. 01 a total ol S6SS. Wu was alleged to have promised a
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      284 3 sU/itfa iietiA Write with a pen iha; responds to your touch like a sensitive instrument, that brings personality to your handwriting. A Swan that most famou* English pen -made with the precision of a Cne watch, has its perfect servant in Swan ink an Ink that docs not clot, flows
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    FIVE-CENT BUS FARE DEARER IN LONG RUN
    225 4 -SO THERE WILL BE NO CHANGE Tnbun^ Staff Rei)orto» THF Singapore Traction Company has convinced Municipal Commis- vj i- r,.- t\%*A flve-cent hu^ far-^s win h« dearer in the long run. The move to reduce bus fares from ten cents to ivo cents
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    They Can't Take The Narrow Winding Road
    185 4 Tritran* Stall Kpp^rtor TIIE tussle between two rival bus companies to opsrate a s?rvice on tho nairow and winding ►Siglap Road has at last been settled by a Municipal Committee. Their decision is:The road is not suitable fur buses either large or small.
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    Spivs Were In The Best Of Spirits
    137 4 Spivs Were In The Best Of Spirits SINGAPORE spivs cashed in j on a handsumt* bonus at the Yuletide. They cornered almost the entire whisky market and prices rocketted to three times the actual cost. While the controlled price is just aver $10 a bottle. MaeK-rnar :ete»is HOM then stocks
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    THE AXE FALLS IN CUSTODIAN'S DEPT.
    196 4 Tribune Staff Reporter MINE temporary hands from the Custodian's Department, Singapore, are seeking employment today. They started the New Year on the unemployed list having been retrenched on the last day of Dp. n c j mber. Of the nine men on° is a
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    'GIVE US 7 DAYS MORE'
    83 4 MALACCA. Sat.— The Malacca Chamber of Commerce has asked the Superintending Engineer, Central Eiec.ricity Board. Southern Region, Malacca, to give sympathetic consideration to the question of giving 14 days' instead of seven days' notice for the settlement of electricity bills. The Chamber stated that it
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    Long Distances
    154 4 The Company wont further to state that if any reduction ir. th* 1 minimum fare is made, it will bo necessary for them o Increase the maximum fare for the long-distance passenger. Tins will mean that a man who lives in Tarn Don is and works in Rafftai
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    ROBBERY CHARGE
    40 4 George Noel Hardwick. a European, was chaiged in the tourtn niagistiatc's cou;t yesteiday wttfl robbing a Malay, Mohamed Sasson Adam, el $28 at Thomson Road, on the night of December 11. last. Trial was postponed to next Tuesday.
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    Master 1950 Will Not Be A Sailor, Says Father
    175 4 Tribune Staff Reporter. JJjASTER 1950 of Singapore, or known as Case Nu. ***** in the Kandang Kerbau Hospita! Reeistehas been named Teng Beng Wee. His unemployed sailor father, Teng Eng Ann, shrugged his shoulders when asked what his babv son would
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    Nippy (13) The Firemen's Pet... ....AND TESTER OF 'L' DRIVERS
    218 4 Nippy (13) The Firemen's Pet... ....AND TESTER OF 'L' DRIVERS NOW don't M that look too' you, for Nippy *he tiremen's pet is full of beans although she is thirteen ><-ars old. *>ome of the oKI hands at Singapore's Ceniral Fire Station say: Nippy has been on so many test
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    Good Demand For Malayan Pines
    154 4 JJALAYA cannot cope with any more orders for canned pineapple until March when thr next season begins. The Chairman of the Central Pineapple Packing Board, Mr. Yap Pheng Geek says that the bulk of the current season's crop has been sent to the United Kingdom.
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    MYSTERY STATUE SHINES BRIGHT
    241 4 MYSTER Y STA TUE SHINES BRIGHT Tribune Staff Reporter THEPwE is an air of mystery which shrouds a fourfoot high statue standing in a small chj.pt'l used as a sanatorium for priests in Ponggol. The statue Madonna and Child lias been standing there for more than 50 years, but it
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    City lathers Can't Decide
    113 4 MUNICIPAL Commission- j ers haw not decided Whether they will make any contribution to the St. Andrews Minion Hospirai this year. i-ast year Commissioners gave a sum of $4,000 towards the unkeep of the j hospital on the understanding that the hospital would admit cast-s referred
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    WAR ON STRAY DOGS
    64 4 WAR ON STRA Y DOGS The Municipality will conduct a more vigorous campaign to eliminate stray dogs in Singapore this year Four additional dog shooters will be employed for this purpose. Last year 365 stray dors wore shot. The general complaint is that a number of stray dogs are at
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    FARMERS DROP PLOUGHS TO FIGHT BANDITS
    187 5 FARMERS DROP PLOUGHS TO FIGHT BANDITS .101m,.-,' an G*m Rbre Kir^ ||||g- Tribune Staff Reporter tic* to* wherea l about_ i 9 800ac« L are_u, Ider1 der cultivation ai^ present .ie rxplalna ttiat the reasons for the vlrop arc A lar^e number of Malayyouths have turned bandits fighters having joined
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    Promised A Reward 36 Years Ago, Waits
    161 5 Promised A Reward 36 Years Ago, Waits Tribune Stall Reporter THK c Army Civil Servicp Union is up thi- ease of 59-year-old ex-forcman K --> received, only $90'j gratuity froi when he retired 'after 34 yeara of and ''excellent" service. Mr. Thambyrajah who was a civilian worko' .\\n* in his
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    Motorists make way, Please
    120 5 Motorists make way, Please FIRE-ENGINE, ambulance and police patrol cai driven tht y vi T i satisfied if motorist- pull to thr side of tho road when they h(»ar th"ii sirens oi bells. It inot necessary foi motorists i -too. All they ask motorists is to :.uTkt' w.iv for the
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    VARSITY FUND
    25 5 The University of Malaya Enriowm. nt. Fund has passed the two-million mark. The Fund stands at 52.019 869.68 as on January 5. 1950.
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    LICENCES BRING IN $169,166
    70 5 LICENCES BRING IN $1 69,1 66 Total revenue collected last year by the Ucetl section of the Singapore Traffic Police Amounted to $169,166 ovt i forty-thousand drit licences we e Issued during the yea:. These Include licences ISSU4 (1 to new applicants as well as annual renewals. The bceassmg department
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    Boys. Girts Taught: Save Money For Rainy Day
    243 5 £HILDREN in the State Welfare Home At the 3rd mile Scudai Road, Johore Bahru, are being taught: "Save your money for a rainy day." They have been told to deposit their gifts and cash prize* in the Post Office Savings Bank. "The
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    TRAFFIC FINES
    20 5 Thf two Sin^apoto Traffic Courts dealt with 13.Gf>l last y»\;t and t\rn-* collected from th«>s<- aiiiounttnl to $242,355.50.
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    LETTER TO THE EDITOR America Welcomes Students
    431 5 LETTER TO THE EDITOR America Welcomes Students Sir I have rend with interest the article on scholarships published in the Sunday Tribune of January 1, 1950, under Ike heading "ASK YOU MIC.HT (JET A STIIDV (iI FT I should appreciate your bringing to the atte.ntion of >oiir readers a comment
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    MISADVENTURE VERDICT
    57 5 A finding of death by misadventure was letumed by tho Singapore Coroner, Mr. W.G. Porter, yesterday, at the 1 'i'i of the Inquiry into the death of three j>'-.sons loiiowIng a Christmas Eve fire v. Seah Street The victims wore a clorK in Singapore poiice court. Hr !)ona!«l
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    20 COUPLES PARTED IN 1949
    66 5 There has been an increase in the number or divorce cases dealt with m the Singapore High Court during the past year. No fewer than 20 couples were granted decrees absolute in 1949 as compared w'lth nine decrees absolute during the previous year. The total
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    Food Stalls In Parks To Be Licensed
    120 5 MUNICIPAL Cominission--111 crs arc oomlderlng a proposal to licence all food stalls in nmusemrnt Parks in Singapore. With this end in view they are seeking legal opinion us to whether it will missionera to declare the three amusement* parks in the Colony as
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    130,000 BOYS, GIRLS ANSWERED SCHOOL BELL
    251 5 TV Tribune Staff Reporter |^(tARLY 130,000 Singapore school children answered the school bell on "Black Thursday' instead of returning to school after the Christmas break on Monday, the children began their 1950 session last Thursday. Foi thousands of children— between the a^e.s of six
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    Hot Work, But He Likes It
    132 5 ABDUL RAHMAN In Nordin has just complied twenty years service with the Singapore Fire Brigade. He says lie lias been to morefrvs than he can remember big and smal' and although it i: hot work he likes it. Now a ton-man. Abdul Rahman recall!
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    Give Us Quarters, Say Customs Officers
    236 5 Tribune Stall Reporter. JHE Johore branch of the Asian Customs Services Union, Malaya, want more quarters for Customs officers and if possible, the quarters must be near their offices. A spokesman of the Union said: "A number of officers do not have quarters. They
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    SHOCK FOR HIM
    35 5 as ne searcnea ior a present for his wife a Grand Rapids, Michigan, policeman was surprised to be served with divorce papers. The court granted him permission to see his 12 children.
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    THIS SINGAPORE...
    3275 6  -  VERA ARDMORE By MRS. OETOYO Purina <mrl pantechnicons SWEET, .smiling Mis. Mary Oetoyo, wife of Dr. Oetoyo. Indonesian Representative in Singapore, is having everything happen to her at once. Indonesian independence, has meant a iTieat many celebrations, and she has aJso been moving to a larger, and more
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      119 6 NEW HIRE PURCHASE" PLAN Uni r (hi- "New Plan" W^ H Qcfjvcr Jo )onr Home A New Piano Far As Link 4s $252.00. The Balance Being Payable Ovei 18 Months 1/ ±ob.oo Per Month. Take The Lift At John little's Ami Inspect Our Lar»c And Varied Stock. I ESTAB S
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    THE LONDON...
    1975 7  -  Jimmy Glover Front LONDON. Sat popped into a jewellers 1 shop in Kni-htsbrldgr the »>••[• day to make a small purchase and was surprised when a middle-aged Indian gentleman came up to the counter to attend to me' We looked at each other for a momenl without speaking,
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    THEY BLOSHED WHEN
    48 7 THEY BLOSHED WHEN WING-COMMANDER Norman Gregory tel's the xtoiy of an officer being hauled over the coals during the war. for doing something exceptionally stupid. His commanding officer said 'You must be mad." Whereupon, with gieat dignity, the culprit drew a document from his Docket Droving his sanity.
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    HAVE NATIONS ANY MORALS? THE SUNDAY TRIBUNE
    587 8 HAVE NATIONS ANY MORALS? THE SUNDAY TRIBUNE LONDON REPRESENTATIVE E. Maurice Glover, Malaya Tribune, Office, 143. Fleet Street, London, E.C. 4. SUNDAY, JAN. 8, 1950 A CURIOUS feature in human affairs i^ the wide gap that exists between individual morality and national morality. The ievel of morals as practised by
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    "DO WHAT YOU CAN TOKEEPTITO CALM" CABLED THE FOREIGN OFFICE
    5446 8  - YOU CAN TOKEEPTITO CALM" CABLED THE FOREIGN OFFICE BRIGADIER FITZROY EASTER N APPR OACHES ll.v SUCH was the background of the negotiations which were now opened between Tito and Subasic for the formation of a united Jugoslav Government. From the first Tito had all the cards in his hand. All
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  • BEHIND THE HEADLINES
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      Health: Better Than Ever
      604 9 Britain's Prospects for 1950 AT the two extremes of lif.\ prospecta for survival ate brtghtei In Britain than evei befo Infant mortality Isdecreas»nK fast parti through ante- ;.<-u»m feeding. Before tin- v. i babies under one year of age died for every 1000 who survived. By
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      Furniture: Better, Cheaper
      141 9 THE New Year should bring 1 better and cheaper furniture, in bigger quantities. Greater variety will probably follow the end of hardwood controls. Manufacturers may now buy privately and import freely from every country in the warld except in the dollar area. End of controls will also
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      HOUSES: CHANCES OF GETTING ONE ARE SLIM
      306 9 CHAXCES of getting a house in 1950 will be much the samo as in last year very slim, unless one can afford second-hand property, or manape to get one of the few private building licences to be lamed by local authorities. Recent Government
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      Food: Depends On Spending Power
      368 9 AMOUNT of food Britons Will Ket this yeai will depend on how much money they can affoid to spend. Most of the countries that supply Britain are now able to sell as much as as she wants or aa much u she can afford in
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    TAX: IF TORIES WIN THERE MIGHT BE CUTS
    445 9 MUCH depends on the ans- wer to the question which Party will win the General Election? A second Labour Government, with a majority in a newly elected Commons "the strongest constitutional authority m the world 1 would undoubtedly continue its present policy
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    More Meat?
    21 9 This cargo of meat tomes froir Argentina, but in 1930 *Ncw Zealand may help to solve Britain's dollar problem.
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    Motor Cars: The Old Saloon Will Have To Do Unless....
    355 9 r*OR Britain's motor-minded citizens the new year will be good or bad according to their bank balances and the pitch of their enthusiasm. It will bo the biggest year since before the war for motor-racing fans. Britain's first Grand Piix
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    HOLIDAY THE £ WILL FETCH LESS
    436 9 HOLIDAY THE WILL FETCH LESS THE British holidaymakcr abrond will find that during 1950 his buys less than it did in 1949. Some European countries did not follow Bii~ tain's lead in devaluing its currency; they include Czechoslovakia. Hungary, Yugoslavia and Switzerland. Other.;, like Belgium. Portugil. Spain. Italy and France.
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      The House Beaton Built
      366 10 Ashfomho, by ('•'fil Heaton (»;sitsf«»rd, 155.). ASHCOMBE is the name of the country house in the Wiltshire Downs vvho.se Lease Cecil Beaton, wiitci and photographer, held for ir> years, from iyr,o. This la a distinguished addition to the considcxab'c volume of rustk ntciatnro which ':an only
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      CHILDHOOD MEMORIES
      167 10 The Gentle Years, by T. Lovatr Williams (Pen in Hand, 7s. 6d.). fTHROUGH 16 disarming I episodes. T. Lovatt William? almost persuades the teadci to believe in his reminiscences of a childhood spent in Mc'lingfold, an imaginary country town where •Summer passed as a dteam The author meanders
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      ANOTHER TRIUMPH FOR ERNEST RAYMOND
      237 10 ANOTHER TRIUMPH FOR ERNEST RAYMOND Geotffe Grraves, by Krm M Raymond (fnsiliH. 12v 6<1.). AN elderly man and an attractive young woman take over the lease of a larg^ bomb-blasted and derelict house in the loyal borougla of Kensington, and neighbouring tongues begin to wag. Who is this gracious old
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      307 10 i>< rrnonds y Story, l;y Fenner Brockway (Allen and I nwin, 135.). THIS is the sto:y of Dr. Alfred Saltei, and it might well have been something very different from a li< imondsey story. Salter wa- not born in Bcrmondscy. and the outstanding brilliance as
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      Clovis Was No Socrates
      243 10 Covis, bjf Miehael I'Yns'mt (Al'an Wingaie, 7s. l.'i.). THE trouble with Clovis. ;.s someone pointed out. was that he was no Socrates: he was just a parrot too smart for his breeches. Generations cf Van Lernci:; had I red parrots- Clovis was the last and the
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      HAWKINS IS NOT YET AT HIS BEST
      265 10 Lighter Than Day. oy Desmond Hawkins (Longmans, 65.). DESMOND HAWKINS Ls a B.RC. R"«ional proc'ur.-r and the author of Hawk Among the Sparrows, a firs: novel which was well received before the w;ir. Lighter Than Day was first published in 1940. and soon
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    Are You Happily Married?
    539 10 Are You Happily Married? A imht-iK $rte4 <'tt< >ni>t t<> nf-stst: your prospecfa lr 'i'' pincss in mcrriafft tak* front th( M:irri;u»- S<Ki«t> H>vif\\, which point.* < ui thnt the q* li'x'l'i ""f t k ,ii Could vou 'efci to hci women friends without using th word "gossip"? cj) Could
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    He Fought For Lost Causes
    305 10 Let Candles Be Brought In. by Sir Geoffrey Shakespeare (Macdonald. 215.). SIR GEOFFREY SHAKESPEARE was born the son of a Baptist minister in a house called The Wilderness. His father was known as "John the Baptist.*' and Sir GcoiTrey himself as "the voice of one
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    167 10 11 n u I V-inrr, t>y Hurry J. Gteenwa!) (C. and JTVmpV, 10s. Bd.). THJ, authoi it i rihout the woman tovea France. Y. t hr of his ><>\v ip terms tA M advertising copyv churnbetween morning coffee and the pi .-luncheon cocktail, prodncl which he loatn
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      207 10 ii ()MI»LETE VIOLIN OUTFIT CONTINENTAL MAKE BRILLIANT TONE MODERATE IN PRICE si;\so\ to., i in. 115, NOHTH BICIIXih ROAD. FIIONE 71H0. St*p eold befor* it g«ts ntmrtrnd. Um Hodton't "Eum^nthor juJobM d*y. Ijum^nthor, contains only hi Hodson't, b > fwt, u(« twtnlcM^ wMen brlnfi you spMdy ntM. always useill '^^jwvoith^V
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      502 10 HAVE FUN WITH THE By CONSTANCE SHARI'E AQI'AKII'S suggest themselves to i/ou .lAN. 21 FEB. 18 <i:id you ''ill b( ah'i fo pmr Rattler an uneventful week: the way towards treat s«e--i/ would be a good tn>K m cess. (>»> or two surprising witfeh to get <:ll th< loose oMveniuret
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    BEACH BALLERINA TAKES ON WINGS
    64 11 BEACH BALLERINA TAKES ON WINGS DEE TIR N E L L.J blonde beamy and former lopaenbana shower', is another Hollywood adress to find that imaging with Fred Astaire is an open sesame to fame. Because of her stand -oui dancing in a number with Astaire in "Easter Parade. Miss Turnell
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    SUNRISE SERENADE
    1400 11  -  HENRY GRIN A visit to a giant movie studio in the early morning hours when Hollywood is still asleep but $5,000--a-week stars are already at work lly HOLLYWOOD. fULVER CITY Is still asle?p, its wid^ main streTU empty save for a stray J c habing a newspaper being
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    90 11 The milkman is not welcome any more at Inund EkTjman':> Rome rerciinp; to Associated Press photographer Mario Torrid, who has b« ien trying ior a week to snap her. "Now the maid goes out to fetch the milk and just about everything else needed in the apartment."
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    FILM TALKS
    37 11 ARCHIE Newman, repreI nt:itiv< of Canada's Chamber of Commerce, is in Hollywood for discussions with Producer Z. Wayne Griffin, to work out plans lor filming of the movir "The Big Moose." In Briush Columbia. A.P.
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    141 11 DHYLLIS CALVERT i.s in- vesting the £46,000 she recently brought back from Hollywood in a British film. "Happy Now I Go." in which she will star. John Stafford Is her producing partner, for Associated British. Miss Calvert plays the part of a woman suffering from amnesia. Her
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    DOWN CUBA WAY FOR HIM
    55 11 DOWN CUBA WA Y FOR HIM PRODUCER Wolfgang Re--1 inhardt of Hollywood says ho nus accepted the invitation of the Cuban government to film portions of his indepedent production "The Elaine Townsend Story" in Havana. The story of an American woman who operates Cuban gambling casinos is set lor a
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    23 11 TOO BAD V, liile frolirklng on a beach in southern Calliornia, actress Uuth Koinan seems to be encountering u little bathingsuit difficulty.
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    136 11 WITH one picture in release, one nearing release, one in production and two in preparation. John Derek has aow become the busiest young tar on the Columbia lot. His initial role as the killer. f Nick Romano, in the Humphrey Bogait. starrer. "Knock v.)n Any
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    40 11 LESLIK PANNING, beautiful young feminine lead in Columbia s "Renegades of j the Sage," which stars Charlea St.irrett and Smiley Bur- nette. is married to Wallace lluy.i 1. brother of Jane Ruskcll. I ealifi and Wallace con-
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    104 11 S |7 OK a K««»d many years, i Ann IVnnington, Zirgfcld Follies star, has j been tunious for the preti tiest knees in show busii ness. Now it looks as though i .loan 'aulfield is out to u Olch th«» honours for |»60 a i uti»Mi
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    WHAT LUCK!
    61 11 TEN-YEAR-OLD Billy Gray all boy. thinks he's the luckiest kid in Hollywood. For the past six months Billy's roles have prevented him from having his hair cut. and therein lies the secret of his glee. What kid wants to submit to a barber's shears Currently at work on
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      276 11 NOW/ PROOF that brushing teeth directly after eating with y COLGATE DENTAL CREAM HELPS STOP TOOTH DECAY! New dental s.inur offers proof The average of the group using that always using Colgate Dm- Colgate'- as directed was a start- tnl Cream directly after eating ling roduct.on m number Off helps
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    157 12 CHICAGO. Musical medicine is helping America's sick forget their aches, their pains and fears. Doctors now use music as an aid in gurj), mental illness and in treating many diseases, said Mrs. Doris Paul, of Michigan. However, she added, dot-tors have found that music, like drugs, will aid
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    633 12 I Owe My Body Beautiful To Sunday Newspapers IF you ire trying to lose 1 weight, don't overlook reading a good big Sunday newspaper vJ 1 is tht> ch(> apest and best form ol exercise available to modern man It not only tones your mind. It takes away sloppy ?rL
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    1048 13 1950 HOLDS PROMISE for BRITISH SPORT by WALTER PILKINGTON IT is customary to take an opti mis. ic vie* when discussiiv almost any subject in reh tioti i;< the New Yoar. This attitude, however, is justified in regard to spoil in Britain. The hope ,f better things is ever present
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    INDIA-WORLD HOCKEY CHAMPIONS FOR 22 YEARS
    709 13 BY K. SATAKOPAV NEW DELHI. Sat—Hockey, introduced belt in Uw nineteenth century, has attained lt.s highest .-tandards in this, country whrre competitive team sports wei. a most unknown before BritiSß rule. India has been world hockey champion since 192H. Hockey today draws larger crowds
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      1053 13 Have you seen the new jar? v^Sk&J&k ne oz s ze now (>t nirs tt) J/ib you m a plastic container, '|3^3||yLTj*' mottled red and pink, which s^Sv--k32 <an e use^ afterwards as a drinking cup. Begiri c«»i- lecting them now and it W&tf&iw tne samc time ker P healthy
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    814 14 MALAYA'S TOP CLASS PLAYERS ARE TAKING IT EASY BADMINTON by Our Special Correspondent MALAYA'S topranking bftdpiinton pi.i.vcr.s arc taking things easy. judp;in«4 from their dfc])lay at the triangular badminton meet at lp r -h during the nhristinafl holidays. Except for (Ing Pc«h Lim, all the refnainiiig seven Malayan Th.oir.-is Cuj)
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    98 14 FLYING CLUB MiSStD RECORD BY 2½ HOURS Tin weathei prevented the doyal Singapore Plying Club fiom breaking their postwai i.conl of 200 Hying horn-. last month, accoroung to the ciub.~ monthly report i yesterday. Last month's numbi was OUI by hour.-'. The irpoti stated tha; Mi. t> i;a.\t« w'■ the
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    LOCAL PROMOTIONS LACK A MATCHMAKER
    415 14 Till, other day I was askett to :u count for gfca ftl«l thai r.e«nl hoxinj; BljftH't Tn Singapore had M>ni^!tD\. u:iNtir:«,l \n spite of the pr s;- lev uf "»^KnamcM" on the i>r^ram<ae. S It was an iniri^u'rii; <|U«'Vti<»n, and, «nnsi<liriim i from >.irinus ;mglf»,
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    G.H.Q. FARELE 'B' GO DOWN TO SCC 'A' 13-0
    299 15 G.H.Q. FARELE 'B' GO DOWN TO SCC 'A 13-0 GAME PLAYED ON RAIN SOAKED FIELD pLAVIN(i with 14 men on a r:»;n soakinl field at Tanßiin, the Ci.lf.Q. ML XV were delated by U points (two goals, a try) to nH when they met the S.C.r. "A" team, yesterday. Intermittent
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    Nagle Joins Golfers' Top Rank
    142 15 SYDNEY. Sat. Kelvin Naj;le of Sydney has joined the front lank of Australian golfer.*. The massive New South WVshnian. one of the longest hitters the game has known, won the Austialian professional title at Perth. Western Austialia. la?t month. He beat Victorian To<l Naismith in
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    CHEERFUL LADS MELTING TODAY
    70 15 A meeting of tho Chci-rfui Uada Athletic Party will be held today at 1 p.m. at the residence of Mr. Joe Sean. 310. Joo Ciiiat Road. At p.m. the Lads' 2nd XI will play soccer against Alexander Guard Unit, while Lads' Ist XI will play R.A.F.
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    TRIAL POSTPONED
    22 15 The Colony Women State Hockey trial scheduled to j be held yesterday was post- j ooned owing to inclement weather.
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    Late Bid By Europeans Fails, Rest Win 2-1
    181 15 Late Bid By Europeans Fails, Rest Win 2-1 Tribune Staff Reporter KUALA LUBIPUK, Saturday I a la>t and exciting RMM the Kest beat the Europeans by Uvo goals to one in their annual hockey match today. Though they lost th< Europeans save the I strong opposition, especially in the first
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    Rugger SELANGOR ENTERS CUP FINAL
    148 15 Rugger SELANGOR ENTERS CUP FINAL POH, Sat.—Selangoi quailtied to enter the final of the H.M.S. Malaya Rugby competition, though they drew with Perak iu the scmi-tinai UMiMf. The score was throe-all, a drop goal for Sclangor and :i try for Perak. Sclangor won the right to the final on the
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    Ben Hogan Returns To Big Golf
    96 15 LO3 ANGSLJCB, Sat. Bontan; Htm OogSM shot u iwo ovei- p^i t:: yesterday m has return to tournament gob *t Ed Ku: i -t i! o .how in the Irat round of the 915.000 Los Angeles Open with u sparkling 88. The tournament marked
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    The Rest Equalise
    109 15 Five minutes later trie R'st equalised when Eng Kim slammed the ball In off a short pass from Razalli in front of the goalmouth. The Europeans then missed a goal when Smate's shot struck the post and went out. The Rest Scored their winning goal in th<-
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    ARMY DRAW 3-3 WITH NAVY
    35 15 The Singapore District (Army) diew 3 :j with the i Navy, each iMe ■coring a try. in a quadrangular nigby tournament match on the H M.S. Terroi ground, yestei <i
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    ANYTHNG GOES....
    48 15 ri««/ G 5°? s when Siamese boxers meet in the ring. They use their feet as well as their fists to knock their opponents silly. The fighter above leapt into the air to land a kick on his opponents ohln h."K. makh in Banekok.- Photo. A.P.
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    C.A. Youngsters Beat West Depot 1-0
    175 15 a gruelling game the Chinese Athlete Youngsters defeated the Naval Base West Depot XI by one goal to nil at Jalan Besar Stadium yoster- I daw Both sides played well and were evenly matched Yew Chiang, the Youngsters goalie effected a number of good
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    SOOCCERITES SCORE 2-1 VICTORY
    166 15 SOOCCERITES SCORE 2-1 VICTORY The Young Boocerttej xi yesterday defeated the Naval Bas^ Kcow Nam YounssU'is by two goate to one at -err. r at Jalan Bcsai Stadium. y« ■>- teiday. Tile panic wa.s faitly even and both sido^ played keenly. Kim Bcnp. Soccerit'-s ccn-trc-fot ward, opened accounts in the
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    FATHUL KARIB SOCCER TEAM
    55 15 The Fathul Karib Ist XI to p'ay soccer against Paslr I'anjang United tomorrow at Fauei Park, at 5.15 p.m. will bo Bciected fiom the following:: Jaffar Jabai, A Ualiim (Junior), A. Rahim. Alimed. Johin bin Hassan. Zuki. Bake| Lamin. Haron, B.J. Layman, Jaffar. Dollah Kuchok; Kassam.
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    INDIAN RECS TROUNCE NAVAL STORES 4-1
    70 15 INDIAN RECS TROUNCE NAVAL STORES 4-1 The Indian Recreation Club beat the Naval Stores Combined XI by four goals to one at Fairer Pa»k yesterday. The Indians opened .scoring through Parasivam, and Smith equalised a few j minutes later. The first hi»'f score was 1-1. On the resumption the Indians
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    THESE 20 MILLIONS PLA Y TENNIS FOR FUN
    339 15 THESE 20 MILLIONS PLA Y TENNIS FOR FUN MANILA. Sat.— A South Pacific nation of twenty million western-minded inii ii»i tants play- tennis for fun. They like tin- game for Itself. The relatively few Filipinos, like Fclicisimo* Aiiddii, "The mignty nitc of toum vim. vi«- for i'\ rs. are ROtttCtMPg
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      332 15 Thta i. ;-i i- ;yof a < }reat Love Rctwcen c Prin i Court Dancer Vn«i Bcldcm Has »ov< t->t(^»^ Been So BE/%1 Til I IXV T4HMI t^aF •''TV. #got (An Indian :'i!i -Wll 1 log ESDglish Iforninfr 1 11 a.m rn C?l '.r.R' 1 l p ,t .<■ i
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    BANDITS SEARCH FOR A BASE TO OPERATE
    424 16 Pamphlet Tells Of 3- Point Plan A COMMUNIST pamphlet captured by thi- Security Force* sets out thr^e/1 point plan ol camptigii to'off-sct the rckr.tlosr drive which is now bringing than to their kiu»*s The plan is; 1. To find u \mm a "liberated
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    CUP HOLDERS GET A SHCCK
    339 16 I >N1 ON, Bat Wo!' ovi i on< million pco;>i«' saw the 32 third round <-,»_ tt< a in En^laod t«-" nine <» f which \s. i. drawn and will have to he M V< (1. The iOvin<j o provided numbei ut mii pi Lse
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    "RUSTLERS" AND THE RATIONS
    73 16 LONDON. Sat. Sheep 'rustling' in northern England is depriving British hom-s of thousands of meat rations every year. More than 200 sheep have b'en reported missing in parts of Yorkshire recently -:nany of them from flo'-k* which graze Ilt u r lonely roadways. Farmers are now
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    KILLER SQUAD CHIEF CA UGHT
    310 16 IPOH, Saturday THE loader of a bandit killer scjuad was captured and identified by a Police party yesterday. Subsequent investigations led to the capture of three other members of the same gang. The bandit leader was caught when the Police cordoned off a small section
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    HIS WEAKNESS
    14 16 The Zoo's pet slender loris (a lurry animal from Ctyk>n > likes gin.
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    SINGAPORE REPORTORY MAKES BOW
    197 16 SINGAPORE REPORTORY MAKES BOW THE Singapore Roportory Company's hrst presentation of "Gaslight got an enthusiastic reception at the Victoria Theatre last night. It should have satisfied Mr. John Forbes-Sompill. the actor-manag» r. whose effoitl have brought about a professional theatre in Singapore. Dorothy Morrcll. in an extremely ditftcult part, that
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    JANET IN DEAN'S CARE
    60 16 COLUMBUS. OHIO, Sat.— The ilines.s of two-year old Janet Beth Wagner, who was brought here trom Singapore for treatment, was diagnosed today as acute leukemia. This diagnosis was announced by Dr. Charles A. Doan, Dean of the College cif Medicine at Ohio State University. H< baa
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    INDIAN CURRENCY
    32 16 IjaJMJSA f. Sat. New Ir.iha-i currency :u. c«'s of all denominations wi!i be tasued on Jan. 26, when the Indian ttcpubiic i.-' inaugurated, tb" Reserve Bank ot intba nounc-vi to-iay.
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    Harbour A.P.O.s TermMayBeExtended
    132 16 May Be Extended Tribune StafT Reriorter THE Singapore Harbour Board Auxiliary Poli.c Force's existence for a further period after July Ifl now under consideration. The A. P.O. force the world's hie;hc.' pad policemen was formed in 1917 and baa u.^en n xietencc since. r last year there
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    MUM'S THE WORD, SAY MINISTERS
    201 16 ON the way to the forthcoming Commonwealth Ministers' Talk at Colombo, the Australian Minister of External Affairs, the Rt. Hon. F. C. Spender and New Zealand .s Minister of External Affairs, the Fit. Hon. F. VV. Doid.^e broke thoir journey at Singapore yesterday. "Mums the
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    FORMOSANS SEND REVOLT THREAT TO U.N.
    325 16 FORMOSANS SEND REVOLT THREAT TO U.N. HONGKONG, Friday. NATIVE PonnoMn leaden warned today that the islanders may revolt against the Chinese Nationalists' "reign of Terror." The warning added an internal threat to the security of the island, menaced by Communist invasion torces. Thomas Liao, President of the Fcrmosan Lei* gIK
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    Johore Lose To Negri-Malacca
    117 16 Johore Lose To NegriMalacca SEREMbAN Sal NegTlMalacca av< ng< d lr defeal ai U nd I Joiiupwhen they b >ai h latu r i by 19 points itu > goals. two trie.v a d. io Ifl two goals, two tries) in a H.M.s. Malaya cup ru^yer match here to N
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    SLOW BOWLER WORRIES INDIANS
    63 16 JAMBHBDPUR. Sat. The c mmo.nvoalth touring (Ji--!..: H-t 7. for 238 and then ■cored 34 foi cn« Wicket on the opening day of 1 thru tour-day match here today. (iccvn r.i'i Victoria leftarm slow bowler, claimed tout Bast Zone wickets foi 51. i' Roy was top
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    LOUIS WINS
    45 16 BOLLYWOOD, Sat.— Joe Louis rompi d through a fast six round exhibition fight against Willie Bean of Los Ai:Ke!es. slaved acre last ni^ht. ijcpuriers gave Loiiis ti\f rounds, as the Hrown Bomber kept Bean bucking with stiff left jabs to the head—l\ U.P.
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    "U.S. HAS TAKEN A TERRIFIC BEATING IN FAR EAST"
    135 16 "U.S. HAS TAKEN A TERRIFIC BEATING IN FAR EAST" NEW YORK. Sat. -In an < ditorial today tne New York Times declared that the Uni'ed States had taken a ■•terrific beating" in the Far East and tnat it mak'.'b the Philippines—"the next bastion of ireedom threatened"—inpregnable. The paper said: "Wo
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    AUSTRALIA 418
    37 16 Pert Elizabeth. i3ut. At the close cf the first day of the match between Australia i and Eastern Province hire today the tourists scored 4IS rind the home team had mado 12 without loss. Reuter
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    SHIPPING jCONTRACTS TO CONTINUE
    127 16 SHIPPING j CONTRACTS TO CONTINUE no:; k< sat. British v/ned hipping lines said here today time tney would continue il contracts with the Nationalist bin se Uo n.nent. i) okesi an of ttcrflcld aiul Bwirc, the leading c shipping i. lid that ail BritiBh .lines had be n notified ac
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    Nationalists Under Training
    38 16 (innerai emui i.i- leu (left foreground, Jiiuul nm liip) oinina ulm^ (.♦•l, end of the Infirttj urni artiller> training on trir Klllllil of t '.iii:;« su, watehes CMseae \a!i)/i--a'.ist Iroopa ir.iln i i.ii automatic' i.ii
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    Recognition Complicates Jap Treaty Talks
    174 16 Recognition Complicates Jap Treaty Talks COLOMBO. Sat. —Recount tion of the Communist Government ot China by Br:: uti and Ceylon will complicate the dbcus.sion of the JapaneM peace treaty, which is th^ main .t> m on the agenda of the conference ot <.'ninmonwea'th Foreign starting herl on Mop The Indian
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    SAFETY FIRST
    12 16 Knives and forks were provided at a Chins chopstick supper.
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