Singapore Standard, 19 February 1951

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    20 1 Singapore TIGER Standard uk a ft vai NO. 234 > u u SINGAPORE, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1951. 8 PAGES TEN CENT!
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    US Proposes New Act To Test Stalin
    213 1 US Proposes New Act To Test Stalin MIIWTON. Feb. 18 (AP)— The United States oaed to Britain and France a new diplomatic sisned to leal whether Prime Minister Stalin will a liiii hour Foreign Ministers' Conference with dia mamW the real causes of East-West conflict. Notes from the t"^ee Western
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    King Of Nepal Proclaims
    114 1 F. 18 (Reuvan r. Nepal, ted a semi- ol ten thi- Himalayan e fighting o expressed re >r a vernment Ing a c y on the basis se I efore 1952 p c umeo a I p tlitic .1 I ise wh i eo rebellion i
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    Bataan Hero Dies
    19 1 VES< WTA, .neral a He-o tedly on 59 f. m r. ebral military C n.nrg, Ger-
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    S'pore Steps Up Imports Of Foodstuff
    82 1 S'pore Steps Up Imports Of Foodstuff SINGAPORE Goi -nment is immediately stepping up hearts into the Colony ot foodstuffs and other esseni tial commodities. Applications to import, especially foodstuffs, from every available source of supply, both in the sterling area and in the dollar area are bens given priority coa-
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    Arsonist Sets Station Wagon Ablaze
    129 1 A SINGAPORE Traction Company station wagon was set alire bv a Chinese firebug at Upper Cross Street yesterday at 2.30 p.m. The culprit escaped. A burnt-out biscuit tin which apparently contained inflammable liquid, was picked up by the rolice near thc front seat of the
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    Discussions On Japan In Canberra End
    125 1 CANBERRA. Feb. 18 (Reu-ter-AAP) A communique issued here today after the conclusion of talks between Mr. John Foster Dulles, United States presidential envoy, and the External Affairs Ministers of Australia and New Zealand, said no proposals "of any character" to rearm Japan were discussed
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    'Mortal Peril From East'
    73 1 DENVER (Colorado), Feb. 18. (Reuter) M. Pain Reynaud, former French Prime Mir.i -ter, declared here that if Mr. Winston Churchill's "noble" proposal for an AngloFrench Union had been accepted in 1940, Europe would be united today and there would be hope for the world." 81 Reynaud
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    British Veletta Plane Crashes
    85 1 STOCKHOLM. Feb. 18. (Reuter)—A Royal Air Force cadet was killed "and seven other occupants injured, two ot them seriously when a British Veletta aircraft crashed near Bromma airfield, Stockholm, today. Most of the 18 on board were R \F officers and air crew cadets who had
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    Broken ShipLimps Into Yokohama
    85 1 TOKYO. Feb. 18. I Reuter,\.\p. xhe stern section ot the Swedish motorship. Chnster Salen, crawling along at three knots on her own power, staggered into Yokohama today. The 4,928-ton vessel, captained bv G Battelesson, had broken into two when battered by stormy seas off the east
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    To Survey Chinese Educational System
    79 1 DR William P. Senn. American authority on Chinese educa on, arrived in Singapore by Oantaa yesterday to join in a survey of Chinese educational Sj :em and textbooks in the Federation of Malaya. Dr Senn has been specially invited bv the Federation Gove- nent for
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    Peking Said Moving Gold From South
    106 1 HONGKONG. Feb. 18: (UP) A Chinese report said today that Peking has ordered all gold and silver bullion now stored in the vaults of the banks in Kwangtung to be moved to north China. The order was part of a large scale programme of
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    'Killer' Volcano Active Again
    75 1 PORT MORESBY. Feb. 18 (Re-uter-AAP) Mount Lamington, New Guinea's "killer" volcano, belched smoke 60.000 feet into the air todav barely an hour after nearly all Papua was shaken bv a terrific earthquake. Mount Lamington. known to the natives as "spirit mountain, erupted less than a month
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    Acquitted General Back In Japan
    44 1 TOKYO, Feb. 18. (ReuterAAP> Nineteen Japanese including, convicted and acquitted war criminals, arrived from Manus Island today. Among the six acquitted <>[ war crimes was a former General. Masataka Yamawaki. Most of the convicted criminals have served out their sentences.
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    "Call-up Dodgers" Up Against Red Ruling
    185 1 Standard Staff Reporter MALAYAN Chinese, especially "call-up dodgers" ol Manpower Registration, who are reiurnh^ to Canton, capital of kwangtung, are facing a dilemma. Cables have been received by many shipping agents and hotel keepers associations in Singapore to the effect that any passenger without
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    S'pore Police To Curb Red Acts Tomorrow
    103 1 Standard Staff Reporter SINGAPORE police will take 'normal precautions" to ensure that there will be nc Redinspired demonstrations in Singapore on the Communist anniversary on Feb. 20, according to a police ofiicial. A United Press cable from liongkong said that Communistinspired demonstrations are
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    Jenderam Not To Be Destroyed
    126 1  -  The RAF By Standard Staff Reporter THE R.A.F. in a statement issued yesterday said that it has no knowledge of any proposal to destroy from the air, the evacuated village of Jende-! ram in South Selangor. This was in reply to a report m The
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    INDO-PAK. TRADE TALKS RESUMED
    68 1 KARACHI. Feb 18 (Reuter)— An Indian delegation of five arrived here today tor talks with the Pakistan Government aimed lat a resumption of full-scale trade between the two countries. The Indian delegation here is led by Mr. N. R. Gill, Cabinet Secretary to the Indian Govern-
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    China Reds On Central Front Begin Retreat
    433 1 TOKYO, Feb. 18. (AP) The Chinese Reds appeared to be making a general withdrawal today along the 36-mile arc in west-central Korea where they suffered a bloody defeat in trying for a breakthrough. The mauled Reds were reported pulling back from lohon, 31
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    Dock Strike In Sweden Affects Big Industries
    116 1 STOCKHOLM. Feb. 18. (AP)— A wildcat strike spread to the fourth Swedish port on Saturday and experts estimated economic losses caused by the dock tieup might amount to millions of dollars. Several big industries were thinking of slowing down production because of paralysis
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    Rubber Recovered
    29 1 APPROXIMATELY 2,28 worth of stolen rubber in bales have been recovered from a lorry near the junction ol Beach Road and Rochore Road. A Chinese was detained.
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    Sarongs Stolen
    20 1 SARONGS and haberdashery stolen from "A" Company in Tanglin totalling $200 were re- ported to the police yesterday
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    UN World Fund Drive
    23 1 A worldwide collection for under-privileged children will be taken every Oct. 24 under a new proposed U.N. plan. A.P.
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    Collective Punishment Creating Enemies, Declares Dr. Pureell
    38 1 MALAYAN Government policy of collective fima on villages is "creating frwirt i*aid Dr. Victor Pureell on Saturday in London, reports the London correspondent of The Standard, Andrew Roth. Dr. Victor Pureell
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    Malay Women Want Advisory Board Seats
    353 1 Standard Staff Reporter A PETITION to the Singapore Muslim Advisory Board for women representatives on four ot their seats will be made by Che Zahara binte Noor Mohammed. President of the Malay Women's Welfare Association. Singapore. If this fails, she may be forced to
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    IMPORTATION OF FOODSTUFFS GIVEN PRIORITY Watch C'ttees To Be Set Up
    565 2 IMPORTATION OF FOODSTUFFS GIVEN PRIORITY Watch C'ttees To Be Set Up The Fight Against Rising Prices BACKING up its decision to take immediate action to combat rising prices i»i the Colony. Singapore Government is giving priority consideration to all import application?, especially those for foodstuffs. The Stan- ,l ar( l
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    TO MARRY
    69 2 MISS i I \.i. ;.i Marcos, 2j-j. eu old Filipino j^urnali>t attached to Indonesian Information Service, will be married tomorrow at 5 p.m. at the Orchard Road Presbyterian Church to Mr. Michael Keon. Australian author and Journalist. The Commissioner-General, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald will jive her away. Following: the
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    THIRD CONVICTION
    45 2 A 23-YEAR-OLD Hokkicn. Yap Kim iiock was sentenced to three months' rigorous imprisonment m the Singapore Second Police Court Saturday for stealing a motor cycle head lamp on Jan 2S at the Customs House in Beach Boad. Yap had two prej vious convictions.
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    Abolition Of Muslim Marriage Law Sought
    188 2 Standard Stall Reporter ABOLITION of the "lalat" custom amongst ihe Malays is sought in a memorandum lhat is being submittal to the World Muslim t onfcrcnee which is meeting at Karachi on Feb. 26, by Che Zahara binte Noor Mohamed, president of the Malay
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    Journalists Form Union
    118 2 Standard Staff Reporter JOURNALISTS of Singapore, including foreign correspondents, representatives of news agencies and English and vernacular press, resolved at a meeting yesterday to form a Singapore Union of Journalists. The meeting was held at 166 Anson Road. The Trade Union Adviser, Singapore Mr. A. Simpson was
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    S'pore Regiment Move Welcomed
    405 2 Standard Stuff Reporter Til XT Immediate steps sl nild bo taken to consult tne proper author ties with the object the early formation of a Singapore Regime it, was the con►nsus of opinion of a number Colony residents when interviewed by The St mdard, yester- A
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    SIT Adopts New System For Flats Allocation
    291 2 THE SINGAPORE Improvement Trust, at a meeting of the Trustees decided to aholish the present points system and to scrap the applications of about 17,000 people for S.I.T. flats. These applications are those received after the closing of the Trust's register* in Mr.
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    Appeal To Voters Of Keppel Div.
    170 2 A VOTE for Mr. Lim Y. w Ho» k a v te for Labour, for •social security in r social justice, said Mr. M.P.D N ir, I. our Pa rty C .nru i for South Ward, in n appeal to voters of the Keppel
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    Johore Council Walkout, Split Over Nationality
    257 3 Johore Council Walkout, Split Over Nationality Standard Staff Reporter JOHORE BAHRU, Sun. Some members of the Johore Executive Council, including Europeans, staged a walkout at a recent meeting of the Council, it is learnt. This incident arose after o leated debate on the proposed Nationality Bill. The members walked out
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    GOING TO UK
    94 3 PENANG, Sun. Two Penang girls have been awarded the British Council Scholarship for a three-month course in modern education technique at the Women's Training College in the United Kingdom. They are Miss Lim Gaik Lye, an English school teacher of Hu Yew Seah School, and Miss Fatimah
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    WD Worker s Want Higher COL Rates
    74 3 WAR Department employees in Singapore will ask for the grant of an immediate increase in their cost of living allowances. The president oi the Singapore Federation oi Services Unions, Mr. V. K. Nair. yesterday said that the recent reported increase of ten per
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    Call To Pk. Hydro Men
    115 3 Standard Staff Correspondent IPOH. Sun.— A call to all j employees of Perak River Hydro Company "to enrol as members of the union and to fight jointlv for better wages and working conditions and not I to stand behind selfishly and reap benefits at the
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    Profiteering: Perak Govt. To Be Queried
    194 3 Maimaril Matt t.orrespomieni IPOH, Sun. A reply from Government cm what measures it has taken to check profiteering in essential commodities will he Bought by the newly appointed State Councillor, Mr. J. V. Morais at Tuesday's meeting of the State Council. Mr. Morais specified
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    Kinta Scout Zone Divided
    109 3 Standard Staff Correspondent IPOH, Sun.— The Perak Boys Scouts State Association has decided to divide Kinta District into two smaller districts for the purpose of effecting better administrative control over scouting activities in the district. North Kinta District, with its headquarters at Ipoh will control all
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    Call To Hu Yew Seah Members
    142 3 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG. Sunday. Members of the Hu Yew Seah were urged to take an interest in civic affair* bv their president, Mr. Heah Joo Seanfl wno spoke at their vicepresidents' dinner held fast night Mr Heah told them that they were' on
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    Will Interview Officers For SMC
    66 3 THE SINGAPORE Municipal President, Mr. T.P.F. McNeice will take the opportunity of interviewing various officers for the Municipality during his five-month holiday in Britain. This would normally be done bv the Commissioners* Agents in the U.K., Mr. McNeice said before he sailed lor Britain Saturday
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    Work On SATA Clinic To Start
    59 3 Standard Staff Reporter PLANS for the modern $750,000 clinic and treatment centre of thc Singapore AntiTuberculosis Association have been completed and will shortly be submitted to the Municipality, Dr. G. H. Garlick, head of SATA told The Standard yesterday. Work on the new building
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    'Unwise For Indians ToRunAway—Thaver
    148 3 'Unwise For Indians ToRunAway— Thaver Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.— Mr. G. V. Thaver. president- of the Malayan Indian Association told members at the annual general meeting held here that it was unwise for any Indian to run away from this country for fear of being called up for
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    Students Visit Standard Office
    37 3 ONE hundred students of the Indian Congress Free School visited The Standard offices yesterday after a half-day picnic at Changi Point. Mr. John Jacob, secretary of the Regional Indian Congress, accompanied the students.
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    MCA APPEAL
    26 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun.— The MCA, Selangor Branch meeting here this morning decided to launch a propaganda campaign appealing to Chinese to become blood donors.
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    Big PWD Projects Planned
    158 3 Big PWD Projects Planned Standard Staif Correspondent IPOH, Sun.— At Tuesday's meeting of the Perak State Council, the Financial Officer, Mr. W. B. Tucker will ask Council to adopt a motion seeking a supplementarv allocation of 5494..i.i(> from the Federal Government to carry out certain irrigation schemes and P.W.D. projects
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    Perak Will Have Modern TB Colony
    276 3 I. i <_. rr _o 1 Standard Staff Correspondent IPOH, Sun. Work on the first T.B. Resettlement in this country is expected to begin in six months. It will he an up-to-date one, running on similar lines to the Panworth Settlement in the United
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    'No Child Marriage'
    130 3 'No Child Marriage Standard Staff Correspondent SEREMBAN. Sun. An Indian woman made history at Seremban last night when Miss Florence Daniel, vice president of the Youth Section of the Negri Sembilan Indian Association, welcomed all the men speakers from UMNO and the Indian Association to the debate between the Youth
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    Brazier Called Godfather Of TU
    101 3 Standard Staff Correspondent IPOH. Sun.— Two hundred Perak trade unionists entertained the Trade Union Adviser. Federation of Malaya. Mr. J. A. Brazier, to a farewell tea party in the Station Hotel yesterday. Mr. C. H. Yin, chairman of the Perak Divisional Committee of the MTUC
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    Nominated Labour Partv Candidate
    55 3 CAPTAIN T. D. Richards, a European master mariner, has been nominated as the Labour Partv candidate to contest the Legislative Council elections from the Tanglin Division. The nomination was made at a partv meeting on Saturday. The Progressive Party candidate for that ward is the party
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    6 Bandits Killed
    75 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun.- A gun which was stolen from Mr. MacDonald. assistant manager of Sabai Estate who was slain by bandits about one year ago, has been recovered from a dead bandit who was killed by security forces in the Bentong area of Pahang yesterday. Three bandits
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    Test Of Oar Fitness
    879 4 )NE of the most welcome decisions taken by the Singapore Legislative Council at its winding-up meeting lasl Friday referred to the formation of the nucleus of a Singapore Regiment. The only complaint we have is that some time will yet have to lapse before we can
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    DOES THE GOVERNMENT RECOGNISE MUSLIMS' RELIGIOUS DUTY?
    603 4 DOES THE GOVERNMENT RECOGNISE MUSLIMS' RELIGIOUS DUTY? Readers XWJttte ff#f JN my paper "Kalanjiam" dated January 15, 1951, I wrote an editorial with the title, "Religious rights must be respected". It was about the nine resolutions passed by the Muslim League, Penanf and the last three resolutions passed there were
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    Greedy Landlords Turn Houses Into Hotels
    364 4 Greedy Landlords Turn Houses Into Hotels S r; Th< re has been much comment on the licensing of hoi in residential reas. And the report of the committee appointed to investigate the matt< r noes not appear to be helpful as it is based on assumptions rather than fa< s.
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    Special Scheme For 'Unregisterable' Teachers
    287 4 Sir: I am grateful to your correspondent "Another Unnecessary String^ for amplify ing my statement with reg. rd to school fees chargeable in Mission Afternoon hools receiving grant-in-aid He is quite accurate. It is perfectly ridiculous to refuse grant-in-aid to some classes when others ol
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    Foreigners In Govt. Service
    125 4 Sir: I, as a Government servant, would like to take up the ease of Government servants. There are many t'or-eign-borns in the Government service, who have taken up Federal citizenship, not with the intention of staying permanently in this country, but to comply with Government regulations
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    Unfair To Clerks
    105 4 Sir: The Benham's revised starting salary scheme for a State Clerk, whose qualification is Vlllth Standard, is $65 p.m. The present starting salary scheme for a probationer Nurse, whose qua ification is only a Yth Standard is $60 p.m. (the new scheme allows $80 p.m.) I am
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    We, the People
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    Jogef Modern In Johore
    84 4 Sir;— You had an item recently headed "ELDERS IN JOHORE WIN JOGET WAR." Why the Elders waste their breath on this matter, just beats me. What harm is Joget Modern doing to Johore? Surely it is a pleasant form of entertainment, where the rich and poor
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    Is There No Remedy?
    217 4 Sir;— Could the P. R.S. or any of your readers, who are in the know, please enlighten me on the following points 1. Are Financial Clerks (ordinary account clerks, but Who, I am told, invar: I j po.se as "Accountants* or even "Chartered Accountants"), usually employi
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    Reply To Mr. Lim Yew Hock
    143 4 Sir: we refer to the statements by Mr. Lim Y. w H k in the I. Council, in which h< illeges that a irna _<t emp l y bis <.' i npany was "vk> i c" becai se he atu tt to form .1
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    Dowdy Clothes May Lose A Husband
    276 4 Dowdy Clothes May Lose A Husband From STAN MAYS NEW YORK. \V IYFS here are warned: "Regard your hi; band as you would your boss, and dress aa ordii gly." For sloppily-dressed wives, says a divorce lawyer, are the cause ol many marriag. s breaking up. "Their personalities usually follow
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    Should Have Kept Away
    82 4 it i ty K. in his letter, otherwise has spoiled his by telling your readers tt was "many times the watchman the USES libra: I wi le a check when many E peans w< re pern to leave unmolested." Why, in the name of e L.H.K
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    They Have Not Learnt
    29 4 They Have Not Learnt not even the iliusirat I Shi nd. I v, tion of t ild ha attit been never: e B Bom! busir* welco I from 1
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    Law Is Parfectly Right
    6 4 Law Is Parfectly Right bab ly
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    Turf Club Membership
    9 4 Turf Clu b Membership I and c v tasapart.
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    USELESS EUSTACE
    16 4 "Frankly, Dae, l m nor.n-di Started at .1 art imt itbe. irnic .in obsession'.''
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    UK Indicts Russia: Strong Note Lists Red Pact Breaches
    322 5 LONDON Feb. 18 (Reuter)-Britain has replied to Soviet ,t commiUmg a breach of the 1942 Anglo-Soviet friendship pact I I that KnsMa had herself violated hoth the Anglo-Soviet Treaty and the 1945 Potsdam agreement. In one of strongest British notes to
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    Beds Suffer 600,000 Casualties In Korea
    39 5 oilNt.l'ON. Fob. 18 (Renter) Comma r. l "-tie- m Korea MiflVred about 600.000 rasuallM -ince the start of hostilities, Bn>. Gen. rt t.in>i>urgh, special assistant to Defence GcWE Marshall said. The L.N. eastial-
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    Jailing Of Lever starts Trojan War
    90 5 Jailing Of Lever starts Trojan War iii (or nei rly E< rn 'Ti ian ing OTObattle wi i. a by her tC Etffc ih.^ d.ish--i)ld hner nis s^n- casM tawm his B rakii.n that i fetokefl out. The nt troops and lfl prevent ileace e A Ihe G eece, ne-ve-dict.
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    Harzaret s Plans
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    Back From Moscow
    23 5 AN C it P Pietro Seechi i from Ma thin a c id P.. nil turn in M —port. UP.
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    New UK Steel Stock Sold At Discount
    121 5 LGNI> Feb. 13 (UP)- The G verm ent's new "steel si ck", 'given to inner owners ol some and >a<l companies in exchange for the r rarities and loffir. v lued at £100 of giltled.ged stock eacb £100 ol securities, turned out to
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    US Ships May Soon Be Requisitioned
    166 5 US Ships May Soon Be Requisitioned WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 (AP)— President Truman is reported to Im* ready to order creation of a National Shipping Authority to run America's merchant marine in ease of total war. He is now studying the draft of Mieh an order and mav isMie it soon.
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    Missionaries Leading
    19 5 The China Inland Mission will withdraw all its 600 missionaries from China as soon as possible. U.P.
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    Muslim World To Resist As One Against Attack
    296 5 LONDON, Feb. 18 (UP)— British officials said the Muslim nations 9 resolution "to draw together in resisting aggression" could well prove "one of the chief factors in world affairs today." Official reports of the World Muslim Conference in Karachi said the final
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    Food For UK Proposal
    53 5 SYDNEY. Feb. 18: (Reuter AAP) The Food for Britain Fund may be reopened. The Executive Committee of the Country Women's Association has asked the Lord Mayor of Sydney, Alderman E. C. O'Dea. to reopen the Fund. The Fund dosed last November after sending nearly ti.000.000 parcels
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    84 5 Here is an annotated model of the Festival of Britain South Bank Exhibition site at Lambeth, London. The key to the layout is as follows: 1. Health. 2. Sport, 3. Shot Tower 4 Telecuiema, 5. Television, 6. Lion and Unicorn, 7. Festival Hall, 8. Seaside, 9 People of Britain, 10.
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    Flu Epidemic In UK Ending
    66 5 LONDON. Feb. 18: (UP)— The influenza epidemic in Britain is showing a general decrease for the first time since before Christmas. the Ministry of Health disclosed. The casualty figures for the week ending Feb. 10 showed 8(14 persons died ot influenza in the large towns
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    TYRES WILL HAVE MORE SYNTHETIC
    130 5 WASHINGTON, Feb. 18: (AP): The government has issued an order requiring manufacturers to stop putting out so many different lines of rubber products for a single purpose. White sidewall automobile tyres are one item atfected. By eliminating white sidewall tyres. National Production Authority officials said,
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    CHIANG ARMY OF 600,000 'QUITE GOOD'
    101 5 EDMONTON (Alberta). Feb. 18. (AP) Mr. Carl L. Rankin, U.S. Ambassador to Formosa, said here that thc Chinese Nationalist army in Formosa "looks quite good and is improving with training." Mr. Rankin is en route by air to Washington for consultatioi He expects to
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    HK Border Remains Virtually Closed
    125 5 HONGKONG, Feb. 18 (Reuter-AAP)— The Kwaogtang authorities continue rigidly to enforce regulation* governing the entry and evil from the Chinese mainlaiul. Fewer than .">() Chinese Grossed the British Chinese frontier on the third day of the restrictions. Last Wednesday the day before the restrictions were
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    1000 Jews Rescued
    31 5 ATLANTIC CTTY, Feb. 18: (UP>— The Jewish Labour Committee said that its revived underground has rescued 1.000 "endangered" Jews from Russian satellite countries and taken them to Israel.
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    Tyre Plant For Israel
    34 5 THE first shipment cf equipment fur the U.S. $2,500,000 General Tyre and Rubber Co. plant in Israel is being loaded on the steamer Tel Aviv in New York. U.P. photo.
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    Hands Off China Warning Seen In Stalin Speech
    385 5 WASHINGTON, Feh. 18 (LP)— Diplomatic missions in Moscow are wondering whether Premier Josef Staling statement to Pravda foreshadows Soviet abandonment of the I nited Nations. Observers there are divided on the question with a slight edge favouring the belief that Russia will
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    ATTACK ON US MEANS WORLD WAR
    200 5 A TTACK ON US MEANS WORLD WAR Tito Warns*-* BELGRADE, Fob. 18: (AP) Premier Marshal Tito declared Kn a broad* i ech that a Cominform invasion of Yugoslavia would Wise I general war. Bat. he said. Yugoslavia will not seek arm- aid from tho West until such an attack is
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    They Want Premier As Hubby
    109 5 They Want Premier As Hubby RANGOON. Feb. 11: (AP)— Sev.. K i wbu ■I P ime Ifi ister Thakin Nu to ir.. them as a guarantee agai poverty, hunger and lom Uie wom e n have isb But their spouses are defamed s•■ o 1949 under emerg. regulations. ve. I
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    'Don't Pay More' Advice
    39 6 photo. MR A. B. DAVIS (left), director, and Mr. W. Hutchinson, sales manager of Connell Bros.. Sinsapore, were among the importers who took firm measures to stamp out the j bluckmarket in tinned milk. Standard
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    Regulations Passed To Stop Looting
    151 6 Regulations Passed To Stop Looting Standard Staff Reporter TO PREVENT the outbreak of looting from Singapore Government rice carrying vessels, the Legislative Council has passed r emulations to exclude from certain harbour areas crafts which do not have legitimate business to be there. These regulations are made under the Emergency
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    3 More Jailed For Rioting
    57 6 TWO MALAYS were convicted by Mr. D.H. Chapman in the Singapore Relief District Court S '.Li relay for rioting while being members of an unlawful assembly during the December disturbances. Danir bin Buyong was sente ta two jars' rigorous im- a 'lu 4 other, Ali
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    Steps Taken
    41 6 Mr J. Mason-Cox, director of Lifeguard Milk o. Singapore. Mr. K. E. Imrie, general manager of Nestles Products (Malaya) Ltd., Mr. Chan Kai Chuen. managing director of I.eyte Traders Ltd., factory representatives for a well-known brand of tinned milk.
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    Rubber And Tin Will Not Be State Controlled
    391 6  -  Andrew Roth Siamlaril Staff Correspondent By LONDON, Sun. Malayan Labourites, who arc students in ihe U.K., asked the Secretary of Slate for the Colonies, Mr. James Griffiths this afternoon why nationalisation is not applied to the profitable rubber and tin industries. Mr.
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    Boys' Club Officials
    32 6 The following have I& n ele< ted offl e bearers of the Edward Road Boys' Club, Singapore. President, Lim Chek ';n. Via -president, Johnny Koh, Secretary. Lim Teck Seng
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    All Sections Of Share Market Were Active
    1128 6 By A Special Correspondent ALL sections of the Singapore share market, stimulated by the high prices ruling throughout for tin and rubber and the persistent advances in commodity shares on the London Exchange, were active with a considerable turnover. The price of tin
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    Bid To 'Squeeze Public In Milk Racket Foiled
    408 6 r Standard Staff Reporter VICTORY number one in thc campaign against blackmarket prices in Singapore goes to the credit of the Colony's tinned milk importers. As a result of firm measures taken by the importers when some shopkeepers attempted to "squeeze" the
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    BOUND OVER
    46 6 Low Chye Huat (37) b >und i >ver for a year in I Singapore First District Court o i Saturday for being in possessi m of 154 leaf packets ot chandu on Jan. 30 at the junction ol HaveI lock Road— Bukit Ho Swee
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      375 7 NOTICES NOTICE is hereby given that Mr. Lee Ah Kung of No. 214 Race Course Road. Singapore has applied to The Board of Licensing Justices, Singapore, for a third class Public House Licence section 46 restricted to sale of ale beer porter and stout, for the consumption at No. 214
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      1527 7 Radio Pro j£r amines kz.j*i^ x Z^ A "ip^r y r l r ,he >.hool« »..V> Interlude: Doctor; tAii'usS^rs^ Retin^t R d, Amov an Cantone.s/Ynd'^YA^Re 19 .S^llfl B lot.", lor the Schools; Community Luteins fi v P rt ,n Arao >: Cantonese Prorram Wmm\\\^^^^mmm\\W^ l.»tt News: H.ndustani Requ^t, e >:
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    Wind & Shower Prevent Records At Speed Tests
    1162 8 Wind Shower Prevent Records At Speed Tests A STRONG head-wind and. later, a nhort shower of rain together worked against any record-breaking at yesterday's Singapore Motor Club's Bpeed trials at Lim (hu kan** Koa.l. However there v. as some close racing >*ith dead-heats in two events, once for first place,
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    Drobnv Wins
    54 8 LYONS. Franco. Feb. 17 (UP) Jaroslav Drobny of Egypt won the French covered courts lawn tennis championships here todav with an B—6, <>—.'.. 4 fnuil victory over Marcel Bernard, a French Davis Cup star. Britain Miss Jean Quartier wnn the women's title beating her compatriot Miss Joan Curry.
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    Cheong Hock Leng Beaten, Choong Wins Irish Title
    267 8 BELFAST, Feb. 17 (Reuter) Cheong Hock Leng, Singapore singles champion, who arrived in England a week ago, was beaten by a fellow countryman, E.B. Choong, 15 5, 15 2 in the men's singles final of the Irish Open Championships here tonight. Cheong
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    S'pore Race H'caps
    404 8 FOLLOWING are the weights for all eight races on the second day of the Singapore Turf Club Spring Meeting. HORSES CLASS I I Div. I—6 F. 5 yds. Ondine 9.00 1 Miss Nathan 8.13 I Persian Lord 8.13 j Snowy Owl II 8.12 Bright Eyes 8.12 Technicolor
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    Ong's, Marjan's Strongest Opponent England's Cold CHAMPS LEAVE TOMORROW
    430 8  - Ong's, Marjan 's Strongest Opponen t England 's Cold CHAMPS LEAVE TOMORROW KEN JALLEH By WHEN THE MALAYAN champions, Ong Poh Lim and Ismail bin Marjan, leave for Britain early tomorrow morning, they will carry with them the best wishes of thousands of Malayans for a successful battle against their
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    Davidsson Wins PI Singles title
    70 8 Davidsson Wins PI Singles title MANILA, Feb 11 (UP S-■ dish Davis Cup star Sve D ividsson -.von the Philippii i singles tennis 2 mpionship tod< teati t l. D rfm in ol the United 51 B—3, ti 1. S 2 D ividsson do noi it* I nip. riority in
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    Scratch Civilian XI Surprise services
    326 8 SINGAPORE Civilians sprang a surprise at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday when they defeated a strong Combined Services side by two goals to one. Played in aid of the Singapore Olympic and Sports Council's fund for its Asian Games team, the game attracted only a fair
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    Selangor BA Hurry Hall Plan
    258 8 Selangor BA Hurry Hall Plan TIIE Selangor Badminton A<so ciation at its meeting today, empowered its subcommittee to apply to Government toi land adjoining the present site for erection of a badmint in hall next to the Chinese Assembly Hall It also decided should government turn down the proposal, to
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      49 8 TIDES ||i ;_£gjjgk S HIGH TIDES at the principal resorts in Malava TODAY: A.M. P.M. Singapore 8.57 11.01 Malacca <>.5I t>.~.; Port Dickson 5.33 5.37 Port S'ham 4.07 4.55 Penang 13.14 1.55 TOMORROW: Singapore 9.48 11.27 Malacca 7JW 7.33 Port Dickson »U)8 «.14 Port Sham 4.58 5.34 Penang 12.43
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