The Straits Times, 28 March 1950

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    20 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 1950. if PRICE TEN CENTS 46^^^^^*^^^^^
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    UNION MEN NAIL U.K. RED LIE
    592 1 Just Banditry, Not Liberation Narayanan From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. TRADE unionists and community leaders throughout the Federation today were up in arms against the British Communist Party's call for a ban at British ports on the handling of war materials for
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    48 1 NEWLY ARRIVED armoured ears being lined up for service at an Army Vehicles Depot somewhere in Johore Some of these cars have already seen action against bandits in operations in Malaya. Below an armoured car is being spray-painted by Malay mechanics at the Johore depot.— Straits Times pictures.
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    Girl's Body Found In Drain
    95 1 Girl's Body Found In Drain T^HE body of a young Chl- nese woman was found in a drain at the 6i mile, Ayer Raja Road, Singapore, yesterday afternoon. It was covered with stab wounds and partly submerged In water. The Police had not discovered the identity of the woman up
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    BAO DAI GOVT. TO "GET TOUGH"
    115 1 SAIGON, Monday. rvKASTIC changes in the Bao Dai government in Indo-China, with a new "get tough" policy towards non-co-operation and actively hostile elements, were forecast in dif JrtmaHi circles here today. Three cabinet ministers have already resigned. Changes are predicted in the light of
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    Dutch Accept Mao
    32 1 THE HAGUE, Mon.— The Ne'. lerlands Government has deckien to recognise Mao Tse Tung's Communist Government in China. Holland is the 24th country to do so.— Reu f er.
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    110 Junks Sunk, Say Nationalists
    137 1 TAIPEI, Monday. /CHINESE Nationalist warships claim that they sank more than 40 troop-laden Communist junks in an engagement on Sunday at the mouth of the Yangtze near Shanghai. All the junks were armed with heavy machineguns. The junks belonged to a fleet of about 80
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    KMT Threat To Dr. Soong
    63 1 TAIPEH, Mon. \JARSHAL Chiang Kaiirx shek's brother-in-law, Dr. T. V. Soong, is among members of the Kuomintang threatened with expulsion from the party unless they go to Formosa. Dr. Soong, like other absent members of the party's standing committee, was served notice that he must
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    Harding Goes To Hong Kong
    77 1 The C-in-C FARELF, General Sir John Harding, and the 1 A.0.C.-ln-C, Far East Air Force, Air Marshal Fogarty, left for Hong Kong yesterday 1 to attend a combined services I exercise there. The C-in-C of the French j Armed Forces in Indo-China, General Carpentier, will
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    H.K. Opium Haul
    42 1 HONG KONG, Mon.— More than 4,000 tahils of opium valued at more than HK$lOO,***** 000 were seized by Hong Kong i Commerce Department Ins- ipectors today aboard the I freighter Choiseng, just arrived from Communist Tsingtao and Tientsin. AP.
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    LINCOLNS STRIKE AT BANDITS
    112 1 WITHIN a week of their arrival at Singapore, Lincoln heavy bombers struck at the bandits yesterday. In conjunction with security forces, six Lincolng and other RAF aircraft attacked an extensive area of jungle in the Baiiaii district nf Npgrl Sembilan known to be sheltering a large
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    H. K. PLANES GO TO REDS
    50 1 HONG KONG, Mon. The Peking Government yesterday notified the Hong Kong administration that the China National Aviation and Central Air Transport Corporations have registered their aircraft with the People's Government. The airlines will have to clear all outstanding monetary arrears before taking off. —Reuter.
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    Special Security For New King Of Siam
    164 1 BANGKOK, Monday. TN solemn splendour, Siam today started the x funeral of its late boy-King, who died of a gunshot wound four years ago, while special security measures were nut in force to guard the 22-year-old new King. King Phumiphon Aduldet. brother of
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    'Turko': Dutch Hold 1,200
    72 1 BANDOENQ. Mon.— About 1.200 people in Bandoeng have been arrested by the authorities in connection with the Westerling affair, according to an official source, reports the Aneta news agenly. Among them are three Dutch. 20 Eurasians, 10 Chinese, two Indo-Arabs and one Indian, the remainder Being
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    MARTIAL LAW IN WEST BENGAL
    224 1 CALCUTTA, Monday. MARTIAL LAW was declared tonight in the town iTI and suburbs of Howrah, just outside Calcutta, after disturbances in the area in the last few days and fresh incidents today, Indian national leaders and Calcutta's cosmopolitan population today expressed profound regret over the
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    PACT SIGNED
    32 1 ROME, Mon.— The Turkish Foreign Minister, Mr. Nek Meddin Sadok, left Rom*? by train today for Paris after a brief visit to Rome, where he signed an Italo -Turkish IsW^^^^^^
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    'FRUSTRATION HAS WORSENED MALAYA WAR'
    633 1 From Our Staff Correspondent TAPAH, Monday. J^ "RAPID and serious deterioration" in the emergency situation had taken place in the past few months until today the position was worse than at any time except perhaps for the first few weeks, said Mr. A. G. Rodgers,
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    Defeated Man To Try Again
    90 1 Defeated Man To Try Again LONDON. Mon. £iIR Frank Soskice, SolicitorO General, who lost his seat in the general election, was today nominated Labour Party candidate for the byelection at Neepsend. Sheffield. The byelection was caused when the sitting member. Lieut. Col. H. Morris, resigned to enable Sl r Frank
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    ANOTHER LABOUR MEMBER DIES
    31 1 LONDON, Mon.— Mr. F. A. Cobb, Labour MP. for Brighouse and Spenborougn, died today, reducing the narrow Labour majority in the new House of Commons to three.
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      'Pepper'& Taper': The Difference
      337 2 'Pepper' Taper': The Difference NEW DELHI, Thursday. MEMBERS laughed uproariously and thumped their desks repeatedly as Seth Govlnd Das, mixed »P "pepper" and "paper" during question time in the Indian Parliament recently. As the Agricultural Minister, Mr. Jairamdas Daulatram, was replying to a question on the production of black and
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    WOMAN SPEAKER
    27 2 MRS. INGEBORG, lawyer, is the first woman m a European democracy to be elected Speaker. She sits m the Danish Parliament is Copenhagen. A.P- picture.
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    U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS PLAN
    50 2 LAKE SUCCESS Mi«n. The United Nations Commission on Human Rights meets today to finisn drafting an international covenant on human rights. The covenant will embody the principles of the Commission's first declaration on human rights, wbich the General Assembly approved by an overwhelming majority in 1948.
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    DEMAND FOR NEW U.S. POLICY IN ASIA
    343 3 Senator Wants Sta teDepartmen t Clean-Out WASHINGTON, Monday. (MUTICISM of the United States Secretary of State, Mr. Dean Acheson, which has been simmering during the past few weeks with attacks on alleged Communist infiltration into his department, looked like boiling over in Congress
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    61 3 A I HI W. visitor to the Royal Oak pub at Alfrist.m. Sussex, is Mr. A. Christie. When the roof of his old .V'stin seven fill in through old age, the pub's "regulars" thauh» d a new roof for it. Mr. Christie, seen at the wh el. says he prefers
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    WILL FORCE WAY 10 CHIEFS PLANE'
    114 3 WILL FORCE WAY 1 0 CHIEFS PLANE SEROWE, Bechuanaland, Monday. lIX ADMEN of the Bamangwato tribe will "force their way on to the airfield" if the authorities try to stop them greeting their exiled chief, Seretse Kluma, on his arrival by air from London their spokesman Peto Segkomo. said today.
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    Tribesmen Get Life For Slaying
    135 3 Tribesmen Get Life For Slaying MANILA, Mon. CIX I^norot tribesmen who confessed to the slaying of the two American university professors last Christmas Day in a tribal sacrincial ceremony, have been sentenced to life imprisonment by the court of first instance at Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya Province l awarding life imprisonment
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    New Guinea Talks Start
    99 3 JAKARTA. Mon. THE committee of four apJ pointed by the Nether-lands-In ioneslan union ministers conference to attempt to reach a solution on the future of Dutch New Guinea held its llrst meeting here today. The committee was expected to report to the plenary session of the
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    DROWNED AT H.K.
    39 3 HONG KONG, Mon The body of a European man taken lrom the Hong Kong Harbour is believed to be that of David Fitzroy Williams, drowned on Mar. H when a ferry hit a small boat— AP.
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    BLACK MAGIC GAINS HOLD ON GOLD COAST
    259 3 ACCRA, Gold Coast, Monday. RESPITE condemnation by the Christian Council of the Gold Coast as "a work of the devil," the Tigari cult is gaining strength. Almost daily it gains adherents among the illiterates Newspapers and churches have called for a commission to
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    MPs QUERY DUGDALE'S COMMENT
    162 3 MPs QUERY DUGDALE'S COMMENT LONDON, Mon. WHEN Parliament debates foreign policy tomorrow, members will question the statement made by the Minister of State for the Colonies, Mr. John Dugdale, that he saw no connection between the Communist rebellion in Malaya and British recognition of China. Conservatives will criticise Mr. Ernest
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    MINISTER FLEES
    35 3 CAIRO, Mon.— Mohammad Fahmy Hachem, Hashemite Jordon Minister to Saudi Arabia, has fled into exile in protest against the secret peace negotiations which, he says, King Abdullah is carrying on with Israel.— A.P.
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    REDS CLOSE CANTON AW FACTORY
    146 3 HONG KON'J, Mon. 4W HOE, son of the Tiger Balm king, disclosed today that the Communist authorities have closed the firm's Canton factory and arrested three employees on the grounds of non-payment of taxes. Tax demands were exorbitant, he said. Aw said all Nationalist taxes
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    Lords To Debate South-East Asia
    275 3 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Monday. 'THE House of Lords will debate the situation In South-East Asia on Thursday at the instance of Lord Milverton, who will call attention to Government's handling of questions before the Colombo 1 Conference. Meanwhile Government Departments are busy preparing
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    East Germany Wants Talks
    87 3 KASSEL, Mon. riR. Walter Koenig, Finance Minister of the Soviet Zone State of Thuringia, who is visiting West Germany, yesterday called for East-West talks "on the broadest possible basis" to reach All-German understanding. Asked why the East German Government had rejected the Bonn call for All-German
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    CZECH SPIES
    44 3 PRAGUE, Mon .--Two life imprisonment sentences and several other long prison terms ranging up to 27 years have been passed by a Moravian court on "a group of men charged with spying, treason and attempted murder, the Czech press announced yesterday.— A.P.
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    NAVY RESERVISTS
    34 3 WASHINGTON, Mon— The United States Navy is establishing units of Volunteer Reservists who will learn to man defences of 28 coastal cities against possible atomic attacks by submarines or surface ships. Reuter.
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    NUN WINS PRIZE
    36 3 TOKYO, Mon.— An anonymous painter who was described by Tokyo newspapers today as a "very beautiful" 34-year-old French nun, won the Sogen prize, one of the most coveted artistic awards in Japan. Reuter.
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    NEWSBOY ROBOT
    48 3 THIS ROBOT newsvendor almost stole the show at an exhibition of German inventions In Munich recently. Designed by Ludwig Hahnemann of Frankfurt, 1t is powered by an electric battery and costs 8,000 Deutschemarks (just over £700). It is convertible for other simple sales purposes. A.P. Picture.
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    China Reds Hit In Border Area
    177 3 A French Outpost on the North Indo-China Border Monday. ARGAMSED Chinese Nationalist guerillas are effectively harassing the Communists in the South China frontier zone adjacent to the French outpost. Widespread dissatisfaction with Red rule is said to be facilitating Nationalist resistance. About 3,000 Nationalist
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    SHANGHAI MUD THREAT
    163 3 SHANGHAI MUD THREAT TOKYO. Mon. CHANGHAI, the "city built on mud," is being strangled by the oose from which it arose. A report for the U.S. Navy says mud from the Yangtze is choking off the sea approach. The man who wrote the report, and mariners who have studied It,
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    MORE SOVIET WALK-OUTS LIKELY
    85 3 LAKE SUCESS, Monday. THE Soviet delegation is expected to walk «nt from iuo 1 more United Nations comissions today in a dispute over China's United Nations seat. Both commissions appear ready to turn down the standard Soviet demand for the expulsion of the Chinese Nationalists, even
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    Truman Warns, 'War If Aid Cut'
    188 3 Truman Warns, 'War If Aid Cut' WASHINGTON, Mon. REBELLIOUS U.S. De■'•mocrats and economyminded Republicans are expected to Join forces in a drive to slash Marshall Aid and other foreignassistance funds. Coming before the House of Representatives is President Truman's request for $3,375,000,000 to carry the Marshall Aid programme forward another
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    REDS WRECK U.N. FARM TALKS
    51 3 GENEVA, Mon. United Nations efforts to bring East and West together in solving common agricultural problems have failed after ;t week's secret debate A co-ordinated attack <>n West European economy and the Marshall Plan by Russia and the other Eastern bloo countries, started the talks.—
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    90-MINUTE WRANGLE ENDS IN TWO-MONTH T.U.C. DELAY
    305 4 90-MINUTE WRANGLE ENDS IN TWO-MONTH T.U.C. DELAY From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. FAILURE to deal with seven important resolutions tabled at the end of its conference yesterday has delayed by at least two months, useful work which the newly formed Malayan Trades Union Council could have achieved. This
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    47 4 V FNTY-FOrn-YF.AR old Nad Wood ford, son of Mr. J X Woodford and an pupil «f St. Francis' Institution. Malacca, has i>..vm-i1 the AM.I.K.Iv linal i-\:«niin-wion held recently. \(»l aas thr tirst Malacca hoy to leave lor higher studies in the I' K. soon after the Liberation.
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    Woman Unionist Has Big Plans
    196 4 From (>u r Staff Correspondent Xl ALA Lf MPITR, Monday. /MIX Kahmah binte Mhd. Salleh, 32-year-old vice- president of the Malayan Tiades Union Council, vhose election was one of the surprises at the conference held in Kuala Lumpur during the week-end, In*, ambitious plans for
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    39 4 From Our Own Correspondent KAJANG, Mon. /^HIN Chong and Chin Pah Leong, who were found in front of the Kajang Market five minute* I after the curfew, were each fined $s by the Kajang Circuit Magistrate.
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    $2,000 Gift For Boy
    106 4 From Our Staff. Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. I £HINESE, some living in Singapore, have subscribed nearly $2,000 for Kuala Lumpur's begging schoolboy 12-year-old Chan Sin Kong after reading about him in the Sunday Times. Chan, who had begged m oidei to pay his school fees at
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    ASIAN PRINTER FOR LONDON
    72 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Monday. AN Asian officer from the Government Printing Department is to be sent to England on a departmental scholarship for an advanced course in printing. After studying for two years at the London School of Printing for the school diploma
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    U.K. SOAP FIRM WINS K.L. CASE
    101 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. A N injunction was today granted in the Kuala Lumpur Supreme Court to Lever Brothers, the U.K. firm of soap manufacturers, to j restrain a Chinese firm. Chin 1 Hin Chan from selling soap with the chop
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    GREETINGS TO T.U.C. CHIEF
    70 4 TAKEN at the conclusion of the hallotting for officials of the newly constituted Malayan Trade Union Council, this picture shows the first president of the TIC Mr. P. P. Naravanan (left) receiving congratulations from the chairman of the delegates' conference, Mr. M. P. Rajagopal. Mr. Narayanan
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    Dungun Bandit Supplies Cut
    333 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LI'MPI'R, Monday. DOLICE in the Dungun area of Trengganu yester- day completed a six-day operation against bandit cultivators in the Jungle. Two bandit cultivators were captured and several huts, some con- taining food, clothing, documents and medicines and, in one, detonators,
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    VOLUNTEERS WIN $1,000 REWARD
    50 4 From Our Staff Correspondent MALACCA, Mon. SEVEN anti-bandit volunteers who were responsible for the capture of two members of the notorious Machap bandit gang were today jointly presented with a reward of $1,000 by Mr. 1 G. E. C. Wisdom, the 1 Malacca Resident Com missinner.
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    Raja Takes The Oath
    126 4 From Oar Stall Correspondent IPOH. Mon. WILL do my best to dis- 1 charge my duties in the true spirit of the oath which I have taken and before long I hope we shall have peace again." declared Raja Abdul Rashid ibni Sultan Idris when he
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    LAST YEAR'S EXCISE INCOME A RECORD
    140 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. /CUSTOMS and excise revenue last year was the X highest ever collected in the Federation. Of the total of $201,117,449, Federal revenue was $197,375,896, and the rest State and Settlement revenue. The Federal estimate for last year
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    Stole Tyres Allegation
    67 4 »tK)UR Chinese were charged Jr in the Singapore Fourth, Police Court yesterday with I theft of 10 lorry tyres from| No. 4 sub-depot. 223 Base Ordnance Depot. Jurong. on Mar. 22. The four— Chew Kirn Chla, aged 23, Chew Tye Choon, 19, Toh Kirn Chwee, 20 and
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    Tired Of Being Misunderstood
    81 4 1\ T ARLY 40 women in Singapore Burmese, Chinese, 1 English and Indian are not only tired of being misunderstood by their servants, but have decided to do something about it. They are attending the Malay classes at the YW.C.A. conducted by Inche Ja'afar bin Abdul
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    Accounts In English: Protest Moves By Chinese
    201 4 Accounts In English: Protest Moves By Chinese From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. rjHINESE business associations and guilds arc to hold protest meetings in Kuala Lumpur this week against the proposed hill requiring all business accounts to be kept in English or romanised Malay. "The whole Chinese business community
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    OPIUM IN SECRET PANELS
    138 4 From Oar Staff Correspond- >t KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. SMUGGLING last year uetween Penang Island and Province Wellesley was extensive, but that over the northern land frontier between the Federation and Siam decreased as a result of Malayan and Siamese patrols. Mr. D. G. Hall. Comptroller of
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    NEW CHIEF OF JOHORE POLICE
    48 4 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. Mr. Forbes Wallace, the former Chief Police Officer, Trengganu, has been appointed to act as Chief Police Officer, Johore, during the absence of Mr. L. F. Knight, who leaves tomorrow on leave for the U.K. I
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    UNITY PLEA TO INDIAN CHAMBERS
    342 5 Penang Suggests Central Body From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Monday. JIN appeal to all Indian chambers of commerce to form a federation to safeguard the interests of the community was made on Saturday by Mr. A. L. Patel, outgoing president of the Penang Indian Chamber
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    UNION TO TALK ON DEBT AID
    161 5 UNION TO TALK ON DEBT AID NEW approach to the problem of indebtedness, which harasses many Singapore mercantile clerks today, will be made by the Clerical and Administrative Workers' Union. The question of clerks burdened by debts and what may be done to assist them will come up for consideration
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    MAGISTRATE GAVE HIM $1
    68 5 From Oar Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. After sentencing Chong Hin, a 57-year-old vagrant, to two weeks' simple Imprisonment for not having an identity card, Inche Abdul Kadir, the Magistrate, gave him a dollar to pay for the photographs and obtain a card. As the sentence
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    NO LICENCE
    26 5 From Oar Own Correspondent MUAR, Mon. Wong See Sang, who had an eating shop without a licence, was fined $5 by the Muar Magistrate.
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    NURSE'S DEATH JUMP, DEPRESSED BY EXAM
    134 5 From Oar SUIT CorresponJant MALACCA, Mon. REPRESSED by her studies, Yue Keng Seng, a 25I year-old probationary nurse, committed suicide by Jumping from the third floor or a Malacca hospital block stated the jurors at the inquest today. No negligence was attaqhed to the
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    Bid For Import Of Better Siam Rice
    205 5 Bid For Import Of Better Siam Rice DICE traders hope that the Singapore and Federa- tion Governments will soon permit the trade to import grades of rice not included in shipments from Siam. Siamese millers have offered for immediate delivery thousands of tons of rice exportable on a private trading
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    Singapore Diary
    107 5 BO O X EXHIBITION', British Council Hall, Stamford Road, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. IKK SB YTKRIAX Church Women's Work Party, mah Jocg drive, Presbyterian Church Hall. Stamford Road, 9.30 a.m. RAMAKRISHNA Mission. 9 Norris Road, Sri Ram Nsvrmi celebrations, worship, -loon; public meeting. 7 p.m.; music, 7.45
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    SERVICE UNIONS SURPRISED
    219 5 SERVICE UNIONS SURPRISED THE Army Civil Service Un- ion, the Air Ministry Local Staff Union and the I Naval Base Labour Union are disappointed with the United Kingdom Civil Labour Committee's report on Service civil employment conditions. In a joint statement issued yesterday the unions express surprise that the committee
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    Ex-Servicemen Aided In S'pore
    208 5 'THE Ex-Services Association of Singapore has paid A out $12,952 in relief to 59 ex-Servicemen since 1948 and has helped to send a number of others to Australia. A large number of Servicemen who obtained iheir release in Singapore on being promised jobs, were stranded when
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    Elephantine Humour
    81 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. THE following message for the Brigade Major, Second Guards Brigade in Kuala Lumpur, came from the 2/7 Gurkha Rifles: "This battalion has achieved signal success in its operational area. One baby elephant captured." The reply by the Brigade Major was: •Your
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    IGNORED SIGNAL
    27 5 From Our Own Correspondent SEQAMAT, Mon.— Because he ignored a road signal, 31-year-old motorist Mohamed Sah bin Mohamed was flnea $5 by the Segamat Magistrate.
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    POLICE CHIEF IN JOHORE BAHRU
    31 5 From Oar Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. Mr-. W. N. Gray, Commissioner of Police, Federation of Malaya, arrived here this morning on a visit of inspection.
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    ADDRESS CHARGE
    58 5 From Our SUB Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. His plea that though he piled his trishaw In Johore Bahru for hire he lived at Woodlands was not accepted In the Magistrate's Court today when V. Kuppusamy was charged with falling to notify his change of address and have his
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    Ragging At The University
    453 6 The decision of the Students' 11 Council of the University of j Malaya to appoint a special committee to investigate allegations of excessive and imi proper ragging, and to make 1 1 recommendations to the Council, is very welcome. It will have the immediate effect of
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    50 6 WIIX AIX friends, who so very kir.c'ly sent wreaths; letters, telegrams -md phone messages of condolence in connection with the tragic death of the Ut« Mr. W. B. (Jocki Thomson, please accept the very sincere thanks of Mri. W. B iPat) Thomson, their son John William, and all relatives.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Tues., Mar. 28, 1950. Trades Union Council
    708 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Tues., Mar. 28, 1950. Trades Union Council ployers in Malaya. The alternative to the Malayan T.U.C. is not a return to the comletely one-sided balance of em-ployer-employee relations that existed before the war; the alternative to the T.U.C. is nothing more or less than Communism. In
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    Is This Francis Light?
    551 6  -  KATHERINE SIM By The document reproduced above is an original copy of the will of Captain Light, founder of Penang. How this document came to be found, and the possible significance of the sketch in the upper left-hand corner of the will, are explained in this
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      Estate Life Today
      165 6 "tpX-P.0.W.," whose letter headed "Conscription for Malaya." was published on Mar. 22, and who writes from Singapore, is obviously unaware of conditions of life out in the ulu Has he ever thought about the thousands of men and women of all nationalities who are fighting the bandits?
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      TOLERANCE IN PENANG
      136 6 T FULLY endorse the statement of the InterReligious Organisation's secretary, Inche Ahmad i Ibrahim (published by you on Friday), made with reference to the j Yen Max Gregory's dis-! claimer of the organisa- j tion. Here is a good example of inter-religious tolerance: The Theosophical Lodge at
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      IN F.P.A. CLINICS
      94 6 T AM an attendant in one of the F.P.A. clinics In Singapore Many mothers who come to our clinic have already had so many babies that they have found It necessary to give some of their babies awaj I should like to ask "A Worker" whether it
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      IT'S NOT ONLY IN KEDAH
      151 6 UfITH reference to "Justice's" letter, published on Mar. 22 under the heading "Corruption in Ked a h Offices,'^ I beg to state that the wretched, demoralising conditions he describes exist not only in Kedah. They exist throughout the length and breaulh of the country, in
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      FORTY SQUATTERS' CHILDREN
      66 6 I HAVE read with interest your staff correspondent's report on the school for squatter children on Changat Kinding Estate. On Tampin Linggl Estate, Rantau, a school for the children of squatters has been functioning since July 1949. and at the time of writing 40 children attend. Apart
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    Om The Margin
    373 6 Om The Margin Island Granite WHEN I hear arguments that the granite of Bukit Timah is essential for constructional work on Singapore Island, I think of the Johore Causeway. I have forgotten how many hundreds of thousands of tons of granite were dumped into the Johore Straits to make that
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    "FORCEFUL" CASE FOR MALAYA RUBBER
    858 7 Delegate 's Hopes OnComingStudy Group Talks JWE rubber industry can expect the Malayan case to be presented "forcefully and fairly" at the coming meeting of the Rubber Study Group, said Mr. F. J. Kemlo, one of Malaya's delegates, addressing the annual meeting of the Singapore
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    61 7 FOUR STUDENTS from the Post-School Certificate class, A.C.S., Singapore, (above) glancing: at some children's books on display at the book exhibition at the British Council Hall. They are Wong Mci Lan, Khoo Boon Seng, Harold Chan and Freddie Tan. Below: Two girl students at the arts and crafts section. Miss
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    COUNCIL MEETING
    16 7 The Singapore Legislative Council will meet on April 25 in the Victoria Memorial Hall
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    SCCRA TO GET A NEW HOME
    181 7 SCCRA TO GET A NEW HOME meeting of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association yesterday Mr. F. J. Kemlo. the Association's chairman, said that the Accumulated Funds including reserves amounted In $365,000. This sum, he added may be needed in the near future to provide a new building which
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    Concert In April
    87 7 M. rPHE Junior Symphony A Orchestra and the Singapore Teachers" Choral Society will give a concert in aid of St. Andrews Mission Hospital at 830 p.m. on April 9 in the Victoria Memorial Hall. The concert will be under the patronage of Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald and
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    DRIVER FINED, DISQUALIFIED
    70 7 Teo Swee Joon was fined s total of $80 and disqualifiec from obtaining a driving i licence for the period of one !year, when he pleaded guiltj iin the First Traffic Court Singapore, yesterday, to driving a motor car at the juneItion of Holland Road anc Farrer
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    Overloading Fines
    29 7 From Oar SUIT Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Mon For overloading their lorries, Ng Kew Chye was fined $70 jand Tan Kirn Lim, of Singapore, was fined $40 here.
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    VIEWS SOUGHT ON RENT CONTROL
    181 7 REPRESENTATIONS in writing on Rent Control 1V legislation are invited from the public or any body by the Select Committee, appointed by the Singapore Legislative Council, to consider and report on the Control of Rent Ordinance (Amendment) Bill, and the Municipal Ordinance (Amendment) Bill. The
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    HIS CARD WAS IN 4 PIECES
    65 7 GM.G. Graham, a Euro- pean. was convicted in the First District Court. Singapore, yesterday and Aned $20 for having a defaced identity card during a card check. The prosecution alleged that Graham produced his identity card, which was torn into four pieces and folded
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    HOW TO CLAIM FOR MEDALS
    183 7 1 /CIVILIANS in Singapore and the Federation wishing to apply for the defence j medal or a campaign star [are reminded that applications should not be made to any military headquarters. Singapore civilian claims In respect of service in the Malayan Volunteer Forces. Local Defence
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    WOMAN CHARGED
    39 7 A 48-year-old woman, Lim Hong, was charged in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday with having stolen 10 rambutan plants. She was granted bail of $50 and the case was adjourn- ?d to May 5 for hearing.
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    Alleged Theft From R.A.F.
    90 7 Bail each of $1,000 was granted to two men who I were alleged in the Singaf i pore Fourth Police Court r i yesterday to have been con- cerned in the theft of $778 worth of motor spare parts I from the .R.A.F. Station, Seletar. The
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    Mr. VanHien Is 'Very Satisfied'
    249 7 Mr. VanHien Is 'Very Satisfied' By Our Woman Correspondent MR. Gordon van Hien, who conducted the symphony Concert last Friday and Sunday at the Victoria Memorial Hall in Singapore, told the Straits Times yester- i day that he was very satisfied with the attendance on the whole, though it now
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    TUC CHIEF TO BROADCAST
    33 7 Mr. P. P. Narayanan, newly elected President of the Malayan Trade Union Council, and Che Rahmah blnte Mohd. Salleh. vice-president, will talk over Radio Malaya at 9.45 p.m. today.
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    Plea To Licensing Board: 'Move With The Times'
    215 7 When Mr. Rajah followed with a request that the Board give reasons for not granting the applica- tion, Mr. H. E. Kingdon. who p.e- sided at the meeting said it was not the practice of the Bond to give reasons. However, the
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    "ARREST ME" SAYS OLD MAN
    59 7 "ARREST ME" SAYS OLD MAN A police constable was conducting an identity card check at Tuas Village on Saturday morning, when an aid Chinese walked up to him md said "Arrest me, I have no card." The man. 65-year-old Lim rau, pleaded guilty in the First District Court, Singapore, yesterday
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    DEATHS IN GUA AMBUSH NOW 18
    132 7 DEATHS IN GUA AMBUSH NOW 18 From Our SUB Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon pOLICE and army hea'd1 quarters in Kuala Lumpur have still not released the full details of Saturdays ambush of security forces In the Gua Musang area of Kelantan. It was disclosed today that the death roll is
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    Claims Paid: $11,615,128
    88 7 CLAIMS totalling $11,615,128 have been paid out by the War Risks (Goods) Insurance Fund, Malaya. Together with administration expenses of nearly $150,000 and refunds, total payments from the fund exceed $12,033,000. The payments were madfc between April 1. 1941 and the end of last year. Money received
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    CREMATION TALK
    28 7 Mr. K. Svasti will talk of tomorrow's ceremony of the cremation of the king of Slam, at 10 p.m. tomorrow over Radio Malaya. RAFFLES PLACE SPORE
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    TO STUDY LAW
    39 7 TEG CHAN HONG, a pupil of St. Anthony's Boys' School, Singapore, leaves in t) c Asturias today to take up law studies in London. He is the .son of Mr. Teo Kirn Kng of Cross Street.
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    Catholic Church On The Air
    172 7 Catholic Church On The Air THE Roman Catholic church has now joiner] the religious broadcast rota of Radio Malay, and will be on the air regularly in future. Che first service broadcast from the Roman Catholic Catheciral In i Singapore was Ti<)de hist Sunday when Bishop Olcomendy gave an Introductory
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      32 7 Here it comes f^WjT(h ft commences >n\l f)f MARCH 3 Ist and finishes on APRIL 15th WHAT DOES? ROBINSONS ANNUAL SALE Have you received your Catalogue There is one for YOU ROBINSONS
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    THE SPIES AMONG US
    1074 8  -  BERNARD NEWMAN More revelations by WHAT THE INTELLIGENCE SERVICE IS DOING BERNARD NEWMAN disclosed last week how the Russians have taken advantage of diplomatic vrivilege. and how Moscow has 300 men in Cairo, <L while the Egyptians have only 12 in Moscow. Today he asks Why
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    Sally Ann stopped the traffic
    196 8 Film star wed in diamond coronet 'TRAFFIC was brought to a standstill in the Strand, London, as hundreds of office workers ran down Savoy Street to catch a glimpse of 19-year-old film actress Sally Ann Howes leaving the Savoy Chapel after her wedding to Maxwell
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      54 8 £3 ?IH§ HNHEBHHNHHHIHHmBjI Every Commer truck is specially designed for its job and built with the precision engineering that has made the name COMMER famous In 119 countries- and on the roads of 5 continents- No wonder Commsr was chosen by Eu Tong Sen Ltd! Represented by Seremban Malacca Orchard
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      134 8 Hawaiian flight THURSDAY 30TH MARCH Queenie and her Hula Hula Entertainers Joi Kapua's Hawaiian Serenaders HAWAIIAN DINNER (Original recipes from »he Royal Hawaiian Hotel, Honolulu) Ticket* $6 (including tax). Book NOW for Hie be.t tables. SATAY SUPPER Reservations against payment only. f FRESH. AROMATIC AND DFUCIOUS IN FLAVOUR ILB VACCUM
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      330 8 t l imam Blue Danube; 10.15 "Those were '8.45 Dutch; 9 Kuoyu; 8.30 BurSIMCAPORE the Days n Close. |mese- 9.45 Interlude; 10 Radio vemano News Reel; 10.15 "Grand Hotel"; 10 am. Newi from KX.; 10.05 wxwuknm 1 10.45 Science Review; 11 Dunce Close; 10.50 School*; 12 Malay; 1 10.60 a.m.-2
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    Malayan homes & fashions
    159 9 Malayan homes fashions ]]R and Mrs. M. R. Anciano have eight musical children! Horita. the concert pianist recently returned from her London training, U y the eldest With her in <, the photograph are Al- fonso, violinist and sub- leader tn the Junior Symphony Orchestra. Ri- cardn. cellist, also a
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    QUEEN OF SHEBA Fact or fiction ?
    315 9 QUEEN OF SHEBA Fact or fiction WAS there a Queen of Sheba. or is the story of he r visit to Solomon Just a legend? Was she a voluptuous beauty, as shown on the silent screen, or Just an ordinary woman? To seek the answer to this 3.000-year-old riddle a
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    The mud & the stars
    476 9 The mud the stars From an estate bungalow gOME time back John Jacoues wrote an article in this page on the miseries of animals in Singapore. I meant to write and back him up but I never had time because I was in the middle of packing up to moveSo
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    BABY TAKES OFF
    539 9  -  BRIDGET MOTHER writes about an air journey with her toddler and asks how it can be made enjoyable to them both. If baby is not a seasoned traveller you will be wise to prepare him beforehand for his journey or he may feel ap? prehensive when the
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    Cookery corner
    239 9  - Cookery corner ROSEMARY By ROBINSON GOUJONS DE SOLE A L' ANNIVERSAIRE WE were celebrating our i wedding anniversary in the West End of Londondelicious little fish coated in crisp batter, slipping down our throats. i"Goujons Prits" they were marked on the menu, but subsequent reference to my French dictionary and
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      68 9 I fc^ V v V >, I f FOR THE WORLD'S BABIES Mother! You hove chosen well and because of your choice Stephen Is a lovely child. To give Boby LACTOGEN Is to provide him with all the food elements necessary for sturdy growth. LACTOGEN Is available in Dispensaries ond
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      138 9 j*J&§^^ First shipmem pilllll Mo fh€ war! i&i J>cuict*s Hi FRUIT 111 l SQUASHES P^l^fl distinctive tall bottles Do you remember how before the war Keiller's fruit squashes were always considered better than any others? Here they are back again, r<ght up to pre-war standard jn every way There ate
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      Persons of taste
      598 10 Reviewed by RAYMOND MORTIMER A DICTIONARY OF CAT LOVERS. Compiled by hristabel Aberconway. (Michael Joseph. 305.). AN argument in a railway-carriage during an airraid made Lady Aberconway ask herself why some people love cats, and others hate them. She began to collect information about every cat-lover she
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      Smashing the dope rings
      184 10 A DRUG ON THE MARKET. By David Dodfte (Michael Joseph Bs. 6d). IN the East, where con- versation on, or Interest In, dope turns automatically to opium, it Is refreshing to pick-up a book dealing with another drug —marijuana. This comparatively new author has an exciting,
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      According to Culbertson
      354 10 r rODAY'S declarer had to do tn expert job to bring home his three-no-trump contract. North, dealer Both sides vulnerable "cbtj #i r SBX «t>3| £ASJ •9 O J 10 I 3 10 I T 4 »(ll «QlO7B J 8 a w ajio 8 goon t> i
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      A novel of sly, singular talent
      410 10 SCENES FROM PROVINCIAL LIFE. By William Cooper. (Cape 9s. 6d.). fHERE is no nonsense A about Cooper. He puts things down in black and white. Black rather than white. Not that he is one to condemn the human race for its manifest follies and
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      A LIBRARY LIST
      206 10 rpHE following new books and reprint* will be added to. Raffles Library within the next few days "The Flowering Moment, Wrey Gardiner. "Places of the Mind," Geoffrey Grigson. "Sir Michael Ernest Sadler 1861—1943," Michael Sadler. "Poems 1943—1947," C. Day Lewis. "Pipes of Peace," Sagittarius. "A Life's Work.
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      170 10 TODAY 6.3u 9.30 Dr. M EI-LAN FANG China's Greatest Actor IN A TEAR-JERKING DRAMA A Wedding in the Dream" in MAGNIFICENT COLOUR DIALOGUE IN MANDARIN WITH ENGLISH SUB-TITLES TOOKINGS NOW ON FOR THURS. La^jjaaaaal HP^wlSl^sfe > W' EHaaaaaaW /t^^tflEnaaaal aa\ A.iv. iv jr SPECIAL ADDED ATTRACTION jt Prociuce<i VW?»STiwP^N Flmed
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      228 10 STRAITS TIMES CROSSWORD MM M. Confident e*n b. In Uttr CROSSWORD Np. 22 i Cvt nO «"«ot •xil'ed tr'om v. Wh»t I across Is In water i I IT" Sl|« I we IWe. too to* jj, wher cartographers draw i]^ are tried" <Arnold> <3.4>. the ln 7> Jl Typical of
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      New Deal With Indonesia
      249 11 New Deal With Indonesia MR. MATTHEW FOX NEW YORK, Mon. AN OFFICIAL of the American Indonesian Corporation said yesterday that the company was working out an arrangement with the United States of Indonesia for continued operation hi "several private fields" with Indonesian co-operation. The Economic* Minister ol ttie U. 5.1.,
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      MALAYAN SHARES LACK INTEREST
      104 11 From Oar Market Correspondent SLACK conditions prevailed in the Malayan share market yesterday. Beyond Uttle interest in a few popul'.r Issues there was little attention. Price change* announced by the Malayan Sharebrokert' Association were: uwmpui W. Hammer U.M Robln»oQ O». Ord. (tock 1.10 8. Brit, lamr
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      COCONUT OIL: U.S. INQUIRY
      134 11 COLOMBO. Mon. ri Government of the United States has asked the Ceylon Government for terms and conditions for the purchase of Ceylon's entire exportable surplus coconut oil up to June 30 next year. The inquiry. transmitted through Ceylon's Ambassador in I Washington, indicated that Amejrica was
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      Singapore Rubber
      189 11 piRCT grades of rubber passed ywterday at prices about three-eighths of a cent per lb. higher than Saturday's quotations In Singapore. Howe.er, the i s .re neglect The market -s steady noon with buyers of No. 1 R. 8.8. spot quoting 56M> cents per lb. Closing prices yesterday
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      THE PRODUCE MARKET
      79 11 From A Market Correspondent r^OPRA in the Singapore produce market was firm yesterday, buyers quoting $38 H. and sellers $39. Coconut oil remained nominal at $62. Other sections of the market were dull and quiet. Prices (per plcul) were: Gambler $230 (round), $sfi (Java cube). $55 (Hamburg
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      U.S.I. PALM OIL
      53 11 »pHB UJ3. Agriculture Department reports that Indonesian palm oil and nut production was doubled last year, while exports rose over 150 per cent. The American Embassy to Jakarta, according to toe report, estimates that Indonesia produced 30,700 short tons of oil and 31 300 tons of kernels
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      HELPING ECONOMIES OF THE FAR EAST
      113 11 WAHINGTON. Monday. J^JR. Robert West, Deputy Under Secretary of the U.S. Army directing occupied areas, announced yesterday that he had Just finished a t* ree-month lour pf the Far East which opened numerous new possibilities, for Japan and other Far Eastern countries, of improving
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      TIN PRICES
      28 11 SINGAPORE, Mon., Mar S7—«S9U7K (ap W.l2^). LONDON. Mon., Mar. 87.— Spot: £6001—£60«». Forward: C6O2J— £602 i: SetUement: £600 i. Turnover morning 80 tons; afternoon, S$ ton*,
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      EXCHANGE RATES
      166 11 EXCHANGE quotations, as announced by the Malayan Exchange Banks Association, are: Free Market Currencies Sefflnr. T.T./OJD. London 2s. 4 l/16d. Australia 2s. lid. New Zealand 2s. 4 l/16d. India, Burma, Ceylon 155% Pakistan lOStt Hong Kong 53 5/16 Baying T.T. OJ>. London 2s 4 3/16 d 2s 4
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      SHIPPING AT THE SINGAPORE WHARVES
      123 11 SHIPS alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves yesterday (godowns In brackets) «m: Main Wharf: Leneverett (S6); Steel Executive (33-34): Telemach;iy 1-31-32). "><-t O'auc 1 (15-16 V Falstria (13-14): BaM (18); AntUol chus (8-9)>; Letltla Lyk« (6-7); Burnside (4-5); Austnrlu il-2>. Empire Dock: Zeeman (17-18); Ellen
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    H.K. SERVICES SOCCER TEAM TO PLAY HERE
    288 12 H.K. SERVICES SOCCER TEAM TO PLAY HERE 3-Game Visit Next Month rpHE HONG KONG Combined Services will play -L three matches in Singapore. The team will arrive here on April 18 by the troopship Orbita and will play Singapore District, Singapore Civilians and Combined Singapore. The Hong Kong team will
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    61 12 GEOFF CROWN, the crack Australian tennis player now in Singapore on his way to Wimbledon this year. Brown, who takes part in exhibition matches with local stars at the S.C.C. tomorrow, has been practising at various private courts here with local players. The ambidexterous Brown has been playing superlative tennis
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    PENG SOON BACK ON THURSDAY
    93 12 WONG PENG Soon, the recently-crowned AllEngland badminton champion, is due back by air on Thursday. The Singapore Badminton Association will hold a buffet dinner and dance in his honour at the Chinese Swimming Club on Thursday, April 6. The dinner and dance is open to
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    RAIN STOPS TEST
    48 12 LAHORE, Mon.— Play could not be resumed this morning in the Test between Pakistan and Ceylon as the pitch was unplayable after yesterday's storm. At close of play yesterday. Ceylon were 57 for one wicket In reply to Pakistan's first innings total of 362.— Reuter.
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    C.S.C. Cricket Nets
    39 12 Ceylon Sports Club cricket net practices will be* held every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday beginning today. Members interested who have not done so should contact the Hon. Secretary of the Club, 9 Bonham Binding regarding matches.
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    Hazare For Lanes.
    33 12 NEW DELHI, Monday. —V. S. Hazare, who successfully captained the Indian Eleven against the Commonwealth Cricket team is leaving for England on March 31 to play in the Lancashire League.
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    AMES' SELECTION IS A MILESTONE
    260 12 AMES SELECTION IS A MILESTONE LONDON, Monday. WHOSE cricket stalwarts who visualise a pro- fessional leading England in the not too distant future consider their case to tv strengthened by the honour accorded Leslie Ames, thp Kent and former England wicketkeeper. His appointment as a full member of the selection
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    Indonesians Win 3-2
    190 12 The Indonesian "B" team gained two points at the expense of tr.e Star Soccerites in a Junior B 2 league soccer game at Oeylang stadium yesterday. The Indonesians won three-two after leading by two-one In the first half. Star Soccerites, though playing well In midfleld were ooor
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    SELETAR WIN SENIOR TIE
    58 12 RA.F. Seletar beat Royal Navy by two goals to nil in a first division league match played at Seletar yesterday. Seletar's goals came in the first half. Scully, the centre-forward, netting in the fifth minute after a fine, fast run-through while the second goal came in
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    SINGAPORE TIDES
    22 12 TODAY: 3.55 am. (7ft. lin) and 8.35 pjn. (6ft.). TOMORROW: 5.30 a.m. (6ft.! 81n.) and 9.25 pjn. (6ft. sinj. i
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    WEIGHTS FOR 12 RACES AT IPOH
    560 12 WEIGHTS for April 1, first day of the Perak Turf Club Easter Meeting, are: CLASS 1, DIV. 1— 54 Furs. Str. \o Regrets 9.07 Fortunes Favourite 9 00 Perostan 8.12 Longchamps II 8.12 Silver Spear 8.11 Kinder Gold 8.11 •ndian Heather 8.10 Grey Bloom
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    Sports Diary
    39 12 SOCCER: Kota Raja v Tamil B.A. at Jalan Besar; Jnr. A.2: Posts Telegraphs v Spore Chinese Enfin. Assn. at Geylanc; Jnr. 8.2: C.V.M.A. (P.M.) v 4th Supply Re D. RASC ai CYMA ground. TENNIS: V.M.C.A. champion ships
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    MEULEMAN 130
    38 12 WELLINGTON, N.Z., Mon.— Australia gained their eighth win of their tour today by > beating Hawkes Bay by an Innings and 140 runs. Meuleman scored 130 of the tourists' total of 309 for nine declared. Reuter, A.A.P.
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    2 Goals Disallowed But Recs Win 3-0
    288 12 S.R.C 3; R.A.F. Changi 0. A LTHOUGH they lost two goals for offside in- f ringements, the Singapore Recreation Club succeeded in beating R.A.F. Changi by three goals to nil in a Singapore A.F.A. Senior League fixture at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. Both
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    Thivy's Lose After 2 Well-Fought Sets
    499 12 Thivy's Lose After 2 WellFought Sets SEVEN ties were played off in the V.M.C.A. Open InvitaUon t Tennis Tournament yesterday. One of the best matches saw the f defeat of the Agent of the Indian t Oovt. J. A. Thlvy and his nephew L. S. Thlvy by Wlllism Tan and
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    Selangor Cricket Trial Xl's Picked
    319 12 SELANGOR State players > M. S. Maniam and Neal Hobbs were among the most successful of the week-end's cricketers at Kuala Lumpur where the Selangor Cricket Association have already named the two teams for a State Trial to be held thia week-end preparatory to their
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    20 Promising New Horses In Van Breukelen Stable
    550 12  - 20 Promising New Horses In Van Breukelen Stable EPSOM JEEP By IPOH, Monday. \fETERAN trainer Marinus van Breukelen was a happy man when the Straits Racing Association relaxed the ban on registration of new horses. His usually powerful stable struck a lean patch last season and much weeding-out of "has
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    Trophy For Cold Storage Badminton
    215 12 Trophy For Cold Storage Badminton AN annual badminton individual championship between members of the Singapore Cold Storage staff in Singapore, Kuala Lum?iur, Penang and Ipch for he McLachlan trophy will be started this year. The trophy has been donated by the General Manager, Mr. T. M. McLachlan. The final stages
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