The Straits Times, 24 January 1952

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    21 1 *l JAN 1952 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1952. PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS
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    BRITAIN FACING NEW CUTS
    333 1 Less money and even fewer goods CABINET TOLD OF NEW DRIVE LONDON, Wednesday. A PLAN for a new austerity drive for Britain was put before the Cabinet yesterday. It will add to the stern cuts made in November, and mean less money for people to spend
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    Snipers are rounded up
    31 1 SOME of the 150 Egyptian police being taken into custody after British troops cordoned off Tel-el-Kebir South and a village to catch eueri lla snipers. A.P. picture.
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    EDEN SAYS: WE MUST STAND ALONE
    223 1 EDEN SAYS: WE MUST STAND ALONE LONDON, Wed. MR ANTHONY EDEN, the Foreign Secretary, said last night that Britain was determined to set her house in order so that she could face the United States as a free and equal partner. He told a Farmers' Union meeting that new austerities
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    QUEENSLAND GETS RELIEF
    45 1 BRISBANE. Wed.— Tropical downpours of up to four Inches of rain within 24 hours have brought north-west Queensland iis first drought relief since last March. The weather bureau forecast that Queensland's 10-month-old drought should definitely be broken in the next fortnight.— Reuter.
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    Director wins £210,000 pool
    54 1 MARPLE. England. Wed.— First reaction of Mr. Norman Barlow-Graham, a company director here when told today he hac won £210,000 in a football pool was to offer £1.400 towards the expenses of the British team at the Helsinki Olympic Games this year His initial outlay was
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    13 WOMEN 'HOLD UP' A BANK
    108 1 CAIRO. Wed. DOYPTS petite suffragette leader Madame Doria Shank and 12 of her "Daughters of the Nile" held up business at a large British bank in Cairo for an hour and a half today— till polion bundled them into a truck and drove them
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    Arabs storm police
    61 1 TUNIS, Wed. IiTVE thousand Arab demonstrators stormed a police station today at a village near Mokine, Tunisian city. At least three policemen were killed and two taken as hostages. The latest outbreak of riotIng in this French Protectorate brought the death toll to 31 In a week
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    MCA move to raise $2,000,000
    59 1 MCA move to raise $2,000,000 IPOH, Wed. THE Malayan Chinese Association is to raise $2,000,000 to finance its activities. Part of this money, It i$ understood, will be used to build a suitable headquarters, probably in Kuala Lumpur. The surpluses from the Association's lotteries are reserved for welfare work and
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    Churchill sails
    65 1 NEW YORK. Wed. JLfR. CHURCHILL sailed for home this morning aboard the Queen Mary. He retired shortly after going on board. A spokesman said: "Owing to his heavy cold, the Prime Minister was, to his regret, prevented from talking to the Press on the pier, but he sends
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    SEAR ARRIVES FOE COCOS AIRFIELD
    61 1 COCOS ISLAND, Wed Equipment worth more than £1.000.000 which will be used in the re-establishment of a strategic airfield in the Cocos Island, arrived off the atoll today aboard the British India ship Palikonda. The cargo includes food and housing material for 500 Royaji Australian
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    MAN MISSED AS LINER DOCKS
    203 1 SINGAPORE police and immigration authorities are baffled over the disappearance from the P. and O. liner Canton during the run from Hong Kong to Singapore of a Kuala Lumpur merchant. The passenger, Mr Yeo I Khee Seng, of Pudu Road, Kuala Lumpur, who was travelling;
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    50 RESCUED
    35 1 NAPLES. Wed. A new 480ton tanker overturned as it was launched here today and 50 people, Including the wives and children of workers, were thrown into the water. They were all rescued.— U.P.
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    Planes raid bandit camp
    43 1 J^ BANDIT camp area in a Selangor swamp was attacked by three waves of aircraft yesterday in support of security forces. Other air operations yesterday included Hornet fighter- bomber attacks on bandit targets in Central Perak and South Kedah.
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    ROYAL ESCORT
    35 1 LONDON, Wed— New Zealand's Prime Minister, Mr Sidney Holland, said here today he will personally escort Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh on most of their coming tour of the Dominion.— Reuter.
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    S'PORE WOMAN 'IS ARMS AGENT'
    77 1 DARWIN, Wed. A WOMAN living in Singapore is believed by Darwin police to be a leader of a gun-running and a gold and dope smuggling ring which has links with the rebels in Indo-China and the Huk terrorists in the Philippines. Northern Territory police and
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    U.N. accuses Reds: You prolong war
    121 1 TOKYO. Wed. fJjHE United Nations accused the Communist? today of trying to prolong the Korean war and to "create an unacceptable threat" to Allied ground forces during an armistice The Charge came in a United Nations statement after another unproductive session of the cease-fire
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    GOODWILL & LEARNING
    32 1 GOODWILL LEARNING SYDNEY. Wed.— The many Asian students studying at Australian universities have created an "immense goodwill" amons the Pacific countries, Mr. Harold Holt. Australian Immigration Minister, said in Sydney today. Reuter.
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    U.K. move to cut tin imports
    119 1 LONDON, Wed. yiSCOUNT SWINTON, Mi- nlster In charge of Materials has received a deputation to discuss the contribution unmlned mineral reserves in Devonshire and Cornwall could make to relieve the nonferrous metals shortage, the Financial Times reported today. The paper said the deputation was
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    Three hurt as gang raid petrol firm staff
    188 1 THREE men were seriously injured when a gang of 50 Indonesian labourers attacked the staff of the Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company at Pulau Samboe, 12 miles from Singapore, yest\rday. In hospital in Singapore as a result of the attack are: Mr. George ("Bully")
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    Mr. J.F. Nicoll leaves H.K.
    47 1 HONG KONG, Wed.— Mr. J. F. Nicoll, who succeeds Sir Franklin Gimson as Governor of Singapore, leaves Hong Kong tomorrow by air for Britain before assuming his new appointment. Mr. Nicoll has been Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong since May 1949. Reuter.
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    IT'S NOT CLEAR, SAYS LABOUR
    60 1 LONDON Wed.— The Labour Party's National Executive decided today that Mr. Churchill should be closely questioned in the House of Commons on Far Eastern policy approved during his Washington talks with President Truman. The Executive said that Mr. Churchill's statements had not given a clear
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    Motorcyclist hurt
    32 1 Mohd. Ismail, a Singapore Telecoms Department despatch rider, was taken to hospital with leg injuries early today after the motorcycle he was riding collided with a dog near Fullerton Building.
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    Thief went in as a guest
    54 1 LONDON, Wed.— Jewellery worth £10,000 was stolen yesterday from guests at the residential Landsdowne Club in the heart of London's West End. Police hunted a well-dress-ed thief, who, they said, entered the club guest rooms. Detectives said there was no sign the doors had
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    Britain may get more than $1.18
    206 1 Britain may get more than $1.18 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Wed. A WHITE Paper giving the terms of the Anglo-American tin agreement is expected to be issued after Parliament reassembles next week. Britain may get more than $1.18 for much of the tin 3he has undertaken to 3ell to
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    Java floods drown 41
    74 1 JAKARTA, Wed. S" EVEN months' rainfall in three days have brought Java's worst floods for 20 years, killed 41 people and swamped plantations. At Pati, Central Java reservoirs overflowed and drowned 37 people. At nearby Semarang, an old woman and three children died when their home
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      426 2 NOTICES EX-SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF SINGAPORE The Annual General Meeting will be held at the Officers MeM, Singapore Volunteer Corps, Beach Road, it 6 SO p.m. on FVlday, 15th February, 1952. All ex■ervice men and women, whether members or not, are cordially Invited to attend. A. HALLIDAY, Hon. Secretary. rSINCAPORF HARBOUR
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      812 2 In addition, provision has been made for Preferenc- stock redemption o! 4,372 96.339 Thus leaving a sum of £291,380 We propose to allocate this a* follows:— To general reserve 138,519 To dividend equalisation 50.000 To the proposed bonus To profit and loss acacount 13.815 TTx totals of the revenue reserves
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    Atlantic pact would not apply to Suez Zone
    320 3 IF EGYPT ATTACKS THE BRITISH WASHINGTON, Wednesday. flR. D«an Acheson, United States Secretary of State, told a Congressional committee that an ttack by Egypt on British troops in the Suez 'anal zone could not bring the North Atlantic Yeaty into operation. This
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    BRITAIN TO CUT OKEN IMPORTS
    89 3 LONDON. Wed. JKlllsii token imports from the United States nd Canada will be cut by quarter this year. The Board of Trade said iM night that the quota or 1952 would be 30 per ml of eaih manufacturers' irewar annual figures based on 1936-38) as
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    23 KILLED IN AIR CRASH
    145 3 'louses ablaze ELIZABETH. N. Jersey, Wed. N American Airline Conk vaii roaring through a inding fog. crashed into a w of houses yesterday kill- all the 23 passengers and e» including the former S Secretary of War. Mr sben Patterson. A 1 leas; six persons
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    Israel quits U.N. talks—for a day
    61 3 Israel quits U.N. talks— for a day PARIS, Wed. Israel walked out of all United Nations meetings today for one day as a gesture of "grief and protest" at the hanging of two Jews in Iraq on Monday. The two Jews, who were convicted last November as members of the
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    Mother-to-be was sent home
    230 3 NOW COMMITTEE APOLOGISES NEW YORK, Wednesday. JYJ R. Courtney T. Hill, chairman of the Olympic Ski x Games Committee, said today that the committee is to apologise by letter to Mrs. Suzy Kytting. a member of the U.S. Olympic ski team, who was sent home from
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    REST OF THE WORLD NEWS IN BRIEF
    171 3 REST OF THE WORLD NEWS IN BRIEF fllE KING and Queen will leave London on March 19 for their holiday cruise to South Africa aboard the battleship Vanguard, Buckingham Palace officials announced. The famous Festival Bailey bridge spanning the Thames at Charing Cross, across which thousands of Festival visitors streamed
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    Mac A wants name withdrawn
    58 3 Mac A wan ts name withdrawn NEW YORK, Wed— Gen. Mac Arthur yesterday requested the withdrawal of his name from the Republican Presidential primary election in the State of Illinois. Col. Larry Bunker, one of his aides, commented: "The General has several times announced that he doe s not want
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    ACTOR'S BROTHER 'TO BE GOVERNOR'
    58 3 VISCOUNT Bracken, a friend of Mr. Churchill, was quoted yesterday a s saying; that Mr. Vincent Massey. former Canadian High-Commissioner in London, would become the G o v e r n o r-G eneral of Canada when Viscount Alexander leaves. Mr. Massey is the brother
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    U.S. experts will go to Persia
    54 3 WASHINGTON, Wed. The State Department announced yesterday that 90 Americans experts and advisers will leave for Persia within the next six months. They will supervise the implementation of the Point Four aid granted to Persia following her acceptance of American terms concerning the use
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    REDS EXECUTE 100 IN WEEK
    55 3 HONG KONG, Wed.— The Chinese Communists executed more than 100 people in the Swatow area during the last week of last month according to a Swatow dispatch to the Independent Wan Kiu Vat Po. The paper said another 300 "exploiters and spies" were sentenced to
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    7 DIE IN CRASH
    32 3 TEHERAN, Wed. Two Persian Air Force officers and five cadets are believed to have died in a Persian Air Force training Diane crash near Teheran last night.— AP.
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    THE REDS ARE NOT TO BLAME AFTER ALL
    111 3 SAIGON. Wed. TRENCH sources said toda> that the Communists were not responsible for the wave of terror. Mil that has killed 12 and wounded 60 in Saifcon In two weeks. The bomb-throwing and exploding bicycles were the work of dissidents from the
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    RUSSIA 'SILLY TO THINK OF WORLD WAR'
    277 3 PARIS, Wednesday. f ENERAL Eisenhower said today "it would be a very foolish policy" for Russia to contemplate a global war. "I believe that she sees that", he told a Press conference at his H.Q. "She certainly could not hope to win the
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    Japs, Chiang want war, says Peking
    152 3 TOKYO. Wed. RED China today said that Japan's decision to recognise the Nationalist Chinese government in Formosa Is "collusion of a reactionary, defeated Japan" with American imperialism in preparing .war against China. The deputy Foreign Minister, Chan Han-fu, termed it "the most serious and
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    40 per cent went to the polls
    40 3 CALCUTTA, Wed. An estimated 40 per cent, of Calcutta's 1,500,000 electorate yesterday voted in West Bengal's State Assembly elections. The voting was carried out peacefully and only one minor incident was reported. AFP.
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    The president signs the minute book
    60 4 The rfepatv president of the Srngapare branch ot the BtKMi Red "Crass Society. Dr. W. J. Vickers, signing tfce miwote book at yesterday's Mmnl general niertio*. Others are Mr*. W W. Tune (secretary), Miss G. W. South (new branch director) Mrs. W. L. Blythe
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    YOUTH WHO 'ASKED FOR A KISS' SENTENCED
    465 4 YOUTH WHO 'ASKED FOR A KISS' SENTENCED WONG Jl KEN, aged 19, was sentenced to two days' imprisonment and fined S3O« ia Singapore yesterday when convicted of breaking into a flat n Grange Road belonging to Mrs. June Wood, aged 27, with intent to outrage her modesty at about 3.3*
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    What is a Singapore citizen?
    191 4 What is a Singapore citizen? fl[R- E. V. Davies, Labour Party leader on the Singapore City Council, has a problem. He believes that Singapore is a City without any specified citizens. He told the Straits Times yesterday that at present the City Council has no ordinance to define the qualifications
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    Blackout schedule
    200 4 Substations liable to load sbed*int today art: Union Building. Hum.- I'ip*-. Rheem, Ford, Bin Seng, Wire Mesh, PWD Quarry. Nanyang Mfg., Bt. ranjanc. National Carbon. Prtneeaa EHzabetk Estate, Dairy Farm. l'l« Pandan, Jur«ns 1. 2 and 3: Bt. Tituth MBa^t. United Chinese R. W«rks, Lam 0— P Carmrrr.
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    Direct hit—on wrong target
    68 4 Direct hit— on wrong target EXPLAINING a reduction of output from its tin mining operations at Tanjong Rambutan last year, Sir Joseph Ball, chairman of Malaysian Tin Ltd., said that operations were totally suspended for a month owing to a direct nit by the R.AF. on the main pipeline during
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    Haircuts to cost more
    65 4 PENANO. Wed. TO meet the higher cost of living. Penang barbers have raised their charges from this montb In first class saloons, a hair cut, with shave and shampoo, now costs $2 against the previous rate of $1.50. Second class shops charge $1.50 while pri«s in
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    Model flies —by radar
    62 4 exhibit at the 3fth science exhibition organised by the University of Malaya Science Society during the Chinese New Year holidays will be a radarcon trolled mode) aeroplane. The three-day exhibition, at the University premises in Clunv Road, Singapore, will be opened by the Dean of the
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    23 4 SOT PETEK JONES, of 8.A.0.C.. Tanglin, and Miss Joan Mary Brcntnall, who were married at Tanglin Garrison Church, Singapore, yesterday. Straits Times picture.
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    S.C. ON OUTRAGE CHARGE
    49 4 MUAR. Wed.— A special constable, Ellas bin Ali. ascd 27. claimed trial when charged at Muar with assaulting a woman, Joyoh binte Dali. with intent to outrage her modesty at Bekok Estate, Tangkak. Bail of $150 was allowed and the case postponed to Jan. 31.
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    MrGilmourwears a big overcoat
    108 4 IIfEARING a khaki, hooded duffle coat, Mr. Andrew Gilmour, Singapore's Secretary for Economic Affairs, yesterday opened the new storage plant and building, of the Singapore Cold Storage Company at the Bon«eo Wharf. i— Mr. J M. McDougal. the general manager of the Singapore Cold Storage Co..
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    GAVE 50 CENTS
    41 4 MUAR. Wed.— When arrested for Ignoring a traffic signal. Huan Yam Chua. offered 50 cents to the constable to release him. In the Muar Maßlstra'.e's Court. Huan was fined $35 or 17 days' imprisonment for the two offences.
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    BONUS AND FREE DINNER TOO
    39 4 The Singapore Green Bus Company will give a $60 Chinese New Year bonus to each employee. There will also be doublepay and a New Year dinner for those who work on Sunday and" Monday
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    HOME TO BE BUILT THIS YEAR
    179 4 rpHE Singapore British Red X Cross Society's home for handicapped children, planned in 1948, will be built on a five-acre site at Changi by the end of this year, said Mrs W. L. Blythe at yesterday's annual meeting of the Society. A former director
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    219Shellmen get emblems
    94 4 LONG service emblems were presented to 219 members of the Shell Company Staff and labour force at Pulau Bukom installation at a tea party In Pulau Bukom this we*»k. The emblem la a sold .shell studded with a ruby, emerald or one or more diamonds. sijmifyinE the
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    WOMAN CHARGED WITH THEFT
    41 4 MUAR. Wed.— Ball of $5,800 in two sureties was granted a young woman, Lav Chon Wah, charged with theft ol cash, and jewellery, valued at $4,950, from Tee Geow Sim at Parlt Keroma The ame was postponed.
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      57 4 SINGAPORE 9.36-9.55 Schools; 10 Emergency News from K.L.; 10.05 Light Music; 10.45-12 Schools; 1 p.m.. Light Musl<; 1.30 News; 1.4S Dance Muste; 2-5 Schools; 6.15 "Calling All Hospitals"; 6.55 Announcements: 7 News; 7.15 "Radio Scientist 11 7.30 Augmented Kadlo Orch.. 8 "CalUi.g All Forces"; 8.30 "Discussing the Discs"; 9 "Barchester
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      56 4 "Time for Music"; 10.3B-U Oerry Spllano's Oreo. KUALA LUMPUR 0 35 a.m. .-12 As a'pore; 1 p.m. Dance Music; 1.30 News; IAS "Danny Kaye Entertains"; 2-5 As Spore; 6 "Happy Anruverwy": 6.JJ5-7.25 As Singapore. 7.25 "Samba Time"; 740 "HU Parade of America": 8 "Th« Adventures of PC. '•Thursaay Symphony"; 9.30
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      49 4 10 "Variety Bandbox"; 1030-11 Dance Music PENANC 9.30-2 p.m. As S'po:c; 6 Dane* Music; 6.30 Children; 6.55 Announcements; 7 flews; 7.15 "Tim* for Music": 7.45 Feature, "Focus on Communism"; t.15 "Classical Choiee": "TW* of the Town";, 9.30 News; 9.45 "Evening star 11 10 Dtnce Musk: 10.90-11 Symphony of String*.
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    'Rot rather than sell' is dealers' policy, says food official
    311 5 'Rot rather than sell' is dealers' policy, says food official AND STILL THE VEGETABLE PRICES SOAR CINGAPORE vegetable prices, which have gone up by 20 to 50 per cent, during the past three weeks because of the rains, continue to soar. Cucumbers were a dollar a kati In most of
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    Mrs Osman is still waiting to go home
    179 5 Mrs Osman is still waiting to go home MRS. PHYLLIS OSMAN, Australian wife of a Malay, who lives with her husband and two children in a Keppel Road kampong, said yesterday that she wag still negotiating with the Australian authorities about her possible return to Australia. In 1948 her husband,
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    A PARTY PAID FOR ANOTHER
    155 5 *pHE Overseas League Christmas party was sucn a success that a profit oi $400 was made. And yesterday that money was used, to give another party to 400 children from Social Welfare Department homes. The Shaw brothers helped by offering the use of the Great
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    'U.N. is for all,' he says
    112 5 THE united Nations Organisation is not exclusive to diplomats, politicians and representatives of Governments. Ungku Aziz, secretary of the United Nations Association, Singapore, pointed out yesterday. Addressing members of the Singapore Rotary Club at their weekly luncheon. Ungku Aziz said it was possible for
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    2 broke curfew, fined $80 each
    61 5 MUAR, Wed. A lorry driver, Mah Sio Kirn and an attendant, Hui .Liang, were each fined $80 or 40 days' imprisonment for breaking the curfew at Buklt Pasir. and for transporting rubber at night without a permit. They said they were delayed at the
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    FACTORY OWNER IS ACQUITTED
    110 5 The owner of a Singapore chilli sauce factory, Tan Yew Choon, who said he told his employees not to obstruct the five-foot way of the factory and -to keep the place clean, was given the benefit of doobt by the City Police Court Magistrate, Mr. K.
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    TO HELP ARRANGE THE ROYAL TOUR
    46 5 Brigadier Sir Norman Wilmshurst Gwatkin, a member of the Royal household, will arrive in Singapore at the end of the month on his way to Sydney to make arrangements for the Australian tour of Princess Elizabeth and Duke of Edinburgh^
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    RUBBER CHARGE
    27 5 SEGAMAT. Wed.— Bail of $500 was offered Tan Hock, 54, who was charged at Segamat with being unlawful possession of 12 tahils of scrap rubber.
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    HAD NO MONEY TO PAY THE FINE
    44 5 SEGAMAT, Wed.— Tan Hua. 42, was fined $80 in Segamat for offering $2 to a police constable at Labis as a bribe As he could not pay the fine, he was sentenced to 40 days in prison.
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    BOUND OVER
    31 5 MUAR, Wed.— For possession of chandu at Gersik a woman, Lee Chow, 26. was bound over in $200 for eight months by the president of the Muar Sessions Court
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    Singapore Diary
    83 5 if.W.C.A., Raffles Quay dressmaking, io a.m.; Malay class (beginners) 9.15 a.m. and 5.15 pjn. continuation) 10.30 ajn beginners 5.15 p.m. V.M.C.A., Orchard Road, tennis, 5 pjn.; French class, 5.30 pjn.; judo and body-building groups, 5.30 pjn.; cinema show at Mt Ersklne Boys' Club, 6.45 pjn. Chinese V.M.C.A., Selegle
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    Tiong Bahru bus service delayed
    181 5 DESIDENTS at the Tiong Bahru Estate in Singa1V pore will have to wait for at least another month before they get a bus service from their doorsteps in Upper Pickering Street, i Although Singapore City Councillors approved this service two months ago, parking and traffic
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    They were armed, court told
    52 5 MUAR, Wed.— Lee Kian Huat, 24, Ooh Aik Lens, 23, liew San, 52, Wong Chin Kew, 17, and Yap Kirn Chuan, 27, were charged at Muar with carrying rifles and ammunition at the lth. M.s., MuarPanchor road. Bail was opposed and the accused were remanded
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    Traffic police clear a point
    86 5 rE plea of a Singapore teacher in a Johore court that "in Singapore, cars parked under a bright street lamp need not have lights on them at night" has brought a swift denial from the Colony's traffic police. A traffic police spokesman said yesterday: "Offenders
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    NEW YEAR PRESENTS FROM JOHORE MCA
    112 5 T^HE M.C.A., Johore branch, spent $2,000 on Chinese New Year gifts for inmates of the Leper Camp, Welfare Home, Prisons and Majeedl Detention Camp. The gifts included fruits, sweets and other Chinese New Year delicacies and were distributed to inmates of all races creeds
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    'ROCKETS WILLBE OUR ANSWER'
    106 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. pOR every stone he flings at the Selangor Labour Party, Mr. K. L. Devaser, an IMP leader, will get a rocket in answer, said Mr. K. C. Chia, President of the Labour Party, at an election meeting In Kuala Lumpur today. Mr. Chla
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    23 WANT POLICE FORCE INQUIRY
    153 5 23 WANT POLICE FORCE INQUIRY KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. DETTER conditions fof Pakistanis serving in i the Eederation police force are sought by 25 Pakistanis in Kuala Lumpur who sent a petition to Mr. D. C. I Watherston, the Chief Secretary, today. They allege unjustified treatment of Pakistanis. The petitioners, headed
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    SIR JOHN TAIT IN COLONY
    51 5 Sir John Tait. a senior director of Chartered Bank, arrived in Singapore yesterday from Hong Kong on his way back to London. He was given a dinner party last night by M Q. Sutherland, manager o f Chartered Bank. Sir John leaves for London this
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    Cremation took too long
    67 5 SEGAMAT, Wednesday. yyE had rone to the Hindu cemetery to cremate the body of a poor woman," said five Indian labourers, charged at Segamat with violating the curfew near Kampong Abdullah. "The faggots were too wet and we could not complete the job in time to
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    27 6 MR AND MRS. ANTONY MIRANDAH wish to thank all friends and relatives for their kind presence, congratulations and r-escnts on the occasion of their marriage recently.
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    The Straits Times Singapore. Thurs. Jan. 24. 1952 Fighting The War
    578 6 The Straits Times Singapore. Thurs. Jan. 24. 1952 Fighting The War The casualty figures publushed by the Federation Government make grim reading. A total of 2,693 Communists have been killed since the war began. The official list, using the customary euphemisms, calls them bandits, and the war an emergency." The
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    The Controversial 'Ministers'
    357 6 It may be supposed that noone is taking too seriously the proposal that the AttorneyGeneral should be asked for a ruling whether Federation Ministers can take an active part in municipal controversies. The question has become an issue, however, in the Kuala Lumpur election campaign. Normally the
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    The Red Purge
    139 6 Fascists, reactionaries and imperialist spies are being given a rest in Communist China The purgers have other work to do. In the first month of the campaign against corruption, 1,670 Communist officials have been arrested. Over 27 government organisations are involved. The arrested officials are not the
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    A DATE IN MALAYA'S PREHISTORY
    1070 6  - A DATE IN MALAYA'S PREHISTORY NONI WRIGHT AN archaeological find •^has just been made in Malaya which, enormously important in itself, also draws back at least one of the veils which shroud Malaya's early history. It is a small piece of pottery, not much larger than a thumb-nail. It was
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    95 6 The two photographs shown here look insignificant in themselves but they testify to one of the most important archaeological finds ever made in Malaya. They are fragments of a Creek vase found buried in Perlis amid a clutter of Malayan stone-age remains. They have been identified as of the 4th
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      352 6 WAS pleasantly surprised to read in a recent issue of the Straits Times "Land Values are to be Frozen". My pleasure would be even greater if I could bPlieve what I d rea this only seems to be a di but I cannot. After all
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      REGISTERING FOR SCHOOL
      135 6 jyjAY I refer to the statement of Mr. R. E. Ince the Inspector of Schools^ who said that he was not surprised at my experience as I had left things so late? He added that parents are now registering their children in several schools before the opening
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      JUSTICE AND FREEDOM
      117 6 IN an address to the Montreal branch of the Royal Empire Society, Mr. Lawrence Hunt, a distinguished member of the American Bar, included the following remarks: Whatever may be the lights and shadows in her history, we should always remember that Great Britain has extended and is
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      DATO ONN AND A MEETING IN K.L.
      340 6 rpHE report published in your Jan. 17 issue regarding the M.C.A.-UMNO election meeting in Kampong Bahru was misleading. It is true to say that there was a crowd of approximately between 400 and 500 people. Your report does not mention, however, that nearly
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    On the Margin
    470 6 Escapee TT may be romembered that I a short time ago the Loaf Monkey, which had beeo presumed to be extinct i a uhe isiand oi Singapore, can. a to suspected life in this column. We speculated oa how such an animal could have turned up almost
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    MILLIONS OF DOLLARS DISAPPEAR
    306 7 $1,000 bills issued last year have not been seen since MILLIONS of dollars in $1,000 notes issued in the Federation and Singapore by the Malayan Board of Currency Commissioners have disappeared. And bankers and officials connected with the Treasury do not know where the money has
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    Huh! It's a woman driver of course!
    62 7 A WOMAN DRIVER. Well, that explains everything. An indignant youn c motorist turns round Ao irive a piece of nis mind to the driver of the other car. The "crash" was at a party for poor children given by Singapore branch of the
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    IMP HAS NOT SPLIT SAYS ONN
    140 7 IMP HAS NOT SPLIT SAYS ONN KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. THERE was no split in the ranks of IMP, Dato Onn bin Ja'afar, the party's chairman, said in a statement issued today. Dato Onn denied rumours that Sir Cheng-lock Tan. one of the founders of the party. Intended to resign. The
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    THREE MALAYAN APPOINTMENTS
    37 7 Dr. G. 1 M Ross. Medical Ofti-.-r Gibraltar, has been anoQintcd Surgeon Specialist. Milaya Orhe r Malayan appointare Mr H. G R ste-v-nsnn. civil defence instruc- and Miss M G. Shakesr^re. archivist. Chinese Afni'Dartment.
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    WOMAN MOTORIST WAS NEGLIGENT
    38 7 JOHOKE BAHRU, Wed ir U ,7i, Tay a S1 »gapore school was fined $25 today lor inconsiderate driving on the Tebrau Road as a result 01 which her car grazed against a cyclist B'^a
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    FOWL OFFENCE
    40 7 TELUK ANSON. Wed For retaining 13 stolen fowls valued at $60. belongine to Knairuddin bin Mohd Alio at Kamuong Sungei Lampam. Lower Perak. Osman bin Kardi and Awann bin Antong were fined $50 or one months imprisonment each.
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    APPEAL COURT Judge 'not too harsh'
    219 7 APPEAL COURT Judge 'not too harsh' i \f R. JUSTICE Rogers in the Singapore High Court yesterday dismissed the appeal of Low Chee Hiong against a six-month gaol sentence for making a false declaration while disqualified from driving. The Judge said that Low had admitted obtaining a licence by making
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    'EYES AND EARS' OF RADIO
    77 7 'EYES AND EARS' OF RADIO MAN with an unusual occupation as the "eyes and ears" of a German radio network left Singapore by air for Melbourne yesterday. He is Mr. Walter Schauble, 34, correspondent of the South-west German Broadcasting System, who is travelling round the world with a recording tape-machine.
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    Now Qantas will teach them
    143 7 |JWO Asian ground engineers of Qantas Empire arivtn^? aYe been awarde d scholarships for an i^oolViyZl CC mSe at the Qantas Technical The two engineers, Abdul Manaf and Anlhony Koh are the first of several Santas Asian men who will go to Australia for advanced
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    3 witnesses volunteer
    50 7 *pHRFK people have answered the Singapore Traffic police appeal for eyewitnesses of a road accident in which Mr. Peter Tav. an Assizes clerk, was killed! It is believed that Mr. Tay was knocked down on the evening of Jan. 13 at Serangoon Road by a motor vehicle.
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    RENT ASSESSMENT BOARD MEMBERS
    53 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed.— Members appointed to serve on the Rent Assessment Board, Muar, for the year are?if tric II t o c er. (president) Administrative Officer, Muar Deputy Commissioner for Labour, Johore North. Mr Amar Singh, Mr. Toh Chong 7° v*' Yee Kirn Kam and inche
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    BROKE BAN: $20
    18 7 SEGAMAT, Wed.-Leow Kit, 66, was fined $20 at Segamat for violating the curfew at> Cha'ah.
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    O.C.P.D. on leave
    16 7 6EGAMAT. Wed.—, Mr. W. Seill, O.C.P.D. Segamat, has left for Britain on leave
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    Film petition rejected
    58 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Selangor Government has rejected the petition of 50 Kuala Lumpur Muslims against the decision of the Federation Cinematographic Appeal Committee to approve the screening of th e film "David and Bathsheba." The petitioners today collected 70 more signatures and sent a similar petition
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    These folk were 'not so dim'
    187 7 WHAT THE SURVEY SHOWED ILLITERATE Chinese are not so superstitious as people think, according to the findings of the recent survey on the effects of illness on the earning capacity of Singapore families, Mr. Qoh Kcng Swee, Assistant Secretary (Research), of the Social Wei
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    Pharmacists want more salary
    162 7 Pharmacists want more salary THE Pan-Malayan Pharmaceutical Association (southern branch) has again requested Government to raise salaries of qualified pharmacists. Until the request is granted pharmacists will continue to serve private organisations wUere salaries are at least double Government rates, said a member of the Association yesterday. He said that
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    ECAFE to meet
    100 7 THE eighth session of the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East will begin in Rangoon next Tuesday. The following U.K., and Malaya-Borneo delegates will attend: Lord Reading Parliamentary Secretary of Sta i at the Foreign Office, Mr. E B. Boothby, U.K. Commercial Councilor in Rangoon;
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    JAGA TO HANG
    44 7 A 30-ye.^r-old watchman, Gura Singh, employed by a rubber factory at Jurong Road, Singapore, was sentenced to death in the Assize Court yesterday for the murder of Jagat Singh, a 50-year-old fellow watchman on the night of Aug. 14, last year.
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    DRIVER FINED
    32 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. Lim Ong. Bee, a Singapore driver, was fined $40 for negligent driving on the Ayer Hi tarn Road. His licence was also endorsed. His vehicle had overturned.
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    FOOD CLAMP IN 10 AREAS
    46 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed.— The Town Board areas of Johore Bahru, Tampoi and Scudai and the following kampongs, Ayer Manis, 30th mile Ayer Hitam road, Tanjong Kupang, Ladang, Pok Besar. Ta"hjong Adang, Tanjong Pelepas and Pekajang. have been declared food restricted areas.
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    FARMERS LOSE THEIR LAND JOHORE BAHRU, Wed.
    48 7 FARMERS LOSE THEIR LAND JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. Three acres of agricultural land, belonging to Abdul Ghani bin Mohd. Noh and a similar area, belonging to Halijah bint e Mohd. Noh, In the Cha'ah Mukim, Batu Pahat district, have been taken back by the Government ~for not being cultivated.
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    Lyttelton's adviser flies out
    102 7 T\R. F. J. HARI.O'V, adviser on technical education to the Secretary oi State for the Colonies, Mr. Lyttelton, left Singapore for Sydney yesterday after spending a week in Singapore. His inquiries into technical education in the Colony took Wm tc the Naval Base, the Harbour Board,
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    CHINESE GIRLS DRESS THE WESTERN WAY
    154 7 CHINESE GIRLS DRESS THE WESTERN WAY T By Our Woman Reporter Hfc average young Chinese girl today preparing for the Chinese New Year prefers a Western-style frock to the traditional Chinese cheon^sam Miss Catherine Lim, aged 18, told me yesterday: I much prefer to wear a frock because it is
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    PRIZE FOR KAMPONG
    43 7 BUTTERWORTH Wed Bagan Belat, winner in 1951 has again been adjudged this year's cleanest kampong in Province Wellesley. Yesterday Mrs. R. P. Bingham, wife of the Penang Resident Commissioner, presented a silver cup to the penghulu, Haji Abdullah bin Nasir
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    N.T.S. MANAGER ENTERTAINED
    55 7 Mr. A. H. Stok. manager of the Netherlands Trading Society, and his successor. Mr. G. de Nie, were guests ofhonour at a dinner given by Messrs. Ranjit Singh and Company in Singapore, last night. Mr. Stok has been promoted a director of the company and will leave
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    INNS OF COURTS EXAM RESULTS
    36 7 Inche Abdul Kadir bin Shamsuddin, of Selangor. Mr P. P. Dharmananda of Perak! and Mr. A. J De Souza have i passed the Hilary final examination of the Inns of courts.
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    8 seamen to get a new trial
    195 7 J]IGHT Chinese seamen, sentenced to three months' gaol in a Singapore police court on a charge of trying to enter the Colony without a passport, had the conviction and sentence set aside in the High Court yesterday, and will stand a new trial.
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    PUBLIC HOLIDAYS IN JOHORE
    40 7 JOHORE BAHRU. W*d. Jan. 27 and 23 will be observed as public holidays In Johore. The Customs Causeway office will bf> closed on Jan. 28. Banks In Johore will be closed on Jan. 28 and 29.
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      104 7 Special Offer for I CHINESE NEW YEAR "Glass Tulips" Per iloz. LARGE OPEN $10.50 SMALL OPEN 8,50 LARGE CLOSED 8.50 SMALL 5J5 In assorted colours and complete with leaves OFFERED UNTIL JAN. 29th ONLY HARDWARE DEPT. ROBINSONS (Incorporated in Singapore) CHINESE NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS We will be closed for half
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    THEY MUST PUT OVER THE GOVT. VIEWPOINT
    245 8 No sealed lips for them, but— KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. FEDERATION Government Members are at liberty to act as politicians and make political speeches "as lone as they put over the Government viewpoint a Government spokesman said today. But the political activity of Members
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    All the photo prizes go abroad
    291 8 All the photo prizes go abroad FOREIGN photograp hers have won all the prizes awarded by the Singapore Art Society in the third open Singapore Pnotographic Exhibition to be opened by Mr. T.P.F. McNeice. City Council President, at the British Council Hall to-morrow. The judges have awarded the Loke Wan
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    SHE MOVED RICE
    30 8 SEGAMAT, Wed.— A woman, Mon binte Seth, aged 43, was fined $20 by the Segamat Circuit Magistrate for moving four katis of rice Into a restricted area.
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    Hid opium in car
    75 8 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. WHEN Customs men searched a car driven by Goh Tee Cheng they found 8 lb of opium in the inside panelling. Goh told Johore Bahru Sessions Court yesterday that the car was lent to him, and that he was taking the opium to
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    NURSES BACK FROM NEW ZEALAND
    90 8 TWO nurses from the Johore General Hospital returned on the Roma on Tuesday after completing post-graduate scholarship courses in Wellington, New Zealand. They are Sister Cheons: Ah Fu, who obtained a Diploma In Hospital and Nursing School Administration, and Nurse Mary Tan, who obtained a
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    40-YEAR-OLD TREE ON FIRE
    57 8 40-YEAR-OLD TREE ON FIRE AN OIL PALM in .the former Raffles College compound caught fire last night. The palm, about 40 years old, is believed to be one of the original palms brought over from South Africa and planted in Malaya. A burning rubbish heap near the foot of the
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    HOME GUARD IS THIRD CHINESE
    111 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. EARLY one third of the Home Guards in the Federation are Chinese, said the Federation Government today. Of the .total of 245,132 Home Guards, 28,179 in Johor e and 15,598 in Pahang have not yet been counted by their races. But Chinese
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    IBAN TRACKER SHOT BY RED
    47 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. A bandit sentry wounded an Iban tracker when a patrol of the First Cameronians found a bandit camp in the Segamat area of Johore yesterday. The bandits in the camp fled into the jungle when they heard the shooting
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    TWO DETAINED
    16 8 PENANG. Wed. Security forces detained two Chinese women suspects in Province Wellesley last night.
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    New hawker policy
    143 8 rE police will be used to enforce new regulations to control hawkers in Singapore. The regulation will prohibit hawking in certain streets. This was stated yesterday toy the City President. Mr T. P. F. McNelce who confirmed that Government had given the City Council the authority to
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    SCHEELITE FIND
    50 8 Mr. L. Crozler, general manager of Raub Australian Gold Mine, telegraphed yesterday, stating that he had said over the telephone from Raub to the Straits Times that the company had found "somewhat more" scheelite on the mine than they had thought there was, and not "far more" scheelite.
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      304 8 Straits Times Crossword 17 IB 19 HI""""!*! iH 20 2' n m ip_ j w H25H 25 "as" Hi 2« in "j 27 Z_Z_Z— l _Z ACROSS I. At wnuse slgiu all tne 1. We are at the Ben. a nc u r mdc <MUton) TSAE $sns&s- 9. But lately
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    DRESS of the WEEK
    138 9 DRESS of the WEEK J^iADAME, do your hips moasure thirty-six inches around or less? Do your friends say that you have 'boyish' figure bless them? If so. you will look wonderful in the new craze that is burning up the Riviera, skin-tigru Pirate Pants This is just about the most
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    Soft glow of rouge on your cheeks
    645 9  - Soft glow of rouge on your cheeks Magda Dunin By .A gin peers anxiously into her mirror. She takes a small box, and rubs a puff over its contents. With the puff she rubs her face. Now her cheeks are bright pink and she looks very pleased with herself Is
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    381 9 5-ft. Adele is giant of fashion A SATISFACTORY share of America's 11-billion dollars a year fashion business goes to a tiny women with a sparkling smile, who despite her miniature size of less v .han five feet, is known as one of the giants of the New York garment industry.
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    PARIS clothes at prices
    267 9 PARIS clothes at prices /UJT-PRICE Paris gowns may I* make 1952 fashion news. Predictions are that spring styles to be shown to world buyers in Paris shortly will be more practical and cheaper. The reduction in English travel allowances means that English women can no longer buy clothes in Paris
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    286 10 LONDON, Wed. FURTHER governmental warning of the gravity of the sterling area's economic situation subdued the London Stock Exchange today. Closing middle prices ot selected stocks, as supplied by special arrangement viih The Financial Times, were- LOAN* Consols 614 i Funding 09 I War n% 801 IMH Chartered
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    10% INTERIM FOR BADEK RUBBER
    60 10 J^ADEK Rubber Estate directors, in anticipation of the final accounts for 1951, have declared an interim dividend of 10 per cent.' (actual) less tax. payable on Feb. 12. Owing to uncertain conditions in Malaya and Java the board cannot express an opinion as to a
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    166 10 From Our Own Correspondent MELBOURNE, Wed. rpHE latest basic wage adjustment a rise of 10s, announced today had a depressing effect on Stork Exchange trading. Shares covering a wide range of industry were marked down. Investors expressed the opinion that costs of production must be Increased, that
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    RUBBER MARKET Prices alter little over a dull day
    222 10 RUBBER MARKET Prices alter little over a dull day -THE Singapore rubber market was again dull and A featureless yesterday, with prices generally tending to ease slightly. Trade inquiries continued to be poor, and sellers were inclined to be reserved. A very small volume of business was reported at the
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    TIN: $480⅝ A PICUL
    38 10 SINGAPORE, Wed., Jan 23— $480.62',. (up $1.60.) London: £980 a ton LONDON, Jan. 23.- Cash Buyers £980, Sellers 982 Forward Buyers £978. Sellers £980; Settlement £979 (up £8). Turnover: a.m. 110, p.m. 210 tons.
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    THE PRODUCE MARKET
    153 10 T<HE Singapore produce market remained very dull yesterday, and prices in the major sections dropped. Business in copra was transacted at $35 Vi a picul for JanuaryFebruary shipment. Loose grade buyers quoted $34 for sun-dried and $33' 2 for mixed. Coconut oil was offered at $59 a
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    Malayan shares Prices drift
    109 10 Malayan shares Prices drift QUIET conditions prevailed in all sections of the Malayan share market yesterday, and prices drifted to lower levels. Changes in quotations announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association were: liNDUSIRIAIS •■ran O'town Disd 2.65 Henry Waugh 2.8:1 M Colls 1.95 Wearne Bros. 5 37 MINING Jelebu 1.S2
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    GUTHRIE GROUP OUTPUTS
    53 10 ipUTHRIE Company announce the following outputs for estates and mines In the Guthrie Group, for December and for 1951 as a whole, in that order, as follows: 'Rubber <tb). 6.491,918 72,177.314 Black tea (tb) 191,000 1.787.000 Palm oil (ton*) 1,268 13,976 Palm kernels (tons) 385 4,053 Tin-ore
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    H.K. EXCHANGE
    34 10 HONG KONG, Wed. FREE maike: currency exchange for Hop" Kone dollars was oiioted fh»> Mote today as follows: US*l HK56.65 (cash), HK$6 68 (T.T.); £1 HKsliBs; one tahil of gold HKs327— UP.
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING
    198 10 SHIPS alongside the Singapore Harbour Board god owns, or expected there by 7 a.m. today, are: 1/2 Canton, Coal Plant Lan Chow, 6 7 President Buchanan, 8/9 Pahud, 11 Cornelius Maersk, 13 14 Olenartney. 15/16 Blitar, 18 Pentakota 19/20 Maeteuycker. 21/22 Bentong, 23/24 BengkalU, 25/26 Lalandla. 27/28 Nordst-
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    GREENSLADE WINS IN 1 ROUND
    499 11 Three k.o. 's in Novices finals fHE Singapore Amateur Boxing Association 1 brought their Novices championship to a close at the S.V.C. drill hall last night when some very keen and thrilling finals were witnessed by the large and representative gathering that turned up. Only
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    41 11 THIS HEAVi HEIGHT BOUT ended in on. round SAC Greenslade (RAF) proved too strong for fellow airman Cpl. Sutton i n the heavyweight final last nijrht Picture •hows Sutton on the ropes in the yer T first minute.— Straits Times picture.
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    North whip South for Paglar shield
    143 11 North whip South for Paglar shield J^OUSINCJ rugger by "North' earned an 18-sbc victory over "South" In the annual University of Malaya rugby match for the Paglar Shield played at Bukit Timah on Tuesday. The Soutti team played with 14 men throughout The BouUi XV. ahtch included half a aozen
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    JUNIORS OPEN WITH 5-0 WIN
    72 11 J^OVERS Juniors opened Uielr 1952 season with a fire-nil victory over the Amicable Athletic Association In a friendly soccer match played at Parrtr Park yesterday. Confining play to '-heir opponents' goalmouth for the greater part of the game, the Rcvers ■were unlucky not to have
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    R.A.F. BEAT NAVY
    24 11 Royal Air Porce beat Royal Nan by two goals to one In the InterServices hockey tournament matrr played at Seletar yesterday
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    SINGAPORE TIDE
    25 11 TODAY: High 9718 (8.4) ano 2222 (7.6); Low 0059 (61) and 1502 (3.1). TOMOKBOW: 0833 (8.8) and 2308 (8.2); 0262 (8.3) and 1603
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    Jimmy Carter wins on points
    54 11 PENNSYLVANIA, Wed.— World lightweight champion Jimmy Carter on Monday scored a points decision over Mario Trigo of Los Angelea in a 10-rund non-title flght here lsland~Ciub golf Entries are now open for trie Island Club's annual Chinese New Years flag competition to be held on
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    No Clouds to make debut at K.L.
    302 11 RECORDS OF NEW HORSES From EPSOM JEEP KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. V^O CLOUDS, one of the leading two-year-olds in Ireland in 1950, will make her debut In Malayan racing at the Selangor Tarf Club Gold Cun Now a four-year-old, this daughter of Golden Cloud,
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    34 11 BADMINTON: SB A finals (mew* ■ingles, women's singles, veterans' singles) at Happy WnrM Stadium 8 pjti. BIG BY: R.A.S.t. V. Ist. Btn. Fiji Segt. at Nee Soon. HOCKEY: Women's match at SCC.
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    SEDGMAN GIFT NOW £5,357
    65 11 SYDNEY. Wed. With one week to go for Prank Sedcman's marriage, the wedding gift fund conducted by three Australian newspapers for hit fiancee. Miss Jean Spence of Melbourne, now totals £5,357. Of this total, the Sydney Daily Telegraph collected £3,8(3. the Melbourne Bun Pictorial £1.i86, and
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    JOE WALCOTT HONOURED
    96 11 NEW YORK. Wed.— Joe Walcott, world heavyweight boxing champion. Is honoured by the New York Boxing Writers Association as the man who did the most for boxing in 1851. At the newspapermen's 14th annual dinner here Walcott was presented the Edward J Nell Memorial Trophy by James
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    R.S.G.C. RESULT
    34 11 The Royal Singapore Golf Club's January L.O.U. competition played on Monday afternoon resulted In a win for Mrs. R.A.C. Cobley In Silver Division and Mrs. C C. P Wieners lr. Bronze Division.
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    64 ENTRIES FOR MALAY BADMINTON
    445 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed CLXTY-FOUfc players, including nine women, have entered fo r the &rat AllMalaya Malay badminton championships to be played at the Survey Hall, Victory Avenue. Kuala Lumpur this weekend. The tournament starts at 2 p.m. on Saturday and will be continued at 8.30
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    43 11 Mr* r*:.VX!» STARS IN INDIA: i»p*n's Number Four tennis star, Nakano (left) beat India's Number One nfQ Kum hard-foujht 51 -fame battle at Ntw Delhi recently It was an exhibition match played in the rtounds of the Indian National gtadiom -A P photi
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    Police will field side for tourney
    537 12  -  Our Cricket Reporter By S.C.A. MEETING TOMORROW ON the threshold of another, season, what the game promises for the year will. I think, bring what should be the best attendance yet to the annual general meeting of the Singapore Cricket Association which will be
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    26 12 JACKIE MILBIRN, Newcastle United s international centre forward, takes a full-blooded shot a<t poal during the First Division match against Burnley. Newcastle lost 2-I— Reuter picture.
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    SUGAR RAY WILL KEEP TITLE DATE
    65 12 SAN FRANCISCO. Wed.— Middleweight champion Sugar Ray Robinson, who has postponed his scheduled title bout with Honolulu's Carl Olson twice, assured promoter Dill Kyne today that he definitely would meet Olson here on Feb. 14. Robmson mailed Kyne a $2,500 "appearance bond" cheque and
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    35 12 VAWttttttnH &OAI U. 4', t. CREW START fßffcllNUf %ltx* the president, James Crowden. talks to some of the possible members of the boat race crew, with D. A. T. Leadley in the tub.— Popper picture.
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    Negri Govt. gives $10,000 to stadium
    283 12 SEREMBAN, Wed. A REAL step towards the realisation of the proposed Seremban stadium will take place soon. Through the good offices of the British Adviser. Mr. M. C. ff Sheppard, the Mentri Besar Dato Haji Abdul Malek bin Yusof, has sanctioned expenditure of $10,000
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    SEDGMAN, ROSE IN SEMI-FINAL
    234 12 ADELAIDE, Wed. MERVYN Rose today defeated Ken Rosewall in the first singles quarter-final of the Australian National tennis champion- < ships in heat wave conditions at I the Memorial Drive courts here. The score was 6-4, 6-4, 5-7, 2-6. 6-2. About 2,500 fans turned out for
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    UNIVERSITY HOLD S.R.C. TO 3-2
    324 12 SENIOR K.O. HOCKEY THE University of Malaya failed in a gallant attempt yesterday to oust S.R.C Reds in the Singapore Hockey Association's Senior K.O. competition, and were beaten by three goals to two on the S.R.C. padang. For the first 15 minutes the Recs appeared
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    JOHNNY HEAH 'IS IN WORLD CLASS'
    68 12 LONDON, Wed. JOHNNY HEAH, student son of Heah Joo Seang, Penang rubber merchant, has developed into a singles player of world class, says the Evening News badminton correspondent, commenting on Heah's victory over Eddie Choone in the Scottish singles championship last weekend. Heah will
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    S.R.C. HOCKEY
    60 12 The team to represent the Singapore Recreation Club against the Police in a semi-final of the Singapore Hockey Association's knockout tournament match to be played on the SRC. padang tomorrow: B. Kleinman: R. Barth, P. Neubronner; E. Barker. B. d'Bras. D. Hay; H Hoeden, O. Rozarlo. Andrew Clarke.
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    3 days to go$2,000 short
    161 12 ¥N three days, the six-man contingent of the Singapore Table Tennis Association will be leaving the Colony by air for Bombay to compete in the world table tennis championships which start there on Feb. I— but they are still short r >f nearly $2,000 from
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    S.B.A. FINALS START 8 p.m.
    81 12 The badminton games at the Happy World tonight will start punctually at 8 p.m. and not at 7.30 as stated in the tickets, which were printed earlier. In order not to interrupt the iames, all those who have purcnased front row tickets are requested to
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    S.C.C. DEFENCE WON THE DAY Harrison brilliant
    289 12 S.C.C. DEFENCE WON THE DAY Harrison brilliant S.C.C 6; R.A.F. Changi S. r<REAT defensive work, at which full-back Harrison w was superb, gave the Singapore Cricket Club a hard-earned rugger victory over R.A.F. Changi on the padang yesterday by a try and a penalty goal to a try. The airmen
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    Scouts win F & N Cup Fed. final
    215 12 Scouts win F N Cup Fed. final IPOH, Wed. OUPERIOR in the scrums and quicker on the ball in the loose, Malayan Scouts (Special Air Service Regi-* ment) scored a convincing win over 40 Commando (Rqyal Marines) in the Federation final of the Fraser and Neave Cup ruRger competition here
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    S.R.C. MEETING
    28 12 A special games meeMns of the S.R.C. will be held at the Club today to elect captains, vicecaptains and conveners for Cricket Football. Tennis, and Athletic*
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    S.C.C. v TEACHERS
    39 12 The following will represent the SCC against Teachers' Training College in the senior knock cut competition on the Padang on Sunday, 5 p.m: Mathot; Berrlll, Kulper; Wood, Reynolds. Harrison; Lamb, Mullenberg, Dickinson, Von Lidth, Collis. I
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