The Straits Times, 16 April 1953

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    12 1 The Straits Times. TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY APRIL 16, 1853. IS CENTS
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    Adlai has biggest escort of citizen
    219 1 Adlai has biggest escort of citizen KUALA LUMPUR. Wrd. \|R Adlai Stevenson, the ITI American politician, today travelled with the biggrst security rs~ cort ever given an ordinary citizen in the Federation. During a tour of tin mines and rubber esate.s in Belangor he travelled In Oen. Tempter's bullet-proof, blast-proof
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    The stocks go up in London
    96 1 The stocks go up in London LONDON. Wed— Sweeping tax 'iin ••*Nion> announced is the British Budget yesterday boosted prices of industrial, commercial and Government stocks on the Stock Market here today. The market opened earlr with the biggest attendance of members and clerks since sterling was devalued in September
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    U.S. wants those Daks back
    50 1 HANOI. Wed The United States la seeking the return of 20 Dakota pi in»s she lent Franre last year for operations in Ind<>-Ch.na. a senior French officer said here today. They were .->ent to aid the airlift to a beleaguered French garrison at Nasam Reuter
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    Trip for a Queen
    34 1 TEHERAN. Wed. Queen Suralya. the w:fe of the Bhah Is to visit Europe, the court ministry said today. She is expected to leave Teheran within the next 10 days— Reuter.
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    OVER WEIGHT—NOW OVERDUE
    56 1 O VER WEIGHT— NO W OVERDUE Bound f'-r Calcutta on i Tuesday, a Singapore Emkhshwomaa who was having her baggage checked at Kallang Airport. Singapore, learned that it wa.s iverwight She hired a taxi to take a suitcase to a house In Rochester Park. But the bag. which contained dresses
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    BUDGET AIDS MALAYA
    357 1 Butler gives relief to tin and rubber By Our Market Correspondent rubber companies registered in Britain will benefit from the tax reliefs announced in the British Budget and will be able to devote more money towards vital re-planting programmes on estates. Ni is was the opinioo of
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    KENYA PLACED ON A WAR FOOTING
    137 1 Campaign to crush Mau Mau M NAIROBI. Wednesday AJOR-GEN. Hinde. Director General of Operations aßainst the Mau Mau terrorists in Kenya today issued an emergency directive to the police army and civil administration virtually plat-in* the country on a war footing. The directive was
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    RAF plane to fly to Moscow
    84 1 RAF plane to fly to Moscow LONDON. Wed— Russia has agreed to a Royal Mr Force aircraft flying to Moscow to bring home six British and ai. Irishman recently released by the North Korean Government an authoritative sour c said here today. All seven are civilians. No time has yet
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    Elephant plane crashes
    39 1 NEW DELHI. Wed —A plane carrying two baby elephants and three crewmen crashed over thick Jungle near here today. There were no survivors. The plane was taking the elephants, captured In the Assam jungles, to Calcutta-
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    Charlie decides
    26 1 WASHINGTON. Wed. Charlie Chaplin ha* surrendered his U.B. re-entry permit. Indicating he does not Intend to resume residence in the United States A P
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    Red arrested
    22 1 TUNIS. Wed. Police today ;irr<\sted Taleb. a Tunisian Communist leader, for whom they have been searching for a year. -Reuter.
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    54 to be freed
    38 1 MANILA. Wed -The Defence Department announced that 54 Chinese nationals held as Communist suspects since C ember will be released today Deportation proceedings wlli be filed against 19 others charged with subversive activities.—A P.
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    SEVEN WORRIED-LOOKING GIRLS
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    CHRISTIE: MORE CHARGES
    159 1 CHRISTIE: MORE CHARGES Accused of murder of three women LONDON Wed JOHN Christie 55-year- old clerk, wa? today charged with the murder of three more women found entombed in his home at Notting Hill. London. He had already been charged with the murder of his wife. Ethel,, Christie was chanced
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    2 saved after 11 weeks adrift
    54 1 MAHE. Seychelles. Wed.— Two yoaths were found alive today in a motor launch, the •Marie -Jeanne, which had been adrift in the Indian Ocean for 11 weeks. Ther were the sole survivors of 11. inrludin c two women The launch was spotted by a
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    Dead 'man' was a woman
    51 1 Dead 'man' was a woman GRIMSBY. Wed— A 62--year-old Salvation Army cook who had posed as a man for 25 years w«s exposed in death yesterday as a woman. The cook, who used the name John Wilson, fell ill but refused to receive a doctor. She died 24 hours later
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    Tin up £15
    27 1 Tin up £15 LONDON. Wed. Spot tin went up by £15 to £715 here today But the settlement price plunged by £50 to £685 Details Pag,. S).
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    First floor fall
    32 1 KUALA LUMPUR. WedHundreds of people saw a Chinese fall from the first floor of a clubhouse In Klyne Street last night. Police today said his condition was not serious.
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    Mr. H. goes East
    28 1 BERLIN. Wed Stephan Heym. German-born American author, has asked for political asylum in East Germany, the East German news agency said here today Reuter.
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    $48,000 for Rita
    22 1 NEVADA. Wed A court herr yesterday awarded actress Rita Hayworth US$4B,OOO yearly from her former husband Aly Khan AP.
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    Sit-down strike by freedom PoWs
    209 1 WASHINGTON. Wed. Seven handred Red aiefc and wound r«t prisoners of war being takes aboard ships on the first stage of their repatria- < Urn journey staged a "sitstrike, said radio reparts here tonight Erie Savareid. reporting for 1 ColumbU Broadcasting Sn-» tern. said, in
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    Protest walk-out
    34 1 NEW YORK. Wed The French delegation walked curt of the Assembly's Politic il Committee yesterday In protect at an attack on Fren.-h rule :n Tunisia and Morocco by the Iraqi delegate Reuter.
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    IN HOTEL ROOM A WAITRESS IS FOUND STABBED
    252 1 IN HOTEL ROOM A WAITRESS IS FOUND STABBED Man plunges 100 ft. to death 4 JOBLESS Cantonese singer. Leong Chew. 29. hurtled 100 feet to his death from the fourth floor. of the New Empress Hotel, in Middle Road last night. And in a room on the same floor oi
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    Dak shot down
    39 1 RANOOON. Wed— About 12 Burmese arm v aim navy officers. some of them of high rank, were believed killed when an air force Dakota plane was ■hot down by Chinese Nationalist guerillas, front-line reports said today
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    Laos appeals to UN
    81 1 BAIOON. Wed. Souvanna Phouma. Premier of Laos, today appeau*! to the United I Nations and the free world asking them to condemn Communist -led Vletminh's invasion of Laos on Apr. U The appeal said the Laotian Government, army and people were determined 10 resist with the
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    On last patrol they got top Red
    477 1 On last patrol they got top Red SEGAMAT Wed LAUGHING and victorions, the last patrol of the Ist Cameronians came out of She Segamat j'linßles today with the bodies of one of their greatest terrorist enemies and two of his men. In a few hours time, the Cameromanx would be
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    'CLASS' BUDGET, SAYS LABOUR
    343 3 But tax cuts cause elation in British Press t v LONDON, Wednesday. THE Labour Opposition in the House of Commons will today launch its attack on the Conservative Government's new Budget, which many Socialists suspect to be the "window dresser for an autumn general election. The
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    Flowers for Nehru
    34 3 NAGA GIRLS present bunches of flakier to Indian Prime Minister. Mr. Nehru. ur "l0 his recent rinit to Singkaling. Burma, At ex- treme left is the Burmese Prime Minister, V Nu
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    ELECTION FEVER GRIPS AFRICANS
    113 3 A Rirrnpn ™n JOHA ™ESBURG. Wednesday most vital general election in thehistory 5? Afrtca Polling station* in conatiRand of the key Traruraa province reported queues ud to u V.f, r Fa mlJe lon ln 'he rM early mornmf ruah of i J retoria e»*7 early voters
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    SYNTHETIC PLANTS FOR SALE
    68 3 SYNTHETIC PLANTS FOR SALE AUGUSTA i Georgia i. Wed. pRESIDENT ELsenhowr. r yes- trrdav recoommendrd the fair of £196.000.000 worth Of Oovrrnment-owneed s\nth«»tio rubber plants to private lndusht In i, a i.5 peci u l m< a *<' from his holiday headquarters here the President asked Con R r«w to
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    The nudes they want are shy
    108 3 The n udes they want are shy PLYMOI TH. Wed A community ceatre art count has oome to a standstill because ■U 20 amateur painters cannot linn girls with the right kind of figures willing t. P°»c in the nude. The se rf>n for ™<»del« began after courses in still
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    Bohlen wasn't kept waiting
    49 3 MOSCOW. Wed— The US Ambassador. Mr Charles Bohlen. met the Foreign Minister. Mr Molotov, yesterday to arrange to present his credentials to President Voroshilov later this week. Although the meeting was purely routine. diplomatic circle noted the unusual promptness with which it was called U.P.
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    Three may have to give more
    49 3 it IS o Wed B r"a»n. the United Stales and Belgium, may be among North Atlantic Treaty nations to be asked for increased contributions to AtUntlr defence when NATO Ministers meet In Paris on 'April 23 say sources close tO NATO headquarters.— Reuter
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    LIE AWARDED A PEACE PRIZE
    187 3 yP£SS*J& the f mer Secretary-General of the United Nations, said last night two of the foremost challenges of the present time were the continued strengthening of regional security pacts and the development of practical bases for near#»fni m existence in the world i«aceiui coMr. Lie
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    Japanese bride
    34 3 M^ °F «he Ist. Battalion. < The Fighting First returned to Australia aboard »he liner New Australia They brought 39 Japanese wives with them. Here is the Japanese bride of one of them.
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    COUSINS OF A QUEEN HELD
    36 3 TEHERAN. Wed —Two cousins of Queen Suraiyya have been taken Into custody with two army officers. Newspapers says the two men were involved In the Bakhlarl revolt in Southern Persia —Reuter.
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    PRASAD ILL
    29 3 NEW DELHI. Wed— The Indian President Dr. Rajendra Prasad. Is suffering front bronchial trouble and has had to cancel a planned tour of the Assam border— AP.
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    Mountain crash
    33 3 MANILA. Wed— A Philippines Air Force light plane supplying troops fighting the Hukbalahap rebels, crashed and burned yesterday in mountains east of here killing the pilot and Injuring a passenger— Reuter.
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    BUTLER IS PRAISED FOR CUTS
    252 3 BUTLER IS PRAISED FOR CUTS LONDON. Wed. Oversew opinion today praivd Britain for her Budget cute and congratulated Mr. Butler on setting an encouraging example. Reuter message* from world centres reported these comments: Washington: Republican Senaton Homer Capehart. chairman of the Banking and Currency Committee said "It Is wonderful news
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    'Up to Russia' says Sir Gladwvn
    130 3 'Up to Russia' says Sir Gladwvn better understand^ between nations -?hS lack opportunities' "»uons tne v do not There are the Japanese Gerrran »nd Italian prisoners of war who in their thousands are still detained In the Soviet Union." h P said. Sir Oladwyn said a Sorletbackrd Polish resolution before
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    Air safety scheme has snags
    87 3 Air safety scheme has snags BONN. Wed Exaoilnatlon by the three Western Governments of the Soviet air safety proposals for Western plane* flying to Berlin over East Gernrany. Is proving more difficult tha n was at first expected. AIHm sources here said tonight. While the Western countrl«« —the United States.
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    Child Health
    25 3 KARACHI. Wed— The United Natio- .s International Chlldrens Emergency Fund has approved a new contribution of $193,000 to Pakistan for child health programmes
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    Jordan water
    28 3 LONDON. Wed- Urael has started exporting bottles of water from the river Jordan and packets of Holy Land »il to Christian Churches throughout the world.— AJ>
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    Sugar for Britain
    42 3 Bam, V a A h A Wpd President fa?n la n!s fc*BS«VK The sale of a million tons of su*ar to Britain was offlcfany announced yesterday lc uy tJ^t ther ***** l °n« of i»M d^u a er. tObeShtppedln
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    LONDON TIN
    24 3 LONDON. April 15.— Cash Buyers £715: Sellers C7M; Forward Buyers £7M: Sellers £7#5: Settlement £885 (down Cs#). Turnover a.m. 2M; p.m. 125.
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    LONOON RUBBER
    32 3 LONDON. April 15 —Spot 20>.d May 20 ,d June 20>,d. Julv-Sep-20'.d Oft -Dee JOUd Jan -Mar 20d.. Apr r1 f 20« l.. May cl.f 30d Jan rlf 20d Tone Steady.
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    Most up to date cruiser
    79 3 ROTTERDAM. Wed. The 10.000-ton cruiser Zoven Provinclen. which sailed from here on trials is the most ud to date cruiser afloat in the world." according to a Dutch naval spokesman. The new cruiser, sister ship of the De Ruyter which held speed trial* off tho
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    INDIA SEEKS RICE DEAL
    54 3 NEW DELHI. Wed.-The Indian Food Minister. Mr Raft Ahmed Kidwai. will fly to Rangoon on Saturday to try to buy 350.000 tons of Burmese rice under a barter arran*--ment. The rice Is Intended to build up reserve stocks lr. India to Kuard against any threat of
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    Sanders: No call to Moscow for aid
    132 3 LONDON Wed— The Goverifment laat night turned down a suggestion in the llous* of Commons that it should ask Moscow to help to obtain the release of Mr Edgar Sanders. British huftincs*man gaoled in Hungary three years ago. Mr An thorn Nutting, the
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    LONDON STOCKS
    204 3 LONDON. Wed. Closing price of selected stocks were: LOAMS Conanli gM :i •AMU M'rtinlt, iaT2V j«, lloo«ktm t 1112*. M Eawrrn l«ti I;"" CtiarWed 4a IXSltAXCB Com Ob luu i It* _j Hi Prudf nti». J7J BAIL* Can PartOc latti ftt| IKDCSTftlAlA in »AT UM Boou :t/» I
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    Year's gaol for driver who crashed into woman
    358 4 NOT ALLOWED TO DRIVE FOR 10 YEARS, AND— THE SINGAPORE Traffic District Judge, Mr. R. C. Hoffman, yesterday sentenced Seah Chye Koon, 27, to 12 months' imprisonment for causing the death of a woman teacher while driving a car at the Bth
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    A crowning service for philatelists
    96 4 SINGAPORE stampeollect«n will he able to get Coronation firstday cavers from London and 11 other Commonwealth towns and territories under QantaaBOAC'i "Operation Philately The 11 places are: Sydney, Karachi, olom bo, Auckland Sava. Cocos Island*. Mauritius, Part Moresby, Honiara. Norfolk Islands and Vila. The Coronation
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    New plan to help traffic flow
    135 4 New plan to help traffic flow rTfiE SINGAPORE Traffic j <! Police will, on Monday, try out a plan to relieve the congestion at the junction of Serangoon Road and Selegie Road with Buklt Timah Road In the plan, all vehicle.^ along Bukit Timah Road will not be allowed to
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    Petrol science is subject
    43 4 xne Singapore orancn oi the Technical Association of Malaya *ill hold a lecture meeting At the Shell Theatrette. Collver Quay, at o'clock tonight. The lecturer. Mr E. A. Crabbe. will give a review of 'ecent developments In petroleum technology.
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    'Drinking' fine
    34 4 Urn Chuln was flr.ed SlO in i the Singapore Third Police j "ourt yesterday when he ->leaded guilty to being drunk jnd incapable at a house in Geylang Road on April IS.
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    Seremban to elect 12
    54 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed The constitution of the Serfmban Town Council, gazetted today, provides for a president and 19 councillors. Of these. 12 are to be elected and three appointed. The other four are officials. Three councillors are to be elected from each of four wards Temlang.
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    22 stalls were unlicensed
    52 4 Charged with setting up unlicensed stalls for the sale oi food and drinks at Boat Quay. Singapore. 22 men were each fined $25 yesterday by Mr J. M. Devereux-Colebum. thr City Police Magistrate. Thirty- two others. who pleaded guilty to road obstruction, were also fined $2.*
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    Six months for stealing sauce
    26 4 PENANO. Wed. Low Moo: Toon was today sentenced to six months' gaol for stealing a bottle of sauce. He pleaded guilty.
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    Hindu New Year celebration
    39 4 The Ceylon Tamils' Association. Singapore, celebrated the Hindu New Year with a soclai and musical entertainment in Its premises at 11, Handy Road last night. The programme Included a talk by Mr. 8. O. Bhan*/nugam
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    Speech final
    30 4 The speech -contest final of the Johiore Young Malayans Club will be held in the Buiclt Zahrah School hall at Johore Bahru at 530 p.m on Monday next.
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    IMPATIENT, HE DROVE CAR AWAY—SISO
    102 4 IMPATIENT, HE DROVE CAR AWAY— SISO IMPATIENT with waiting for the driver, Ouruarshan Pal Singh, 17. drove away in his father's car, parked near the Choon Ouan School In Katong on the night of Mar 23. He had not driven far when he wu stopped In Dunman Road by a
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    Curfew is cut
    34 4 Nlbong Tebsi. Weo.— The curfew Imposed since Mar. 5 on Nlbong Tebal has been shortened by one hour. The new curfew period will be from 11 p m to 6 am
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    S'pore police may get dogs to fight crime by year's end
    203 4 SINGAPORE'S Commissioner of Police hopes to have a police dor section in action before th? end of the year to help In the war against crime. The lormation of a don section is urged in a report by Mr
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    Two armed gangs rob taxi men
    119 4 Two armed gangs rob taxi men MALAY gang.sten armed with a knife and a gun robbed a Chinese taxi-driver in the early hours of yeater day morning The driver, who picked the men up in Bugis Street, wit asked to go to Charlton Road, but refused to enter a; dark
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    Journey's end for Mr. Pillai
    80 4 MALA UMPIR. Wed. Mr. K C. Ptnai. U. a 4res«er of the Prang Beaar Estate. Kajaag. left Malaya a few month* aga to spend hl< lonf leave in India Be rr turned by boat to Prn ang yesterday after a pleasant holiday, and ranght the
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    Youth sent to gaol for theft
    68 4 Ng Eng Kirn. a 17-year-old youth who stole a pair of trousers on the night of Jan. 2. > was yesterday sent to ten months' gaol by Mr Tan Ah Tah. Singapore Criminal District Judge, on a charge of house-breaking and theft by night.
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    New office to aid pilgrims
    50 4 A new office to deal with pilgrims golnr to Mecca from Malaya this year, wll: open on the ground floor of the Social Welfare Department tomorrow. The ofnee win attend to the needs of all intending pilgrims from Singapore Federation. Barawak Brunei and North Borneo.
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    An act will assist talk
    48 4 Mr. J. Copley will Rive a talk on 'The Comedy of Mollers" at tonight's meeting of the East-West Society at the British Council Hall The talk will be accompanied by an act from "Tartuffe" in which five men and women will take part.
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    'Danger,'he says
    42 4 'Danger,' he says Mr. V. K Nalr (Lab. South wants the Singapore City Council to ban the parkins; of cars in the space opposite thr steps leading to the Mount Emily swimming pool. He thinks the present practice is dangerous to pedestrians
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    'I'VE LOST MEMORY,' HE SAYS
    213 4 'I'VE LOST MEMORY,' HE SAYS The silent Jap is still a mystery AFTER ar. hour of fruitless questioning. Klshino Nasajl, the myst«ry Japanese picked up on t.it night of Apr. 2 clinging to a sampan off Paslr Pan j ang, Singapore, was yesterday sent back to Outram Road gaol by
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    Footballer 'made full restitution'
    134 4 SHARIF bin Madon. Singapore Malaya Cup footballer and postal clerk, will know In a week's time whether he Is to go to gaol. Mr Justice Brown In the Singapore High Court yesterday postponed decision In fiharirs appeal against a Dls- tiict Court conviction ann sentence of
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    No-one to blame for boy's death
    54 5 MALACCA. Wed— A verdict of accidental death, with noone to blame was returned today in the Malacca Coroners Court at the Inquest on Abu Balcar bin Abdul Rahman. 15. Abu Bakar was Knocked down by a car one night last January at the 4"^
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    FOUR MEN OF JOHORE WILL KEEP AN EYE ON PUBLIC SPENDING
    192 5 The Johore Council of Stair yesterday appointed a fearman public accounts rom-mltt-e to see bow public money Is being spent. The committee, the Ant of Its kind, will be headed hrtke State Fmanrial Officer. Inche Ahmad bin Perang. Several
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    Police comb underworlds of 5 countries for forgery gang
    228 5 FAKE $10 NOTES BEAR PREFIX E/57 POLICE are searching the underworlds of the five British territories in South East Asia to find the gang responsible for forged $10 notes circulating in some of these countries. The forged notes are believed to
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    Rural court plan to aid congestions
    79 5 BY THE END of the year, it is expected that there will be no more delays or congestions in the lower couru in Slnga pore. The Singapore Rural Board plans to set up three moble courts in the rural areas by then This will
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    $3m. to meet 1951 expenditure
    44 5 j JOHORE BAHRU. Wed —A Bill to make supplementary provision for 1951. amounting to S3 018.484 was passed by the Johore Council of State today. The sum represents the actual amount by which expenditure in 1951 exceeded the estimates.
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    Police clerk took $70, gaoled
    51 5 MALACCA. Wed. Robert Lim Kee Butt. 29. a clerk at the Jasin police station, was sentenced to one month's gaol and fined $100 in the Malacca Sessions Court today for breach of trust of $70. The money had been paid to him for compounded traffic
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    Y.M. Club patrons
    30 5 K.LALA LUMPUR. Wed The Regent of Selangor. Raja Muda. and Mr. R. P. s. Ra.tasooria have consented to be patrons of the Kuala Luniuur Young Malayans Club
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    salvage attempt on second half of big dock fails
    173 5 T*HE sea has won another round in the battle to raise the second section of Singapore's pre-war dry dock lying in 19 ft. of water near the naval base An attempt yesterday raised one end of the 70ft. high dock atxmt
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    S4O-A-MONTH TAPPERS MAY GET EVEN LESS
    87 5 S4O-A-MONTH TAPPERS MAY GET EVEN LESS ALOR STAR. Wed. I y r to the fall in the Price of rubber, many Kedah smallholders were now operating without any profit. Mr I R. Price, Deputy Commissioner for Labour. «aid today. Several estates, he told the Straits Times, were thinkrag of reducing
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    HE'S TAKING NO CHANCES ON THE WEATHER
    108 5 HE'S TAKING NO CHANCES ON THE WEATHER THE MINISTER of State of Brunei, Mr. Dull Pengiran Pamancha. Is in Singapore to order clothes for the Coronation and England s damp weather. He will be in Westminster Abbey on June 2 with the Sultan of Brunei and the Sultan's nephew. I
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    MALACCA MAN WILL TALK ON CORONATION
    120 5 Mr C. A. de Vries. of Malacra. will tell what the Corona- tion means to him and other. in a special film "What U the Crown?" which will soon be distributed for screening In Malaya and the Commonwealth. Mr. de Vrh?s is one of
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    Missing boy drowned
    51 5 TELUK ANSON Wed —A 10-year-old schoolboy. Selvam. was found drowned under the Town Jetty In King Street, Teluk Anson. Selvam was missing from home for a day. He *as stated to have gone swimming with a party of friends. His body was found entangled In a bamboo
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    'BOYCOTT' TENANTS MUST GO
    249 5 'BOYCOTT' TENANTS MUST GO Trust explains the 15 p.c. rent rise Tenants of Singapore Improvement Trust flat* who will boycott or refuse to pay increased rent will be given notice to quit. i "That is the normal thing." the manager of the trust. Mr. J. M. rraaer. told the Straits
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    CHILD IN BED DIES IN MYSTERY FIRE
    80 5 CHILD IN BED DIES IN MYSTERY FIRE PENANO. Wed A child lying ill in bed was burnt to death yesterday when a mysterious fire broke out »t the back of a joss stick factory in Jelutong Road. The hoy. three-year-old Koay Teonj Hln. was carried MM of the burning room
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    Not guilty
    35 5 KUANTAN. Wed. -Lee Tat. president of tne Chinese Chamber of Commerce, was acquitted in the Kuantan court on a charge of behaving in a disorderly manner by shouting in the Kuantan police station.
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    DEATHS
    51 6 MAPTIN Oeoffrev Martin died n-iderlv tn Per'h. W Australia, on 13th April. 1953. HOW lIM SENO father-in-law Of Mr Ton Kern Soon. Road Tranapnrt Dept Xl paaaed away ye»ferda<- morning nt No 215*-!. Jalan Cheong Yoke Chny. Kg. Frdtr XI. He leaves behind widow, two Bssa daughters and •e-eral
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    ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
    82 6 MR. At MRS J MINJOOT thank those who attended their weddlnc on Easter Monday and for the Valuable presents MR. MHS. TOH BAN HOE thank friends and relatives for their vhluabie aaalatanee and preaentj and attended their wedding In Pen»ng on Sunday. 12th April. Mat. THE FAMILY of trie
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    ANNOUNCEMENT
    32 6 CEPEA Fabrics. Ready madt dresse* from 130 Harrows Ltd.. 7. > C.-rhard Ros<! ASIA TRAVEL SERVICE. Adelphi Hotel, conduct dally tours rol'ert passport*, visas; deliver tickets No fee for bookings Tel 8.W55
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Thurs. Apr. 16, 1953 An Incentive Budget
    683 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Thurs. Apr. 16, 1953 An Incentive Budget Mr. Butler's incentive budget almost inevitably will rank as the most popular postwar performance by any Bri- tiah Chancellor of the Ex- chequer But it is not. for all that, the safYrt possible budget for a more critical year
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    The Fall In Tin
    354 6 A fall in the price of un of £200 in a fortnight and nearly £300 in two months has brought the figure down to within about £50 of the pre-Korean level. It is a fall which will be calamitous for some Malayan miners unless American de-
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    Old Houses
    245 6 la the Straits Times the other week a columnist took up the question of Malaya's tumbledown houses. In Penang and Singapore, he pointed out. houses had collapsed in the past few days from sheer old age. Almost miraculously only one person was seriously injured. There wan just warning
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      SOME SUGGESTIONS FOR BLOOD GIVING
      250 6 ONE gets very weary of reading the wrangling that Roes on regarding the Blood Transfusion Bank. That the blood bank needs constant replenishing Is an obvious thing, but the efforts mad* to do this are pitifully unimaginative, and would tend to put one off rather
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      THE STORY OF 'BROWN BOY'
      200 6 SOME weeks ago a small j brown dog with a rusty tin thrust over its head and erased with fear and pain was i eventually rescued by the SP.C.A. Singapore Many readers will recall the Incident and the picture published In the Straits Times. Yesterday
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    THE WITCH HUNTS
    1777 6  -  REBECCA WEST REBECCA WEST, famous British .uthor and journalist, continue* h«r fascinating report on the grut "witch-hunts" in the United States, which havt puixled the democratic world and provided propaganda for the Communists. M iss West's series of articles today's is the second was written after a
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    On the Margin
    488 6 Moths on Toast 4LTHOUOH some fool of a psychologist says that e»ttng for pleasure is a substitute for other Dleasures not available at the moment, many of us in Singapore pursue tfif gourmet's never ending search for a new dish without the si gh test inhibition Thia
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      229 6 Eta Reeds carl N\lLbil |gV£^s^^^ An Indian firm making paper from eta reeds found considerable difficulty in bleaching the fibre and in producing paper of satisfactory quality. Experimental manufacture on a full-scale plant was expensive and also meant taking the plant off normal production for a Iqng period. Accordingly, the
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    Owner can't search in debris for her buried $8,000
    238 7 Owner can 't search in debris for her buried $8,000 WORKMEN SHORE UP THREATENED HOUSES |TI<;HT thousand dollar* in rash lies buried in the ruins of the house that collapsed in Kverton Road. Singapore, on Tuesday night, but the police yesterday prevented its owner from searching in the debris for
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    Dunlop plans scholarship ESTATE CHILDREN
    71 7 Dunlop plans scholarship ESTATE CHILDREN Dunlop Malayan Estates will award eight scholarships for t*n to 12 jcars at Government English schools to the children of labourers resident on their estates In the Federation The scholarship will commemorate he Coronation Pre'erence in selection will be giver to the children of labourers
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    Police band
    22 7 The Singapore PoUre Band will give a public performance at Kulim Place from 530 p.m. to (5 30 pm tomorrow.
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    Trustees for student fund
    51 7 JOHORE BAHRL". Wed The Joho,e State Council today appointed the following unofficial members to be members of the Board of Trustee* of the Sultan Ibrahim Studentship Fund lnche Suleiman bin Abdul Rahman. Che Azizah blnte JafTar. Mr S C Maclntyre and Inche Mohamed Arts bin Ahmed
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    Footballer charged
    61 7 Ostnan bin M. Angullla. former Singapore Malaya Cup footballer, was charged in the Singapore Sixth Police Court yesterday with stealing 12 gallons of petrol from the Standard Vacuum Company. Another man, Oani bin Yahya appeared with Qsman. on the same charge. Both claimed trial and were allowed bail
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    Response of voters slow
    50 7 A thin trickle of would-be Singapore voters registered themselves tor future Legislative Council and City Council elections, yesterday. The response was poor on the Irst day of the re-open-ing of the electoral registers. The register will be op*n fo r two months in most post offices.
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    New Raffles Library hours
    58 7 Singapore Raffles Library will be open to members and the public from 8.30 am. to 8 pm on weekdays and Saturdays from April 21. The Junior Library will be open from 9 am. to 430 pm on weekdays, and from 9 a.m to 1 pm on
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    Accounts test for co-op members
    40 7 The Singapore Urban Cooperative Union will hold an examination in accounts and i auditing for members of cooperative societies on Monday. A three-month course, conducted by Mr N A Kularajah was provided by the union.
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    Congress plans
    47 7 At its first meeting, the committee o! the Seletar Naval i Base Indian Congress approved a plan to purchase premise* I for a clubhouse and to open I four welfare branches In Seletar Road. It was also decided to hold membership campaigns every i Sunday.
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    $1,098 robbery
    30 7 In the early hours of yesterday morning thieves broke into a Chinese house In Chapel Close, off Beach Road Singapore, and stole goods and money valued at $1,098
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    A YACHT IS FOUND Now police seek owner
    137 7 A YACHT IS FOUND Now police seek owner J Who has lost a yacht? This question comes from the Indonesian Consulate 1 n Singapore, which has been Informed that a Singaporebuilt yacht has been found drifting near Pulau Anak Sambu. an Indonesian Island. 30 miles off Singapore. The yacht, which
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    240 WANT TO BE TEACHERS
    74 7 240 WANT TO BE TEACHERS 120 interviewed QNK hundred and twenty applicants were Interviewed at tha Education Department, Singapore, yesterday for posts as student teachers In the Teachers' Training College. The selectors. Mr. P. S. Dempsey, principal of the college, and Miss M. A Bhattock, a lecturer. Interviewed thte applicants
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    THE OLD SUSPICIONS ARE BACK, HE SAYS
    132 7 LONDON. Wed.— An article in today's Daily Telegraph claimed that old racial suspiciorn were being revived in Malaya. "The cement of common danger that more or leas held the races together in Malaya during the worst days of Communist terrorism Is fall- Ing
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    Political events are danger to rice supplies, says MacD
    260 7 Political events are danger to rice supplies, says MacD T^HE political background to South-East Asia's rice problems was as important as ever. Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald. the Commissioner-General, told the representatives of 20 governments and International agencies in Singapore yesterday. The economic problem of producing and distributing enough rice to
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    Alleged swim suit man held in Malacca
    85 7 A MAN whom police believe to be a membei of the Malay swim suit gang which I has been terrorising residenjtlai districts in Singapore for several month*, has been arrested in Malacca. He will be brought to BinI gapore and charged when legal
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    A memento of happy memories
    192 7 THIS BRONZE statuette, which came all the way from Montevideo, In Uruguay, c-rii ed in Sinoapore ye*terdriy aboard the Dutch liner Ruyn o< a competition pri ,c for General Sir Gerald Templer's Home Guard*. Designed by the Uruguayan sculptor, J L Zortlla de San Martin,
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    MR. R. WILL 'EAT THAT PIANO'
    391 7 it isn't perfect for Kentner's solo concert on Sunday night A PIANO -TUNING expert. Mr. I. A. BMdell. seated at the Chappeil piano in the Victoria Memorial Hall. Singapore, yesterday, •tabbed Middle C with an emphatic forefinger and said: "If this Isn't as sear
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    JOHORE MAKES PROGRESS
    180 7 JOHORE MAKES PROGRESS Great strides in elections JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. THE Mentrl Besar, Johore, Dato Syed Abdul Kadir bin Mohammed, said In the Johorc Council of State today that great strides had been made in the march towards democratic representation in Johore He was reviewing activities in the State during
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    THE 7 WORRIED GIRLS...
    36 7 ....seen in the fro^t page picture were waiting o be lterv et fi ed *>* the Education Office. Singapore. They were amnnn the 120 boys and girls inteniewed for posts as student teachers.
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    IRREGULAR' POLL IS CANCELLED
    151 7 Supporters voted 'in bulk 9 THE Johore Government has cancelled elections held in KluaiiK last December becau.v of irre-rularities Kn^zri\y^i:u^ hnhx wm hHd sh rti >- oue.stiur< by Mr S Chelvi- .«lnt{am-M&clntyre at todays Council of State meeting Mr Chelva.Mnnain-Marliitvre had asked the Government to conduct
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    Charged with $17,000 cloth theft
    91 7 Charged with $17,000 cloth theft T^AN Chin Nam was charged in the kppn Fifth Police Court yejtercij with breaking into a shop in Hallpike Street on F< b 4 and stealing tertile.s valued at J17.J50 Alternatively h.» was rhar^<*d with di.sx>- v bundle* of textiles which he had :«*aaon to
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    $5 for spitting
    19 7 ..^"J.^ Ang. a ha-vker. was for d ,nM V Mr D H Chapman cUfySHKT nfth Pollc
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      85 7 The weather Minimum temperature: 1730 pm on April 14 to 7.30 am. on April 15 1 Singapore (77 denrees.. Penanß 1 76 Kota Bahru 1 74 1. Kuala Lumpur i 74». ipoh (75 1, Kuantan <73 Maximum temperature: (7.30 am. to 7.30 pm en April 15*: Singapore <89> Penanj; <91».
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    No instalments for $500 fine
    57 8 A woman. Bin Choy, 42. charged with possession of 10 gallons of dutiable liquor at a house in Keong Saik Street on April 1. vu fined $500. or six months s<aol yesterday in tht Singapore Tnird Police Court The magistrate. Mr. Choor Sir.gh. refused Sin's
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    PMU wants Rulers at 'self-rule for Malays' talks
    241 8 LEADERS TO MAKE PERSONAL APPEAL KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. THE PROPOSED all-Malay round table conference for independence, sponsored by the Peninsular Malays Union, has been fixed for April 24 at Jo h ore Bahru. rhe sponsors will Invite all existing Malay political bodies,
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    U.S.I.S.funds not wasted here, he says
    154 8 MILLIONS THROWN AWAY* CHARGE rpHERE is no wastage of Ame- rlcan taxpayers' funds in Malaya. a United Btates Information Service official in Bineapore said yesterdayMr. Roy Cohn. chief counsel of Senator Joseph McCarthy's investigating sub-com-mittee, recently said at Bonn that millions of dollars wer*
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    HAD OPIUM, INDIAN HEMP, POLICE SAY
    95 8 HAD OPIUM, INDIAN HEMP, POLICE SAY Ch'im Buat. Koh Ci/MgYew and Scow Toh Bua were charged in the Singapore Third Criminal District Court yesterday with possession of 150 lb of Indian hemp at an attap house in Ten.penis Road on Apr. 14. Koh and Scow claimed trial Each was offered
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    FOUR OFFICERS OF MALAY REGIMENT TRAINING TO TAKE OVER STAFF JOBS
    210 8 FOUR OFFICERS OF MALAY REGIMENT TRAINING TO TAKE OVER STAFF JOBS KI'AI.A I.IMPIR, H>d. Following a recent decision to train Malay officers of the Malay Regiment for staff duties, four have been posted to Headquarters Malaya, Kuala Lumpur. They are learning the work of their respective administrative branch under the
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    S.T.C. bus driver wins appeal
    48 8 Kuan Koon Teng, a Singapore Traction Company bus driver, successfully appealed In the High Court yesterday against a traffic court conviction and fine of $100 and a six months' disqualification order on a charge of negligent driving. The conviction and sentence was quashed.
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    Varsity chess
    34 8 The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Malaya, Sir Sydney Calne. will play In a staff -undergraduates chess match to be held by the University Chess Club at Harrower Hall, Singapore, on Saturday.
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    Do not boycott unity talks. alliance urged
    153 8 Do not boycott unity talks. alliance urged KUALA UMPIR, Wed. Vf R K Devanar. 1~1 president of the Malayan Indian Congress. ha, asked the UMNOMCA alliance not to boycott the national conference for Malayan unity to be held on April hi Kuala I umpur. The national conference, he said, had
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    $20,800 SWEEP TICKET WAS STOLEN, HE SAYS
    291 8 $20,800 SWEEP TICKET WAS STOLEN, HE SA YS KLANG. Wednesday. 4 DISPUTE over the ticket which won the $20,898 first prize in the first Malayan Indian Congress lottery last January came before the Klan* Magistrates Court today. Two shopkeepers Karuppanan and Kanaasamy Filial were charged with stealing and dishonestly retaining
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    New Special Branch head in Singapore
    102 8 m|R D. E Nickels has taken 1»1 O ver the post of Director. Special Branch. Singapore, in place of Mr. A. E. O. Blade; who has flown to England on six months' leave. Mr. Nickels understudied Mr. Blades for two month* In January, this
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    Attendant dies after fall
    31 8 IPOH. Wed —Ho Hoo Wah. 21.an attendant at the Tan)ong Rambutan Mental Hospital died after falling from a tree In a rubber estate adjoining the hospital yesterday.
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    39 8 MR NORMAN WARD, former President of the Prmni Municipal Commission, who returned to Singapore by BOAC Argonaut from leave restonU.T. He fllea to Kuala l.umpur tixla» to take up bis m« post as Malayan r-MahlishmrnU Officer. Strait* Time, pirture
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    RELIGIOUS OFFICERS TO FIGHT REDS
    66 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed rpHE Religious Affairs De■l partment Johore. Is to take counter measures against Communist propaganda which claims that Islam and CommunLsm are similar In aim and objective. Religious c/Ticers and religious teachers are to tour the State under instructions from the High Commissioner.
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    TONGKANG MAN WILL DIE FOR MURDER
    169 8 TONGKANG MAN WILL DIE FOR MURDER THAN PUEE CHUA. who 1 killed a shtpmate with a chopper at breakfast time, after a quarrel over the unexplained disappearance of his two pet monkeys while at sea In a tongkanjr. vat yesterday sentenced to death. The Jury at the Singapore Asslze-i unanimously
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    Church meeting
    26 8 The annual meeting of St. Andrew's Cathedral members will be held in the Singapore War Memorial Hall at 7 p.m on Bunday. Apr 26
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    HE RAN INTO THE CAR OF A MAN WHO KNEW THE LAW
    224 8 HE RAN INTO THE CAR OF A MAN WHO KNEW THE LAW A MOTOR cyclist who wax vague about traffic rules ran Into the car of a motorist who was well wrsed ki law In Collyer Quay, Singapore, on Oct. 30. The motorist sent a written renort to the police.
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      OPEN AIR GIRL
      117 9 OPEN AIR GIRL Stepping out with Ike Today's sketches arc of clothe* b«i t described .at •imply casual. They arc for women whr> spend much of their leisure In Hie open. QN THE LEFT is somev thing for tH« gay young tiling. It is a strapless top of cherry red
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      TALKING SHOP
      216 9 A hint to cut me budget VyHY doesn t someone; start an invisibles mending busmew in Suw gapore? There are none) In the colony, so far a*> I know. What a difference it would? make tv the housewife's bud-y get if suits and dresses ands upholstery could be
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      White trimmings are bark in fashion
      217 9 White trimmings are bark in fashion /\NE of the most typical rirtails of the Paris Sprme fashions Is the profusion of white trimming used to brisrhten up the navy blue suits and dVMMt Whitr tnmmines have been put in th*" background for several years by all the greys Nothing Is
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      Dior lays down 5 rules to be CHIC
      608 9  - Dior lays down 5 rules to be CHIC FRANCES DALE By < > < "MONSIEUR Dior is a ITI little late." they told me. "His Tulip Line such a success so exhausting and now the strain of his first London Collection you mustn't keep him long. Miss Dale What was
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      Ami the cacktail girl too
      58 9 UERE'S Ths Weeks Bargain. It's a new idea in cocktail dresses lightweight waffle pique with embossed gold spots on a white background. It is an imported Mademoiselle" model, has gold faceted buttons and a gold kid belt. It sells in John Little's for $42.50. Modelled
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      195 9 Nl rails Times iossmok! ACBO>.<« n Aii^rretl OB > A Handy Andy i 4. J. J. Si 7 Side tUpa (anas > <•• Bt"'«r shadow <•». 10. Oarman good sport at Oxford? t. Plat start on a wrong note iSi <S 4 11. Und partly under water re- 14 Cannot
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    NEW YORK STOCKS
    96 10 NEW YORK Wed. New York stork market yesterday mara*ed tn check Its reren' softening tendency but trading < nntlr ie<i st slov pace Piire chances either way were main!" fracttona: and rather evenly divided In the afternoon aeierted Industrials developed rallvlnc ptmer The market finished around Urn
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    TIN PRICE
    18 10 The pner of tin in Sinr,apore yesterday wan declared at «i 47.15 a piral. down mm.
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    TIN SHARES AGAIN WEAKEN: SMALL BUSINESS DONE RUBBER RISES, TIN FALLS
    322 10 TIN SHARES AGAIN WEAKEN: SMALL BUSINESS DONE RUBBER RISES, TIN FALLS rJE Singapore share market was less active yesterday than It has been for several days and dealing was almost entirely confined to a few tin counters. Tin fell by $31.25 to $347.75 a picul and rubber was slightly better
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    RUBBER PRICES
    171 10 Rubber gained two cents yesterday May first grade closing at 69 cents a pound last night compared with 67 cents for April first grade on Tuesday. There iw a better sentiment In the market with sellers scarce and a certain amount of trade inquiry. The close was very
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    61 10 The Malayan Exchange Bank* Association made, the follorrins rtianav* In Its rate* to merchan', reu'erdtr HOLI.WD: gnllden vlling TT or OD |2]71. nsady On the free exchance. ma-ke» in Honz X' rg yes»erdav 'he UB. cinllar »ti.« a'loted at S9l for c»sh anrl SOT>, for TT SV'lin; »a»
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    74 10 Sineapare rUmt Pr«tfa«e K«- rh.nje: Noon price* per plrul wert Copra quiet, unchanged: buve** »39 aellcn *40", Coconut oil quiet: »63 seller*. Pepper: »luh"v easier, sms'l bmlnes, ropo'tod: Munink Whre SSSS seller* Sarawak »S9O. l.imponc black 5520 Lewi* iM Peat Cloning prirrs mere Copra: stsiidy at the lower
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    WOOL VERY FIRM
    39 10 MELBOURNE. Wed IVOOL prices were vtry firm in the aerond session «f 'he Oeelone. woo' sales today Am chance In Merino fleer* was «U«htlv In M-tler, favour whlW the market remained buoyant In motu oth»r sections.
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    206 10 MELBOURNE. Wad. INDUSTRIAL share* continued tr east slightly on the Btock Exchange today showing no re- < spon«e te the Prime Ministers prediction of important and valuable Us reductions later this year. The sales volume was light. The main market Influence was Wa'l Street and the unsettled oversea
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING
    164 10 CHIPS lying aloncHtat the Btngapooe Harbour Board wharves or expected today ivre Empire Hallarjtle 1-1. Ruys 4-5 Larat CP Ber rleurh t-7. Soufan jS-t. Benlawers :i. ObmcaiTV 13-14 Sandal Wood IK-IS. Somali IS. Awa Maru IS-20. Porang 21-23. Marudu 33-24. JaUgopa 25-26 Behiru 27-2S Annam 29-30 Cycrops 31-32.
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      ALL KPM's SIX COALS WERE BY VAN DER MEIJ
      160 11 BEST scoring feat 0/ the day ua* by centre lorxcard Van tier Meij of KJ>M. who hit itx past Borneo Co. X.P.M. in their first year in the S.B.H.FA. league, are well in the lead in the third division Kith six
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      HK BANK KEEP HUNDREE PER CENT RECORD
      337 11 [JONGKONG Bank Sports Club gave further notice of their intention to win the senior league championship this year when they took their fourth victory in four outings so far with a crushing 5-2 defeat over Sime Darby S.C. at Jalan Besar yesterday. The
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      Bakar suspended for 8 months
      224 11 AWANG B\K\k. greatest roalscorer in post-war Mahivan sorter, was «aspended for right months last night by the Singapore Amateur Fooilintl Aanor I*tion's1 tion's commission of aaV •ulrySharif Madon. former Malaya Cup player, wat ttnpended for 1 year. He was told by the communion's chairman, Mr.
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      Airways are still without a point
      198 11 Airways are still without a point f ALA VAN Alrmay, SC lyln* »t iTa th« bottom of thf Dlv. I I table, scored their first woal In four i mutches in trie League vwerd.v 1 but they have yet to (tain a poirr Their opponents. Singapore Cold > S'orace. beat
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      The Full Results
      173 11 FIRST DIVISION II K Bank 5 sum- (>arh> I Johan 2 V KlaM. A Beir> P ■eters for Bank. Hoi Meng ipenaltyi tnd Young for Slnvt Darby > »hrii J Mai. Pub Hse iHeng Kwang. Chin YeonK and Thoyi old Slerafr M Airway* I Ismail Yusoff. Buchan.
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      SHELL HAD EASY TIME
      74 11 CHELX Sport* Club A" scored a romfortable 3-0 win over Malaya Punching House In their Dlv 1 match on the padar.g yesterday It was a one-sided game, with Shell dominating play Hene Kwnnc scored the first foal. the only one In the first half Soon aftrr
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      U.K. SOCCER
      26 11 LONTX>N. Wed Yesterday* soccer results were THIRD DIVISION IN) Souhport J. York 0; "Rochdale 1 Halifax 1 SCOTTISH LEAGI'E Queens Park 3. DunfermUne 0
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      STEPTO HITS A QUICK 65
      57 11 The Colony fast bowler. Cap' A. Stepto. hit a fast 65 runs for RNAS P»moawan« who beat En«tnrvr.» West Regiment by 101 run* In a ■MM friendly at Taoglln yestcriav RNAS: 179 for 6 derl i Stepto BJ Blbley 40 not out Engineers W».m Regt'
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      NETBALL TROPHY
      51 11 It U Intended to revive the rom-pe-tltlon between -women's netball teams In Singapore for the Clarke Netball Challenge Shield Will those Interested In participating please contact Mrs. May Kloezeman i netball convenor Olrls' Sports Club' at Messrs Islay Kerr at Co. Ltd.. Tel: *****. on or before April
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      S.C.C. v S.R.C.
      54 11 Singapore Cricket Club team to meet Singapore Recreation Club in 1 Padang Sh.rld match at SRC on Sunday '11 a m.r H. Cashin icapt.) F. Reynolds L Dlplock. H Stepto H Bheppar«l. O Heard. K. Oouid. D. Hull*. T. Potts R. Milk »nd Singleton Reserves B Clements.
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      S.R.C. TENNIS
      18 11 Entries for the Slngaprre R#cree- 'lon Club's anrual lawn tennl* championships will cloae on Apr M
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      LATEST TABLES
      299 11 bi siNrss Horses r.A.— FIBST DIVISION P W D L T A ptt OTIC 3 1 0 0 1« 4 6 Hnnekong Bank 4 4 0 U 3 I FAN 4 3 1 035 4 7 Stmr Darby 3 3 1 t 11 4 a Cold Storace 4
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      F AND N PUT IN 5 AFTER HALF TIME
      220 11 STRIKING their real form in the second half, Fraser and Neave scored an easy 6-9 win over Chartered Rank in a Div. 1 match at F. and N. ground yesterday The Bank held F. and N. to a 1-0 score at
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      Today's Soccer
      44 11 SOI TH Koreans v trdrraUon. J B"-^t Stadium DIV. T. lUhru Rin|tn Koj Raja at <;->'.-»ru. OIV. 5.%: SHB Poltre x < nrn, Ihiaa* at SHB. DIV. 30: Ravers "A" > Ge*t. Printers at I'.nlM DIV. 1C: Balr-Mler I'M. t To«n Baarm at CVMA.
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      Moses Tay wins for third time
      175 11 Moses Tay wins for third time TAIPINO. W«l A f OSES Tay of Sltlawan retain- r. lfl the Norm PereJt men's ain*'.e* rrnnis championship for the ttuid year in succession »hen hr beat Taiplng schoolboy Ng Hop H 6-2 In the final Mmm ni always too arruratr and skllfu: for
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    MELBURY COURT JOINS ELITE
    2831 12  -  EPSOM JEEP Earnings now top $100,000 3 WINNERS BY TULLOH By §TAGING a spectacular grand-stand finish Melbury Court, brilliantly handled by George Woods, got up in the last stride to nose out Klturius in the Class 1. Div. 2, 6 f. sprint at Bukit Timah yesterday,
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    S'GOR TURF CLUB ENTRIES
    551 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed I )NE hundred and nliy nine horsm have been entered tur the Selangor Turf Club's AprilMay meeting to be held here on Apr 35 and 29. and May 3. They comprise 91 Class Four and 68 Class Five horses Entries: 1 his* i
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    Aussie boxing ambassadors due Saturday
    287 12 By SENTINEL ■EIGHTEEN young aportlng ambassadors ol Australia are dv* In Singapore on Saturday In the s Charon Mthouch they rome as ambassador* ol »ooo»U. the;r prtmary purpose Is to «lye a thorough bea'ing U> a team of Singapore >■( ungsters »horn tney will n»»*
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    RUGBY RESULTS
    40 12 LONDON. Wed fe«terda> 1 rug en result* wast RI«.RY r»\(.i r Dewsburx 32. Liverpool 8. RIC.BV INION Blrkenhe»f* Park 14. Liverpool 3 Ex'er 8 Newport 19 Penryn Ebb« V:ile 3 Penance and Ne«l\ r. 3. Cnrtiifl 8 Reuter
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    (tavilan beats Italian
    31 12 CLXVR.AND W«1 Ki<l Oavilan. world welterweight champion famed a «p'.lt derision «ln ovmr in I taralns! LIMO Mlnelli n( Hah ln a non-'Ule fttht here last ntrht Reuter
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