The Straits Times, 3 May 1950

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    19 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 184S if PRICE TEN CENTS SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1950. TWELVE PAGES
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    H.K. TERROR CAMPAIGN FEARED
    285 1 Six Grenade Incidents In Two Days HONG KONG, Tuesday. POLICE quarters here lielieve a number of grenade attacks in Hop* Kon dii" n X the past two days may be a Jjrelude to an open terrorist campaign was#d throughout the Colony by specially instructed Communist agents.
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    45,000 GO OVER TO BAO DAI
    120 1 PARIS, Tues. A TOTAL of 45,000 inhabitants of 35 Indo-Chlna villages have gone over to the Vietnam Government of Bao Dai as a result of military operations near Hadong, six mites south of Hanoi, accordIng to a French military communique in Hanoi, quoted by
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    46 1 RZAR ADMIRAL F. W. Boone. commanding the I.v Seventh Task Fleet, inspecting a guard of honour from H.M.S Terror yesterday when he called on th- Flag Officer. Malayan .Area, Rear Admiral Faulk-n-r at the Naval Base. Behind him (left) is Rear Admiral Faulkner. Straits Times picture.
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    The Story Will Be Finished
    127 1 Mh.3. Ann Doyle, Journ»u«t widow of Mr. Robert Doyle, correspondent for the U.S. magazines Time and Life who was murdered near Bandoeng; last week, is goin;? to Indonesia to finish the story her husband was writing about the new republic. Mrs. Doyle was met at
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    50 DROWNED
    19 1 Fifiy policemen were drowneci when a boat capsized in the Hooghly, a radio report stated last night.
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    COMMANDOS FOR MALAYA
    175 1 IT is announced by the Commissioner-General, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, as chairman of the British Defence Co-ordination Committee, Far East, that No. 3 Commando Brigade will be sent to Malaya from Hong Kong. (The normal strength of a Commando Brigade is about It is also announced In
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    CEYLON RED PURGE URGED
    81 1 COLOMBO, Tac*. A SPECIAL investigation committee of the Unit«*d National (Government) haiv has recommended the Ceylon vlc^rnment to purge Communists rrc.r» the civil service. Government schools and rural development so cieties. The committee reported that while a purge of Communists from the civil service was desirable,
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    CARRIER GOING ON "TOUR"
    60 1 LONDON, Tues.— The British aircraft carrier H.M.S. Campania, veteran of convoy battles on the wartime northern routes to Russia, will become a floating exhibition for the Festival of Britain in 1951. Painted white and sporting an open-air cafe on her flight deck, the 16,000tonner will start
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    NO U.S. AID TO IRAN YET
    87 1 WASHINGTON. Tues.— The U.S. Administration is reporter to be marking time on pleas for American economic aid for Iran, where a poor grain crop has been followed by business failures, unemployment, and a new out- j break of Communist activity. No formal application has
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    DISMISSED
    32 1 WASHINGTON, Tues. Ruth Yeyand, the white woman Government lawyer who married a Negro leader, has been dismissed from her National Labour Relations Board post "for the good of the service." A.P.
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    TRADE PARTY
    28 1 COSS BAY. (Oregon), Tues. -Japan's first official trade delegation to the United States since the beginning of World War II arrived here today by sea. UP.
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    HOSPITAL SHIP CO. & DOCTOR FINED
    86 1 HOSPITAL SHIP CO. DOCTOR FINED SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday. A BRITISH officer commanding troops on a A hospital ship on a voyage from Singapore to Southampton and the ships me dical officer were each fined £20 today for attempting to evade enstoms duty They were Ueut.-Col. William N. J. Clarke, of Hove
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    "End Anti-Race Laws"
    66 1 "End AntiRace Laws" OTTAWA, Tues. REPEAL of the present Chinese immigration law would prove to the world that in Canada "we practice as well as profess human rights the Canadian Senate Committee on human rights was told today. The statement emphasised that no request was being made for implementation of
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    KING NORODOR TAKES OVER
    94 1 PARIS, Tues. ITINO Norodor Bihanguk of Cambodia, south-western Indo-Chlna, has taten over provisional leadership of his government "owing to the seriousness of the home situation," an announcement quoted by the agency France Press said today. It is believed probably that a new government will be i
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    When Stalin Dies
    91 1 WASHINGTON, Tues. MR. Paul Hoffman, Foreign Aid Administrator, said today that the death of Premier Stalin would lead to a collapse cf the Communist empire and lasting peace. Without referring specifically to Stalin's death. Mr. Hoffman said, "The power of a dictator has never yet been passed
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    ROCKET CENTRES
    33 1 PHILADELPHIA, Tues. Powerful rocket installations aimed at Alaska, Norway and Sweden have been built In Russia in the Arctic and Baltic areas, says an escapee from a Soviet concentration camp. .-A.P.
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    TO HOLLAND
    23 1 JAKARTA, Tues. The Dutch High Commissioner in Indonesia, Dr. Hlrschneld, left by plane for Holland today for consultations with his government.—Reuter.
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    'UNDER CONTROL'
    29 1 BOMBAY, Tues.— Burma's Prime Minister. Thakin Nu, passing through here by »lr today on his way to London, said the situation In Burma was "completely under control"—R»ut«n
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    SHANGHAI MISSION
    36 1 CHINESE NATIONALIST AIB FORCE Hfbtci •pilot D. T Soonr and his P-51 photographed at Tinghai in the cSSmn Inlands off the Yangtse l?™*'.,™^ o'*0 strafing mission on Shanghai, only 70 miles away. A.P. picture.
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    'We Shall Fight Any Ban'
    746 1 CHINESE NEWSPAPER SAYS: ALL employees of the Nan Chiau A publisher; of the Chinese daily, the Nan Chiau lit Pao »-ye been given one month's notice of JeinTtaation of their services. Aboot_2W employees are involved. These notices are the sequel to criticism of the Nan
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    Prize For "S. Pacific"
    53 1 NEW YORK, Tues. rE hit show, "South Pacific," won the 1950 Pulitser Prize for drama today. It was the second musical comedy to win the award. The biggest financial success was adapted from a 1948 Pulitzer Prize winning novel —"Tales of the South Pacific" by James
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    ECAFE Trial Of Strength By Reds
    195 1 ECAFE Trial Of Strength By Reds HONG KONG, Tues. WHEN ECAFE (United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East) meets In Bangkok on May 16 Chinese Communists may gefl their best chance so far of displacing Nationalist delestates o n an International organisation. Barring an unexpected last-minute change
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    NO DAMAGES FROM PEKING
    67 1 LONDON. Tues. rhe Chinese Government has not paid for damage done to British property in Canton in January 1948. Mr. Ernest Davles, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, told the House of Commons yesterday. The Consular offices In Canton were destroyed by 200 rioters In an Incident arising
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    8 Common wealth Nations Discuss Peace Treaty For Japs
    281 2 SCOPE LIMITED BY UNCERTAINTY Of AMERICAN POLICY LONDON, Tuesday. gIGHT British Commonwealth representatives met in London yesterday to discuss policy regarding a peace treaty for Japan. The representatives from Britain, Canada, India, Pakistan, Ceylon, Australia. New Zealand and South Africa— met
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    JAP PROPOSALS
    40 2 TOKYO, Tues.— Officials of the International Trade and Industry Ministry are drafting proposals to be submitted to the forthcoming AngloJapanese trade talks scheduled to begin in Tokyo on May 15. reports the Japanese economic Journal, Nihon Keizal.— Reuter.
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    QUEEN MARY SHOWS VIRTUE PAYS
    88 2 THE "grand Id tadv of bederiSe7 ,£K* iToto of the descriptions «iven Queen Mary in the current issue of the United States magaafcie Newsweek. "The life she leads demonstrates that virtue can pay" »it* Newsweek. While Britain is faced with political, financial and internation crises,
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    AUSTRALIA NEED NOT FEAR JAPS
    147 2 TOKYO, Tues. rE Japanese Prime Minister, Mr. Shigeru Yoshlda yesterday told visiting Australian pressmen that the Australian people should not be alarmed at Japan's growing population. Tbp Government hoped to feed the 80.000,000 population through industry and trade Asked whether Japan would seek more territory,
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    POSSIBLE CLUE TO U.S. PLANE
    74 2 COPENHAGEN. Tues. A lighthouse keeper picked up a black rubber suit with boots stamped "Made in UJB..A." in the Baltic off the east coast of Jutland yesterday. Because of the stamp the authorities have ordered the suit to be sent here for examination on the
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    LONDON FASHION DISPLAY
    35 2 CHRISTIAN DIOR, the French fashioa expert, is seen hen in hit suite at London's Savoy Hotel with some of the mannequins who displayed his. 'ashions at the hotel recea tly. A.P. picture.
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      Queen's Nephew Fined For Drunken Driving
      284 2 LONDON, Tuesday. A SCOTTISH Court fined a nephew of the Queen £lw and suspended his car licence for a year for driving a jeep under the influence of drink. He was Timothy Patrick Bowes-Lyon, 32-year-old Earl of Strathmore. i The driver of the car
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    KARACHI CITY OF DISEASE WARNING
    225 2 KARACHI, Tues. PAKISTAN yesterday r warned Muslims intending to migrate from India that refugee areas of West Pakistan are choked. The Minister of the Interior, Khawaja Shaabuddin, told a Press conference there were no houses, no jobs, no farms for any new refugees, and warned
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    15,000 DOCKERS BACKATWORK
    54 2 LONDON, Tues. Britain > export drive, held up by th« 11-day London dock strike, swung back -into stride yesterday as nearly 15,000 dockers streamed back to their Jobs. Priority job in the docks was the loading of millions of pound's worth of export en' goes Including cars,
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    U.S.I. ENVOYS AT TOKYO & MOSCOW
    58 2 U.S.I. ENVOYS AT TOKYO MOSCOW TOKYO, Tues— lndonesian trade delegates will arrive in Japan this week to negotiate a trade agreement, according to usually reliable sources. Japan is expected to ask for sugar, rubber, latex, copra, bauxite and ~nanganese ore. A delegation from Indonesia has arrived at Moscow to discuss
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      280 2 NOTICE SUPPLY, INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE OF COMMUNITY LISTENING RECEIVERS It is notified for general Information that the closing date for tenders for the above, of which notice appeared in the Federation of Malaya Government Gazette of the 16th March, has been extended to noon on the 15th May. CHIEF SECRETARY.
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    WOMAN EX-RED IS AN ACCUSER
    290 3 Lattimore Faces Senate Inquiry WASHINGTON, Tuesday. OLUMP Mrs. Freda Utley, a former British Communist, testified before a Senate investigation committee yesterday, that Owen Lattimore, the Far Eastern expert "if he is not a Communist, acts like one". The committee is investigating Communism in Government departments.
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    RUSSIA HAS SET DATE FOR WAR'
    105 3 NKW YORK. Tues. (i| Nl KAI. QSOTfi <'• Ken I ney. American w.artime lie id of the Allied Air Knncs in the Pacific, declared that war with Rusm 1 is coming with Russia M the attacker. Cussian Iructers "prohihh" had gone k> far as
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    Night-long Search For Victims
    109 3 Night-long Search For Victims NEW DELHI. Tues. J>KSCUE parties hunted uight-iong through ihe rubble ol the ancient stone fort tr)wn 01 Patiala where at least 13 people were killed and 2t seriously injured In yestrr lay's powder magazine exclusion. The unofficial estimates •ere 32 killed and 40 injured. Thr tremendous
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    313,000 THROWN OUT OF WORK
    41 3 TOKYO, Tues.— Three hundred and forty-three thou Bund workers were thrown mil of employment during the 11 -month period up lc the end of February 1950, when 6,799 small enterprises vent bankrupt or reduced operations.—Reuter, AAP.
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    THREEYEARSFOR OBSTRUCTION
    36 3 THREE YEARS FOR OBSTRUCTION TOKYO. Tues— A United States military court here has sentenced 12 Japanese to three years' hard labour for obstructing an American military jeep during an antitaxation demonstration In Tokyo in March.— Reuter.
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    18 DEAD IN RACE RIOTS
    205 3 18 DEAD IN RACE RIOTS JOHANNESBURG, Tues. WORKMEN digging through burned out and bloodstained rubble uncovered five bodies today, bringing to 18 the number of natives known killed in the race riots last night. Police said the full casualties from the fighting in the Alexander township, on the outskirts of
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    "Hasty Critics" Of Britain Rebuked
    112 3 NEW YORK. Tuesday. THE New York Herald Tribune yesterday rebuked "hasty critics" of Britain's suggestion that the United States should help h«r solve the problem of the sterling balances. "Over hasty critics." the leading article said, "forget the Washington conference of last September, where the
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    DELAYED BY BIRTHDAY
    88 3 CAIRO, Tues. The Arab Political Committee last night postponed until May 10 the meeting called for today to discuss Jordan's annexation of the "Arab triangle" in Eastern Palestine. The League Secretary, Azzam Pasha, said It was put off at the request of Iraq, because of celebrations of
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    REBEL TOWN IN BURMA TAKEN
    39 3 RANGOON, Tues.—Government forces have reoccupied Pakoku, over 350 miles from Rangoon lying between Prome and Mandalay, it was stated officially yesterday. This was one of the most important rebel strongholds in Central Burma. Reuter.
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    C. G. IN SIBU
    26 3 C. G. IN SIBU THE COMMISSIONER-GENERAL, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, photographed talking to a Sikh police officer during a recent visit to Sibu. Studio de Luxe picture.
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    Sydney Decision On Baguio Talks
    170 3 MANILA, Tuesday. AUSTRALIA, India, Pakistan, Indonesia and Siam are to attend the forthcoming South-East Asia Union conference. No assurance has been received by the Philippine Government, sponsor of the conference, that Nationalist China, New Zealand, Burma and South Korea will attend the Baguio talks. I
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    U.K. straps 5/limit on meals
    67 3 LONDON, Tuet. BRITAIN S Minister of Food, Mr. Maurice Webb, yesterday scrapped the Stealing on restaurant meals imposed' in 1942, and other austerity laws affecting British stomachs, social gatherings and tourist facilities. Chief effect is that the gourmet may now sit down to a meal
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    34 3 DR. L N. PALAR, permanent Indonesian delegate to the United Nations, photographed in New Delhi en» route to Moscow where he will negotiate the exchange of diplomatic relations between Indonesia and Russia.— A.P. picture.
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    Best Soviet Planes To Korea
    92 3 Best Soviet Planes To Korea SEOUL, Tues. A SOVIET war-plane flown to Southern Korea by a North Korean aviator, who escaped from the Jommunists because he said as a Catholic he was persecuted, tends to prove that Russia is equipping her satellites with first class war machinery. The plane is
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    Labour Split On Bill To Ban Reds
    200 3 Labour Split On Bill To Ban Reds CANBERRA, Tues. fRE Federal Labour Ad- visory Committee, trying to determine Labour's attitude to the Australian Government's Anti-Com-munist BiU, failed to reach agreement alter a day-long discussion, it was understood here lnst night Labour members described the Party cleavage on this as the
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    RAAF TRAINING FOR PAKISTANIS
    47 3 DARWIN, Tues. Fourteen Royal Pakistan Air Force technicians have arrived for six months' training at the RAAF station at Wagga New South Wales. The iraq Government has decided to engage 40 Pakistani technical'experts and skilled labourers for work on the State railways.— Reuter.
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    FREE RIDES
    32 3 BERLIN. Tues.— West Berliners who can show they are unemployed are now allowed to ride on public transportation at half fare. The decision was made by the city governments. A.P.
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    THE SPEAKER'S VOTE SAVES U.K. GOVT.
    144 3 LONDON, Tuesday. r[E two-month-old British Labour Government escaped defeat by one vote—the Speaker's casting vote in an unexpected division in the House of Commons last night. The vote— a dead heat of 278 until the Speaker cast his was on a division forced by
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    JAP GOODS UNPOPULAR
    43 3 TOKYO. Tues.— The International Trade and Industry Ministry has decided to enforce stricter inspection of export goods to overcome prevailing unpopularity of Japanese merchandise in overseas markets. Measures will Include relentless enforcing of penalties and enlarging of inspection staffs. Reuter.
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    KASHMIR MEDIATOR FOR INDIA SOON
    128 3 LAKE SUCCESS, Tues, SIR Owen Dlxon, Australian jurist who Is to act as the United Nations mediator In Kashmir, is due to leave for India and Pakistan some time this week. Sir Owen, who arrived in New York on Friday, called on the U.N. acting
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    10,000 COMMUNIST SUPPORTERS IN COLONY
    320 4 T 10,000 Communist sympathisers are estimated to be in Singapore, says the Colonial Secretary, Sir Patrick McKerron. in his annual report for last year. A large number of members of the banned Malavan Communist Party still remain in the Colony. Reviewing measures against the M.C.P.
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    BOY SCATTERS RED LEAFLETS
    55 4 AIHALL Chinese boy on a bicycle yesterday threw a Ii tudful of Communist leaflets at passersby in Beach Road. The leaflets, which bore the imprint of the inidrrcronnd lieneral Labour I ninn. were seen by a police unstable who was off duty. The hoy raced away
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    Important Year For Unionists
    149 4 inn Our SUIT Corrmpundrnt KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. MOVES by trade unionists to form a trade union council and a growing reallmtion of the need for education tor officers and the rank find file, made 1949 a year of major importance for the tr.irie union movement In
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    COLONY RED HQ
    43 4 THE ATTAP HOUSE off Lorongr 33, Geylanr Road, Singapore, where five Chinese four of whom make up the Town Committee of the Malayan Communist Party in the Colony— were arrested by the police as they were leaving— Straits Times picture.
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    CIGARETTES CHARGE
    72 4 A coffee shop proprietor. Lee Swan Kirn, charged in Singapore Second Police Court with retaining stolen property, was alleged to have bought stolen cigarettes valued at $19 from three Indian boys. Lee admitted that he bought the cigarettes but said that he did not know they had been
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    Robbed Were Extremely Timid'
    85 4 COMMENTING on the 4ecrease in armed robberies last ™J£n* t e Stn O a Pore Government's annual report says that time and again the public has shown -that it can m spinted moments, be its own best protector and robber™' e thwart e«~ or led to
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    Selangor Accession Law Signed: 5 Men Absent
    399 4 Selangor Accession Law Signed: 5 Men Absent From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues V^ELANGORS laws deal- ing with the succession to the throne were promulgated this afternoon with 30 out of the 35 "supporters of the country" signing 12 copies after' the Sultan himself. The ceremony took place in
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    Police Action Was 'Flagrant'
    316 4 AN ACCUSATION of "flagrant action" by the detective force was made by Mr. A. J. Braga yesterday in the Singapore Fourth Magistrate's Court when he defended 19 members of the SingajK>re branch of the Selangor Health and Strength Association on a charge of assisting in the
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    FATAL ACCIDENT IN BEACH RD.
    45 4 A car hit an old Chinese man, Teo Kirn Ong, crossing the road at Beach Road yesterday afternoon and throwing him in the air. He fell against the windscreen of the car and died later in the Singapore General Hospital.
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    "ALL THAT GLITTERS..."
    77 4 Tan Jut Cher was sentenced to three weeks' rigorous imprisonment In Singapore's Second Police Court yesterday for attempted cheating On Feb. 14 Tan went to a pawn shop in Havelock Road and gave the assistant a ring which he said he wanted to sell. He claimed the
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    ART EXHIBITION
    34 4 There will be an art exhibition of the originals and reproductions, of paintings in oils and water colours by Mr. J. Endot of Perak on May 6 at the Y.W.C.A., Raffles Quay.
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    RETIRING
    22 4 Mr. R. Aghoram Iyer, Indian Labour Officer in Kluang, Johore has retired from Government Service. He will leave for India shortly.
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    TRANSFERRED
    27 4 JOHORE BAHRJ, Tues Mr. P. F. Burgess, District Forest Officer, Johore, Bahru has been transferred to' Kluang, to fIU the vacancy caused by Mr. Erskine's resignation.
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    'ROMANISE AS STEP TO WORLD TONGUE'
    112 4 nc-MANISATTON of Eastern languages as the first, step towards adoption of a world language was advocated by Dr. Jou Bienming talking over Radio. Malaya last night Dean of Arts and Tan Kah Kee Professor of Linguistics in the National University of Amoy, Dr. Bienming
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    WESAK IN S'PORE
    109 4 THE three-day Wesak cele- brations ended In Singapore last night with a sermon by Blkku M. M. Mahaweera Tnera at the Lankaramaya at St. Michael's Road The Service was under the auspices of the Pali Section of •i« Buddhist Association. On Monday more than 500 Buddhists attended
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    Singapore Diary
    103 4 CHINESE V.M.C.A., Selegie Road, staff meeting, 9 a.m. chess club, S p.m, weightlilting, 5.30 pjn., badminton, 5.30 pjn ST. ANDREW'S MISSION HOSPITAL LINEN GUILD, monthly meeting, Y.W.C.A.. 5. Raffles Quay, 10 a.m. V.W.C.A., Katong Seniors' and Pioneers' meeting, St. Hilda's School, Ceylon Road. 4 pjn. V.M.C.A., Orchard Road,
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    'WILL SAVE SPIRITUAL RICHES OF THE EAST
    400 5 Mr. Mac Donald Pay* Tribute to The United States AMERICANS are perhaps the greatest liberating' and liberalising force amongst the human race said the Commissioner-General. Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, at his opening yesterday of the United States Information Service library at Raffles Place,
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    RAF ASKS FOR RECRUITS
    219 5 RAF ASKS FOR RECRUITS Away in which young men of Singapore and the Federation could learn a skilled trade and become commissioned officers of the Royal Air Force was outlined over Radio Malaya last night by Squadron Leader MacFarlane In "Talk of the Town." He was announcing the formation of
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    Weather Man For Kallang
    113 5 A VACANCY that has existed for 16 months in the Singapore Meteorological Office will shortly be filled by Mr. Basil Nettleton, who has been appointed assistant meteorologist. He is expectfed to arrive from the United Kingdom in August. The Director of the Meteorological Office, Commander H.
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    9 MALAYS FOR U.K.
    58 5 Sgt. Othman Awang bin Ibrahim, of the Malay Regiment, Port Dickson, has left the Federation for two years training In the U.K. with eight other Malay sergeants. All the nine sergeants wUI attend a course for officers. Sgt. Othman is a grandson of the former State
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    PHARMACY BOARD
    23 5 Mr. William Stout, Superintendent Pharmaceutical Chemist at the Singapore Government Medical Store, has been appointed a member of the Pharmacy Board.
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    M.I.C. PRESIDENT
    46 5 MR. K. RAMAN ATHAN, the new President of the Malayan India.t Congress. Mr. rUmanathan is secretary and lejal adviser to the Chettiars Chamber ef Commerce and a member of the Board of Tamil and Indian studies at the University of Malaya. Straits Times picture.
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    $50 Million Is Gambled In Singapore Each Year
    170 5 ABOUT $50,000,000 changes hands in legal and Illegal gambling in Singapore each year. Stating this in his annual report for 1949, the Colonial Secretary says that the imposition of high operating costs upon promoters is essential if illegal gambling is to be
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    $72,000 BANK CASE IN SEVENTH DAY
    168 5 From Oar SUff Correspondent PENANO, Tues. WHEN the Bank of China case, In which a Penang merchant, Llm Kirn Cheng, and three others are alleged to have conspired to cheat the bank of $72,000, entered its seventh day of hearing today, Mr. C. D.
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    4 PAKISTAN SHIPS HERE
    67 5 Two more Royal Pakistan ships, HMPS Jhelum, flying the flag of Rear-Admiral J. W. Jefford, and HMPS Zulfriquar, arrived at the Singapore Naval Base yesterday to Join two other Pakistan ships. The two earlier arrivals, HMPS Tariq and HMPS Tipu Sultan docked on April 28. The
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    TAXIS TO HAVE 4 DOORS
    100 5 TAXIS TO HAVE 4 DOORS mHE 400 new taxis, which L Singapore Municipal Commissioners have agreed to license, need not be the approved model (similar to the London type), but they must have four doors. The Governor-ln-Council has agreed to exempt these new taxis from the law requiring new taxis
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    Criticism Of U.S. On Tin Issue
    186 5 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Tuesday. MALAYAN tin circles have criticised United States iTI opposition to a commodity agreement on tin as. suggested by the International Tin Study Group at The Hague. Producers and smelters suggested the U.S. favours commodity agreements only when they
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    RULES AMENDED
    31 5 The Industrial Courts (Arbitration and Courts of Inquiry Procedure) Rules have been amended to allow persons to appear by advocate and solicitor on proceedings before the Court of Inquiry.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Wed., May 3, 1950. Buffer Plan For Tin
    647 6 Publication of the draft international agreement on tin control removes most of the honest fears which opponents of regulation have expressed to the principle of control. As to the scheme itself, however, a very great deal still depends
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    The Example Of Kuala Kedah
    451 6 As an example of what lies behind the Malay demand for special economic aid for the Malay race, we cannot do better than study the historical review of the fishing industry of Kuala Kedah that was made by a Malay writer, C. H. E. Det.
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    NAN CHIAU JIT PAO A Chinese Newspaper On Its Malayan Policy
    1238 6 NAN CHIAU JIT PAO A Chinese Newspaper On Its Malayan Policy THE High Commissioner of the Federation of Malaya, Sir Henry Gurney, levelled certain criticisms against our paper in the speech he made the day before yesterday. Having pointed out that we will not alter our stand in our leader
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      221 6 I WISH to suggest that the taxpayers, out of whose x pockets the emoluments of Government servants are taken, are very tired of the prominence which is given in the local Press to the demands of these servants, as lately evidenced by their attitude towards
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      CINEMA SPITTING
      59 6 ]V|AY I, through the medium of your paper, appeal to all cinema owners to introduce slides prohibiting patrons from spitting in cinemas? Last Wednesday In one of the leading Singapore theatres I saw an example of this. Only recently I read that an offender, found spitting In Uie
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      THE CLERICAL SERVICES
      234 6 A CLOSE study of the rx Benham Report on salaries for Singapore suggests that consistent prejudice has played no mean part in the formulation of the scales for the Clerical Services. Raffles College graduates come on to a scale of $280 per mensem four years after they
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      PAYING FOR A DEGREE
      251 6 FEEL that "Just A Another Government Wife," whose letter headed "A European Wife Opens Her Heart" ap- peared In last Saturday's Forum, should be enlightened on a few points. There are many jobs In Government service held by expatriate officers for which a University degree is
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    On The Margin
    392 6 On The Margin Tock-Tockitis I SUPPOSE most people, when cursed with sleeplessness, have tried to send themselves to sleep by count Ing the calls of the Tock Tock Bird, but I also suppose that most people, like mjwelf, very quickly ctb bored with Mils exercise. Therefore I quote a letter
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    S'pore Has Two Hundred Brothels
    189 7 S' pore Has Two Hundred Brothels THERE were 200 known brothels in Singapore last year besides 142 hotels used for immoral purposes, states the annual report by the Colonial Secretary, Sir Patrick McKerron. They w?re frequented by about I.JOO prostitutes. The report says that the brothels catered in one case
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    DRANK TUBA ROOT EXTRACT
    51 7 An unemployed trishaw man, Quek Wee Choon, pleaded guilty in the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday to a charge of attempted iulcide. He admitted drinking tuba toot extract and said that failure In obtaining a trishaw license was the reason behind his attempt. He was bound
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    VARIETY CONCERT
    27 7 The Sure and Steadfast Club will hold a charity concert in aid of the Boys Brigade Organisation. Singapore, at the V.M.C.A.. Stamford Road on Thursday.
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    42 7 MR. RONALD MONSON, of the Sydney Dally Telegrapb, who arrived in Singapore by QANTAS Constellation yesterday. Mr. Monson, who covered the early stages of terrorism in Malaya in 1948, vtill write a series of articles on the situation today.— Straits Times picture.
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    'SENT A WIRE' SAYS SPECIAL
    78 7 From Oar Staff Correspondent JOHORE Bahru. Tues.— When Osman bin Mohamed, a special constable, was charged in the Police Court today with being absent from I duty on Eng Lee San Estate, I Geylang Patah, he told the Court that he had sent a telegram
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    NEW SCHEME FOR BUKTT TIMAH QUARRIES
    268 7 No Need To Spoil Beauty A PLAN to work the Bukit Timah quarry in Singapore for several years without destroying it as a beauty spot has been submitted by the Institute of Architects of Malaya in a letter to a Government Select Committee investigating
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    Two Friends Fell Out...
    112 7 MENO How Kee and Ang Lai Ann had been friends for quite a while. On Jan. 16 Ang met Meng in Araoy Street and asked Meng to buy him a cup of tea. Meng refused, saying he had no money: but Ang called him a liar
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    COMPANY DINNER
    60 7 More than 100 people attended a dinner given by the staff of Messrs. Duncan Roberts Ltd. at the Wing Choon Yuen Restaurant on Saturday In honour of the retirement of their Secretary and Director, Mr. Tan Chin Yong. Mr. Tan, who joined the company as a clerk 34
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    HELP FOR INJURED WORKMEN
    92 7 HELP FOR INJURED WORKMEN A WORKABLE scheme is expected to be Introduced In Singapore this year for the rehabilitation and re-em-ployment of injured workmen, says the Colonial Secretary, Sir Patrick McKerron, in his annual report on the Colony The possibility of introduclnK such a scheme, on the lines of that
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    Fish Trade Appeal
    129 7 TX)RTY-flve fish associations JT and firms in Singapore have been urged by the Fisheries Officer, Mr. T. W. Burdon to form one single organisation to assist Government to developing the fish industry In the Colony. "Difficulties in tackling various problems and representations from the many bodies and
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    D.P.R. Controls Film Unit,B'castingPolicy
    232 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. pONTROL over the policy of the Broadcasting v Department and the Malayan Film Unit has been given to the Director of Public Relations, Federation of Malaya. This is hi addition to his 1 own duties. He now also has
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    CAR ON FIRE
    18 7 A car which caught fire near Geylang Police Station yesterday was quickly extinguished by firemen.
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    Admirals' Meeting
    35 7 Admirals' Meeting THEFLAG OFFICER, Malays Area, Rear Admiral Faulkner (right) entertained the Commander of the U.S. Seventh Fleet, Rear Admiral Boone, in the Ward Room of H M.S. Terror, in Singapore yesterday.— Straits Times pictve.
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    Landlord On, Tea Money Charge
    247 7 A SINGAPORE landlord, Chin Kok Poh, was charged yesterday before the Second District Judge, Mr. Tan Ah Tab, with having received three sums of money totalling $5,500 from two Chinese in consideration of the tenancy of a new ihophouse he owned in Rangoon Road, Singapore.
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    RESERVATION
    39 7 From Oar Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Tuea.— An area of 750 acres in the mukim of Linau, Batu Pahat district, has been declared to be a Malay Reservation to be known as the Parit Banyu Mas Malay Reservation.
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    APPOINTMENT
    30 7 Mr. H. E. MacKenxle. member of the Executive and State Councils. Johqre, has been appointed a member of the Headquarters Tenders Board, Johore. vice Inche Suleiman bin Abdul Rahman.
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    LICENSED
    13 7 The Rev. Wee Teow Poh Is licensed to solemnize marriages in Singapore.
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    Water For All In 6 Years
    51 7 ALL the village commun/1 tties In the Singapore Rural Board area, which are now without pipe water, will have it in six years' time under a water extension scheme. This is forecast by the Colonial Secretary, Sir Patride McKerron, tn Ms annual report on
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    Corfu Delayed 5 Days By Damaged Propeller
    120 7 BECAUSE of a damaged propeller, the twin-screw, 14,300-ton P. and O_ liner Corfu did not arrive at Singapore yesterday from the United Kingdom, as expected. Families and friends of passengers were disappointed. Five days late, the Corfu Is now expected to dock at
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    JAP-HELD SILVER ON DISPLAY
    128 7 JAP-HELD SILVER ON DISPLAY BEGINNING next Monday, there will be a threeweek exhibition at the office of the ./Custodian of Property in the Supreme Court Building, Singapore, of unmarked domestic silverware recovered from the Japanese. Permission to view will only be given to those who have previously notified the Custodian
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    Found Paint In Drain
    92 7 A HARBOUR Board labourer, 35-year-old Yee Kam. was yesterday sentenced in the Singapore Third Police Co jet to three months' rigorous Imprisonment and six months police supervision for the theft of three kegs of green paint on Mar. 5. In his defence Yee said that ne
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    Town Planning Broadcast
    59 7 A discussion on town planning will be broadcast over Radio Malaya at 7.1* p.m. today. Mr. A. P. Rajah, leader of the Progressive Party in the Municipality, and Mr. Pat Johnson, leader of the Labour Party Commissioners, will discuss the problem with Messrs. J. M. Fraser, F.
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    GIRL, 3, FOUND GRANDMOTHER SHOT DEAD
    320 7 GIRL, 3, FOUND GRANDMOTHER SHOT DEAD HOW a three-year-old f irl discovered her Boyanese grandmother lying dead in a pool of blood from a gunshot wound was described in the Singapore Relief Court yesterday. A young Malay, 24-year-old Ahmad bin HaSSan. was tentatively charged with having murdered 65-year-old Hablbl binte
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    ECAFE POST FOR INDIAN
    44 7 Mr. S. Chakravarti, Joint secretary to the Government of India's Hlnlstry of Transport, has been appointed Chief of the Industry Division of ECAFE at Bangkok. Mr. Chakravarti was one of the delegates at the ECAFE conference in Singapore last year.
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    2 Specials Charged With Rape
    131 7 2 Specials Charged With Rape From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. ALLEGATIONS that Iwo special constables uu Mary Estate, Batang Berjuntal, went to the labourers' lines on the pretext <>f examining identity cards and there raped an unmarried girl. Yap Loy, were made in the Selangor Assizes today The
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    REPATRIATIONS IN JOHORE
    61 7 From Our Staff Corresvonc >ul JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. For the first quarter of this year 67 Indians from Johore hare been repatriated to India. For the corresponding period last year 136 were repatriated. Altogether 378 people were repatriated in 1949. Only those who are certified to be
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    DECISION BY GOVT. SOON ON S. I. T.
    189 8 DECISION BY GOVT. SOON ON S. I. T. T*HE Singapore Govern- ment is expected to make a decision shortly on the Improvement Trust's application for an extension of the period In which to repay a $10,000,000 Government loan for building purposes The Government sanctioned two loans of $5,000,000 each to
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    H.K. SHARE MART DULL
    95 8 Hong Kong share market is very dull and It is difficult to get buyers, more difficult than it is in Singapore said Mr. E. G. Holiday, a director of Lewis and Peat (Singapore) Ltd., who has Just returned from Hong Kong. Mr. Holiday said that Hong
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    PROBATIONARY INSPECTOR
    38 8 from Our Stiff Correspondent IPOH, Tues.— Mr. Gurcharan Singh, rormer clerk attached to Ipoh Magistrate's Court, who had six months' training at Kuala Lumpur Police Depot, has been posted to Penang as a probationary Asian Inspector
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    HARDING SEES GURKHA UNITS
    27 8 Gen. Sir John Harding, C-in-C, Far East Land Forces, inspected units of the 26 Gurkha Infantry Brigade In Singapore and Johore Bahru yesterday.
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    CASE WITHDRAWN
    36 8 From Our Own Correspondent MUAR, Tues. A woman. Chiok Yam Koon, was discharged by the Muar Magistrate for selling ice-water by the roadside at Bukit Bakrl villaged without a licence. The case was withdrawn.
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    TO AID GUIDES
    42 8 TAIPING, Tues.— ln aid of funds to assist Girl Guides from North Perak to attend the Western Australia Jamboree in August this year, a film show was held at the Lady Treacher Girl's School Hall The show raised $207.
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    ONE SENTENCED, ONE GOES FREE
    154 8 OIONG Soo Thong was sentenced to one year s rigorous imprisonment and On? Tee Bah was discharged at the Singapore Assizes yesterday at the conclusion of the hearing in the $20,000 armed Iry case. two accused were al.o have committed the robbery in *he home
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    PERAK LIBRARY FUND MEETING
    64 8 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Tues.— Ways and means of increasing the building fund of the Perak Library will be discussed at the annual general meeting of the Library Committee at the Information Centre on Friday. The fund now stands at over $35,000. A sit» for
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    Kajang High School
    40 8 From Our Own Correspondent KAJANG, Tues— The Kajang High School annual prize-giving day will be held next Thursday at 10 ajn. when Mrs. R. Curtis, wife of the British Adviser to Selangor, will give away the prizes.
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    Hid Opium In Bonnet Of Car, Gaoled
    236 8 From Our Own Correspondent SEGAMA,T, Tues. A SINGAPORE secondhand goods dealer, 48-year-old Quek Yew Boey, was given 18 months' hard labour by the President of the Segamat Sessions Court, Inche Abdul Hamid, for possession of 332 tahlls of opium. Jointly charged with Quek,
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    NINE SEGAMAT GAMBLERS FINED
    42 8 From Oar Own Correspondent SEGAMAT, Tues.- Caught gambling on ths padang, four Malays and five Chinese two of whorri were minors were charged in Segamat Court yesterday. The adults were fined $7 each and the minors $5 each.
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    $750 LIQUOR FINE
    41 8 TELUK ANSON, Tues.— A fine of $750 or six months' rigorous Imprisonment was Imposed on Ng Boon for having two kerosene tins of intoxicating liquor at Immigrant Road. Teluk Anson. Excise duty of $100 had not been paid
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    WESAK DAY
    28 8 WESAK DAY THE PENANG SIAMESE CONSUL, Nai Chal Suwanatthart, speaking at the Buddhist Phor Chay Institute, Penang, when the Wesak festival was celebrated on Monday. Straits Times picture.
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    NOT INTERESTED IN MAY DAY NOW Workers Ignore Threats By Communists, Few TakeHoliday
    249 8 NOT INTERESTED IN MAY DAY NOW Workers Ignore Threats By Communists, Few TakeHoliday From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. LABOURERS in the Federation did not "seem to be interested any more" in May Day, the Commissioner for Labour. Mr. F. V. Duckworth, told the Straits Times today. He had
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    Killed Under Car In Ditch
    113 8 From Our Own Correspondent PARIT 3UNTAR, rues. A VERDICT of death by misadventure was returned after an inquest at Parit Buntar into the death of a boy, Lim Ah Kee. The coroner stated that there was no negligence by the driver of the cai involved.
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    Squatter Fined $5
    24 8 From Our Own Correspondent MUAR, Tues. Because he unlawfully occupied State land at Liang Batu, Dlmlrl was fined $5 at Muar.
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    Six Month's Gaol For Extortion
    128 8 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. V'INETEEN-year-old Sin Kwai Ong was sentenced 11 at Kuala Lumpur today to six months' rigorous imprisonment for extortion. Yong Fah, charged with the same offence, was acquitted and discharged after the prosecution had withdrawn the charge. A Malay
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    CHIEF SURVEYOR, PERAK, RETIRES
    45 8 From Our Own Correspondent TAIPING, Tues.— The Chief Surveyor, Perak, Mr. J. H. C. Read Is soon going on leave before retirement. A recent meeting of the Town Board, Larut and Matang, paid a tribute to the services he had rendered.
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    NEW MEMBER FOR LEGISLATURE
    43 8 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR Tues.— Inche Mohamed Din bin Haji Mohamed Arlfl of Raub has been appointed an unofficial member of the Federal Legislative Council for six months. He is a member of Pahang Council of State.
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    NEW SCHOOL FOR K.L
    38 8 MR CHEONG YOKE CHOY, President of the Selangor C «.hS 'h^i^^Jt" 0 '•»««»4lon stone of a new school built by the Association at Kuala Lumpur Mr. Cheong used a gold trowel— Straits Times picture!
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    CHEMICAL OFFENCE -DEALER FINED
    92 8 From Oar Staff Correspondent IPOH, Tues. COR selling three consignments of sodium arsenite to three Sltlawan firms who had no permits to buy the chemical, Ng Cheong, wholesale dealer, today was fined $190 or two months' rigorous Imprisonment in the Ipoh magistrates' court. Ng, pleading guilty,
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    CAROLINA DID NOT FORGET
    156 8 CAROLINA DID NOT FORGET pROM North Carolina, Argentina, and Rhodesia donations for the Singapore war memorial have come from the relatives of men killed in the Malayan campaign and during the occupation. Though no public appeal has yet been made in Singapore, response to an appeal published in The Times,
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    Grenade Case Withdrawn
    86 8 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Tues Brought up for trial at the Assizes yesterday on a charge of having in his possession a grenade, Mong Kah Joon, was acquitted and discharged without evidence belne recorded. As soon as the case was called Mr. D. B. W.
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    INJURED DRIVER ON CHARGE
    48 8 From Our Own Correspondent MLAR, Tues.— A motorcyclist. Said bin Sikam, who Is in hospital, was charged with causing grievous hurt to another Malay, Rambi, at Muar. It is alleged that Said rode his machine rashly, knocking over a trisha. The case was postponed.
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    Our 'London Letter' FROM LAMORNA COVE
    1378 9 J.AMOHNA. Apr. 21. 4 BRIEF sun- A drenched lit- tit valley running Ihrec or four miles 1 southwards into a 1 small cove where the mm is purple and blue <>\ri the submerged rocks and Inmslurentlv grern over patches of sand. A lively stream
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    HERE AND THERE IN BRITAIN
    514 9 HERE AND THERE IN BRITAIN AN old labourer sat in > the hedge, watching children at play la the S fields and pulling at his > clay pipe. "Capen, he < says to me, "shall I > tell 'ee somethin? They 1 children is the last s Cornish children In
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      108 9 STRAITS TIMES CROSSWORD m».» n a jj^«ni*r» on m CROSSWORD No. 47 in Liberty 9 Id #v#ry 1 l™™*^t^" —^^^^^^^^^5^^^^^^*^^^^^T^^^■^^^^^^™^l*^l^^^l^^^l^^^ 10 This bobbta makM UM Let in do or di« (Burns) I* I I I 1L Hill or tun in tb« VS. (•> 11 A oo«-«^d «"Wr ««oci. 1 ICOIlllllDIIILII
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    UNLIKELY THAT AUSSIES WILL SERVE IN MALAYA
    1062 10  -  BOB GILMORE Australian Newsletter. ...by fHV. Australian Labour Party's formal denunciation of the Menzies Government's "toying with the idea of military aid for Malaya presupposes, the collapse of the Attlee Government. Only two weeks ago Labour members privately were telling members of the
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    343 10 Two nationally known expert* exchanged bitter words over the following deM: East, dealer Both sides vulnerable Both sides 60 on scort MOUTH o Jet 5 4t BS t 10 £m OSS EAST »IJ(!( VAQIO 6 lilt A Q J 7 4 aUI SOUTH a 10 m a
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    Reducing drag on new aircraft
    430 10 WHEN aircraft manufacturers beX a n to produce modem airliners with cruising speeds of 250 k nots or more they soon realised that, however drastically streamlined the aircraft were, even the smallest of external attachments tended to have an adverse effect en the performance of
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      162 10 RADIO SINGAPORE 10 a.m News from K.L.: 10.05 Close; 12 Malay; 1 p.m. Dance Music; 1.30 News; 1.48 Light Music; 2 Close; 6 Children; 6.20 Light Music; 7 New*. Share Market, Interlude; 7.30 Rhythm Parade; 8 Radio Doctor; 8.10 Classical Music Shop: 8.30 Much-Binding-In-The-Marsh; 9 Time lor Music; 9.30 News;
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    London Stocks
    308 11 LONDON. TMC RUBBER share* were In mom demand and closed firm on the London Stock Exchange yesterday. Tint generally dropped tllghtly. Cbatfw aMMe prtow et Mtoot•d stock* m wueeo* to the Straits TIimm by «wdal ai*»acement with Hm Plnaaclal Tlmn, fallow. OntaH otherwlw atatod rturca ire o( £1
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    Takuapa Valley Tin
    24 11 TAKUAPA Valley Tin Dredging s two dredges In April worked 1216 hours, covered 255.000 cubic and won 823 ptculs of ore.
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    MILD INQUIRIES IN RUBBER SHARES
    812 11 From Our Market Correspondent DULL conditions prevailed in all sections of the Malayan share market yesterday. Both Industrial and Tin shares were again easier. There were mild inquiries for Rubber shares. Rices quoted by the Ma- 1 layan Sharebrokers' Asaoelation yesterday were: INDOCTUAIJ ■a;er 1UU
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    TIN PRICES
    28 11 SINGAPORE, TMk, May 2— $293.25 ((town |».75). LONDON, Tues., May 2. —Spot: £58Sf— «589J. Forwards: £58»— £5m. Settlement: £5M. TarnoTer morning;. 49 tons; afternoon, 55 ton*.
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    Singapore Rubber
    202 11 •THE Singapore rubber raar1 ket was lifeless yesterday Traders had little or no inclination to deal 'Business wu practically at a standstill. Howerer. Monday's hi*<h levels were maintained yesterday. Market prices were nominal at the close. Closing price* yesterday were, per lb.: No. 1 R.3.S. spot loose buyer*
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    PRODUCE MARKET
    88 11 r raaa A Market Correipondeiil pOPRA In the Singapore prod-ice market was quiet yesterday with buyers Indicating $38 M, and sellers $38% Coconut oil prices remained unchanged from Monday night's closing levels. Cloves were slightly steadier, business passing for ready delivery of Zanilbar at $95 and Tegelberg at
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    SHIPPING IN SINGAPORE
    67 11 CHIPS alonfaide the Singapore Harbour Board wharves yesterday (godowns la brackets) were: West Wharf: Sunnyville H-2); Rijnkerk (4-5); Menestheus (6-7); Reynolds (8-»); President Buchanan (11-12). Fanpire Dock: Benvannoeh (17-18): Charles McLeod (21-22); Annam (23-24); Rhesus (25-861 Nagara (27-28); Kampar (29-30). Main Wharf: Cornelius Maersk (33-34); Qlenearry (36-37);
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    DAVE SANDS v. BROOKS RETURN ON MAY 12
    411 12 DAVE SANDS v. BROOKS RETURN ON MAY 12 Orien t Champion Certified Fit TPHE return fight between Australian Dave Sands, 1 middleweight champion of the British Empire, and Manila's Boy Brooks, triple champion of the Orient, will be held* over ten rounds at the Happy World Stadium on Friday, May
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    72 12 THE WEST INDIES CRICKETERS began with a "warmup" match soon after their arrival in England last week in a game arranged against Col. L. Stevens' XI at Saffrons, Sussex, ground. A number of West Indians played for Col. Stevens' XI such as C. L. Walcott, seen batting here. Walcott is
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    45 12 PALESTINE, the Aga Khan's grey colt (C. Stnlrke up), won the 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket last Wednesday, breaking a 37-year-old record with a time of 1 mm. 36 4/5 sec. for the mile course. He beat the favonrlte Prince Simon in a, photo-finish. A.P. photo.
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    Spectators Stayed To Barrack
    375 12 Spectators Stayed To Barrack R.E 4; T.B.A 1; HOW the Tamil Brotherhood Association managed to keep the score down to one-all until ten minutes before time in their SAFA Senior League match against Royal Engineers at Ja\an Besar Stadium yesterday ts a mystery, as they were completely outclassed in every
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    RSGC FOURSOMES
    31 12 The R.S.G.C. April Mixed Foursomes played on Sunday afternoon resulted In a win for Mrs. M. C. Bain and Mr. J. K. Shafer with a net score of 33%.
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    Manila Girls Start Well
    142 12 piVING a brilliant -display of short passing and ball controll, Fei Tang girls' basketball team of Manila beat Chung Hwa Girls' High School by 28 points to 16 points in the opening game of their Malayan tour at the Happy World stadium last night. A crowd
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    SINGAPORE JNR. BADMINTON
    61 12 Entries are now open for the Singapore Badminton Association's men's and women's junior singles and doubles championships. Entry fees are the same as last year $3 per competitor per event. The closing date Is May 15. Entry forms may be obtained from the hon. secretary, Singapore 8.A.,
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    Pompey Can Make It South Double
    495 12 U.K. SOCCER ENDS ON SATURDAY LONDON, Tuesday. rpHE FOOTBALL League season ends on Saturday, 1 and already all but two of the championship and relegation problems have been resolved. The issues still in doubt are the First Division championship and the runners-up position in
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    HK SERVICES PLAY TODAY
    96 12 JJONG KONG Services touring soccer team will play the fourth game of their tour at Jalan Besar Stadium today when they meet Singapore District. On Saturday the tourists created a good impression when they made Singapore flgr.t all the way for a one-nil victory, and on
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    ST. LOUIS 3-2 v. BROOKLYN
    56 12 NEW YORK, Tues. T*HE Saint Louis Cardinals came 1 from behind with two out in the ninth Inning last night to beat the Brooklyn Dodgers three to two in the National Baseball League. Winning pitcher Cloyd Boyor. Lo in? pitcher Joe Hatten.—A.P. Brooklyn St. Louis
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    Sports Diary
    35 12 SOCCER: Hong Kong Services Singapore Disk (Army) at Jalan Besar; -Has. tase. lge: Fraser Neave v Shell at Oeylanc; Jnr. B 2: CYMA t Spore Med. Union at CYMA. BADMINTON: 8.0.D. tow—7 »J^
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    42 12 FLT.LT. STEER wins the 100 yards event at the annual sport* meet of Technical Wing of R.A.F. Maintenance Base (P. E.). Seletar, on Saturday. Steer was champion of the meet. He won so m*ny event* that he had to forfeit veral priw.
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    Bedser Routs Glamorgan, Takes 6—18
    203 12 Bedser Routs Glamorgan, Takes 6—18 LONDON. Tue«. ALEC BEDSER, Surrey and England bowler, helped his county to beat Glamorgan on the first innings today by taking six wickets for 18 runs. This was the first county championship game of the season, and it was reduced to less than two days'
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    SPORTS LETTER
    91 12 DISGUSTED SOCCER FAN J WAS a spectator Monday's Senior League soccer match between the Indonesian League and the Royal Navy at Jalan Besar Stadium, and. to say the least, I waa totally disgusted at the unsporting display given by the Indonesian League. To avoid further unpleasant incidents, I
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    NEWCOMERS ARE SETTLING DOWN
    292 12  -  EPSOM JEEP By PKNANG, Tuesday. rpHE MARTIN Stable's newcomers, Bullion and The J- Dancer, appear to be a couple of good gallopers. Stepping up their preparation this morning they came down the straight fairly fast with little between them at the finish Bertie Kirwan's new horse,
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    Tara Street Makes Good Progress
    555 12  -  EPSOM JEEP By PENANG, Tuesday. T*ARA STREET has made splendid progress since x his victory at Ipoh last month and his clash with Tudor Pride in th e 5J f sprint for Class 2, Div. 1, at Penan* on Saturday, opening day of the Penang
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    England's Selectors Have A Hard Job
    387 12 England's Selectors Have A Hard Job LONDON, Tues. ENGLAND'S cricket selectors have a difficult problem to solve duilng the first class season which has got under way after being rained off on the opening day. They have to find a team sufficiently strong to defeat the powerful West Indies touring
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    FATHUL KARIB WIN 3—NIL
    94 12 FATHUL KARIB WIN 3— NIL ATTACKING for the greater part of the game, and delighting the spectators with short and accurate passing, Pathul Karib Sports Club beat Singapore Regiment Royal Artillary by three goals to nil in a Junior B 1 S.AF.A. <eague soccer match played on the 8.0.D.C.A. ground
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    STANDARD WIN 4-NIL
    34 12 rGER Standard Sports Club had little difficulty in beating Malaya Publishing House Sports Club by four goals to nil in a SAPA Business House knockout competition tie at Geylang stadium yesterday.
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