The Straits Times, 12 April 1949

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    22 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEA 1)1 NG NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED IS4S ♦VKIAfc I* AUKS SINGAPORE TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 1949. if PKICE TEN CENTS.
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    TAN SENDS "GO AHEAD" MESSAGE
    312 1 WoundedMCA Leader 's 'Do NotßeAfraid 9 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Monday. FROM his hospital b«4 where he is lying injured as a result of yesterday's grenade outrage, Mr. Tan Cheng Lock sent this message today "Do not he afraid. Go ahead with the a»ms
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    MORE U.S. TROOPS WANTED
    137 1 MORE U.S. TROOPS WANTED WASHINGTON, Mon. AN increase of American troops in Eurooe has been suggested to the U.S. Secretary of the Army. Mr. Kenn -th Royall. by leaders abroad. Several western European nations are stressing the importance of ground forces la their defence planning. Meanwhile Senator Styles 3itde;es, has
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    CUT IN E.C.A. PREDICTED
    45 1 WASHINGTON. Mon. With the U.S. House of Repr -sintatlves ready for tin 1 passage of the Economic Co-operation Administration authorisation this week, three Si-nators predicted yesterday that its actual appropriations will be cut by perhaps 10 per c -nt. more.— A.P.
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    MACDONALD'S APPEAL
    69 1 LONDON. Mon.— The Commissioner General, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, today appealed to British citizens to subscribe to a fund for the endowment of the University of Malaya. In a letter to The Times, he said 'I invite everyone who is interested in the development of higher education in
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    'OUTRAGE GIVES MCA STRENGTH'
    298 1 From Our Staff Correspondfnl IPOH, Mon. If R. TAN SIEW SIN. eldest if I son of Mr. Tan Cheng Lock arrived In Ipoh by air today and went to the bedside of his father. Mr. Tan L» said to be progressing satisfactorily. Mr. Tan Slew Sin.
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    WAR CRIMINALS
    30 1 TOKYO, Mon.-The Japanese Government may ask Allied headquarters for war criminals serving sentences In Malaya and other parts of South-East Asia to serve them out in Japan.— Reuter.
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    LONDON DOCKERS STRIKE
    85 1 LONDON DOCKERS STRIKE LONDON, Mon. ABOUT 6,200 London dock workers, members of the National Amalgamated Stevedores and Dockers Union, went on strike today in pro- test against the dismissal of 33 men on the grounds of redundancy. Some dockers belonging to < the Transport and General Workers Union have joined
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    HUKS KILL FILIPINO
    75 1 MANILA, Mon.— Press reports said that a Hukbalahap band killed a Filipino sergeant of the U.S. Army's Philippines Scouts, kidnapped two other soldiers and robbed about 200 bus and truck passengers near the town of Carranglan, in the province of Nueve Ecija. I The money, jewels and
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    15,000 WATCHED IN SILENCE
    148 1 SAN MARIO (California) Monday. piFTEEN thousand people stood in silence here as a rescue party brought the body of three-year-old Kathy Fiscus from a well here. A doctor's announcement that she had died of drowning ended 52 hours of rescue efforts Since the little girl, run-
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    WILL NOT LEAVE
    41 1 AUCKLAND, Mon.— Ms* K. H. Rahman, Pakistan Trade Commissioner in Australia, declared here today that Pakistan had no intention of leaving the British Common- wealth. Mr. Rahman is I making his first official visit to New Zealand. Reuter.
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    11 Injured
    39 1 CANTON.Mon.— Eleven persons were injured in two ex- plosions at the Grand Thea- < itre last night during the N showing of the picture "Ad- i venture." The cause of the i explosion is not knwn.— AP. 1
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    58 1 1 THE SCENE OF SUNDAY'S grenade outrage at Ipota. Above: The Chinese Chamber of Commerce hall m I Hale street. Right: Inside i the hall. The grenade which injured Mr. Tan Cheng Lock and four others, first hit j the expanded metal window behind the Sun Vat Sen picture and
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    Jogja Ruler In Batavia
    84 1 BATAVIA. Mon. r pHE Bultan of Jogjakarta J. arrived here today for conferences in connection with the forthcoming talks sponsored by the United Nations to restore peace in Indonesia. He travelled in a United Nations plane. It i s the first time the hereditary ruler of
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    Greek Assassination Plot Discovered
    123 1 ATHENS, Monday. A COMMUNIST plot to assassinate General James Van Fleet, head of th e United States Military Aid Mission to Greece and General Alexander Papagos, Greek Commander-in-Chief, has been discovered, the Greek Ministry of Public Order antounced today. Eighty Communists have been arrested, the Ministry
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    WATER CURE
    51 1 MINNEAPOLIS, Mon.— Do not take your troubles to bed with you— take them into the bath. "People with, troubled minds and anxieties can get rid of their tension, and often their insomnia, by getting into bath of tepid water," says Dr. M. N. Walsh, professor of neurology and
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    INDIA PROTEST TO DUTCH
    163 1 NEW DELHI, Mon. A GOVERNMENT spokesman said today that India has protested to the Netherlands over the alleged killing of three Indian nationals by Dutch paratroops in Sumatra. The spokesman aid the Indians were shot after the paratroops "made sure they were Indians. "From the facts
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    'Calwell Chickens Home To Roost'
    163 1 From Our Own Correspondent MELBOURNE, Monday. /COMMENTING on th e Filipino move to prohibit residence of nationals of countries where Filipinos are barred, the Melbourne Sun columnist, Douglas Wilkie, says, "The storm cloud over Manila, I even if it is no bigger than Mr. Calwell's
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    3 POLICE DIE IN AMBUSH
    47 1 From Our SUIT Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. A EUROPEAN police officer and two Malay police constables were killed and nine police constables were wounded when two police trucks were ambushed at Padang Pior 'nine miles north of Jerantut. One constable is missing.
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    ACTOR'S DEATH
    29 1 LONDON, Mon.— A London Coroner at an inquest today found that 58-year-old British actor Morland Graham took his own life by an overdose of aspirin tablets Reuter.
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    Yangtse Cease Fire Report
    275 1 Yangtse Cease Fire Report NANKING. Mon. WIDESPREAD reports today said that the Chinese Communists have ordered a cease-fire on the Yangtsc. But at the same time, "".a Peking Communist Radio announced that three Red armies were preparing to cross the river "Their objective." said tha radio, is "realisation of true
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    Tear Gis Bombs Disperse Ex-Policemen In Tel Aviv Strike
    254 2 TEL AVTV, Monday. ISRAELI military police, wearing respirators, yesterday threw tear gas bombs to drive out more than 100 striking ex-policemen from Tel Aviv's Criminal Investigation Department headquarters. The former policemen, dismissed in a recent "purification", were staging a sitdo-vn strike
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    22 2 LLOYD TROPHY, presented by Air Marshal Sir Hugh Lloyd for the A.C.F.E. command week, was won by Technical Whig, Seletar.— RAF. picture.
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    U.S. ANTIRED AID FOR IRAN
    114 2 TEHERAN. Mon. rE United States Is seeking through economic aid to keep Persia out of the Soviet orbit. She is handicapped by a reactionary Government, coupFed with vigorous Russian opposition. Her chances of success are dim unless there are: 1. A thorough house cleanIng of
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    KIDNAPPING OF NEGRO ALLEGED
    75 2 NEW YORK, Mon. The grand jury in a Louisiana town yesterday adjourned until the next session a case in which three white men were accused of kidnapping a Negro, Edward Honeycutt. The men were alleged to have taken Honeycutt from the prison cell where he was
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    GREEK MOVE TO BREAK STRIKE
    57 2 ATHENS, Mon. Greek Government Ministers were yesterday empowered to mobilise all civil servants who have been on strike for four days and who fail to report for duty today. The strikers, who are claimIng large salary Increases, have rejected a Government offer of free food
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    VIETMINH THREATS SCARE VOTERS OFF
    125 2 SAIGON, Mon. ANLY about one Vietnamese elector in eight voted in yesterday's election for the Cochln-Chlna Territorial Assembly, which 1b to vote on the future of Indo- China's "rice-bowL" Of 4300 registered Vietnamese electors, 598 went to the polls. Out of 561 French electors, 46R
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    17 2 A BOLERO cape made of utility fur which was recently exhibited at Grosvenor House, London. Reuter picture.
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    "SLOGAN AGAINST STATE"
    104 2 "SLOGAN AGAINST STATE" BELGRADE. Mon. rE new Cominfpnn slogan of "a united Macdonia within a Balkan Federation" was aimed at destroying the Yugoslav State, Mr. Lazar Kollchevski. President of th«» Yugoslav Federal Republic of Macedonia, said yesterday. Addressing the third Yugoslav People's Front Congress, he said that the call for
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      Explosion Destroys Church: Six Killed
      248 2 NEW YORK, Monday. AT least six people were killed and 40 injured when the basement furnace of the tiny St. Mary's Catholic Church in Marion. South Dakota, exploded just before Palm Sunday Mass The explosion lifted the roof off the church and flattened its walls
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    U.S., Soviet Say "No"
    84 2 Mil-vICO CITY, Mon. THE Soviet Union joined the United States yesterday in refusing to sign a proposed 85-nation agreement dividing radio shortwave frequencies. The Russian announcement came at the close of the International Radio Conference to divide broadcast bands in such a way as to end
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    NEW GERMAN STATUTE PROMISED
    276 3 NEW GERMAN STATUTE PROMISED Allies Will Have The Last Word BERLIN, Monday. THE Western Allies, iivan 800-word occupation statute, yesterday promised the German people self-government, but kept for themselves a strong veto power,designed to preserve democracy and check Communism in their occupation zones. The statute, which was handed to the
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    46 3 ANNIVERSARY: A little girl kneels to pay homage to Pope Pius XII as other children wait to make gifts to him in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of his entry into the priesthood. The ceremony was held in the Belvedere Courtyard of Vatican City.— A.P. pictore.
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    Last Of The Nazi War Criminals
    207 3 NUREMBERG, Monday. AN American court today convicted the first of 21 former Nazi officials upon whom it is pronouncing judgment In the final American war crimes trial. Baron Ernst von Weiszaecker was convicted of plotting an aggressive war against Czecho-Slovakia. He was state secretary
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    INDIA'S STATUS: A FORMULA
    164 3 INDIA 'S STATUS: A FORMULA NEW DELHI, Mon. pANDIT Nehru will go to the Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference In London on April 21 with two proposals concerning India's future relationship with the Commonwealth. These proposals, according to informed quarters, are: The granting of dual citizenship to all Indians as citizens
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    BRITAIN MAY OBJECT
    96 3 BUENOS AIRES, Mon.— The British answer to the Argentine decision to pay oft the short fall of the i 948 meat contract rather than continue shipments at the old price was expected to be handed to the Government today. The British negotiators were advised a week ago
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    Swiss Ban Speeches
    71 3 GENEVA, Mon. THE Swiss Federal Council has forbidden Prof. Marcel Prenant, a member of the Central Committee of the French Communist Party, and M. Pierre Cot, former French Air Minister, to speak in Geneva. The two Frenchmen were due to address a Swiss committee on the World
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    PRIEST'S FIGHT FOR AFRICAN TRIBES
    198 3 LONDON, Mon. rpHE Rev. Michael Scott, L Ambassador" of the Here- ro tribes, said in London today that the assistance of Commonwealth and other countries was being sought to refer the matter of South West Africa to the International Court of Justice. The United Nations
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    W.Germany's Trade Bid
    66 3 HANOVER, Mon. THE strength of West Ger- man's bid for a share of the world export markets will be on display here this month. Sales at the third post-war Hanover trade fair will be an index of how justified are fears that the Germans will capture markets
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    Karen Strongholds At Insein Bombed
    160 3 RANGOON, Monday. insein. north of Rangoon, was subjected to heavy 1 aerial bombardment yesterday, a Government communique announced. It said direct hits were scored on Karen strongholds. Government troops repulsed Karen offensives', at Insein and In the Thazl sector near Mandalay, the communique added But
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    TIPPING SCALES
    35 3 SOFIA, Mon. The Bulgarian Communist Government has instructed lawyers: "You must have as first aim the protection of the State and compliance with its laws. Protection of your client is a secondary consideration."—AP.
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    EMPLOYMENT
    28 3 SYDNEY, Mon. Australia has 114,100 lobs waiting for some one to fill them. The United States employs 11.596,000 fewer full-time work1 ers than in March last year.
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    5 DIE IN MUNICH RIOT
    114 3 5 DIE IN MUNICH RIOT MUNICH, Mon. rpHOUSANDS of displaced A persons waged a riotous demonstration against Russia in Munich yesterday before being dispersed by American military police using tear gas. Five persons were said to have been killed and four others Injured. A crowd estimated at 10,000 paraded through
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    STEEL RECORD
    51 3 LONDON. Mon. British steel production reached an all-time record in the first quarter of this year, the British Iron and Stetl Federation reports. Production during January, February and March totalled 5,283,335 tons, an annual rate of 15,850,000 Ingot tons. The Government's record target for 1949 is 15,500,000 tons.—
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    BULGAR PROTEST
    44 3 SOFIA, Mon.— The Bulgarian Foreign Office has protested to Britain and the United Nations against alleged foreign Interference in internal questions. It said that the United Nations had no business discussing the "imaginary restrictions of religious and other freedoms In Bulgaria."— UP.
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    $3,500
    184 4 TO Interview applicants for a 1 $3,000 to $3,500-a-month Job in Singapore, Mr. F. Q. Hill, Municipal Water Engineer, wi)l fly to the United Kingdom this week. The post—highest paid In Municipal service in Malaya —Is that of Chief Engineer for the big extension waterworks of the Singapore Municipality
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    'ILL' SAYS MALAY WITHOUT CARD
    42 4 'ILL' S AYS MALAY WITHOUT CARD From Our Staff Correspondent SEREMBAN, Mon.—Samah bintl Jik, a Malay woman, was In Seremban fined $1 for falling to have an identity card. She told the court she had been sick and was unable to register.
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    WIDOW'S PLEA
    46 4 Fiom Oar SUIT Correspondent SEREMBAN, Mon. "My husband died last year and I have to maintain four young children," said Chlew Slew Eng when she pleaded guilty to hawking sweets without a licence. She was fined $1 and her sweets con- 1 fi seated.
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    Diamonds And Gold Lost
    74 4 From Our Staff Correspondent MALACCA, Monday. THE loss of 10 carats of diamonds and 15 mayams of gold worth $3,200 has been reported to the Malacca Police. A goldsmith, the report said, was entrusted with the diamonds and gold to be made into two brooches. H»
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    Prepare For Dutch Competition
    148 4 Prepare For Dutch Competition Estates Told: From Our Staff Correspondent PENANQ, Mon. "fTTHE only way to absorb X any future surplus of rubber would be for America to stockpile and for Russia to continue buying," said Mr. Heah Joo Seang, president of Penangt Rubber Exchange, today. Mr. Heah, who one
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    Going To N.Z.
    58 4 Going To N.Z. FAREWELL PARTY: The staff of the District Hospital Kuala Kubu Bahru, Selan gor, who met to bid farewell to Miss N. A. Jones, a staff nurse, before her departure to New Zealand. Miss Jones, seen seated sixth from the left, has been awarded a UNESCO scholarship to
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    MEDICAL SCHOOL SHORT OF BODIES
    199 4 HOW the dead can help the living was outlined yesterday by one of the professorial staff of the King Edward VII College of Medicine. Training of doctors is being handicapped by the shortage of bodies for dissection "Donating a body to the college is incompatible
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    JOHORE SCHOLAR RETURNS
    336 4 Malay Newt From Our Malay Correspondent A MALAY who graduated from the Fuad I and Azhar Universities has returned to Johore after 10 years' study in Egypt. He Is Tuan Ismail Omar Abdul Aziz, who knows, besides Arabic, English, French, German and Persian. Tuan Ismail Omar first
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    STOLE TROUSERS
    41 4 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. Said bin Mohd All, aged 16, convicted in the Sessions Court yesterday of theft of a pair of trousers from a dwelling in Straits View Road, was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment.
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    MALACCA WARNING ON ELECTRICITY
    118 4 From Oui Staff Correspondent MALACCA, Mon. EIGHTY per cent of the electrical installations in Malacca town were put up before the war or with shoddy materials during and ]usl after the occupation and are now in a dangerous condition, according to the SuperIntending Electrical Engineer, Southern
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    PENANG MOSQUE TO BE REBUILT
    38 4 PENAN Mon.—The cen-tury-old mosque in MacAlister Road is to be rebuilt and funds are to be collected. This decision was approved at an extraordinary general meeting of the Overseas Pakistan League yesterday afternoon.
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    Building Progress In Singapore
    211 4 PROGRESS on the construction of Singapore's major buildings depends largely upon the regularity and availability of materials. This view is shared by architects and contractors engaged in work on the 14storey Bank .of China Building, the 18-storey Asia Insurance Building, Mac Donald House and the extension
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    HAD NO CARD
    34 4 From Oui Own Correspondent SEOAMAT, Mon.— Found on the Cha'ah Road without an Identity card, 66-year-old See Chen, a Kongfoo, was produced in the Segamat Court and offered bail in $100.
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    300 Silent Guests
    95 4 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Mon. ABOUT 300 people invited as guests to the installation of the Sultan of Perak have not rl plied, the Perak State Government said today. The statement added: "In view of insufficient accommodation, no seats will be provided for those who remain
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    Malay Art Society Mooted
    69 4 PAN-MALAYAN M; lay Artists' Association will be inaugurated in Singapore this month by Inche C. Mahat who organised the Malay artists' exhibition last week. More than 200 drawings and paintings, worth about $10,000, were displayed by 24 artists from Singapore to Aloi Star Twenty-one pictures were
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    Most Death Duty Chinese
    88 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. r^EDERATION death duties J; paid last year amounted to $2,659,917, reports the Collector of Estate Duty Mr Lee Kuan Yew Of the total $1,371,493 was paid by Chinese, $781,401 by British Europeans, $6,676 by other Europeans, $317 by Americans,
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    ALLEGED POSE AS DETECTIVE
    52 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Aileged to have pretended to be a detective, L. S. Samy, a 22-year-old Indian, appeared before Inche Mohamad bin Baba in the Kuala Lumpur First Magistrate's Court. Samy claimed trial. Bail of $200 was offered. The case was postponed
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    OLD BOYS MEET IN MALACCA
    50 4 From Our Staff Correspondent MALACCA, Mon. One hundred and fifty "Macsobans" and friends at the week-end attended the first reunion dinner of the Malacca Anglo-Chinese School Old Boys' Association since its revival last year. Mr. Lee Swee Poh spoke on behalf of Old Boys present.
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    REST HOUSES
    54 4 From Oui Own Correspondent KUANTAN, Mon.—The District Office, Pekan, has issued a notice that the rest houses in Lubol; Paku, Nenasi. and at Rompin are now available for use by the public. The care- er could supply meals. The re-* for a room is $1 per night an.l
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    'Send Us A Great Diplomat' Call To India
    457 5 'Send Us A Great Diplomat' Call To India 6 Community Now Split '-Jumabhoy "CINGAPORE is the centre of South-East Asia and it is the duty of the Indian Government to station here a great statesman and diplomat of India, with Gandhian aims, as High Commissioner," said the retiring president of
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    FEATHERS USED TO IDENTIFY RIFLE
    340 5 MAGAZINES are sometimes removed and feathers stuck in the barrels of rifles kept in the guard-room of the Singapore Treasury, as a means of identification. -r This was stated at the inquest in the Coroner's Court yesterday on Kala Khan, one of 12 sentries stationed
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    1,000-Mile Tour
    79 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. A MOBILE unit of the Federation Public Relations Department has just completed a 1.000 mile railway tour which lasted almost a month and during which 1,000.000 leaflets were distributed and 17 lectures and cinema shows given. M Padang Besar. In Perils, police lifted the curfew
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    B.M.A. ANNUAL MEETING
    60 5 From Our SUIT Correspondent PENANG. Mon. The annual meeting of the British Medical Association, Malaya branch, will be presided over at the Penang General Hospital on Friday by Dr. J H. Strahan. The following day, speakers at a clinical meeting will include Professor E. C. Mekle, Drs.
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    PAHANG UMNO
    69 5 BENTONO. Mon The following have been elected officials of the Pahang Branch of UMNO: President: Inche Mohd. Sulong b. Mohd. All; Vice-President: Inche Awang Mustapha b. Imam Isa: Oen. Secretary: Inche Chlk b. Mattln; Treasurer: Inche Mohd. Idrls b. Babjee; Publicity Officer: Inrhe Kasslm b. Ha.il Mohd. Amtn;
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    CYCLIST FINED
    37 5 BUTTERWORTH, Mon. The Circuit Magistrate, Mr. K M. Smallwood, today inspected an old bicycle, found the brakes Ineffective, and fined the owner $15. The cyclist, Karnal Singh, was also fined $10 for riding without lights.
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    Singapore Diary
    162 5 TODAY legislative Council meeting. Victoria Memorial Hall, 10 ajn. V.M.C.A.. Orchard Raid. French classes, 5.30 p.m., St. John Ambulance class, 6 p.m.. recital of reccorded music, 8 p.m. Y.W.C.A., lessons in ballroom dancing, 5. Raffles Quay. 5.45 p.m. Young People's Group, devotional meeting. Bethesda, Katong, 6 p.m. Technical
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    SECRET TALKS IN COLONY
    51 5 1 THE SECRETARY OF STATE for Economic Affairs to the Indonesian Government, Mr. van Hoogstraten (left) photographed during discussions with the Secretary for Economic Affairs, Singapore, Mr. Andrew Gilmour, yesterday. The natnre of the talks was not disclosed. Mr. Hoogstraten leaves today for Batavia. Straits Times
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    SQUATTERS GUESTS OF SULTAN
    91 5 SQUATTERS GUESTS OF SULTAN front Our StaS Correspondent IPOH, Mon. rfO Chinese squatters, resettled at Pantal Remis, Dlndings, will be among the guests at the installation of the Sultan of Perak. Among the others specially invited are three members of the local Police force, three members of the Special Con-
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    33 5 MR. R. BO YD former Director of Co-operation, Malaya, who has been appointed secretary of the Malayan Planting; Industries Employers' Association. Mr. Boyd succeeds Mr. C. O. Ahearne, who retires on April 20.
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    "TRUNKS" TO GO BY RADIO
    143 5 "TRUNKS" TO GO BY RADIO rpRUNK calls to Kuala A Lumpur and other towns upcountry are expected to go by radio within the next few months. The Director of Telecommunications, Mr. G. C. iOTarrell, told the Straits Times, that three radio channels between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur would be established.
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    THREE MONTHS FOR CHANDU
    40 5 From Our Own Correspondent PARIT BUNTAR. Mon.— Mr. M. R. P. Rogers, President. Sessions Court, sentenced Koh Cheow Tit to three months' Imprisonment when he pleaded guilty to a charge of possessing 487 hoons of chandu.
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    NURSE FINED FOR NEGLIGENCE
    250 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. fiN retrial after an appeal against a five-month v sentence, Low Hiong Boon, 35-year-old probationary nnrse, wa s today fined $250 or two months' rigorous Imprisonment for a negligent act not amounting to culpable homicide which resulted in the
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    New School
    31 5 SEREMBAN, Mon.— A New Malay school in the Elebu district of Negri Sembllan built by the karnpong inhabitants was yesterday declared open at Kampong Po'om in the Kanabol area.
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    DEATH
    30 6 t,. C. VELOE, of Caldbeck MacOregor, age 67. Died 10th April, at Mr. Hosey's residence 11 Lorong N. Telok Kurau. Deeply regretted. Funeral took place yesterday at Bldadart Cemetery.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    173 6 MR. TAY KHENO HUAT, wishes to express his thanks to relatives, friends and firms who sent wreaths, letters of condolence, lent cars and attended the funeral of -he late Mr. Tay Lye Whatt on 3rd April. 1948. MR. MRS. C. P. O. MENON, with to thank all friends, relatives
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Tues., Apr. 12, 1949. NOW IS THE TIME
    711 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Tues., Apr. 12, 1949. NOW IS THE TIME There are two thoughts which at once occur on reading the news of the Ipoh outrage, and the fortunate escape from serious injury of Mr. Tan Cheng Lock and other Chinese leaders whose deaths the grenade thrower sought.
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    Pause For Thought
    334 6 One of the motions on an interesting agenda today for the Singapore Legislative Council calls for the adoption of the Select Committee's report on the Public Services Commission, which was tabled at the March meeting of the Council. The report recommends disestablishment from the Federation, and the
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    "FROGMAN" DIES IN LAKE
    67 6 HOLE (England), Mon— A daring diver, who served during the war as a "frogman" in the British Marines, was drowned on Saturday night while exploring holes in a string of underground lakes. Mr. F. O Balcombe, leader of the expedition into the watery caves, said the
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    WESTERN UNION AND THE COLONIES
    1786 6  -  KENNETH ROBINSON, By Reader in Colonial Administration at Oxford University, and a Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford. From 1936 to 1948 he was employed in the Colonial Office, and in 1946 was adviser to the United Kingdom delegation at the World Health Conference, New York.
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    • Letter
      Democratic Government And The Labour Party
      455 6 rpHERE are two interest- ing letters in the Saturday Forum of April 9 to which I should lite to reply. First. "John Citizen- wants to know how a "monstrous institution" like the Import and Export Dept. can be "run democratically" I hope this was
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      GRAVES OF INTERNEES
      163 6 1 QUOTE below a para1 graph from a letter I have received from the President of the Municipal Commissioners. "With reference to paragraph 3 of my letter of 21st February 1949 In your correspondence No. 7630/4., I have the honour to Inform you that the Commissioners have
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      THE DOLLARS
      33 6 WHY are imports from hard currency sources restricted more severely here than in U.K.? What specific benefits accrue to the U.K. as a result of excessive local restrictions? INQUIRING TOM Singapore.
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    TWO MERCHANTS FINED $4,010
    460 7 'Gaol Term Not Appropriate Penalty '-Judge "T REGARD this offence as so serious that I 1 normally should feel ohliged to Impose sentence of imprisonment,*' the First District Judge, Mr. E. P. Shanks, said yesterday at the conclusion of the bribery case against two Singapore businessmen,
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    SQUATTER ROUND-UP IN JOHORE
    212 7 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. A MAJOR squatter operation in Johore— the second in the State was begun early this morning by police and military 10 miles west of Segamat. Police said it was clear from captured documents and statements by arrested persons that
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    Trade With India
    90 7 CPEAKING of the Importance of the Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce. Mr. R. Jumabhoy, in his presidential speech last Saturday, raid that members transacted 90 per cent of Malaya's trade with India. "Members of our chamber have branches in many parts of Malaya and thus, virtually. It
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    More Sugar Next Week
    72 7 THE sugar ration In the 1 Singapore and the Federation is to be increased from Tuesday next week. The basic individual ration is to be raised to half a katty per week and a temporary bonus ration of a quarter of a katty per head per
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    Anglican Youth Fellowship
    85 7 Anglican Youth Fellowship REPRESENT ATTVES from the Malacca and Seremoan Youth Fellowships will join their colleagues from six Anglican Youth Fellowships In Singapore in an Anglican youth festival and conference which opens at St Andrew's School on April 22. The theme of the six-day conference will be Christian fellowship through
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    $65,000 OFFICE FOR CHAMBER
    126 7 THE SlAgapore Indian Chamber of Commerce has purchased a three-storey building In Market 8treet at $65,000 to house its office, commercial library an exhibition room and a lounge for members. As soon as vacant possession is obtained, the chamber will renovate the building and move into
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    DRUNK FINED
    52 7 From Our SUff Correspondent JOHORE, BAHRU, Mon. Standing in the dock with his head swathed In bandages, Ng Kirn Huat, a bicycle spare parts dealer of Singapore, pleaded guilty today In the Magistrate's -Court to a charge or being drunk and disorderly In a coffee shop He was
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    RIMAU'S SKIPPER FINED
    115 7 RIMAU'S SKIPPER FINED THE master of the s.s. Rimau, Jantan bin Suleiman, who pleaded guilty to having overloaded the vessel, was fined $200 yesterday In the First District Court. The vessel owned by the Straits Steamship Co., was found submerged two inches below the loadllne. Mr. LA.G. Smith, for Jantan
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    "EYESORE TO HUMANITY"
    65 7 MALACCA, Mon.— "Family disputes and separations, which I have seen are an eyesore to humanity In general and to our community in particular," Miss P. Thambldurai, Social Welfare Inspector, Malacca, told Municipal and Government Indian labourers at Kubu Padang. She appealed to the elders present to settle
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    Move To Form New Rubber Union
    147 7 AN effort is being made in Singapore to organise a A union of rubber workers to take the place of the Singapore Rubber Workers' Union which has gone underground. Bona fide rubber workers, sponsoring the move, say that the need for a union was
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    MISSING SAILOR, MYSTERY
    166 7 jyjYSTERY surrounds the disappearance In Singapore of a U.S. Navy rating, Chief Petty Officer Howard Douglas Steele, who was missing from the.U.8. aircraft carrier Tarawa on December 21 last year. The Singapore C.LD. Chief, Mr. E. V. Fowler, yesterday appealed to the public to keep a look-out
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    36 7 KUALA LUMPUR WEDDING: Mr. M. Y. N. Graham, of the Malayan Police, and former AX.C to the High Commissioner, leaving St. Mary's Church with his bride, the former Miss Daphne Salvlsen, last Saturday. Straits Times picture.
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    82 Flights Round The World
    315 7 New Qantas Chief nPHE new Qantas manager in Singapore, Capt. L. K. 1 Ambrose, In his 21 year s o f flying, has covered 2,040,000 miles equivalent to travelling round the world 32 times. He arrived in Singapore this week-end to take over at the
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    WEEKLY HOLIDAY ORDINANCE
    40 7 The acting Commissioner of Labour, Singapore, Mr. G. W. Davis, said yesterday that rules under the Weekly Holiday Ordinance were being drafted. The ordinance will come Into force after a date to be fixed by the Governor.
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    DONORS THANKED
    65 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— The Representative of the Save the Children Fund, Malaya, Lt.-Col. F. Adams, wishes to thank, on behalf of the organisation and boys of the School, the following for their donations to the School: Mr. Chin Pak Chin, Kuala Lumpur, $10; Mr.
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    BOUND OVER
    45 7 Lim Yun Cheng was bound over by the First District Judge, Mr. E. P. Shanks, for 18 months, yesterday for having misappropriated $600 worth of gold on Feb. 17. Yun Cheng, pleading guilty, said he had paid the equivalent back to his employer.
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    Architect Claims $60,000 From Aw Boon Haw
    171 7 Architect Claims $60,000 From Aw Boon Haw JViR. Aw Boon Haw, Singapore millionaire, was iVA defendant in an action in the Singapore Supreme Court yesterday in which Mr. Wong Pak Shum, architect, claimed $60,000 fees. The claim was In respect to the drawing up of plans and other professional work
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    5 PER CENT FOR NEW DEALERS
    132 7 Swiss Watehea OOST-WAR watch-dealers, JF who are at present not allowed to import Swiss watches, may be allowed to do so In the near future. This year, newcomers in the trade will probably be permitted to Import into the Colony Swiss watches to the
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    25 YEAES MARRIED
    67 7 The silver wedding of Mr. and Mrs. J. Nasslm, a wellknown Jewish couple, was celebrated at their home In Wllkie Road, Singapore, on Sunday night. The occasion was a double event, for at the party the engagement was announced between their son, Mr. Freddy Nasslm, and Miss
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    He Injected People For A Living'
    87 7 He Injected People For A Living' AN assistant dispenser, Tan Chlk Tiong, who said he "injected people for a living," pleaded guilty yesterday to having caused the death of Yuen Wong by given him an intravenous Injection of .75 gms. of NAB. on Sunday. Tan was not qualified to administer
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    ESTATES DEFENCE BILL
    319 8 —$2,000,000 Cla imsAdm it ted, But No Funds Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. Federation Government's scheme to pay lor certain defence measures on estates and mines is likely to cost over $2,000,000, according to spokesmen of the planting and mining; industries. The bulk of the claims
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    INDIAN WELCOME PARTY
    109 8 INDIAN WELCOME PARTY A MEETING of representatives of various Indian organisations in Singapore has elected a 21-mem-ber reception committee to welcome the president of the Tamllnad Provincial Congress of the Indian National Congress, Mr. Kamaraj Nadar. who Is coming to Malaya on a 10-day tour towards the end of May.
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    WOMAN THANKS COURT
    64 8 PENANG, Mon.— An elderly woman, Koay Kiang, one of three defendants in an assault summons case, today thanked the Sessions Court President, Mr. M. R. F. Rogers, for "effecting a peaceful settlement of the suit." Koay and two other women, Loke Ah Suan and Loke Ah Galk,
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    PADI NURSERIES
    52 8 From Our SUIT Correspondent SEREMBAN, Mon.— An attack by worms on padl nurseries in Kuala Pllah district last month was controlled by the application of D.D.T., it is officially stated. An intensive campaign to get planters to Inspect their padi nurseries frequently is being car ried out in
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    JOHORE HOLIDAY CHANGES
    67 8 From Our Own Correspondent SEGAMAT, Mon. Johore will observe Sunday, Apr. 17, as a public holiday instead of Good Friday, states a Gazette notification. Three other public holidays have been cancelled by the same notification and will not be observed in the State. The days cancelled are:
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    Rhythm For Children
    105 8 rjUNDREDS of children in Primary Two of Singapore English schools are learning to interpret music through body action. Mrs. Sylvia Fenwick of Radio Malaya assisted by Miss Pamela Stacey at the piano, broadcast to their pupils in a regular programme to encourage a sense of rhythm in
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    25 QUESTIONS FOR THE GOVERNMENT
    140 8 MEMBERS of the Singapore Legislative Council have submitted 25 questions to the Government for which replies will be tabled this morning. Mr. Balwant Singh (Rural West) has asked 10 questions regarding sugar and blackmarketing in sugar; Inche Sardon bin Jubir (Rural East), three questions on
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    CYCLE THEFTS
    38 8 From Our Own Correspondent TAIPING, Mon.— Owing to daily reports of bicycle thefts. Taiping police are taking stern measures against cyclists who leave their vehicles unlocked. Today 11 cyclists, including a constable, were fined $2 each.
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    75 8 THE MARRIAGE OF MR. KESHWAR, son of Mr. and Mrs. Krishnayah, to Miss Sellammal, daughter of the late Mr. \ara> anasamy and Mrs. Narayanasamy, was solemnised according to Hindu eastom yesterday at the home of Mr. V. PaJdrlsamy, uncle of the bride. The bride-and-bridetfroom-to-be sit on a decorated dau and
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    History Probed For 'St. Joan'
    240 8 By Our Woman Correspondent EARLY 60 players of five different nationalities, seven complete scene changes $800 worth of costumes and 10 performances, are involved In 'he Teachers' Repertory production of Shaw's "St. Joan." In the workshops of the Bukit Timah Boys' Home, Gothic arches, period
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  • The Women Who are not-so-Lored
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      Leisure Is Just A Dream
      482 9 I^ADY, are you really bored? And do you really think you are frustrated because your life is one of leisure? Well, here is another point of view and a few suggestions. When we came back to Singapore two years ago, I knew I should have
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      The Only Cure For Boredom
      240 9  -  Tettie Corneliut j I By I interviewed three of Singapore's most energetic social workers this week. This is what they had to offer as a cure for the bored women of Singapore: LADY GIMSON: Just > do a job of work. If you have nothing
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      A PLAN FOR THE ESTATE
      361 9 IJORED up-country Pshaw! Here is my recipe to counteract boredom on a rubber estate. First, make a imetable and try and keep to It. Get up early and do the excercises you know you should do. Examine your hair and, if need be. set a
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      137 9 WHATEVER Mrs. Wil- ly Blok Hanson wears she enhances by studied carriage and movement. In the old days, young girls went to finishing schools to learn deportment, by walking about with books balanced on their heads. Nowadays they can learn from Mrs. Hanson, who preaches what she practises in her
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      LIFE'S TOO SHORT
      364 9  - LIFE'S TOO SHORT Genevra Darling By OORED, Patricia Beddy? I've not had time for that yet. But frustrated' Yes, Bee Wickerson, I'm with you there. I've been out here over two years and am still finding life too short. I came out to get married, but it never occurred to
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      A Form Of Vanity
      255 9 I ADY Bee, I notice sadly, in spite of her dress making course and study of Malay, has finally sunk to the bottom of the Slough of Despond, and cannot see any way of getting out. Lady Patricia, who makes the surprising statement that "In theory
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      CYNICS HAVE THEIR SAY
      212 9 AS she has asked for it, will you allow me to submit a diagnosis of the case of Bee Wickerson. Is she a bore? There is no evidence that she is. The interesting manner in which she described her symptoms would appear to indicate that she
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      With Great Respect
      42 9 BEE Wickerson asked —'What do you think?" With treat respect I suggest that a person who starts eight consecutive sentences hi any article with the word "I" is likely to be both bored and a bore. J. Kuala Lumpur.
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    CHANGING FACE OF ENGLAND FOR MORE FOOD
    267 10 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, April 4. DEOPLE in the country towns and farming villages appear more contented-^or much less discontented— than the great industrial masses and hard-hit middle classes in the cities. The mam reason is that the need to produce more
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    Stories From The Courts
    309 10 HUMAN nature, in all its twists and vagaries, often seems to be more nakedly displayed hi the courts than anywhere else. Examples here In the past few days have included a man who got up as soon as he finished his dally Bible reading and murdered
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    LONDON LETTER
    437 10 Labour Party is Further Left Than Cabinet WHILE crossing the Atlantic on his recent trip to the United States, Mr. ChurchUl refused to take the bet of the miners' leader. Sir William Lawther, of 9-to-4 that Labour will voin the general election next year. rvISTRICT Labour parties have
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    Did Mothers Talk Babies?
    575 10 went to one where, as a boy, I used to fish a winding i stream which flowed now leisurely, now swiftly, between banks of quivering rushes and beneath overhanging willows. There were also, I remember, centuries-old water-mills where what from the nearby rarms was ground Into
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      276 10 ■INGAPORB English; 6.02 YAFI; 7.00 News 10.11 Band Call; X«.tt Selene* (also at 9.30): 7.10 Share Marke' Review; 11.00 Dane* Miulc; 11.1a 1 00 Radio Orchestra: 1.30 Quotations etc; 7.30 Youth on Report From Britain; 11.30 News; m.». r«i««. 7 u,ri g ao)- l 45 Parade: 8.00 19th Century Bali
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  • Commercial And Shipping News
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      'TIN SUPPLY NOW ABOVE CONSUMPTION'
      403 11 'TIN SUPPLY NOW ABOVE CONSUMPTION' f ATEST statistics show that, although a proportion of the Far East tin fields are not yet back to full production, supplies last year had already overtaken consumption by about 14,000 tons. The fact that tin is the one base metal still subject to international
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      Dividend .& Bonuses
      340 11 Dividend Bonuses GT. EAST. LITE GREAT Eastern Life Assurance Company assets now stand at $21,519,994 and the company's life assurance fund at $18,048,217. The 1848 report shows sums assured and bonus under policies in force at the end of the year, excluding reassurances, at $34,049,127, on which premium Income wa*
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      GERMANY'S SYNTHETIC
      103 11 *Rom Obt Own Correspondent LONDON, Mon. A BERLIN report states that the German synthetic rubber industry, which has hitherto been on a "temporarily restricted" llstf. Is to be completely prohibited. Present capacity is to be destroyed. The effect will be that Germany will have to buy more natural
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      AUSTRALIA TRADE
      130 11 MALAYAN-Australlan trade, both Import and export, last year topped the 1947 volume. Total Imports from Australia rose 97.354.530 to 192.220,304. Exports to Australia from Malaya increased by $11,576,138 to »49.286,633. Divided into classes, imports from Australia were: Animals, food, drink and tobacco. ta0.835.027 (including grain and Hour $42,310,749,
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      Singapore Rubber
      102 11 Singapore Rubber THE Singapore rubber mar- ket was quietly steady yesterday at around Saturday's levels. dosing prtoflß ywtvd&y wni No. 1 «heet r.oJ>. buyen tt% cents, Kllen M% oenU; apot loose M% cents, aeDen M% cento par Ib. Dm Singapore chamber of Commerce Rubber AssocJatfcns noon prices yesterday (Apr. Hi
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      PRODUCE MARKET
      25 11 Fism A Market-Correspsndeat APART from some activity In the sago section, toe Singapore produce market was quiet yesterday. Price* remained unchanged from Saturday'».
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      Kesang Tin Output
      17 11 T^ESANG Tin In March proxy duced 304.23 pfcul* of tinore. Tribute amounted to W.844.M.
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      Shipping At The Singapore Wharves
      94 11 SHIPS in port alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves yesterday (godowns In bracket*) irere: Sheers Wharf: Empire Ramble. Main Wharf: Katong (33-34) Hal land (38). Wen Wharf: Kambodla (1-2). B»nwycls (4-5), Meliakerk (13-14), Salmonier (11), Dilwara (8-9). Olenroy (6-7). Empire Dock: Benalbanach (1718), Gorgon (19-30),
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      Scattered Buying In Malayan Shares
      127 11 From Oar Market Correspondent SINGAPORE. Monday. PHERE was only scattered buying in the Malayan 1 share market today. Idle conditions prevailed, with no particular trend. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association were: Bayer 8dler Uex Bricks Pref. 2. SO 8.00 Ord. 2.20 2.30
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      LABOUR SHORTAGE IN NORTH BORNEO
      100 11 LABOUR SHORTAGE IN NORTH BORNEO From Our Own Correspondent LONDON. Mon. THE great difficulty which -aces North Borneo and the rubber r industry there continues to be w shortage of labour, says the annual report of the Rubber Growers' Association. All steps practicable have been taken to examine possible sources
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      GOLD YUAN PLUMMETS
      175 11 SHANGHAI, Mon. DEPORTS of Communist attempt* to cross the Yangtse last night sent Nationalist China's gold yuan down by between 30 and 50 per cent, in exchange value. Eight months ago, 1,000 gold yuan were equivalent to US$350. Today 1,000 gold yuan could buy «0 second-rate, semi-roasted,
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    KINDER GOLD MAY RUN IN SPRINT CUP
    375 12 KINDER GOLD MAY RUN IN SPRINT CUP Weights For Big Events At Ipoh From EPSOM JEEP IPOH. Monday. THE $2,500 Sprinters' Cup on the last day of the Perak Turf Club Easter meeting may develop into a keen tussle among four of the finest sprinters in training— Princess Guinevere, Kinder
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    Athletes Try Out Starting Blocks
    117 12 STARTING blocks and an international type hurdle I used in the recent World Olympics were tried out training by Singapore athletes for the first Jme at St. Joseph's Institution ground yesterday. Ordered by Mr. E. Stnckand. President of the Singapore A.A.A., they will be used
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    Eight Teams In Juvenile League
    261 12 Eight Teams In Juvenile League X Juvenile soccer league 101 Singapore's clubs for youngters will be run during the aster school holidays on Saturays and Sundays at Jalan Be*ai tadium Eight teams are competing in ne league They are the De L« ialle's XI. Owen Youngsters, [otspurs. Mong Wah Football
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    NAVY, JOHORE BAHRU DRAW
    114 12 NAVY, JOHORE BAHRU DRAW From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Mon.—Although played mostly in the rain and on a very heavy ground the match between a Navy team from the Base and Johore Bahru provided a wlean and exciting game which resulted in a draw, each side netting once. The
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    V.I. Force Draw With Late Goal
    114 12 THE inter Scnool soccer match between St. Andrew's School and Victoria School yesterday, ended in a two-all draw. The Victorians opened accounts soon after the start through Ley man. but their lead was shortlived —Ross, the St. Andrew's centre-forward, getting the equaliser a few
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    S.J.I. WIN AGAIN
    47 12 THE first and second teams of St. Josephs Institution yesterday beat their counterparts from St Patricks School at soccer, winning both games one nil, on St. Patrick tsrou nd Scorers were Fong Wing for 8. J.1. 2nd XI and Rudy Mosberbergen S.J.I. Ist XI.
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    Filipino Golf Stare Arrive Here Today
    156 12 THE leading Filipino golfers, Celestino, Tugot, newly crowned Far East Golf champion, and Larry Montes, are expected to arrive in Singapore this afternoon by air. They are en route to Bangkok to compete In the Siamese Golf tournament, which begins on Friday. The pair
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    Weights For Tomorrow
    230 12 The following are the weights tor Wednesday, second day of tb* Perak Easter meeting: CLASS 1, DIV. 1— FUR8. Pennlta Dark Dormez 9.10 Brocade 8.00 King Arthur 8.10 Token 7.13 Phartnlnda 8.08 Dane* Hall 7.11 Bright Eyes 808 Ra U 7.07 High Street 8.04 CLASS 1. DIV.
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    FRANCE WIN R.L. TITLE
    43 12 MARSEILLES, Mon: Franc* beat Wales by 11 points to nil here yesterday to win th« Rugtoj League championship. With thre* victories from four games thej headed England who won twc out of four and Wales, wlnnen of one match.
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    Singapore Tides
    24 12 TODAY: H.W. 10.10 a.m. (9ft. Oln), 10.50 p.m. (8ft, tin). TOMORROW: H.W. 1100 a.m (9ft. 41n.>, 1118 P m l 8fl tin).
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    Singapore Cricket XI Named
    72 12 Singapore Cricket XI Named THE Singapore State crie1 Ket team to meet Selangor on the Singapore padang on Saturday, Sunday and Monday was selected yesterday as follows: A. C. Growder (capt.), Lall Singh, B. A. Barnett, R. H. Bain, F. Prescott. M. C. Kailasapathy, S. K. Sundram, P. de Kretser,
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    ONE K.O.IN S.A.B.A. PRELIMS
    233 12 ONE K.O.IN S.A.B.A. PRELIMS (\F the eight nghU ln the first preliminaries of the 8.A.8.A. open championship tournament at the Happy World last night one was won by a knock-out, P. Tintda stopping V. J. Edirislnghe ln the second round ln the welterweight contest. The other fights went the full
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    GUILLEMARD CUP DRAW
    100 12 BELOW is given the re-draw for the Royal Singapore Golf Club's Gulllemard Cup competition. The first round must be completed not later than April 24 O. H. Kent (10) vs. R. M. Young (18); R. C. Burton (13) vs J B. T. Willes (7); A. T. Aird
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    Sports Diary
    54 12 LEAGUE SOCCER: Snr. Dlv. R-VK. getotar P- Branl Utd. j Besar; Jnr. A. Crp C.S.A. v. K. «aja— B.O.D.C.A. find., St. George's M. BOXING: S.A.B.A. Championship.—H»ppy Worl* S p.m. FBIENDLY SOCCER: St. Anthony* t. St. Patrick*.— St St Patrick's: St. Anthonys 2nd rSt Patricks Snd— St. Patrick*; S.H.B.
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    Johore's Bid For Pamadasa Cup
    483 12 By KEN JALLEH l WITH Ismail bin Marjan leadIng the singles and with two formidable doubles combinations. Johor? are making a strong bid to capture the Pamadasa Cup. which will be competed for on Saturday and Sunday In Singapore. Marjan missed the boat for the
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    4 CUP TRIALISTS ARE SLIMMING
    255 12 UOUR of Singapore's Malaya Cup trialists, lan F chin Lye, K. Leembruggen, Haji Garhan and Abdul Rahman, are being put through a pecial rfimmin course by coach Choo Seng Quee to educe their waistlines. Seng Quee reports 'some success" in this direction "Haji Garhan looks
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    TAMILS' SHOCK FOR K. RAJA
    477 12 TAMILS SHOCK FOR K. RAJA Tamil Brotherhood 1 Kota Raja f IT was left to Tamil Brotherhood to create th« biggest soccer upset so far this season when, meeting last year's Cup champions, Kota Raja, at alan Besar Stadium yesterday in a S.A.F.A. Senior League j fixture, Tamils won by
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    CUSTOMS WIN
    42 12 IN a Junior "A" Group 2. league 1 soccer fixture at Gey la ng stadium yesterday. Customs beat Dockyard by four goals to one. Scorers for the Customs were: Cheng Kee, Mahmood, Eksan and All. I Osman scored for Dockyard.
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