The Straits Times, 13 April 1950

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    19 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 SIXTEEN PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY. APRIL 13, 1950. if PRICE TEN CENTS
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    SQUATTERS ARE PROBLEM No. 1
    544 1 Report Urges Resettlement Of 300,000 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. THERE are still some 300,000 "deeply bewildered" squatters m the Federation to be brought under effective administrative control. This is stated m a paper on the squatter prob.'em m the Federation for 1950
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    39 1 MR. A. D. ANDERSON, manager of the New Zealand Insurance Co.. who is leaving Singapore in June on a world tour of the company's branches before going to Auckland as the General Manager of the conipany. —Straits Times picture.
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    ISLAND INVASION BY REDS HINT
    243 1 TAIPEH. Wednesday. j |OX<; KONG reports that th? sailing of an evacua«'o n ship to Shanghai had been abandoned ber .iis-« of "th c timing factor" were seen here today as i"d cat on that a Chinese ommunist assault on tV rhusrMi Inlands is imminent
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    Reds Move Into British Barracks
    141 1 Reds Move Into British Barracks SONG KONG. Wed. 'TOE Chinese Communist A news agency reported Delay that British barracks in F-king were occupied by Chinese Communist troops ypsterday The report, broadcast by Peking Radio, said that similar action had been taken previously against American, Frpncfi and Dutch barracks It said
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    SAMBASIVAM HAS RIGHT TO APPEAL
    100 1 Krona Our Staff Corresponuent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. THE reasons for the rearrest of Sambaslvam after his release from prison following the Privy Council's advice were stated officially by the Federation Government today. Prior to being charged with carrying an unlicensed revolver. Sambaslvam's actlVlUljSjar^fh^statgmpn^were such that
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    33 DIE, 73 HURT IN RAIL DISASTER
    118 1 33 DIE, 73 HURT IN RAIL DISASTER SAREILLY, United Provinces, Wed. people A are known dead and it is feared the deathroll may rise to 50 from the of the Kumaon Express which plunged from a bridge into a dry river bed near her.£ early today Seventy-three people were injured
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    Rubber Mart Uncertain
    100 1 By a Market Correspondent THE Singapore rubber market yesterday closed slightly easier, but in the absence of reliable news from Indonesia where fairly large stocks are held there was continued uncertainty and nervousness. Business was rather more substantial than on Tuesday Illustrating the uncertainty, May delivery of
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    CONCUBINE TAX PLAN
    62 1 HONG KONG, Wed. A "luxury" tax on concubines would be a good way to settle Hong Kong's revenue problems. "Taxpayer" said In a letter to the South China Morning Post today. He recommended a tax of one-tenth of a man's total income for the first concubine, and
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    STATE VISIT
    23 1 KEY WEST, Florida, Wed President Cabriel Gonzalez Videla of Chile arrived today on a state visit to the United States.— A.P.
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    'International Plot' Seen By Strachey
    120 1 LONDON, Wednesday. T«E War Minister, Mr. John Strachey, said in r Dundee today that allegations that he had Communist sympathies were part of an international campaign. Speaking also for the Defence Minister, Mr. Emmanuel Shinwell, Mr. Strachey said there were many influential people in Britain
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    DEFENCE TALKS IN MELBOURNE
    47 1 LONDON. Wed. BRITISH, United States and New Zealand forces were represented in 2-day defence talks which began in Melbourne today Radio Australia reported. Recruiting, extension of national service training .schemes. Army administration and overseas exchange duties, were being discussed, the Radio added.— A.P.
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    49 1 A SMALL BOMB exploded in a C-46 transport plane at Kaitak airfield. Hong Kong, recently. Six others were also damaged. The planes were awarded to the Chinese Communists by a Hong Kong court after Maj.-Gen. Claire Chennault had claimed he had fought them from the Chinese Nationalists. A.P. picture.
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    Travel Ban On Freed Planter
    172 1 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. V|K. W. A. C. McNamee, the manager of Jabor Valley l Estate in the Kuantan area of Pahang, who was arrested under the Emergency Regulations on March 31 was released today A police statement adds that he has
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    ENVOY ARRIVES
    22 1 BAGDAD, Wed.— All Zahir, Indian Ambassador to Persia, who has also been appointed Minister of Iraq, arrived here yesterday. Reuter.
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    PLANE CONTRACT
    24 1 WASHINGTON, Wed.— The U.S. Navy has awarded a U557,536,494 contract to the Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp. for amphibian Albatross patrol planes. A.P.
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    MORE SCHOOLS
    24 1 JERUSALEM, Wed. The Jewish part of the city of Jerusalem expects to spend U*****,000 during this fiscal year for the construction of
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    MR. BEVIN GOES TO HOSPITAL
    109 1 MR. BEVIN GOES TO HOSPITAL LONDON, Wed. THE British Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bevin, went into hospital yesterday to undergo a minor operation, it was officially announced last night. According to a usually reliable source, Mr. Bevin is suffering from haemorrhoids The British Foreign Offlct tonight announced: "Tht Foreign Secretary
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    DENIAL BY DR. BENHAM
    83 1 The Government radio last night twice broadcast a denial by Dr. F. Benham. head of the Benham Committee on Government salaries, denying reports that the committee recommends a $30 increase. Radio Malaya said: "Dr. Benham advises clerks .and others not to place any hopes on the
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    BURMA GOVT. ADVISERS
    72 1 RANGOON, Wed— The Burmese President has set up two new government bodies, a Foreign Relations Committee and a Rehabilitation Board. The Committee, which will advise the Government on matters relating to foreign policy, Is under the chairmanship of Sao Hun Hklo, Burmese Foreign Minister. The Rehabilitation Board,
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    SMALLPOX TOLL
    16 1 RANGOON, Wed.— Sixteen people died of smallpox In Rangoon In the first week of
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    U.S. DENIAL OF SOVIET AIR CLASH CHARGE
    333 1 U.S. DENIAL OF SOVIET AIR CLASH CHARGE WASHINGTON, Wednesday. RUSSIAN allegations that an American bomber machine-gunned Russian fighters over Soviet Baltic territory on Saturday and then fled under retaliatory fire were declared impossible by United States Air Force and Naval Chiefs in Washington last night. They pointed out that a
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    Sweden Too Charges US
    77 1 LONDON. WiC WHILE United States Government Departments were today examining Russia's protest that an American plane machine-gunned Soviet; fighters over Latvia, the Swedish General Staff alleged that American military planes flew over forbidden Swedish territory yesterday. The Swedish General Staffs report to the Foreign Ministry said
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    Late News BRIGGS' REPORT AWAITED
    82 1 LONDON. Wed.— The British Government is awaitin a report from Lieutenint General Sir Harold Brings before a decision is reached on whether more British troops are needed in Malaya. The War and Colonial Offices say no reinforcements could be sent unless requested by Malaya. No
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    Reds Outlawed In Bolivia, 52 Arrested After Clash
    152 2 CONSPIRACY FOR SOUTH AMERICAN SOVIET LA PAZ, Bolivia, Wednesday. THE Bolivian Government has outlawed the Communist Party, arrested 52 of its leaders, and accused Communists of conspiring to set up a South \merican Soviet Union. The action followed a police raid on
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    "CARMEN" GOWN
    25 2 THIS MODEL wears a new short evening gown called "Carmen"— with a black" jersey top and spotted turquoise satin ballerina skirt. Reuter picture.
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    BURMA REVOLT END SEEN
    78 2 BURMA REVOLT END SEEN RANGOON, Wed. rE surrender yesterday of 50 of the White Sand! Peoples' Voluntary Organi- i sation (PVO) at the refinery town of Syriam, thre? and a half miles down river from Rangoon, is believed to presage the end of the rebel movement, which began in August
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    TOOK £8,000 AND JAP BEAUTY
    62 2 TOKIO, Wed— The Japanese police are looking for a young employee of a government trading agency, who is suspected of embezzling and misappropriating public funds of yen equivalent of £8.000 sterling. The police stated today that the 25-year-old man had gone into hiding .with a
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    N. Ireland Proud To Be U.S. Ally
    119 2 WASHINGTON, Wed.- -Sir Basil Brooke, Prime Minister of Northern Treland, told chc National Press Club in Washington yesterday that Northern Ireland was 'proud- to be an ally of the United States in the Second World Wai "We are all.cd still and through the
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    Bridges Still A.U.S. Citizen
    91 2 Bridges Still A. U.S. Citizen SAN FRANCISCO, Wed.— The Federal Court yesterday overruled a government move to strip Harry Bridges of citizenship at once. Bridges, 48, Australia born, was sentenced on Monday to five years' in prison for perjury and conspiracy to get naturalisation in 1945 by fraud in denying
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    LESS MEAT -U.K. WIVES WARNED
    63 2 LONDON, Wednesday. ON DON housewives were warned by their butchers yesterday that they would get short rations of meat this week unless 300 truck drivers at the Smithfleld Market agreed to work overtime. The drivers announced last week that they would not work overtime after
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    CHENNAULT FAMILY GROUP
    19 2 CHENNAULT FAMILY GROUP GENERAL and Mrs. Claire Chennault with their two babies, Claire Anna and Cynthia Louise. A.P. picture.
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      14 Children Make' Flight For Life
      368 2 14 Children Make' Flight For Life DAR ES SALAAM, Wednesday. pOURTEEN small children, most of them paralysed 1 from the waist down and whimpering pathetically, arrived at Da r Es Salaam yesterday by air from Reunion Island, in the Indian Ocean, on their way to Strasbourg for treatment. The children,
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      INDIA, JAPAN TO HELP ASIANS
      74 2 CALCUTTA, Wed. India and Japan agreed to let other Asian countries use their laboratories and research facilities for testing their iron ore and coal resources, when the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East Sub-Committee on Iron and Steel continued its session here yesterday
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      REDS WANT TRADE TALKS AGAIN
      62 2 HELSINKI Ved. Russia has told Finland that sht is prepared to resume the rew trade pact negotiations which broke down last Februaiy after four mouths of fruitless discussions. The Finish Government yesterday appointed a new trade delegation led by the Minister of Trade. Mr. Sakkari
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    U. S. I. RETRACTS "AZIS QUITS" STORY
    378 3 Govt "Duped" By Reports From Macassar JAKARTA, Wednesday. RED-FACED Indonesian government officials admitted today that 26-year-old rebel Captain Abdul Azis and his forces still held Macassar, despite an official announcement last night that he had surrendered. Officials here were frank in confessing that
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    140 RUSSIANS IN S'HAI CLASH
    165 3 HONG KONG, Wednesday. j'HK independent Kung Sheung News said in a dis1 natch from Taipei that SO Russian technicians and more than 80 Chinese tied soldiers were killed a 10 injured in a clash at Kiangwan airfield north o" the outskirts of Shanghai Wah Kiu
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    France Does Not Want Mao In U.N.
    150 3 France Does Not Want Mao In U.N. PARIS, Wed. FRANCE will go to Big- J Three Foreign Ministers meeting In London *ji May 8 determined to block Com- 1 munist China's admission top the United Nations Security Council The French Foreign Office will state again that it will not recognise
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    Famine—But China Still Sells Food
    145 3 Famine— But China Still Sells Food WASHINGTON, Wed. officials said yesterday that Communist China, which is reported to be suffering serious famine, is trying to sell its food products abroad for dollars. United States experts admitted they were puzzled. Their political reports showed that at least 10,000,000 Chinese are living
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    Boarding Officers Did Not Take Sugar
    259 3 HONG KONG, Wednesday. A NATIONALIST warship, mistaking the British vessel Empire Mountain for her sister ship the Empire Dirk which left the Colony with a consignment of aircraft parts for Communist China, offered a large sum ii the skipper would divert her course to
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    ADVISORS FOR RED CHINA
    48 3 LONDON. Wed.— Four Britons who will act as advisors to the Communist China Government's Information Bureau have arrived In Peking. Their names have been given as: Mr. and Mrs. Springhalls. Mr. Alan Winnlngton and Mrs. Michael Shapiro. A spokesman for the British Vnraian __Qgj<Ln__niii<ij_
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    Bolivia Clamps Down On Reds
    63 3 LA PAZ. Wed. BOLIVIA outlawed the Communist Party today and arrested 56 known Communist leaders, including three Russians. On Tuesday night the government placed police forces under army control and ordered troops from three nearby towns into La Pat to cope with possible disorders. The
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    TITO'S NO TO OFFER BY ITALY
    136 3 BELGRADE, Wed. YUGOSLAVIA last night rejected the Italian Foreign Minister, Count Carlo Sforza's proposal for direct negotiations between the two countries to end long standing differences between them, especially concerning Trieste. Meanwhile, the Italian Government Is understood to be pressing the United States, Britain
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    Arms Captured
    23 3 MANILA, Wed.— A Philippine naval patrol yesterday reported the capture on* Batangas of a motor vessel carrying 172 sacks of explosives.—A.P.
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    ACQUITTED
    37 3 ROBERT BEDNASEK almost collapses as he leaves the court room In lowa City, (U.S.) after being acquitted of the the murder of his .student sweetheart, Margaret Jackson, in a men's hostel in lowa. A.P. picture picture.
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    GEM SMUGGLING
    48 3 LONDON. Wed. International diamond manufacturers today offered a £10,000 reward for information about three highly organised smuggling gangs flooding America with illicit gems. Mr. R. Wing, secretary of the International Diamond Manufacturers' Association, said: "The British diamond industry is one of our biggest dollar earners."— Reuter.
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    VISIT TO U.S.
    51 3 LONDON. Wed.— The forthcoming visit of the Japanese Finance Minister. Mr. Hayato Ikeda. to the United States to study the American taxation system is a sequel to recent protests by foreign businessmen in Japan against the Japanese Government's proposed taxation on foreigners, according to observers in London.—
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    HINDU CEREMONY
    42 3 NEW DELHI. Wed. Over 1,000.000 Hindu pilgrims from India, Ceylon and South East Asia will have gathered in a small city in the Himalayan foothill* by tomorrow for Kumbh Mela— the sacred Hindu ceremony of bathing in the Ganges.— AJ.
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    Argentine Meat
    18 3 BUENOS AIRES, Wed.— The Argentine Government is willing to start meat price negotiations with Britain. Reuter.
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    RUSSIA DUMPS GOLD TO UNSETTLE WORLD
    122 3 NEW YORK, Wed. of the world's biggest gold mHE Journal of Commerce buyers, has now reversed the J. reports that Soviet Rut- process and is selling gold in sia ii dumping gold in the Hong Kong for American world market* in an effort to
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    GANDHI WREATH
    22 3 THE PAKISTAN Prime Minister, Mr. Liaquat All Khan, lays a wreath at Rajghat, scene of Mahatma Gandhi's cremation. A.P. picture.
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    Bengal Refugees Still On Move
    179 3 NEW DELHI, Wednesday. of people, their belongings on their backs, are still on the move through Bengal. They are part of what is perhaps the greatest mass migration of all time— the last of some 14,000,000 refugees, victims of Hindu-Muslim riots. Nobody knows just how
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    SHIP EXPLOSION
    26 3 NEW YORK, Wed. The Italian freighter, Maria Paolina, rescued 30 members of the crew who abandoned the Norwegian freighter. Geicha, after on explosion. A.P.
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    SERETSE WILL TRY AGAIN
    102 3 SERETSE WILL TRY AGAIN LOBASTI, Wed. OERETSE Khama, exiled chief-designate of the Bamangwato tribe of B^chuanaland. has made a second written application to the Government to be allowed to see his London-born white wife. Ruth, at Serowe In tribal territory. It was accompanied by a certificate from his wife's doctor
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    Silence In U.S. On Siam Aid
    153 3 Silence In U.S. On Siam Aid WASHINGTON, Wed. rVHE U.S. State Depart1 ment yesterday declined to comment immediately on the Bangkok report that the United States had granted (US )$10,000,000 in military aid to Siam. Meanwhile, Mr. R. Alien Griffin who leads the U.S. aid mission at present in Bangkok,
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    TRIP TO CURE AND CONFER
    64 3 WASHINGTON Wed General Carlos Romulo, President of the General Assembly of the United Nations has left for Manila to conf?r with President Quirino. He has taken 5,000 capsu^s of a new dru;; terramycin, believed to be similar to streptomycin and penicillin. It is enough to
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    EYE CONFERENCE
    26 3 LONDON, Wed. Forly British opticians will travel to Switzerland next weekend to attend the first International Conference of Ophthalmic Opticians for 12 years. Reuter.
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    U.S. ARMS REACH EUROPE
    173 4 Reds In France Try To Stop Aid For Indo-China CHERBOURG, Wednesday. FRANCE yesterday got its first shipment of VS. arms under the Atlantic Pact. About 600 tons of arms included some big field pieces and a quantity of rifles. The same day at least lv people
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    23 4 MR. W. F N. CHURCHILL. British Adviser. Kelantan, speaking at the general meetine of the Kelantan Malay Teachers' Association reo-ntly. Glory Studio picture.
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    2 Sentences Quashed
    75 4 I roiu Our Staff Correspondent MALACCA, Wed. r*U£M Sew Tiam, a former j dsrk of Fraser and liad his sentence of .'.x months' hard labour in the Malacca Api:?nl Court. in the Malacca Sessions Court, Chan had pleaded guilty to two charges of cheating by using a
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    A.S.P. PROMOTED
    33 4 Mr. F. G. Minns. Assistant Superintendent of Police, Singapore, has been promoted to Superintendent of Police as from April 1. Mr. J. M. Devereaux-Coie-bourn has been appointed District Officer, Christmas Tsiand.
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    P.I. Forces Start Anti-Huk Drive
    118 4 P.I. Forces Start AntiHuk Drive MANILA. Wed. RMY and Constabulary forces at Bagupan Pangasinan Province, yesterday started a large scale drive against Communist-led Hukbalahaps in the mountainous region in the eastern section of the province The Government forces hope to trap Huk groups known to be moving northward after raiding
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    Hawkers Fined
    28 4 From Our Own Correspondent MUAR, Wed. For selling food on the footpath at Jalan Maharanl without a licence. Teo Cheng Tong was fined $10 at Muar.
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    U.K. TEACHERS JOIN PAY DEMAND
    78 4 LONDON. Wednesday. BBITISH school teachers joined more than 5.000.000 other British workers yesterday in demanding increased salaries to meet higher living; costs. The National Union of Teachers unanimously passed a resolution declaring their salaries are so low that many women are working as night waitresses
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    GAOL, DESPITE COMPLAINANT
    71 4 From Our Staff Correspondent MALACCA, Wed. When the appeal of Munisamy was heard at the Malacca Ap^esl Court yesterday, his counsel Mr. S. Shunmugam, said that the complainant did not wish Munusamy to De sent to prison as it would be difficult for him to secure the
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    SAKAI WOMEN
    35 4 MR. TONG SHU FA, a Chine se explorer, with Sakai women he visited in the Cameron Highlands area last week. Mr. Tong is in Malaya for three months to learn about the aborigines.
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    U.S. Warning To 'Point 4' Nations
    262 4 NEW YORK, Wednesday. ■yiR. Gtorge McGhee, United States Assistant iTI Secretary of State for Near East and African Affairs, said in New York last night it was unlikely tiiat large-scale financial aid could raise the living standards of the world's under-developed areas. In a
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    Study Tour By Boys
    77 4 From Our Own Correspond.-nt TAIPING, Wed.— The Geographical Society of Clifford School, Kuala Kangsar, has just completed a tour of North Malaya. The party of 50 boys under the charge of Mr. Choo Sing Tak visited Kedah and Perils and studied the ricegrowing industry. They also
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    Scrap Theft Charge
    31 4 From Our Own Correspondent MUAR, Wed. Tan Ah Heng charged at Muar with stealing 500 Ib. of scrap rubber at Sagil Estate, Tangkak, was allowed bail of $250
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    PLAN FOR SECOND ROAD TO J. BAHRU
    208 4 PLAN FOR SECOND ROAD TO J. BAHRU A PROPOSAL for a dou- ble trunk route between Singapore and Johore Bahru will be placed before the next meeting; of the Singapore Legislative Council on April 25 by Mr. Balwant Singh (Rural West). Mr. Singh will table questions asking the Singapore Government
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    ROAD FINES AT T. ANSON
    99 4 ROAD FINES AT T. ANSON From Our Own Correspondent TELUK ANSON. Wed. Teoh Siang Shee was tined $10 for driving a lorry without a licence at Teluk Anson, and Tah Ah Yoon, who employed Teoh, v;as fined S2O. Tan was also fined S5 for not having an attendant. A learner-driver,
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    Outrage Charge
    38 4 From Our Own Correspondent MUAR, Wed. Mohamed Dom bin Sawah, alleged to have used criminal force on Safiah binte Hamid to outrage her modesty at Bukit Serampang Estate, Sagil, was allowed bail of $150 at Muar.
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    $40 SAMSU FINE
    31 4 From Oar Own Correspondent RAUB, Wed.— Chong Fook was fined $40 at Raub for having four quarts of sam-u on which excise duty had not i been paid.
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    CHINESE IN PERAK SUPPORT CHIANG
    151 4 From Our Stan* Correspondent IPOH, Wednesday. VI ORE than 200 Chinese associations and guilds in LTI Perak have pledged support of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek. This is the first public support from the State since the British Government recognised the Chinese Communist Government. At a tea
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    DIDN'T REGISTER: ONE DAY'S GAOL
    65 4 BUKIT MERTAJAM, Wed. A 75-year-old woman, Veerammah, served a day's sentence in court yesterday after pleading guilty to a charge of failing to register and obtain an identity card. She said she had been ill since the enforcement of registration. The Circuit Magistrate sentenced her
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    POLICE POST FOR EX-COUNCILS CLERK
    74 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. MR. P. O. Wickens, formerly Clerk of Councils of the Federation Government, is the new Administrative Secretary at Federation Police Headquarters. This is a post recommended by the U. K. Police Mission which said that the Deputy Commissioner
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    ASSAULT CHARGE
    49 4 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. Teo Wee Hock, a Singapore mechanic, was charged In the Johore Bahru Sessions Court today with assaulting a four-year-old girl with Intent to outrage her modesty. Teo claimed trial on the charge and was allowed bail of $500 pending trial.
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    Man Drowned While Bathing
    44 4 From Our Own Correspondent ALOR STAR, Wed. WHILE out bathing with two friends at Bukit Selembau, 15 miles from Sungei Patani, a Malay tapper, 20-year-old AH bin Itmail, fell into a 10-foot well this m _n^A_ JMI _Jm MJ J
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    RENO WEDDING AFTER MEETING IN SINGAPORE
    127 5 MR Gordon Jones, district j traffic and sales manager j for Pan-American Ainvays' in Singapore, returned to the Colony yesterday after long leave icith his air hostess bride, the former Miss Peggy Gillespie. They were married in Reno a month ago. Mr. Jones met
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    'RESTRICT JAPANESE RUBBER'
    125 5 'RESTRICT JAPANESE RUBBER' From .Oar Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. yfJE Malayan Rubber Goods Manufacturers' Association is concerned over the "undesirable consequences" that may result from the importation of $4,000,000 worth of Japanese rubber goods under the quota allocations approved early this year. In a memorandum to the i Federation
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    GAVE 3 FRIENDS A FREE LIFT
    58 5 Irwn Our Own Correspondent SEGAMAT. Wed.— "He is I our friend and was giving us a free lift," declared three witnesses at the trial of 39-year-old Chew Kirn Chuan charged in the Segamat Court with operating a 'black taxi.' Without calling for his defence,
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    $6 MONTHLY TO MAKE CITIZENS
    216 5 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Wednesday. AN appeal to the public to contribute towards the education of children of pcor tubercular patients and thus help to turn them "from potential street urchins to useful citizens" was made today by Mrs Cheah Inn Kiong, Penang Settlement
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    SERANGOON INDIANS
    87 5 Officers elected by Serangoon local Indian Congress at Singapore are: President. Mr. O. Sararuap:.;iv vice-president. Mr. R. N. K«u>hvap Joint secretaries, Messrs T. X Alexander, and C. K. V. Paniticar treasurer. Joginder Singn; committee Messrs P. Chandran S A Mohd Ghouse, P. Karunakaran t' R. Krishnasamy, Varatha Rnsan,"
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    JOHORE FUND
    36 5 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. A new Johorp enactment replacing the 1936 Sultan Ibrahim Studentship Fund Enactment makes it possible for the fund to acquire money or oroperty by gift or bequest.
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    NO LIGHT: FINED
    33 5 from Our Own Correspondent I SEGAMAT, Wed.— For riding a bicycle without a light i at Jementah, 41-year-old i Phua Chee was fined $5 in f the Segamat Court. jl
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    EASTER WEDDING IN GEMAS
    55 5 From Our Own Correspondent GEMAS. Wed.— Mr. J. N. Jebamoney, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. I. Jacob, and Miss M. Rajammal, daughter of Madam P. M. Thirumalamal of Gemas, were married at St. Maries Church, Seremoan on Easter Monday. A reception was held later at
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    Notices On Rubber Trees Tell 1,000 Squatters To Go
    274 5 NEW BARRACKS FOR SPORE TROOPS ABOUT 1,000 squatters will be displaced when the Singapore Government takes over 325 acres of rubber land between the 9\ and 11th miles Yio Chu Kang Road for defence purposes about the middle of next month.
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    6 Months'RI For $9
    102 5 6 Months' RI For $9 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Wed /CONVICTED on three \J charges of falsifying cash books and three charges of criminal breach of trust totallin e S9. Abdullah bin Jaflar. a clerk employed In the Registrar of Motor Vehicles Department, Selangor. was today sentenced to
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    NEGRI ACCIDENTS IN MARCH
    73 5 NEGRI ACCIDENTS IN MARCH From Our Staff Correspondent j SEREMBAN. Wt»d.— Seremban had two fatal and 35 nonfatal road accidents out of a total of two fatal and 71 non- fatal road accidents in Nf gri I Sembilan in March Other non-fatal road accidents were in:— Kuala Pilah 11. Tampin
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    Lorry Overloaded
    33 5 From Oar Ova orrespoidrnt SEGAMAT, Wed.— Arrest- ed for carrying an excess load of more than a ton on hit lorry, 33-year-old Goh Kirn Chew was fined $50 at i Segamat.
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    MARRIED IN KUALA LUMPUR
    30 5 MR. FERDINAND MORAIS. of the Postal Services Department. Kuala Lumpur, and Miss Alice Nitto who were married at St. Anthony's Church. Kuala Lumpur, recently Larm picture.
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    NEW SPORE RULES HIT TAXI OWNERS
    163 5 'J'HE taxi business In Singapore has been so badly hit by existing regulations that increasing numbers of drivers are taking up jobs with private car, bus or lorry owners. Taxi operators told ihe Straits Times' that many of them now had to drive their
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    SACRED VESSELS STOLEN AT IPOH
    80 5 From Our Staff Correspond rut IPOH. Wed. QACRED vessels were stolen from the tabernacle on the altar of St. Michael's Catholic Church at Ipoh by burglars who forced an entry during the early hours of Tuesday morning. The discovery was made at 5.30 a.m. when
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    MYF S'pore Delegates Welcomed
    223 5 From Our SUIT Correspondent PENANG, Wed. A LARGE Welcome to Penang" banner greeted Singapore delegates today as they stepped ashore from Rajula to attend the AllMalaya Methodist Youth Fellowship Institute to be held from April 33 to 17. The party was led oy Mr. Wee Tecw
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    Govt. Delay On Memo
    118 5 QINGAPORE business circles yesterday criticised Government's delay in consider- j ing the memorandum on the Finance Regulations Bill to which no official reply has been received since It was j sent nearly thres months I ago. Copies of the memcran- dum are rep r tod to
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    $50 FINE FOR OVERLOADING
    66 5 From Our Own Correspondent PARIT BUNTAR. WedWhen N* Chin Choon. a driver, pleaded guilty to overloading his lorry, he was flnrd &50 by the Bagan Serai Ma- glstrate. The Court Inspector, Inche, Ahmad bin Haji Yacob, told the Court he had been instructed to press the
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    K.L HEALTH MAN SELECTED
    44 5 From Our Staff (.'orreapnndent KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— The Kua'a Lumpur Municipal General Purposes Committee today selected 29-year-old K. Balasingam, a Selangor Government Health Inspector, for a health inspector's post in the Municipality. Seventyseven applications had been received for the Job.
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    TEACHER LOSES CASH, JEWELS
    40 5 From Our Own Correspondent KOTA BAHRU, Wed.— The house of Inche Abdullah Sanl, a teacher m the Ismail English School, Jalan Teliput, was broken Into this morning. Jewellery valued at $1,600 and cash of $350 are
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    Youth's Role In Self-Rule Plan
    184 6 Youth's Role In SelfRule Plan From Our Malay Correspondent BATU PAHAT. Wed. yOUTH will play a big part In the attainment of self-government by Malaya, said Dato Onn jin Ja'afar, President of f ,ne United Malays NaUona; Organisation, to 310 UMNO youths lm Batu Pahat. He added that the security
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    WAS 'OPIUM CARRIER'
    88 6 From Our Staff Correspondent PCNANG. Wed. descrioed by the prosecution as an j •'opium carrier." a Chinese woman. Koay Ah Loot, vaa today sentenced to one month's imprisonment for possession of 172 packt-ts ol opium on board a ferry launch at Penang harbour on April 6. The
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    MALACCA WINNERS
    69 6 ™~^^^^^^^^^mmmi H— I^TTTT^-. II JJJauWW— miHIIIjIJIJIILIUIJai WINNERS AND OFFICIALS of the first post-war Malacca Open Ballroom Dance Championship held in Malacca recently. Front row (from right) Allen Chang (judge>, Mrs. A. Acton (challenge cup donor) and C. C. Chan. Back row (from right) Lucy Choong and Yonnie Yap
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    10 MORE LABOUR CHECKERS
    99 6 10 MORE LABOUR CHECKERS i SINGAPORE now has 12 Labour Inspectors to look after the welfare of about 114.000 workers. Ten. including a Chinese woman were appointed only from this month as probationary inspectors, and will be trained before being put on their tobs. the Acting Commissiner for Labour. Mr.
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    K.L. CLERK CHARGED
    55 6 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— N'g Ah Peng, a clerk in the Police Depot. Kuala Lumpur, today appeared before Mr. A. P. Jack, the First Court Magistrate, charged with criminal breach of trust in respect of i $8,102.31. Trie case was postponed to tpril 18.
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    M.P.I.E.A. & LABOUR MEN AGREE ON BOARD PLANS
    185 6 M.P.I.E.A. LABOUR MEN AGREE ON BOARD PLANS From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR Wednesday. RELEGATES of the Malayan Planting industries Employers' Association and representatives of the Malayan Estates Trade Unions Wages Negotiation Committee, meeting in Kuala Lumpur today, agreed on nearly all major points arising out of the recommendations of
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    3 Devons Wounded In Pahang Ambush
    303 6 From Our Own Correspondent BENTONG, Wednesday. /)NE British officer and two soldiers were seriously wounded in the Bentong area of Pahang yesterday afternoon when a patrol of the First Devonshire Regiment engaged a gang of 15 bandits who were armed with three bren guns,
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    SPITFIRE FORCE LANDS: DAMAGED
    66 6 From Our Slaff Correspondent I MALACCA. Wed. N K.A.F. Spitfire, in making a forced landing at the Malacca Reclamation Ground today, tipped up on its nose dan aging its propeller. It appeared that the plane had made a landing, 1 but as the wheels touched i
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    Aged And Cardless
    34 6 I mm Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Wed i Tone Lek Cheng, an aged and partially blind hawker, was fined $10 at Johore Bahru for failing to obtain an identity card.
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    Freer U.S.I. Export To Singapore
    164 6 PHE Indonesian Government has modified regulations to permit freer export of produce from its •non-customs;' areas to Singapore. The areas include the Rhio islands and adjoining territory in Sumatra. I The free export commodities are fish estate rubber from Rhio estates, copra from Pulu Tudjuh
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    Prison For Smuggler
    68 6 From Oar Staff Cotr.espondt.it JOHORE BAHRU. Wed For conveying uncustomed matches and cloth in a sampan from Singapore to Johore Bahru. Teo Gek Tiong was fined $500. in default three months' Imprisonment. On a second charge of being in the Straits of Johore during curfew hours, he
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    S.C. On Death Charge
    78 6 o From Our Staff Corretpondent KUALA LUMPUR. Wed— A 20-year-old special constable Mohamad Yasin bin Sulaiman was charged today before Mr. Mr. A. P. Jack, the First Court Magistrate, with causing the death of K. Netto by a negli- i gent act not amounting to homicide.
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    IGNORED SIGNAL
    34 6 From Oar Own Correapondrnt SEGAMAT, Wed. Two motorists from Singapore, 56-year-old Doliah bin Ahmad and 31-year-old Goh Yong Lim, were fined $10 each by the Segamat Magistrate for ignoring a traffic signal.
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    Film A Night On Trooper
    60 6 J TROOPSHIP which screened new British and American films every night at sea during the voyage from the United Kingdom, the 14.000-ton Empire Halladale docked at Singapore this morning with 800 aboard. Of these, 210 were Army and Navy replacements and Service families who landed
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    Right Was Wrong
    49 6 From Our Staff Correspondeut JOHORE BAHRU, Wed.— When Sreenivasagam, a Singapore restaurant clerk, was fined $5 at Johore Bahru for falling to drive on the left of the road, he said that It was his first visit to Johore and he did not know the rule.
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    Y.W.C.A. TRAINING COURSE OPENS
    70 6 THE Y.W.C.A. Training Course for Voluntary Service was opened yesterday. Women of all nationalities came from all parts of Malaya to the Y.W.C.A. Hostel at Fort Canning; for this course, which will include leadership, programme planning- and membership. Many of them strangers to each other, yesterday
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    KOREAN DELEGATE
    45 6 KOREA'S delegates t« Ihe Indo-PatifK- Fisru'rie.s Council meeting which begins hi Sydney nr\t week arrived in singapirT. yesterday, .Mr. Chvimfc Moon Ki. Eceoomie Planner to the Seoul <io\ernment. is a member of the delegation. Sir lits Tim** picture. (Another picture in Page 9).
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    "HALT DEBTOR SUITS" CALL
    191 6 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA IJ'MPI'R. Tuesday. 'pHE Associated Chinese Chambers of Comment' of Malaya have submitted suggested amendments to the Debtor-Creditor (Occupation Period) Bill and have petitioned th c High Commissioner, Sir Henry i Gurney, to suspend proceedings in civil suits under the ordinance until
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    Perlis Man Tops List
    114 6 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A perlis penghnln waa the I best one-year course student of the year i I College of Agriculture at Serdang, Selangor. This morning, the student, Peni'hulu Abdul Rahim bin Haji Yadli Mukum Adi. Perils, was presented with a specl
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    Cyclists Pay $50
    47 6 From Our Own Lorrrspondent SEGAMAT. Wed.— Sixteen cyclists charged at Segamat paid total fines of $50. For leaving their machines unlocked, four were fined $3 each, another two paid $4 each for carrying pillion riders, while 10 ignored traffic signals and paid $3 each.
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    Two More Years In School Before Entry To University
    315 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. MALAYAN students wishing to enter a univerI sity must export after this year to spend two year-i ntensive school «tud> after the school 'certificate, the Director of Fducation, Mr. M. R. Ho><rate. told Kuala
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    $5,000 For Capture Of 2 Gunmen
    157 7 $5,000 For Capture Of 2 Gunmen tiom Our Staff Corr«-»p«.iJV««l PENANG. Wed. PKNANG, police today offered a reward of $5,000 for information leading t.o the arrest of two Chinese gunmen believed to have been responsible for the Ullinf of a do ice constable. Alias bin Mahat, at Bukit Meru un.
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    NEW STORE J.P.
    23 7 Mr. J. H. Newbigging has h-r-n appointed to be a Justiiv ol rli-- Peace for the colony of i Singapore.
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    ONE PERSON IN 10 HAS CYCLE IN SINGAPORE
    130 7 THLRE 3re more bicycles than ever in Singapore with 99 912 recorded at ihe Registrar of Vehicles Department last month. This U about 5,555 more than were registered at the end of last year. It is one bicycle to every JO persons
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    NURSES LEAVE
    42 7 TWO MALAYAN NURSES. Miss Mak Cbyung Has (left) of Kuala Kanirsar. and Mis, Aw Nya Sin. of Singapore, who left Singapore yesterday in the Charon tw Australia for a two-year nursin? course under an A.I.F. scholarship scheme. Straits Times picture.
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    2 NURSES LEAVE ON A.I.F. PLAN
    106 7 TWO Malayan nurses, Miss Aw Nya Sim of Singa- pore, and Miss Mak Chyung Hau of Kuala Kangsar, left Singapore yesterday in the Charon for Australia for a two-year nursing course under the Australian Imperial Forces scholarship scheme. They are the third pair to
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    Death Of Retired Banker
    89 7 FE death took place at his home in Cairnhill Circle on Tuesday morning of Mr. Wee Theam Seng, at the age of 82. One of the oldest Straits Chinese Christians in the Colony. Mr. Wee, was a prominent banker in the early years of the century,
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    PAHANGUNION OF TEACHERS
    105 7 PAH ANG UNION OF TEACHERS From Oar Own Corrvspan-trot RAUB. Wed. At the an1 nual meeting of the Pahacg I Union of Teachers at MahI mud School, Raub. officers (elected were: President. Mr. M. T. Pillai; vice-president, Mr. V. Rasiah; secretaries. Mr. E. P. E. Ananda, Mr J -R. Singam:
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    TEACHERS UNION DRAMA FESTIVAL
    363 7 pIVE original plays written and produced by Singa1 pore teachers and one schoolboy will be featured in the Singapore Teachers I'nion six-day Festival of Music and Drama competition. me nve piays are Lets have a party" by E. H. Wilson. ■Painted Porcelain" by M. L. G.
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    Singapore Diary
    98 7 Y.W.C.A. TRAINING COURSE. Fort Canning Road. Mrs. H. B Anaatuta on "Understanding Ourselves." a.m.. Mi* Kliaabeth Palmer on "Programme BuildirocEisentials of Group Work." 10 a.m.. Miss J. Kilg&r on "Our Foundation," 11.30 a.m SIKH MISSION-ART SOCIETY. Klialsa birthday anniversary tea party, Cathay Restaurant, S p.m. CHINESE T.M.C.A.. 167,
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    Professor Flays Money Worship In Singapore
    285 7 Professor Flays Money Worship In Singapore "SINGAPORE is a port to which most people come to make money," Professor T. H. Silcock, told the People's Educational Association at the British Council Hall yesterday. "Money is a common Key to success in many parts of the world, but theie must be
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    A.A.M. Will Ship Cars
    78 7 A. A.M. Will Ship Cars THE shipping or landing of motor cars, and the completion of all official formalities is undertaken by the Overseas Touring Department of the Automobile Association of Malaya. Mrs. W. Chlvers, of the AAM told the Straits Times yesterday that the association is recognised as the
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    SATAI AT Y.W.C.A.
    34 7 The Singapore Y.W.C.A. on Friday, April 28 will hold a satai party and dance for members and friends. Tickets are obtainable at the Y.W.C.A. ana bookings will close on April 24.
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    37 7 MR. AND MRS. YKONG SAI WAH who were marrird In Kuala Lumpur recently. The bridegroom is the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Yeonjr Ah Cho*n. of Kuala I.urupur. The bride was formerly Miss Lira Chvr Eem.
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    Judgment Reserved On Appeal
    334 7 Judgment Reserved On Appeal THE Singapore Chief Justice, Mr. Justice MurrayAynsley, reserved judgment yesterday in ihe Supreme Court on the appeal of vhret Chinese convicted of running the Singapore branch of the Selangor Health and Strength Society without a certificate of exemption from registration. At the trial, the three people.
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    Played Dice: Fined
    42 7 From Onr Own o leinondrnt BUKIT MERTAJAM, Wed. Cheah Boon Koo:, Chla Sin Hong, Kong Choon Lan and Choo Seng Kheok were each fined $20 jy the Circuit Magistrate for playing dice at Kampong Aston I Road, Bukit Mertaiam.
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    SECOND CLASS AIR MAIL 'NEGLECTED'
    175 7 SECOND class air mail traffic. started in Malaya in August last year is light, says Mr. D. Smith, Director of Posts. Singapore, who feels that it Is possible that local commercial firms are still not aware of this facility. Through this senrice, second class mail,
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Thurs. Apr. 13, 1950. The Fringe Of War
    631 8 The Straits Times Singapore, Thurs. Apr. 13, 1950. The Fringe Of War and manoeuvre which the Kremlin has made the norm of our time. There is no danger of such an incident as this becoming the spark for a third world war. If war does come, it will not come
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    Just What Is A Squatter?
    456 8 The policy of re-grouping and re-settling squatters is to be debated in the Federal Legislative Council when it meets next week, as suggested by Sir Henry Gurney at the last meeting. In the meantime, survey teams in Selangor have found that the number of sqpatters
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    THE LAST RUN
    51 8 LONDON. Wed. 4< r|UNROBIN," a 55-year-\j old locomotive owned by the Duke of Sutherland, has puffed its last and longest run <700 miles) from Sutherlandshire to Romney, Kent. With two coaches, it i sed to run between Golspie and Helmsdale, in Sutherland. Railway nationalisation has ended that.
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    The Communist Network In The Federation
    1305 8  -  A PERAK CHINESE AN INSIDE VIEW OF THE ENEMY I By BANDITRY is a subject that requires no preamble in Malaya Everybody who is "anybody" has had his say on the matter. The powers- 1 hat-be, including Whitehall, have had their share of criticism.
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      An estate view of market madness
      301 8 INHERE can be no mistaking the present activity 1 on the rubber market for a symptom of health in the industry. It is no more than th e delirium of mortal sickness, and unless a sedative is quickly administered there will occur a relapse
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      WHY DID THEY NOT FIRE?
      132 8 A r the recent ambush rt In the Kluang area wnere Mr. Girdler was killed, we are told, he was travelling in a motor car which was followed by an escort in an armoured car. When the motor car was fired upon, we are told,
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      A POLICE OFFICER'S RETIREMENT
      81 8 IN your report of the projected retirement of Mr. Edwin Moule from the S.S. Police Force you say that It was the Wembley Exhibition that attracted Mr. Moule to Malaya 24 years ago. Someone's arithmetic Is apparently wrong. I saw the Wembley Exhibition in 1924, 26
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      A DEVOTEE ON THE KAVADI
      271 8 LIAVING read of the 11 Chettiars' Temple management committee's decision to ban kavadi carrying, as reported in the Sunday Times, I should like to make it clear that "self torture" Is a misnomer in this connection. The individual performing thj rite does not feel any
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    On The Margin
    459 8 On The Margin The Pig-Rat A READER who has lived in India sends the following comment on a note in this column last Monday: Isn't it possible that the Moonrat is the same us the Ii dlan Bandicoot (Mus malabaricu»>, the name being den\ed from the Telegu "pandl-kokku (pig-rat)? The
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    BOMB EXPLODED IN FLYING BOAT
    298 9 Coroner Told Of Tragedy At Seletar DOYAL Air Force witnesses yesterday told the Singapore Coroner how a bomb fell from its rack in a Sunderland flying boat while being loaded at Seletar on March 26, sinking the aircraft with the loss of two lives when
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    BRIBE OF $8,000 TO POLICE ALLEGED
    184 9 BRIBE OF $8,000 TO POLICE ALLEGED BAIL oJ $5,000 in two suieties was allowed in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday to Lim Choon Kee of Tras Street, Singapore, who pleaded not p v i 1 1 y to three charges of giving more than $8,000 in biibes to a
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    63,000 SALE CUSTOMERS
    50 9 More then 63.500 people had visited Robinson's sale by b p.m. yesterday. This year's sale has beaten ;>.li records. On Saturday morning, the third gold *-?:ch was presented— this time to the 40.000 th customer to enter Robinson's. The sale ends at 1 p.m. en 8 ay.
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    JUMBLE SALE
    44 9 Mrs. H. W. Baines. wife of the Bishop of Singapore, will open a jumble sale at St. Andrew's School Hall. Woodsville. on Saturday. April 15. at 3.30 p.m. in aid of the building fund of the Mar Thorna Syrian Church in Singapore.
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    Percival Approves SVC Move
    159 9 I lEUT-GEN. A. E. Percival, who was General Officer Commanding, Malaya, in 1942 has expressed great interest in the reorganisation of the Singapore Volunteer Corps as a liaison regiment. The General, in his despatch on the Malayan Campaign, recommended that Malayan volunteer forces should be raised
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    Buddhist Service
    22 9 The Sinhalese New Year Service will be held at the j Sinhala Buddhist Temple. Outram Road, at 7 p.m. today.
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    To Leave On World Tour
    149 9 AFTER a residence of over 23 years in Singapore Mr. A. D. Anderson, manager of the New Zealand Insurance Company. Ltd.. will be leaving the Colony in June on a world tour of the company's branches before proceeding to New Zealand to take up the
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    TRACTION Co. AND DOUBLE-DECKERS
    98 9 "M R A. A. EWING, general manager ol the Singapore Traction Company, writes to point out in connection with yesterday's report of his comments on doubiedeck buses thai he did not advocate standing on the top deck. This, he says. Is something to be avoided at
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    SLEPT ON DUTY CHARGE
    45 9 A 22-year-old special con- stable, Jamil bin Jafri. was charged in the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday with sleeping while on duty. Jamil pleaded not guilty and was granted ball of $100. The case was postponed to May 25 for hearing.
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    MALAY CLASSES IN CHINESE SCHOOL
    126 9 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. education authorities will start the a teaching of Malay in Chinese schools in the middle of this year. Classes will begin in eight big Chinese schools in Selangor from fourth year students. Mr. R. E. Ince. the Senior
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    Party To Mrs. Watson-Hyatt
    56 9 Thirty past and present members of the Teachers' Training Class in Singapore gave one of their teachers, Mrs. D. Watson-Hyatt, a farewell dinner at the Happy World last night before her departure to the U.K. on long leave Mrs. Watson-Hyatt, who has been giving the teachers
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    Singapore Malay Girls Learn First-Aid Work.
    285 9 Singapore Malay Girls Learn First- Aid Work rR the Hrst time 1n the history of the Colony, Singapore Malay women are coming forward in great numbers to learn first-aid work. And they are doing so with considerable keenness and enthusiasm. One of the prime movers in this direction has been
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    Malayan Official For Fish Talks
    171 9 TTOE Director of Fisheries, Federation and Singa- pore, Mr. D. W. Le Mare, wil'. leave Penang by air today on the first stage of his journey to Australia to attend the second meeting of the Indo Pacific Fisheries Council to be held at Sydney and
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    Complaints About Detainees
    208 9 Complaints About Detainees (CENTRAL Committee of the Malay Nationalist Party haa made representation to the Federation Government on "the delay in hearing cases of persons detained muter the Emergency Regul- j ations." The committee also alleges "unsatisfactory treatment" In various detention camps. Details of complaints nave been sent to the
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    WOMAN SMUGGLER
    43 9 A middle-aged woman. Loo Heng, was sentenced to (.ne year's rigorous imprisonment yesterday when she pleaded guilty in the Singapore Third Police Court to possessing 3J lb. of dutiable tobacco at the Causeway. She was stated to [have five previous convictions.
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    Varsity Ragging: Students' Union Commit tee Ach
    151 9 Varsity Ragging: Students' Union Com mit tee Ach THE Executive Committee of the University < Malaya Students' Union has decided to r Commend to the Students' Council to dissocial itself from ragging. The committee maintains tfiat ragging freshies is detrimental to tpe interests of the Unioi Th e Union, the
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    Tamil New Year
    87 9 TAMIL Hindus will celebrate their New Year today by visiting temples The secretary of the Singapore Hindu Association. Mr. i G. M. K. Sabai. in a New Year message last night, appealed to the Hindu Advisory Board to get the Tamil New Year Day declared a public
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    FREE LUNCH
    33 9 Nearly 100 children rrom the Ramakrishna Mission Orphanage were given a tree lunch at the Singapore Central Sikh Temple yesterday, eve of the anniversary of Baisakhi Day Birthday of the Khalsa >.
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    ROBBED BY 3
    19 9 A Malay, walking along Lorong 3. Geylang. last night. was robbed of $24 by three Indians.
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    Heat Wave Causes 6 Grass Fires
    109 9 Heat Wave Causes 6 Grass Fires A HEAT wave following t A Easter rains caused I lallang fires in Si yesterday afternoon. FIRE No. 1 at the 15th m. Sembavvang Road, was p out by the Naval Base f: brigade. FIRKS Nos. 2. 3. 4 and ,r», r we at
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    Sergeant Lose? Appeal
    75 9 Ahmad bin EUtlleh, poll sergeant with 23 years ervii j lost his appeal in the SinK 1 pore Supreme Coutf I day against sentence of I i months rigorous Imprisn j ment for criminal bre I rust Ahmad, stationed at J Chiat accepted $100 i. In the
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    Peasants against the Princes in South Italy
    1857 10  - Peasants against the Princes in South Italy H. R. TREVOR ROPER By PI Ili struggle for the land has begun 1 11 i n i" Southern lil\. Parties ol pca>ants seize portions ol' \.\s\ estates, often unilltivated, and clash with police and troops. Miind the peasants ire hunger and the
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    Chefs of Singapore...No 1
    312 10 Chefs of Singapore. ..No 1 Italian cooking is the world's best rE Colony's most travelled chef thinks Italian cooking is the best in the world, then Spanish. He is Senor Antonio Abudo, of the Capitol Restaurant. "Si. si," he nodded emphatically, when I raised a quizzical eyebrow and asked really
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    DANGER OF A NEW ELECTION
    960 11  -  BOB GILMORE Life In Australia by MKLBOUMNB, April (>. \yHKX the five, w v v k s old Nine* 1 c c n I li Parliament went home for Foster the patterns of Govrrnment and Opposition strategy wore traceable Roth sides of Hie House obviously
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    Eccentric Planet
    163 11 THE most eccentric object in the skies is the minor ■planet Icarus. Discovered last year at the Mount Palomar Observatory at Washington, this chunk of rock, from a Quarter-mile to a half-mile in diameter, comes closer to the earth than any other celestial object except the moon, a
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    Gurkhas were so very shy...
    563 11 by Our Woman Correspondent VERY, very shy and very primitive were the first Gurkha women and children who came to Singapore two years ago. They refused to see the doctor or have any medical attention. In their homes in Nepal, babies were rubbed with oil.
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    NEW HOPE IN AUSTRALIA
    965 12  -  Colin Edwards By Q\ a recent visit to Melbourne I kept on hearing foreign voices in the trams limning along Swansfon Street, amongst windowgazers in Collins Street and Bourke Street, and in the lift at the Manchester Unity Building. Then, there they were again, almost everywhere
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    23 12 "New Australian" of Hip rising generation. A little ;irl from Latvia sppii on the beach near thr immigrant families' camp at Somers, Victoria.
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    THE 'JALONG 'MAN
    223 12 THE 'J ALONG 'MAN ArOFULAK nmi! moving ■ng Singapore's rural :s th<- "J&kmff" i vendor of mlactUan- ids. H whei is bii showcase country lanes trom to house, announcing ence by playing <>n a :i wid" variety of i- imodtties to .suit every ladies' hair pins, cheap face powder, p
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    135 12 —By permission of the Malayan Nature Society. THE March number of the Malayan Nature Journal was issued last week. It contains articles on Pulau Perak. (at the northern end of the Straits of Malar ca) ttie Crested Tree Swift, the butterflies of Mount Ophir, some Malayan shrews, the Dugong, Malay
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    Legend of Langkawi
    375 12  -  CARL LIP By THE small island of Pulau. Langkawi is situated off the west coast of Kedah some' 70 miles to the north of Penang. It is a favourite holiday resort of Kedah and Perlis residents, the lure being either wild-boar hunting or fishing. Kuah and Padang
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    In your garden
    524 12 QCAN you please tell me iohy my Scorpion Orchids despite being particularly robust in growth refuse to bloom after three and half years, whereas in the deserted blukar covered garden from whence the cuttings came the plants are flowering prolificallyi A IN the flrst place I would
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      224 12 STRAITS TIMES CROSSWORD 50. Cleia a UD (S). I Fruil that move* wtws 9. Cold in China C 10) oat »w«llowi (M). 19. Duns »»er bcoocn* Ina*X tamla a backward group priencea <B>. tor d*ad-b«au (4) feara a laddsr change cm. I. A bafpipe placed in afleal towa •ummndiiKt n>,
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    Stars stand still
    853 13  -  ERNEST BETTS By If you send for a picture of your favourite film-star, you'll receive a glamorous portrait that did NOT come from any movie-camera. Film "stills'* are big business, and the men who take them are highpriced experts at their own special job. THE pictures you
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    So you want to be a Pharmacist?
    503 13 For those who are considering the choice of a career in Malaya, here is an article on pharmacy. The writer gives an tceount of the pharmacy course in the University of Malaya, prospects In Government service, and the period of practical training uhich
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    THE OBLIGING PYTHON
    381 13 WE returned one evening from town to llnd a beautifully marked 15 foot python writhing on our doorstep but safely secured, let me hasten to add, by the head to a long stout pole. Having a horror of reptiles in general and snakes in particular I declined
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    Strange as it may seem
    154 13 THERE are at least two 1 small Malayan birds that have a strange way of bringing up their offspring. They are. what the Malay* catf, the "Tlnggal Anak r> bird and the "MaJleo" The former which can b» called "Good-bye children" bird, hatches its young,
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      London Stocks
      321 14 LONDON, Wed. rrHE London Stock Exchange yesterday reopened in a subdued mood after the Easter holidays. Movements In British Government stocks were small but t» higher levels. Rubber snares followed the trthc of the commodity price and closed with minor Improvements. Changes in the closing prices cf selected
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      HIGH PRICES FOR RUBBER A WARNING
      347 14 HIGH PRICES FOR RUBBER A WARNING From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Wednesday. A WARNING that continuance of high prices for natural rubber may induce the Americans to increase their synthetic rubber output is given by the City Editor of The Times The current shortage of rubber, he says, does not
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      TIN PRICES
      27 14 SINGAPORE, Wed., Apr. 12—1293.25 (op $1). LONDON. Wed.. Apr. 12.— Spot: £5914— 592. Forward: £592}— £593. Settlement: £591}. Turnover morning, 50 ions; afternoon 90 tons.
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      MALAYAN SHARES
      126 14 From Oar Market Correspondent TiHERE was little Inclination JL for dealing in the Malayan share market which was devoid of any particular trend yesterday. Price changes were slightly downwards and the market was again irregular Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association yesterday were: INDUSTRIALS Buyer Seller
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      RUBBER CROPS
      38 14 MARCH rubber estate crops are announced as follows, in lb.: Alor Pongsu Amal. Est. 109,390 Bedong (Malaya) 74.250 Henrietta Est. 154.820 Kuala Reman Est. 162,670 Sungei Ma tang Est. 31,400 Temerloh Est. 41,700 Trong Est. 25.000
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      Kesang Tin Tribute
      16 14 TT^ESANO Tin's March tribute iv figures are: tin-ore, 114 83 piculs; tribute, $2,577.
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      Market In Rubber Erratic
      211 14 THE Singapore rubber market fluctuated violently throughout yesterday. Opening at 66 V? cents per lb. f° r the first grade for May, prices slipped to 65 cents per lb. but recovered In the afternoon when buyers quoted 65% cents per lb. The market closed erratic. Closing
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      THE PRODUCE MARKET
      74 14 From A Mark* Correspondent pOPRA In the Singapore produce market had buyers at $384 and sellers $38\ yesterday. Palembang coffee was quoted at $133. There was no business In Rio 5. Coconut oil remained unchanged at $62 sellers in old drums. Prices per picul were: Gambler $210
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      SHIPPING AT THE SINGAPORE WHARVES
      95 14 CHIPS alongside the Singapore 13 Harbour Board wharves yesterday (godowns In brackets) were: Main Wharf: Kustbrls (31-32). Steel Rover (36), Telemachus (3839). Demta (40), Wakde (41). Kampar (43). Weat Wharf: Tasman (1-2), Patroclus (4-5), Rhesus (6-7), Benattow (8-9), ShUlong (11), Breconshlre (13-14) Odrastus (1516). Empire
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    YADI & KERMER GET HARD FIGHT
    491 15 YADI KERMER GET HARD FIGHT Thrilling Tennis In V's Tourney EXCEPT for a long drawn -out struggle for supre- macy between H. Yadi and W A. Kermer against M. K. San and K. K. Chow, seeded pairs in the men's open doubles of the V.M.C.A. championships had little difficulty in
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    WEEKEND CRICKET TEAMS
    494 15 WEEKEND CRICKET TEAMS jrpHE following are cricket teams for weekend matches: K.A.r SCLETAR TEAMS Saturday: Ist XI v RAF Tengah at Seletar at 2 p.m.: S/Ldr Hudson iCapt.), F/Lt. Hopkins, F/Lt. Bristow, F/O Dandeker, M/Eng Wharton, Sgt. Bowman, Cpl. Fleetwood, Cpl. Tedder, Cpl. Hewitt, Ac James, Ac Da vies; 12th
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    OTEC ELIMINATE CHINESE BANK
    176 15 SUPERIOR in every department, Oriental Telephone v and Electric Company S.V. had little difficulty in eliminating Overseas Chinese Banking Corporation S.C. by six goals to nil from the S.A.F.A. Business Houses competition at Geylang yesterday. In what was practically a i one-sided first half, the Telephone
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    42 15 VIALHfcEN GARDNER BACK IN TRAINING: Amateur Athletic Association coach Jen Dyson Puts his wife, the former British Olympic hurdler Maureen Gardner, back in sertom training after the birth of their baby recently. Mrs. Dyson will resume serious participation in competitions.— A.P. photo.
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    153 Entries For Selangor Races
    743 15 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. ()NE HUNDRED and fifty thret> entries consisting of 100 Class 3 and 53 Class 4 horses have bevn entered for the three day Selaugor Turf Club's April Meeting to be held on April 22 26 and 29 There
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    PULAU BRANI HUMBLE FANCIED TIGERS
    481 16 PULAU BRANI HUMBLE FANCIED TIGERS A. Gabos Hero In 4-0 Victory Pulau Brani 4 Tiger S.C 0. TUGER SPORTS CLUB, strongly fancied for league honours, were humbled In decisive fashion by Pulau Brani In a S.A.F.A. Senior League match at Jalan Besar yesterday. The Islanders' 4—o4 0 victory was thoroughly
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    21 16 PERSIAN LORD (Ayres) being led in by Mrs. Ayres when he completed a "double" at Ipoh on Saturday. Scoops Service picture.
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    Police Retain Denman Cup With 8-1 Win
    299 16 WITH two knock-outs in their eight bouts to one victory over the S.H.B. Auxiliary Police, the Singapore Police Force retained the Denman Cup in the annual competition at the Police Training School yesterday. Sgt. Bulat, Police middleweight champion. sent L. Willcombe (AP.O.) to
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    SINGAPORE TIDES
    23 16 TODAY 8.06 a.m. (7ft. 31n.) and 9.44 p m. (7ft. sin.) TOMORROW: 9.15 ajn. (7ft. Binj and 10.12 p.m. (7ft. Bin.).
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    "PROMOTERS ARE LOSING "-BREWER
    320 16 f \WING to the very high entertainment tax and the large purses demanded by boxers, promoters actually find that in many oases they suffer a loss after each promotion. This was stated by the Chairman of the Singapore Boxing Association, Mr. Frank W Brewer, at the
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    RON CLAYTON BEATEN
    72 16 LONDON, Wed.— Al Phillips of London, former British Empire and European featherweight champion, last night outpointed Ronnie Clayton, the British and Empire title holder, over ten rounds at the Empress Hall, London, and jumped right back as challenger for Clayton's titles The fight, at 128 lbs., was
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    9 16 BOY BROOKS photographed on arrival yesterday. Straits Times picture.
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    Grant Scores 65 For R.N.
    319 16 ■ROYAL NAVY had the better of a drawn game of cricket played against R.A.F. at Seletar yesterday. Navy batted first and scored 116 runs for nine declared. Lt. Grant played a grand innings to score 65 runs, more than half his side's total. R.A.F. in
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    Sport Diary
    45 16 SOCCER: Snr. lge: Chinese Casuals v RAF Seletar at Jalan Besar; Jnr. A 2: Cosmos v SHB Aux. Police at Geylang; Jnr. B 1: Fathul Karib v Social A.P. at CYMA ground; Friendly: Haikowyu S.C. T VMCA at Balestier Rd. TENNIS: YMCA championships.
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    DaveSands v Brooks Postponed
    139 16 TiHE Dave Sands-Boy Brooks JL fight, scheduled to take place at the Happy World Stadium tomorrow, has been postponed a week. This was the decision of the Singapore Boxing Board of Control after Brooks' manager had reported that his protege was slightly indisposed. Examination by the
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    Mrs. Dawson Will Never Come Back
    111 16 MEL3OURNE, Wed. AUSTRALIAN jockey Ted Dawson would be alive today if the Station Hotel at Ipoh had not been booked out last week, Dawson's widow said at Randwlck Sydney today. Grief stricken Mrs. Dawson had an airmail letter from Dawson yesterday lamenting that he
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    DINNER TO WONG
    55 16 Members of Mayflowjr BJ». wishing to join in the Party's dinner in honour of Mr. Wong Peng Soon. the All-England champion, on April 15 at the Great World Park, are requested to contact Mr. Llm Chin lum c o Ford Motor Co. Ltd., or Mr. Ho Choy
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