The Straits Times, 8 May 1950

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED IH4S EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY. MAY 8, 1950. PRICE TEN CENTS
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    RUBBER PRICE CUT NOT ASKED
    570 1 .U.S. Delegate 9 s Comment After Group Talks BRUSSELS, Sunday. •'THERE is no reason to ask for a decrease in the price of a commodity that is traded freely on the world market," said Mr. Willis Armstrong, head of the U.S. delegation to the International
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    Putting The Final Touches....
    64 1 EDUCATION WEEK exhibitions of arts, handicrafts, and projects are being held by many Singapore schools. Senior pupils of St. Joseph's Institution have prepared a display of the Colony's industries using a map. raw materials, and finished products. A geography teacher, Mr. Ngai Jim Chiang, is seen
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    AiR MINISTER
    43 1 <;roup captain t. w. WHITE, the Australian Mi lister for Air and Civil Aviation, on bis arrival in Singapore yesterday. He is on his way to the fourth as-" MMiiltly of the International Civil Aviation Organisation in Montreal. Straits Times picture.
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    Gunmen Kill Journalists
    62 1 SAIGON, Sun. UNKNOWN gunmen shot dead two local Journalists of opposing political views while they were drinking together in a cafe here today. Both men were killed outright as they sat in the cafe opposite the print shop of the daily newspaper Thoi Quoc. One was the
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    BACK TO SCHOOL
    43 1 BAGDAD, Sun.-King Felsal of Iraq, who celebrated his 15th birthday here on Tuesday, has postponed until tomorrow his return to London to resume his studies at Harrow. He was to have flown from Bagdad today, but his plane was delayed.—Reuter.
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    DRENCHED ENVOY IS ANGRY
    120 1 DRENCHED ENVOY IS ANGRY NEW DELHI, Sun. THE dousing of the Argentinian Ambassador with a pitcher of ice water in a night club here tVreatens to become a major diplomatic incident. The Ambassador, Dr. Oscar Tascheret, conferred last night with the Prime Minister, Pandit Nehru, concerning the affair. His assailant,
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    Rail Crash Kills 60
    73 1 PATNA.Sun. AT least 60 people were killed when the Punjab mall train crashed early today 206 miles west of Calcutta, railway authorities here stated tonight. Abdul Qaiyum Ansarl, Bihar Minister for Rehabilitation, who narrowly escaped personal injury in the train, confirmed official fears that the disaster
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    MAO'S NEW HOME
    60 1 HONG KONG, Sun.— A Peking report reaching Hon» Kong last night said Mao Tse-tung and Liu Sha-chl, Chairman and vice-Chairman of the Chinese People's Government, respectively, have chosen a site In the western hills of Peking for their official residences— the "Chinese Kremlin." These residences are to
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    SMOKES BAN
    27 1 TOKYO, Sun.— The Tokyo Fire Board has banned smok-ing-in -streets In 24 districts In Tokyo following the recent fire wave caused Jay careless smokers. Reuter.
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    TRADE PACT
    24 1 FRANKFURT, Sun.— A new Indian-German trade agreement replacing the one expiring on June 30 this year was Initialled here last night— Reuter.
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    FIRE RAZES TOWN
    32 1 RIMOUSKI, Quebec, Sun. —Fire razed this lumber town of 15,000 people today', killing a child. Others were feared dead as families panicked and fled from the storm-fanned flames.— U.P.
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    Police Guard At Schools Parade
    287 1 FULL police precautions were taken yesterday when more than 1,000 boys and girls from Singapore Chinese schools rehearsed on the Padang for the Education Week rally of 14,000 pupils next Saturday. Because of Communist leaflet threats to schools, special constables of the Singapore Volunteer Corps
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    NEHRU OPPOSES U.N. SCHISM
    79 1 NEW YORK. Sun. THE Indian Prime Minister, Pandit Nehru, in a statement published here, opposed ex-President Hoover's recent proposal that the United Nations should be reorganised without Russia and other Communist countries. Pandit Nehru said: 'It would only mean the breakup of something that Is actually
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    PRESIDENT DIES
    23 1 PHILADELPHIA, Sun.— The President of Nicaragua, Dr. Victor Roman Y. Reyes, died last night at Hahnemann Hospital. He was 77.— AP.
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    EIGHT KILLED
    17 1 TOKYO Sun. A war-time torpedo killed eight Japanese when it exploded while being dismantled. Reuteer.
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    17 1 PICTURE TAKEN after the fire had been pat oat by the fire brigade. Str aits Times picture.
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    GODOWN FIRE PUT OUT IN 15 MINUTES
    116 1 GODOWN FIRE PUT OUT IN 15 MINUTES PROMPT action by the Singapore Fire Brigade and the police radio patrol saved a godown In Read Street from total destruction by fire early yesterday morning. Within three minutes of receiving a call from a police radio patrol car, two nre en- gines
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    PAKISTAN DETAILS FOR U.S.
    171 1 NEW YORK, Sun. TIAQUAT All Khan, Premier of Pakistan made a bid for American aid to develop his country. He said that he would give American financiers a detailed statement on 'our Industrial programme' which would convince them of the wisdom of Investment in Pakistan. At
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    'Willing To Forget'
    83 1 THEIMS, Sun. QN the fifth anniversary of Germany's unconditional surrender, the French President, M. Vincent Auriol, today declared France was willing to forget her "sufferings and griefs" if neither West nor East Germany were allowed "an army or armaments." M. Auriol was addressing a memorial service to
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    200 B-29s For U.K.
    66 1 WASHINGTON, Sun. BRITAIN will get 200 B-29 Superfortress bombers from the United States by June 30, 1951, according to Atlantic Pact arms plans. Defence planners here want to supply Britain with a ready-made strategic air force to nil the bombing role assigned to her under the
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    HALF MAST
    40 1 NEW DELHI, Sun. Flags flew at half mast over Government and public buildings in Delhi today on the occasion of the ceremonial reburial In Teheran of the remains of the former King of Persia, Reza Shah Pahlevl.— Reuter.
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    RAIL STRIKE
    16 1 HELSINKI, Sun. Forty thousand Finnish rallwaymen went on strike from midnight last night— U.P.
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    CANTON FLOODS
    20 1 HONG KONO. Sun.— The Pearl River, swollen by heavy rain, has spread Into lowlying sections of Canton— A.P.
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    Hundreds See Two Drown At Changi Point
    232 1 Hundreds See Two Drown At Changi Point IJUNDREDS of holiday-makers at Changi Point beach, Singapore, yesterday afternoon saw a double tragedy the drowning of a Sinhalese boy and a 20-year-old Chinese. The Sinhalese, 16-year-old H. G. Piyasena, disappeared into the water when the boat he was rowing capsized at about
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    FIFTH YEAR
    32 1 PRAGUE, Sun.— A giant parade in Wenceslas Square in the heart of Prague today marked the celebration of the fifth anniversary of the city's liberation by the Red Army. Reuter.
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    NOW A SAINT
    28 1 VATICAN CITY, Sun— The Pope today raised the Blessed Antonio Maria Claret to sainthood in a four-hour solemn canonization ceremony in St. Peter's Basilica.— U.P.
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    RECORD BUY
    22 1 DJAKARTA, Sun.— The copra fund in East Indonesia reported a record purchase of 45,000 tons of copra during April. Reuter.
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    IN SINGAPORE YESTERDAY
    6 1 MR ROBERT SCOTT
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    MR. SCOTT PASSES THROUGH
    120 1 MR. SCOTT PASSES THROUGH MR. Robert H. Scott, head of the Foreign Office South East Asia Department, arrived in Singapore by Qan-tas-BOAC yesterday alternoon en route to the Commonwealth Economic Conference In Sydney. Australia. Betore he left Malaya in April 1947. Mr. Scott was political counsellor to the Special Commissioner.
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    Late News
    60 1 PORT DARWIN. Sun.— Britain's Paymaster-Ciene-ral. Lord Mac Donald, leader of the United Kingdom delegation to the Commonwealth Conference on Aid to South and South-East Asia, said on his arrival by air that the CommissionerGeneral in South-East Asia, Mr. Mac Donald, would probably discuss with the Australian Prime Minister,
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    "H-Bomb Will Make Bible Story Fact"
    248 2 "H-Bomb Will Make Bible Story Fact" SUVA, Fiji, Sun. A NATIVE chief predict- ed here yesterday that the hydrogen bomb would fulfil the Biblical prophecy that the world will be destroyed by flre. Chief Tniasosopo said that he had read all about the hydrogen bomb In Australian and American magazines.
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    EARL TO MARRY
    56 2 r|WE EARL OF WESTMORLAND and Miss Jane Findlay, X whose engagement has Just been announced, photographed at Badminton, Gloucestershire, at an equestrian event. The Earl, who is 26, is a friend of Princess Margaret. His fiancee is the 22 -year-old daughter of Lieut.-' Col. and Mrs. R.
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    GIRL TRIED TO GET U.S. SECRETS
    72 2 NUREMBERG, Sun. A pretty German girl, who tried to get American military secrets to sell to the Russians, was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment this week by an American district court at Ansbacn on an espionage charge. The girl, Branda Wollnen was trapped t>7
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    Death Sentences
    25 2 TIRANA, Sun.— A military tribunal here today sentenced two "agents of the Tito Fascist clique" to death by shooting for espionage and sabotage.—Reuter.
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  • A SUICIDE HAS BEEN ARRANGED
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      She Meant ill
      73 2 TOKYO, May 6. A TOKYO wife rushed to -t* the police to say that her husband had left home with bread and potassium cyanide for his lunch. 8he said she had prepared It to end her own life. A special broadcast warned the husband not to eat
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      He Meant Well
      73 2 TOKYO, Sun. POLICE have arrested a Japanese hospital patient who assisted his ward mate to commit suicide. Tetsuo Nagashima told the police how hopelessly -ill Kazuo Kazama thrust a knife into his breast. Too weak to complete a "successful suicide," he appealed to Nagashima who pushed the
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      Silver Coin Clues To Sunken Treasure
      202 2 LONDON, Sunday. A PIECE of charred wood and two silver medallions with the figure of a naked woman on one side led Lt. -Commander Reay Parkinson to announce that the British Navy's treasure hunters had found the 16th century Spanish galleon Florenc'a. It is
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    JAPS MAY PREVENT NEW WAR
    167 2 JAPS MAY PREVENT NEW WAR BUFFALO. New York, Sun. /GENERAL Robert Eichel \J berger. former Commanc 1 er of the Bth Army dunrs three years of occupation, said, in a Rotary Club address that keeping Japan out of Russian hands may prevent world war three. He said: "As long as
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    MISSION ARRIVES
    33 2 TOKYO, Sun.— Sir Raymond Streat, chairman of the British Cotton Board, and eight other British members of the Joint Anglo-American Textile Inspection Mission arrived here today by air from London.— Reuter.
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      777 2 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS Applications are invited by the 1 Chief Engineer, HQ Malaya District f< the following posts:— 1. Special Orade Draughtsman A Technical A»»t. Civil Sagtaaerlng. Applicants must be British Subjects, male, and over 39 yean of age. Salary scale $320x10 -$365 per month plus C.O.L.A. 50% of basic salary
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      932 2 PUBLIC APPOINTMENT 1 DEPARTMENT OP PUBLIC RELATIONS, Federatioa et Malaya. Applications arc Invited from experienced Journalist* for the pott of Senior Public Relations Offlrer in charge of the Press Section of the Department on a salary scale of $425x25-750 -p.m. plus Expatriate Pay (if eligible) and cost of living and
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      112 2 NOTICES! 7 THE SINGAPORE TRACTION COMPANY, LIMITED. (Incorporated in the United Kingdom) With effect from Bth May, ltso, an Omnibu Service will operate between the Shackle Club, Beach Road, and Sandes Soldiers' Home, Alexandra, via Beach Road, Connaught Drive, Collyer Quay, Raffles Quay, Cross Street. Robinson Road, Anson Road, Keppel
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      722 2 )i NOTICES j CENTRAL ELECTRICITY BOARD CONSTRUCTION OF FOUR SENIOR OFFICEBS QI'ARTESS. Tenders will be received by the Deputy Chairman, Central Electricity Board, up to 12 noon on Thursday ISth May, i«5O, (or the construction of: 4 Senior Officer Quarters In Lower Ampang Road. Kuala Lumpur S. Plans and specifications
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    INDONESIAN BLOCKADE OF MOLUCCAN 'REPUBLIC'
    300 3 JAKARTA, Sunday. THE Indonesian Government has imposed a provisional blockade against the new selfproclaimed "Republic of South Moluccas." A Government spokesman said that if no further peace moves were made the blockade would be stepped up to 100 per cent immediately this would be followed
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    ROYAL PARADE
    47 3 THE QUEEN and Princess Margaret pause to talk to a burly King's Scout, one of -nearly 1,1)0 Kind's Scouts, who all are holders of the highest scouting proficiency award, who paraded in the quadrangle of Windsor Castle to be inspected by the King.— A.P. picture.
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    GERMAN P.O.W.'s IN CHINA
    136 3 GERMAN P.O.W.'s IN CHINA HANOVER. Sun. THOUSANDS of German war J. prisoners dug fnxholp.s and carried ammunition for the Chinese Communists last year A returned prisoner of war, who usked that his name should not be given, in order to protect his relatives who are in the Soviet" Zone, said
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    To Be Weighed In Platinum
    79 3 BOMBAY. Sun. THE Muslim followers of the Aga Khan will weigh him in platunrn in 1956. instead of gold and diamonds as on two previous occasions, it was learned here today. Platinum is worth £24 an ou cc troy. A prominent Khoja leader said today
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    PILGRIM COUNTESS RIDES TO ROME
    53 3 THE GERMAN COUNTESS HELEN HOHENAU arrives in St. Peter's Square, Rome, leading her marc, "Beautiful Gisella," after a 900-mile horseback journey, which took seven weeks, from the Convent of Ettal, Bavaria. The Countess is the first Holy Tear pilgrim to arrive in Rome in this
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    Disorderly, Says He Is 108
    100 3 NEW YORK, Sunday. TXIOSHA Byron clashed with the law yesterday for the third time since he became a 100 years old. Arrested for disorderly conduct, he said his birth certihca.e showed that he was born in Palestine in 1842. The charge was made by a
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    SECRET ARMY TALKS
    69 3 LONDON. Sun. A SECRET Commonwealth conference of senior military officials to discuss the efficiency, health and comfort of the widely differing national armies, whether fighting in snow, deserts or jungles, ended In London yesterday. Britain, Australia. Canada, Ceylon, India, New Zealand: Pakistan and South Africa were represented
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    15 Siam Princesses In Palace Ceremony
    225 3 From Our Own Correspondent BANGKOK, Sunday. A RETINUE of 15 princesses and court musicians attired in ancient ceremonial dress yesterday participated in a three-hour ceremony of a domestic nature symbolic of King: Phumiphon Aduldet and Queen Sirikit taking up residence in the royal palace.
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    NAVAL OFFICER FOUND DEAD
    47 3 KARACHI. Sun. Lleut.Commahder A. J. C. Moore, Senior British Officer in the Royal Pakistan Navy, was found dead in bed Saturday morning. He Is believed to have suffered a heart failure. He was buried at Karachi European cemetery with full military honours. A.P.
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    Acheson: Crucial Tests Ahead
    367 3 WASHINGTON, Sundaj T*HE United States Secretary of State, Mr. Dean Acheson. took off for Europe last night with a grim warning that the non-Communist world faces "increasingly crucial tests in the years immediately ahead." "What we seek at London is to accelerate mobilisation of the moral
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    NATIONALISTS QUIT W.H.O.
    24 3 GENEVA, Sun. NATIONALIST China withdrew from the World Health Organisation yesterday on the eve of the organisation's third annual assembly. A.P.
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    Hurry To The Altar, Girls
    81 3 LONDON. Sun. J^ON'T keep your future husband waiting at the church is sound advice to brides, especially if they are going to be married by the Rev. S. C. Jones of London. Mr. Jones says he is going to institute a fine of one shilling
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    'As You Were' In New Nehru Cabinet
    200 3 NEW DELHI Sun. PRIME Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru continues to be his own Foreign Minister in the reshuffled Cabinet, sworn in yesterday before the President, Dr! Rajendra Prasad. A communique said all the returning Ministers will hold the same offices they had before
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    TRIBUTE TO COLONIES
    61 3 SOUTHAMPTON, Sun. The Colonial Secretary. Mr. James Griffiths, declared here today some of the "gratifying progress" Britain had recently made towards closing her dollar trading gap had been due largely to the sale of colonial products in the United States. He was opening the colonial exhibition— a
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    TASMANIAN TIE
    32 3 HOBART. Sun —With more than two-thirds of votes counted in Tasmania's State election it seems the refiult will be a deadlock between Labour and Liberals after 16 years Labour administration.
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    'STORE GOLD SMUGGLING RING'
    250 3 From Oar Own Correspondent MELBOURNE, Sunday. THE alleged unloading of "dozens" of fake gold bricks to men who were smuggling; gold from Sydney to Singapore by air was mentioned yesterday in a cheque forgery case before the Sydney Central Court. The allegation occurs in a statement
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    3 TRAMPLED TO DEATH
    62 3 TOKYO, Sun.— Three gatecrashers were trampled to death when a baseball park fence crumpled in Tokyo. More than 70,000 fans jammed the gates waiting to be admitted to the first game of the professional teams on the Sendal Diamond. Twenty-five others were injured when the crowd
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    DEATH
    23 4 O'FLYNN: at 4 a.m. on May 7. IBM. at Bungsar Hospital Kuala l.umpiir. Frederica, dearly beloved Wife of P H. O Flynn.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    53 4 Heiene ft Mac thank »U their rr'< nds St well-wlahers who sent ■V attended their wedding A reception on 10th April. l»50 THE INGATHERING Committee of the Mar Thoma Syrian Church Singapore, thank all firms and wl'-w t«hers for their generous donations to the Jumble-Bale in ale! of the
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Mon., May 8, 195.
    601 4 The labours of the Inter- 1 national Rubber Study Group at Brussels seem to have produced a mouse rather than a mountain. No doubt a great deal of useful work has in fact been done, especially in regard to plans for specification
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    A Hong Kong Decision
    515 4 A Hong Kong Decision It is a little hard on the Government of Hong Kong to be accused, as it has been, of inhumanity because at last it has banned free entry into the colony from the Chinese mainland. The restriction ends a policy of a century's standing, and it
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    Australian Ignorance of Malaya
    240 4 YEARS ago. In the days' of Mr. A_W. Still. I was secretary to the Straits Times Press, Ltd., on behalf of Evatt and Company. Long years ago! However, the purport of this letter arises from a statement by the Sunday Times of Singapore, published In Sydney
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    A LETTER FOR AUSTRALIA
    252 4 f\R. Hewlett Johnson, Dean of Canterbury, has recently been reported by you as saying at Brisbane that "the Malayan campaign Is an imoerialist war". Obviously, either the Dean has been misinformed or he Knows very little of what Is going on here. Would It not be
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    THIRD PARTY RISK' AGAINST FIRE?
    110 4 A NEWS Item from Kuala Lumpur, published In the Straits Times of May 2— stating that Harper, Gilflllan Si Company has paid £3,000 compensation for damage to War Department property by a flre which spread to It from the company's godown four years ago—raises Interesting
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    THE FEAR IN THE SQUATTERS' EYES
    939 4 AN OTHER report has been released on the squatter problem in Malaya. This report however, places top priority on 'the problem. At long last the powers-that-be realise the importance of finding a suitable end to th« squatter menace. This article Is not vritten with
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      How Can Loyalty Be Shown ?
      452 4 How Can Loyalty Be Shown I DISAGREE with the contention expressed in your footnote to "Anak Melayu's' letter, published on Saturday under the heading "White Bones and White Eyes." You say that the Chinese in Malaya cannot show their undivided loyalty until they have been given citizenship. I would cite
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      'AN OUTBURST
      168 4 •O EN E X'S" outburst against Government employees, in his letter of May 3 headed "A NonGovernment Point Of View," is uncalled for and arrogant. Time and again I have noticed Government employees being attacked wholesale in your columns for the abominable and übiquitous custom of squeeze," as
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    On The Margin
    414 4 Tock Tock. Tempo J HAVE had a letter from Mr. H. W. Evans, of S?remban. about his alleged Tock Tock record of 1.174 continuous tocks, performed at the rate of 250 per minute, which I noticed in, the Malayan Nature Journal. 1 thought this was too good
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    POLICE CADET HERO NAMED
    336 5 POLICE CADET HERO NAMED I mm Dm Stall orreapon«tent X LUMPUR. Sun. I^Ht European police officer who gave his lite last Friday in an attempt to kill a bandit sentry silently and so get his men into a biR Kedah baridil camp without warnine was 28-year-old O:1H A S.P F.K-.
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    CATHEDRAL CHRISTENING
    41 5 CATHEDRAL CHRISTE NING MR. AND MRS. R. L. SCOTT pictured with their son, Michael Richard Harold Scott, after his christening yesterday afternoon at St. Andrew's Cathedral. Singapore. Mr. Scott is manager of Sem brong Estate. Batn Pahat. Straits Ti him picture.
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    Bandit Arson: $17,000 Damage
    241 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. BANDITS last night attacked Chop Si Guan smokehouse on the outskirts of Siputeh village in the Batu Gajah area of Perak and after driving labourers from their homes, fired the buildings. The smokehouse and the owner's car were gutted.
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    Took Wife's Purse
    106 5 —MAN FINED From Omr Staff CorrespoMleat JOHORE BAHRU, Sun. NG Tee Chan was fined $25. or two weeks" Imprisonment, In the police court today for snatching away a purse containing the identity card of his wife. The parties had quarrelled and the wife had decided to live
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    GOING ON LEAVE
    39 5 From Oar SUff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Sun. Mr. Forbes Wallace, Chief Police Officer. Johore, leaves for Britain on holiday next week, and will be relieved by Mr. P. H. D. Jackson, former Chief Poiice Officer. Kelantan.
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    No Strachey Protest By Naval Union
    152 5 AFTER discussing an Invitation from. the Army Civil Service Union, the central working committee of the Naval Base Labour- Union has decided not to take part in the protest meeting planned by the army union to coincide with the arrival In Singapore of the
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    ST. MARK'S CHURCH AT SEREMBAN
    73 5 SEREMBAN. Sun.— The annual general meeting ■Of St. Mark's Church. Seremban. presided over by the Bishop of Singapore, the Rt. Rev. H. W. Baines. elected the followInx officers: People's warden. Mrs. M. Braodon; chaplain's warden, Mr. C. R. McCoy; secretary Mr. John Kanagaratoam: committee, Mr.
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    NEGLIGENT, $30
    22 5 SEGAMAT. Sun. Because he drove negligently a Sikh lorry driver, Kripal Singh, aged 30, was fined $30 by the Segamat
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    UNMUZZLED, $10
    26 5 TAPAH, Sun. Slnnasamy. a mining labourer from Chenderlang. was fined at Tapah $10 for an unlicensed dog and for falling to have it muzzled.
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    INACCURATE
    23 5 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Sun.— Lim Kong Heng, a shopkeeper, was fined $20 here today for using an inaccurate scale.
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    TAX LAWS MAY BE AMENDED
    217 5 ■npHE Pan-Malayan Board ot Income Tax has re1 commended certain amendments to the Income Tax Ordinance as the result of representations made to it by various local bodies like th e Singapore Association and the Chambers of Commerce. A Bill Is being drafted In Singapore
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    PRESENTATION OF SHIP'S BELL
    67 5 From Our Stall Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mm. A N historical ceremony will be attended by the Rulers on the Malay States on the padaitg at Port S'vettenham on May 23. .The bell of HMS Malaya will be presented to the Rulers by Rear -Admiral H. W.
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    SHB $1,000 Liability
    82 5 rE Singapore Harbour Board bylaws have been amended to increase liability to $1,000 for damage or loss of packages received for storage. The board will now not be liable for damages exceeding this amount unless the nature and value of the goods have been declared The board
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    ANNUAL DINNER
    40 5 The University of Malaya Geographical Society held their third annual diner and dance at the Capitol Blue Room last night to honour Prof, and Mrs. E. H. Ct. Dobby and the final year geography students of the University.
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    T.U.C. PETITION FOR GRIFFITHS
    223 5 Unions Plan Welcome For Minister From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. fHE Central Working Committee of the new Malayan Trades Union Council met in Kuala Lumpur today to make plans for the visit later this month of the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr.
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    Evidence Questioned
    85 5 From Our SUS Correspondent PENANG. Sun. TH E Penang Magistrate ought not to have accepted the testimony of "a man with many convictions" without material corroboratlon. said Mr. R. D. Hume, counsel for the defence. In the Appeal Court when a probationary detective police constable appealed against a
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    ASSAULT BY CHANGKOL
    39 5 from Oar SUff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Sun. Charged with causing hurt to Kuppusamy with a changkol, Amavasl was fined $10 in the police court today. Kumaran Nair, who was jointly charged with the offence, was acquitted.
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    SENTENCED FOR CARD OFFENCES
    42 5 TAIPING, Sun. Pleading guilty to falling to -notify change of address in his identity card. an<i to defacing the photograph in his card, Ooh Ah Bah was sentenced to two months' rigorous Imprisonment on both charges at Taiping.
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    32 5 From Our Own Correspondent MUAR. Sun.— Abdullah, who ran an eating shop in a temporary shed at Jalan Sisi without a licence, was Oned $5 by the Muar Magistrate.
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    GOVT. TO REVIEW FUNDS
    148 5 GOVT. TO REVIEW FUNDS From Omr Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. TIE Government will review the question Of compulsory reserve fund 3 wnlch co-ope-rative societies were required to keep, said Mr. T. F. Carey, the Commissioner of Co-Operative Development in Kuala Lumpur, today. Speaking at the annual general meeting of
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    EXTORTION BID ALLEGED
    40 5 From Oar Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. Lim Seng Kee. a detective corporal, was charged here today with attempting to extort $300 from Kok Ah Chian. of Sungei Buntu village, Penggerang. He was allowed bail in $1,000.
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    Singapore Diary
    120 5 EDUCATION WEEK, inaugural address by the Director of Education, Mr. W. Frisby, over Radio Malaya, 7.12 p.m.; Combined Malay Schools Art and Crafts exhibition, Kota Raja Malay School. 9 a.m. to 5 pjn. free film show for school children, Cathay, 8.30 am. BED CROSS WORKING PARTY. Guide Hut,
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    BACK FROM CANADA
    98 5 pASSINO through Singapore on Saturday In the "P. O. liner Corfu on his return from a six months' tour of Canada was Dr. K. C. Yeo Deputy Director of Health Services, Hong Kong, with his wife and daughters, Daphne, aged 14, and Wendy, aged 13. (pictured above).
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    'Make Prophet's Birthday A Public Holiday'
    219 5 'Make Prophet's Birthday A Public Holiday' —MUSLIM CALL TO GOVT. gINGAPORE Muslims decided at a meeting yesterday 10 ask the Government to declare the birthday of the Prophet a public i holiday. A resolution to this effect proposed by Mr. M. Karim Ghani was unanimously adopted at the annual meeting
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    FARFWELL DINNER TO HEADMASTER
    58 5 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA TRENGGANU. Sun. At a farewell dinner at the Cantonese Association, old boys of the Sultan Suleiman English School entertained the headmaster. Mr. O. A. Machado, who is going to King Edward VII School, Taiplng. He will be succeeded by Mr. S.
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    COFFEE—17 CTS. A CUP NOW IN J.B.
    76 5 COFFEE 17 CTS. A CUP NOW IN J.B. From (tin Staff Correspondent JOHORE. BAHRU, Sun. /M)FFEE-shops have raiM-d \j the price of coffee and tea by two cents to 17 cents a cup. The price was raised simultaneously by all coffee shops after the issue of a notice by the
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    Sikh Dies In Crash
    108 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Sun DEATH by misadventure was the verdict returned by the Kuala Lumpur Coronrr, Inche Mohamad Annuar on a Sikh. Channan Singh who was killed in a road accident at the 7 3 4 mile Kuala Lum-pur-Klang Road on April 2
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    GOOD 'TURN-OVER IN THE SHARE MARKET
    654 6 GOOD 'TURN-OVER IN THE SHARE MARKET 1 81.57% cum dlv., Petaling 88.66 to 88.40. Kampong Kamuntlng 20s to 20s 3d, Kampong Lanjut 15b, Kuala Kampar 17s 10'jd, Larut Bs. Kamuntlng 7s 6d. Killlnghall 10s l' a d. Pahang 8s 9d, Southern Klnta 9s 3d to 8s lid, lanjoag 7s 3d
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    London Stocks
    265 6 LONDON, Sun. lIRITISH Government funds and leading Industrials claimed most of the week-end business In the London Stock Exchange. Closing middle price* of selected stocks, v mpplled to the Btr«it» Time* D* tpeclaJ amngßment with The Financial limes, follow. rjnlßss otherwise stated share* are of £1 denomination LOANS
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    April Tin Outputs
    24 6 SUNGEI Bidor Tin Dredging in April produced 1,008 plcuU Of tin-ore. PENINSULA Tin's April production of tin-ore amounted to 1.002 piculs.
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    Week-End Rubber
    113 6 WEEK-END rubber commodity price* were: Singapore Chambei ol Commerce Rubber Association noon prices on Saturday (May 6) In centa per tb.: Tone of market: Firm. London Rubber London, May 5. Spot 22V4d. June. 22% d. July-Sept., ilVkd. Oct.-Dec 19 5/16 d. Jan.-Mar., lS^Sd. May-June, c.i.f. 21'4d. Market: Firm.
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    Austral Malay Tin
    58 6 AUSTRAL Malay Tin announces the following April output returns, in hours run, cubic yards dug and piculs of tin-ore won: Kampong Kamuntlng Dredging —601. 134.000, 398. Thabawleik Dredging 618, 165.000, 1,121. Pungah Dredging 687, 216,000 912. Austral Amalgamated Asam Kumbang section, 616. 9,000, 91; Ulu Yam section,
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    CASE AGAINST DRAFT TIN AGREEMENT
    396 6 From A Market Correspondent THE main proposals in the draft International Tin Agreement, as cabled last week, enable some idea to be formed as to its likely reception in Malaya, though final judgment must be withheld until the full text is available. Certain contentious points
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    PORTSMOUTH KEEP F.A. LGE. TITLE
    696 7 Wednesday Up To Div. 1 With Spurs LONDON, Sunday. DORTSMOUTB are champions of the English First Division for the second year in succession. They beat Aston Villa by five coals to one to finish their league programme yesterday with 53 points and a goal average
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    England And Italy Level In Davis Cup
    208 7 England And Italy Level In Davis Cup OVERSEAS TENNIS LONDON, Sun. gNGLAND and Italy are level at one match each at the end of the first day's play yesterday at Eastbourne in their Davis Cup tie. Italy won the first singles match when Oianno Cucelli beat Tony Mottram by 5-7,
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    CHESTER CUP
    37 7 CHESTER, Sun.— Mr. J. S. Davles* Heron Bridge won the Chester Cup, run over two miles, two furlongs, 77 yards here yesterday. Lord Allendale's Father Thames was second and Mr. D. Simon's Apple Honey third.—Renter
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    Weights For Nine Penang Races
    367 7 rE following are weights for all six races on Wednesday and for three races on Saturday. May 13, for the second and third day of the Penang Turf Club's Summer Meeting: WEDNESDAY CL. 2, DIV. 3— Furs. Picture Goer 9.99 Ballymun II 8.13 Hurry Up
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    35 7 CASTLE ROCK, bred and owned by Lord Rosebery and trained by Jack Jarvis at Newmarket, is an elght-to-one second favourite for the- Derby which is to be run at Epsom on May 2V. Renter photo.
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    Reg Simpson Hits Fine 230 Not Out
    392 7 U.K. COUNTY CRICKET LONDON, Sunday. DAIN seriously interrupted the county cricket pro- gramme which started yesterday, five of the seven matches being affected. At Lord's where Middlesex entertain Hampshire, and at Cambridge where the University play Yorkshire, not a ball could be bowled.
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    Lee Savold To Train In Ballroom
    142 7 Lee Savold To Train In Ballroom LONDON, Sun. T EE SAVOLD. blonde, 6-fOOt American heavyweight, and Bruce Woodcock, British champion, nave chosen contrasting training environments for their world heavyweight title fight 'European version) at the White City, London, on June 6. Bavold, has Just arrived from the United States and
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    DROBNY WINS HARDCOURT
    137 7 BOURNEMOUTH, Sun. ffAROSLAV Drobny, sell-exUed •I Oaech player, won the men's singles title In the Britslh hardcourts lawn tennis championships here yesterday, beating Geoff Brown (Australia) 7-5. 6-0. 6-4 In the final. Drobny won quite easily. Brown found himself up against a master tactician. The former Czech
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    28 7 LONDON, Sun.— A new British and Umpire featherweight weightlifting record was established here last nlftt by Julian Creus of Liverpool when he snatched 2214 pounds .—Reuter.
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    S.R.C. BEAT CEYLONESE BY 9 WICKETS
    493 8 S.R.C. BEAT CEYLONESE BY 9 WICKETS Bain Plays Fine Innings Of 71 SINGAPORE Recreation Club beat strongly-fancied Ceylon Sports Club by nine wickets in a Singapore Cricket Association Senior tournament game with 47 minutes to spare on the padan* yesterday. This was Recs' fourth outright victory in the tournament, and
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    Bright Batting By West Indians
    245 8 Bright Batting By West Indians WORCESTER, Sun. T»HE West Indies won the toss and decided to bat first against Worcestershire in the opening first class match of their tour here yesterday. During the three hours ffl which cricket was possible before tea. the West Indies star players provided a feat
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    MANILA GIRLS WIN 26-19 '
    67 8 MANILA GIRLS WIN 26-19 WITH the score at 17-all flve minutes from the end, the Pel Yang (Flying Swallows) girls basketball team of Manila now on tour in Malaya went all out and beat the Nan Chiau girls school by 26 points to 19 points at the Happy World Stadium
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    Sports Diary
    32 8 TODAY. Snr. lje: S.R.C. t Kota Raja at Jalan Besar: Jni. A 2: BODCA "A" RAF Tengah at BOD ground: Jnr. A 2: KoU Raja "A" v PAT at GeyUnc.
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    SRC Get7pts. From Game v. Indians
    330 8 SRC Get7pts. From Game v. Indians S.C.A. DECISION SINGAPORE Recreation Club, S.C.A. senior champions last year, have forged further ahead in the lead this season with the announcement by the General Committee of the' S.C.A. that lt has accepted the recommendation of the Tournament and Disciplinary subcommittee to award S.R.C.
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    Senior Tournament Scores
    1276 8 SRC v. CSC SB.C. keat C.S.C. ky nine wickets j on the padang. C.S.C— IST. NNS. Thuralsinitam c Barker b Koenltl 80 Yogorajah c Ebert b Colling 0 Muthucumaru b Colling 1 Velupi.lai c ft b Barker 0 8. K. Sundram cJ. OallsUn b Ebert IS j
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    22 8 COOPER, H K. Services goalkeeper. Is protected by a defender as he saves in yesterday's soccer at Jalan Besar. Straits Times picture.
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    Outright Wins By Shell And Tengah
    1567 8 TWO outright wins— by Shell S.C. and RA.F. 1 Tengah do not jeopardise the position at the head fo the table of the Registrar of Vehicles C.S., and V.M.C.A. who, with only three points separating them, hold a formidable position in the junior table.
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    SelangorWin By 80 Runs
    156 8 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Sun. SELANGOR today won their inter-State cricket match here against Perak by 80 runs by dismissing the remaining eight Perak wickets In an hour and a quarter for the addition of only 3d runs to their overnight score of six runs
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    H.K. Services And Singapore Draw
    330 8 All-Singapore 2 H.K. Services 2 IN THEIR third match in the Colony, the Hong A Kong Services, with a measure of luck, could have done better than draw two-all against an AllSingapore XI (minus the Singapore Civilian and RAF ilaya Cup players) at Jalan Bcsar
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    You Can Back A Winner And Lose Money
    149 8 By EPSOM JEEP PENANO, Sun. MALAYAN racegoers are a well mannered lot. Consequently Club officials did not find it necessary to read the Riot Act at, Penang oh Saturday when Reve de Dloire's dividend—if it could be called a dividend —was declared.
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    SINGAPORE TIDES
    30 8 TODAY: 2 a.m. (8 ft. 5 in.) and 4.34 p.m. (6 ft. 8 In.) TOMORROW: 3 a.m. (7 ft. 9 in.) and 5.59 p.m. (6 ft. 7 in.).
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