The Straits Times, 11 April 1949

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, APRIL 11, 1949. PUKI TKN LINTS
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    GRENADE WOUNDS TAN CHENG LOCK
    597 1 5 Injured In Outrage At Ipoh Meeting To wn Cordoned In Search For Assailant From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Sunday. IUR. Tan Cheng Lock, chairman of the Malayan Chinese Association, m was injured in the«right shoulder this evening when two handgrenades were thrown into the
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    'CHEERFUL AND DETERMINED'
    26 1 >U. TAN CHENG LOCK. ttip Chines? leader wounded l« yesterday's outrage was 1 Mt night described as being "cheerful and determined" in hospital.
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    "FLUNG A BLACK OBJECT"
    297 1 UiYEWITNESS accounts of the grenade attack on lj Mr. Tan Cheng Lock and other Malayan Chinese leader s were given to the Straits Times Ipoh correspondent last nieht Mr. Lav Pak Khuan who prell -d at the meeting said: "I noticed a well-built Chinese standing near
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    Fractured Shoulder
    57 1 IPOH, Sun. MR. Tan has a fractured right shoulder blade, it was stated tonight. A piece of shrapnel is believed to be lodged In his right shoulder, but his injuries are not as serious as were first thought. Mr. Cheong Chee is said suffering from severe shock. He
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    DASTARDLY SAY GIMSON, GURNEY
    362 1 "A DASTARDLY attack" was how the Governor A of Singapore, Sir Franklin Gimson, described the outrage on Malayan Chinese leaders in Ipoh yesterday afternoon. i reget to hear the news." Sir Franklin said. "These Chinese leaders are leading the forces of Malayan democracy against the attempted
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    REBELS DESTROY OWN ARMS
    118 1 RANGOON, Sun. VAREN insurgents in the i Thazi sector, near Mandalay, were today reported to be retreating southward to Toungoo, their tribal strong- hold in Central Burma. The tribesmen were said to have destroyed large stocks of their ammunition before retreating. Government troops were In pursuit.
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    To Father's Bedside
    66 1 MR Tan Siew Sin. a member of the Federal Legislative Council and son of Mr. Tan Cheng Lock, said last night that he would probably be leaving Malacca today for Ipoh to be at the bedside of bis father. "I have received news that my father has
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    2nd Grenade Outrage
    95 1 Yesterday's grenade attack in Ipoh was the second of its kind in the past eight months. A Chinese reporter of the K'r> Kwok Dally News was fatally injured in the first case about 500 yards from the •.cene of yesterday's attack. The reporter was killed outfight as
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    GREEK APPEAL
    45 1 ATHEr 3, Sun.— A request to the British Foreign Secretary. Mr. Ernest Bevin. and Mr. Dean Acheson the U.S. Secretary of State, to take an interest in the safeguarding of peace in the Balkans has been made by the Greek Foreign Minister.— Reuter.
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    11 MILES FROM NANKING
    279 1 11 MILES FROM NANKING RED ADVANCE NANKING, Sun. THE semi-official military news agency said today that a force of 10,000 Communists had driven to within 11 miles of Nanking while the first armed Communist attempt to cross the Yangtse river, at a point 175 miles south-east of the Nationalist capital,
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    TRADE TALKS
    59 1 Mr. J. E. van Hoogstraten, Director of Economic Affairs, Government of Indonesia, arrived in Singapore yesterday by air from Batavia for trade discussions with the Secretary for Economic Affairs, Mr. Andrew Qilmour. Mr. van Hoogstraten, who is the guest of the Dutch Con-sul-General, Mr. A. M. L. Winkelman,
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    ONE DEAD, SIX HURT IN ROAD SMASH
    95 1 ONE man was killed and four men and two women were injured in a motor accident In Alexandra Road, Singapore, yesterday at the same spot where a fire engine overturned on Friday. One of the two women, was expecting a child, but her
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    CRASH KILLS 10
    29 1 BENARES. Sun.—Ten people were killed and about 40 injured, seven of them seriously, when the Punjab express wag derailed ttyi mornIng, two miles from Benares. Reuter.
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    BRITAIN MAY STATE MALAYA POLICY SOON
    215 1 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Sunday. THE Government is not ignoring the fears recently expressed regarding future British policy towards Malaya, it was indicated in London today. It is believed that an) authoritative declaration of long-term policy is now under consideration. Although the basis,
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    RUSSIA TO BLAME —ATTLEE
    165 1 RUSSIA TO BLAME ATTLEE GLASGOW, Sun. FE Prime Minister, Mr. Attlee, said in an outspoken attack on Soviet Communism here tonight that "the responsibility for dividing the world rests squarely on Russia." "Those who attack the Atlantic Pact as offensive do so from a bad conscience," he said. "They take
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    "HIGHEST EVER"
    29 1 London, Bon.— Britain's steel output in the first quarter of this year was a; the annual rate of 15,8i>0,000 tons, the highest quarterly figure ever recorded.— Reuter.
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      A Tired Pony Held Up Piccadilly
      439 2 LONDON, Sunday. PICCADILLY Circus is reputed to be the hub of the Empire. Britons say that if you stand there long enough you will meet everybody you ever knew. Though you see very few horses there, you would have'met Jimmy yesterday. Jimmy is a
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    13 2 MR. HARDIAL SINGH, the new president of the Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce.
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    ALBANIA TO PAY FOR CHANNEL DISASTER
    104 2 THE HAGUE, Sunday. THE International Court of Justice yesterday upheld Britain's claim to damages from Albania for crippling two British destroyers by mines in the Corfu Channel in October 1946. The court found Albania 'responsible under international law" for the mining, in which 44
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    Budget Aids Tories In Elections
    167 2 LONDON, Sun. RRITISH voters, their hopes of brighter living dimmed by Labour's new Budget, piled up fresh gains for the Conservatives in county elections yesterday. The Conservative Central Office claimed last night that Conservatives had so far gained 2,020 seats, and that Labour had lost
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    OUTLOOK COLD
    43 2 LONDON, Sun. Lord Lis towel has asked 11 British weathermen stranded on the rim of the Antarctic to go about their work with "vigour and courage." The Colonial Office has decided that it will be impossible to relieve them yet.— A.P.
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    INDIAN OFFICERS
    39 2 NEW DELHI, Sun. —An Indian Military mission which includes the Chief-of Staff of the Indian Army and Navy will visit Britain, the United States, Canada. Switzerland and Germany to secure advanced training facilities for Indian officers.— Reuter.
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    Germans Strike
    29 2 HAMBURG, Sun. About 3,000 German North Sea fishermen went on strike yesterday over wage differences. A similar dispute has already stopped 2,000 transport workers in Hesse.— AP.
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    Japs Told 'Limit Families'
    62 2 TOKYO, Sun. /COMPULSORY birth con- I V trol is advocated by one of Tokyo's largest news- I papers, Yomuri, as the only effective means of combating the rising population. The paper calls for the Government to "make a courageous decision" and outlaw births above a designated
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      582 2 NOTICES Notice Is hereby given that M Harry See Khoo San of No. 6, Shanghai Road, Singapore, has on the 23rd January, 1948, deserted his wife and has since then neglected and failed to maintain his wife Ang Lay Kheng, of No. 5. Shanghai Road. Singapore, the said Ang Lay
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    U.S. URGED TO REVIEW CHINA AID
    373 3 "Red Fires Over Malaya WASHINGTON, Sunday. FIXES of red insurrection blaze high in Indonesia! and Burma... lndo-China is already in the uanris of the Communists The whole of the Malayan archipelago is threatened and India and Siam may go down it wa s declared
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    45 3 CANTONESE PLAY: Mrs. Gladys I.oke Cbua, left, as the Warrior Maid in tbe C antonese play I.oke Long Chuay Chi. presented in Penan* by the Selangor Ladies Chin Woo on the occasion of the silver jubilee of their sister organisation in Penan*. Straits Times picture.
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    "STREAM OF RED SMEARS"
    146 3 "STREAM OF RED SMEARS" LAKE SUCCESS, Sun. MR. Andrei Oromyko of thei Soviet Union accused the I Western Powers yesterday of developing Italy's former North African colonies as bases for aggression against Russia. American and British spokesmen denied the charge, j Mr. Gromyko told the United i Nations Assembly's 58-nation
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    "U.S. Should Aid Spain"
    111 3 WASHINGTON, Sun. SUGGESTIONS that Spain and India be brought into I the community of nations I opposing Communism came from two Democratic Senators I yesterday. Senator Herbert O'Connor, v of Maryland, urged the inclusion of Spain in both the North Atlantic Pact and for Marshall Plan
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    "Nationalise" Call In Rubber
    76 3 BIRMINGHAM. Sun. THE United Rubber Workers' Union at its annual meeting yesterday unanl- mously passed a resolution calling for nationalisation of the British rubber manufacturing industry. The resolution deplored the present wave of redundancy inherent in an unplanned economy, coupled with difficulties abroad." Mr. P. N.
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    T.U.C. REJECTS RED INVITATION
    31 3 LONDON, Sun.- The British Trades Union Congress disclosed yesterday that it had rejected an invitation from Russian labour leaders to send a representative to I Moscow.— A^.
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    Roubles For Atomic Reds
    72 3 MOSCOW. Sun. AWARDS for atomic reseatvh and new types of weapons and munitions headed a lonjr list of "Stalin prizes." totalling 15,000,000 roubles, announced in Moscow yesterday. Thirteen prizes, agijr—"ting over 1,000,000 roubles, were shared by more than 50 people for the invention of -w weapons,
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    NO FAVOURITISM
    42 3 PARIS. Sun. An American j proposal to extend the most- favoured-nation treatment to Japan will be considered by contracting States to the 1947 Geneva tariff agreement. It is opposed by China. Britain, Australia, and some o f h"> States.— A.P.
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    12 OIL WORKERS INJURED
    48 3 PALEMBANG. Sug.— Twelve workers were wounded when a Ire broke out In the Standard Vacuum Oil Refinery in Suiigei Gerong, near Palemoai'g, on Thursday, Aneta, the D'Uch. new s agency reported. The flre was caused by an ex\ losion in one of the insrallatlons.—Reuter.
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    BAO DAI FLYING TO SINGAPORE
    115 3 PARIS, Sun. THE ex-Emperor of Annam, Bao D&ir, will fly to Singapore on April 18 and sail to Saigon in a warship flying Vietnamese colours, it was stated in Paris yesterday Prince Buu Loc, principal private secretary to Bao Dai, may receive representatives of the
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    60 AUSTRALIANS FACE EXPULSION
    189 3 MANILA. Sunday. 'THE Australian community in Manila is flocking 1 to both Australian and British Consulates for advice after the second reading of a bill in the Philippines Lower House prohibiting residence of nationals of countries where Filipinos are barred. The bill prohibits en- trance and
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    $16,000,000,000 For U.S. Forces
    214 3 $16,000, 000, 000 For U.S. Forces J WASHINGTON, Sunday. jrpHE U.S. House Appropriations Committee has raised the armed forces budget to a peace-time 1 record of r.5.515,909.116.800. Nobody said that war i was near and there were signs of easing fears. But the danger of a chance event setting off
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    "HIDING THE POOR QUALITY"
    194 3 From Our Staff Correspondtrnt KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. LARQE quantities of cheap teas are being imported from neighbouring countries and blended with the Malayan product in an attempt to hide f rom consumers their poor quality, states the annual report of the United Planting Association of Malaya.
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    IMPERIALIST COMINFORM'
    52 3 BELGRADE. Sun— Marshal Tito yesterday charged the Cominfonn with trying to start a civil war in Yugoslavia, and compared this with the practices of "imperialists in semi-colonial countries." '"No intimidation from the West or East can divert us from our principled attitude as consistent followers of Marxism," he
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    'C.-G. Should Look Into Malayan Fish Trade'
    158 3 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU Sunday. T*HE Commissioner-General, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, should make an attempt to know how flshermen, especially Malays, were being- exploited by flsh dealers, said Vngku Abdullah bin Ornar yesterday. Ungku Abdullah, who ;>lans to reorganise the fishing Industry
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    WAR CLAIM PROPOSAL: "A THIRD NOW"
    336 3 WAR CLAIM PROPOSAL: "A THIRD NOW" From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. MR. F. H. Williams, president of the F.M.S. Chamber of Commerce, at the Chamber s annual meeting yesterday, suggested settlement of War Damage Compensation claims by an immediate payment of a third of "admitted claims, the remainder
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    TRADE TALKS
    33 3 LONDON. Sun.— Argentina and Britain are aiming at a five-year trade agreement with an annual volume of £115,000,000 or £35,000,000 mo:\. than in the agreement which expired on March 31. A.P.
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    Singapore Diary
    129 3 TODAY V.M.C.A.. Orchard Road. Malay clnss. 5.30 p.m.. Services' Referees' Union meeting. 6.30 p.m. Indonesian Art. a talk under the auspices of V.M.C.A. Art Club and International Artists Association. V.M.C.A. Orchard Road. 6.30 p.m. Serangoon Benevolent Society, special general meeting, 261, La- vendei Street, 7.30 p.m. TOMORROW V.M.C.A.,
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    Singapore, Mon., Apr. 11, 1949. THE HOLD-UP GOES ON
    757 4 Singapore, Mon., Apr. 11, 1949. THE HOLD-UP GOES ON Still on the tables of the legislative, councils there lies, in a technical sense, the report of the Joint Committee which examined the official proposals for a war damage compensation scheme. Neither Council has discussed it and neither government, the Federation
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    Labour In Travail
    330 4 There can be little doubt that the blows which British Labour has suffered in the County Council elections largely trace back to Wednesday's budget. There would have been Labour losses in any event, but it was the Chancellor's realism which converted what probably would have been only
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    FIGHTING THE COLD WAR
    1280 4 IN the House of Commons Mr. Bey in seemed quite satisfied with the British record in the "cold war". He minted to the Berlin air lift, to the recovery of France, to the setbacks of the Communists in Italy as proofs that the tide had turned
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    A Young General Will Lead U.S. Air Force
    521 4  -  LOUIS HUNTER LIEUTENANT General Curtis E. LeMay, now in his first year of service as chief of the United States Strategic Air Command, enjoys the enviable reputation of being the "greatest younger fighting leader to emerge in the American Air Forces in
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      How To Bridge The Gulf Of Race In Malaya
      199 4 MAY 1 congratulate Dr. Victor Purcell on writing and you on publishing, in your issue of April 5, the article entitled "Closer Sino-Malay Relations". It deals clearly and concisely with facts and gives a wise lead towards the-balanc-ed and unprejudiced thinking
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      THE BRITISH MODEL
      160 4 fXb late several attempts v have been made by local Government executives and visiting M.Ps. to say that Britain leads the world in every branch of human activity. Was it necessary for Mr. Walter Fletcher, M.P., to have boasted when in Singapore that even the United States
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      A LESSON FOR SINGAPORE
      150 4 YOUR > correspondent "Illiterate" has my full support After hearing several of the afterelection speeches, I am beginning to wonder of what use some of these Commissioners will be to the people who elected them. There was for instance the successful candidate who sought an excuse
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    TAN APPEALS FOR CHINESE UNITY
    1923 5 Way To Own Salvation New Malaya AN appeal to Malayan Chinese for unity among themselves and amity, good understanding and sincere co-operation for common ends with other communities, particularly the Malays, was made by Mr. Tan Cheng Lock, Chairman of the Malayan Chinese Association, addressing
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    58 5 AN OFFICER in the W.R.A.C had a pleasant surprise on Saturday when she was presented with a gold wristlet watch by Messrs. Robinson and Co., Ltd. She was the 50.050 th person to enter their premises since the commencement of the annual sale. Seen making the presentation is Mr. Tan
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    Y.W.C.A. TO START CHINESE CLASSES
    262 5 By Our Woman Correspondent V A. workers are launching a campaign in May 1 to teach Chinese to English-speaking girls who are nterested in the language, and English to Chinese schoolgirls and teachers who are well-up in Chinese but have only a working knowledge of
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    Firemen Honour Dead Comrade
    224 5 1111 11 f ORE than 100 firemen of th e Singapore Brigade attended the funeral in heavy rain at Bidadari Mohammedan Cemetery yesterday afternoon of Fireman Aroon bin Abdul Rahman, who died yes-! terday morning from injuries received in Friday's! nre engine crash. The Superintendent of
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    Y.W.C.A. Picnic
    47 5 ANE hundred and ninety Chinese factory and working girls, all pupils of the Y.W.C.A. night school, went on a picnic to Macßltchie Reservoir on Saturday afternoon accompanied by their school committee. The purpose of the picnic, said Miss Mary Chen, secretary of the Chinese Depart-
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    ATTEMPTED FALSE ALARM CHARGE
    79 5 i From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Sun.— Raja Mohd All bin Chi was charged here today with hay- Ing ordered Special Constable Ramli to light a fire close to the defence posts maintained by special constables at Sungel Kong Estate in order to stage a
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    RADIO DOCTOR
    29 5 The "Radio Doctor" will be I heard tonight from Radio i Malaya at 6.20. Listeners I should send in their questions to Radio Malaya, Cathay Building, Singapore.
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    School Gets An Extra $40,668
    213 5 School Gets An Extra $40,668 The trustees of Knee Fatt School, now in the old I Dutch Club, Cairnhill Road, Singapore, were on Saturday I awarded an additional $40,668 by Mr. Justice Gordon-Smith In the Supreme Court following a civil action regarding compensation for the Government's acquisition of their former
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    Houses For Water Dept.
    124 5 FIFTEEN houses, estimated at a total cost of $280,000, will be provided for the Singapore Municipal Water Department subordinate officers this year, off Braddell Road, Upper Berangoon. This Is part of a 10 -year building scheme, involving several million dollars, for the Water Department, during which
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    PASSPORT LAW REVISION
    137 5 From Our Staff Coi respondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. A PASSPORTS Ordinance to unify regulations relating! to entry Into the Federation will be introduced at the next meeting of the Federal Legislative Council. "The ordinance covers the I regulations of the Passports' Enactment of the F.M.S. and It
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    WOMAN DROWNED IN DRAIN
    100 5 WOMAN DROWNED IN DRAIN A SINGAPORE Chinese woman was drowned when she slipped into a drain In. Newton Circus and was swept away "By storm water yesterday afternoon. She has not been Identified. Her age Is estimated at between 50 and 60 years. Mr. Koh Neng Teo, a clerk at
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    ARMED MALAYS SEIZE CARDS
    57 5 From Our Own Correspondent BENTONG, Sun. Seven armed Malays raided a house last week in the Chqnor Road district, 20 miles ffom Temerloh, and took the Identity cards of the occupants. A Malay cutting attap In the Jungle near the Jerantut to Kuala Llpls Road had
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    $1,000 FINE
    47 5 A Chinese boat-owner, Gin Hock Slow, who was convicted in the First "District Court, Singapore, on Saturday on charges that the vessel had no master's certificate no life-saving apparatus and no distinguishing marks was fined $1,000 and not $7,000, as stated In the Sunday Times.
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    "Lost" Guards Patrol Returns
    209 5 "Lost" Guards Patrol Returns From Oar SUIT Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, -Sun. AFTER being lost for fight days in jungle north east of Cameron Highlands, a patrol of the Second Coldstream Guards returned to their base to'iay. In the course of their marrli through mountainous jungle area, the patrol flushed a
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    1st. Reading For Bills
    134 5 Six new Bills are comin°; up for first reading at tomorrow's meeting of the Singapore Legislative Council. They are: the Penal Cult' Amendment Bill; the Minor Offences (Amendment) Bill; :i Arms and Explosives (Amendment) BUI; the Moratorium Proclamation (Repeal) Bill; the Dealings in Land (Occupation Period)
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      108 5 Too much of a good thing The thrinkproofing of knitting wool i» also a great convenience, but even that can sometimes be too much of a.good thing. It the wool is made entirely shrinkproof, and this is not difficult, iu< ii drastic processing is required that its natural softness and
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      WEEK IN SHARES: A FISCAL QUERY ON TINS
      846 6 v From A Market Correspondent 4 LTHOUGH the British Budget has had no appre- ciable repercussions on Malayan markets, it is expected that some long-term benefits will accrue to Sterling Tin companies from th e proposals to allow for increased depreciation of
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      Dividends For Labu, Cheviot
      47 6 rT<HE directors of both Labu 1 (F.M.S.) Robber and Cheriot Rubber Companies have recommended a dividend of 13 H per cent, lesa tax in respect of the financial year to De*. >1, 1948. If approved, the dividend* will be payable on May 19.
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      1950 Market In Germany
      61 6 Irom Our Own Correspond? n* LONDON, Ban. flit British Board of Trade's 1 reasons far conducting Anglo-Gennaa trade talks In such secrecy are difficult to fathom, smye The Economist. It has been stated In the German Press thai Western Germany's £60,0»0,000 Imports from the sterling are*
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      LONDON STOCKS
      198 6 LONDON. Sun. LONDON Stock Exchange operators were quiet at the week-end, say s Reuter's financial correspondent. Price changes in various sections of the market were few and small but were to slightly lower levels In most cases. Government stocks attracted support for short-dated Imum, which showed firmness. Changes
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      Dow Jones Average*
      23 6 Apr. 8 Apr. Industrials 176.44 176.73 Rails 49.44 49-56 Domestic Bonds 98. SB 98.62 Utilities 38.90 3374 Straits Times Service
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      Tin Company Production
      88 6 A usikal Maiay nn announces that in March Kampong Kamunting Tin Dredging ran 019 hours, dug 146,000 cubic yards and won 602 piculs of ore. Thabawlelk Tin Dredging ran 206 hours, dug 46.000 cubic yards and won 570 piculs. Austral Amalgamated Tin ■:i, n -'ort t>->o fniiowinjt
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      MOVE TO RAISE FEDERATION STAMP DUTY
      185 6 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. IP a Bill to be known as the j Stamp Ordinance. 1949. Is passed by the Federal Legislative j Council, stamp duty on cheques j and receipts will be increased! from six cents to 10 cents. Instead
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      Week-End Rubber
      151 6 WEEK-END rubber commodity prices Included the following: The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Associations noon prices on Saturday (Apr. 9). in cents per lb.! Bayer Seller No. 1 R.B.S. Spot loose nominal 36 V 36 H P. 0.8. in bales Apr. No. 1 R.S.S. 36H 36H No. 2
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      No Promises By America
      223 6 R.S.G. MEETING From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Sun. NEITHER on stock-piling nor on synthetic production did the Rubber Study Group get much change from the American delegation in London, says The Economist. The Americans explained that the United States Government could not commit Itself to buy
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      RUBBER CROPS
      66 6 HARRISONS 8t Crosfleld announce the following March rubber crops. In lbs.: Allenby 40.000 Bent* £stat« 80.100 Jeram Kuantan Est. 54,000 Kundong Estate 32,400 Mentakab 109,000 Sungei Bag an 125.0C0 Sandycroft 21.000 Tanjong Pau Bstat* 36,000 OTHER March crops announced are. In lbs.: Alor Pongsu Amal. BJst. *****3 Bedong
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    DAY OF UPSETS IN UK
    674 7 Only 18 Home Teams Win LONDON, Sunday. ENGLAND, who suffered their first home defeat since the war when they were beaten by Scotland yesterday, were not the only favourites to be upset. In the English league, Division One leaders, Portsmouth, after their grea. mid-week win
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    Johore PWD In Final
    131 7 From Oui Own Correspondent MUAR, Sun. rE Johore P.W.D. scored a a well-deserved s—l5 1 victory over the Negri Sembilan P.W.D. In the soccer semi-final Of the All-Malaya P.W.D. championship on the Muar Club padang yesterday. Johore will now meet Penang In the final to be
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    SANDS BACKED BY SYNDICATE
    127 7 SYDNEY. Sun A SYNDICATE of eight Sydney sportsmen are anxious that the Australian middle, lightheavy and heavyweight boxing champlon. Dave Sands, should meet Dick Turpln for the British Empire middleweight title. A spokesman for the syndicate said he has cabled Tom Maguire, manager of Sands, stating
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    MOTOR HILL CLIMB
    45 7 THE Singapore Motor Club will 1 hold a speed hill climb on Sunday May 8 at Buklt Batok (Jap Monument HIU) 8 mile Buklt Timah Road over approximately half-a-mile Compulsory practice runs will be held on Saturday, May 7, under official supervision.
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    Zale Confident Of Victory
    76 7 PUEBLO (Colorado), Sun.— EX-MIDDLEWEIGHT champion Tony Zale. said he planned to "start all over" and try to regain the crown in June. He said he was positive he would beat Cerdan who took the title from him, when they meet in a return match. He said
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    IRSH LEAGUE
    37 7 LONDON, Sun.: Yesterday's Irish football league results were: Bullymena ltd 1 Ardi a Banfor t Portadowa S Drrry C. t Distiller; 2 Glrnavoa 1 Belfast Cel. 0 Clrotoran g Coleralne 2 I.inlirld (llffonvlllr -He uter.
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    Parker, Patty Win
    37 7 MONTE CARLO, Sun.: Frank Parker and Budge Patty of America won the doubles title in the International lawn tennis tournament here They beat Yugoslav's Dragutin Mitic and Joseph Pallada 6-1, 6-3 6-2. U. P.
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    League Tables
    736 7 DIVISION ONI P W D L F ApU PorUmouth 85 21 8 ***** 50 Newcastle 36 10 0 8 66 50 47 Charlton 36 15 11 10 59 64 41 Derby Co. 35 16 811 53 MUO Manch. C. 36 14 12 10 43 U%O Arsenal 36 14
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    Scots Win Soccer Championship
    512 7 By VERNON MORGAN LONDON, Sunday. SCOTLAND, scoring a dramatic three-one, victory over England at Wembley Stadium here yesterday in their annual soccer battle, not only gained their first victory over England since 1938 but won the international championship for the first time for 13 years. 4.
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    London Rally To Win
    438 7 London Rally To Win LONDON, Sun FOR the first time since the match between the two cities was inaugurated in 1011, Paris visited London yesterday and looked certain winners at the Interval at Richmond when they led 13-3. Then came London's turn with the wind, and their heavy pack caused
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    PRESCOTT, BAIN STRENGTHEN CLAIMS
    567 8 PRESCOTT, BAIN STRENGTHEN CLAIMS Colony XI Will Be Picked Today ALTHOUGH rain curtailed play in all the Singa- pore Cricket Association's tournament ?ames yesterday, there wer e many useful hints for the selectors who to-day pick the Singapore team to meet Selangor on the S.C.C. padang on Saturday, Sunday and
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    65 8 WHITE Crew, winners of the Nutt-Beresford Cup for Junior Fours at the Royal Singapore Tacht Club s first post-war rowing regatta on Saturday, pictured at Blakan Mati landing stage before the final race. They beat R«d crew over 1.300 yards in the straits between Blakan Mati and Pulau Branl. Left
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    Negri Soccer XI Beat Selangor
    336 8 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Sunday. BETTER combination in the forward line, coupled j with a sound defence, enabled Negri Sembilan, last year's Malaya Cup winners, to defeat Selangor by one goal to nil in the first friendly inter-State soccer match at Prince s
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    S.A.F.A. TRIAL CANCELLED
    114 8 OWING to heavy rain the S A. FA. Probables versus Possibles match scheduled to be played at Jalan Bear Stadium yesterday was cancelled. Eager for the game, the following 17 players turned up: Soon San. Chin Lye. Hajl Aarhan. Vass, Harlth, Tee Slang. Boon Seong, Abdul Rahman,
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    Johore's Pamadasa Cup Team
    92 8 Johore's Pamadasa Cup Team From Our Own Correspondent KLUANO, Sun. BADMINTON representatives from Johore Bahru, Kluang and Batu Pahat met at Kluang on Saturday and played several trial matches before a selection committee. These games were fixed for selecting the Johore team for the Pamadasa Cup which will be played
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    Probables Win 4-1
    141 8 From Our Own Correspondent IPOH, Sun. A PROBABLE State side picked from 19 Perak players, to meet Pahang in i a Malaya Cup-tie on April 26, today beat a Military team by four goals to one in a practice match on the padang. The Military were not
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    Swee Law 33 Not Out
    229 8 BEFORE rain stopped Pl&y yesterday on the Singapore Chinese Recreation Club ground, the Singapore Cricket Club, who were the visitors, had scored 26 .for 2. after having dismissed the Chinese for 113. Dr. Ong Swee Law was highest scorer for ihe S.C.R.C. with 33 not
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    Selangor Cricket XI Named
    85 8 Selangor Cricket XI Named KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. SELANGOR'S state cricket side to play Singapore over the Easter week-end. Singapore was selected this evening as follows H. O. Bennett, Chua Eng Cheng, G. de Silva, L. Farragher, N. Hobbs, Khoo Bin Kheng, Lee Soon Wee, M. S. Maniam, R. Munusaniy, C.
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    Colonials All Out 23
    193 8 THE Colonials were dismissed for 23 and the Singapore Recreation Club had Just enough time to pass the Colonials' total with six wickets to take first Innings points before rain stopped play In the 3.C.A. league match on the padang yesterday. The Colonials fielded only ten
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    RAILWAYS BEAT S.E.A.
    79 8 From O«r SUIT Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Sun. THE Combined Railways beat 1 the Selangor Eurasian Association by 11 runs at cricket on the Brickfields Road ground today. Winning the toss, the Railways made 42. C. O. Labrooy took four for 11 and A. Prugtnelt four for two.
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    Gold Medallist Makes Fine Comeback
    396 8 From EPSOM JtLf IPOH. But. I heavy la-t minute bet of 30C wins resulted In Oold Medallist becoming a short-priced favouilte in the six furlong sprint for topclass horses at Ipoh on Saturday. Wen ridden by Abdul Wahab. the Golden Sovereign gelding unwound a brilliant
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    Sports Diary
    33 8 LEAGUE SOCCER: Siu. Div., KoU R»Ja f. Tamil B.A. 3. Besar. Jnr. A. Grp. 1, Royal Nary "B" B.A.F leng»h— Seletar; Jnr. A. Grp. Grp. 2, H. M. Dockyard Customs GeyUng
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    CEYLONESE GAIN 1st INNS POINTS
    382 8 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Sun. rpHE Ceylon Sport s Club were well in the running for full points in the Singapore Cricket Vssociation match against Johore Cricket* Club today when rain stopped pay and they had to be content with a lead on
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    Changi Get 128 For 4
    136 8 R.A.F. Changi n.id scored 128 for four wickets when rain stopped play in their tournament match against th* Indian Association at Changi yesterday. Prescott, who scored 54 not out in two hours, hit four boundarl ss. R.A F. CHANGI 1 S. Prescott not out H
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    Bowlers Shine In KL Trial
    324 8 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Sunday. OTATE Possibles were gi\en maximum opportunities for pratice in the* second'inter-State cricket trial yesterday and today Star batsmen even when out were called back and given a second chance to 'Mike good. They did. The match, however, provided
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    U.K. Soccer & Rugby—P. 7
    148 8 U.K. Soccer Rugby— P. 7 opening for L. de Silva's team, and schoolboy Munusamy's three wicket* for 19 which earned him a place In the State side. Scores: DE SILVA'S Xn— lst Inns: 121 MURRAY'S Xl— lt lnn«. Lee Soon Wee b Samsuddin 24 H. Bennett c Hassan b Samsuddin
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    79 FOR FIVE
    90 8 THE game between the Binga pore Cricket Club and the Ceylon Sports Club was abutdoned yesterday owing to rain The Ceylone.se b-.uu'd first add had scored 79 runs for five wickets when rain Interfered. Mills, bowling after luncli. took Balasingham's wicket wifh 'a>; first and only ball
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