The Straits Times, 20 March 1952

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  • 20 1 The Straits Times Mi4Li4ft4 3 NATIONAL NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED 184S TVyEI.VK PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1952 if niICE FIFTEEN CENTS.
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  • 531 1 Council is told of plan to form Federation regiment KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. THE High Commissioner, General Sir Gerald Templer, today gave tht Federal Legislative Council his blueprint for "a truly united Malayan nation." He outlined a practical programme of political, economic and social
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  • 76 1 Chinese woman becomes an English peeress V CHINESE woman has become *n English peeress following the death in Newcastle-under-Lyme of Lord Lindsay of Birker. lichael Lindsay, 43-year-old son of Lord Lindsay, who inherits the title married Miss Hsiao Li 11 yean ago when he was a professor at Peking University.
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  • 27 1 LONDON. Wed.-Wales beat Ireland 3-0 In a soccer match at Swansea today and so made sure of at least sharing the international soccer championship— Reuter.
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  • 53 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A POLICE constable guarding the erection of a bridge in the Jelebu district of Negri Sembilan collapsed and died yesterday as he fought back a party of bandits who had shot and wounded him. Later in a search of the area blood
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  • 26 1 RANGOON Wed. The Burmese Parliament has unanimously Dissed a Bill repealing the law under which the Burmese rupee .s linked with ■j.erlliig.— A.?
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  • 168 1 fOVERNOR of Singapore since April 1946, S'r Franklin Gimson will at eleven o'clock this morning board the Corfu which will take him to Ceylon on the first stage of his journey back to England and retirement. 1 He will be seen off by members
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  • 70 1 3 die, 13 hurt in ambush KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. PI a fierce battle in the Kuantan area of Pahang today, a patrol of No. 8 Federal Police Jungle Company suffered 16 casualties. Bandit casualties and details of the engagement were not known at Police headquarters tonight. The patrol was ambushed
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  • 37 1 The Marquess of Salisbury. Lord Privy Seal, told the House of Lords yesterday that the report of the police inquiry into the conduct of officers during the Singapore riots will be published on March 26.
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  • 45 1 LONDON. Wed— The Marquess of Salisbury. Lord Privy Seal, announced in the House of Lords today that a new Commissioner of Police for Singapore is to be appointed after the new Governor. Mr. J. F. Nlcoll, has arrived in the Colony.— Reuter.
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  • 58 1 rp*¥O At yesterday's 1 opening of the Federal Lefftelstivc Council: LEFT, Date Yahyi bin Abdul Rank. Ormng Betar of Koala Lumpur and macfbearerof the Council, receives the mace from Inche Mostspha Albakri at the presentation ceremony. RIGHT: The High Commissioner Sir Gerald Tempter, arrives for
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  • 83 1 Anti-Josey allegation 'unfounded' KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. MR. P. P. Narayanan, president of the Malayan Trades Union Council, today received a cable from Sir Vincent Tewson, of the British TUC, saying that the allegation made in the House of Commons by Lord Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton that the TUC had protested against the
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  • 120 1 SINGAPORE could do with a similar team of income tax men to do investigation work here, the Colony's Comptroller of Income Tax, Mr. D. H. Tudor, said last night. He was commenting on General Sir Gerald Tempter's statement In trie Federal Legislative Council that six
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  • 58 1 NEW YORK. Wed.— Five hundred loaves of bread and 1.000 jelly doughnuts will be flown daily from Los Angeles to Helsinki for the United States Olympic team this summer. The food will be given by a Los Angeles bakery, which will pay all costs. Any excess
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  • 110 1 WASHINGTON. Wed. ttEPUBLICAN representative. Mr James O Fulton today demanded that Mr Averell Harriman, Mutual Security Director, give details about Britain's atomic development to a secret session of the U.S. Foreign Affairs Committee. The committee was questioning Mr. Harriman about President Truman's new foreign aid
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  • 127 1 LONDON. Wed. rE Labour Party today put back into effect its "standing orders" to prevent any future revolt within its ranks against the official Party line. The standing orders ensure that Labour Members of Parliament obey majority decisions of the Party. The Labourites revived
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  • 244 2 But nothing to stop her buying our rubber Direct sales to Russia 'risky' RUSSIA was not forced to stop buying rubber direct from Malaya, said Mr. Lee Kong Chian, chairman of Singapore Rubber Traders' Association, yesterday in reply to a query by Mr. C. P. Liston, a Penang produce broker.
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  • 210 2 BOY HELD WOMAN BY WAIST GUCHARAN Singh, a 17\J year-old student > found guilty of using criminal force on a 35-year-old dance hostess with Intent to outrage her modesty at Towner Road at 8.45 p.m. on Jan. 15. was at the Singapore First Police Court yesterday conditionally discharged on a
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  • 12 2 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed.— Pang Pong, accused of hawking vegetables, was acquitted
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  • 21 2 KOAN T A N. Wed. -M. Kulanthai was fined $3 in the Kuantan court for failing to register his dog.
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  • 30 2 HONG KONG, Wed.— One of the three Chinese hit by the only shot fired during the Hong Kong Communistinspired riots recently died in Kowloon hospital on Monday AJ».
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  • 23 2 BRIGADIER R.D. NEVILLE, newly appointed military attache in Tokyo, who passed through Singapore by Qantas-BOAC yesterday. Straits Times picture.
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  • 85 2 Only one is named for Rotary chief MR. Alfred R. Hogg, generalmanager of Confederation Life Association, was the only candidate nominated for the presidency of the Singapore Rotary Club for 1952-53 at the monthly business meeting of the Rotarians yesterday. Nominations for other posts were: vice-presidents: Mr. Jee Ah Chian
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  • 219 2 NEW VARSITY COURSE FOR WELFARE WORKERS ANEW course in social studies to five professional training to men and women already encaged in, or who wish to qualify for, one of th* branches of social welfare work, has been drawn up by the University of Malaya. The course which requires two
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  • 58 2 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed A claim for $547.50 for salary due brought by Mr. K. P. Koyamuthy, a former teacher of the Kulai English School, against Mr. A. Vythialingam, manager of the school, was settled out of court, the president of the Sessions Court, was told
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  • 126 2 SEARCH for the missing Vampire Jet fighter was localised In two areas in Johore yesterday, but at a lat«. hour no sign of the aircraft had been found. One air search was over a jungle area in central Johore. where kampong Malays reported hearing
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  • 342 3 'INDIA NOT FALLING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF RUSSIA' Acheson defends Truman's foreign aid plan WASHINGTON, Wednesday. THE U.S. Secretary of State, Mr. Dean Acheson, yesterday contradicted suggestions that India was "getting closer to the Russian orbit." Mr. Acheson was replying to questions before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee regarding President
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  • 152 3 LONDON. Wed DRITAIN, France and v the United States have agreed on the text of their reply to the Soviet flate proposing German unity, a reliable source said last night. The text will be approved th.* week when the British PVtrpitn Secretary.
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  • 67 3 Ncv, iUKK Wea Two pi'.ip.e *<-r^ Killed in a snowsl.de m me Sierra Nevada •;tu v'f&teraay and iwo otliers died- in a marooned car during a raging blizzard. L)usl cloada buluwing up 2U.00U leX swept New Mexico and "arts "t Ti xas and Oklahoma Trre* *vre
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  • 26 3 TOKYO Wed -A total I 1.108 war criminals are now serving sentences in Japan Another 320 are in foreign gaoi.s A P
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  • 141 3 WHEN TRUMAN WAS AFRAID —OF BRITAIN WASHINGTON, Wed. PRESIDENT TkI'MAN was quoted in the United States today as having said in July 1945 that be was more afraid of Britain and France than he was ul the Soviet Union. Senator Honvr Capehart (Renublican Indiana) mari> this statement when commenting on
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  • 49 3 OTTAWA, Wed.-Vlce-Ad-miral Sir William Andrewes Deputy Supreme Commander of the Atlantic Treaty Naval Forces, who Is here with Ad.mlral McCormlck. said there were hopes that Ireland would give greater co-operation ir> allied naval forces in any new war than she did In the last —Reuter >t
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  • 69 3 TUNIS Wed A CHEMIST'S shop was severely damaged toda y by a bomb thrown by Tunisians in the centre of Sousse It was the fourth bon\b Incident in Sousse In 10 days. In Tunis, youths are throwing stones at trams and shattering windows A fire broke
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  • 24 3 TAIPEH Wed.-The China Union Press today reported that 250 Russian manufactured radar-controlled antiaircraft guns had been shipped to Peklnc from Mufeden Reuter.
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    35 3 MiMh <>i the millions ot iMMtI which invaded Saudi Arabia They darken the main street of the senior camp nf thp Arabian-American Oil Company at Dhahran as workers try to fight them off. A.P. picture
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  • 224 3 i\bW TRIAL OF STRENGTH LONDON. Wednesday. SOCIALISTS and Conservatives will measure strength in the London County Council elections When nominations closed yesterday it was known that the Labour Party which has held control of the L.C C. since 1934 will fight all the 129
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  • 154 3 TEL AVIV, Wednesday. IU R Hector Prudhomrae. leader of the World Bank lT- mission which is on its way back to Washington after the breakdown of Its attempt to solve* the Persian oil problem, said here yesterday that the failure did not mean
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  • 57 3 WASHINOTON Wed— The Army Intelligence Chief said today that he recommended that all soldiers overseas be forbidden to keep diaries The recommendation follows (he recen{ disclosure that a Communist aK"it had stolen and photographed the secret diary of Major General Robert Grow then United
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  • 60 3 BRISBANE Wea Australia's Army Minister Mr Joslah Francis said today that the Government did *»ot contemplate any change in military formations in Korea following the arrival of the First Australia Battalion In Japan Mr Francis was replying tn speculation In Tokyo whether an Ansac Brigade would be
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  • 156 3 Everything fried sunny side up NEW DELHI. Wed. INDIAN scientists have installed the world's first solar cooker, powered entirely by the suns rays in the home of the Prime Minister Mr Neh'ru and expect to mass-produc«> it in a few months Mr. Nehru ate his first suncoolfed meal yesterday from
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  • 37 3 TOKYO. Wed FVE home-made bombs were thrown into an American Army depot in Yokohama last night The bombs bottles rilled with petrol, started a fire which was quickly brought under control.— A.F:P
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  • 36 3 THE HAGUE. Wed.— A portable vacuum cieaner th<it can mix mayonnaise beat eggs in the shell, dry hair, grind beans, rice and coffee— and clean carpets is selling In Holland for *250.-A P
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  • 123 3 U)NDON: Wed DETAILS of the tin agreement between the United States and Indonesia, published in London, show that Indonesia will supply 18.008 tons annually at %\Ao a U>. for the first two years, the price for the *hird year-to.be negotiated at the time. The Indonesians have
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  • 197 3 LONDON, Wed. THE R.A.F. was still far from adequate to defend Britain, or to play its part in the defence of Europe tnd the Atlantic lifeline, the Under-Secretary for Air, Mr. George Ward, told the House of Commons last night. Britain would
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  • 69 3 LONDON. Wed.- Lieut-Col Thomas Gerard Gore. 44. sentenced in December to two years imprisonment for receiving money for the sale of arms to the Jews in Palestine was freed, today but cashiered on other charges War Office authorities refused to conflrm'the sentence relating to charges of
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  • 74 3 LONDON. Wed. One marriage in -Britain breaks down for every six that take place, and nearly one in every six brides i s pregnant on her wedding day Mr. A Joseph Brayshaw, General Secretary of the National Marriage Guidance Council, speaking here last night on
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  • 253 4 CITY COUNCIL SATS SEA WALL 'NEGLECTED' IHJ?« 1 1 1 (SINGAPORE Government, which last month narrowly survived being censored by its Legislative Council for leasing out a portion of the Collyer Quay car park to a private club, will
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  • 114 4 LEE Yew Lin. a 52-year-old cook. who appealed against a sentence of one month's imprisonment for giving a $10 bribe to a police constable, asked the Chief Sir Charles MurrayAynsley, in Singapore Higr> Court yesterday, not to send him to prison.
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  • 49 4 BATU GAJAH. Wed— At the inquiry Into the death of Abdullah bin Itam Mohd. Akas, who fell off a coconut tree last November. the magistrate, Inche Wan Sulaiman bin Pawanteh, today returned a verdict of deatn by misadventure. Abdullah died of a fractured spine.
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  • 29 4 PpNANG, Wed. The next meeting of the Penang Settlement Counct} will be held at the Council Chamber In Peel Avenue on Monday. April 7. at 2.30 p.m.
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    44 4 FORM Vii girls at Ibc St. Uargaret C.E.Z.M. School, Singapore, who were taken on tour of the cargo-passengrr vessel Cingalese Prince yesterday. Here they aTe on the bridge, being taught how to use the sextant by Chief Officer 11. E. Jennings. Straits Times picture.
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  • 245 4 111 R. Paul Rykens, the Dutch soap tycoon, who is iTI one of the highest-paid business executives in the world, said in Singapore yesterday that Malayans "use more soap than any other people in Ith-East Asia." Rykens. who i s chairof the Dutch
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  • 58 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Sultan of Selangor will go to Mecca on pilgrimage in July and will become the first Malay ruler in this country to be a -'Haji". The only other Malay ruler who has made the pilgrimage is the Sultan of
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  • 56 4 BUKIT MERTAJAM, Wed.— The Province Coroner, Inche Abdul Rahman, today held i that 56-year-old Yap Pan Tioy was murdered at Sungei Bong in Sungei Bakap on Feb. Yap was found dead along a lonely path neir his house by a neighbour, Tan Teng Tak. He had
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  • 121 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. NINETEEN Malay houses adjoining the former 11 Communist dominated area In Ulu Tiram Burok Kuala Selangor, were destroyed by mistake by the security forces, the Feder? 1 nnv^mman*- q <h f^wcr The authorities, military and civil, have exoressed regret. The 8octal
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  • 33 4 IPOH, Wed.— Mr. R. T. Arasu, chief clerk, Perak Education Department, Is acting as 'financial assistant In place of Inche Mohamed Yaakub bin Ngah Abba*. Who 1» on leaf*.
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  • 512 4 CITIZENSHIP: YEARS IN FORCES MAY QUALIFY KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. A RECOMMENDATION that citizenship be given to those not already qualified who have served the Federation in the armed forces for three years full-time or four years part-time is made in the report of the Select Committee on the B 11
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  • 27 4 IPOH, Wed.— lnche Mahmud bin Sheik Abdul Majld and Mr. H. D. O. Jansz have been appointed additional members of the Kinta Rent Assessment Board.
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  • 80 4 T'HE Board of Directors of the x Pahanf Consolidated Co.. Ltd., has announced in London that an award of £453.602 has been advised by the War Damage Commission In respect of the Company's claim and that the proceed!, of the award, as and when received, will
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  • 172 4 £2,500 FOR MR. GRAY 1$ QUERIED IN COUNCIL KUALA LUMPUR. Wed AN ex-gratia payment ©I €2300 to Mr W. N. Gray who resigned his post as Commissioner of Police for thf. Federation was queried at the Federal Legislative Council meetinc to-day. Data Hamzah asked: "I s it now the accepted
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  • 184 4 surpluses not meant only for UK KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. MALAYA'S trade policy of earning surpluses In American dollars has not been designed purely to help Britain, the Member for Economic Affairs, Mr. O. A. Spencer, told the Federal Legislative Council today. "It is a question of helping ourselves" he said,
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  • 150 4 Y.W.C.A. Raffles Quay: Malay class, Dressmaking, 10 a.m.; French class. 10 am. YJW.C.A. Orchard Road: Cricket at Balestter. Tennis at Bras Basah courts, 5 p.m.; Fete and Fair Committee meeting. 5.30 pjn.: French and Commercial classes, 5.30 p.m.; Judo (beginners) 6 pjn.; L«nten Devotions, speaker Rev Chew Hock
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  • 86 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A COMMUNIST branch committee chairman and the personal bodyguard of a bandit platoon commander have been killed by security forces in two engagements In the Federation. The chairman was Pong Chuen. of the Ninth Mile Cheras Road committee. He was killed by men of
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  • 251 5 Men come forward, but women needed gINGAPORE men have rushed to join the volunteer forces and civil defence services since the National Service Bill was announced on March 5. The three volunteer services Volunteer Corps, Malayan Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve and Malayan Auxiliary Air
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  • 102 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. THE Federation Government is to spend more than $15 million this year to build new houses and flats and buy suitable houses for its senior officers, the Federal Legislative Council was told today. A total of 200 new houses and flats are
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  • 86 5 ONE hundred and seventy of the 400 lamilies who have to quit their homes at Paya Lebar have registered with the Singapore Land Office for new sites in the Bedok resettlement area Mr. S. G. Burlock, of the Singapore Land Office, said that the register
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  • 78 5 r^APTAIN Bryan de Grineau \s an artist from London, wili f£ et< L n scenes of Singapore >« fl! mn r B the next two da y s for the Illustrated London News. Capt. de Grineau, accompanied by his wife, arrived In the Colony by Qantas-BOAC
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  • 31 5 A provision Of $33,477 to pay the salaries and allowances of additional staff employed for th e deputy High Commissioner, was approved by the Federal "Legislative Council yesterday
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  • 226 5 Sub-stations liable to load shed 'ling today are: Chartered Bank. George St. Static, Upper Cross St./Pafoda St. L'pper Hokien St.. Pickering St./ Church St., Upper Circular Rd./ Carpenter St.. Cavanah Rd./ColIyer Quay, Victoria Memorial Hall 1 2. Prince St., Market St., Raffles Place/Malacca St.. Boat Quay, Union Building,
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  • 87 5 Chan Yang Fong and Peter Malcolm De Cruz, formerly inspectors in the Registrar of Vehicles Department, who appealed against conviction and sentence of three months' imprisonment for obtaining a bribe of $10 from a lorry driver, had their conviction and sentence confirmed on appeal in Singapore
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  • 39 5 Soon after the American cargo ship Winslow. Homer arrived In Singapore yesterday, the body of 47-year-old Vernon Miller, one of the ships engineers, who had died the previous night, was brought ashore to be embalmed.
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  • 40 5 With Sir Franklin Gimson's departure from Singapore today for Britain on retirement two of his extra Aides-de-Camp have relinquished their appointments. They are Capt. P. M. Evans and Capt. T. W. Ong, both of the Singapore Volunteer Corps.
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  • 47 5 TODAY'S entrants for the Singapore Rotary Club's Beauty Queen contest are Miss Lim L e Kheng, (top), of Chay Van Street, Singapore, and Miss Gloria Smale of Telok Blangah Road. Singapore. The Queen will be elected on Saturday, Mar. 29, at the Great World.
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  • 85 5 BRIGADIER B. Grey take 8 over control of the Salvation Army in Malaya from today. She is acting temporarily for Lieut. Col. F. W. Harvey who leaves with his wife today in the Corfu for eight months' leave in Britain. She thanked all for
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  • 51 5 Members of the Singapore Traffic Advisory Board last night saw a lantern slide demonstration of a new type traffic light which Is regulated by the amount of traffic on the road. The demonstration was accompanied by a lecture given by Mr. F. A. Boyer a General Electric Company
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  • 237 5 TVU BOON HIAN, a salesman, who took his fiancee x out for a Chinese New Year car drive on Jan. 28 ended up in a collision at 9£ mile Changi Road and was killed, it was stated at th£ inquest proceedings in the Singapore
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  • 50 5 Two oil companies associated with the Shell Group— the British Malayan Petroleum Company in Borneo, and the Sarawak Oilfields— are planning to build modern hospitals for their employees The British Malayan Petroleum Company will build Its hospital in Seria and the Sarawak Oilfields in Miri Lutong.
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  • 44 5 The partners of a secondhand dealers' shop, Lee Eng Choon and Ng Ann Kyou. under a lower court sentence of eight months' imprisonment for dishonestly retaining bicycle frames. susDected to have been stolen failed on appealing in the Singapore High Court yesterday.
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  • 202 5 A STATEMENT was issued yesterday by G.H.Q. FARELF, Singapore, dealing with the position of the Army in Malaya after the Introduction by the War Office of the new peace-time promotion code. The statement said: "There will be no drop in rank immediately the
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  • 85 5 fARGO discharged and loaded in the Singapore Roads and at the Harbour Board wharves in February totalled 575,848 tons Of this 499,188 tons was general cargo and the remainder oil in bulk. Cargo discharged was 144,002 tons in the Roads and 170,362 tons at the SUB wharves.
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  • 52 5 Deserted post allegation A 20-year-old special constable, Ali bin Tambi Chlk. was charged in Singapore yesterday with deserting from his post In Tampoi, Johore Bahru, on Oct. 29. All, was said to have been a member of the 19th Federal Jungle Company. He was ordered to be escorted to Johore
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  • 35 5 Mr. Arnold Halliday, examinations secretary in the Singapore Education Department will leave by air for Britain with his son, Mr. J. D. Halliday, on Mar. 30. He will be away five months.
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  • 37 5 Singapore police closed Mountbatten Road- to traffic for a short while yesterday afternoon while transformers for an electrical power substation at the airport end of the road were being unloaded from a 65- ton tractor
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  • 30 5 Two Singapore police officers attached to the Kandang Kerbau Division discovered four stills containing 12 four-gallon drums of fermented rice hidden among bushes off Braddell Road yesterday.
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  • 76 5 Today's Radio SINGAPORE 9.35 a.m.-9 55 Schools: 10 Emergency News from K.L.; 10.05 "Music While You Work"; 10.45-12 Schools; lpm. Light Music; 1.30 News; 1.48 Ray Anthony Orrh.: 3 Schools; 3-5 "University of the Air"; 8.15 "Calling All Hospitals"; 6.55 Announcements: 7 News; 7.15 "Radio Scientist": 7.30 Augmented Radio Orch
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  • 102 5 A MALAYAN tin bureau office, representing Malayan tin producers, has been established in Washington under the directorship of Mr. Lynn Meeklns, an American foreign trade expert. Details of the bureau will be revealed today by Mr. J. T. Chappel when he speaks at the Federal
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  • 37 6 MR Mrs. C C. Menon thank all relatives and friends who kindly attended the ceremony and weptlon of his brother. Mr. C T Mrnon's wedding to Miss X Battyavathl. and who gave valuubV presents and help.
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  • 34 6 IN CHERISHED MEMORY of j M V Albert, who passed away or: 20th March. 1948. "In con- i plant thoiiKht and silent sorrow, t InwrU-d by his loving wife and i children
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  • 30 6 In loving memory of Gwennie Isaac who passed away on 20th March. 1947. The Lord hath given j,nr! He hath taken away. lie the name of the Lord
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  • 37 6 DO NOT miss the S.ngupore Art* Theatres production of Ibstn^s Grosts at the Victoria Thratre on the 20th. 21st and 22nrt March at 9 pm. Scats at $5 «3 and $1 ran be onoked at Kobinacn's
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  • 1156 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Thur. Mar. 20,1952. Outline for Action The sharp, incisive voice of General Templer yesterday held the Federal Legislative Council's attention in a manner denied in the past to more gifted speakers. It was an address which set a new tradition although it is hardly to be
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  • 1560 6 Governor, leader friend |N the first years after the war and the Japanese occupation, Sir Franklin Gimson, as Governor of Singapore, has given the Colony the leadership which has enabled it to recuperate and to move on to its latter-day developments, rhe magnitude of this progress will be the measure
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    • 182 6 Morals not war IN reply to last Friday's letter of Mr. A. R. Lazarous. I would like to point out that Indians are not bolting to India because they think there will*t>e war with Communist China or any other country: they are married or going to be married in India.
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    • 120 6 FOR at least 50 years round copper cents of Sarawak, Brunei and 8.N.8., not to mention a sprinkling of Hong Kong and Chinese cents, have circulated freely in Malaya and have been accepted by the public as legal tender on the same footing as Straits Settlements
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    • 57 6 WITH reference to the letter of the Singapore Ratepayers' Association to the City Council, reported In the Straits Times last Saturday, It would appear that thtsimplest way of reducing the power load and cuttinj? black outs to a minimum would be to advance the clock one hour, thereby,
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    • 88 6 UTE two RAJ 1 wives are ap- palled at the ignorance and cruelty we see in Singapore. Any small defenceless animal Is an excuse for more cruelty Kittens are hunts up by their legs and left to die, dogs are run over by buses which never stop, and
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  • 391 6 Lovotoc MR. T. A. MUGAN has been stirred to reminiscer.ee by our recent comments on the toe-toe. bird. Rightly or wrongly, he si vs tn3 longtailed night-Jar is often called the burong hantu. and h« recalls the numbers of them to be not only heard but seen
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    • 763 6 CLASSIFIED APfr HARPER: On 19th March, at Batu Oajah Hospital, to Dawn and Frank, a son. TAN -To Kirn Toh and William Tan. a daughter, at Kandang Kerbau Hospital on March 17th. On March 7th 1952 to Daphne Burnet wife of M.Y.N. i Graham of Kumura Farm.,Nort« i S Rhodesia,
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    • 21 6 RANGE i V OF OUTSTANPtAfG X S»*M, WOOLLENS anp WORSTEDS AVAILABLE FOR YOUR SELECTION AT REASONABLE PR/CES PHONE: 6535 21.CHUU4 STREET
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    • 243 6 Gold Gold, most famous of all metals, is the first element mentioned in the Old Testament As a material for ornaments, it was used in Egypt as early as the Stone Age. As a medium of exchange, it was in use centuries before the time of Croesus^ the proverbially rich
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  • 763 7 Loyalty of the Chinese grows and grows every day r he says THE Chinese in Singapore were more than ever; loyal to the Colony, the retiring Governor, Sir Franklin Gimson, told his last Press conference at. Government House yesterday. Sir Franklin, who leaves the
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  • 103 7 Motor cycle ace dies in hospital KUALA LUMPUR Wed. SAW Kah Ho, Selangor s 30-year-old motor cycle ace, who was injured when he fell off his machine while negotiating a bend five miles from Batu Pahat on Feb. 26. died In the General Hospital this morning Saw was returning to
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  • 49 7 KUALA LUMPUR, WedUp to the "end of last month 21.534 persons had been repatriated from the Federation under the Emergency Regulations, said Mr. E. B. David, the Secretary for Defence, in a written reply to Mr. Leung Cheung Ling at today's Federal Legislative Council meeting.
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  • 34 7 For stealing six iron rods valued at $30. a 22-year-old labourer. Low Chee Ming, was sentenced to two months' imprisonment by the Singapore Fourth Police Magistrate. Mr. D. H. Chapman, yesterday.
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  • 80 7 A 21 -year-old Indian, PakJrisamy, who appealed against a sentence or two months' Imprisonment fo r theft of a small bottle of beer valued at 60 cents, from a ship in Singapore Harbour on Dec 27 lost the appeal l n the High Court yesterday. The Chief
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  • 26 7 JOHORE BAHP' 1 Wed The Sultan of Johore has accepted the Johore Bahru Rotary Club's invitation to be a Honorary Member of the Club
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  • 26 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. Chia Ah Peng, a lorry driver was fined $55 in the police court for inconsiderate driving and colliding with a motor cycle.
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  • 97 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Wednesday pORONER Inche Mahmood recorded a verdict of X/ suicide today at the end of the inquiry Into the death of Mrs Elizabeth Mary Thompson, wife of Capt. Thompson, of 221 Vehicle Battalion Johore Inspector Q Kyalasam said that on Dec 11 he
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  • 414 7 Pageantry as Federal Council gets its mace 'symbol of democracy KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— The symbol "of the growing strength of a parliamentary, democratic and constitutional form of government" a silver and gold mace, the, gift of the Malay Rulers was presented to the Federal Legislative Council in a setting of
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  • 243 7 BLOOD GIVES THEM A CHANCE OINGAPORE Blood Transfusion Service gave a fighting chance to live to 1,742 mothers in Kandang Kerbau Maternity Hospital, said Dr. M. M. H. Gibson-Hill, medical officer in charge, in her annual report for 1951, published yesterday. Patients given blood in
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  • 87 7 rE position of the blood bank of Singapore Blood Transfusion Service is "acute and below the safe minimum normal requirement," an official said yesterday. Yesterday, of the minimum requirement of 20 bottles in Group "O", there were only five left. Group "B" had only
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  • 166 7 Health division 's needs UNLESS more staff is recruited forthwith for UKHealth Division of the Singapore Medical Department, the existing staff will crack under the strain. Dr. M. Duraisingham, Chief Health Officer, told the Straits Times yesterday. Dr. Duraisingham was referring to statements in Tuesday's
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  • 41 7 There were 199 trade unions on the Federation Trade Union Register at the end of last month. Registration of 28 others was still pending. The total membership of these unions was 116,473—799 more than in January.
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  • 44 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. rpHE scale of allowances to Government pensioners is to be revised, the Financial Secretary, Mr. W. D. Godsall, told the Legislative Council today. He hoped that the revision would be implemented not liter than June L
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  • 55 7 ritHREE mdian labourers 1 working on a faulty gas main at the junction of Chatsworth Road and Grange Road, Singapore, yesterday were overcome by gas fumes. They were rescued by fel-low-workers, who went down a manhole to get to them. The three men were taken to
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  • 48 7 A BOUT 150 British, Malayan, A Gurkha. Fijian and African soldiers patients at the British Military Hospital. Singapore last night saw two one-act plays. Heaven on Earth and the Monkey's Paw. The plays were presented by th e two-month-old British Military Hospital Stage Club.
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  • 33 7 The Singapore Coroner, Mr. Choor Singh, returned a finding of "found drowned" at an inquest on 35-year-old Lum Cheong. whose body was found floating in the Singapore River on Feb. 2.
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  • 21 7 MUAR. Wed— Ali bin Mat Akip. who injured a 6-year-old boy by driving his car negligently, was fined $75
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  • 110 7 rpHE Singapore Traffic Po- i lice will soon launch aj campaign to maKe motorists stop at 'Halt Major Road I Ahead' slgn& The Traffic- Police chief.. Mr. W. R. U. Haxworth. said yesterday "There are far too many drivers who think that} the 'halt'
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  • 204 7 300 may quit Labour talks HTHREE hundred Labour Party members truvi South Ward will sta?e a walk-out from the party's annual conference on Sunday, if the expulsion order on ihe City Councillor for the Ward. Mr. M. P. D. Nalr, was not unconditionally withdrawn. They will also demand a public
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  • 52 7 JOHORE BAHRU Wed Hari Krlshnan, a merchant, was charged in the police court with attempted evasion of $74.25 duty on a quantity of rayon. Hari Krishnan declared the goods at $1,500 whereas the true value, said the Customs, was $1,871. He claimed trial and hearing
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  • 23 7 JOHORE, BAHRU. WedCharges of overloading lorries against 39 drivers were withdrawn in the police court on instructions from the Deputy Public Prosecutor.
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    • 48 7 m^ i ilii .'ja?i i. 1 lVz.* >im SINGAPORE I— IPOB— PKNANG K. I.I'MPI'R MARCONIPHONE $9v7.50 MONTHLY PAYMENTS CAN BE ARRANGE!* Sole Agents:' KEE HUAT RADIO CO. LTD.. 122-124 ORCHARD ROAD SINGAPORE. 9. PHONE 4566 223 BATU ROAD KUALA LUMPUR PHONE jpSl 24. BEACH STREET PENANG. PHONE 1102.
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    • 100 7 Fot Ladies All W^K "^Su WdH 36-in. WIDE SpS? PLAIN WHITE SHIRT WEICHT $2.95 Pe' yard g FINE TEXTURE \M FOR BABY S WEAR jL $3.1 5 P er y arcl BOLD PRINTED design Blue, Brown, Tomatoe Red. or Green on White Ground (Heavy Quality) SMALL CHECK design In Sky/White
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  • 3463 8 POLICE: Well-trained force needed HEALTH: More doctors to be recruited EDUCATION: Teachers must be well paid LOCAL COVT: To be pressed on You have a big part to play, Council told FARMERS MUST GET SECURITY Civil service must be a contented one KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday.
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    • 94 8 From the many glorious Yardlcy Lipstick shades choose the one V (hat m«wt charmingly compliiaenu your dress and your colouring. Smooth and bright as a silken ribbon Vi^i they work on easily and last well. Exciting contrast* B^> I or subtle harmonies are yours for the choosing. J~£rJl .^bW YARDLEY
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    • 117 8 MORE SNA YES Blue Gillette Mfgf/ übS A The sharpest edge in the world Try a Blue Gillette Blade to-day. Feel what a smoother, cleaner shave its extra s^^k sharpness gives you. Then count 60 I ow many more snaves vo u B et V for 5 M*\ rom cac
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  • 199 9 Shoes light as a feather From a London Fashion Correspondent CHOES for spr.ng and summer in Europe, m for Malaya the year round, are light as a feather Weighing only a few ounces, many of the flexible sandals f f held In place with one w'spy strap. Nylon mesh makes
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  • 101 9 EASTER is coming and with it the usual batch of Qlushmg brides. Sketched this week is a wedd:ng dress in traditional white satin. The bodice is a mixture ot Qld and new, with a cheongsam collar and buttons and an early .Victorian dropped shoulder line and
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  • 201 9  -  EILEEN ASCROFT B* LAST week's most interesting housekeeping budget story from Britain was the £3 a week housekeep-ing-allowance wife, who left her €5-a-week ($41.75 husband because she could not manage on the money and then got a divorce for desertion. Out of this £3
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  • 682 9  - Which 'tone-group' is your skin? MAGDA DUNIN "WfHAT colour of lip- stick would suit me?" ask some of my readers, and then they add: "my skin is very fair", or perhaps: "mv complexion is dark". It doesn't matter whether you are fair or dark, it is LUC iajxic vi yuui
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  • 582 9  - SARONGS ARE STILL THE RULE (IF NOT THE FASHION) TESSIE TAN By 1 HAS the sarong, which made Dorothy Lamour famous overnight as the purveyor of tropical pulchritude, sung its swan song as an article of feminine attire among the modish-ly-minded of Malaya? Some people seem to think so. at
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 137 9 3nd size by marking with tufay* tacking cotton SSmam Hemstitching Picotine ■j Another Singer Service to im part expert finish, charm anr ■UU daintiness to your needlework All you have to do is to mark off with tacking cotton the "line to be hemstitched or picoted— Singer do the rest
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    • 341 9 j/^nA^BMHf^l jT ...serve lPGWflfts&U M CREAM of MUSHROOM SOUP L.. Your family will love the flavor of freshest cultivated mushrooms, gently seasoned and blended with extraheavy whipping cream. Plenty of tender pieces of nfushroom, too! Truly a luxury soup) Yet so economical and so easy to prepare! For a really
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 135 9 Sfraits Times Crossword -1- x Ik -L ~M' a I 1 J !T §"ip 1 i^aM"" 16 17 18 T5~ 20 ACRUS.s 10. Urea. merry.. taking on 9. Tune back In acmal set log August 2i m 4). pertains to risk* 19). 19. Pliable and competent a 10. Part of
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    • 205 9 tranches (10). 2. Something to use If there ire grounds for complaint (B>. 3. Technical terms or gibberish (6). 4. Brief advice fcr covert -•'iggeation (4). 5. Face or limb found in •>!voa <10». 6. For he en hath fed" Coleridge) (8). 7. To declare inside a hosry (6). 8.
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  • 299 10 DIV ONE SOCCER AT HALF PACE By Our Soccer Reporter Chinese Ath. 1; Indian R.C 1. EXCEPT for bright sunshine and a good, hard V pitch for the first time since the monsoon rains began with the season things have not improved at Jalan Besar stadium. Yesterday
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  • 94 10 LONDON. Wed. I/ 1 L. (David) C'hoone. Malayan student hi I/Ondon, was (he first Into the men's singles third round when the all-Knrland badminton championship* opened at the Empress Hall here today. Choong, who received a bye Into the second round, easily defeated his fellow
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  • 206 10 CALCUTTA. Wed. TTHREE players who came to England on the last Indian visit are included in the team which will tour Britain thjs Summer The 17 players who will make the trip were announced today as follows- V 3. Hazare (captain). H. R
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  • 135 10 P*IFTEEN Singapore V.W.CA athletes are now training hard for the annual All-Malayan YW.CA. sport* meet at Kuala Lumpur from Apr. 15 to 17 and hope to win the championship for the fourth year In sucefcsion. Last year the Singapore team took the Malayan YW.CA. President'\
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  • 122 10 SOCCER OIV. I: (a) Fa'hul Kariti v Pnlau Brani at J. Besar stadium; (b) SCC v Chinese Casual* on padanf. DIV. 3A: Blue Rovers v K. Muslim Lge. at BODCA. BUS. HSE. LGE: (a) Mansfield v Slpe Darby at Karrer Park; (b) SCS B v H.K. Bank B
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  • 128 10 YESTERDAYS friendly soccer at Parrer Park did not turn out to be the expee'ed clash between the new!y-formed Singapore Corinthians (omprls ng the exKota Raja S aisi and Katong Sajarah. Instead two scratch teams took the field and a well-below-full-strength Corinthian team had to bow 2-1
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  • 104 10 - /COMBINED Schools made a bonny fight of It against Amicable Athletic Association on Raffles Institution ground yesterday but were beaten 2-1 by their more experienced opponents. The schoolboys began well, with neat forward movements, and in the fifth minute they were a goal vp
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  • 91 10 Youth Council swimming gala HTHE Singapore Youth Counc 1 wili stage their annual mmlntt gala at Mount Emllv p o op Saturday, Mar. 29 at 3.30 pin The winning team in the 'nterBoys Clubs competition will be presented with, the Laycock Crullenge Trophy. The Ellas Cup wui be competed for
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  • 45 10 MAJESTIC SCHOLAR (Russell) comes through the winner's gate after bis triumph in the main race at Bukit Timah yesterday. Straits Times picture. .MRS. Lim Eng Kwan leads hi Sandown (Spencer), winner of Race Four at Bukit Timah yesterday. Straits Times picture.
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  • 206 10 4 GOALS BY MAUNA FOR S.C.S. pENTRE forward L. F kj Mouna was in scoring mood for Singapore Cold Storage yesterday. His four goals aga'nst Ford S.C. in a 5.8.H.F.',. Div. 2 match at Farrer Park yesterday was his biggest bag to date, and his clever tricks paved the way
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  • 149 10 AN odd gcal l n five final y <ie cided the Seranßoon English School-Kpta Raja Malay School Youth competition replay vejsier<!ay. In their two previous '••rccuntere, the results were one-all an:^ ;^o-all after thrilling football and extra time. These two teams could not have' been better
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  • 239 10 MALAYA won the annual Far East Air Force Boxing Championships, held at R.A.F. Changi last night, scoring 11 points to R.A.F. Seletar's nine while Hong Kong took third place with eight points. Ceylon did not compete. I One of tbe best fights of the evening
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  • 67 10 TOKYO, Wed— The world flva eight champion. Dado Marino of Hawaii. -will arrive on Apr. 30 to 'rain for his May 19 title fight again*i Japan's flyweight and .win t am weigh i champion Yoshlo Shlrai Shlrai knocked out Dado Marino in Hawaii n
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  • 265 10 S.B. A. make plans for open meet |>i.ANtj 'vi He opening >t tie Singapore Badminton *.ago■iH tun's hall mow belne rwillt at Gulllemard Road) and for an open International tournament which will be plavea in tbe hall after the Thomas Cup final were ilacussed a SBA managprnpnt '■orrmlttee meeting ves'erdav
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  • 228 10 Cheng Wah struggle for 4-2 win IPOH. Wed. INHERE was nearly an upset In the opening match of the Ipon Football League this evening, when last year's champiorks, Cheng Wah, had to fight very hard to beat Tamillans by four goals to two if'er belr.g two down in the first
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  • 78 10 JOHORE BAMRU Wed Mi A. K. Hunter baa oeen reelected president of tbe Johore Cricket Club for IM2. A progranuuc of Inter-cluo fixtures have b*en arranged and members are looking forward to another enjoyable and successful season Mr' v Allport au succeeded Mr. U P Bees as captain
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  • 300 11 LONPON, Wed. AN atmosphere of Uncertaii.ty prevailed te the London Stock Exchange today and trading was largely ln toe bands of professionals. Price movement* generally were very small. The foreign bond market wag active. British Government securities) were mostly dhe-eigbtfa of a point better in very quiet dealings.
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  • 133 11 From Onr Own C«rrcapondcnt MELBOURNE. Wed. CHARES sagged to still lower levels on the Melbourne and Sydney Stock Exchange today. Falls ranged from Id to 3/9 a share and all sections figured in the 130 declines. Uncertainty regarding the economic outlook was again tb' main depressing Influence.
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  • 206 11 RUBBER PRICE IMPROVES ON STEADY MARKET Foreign demand for lower grades From a Market Correspondent FOREIGN trade enquiries, especially for lower r grades, had a very steadying effect on the Singapore Rubber Market yesterday, resulting in an improvement of prices generally and sellers being more reserved. The market opened at
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  • 36 11 LONDON, Mar. 19— Spot 33 \d., Apr. 33 '?d.. May 32 '4d., July 32d., Apr -Junt 32\d.. July-Sept. Sid., Oct-Decr JOd., Mar. c.l.f. 32\d. (nom.), Apr. cli. 32»4d., May cJ.f. 31 %d. Market: Easier.
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  • 34 11 HONO KONO, Weds. FREE market currency exchange for Hong Kong dollars was quoted at the close today as fellows: US$l HKl6.7B?i> <cash); HK16.8125 (T.T); £1 HKSIS 85 One tael of gold HK5320.25
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  • 10 11 SINGAPORE, Wed. Mar. 19—fill (up $1).
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  • 26 11 LONDON. Mar. 19.— Cash Bayers £9754: Sellers £976: Forward Buyers £976*; Sellers £f77; Settlement £975 (down £2). Turnover: a .m. 30; p.m 165 tons.
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  • 75 11 rpHB Singapore Produce Market was again generally quiet yesterday, with little bulness transacted ln the major sections Peppers steadied on overseas enquiries, but prices remained unchanged, sellers offering Muntok at $640 a picul, Sarawak at $635 and Lampong (black) at $550: Copra was very quiet w'.th bids
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  • 27 11 OCEAN shipments of prepared latex from Malaya tc various countries during February amounted to 3,037 tons, of which 1.259 tons went to the United Stales.
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  • 207 11 Malayan Shares Little interest WHERE was little Interest shown ln the Malayan Share Market yesterday, and Tin share pprie s eased ln sympathy with London. Transactions throughout the list were, with a few exceptions, at slightly lower levels. Yesterday's price changes by the Malayan Share Brokers' Association were! INDISTRIALS tturcri
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  • 16 11 Output of ore from Httam Tin Ltd., for February amounted to 74 pfeuk.
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  • 197 11 SHIPS alongside the Singapore Harbour Board goAowita. or expected there at 7 a m roday are:— 1/2 Arnold Maersk. 3 S<ibang, 4/5 Cingalese Prince. Coal Plant Kamuning, 6/7 Rebeverett. S Shansl. 9 Sambas, 11 Glenroy. 13 14 Thai, 15/16 Hal Lee, IS Benvannoch. 19/ M Polydorus. N.W. 4
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    • 1355 11 MANSFIELD dc CO., LTD. (Incorporated m Sinaaport) sun ruKWBL uni Ctnwi otitiM t. ptataa4 via iltai s«rts H toasi ami s*srtiars« catfl*. (AILINCS t. LIVIUPOOL CLASCOW LONDON CONTINENTAL POITS Out Sails P Sham Punan i Ulytws tor Havre L pool L ««H. Apr. 4 Apr T/» Apr. 10/11 Anr«4irc*s tot
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    • 430 11 PRESIDENT LINER SAILINGS To New York and Boston via Ceylon, ladia Ecvdl and Mediterranean Ports. Singapore P. Swettennam Penang s-s. "PRESIDENT TAFT" 28 Mar./l Apr. 4/5 Apr. Omit. s.s. "CUBA VICTORY" 5/10 Apr. 11/UApr. S4. "PRESIDENT lOHNSON" 14/20 Apr. 21/22 Apr. 23/25 Apr. s.s. "PRE:iDENT MONROE" 21/10 Apr. 1/2 May
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    • 418 11 EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINCS FROM SCANDINAVIA/UK /CONTINENTSpore P. Sham Panana. -Panama" for Bangkok H'Kong 11/15 Apr. 10/12 Apr. 8/V Apr "Mooaia' for Saigon Bangkok 12/14 Apr. "Malaya" for Bangkok. Saigon 6 Hong Kong 15/16 May 11/14Mav 11/l2Mav FROM lAPAN/HONC KONC I "Produce" for Bangkok 7/10 Apr SAILINCS TO CONTINENT fr
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  • 2263 12  - Majestic Scholar ($106) led all the way EPSOM JEEP SANDOWN WINS IN FINE STYLE By MAJESTIC SCHOLAR (Russell) sprang a 1 spectacular upset to pay $106 in the Class 1, Div. 1 6f. sprint at Bukit Timah yesterday, second day of the Singapore Turf Club Spring Meeting. Away in a
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  • 156 12 THOMAS CUP MANCHESTER. Wed. DENMARK Deat England In the European sone final of the Thomas Cup badminton competition here yesterday. They now meet India, winners of the Pacific tone for the right to play the American cone winners. Winners of the final lntersone tie
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  • 51 12 Application .of Bruce Woodcock, former British heavyweight champion, for a renewal of hla boxer's licence waa refused by the British Boxing Board of Control in London yesterday. Woodcock, now 31 announced his retirement after being beaten for his British title by Jack Gardner In 1950.—
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  • 41 12 COPENHAGEN. Wed —Frank Sedgman. Australian tenais star last night defeated tn* Danish Davis Cup player. Torbcn Ulrlch. f-0. S-J. 8-8. In an exhibition match here. Sedgman and Sweden's Torsten Johansson bear Ulrlch and Kurt Nielsen S-S. S-4. M— AP
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  • 705 12 MEMBERS of the B.R.M. Club formed in Singa- pore last year to contribute to efforts to make that fabulous machine, the British Racing Motor, the best in the world, look as though they might just as well shut up shop. My London correspondent sends me
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    • 880 12 IXA&SIHED ADS. .miiii.i-u fruni Half 6> ACCOMMODATION VACANT WAILABLE »t 760 Mt Batten Ha Spacious roomi. Mod San. B:-> <arden Tennis court, cool qu'et loca'.itv Home comfort pro- DUNEARN House doubt? *comodaUon with full board and laundry (Europeans no children). App'" 358 D Dunearn Bead. iei. "VuRNISHED BUNOALOW to If
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    • 435 12 CLASSIFIED ADS. VEHICLES FOR SALE VUAXHALL 14 hj). 1947. Registered January. 1948. Pet sale. Engine In first class condition t?.600 or nearest offer Lortng. Riverside Estate. Bedong Keo»!i 1951 JUNE PIAT 500 c Saloon 7000 miles perfect condition offers to Box A1505. S.T. 1951 HiUman Minx first registered July 1951
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    • 142 12 A beautiful Chiming Clock is a most acceptable present on occasions such as weddings, anniversaries or retirement. You should see our large selection from $95 CoMyr Quay S/nyopor* J You will not be without Electricity It you lrave an AM PL lON Amplion i» port»bl«— only 69 lbs. Ct^^^^^M^f^, Brings
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