The Straits Times, 22 March 1952

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    18 1 The Straits Times NATIONAL NEWSPAPER MALAYA'S ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 1952. PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS
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    BATTLE TO END WITH BANDITS
    669 1 'Fight on to death 9 order from dying officer I KUALA LUMFUK, Friday. CECURITY Forces have launched a big attack against a gang— believed to be the "Gurney killers'* which near Tras, Pahang, yesterday killed three policemen and wounded eight more in one of the
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    MALAYA OFFERED M-EAST ARMOUR
    106 1 MALAYA OFFERED M-EAST ARMOUR l-rom Our Own Correspondent LONDON. Fri. DRH AIN has ottered to D send armoured cars trom Middle East units of the Royal Air Force Regiment to meet MdUyau needs The nun.;>er cannot De Hacio n becavse it might •ndanuei Middl? East security, -ay.- the Air Ministry.
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    For Karachi conference
    58 1 MR Richard G. Casey, Australian External Affairs Min;-.tr. passed through Singapore by Qantas-BOAC yesterday on his way to attend the Colombo Plan conference at Karachi. On his return trom Karachi. Mr Casey will spend three days in the Colony having conferences with thi* Commissioner General, Mr Malcolm
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    Police detain 600 Africans
    60 1 JOHANNESBURG, Fri. More than 600 African tribesmen were rounded up by police in a surprise raid in the township of Newclare near here today. They were taken to the police station for further questioning and investigation. The arrests followed serious rioting in this area earlier this
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    Health service costs increase
    40 1 LONDON. Fri Britain's State Health Service vill cost the taxpayer 62.780.000 more in 1952-53 than in the current year. Obst of the health scheme next year will be 402.286.000 according to official estimates published today. Reuter.
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    And three more are killed in a day
    140 1 Xl ALA LUMPUR Kri. SECURITY Forces killed three bandits and wounded another in the Federation yesterday. One dead man wa* indenti Red as Kee Nyone Ton. He was in a party of three attacked by a combined police and military patrol in
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    31 GROUNDED
    41 1 NICOSIA. Fri— The Marquess of Reading, British Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, was among 31 passengers :n a British Overseas Airways Argonaut airliner grounded here today with engine trouble on Its way from London to Tokyo —Reuter
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    JAP MISSION
    24 1 oumbay. Frl.— A 13-man Japanese industrial mission which is touring India arrived here today from New Delhi for a week's stay.— Reuter.
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    MADAME B.SINGS A HIGH 'C
    23 1 MISS "BUTTERFLY" YANG LIAN-SHIN sings a hlgn "C" daring practice at Rad io Malaya yesterday. Straits Times picture
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    'Butterfly' just had to sing
    225 1 DOCTOR SAID 'REST/ BUT... MISS (Butterfly) Yang Lian Shin, the first Asian girl ever to play the lead in a 8.8.C. television opera, came to Singapore to rest her voice on doctor's orders. But could Butterfly Keep those orders? Oh no. As she said modestly
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    OSCAR FOR VIVIEN LEIGH
    67 1 HOLLYWOOD, Frl JIUMPHREY BOGART won the male acting award of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Hollywood last night. Vivien Leigh won the actresses Oscar for her part in "A Street Car Named Desire." Bogart's award was for his part in "African Queen."
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    Labourer killed
    19 1 Six Chinese terrorist murdered- a labourer on an estate in the Sepang District of Selangor on Thursday
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    'ON AND OFF' PEOPLE CROSS FINGERS
    115 1 THE 19 passengers of a Qantas-BOAC Constellation had their fingers crossed when their aircraft was due to take off from Kallang today Reason: People at the airport last night called them the "Oh again, off again passengers The Constellation arrived at Kallang from Sydney
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    FAO CHIEF TO VISIT K.L.
    30 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Fn The Director-General of ihe United Nation s Food and Agriculture Organ L*a; ion, Mr. Norm Da4d. wUI visit Kuala Lumpur on Thursday.
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    Rumours denied by Churchill
    56 1 LONDON, Fri.— Mr. Churchill today issued an official denial of reports .that Lord Woolton. a senior member of his Cabinet, might resign. Lord Wool ton, who holds the Cabinet post of Lord President of the Council, with supervisory control over food, agriculture and fisheries, is also
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    'PUNISH RACE LIBEL' MOVE
    71 1 LONDON, Fri. Sir Leslie Plummer, Labour, urged in the House of Commons today that racial and religious libel and slander should be Dunished by imprisonment. A small all-party standing committee was debating a private bill to amend Britain's rigid libel laws. i Sir Reginald ManninghamBullei. Solicitor-General,
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    'Showdown' on peace pact soon
    119 1 TAIPEH. Fri. A SHOWDOWN on whether or not there will be a treaty between Japan and Nationalist China will be expected In the next two or hree dayg. The Nationalist Foreign Minister, Mr George Yen, the chief Chinese negotiator, said in the Foreign Affairs Committee
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    EGYPT WILL NOT GIVE IN HILAL V PASHA
    238 1 EGYPT WILL NOT GIVE IN HILAL V PASHA CAIRO, Friday. THE Prime Minister, Hilaly Pasha, said today his Government weald not "give in one inch on national demands the evacuation of British troops and unity with the Sudan." He denied rumours of an impending resignation of the Government. Mr. Hilaly
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    A colony's first P.M.
    86 1 ACCRA, Gold Coast, Fri. THe Legislative Assembly today elected Kwame Nkrumah, aged 42, as the British Colony's first African Prime Minister. The vote was 45 to 31. Nkrumah, who holds a degree from Lincoln University in Pennsylvania 'Is leader of the Convention People's Party, which was
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    RAF abandon search for jet
    51 1 After a fourth day of unsuccessful effort over and around Southern Malaya, the R.A.F. said last night that further search has been called off for the Vampire jet fighter missing since Monday night. The plane, flown by a Polish sergeant pilot, disappeared during night flyinn
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    Gandhi spends a good night
    51 1 DURBAN, Fri. -Mr. Manllal Gandhi now in the 15th day of his 21-day self-purlflca-tion fast, spent most of today reading press reports of yesterday's ruling by the South African Supreme Court invalidating the Government's law segregating coloured voters. Mr. Gandhi had a good night's rest.
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    LORRY BURNT
    16 1 Three armed terrorists burnt an estate lorry near Mersine In the Kota Tings! area
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    Templer made good start'
    78 1 LONDON, Fri. THE Labour Daily Herald said today that Gen. Sir Gerald Templer, the High Commissioner in Malaya had made a good beginning. "He recognised publicly that economic, social and political progress are necessary, as. well as military firmness, to conquer Communism," it declared in an
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    Senanayake breaks ribs in fall
    65 1 Senanayake breaks ribs in fall COLOMBO, Fri. MR. Senanayake, Prime Minister of Ceylon, lay unconscious four hours after falling from his horse while taking his usual daily ride today. A medical bulletin issued this afternoon said Mr. Senanayake's condition had improved slightly but his injuries were causing anxiety. A source
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    Rubber export: 'close watch'
    198 1 Rubber export: 'close watch' f LONDON. Fri. TTHE Government yesterA day denied a charge that Britain's shipments of rubber to* Russia had reached a "surprisingly high level" this year. Mr. Thorneycroft. President of the Board of Trade, told thp House of Commons that the exports are being "limited to our
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    40 planes hit bandits
    53 1 BANDIT targets in western and north-western Pahang and north-central Perak were attacked by about 40 fighters and bombers in yesterday's anti-terrorist air operations. The attacks started soon after first light, and did not end until late last night when R.A.A.F Lincolns hit a west Pahang target
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    Korean Reds using arms made in Russia —Bradley
    219 2 Korean Reds using arms made in Russia —Bradley DEFENCE HEAD ACCUSES SOVIETS PASADENA, Fri. pENERAL Omar Bra ley, chairman of America's Joint Chiefs ol Staff, said here tonight that the Communists in Korea had been using Soviet-made equipment for more than 20 months. Int ?5 v ntlon b Y, the
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    Aga Khan better
    20 2 CANNES, Fri.— The Aga Khan is continuing his steady recovery from a heart attack last month. AP.
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    US INDUSTRY NOT READY FOR A-WAR
    67 2 SAN FRANCISCO, Fri. THE Deputy Administra1 tor of Federal CiviJ Defence Mr. James Wadsworth, said yesterday that American industry was unprepared for atomic war. He urged an expansion of civil defence throughout the United States and in every industrial centre. He said that if
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    IKE MAY RE-EXAMINE PAST DECISIONS
    60 2 PARIS, Fri /GENERAL Eisenhower said yesterday that the lar^e polls In' his favour in the New Hampshire and Minnesota presidential election primaries "are forcing me to re-examine m y personal position and past decisions". It was the Supreme Allied Commander's first official comment on the
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    Russians plan E. German army
    141 2 BERLIN, Friday. pi SSI A wants to raise a 350,000-man army In Eastern Germany if its plan to "unify Germany fails, well-informed sources said yesterday. Plans outlined to East GerE Communist leaders by tussian Control Com•n at a secret meeting .st Berlin on Monday, or
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    Police shots kill youth
    51 2 TUNIS, Fri. ONE Tunisian was killed here yesterday when police fired in the air when surrounded by a group of demonstrators. The police were chasing two young Tunisians who had stopped a tram. .In Sousse, two railwaymen were slightly injured when a grenade exploded near them.
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    ONE BETTER
    33 2 WASHINGTON, Fri. The U.S. Air Force announced yesterday that a new engine has been developed which will make the U.S. -built F-86 Jet fighter superior to the Soviet MIGIS— A P.
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    STOP THE REDS IN INDIA-AGHESON
    399 3 Do not reduce aid to U.S.' allies, he says WASHINGTON, Friday. MR. Dean Acheson, United States Secretary of State, told Congress yesterday that it was necessary to stop and reverse a trend disclosed in the recent Indian elections in which the Communist vote increased "to
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    Seven years gaol for woman spy VIENNA Fri.
    135 3 Seven years gaol for woman spy VIENNA Fri. Lf AKG ARETE Reyiek. 43*1 year -old Viennese found guilty of acts endangering th«. security of the U.S. Army in Austria was sentenced today to seven years' imprisonment. Irs. Rrysek was thr second person to be convicted by a U.S. civil court
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    DEATH SENTENCE ON SIKH
    79 3 GLAMORGAN. WALES, i ri. Ajit Singh, 27-year-old kh. was at Glamorgan Aszes tpday sentenced to eath for the murder of a 7-year-old widow. Mrs Joan larlon Thomas The jury dd<'d a strong recommendaon for mercy The prosecutor. Mr H. E. avies, Queen's Counsel, said tat Singh
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    Youths, police clash
    105 3 TRIESTE, Fri. "THIRTY youths were injur- ed here yesterday in ashes with mounted police < hen thousands of people emonst rated in favour of rieste's return to Italy Thirty other people were iken to police headquarters j >r questioning. Police said •me would be detained. esterday was
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    Britain bans tinplate to Persia
    97 3 Britain bans tinplate to Persia LONDON Fri. THE British Government has stopped exports of t^nplate to Persia, the President of the Board of Trade Mr. Peter Thorneycroft. told the House ox Commons today Exports of tinplate to Egypt were being reduced. Major Peter Roberts, Conservative, had asked for an assurance
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    TENANT RETURNS
    13 3 WASHINGTON. Fri. Japan is authorised to renovate her Embassy here. Reuter.
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    BURMESE KILL 38 COMMUNISTS
    56 3 RANGOON. Fri.— Burmese Government troops killed 38 Communists and wounded many more in raids on hideouts in Myingyan area, south of Mandalay. Two Government soldiers were killed. The drive in Central Burma followed a rebel attack on Myingyan a month ago when nearly 1,000.000 rupees were
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    AID TO PERSIA NOT JUSTIFIED
    66 3 WASHINGTON. Fri. The United States Government said today it could not justify financial aid to Persia to make up for Persia's failure to receive income from her oil industry. The statement was issued in response to a charge by the Persian Premier Dr Mossadeq two
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    22 CHILDREN IN 24 YEARS
    48 3 PARIS. Fri.— Mrs. Madeleine Devaud. 42. ha s given birth to her 22nd child in 24 years of marriage. The French President Mr Vincent Auriol, became godfather of the 17th child as a sign of the French Government's approval of lame families.— Reuter.
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    MORE U.S. JETS
    25 3 CHICAGO. Fri.— The United Btates production of Jet planes will be increased by 250 per cent before the end Of 1952— AFP.
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    52 3 NAVY'S OWN COLD WAR: H M.S. Mounts Bay feeling her way throuch the ice off the west coast of Korea to pass mail to H.M.S. Belfast. These two ships of the UN. West Coast Task Force forced a passage through the ic* to bombard enemy gun batteries on the mainland.—
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    MALAN MOVE REACTION
    200 3 MALAN MOVE REACTION LONDON. Fri. PRITISH newspapers to- day expressed concern about the possible consesequences of the South African Supreme Court's ruling against the Government's racial policy and Dr. Daniel Malan's refusal to accept it. The News Chronicle said his reaction wss "unstatesmanlike" "Whatever h e does. h e will
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    20,000 WATCH 5 MEN SHOT
    50 3 GUATEMALA, Fri. Five men convicted of murder were publicly executed yesterday by a police firing ■squad in front of a cemetery A crowd of nearly 20.000 watched The men were convicted of killing a family of five persons with machetes during a robbery.— A. P.
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    U.S. RATIFIES 2 JAP TREATIES
    192 3 WASHINGTON, Friday. THE United States Senate yesterday ratified the Japanese peace treaty, which will formally end the war with Japan and restore her full sovereignty, and the Mutual Security Treaty s'gned at San Francisco last year by the two countries It also ratified the mutual
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    INDERSEA TRIP FOR SCIENCE
    43 3 LONDON, Fri. Two British submarines ended yesterday a 3,000-mile scientific cruise that took them 300 miles inside the Arctic Circle Each carried rive officers and 58 ratings. Scientists studied the effects of low temperatures on men and equipment.— A.P.
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    Duke will head royal mint
    49 3 LONDON. Fri.— The Duke of Edinburgh has accepted an invitation to become President of the Royal Mint Advisory Committee on the design of seals, coins and medals. The Duke will preside aver the tiext meeting of the Committee at the Royal Mint tomorrow.— Reuter.
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    JAPAN MENACED BY RUSSIA—RIDGWAY
    124 3 JAPAN MENACED BY RUSSIA— RIDGWAY TOKYO, Friday /^KN. Ridgway, United States Supreme Commander v in the Far East, today said that Japan was directly menaced toy Russia. The Russians, he said, had completed military preparations in Siberia. Vladivostok and Sakhalin Island and were ready to go into action at any
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    Mrs. F.D.R. cheered
    38 3 CALCUTTA, Fri. Mrs. Eleanore Roosevelt arrived veaterdav by plane after a one-day visit to Nepal. Crowds cheered as '«he stepped o u t of the plane. Mrs. Roosevelt plans to fly today to A J».
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    Lady Nye in hospital
    71 3 LONDON, Fri.— Lady Nye wife of Sir Archibald Nye! British High Commissioner in India, was driven by ambulance to the London Hospital for trooical diseases when she arri«)d at london airport today from New Delhi 81r Archibald rode in the ambulance with her. Lady Nye was
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    Carrier on loan
    20 3 MELBOURNE, Prl. Britain has agreed to lend the aircraft carrier Vengeance (13.190 tons) to the Australian Navy.
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    Ban to stop flight of capital
    121 3 BANGKOK, Fri. PROHIBITION of movement of capital from Slam Is behind 'the Government's ban on exchange control yesterday, states a Minister of Finance source. It added that following appreciation of the Siamese tical on Feb. -28, many local businesses bought pounds and dollars for
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    Italy and Russia sign pact
    105 3 Italy and Russia sign pact ROME. Fri. ITALY arid Russia today signed a one-year trade agreement giving Italy $5,500,000 worth of wheat, coal, lumber and other goods In return for Italian farm and industrial products equai in value. The agreement replaces a three-year .pact signed in 1948. Italy will receive
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    Aircrew killed
    32 3 CORPUS CHRISTI, (Texas) Fri.— Ten men aboard a four-engined Navy plane were believed killed when it crashed into the Gulf of Mexico after taking off from here early today.— Reuter.
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    Counterfeit rupiahs Sold to a clerk, court told
    302 4 Counterfeit rupiahs Sold to a clerk, court told 'MONET" IN A SHOE, SATS WITNESS SINGAPORE police were told that counterfeit Indonesian currency in 1,000 rupiah denominations was being imported into the Colony, it was said in Singapore First Police Court yesterday. And in the court yesterday Chin Fong Loong, aged
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    RENT IS TOO HIGH, THEY SAY
    143 4 HPHE Singapore Joint Relief -I Organisation will approach Government for a reduction in the rent for the 16 acres of land to be leased at Kolam Ayer to build homes for the Kampong Bugis fire victims. The organisation chairman, Mr. G. W. Webb, will
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    Onn flies to Karachi
    82 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. DATO Onn bin Ja'afar, Member for Home Affairs and chairman of the Independence of Malaya Party, left Kuala Lumpur by air this afternoon to attend the Colombo Plan conference, opening in Karachi on Tupsday. Mr. M. Gopala Menon, Representative of the Government of
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    Today's Radio
    75 4 SINGAPORE 10 a.m Emergency News from XX..; 10.05 "Housewives' Choice"; 11—11.30 New Records"; 1 p.m. "Saturday Ballroom"; 1.30—1.50 News; 2 "A'bum of Harmony"; 2.15 5 Racing, Spore; 8.15 Children; 6.45 "Music with a Lilt"; 7 News; 1.15 "Listeners' Choice"; 7.50 "Spotlight on the Emergency"; 8 "The Adventures of
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    Vedic scholar to talk here
    40 4 Pandit Ganga Prasad Uppadhyaya, a Vedic scholar and missionary, will arrive in Singapore today by air from Calcutta. He will be the guest of th« Singapore Arya Samaj H* plans to talk on Indian philosophy.
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    MECHANIC ON $10,000 BAIL
    63 4 JOHORE BAHRU Frl.— Poon Jik Choon, a motor mechanic, who was charged in the Johore Bahru Police Court with possession of 149 lbs. of opium, was allowed $10,000 bail pending trial. A car, bearing a Negri Sembilan number, in which Poon was travelling at the time
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    10 AIR CADETS GET $3,000 SCHOLARSHIPS
    136 4 THE Singapore Government has awarded flying 1 scholarships worth $3,000 to 10 Malayan Air Training Corps cadets. The cadets will be trained «*th Tiger Moths at the Royal Singapore Flying Club by the club's chief instructor. Mr. W. E. Wroughton. The cadets are: Amar
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    Johore planters
    46 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Frl. Merr.rxrs of the Johore Planters' Association last year responded very generously to the appeal for conrributkms to the Welfare Fund for Troops In Malaya The amount collected was $14,000 which was equivalent to 35 per cent of the total Malayan collection.
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    TODAY'S BLACK-OUT SCHEDULE
    250 4 Sub-stations liable to load shedding today are: DAY Upper Cross St./Patoda St., Upper Hokien St.. Pickering St., Church St., Upper Circular Rd. Carpenter St., Cavanah Rd./C»llyer Quay, Victoria Memorial Hall 1 2, Prince St. Market St. Kafltes Piace/Malaeea St., Boat Quay, Union Building, Hume Pipe, Rheem, Ford,
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    'Indians not avoiding the call-up'
    112 4 'Indians not avoiding the call-up KUALA LUMPUR, Pri. A LLEGATTONS that Indian s in Malaya were avoiding call-up were refuted by Mr. Gopala Menen, Representatite of the Government of India, in Kuala Lumpur today. He based his argument on the arrival of 3.000 Indians In Malaya from India on Sunday.
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    He 'chops'heads from wood blocks
    362 4 He 'chops 'heads from wood blocks ONE of the few men in the world who can carve Balinese heads out of solid wood with only a domestic chopper yesterday chipped a wooden cube down to the recognisable outline of a woman's head and shoulders in just over 45 minutes. He
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    Jollilads to hold lunch
    37 4 Members of the Jollilads Athletic Union will lunch at the home of their president, Mr. A. K. Isaac. 13. Chancery Lane, tomorrow. A football match will follow at the Police Training School ground.
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    Drove too fast
    18 4 TOHORE BAHRU, PTi. Awang bin Kaperrawl was fined $50 In the Police Court for speeding.
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    Singagpore Diary
    137 4 V.M.C.A. Orchard Road: Singapore Chess Club, 3 pjn.; Cricket match against RAF Chanßl, J. 15 pjn., Movie Circle Show "You cant sleep here", 8 p.m. Chinese V.M.C.A. Setegie Road: Music 2 p.m.; badminton. 5.30 p.m.; basket ball. 5.30 pjm.; Educational film show. 7.30 p.m.; Chinese chess. 7.30 pm.
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    MRS. ROOSEVELT HAS TO FLY ON and miss S 'pore
    213 5 MRS. ROOSEVELT HAS TO FLY ON and m iss S 'pore No night landing at Kallang, 50.... jy|RS. Eleanor Roosevelt is among the first victims of the decision to close Kallang Airport to night flying in order to carry out runway repairs. The ban on night landings came into effect
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    3 boatmen fined total of $16,000
    161 5 JOHCtftE BAHRU. Fri. TiHE seizure by Customs officers at Pontian on Jan. 15. of 1,200 lb. of Indian tobacco, on which the duty payable was $5,280, led to three Chinese being fined, by the Pontian Police Court Magistrate yesterday a total of $16,000. When
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    Meeting of dentists
    74 5 DENTISTS from all over Malaya will meet In Singapore for the annual meeting over Easter for a three-day session starting on April 11. One item on the agenda is an amendment to enable dentists who are members of the British Dental Association and are attached to the
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    Sir Franklin at Penang
    69 5 PENANU, Fri —The retring Governor of Singapore Sir Franklin Gimson, arrived in Penang this morning on the Corfu and was met at Swettenham Pier by the Resident Commissioner Mr R P Bingham Sir Franklin was jo'.r.ec oy Lady Gimson. who flew to Penang from Kuala Lumpur.
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    First prize is $400,000
    56 5 IPOH Kn -Two mlllli.r tickets tor the Malayan Chinese Association's eighth lottery have been distributed to member branches Yesterday, all tickets alk'ted tc the Perak branch were sold <iut The draw wtli op held JO Sunday April 20 at Penang The first prize is $400,000 the
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    Fire at shop
    40 5 Overheated oil is believ c to have caused a fire at a plastic signboard shop in Middle Road late yesterday evening. The Fire Brigade was called out and the fire was soon put out. Damage was slight.
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    CIVIL DEFENCE OFFICERS
    30 5 Col. J. D. Stewart has been appointed Assistant Commissioner. Civil Defence Malaya. Mr. W P. Tyrell (Malaya) and Mr. N. Jeffrey (Singapore) are appointed Civil Defence Instructors.
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    Templer to spend day with Cubs
    70 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri The High Commissioner. Sir Gerald Templer, will spend the afternoon with 250 cubs and cub masters at Castle Camp. Kuala Lumpur, on April 12 Sir Gerald, who is Chief Scout of the Federation will open the first All-Malaya Cub Corroboree and
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    $500 BAIL ON HURT CHARGE
    46 5 Henry Wyman, a 33-year-old American, was charged in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday with causing hurt to Miss Rene Beckley at Pasir Panlang Road on Mar. 19. He claimed trial and was granted bail in $500 untii Mar. 28. j
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    A.D.O. transferred
    17 5 GEMAS, Frl.— lnche Alias bin Yassing. assistant district officer. Gemas, has been transferred to Tampin
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    Newspaper photographs
    92 5 AN exhibition of photographs n taken by the London Times between 1921 and 1961 was declared open yesterday *>y Mr. c Northcote Parkinson. Professor of History at *he University of Majaja. in the British Council Hall, slnpapore. There are 140 photographs on show -ranging from the German surrender
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    BEAUTY QUEEN ENTRANTS
    104 5 ONE OF TODAY'S three entrants for the Beauty Queen contest is 16-year-old schoolgirl, Miss Hilda Silas, of Tionir Bahru, Singapore. Another entrant. Mrs. Sheela Naidu, of Branksome Road. Below: Miss Linda Zena Wee, of Barker I Road, also a contestant. JJ'.N'TRAXTS for the Singa- pore Rotarians' Beauty
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    Revenue up $3,000,000 last month
    228 5 KUALA LUMPL'K. Frl LAST -month's Federal revenue collected by the Customs and Excise Department was $48,713,300— $3,075,357 more than that for January. State revenue totalled $417, 368, compared with $*****0 in January. The total revenue, Federal and State, for February— though a shorter monthwas thus
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    He took a policeman's bicycle
    127 5 He took a policeman's bicycle KUALA LUMPUR Frl. LEE TECK HIN, a 19-year-old special constable, who misappropriated a bicycle belonging to a police constable, was today fined $250 by Mr. A. P. Jack, the Kuala Lumpur First Magistrate Lee was also ordered to repay $70 to a bicycle shopkeeper to
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    SCHOOLS DON'T EXIST
    81 5 The Singapore Education Department last night announced that seven Chinese schools have been struck off the schools register because hey have ceased to exist. The schools are: Khe Toh School at 207G Wishart Road, Vat Tuck Girls' School at Blair Road, Kong Hwa School at Yio Chu
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    Suicide verdict
    34 5 The Singapore Coroner, Mr. Choor Singh, yesterday returned a finding of suicide ya Tan Teck Ik. a 59-year-ald labourer, who was found with his throat cut in Jalan Singa on Feb. 1.
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    REPAIRS MAY START SOON ON ORGAN
    144 5 THE organ in the Victoria Memorial Hall, SingaL pore, which for the past seven years has been left neglected after being badly damaged during the Japanese occupation, may be brought into use again The City Council's Finance and General Purposes Committee has agreed to
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    Bankruptcy on $7,414 debt
    38 5 Lee Kee Chow, the sole proprietor of Chop- Chun Cheong Hong, was adjudicated a bankrupt on a judgment debt for $7,414. A receiving order was made against the firm on Jan. 23 this year.
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    Bandit food dump
    18 5 Security forces found a food dump in the Kota Tinggl area of Johore. on Thursday
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    30 6 MRS R D. HARRISON thanks ■lncerelv the many friends v.ho attended the iuneiai nnd sent flowers and for their kind messages of sympathy in bet itce::i jr pa eoirow.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Sat., Mar. 22. 1952. Service Bill Debate
    778 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Sat., Mar. 22. 1952. Service Bill Debate While the Federal Legislative Council debate on the National Service Bill revealed that there are important points on which further assurance is wanted, the notable feature was the warm welcome the bill received from all sections of the House.
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    Rubber For Russia
    348 6 Scare stories by London Sunday newspapers do not usually merit refutation in the House of Commons, but the Sunday "^Dispatch's "revelations" concerning rubber shipments to Russia were too full of dangerous ignorance to be left uncontradicted. The Sunday Dispatch reported that British exports of rubber to Russia
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    As I was Saying
    1151 6  -  CynicuS by^— I^HE striking Tact aboin x the income tax debate In the Federal Legislative Council was that while some Councillors were sensitive to the suggestion that any one community could be singled out for notorious evasion, they were ready to agree that evasion was general.
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    Singaporeana
    866 6 'THE decline of religious te- < lief Inherent in the development of the modern nation state must inevitably reduce the number of religious images bought by householders for private worship. Yet even amid modern agnosticism there is a strange fascination in small images, puppets and any objets dart of
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    SEVEN SECRET GANGS IN ONE DISTRICT
    186 7 Thugs extort money from owners of bars, shops CEVEN SECRET societies ar e active in Geylang Serai Joo Chiat area of Singapore. But the police yesterday said that they have the gangsters fairly under control. The gangs, said a senior C.I.D. officer, prey on
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    PENSION MEN TO MEET MR. MacG.
    194 7 PENSION MEN TO MEET MR. MacG. KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Mr. V. Kanapathy Pillai, president of the Pan-Malayan Pensioners' Association, today said that a deputation of pensioners would soon meet the Deputy High Commissioner, Mr. D. C. MacGillivray, lo discuss grievances. He said that in response to ft request by Mr.
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    SKYMEN, A BOY
    59 7 and a bus SEVEN-YEAR-OLD Sugumaran Chandrasekar looked up to watch parachutists floating down at Sembawang, Singapore, in an air drop practice. He was still looking at the sky as he ran across the road. And he ran straight into a bus. He died on the spot. Yesterday,
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    FRANCESCO SAYS NO, FLIES HOME
    172 7 FRANCESCO SAYS NO, FLIES HOME AFTER four days of eating a specially prepared Italian diet in Singapore General Hospital, a 55-year-old Italian sailor, Francesco Pisani, was flown back to Bari yesterday, after refusing to have his damaged right eye removed. Three weeks ago, Pisanl left his ship, the Maria Luisa
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    Annual dinner
    28 7 E. Ott and Co.. import, export and general merchants, held their annual dinner at the Cathay restaurant last night. It was attended by dealers and agents.
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    HOUSE RENT RAISED
    68 7 The Singapore Rent Conciliation Board yesterday approved an increase in the monthly rent of a house in Sophia Road from $69 to $160. The house .which was originally let out for residential purposes, was now being run as a boarding house. The President of the Board, Mr.
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    NEW DOCTORS
    26 7 New medical officers In Malaya are Drs. W. G. Thomson, N. Macdonald. and M. H. Heycock. Miss A. L. Kieran is appointed Almoner. Singapore.
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    Bandit suspects
    17 7 Two Chinese, suspected of being bandits, were detained near Nibong Tebal, Province Wellesley, on Thursday.
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    A 'PEACE OFFERTHEN GAOL
    134 7 IX>R giving a $10 bribe to J; a police officer, "as a peace offering", Low Chee Wan. 37, was yesterday sentenced to one montlvs imprisonment by the Singapore Second Police Magistrate. Mr. R. B. I. Pates. Inspector T. S. Zain said Low was stopped at Irwell
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    THEY WILL SETTLE A ROW OVER KORAN
    176 7 Partnership dispute in court OARJAL AU, plaintiff, and Mekhi Hassan, defen- dant, agreed in Singapore High Court yesterday to settle a dispute over an alleged tenancy partnership, when H&ssan accepted Ali's challenge to swear by the Koran that he did not have a
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    Gaoled for cheating
    87 7 FOH LAP ON, a 33-year-old danc* tutor was yesterday sentenced to six months 1 imprisonment by the Singapore First District Judge Mr. Tan Ah Tah, for cheating a woman of $150. Koh was said to have dishonestly induced the woman, Chan Gek Hwo. to believe that for
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    AGRICULTURAL OFFICERS
    39 7 Recent appointments In the Colonial Service inclutfe the following agricultural officer s for Malaya: Messrs B. C. Balbernie, C. Whitehead and LAV Wyttenbach. Mr. D. 8. Boyce is appointed Agricultural Engineer and Mr I. J Wyatt Entomolo-
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    MALAYAN POST
    20 7 Mr. I. P. Robinson, Superintendent of Prisons, Sierra Leone, ha s been appointed Deputy Commissioner of Prisons. Malaya.
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    86 7 A COCKTAIL PARTY was h<'..l ai Oc;.»n P^rk Hotel. Singapore, last night, in honour of Mr. Paul Rykens, chairman o! the Dutch Unilever Company and vice-chairman of the British company. Mr. Rykens is visiting Malaya with Mr. Sydney van den Bergh, senior director of Unilever's.preparatcry to the opening of a
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    Four girls with the umbrella
    56 7 FOUR PRETTY Sumatran girls rehearse the Indonesian "umbrella dance" at the Indonesian Club, Singapore, yesterday, while a male dancer Joins in. It was "working clothes" then, but on Monday, at the Victoria Memorial Hall, they will appear in their full finery for a special performance
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    U.S. orchid expert will judge show
    80 7 MR. Rodney Wilcox Jones, a former president of the American Orchid Society, who arrived in Singapore from Bangkok yesterday, charged his world tour to be present at the Colony flower show which opens at the Happy World on Mar. 28. Mr. Jones, who is
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    LOAN SOCIETY PLANNED
    67 7 The R.A.S.C. Civilian Association of Singapore is to form a Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society. This was decided at a recent meeting of the association presided over by Mr. Lee Choon Eng. The meeting also decided to publish an annual magazine and to celebrate its first anniversary
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    We only did our duty, says hero
    158 7 PENANG, Friday. "u/e nl y did what we felt was our duty> Cheah Ene Swee, one of four Penang heroes said today. He was commenting on a London report that the Royal Leicestershire Regiment would be sendng four illuminated certificates as a token,
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    'Pirate' driver fined $650
    62 7 Choy Kee Hung. 25. was fined $650 in the City Police Court yesterday for operatin B a "pirate taxi" on Mar. 20. When Police Lt. C O. Tan stopped the car in Geylang the occupants told him that they were paying $10 each to the driver.
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    Whitley Councils
    18 7 Mr. W. J. Halmes has been appointed Adviser on Establishment of Whitley Councils in thp Federation.
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    TB KILLED 24 IN A WEEK
    44 7 There were 24 deaths from tuberculosis in Singapore in the week ending Mar. 15 against 31 in the previous week. Pneumonia caused 26 deaths and enteritis 25. The Infantile death rate dropped from 89.64 to 70.78 per thousand.
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    FIVE ARRESTFD
    17 7 Acting on information a police-military patrol arrested five suspected bandit suppliers in the Klang area.
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    Explain tax and you'll get money —Paglar
    140 7 Explain tax and you'll get money Paglar SINGAPORE will bp more income tax conscious if Da to C. J Paglar. a Legislative Councillor, has h> way. Da to Paglar will sugfce.<i at the Council meeting next month that the Government tell the man-ln-the-street the need for income tax and how
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    NO REASON FOR HIGHER RENT
    67 7 An application to raise the rent of a house in Claymore Road from $150 to $300 a month was refused by the Singapore Rent Conciliation Board yesterday, although the tenant had agreed. The president of the Board. Mr. Eu Cheow Chye, told the representative of
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    DECLAMATION CONTEST
    44 7 Ten student teachers, two of them women, will read extracts from wellknown books and speeches at Raffles Institution Singapore, at 8 p.m. tonight, in a declamation contest. Judges are Mrs. J. S. Alcock, Mr. Slow Cheng Fong and Mr. J. A. Frazer.
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    MOVE TO CATCH EVADERS OF INCOME TAX] HAILED BY ALL
    309 8 MOVE TO CATCH EVADERS OF INCOME TAX] HAILED BY ALL 'It will help reduce indirect taxation 9 JHE man-in-the-street in Singapore, businessmen and several Legislative Councillors, yesterday welcomed the arrival shortly of a British team of income tax experts to investigate tax collection and- evasion in the Colony and th»
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    U.K. PRESS COMMENT 'MISLEADS'
    390 8 Rubber exports to Russia PRICES have Improved this week and, in addition to covering short positions, there has been some trade and factory purchases, says Lewis and Peat's weekly report. Sellers in this market have been reserved and lower grades of sheet have had a better
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    GARDENER DIE? IN ACCIDENT
    55 8 IPOH, Fri.— Mor Yeng. a 53-year-old gardener at the resettlement camp, Ampang Bahru. died from injuries sastained in a car accident at the junction of Tiger Lane and Tambun Road this morning. Mor Yeng who was riding a bicycle at the time was turning into Tambun
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    High school is now 33
    76 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. A TEA party, a concert and a dinner party today marked the 33rd anniversary of the Kuala Lumpur Chong Hwa High School. Like many other schools, the Chonß Hwa had a very humble beginning with a little hut in Gombak housing 30
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    BIGGER RADIO FOR PRISON
    49 8 SEREMBAN. Fri. The Seremban District Welfare Committee will replace the nresent small radio set at the Seremban Prison with a larger set. ThLs was decided at the welfare committee meeting last night. It was also decided to hold a Welfare Week in Seremban in July.
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    Ex-bariker's $301,479 debt
    102 8 A FORMER assistant manaper nf a Sineariore bank ger of a Singapore bank, Soon Keng Seng, was adjudicated a bankrupt in the High Court yesterday. Boon's liabilities, on a judgment debt, amounted to $301,479.45. The petitioning creditor was Tan Qeok Chuan? Mr. W. L. P. Harris, for
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    68 8 UK. TOW SIANG YEW, son of Or. and Mrs. To w Ken* Kee, of Batu Pahat, and M iss Jean Wong Benjamin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. K. K. Benjamin, of Kuala Lumpur who were married at the Life Church, Prinsep Street. Singapore. With the m are Dr. Seah Cheng
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    'Undercurrent of Red propaganda'
    240 8 SILENT STRUGGLE IN GAOL KUALA LUMPUR, Fr day. AN UNDERCURRENT of Communist propaganda was ever present in Federation prisons, says the 1950 prisons report, issued today. "The increased welfare activities tended to offset this and provided mental occupation for the prisoners," it says. "Constant watchfulness was
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    Mystery of missing man unsolved
    149 8 Mystery of missing man unsolved •PHE case of Mr. Yeo Khee Seng, who disappeared from the Canton J;wo months ago when the liner was sailing to Singapore from Hong Kong, is closed as far as the Singapore Marine Police are concerned, said a spokesman ol the oepartment yesterday. The spokesman
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    R.A.F. REGIMENT RECRUITING
    47 8 ALOR STAR, Fri— Jin RAF. Regiment team will be touring Kedah early next month to recruit Malay trainees. The team will be at Jitra and Yen on April 5; Alor Star April o; Baling, April 8;' Sungei Patani, April 9, and Kulim, April 12.
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      341 8 Straits Times Crossword hu word was stm. Fie, ana 1 P— fum <K'n« Lear) (2, 3, 4. 5). I 3 5 7 8 DOWN 3^ <SSS SSSS SSSS SSI 2Ia uterar y Haws hcrne was hard to beat (8) m §SS 3. Sited afresh (5) •O SsS n 4. OUt
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      Malaya s army of the future
      262 9 1 DISAGREE with Sir Cheng-lock Tan's proposal on the formation of a Malayan Chinese Regiment on the principle that no regiment recruited under the National Service scheme should involve any communal or racial distinction. It is no doubt true that the Chinese constitute a
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      'THEY CAN'T BE MIXED'
      124 9 ftf ILIT A R V terms and nomenclature are elastic In their application. Our main object now Is the formation of a Malayan National Army, ?nd this would consist of a Malay Regiment, an Indian Regiment and a Chinese Regiment. Even should we make a start
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      SOLDIERS: MORE THE MERRIER
      128 9 SOLDIERS: MORE THE MERRIER pi reply to the letter ol i 1 "Dubious", Taiping, headed "A Target for Terrorists", one would be inclined to agree with his third proviso —as far as it would effect "Dubious" himself. Obviously he is in need ol some Government education. This education should include
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      ON THE ROAD TO SEGAMAT
      168 9 ON March 16 1 was on my way back in my car to Segamat from Singapore and was stopped at a police block on the Labis-Segamat road My wife and I were requested to come down and marched past the sentry hut to the barbed-wire
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      10 cents on the bottle: 'It's time we kicked'
      193 9 10 cents on the bottle: 'It's time we kicked' MAY I heartily endorse your leader of Tuesday morning. This latest imposition on liquor without any apparent need, is shocking: lo cents a bottle is almost 20. per cent extortion reminiscent of feudal times The Colony, like Britain has aJway s
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      REMINDERS IN ORDER
      114 9 MR. W. C. Taylor, with unwonted cynicism. s aid in the Singapore Legislative Council that Government was reminded of income tax evasions 365 times in every year and that "every avenue was being explored" to get more officers. It seems the Legislative Councillors must step up the
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      THE STERLING LIQUORS
      58 9 WITH reference to vrour leading article of Tuesday commenting on the lncieases in duty on liquors. I am somewhat perplexed to know why no "preferential rates" are allowed on rectified spirit, any other liquors, rum and gin, bitters and liqueurs, and whisky of British origin. Should we
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      EXPLORATION OF AVENUES
      125 9 I NOTE that at the Singapore Legislative Council meeting on March 18 Mr. W. C. Taylor, the acting Financial Secretary, stated that efforts were being made tp recruit officers for the Income Tax Department, not only from Britain, but also from other Commonwealth countries. "Every avenue is
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      Points at issue
      200 9 Points at issue SIR Franklin Gimson' parting b.etsing on the Central Provident Fund Bill wa» ttarlr. Mr»"«ie has alw vs boasted of bei more advanced than the Federation, but the iatter's central provident fund started in February. ANTI-COMMUNIST. Singapore. WNDVSTANI programs'- mes from Radio >> Malaya, Singapore, have <( not
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      SINGAPORE CITY'S RECORD
      270 9 SINGAPORE CITY'S RECORD I HAVE read with interest Mr. A. P. Rajah's letter on the City Council's work, ana your editorial foot-note. I feel that you still do not put the credit or the blame in our "city of blackouts, latrine buckets and slums" where it belongs. As Mr. Rajah,
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      PROBLEMS OF A RESIDENT
      226 9 1 AM a resident of the re■l cently opened Princess Elizabeth Estate, and hope to bring to the attention jf the authorities and Councillors concerned some of our most pressing problems With well over a thousand people living in the Estate, not a single telephone is
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      JUST NATIONALISM
      203 9 A PRIMER of Social Jus- tlce is more needed for our schools than the primer of Nationalism suggested by Dato Paglar In the recent Legco meeting. Nationalism, by which I presume Dato Paglar means patriotism and not racialism. Is something that cannot be indoctrinated into a Derson. There
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      Corruption and the poor man
      338 9 IF the Emergency is to be ended quickly, the Government should waste no time in appointing a mixed committee charged with finding how far corruption exists in Malaya and how it can be stopped; the extent of evasion of income tax, and how that evasion
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      Spectacles versus 'Nature'
      197 9 Spectacles versus 'Nature' ONE would not expect Mr. H. H. Rockall (Straits Times March 19), as an optician, to be interested in the Bates system of treating myopia without glasses, which is based on a theory diametrically opposed to that which Mr. Rockall has in mind. To elaborate on this
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    292 10 LONDON, Frl. A TYPICAL weekend market was In evidence on the London Stock Exchange today, with little other than small professional operations taking place. Values mostly turned slightly easier, though there were very few noteworthy movements. Closing middle prices of selected socks were: LOANS Conaols Mi +1 Funding
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    14 10 SINGAPORE. Fri. Mar. H S4Bo' a picul (down S 4>
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    50 10 LONDON. Mar. 21.— Cash Buyers 4t968; Sellers £969: Forward Buyers 970 Yi\ Sellers £971; Settlement £970 (down £4). Turnover: a-m. 105; p.m. JM> tons. LONDON. Mar. 21.— Cash Buyers £968; Sellers £969: Forward Buyers 970 Yi\ Sellers £971; Settlrment £970 (down £4). Turnover: a-ni 105; p.m. 80 tons.
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    SHARE MARKET
    1381 10 BUYItfO interest in msktket leaders in thie Industrial and I*in sections of the Malayan Share Market yesterday resulted in some small gains. OUYItfo interest in market leaders in thie In- dustrial and T*in sections of the Malayan Share Market yesterday resulted in some small gains. Rubbers wei> e
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    H.K. EXCHANGE
    65 10 HONO KONO Pri rpREE market currency exchange for Hon? Kone dollars was quoted at the close today as follows: US*l HK16.7825 <cv-.h); HK»6.81 (T.T.); £1 HKJISM One tael of gold HK5320.5 HONQ KONU PTi pREE market currency exchange for Hon? Kone dollars was quoted at the close todav
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    'Obscure' rubber position 2¼ CTS. DROP
    203 10 'Obscure' rubber position 2¼ CTS. DROP From a^Market Correspondent SINGAPORE rubber dealers described the position of the local market as "obscure and uncertain" yesterday when prices generally registered a slight drop. Although London closed firm on Thursday, the sharp decline in New York reacted locally and the market opened at
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    U.K. RUBBER
    65 10 LONDON. Mar. 21— Spot 33V*6., Apr 33d May 32',d.. July 315 id. Apr-June S2'id.. July-Sept. 31d.. Oct.-Dec 30d. Mar. c.i.f. 32V 4 d.. Apr. c.l.f 32'4d.. May c.li. 3H«d. Market: Easier. LONDON. Mar. 21 —Spot 33'; d.. Apr 33d. May 32',d.. July 315 id. Apr.-June S2'id.. July-Sept. 31d..
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    Singapore Shipping
    150 10 SHIPS alongside the Singapore Harbour Board godowns. or exoected there at 7 am today, are: 1-2 Arnold Maersk. 3 Lanc*alc. 4-5 Tjisadane Coal Plant Kamunlng, 6-7 Rebeverett. 8-9 Pres Tyler. 11 Santhia. 13-14 Autolycus. 15-16 Hai Lee. 18 Benvannoch, 19-20 Pclydorus. N W 3 Malm. N.W 7 Senai
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    Sajarah get their first points
    322 11  - Sajarah get their fir st points FOUR EX-RAJA MEN AIDED BY Katong Sajarah 1; Amicables 0. Katong S^arah appear to be 11 settling down. After three defeats, Sajarah gained their first points yesterday by beating Amicables one-nil in a S.A.F.A. First Divsion match at Jalan Besar Stadium. Sajarah yesterday had
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    Guthrie's3-2 win was well deserved ,
    258 11 Guthrie's3-2 win was well deserved BUSINESS HOUSES QUTHRIE Sports Club deserved then" close victory over Bata Sport* Club (3-2) in a Singapore Business Houses FA. Dlv. 2 match at Farrer Park yesterday. Guthries attacked from the kick-off and dominated play for well over 20 minutes, bombarding goalkeeper Kla Boon from
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    Swim relay team to get second trial
    203 11 CINGAPORES four swimmers, Wlebe Wolters, Lav Buong Hoo, Keith Mitchell and Barry Mitchell, who are hoping to represent the Colony in the 800 metres freestyle relay event in the Olympics at HeUlnKl in July, failed by 3 4sec. yesterday to equal the qualifying
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    9 goals at T. Kurau
    55 11 In a friendly soccer match played at Telck Kurau ground yesterday, Geylang English Afternoon School beat Telok Kurau Afternoon School by 5-4. SINGAPORE TIDES TODAY: High 0703 (7.4) and 2148 '7.2): Low 0149 iS.SI and 1448 iHi TOMOMOW: 0839 8 f t ,nd 2220 17.81
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    Colts score another win
    157 11 •pHE newly formed Raffles Institution Colts team, whose members are under 16 years of age scored a second victory yesterday when they trounced the Geylang English ScMool by 6-1 In a friendly soccer match at Geylang The Colts, displaying fine combination, led by 3-0 at the
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    H.K. BOXERS TOO GOOD FOR R.E.M.E.
    241 11 IN semi-final of the annual x P.A.R.EL.P. Boxing Championships, held at Tanglin Gymnasium yesterday, the Royal Ulster Rifles (Hong Kong) piled up 21 points to beat RE. ME. workshops (Singapore) by nine points. The winners will now meet the lßn.. The Manchester Regiment, in
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    Inter-club tourney for S.C.F.A.
    412 11 •JO spot talent for future S.C.F.A. sides and to foster soccer among the Chinese In Singapore, the Council of the Singapore Chinese Football Association last night decided to run Its own Interclub competition this. year. It Is most probable that players now participating In S.A.F.A. leagues
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    WONG-CHOONG FINAL LIKELY
    505 11 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Friday. PB. (Eddy) Choong, Penang badminton star Ei studying law in England, is playing well enough to have the beating of the Danish champ' on Poul Holm and there is every prospect of an all-Malayan final in the singles of the -AH-
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    Sports Diary
    201 11 TODAY SOCCER: DIV. 1: Indian B.C. v BODCA at J. Besar. DIV. 2: T. Bahru Rangers v I.R.C. 'A' at Geylang. DIV. 3B: BODCA 'A' v S.F.B. at CYMA. YOUTH TOIRNEY: St. Josephs v St. .Anthonys, J. Besar 4 p.m BUS. HSE. LGE.: Rotterdam v M. Airways at
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    SERVICES SOCCER
    86 11 SINGAPORE United Services Senicr Division soccer matches yesterday resulted: At Tanglin G.H.Q. Signals andRAP. Tengah shared four goals in a Senior Division match. At Changi R.E.M.E. held RAF. Lodger Unit to 1-1 (Senior Div.). At Naval Base, H.M.S. Terror' trounced G.H.Q. by 10-1. Scorers for Terror were: Atkinson
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    Referee is threatened
    162 11 PENANQ. FTI. OCHOOLBOYS and spectaO tors Invaded the field and threatened to assault the referee in the semi-final replay of the Penan* Chines* F.A. cup soccer match between the Chung Ling High School and Ramblers on the Dato Kramat ground here this evening. The match had to
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    COL. WHATNOT FOR THE SPRING CUP
    574 12  -  EPSOM JEEP Most improved horse of the Breukelen string By I HAVE the greatest confidence in Col. Whatnot in the Spring Cup over a mile for Class 1, Div. 1 horses (Race Six) at Bukit Timah today, concluding day of the Singapore Turf Club
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    Aeceber will get mile easily
    531 12 f HANTILLY was fairly knocked off his stride shortly after the start when he was interfered with, and that perhaps accounted tor his listless dis- play over 9f. last week. With 8.10 and the going in his favour. Chantilly is certainly worth another chance in
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    THE AMANTEUR TIPSTETR THE AMATEUR TIPSTER
    463 12 THE AMANTEUR TIPSTETR THE AMATEUR TIPSTER THE Amateur Tipser. res-= ponding to a challenge tojs J3 pick a winner at Bukit T1mah= instead of placed horses,= selected two for todny TheyC are WAIK1KI <2.15) 3 HONOLULU (2.45) E Asked what had inspired 5 him to name these two horses.E the
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    Straits Times Selections
    149 12 i-SOM JEEP \M BOY I*OIN' RACE I MS ROYAL FAIR Walkikl Bay Street WAIKIKI Royal FabBay Street ROYAL FAIR Walkikl Whaler RACE 2 *45 HONOLULU Abhotsford Astute Monarch ABBOTSFORD Honolulu Trafalgar TRAFALGAR Honolulu Astute Monarch RACE i 5.19 MABTERMAN Perverse Black Velvet PERVERSE MastermA Black Velvet PERVERSE
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    Today's Race Card
    1102 12 Race ii 2.15: Class 2, Div. 2 6F 19 Yds. 1. 942 Bay Street Percival 9.00 Mr. Mrs. E. C. Wee 2 821 Waiklki Mulley 8.13 "Belmont Stable" Spencer 3 970 Dendrite Pry 8.12 "Tanat Stable" Rodgers 4.' 26- Hlt-The-Spot 8.10 Jenat Stable" Rogers 5 Elturius McCloud
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    Sandown to beat Gold Rise in big sprint test
    274 12  - Sandown to beat Gold Rise in big sprint test EPSOM JEEP By CANDOWN goes from strength to strength. This wonderfully game and genuine four-year-old gained the easiest of wins on Wednesday against a smart Class 1, Div. 2 sprint field and it is my considered opinion that he will beat
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    SCHOOLS CHESS
    38 12 I By winning the Singapore I Schoolboys Chess Championship Tournament Just concluded, Richard Llm emulated the feat of hi; brothers Charlie. Rudy and Benny Yap Ec Teck was runner-up followed by John Chew, a clos« third.
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    At B. Timah today
    55 12 AFTER three days of sunshine, the inevitable Buklt mntah rains came In torrents in the early hours of yesterday morning and lbe going on Spring Cup day today will at best be yielding. Today 1 best bet: Col. Whatnot in the Spring Cup (4.50). Best long
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    Masterman is too good for Class Two
    186 12 Masterman is too good for Class Two OACK Masterman again In the Class 2, Dlv. 1 6f. sprint (Race Three) today. This likeable four-year-old U without doubt a very useful sort. Whether he will aspire to greater things remains to be seen but In his present form I certainly think
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