The Straits Times, 21 April 1950

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    22 1 2 1 APR 1950 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 184S TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1950. PRICE TEN CENTS.
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  • COUNCIL PASSES LOTTERIES BILL
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      Lively Debate Ends In 6- Vote Majority
      1641 1 Lively Debate Ends In 6- Vote Majority From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. J£Y a majority of only six votes, the Federal Legislative Council, following a 2} hour debate, today gave the signal for the holding of public lotteries for social and welfare purposes and the establishment of a
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    NEHRU VISIT
    42 1 NEW DELHI, Thurs.—Fandit Nehru is expected to visit Indonesia in June In response to an invitation from the Indonesian Government, it was reliably learned here today. He may also pay a brief visit to Rangoon at the same time. Reuter.
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    9 GOVT. UNIONS JOINFEDERA TION
    460 1 VINE Singapore Government workers' unions last night united in a Federation of Government Employees' Unions, at a meeting held in the G. H. Cafe in Battery Road. The early objects of the Federation are firstly, to establish Whltley Councils for all the nine unions a
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    Cheers For Victors At Macassar
    150 1 Cheers For Victors At Macassar JAKARTA. Thurs. SEVERAL units of Federal troops entered Macassar this morning to the sound of cheers but withdrew again as the official entry is scheduled for this afternoon, says An"ta news agency. A spokesman of the Deleave Ministry said he was hipeful that the whole
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    WAR CRIMINALS HANDED OVER
    70 1 HELSINKI, Thurs.— Finland has delivered three Soviet war criminals to Russia, it was reliably learned today. An official announcement \s expected later. A well-informed source said that two of the extradited Soviet citizens were among the 56 "grave war criminals" listed In the Soviet note to
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    Sirikit Will Wed In Blue Dress
    161 1 From Our Own Correspondent T1HF ~m« BANGKOK, Thursday. T dw ""P* 1 1 ceremony of 22-year-old Xin« PHn M ftu A^ det of Siam a «d the 17-year-old Princess Siriklt Kitiyakara has been set for 9.30 on the morninf of April 28. It will
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    PREMIER'S GUESTS
    31 1 LONDON, Thurs. The Prime Minister. Mr. Clement Attlee, today entertained at lunch an Egyptian parliamentary delegation now visiting London as guests of the British Members of Inter-Par-liamentary Union.— UP.
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    2 1 G. KANDASAMT
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    PIPE DOWN, BUT THE BOARD DISAPPROVES
    84 1 tidtn Our Staff Correspondent J. BAHRU. Thurs. AT a meeting of Johore Bahru Town Board yesterday members passed a resolution unanimously disapproving of the laying of the pipeline uver the Causeway. The Pipe ha* Already been laid. The Board were asked to approve the
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    TRADE PACT
    33 1 MANILA, Thurs. Philippine and SCAP representatives tonight initialled the draft of a U5550,000,000 trade agreement between the Philippine Republic and the Supreme Commander for Allied Powers acting for occupied Japan.— U.P.
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    Dock Threat To All U.K.
    61 1 LONDON, Thurs. •MiE London dock strike Jl spread rapidly today with over 6,000 men idle. Out of 89 vessels in the docks, 35— most of them carrying food for Britain's rationed larders— wpre idle. Leaders of the unofficial stoppage now threaten to bring out dockers
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    Fight Reds With Truth Says Truman
    252 1 WASHINGTON, Thursday. PRESIDENT Truman today called o n the free 1 nations of the world to join in a "campaign of truth to counter Russian propaganda." Addressing the American Society of Newspaper Editors at a convention here, Mr. Truman appealed to the Press to
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    IGNORED
    11 1 BERLIN. Thurs. Berlin newspapers completely ignored' Hitler's 61st birthday today.—A.P.
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    VIETNAM PREMIER MAY RESICN
    94 1 SAIGON, Thurs. PREMIER Nguyen Phan 1 Long is expected to resign within a week, usually well-informed sources said here today. They added that Bao Dai, head of the state, bad called a conference of regional governors, in the "Palac* of Mediation" to discuss the formation of
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    Fire Bombs Rain On Hainan Reds
    120 1 HONG KONG, Thursday. RATIONALIST aircraft were today reported rain- inf incendiary bombs on reinforced Communist invasion troops in wooded hills near Linkao on Hainan's northwest coast Chinese reports from Holhow. capital of the island, said the Nationalists hoped to smoke or bum out the
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    POINT 4 WEAPON IN COLD WAR
    92 1 WASHINGTON. Thurs. Senate Foreign Rela1 tlons Committee today urged approval of President Truman'g "Point Four" programme for aiding underdeveloped nations, describing it as a "security measure necessary to winning the Qold war." The committee recommended endorsement of the full amount of $45,000,000 which President
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    U.K. TO PAY MORE FOR TEA
    73 1 NEW DELHI. Thurs.—Britain has agreed to pay four pence more per pound for Indian tea than last year's price under the bulk purchase contract with India, according to a spokesman of the Commerce Ministry. Negotiations for a 1950 contract are In the final stage
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    Menzies' Offer: House Queries
    317 1 Menzies Offer: House Queries LONDON, Thurs. \IR. Patrick GordonLfl Walker, British Commonwealth Relations Secretary, told Parliament today that the British Government had "noted with the greatest interest" press reports of a statement on Malaya made by the Prime Minister of Australia. Mr. Robert Menzies. He had been asked by Bri?.
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    ROYAL COUSINS EMBRACE
    65 2 INDIAN INVESTITI'RE: Sirdar Karam Singh Ahluwalia (left) embraces hlx cousin, the Maharajah of KapurthaU. after receiving the "Shan-I-Ifthikar," the highest honour the Maharajah can award, at an investiture recently at the Dorchester Hotel. London. Sirdar Ahluwalia. who has lived in England for the past 10 years, stood
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      209 2 NOTICES SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY TENDERS OA8 DBARTMEltT: Purchase of vanoun scrap. Form* from Tender Room. Ground Floor. Municipal Office. Deposit $1M Clow NOON— 27.4.50. NOTICE I. HAROLD FRANK -ARSHALL Cpl. No. *****29 of R.A.F. Maintenance Base. Seletar. and known by the name of HAROLD FRANK FINN, HEREBY GIVE NOTICE that I
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      630 2 NOTICES ACCOMMODATION MALAYAN STUDENTS WESTEBN AUSTRALIA Offered two student* snare oom. Cable "IXI A" Car* Gordon and Ootch, Perth. W.A. temVek notice Tenders will be received from P.W D. Contractors of CUsa 'C and upwards at the State Engineer's Office at Ipoh up to 3.00 p.m. on astb. April 1850
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    Decorations For The 10 U.S. Navy Airmen Shot Down By Russia
    181 2 Decorations For The 10 U.S. Navy Airmen Shot Down By Russia UNANIMOUS SENATE PECI5ION TO HONOUR MAD HEROES WASHINGTON, Thursday. T»HE Senate on Wednesday voted unanimously to award posthumous decorations to the 10 Navy fliers shot down by Russia. The action came on a resolution offered without advance notice by
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    DISEASE BAFFLES SCIENTISTS
    25 2 JOHANNESBURG. Thurs. ANEW disease resembling smallpox is baffling South African scientists. Eleven cases have been reported in the past eight months. A.P.
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    DOCKERS ON STRIKE
    54 2 LONDON, Thurs.—Doc*workers stopped or hampered loading operations on 16 ships yesterday in a lightning strike they hoped woulc paralyse the port of London The strike was called, to protest against the "blacklisting' of three men who led the Communist inspired dock strike in sympathy with striking Canadian
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    TRAIN DERAILED
    24 2 OTTAWA. Thurs— A passenger train of the Banta Fe Rail road was derailed yesterday, injuring 12 persons after striking a lorry.— AJ".
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    Heart Theories Incorrect'
    31 2 NEW YORK. Thurs. YALE University scientists, including an Indian research fellow, have published findings which they claim disprove theories which have guided heart specialists for 7 years. Reuter.
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    Synthetic Output May Be Doubled
    139 2 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON. Thurs. AMERICAN manufacture of synthetic rubber may be nearly doubled next month as a result of the high price of natural rubber, said Mr. Warren 8. Lockwood, Director of the Natural Rubber Bureau in Washington, who Is now In London
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    QUARTZ COFFIN
    49 2 CAIRO, Thurs. A pure quartz coffin, believed to have belonged to an ancient Egyptian queen, has been unearthed about 30° miles north of Cairo. Aroneologists are preparing to remove its fourton stone cover which has hieroglyphics Indicating that the cofflp belongs to about 1 000 B.C.— UP.
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    CHICAGO RAILWAY UNION TO STRIKE
    46 2 CHICAGO, Thurs. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engtnemen said yesterday it would go on strike on April 26. The strike again?: eight railroads will be to support the union's demand fur an extra man on multiple unit Diesel locomotives.— A.P.
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    Japs Now Write Left To Right
    64 2 TOKIO. Thurs ALL public offices of the Tokio metropolitan government have abandoned the traditional Japanese system of "top to bottom" and "right to left" writing for a neic "left to right" system. To reduce red tape, the offices are also cutting by about 30
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      Acquitted Doctor Not To Practice
      282 2 NEW YORK, Thursday. I\K. Hermann Sander has been stripped of his physician's licence by the New Hampshire Board of Registration in Medicine despite his "mercy killing:" trial acquittal for the murder of a woman cancer patient. The secretary of the fivemember board, said that the
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    CHURCH & STATE BAR COLOUR BAR
    70 2 CHURCH STATE BAR COLOUR BAR LONDON. Tkartf rl British Council of Cburehes. what president to the Arehbtoh«» of Caaterkwry, jiakiOy •>- ehued H was m *tittm\mr4 to 099—t any tertotencirs towsiws racial dfeeriminattaaj." In a resolution «o Seretse Kbama. Reatcr. WASHINGTON, Thurs. WASHINGTON'S District Commissioners have decided to set u»
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    32 2 FERDINAND THE BULL and ttmy ktuoed bullfighter combine t* form a ual«ue headdress for film actres** SaaSn Dint Mia* Dome bought Urn h*t In Spain. where she made a film reeentry^-A.P. picture.
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    ACTRESS' CHILD TO BE 'SHARED9
    108 2 ACTRESS' CHILD TO BE 'SHARED 9 HOLLYWOOD. Thursday. ¥\R. Peter Lindstrom yesterday agreed to five Ingrid Bergman joint legal custody i»£ their 12-year-old daughter, Pla, and to let her -have tbc child whenever she return*! to th«» enntn Attorneys for the actress and the brain surgeon signed an agreement providing
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    ARMY DISPUTE
    37 2 CAPE TOWN. Thurs—The South African House of Assembly supported, by 75 votes to 61. the Defence Minister. Mr. F C. Erasmus, in dismissal of Lieut.-Gen. Len Beyers. Chief-of-Staff of the Union Defence Forr c. —Reuter.
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    CHALLENGER
    36 2 HENRY J. KAISER, tkc American industrialist, who may next year challenge British car sales m th* United States with a .still secret low-price car he intends to mass- produce *i his Michigan plant— A.P. pkture.
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    U.S. Plane Safety Measures
    103 2 U.S. Plane Safety Measures WASHINGTON, Thur>. GOVERNMENT ana aii officials said jrestei that they are working c< nstantJy to prevent ex sJves and other dan?( i materials from Beins? dIhuI on aeroplanes. Stiff penalties, up 10 SlO.Uc fine* and 10 years .a prison X violation* can be hnpomp. There is
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    RUSSIA'S NO TO STATUTE
    79 2 LAKE SUCCESS, ThuRussia yesterday told tit United Nation.'; .she is posed to the internatloi.. satlon statute for Jems., as drafted by the Trustei'M--. Council. M. Jacob Ma h chief Russian delegate, wr» i to the Secretary-General Mi Trygve Lie. to explain I Soviet attitude. Russia was
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    SHINWELL TO MALAYA: ASK AND YOU WILL RECEIVE
    287 3 LONDON, Thursday. fpHE Defence Minister, Mr. Emmanuel Shinwell, told Parliament yesterday: "There has been no failure to meet the requirements of both Services ,nd the civil authorities in Malaya. We shall coninue to do everything in our power to five them any
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    "Malaya Is Vital To Australia"
    170 3 "Malaya Is Vital To Australia" CANBERRA, Thurs. ANY suggestion that the defence of Malaya was a defence of the interests oi financial Institutions was very regrettable, declared the External Affairs Minister, Mr. P. C. Spender, in the Australian House of Representatives today. Mr. Spender said that Malaya was vital to
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    Empire Aid Discussed
    83 3 LONDON. Thurs. pEPLACEMENT of British MX troops in Malaya by Dominion troops has been under discussion for some months in order to enable Britain to fulfil her commitments to supply four divisions under the Western Union defence plan, the Daily Mall state* today. The paper says that
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    WANTS RUSSIAN CRAB BANNED
    54 3 WASHINGTON, Thurs. Mr. Russel V. Mack again tried to persuade the Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Snyder to use the customs law to prevent Importation of Russian canned crab meat. He said that the dollar earnings Russia gets from them "are being used to finance espionage
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    119 3 CALCUTTA, Thurs. AN eight-man Tibetan delegation, led jointly by Tsechag, Thupden and Gyalpo, high ecclesiastical and civil officials, is now in Calcutta to arrange for a preliminary meeting with Comnunists somewhere on the Chinese border for "better in ulsrstan ding between the two countries." <- yalpo said the mission which
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    INCOME TAX EXEMPTIONS
    60 3 LONDON, Thurs. The House of Commons yesterday approved double taxation relief arrangements between Britain and Fiji, the Gilbert and Ellice Islands the British Solomon Islands and North Borneo. Certain classes of income derived from one country by a resident of the other are, subject to certain conditions,
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    CONSUL FOR AMOY URGED
    170 3 CONSUL FOR AMOY URGED LONDON, Thurs. Tlffß. Walter Fletcher, Conservative, asked in the House of Commons yesterday. If the Foreign Office were considering putting a Consul in Swatow and Amoy, since having a Consul only In Formosa meant negotiating over water, which was not much use. "These two ports are
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    RADIO FENCE FOR LONDON
    108 3 LONDON, Thurs.— A 100mile radio "fence" encircling London will soon be completed in a new police scheme to cut gang crime, which has risen to an unprecedented height during the past few months. Radio masts will rise in widely-spaced areas in the counties around the capital.
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    INOCULATION MOVE BEGINS Tibetans To See Mao
    56 3 INOCULATION MOVE BEGINS Tibetans To See Mao CALCUTTA, Thurs. The Director of the West Bengal jovernment's health services uid the City Corporation lealth authorities today anlounced arrangements for nass Inoculation against :holera as the incidence of :he epidemic showed a steady ncrease in Calcutta Last week alone the cholera mortality
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    GOING TO U. K.
    38 3 AUSTRALIA'S Defence Minister. Mr. Eric J. Harrison, on his way to Britain, arrived in Singapore yesterday afternoon by QANTASBOAC Constellation. Mr. Harrison had tea with the Commissioner-General, "Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald. Straits limes picture.
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    NO P.I. ENTRY FOR REDS
    57 3 MANILA, Thurs.- -President Quirino of the Philippines today rejected In Baguio charges that subversive elements had entered the Philippines as displaced persons. "Not a single Individual." he said, "has been allowed to set foot In the Philippines without thorough screening," Persons suspecjted of Communist leanings,
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    283 Huks Killed In P.I. Air Raids
    181 3 MANILA, Thursday. IHVO hundred and eighty three Huks were killed 1 on April 11 and 12 in Philippine Air Force raids on two rebel strongholds in Central Luzon, the Department of National Defence announced. Of these, many were said to have bee n
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    SIAM-P.I. BARTER TRADE PACT
    35 3 MANILA, Thurs.— Presiden Quirino announced today tha^ he has authorised slgnaturp of the Siam-Phllippines Barter Trade Agreement. The President mentioned no time for the formal signing of the pact.— A. P.
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    RECORD CRUISE
    41 3 UNDER WATER THREE WEEKS: This is the U.S. Navy submarine Plckeral. It Is equipped with a device which enabled it to stay submerged for three weeks, when on a cruise from Hone Kong to Ha wail. A P. picture.
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    Syria Is Sorry About Bombing
    216 3 DAMASCUS, Thursday. SYRIA'S Prime Minister said yesterday that the bomb thrown at the American Legation in Damascus on Tuesday night was an attempt to embarrass the Syrian Government, rather than directed against America. He said, however, that U.S. Middle East policy in favour of Israel
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    Reds Kill 6 In Guntur Gang Raids
    106 3 MADRAS, Thurs. SIX persons were killed and jewels and currency stolen in four raids by Communist gangs in the Guntur district, dispatches reaching Madras revealed yesterday. Madras officials said they planned to strengthen police units in the affected areas, but they added the
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    DAMAGES FOR HAZEL SCOTT
    87 3 SPOKANE. Washington. Thurs.— A UJ3. Federal Court Jury yesterday awarded the Negro pianist Hazel Scott $250 In a case in which Miss Scott had claimed $50,000 damages from a former restaurant owner and his wife on the ground that they had not served her because she
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    "As You Were" Budget: Tories Start Attack
    181 3 "As You Were" Budget: Tories Start Attack LONDON, Thurs. MR. Winston Churchill's •'Shadow Cabinet" on Wednesday began in the House of Commons a four-day attack on the austerity Budget of Sir Stafford Cripps, Chancellor of the Exchequer. The opposition "Shadow Minister," Mr. Richard Butler taunted Labour with not expecting to
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    S. AFRICA GOLD MEN GUILTY OF FRAUD
    179 3 JOHANNESBURG, Thursday. TWO former goldfield directors, Joseph Milne and 1 Norber* Stephen Erleigh, were found guilty yesterday of having incited officers of New Union Goldflelds to make false entries. On two other counts of the indictment on» a charge of fraud, and the
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    POLICE TRAIL GRENADE GANG
    454 4 Bomb For Shop Bounced Back: Two Wounded From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. MILITARY and police are on the trail of five armed uniformed bandits who were shot at behind the Mantin Convent in Negri Sembilan. It is believed they were members of an armed
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    MILLIONS FOR COAST ROADS
    151 4 MILLIONS FOR COAST ROADS I From Our Own Correspondent PARIT BUNTAR, Thurs. WHEN the Perak Govern- ment completes the restoration of the coastal roads in the Krian district next year, it will have spent well over a million dollars. Heavy traffic along the roads which serve 12 rice mills in
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    Malays Top S.V.C. List
    72 4 MALAYS head the lists of members of the Singapore Volunteer Corps with 220 officers and men. the first quarterly report of the Corps snows. Chinese, with 69 officers and men come second, and Eurasians are third with 31 There are 29 Europeans, and £5 Indians in
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    FOUND DEAD
    42 4 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs.— The Police report tha*. the dead body of Mr. M. Edwards, a senior member of Postal Staff. Kluang. has been found at Alor Gajah, Mr. Edwards was due in Johore Bahru on transfer.
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    BOOK GIFT TO CO-OPERATIVE UNION
    66 4 THE PRESENTATION of a set of 30 books on various aspects of co-operation was made by the British Council yesterday to the Singapore Urban Co-operative Union Ltd.. at the Council hall. Mr. A. T. Baker. Regional Representative, is seen handing the most prlied book, "Cooperation
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    Still No One To Lead Mosque Prayers
    88 4 From Our SUB Correspondent PENANG, Thurs. THE Sungei Pinang Mosque may -gain have no congregational leader to conduct prayers tomorrow If the present "strike" by its usual Imam, Inche Mohamed Ghouse, Is not settled In time. So far it has not been de-
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    ORPHAN GIRLS LIVE IN A TEMPLE
    195 4 SIX little Chinese girls, whose ages range from three to 11 years, are today being cared for in a Singapore temple for women vegetarians dedicated to Kuan Kin. the Goddess of Mercy. The temple fc in Jalan Kamaman, on Baiestier Road, Singapore. Two of
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    'BUILD CHEAPER HOUSES' CALL
    223 4 HMPHASIS on the need for providing more houses for people In the lower income group and more recreation grounds "especially in view of the continuous increase in population" is made by the Singapore Ratepayers' Association in its annual report. The report tabled at the Association's annual
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    FINED $10
    27 4 SEGAMAT, Thurs.—Because he failed to stoo his car at a police road block near Cha'ah village, 26-year-old Gerard Jean Neury was fined $10 at Segamat.
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    WASHERMEN SAVE THREE BROTHERS
    68 4 From Our Own Correspondent GEMAS, Thurs. THREE little Chinese 1 brothers who yesterday went for a bathe in a nearby river almost lost their Uves. The youngest accidentally slipped into the water. When the o'.lier two tried to pull him out, they were also dragged in.
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    BAILIFF ON 3 TRUST CHARGES
    61 4 From Our Own Correspondent IPOH, Thurs. Ball of $500 was allowed Osman bin Ilaji Abdullah, a 27-year-old bailiff attached to the Land Office, who was charged at Ipoh on three counts of criminal breach of trust of $34 in fees collected last November. Osman claimed
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    CAR OFFENCE
    23 4 MUAR, Thurs.—For using a private car for hire at Jalan Yahya, Tee Kee Chang was fined $45 by the Muar Magisvrate.
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    FOUND DEAD IN BUSH
    72 4 I From Oar Own Correspoudent TAIPING, Thurs.— Taiping Coroner, Inche Abdul Aziz, returned an open verdict on a j Sikh watchman. Jagat Singh, aged 52, who was found dead in a bush in a Chinese tin mine in Kamunting. Death was said to be due to
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    ALL-NIGHT WATCH ON RED
    120 4 rE Australian Communist, Mr. Ernest Thornton, refused to talk to reporters at Kallang airport on Wednesday. Singapore Special Branch officers watched, outside his bedroom at Raffles Hotel all night. There was every appearance on his arrival that he was in an angry mood. As a representative
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    3 Die From Pneumonia
    97 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. J^INETEEN cases of pneumonia, with three deaths, occurred in the Federation. There were also 16 cases of dysentery, with two deaths for the week ending Apr. 8. In Selangor, nine cases of dysentery were reported, two of which were
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    New Pharmacy Course For Varsity
    349 5 IN LINE WITH U.K. PRACTICE WHEN the University of Malaya course in pharmacy starts in October, it will mark a new era in the training of pharmacists in Singapore and the Federation bringing Malaya in line with the practice in Britain. Under the present method,
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    RURAL BAN ON BEACH PA VILIONS
    94 5 THE erection or re-erec-tion of sea pavilions along Singapore's beaches will not be permitted by the Rural Board. This decision was made at yesterday's meeting of the Board. It was felt that sea pavilions caused obstruction and placed restrictions on the use of beaches.
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    DRUNK—$5
    56 5 From. Our Staff Corresponfrnt JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs.— S Doraisamy. a tapper of Laying Layang, pleaded guilty in the Johore Bahru Police Court today to a charge of being drunk and behaving In a disorderly manner at the residence of Dr. Sukumaran in the General Hospital comp~''nd ")oralsamy expressed regret
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    RUBBER THEFT
    48 5 From Our Own L'ori esuondent \R. Than. Lim Ah Soi 0 her son. Goh Teo Buck, v ere charged at Muar with s'eaiing scrap rubber at Ternlang Renchong Estate in Pafjnh. The mother was acouifted and the son was fined $150 or two months' hard l&boQf.
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    TEMPLE GUESTS: RAJAH BACKED
    240 5 MR. G. M. K. Sabai, a trustee of the Serangoon Road Veeramakaliaman Temple, yesterday supported Mr. A. P. Rajah's call to Singapore Chettiars to stop the "degrading practice" of inviting nonHindus to their temple on Thaipusam day. "But I would like Mr. Rajah to persuade Mr.
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    Famous Surgeon In Singapore
    193 5 Famous Surgeon In Singapore FLYING visitor to Singapore yesterday was Sir John Newman Morris, ihe famous Melbourne surgeon arid one of the leading figures in International Red Cross circles, who was spending 36 hours in the Colony before taking off today for Bangkok and Jakarta. Accompanied by Mr. Howard Buchanan,
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    'RATEPAYERS LOSING INFLUENCE'
    238 5 FEARS that with increasing losing Influence with Governnumbers of its members men*. f oWtpri tn <«»rvp nn T^eislative toe might com* when the Aseiecieu to serve on legislative XU .i a iinir«niiiii he regarded only and Municipal bodies the ac- vu llt lESi>os reg y tivlties of
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    Prayers In Kedah Are 'Acceptable9
    161 5 Prayers In Kedah Are 'Acceptable 9 From Our Malay Correspondent T«HE Chief Kathi of Kedah, Tuan Sheikh Mahomed, insists that all mosques In the State have their prayer niches facing Mecca and therefore the Government will ban an inquiry by any commission which maintains that prayers there are "unacceptable" to
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    JAP PRISONER GAYE 'FRIGHTENING' JAP PRISONER GAVE
    268 5 JAP PRISONER GAY E 'FRIGHTENING JAP PRISONER GAVE fWU Japanese war criminals now serving life sentences in Outram Road prison, told the Singapore Coroner's Court yesterday that while another prisoner was ironing a pair of shorts he suddenly cried out "in a frightening fashion" and fell down dead on the
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    48 5 TOP: A hula hula dance m progress at a demonstration of dances given by Mrs. C. Taylor and her pupils to members of Singapore Y.W.C.A. Business and Professional Women's Club yesterday. Above, Lucy Lin doing a ballet number at the demonstration.— S tra i 1 1 Times pictures.
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    ADO Fined After Crash
    111 5 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs. ABDUL Rahman bin Ahniat, Assistant District Officer, Pontian, was lined $25 for dangerous driving in the Johore Bahru Police Court. Abdul Rahman who was defended by Mr. P. Hall, said that for some unaccountable reason his car swerved to
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    New Federal Citizens
    63 5 i From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. J)URING February, 9,854 people registered as a Federation Statistics, issued today, show that citizenship certificates were issued to 9,283 Chinese, of whom 6,127 were minors and 3,156 adults. Largest number of registrations were 3,474 in Perak, followed by 1.664
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    Colony Govt. Appointments
    52 5 Mr. J. H. Newbigging, Corps of Accountants, has been appointed to act as Accountant-General, Singapore, with effect from March 24, in place of Mr. N. M. Kennedy. Mrs. B. K. Shanks has been appointed to perform the duties of an Assistant Secretary, Singapore Secretariat, with effect from
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    Singapore Diary
    143 5 Y.W.C.A. TRAINING COURSE, 8, Fort Canning Road, girls' work by Mrs. F. Y. Khoo, 9 a.m., discussion led by Mr. C. de Souza, 10 a.m., Miss D. C. Greene on "How did the YM.CJi. begin?" 11.30 EX-SERVICE ASSOCIATION, farewell lunch to Sir Patrick McKerron, Blue Room, Capitol Restaurant,
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    BLAMED BUS DRIVER
    59 5 From Our Own Correspondent SEQAMAT, ThUTS. Alleged to have driven a car in an Inconsiderate manner and to have grazed a bus, Tan Yong Hu, aged 32, was summoned before the Segamat Magistrate yesterday. "The bus driver was to blame and I am not at fault," said
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    OLD BOYS ASSN.
    67 5 At the annual meeting of the St. Anthony's Old Boys' Association, the following officers were elected: President, Professor E.3. Monterlo; vioe -president, Mr. Leong Pong San; hon. secretary, Mr. He Fook Seng; hon. treasurer, Mr. Tan Toclt Ghe«; committee, Mr. Goh Jwee Jin, Mr. Tan Kok Hoh.
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    $2,200 In Red Packet'
    70 5 From Oar Staff Correspondent PENANG, Thurs. A FTER declaring open yx the new $300,000 building of the Phor Tay institution, erected by Mr. Aw Boon Haw, the Penang Chinese Banker, Mr. Yeap Chor Ec, today presented a $2^oo "red packet" to the institution. This gift— sl,ooo
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    He Was Cruel To Birds
    66 5 The Singapore Second Police Magistrate, Mr. C. F. Seston, yesterday imposed fines totalling $51 on 26-year-old Peh Chye Loo, who pleaded guilty to being cruel to 41 fowls and 61 ducks. A police constable, who arrested Peh in New Market Road yesterday, found the 41
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    Left For Australia
    42 5 MUAR, Thurs. Mr. and Mrs. Webber, of Jorak Estate, Muar, have left for Australia. Before they left a presentation was made to Mr. Webber in recognition of his services for over 23 years to the Muar Civil Service Club.
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    PRESIDENT OF ARAB UNION
    19 5 MR. S. A. BIN YAHYA who has been elected president of the Arab, Union, Singa-
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    NEW TAX PLAN FOR FISHING
    169 5 INDUCEMENT for increased fishing in the waters of the Rhio Archipelago is being offered to Singapore fish merchants by the Fisheries Department. The new scheme will levy a tax of three per cent, of the net profit from fish purchases, and provisionally buyers will have
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      19 6 BLAIK. On 18th April, at Puu Oajah Hospital, to Janet. i lfe of Robert Blalk. a son. both well.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    24 6 MR. A MRS. F. 8. MORAIS of Kuala Lumpur thank all who srnt them present* and messages on their wedding on April 10th.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Fri., April 21, 1950.
    8 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Fri., April 21, 1950.
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    Emergency Debate
    681 6 The Federation Government is not likely to mistake the brevity of Wednesday's debate in the Legislative Council on the question of military reinforcements as a sign of unofficial complacency. The original motion requested the Government to ask for additional reinforcements forthwith in view of the slow rate of
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    THE "BIG-SHOT" COMPLEX
    279 6 T'HE following are exA cerpts from an article headed "A Mile of Death" in the Reader's Digest: "In very few accidents have I found the cause to be mechanical defects; 90 per cent of the trouble lies with the drunks at the wheel. And it's not just
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    ARMY BUILDING IN SINGAPORE
    154 6 1 AGREE entirely with the opinions expressed by Mr C. C. Tan in his letter published on Apr. 17 under the heading "Land for the Army." One fine day the people of Singapore will awaken and find that all the remaining vacant land has been appropriated
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    Security As It Was In The War And Now
    497 6 Security As It Was In The War And Now SECURITY is a word often misused, and equally often misunderstood because of the fact that people in possession of valuable information are not made aware of the dangers of talking too freely or of general carelessness over secret and confidential documents.
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    SLAVE MILLIONS
    741 6  -  BERTRAND RUSSELL The Intellectual Error Of Communism 111 By QRIG1NALLY t h e Russian Communists, though they kept power -in their own hands, made an attempt to secure economic equality, which had always been one of the professed aims uf Socialism.' The first generation, who had endured exile
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      631 6 QN April 18 you published trie long awaited traffic accident figures for March Now at last we have overwhelming proof that so-called speeding is NOT the cause of Singapore's comnaratively high accident rate. Speed traps, we see, are therefore an utter flop when used as a
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    On The Margin
    381 6 On The Margin Borneo Traders IN July of last year a party of the little-known Kenya people set out on a journey from the last village of Dut ch Borneo (as it is still called Id the^maps) to the first Tillage in the interior of Sara\v:.K. One of the party
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      48 7 SINGAPORE I PREVIEW VERY MUCH AHEAD OF SCHEDULE HAS ARRIVED A CONSIGNMENT OF THE FAMOUS FASHION SHOES CREATED BALLY THESE STYLES AND DESIGNS WILL BE ON DISPLAY IN LONDON NEXT MONTH ALSO JUST RECEIVED: BALLY "SOFTA STEP" SHOES FOR CHILDREN. NOW BEING UNPACKED AT ROBINSONS RAFFLES PLACE SPORE
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    POLICE GIVE THEIR VIEWS Raids Have Caused Much III-feeling
    502 7 POLICE GIVE THEIR VIEWS Raids Have Caused Much III-feeling THE hawker problem had often caused serious friction between the public and the police, Mr, A. R. Anderson, Superintendent of Police, told the Hawker Inquiry Commission yesterday. He said that 'a high percentage of the local population depended on hawkers for
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    MR. TEO SPEAKS
    36 7 THE PRESIDENT of the Singapore Hawkers Union. Mr. Teo Peng Bok. giving evidence with the aid of an interpreter at the first meeting yesterday of the Singapore Hawker Inquiry Commission.— Straits Times picture.
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    RURAL BOARD TO LICENSE STALLS
    73 7 Til E Singapore Rural ".oard will take steps to license stalls, said the chairman, Mr. J. A. Harvey, at yesterday's meeting of the board in reply to Mr. E. Galistan who said that many temporary stalls in certain parts of the rural area "seem to
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    Caught In The Act
    60 7 rUND guilty of trying to break into a house. 18-year-old Llm Lye Teck. was sentenced yesterday in the Singapore First District Court to one year's rigorous imprisonment. Lim admitted one previous en iviction Llm was arrested by three scaling the wall of a house in Cuff
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    LICENSE ALL HAWKERS' Union Chief Offers Solution To Silcock Inquiry Commission
    589 7 LICENSE ALL HAWKERS' Union Chief Offers Solution To Silcock Inquiry Commission A STRONG plea for the licensing of an estimated total of 13,000 unauthorised hawkers in Singapore, as the best way to solve the hawker problem, was made before the first public meeting yesterday of the Singapore Hawker Inquiry Commission
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    SPEEDING CASE TRANSFERRED
    55 7 From Our SUff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.— Ahmad bin Abdullah, driver of a Johore car. was charged In the Police Court today with having driven at the excessive speed of 41 m.p.h. along a Singapore road and also with failing to answer a summons. The case was
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    RURAL BOARD DELEGATES
    52 7 At yesterday's meeting of the Singapore Rural Eoard Mr. H. J. C. Kulasingha wai appointed to represent the Board on the Committee which will advise Government on the siting of community radio receiving sets. Mr. Chin Chye Pong was appointed to represent the Board on the Hawker's
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    Cowshed Bid Turned Down
    53 7 An individual application to erect a cattlesned at Jalan Kambing, Singapore, was turned down by the Rural Board at Its meeting yesterday. The Board considered that cattlesheds should be run on a co-operative basis in areas between Chua Chu Kang and Jurong and not De erected
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    PRAYER MEETING
    23 7 A prayer meeting in memory of Ramana Mahar/hi will be held at the RamakrLshna Mission. Morris Road, today at 6 p.m.
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    Friend Stole His Clothes
    83 7 SENTENCE of one year's rigorous imprisonment and two years' police supervision was imposed on 30-year-old Mohamed bin Mustakin in the Singapore First District Court yesterday for theft. Mohamed, who admitted three previous convictions, stole some clothing belonging to his friend with whom he lived. The friend,
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    Chinese Woman Is U.S.I.S. Librarian
    140 7 A 24-YEAR-OLD Chinese woman, Mrs. Rita E. Han, has been appointed librarian of the new United States Information Service free public library in Singapore. Born in Ipoh, Mrs. Han attended the Anglo-Chinese Girls' School there and finlshed her education at Melbourne University. After taking her
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    CINEMA MAGNATE
    34 7 MR. ERNEST TURNBALL (above), managing director of Hoyts Theatres Ltd., a company which owns 110 cinemas in Australia, passed through Singapore yesterday by QANTAS-BOAC Constellation on his way to Britain. Straits Times
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    SPAT-$25
    31 7 Forty-nine-year-old Seklnder bin Pakir Mohamed of McKenzle Road, who pleaded fcuilty in the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday to spitting on the floor of the Treasury Building, was fined $25.
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    GURNEY'S TRIBUTE TO MR. HOUGHTON
    102 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. qtHE work done by the Comx missioner for Labour, Mr. R. O. D. Houghton was praised by the High Commissioner, Sir Henry Gurney. in the Federal Legislative Council today. Mr. Houghton is leaving Malaya within a few days
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    Lonely Hearts Clvb—For Over 60s Only
    30 7 Lonely Hearts Clvb For Over 60s Only iHi scene at yesterdays opening meeting of Singapore's first "Darby and Joan" club for lonely men and women over 60.— Straits Times picture.
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    A GODSEND' SAYS MRS. HYDER
    461 7 A GODSEND SAYS MRS. HYDER pORTY lonely old men and women met and chatted with each other yesterday foi the first time at a new "Darby and Joan" club opened by the Singapore Red Cross Society at the Wesleyan Mpthodist Hall, Fort Canning. Many, such as 77-year-old Goh Sai Dee,
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    TAMIL MEETING
    28 7 The second annual conference of the Malaya Tamil Pannal, a cultural organisation, will be held at Seremban starting from today. The conference will last three days.
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    Messenger Gaoled
    99 7 IN office messenger, Tan Kim Sye. was yesterday sentenced to two months' imprisonment in the Singapore Fourth Police Court for criminal breach of trust of $56. The money had been given to him to get two postal orders. In his defence, Tan said that he was on his
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    HAUGHTY: $25
    35 7 Ng Kim Wan was yesterday fined $25 in the Slng;r>ore First Police Court for "answering haughtily" to a police corporal when asked to produce his identity card at Tiong Bahru on Wednesday last.
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    OVERLOADED
    26 8 From Our Own Correspondent SEGAMAT, Thurs. Ong Chuan, a lorry driver, was charged In the Segamat Court with overloading his lorry. He was fined $15.
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    3 RICE DEALERS FINED
    197 8 Illegal Sale Of Italian Stock VINES totalling $1,050 were imposed on three Chinese in the Singapore Second District Court yesterday, for being concerned in the sale of 2,687 katies of Italian rice imported by the Singapore Government. Two of the accused 47 -year-old Cheng Ah Peng
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    ACQUITTED
    29 8 From Oar Own Correspondent SEGAMAT, Thurs.— Tan Ho Pan was charged in the Segamat Court with using his private car as a taxi. He was acquitted and discharged.
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    Harboured 4 Bandits: Gets 5 Yrs.
    148 8 Harboured 4 Bandits: Gets 5 Yrs. Fiom Oar Staff Correspondent IPOH Thurs. CONVICTED of harbouring four bandits in the Kroh reserve in February this year. a 67-year-old Chinese woman, Wong Ah Hoe was today sentenced to live rears' simple imprisonment by Mr. Justice Thomson in the Assize Court. A Malay
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    WRONG SIDE
    22 8 Thurs.— Three t relists In the Segavere fined $3 each 1 ridin r on the wrong side t i road.
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    CHARGED
    33 8 I i .in Our Own Correspondent s. Bail ol d 4G-year-oid i h Sil;h watchman, ah vi^a; e, charged Court with giving Infi rmatlon to the sped of alleged < o c na'rpoy.
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    ESTATES CAN AFFORD LIGHTING9
    164 8 ESTATES CAN AFFORD LIGHTING 9 From Oar Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. >*pHE Government will not pay for fuel and electric current for flood-lighting on rubber estates because it considers that, with the present price of rubber, the estates are in a position to meet the cost themselves. This was
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    DAILY QUEUE
    57 8 A SINGAPORE RESIDENT has written to the Straits Times to suggest that shelter should be provi imi for those who queue up every morning outside the Registration of Persons office, which deals with identity cards, and that benches should also be provided. This picture of the morning queue
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    Judgment Reversed By Appeal Court
    379 8 FHE Singapore Court of Appeal yesterday reversed 1 a judgment of Mr. Justice Gordon-Smith in connection with a mortgage claim based upon the Moratorium, Debtor and Creditor Ordinance. The case concerned a piece of land and house In Singapore which had been mortgaged by the
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    'A LITTLE TIPSY'
    35 8 From Our Own Correspondent SEGAMAT, Thurs. "We were little tipsy and were having some fun," said Thangarajoo and Periasamy, charged in the Segamat Court with fighting in public. Each was fined $5.
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    FAULTY BRAKES ALLEGED
    111 8 1 P.W.D. lorry which was involved in an accident resulting in the loss of two lives "would not have been passed if it had had Its brakes tested like other private lorries" it was stated by an official of the Registrar of Vehicles Department In a Singapore
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    English Accounts 'Impracticable' From Oar Staff Correspondent
    55 8 English Accounts 'Impracticable' From Oar Staff Correspondent MALACCA, Thurs. The Chettiars' (Nattukottai) Chamber of Commerce, Maiacca has written to Government stating that the ordinance requiring all records and accounts to be kept either in English or In Romanised Malay is impracticable. It requests that accounts be permitted to be kept
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    Dalo & Herman Coering
    98 8 Dalo Herman Coering From Oar Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. DATO K. E. C. Thuraisingham, Ceylonese Federal Councillor, today asked if there was anybody resembling Adolf Hitler present in the Counlil Chamber. He made this remark when replying to a speech by Mr. R. Ramani who had opposed the Social
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    CITIZENSHIP PLAN HAILED IN PENANG
    237 8 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Thurs. OTHE principle of "give and 1 take" which characterised the Communities Liaison Committee's citizenship proposals wag commended by both Malay and non-Malay communities in Penang today. "The Chinese like every other community believe In this principle," Dr. F. K.
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      A spate of women's films
      879 9  -  VICTOR STAINES by MALAYA is going to i 1 have a spate of what might be called women's films. You might now ask what are women's films? Something with babies, legitimate or illigitimate: Jove triangles from a girl's angle or anything else from a woman's
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    Othello's great
    478 9 —BUT WHERE'S THE CROWD? asks Ronald Baxter WEARY, dishevelled group of actors sat i n the bar of the Victoria Memorial Theatre on Sunday night Gone v?we the Governor and the hundreds of smaller fry. Hushed was the stage where half a n hour before, the mighty words
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    Kasmah stars again
    241 9 MORE news about Malayan productions reaches me this week. Kasmah Booty is to star in the Shaw Brothers film "Dcvi Meranl" now being made. In it with her will be Osman. Harris, the comedian, and making her debut will be a new female star-Kha-tijah, a Malay girl
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      55 9 SINGAPORE 10 a.m. News from K.L.; 10.05 Close; 12 Malay; 1 p.m. Jay Wilbur Strings; 1.30 Newt; 1.4S Dance Music; 2 Close; 6 Light Music; 6.45 Fred Warning His Pennsylvanlans; 7 News, Share Market, Talk; 7.30 Music of Latin America; Talk; 8.1S Austral Smgcrs; 8.30 Friday Prom; 9.30 News; 9.
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      60 9 Don't Have to Know the Language; 10.3d Dance Music; 11 Close. K. LUMPUR ft. 56 Music; 10 Emergency News; 10.10 Close; 13—2 p. m. A» S'pore; 0 At Your Service; 1 As Spore; 7.20 Louis Voss Orch.: 7.30 Jan It Swing; 8 Talk; 8.10 K. L. Radio Ranch; 8.30 Audrey
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      50 9 8.30 News: 9.45 Music Through the Ages: 10.15 Music of Alfredo Antolni; 10.30 "Emma"; 11 Close. PENANG 1—2 pjn. As S'pore; 6 Listener* Calling; 7 As 8"pore; 7.30 Gram! Hotel; 8 Talk; 8.19 Variety Bandbox; 8.45 Just Unpacked; 8-3> Newt: 9.48 Mu«le In th* Home; 10.30 Dance Music; 11 Close.
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    That man they're out to "get"....
    869 10  -  VINCENT EVANS By WASHINGTON. SECRETARY of State Dean Acheson pushed iiis way out o/ the Senate Foreign Relations Committee room ur on Capitol Hill at one o'clock one afternoon und returned to his office. A couple of hours later he found Serjeant-at-Arms Joseph Duke
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    Ivory smugglers hit at Africa's elephants
    519 10  -  DUDLEY HAWKINS By UIGHLY organised gangs of ivory poachers are taking heavy toll of Africa's biggest elephants Using bows and arrows tipped with poiso n lawless native hunters operate with cunning and secrecy deep in the heart of the African jungle, along the banks
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    ...And the man who tried to "get" him
    686 10 FOUR of us were playing canasta a Congres sman from Oregon, Felix Belair, of the New York Times, a Senate official, and myself. Suddenly the Congressman threw down his hand and exclaimed: "Senator Joseph McCarthy man or beast?" There are three things
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    PACIFIC ISLANDERS MEET TO DISCUSS FUTURE
    318 10 SUVA, FIJI. pEPRESENTATIVES of Island peoples from all parts of the South Pacific will converge on Suva, Fiji, for the first South Pacific Conference, opening on April 24. More than 60 delegates and their advisers are expected to discuss the social and economic development
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      352 11 LONDON, Thurs. FE London Stock Exchange yesterday received news of the British Budget calmly but with some disappointment. The main body of Industrials was quietly steady. Early firmness In British Government stocks was short-lived, and prices turned lower on some small selling. Declines on the day ranged up
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      32 11 PAKISTAN WANTS STERLING KARACHI. Thurs. MR. Ghulam Mohammad. Pakistan's Finance Minister. is to press the British Treasury to release £20.000.000 of blocked sterling at negotiations to be held shortly in London— A.P.
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      Ayer Hitam Dredging
      29 11 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. AYKR Hitam Tin Dredglng's tin-ore output for the quarter to Mar. 31 amounted to 2 751 picul* (163\ tons).
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      TIN PRICES
      29 11 SINGAPORE, Than. Apr. *0— $295.25 (up $2.37 LONDON. Than.. Apr.. 20. —Spot: £594J £595*. Forward: ii 5951— £5951. Settlement: £5941. Turnover morning. 13* tons: afternoon, 60 tons.
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      146 11 From Our Market Correspondent pHE Malayan share market was rather steadier for A Industrials yesterday. A slightly firmer tone developed In a few Tin shares. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association yesterday were: INDUSTRIALS B.T«r bHw IB Petrol IS.'J 14/1 Coo. Tin Smelt. Ord 15/»
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      RUBBER SUPPLY "Famine'9 May Last Till June
      219 11 RUBBER SUPPLY "Famine' 9 May Last Till June From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Thurs. COMMENTING on the rubber price rise to its highest point since 1827, The Financial Times says that Mincing Lane houses expect the state of famine in the commodity to endure into June. Of the forecast of
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      US. USE OF LATEX
      69 11 WASHINGTON, Thurs. THE United Slates Commerce Department reported yesterday that the use of natural latex rubber in American non-transporr production reached a new record of 3,844 tons in February, a rise of 129 tons ov»» the January figure. Consumption of new rubber In transportation goods during
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      234 11 FE Singapore rubber market fluctuated through- out yesterday with prices about a cent per lb. below the previous day's levels. Business in the first grade for May shipment was done at about five-eighths of a cent per lb. below Wednesday's highest quotation. The market was slightly easier at
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      PRODUCE MARKET
      85 11 From A Market Correspondent fOPRA in the Singapore pro- due* market was done at $33 i buyers yesterday. with sellers quoting- 138 Coconut oil remained unchanged in price. quotations being »64.» In new drums and $62 W in second-hand drum*. i Price (per picul) yesterday for other commodities
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      120 11 SHIPS alongside ihe Singapore Harbour Board wharves yesterday 1 god owns in brackets) were Main Wharf: Tahoelanang <3132 > Mathaon (36*. Tjibesar (3637». TJlpondok <38-39>. Sitsen 'D. Cyclops f42-43>. Wett Wharf: Kota Agoeng M-2> Nila (3>. Tyndareu.« (4-5). Hoog-kr-rk (6-7). Talisman ,8-9). Sloter- dijk illt.
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    DAVE SANDS FAVOURED TO WIN IN 6 ROUNDS Brooks' Hope Is Straight Left
    304 12 DAVE SANDS FAVOURED TO WIN IN 6 ROUNDS Brooks' Hope Is Straight Left A DECISION within six rounds in favour of British Empire middleweight champion Dave Sands is generally anticipated in tonight's big fight over 10 rounds at Singapore's Happy World Stadium when Manila's Boy Brooks, Orient triple champion, meets
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    UK FOOTBALL RESULTS
    37 12 LONDON, Thurg.— Yesterdays U.K. soccer results were: English Leacne, Third Division (Northern): Crewe Alexandra 0 Doncaster 2. Other Matches: KJlaiarnock Derby County 5; Leeds United 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1; Alrdrieonmns 6 Celtic 0.— Reuter.
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    'BestOfLuck' Cables Wife
    221 12 F)AVE SANDS received an eve-of-fight cable trom home yestfl day. It came from his wife and wished him "the best of luck from self and two babies." Dave will follow his usual flghtday routine today. He will be ready ar I M a.m. for two miles on
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    SINGAPORE TIDES
    24 12 TODAY: 12.25 a.m. (Bft. Bin.) and 1.29 p m. (7ft. tin TOMORROW: 12.55 a.m. (Bft. 7in i and 2.05 p.m. (7ft. 2in.>.
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    WORLD INTEREST IN TONIGHT'S FIGHT
    110 12 TONIGHT'S fight at Happy World Stadium between Dave Sands and Boy Brooks has created world interest on a scale that is unprecedented for a Singapore bout. American news agencies are flashing the result and Reuter is sending 60 words a round at urgent rates from
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    Maguire'sSon To Fight Here Next Month
    156 12 Maguire'sSon To Fight Here Next Month FRANKIE MAOUIRE. son of Tom Maguire Snr. will be one of three Australian boxers who are expected to fight In Singapore next month. Frankie. who is a highlyrated lightweight, will head the team, the two other boxers being Clem Sands, welterweight champion of New
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    Sports Diary
    51 12 SOCCER: Snr. Lge: Indonesians v. BO DC A at Jalan Bessr; Jnr. A 1: Indians R C. v. KNAS Sembawang at Geylang; Jnr. Bl:ll Coy. KABC (GT) v. lit. Spore Regt R A. at BODCA. BOXING: Dave Sands v Boy Brooks at Happy World t p.m. TENNIS: TMCA
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    ARGONAUT LOOKS A FINE GALLOPER
    440 12 PWELVE-Year-old Maintain, oldest horse in train1 ing on the Malayan Turf at the moment, is still as spritely as a two-year-old. The "old crock," with Woods up, was on his toes when he went out to act as galloping companion for newcomer Argonaut (Spowart) this
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    CinemaWorksßest On K.L. Track
    395 12 By EPSOM JEEP KUALA LLMPUR, Thursday. PYPICAL "racing weather" has set in at Kuala Lumpur. After a few days of brilliant sunshine, the rains came on Wednesday afternoon and the training track was very wet and heavy this morning when horses engaged on Saturday, opening day
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    Weekend Cricket XI's
    424 12 'THE following are cricket teams 1 for the weekend: SINGAPORE CHINESE R.C. Saturday t S.C.C. (A teams) on padang at 2.15: Khoo Ong Lee (capt.), Ong Tong Bee, Ha Pook Slan, Llan Pook Choon, Lau Hock Chye, Chan Onn Yip, Alex Tan Francis Lee, Cbeah Kim Swee!
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    76 12 AORAND game played by Kirn Cheng, centre-half of the Cheerful Lads, enabled his team to beart C.V.M.A. by a solitary goal in a SAFA Junior BI league match played on the C.V.M.A. ground yesterday. There was little to choose between the two teams until five minutes before
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    DISALLOWED GOAL COSTS IRC POINT
    339 12 |N one of the most evenly 1 contested senior league matches this season, Royal Navy just managed to beat the Indian Recreation Club by three goals to two at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. The Indians were unlucky not to draw. A goal by Salahudin la
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    Yorkshire Rich In Young Talent
    487 12 ENGLISH CRICKET SERIES No. 3 By JIM CHAMBERS LONDON, Thursday. /BOUNTY cricket always suffers when a team tours England and with the West Indies due to play four Test Matches here se\eral of the so-called fashionable counties will be deprived of stars for about one
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    CHEW BEE, PAKIR TO MEET IN FINAL
    251 12 CHEW BEE, PAKIR TO MEET IN FINAL rkNG Chew Bee, Colony runner-up, and A Gr. B. Pakir qualified for the singles final at yesterday's semi-finals of the V.M.C.A. open tennis championships. Chew Bee beat Kamis in straight sets but Pakir had a tough time to beat the Australian veteran G.
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    F. P. RACING SUPPLEMENT
    46 12 r DAY'S Free Press will contain a special fourpage racing; supplement. 1. It includes: a complete form guide for the Kuala Lumpur races opening tomorrow; 2. the story of Jockey Wally Bagby. and 3. the secrets of Trainer Yong Thau Yin's success.
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      181 12 LOCAL BOXING HISTORY PROMOTION ON A WORLD-WIDE SCALE At HAPPY WORLD TONIGHT 9 p.m. flQf 10-3 M I *^P^ ROUNDS LJ v" f DAVE BOY SANDS v. BROOKS Bntish Empire Middle-Wt. Welter Middle Champion-Australian And Crnlser-Wt. Middle, Cruiser, And Champion of the Heavy-Wt. Champion Orient BOTH BOYS HAVE BEATEN CARL
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