The Singapore Free Press, 16 April 1951

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  • 23 1 The Singapore Free Press The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOO SALE OF IN MALA S7, SINGAPORE, MONDAY, APRIL 16, 1951. PRICK TFN < KM-
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  • 460 1 BRITISH FAMILIES QUIT OIL TOWN More unrest m Persia BRITISH F4MiiipJ EH P AN Monday. Bin i«.!!h LlE the oil port of Abadan across thi VA m er V? are bein across the border to Basra, Iraq, as unrest spreads throughout the country. Rioting was [ow°n?l tr Tv Abada a
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  • 123 1 MARIA HERTOGH CASE IS PUT OFF IS Staff Reporter THertogn ..s today addie by Mr. P Foster-Sutton Hi^h Court the indis- Mr. N. A .-•.on was made d bin Ibrah.m. Hants, Mansoor Aminah. who hat his leader. cidell. had not tn leave. front of the before the ap- m a
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  • 84 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. JHE Federation Government today announced '""^^Jn Customs duties on brandy, whisky, beers and samsu. The^ total yield on the new duties is expected to bnn ff m another $8 million this year. The new duty will mean an increase of
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  • 86 1 BEVIN TO BE CREMATED LONDON, Mon. MR. Bevin will be cre--171 mated on Wednesday after a simple service to be attended by his family, friends and closest associates. Public memorial services for the 70-year-old statesman, who died on Saturday, only a month after resigning from the job as Foreign Secretary
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  • 76 1 LONDON, Mon. f ONDONERS cheered and Lk drank champagne under the Eros Statue m Piccadilly Circus last night as the city s coloured lights came on after 14 weeks of darkness. Fuel economy had forced the Government to ban the use of electricity for advertising during
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  • 67 1 A shark weighing 858 pounds was caught yesterday by Mrs. Ernest Beaver fishing on the Cavalli island grounds off Whangaroa, North Auckland. It is a record for a woman angler. Mrs. Beaver, 54, a resident of Whangaroa, has been deep-sea fishing only twice. The Mako shark
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  • 20 1 Norway and Holland have reached agreement for the joint operation of an atomic reactor for peaceful purposes. A.P.
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  • 20 1 The Israeli government has bought 200 young cattle m Britain for £5.000 to found beef herds. A.P.
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  • 19 1 The British delegation to the International Rubber Conference opening m Rome today arrived by plane yesterday. A.P.
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  • 15 1 rfcR\YERS for sunny weather to help Britain's 'a'" I B A.P.
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  • 276 1 TOKYO, Monday. DUFFS of black smoke marked the United Nations zigzag line of advance on the Western and Eastern Korean fronts yesterday, it was stated m Tokyo. They were sent up from blazing piles of equipment abandoned and fired by retreating Communists. It was reported meanwhile
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  • 52 1 WASHINGTON, Mon. THE United States Air Force has stopped production of B- 15 jet bombers m favour of the British Canberra. The British bomber top speed has not been given but it fs believed to be at least slightly faster than the B-45s 550 miles an
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  • 57 1 Count Carlo Sforza. the Italian Foreign Minister, has raised the question of a revision of the Italian peace treaty m letters to Mr. Robert Schuman the French Foreign Minister. These approaches, described as "purely private", are understood to have dealt mainly with the military clauses of
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  • 165 1 SCOTLAND 'SHOULD JOIN U.S.' LONDON, Mon. r[E chairman of the Scottish National Party said yesterday "It would be to Scotland's very considerable advantage to become the 49th state m the U.S. rather than being treated as a mere county of England." Cheers and cries of shame greeted the statement by
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  • 27 1 Bolivian police tlashed on Saturday with street crowds accused of participating m a revolutionary plot. One person was killed, and several policemen were Injured. A.P.
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  • 158 1 LONDON, Monday. ORITAIN yesterday revealed some technical secrets about its giant atom pile. The facts and figures were given by the Supply Ministry, which runs the atom project at Harwell m Berkshire. So long as defence plans are not harmed, British, American and Canadian authorities have
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  • 23 1 Two Greek minesweepers, the Polemnistis and Navmachos which have been on exercise* with units of the British fleet, left Malta yester-
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  • 115 1 COLOMBO. Mon. A 15-year-old Sinhalese boy bactled witfr a 24-foot pythan for half an hour before freeing himself. The boy was at work m the animal breeding centre at Danduwawa, wnen he stumbled over the python. It grabbed his right hand and coiled round his legs. In
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  • 17 1 The new Chlneie CommunLst ambassador to Ruisla. Mr. _Ci^n^ Wen-tien L ha* ar- 1
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  • 287 1 Mac Arthur will speak on Thursday WASHINGTON, Monday. THURSDAY has been fixed as the date for the address to Congress by General Mac Arthur, which promises to brin^ a showdown over U.S. Far East policy. The meeting is expected to cap the nationwide tributes being planned for a returnin*, hero
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  • 50 1 Sir Walter Hankinson, British High Commissioner m Ceylon since 1948. has been Appointed Ambassador for the United Kingdom m the Republic of Ireland from September. Hp will be succeeded m Ceylon by Sir Cecil Syers, now Deputy Under-Secretary of State m the Commonwealth Relations Office. Reuter
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  • 145 1 'Best dama division in Korea' Frura EDHAK!) HEM r KOREA. M EMPIRE troops In K. thrilled at the of a Commonwealth I bein^; iurmed m a fcv. Said one Cockney prii to me yesterday: being a lot of lost 11 brigades wr'll bt t» damn divison m Ko; The divbion
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  • 104 1 SYDNEY. M<»n 'pHE Australian Governr has approved four posals to help the techi development of South j South-east Asian countrn >• under the Colombo Plan. Mr. P. Spender BKter Affairs Ministf-r. said th<- pr<jp<jsals were: To make a gift of MM f<-r<-rvce books on *ci?-ntific
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    498 2 When yyRITING letters to the Edi or is a long establed spori m BRITAIN. S .oiect.s range from the lamed discussion of supl international and domestic problems m the serious papen to a special column for children m a London evening pap?r. Letters to the Times, and quality
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  • 692 2  -  MARGARET GILRUTH By TAIRO is part East, part West. The old city has a maze of fascinating minarets, with the muezzin's cry falling sweetly into the balmy air of dawn and dusk. The young city, brash, noisy, complacently westernised, appears often quite maddening. Nowadays buildings
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  • 466 2  -  Joseph F. Dinnen By NEW YORK, I ORETTA Costello must be a very ftooesonr woman. She has a mink coat, silver foxes, clothing that any woman would envy. She spends her summers at Sands Point, New York; her winters m Florida, and has
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    15 2 Mrs "Nigel Patrick, wife ot ifre actor, arrives Wi*h Dennis Price, for a London premiere.
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    251 2 SOMEWHERE IN KOREA, lIEUT. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway sat m a cell-like tent and stared at a huge war map and talked about the enemy international Communism. "Let us have no delusions about it," he said quietly. "There's no second best m this war. "You either win
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 217 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR BORN today, you have high ambitions and tremendous ph>sical courage. There is little that you will not attempt. You also have certain basic tenets to which you will hold against all opposition. Once you have made a decision you will stand by it. You are fond of
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    • 108 2 New Crossword No. 328 CLUES ACROSS 1. How professional men work (2. 8); 8. Time men paid for this baggage (11): 9. 11. Out of bed and active {2, 3. 5k 13. The third floor back, perhaps (5); 14. That bored feeling (5); 15. Airy singer m Berkeley Square ill);
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    • 35 2 Solution To Crossword No. 327 Across: 1. Cock: 3, Cassia; 7. Watered silk; 9. Silence; 10, Mud; 11. Ink; 12. Resides; 14. Candlestick; 15. Resist; 16. Skis; Down: 1. Cowes; 2. Cattle kings; 4. Add-
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  • 311 3 FIL M REDICULES US -RUSSIANS Politics at the Festival festival, had a^oMMcS l«3t»» U l nte "»«ona 1 I other day-but™ long n its hands there r su S b™° d V a C "Not?-. th f e Russian fil Party Maurois. t author °Xh Pr teSt l M Andr
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  • 60 3 J{ Swaziland chief, with four followers, is to be tried m Johannesburg for the murder of his 12-year-old- half-brother. State ments to the District Commissioner say the boy was "bewitched" and tethered to the roots of a fl* tree m a dry river bed for nine
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  • 30 3 A select committee recommended m Salisbury that the status of Southern Rhodesia be changed to a dominion and the title Colony be abandoned.— Reuter
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  • 19 3 The Czechoslovak government yesterday ordered three French language schools m Czechoslovakia to close by May 1. A.P.
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  • 88 3 ROBBERS HAD MEAL ON THE PREMISES LONDON. UOKL y night watchmen h ilf way through ding Eastwood Board area H.Q. Midlands, when ltd mo a jumped I the raiders tackled I William Wh^tteound. gagged, and I him. more went for the ehmmn, Herb?rt tied him up. too. then went to
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  • 33 3 son and Karaouyine University m Fez. ire drii back after a ie out on Saturday Abder Rah-•lu-ed by the 1 is court to four imprisonment for pendent proong the students.
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  • 20 3 U.S CASUALTIES 9 xsualties m Korea up 6 were 59.396. includi 8.941 killed m action, 3 -a winded and 10.865
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  • 31 3 Dr. Karl Gruber, Austrian Minister for Foreign Affairs, will visit Britain from April v 24 to April 26. He will be the guest of the British Government R euter
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  • 49 3 CORDOBA, Mon. 19-year-old French girl holidaying m Cordoba was asked by a ccbbler to pay 10s. for shoe repairs. She snatched the shoes and knocked the cobbler unconscious. The civil governor has fined the cobbler £50 for "avariciousness". The girl must pay his hospital expenses.
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  • 38 3 GUNS IN CLASS— A gunnery lesson with the aid of a 40 mm. gun m the < la.ssr Him at Great Lakes, Illinois. The use and operation of the gun is pointed out to enlistees.
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  • 207 3 LONDON, Monday. T»HE Rev Peter Thompson, Vicar of Holy Cross, x Hornchurch, Essex, whose church is being boycotted by 80 Bay Scouts, told a reporter: "I am not a Communist, but a pacifist. The Scouts are welcome back— they know that— but I will not change
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    354 3 NORTH bid two clubs because he thought his hand too strong for a mere raise to two .spades. But when he preferenceraised the spades. South got slam ideas that nothing could rool off. Perhaps South over-estimated the strength shown by North'? three spade bid. bit a two .spade
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  • 66 3 LONDON, Mon. CIREMEN have cut a ring off the finger of five-year-old Ann Baughan, of Turners-place, Islington, after doctors had failed. The ring stuck on the third finger of her left hand while she was playing at home. She was taken to St. Leonards Hospital,
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  • 28 3 The Egyptian Foreign Minister, Mohammed Salah el Din Bey. said that Egypt would accept no solution to the Sudan question "short of unity with Egypt."
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  • 49 3 Fredericlc Charleston. a Penzance labourer, saved £200 for his old age. He handed it to a solicitor at Penzance court to repay money his 23-year-old son had stolen from his employers Frederick Ronald Charleston, of Ludgvan, near Penzance. was put on probation for three years.
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  • 160 3 Singing barber becomes film crooner NEW YORK. Monday. IN Hollywood films of small-town wars, the sheriff always gets his man. Now Hollywood has got its man away from Sew York's Metropolitan Opera and the man is heartsiclf about it. Handsome ex-choirboy Robert Merrill won his chance for a Met audition
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  • 21 3 A bear m the Rangoon zoo severely mauled a 12-year-old girl feeding it peanuts through the bars. A.P.
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  • 88 3 LONDON Mon. JJALF the 98 villagers of Anmer 40-cottage hamlet on the royal estate at Sandringham. went to the first parish meeting m 20 years Rural Councillor W Cunningham toici a reporter: "After all that time people were boiling over about the things they
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  • 41 3 NEGRO WI NS PLEA. The U S House o! R sen'ati\ erdty d a proposal rmlt ro tary segrega'.ion it ed forces af.er a plea by a N?gro c man against treating bil rtce second class <r i/- tis."-- U.P. U.P.
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  • 21 3 Allied occupation inounced completion of an between the Ne:herl.iiid> Japan permitting an i a ted US$l4 600.000 trad- A.P.
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 308 3 SINGAPORE BFEBS [Singapore] (BLLfc NETWORK) 4.45 p.m. Programme Summary: 10 a.m. Emergency News from 447 From the London Editorialo Kuala Lumpur; 12 Programmes m (EBC); 5 Classical Records; 5A* w i i n*oti« M the Debate Continues (.BBC); a Malay; 1 p.m. Monday Matinee. Indonesian: News and Programmes t.30 Time
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  • 324 4 The Singapor Free Press MONDAY, April 16, 1951. The price of war IN war the bii* news is, of battles won and battles lost, of the i of generals, admirals and air mars'lals. and men and soldiers. E it once m a while we :i ifiount news ;:h leaves out
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  • 219 4 THE Dockers' X.C.. they call- ed him, when he led anr *on the docker's case m London m Britain's first public wage arbitration award. tfru Working Class John Bull was his other title; and uhat could be a hapnier d» Krtpttaa of this rugged blunt, s mple and
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  • 888 4  - 'A NEW CHALLENGE OF MADE IN JAPAN' Ronald Hurman By First details of an American draft for the Peace Treaty tcith Japan were made known recently. The possible British requirement of restrictions on Japan's shipbuilding and textile industries was described by Ambassador John Foster Dulles as impracticable. Meanwhile, Japanese commerce
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  • 903 4  -  Hall Romney 1 m Bfm-H^:- '^g''^ :J t^L I I J I I iarf Ij* 5,000 FROM ALL COLONIES YEARLY five thoual sand young men and women from colonial territories were studying m this country at the beginning of the year, preparing themselves for
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  • 526 4  -  Harry Drake By ONG-range bombers capable of striking at the West are still In the drawing-board stage, but Russia works desperately to build up an impregnable air defence. The potential menace of Russian air power today is very real but m an entirely different way to
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    413 4  -  CHAPMAN PINCHER By Switzerland s Super Secrete y A GOLDEN-VOICED robot called Sophie (short for "ipsophone") arrived m London from Switzerland recently with the reputation of being- the perfect secretary. She answers the telephone while her boss is out. taking messages m any language and never getting them wrong
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 27 4 FASHIONABLE FAMOUS AMERICAN CORO JEWELLERY IN EARRINGS, BRACELETS BROOCHES NECKLETS S. P. H. de SUVA, 45. High St.. Singapore. f. The Embankment, K.L., 43. Station Rd.. !poh.
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    • 25 4 POCKET CARTOON by OSBF.RI LANCASTER Will someone kindly tell me just who it was who filled up Daddy's occupation as Professional hypochondriac with schizophrenic tendencies
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  • 449 5 Restrictions m fund rules DFTl»liJr*c- PreBB Staff Re P°rtc«--"1 I Singapore Municipal labourers, f n j*?i?» m Served the M »"»cipality faithfully thlv M° V6ars are not gettin S the gratuitY SfZ A° U u d L receive because f limitation iff Fr p V tHe Sl 'P eri
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  • 128 5 Press Staff Reporter the extension of their church work m the Presbyterian Church m England A B. Jamieson, convenor of the „n irv Committee of the Church, to -urvev of the possibility of encourafcwork m the resettlement areas m ;ui Malaya. U _:r.iphCampbell f
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  • 267 5 'STEP-MOTHERLY TREATMENT OF RURAL AREAS' Message from Mrs. Menoii... Free Press Staff Reporter. THE rural areas are being meted out step-motherly treatment, even as regards the prime essentials of a civilised life. Mrs. Vilasini Menon told the Free Press yesterday, m a message to the people of Seletar Ward who
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  • 80 5 A LECTURE meeting of the Singapore Branch of the Technical Association of Malaya will be held tomorrow (April 17 at the United Engineers Theaterette m River Valley Road, at 7 p.m. Mr. H. G. Rice, of the Uniieci Engineers, will speak on "Modern Marine Lighting". The
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  • 140 5 Fighting T.B: M.O. replies to criticism Free Press Staff Reporter > T O other body was doing M much as the Governmen: :o ftgh: tuberculosis, declared Dr. P. G. Currid. S:a;e Medical Officer, Selancjor, yesterday, m Kuala Lumpur, m reply to criticism that the Government not doing enough. Dr. Currid
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  • 143 5 Pepsi-Cola plant opened Free Press Staff Reporter A COLOUR scheme to give relief to the eyes of workers m order to reduce the risk of accidents has been introduced by Union Limited at their modern Pepsi-Cola bottling plan which was formally opened on Saturday m
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  • 81 5 The following members have been elected to the committee oi management of the 8.0.D., Civilian Employees Co-opera ive Thrift and Loan Society, Ltd., for the year 1951: Messrs. S- T. V Unpam < Chairman re-elec:edi; X G. Mai hews (Secretary reelected); X Vrlupillai< Treasurer.); P- Achutan.
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  • 167 5 Free Press University Correspondent NINE students »nd several members of the University staff were sworn m as Special Constables by ASP Watson of the Singapore Special Constabulary m ihe Oei Tiong Ham Hall on Saturday. Only two of those sworn m belong to category
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  • 28 5 The annual general meeting of the Singapore Ratepayers' Association will be held at the Roof n-rden, Adelphi Hotel, Singapore, n Friday, April 27 at 5.30 p.m.
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  • 12 5 M.ior P D. R WilMams-Hunt. jffiJ 3*3 own dutiw.
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  • 190 5 A GAINST a background «l air- craft representing all the Station's squadrons, R.A.F. Station Tengah this morning paraded almost to a man to receive their official badge. Lincoln and Brigand bombers and Vampire jet fighters were lined up behind the parade as Air Vice Marshal R.
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  • 149 5 Income tax reliefs for planters A NUMBER of reliefs will now be available to planters and others who live m rent free houses and who are assessed according to the Income Tax Ordinance at the rate of 5 per cent, of ♦heir income up to a maximum of $600 per
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  • 186 5 GIFT TO SINGAPORE'S IRON MEN' Free Press Staff Reporter AN original Japanese water-colour painting, (pictured at left) reputed to be 200 years <>;d and of great art value, is to be presented to the Raffles Museum, Singapore, by the local Federation of Amateur Weight-Lift* The painting. 12 Inches
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  • 112 5 THE Assistant DirectorGeneral of International Labour Office, Mr. Raghunath Rao, and Assistant Economic Adviser, Mr. Richard Downing, who arrived m Singapore last week. have Held exploratory talks with the Commissioner for Labour, Mr. G. W. Davis. The two ILO Chiefs are hero to study
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  • 117 5 Free Press SUIT Reporter LIEUT.-COL. C. F. Atkin.son RE. of G.H.Q, F.A.R.EL.F.. was elected, chairman of Hit local branch of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, at a meeting held earlier this month. Mr. H. L. Ward. Chief Surveyor. Singapore, was elected vice-chair-man, and Mr. G. M.
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  • 101 5 ILfR C A. Uu.ity D.«trici or Jasin. has been pronuMeu to the Colonial Administra 1 vice. A schoolmaster before the **r. Mr. de Vnes was .seconded to the administrative terwee J-oon Ihe liberation Educatrfl at St France Institution, Malacca, and Raffle* College. Singapore, Mr. de Vries
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  • 56 5 INrlun "B«*s! runners m th* Hutch Navy" is the claim ot the o whin they spoke of this ha|in\ rroup m the picture taken on board the Van fialen. Avera-.e ace of the ratings is 19. M»M of them have served m motot KUM>M».tts m
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  • 65 6 picture loastsruard (McCloud) hite the front at the two-furlond post m the seventh race (Class 2, Div. 2) over nine furiolfes and 36 yards FoltowinV™ Heutor (Tait) and El-Toro (Charles), next to the rails. Coming up. m fourth place is Rex Flash II (Tulloh).
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  • 664 6  - DECANTER A SMART SPRINTER SPRINTER ALLAN LEWIS By Gam bar Melayu shows promise I)KCAXTER proved himself a sprinter of class at Bukit Timah on Saturday when he easily defeated one of the best Class 2 fields brought together for some time. He was the only favourite to score on the
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  • 258 6 PIRAEUS SCORES PIRAEUS SCIRES STYLISH niRAEUS proved that his success on Wednesday was no fluke when he scored stylishly m the last event of the meeting. Several horses were preferred m the betting to Piraeus, who paid $47 for a win and $14 for a place a handsome return for
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  • 97 6 Omce-bearers of the Island Club for the year 1951-1952 are: President— Mr. Malcolm MacDonald vice-president—Mr. Tan Chin Tuan; captain Mr. Yong Loon Chong; vice-captain Mr. M. B. Brash: commit Lee members Messrs. Loke Wan Tho, R. Jumabhoy. San Kwok Thyf. Yong Loon Chong, M. B. Brash. J.
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  • 25 6 MENTAL Hospital beat C.V.M.A (Portuguese Mission) by three goals to one m an S.A.F.A. Div. 3A League match at Vi Chu Kang Rpad
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  • 37 6 Hockey results TWO men's international hen key matches were played on Saturday. Ireland and England drew oneall at Dublin, there being no soort at half-time, while at Newport Wales beat Scotland 2-1 after leading one-nil at halftime.
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  • 30 6 picture. MR. \to liock Seng leads m Decanter (Crowe), winner of the main sprint (Class 2, Div. I— Abt. 6F at Bukit Timah on Saturday. Free Press
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  • 293 6 DACEGOERS received a severe jolt when Binnton led all the way to take the first race on Saturday and pay $152 for a win and $26 for a place. Pot Luck was installed favourite, but spoilt his chances by being slowly away from the barrier.
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  • 79 6 DOMOLO Ferri claims to have set up two new world records for 125 c.c. motor-cycles. On Saturday when driving his diminutive Lambretta machine. He covered the flying mile at an average speed of 187.557 kilo-metre.* D.n hour (over 116 m.p.h. 1 and the flying kilometre at an
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    53 6 Binnton (Tait) keeps his lead to win the first race (Class 2 Div. s— Abt. 6F) from the favourite Pot Luck (Crowe), with Ashok (MePherson) third. A rank outsider, Binnton paid $152 on the win tote, the highest dividend of the meeting. It was his maiden win on
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  • 488 6 U7HEN Retinue completed a treble for Mr. V. C. Bath I immediately thought "It never rains but it pours," because this can be aptly applied* to his luck at Bukit Timah on Saturday. He had not enjoyed the best of luck for quite a number
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  • 800 6 Frofn JIM CHAMBERS SCOTLAND'S international football team won the British Wembley Stadium on Saturday by defeating; a depleted Ba three goals to two m a *a me that was chockful of brilliant *i from the Scots. England's team was heavily handicapped when after only 12 minutes'
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  • 22 6 DROBNY WINS TITLE JAR exih pla; mci Ron.' ni.s T D> Itali 10-8, 6- and M I 11-9 ■■•':>» doub. giun. Reuter AP
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  • 7 6 FRANCE BEAT WALES 28-13 I three A.P.
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  • 214 6 (SEVERAL championship promotion and relegation struggles caused a great deal of interest m Saturday's English League soccer. The promotion and relegation issues were made a little clearer by the day's results. Tottenham Hotspur and Preston North End. leaders ot the First and Second divisions, were both surprisingly beaten
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  • 44 6 KATONG Sajarah "A" defeated Tuan Mong 0.8.A by three goals to nij m an S.A.F.A. Div. 3B League game at Geylang yesterday Outside-left Kirn opened the scoring m the first half. After the interval Hussien and Pipit each scored a goal.
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  • 200 7 H IDBMM MORGAN H viii have a deH bid this season H be leading BriI c prizes. H visit to the H ....< week-end H v that Marcel H extremely for- and that his H >nch stables H ;p confidence v to win a lot
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  • 488 7 JAIN HAMPERS UK CRICKET PLANS Net practices curtailed PREPARATION of pitches for the opening of weeks h!£ll h nCke u SeaS °u"' less than l^ee weeks hence, has been hampered by the ■SSfSS 1 heavy rainfan of recent nth quite long. The outdoor practice* of njanv counties have been restricted.
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    38 7 picture. Mrs. E T. Manassch leads »n Retinue (McPherson) winner the fifth race <C lass 2. Div. 3 Abt. 6F.) at Bukit Timah on Saturday. Mrs. Manasseh is coowner of Ketmiie with Mr. V C. Bath. Free Press
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  • 64 7 DR. Frank Aaron, the England captain and national champion, won the Festival of Britain international crosscountry race over nine miles m 61 mins. 57 sees, at Sheffield on Saturday. With five men occupying the first six places. England won the event with 25 points. Scotland
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  • 45 7 BRADDELL Cricket Club scored their third firstinnings win yesterday m the Junior Section of the Singapore Cricket Association tournament. In their B Division match against Sinhalese at Woodsvine, they replied with 73 for five to the Sinhalese' first innings total of 66.
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  • 20 7 I: UMMJCJL t l»:v Indo- U r-n«ah at Cry 1 R \.0.( Im: f.KQ r Naval v < Uiirnarern'
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  • 325 7 Higher taxes hit U.K racing British entertainment tax, with its has made a target of horseracing, vi racing and speedway racing. The extl ready talking m terms of it being a Mow" to speedway racing. budget taxation on these three sports worked out at about 48 per cent, but be
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  • 461 7 Secret of S.C.C. success A FTER yesterday's Singapore Cricket Association tournament vamps, Singapore Cricket Club still hold the lead m the senior section by one point. Ceylon Sports Club defeated Singapore Chinese Recreation Club on the first innings and moved up, one point beh'mS S.C.C.. who drew with Indian Association
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  • 77 7 JAKE La Motia has decided that he wants a return match with Ray Robinson, who won the world middleweight title from him last February. Harry Markson. managing director of the International Boxing Club, said yesterday: "La Motta has advised us that he wants to fight Robinson again
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  • 595 7  -  CRUSADER By Rovers 3; Chinese Athletic 2. £HEER determination and slightly superior stamina gave the edge to Rovers m their clash with an improved Chinese Athletic side at Jalan Besar Stadium last evening. This S.A.F.A. First Division League match, one of the best this
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    32 7 picture. Winter Lady (McCloud) coming; through the winner's gate after scoring her maiden victory m Malaya m the third race on Saturday. Leading her m is trainer J. R. Rodgers. Free Press
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  • 1042 7 Coventry C 40 19 6 15 72 55 44 Blackburn R. 40 18 8 14 62 61 44 Brentford 40 18 7 15 73 72 43 Leeds United 39 17 8 14 58 55 42 Doncaster R. 39 14 12 13 60 64 40 South'ton 39
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    30 7 picture Mrs V. C. Bath leads m Unless (McPherson), winner of the fourth race (Cl. 3, D if. I— Abt. SF.) at Bukit Timah on Saturday. Free Press
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  • 257 7 MALAYAN players Won* Pen* Soon. AJI-Kngland lf champion, and Eddie Choong of Penang reached the final of the men's singles m the international badminton tournament m Copenhagt'ii, Denmark, yesterday. Peng Soon beat Joern Skaurup (Dcnm rkl 11,15 11, 15 11, while Eddie
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  • 80 7 his match a;. Skaarup a *t nie.it. Wong Peng Soon told Rruter that he expected a \rrv fine and exiting n against Fddie < h«> .n- i.«day. ff was w.trnrd hj t referee for not srrving fa-t enough, but said alttr wards: "It was not
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  • 86 7 'SAFA must affiliate' IF Singapore Amateur F 1 ball Association *Lv compete m ihe Malaya this season they mus; hecome an affiliate of th l ball Association of Malaya This was *;ated at a m ing of the FAM counc. Kuala Lumpur yesterday. It was decided at the meeting that
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  • 68 7 Q. WieJema, the Dutch girl sWmmer, yesterday at HiJversum < Holland established her third world record lor the backstroke. She swam the Y5O yards backstroke m 1 mm. 40.4 sees an beat the record of 1. mm 42 1 sees, set up by another Dutch swimmer. Cor
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  • 14 7 Solution to Md^od's Picture Tip on Saturday is Caiv Horn <Ra<«- Si\»
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  • 329 7 W E JS G "T? for Saturda >» first day of the Selaii^or fT Turf Club April meeting are: i a. i, Div. 1-s ir. Gambar Melayu "no Airmail i.i:i liberty Fla* 8.11 Wonder Lad 8.10 Retinue 8.07 Sudan 8.06 Blondie 8.05 Sweet Maide 8.04 Full
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  • 72 8 TWI ENGAGEMENT was anrnunced between Mr. Gouw An Ho. 2nd son of Mr. .t Mrs. Gouw Oim H nnd Miss Yeap Poh daughter of Mr. Mrs. \enp Lian Seng both of Singapore. [E ENGAGEMENT is anr.ounced between Mr. Chua Tay V.m, eldest son of Mr. Mrs I Typ Swee
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  • 27 8 on APRIL Uuj -1 at Howe Hill. Nursing Home. York, to Hilda jr*e Brooks wife of Geoffrey L. Morrison. Colonial Service. Accra. Cio'd C -^n Nigel Geoffrey
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  • 37 8 HAMI.IN-SCHAPFER. At the Kttst Church. Seremban on Momlav 9th April. 1951. George Robert Collyer Hamlin to Adi .Ter. OUIRK-MURTOUGH. On 7th t 1951 at St. Francis Xavier's Church. Malacca. Terence John i to Patricia Mary Murtou^h.
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  • 217 8 ANDREW COLIN KOH age 18 beloved son of Mr. and Mrs. V. r Koh Wee Boon died of a motorcar accident m Johore riiv 12 4 ")1 buried at BidaCemetrv Friday at 6 p.m. MADAM FE CHYE NEO, alias Jee Nyu a?ed 75 passed away p :.v at her
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  • 27 8 IN ME MORI AM Grevtile, 16.4.50. Rest m peace. FPEFBOROUOH. ERIC. A. M „n Police killed. April 12th. 1949. Near Vong Peng. late. a Own Royal Regt.
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  • 299 8 BEY IN MAYHAVE SAVED W. EUROPE Attlee praises statesmanship LONDON, Monday. MR. Ernest Bevin's immediate response to the American tentative proposal of Marshall Aid m 1947 "may well have saved Western Europe from Communism", said the Prime Minister, Mr. Attlee, m a broadcast tribute to the former Foreign Minister. "His
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  • 35 8 Seichi Tanaka, president of the Fuji Iron Works m Tokyo was busy yesterday soliciting signatures of a petition urging General Mac Arthur to make his permanent home m Japan.
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  • 117 8 PONTESBURY, England, Mod. rEORGE Edward Gill, aged 26, got married on Saturday between courthouse and gaol. At Gill's side but not his best man when he married Eileen Jones, aged 21, was a policeman. He dogged Gill's footsteps when the newlyweds went to the bride's
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  • 81 8 BEIRUT, Mon. TWO people were reported killed and five wounded m the Lebanon general election yesterday, state reports from Beirut. The situation was described as generally orderly, however, and an official communique said the elections were considered to have been successful. One polling officer was shot
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  • 25 8 Gen. Alphonse Juin. French Resident General m Morocco, arrived m Paris yesterday to report to the Government on the political situation. Reuter
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  • 68 8 Aii earthquake m Siberia was reported by the Central Meteorological Observatory m Tokyo. All seismographs m Japan recorded a violent earth tremor at about 1338 GMT on Saturday. Observatory officials considered it unlikely that it was due to an atomic bomb explosion. An earth tremor was
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  • 27 8 The George Cross presented to Malta by the King was on show outside the Governor's Palace yesterday, the ninth anniversary of its presentation. A.P.
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  • 166 8 BRUSSELS, Monday. A TWENTY-two-year-old typist is claiming one- tenth of her salary for the next 35 years from a doctor who, she says, operated on the wrong finger. The girl, Godeleive Logiste, charges the doctor with neglect. His name is not given m
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  • 201 8 THE HAGUE, Monday. "VTO Gambling will be the rule met by hundreds of tourists who visit Holland this year. It is a rule that is being enforced by the Chief of the Hague Police, m a circular sent to scores of hotel owners asking them to
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  • 93 8 All done by magic BRITAIN'S salesmen will soon be able to carry all their samples from women's dresses to heavy machinery m a little black box fitting into a coat pocket. The "magic box" is a new version of the old-fashioned stereoscope peep show. It shows a three dimensional picture.
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  • 17 8 Thirteen German policemen were injured yesterday fighting young Communists m the streets of Gelsenkerchen. A.P.
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  • 36 8 FILM actress Veronica lake's Hollywood home has 1 been seized by the Government because she and her husband Andre de Toth, owe £22,000 income tax. It will be auctioned unless she pajrs up.
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  • 17 8 Douglas (Duggie* Wakefield, 51, British stage comedian, has died m hospital at Brighton, England A.P.
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  • 19 8 Belgrade radio said last night that Marshal Tito was undergoing treatment for a gall bladder complaint. A.P.
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  • 134 8 LONDON, Monday. SHOWCASES which not only guard exhibits, but also trap would-be thieves, will be used at Goldsmiths' Hall, London, m May, when more than £1,000,000 worth of gold and silver plate is shown to the public. The cases are built Into the walls. If
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  • 43 8 A citizen of famine-stric-ken India has died of over eating. A Punjabi ate two loaves of bread, four pounds of sugar cake and washed it down with two gallons of buttermilk over a bet and died soon after. A.P.
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  • 293 8 NEW YORK, Monday. SOME 300 years ago, an English king gave the incentive to America to rearm m 1951. The growth of New England, especially as an industrial area, was beginning to irk His Majesty. So he issued an edict forbidding skilled English mechanics,
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