The Straits Times, 6 May 1949

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 KiliilT PACiKS SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1949. PRICE TEN CENTS.
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    24 1 DKIM l< ISMAIL BIN MI'SA of the K (L.E.P.). the first lo.nlly enlisted man in the liritish forces to be awarded the Military Medal.
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    REINFORCEMENTS FOR HONG KONG
    326 1 Land, Sea, Air Aid Promised LONDON, Thursday. gRITAIN is sending "substantial reinforcements" to the garrison in the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong, the Defence Minister, Mr. A. V. Alexander, told Parliament tonight. They will include elements of all arms land, sea and air, he declared.
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    40 1 ONLY CASUALTY: (pi Mankelow of the WRAF being brought ashore with a fractured ankle from the trooper Orduna at Singapore yesterday. She was the only WRAF casualty of the 104 on board during* the voyage from Britain. Strait* Times picture.
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    U.S. WOULD LEND MONEY TO SPAIN
    141 1 WASHINGTON, Thursday. m U.S. Secretary of State, Mr. Dean Acheron, 1 said that the United States had no political objections to an American Government loan to Spain, but it did not see how Spain could qualify fur American credits until It made fundantental economic
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    Gems Stolen On Way To Singapore
    79 1 Gems Stolen On Way To Singapore LONDON, Thrrs. ETECTIVES were today tnvMttgating t!i? d«.appearance of a package of diamonds worth £2.000 which were to have been flown to Singapore by British Overs' i s Airways. The parcel, in blue wrapping, containing 86 cut and polished diamonds, was delivered yesterday at
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    18,000 MINERS ON STRIKE
    36 1 MANCHESTER. Thurs. Eighteen thousand coal miners from pits in north-west England wen- idle tod3y because of a dispute witli the Coal I Bo'ird ovrr cheap coal con-' cessions and overtime pay. ■enter.
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    NEW AIR SERVICE
    46 1 SAN FRANCISCO. Thurs Pan-American World Airways has announced the Inauguration of a new roupd-the-world flight service from Seattle. The new service calls for departures every Wednesday I from Seattle for Tokyo, Hong Kong. Bangkok. Calcutta, the Middle East. London and New York.— A.P.
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    War Fear -DULLES
    150 1 War Fear -DULLES WASHINGTON. Thurs. MR. John Foster Dulles said yesterday that "war is highly probable" if the United States does not ratify the North Atlantic Treaty. At the same time, he suggested that the United States should look to the defence of the Pacific as well as the Atlantic
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    BERLIN "SIEGE" TO END
    325 1 NEW YORK, Thurs. RUSSIA ha« agreed to lift, the Berlin blockade from! next Thursday, and the Big Four Foreign Ministers wlfl meet in Part* on May 21 to discuss the whole German problem. This was announced after representative* of Berlin I America, France and Russia had
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    North Koreans Attack In American Zone
    127 1 SEOUL, Thursday. r[E South Korean Republican Army claimed that two waves of northern Korean troops, using mortars and machine gun*, attacked across the 38th parallel Into the American garrisoned zone yesterday but were repulsed north of Kaisong, 50 miles north-west of Seoul. Army officials
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    POLITICAL UNION OF EUROPE
    128 1 LONDON, Thurs A CONFERENCE of 10 Wes- tern Eitropea'i Fore'gn Ministers has decided to postpone admission of Orce-M and Turkey to the Council of Europe. This announcpmen*' was made by '.he italUn Foreign Minister, Count Sfoiza, a power agreement or £*rtJj>g up a 'little European United
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    Shot Tamil Was P.M.F.T.U. Chief
    238 1 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LrMPI'R. Thursday. POLICE headquarters today announced that the Tamil who was shot dead when a large bandit camp In Negri Sembilan was attacked by the 1/7 Gurkha Rifles on Tuesday has been identified as P. Veerasenan. President of the Pan-Malayan
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    Fire Traps Four Miners
    56 1 Fire Traps Four Miners NEW YORK. Thurs. RESCUE workers fought lo reach four miners trapped" 800 feet underground below a raging coal fire today near Giardville. Pennsylvania. Fifty tired miners. who worked feverishly for 30 hours, had to abandon rescue operation In the main shaft when the dense poisonous smoke
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    FLYING ZOO FROM MALAYA
    73 1 LOS ANGELES, Thurs. A Royal Dutch airliner has arrived from Bangkok and Singapore for New York with about 800 wild animals. They Include two baby elephants, two black panthers, two golden cats, three tigers, nine pythons one 22 ft. 'ong nine poisoncis mnnprove snakes, five king
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    16 Pages On Sunday
    53 1 DONT MISS the sreond insUlment of the' "THE WOODEN HOKSF."— the greatest escapr story of all time which heads the list of special fratWM in this week's 1»;-imsp SUNDAY TIMES. Thrrr will alno be fwr of sport, and two paces especially for woTtrn. Plarr an ordei
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    PROTEST OVER RESTRICTIONS
    409 1 Trade With Indonesia r piiK Singapore Chinese, Singapore Indian, and Singapore Chambers of Commerce have handed to the Governor, Sir Franklin Gimson, a memorandum requesting immediate resumption of normal trade between Singapore and Indonesia. It urged the Government of the Colony to recommend strongly to the Dutch
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      Dead Man Comes Back To Life
      42 2 A "DEAD" man got op In a coroner's court at Bakewell, England, to demand reinstatement among the living. He was Alexander Rainey, 64--year-old blacksmith, who had been officially declared dead by a coroner's jury last July.
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      83 2 At the time, a body taken from a nearby river had been Identified from photoeraphs as Rainey. Even his son said It was his father. But at a local Inquiry the coroner called out the name Alexander Rainey. and up stepped the Blacksmith. He explained he had come back to
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      60 2 NEHRU ON HIGH. The Indian Prime Minister. Pandit Nehru, after a short, flight over the snow-canned Swiss Alps went to the 12, 000- foot summit of the Jungfrau. He lunched a few hundred feet from the top. Asked how the Alps compared with the Himalayas. Pandit. Nehru said: "All mountains
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      52 2 FACING THE TAIL.— Royal Air Force planes now being built have their scats with the backs towards the engines. Passengers In future will sit fa cine the tail. This Is the result of tests by RAJ', scientists, using a rocket-propelled vehicle and a robot man. to make air I travel
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      38 2 RESPONSIBILITY. The Netherlands Far Eastern Office has told the Indian Consul-General in Batavia that the Government of Indonesia accepts responsibility for the killing of three Indian nationals by Dutch paratroopers. The office offeri "sincere apoloftles" and compensation. A.P.
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      44 2 FRIENDSHIP.— A powerful home-made bomb aung on the doorknob of the Electrical Workers' Union office In New York almost blew the place apart. A note attached to the bomb, sinned "A Frieiid." Indicated it was Intended for the business manager of the union— UP.
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      26 2 BRITAIN'S miners have dug *****00 tons of coal so far this year, an increase of 1 MO. 000 tons over the corretponding period last year.— AJ>.
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      29 2 IS IN PLANE.— Eighty-five men In the largest Diane passenger load ever to fly theAtlantic landed In England The aircraft wu the V& Alt Force's new Olobemaster transport. AJ*
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      23 2 THE BIGGEST military parade ever seen in Jerusalem wound through the streets in celebration of the first anniversary of Israel's Independence Day.— AT.
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      33 2 MRS. KOH GEOK K.UENO, who will sing three soios at the Trinity College Choir's presentation of Handel's Messiah in the Victoria Memorial Hall, Singapore, on May t, 19 and 11 Straits Times picture.
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      48 2 BHOPAL TAKEN OVER Sardar VaUabhai Patel. DpI Duty Prime Minlst t. an- nounced that the Oovernmtnt I of India was taking over administration of the 11.000--square-mile Central Indian State of Bhopai ag from June 1. Mr Patel thanked the Nawab for his "anderstandinK and sDlrit of accommodation —Reuter.
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      41 2 AIR SWITCH—A scheme to lnterchanfce Commonwealth air squadrons with the Royal Air Force Is under "active" discussion, said th* Air Mni.«stry In London, Certain details have still to b« worked out. Talks are Kolnx on In London with Commonwealth countries represented.—Reuter
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      30 2 HJE. FISHING.—Fishermen in the Batanes grouD. PhiliDoines. were rerx>rted to have seen four alien motor-boats, said to be manned by Japanese, which were fishing, by the use of exolnslves.- Reuter.
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      36 2 PRINCESS MARGARET laid a bouauet of red roses on the crave of a British soldi?r killed on the Sflerno beachhead durin« tha war. The Princess brought the rosss from the 2.500-year-old ruined city of Paestum —Reuter.
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      29 2 SENATE IS BORN. T c Persian National Ass?mblv (Mallls) aDDroved a bill for the creation of a Persian Senate, provided for in the 1906 constitution but never yet Implemented.—Reuter
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    More Migrant Ships Plan
    75 2 CANBERRA, Thursday MR. CHIFLEY. Australian Prime Minister, said resterday that be had discussed In London the chances of put tint more shins on the miirrant run from Britain. He also discussed with the Italian Ambassador In London shipping available for Italian miirran'v "I have no rloubU
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      733 2 NOTICES IMPORT CONTROL Applications, supported by firm offers (and proof of imports in 1948. if any) from Uiose Interested In Importing margarine from Australia and 'or Indonesia should reach the A. P. Branch of thta Department by Saturday, May 14th 1949. C. W. B. MADDOX Xor Executive Controller, JrpnorU Exports,
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      500 2 NOTICES AUCTION SALE OF h quantity of Sports Goods comprising:— Footballs T. Whit* Nos I ft I, Shuttlecocks Special. BOut Path* Ist Quality. Trabllng Out Paths, Bladders Nob 3. 4 ft S. Tennis Nets Glazed Ist Quality, Cricket E Nets White. Tennis Out Rowda White ft Orange 11. Shin Guards,
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      631 2 NOTICES OLD WELLINGTONIANS WUI OWs In Singapore please communicate with OUphant Hongkong Bank with a view to arranging a dinner or cocktail party on 18th June. P. W. D. TENDER NOTICE Tenders will be received at tht Office cf the State Engineer. Johore up to noon on tdc >(>th May.
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      267 2 TENDERS will be received at tbe Offlce of the Director of Public Works, Singapore, up to noon of tbe 24th May. 1949. for Disposal of Dredglngs from Public Works Department Dredgers from 18.8.49 to 15. 13.49. Plans and Specifications may be seen and' printed forms of tender obtained at the
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      213 2 COMMODITY EXPORTS TO U.S.A. New York firm wants to represent first class exporter for the U.S.A. Very well Introduced with Importers and factories. Fifteen years experience In Singapore export products. Offers Invited to Alberts Morel Inc., 37 Wall Street, New York City, N.Y. TRADING WITH THE ENEMY ORDINANCE No. 22
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    SHANGHAI READY FOR FIGHT
    384 3 Villages Razed, Heavy Guns Await Reds SHANGHAI, Thursday. i VAST network of defence points now covers the entire outer perimeter of Shanghai with the 'Nationalists apparently concentrating on a defence in depth system to protect all highways, according to reports from the? threatened city today. Whole
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    £1,105 For 2 Stamps
    58 3 LONDON, I Inn TWO Malayan stamps were -.Id for K 1.105 at a London auction yesterday. A $500 purple and orange stamp Issued in 1906 fetched 1 87 6 and a $300 purple anil orange stamp issued In 1912. *230. They were boiiiclit by a foreign
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    PROPOSAL ON EXAMS CRITICISED
    130 3 MR. P. Pereira. principal dI a Singapore institution vniich has been preparing private candidates for School Certificate Examinations for many years, yesterday crlticivd the Government attl:o such candidates. He was referring to arr .mi Department stateirbich, analysing, last y .us Cambridge results for Singapore, bad said
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    JUTS TARRIED GERMS, CHARGE
    55 3 NEW DELHI. Tttttrs.— The Indian QovcrtUMnt is in- 1 vesUgating a complaint from j the Peruvian Government I th" jute bales exported to 1 P-tu carried plague germs, i A Government health expert. Dr. K. B. Lai. has bcf>n »fiit to Benares, whe-re the Jute bal(\s
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    14 SHOPGIRLS KILLED IN BLAZING STORE
    129 3 GLASGOW, Thursday. in (Jlasgow's worst Are in 30 years, streaming wumen leaped from the blazing roof of a fashion store yesterday to escape a blaze in which at least 14 salesgirls died. Two cirls tumped 50 feet from the too floor to their deaths.
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    Malayan Air Routes
    23 3 K L.M Dutch airline has discontinued Its PenangMedan service In favour of Malayan Airways, but will continue its StngaporeMedan service.
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    HANDSHAKE FROM THE GENERAL
    33 3 .MAJ.-GEN. C. M Smith. Director-General of Supplies and Transport at the War Office, being introduced to officers of thr Coy.. R.A.S.C, Talplnt. during hi*, inspection »e--cently. straits Times picture.
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    Ganapathy: Strong Protest By India
    241 3 NEW DELHI, Thursday. rill Indian Government has asked its London High Commissioner to lodge a "vigorous protest" with the British Government against the execution of A. Ganapathy, a former trade union leader in Malaya, according to official circles in New Delhi. Oanapathy wai hanged In
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    1 TON OF OPIUM SEIZED
    131 3 ABOUT $1,000,000- worth of opium, based on illicit market prices, has been seized in Singapore in the first four months of this year— averag- I Ing $250.000- wor'h every month. The captured opium weighs one-and-a-Hiira 'ws. Figures issued by the Customs Department yesterday showed that
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    BIG AIR STRIKE ON REDS
    192 3 BIG AIR STRIKE ON REDS AFTER a heavy air strike on m a concentration of wellarmed bandits In the hill, at the southern end of Kakl Bukit mining area, in Perl:*, yesterday morning, forces of police and tToop s converged on the target Later, a bandit in the area was
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    MEAT FOR U.K.
    32 3 CANBERRA. Thurs. The Australian Pnuw Minister. Mr. Chifley. said yesterday that a 15-year meat agreement with Britain would result In a steady rather than spectacular increase In shipments. A.P.
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    OFFICERS TO PAt OWN PASSAGES
    117 3 THE Army in Malay. :in- 1 nounced yesterday that regular commissions were now available for released officers of the British and Indian Armies. Commissions are available j to m-ii who have served In j the Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers, Royal Signals, Army Service Corps. Royal
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    58 3 YOUTH FESTIVAL: The Anglican Youth Movement recently held a successful five-day festival at St. Andrew's School, Singapore. Delegates from Malacca and Seremban took part. Picture shows some of those who attended the festival. The Rev. L. R WUaon (of Malacca) Is seated in the centre, with Miss P. Kelly, Diocesan
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    RAF Dropped 100.000 lbs Of Supplies In April
    111 3 VH" iKI.Y 100,000 lbs of food and supplies were A dropped from R.A.F. transport Dakotas to Army, Police and Security Forces operating in the Malayan junfle in April, it was announced in Singapore last nif ht. There were 15 air strikes on
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    N.BORNEO TRADE
    27 3 MANILA, Thurs— Philippine fibre grower* are worried about British North Borneo, where American businessmen are said to be seeking to buy large hemp plantations. A.P.
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    More Rubber Exported Last Month
    118 3 More Rubber Exported Last Month MALAYAN exports of rubber in April amounted to 74 586 tons, compared with 87.464 tons in March. The total exports for the first four months this year were 326,981 tons, compared with 303,064 tons for the corresponding period of last year. The total so far
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    Pact Is 'Fraud On U.S.' Wallace
    230 3 Pact Is 'Fraud On U.S. Wallace WASHINGTON, Thurs. ltfß. Henry Wallace has I A accused the United States administration of working a "plain fraud" on the American taxpayer in estimating th e cost of implementing the Atlantic Pact. "He said the eventual cost may run as high as $30,000 000.000
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    28 DIE IN PLANE CRASH AT TURIN
    39 3 ROME. Thurs. Twentyeight people, including 18 members of the internationally known Turin football team with its British trainer were killed when their oi&ne crashed on the outskirts of Turin last night R«vUr
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    REMITTANCES
    23 3 Fam.ly remittances oy Chinese in Malaya to China last month amounted *to $356,893.38. Singapore sent $208 189.28. and the Federation $148 704.10.
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    Colonies' Part In Earning Dollars
    117 3 LONDON, Thursday. 'OI.OMAI. production could make an important I contribution to balancing Britain's trade with the Western Hemisphere, Lord Pakenham, Minister of Civil Aviation, said in a House of Lords debate last nif ht on Britain's economic position. The great colonial develop- f ment projects
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      70 3 TOUAT V W.C.A.. Malay cla«s MR be giiuHrs. 9.15 a.m. for advanced i td*ntf 10 SO am.. S. Haflle, Q'.ay. Anson Ailiietit Ascot iaMon. in m lily mretiiiH. )2-A Nrlso-i K nd 7.30 p.m. Hen« CtitKni Kok. monthly inert liw I* Craig Road T.4S p.m. r<i Club nprrlal m.mthly m^eilnf.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    80 4 MR. AND MRS. RAYMOND WKIOHT, thank all those who sent valuable and useful presents for their wedding held on 30.4.49. and all those who attended and sent congratulatory telegrams. PIYATISSA—the dearly Deloved so:i of Mr. A Mrs. O. C. de si'.va was Interned at the Buddhist Cemetery on Wednesday.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Fri., May 6, 1949. HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL
    596 4 The Straits Times Singapore, Fri., May 6, 1949. HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL By the agreement announced yesterday, Britain, the United States, France and Russia will lift on May 12 all restrictions imposed in Germany, and will call on May 27 a meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers. The Council, which
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    Ganapathy Case
    533 4 A question in the House of Commons, the enquiry by the Government of India, the protests raised in Madras and the appeal made by spokesmen of trade unions in Singapore concerning the execution of A. Ganapathy, former president of the Pan-Malayan Federation of Trade Unions, suggest that the
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    Shanghai s Europeans Still Stay On In Hope
    926 4  -  JOHN D'ARCY DAWSON By EUROPEANS in Shanghai, Queen of the Orient are taking life quite calmly and there is no hint of panic among them at the approach of the Communist armies. The banks and factories are trying desperately to carry on
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    NEW ROLE FOR PRINCES
    516 4 PIFTY -three Indian Princes have become titled gentry in the states they ruled with absolute powers until the other day. Their territory wag merged with Bo nbay Province some months ago; and now they have relinquished fur all time much of the wealth they enjoyed a
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      Malay "Annual Increase" Figure Challenged
      192 4 IN his presidential address (published in the Straits Times of Apr. 30) the president of the United Planting Association of Malaya, Sir Sydney Palmer, stated that the annual increase in the Malay population in the north-eastern states of the Peninsula is 14,000. If we accept
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      A DEFENCE OF DR. PURCELL
      239 4 "I^AMPONO Bahru's" letter on undivided loyalty reveals a trend of thought that is selfish and unworthy of a Malay. To doubt whether Dr. Purcell ever realises the exact meaning of the terms 'one who has the sole welfare of this country at heart" and "one
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      AGAINST THE LAND-TAX
      228 4 I WOULD like to add a further ppint to the arguments against the tax on lands a^quin-d during the Japanese occupation, which the Chinese Chambers of Commerce advocate A large number of agreements to sell land, during the occupation, was made in secret between the vendor and
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      THE PAY-OUT TOTE
      171 4 yOUR correspondent "Member" who draws attention to the long delays at the pay-out tote at the Singapore Turf Club offers no suggestions for Improvement. I venture to do so now. Firstly, a few more payout windows might be possible. Secondly, more efficient clerks should be procurable. Thirdly,
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    I.E.F.C. ALLOCATIONS CRITICISED
    580 5 Memorandum On Rice Sent To Chief Secretary From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. MALAYA'S rice allocations from distant countries, "middlemen's" profits and heavy administrative costs are criticised by the Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce in a strongly worded memorandum sent to the Chief Secretary, Sir Alec
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    1,127 NEW CARS IN 4 MONTHS
    96 5 rthe first four months of this year. 1,127 new cars were registered In Singapore, bringing the total on the road to 10.612. Six private buses and 11 public buses were taken off the road. So were 63 taxis. In the same period, 175 new
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    104 WRAFs ARRIVE IN S'PORE
    94 5 104 WRAFs ARRIVE IN S'PORE AYOUNO WRAP corporal who fractured her ankle on board the 'roopshlp Orduna was Lhe only casualty among 104 WRAFS who arrived in Singapore yesterday from th*» United Kingdom. The WRAF was Cpl. Mankelov. She was brought ashore on a stretcher and taken to hospital by
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    FLAG DAYS .
    38 5 FLAG DAYS The acting Singapore Master Attendant, Mr. W. H. Walmsley. has requested the masters of vessels in harbour to dress ship on May 12, Coronation Day, May 24, Empire Day, and on May 26, Queen Mary's birthday.
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    IMPORTS OF TEA
    24 5 KUALA LUMPUF. Thurs.— During the first quarter of this year 703.844 lb. of tea costing $705,616 were Imported into the Federation.
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    Court's Praise For A.S.P.
    75 5 From Our Staff orTeaponOent JOHORE BAHRuTThurs The Sessions Court President, Mr. W. B. Sutherland, today paid tribute to the Court Inspector, Inche Othman, A.BJ\ who has been transferred to Rengam to assume duties as O.C.P.D. there. Mr. Sutherland said that in the past 18 months, Inche
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    BOYPLAYEDWITH BOMB, KILLED
    234 5 LH)URTEEN-year-old Tang Choon, a squatter's r son, yesterday, found a "steel object" off the 15} mile Jurong Road, Singapore. He used a penknife to play with it, the object exploded, and Tang was fatally injured. The object was believed to be a bomb or hand grenade. A
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    18 Workers Fined
    123 5 (rum Our Stall vi n- p uiJt-nt JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs. IjUGHTEEN factory workers Ii were each flneo $10 when co lvictrd by the Sessions Court on a charge of not reHi -L>TinL: in the Federation. The men. wh > were employed by tns 'Jung Choon r Factory,
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    GAOLED FOR COCAINE
    32 5 A ship*! oarpenter. Aw V .m Siontj, was sentenced iv thrc- months' rieorous imprisonment in the singa- First Disirict Court fo possessing 25 oz. of corn a worth s~>2s.
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    Electoral Rolls To Open Again
    266 5 Legislative Council rpHE second revision of th e electoral rolls for the 1 Singapore Legislative Council elections will begin on June 1, and last for six weeks. During the period, In addl- ti^p to the Central Office, several centres In the outlying areas will be
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    Jury Were Sent Back
    101 5 A SINGAPORE Assize Court common Jury were sent back to reconsider their verdict after they had returned with a verdict on a charge for which the accused was not tried. The accused, Raju. a taxi driver, was tried for theft of a car. The jury returned
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    18 5 MR. AND MR:> K r:\M7i II LEEMBRUUCLN, alter thru wedding in .St. /lndrew's Cathedral yesterday. Straits Times picture.
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    Ex-Detective Gaoled
    93 5 WOON Mun Seng, an exdetective who ascaped from custody after being arrested for extortion, was sentenced to 18 months' rigorous Imprisonment by Mr. E. P. Shanks in the Singapore First District Court yesterday. It was stated that in May, 1947, Woon extorted '19 30 from RoDert Choo in
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    VARSITY COURT BEING FORMED
    193 5 qtHE formation of the Inl-i X versity of Malaya Court and Council is In progress The various organisations that are to be represented have been asked to nominate »heir representatives. The Guild of Graduates, which is itself a university authority, is entitled to elect members of
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    ENGAGED
    34 5 From Ow Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.. The engagement Is announced of Mr. Lee Sze Tat, of the Prisons Department, the well-known State soccer player, to Miss Heng Swee Lan, of Johore Bahru.
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    Bride Hand-Painted Her Going-Away Dress
    117 5 A SINGAPORE bride yesterday left for her honeymoon in a foing-away dress which was bordered with a design in fold hand-painted by herself. Bhe was Mist Jessie Ooh Saw Kean. who was married In St. Andrew's Cathedral to the Singapore "Malaya Cup" footballer. Mr. Kenneth
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    Flagstaff House Party
    84 5 rpHE lawn of Flagstaff House, residence of the C-ln-C FARELF. Oen. 81r Nell Ritchie and Lady Ritchie, was transformed into a fairyland of multi-coloured lights last night when an open-air buffet party was given by Lady Ritchie as part of the dtlve to collect funds for St.
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    MAN FAINTS AFTER FIVE ARE FREED
    313 5 QNE of the six accused in the half-ton opium case in the Singapore Second District Court, Kong: Ah Fatt, collapsed in the witness stand yesterday. He was the only one of the six called upon to answer the charges of possession and importation of
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    BANISH ME, SAYS BANDIT
    130 5 BANISH ME, SAYS BANDIT A CHINESE bandit, convicted of armed robb.-ry in Ah Hoo Road, asked .he Singapore Assize Court Judge Mr. Justice Taylor, yesterday, to order his banishment frrm the Colony. "I am not in a position to o.< that." said the Judge, "but I will convey your request
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    U.S. Steel For Skyscraper
    82 5 WITHIN three montlis of \h-; arrival of steel from tho United States, the giant framework of the 18-storey Asia Insurance Building In Pinlayson Green Singapore, will be completed. An engineer from the U.S. Steel Corporation, who had been worWng out designs of the steel super-structure, is
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    POLICY TO BE REORGANISED
    64 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs..At a meeting of District Officers held in Johore Bahru recently, the view was expressed that the Pan-Malayan educational policy did not meet the needs of Johore. Dato Onn bin Ja'afar, MentrT Besar, Johore, was appointed chairman of a committee to formulate a scheme
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    32 5 THREE SMiLING WR4F new arrivals to Singapore, caught by the camera soon after disembarking irom the trooper OrdntiM »r.>lerday. They were robbed Into waiting trnrks and taken to Changi. Straits Times picture.
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    INDIAN FAITH HEALER BLESSES3OO
    245 6 Cure Claims At Colony Church TMK lame, the halt and th e blind, the deaf, the dumb and the disabled limped or were led to the Singapore Community Church on Wednesday and yesterday morning in the hope of being healed by Sadhu Lam Jeevaratnam. Most of
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    Raffles Old Boys Meet
    117 6 WITH thousands of old Rafflesians living in Singapore, it ls not gratifying to know that only 443 have thought fit to continue their associations with the old school," said Mr. G. E. N. Oehlers presiding at the annual meeting of the Old Rafflesians' Association at the
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    Free Birth Control Move In K.L.
    154 6 Free Birth Control Move In K.L. From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. KUALA LUMPUR S infant welfare clinic has started a special department to I make birth control information' tion available to the public, Thte is believed to be the first State-controlled medical centre to do so. Dr. (Mrs.»
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    SOLDIER'S WIFE HAD NO CARD
    58 6 Mrs. Audrey Downer, wi of a serviceman, was fined $hj in tile Singapore First District Court yesterday for failing to set an identity card. She said that the delay was caused by her husband attempting to register her through his own deoartmant. and a further
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    Bus Company's Petition To Commissioners
    193 6 ON the ground that the Singapore Municipality should grant the same rights and privileges to private transport companies servicing the same routes, the Soon I.c c Bus Company has petitioned the Municipal Commissioners for a revision of the decision made by the former Controller of
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    RESCUER DROWNED
    70 6 While trying to aid his friend who was in difficulties while fishing In Singapore River on Apr. ?4, a Chirese clerk was drowned. His body was recovered two days later. At the Coroner's inquiry yesterday into the death of the clerk, Tan Soo Bee his campanion Lim Bak
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    AMERICAN CLUB
    22 6 Tonight members of the American Club will get together for a programme specially arranged to raise funds for Hospital Week.
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    HIGHER ENTRY FEE PROPOSAL
    66 6 From Our Staff t'orrespondfal KUALA LUMPUR, iWs.— Certificates of admission Into the Federation will cost $20 instead of $5 If a proposed amendment to th« Aliens enactment la passed by the Federal Legislative Council. The Attorney-General, Mr. S. Foster Suttou. says In the proposed amendment that
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    More Houses Up Than In 1948
    202 6 In First 3 Months IN the first three months of this year, more private houses were built and under construction in the Singapore Municipality than during the whole of last year. Figures given to the Straits Times yesterday were: Jan. to March this year,
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    Rabbi Fob S'pore Jews
    96 6 rK Singapore Jewish cou munity Is to have a rabbi. After more than two years of negotiation, the Jewish Welfare Board has succeeded in obtaining the services of Rabbi Jacob Shababo. Born in Palestine. Rabbi Jacob Shababo graduated from the Safad University in Palestine. He has
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    ART EXHIBITON
    41 6 Tip China Society of Singapore will sponsor a sevenday exhibition of Chinese paintings by Mr. Wen-h'sl at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Hill Street, from May 12. The Governor of Singapore, Sir Franklin Glmson, will declare the exhibition open.
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    Opt. Pleads Not Guilty
    94 6 lOHORE t'.AHRU. Thurs. CPT Charles Marion, who* was formally charged in the Police Court last week, was yesterday brought before the Sessions Court and charged with theft of a cinema projector, valued at $3,000, the property of the 2nd British Division, Royal Engineers. He pleaded not
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    Books Wanted On Malaya
    67 6 The Malayan public craves for books written about Malayan history, art, culture, and any other subjects connected with this country, Singapore booksellers told the Straits Times. A dealer said that If local authors would write on Malayan subjects, their books would do well. A survey of
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    DRUG LAWS TO BE REVISED
    56 6 To fit In with proposed new legislation In the Federation, the Pharmacy Ordinance administered by the Singapore Pharmacy Board is being revised and brought up to date Also being revised are the ordinances concerning poisons, and dangerous (deleterious) drugs, while a new ordinance dealing with
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    Congress Meeting
    32 6 The Singapore Regional Indian Congress will .n9ld a committee meeting At 8 p.m. tomorrow at 6, Race Course Lane, to discuss the election of office-bearers to the Local Congress Committees.
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      87 6 TODAY'S SINGAPORE 10.00 News from Kuala Lum pur; 10.08 (approi.) OIom; 1.00 South American Way; 1.30 Newg (also at 7 and 9.90): 2.00 Close; 6.02 Radio Orchestra; c.40 Dance Musk: 7.10 Singapore Shire Market report; 7.30 Round-up on the Range; 9.00 Talk; 9. 1 f Dance Mualc; 9.90 Prlda* Prom;
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      95 6 RADIO 8 00 Siamese. 8.30 News < English); 845 Dutch; 0.00 SCuoyi; 9. 50 Burmese; 9.45 Engllah; 10.00 Radio Nemreel; 10. 18 The R»ad«i Take* Over; 10 45 -O.K. Chesterton;' 11.13 Worn Attnirs: 11.30 News: 11.49 Uertlu Hairart; 13.00 Close. AUSTRALIA 8 00 "I.T MA.;" <5.50 A»istr«llan Oversea* News ia)so
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      MARKET FAILS TO RESPOND TO EUROPE NEWS
      125 7 MARKET FAILS TO RESPOND TO EUROPE NEWS From Oar Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Thursday. DESPITE better political news from Berlin, the Malayan share market surprisingly failed to respond today. B. B. Petrol, however, showed some improvement. Price changes innounced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association were: 5 B. Petrol 41/- <■ kmn
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      London Stocks
      198 7 LONDON. Than. YESTERDAY'S start of* the new- account failed to brine the expected Influx of buying orders, says Renter's financial corresoondmt. Prices rose Initially but eased later ln quiet trading.. Iron acd Steel shares again made the best showing among Industrials. Leaders wen In goou ojemam anc reooraeo
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      Dow Jones Averages
      21 7 lEduBtrtata 17S.00 17« S3 R*ll» 47.10 4t.73 Bond* M.44 M 52 Utilities M SO ».M atnttto tiidm Seme*.
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      PRODUCE MARKET
      70 7 Fram A Market Cirrrapaaiiat nooo lnqulrteg for clironella oil. If coupled with interruption of supplies from Indonesia, hare changed the otherwise steady trading ln thla commodity to speculation. The price has risen to 83 a lb. from between 81.50 and 83 quoted last month. Yesterday's quotation per plcul
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      Federal Loan: News Awaited
      129 7 Fram Our StaftT Camay atifcat KLAI.A UJMPOR, Thar*. THE Csiuuanrt of the FederaI Uaa af atalaya has wat yet been mtarmed what praaartiaa of tha BIta^BB.OOO taaai aajthariasd ay tha British niniamnrt U expected ta be rated In hhdaya. A Government f-'-Trir- said taday nathaag waa
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      SUPPLY OF RUBBER
      149 7 From Oar Ofn CaCTejpooient LONDON. Thurs. rOMMENTNO on Rubber v Study OrouD BtaUstics The Times Review of Industry says production estimates were obrtotuiy much influenced by fears of growing political Interference with current oroductlon ln the main prodwmg areas If these tears torn oat to be unfounded
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      Kimanis Rubber Div
      31 7 Kiman is Rubber Div KDCARXB RvMmt dtrtcton rtcoMiMnd a (ttvMßDd to fwpec^ of tba hwt fmanelal year of J'4 per eeot, leat tax at the standard rate, payahte on June 34.
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      TIN OUTPUTS
      37 7 RAHMAN Hydraulic Tin', output of Un-ore m April amounted to 833.13 pieols. a CUNQKI Bidor Tin Dredging m tha same month produced 868 piculs of ore. If AMRA Tin Dredgmrs April outpat was 378 ptoaia.
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      Singapore Rubber
      169 7 Singapore Rubber AfTER Wednesdays decline the Singapore rubber market yesterday shown! some Improvement on better New York aenUment. Prices rue by about quarter of a cent per lb., with sellers rather more optimistic. Ckarnc prtea natinl»> were: No 1 sheet fob buyen IS-4 ccnta, sellers 15\ cents; spot loose buyers
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      New York Rubber
      23 7 In US. cents dosing nomical May t. May 4. RSB (Spot) IBS IS* Market: Bar* 1 steady. Strata Ttaea Service.
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      AT THE SINGAPORE WHARVES
      130 7 SHIPS in port alongside the Singapore Harbour Board iharves yesterday (godowu in brackets) were: Mala Wharf: «u™.H.wi« oj. S3). Titan (3S-S4). Aapnalian (38-39 i. Lacdbrts (40-41). Weltereden (43-43). Went Wharf: Orduna (1-3), Bier] Traveller (4-s> City of Poona (6-7), Meonia (t-9). Oleaoreny <11-12>, Roeblah (13-14). KampW
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      Despite U.S. Tin Control Demand Still Falls Off
      320 7 fYaca Ossr Ova Oamapandent LONDON. Thursday ABOUT SMM teas of Metallic tin hu keen transferred ti thi imrtrna rtrrtr r"* in th Ust month* Despite continved Government control of In* use of Un la Industry. CJL caMnaer demand has shown definite ripn
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      EXPORTS OF TIN METAL
      77 7 MALAYAN xoo'U of On metal (primary) but montfa totalled 8.431 tone tan* compared with 4,606 too* m March, brlnctng the total for the first four month., of this year to 21.111 Bang acataat a total of 16-270 m the coris-pond-tng period hut year. Of the April
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      ORIENTAL GOVT. ASSURANCE
      38 7 Tax Oriental On\erumtnt; Security Life Assurance Company atatea Out th- aaaooßt of tt. ligajnim T.rtuen last year (66JM police* aaturtag for Ra 1858.».rr4) roo»tHnt« the kuv^at figure uuta patted by any life tn•munoe company Ind'a.
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      Rs. 7 A Lb. For Ceylon Tea
      159 7 AT the Cnliili gsjrHggj a lew days axa. teg> reached Ma hlrhest-ever Afmre af Sa. 7 a la B«y«n for the laiipini aamrhet ver* takaa eaaaajetely by aarpriac at the bid. Oa* ahajfjer «earrtlid H m faatastac Ths. ahlwßT waa sat tadiavd U
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    BYRON, KINDER GOLD HEAD CUP RACES
    450 8  - BYRON, KINDER GOLD HEAD CUP RACES EPSOM JEEP Ra-Li Gets 12 Ib More To Carry By »A-Ll gets 8.0 a ris« ot lz lbs ana umpire Rose 8.4 in the Singapore Summer Cup for top class sprinters, while Byron tops a field of 12 with 9.3 in the Governor's Cup.
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    Weights For 3rd, 4th Days
    748 8 M7E1OH1S for all eight races at I IT Bukit Tlmah tomorrow, third day of the Singapore Turf CluU't Summer meeting, are: CLASS 1, DIV. 2— «F. Yd*. King Arthur 800 Ourarna 08 Everest (13 Piiaimlnd* 8 08 liberty Man 8 11 TaJ-Oa 1.06 indtaii HWri8treet
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    Leicester Gain Two Points
    135 8 LONDON. Tlmri, I EICESTER City, runners-up In L the Football Association C'ip. gained two valuable points last evening In their bid to stay in the Second Division by defeating bury 2—l. Ill* winners are now third from the bottom. The two lowest clubs will be dropped.
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    Cup Weights
    126 8 11TEIGHTS for (he two Cup races IT on Saturday May 14, are. THE GOVERNOR* Cl P CLASS 1, DIV. I— Abt. I>4 Miles •31 BYRON a.t> 411 NATURAL t.M ISO ECLIPTIC 9.N 3il DOl Bl t AJtIEf 804 11* SILVER SPEAR B*3 CM PIBPLE KNIGHT 8 HI •23
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    Northants Score 400
    163 8 LONDON. Thurs NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, bottom team last year, made a good start in the first Coim'y championship game of the season by scoring exactly 400 against Somers- 1 at! Taunton. yesterday. F. R. Brown, firmer Cambridge University, Surrey and England I all-rounder, could fe-1 well satisfied with Northamptonshire's
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    Dr Lowson J.C.C. President
    175 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Thur»: Dr. J. M. Lowson was elected President of the Johore Cricket Club at an extraordinary general meeting of the Club held recently. Others elected to office were Major P. O. M. Lee. Hon. secretary. Mr. R. Van Schu .r.bec.k, cricket captain. Mr. J.
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    Indians To Hold Soccer Trial
    109 8 rpHE Singapore Indians will hold x their first trial for the forthcoming S.A.F.A. Inter-Com-munity League at 5 pm. tomorrow at Fairer Park. The ollowlng players are requested to assemble at 4. Farrer Park, at 4.45 p.m.: K. Supptah: 8. Sithambaratn; 8. R 8. Naldu; 8.
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    KAMIS, HEE CHIN DELIGHT CROWD
    563 8 BRILLIANT weather and good tennis went hand in hand yesterday when last year's stars swept aside the resistance of this year's newcomers in the j opening rounds of the Singapore lawn tennis j championships on the Singapore Cricket Club courts. Two doubles champions. past and
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    WEEKEND CRICKET TEAMS
    479 8 WEEKEND CRICKET TEAMS TEAMS for w-?-ik-(*iid cricket In Singapore are: s.c.c. I Versus ACS. Old Boys, padat'g tomorrow at 2.15 p.m.: C. Milton. R. A. Murray. >J P. Dark-. Rev. Browne. H/Ldr. Q C Winton, Capt W. J Dixiu, O W Colling. M. I. C. B«ln. D Ma&sey, E. E
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    PTC Entries: New Date
    117 8 From Our SUIT Correspondent I'KNANO. Th\irs. DECAUSK of the prox'mlty between 'h« Singapore and Penang rates. th« Penang Turf Club has entend-.l tnn ilosing dare for class fhre« entries lor its for hcomlng summnr m-eting lo Saturday, May 14. at 13 noon. Entries for ilass 4
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    Tax Knocked Out Boxing Says S.B.A.
    267 8 ■ym •ntertalament tax and the high currency exchanges which made the importation of new boxers into 'iie Cx >ny much too expensive an Item, defeated all attempts to revive professional boxing in Slnqrpore This was reported i*y Mr. Kenneth Scth. presiding at the annual
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    Liberty Man Can Win Tomorrow
    647 8  -  EPSOM JEEP T\KOPPED out of the Summer Cup Held, Liberty U Man must have a bright chance of winning the second division six furlong sprint at Bukit Tlmah tomorrow, third day of th c Singpore meeting. This Ronsard gelding was a good fourth to Byron
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      146 8 N.S. v Malacca In Cup To-morrow From Oar BUff (urrespvnarni field strong favourites and, Matn well In League ni^'ches SEREMBAN. Thurs. with the advantage of playing I seasor:. NEORI Sembllan la-it year's on tnplr home «round .the' The re^t of the team i* unMRlßyTcSp^o^hSSJii^n'Pion, r« expected M Negri Une-up will
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      31 8 SINOAPORF TIDES TODAY: H.W. IDS am. <7 ft 7 In 6 10 p.m. ii< ft. 4 In.) TOMORROW: HW 432 am. 1 7 ft 2ln &728 p m (8 ft. 7ln
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