The Straits Times, 6 April 1950

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    19 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 L SIXTEEN PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1950. PRK'E TEN CENTS.
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    SULTAN ARRESTED: TROOPS REVOLT
    455 1 Hamid Named As Leader Of "Turko"Plot JAKARTA, Wednesday. Sultan Hamid 11, Indonesian cabinet minister and President of West Borneo, was placed under arrest in Jakarta today and charged with complicity in the Westerling revolt of last January, several hundred East Indonesian troops revolted and captured the
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    DUTCH FLEE U.S.I. FOR NEW GUINEA
    123 1 DUTCH FLEE U.S.I. FOR NEW GUINEA THE HAGUE, Wed. pEFUGEES from Indo- nesia to Dutch New Guinea have increased the European civilian population 50-fold, Mr. G. L Tichelman, chairman of the National New Guinea Committee in the Netherlands, said yesterday. "Prewar, the number of Dutchmen In New Guinea varied between
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    Native Policy Defended
    83 1 LONDON. Wed. Criticism of Rhodesia's native policy j was attacked by the Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesi >. Sir Godfrey Huggins. at a press conference In London I yesterday Sir Godfrey said that while i Rhodesia in the last two years had become more liberal they thought
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    PORTS BLOCKED
    38 1 BUENOS AIRES, Wed. Maritime workers, striking for 48 hours in protest against efforts to absorb their unions j Into the government-approv-ed General Confederation of Labour, tied up Argentina's ports today. More than 10,000 walked out. —A.P.
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    EASTER HOLIDAY
    27 1 I<HEKE will be no issue of the Straits Times or Singapore Free Press tomorrow fiood Friday. Public- i ation will be resumed on Saturday. j
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    ARMED CONVOYS FOR HOLIDAYS
    360 1 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. JELANGOR police may provide convoys for holiday makers to Fraser's Hill during the Easter holilays. A police spokesman said that plans may be drawn up by tomorrow. It is expected there will an exodus from various parts of the
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    Siam King To Wed On April 28
    127 1 Siam King To Wed On April 28 BANGKOK, Wed. KING Phumiphon Aduldet will marry Princess Slrlkiet Klttayakorn in a civil ceremony on April 28, climaxing a romance which began while they were studying in Switzerland. The Royal Household Bureau disclosed that the wedding will take place in Srapathum Palace. The
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    TEMPORARY POST
    38 1 Mr. R. P. Blngham, Acting Resident Commissioner in Penang, has been appointed temporary official member of the Federal Executive Council in place of Mr. A. V. Aston the Resident Commissioner, who is away from the Federation.
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    WESTERLING IN COURT TODAY
    39 1 This morning Raymond Paul Pierre Westerlin< will again appear before the First District Court magistrate in Singapore, Mr. B. E. Kingdon. It Is understood that both Dutch and Indonesian officials might attend court this morning.
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    37 1 NARAYANA. the Indian Recreation Club's goalkeeper, makes a vain attempt to save a penalty kick taken by Harlth (not in the picture) in yesterday's Senior League match against Kota Raja. Report In Page 16. Straits Times picture.
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    MASSEY DUE IN CAIRO SOON
    97 1 Qr CAIRO Wed Middle East during both Mr. Massey Is expected here THT HE Mr. rr c^°M^y a ya wh OO o f °BJ >Sh-o» M d E gy pt>an the end o, the month. He will become Australia's first Gazette published a long bio-
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    68 1 MR. LEONG YEW KOH, extreme right, at a session of the Perak Council of State, strongly opposed the prospect of the appointment of a representative of Communist China being stationed in Perak. From left, the Mentri Besar of Perak, Dato Panglima Bukit Gantang; the Acting State Secretary, Inche Osman bin
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    NEW S'HAI 'RESCUE' ATTEMPT
    100 1 NEW S'HAI 'RESCUE' ATTEMPT HONG KONG. Wed. AFFICIAL sources announu ced today negotiations were again under way with a 'view to enabling British, American and other European nationals to leave Shanghai by sea." They said certain preliminary measures regarding shipping were being taken but 'until the necessary approval is received
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    RATIONED FOOD PRICES UP
    53 1 LONDON. Wed.— The Minister of Food announced tolay price Increases in two rationed foods— butter and sacon. Butter goes up by four aence to Is. lOd. per lb., the subsidy being Is. Bacon Is ln:reased by twopence to 2s 5d ?er lb., with a subsidy of
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    HINDU EXTREMIST ARRESTED
    43 1 POONA, Wed.— The Poona ?olice today arrested Mr. L. P. 3hopatkar, a former member )f the Hindu Mahasabha (extremist body) under the "Preventive Detention Act." This followed the arrest of several Hindu Mahasabha nembers in Bombay and Poona yesterday. Reuter.
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    Labour Demand For Party Discipline
    113 1 LONDON, Wednesday. OKITISH Labour Government chiefs whipped rank "and file defaulters sharply back into line today for challenging rigid party discipline orders. The leaders' action arose from a Government defeat by the Opposition Conservatives in a "snap" division on a technical issue in Parliament last
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    GOING HOME
    25 1 TOKYO, Wed. Edmund Blunden, poet and retiring educational advisor to the United Kingdom liaison mission In Japan left Yokohama today for home.— Reuter.
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    Mindszenty Dead?
    19 1 VATICAN CITY, Wed.— Vatican sources said today that the/ were unable to confirm or deny foreign rt-
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    Rubber Test On Landing Strips
    201 1 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON. Wednesday. AN important new development in the experi- mental use of Mealorub rubber powder with big potentialities for the future was disclosed today by Mr. Harry K. Fisher, road engineer consultant to the Natural Rubber Bureau in Washington, during an
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    10 CONVICTED
    23 1 PRAGUE, Wed.— Ten Czech Roman Catholic clergymen were convicted by a Prague state court today of high treason and espionage.— A.P.
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    RUBBER SOARS IN SINGAPORE
    54 1 TO 62| CTS. RUBBER prices soared yesterday in Singapore by about three cents per lb. Business was done at 62} cents for the best grade of spot loose. Dealers attribute the striking rise to factory inquiries and the chaotic situation of the Indonesian rubber market. Full
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    Chiang's Airmen Seek Russians
    202 1 Chiang's Airmen Seek Russians TAIPEH, Wed. HPHE Chinese Nationalist Government has protested to the United Nations against the presence of Russian submarines in the Yellow Sea and of Russian military and civilian flyers and technicians on the mainland of China, it was disclosed today. Mr. George Yeh, Nationalist Foreign Minister,
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    Ceylon Rejects Coconut Oil Plan
    61 1 COLOMBO, Wed— A C Jon Trade Ministry official said today Ceylon was unable to supply the United States with coconut oil on a contract tnsls. America should buy nn the open markot at competitive prices. Ceylon feira the aliena lon nf n'her customers if thp
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      An End To 'Esq.' But 'Sir' Remains
      273 2 BOMBAY, Wednesday. THE Government of Bombaj has "Indianised" the English mode of address. You shall no longer be "Mr.' or "Mrs." You will be addressed as Shri and Shrimathi, for men and women respectively. "Esquire" will similarly be discarded in Government letters The
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      SEAMEN STRIKE
      38 2 BUENOS AIRES, Wed. A 48-hour seamen's strike yesterday paralysed 98 per cent of this busy seaport's activities. The General Confederation of Marine Workers Unions called the walk-out on demands for better welfare and economic conditions. Reuter.
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      RED SPY CHARGES
      32 2 PRAGUE. Wed. -The chief prosecutor in a treason trial of 10 monks accused the Vatican of a new crusade against Czechoslovakia and of training "spies in priests garb."— Reuter.
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    LONDON BOUND
    33 2 PEACEMAKER: Dr. Ralph J. Bunche, famed American peace negotiator, seen arriving in London. He is to address a public meeting at Cambridge on the "United Nations and World Peace." Reuter photo.
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    ARABMOVE AGAINST ABDULLAH
    100 2 ARABMOVE AGAINST ABDULLAH CAIRO, Wed. AHMAD Hilmy Pasha, Premier of the Egyptiansponsored "All-Palestine" Government, yesterday said he would raise art the next meeting of the Arab League Council, King Abdullah's reported plan to annex Arab Palestine. Arab circles here expect that cession of the Jordan-neid Arab area of Palestine will
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    LABOUR MAJORITY DROPS TO TWO
    61 2 LONDON, Wed. THE British Government's effective majority in the House of Commons dropped temporarily to two last night when Labour M.P., Mr. James Glanville, was taken to hospital with a fractured skull. He was injured during a fall from a tramcar on Monday night. There
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      364 2 NOTICES IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE COLONY OF SINGAPORE ISLAND OF SINGAPORE. Originating Petition) No. 67 of 1949. In the Matter of United Enterprises Limited And Reduced And In the Matter of the Companies Ordinance, 1940. NOTICE is hereby given that a Petition presented to the High Court of
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    $45 MILLION VOTED FOR ASIA
    341 3 Acheson Warns Of Red Sweep Beyond China WASHINC THE U.S. Senate Foreij voted yesterday for j Four" programme nex limits on the plan for < backward areas. It intn the project should end ii 1955, and stipulated thai plan must end on June At the
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    QUIRINO URGES PACIFIC UNION
    139 3 QUIRINO URGES PACIFIC UNION BAGUIO, Wed. PRESIDENT Qulrino said yesterday that Huk outlaw uprisings will not interfere with his plans to issue Invitations for a meeting to organise an Asian Pacific Economic, Political and Cultural Union. He said that if the past week's hit-and-run raids were inspired by the Comnumists
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    JAP TRADE WARNING
    62 3 JOHANNESBURG, Wed.— The Buyer, official journal of the South African textile trade, warned the Union today that unless Japanese textile imports were controlled, overseas capital for local industries would dry up giving Japan a "free run" of the clothing market. "We must trade with Japan, but we
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    FILM STAR ON S.-E. ASIA TOUR
    58 3 MANILA. Wed.— Film ac- tl via Christian, wife 1 P >wf"\ will make a fhort visit to Hong Kong, Bangkok and Bali, beginning the iatter part ol next week, learned today. Miss Christian came to th Philippines with her husband who is now making
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    Three Killed
    28 3 CALCUTTA, Wed The crew of three vere killed when a cargo plarr; of the Deccan Airwajs crashed today In a village 10 miles from here.— Reuter.
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    RUSSIAN 'NAZI METHODS'
    206 3 RUSSIAN 'NAZI METHODS' LONDON, Wed. lINITED States High Comu missioner in Germany, Mr. John McCloy, accused Russia last night of using Nazi methods to "subiugate" Germany into vassalage and called for a united Western Europe including Germany to thwart the Soviet scheme. Meanwhile in Paris yesterday Western Germany was among
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    ILP NEUTRALITY VOTE
    73 3 LONDON, Wed. Britain's jsplinter" Independent Labour Party, from which the main Labour movement sprang, will call on the Government "to declare now that Britain will be neutral in any future world conflict," if a resolution at its annual conference at Whitley Bay,' Nor -thumberland, this week-end is
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    US Dockers' Leader Guilty Of Perjury
    160 3 SAN FRANCISCO, Wednesday. UAKKY Bridges, leader of 75,000 Pacific coast dockers, was convicted yesterday of perjury and conspiracy for swearing that he was not and never had been a Communist. The jury deliberated for 31 hours. The conviction carries a maximum prison verm of
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    Polio Strikes At Young Indians
    53 3 GENEVA, Wed.— More than 20 per cent of India's crippled children are maimed by infantile paralysis, according to a World Health Organisation report published in Geneva today. A team of polio specia- J lists, led by Dr. Nephin Kezerian, sent out by the Health Organisation
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    REVIEWING FAR EAST
    41 3 SENATOR Tom Connally, Secretary of State Mr. Dean Acheson, and Ambassador-at-Large Mr. Philip Jessup not in Washington for a closed-door review of the Far Eastern situation. Mr. Jessup had just returned to U.S. from the East— A.P. photo.
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    White Battalion Fights For Ho
    158 3 LANGSON, North Indo-t hina, Wednesday EUROPEANS and soldiers of other races from J French colonial units stationed in Indo-China have been formed into a 'White-commando battalion" to fight with the Vietminh rebels against the French. French Intelligence confirms that white men are serving in the
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    SOVIET WALK-OUT
    45 3 FLORENCE, Wed. The Soviet delegation last night walked out of the International High Frequency Radio Conference, being held here to work out wavelengths for world radio stations, as a protest against the presence at the conference of a •delegation from Nationalist China. Reuter.
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    SMILING THROUGH
    29 3 VEILED: Smiling through the veil of her jaunty black hat is Hollywood actress Signe Hasso. Swedish born Miss Hasso is in London to play 'Rosmershohn." Reuter photo.
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    RESOLUTE RED PURGE IN U.K.
    79 3 LONDON, Wed. THE Prime Minister, Mr. Clement Attlee, told Parliament today that the Government's purge of Communists from the Civil Service would be "resolutely pursued." It was the Government's policy to ensure that no one known to be a member of the Communist Party or
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    $2 MILLION HAUL OF GOLD IN CALCUTTA
    71 3 BOMBAY, Wed. JNDIAN customs officials going over a 100-ton craft inch by inch today have so far seized $2,000,000 worth of smuggled gold but think they may have to break the boat up completely be- seizure in an Indian port this century. The
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    JAP PEACE TREATY: US HOPEFUL
    156 3 JAP PEACE TREATY: US HOPEFUL WASHINGTON, Wed. JJNITED STATES officials said yesterday that they were "very hopeful" that during the next few weeks "considerable progress" could be made toward realisation of a Japanese peace treaty. The United States' diplomatic, political and military officials must first agree however, among themselves as
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    MASS IMMUNISATION LIKEL IN SCOTLAND
    191 3 GLASGOW, Wednesday. DOYAL Air Force planes flew more than 300,000 JV units of smallpox vaccine to Glasgow yesterday to help build up stocks for possible mass immunisation in Western Scotland, p —^^^im_i_ Meanwhile an 11-month-old girl died of smallpox on Monday night bringing to two
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    QUAKE RECORDED
    36 3 LONDON, Wed. Instruments at the Barking seismological station registered a large eathquake last night centred about 2,000 miles from London. Earth movements, first noted at 7 pm. were still being recorded at 8 pjn.—AP.
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    ANTI-RUSSIAN 'REVOLT' IN ALBANIA
    331 3 ANTI-RUSSIAN 'REVOLT' IN ALBANIA ROME, Wednesday. REVOLT against Russian domination has broken out in the ranks of Albania's Communists, informed Albanian exiles said yesteriinv Moscow-trained strong ster, Mohmet Sheru, is ;e or "Trotskyites and to crush the revolt before aay. They said Albania's man, the Interior Mini waging a ruthless
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    CRISIS TALK IN BELGIUM
    64 3 BRUSSELS^ Wed.— M. Gaston Eyskens, the Belgian Catholic leader and caretaker Premier, was called in by the Regent, Prince Charles, for consultations on the crisis over the future of King Leopold. This development quickly followed the news that the Liberal leader. M. Albert Deveze, had given
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    CHINA LEADER'S NO TO COMINFORM
    71 3 HONG KONG. Wed. rOMMUNIST Radio Peking said yesterday that Lin Shao-chi, No. 2 Chinese Communist, had declined an invitation to attend the Budapest session of the Cominform sponsored World Federation of Trade Unions next month. It said Liv, who is the vice-president of the WFTU,
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    Seven-Point Plan For India Riots
    170 3 Seven-Point Plan For India Riots NEW DELHI, Wed. PANDIT Nehru and Liaquafe All Khan continued their conversations on the communal situation today without any announcement on the trend of the discussions or any accomplishments. It is reported, however, that they have agreed that an inter-state commission must be set up
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    U.S.I. GESTURE
    18 3 JAKARTA, Wed. Tha United States of Indonesia is willing to open diplomatic relations with Communist China.—A.P.
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    Malaya: Wishful Thinking Charge Made In Lords Debate
    440 4 Malaya Wishful Thinking Charge Made In Lords Debate -OPERATION AFTERTHOUGHT" LONDOM, Wednesday. VISCOUNT Bridgeman, Conservative, said last night that it was "wishful thinking to suppose we are over the worst in Malaya or anything near it." He was opening a two-day debate in the House of Lords on defence, in
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    MALAYAN DEBATE TODAY
    180 4 LONDON, Wed. j| A storm is brewing in the r House of Commons over r the campaign against the «j Malayan bandits. Mr. L. D. Gammans (Cons.) has secured a motion on adjournment tomorrow, and intends to raise the question of the I i whole Far Eastern
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    6 PREVIOUS CONVICTIONS
    60 4 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Wed.— Atil bin Bujong, who last week pleaded guilty to a charge of theft of clothing, appeared in the Sessions Court today. The Court was I informed by Inspector Mah-| bob that Atil had six previous convictions. As the Court wished
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    FOUND HANGING
    41 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KOTA BAHRU, Wed.-; Neighbours found 40-year- old Abdul Kad?r bin Hajl Taib hanging from a rope tied to the roof of his house in Jalan Gal ah Mati, Kota Bahru on Monday. He was dead.
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    FIRE "EXHIBITS" FOR ANALYSIS
    56 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.1 Following a fire in the hold of a British ship which arrived 'at Port Swettenham last night, the police have sent certain "exhibits" to headquarters for analysis. the Straits Times learned today, i The fire was put out shortly
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    CLAUSON TO LEAD RUBBER TEAM
    200 4 LONDON, Wednesday. WHE British Colonial Office named the permanent Under-Secretary of State, Sir Gerard Clauson, as leader of the colonial delegation to the meeting of the Rubber Study Groin which opens in Brussels on May 2. I Others will be Mr. J. A. E. Morley.
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    GAMBLERS FINED
    13 4 From Our Own Correspondent KOTA BAHRU, Wed. Twelve Chinese Including five
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    THIS WILD PIG TOOK A LOT OF KILLING
    103 4 lITHO said hunting wild pig was easy? Going to the aid of farmers in the Serem- ban-Mantin Road area recentt,/, a party of Chinese pig-hunters met plenty of trouble. A bia old pig attacked a hvn- ter an i forced htm to
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    FSTATE MANAGER MARRIED
    49 4 MARRIED: Mr. ;md Mrs. Geoffrey Costeloe aftei' their marriage at the Presbyterian Church in Btagapon >ecently. The bride was formerly Mrs. Betty Goodger. The bridegroom, the younger son of Rev. F. C. Costeloe, of Newby Bridge, lanes, is manager of Kuala Gob Estate, Kuala Krai, Kelantan.
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    A.C.S.U. CLAIMS BEING STUDIED
    119 4 L yHE War Minister, Mr. J 1 in the liouse of Commoi a further statement rega increases and housing Civil Service Union in Sin Mr. Strachey replied that i certain increases in salary were authorised last year with restrospective effect from August 1947. He added: "1
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    7 Years For Soldier
    104 4 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Wed. CONVICTED of being found in possession of two hand-grenades at Taiping last November, a soldier, Razak bin Yahaya, was sentenced to seven years' rigorous imprisonment by Mr. Justice Thomson at Ipoh. Razak was undefended. The prosecution conducted by Tungku Abdul
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    HOTEL MAN ACQUITTED
    80 4 From Our Staff Correspondent MALACCA, Wed. Holding that the defendant wa s unlicensed, the Magistrate acquitted Fuah Yau Kee who was charged at Malacca with allowing prostitutes to meet at the Sin Gim Thye Hotel of which fte waa the licensee, or alternatively, with allowing a room
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    Colony Asian Officer To Study in U.K.
    105 4 THE first Asian omcor to b<* selected by the Singapore Government for training in the United Kingdom in eoonlal administration is Mr. Lte Siow Mong, Assistant Con roller of Foreign Exchanffe md Supervisor of Elections. He will De one of probably two candidates
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    S'pore Burial For Pilgrim
    110 4 SUFFERING from beri-bcri since the Filipino pilgrim ship Christobal left Jeddnh more than ■-> month a^o. >r>e !W(ro p'igriTi died in fin';ripore lurinp i.he ship's <ti« this week. He was burierl by the Muslims of Sinpanore beforp tbe flf' fnr ihe Philippines on Tuesday, liie 1
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    SELANGOR INDIAN ASSN.
    116 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Officers elected at the annual meeting of the Selangor Indian Association were: President Mr. O. V. Thavcr; vice-pre?idcnt, Mr. V. M. N. Menon, Mr. C. J. Doshi, secretary, Mr. A. Rutert Fernandez; treasurer, Mi. K.S. Narayanan; sports chanman. Dr. K.
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    NEW MAGISTRATE
    36 4 IPOH. Wed.—lnche Bahaudln bin Yacob, formerly of Kuala Kangsar has assumed duties as Circuit Magistrate, Ipoh. He succeeded Inche Mohamed Din, who has beBn transferred to Kuala Kangsar as Circuit Magistrate for that district.
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    ILLICIT BREW
    20 4 SEGAMAT, Wed. Pleading guilty to possession of eight gallons of fermented mash and some illicit samsu, 62-year-old Pang
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    "HOME GUARD" URGED BY PERAK COUNCILLOR
    180 5 "HOME GUARD" URGED BY PERAK COUNCILLOR From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Wednesday. THE organisation of a permanent force on the lines of Britain's "Home Guard" so that the State might be prepared at all times was advocated by Mr. V. D. Kuppusamy in an adjournment speech at yesterday's Perak Council
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    29 5 MR. ART STEWART. VirePiTsidcnt of Trans World rim -v who passed through Sum iporo yesterday by ()tn*:ts-R()A( Constellation on hi.s way to Manila and Hun* Kong. Straits Times picture
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    Lady Harding At Chinese Ceremony
    108 5 Lady Harding At Chinese Ceremony f ADY HARDING, wife O Lt -Gen Sir John Hard rtg, OOC-in-C. Far East Lam forces, was present at th >' h anniversary ceremony o Singapore T-< "hew Le lan Mutunl •lp Soriet: ••*mple in Grar c Road. Sin "virp yesterday. olebrations consisted of i
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    TEACHERS TOLD: LEAVE POLITICS ALONE
    89 5 |k\'O Nik Mimad K.imii. th* Mentri Besar of Kelantan, has advise*! Malay teachers in the State to leavp politics atone and instead concentrate on mouldin:; future citizens oi .Malaya. In a speech to a meeting of the Kelantan Malay I', .'-hers' Tnion at Kota Bahru.
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    NEW U.P.A.M. OFFICERS
    103 5 KUALA LUMPUR WedMr. J. S. Ferguson is the new President of the United Planting Association of Malaya. The new vice-presi-dent is Mr. J. R. W. Collet t. The Council members are: Mpssis. M. E. Barrett H 1.. Warburton. O. H. M. Sturges. A. C Smith. C Haddon-Cave.
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    KAMPONG FOLK TOLD TO QUIT
    290 5 \IORE than 150 occupants of some 10 attap houses iTI in Kampong Bugis behind the Municipal Gasworks off Kallan,j Road, Singapore, are desperately looking for accommodation. They have been served with notices to quit th e area, which is to be used for the development
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    Varsity And SATAShare $21,300
    130 5 Varsity And SATAShare $21,300 TWO cheques totalling $21,300 according to :he Entertainments Tax Offl:er, Mr. J. Roualle, the largsst amount ever raised by a Jingle effort were handed yesterday to the University of Malaya Endowment Fund and the Singapore Anti-Tubercu-losis Association. This sum was recently rais?d by two Chinese fashion
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    ALLEGED BREACH OF TRUST
    60 5 Thirty-year-old Tan Choon Seng, of Onan Road, pleaded not guilty in the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday to a charge of criminal breach of trust of 116 coconuts. Tan, a trisha-rider, it was alleged was engaged to transport the nuts but disappeared with them. Bail was
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    RAPE OF GIRL, 13, ALLEGED AT J.B.
    46 5 From Our SUff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU Wed Ahmat bin Abbas. of Buloh River Estate. Masai, was charged in the Johore Bahru Police Court today with rape of a 12-year-old Malay girl. Ahmat was remanded in custody pending a prelimin-
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    STUDYING PAY
    63 5 From Our Staff t orrespondnit SEREMBAN. Wed. A subcommittee consisting of Messrs. A. Neelapillai. M. Nadchatiram. Tan Chin Beng and M. S. Maniam have been appointed by the Government Clerical Services Union, N.S. to study "this vexed question of back pay with a view to suggesting appropriate action
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    EASTER MEETING OF DOCTORS
    136 5 rpHE annual meeting of the British Medical Association (Malayan branch) begins tomorrow at the Medical College, University of Malaya, Singapore. The B M A r s outgoing council will meet at 10 a.m. tomorrow. It will be followed by the annual general meeting at 11.30 and
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    PRAISE FOR STORE'S SCOUTS
    169 5 j H^HE Commonwealth Boy Scout Camp Chief, Mr. John Thurman. did an elephant dance with Singapore Scouts at a camp fire at j Raffles Institution grounds I last night a few hours I after his arrival by air from Australia. Mr. Thurman was stopping overnight in
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    DOUBLE CHARGE DROPPED
    70 5 From Our Own Correspondent > SEGAMAT, Wed With- out calling for his defence, i the Segamat Circuit Magis- trate acquitted and dlscharg•ed 29-year-old car driver i Gurusamy brought before him on a double charge I Gurusamy was stated to have conveyed passengers for hire in his private
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    Uniformed AP's For All Towns
    321 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. pVERY main town in '-'the Federation is to have a uniformed auxiliary police force. Kampong Guard and watching systems will be extended and put on a more permanent oasis, squatter re-settle-ment teams wilr be increased, and propaganda work
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    'I'M NO SUPREMO,' SAYS BRIGGS
    243 5 From Our Staff Torrespondenl KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. lIEUT.-General, Sir Harold Briggs, the new 4 Director of Operations, slipped into Kuala Lumpur this afternoon without any fuss. He told pressmen meeting him "I am no 'supremo.' He alighted from a Malayan Airways aircraft and was met
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    'Specialist' —At School Burglaries
    136 5 'Specialist' At School Burglaries From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG. Wed. FOR committing eight thefts from Penang schools and houses between Jan. 19 and March 18, an unemployed Indian, Murugiah. whom the prosecution described as "a school burglary specialist," I was today sentenced to three i years' rigorous imprisonment. Police Constable
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    ASSN. REVIVED
    71 5 From Our SUff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Wed Old boys of the Johore Bahru English College, at a meeting held recently, decided to revive the Old Boys Association and elected the following officers: President: Dr. Ismail bin Abdul Rahman, vice-presid-ent: Mr. C. J. Lowe. Hon. secretary and treasurer: Mr.
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    TRADE IMPORTS OF SIAMESE RICE ALLOWED FROM APR. 15
    295 6 Singapore-Federation Joint Statement From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPIJR, Wednesday. IN a joint statement, the Federation and Singapore (iovernments today announced that commercial imports of certain qualities of Siamese rice would be permitted from April 15. Imports from Indo-Chira will be
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    113 Aliens, 5 British Deported
    115 6 From Our SUIT Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. DURING March, approval was given to deport 113 aliens and five British subjects under Emergency Regulation 17c. This brings the deportations approved so far to 6.195 aliens and 121 British subjects. The number deported last year was 5.994
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    STOLE MONEY & PEN: GAOLED
    50 6 STOLE MONEY PEN: GAOLED From Our Own Correspondent TELUK ANSON. Wed. Ong Boon Leong was convict- j ed in the Sessions Court. I Teluk Anson. for stealing on< fountain pen and 52.50 io cash. He was sentenced to one years rigorous Imprisonment to be followed by two years' police supervision.
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    POSTER CONTEST
    43 6 From Our Own Correspondent SEREMBAN. Wed. A Uni- versity poster competition in Negri Sembilan u> encourage a University consciousness among schoolbo's will be held soon. Entries should be sent to Mr. Y. K. Cheah. St. Paul's Institution Seremban, before June 1.
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    SQUATTERS FINED
    30 6 From Our Own Correspondent I MUAR. Wed. For unlaw- ful occupation of State land I ai Gersek. Lim Kiong and See Yong were each fined $10 at Muar.
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    FOOD WAS BAD EVEN FOR SHIP
    83 6 ■plIKi: was no doubt X that the food wa* bad, even for a ship, said the Singapore Chief Justice, Mr. Murray-Aynsley, yesterday allowing the appeal of 25 sailors sentenced to three days' gaol each for refusing to rejoin the Tower Grange, before she sailed
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    House Order Set Aside On Appeal
    224 6 A N order for possession of a house made by the Singapore Civil District Judge Mr. A. W. Bellamy, in the absence of the tenant, was set aside in appeal by Mr. Justice Evans yesterday in the Supreme Court. f—^ The landlord. Lee Ling
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    DRIVERS FINED
    38 6 From Our Own Correspondent BUKIT MERTAJAM, Tues. Tan Boon Cheang and Cheng Eng Chuan, two lorry drivers involved in a motor collision, were today fined $50 each for negligent driving. Both their driving licences were endorsed.
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    MOTOR FINES
    41 6 From Our Own Correspondent MUAR Wed. Two taxi drivers. Yue Go Kee and Manaf, who carried extra passengers were each fined $5 at Muar. Sundaraji was fined $7 for not paying the first half year's tax on his car.
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    Lower Lighter Costs Proposed
    258 6 IN an effort to end the deadlock with Singapore's 1 three Chambers of Commerce, the Singapore Lighter Owners" Association has drawn up new lighterage charges to submit to the chambers. The rates are lower than those rejected by the chambers two months apo. A spokesman of
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    CIVIL DEFENCE
    27 6 ORGANISER: The man who organised Anti-Bandit Month in Selangor, Mr. G. W. Somcrville. OB K. He is soon going to U.K. to study Civil Defence.
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    BOUGHT STOLEN TOOLS ?
    212 6 BOUGHT STOLEN TOOLS From Our Staff Currmpmidrnl KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A EUROPEAN soldier, R. Giles, serving a sentence n a military detention camp n Singapore for theft of a nilitary truck, today gave eviience for the prosecution vhere a Chinese fitter. Chonp sang, was fined $100, in deault two months'
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    BORROWED CAR. HAD NO LICENCE
    60 6 From Our Own Corres/.i ndent TAIPING, Wed. Without calling on the defence, the Taiping Magistrate acquitted and discharged Private Ward of the RASC of driving a military truck dangerously near Changkat Jering. He collided with a car which was overturned. The driver V. T. Mathews.
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    MUAR TRANSFERS
    71 6 From Our Own Correspondent MUAR, Wed.— lnche Mahmod bin Mohammed Shah from Johore Qahru has taken up duties in Muar as Ojstrici Officer in place of Tuan Sheikh Abu Bakar bin Yahya who has gone on leave Inche Ouyub bin Abdui Manas of the Land Office has been
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    KNIFE CHARGE
    34 6 From Our Own Correspondent MUAR .Wed.— Ball of $100 was offered to Teck Keng when he was charged at Muar with causing hurt to a woman, Chin Miaw Siang, with a knife.
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    TIN EXPORTS UP LAST MONTH
    101 6 EXPORTS of tin from Malaya rose from 4,419 tons in February to 6,727 tons last month, according to official statistics. Since the beginning of the year, Malayan exports of tin are 17,514 tons against 17.682 tons in the same period last year. The United States
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    HE MAKES STUDY OF THE EAST
    147 7 EASTERN countries that have recently been given their Independence have u^mendous opportunities and great problems," said Mr. ('frard Swope, chairman of the American Institute of I» 'lie Relations. iv is now in Singapore alter a study of conditions Kistan. India. Ceylon and Israel. Mr.
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    6.838 DETAINED
    42 7 Krorn Oar SUff Correspoti'lent KUALA LUMPL'R. Wed.--The total number of people held in detention camps at the end of March was 6.838 it is stated oflicially. Of these 5,621 were Chinese, 1.005 Malays lo? Indians, 13 .'akais, and 12 others.
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    FELL OFF BUS
    36 7 I ■nil Our Own orrcspondenl Wed. Alleged to have fallen off a stationary bus near Gemas. 39-year-old Sam Hing was fatally injure:i. A verdict of accidental death was recorded by the Sceamat Coroner.
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    WORLD HEALTH DAY TOMORROW
    169 7 IN Singapore tomorrow the emphasis will be on lealth. A special broadcast mature over Radio Malaya will "mind people that it is .Vorld Health Day, second anniversary of the acceptance ,f the World Health Organisation constitution by 26 ••mntries of the United! Nations The central thetiif
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    Visits To China Made Easier
    184 7 IN an interview yesterday, the District Passenger Agent of the American President Lines in Singapore, Mr. D. C. Downing said that Chinese passengers could now visit China regardless of whether they hold Nationalist, United States or British passports. This is because Macao Is now a
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    Derailment: One Hurt
    119 7 From Our Staff lou-jpondcnt KUALA LUMPUR Wed. A FIREMAN was injured when the pilot train of the night mail from Kuala Lumpur to Penang was derailed between Chemor and Kampar early this morning. Bandits had removed fishplates from the line. The up and down mail trains were
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    DEFENCE NOT REQUIRED
    93 7 Twenty three year old Yuen Yong Chee of Boon Teck Road, who was charged in the Singapore Second Police Court with theft or alternatively criminal breach of trust, of two lorries valued at $3,600 was acquitted yesterday without his defence being called. The allegation was that Yuen
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    POLICE MISSION WAS 'DIPLOMATIC
    384 7 Confidential Report Also? From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. PRELIMINARY reaction to the United Kingdom Police Mission's report is that it is a diplomatic document which leaves a lot unsaid. There is a feeling that a confidential report, one not intended for publication, may have
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    CHINESE AS PCs' PLAN BACKED
    272 7 riik recommendation of the Police Mission that a vigorous effort should be made to recruit Chinese n the uniformed branch of the Federation police las the wide approval of Chinese leaders, the straits Times was told yesterday. Leading Chinese who saw Mission members pointed out
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    Saved Money To Travel
    116 7 «R. M. Emanuel Aibuquer- que, Personal Assistant to be Director of Medical Ser- j 'ices, Singapore, believes in I aving money to travel abroad. He is leaving by the Dutch iner Willem Ruys today on a bur months' tour of Britain tnd Europe. Mr. Albuquerque will
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    SUNRISE SERVICE IN TAIPING
    39 7 From Our Own Correspondent TAIPLNG. Wed.— The Methodist Youth Fellowship, ln'i :onjunctlon with the Metho-ii list Chinese Church, will hold i in Easter Sunrise Service at| the Lake Gardens on Sunday i it 6.30 a.m.
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    BAIL REFUSED
    34 7 From Oir Own Correspondent SEGAMAT, Wed.— Bail was efused 62-year-old Lee Mow < i Cantonese, charged at the U Segamat Court /esteiday with |j ailing to take out an .cientii.y j ard i
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    Choice Lett To The Staff
    47 7 Krorn Oar Stall Corre&itondent PENANG. Wednesday. BEFORE they decide to develop their Richmond site up the hill. Penang Municipal Commissioners will first ask their employees to indicate their choice of a holiday centre. At a meeting in committee this week, the Commis-
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    SOLDIER SEIZED MY LEG
    211 7 SOLDIER SEIZED MY LEG Says Woman A YOUNG Malay soldier *"-who is alleged to have i flirted with a married Chinese woman for more than a month and referred to her husband as "a Joke", was charged in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday with using criminal force to outrage
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    NEW INSTITUTION FOR PENANG
    56 7 From Our Own Corresponded PENANG, Wed. -The new Phor Thay Institution building, constructed by Mr. Aw Boon Haw. will be declared open on April 20 fey the Penang Chinese banker. Mr. Yeap Chor Ee. The Buddhist temple in the Institution will at the same time be
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    BROKE CURFEW
    39 7 From Our Staff C >rrc-,|>ondnU SEREMBAN. Wed. Two Tamils. Doraisamy and PeriI asamy of Nilai and Batang Benar. were yesterday each fined $10 by the Seremban 1 Magistrate, Inche Abdul Hamid, for breaking the cur- few order.
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    W.H.O. CHIEF PASSES THROUGH
    33 7 DX. W. W. YUNG. left. Singapore Director of the World Health Organisation greets Dr. Brock hisholin. Director General of WHO., when he passed through Singapore yesterday. Straits Times picture.
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    No Concessions, Say Insurance Companies
    157 7 INSURANCE representatives in Singapore have stated that their head offices had made it quite ciear that in no circumstances would they consider any concession on insurance premiums to members of the Automobile Association of Malaya. The acting chairman of the A. A.M.. (Singapore Branch) Mr.
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    Singapore Diary
    143 7 Y.W.C.A., 5 Raffles Quay, dress- making, 10 a.m.; embroidery, 3.30 p.m., Bible study, 5 p.m. SINGAPORE LIFE GIIAKD .CORPS, committee meetirg, i I V.M.C.A.. Orchard Road, 5 15 pjn. I T.M.C.A., Orchard Road. French class, 5.30 p.m., gymnastics and keep-fit classes. 6 p.m. POLICE BAND. Fairer Paik. I
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    ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
    39 8 ALICE W. J Burns o thank all friends who kttrnded the Tun**i «1 of hPr husband. Mr Arth\ir Bun i telegram or letiors >f ■vmpalhv. or ht-l|>ed hor »t this ;e bopH to write them ;i Inter date.
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    The Straits Times Singapore. Thurs.. Apr. 6. 1950. Plans For The Police
    757 8 The Straits Times Singapore. Thurs.. Apr. 6. 1950. Plans For The Police It may be hoped that the Federal Legislative Council will be given an opportunity to debate as soon as possible the report i>f the Police Mis- sion which has just been made public. Whiie the report is not
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    Perak's Warning To Peking
    352 8 The strong feeling which has been aroused in Perak by the possibility that a Chinese Communist consul will be appointed to that State was voiced in no uncertain manner in the Council of State on Tuesday. Normally, it would follow that if the British Government established
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    Shanghai, city of crippled industry and power
    615 8 HONG KONG. gHANGHAI, industrially, has been crippled for at least two years to come, maybe more, by the Feb. 6 bombing which blasted its power plants. This is stated in a survey of conditions in the city published in the China Engineers, a
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      The Misfits and Malcontents and the Squatters
      811 8 AFTER reading the c Emergency expressed well-known personalities i Mr. J. P. Hannah, I thoi humble views Irom an en The chief of Malaya's Harold Rowdan Briggs. r when he says: "I want the and I will respect them." These are m?re words
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      A JERANTUT PLEA TO P.R.
      178 8 r WONDER if the town j of Jerantut has been i lemporarily omitted from ih e province of the Public Relations Department i mobile vans? Having gathered that there i are at present three vans in Pahang. one for each of I the three sectors,
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      MUNICIPAL BILLS
      212 8 |t|R T. P. F. McNeice, I acting Singapore Municipal President, has I blamed the public for; j congestion at the Muni- cipal counters when payj ing bills. He blames them for not I bringing their bills along. I wish his statement could be I confirmed by an independent
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    On The Margin
    390 8 On The Margin Suburban Jungle I WONDER how many Singaporeans would have to confess, if they were asked, that they have never entered the nature reserve ;it Bukit Timah. Yet there is no better way of finding relief from city life than to walk up Bukit Timah and explore the
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      334 8 CORROSION jfiimiif***^'^ A Hk ■•'^*^^5(Eii An eminent British metallurgist estimated thai every yeai in the world somo 30 million tons of steel become unusable by corrosion, that is by rust. This figure must largely be guesswork, but it is an impressive reminder that, though modern skill and knowledge hase enabled
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    7 CHILDREN WATCH FATHER KILLED
    435 9 Raub Man Shot A s He Prayed A t Mother's Grave From Our Own Correspondent RAUB. Wednesday. CEVEN children watched two armed men ase and kill their father in Chinese cemetery, one and a half miles outside Raub, Pahang, this afternoon. Tjie victim was 38-year-old
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    THE WAY TO PLAN A TOWN
    297 9 MRS L. Sanders, the only practising woman planicr in Singapore, stressed the mportance <>l a comprehen.ve town-planning survey of »'p whole of Singapore island 'iio talk last night. Slip said that until such a ,;!;vcy was cumpleted, a town j'.snncr could not know how
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    HELD UP
    30 9 Tan Kirn Leng. living at Clm Chuan Rnad. Singapore. rax held ud by three Chinese -Phersnn Road at .45 o'clock last niftht and ■nhbfd of $6 and identity
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    REMEMBER BRIAN?
    77 9 REMEMBER the Singapore R.A.F. man who doubled for actor Donald Houston in his film. "Blue Lagoon?" Yes. Brian Meely is the name Brian (above) arrived from Australia yesterday on his way to join the Stratford Company in England. After the '"Blue Lagoon. Brian went to Australia where he
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    Street Map Of S'pore
    83 9 AS'ii.-.oi v:.;;) i.i Smsapore shortly be issued by the Automobile Association of Malaya i Singapore Branch i. Proof copies of the map were on display yesterday at the association^ 12th annual general meeting at Acielphi Hotel. The Singapore Improvement Trust assisted In the production of the
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    8 BUSES FOR SCHOOLS
    216 9 8 BUSES FOR SCHOOLS THE SINGAPORE Traction Company has riow reserved eight buses exclusive- ly for the use of school- I children five in the morn- I ing and three at mid-day— on various routes and. ex- j tended the hour for half- i fare travel. Mr. Frank C. James.
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    Their Last Rehearsal
    130 9 BEFORE an audience of about 1.000 school-child-ren, the Singapore Junior Symphony Orchestra played their last rehearsal before their choral orchestral con- i cert at the Victoria Memorial Hali on Sunday at 8.30 p.m. Together with the SingaI pore Teachers Choral Society, they gave a six item programme
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    VAN vs TREE
    27 9 A Singapore Cold Storage van crashed against a tree at Jurong Road yesterday evening. The driver and a passenger in the van were injured.
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    BROKEN ANKLE
    25 9 Mr. H. Salt, a Singapore resident, now on leave, has sustained a broken ankle in a skiing accident in Switzer- I land. t
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    20 Poison Aid Calls
    85 9 THE Singapore Municipal Street Ambulance Service attended to 20 poisoning cases last month the highest monthly figure since the service was established about two years ago. Most of the cases were caustic soda poisoning. There were 313 ambulance calls al- together last month. A spokesman of
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    ALLEGED TO HAD SIGNAL PISTOL
    50 9 Bail of $2,000 was granted to 21-year-old Lee Him Huat of Kelaritan Road, when he pleaded not guilty in the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday to a charge of possession of a signal pistol without a licence. The case was postponed to April 12. I
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    Easter Church Services
    288 9 THE following ia the list of church services for the Easter season: ST. ANDREW'S Mill 1)K\I Friday: 7 a.m.— Matins ante Com-; munion; 9.30 a.m. Children's ser- vice; 12-3 p.m.. Three hours devotion; 4 p.m. United service; i Saturday: 7 a.m. Matins ante Com- munion: 5.30 p.m.
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    39 9 FOURTEEN YEAR OLD Miss Goh Soo Nee who will dance at a Recital at the T.W.C.A., Raffles Quay on April 20. for members and friends of the Y.W.C.A. TWELVE-year-old Hwang-Li-er. who will dance a ballet solo at the Recital.
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    MILLION YDS. A MONTH
    56 9 More than a million yards of textiles are imported into Singapore every month. But most of it is exported again, some to the Federation but most of it to Java. The best line is lambskin, and next comes the spuns. Among the men's materials tweeds and
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    HE OFFERS TO SAVE HER FROM BULLY
    140 9 4 1 least one Singapore man wants to know more about the 40-year-old Chinese woman, who recently asked the Colony Social Welfare Department to help her find a husband. Mr. Tan Kiam Khoon, describing himself as a businessman, read a Chinese newspaper report
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    COUNCIL MEMBER
    30 9 From Oar Staff Correspondent PENANG, Wed.—Mr. D. A. Mackay, eastern manage, of the Eastern Smelting Co., has been nominated Penang Chamber of Commerce representative on the Settlement Pnin-iril
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    Singapore Funeral Of Mr. Girdler
    249 9 THE funeral of Mr A. H. Girdler. who was killed In an ambush In Johore. I took place yesterday at Bidadari. Singapore. A large i and representative gathering of friends and officials were present. After a short service at the cemetery chapel, which j wa
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    Clinics Plan Deferred
    93 9 A PROPOSAL that the Singapore Urban Health Centre, which will have I Municipal inrant welfare clinic and Government school clinic, should be located at Hong Lim Green now occupied by the Singapore Chinese Recreation Club— is not favoured by the Improvement Trust. The Trust considers that this
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    15 9 Mr. E. A. Gardiner, wao was in Jerusalem for two years, will di'scrlbt:
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    BANDITS USE BAYONETS
    260 9 Tore Off Police Badges From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHKL, Wednesday. gANDITS were reported to have bayonetted Mr. A. H. Girdler, the Administrative Officer, Kluang, as he lay wounded after an ambush on the Yongf Peng to Paloh Road yesterday morning. Mr. Girdler died of his wounds
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    SIX NEW J.P.s
    41 9 Tlie following have been appointed Justices of the Peace for the Colony of Singapore: Mr. T. J. L. Leijissius. Mr. Fong Yit Lin Mr. Jee Ah Chian. Mr. C. W. Warren. Mr. Nonce Sen and Mrs. M. Lobo.
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    'Speed Traps Not Needed'
    136 9 'Speed Traps Not Needed' "^PEED limits as they exist today along Bukit Timah Road, right up to the 12th milestone, are quite unnecessary." said the acting chairman of the Automobile Association of Malaya (Singapore Branch) Mr. Sandy G. Pillay. addressing the 12th annual general meeting yesterday evening. Mr. Pillay said
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    AFRAID OF POLICE
    87 9 A police supervisee. "0-year-old Sian Chee Siah of Omar Road, was sentenced in the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday to two wet-ks" rigorous imprisonment for having failed to report himself to the police since December 1948 Sian. who pleaded guilty, said he was two days late in
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    What are we looking for on Mars?
    1126 10  - What are we looking for on Mars? A. W. HASLETT Higher telescopes faster photographic film, mar bring pictures I lint increase our knowlrdge of the most **obs«»rvablo" planet By DURING this week, 'lie planet Mais will make one of its comparatively near approaches lo Ihe Kirth. It will not be
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    My dog and I
    252 10  -  f Marjorie Herring By SOME Sage of long ago said "Never give your heart to a dog to tear" I really cannot understand why people make such a fuss about their dogs. Who starts his choral efforts when mankind is just settling to .sleep? Who chases
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    Colds & sinus
    619 10 Colds sinus FROM A SURGEON'S CASEBOOK There is a cure for the common cold. Go to bed on the first signs. Neglected colds may lead to serious sinus trouble QN'h, of the popular jibes against the medical profession is that we have sc little skill that we rant even cure
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    LONDON-SINGAPORE MAIL IN 2 HOURS BY ROCKET
    831 11 LONDON-SINGAPORE MAIL IN 2 HOURS BY ROCKET Till. Allied Control Commissioner of tlu- little town of (ii:i/.. in Austria, rould hardly believe liis r;uN when the |o:il postmaster ;isk<<l if he might have a little Riinpowdei for official purposes T ts for the rocket maU." the postmaster plained. The Con-tr-tl
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    Memories of other Easters
    596 11 Memories of other Easters 'THE wandertmg is back again. Easter with its long: week-end brings back nostalgic memories of other Ear.ters. of carefree days and moonlight nights, wren one could travel from one Malayan town to another, by train, car or even on a bicvele. without fear of ambush or
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    In your Garden
    536 11 "Kebun" will be pleased to answer any questions on gardening sent in by readers. l usuully keep fresh flowers in water jars, but they only last for about three to four duys. Please tell me how to make them last longer? 1 change the water daily and
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    HE PLAYS WITH A MASTER'S TOUCH
    273 12 Dollah is proud of his music bin Seeman, .-2-year-old- Malay m".si--wn of Malacca, is n eif at. maestro but to him ii-ist b P attributed th* distinction ol being, p*rh*p£i the only consn' mas non-Hhinese pk njoent in the art of tv tiling and
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    COLLECTING TURTLE EGGS
    564 12  -  A.T. SREENIVASAN By pOLLECTTNG turtle eggs from the sea coasts of Trengganu State is the monopoly of successful tenderers ev*»rv year The majority of eggs are collected from Paka Beach, with Kemaman as runnerup There are two sizes of eggs, the smaller variety being considered better by
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    STRANGE AS IT MAY SEEM
    616 12  -  "THE ONLOOKER" By STRANGEST money •^one can ever come across are the notes specially printed for the use of the dead. These are usually burned as offerings at Chinese funerals for it is the beiief that by this act the deceased can be provided with
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    Their lifespan —one day!
    743 12 Their lifespan one day! OF the myriads of fascinating insects that glow, flutter, and pulsate with life certain species of the moth and butterfly surpass the rest for sheer brilliance in colour and daintiness The Apatura Iris, or more familiarly known as the 'gorgeous Purple Emperor butterfly" for example, is
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      242 12 T Ihk nearer you approach the Equator the shorter the shadows and the longer the glasses. Where your glass is nearly v long as your shadow, thirtt is a major industry. There in the glasses of those who really know the subjn-i, you hnd i Rose's Lime Juice, Nature* finest
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      THE NEW TARZAN
      163 13 STANDING over six feet, with brown hair and green eyes Lex Barker takes over the role of Tarzan from Johnny Weissmuller, In this way becoming the tenth actor to portray the Ediiar Rice Burroughs character Filmgoers may remember Lex as one of Loretta Young's husky brothers in
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      MORE BRICKBATS
      1308 13 M ORE BRICKB A TS FOLLOWING my tearful tirade of last week on the reactions of Singapore r audiences to "The Heiress", brickbats have been flying- past my ears like peanut shells at a school picnic. Some have been extremely well-aimed, others have packed a powerful wallop, but the majority
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      Glamour star the Nazis changed
      388 13 PARIS, A ONCE brilliantly pretty film star who, said the enthusiastic fans Just before the war, "had everything," has (4°cl in the paupers' ward of a Paris hospital. She was spurned by her native France for making friends among the Nazi High Command. She was
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      From "Aunt" to Othello
      373 13 BACKSTAGE WITH RONALD BAXTER JOHN Forbes-Sempill, aid**lng and abetting "Charley'R Aunt" every evening, has been getting up next morning and rehearsing the slightly more difficult part of Othello. For the Singapore Repertory Company are going ahead with their plans to produce it* as from Sunday week.
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    London Stocks
    355 14 LONDON, Wed. f)OMESTIC stock* on the London Stock Exchange yesterday recorded only a handful of price changes, generally of a minor character. Overseas Issues provided most ol the Interest and movement. Dollar stocks responded wltb gains ol up to 3 H points to the overnight strength of Wall
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    BUYERS INQUIRE FOR TINS
    128 14 From Oar Market Correspondent ItfORE buying inquiries for a number of Malayan i ITI Tin shares were in evidence yesterday. Indus- trials were quietly steady, with lew selling pressure. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' f Association yesterday were: INDOSTKIALS Con. Tin Smelt. Ord 18/-
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    TIN DIVIDENDS
    54 14 Malayan Dredging MALAYAN Tin Dredging's directors have declared a second interim dividend of 3d per share (five per cent.), less Income tax, in respect of the year to 30 June, 1950. This dividend is I equivalent to approximately three--quarter per cent, on the capital Invested in the business,
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    S. Malayan Dredging
    55 14 POUTHERN Malayan Tin Uredg0 Ing's directors have declared a second interim dividend of Is. per share (20 per cent.), less Income tax, In respect of the year to 8 June 30, 1950. This dividend Is equivalent to approximately 6% per cent, on the capital Invested In the
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    THE PRODUCE MARKET
    108 14 I From A Market Correspondent pOFFEE in the Singapore produce market was quiet I yesterday with sellers of Rio 5 I quoting $132. Copra was again slightly easier with Singapore I juyers asking $37 3*3 and sellers $377». Coconut oil remained unchanged at $61 Vi sellers in
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    Easter Holidays
    40 14 rpHS Malayan share market x and the Singapore rubber commodity market will be tlosed I from tonight till Tuesday morn- > ing. i The London Robber market I1 will be closed for the tame period, for the Easter holidays.
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    TIN PRICES
    26 14 SINGAPORE, Wed., Apr. 5—1289.25 (up $2.25). LONDON. Wed.. Apr. 5.— spot: £5871—£587}. Forward: £5881—£588?. Settlement: £587 i. Turnover morning, 85 tons; alternoon, 65 tons.
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    TIN COMPANY OUTPUTS
    101 14 JV ODerated for 1 2fU ho,,r, treat^27 182 r,,Mr «trf. H 757 picuU of y to ore Prod"ced 757 >P lculs of Un-ore. t-jj-j-j-* rmr r nnn e SS e M«ni<^S. >159 188CUblCyarda comnound M.. 2 m T<->NGKAH Compound iSo. Jln March worked for 120 nours, Sed9^76
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    Singapore Rubber: 3-Ct.Rise
    184 14 Singapore Rubber: 3-Ct.Rise «™rT™TlTMri maH Ct ??bbS WeTta a^^agffl loose waa done at 62| cents per lb.. while prices for April shipment advanced by 2* cents per lb. over Tuesday's levels. Singapore merchants attributed th? improvement in rubber prices to more factory Inquiries and the chaotic situaUon ln Indonesia. The
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    Britain's Gold And Dollar Resrves Have Risen
    280 14 Britain's Gold And Dollar Resrves Have Risen LONDON, Wed. -qritalN'S gold and dollar re--f> serves rose by U. *****,000 000 ln the fl^t quarter of 1950. Sir Stafford Cripps, Chancellor of tne Exchequer, giving a statement on the nation's gold and dollar position in Commons yesterday. told a cheering House
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    20 EVENTS IN SUNDAY'S RACING
    887 15 Biggest Motor Club Effort Yet By E. PETERS TWE Singapore Motor Club, organisers of all motor races held in the Colony since the liberation, will open their 1950 racing season on Sunday with the biggest programme yet to be staged in Malaya. This will be
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    R.N. Have Cricketers Of Repute
    137 15 SPORTS LETTER TN the Singapore cricket team to play Selangor this weekend it is noticeable that the eleven b comprised solely of players participat- 1 ing in the Cricket Association Tournament. Is this a necessary qualification, or are all cricketers in the Colony considered? I
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    RSGC SPRING CUP DRAW
    75 15 The R.S.G.C. ladies' Spring Cup draw for the first round to bo. played on Tuesday. April 11 is:Miss Ackers (bye); Mrs. Paterson v Mrs. Wicks; Mrs. Robinson v Mrs. Elder; Mrs. Steed v Mrs. Smart: Mrs. Goss v Mrs. Craik; Mrs. Coblcy v Miss Hadley; Mrs.
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    32 15 MONTE CARLO, Wed.— The Americans, Budge Patty a.irt irwin Dorfman, lost to Mario B»llsrc!l nelli and Rolando de fltilo of Italy In the doubles tournmenr of the Monte Carlo tennis tournament yesterday.
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    47 15 BRITISH HEAVYWEIGHT champion Bruce Woodcock takes stock of his four-day-old baby Janet in a nursing home in Doncaster last week and looks pleased with the result. His wife Nora presented him with Janet on Mar. 26. They also have a son, born in June 1949. Reuter photo.
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    1656 15 THE Malayan Uolf Association's annual championship and other tournaments have been arranged to take place this year from Friday to Monday (Easter holidays) On the courses of both the Royal Singapore Golf Club and Island Club. The championship event win start with the 36-holc qualifying round
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    Weight Has Beaten All Cup "Hopes"
    490 15 Weight Has Beaten All Cup "Hopes" trom Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Wed. GOOD CLASS stayers are still very scarce on the Malayan Turf at the moment there Is not a horse in the i Perak Derby field of the class of Depot or Mystic Music and until other Turf Clubs
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    KOTA RAJA FIGHT HARD TO WIN TWO-NIL
    543 16 KOTA RAJA FIGHT HARD TO WIN TWO-NIL Leading League On Goal Average Kota Raja 2; Indian Recreation Club 0. WITH A little more experience the Indian Recreation Club soccer XI will be hard to beat. In their first game this season in the SAFA Senior League, the Indians scored an
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    Island Club Keen Prize Golf Draw
    374 16 THE ISLAND CLUB'S Keen Prize (Flag competition) will be played on the Club links on Easter, Monday. The following is the draw: MEN From Ist Tee only (18 holes): 8.15 ajn., K. T. San (12) Si 8. Abbett (12)- 8.19, B. W. S. Smith
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    Victoria School Staff Win 3-1
    84 16 PLAYING their first game, the Teachers' Training College XI were beaten three-one by the Victoria School Staff XI at soccer yesterday. By half time Victoria School Staff were leading two-nil, scorers being Wing Kee and Roy Jansen. On resumption of play, the trainees replied through
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    Sport Diary
    35 16 TODAY SOCCER: Snr. Lge: Royal Navy v RAF Changi at Naval Base. TENNIS: Exhibition matches by G. Brown and W. Sldwell, S.C.C. 5 p.m. GOLF: Exhibition by Dai Rees at RSGC, 3.45 p.m.
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    MANILA BACKING BROOKS TO WIN
    275 16 AN HIS RETURN to Singapore from Manila yes- terday morning. Alfie Sands told the Straits Times that Boy Brooks was training very hard for his coming fight with the British Empire middleweight champion, Dave Sands, scheduled for Apr. 14, at the Happy World Stadium. Like
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    SINGAPORE TIDES
    22 16 TODAY: 12.27 a.m. \Mt, an) and 1.20 p.m. (Bft. 81n). TOMORROW: 1.00 am. '9ft. lin.) and 9.10 p.m. 'tit. l!n>.
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    A.I. Pereira Upsets Kee Pow
    252 16 A.I. Pereira Upsets Kee Pow V.M.C.A. TENNIS rE SURPRISE of yesterday's play in the V.M.C.A. open tennis championships was the defeat of Low Kee Pow a seeded singles player at the hands of A. I. Pereira. While Pereira's victory was meritorious, Kee Pow ooviously an off day and he was
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    DAI REES PLAYS AT RSGC TODAY
    78 16 DAI REES, the British professional golf champion, arrives in Singapore from Australia at noon today for a four-ball exhibition match at the Royal Singapore Golf Club at 3.45 p.m. He will be partnered by Douglas McEwan, the R.S.G.C. professional, and will play Dr. M.
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    Nee Soon Had Gift Goals
    197 16 ONE of the best games In the Junior league was played at Geylang stadium yesterday when two evenly matched 6ldes R.A. P.C. Nee Soon and the Customs Sports Club— met. The result was a win for Nee Soon by three goals to two. But the
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    8 16 BILL SIDWELL, photographed on arrival yesterday.—Straits Times picture.
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    PENG SOON RATED No. ONE
    191 16 PENG SOON RATED No. ONE LONDON, Wed. rO Malayans, Wong Peng Soon and Ooi Teik Hock, top a world badminton ranking list just compiled by former English international R. G. Livingston. Dcvinder Mohan Lai. the All-India champion, is ran- ked number eight. Mr. Livingston, who has 1 seen in action
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    227 16 'Fair' Says Sidwell Of Chances At Wimbledon A USTRALIAN Davis A Cup player, Bill Sidwell, who with Geoff Brown, reached the semittnals of the doubles championships at Wimbledon last year, thinks that their chances this year are "pretty fair all round". With Brown, Sidwell, who says that he is "strongest
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    SCOTLAND XI
    43 16 LONDON, Wed. Scotland's soccer team to meet England at Hampden Park, Glasgow, on Apr. 15 is: Cowan (Morton): Young (Rangers), (captain). Cox (Rangers): McColl (Rangers), Woodburn (Rangers), Forbes (Arsenal); Waddell (Rangers), Moir (Bolton), Houliston (Queen of South). Steel (Derby), Liddell (Liverpool).
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    S.A.F.A. CUP TEAM TO MEET R.A.F.
    100 16 THE fourteen players from whom the Singapore Civilian (S.A.F.A.) team to meet R.A.F. in a Malaya Cup football game on April 22 will be selected from: Chee Seng. Salleh, Kai Sow, Harith, Hee Jong, Vass, Morton, Shariff Madon, Inglis, Awang Bakar, Boon Leong, Boon
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    CRICKET TEAMS FOR THE WEEK-END
    602 16 fyiTH SINGAPORE engaged in the State match TT against Selangor at Kuala Lumpur this week, there is a break in the S.C A tournaments and the week-end's matches are "friendlies". Busiest unit will be R.A.F. Seletar who field two Saturday teams and one each on
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    Something Wrong?
    69 16 AUSTRALIA'S former Da- vis Cup player, Geoff Brown, taking part in exhibition matches in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday, felt there was "something wrong" while in play. Puzzled, he consulted Selangor Club member Mr. E. C. Cherrington, and with a measuring tape, they made the interesting discovery that the
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    ENGLAND XI v SCOTLAND
    65 16 LONDON, Wed. England's soccer team to meet Scotland at Hampden Park on Apr. 15 was chosen today as follows: Villiams (Wolverhampton) Ramsey (Tottenham), and Aston (Manchester Utd.); Wright (Wolverhampton), Franklin (Stoke) and Dickinson (Portsmouth) Finney (Preston), Mannion (Middlesbrough), Mortensen (Black- 1 pool), Bentley (Chelsea) and I
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    All-Malayan Chess Starts Tomorrow
    136 16 All-Malayan Chess Starts Tomorrow T»HE Malayan Chess Federation will hold its second all Malayan championship tournament and congress at the V.M.C.A. premises, Singapore, tomorrow at 9 a.m. Entries for the championship, first, second and third class events close today. Very few Federal i candidates are competing for the beautiful Tiger
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