The Straits Times, 6 February 1950

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 KIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1950 PRICE TEN CENTS
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    PHIBUN MAY BREAK WITH RUSSIA
    523 1 If Embassy Implicated In Propaganda BANGKOK, Sunday. pHIBUN Songgram, Prime Minister of Siam, has promised action against the Russian Embassy in Bangkok, including if necessary severance of diplomatic relations with the I'.S-S.R.. if he finds Embassy responsibility proved in the flood of Communist propaganda now
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    40 1 BACK HOAIK: A sick Japanese soldier, one of 2.506 receatly repatriated from Russia, was greeted by a tearful wife In the background others eagerly scan the faces of the returning men looking for their relatives or friends. A. P. picture.
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    CANTON PROTEST ON H.K. DISPUTE
    156 1 HONG KONG, Sunday. 'THF. Canton Trade Inion Council has protested to the Hong Kong Government over the tramway workers' riots in Hong Kong last Monday night. The Council is reported to have demanded: (1< A non -recurrer.ee of similar incidents. (2* The release of the
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    7 HOUR CORDON FOR RAFFLES PL. GOLD TRUCKS
    68 1 4 STRONG squad of Singapore police yesterday cordoned off <i portion of Raffles Place for nearly seven hours during the unloading of a quantity of gold bullion at a bank building. The work began at 2.30 p.m. and was not completed until
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    CLEANED UP
    34 1 TOKYO. Sun Thousand; >f Japanese tramps were to lay forcibly bathed, dustec vith disinfectant and hac lad their hair cut— by 6pecia fokyo police squad carrying >ut a campaign against typius.- Reuter.
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    BOMBS ON H.K. BORDER
    141 1 BOMBS ON H.K. BORDER HONG KONG. Sun. pHINESE Nationalist air- v> craft today raided Shum- i chun. Communist-held town j facing the British border. This was the first Nationalist air raid on Shumchun. I The rail link with Canton was cut. Casualties were not known. Communist authorities closed j the
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    BANDITS TRY AGAIN FOR WATER MAIN
    160 1 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. DANDITS last night tried to sabotage the Water 13 main at Mile 16J on the Johore Bahru-Pontian road, near Scudai. They failed. It was their second attempt. Two explosions were heard In Scudai. A British police sergeant
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    OBITUARY
    31 1 MR. G. H. DAVIS, of Kelly Walsh, who died in Singapore yesterday. He was 64 years of age and had been In the Far East since 1908. Obituary P. 5.
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    33 1 AT SOI'KABAYA 100,000 excited Indonesians turned out to greet President Soekarno when he passed through the city on his way to visit his mother in a small town to the south. A.P. picture.
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    "IT COULD WIPE OUT NEW YORK'
    119 1 NEW YORK. Sun. TWELVE leading American I physicists, nine of them atom bomb experts, warned yesterday that the hydrogen bomb could destroy New York or am other large city. Thrv said that use of the h-bomb would betray morality and urged the U.S. to
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    ESTATE "LEVY"
    19 1 SOURABAYA. Sun.—Planters In East Java have complained that Indonesian troops have collected levies from their estates.- Reuter.
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    JAVA RISING: 'SOLUTION SOON'
    185 1 AMSTERDAM, Sun. VfR. Mohammed Rum, first Indonesian High Commissioner in Holland, said yesterday that in view of Joint Dutch-Indonesian co-opera-tion lie thought the recent uprisings In Java woul-j soon be solved. He said the fact that Westerllng had withdrawn from Bandoeng after the Intervention of the
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    SPORE GOVT. & PEKING RADIO
    101 1 SPORE GOVT. PEKING RADIO "J ENDORSE the warning given by Sir Alec Newboult regarding publication of Radio Peking material in Malaya," said the Officer Administering the Government, Sir Patrick McKerron, on Saturday. He was commenting on the statement made by the Federation Chief Secretary last .Thursday in the course of
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    TWO POLICIES ON SOUTH AFRICA
    52 1 NEW DELHI, Sun.-Pakis-tan's decision to announce tomorrow withdrawal of her trade ban against South Africa, and India's Intention not to lift the ban as long as disabilities on Indians in South Africa remain, were disclosed in correspondence between the Indian and Pakistan Governments released here
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    VISITS SPEAKER OF TURKEY
    42 1 LONDON. Sun. Sardar Mohammed Khan, head of the "provisional" Government of Kashmir, who is visiting Turkey, called on the Speaker nf the Turkish National Assembly on Friday. Sardar Khan was accompanied by the Pakistan Minister to Turkey.— Reuter.
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    'No H-Bomb Data For Britain' Cry
    197 1 WASHINGTON, Sunday. ITXITED States Senators yesterday demanded that Britain should not be given any information concerning the hydrogen-bomb development. They also demanded rigid new security measures. These demands were made after the arrest on Friday of Dr. Klaus Fuchs, a 38 -year- i old
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    Koreans Shoot At Soviet Ship
    90 1 Koreans Shoot At Soviet Ship SEOUL. Sun rHE South Korean Vavy 1 announced today that a Russian ship which was Sred on by a South Korean [unboat on Feb. 3 was now :lear of South Korean waters. A spokesman stated ihat >ne shot was fired at what ippeared to be
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    TWO EXECUTED
    54 1 TAIPEH. Formosa. Sun. Pwo Chinese Nationalist naval )fflcers have been executed at Pakao. near Formosa, for dotting to turn over a landing ihip to the Communists In he Pearl River last October. Five Formosan businessmen lave been arrested west of raipeh charged with trying o create unrest among
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    10-SECOND QUAKE
    28 1 people were reported killpd, 32 injured and over 100 houses wrecked in a tensecond earthquake which rocked the Erzeroum area of Eastern Turkey last night,— Reuter.
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    Gurney: We Will Rebuild Village
    192 1 Gurney: We Will Rebuild Village From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. "ITILLAGERS of Simpang Tiga, Sltiawan. were told today by the High Commissioner, Si r Henry Gurney, that the Government would completely rebuild their village, which was burnt to the ground yesterday by bandits. He told members of the
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    PATHARIA FOREST IS STILL INDIAN
    101 1 NEW DELHI. Sun.-- A portion of Patharia forest in A» sam where oil bearing tract: are being; prospected by thBurmah O!l Company an which was claimed b.\ tan will still belong to India This award was made yesterday by the Indo-PakiMari boundary dispute tribunal headed
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    "I Am The Father," Says Roberto
    220 2 "I Am The Father, Says Roberto ROME, Sun. THE Italian film director Roberto Rossellini, jumped from his car outside the Villa Margherita Clinic in Rome last night and attacked press photographers. Shouting "this is enough", he seized the first photographer he saw and shook him violently. Rossellini was returning to
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    FORA STAR
    41 2 MOIRA SHEARER was guest of honour at an evening in Chelsea when pupils of the School of Russian Ballet danced in commemoration of Nicolas Legat. Miss Shearer is seen receiving flowers from one of the young dancers.— A.P. Picture.
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    LOAN TALKS
    27 2 BELGRADE. Sun.- Discussions on the repayment of the Canadian loan to Yugoslavia, made immediately after the last war. arc to be held soon A'. P.
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      King's Cousin Weds In Washington
      348 2 WASHINGTON, Sunday. 'THE Marquess of Milford Haven yesterday mar- ried dark-eyed Romaine Simpson, an American divorcee, in the National Presbyterian Church in Washington before 700 socially prominent guests. Barely 20 minutes after b.p service was begun by Rev. Etlvard Elson. the bride emerged from her
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    USI 'To Consider' Soviet Offer
    113 2 JAKARTA, Sunday. PHK Tnited States of Indonesia has notified Russia that she is willing to consider establishing diplomatic relations with the Soviets. The Russians have so far been without diplomatic representation in Indonesia, and speculation is that they may now move in as large a
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    BETROTHED
    23 2 PRINCESS KAZLKO Takanamiya. second daughter of Emperor Hirohito. She is engaged to Toshimichi Takatsukasa. eldest son of Prince Nobusukc Takatsukasa. A.P. picture.
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    LORD NORMAN DIES AT 78
    121 2 LONDON. Sun.— Lord Norman, aged 78 years, whe headed the Bank of Englanc longer than any other man in its 256 years, died In hi; sleep early yesterday. H< was better known as Montagu Norman. Lord Norman was known a: "the Sphinx of Threadneedlf Street."
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    TRUMAN MOVE TO END STRIKE
    79 2 WASHINGTON. Sun— Two top advisers to President Truman said yesterday that the President will use his powers under the Taft-Hartley Act against the miners' union chief Mr. John L. Lewis unless his soft coal miners return to the mines tomorrow. Presidential advisers are already at
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    EARTH TREMOR
    19 2 HELSINKI. Sun. Helsinki University seismographs .yesterday registered three tremors with centres calculated to be in India.- Reuter.
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    NEW STRIKES IN ITALY
    84 2 ROME. Sun.— A new wave of labour troubles yesterday caused strikes In various parts of Italy and on the island of Sardinia. A day-long general strike gripped Naples, and more than 30.000 were on strike at Trieste. Rome municipal authorities scoured the city yesterday for special
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    53 HURT IN THE QUEEN MARY
    125 2 SOUTHAMPTON. Sun. rE giant Cunard Liner, the Queen Mary, finally arrived safe in port ot Southampton yesterday after a six-day battle with Atlqntic gales and mountainous seas. The crossing roas described as the worst in the shtp's history' Fifty-three passengers Were infured before the
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    ONE-WAY TICKET AND 2 DOLLARS
    116 2 ONE-WAY TICKET AND 2 DOLLARS HONG KONG, Sun. iUITH only HK$2 and a free one-way passage ticket, 950 men, women and children embarked on the S.S. Hiram at Hong Kong last week, bound for Formosa. Remnants of routed Nationalist armies who had sought asylum in Hong Kong, these soldiers and
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    Seeks Asylum In Prague
    160 2 LONDON, Sun. 'PHE Prague Radio announced yesterday that a British woman doctor, Dr. Anna Rides, employed by the British Council in Czechoslovakia, had resigned and in- tended to remain in Czechoslovakia. Dr. Rides last night read over the radio the announce.ment of her resignation from the
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    NEW SAFEGUARDS FOR SUBMARINES
    125 2 LONDON. Sun.— The British Admiralty announced yester- day that new safeguards were being developed to prevent loss of life in submarine accidents. The submarine Truculent sank In the Thames Estuary on Jan. 12. with the loss of I 64 lives, after being in colli- sion with
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    ISRAEL WANTS BALANCES
    74 2 1 LONDON. Sun. Financial sources suggested yesterday I that the Lsraeli delegation now In London wants release of not less than £10 million of the sterling balances held In England. Reports say that the bulk of the released balances is to be used for the purchase of
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      619 2 NOTICES SINGAPORE MUSICAL SOCIETY The Annual Oeneral Merlin* jf the above Society will be held at the Victoria Memorial Hall on Monday. February 20th. 1950. at 5.15 p.m. All present and prospective members are requested to attend. D. E. WESTON, Hon. Secretary. SINGAPORE IMPROVEMENT TRUST TfndtTs arc invited for concrete
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      260 2 Announcement We have pleasure in announcintl ttfductd Prices effectiw from February 6th l >>0 H. M. V. ELECTRICAL HOUSEHOLD jQ^j^ APPLIANCES RETAIL PRICES /jy I ISO 240 v or 11 to 120 v t A.C $25.50 TRAVELLING IRON ill AC DC 110 240» 126 50 W IRON STAND X 50
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    MORRISON & CHURCHILL SET ELECTION BALL ROLLING
    582 3 MORRISON CHURCHILL SET ELECTION BALL ROLLING LONDON, Sunday. gLECTiON fever yesterday gripped Britain. Mr. Herbert Morrison, Socialist Deputy Prime Minister, and Mr. Winston Churchill, leader of the Conservative Party, opened the official campaign that will culminate in a general poll on Feb. 23. Neither minced words. The day was marked
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    S.E.A.'s HEALTH PROBLEM: POVERTY
    133 3 S.E.A. 's HEALTH PROBLEM: POVERTY I mm Our O« n Correspondent „,,,i 4.. BANGKOK. Sunday. rpHE •„i,.,.kin B poverty 1 and higrh death rates amon 8 C ul gr X? Ps Tt l ln d out amon the tremendous h.alth probem, of South-East Asia's population in a PO .*L X
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    Mrs. Wagnei Also III
    100 3 NEW YORK, Sun. Plul Wagner, who, brought her two-year-uld dd ughier to Columbus, Ohio. from Singapore for treat- I of a rare blood dis- j ease, has been a hospital nt. The family physician at Columbui said Mrs. Wagner v 's released yesterday Iran the University
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    BANGKOK TALKS ON U.N. PLAN
    171 3 Prom Our Own Correspondent BANGKOK, Sun. JJANGKOK will play host to delegates of over 40 international and national organisations in Australia Burma, India, New Zealand, Pakistan and the Phillipines when the regional conference of non-governmental organi- sations. planned under! auspices of the United Na- tions
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    Larwood Emigrates To Australia On Apr. 27
    145 3 LONDON, Sunday U AKOLD Larwood, one of the greatest fast bowler ever to send down a cricket ball and the mar whose body-line bowling in the 1932-33 Testthreatened the cordiality of Australian -English relations, is emigrating to Australia. Now a grey-haired man of
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    Still Hope For Missing Airmen
    78 3 WHITE HORSE. Yukon, Sun.— Jf distress signal, apparently sent from the interior of British Columbia and a column of smoke 75 tnllea west of here, revived waning hopes yesterday ror possible survivors aboard the U.S. Air Force transport plane now missing for nine days. Pilots
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    Ceylon Unity Appeal
    78 3 I»nr, nope tnat ne win ne able to solve any cleavage among the Ceylonese in this country on minor communal or religious grounds and to bring them all under one classification was expressed in Singapore by the Ceylon Commissioner for Singapore and Ma'aya. Mr. M Snravanamutlu. Mr.
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    1948 "MISS SINGAPORE" WEDS
    51 3 fr nh 7%. C S?- TAN anfl Miss Ho L *e Toh. photographed after their weddmjj at the airport restaurant. Singapore, on Saturday. Miss Ho was elected 'Miss Singapore. 1948 at a contest sponsored at the New World by the Singapore Amateur Weightlifting Federation Straits Times
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    Kach: 'Exile Unlawful'
    129 3 I BANGKOK. Sun. T.-GEN. Luang Kach SongJ kram. writing from Hone Kong on Saturday demanded 'criminal prosecution of persons responsib'f fo r m v deportation The deputy C-in-C of trie Army was flown oui of Siani on the order of the Premier on a cliarge of plotting
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    DUKE ON RANCH
    39 3 GONZALES Mexico. Sun The Duke and Duchess of Windsor arrived by rail here yesterday and left immediately in a caravan of station wagons for the nearby ranch of the Texas millionaire Mr Clint Murchison.— U P
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    Singapore Diary
    59 3 V.M.C.A.. Orchard Road, French beginners claw, 5.30 p.m., Jawi class, 5.30 pjn., safety-first commitlee meetinir, 5.30 pjn., indoor (ames lighten- ing toarnament. 7 p.m. Chinese Ladies Association, festival of Chinese fashion, 5, I Balmoral Road, 6.30 p.m. Public Relations Film Show, Kampong Bedok. Bedok Road, 7.15 p.m. Anson
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    18,000 Children To Get A Chance
    146 3 ITP to 18,000 Singapore school-age children, at without educational facilities, will be admitted by September this year to 18 regional schools being built under the Governments supplementary education plan. The Director of Education, Mr A. W. Frisby. told the Straits Times that the first
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    Reds Lift 'Little Blockade'
    125 3 Reds Lift 'Little Blockade' BERLIN, Sun. "PHE Russians stopped their two weeks' old 'little blockade" at Helmstedt yesterday and abrupty threw* the frontiers wide open and waved Berlin-bound lorries through at a rate of one a minute. Later in the afternoon, they slowed the pace and made brief inspections of
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    IWO JIMA VETERANS
    46 3 FLAG RAISERS: Three of the men who helped raise the L.S. flag on Mt. Suribachi during the Iwo Jima fightine In 1945 stand beside a huge plaster model of a memorial marking: the event. The sculptor is seen standing beneath them.— A.P. Picture
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    Workers Men At ILO Impress Mr. Yap
    271 3 Workers Men At ILO Impress Mr. Yap MR. Yap Pheng Gek, iTJ who represented Singapore's employers at the recent International Labour Organisation conference in Ceylon, has returned to Singapore deeply impressed with th e fine leadership of the workers' representatives at th c conference. "They showed generally considerable knowledge and
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      115 3 a M^^vStiSam 9 aP^ r*~^P^ B^K ft^P^P SINGAPORE 9.35 For the Schools; 10.00 News lalso at 1.30, 7 9.30); 10.05 Close; 10.50 For the Schools; 12.00 Programmes in Malay; 1.00 Monday Matinee; 1.45 Cowboy Songs; 2.00 close; 6.00 Programme Summary; 6.02 Classical Music; 6.30 Great People of the Past; 7.30
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      104 3 i valerio; 8.30 "Spot the Lady"; 9.00 The Spice of Liie; 9.45 American Favourites; 10.00 Dance Music; 10.30 Starlight Serenade: 11.00 Close PBNANC 9.35 For the Schools; 9.">5 Clew; 10.50 For the Schools- 12.00 Main (Programmes; 1.00 Monday Matin/. 1.30 News (also at 7 9.30); 2.0C Close; 6.00 Programme Summary;
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      110 3 7.15 News French >: 7.30 English Half Hour; 8.00 "Records ai Random"; 8.15 Thai; 8.45 Dutch; 8.00 Kuoyu; 9.30 Burmese- 9.45 Programme Summary; 10.00 Radio News Reel; 10.15 "TrtveUers Joy"; 10.45 "Life In Britain"- 11.00 Dance Music; 11.15 "CommonAealth 8urvey"; 1130 News- 1140 News Analysis- 1145 'Evening Serenade'; 12.00 Close.
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    The Straits Times Singapore. Mon. Feb. 6, 1950. Issue In Britain
    874 4 The Straits Times Singapore. Mon. Feb. 6, 1950. Issue In Britain Britain's 1950 general elec- lion may differ from '45 in more respects than one. But for the moment the significant difference is the quietness of the battle and the absence of i the polemic: that embittered i the campaign
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    THE GRAND ALLIANCE- GERMANY DRIVES EAST
    2104 4  -  WINSTON S. CHURCHILL By VOW a new figure sprang upon the world stage a German warrior who will hold his place in their military annals. Erwin Rommel was born at Heidenheim, in Wurtemberg, in November, 1891. He was a delicate boy, and was educated
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  • Man- in- the- Street
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      The Siamese Police Mission
      240 4 THE statement made to your Penang representative by the Siamese Police Mission leader that his visit had strengthened police cooperation between Siam and Malaya is very reassuring indeed and, one hopes, is fully Justified. To any traveller wno knows the irregularity of the Malayan-Siamese frontier, the
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      A MUNICIPAL PROMOTION
      254 4 fVN Feb. 2, in an impar- tial leader, you published the full facts which have to be considered in the appointment of a Deputy Water Engineer in the Singapore Municipality. It seems to me that, other things being equal, such as professional qualifications, etc.. one Important fact
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    DECISION NOT TO 'RUSH' BENHAM COMMITTEE
    425 5 DECISION NOT TO 'RUSH' BENHAM COMMITTEE Staff Council Urges New Scales Be Retrospective From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. DELEGATES from the Federation of Malaya to the Government Services Staff Council meeting in Kuala Lumpur today decided not to rush Dr. F. C. Benham and his committee in publishing
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    NEW BISHOP
    71 5 NEW BISHOP THE PUBLIC service meeting held yesterday evening at the Singapore Victoria Memorial Hall, when the newlyconsecrated Methodist Bishop for South-East Asia, Dr. Raymond L. Archer, (standing third from left) was presented to the public. Others are Bishop Arthur J. Moore, presiding Bishop of the Central Conference, the Rev
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    RADIOS FOR BBC CRITICS
    317 5 RADIO sets and other prizes are being oifered Jn a listener competition which the British BroadcastIng Corporation is holding belaecil Feb. 19 and March 4 in connection with their English Half-Hour broadcast daily from 7.30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Malayan time) in the 11. 13 ■nd
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    Meeting Of Christian Council
    142 5 Meeting Of Christian Council MEMBERS of the Malayan Christian Council from all over Malaya will meet in Tomlinson Hall. Orchard Road Presbyterian Church. this morning to hear reports of its activities duTing the past year The meeting will draw up plans for the Councils activities during the ensuing year, and
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    COUNCIL QUERIES ON PAY
    181 5 From Our SUIT Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. QUESTIONS on rates of pay and overtime for thousands of Government dailypaid workers In the Federation are being asked by two Legislative Councillors at Wednesday's meeting of the Federal Legislative Council In Kuala Lumpur. Mr. Lee Woon Mun will
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    S'PORE HEARS RADIO 'VOICE'
    111 5 More than 200 people were present at the Victoria Memorial Hall. Singapore, last night to hear the world famous radio evangelist, Mr. H. M. S. Richards, speak on "The Meaning of Present World Conditions in the light of Bible Prophecy." Mr. Richards is the speaker on
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    TWO RESCUED IN TIME
    60 5 The ambulance was called to two cases of neardrowning in Singapore yes- terday. In the afternoon, a boy fell into the Kandang Kerbau canal. He was resi cued by a passer-by and taken by ambulance to the hospital At the Tiger Swimming Pool in Pasir Panjang
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    DANGEROUS RJDER
    40 5 From Our Staff Correspond! Nt JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. Charged with dangerous riding, Low Han Phin. who ran his tricycle into a pedestrian, pleaded guilty to the charge in the Police Court and was fined $50 or 30 days.
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    "Talentime" Show At The Happy World
    200 5 I FADING Singapore musicians, dancers and win- ners of Radio Malaya's Talentime programmes, I will feature in a variety entertainment at a gigantic i fun fair at the Happy World on Friday. The fair, which will be called "Your Day Out." and will contain,
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    JOHORE USING MORE WATER
    60 5 From Out Staft Correspond?;, t JOHORE BAHRU, Sun. Provision in last year's Estimates was insufficient to pay for water purchased from the Singapore Municipality and it has been necessary to add another $17,000 to the original $92,000 voted. The increased consumption In Johore Bahru it due
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    DR. JESSUP IN SINGAPORE
    39 5 DR. PHILIP C. JESSUP, deft) the United States Am-bassador-at-Large who arrived in Singapore from Jakarta on Saturday, seen with Mr. Lee Kong Chian at Kallant; airport. They wer e at Columbia University together.—Straits Times picture.
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    S'PORE VEHICLES ON THE INCREASE
    130 5 AT the end of last month ihere were 26,185 vehicles on the Colony roads. These were 14,173 motor cars, 107 private buses. 20 public motor cars fist class). 1,081 Ist j clasy motor cars, 251 buses, 3,892 motor cycles, 6.312 aiotor lorries (both private and
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    Communalism Is 'Sheer Bogey'
    285 5 'THAT the Malayan Chinese Association will only x create communalism in Singapore is a "sheer bogey." The M.C.A. has not caused communalism in the Federation where the possibilities are greater than in Singapore Making this reply to Mr C. C. Tan president of the Progressive Party.
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  • Obituary
    DEATH OF MR. G.H. DAVIS
    143 5 rE death occurred In Sinpore yesterday afternoon of Mr. Gilbert Henry Davis, director and manager of the Singapore branch of Kelly Walsh. Mr. Davis, who was 64 was born near Malvern, Worcestershire and came to the Far East in 1908. He worked for Kelly Walsh
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    Endau Ferry Service
    75 5 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. RENDERS have been called J. for operating a ferry service between Johore and Pahang at Endau. This will make It possible to motor from Singapore Into Pahang along the east coast as a road from the ferry point joins the
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    HOSTEL FOR JOHORE BAHRU
    67 5 From Our SUff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU Sun The Executive Council has approved the conversion of the old Government Office building On Buklt Zahrah Into a school and a hostel at a cost of $95,000. The hostel will have 60 to 70 beds. When the conversion is
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    Said She Tapped Condemned Trees
    93 5 From Our Staff Cor respondent JOHORE BAHRU, Sun. "The rubber trees were about to be cut down in order to make room for re-planting so I saw no harm in tapping them," Chan Ah Ying, a woman, told the Magistrate. She was charged in the
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    $10,414,665 For SHB Repairs
    199 5 $10,414,665 For SHB Repairs T>HE Singapore Harbour 1 Board spent $1U 41 4,«bT> on account of the restoration of war damage including that resulting from lack of repairs and maintenance during tr.e Japanese occupation, during; the year .ndi-'t? June 1949. The Chairman of Ihe Board. Mr. Henry Bast en, states
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    New Bishop In Office
    185 5 nR. Raymond L. Archer was consecrated first elected Methodist Bishop for SouthEast Asia yesterday afternoon at the Singapore Wesley Church. The new Bishop was conducted into the hall by fight ritual officers, the Revs. U On Kin. Luther Hutabarat H B. Amstutz. J. V. Ayaduray, M.
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    BAILIE MCASLAN DUE IN IPOH
    50 5 BAILIE MCASLAN DUE IN IPOH From Our SlafT < on.- IPOH Sun. Bni' McAslan. of the c; Council. who is Malaya will bf> In T-oh i n Tuesday. He will meet str« c<,:\rclllors, members of trie j > j Town Board Dicers and others at the Per State Council chair.
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      WEEKLY MALAYAN SHARE MARKET REPORT
      458 6 WEEKLY MALAYAN SHARE MARKET REPORT By A Market Correspondent U7HILE all material factors in Malaya favour j buoyant conditions and the New York stock j market shows further bullish tendencies, Malayan share markets have been swayed by newspaper headlines and political fears into a state of uneasi- ness. In these
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      U.S. NEW RUBBER CONSUMPTION
      52 6 WASHINGTON. Sun.— U.S. consumption of new rubber, both synthetic and natural, in 1949 totalled 990.637 long tons. the. Commerce Department said yesW d«r It was the fourth highest in history, the peak beinfr 1.222.237 tons in 1947. The 1949 consumption included 576 584 tons of natural
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      Dow Jones Averages
      20 6 Industrial* Railroads Domestic Bonds Utilities reg. i,. 204.11 55.17 101.69 42.43 reo. t. 204.53 55.51 101.75 42.55
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      WEEK-END RUBBER PRICES
      124 6 WEEK-END RUBBER PRICES W7EEK-END rubber prices in- eluded the following: Singapore Chamber ot Commerce Rubber Association'! noon prices on Saturday t Feb. 4 > were in cent* per lb.: London Rubber Feb. 3. Spot, 15 1116 d March, 15\; Apr-June, lb\; July-Bept.,; 15d.; Oct.-Dec, 14%; Feb.-Mar.. c.i.f. 15 5 16.
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      RUBBER PRICES: A U.K. VIEW
      394 6 iTOm Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Sunday. r rHE Daily Telegraph, commenting on the new record level to which rubber prices rose on Friday, says that the market has now begun to show what the strong statistical position has for some months indicated as inevitable. There
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      London Stocks
      131 6 LONDON, Sun. WEEK END considerations kept the London Stock Exchange business to small proportions on Friday. Following were me closing middle price* 01 selected stock? a.supplied to the Straits Times by special arrangement witn >.n Vinanciai Times (Unless otherwise marneo «n*'o* are of £1 denomination. The quotations are
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      2 Problems On Tin
      228 6 From Our Own urrespondent LONDON, Sun. rOMMENTINO on the small business in the tin market, the Daily Telegraph says it is obvious that consumers j are buying only the minimum requirements In expectation of a further fall in the price of cash tin. The Government, on
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      1065 6 McALISTER 6* CO.. LTD. (Irvorpoiitted in Singapore) Telephone No. 5906 ELLERMAN 6. BUCKNALL «^V«BS. MN« LOS ANCELES. SAN FRANCISCO LONDON. HAVRE, ROTTERDAM fr PORTLAND SEAT'LE f» VANCOUVER HAMBURC. Accepting cargo for Central 0 American Ports CITY OF KIMBERLEY C-.W. v p«r>-n. FRANC ISVILLE 17/lffi* wAweb 26/fsFlb Pe a In P«t/6
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    LEICESTER CITY UPSET SPURS 2-0
    658 7 Wolves Beaten Liverpool Held lundun, Sunday. f)MY three of the 16 teams still left in the Football Association Cup won their League matches yesterday, most startling of all results affecting Cup teams being Leicester City's defeat of Tottenham Hotspur who last week trounced Sunderland Manchester
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    68 7 WITH his goalkeeper. Parry, well beaten, Swansea's left back Kean. magnificently punches the ball over the bar only to hear the inevitabl e whistle and have a penally awarded against his team during the fourth round Football Association cup-tie against Arsenaj at Highbury, London. At left is Logic, Arsenal inside
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    100 Yachts In Regatta
    230 7 MORE than 100 yachts, reHl presenting all the Yachts Clubs In Singapore and Johore, took part in the Naval Base Yacht Club regatta yesterday. A fair breeze throughout the day added to the success of the competition, although a slight storm threatened at the beginning of
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    Ist INNINGS LEAD TO VICTORIA
    95 7 BRISBANE. Sun. yiCTORIA dismissed Queensland for 254 when their Sheffield Shield match was continued here yesterday and so gained a first innings 'lead of 46 runs. having themselves scored 300 on Friday. In tneir second innings, however. Victoria had lost three wickets tor 35 runs
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    T.K.O. WIN FOR LAMOTTA
    36 7 DETROIT. Sun.— Middleweight champion Jake Lamotta, driving I back after a disappointing early start, won on a technical knocK- out his flght against Dick Wagner i of Portland on Friday night. I
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    Sino-Malays' Second Draw v. Philippine XI
    155 7 MANILA, Sunday. IN their farewell appearance here last night, the 1 Malayan Chinese F.A.'s Sino-Malay XI fought an All-Philippine team to a scoreless draw at the Riza Stadium. The game was the best of the series and was the second that the M.C.F.A. have
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    Wales Worthy 12-0 Winners v Scotland
    265 7 U.K. RUGBY RESULTS A FTKK gaining a first half lead o t three points against the run of play, Wales were worthy winners by 12 points to nil of the international Rugby match against Scotland here yesterday. The Scottish forwards looked more effective at
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    Oxford's Big Win Over French XV
    388 7 Oxford's Big Win Over French XV LONDON, Sun. CLIVE Van Ryneveld. England's South African centre, returned to the Oxford University team yesterday and played a big part in their win by 23 points to nil over Stade Francais the French side He was always to the fore in a orilliant
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    MAYFLOWER B.P. OFFICIALS
    99 7 At the 18th annual general meeting of the Mayflower Badminton Party held on January 29. the following were elected ofllcicls for the year: President: Mr Quek Seng Guan; Vice-Presidents: Messrs Kang Soon Teck, Kang Soon Herg. Lim Kok Huat: Lim Soni Chuan, Wong Chong Teck and Wee
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    THE STORY OF GRAND PRIX I AND II
    1041 8  -  EPSOM JEEP By Van Breukelen 6 Salvaged 9 Both And Won Races WHEN Grand Prix the Second outstayed a smart Class I, Div. 2 field over a mile and a furlong at Bukit Timah on Saturday, the first day of the Singapore
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    30 8 NEIL HARVEY is congratulated by a youthful admirer after he had scored 151 not oui to help Australia to beat South Africa by seven wickets at Durban. Straits Times picture.
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    A Special Occasion
    84 8 IOCKEY Charlie Ellery rode a well-judged race to land Cool Play a length winner in the first race at Bukit Timah yesterday. He had a very special reason to win, for in the grandstands cheering for hwi teas his newly-arrived fiancee from Australia, Miss Valeric Hopkins, who
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    Aussies Get 3 Quick Wickets
    98 8 Aussies Get 3 Quick Wickets PRETORIA, Sun— Scoring 338 for eight declared in their first i innings on the opening day of ihfir match against North -Eastern I ransvaal here yesterday, the \u^trallans took three opposing j tickets for seven before bad light topped pliy. Lan Johnson hit 70. including
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    WEIGHTS FOR ALL 2nd DAY'S RACES
    436 8 H/HI.HIS (or all eight rates on Wednesday, the second day of the Singapore Turf Cluli Spring Meeting are: CL. 1, DIV. I—6 Kurs. bright Eyes 9.07 Dark Brocade 9.04 PerosUn 8.10 Big Surprise 8.09 Contract 8.08 Kinder Gold B.** 1 Indian Heather 805 Well
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    The Crusher" Crushed
    63 8 EMIL (I'll crush 'em) Koroschenko gets a dose of his own medicine from Hungarian wrestler King Kong at ihe Great World arena on Saturday. King Kong was disqualified in the third round for throwing r.mil oui of the ring. As soon as Emil recovered, he shouted "I'll
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    Sports Diary
    31 8 HOCKEY: Women's State Trial. S.C.C. padang; S.R.C. .v Medical Services Union, S.R.C. padanf BO DC A v REME at Aver Raja Road; Khalsa Assn. v Auxiliary Police. .Police ground.
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    All-Malayan Final Possible In U.K.
    418 8 LONDON, Sunday. THF fiftieth All-England badminton champion- A ships to be played at the Empress Hall, Earls Court, March 1 I, have attracted a world-wide entry which suggests that no English man or woman will be good enough to stop the Danes or Malayans winning
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    BOXING MATCH: R.A.S.C. v POLICE
    48 8 A BOXING match has been arranged between the Royal Army Service Corps, Singapore, and the Singapore Police Force at the Tanglin Garrison Gymnasium on Wednesday. There will be 14 fights, including two very interesting special contests. The first fight is at 8 p.m.
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    MELBOURNE FANS TAKE TO SITPHOL
    306 8 By MERV WILLIAMS MELBOURNE, (By Air Mail). MELBOURNE fans will go for Siamese boxer Chai i Sitphol. He has proved himself a puncher. Don't get the idea that his eighth round knockoutof Rod Parsons, second best bantam in Australia, at Melbourne Stadium was a fluke.
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    Latest U.K Football Positions
    1080 8 LONDON. Sun. fJOOTBALI. League standing r after yesterday's gutdM were FIRST DIVISION P W D I. V A pta Livei-pool 28 13 12 3 81 31 38 Manchester U 28 14 9 5 47 28 37 Blackpool 27 13 10 4 36 21 3li Portsmouth 28
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    Another $661 For S.B.A. Hall Fund
    78 8 A sum of $661 was raised fa the Singapore Badminton Hall Fund at the success celebin'iun held by the Useful Badminton Party at Pasir Panjang «-i Saturday night. Mr. John Layeock. who mude Hie nrjt contribution of $1,000 vvh^n the Fund was launched, promlaed
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