The Straits Times, 10 January 1951

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    21 1 The Straits Times The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1951. PRICE TEN CENTS
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    READ MASS TO PURSUE 8th ARMY U.N.95 Miles From Pusan
    268 1 TOKYO, Tuesday. THOUSANDS of Chinese Reds, including Mongolian cavalrymen, are concentrating south of Seoul in preparation for the pursuit of the retreating Eighth Army in western Korea. Two main concentrations are reported, al Osan, abandoned on Monday by the Allies,
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    Search for hidden papers
    42 1 A Singapore SHrcial Branch officer using a mine detector yesterday in the search for hidden documents in connection with the present investigations into the members of the propaganda branch of the Communist Party of Singapore. Straits Times picture.
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    AMERICAN WIVES MAY QUIT HONGKONG
    256 1 AMERICAN WIVES MAY QUIT HONGKONG ONO KONG, Tues. rp.4E United States Consul-General in Hong Kong announced tonight that he will advise Americans "seriously to consider evacuatin? dependents and effects from the Colony while transport was available. A Hong Kong Government sDok*-sman said that no similar action was contemplated bv the
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    EISENHOWER IN BELGIUM
    57 1 BRUSSELS, Tups. Gen. Fivnhower. Atlantic Army Supreme Commander, arrived her by air today from Paris on his tour of Atlantic Pact cuoitals. H'l^ium's armed forces at pi sent about 73.000. are to b- increased to 150.000 this yoar. Earlier. Gen. Eisenhower p*!d a courtesy visit to the
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    THEY DON'T LIKE COLD STEEL
    97 1 With the 29th Brigade. Tups. V|fcN of the NorthumberlTl land Fusilier* who helped delay the Communist entry into Seoul say there is only one way to demoralise the Chinese and North Koreans "a jcood old-fashioned bayonet charge." A few hours before they were ordered to
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    CENSORS 'ALTER WAR NEWS'
    254 1 CENSORS 'ALTER WAR NEWS' CHICAGO. Tues. rE Chicago Daily News said in a dispatch from Tokyo today. "General MacArthur's censors have been given authority to delete from Korean war dispatches Tirtually anything that displeases them." The dispatch said: "What correspondents had hoped would be a censorship for military security— that
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    BIG 'QUAKE IN TOKYO
    48 1 TOKYO, Tues— The TokyoYokohama area was shaken early this morning by the bigsest earthquake in the region since the war. Tokyo police reported no damaee in the capital, while the municipal authorities In Yokohama reported partial power cuts and breakage in water mains.— Reuter
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    FORMOSA MAY GET MORE U.S. AID
    51 1 TAIPEI, Tues.— lncreased Marshall Aid for Formosa was predicted today by Mr John Nason, acting chief of the E.CA. mission here Mr- Nason. just back from Washington, said plans were discussed for increasing aid during the current fiscal year, which ends on June 30
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    AOC FOR SARAWAK
    26 1 Air Vice-Marshal Sir Frank Mellersh. Air Officer Commanding the R.A.F in Malaya. flies to Sarawak today for a routine visit to the Governor
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    No Change In System Of Rubber Sale To US
    209 1 WHILE the U.S. Gov- eminent has become the sole importer and distributor of natural rubber in the United States, under a recent order of the National Production Authority, rubber purchases will continue through normal private trade channels. An announcement by the
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    RUBBER AT $2.15: U.S. BUYERS OUT
    57 1 US. buyers bought sub- stantial lots of rubber in Singapore yesterday. The price of first-grade for January shipment rose to $2.15 a 1b. at one time, business done. Support fell off in the afternoon and the market closed irregular with No. 1 R.S.S.. baled,
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    JETS ARRIVE
    46 1 More Vampire Jet fighters reached Singapore yesterday for service with the Far East Air Force. During the day they had flown from Bangkok via Butterworth on the last lap of their 8,500-mlle flight trom the United Kingdom, and landed at the R.A.F. Base. Seletar.
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    PREMIERS' TALKS STYMIED
    136 1 PREMIERS' TALKS STYMIED LONDON. Tues. pESISTANCE to the "get tough" action against Communist China has stymied the Commonwealth Prime Ministers' discussions on Far Eastern policy. Since the conference opened on Thursday, five formal sessions and several informal meetings have been devoted mainly to attempts to reach a tentative policy on
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    FOUND HANGING
    24 1 A middle-aged Eurasian, who was found hanging In his house at Lavender Street, Singapore, last night, was taken to the General Hospital.
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    3 ATTACK BEES WITH GAS—OVERCOME
    74 1 3 ATTACK BEES WITH GAS— OVERCOME T/HREK white ant exterminators who tried to smoke out a bee-hive yesterday at Tanglln, Singapore, fell victims to theft* own device. The exterminators, wlio UfMl gas, were themselves nffcrcome by the fuiu*«. and. had to be taken to hospital. .One, an Indian, is in
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    3 Die, 23 Hurt In Saigon Explosion
    110 1 SAIGON, Tuesday. 2EVEN mortar shells exploded here in Communist- led demonstrations last night, killing three people and injuring 23. Most of the victims were women. Police made 150 arrests today. The demonstrations were,- held to commemorate th« death of a Vietnamese student in
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    S'PORE POLICE SEEK LAWYER, EX-REPORTER
    724 1 SINGAPORE lawyer, Mr. Lim Kean Chye, and a former newspaper reporter, Mr. Eu Chooi Yip, are wanted by the Singapore police in connection with the dissemination of Malayan Communist Party propaganda in the Colony. This announcement by the Singapore police yesterday followed the arrest of
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    Detained Students Take Exams
    243 1 pOUR detained University of Malaya nnder1 graduates were yesterday allowed to sit for their terminal examinations. They took them under guard in the home of a Special Branch officer. Three final year arts student*. James Puthucheary Tan Seng Lock and Abdullah Majid. who were arrested. on
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    HE GOT ONLY ONE PAIR OF PANTS
    48 1 WASHINGTON, Tues. A RECRUIT from Mem71 phis. Tennessee, hat protested to Representative Clifford Davis, Democrat, Tennessee, that he i$ unable to leave his ca:np or go to church because the army has issued him only one pair of winter underwear. —U.P.
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    FIRE STARTED NEAR CINEMA
    37 1 A small fire was started outside the Capitol Theatre, Singapore, late last night when sd'mi films were thrown from a ear. The ear drove away and the police are looking for tat owner.
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    'NO SYMPATHY FOR RED STUDENTS'
    78 1 student of the University of Malaya shown to be a member of the Malayan Communist Party wilt not have the sympathy or support of the Students' Union, said a statement issued last night by the Union. It fully supported the statement by the acting Vice-Chancellor
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    Former Food Man For UK
    56 1 MR. A. D. Butter-Madden. former Deputy Food and Price Controller. Singapore, who resigned, leaves Singapore for Britain in the Suriento next Wednesday Mr. Butler-Madden, whose place has been taken by Mr W. W. Jenkins, said that ha hoped to return to Singapore as a visitor
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    'EXTEND CALL UP'
    29 1 WASHINGTON, Tues. Peace time military training of all youths aged between 17 and 19 Is called for in a Bill introduced in the Senate yesterday.— Reuter.
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    STATE COMMISSION TO RECONSIDER HAGUE PACTS
    257 2 STATE COMMISSION TO RECONSIDER HAGUE PACTS JAKARTA, Tuesday. THE Indonesian Government will continue its fight for the realisation of its national claim to New Guinea. This was stated by Premier Natsir in Parliament this morning when he announced that Government would shortly set up a "state commission" to reconsider the
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    Fashion In Feathers
    20 2 CURLING osprey plume? decorate this black velvet cap seen at the latest London fashion show. Renter picture.
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    'China War After May'
    77 2 TAIPEH. Tues.—Nationalist President Chiang Kaishek yesterday reiterated his conviction that the counteroffensive to recover the mainland could be launched any time after May. Chiang told members of the Kuomintang and Government officials that he stood behind his belief that 1950 would be the year for preparation
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      Girl Star Abducted By Spurned Suitor
      234 2 OHIRLEY Collier, 16-year-old "Shirley Temple of South Africa," was abducted by her rejected suitor, Hollywood police said, but escaped by leaping from the youth's speeding car. The police said that Martin del Campo, aged 23, forced j Miss Collier into his car as she
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      REFORMS IN NEPAL OUTLINED
      129 2 NEW DELHI, Tues. J^EPAL'S Prime Minister, Mohun Shumshere Jung Bahadur Rama, last night in Khatmandu announced reforms in his country which, the Foreign Ministry said, are "in substantial agreement with the advice given by the Government of India." A Foreign Ministry spokesman said these were the
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    STOP WAR HYSTERIA PLEA BY NEHRU
    232 2 LONDON, Tuesday. MR. Nehru last night cautioned people to avoid the fatalistic belief that a third world war is inevitable. He told 1,500 members of the Indian 1 community in London: "I do not think war .s inevitable. But the most dangerous thing is
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    20 2 MR. E. C. WILSON, aged 64, who has been appointed Director of the L.S. Office of defence Mobilisation. A.P picture.
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    Pleven Wins Three Confidence Votes
    109 2 PARIS, Tues. •pHE French Government won three confidence votes from the House of Assembly last night in its 740 milliard (£755,000,000 sterling) rearmament bill, which now becomes law. The Upper House (Council of the Republic) on Friday approved the total amount but rejected Government proposals
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    BRITISH PLAN FOR KOREA CEASEFIRE
    209 3 BRITISH PLAN FOR KOREA CEASEFIRE C 'wealth Urged: Recognise China LONDON, Tuesday. MR. Ernest Kevin, the Foreign Secretary, submitted to the Commonwealth Prime Ministers yesterday a plan for solving the problems of Communist China and Korea. The plan, which has been kept secret, has been the backs of the Prime
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    EMPIRE PREMIERS
    52 3 EMPIRE PREMIERS SEVEN COMMONWEALTH Prime Ministers attending the conference in London. From left: Dr. T. E. Donjjrs (South Africa), Sir Godfrey Hoggins (S. Rhodesia), Mr. C. It Attlee (Great Britain), Mr. St. Laurent (Canada). Mr. D. S. Senanavake (Ceylon). Mr. R. M. G. Menxies (Australia), and Mr. S. G. Holland
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    'PEACE DEPENDS ON ASIA'
    193 3 LONDON, Tues. TVfR. Liaquat Ali Khan, 1 Prime Minister of Pakistan, declared last night that the peace of the world depended on peace In Asia. •You cannot allow onethird of the world to live in misery and hope the world at large will live in peace,'"
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    WHY THE "Y"?
    49 3 HONG KONG. Tues— The People* Bank of China announces that the letter "S" will now be used as the English prefix sums in the official currency. Up till now the letters JMP have been used. It is not -♦oted why the le'ter "V" was rho^n— Reuter.
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    Med Defence Plan Being Drawn Up
    248 3 LONDON, Tuesday. P[ is understood that a blueprint for the defence of the Middle East and the Eastern Mediterranean is emerging out of informal defence talks which some of the Commonwealth statesmen had yesterday and th's morning with Mr. Attlee and British Chiefs of
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    Asia Puzzled By Hostile Camps
    201 3 Asia Puzzled By Hostile Camps LONDON, Tues. ATR. D. S. Senanayalce, Prime Minister of Ceylon said yesterday that the great nations could break the vicious circle of the balance of power, fear of insecurity and armament race by sacrificing some prestige and privilege. In a broadcast, Mr. Senanayake said the
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    PEACE APPEAL
    30 3 OSLO, Tues.— Five M.P.S representing Norway's five main parties, today launched an appeal for peace with a list signatories headed by the Prime Minister Mr. Einar Gerhardsen— Reuter.
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    'REFORM' APPEAL
    32 3 HONG KONG, Tues. Radio Peking last night broadcast an official appeal to 3.000,000 Chinese Catholics to 'reform" their church, divorce it from the Vatican influence and become "independent Washington Reuter
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    PRINCESS AND PRIME MINISTERS
    35 3 PRINCESS MARGARET with Mr. C. R. Attlee, Prime Minister of Britain (left) and Mr. Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India, at a luncheon given by the King and Queen. A.P. picture.
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    U.K. ENVOY TO SPAIN
    75 3 LONDON, Tues.— Sir Johnj Ealfour, formerly British Ambassador to Argentina, was last night appointed Ambassador to Madrid. Britain withdrew her Ambassador from Madrid in 1946 to comply with a resolution by the United Nations Assembly condemning the Franco regime. The Assembly revoked this resolution last November.
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    IRAN ENDS CONTRACT WITH U.S.
    92 3 IRAN ENDS CONTRACT WITH U.S. TEHERAN, Tuts. THE Iranian Government hai 1 terminated a contract with American experts' to help supervise the nation's sevenyear economic plan. Dr. Mohammed Naha. managing director of the plan, said Iran's contract with Overseas Consultants Inc. was terminated by mutual consent on Jan. 1 because
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    REDS DERAIL EXPRESS
    66 3 RANGOON, Tues. An armoured train piloting the Rangoon-Prome express over a stretch of track menaced by rebels plunged into a river bed yesterday when Communists dynamited a 50yard bridge 57 miles northwest of Rangoon. The number of casualties is not known yet. Reports said a battle between
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    Korea: UN Told By U.K.
    193 3 LAKE SUCCESS, Tues. T>HE United Nations Political Committee last night accepted Britain's plea that they should adjourn until Thursday to seek a basis for a Korean settlement before taking drastic measures against China. By a vote of 44 to five, with seven abstentions, the committee
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    RED CROSS WANT KOREA MISSION
    80 3 GENEVA, Tues. PAUL RUEGGER, president of the International Red Cross Commit tee, said yesterday that he has asked the North Korean Government for permission to fly to Pyongyang. He wants to examine the problems of prisoners of war on both sides and the possibility of
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    'SUPER' CARRIERS IN U.S. NAVY PLAN
    187 3 'SUPER' CARRIERS IN U.S. NAVY PLAN WASHINGTON, Tuesday. A U552,000,000,000 U.S. Navy shipbuilding pro- gramme, including so-called super aircraftcarriers, was outlined in a Bill introduced in the House of Representatives last night by Representative Carl Vinson, Democrat, Georgia. Mr. Vinson said the Bill was approved by both the Defence Department
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    G.B.S. WROTE HIS OWN OBITUARY
    140 3 LONDON, Tues. QEORGE Bernard Shaw wrote his own obituary. This latest anecdote about the famous British playwright came from Hesketh Pearson, Shaw's bjographer. It happened in 1948 when Shaw was ill, The British Broadcasting Corporation approached Pearson and sug- gested he record Shaw's obituary "Just
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    'Sealed Lips' Law Closes Seven Shops After Shooting
    432 4 'Sealed Lips' Law Closes Seven Shops After Shooting From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Tuesday. IN the first case under the new emergency regulations imposing collective punishment on "sealed lip" areas, seven shops and a cigarette stall in Penang were today ordered to be closed for one month, except between 12
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    FATHER FORGOT DATE
    57 4 FATHER FORGOT DATE ELEVEN- YEAR-OLD Supramaniam, who was awarded a Sl5O-a-year scholarship by the directors of Sengat Estate, Ipoh, almost missed his first day at Anderson School when his father forgot the date on Monday. He was taken to school by the Manager. Mr. Kindersley. seen here with his wife
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    PEACE AGAIN IN 'BATTLE' VILLAGE
    159 4 From Our Staff Correspondent ALOR STAR, Tuesday. pORMATION of a Sino-Malay committee to help 1 keep law and order has restored confidence to the Central Kedah village of Bukit Junun in the Pak Mak Isun area, where 19 people, including seven bandits, were killed in
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    THEY STILL GO TO SCHOOL IN A SHOP
    64 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. PUPILS of the Lai Mengr Girls' school, Hale Road, Kuala Lumpur will have to continue learning: in a shop house. Their principal planned to build a temporary school at Hale Road and applied for permission.
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    Building Ban: S'pore Awaits Orders
    120 4 VO regulations similar to those introduced in the 11 Federation to control the cost of buildings and to requisition building materials have been drawn up for Singapore for the time being, Mr. E A. Gardiner, Director of Public Works, said yesterday. Mr. Gardiner said he
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    ONN LEAVES FOR CEYLON TODAY
    84 4 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. T\ATO Onn bin Ja'afar, chairman of RID A, who had to postpone his visit to Ceylon last month, leaves by plane tomorrow for Colombo. Dato Onn will study rural administration in Ceylon and industrial development and the working
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    $93,679 For Poppy Fund
    109 4 T~)ETA1LED figures for contributions to Singapore's Poppy Day Fund Appeal, totalling $93,679, were announced jesterday by the president of the Ex-Services Association, Mr. J.K. Owinnell. They are: Children** Party, $6,000; Garden Fete, $4,515.50; Ball. $2,701.03; Hockey Matches (2). $343; Mrs. Steed's Bridge Drive. $938; Mrs. London's
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    DISCLAIMER
    40 4 From Our Own Correspondent SEGAMAT, Tues— Mr. Tan Siong Llan, vice-president of the local branch of the M.C.A. points out that he Is not the Tan Siong Lian charged at Segamat last weejc with trespass into the military camp.
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    TRANSFERRED
    32 4 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Tues.Court Inspector Harun Taslim has been transferred to Plentong as officer in charge of the police district, relieving Inspector Dahadi. who has gone on leave.
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    CRANE CRASH KILLS DRIVER
    58 4 From Oar SUIT Correspondent PENANG. Tues. PI MAN bin Karto. aged 48. crane driver, was killed yesterday when another crane crashed into him while he was working: on his own crance 30ft up. Paiman, who was workin? in the workshop of the Eastern Smelting Works, was
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    Court Needs Woman Interpreter
    140 4 Court Needs Woman Interpreter From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH. Tues. gECAUSE it was felt that a woman interpreter would help the court, Mr. Justice Thomson today adjourned the hearing of a rape case to Saturday morning in the Ipoh Assize Court. A 34-year-old rubber tapper Letchumanan was arraigned on two
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    160 STUDENTS AT HOME EXHIBITION
    50 4 A HUNDRED and sixty boys of the St. Andrew's School Civics Club studied the housing exhibition at the Victoria Memorial Hall, Singapore, yesterday. The civics master of the school, Mr. Cheong Hock Hal, has offered a book prize for the best essay on the exhibition.
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    FOR Gift TO 'KIND' INSPECTOR
    309 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. DECAUSE a police in- SDector had been kind to him. said c Chinese bicycle shop proprietor, Nr Kah Hin, in the Kuala LumDur First Magistrate's Court, he gave him two bottles of brandy, two tins of cigarettes and
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    12 Holidays With Pay
    134 4 ]y[AY Day (May 1), the international labour day will be a holiday for the daily-paid workers of the Singapore Government, It was officially announced last night. This U one of the 12 days in the year which will be paid holidays for Government daily-paid employees other
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    ENTICING CHARGE POSTPONED
    61 4 From Oar Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. The case against Kaliappan. charged with enticing away a married woman, was again mentioned at Johor* Bahru and postponed on the prosecution stating that the matter had oeen referred to the Legal Adviser. Kaliappan claimed that the woman was his
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    ACCUSED DRIVER DID NOT APPEAR
    68 4 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU Tues Radiyoh bin Haji Salim was not present In the Magistrate's Court to answer n charge of driving a motor van In Johore without a Federation licence and with not having paid his road tax licence for the second
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    MR. W. A. LOGAN
    22 4 SEGAMAT, Tubs. The manager of Bukit Siput Estate, Mr. W. A. Logan, has left Segamat on long leave.
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    DELIGHTFUL 'SNOW WHITE'
    171 4 THE pupiLs of Dean's School provided delightful entertainment at the Victoria Theatre on Sunday and.Monday with a performance of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs All the cast, from Snow White, ably portrayed by Cherry Wise, down to the smallest and shyest little rosebud fairy, played with
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    REGULATION AMENDED
    435 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. r)STO Tan Cheng Lock, President of the Malayan Chinese Association, will raise the question of hmergency Regulation 17-C, which provides that, when a detainee is deported, his dependants must go with him, when he speaks at a meeting of the Working
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    Four silent bankers from Peking
    128 5 pOUR silent bankers from Peking on a secret mission to London avoided reporter a' questions on arrival in Singapore yesterday afternoon by Argonaut from Hong Kong. They admitted they were going to London "on business" but refused to say more. The bankers, all officials of
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    Nadra Fund Started
    47 5 ANADRA Appeal Fund Committee has been established In Singapore under the ausoices of the Muslim Lep-Tue. Tle Muslim League secreMr. B. A. Mallal. yesterdiv faid that the Committee aim d to centralise contribuin one fund. Committee has apd Tuan Haji Adam Ib"'iim honorary treasurer.
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    PAY TALKS TO TAKE A YEAR
    235 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. NEGOTIATIONS on salary scales for Federation 11 Government servants are expected to take about a year, or possibly more, Mr. G. Fricker, secretary of the Standing Committee on Pay and Conditions of Service, said today. Negotiations will
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    Sisters Win State Scholarship
    188 5 Sisters Win State Scholarship KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. r ['HREE Malay girls, two of them sisters, have been awarded Selangor state scholarships. The sisters are Ruby binte Abdul Majeed and Lily binte Abdul Majeed. The other girl is Zaharah binte Mokhtar. Ruby Majeed has been granted a scholarship to complete her
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    NO LICENCE
    19 5 TELUK ANSON, Tue«. For driving a lorry without a licence, Sinnathamby was fined $10 at Teluk Anson.
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    Electoral Lists Ready Soon
    159 5 Electoral Lists Ready Soon (PRINTED copies of the elec- toral lists for the Singapore Legislative Council elections to be held on April 7 are expected to be available for candidates before the end of this month. Nomination of candidates for the elections has been fixed for March 5, so that
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    Hawker Licensing To Go On, But...
    225 5 Singapore Municipality is to proceed with the 1 licensing of 7,000 itinerant hawkers pending a dc/iS'on by Government whether or not hawkers In th? Colony are to be licensed. Arhotsgh this action will he contrary to their own reieridation to Governon the findings of
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    CYCLISTS FINED
    19 5 SEGAMAT, Tues.— Six cyclists were fined $4 each at Seßamat for leaving their machines unlocked and unattended.
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    60 5 A PERSPECTIVE VIEW of the new power station at Pasir Panjang, the construction which is to begin next month. The station, which will cost more than $19,90% 00Q, is designed to meet all the electrical requirements of the Colony for the next 20 years, and is scheduled to generate its
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    POLICE QUERY
    32 5 The Singapore Government Is brine asked to state what action has been taken during the last month to strengthen the Police Force, by Mr. A. Me I ellan (Nominated) at
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    Singapore Diary
    89 5 HOUSING EXHIBITION, Victoria Memorial Hall, 9 am. to 8 p.m. and lectures by Dr. W. J. Vicke.-g and Dr. G. H. Lowe on 'Your Horn* and Your Health." 5.3o p.m. Y.M.C.A. Katong Seniors, annual general meeting, St. Hi da's i School, Ceylon Road, 4 pjn. CHINESE Y.M.C.A.. 8?l3gl?
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    MEDALS FOR 3 BLOOD DONORS
    175 5 rnHRLE men past their fifties. 1 who have donated nearly a gallon of blood each over the past three years to the Singapore Blood Bank, were presented with sllTer medals yesterday by the Director of Medical Services, Dr. W. J. Vickers, at a ceremony in
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    Ampang bandits blasted again
    190 5 Ampang bandits blasted again From Our S4*ff Ccrr«.pondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. tHDR the second day in L succession, R.A.F. Lincoln bombers today blasted suspected bandit targets in the Ampang area, a few miles from Kuala Lumpur This afternoon Brigand brighter-bombers made another attack further to the east. During the past
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    Explosion Kills Boy
    61 5 A CARBIDE lamp explosion killed a nine-year-old Chinese boy, It was stated in the Singapore Coroner's Court yesterday. The Coroner, Mr. Choor Singh, was holding an inquest on Ang Chee Watt, who died at the General Hospital from extensive burns. Ang, who was alone In a room,
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    85 6 MR. MRS. FRANCIS J. ASH,>ank everyone for (heir prerns. telegrams letters of conI n'!ila:ion.s 0:1 their Stiver Wedciirie Anniver: at\ MR m MRS. JAMITS CHIN >:»c; hank all rrlntives lor their kind att'r.dance »i their w^dinK and also lor their b 111 if til prcsrns anil corpra'u- 1 .'ees.
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    31 6 BRIGADIER F. HARVEY i ill donors of ca^h or gif s In kind to The Salvation Anr;y Fin"apore and Federation during <'lii' ni;i^ Se.tson. and for continued support throughoir year.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Wed., Jan. 10, 1951. Emergency Arrests
    631 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Wed., Jan. 10, 1951. Emergency Arrests Mine detectors enlisted by the Singapore police yesterday in a search for buried mysteries added a new note of drama and suspense to the story of a series of arrests which began with a raid on one of the University
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    The BCG Team In Johore
    513 6 Listeners to Radio Malaya last Friday night heard an informative and interesting report on a visit to a school in Johore at which the pupils were being vaccinated with BCG in pursuance of the mass preventive campaign against tuberculosis that is now getting under way
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    AUSTRALIA'S MINISTER IN LONDON
    1054 6 AUSTRALIA'S MINISTER IN LONDON COMH t Vr 'POINTS Ronald Elliott today reports an interview with Mr. E. I. Harrison, M.P., Resident Minister for Australia in London, on the economic and social policy of the Commonwealth of Australia. The Commonwealth of Australia celebrates half a century of self-government this year. It
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      521 6 THE minutes of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce stress that the committee of the Chamber opposed the recent increase in company tax from 20 to 30 per cent, on the ground that 4 no increase in the tax payable by any class cf taxpayer was
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      203 6 Vf ANY crimes are being committed, even In town during the day. by criminals who are mostly armed. It Is not good enough to depend for everything on the police If ore has a good chance to tackle the criminals oneself. It is the duty of
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      IS CHINA UNITED?
      79 6 MR. Khoo Eng Teow, In his letter of Jan. 8 headed "Propaganda in China", is talking through his hat when he says that for adaptability the Chinese are second to none this after centuries of strife and disunity helped China to become a united and leading? nation
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    438 6 On the Margin The Arrests an individual journalist, I feel bound to confess that I have an uneasy conscience over one aspect of the startling: arrests made by the Special Branch *n Singapore this week. When these arrests were made under the Emergency Regulations the names were released at once,
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    TEACHERS' UNION REPLACES TWO MEN
    109 7 TEACHERS' UNION REPLACES TWO MEN THE Singapore Teachers' Union declared yesterday that it had never been aware that any of its oincers had any connection with subversive activities. At an emergency committee mcrtlng. Mr. Lim Choo Sye. vice-president, was appointed actin? president and Mr. V Victor acting secretary in place
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    Manager On 2 Charges
    76 7 R. T. Bucihrani. manager of Messrs. Hotchand Kamchand. Winchester House, Singapore, appeared on two summons charges *n the SingaDore First District Court before Mr. H A. Forrer, yesterday. Budhrani claimed trial to a charge of importing three cases of cotton shirts bearing a false trade description.
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    CRUELTY, FINED
    32 7 Ng Lerg L p. who pleaded jrullty in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday to causing unnecessary suflprJnjr to eight pigs by putting them In a basket, was fined •40.
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    RED STUDENTS DISAVOWED
    336 7 'No Support Or Sympathy' From Their Colleagues ANY student of the University of Malaya shown to be a member of the Malayan Communist Party will not have the sympathy or support of the Students* Union. This was said in a statement last night by the Students' Union,
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    CID Questions Two Wives
    76 7 mHE wives of two men X involved in the police anti-M.C.P. drive returned to Singapore from Penan* yesterday by the Corfu, and were interrogated by the police. They were taken off the ship in company with the police but were released later. They were Mrs. Lim
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    FORTY TRAIN FOR R.A.F.
    60 7 Forty Malayans started training for the R.A.F. at Changi. Singapore yesterday. The men. consisting of 15 Chinese. 10 Malays, eight Eurasians and seven Indians, will undergo six weeks' initial disciplinary and weapon training under the command of Fl.'Lt. W. A. George before being posted to R.A.F.
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    Board meets today on rubber pay
    144 7 Board meets today on rubber pay From Oui Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. 'pHE Federal Government tonight announced the names of the arbitration board, set up under the Industrial Courts Ordinance, 1948, to settle the wage dispute between the Malayan Planting Industries Employers' Association and the Rubber Estate Workers' Union.
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    HE ATTACKED WATCHMAN
    52 7 A watchman of a scrap iron dump, Yat Ali bin Badesah, alleged in the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday that he was struck with a pole "without provocation" by S. Girdari, a cowherd, at Lorong 3, Geylang. Girdari, convicted of causing grievous hurt, was sentenced to one
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    9 WOMEN HELD
    22 7 Nine Chinese Women were arrested In a gambling raid on a house in River Valley Road, Singapore, last night.
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    Lucky dip, but I'm careful
    85 7 BETTY Brackenberry. 18-month-old daughter of S.aM.S. and Mrs. B. Brackenberry. of the Royal Signals, (TOP) cautiously scratches the top of a lucky dip at a children s party at Gillman Barracks yesterday. Her prize— a set of toy bagpipes— was very appropriate for she comes
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    TIN AND RUBBER EXPORTS: $1,778 MIL.
    246 7 TIN AND RUBBER EXPORTS: $1,778 MIL. From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. DUBBER and tin, Mala- ya's chief exports, were valued at about $1,000,000,000 more in 1950 than in 1949. Figures published today in the monthly statistical bulletin of the Federation show that from January to November 1950 the
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    60 7 MOUSEDEER, known to the Malays as "Sir Peace of the Forest," enjoys titbits from the fingers of 11-year-old Patricia Stewart, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Stewart, of Singapore. This mousedeer Is now in the Singapore Municipal Animal Infirmary, after being rescued from a wire cage over a drain
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    The mother cat who wanted to fly
    109 7 BLACK and white cat who rave birth to five kittens in the back part of the fuselage of a Tiger Moth aircraft was killed when she jumped out while the plane was in the air. The Tigrer Moth, from the Malayan Auxiliary Air
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    $184,000 FORTUNE FOR SAMPAN MAN—IF NOBODY CLAIMS IT
    413 7 $184,000 FORTUNE FOR SAMPAN MAN— IF NOBODY CLAIMS IT A SAMPAN man, Lim Chye Seng, of Bali Road, Singapore, who brought $184,000 worth of gold ashore for a client on Nov. 29, was awarded the custody of the gold after an inquiry in Singapore Third Police Court yesterday. Earlier the
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    Photographs -No Card
    75 7 A 42-year-odd woman, Lee Yock Han. produced two photographs of herself to a constable at a Singapore rubber tactory when asked for her Identity card. In the Singapore First District Court yesterday Lee I was fined $50. or two months' imprisonment, for failins to register for a
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    MAILS STILL GO THROUGH AT NIGHT
    58 7 From Our SUIT Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. THE Malayan Railway Administration and Postal Services today announced that although the night passenger mail trains brtween Kuala Lumpur and Singapore have now been suspended, mails, parcels, and perishables are still being carried on night' services between
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    DANCE RECITAL TONIGHT
    137 7 THE famous Indian dancer* Lalitha. Padmini and Ragini— popularly known aa the "Travancore Trio" wil give their first Indian class-l-eal dance recital in the Victoria Memorial Hall tonight. Disciples of the world famous Indian dancers Uriay Shankar and Goplnath.' they will also dance at the Happy World
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    $500 FOR DRUGS
    36 7 Low Chye Luk, proprietor of Hwa Eng Clinic, New Ma e f Street, Singapore, was yesterday convicted by Mr. P. Claque, Singapore Fourth Police Magistrate, and fined $500 for unauthorised postssion of drugs.
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    SANDAKAN TO BE REBUILT IN 10 YRS.
    233 8 SANDAKAN TO BE REBUILT IN 10 YRS. SJANDAKAN will be rebuilt between the next 10 to 15 years, it was stated by the chairman of the Central Town and Country Planning Board, Jesselton, in a letter to the honorary secretary of the North Borneo Chamber of Commerce, which was read
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    YMCA CLUB HOUSE IN K.L.
    72 8 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. One hundred Kuala Lumpur boys and girls are to have their own clubhouse and It will be opened on Saturday by the Chief Justice of the Federation. Mr. S. W. P. Foster-Sutton. The club, the Kuala Lumpur Y.M.C.A.
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    S'pore Man Fined $6,000 In KL Court
    142 8 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. HO Chee Mun, Singapore watch dealer and repairer, was today fined $6,000 at Kuala Lumpur for having 206 uncustomed watches. Mr. A. P. Jack, the magistrate, ruled that the watches would be returned to Ho if
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    MALAYANS IN LONDON
    44 8 MALAYANS IN LONDON SIR KiUdARD Winstedt (leftj was one of many old Malayans at the dinner in London of the Rtolay Society of Great Britain. With him, from left, are: Miss Ismail; Tungku Fatima, wife of Tunffku Abu Bakar of Johore; and Lady Winstedt.
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    New Health Plan For SMC Men
    311 8 A MEDICAL benefits scheme to provide free A medical treatment for Singapore Municipal employees and their families may be implemented early this year if complete agreement can be reached between the Municipal Commissioners and their staff on how the scheme should be operated. Representative
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    FLOODS RISING ON EAST COAST
    73 8 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Toes. pLOOD waters in the Besut area of Trengganu are rising and from 3 p.m. today the Jerteh ferry was closed. In Kelantan the 30th. mile on the road from Koala Krai to Temanran and the road from Macbang
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    MADAM LEE DIES
    31 8 From Our Own Correspondent GEMAS, Tues. Madam Lee, mother of the Gemas M.C.A. president, Mr. Fong Yew Wong, died over the week-end. The funeral took place on Sunday.
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    'Restore Internal Security' Demand To Fed. Govt.
    436 8 'Restore Internal Security' Demand To Fed. Govt. From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. SUPPORT for Govern- ment's manpower legislation, mingled with criticism of the way in which Government had introduced rubber taxation, were the main points in a speech by the President of tne Malayan Association, Mr. W. G.
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    Mechanics Ask Higher Pay
    78 8 REPRESENTATIVES of Chinese engineering firmr in Singapore will discuss with representative* of the Singapore Chinese Mechanics' Association tonight higher waoe demands by employees of all Chinese engineering firms in the Colony. Employers are being asked to increase salaries by 25 per cent to employees receiving a
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    TWO MORE WELFARE CENTRES PLANNED
    221 8 T»HIS year, the Social Welfare Department will x buUd two new Welfare and Community Centres Mr. G. W. Webb, Secretary for Social Welfare told the Straits Times yesterday. Plans are now being drawn up for the centres at Siglap and Llm Ah Pin Road, Upper
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    111,000 CYCLISTS IN SINGAPORE
    23 8 T ATEST vehicle fifnres issued br the Municipal J Registrar of Vehicles show that Singapore has lll.Ut r*cWUre< Meycles.
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      219 8 On Pan American's new i3S^ Double-decked Clipper* 8"j? Service to the U.S.A. Cl (VIA MANILA) #1/^ NOW EIHIIUE UPS lIOUST-TII-lilHllira COMFORT. In Pan American's luxurS ■rette* at uo extra charge. Or inln^ye berth free of charge to Honolulu only $10 from there to the U.S. And this is just one
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    The LONDON LETTER SLIP BACK TO THE OLD WAYS
    1614 9 The LONDON LETTER SLIP BACK TO THE OLD WA YS From Our Own Correspondent WEST COUNTRY TOWN: npiIKHK are two chisses of Ix>ndoners: t ii<- born wilhin sou nd-of- BowHells enthusiasts who agree with Dr. Johnson thai when a man is lired of London he is tired of life: nnd
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    New Year Words & Theories
    351 9 New Year Words Theories ORJTAIN is ber> mr handicapped (in relation to the Soviet menace) h T failure on the part of its new ruling class to make the nation aware of its peril. The loss of that common language which rich and poor derived from the Bible and which
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      394 9 i J a»»- T< WINTER IN THE SNOWS DARJEELING BY P.O.A.S. SPECIALLY ARRANCED FOR SINCAPOREANS WHO WANT A CHEAP HOLIDAY IN A COLD CLIMATE. JANUARY 18th to 24th $830 ALL-IN STAY AT MOUNT EVEREST HOTEL DUE TO BANCKOK RESERVATIONS WILL PASSENCERS WHO HAVE PROVISIONALLY BOOKED AT SINCAPORE PLEASE CONFIRM FORTHWITH
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      248 9 Straits Times Crossword MUM U Englith dcvouon.l pn«l CKOSSWOKD No. 2G I I Trnln« mini tt for «af«tj I7>. 111.1 11. 3. S> IS. Possibly bcil aa out iiw 3 1 4 r> 6 AAt on» <«» «•> L_ _J L^ a Spor* has flvan thaaa a 17 Tht, moat
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    HONG KONG IS NOT PERTURBED
    883 10  - HONG KONG IS NOT PERTURBED WILLIAM PARROTT By n Britain's outpost on the fringe of Red China is less worried about itself than London and Washington HONG KONG: T*HIS tiny colony on the fringe of Communist China remains strangely unperturbed in the present world tension. Overseas reports sugg*s that people
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    Easter Is Extra Early This Year
    405 10  -  Carrol Arimond By TF for no other rea1 son, the year 1951 will be distinguished by at least one thing: its Easter on March 25 will be tjie earliest observance of the holiday in the second half of the 20th century. The world will
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      155 10 M-G-M'S ALL-TIME BIGGEST COLOR BY TECHNICOLOR MUSICAL? Starrinc BETTY HUTTON HOWARD KEEL with LOI'IS CALHERN J. CARROL NAISH EDWARD \RNOLD KEEN AN Wi*XN TAM v >* A /k%# H am— 1.45— 1.15 TODAY <&^jj^ i^9§LJL 6 45 30 pm MM^^^ M^"^ LAST DAY nDf/MMOND 11.30. 4.30 and 8.30 p.m. 909*^
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      144 10 I^U ii^^^r jS&JL *MB y^* i i l^i%^^H I i I I I i *^T SINGAPORE 10 a.m. News, Emergency Newi from K.L.; 10.10 Clo«; 12 Malay; 1 p.m. Dance Music; 1.30 News; 1.45 "Concert in Miniature"; 2 Close; 6 Children; 6.20 Radio Orch.; 7 News, Share Market; 7.12 "This
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      82 10 K. LUMPUB 10 .am.-7.30 pm. As S'pore; 7 JO Record Review; Radio Theatre: "The Ant who Didn't Like Work"; by Gordon Crier; "Rosalind," by J. M. Barrie; 9 "Show of Shows"; 9.30 News; MS "Jack Smith Show"; 10 'Carnegie Hall, 10.30 Dance Music; 11 Close. P2NAMO 10 ajn. News; 1—2
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      82 10 Riddle of the Sands'"; 10.30 Dance Music; 11 Close. BFEBS 4.45 p.m. "Prom the London 3ditorials"; 4.55 Rimsicy-Korsakov; 5.15 "Report from Britain"; 5 JO "Old Wives' Tale"; 6 Indonesian; 6.30 Cantonese; 0.45 "London Studio Melodies"; 7.15 French; 7.30 English Half-Hour; 8 "Strictly Instrumental"; 8.15 "Thai; 8.45 Dutch; 9 Kuoyu; 9.30
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    London Stocks
    339 11 London Stocks LONDON. Tues. rnHE London Stock Market 1 appears to be well set on a dull period based on inflation that accompanies an armament programme. Investment and speculative demand continued at high level today and gains were widespread. British Government shortdated stocks Improved toy a quarter while among industrials
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    PRODUCE MARKET
    73 11 from A Market Correspondent A FAIRLY steady tone prevailed in most sections of the Singapore produce market through a good amount of trade inquiries yesterday. No business was reported In the copra section, although buyers raised bids from $52 a picul to $52 Sellers held out for $53.
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    MALAYASIN SHARES
    879 11 From A Market Correspondent WITH a better tone in London, Tin shares in the Malayan share market yesterday showed a slight improvement. There were buyers of Rubbers at quotations but tellers were not inclined to meet the market. Price quotations announced by the Malayan Sharebrokcrs' Association yesterday were:
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    U.S. Deals: Business At $2.15
    258 11 RUBBER dealers yesterdaj reported substantial United States purchases in the Singapore market. The commodity reached a peak price of $2.15 a lb. for first-grade, business done, at one point. Brisk trade buying started in the morning, when the market opened on a firm tone, but
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    SHIPS ALONGSIDE
    68 11 CHIPS aiongsioe me Singapore Harbour Board godowns yesterday were: Muswell HIU 44; Stan Melfco (Sheers Wharf); City of Liverpool 42-43; Sin Soon Lee 41; Bidor 40; Slamat 3»-39; Maron 36-37; Steel Recorder 33-34; Autolycua 31-32; Kllwa 29-30; Palstria 27-28; Wanholm 25-26; Panama 23-24; Segamat 21; Sedili 22; Benreoch
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    H.K. EXCHANGE
    29 11 HONG KONG, Tues. IfREr: market currency exchange for Hong Kong dollars was quoted today as follows: US»I HKS6.O2 (cash) £1 HK515.50: one tael of gold HKS342.— UP.
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    37 11 SINGAPORE. Toes., Jan. 9.— $621,124 (up 0.HD. £1,210 a ton in London LONDON. Tues., Jan. 9.— Spot £1.2«5— £ljetS: Forward £1£M— £1.2*5; Settlement £1,175 (up £5). Turn-overs: ajn. 125; p.m. 55 torn.
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    862 12 Six For 27 In Tourists 9 2nd Innings Debacle; Australia Win By Inns. By JACK FINGLETON Exclusive To The Straits Times SYDNEY, Tuesday. rpEN minutes before time here tonight, England's tragic cricket story of this tour finished in the loss of the Test series by an innings and 13
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    250 Fewer XIs For 1952 Cup Competitions
    180 12 250 Fewer XIs For 1952 Cup Competitions LONDON. Tues. A COMBINED International Football Federation team is to be invited to play in England during the 1953 season to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the English Football Association. This was decided yesterday at ■a meeting ot the FA. Council. As a
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    Sports Diary
    17 12 BtCBY: S.C.C. t Nee Soon, Padang; S.H.B. v Chasers, I-arrer Park; G.H.Q. South Johore. Tanglin.
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    SCC & Chinese In Fine Hockey Draw
    599 12 SCC Chinese In Fine Hockey Draw r)ESPITE playing: out extra time of la minutes, Singapore Cricket Club and Singapore Chinese Recreation Club were unable to settle the issue in their semi-final tie of the Singapore Hockey Association knockout competition on the Padang yesterday before a crowd of nearly 3,000. The
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    172 12 ENGLAND—Ist Inns.: 29« AUSTRALIA —Ist Inns. Morris b Bedser Archer c Evans b Badaer 48 Hassett c Bedser b Brow* 71 Harvey b Bedser 39 Miller not out 14S Loxton r Bedser b Brown 17 Tallon Ibw Bedser IS I. Johnson Ibw Brown 77 Lindwall Ibw Brown 1 B.
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    'POLICE CUP' GOLF RESULTS
    87 12 'POLICE CUP' GOLF RESULTS The Island Club golf competition for the Police Cup held during the weekend resulted as follows: Winner, M. B. Brash (158—22^ 136>- runner-up, E.S.M. Khatena (179—34 145). Next best returns were: G. H. Howell (181—36=145); T. J. James (165—18=147); D. McMullan (175—28=147); B. Levy (181—34 147);
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    S.C.C. SOCCER
    22 12 A meeting of the soccer section of the S.C C. will be held at the Club at 5-30 p.m. today.
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    67 12 The silver cup in the picture a hove is due to arrive in Singapore by QEA-BOAC today on its way Australia. It has been presented by the British magazine "Cycling" to Australian Jack Hoobin. of Melbourne, the 22-year-old 1.t.">0 amateur road cycling champion of the world. The picture shows Mr.
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    NEW HORSES IN CLASSES 2 & 3
    204 12 NEW HORSES IN CLASSES 2 3 SEVEN new horses have been classified, according to the latest list Issued by the Straits Racing Association. They comprise four in Class 2 and three in Class 3. The new classifications are: Class t: FAX HAVEN, beg. by Flag of Truce— White Wings Over;
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    Png. Out To Settle Old Score On Sat.
    642 12 By Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. WHEN Penang meet Singapore Civilians in the ff Final of the H.M.S. Malaya Rugby Competition here on Saturday, it will be the third occasion this year that the two old rivals clash in a games
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    COLONY BADMINTON FINAL JAN. 17
    137 12 WONG PENG SOON, the AllEngland. Malayan and Singapore badminton champion, will defend hi* Colony title against throng Hock Leng on Wednesday. Jan. 17, at the Clerical Union Hall. The match will start at 7.3« p.m. Two other finals will alar be derided on the same
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    S.B.A. Hall Site Is Opposed
    148 12 S.B.A. Hall Site Is Opposed From Olr Staff Correspondent I KUALA LUMPUR, Tues STRONG opposition to erection of Kuaia Lumpur's $100,000 badminton hall nas come from the managing committee of tne Chinese Assembly Hail. At a meeting today the committee criticised the proposed site of the new hall in Birch
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    First Inns To Queensland
    144 12 BR7SBANE Tues QUEENSLAND cook poill s „,r Sheffield S.ileld irauh with South Australia here toe. ay. South Aus-raMa. following on 100 runs behind, scored 426 f. r six wickets declared In their Mcoiui innings. Queensland, wfafl needed 268 19 win. had scored 135 for four wickets
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    STOKE CITY WIN
    30 12 LONDON. Tur.» —Stoke City won their replay aeainst Porf Vale in the third round of ths F.A. Cup last night by one go* I 'o nil. Renter
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    38 12 LOS ANGEI.ES. Tups.— Lloyd Mangrum, formfr US. open champion, yesterday won t v i<* US$l5,OOO Los Angelas Open for the second time He had .i four under par 67 tn the final round for a :otal of 281
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      38 12 SINGAPORE TIDES TODAY: 1 Oi a.m. <t.2i and 12.03 p m 1 10 41 6.18 am. i4.» and 7.02 a.m. 10. \>. TOMORROW: 140 a.m. i».lt and 12 49 p.m. (MM; *S» am liil and 7 40 p.m. 1O6'
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