The Straits Times, 9 May 1950

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, MAT 9, 1950. PRICE TEN CENTS
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    54 1 BETTY WU and I Miss Ng Chiu Ming, (ri-rht) two of the Universit. of Malaya students who have volunteered to teach in first PEA. class for Malay women, registering sonic of their new students ysi-rd^y. Che Fatimah bin' i Haji Ilaroon. J.P.. President of the Malay Women's Association (centre) looks
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    Students In Literacy Drive
    119 1 Students In Literacy Drive UNIVERSITY students who have volunteered to take part in the People's Education Association's fight against illiteracy in Singapore, took tlvir first class yesterday in A- ->b Street. Twenty-five Malay girls and voting ""omen all more than 16 -were enr^ lied In the first P.E.A. class for
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    RED REVERSE
    54 1 VIENNA, Mon. Austrian voters swamper the Communists In yesterday's elections In the province of Lower Austria, occupied by the Russians, and threw out of office ten of the 11 Mayors appointed by Soviet Military authorities In 1945. The bloc backed by the Communists won only five per cent
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    NEW MALAYAN STORY FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES
    122 1 NEW MALAYAN STORY FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES rIS week the 24-page Sunday Times begins publication of "JOURNEY TO HAPPINESS." a fiction serial specially written by MARY HEATHCOTT. This is the tale of pretty Ching Ling, a Malayan-born Chinese girl who is awarded a scholarship to London University and finds love
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    Assurance Needed
    32 1 RANGOON, Mon. American businessmen will require positive assurance their property will not be confiscated before they Invest in Burma, the United States Ambassador, Mr. David M. Key. said here— A.P.
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    U.S. ARMS AID 'NEARLY READY'
    171 1 WASHINGTON, Monday. THE United States is reported to be about ready to begin its long-delayed arms aid programme for South -East Asia. Plans for early action were discussed recently by the National Security Council. Some officials expect a formal starting signal in the next few
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    "OPPRESSION" PROTEST
    65 1 HONG KONG, Mon.— The Communist New China news agency reported today that the All-China Association of Journalists sent the following telegram to the Governor of Singapore "We protest against the oppression of Nan Chiau Jit Pao by the British Government and demand the Immediate release of Chu Chl-cho,
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    HOUSEWIVES' BOYCOTT
    65 1 LONDON. Mon. British housewives' organised boycott of high prlcen vegetables began today throughout the country with a record sale of tinned goods. Grocers predicted a shortage of tinned vegetables If the run continued. British women refused to buy fish last month when prices soared after decontrol. Ihe boycott
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    POLICE DROP CHARGES
    42 1 NEW DELHI, Mon.— Police today dropped at jault charges brought against J. if Edwards, bearded young Calcutta businessman, who doused Ice water over the head of Argentine Ambassador Oscar Tascheret In the Hotel Imperial Tavern on Friday night.— A.P.
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    A.O.C. MALAYA FLIES TO SYDNEY
    283 1 Speculation On Air Force Aid CECRECY surrounds the departure from Singapore for Australia jesterday of the Air Officer Commanding Malaya, Air Vice-Marshal F. J. Meliersh. He left Kallang airport, wearing civilian clothes, in a QANTAS Constellation. His name did not appear on the passenger list.
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    MISSION ARRIVES
    43 1 TOKYO, Mon.— Five members of the United States textile misdlbn, headed by Mr. Robert C. Jackson, Executive Vice President of the American Cotton Manufacturers Institute, arrived in Tokyo by ah- today for a twoweek study of the Japanese textile industry. ReuWAAP.
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    BACK FROM U.K.
    25 1 MISS KWOK SWEE SEE, of the T.W.C.A., Kuala Lumpur, who has returned from Britain, where she studied youth work. Straits Times picture.
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    PROMISE OF AID LIKELY
    207 1 SYDNEY, Mon. J^ORD Macdonald, leader of th« United Kingdom delegation to the Commonwealth aid conterence said on arrival by air today that he believed the conference would yield a definite promise of economic aid to undeveloped countries in South-East Asia Meanwhile Australia's ExtdPP^Affairs Minister, Mr Percy
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    BURMA HEALTH CAMPAIGN
    26 1 RANGOON, Mon.— Burma's Health Minister, Myanaiing U Tin has told medical service chiefs here that the Government intends tackling medical problems vigorously." —A.P.
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    M.Ps. TO QUERY MISSING BOAT
    145 1 LONDON, Mon. rE disappearance of a British trawler in the White Sea is expected to be the subject of questions in the House of Commons this week. The 337-ton Grimsby trawler, Etrurla, seven days ago sent a message: "Russian naval party boarding us." All efforts
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    STAFF OFFICERS TO BRIGGS
    33 1 MAJ R. W. SAUNDERS and (below* Mr. R.G.K. Thompson (Government), who are staff officers to the Director of Operations, Lieut-Gen. Sir Harold Brigfs. See special article in page 6.
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    Sarawak Sending More Trackers
    121 1 READY FOR NEW BRIGADES From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. iLTITH two new brigades of troops on their way to Malaya, the Federation Security Forces are strengthening their civil liaison teams. More Dyak trackers are to come from Sarawak and extra interpreters and European team
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    20 LOST IN U.S. STORMS
    40 1 NEW YORK, Mon. Treacherous spring squalls caught thousands of New York and New England boatmen without warning over the sunny week-end and left 20 of them dead or missing In lakes, rivers and sea. A.P.
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    'Turko': Oetoyo Awaits Further Instructions
    90 1 'Turko Oetoyo Awaits Further Instructions TPHE Indonesian Representative in Singapore, Dr. It. x Oetoyo, told the Straits Times yesterday that he was expecting further Instructions from Jakarta on the case of Raymond Paul Pierre ('Turko') Westerline. Last week Dr. Oetoyo submitted to the Singapore Government a formal application for the
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    RUBBER SELLS AT 78¾ CENTS A LB.
    58 1 RUBBER in Singapore yesterday rose to a new peak in the present commodity price boom. Business was dope for firstgrade May shipment at 781 cents per Ib. First-grade spot, loose, closed last night with buyers offering a cent higher than this, and sellers
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    BRIND IN H.K.
    31 1 HONG KONG, Mon.—Admiral Sir Patrick Brind. Com-mander-in-Chlef of the British Far Eastern Fleet, arrived In Hong Kong yesterday on a routine visit of three «r four days.— UP.
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    BANDITS KILL BRITON & SIX CHINESE
    363 1 BANDITS KILL BRITON SIX CHINESE From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. j^|R. A. S. Cockram, assistant-manager of Telemong estate in Bentong, was killed by bandits in an ambush early today while on estate rounds. Mr. Cockram, who was '<Jt>, was accompanied by two special constables and was driving his
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    Reds Go 'Shopping' In H.K.
    89 1 Reds Go 'Shopping' In H.K. HONG KONG, Mon. /COMMUNIST agents In \j Hong Kong have been buying considerable quantities of hardware, paraffin and petrol, according to usually reliable sources locally. Sources say agents spent as muefa as HK520,000,000 which were made In small scattered lots to avoid disturbing the market
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    RESEARCH PLANT
    22 1 WINNSBORO, South Carolina, Mon. The U.S. Rubber Co. has opened a new U*****,000 textile research and development laboratory here.— AP.
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    Arms Aid To Pakistan: Views Differ In U.S.
    233 2 Arms Aid To Pakistan: Views Differ In U.S. NEW YORK, Mon. riE U.S. Secretary of State. Mr. Dean Acheson, has promised Pakistan's Prime Minister. Mr. Llaquat All Khan, to do "everything I can" to arrange for American arms aid to Pakistan, according to authoritative sources. However, the Secretary of Defence,
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    44 2 FILM STAR Elizabeth Taylor, aged IS, and Conrad Hilton, son of a U.S. hotel magnate, photographed in Santa Monica, California, with their marriage licence. When Hilton first applied for the licence he was refused because he looked so youthful. He is 23. A.P. picture.
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    P.I. TROOPS KILL HUK LEADERS
    76 2 MANILA, Monday. I>ROVINCIAL reports received during .the week-end by I the Philippines Constabulary stated that 14 Commu-nist-led Ilukbalahaps, including three commanders, were killed in two separate encounters with Government field forces. Another report said a group of armed bandits yesterday held up in broad daylight
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      PoW Query To Soviet By Austria, Germany
      203 2 VIENNA, Monday. A USTRIA and Germany have joined other countries In charging Russia with retaining war prisoners and withholding information about them. The Austrian Minister of the Interior, Mr. Oskar Helmer, has demanded that Russia should give a list of prisoners who have
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    81 Die, 100 Hurt In Mail Train Crash
    194 3 81 Die, 100 Hurt In Mail Train Crash PATNA. Bihar. Mon. AT least 81 people were killed and 100 inJutsd when the Punjab mail train crashed early yesterday. 206 miles west of Calcutta, the latest onVia^ estimates said last night. Mr Abdul Qaiyum Ansari, Bihar Minister for Rehabilitation, who narrowly
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    Gaoled For Killing
    72 3 SAPPORO. Japan. Mon. AN Army court martial has triced two American su' to 25 years' imprisonment for killing a Japanese during a $10 r^hhpry. -...ivo.-T T,, qIe w H custer, 21. and Ralph D. Ervin. 19. v»re foun H "-'Uv of beating >Tptoi r v,| Kon and
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    SMALLEST SCREW IN THE WORLD
    66 3 ELGIN. Illinois. Mon.— The Elgin National Watch Co. Is displaying what it. said Is the smallest mass produced screw i:i the world. It's so tiny It v. ul pass through the rye cf a medium-sized needle. The screws— it takes 800. XX) f>( them to
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    Honeymoon Over
    39 3 KING PHUMIPHON of Siam steps down from his private train at Hua Hin (Siam) where he and his bride (in the background) the former Princess Sirikit. spent their honeymoon after their marriage in Bangkok recently. A.P. picture.
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    PHUMIPHON IS LEAVING SOON
    136 3 BANGKOK, Monday. 1/ l\(l Phumiphon, who was crowned last Friday, today announced that he will return soon to Switzerland because he needs medical attention and wishes to study further. He promised to return to the throne after that, but did not specify th e date. The
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    U.S. IN GERMANY
    52 3 BONN, Mon.—Major-Gen-eral George P. Hays, United States Deputv Hi*h Commissioner for Germany, says that an investigation of the United States denazification and demilitarisation policy In Germany is not warranted at present. Last month, eight U.S. Congressmen expressed concern about the evidence of revived nationalism and Nazism in
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    BRITAIN STANDS BY RECOGNITION
    99 3 LONDON. Mon. PARLIAMENT was told today that Britain will not withdraw her diplomatic recognition of the Chinese Communist Government. The Undei -Secretary for Foreign Affairs. Mr. Ernest Davies, was asked whether the British Government would consider withdrawing recognition in view of the conditions demanded by the
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    PAKISTAN BACKS U.S. SIDE IN COLD WAR
    272 3 Contribution To Peace Sought NEW YORK, Monday. PRIME Minister Liaquat Ali Khan placed Pakistan on the side of the United States in the cold war today, declaring that his new nation would resist to the end the "dark forces at work threatening to
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    Keen Local Polls Battle Expected
    144 3 Keen Local Polls Battle Expected LONDON, Mon. SOCIALISTS have fielded more than 500 women candidates In this week's British local "government elections; fighting desperately to prevent a repetition of last year's landslide to the Right. First of the contests will take place today in some of rural areas, but the
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    PARLIAMENTARY ADDRESS
    38 3 JAKARTA, Mon. Pandit Nehru, Prime Minister of India, will address the U.S.I. Parliament 1n Jakarta and the working committee of the Republican provisional parliament at Jogjakarta during the course of his Indonesian tour next month.— ReuterAAP.
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    SYRIAN CABINET RESIGNS
    39 3 DAMASCUS, Mon. The Syrian Cabinet, led by the Prime Minister, Khaled el Azem Bey, resigned early today after two meetings yesterday to discuss the crisis which followed the resignation of the Defence Minister Attram Hourani.— Ranter.
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    Western Union Fleets To Hold Manoeuvres
    125 3 THE HAGUE, Monday. DRITISH, French and Dutch aircraft carriers, 11 cruisers, destroyrrs, and submarines, with aircraft of the RAF, will combine for manoeuvres in th e English Channel on May 22, was announced here today. The British aircraft carrier Implacable will be flagship of
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    CATALINA CRASH
    38 3 SYDNEY. Mon. A Royal Australian Air Force Catallna flying-boat crashed and burst tnto flames while attempting a forced landing on an airstrip at Georgetown, North Queensland, on Sunday, killing five of her crew of seven. -A.P.
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    DE GAULLE RALLY
    24 3 GEN. DE GAULLE addressing a gathering of his French People's Rally (R.P.F.) in the IJois de Boulogne, Paris, recently. A.P. picture.
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    MUSLIMS WANT SUK AWATI TO GO
    160 3 JAKARTA, Mon. THE East Indonesia branch of the Masjuml and Mualim Union parties on Saturday demanded the Immediate resignation or President Sukawatl of East Indonesia "to prevent further confusion in that territory," says the AnPta News Asen^y. They urged th.j Central Government to appoint
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    Looked Her Best In Death
    57 3 NEW YORK, Monday. BLONDE 23-year-old model Veronica Norman was not too depressed to look her best for her death. She pot on her favourite evening gown, carefully applied her makeup and turned on tve gas. A note addressed to her mother üM: "I am tired
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    WELL-FERTILIZED
    45 3 DENVER, Colorado MonAn 84-year-old man Is cutting his third set of teeth "Only way I can explain it Is I've chewed tobacco since I was 12," said Mr. Frank U Basey, a retired painter "I think It Is a good gum fertl llzer."— A.P.
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    PREMIER'S FINANCE PLEDGE
    133 3 PREMIER'S FINANCE PLEDGE NEW YORK. Mon. The Pakistan Prime Minister, Mr. Llaquat All Khan, dining with some of the United States' top financiers, outlined what he described as his government's "liberal programme" for foreign Investments. Mr. Llaquat All and the Begum were guests of Mr. and Mrs. David Rockefeller and
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    King Returns To School
    51 3 BAGDAD, Mon. King Feisal of Iraq, who celebrated his 15th birthday here on Tuesday, is flying back to London today to resume Ms studies at Harrow School The King will be accompanied by his mother. Queen Aliya, and Amir Zaid Al Hussaln, Iraqi Ambassadm in London.
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    $250,000 Chinese Kremlin
    67 3 HONO KONG, Mon. J^ PEKING report says that Mao Tse-iung and Liv Sha-chi, chairman and and vice-chairman of the Chinese People's Government, have chosen a site in the western hills of Peking for their official residences the "Chinese Kremlin." Costing l/ *****,000, these residences are to be
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    Mao May Delay Bid To Join ECAFE
    223 3 BANGKOK, Monday. I TNITED Nations E.C.A.F.E. observers expect Communist China's bid to enter the United Nations through th c Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East will not be made when the Industries and Trade Committee meets at Bangkok tomorrow. They suggest
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    EARNINGS UP 50%
    24 3 CANBERRA. Mon. Average weekly earnings of Australians are now 50 per cent higher than at the end of the war. AJ.
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    PENANG TURF CLUB TO DROP DANCE HALL PLAN
    246 4 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Monday. IN VIEW of strong: opposition from owners and trainers, the Penang f urf Club Committee has decided to recommend to members that the recent proposal to build a dance hall for the International Club should be
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    KAMPONG AMBER CAN WAIT
    146 4 KAMPONG AMBER CAN WAIT KAMPONG Amber, a housing district in Katong which has been criticised as insanitary does not need immediate improvement, according to two Singapore Municipal Commissioners who toured the area at the week-end. Mr. A. P Rajah and -Mr Frank James, found little litter and smell in Kampong
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    McKERRONS LEAVE MALAYA
    37 4 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG. Monday Sir Patrick McKerron. retiring Colonial Secretary of Singapore, who is leaving Malaya after 30 years' service in the country, sailed this afternoon from Penang by the Glen garry.
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    U.S. NAVY VISIT 'GREAT SUCCESS'
    75 4 THE Governor of Singapore, Sir Franklin Gimson, in a message to the Commander of the U.S. Seventh Fleet, Rear Admiral F. W. Boone, and the Commander of Task Group 70.8, Captain John B. Moss, says- that he was "delighted at the visit of your fleet,
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    974 Seamen Repatriated
    98 4 NINE hundred and seventy four distressed British seamen have been repatriated from Singapore since the liberation, the Master Attendant's Office told the Straits Times yesterday. They included Europeans. Indians. Arabs. Maltese and Chinese, with Europeans predominating and were returned to their home ports or ports of engagement.
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    CROCODILE HAS ANOTHER GO
    48 4 From Our Own Correspondent KEMAMAN, Mon— A crocodile which attacked a Malay hr the Kemaman River near Oillga ferry has attacked another Malay. The man threw an oar, which caused the crocodile to release its hold on his thigh. The man is in hospital.
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    79 4 THE 23rd Singapore Scout Troop attached to the Salvation Army Boys Home, which won the camping competition for the coveted silver mounted thumbstick which was once used by the founder and Chief Scout, Lord Baden Powell) at Tan Jong Balai over the week-end. Picture shows the troop with Patrol Leader
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    K.L. FUN FAIR
    55 4 K.L. FUN FA IR LADY GURNET, wife of the High Commissioner, tests the weight of a cake at the St. Mary's Church Fun Fair at the Selangor Turf Club recently. The Right Rev. H. W. Baines, Bishop of Singapore (centre) declared open the fair. Miss H. M. Dudley is on
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    'Support Hospital' Plea To Chinese
    284 4 AN appeal for greater Chinese support for St. Andrew's Mission Hospital was made yesterday by the Vice-President of the Mission Board, Dr. C. H. Withers-Payne, who pointed out that 91 per cent, of the child patients have been Chinese, "and yet the number of Chinese
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    IRON ORE SENT TO BRITAIN
    166 4 IRON ORE SENT TO BRITAIN From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Mon A 810 trial shipment of Malayan iron ore, the first ever, has been sent to England in the hope that it will find a good market. Before the war. ore was sent to Japan. It is likely that
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    Dr. Oehlers' Funeral
    163 4 THE funeral of the wellknown Colony sportsman Dr. Roderick Clarke (Derek) Oehlers, assistant Health Officer, Singapore Municipality, took place at Bidadari cemetery yesterday. Dr. Oehlers die4 suddenly at his house In Mandaliy Road at 11 p.m. on Sunday of a weakened heart as a result of two
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    EXPORT OF PALM OIL DOWN
    55 4 The Federation of Malaya exported 4,612 tons, of palm oil in March. Palm kernels exported amounted to 860 tons in the same period. The total quantity of palm oil exported in the first three months of the year was 11,892 tons, against 16,128 tons in
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      243 4 SINGAPORE 713 Tango and Samba Time; "Lady in a Fog;" 10.30 Dance 7.30 Joy Thomas In "Joyously Music; 11 Close. 10 a.m. News from K.L.; 10.06 Yours;" 7.45 Radio Doctor; 8 n n Close; 10.50 Schools; 12 Malay; Debussy Recital; 8.30 As S^pore; 1 p.m. Light Music; 1.30 Mews; 9
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    Rehearsing Mendelssohn's ''Elijah'...
    39 5 Rehearsing Mendelssohn's ''Elijah' PICTURE taken at a rehearsal of Mendelssohn's "Elijah" by the Singapore Musical Society and Choir conducted by Gordon van Hien. It will be presented at the Victoria Memorial Hall on Friday and Monday. Straits Times picture.
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    YWCA Girl Back After UK Training
    174 5 THE first post -war Y.W.C.A. secretary to train overseas, 25-year-old Miss Kwok Swee Soo of Krala Lumpur arrived back in Singapore this week-end after a year in Britain. Miss Kwok Joined the Y.W.C.A. more than 10 years ago, and was a voluntary leader at
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    LOCKS & BOOKS
    56 5 LOCKS BOOKS Prom Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Mon Mohamed Yusuf bin Wok was charged at Johore Bahru with having three bicycle locks and four English books and being unable to explain how he came to be in possession of them. He said that he found them near the customs
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    'USING CHILDREN TO COLLECT MONEY'
    500 5 'USING CHILDREN TO COLLECT MONEY City Hawkers Accuse Police A LLEGATIONS that members of the Singapore Police Force and employees of the Town Cleansing Department use children to collect "protection money" from hawkers were made by four unlicensed hawkers, including one woman, giving evidence before the fourth public meeting yesterday
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    K.L. Vicar Dies
    76 5 TtHE Rev. Father D. Perris1 soud, Vicar of St. John's Church, Kuala Lumpur, died yesterday at Singapore General Hospital. He has been the Vicar of St. John's for the last 22 years. A requiem high mass will be sung by the Bishop of Malacca, the Rt. Rev.
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    $1,000 TO VARSITY
    21 5 IPOH, Mon— The latest contribution to the Malayan University Fund is $1,000 from Mr. Cheong Chee of Ipoh.
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    Unlicensed Hawker
    22 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon For hawking sweets and cigarettes without a licence. Toll Huan Seng was fined $8 at Johore Bahru.
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    Jakarta Newsman
    22 5 MR. MOHAMED ASAD SHAHAB, staff correspondent of the Arabian Press Board in Jakarta, who is visiting Singapore. Straits Times picture.
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    Johore Transfer
    41 5 From Our SUIT Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Mon.— Syeri Hashim bin Abdullah, secretary of the Johore Bahru. Town Board, has been transferred to Segamat as First Assistant District Officer. He has been at the town board only since April 1.
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    Benham Report: k.L Protest
    82 5 From Oar SUIT CorrapMtsteal KUALA LUMPUR, Mon (GOVERNMENT servants will hold a mast meeting in Kuala Lumpur on Friday to protest against the Benham Committee's recommendation for a cut in cost of living allowances. The meeting will also appoint a delegation to interview the Secretary of
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    FLOUR IMPORTS TO BE FREED
    268 5 FLOUR IMPORTS TO BE FREED From Our Staff Correspondent K LUMPUR, Mon. yHE Federation GovernA ment is understood to be preparing plans for handing over flour imports to private firms. Flour imports are at present a Government monopoly with distribution and retail in the hands of private firms. The target
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    Singapore Diary
    142 5 EDUCATION WEEK: free film show for school children. Cathay. 8.30 a.m.: combined schools art and craft exhibition, Victoria Memorial Hall, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; combined Malay schools art and craft exhibition. Kota Raja Malay School. 9 am. to 5 p.m. PRESBYTERIAN CHVR C H, womens's work party.
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    STUDENT WINS BBC RADIO PRIZE
    204 5 A 20-YEAR-OLD Johore student, Mr. Tan See Peng of 25 Jalan Limpoon, Ba- u Pahat, is one of three listeners to the English Half Hour of the 8.8.C. Far Eastern Service who have won radio sets in a listener competition. i Listeners were invited to
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    STRUCK AT SNAKE --SHOT HIMSELF
    53 5 From Oar SUIT Correspondent PENANG. Mon. IN attempting to kill a snake with the butt of his sten run, a Malay frontier constable. Bashiron bin Shaari. was himself killed when the gun went off. The Kroh Coroner, Tnan Syed Mahadzir Fadaak recorded a verdict of
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    Lorry Fell On Him
    67 5 From Our Owi Correspondent MUAR, Mon. A young Town Board labourer Mohammed bin Said, died while being taken to hospital following an accident at Jalan Sulalman, Muar yesterday. Mohammed was beside the driver In a scavenging truck which was believed to have gone out of control.
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    PRIZE GIVING
    28 5 The Director of Education, MoMpoK, Mr. A. W. FrUby, will present prizes for the Malay Schools exhibit* at p.m. tomorrow in the Kota Raja Malay School.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    74 6 THE FAMILY of the late Mrs. Cora Lucille Velge wish to express UiPlr heartfelt thanks to all kind relatives and friends who attended the funeral as well as those who sent wrtaths. telegrams and letters of condolence. MRS. P X MENON and children thank all friends and relatives who
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Tues., May 9, 1950. Education Week
    627 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Tues., May 9, 1950. Education Week The first Education Week in the history of Singapore is a very welcome opportunity to put aside the worries and troubles of the adult world and focus attention upon an aspect of the corporate life of this city on which
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    Point Four For Tin Miners
    424 6 In ail the volume of comment which has followed publication of the draft agreement for the regulation of tin production no explanation has emerged of American opposition to control. But a rather remarkable sidelight on the American position is the suggestion by Washington that high-cost
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    PAHANG COUNCIL
    21 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Pahang Council of State will meet at the Court House at Kuala Llplt next Wednesday.
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    A NEW DYNAMIC IN THE FEDERATION
    1506 6  -  HARRY MILLER By Straits Times Staff- Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur THE Director of Operations, LieutGeneral Sir Harold Briggs, it is now known, has issued his first directive to Federation Government officials, the police, and the Army. Those who have seen It say it Is
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      426 6 T'HE Singapore Teachers' Union takes very strong exception to the letter, headed "The Teachers: Their Salaries And Their Pupils", published by you on May 5 over the pseudonyin "Fairplay". "Fairplay" reveals an abysmal ignorance of the nature of the Malayan Teachers' Union
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      17 CENTS PER COFFEE CUP
      167 6 T'HE Straits Times ol A May 8 reported that the Johore Bahru Coffee Shop Association had asked its members to increase the price of coffee from 15 to 17 cents per cup because of increased licence fees and enhanced water and lighting charges. A cup
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      Shamed Thunks To America
      59 6 IS it not a matter for regret that Singapore, which became a British Colony In 1826, did not boast a free public library until one was established by the Americans 124 years later We British must express our deep gratitude to the United States, but we
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      MANNERS IN U.S. LIBRARY
      233 6 VUOM its opening day A th 0 U.S.I.S. library in Singapore has been visited by many hundreds of the reading public, old and young. This library is indeed a splendid thing. But do not be too happy about it, Singaporeans. Do not give yourselves up too
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    On The Margin
    452 6 A Rural Boon IN the last two years talenefl has won one of its most spectacular victories in Singapore, but there has been no fanfare of trumpets In fact, the first I knew about it wits when I read of it in the Colony annual report, published
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    COLONY'S EDUCATION WEEK OPENS
    438 7 Girls School To Parade Despite Bombing Threat EDUCATION Week in Singapore opened yesterday with displays of arts and handicrafts at St. Joseph's Institytion and also at Outram Road School where 627 pupils were addressed by Mr. A. P. Rajah, a Municipal Commissioner. Miss Chen Lee Niong,
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    WIFE TOLD ME 'DO AS I PLEASE'
    273 7 HUSBAND SAYS: A WIFE who Is alleged to have told her husband that "she was at liberty to go out as she pleased, with whom «he pleased and at any hour the pleased" was cited as respondent in a suit for a divorce
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    'Just Drunk, Not A Thief
    100 7 AN American seaman, Harold Bertram Steven, who told the Singapore Second Court yesterday that he took a taxi for a Joy ride because he was drunk and wanted to celebrate his birthday, was bound over for one year on a personal bond of $100. A
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    YOUTH FINED $750
    48 7 YOUTH FINED $750 An eighteen-year-old youth. Lim Swee Mvi, was fined $750 in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday, after pleading guilty to a charge of having assisted In the management of a Chinese "chap ji kee" lottery. He was found In possession of three schedules worth $3,635.
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    VISAS FOR U.S.I.
    21 7 The Indonesian Office in Singapore is Issuing more than 400 visas every month for people going to Indonesia
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    CLAIMS TRIAL
    46 7 Leong Fook Weng, charged In Singapore's Third District Court yesterday with voluntarily causing hurt, was alleged by Inspector Lai Behari Singh to have thrown a vegetable knife at Leong Chan on May 6 at Henderson Road. Leong claimed trial and was granted $250 ball.
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    Back From Canada
    42 7 MR, CYRIL S. JANSEN, a Singapore schoolmaster who has returned from Canada after spending six months touring Canadian schools on a UNESCO and Canadian Govt. Fellowship. Mr. Jansen thinks Singapore students are keener on their studies than Canadian schoolchildren.
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    European Accused Of Cheating
    229 7 WEARING two rows of medal ribbons, a 56-year-old European, Cyril Wilkins Frerichs of Newton Road appeared in Singapore Second District Court yesterday and faced three charges of having cheated Fraser and Neave, of 20 dozen quarts of beer valued at $247. The prosecution alleged that Frerichs
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    He Had Too Many Pens
    103 7 (1HAN Hoi, a stall operator at j Happy World Amusement Park was fined $50 In the Singapore Fourth Police Oourt yesterday for fraudulent possession or eight fountain pens. A detective said he searched Chan and found t'wo pens in his shirt ann four fixed to
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    Party For 2 USIS Men
    74 7 Party For 2 USIS Men THE American Consul in Singapore, Mr. W. H. Lawrence, Jr., and Mr. and Mrs. James Halsema held a cocktail party last night to honour Mr. Matthew Chandy and Mr. Cheng; Tsi Yau, local employees of the U.8.I.S., who are leaving for the United States by
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    Compulsory Schooling By 1960, Says Frisby
    302 7 TN 1960, if all goes well with the Singapore Ten-Tear Education Plan, all children in the Colony at any rate of primary school a^e-^-would be in school and compelled to attend, said th e Director of Education, Mr. A. W. Frisby, in a broadcast
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    ROYAL MINT CUSTOMERS
    50 7 Malaya and Hong Kong were among the four largest overseas customers of the Royal Mint, according to the 1949 report, m all, threefifths of the coin production of the Mint was for 18 countries abroad. During the year ended Dec. 31, 1949 the mint produced 453,778,650 coins.
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    CRUEL TO DUCKS
    27 7 Lee Tiong Ching was fined $20 in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday after pleading guilty to a. charge of cruelly treating 14 ducks.
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    CARELESS TALK ON TELEPHONES
    40 7 THE Colonial Secretary's office has issued a circular to heads of all Government departments warning against the discussion of secret or confidential matters on the telephone "unless the need for speed overrides the risk of leakages."
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    Six Hurt In Fight
    115 7 SIX Indian labourers at the Singapore Naval Base are tn hospital as the result of a fight which broke out at the Sultan Cinema,. Westhill Road, on Sunday night. All seats were -old when a party from the Naval Base arrived and In an argument with
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    COPRA TRADE
    40 7 Malaya imported 8,604 tons of copra and exported 8,7-JQ tons in March. In addition about 6629 fresh coconuts were exported, most of them going to Burma. Coconut oil imports amounted to 172 tons and exports to 6.598 tons.
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    UNDER HIS NIECE'S BED—AT TWO a.m.
    220 7 UNDER HIS NIECE'S BED— AT TWO a.m. 28-year-old man who was found under his 17-year-old niece's bed at two o'clock In the morning by her grandmother, was yesterday cautioned and discharged in the Singapore First District Court after a plea for leniency had been made by his relatives. He was
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    PUNCHED GIRL— 'JUST PLATING'
    148 7 A YOUTH, Yap Chee Lock, who described breaking down a door, splashing a girl with dirty water, punching her several times, then stripping himself naked, as "Just playing," wag sentenced In the First Diitrict Court yesterday to one month's rigorous Imprisonment lor house-breaking. Yap who pleaded
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    KAMPONG AMBER
    55 7 THIS STAGNANT POOL at the back of a house in Kampong Amber, Katong, was one of the few insanitary spots found by two Progressive Party Municipal. Commissioners, Mr. A. P. Rajah and Mr. Frank James, who visited the district on Saturday. .They went in response to complaints received
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    Bus Service Extended
    65 7 FROM tomorrow, the bus service from Raffles Quay to Farrer Road will be extended to Holland Road police station. Residents in the Holland Road area petitioned for this service. There will be no increase in fare, says Mr. A. A. Ewing, general manager of the Singapore Traction
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    ACQUITTED
    37 7 T. Ramu of Geylang Road. Singapore was yesterday acquitted by the Second Magis trate. Mr. S. E. Teh, on a charge of outraging the modesty of a married Indian woman. The defence was not called upon.
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    Malaya Accepts T.U.C. Offer
    188 7 Malaya Accepts T.U.C. Offer From Our SUIT Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR Mon. rE Malayan Trades Union Council has accepted the offer by the British Trade Union Congress of a colonial scholarship, the president of the council. Mr. P. P. Narayanan, announced today in a statement on yesterday's meeting of his central
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    Boy's Body Found
    66 7 FE body of the L»ahal< ?e boy, H. G. Piyastna. who was drowned off Chang! Pu.;it on Sunday, was found jrest< rday near the spot where he disappeared. The funeral was held last evening at Bidadari cemetery. The Singapore Buddhist Association yesterday postponed its annual meeting because
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    That Egg!
    270 8 IJARD times in England taught me how to make one egg do for three and clthough eggs are plentiful here, they still cost 12 Ul5 cents Fur instance, for the batter of "Goujons de Sole," you use an egg-white and the yolk goes into a Tartar e Sauce
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    Noising around the junk-shop
    731 8 Noising around the junk-shop FROM AN ESTATE BUNGALOW I 1)0 like nosing ■round the junk shop though a lot of people complain I in! they can never find anything, but our ttTHible is more often than not, not what to bnv but whai not to buvl The best stuff is
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    Habits that worry Mother
    553 8  - Habits that worry Mother NURSE BRIDGET MOTHERCRALT IN MALAYA -by often write to me saying how worried they are about the habits their children develop. Perhaps their child bites his nails, sucks his thumb, indulges in head knocking or wets his bed. Mothers should not worry too much about these
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    Malayan Homes & Fashions
    144 8 Malayan Homes Fashions MRS SUFFIAN knows the secret of getting fun out of life: she has so many enthusiasms and lives every day so vividly. One of her chief interests is clothes and for this she has many outlets. She designs and makes her own dresses, despising ready-made paper patterns.
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      140 8 Baby Morion Huygen \\l-' i o' Singapore I laci Mnf V H^ 7 fa fa 6ht&& gate? 7j^y^"«f^fi^ m th P' cture of health and the pride and Ary^T .^^^SA oy of my P arent>! T* I*1 niy life story When I was very young I was given •T5 ■PTji
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      185 8 ALWAYS WELCOME! FOOD PARCELS FOR THE UK Even though tinned meats have just come off the ration, supplies in the UK. may still be short for some time, and bacon, butter and cooking fats are still rationed Don't forget biscuits they're still on points and scarce. COLD STORAGE Singapore Cold
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      188 8 STRAITS TIMES CROSSWORD 21 Ignominious failure (8). CROSSWORn Vrt K1 Tooli with mifht and miio 24. I hurry ln Spain (4). .r. V 16 a. 8). *9. A sea (wallow Sniihaa off Ij I ji I U I TJ I U P I W'TT Z f c S'f^l!^'- U H
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    Anti-Red Bill puts Labour in a spot
    986 9 Anti-Red Bill puts Labour in a spot From BOB GILMORE MKLBOUKNL, May 2 \yHETHER b;y shrewd politic king or accident we shall never know, but Prime Minister Menzies has all but ensured that his Communist Bill will Ik* the over-riding, decisve issue at the State elections to be held within
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    Sidelights On Australia
    309 9 pLURRY over domestic Communists has killed public interest in the nondomestic issue of military aid against the Malayan Communists. But It is clear that last week's official Labour namecalling on Malaya will hasten formation of an all-parties foreign affairs committee and, maybe, a bipartisan (strictly tripartisam foreign
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    MYSTICISM IN U.K.
    132 9 "TOE ENGLISH MYS1 TICS" by Gerald Bullett, a study of mysticism in England from the fourteenth to the nineteenth century, is shortly to be published by Michael Joseph. As the author points out In his preface, the book Is offered not as a contribution to the scholarship
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    The Baby Who May Change History
    732 10  - The Baby Who May Change History DON TAYLOR B> Coon, now, the child of Seretse Khama and his white wife Ruth will be born. This baby will arouse more controversy than any other in the history of the British Empire. It could change the course of history. Or It might
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    Chinese in Indonesia in shaky position
    541 10  -  KENNETH LIKES Rv JAKARTA: INDONESIA'S Chinl ese have felt the squeeze of the turbulent nationalist revolution tn Indonesia, but have come out of the trouble in a comparatively favourable position. For the moment, they are better off politically and economically than the other two
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      40 per cent for Malay Coconuts
      269 11 Fraan Ov Own Carrespantent LONDON. Mon. J^jALAY Coconut Estates directors recommend payment of a final dividend of 30 per cent, to make 40 per cent for the year to Dec. 31, 1949 (against 32Vfe per cent for the previous year.) Net profit, after providing
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      Cocoa Acreage Extended On Muar River Estate
      140 11 From Oar Own Correspondent LONDON, Monday. AN increase in the cocoa plant acreage on the Muar River Rubber Company's estate near Segamat, in Johore. is mentioned by that company's chairman, Sir John Barlow, in his annual statement to shareholders. The original planted area
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      Hitam Tin Output
      14 11 lIITAM Tin's tin-ore output in Ii April amounted to 97 piculs-
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      MALAYAN SHARE MARKET
      236 11 From Oar Market Correspondent INDUSTRIALS In the Malayan share market yes- terday continued to attract some small interest at current levels. Straits Traders re-entered the dividend list. Tin shares showed little change. Rubber shares came in for fresh inquiries. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association
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      TIN PRICES
      29 11 SINGAPORE, Mon., May 8— 5294 (op $9,371*). LONDON, Mon., Mar. S.— Spot: £590— £590}. Forward: £591— £591 J. Settlement: £590. Turnover: morning, 155 tons; afternoon, 60 tons.
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      EXCHANGE RATES
      162 11 gXCHANCJE quotations, as announced by the Malayan Exchange Banks Association, are: Free Market Currencies Sellint r.T./OJ) London 3s. l/16d. Australia 2s. lid. New Zealand 2a. 4 l/32d. India. Burma. Ceylon 155*4 Pakistan 108* Hong Kong 53 9/16 BtTtal T.T. OJ>. uondon 2s 4 3/16 d M 4 7/32
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      SHIPPING IN SINGAPORE
      53 11 SfelP movements scheduled for today at the Singapore Harbour Board wharves (godowns in brackets) are: Wharf Departures: Sedili (IS); Rhesus (27-28}; Seroel (41): Wak- ip '4"i. Be" > "\nnoch (6-7 istbrls (1-2)4 Star Arcturus (25-26). Wharf Arriyals: steel Mariner (13-14); President Harding (36); Elpenor (42-43); Cuacam (41);
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      S'pore Rubber
      173 11 S'pore Rubber RUBBER prices in Singapore yesterday rose to new heights, business being done for first-grade May shipment at 78% cents per Ib. —an improvement of 1% cents per lb. over the week-end quotation. The market was firm throughout the day, with sellers reserved. Small business passed. dosing prices yesterday
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      PRODUCE MARKET
      88 11 Fram A Market Correspondent /^OPRA in the Singapore producemarket was quiet yesterday, with buyers indicating $39 and sellers asking for $39 i. Coconut oil was quoted at $63 but there wore no buyers. Cloves were quiet, with sellers quoting the week-end levels. There were no buyers. Sago flour
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      COPRA BUYING
      48 11 JAKARTA, Mon. 'THE copra fund In East Indo- nesla has reported a record purchase of 45,000 tons of copra during April, according to Aneta News Agency. Stocks at the end of April totalled 60,000 tons— 6,500 tons higher than in the same month last year. Reuter-AAP.
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      RUBBER CROPS
      37 11 JJARRISONS Crosfleld (Malaya) announce the following April estate rubber crops. In lbs.: Allenby 40,000 Benta Est. 79,000 Jeram Kuantan Est. 50,000 Kundong Est. 36.000 Mcntakab 73.100 Sungei B;igan 103,000 Sandycroft 15,223 Tanjong Pau Est. 54,000
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    RACE HELD KOTA RAJA FOR 50 MINUTES
    505 12 Then Bakar Got Winning Goal Kota Raja 3; S.R.C 2. ALTHOUGH they took a most casiial attitude towards their S.A.F.A. Senior League match against the Singapore Recreation Club at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday, the present unbeaten league champions, Kota Raja, eventually won through
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    45 12 MRS. OILMORE leads in Young Lucius (Eliery up) after his fifth consecutive win when he scored at Penang on Saturday. Young Lucius Is out to set a Malayan record by trying to win his sixth race in a row next Saturday.— Photo by Scoops Service.
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    25 12 MADAM IDA OKI greets Sir Tristram (Healey), winner at Penan* on Saturday. Sir Tristram cave Trainer Parker his first success since taking up tbe profession.
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    Decision On Germany & Japan Soon
    241 12 Decision On Germany Japan Soon OLYMPIC SPORTS LONDON, Mon. THE ticklish problem of allowing Germany and Japan to return to Olympic competition will come before the International Olympic Committee when it meets at Copenhagen next week. The question of Russian participation also may be raised. Last year, at least two
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    Good Purses For Tomorrow'sßaces
    403 12  -  EPSOM JEEP By PENANG. Monday. 1I71TH ONLY six races on the card, the second day of the Penang Turf Club summer meeting may be quite a pleasant outing foi racegoers, but those closest to the racing game— owners, trainers and jockeys will certainly not treat Wednesday's
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    Rain Washes Out Cricket
    163 12 LONDON. Mon. T>AIN made play Impossible In at AV least five of the eight matches which should have been In their second day's play today. When play was possible, there were frequent Interruptions. At Worcester, where the West Indians are starting their firstclass programme, there was
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    Sino-Malays v HK Services Today
    96 12 HONO KONG Services will play the last game of their Singapore tour when they meet Sino-Malays at Jalan Besar Stadium today, kick-off at 5.15 p.m. The visitors, with a defeat, victory and draw in their three games here, will go all out to wind up
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    $5,000 FOR MORE COURTS
    32 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— A sum of $5,000 was voted for additional tennis and badminton courts at the annual general meeing of the Selangor Chinese Recreation Club held "recently.
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    BODC A Badminton Results & Ties
    281 12 BODC A Badminton Results Ties rrilE 223 Base Ordnance Depot Civilian Association'! badminton championship finals will be played at the Clerical Union Hall on Wednesday, May 17 starting at 3 p m. The following are the results of the weekend's ties and a list of fixtures for tomorrow .starting at
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    "Dave Will Find It Easier"
    276 12 DAVE will find It a lot easier and It may be a question of how many rounds Boy Brooks can last" was how Tom Magutre Jnr. summed up Dave Sands' chances against Boy Brooks at the Happy World Stadium on Friday night. Tom Magulre Jnr.,
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    Italy Take The Doubles
    63 12 EASTBOURNE, Sussex. Mon. ITALY won the doubles of their Davis Cup tie European Zone first round here today "against Britain when Gianni Cucelli and Marcello Del Bello beat Tony Mottram and Geoffrey Palsh 9-7, 6-2, 6-4. Each side having won a singles on Saturday, Italy now
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    ISLAND CLUB MIXED FOURS
    80 12 The Island Club's Mixed Poursomes for May played on Sunday resulted as follows: Winners: Mrs. McLean St M. A. Windsor (90— 22V4=«7Vi). Next best returns were from:— Mr. 8c Mrs. P. Quentiu (94—26 =68), Mrs. O'Geary J. Nicol (,76—7=69), Mrs. Mavor P. Jones (80—10=70), Mrs. Week*
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    SINGAPORE TIDES
    22 12 TODAY: 3.30 a.m. (7ft. Sin.) and 5.59 p.m. (6ft. 71n.). TOMORROW: 4.20 a.m. (7ft 3in.) and 7.10 p.m. (Oft. Sin).
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    Watch Lebombo & Kind Regards
    402 12  - Watch Lebombo Kind Regards EPSOM JEEP By PENANG, Monday. MOST photographed horse is Smiling Through. On Saturday, for the third time this season this photogenic Ronsard mare was concerned in a photo finish at Penang. She nosed out Ballymun n in a tight finish and, of course. "First Race Cha
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    51 12 Among the spectators at Saturday's Malaya Cup match in Kuala Lumpur when Selangor beat Perak four-one were (left to right) the High Commissioner of the Federation, Sir Henry Gurney, the Governor of Singapore Sir Franklin Gimson. Lady Gurney, and the Director of Anti-Bandit Operations Lt.-G«n Sir Harold Briggs.— Straits Times
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    New Faces & Old In Sing Tao Team
    370 12 New Faces Old In Sing Tao Team rpHE SING TAO Tigers, premier football club of 1 Hong Kong who are due to arrive in Singapore on" May 19 for a series of six games here, include three new players held in high repute in Hong Kong. They are Tang Yee-kit
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    Sports Dairy
    36 12 SOCCER: Sino-Malays v. Hong Kong Services at Jalan Besar; Snr. Ige: R.E.M.E. f. B.A.F. Changi; Jnr. A 2: Cosmos v. Indonesians 'A' at Geylang; Business Hie (replay): Malayan Airways t. Borneo Motors on padang.
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    Colony Tennis Starts June 5
    72 12 THE Singapore Lawn Tennis Association's annual championships will be held this year on the S.C.C. courts from June 5. Entries close by the first post on May 20. Forms may be obtained from all affliiated clubs and from the tournament referee Mr. C. K. Pang,
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    Goal Every 5 Minutes In Geylang Jnr. Soccer
    205 12 Goal Every 5 Minutes In Geylang Jnr. Soccer A GOAL every five minutes became the rule at the Geylang Stadium yesterday where the Junior A-2 Singapore AT A. tie between the Kota Raja 'A" an| the Postal it Telecoms Union S.C. ended In a 11-nil win for the Rajas. Five
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    STTA Juvenile Tournament
    116 12 rE FIRST ties in the Singaport Table tennis Association's Juvenile championships were played at the Great World yesterday. The nlno ties played resulted: Lee How Fook bat Jacob Chori? 21-13, 21-14 21-6; Llm Sal Loon? beat Lim Seow Hen 21-17. 21-9. 21-14; Yan Wai Yar beat Dav
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    TALBERT WINS
    40 12 PARIS, Mon.— W. Taloert beat Budge Patty in straight sets in the all-Amerlcan men's singles final in the Paris international lawn tonnia championships yesterday. Talbert, ranked third in the United States in 1949. won 6-3, 9-7, 6-1.— Reuter.
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