The Singapore Free Press, 26 April 1951

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA V> 18.066. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1951. PRICE TEN CENTS,
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    43 die as planes collide over sea
    64 1 XI ST. Thu LTfiAN airliner and a navy tramUded o Key d 50 leet m a tirliner. with 34 crew d with a N'.iv. as it fell It carried a hit. four-enninei transport d by I Cubana De lac Bi i uhen it
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    Patrol wounds bandits
    68 1 I'r.-vs St:itT keporter v I L'MPUR. Thun. ,:ITY Forces yesterday inded a bandit m the of Perak. A uniformed mnlni out of a P c other three Chinese and ms all o! whom ran :he patrol 1 fire. Oru 1 n to be h: g but I.
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    BROTHERS AGAIN
    15 1 herhood :on. outlawed since to legality Parliament i Bill regulating tttUcal associations.— A.P.
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    Envoys transferred
    20 1 Maurice Mens A3 been appointed at Budapest. in succession to D rej Arnold Waliingrecently transB >k, Siam Reuter
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    101 DIE IN BLAZE
    24 1 toll m Tuesdays n Tokyo has i i 104. Three Amerirs were among the when a power lino ich. A.P.
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    ALLIES THROW BACK RED ATTACK
    340 1 ALLIES THROW BACK RED ATTACK Surrounded British stand firm ■TTSirrvn v TOKYO, Thursday. ri! v nk and infantr > columns lashed out northwest of i nunchon on the central front yesterday to hurl back two Chinese diMsions halted on the fourth day of the Communist spring offensive. ml an try
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    Tipped 5 winners
    51 1 TREE PRESS tipster, Tres- passer, gave five winners m yesterday's card of seven races at Kuala Lumpur. They were Caravan ($l2). Mr. S. A. ($l7), Chance Remarks ($l2), Nero (Sl2) and Billdaw ($9). Free Press racing" correspondent, Allan Lewis, tipped four winners Caravan, Chance Remarks. Nero and
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    British rifle 'world's best'
    100 1 LONDON. Thurs. ANEW light automatic rifle to be used by British troops m future has more than twice the rate of fire of the present one. the Defence Minister. Mr. Shinwell. told the Commons yesterday. He claimed that it was the best m the world. It
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    NEWSMAN MISSING IN PRAGUE
    92 1 NE WSMAN MISSING IN PRAGUE PRAGUE, Thursday. THE United States Embassy here yesterday asked x the Czech Government to investigate "on the most urgent basis possible" the disappearance of Mr. William Oatis, an Associated Press correspondent, who has not been sef n since Monday The U.S. request was made m
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    Plan for P.I defence
    97 1 MANILA, Thurs. FURTHER gtrengthening of the defence of the Philippines by the United States is understood to have been the subject of the talks this week between President Quirino ana U.S. Ambassador Myron M. Cowan. While no official announcement has yet been made of this series
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    MCKEL SUPPLY
    32 1 The western world has overwhelming nickel superiority over the Soviet Union and her associates. Dr. Joan F. Thompson. President of the International Nickel Company of Canada, said m Toronto yesterday.
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    'QUIT KOREA' RED ENVOY TELLS WEST
    248 1 PARIS, Thursday. v^OVIET Deputy Foreign Minister, Mr Andrei Gromyko, m a two-hour monologue almost unparalleled In its belligerency, told the 37th session of the Big Four Deputies, 'There is a n excellent remedy for the worry of the West m Korea— pull out and
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    45 mins. of quotations
    57 1 PARIS, Thurs. A FTER denouncing the "cannibalistic" appeals of Mr. Churchill. Mr. Gromyko spent 45 minutes auotln« Napoleon 111. Lord Stanley, Lord Grey, and the last two Czars of Russia. He was trying to disprove quotations Riven by Mr. Parodi. the French deputy, some days a?o
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    Britain will cut living standard
    227 1 LONDON, Thursday. VIK. HERBERT Morison, the Foreign Secretary, iTI pledged last night that Britain will cut her standard of living before her arms drive if shortages continue. f— He said he was confident America would not let Britain go short of sufficient raw materials to
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    RETAIN GETS UP
    17 1 Despite a restless night ex?\larshal Petain sat ud for a few hours yesterday. A.P.
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    'LET PUBLIC HEAR MacA TESTIMONY'
    185 1 WASHINGTON, Thurs CENATE Republican leaders yesterday demanded that Ihe investigation into General Douglas Mac Arthur's dismissal be thrown open to rhe public and broadened to include all Far Eastern policies since the 1945 Yalta Conference. Mr. Robert Taft said after a meeting of the Senate
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    TO MAKE CARPETS
    33 1 Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchlnleck former Comman-der-in-Chief m India, who arrived m Karachi two weeks ago. Is establishing a Pakistan Carpet Manufacturing Factory about 150 miles north of Karachi. A.P.
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    U.K. WANTS MALAYA IN PACT
    111 1 LONDON. Thurs. A GOVERNMENT spokesman told the House of: Commons yesterday that Bri-i tain hoped to join the United States m a Pacific security system which will include arrangements for defending the South China Sea to take m South-East Asia, where a series of strong
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    G.O.C. SAYS GOODBYE
    55 1 picture "On c of the best clubs m the world." was what Major-General D. Dunlop. G.0.C., Singapore District, said of the Union Jack Club. Singapore, when he paid a farewell visit there yesterday. H e is seen here saying goodbye to Mr. Wong San» Lan. m charge
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    Tan: futile to halt schools
    228 1 \|R. C. C. Tan, leader of the Singapore Progressive Party, said this morning that the Government's decision to curtail the Colony's education and medical building plans was "a futile thine to do Mr. Tan is going to consult other members of his Party on what
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    'STEEL YOUR SOULS'
    92 1 Lieui.-General James A. >an tieet, American (oniniander of the Bth Army m Korea, said yesterday that the time had conic when "all men of the free world must steel their soul* and face a desperate, bitter and uncompromising: battle with armed Communist aggression." In an order of
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    TREATY TALKS
    18 1 British Embassy and American State Department representatives bewail talks yesterday on the Japanese peace treaty. Reuter
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    Secret Chiang pact U.S. armsaid only for self-defence
    264 1 Secret Chiang pact U.S. arms aid only for self-defence WASHINGTON, Thursri m THE U.S. Secretary of State, Mr. lican Achrson today announced a hitherto secret igfOMKOt between the United States and Chinese Nationalist Government. Under it American military aid to the Nationalists on Formosa should be (on fined lo material
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    CMEvalier 'A RED'
    35 1 The U.S. Secretary of State. Mr. Dean Acheson, said yesterday the State Department denied Maurice Chevalier a passport to enter America because of evidence that he was linked with Communist organisations.- A.P.
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    Mr Koestler has no answer
    726 2  - Mr Koestler has no answer PETER QUENNELL By T!IK AGI Of LONGING, by Arthur Korst]f ullins). lit: \j;e of Longing A s Arthur Koestler's tv ith book, and .a I wuvs his most Sting production that admirable novel 'Darkness at It is not. how- so impressive or i i a
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    QUICK LOOKS
    133 2 Borrowed Time, by F. Scott Fitzgt raid. Short Stories selected by Alan and Jennifer Ross (Grey Walls Press. Selected short stories by the author of "The Great Gatsby," one or two of which will stand comparison with that minor masterpiece; reflections of the hilarity and heartbreak of the
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    The Normandy battle: A German view
    281 2 The Normandy battle: A German view WE DEFENDED NORMANDY, by Lieut. General Hans Speidel, (Herbert Jenkins). JTNEMY accounts of the war A otr^ciiv* are often mere interest m than tho^e from one's own side. Very few war books have so far come out of Germany. It is fortunate, therefore, that
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    Romeo and Juliet
    224 2  -  Richard Vaugkan MOULDED IN EARTH. By •fHE last time I saw the theme cf this novel, John Gielgud was playing it m tights. But do not blame Richard Vaugha i for borrowing the story of Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare borrowed it. too. It is a good story
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    A LOVER OF RAILWAYS
    463 2  -  ROBERT KINGSLEY ROGER LLOYD By THE FASCINATION OF RAILWAYS by Roger Lloyd (Ge o Alien and Lnwin). 'PHE love of a railA way lover for his subject is as deep as an Arab's love for his horse, as enduring as a stockholder's affection for his dividends;
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    For The Intelligent Teen-ager
    349 2 For The Intelligent Teen-ager SEVEN AGAINST EDINBURGH, by Muriel Masefield, (lleineniann). THE Victorian age is often looked upon as a time when women were demure. retiring, and always dominated by their husbands. However that may be. there were a brave and persistent few who courageously fought against male monopoly and
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    SPENDER gets ashes in his hair again
    782 2  - SPENDER gets ashes in his hair again GEORGE MALCOLM THOMSON WORLD WITHIN WORLD. By Stephen Spender. (Hamish Hamilton)'. ONE by one, beating their breasts and scattering ashes on their hair, the boys of the pink brigade come to the penitents' bench. This is Spender's second trip. First was his essay
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    Short List
    120 2 Rate FIRE. George R. Stewart's new novel <Gollancs), as a documentary; drama of fire m an American national park. To Stewart, forces Of nature thunderclouds heaf drought) are as alive as people. Ugly story of a middleaged widow's passion lor worthless youth If A HERO OF TODAY, latest
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      239 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR BOKN today. >ou have great capacity for work and strong will power. 1 ou hate an a;ile mind which is full of original ideas. You have a deep love for the beautiful, especially that m niu-.ii- and the arts. You speak w«-ll before an audience and would
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      32 2 Solution To Crossword No. 336 Across: 1. Annual; 7. Meeting: 3. Let out; 9. Stalker; 10. Gee gee; 12. Red Rose; 17. Putter; 18. Jam if Viv NwfMtfi i?P n vnr 1L
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      82 2 Hew Crossword No. 337 CLUES ACROSS 1. 8.8.C.'s Young bit Veteran t,t:.r <6). 5, 8. Tribute to your correctness (3, 5, 3, 3). 9. See over a hiding place <s>. 11. I enter h winding place for corn (5). 13. City I held m India (5). 14. "Hoy beautiful ts
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    Bridge Hand
    303 3 the chance to lead a diamond. liu.ead. he returned a club. Declarer won the trick with the ace and led a heart. East took dummy's queen with his ace and led back his last club. Then declarer chased his three good spades and West was ruined. He had
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    'FIFTH COLUMN' IN CHURCHES
    301 3 Charge against Communists MUNICH, Thursday. A RED Fifth Column In the Christian churches is the Politburo's rapidly developing plan to conquer the resistance of spiritual leaders of the west, according to Prof. Ivan Mirchuk, Rector of the Ukrainian Free University, Munich, who told a reporter: "Stalin
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    RITA MAKING A COMEBACK
    57 3 Rita Hayworth says she hopes to return to work at Columbia Studio where she has been on suspension for three years. The actr&ss is expected to arrive m Hollywood within a week from New York for her first Hollywood visit since her marriage to Prince AW
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    BURMA REBBLES TO MEET
    74 3 A secret conference of all underground rebeLs which include Communists, Karen rebels and members of the People's Volunteer Organisation will shortly meet m enemy-held Toungoo ar^a m Central Burma, it was reported m Rangoon. Leader of the powerful Stalinists, Thakin Than Tun, who was reported to
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    TOBACCO STRIKE
    40 3 Tobacco workers m Toronto have begun a Budget stay-in strike, protesting against the suspension of 40 women packers until the arrival of new Excise stamps, which raise the cost of cigarettes by fourpence to 2s. Bd. for 20.
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    BUCKLEY
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    32 3 POLO visitors Frlmttm Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh arrive at the polo grounds of a Mediterranean resort fur a match m the Ships retHH Regiments tournament. Duke played for Destroyer Command.
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    BARONESS LOST
    33 3 American authorities In Berlin have begun investigating the disappearance of German Baronrs.s Amelie von Thielmann. who vanished m the Soviet zone where she had gone to settle some property affairs. A.P.
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    German papers go anti-British
    232 3 BERLIN, Thursday. A MYSTERIOUS British Army unit Y67, which was -^quartered m the north German village of Zernien m April, 1945, is being: made the subject of a furious anti-British campaign m a section of the German Press. Troops of the unit are alleged to have
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    U.S. JAZZ STARS BANNED
    59 3 The Musicians' Union Is opposing plans to import American stars for two Festival of Britain concerts arranged by the National Federation of Jazz Organisations. A union official said: "We have nothing personal against these players but w e object to the principle of bringing over Americans
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    26 luxury liners for Atlantic run
    125 3 LONDON, 1\ THERE will be mo: aenger liners on the A-!a-ntic run this summer than for 26 years. Tweny-*i« luxury ships of .six nation* will bring 'm. The Queen Mary Z<< and the Queen 81l beth. 83.673 tons Will h<;td the British fleet of
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    U.S. 'losing propaganda war in Asia'
    96 3 U.S. 'losing propaganda war in Asia' MANILA, Thurs. A YOUNG Manila advertis- ing executive. A G. Palileo, says the United States "Is losing m her own game." "America uses advertising, the new weapon m the worldwide fight for freedom effectively In the home front," he adds, "but elsewhere, especially In
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    FLOWERS KEEP FOR YEARS
    56 3 FLOWERS KEEP FOR YEARS A University i I (essor ha.s dfv<'lop to preserve fluwi r Dr. Randolph E n. d one orchid pre i rved :raturnl beauty lot jver five yearHe has hu> pmc for b' ddiny th< m petals m plastic foi ends. pat>:>r weights. I and other ortia*npni
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    PAPER CLOSED
    30 3 Police li.«v< plant of the Rome I America n. Ihf 1 only I languap the lied nean Im ■he KrQunds that th< of the pr< pichb U. P.
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      285 3 SINGAPORE BFEBS [Singapore] (BLUI NKTVVOKK) 4.45 p.m. Programme Summary; 10 a.m. Emergency News from 4 47 From tne London Editorials I (BBC); 4.55 Composer of the Kuala Lumpur; 1 p.m. Light > Week— Brahms; 5.15 Statement Music Medloy; 1.30 Time Signal of Account (BBC); 5.30 Adven-Ne-.v*; ..45 Charne Barnett; .1.
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    The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, April 26, 1951. Save the schools
    206 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, April 26, 1951. Save the schools CIR Henry Gunny y< terriav placed the battle of ichas among the three most important aspects of the impaign against Gamin Malaya. 1 i mer rersioi nd Icldl a young bandit. n| had ry lime he no( ati nt.
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    Famine
    155 4 i NS m Incia are Women I Ing halt withered to I food for Utn -bellied rhi.ciRice is now so dear that the ordinary man lord it, even if he il he has. Th* re is no help. An An CSttl proposal to send two million tons of grain
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    Collective Farm merger is progressing
    753 4  - Collective Farm merger is progressing CYRIL RAY The Moscow Scene By TPHIS spring will see great changes m the countryside around Moscow, as building begins on the new collec-tive-farm villages, and the outlying villagers are brought m. along with the houses they live m. to the new centres. This is
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    'UNCLE SAW WILL HEAD FOR EUROPE
    649 4 'UNCLE SAW WILL HEAD FOR EUROPE Bitlrr Controversy, but.... \NOTHER of those bitter controvers that periodically rock America is nearing its end. A final end at by C r.izress of President Truman's decision. announced more than six months ago. to strengthen the US garrison m Western Europe as a deterrent
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    It Seems To Me...
    570 4  - It Seems To Me. POLITICO By lIONEST taxpayers m Malaya are always saying, and always will say, that large numbers of people are evading income tax, and that evasion is not difficult. In the U.S.. it isn't easy at all. They have 1.200 special agents hunting dodgers, and they are
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    19 4 -HANDY TIME TO TELL IS WE'VE BIILT IT ITSIDK DOWN Work on the Festival of Britain Landmark is progre-
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    WINDOW on the WORLD
    579 4  -  JOHN ASHWIN About people and places by NORWAY Naval Problem VAVAL Affairs are lri the news again. This time it is the Norwegian Navy which has brought its problems into the limelight. After discovering that only 6 per cent, of Norway's new £35 million defence programme
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    Textile trade hard hit by export control
    99 5 Textile trade hard hit by export control THE m Sin- gapore has been "hard j i ent irrpcsed en n export.* Hong Kong I month. the Free Fress yesterda\ A targe percentage of the te\D the c: 1 1 tiffliai were for re-export. Undei control cannot coocl= from the ..re
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    FLYING DUTCHEMEN 'INVADE' S'PORE
    202 5 FLYING DUTCHEMEN 'INVADE' S 'PORE mne monthly planeloads on way to Australia GINfiAPORE i s slo PETER HIIL -but the J 'in4sion" i?!fJ? V -ed by 4O '°<»« Hying Dutchmen •n their way from Holland v k tem P orarv The Dutchmen are scheme ever devised by the \p.hl"- tra
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    Special fleet of 'Connies' for the 'New Australians'
    262 5 XI M. had their fleet of Conations engaged on this emigration project special'y constructed with 61 collapsible upholstered leather seats, but s:> m the ordinary seats used In these aircraft which normally seat 46 passengers. Said Mr. J Her.nemann, passage manager of
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    Theosophical Society
    31 5 Dr. G. P. Malalasekera, President of the World Fellowship of Buddhist Headquarters, will address a public meeting at the Theosophical Society. 8, Cairnhill Road, Singapore, tomorrow at 6 pm.
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    'LUCKY 13' FAMILY
    103 5 One of the Dutch emigrants to Australia who has thrown up his fish shop business m NjMgSB, Holland, is Mr. Anton Gradisfn, aged 53. But Mr. Gradisrn beliefs m taking his m ire family with him at least Home of them. He Is pictured below m Singapore
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    Final payment to fire victims
    139 5 WHEN tne second payment ,to distressed victims of the fire which broke out m Nee Soon on March 23 were made by the Nee Soon Village Relief Committee at the Hua Lim Club on Saturday last, three aged women victims received $140.50 each. The Committee
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    Mr. C.V. Miles retires to his home in Salisbury
    320 5 After 48 years of law practice m Spore Free Press Staff Reporter lIP to the last hour of his forty-eight years of law practice m Singapore, 76-year-old Mr. C. V. .Miles, senior partner of Rodyk and Davidson and one of the
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    Asian Police officers
    48 5 It is not at presen advisable to post more Asian officers to O C P.D pests, Oovf /.lment told Tuan Sheikh Ahmad bin Moharaed Hashim at the Federal Lepisla ive Council meeting yes(l -flay. To do so would Interfere with the work of criminal Investiga-
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    GOSPELLERS MUST PAY FOR DISTRIBUTING LEAFLETS
    190 5 Free Press Staff Reporter. iT open air services conducted jn public streets m Singapore by Berthesda Gospel Hall, Christian literature may be distributed, but subject to conditions, the Health Committee of Municipal Commissioners has decided. A fee of 50 cents must be paid m
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    'If hate & anger could kill...'
    78 5 'If hate anger could kill...' The conflict with Communist errorism can and will be finished Ai hin the year if those who still hesitate or are intimidated into supplying money and food to the Communists will make up their minds to gr, e their active help to the Government. the
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    SMC dressers may get Benham scale salaries
    245 5 Arrears from Aug. 1, 1949 Free Press Staff Reporter CjIXGAPORE Municipal dressers stand to collect arrears of salary from Aug. 1, 1949, if a recommendation is confirmed by the Municipal Commissioners at tomorrow's meeting, abolishing the existing salary scales and replacing them with
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    $4O-MILLION SURPLUS
    107 5 p'VEN with the increased cos; 2 of living allowances, the new Benham salary scales and the new police saiary proposals, the Federation Government should md the year wi h a surplus ol at least $40 millionThe High Commissioner. Si: Henry Gurney m his speech a' the opening of
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    EDUCATION WEEK CONCERT
    34 5 The 1951 Education Week Concert by the Junior Symphony Orchestra and Teachers 1 Choral Society will be held m the Victoria Memorial Hall on Monday. May 7. at 8 30 p.m.
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    Into line with S'pore
    32 5 P^nan* Municipal Commissioners will decide today whe her thtv should ask Government Jo bring the Municipal Ordinance m the Federation Into line with Singapore's 1951 Municipal (Amendments Ordinance.
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    HK University Alumni
    8 5 The annual general meetln? of
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    $20 FOR HITTING A WOMAN
    48 5 The Kuala L/.-mpur BwtMl Magistrate, Inche Harun. pesterday told a Chinese cook. Ah Choo that he should be ashamed of nimself for hitting a woman. Choo was ordered to pay the woman. Lee Leng Mooi. 110 compensation. He was ab-o fined ano:her $10.
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    Like House of Commons
    42 5 Like the House of Commons, the Federal LegisJative Council opened its new session yesterday with a prayer given m English and In Malay, by the Clerk of Councils. Raja Ayoub. who vat dressed m rich Malay costume. v
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    1000th HOUSE
    2 5 1000th HOUSE
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    PRICE-TAGGINHG AND MARKET PROFITEERS
    118 5 TNTIL the Singapore Go\menl's jictjon on puce coiitiol and price L^gginp has been ascertained, the Municipal OHM sioner* v. ill defer deci.sion on whether tliey should cancel the licences of market Bfall-h< who profiteer It was »tated before n committee of Municipal Commissioners th-^t additional staff
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    FUND FOR MRS. LAU
    29 5 The fund tot Mi's I. an th» destitute woman, now .stands at $907. Previously acknowledged $885' Anonymous $10: L.K.H. $10; a schoolgirl $2 Total" $907.
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    MODERN ARMY QUARTERS
    92 5 MODERN ARMY QUARTERS MR> M\KV l\\h itmi h r tv»a ny |»i4turrd alt<»\<\ w i» 1 1 < •••u:\ iikm i d ii. (nr s*nd4h hniM" bull. h> t.ir i m VinL .;.in f«>i troops <<nd ihrlv t^miliev Her k i»ba. 4, U.O II K«il .u.i li>. dn\ up-<-«>umr At
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    Pan-Malayan stamp display in August
    146 5 Pan-Malayan stamp display in August exhibition by pi,. will be hild Colony m AuguM this vviJl be spo: export* Stamp Club x Thou i tat btt« from A sul> < I Di <i i Hak Pee. Leone N Punier ;ilki M.v- 1 N Oik been appointed io maki >ary nr
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    RUBBER OUTPUT
    71 5 lor the tn i quartet 169.975 ton.* of rubber produced <»!• w-t^i*-."--holcin^s lr» tht FWlristtujii L 'on-- 83 383 on <-mall-hokni Big Sweep results FOLLOWING are the results of the Bi? Sweep drawn on race seven at Kuala Lumpur yesterdiv: TOTAL POOL: $378,100 Ist No. *****2 2nd No.
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    SAPPERS STORM WAY TO 51 WIN
    550 6 SAPPERS STORM WAY TO 51 WIN Thrilling game for Parker Cup Royal Engineers 5; Royal Army Pay Corps 1. ALL the thrills expected of a Cup final rewarded a crowd of more than a thousand at Tanj>lin yesterday when Royal Engineers stormed their way to a well-deserved victory over Royal
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    Bob Hope in U.K. golf
    104 6 TWENTY- SE YEN Ameri- cans including the entire Walker Cup team and comedian Bob Hope, have entered the British amateur championship to be held at artiiff. Wiles, from May 21 to 26. Six of them also entered the French amateur championship at Chantilly. and three
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    Bata win 6-2
    24 6 Bata S.C. defeated Netherlands S.C. by six goals to two m a Business Houses League 'B match at Thomson Road yesterday.
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    Bankstream Is Brisbane Cup favourite
    115 6 Bankstream Is Brisbane Cup favourite TJANKSTREAM. the 1951 O Sydney Cup winner, is hot favourite for the A£l2,--000 Brisbane Cup to be run, next Monday, following the withdrawal of Australia's glamour mare. Chicquita, injured m a recent training gallop. The Brisbane Cup, Australian second richest race, will be over two
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    Click Kheng (13) wins litle
    51 6 Click Kheng (13) wins litle THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD Ljm Chek Khens of Prince Edward Road Boys' Clu'o won the 1951 Singapore Table Tennis Association Juvenile singles championship concluded at the Great World last night. Runner-up was Ho Hai -Icng, also of Prince Edward Koad B.C. Choy Chan Ming 'Queen Street B.C.i was
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    Chance Remarks canters home
    848 6 X.L RACES REVIEWED From ALLAN LEWIS KUALA LUMPUR. Thursday. RACING past the pacemaker, King Vince, immediately after entering the straight. Chance Remarks spreadeagled the field m the fifth race (Cl 2, Div. 2— Abt. 7 f.) yesterday, second day of the Selangor Turf Club's April meeting.
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    DOUBLE TOTE
    20 6 First double paid $35 on each of 40 tickets: the second paid $24 on each of 81 tickets.
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    Silver Fame wins Cheltenham Cup
    143 6 LORD Bicester's Silver Fame 6-4 favourite won the coveted Cheltenham Gold Cud after a desperate finish at Cheltenham yesterday. The 12-year-flld gelding beat: the 100-8 outsider of tfie field of six,' Gfwnbgue\ by a < *V±l»'- vow loef The Queen and Princess Elizabeth came to
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    R.E.M.E. to hold sports meeting
    163 6 pOYAL Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (Singapore) have decided to organise an athletic meeting of their own this season. First annual sports will be held on May 5 at Rowcroft Lines sports ground, Ayer Rajah Road They now join G.H.Q. Singapore Engineer Regiment and Royal Army
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    FIGHT CALLED OFF
    23 6 Jack Gardner, British and European heavyweight champion, will not fight Cesar Brion, Argentine heavyweight, at Harringay on May 22. Reuter
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    Same old story for Tamils
    273 6 Free Press Soccer Reporter Amicables 3; Tamils 1. TWO second-half goals enabled Amicable Athletic Association to beat Tamil Brotherhood Association three-one m yesterday's S.A.F.A. First Division League match at Jalan Besar Stadium Tamils, as usual, were very weak m their finishing. Their hard-working halves served
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    Thrilling finish to Varsih cricket
    39 6 ARTS and Sc lerve vcrstty of Mala: a ti :icket match fo: O.p. They tx>at Medicnl uicket m a thri Brian Marfci and M :hy. with 76 and 52 runtively. put up the \tper;o:.
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    Chelsea beat Wolves: bid to stay in Div. I
    214 6 Chelsea beat Wolves bid to stay in Div. I CHELSEA, who seem to be doomed to relegation from the First Division of the English Football League, kept themselves m the end-of-season fight against the drop to the Second Division with a 2 l win over Wolverhampton Wanderers yesterday Chelsea, Sheffield
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    PICTURE TIP SOLUTION
    17 6 VOLITION to MtLeods O Picture Tip yesU»rda\ i> Modest Flutter (third m race six)
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    54 7 I.W.F. MAY ACCEPT GERMANY XI D stands a good H -v at Helsinki and The nof German vs a sil a I discussed aiIU-^- r **PJ for member- 5 3£ *rest:m X fecerui:on» the Germans are aco compete m the jrk championships He.Mnki there be 61 wreM.ers from 12 n*
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    BURNT BROWN WINS AT EPSOM
    42 7 BURNT BROWN WINS AT EPSOM MS v Jmcob*on'« rnt Br» vn won the 1 Suburban Hand r ten furlongs at EpDowns j Th»Eclat was second D. McCalrm i third. SevenloO-« Burnt i I Br i n won by ragthj be(i third. Reuter
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    MARCO POLO DOES BEST GALLOP
    343 7 MARCO POLO DOES BEST GALLOP Sm iling Through also impresses From ALLAN LEWIS KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. >JARCO POLO (Tait) displayed winning form this morning when he was going better than Screen (McPherson), with High Field (J. Donnelly) about three lengths behind, at the finish of three furlongs m 37 3
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    R.I. cricket fixtures
    70 7 RAFFLES Institution crirket fixtures include two games with the Singapore Cricket Association team. The first match is on June 16 and 17 at the S.R.C. and the second on July 14 and 15. On Sunday, starting at 11 a.m.. Raffles Institution puay University of Malaya at R.I.
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    YESTERDAY'S U.K. RUGBY
    66 7 YESTERDAYS U.K. Rugby results were Rugby Union: Abertillery 9 Neath 6: Cheltenham 6. Ivor 16; Torquay Athletic 13. Barnstaple 5: Weston-Super-Mare 14; Clarenavon 3. Rugby League: Bradford Northern 15 Leeds 14; Bramley 23. Barrow 11; Featherstone Rovers 10, Belle Vue Rangers 27; Huddersfield 13, Halifax 5: Leigh
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    Today's sport
    54 7 SOCCER: Div. 1: Kota Raja v S.f.C. at Stadium: Hiv. 3A: S'porr Mfdiral I v Town Rangers at ■:ni»< Div. 3R: Kat. Sajarah V.M.M.A. at Grylang; Business Hse. Lj?e. A: Pulau Bukom v F X at YMMA. Friendly: I.R.C. v R.N.A.S. at Farer Park. TABLE TENNIS: S.T.T.A. juvenile
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    WEIGHTS FOR SATURDAY
    261 7 WEIGHTS FOR SA TURD A Y VL r KIGHTS for all eight races on Saturday, last day of the Selangor Turf Club April meeting, are: Cl. 5, Div. 1 Abt. 7 F. Koss Road Firemaster i Ihe Dancer y.iu ConsleHation K.«M Windsor laddie BOS Your Lordship K.Ot I *rojf s.O!
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    SINHALESE TEAMS
    101 7 SINHALESE XI lor their Singav pore Cricket Association tournament fixture against C V MA. at Sepoy Lines on Sunday at 11 a.m. will be Christie Sene\iratne napt i. V. R. Fernando. Bob. C Perie*-. Mayo Perera. L. Frugtniet. P Mana'.vao'i. P. Fernandez. K. S Williams S Piyadasa. Anton
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    ADELAIDE CUP ACCEPTORS
    90 7 FINAL acceptors tor the Adelh.de Jubilee Cup I t;A24.000>. lo be run over two miles at the Morphet Vil!e Course on May 9, art Hampden Park 8.10. Port Lad ;mcl Peerless Fox 8.9. Colin and Toastmaster 7.11: Chonides and Mova 7 10. Land Tax 7.09 Dictation 7.8.
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    INDIANS BEAT SCHOOLS XI
    46 7 Combined Schools XI lost to Indian Recreation Club by three goals to nil at Raffles Institution ground yesterday. Schoolboys played well enough to hold Indians to a scoreless first-half. However their defences cracked m the later stages and conceded three quick goals.
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    Rangers win
    24 7 Tiong Bahru Rangers defeated Bukit Timah S.C. by five goals to nil m a Third Division match at St. George's Road yesterday.
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    Beshore praised for toughness
    270 7 Beshore praised for toughness FREDDIE Beshore, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, lost his ten-round bout to European light-heavy-weight champion, Don Cockell, on Tuesday night, but British newspapers yesterday hailed him as the toughest thing ever seen m a British boxing ring. The Daily Express called him a walking punching bag. The News
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    TITANS BEAT SPITFIRES
    112 7 Titan Badminton Party defeated Spitfire B.P. by five games to two m a return encounter at Clerical Union Hall on Monday ni^ht. Results (.Titan mentioned first) Singles: A. Aziz bin Ahmad bt Sulaiman bin Jaffar 15-8, 18-13: .Samani bin Hussain lost to George Tan 14-17, 4-15; Francis
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    'WELL DONE, SKIPPER'
    53 7 picture. Major-Cieneral I). Dunlop, G. 0.C.. Singapore Base U»striet, congratulates SSM Ree d, who received the P-ukcr Cup on behalf of Royal L'ngi neers after they had tleieaied Royal Army Pay Corps b y five goals to one m the in-ter-Corps soccer final at Ta nglin j'esterday.
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    18 7 FREDDIE BESHOttfc— a«Ni he looked when battered by I'zzard Charles at Buffalo. > >,v York, on Aug. 15 last.
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    H.K. PREPARE FOR HENDON VISIT
    58 7 UONGKONG football officials. on Tuesday started their "big week" preparation for the expected arrival of Eiirland's amateur club, Hendon F.C. So far. two Colony sides have been named to meet the visitors on May 12 and 13 A third Hong Kong FA. X! is expected
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    ROBINSON v. WANES
    28 7 World middle weight champion "Sugar" Ray Robinson will fight Jean Wanes. a Frenchman wtio has never bee<n knocked out, on May 26 at Zurich. A.P.
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    PENANG T.C. ENTRIES
    678 7 Free Press Staff Correspondent PENANG, Wed. A TOTAL of 148 entries 74 each m Classes Three and Four has been received for the Penanp Turf Club's threeday Summer meeting on May 5. 9 and 12. Full entries are: Class Three First run yj. or 7f.: second run
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    Wicketkeeper saves South Africans
    186 7 Wicketkeeper saves South Africans GEORGE Fullerton. tlie South African CrickH team's No. 1 wicketkeeper. hit a powerful century m a one-day game against I). G (lark's strong side of county players at >lai(Mone yesterday and sawd the Springboks from possible defeat after a startling collapse m their batting. Replying to
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    ASIAN GAMES NEWS REEL
    69 7 SHAW BROTHERS havr secured the newsreel documentary of the Asian Games which took place Delhi last month and it will be shown at the Capitol Theatre from May 3 In conjunction with the film "Harvey." This documentary is t complete record of the Games and includes
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    ARSENAL WIN
    14 7 Arsenal footbtll team bent the Belgian club. Anderlecht, 3—2 at Brussels yesterdaj
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    CSC SURPLUS $17,913
    112 7 3XNOAPORI Chinese Su O mini Club I a iiirplm of $17 913 I Tl. had an overdraft I OM.MI en 1). 31 last* incurred a paym»-i .n ICt of the n» w p <1 D^vilion "Tliere i.v a gent lit y says I 1 report -for tht-
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    TABLE TENNIS
    28 7 |gm i n it ter-adiool i;ib!» the Great V. I( Bt. An y 1 lion School .S-4 beat R. n',< hv tte Aiul: J ,'iit ion
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    BIRTH
    18 8 SHANKS. To Betty vife of E. P. S&anks on 2Uii April. 1951. at KhDu Hospital, a r^
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    DEATHS
    66 8 FRANC Anthony X 4"» tiled v 'Sterdav at the QtB Hoapfttal as a result ol ■M ur accident. Funeral corte/* v- >aye 174. Race Course RJ ■i t<->dayto Bidadarl. lAMED BOOSO RAHA.MAN V a^ed 58 of i Colombo Cey- avaf peacefully at hu naldfr.ee. 6S North Bridge Rd.. Singapore
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    24,000 OIL WORKERS RETURN
    248 8 24,000 OIL WORKERS RETURN Abadan 12-day strike ends ABADAN, Thursday. THE strike at the Abadan oil refinery, the world's largest, ended yesterday, 12 days after it began, when 24,000 workmen reported for duty. "They seem to have called the strike off,'' said Mr. A. EL C. Drake, general manager of
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    HONOUR OPPOSED
    41 8 Opposition MP's m the Syrian Parliament last night attacked the Government for awarding Mr. Trygve Lie, U.N. Secretary Gene r a 1. Syria's highest decoration, saying he has been biased m favour of Israel against the Arabs- A P.
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    Tarzan gets his mate
    166 8 Tarzan gets his mate NEW YORK. Thursday. OED-HAIRED Ariene Dahl decided suddenly not 1V to become the real-life mate of Hollywood's Tarzan, Lex Barker, and flew off to California from Nejv York where they were to have been married. Plans had been made for a lavish wedding, but a quarrel
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    15,000,000 DIE
    39 8 Nationalist China said last night that 15.000.000 Chinese have perished m the last two and a half years on the mainland as a result of "Red misrule, man-made famines and the aggressive campaign m Korea."- TT U.P.
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    WITH HONOURS
    42 8 President Truman yesterday signed into law a bill authorising the United States to pay 150 pesos and provide an American flag for the burial of every Filipino m the Commonwealth Army and recognised guerilla veterans of World War 11, U.P.
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    'Divorce tale ridiculous' says Aly Khan
    157 8 'Divorce tale ridiculous' says Aly Khan CANNES, Thurs. pRI" yesterday said thai thore is no question of a divorce from ais wife. Rita Hayworth. "'Those rumours are ridiculous. There has never been any question of a divorce." the Prince said m an interview at his Chateau on he French Riviera.
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    Russia buying more rubber
    143 8 LONDON, Ttmrg. ORITAIN is shipping rubber f> to Russ.a at three times 1950 rate but has cut exports of machinery and tooL :o a frac*. a r last year's i >lume. official figures reveal ed yesterday m London. Board of Trade records disclosed that In the
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    'SIGN IN FRISCO'
    26 8 The Mayor of San Francisco has asked President Truman to hold the formal signing of the Japanese peace treaty m San Francisco. U.P.
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    SPY JAILED
    35 8 Franz Reicher. an Austrian citizen, was sentenced to five years Imprisonment yesterday by a British military court m Graz for spying on the British forces m Austria on behalf of Czechoslovak organisation. Reuter
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    MARKET AGAIN GOES HESITANT
    154 8 l.*m<m Stock Exchange I LONDON, Thursday lESITANCY returned to the Stock Exchange yesterday and price changes m domestic issues were irregular, states Reuters financial correspondent fcarly morning business gave firmness to Government funds and leading industrials but gains were generally lost m the absence of any
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    THREE BURMA PARTIES JOIN
    50 8 Three Burmese left-wing political parties merged yes» terday and announced they will invite rebels into the Cabinet if they win the elections. They said they will negotiate a peace with the rebels a-nd establish a "people's government" Racked by a reorganised army under unified command. A.P.
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    Nomads seize Briton
    77 8 THE Somaliland Government has started a search for 1 a Briton employed by the Emperor of Ethiopia who has been captured by nomid tribesmen, the Commons was told yesterday by the Minister of State, Mr. Kenneth Younger. The Briton, Eric Crane, was chief air mechanic to the
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    THAMES BOAT SERVICE OPENS
    60 8 In his black and gold ceremonial robes and cocked hat, the Lord Mayor of Lewi don yesterday opened a passenger boat service on the River Thames for Festival of Britain year. As Admiral of the Port of London, he sailed down the Thames m state procession,
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    POLAND AGREES
    26 8 Poland was reported yesterday to have dropped her prolonged resistance and agreed "m principle" to admitting East Germany's Communist party into the Cominform A.P.
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    U.S. arms budget approved
    182 8 U.S. arms budget approved WASHINGTON, Thurs. THE United States House Appropriations Committee yesterday approved the $6,468,200,000 emergency defence budget. The amount, recommended for House consideration, for emergency purposes caused by the increased tempo of the Korean war. Most of it will be spent during May and June. It is m
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    Gift packages to H.K. held
    65 8 SAN FRANCISCO. Thurs. TTNITED States customs officers have withdrawn from the mails 27 'gift packages" destined for Hong Kong and are holding 96 others for further checking. The seizures were aimed at stopping contraband shipments to the Hong Kone b]ackmarket. It is claimed that penicillin
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    NEW WIRELESS STATION
    61 8 A R5. 10.000.000 five-year plan to expand India's external communication services has been approved. The plan includes the opening; of a new wireless station In Calcutta linking directly with China, the Philippines. Indonesia. Thailand. Indq-China. Australia and America while the Delhi station is intended to establish direct
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    H.K. MONEY
    29 8 Yesterday"s closing prices on the Hong Kong Money Exchange were HK $6.14/6.185 per U.S. dollar. HK $15.60 per pound sterlnp;. HK $323 per tael of gold.— U.P.
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    TOWN LOOTED
    18 8 Communist insurgents have attacked and looted the central Burma town of Pyaupue south of Mandalav Reuter
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    PILGRIMS MAROONED, LEFT TO DIE
    199 8 CAIRO, Thursday. I^RITREAN boatmen have discovered 22 bodies and four dying people on a lonely Red Sea islet according to a n Asmara dispatch yesterday to the Arab News Agency. This, the dispatch" added, led to the uncovering of an illegal organisation m Massawa, Eritrea,
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    61,7 41 CASUALTIES
    29 8 The U.S. Defence Department yesterday reported a new total of 61.744 American casualties m the Korean righting, an increase of 969 over a week ago. U.P.
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