The Straits Times, 7 March 1952

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    20 1 -7 MA* pju R MALAYA S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED 1X45 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1952 PRICE FIFTEEN CENT*.
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    FORCES EXPECT MANY TO JOIN UP
    423 1 Volunteers need 2,400 men: Civil defence 'no limit' THJ-: commandants of civil defence and local forces m Singapore and the Federation expect the proposed National Service Kills to start a rush among y<»ung men to volunteer. More than 2,400 men are still wanted for
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    Anti-bandit law stiffens: court can seize suspect property
    397 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. C WEEPING measures which authorise the seizure of the property of anyone who is suspected of being a bandit, a saboteur, a murderer or a traitor were promulgated by the Federation Government today. The new regulations, culled the Emergency
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    48 1 \IK. ALAN WATT, permanent head of the Australian External Affairs Department (right) who arrived m Singapore by Qantas-BOAC last night on a tour of South-East Asia. He was accompanied by Mr. John Rowland, who will be the first Charge d' Affaires m Saigon. Straits Times pit t re.
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    Women not to be called up
    57 1 VI ITHI'R Ihe Singapore nor the Federation Government intends to conscript women. This statement was made by senior Government j spokesmen m Singapore and Kua!a Lumpur to the Straits Tiroes yesterday. The spokesmen expevted that women would volunteer for work m Ifie civil defence
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    Reds attack patrol
    38 1 CEVEN bandits attacked a patrol of the Fourth Green Howards in the Tarnpin district of Negri Sembilan on Wednesday. A gun battle followed and the terrorists fled leaving behind four packs containing clothing and documents.
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    Delegates to rice talks
    47 1 HONG KONG, Thurs.— The Hong Kong Government will be represented at the fourth meeting of the Consultative i Rice Committee opening m i Singapore next Tuesday by Mr. J. J. Cowperthwaite, Assistant Director of Supplies and Mr. C. G F. R. Melmoth —Reuter.
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    WHY THE KAMPONG WAS LEFT
    212 1 WHY THE KAMPONG WAS LEFT LONDON, Thurs ]\|ALAYS of Kampong Belum J were ordered to burn their crops and evacuate because Security Forces were no longer able to protect their village, the Colonial Secretary, Mr. Lyttelton, told ,he House of Commons today. A Labour Member, Mr. E. Fernyhough. had asked:
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    Govt. gags Josey
    48 1 gTUDENTS of the University of Malaya who invited Mr Alex Josey, chief news editor of Radio Malaya, to address them on "political trends," will not hear him speak 'The Government has refused him permission to address us," a spokesman of the students said last night.
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    Diplomat hunt ends
    43 1 LONDON. Thurs. »pHE Foreign Office, after a fruitl c s s nine-month search has decided to call off further active inquiries m the search for the missing diplomats, Donald Mac Lean and Guy Burgess, the Daily Mall reported today. —UP.
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    Man injured in S'pore blaze
    45 1 A Chinese was injured and sent to hospital following ft flre at the Ponggol Rest House. Singapore, last night The fire occurred In the electric generating plant. > Staff of the Rest House put :t lout berore the brigade arI rived
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    PROTEST FAST
    39 1 JOHANNESBURG. TT.urs. —Mr. Manilal Gandhi, son of M a h a t m a Gandhi, announced here today that he will start a 21-day fast tomorrow to protest against the South African apartheid (race segregation) laws. Reuter.
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    Truman asks U.S. to aid Far East
    352 1 'THEY ARE HOLDING LINE 9 WASHINGTON, Thursday. PRESIDENT Truman today asked Congress for 51, 019. 000. 000 for military and economic aid to Asia and the Far East, i T These funds, he said, could be used against Communist aggression m Korea. IndoChina,
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    Freedom for 1,000
    46 1 SAIGON, Tnurs.— One thousand civilian and military internees will be released by the French on Saturday Vietnamese Independence Day —Gen. Raoul Salan, French Acting Commander-in-Chlef, announced tonight. Independence Day commemorates the agreement signed between French and Vietnamese authorities on Mar. 8, 1949— Reuter.
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    Police charge rioters
    42 1 VALETTA, Malta, Thurs. Police made batou charges on demonstrators who threw stones m the main streets of Valetta today. About 15,000 workers have been on strike for 12 days for a wage Increase of 14 shillings a week. Reuter.
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    TRAIN BLOWN UP
    26 1 HANOI. Thurs. French military headquarters announced today that a train on the Hanoi-Haiphong line was blown up by a mine near Haiphong.— UP.
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    'Barrels of germs' —say reds
    45 1 'Barrels of germs' say reds HONG KONG, Thurs.— The New China News Agency claimed that the North Korean population m the Pyongyang district were destroying "germ-laden Insects dropped by Americans." The agency said barrels carrying the Inscription "U.S.A." had been found to contain bacteria. ReuterAP.
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    MR. MacD NAMED
    31 1 LONDON, Thurs.— Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, Commis-sioner-General in Soifth-East Asia, is among those whose names are mentioned for the post of Secretary-General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation AP.
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    STUDENTS FREED
    17 1 HONG KONG. Thurs Three students, arrested during last Saturday's riot In Kowlcon were today cleared.
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    The guards will have to register
    81 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. r THE deputy Comptroller of Manpower, Mr. D. J. Craggs, told the Straits Times today that a number of questions had been sent by members of the public following his appeal for questions on the National Service Bill. One of the
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    New talks on oil begin
    47 1 TEHERAN. Thurs.— A new I series of talks m the International Bank's efforts to find a solution to the Persian oil problem opened here today between the Premier Dr. Mohammed Mossadeq and I the International Bank's negotiator, Mr. Victor Prud' Homme. Reuter.
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    MORE JAPS
    20 1 TOKYO, Thurs. -The pojpulation of Tokyo -is now 1 6.000,000. This is 351,080 more than last year.— AFP
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    Mrs. F.D.R. invited
    16 1 JAKARTA. Thurs— The Indonesian Government has invited Mrs. r.leanor Rnosevelt to visit Indonesia
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    TALKS PROGRESS
    16 1 TAIPEH. Thurs. Delegates to the Stno-Japanese "peace conference" today continued their informal item-by-item discussion
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    No job for Mr. del Tufo
    87 1 LONDON, ThWfs, Mr. Oliver Lyttelton, Secretary of State for the Colonies, was asked m the Commons about Mr. M. V. del Tufo. Chief Secretary of the Federation, who resigned recently. Air Commodore A. V. Harvey asked whether, In view of his comparatively young age
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    HONG KONG TO TEST DEFENCE LIAISON
    94 1 HONG KONG, Thursday. T'HE armed lorces of Hong Kong will test out their headquarters and inter-service liaison over the week-end m "Exercise Vortex", the Army revealed today. Brigadier E. K. G Sixsmith, chief of staff, said th*» exercise, besides testing Inter-service liaison, would also
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    Patrol finds a bandit camp
    43 1 On being challenged by a police patrol, a Chinese ran into a swamp m the Sepang district of Selangor on Wednesday". The police followed up and found a small camp m which was a large quantity of food.
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    BORDER WITH SIAM 'OPEN TO BANDITS'
    275 1 BORDER WITH SIAM 'OPEN TO BANDITS' From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Thursday. MALAYA'S northern border is virtually unprotected and Communist terrorists can and do cross frequently into Siam, reports a special correspondent of The Times from Padang Besar. It is equally obvious, he says, that despite diplomatic assurances to the
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    FOR PEACE
    39 1 RANGOON. Thu r s. A thousand monks m saffron robes sounded cymbals, conches and flageolets today as a seven-tier bronae spire, studded with diamonds -and rubies, was raised upon a new Burmese shrine dedicated to world peace.
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    Churchill orders 'super priority' for aircraft PLANES BEHIND SCHEDULE
    522 3 Churchill orders 'super priority' for aircraft PLANES BEHIND SCHEDULE LONDON, Thursday. MR. CHURCHILL, the Prime Minister, said yesterday he was anxious about Britain's air power and had ordered "super priority" for the latest and best types of fighter aircraft. And later in the debate on defence Mr Kmanut'l Shin well,
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    MOTHER HANGS [3 CHILDREN MID HERSELF
    78 3 MOTHER HANGS [3 CHILDREN MID HERSELF ''iKEE children wiTe lound hanging from the posts t>f their parents bed m a New York bungalow 'tip attic surrounded oy their toys, was their mother running from a roof beam |0 left suicide notes saying that sh P hangrd th#» child r»-n and
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    WOMEN PROTEST
    82 3 Mwwj ;<VlS«]l it/fff^U HOTMUIII k I*»>'■. I ■n*fr*iß JHJ h-***"^™ I n n associations have disapproved of a contest t<> P|ck an In dian beauty queen They said il d tracts from the glory of vnmanhood to measure )eautv by men's eyes" Flee used tear oas to quell
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    TOURIST MONEY
    16 3 WASHINGTON. Thurs. American travellers spent a record of $733,000,000 m foreign countries last year
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    Submarine defence— an open question
    167 3 ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Southern Europe. Thursday. OPERATION Grand Slam ended last night with open question mark on whether the NATO powers could defeat a strong enemy submarine force m the Mediterranean Air and surface control of the strategic inland sea. I however, seemed assured I after
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    18 3 MR. VINCENT MASSEY. newly-appointed GovernorGeneral of Canada, at the opening of the new session of the Canadian Parliament.
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    QUIRINO WARNS: SPEED DEFENCE'
    44 3 MANILA. Thurs.—President Qulrino warned the United 3tates and other countries concerned yesterday to speed up formation of a Pacific defence pact "before it Is tooi late." He said the Communist movement m Asia Is "gaining momentum" m its move southward.—A.P
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    Protest on Russia
    26 3 NEW YORK. Thurs. The Dominican Republic plans to complain to the Security Council that Russia has sent submarines nosing around her shores.—A .P.
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    'Troops in Burma' not for U.N.
    179 3 'Troops in Burma' not for U.N. L-= o LONDON, Thursday. |MR Selwyn Lloyd, Minister of State, told the 'House of Commons today that th e Government would not bring the issue of Chinese Nation™ st troops m Burma to the attention of the United Nations Security Council. a Mr Arthur
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    Pledge to Sudan wilt be kept
    56 3 LONDON. Thurs. The Minister of State. Mr. Selwyn Lloyd, said toda-y that Britain would stand by her pledges to the Sudan Mr. Lloyd had been asked to give an assurance that the Government would take "no action that might prejudice the Sudanese peoples' right
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    FRENCH GET BOMBERS
    29 3 SAIGON, Thurs. Four American B-26 bombers flown here from Macon, Georgia, were turned over to the French yesterday to aid them m fighting Vietminh troops —AP.
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    Air aid to Jap quake victims
    177 3 Air aid to Jap quake victims TOKYO, Thurs. AMERICAN planes yesr terday dropped food i and medicine to stricken sowiis m Japan's frost I bound northern island of Hokkaido, which is still cut off from the rest of the country by the tidal waves which followed the submarine earthquake. Official
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    Czech terms for Oatis
    56 3 WASHINGTON. Thurs /CZECHOSLOVAKIA has V, hinted that it might consider releasing William < Oatls. Associated Press correspondent, m return for a $17.000.000 steel mill The Czechs bought the steel mill m the United States shortly before the I war. but have been prevent- ed from taking
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    TRUMAN VILLAGE
    30 3 WASHINGTON. Thurs. President Truman today accepted an invitation to speak here on May 26 at a dinner I marking the establishment of an Israel village named after him.—U.P.
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    POLICEMAN AIDED THIEVES
    63 3 JOHANNESBURG, Thurs JACOBUS Lintvelt, 24-year-old sergeant m Johannesburg police flying squad, was gaoled for five years yesterday for his part m stealing goods worth £4,000 from a store. The Judge said Lintvelt used his police car to protect a band which raided the store. He parked his
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    SOLDIER FOUND IN WOMEN'S QUARTERS IS GAOLED
    292 4 SOLDIER FOUND IN WOMEN'S QUARTERS IS GAOLED Court martial told of girl's 4a. m. wakening THREE members of the Women's Royal Air Force at Changi who were awakened m their quarters by an intruder at 4 a.m. on Jan. 27 found a young British soldier curled up" under a bed,
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    91 4 r-DAY'Sr -DAY'S picture 01 an entrant for the Singapore Rotarians' forthcoming beauty queen contest at the Great World o n Saturday, Mar. 29, is of Miss Evelyn Dnrai, of Jansen Road. Singapore. The competition is open to all women, married or single, of any race, and there will be no
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    Clerks must queue like the rest
    166 4 Clerks must queue like the rest MR. Cheng Kirn Whatt, j' Singapore's Commissioner of Registration, said yesterday if was not fair to give preference to office worken to renew their de- 1 faced or lost identity cards. More than 1,000 people were queueing outside the Registration Office every day. Office
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    Masked men rob woman
    62 4 KLUANG, Thurs. WHILE her husband was out three masked men entered the house of an elderly Malay woman, Rugayah, at the li milestone, Jalan Mersing, Kluang. and. after gagging her with cloth, took her keys. A pillow which was found inside a strong box was ripped
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    Landlord on ten summons charges
    59 4 S. A. T. Alsagoff, of Sin- 1 gapo»e, yesterday appeared m the Singapore City Police Court to answer ten Building Department summonses. Five of the summonses alleged failure to carry out (repairs and the other five to show cause why Court abatement orders should not
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    WRONG MEASURE
    27 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs Khor Kek Koon and Wong Kit Seng pork sellers were each fined $20 for using inaccurate dachings. The 1 dachings were confiscated.
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    Anglo-U.S. art show opens today
    136 4 Anglo-U.S. art show opens today AN exhibition of 119 paintIngs and drawings by seven members of the AngloAmerican group of the Singapore Art Society will be opened at the British Council Centre. Stamford Road this afternoon. The exhibition will be opened by Mrs W.L. Blythe. wife of the Colonial Secretary,
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    KHALSA ANNUAL MEETING
    101 4 At the annual general meeting of the Singapore Khalsa Associa- tion on Sunday the following were elected, officials for 1952: President. S. Sardool Singh (re-elected); vice-president, S. Choor Singh (re-elected). S. Bakhtaur Singh: hon. gen. secretary, S. Jaswant Singh Gill; asst. Hon. secretary S. Darshan Singh; chairman,
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    No prices shown
    44 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs.— Chia Kit Hak, Kee Kok Chin, Ang Choon Pttig, Ec Hoon Boon, S. Rengasamy Chettiar and Lang Hiang, a woman, shopkeepers ,were each fined $30 m the Police court today for not having price tags on controlled goods.
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    Blackout schedule
    329 4 liable to load I shedding today are: DAY 1 Joo Chiat Place, Jalan Eunos. Rangoon Rd.. Towner Kd., Seranroon Rd., Kolam Ayer, McPherson id., Kirn Chuan Rd., Boundary Rd.. Florence Rd., Upper Sei an- j I soon. Yio Chu Kang Rd., Oovt. Priming Works, Woodleigh Park. 1 Braddell
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    'I was guiding spirit'
    300 4 'I was guiding spirit' -SAYS MAN SUED FOR $64,472 KUALA- LUMPUR, Thurs. MR. WONG Hoi Onn. iormer president of the banned Selangor Health and Strength Association, who is being i sued by Government forj duty of $64,472 on several j of the association's j sweeps, from February June 1950, s
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    Co-operators to hear Onn
    100 4 PENANG, Thurs. <T*HE Member for Home JL Affairs, Dato Onn bin Ja'afar, will address the fourth post-war Pan-Malayan Co-operative Conference, to be held m Penane on April 12 and 13. Other speakers will be Mr. E. F L Russell. general manager of the Malayan Cooperative Wholesale
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    LUXURY LINER ARRIVES—LATE
    102 4 LUXURY LINER ARRIVES— LATE THE American luxury liner President Polk arrived m Singapore yesterday several days late. She will remain here one week, before going to Port i Swettenham. Among her round-the-world passengers are many retired business magnates, a hospital owner, a luxury tour's director, rubber buyers, oil magnates, information
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    K.O.Y.L.I. looks back to Malaya
    117 4 AFTER being stationed m Dortmund, Germany, for over two months, officers and men of the Ist Battalion of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, who had Deen m action against the terrorists are looking back longingly at the sunshine and warmth of Malaya. In the
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    Trader loses harmonicas
    46 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.Sixty dozen harmonicas, valued at $3,249. were confiscated and the owner, Lv Sher Voon, a Kuala Lumpur businessman, was fined $1,160 for attempting to evade dut\ amounting to $175 on them Lv had dedared the valu of the harmonicas as $2,370
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    The magistrate HAD a heart
    148 4 WHEN six Chinese appeared m the Singapore City Police Court yesterday lor failing to obey an order to vacate a house m Onan Road which |had been declared unfit for habitation, one of them told the Magistrate. Mr. K. J. L. Jamieson, "I am sure
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    Bank bids $742,000 for a lease on Crown land
    369 5 17 LOTS 'BOUGHT' IN RECORD AUCTION gINGAPORE Indian merchants and firms bought 99-year leases on 12 of 17 lots of Crown land along Shenton Way and Robinson Road at an auction yesterday. The 17 lots went for $3,912,991— the Colony's biggest
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    35 5 MR. DAVID LLEWELLYN NIVEN, a police officer from Kota Tinggi, and Miss Marjorie Hesther Rochester, an officer mi n the Queen Alexandra Royal \tmy Nursing Corps, after their wedding m Singapore yesterday. Straits Times picture.
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    VIEWS OF PUBLIC WANTED
    73 5 The select committee appointed by the Singapore Legislative Council to study the Central Provident Fund welcomes views from the public on this bill and also on the Report of the Retirement Benefits' Committee, which is now on sale at the Government Publications Bureau Such opinions should
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    Cylist dies after crash
    58 5 PENANG, thurs. A MOTORCYCLIST, Lim Huat Lye. died after admission to. hospital last night from head injuries received m a head-on collision with a motor car. Lim's wife, who was riding pilion, was also hurt but her condition is not serious. The accident took place at
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    FOR KOTA BAHRU
    18 5 TAIPING, Thurs.— Mr. McCall, of the Customs Department, Talping, is being transfered to Kota Bahru.
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    EX-COLONY STUDENT TO WED IN SYDNEY
    132 5 A FORMER Singapore student, Dr, Earl M. T. Lv will marry Miss Norma Yin, of Ashfleld, New South Wales, at St. Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney, on Mar. 22. The Archbishop of Sydney, Dr. Howard Mowll, will officiate. Dr Lv, Resident Medical Officer of the Royal
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    TENANT ORDER
    17 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. The Tenant Registration Order has been enforced m Pekan Nanas. Pontian district
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    Boy fined $25 for 'criminal force'
    319 5 'HE PUT HIS ARM ROUND ME' A 20- YEAR-OLD English girl told the Singapore xx Second Police Court yesterday that when she was walking alopg an avenue m the Naval Base a boy on a bicycle put his arm round her neck three times,
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    Soviet couriers pass through
    47 5 Security precautions were taken at Kallang airport yesterday when two Russian diplomatic couriers passed through by Qantas-BOAC on their way back to Moscow from Sydney. The couriers. Messrs M. M Razumeiken and A. A Tuirln. stayed mi n the Colony for three hours.
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    Commandos strike at midnight
    66 5 Commandos strike at midnight KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs IN a midnight ambush un the main trunk road near Kampar. Perak, yesterday a patrol of the 45 Commando wounded a bandit. The patrol rollowed up and found a blood trail. A quantity of rice and a bundle containing three raincoats were recovered
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    MORE $10 FORGED NOTES
    68 5 PENANG, Thurs. MORE counterfeit ten-dollar notes have been circulated m Penang. One found Its way to the Penang Turf Club's "tote" and eleven were detected today by the Treasury amonß notes received from a bank. They had been slipped In between new notes. The Settlement Treasurer.
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    Singapore diary
    148 5 T.W.CA. Raffles Quay.. Malay classes, beginners, 9.15 a.m. and 5.15 p.m. Continuation class, 10.39 a.m.; Mandario 9.30 a.m.; Advanced class 10.30 a.m. V.M.C.A. Orchard Road: Tennis, 5 p.m Commercial classes, 5.30 p.nr Singapore Olympic and Sports Council Extra-Ordinary general meeting, 5.15 p.m.; Judo class. 5.30 D.m.; Weight-lifting and
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    Cut my fingers off, he tells court, if...
    106 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs WONG AH TENG was tound guilty m the Sessions Court today of planting a Communist flag on the o^rlmeter fencing of the Kulat resettlement area on Jan 3. an act prejudicial to the State and calculated to incite peopip
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    RUBBER RISES TWO CENTS ON THIS NEWS
    241 5 RUBBER RISES TWO CENTS ON THIS NEWS QJINGAPORE rubber traders were told yesterday that American traders will next week get licences to import natural rubber. This news steadied the market, which recorded a gain of almost two cents a lb. -Licences are expected to be issued for 30,000 tons for
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    Court move to revive club fund
    163 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. "A MOTION will be sought m the Supreme Court on March 17 to revive the Kuala Lumpur Yoong Yoong Club's Benevolent Fund. The "notice of motion" named six prominent Chinese as trustees of the fund They are Mr. Leung Cheung Ling,
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    PENANG MUSLIM MEETING
    41 5 PENANG, Thurs.— Penang Muslims will hold a public meeting on Sunday to consider the formation of a Penang branch of the AllMalaya Islamic Association. Tuan Haji Ahmad, secretary of the Association, and other officials will be attendi ing.
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    FORGED NOTES IN IPOH
    37 5 IPOH, Thurs— Forged $10 notes, reported circulating m Penang a few days ago. have been seen In Ipoh. A local bank received a forged note on Friday: It was reported to the police.
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    Federal Council
    29 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— The next meeting of the Federal Legislative Council will be held m the Council Chamber, Maxwell Road, Kuala Lumpur, on March 19 and 20.
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    DEATH
    27 6 MR. F. A. BARTHOLOMEUSZ. Managing Director of F. A. Barlholomeusi Ltd.. Singapore. pa*srd away on March 6, at Perth, Western Australia, aged 71 vrars. Deeply regretted
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    29 6 THE family of' the lat* Mrs Alice M«ude Webb thank all kind relative* and friends for th«lr kind messages of sympathy, floral tributei and attendance at her funeral.
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    2te Straits ©mrs Singapore, Fri. Mar. 7, 1952. Drafting The Men
    733 6 2te Straits ©mrs Singapore, Fri. Mar. 7, 1952. Drafting The Men Both m the Federation and j the Colony the National Ser- j vice Bills have been received more warmly possibly than j the two Governments expect- j cd. Indeed it is somewhat remarkable to find so many who have
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    "We Are Your Friends"
    473 6 President Truman spoke for trie whole free world when he addressed the peo- j pies of Russia and China from the deck of the floating I Voice of America. The Cour- ier carries the latest battery T" tof broadcasting transmitters I which speed the truth behind
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    INDIA TAUGHT THE WORLD A LESSON IN CITIZENSHIP
    1499 6  -  J. W. GOODWIN Flocking to the polls for two months <v By BOMBAY. MOTHER India has polled. A little dumpy m woman with plump cheeks slightly wrinkled, with a skirt to her ankles and a light shawl across her greying hair and
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      Power in the land
      208 6 I HAVE followed with great interest the reports m your paper regarding the increased power to oe given to our new High Commissioner. Some people have even asked for more, particularly those m Britain. It appears that the Federation Agreement Is going to be amended clause
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      FLOWER SHOW KEYWORD
      125 6 JN Mr. John Laycock's letter re the Flower Show, his reference to the "small money prizes" seems most peculiar. It is well-known to everyone that the keyword of any flower show has always been "achievement"—the members want to share with others the results of their own methods
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      PAST THE CENSOR
      66 6 TT must have come as a big surprise to the local filmgoer to 'read that "Streetcar Named Desire" so narrowly passed the Censor's office. It would be interesting to know if other outstanding films are denied the public by the Censor or the Appeal Board who seem
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      SINGAPORE'S STAMPS
      184 6 I WHOLEHEARTEDLY support your correspondent "B.W on "A New Look In Stamps Being a philatelist myself, I have waxed enthusiastic on this matter m the past. I must, however, point out that It Is not only recently I that Mr Thio Chan Bee put forward this suggestion. It
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      Awaiting the bus in J.B.
      93 6 jVf AY I draw attention to the deplorable state of the bus stand m front ef Johore BafiTu market? ft Is a disgrace for such a beautiful tjown to have -such a bus starfa Passenger*, have to r wait fflr their buses m a fllthy
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    On the Margin
    431 6 POSMIIII rE deaoHlness of the hornet's sting has unfortunately been m the n ,vs again. Even so. we should lu-sitate to return to the subject were it nst that Mr. Wong Toong Hon writes from Kuala Lumpur to explain his plan of campaign when hornets attack him
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    Labour to be asked to oppose call-up Bill
    238 7 Labour to be asked to oppose call-up Bill IMMORAL LAW* SATS PARTY SECRETARY J^ MOVE to oppose the National Service Bill will be made by the general secretary of the Singapore Labour Party, Mr. Peter M. Williams, at the party's Parliamentary Committee meeting next week. Yesterday he appealed to all
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    113 7 BACK /iV SINGAPORE, attractively sun-tanned and with koala-bear souvenirs of their stay m Australia, are Mrs. Laura Parnell (left) and Viscountess Boyle (right). They arrived at Kallana airport by QANTAS Air service yesterday. They are two of the four Vogue mannequins who passed through Singapore in' January on their way
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    TEMPLER TO MAKE COUNCIL SPEECH
    238 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. A N important statement on the Emergency and other matters is expected to be made by the High Commissioner. General Sir Gerald Templer, When he presides for the first time at the meeting of the Federal Legislative Council on Mar. 19. The
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    SIX BROKE BAN
    24 7 MUAR, Thurs.— Six Malays. including four women, who broke the curfew at Bukit Kangkar. Tangkak, were each fined $5 at Muar.
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    But support comes from Progressives
    132 7 But support comes from Progressives r |THE General Committee of the Singapore Progressive Party announced last night that it would give its full support to the proposed National Service Bill. The announcement explained, however, that Party representatives on the Legislative Council had been instructed to ensure that no hardship or
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    NEW MIDWIVES
    37 7 The followine have passed the examination of the Central Midwives Board. Singapore:—Victorine Koek. Chew Swee Neo. E Tan Siew Siang. Cheong Tin Chee, Kwan Kuni Lan. Tan Scow Wan chay Kwai Hing. Low Lye Chen.
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    STORED CARS IN HIS COMPOUND
    44 7 The George Lee Motors Company was fined $25 m the Singapore City Police Court yesterday for using; the compound of Mr Lee's house m Grange Road as a garage for parkine motor vehicles without a licence to do so.
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    BIBLE SOCIETIES
    26 7 The annual meeting of the Bible societies m Malaya will take place at the Presbyterian Church, Orchard Road, Singapore at 5.30 p.m. on Monday.
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    BIG CARGO OF RUBBER FOR U.S.
    42 7 The American freighter Island Mail will sail at noon today with 8,200 tons of rubber. The Island Mall, built m 1 1941, with a gross tonnage of 6.606 tons, is on the regular Singapore— U.S. run.
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    'Stayed too long in wedding home'
    252 7 DOUBLE RENT CLAIMED A TENANT who, it was claimed, stayed m a house three months after the tenancy expired, was sued m Singapore High Court yesterday for double rent. 1 The landlord, Mr. V. I Evan Wong, sued Mrs. D M Lauder and Mr.
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    BANK MEETING
    27 7 The Overseas Chinese Banking Corporation Staff Association, Singapore, will hold its annual general meeting and annual dinner at 77, Cavenagh Road, at 6.30 p.m tomorrow.
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    RED DUMP FOUND
    26 7 A police patrol located a small dvm D containing food printing material and clothing m the Kuala Langat district of Selangor on Wednpsday.
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    Poor Mr.Ang, he just had to steal
    109 7 Poor Mr.Ang, he just had to steal HOCK SENG, a 38-year-old rag: and bone man, charged with housebreaking and theft, said m the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday: "I cant help stealing— l have two wives and six children to support." Ang admitted breaking into the homes of Europeans m
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    COURT DOUBTS ITS JURISDICTION
    58 7 JOHORE BAHRU Thurs Hussein bin Abdullah and Kassim bin Khamis wen* charged with voluntarily assisting m the disposal of 21 stolen empty brass shall cases. As the property was said to have been sold m Singapore the case was adjourned to find out whether the Johore
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    RENT LAW COVERS HUTS
    178 7 RENT LAW COVERS HUTS 'PHE Chief Justice of Singapore, Sir Charles MurrayAynsley, said m the High Court yesterday that squatter huts are buildings protects by the Control of Rent Ordinance. He gave this decision m a District Court appeal where the district judge had held that the Control of Rent
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    Countess leaves for H.K. today
    50 7 Countess Mountbatten returned to Singapore by RAJ 1 aircraft last night after a three-day visit to military hospitals m the Federation. She was entertained to a farewell party at Bukit. Serene last night and leaves for Hong Kong this morning on her way to Korea.
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    Damaged exhibits blamed
    102 7 THE rangapore stall at the Colombo Exhibition was hot at its best because some of the exhibits were damaged m transit, said Mr. Lee Kirn Chuan, of the Public Relations Department, who returned to Singapore yester- day. Mr. Lee said that the stall showed mainly > photographs
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    RECRUIT MORE PUPIL TEACHERS PLEA
    132 7 RECRUITING of more student teachers so that more boys and girls can be educated was among suggestions made to the Singapore Education Department by the Straits Chinese British Associa- tion yesterdayWriting to the JDirector of Education, Mr. A. W. Frisby the SCBA secretary said that
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    Give us guns and not sympathy—planter
    159 7 Give us guns and not sympathy —planter KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. A BRITISH planter, commenting on the statement on Malaya by Mr. Dean Acheson, U.S. Secretary of State, today said: "A few shiploads of American carbines and less economic threats would be better than sympathy. "We have been visited by American
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    ANTI-TERROR FIGHT IS. BACKED BY U.S.-AGHESON
    212 7 ANTI-TERROR FIGHT IS. BACKED BY U.S.-AGHESON WASHINGTON, Thurs. THE United States was solidly behind Britain m its determination to defeat Communist terrorism m Malaya, Mr. Acbeson said. "We have confidence m the ultimate success of their efforts, both to halt the forces of Communism and to build a new nation,"
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    CITIZENS OF SINGAPORE
    43 7 The inaugural meeting of the Citizens of Singapore Society will be held at the British Council Hall on April 12 The main object is to promote communal harmony. The society will not contest elections or take part m active politics.
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    Trade student knocked down
    53 7 Lim Weng Choon, aged 16, a stodent at the Junior Technical Trade School, Singapore, was knocked down and seriously injured by a lorry m Norfolk Road yesterday. Lim was riding a bicycle and the lorry was carrying sand. Eye-witnesses are asked to contact inspector Kadir at
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    SHE ASSAULTED THE TENANT
    62 7 SHE ASSAULTED THE TENANT I JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs.— Teh Ah Ning was bound over m the Police Court today to be of good behaviour for six month s m a bond of $100. She Jiad assaulted Tan Lee Keng, a young woman I tenant of the house In which I
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    TAPPER HELD
    27 7 A police j tingle squad arr.ested a tapper m th e Taipine area of Perak yesterday {or carrying a gantang of rice m a bucket.
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    AUSTRALIA 'IS INTERESTED IN S-E ASIA'
    147 7 AUSTRALIA 'IS INTERESTED IN S-E ASIA A USTRALIA is very interested m South-East As'nn affairs, said Mr. Alan Watt, permanent head of. the Australian External Affairs Ministry, when he arrived m Singapore by Qantas-BOAC yesterday on a tour of the region. Mr. Watt is visiting Singapore, Bangkok, Rangoon and Saigon
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    US warships are due in Singapore
    146 7 17KDUR of the newest and P fastest destroyers m the U.S Navy will arrive m Singapore today for a two-day stay. The ships, which have been doing escort and bombardment duty m Korean waters for eight months, are on their way round the world
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    Flying back to London
    44 7 Mr. A. Jackson-Kelly, regional director for Pan-Ame- rican Airways m Europe, passed through Singapore hy Qantas-BOAC yesterday on his way back to London. 'Mr. Jackson-Kelly is returning from the divisional conference of the Pan-Ame-rican Airways m San Fran- I cisco.
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    GOVERNMENT PLANNING TO RECRUIT MORE VOLUNTEERS
    184 8 10,000 are already m training PLANS to develop and expand Singapore volunteer defence forces are well m hand, a Singapore Government spokesman said yesterday. More than 10,000 volunteers are already m training with the Special Constabulary, the Malayan Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Singapore Volunteer
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    MR. HOE (THE MEDIUM) LOSES HIS SWORD
    166 8 MR. HOE (THE MEDIUM) LOSES HIS SWORD THE long sword with which Hoe Cheng Wah, and his father before him, were m the habit of catting their tongues before writing with their blood to exorcise evil spirits was yesterday lost to the Hoe family for ever. In the Singapore Second
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    Didn't know he was a 'wanted man'
    123 8 pHARGED with giving a U "dud" cheque for $6,663 70 o Qutwlrth Trading Co.. m Penang' last October. 33-year-i old N. M Shaik Dawood said m the Singapore First Police Court yesterday; "I did not I know I was a wanted man. otherwise
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    TYPISTS PASS EXAMINATION
    102 8 Results of the Pitman's commercial examinations held at the V.M.C.A., Singapore, on Nov. 30, show the following passes m typewriting. Intermediate Stage, Class I: Misses Daisy Low, Leilw Mclntyre, Molly Yap. MusMraf h Azi«, Adela Al-Johary. Le?K Mul Cheng, Pansy Cheam. Hetig Ch.u Siang, Evelyn Tan. Cha
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    FALSE TRADE MARK CHARGE
    59 8 Qoh Chin Tong, of Keong Siak Road, pleaded guilty In the Singapore First Police Court yesterday to a charge of abetting the use of eight engraving blocks for the purpose of counterfeiting the trade mark of Tay Miang Huat Distillery The case was postponed until tomorrow
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    15 GAMBLERS FINED $375
    34 8 KUALA KANOSAR, Thurs. Fourteen Malays and a Chinese woman, found gambling on Feb. 25 at Kati, were each fined $25. The Informer was given 20 per cent of the fine*.
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    Opium robbery charge
    72 8 Further evidence was recorded yesterday m the Singapore First Police Court at the preliminary inquiry m which six Chinese are tentatively charged wth armed gang robbery of $400,000 worth of opium on Oct 26 last year. The opium was said to have been imported into Singapore from
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    BISHOP GOING TO DINDINGS
    37 8 SITIAWAN, Thurs. The Bishop of Singapore will accompany the Rev. J. Sampson, Vicar of North Perak, to the Dindings next week. He will afficiate at Evensong on .Monday .and Holy Communion on Tuesday.
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    CASE DROPPED
    30 8 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs.— A Hamid bin Mohd. Yassim. who was charged with theft from a dwelling of a wrist watch, was acquitted today. The prosecution wihdrew the case.
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    The frightened men of Paya Lebar
    115 8 The frightened men of Pay a Lebar FEAR is believed to be one reason why 200 Paya Lebar squatter families, on the site of the new airport, will not register with the Singapore Land Office for alternative land at Bedok. These squatters have told officials of the Land Office I
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    29 8 MX. LELAND W CUTLER, chairman of the San Francisco World Trade Centre authority and President of Stamford University, arrived m Singapore yesterday on the President Polk.— Straits Times picture.
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    ACCUSED OF MURDER BID
    35 8 MUAR, Thurs.— Tan YaiTang, aged 19, was remanded m custody when charged at Muar with attempted murder. He was alleged to have shot Jawahla. The case was postponed to March 11.
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    IN BANNED AREA
    20 8 MUAR, Thurs.— Four hawkers were each fined $5 at Muar for hawking at Jalan Sayang. prohibited area.
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    Power firm can choose clients
    592 8 KUCHING CLAIM LOST AN application by Pacific Traders (Borneo) Ltd. for a declaration that the Sarawak Electricity Supply Company were obliged to supply electricity on the customary terms to all persons m Kuching whose* premises were properly wired, failed m the Kuching High Court. Mr.
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      268 8 LITTLE'S ANNUAL SALE LAST DAYS FINAL REDUCTIONS IN ALL DEPARTMENTS JOHN LITTLE CO., LTD., SINCAPORE-t. BE LOVELY^ f TO LOOK AT 1 1 ALWAYS! Let the olive oil m palmolive soap protect and cherish your skin M V| The freshness of a I, young and lovely I^^ B n W
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      82 8 SINGAPORE 10 ajn. Emergency News Prom K.L.; 10.05 "Matinee"; 11*11.30 "Music For Strings"; 1 p.m. Radio Orch.; 1.30 News; 1.45-2 Dance Music; 6.15 News; 6.17 "Forces Favourites": 6.55 Announcements; 7 News; 7 15 "Reporter's Notebook", 7.30 "Hit Parade"; 8 Talk; 8.15 "Evening Star"; 8.30 "Friday Prom." Wagner, Strauss. Prokofle(t: 9.30
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      95 8 News; 1 45-2 Louis Prima and his Band; 6.15 'At Your Service"; 655 Announcements; 7 News; 7 15-7.25 Talk; 7.25 Interlude; 7.30 "Take It Prom Here"; »-Talk; 8.15 "KX. Radio Ranch": 8.30 "Friday Feature" 9 'Top of the List"; 9.30 News; 9.45 "Popular Instrumental Group; 10 "Music For A While":
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      84 8 Pianists", Vladimir Herowltz; 10 Radio Orch.; 10.30-11 Dancing Time. BBC GOS 4.15 p.m. "Sports Round-Up"; b.30 News it News Analysis; 6.45 "Dally Quotation"; 6.50 "Prom the Editorials"; 7 Theatre. "The Cross and the Arrow". 8.05 Kathleen Fcrrier. contralto. Bruno '.Vpl'.er piano, 8.30 News Home New. S.45 "A Princess of Kensington
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      90 9 X izubeth Tay.or has come a long way since her first film as a lona hairpd 1? %%'?%*?> 'Lassie Come Home" (left). She is seen 'centre) on her 15th bfrthdlv wfi h iLSJ ear acr *l n Wo o °d Kith Lassie. Lower right she is seen just before Tor
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      A PICTURE TO BE REMEMBERED
      544 9 Brilliant Photography And Direction Make* George Steven's A Place In The Sun' BRUCE FRASER talking about FILMS AM so glad 1 have never read Theodore Dreiser's stolid classic "An American Tragedy". In spite of two attempts to wade through it. I can now, m unashamed
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      BEST OF THE CURRENT FILMS
      271 9 UERE are pocket reviews ol 11 outstanding films at present m circulation m Singapore and the Federation. Three stars indicate an outstanding picture, two means above average, and one star indicates good entertainment. No Highway In The SkyEntertaining human drama with aviation background based on
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      MALAY FILM COMPANY GOES ON LOCATION' IN THE DOCKS
      388 9 THE Singapore Har x bour BoaTd gavt^ wholehearted co-oper-ation to Shaw Brothers Malayan Film Unit when the unit went "or location" for a water front scene m the docks this week. The story of Ta s Tangar Wanita is one that
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    LONDON STOCKS
    328 10 LONDON STOCKS ■JNCOURAGEU by flrmnts in I .senied a clicnriul appears*:- e 111 most .section.,, although eebltngs •Ail e slow. The trend towards h.g.'ier level, vm Uuceiy J PMffket ilicre was no noticeable cha'i^e liie public's poitcy of i'k until afttr cue b.'d jot. 'JIosiiik .Kiddle pr.ces as vtp- plied
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    Australian Share Market
    162 10 From Out Own Correspondence MELBOURNE. Thurs. THE upward trend of share prices 'howed signs of taperir.g off on the SU>ck Exchange today R'ses ar.d falls were elmo* 1 ir. balance. Felton and Textiles dropoed Jairlv siiarplv on the announcement that the company would not pav an Interim
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    FOREIGN INQUIRIES STEADY RUBBER MARKET
    198 10 Encouraging gain at close tyiTH the anticipated spate of foreign trade inquiries arriving, the Singapore Rubber Market steadied throughout yesterday and registered an encouraging gain of lust under two cents per lb. A fair turn-over was re- r ported at prices fluctuating I between S1.09J
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    Chartered Bank Div.
    81 10 AT [be itockholders meeting .on April 2 m London, the Directors of the Chait'rcd Ban!: will recommend a final dividend at the .ate v* 7 p»r cent p<»r annum, subject to income tax. making 14 per cent for 1951. The following ■O'ocail'Hi.s will be made: £125.000 to
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    U.K. RUBBER
    38 10 LONDON Mar 6— Spot 33", d.. j April 33 ''jd.. May 33d.. June 32d. Apr-June 33d.. JulySept. 31d Oct.-Dec 30d.. Mar. c.l.f. 32 5 d.. Apr. c.i.f. 32d. May i I c.'..f. 31 id.. Market: Firm!
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    TIN $491A PICUL
    9 10 SINGAPORE lliiirs. Mar. 6—srl9l (up $8
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    London Price
    31 10 LONDON, liar. 6. Cash Buyers £98Uj»; Sellers X 382; Forward B u v e r s V981; Sellers Cfltlft; Settlement ':W0 (up .£4). Turnover: a.m. 55. p.m. 25 tons.
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    ESTATE OUTPUT
    32 10 B.xt'i Lintan^ Ruhbej Co. Ltd. hat ves'ed 84.700 lbs and Parit PeraV- Ruober Co Ltd 34.341 lbs I during February The Kuala Reman Rubber Estates Ltd.. obtained 100. 750 lbs.
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    H.K EXCHANGE
    36 10 HONG KONO, Thurs (,'HKi. market currency BKteafjß toi Hong Kong dollar* was lucteo at the close t.ooa> w I follows: US$l HK56.77 'crsh), I HKS6.BO (T.T.): £1 MK15.85. one tahil of gold HKtf2.Vl2s.— n.p
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    TIN OUTPUT IN FEBRUARY
    74 10 During rtbitiary, 14.0U0 uns we.-c treated and 220 tons •tin concen;rates 'produced by the Pahang Cptisilida'.ed O<»., Ltd. Sur.gei #Cinta Tin Dredging Ltd. produced 281 picu's of tin m February. The No. 3 Dredge 01 Ipoh Tin Dredging Ltd. (Puchong Sfciiou) procuced 554 j>icu!s m VtSUUKJ.
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    More gold from South Africa
    66 10 Capetown Than. 4FRICVS vast Rand Oo'dfi?ldsj are being exoloitetf "to a fc?!e of very considerable masni- j tu<le". the Minister for Mires Mr J H Vlljoen said yesterday. Richer ore from the new tioldand m the Orange Free S'a f e •vlll ensure ?old prcdu^tion
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    Malayan Shares
    127 10 Firmer note A FIRMER note was m evidence m the Malayan Slure Market yesterday and a number o' gains were recorded although the volume o' business continued to be on a restricted scale. Yesterday's p?i« changes Dy the Ivalayau Sharetr.okxrs Association were: Buyer &rll«r> BB Pelrol 41/« 42/*
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    THE PRODUCE MARKET
    83 10 TRANSACTIONS l n SJngi- p re Produce Markc contlnue/1 to be very limited yes'erday. Pepper prices were apain Irwer, .sel'ers quoting Muntok at $730 a 3'cul. Sarawak at $725 and Lampong (blnckl at S560. The copra section also repor'ea .ower quotations, wi'h bids M^rch shipment at $283
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    Singapore Shipping
    71 10 CHIPS alongside the Singapore Harbour Board godowns. or expected there by 7 a.m. today. are ._-l-2 Oregon, 4-5 PerwXtow. Coal Plant Lip's. 6-7 Prudent polk 8-9 President Arthir, 11 Sangcla. 13-14 Clytoneus. 15-16 Deucalion. 17-18 S Cnii'i 19-20 Kronoland. N.W. 8 Srusa. 21-22 Ba-> Hone Llotiß. 23-24 Leksula.
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    Kelantan must decide on Cup soon
    244 11 Kelantan must decide on Cup soon By Our Soccer Reporter WILL Kelantan enter the Malaya Cup competition this year for the first time m the state's history? The question is not yet decided, but somebody will have to make up their mind very soon. Obviously the Football Association of Malaya
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    DIRTY SOCCER
    997 11 WHAT MAKES A MAN PLAY FOUL? (Can you recognise dirty play? What >es the club do about it? This invesjation, by a Special Commiss ioner otlights a perturbing feature of mown soccer, and endeavours to probe to the cause and effects of the eatest blot on the game—
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    ROYAL TAN WINS 'NATIONAL' TEST
    65 11 CHELTENHAM, Thurs.—lrishtrained eight-year-old Royal Tan, runner-up m last year's Grand National and well fancied to go one better at Ahitree next month won the National Hunt Handicap Steeplechase over three miles here ysterday. Royai Tan won the race regarded as a reliable test for the
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    TENNIS UPSET AT ADELAIDE
    18 11 Hartwlg won 3-6 6-3. 7-5 8-3 Pla^. V& V^n D the other seml-flnal— ReuTer-AAP,
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    BUTTER FINGERS ARE COSTLY
    132 11 SINGAPORE Hockey V^sorf* °°n's handsome silver challenge trophy, won by Singapore Recreation Club and reported misdnr from the Victoria Memorial Hall last Friday, haa been found. The trophy pot up by Mr.*G. f N Oehlera. President of the S.H.A. wa s on display at the Associations
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    VOLUNTEERS TO PLAY Y.M.M.A.
    61 11 The Spore Volunteer Police Team to play against the Young Men Muslim Assn. In the S.A.F A. League tomorrow will be selected from the following: William Ho, V. Nadarajah. Luke Lupes, Shazali,' Samai Sahib. Philip James, W. A. Blatch, K. Govlndan, Charlie Tan Ooh Kirn Pong,
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    Sports Diary
    116 11 SOCCER. DIV. 1: Chinese Athletic v. Chinese Casuals at J. Besar stadium DIV. 2: Cheerful Lads v. C.A. 'A' at Geylanf. DIV. 3 A: Cheerful Lads 'A* v. Windsor Rovers at CYMA. BUS. HSE. LGE.: Borneo Motors v. OTEC 'A' at F N ground; Dunlop v. Straits Times
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    I.A. CRICKET ON SUNDAY
    84 11 Indian Association's annual home-and-home cricket match will be played at Balestier Road on Sunday at 11 a.jn The following have been asked to turn up: Abbasbhoys XI: Lall Singh. Dr. Abraham, Cheor Singh Raidk Lall, Madari. Gupte, Nadarajah, S. Madari, v. Patel, Acharatlai. Gurucharan Sfngh, Shirai
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    CEYLON S.C. XIs FOR WEEKEND
    135 11 Ceyfon Sports Club cricket teams for the weekend are: ««u« Afaintt PoUce Sport. Cl«» "A" od Saturday at the Depol Ground at 2 tc m ii .R. R (Capt). Dr. K. S Retnam. 8. Naglah. A. C. Shegran. W. Ponnampalam. S. KulaslngJi am *s- Pernanao.
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      105 11 Straits Times Crossword •2 ~"J 13 14 15 16 17 t» 20 "5T 22 26 Z Z zil Z I 1^ ACROSS 14. Affected effect (7). 8 "Cymbeline's" opens In Ms ft." She told "Prospero "Ycur palace (3, 5). tale, sir, would cure deafness" a, Sign ..Jf| pe'jypn. <^a^j.. i]>.
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    Thomas Cup venue: new S.B.A. bid
    447 12 'CONFIRM 1951 DECISION 9 PLEA KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. TWO months and a half before Malaya! defends the Thomas Cup and after thei Standing Committee of the Badminton Asso-! ciation of Malaya has decided to play the challenge round at Singapore's Happy World Stadium, the
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    SEE FOR YOURSELF, INVITES MR LIM
    77 12 THE president of the Singapore Badminton Association and the man behind the Singapore badminton hall project, Mr. Lim Chuan Geok, told the Straits Times yesterday that anyone who wished to visit the hall sit* at C.uillemard Road to see the progress of the building
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    Women's Golf on Sunday
    92 12 The Island Clubs (Ladies section) Qualifying Round of CaSiay Cup and l L.O.U February Competition to be held on Sunday, have been drawn as follows: From Ist Tee: 830 am Mrs. James. Mrs. Weeks- 8.33 Mrs Hodgkinson, Mrs. Cavanagh: 836 Mrs. Cosman Davis Mrs Smart; 8.39
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    78 12 HELSINKI OR BUST From left to ri«ht. Robert Bull. Keith Mitchell, Barry Mitchell. Lav Boung Hoo. and Wiebe Wolters in happy mood after m training session at Mount Emily I »Pool yesterday afternoon. They had cause to be happy, for in the course of the trial swims, they pot up
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    Island Club v Keppel Club
    256 12 rpHE Island Club will play the j Keppel Club on Sunday morning. The matches and starting times are (Island Club players mentioned first) 8.30 J. Hodgklnson (Scr.), P. Jones (4) v. R. J. Pennle (7). R. Humsah (3); 8.35 8. I. M. Ibrahim (4). K.
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    Rest of the Soccer
    343 12 THE MEDICOS MADE IT 7-1 SEVEN -ONE was the margin for Singapore Medical Workers Union over H M. Dockyard In their S.A.F.A. Div. 2 league game at St Georges Road yesterday, out tht exchanges were keener than the score suggests. The ability to make better use
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    Both matches went to St Patricks boys
    224 12 Both matches went to St Patricks boys DISPLAYING marked superiority v m the second half. St. Patricks School first XI easily beat the Serangoon English School by three goal to nil m a friendly soccer match played on St. Patriclcs School ground yesterday Earlier St Patricks second XI had beaten
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    PENANG WEIGHTS FOR TOMORROW
    500 12 far S«tur- I n dmy. last day of !> the Prn»nj Spring Meeting, are: Cl. »,Dlv. 1— S F. I Adonis 9.89 j Wintrr Scene S.l* j Red olf 8.09 Ocean Snare 8.08 i Twelfth of An« 8.0« Flame of the Forest <••• Whiter Lady 8.04
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    R.I. were near to spoiling a record
    285 12 ST. ANDREWS School came off the field at Raffles Institution yesterday with their unbeaten record still intact, but they had to fight very hard to hold the R.I. boys to a 2-2 draw. In most phases of the game the Raffles youngsters could
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    A WIN ROVERS CANNOT BE TOO HAPPY ABOUT
    315 12 A WIN ROVERS CANNOT BE TOO HAPPY ABOUT Rovers 3; Indian R.C AFTER this SAFA First Division match, at Jalan Bcsar Stadium yesterday, Rovers had better take the hint and knuckle down to more serious training and re-organisation of their ranks. Otherwise, they may find themselves slipping a couple of
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    U.K. SOCCER RESULTS
    60 12 LONDON, Thurs. YESTERDAYS UJC. soccer rex suits are: Representative match: The Army 3. Royal Navy 2 (played at Charlton). Scottish League Division 'A1:A 1 Celtic 2, Morton 2 (postponed on Jan. 5). Scottish League Division 'B1:B 1 Albion Rovers 1, Alloa Athlelc 1 (postponed on Feb. 9);
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    Sembawang to meet Fijians
    62 12 R.N.A.S. Sembawang will play two friendly cricket matches on Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday from 2 p.m. KNAS Sembawang will meet H.M. Dockyard at Naval Base Dockyard. On Sunday at 11 a.m. Sembawang will play 1st Team FIJtaris at Sembawang. The Sembawang 1st team U: Capt.
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    LADS HOLD ARMY
    34 12 In a friendly soccer match played at For! Canning ground yesterday. Singapore District and Jollilads Sports Club shared two goals. Lokestone scored fcr the Army and Govindan equalised fw: the Jollilads.
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    4-3 FOR BANK
    46 12 Mercantile Bank S.C. beat S.H.B Dockyard 4-3 in a friendly soccer match yesterday Scorert for the Bank were Ibrahim Kadir (3) and Khoo Hock Yew. IN a friendly game on the padang. Tiger 8. A. beat a scratch Singapore Cricket Club team 10-L
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