The Straits Times, 2 May 1952

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 SIXTEEN PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, MAT 2, 1952. PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS
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    CHARTER FOR THE VILLAGES
    741 1 Will lay foundation of new Malayan nation in the kampongs KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. A VILLAGE CHARTER which aims at laying the foundation of a new Malayan nation in the 400 new villages and thousands of Malay kampongs throughout the Federation wag published today. The charier one
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    M.P. query on 'Khama exchange'
    104 1 M.P. query on Khama exchange' LONDON. Thurs. I MR. Tom Driberg. Labour, asked the Government last night about a rumour that it had banned Beretse Khama from the chieftainship of the Bamangwato tribe in return for a South African promise to send troops to the Middle Bast. "It would be
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    Pilot train derailed by bandits
    121 1 Pilot train derailed by bandits IPOH, Thurs. rE pilot train of the PralKuala Lumpur night mail was derailed between Malim Nawar and Kampar at 145 am. today as a result of bandit action, and all train services between rpoh and Kuala Lumpur have been cancelled until further notice. The derailment
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    Stalin was there
    36 1 LONDON, Thurs STALIN attended the Soviet Union's May Day celebrations in Moscow's Red Square today, according to a Radio Moscow broadcast The commentator said Stalin viewed the ceremonies from the huge Lenin Mausoleum—UP.
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    Westerling to keep freedom
    43 1 AMSTERDAM. Thurs. -Raymond "Turko" Westerling who led a rebellion against the Indonesian Government two years ago. remained a free man today when the Amsterdam District Oourt rejected an appeal against his release which was ordered by an Amsterdam Judge.
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    HOME AGAIN
    26 1 LONDON, Thurs.— Lady Cripps, widow of Sir Stafford Cripps. arrjved at London air port this evening. Her husband's ashes were on the atr-liner— Reuter.
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    JAP STEEL
    19 1 TOKYO. Thurs— The British Iron and Steel Corporation is making further overture; to buy Japanese steel —Reuter.
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    Chiang's message
    30 1 TAIPEH. Than. National 1 ist President. Oen Chiang Kai-shek, in a May Day message today, urged all labourers to support the > Government moh/lsatton pro- j gramme —Reuter 1
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    Tango kills 34 Vietminh
    44 1 Tango kills 34 Vietminh SAIGON Thurs —A French Army communique tonight announced the end of Operation Tango in the Tonkin* Delta, about. 3* miles east of Hanoi. Tango resulted la 34 Vietanlnh dead and 61 prisoners, against French Tjilor losses of seven men— Reuter
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    U.S. DROPS ANOTHER ATOMIC BOMB
    109 1 NEVADA, Thursday. AN ATOMIC BOMB was dropped from an Aii Force bomber on the Yucca Plat proving grounds today as over 2.000 Marines huddled in foxholes only 7,000 yards away. Seconds after the expiation shot a hug e fireball, plus the (amlllar mushroom cloud high
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    TEMPLER TOURS 'BAD' COUNTRY
    127 1 I URKMBAN. Thurs p HIS bullet-proof car with a loaded carbine at his feet, awi later In *n armoured car equipped with a two-inoh |Tt*, the High Ctm\mUssioner, Oen. Sir Oerkld Tempter, spent May Day In ne^ri wmuuaii in one «n Hie worst Communist areas In
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    FITNESS TEST FOR YOUNG SOLDIERS
    47 1 vlbMßMto <ti m»- Malayan u*sii Xraiauats C«ra» gettin. over aa obstacle la a race k*M at afeerat ■arracks. Nee Smb. Singapore, yesterday FanrWn bays fn» eight platoons took part la the race, aimed t« test their a*ysirml fit nfii Straits Times picture
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    TROOPS OUT IN TOKYO MAY DAY RIOTS
    306 1 TOKYO, Th«rsdaj. rkVENTY-FIVE THOUSAKsf JAPANESE POLICE stood by with tear gas and pistols tonight when police headquarters issued fresh trouble warnings &fter a day of rioting. The American Army radio said police bad ntercepted a copy of orders from underground Communist leaders So
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    IN BERLIN: 10,000 Reds fight police
    101 1 BCBLIN. Than. rN IfcsaiaM (floating C*—saaal*t yoatbs crossed the aonal, boaaaar* into West Bertta today ana clashed with the polic* i n a braising battle of dak* flre ■Macs stones aaul flats. It was the first Ma* Ufty violence la this divided city IM
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    Relays of RAF bombers kept watch for Reds
    149 1 RAF. ia Malaya took spe- ctal steps yesterday to deml with any May Day bandit incidents in the Foaentioa Relays of Brigand light bornwon wan kopt airborne froaa Kaala Lasapai in nastaat radio toach with th* ready to amke iwjiiHali ■lialilw tf
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    Lost hikers found
    59 1 MELBOURNE Thurs. A SEARCH party today found six exhausted hikers stranded In the timbered wastes 45 miles from here since Sunday and Riven up for lost. The hunt for them started when they did not report back on Sunday. When they were picked up. they were all
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    PEKTNG STOPS GERM ATTACK
    42 1 LONDON. Thurs. Peking Radio has suddenly dropped the "germ warfare' attack! against the United States. Broadcasts monitored in London have not mentioned the charges since Monday. Until then Peking had not missed a day for sit weeks. -A.R
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    QUEEN MARY
    32 1 LONDON, Thurs. Queen Mary, who has been suffering I from a chill since April 3, is "getting along very well Indeed," said an official at Marl borough House, today. Reuter.
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    GERMAN TREATY 'BY MAY'
    101 1 GERMAN TREATY 'BY MAY' BONN, Thurs. rpitE United States has ur--1 gently asked Britain.! France and West Oermany to j finish negotiation* on the general treaty between the Allies and West Oermany. replacing the Occupation sU- 1 kite, by the middle of May. I Qat West German Chancellor Or. Konrad
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    Honours again
    18 1 TOKYO. Thurs Japan may revive the court rank and honours system banned by the Occupation.— Reuter.
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    His one-man war
    56 1 His one-man war CARCASSONNE, France. Thurs. ARMED with a revolver and screaming "It's war," lugene.Canavy. a 30-year-old clothing shopkeeper, burst into the house of a local hatter today, shot dead the housekeeper and rampaged through the building, breaking windows and shooting at random Police shot him down after tear gas
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    Battle all night to lay on water
    410 1 Battle all night to lay on water KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. ENGINEERS and tech- nicians of the Selangor Waterworks Department will work through tonight to try to repair a broken pipeline which has cut off two-thirds of the town's water supply. Working by floodlights In a low, swampy valley nine miles
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    'RICEOWmT GOING DOWN IN THE EAST'
    177 2 'RICEOWmT GOING DOWN IN THE EAST WASHINGTON, Thursday. gap between the under-fed and the well fed in the Eastern nations is widening despite all efforts to increase food production Mr. Norris E. Dodd, Director General of th< Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) saic today. Mr. Dodd, who was speaking at
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    Free trade plea by Acheson
    101 2 WASHINGTON, ThUW. rE Secretary of State, Mi. Dean Acheson, appealed today for reduction of trade barriers between the free nations of the world. "If we and our partners in the free world are to build the kind of economic and military strength we need for
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    WORMWOOD SCRUBS ROBBED BY GUNMEN
    66 2 LONHON, Thurs. r r O men went throarh th r rates of Wormwood Scrubs prison yesterday in full view of the ruards and a prison officers' canteen and pointed pistols at an officer who was coasting money. They scooped ap the money, staffed their foekets
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    Gift to Truman
    21 2 BYDNEY, Thurs. President Truman has agreed to 1 receive an albino kangaroo as a gift from Australia. Reuter.
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    PRINCESSNOT LINKED WITH TERROR PLOT
    92 2 TUNIS, Thura. ORINCESS Zakda, 30-year-old daughter of the Bey of Tunis and wife of Ben Salem, former health minister, was not implicated in a "terrorist" plot discovered over the weekend, a French Residency spokesman and to«ay. Princess Zakia had sub- scribed 50,000 francs to the
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    France accuses Russia over shooting up of air liner
    323 3 'A TOTALLY UNJUSTIFIED ATTACK PARIS, Thursday. PRANCE officially accused Russia last night of making "a totally unjustified attack*' on a French commercial aircraft in the Berlin air corridor. In what was described by a Foreign Office spokesman as a "most energetic
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    43 3 MALRICt KVANS (left) as Sir Arthur Siilllvan and Robert Morley M W. S. Gilbert who are making the film "Mr. Gilbert and Mr. Sullivan at Shepperton Studios in Britain Both actors arc British bat Mr. Erans ha, been in America for many years
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    Husband would not disappear
    213 3 Husband would not disappear PARIS. ThMs. VICTOR ChausMinier, 45 today filed a suit against a. professional fortune-teller, demanding that she return the equivalent of CS# in r*sh four fat chickens, a doien candles and a box of Bails the pric> he paid ber tn put the "evil eye" on the
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    More votes for Ike
    68 3 BOSTON. Thurs. GEN Dwlght Eisenhower won the support of 26 of the 28 delegates in the Massachusetts presidential primary yes'erday. more than doublmc the votes of all his Republican opponents. Gen. Elsenhower «Jsn fared well in the Democratic popular vote, getting more vo fts than any
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    Aid bill for Senate
    33 3 WASHINGTON Thurs. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee today gave final approval to a reduced foreign aid programme of $6,900,000,--000. It will be debated in the Senate on Monday.— Reuter.
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    TITO WILL FIGHT FOR PEACE
    92 3 TITO WILL FIGHT FOR PEACE BELGRADE. Tliurs. 1/fARSHAL TiTO ;old the newly-founded Union or Yugoslav Reserve Officers here today that Yugoslavia could, if necessary, place an army of over 2.000.000 men in the field He added that, thougf. Yugoslavia would not join the Atlantic or any other pact, "no nation
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    JAP AIM WILL BE FIRM'
    56 3 TOKYO. Thurs. Japan would take a firm stand against countries who did not give her equal commerce and navigation treatment, says a newspaper. The report said Japan would consider- cancelling privileges enjoyed in Japan by the Philippines, Nationally China and South Korea if similar privileges
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    British proposals go by air
    174 3 LONDON TALKS ON EGYPT END LONDON, Thursday. OIR Ralph Stevenson, British Ambassador to Egypt, k will fly to Cairo tomorrow with new British pro posals for the Egyptian the Suda eminent on problem. The proposals were finally approved tonight by the Foreign Secretary, Mr Anthony
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    DEFENCE TALK
    20 3 USBOH Tours, h- fiU Marshal Vlaoasnt Mont«omery held a 90-miaute talk today' with Portugal s Defence Minister. -Reuter.
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    Dust-storm crash
    118 3 ■yuai-oivini V1IUMI 1 NEW DELHI. Thurs. An •irccatt of the Daccjtn Air- ways i-raihed in a New Delhi qua re yesterday during m du.> -s-orm. killin? «U sine rt RKISH ballet dancers Ay>el Kay ark. It. (left), and Nermin OcurtMl. 17, who wanted to see 08 A, were
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    Troops join search for lost hikers
    62 3 MELBOURNE. Thura. VfORE than 100 troops, aborigine native trackers and skilled bushmen returned to base today and reported they had found no trace of six young hikers, missing in Victoria State's rugged mountain country lor six days. The searchers said there was Httie hope
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    U.S. OILMEN STRIKE
    74 3 U.S. OILMEN STRIKE DENVER (Colorado), Thuri. ABOUT half of America's oil refining capacity was halted today by an oil workers' strike. Nearly 90.000 refinery and pipeline workers were out. They are demanding 25 cents an hour more pay. Government, officials said they did not intend to intervene at present. Mr.
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    HOTEL STOPS BUSINESS
    47 3 HONO KONG. Thurs.— The Hong Kang Hotel after midnight last night closed its doors and business officially ceased after 75 years. The hotel building Is now in the hands of Local Enterprise Limited, which will pull it down and erect a modern skyscraper.— Reuter.
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    Rescue teams rescued
    52 3 ismailia Thurs.— Royal I Air Force recovery vehicles I have been ordered out today to tow out desert rescue' ■team vehicles, bogged down yesterday by a deroe seAdstorn. The rescue teams wre strMnc to reach the wrec*■age «f two RAT Vampire Jets which collided over the Sanai
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    Armed police guard Mnlan's ministers
    139 3 Armed police guard Mnlan's ministers CAPBTOWN, Thursday. »PHK *«i»pesition leader, Mr. J. O. N. Strauss. yeftettlay challenged the Government's right to go ahead with its Bill proposing the creation of a high court of parliament above South Africa's now independent judiciary. Before a tense House. Mr. Strauss called for a
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    7-man delegation
    41 3 LONDON. Thur*.— A aevenn.Ui Indonesian delegation, led by Mr. Sadiarwo. of the Indonesian Ministry of Agrit ulture, has arrived in Loodon on Its way to Ottawa to attend the International Rubber Study Group opening there on May S. Renter
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    Gottwald 01
    20 3 VIENNA Thurs >* Ari Czechoslovak Presid»fii' KP ment Oottwald was reliabhj ffSrPJtcd yesterday to have been mystrrlousry "slok".— I
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    Truman regains control of steel WASHINGTON, Thurs.
    232 3 Truman regains control of steel WASHINGTON, Thurs. rrlE government won back temporary control of the steel Industry in a whirlwind court battle today, after promising to break up the steel strike. Justice Department officials said If the steel workers do not return to the mills the government will start injunction
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    Queen will open N.Z. Parliament
    58 3 AUCKLAND. Thurs.— The Prime Minister of New Zealand. Mr. Sidney Holland stated today that the Queen will open a special session of the New Zealand Parliament in Wellington during the Royal tour probably either late next year or early In 1954. Mr. Holland made his
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    Labour demands 4-power talks
    45 3 LONDON. Thurs.— The national executive of the Labour Part? Issued a declaration tonight calling on the Governments of Britain, the United States and Prance to a Four Power conference with Russia to discuss the Dossibillty of free elections throughout Germany. Reuter.
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    The Penang Convent's Centenary
    689 4  -  KHOR CHEANG KEE By TH E R E is always romance in any centenary. But when it occurs in a young country like Malaya— Itself not yet 200 years old there is yet more interest. The transition from the old time* to thp new Is more
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    COMMONS QUESTION ON JAP LOOT
    201 5 COMMONS QUESTION ON JAP LOOT LONDON, Thurr MR. Walter Fletcher, (Cons.) asked In the House of Commons today whether the Foreign Secretary, Mr. Eden, could now state the total value of goods and commodities removed from Malaya and found in Japan on its occupation by Allied troops in 1945. Mr.
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    Breach of rent law
    115 5 HOLDING that the tenants had committed a breach of the terms of the Rent Control Ordinance. Mr. Justice Rogers, in the Singapore High Court yesterday, granted possession of a house to the landlords in an action which they brought against two tenants to recover possession. The
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    31 years with DunloDs
    57 5 jyjß. F.A.W. HANDLEY, retiring managing director of Dunlop Rubber Company, was the guest -of-honour at a farewell dinner by his staff at the Happy World. Singapore, last night. Mr. Handley leaves Singapore on May 12 after 31 years' service with Dunlops in the Far East. He
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    WE ARE LIVING ON HAND-TO-MOUTH BASIS, SYNOIM IS WARNED
    364 5 Church has to sell property to carry on IPOH, Thursday. THE ANGLICAN CHURCH SYNOD, at its second day session today, was told by its honorary treasurer, Mr. W. S. C. Leach, of its acute financial circumstances. "It cannot be disguised,'' he
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    ROMANCE AROUND A RUNWAY
    129 5 A YOUNG Australian couple were going about their work at Kallang airport yesterday, clearing two Constellations from Syd- ney and London, with an extra big smile. For Mr. R. Barry, Senior Traffic Officer, and Miss Vivien Griffin, a ground hostess, both working for Qantas Empire Airways
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    Indian youth
    25 5 MALACCA. Thurs. The Malacca Indian Association has formed a youth section. The association tried to form a women's section, but did not succeed.
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    Cafes to give profits to St. John fund
    213 5 Cafes to give profits to St. John fund TWO of Singapore's "singj in cafes" have ordered. to give one night's profits to St. John Ambulance Appeal Week Fund to build a new headquarters. They are the Rose Paradise Cafe in the Happy World, which will feature Miss Llew Yeet Leong
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    FORMER COUNCILLOR DIES IN LONDON
    176 5 IV/IR. Charles Edward Wurtzburg, M.C.. retired ITi chairman of Mansfield and Co., Singapore and a former Colony Legislative Councillor died in London yesterday after a long Illness Mr Wurtzburg. who was 61 was a prominent figure li world snipping circles He was managing direct' of
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    ALTERED CARD
    24 5 KUALA KANOSAR, Thur* -LI Sol aged 57. who pleaded gulCt.v to haying altered his age on his identity card was nned $15
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    Blackout schedule
    117 5 S^nt STATIUN.v lUblr id ■hrddinf today are DAY Malaya* Brrw*r> \.ii.« Mtr wery. DteUieha Co.. Tanclin Rd.. I'll or nix Park. Alexandra brickworks, Paflr Panjang, Rr format™ "d omm Factory, C'rewonitr St. J»tnrv Mlrt ad.. *Uat Bd.. Bukit Pasoh 8.A.T.. Trafaltar St.. Anton Rd., Ttoag Bahra. s«*o I
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    First to wed m the Chapel
    59 5 rl first wedding to be held In Falrfleld Chapel, Neil Road, Singapore, since it was formed about four years ago, will take place tomorrow at 3 p.m. between Mr. Charlie Lim Seek San and Miss. Lily Tan. Mr. Urn is a younger brother of
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    CAR CONFISCATION DECISION RESERVED
    103 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs. JUDGMENT was reserved In the Sessions Court today In a case in which Tan Chew Bok. a Singapore broker, was asked to show caus» why his car should not be confiscated. The car was used by a Singapore dance hostess. Mlml. to convey
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    Plan to pay youth leaders
    225 5 Plan to pay youth leaders A SCHEME to give allowances to voluntary trained instructors attached to boys' clubs in the Colony Is to be presented to the Singapore Federation oi Boys' Clubs by Mr. Carl F. de Souza, assistant se< retary for Youth Welfare in the Social Welfare Department. Mr.
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    PADI FARMERS TO GET RICE PROFIT
    295 6 Part-owners of new mill KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. J^ NEW $250,000 rice mill, owned largely by the farmers themselves, is expected to revolutionise the marketing of rice in the Tanjong Karang area. The mill opened for buying this week and will start milling at the
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    Rescue men hold night exercises
    128 6 REALISTIC night exercises, including smoke and fire bombs exploding in damaged buildings, were held at the Civii Defence Training School a l Kolam Ayer Lane, Singapore, yeiLerday. The 40 men who took part were mrmbers of the First Rescue Instructors' course which ends tomorrow. Divided
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    ARRESTED MAN RAN AWAY
    80 6 A lorry driver. Lee Kati L:ang. was fined $200 in the S ngapore Second Police Cojrt yesterday for escaping from the custody of a detective after ne had been ri« tamed. Detective Mohamed Said of the Marine Division said that when he found two dutiable factcs
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    Search for missing man
    58 6 PENANO. Thurs. PENANG Marine Police today resumed their search for a harbour board labourer Akbar, who was reported missing last night Akbar was believed to have fallen overboard while unloading cargo from the Bendorr.n on to a lighter in the roads. His disappearance was reported by
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    ONLY 14 WANT TO TRAINASNURSES
    168 6 rpHE NEXT COURSE for student nurses begin* at A the Singapore General Hospital on Monday witb 26 vacancies. The hospital's Principal Matron. Miss E. Rintoul. told the Straits Times yesterday that only 14 girls had applied for the course which was meant for 40. She
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    23 6 GIRL MEMBERS of the Singapore Battery Workers Union sing at the May Da v rally in Victoria Memorial Hall.— Straits Times pict are
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    SYC annual election
    84 6 ONLY members of affiliated organisations will be eligible for election as officebearers of the Singapore Youth Council, according to the recently amended constitution. Mr. A. M. Cherlan. president, said yesterday. "With more affiliated organisations and increased interest in the S.YC.' S general programme, I expect this year's
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    His last voyage on the Willem Ruys
    119 6 WHEN the WiClem Ruys leaves Singapore early i today for Europe she will be doing her last voyage with 54-year-old Captain G. H. Visser as her skipper. Captain Visser, who has been at sea for 33 years, ia i going to Rotterdam to
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    1,000 lights for Wesak celebration
    120 6 AXE thousand lights will U illuminate the Sakya Muni Buddha Oaya Temple at Race Course Road. Singapore, when Colony Buddhists celebrate Wesak Day on May 8. 9 and 10 Wesak Is a triple celebration the annlTersary of the birth of Prince Sakyamunl (later Lord Buddha
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    ENTERED HOUSE IN A STORM
    70 6 A sampan-man of Blakan Mati, Yeo Thiam Bock, aged 40, was yesterday sentenced to three months' rlgo'ous imprisonment by the Si\gapore First District Judge, Mr. Tan Ah Tan. for housebreaking. Mr. M C Boyle. ASP., prosecuting, said that at 3 15 a.m. on Jan. 30
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    SINGAPORE TO PROTECT ATTAP HOMES
    182 6 SINGAPORE TO PROTECT ATTAP HOMES DESIDENTS of attap houses in the urban area of Singapore will be protected under moratorium by City Councillors that there should be no demolitions or evictions from hutments used for domes- tic purposes. This will apply only in cases where there is no undue health
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    YOUTH FINED
    28 6 KUALA KANGSAR. Thurs. —Mat Akhir bin Bsdon, aged 18, a former special constable. wa s nned $40 or two weeks' imprisonment for deceiving Lance Corporal Ahmad
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    33 6 PAMELA CAN A VAN, who plays the part of Sarat Cam in the famous Pay "Bonaventure" which is being produced bj the Y.W. Players at the Victoria Memorial Theatre, Singapore, tonight and tomorrow.
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    Whisper kills Perak bandit
    201 6 Whisper kills Perak bandit KUALA LUMPUR, Thur* A WHISPER from the public helped two platoons of the 1/S Gurkha Rifles to kill a bandit in the Kuala Kangsar of Perak yesterday. A patrol of the 2 6 Gurkhaa wounded two bandits in Kluan c area of Johore. They, however, escaped.
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    LADY FOGARTY OPENS $500,000 SCHOOL
    151 6 SIX-YEAR struggle to served a full holiday pro iae a p oper for the hundreds of children of Service families in the Changi area of Singapore has ended successfully. Yesterday, before a large gathering of parents, senior officers and visitors, Lady Fogarty, wife of the
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      87 6 Y.W.C.A.. Raffles Quay. Malay I classes beginners 9.15; contlnua- tlon. 10.30 a.m.. Mandarin class. beginners. 9.30 a.m.; advrticed. 10.30 am. Y.W. players present "Bonaventure" at Victoria Theatre 9 p m T.M.C.A.. Orchard Road, games from 530 p.m.; Malay literacy class. 8 p m CHINESE Y.M.f.A.. Srlegie Road, music. 2 p.m.;
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    Expansion of civil defence halted in Federation
    348 7 Expansion of civil defence halted in Federation HOME GUARD TRAINING GIVEN PRIORITY KUALA LUMPtTR, Thursday. HALT has been called in the expansion of civil defence in the Federation in order to give first priority to the training and organisation of the country's 250,000 home guards. "Except for Penang and Selangor,
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    Graves make way for 30 homes
    127 7 Graves make way for 30 homes HUNDREDS of unclaimed graves have been exhumed in the private Chinese cemetery at Coronation Road, Singapore, to make way for a million-dollar housing project. The exhumation cost the estate owners $10,000, and the bones have been reburled in .the Municipal cemetery at Chua Chu
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    On rash act charge
    95 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. AN R.A.S.C. driver. Mohamed Yassin bin Omar. wa s today charged before Mr. A. P. Jack, the Kuala Lumpur First, Court Magistrate, with causing the death of a Malay by a rash act. Mohamed was alleged to have caused the death of Abu
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    $7,500 bail on Customs charge
    52 7 JOHORE BAHRU. ThursLee Poh Helng. of Singapore, was allowed bail in $7 500 pending trial on a charge of attempting to evade Customs duty on two lots of sarongs Lee is alleged to have committed the offence on Dec. 20 and wa s arrested in
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    Gamblers fined
    29 7 Eleven people were each fined $5 when they pleaded guilty in Singapore .yesterday to having gambled in a common gaming home in East Coast Road on Wednesday
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    Boy drowned in pool
    78 7 AFTER telling his mother that he was going out to play. 13-year-old Puan Teck Hong went to the Tiger Swimming Pool for a swim on Mar. 1 and was drowned, it was disclosed in the Singapore Coroner's Court Oan Cheng Ann. a lifeguard, told the court
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    Farewell party
    39 7 KAJANO. Thurs.— Members of the Broadrlck Club. Kajang. yesterday entertained their vice-president, Inche Abdul Rahman bin Hashim to a farewell tea party before his departure to Kulal. Johore. on transfer. Inche Abdul Rahman was recently oromoted ASP
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    Couple cleared of cheating charge
    94 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. A TAXI-DRIVER, Chang Yoke Foong, and his wife, Yap Ying, were today acquitted by Mr. B. V. Rhodes, President of the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court, on charges of cheating and attempted extortion. The prosecuting officer. Mr. Chanda Singh, A.S.P., withdrew both charges
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    Diphtheria dying down
    80 7 PENANO. Thurs. A DECLINE in the outbreak of diphtheria in Penang is recorded In the latest Municipal Health statement. The statement shows that only 27 cases were reported last week, against 52 the previous week. None of the patients died. Pneumonia was the- chief cause of death,
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    5 carried cooked rice
    102 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. WHEN a lorry was stopped as it came out of the Scudal re-settlement gate and searched, each of the five Chinese carpenters in it were found to be carrying a tiffin carrier containing cooked rice Charged in the Police Court yesterday with moving
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    COPRA, OIL EXPORTS
    32 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— The Federation exported 1.352 tons of copra worth $639,181 in March. Coconut oil exports totalled 3,024 tons ($2,428,021) Exports of palm oil totalled 3.574 tons ($3,493,141).
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    Land Office transfers
    40 7 KUALA KANOSAR. Thurs. Inche Mohamed HashLm bin Mohamed Vassln ha s been transferred to Kuala Kangsar as chief clerk. Land Ofnce Mr. J. Santa Singh from the Land Office. Kuala Kangsar. succeeded him at the Registrar ofTltlesOffice/Yaiplng
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    Driver fined
    46 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs.— Ahmad Bin Johari charged with inconsiderate driving in colliding with an electric light standard was fined $20, in default 10 days' Imprisonment, in the Police Court today Ahmad claimed that his view was obstructed as he was driving an armoured car.
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    MCA ASSISTS JOHORE VOTERS
    93 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. rE Johore Bahfu branch of the Malayan Chinese Association is taking an actlv« part in getting eligible voters to register foj the Town n<*;! elections. Members have been selected to vuit Chinese offices and household., to explain the procedure of regU>ti.:tion. the signed
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    POLICE GUARD AT ART SHOW
    258 7 A 24-HOUR police guard has been placed round the British Council Hall, Singapore, where the Chinese Art Exhibition will be opened tomorrow by the Governor, Mr. John Nicoll. The precautions have been I taken to protect 300 Chinese art treasures including paintings, porcelain, trade ware,
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    Acquittal in driving case
    66 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.— Mohamed All bin Haji Mohamed Shalb, Assistant Controller of Immigration, was acquitted after trial in the Police Court on a charge of inconsiderate driving by colliding with a car driven by Mr. R. Hallyett, a shipmaster of the Naval Base, Seletar The accident
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    DEATH
    17 8 WURTZBURG: Charles Edward. Jfte Chairman ol Mansfield A Co. Ltd., on 30th April. 1951. at London
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Fri., May 2, 1952. Questionable Questions
    638 8 The Straits Times Singapore, Fri., May 2, 1952. Questionable Questions One disquieting impression remains from reading reports of Wednesday's question time in the House of Commons. A large section of the Laboui Party seems determined to make Malaya into a political issue by using any stray incident as a rod
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    Open The Way To The Sea
    494 8 Open The Way To The Sea Singapore's tightly-packed million will be grateful that the City Council is at last taking up the question of access to the city's beaches. The Estates and Fire Brigade Committee of the City Coun- cil has recommended that the Council strongly urge the Government to
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    BACK FROM MOSCOW
    1391 8 T<HIS is the first article I have written in 18 months that has not had to pass through the hands of the Soviet censor. A censor who scans one's copy not merely for Inaccuracies or for Inadvertent breaches of security but who deleted <I pick at random)
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    CYRIL RAY,
    24 8 After 18 months in the Soviet capital, comes back through the Iron Curtain to tell his first unexpurgated story of Russia today
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    Helicopters in the jungle
    745 8 LONDON. AT about the same time as a helicopter was swooping low over the empty beach at Worthing, popular I Sussex seaside resort, spray- ing Insecticide to destroy the sandhoppers, sharptoothed enemy of holidaymakers, Air Commodore > Harvey was pressing in the House of Commons for
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    'On the Margin
    445 8 Time of day WE ARE still being chased by words. Mr. P. NonLt of Malacca, who happened to be standing by when a friend glanced at his wrist-watch, overheard a Malay ask hla friend. "Pukul berapa*" rWhafa the time?'. 1% then struck Mr. Noni s to wonder
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    HIGHER REWARDS PLAN IS WELCOMED
    420 9 Wow we are getting on with bandit war planter KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. THE FEDERATION GOVERNMENT'S new scale of rewards for the capture alive or killing of leaders of the Communist revolt was generally welcomed today. "At last we seem to be approaching the Emergency with
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    COURT TOLD OF STRUGGLE AND A SHOT
    613 9 A ROYAL MARINE commando was shot during a struggle with a police inspector, It was alleged at a Singapore inquest yesterday on the soldier, Derek Smith, ared 21. Smith was one of three Marines arrested In Changi Road after a Malay, Mohamed Yatlm
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    THEY SEEK CITY SITE FOR STORE POLYTECHNIC
    204 9 THEY SEEK CITY SITE FOR STORE POLYTECHNIC A GROUP of men and women yesterday planned immediateCy to try and get a site "within a mile of the Singapore General Post Office" where night classes on various subjects, from cookery to engineering, can be held. They were discussing plans for a
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    Claim for pay, profits lost
    54 9 A young shop assistant, A. N. Abdul Jabbar. who Fued A. E. Abdul Hamid for $1,614 arrears of salary and profits lrom a partnership, lost his claim in the Singapore High Court yesterday. The Chief Justice. Sir, Charles Murray-A ynsley, .Milted that Jabbar had failed
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    'Concours d'Elegance' on May 25
    90 9 THE Automobile Association of Singapore will hold a "Concours d'Elegance" In Empress Place on Sunday, May 25. Cars and their syces or owner-drivers will be Judged on their performance over a special course on which hidden marshals will check for breaches of road manners, bad
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    Foryouth on Empire Day
    71 9 For youth on Empire Day THE Deputy High Commissioner for the Federation, Mr. D. C. MacGUlivray, and the Governor of Singapore, Mr. J. F. Nicoll, will broadcast special messages on Empire I Day to children on May 20. The Federation radio programme begins at 8 a.m. Mr. MacGllllvray's message will
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    Lender lost his claim
    112 9 RECAUSE the promissory note did not contain all the terms of the contract, an action brought by a moneylender to recover $496 at the Singapore Civil District Court yesterday was dismissed. The money-lender, Kabal Singh, brought the action on a promissory note, dated Apr. 1, 1951,
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    NICOLL, COUNCILLORS MEET FOR TEA
    91 9 SINGAPORE CITY COUNCILLORS met the Governor, Mr. J. F. Nicoll, at Government House yesterday and discussed City affairs. "It gave councillors the opportunity of meeting Mr. Nicoll over a cup of tea." the City President. Mr. T. P. F. McNeice. said. Photographers were allowed Into
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    Sourabaya Sue for Hong Kong
    68 9 Miss Ketoet Tantn better known as Sourabaya Bue. one of the earliest champions of Indonesian independance, left Singapore this morning in the Chusan for Hong atOML After a short sty in Hone Kong, Miss. Tantrl will visit Japan, where she will meet newspaper publishers Bhe
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    HE TOURED COLONY
    61 9 AN ETHIOPIAN soldier. Pte. Goberi Tomari. with an amputated leg on board the Danish hospital ship Jutlandia. i s greeted by Mrs. D. W G. Faris, head of the Singapore branch of the S t. John' Ambulance Brigade, when he stepped aahore from the ressel yesterday morning,
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    Thought shirts were genuine
    247 9 STORE OWNER'S DEFENCE HARDIAL SINGH, proprietor of a Singapore department store, said in the Third District Court yesterday that he thought the shirts he imported from Hong Kong were genuine Arrow shirts. I He was making his defence |i a charge of importing 125 l oozen
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    NEW CURFEW m johore
    59 9 NEW CURFEW m johore JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.A curfew order from 4 p.m. to 6 a.m. ha« been Imposed n the Johore Bahru area. The main trunk road and Johore Bahru town are exempted. All people living within wire enclosures In Kempa* new village and Scudai new village muit remain within
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    Army ambulance driver lined
    24 9 JOHORE BAHRU Thurs.— Kassim bin Darus, driver of an Army ambulance waj fined $15 at Johore Bahru for inconsiderate driving.
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    Dudslo-note appears in Singapore
    145 9 THE Singapore C.I.D. are investigating the source of a fake $10 bill which showed up in the Colony yesterday. The note was received by a member of the public who reported to the police. A C.I.D. officer said yesterday: "So far, we have come across fake
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    RUBBER BOARD NAMED
    153 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. THE APPOINTMENT of 13 members to serve on the Malaya Rubber Export Registration Board was officially announced today. The announcement also named 13 persons to be alternates to the members of the board. The members are: Mr. C. J. Smith, chairman; Mr. I. O
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    IN SINGAPORE ON INSPECTION TOUR
    49 9 Major Gen. o. A. N. Swiney. Director of Ordnance Services at the War Office, arrived in Singapore by plane yesterday on an inspection tour of the Far Eastern Ordnance units. Gen. Swiney will visit the Federation before going to Hong Kong. Japan and Korea.
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    It was a quiet S'pore MayDay
    272 9 It was a quiet S'pore MayDay SINGAPORE had a quiet May Day yesterday. The only incident was the discovery of two Communist slogans on« scratched on a wall near the Junction of Waterloo Street and Middle Road, the other on a Singapore Traction Company bus There were four-meetliu* in the
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    Bandit murder
    28 9 Bandits are believed to have murdered a Chinese civilian in the Segamat district. A Chinese in khaki crill was seen near the scene ot the killing.
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    PROGRESS OF S-E ASIA HINGES ON PRICE PAID
    966 10 First annual report on Colombo Plan FOR RUBBER QHXSGES in the price of rubber appreciably hasten or retard the progress of development in South-East Asia and make a great difference to the millions of Asians who depend on rubber for their livelihood.
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    46 10 GENERAL S(R GERALD TEMPLER, the High Commisstoner, talking to Tenfkn Abdullah, son of the Yang dePertuan Besar of Negri Sen Mian, who retnrne*. recently from a course in public administration at Glasgow UniTersity. The pictare was taken during General Tempter's visit to Seremban. Straits Times pictare
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    $1,800 HAUL OF ALUMINIUM
    28 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Thur*.— Three hundred sheets of aluminium were stolen yesterday from the Forest Research Institute, in Kepong Selangor. The aluminium was worth $1331.
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    New councillor
    53 10 KOTA BAHRU. Thurs.— Nik Mustapha Fathii bin Mahmood. Dato Sen Amar D'Raja* President. Town Board. Kota Bahru, has been appointed a temporary official member of the Kekntan Council of State, in place of Nik Ahmad Mahmood. Dato Sen Nara D'Raja. District Officer, Kota Bahru, while the latter acts
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    CAMPS FOUND
    13 10 Terrorist camps and food dumps were found and destroyed in Selangor.
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    SINGAPORE WARDERS GET PAY RISE
    154 10 r THE Singapore Government has announced pay x increases, retrospective to Jan. 1, 1951, for prison warders in the Colony. Th P new salary scalp for warden, which 1a based on that granted to the police last year, gives them a basic $20 Increase. A
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    $400 bail in bribery case
    53 10 IPOH, Thurs— Bail of $400 was allowed 41 -year-old Yap Kon Fook, an Assistant Resettlement Officer at the Kanthan Bahru new village who was charged with accepting bribes from villagers for the Issue of lot tickets In the camp. The hearing was fixed for May
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    NEGRI COUNCIL
    35 10 SEREMBAN, Thurs.— The State Nationality BUI will be discussed at the next meetIng of the NegTl Sembilan Council of State, the acting State Secretary Inche Lokman bin Yusof. told the Straits Times today.
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    Members 'become efficient wives'
    221 10 GUIDE COURSE OPENS KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. rpHE GUIDE MOVEMENT trained young women to be efficient wives and good mothers, Mrs. A. Pinnick, Chief Guide Commissioner for the Federation and Singapore, told representatives from new villages in Selangor and Pahanf in Kuala Lumpur today. Mrs. Pinnick was
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    YOGI TO TOUR MALAYA
    117 10 YOGI TO TOUR MALAYA HINDU splrituailst and leader. Yogi Shudhananda Bharati, arrives In Singapore tomorrow afternoon from Colombo for a two-month tour of Malaya. Author of more than 500 bocks In Tamil and Telugu. the Yogi U a scholar in English. French and German. At 5.15 p.m on May SS.
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    'Happy sign' for S -E Asia
    182 10 'Happy sign' for S -E Asia SEVERAL leading Singapore traders yesterday described as a happy sign the United States Chamber of Commerce directors' call to recognise the importance of South-East Asia They told the Straits Tim-a that It indicated two not unexpect■»; trends in American business attitude towards South-East Asia.
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    Traders cannot get loans
    54 10 KUANTAN, Thurs.—Chettlar money lenders are refusing to give loan* to petty merchant* and labourer* In Kuan tan. One of them said the enactment recently passed affected petty traders more than the moneylenders. Though Government rejected the Chettlars' petition, he said these traders would help them open
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    Open finding on sailor
    43 10 PENANG. Thurs. The Penang Coroner. Mr. J. A. Black, today returned an or>en finding on a sailor Eng Moh Kirn. who was found dead In a junk on Nov. 27 last year. The cause of death was not ascertained.
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    ENGINE BURNT
    25 10 Bandits set fire to an engine in a rolling shed and slashed rubber trees on an estate in the Kanthan area r-f Perak.
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      The Face That Saves Any Comedy
      814 11 BRUCE FRASER -talking about FILMS THANK goodness for A Alastair Sim! Any film in which he appears is bound to have a goodly ration of laughs. "Laughter In Paradise", based on that old standby of the scriptwriter, the comic will, would in fact have
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      BEST OF THE CURRENT SHOWS
      313 11 HER£ are packet reviews of the best films at preI sent In circulation, in Singapore and the Federation Three stars Indicate an mlstanding picture. two Tieans above average, and <ne indicates good enterainment. A Plare In The S»n. Ou»--jindi.ig direction, photograph md acting make a
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      Errol Has A Female Rival
      276 11 Errol Has A Female Rival ITNIVERSAL Interim- tional is making the movie that could settle, for all time, one of the movies' most perplexing problems. Who is the braver— Errol Flynn or Maureen O'Hara? We all know that Flynn is the bravest man in the movies, but how will he
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      SEARCH FOR INNOCENCE
      134 11 DAMELA Canavan plays the role of Sarat Cam in the Y.W. Players' production of Charlotte Huttngs' play "Bonaventurt", which opens at th« Victoria Memorial Theatre tonight at 9 p.m. There will be another performance tomorrow night. The action ,1 Utu pity takes place in a a— wt-hosptui
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    TanjongMalim: a tribute to Mrs. Codner
    506 12 TanjongMalim: a tribute to Mrs. Codner PLANTER'S WIFE" was very frank in her letter on "The treatment of suspects". It made interesting reading. I hope "Kuan-Yong" will not mind my replying to her. As a resident of this cowards village (Tanjong Malim), as many now call it, I have an
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    THE BOARDING HOUSE LIFE
    123 12 UNSYMPATHETIC'S" remarks in last Saturday's Forum regarding boarding houses prompts me t sugzest that greater pron i-.ene'e should be given to this "racket." and that some r d r ess should be made available for the victims, mostly Service tamllies. My wife, child and self occupy
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    INTO THE HANDS OF FOOLS
    172 12 INTO THE HANDS OF FOOLS I THINK "Employer" (last Friday) has missed the. point that Mr. Haxworth is working very hard to improve the roads for motorists and pedestrians. If. as Mr. Haxworth says, there is a person killed every other day, surely the sugI gestion to abolish the speed
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      Acquisition of estate land
      229 12 IN the Straits Times of April 19 it was reported that The Negri Sembilan Government today denied allegations that Malays in the State were forced to sell their lands for resettlement purposes. The refutation said: The principle of providing land Tor resettlement has received the approval
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      THE KALLANG JAGA
      110 12 rTH reference to the footnote to my letter regarding the jaga at Kalians (April 28). I would like to state that I was not at any time in the Customs Hall as the airport manager seems to have concluded. The airport manager has apparently missed the point
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      Neither 'chief nor 'sub': just a tenant
      312 12 Neither 'chief nor 'sub just a tenant VfOjT of the correspondiTi ence on the new Rent Control BUI has been aimed at the chief tenants, implying that chief tenants are "rapacious" beings. One would Imagine from these letters that every house rented out is filled with haggard, suffering sub-tenants, with
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      THE COMBINED CLASSES
      82 12 THERE are many Chinese a schools in Singapore which have combined classes, classes of two standards usually being put in one classroom. It not only presents a difficulty in teaching but It prevents the steady progress of the children. The whole classroom in these circumstances exists in
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      222 12 I Straits Times Crossword 3 I 2 I p~~| |*~i f~i m "iT" ii IT V 'U'BOSs uu.iui.. a«eW kv a iiuce iii. 1 -vi .we por:ion? 10 »>. Cn for card-game lv. Kan wIUj nr c ror a re- <•)• curriig phrase (7). 16. Holding back confusedly 11. Misrepresent
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    LONDON STOCKS
    280 13 LONDON. Thurs. fINCE again Japanese bonds provided the bright spot in the London stock Exchange. Tbey finished strong with gains of between two and seven points. Industria's V malr.ed subdued with small declines. Closing middle prices of selected stocks were: OonsoK Ml +4 Funding 4% Mi +X W«r
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    U.K. RUBRER
    29 13 LONDO'N. May I— Spot Sid., June 30 ',d July-Sept. 30d.. Oct-Dec 2*\d.. Jan-Mar. 27\d.. May elf. 3ld. June ci.f 30% d.. July cl.f. 30 Yd Market Easier.
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    H.K. EXCHANGE
    59 13 HONO KONG Thurs I^REK market currency exchange of Hong Kong dollars was quoted a' the close todiv as fol- lows: US$l HKWS3S (cash); HKM.S6 (T.T): HK515.92 One tael of pold $299 625. The Malayan Exchange Banks Association quoted the following rates for Hong Kong dollars terday:Selilng T.T or
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    Australian Share Market
    175 13 From Our Own Correspondent. MELBOURNE, Thurs. PASTORAL shares were more popular on tn* Stock Exchange today following improvemerv in the wool market, Oolasbrough Mortgages were marked up Wocl values reached their highest poir.t of the week In Sydney although not quotab'e in percentage 'ermt. General investments fluctuated
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    LOWER RUBBER PRICE DRIFT
    190 13 1 1/8 cts. drop on selling pressure By A Market Correspondent THE Singapore Rubber Market again drifted to lower levels following a spate of selling pressure from Federation centres yesterday. An easier tendency prevailed although there were a few trade enquiries, resulting In a moderate turn-over.
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    TIN: $478 A PICUL
    12 13 SINGAPORE, Thurv May I— s4J« a pical (unchanged
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    London Price
    25 13 LONDON, May 1.-Crfsh Buyera £9«»; Sellers £9MI; Forward Buyers £M4t; Sellers £M 5; Settlement «t»S4i; (unchang e4). TurnoTrr a.m. 25: p.m. SO tons.
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    EXCHANGE TO MERCHANTS
    70 13 'THE Malayan Exchange Banks Anoclatlon yesterday announced tbe following changes lo the agreed rates of exchange to merchants: MJfING Air Mail M da*. T.T. OJJ. Credit Bill! N. York 33% 33k 33 s Canada 32 716 33 910 32 13 16 Trade Bills New York 33 7
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    TAKUAPA TIN
    24 13 Tafcnapa Valley Tin Dredging (NX.) output for April ni 470 piculs. Two dredges worked 1.104 hours and covered 220 .060 cubic yards
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING
    194 13 CHIPS alongside the Singapore Harbour Board gooowns. or expected there at 7 a.m. t Azy, are:— 1-2 Lasem; 4-5 Calchus; Coml Plant: Punlng; «-7 Star Alcyone: 8-9 Pernhlll; 11 CVenartiiey: 13-14 Jaladurga; 15-16 Tyndareus; 19 Larut; 20 Labuan Hadji: N w 6 Mantin: :m-22 Maxwell Brander: 23-24 Polydorut;
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    Malayan Shares
    134 13 Tins improve OPERATORB on the Malayan Share Market yesterday confined their activities largely to the Tin section and selected counters continued to improve. Yesterday's price changes by the Malayan Share Brokers' Association were: •■yen Belter* Con Tln8nelt Onto 22/- 23/Prmaer A Neavt Onto. 3 15 3 85 W.
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    THE PRODUCE MARKET
    72 13 ILfOST sections of the Blnga--11 pore Produce Market maintained a steadier tone yesterday. With bids for copra Increased to $26 a pii ul sellers were reserved and no business resulted. Pepper was firm following Increased foreign enquiries. Sellers quoted Muniok at $530 plcul, Sarawak at $515 and
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    Get these basic principles right
    898 14 Get these basic principles right rIE Straits Times begins publication today of a series of cricket articles by Alf Cover the famous Surrey and England cricketer, whose school of crickei in London is one of the most well-known in the world. Gover brings ■>> many years' evperiene« to teaching young
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    AN INTRODUCTION TO CRICKET ACADEMY
    382 14  -  Alf Cover by I' PROPOSE in this terie* of mstructional articles to help the already fairly accomplished player, and alto teach the beginner the rudiment of the game. One never stops learning something new about cricket. I spend my whole time these days teaching cricket
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    Six English women reac last eight
    161 14 Six English women reac last eight BOURNEMOUTH. Thurs. TWO American and six English women advanced to the quarter finals of the women's singles of the Brush hard court t*nnls championships yesterday. Doris Hart was surprisingly extended by Valda White of England before she won. 8-2. 7-5 The other American, Shirley
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    Secret plan for Olympic sprinter
    57 14 SYDNEY. Thurs— Coach Jim Monaghan has begun a wcret plan to get world sprint rero:d holder Maricrte Jackson o her peak for the Helsinki Olympic Oames. Since the Australian s«msoa ended recently. Miss Jackson has kept fit playing tennis, walking and cycling. At Hefeinkl she
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    RUGBY RESULTS
    47 14 LONDON. Thurs YmIctiIiti rugby: l^tf Torquay AthMtC 13. B»riut«p*e S Kojbj lW|li: Paather*u>n« Rovers It Batle? 5 ReuUr TUE CORRECT STANt-. K iht foot Jte«*A hands clos* to the body, bottom of bat close to right toe, aad weight of body evenly on both foci.
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    Spurs 'steal' second place from Arsenal
    179 14 LONDON, Thursday. TOTTENHAM Hotspur, last season's Football A Leafue champions, finished runners-up to Manchester United in this season's campaign as a result of their two-nil away victory over their fellow Londoners, Chelsea, yesterday. The two points they gained from victory in th«lr final match
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    Great fight ahead in Dunlop golf
    132 14 Great fight ahead in Dunlop golf SONNINOtMLB Berks >, Tbitrs. A keen etrußfle U promised in the final stages of the Dunlos» 1»00 lutneaa townaamenl here v three pUyers. Sam Scott, MM "^Faulkner. British open champion, and Harry Bradatasw are tevd at 141— a stroke ahead of Noraan -Von HWa.
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    New champ is certain
    128 14 JURNHAM isotnersat). Thurs. 1 NCW English anwtear golf champion will be hailed this veefc as tne holder of the title. O. P. Roberts of Lancashire. w«a < tester) In the third round here es'eiday by J. R Butterworth »f Worcester, who won by three I nd
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    Scotland outclass U.S. six-nil
    218 14 GLASGOW, Thurs. SCOTLAND easily beat the United States In an insrrratlonal soccer match at Hampden Park yMterday, six foals without A crowd of 107 765 saw the QcW%" #1 vm ivk» fonhi lead In ll' •ainmea and t«qre*«<> It te four at half Ume. The teat
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    Huddersfield to appeal
    96 14 I HUDORRSPISLO Thurs -Hud deraOeld Town, who will be retegated to the Second Division of So* "Football League far ne*i season. ar» to ut tb* Appeals Board «t Use XeswaH League to I n<jtrt r t into clrcumstanoes at (be goal by which Tottenham Htuenir bent them
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    India objects to inter-zone dates in K.L.
    216 14 KOALA LUMPUR. Thurs. INDIA Is objecting to the dates) fixed for their Thomas cup 1 tnter-aane match against Denmark according U> a telegram received here yesterday from Mr. H. A. T. Scheeie. secretary of the International Badminton Peder*Uon. The cable, sent to Mr.
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    481 15  -  EPSOM JEEP By WILL BE HARD TO BEAT TOMORROW PENANG, Thursday. f HE strapping Ujiji grey 16 M.M., with Colin Tulloh up, strode out in faultk- ss fashion in a half-speed workout on the training track at Penang this morning. This horse is in tip-top shape and will be
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    Princess Beau breaks 38 for 3f.
    293 15 Princess Beau breaks 38 for 3f PENANO Tburs. DSINCESS BEAU, with Mickey T Donnelly astride, shaped like a winner at Penang this morning when she skimmed over a fast track to dock the smart 'time of 37 4,6 for Jf Princess Beau is right at her peak and m a
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    S.T.T.A.need $16,000 to put on Asian meet
    190 15 SINGAPORE may see the first Asian table tennis championships In November this year but It will cost Singapore Table Tennis Association an estimated $16,000 to stage the championships. BTTA president Mr. Choo Kwal Low warned the council at yesterday's meeting that this Is
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    Chew Bee, Mrs. Sewell win
    78 15 {WO Chew Bee, who is expected to take the three major titles at the YXCA tennis championships won his first yesterday when, with Mrs. Pat SeweU, he beat Low Kee Pow and Miss R C Rhodes by 7-5, 3-«, 6-3 in the mixed doubles final.
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    Town Rangers and Netaji MFC draw
    88 15 Town Ri^fara. «£k jAtV pfrjLi* their a3cMS»«tl» yesterday. IFC&h I!**.1 *k. drew 1-3 with Netaji MJP.C. Rangers had bad luck to lose. A RaUn. UaUiMMe forward, injured Hi* rts» ankle In the second bait atod hmd to be tent to hospital Francis Qittk scored
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    Tug' Wilson hopes to . ride in Manx races
    314 15 Tug' Wilson hopes to ride in Manx races IPOH, Thursday. CRACK motor-cyclist Capt. E. B. "Tug" Wilson, of the Ist. Bn. Worcesters stationed here, is shortly leaving; for Korea. But being "on the move again 1 will not discourage "Tug" from making plans to compete in the Manx and other
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    SHEPPARD HITS BRIGHT CENTURY
    419 15 LONDON. Thurs. A stylish century by David Sliop- pard, Cambridge University captain and England Test player when the University entertained Leicestershire yesterday was the nappy prelude to the opening of the English county cricket programme on Saturday. This wae the first first-class century ol the season.
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    3 Jockeys to miss Penang
    72 15 JOCKEYS Roy Perclval, "Porky" Donnelly and George Straker will not ride at the Penan* Summer meeting Percival and Donnelly are giving the van Breukelens a helping- hand at Ipoh i s preparing a powerful team fo r the Governor's Cap meeting at Bukit Timah (May
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    21 fillies to run Guineas
    113 15 LONDON, Thurs. 'pWENTY-ONI probable ninners and jockeys for the 1.000 Guineas, to be run over one mile «t Newmarket at 1355 hours GMT v» 25 pjn. Malayan) tomorrow, are: Oriflamme. Manny Mercer; Escaslda. Rae John stone Fair Amason. E. Fordyce; Valcamonlca. Jacques Doy»sbere: The Brighton
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    GOLDEN BOY AIMS FORKO,BUT IT WON'T BE EASY
    611 15 GOLDEN BOY AIMS FOR KO,BUT IT WON'T BE EASY By Our Boxing Reporter p OLDEN BOY, welterweight champion of the Federation, is out to prove that he is the best man at his weight in these parts when he takes on Little Paras of Manila in the main event at
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    MALAY PAIR SURPRISE
    49 15 IPOH, Thurs. fHE best match of last night's session of the Perak .Junior badminton championships which are now In progress, was the second round doubles encounter between Mohd sboeb and Abdul Hiliimi af tbe Police who, beat the much-fancied Lim Chlew Tbye-Ls* Menu combination in strajtfTaeta.
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    Business XI waste their chances
    473 16 BUT THEY GET FULL POINTS Business Houses F.A. 1; Singapore District 0. BUSINESS HOUSES were lucky to win this match at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday against a disjointed though spirited Singapore District eleven. Lucky because despite out-manoeuvring the soldiers for most of the game, no
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    SOCCER RESULTS AT A GLANCE
    176 16 SINGAPORE Basines* Houw, FA 1, S pore District a. DIV. 1: SCC Z, SBC 1. DIV. IA) Blue Rovers 3, Social A. P. 4; NetaJl MFC 1. Town lupn I; K MBfllm Lm. CTMA (P.M.t S. BUS. HOUBCB LGB.: Chartrrrd Bank J. Shell B.C. 1;
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    S.R.C. beaten second time
    391 16 S.C.C 2; S.R.C 1. SINGAPORE Recreation Club suffered defeat lor the second time in 48 hours when they went down to Singapore Cricket Club in their S.A.F. A. First Division clash on the padang last evening. Recs had lost to I.R.C. by the same margin at
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    NS Cup team confident of win tomorrow
    196 16 NS Cup team confident of win tomorrow SEREMBAN ThUTS. AFTER their smashing away win, by 6-1. over Johore at Muar and their great showing against the Aryan Gymkhana. Negri have at last found the confidence they needed and there is no doubt whatever here, that on home ground, the State
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    BENEFIT SOCCER
    31 16 The Naval Base eleven to meet Rovers B.C. in a benefit match at the Base tomorrow is: Tee Kok, Singh. Then, Haggesiy. Gutterldge. Plaice. Downton. Coates Carnelly, Roberts, Ooed.
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    DUTTA SAVES OTEC A POINT
    89 16 OTEC B and Mercantile Bank S.C. drew 3-all in a Singapore BHFA Div 3 match at Clerical Onion ground yesterday. After being led 2-9 In the first half OTEC B [ought back In the second half when Ismail scared two quick goals within a space
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    IRC v HAIKOWYU
    43 16 Indian Recreation Club team against Haikowyu S.C. In a friendly soccer match at Fairer Park today will be: Paul; Philip. Z M. Kasslm. O. Suppiah. O. 8. M. Kassim. A. Rashid. N. Nadarajah, P. DuUa. S Krlshnan. Masalamtn. V. Nadarajan.
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    SAFA' good soccer upset HK visitors
    167 16 fHE Hong Kong football team 1 came to Singapore fully confident that they would win the inter -port fixture and be the first holders d the Aw Hoe Memorial Cup. sa:d Mr J C. Ouimgmm. manager of the Hong Kong team, at a dinner
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    MALAYAN SOCCER LEAGUE TABLES
    962 16 LATEST league onssltion I are Penan*, FIRST DIVISION P W D L FApta Sepoy Line* 3 2 10 0 15 r. y»ter» a a o o 12 o 4 Police 4 1 2 1 9 4 Baharol Alain 2 1 1 0 S I Chinese R.C
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    GLAMOUR TEAMS IN INTRIGUING FA. CUP FINAL
    390 16 GLAMOUR TEAMS IN INTRIGUING FA. CUP FINAL Prom A Special Correspondent LONDON, Thursday. AN Saturday the 72nd Football Association Cup v Anal, between Arsenal and Newcastle United both "itlamour" teams will climax the English soccer season. And it promises to be the moat intriguing final of all time. Can Newcastle,
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    CYMA SCORE FOURTH WIN
    76 16 Catholic Young Men's Association scored their fourth succeslve win in as many appearances In the BAFA Div. 3 League when they trounced* Kadayanallur League 6-0 at BODCA ground yesterday. C.V.M A. were so much the better side that at half time they were 4-0 up with
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    Shell missed 2 penalties, beaten 3-1
    191 16 fHARTERZD Bank S.C. scored a 3-1 victory over Shell Sports Club in a Business Houses F.A. Div. 1 match played at Farrer Park yesterday. All four goals were scored In the last ten minutes of the first half. The first goal came when Chartered
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    HAT-TRICK BY YEW QUEE
    110 16 After an exciting struggle In a SAFA Div. 3A match at Oeylang yesterday Social A.P. beat Blue Rovers 4-3 Blue Rovers were first to score. through Arlffln (penalty), and they went further ahead from a drive by Jackie Choo. But Social A P drew level before
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