The Straits Times, 13 May 1949

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    18 1 The Straits Times. MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 KKiHT PACiES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY. MAT 11, 1»49. PRICE TEN CENTS
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    HOW THE BLOCKADE ENDED
    608 1 Flotvers And Cheers For First Train BERLIN, Thursday. 'pi K 327-day Russian blockade of Berlin ended today. Traffic barriers were taken down all along the 1, 000-mile zonal frontier but the airlift continued in full swing. Seventy-live cars from Eastern Berlin left for the western zone
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    25 1 i* \miii erected at the entrance to the Buddhist temple. Kuala Lumpur, by O Coy. Royal Pioneer Corps (Ceylon) for Vesak celebrations. Straits Times picture.
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    SPITFIRE CRASH AT KUCHING
    134 1 j\K of the Spitfires of the 28 Squadron, which left Singapore on Wednesday for Kai Tak. Hong Kong, trashed and overturned at Kuchlng on completing the first leg of the flight. The Spitfire suffered structural damage, but the pHcv was not hurt. Yesterday, the remaining nine
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    War Damage: New Motion For Council
    124 1 limn Our Staff Correspundfnt KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. TiHE text of correspondence between the High Commissioner and the Secretary of State for the Colonies on the subject of war damage i mpensatlon In Malaya will be placed before the Federal Legislative Council next Thursday. Revised
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    LOAN IS A SUCCESS
    50 1 LONDON. 1 -mis IWK subscription li>l foi the new C 8.0.10.000 three per cent, loan for the Federation of Malay* ilosed 15 minutes after it had been opened at 16 iin (London time) today The loan issued at par is redeemable between 197-1 and 1978. Reuter
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    NEW RED ADVANCE ON S'HAI
    152 1 SHANGHAI. Thurs. fOMMUNIST forces today drove closer to Shanghai on the south-west front, the Garrison communique announced. The Nationalists were described as holding firm at Shihhutang, a town 25 miles from Shanghai. This indicated a substantial advance from Kashan, which is more than 40 miles
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    Federal Ban On Democratic League
    104 1 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Thursday. nnHKEE days after the Singapore Government ordered the China Democratic League to apply foi registration under th Colony's Societies Ordinance if it wished to maintain branches in the Colony, the Federation Government today gazetted lan unlawful society. Gazette
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    16 Pages On Sunday
    89 1 ARE you reading "THE WOODEN HORSE" in the 16-page SUNDAY TIMES? If not, start now. Rated the greatest escape story of all time, it has proved immensely popular, the third thrilling instalment will appear in next Sunday's issue. THE SUNDAY TIMES will also publish a special
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    Dutch Support Batavia Plans
    167 1 THE HAGUE, Thursday. THK Dutch Government announced today full 1 acceptance of the recent agreement with Republican leaders. The Overseas Territories Minister, I Mr. J. H. Van Maarseveen. said that goodwill and sincere intentions must now be dominating factors. K n rr ing to a previous
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    BURMA AID TALKS
    35 1 RANGOON Thurs Special aid machinery for Bmma had already begun to Junction, according to Indications here today, less than '24 h -urs afte* announcement of the Commonwealth's wiUlngr.ess to aid Burma.- -Reuter.
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    Protecting Road Users
    68 1 trorn Oar Staff orrrspond'nl KIWI. 1.1 MPI R. Thur. MEASURES to protect civilian main road traffic from bandit ambushes were described by the Commissioner of Folice. Mr. W N. Gray, this morning. The Hearing of lallanf and blukar at likely points of attack along the main road*
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    Colony Trade Protest By Fletcher
    180 1 Colony Trade Protest By Fletcher LONDON. Thurs. MR. Walter Fletcher, Conservative, contested in the House of Commons today the Government view that entrepot trade with Singapore is not prejudiced by the trade agreement recently concluded with the Netherlands. He asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of I Trade, Mr.
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    CREECH JONES ON DEPORTEES
    134 1 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Thurs. THE British Colonial Sec retary. Mr. Creech Jones, I refused in the House of Com- j mons yesterday to Interfere with the Hong Kong Gover- nor's discretion in refusing to permit Chinese deportee* from Mulaya to land In Hong Kong.
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    HUNGRY REDS BEING DEALT SEVERE BLOWS9
    293 1 HUNGRY REDS BEING DEALT SEVERE BLOWS 9 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. OEVERE blows had been dealt to the physical strength and morale of the bandits, Mr. W. N. Gray, the Federation Commissioner ot Police, told a Press conference in Kuala Lumpur today. Mr. Gray said that it
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    MORE AFRICAN RACE CLASHES
    51 1 DURBAN, Thurs.— Police stood by in Durban today to prevent racial disturbances after Indian buses had been stoned by Africans last night an<] early today. Bus windscreens and windows were smashed along a half-mile stretch ol r >au. JV> one was injured. One man was arrested.—
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    HOUSING TRUST DEMAND
    148 1 HOUSING TRUST DEMAND THE Singapore Lt-i.ulivn Council, when it meets on Tuesday, will be asked by Mi. C. C. Tan (Municipal ■oathWest) to set up forthwith i Housing Trust to build houM.s to relieve the acute shortas**. This follows agitation lor more concrete measure to tackle the housing situation. and
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    NEW U.S. TAXES
    40 1 WASHING rON r. urs. f resident Truman eciarc! ioday that the (j.m rnmeii *11l need JSS4.O .00 O(X> If new taxes thi? year i ivo d deflicit. bcs'.i -s sorryUSS2.OOO.OOtJ.OOO mUMU nal so cial security taxis UP
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    "Settle Conflicts Before Talking Of A Pacific Pact-Nehru
    210 2 "Settle Conflicts Before Talking Of A Pacific Pact- Nehru NEW DELHI, Thursday. INDIA will not take part in any Pacific pact,' the Indian Prime Minister, Pandit Nehru, said yesterday. Several Asian questions must be settled before such a pact can take place, he added. "The time Is not ripe for
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    36 2 Iw i FOR BILLY: "Billy," mascot of the Ist Battalion/Royal Welsh fusiliers, alights from an air-lift freighter at Gatow airfield, Berlin, when the In siliers replaced the Royal Norfolk Regiment at the Berlin garrison. A.P. picture.
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    China Urges Alliance
    68 2 WASHINGTON, Than. CHINA yesterday appealed to the United States to sponsor an Asian alliance, similar to the North Atlantic Pact, to stop Communism in the East. The Chinese Ambassador to the I .S.. Dr. Wellington Koo. said he made the request to the U.S. Secretary of State,
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    "Hong Kong Apathy To Blame"
    175 2 "Hong Kong Apathy To Blame" LONDON, Thurs. rr\HE Colonial. Secretary, Mr. A A. Creech Jones, said yesterday that it was the fault of the people of Hong Kong if they had not acquired the constitutional position they desired. Answering questions in the House of Commons as to whether the Hong
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    AIRFIELD WILL DISPLACE 1,000
    32 2 HONG KONG, Thurs*— The projected construction of a new airfield near the Chinese border will displace 1,000 Chinese of three villages which will have to be removed. A.P.
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    ARMS FOR ARABS
    70 2 LONDON. Thurs.— The Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bevin, told Parliament yesterday that he hoped the time for raising the embargo on sending arms to Transjordan would not long be delayed. The Government will propose a resumption of arms deliveries to Iraq, Egypt and Transjordan as soon as
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    THE NEW JAPAN
    53 2 TOKYO. Thurs.— The Japanese Prime Minister, Mr. Yoshida, today appealed to the Allies tc judge Japan In the light of present conditions, not upon her past. "All we are asking now is access to materials and markets so that we buy the food we need to live,"
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    SHIP HELD UP
    27 2 HONG KONG. Thurs.— Fifty pirates armed with tommy-guns and hand-gre-nades boarded a Hong Kongbound river boat and escaped with a shipload of cargo. A.P.
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    Israelis May Have To Pay
    89 2 LONDON, Thurs. BRITAIN may still ask Israel to pay compensation for shooting down five British Spitfires over the Egyptian border in January. The Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bevin, told a questioner in Commons yesterday that a strong note of protest had been sent to Israel
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    BRIGHT SPOTS
    25 2 CALCUTTA. Thurs. Mr. Stanley Jones, an American missionary, has described India and the Philippines as the two "bright spots" in the East.— Reuter.
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    GUERILLA MEDALS
    131 2 From Our Staff Cormpondent KUAI^A LUMPUR, Thurs.— The Malayan People's AntiJapanese Army and other guerillas who operated a?iln?t the Japanese during the occupation have been listed as eligible for campaign stars and me.lals. An official notice published today invites guerilla personnel eligible for the awards to apply to
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      3-Month Emergency Ends In Siam
      203 2 BANGKOK, Thursday. SI AM has ended its three-month state of emergency, which was imposed because of the civil unrest which reached its climax last February in an r" > "v?°ssful attempt to overthrow the Government. A Royal proclamation an- nounced the end of the emergency.
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    WARNING TO U.S. ON S.-E. ASIA
    143 2 NEW YORK, Thursday. HAROLD Isaacs, author and correspondent of the magazine News Week, said yesterday that "another catastrophe is hi the making in SouthEast Asia." He said that the United States, by her "stubborn, myopic indifference" to South-East Asia, had failed to understand and
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    Tanks Out In Tripoli Protests
    141 2 Tanks Out In Tripoli Protests TRIPOLI, Thurs. •pRITISH tanks patrolled *> the streets of Tripoli last night as Arabs demonstrated against the British proposal to the United Nations to put Tripolltania under Italian trusteeship. Workers staged a general strike and a curfew was Imposed last night. Demonstrations went on ail
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    Ireland Bill Passed
    80 2 LONDON. Thurs. rE House of Commons last night agreed to the Government's Ireland Bill whffch recognises the Irish Republic's secession from the Commonwealth. It defeated an amendment for rejection, moved by a Northern I. eland Labour Member, Mr. John Beattie, by 317 votes to 12. The Prime
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    LUZON REBELS
    47 2 MANILA, Thurs. Luzon countryside, within a 70- mile radius of Manila, blazes with gunfire in an Intensified Government campaign to suppress the rebellious Hukbalahap peasant army. At least 27 persons, including eight civilians, were killed In three separate clashes during the past 48 hours.— AP.
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    Irony Of Two Ex-P.O.W.s
    87 2 SYDNEY, Thursday. fWO men who shared the horrors of a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp after the fall of Malaya met •sain in ironic circumstances in Sydney. One sal on the bench as a Judge; the other appeard on a charge of assault and robbery The Judge sentenced
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      734 2 NOTICES MALAYAN BREWERIES LIMITED (Incorporated In Singapore) NOTICE IP HEREBY GIVEN that a Third Interim Dividend of five cents per Stock Unit en the Ordinary Stock and five c^nti per Share on the Management Shares, both leas 30% Income Tax. has been -declared by the Directors on account of the
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    BRITAIN FEARS SLUMP AS EXPORTS SHOWBIGDROP
    309 3 BRITAIN FEARS SLUMP AS EXPORTS SHOWBIGDROP LONDON, Thursday. •TKADK experts feared yesterday that Britain's recovery drive was beginning to stump. A drop in British exports during April caused predictions from industrialists and financial Writer* that, "in the months to come, the trend will he downward." Exports, key to post-war recovery,
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    36 3 M.i. 1.1.M (HIT SOO. who is on his way to the I'nited States for higher education. U at present a .student of R.iffles Colleße. II i% a younger brother of the late M»j.-Cen. Kirn Bo Seng.
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    INDIAN PLAN ADOPTED
    134 3 INDIAN PLAN ADOPTED S. Africa Dispute LAKS SUCCESS. Thurs. THE Political Com>nl!tee of the UN. General Assembly yesterday adopt ?d a lesolution, submi"ed by India, recommending the appointment of a thre?-nifmber UN. commission to study the situation iT»ated by ihe treatment of "persons of Indian and Pakistan origin" In South
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    DRUG BEING SMUGGLED
    94 3 The Director of Medical Services, Dr. W. J. Victors, said yesterday tha' if i was true th<u illegal supplies of the drug streptomycin weie 1 being sold in Singapore, there was nothing hi? department could do about it. A Singapore doctor had omplalned ibout the uncontrolled sale
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    Crew Leaves Blazing Tanker
    131 3 NEW YORK. Thurs. rE 9.683-ton tanker Atlanta caught fire today 330 miles north-east of Barbados 1 in the Atlantic Ocean and Ihe crews is reported to have abandoned the ship. Coast guards said only the captain and radio operator have stayed aboard the 487--foot ship. A
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    $500,000 TARGET
    21 3 I'um Our Staff Correapondent MALACCA, Thurs- In the university appeal $500,000 is aimed at by the Malacca Settlement committee.
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    MALAYAN STAND IS BUSY
    108 3 MALAYAN STAND IS BUSY From Our Own Correspondent LONDON. Thurs. FIGURES support the impression of greater activity at the Malayan stand at this year's British Industries Fair than last year. Enquiries at the stand up to yesterday numbered 190 against 160 (or the whole period of last year's Fair, and
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    'Two Women Shot Were Bandits'
    138 3 'Two Women Shot Were Bandits LONDON Tr.urs REPLYING to Mr. Philir Pi rat in. iComm.i aboui two women killed by the polkv in Malaya on February T Mr Creech Jones, th-' ;»>!• nial Secretary, said in the [House of Commons chat thcircumstances in Which the women were killed left no.
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    THREE KILLED IN JAVA AMBUSH
    64 3 BANDUNG. Thurs. Two K'iropean estate i-mployees and one estate guard were killed In ambush north of Sindanggarang village in south Priangan. West Java, yi-iterday atternomi. Tie employees w»re on their ■raj by a jeep to visit the Tjbantjet rubb'-r estate, closed on a military order
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    Pre-War "Specials"
    27 3 All pre-war members of Singapore B Division Special Constabulary atv asked to attend a meeting at 5.15 p.m. on Tuesday at SI Coleman St reet.
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    ARAB WALK-OUT
    38 3 FLUSHING MEADOWS. Thurs. —Six seats were cacant in the U. N. General Assembly yesterday when the Arab delegates walked out after Israel was admitted to the United Nations. Egypt and Yemen later resumed their seats.— Reuter.
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    SINGx\PORE-INDIES TRADE UP
    119 3 rpHE total valti.- ot Singa- 1 porr -Indonesian trade improved to $30,134,947 In April from $29,771.12 > In March. These figure* Include petroleum product.. Last months Singapore ex inrts to Indonesia were worth I $8,290,456. iguln.,t March ex- 1 ports ol $8 906.625. April Imports into Singapore
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    They Fly In Clouds Over Malaya — On Purpose
    225 3 They Fly In Clouds Over Malaya On Purpose 'TWO Ministry of Civil Aviation officials from London, a 8.0.AX. Signals Officer and the crew of a Hvthe flvin* 1... at are in Singapore "looking for trouble". For the oast, few cu>o they have taken off daily from Kallang and flown into
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    THUNDER CLOUD FLIERS IN SPORE
    54 3 C.llM. 11. J. FIKLII. k.pp.-r of a Hythe flyint boat (n e ht> and Mr. W. F. Graham. 8.0.A.C. Sicnals Officer from London. In Singapore yesterday. They are making a series of thunder clor.d tests over Malaya with t»*w t«> ensuring greater safety and comfort
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    'Australia's Big Chance: Malaya'
    379 3 'Australia 's Big Chance: Malaya A USTRALIA now had an immediate opportunity of greatly increasing her trade with Malaya, said the general manager of the Overseas Corporation (Australia), Ltd., Mr. G. A. Davis. Mr. Davis, on his return to Melbourne from a visit to Malaya, said the action of the
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    "Justice Done In Ganapathy Case"
    228 3 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. JUSTICE was done in the .(.anapathy case, declared the Chief Secretary of the Federation, Sir Alec Newboult, answering questions at the official press conference here this morning. The administration of law was the responsibility of the Federation Government
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    "Folly,"Says Nehru
    47 3 NEW DELHI Thurs AT a Press conference here yesterday. Pindit Nehru. Prime Minister of India, referred to the execution of the formes Malayan trade union leader Ganapathy for illegal possession of arms. He remarked that the authorities In Malaya had "acted with extreme folly." Reuter.
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    NEGROES EQUAL IN U.S-A.F.
    112 3 NEGROES EQUAL IN U.S-A.F. WASHINGTON. Thurs. UR Louis Johnson, U.S. L ■•fence 3ecretary, yesterday approved Air Force plans for assuring equal service opportunities to Negroes. He called on the Army and Navy to clarify their plans for ending racial discrimination In those service branches. Late last month he directed the
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    Ceylon C-in-C
    32 3 COLOMBO. Thurs. Mr. Don Stephen Senanayake. Ceylon Prime Minister, has appointed Brigadier the Earl of Cafthness. D3O, < formerly Brigadier James Roderick Sinclair > to be Commander-in-Chief of the Ceylon Army.— Reuter.
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    Tamil School Fund
    35 3 Umar Pulavar Tamil School. Singapore, has collected a further $530 for Its building fund from 48 firms and indUiiuabi who donated su-ns ranging from $1 to *';.">. The total now stands at $1,131.75.
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    Ex-Jap Mines To Be Sold
    135 3 Ex- Jap Mines To Be Sold From Our >tafl oi r.^.ondt nt KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. qpHE Federation Custodian of Enemy Property is short--1 ly to call for tenders for the purchase of iron, manganese and wolfram mines in Johore and Keluntan, formerly operated by Japanese The Kelantan properties include iron
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    COMPENSATION
    59 3 From Oar Own I o.r. MUAH. Thurs. -Dependants of Bandar Singh alias Pratap Singh hay. been awarded $3,000 by the Commissioner for Workmen's Compensation, Johore North ln«*he Ha mid bin Mustapha. Bandar Singh was a lorry driver employed by ('hong Loon Yuen I of Segamat and met with a
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    DEATH
    34 4 MISS SARASWATHY RETNAM. dauKhter of Mr. M. 8. Retnam. of Jeram Estate. K par, passed awa at the General Hospital on 7.5 49 Burial took place at the Christian Cemetery, Klang. on 8.5.49.
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    The Straits Times. Singapore,Friday May 13, 1949. A PLAN TO AID BURMA
    640 4 The Straits Times. Singapore,Friday May 13, 1949. A PLAN TO AID BURMA Commonwealth help for Burma, promised by Britain, India, Pakistan and Ceylon, includes arms but not military aid against the rebels, said India's Premier when announcing yesterday the creation of new machinery to implement the decision to assist a
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    A Housing Plan
    396 4 At Tuesday's meeting of the Singapore Legislative Council, Mr. C. C. Tan is to move a resolution asking the Government to create at once a Housing Trust for the purpose of relieving the acute shortage of houses in the colony. The Improvement Trust, which might or might
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    CONSERVATIVE GAINS IN U.K.
    68 4 LONDON Thurs —Conservatives claim significant aew victories over Labour in British local government elections but the Labour Party Press officer, issuing no returns tilmelf says that, the Conservative Party Agures are ambitious and oDthnlstlc Conservative reports say that candidates gained 121 seats 60 of them from
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    THE FUTURE OF RUBBER ROADS
    1162 4  -  H. W. COWLING By IN view of the recent leading article in your paper, I have been asked to write about rubber roads in general, and in particular, of the demonstration area of approximately 1,000 square yards which was laid in 1936 on South Bridge
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      Banks & The Loan
      245 4 Banks The Loan THE footnote to the 1 letter on the Federal Loan signed by "Broker" j in your issue of May 11 seems to pre-suppose that monetary conditions here < are the same as in Lon- < don. Here there is practically no such thing as a Money Mar-
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    The Throne And India
    584 4  -  EARL WINTERTON By Earl Winterton was Parliamentary Undersecretary of State for India tor nearly seven years, between 1922 and 1929, has paid more more than one visit to the sub-continent, and. as a membtr of the Round Tatle Conference and other official bodies, has heen in
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    "Figure Eight Skegness"
    216 4 "Figure Eight Skegness" ARTIST Thomas Warbis does not take much trouble over his painting. He splashes the colours^ dozens of them— with a bold brush or his bare fingers or with an old stick with a chewed end. He lets his cat. Jill, pad over the fresh paint, sit on
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    COURT PAYS VISIT TO DANCE HALL
    752 5 Counsel's Final Su bm issions In Oehlers Trial SINGAPORE'S Third District Judge, Mr. Tan Ah Tali, accompanied by Mr. Philip Hoalim and Mr. V. J. Mendis, adjourned to the Carlton Club, a public dance hall in Cavanagh Road, yesterd:>, to view the scene of
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    MOVE FOR FIXED CHARGE
    148 5 MOVE FOR FIXED CHARGE Cargo Handling r recommend a standard cargo handling charge fur the port of Singapore Is one of the tasks fastnfi n committee set up by the Singapore Joint Consultative Commltkee for Lightermen. The Committee was formed on Wednesdaj after Joint deliberation between the Singapore Lighter Owners
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    Buddhist Call For Holiday
    212 5 VER 1,000 Singapore Buddhists of all communities assembled in the Victoria Memorial Hall yesterday to celebrate the Vesak and passed a resolution calling on Government to declare Vesak Day "the greatest and thrice blessed day of the Buddhists" a public holiday in the Colony. Moving the
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    SCHOOL'S 30TR ANNIVERSARY
    74 5 Malaya's oldest Chinese high school, the Singapore Chinese High School, in Bukit Tirnah, Is celebrating Its 30th anniversary on Sunday. There will be a commemoration meeting In the school hall at 10 a.m. on Sunday, and also an exhibition of the work of the pupils. For three
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    Rotan For Taxi-Bandit
    109 5 A MAN who robbed two taxidrivers within ten days and had previously twice escaped from police custody, was sentenced to five years' rigorous imprisonment and ten strokes of the rotan yesterday In the Singapore Assize Court. He was a stalwart Tamil, Baskaran Pillal, who admitted that he
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    $300 FINE FOR $65 BRIBE
    62 5 When Police Corporal Ibrahim bin Tahlr boarded the Hua Slang and asked to see the ship's papers, Chan Ann Kirn handed him $65 and told him. "Never mind about the papers." On a charge of bribery, Chan was yesterday fined $300 or six weeks' rigorous
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    BAR COMMITTEE
    51 5 The following have been elected to serve on the Singapore Bar Committee for 1949: -Mr. J. C. Cobbett chairman). Mr. D. K. Walters. Mr. F. St. N. H. Massey. Mr. A. F. Thome. Mr. R. H. Gveen, Inche Ahmad Ibrahim Mr. L. A. J. Smith, Mr K. Gould
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    62 5 FLYING AAM. I. t.NCI.- "Au>trr aircraft used by the Army In the Federation hare now been equipped for transporting stretcher cases. The top picture shows a "casualty," trussed in a naval-type stretcher, being carried towards the plane. Above: Lt. Col. B. W. Scott, KAMI is seen taking a critical look
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    No Comment From Army
    97 5 AN Army spokesman told the. Straits Times yesterday that the Singapore Army authorities would make no comment on the one -month notice served on the War Department by the Army Civil Service Union. The spokesman said that the whole question of claims for salary revision and
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    Chinese Art Exhibition
    103 5 THE Governor of Singapore, 1 Sir Franklin Gimson said in Singapore yesterday that, when a chair of Chinese was established at the University of Malaya, the China Society would help to arouse interest In the study of things Chinese and collaborate with the faculty. Sir Franklin was
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    MEDICAL SERVICE
    18 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs.— The Johore Council of State has revoted $105,806 for the Medical Department, Johore.
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    CUP IS CLUE IN WIDOW MURDER
    189 5 $2,000 FOR CAPTURE OF SLAYER AN untouched cup of coffee is regarded as an important clue by the police investigating the murder of a 48-year-old widow, found fatally wounded in her house in Kirk Terrace on Wednesday —i morning. The C.ID. chief, Mr. E.
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    'MARKED MEN' AWARDS FOR 318
    153 5 /\F 905 claims by members or dependant* of members of the Malayan armed forces 318 are to result in payments The decision has been made by the Governments of Singapore and the Federation of Malaya. The Governments have considered a report oi the Malayan Armed
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    THEHUGGETTS ARE IN TOWN
    125 5 A nice-but-naughty girl arrives to live with her aunt, one o' whose daughters Imagines t'.e visitor is In love with her fafh"and this jtarU a series of comical If embarrassing, iitiiai.e. -n He.c Ootre the Huggetts. whicli orcened at the Pavilion U*t night. The director. Ken
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    JAP SEAMAN IS RUSHED ASHORE
    66 5 A Japanese seaman, Aklo Kawaguchi, 26, of the Naga-saki-bound oil tanker Mitsushlma Maru, was yesterday rushed to the General Hospital for an appendicitis oper"tion soon after vessel's -pi In Bingar Mitsushiir. iaru is carrying more than 14,000 tons of oil from Ras Tanara, Saudi Arabia,
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    SO TERRORISTS IN ATTACK ON STATION
    375 5 SO TERRORISTS IN ATTACK ON STATION From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. piFTY bandits attacked the Benta police station in the Kuala Lipis area of Pahang at dusk yesterday, but were driven off after a battle lasting an hour and just as a relieving force of police and Malay
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    'PEOPLE'S WILL MUST PREVAIL'
    246 5 'PEOPLE'S WILL MUST PREVAIL' —Says Mr. Rajah ▼THE will ol the people as A expressed by the Municipal Commissioners must eventually prevail" over other factors, declared Mr. A. p. Ra- n Po Br/sslve8 r /sslve Par ty leader in the Municipal Commission, when he addressed members of the East-West Society
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    British Govt. 'Must Bear Bull Cost Of crisis' —Onn
    226 6 British Govt. 'Must Bear Bull Cost Of crisis' Onn From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. THE Mentri Besar of Johore, Dato Onn bin Ja'afar, will, at the meeting of the Federal Legislative Council next Thursday, move that the United Kingdom bear the full cost of the emergency. His motion
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    78 6 MUSICAL DIRECTORS of the Singapore Wrslry Tdethodist Church. Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Thomas, who are to receive a presentation on Sunday night st the church hall in appreciation of the work they have done to improve the quality of the church choir. They were responsible for the presentation of
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    'Creches For ISO Not Enough'
    238 6 'Creches For ISO Not Enough By Our Woman Correspondent SINGAPORE'S population warranted more than v two creches, said the Secretary for Social Welfare, Mr. T. P. F. McNeice, yesterday, but the Government had still to decide on the permanent upkeep of the two creches now being run as an experiment
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    Explosion Is Still A Mystery
    158 6 Explosion Is Still A Mystery MYSTERY still surrounds the explosion on May 5. in Teck Ouan Estate, off Jurong Road, Singapore, which resulted In the death of two children. The two killed were: Tang Choon, a 14-year-old woodcutter, and Pang Ouan I mm, a jeven -year-old girl. Tang Choon lost
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    PROVIDENT FUND SCHEME
    50 6 A scheme to provide a compulsory central provident luiH for employees In Singapore commercial and other private enterprises is being prepared by the Progressive Party for presentation at Its annual general meeting on May 20. It is intended to lay this plan before the Singapore Legislative Council.
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    ACTING SHERIFF
    27 6 Mr. Hugh Shepherd has been appointed to act as Deputy Registrar and Sheriff of the Supreme Court. Singapore, in place of Mr. Tan Thoon Lip.
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    Constable Acquitted
    154 6 A Malay specfal co.i stable. Heron bin Jan." and Ismail bin Samsi. v were charged with two othiis wii'n taking parr in an altempiei' gang robbery at the 15' i mile, Seletar Road, were acquitted before the conclusion of the trial yesterday in -he Singapore Assize Court. The
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    SERVICE WIVES FINED
    44 6 Three wives of service personnel were convicted In the Singapore First District Court yesterday for not having Identity cards They were Margaret Camfleld. Margaret Smith and M. I. W. Wade. Camfleld and Smith were each fined $5. Wade was fined $7.
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    4 ON ROBBERY CHARGE
    73 6 Four members of the crew ot the steamer Orduna appeared In the First District Court yesterday on a charge of robbery of a taxi valued at $4,000 and $10 belonging to the driver. In Keppel Road shortly after midnight on Wednesday. The four men. wher were
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    WOMAN'S PLEA TO JUDGE
    187 6 WOMAN'S PLEA TO JUDGE A 28-YEAR-OLD woman, who came from China in search of her husband ap- peared In the Singapore First i District Court, yesterday. She was alleged to have used a certificate of admission Into the Colony, which had been forged. The woman. Tan Moon Cheng, begged the
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    RELIGIOUS MEETING .
    109 6 RELIGIOUS MEETING The Ahmadiyya community of Singapore will hold a Religious Founders' Day meeting at 6 p.m. tomorrow In the British Council Hall, Stamford Road. The Ahmadiyya community, a reformist group of Muslims, founded in India, believes that all religious movements were to create a living faith in God. and
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    Bill To Repeal B.M.A. Food Proclamation
    213 6 THK Food Control Ordinance, 1949 the first of a 1 series of Bills seeking the continuance of certain proclamations issued during the British Military Administration period will come up for first reading at Tuesday's meeting of the Singapore Legislative Council. The Bill, designed to
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      272 6 todat' F'Nhibiiinir of Chinese paintings, •■'nsored by the China Soclny, .litvese Chamber of Conimeur II Street. 9 a.m. to 6 p.m, Y.W.C.A.. Malay lessons for beglnirers. 9.15 a.m.. advanced clans, 10.30 a.m.. 5. Raffles Quay. Wesley MethodUt Youth Fellowship, Brains- Trust meeting. W> ley Social Hall Fort Cunniirg id. 7.30
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      London Brokers Take A
      312 7 Cautious View Of Rubber's Future WITH current world production and consumption more or less balanced, the surplus rubber output anticipated this year should be about 125,000 tons, according to Gow, Wilson and Stanton, London rubber brokers. The company states In a market review that failing a
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      LONDON STOCKS
      216 7 LONDON, Thurs /\NCE again then were U many small losses among Industrial Equities on the London Stock Exchange yesterday. Motors were the chief sufferers, says Renter's financial correspondent. Prices generally were sLgntly easier, with the markets still under the influecce of the fall In Britain's April exports. British
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      Malayan Shares
      110 7 From Oar Market Correspondent __SINGAPORE, Thura. DRESENT levels In the Ma- layan share market attracted a few bargain hunters, particularly in the Industrial section. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association were: Bnjro Seller Con. Tin Smelt. 33/3 23 Est. Trust A«. 7.00 6.00 W. Hammer 41.50
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      MALAYAN TIN IMPORTS
      86 7 r REIGN Imports of tin acd tin-ore into the Federation of Malaya last monh amounted to 651 tons of ore and 478 tons of metal, according to Malayan statistics. In the first four months of 1048. Imports totalled 1.996 <xms of ore l and 1 435 toes
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      Dow Jones Averages
      20 7 ndUstrl*la I*o* londj ftiHtles May 10. May It 174.37 174.40 47.11 47.17 08.38 50. 37 15.75 35.80
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      Burns Philp: Record Profit & Dividend
      162 7 Burns Philp: Record Profit Dividend From Our Own Correspondent MELBOURNE, Thursday. BURNS, Philp and Company today announced the record profit of £A 288,124 for the year to Mar. 31. The dividend Is raised from 10 per cent, (which has been maintained for 29 years) to 111 P*r cent; this will
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      Hong Kong Exchange
      27 7 THE Malayan Exchange Banks Association announces that Hong Kong currency rates are now: Selling, T.T. and 0.0., UH: buying. T.T. 33, O.D. 52 13/18.
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      RUBBER PRICES
      216 7 THE Singapore rubber mar- ket mi again very steady yesterday. Prices were slightly higher than the previous day's, with sellers reserved. Foreign imports for April were 18,883 tons, a drop of over 0.000 tons from the previous month's. Imports to date have been running below last year's average.
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      PRODUCE MARKET
      28 7 Fraaa A Market CorrespOTident ALL sections of the Singapore produce markets were again quiet yesterday. There wm hanl'y any business, but quo? at ions remained uncnangeJ.
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      TANGANYIKA v. JOHORE
      120 7 WHEN referring to '.he grir.'liose ff scheme for growing groundnut* In Tanganyika," says Sir John Hay In his annual statement as chairman of United &us> Betong Estates. "the Minister of Food recently stated with some pride that he expected co get 3b<) lbs. of oil per acre.
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      SHIPPING AT THE SINGAPORE WHARVES
      120 7 CHIPS in port aiong&ide the Singapore Harbour Boand wharves yesterday (godownE In brackets) wer;: Main Wharf: Agamemnon 131--32. Katong (35), ShUloo« (38--39>, Oorgron (40-41), Oiduna 142--43). West Whaif: Ulemuy '1-2*. Kota Oede (4-5 >. Canada Mall (11-12), Eastern Ba(a (15-16). Empire Dock: Gujarat (17- IB',
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      FOREIGN IMPORTS OF RUBBER TO MALAYA
      123 7 OFFICIAL statistics show that foreign imports of rubber into Malaya last month amounted to 18,883 tons including 15,738 tons for Singapore. Import- ol *H grades of rubber from Sum*tr» were highest among foreign countries— IO.W* tons to Singapore, 1.5*2 to the Federation of Malaya.
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    TRAINERS GIVE VIEWS ON TWO CUP RACES
    591 8  - TRAINERS GIVE VIEWS ON TWO CUP RACES EPSOM JEEP Byron, Empire Rose Fancied By PRAINERS and jockeys pick Byron (or Ecliptic) for the Governor's Cup over a mile-and-a-quarter and Empire Rose (or Ra-Ll) for the Summer Cup (6 furs., 19 yds), two of the season's richest "classics" to be run
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    Cup Horses Do Final Spurts
    471 8  -  EPSOM JEEP By r\MPIRE ROSE, likely favouriU for the Summer 1 J Cup, did a brilliant trial on the training track at Bukit Timah yesterday morning when she gave Natural a two-length start and almost a beating over three in S6 1/5. Natural (Harper) started
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    Langridge Hits Another Century
    257 8 Langridge Hits Another Century LONDON. Thun. THE feature of yesterday's cricket programme was undoubtedly the performance of 39-year-old John Langridge In hitting his fourth successive century for Sussex to bring his aggregate near to the 500 mark with May less than a fortnight old. Langridge batted with all the vigour
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    TABLE TENNIS
    57 8 The following will vepr sent tlie Singapore Municipal B<rvnc« Union at table tennis a<alru>t Sirr>e Darby SC. at the 8 M.3.U. a? 2 30 p.m. tomorrow: Leow Cher Young. Loe Mlig Kong. Mok Ying Hoon. Chan Mun Clieok. Cheong Yew Pan Oeorge K. H Foong, P. O. Caltatan.
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    J.B. DISTRICT TENNIS STARTS
    156 8 Krom Our Own Correspond* ni JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs— Tho first lawn trimts tournament slm-e the lib ration organised by th» itior Bahiu District Lawn Tennls ia tic ii i has attracted a saili.ictory number of entries, amor.g ••♦•in being Mr. Justice L. V. J. Lavllle and
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    Jacks Sports Club
    59 8 The following will represent Jacks' Sports Club hi a friendly game of table tennis h^hi i th Singapore Harbour Board BtafT Club at the BH.BSC a' 2 30 pm. tomorrow. J. P. Muldoon. Llm Swee Tlan. Teo Sin Kong. Teo Ban Chong, Ho Soo Huat. Chew Sen?
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    Big Plans For MA A A Meeting
    252 8 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. THE Malayan Amateur Athletic Sports last held two yean before the war, will be revived this year with special emphasii on the probability of Malaya being; represented at the 1950 Empire Games and the 1952 Olympics.
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    SCFA Team To Play At J.B.
    89 8 A team from the following will repreaent the B.C.F.A. again**, Johore Bahru District In a friendly (imr of soccer at Johore balnu on Sunday: Chee Seng. Wai Mun. Soon Bar?. Chin Lye. Yew hen*. Patrick Yee. Llm S»ai.g Klna Seang Kwan Leong. Hee long,
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    ACSOBA Relay Team
    73 8 T' <E following will oe the pro- bable runners representing hiT ACS. Athletic Tiui tn the 440 yards relay for the Dr. Wu Paak-Shing Trophy, to be run In the ACS. Annual Athlett? Meet at Jalan Besar Stadium tomorrow: 8»e? IJm Bwang, Llm Ch 1 w I
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    Surrey All Out For 202 v N.Z.
    55 8 LONDON. Tliurs SURREY were all out for 202 in reply to New Zealand's first innings total of 258 at the Oval today ißartqp 83 no. Squire* SO: Cresswell five for IS. Cave four for 56). New Zealand had scored 122 <ur four by
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    Probables & Jockeys
    109 8 Probables Jockeys joekeyt aw: GOVERNOR'!! HP-I, Mile* Byron (Flanneryi 9 U> Natural (llarpcr) m EcllpUc |».M,d»i f- iiu Silver Spaar IBii-Muni BOS Longchamp* II (K. Donnelly I 7 II Elrctroplatc (ChariMl T. 13 Dark Br«Kad« (Mawl) T.ll Kinf MMv (Spenc«r) T.l« tlynor (Healey) 7«7 Tour HichneM (Little) 7 n: Note:
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    WEEKEND CRICKET TEAMS
    347 8 /CRICKET teams for yd V» games In Singapore are: S.C.R.C. SCR.C. v RAF. S-lrui irr a Tournament match on Sunday at 11 a.m. at Seletar: Evan W <rg (rapt.). Cheong Thlam Slew. Chla Kirn Swee. Chla Keng Hotk. Dr. Ong Swre Law. Wee Clikn Jit. Ong Beng
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    Kota Raja Just Hold On To 2-1 Lead
    348 8 Kota Raja 2 Timers S.A 1 PLAYING below usual form, Kota Raja just managed to obtain full points with a two one victory over the Tiger S.A. In a Senior League soccer fixture at Jalan Besar yesterday. Kota Raja spent the greater
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    D. Freeman Retires
    77 8 LONDON, Tburs. DR. DAVE Freeman. M-year-old American badminton ace, who has been unbeaten in singles play for 19 years, stated today that he Is retirins; from cnmprtllive play. Dr. Freeman, now in London taking a three months' course in incurology. is putting his medical career first. One
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    Jockeys Hold SCC To Draw
    273 8 Jockeys Hold SCC To Draw rl Oollaths" of the SCC. »er- unable to repeat thi Ir last year's success against thorn? "little men 1 of the Malayan turf —the Jockeys— when they met In th ir annual encounter en th« SCC Pahang yesterday. The match was left drawn. Prank Flannery
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    Kota Raja 'A' Win 5-nil
    152 8 IN a Junior A gioup 1. league soccer mitth, played at :rtf Oeylang staditiai yesterday, K Raja "A" trounced the Pulau H kom B.C. by flve goals to ml. The exchange* were even In Mi) first half, and play was fa.it ■n 1 exciting. In
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    Derby Runner Wins
    41 8 NIWMARKET. ThuM —Mi J A. D°wara Faux Tlraie wun 'lie Newmarket Stakes run ovei a nlle and a quarter here yesterday Mr. D. S. Kennedy.* T:a>'». Atlantic was second and th" Aga Khan's Hindostan .hird Fiv ran. R«uter.
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      32 8 SINGAPORE TIDES TODAY: HW. 11.40 am il II. 0 In.): 11.10 p.m. (9 I*. 1 in >■ TOMORROW: H.W U >6 p m. (S ft. 7 In); 11.43 p.m. <P t. 2 ln>.
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