The Straits Times, 19 January 1952

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    20 1 1Q .UNIV? The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED 1845 PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 1952.
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    BOMBS WILL BACK THE TRUCE
    273 1 Attacks on China if it is broken NAVAL BLOCKADE OF I COAST IS RULED OUT WASHINGTON, Friday. BRITAIN and the United States have agreed that if the Chinese Communists agree to a Korean truce and then break it, U.N. forces will immediately bomb military targets
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    A ship breaks in two
    45 1 BROKEN IN HALF by huge seas, the French freighter Agen, 4, 196- tons, lies aground on the Goodwin Sands, in the English Channel. In the background are* the masts of a ship which was also wrecked on the marine trap.
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    Stir over Churchill declaration
    144 1 Stir over Churchill declaration LONDON, Fri. MR. Churchill caused T storm here today with his indication that Britain would agree to air attacks on Communist China if a Korean truce were broken.. Members of the Labour Party promised to open fire on what appeared to be a radical shift in
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    SAIGON VISIT FOR GIMSON
    37 1 The Governor of Singapore, Sir Franklin Gimson. will fly to Saigon today for an official visit in response to an Invitation from the FreiVh High Commissioner. He will return to Singapore next Saturday.
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    Woman abducted
    29 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. Bandits abducted a Chinese woman in the Kluang area of Johore yesterday In the same area, two lorries were burnt by bandits on Wednesday.
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    JOB FOR A MINISTER
    68 1 HANOI, Fri. A French Government Minister wM be appointed to supervise IndoChlna's political and military situation from on the spot, usually reliable sources said today. The sources said that the French President, M. Auriol and M. Rene Pleven, head of the caretaker government, decided to abolish
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    No progress again in Korea talks
    130 1 No progress again in Korea talks TOKYO. Fri. TJ-N- delegates at today's Korean truce talks said that no progress was made. They were contending that if both parties agreed to a limitation, such as on airfield construction, this would not be a violation of the sovereignty of either side. Allied
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    PAPER CENSORED
    39 1 BANGKOK, Frl.— The proCommunist Chinese newspaper Chuan Mm Pao has been placed under a 15-day censorship by General Phao Sriyanond, Director-General of Police, because of an article which was said to be detrimental to Slam's interests. Reuter^
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    U.S. asked to declare emergency
    79 1 U.S. asked to declare emergency WASHINGTON. Fri. SENATOR James Eastland (Democrat), ha^ asked Congress to declare "a state of internal security emergency" so as to put under lock and key "thousands of Communist conspirators now in this country." He Introduced a BUI last night calling for a declaration of emergency
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    A JAP AT THE COURT OF KING GEORGE
    138 1 LONDON, Friday. YjR. Yasumara Matsudaira, Grand Master of iT1 Ceremonies to the Imperial Japanese Household, has arrived in London to study Court etiquette for three weeks. He said yesterday: "The Japanese have long admired the way In which the British Royal family
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    PERSIA TO END 1857 TREATY
    49 1 TBHERAN. Frl. HOSSEIN Fateml. the Persian Premier's righthand man. said last night that Persia's 1857 Treaty of Peace and Friendship with Britain has no validity "in the second half of the twentieth century". He indicated that Persia will renounce the treaty this week-end.— AP.
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    Vatican envoy for Chiang
    70 1 Vatican envoy for Chiang TAIPEI. Fri.-The Vatican is now making arrangements with Chiang Kai-shek's Government to set up a diplomatic office in Taipei according to u&ually well informed sources. The sources said that one of the main problems which the government had been asked to solve was to find a
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    NEW PREMIER
    21 1 PARIS. Frk— The National Assembly tonltfhf. confirmed M. Edgar Faare. the Radical Party leader, as Premier of France.— Reuter
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    The big tin deal hits a snag
    194 1 WASHINGTON, Friday. INFORMED sources said yesterday that the an1 nouncement of an Anglo-American metals exchange agreement is being delayed Indefinitely by a last-minute British demand that a large proportion of the tin Involved should be of second grade. The sources said an announcement
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    CAR ABLAZE
    37 1 A private car owned by Chinese was partly destroyed by fire at the Junction of Read Street and River Valley Road, Singapore; last night. Cause of the fire was a short-circuit In the car's wiring.
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    MORTARS AT EGYPTIANS
    77 1 ISMAILIA, Fri. British troops, using three-inch mortars, stopped another Egyptian attempt to break into the mammoth British Ordnance Depot at Tel-el-Kebir last night, states Gen. Erskine's headquarters, There were no British I casualties. A state of emergency was proclaimed In Cairo "to preserve public security." Egypt was
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    ATOM EXPANSION
    32 1 WASHINGTON. Fri.—President Truman has decided to recommend an expansion of the United States atomic programme. Senator Brian McMahon said yesterday. He expressed confidence the proposal will be carried out. AP.
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    EMPIRE TALKS
    31 1 LONDON Fri. The Commonwealth Finance Ministers in conference here have been told that Mr. Churchill plans to hold a conference of Commonwealth Prime Ministers In London in April.— UP.
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    Round clock air raids
    45 1 gANDIT targets in five States were attacked in air operations during the 24hour period ending at midnight yesterday. R.A.F. Sunderland flying boats, Hornet fighters and Brigand light bombers attacked suspected bandit camp areas in Perak, Pahang, Negri Sembilan, Selangor and Johore.
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    Japs approve arms budget
    49 1 TOKYO, Fri. T"HE Japanese Cabinet today approved a $2,368,611,000 budget bill which emphasised a "guns, not butter" economy. It allotted more than onefifth of the entire budget $505,555,000 for security measures. The influential newspaper Asahi described the budget as "the first step toward rearma-ment/^-—UJ\ w
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    Germany to make arms
    136 1 BONN. Prl. rjUE Western Allies will per- mlt limited arms produc-i tion by Germany after a peace settlement, a high Western, official predicted yesterday. Allied and German negotiators are already discussing the question of lntergratlng the Ruhr arsenal for Germany In two world wars In the
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    MALA YA PLANS MANPOWER REGULATIONS
    137 1 MALA YA PLANS MANPOWER REGULATIONS \K\V manpower regulations are being drafted for the Federation and Singapore. The Federation regulations will be considered by the Federal Legislative Council in March. Details are expected to be announced in Kuala Lumpur and Singapore early next month. The regulations do not entail a fresh
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    Japan says no pressure from U.S.
    131 1 Japan says no pressure from U.S. TOKYO, Fri. J^ JAPANESE Foreign Office official today denied that the United States had pressed Japanese Prime Minister, Mr. Shigeru Yoshida. to sign a treaty with Nationalist China instead of Communist China. Japanese Government sources expressed surprise at a British suggestion that Mr. Yoshida
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    Nepal may get Indian loan
    35 1 NEW DELHI Frl.— The Nepalese Prime Minister. Mr. Koirala. in a speech at Khatmandu. yesterday revealed that negotiations were being conducted for an Indian loan of 1,500,000 rupees to Nepal.
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    New police chief is named
    210 1 New police chief is named 6ft. 4in. man offered post From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Fri. THE new Commission- er of Police for the Federation will probably be Col. A. E. Young, the £2,600 (approximately $22,000) a year Commissioner of Police for the City of London. The Colonial Offlcv today
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    German air force NEW YORK, Fri.—The New
    42 1 German air force NEW YORK, Fri.— The New I York Times said yesterday that the United States has agreed that West Germany should be permitted to have a tactical air rorce of more 1 than 1,000 planes by midsummer of 1954.— A.P.
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    Britain to draw plans for exchange of atom news
    208 2 SEQUEL TO CHURCHILL- TRUMAN TALKS WASHINGTON, Friday. BRITAIN is to supply plans for an exchange of atomic information with the United States, senior U.S. officials said yesterday. This was said to be the result of discussions last week on the sharing
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    Persia WILL close the consulates
    83 2 Persia WILL close the consulates LONDON, Fri. DERSIA will close nine Bri- tiah Consulates in Persia, despite Britain's protest delivered yesterday according to Press reports from Teheran received in London. A Persian spokesman told a Press conference that maintenance of consulates should be based on the consent of both countries,
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    ATTLEE GOING TO U.S.
    45 2 LONDON, Fri.— Mr. Attlee, 69-year-old leader of the Labour Opposition, will fly to the United States in March to make a speech in Philadelphia. The former Prime Minister has accepted an invitation cabled by the Mayor, Mr. Joseph 8. Clark.— Reuter.
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    3rd Mrs Newton wants divorce
    59 2 LONDON, Prt.— A divorce petition against Robert Newton, the 46-year-oid screen character actor, by his third wife, Natalie, appeared yesterday in a list of cases to be t heard in London soon Newton has been in Hollywood since last February and plans to stay there.
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    SHOCKS THEM
    36 2 TOKYO. Fit— A Tokyo court today fourffl that D. H. Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover, as translated rnto Japanese, was obscene It fined the publisher 250.000 Yen (about £250 stg.) but cleared the translator. Reuter.
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    ONIONS DID THE TRICK
    44 2 ADELAIDE, Friday. A BALD Adelaide policeman rubbed his head with onions every day far five weeks and now he has hair an inch long* growing. He believes the onions did the trick and thinks brown ones are the best. Reuter.
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    WOUNDED GUNMAN FALLS
    75 2 WOUNDED GUNMAN FALLS A DESPERATE GUNMAN, who held up a woman and barricaded himself in this house at Auburn, New York, for six hours on Jan. 10, falls from a first floor window with a self-inflicted bullet wound in his stomach. The gunman, who gave his name as Daniel Walker,
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    Kashmir 'springboard' for war-Malik
    118 2 PARIS, Friday. OUSSIA' accused the United States and Britain yesterday of trying to turn disputed Kashmir into a military springboard for use against the Soviet Union and China. I Russia Intervened in the Kashmir controversy for the first time during a debate in the Security Council.
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    CHURCHILL: CHINA MAY CHANGE
    560 3 'But together we shall stop Red aggression WASHINGTON, Friday. ]i| R. CHURCHILL told a joint session of the United States Congress today that it was by no means sure that China would remain for generations in the Communist group. But he added: "Britain takes her stand
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    FULL-TIME STERLING BOARD TO BE SET UP
    178 3 LONDON, Fri. (X>MMONWEALTH Finance Ministers, meeting here for talks on strengthening sterling, will examine a plan to set up a permanent committee in London, reliable sources said here last night. Through the committee, the Commonwealth countries would keep In constant consultation on sterling
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    OILMEN STRIKE
    28 3 RANGOON. Fri.— A total of 3.000 workers of the Britishowned Burmah Oil Company went on strike yesterday over the company's refusal to grant wagp increases.— AFP.
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    TROOPS FOR SUEZ
    23 3 SALISBURY Southern Rhodesia. Fri— A contingent of the Rhodeslan African Rifles left here yesterday for the Suez Canal zone.— Reuter
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    Vyshinsky is sorry for Mr Jessup
    104 3 PARIS, Fri. MR. Vyshinsky, the Soviet Foreign Minister, expressed sympathy with Mr. Philip Jessup, US ambassador, yesterday because of Republican attacks on him. "I learned with some dismay," Mr. Vyshinsky said in a speech to the United Nations Political Committee, "of the attack on
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    500 backed Eisenhower
    37 3 NEW YORK, Frl. PETITIONS Supporting General Eisenhower as a Republican candidate for the United 8tates presidency were formally entered in New Hampshire today. Although only 100 names were necessary, nearly 500 were gathered.— Reuter.
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    Now they sign pact on reparations
    164 3 TOKYO, Friday. JAPAN today signed a "first step' 1 reparations agreement with Indonesia which, it is hoped, will establish the basic formula for reparations payments to other nations. ,r- but added that h e thought such an agreement would be reached before long. A
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    Russians hold 3 Britons hostage
    119 3 BERLIN, Friday. TWE Russians are believed to be holding three 1 Britons as hostages for the return of a Russian soldier who has fled to West Berlin. The Russian; Private Nicolay Viassilitsch, 20, surrendered at Goettinger in West Germany last Saturday. He said he shot
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    REST OF THE WORLD NEWS IN BRIEF
    165 3 REST OF THE WORLD NEWS IN BRIEF THE "Three Score and Ten Club," restricted to women 70 years old and older, has been formed in Watertown, South Dakota. Its motto is: "Enjoy yourself It's later than you think." The Soviet proposal for simultaneous prohibition and control of the atomic bomb
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    THREE DETAINED
    26 3 TUNIS, Fri.— Two Nationalist leaders, Habib Bourguiba and Mongi Slim, and the Communist Party secretary, Maurice Nizard, were arrested in Tunis last night.— A.F.P
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    RECOGNITION
    14 3 AMMAN, Fri.— Jordan has decided to recognise the new state of Libya.— AJP.
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    SPAIN MAY MEDIATE ON SUEZ
    72 3 MADRID, Fri. 'CPAIN is reported to be considering to offer to mediate in the Anglo-Egyptian dispute should the efforts of King Ibn Saud fail. Usually reliable political sources said the matter was one of the important points in a general review of Spain's relations with
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    3 killed in U.S. air crash
    48 3 NEW YORK, Fri. A four-engined American Air Force bomber crashed and burst into flames close to fiats housing 330 families. At least three men aboard the plane were killed and ten hurt. The plane crashed while approaching Crifflss -Mr force base.— Reuter
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    THEY PROTEST AT PRINCESS'S PLAN
    145 3 LONDON. Fri. THE British National Union of Protestants has protested against plans reported to have been made by Princess Elizabeth and the Cuke of Edinburgh to visit the famous Buddhist "Temple of the Tooth" in Ceylon in February. The National Union of Protestants Is an
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    'HOME RULE IS THE END WHICH WE HOPE FOR'
    364 4 Lyttelton: Despite difficulties** LONDON, Friday. DESPITE the difficulties, the political progress of Malaya towards a united independent state as a whole was to be hoped for, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. Oliver Lyttelton, said yesterday. AdCrresslngf the Commonwealth
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    44 4 MAJOR-GENERAL J. C. Westell. Chief of Staff to the Commandant of the Royal Marines, who arrived in Singapore yesterday by Qantas-BOAC to visit No. 3 toinmando unit now fighting bandits in the Federation. Gen. Westall will be here for ten days. Straits Times picture.
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    10,000 HIT BY FLOODS
    89 4 UTAH, Fri. MORE than 10.0«0 people T have been made homeless or are in distress as a result of the recent floods which caused considerable damage to property in several Tillages, particularly in Bukit Kepong. Lenga and Panchor in the Muar District A Muar Flood Relief
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    New methods of X-ray
    72 4 AN "important contribution to the medical profession in this country" was last night accredited to an American radiographer, Mr Emlle E. Gyss, by 60 doctors, radiographers and X-ray technicians from Singapore and the Federation. The «0 men and women had Just "graduated" from Mr Gyss's class
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    THEIR TRIBUTE
    29 4 The assistant to the Secretary for Chinese Affairs* Mr. Homer Cheng, was entertained last night at the Chinese YM.CA. in honour of his being awarded the M.E.E.
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    SINGAPORE CITIZENS PLAN OWN SOCIETY
    72 4 A NON-political organisation, to be known as the Citizens of Singapore Society, may be formed soon if a preliminary meeting next week is successful. Membership will be open to all who make Singapore their permanent home irrespective of where they were The society's chief object
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    Blackout schedule
    301 4 Substations Hahle U load shedding today are: OAT. Arthur Rd., Tg. Kat*iig, Broadrick Kd., S«a View Hotel, East Coast Rd.. Trlok Kara*. Bedok. Chaagi tH mile, Chntf Prison, Tanah Merah Besar, Beiarang Barracks. AUa« lee, Happy World. Asia Rubber LOrong 3. Sims Ave. Sawmill, Shell Co., Lee 'Rubber
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    DRIVER FINED
    21 4 SEGAMAT. FrL— Yeo Soo Lim. aged 26 a motor-cyclist, was fined $10 at Segamat for ignoring a traffic signal
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    Singapore Diary
    46 4 YJW.CjL, Orchard Road, Malayan YMCA conference, luncheon to delegates, 1 p.m.; Singapore Chess Ctab, I p.m.; Movie Circle show, 8 p.m. BriUsh Bed Cross Handicapped Children's Club, outing at Katonit Park, 10 aja. C.TJf^. (Church of St. Joseph Portuguese Mission), Movie section' 7 p.m.
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    Sultan's appeal: fourth day
    165 4 Sultan's appeal: fourth day LONDON. Fri. mHE fourth day's hearing X of the appeal by the Sultan of Johore to the Judicial committee of the Privy Council presided over by Viscount Simon, heard Mr. MacKenna. for the respondents, submit that possibly the Sultan did not have sovereign immunity when he
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    Britain will help education plans
    83 4 FIR. F. J. Harlow, adviser on technical education v to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. Oliver Lyttelton, yesterday promised that Singapore would have Britain's help in her plans for expanding technical education Singapore h?H tremendou* opportunities, he said. He commended the Education
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    500 to drink a toast in champagne
    76 4 TCTVE hundred guests will r toast the health ol Guthrie and Co. in champagne this moraine to oeie* orate the return of the company to its original office site in Battery Road, which it occupied for more than 79 years. The Managing Director.
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    PUBLIC TRUSTEE BACK IN HARNESS
    46 4 PENANG. Fri. Mr. L. Natarajan Assistant Public Trustee, has returned from India and resumed duty at Penang. Mr. Chov Meng Fook. Assistant Public Trustee, Federation of Malaya, who acted for him during his absence, will leavp for Kuala Lumpur next week.
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    NAMDHARI SIKH LEADER DUE
    36 4 Sri Satguru Partao Singbji, leader ol ttie Namdhari Sikh community, will arrive in Singapore by air from India tomorrow. He will remain' In the Colony until Thursday conducting prayers twice a day.
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    Today's Radio SINGAPORE
    69 4 Today's Radio SINGAPORE 10 am. -10.10 Emergency News tram K.L.; 1 p.m. Saturday Baliroam"; 1.30-1.50 News; 2 'Album of Harmony"; 2.15-5 Racing Commentaries Spore; 6.15 Children; 6.40 Fred Waring His Pennsylvanlana; 7 News; 7.15 "Listeners' Choice"; 7.50 "Spotlight on the Emergency- 8 "Paul Temple the Jonathan Mystery"; 8.30 "Music In
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    COFFEE GIRLS WARNED: 'BEHAVE'
    150 4 COFFEE GIRLS WARNED: 'BEHAVE' PENANG, Fri. IfEDAH police have warned Alor Star coffee shop waitresses they must behave. And tjje coffee -shop owners have been tol.i they will b* held responsible. In a circular just Issued. the OCPD. Albr Star, outlines a three-pofnt eode of conIduct for the girls. They
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    Trade with India hits record
    89 4 Trade with India hits record TRADE between Malaya and India last year reached a record of $322 million. Malaya exported to India $116 million worth of goods and imported $206 million. The increase is attributed to the steadily increasing flow of Indian imports into Malaya Malayan exports to India have
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    500th AIRSTRIKE
    31 4 The Royal Australian Air Force Lincoln Bomber Squadron at Tengah has just made its 500 th airstrike against a bandit target In the Federation, the RAJ. said on Thursday.
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    Tomorrow's services
    489 4 ANGLICAN 8t. Andrews Cathedral: 7 am Holv Communion. a.m. Choral EucharistPrebendary Hodion. g.JO am Childly.? Berrlct. 10.30 am Choral Matin: Bishop J1.30 am. Holv Communion, 5.3O r p m. EvensongBishop RoberU sl Part's Ckarch: Sam Choral Eucharist: Rev. Chin Ban It 5 80 p E!. e 0ll €L
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    ONN ATTACKS 'THE ALLIANCE'
    386 5 'Town elections cannot be non-political 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. IN his first public statement on the Kuala 1 Lumpur MCA-UMNO election bloc, Dato Onn bin Ja'afar, founder of IMP, last night strongly attacked the alliance. He was speaking at an IMP election meeting in the Imbi
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    CELEBRATIONS FOR INDIA DAY
    52 5 India Day will be celebrated by the Johore Indian Congress on Jan. 25. There will be a tea party which will be attended by Sri A. Gopala Menon, Representative of Government of India in Malaya. The Youth Section of the Congress will celebrate India Day on
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    Requiem for Marshal de Lattre
    219 5 Requiem for Marshal de Lattre DIPLOMATS, Service chiefs and local leaders yesterday attended a Requiem] High Mass at th c Cathedral of the Good Shepherd, Singapore, for Marshal Jean de Lattre de Tassigny. Four British soldiers and four French sailors from th£ French aircraft-carrier Arromanches took turns to guard the
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    Onn puts IMP candidates 'on the spot'
    160 5 Onn puts IMP candidates 'on the spot' KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. T\ATO Onn bin Ja'afaT, of IMP, last night put an IMP candidate in an embarrassing position when he said that one of the qualities of IMP members was that they did not speak from scripts. He told an election meeting
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    Workers form sports club
    45 5 Seventy employees of Singapore rubber firms met on Thursday and Inaugurated the Singapore Rubber Sports Club. Membership of the club is restricted to workers of all rubber concerns in the Colony who are members of the Singapore Chamber of Rubber Association.
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    TWO TEACHERS TRANSFERRED
    40 5 MUAR, Fri. Two Muar teachers, Inche Anton bin Jenaxn of the Government English Preparatory School, and Che Azizah binte Abdullah, of the Sultan Abu Bakar Girls' School. have been transferred to the Government English School in Mersiiig.
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    No reason for arrest, says magistrate
    154 5 piVE hawkers, charged in Singapore yesterday with causing obstruction told the magistrate, Mr. P. Claque, that they were detained In a police station for three hours before being released on bail. Inspector O. Tolson, the Prosecuting Officer, said it was necessary to keep them
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    Fined $130 for food offence
    56 5 SEREMBAN. Fri.— A fine of $130, or one month's imprisonment, was imposed at Seremban on Leong Pak Kin. aged 40, a lorry attendant, for carrying restrfcWd food-, stuffs without a penult. Inspector Bacnan Singh said Leohg's lorry was stopped at a road block and 48
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    AT THE SERVICE
    18 5 Sailors from the Arromancb es guard the catafalque at the memorial service. Straits Times picture.
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    Johore Bahru fenced in
    66 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Fri. JOHORE Bahru town is now surrounded with a perimeter fence erected to prevent food supplies being sent to bandits. The fence approximately six miles long extends from Tampoi to Pandan. It was erected at a cost of nearly $164,000. Other towns in the
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    WINS AWARD
    35 5 IPOH, Fri. Joseph Liew of the St. Michael's Institution, Ipoh, has been awarded the Cheah Cheang Lim scholarship. Students from the Anglo-Chinese School, Anderson School and St. Michael's Institution competed for It recently.
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    Cyclist accused of causing hurt
    65 5 MUAR, Fri.— A motor cyclist, Chew Choon Seong, was charged at Muar with causing grievous hurt to Ramlan bin Sokirin and Joo Eng Seng by negligent riding at Jalan Paya Mas, Tangkak, and with riding without a licence He was allowed $300 bail on the
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    Where you can and can't park
    91 5 MEW regulations on the parking of vehicles in Tiang Banru estate, Singapore, were gazetted last night. No car is allowed to wait on any part of Seng Poh, Parking on one side Is permitted on Tiong Poh Road, Ouan Chuan Street, Chay Van Street,
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    DOCTOR LEAVES
    23 5 SEREMBAN, Fri.— Dr. D K. Majumdhar left Negri Sembllan today for a year's holiday and medical treatment in India and Britain
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    Union for Negri clerks planned
    189 5 EMPLOYER-EMPLOYEE MOVE SEREMBAN, Friday. TNCHE AZIZ, a businessman, and Mr. A. LleweUyn, 1 of the Plantation Workers' Union of Malaya, will call a meeting of all commercial employees in Negri Sembilan at 10 «\,m. on Feb. 3 on the top floor of the Seremban Public
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    Labour Dept denies indifference
    111 5 Labour Dept denies indifference M R J D Haskins, Assistant Commissioner of Labour, Singapore, yesterday denied that awards under the Workmen's Compensation Ordinance were being delayed by the indifference of Labour Department officers. He was commenting on a letter published in the Straits Times alleging that delays in compensation awards
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    Old demand renewed
    89 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Fri. THE Johore Government is I trying to speed up the conversion of the old Government Office at Bukit Zahrah into a school and hostel. Two years ago the Council of State voted $95,000 for this work but up to the present nothing has been
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    'ALL HIS SAVINGS' IN CANVAS BAG
    130 5 A COOK who tried to smuggle 608 watches worth $9,000 to Java was fined $6,000 in the Singapore Third District Court yesterday. The watches were ordered to be confiscated. Wong Sic Lai, second cook of the ship Waiverang was charged with exporting the watches
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    32 6 WILL all ex-medical Officers who have served under Lt.-Oeneral Sir Nril CanUle. late R.A.M.C.. plea.se contact L. E. C. Da Ties, Trl. 7388 (***** after office hours) as soon as possible.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Sat, Jan. 19, 1952. Warning To Wantons
    653 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Sat, Jan. 19, 1952. Warning To Wantons The Far East was not at the top of the Churchill-Truman agenda, nor did the Prime Minister give it more than mo<4est attention in his address to Congress. But it is not improbable that America will find nothing in
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    Empire Troops in Malaya
    316 6 The arrival of the 1st Fiji Infantry Regiment and the 1st and 3rd Battalions of the King's African Rifles this week-end is a welcome reinforcement in Malaya's war against Communism. They join Malay and British troops and the small contingent from Rhodesia, making the ground forces
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    Fifty Years Ago
    99 6 From tk* Straits Times ci Jan. 19. 1992. THERE now seems to oe more than a possibility a definite chance In fact--that Singapore may at last have a cold storage plant, and a steady and certain supply of first class Australian meat —beef, mutton, pork, etc.— all
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    1234 6  -  Cynicus by If OW strong is Malaya's strong man? The best story which came hard on the news of General Templer's appointment as High Commissioner, possibly apocryphal but this Department likes to think not, was of the twelve year old who heard the news from the
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    Singaporeana
    827 6 AN OLD boarding house curtained from the sea by the belching smoke of St. James Power Station, and a crumbling colonial style building set In a wilderness at the end of Sultan Gate, are the last links with Singapore's royal past. Once they were the property and residences of
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    FULL SCHOOLS BAFFLE PARENTS
    445 7 Now they register pupils 'everywhere MORE CLASSES ONLY IF MORE TEACHERS .PARENTS in Singapore are now registering their children at several schools in an attempt to get round the difficulty of the long waiting lists that confront them at almost every individual school, Mr. R. E.
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    Bandit is killed over the border
    161 7 A BANDIT patrol near Sadao. South Slam, clashed siann m police at dawn on Wednesday. Th e Siamese killed a woman ban/it and capiured another. One Siampoliceman was slightly wounded, This is the first bandit to be killed by the Siamese Police operating on
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    Pleads guilty to car theft
    64 7 Wan Hong Kee, aged 37, pleaded guilty in Singapore yesterday to the theft of a motor car belonging to Loo Kfii Chuan on Jan. 16. He also pleaded guilty to escaping from the custody of a police corporal on the same day when he was
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    Their hymn of praise
    36 7 PUPILS OF TKt: METHODIST Girls School, Singapore, sins the Hymn of Praise at the dedication ceremony of the $180,000 Mary C. Kind Wing of the Sophia Blackmore Memorial. Str aits limes picture.
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    It urns a soldier's birthday
    247 7 It urns a soldier's birthday r celebrate his 32nd birthday, Gunner William McKenzie, of the Royal Artillery attached to RJS.M.E., decided to have a few drinks with three friends. But by the end of the evening lie had "a blackout," doring which he hit a lance corporal and threatened a
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    CLUB CALLS OFF A CAR RALLY
    123 7 ILflOTORISTS have shown so little interest in proviT1 ing that their road manners and courtesy are up to standard that Singapore Motor Club has called off the rally planned for tomorrow morning. Only 15 cars were entered. r A club spokesman said yesterday it
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    MANPOWER PROBE
    23 7 LIEUT. i.r~N£RAL C Ji. rafcWmW, head of the War Office Manpower Distribution committee, which is on an investigation tour of Malaya.
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    RELIEF COURT TO FUNCTION
    49 7 A Relief Court will function in the building behind th< Singapore Criminal Distric; and Police Courts, Souti Bridge Road, from Mmday Theft, dishonest retention of stolen property, voluntary causing grievous hurt, erlminal breach of trust and house breaking cases will be heard in this court.
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    48 CASES PENDING
    35 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Fri. About 48 cases are pending In the Police Court in which lorry drivers are charged with overloading their lorries with togs. All the lorries are of the three-axle type.
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    WOMAN CHARGED
    31 7 JOHORF BAHRU, Fri. Low Bok Bal. ft Muar teacher, was charged with attempting to smuggle 11 yards of clot* valued at $94. She was allowed $120 ball pending trial.
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    Mission schools 'led the way'
    234 7 FRISBY PAYS A TRIBUTE A TRIBUTE to the Mission authorities far the part -t* they have played in the cause of education in Singapore, was paid yesterday by Mr. A. W. Frisby, the Director of Education, at the opening of the $180,000 Mary C. Nind
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    A BIG DAY FOR THIS FAMILY
    81 7 A BIG DAY FOR THIS FAMILY IT was a big day for the Low family in Singapore yesterday. It was the 61st birthday of Mrs. Low Kway Song and the silver wedding of her daughter and son-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. Koh Kong Seng. So the family— Jolly. Lucky, Happy and
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    WOMAN'S JOB THEY CANNOT FILL
    132 7 Several languages $180 a month SINGAPORE Social Welfare Department wants a woman probation officer who speaks several languages, is adaptable, responsible, and mature. But she is difficult to flnd. The post has been open since th c beginning of the month, when two men probation
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    Show under gas lamps.
    55 7 FE concert, presented by the second year students of the Singapore Teachers' Tralntn* .College, at, the Rattles Institution last night, had to be given under gas lamps because of a powercut. The main Item was a play Patrons of the Arts, with Cantonese, English and Malay
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    Nominated for presidency
    61 7 Mr. S. T. V. Lingam nu jetn elected chairman of the Alexandra branch of the Singapore Army Ctril Servtee Union. Th« branch ha* also nominated him for the presidency of the Annv CiTif Service union, Mr Lingam is chairman of the B O. D. Civilian Employees' Co-operative
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    Minister may go on 'strike'
    53 7 MR- Harold Holt, Australia's Minister lor Labour and National Service and Immigration, will visit Air Headquarters Malaya at Changi today for talks with the Air Officer Commanding Air Commodore J. L. F. Full«r-Good. Weather permitting. Che Minister will fly on an antibandit airstrike by the
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    Parasite a grave challenge, he says
    237 7 Parasite a grave challenge, he says f NS3CTS are responsible for 1 more than half of the world's hn«a« ailments. Dr. A. A. Sandosham, Pr»fessor of Parasitoioey at the University of Malaya, said in his inaugural lectare at the Faculty of Medicine las* night. Dr. Sandosham said the challenge of
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    New cars not for S'pore
    66 7 HUNDREDS of new cars, chiefly Austins. Fords and Studetoekers. have arrived in Singapore during trie past week. "Hie spokesman of a Singapore motor car firm said yesterday: "Most of these new cars are for clients upcountry. They need large vehicles for getting around the lonelv
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    8 bandits killed in two days
    194 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. VAN San Quee, district committee member of the BukJt Pasar (In the Muar area of Johore) branch of the Malayan Communist Party, was among the eight bandits killed by security forces in the last two days. Slat other bandits were wounded
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    TEST SHOWED NAYLOR NOT DRUNK
    392 7 T 4 I i I fORPORAL Abdul Bakar bin Abdul Ma nap, of the Trallic Police, said in Singapore Cit\ Police Court yesterday that after an accident In Tanglin Road, the driver, Ralph Naylor, was sent to the General Hospital for a medical examination and
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    3 elected as honorary members
    234 7 3 elected as honorary members F|ATO Sir Roland Braddelt. Mr. Ivor H. N. Evans and Mr. I. H. Burk.il] were elec*id 1 honorary members of t he 'Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society at the annual meeting in Singapore yesterday. It was decided that publication* for 1963 -should, -f
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    LAW ON FLAG
    39 7 Government last night announced that on India Day, the Indian national flag can be flown outside homes, public buildings and offices. But it cannot be carried or displayed in any procession, or flown on any vehicle.
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    DRIVING BAN, $800 FINE FOR PIRATE TAXI
    174 8 DRIVING BAN, $800 FINE FOR PIRATE TAXI Witness may get a $50 reward A "PIRATE'' taxi driver, Cheong Ah See, of; Anson Road, Singapore,! was fined a total of $800 by the City Police Magistrate, Mr.. K. J. L. Jamieson, yesterday and disqualified from i driving for 12 months. He
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    S'porerubber mart in the doldrums
    203 8 S'porerubber mart in the doldrums AFTER the relative activity I of last week the rubber market hrs again entered the doldrums. There Is no particular selling pressure, orders generally are below this market, but occasionally there- is some demand for lower gradtts, says Lewis and Peat's weekly report issued yesterday.
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    MacD's ASSISTANT
    23 8 Brigadier N. D. Wingrove, Colonial Defence Liaison Officer, has been appointed acting Assistant Secretary to the Commissioner-General, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald.
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    Police veterans awarded medals
    171 8 LMFTY-FOIR veterans of the Singapore Police Force received medals -from the Commissioner of Police, Mr. J. P. Pennefather-Evans, yesterday, at the Police Training School. To qualify for the medal, one should have at least 18 years' unbroken meritorious service. There was Detective Sergeant Soh Heng Eng
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    4 delegates were absent
    96 8 THE Y.M.C.A. Malayan Conference opened yesterday in Singapore. Four delegates from Ipoh and Kuala Lumpur were not present. Mr Rowland Lyne general secretary of the Singapore Y.M.C.A. was unable to say when the Federation delegates would come. Among those attending the opening session were: Mr. Alan
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    A Bishop returns
    152 8 A Bishop returns THE Rt. Rev. B. C. Roberts, who was Bishop of Singapore for 13 years, before the war. returned to the Colony by Qantas-BOAC yesterday on a special mission. Bishop Roberts, accompanied by his wife and Prepen* dary Hodson, is on tour for the Society for the Propagation
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    Gaoled for robbing strolling couple
    154 8 IPOH, Friday. A 25-YEAR-old store mason, Urn Kim Chang, A charged with having robbed a Chinese special constable and his girl friend of a fountain pen and their identity cards oh Oct. 8 last year, was sentenced to two years* rigorous imprisonment by the Sessions
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    Assnhasnow 69 members
    67 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Pri. rpHE Indian University GraX duates' Association of Malaya, which was formed In Kuala Lumpur last August, has now 69 members. Among them are lawyers, doctors, scientists and teachers. Mr. Cheah Sein Llat, a research chemist attached to the R.R.I., is the only Chinese member.
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    Judgment for $13,000
    115 8 JUDGMENT for $13,338 was entered by Mr. Justice Fletcher-Rogers in the Singapore High Court yesterday In a claim brought by Tay Lionet Kee, trading as Leone Hin and Co., against Marine Supply Co. Mr. P. F. Leonard, for Tay. said that in an action for $47,942 for
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    MAN WHO GOT BAIL IS HELD, HE SAYS
    327 8 MAN WHO GOT BAIL IS HELD, HE SAYS SUGGESTIONS that a I Sirigapor e-born Chinese had been illegally detained by the Crown 'since Jan. 2, under a banishment warrant cancelled on Thursday were made in the Supreme Court yesterday. Mr. M. B. Brash was applying for a writ of Habeas
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    C.G. TO OPEN TRADE FAIR
    59 8 The Great Eastern Trade Fair, built on a 12-acre site near Joo Chiat Market, Singapore, will be opened by the Commissioner general, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, at 5. p.m. today. The fair will have 200 stalls and two canteens to serve food to Muslims and
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      276 8 Straits Times Crossword 5" 'o 26" ACROSS. 7. Hie loial taies maae Oy ITo shorten an agreement paatry-cook (8). <m 8w °m vassal, apparently a (8K Belgian cltlsen (8). 5. "...wnose— taste Brought v. A nu* ,^l^ the g^j death Into the world" ("Para- CO ast of Scotland (10). dlse
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      150 9 HATS off to your editorial "Midsummer Madness With the abrupt departure of the Commissionej of Police. 'and the resignation of the Director of Intelligence, when we have still to see the jiew High Commissioner, one has the impression that something is really wrong in
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      THE POINT OF KIRKBY
      257 9 "pRUSADER." in last Saturday's Forum, called on me to stick to the point and then proceeded to skirt round the subject. The point at issue Is the pin-pricking of the students who have been chosen to go to Kirkby. "Crusader" is not alone in that konKsl.
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      IN TIONG BAHRU
      51 9 THE problem of transportfor office workers and hundreds of teen-age school boys and girls of the Tiong Bahru area has become one for priority consideration by th" City Councillors. A large number of additional flats are being built. It makes the problem still more urgent. P. RAGHAVAN
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      TEMPER IN THE OFFICE
      192 9 AS soon as I read my letter in last Saturday's Forum I knew many people would disagree with me because the editor shortened It by deleting some vital sentences. In fact I wrote more to contradict Mrs. Mandy— who said that the Government men "were like
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      POWERLESS
      28 9 r'VE been without electricity for 37 hours of the last 72 as I write. It's about time this indescribable Electricity Department let up on SWETTENHAM ROAD. Singapore.
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      THE TAMIL EFFORT
      127 9 REGARDING "Malayan's" letter, I attended the meeting of the Singapore Tamils at Handy Road on Sunday, Jan. 6. I found there was no attempt by any one of the speakers to cause a split among Indians; nor did anyone assume leadership. I also attended the Jalan Besar
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      It's the landlords who suffer
      239 9 OWING to the control, there has been no increase in rents since 1939 except the small increase in November 1947 authorised by the Government. Since then, the cost of living has gone up very much,. especially lately. Small property owners, especially those who own only
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      TOWGAY AND VEGETABLES
      192 9 £)URING the last few months we have heard a great deal about the towKay controversy. Admitted that the water used for growing towgay has not been "sanitary," It is. up to the City Council to provide alternative facilities for the growers. The City Analyst does not seem
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      Caste and custom in Ceylon
      459 9 Caste and custom in Ceylon I READ with interest Mr. P. E. Pereira's letter, "The History of Caste in Ceylon As he is the head of the Mercantile institution of Singapore, it is my duty to enlighten him on facts. Sinhalese customs, folklore, "Kusu-kusu kootam" conversation, unwritten laws handed down
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      Cats and dogs in Penang
      493 9 TOR the benefit of the r majority of your readers who did not visit the Penang Dog and Cat Show, and who might be misled as "Disgusted Dog Lover" intends they should be. I wish to clarify a few points. The judging in all cases
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      THE BUILDING BYLAWS AND THE FARMER
      346 9 T pGISLATION, if thoughtlessly made and indiscriminately administered, is liable to become a hindrance to progress and a cause of much eviL The point in mind is the application of the Rural Board Building Bylaws to cover farm buildings for livestock. As Mr. Lim
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      NEW HOUSES IN PAHANG
      94 9 I OBSERVE from the Straits Times of Jan. 9 that someone was fined $250 in Singapore for building a charcoal shed without submitting a plan to the City •Council. This Ls in accordance with the Law. Pre-war in Pahang ther* used to be a similar law.
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      A HUMPY, LUMPY JALAN
      81 9 A HUMPY, LUMPY JALAN DURING the recent City Council election, Mr. A. P. Rajah promised to ask for the reconstruction and repair of the bad roads and Jalans in Singapore. Has that been done? Jalan Ampas. in the Balestier Road area, ls one of the worst Jalans I have ever
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      GEN. TEMPLER
      54 9 WITH reference to your report of Jan. 12, "Malaya's Strong Man Is Named", I am indignant that it has not been mentioned that General Sir Gerald Templer served as an officer of The Loyal Regiment. I served with him in the Ist Battalion in 1928 and 1929. UP
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    752 10  - Representative, but not the best 2 OUTSTANDING MEN OMITTED SECOND ROW By NORTH v. SOUTH XVs CRITICISED THERE. are very few selection committees who do not come in for criticism and the selectors who were responsible for the North and South teams who meet in the annual Malayan Rugby Union
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    68 10 BAKKWAY FANS: Ray darkway, British AAV honorary coach, photographed with Mr. E. Strickland, Singapore A. A. A. president, and a number of his keennest students from the- schools, at Ksllang airport last afternoon. Barkway, who left by KLM plane, was taking back a wallet and blue sarong presented by the
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    SAVOLD TO MEET ROCKY MARCIANO
    30 10 PHILADELPHIA. Pri:— Aging Lee Savold and Rocky Marciano. one of the leading world heavyweight prospects, will meet in a ten-round bout here on Peb. 13.
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    K.O. HOCKEY Dozey's late goal knocks out Foresters
    195 10 K.O. HOCKEY Dozey's late goal knocks out Foresters I both sets of forwards had missed between them a dozen chances, fine opportunism by Dozey, the insideright of R.A.F. Changi, in the seventh minute of extra time resulted in a solitary-goal win for the airmen over Sherwood Foresters in the Singapore
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    Talbert denies challenge
    99 10 NEWYORK. Prl. DILLY Talbert. one of America's leading tennis players, has asked to be disassociated from a "challenge" he and four other players were reported to have issued to the U.S. Davis Cup team. Talbert said the first he knew of the "challenge" was when he read
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    Coaching plan for Selangor soccer
    308 10 KUALA LUMPUR, FTl. the Football Assocation of Selangor will. In the coming season, put Into effect its scheme formulated last year, to train young players. The Hon. secretary, Jur. R. Benjamin, told the Strain Times this today. The plan is to enlist the service* of
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    HARVEY BATTERS W.I. BOWLING
    248 10 MELBOURNE, Friday. I^EIL Harvey, the Australian left-hander, battered A the weakened West Indies attack here today and helped Victoria to reach 293 for six wickets on the first day of their match. Harvey scored 88. At the tea interval he reached his 50 which included seven
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    Puckett and Price humble NSW batsmen
    196 10 SYDNEY, Frt. rj«HE powerful New South Wales batting side was humiliated today by West Australian bowlers Puckett and Price who dismissed them here for 228 on the first day of the Sheffield Shield match. Sidney Barnes failed to score and Plockton was top scorer
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    England win 5-4
    21 10 EDINBURGH. Fri: England beat Scotland by five matches to four In an International badminton match here last night.—Reuter.
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    BODCA whip S. C. C. 6-3
    239 10 AFTER leading by two goals to one in the first half. SCC fell off In the second half and went down 6-3 to BODCA In a friendly hockey match on the SCC padang yesterday. BODCA scored through Klrpal Singh early in the game. But.
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    Australian interest in tennis 'fantastic'
    335 10 -MELBOURNE, PriCWEDISH and United BU.t«s players and visitors who came to Australia for this season's Davis Cup matches were amazed by the public enthusiasm here {or the «ame. During the six weeks that the visitors played In New South Wales and Victoria. Australians paid £110.000
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    London Stocks
    279 11 LONDON, Pri. •THE Stock Exchange paused today at the end of the week during which share prices of home stocks showed sharp fluctuations. Recent heavy falls in industrials attracted profit taking by short-term bears and the price movements were to higher levels. Closing middle prices of selected stocks,
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    SHIPS ALONGSIDE S.H.B. WHARVES
    73 11 SHIPB alongside the Singapore Harbour Board godowns, or expected there by 7 ajn. today are: 1/2 Dunera, 4/5 Pres. GarfleM, Coal Plant Pakistan Pioneer. 6/7 City of Karachi, B '9 Eagle. 11 Myrmidon. 13/14 Radja. 15/16 Peter Read. 17/18 Calchas. 19/20 Ormara. 31/22 Incharran. 23/34 Bataan.
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    MALAYAN SHARES
    835 11 CTRONO buying interest returned to the Tin section of the Malayan share market yesterday. Prices improved in a number of selected counters with unsatisfied demand at the higher levels. Rubbers mostly failed to arouse interest and prices tended to ease. Industrials continued firm. Quotations anhounced by the Malayan
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    TIN: $478⅞ A PICUL
    39 11 SINGAPORE, Fri. Jan 18. f478.871/5 Op 25 cents.) London: £962 a ton .LONDON, Jan. 18.—Cash Buyers £962. Sellers "£9«5: Forward Bayers £962, Selters £963, Settlement £9«6 (down £2 t). Turnover: ajn. 7«, p.m. 10 tons.
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    Rubber at $1.39⅞
    231 11 A CAUTIOUS "wait and see" attitude, adopted by both buyers and sellers, created dull conditions in the Singapore rubber market yesterday. Only a very small amount of business was reported at prices fractionally lower than those of Thursday's close. Sellers for lower grades were more hesitant to
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    THE PRODUCE MARKET
    86 11 QUIET conditions prevailed in most sections of the Sii ».apore produce market yesterday. Continued scarcity of stocks caused pepper sellers to raise quotations to $815 a plcul for Muntok and $810 for Sarawak. Lampong black was unchanged at $585. Copra prices sagged slightly, sellen quoting $38' i
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    H.K. EXCHANGE RATES
    36 11 HONG KONG, Fri. I7REE market currency exchange IT for Hone Kong dollars was nuoted at the clone today as follows: US$l HKS66O (cash), HKM.H (T.T.): tl HK$l5.BO; one tahll of gold HKS323«4— U.P.
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    RECOVERY A NAP SELECTION
    304 12  -  EPSOM JEEP By Goes best on heavy track RECOVERY II is in grand form and I nap him to win the Class 2, Div. 2, 6f. sprint (Race Four) at Bukit Timah today, concluding day of the Singapore Turf Club Spring Meeting. Recovery II was never
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    Lightning is sound each way wager
    185 12 T lOHTNINO has developed L< stamina with age and on his fourth to Honolulu over a mile last week he looks a reasonable each way wager In Race Two today. Lightning was gaining steadily on the leaders at the finish and the extra furlong
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    MOTOR CLUB'S RALLY OFF
    70 12 THE Singapore Motor Club's Safety and Courtesy Rally tomorrow has been cancelled owing to poor entries. The expected number of SO has not materialised and because there are only#l3 entries it is not considered worthwhile to run the rally. Besides, the Registrar of Vehicles and the
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    AT B. TIMAH TODAY
    55 12 AT B. TIMAH TODAY DRIEI spells of sunshine have dried up the coarse at Bukit Timah and the going has improved considerably. Hopes of a good galloping track today, Jiowfvrr, are not food. The going will at best be toft. ■x Today's best bet: Recovery II In the 3.45. Best
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    Hit-The-Spot for top sprint
    1074 12 OIT-THE-SPOT has come right and can be confidently followed. There was 11 merit in his second to Abbotsford over 6f on Wednesday. Nicely positioned behind the pace, Hit-The-Spot darted through a narrow opening on the rails close home and had Marcher Lords, Royal Dream and Retinue
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    Joe trails in $10,000 golf
    148 12 SAN DIEGO. California, Prl. JOE Louis, controversial figure in the US$10,000 San Diego Open Oolf Tournament, turned in a first round four over par 76 as the 72-hole play started yesterday. The former heavyweight champion trailed the early pacemaker, Felice Torra, of St. Charles, Illinois,
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    Keenan makes a demand
    76 12 JOHANNESBURG, Fri.— Peter Keenan threatened yesterday to "pack my bags and go home to Scotland" unless Vic Toweel forgoes a demand for a return fight in Johannesburg if ht loses his world bantamweight title to Keenan on Jan. 26. Keenan wants the return fight in Glasgow
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    SOCCER RESULTS
    32 12 1X>NDON. Prl: Result* of jccer matches played yesterday were: Leagiie Division III (Southern) Newport County S, Southern! United 0. league Division III (Northern) Scunthorpe United I York City 1. Reuter.
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    FUND STARTED FOR GARRARD
    179 12 By EPSOM JEEP. JOCKEY A. E. "Skeeter'' Oarrard. a really fine horseman, has been forced by illness to retire after riding for over 30 years. His colleagues on the Malayan Turf have started a "Skeeter Qarrard Fund." Jockeys have already subscribed $4,000 to the fund and
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    Straits Times Selections
    138 12 EPSOM JEEP CALL BOY POINTER RACE 1 MS THE MONARCH Eodora Jlmson THE MONARCH Friendship Endora THfc MONARCI Eodora Jlmson RACE 2 1.45 LIGHTNING Opera Abby Kay LIGHTNING Opera Melnlk OPERA Llfhtnlnr Haoma RACE 3 5.15 RED WOLF British Film John Ham RED WOLF Dewar At Last
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    Today's Race Card
    1142 12 ACCEPTORS and probable jockeys for today's I races are given below. The double tote will be on Races Five and Eight. The Big Sweep will be drawn on Race Seven. Race 1—2.15: Class 2, Div. 4— F. &19 Yds. 1 -00 Waikiki Mulley a.OO "Belmont Stable" Spencer
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    Equal voting for affiliates sought
    338 12 SOSC RULES MAY BE AMENDED TN future all affiliates of the Singapore Olympic 1 Sports Council will have equal voting strength at general meetings if proposed amendments of the existing rules are passed at an extra-ordinary meeting to be held shortly. I At present two
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    Sports Diary
    96 12 TODAY RACING: List Day Singapore T.C. Spring Meeting. RUGBY: 8. C.C. Army at 8.C.C.; Naval Bat* S.H.B. at Naval Base; R.l.M.t. v 22S 8.0.D. at 8.0.D. Nee Soon Garrison R.A.F. Tengiti at Nee Soon; G.H.Q. Farelf "A" v R.A.F. SeleUr "A" at Tanglin; R.A.F. Changi t South Johore
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    ALUMNI WIN TENNIS 5-0
    95 12 In the annual Medical Oraduate* v Undergraduates tennis tournament, played at Sepoy Lines courts yesterday, the Alumni Association beat Medical Faculty by five games to nil. Results (Alumni Association players mentioned first): Dr F. Y. Khoo beat Yap Khir.i Yin 6-£ 6-1; Hu Wei Hsen beat
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    SEDGMAN 'SICK OF CRITICISM'
    95 12 SYDNEY Fri FranK Sednman said today he Is sick of tbr criticism of the cash wedding piesent being raised for his fiancee. Miss Jean Spence. SedKman. In Adelaide for the Australian championships, told a reporter he regarded the criticism as "all hullabaloo about nothing." Scdnman said
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      26 12 SINGAPORE TIDES TODAY: High 0256 (8.6) and 1456 (8.3); Low 0846 (3.6) and 2101 (3.1). TOMORROW: 0329 (8.5) and 1549 (7.7); 0934 (3.5) and 2138 (3.9).
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