The Straits Times, 28 January 1952

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  • 18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 1952 PKICE FIFTEEN CEN
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  • 565 1 Troops take over in Cairo 3 ENVOYS PROTEST AFTER RIOTS CAIRO, Sunday. law was decreed in Egypt last night after a day of rioting and arson in Cairo. The Prime Minister, Nahas Pasha, was named as Governor-General. The French, United States and Swiss Ambassadors handed
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  • 175 1 B LONDON. Sun RITISH troops, planters and miners in Malaya were "dplivering the <oods lor the salvation of the sterling area throughout the w orld said the Minister for the Colonies Mr A T Lennox-Boyd in Burmingham last night. They were earning not far short of $400,000,000
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  • 83 1 13 Britons missing says Embassy CAIRO, Sun rjIHIRTEEN British subjects, A including on<> woman were reported "unaccounted for' by the British Emoassy early today. An Embassy spokesman said nothing was known of the Canadian Trade Commissioner. Mr J M Buyer last seen in th e Turf Club" which was gutted
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  • 60 1 A BRITISH Army officer reported missing from his unit on Saturday nignt was found seriously wounded near the corner of Holland Road and Clementi Road, Singapore yesterday. The officer. Captain Humphreys, of the Buffs died from gunshot wounds at the British Military Hospital nine hours later
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  • 26 1 PUEBLA. Mexico, Sun Forty-;our people were burned to death when two petrol tanks exploded inside a crowded bus near Puebla, Mexico UP.
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  • 110 1 A SPH? c i ash at the o w 9th o mil c Bukit Timah Jh Singapore, In which three Chinese were seriously in JU J" ce 1 d and four others slightly hurt wa s the only major accident yesterday The three
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  • 75 1 HONG KONG. Sun. A Hong Kong Government spokesman said last night that there had been no disturbances on the Hong Kong-Chinese border and any action taken by the Colony Government had been "against subversive elements." He was making the first official comment on Chinese Communist charges
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  • 295 1 CAIRO, Sun. THE last moments of x Cairo's famous She- pheard's Hotel presented a dramatic scene as 20feet high flames, started by the Egyptian rioters, gutted the entire building. Ernie Hill, correspondent of the Chicago Daily News, and i his wife were assisted to art
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  • 61 1 BANGKOK, Sun. The Siamese Government has allocated 160,000 tons of rice to the Government of India for this year payable in sterling at free market dollar conversion rates, it was learned today. A n agreement is to be signed on Tuesday Ten thousand tons
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  • 80 1 Esther is a world favourite HOLLYWOOD, Sun. A LAN Ladd and Esther £X Williams wer named film favourites of 59 countries last night at the second annual Foreign Press Association star banquet. They were presented with "Henriettas '—gold statueti^. C emonies at the Club Dei Mar. They were selected as
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  • 138 1 C OMMUNIST terrorists threwtS hfndgtenades a, th n nHt a bSr here y ester <*ay just asK French authorities gave warning that the Reds were nlan rung to step up terrorism soon with new type bombs lr t Z r Z C^H d l
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  • 56 1 TORONTO. Sun. A ew Canadian drug heparin has cut down deaths from heart diseases by 50 per cent according to Dr. Charles H. Best, the co-discoverer ~f insulin. Dr. Best told a Rotary Club meeting here that twice the number of patients treated with heparin
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  • 28 1 QUAKES NEAR TAIPEH TAIPEH. Sun.—Two earthquake shocks were felt yesterday at Huailen, east coast town, 75 miles south of Taipeh, but there were no casualties or flama.'je.—A P.
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  • 55 1 LONDON, Sun—Last night was London's coldest for four years. The temperature at the Air Ministry in London at six: a.m. today was six degrees below freezing point i At Croydon the temperature was 19 degrees fahrenneit Coldest place in Britain i was Hawarden in Flintshire —fou r degrees
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  • 40 1 J ApS PROTEST TOKYO, Sun—The Japanese Government is to send a letter of protest to South Korea against the recent statement by President Syngman Rhee claiming sovereignty over the waters extending from 50 to 60 miles off Korean coasts A.FP
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  • 70 1 With a song in lueii hearts and a Chinese New Year spring in their steps these «>Hr singing sister, from renang, now uitfer coni to v a Sinjrapon- nightclub, begin yesterday's celebrations with a stroll through the Botanic Gardens. Left to right are: The Mi«es
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  • 152 1 T TEHERAN. Sun HE Persian Premier, Dr. Mossadeq. i n a message to the British people, today Invited the British Government to find a way to agree over the oil dispute. The message wa s handed to the British Ambassador Sir Francis Sheperd, who was
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  • 306 1 AIR STRIKE FOLLOWED UP KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. V[EGRI SEMBILAN home and kampong guards were brought out in force to follow up an air strike near Seremban yesterday. Four hundred of them joined 100 police and a platoon of 1/7 Gurkhas in the operation A* gang
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  • 200 1 TOKYO, Sun. i THE Communist truce x negotiators agreed toI day to temporarily shelve j one big issue blocking agreement on conditions I for a Korean ceasefire I the United Nations pro- posed ban on construction of airfields during an armistice. The Communists also
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    • 43 1 SLfi We Sy T ore I open Today till 1 pm There will be no deliveries tomorrow and our shops will be closed all day. Please place your orders foi Wednesday's delivery before 4 p.m. today. COLD STORAGE Singapore Cold Storage Co., Ltd.
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    • 41 1 g This Year LONGINES WIN TIME THE WINTER OLYMPICS at Oslo H. SENA, LTD. SINGAPORE PENANC jnd BANCKOK. Wishing all our friends a happy and prosperous New Year f f raser Neave Ltd. Malayan Breweries Ltd. Archipelago Brewery Co. (194!) Lftf.
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  • 64 2 CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE BEFUNDS OF ASSESSMENT Claims for refund of assessment on houses reported vacant between Ist July and 31st December. 1951. must be submitted by 31ST JANUARY, 1952, on forms obtainable from the City Assessor's Office (Room 128). MAKE SURE that receipt of your claim has been acknowledged
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  • 307 2 'POINT FOUR PLAN HELP U.S. AS WELL AS OTHERS NEW YORK, Sunday. THE United States Secretary of State, Mr. Dean Achcson, said in a speech here last night that one of America's prime objectives in operating the "Point Four" programme was t« establish representative and responsible Government in under-devejoped' areas.
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    43 2 The Marquis dv Roure has been de/rauided of 75,000,000 francs by men impersonating a colonel and a general. They claimed to be working on counter-espionage operations. Here the Marquis is at the Palais de Justice with his young wife, who lost her jewels.
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  • 32 2 PORT CHICAGO, California. Sun.— A twin-inglned bomber crashed and exploded today in a swamp near the Navy Munition Depot here. Three of the four crew were killed.— A.F.P.
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  • 131 2 Japs going on the air again TOKYO, Sun. JAPAN will begin her first international broadcasting, since the war. on Friday, but it will be only on an experimental basis to start with The announcement from the Japan Broadcasting Corporation came yesterday after the radio regulatory commission of the Allied Supreme
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  • 33 2 AN AFTERNOON IJRESS modelled at the All-Italian Fashion Show in Florence. The frock is of poplin, printed in orange and black. The hat is of black straw. A.P. picture.
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  • 88 2 HOLLYWOOD, Sun.— ACTOR Bill Demarest was injured and James Cagney was shaken up yesterday in a motor cycle accident on the set of the movie "What Price Glory." Demarest was at the handlebars and Cagney was In the sidecar roaring down a muddy road for a
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  • 57 2 BALTIMORE. Sun.— A Navy Viking rocket will be launched next spring in an attempt to beat the world's rocket altitude record of 135 miles. The rocket, eighth in the series, will be different from its predecessors larger In diameter, slightly shorter and with fins three quarters of
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  • 176 2 TOKYO, Sunday. MR. Dean Rusk, special United States Ambassador, arrived here yesterday to discuss with the Japanese Government administrative arrangements for stationing United States forces in Japan under i the Japanese -American Security Pact Mr. Rusk, in a statement) issued by Gen. Ridgway's j
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  • 25 2 IRON MINES PLAN 1 LAS .TRUCHAS, Mexico Sun.— Mexico plans to develop important iron ore deposits] near Las Truchas. a Mexican i Government Official said.
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  • 48 2 HONG KONG, Sun.—Reports from Canton say thai Russian cotton piece ?oods are reaching South China markets A newspaper quoted an official source that 455 500 yards of Russian cotton prints and 382,000 yards of Russian cotton twills reached Canton in the last fortnight.—A.P.
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  • 161 2 PARIS, Sunday. j DR T F TSIANG, of Nationalist China, yesterday b called on the United Nations to check •■the mad adventure" of the Chinese Communists in South- I TP<-*o4- Aeio East Asia. He was opening a debate before the Political Committee on
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  • 207 2 Allied request to UN on Korea PARIS, Sun. THE United States, Bri- tain and France yesterday called on the I United Nations to convene a special assembly if a Korean armistice is signed or an emergency assembly if the Korean war is resumed. A three-power resolution i made the following
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  • 108 2 PARIS, Sun. THE United Nations yesterday decided that the Pal- estine Conciliation Co.nmis- sion. despite its past failure, should continue its effort to reconci'e Arab and lF r ".ell i differences. The General Assembly approved by 48 votes to five, J with cne abstention,
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  • 103 2 JAKARTA, Sun. A SPOKESMAN for the Economic Affairs Ministry yesterday said that the atmosphere lor an "exchange of Aoughi*" on the delivery of H|»[%dalesia to. the United States was at present favourable, j He said the atmosphere had bocn cleared after thq resignation* of
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  • 281 3 BRITAIN 'AT EDGE CF DISASTER 9 LONDON. Sunday. J^ORD Ralfour of Burleigh, chairman of Lloyds Bank, warned last night that Britain was at the edge of disaster. "In the past six months we have lost more than a third of our
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    76 3 v»«-» y w nl n eatln to much over the Chines* New J4 h dont worry, the Straits Times photographers don t propose to do this to you. But in Denmark, for some reason or other, they want to show us what a /nil tL r e a J S
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  • 229 3 HOOVER SEES 3 ERRORS NEW YORK, Sun. FORMER President of the F United States, Mr. HerIxrt Hoover, said in a broadrast here today that the pre»ent US administration had nade three major mistakes the past year. He called for a Congressional re-examination of the idminiyt ration's defence polcy and repeated
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  • 102 3 Welcome for the King in Capetown CAPETOWN, Sun 'HE King and Queen and Princess Margaret will be elc( tned on arrival here in le battleship Vanguard on arch 26 by the Gov»rnortneral, Dr. Earnest G. Jann, Mrs. Jansen, the Prime mister Dr. Daniel Malan id other members of the >uth
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  • 38 3 HONG KONG, Sun.-More than 40 prisoners In the prison at Liucheng village, near Hoyun, South Kwangtung >rovince, broke out but Comnunist guards saw them. Thirty were captured and our were shot dead.— A.P.
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  • 100 3 Snow stops traffic and sport LONDON, Sun gRITAIN'S heaviest snowfall of the winter yesterday stopped trains, crippled road traffic and forced many Saturday afternoon sports fixtures to be scrapped. Racing at Kehpton Park was cancelled. So were several rugby and soccer matches. London, for the first time this year, had
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  • 54 3 WASHINGTON, Sun.— The United States will be able to build more ships in the second quarter of this year. The Maritime Administration said it had been promised more steel for ship building. The increase Is expected to allow the Maritime Administration to begin building 14
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  • 54 3 BEIRUT Sun ENFORCEMENTS were la.'led to restore order len police clashed with deing Arab nationalist icl.nts of the American uversity here yesterday •v -tudents and seven po- < were wounded. Fifty-one den's were arrested. The demonstrators were nesting against the alle— mishandling of Syrian dents by the
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  • 59 3 IKNNA, Sun. Prince rhemberg, former chief of Austrian Heimwehr, has isferred to his son, Heinj, all property restored to i by the Austrian Council State. 'he son of the former ier of the pre-Hitler paraItary organisation is an H-year-old child by the .second s wife, an
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  • 36 3 DKYO, Sun- The British 1 mission in Japan has ted negotiations to buy i 300,000 to 250.000 tons ■;eel plate wire rod and < I bar, according to in- i ltd sovrc.es here. A.F.P.
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  • 74 3 NEW DELHI, Sunday. INDIA yesterday celebrated the second anniversary of her Independence. Members of all services i- marched past the President of the Republic, Mr. Rajendra Prasad, and members of the diplomatic corps After the military parade a long procession representing various Indian provinces pas- sed by
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    42 3 Karl Baier of Berlin, tries out,' his new midget amphibious car. The motor, steering system, gear case clutch cables and brakes are all inside the body loto tteah cat can be driven on land or in water without any alterations A.P. picture.
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  • 141 3 Bulgaria protests at spying envoys' SOFIA, Sunday. rPHE Bulgarian Government protested again yesterday against alleged espionage activities by Yugoslav diplomats here. The official Bulgarian News Agency said that such activities are part of a systematically conducted Yugoslav conspiracy against Bulgarian independence and sovereignty. In a Note to the Yugoslav Embassy,
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  • 211 3 REST OF THE WORLD NEWS IN BRIEF HOUSES rocked for a mile around when a United States Air Force Thunderjet fighter crashed into a vacant lot in Tucson, Arizona, and exploded. The pilot was killed *r FOUR United States Navy transports left Naples yesterday with a destroyer escort for an
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  • 36 3 HONG KONG, Sun.— Lieut. Gen. Sir Terence Airey, successor to Lieut. -Gen. G C Evans, Commander of the British Forces in Hong Kong, arrived in the Colony yesterday from Britain.— A.P.
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  • 73 3 m Uc LONDON, Sun. X HE Gl asgow edition of the "Sunday Express" did not appear this morning because of a last-minute strike of machine room workers The strike is believed to have arisen over the management's decision to reduce staff. Last week there were strikes among
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  • 27 3 MOSCOW, Sun.— The Soviet Foreign Minister, Mr Vyshinsky arrived here last night from Paris where he has been attending the United Nations General Assembly. A.F.P.
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  • 220 3 FLAMES CUT OFF MINING TOWN MELBOURNE, Sun. DAGING bushflres, set l ablaze by Australia's worst heat wave in ten years, have cut off the little tin mining community of Walma. on the Murray River in Victoria. The last message from the township said seven men were badly burned and in
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  • 68 3 JODHPUR, INDIA, Sun. The Maharaja of Jodhpur, one of India's richest princes was killed in a plane crash about 60 miles from Jodhpur yesterday while campaigning for a seat in the Indian Parliament. Two other occupants of the plane were killed. The 28-year-old ruler married a
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  • 20 3 GIBRALTAR, Sun.— Units of the British Home Fleet arrived at Gibraltar yesterday on their routine spring cruise Reuter.
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  • 202 3 A^_ WASHINGTON, Sunday REFUGEE from behind the Iron Curtain says there was a tjme, in 1945, when the Russians would have turned their bayonets against their llllcl S. But the opportunity could not be grasped because "we were alone. The United States and Britain were
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 87 3 SINGAPORE 9 a.m. "In a Holiday Mojd"; 9 30 Music With a lilt; 10.00 Emergency New s from K.L.; 10.05 Two "Pats at iwo Pianos"; 10.30 "Barbershop Quintette;" 10.45 "Hill-Billy Barn Dance"; 11 "A Music.il Gift From Canada"; 11.30—12 "Senorltas and Senores"; 1 p.m. "Monday Matinee"; 1.30 News; 1.45 "Home
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    • 88 3 j Announcements; 7 News; 7.10 i V.lS-'Chlnese New Year"; 7.30 j 'Spot the Favourites"; 8 World Affairs, Alllngton Kennard; 8.15 "At your Request' 1 9.00 'Movie Magaane"; 9.30 News; 8.45 "Cur- tain Call"; 10.15 "A Tale To Tell"; 10.30—11 'Roll Back the Carpet". KUALA LUMPUR 9 a.m. 5 p.m. As
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    • 76 3 Concerts", J. Strauss. Dvorak; 10.30—11 Alphonso Soliano's Griffin Sextet. PENANG 9 "Holiday Requests"; lo At Spore; 10.05 Charles Williams and his orch; 10.30 "East Meets West"; 11—11.30 "Swing Time!"; 1 p.m —5 As S'pore; 6 "Anniversary Hour"; 6.55 Announcement; 7 News; 7.15 Julai Tan, violin, Tony Valerio, piano; 7.30 "Bing
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  • 757 4 Division One and Two leaders lose positions HOSTILE CROWD AT CHELSEA LONDON, Sunday. CURPRISE home defeats, which dethroned the First and Second Division leaders Portsmouth and Birmingham City, and ugly crowd scenes at Chelsea's Stamford Bridge were but a few of the features of the English League programme carried out
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    28 4 A Scuth forward leads a dribble following a line-out in Saturday's Malayan Rugby Union classic at Jalan Be&ar stadium in which North beat South 16—12. Straits Times picture.
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  • 211 4 Springboks end UK tour with 1 7-3 victory CARDIFF. Sun. 'THEIR magnificent pack iX were mainly responsible Jor the South African touring side's defeat of the Barb rians by 17 points (one goal, three penalty goals and one »ry) to three points (one try i in their last match In
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  • 95 4 ADELAIDE. Sun. TURS Thelma Long yesterday won the women's Jingles tHle In the Australian lawn tennis rh'implonships here. defeating Mist Helen Angwin 6-2. 6-3 in the Mrs. K. Hawton and Mrs R. W. Bak^r beat Mrs. H. Hopman and Mi« B. Penrosp 6-2 6-1 to enter thr
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  • 291 4 LONDON, Sunday. THE England Rugby Union selectors, who on Monday are expected to announce their choices for the match against Ireland on Feb. 9, took a last look at possible candidates taking part in the weekend club programme. The choice of matches was limited because
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  • 753 4 LONDON Sun. IJOOTBALL league standings after f yesterday's matches were: FIRST DIVISION P W D L P A pts Manchester U29 15 8 6 61 40 38 Portsmoutn 29 16 6 ***** 38 Arsenal 29 15 7 7 57 41 37 Newcastle U. 28 14 6
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  • 108 4 Victorians gain first innings lead BRISBANE Sun. A SEVENTH wicket century partnership by lan McDonald and Fitchett enabled Victoria to gain a first Innings lead of 65 over Queensland in their Sheffield Shield match here yesterday. Replying to Queensland's 220. Victoria were all out for 285 when stumus were drawn
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  • 188 4 LONDON. Sun. DUGBY Union results yesterday were: International in Paris: France 8 Ireland 11. S. African tour: Barbarians 3 South Africans 17 Club matches: Black heath 17. Royal Nan 3; Guy's Hospital 3. Devonport Services 6: London Scottish 3. London Welsh 13: Middlpsex Hospital 5. Rugbj 6:" Old
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  • 141 4 PARIS, Sun. TRELAND. holders of the lnterI national championship, beat France, runners-up last year, by II points to 8 in their rugby Cnion match at Colombes Stadium acre yesterday. At half-time Ire.an<: ere leading by six points to nil The packs were falrlv equal throughout the
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  • 44 4 TAIPING. Bun.— Displaying good stickwork. REME scored a convincing 4-1 victory over the British Military Hospital in a league hockey fixture. Scorers for the wnners were Ha bib <2), Peter Loh and Neale. Paul netted the solitary goal for the Hospital.
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  • 165 5 'Treble fines— and give gaol 9 proposal [JEAVIER penalties for tea-money racketeers are proposed in amendments to the Premiums on Leases and the Control of Rent Ordinances by the Assessment Committee of Singapore City Council. The committee's recommendations will go to the City Council for
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    35 5 THERE IS A PRAYER and a wish in each of their warts as they offer joss sticks at th e High Street Chinese Temple in Kuala Lumpur on Chinese New Year's eve.— Straits Times picture.
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  • 148 5 IVjR E V DA VIES, Labour Party leader on the Singapore City Council, who asked what is a Singapore citizen, has set a poser that defies answering, informed legal sources said yesterday. They said that the expression, "citizen of Singapore," has no meaning in law
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  • 71 5 THE report on the findings 1 of the Commission of inquiry into explosions in the Anglo-Saxon Company's oil tanker. Dromus, off Pulau Bukom in August last year, is expected this week The 11,000-ton tanker exploded and caught fire on Aug. 19, with the loss of 25
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    42 5 f MISS CHAN FONG YING the eldest daughter of the late Mr. Chan Hor Nam, of Raub, and Mr. Lim Thian Chuan, the second son of tne late Mr. Lim Vow Choy, of Bentong, who were recently married in Raub.
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  • 78 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun Merflbers appointed to serve on the Town Board. Kota Tingßi, this year are: the District Officer, (President*, the Administrative Officer' (Deputy President), the Assistant Engineer PWD Kota Tinggi, the Health Officer. Johore South, the O.S.P.C Kota Tinggi Mr G Scurr, Tuan Sheikh Abdul Rahman
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  • 92 5 CINGAPORE City Council I has placed an order for a Chappel concert piano ,an English make of piano used by the 8.8.C., in the [Festival Hall l n London and in various other paces for use at the Victoria Theatre and Memorial Hall at a
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  • 32 5 JOHORE BAHRU. SunLand for building is in demand in Mersing and is fetching good prices. Recently, when Government auctioned two town lots slighth over a dollar a square foowas realised.
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  • 121 5 A nr^ SEREMBAN, Sunday PLEDGE of "fullest co-operation and the strong determination of the Negri Sembilan Indians to pull their weight with Government to eradicate the forces of evil which are disrupting the peace and prosperity of this country" was given in Seremban last night by
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  • 42 5 PARIT BUNTAR, Sun Two labourers of Soon Lee Estate were charged with theft of six bras s arsenic drums valued at $192 The case was adjourned to Wednesday for transfer to the Session Court. Bail of $500 was offered.
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  • 145 5 'THE Singapore Police housing shortage of the rank and file will be eased this year with ne w and reSS^SSS ?™T,!ZZS married men QuartMS 1 k Vl c ne .SL Quarters will je built at Thomson Road and Kolam Ayer Lane. The r"noyated ones are
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    32 5 THiis HAPPi (JOLPLE after their wedding are Mr xion Kirn Swee, Asst. Resettlement Officer, Taiping, and Miss Ros« Lee Beng Choo. only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hong Cheng, of Taiping.
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  • 18 5 TAIPING, Sun.— Mr. M. Campbell has assumed duties in Taiping as Inspector of Schools. North Perak
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  • 24 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun.The Johore State Government has engaged 20 temporary clerks to prepare new rent rolls because land rents have been raised.
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  • 91 5 JN response to an appeal for blood donors by the Singapore Blood Transfusion Service, 90 British Service men and women, and 35 Malay Other Ranks came forward during January. Other donors who contributed were 20 schoolboys from the Anglo-Chinese School and Victoria School. The bank balance
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  • 146 5 A BOUT 500 labourers of the Singapore City Coun- cil employed at the Pontian and Gunong Pulai waterworks extension projects, are to have a wel- fare officer. The City President, Mr. T P. F. McNeice, is seeking the approval of the Councillors to appoint
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  • 114 5 IMP TO OPEN UP IN STORE A BRANCH of the Independence of Malaya Party, will be opened in Singapore soon. The party l s being organised by former Labour leaders, who broke away from the Labour Party because of difference of polijcies. One of the organisers said .yesterday, that he
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  • 70 5 RAUB, Sun A SUM of $18,026.90 was collected in Pahang for the Poppy Day Fund for 1051, almost double that in the previous year, said Mrs. Corry, wife of the British Adviser, Pahang, who was the organiser. Temerloh district with $6,000.87 topped the list. The collections from
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  • 61 5 TAIPIfcJG, Sun. Light} Chinese men and women were each given a red packet, one parcel of New Year delicacies and a parcel containing towel, toothbrush and ..oap by the District Welfare Committee. The money for tne gifts was collected by Mrs. F. Burton. Mr. Lee
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    • 298 5 Straits Times Crossword u £d%. ahea<1 of wh^~ I 29. Coat for a sickly little 1 I* 3 B^ta to operate (as a I J I i£& (4, 4 5) H DOWN I g|| HI y§3Hl H!_|l| 2 Old money gifts (7). 8 9 3 Number of men In Eng335S
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  • 24 6 CABLE received by S. Ponnlah. Co-operative Officer. Johore. that hi brother Manlam. teacher. Oovt English School, Segamat, passed away in Ceylon, on 25.1.52.
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  • 55 6 MR. MRS. PATRIC CHAN Uuak thfir many friends and relat yes for their kind wishes and v: '.uibie prr&enLs on the occasion of theli marriage recently. MR. A MRS. K. SALOMON of Johore Labis Estate express 1)n ir hearty thanks to those frirnds and relatives who attended their marriage,
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  • 711 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Mon., Jan. 28, 1952 Our Fight To Eat Asia's fight to keep on the margin of self-sufficiency in food production is still far from won. Before Japan let loose war and all its evil after-effects on the still unhappy continent, the Far East always had a
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  • 252 6 Ceylon is reported to be preparing to introduce agriculture as a compulsory subiect in all schools in the Dominion. Some time ago a White Paper on Education in the island drew attention to the way in which Ceylon's educational system had become lop-sided in giving undue
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  • 137 6 By definition a citizen of a city has always been an enfranchised inhabitant, a man with a say in its management because of his privilege to stand for election to the city's controlling body and duty to cast a vote in the election of its controllers.
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  • 986 6 Patrick C. Gordon Walker, M.P., Former Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations, in his second article on the Finance Ministers' Conference, writes of the dangers facing the sterling area and the formidable and urgent problems facing the Commonwealth llfHAT the Finance Ministers
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  • 365 6 Corruption grows in Red China HONG KONG. QROWING corruption among Chinese Communist leaders and officials is causing increasing dissatisfaction among the "labour classes". Communist Press reports- from the mainland have admitted recently. The Chinese Communist leader, Mao Tse-Tung, was reported recently to have called for a vigorous anticorruption purge. An
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    • 156 6 HAVE been reading your correspondent "Klyne 1 Street" and he has been constantly pointing so American achievements and utterances as the source of inspiration for Malayan ambitions. I do not think this necessary when Great Britain is still our legal guardian. I am firmly convinced that in Great
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    • 70 6 I READ with interest "Frequent Visitor's" letter headed "Hooves Drum on the Graves." For many years past the residents of Ceylon Road and Carpmael Road have complained about a similar nuisance. A few months ago, after the owner was fined rather a large sum, the cattle disappeared
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    • 173 6 JT has been clear that the IMP is against the U.MNOMCA alliance in the Kuala Lumpur Municipal election. It is a pity that much strong words have been uttered against this attempt at the improvement of SinoMalay relations. Immediately after the recent war Sino-Malay relations were
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    • 215 6 J REFER to the Singapore Rural Board chairman's letter of Jan. 23. "This is a Building". I concur with his view that "one swallow does not make a summer", but does it take six months (or possibly more) to approve a plan? Ir this instance I am
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  • 464 6 Shorn lambs rpHE thing of most Interest to this corner of the paper about the argument over barbers' prices In Singapore and Penang is the classification of hairdressing saloons into four categoriesfirst to fourth class— with the itinerant roadside barber as an also-ran. The price per haircut
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    • 736 6 Straits Tines Free Press F«r Hrn con»«n«iit« «dmtiltrl, Mr R«pr»nntahv«» at Ist Floor. Singapore Cold Sf»ra*«. Orchard «»«J. will raceiv* >maM advertisement! tnt answers to bo* aambers. CLASSIFIED ADS. Claaaifled Form in Pace 2 BRIDGES: TO HELEN ELIZABETH, wife of Major D. R. Bridg«s. on 24th January, at Bui.irsar Hospital.
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    • 125 6 |ffiajlli|! BJf NO < ULA R S g^r ffI*^OPTICIAN aoHjL/o qedde/o -fhe IcHle /onop After Chinese New Year we are showing a new collection of lovely clothes, ELIZABETH HENRY, BRENNER SPORTS, ARTHUR BANKS, MARY BLACK, SUSAN SMALL. hjarne/o hole! -f olncjapohje FROM COUGHS COLDS AND BRONCHITIS jfe Campbell's Chrrry Cough
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  • 528 7 Chinese so say for the New Year HUNDREDS WANT TO SEE STORE FROM AIR a night of feasting and drinking, Singapore was up with the dawn yesterday as the Colony's 800,000 Chinese streamed out of their brightly lit, red-bannered houses to start off
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  • 12 7 HERE IS THE MUDLARK, LYING IN THE HARBOUR
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  • 231 7 IMP AND LABOUR 'CAN JOIN' KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. THE Selangor Labour Party and the IMP were genuinely non-communal and there was nothing to prevent them coming together, said Inche Mohamed Sopiee, secretary of the Labour Party, at an election meeting in Kuala Lumpur this evening. The Labour Party and the
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  • 29 7 PARIT BHNTAR, Sun. Din bin Dollah pleaded guilty to criminal breach of trust of a bicycle belonging to Saidin bin Arshad. The sentence was adjourned to Thursday
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  • 139 7 WHETHER there are any blackouts over the Chinese New Year Is a matter that is entirely in the hands of the Chinese. Singapore's Electrical Engineer, Mr. C. C. Payne, when asked about the blackout situation. yesterday, wearily lifted his hands and said: "I have
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  • 42 7 KUALA KANGSAR, Eun.— Abu Sam bin Pandak Karim, charged with possession of a rifle, four rounds of 303 ammunition and 58 rounds of .303 ammunition without authority on Jan. 9 at Kuala Dal, Kuala Kangsar, was remanded. Police opposed bail.
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  • 102 7 'Mudlark' is to be sold THE 50-year-old steam bucket dredger Mudlark, an "old and trusted servant,' is to sold b y tender by the Singapore Government. The Mudlark will be sold as she stands, either for repairs or as scrap. Overhauled in 1948, the craft now lies, out of action,
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  • 87 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. T HE Labour Party will agitate constitutionally for early elections to Federal State and Settlement Councils, said Mr. M. Arokiasamy at a Selangor Labour Party Municipal election meeting today. He denied that the Party had been born overnight "The Selangor Labour Party was conceived
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  • 66 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun Padi planting has been completed in Perlis and is about to end in Kedah, Kelantan a? c d Trengganu. A total of 836,240 acres will be under wet padi In the Federation in this season. Latest figures issued by the neld branch of
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  • 174 7 tm™™, KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. INDIANS domiciled in Malaya must fight for equal rights declared the secretary of the Selangor Labour Party, Inche Mohamed Sopiee. at a gathering of over 1,000 Indians workers celebrating Indian Independence Day i n Port Swettenham last night "All Indians in this
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  • 212 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. TT was a matter of envy on the part of most Malayans that they should be forced always to i be guests at independence day functions of other Asian countries, Dato On n bin Ja'afar, Member for i Home Affairs, said at an
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  • 73 7 Car left road, overturned SEGAMAT, Sun— Charged with inconsiderate driving Gunaretnam, 39, was fined' ♦15 at Segamat. His car was alleged to have left the road and overturned. Two others, Lim Teng (39) and Abdullah bin A. Raul (25). were also fined Cl 5 each for similar offences. Lim crashed
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  • 149 7 Has any one here seen 'Scup'? rE saddest little boy i n all the Changi. Singapore, area yesterday was eight- I year-old jimmy Hadley. whose pet mongrel dog, 'Scup' has gone astray in the Tanah Merah Besar beach area. Because of this major catastrophe in his life Jimmy has been
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  • 114 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. THE Federation of Malaya produced 48,000 tons of palm oil, 14,000 tons of palm kernels and 160,000 tons of copra in 1951. Palm oil production was 5,000 tons less than that in j 1950 and 2,000 tons less than I that
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  • 59 7 TAIPING, Sun.— Mr. K. C. i Yeoh has been re-elected president of the Talplng chapter of I the Methodist Youth Fellowship i for 1952. Other office-bearers are. Vice- i president: Mrs. Teoh Thin Lam; I honorary secretary: Lee Lean Seok; assistant secretary: Miss Kasturl Bal; hon. treasurer-
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  • 124 7 HE URGES FREE SCHOOLS KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. FREE and compulsory education for children ex- tensive adult education, more houses, playing fields and j parks, local community cen- tres and better Municipal ser- J j vices are the aims of Mr. S. i Karal&sinsam. Labour candi- I I date for the
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  • 19 7 KUALA KANGSAR, Sun j Wong Fan, a detective, who was charged witfi five counts of misappropriation was acquitted.
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  • 147 7 'LET CITY MEN LOOK AFTER THE CITY' A PROPOSAL that the i qualifications for representatives on the I Colony's Legislative and ,City Councils b e tighten. up to ensure that onlypeople who have interests in Singapore :m> able bo .manage its affairs will be consider^;, by th» Progressive Furty. i
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  • 73 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun BANDITS attacked be t h night mail trains between i Kuala Lumpur and Singa- pore last ni<?ht. The pilot train of the north-bound mail was derail|ed in Johore. There were no casualties. Four wheels of the leading crash wagon left the lines. In Malacca
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  • 57 7 SEGAMAT, Sun.— Alip bin Malan, an auxiliary policeman, was fined a total of $55 at Segamat for riding a motor cycle without a licence or insurance policy and causing hur L to a friend, who rode behind him, as a result of rash driving. He was disqualified
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  • 883 8 UNCLE Ollie flew through the window of Ah Chan's house and alighted on the table. "Happy New Year," he squawked, handing him a red package. Ah Chan thanked Uncle excitedly and unwrapped the parcel. Inside was a bow and six arrows. "Used to do a bit
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  • 81 8 A Popular Pastime gIRD-WATCHINQ is a popular pastime for over 3,000 boys and girls in Britain. They are members of the Junior Bird Recorders Club, administered by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, and they are preparing for their most ambitious spring programme of bird-watching to date. Within
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  • 281 8 FOUR TRICKY QUESTIONS HERE is a set of brainteasers. A time limit is given for each question. You can add up your marks at the end. 1. The first concerns the picture of six boys labelled a,b,c,d,e,f. Write down the letters of all the boys whose left leg is nearer
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  • 269 8  - TALKING ABOUT STAMPS Uncle Bill By %E#EST Germany issued a set of Christmas Charity stamps which portray four internationally famous humanitarians. Illustrated here for you, is one of these stamps which bears the portrait of St. Vincent de Paul. Born at Pouv. near Dax in Casceigne, he was educated by
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  • 256 8 HERE IT IS! A surprise this week for every girl or boy who loves planes. But this is no ordinary plane. It is a Flying Saucer anyone from age seven can make upwards easily And you could make a whole fleet out of a week's
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    • 268 8 QUAKER OATS Helps Children Grow TALLER and STRONGER! To build strength, to Jr^^yCS 'j help youngsters grow _|f /^J^Tj^a tall and straight— filled \L[dg< with the energy and A p| C^^"f stamina they must have k\ tt \S^P% for active living, there's |l [FFf^R I no finer nourishment |l |J[?fV?
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  • 95 9 MR. H. S. Russell, cnairman of Layang Rubber Plantations Ltd., whose estate Is in Johore, states that the crop for last year was 1,274,705 lbs. as against 1,624,000 lbs. for the previous 12 months. Some of the main reasons were shortage of tappers as a result
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  • 64 9 SHAREHOLDERS of Larut Tin I=3 Fields and of Rawang Tin Fields are advised that the partners in the Bangtoe Joint Project. In which both companies hold a one-third interest, have c:ncluded negotiations for the disposal of this area to Kamunting Tin Dredging. The consideration Is approximately £80,000,
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  • 40 9 T T.-Col. D. O. Dickson has been appointed a director of Kuala PUah Rubber Estates and Telok (FMS) Rubber Co. Mr. A. R. Scott has Joined the boards of Glen Muar Estates and Hevea (Johore) Rubber Plantations.
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  • 40 9 Profit after British Profits Tax for year ended 31-3-51 was £13,992 1 9.4 per cent) and a dividend of 5 per cent was paid Net liquid assets in Balance Sheet work out at £47.560 or l/7d. per share.
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  • 154 9 From Oar Own Correspondent MELBOURNE, Sun. INVESTMENTS had a weak closing market on the Melbourne Stock Exchange at the week-end. Falls outnumbered rises two to one. ranging from Id to 5s 6d. In Rosella Preserving. Buyers snowed little Interest and reduced their offers for many Issues. Sellers
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  • 465 9 TINS PROVIDE BULK OF BUSINESS IN SHARE MARKET A LTHOUGH the advent of Chinese New Year saw a slackening in business on Malayan markets, a fair total of business was written for last week. Profit-taking in Tin shares, against a finning Metal market, brought s,harp declines to prices where buyers
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  • 97 9 Agreed exchange rates rpH£ Malayan Exchange Banks Association a t the week-end announced agreed rates of exchange to merchants as follows: BUYING Air Mail T.T. O.D. 90 d st Credit BillNew York 32 13 16 32 15 16 ?3 1 16 Canada 32 13 16 33 15 16 33 3
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  • 70 9 OUNGEI Besl Mines operated Its iaree open-cast mine in Selangor and a bucket dredge at Pelapah in Johore in the financial year to March 31. 1951 and made a net profit of £297.059 (181.6 per cent) af'.«r British profits tax. Five dividends totalling 50 per cent
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  • 273 9 BUSINESS done In the Malayan .'hare market last i week included. industrials: Fraser Neave $4.25 to $4.29 to 54.2'', Gammon $2 924 to $2.85, Goodwood Park Hotel $1.70, Malayan Bvewertes $6 35 to $5.45, Malayan Cement $1^2'-. to $l.I2 t i. Malayan Collieries $2JW'4, McAlisttr $42.75. Raffles Hotel
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  • 51 9 JJAMBUTAN, operating hydraulic mines on its own account and on tribute, showed a profit of £31.444 (314 per cent) for the year to June 30. 1951, 15 per cent was paid in threo dividends. Net liquid assets on June 30, 1951, amounted to £78.774. or 15s 9d per
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  • 41 9 HONG KONG. Mon. 'pHE Hong Kong money market, closed for the Chinese New Year, holidays, wii: not reopen till Jan. 31. Exchange rates for the US$l and the £1. and for stold, will not be available till then UP.
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  • 677 11  -  W. E. TREVOR By NORTH SNAPPED UP CHANCES JJORTH'S win in Saturday's rugger match at Jalan Besar was a beautiful example of what should be, but seldom is, an obvious fact. This is, a game of rugby, or any other game for that matter, is
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  • 328 11 Hyderabad make good start v. MCC H HYDERABAD, Sun YDERABAD made a good start on the first day of their match against the M.C.C. yesterday, scoring 242 runs for five wicket* at close of play. Both the Hyderabad openers should have been out with only two runs on the board.
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  • 40 11 LAHORE. Sun— Straight dark of Los Angeles and Felicisimo Ampon of the Philippines won the Pakistan national lawn tennis doubles championship today defeating John Linck of Holland and Iftikhar Ahmed of Pakistan 6-1 9-7. 8-6— UP.
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  • 71 11 CLEVELAND SETS NEW 100-YARD SWIMMING MARK COLOMBUS (Ohio), Sun. J)ICK Cleveland, Ohio State University's ace swimmer from Honolulu, set an unofficial 100 yards free style world record here yesterday in a match against the University of Pittsburgh. Cleveland swam the 100 yards in 49.3 seconds, shattering his own mark of
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  • 232 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. 'rOLLOWING are the first three days' fixtures in the Selsngor Rugby Football Union's seven-a-side tourna,ment: Monday. Feb. 4: HQ Ma|lay a v. Sel. United 'B kick-off 5.15 p.m. Police v Sel. Club 'B'— kick-off 5.35 p.m; Klang Club v. Sel United 'A' kick-off
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  • 309 11 JOHANNESBURG, Sunday. ■yiC TOWEEL, world bantamweight boxing cham- pion, easily retained his title at the Rand Stadium here last night when, before a record crowd of 27,000, he won every round in his 15 rounder with Peter Keenan, the British and Euro- pean titleholder. It
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  • 53 11 Paris, Sun. 'THE French tab!e te.inis team to x compete in the world championships Id Bombay next month left today by air for London, where their plane will pick up the British team. The French team included Michel Haguenauer, Guy Amouretti, Rene Roothooft and
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  • 455 12 SELANGOR WIN IPOH 'QUAD' HOCKEY Undefeated in tournament IPOH, Sunday. QELANGOR won the quadrangular hockey cham*3 pionship in Ipoh today, beating Pahang by four goals to one. It was Selangor's third victory in the competition. In previous games Selangor had beaten Penang two-nil and Perak three-nil. Dictating exchanges throughout, Selangor
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    36 12 One of the few completed t hreequarter moves in Saturday's North-South game Clements (right) has drawn his man and has sent winger Byrne away with a good pass as Meikle runs into him. Straits Times pii'ture.
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  • 125 12 NS MALAYS AGAIN WIN SIX-NIL SEREMBAN, Sun. REPEATING their brilliant performance of yesterday Negrl Sembllan Malays this morning beat Pahang Malays by six goals to nil in the Malays inter-state quadrangular hockey tournament that is being staged at Seremban. Negri Malays defeated Selangor Malays by a similar margin yesterday. Negri
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  • 238 12 Extra time decides K.O. hockey A GOAL scored by Capt. Frank Reynolds during extra time, gave Singapore Cricket Club a twoone victory over Teachers Training College in their S.H.A knockout tie on the S.C.C. padang yesterday. The Club won by two goals to one. S.C.C. now enter the semi-final where
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  • 148 12 AN ail-out effort t" score during the closing stages of the game gave R.A.F. (Changi) victory over Indian Youngsters by one goal to nil in the first annual soccer match for the Kanagasundram Challenge Cup played at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday. The airmen deserved their win.
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  • 61 12 Indian Recreation Club torwards went goal-happy on Saturday Indian Independence Day scuting 11 times against Singapore Harbour Board Police at Farror Park. The only S.H.B. reply was a penalty goal converted Qv Bert TnglK At !ia>! t'me. Indians led fivenil. Scorers were Param (4. Salahuddin
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  • 67 12 PORT SWETTENHAM, Sat. A GOAL scored by Robert Mideay in the second half enabled the Sentul Rovers, the Ramnad District league champions, to share honours with Indian Sports Club (Port Swettenham^ in a soccer match here yesterday. The game, which was for Indian Republic Day
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  • 260 12 40 teams for seven-a-side rugger jfORTY teams have entered tcr the annual seven-a-side rugby tournnment organised the Singapore Cricket Club which s*a:ts on Monday, Feb. 4. and much Interest has been flipped up la this years mm with the er'ry of three teams of the 1st. Bn., Fiji Regiment. Hugger
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  • 18 12 KUALA KANGSAR. Sun. TN a irlendly soccer match Cllffor School defeated the Ramblers by 3-2.
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  • 574 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. THE FIRST All-Malayan Malays badminton championship being held at the Survey Hall, Kuala Lumpur, entered its second day today and the third round was reached in the men's doubles. The semi-finals and finals of all matches will be played tomorrow. The prizes won
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  • 270 12 IPOH, Sunday. IN ideal weather conditions and on a course which *is one of the best laid out in the country, the third post-war Northern Malayan Golf championship began this morning at the Perak Turf Club Sports Club in Tiger Lane. Despite perfect conditions,
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  • 1025 12 Baud Amin 's day in Malayan Malays tennis KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. yETERAN Daud Amin of Johore created the first upset when play was continued today in the All Malaya Malays tennis tournament. Playing in the morning; he knocked out seeded player Abdullah Lincha of Malacca in straight sets 6—l, 6—2.6
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