The Straits Times, 4 April 1949

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 SIGHT PAGES. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, APRIL 4, 1949. PRICE TEN CENTS
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    PACT TO BE SIGNED TODAY
    316 1 Biggest Factor For World Peace— Bevin WASHINGTON, Sunday. fOREIGN Ministers of 12 nations will meet in the United States State Department auditorium here tomorrow afternoon to sign the North Atlantic Pact described by the British Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bevin, as "the greatest contributing factor
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    35 1 MR. DUNCAN ROBERTSON'. Secretary of the Progressive Pirty and a successful candidate m the Municipal elections is garlanded and carried m triumph by two of hjs sunporters from the Victoria Memorial Hall. StralU Times picture.
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    'SACK NEGRO' PLOT ALLEGED
    177 1 PHILADELPHIA, Sunday. npWENTY-FIVE members of th« crew of an American cargo ship were accused yesterday of plotting to force the dismissal of a Negro officer primarily because of his race. The labrandtsen Company, owners of the Flying Arrow, said that the vessel was tied up in
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    REDS WILL 'FORGIVE'
    66 1 NANKING, Sun. f iHINESE Communists indi\j cated yesterday in a broadcast that they would forgive Nationalist leaders on their "war criminal' list who repent. The Nationalist military news agency last night claimed the capture of Hwayon. 50 miles north of Hankow, on the Peking-Hankow railway. Heavy fighting
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    50,000 KNELT
    48 1 VAXIUAN UTI, Oltfl. With 50.000 children kneeling before him the Pope yesterday celebrated the golden an- ni versa ry of his priesthood. I Boys and girls knelt before th>> Pontiff in the Belvedero Court of the Vatican in the public ceremony marking the j day —A.P.
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    34 1 THE BISHOP OF MALACCA Mgr. Olcomendy, officiating at a Pontifical High Mass in the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd, Singapore, yesterday, in celebration of the Pope's golden jubilee as a priest. Straits Times picture.
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    CHURCHILL'S RIGHT HAND OF FRIENDSHIP'
    274 1 CHURCHILL 'S RIGHT HAND OF FRIENDSHIP' NEW YORK, Sunday. MR. WINSTON CHURCHILL last night stretched out the "right hand of friendship" to the Russian people. Dressed in his famous "siren suit," he held a Press conference aboard the Queen Mary before sailing for home. Waving his cigar and pointing down
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    Telling The World
    48 1 WASHINGTON, Sun. rE Atlantic Pact signing ceremony tomorrow will be broadcast to the world by the "largest concentration of short-wave radio facilities ever assembled for I a single programme." In all. 43 languages will be used to bring the ceremonies to a world-wide audience. A.P.
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    RUSSIA IS ACCUSED
    128 1 WASHINGTON. Sun. ALL 12 Atlantic powers, speaking for the first time j with a single voice, accused Russia last night of misinterpreting the "nature and in- tent" of their projected military alliance. A formal statement issued here on the authority of the 12 foreign ministers virtual^ accused
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    Africa Will Have To Join—Smuts
    214 1 Africa Will Have To Join Smuts PEN. Smuts, former South African Prime Minister and now Opposition leader, told the Johannesburg Star today that the Atlantic Pact would inevitably take in Africa pv*«Hi»n v Without the Pact, he declared. Russia could advance to the shores of the Atlantic In a fortnight.
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    "BRITAIN NOW A SATELLITE"
    78 1 LONDON. Sun— Mr. R. Palme Dutt, vice-chairman of the British Communist Party, today described the North Atlantic Pact as reducing Britain to the status of a "satellite country" and an "aircraft carrier" for the United States. "It is a pact which reduced Britain to the status
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    PRIDI BEATS POLICE NET
    190 1 From Our Own Correspondent BANGKOK, Sun. THE fugitive Siamese statesman. Pridl Phanomyong, and several colleagues barely escaped the dragnet spread by police security forces in all j east coast towns for revolutionary leaders in the recent I unsuccessful attempt to seize power In Bangkok. Reports said
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    DEATH PLUNGE
    33 1 DAMASCUS, Sun.— Leonard Parker. 47, First Secretary of the U.S. Legation here, was killed yesterday when his Jeep plunged into a river as he I swerved to avoid a child.— A.P.
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    Donations Will Be Tax-Free-C-G
    363 1 Appeal For Varsity Fund ;/r»ONATIONS; /r»0NATIONS to the University of Malaya Endow- *^ment Fund will b e free from income tax and estate duty, the Commissioner-General, Mr. I Malcolm Mac Donald, said last night in a broadcast from Radio Malaya. The Commissioner-General, who is the first
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    New Bishop For Colony
    63 1 LONDON, Sun. CANON Henry Wolfe Baines, rector and rural Dean of Rugby (England) has been appointed Bishop of Singapore, in succession to the Right Rev. J. L. Wilson, who resigned to become Dean of Manchester. Canon Baines was chaplain In charge of the Cathedral. Hong Kong,
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    "One Policy With U.K."
    76 1 LONDON, Sun. MR. Shiva Rao, Indian delegate to the United Nations, said India must have a common policy with Britain in relations with Asia and Africa. Addressing a meeting of the Indian Committee for World Affairs, he said Britain was the "largest and most progressive colonial
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    COUP IN COSTA RICA FAILS
    66 1 SAN JOSE. (Costa Rica.) Sun.— The War Minister, Senor Cardona started a coup yesterday against the Costa Rican military junta headed by Gen. Jose Figueres. Senor Cardona's supporters seized the artillery barracks, where government arms are stored. Gen. Figueres has taken over the main strategic
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    LISTOWEL BACK IN LONDON
    30 1 LONDON, Sun.— Lord Listowel, British Minister of State for Colonial Affairs, arrived In London by air yesterday after a three-week visit to Australia and New Zealand.
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    P.I. TO "WAIT AND SEE"
    65 1 MANILA, Sun.— The Philippine Cabinet is at a loss a s to what the Government should do about the Oamboa case, 7« nrln f'OflJ, b*»inir an Anierlcan of Filipino parontago ■till serving In the US. Arm ■id Forces. After hearing a report from the Under-Secretary
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    ACTOR DIES
    23 1 LONDON. Sun. George Graves, 73, veteran Irish comedian, died last night. He made his fjrst stage appearance in 189»T— A.P. i
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    Council Elections This Week
    101 1 LONDON, Sun. MILLIONS of Britons begin voting tomorrow in count' ty council elections which i both major political parties I consider the key for next year's general parliamentary elections. The voting will continue dally until Thursday night to name the 129 councillors in 62 I county
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    Stop Press
    15 1 RANGOON. Sun. Rangoon Radio tonight claimed the recapture by Government forces of Mandalay.
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    London Lights Go Up Again
    427 2 THE lights went on again in London and other towns and cities of Britain on Saturday night after nine and a half years of black-out and dim-out. Thousands of Londoners and suburban dwellers, including children who had never seen the bright lights of the West
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    RUBBER TALKS HAVE NOT RAISED PRICE HOPES
    1254 3 RUBBER TALKS HAVE NOT RAISED PRICE HOPES From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Sunday. ]^O bright hopes for the rubber industry have come from meetings of the Rubber Study iroup, in the view of newspaper commentators. The Daily Express city editor infers from a statement by the leader of the United
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    CONFERENCE OPENS
    29 3 SIR GERALD ClAumjN (extreme left), British representative from the Colonial Office, makes the opening: address at the International Rubber Conference in London on March 28.— A.P. picture.
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    Six Quit Burma Cabinet
    202 3 RANGOON, Sunday. rpHE danger of Communist domination of Burma 1 has grown with reports today that Thakin Nu's hard-pressed Government is making efforts to negotiate with the White Band People's Volunteer Organisation. r This opinion is expressed by political observers after the resignation of six Cabinet
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    SPAIN: U.S IS CAUTIOUS
    73 3 WASHINGTON. Sun. The United States was reported yesterday to be, avoiding a definite stand on the issue of Spain's admission, which is due for consideration by the United Nations General Assembly The cautious attitude was made plain by diplomatic authorities following a meeting between the Secretary
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    'Sympathy For' The Dutch
    90 3 BOMBAY, Sun.— Mr. M. A. 'Master, General Manager of the Scindia Steam Navigation i Company, said yesterday that Indian lines "sympathised with the Dutch" in the controversy over freight charges. The present freight "war" began after Mar. 11, when the Holland, Bombay. Karachi line withdrew from
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    E.R.P. CUT MOVE DEFEATED
    157 3 E.R.P. CUT MOVE DEFEATED WASHINGTON, Sun. THE United States Senate last night defeated a move to cut $814,500,000 from the European Recovery Programme. The move, which would have cut the MarshSrfl allocation by 15 per cent., was defeated by 68 votes to 14. During the debate, the Netherlands was bitterly
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    THREAT BY PIRATES
    45 3 CANTON, Sunday— -Pearl River pirates have threatened to blow up two motor ships unless Drotection money is Daid tq them. The shios are the Shihmen and Chlmon. The equivalent of $12,000 (Straits i was demanded. The company has refused to Day —A.P
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    UNION SOUGHT
    42 3 CHANDERNAGORE, Sun j The Municipal Assembly of j Chandernagore, French possession in India, has passed i a resolution urging the GovI ernments of India and France to effect the Union of Chandernagore with India without the formality of a referendum—Reuter.
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    TALKS ON RUBBER FOR JAPAN
    220 3 A DECISION is expected within a few days whether rubber exports from Singapore to Japan will continue on n governmpnt-to-govern- lit basis, as at present, or whether they will revert to private traders The Straits Times unders ids that a meeting of representatives, of the
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    Moscow—As Mrs. Pandit Found It
    218 3 Moscow As Mrs. Pandit Found It LONDON, Sunday. SILVER-HAIRED Mrs. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, newly appointed Indian Ambassador to Washington, arrived here by air yesterday after representing her Government in Moscow for nearly two years. She declined to discuss her j stay in the Soviet capital with reporters at London Alr-
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    Reply To Afghans
    64 3 KAKACH, Sun. PAKISTAN opened an offensive tonight against Afghan radio attacks on I the dominion's policy on the North West Frontier. The Afghan radio had recently accused the Pakistan Air Force of bombing tribesmen's women and children. But Abdul Hamid Makhmoor. Afghan Charge d'Affaires here, denied reports
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    "SATISFIED"
    35 3 KARACHI, Sun.— Mr. Pat- rick Gordon-Walker, Parliaj mentary Under Secretary for Commonwealth Relations, who has been visiting PakisI tan, Ceylon and India, said here tonight that he was "completely satisfied" with his missior Reuter.
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    ARMISTICE POPE
    31 3 RHODES, Sun.—Authoritative sources said yesterday that Tel-Aviv and Amman had approved the general armistice agreement between Israel and Transjordan and the agreement would most likely be signed today.— A.P.
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    Singapore Diary
    68 3 TODAY T'N'T Monday Morning Market. Presbyterian Church Hall, Orchard Raid. 8.30 a.m. to noon. International Artista Association, lift claas, British Council Centre. Stamford Road. 6 p.m. to 8 30 p.m. Benfe- Choon Kok, special general meeting, 16, Craig Road. 8 p.m. TOMORROW Lian U Benevolent Association Two Loh
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    No Taxation Relief In UK Expected
    176 3 No Taxation Relief In UK Expected LONDON, Sun. I DESPITE a £1,412,000,000 Treasury surplus, Britons expect to keep on paying heavy taxes under a new bud- get to be disclosed in Parlla- i [ment on Wednesday. Public demands for tax re-! lief may draw some con- j cessions, but these
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    Takes Over Command
    100 3 DAMASCUS, Sun. r»OL. Husni Zaim, Syrian Army chief who seized power in last Wednesday* coup d'etat has taken command of the country's administration. He dissolved Parliament on Friday night by a decree after the deputies had failed to form a constitutional Parliamentary Government. He has appointed a
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    Republicans To Meet Dutch
    183 3 BATAVIA, SUn. t Republicans have ed to hold prery talks with the authorities to their dispute. The talks, which will b e held In Batavia. were recommended by the United Nations Security Council. Republican authorities said they would discuss only the restoration of the Republic in
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  • The Straits Times Singapore, Mon. April 4, 1949.
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      THE CHOSEN EIGHTEEN
      766 4 Normally a seventy per cent, poll in a Municipal election would be regarded as an extraordinarily high figure. In Singapore's case, however, the apparently great interest in Municipal affairs as shown in Saturday's election is humbly explained by the smallness of the electorate. Fewer than 9,000 voters
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      Made In Moscow
      346 4 Russia's protest note on the Atlantic Pact has not gone unanswered. Twelve powers j lave jointly replied, accusing Russia of hypocrisy. But j there should be something more than speech making, rhe Pact, its intentions and the events that made the Pact essential, ought to be formally
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    The Atlantic Miracle: Thank You, Politburo
    1137 4  - The Atlantic Miracle: Thank You, Politburo LORD VANSITTART CO the Atlantic Pact is settled at last; only the formalities of signature and ratification remain. The Communists and fet low-travellers in all countries will howl, for they can never accept what is not a major but a maximum defeat for their
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    THE FOREIGN LEGION IS ALMOST GERMAN
    704 4  -  G.D.K. McCormick QNE hundred and eighteen years ago France's Foreign Legion was founded by King Louis Philippe. In Sidi-bel-Abbes. Algeria, in Tunis and in Meknes, Foundation Day was celebrated by countless Legionnaires. Martial music of the Legion bands echoed through the cobbled streets of
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      United Nations Funds For Local Children
      476 4 IN reply to the questions j raised by Mr. D. Ro-I bertson, in his letter! "U.N.A.C. AND SINGA-j PORE" I would divide the subject matter of his: questions into two categories:— (DA direct allocation from United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund for expenditure In
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      AN EXAMPLE FROM TROOPS
      102 4 IHAVE read the correspondence in your recent issues on the lack of respect shown when "the King* is played. When British troops in Singapore are prepared to stand to attention during "the King," then only can the general public be expected to do likewise. I write
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    LITTLE TAX EVASION IN FEDERATION
    246 5 ManyHadMoney Ready, Says Comptroller From Our Staff Correspondent nmvm? v UA V. A L UMPUR, Sunday. 1™ had been little to suggest that anyone had been guilty of income tax evasion during the first four months of collection, the Comptroller of Income Tax in the
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    NO ROOM FOR NEUTRALS
    196 5 NO ROOM FOR NEUTRALS Says Bishop rE Bishop of Malacca (the Rt. Rev. Monsignor Olcomenuyt officiated at a pontifical Hixh Mass yesterday at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd, Bras Basah Road, Singapore on the occasion of the golden jubilee as a priest of His Holiness, Pope Pius. XII. The
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    COMMUNAL RELATIONS
    104 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.— Mining, transport and other i industries were discussed by' the Communities Liaison Committee which met here on Friday and Saturday. The Committee continued j its examination of relations between the communities in the economic life of the country. It was stated
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    WATER SCHEME HELD UP
    122 5 LACK of steel is retarding the work on the Singapore Municipality's $3,000,000 temporary water scheme on Tebrau River, In Johore. "The position on the site Is that no work has been carI ried out except investigations las regards quality of water and soil conditions", the I
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    WOMAN FINED
    32 5 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Sun.— Found at Mawai without an identity card, a woman, Ng Ban. was fined $50, in default three months' imprisonment. The fine was paid.
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    DIDN'T REPORT
    32 5 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE. 3AHRU. Sun.-Ng Ah Koh was fined $25 today in the Sessions Court for failing to report his change of address from Singapore to Seng Kang.
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    17 5 BALLOT BOXES beinff carried into the Victoria Memorial hall for the Municipal elections count. Straits Times picture.
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    MOVE TO EXTEND BARTER TRADE
    210 5 T4IE Singapore-Indonesia Trade Liaison Committee, 1 it is expected, will hear at its meeting on Wednesday, details of the Chinese move to extend Singapore barter trade with the three Sumatra ports and to obtain a guarantee that the present barter with East and North Sumatra
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    Senior Asian Officers Meet In K.L.
    153 5 Senior Asian Officers Meet In K.L. From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. SENIOR Asian officers with Division One appointments in Government service today decided to form into an association on a basis to allow them to set up Whitley Council machinery for negotiations with Government. The name of the
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    'Why We Swept The Board'- Tan
    220 5 Party's Aims Practical PRESIDENT of the Progressive Party, Mr. C. C. 1 Tan, said yesterday that his Party swept the board at Saturday's Municipal elections "because voters, being practical people, obviously preferred to support a party with practical aims." Mr. 'Lan said that the
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    Why We Lost' —Labour
    111 5 VICE-Fresident of the Labour I'any, Mr. Francis Tnomas, said yesterday that he would not admit the results of the elections as a defeat for his Party or its policy. He explained that the failure of the Labour candidates was due to the infant stage of the
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    CROWDS FLOCK TO CEMETERIES
    148 5 THOUSANDS of Singapoie 1 Chinese yesterday flocked to Chinese cemeteries on the outskirts of the Colony, and ottered prayers and sacrifices at their ancestors' tombs They were observing the I annual Cheng Beng festival, 1 which is equivalent to the Christian All Souls' Day. The Chinese
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    First City Mother's Call To Women
    215 5 SINGAPORE'S first 'City Mother"— Mrs. Phyllis kl Cheng Li Eu said last night that sh e was always within reach, either directly or through the I Progressive Party. "And I hope," she added, I "every women in my ward will come to me with
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    OBLIGED FRIEND, FINED $25
    54 5 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Fri.— Sin Sui Wah, a lorry driver, was fined $25 today on a charge of carrying rubber instead of forest produce, according to the terms of his haulage Sin told the court that he was obliging a friend, whose lorry
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    DEATHS IN WEEK
    39 5 DEATHS IN WEEK ■T.B. c were 36 deaths from tuberculosis in the Singapore Municipal area during the week ending March 26. One hundred and six fresh cases were reported. In the same period, 208 deaths and Wtf birU* were
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    Appeal For $63,000
    173 5 rriHE Salvation Army In Sin 1 gapore needs $63,000 in tn< next 12 months to meet budget expenses for the continuance of evangelical anc social work in the Colony says the General Secretary o] the Army in Malaya, Brlgadiei F. Harvey. In launching an annual drive for
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    PLANS FOR IRON MINE
    131 5 PLANS FOR IRON MINE AFTER three months in Malaya, a young; American woman. Miss Hslen Panaretos. has neahv cornDieted her lob of drawing ud a personnel programme for the Eastern Mining and Metal Co., Ltd, when it takes over Malaya's only iron mine in Dungun, Trengganu. The present Managing Engin2er
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    BRIDGE TRAFFIC HELD UP
    38 5 Traffic going across Anderson Bridge was restricted from midnight yesterday till 4 a.m. this morning. The reason was that workmen were engaged on repairs to a small cable underneath {he road along Fullerton Drive.
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    SEX TALKS
    57 5 111 1 Dr Mary Tan, Lady Mcdii cal Officer of Health, Singa- pore Municipality will speak at the Y.W.C.A. this morning at 10 a.m. on, "Sex and the family." On April 25, the Secretary for Social Welfare, Mr. T. P. F. McNeice will speak at the same place
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    A.D.C. TO WED
    40 5 Mr. M. Y. N. Graham. A. D. C. to the High Commissioner, Sir Henry Gurney, is to be married on Saturday, and not his successor, Mr. P. R Andrews, as was stated in the Sunday Times yesterday.
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    TENDERS BOARD
    31 5 I From Our Staff Correspondent 1 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun.— Mr. W. A. Logan has been gazetted a member of the i Tenders Board, Segamat. vice Mr C. G. Tanner.
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    Well-known Radio Actor Married
    163 5 Well-known Radio Actor Married From Our Woman Correspondent DADIO Malaya's well— known racing commentator. David Kennard, was married to Thersse Margaret Walter, Radio Malaya's Research Librarian at the Cathedral of the Good Rhepi herd on Saturday aftsrnoon. David Kennard, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. V. Kennard, of England, has
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    3 More Bandits Killed
    205 5 NEW 60VT. SUCCESSES From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUtVifuK, tsun. 'jpxIREE mure terrorists 1 were killed today, two in the Kuan lan area of Pahang and one in the Gurun area of Kedati. I'M Panang shouun,, was in the Atbara Estate art a. Two Chinese were
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    DETAINEES RELEASED
    61 5 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, rtun Up to March 23, objections were heard from 2,450 detainees, of whom 130 have been released unconditionally and 208 on bond, said the Chief Secretary. Sir Alec Newboult yesterday. Only in a very few cases, said Sir Alec, had the High
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      LONDON SHOWS NEW INTEREST IN TIN SHARES
      832 6 LONDON SHOWS NEW INTEREST IN TIN SHARES debate was by way of support for Mr. Shearn in his demand for reduction of expenditure other than that connected with the Emergency and that under this head "vast and unwieldy commitments beyond the financial strength of the country have been Incurred Business
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      London Stocks
      397 6 LONDON. Sun. THE usual week-end Influences were at work <n the London Stock Exchange on Friday and quieter conditions prevailed, although prices I were generally steady with; occasional firmness, says Reuter's financial correspon- j dent.* Rubber and tin shares made further advances. Gold shares provided the main Interest
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      The Produce Market
      88 6 From A Market Correspondent i CINGAPORX produce market j conditions last Saturday ivi dull with hardly any activity Id virtually all section*. Pepper transactions were tan- I possible without offers to sell{Stockists were convinced that I pepper prices could Improve furi ther. In the sago flour section,
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      SELAYANG TIN
      34 6 Selayang Tin Dredging returns for the three month*. Jan. 1 to March 31. 1949 were: Hours run 1.601 hours. Cubic yards treated 171.100 cub. yds. Tin concentrates recovered 71.25 tons. 1.197 plculs
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      KINTA KELLAS
      15 6 Kinta Kellas Tin Dredging. output of tlir ore for March w»w 1.290.18 piruU.
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      334 6 War Claims: "Dismal Dalliance From Our Own Correspondent LONDON. Sunday. rE "dismal dalliance of the Malayan Government in settling Justified claims" is commented upon by Mr. Walter Fletcher. M.P., in his circulated statement ao chairman of Hecht, Levls and Kalin. Mr. Fletcher gives several reasons for the company's smaller profits.
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      Week-End Rubber
      147 6 Tlie Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association'* noon prices on Saturday (Apr. I) were, in cents per lb.: Buyer Seller No. 1 R.S.S. Spot Ioom nominal 38 3«S P. OB. In bales Apr. No. 1 R.S.S. 38<i 36% No. 3 R.S.S. 34 34% No. 3 R.S.S. 324 31%
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    WOLVES IN SEVENTSH CUP FINAL
    1082 7 United Mastered By Weakened XI LONDON, Sunday. WOLVERHAMPTON Wanderers yesterday won TT through to the final of the English F.A. Cup j competition when a goal by Sammy Smyth, the Irish international inside-forward, five minutes from time enabled them to beat Manchester United, the holders,
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    Sel. C.R.C. Win By Five Wkts
    100 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. HPHE Selangor Eurasian Assoclax tlon beat the Postal Union 1 by two runs this evening In an by two runs yesterday evening In an inter-Club cricket match at Brickfields Roads. Soudegar Singh and Boswell dismissed the Selangor
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    League Table
    764 7 aMVISIOX ONE P W D L F Apts Portsmouth 33 20 8 5 63 30 48 Newcastle 34 18 9 7 61 43 45 Derby Co. 33 16 8 10 51 44 40 Charlton 35 15 10 10 57 A 40 Arsenal 34 14 10 10 61 38
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    WOMEN'S HOCKEY
    60 7 HA WARDEN (Flintshire). Sun.: Scotland beat Wales by 19 goals to two here yesterday In a women's International hockey match. At halftlme Scotland were leadIng by six goals to zero. In another women's International hockey match. England beat Ireland by three goals to nU in Manchester yesterday. Scorers
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    Double By London-Scottish
    492 7 Double By LondonScottish LONDON, Sun. LONDON-SCOTTISH completed a "double" yesterday when they beat Bath for the second time this season. The two Bruce Lockharts, L. and R. 8., were In sparkling form in the back division and between them obtained 14 of the 17 points scored by tb« Scottish. At
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    Dave Sands Fights Yarosz Tonight
    332 7 r\AVE Sands, th e "dark destroyer" from Australia, where he is triple champion middle to heavyweight has caused much raisin; of eyebrow s in the British boxing world by the nonchalant manner in which he has challenged Marcel Cerdan, French holder of the world middleweight
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      85 7 ■■Bat SINGAPORE 10.55 a.m. to 12.00 Schools' Broadca t; 1.00 Monday Matinee; 1.30 News (also at 7 and 9.30 p.m.); 1.45 Cowboy Songs; 2.00 Close. 6.00 Programme Summary; 6.02 Light Music; 6.30 Hawaiian Music; 7.10 Shares: 7.15 Interlude; 7.30 Music from the Movies: 8.00 World Aflairs; 8.15 At Your Request;
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      87 7 7.10 Share Market Quotation* etc.; 7.15 Interlude; 7.30 The Richard Taubber Programme; 8.00 Talk on "World Affairs" by Alllngton Kennard; 8.30 These Men Make Music; 9.00 Stand Easy; 9.45 Evening Star; 10 00 Griffin Caballeros; 10.30 Soft Lights and Sweet Music: 11.00 Close. BK.EB.S Including BBC relays; 5 JO British
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      86 7 In Britain; 11.00 Dar.ce Mu k: 11.15 Commonwealth Empire; 11.30 News; 11.45 Orchestral Music of the Twentieth Century: 12.00 Close. AUSTRALIA 5.30 Invitation to Music; 6.00 Composer of the Week; 6. SO Overseas Australian News; 6.43 Melody on the Move; 7.00 p.m. Music to Charm; 7.30 Melodies from British Radio;
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    1,652 RUNS IN SCA TOURNAMENT GAMES
    558 8 1,652 RUNS IN SCA TOURNAMENT GAMES S.C.C. Gain Only Outright Win PRICKET to match the fine weather wa s seen in the opening games of the Singapore Cricket Association's first-ever tournament yesterday. Out of four games played, only one ended in an outright victory. Two Clubs earned first innings points
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    33 8 JOHNNY RALPH* (South Africa) takes the final count in round three in his fight against Bruce Woodcock (seen trotting to a neutral corner) in their fight in Johannesburg on Mar. "26. A.P. photo.
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    ACFE OLYMPIC WEEK STARTS 9 A.M. TODAY
    324 8 AT approximately nine o'clock this morning teams representing Hong Kong, Seletar, Ceylon and Malaya will signal the opening of a new Royal Air Force annual competition the Air Command Far East Olympic Week when they take up their positions on the tennis courts
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    Only Four Favourites WonAtKL
    406 8 By EPSOM JEEP KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. LIKE a prophet of doom. I had predicted the end of the good run for winning favourites at the four-day Selangor Turf Club MarchApril Meeting. It was worse than I had expected. Race form went topsy-turvy and only four well-backed
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    JAGGER TAKES 9-40
    404 8 JAGGER TAKES 9-40 W. K. JAGGER, taking nine wickets for 40 runs in two innings, played a big part in the Singapore Cricket Club's ten -wicket victory over the Johore Cricket Club. Johore's first innings was a procession, the side being bundled out for 49 run». The Club declared at
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    WATER-POLO
    67 8 RESULTS of yesterday's waterpolo matches betweeen the Singapore District "A" and "B" teams and the R.A.F. Seletar played at Nee Soon., were: Army "A" team beat R.A.F. by four goals to one. (A rmy: CSM Apps '313 1 S Sgt. Richardson (1). R.A.F.: Garricy. In the "B" team game
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    POLISHED BATTING ON S.R.C. PADANG
    304 8 TWO polished innings, o 1 S.R.C.. and the other cashire Minor Counties pi were the outstanding fea game on the S.R.C. padai Bain, starting with fours off a pull to leg and a beauti- I ful square cut, batted very j attractively for his 47,
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    RAF SELETAR WIN
    47 8 R.A.F. Seletar defeated the JoJ111ads 5—35 3 in a soccer match played at Seletar yesterday. The teams were level at half-time when the score stood at three-all. Scorers were Lee <3t. McNeil and Armstrong for Seletar. Hussein 12) and Tobing got the Jollilads' goals.
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    Mohinder Scores 81 Not Out
    347 8 R.A.F. S"letar gained first lnnlng.s points from the Indian Association in a S.C. A. tournament game played at Seletar yesterday. A courageous Innings of 81 not out by Mohinder saved the I.A. from an innings defeat. R.A.F. Selefar lsf. Innings A/C Randall st H. Shah
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    Neglected Chee Seng Was Star
    421 8 Singapore 1; S.C.F.A 1. SOCCER fans who turned up in thousands at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday had a shock. The Singapore Civilian Malaya Cup trial side were out for their fourth game, the opposition being the S.C.F.A. The latter were Just an ordinary side —at
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    Soin Takes 6 for 27 v Y.M.C.A.
    232 8 Soin Takes 6 for 27 v Y.M.C.A. IN a friendly cricket match at St. OtOffgtf'a Road yesterday, Khalsa beat the V MCA. by 39 run.-;. Khalsa bowler B S. Soirl captured six for 27 runs. KHALSA ASSOCIATION S. Nair run out 6: Seva Sin^U b Dellikni 0; Newa Singh o.
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    Sports Diary
    62 8 LEAGUE SOCCER: I .B.C. v. RE. Regt. J. Besar; Jnr. LGrp. 2. S.H.B. Aux. !•<»- v. P. Branl Utd Thomson Rd Jnr. A. Grp. 1. T. T.C. (Nee Soon) v. S'por* Chinese Eng. Assn. Geylang; Jnr. B. Grp. 1, Spore Airport S.C. v. T. Monjr 0.8.A.— C.V.M.A. grnd.
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