The Straits Times, 19 February 1951

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    19 1 The Straits Times MALAY AS NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 184S EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1», 1951 PRICE TEN CENTS
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    GENERAL ARMEDI WITH GRENADE
    25 1 GENERAL ARMEDI WITH GRENADE If -GEN M. B KitUwa U.S Eighth Army Con nanrter. carries a h«*nd grenade in his belt in Korea. A.P. oifture.
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    PERCIVAL SA YS JAPS MUST PAY
    165 1 MANCHESTER, Monday. I lEUTENANT General A. E. Percival, former Ger.?ral Officer Commanding in Malaya, said esteraav that belligerent nations must be made to pay compensation for the mistreatment of prisoners of war, or the Geneva and Hague Treaties would b? made 'so much nonsense."
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    Voluntary Exiles
    34 1 SOURAEAYA. Sun. A group f>f Ambcinese serviceof the former Rcyal terlanda Indonesian Army, deok'ed yesterday to ■;t an r Tier of the Netherhnia Oovcrnment to go to Holland with their families. 3suter.
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    REDS ATTACK IN BLIZZARD
    339 1 Mountain Push Aims To Get Vital Town TOKYO, Sunday. fOMMUNIST forces drove through the blizzard-swept central Korean mountain passes today in a two-pronged surprise attack toward the key towns of Chechon and Yongwol. A Chinese and North Korean force of at least division strength pushed to
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    EVIDENCE MAY BE IN CAMERA
    111 1 WHEN the Riot Inquiry Commission resumes its hearing today, evidence will be given by Mr. Nigel Morris, Deputy Commissioner, Singapore C.1.D.. some of it probably in camera. There will be a change in procedure today. Mr. E. P. Shanks, of the AttorneyGeneral's department, will lead
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    JAPS ARRESTED
    21 1 TOKYO. Sun— Tokyo police arrested five Japanese charged with having distributed anti-American leaflets in the suburbs of Tokyo.— Reuter.
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    Murder Passenger With Own Pistol
    223 1 Bandits Fire Bus— Then From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. FIVE bandits last night stopped a General Transport Company bus five and a half miles from the centre of Kuala Lumpur, set it on fire and shot dead an Indian telephone operator employed by
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    And Wagon Burnt In Singapore
    101 1 A Chinese youth set fire to a S.T.C. wagon parked at the junction of Upper Cross Street and New Bridge Road yesterday afternoon. The whole -front portion of the vehicle was burnt out before the fire engines arrived. Police found an empty biscuittin smelling of
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    TIN FOUND IN NEW MEXICO
    67 1 NEW MEXICO. Sun. A New Mexico Mining Company official believes New Mexico has enough tin in two counties to relieve United States dependence on other nations. Mrs. Madelyn Caraway, attending the New Mexico Prospectors' Convention, said the tin ca:. be smelted out. She sai.l she
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    Dock Strike To Go On
    83 1 LIVERPOOL, Sun. FIVE hundred Merseyside dockers, meetlnz •on a bomb-blitzed site nere this morning, unanimously decided to contilue their unofficial strike. Last week 8,000 were on strike but numbers drifted back to work during the last few days. At today's meeting they appealed for an
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    INDIES VISAS
    26 1 HONG KONG. Sun.— More than 2,000 visas for Indonesia have been granted since the Indonesian consulate was opened in Hong Kong last Ajgust.— AP.
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    Stabbed Girl's Mother Here
    71 1 Mrs. Lav, mother of Miss Lav Eng Neo, the stenographer who was murdered in her room in Lloyd Road on Thursday morning, arrived from Ipoh yesterday to remove her daughter's belongings. She did not say where she was staying. Some of the occupants of the house
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    Turks On The Way
    25 1 ISTANBUL, Sun. More than 600 replacements for the Turkish brigade now fighting in Korea sailed for the Far East today. UP.
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    KEEP SAVINGS HERE, HE SAYS
    139 1 PLEA for the amendment of the Post Office Ordinance so that a greater percentage of the people's sav~ ings in the Post Office Savings Bank could be retained in the country, was made by Mr. Balwant Singh (Rural West) at the last meeting of the
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    VOLCANO ERUPTS AGAIN
    108 1 VOLCANO ERUPTS AGAIN PORT MORESBY, Sun. MOUNT. Lamington, New Guinea's "killer" volcano, belched smoke 09,000 feet into the air today barely an hour after nearly all Papua was shaken by an earthquake. Mount Lamington, known as "spirit mountain", erupted less than a month ago killing 4,000 people and blowing 2,000
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    RIVER TO BE DREDGED
    63 1 BANGKOK, Sun. Under the terms of a contract signed at the Ministry of Finance, the bar at the mouth" of the Chaw Phya River will be dredged to allow large ships to pass through at a cost of 59 million ticals. About 10 million tons of
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    RED LIGHT
    24 1 HONG KONG, Sun.—Chinese Communists reported from Shanghai that 44 English language students left for Korea on Feb. 10 to "educate American prisoners-of-war."—AP.
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    18 Air Cadets In Stockholm Crash
    157 1 STOCKHOLM, Sunday. A ROYAL Air Force transport plane carrying 18 British air cadets crashed near Stockholm today. First reports said none of the cadets or crew 1 were killed Eight were taken to hospitlal including the plane's first pilot who was seriously inShortly after
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    NEW VERSION OF BIBLE READY SOON
    89 1 COLUMBUS. Ohio, Sun. mHE National Council of X Churches of Christ in the United States announced that a new version of the Bible in modern English would be ready by September next year. This revised standard American version would (to to press after scholars
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    The Flu Wave Is Down
    60 1 LONDON. Sun.— The influenza epidemic in Britain Is showing a general decrease for the first time since before Christmas. The casualty figures for the week ending February 10 showed 864 persons died of influenza in the large towns of the nation where complete statistics are
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    Rubber Talks Yield Results
    198 1 Rubber Talks Yield Results From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Sun. THE London rubber con- ference, now in its third week, is expected to yield positive results and to end with agreement between the principal producers and consumers. It 5s believed that Malaya. Indonesia and Ceylon may be willing to accept
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    BUS BURNED NEAR K.L
    22 1 BUS BURNED NEAR K.L THE WRECK of the General Transport Company bus in r Damansara Road. Kuala Lumpur. Straits Times picture, I
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    RELICS ARRIVE
    43 1 RANGOON, Sun. Kachin dancing girls and elephants headed a procession bearing sacred Buddhist relics from the airfield to Putao, Burma's northernmost town. The relics, a gift from India, were taken to Putao by the Burmese Premier, Mr. Thakin Nu. for exDosiiion.—A.P.
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    Missing
    37 1 CAPT. V. HOLT, British Minister to South Korea, who has been missing since the Communists first ort-u-pied Seoul seven months ago. The British Envoy at Peking has again tr'ed to get news of him. Reuter. picture.
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    ARMS FOR JAPS 'A DISASTER'
    153 1 ARMS FOR JAPS 'A DISASTER' CANBERRA. Sun AFTER talks between M». John Foster Dulles. United States special envoy, the External Affairs Ministers of Australia and New Zealand, it was announced that no proposals "of any character" to rearm Japan were discussed or considered. Mr. Dulles, who had been touring the
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      17 1 WATCHES H SENA, LTD Singapore Penang and Bangkok. i ?or quenching thirst I come first there's always
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    ORDERED TO GIVE UP SON
    158 2 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Sunday. jifRS. Dorothy O'Connor, whose husband. Major Thomas O'Connor, is serving in Singapore, was in Dublin High Court ordered to produce her seven-year-old son Michael in the offices of a Dublin solicitor within a week. The boy, over whose custody
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    DAUGHTER OF DEAD DICTATOR
    27 2 ANNA MARIA Ml .-.SOLIM. youngest daughter of the late Fascist Dictator, at Buenos Aires, Argentina, where her brother Vittorio is living. A.P. picture.
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    SCHUMAN PLAN TALKS CALL
    62 2 PARIS Sun.— The French Government decided yesterday to call a conference in Paris in the next few weeks to discuss setting up a second Schuman Plan for pooling Europe's agricultural resources. The decision was taken at a French Cabinet meeting. An Invitation probably will be sent
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    BORDER CLASH
    41 2 AMMAN, Jordan, Sun. A United Nations observer was rushed to the Jordan-Israeli frontier yesterday after reports of a sharp two-hour clash between 200 Jews and an Arab patrol at Arbouni, a village near Jenln. No casualties were reported.— U.P.
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    Russia Might Be Provoked
    110 2 BELGRADE, Sun. DREMIER Marshal Tito said yesterday that Yugoslavia will not seek arms aid from the West because such help might provoke Russia and her satellites to strike earlier than otherwise. He was addressing his elite guard troops in a broadcast. He added that a Cominform
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    SEAGRAVE APPEAL
    30 2 RANGOON, Sun.— A special bench of three High Court judges will tomorrow resume the hearing of Dr. Gordon Seagrave's appeal against a verdict of high treason.— A P
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    MISSION RECALL
    29 2 SYDNEY, Sun— An Australian official of the China Inland Mission says that the mission will withdraw all Its 600 missionaries from China as soon as possible— ReuterAAP.
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    MEDALS FOR MAN WHO WASN'T THERE
    83 2 MEDALS FOR MAN WHO WASN'T THERE GUILDFORD (Surrey), Sun. Vf R. B. C. Barnes opened his mail today to find a package of 1939-45 war medals sent him by the Admiralty. But Mr. Barnes used to be a soldier until he retired in 1923 and spent the last war as
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    Chinese In Siam Send Less Home
    175 2 From Our Own Correspondent BANGKOK, Sun. REMITTANCES by Chinese here to relatives in Communist China have declined considerably, it was reported in market circles, while Cabinet Ministers denied persistent reports that the Government plans to halt remittances. Market sources said that the Chinese in
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      753 2 I Ul\r VLUD SPRING MEETING, 1951 1. SAT.. 3RD MARCH. 1951 2. WED.. 7TH MARCH. 1951 3. SAT.. 10TH MARCH. 1951 ENTRIES close at 12 O'clock Noon on Wednesday. 21st February, 1951. SWEEPS ETC.- .There will De the usual Sweep and Totali■ator Events. Applications can now be made for ffweep
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      274 2 KUALA LUMPUR MUNICIPALITY BUILDING INSPECTORS: Applications are invited for the appointment of Building Irus-octors in the Municipal Architect's Department. Tbe scale of salary will be $210 x $10 $300 Bar $315 x $15 $390 plus a variable cost of living allowance at present 50% of basic salary. In addition a
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      680 2 SINGAPORE TURF CIUB I SPECIAL CASH SWEEP. The Cash Sweep to be held an Race 6, the race for SPRING CUP on the last day of the Spring Meeting, 24th February, will be a Special Cash Sweep. Tickets $2/- each may be bought by Members In advance on application at
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    U.K. SPEEDS UP NOTE TO STALIN ON TREATY
    397 3 LONDON, Sunday. IJKITAIN today rejected Russia's allegation that she broke the 1942 Anglo-Soviet treaty by rearming Germany in a note delivered to the Soviet Ambassador, Mr. George Zarubin, by the Permanent Head of the Foreign Office, Sir William Strang. Britain's reply to
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    Truman Sees New Guns—Talks Peace
    120 3 Truman Sees New Guns Talks Peace ABERDEEN, Maryland, Sunday. DRESIDENT Truman said yesterday that while the United States is expanding its defences, it has no idea of destroying any other nation or any other Government. Mr. Truman spoke in an enlisu^ men's mess at Aberdeen proving grounds ordnance station ariti
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    WEDDING OF SHAH
    95 3 SHAH OF PERSIA with sunie of the guests at the Marble Palace, Teheran, after his wedding last week. Standing from left are: Mr. Vincent Hilly er and his wife, Princess Fatim-a; Prince Ali Reza; Princess Chains; Pari-Sima, wife of Prince Abdor Reza; Princess Ashrab; Prince Hamid R«za;
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    Romeo Gaoled— Then 'War' Starts
    142 3 CANEA, Crete, Sunday. TOSTAS Kefaloghianis the Cretean "Romeo"— was gaoled for two years for nearly setting off a modern "Trojan War" by kidnapping a girl he loved and then raising an armed band to fight a posse organized by her father. After Costas had been
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    JAP PEACE MISSION FOR U.S.
    96 3 TOKYO. Sun. J JAPANESE Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshlda is to send a Cabinet mission to Washington to continue the peace treaty discussions started here by Mr. John Foster Dulles. President Truman's special envoy. Usually reliable sources said yesterday the mission was expected to leave ln
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    FOOD FUND AGAIN
    32 3 SYDNEY, Bun.— The food for Britain Fund may be reopened. The Executive Committee of the Country Women's Association has asked the Lord Mayor of Sydney to reopen it. Reuter.
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      Wives Of Gaoled Men Want To Wed Premier
      221 3 RANGOON, Sunday. CEVEN Karen women want the Prime Minister, Thakin Nu, to marry them as a guarantee against poverty. Their husbands are gaoled under emergency regulations. The women have banded themselves Into a "Distressed Wives' Legion and have declared themselves open to
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    NEW FIRE BOMB
    29 3 WASHINGTON, Sun. A new napalm fire bomb, smaller but more effective than the type in service, has been developed ln Japan for use in Korea. A.P.
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    Quirino To Give Huks A Pardon
    179 3 MANILA, Sun. PRESIDENT Quirino is to be more liberal towards Communist Hukbalahaps who surrender their arms and promise to lead peaceful lives. The President told officials that Huk dissidents who surrender may be turned free Immediately, if there are no outstanding court charges against
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    BRITISH REDS RESIGN
    60 3 LONDON, Sun.— The resignation of some old members of the British Communist Party, in line with defections In France and Italy, was reported yesterday. Those named were Norman Kennedy London secretary of the Woodworkers' Union, Will Rowe. national organiser of the Association of Executives and Technicians, and
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    NEW CAP FOR MacA. AFTER TEN YEARS
    36 3 GentiTil MacArihnr lor ihe first tine in 10 years has discarded bis famous braided cap in favour «f one lined with fur f t me in Korea. A.F. picture.
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      276 3 25. They happen to c»»t aha.- < Straits Times Crossword 295 m Z££ ai in i. and lMtruct the* how I U I. I n^sslii I 1 -l To nun tb* marmoMt" HI —s^ x ttr cuye ort in SSS S^Sl £S£t j^ S^k fi^. Som% »_poem br a mOcm
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    PERSONAL
    43 4 B1 PATRICK'S SOCIETY. FINGAPORE The Society will cf-'.cbrate St Patrick's D.*y with a ;linnei .md dance on 17tn March, at Sea Virw Hotel. Will nil Irish men and women who w:«-h to take part please contact Hen Serrelarv P O Box 151!
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  • Obituary
    IN MEMORIAM
    37 4 IN LOVING MEMORY of Scow Tu.nu: Km who was taken n»av by the .'apanrse and presumed iiii.d on 19th February. 1942. but nerer forgotten, mmtrd hv his beloved wife and daughter Nancy, -'ih Feb. 1951.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Mon., Feb. 19, 1951. The Council's Swan-Song
    755 4 The Straits Times Singapore, Mon., Feb. 19, 1951. The Council's Swan-Song The first Legislative Council of the Colony of Singapore met for the last time on Friday, having completed the Ihree-year term laid down in its constitution. There was no such break of continuity in the old Straits Settlements Legislative
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  • Letter to the Editor
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      JOHN EBER
      413 4 IN your issue of Feb. 17, 1951. you published a report of a speech made by the Colonial Secretary in the Singapore Legislative Council on Feb. 16. 1951 with regard to the recent arrests and detention in Singapore of a number of persons Including the well-known Singapore lawyer
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    Vicrory will come -slowly
    1516 4 Vicrory will come -slowly This Ts the first of a series of articles in which a team of Special Commissioners, sent by the Straits Times to get the facts, will tell the true, complete story ?f Malaya's war against Communism. They will answer a question that has been asked for
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    On the Margin
    439 4 On the Margin Ohl-'l inurs rjIHERE is one other relit ed European officer of the M.C.S' who tias lived '.n this country even longer than Mr. R J Farrer whose reminiscences began in the Sunday Times yesterday. When Mr Farrer arrived in December 1896. as, a cadet of the Straits
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    SERVICE WORKERS WANT MORE C.O.L. PAYMENT
    212 5 SERVICE WORKERS WANT MORE C.O.L. PAYMENT Govt.lOPerCent Offer 'Poor 9 Singapore Federation of the Services' Union, consisting of more than 30,000 members, will ask their employers to consider an immediate increase in their cost of living allowance, the chairman of the federation, Mr. V. K. Nair, told the Straits Times
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    METHODIST YOUTH
    135 5 The 1951 Oilicers of the sin .-.-^ore District V?*ho." "st Youth Fellowship were yesterday installed by Bis.iop Raymond L. Archer at a ceremony in the Wesley Church. The picture shows: Front row: Mr. Koh Teck Hian (treasurer). Rev. W. S. Reinoehl (pastor). Mr. Harry Fang: (President). Bishop Raymond
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    2 MALAYS LOSE $1000 BOND
    129 5 2 MALAYS LOSE $1000 BOND Ikiii (li'.r (in <<v rf.pi/iulriil. JOIIO7E BAHRU. Sun. pAJA Ali bin Jaafar. a Gov- ernmeni pensioner and 1 i Muh&m&d bin Moii,.n d, a carpenter, who stood ball lor $3,090 for Ra.i;i A^macl. a Customs clerk. (1 in thr? Police Court today to show cause
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    DATE FOR MEETING
    27 5 Ki'-m Our Ovn C respondent. JOHORE BAHRU. Sun.— First meetini of the year of Johore Council of State has ?>ee*i fixed for Mr.r. 14.
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    'Unlucky' Laws Is Fastest Driver
    519 5 A FTER a long spell of bad luck Peter Laws set the fastest time ot the day for cars at the Singapore .Motor Club half mile sprint and flying quarter mile niccs at Lim Chu Kang Road yesterday. Laws covered the half mile in his
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    AMERICAN TO STUDY HERE
    51 5 Dr. William P. Fenn, a veil-known American educationist, arrived in Singapore 3y air from Sydney to study Chinese education. During his short stay in the Coi^ny. Dr. Fenn will be the guest of Mr. A. W.Frisby. Director of Education, Singaoore. He is expected to visit the
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    Union For Journalists
    137 5 A RESOLUTION to form a Singapore Union of Journalists was unanimously adopted at a meeting of more than 50 journalists in Singapore yesterday. The meeting was attended by Mr. A. Simpson, Assistant Trade Union Adviser. Singapore, foreign correspondents, representatives of news agencies, English and vernacular newspapers. Radio
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    MALAY CLEARED
    34 5 From Our Own Correspondent. JOHORE BAHRU, Sun.— Radln Karmani bin Radin Surmodiloyo, charged with promoting communal lllwill by irviting Malays to harm Chinese, was acquitted today when the prosecution withdrew the charge.
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    BOYS CLUB MAKES CHANGES
    143 5 BOYS CLUB MAKES CHANGES gIXTY members of the Prince Edward Road Boys' Club, Singapore, at the annual general meeting yesterday, decided to reshuffle their sports teams because one of the teams was too weak. Started in 1948, the club has 162 members; 129 Chinese, 17 Malays, 16 Indians and two
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    APPEAL FOR LABOUR MAN
    87 5 In an appeal to the electorate of the Keppel district, Mr. M. P. D. Nair newly elected Labour Party member on the Singapore Municipal Commission, described his party's candidate for the April Legislative Coouncil election, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, as a 'champion of the labour cause
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    Election Meeting
    25 5 Mr. John Laycock, Progressive Party candidate for the Legislative Council, will hold a meeting at the Geylang English School at 5.30 p.m. today.
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    Bigger Mission Hospital Plan
    168 5 T*HE annual Far East Conference 01 Seventh Day Adventists yesterday decided to build a $300,000 extension to the Youngberg Memorial Hospital at Upper Serangoon Road. The conference, attended i by delegates from Korea. Japan, the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaya, concluded yesterday. The conference also laid plans
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    GOVT. CLERKS MEET TODAY
    54 5 The Singapore Government Administrative and Clerical Services Union will hold an extraordinary general meeting at 5 p.m. today in the Civil Service Association Canteen Building to take further action on their demand for salary revision. They will also discuss the date of implementation of the revised
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    First European Labour Nominee
    122 5 THE Labour Party of Singapore has nominated x Capt. T. D. Richards, as the party candidate to contest the Tanglin ward in the April Legislative Council elections. Capt. Richards, who has In Singapore for the 0 years Is a master ft, and a member of sneral
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    S'PORE WEDDING
    18 5 MR. C. C PHILLIPS and Miss Amy Frances I>e Souxa. who were married in Singapore recently.
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    Singapore Diary
    106 5 CHINESE V.M.C.A., Selegie Road, staff meeting, 9 a.m., badminton, 5.30 p.m., basketball, 5.30 p.m., table-tennis, 7.30 pjn. Y.W.C.A., Raffles Quay, International Fortnightly Club, Mrs. H. A. O'Connor on "Mechanical Aid In Modern Nutrition," 10 ajn. ST. JOHN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION, first aid lecture, Brigade HQ., Stamford Road, 5 p.m.
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    BUS STOPS IN WRONG PLACES
    98 5 THE bus stops at Pasir Panjang Road have been placed with no consideration for the convenience of the public, charged the Rural District Committee Chairman, Mr. H. J. C. Kulasingha, He said that children from the Pasir Panjang English Schcol and the Malay School had
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    NEW HEALTH RULES FOR PILGRIM SHIPS
    90 5 JHE World Health Organisation has issued a new set of regulations dealing with sanitary control of pilgrim traffic to and from the Hedjaz and standards or hygiene and welfare on pilgrim ships or aircraft. i Every ship must carry a qualified doctor and. if
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    Six Reds Killed In One Day
    252 5 Six Reds Killed In One Day From Our SUIT Torn cnd-nl.. KUALA I :'U "un. TROOPS :d 1 :n 1 the Fedeiatic ed six bandits in Hie ;> 24 nours. A ban-rat .'lso wounded. OUI he tn aged to esca; itThree of the bandits w< t 1 killed in the
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    Jenderam: RAF Denial
    78 5 IHE R.A.F. said Iml night that it had 1 0 knowledge of any proposal to use its aircraft to destroy the evacuated village of Jencieram, in south Selangor. The statement was issued in reply to a report that the village was to be destroyed from the air
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    Net Profit Increased
    128 6 WILLIAM Jacks Company (Malaya) Ltd. have presented for the year ended Sepf. 30, 1950 their first Annual Report and Accounts as a public company. Net profit for the period $1,379,560 (78.8%) is an improvement over the previous year's figure of $1,339,406 (76.5' r) and a final dividend
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    TIN COMPANY OUTPUTS
    48 6 ITU ALA Lumpur Tin In January v treated 105.593 cubic yards in 647 hours to produce 479 plculs of tin-ore. rpONGKAH Compound No. 2 A produced 511 piculs after treating 102,996 cubic yards in 520 hours. TALAM Mines in January produced 452 piculs of tin-ore.
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    LONDON ASIATIC RUBBER
    45 6 T ONDON Asiatic Rubber and Produce is paying a second interim dividend of 10 per cent, on its £1,115,914 capital. This make s 20 per cent., less tax, to date in respect of 1950, against a total 10 per cent for 1949.
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    Sendayan Sold Only Little Forward
    175 6 IT Is many years since rubber has sold at figures like the present ones, but the Ingrained habit of selling forward, which In normal times has much to commend it. has in this case operated to deprive many producers of much of the benefits of
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    AN ACTIVE WEEK IN THE MARKET
    351 6 AN ACTIVE WEEK IN THE MARKET By A Market Correspondent ALL sections of the Singapore Share Market; stimulated by the high prices ruling throughout for tin and rubber and the persistent advances in commodity shares on the London Exchange, were very active with a considerable turnover. The price of tin
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    S'PORE RUBBER
    174 6 Sunday Time* Staff Reporter. 'PHE Singapore rubber market was quietly steady on Saturday. The price of first-grade rubber for March shipment was $2.26, three cents above Friday's close. Moderate orders were placed In the market but sellers were inclined to be reserved. The market opened at $2.26 and
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    LONDON TIN
    22 6 LONDON, Fri.. Feb. 16. —Spot Buyers, f 1.435; Forward £1,385; Settlement £1,460 (down £25). Turnovers; a.m. 125 p.m. 110 tons.
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    BUSINESS DONE
    527 6 BUSINESS DONE r THE following; business was transacted during the week: Industrials. \lexandra Brickworks Pref. $1.87 Vs British Malaya Trustee and Executor 95.50, Praser Neave Ord. 93.12 H to $33.20, Gammon $2.47 C.T.S. Ord. 21/6, Malayan Breweries $5.10, Hong Kong Bank (Col.) $700 cum div., McAlister 928.50. Perak River Hydro
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    UNKNOWN IN FRONT Four Cup Sides Score Good Wins
    883 7 UNKNOWN IN FRONT Four Cup Sides Score Good Wins LONDON, Sunday. TOTTENHAM Hotspur and Middlesbrough, the two leading clubs in League One, each won narrowly by three-two yesterday, and nearly threw away victory after early supremacy. Tottenham Hotspur (41 poinls) have a single point lead over Middlesbrough and the two
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    LATEST U.K. SOCCER TABLES
    1056 7 LONDON. San. TT K. Soccer League standings after Sat-jroay's matches were: P W D L F A PIS. Tottenham H 29 17 7 5 62 35 41 Midbrough 29 16 8 5 67 41 40 Arsenal 30 15 7 8 56 34 37 Newcastle U 28
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    M'sex, E. Midlands In County Final
    360 7 LONDON, Sunday. MIDDLESEX and East Midlands will meet in the final of the Rugby Union County championships at Northampton on March 10. In the semi-final replays yesterday, Middlesex beat Yorkshire by nine points to five at Twickenham, while East Midlands defeated Gloucestershire by six
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    Thais Sending 17 To Asian Games
    58 7 BANGKOK. Sun. Thailand's Olympic Committee selected a 17-man team for track and field events at the Asian Games in N«w Delhi next month. Thli will be the first contingent sent by Thailand for International competition The team will leave for Delhi on March 1.
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    72 7 LUXEMBOURG. Sun. The 1952 world cycling championships will be held In Luxembourg, the Executive Committee of the International Cyclist* Union decided here yesterday. In the event of the Velodrom* in the Grand Duchy not being ready in time the championships will pass to Hungary, who hay* been allocated
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    49 7 The run to the judge: Gallant old Ecliptic (Woods) rushes to the lead with the field near home in Race Three at Bukit Timah on Saturday. Prince Charming (Healey) made a thrillinr: challenge at the distance but Ecliptic kept going to win by a nose —Straits Times Times picture.
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    CHOONG ROOTS COLONY CHAMPION
    390 8 CHOONG ROOTS COLONY CHAMPION Cold And Injury Upset Cheong BELFAST, Sunday. C B. Choong of Malaya caused a first-class upset by beating his compatriot Cheong Hock Leng, the recently crowned Singapore champion, in the singles final of the Irish badminton championships, 15-5, 15-2 here yesterday. The women's singles title was
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    C'wealth Held To A Draw
    253 8 COLOMBO, Sun. pEYLON forced a draw \~i against the Commonwealth cricketers in their three-day match here today, the tourists failing: to take the last wicket required for victory before time intervened. At close of play yesterday Commonwealth held a big lead. They dismissed Ceylon tot
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    Nourse's XI Need 205-9
    140 8 DURBAN. Sun. A SEVENTH wicket stand by Eric Rowan (46) and Derek Dowlins 1 38) saved the former's team from complete collapse in the second innings on the third day of the tour trial match here yesterday. Rowan's Side scored 33S Is their first innings and
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    Perak v Seiangor Exhibition Game
    67 8 From Our Staff Correspondent. IPOH, Sun.— At the Perak Badminton Assn. annual general meeting today, it was decided to hold an exhibition match between Perak and Seiangor players and featuring Australian women's champion. Miss Ethel Peacock In Ipoh on March 10. Mr. Chan Lai Hong
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    53 8 THE FINAL TURN: Starting Ms run on the outside Toboggan (Ellery) steadily gains on River Moon and Happy Traveller at the home bend In Bace Six at Bukit Timah on Saturday. Tobojrjfan hit the front at the distance and sailed home an easy winner from his stable mate Hap*»v Traveller.
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    WEIGHTS FOR TEN SINGAPORE RACES
    444 8 WEIGHTS for all eight racos at Bukit Timah on edfpsday. second day of the Singapore Turf Club's Spring Meeting, and two races on Saturday, the final I day. are: WEDNESDAY Cl. l.Div.l— 6F. Ondir.e 9.00 Miss NMhari 8.13 Persian Lord 8.13 :-rowy Owl II 8.12
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    Civilians Rally To Beat Services 2-1
    401 8 Civilians 2; Services 1 AFTER several early lapses, Singapore Civilians jr settled down in their match against Combined Services at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday and combining with a better understanding and precision, turned a one goal deficit at the interval into a 2-1 victory.
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    DAVIDSSON WINS FINAL
    45 8 MANILA. Sun.— Swedish Davis Cup star Sven Davidsson won the Philippines singles tennis championship today, defeating Irvin Dorfman of the United States by 6—3, 6—l. 6—2. Davidsson showed superiority in all departments, often catching Dorfman flatfooted with passing shots and drops. UP.
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    14 8 TABLE-TENNIS: University of Malaya v Philippine Chinese at Harrower Hall 8 p.m.
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    SELANGOR BID FOR CUP VENUE
    275 8 From Our Staff Correspmdeat KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. TF the Seiangor Badminton As1 sociatlon has a suitable ban ready hi time, the Association should make a claim for next year's Thomas Cup matches to be played In Kuala Luvpur. This view was expressed by Mr. Khoo
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    UNKNOWN Best For 'Derby'
    492 8 UNKNOWN Best For 'Derby' By EPSOM JEEP THREE wins off the reel in the top class that is plain enough indication of the remarkable improvement Toboggan has made in recent months. After his stylish length and a quarter victory in the $3,500 Singapore Plate over 9f. at Bukit Timah on
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    American Challenge In 'National'
    163 8 American Challenge In 'National' LONDON, Sun. THE year 1951 may be a bumper year for the United States on the British turf. On the flat there are prospects of American-owned horses winning the Derby and other classics, while a great chasing hope has loomed in Mr. "Jock" Whitney's Arctic Gold.
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    Thiam Siew Hits 117 n.o.
    89 8 CHEONG Thiam Sisw sccr:d IIT not out for Hol'oway's XI against Tan Huck C.ivan's SI when the V.M.C.A. cpeneU t'is CTlcket season with a heme-ara-home match on their ground in Balestker Road. In another trial match, playd on the Indian Association grourd. Suratta's XI beat
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    GAMES ATHLETES SATISFY LEADER
    314 8 CINGAPORE'S seven athletes to the Asian Games did well under trying conditions during Saturday's trial at the Naval Base ground. They showed marked improvement over their recent performances on a ground that wa s wet and slippery. Heavy rain fell before ?nd during the trial. Hurdles
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      30 8 SINGAPORE TIDES TODAY: 8.57 ajn. (8.1). 11.01 pm. (7.9); 3.42 a.m. (5.6), 4.16 p.m. (1.7>. TOMORROW: 9.48 am. (8.5), II .27 pjn. (8.2); 4-23 a.m. (5 1) 4.50 p.m. (SJ2).
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