The Straits Times, 28 February 1952

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    19 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1952 if PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS
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    MacD 'VICTIM OF A VENDETTA'
    622 1 Lords told: Give people more power to beat bandits J^ORD Ogmore, Labour Peer, opened a debate in the House of Lords last night to ascertain the Government's intentions and plans for Malaya. Lord Ogmore, former Colonial Undersecretary, accused the Conservative Press of "running a vendetta"
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    QUEEN PINS V.C. ON KOREA HERO
    241 1 QUEEN PINS V.C. ON KOREA HERO LONDON, Wed. THE Queen today pinnx ed the Victoria Cross on the chest of a nervous Korean war hero in her first semi-public act since her father died tnree weeks ago. Wearing a simply cut black dress, she also dubbed 55 new knights at
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    CDC names controller
    90 1 LONDON. Wed THE Colonial Development Corporation announced today that It has appointed Mr A R Pratt. London businessman, as regional controller in the Far East, with headquarters at Singapore. Mr Pratt worked In Java Sumatra. Malaya. Burma India Pakistan and Ceylon for a London firm of Indian
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    Three for the job
    45 1 Prom Our Own Correspondent r LONDON Wed E Colonial Office has nut yet made up its mind regarding the new Singapor. Pnlice Commissioner The selection is understood to hav P been narrowed down to three officers, all with "ar Fsstern experience"
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    Censure bid by Labour is defeated
    71 1 Censure bid by Labour is defeated LONDON. Wed. 'J'HE Government last night defeated a personal consure motion against the Prime Minister. Mr. Churchill, moved by the Opposition. The House of Commons, by 318 votes to 285, rejected a charge that Mr. Churchill had failed to give "adequate expression" to Britain's
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    Japan passes Budget
    95 1 TOKYO, Wed. 'pHE Japanese Lower House today passed a national budget for 1952 of 852 700 000 000 yen (£852,700.000) including controversial expenses for defence and security. The budget, for the new fiscal year which starts on April 1, includes 65,000,000.000 yen for joint defence expenses with
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    McCloy warns of new Nazis
    213 1 'THEY CAN EXPAND' BONN, Wednesday. THE United States High Commissioner in Ger1 many. Mr. John J. McCloy, today issued a warning of the "potential danger" from the Socialist Reich Party, strongest of the extreme right wing parties of West Germany The party is most influential
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    'UNJUST SAY REDS, AND TALKS GO ON
    113 1 PANMUNJOM, Wednesday. A RMISTICE supervision staff officers meeting in Panmunjom today .broke up again on the question of Russia's neutrality in th o k-^^o^ ~,r... The Communists said that tne United Nations had no justification in rejecting Russia as one of their nominations
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    Death penalty ban sought
    42 1 JERUSALEM, Wed. The Israeli Parliament. Rave preliminary approval last night to a bill to abolish capital punishment for murder. If the bill passes final readings, hanging would be the penalty only for treason and for war crimes. AP.
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    NEGRO GAOLED
    31 1 FRANKFURT. Wed. A U.S. court martial today convicted Private Walter Brown, aged 19. a Negro, of raping and robbing a German woman, and sentenced him to life Imprisonment. AP.
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    Back to normal now in Egypt
    111 1 CAIRO. Wed. J^ BRITISH Embassy spokes- man in Cairo last night described Anglo-Egyptian relations as "back to normal." He said: "A healthier atmosphere now prevails." Diplomatic contacts with the Egyptian Government had been resumed. And liaison between Government officials and the British Military Authorities
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    Police lieut. found shot dead
    83 1 Police lieut. found shot dead A SINGAPORE police life. tenant. Mr R. Newsome was found dead, shot througit the head, in his bedroom at Kolam Ayer Lane police quarters by a brother oficer yesterday morning There was an automati pistol beside him «m his L?d Mr Newsome wa R attached
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    Reds close canal
    62 1 BERLIN Wed. FE Russians closed the canal which links the Ruhr with West Berlin today, crippling coal transport to thi s city. Western officials said the Russians shut both the Rothensee and Grosswusterwitz locks in the so-called Middle Canal route to Berlin. A second canal system linking
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    GOVT. WINS
    28 1 COLOMBO. Wed —The Ceylon Government today defeated an opposition motion which soOght to express disapproval of the "invasion of Egyptian territory by British armed forces."— Reuter.
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    'Brake' on arms drive
    85 1 LONDON. Wed A GOVERNMENT report today reported big new delays in aircraft production and admitted a "serious brake" on Britain's arms drive caused by shortages of materials. The interval between ordering and delivering existing types of aircraft which was 15 to 17 ninths last year :s
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    In Singapore today
    57 1 Vice-Marshal S C Strafford, CommandantGeneral of the RAF Regiment and Inspector of Ground Combat Training in the RAF. Is due in Singapore today from Hong Kong to Inspect RAF Regiment (Malaya > So'iadrons in Malaya The Air Vice-Marshal flew to Hong Kong direct from Britain to Inspect
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    Freighter sinks off Formosa
    44 1 TAIPEI. Wed —The Panamanian freighter Blenvenido. carrying fertilizers to Formosa, hit the Nit Shin Ro rock three miles off Keelung, south Formosa, today and sank. There was no loss of lives, the master and the crew escaping in lifeboats.— U.P
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    YEAR'S TOLL
    17 1 PARIS. Wed —At least 4.583 people were killed on the roads in France In 1951.
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    2 LOSE SEATS ON STORE CITY COUNCIL
    287 1 2 LOSE SEATS ON STORE CITY COUNCIL ■THE seats in the Singapore City Council of the two Nominated Councillors, Mr. S. F. Ho and Mr. S. I. O. Alsagoff, whose names were struck off the electoral register, have been declared vacant. The City President. Mr. T. P. F. McNeice, has
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    30 1 .SINGAPORE'S retiring Commissioner of Police. Mr. J. P. Pennefather-Evans, inspects a farewell parade drawn from all Police units at the Police Training School. Straits Times picture. Report in P. 7.
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    Rebels hit by a new 'whirlwind'
    123 1 Rebels hit by a new 'whirlwind' SAIGON Wed FRENCH Union forces, in a seven-day operation called "Whirlwind No 6," have swept Vietminh forces from more than 1.000 square miles of marshy country in the extreme south of Indo-China Seven French battalions went into action against three Vietminh battalions occupying the
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    THEIR SHARE
    39 1 BONN. Wed.— Western Germany's contribution to the European defence has been fixed at 850,000,000 marks a month. Mr. Walter Hallstein the Federal Government's Secretary of State for Foreign Aftairs, told a Press conference her» last night —AFP
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    Arrests in Persia
    24 1 TEHERAN. Wed.— A number of Persian Air Force officers have been arrested on charges of supporting the Communist Tudeh Party.— A.P.
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    SIAM TO HAVE TELEVISION
    48 1 BANGKOK. Wed. The Siamese Cabinet Council has authorised the Publicity Department to build a television station— the first in Asia -at a cost of 12,000,000 baht. The station will have 10 kilowatt power and is planned to be built within this year.— A F.P.
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    Java crisis
    39 1 JAKARTA, Wed.— President Soekarno and Vice-President Mohammed Hatta have spent three days conferring with Indonesia's party leaders, and no early solution to the Government crisis is yet in sight. Premier Soekiman's 10-month-old Oubinet resigned on Saturday.— A.P.
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    Templer asks for more skymen
    192 1 Templer asks for more skymen From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Wed. GENERAL Sir Gerald Templer, the High Commissioner, has asked for more paratroops to be sent to Malaya, it is understood in London. Informed circles believe that the 16th Independent Parachute Brigade will be sent from the Suez Canal Zone,
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    Germ war allegations 'cover epidemic in North Korea'
    218 2 RED BROADCASTS IGNORED TOKYO, Wednesday. COMMUNIST broadcast allegations of bacteriological warfare may mean that there is now an epidemic outbreak in North Korea, U.N. staff officers suggested here today. Staff officers accustomed to evaluating Communist radio propaganda said it was likely that
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    Britain leads in output of ships
    109 2 Britain leads in output of ships LONDON. Wed. BRITAIN'S output ol merchant ships was greater than that of any other country last year, Lloyd's annual summary of merchant shipping said yesterday The summary, which Includes ships of 100 tons gross and upwards, said the 1951 world output of ships was
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    TANKER RESCUES FOUR AIRMEN
    45 2 GUAM, Wed. A U.S. Navy tanker today rescued four of five airmen who baled out of a B-29 weather plane when one of Its engines exploded 150 miles north-west of Guam yesterday Search is still on for a fifth man.— A.P.
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    189 2 RUBBING IT IN The Manila Municipal Council has adopted Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt as "a daughter of the City of Manila." A DEVICE the size of a wrist watch ha*> been developed in New York to protect people from atomic rays Out of 178 Japanese fishing boats captured by
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    U.S. Senate urged to approve Jap pact
    202 2 WASHINGTON. Wed. rE United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee yesterday sent the Japanese peac* treaty to the Senate with an unanimous recommendation for quick ratification. The committee also urged ratification of three related Pacific security pacts with Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines.
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    Tinplate for Malaya
    46 2 WASHINGTON. Wed THE United States has announced an export quota of 75,000 tons of second grade tinplate for the current quarter. Malaya will get 1,200 tons The quota is more than double the 33,335 tons authorised for the last quarter of 1951 &.P.
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    LIQUIDATION
    40 2 HONG KONG, Wed. One of the best known British mining companies in China, "Shanghai Exploration and Development Co., Ltd.", has decided to go into voluntary liquidation as the result of inability to work its mines in North China. Reuter
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    THE BOSS OF U.S. BUYING
    48 2 MR HARRY A. McDONALD who succeeds Mr. Stuart Symington as Admini;, rato r of the U. S Reconstruction Finance Corporation of which the General Services Administration is a unit. The G.S.A. was. until recently, the sole buying authority of rubber In the C.S.
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    DIPLOMATS TO BE SCREENED
    68 2 LONDON, Wed. FE Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, the Marquis of Reading, told the House of Lords yesterday that new measures would be taken soon to ensure a careful selection of men for important Foreign Office posts. Lord Vansitlart had asked if steps were being considered to
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    INDIA SAYS 'NO' TO SPAIN
    37 2 NEW DELHI Wed. The Indian Government does not intend to establish diplomatic relations with Spain even on a consular level the Deputy Minuter for External Affairs, Mr. Keskar. told Parliament today.— A.F.P.
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    FUNERAL: £58,000
    35 2 -LONDON, Wed.— The funeral of the King cost £58.000. The Government presented the bill to Parliament today. The total includes £8,000 for entertaining royal and overseas guests, hiring cars and railway expenses.— A.P
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    STONE IS BACK IN ABBEY
    114 3 STONE IS BACK IN ABBEY LONDON, Wed.TOE deputed Stone of Beone has boen restored its traditional place in tfestminsi er Abbey, the Prime Minister, Mr. Winston said yesterday. Thp .stono WSM taken by Joottlsh -a'.ionalis.s on mas Day 1950 and re:al months later t! Spot! recovery, which [ollowec! a nation-wide
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    Dutch warship for Korea
    53 3 MANILA. Wed.— The Dutch iestroyer Piet Hem with 207 'Hirers and men aboard left ►Tjnili yesterday for Hong Conn on her way to Korea ifier a three-day unofficial :he Philippines. The 2.800-: on warship is scheduled to remain in Hong <.on° for a week before [joins
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    'CONFUSION' AFTER TALKS IN U.S. Churchill leaves a legacy of doubt—Mr. Morrison
    569 3 'CONFUSION' AFTER TALKS IN U.S. Churchill leaves a legacy of doubt Mr. Morrison LONDON, Wed THE former Foreign Minister, Mr. Herbert Mor-riso-n, leading an Opposition attack on Mr. Churchill, last night challenged the Prime Minister to say whether there had been a major shift in Britain's Far Kast policy. Moving
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    `BUT TORIES ARE STICKING TO THE POLICY FOLLOWED BY LABOUR GOVERNMENT'
    1088 3 `BUT TORIES ARE STICKING TO THE POLICY FOLLOWED BY LABOUR GOVERNMENT And this is Mr. Churchill's reply LONDON, Wednesday. ANSWERING Mr. Morrison, Mr. ChurchM said "There is no truth in the suggestion that any secret or private arrangements were made or any changes of policy agreed upon, formally or informally,
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    No Soviet answer
    69 3 No Soviet answer BERLIN, Wed. RRITISH authorities here have asked M. Sergie A. Dengin, Soviet Control Commission representative in Berlin, if three British airmen missing here since Sunday vere in the Soviet Zone of Germany. A British spokesman said today that the men had been reported missing and the Soviet
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    Windsor again in London
    68 3 LONDON. Wed.— Tlie Duke of Windsor arrived in London yesterday from Paris, where he had spent the week-end. The Paris visit was described as a business trip. The Duke will remain at Marlborough House, the London home of the Dowager Queen Mary, until he saik for
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    BARTER PLAN
    30 3 MANILA, Wed— The Philippine Government has formally proposed to the West German Government that negotiations should take place for trade and financial agreements on a barter basis.— Reuter.
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    Britain to provide 1,300 war planes
    160 3 LISBON, Wednesday. TjISCLOSURES made today about the results of the Atlantic Pact Council's meeting which ended here yesterday, included authoritative figure* of Britain's contribution to Atlantic Pact forces Britain will provide at least one-third of the force |of 4.000 :ircraft the Atlantic l Pact
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    U.S. aid 'not political'
    63 3 BOMBAY. \Ved. TH T United States Ambas1 sador to India, M-. Chester Bowles, yesterday denied that a fight against Communism was the political motive behind American aid to India. Addressing the School of Economics here, he said Communism was not responsible for poverty, notary and disease
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    US-Jap Security
    52 3 US- Jap Security TOKYO Wed. United 'States and Japanese delegates last night completed technical work of drafting an administrative agreement setting out operational details of the Security Pact concluded between the two countries last year. The agreement -concerns, among other things, jurisdiction over American forces stationed in Japan after the
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    U.S. $8,000,000 AID
    29 3 WASHINGTON, Wed. Official sources said that the programme of American economic aid to Indonesia for the fiscal year ending June 30 would be UJS $8,000,000. UP.
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    Three Chinese to be deported
    53 3 MANILA. Wed. President Quirino today signed an order for the deportation of three wealthy Chinese involved in smuggling strategic materials to Communist China. Those ordered to be deported were K. H. Powell Kong, George Kong and Lee Che-min who is said to be a former
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    America says policy has changed-Bevan
    180 3 America says policy has changed-Bevan LONDON. Wed. MR. BEVAN. said that in the United States people thought lhat. as. a result of Mr. Churchill's v'sit. a change had taken place in British foreign ;>olicy towards the Far East Indeed, what other coi:clus:-.--:i could they form? he asked. Ahnost every organ
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    Siam rubber exports
    63 3 BANGKOK. Wed. pUBBEf? exports from Siam during 1951 totalled 110,506 tons, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, against *****5 tons in 1950. Exports included 103.330 tons to the United States, 6,667 tons to Malaya and 508 tons to Japan. The new prices and terms of sale offered
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    Play was boy's suicide note
    110 3 AKRON. Ohio. Wed 5t ifc. sheriff's deputies said yesterday that 14-year-oid Lawrence Murphy, who fatally shot himself, wrote a three-act play as his suicide note. They said the boy's play told Jf an unhappy 'love affair" between him and a girl who dropped him to
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    Delegation is recalled
    63 3 THE HAGUE, Wed. INDONESIA'S delegation now discussing with the Dutch authorities here on annulment of the NetherlandsIndonesian Union and the status of Western NewGuinea, has been recalled, official Indonesian sources here confirmed last night. The delegation will not leave Holland until Marcli 2 Negotiations are not beinp
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    Seeks asylum
    25 3 BERLIN, Wed. -Soviet Ser-geant-Major Nikofor Timofiejevich Novosielchenko has .asked for political asylum i from British authorities, the Brilish High Commission stated today.— A.F.P.
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    'I'm not a hero,' says Gen. Dean
    215 3 'I'm not a hero,' says Gen. Dean PANMUNJOM, Wed. jl/lAJOR-General WilV* liam F. Dean, highest ranking Allied officer in Communist hands and A Modal of Honour winner, says his aide (not he), was a hero. The 52-year-old former commander of the United States 24th Division said in a letter from
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    Bombs quelled Tunis students
    58 3 TUNIS. Wed— Police hurled tear gas bombs and fired shots Into the air yesterday to disperse students who hurled stones at a street car. No casualties were reported. One hundred and fifty students, on strike from Sidik College, hurled stones as they marched toward Government offices
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    SWISS WATCH DEALERS SAY CUTS WILL LEAD TO SMUGGLING
    236 4 They fear start of racket when imports slow SMUGGLING of good quality watches into Singapore and the Federation will probably result from the decision of the two governments to cut down imports of Swiss clocks and watches to 25 per cent,
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    BROKE CURFEW
    32 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed.— Fined $10 in the Police Court for being out of doors during curfew hours. P. Munnusamy said he was invited out by a Special Constable to hunt.
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    We bought more than we sold in January
    139 4 We bought more than we sold in January J^l ALA V A began the, new year with an adverse trade balance of $10,003,000. Tbis is shown in foreign trade statistics issued yesterday. Imports for January were $387,355,249 as against $376,918,160 for exports. The last time there was an unfavourable trade
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    Their last European leaves
    162 4 Their last European leaves THE last oj the European sanitary inspectors to be employed by the Singapore City Council Mr. J B. McMorine. leaves today for Scotland and retirement Mr McMorine. who has served for 30 years in the City Council's Health Department, leaves behind a completely local sanitary staff
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    UNOFFICIALS APPOINTED
    129 4 JOHCUE BAHRU Wed. The Sultan of Johore has appointed the following to be Unofficial members of the Johore Council of State for one year from Feb. 1:- Dato H. E. MacKenzle. Hajl Abdul Hamid bin Fathlr. Dr Ismail bin Abdul Rahman, Inche Sulleman bin Abduj Rahman Inche Abdul
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    TOOK SHORT CUT
    51 4 JOHORE BAHRU Wad. Llm Kok Thye. Tone Chu Chlan, Kok Wai Chin. Chang Kirn Teck. Kok Tech Yew and Ec Poh Seng, of Singapore, were fined $5 each here for trespassing on rallwav premjses. The? took a short cut across the railway line to go to a
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    Blackout areas
    299 4 Blackout areas CTB-STATIONS liable to load shedding today:— DAY lurong 1. 2 3. Bukit limah Village, United Chinese Rubber Works, Lam Soon Cannery. Lam Choon Rubber Works. Nassi'm Hill. Great World, Ho Honj Oil Mills. Alexandra Incinerator, Havelock Kd.. Malayan Brewery, A.B.C. Brewery, Dietbelm Co. Tanglin Rd., Phoenix Park, Alexandra
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    Timber men go home
    94 4 ELEVEN forest officers from Cambodia, Formosa and Siam yesterday left Singapore after completing a six-week course in timber (trading The course heir! in Selangor and Singapore. wa X to set a standard for timber grading In South-East Asia The officers said that the course had proved
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    Speed pay settlement, they urge
    133 4 Speed pay settlement, they urge TWO representatives of the Singapore Army Civil Service Union. Mr. Chew Seng and Mr. S.T.V. Lingam, are to meet representatives of the Salaries Revision Working Party at FARELF today. The working party will examine facts relating to pay and conditions of employment of clerical workers
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    113 4 (JHINKSi;. Indian and Malay students boarded the Gorgon in Singapore last night bound for Australia. Most are to study medicine The only Malay girl was Cht> Zainon binii Zainal Abidin. who intends to take a three-year course in science at Melbourne. Shortly before the ship sailed. Stefan Bratus, a German
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    Expert evidence in appeal case
    268 4 EXPERT evidence as to whether a cosmetic cream contained antricine powder is to be called in the Singapore High Court when the appeal of Yaacob bin Ishak, a postal clerk, against a conviction and sentence of eight months' imprisonment for theft of a sealed letter,
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    'RETIRED OLD MAN' FINED
    67 4 Lim Peng Woo. who described himself as a "retired old man," warned gamblers at North Boat Quay on Feb. 14 that the Policp were coming Yesterday in the Second Magistrate's Court he was fined $100 for obstructing a Police Inspector who was trying to arrest the
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    Former clerk to C.P.O. dies
    64 4 Mr. Albert Murray, of Perambur. Madras, an old resident of Pahang and a former clerk of the C.P O.s Office. Kuala Lipls. died on Saturday at the age of 55 after a short illness. He left a widow, two daugh t>rs and a son. His
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    Rejected lover killed girl's mother, himself
    315 4 Rejected lover killed girl's mother, himself PENANG, Wednesday. A FORMER dance hostess. Tan Choo Chin, told the Penang Coroner today that, when she refused to return to Kuala Lumpur with him unless he married her, Yeap Poh Kong, a timber merchant, shot her mother dead and then killed himself. Tan.
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    BROKER CHARGED
    30 4 KUANTAN. Wed. Fonj? Seng Poh. a pawnbroker, was charged In Kuantan with entering incomplete details on a pawn ticket. The case was postponed to Mar. 10 for hearing.
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    CAUSED HURT
    21 4 TELUK ANSON. Wed.-For voluntarily causing hurt to Kalan with a parang. Murugan was fined $150 or three months' imprisonment.
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    Indian labour: New rules
    133 4 riMPLOYERS in Malaya wanting to recruit skilled workers from India can now do so If their applications arc attested by a Justice of the Peace or a Commissioner foi Oaths, the Government oj India information Service announced in Singapore yester- 11 day. Applications may also be
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    Slapped man who cut his power
    175 4 Slapped man who cut his power J£ADIN BIN IBRAHIM, an electrical contractor was fined $30 in the Singapore Second Poiice Court yester- day for having assaulted a City Council Electricity Department worker who had cut on* his electricity because he had not paid his bill The Council employee. Khoo Koon
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    New Rotary Club meets
    67 4 JOHORE BAHRU Wed THE newly-formed Rotary Club of South Johore held its first weekly meeting yesterday at the General Hospital here. Mr. E. R. Davies announced that the Johore Civil Service Club was agreeable to the Rotary Club holding weekly meetings at Iti premises. Next week's
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    Tapper killed in battle
    44 4 ALOR Star. Wed —A Chinese tapper was killed yesterday when a jungle souad exchanged fire with four armed bandits in Theo Sungei Koh area of Kedah. The bandits fled after a short engagement. Two tapoer.s in the area were arrested
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    Parents blamed for shortage of nurses in Singapore
    248 5 Parents blamed for shortage of nurses in Singapore "THEY LOOK ON IT AS IT WAS 100 TEARS AGO* DARENTS are partly responsible for the poor recruitment of nurses in Singapore where there is still "a grave shortage", said Miss E. R. Rintoul, Principal Matron for the Colony, in a talk
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    FOOD FOR NURSES CRITICISED
    174 5 FOOD FOR NURSES CRITICISED MR. E. V. Davles. Singapore City Councillor yesterday described the food served to nurses In the local hospitals a s "unsuitable and unpalatable" and suggested that the medical authorities appoint an experienced and qualified dietician to study the problem. Mr Davies wa s proposing a vote
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    FOUGHT
    23 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed Muttusamy and Thambusamy, two fitters of the Naval Base, were fined $10 each for fighting at the Rex Cinema.
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    Muslim women become nurse conscious
    132 5 Muslim women become nurse conscious r£ Singapore Muslim Advisory Boards campaign in encouraging Malay women to join the nursing profession has met with an enthusiastic response. Since the board started emphasising in weekly broadcasts that the deathrate in Singapore was highest among Malays and that Malay mothers-to-be often went to
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    CONVICTION SET ASIDE
    85 5 Lim Leong Geok. under a Police Court sentence for driving a car without the consent of the owner and on two other counts, was cleared on appeal in Singapore High Court yesterday. Mr. Justice Rogers set aside the conviction and sentence on each count, following a statement
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    S.I.T. discuss Hill's report
    44 5 Singapore Improvement Trustees met for Wz hours on Tuesday to consider the recommendation of the local government expert. Dr. L. C. Hill, that the Trust be scrapped, but did not reach any conclusion. Another meeting will be held next month.
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    UMNO CHIEF WANTS MORE MERGERS
    240 5 UMNO CHIEF WANTS MORE MERGERS rpiNGKI Abdul Rahman, 1 president of UMNO, said in Singapore yesterday that he was in favour of UMNO and MCA merging in the Colony He did not know of any move to form an alliance hi Singapore at the moment. The alliance did not mean
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    MOVED FOOD
    17 5 PORT DICKSON. Tues. -X Marappan was fined $25 for moving food in a restricted area.
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    Tyndareus will provide cubicles for pilgrims
    91 5 riUIE pilgrim ship Tyndareus Uto be fitted with 10 cubicles for its next voyage to Jeddah. Five of these will be six-berth, four five-berth and j one double-berth. They will be divided between pilgrims from the Federation. Singapore and Borneo. The fare for a
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    Festival of Drama
    73 5 ITtOUR-HUNDRED schoolF children were present at last night's presentation of the Malay legend "Laksamana Hang Tua" at the Oel Tiong Ham Hall at Raffles College. It, was the climax to the Festival of Drama organised by the Raffles Society, University of Malaya Ishak Papeh Akhlr as "Hang
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    Hospital row: three appeal
    123 5 ACHIAMMA Alayappan, Tang Yong Eng and So Eng, former attendants at Woodbridge Hospital, appealed in Singapore High Court yesterday against conviction and a three-month gaol sentence. They were found guilty in the Fourth Police Court last September of ill-treatine Teh Ah Siok, a mental patient at
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    Town board will go to seek voters
    110 5 Town board will go to seek voters JOHORE BAHRU. Wed POR lt s first Town Council election, the Johore Bahru Town Board Is planning a house-to-house voters enrolment campaign, In addition to registration at specified centres during the six-week registration period which begins on April 15 The Board also plans
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    Charity show nets $1,968
    67 5 There was a full house at the Diamond theatre last night when the all-Malayan premiere of the Hindustani film Ustad Pedra was shown in aid of SATA funds A total of $1,968 was collected. Among the guests were Mr M. Gopala Menon, Government of India Representative
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    MR. PITTENDRIGN
    32 5 Mr. W. D. Pittendrißn. who was mentioned in a Straits Times report from Parit Buntar last Saturday, was not employed on Gula Estate. Kuala Kurau, in Province Wellesley, as stated.
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    Singapore Diary
    119 5 V.W.C.A. Raffles Quay: Malay class and dressmaking, 10 ajn. V.M.C.A. Orchard Road: Tennis 5 p.m.; French, commercial, gymnastics and keep fit classes. 5.30 pm.; judo. 6 p.m.; Adult Education Association annual meeting, 5 p.m. The Vigil: Speaker, Rev. T Gordon Perkins on "God is our Refuge and Strength,"
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    DRIVER FINED
    11 5 SEGAMAT, Wed.—Valllappan, 27, was fined $25 for negligent driving.
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    12 MESSENGERS GET 'NEW LOOK' UNIFORMS
    89 5 12 MESSENGERS GET 'NEW LOOK' UNIFORMS NEW LOOK" uniforms for Singapore Government office-boys yesterday made their first appearance on 12 smiling messengers attached to the Attorney-Gene-ral's office and the Aii dit Office. The uniforms, designed for greater smartness and comfort, came from Changi Prison workshops. They are made from khaki
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    Not the fashion, but if it is....
    264 5 Not the fashion, but if it is.... KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. MALAY parents who recently protested against the Kuala Lumpur convent ban on Malay style uniforms have been told by Selangor Government that no girl is compelled to wear a school uniform. The convent authorities insist, however, that if the girls
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    RADIO PARTS STAY ON SHIP
    104 5 Mak Ow, a seaman, was yesterday acquitted in the Singapore Third District Court, without being called upon to make his defence, on a charge of importing radio spare parts into the Colony without a permit. The parts, valued at $120 were alleged to have been
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    DID NOT REGISTER BIRTH OF SON
    44 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed.Osman bin Haji Mohd, an Army employee, was fined $10 in the Police Court for falling to register the birth of his son In 1946. He said he was a sailor and was away at sea.
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    DEALER FINED
    23 5 MUAR. Wed.— A dealer, Gwee Guan, who failed to keep particulars of rationed rice and sugar, was fined $50 at Muar.
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    DEATHS
    111 6 MR WEE CHWEE WAH, age ps vrars, former shipping clerk tl A.P.C.. passed away peacefully ft No 67. Lorong 29, Oeylanp. He leaves brhlnd a brother. WEE KTM LENG. one son WEE DOON F.*TT. a dau^hter-in-lav and many grsnd children to mcurn h! KM. Funeral on 28.2.52. Mrs Llew
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Thurs. Feb. 28, 1952 Churchillian Triumph
    787 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Thurs. Feb. 28, 1952 Churchillian Triumph The second half of the foreign affairs debate in Parliament has made British bipartisan policy look very thin. The interval of two weeks between the first and the second day of the debate did nothing to reconcile Labour wrath over
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    In Lower Perak
    298 6 A careful reading of recent communiques issued by the Informatior i Services draws attention to an unsatisfactory situation in Lower Perak. On both sides of the fifty mile stretch of main road between Tapah and Tanjong Malim the terrorists have stepped up activity for several weeks past.
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    The prose of Rebecca West
    238 6 The prose of Rebecca West tt might seem needless to defend the prose of a gifled writer like Miss Rebecca West against the unbalanced abuse of a person so lacking in discernment as your correspondent, M. C. Trousdell, shows himself to be. Nevertheless, .s'ich a piece of gratuitous bad manners
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    CEYLONESE IN NEGRI
    150 6 \yiTH reference to the letter of "Ceylonese Federal Citizen" last Saturday, the Negri Sembilan Ceylonese Association was requested by the State Government to submit names for nomination to the Council of State. Accordingly the name of the President was unanimously submitted. The matter is now under consideration
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    49 6 Photograph by Hedda Morrison. A DRINK OF BORAX The imbiber is a Tagal chief m Rumah Suigang, near Temabong, North Borneo. The brew is made of übi kayu and is drunk through a bamboo "straw." The ceremonial hat is made of tree bark, brightly coloured red, white and black.
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      THE PRESIDENT OF UMNO
      88 6 I HAVE just a little correction to offer in regard to the report concerning me which appeared in the Straits Times of February 21. Firstly, with reference to Chinese help, I meant to infer that as a basis for this alliance each must mutually respect and
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      SAFETY ON THE ROADS
      277 6 EVERY right-thinking person knows that prevention is better than cure. It is also better to prevent accidents and road deaths than to deal with their aftermath. The Traffic Police have done and are doing a lot to make the roads safe for all, but the results
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    Manus will be Australia's northern bastion
    712 6  - Manus will be Australia' s northern bastion BRIAN CROZIER By MELBOURNE. AUSTRALIA is push- ing ahead with long-term plans to turn Manus Island, in the Admiralty group about 200 miles north of New Guinea, into a bastion guarding the northern approaches to Australia. The Americans, who built a great A
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    A working man on bonds
    227 6 A working man on bonds 'J'HE Singapore Ratepayers' Association is reported to be opposed to premium bonds not only because they will not be successful, but because they will not be in the best interests of the Colony. The Association states further that bankers, trustees and Insurance companies will not
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    COMMERCIAL EXAMS
    120 6 SOME time ago M». C. R. Dasaratha Raj was reported in the Press to have said that he would visit all commercial schools in Singapore to ascertain the response to the holding of two professional examinations yearly. Nothing further has been hesrd. Presumably Mr. Raj has considered the
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    On the Margin
    377 6 In '45 "pHIS corner cf the paper will have no part of the argument which has foui-.d it;; way here from the Britisli Press on the subject of the Queei.'s "style". It does semi permissible, however, to reler to a letter, from Mr. D.W.A. Stones of Jasin.
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    PENSION PLAN URGED FOR S'PORE
    1013 7 $30 a month for life at 55 within 3 years of start COMPULSORY pension scheme for local workers is recommended by the Singapore Retirement Benefits Commission in its report to Government published yesterday. The eight-man commission, under the chairmanship of Mr. F. S. McFadzean, was
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    MISSION GIVES A TREAT
    37 7 MISSION GIVES A TRE AT SEATED CROSS-LEGGED and eating from banana leaves these Indian boys were guests of the Ramakrishna Mission yesterday when the 117 th birthday anniversary of Bhagavan Sri Ramakrishna was celebrated. —Straits Times picture.
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    'Mixed wrestling silly, indecent'
    258 7 MAN v WOMAN PROTESTS pOSTERS in Raffles Place and other parts of Sin- gapore advertising a wrestling match between a man and a woman have brought protests from i many people. Comments on 'h° orouosed match to be held at the Great World on an unannounced
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    ONE MAN SAYS SCHEME IS INEXPEDIENT
    256 7 ONE MAN SA YS SCHEME IS INEXPEDIENT POLITICALLY inexpedient, if not dangerous is 1 how Mr. H. K. Rodgers describes the majority commission report which favours the introduction of a compulsory pension scheme. "No scheme ahould involve the permanent registration of workers, or benefit one section of the working class
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    THESE ARE THE WAGE EARNERS
    68 7 THESE ARE THE WAGE EARNERS The Singapore Retirement Benefits Commission defines wage earners as those employed on piece rates, daily or weekly wages, and excludes white collar workers, self-employed persons and rentiers. The Commission suggests that provisions for a retirement benefit scheme should exclude workers who are the chldren, parents
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    FELLED TREE FOR FIREWOOD
    38 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. Chal Soon Cha. was fined $25 In the Police Court for attempting to steal firewood from Sedenak Estate He had felled a tree and was sawing it when the Police came.
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    ON $200 BAIL
    21 7 SEGAMAT Wed —Bail In $200 was allowed Llm Plow. 47. charged with being In possession of fermented mash.
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    SPECIALS IN RIOT CHARGE
    221 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed AN attack on a Kuala Lumpur Indian eating stall with bottles, firewood and knives by about 16 Indian special constables was described in a Kuala Lumpur court today by Abdul Kader. an assistant at the stall Abdul said that the attack lasted about
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    Muslims call off mission
    82 7 SINGAPORE Muslims will now not send a delegation to Australia to see that mutton slaughtered there is in accordance with Muslim rites a spokesman of the Ausnm Advisory Board told the Straits Times yesterday Thi s follows th e assurance by the Pakistani High Commissioner in
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    DENIES HE TRIED TO CHEAT COURT
    69 7 A trlshaman. Kuah Ah Chuan, pleaded not guilty in the Third Police Court yesterday to having forged a Traffic Court fine ticket with the intention of cheating the court. It was alleged that Kiiah had erased the figure "2" from the figures '$25", thus
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    INDIAN BANKER
    80 7 lyjii A. ->ui>t>iah ;at>ove), general manager O f Hie Indian Overseas I'.ank head office in Madras, who is at present visiting Singapore. A non-smoker, non -drinker and vegetarian. Mr. Subbiab, despite his gre? hair, does not look more than 40, but he has had 33 years banking experience.
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    Urgent need in S'pore
    96 7 TORERE is an urgent need for 1 Christian literature In Singapore, th P Rev. Robert M. Greer says in the 1951 report of the Presbyterian Church, Singapore, presented at last night's annual general meeting. New congregational officebearers for 1952 are:—Session: Moderator, Rev. R. M. Oreer: Session
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    10 REMANDED
    28 7 MUAR, Wed Ten Chinese, including four women, were remanded in custody at Muar op a charge of consorting with an armed oerson at Kampnng Solok. Tangkak
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    COUNCIL MEETING
    24 7 The next meeting of the Singapore Legislative Council will be held in the Victoria Memorial Hall on Mar 18 at 10 a.m.
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    Farewell dinner
    28 7 KUANTAN. Wed. Inch* Nordin bin Abdul Samad of thp Polio Department Kuantan. was given a farewell dinner by the Chinese community on his transfer to Jeiantut.
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    Heavy rain washes out parade
    133 7 lIEAVY rain washed out an i ing every unit in the police elaborately planned fare- force formed up in the well parade at the Singapore SKJXff them""' Police Training School yes- Mr Pennefather Evans, terdav for the Colony's retir- who spoke first in Malay and
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    ALLEGED BLOW BY TELEPHONE
    73 7 Kong Hon Yong, a oos,tiran. was assaulted at Alhe't Street on Tuesday, it was alleged in the Singapore First Police Court yesterday. In the dock were Lim Kway Seng, aged 17, and a woman, Lim Guan Cheng, 26, charged with the assault by striking Kong on
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    The Volunteer Corps wants recruits
    147 7 THE biggest-ever drive for recruits to the Singai Pp r e Volunteer Corps begins on Saturday. At least 500 men and about 50 women are required to lOorpBl Oorp8 up t0 1 800 J F. Jones, yesterday said that the drive was being made because
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    SAYS HE FOUND GOLD RING
    77 7 'I found it on the floor and no one Claimed it" said Tan Bok Joon when he pleaded not guilty in the Second Magistrate's Court yesterday to a charge of theft of a gold ring at United Engineers River Valley Road on Feb 26. The
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    SCOUT FUN FAIR
    43 7 SEGAMAT Wed.-A fancy dress football match, games of skill, open air cinema and singing contests wili be some of the items at ihe f'm fair to be held at Seeamat on Thursday to brins ♦h? Seoul Week to a close.
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    NEGLIGENT: $25
    28 7 KLUANG Wed.—Loh Seng, a SingaDore driver was fined $25 or five days' imprisonment by the Kluang Circuit Magistrate. Inche Ibrahim bin Haji Salam t->r negligent driving.
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    Died under anaesthetic
    122 7 A VERDICT of death by misadventure was returned yesterday by the Singapore Coroner, Mr. Choor Singh at an inquest on Teh Yew Say, 55. who died during an operation in the Singapore General Hospital on Jan. 14. Dr. (Miss) Khoo Swee Lee, who performed the operation, told
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    APPOINTMENT
    23 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed Mr. J E. Bunyan has been appointed acting Drainage and Irrigation Engineer. Johore West, with headquarters at Batu Pabat.
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    WOMEN FORM OWN GROUP
    46 7 An Indian women's group of the* Singapore Indian Association was formed yesterday. Mrs. A. Sandosham was elected president. The group will function as part of the social and cultural section of the association. Mrs. Devan and Mrs. Sion were elected joint secretaries.
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    Sir Gerald orders: 'Cut out calling books'
    163 7 Sir Gerald orders: 'Cut out calling books' Xl ALA LI All' l K. Wed. yHE High Commissioner for the Federation, Sir Gerald Templer. to-day announced a break with tradition and formality— the withdrawal of calling books. A Government statement explainea: "The High Commissioner considers the practice of keeping callinr books
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    Trial claimed in trust charge
    54 7 Tan Kay Khlang. aged 30. claimed trial in the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday to a charge of criminal breach of trust of 1.500 watches valued at $44,690, between Oct. 2 last year and Feb 8. The case was postponed to Mar. 5 and Tan
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    CARRIED PILLION
    27 7 KUANTAN. Wed Nordin oin Amin and Assan bin Bagor were each fined $3 in Kuantan for carryine pillion riders on their bicycles at Tanah Puteh
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    TRUST CHARGE
    32 7 KUANTAN. Wed. Salleh bin All. 18 claimed trial to criminal breach of trust oi a bicycle belonginc to Koh Hee Lang. The case was postponed to Mar Ift for hearine.
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    39 8 BOYS line up for literature for youth which was being given away yesterday at the Katong Bethesda Young People's Group stall at the Victoria Memorial Hall where the Singapore Youth Week exhibition is berng held. Straits Times pi cture.
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    Elections Dept. aims to double number of S'pore voters
    354 8 150,000 CHINESE ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE SINGAPORE Elections Department will do its host to double the number of voters for the Legislative and City Council elections, Mr. (J. (i. Thomson, Supervisor of Elections, said yesterday. At present, there are 46,944 registered
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    Suzi, the dog with bad teeth, goes to court
    172 8 Suzi, the dog with bad teeth, goes to court CL'ZI, a white Japanese poodle, went into Singapore First Police court yesterday. And he was unhappy. He wagged his tail restlessly and whined as the court was told of cruelty against him. Ili> owner, Yang Yuen, said that Cheong Mooi. a
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    Wounded man charged
    86 8 IPOH. Wed.— Lying in a bed in the third class surgi- cal yard of the Ipoh Hasui- 1 tal this morning, his right leg and abdomen in plaster. 16-year-old Then Fook heard c under the Emergency Regulations explained to htm in the presence of Inch Magistrate. Inche
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    ACQUITTED
    45 8 PARIT BUNTAR. Wed Pointing out that the prosesecution had failed to establish who was driving a car at the time of an accident. Inche Salleh bin Eckhardt yesterday acquitted Loh Meng without calling for his defence. Loh Meng had been charged with negligent driving.
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    TOOK RUBBER
    24 8 SEGAMAT Wed.— For being in fraudulent possession cf scrap rubber. Tan Hock. 54. was today fined $50 by the I Segamat Magistrate
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    RECRUITING IN PERAK
    71 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed Local men who want to join British army units will be interviewed in Perak at Ipoh and Telok Anson next week. Enlistment as Malayan other ranks is open to Malays. Straits-born Chinese. Eurasians and South Indians. The recruiting team will, be at the Government
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    ASSAULT CHARGE
    39 8 TELUK ANSON, Wed.— Bail of $100 was offered Yap Kirn when he claimed trial on a charge of assaulting Mohamed Noor bin Abdullah, a special constable attached to Kampong Kelapa. The case was postponed to Mar. 17.
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    BONDS 'WILL MEANEVIL'
    142 8 BONDS 'WILL MEANEVIL' METHODIST youth leaders in Singapore yesterday signed a petition to the Colonial Secretary saying they viewed "with grave concern the short-sighted policy and lack of moral courage" which led some City Councillors to advocate the introduction of premium bonds. Supporting the opposition of the Singapore Ratepayers' Association
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    WOMAN FINED
    51 8 KLUANG, Wed.— For selling a packet of cigarettes for 50 cents 10 cents above the controlled price, and for not displaying a price list, a woman,' Tarn Yin, a stallholder, was fined $10 or four days' imprisonment on each cnarge by Inche Ibrahim bin Faji Salam, the Circuit
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    Increase attacks on roads, trains'
    178 8 Increase attacks on roads, trains NEW ORDER FOR BANDITS IPOH, Wednesday. DANDITS last year increased attacks on road and 13 rail communications in Perak after the Perak State Committee of the Malayan Communist Party issued a new directive. This was revealed in a report tabled at today's meeting of Perak
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    S'pore boys' home forms Scout troop
    72 8 AS part of Singapore's Youth Week, tne Inauguration of the 37th Singapore Scout Troop was held yesterday afternoon before the Governor of Singapore. Sir Franklin Gimson. at the Bukit Timah Home. This Is- the first Scout group formed by ooys of the Home. The
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    Scheme to improve MCA in 2 months
    198 8 Scheme to improve MCA in 2 months KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. ]UK. YAP Mau Tatt, the I $2,000 a month agentgeneral of the Malayan Chinese Association, today promised to produce, in the next two months, his plan to knit and strengthen the MCA. He said he would have to tour the
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    6th plan for Lim Bo Seng memorial
    116 8 6th plan for Lim Bo Seng memorial TIM BO SENG Memorial Committee yesterday approved a design drawn by Mr. Ng Keng Siang to perpetuate the name of the late Major-General Lim Bo Seng, leader of the Chinese section of Force 136, who was killed by the Japanese during th'. 1
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    American aid to India
    78 8 India will receive U.S. $50,000,000 from America before June for economic development, Mr. J. J. Singh, President of the Indian League of America, said In a broadcast in Singapore last night. The United States Government had given thi s sum to help India get on her
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    HORN BAN IN MALACCA
    43 8 No tooting by motor vehicles is allowed within the Town and Fort of Malacca under a regulation issued by the Federation Commissioner for Road Transport. Tooting is permissible to avoid accidents, or for fire brigade, ambulance and Police purposes.
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    THEFT CHARGE
    34 8 SEGAMAT. Wed.-Charged at Segamat today with housebreaking and theft on Johore Labis Estate. Ja'afar bin Mohamed, 20. was refused bail. He was ordered to be remanded in police custody for a week
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    Here They Are—First Pictures Of The 1952 Paris Fashions f
    170 9 Here They Are— First Pictures Of The 1952 Paris Fashions f MARY DUNBAR, who last week lifted the curtain on the leading designers' ideas for spring, continues her here are five of the striking new season's Paris gowns: I. "Daphne" a cocktail gown by Maggy Rouff, with billowing sleeves on
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    TWO SEASONS SEEM TO BE ROLLED INTO ONE
    637 9 AFTER seeing two of the leading Paris designers' dress-shows. I usually feel that I have a fairly good idea of what may become fashionable during the next few months, but after going to Balenciaga's I felt that I had an advance impression
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    ANALYSE YOUR SKIN FAULTS
    610 9  -  MAGDA DUNIN By jtf AXE-UP, no matter iTI how skilfully applied, cannot stay perfect all day long but when it flakes, cakes, smears, disappears, shines or changes colour then there is either something wrong with it, or with the way you put It. on, or with
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      76 9 Straits Times Crossword 1 ~2~ 2 3 4 "5" 5 HHF P I F*~ i 2 m it" '8 H 20 x Hi 28 ACROSS 1. Do hay-makers keep In tune with themv uo). 6. Let fall a shelter (4V 10. A joint In the middle gave constant pain (7)
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    SWIFT DECISIONS ARE NEEDED
    599 10  -  CYRIL AYNSLEY By ISMAILJA. SWIFT decisions are needed If Britain and Egypt are to reach agreement on defence before the new Cairo Government falls- Mr. Eden and the Egyptian envoy, Amr Pasha, have had preliminary talks in London. More talks begin in Cairo on Saturday. It
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    Tank-Battle On Paper Is Due
    487 10  - Tank-Battle On Paper Is Due ANDREW WILSON By BEFORE the year ends there will be a big tank-battle-on-paper in Europe. On one side will be America with a vast motor industry capable of switchin? to tank production without creating export worries. On the other, Britain, with smaller resources but a
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    Which Way Will The Queen Face?
    243 10 Which Way Will The Queen Face? WILL the head ot Queen Elizabeth on Britain's new coinage face to the right when the first issue of the reign is struck? There is no legal ruling on this, but if the Queen decides to follow tradition her head will be turned to
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    THE SHRIMPERS OF TANJONG BUNGAH
    603 10  - THE SHRIMPERS OF TAN JONG BUNGAH K. S. CHIA By A LONG the bay of Tanjong Burigah, Penang. when tide is at its lowest, day or night a half dozen shrimpers will set out to walk the shallow sea pushing before them their wide nets held open by bamboo poles.
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    LONDON STOCKS
    269 11 LONDON, Wed. /CLOSING middle prices as v supplied by special arrangement with the Financial Times were: LOANS Consols tOt I Funding 4% 88 i War 3i% 7M —J RANKS Chartered i£5) 10 Urn-amilr .£28, (£12 pd.) 19* Hongkong Itl25) 84/ Eastern i£5) 64 INSl'RANCB Com On mts t
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    U.K. RUBBER
    32 11 LONDON, Feb. 27. Spot 33d April 32d., May 31 Hd.. June 31d. Apr.-June I1%(L, July-Sept. 30^d. Oct.-Dec 29'4d Mar. c.i.f. 31^. April ci.f. 31 Hd.. May c.i.f. 31d Market: Steadier.
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    H.K. EXCHANGE
    33 11 HONG KONG, Wed. pREE market currency exchange for Hong Kong dollars was quoled at the close today ss follows: US$l HK56.***** (cash), HK56.805 (T.T.); £1 HK515.85. one tahil of gold HK5325.00.
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    Australian share market
    197 11 From Our Own Correspondent MELBOURNE, Wed. CHARES showed a further small recovery trend on the Stock Exchange today. Rises were again outnumbered by falls but the ratio was the best for several wee«. I.CJ. (A) rose 2/- to 30/- to provide the days best gain. This stock
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    FAIR BUYING ON RUBBER MARKET
    202 11 Steady close at $1.09 i pENUINE trade demands locally helped to steady conditions in the Singapore rubber market yesterday. With London showing lower trends, the market opened at around $1.07£ a lb. for March first-grade, 1£ cents below Tuesday's, but there was gradual improvement and
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    TIN: $4803/4 A PICUL
    10 11 SINGAPORE, Wed. Feb. n $480*4 (down
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    27 11 LONDON, Feb. 27. Cash Buyers £973, Sellers £974; Forward Buyers £973; Sellers £974; Settlement £972y 2 (up £0'/ 2 Turnover: a.m. 175, p.m. 10 tons.
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    Linggi's big profits
    118 11 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Wed. T INGGI Plantations, one of the largest Malayan rubber producers, reports that their gross profits rose by approximately £400.000 to £896,000 Malayan Export Duty took £153,000, against £44,000 in the United Kingdom, and Malayan taxation £419.000, against £221.000 in the D.K.
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    Singapore Shipping
    91 11 gHIPS alongside the Singapore Harbour Board godowns, or expected there by 7 a.m. today, are:— 1-2 Chusan, 4-5 Morelia C.P.W. Angby, C.P. Larut, 6-7 Tarifa. 8-9 Beniawers, 11 Anchises 13-14 Glengarry. 15-16 Olinda, 18 H>ta3«aland. 19-20 Benrmnes. N.W4 Serampang. 21-22 Maxwell Brander. 23-24 Karsik. 25-26 Idomeneus, 27-28 Okhla.
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    223 11 Small volume of business done WHERE was evidence of good buying support In all sections of the Malayan Share Market at slightly below quoted prices yesterday. Sellers, however, were disinclined to reduce their offers and the resultant volume of business was small. Yesterday's price changes by the Malayan
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    THE PRODUCE MARKET
    90 11 "THE Singapore produce market was dull in most sections yesterday. Buying Interest was absent in the black pepper section and sellers lowered offers to $580 a picul. Muntok and Sarawak were unchanged at $730 and $725. respectively. March shipments of copra showed a slight price Improvement with
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    H.& C. Dividends
    69 11 HARRISONS CROSFIELD, Limited, have declared a dividend on the Cumulative Preference Stock at the rate of 6 ryn cent per annum for »he three months ending on ths March 31, 1952. The Directors have also declared a n interim dividend of IVz per cent (actual) In respect
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    MALAYA'S TEAM PICKS ITSELF
    478 12 The Thomas Cup Defence By Our Badminton Reporter jyjALAYA'S Thomas Cup team to defend the trophy in three months' time almost selects itself. This must be the opinion of the many thousands who followed Malaya's first Thomas Cup badminton trial held in Singapore last Sunday and
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    EPSOM JEEP'S TEN TO FOLLOW
    317 12 MY ten to lollov at the Penang Tui f Club Spring Meeting are: Magic Oak: In top form. Siammed his opposition In both outings at Ipoh. Possesses a brilliant turn of speed and will certainly require a a lot of beating on the easy Penang
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    Civilian hockey XI v. Army
    76 12 A Comoined Civilians teams will meet Army in a game of hockey on the G.HQ. Tanglin ground at a.lo p.m. on Saturday The following will be the Civilians side: Patrick Yee; R. Poenandoe, J. Kuiper; S. Devadas A Ghany. D. Hay; H. Hoeden, O. Rozario.
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    V.S.C. SOCCER
    42 12 Any clubs or assocHrlcrs wishing to play friendly soccer games with the Volunteer Sp?r.lai C.nstabulary Sports Assoc at o^ are asked to contact Inspec or Kamarudin bin Haji Akip, c o Central Police Station, Singapore cr Telephone N0.2400 Ex 203.
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    South Africa ends the Rowan row
    148 12 South Africa ends the Rowan row JOHANNESBURG. Wed. rpHE Eric Rowan controversy, which threatened to disrupt South African cricket, was officially ended yesterday. Mr. M. P. Marquand, President of the South African Cricket Association, and E. Nupen, President of the Transvaal Cricket Board, issuefl a joint statement that "in the
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    ATHENIAN LGE. XI DUE IN MAY
    47 12 HONG KONG Wed. THE Athenian League, an amateur football team, will leave England on May 4 for a tbree-weeks tour of Hong Konf and Singapore The visitors ar p scheduled to play three games here as well as in Singapore. A.P
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    SINGAPORE TIDES
    16 12 TODAY: High 0047 (5.2) and l? 50 (10.2);- Low 063P (1.7) and <906 (1.2).
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    Magic Oak can score another win
    165 12  -  EPSOM JEEP By PENANG. Wednesday. FKESH from his splendid double at Ipoh, Magic 1 Oak looks good for another win and will certainly take a lot of beating at Penang on Saturday. This strapping grey by Magic Red looked an absolute picture when trotted
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    Victorians beat R.I. rivals 4-2
    378 12 SINGAPORE'S keenest schoolboy soccer rivals, Raffles Institution and Victoria School, met yesterday on the School ground in two games. Victoria School were successful in both, their junior team winning s—l5 1 and their senior team 4—24 2 in a thrillpacked game Excitement ran high as
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    Rovers get off to a good start
    342 12 Rovers get off to a good start RESPITE pouring rain, being a player short, and having to pray bare-bodied in the cold (their jerseys did not get to the ground). Rovers made a good start in their series of four "trial" games all within this week at River Valley Road
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    TURPIN-ROBINSON 'RUBBER' FOR US?
    60 12 NEW YORK, Wed. George Middle ton. manager of Randolph Turpin, wants a return fight between Turpin and world champion Sugar Ray Robinson in the United States, the New York Post said yesterday. Mlddleton was quoted as saying: "X would prefer Turpin to fight Robinson In America.
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    TEST YOUR SOCCER KNOWLEDGE
    231 12 •THE X A.F.s three-day training -and refresher course tor football referees ended at Changi yesterday with a written examination for the 40 candidates. Those who pass will be qualified to officiate st Services and civilian *ames anywhere in Malaya. The written examination #as a fairly stiff
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    FUN IN THE MUD AT TANGLIN
    344 12 FARELF hockey tourney rpHE first match of the annual triangular hockey tournament between Army teams from Singapore. Malaya and Hong Kong districts was turned into almost a farce yesterday afternoon by a torrential downpour. I The game, between Singapore and Hong Kong, was called
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    varsity Soccer
    25 12 The University of Malaya soccer team will open their season Then they meet Mansfle'd XI in a friendly match at Farrer Park today.
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    62 12 HOCKEY: FARELF Inter-dis-trict tournament Spore District v H.K. District (replay), Ayer Rajah Road, 9 a.m.; Malaya District v H.K. District, Tanglin Barracks, 5 p.m. SWIMMING Teachers Trainins* College fala, heats. Chines* Swimming Club. 3 p.m. SOCCEB: A.C.S. v Gan Eng Sent School, at A.C.S.; St Joseph's Inst. v
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    137 12 KANDY (Ceylon). Wed.— Central Province, despite the caution of their earlier batsmen, lost six wickets for 84 by lunch after they had been put in on the first day of their two-day match agalrst the MCC here today. But there was a partial recovery after
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    POLICE DEPOT IN K.L. FINAL
    89 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. With a goal two minut?3 from •ime. Police Depot y»<enlay won their "marathon" Se!an?or Hockey Association knoc'<-:ui hockey •ournament semi-final againse Police Circle by two goals to one. This was the third gom^ between the two teams, Involving 200 minutes' play— on?
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