The Straits Times, 1 March 1950

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  • 19 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 1950. if PRICE TEN CENTS
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    52 1 THE 515-YEAR OLD pancake race between Inn and Church at Olney, Bucks., was won by Miss Elizabeth Callow of Olney. Picture •hows Miss Callow being liven the traditional kiss by the verger after the race. This year. Olney was challenged by Liberal, Kanm», U.S.A. and accepted. The British team won.
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  • 614 1 Conference To Debate New Constitution From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. A SPECIAL trade union Working Committee, in its report published today, has recommended the immediate formation of a Malayan Trade Union Council. Its recommendations for the constitution of such a council will be debated
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  • 196 1 THE HAGUE, Tuesday. DRITAIN and the United States, through the United Nations, today brought Bulgaria, Hungary i and Rumania before the International Court of Justice charging that they had failed to implement the human rights clauses of their peace treaties. This was the next step from
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  • 55 1 LONDON. Tues. Topline stage and radio artists will appear in an all-star show at the London Palladium on Mar. 19 in aid of dependants of the •4 sailors and technicians lost when the British submarine Truculent sank in the Thames estuary on Jan. 12 after a collision with
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  • 99 1 HONG KONG, Tues. 1 FOURTEEN ships of the Brlr tish Far East Fleet left Hong Kong today on a cruise j to the Philippines and British North Borneo. At Subic Bay, west of Manila, they will carry out exercises with the United States I Seventh Fleet and
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  • 53 1 GIBRALTAR, Tues. After spending three weeks at Gibraltar, units of the British Home Fleet sailed for Sardinia yesterday for combined manoeuvres with the Mediterranean Fleet. In the manoeuvres the most modern methods of attack and defence will be put into operation. Both fleets are returning to Gibraltar after
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    48 1 The fam.l.ar Pljytr 1 Sailor figyrt $ymbol.s«s all that is dependable and worthwhile in tobacco-manufacture jtfc***^\ in th« cigarette world it stands for Players Navy Ok#TY\ Cut— a nam* rendered ;ustly famous for the excellence O»N#i and quality it gives to smokers Xff&N/ M4TNI »AVT CMT CItAIITTIS TOBACCO.
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  • 84 1 Court Order To Restrain Hai Hsuan THE glngapor* High Court haf issue*"" a temporary injunction restraining the officer j of the ship Hai Hsuan, which -flies the Chinese Communist flag, from removing It from Singapore harbour. The American consulateGeneral in Singapore announced yesterday that the application for the injunction to
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  • 37 1 LONDON Tues. Admiral Richard Conoliy, Commander -in Chief, United States Naval Forces, Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean, arrived in Jidda, Saudi Arabia, yesterday aboard the cruiser Roanoke for a .hreeday visit.— UP.
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  • 51 1 NEW DELHI, Tues. THE Indian Finance Minister. Mr. John Matthai, presenting his budget before Parliament today, disclosed there would be a £7.215,000 surplus at the end or the next financial year at the existing level of taxation. He said there would be no increase in taxation.
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  • 71 1 From Ojir Own Correspondent MELBOURNE, Tues. IT is reliably understood that 38-year-old Mr. Laurence Rupert Mclntyre will succeed Mr Claude Massey :<a Australian Commissioner in Mftlaya. A Rhodes scholar. Mr. Me the Pacific Division of the External Affairs Department. He was formerly First Secretary to
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  • 21 1 LONDON. Tues. A amall fire in the House of Commons today ere of the new Parliament, was quickly ex-
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    67 1 MALAYAN OBSERVERS watched voting procedure at the Chelsea Town Hall polling station on Feb. 23 when Britain went to the polls. The Mayor of Chelsea, Mr. George Turnbridge, explains a point when a woman shopper drops her vote in the ballot box. Listening are Mr. Chung Mm Tat (right), Capt.
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  • 195 1 THE Singapore Government yesterday issued a deportation order against Capt. Paul "Turko" Westerling, who was arrested in the Colony on Sunday morning. The order, which was signed by the Colonial Secretary, was made under the Emergency Travel Restriction Regulation and was followed by a detention
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  • 30 1 ZURICH. Tues.— The Indian Government has nominated M Ernest Eipkes, head of the Swiss Federal Road Construction Institute, director of the Indian Central Road Research Institute. Reuter.
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  • 68 1 THE HAGUE. Tues. rE Dutch will arrest Capt. "Turko" Wfc»««rtinc if he i s deported to Holland from Singapore, an authoritative spokesman said here today. If. in that event. Indonesia asked Holland to extradite him, the Dutch Government "would not. comply with the request," the spokesman
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  • 159 1 Extradition: The Legal Issues From Our Own Correspondent LONDON. Tues. rtOMMENTINQ on the Indo\j nesian request for the extradition of Capt. Paul "Turko" Westerling. the diplomatic correspondent of the Manchester Guardian points out that a government can seek extradition only by virtue of an extradition treaty. This details particular charges
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  • 59 1 THE HAGUE, Tues.— A conference of ministers of the Netherlands-Indonesian Union, due to open on March 20 In Jakarta, will last about a week, the Indonesian High Commissioner, Dr. Mohammed Rum, told the Dutch news agency Aneta's political correspondent here today. Dr. Rum said he was leaving
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  • 18 1 LONDON. Tues.— Fires In Britain and Ireland last year caused damage totalling 22.590.000. a record average
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  • 156 1 BANGKOK, Tuesday. SI AM decided today to recognise Bao Dai in Vietnam after stormy Government discussions that led to the resignation of the Foreign Minister. Bangkok political circles are tense and the atmosphere has suggestions of a coup. Premier Phibun instructed the secretary of
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  • 351 1 FULL BOARD IS NOW TO DECIDE ON WATER JOB a breezy two-and-a-half hour debate, the Singapore Municipal Commissioners yesterday decided by 16 votes to eight to hold a special meeting to decide on the appointment of a deputy Water Engineer. On a motion lJ^jduced by Mr. J. V. West (Nominated),
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  • 80 1 Chiang Back As C-in-C President TAIPEI, Tues. r»HIANG Kai-shek today an- nounced that he is resuming the post of President and Commander-ln-Chief from March 1. "Since Li Tsung- Jen's departure last November the Nationalists have been without a commander-in-chlef," said Chiang. "Especially since the conclusion of the Mao Tze-tung and
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  • 72 1 MIAMI. Florida. Tues. A Pan American Airways stewardess was blown part of the way through a 15-inch window of a pressurized -cabin air liner on when the window blew out during a ferry flight from New York to Miami. She was pulled to safety by the
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  • 26 1 MELBOURNE, Tues.-Sun-dar Abdullah, a native of Persia who claimed he was 107 years old, died after being knocked down by a motor car. -A.P.
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  • 277 2 'Pakistan Ready For War,' Warns Liaquat Ali KARACHI, Tues. THE Pakistan Prime Minister, Mr. Liaquat AH Khan, yesterday warned India that Pakistan was "fully prepared for war" if India wanted to fight. In a prepared statement he read to a Press conference. Mr. Liaquat All Khan blamed India for the
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  • 43 2 RANGOON, Tuesday. gI'RMA Government troops have moved a further 18 miles into Karen-occupied territory in an all-out drive on the stronghold of Tounroo. The town of 1 Kyauktaga, US miles north of !*ifo(in. fell after heavy fighting— A. P.
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    40 2 THE 36- YEAR-OLD 45,000-ton liner Aquitania, last of the great four-funnel ships, seen as she passed into the Gareloch through the Narrows at Rhu, on the last two miles of her journey to Faslane and the Clydebank shipbreakeis. A.P. picture.
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    • 193 2 LONDON, Tuesday. I DRITISH sailors nave "satisfactorily completed" an Arctic survival trial on a spartan diet of condensed milk, toffee and water In temperatures below freezing. The nine voiun'.ecrs «pern five days amid snow and gales on a new type of lif* raft.
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    • 51 2 WASHINGTON, Tues. JJMTED States ambassadors and other representatives from 11 countries and colonial areas in Africa yesterday opened a five-day regional conference at Lourenco Marques, Mozambique. The State Department said they would discuss problems confronting the United States in Us political, economic, diplomatic and consular relatior-s.
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    • 431 2 NOTICES MEDICAL DEPARTMENT APPLICATIONS are invited frrm licentiates of the King Edw«rfi VII College of Medicine. t the Dublin Scholarmidnifery and gynaecology year, 1950. Applications l**nhiT with any credential* and j ma Is .vhould be forwarded to Uil* office through their res- pertive heads of departments so a-- si resell
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    • 952 2 NOTICES TO WATER CONSUMERS WHO NORMALLY NEED A CONTINUOUS SUPPLY A memorandum Is available at the Office of the Municipal Water Engineer. Singapore, giving advice to Owners, Proprietors, Managers and those responsible for the operation and maintenance of factories, shipping supplies, institutions, hotels and other places where continuous supplies of
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    • 504 2 NOTICES NOTICE Tbe Public is hereby notified that Messrs BONG CHUAN SOON and KflOR TENG PHEOW are no longer In the employment of Mr. Nah Yew Ghee of No. 77. Teluk Ayer Street, Singapore, as from the 28th. day of Febiuary, 1950 and the said Mr. Nah Yew Ghee will
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    • 803 2 NOTICES S.S. GOVERNMENT 3% 1940 WAR LOAN (1952-liS9) Notice Is hereby given that the Transfer Register of the above loan will be closed from 17th to 31st March. 1950, both dates tn- elusive, for the preparation of Interest Warrants. BY ORDER, Hongkong St Shanghai Banking Corporation, Singapore. TENDERS A contractor
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    • 329 2 NOTICE ,TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN Please note that as from the M March 1950. we will be trading under the name of Boon Liew Limited at the same address which company was duly regis1 te'red on the 26th January 1950. SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY TENDERS 1 1 or particular-, «c« Tender
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    • 235 2 > -y l^l^^v V vM 7 J BUFFET CAR SERVICE ON MAIL TRAINS DAY AND NIGHT MALAYAN EAILW4Y lAlw^i to treat f^A a co\d~ •i^ j vfe i INHALER A fO« MANDaAO OH FOCKCr MMI for uu during tM day, unobtru<l*a, conva- I I riant tlmpl r puli off tK«
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  • 284 3 PARIS, Tuesday. ABOUT 180,000 locomotive and engineering workers in the Paris area walked out yesterday in what promised to be the worst strike crisis France has known since 1947 when the Communist bid for control of the nation came very near to
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  • 137 3 JAKARTA, Tues. A DISPUTE over the demobilisation of students from the army in East Java resulted in armed clashes. The first clashes occurred on Feb. 23. Casualties since then are not known, but are not thought to be high. Some groups refused to be rt:>armed.
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  • 92 3 MANILA Tues. Five persons w»r- killed and eight others str*ously wounc'eci in an ambush on Sunday *n the village of B.i>c >n*, about 60 miles .<.Mith of Manila, ac cording to a press despatch rereivsd her* this evening A fl o ret- battl» nay tlsa develop
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  • 65 3 VIENNA, Tues The loint efforts of American and Austrian police investigating the mysterious death of Captain Eugene S Karpe have so far yielded no positive results, official sources s*id in Vienna yesterday. The chemical analysis of a red spot discovered by American Army agents in Karpe's compartmect
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  • 37 3 I'\NBERRA. Tuos. The apiiintment of Mr. Keith i Officer as Australian AmbasI >-I'>r to France was announc- I ed today by the Minister of r- '-rnal Affairs. Mr. Percy 1 c i nder Reuter- AAP.
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  • 200 3 SOFIA, Tuesday. DITLGARIA yesterday protested, i n a note to the Yugoslav Ambassador here, against the alleged killing of two Bulgarian frontier guards by Yugoslav frontier guards on Feb. 25. The note said the two Bulgarian guards were shot dead on their own side of
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  • 53 3 OSLO, Tuesw Mr. Winston Churchill and President Truman are imcng the candidates proposed for this year's Nobel Peace Prize. Other candidates "re Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the Prime Minister of lndn, the former Australian Foreign Minister, Dr. Herbert Evatt and Dr. Ralph Bunch?, director of the United Nations
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  • 37 3 PRAGUE, Tucs A CMnb Airlines transport plane en route to Prague crashed into a Moravian mountain peak yesterday First reports said that at hast fire persons were kilted and 26 InJaretL— AJ>.
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  • 33 3 VOGELER VERDICT MRS. LUCILLE VOGELER and her sons. B"ly and Bofcby after they had been told of the verdict convicting Robert Voseler, an American business man, of espionage in Budapest.— A.P. pit tare
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    27 3 SHRI DULEEP SINIUI. the famous England and Cambridge cricketer, who has been appointed High Commissioner for India in Australia hi succession to Daya Singh Bedi.— GllS picture.
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  • 319 3 NEW YORK, Tuesday. TWO American ships were attacks by an aircraft yesterday at the Chinese A Communist-held North China port of Tsinf tao. Officials in Washington said they assumed the attacking bomber was a Chinese Nationalist plane 1 United States Lines officials said
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  • 82 3 CAPETOWN, Tnes. QENERAL Jan Smuts, in""' a statement yesterday on the result of the British general election, said that at this juncture that Britain should not have a strong government is a matter of concern and anxiety to the whole world. "A stalemate government can
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  • 108 3 ATTLEE GOES TO THE KING LONDON. Tues. THE Prime Minister, Mr. Clement Attlee. conferred with the King on the British political crisis late last night, shortly after the final returns on Thursday's voting cut the Labour Party's majority to seven seats in the House of Commons. Mr. Attlee discussed with
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  • 128 3 WASHINGTON, Tues. ]y|R. John Lewis, United Mineworkers Union leader, pleaded not guilty yesterday to charges resulting from the failure of 372,000 U.S. miners to return to work under a ;ourt order. The question is whether the union is responsible for the refusal of the
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  • 153 3 New S.E. Asia Talks May Be Called SEOUL, Tues»» rIE South Korean President, Dr. Syngman Rhee, today forecast that a conference to discuss economic co-operation would be called by Philippine President Elpidio Quirino in the Philippines this month. Urging all Pacific nations to hasten collective action against Asiatic Communist expansion
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  • 78 3 LONDON, Tues— Mr. Robert Russell Walker, managing director of William Jacks Co.. Ltd., London, died at his London home on Saturday. He was 79. Mr. Walker had been connected with the overseas business of the Jacks group for many years and his as* relation
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  • 22 3 LISBON, Tues.— Col. Eduardo Tavares Nunes, new Portuguese military commander in India, left here today by air for Goa. Reuter.
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  • 244 3 ASMARA, Tuesday. PISTOL shots wounded four Coptic Christians, and two others were clubbed in minor clashes in a Moslem quarter of Asmara yesterday. Other African sectors of the city were calm after the recent riots. Meanwhile, members of the five -power United Nations
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  • 429 4 Interim Report On Walk-Out From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. JTHE Sultan Idris Training College for Malay teachers at Tanjong Malim is to be re-opened to students in all years on Mar. 16. This was officially stated today when the Federation Government released an
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  • 46 4 Thirty-three-year-old Lauw I Yeo Njauw. of Sourabaya, I pleaded guilty in the Singapore First District Court yesterday to attempting to enter the Colony wtth a passport which had not been endorsed for his entry. Lauw was fined a total of $400.
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  • 88 4 A police sergeant, three corporals and a constable appeared in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday charged with corruption. They were sergeant Baba bin Kasslm. corporals Othman bin Omar. Mohamid bin Ma' Amor. Ahmed bin Wahab and constable Basircn bin Babar. All were alleged to have received
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  • 95 4 Imm Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. PAIIANG is to settle 200 Kelantan Malay families in the Pahang Tua irrigation area where Pahang Malays have already sufficient padi land. Funds for the scheme, amounting to 525.000. are to be asked from the Federal Government. A resolution
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    67 4 MALAY SCHOOLS in Kelantan held an Arts and Crafts Exhibition recently. This picture was taken after the judging of exhibits and shows judges and teachers responsible for the exhibition. The judges were: Mr. A. H. Hill, Superintendent of Education (sixth from left, seated). Miss M. Liecester (fifth from
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  • 251 4 HEIGHT hundred and twenty Singapore families who have borrowed furni- ture from the Custodian of Property may be faced with the option of either buying it or paying a rent of 10 per cent, of its estimated value per year for the
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  • 69 4 S.I T. Tenants Told Be Bold —Tell Us' f)NLY a few anonymous letter writers have volunteered information on alleged racketeering in Singapore Improvement Trust flats despite a pledge by the Board, of Trustees thai no action will be taken against informants who are Trust tenants. The chairman. Mr. T. P.
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  • 107 4 ON a mission to Indonesia to help to improve city and town lighting. Professor Dr. Ing N. A. Halbertsma. President of the International Commission on Illumination, passed through Singapore en route to Jakarta by K.L.M. Constellation yesterday. Professor Halbertsma, who will give lectures and talks on the
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  • 61 4 The following donations have been received for the Y.W.C.A. Appeal Fund: Buan Lee Seng $200, Dr. Tan Bin Chiang $100. Nassim Co. $50, Dr. Kwan $25, Mrs. S. M. $50, Mr. K. C. Eu $50, Alk Hce Bamwell $25, Dr. Yap Yeow Chin $20, Mis. chew chew
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  • 112 4 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. MAKING his maiden speech in the State Council to- > day, Ungku A. Aziz bin A. Hamld. the Johore Civil Ser- j vice Associations nominee on the Council, asked the Gov- ernment to lay it down as a general
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  • 288 4 U.S. Army Doctors Try Out New Typhus Drug From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPIIt, Tuesday. AN American Army medical research team is unpacking its gear at the Institute for Medical Research here today preparatory to trying a new drug and a new approach against typhus. The team will be in
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  • 225 4 From Our Staff Correspond) n KUALA LUMPUR, rues JUDGMENT was reserved today in the Kuala Lumpur Supreme Court in the suit for $19,600 riamag* s which Lever Brothel* Limited, the UK firm of soapmanufacturers claimed from Messrs. Chin Hin Chan. .1 Kuula Lumpur Chinese ft tin,
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  • 455 5 Voin Fined $400, Disqualified From Driving Car For A Year PLANTER CONVICTED IN KUALA LUMPUR From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. JOHN Voin, 45-year-old manager of Sungei Rinching Estate, Semenyih, was today convicted on the alternative charge of dangerous driving in connection with the death of Mr. Benedict Ponniah,
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    44 5 MRS. K. JAMIESON and Mrs. C. Mills (at phone) taking messages at Selangor An tl- Bandit Month headquarters. During the Month, they will deal with the "jig-saw" pieces of information which are an important part of the war against the bandits. Straits Times picture.
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  • 265 5 MORE MONEY FOR VARSITY From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Tuesday. THE Penang millionaire banker, Mr. Yeap Chor Ec, who last August gave $100,000 to the University of Malaya Endowment Fund, has offered another $50,000 for the founding of a Chinese library in the University. Mr. Yeap,
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  • 108 5 University Language Depts. Move THE University of Malaya has decided to set up Boards of Studies to inquire into the possibility of setting up Departments of Malay, Cninese and Tamil or In general Indian Studies. These Boards will examine the Carr-Saunders Commission's recommendations in regard to the establishment of the
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  • 114 5 THERE is a possibility that a small quantity of cargo on board the fire-gutted British freighter, Benledi. destined for Singapore and Far East ports, is still safe. This was disclosed to Uw i Straits Times yesterday by at spokesman of Paterson, 6\mons. the ship's
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  • 243 5 TTHE postal district scheme, which is operated in 1 most of the world's largest cities, will be introduced in Singapore next Monday. The island has been divirit.l into 28 postal districts to facilitate the so. ling and delivery of local correspondence. Announcing this yesterday the
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    23 5 CAPT. J. HEADLAM. F.Z.S., District Scout Commissioner, Kuala Lumpur, who has left Malaya for Hong Kong. C. F. Larm picture.
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  • 37 5 From Our Own Correspondent BENTONG, Tues. Wong Weng. aged 40, Was charged at Bentong with torturing two buffaloes at Sim pang Pel angal. with a sharp-edged Instrument. The case was postponed to Mar. 14.
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  • 203 5 Judgment In Tyre Case Reserved THE Singapore Court of Appeal yesterday reserved Judgment in the Singapore Harbour Board's appeal against the judgment given by Mr. Justice Brown in favour of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company with respect to 17 tyres missing from the Harbour Board's godown In 1946. The
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    • 204 5 MALAYAN AIRWAYS DJAKARTA TWO SERVICES WEEKLY ON TUESDAYS FRIDAYS. FARE $155/66 lbs. Baggage carried free MANAGERS: MANSFIELD COMPANY LTD. TELEPHONE 5021 TELEGRAMS "TERBANG" I STAIR RUNNERS AXMINISTER 22V D?sign 8.00 per yard > << 27" $12.50 >> >> 27" Plain $10.50 >> 36' $16.00 (< SS »ute Tapestry 24" 3.50
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  • 50 6 MBS MM CHOON BOCK <nee W<.tri. Koh Chwee Neo> died Feb. 57. 4 4S p.m. leaving behind her J( iiik husband, 4 MM, 2 daiigh-lirr-in-law, 1 adopted son, 3 <t(iughtrrs, 4 «ons-in-!aw and 13 > (hildirn Burial todhv MM! li 11 am. cortege leaves 4 Bawfombt Road for Bukit
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  • 45 6 THE SINGAPORE Fooohow C< rr< Merc-hams' Association wish 1<> r\|»rew» their thanks to all gues\s *n<i members who .sent valuable I --inls. flower bMlKtS, banners «n :is well us letters of con- nr.i alM) whC :i •>■!.• led on the occa(>r their Mill unniversary iion.
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  • 735 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Wed., Mar. 1, 1950. An Iron Case For Tin While there has been no official statement on the Federation Government's position, there can be no doubt that the Malayan delegation to the Tin Study Group goes to Paris agreed on the necessity for regulating pi'oduction of
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  • 284 6 There was a passage in the High Commissioner's address to the Legislative Council last November which perhaps casts light on the Kampong Bukit Kepong disaster. The police post there was wiped out because it had no effective means of summoning help. The police wireless system, said Sir
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  • 77 6 /"'IAN it be sheer coincidence \j that, out of a total of 112 candidates who sat for the Municipal Bar Examinations, only the two appointees to posts as Committee Clerks In j the Municipal Secretariat passed with distinction? Or is there something more in this than meets the
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  • 741 6 "An Open Letter To Mr^TanKahKee" IX your issue of Feb. 25 appeared an open letter to Mr. Tan Kah Kee from "A Chinese Democrat," Ipoh, hereinafter called "A.C.D." The letter may or may not Jiave been brought to the notice of the grand old man. But It
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  • 264 6 Governors The Future IT was with the warmest pleasure and agreement that I read the "On The Margin" column of Feb. 21 in which the writer welcomed the tendency of Governors in Singapore and the Federation voluntarily to abdicate their executive powers and reduce themselves to useful instruments for opening
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  • 373 6 vyE have heard a lot of party views on the subject of the General Election. It is time that the non-party view, the view of the floating voter, was presented. Accordingly, let it be suggested that, in the view of the non-party man,
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  • 117 6 I AM appalled at the "cluelessness' of Radio Malaya in regard to the broadcasting of the British General Election results. No mention of any up-to-date results was made during the day except in the regular news bulletin; or, if there was, there was no intimation of
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  • 137 6 lyiY attention has been i 1 drawn to .a letter published in the Saturday Forum section of the Straits Times on Feb. 18 under the heading "The Ayahs In Pudu Hospital" and signed "B.M.A. Is Over." I should be grateful if "B.M.A. Is Over" and her
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  • 78 6 J^Y heartiest congratulations to the cast of the Radio Malaya Repertory production of "The Sussex Vampire." Broadcast last Sunday, it i gave me an entertaining hour, and I eagerly await further productions from the Repertory. Incidentally, I wonder if it would be possible for
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  • 375 6 On The Margin UMNO At Muar CHINESE colleague of mine who reported the General Assembly of UMNO at Ifuar for the Straits Times tells me that he was greatly tmprcfsed by the parade of 1.200 members of the UMNO jronth movement. These young men, dreftsed all in white except for
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  • 1718 7 Labour Accused Of Making Political Issue Of Local Appointment AN attack on tin Labour Party for making the appointment of a deputy Municipal Water Engineer a party issue and a call to Mr. Pat Johnson "to withdraw his Party whip" highlighted the two-and-a-half-hour debate
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  • 130 7 Farewell To Mr. R.L. Bridges AT the meeting of the Singapore Municipal Commissioners yesterday the Deputy President Mr. T. P. F. McNeice paid tribute to the personality and tact of Mr. R. L Bridges Superintendent of the Victoria Memorial Hall and Theatre, who leaves tomorrow on leave prior to retirement
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  • 28 7 Singapore Municipal Commissioners yesterday adopted without debate amended Bungalow Area bylaws providing for the erection of flats and hotels of approved design in bungalow areas.
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  • 250 7 THE Singapore Municipal Commissioners yesterdayappointed a five-man committee to recommend ways and means of shorte- Municipal procedure. The committee Is empowered to examine the machinery of the Municipality with a view to creating greater efficiency in administration and making recommendations for stimulating public interest
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  • 99 7 THE Singapore public had expressed itself against the annual re-registration of bicycles when the proposal was made before the war. Mr. G. H. Kiat (Independent, East Ward) said at a meeting of Municipal Commissioners yesterday. He suggested that further consideration be given to a provision in the
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    73 7 DATO ONN BIN JAAFAR, President of CtyINO, w» the guest of honour at a dinner party given by the Malayan Chinese Association, Muar, at the diking Chaan Association on Saturday night Picture shows (left to right) Dr. Lim Ah Sitt. Che Fatimah binte Abdul Majid, Dato Onn, Mr. Lav Kok
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  • 217 7 PHE Deputy Municipal Pre- sident. Mr. T. P. F. McNeice. yesterday described the Singapore Development Bill, now before a Select Committee of the Singapore Legislative Council, as a matter of "terrific" implications for the Municipality. Mr. McNeice was moving In the Municipal Commission yesterday the appointment of
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  • 248 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. INTER-STATE co-ordination of special anti-bandit tasks during "the Month" is being considered, the Straits Times understands... Such arrangements would enable special operations to be carried out between two or three adjoining States on set days. From tomorrow, the move-
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  • 289 7 THE debate of Singapore Municipal Commissioners over the proposed appointment of Mr. P. C. Lim to the post of Deputy Water Engineer, would not have benefitted her schoolgirls, suggested Mrs. Robert Eu (Progressive West Ward) at the Commissioners' meeting yesterday, in an indirect refer;ence
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  • 194 7 3 MEN TO STUDY WAGES A THREE-MAN Municipal committee was appointed by the Commissioners yesterday to deal with all matters relating to wages and conditions of employment of the Singapore Municipal Labour force. The acting Municipal President. Mr. T. P. F. McNeice, I said that the question arose I out
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  • 263 7 Planter Hits At 'Land Thefts From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. FAILURE to adequately administer territories and closely supervise land dealings was one of the reasons why terrorist activities were able to continue, said Mr. J. C. Mathieson, the Johore Planters' Association representative on the State Council, at today's
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  • 1977 8  - Stalin told: Let's work in comradeship WINSTON S. CHURCHILL By STALIN'S answer (to an offer fo send (iens. Wavell and Page! to discuss joint plans) had made it clear that purely mili-t.n-v talks would have lillle concrete result in the present slate of mind of the Russian !i""lers. The almost
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    • 215 8 STRAITS TIMES CROSSWORD ***es% jo. A foj rotfle not workiOJ fRftCUSIVftRn M*» A I It tn.j causa tt» &»opl« propcrljr (J, 2. 4). I Not ocd fet Mf U»<* <7» O Gladden (anaf «>. M I :isj± ir*srT s-i-tt-iiiiiii" place for (old (5) Proverbial qutlity «f Bio kJBa 11 Prtibyteri.n
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  • 1376 9 BRITAIN IS SPLIT INTO TWO BIG CAMPS The London Letter From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, February 27. APART from the complete and exciting uncertainty of outlook in Parliament, the main talking point in regard to the Election is its Indication that there is a sharp political cleavage between the industrial
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  • 401 9 CAMBRIDGE University medical research work has produced big headlines in the papers this past day or two— "Hair Grows on a Dish' is a typical caption. Exciting enough for those tcho are bald and don't like being so, the neics is that an Australian woman scientist working in the
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    • 310 9 sinc&pore Orch.; S. New Recording*; B.30 7.30 English; 8. Strictly Instru- «r» iam N w On the Sentimental mental"; 8.15 Thai; 3.45 Dutch; 10. a.tn. News from K.L; 10.05 g^. 10 Movle Magal j ne 1O .so Kuoyu; 9.30 Burmese; 9.45 In-i Close; 10.50 Schools; 12. Malay. Muglc tor QXJI
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  • 674 10 EX-MAGISTRATE LOSES APPEAL 2 Years Gaol For Corruption pORTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD Mohamed Nasir bin Haji Abu Bakar, former first class magistrate Johore Bahru, and a Sikh police pensioner and businessman, 48-year-old Teja Singh, left the Johore Bahru High Court yesterday to serve a sentence of two years' rigorous imprisonment each. Convicted on
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  • 64 10 The Officer Administering the Government of Singapore, Sir Patrick McKerron. will i tour the Improvement Trust I Housing Estate on Mar. 7. Sir Patrick will leavp the Colonial Secretary's bungalow at 7 a.m. and visit the following places in order. Balestler Road, Farrer Park, Albert
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  • 87 10 ST ANDREWS MISSION hospital. Linen Guild, monthly meeting, Y.W.C.A., 5, Raffles Quay, 10 a.m. Y.W.r.A. Katong Groups' meeting, St. Hilda's School. 4 p.m. CHINESE V.M.C.A., 107. Belegie Road, chess club. 5 p.m.. weight-lifting class, 5.30 p.m mouth organ class, 7 p.m. Y.M.r.A., Orchard Road, Chess Club, 5 p.m.,
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  • 165 10 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. T»WENT* days after the accidental bombing of the 1 Vu Ying Chinese School in Johore, the Federation Government last night issued the first full statement on the affair to deny a broadcast from Peking Radio that
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  • 73 10 SENTENCE of two years' rigorous 'mprisonment was imposed on Michael Peragasu in the Singapore First District Court yesterday for attempted robbery. Peragasu. who admitted one previous conviction was also ordered to undergo two years' police supervision. Peragasu and another man, It was stated, held up a
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    38 10 THE SULTAN of Siak, Suma tra (centre) pictured with the Regent of Johore at an all-community tea-party in honour of the Sultan yesterday. Dato Syed A. M. Alsagoff (right) is reading an address of welcome. Straits Times picture.
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  • 742 10 PETALING TIN CONTROL From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Tuesday. IT is essential that the Malayan Government should Rive the mining industry ample opportunity of considering and expressing its views on any proposed tin restriction agreement before any commitment is entered into at a commodity conference,
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  • 372 11 LONDON. Tues. HESITANCY and uncertainty were widespread in the London Stock Exchange yesterday as a result of the razor edge General Election result. Although Domestic issues scheuled for nationalisation showed a fliarp Improvement when the market opened, the movement .was not sustained. Rubbers remained steady. Closing middle prices
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  • 764 11 From Our Market Correspondent tyiTH London still undecided, there was little to stimulate attention in the Malayan share market yesterday. All sections remained quiet but steady. Prices quoted by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association were: INDUSTRIALS Atia* loe n.w la itxbta Alex Bricks Pr«f 240 2 50
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  • 29 11 Singapore. Tues., Feb. 2S— «tt7.CCVi> (ap $0.12',). LONDON. Tues. Feb. 28. Spot: «59»J— £6H. Forward: £583}— £584. Settlement: €600. Turnover: Morn in* 65 tons, afternoon 185 tons.
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  • 219 11 r\ESPITE the drop in prices In the Singapore rubber market, New York yesterday showed an improvement and prices locally rose by about half a cent on the previous day"s close. Later tr>e market eased slightly but finally it steadied for the re3t of the day. Closing prices yesterday
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  • 101 11 From A Market Correspondent COFFEE in the Singapore produce market was again idle yesterday, with nominal quotations for Rio 5 buyers at $140 and sellers $142. No business was done. Copra was also idle at nominal quotations 137 buyers and $37': sellers. Coconut oil remained unchanged. Yeewrday's
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    44 12 THE MALAYAN CHAMPION and No. 1 seeded in the All-England Badminton championships, Wong Peng Soon, meets New Zealander Nancy Fleming, rated No. 2 in Australasia, during a reception at Empress Hall, London, on Feb. ?2. The championships begin at Earl's Court today. A.P. photo.
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  • 688 12 SAFA FACES $10,000 LOSS ON BURMESE Authorities Should Forego Share Of Gate By THE SPORTS EDITOR riS ITS OWN protestations, the Government of *J Singapore is interested in amateur sport and wants to help in every way it can. An excellent opportunity for Government to prove its sincerity is at
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  • 365 12  -  EPSOM JEEP By PENANG, Tuesday. SCALLOPING wide out on the main racecourse, w Azad (Healey) and Pilgrim's Way (McPherson) ran 3 F. in 39 3/s—the best workout at Penang this morning, when horses being prepared for the forthcoming meeting for Classes 4 and 5
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  • 221 12 From Oor Staff Correspondent PENANG, Tues. RACEGOERS now regard the camera graph popularly referred to as the "photofinish" camera as a matter of course. Yet it is no morp than a year ago that this wellproved and really invaluable aid to rnrinc was first used on the
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  • 237 12 Wong Given Prominence In Gazette LONDON. Tues. WONG PENG SOON, the Malayan champion, will be a worthy addition to the roster of past champions if he wins the All-England badminton title here this week, says the Badminton Gazette oilicial organ of the English Badminton Association. In a special All-England championships
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  • 51 12 The British ship Benalbanach. now in Singapore, beat the Swedish ship Cal'nemersk by five goals to nil in a friendly game of soccfr played on the Singapore District (Port Canning) ground yesterday. McL> nnan scored four coals which included a hat-'rlck ■nd Collins scored the
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  • 64 12 SOCCER: Senior Lge: Ti^er S.A. v Royal Navy at Jalan L'esar, ref. Cpl. J. C. Cameron. Junior A.I: 11. M. Dockyard v Chinese S.A. at Geylang. ref. Mr. R. N. Bell; Junior B.I: G l>o? Unit FARELF v Haikowyu SC. at YM.V. St. George's Rd., ref. Cpl. A.
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  • 370 12 FOOTBALL KICK-OFF TODAY rE Singapore Amateur Football Association's soccer league season begins today with a match In the Senior Division and two in the Junior Division. At Jalan Besar stadium, Tiger Sporting Association will meet Royal Navy, and in the Junior Division Chinese Sports Association play H.M Dockyard at Oeylang
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  • 344 12  - New Forward Plan May Change Football Tactics George Chairdler U.P, By f Correspondent. IIMMY SEED, manager of J Charlton Athletic, the English Football League top division club, believes he has found the answer to modern defensive tactics in soccer. This Is a three centre-for-ward plan. The unassuming and popular manager
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  • 247 12 LONDON, Tuesday. BRITISH badminton officials are toying with the idea of getting together a few young players and sending them to Denmark to play a series of inter- club matches. Denmark Is the strongest badminton country In Europe at the present time, and the experience
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  • 64 12 CLONCARRIG, a Grand National entry this year. Is no stranger to the Aintree course where he won the Molyneux 'Chase in 1947 and last year. Owned by Sir Allan Gordon-Smith and Mr. J. Olding and trained by Top Masson at Lewes, Cloncarrig will carry list. 91b. in
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  • 417 12 4 LTHOUGH without two of their outstanding all--rounders, M. C. Kailasapathy and Lt. H. Pereira, the Ceylon Sports Club, last year's Singapore cricket tournament runners-up, will still be a balanced side, strong in batting, bowling and fielding. Kailasapathy, the South and Colony right-arm leg spinner,
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  • 106 12 PLAYERS entering the V.M.C A open tennis tournament's veteran events will not be eligible for the open championship events. The age limit for the Junior event has been revised to 18 years to comply with S.L.T.A. and L.T.A.M. rules. The closing da.te for the entries to this
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  • 379 12 No Charity While S'gor Turf Club Rebuilds From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. TWE Selangor Turf Club's JL contributions to charity would have to be temporarily suspended in order to meet the heavy expenses of building of a new grandstand to accommodate 2,000 spectators, modernisation of stabling and other
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  • 108 12 A Sinhalese Association h^me-and-home cricket match will be Dlayed at the BODCA ground. 8t. George's Road, on Sunday at 11 a.m. The following are the teams > Seneviratne's XI: H. J. C. Kulasinghe, W. D. Joseph, Mayn Perera, V. R Fernando, H. H. Samson. W. William,
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