The Straits Times, 6 March 1950

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    19 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, MARCH 8, 1950. it PRICE TEN CENTS.
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    NO THIRD WORLD WAR SAYS C.G
    1654 1 Economic Aid Will Save South-east Asia (JIVEN effective econoote heip by the West, South-East Asia will stand fast against Communism, said the Commissioner-General, Mr. Malcolm Mat-Donald, addressing a large audience at a public meeting at UMNO headquarters in Johore Bahru on Saturday nignt Mr.
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    BRITAIN SEEKS MASTER SPY
    224 1 LONDON, Sunday. 'THE News of the World said today that British intelligence agents are o n the trail of a Russian 'master mind,' who supervised Dr. Klaus Fuchs' 1 ti./11/ikA. irracnery. Informed quarters said that the agent organised the entire atomic spy ring in Britain, and
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    Deportee Jumped 6,000 ft. From Plane
    109 1 ZURICH. Sun. VVUGO6LAV refugee jump- 1 cd 6.000 Wet to his death ir.'n a Swiss airliner because j be was refused entry into B- tain The refugee. Nikola Marko- v;c was put aboard the plane ftv-terday morning at Nor- j tholt to take him
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    TWO RUMANIANS DISAPPEAR'
    45 1 LONDON. Sun.-Thp libra-. ian of Uip British Informa- j tl<m Service in Bucharest. Mrs Constantin and her; husband "disappeared' on Friday night, the Foreign! ■)ftlce announced yesterday. They are Rumanian subI Earlier thi s week, the Jrttish Government decided the centre— Reuter.
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    U.P. RIOTING
    23 1 ALIGARH. Sun Four! people were reported killed i *nd a number of others in-! jured in communal rioting! here yesterday.— Reuter.
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    Late News
    36 1 LONDON Sun— British residents of Shanghai have asked the British Government to take action to stop the Nationalist bornbint, of Shanghai. An approach to the United Nation fa mt- I gested. (See P. 3».
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    Robbers Treat Their Victim's Injuries
    234 1 f OW Tai Seng, a 40-year-old Singapore tailor's assistant had t o be treated for head injuries in hospital yesterday morning, after two Chinese robbers had attacked him in a tailor's shop in Kalian* Road late on Saturday night. For seven and a half hours,
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    FATHER HANGS HIS OWN SON
    81 1 TOKYO, Sun. -A Japanese restaurateur gave him^jlf up to the police today after hanging his son a few hours earlier for waking nlm up Kohel Fukuda. accompanied by his lawyer, said n:s son Hayato came home very drunk in the early hours. Waking his father
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    'Month' Men Aid In Kill
    108 1 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH. Sun. HELPING police in a screening operation in Ipoh this morning. Anti-Bandit Month volunteers flushed two bandits in a hideout not 200 yards from the Ipoh Chinese Maternity Home. One of the bandits was killed, riddled by shots from police
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    "WEAK" QUAKE
    17 1 TOKYO, Sun. A very weak" earthquake was felt here at 0639 GMT today.- A P.
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    SAIGON FIRE
    30 1 SAIGON, Sun.— An overturned petrol lamp started a fire in the Cholon district <-' Saigon last night, destroying 1.000 straw huts and robbing 6,000 Chinese of their h.<mes —Reuter.
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    Hurt By Grenade
    24 1 SAIGON, Sun.— Seven people were slightly injured here last night by four grenades thrown by members of the Vletminh forces— Reuter.
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    2-YEAR-OLD JANE! 'MUCH IMPROVED'
    89 1 COLUMBUS. Ohio. Sun. JANET BETH WAGNER, two-year-old daughter of Mr. Paul Wagner. B. F. GoodrleU chief in Singapore, who flew to Columbus on Jan. 4 for treatment of a rare blood disease, leukemia, left the university hospital yesterday. Dr. Charles A. Doan of Ohio State University
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    2 DIE, 4 HURT IN AMBUSH
    145 1 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. T"O special constables on Eldred Estate, Segamat, A Johore, were killed and the manager of the estate and three other special constables seriously wounded, In an ambush on the estate yesterday afternoon. The manager had gone out
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    S'PORE GOLD FOR LONDON
    56 1 MANILA. Sun. NEARLY two tons of gold passed through Manila on Friday on its way to London. All Japanese war loot, most of the 3.963 pounds which arrived from Osaka, was seized in Singapore in 1942. The precious cargo was loaded aboard a Philippine Airlines plane
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    Wave Of Strikes In The U. S. 1.
    159 1 Wave Of Strikes In The U. S. 1. JAKARTA. Sun. A TIDAL wave of strike,; is momentarily paralysing economic life itt several places both In Java and Sumatra, reports the Aneta news agency. The Semarang dock an* t has been Idle since Thursday a walk out of 6.000 dockworkrr;, of
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    House Will Meet Today
    101 1 LONDON, Sun. PARLIAMENT opens tomrr* row with traditional ceiemony and political Britain ii eageriy awaiting the first indication in the Ifing's Speech. of the Labour Party's policy. In the new delicately ba!-"' anced House of Commons ib is generally believed that the precarious balance will be
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    "Confessions ' Behind
    48 2 "Confessions Behind YOUTHFUL ARCHERS shooting for prises at a stall at the fan fair ran by St. John's Institution. Kuala Lumpur, during the week-end, in a successful effort to raise funds for a new science block for the school. Nearly 6.000 people attended the fair.— Straits Times picture.
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    The Iron Curtain
    212 2 The Iron Curtain WASHINGTON, Sun. A MAN, who may be dead by now, has given the free world its first detailed picture of methods used by Communist secret police to obtain "confessions" in Soviet type political trials. The U.S. released a sworn statement by Michael Shipov. a former employee In
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    S. AUSTRALIA ELECTION
    64 2 ADELAIDE. Sun.— The Libe-ral-Country Party (Government) was returned to power in the South Australian state election. When counting ended the state of the parties was: Li-beral-Country Party 22. Labour 11. Independent 3. Three results, were still doubtful. The Liberal-Country has held office in South Australia since 1931,
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    6 Die, 85 Hurt In Madras Crash
    283 2 MADRAS, Sunday. SIX people, Including two women first class passengers, were killed and 85 were injured on Friday night when the Madras-Calcutta mail train left the rails 50 miles north-east of Madras, according to a Madras Southern Mahratta Railway official spokesman, i Only
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    STRIACHEY WAS RED TILL 1940
    144 2 LONDON, Sun. rE British War Minister. Mr. John Strachey. said on Friday night that though he had supported the Communist doctrine In the years before the last war, he had repudiated Communist policies In 1940. "Since that tinier he said, "I have attacked the Communist
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    Dutchman Gaoled For Spying
    59 2 PRAGUE, Sun. A Dutch businessman. Johannes A. Lowwers. was sentenced to 15 years' Imprisonment by a State court here after a three-day trial on charges of espionage, economic sabotage and helping Czechs to flee the country. Nine Czechs, found guilty on similar charges, received sentences ranging
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    LOAN TO BURMA
    45 2 CANBERRA, Sun.—Australia Ls to make a half a million sterling loan to Burma. External Affairs Minister. Mr. Percy C. Spender, announced yesterday. This Is part of the Commonwealth loan to Burma, agreed in principle at the recent Commonwealth Ministers conference in Colombo.—Reuter.
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    TONG WAR BREAKS OUT IN FRISCO
    77 2 SAN FRANCISCO. Sunday. TWO decades of peace between the Tongs ended today when Ton? rivalry flared Into the open, and a halfhour pitched battle raged between 100 members of the two Tongs. This is the first major conflict since the days of the gold
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      373 2 SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY TENDERS For particulars see Tender Koom. Ground Floor, Municipal Office) ELECTRICITY DEPARTMENT: Supply of: (a) 2—750 SVA Transformers B—soo kVA Transformers 3—300 kVA Transformers 5- :oo kVA Transformers Ratio: ***** 440 Vo'.ts. (b) 5—1,000 kVA Transformers Ratio: ***** 440 Volts. Specifications and forms from Electrical Engineer's Office (Koom
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      514 2 TENDER No. 4 SRD/50/3. SALE OF ARMY SURPLUS SUPPLIES. Tenders are invited for the purchase of the following surplus supplies:— LOT NO. ITEM. CONDITION. 4 SRUiO 3 2. 5,000 lbs. Malted Milk Powder. For Animal Fodder 1. NO TENDERS WILL BE ISSUED BY POST but may be collected in person
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    PIGNON WARNS CHINA: "HANDS OFF VIETNAM" MOVE TO SPORE
    300 3 PIGNON WARNS CHINA: "HANDS OFF VIETNAM" MOVE TO SPORE NEW DKLHI, Sunday. A REGULAR Chinese Communist invasion of Indo-China might be a "casus belli" for an international war, the French High Commissioner in Indo-China. M. Leon Pignon, said in New Delhi yesterday. An attack against Vietnam would be considered by
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    Indonesian Red Returns To USI
    104 3 In donesian Red Returns To USI JAKARTA. Sun. JjARSOffO. the Indonesian j Communist leader who pelled by the Dutch otter the Indonesian Communist revolt in 1926,1 hus retwued to Indonesia. the Medan daily. Waspada, reported yesterday. Darsono. icho together with the other Communist leaders. Klimin Muaso and Tan Malaka. organised
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    Red Dockers On 24-Hour Strike
    73 3 Red Dockers On 24-Hour Strike I'ARIS Sun /■»OMMUNIST-LED dockers invjppt'd work in a 24ttoof warnlnz strike yesterday in nearly every French and Algerian port. Cherbourg. Centre of th^ pro -Communist General Confederation of Lab iur. was totally paralysed. Between 350 noo and 400.000 irkera were already on strike throughout the
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    HAIL IN EGYPT
    24 3 CAIRO. Sun. -Hal! fell on the pryamids yesterday. Expens said it was one of few such storms recorded In history. -A.P
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    LOWER BIRTH RATE PLEA
    71 3 LONDON' Sun. Many countries should encourage a lower birth rate Prof. Julian Huxley former Director-Gen-eral of the United Nations F.ducat tonal and Scientinr and Cultural Organisation., ci -clared her" yesterday. or!d population estimated; a- roufhly 2.200.000.000. was I taid. a' the iboui two people i every
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    U.S.I. BUYS SIAM RICE
    76 3 BANGKOK. Sun. The, United States ot Indonesia! have agreed io buy monthly 12 000 tons of rice from Thailand a' »:40 per ton. The first shipment is ex- pected wiihln a fortnight with a!l sales on a cash basis. Thailand's new Foreign Minister. Mr. Vorakarn I
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    CZECHS BAN U.S. MISSIONARIES
    79 3 PRAGUE Sun.- The C/e- choslovak Government has told the American embassy tiiat all American missionaries must leave Czechoslovakia soon. The new church laws require all priests to be Czechoslovak citizens. Pour Air.-" lean Catholic priests al a Benedictine monastery at Broumov. north-eastern Bohemia, have been expelled
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    Singapore Diary
    118 3 Y.W.C.A. 5. Raffles Quay. Inlernptional Fortnightly Women's Club. Mrs M. Shelly on "Librarianshlp 10 a.m. CHINESE V..M.C.A., 107. Selegie Road, weight-lifting, 5.30 p.m., '•hes.s club, 7 pjn. mouth-organ c'luss, 7 p.m. V.M.C.A., Orchard Road. Jawl and French classes.. 5.30 p.m.. Tennis tournament comini'tee meeting, 6.30 p.m., devotional meeing.
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    POLAND TO EXPEL 250,000 GERMANS
    81 3 BONN, Sunday. pOI.ANI) proposes to exu^l ihc entire German population -.till remaining ea<t of the Odcr-Neissc line," the Allied High Commissioner stated hrre vestcrriay. Th.- nui.il.er w\;w not drflmtt ly known, hut au authoritative Allied source said earlier that PoUnd and the Soviet /one authorities
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    U.S. Will Use Six Times More Rubber On Roads
    182 3 M o rj NEW YORK, Sunday. K. Edward Jago, Deputy Chairman of the British Rubber Development Board, yesterday predicted that, by 1960. the United States might use 200,000 tons of rubber o n road building compared with 34,000 tons last year.
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    Nationalist Air Raids Cause Canton Exodus
    445 3 HONG KONG, Sunday. PHK Canton Air Defence Committee yesterday advised all "non-essential r civilians to evacuate the city immediately following Friday's heavy Nation alist air raid in which over 700 people were reported killed and injured. I Women and children unable to leave at
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    PROTEST ON H.K. PLANES
    114 3 LONDON. Sun S" IR Oliver Franks. British Ambassador In Washington may be asked to make clear to the American Gov1 ernment. Britain's attitude that she cannot Interfere with a Hong Kong court decision to transfer 71 aircraft to the Chinese Communist Peoples Government. A Foreign Office
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    COAL. MINERS RETURN
    138 3 WASHINGTON. Sun. MOST ol America's 372,000 soft coal miners should be back at work tomorrow after a strike lasting one month. A pay increase of 70 cents a day has been agreed to by Northern and Western owners. Southern operators employing 127.000 miners are expected to follow
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    JAP SHIPPING DE-CONTROLLED
    55 3 TOKYO, Sun— Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur, Allied Supreme Commander m Japan, yesterday announced that the bulk of Japanese snipping will revert to private control on April 1. Outside Japanese territorial waters, shipping will still be subject to occupation or government authories, but all domestic shipping will be
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    FRANCO-BRITISH MANOEUVRES
    76 3 PARIS. Sun. THK British and French fleets, the key weapon of the North Altantic defence machinery, go to sea thi s week to test their ability to work together. Extensive manoeuvres have been planned for squadrons of thp two fleets in the Western .Mediterranean. The main objects, said
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    RED SUICIDE
    38 3 BELGRADE. Sun. The Belgrade newspaper Politlka, reported yesterday that Mr. Rlazi Islam] Albanian Deputy Minister of Transport and a member of the Central Committee of the Albanian Workers Party (Communists had committed suicide in Tirana -Reuter
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    JEWELS REGAINED
    57 3 MARSEILLES. Sun.- Only one ring and one large precious stone are still missing from more than £200,000 worth of jewels stolen from the Begum Aga Khan In a hold-up at Cannes last August. The Begum who arrived in Nice on Friday has been asked to come to Marseilles
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    FAR EAST TOUR
    38 3 The Director of Infantry at the War Office. MajGen. C. M. Barber, who is visiting the Far East Land Forces, arrived in Singapore yesterday. His tour will include visits to Hong Kong and the Federation.
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    18 Killed In New Wave Of Bengal Riots
    252 3 18 Killed In New Wave Of Bengal Riots CALCUTTA, Sun. NEW outbursts of Hindu-Muslim fighting In West Bengal have resulted in 18 killed, at least 10 wounded and the arrest of 95 persons, the Government of India said last night. Sixteen persons were killed on Friday night in a clash
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  • The Straits Times Singapore, Mon., Mar. 6, 1950.
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      Sub-Tenants' Rents
      974 4 In July of last year the Singapore Government app-onK-d a committee under the chairmansnip of Mr. H. E. Kingdon to make iconmmend- ations for the revision of the existing legislation relating to rent control, which was first introduced in 1939. This committee made very thorough inquiries and its
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      FROM A CHINESE SEAMAN
      136 4 THERE has been Press controversy about the merits and the demerits of the Seamen's Registration Bureau. I should like to speak my own mind. I have been a seaman for over 10 years. As a common rating I always had to pay for my job and
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    Repulse And The Prince Of Wales
    1961 4  - Repulse And The Prince Of Wales WINSTON S. CHURCHILL The Grand Alliance Waif Comes To America J CONVENED a meeting, mostly Admiralty, in the Cabinet War Room at 10 o'clock on the night of Dec. 9 to review the naval* position [two days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour]
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    "Politics and public services" man-in-the-Street
    651 4 "Politics and public services" man-in-the-Street I AM surprised at Mr. C. C. Tan's retort on the Lim-Wicks issue which appeared in your columns last Friday. It seems to me that Mr. Tan is attempting to exonerate the majority of the Commissioners on the Singapore Municipal Commission on certain illogical grounds.
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    TWO CHINESE REACTIONS
    147 4 I AM shocked by the language used in the Singapore Municipal debate of last Tuesday. The innuendoes made by Mr. Pat Johnson in a City Council "debate were a disgrace to the fair name of Singapore. Mrs. Robert Eu's comments, on the adjournment, against Mr. Johnson's vulgar
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    STOP PLAYING TO THE GALLERY"
    129 4 MY advice to Mr. Johnson Is to stop playing to the gallery. Singapore expects serious Municipal business from its elected Commissioners The electorate is not to be taken in by such play-acting as that indulged in by him at last Tuesday's meeting. If Mr. Johnson
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    On The Margin
    413 4 On The Margin The Causeway nEADING in the Sunday Times yesterday that th« Johore Causeway Committee Intends to press for early reconstruction of the Causeway lock, I was reminded of that Monday morning when we heard the earsplitting crack of the Causeway being blown up. and knew then that the
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      34 4 Countless Malayans agree with Mr. C. K. of Krlantan who writes: "The Oris watch I purchased from you l"st year is giving entire satisfaction. In fact it is worth more than its actual cost."
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    'INDISCIPLINE' THREAT TO INDIAN CONGRESS
    214 5 'INDISCIPLINE' THREAT TO INDIAN CONGRESS Warning At K.L. Meeting Of Delegates From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. THE lethargy of members and officials, restrictions caused by the emergency, and financial difficulties were retarding the progress of the Malayan Indian Congress, the Secretary of the M.1.C., Mr. A. Raman, said
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    RETIRING
    20 5 Mn <;nanvmi m jesi DIAN. Permanent Way Inspector in the Malayan Railway, who retired recently after 34 years' service.
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    JEWISH YOUTH HOLD DANCE
    49 5 More than 500 people attended the Purlm fancy dress ball organised by the Singapore Habonim (Jewish Youth movement) and held at the Adelphi Roof Garden on Saturday night. Winners of a fancy dress competition were: Mrs. Mary Issac, Mr. Eiias Abraham, and Mrs. R. Saunders.
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    Play Contest Entry
    88 5 THE first script for the Play Competition, organised by the Singapore Teachers' Union, has been received from Mr. Robert Chow of Sungei Buloh In the Federation of Malaya. This is called "Sin-, gapore Jane." For 30-minute plays, with a Malayan background, the Union is offering cash prizes
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    BOY DROWNED
    18 5 An eleven-year-old schoolboy. Lee Kiam Tong. was found drowned in a river oft Tampenis Road yesterday.
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    Politics In S'pore Schools Watched
    221 5 rrHE Singapore Government is keeping a close watch on the teaching of politics in all schools not only the Chinese schools. There have been no recent reports of any schools violating the Government warning against teaching politics. The Assistant Director of Education (Chinese), Mr. R.
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    Trouble For 13,651 Drivers In 1949
    313 5 T AST year, 13,651 Singapore motorists were issued "with summonses for various offences under the Traffic Ordinance and fines up to $242,355 was collected from convictions in the Singapore Traffic Traffic accidents In Singapore's thoroughfares in 1949 numbered well over 4,000, oi which 1,624
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    235,477 WENT UP PENANG HILL
    60 5 Fr*m Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Sun. SOME 235,477 people went up Penang Hill last year, according to the 1949 administration report of the Municipal Commissioners. This is an increase of 10,572 passengers over the previous year. Revenue from the Hill Railway was 5123.964.80 an increase
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    10U.K.Men To Train In In Malaya
    184 5 10U.K.Men To Train In In Malaya From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. BECAUSE of the shortage of trained engineers in the Malayan PubJc Works Service, a scheme has been devised, through the Secretary of State for the Colonies, for pupil engineers to be sent from Britain and trained In
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    PARTY TO FILM PRESIDENT
    64 5 Mr. R W. Altschuler. president of the Republic Pictures International Corporation, who is in Singapore on a tour of the Far East, was guest of honour at a cocktail party given by Frieder Films Incorporation, distributors of Republic pictures, at the Capitol Restaurant last night. Most
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    SPEED-UP OF FEDERATION PROVIDENT PLAN
    310 5 SPEED-UP OF FEDERATION PROVIDENT PLAN From, Onr Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. tpHE Federation may get a national provident fund scheme within the next three months. The scheme, originally part of the revis? d Labour Code drafted by the Labour Depar merit, is to be taken out of the Code
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    TRANSFERRED
    19 5 J-ARIT BUNTAR. Sun -Mr C. Jeevaratnam. Station Master at Parit Buntar has left for Kuala Lumpur on transfer.
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    Another Repertory Triumph
    184 5 Another Repertory Triumph LAST night's Singapore Repertory production of Noel Coward's Present Luugnter was a great personal triumph for actor-manu^er |John Forbes-Sempill. He piayed the long and exacting lead v;kh zest and understanding and the targa audience— the fore-runner it is hoped of other crowds this week gave him a
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      London Stocks
      327 6 LONDON. Sun. OPERATORS on the Lon- don Stock: Exchange con- i tlnuerj to mark time at the week-end awaiting declaration of Government policy at the re-opening of Parliament tomorrow. Closing middle priced of selected stocks, as supplied to the Btralt* Time* by apecUl arrangement with The Financial Times,
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      SHARE MARKET LATE IN WEEK
      754 6 From A Market Correspondent THE Malayan share market was largely apathetic last week, after the inconclusive result of the British General Election. If any trend was to be detected, it was a slightly improving one towards the end of the week. Business was small in
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        Week-End Rubber
        130 6 WEEK-END rubber commodity prices were quoted as follows: Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association noon prices on Saturday (Mar. 4), in cents per lb.: w Buyer Seller No. 1 R.S.S. Spot loose nominal 53 U Mi F.OB, in bales Mar. No. 1 R.S.S. -53<s 53 4 No. 2
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        SOAP PRODUCTION DROPS IN MALAYA
        74 6 MALAYA S soap production dropped from 1t5. 924.0051b in 1948 to 13.693.1661% last year, according to official statistics. The sale of soap dropped from 13.511 9351 b to 11. 296.803 ib In the Federation but increased from 63,0301 b to 93.7001 b in Singaporr in
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        Mr. H. W. Steele
        32 6 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON. Sun. MR. Herbert Walter Steele, for many years manager of Sungei Wangi Estate. Sitiawan, has died at Bournemouth, in the South of England.
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        Kinta Kellas Tin
        14 6 KHfTA Kellas Tin Dredging in February produced 258 plculs cf tin-ore
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      U.S. USE OF RUBBER
      132 6 From Oar Own Correspondent LONDON. Sun. /COMMENTING en American v rubber consumption In January. The Times says it would v tin wive to read too much •lgiil•~e into the figures of a single 1 it may be that natural con-.n-.prion is now beginning to benefit to
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    MANCHESTER U. OUT OF THE CUP
    614 7 MANCHESTER U. OUT OF THE CUP Derby Also Eliminated LONDON, Sunday. TWO LONDON Clubs, Arsenal and Chelsea, and two 1 teams from Liverpool, Everton and Liverpool, reached the F.A. Cup semi-finals as a result of yesterday's fiercely fought sixth round ties. North and South will thus have two representatives each
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    UK Soccer Positions
    1007 7 LONDON Sun. XpOOTBALXi League standings after yesterday's matches wereFIRST DIVISION P W D L F A pU M'chester U. JO 15 10 5 51 29 40 Liverpool 30 14 12 4 54 36 40 Sunderland 31 15 8 ***** 38 Wolves 31 13 11 7 52 39
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    England-Scotland Draw At Soccer
    38 7 HULL. Jjun.— England, who had beaten Wales and Ireland in previous amateur International matches this season, were held to a goalless draw by Scotland here yesterday before a crowd of 20.Q00 1 people.— Reuter.
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    Fifties By Madari, Raiji And Woolley
    253 7 rpHE two Indian Association star T batsmen, Y. Madarl and M. N. Raiji with 51 retired and 50 respectively, were the stars in the I.A. 57-run victory over B.E.M.E. In yesterday's cricket on Khalsa Association ground For Engineers. Woolley was also among the day's
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    South Africans In Bad Position
    126 7 FORT ELIZABETH, Sunday. COUTH AFRICA required 296 runs with three wickets standing to avoid the follow-on when play closed on the second day of the fifth and final Test against Australia yesterday. Australia declared their first innings at 549 for seven wickets— the highest total
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    267 7 South Africa began disastrously, losing the wickets of Jack Nel and Ron Draper for 19 runs in 37 minutes before the tea interval. Keith Miller being responsible for both Geoff Noblet, playing in his first Test, followed up the good work by claiming the wickets of Begbie and Winslow with
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    G. Williams ' May Get Into Welsh XV
    343 7 G. Williams May Get Into Welsh XV LONDON, Sun. pERWYN Williams played Ur admirably at full-back yesterday for London Welsh, who beat Guys Hospital at Herne Hill by nlne-nfl. He must have impressed Mr. W. H. Harris, who travelled from Wales to watch him and may have done enough to
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    GRAND NATIONAL RUNNER LAME
    83 7 LONDON, Sun.— Acthon Major, a long shot for the Grand Nattonai finished lame yesterday in his final trial. He came home second by thiee lengths to Dog Watch in a threemile chase at Haydock Park, but was Injured In Jumping the final fence. Wot No Sun.
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    PENG SOON BECOMES UNOFFICIAL NO.1 IN WORLD
    803 8  -  Two-Set Victory In 30 Minutes Over Holm VERNON MORGAN By LONDON, Sunday. WONG PENG SOON, the 31-year-old Malayan champion, left few doubts that he is the unofficial world No. 1 badminton player when he won the men's singles title in the All-England badminton
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    PengSoonDid Not Play As Well As Usual
    310 8 PengSoonDid Not Play As Well As Usual LONDON, Sun. Although Wong Peng Soon won the All-England badminton title as expected yesterday, he did not do it any too easily, despite a straight set victory. He did not appear to be playing with quite the same power and assurance as last
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    Motor Rally-On Sunday
    103 8 Motor RallyOn Sunday npHE Singapore Motor Club will hold a motor rally for their members on Sunday, March 12. The rally, starting at 9-45 a.m. from a point outside Prince's Restaurant in Orchard Road will be of the "popular" type entaUlnj following clues and directions round the countryside. There will
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    Men's Doubles Final A Battle Of Wits
    175 8 Men's Doubles Final A Battle Of Wits LONDON, Sun. IN a really fine men's doubles final in the AllEngland badminton championship yesterday between four Danes. Jorn Skaarup and Preben Dabelsteen beat Poul Holm and Borge Frederiksen, 9-15. 15-2, 15-12. There was nothing whatever in the pairs. Holm and Skaarup played
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    INDONESIAN'S 7-0 SOCCER LGE. WIN
    47 8 The Indonesian A' team beat the Post and Telegraphs by seven-nil in a Junior A 2 league soccer Tame a i Geylang Stadium yesterday. Tlie score at half-time was .hreet.il. Scorers were: Ismail <S> and Kahlr. Hassan, Layman and Bakar one each.
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    NAVAL TEAM WIN
    24 8 Western Naval Department beat the Jollilads by five joals co ;wo in a game of football on the Railway Ground yesterday
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    SINGAPORE TIDES
    24 8 TODAY: 12.11 am. iBft. BirO »nd Noon <10 ft 1 TOMORROW: 12.37 a.m 'Bft Sin.) and 12.42 p.m. M 0 ft. I.1
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    MRS. T. AHM WINS IN 12 MINUTES
    375 8 LONDON. Sun. IT took Mrs. Toni Ahm. the Danish champion, only 12 minutes to defeat her compatriot. Miss Aase Ja••obsen, the holder of the title, by 11-4, 11-6 in the women's singles Anal of the Ail England badminton championships yesterday. Mrs. Ahm, bespectacled
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    10-Man TBA Team Lose In Last 6 Mins.
    373 8 WITHOUT their goalkeeper, K. Suppiah. for 45 minutes of the game. Tamil Brotherhood Association put up a gallant show against Pulau Brani United to whom they lost three-one in a Senior Division league soccer §ame at Jalan Besar yesteray. Aft«r a scoreless
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    Carson Returns Best Qualifying Score
    123 8 THE eight qualifiers for 1 match play in the Singapore Island Club championship, after the second qualifying round yesterday, are as follows: D. A. T. Carson (80 74 —154); L. E. C. Davies (78 77—155); II. Tooke (78 79—151; D. A. IV. Lochhead (M+78— 158);
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    WEIGHTS FOR 9 RACESATPENANG
    380 8 TPENANG, Sunday. HE six furlong race for Class 4. Div. 5 horses for Wednesday, the second day of the present Penang race meeting has been ca needed and there will, consequently, be only six races for the day. Below are all weights for Wednesday and for
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    Poshni Rode Good Race On Ramillies
    596 8  -  EPSOM JEEP By PENANG, Sunday. yOt'NCi POSHNI once described in an Australian sporting paper in an interview with a returning jockey, as the "son of a rich Indian merchant who rides for f un rode a well-judged race to win on outsider Ramillies at
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    Sports Diary
    28 8 SOCCER: League: Jru\ B 2. Katong Sajarah v Rocklites. Geylang stadium; Jnr. A. 1. Indian R. C. A v Customs. BODCA. GOLF: R.S.G.C. women's medal (Stableford)
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    MISS TEOH WINS 3 VARSITY TITLES
    273 8 MISS TEOH WINS 3 VARSITY TITLES J^ISS Teoh Glm Hock, a 20-year old Science studet from Penang, won three titles at the first University Badminton championships which ended yesterday at the Raffles Institution School hall. In tli« women's singles rtn.u sue beat Miss Wong Pat Mom in. straight sets. Partnering
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    C'wealth XI 129 For 7
    178 8 COLOMBO, Sun QNLY ONE hour's play wu possible today, the secoua of the three allotted to the Commonwealth vs. Combined India, Pakistan, Ceyion te:;m cricket match. In that time the visitors lost nn more wickets for 45 ruas, ib of which were scored by Frin<
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    "CRUSHER" WINS
    22 8 Emi! ("Crusher"' Koiwchenx beat Ty Layton ln last night? wrestling at the Great World Singapore. Layton nttnd afy four rounds.
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