The Straits Times, 9 April 1949

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    19 1 The Straits Times MALAYA S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1N45 T.VKI.VE I'A(iES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 1949. PRICE TEN CENTS
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    NAVAL FORCE GETS ITS FIRST SHIP
    527 1 M.S. Pelandok Handed Over To Governor •pHE Malayan Navy was born yesterday when the Governor of Singapore, Sir Franklin Gimson, received its first ship, the M.S. (Malayan Ship) Pelandok, at an impressive ceremony at the Naval Base. Sir Franklin described the occasion as marking
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    8 NATIONS ASK FOR ARMS AID
    195 1 WASHINGTON. Friday. I^HiHT European members of the North Atlantic Ij alliance urgenty appealed to the United States today for help in rearmii\g\ They were told in an official reply that a military aid programme is berng prepared for presentation to Congress. li> a statement,
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    Strikers In Fire Hose 'Battle'
    122 1 Strikers In Fire Hose 'Battle' HALIFAX, (Nova Scotia. > Fri. A LONG-RANGE battle was a aged at the waterfront iily today as police kept playing on a throng of !i a ling, rock throwing Canad in Seamen's Lnlon pickets from the de'ks of several ships. The fight began after a
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    Governor's Message
    69 1 THE Governor of Singapore has sent th* following telegram to the Secretary of State for the Colonies on the handing over of the vessel Pelandok to the Malayan Navy: "On behalf of the Malayan Navy in Singapore and His Majesty's subjects in this Colony, I assure you that
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    LI'S "I AM READY TO DIE"
    275 1 LI'S "I AM READY TO DIE" NANKING. Fri. ACTING Presjdent LI Tsungjen told the Communists today: "I will accept without evasion the severest punishment, even being burned in < oil or dismembered as a so- called war criminal for past mistakes which are still hindering the peace." In a cable
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    GOVERNOR OF U.P.
    21 1 NEW DELHI, Fri.— Sir H. P. Mody of Bombay, has been appointed Governor of the United Provinces.— A.P.
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    GOVERNOR OF U.P.
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    LABOUR LOSES CONTROL
    159 1 LABOUR LOSES CONTROL AFTER IS YEARS LONDON, Fri. SOCIALISTS and Conservatives deadheated today in the election for the London j County Council, ending 15 I years of absolute Socialist control. Each party returned 64 members in this unprecedented result. A single Liberal member, Sir Percy Harris, thus holds the balance
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    Helicopters For Bandit Fight
    167 1 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. WHE Army in Malaya, it is understood, has asked the War Office in London to send out helicopters for a special role in the campaign against terrorists. The Sikorsky helicopters will be used to rescue men of the security
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    TRADE PACT
    29 1 SEOUL, Fri.— An U. 5.580-,-000,000 trade agreement between Japan and Korea will be signed "In a few days," President Syngman Rhee of South Korea announced today— Reuter.
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    KING'S DOCTOR INJURED
    39 1 LONDON, Fri. Sir Maurice Cassidy. the King's heart specialist, and Lady Cassidy, were Injured seriously last night when their car collided with a bus near Camberley In Surrey. The car was cut virtually In two.— U.P.
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    HK MORE IMPORTANT-FLETCHER
    156 1 HONG KONG, Fri. UONG KONG is more im- portant to Britain than Singapore and the Federation of Malaya, but the colony is in a position of considerable danger, said Mr. Walter Fletcher, M.P. in an interview here. Mr. Fletcher said that before the war Malaya was a
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    Italian Colonies' Return Favoured
    190 1 LAKE SUCCESS. Friday. DKITAIN today told the United Nations she favoured returning Somaliland, conquered by the Allies in 1941, to Italian administration under IN. trusteeship. The British delegate, Mr. Hector McNeil, told the Political Committee here that Britain had no definite plan yet for Tripolitanla but
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    SIAMESE ARMY CHIEF IN U.S.
    65 1 SAN FRANCISCO, Fri.— A Siamese military mission has arrived here, headed by the Chief -of -Staff, Lieut. Gen DeJ Dejpradiyudh, to study the American Army with a view to modernising Its own. It will solicit an unspecified amount of funds. General Dejpradiyudh said that Slam
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    Lead Lined Trousers
    59 1 LONDON. Fri. rnHIKVES of lead piping, X who wear braces strong enough to suspend large quantities of it down the Inside of their trousers, are operating in London. Lead is worth £60 a ton and gangs who have stripped the lead from London's bomb-damaged buildings have now
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    Atlantic Search For Two Children
    233 1 A t lan tic Search For Two Children NEW YORK, Fri. A DERELICT schooner is drifting in the Atlantic off S >uth Caroline with two children imprisoned in the cabin, it was disclosed early today by coastguards Information received by coastguards indicated that Donald Parrott. .mm r of the vessel,
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    'PRIDI WAS DISGUISED'
    52 1 BANGKOK. Fri. -Bans** Radio tonight broadcast a recording made by Prasit Lulitanond. one of the leading suspects in the Feb. 2A disturbance. Prasit said tie joined the rising "out >f love and respect fur Pridi He said that Pridi who met the conspirators was 11»guised as a
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      792 2 NOTICES TENDERS INVTTED SUFFLY OF DIETS FOR CHILDREN MALACCA Tenders will be received at tbe Office of tbe Chief Medical Officer, Malacca, up to noon of 19th April, 1949, for the tog1. Supply of diets for 1,000 children at the Nutrition Feeding Centre shortly to be opened in Alal. 2.
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      209 2 NOTICES FAR EASTERN FREIGHT CONFERENCE FREIGHT TARIFF No. S FROM MALAYA DATED MAY l*4t section in Shippers are hereby informed that tbe Telok Anson Arbitrary on rubber and rubber latex Is reduced to 33/- M. effective «.4.4». TENDER FOR UNIFORMS Tenders are Invited for the stitching and complete making of
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      724 2 NOTICES NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given that as from the 15th April 1949 new dance coupons will be issued. Patrons are kindly requested to use up all old dance coupons by Friday rgbt 15.4.49, after which date such old coupons will not be recognised and they art no more valid.
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      424 2 NOTICES SELANGOR BOY SCOUTS' ASSOCIATION TENDERS are Invited for tbe construction of six huts at Castle Camp, Rifle Range Hoad. Plans can be Inspected at tbe office of the Hon. Secretaries, Walter Orenler St Co., 91 High Street, i to whom tenders should be sent in a sealed envelope. Closing
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      378 2 NOTICES NOTICE OF SALE OF CROWN LAND Tenders an invited and will be received at the Land Office. Singapore up to noon Thursday. 14th April, 1949 for the purchase of a 99 year lease of Crown Land situate at Hongkong Street, known m Lot 17-3 T.8. VII are* 1,788 square
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      325 2 NOTICES Messrs HOCK HIN THYE lit! Serangeon Road. Mtncapore Notice is hereby given that the above company Is no longer carry- I ing on business as Coach Builders as from Ist April. 1949 All decors and creditors of Jie company are requested to communicate immediately with the company to settle
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      236 2 NOTICES AUCTION SALE of I Ri nioi.n siM.xroia PROPERTIES to be held in ear talr-room* Nos. 4 4—l. CeUyer Quay. Singapore on TUESDAY. 12tb APRIL, 1 •»«!>. At t SO p.m. 1 Freehold land and nou c No 8 EXETER ROAD" near Orchard Road Market). Area 3.023 sq feet Month
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    KAREN LEADER FAILS TO SURRENDER
    178 3 Re bels Capture 2 Burma Towns RANGOON, Friday. BURMESE Army leaders waited in vain this morning for the promised surrender of Karen rebels at Insein, while news came that insurgents had captured Tharrawaddy and the important rail junction of Letpadan further north of Rangoon. A
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    37 3 THE YOUNGEST: Sixteen- year- old Svetlana Beriosova (right) is the youngest member of the Metropolitan Ballet which arrived in England recently to appear In television. With her is Celia Franca, the "Auntie" of the show. Reuter, picture.
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    "Freedom" School Head Guilty
    333 3 "Freedom" School Head Guilty LONDON. Fri. rpHE bearded headmaster of 1 a Staffordshire mixed "freedom school," Robert Copping, wag yesterday found unfit to have charge of children and guilty of keeping them in "a detrimental environment." Similar verdicts were passed on his partner, Edward "Joe" Reynolds. Both were found not
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    U.S-A. TO BUILD SUPER-LINER
    47 3 WASHINGTON, Fri.- The American merchant fleet is to have a new suDer-liner, according to the Maritime Commission. Costing U.S $70,000.000. she will be the largest passenger liner ever built, in the United States (48,000 tons, 980 feet) and will carry 2,000 passengers. A.P.
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    MAY DAY CALL
    44 3 LONDON. Fri.— The London committee of the British Engineering Shop Stewards' National Council yesterday called on London engineering workers to iwiore a Government ban on political marches by "turning out in thousands" at a May Day demonstration in Trafalgar Square. —Reuter.
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    Korean Casualties
    43 3 SEOUL. Fri.— South Korean rebels killed between Apr. 2 and Apr. 6 totalled 172, compared with Government losses during the same period of 18 soldiers and two civilians killed. The South Korean Army launched an anti-rebel campaign on Mar. 15.— ReuterAAP
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    April Shower —Of Snow
    82 3 LONDON, Fri. piERCE winds reaching gale force beat at Britain's coasts last night after a fivedegree drop in temperature earlier hi the day. Snow fell in North Wales and driving hall storms swept many towns. Shipping from Heligoland to the west coast of Ireland and south
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    URANIUM FIND IN BRITISH GUIANA
    43 3 GEORGETOWN, Fri.— Vast beds of uranium-bearing ore have been discovered deep In the ulterior of British Guiana. An American. Mr. Joseph Cole Of New York, has been given exclusive rights to prospect, in a 200-square-mile mountain area. AP.
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    3 POWERS AGREE ON GERMAN PROBLEMS
    125 3 WASHINGTON, Fri. BRITAIN, the United States and France have reached "accord in principle" on German problems. The French Foreign Minister, M. Schumann, announced this after a two-hour meeting with Mr. Ernest Bevln and the U.S. Secretary of State, Mr. Dean Acheson. The three Forelsn
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    'The £ Down This Year'
    98 3 'The Down This Year' LONDON, Fri. T ONDON financial circles believe that the pound may be devalued this year, according to the weekly magazine Business Week. "Though officials keep denying any move, the financial press has taken devaluation seriously this time," the Journal said. Although no action is expected until
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    CHINESE MUST PLEDGE RETURN
    53 3 WASHINGTON. Fri.—Chinese students seeking emergency financial help from the, united States must sign a pledge to return to China when their education is completed to apply their skills in their homeland. This Is a principal condition of qualifying for aid from ECA funds set aside to
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    PRESS RECORD
    31 3 LONDON, Fri.— The London Conservative Evening News :laims the Vorld's largest ifternoon paper dally sale 1,773,472 copies. The Independent Star claims 1,214,608 and Lord Beaverbrook's Evening Standard 847,000— A.P.
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    Hurt In Gaol Fight
    26 3 DELHr. Fri. Fifty-one gaolers and policemen were injured In Cawnpore, United Provinces, on Thursday In a brickbat fight with Communist prisoners.— Reuter.
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    MEDICAL CONGRESS
    96 3 BRUSSELS, Fri. A PERMANENT council for the co-ordination of medical science congresses on a worldwide basis has been set up after a five-day conference at Brussels. The conference, Jointly sponsored by the World Health Organisation and the United Nations Educational, Cultural, and Scientific Organisation, it was attended by
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      Forty-two Schoolgirls Drowned In Flood
      232 3 pORTT-TWO schoolgirls and two others were drowned and 34 were missing in a cloudburst which deluged the town of Telkief in north Iraq on Thursday. Most of the children were caught near their school and were overwhelmed by the torrent before they could reach high
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    25 3 FIRST MALAY nursing sister in Selangor, Che Arbie binte Syed Babaldin, better known at the Tanglin Hospital, Koala Lumpur, as Sister Yusof. Public Relations picture.
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    95s Wage Queried By Labour MP
    253 3 LONDON, Friday. "f AN I go to my members and convince them that a basic wage of 955. is sufficient to five them a decent living standard?" asked Mr. Mark Hewitson (Lab.. Hull Central) referring in the Budget debate to food price Increases. He
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    Government To Aid Estate Defence Costs
    361 4 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. rpHE Federation GovA ernment has announced its policy to pay for certain categories of expenditure undertaken by estates and mines as emergency defence measures. An announcement tonight says that the Government has set up machinery for dealing
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    Appeal Is Allowed
    115 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. AT the Federation's Court of Appeal today, Mr. Justice T. T. Russell allowed the appeal of a man who was fined $10,000 by the Kuala Lumpur District Judge after being refused en adjournment to engage counsel. The appellant, Chong Fah Hin, had been convicted
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    PIRATES ROB SHIP
    101 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. nIRATES who attacked a 1 motor vessel off the Perak coast imprisoned the Malay captain and his crew of Malays and Chinese In the hold for more than a day. Details of the piracy, which took place last Friday, were available today. Using two
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    DUTCH RUBBER RESTRICTIONS
    88 4 DJambl Chinese merchants have complained to the Singapore Chinese Importers' and Exporters' Association about Dutch restrictions on rubber exports from April I. Rubber exports against the credit balances accumulated during the barter period must first be approved hy the Foreign Exchange Controller in Batavia. Singapore Chinese traders
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    BUFFALO RUNS AMOK
    25 4 From O«r Own Correspondent BUTTERWORTH, Fri. Six people were injured when a buffalo ran amok in the Pral wharf area on Wednesday.
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    Diana's Dash Home Has Happy Ending
    163 4 LONDON, Friday. A 20-YEAR-OLD girl's flifht from Singapore to London had a happy sequel yesterday when Diana Ranger, a private in the Women's Royal Army Corps, reached th e bedside of her sick mother. Diana, stationed at Tanglin Barracks, was flown the 8.000 miles
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    O'KEEFES—NEW MOVE SOON
    180 4 From Our Own Correspondent MELBOURNE, Friday. RENEWED proceedings to deport Mrs. Annie O'Keefe will probably follow last night's Cabinet decision to amend the immigration legislation, says the Melbourne Herald's chief political correspondent in Canberra. The Cabinet has given Mr. A. Calwell, the Australian Immigration Minister, power to
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    Tickets For Offences THE ticket system for
    55 4 Tickets For Offences THE ticket system for traffic offences by motorists Is now in use in Singapore. Police will leave memo* in can instead of sending notices by post. This is to save delay The memo will be used mostly for stationary vehicles, but when a moving; vehicle is stopped
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    THEY AIDED THE BANDITS
    114 4 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Fri. "The lack of co-operation of squatters such as you is the cause of prolonging the present emergency," remarked Mr. Justice Paul Storr today when sentencing two men arrested during a raid on a squatter area in Lempor, Kuala Kangsar. In
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    MALAY CHARGED WITH CHEATING
    58 4 From Oar Staff Correspondent PENANO. Fri.— Alleged to hare told another person that a police inspector had demanded "coffee money" to settle a dispute, a Malay, 8. M. Haniff, today claimed trial to a cheating charge. Haniff was said to have induced Sinni Mohamed to deliver
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    RETIRES AFTER 36 YEARS
    36 4 From Our Own Correspondent TAIPING, Fri. Mr. Wong Ah Chong, sub-trea-surer, Larut, U now on leave prior to retirement after completing 36 years of service. He was recently entertained by his colleagues
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    HONG KONG TROOP CLASHES
    101 4 HONG KONO Pri. DOLICE riot squads armed with rifles and Tommy Kuns patrolled this city all night after a series of fights with Chinese troops. The clashes resulted in critical injury to a British constable. The fights started when police arrested six members of a Chinese
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    RETRIAL OF K.L. NURSE
    254 4 RETRIAL OF K.L. NURSE From Our SUff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. rE retrial of Low Hong Boon, a 25-year-old Chinese probationary nurse, ordered by Mr. Justice Spenser Wilkinson a month ago, began before Mr. B, V. Rhodes in the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court today. Low was charged with causing the
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    13 POSTS VACANT
    73 4 From Our SUff Correspondent PENANG, Fri. rpHERE are vacancies for 13 A Government doctors in Penang, according to the Chief Medical Officer. Dr. C. H. Williams. He told the Straits Times today that the IM9 Settlement estimates provided for 39 doctors, but only 2« posts were filled.
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    Dr. CHELLIAH
    38 4 The Vice-Principal of St. Andrew's School, Dr. D. D. Chelliah, will be one of Malaya's two delegates to a conference of leaders which will be held in Bangkok to discuss the future of Christianity in Asia.
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    TOURING FRANCE
    52 4 Prom Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Fri.— -Mr. Mohammed Yusof of the Malayan Cooperative Department who has been taking a special course at the Co-operative College, Loughborougn Is a member of a small party of Colonial co-operative officers which left London yesterday on three week tour of cooperative Institutions
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    INDIAN AIR CHIEF
    61 4 INDIAN AIR CHIEF IN'MA'S DIRECTOB-GENERAL of Civil Aviation, Mr. T. P. Bhalla (fourth from left), poses for the Strtitt Times cameraman at Kalian* Airport yesterday. Mature shows (from left): Mr. A. D. Mani, editor of Bitavada, Mr. R. Jnmabhoy, Mrs J. A. Thivy, Mr. T. P. Bhalla, Mrs. A. Pakwasa,
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    'BEAUS' STRIKE AGAIN
    233 5 Big Bandit Arms Dump Unearthed From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. pOR the third day in 'succession, R.A.F. Beaufighters flushed a wide stretch t>f jungle in the Kuala Langat f orest of South Selangor this morning. They were supporting a large-scale attack by security forces on
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    25 5 WEDDING at Kota Tinggi; Mr. K. Rama and his bride, formerly Miss Kamalam Raman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Raman of Johore Bahru.
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    C-in-CSuit: Judgment Reserved
    274 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Frt JUDGMENT was reserved in J the Supreme Court today In an application brought by a Kuala Lumpur firm, Messrs. Harper Oilflllan, to strike out a suit Instituted by General Sir Neil Ritchie, C.-in-C. FARELP, on behalf of the King for
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    Singapore Diary
    109 5 TO-DAY Exhibition of Malay Artists' paintings and pictures, British Council Hall, Stamford Road. 9.30 a.m. to 8 p.m. V.M.c.A Orchard Road, Singapore Chess Club, 3 p.m., movie circle show, "Young Mr. Lincoln," 8 p.m. "This Happy Breed." a Noel Coward Play, produced by the Bta<re Club, Victoria Theatre,
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    YWCA Plan New Centre
    76 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. THE Kuala Lumpur Y.W.C.A hU set itself the task of collecting $150,000 to build a hostel and club centre in Davidson Road for young business and professional women. It is anticipated that It will also become a centre for sport, and adult education
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    Price Control Off
    15 5 Price control of locallymanufactured aerated water has been revoked from April 8.
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    C.G. Replies To Brooke
    130 5 rE Commissioner-General, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, replying to Mr. Anthony Brooke, who asked whether he would be permitted to return to Singapore, if he visited England, has stated that "no obstacles will be placed" in his way if he complied with the rules governing the Colony
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    BROKE TERMS
    36 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs.— Lim Poh T.im, a Singapore lorry driver, was today fined $30 for carrying copra cake In his lorry instead of forest produce, in violation of the conditions of his haulage permit.
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    WEPT WHEN TOLD: YOU'LL GET $2,450
    282 5 XI O money can make up for my son's death or heal i the pain in my heart," said a Chinese mother when she learned that the Dutch were to five her |2,450 for the death of her "son who wa s killed on
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    The Week In Rubber
    154 5 IS was expected, the Rubber Study Group meeting has had little Influence on the commodity market. Fluctuations in the past week have been small says Lewis and Peat's weekly market report Any recession in price has brought in buyers, and the most noticeable feature has been
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    Engineer's Court Claim 'I Logged Him' Says Captain
    467 5 Engineer's Court Claim 'I Logged Him' Says Captain CAPT. Thomas David Richards, former master of motor ship Coorabie, owned by E. R. Anthonisz, Ltd., and confiscated by the Dutch authorities in Indonesia said yesterday in the Singapore High Court that he had logged th e chief engineer, Henry Laid O'Brien,
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    Congress Leader To Visit Colony
    95 5 THE president ot the Tamil 1 Nad (South Indian) Congress of the Indian National Congress, Mr. Kamaraj Nadar, is expected in Malaya 'at the end of next month. Qne or two ministers of the Madras Provincial Government may. accompany him. Mr. 3. T. Adltyan, a
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    Sib? Strata Shoes Singapore, Sat., Apr. 9, 1949. STANDING ROOM ONLY
    808 6 Sib? Strata Shoes Singapore, Sat., Apr. 9, 1949. STANDING ROOM ONLY The tragedy of birth control is that h Is practised now mostly by those sections of the community who art beet qualified to produce the finest type of citizen. They are limiting the number of ohildren they have because
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    Off The Scent
    277 6 Two American psychologists, nosing around the boudoir, have returned to a man's world with a new outlook on perfume appeal. They tested the ability of 69 young women to identify a series of scent compounds, and found they did very little better than chance. They failed completely
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    Lady Mountbatten
    37 6 LONDON, Fri. Lady Mount bat ten's petition for "greater personal control' of the £1,400,000 bequeathed to her by her grandfather, Sir Ernest Cassels, was approved yesterday by the House of Lords Personal Bills Committee. -Reuter.
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    Federation Studies- -28
    16 6 Photograph by C. A. Qibson-Hill tISHING BOATS ON THE PONTIAN RIVER, SOUTH PAHANG.
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    A COUNTRYMAN'S DIARY
    1733 6  -  TUAN DJEK SUNDAY, April 3.— There has been no break In the drought. The only long dry spell which I can remember occurred in 1907. Following seven weeks without rain we had two wet days, after which the drought started again and continued for six weeks more.
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    Modern Macbeth In Siam
    355 6  -  MILTON MARMOR By IT is doubtful whether the theatre has ever seen a Macbeth as exotic as the Macbeth of Bangkok. It ran for ten nights in a modernistic theatre to almost full houses and to the bewilderment of a few visitors from the western world.
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    BILLS TO LIFT MORATORIUM COMPLETELY
    701 7 Effect On Land Deals During The Occupation DILLS are to be introduced at next Tuesday's meeting of the Legislative Council for the complete lifting of the Moratorium Proclamation. The effect of these bills will be: No Interest will be payable for any debt or bill
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    38 7 FIRST SHIP: The Malayan Ship Pelandok, formerly an emergency repair ship for tank landing craft, which was yesterday handed over from the Royal Navy to the Malayan Naval Force. It is the Force's first vessel. Straits Times picture.
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    Listowel On Elections
    76 7 LORD Listowel has replied to the Governor of Singapore's message to the Secretary of State for the Colonies on the recent Singapore Municipal elections. In his reply, he said that the successful manner in which the Municipal elections were concluded was "satisfactory proof of the aptitude of
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    $2,000WASiLOAN9999 SAY MERCHANTS
    330 7 $2,000WAS i LOAN 999 9 SAY MERCHANTS BOTH the accused in the case in which Mohinder Singh and Mohan Singh were charged with alleged corruption, claimed yesterday that the $2,000 given to Mr. L. J. Wood, an Assistant Executive Controller of the Imports and Exports Department, was a loan. Mohinder
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    PRISON VISITS
    55 7 A new regulation gazetted under the Prisons Ordinance permits the Colonial Secretary or the Commissioner of Prisons to allow any responsible person, at reasonable hours, to visit the prison, accompanied by an officer. The visitor will be cautioned against communicating with any prisoner and may be searched by
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    CAUSED HURT —3 MONTHS
    59 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Fri.— Convicted on a charge of voluntarily causing grievous hurt to Llm Tal Kirn near Sungel Ren git on Jan. 1, Khoo Kok Lee was sentenced at Kota Tlnggl yesterday to three months' Imprisonment and a fine of $200, in default another month's imprisonment.
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    12 Hurt When Fire-Engine Overturns
    339 7 12 Hurt When FireEngine Overturns ALL the 12-men crew of a Singapore Fire Brigade engine were injured when it overturned on its way to a fire while taking a bend in Alexandra Road, near the Thye Hong Biscuit factory, yesterday. Four of the injured firemen are still in hospital and
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    AIR LINK MAY BE EXTENDED
    170 7 AIR LINK MAY BE EXTENDED AS soon as difficulties regarding the landing of Indian aircraft in Indonesia are cleared up, the new service to be run by Indian Overseas Airlines between Bombay and Singapore will be extended to Australia. This statement was made In Singapore yesterday by Mr. H. M.
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    T.B. SPECIALIST
    39 7 Dr. B. R. Sreenivasan, Singapore T.B. specialist, who is now on holiday In England, will represent the Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Association at the second Commonwealth and Empire Health and T.B. conference which takes place In London In July.
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    Seafarers' Board To Meet Soon
    163 7 T»HE new chairman of the Seafarers' Administrax tion Board, Mr. J. D. Joseph, told the Straits Times yesterday that he had tentatively fixed a meeting of the board on April 19. If agreed to by both shipping company and seamen representatives, the meeting, at 2.30
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    New Labour Campaign
    70 7 AMOVE to change the leadership of the Singapore Labour Party is expected to be discussed today. Plans will also be made for the campaign for the six elected seats that will become vacant on the Municipal Commission at the end of the year. An intensive publicity and
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    ROAD CHECKS
    15 7 Singapore Police last night carried road checks In the Kallang and Katong areas.
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    M.C. FOR GURKHA
    210 7 THE Military Cross has been awarded to Jemedar Ganesh Gurung of the 1/2 Gurkha Rifles who on Feb. 8 in Jungle north of Poh Lee Sen, Johore, killed four bandits, wounded several others and caused the dispersion of a bandit force of "overwhelmingly superior numbers." His conduct
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    Woman Was Murdered
    108 7 REMARKING that there was no evidence of good grounds for charging any person, the Singapore Coroner, Mr. W. G, Porter, yesterday returned a finding of "murder against some person or persons unknown" at the inquiry Into the death of the 19-year-old wife of a fisherman living at
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    EXPORT RESTRICTIONS DENIED
    168 7 T^O restrictions were im- posed on merchants wishing to export South Sumatran produce, either In honouring barter credits or through normal trade channels, the Trade Commissioner for Indonesia, Mr. den Hollander, told the Singapore Liaison Committee meeting on Wednesday. He was replying to allegations of such restrictions
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    PEONS PLAN A SCHOOL
    125 7 COUTH Indian Muslims, mostly office peons and small shopkeepers, are trying to build a $15,000 Tamil school at Maxwell Road, Singapore. The Government, has given them a plot of land near the Maxwell Road gas tanks. Detailed Plans of the school are now with the Municipality.
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    4 School Heads Agree
    166 7 English Standard T»HE principals of four A Singapore schools agree with Mr. F. L. Shaw, the retiring headmaster .of Seremban's King George V. School, that the standard of English in Malayan schools today is notj up to the pre-war level. Mr. Shaw gave his opinion at
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    NEW COUNCIL MEMBER
    32 7 Mr. J. A. Harvey, acting Commissioner of Lands, has been appointed a temporary member of the Legislative Council in place of Mr. C. W. A. Sennett, who has retired.
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    NO EXCUSE
    47 7 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHOHiE BAHRU, Thurs. Offering no excuse when charged in the Magistrate's Court today with not being In possession of identity cards, Chow Seng and Mok Kirn Hing, two odd- Job men of Kulal, were sentenced to six weeks 1 rigorous imprisonment.
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    People Of Britain Say 'Thank You'
    462 8 People Of Britain Say 'Thank You' By ALAN WOLSTENHOLME r[E letter on my desk is from a 77-year-old woman in Brockley, Kent, England. "Please thank th e dear people of Malaya," she writes, "My heart is too full to express my grateful thanks. When I tell you I am alone
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    WORKSHOP IN THE SKY
    432 8 WORKSHOP IN THE SKY jLf RS. Andree Jerome a is not only blonde, elegant and pretty but also a talented and enterprising young woman. She had always wanted a career but preferably one where she would be able to meet all sorts of people. So she looked around and decided
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    ARE ASIANS
    285 8 r|MAR Khayyam, in v his idea of Paradise, Included among other desirable possessions, a book. Not any one particular book, but merely" a book of verse Today, readers are more discriminating and a careful and studied selection of their reading matter is made by most women in Malaya,
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    INTELLIGENT
    325 8 non-European women readers who have joined the Kuala Lumpur Book Club. This fact was given to me by Mrs. Dorothy Nixon, Secretary of the Club, who added that this increase has been most marked since the war. Half of the members of the Book Club are Asian and a
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    READERS?
    115 8 "Forsyte Saga," and the "Herrles" series, with scenes so different from their own background, have an especial appeal to the non-Eu-ropean reader. The younger generation of all races has a natural liking for the romantic novel. I found, but only the masculine section Is interested In detective stories or
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      289 8 TF an engine bears the mark Rolls-Royce then all the world knows there can be no better. So it is, In the realm of lubrication, with the masterpiece in oils. The special constituents which make Castrol unique as a lubricant can be set out in detail: THE METALLIC SOAP ADDITIVES
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      "Control Our Dictatorial Controllers"
      655 9 "Control Our Dictatorial Controllers" I HAVE been interested in the remarks made in your columns by "Barker Street", and by Mr. Francis Thomas, Vice-President of the Singapore Labour Party, on the subject of Singapore's two musical-comedy turns, the Exchange Control Department and the Import and Export Department. Both critics, it
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      JOHORE'S £500,000 GIFT
      124 9 JOHORE'S £500,000 GIFT AFTER reading th e letters which have appeared in your paper on the subject of Dato Onn's remarks at the Legislative Federal Council regardmg the British gift to Malaya. I feel moved to reply. in 1936 the Government of Johore alone gave £500.000 to tiit; British Government
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      AN OFFENCE
      72 9 "I r may interest your correspondent PRO S.A.T.A." to know that spitting in public has been an offence, under the Minor Offences Ordinance, for the last 40 years, or more, but as he observes the police themselves are frequent offenders. This is the more noticeable during Bulan Puasa.
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      ELECTRICITY
      46 9 It is generally believed that the turning over of the Electricity Department to a public concern is long overdue. Malaya is away behind in this respect and unless something is done immediately, we shall never be able to make up the leeway. —Ibrahim Kadir, Selangor.
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      PUBLICITY FOR BLOOD
      149 9 T»HE recent publicity A given to the work of the Children's Social Centres leaves little to be desired. In conjunction with the exhibition, a short film was flashed on the screens of the major cinemas In the city with commentary given by i Lady Ginison. In addition
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      Huntin' In The Ulu
      100 9 A SHORT while ago the Straits Times published a photograph of a meet of fox-hounds in England. The picture was seen by one of my village friends who remarked wtt* «ver: appearance of sympathy that it was apparent that the Orang Puteh had their troubles, too.
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      Joe-hor On The Air
      171 9 I ISTENING to the news broadcast in English from Radio Malaya, it is a shock to realise the inability of the announcer to pronounce local place names. Surely there is no excuse, in this respect, for those who, though they may not be able to speak
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      THE FORUM & THE ELECTIONS
      561 9 THE FORUM THE ELECTIONS pROM time to time there appear in this forum of public opinion, letters from people who express their views and thoughts on various matters of importance with a downrightness which is commendable. This Forum is a battleground of real opinion, good to read and ponder over.
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      Courtesy Week For Colony?
      233 9 Courtesy Week For Colony? IS it not time that a "Safety and CourYesy week was launched for motorists? Two weeks prior to this special week a pamphlet should be Issued to all licensed drivers, setting out the driving laws and regulations with courtesy tips added. Those breaking the law and
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      58 9 a»— _Z~ Jmmm^— _T"""^ *«wßg* '-^«jiga DESIGNERS BUILDERS of High Clatt Boats for All Purposes. HAULING-UP SLIPWAYS UP TO 350 TONS. All Classes of Engine k Hu'l Repairs Undertaken. JOHN I. THORN YCROFT CO., LIMITED. OFFICE SHOWROOM SHIPYARD CLEMENCEAU AVENUE TANJONG RHU TEL. 5001/2 TEL. 84^79 wIsM cleans everything smoothly
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      94 9 Ip— Sm HOUSEHOLD jyil APPLIANCES i I 1 41 w !i I i The Controlled Heat Iron No. 5 j 122 00 Obtainable from all food stores, including: JOHN LITTLE 4k CO., LTD —Raffles Place, Spore. EMPORIUM, Battery Road. Singapore. T.M.A. LTD.— HJfh Street, Singapore. HUP HUP CO.— Jalan Tunku
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      593 9 HHHBHHHWQHHB^H^^PmPMHiHHiiHHBB] The optimistic contract In today's deal needed the usual combination for success shrewd play by the declarer, aided and abetted by weak defence. East, dealer. Both sides vulnerable NORTH 10 1 t Ml 5 t I Q »AJM WEST EAST 8 5 8 4 VJ14 A Q 9 10
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    London Stocks
    341 10 LONDON, Fri. SIR Stafford Cripps's austerity Budget sent. Brewery shares down ss. 6d., Cinemas and Radios down 3s Bd., and Stores down 2s. 6d., says Reuter's financial corresDondent. Prices steadied later at the lower levels and occasionally closed above the worst. The bright spot wu provided by Oils.
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    The Produce Market
    145 10 t rem A Market Corrt«ponclra»t PEPPER featured In the Stagt^ f pore P-duce market yesterday,, all gmdes showing an toprovement In iwlce. Oopra and coconut oU were again easier on a very dull ketLittle business was done In the sago section but the undertone was very steady,
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    Dow Jones Averages
    23 10 Apr. 6. Apr. 7. Industrials 176.71 176.04 Rails 48.54 48.49 Domestic Bonds 98.61 98.58 Utilities 35.88 35.90 —Straits Times Service.
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    SHARE BUSESfESS IN INDUSTRIALS
    736 10 From Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Friday. INDUSTRIALS again provided the major portion of 1 the business written in the Malayan share market today. Tin. were quietly steady. Prices quoted by the Malayan Sharebrokers 1 Association were: Bayer Seller Atlas Ioe 15. BO 18.50 Alex Bricks Pref.
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    Singapore Rubber
    181 10 rUH America showing more interest, the Singapore rubber market yesterday recorded an appreciable advance over Thursday's prices. There were good inquiries for all grades of rubber. Closing prices yesterday were: No. 1 sheet f.o.b. buyers 36% cents, sellers 36% cents; spot loose buyers 36% cents, sellers 36% cents
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    SHIPPING IN PORT
    80 10 SHIPS In port alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves yesterday (godowns In brackets) were; Sheers Wharf: Empire Hamble. Main Wharf: Talabot (42-4s), Empire Bermuda (40-41). Empire Dock: Utrecht (17-18), M Brander (2U2), Tydeua (2324), Vlmus (26-27), Bulan (28). West Wharf: Trewellard (13-14), Meonla (8-9), Olenroy (6-7), Kampar
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    MALAYAN TIN SHIPMENTS
    112 10 STRAITS Traders announce the following Malayan tin shipments In March, In tons: Prom Singapore to— United States 1,850, Continent 310, Canada 50, Pacific six. South Africa 60, Australia 60. From Penang to U.S. 1,800, Continent 216, Canada 65, Pacific four, India 185. Total. 4,606 tons. Afloat to
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    TIN OUTPUTS
    50 10 l ILU Klang Tin announces th* U following tin-ore output*, hi piculs: January, 1949, 56; February, 95; March, 144; 11 months to Mar. 31. 1949, 628. a c RENONO Tin Dredging in March produced 929 piculs of tinore. c rCHAI Tin produced 355 plcul* of tin-ore in March.
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      244 10 PRESIDENT LINER SAILINGS TO NEW TOR* AND BOSTON VIA CEYLON INDIA ECVPI AND MEDITERRANEAN PORTS Singapore P Sham r>anar« frn Buchanan Apr. 17//0 Apr 21/22 Apr. 21/25 Pres Harding Apr 24/10 May 1/2 May 3/« Pros Van Bur.n Ma> 9/14 May 15/16 May 17/20 Pres Icfftrson May 23/28 May 29/10
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      274 10 EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILING, FROM SCANDINAV.A/U .>V lAIUN gAND,N C OT HiMT/ CONTINENT toading at Singapore. Port Swettenhim a Penang fw M BTgkok Cedewns i^jg-slh- 4^ kt Apr. M oaneKO tor Colombo. Aden. Port Said m, "KJJ*-.-.. U R^rdar^Ta'mUg^^o: r^^'feconSS 1 2SS^ C m t m.s u SeUn«a H dv.
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    VAN BREUKELEN HAS WHIP HAND
    1003 11  -  EPSOM JEEP Longchamps For Chief Race By IPOH, Friday. THE powerful van Breukelen stable should have a strong following; at Ipoh tomorrow, first day of the Perak Turf Club's Easter meeting, and I expect him to win fh e chief prize of the day with
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    Straits Times Selections
    129 11 (OM JEEP CALL BOY ACE 1 I SO RA-LI DUmond Epic Dear LUCKY ACE CrUplan Chatster RA-LI nismeni Epic Laeky Am ACE > t «6 ASTTVEL Athlete Gold Stream GOLD STREAM Astivel Athlete ASTTVEL AthMe Fortaae's Fa ••■ill* ACE 8 I 40 TOKEN Alrpal Honey Comb PHAR
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    LA. TEAMS
    142 11 INDIAN Association cricket teams for the week-end art: Against 8.0.D.C.A. tomorrow at 11 ajn. on the 8.0.D.C A. ground In St. George's Road (players to meet at 50. Market Street, at 10 a.jn): R. 8. Sltnamparam (Capt.). Dr. M. Abraham, D. K. Samy, Reggl Sandhosham, M. U. Patel,
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    HOTSPURS' XI
    59 11 •THE Hospurs XI will meet R.AJ". 1 Seletar in a friendly game of soccer at Farrar Park today. The team to represent the Hotspurs XI will be selected from: Teo Heng; Wun Mahmood; Dollah Hamld; Luke; Paul Thomas; Kirn Hian; Syed All; Kwang Joo; Salleh; Leyman; I. Falli;
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    MANSFIELD DANCE
    23 11 Mansfield Sports Club will hold a dance at St. Andrew's School Hall, Woods vllie, from 8.00 p.m. to 12.00 p.m. tonight.
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    Today's Race Card
    729 11 K r Mm tne card of events for today's race s at Ipoh. Double totes will b e on races three and four and six and seven. The Big Sweep will be drawn on rac c seven. Race 1—2.30: CL 1, Div. 4—6 Furs. °J£ p««mond Epic
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    PENANG SUPPORT FOR S.R.A. PLAN
    265 11 from Our Staff Correspondent. PEN AND, i-'rlday. IE s.R.A. proposal to partially lift the ban on the registration of class one and two racehorses Is welcomed In Penang as a move to raise the standard of Malayan racing. "We have so. many poor grade runners
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      146 11 Today's Radio SlKCAPOHfc 1.00 Programme Summary; 1.03 Dance Music; 1.30 News Weekly Share Report; 1.50 Interlude: 2.00 Album of Harmony; 3. SO Swing Time; 2.45 Sweet Serenade 3.30 Songs of the Range; 4.00 "Band Call": 4.30 Tea Dance: 5.00 Sports Hour; 8.15 Dacca Music: 6.30 Children's Programme: 6.45 Light Music;
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      136 11 Looking at Britain; 5.45 Symphony Concert; 6.16 Wgrld Affairs: 6. "30 News (O»ntonese); 6. iS Indonesian; 7.16 New* (French); 7.30 English; 8.00 Blames*; 8.30 News (English); 8.45 Dutch; 9.00 Kuoyu; 9. SO Burmese; 9.45 English; 10.00 Radio News Reel; 10.16 Light Music; 10.30 The Man from Hatton Garden; 10.45 "Rhythm
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    SAFA CUP TRIAL LIST STILL EXPANDING
    546 12 SAFA CUP TRIAL LIST STILL EXPANDING Chee Seng Among New Additions NO Singapore civilian footballer who knows how to lace his pair of boots and kick a ball reasonably well will be able to feel that his merits have not been given du e recognition. This, at least, is the
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    39 12 A LEICESTER player is congratulated by a spectator, and a woman dashes up from behind to Join in, after Leicester defeated Portsmouth at Highbury, London, by three goals to one in the F.A. Cup semi-final on March 26. Reuterphoto.
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    Title At Stake At Wembley Today
    292 12  -  VERNON MORGAN By LONDON, Friday. BRITAIN'S annual soccer classic between England and Scotland, being played to-morrow at Wembey Stadium, claims added interest this year because the teams will be battling for the international championship. About 100,000 people, including Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of
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    Race Review & Selections-P. 11
    153 12 Race Review Selections-P. 11 However. England look .strong enough to repeat their two-nil victory of last year in Glasgow. I where even the terrifying "Hamp- den rear" failed to intimidate them. Of the «5 matches played. Scot- land have won 29 and England 20. with 18 drawn. The only scoreless
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    Army Water Polo Teams v. S.S.C.
    69 12 rE following will represent the Singapore District (Army) "A" and "B" teams In water polo matches against the Singopore Swimming Club at the B.S.C. pool at 11 a.m. tomorrow: "A." team: Capt. Whltmore. S/Sgt. Hlgglns. Pte Qulnn. Capt. Marshman. S Sgt. Richardson. Pte Reeves.
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    Juvenile Soccer
    41 12 ALL teams participating in the Singapore Juvenile Soccer League are requested to send two representatives to a general meetIng to be held at 95. Cross Street at 10 a.m. tomorrow. Mr. Choo Send Qwee will preside at the meeting.
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    Chance Of Unique Feat For Wright
    256 12 LONDON, Fri. BILLY WRIGHT, fair-haired captain of England and Wolverhampton Wanderer*, has a chance to act op a uniqa* Wembley soccer "doable" thU month. Tomorrow he captain* England against Scotland at Herabier and three weeks later, In the same fiant stadium, will skipper his
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    TO PLAY IN SINGAPORE
    60 12 KUALA LUMPUR. fri. THE Yoong Yoong Club badminton team will leav« Kuala Lumpur for Sinagpore on April 14 to play a series of matches during the Easter holidays. Among the teams they will meet are The Mayflower and the Marigold badminton parties. The match against the
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    TABLE TENNIS
    48 12 rE following wilf represent the i Jacks' Sports Club In a friendly game of table tennw agatnst the Chinese Swimming Club at 2.30 p.m. today: Lim Swee Tlan, Teo Sin Kong. Ho Soo Huat. Teo Ban Chong. Chew Seng Hong, Goh Tian Chye, H. O. Hameed.
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    'New Finds' Expected In S.A.B.A. Meet
    510 12 WITH the chance of representing Singapore at the British Empire Games to be held in New Zealand in February next year, amateur boxers will co all out to convince the selectors at the Singapore Amateur Boxing Association championship meet which starts at the New
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    SOSC Plan Reception For Cup Men
    73 12 rIE Singapore and Olympic Cports Council last night appointed a six-man committee to make arrangements to welcome home the victorious Malayan Thomas Cup team next month. The committee comprises Messrs. G. H. Kiat. Goh Chye Hin, 1.. C. Goh, S. M. AlkafT, V. I.
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    ChoongNets Hat-trick
    95 12 /"iLEVER positional play by th« Shell Sport* Club centr f: forward Anthony Choong carried hU team to a well deserved win when they beat the A.A.U. J>? five goals to one in a Junior B Group I, fixture at Geylang Stadium yesterday. The A.A.U. fleWed only ten men.
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    U.K. Player To Coach In India
    171 12 LONDON, Fri. NOW that Southampton Football Club's proposed tour of Worth America has fallen through, they may release inside forward George Curtis to accept an eight weeks coaching offer from the Indian Football Association this summer. While arrangements vere pending for the American tour
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    Sports Diary
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    Colony Athletes Invited To N.Z.
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    77 12 WELL-KNOWN Singapore businessman and racehorse owner. Mr. Yeo Hock Seng, ha-i presented his old school, the Geyiang English School, win, two silver cups valued at *700. One is a challenge cup for inter-house comprtitlon, and the other U for the winner of the annual individual
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