The Straits Times, 18 March 1950

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    19 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE. SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1950. <fc PRICE TEN CENTS
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    DUGDALE SPEECH CRITICISED
    442 1 Statement On Reinforcements Is Queried From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. RESPONSIBLE official and unofficial quarters in Kuala Lumpur today expressed surprise at two statements made by the Minister of State for Colonial Affairs, Mr. John Dugdale, in the House of Commons on Wednesday. There was
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    New Post For Tedder
    80 1 LQNDON, Fri. Marshal of the Royal Air Force Lord Tedder, wartime deputy to the Supreme Allied Commander, Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, is to become chairman of the Brtish joint Services Mission in Washington. Announcing thii in the House of Commons yesterday the Defence Minister, Mr. Shinwell, said
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    JAPS BUY IRON
    28 1 TOKYO. Frl. -Japan will buy 100.000 tons of scrap Iron from Korea during the quarter ending June, 1950 under the 1990-51 scrap Importation programme. U.P.
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    NEW TALK OF S.E. ASIA PACT
    268 1 WASHINGTON, Friday. OK VI Bl.lt AN Senator William Knowland yesterday urged President Truman to initiate a meeting between the foreign ministers of Australia and the South -East Asian republics to consider a nonaggression pact and a security programme against Communism. He told the Senate
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    Jap Peace Pact Talks
    72 1 OTTAWA. Frl. EXPERTS from Commonwealth countries will meet in London "before long" to discuss what should be in a Japanese peace treaty, the External Affairs Minister, Mr. L B. Pearson, said in the House of Commons yesterday He added that the principles that might underly the
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    Rubber Over 55 Cents
    54 1 AT the close of the Singapore rubber commodiiv market yesterday, buyers were quoting 554 rents per Ib. for No. 1 ribbed smoked sheet, spot, loose rubber, and .514 cents for first quality f.o.b. in bales. Full prices in page 10. Lewis and Peat's weekly rubber report
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    'BENGAL PROBLEM EASING'
    175 1 'BENGAL PROBLEM EASING' NEW DELHI. Fri. THE Urime Minister, Pandit Nehru, told India's Parliament today that no major communal incident has developed between Pakistan's East Bengal and India's West Bengal provinces in the past half month. Mr. Nehru said most difficulties in the way of migration of minorities between the
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    Cotton For Japan
    23 1 WASHINGTON. Frl. The United States shipped 331,000 bales of cotton to Japan in the six months ended Feb. 1. A.P.
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    U.S. War Widow Expelled By USI
    70 1 U.S. War Widow Expelled By U SI JAKARTA, tri. JVJ-R-S. Marguerite Aden, 30-year-old American war widow whom Indonesian authorities expelled two days ago, left by air for Singapore today. Mrs. Allen who has done propaganda work for the Chinese Nationalists, said she came here for a holiday in Bali. The
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    2 Dutch Ministers Off To Indies
    174 1 THE HAGUE, Friday. T*WO Dutch Cabinet ministers yesterday left by air for Indonesia to attend the first meeting of the ministers of the Netherlands-Indonesian Union set up during the round-table conference on Indonesia last winter. They are Professor J. R. M. van Den Srink.
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    Singapore-Bound Woman Killed
    132 1 HONG KONG, Friday. A SINGAPORE-BOUND woman, Mrs. Pauline Osborne, was one of two people killed today when a ferryboat collided with a motor launch in Hong Kong harbour. Also dead is David Fitzroy Williams a shipping agent. The two were coming ashore from the Steel Navigator, which
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    52 1 POY BROOKS of Manila, avoidinr a rush by Alfie Sands of Australia, appears to be falling into referee Eric Dun.sford's arms in yesterday's Orient middleweight title fight at Singapore's Happy World Stadium. Brooks, the holder, retained his title by a fairly comfortable points margin. Straits Times picture (Full report in
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    "NO NEUTRAL"
    31 1 NEW YORK, Frl. Holland has no desire to be neutral in the cold war, Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands told a meeting of American businessmen in New York.— Reuter.
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    NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS
    83 1 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Frl.— The High Commissioner has appointed Mr. D. T. Waring a temporary Unofficial member of the Federal Executive Council during the absence of Mr. J. D Mead. Mr. K. J. dimming is to be a temporary Unofficial member of the Federal
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    SIAM WILL JOIN IN AUSTRALIA TALKS
    93 1 From Onr Own Correspondent BANGKOK, Frl. THE new Siamese Foreign Minister. Vorakarn Bancha, disclosed today that the Siamese Government will participate in the forthcoming Commonwealth conference In Australia. He said that the Siamese Government had decided to participate la the conference i "because she
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    U.P.A.M. SEEKS REASSURANCE FROM UK GOVT
    401 1 U.P.A.M. SEEKS REASSURANCE FROM UK GO VT From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. THE United Planting Association of Malaya, in its annual report for 1949. hopes that "visible signs of His Majesty's Government's firm intentions" of not relinquishing its responsibilities in Malaya until its task is complete w:M continue
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    BELGIUM FEARS A CRISIS
    125 1 BELGIUM FEARS A CRISIS BRUSSELS, i-. THE Premier, M. Gascon Eyskens, indicated today that there was a possibility of the Belgian Government resigning over the issue of the return of Leopold III to the Throne. First reaction to King Leopold's manifesto issued yesterday was a decision by the Executive of
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    FLYING ENVOY
    40 1 SEOUL. Fri.-The So.'.ttl Korean President, Mr. Syntiman Uhee, said today that t le Korean Ambassador in Washington, Mr. John Chang, will fly to Australia and New Zealand soon to "sound out their views on a Pacific alliance."— Reuter-AAP..
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    LABOUR M.P.DI^S
    35 1 GLASGOW. Fri— Mr. Adam M'Kinlay. who won the West Dumbartonshire. Scotland, constituency for the Labour Party at the British general election last month died in hospital here today after a heart attack.— Reuter.
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      British React To Balkan Demands
      267 2 LONDON, Friday. OKITAIN is considering retaliatory action against Russia, and other countries which restrict the movements of British ambassadors and their staffs. It takes a serious view of restrictions on travel and other matters to which British representatives are subjected in the Soviet Union, Hungary,
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      TOMATO BATTLE
      27 2 DEBORAH SALVING grins happily after baring several hundred ripe tomatoes thrown at her In the annual tomato fight at Dania, Florida. recently. A. P. picture.
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      COMeT SETS A DOUBLE RECORD
      84 2 r»RiTAiN« a v LONDON, Friday BRITAIN'S dc Havilland Comet, tbe worlds first »11Jet airliner, made a double record flight te and from Rome between breakfast and teatime yesterday The Comet touched down at Hat field airport, London, y«*terday two hours and nine minutes after leaving
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    "USE GERMANY TO SAVE EUROPE"
    470 3 "USE GERMANY TO SAVE EUROPE" Churchill's Call On Defences LONDON, Friday. MR. WINSTON CHURCHILL, Leader of the Opposition, told the House of Commons yesterday that Europe cannot be defended against Soviet attacks "without the active aid of Western Germany." Speaking in the defence debate, Mr. Churchill said: "We are unable
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    Peking Admits Famine Problem
    256 3 HONG KONG. Friday. DADIO Peking last night broadcast that distribu- tion difficulties and not train shortages were responsible for famines in Communist China. It claimed that "unprecedented progress" was now bring made in a plan to send food to famine areas. Following Uniiei States Secretary of
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    Transport Loss Threat
    78 3 LONDON, Fri. Britain's nationalised road and rail transport may well have a loss of £100,000,000 by the middle of 1952 on preseni rates of expenditure and revenue, a transport tribunal announced yesterday "The deficit wilt have to b* liquidated" the tribunal declared in a White Paper and
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    BILL WILL BAN UNTOUCHABIUTY
    68 3 BILL WILL BAN UNTOUCHABIUTY NEW DELHI, Fri THE Indian Government indicated yesterday that those who continue to practise untoucuability, which was abolished by India's new constitution, may soon be liable to prosecution. An announcement said "The Government is considering the framing of legislation prescribing punishment for offences arising from the
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    INDIANS VOTE FOR WAR
    178 3 INDIANS VOTE FOR WAR CALCUTTA. PTi |»ANDIT Jawaharial Nehru's latest fart -findiux trur of Calcutta end<?d yest^tday. He is expected to return to Calcutta next manth. Hi he left, a prominent locil newspaper published a public opinion poll which s ited that 87.2 per cent, of 2'JQ.OOO persons questioned w
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    LAIK ALI FLEES WITH JEWELS
    127 3 KARACHI, Friday. Y|IR Laik Ali, former Premier of Hyderabad, has reached Pakistan, it was officially announced last night. A nine-word Press note issued by the Foreign Affairs Ministry said: "Mir Laik Ali and his family have reached Pakistan." He brought with him his entire treasure
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    Religious Army Joins Bao Dai
    166 3 Religious Army Joins Bao Dai SAIGON, Fri. NGUYEN Giac Ngo, Nationalist Commander of 3,000 troops belonging to the Hoa religious sect, who have been fighting the French in IndoChina, today placed his forces at the disposal of the Vietnam Government headed by ex-Emperor Bao Dai ot Annam. The Hoa leader
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    SIR BRIAN TO LEAVE BONN
    55 3 LONDON, Fri.-Sir Brian Robertson, British High Commissioner In Germany has been appointed C-in-C of the Middle East Land Forces, it was announced yesterday. He will be succeeded as High Commissioner by a clTilian. Sir Irone Kirkpatrick Under-Secretary In charge of the German Department of the
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    CZECHS EXPEL VATICAN ENVOY
    61 3 PRAGUE, Fri. The Czech Government yesterday ordered Monslgnore Ottavio De Llva, Secretary of tne Papal Pronunciatura in Prague, to leave Czechoslovakia within three days. He is accused of carrying on subversive activities. The Government said the higher church hierarchy in Czechoslovakia had for consld«rabie time past
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    DEMAND FOR TIN GROWS STRONGER
    180 3 Frm Oar Owa C«rr««p«»*ei.l LONDON, Friday, f OMMKNTINa on a marked v strength in the forward tin position, the "Metal Bulletin" says It Is believed Russia is in the market for further quantities and there may be only rather restricted quantities offering for sale on
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    Going Home
    227 3 SERETSE CAN GO BACK, BUT.. LONDON, Fri. 'THE British Government. attacked from all sides over the Seretse Khama affair, agreed last night to let the exiled African go back temporarily to the Bamangwato tribe and his pregnant English wife. It also announced that a White Paper would be
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    VATICAN ENVOY
    35 3 VATICAN CITY, Fri. Pope Pius XII has appointed Monsignor Georges De Jon che D'Ardoye, Belgian titular Archbishop of Mistia, as Apostolic Intern unci.) to the United States of Indonesia the Vatican announced yesterday.—Reuter.
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    LEGAL OPIUM
    33 3 MARSEILLES. Fri. —Police looked on without interest as ten tons' of opium from Bombay were unloaded today from an Indian liner. The drug U to be distributed to French hospitals.— Reuter.
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    Experiment In Re-grouped Huts May Be Used In All Settlements
    369 4 MAKE SQUATTERS INTO SETTLERS APPEAL From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. IF an experiment of re-grouping squatter huts into a village in Selangor proves a success, it might well become standard for all Chinese settlement areas of the future,
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    LOST HIS CARD
    50 4 A Chinese schoolteacher. 28-year-old Cheng Yen Sheng. was fined $20 in the Singapore First District Court yesterday for failing to produce an identity card when demanded by the police. Cheng lost his card, but failed to take out a duplicate after reporting the loss to the police.
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    $15 FOR GAMBLING
    54 4 I Three men Low Ec Ah. i aged 30 Ang Yong Tee. aged 30. and Kong Ah Ping, aged 52. an_ a woman. Loll Ah Son. aged 35. were each fined $15 in the Singapore Second Po1 lice Court yesterday for gambling in a house in Temple
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    NEW ZEALAND EVANGELIST IN SPORE
    67 4 NEW ZEALAND EVANGELIST IN SPORE MR. GEORGE CURLE, former New Zealand Air Force, officer who Is lendinQ three New Zealand ex-ser-vicemen on an evangelist tour, seen preaching in Bethesda Church, Singapore. The three are members of the Youth for Christ International, a movement operating in 63 different countries. Mr. Curie
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    GOVTS $30,000 NOT ENOUGH
    102 4 111 1 From Our SUIT Cortespondent PENANG, Fri. GOVERNMENTS annual contribution to the Penang Municipal torn- missioned of $30,000 in lieu of rates is now re- j garded as 'in_demiale" and a new formula is being considered, the Municipal S*«.retar\ .md Treasurer. .Mr. S. V. Ali.ns.
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    Finn Market In Rubber
    191 4 Finn Market In Rubber INDONESIA has not pio- < 1 duced the rubb -r fut sale that was expecte-1. accerdin;; to Lewis Peat 1, weekly market report. There appt ai to have been son.c srTt «cE in all markets m anticipate,.: of heavy releaserr"m indone-ia. The latter s failure to
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    HOUSE TOLD OF M.C.A. HELP
    263 4 LONDON, Friday. THE House of Commons was last night told of the part the Malayan Chinese Association is playing in helping to solve the squatter problem. In a statement on the Ma- I layan squatters, the Secretary of State for the Colonies. Mr. James Griffiths,
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    C-G Will Hear Concert
    89 4 THE Commissioner-General. Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald. has become the first post-war president of the Singapore Musical Society. He is attending the symphony concert to be given by the society at the Victoria Memorial Hall next Friday. The Deputy Municipal President, Mr. T. P. F. McNeice. and
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    The Clan Remembers Mr. Cho
    199 4 The Clan Remembers Mr. Cho A MEMORIAL in honour of Cho Ah Chee, a Chinese carpenter who is believed to have helped Stamford Raffles to land or* Singapore m 1819, lis to be erected by his clansmen in the Colony. The Singapore Cho Clan I Association has decided to erect
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    MALAY ON CHEATING CHARGES
    155 4 A MALAY. 35-year-old AOdul Rahman bin Ismail pleaded guilty in a Singapore Police Court yesterday to three charges of cheating involving $79. He will be remanded in custody for one week while further investigations- are carried out. It was stated by the prosecution that on Jan.
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    Duties Over
    30 4 Mr. H. Martin Doyle, Chief Superintending Assessor. War Damage Claims Commission, and Mr. J. F. Arthur, Superintending Assessor, have relinquished their duties, it was officially stated last night.
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    SINGAPORE WEEK-END DIARY
    179 4 ART EXHIBITION. British Council Hall, Stamford Road, S a.m. to 5.30 p.m. 1 JUNIOR CHAMBER OF COM- MERC'E, luncheon meeting. Capitol Blue Room, 1 p.m. Mr. Keith Wade, member of Australian Junior Chamber, will speak. DISTRICT M.Y.F.. Leaders" Retreat. 309. Slglap Road. 2.30 pm CHINESE V.M.C.A.. 107,
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    New Ship For China Run
    65 4 THE CHINA Navigation Company's new 5,500-ton vessel, Anking, which arrives in Singapore from the United Kingdom on Monday on her ir.a iden voyage to Hong Kong. She will be employed on the company's China-Malaya ser vice next month. Capable of a speed of 15 knots,
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    Trefoils Used As Shamrock
    119 4 From Our SUIT Correspondent PENANG. Fri. T OCALLY-GROWN trefoils took the place of the traditional shamrock today as the Irish community observed their annual St. Pat ic-'s Day. A few shamrocks were worn but as those from Ireland tend to wither by the time they reach
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    GOVERNMENT'S REPLY IS 'EVASIVE'
    322 5 GOVERNMENT'S REPLY IS 'EVASIVE' Reclamation Not Answered THE Singapore Government's reply to a question on Raffles Reclamation by Mr. C. C. Tan, president of the Progressive Party and member of the Legislative Council, is described in the Party's annual report as "evasive" and containing "as many red herrings as one
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    AUSTRALIA NOW MORE HUMANE'
    163 5 A I STR ALIAS immigration policy now appears to be administered in a humane manner and devoid or the unpleasant features which characterised the actions of the former Australian Labour Immigration Minister, Mr. A. Calwell, says the Progressive V*m tv of Singapore in its annual report.
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    'Point 4'Mission Meets The C-G
    78 5 'Point 4' Mission Meets The C-G Mr. R. Allen Griffin and! aruembers of U.S. "Point I Four" mission which is touring South-East Asia, had a preliminary meeting yesterday with the CommissionerGeneral, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald. Some senior officials of the Commissioner-General's office and the Singapore Govern-! ment were also present. MISS
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    Drove Negligently
    67 5 Such bin Mased wa s fined $75. in addition to having his' driving licence endorsed, when he wag convicted in the First Traffic Court, Singapore, yes- terday on a charge of negligent driving on the afternoon of Jan. 24. It was stated that that Sudi drove hi* car
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    Radio Interview
    42 5 Syed Adam Edward HoganShaidali, the Malayan student envoy to America, will be Interviewed over Radio Malaya at 6.30 p.m. today. Mr. Soesilo and Mr. Sabam Siagiam. the Indonesian delegates to the New York Herald-Tribune i Forum, will also take part.
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    Fair Exchange Still A Robbery
    55 5 "WO very perplexed persons are Mr. L. G. Lawrence and Mr. D. V. C. Silva, stenographers who share a room at Trafalgar S'reet, Singapore. On Thursday night they v,ere visited by a cat burglar who took shirts and trousers and in exchange left two women's
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    MALAYAN TRADERS IN JAPAN
    99 5 AN average of three to.foux applications from Malayans to visit Japan are received each week for transmission to Supreme Allied Command authorities in I Toklo, by the Singapore Secretariat for Economic Affairs. About 40 Malayans have gone to Japan in the past three months, almost all
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    Lim-Wicks Decision May Be In Secret
    187 5 PUBLIC and Press may be excluded from part of the meeting when Singapore Municipal Commissioners sit next Wednesday for the fourth general debate on which of the two Assistant Municipal Water Engineers. Mr. P. C. Urn or Mr. F. S. Wicks, is more suitable
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    THEY HID SUGAR
    77 5 Forty-seven-year-old Kwek Keng Mui, proprietor of a sundries shop in Orchard Road, was fined $575 ann his assistant. Chan Kwang Liang, aged 40, was fined $75 in the Singapore Second District Court yesterday for falsely denying that they had no sugar in the shop when asked by
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    PENSIONERS
    64 5 The officials of the Government Pensioners' Association of Singapore for the year are: president, Mr. E. H. Valberg; Ylce-president. Mr. Kiong Chin Eng; secretary, I. Adam Tahar; assistant secretary. Mr. Tan Eng Earn; treasurer. Mr. Lah Gee Kok; auditor, Mr. F. VlllaneuTa; committee members: Messrs. E. V. DftYlea. J.
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    Indonesian Export Order Affects S 'pore Fishing Boats
    135 5 Indonesian Export Order Affects S 'pore Fishing Boats gINGAPORE fishing boats are included in a list of vessels which must call at either Tanjong Pinang, Blakang Padang, Pulau Samboe or Karimoen, if they are bound for or coming from the Rhio Archipelago. This notification was issued to the three Chambers
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    BANDIT CHASERS
    40 5 BANDIT-CHASERS TELL THEIR STORY: Alter spending weeks hunting: bandits In the Jnncles, these three men, Lt. Neville Pryce, Pte. Derek Heath and Cpi. Frank Waffstaff c. recently broadcast their experiences from Radio Malay*. Koala lam pur -P.B. picture.
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    'MALAYA SHOULD BE INDEPENDENT'
    216 5 MALAYA should have independence in about 15 years' time, said Mr. John L. Strohm, American author and journalist yesterday. This impression I was gained from leading Government officials in Malaya, he said. Mr. Strohm Is on an extensive tour of South-East Asia, and is special feature
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    Nursing Home Wants Rents Fixed
    117 5 THE case, in which the Surlingram Nursing House has applied to the Singapore Rent Conciliation Board to fix the rent of the Homes' premises, was mentioned before the Board yesterday and adjournment until Apr. 14. The- application for the adjournment was made by Mr. J.
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    One Million In S'pore
    104 5 THE population of the Co lony of Singapore has passed the million mark. The I latest available statistics show that the estimated population of the Colony at the end of last year was 1.001.504; *****6 people on the Island of Singapore: 1.305 on Christ-.r.:i > Island
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    PROGRESSIVES MEETING
    34 5 The ordinary annual general meeting of the Progressive Party will be held in Kin» George's Hall of St. Joseph's Institution in Bras Basah. Road, Singapore, on March 29 at 5 15 p.m.
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    Oetoyo Talks On Westerling
    65 5 JAKARTA, Fri. The U.S.I. Charge d'Affeires in Singapore, Mr. Oetoyo, arrived in Jakarta yesterday to report to the U.S.I. Foreign Affairs Ministry •n the Westerling iffair, reports Aneta news agency. Reliable sources said negotiations between the U.S.I, and the British Government have not been completed. These
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    SEARCH POWERS FOR PAHANG RAIL LINE
    103 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Frl. THE whole of the area two miles on either side of the 40-mile railway from Mentakab to the Negri Sembilan border has been declared a special area by tbe Chief Pofiee Officer. Pahang. Mentakab Town Board Hi^'ts are rxHided. Within tb»
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    SThe jfrraits $im*a ; Singapore Sat.. Mar. 18, 1950. i – 1 I Security And ! Synthetic
    556 6 SThe jfrraits $im*a Singapore Sat.. Mar. 18, 1950. i 1 I Security And Synthetic 1 The objections offered to President Truman's synthetic rubber proposals by Mr. Car) i Vinson. chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. come as no surprise except perhaps as regards their vigour. Mr. Vinson, who spe?ks
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    Bukit Selambau
    381 6 Some weeks ago a taxi driver in Sungei Patani decided to go into business on his own account in the village of Bukit Selambau, Kedah, where there is no taxi at present and where the only transport is provided by a daily bus service passing through the village.
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    22 6 >» x i n HVN'IPMAN. Clifford at the Km lltf HoMM K:\nfiy. Cfvion. on ii r l i'h llwUnt. of heart Aeod S4
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    ArKNOWI.KIMIMK.NT
    23 6 >IR MRS 1 EZEKIEI v to thBnlc h!1 fripnds and re1c- thrtr ii*<tul Bift« «nd i ivhfv on the occasion i.f rrarriase.
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    NEW IDEAS FOR RUBBER
    192 6 THE Financial Times and other influential papers have consistently urged, regarding that rubber producers should not lose sight of the fact "that their present relatively satisfactory position could be changed overnight —depending of course, on American demand for both natural and synthetic rubber With this always
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    THE JUNGLE FOLK
    1095 6 "Some of the world's most primitive people are living in the great Malayan equatorial rain forest, which still covers three quarters of the land, and we know next to nothing about them; their speech, ways of life and even the very names of the groups living near
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    A MOONLIGHT PARADE
    571 6 Jtftg From the Straits Times files of March i—\l. 1!>OH 'THE moonlight parade on Thursday of the S.V.A. was a great success in more ways than one. After an excellent drill in front of the Town Hall (although I am afraid one or two of the men
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    On The Margin
    377 6 On The Margin Governmrnl DniftiM WHAT Is the position with regard to Government servants who comment <>n questions of Government policy in their capacity as officers or members of trade unions? I have neard of a Junior Government servant In the Federation who was ruthlessly sacked because he complained about
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    TAMBIES BUILD OWN SCHOOL
    399 7 C-G, McKerron Pra ise Ta in Us Big Effort THE Commissioner-General, Mr. Malcolm MacI tor aid. and the 0.A.G., Singapore, Sir Patrick McKerron, sent congratulatory messages at the opening yesterday of the Umar Pulavar Tamil school in Maxwell Road built mostly through the efforts of office
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    DROWNED IN RIVER ON PICNIC
    119 7 rpHE Singapore Coroner. Mr. J Cboor Singh, returned an 1.,- n lindina yesterday at an Inquiry on an 11-year-old Bch i.ilbuy who was found drowned in a river off Tamp nil Road <m March 5. The boy. Lee Kian Tong. n.i.s out on a picnic
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    NO ASSAULT
    31 7 Twenty three year ;»ld Clarence Raiapakse. who was •■harged in the Singapore, SK*ond Police Court with assaulUnt. a 13-year-old girl in order to outrage her modesty, was acquitted yesterday.
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    U.K. LEAVE
    38 7 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU Fri- Mr., R C. Edyvean. Controller of Poets, Johore. leaves for the United Kingdom on furlough I next week. Mr V. L Smith of the Singapore Post Office suc<»eds him
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    PROTEST MEETING
    60 7 THE Muslim Welfare Association of Singapore is sponsoring a mass meeting to protest against the proposed Rent Control Ordinance amendments giving landlords the right to' evict their tenants. Subject to police approval, the meeting will be held at the boxing arena in the New World amusement park tomorrow
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    DISQUALIFIED
    71 7 Kana Pitcchay bin Mohd. Mustafa was fined S50 and disqualified from driving for. a period of three months when he was convicted in the First Traffic Court. Singapore, yesterday, for negligent driving. It was stated that Kana drove a Singapore Traction Company's omnibus on the morning of Jan. 29
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    School For 'L' Police
    153 7 EVERY Singapore 'mata mata" who wants to learn to drive now gets a thorough training in both theory and practice at the Police Driving School jn Thomson Road. They are taught to handle and drive all types of motor vehicles at the school which has been
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    POLICEMAN GAVE INTERVIEWS
    81 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. -A police statement says: "In view of comment that has appeared In certain sections of the Press recently, it is notified that the Identity of the auxiliary policeman who received $20,000 for the killing of a notorious Communist bandit was
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    Alleged Robbery
    56 7 Two Chinese. Tan Chin Hock and Tan Ah Toh in the Sixth Police Court yesterday were committed for trial at the next Assizes on a charge of armed robbery. They were alleged to have robbed a goldsmith of Tlong Bahru Road of $533 of jewellery on Dec. 18
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    Replies Soon On Council Questions
    230 7 AT next Tuesday's meeting of the Singapore Legislative Council, Government is expected to answer questions raised by elected Councillors on the abolition of doublemember constituencies for Council elections, and increasing the number of elected Councillors to 12 (nine at present) and the number of Unofficial
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    Liabilities Of $106,000 Admitted
    179 7 Liabilities Of $106,000 Admitted LIABILITIES amounting to $106,000 were admitted in the Singapore Bankruptcy Court yesterday by Sultan Abdul Kader who had been operating a tonkang and cattle trading business since the liberation. In his public examination. Sultan Abdul Kader, who said he had three wives and 11 children, stated
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    BANDITS KILLED NOW 1,086
    167 7 BANDITS KILLED NOW 1,086 from Our SUIT Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Frl. LAST month, security forces killed 35 bandies, bringing the total of bandits killed since the Emergency to 1.086 Another 35 were wounded and escaped, while three others wounded were captured and nine were caught unwounded. During the same period,
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    IN COLLISION
    50 7 Toh Leong Chye had his licence endorsed and was fined $60 in the First Traffic Court. Singapore, yesterday, when he pleaded guilty to having driven his lorry on the night of Jan. 27 and collided with a taxi at the junction of Chin Nam Street and Hill Street.
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    MALAYAN PIANIST DIES ABROAD
    243 7 iyELL-known Singapore pianist. Mr. Clifford Huntsman died of heart failure in a nursing home in Kandy. Ceylon, on March 15. The late Clifford Huntsman came of a family whose connection with Malaya has lasted many years. Two brothers made it their home and the scene of
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    SELANGOR'S NEW C.P.O.
    19 7 SELANGOR'S new acting; Chief Police. Officer, Mr. P. H. O'Flynn formerly OfTi-cer-in-Charge Criminal Investigation Department, Selangor.
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    ALIENS MAY JOIN PROGRESSIVES
    174 7 THE Progressive Party of Singapore proposes to x open its membership to aliens. Mr. Tan Soon Kirn will move at the third annual ordinary general meeting, to be held on March 29, an amendment to the rules allowing aliens in sympathy with the aims ofthe Party
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    'MONTH' REFUTES RED CLAIM
    49 7 HONG KONG. Fri. THE "amazingly high" number of civilians supporting Malaya's AntiBandit Month "tears to pieces the Communist fiction about a national liberation movement." the English-lang-uage China Mail said in a recent editorial. It hailed the volunteer movement as "without precedent in Malaya's history." A.P.
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    Bandit Camp Was Close To Ambush
    204 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. IJALF-A-MILE from the corner on the Kuala Lumpur-Beaton* Road where eight people including two British Crown Film Unit men were ambushed and wounded yesterday, a temporary bandit camp for 60 people was found by police and jungle
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    VOLUNTEERS RELEASE 800 TROOPS
    379 7 VOLUNTEERS RELEASE 800 TROOPS From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPIK, Friday. least 800 troops have been released for operations in the field as a result of repl.-< ments by Anti-Bandit Month volunteers, ;i Malaya District spokesman told the Straits Times today. He said, "The Army has been very impressed hy
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    EXPORT OF COPRA
    46 7 Malaya exported 59.4»3,531 worth of copra i1nC13.6"! tonsi in January, and imported $6,019,731. worth (11.382.67 tons), according to official statistics. Coconut exports amounted to $60,605. There were no imports. Exports of coconut oil were worth $4,356,497 (4.463.72 tons) and imports $136,804 <214.51 tons).
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    KUAn YIN'S SATURDAY STORY Of— The girls who ran away
    454 8 KUAn YIN'S SATURDAY STORY Of— The girls who ran away |N a little village in < China a marriage was arranged. It was 20 years ago, and the bride-to-be, had been living a very sheltered lif«. Kept behind closed doors, she had n?ver seen any men pxrept her closest r
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    $3,500 for half hour
    114 8 SMILING beauty, pictured here, is olive' skinned Rotario, woman partner of famed Spanish folklore cfi»fffi'?, Rozario and Antonio. The partners, cousins, are in London for the first time They are to appear on television. Fee for half an hour: Straits $J,500/ With them are two pianists
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    What do you make Of it? asks TOM MARSH
    705 8 What do you make Of it? asks TOM MARSH FUNDAMENTALLY, I am not inclined to make anything of it. Broomsticks for brooms, not stilts labels on bottles, not on lampshades, trays or screens, has always been my motto. After all, unless you are a wine merchant, why advertise for other
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    Women workers get a champion
    241 8 OINGAPORE'S female Juvenile workers will soon be able to tell their woes to a woman inspector. "The decision to employ Vijpmen inspectors is the outcome of the emancipation of women," Mr. Bingham, the Commissioner for Lab. ir. told our woman correspondent yesterday. It will be
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    Bird watching can be fun
    678 8  -  MARY HAMILTON By IT is a cilrious,fact that most English people who have never been East have the mistaken idea that the birds here, though gorgeously plumaged. are entirely without song, or at any rate have harsh, unlovely voices. This is quite wrong as can
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    COOKERYCORNER
    283 8  -  ROSEMARY ROBINSON By THE editor tells me he has been beleagured by readers following my recent reference to cheap wine. Where is it? they ask At this moment, there are In Singapore adequate supplies of Australian wines, ranging from Burgandy at $1.85 a bottle, claret and chablis at $1.90.
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      206 8 STRAITS TIMES CROSSWORD mmh St. timer fouirtstlon <1» CROSSWORD NO. 17 1 Certificate that th* wedded XX. Maay ia Ik* ariMW «T UWOOWW*' 7 "Wt »i Male «U»? <*. I). turn*' bUddeg HV ill If 1 111 U I IBM 9. Talk* gitMjr. part Ml. t* H. tare gam uu|>
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    15 9 DON'T ROCK THE BOAT! With apologies to Mr. Roy Morrell and the Singapore Art Society-)
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      "PROGRESS" IN A JOHORE DISTRICT
      253 9 PROGRESS" IN A JOHORE DISTRICT Jlf AY I express an opinion relevant to the controi?l versy about appointments for the local-born ii.eh has been started over the business of a Deputy Water Engineer in the Singapore Municipality? I live In a district of the State of Johore where there was
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      A QUERY FROM SEREMBAN
      139 9 /^OULU you tell me whether it is fair on Tie part of th e Negri Fire Brigade to re- > attend to a fire 1 miles from the fire when it can ati nn nearly seven „.•■> In the Sunday Times of re appeared nn ;-">-p
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      SERETSE KHAMA In Defence Of Maian
      111 9 SERETSE KHAMA In Defence Of Maian WONDERED when some knowledgeable individual would com- meat on the Seretse Khama affair, but I did not dream that one as knowledgeable as "Sorento" whose letter was published on Thursday would come forward. No doubt "Sorento" has lived for many years in South Africa
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      'DEPLORABLE" ACTION
      107 9 J READ with Interest and complete approval the views expressed by "Sorento" in your issue of Thursday regarding the treatment award*ed to Seretse Khama. The action taken by the British Government in initially banning the African chief from visiting his countrymen is deplorable, and as this incident has
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      NO FURTHER DONATIONS
      139 9 ON two occasions I donated 825 c.c. of blood, sroup O. I was profusely thanked. But this is why no further donation will be made: A few months aco I intended to donate. One morning I walked four fur-., lones to the bus-stand, tra- veiled 13 miles
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      BANDIT ARMS
      25 9 IT would be interesting to know the age and origin < f all arms captured Irom bandits. Could the authorities oblige? 4*. L i
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      To The Sister Of A University Freshie
      475 9 To The Sister Of A University Freshie UfHILE I agree with the general principles about teaching freshies how "to take it on the chin.' or how "to take the rough with the smooth', expressed by "Syntax" in the Straits Times last Tuesday, I must say that this young lady has
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      JAKARTA AND MALAYA
      159 9 Radio Views A CCORDING to a recent note by "Cecil Street," Mr. John Dumeresque has said that 1| hours of violin solos a week on Radio Malaya programmes would be too much. I do not think that the person who asked for that improvement meant only violin
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      "A LITTLE MORE TALKING"
      106 9 AS a keen listener to Radio Malaya's Kuala Lumpur programmes especially "Mail Bag" and "Happy An- niversary may I ask v. hy the announcer in charge of these features has changed the system so that we hear more music and less talking? As these are the
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      A PRO-FLAUTIST LISTENER
      60 9 1 STRONGLY second the view expressed by "Instrumentalist" in last Saturday's Forum under the heading "Flutes iin Tamil Programmes." As a regular listener to the Tamil programmes of Radio Malaya, I agree that a change to new records, or the employment of an Indian flute expert, would
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      RACE RESULTS
      56 9 F seems that Radio Malaya is as troublesome as Alabama. Last week I tuned In on the seven o'clock news for the Penan* race results, but it wag after 15 minutes of a dull talk that the results were announced. Why. oh. why can't ttie results be announced
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      TEA MONEY I PRACTICE
      69 9 I FAIL to see how this tea money practice with Singapore Improvement Trust flats could be continued if all applications for flats were numbered and checked by the proper authority. If my registered number were 100, I would certainly question how ;>n plicant whose registration number
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      ROOM NO. 4, PUDU
      71 9 A^LLOW my family and myself to take this opportunity of thanking the staff of Pud i Ror-d Hospital. Kuala Lumpur, from the Lady Medical Officer down to I the ayahs, for the kind treatment, prompt attention and invaluable assistance rend red during my recent confinement, when
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      VULGAR AND BRUTAL
      316 9 I WHOLEHEARTEDLY agree with "A Planter," whose letter was published last Wednesday about "ragging and fagging" of the right kind, but I wish to suggest that in his reply to "Sapiens", of Penang. he has gone astray on one point. f What "Sapiens" was trjing to point
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      CAMBRIDGE RESULTS: COMPARISONS
      241 9 CAMBRIDGE RESULTS: COMPARISONS 'THE 1949 School Certificate examination results x are out, and the public has been comparing tl itresults of one school with those of another. It seems to me that the present method of comparison— i.e. the number of passes calculattd against the number of candidates presented for
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      3 jailed for illegal entry
      168 9 ■»«t 1 sir«^.'*»^.'".."cin T.V-J1^ TWO news items, one headed Turk 1 Uaoled For literal Singapore Entry'" in the Straits Times of Mar. 9, the other "Three Jailed For Illegal Entry' in the S.mday Times o«* Mar. 12, have caught m v eye The first case
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      POSTAL BUSINESS
      48 9 COULD the Director i Postal /Service 'lore, announce (lours during v/hic'n bnsi offices? Recently I < i a post-office n at about 4.10 p.m. id toici that busi than the 1 for t ;i o Wili t'np Director of P.> 1 iic kiit'--tice Is authorls RESIDENT. Singapore.
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      SLOW CONVOYS
      26 9 How much longer Is Army to bo a'lnv run training convoys of thi ton trucks through Singapore's streets at 10 m.p.b.? SLOW COACH. Singapore.
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      75 9 WHAT'S UP AT— (((SHELU Yes. there is something afoot.. something behind thft extra twinkle in the Shell dealer's smile, the extra spring In his step. WHAT'S HE GOT THAT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE? Coold it be the popularity of SHELL X-100 MOTOR OIL? Could it be because Shell dealers are so
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      255 9 MUSIC FOR ALL.... ELEGIAC MELODIES— No. 1-He:u t:\c-hes No. 2 The Last Spring <C=: Willem Mcngelbfia Hta Copcertgebouw Orch LX 1(>8 PRINCE IGOR— Choral Dance No. 17 M Pnn«) iPolovitsian Dances* ißciodini— The IFestival Choir wiih the London Philharmonic Orch. conducted by Sir Thomas Bceclnmi. LX 369 70 INVITATION TO
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    London Stocks
    337 10 LONDON, fTi. RUBBER and Tin shares advanced on tee London Stock Exchange yesterday Tins were particularly In demand on account of the strength of the commodity. An early brightness In '.he markets generally proved shortlived and most section* aoon resumed a cloak of apathy. Closing middle prtcei ot
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    FAIR ATTENTION FOR TINS
    925 10 From Oar Market Correspondent MALAYAN Tin shares came in for fair attention at the opening because of the better price in tin metal yesterday, but in the afternoon they closed quiet though steady. Industrials remained firm. Rubbers had small business. Prices quoted by the Mai- I
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    TIN PRICES
    27 10 SINGAPORE, Fri., Mar. 17—|2M.37' 2 (dowd $3.25). LONDON, Fit Mar. 17.— S»ot: £59?t—£598*. Forward: £5974— £598. Settlement: £5981. Tarn orer: morning 45 tons, afternoon 30.
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    Singapore Rubber
    220 10 fTtHE Singapore rubber tnar1 ket yesterday opened firm on better advices from bcth London and New York. Soon after Xhe opening, business was done at as high as 541 cents per lb. for April shipments. Later, on pronttaklng prices eased slightly though there was good trade Inquiry throughout
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    THE PRODUCE MARKET
    107 10 From A Market Correspondent /tOFFEE in the Singapore market v waa again quiet yesterday with prices unchanged. Buyers of copra Indicated $37 and sellers $37 'i but no business was reported. Business was done In Siafc sago at $12 t h. Liverpool (f.a.q.) sellers rwere quoting $12%
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    TWO INTERIMS FOR RAMBUTAN TIN
    40 10 From Oar SUIT Correspondent IPOH, Fri. RAMBUTAN Tin directors have declared interim dividend?, each of 9d. per share, for the years to June 30, 1949. and June 30, 1950. payable together on Mar. 31. 1950.
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    BROOKS RETAINS HIS TITLE
    729 11 Alfie Sands Was A Game Loser Straits Times Boxing Reporter I AMI AS Boy Brooks staked the mythical middle1T1 weight championship of the Orient at the Happy World last n g ht, and was still champion at the end of 15 sweating rounds with Alfle Sands,
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    DEJSADA TKQ'd
    41 11 BRISBANE. Fri.— I.ouIk DejMrta Sinmrsp featherweight. wa« beaten on a technical knockout by Jackie R;an of Queensland in the sixth round of their 12 rounds contest here Dejsada scaled 125 lb». and Ryan half a pound heavier Reuter A.A.P
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    Army Are Service Boxing Champions
    231 11 WITH eleven points to their credit, Army for the second year in succession, won the annual Inter-Services Boxing championships held at the Royal Naval Bar1 racks yesterday. Four points below the champions' total was Navy and two away were I Royal Air Force. At the
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    N.Z. OUT FOR 231: RING 7 FOR 88
    57 11 DINEDIN. Fri— Au.slraUaV spin howler Douglas Ring took seven New Zealand wickets for 88 runs when the three-day unofficial Test began here today. New Zealand made 231 (A. McGibbon 65 W. Hadlee 54. B. Sutoliffr 42). and by clone of play Australia
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    Sind-Karachi 241 For Four
    153 11 KARACHI, Fri. r> Ceylon cricketer* opened their tour of Pakistan here today against a Slnd-Karachi eleven who batted first and totalled 241 lor four wickets at date of play. The Ceylon team Impressed with their (round fielding and unart throws, which were responsibe for the taking
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    Dockyard Win 4-Nil
    96 11 HM. DOCKYARD defeated 30th Bn. R.A.O.C. In a Junior A. I. league soccer Same by four goals to nil at 3eylang stadium yesterday. Dockyard's persistent efforts were often thwarted by the lood goalkeeping of Cleasby who saved his side from a heavier defeat All Dockyard's goals came
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    Sports Diary
    138 11 TODAT BACKS: 1st Dst S.T.C. March meeting. CRICKET: S.C.C. t I'nicorn on padang; Sinhalese v BMP Guard I nit, Raj Slang Camp; Ceylon S.C. v Pollc« at Thorn son Road. BADMINTON: Malays tourn.menl I nion Hall, X and 7 ■J". SOCCER Tamil B.A. Mar rled T Single. Karrir
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    CHANGI BOYS B.P.
    57 11 The following have been »elect«d to represent the Changl Boy« B.P In a friendly badminton match of 4 singles and 3 doubles against Swallow B.P at the latter's court tonight at 7.30 p.m.: 8tet Cheng Hua. Wee Kim Eng. Tan Yew Jin. Sani bin Mohd.. J. A.
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    T.B.A. SOCCER
    25 11 The Tamil Brotherhood Aaaoclanon's annual soccer match Married v Single, for the Retnam Shield will be played at Farrer Park at 5.15 today.
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    Seletar Were On Top Throughout
    507 11 R.A.F. Seletar 4; S.C.C 4 DAMP PITCH and a heavy ball did nothing to liven up a dull and scrappy same at Jalan Besar yesterday when R.A.F. Seletar had no difficulty in beating the Singapore Cricket Club by four goals to nil and so take
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    S.R.C. CRICKET
    73 11 Due to heavy rain, the S.R.C. padang cricket pitch will not be nt for play today and S.R C s fixture against the Indian' Association Jnd eleven has been cancelled On Sunday B.R.C. play Police Ist team on the padang at 11 •m. 8 R.c. team ta:—K. Le
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    KING'S HARBOUR DESTROYED
    26 11 King's Harbour, a well-bred four-year-old bay English gelding by Colombo out of Sultan Mahal, was destroyed earlier In the week for "veterinary reasons."
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    ARCTIC LORD MAY LEAD ALL THE WAY TODAY
    451 12  -  Track Form Indicates Marked Improvement EPSOM JEEP By MOTWITHSTANDING Courage's strong claims, lam confident that Arctic Lord will win the mile handicap for Class 2 Div. 1 horses (Race 7) at Bukit Timah today, opening day of the Singapore Turf ClUDurir!rt C
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    Your Lordship, Mayfair Good Each-way Bets
    1321 12 YOUR Lordship (Race 2) and Mayfair (Race 4) are two sound each-way wagers in a most intriguing card at Bukit Timah today. Your Lordship, a c handsome bay by Chulmleigh, has made good progress since his promising c fourth to Tempest over a mile
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    DOUBLE TOTES & BIG SWEEP
    61 12 DOUBLE TOTES BIG SWEEP THE double tote evem at I Bukit Timah today will be on Races 6 and 9 while the Big Sweep will be drawn on Race 8. Seve» horses have been scratched from all engagements. They are Sir Fresco, Show Boy, Royal Bounty, Glendale, Edmond Dantes, Lucky
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    Eight New Horses Due Next Week
    89 12 MORE English horses are coming out to the Malayan Turf. Trainer M. van Breukelen expects a batch of elg'hi new English horses next week. Among them is Irish Abbot, a four-year-old by Nasrullah (sire of Noor, wuiner of the Santa Anita Handicap). Irish Abbot
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    • GONZALES TO REST FOR YEAR
    115 12 GONZALES TO REST FOR YEAR CHARLOTTE, North Carolina I Frl.— Richard "Pancho" Oon t sales, top United States amateui lawn tennis player before turn' ing professional last autumn i said here yesterday he intende< to have a year's rest from th< i game after the completion of hli present tour.
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    Four Contenders For Vacant Title
    92 12 LONDON, Frl.— Four contender have been matched by the Boxing Board of Control for the British llght-heavywelght title vacated by Freddie Mills. Mark Hart of Croydon will fight Dennis Powell of Wales and Jimmy Carroll of stockport will meet Don Cockell of Batterse*. Dates for
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    Perak T.C. Plan New Lay-Out
    211 12 By EPSOM JEEP THE committee of the Perak Turf Club has drawn up an elaborate $365,000 development scheme, providing for additional stabling accommodation, new modern quarters for resident and visiting syces and new lay-out for the Club premises. The proposed scheme T will be tabled
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    140 NEW HORSES CLASSIFIED
    36 12 Since the Straits Uacinij Association relaxed the ban on registration of new horses, 140 horses from the United Kingdom and Australia have been registered and clarified, according to the latest ngurt« available.
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    Rain Prevents Trial
    30 12 From Our Own Correspondent SEREMBAN, Fri. Rain washi d -,ut the first Negrt Sembilan Sta'e soccer trial which was fixed or Wednesday. The next trial Is toiottow.
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