Singapore Standard, 3 March 1951

Microfilm: NL2279
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    16 1 Singapore Standard hgdfggdfg VOL- I < <0 246 SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 1951 12 PAGES— IO CENTS
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    US Sceptical Of Big-4 Talks Result
    324 1 US Sceptical Of Big-4 Talks Result ;TON, Mar. 2 (AP)— TW State Depart--coiinN rhaiirts that real "peace talks"! D trmmh froai the Hii» four negotiation* Paris on MumJiji. Officials here are convinced thai what the Soviets want to dQ m Paris is to set the stage I t a new
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    6 American Divisions For Europe
    29 1 Mar. 8: :\S. Defence rt« lai ess -:<- Six Eur pc a a r Secret d the id arc ies of I X d this
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    Haul Of Tar
    11 1 R J v th 514.900 S >' i $400
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    King Indisposed
    6 1 Lancafficialij lou m n
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    Pope's Birthday
    54 1 VATICAN CITY, Mar. 2 (RevP ipe Pioa Mil who is 75 iv received birthday mes- fi »ro all p irts i I the world. Bui the "r. i tut ard signs ol te auaniversary were the white ■.i jrell iw papal r!: !^s flying on the :t .a
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    Decorated By Governor For Bravery
    68 1 photo. Proud and erect, the hero I who losl his left arm m action with bandits m the Jobore »m»«r2e early last year. Rifleman Bhimlal Tl:apa oi the 2nd King X iward Jl's Own Ciurkha Rifles, The Brigade of Gurkhas, is seen receiving his Distinguished
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    N'lists Back On Mainland Within Year
    140 1 Chiang $as>s TAIPEI, Mar. 2 (UP) Chiang Kai-shek on Xhursday said the Nationalists would be back on the mainland within one year "if t very one of us does his utmost m our campaign to wipe out Communism.* 1 lie Generalissimo made the prediction
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    Commonwealth Defence Talks Planned For May
    119 1 I ONDON, Mar. 2 (ReuteiO A conference for Commonwealth defence is planned to take Dlace m London probably m May, it was authoritatively learned here today. I-s aims would be to fit several important new pieces into toe jigsaw of worldwide defe it Ce
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    MART REACTS
    34 1 lOXDOX Mar. 2. (Reuter).— \fer* overni^iit consideration Oi. news of the Russian agreement to preliminary four-power .talks. the London Stork Exchange reaction today was one of oprubbers. oiii. tins and Eurupcaa bonds.
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    Mrs. Dupont Ill, Spends Night In Garden Home
    202 1 By Percy Joseph. Standard Staff Reporter MRS. ETHEL DUPONT, a number of one of the wealthiest families m the United States, who arrived m Singapore on the luxury liner the Caronia, spent last nijiht m one of the bungaloKs at the Bolanieal
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    Ships. Planes Search For RAF Aircraft
    142 1 CAIRO, Mar. 2 (Reuter) Ships and planes were searching the northeast area of the Persian Gulf today for a Royal Air Force Meteor aircraft missing since yesterday on a flight from Britain to Singapore. The British frigate, Wild Goose, and American planes joined RAF
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    UK Blamed For Chaos In Malaya
    105 1 LONDON, Mar. 2 (AP> Troops which Britain sent to Korea should have been sent to Malaya two years ago to put a stop to disorders there. Mr. F. K. Swaibe, chairman of the Padang Senang Rubber Company, said m his annual review to stockholders
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    Tan Chin Tuan Again Elected
    57 1 MR TAN Chin Tuan. former representative of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce m the Legislative Council, was again elected by the Chamber to be its representative m the new Council. Members of the Chamber applauded yesterday at a meeting when the announcement was made
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    Sultan's Niece Wants To Marry Englishman
    180 1 Father Says No Standard Malay Correspondent ALOR STAR, Fri. Tengku Zabariah, 19-year-old daughter of Tengku Yahya, half-brother of the Sultan of kcdah, has written a letter to her father m Alor Star, seeking permission to marry a young Englishman, who is a Christian and
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    Marines Retake Hoengsong, Push Further North
    305 1 Marines Retake Hoengsong, Push Further North WITH U.S. MARINES IN KOREA, Mar. 2 (AP) United States Marines swept into Hoensong this afternoon and found it only an abandoned hulk ol a village filled with Allied dead. The Marines swept on without stopping and stormed more high "round to the north.
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    S'pore Gets First Radio Photograph
    167 1 Standard SU!T Reporter THF, first photo ever to be radioed to Singapore crackled m late yesterday evening at the Cable and Wireless office. Robinson Ilo;>d. It was a picture of Cable and Wireless' newly appointed Manaffinij Director. Mr. N. C. Chapling. This successful experiment brings
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    Bevin Sees Attlee, To Quit Post
    124 1 LO fDON M 2 Reuteri Mr. Ernest I- ha« decided to resign from his p »sl i British Fon ign Secretary, a usually reliable source said here tot M: Bevin's decision tolh ivs a long period of ill health ...i mounting criticism that he
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    Army Leave Cancelled In Sydney
    99 1 Army Leave Cancelled In Sydney SYDNEY, Mar. 2 (ReuterAAP> The army cancelled leave for all camps m the Sydney area toni ght Soldiers were .said to be at the ready for working ships or getting coal if needed. Federal Labour Minister Harold Holt issued a last minute appeal to Australia's
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    Caronia Send-off Was A Drab Affair
    123 1 Standard Staff Reporter FOR one of the most colourful ports m the world. Singapore's send-ofT to a Goddess was anything but heavenly. In fact, it was plain drab. Where were the bands, the leis, the spontaneous gaiety of some Pacific island ports, where such
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    Tobacco Hidden In Bonnet Of Car
    66 1 FOLLOWING the discovery of 21 tins of tobarco carefully hidden away m the bonnet of a car, a Chinese and his car were detained m J oho re yesterday. Preventive Officers found the contraband at the Johore end of the causeway. JAKARTA. Mar. 2
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    Official Reported Murdered in PI
    120 1 MANILA, Mar. 2 (APl— The death yesterday of a Briti h shipping official, involved In waterfront labour disputes was "premeditated, n -arranged d pre-planned murtk r,* 1 the hiief of the Custo Secret Service reported to his superior?. Secret Service Chief Jam** H. Keefe linked
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    Bidault Abandons Cabinet Formation
    21 1 PARIS. Mar. 2 (UP>—Premierdesignate Georges Bidault today abandoned his attempts to fnrro a new French coalition governmecl
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    STOLE PURSE
    61 2 STOLE P URSE A YOUNG Canl nese woman, \v i g Lain S ng waa sentenced In tie Singapore F<)\r::h Pn'.;ce Court yesterday to one month's rigorous imp...- tnmeni for stealing a purse, cv:i:;i:r.:r.g Sy.4o ca>h. sme keys, an identity T Bnd a :;ct' c- :d be'.unuing ier i mm
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    48 2 RECEIVING the British Empire Medal from the Governor oi Singapore. Sir Franklin Gimson. fa Mr. Khens Ah Cheoni;. workshop overseer. Naval Bas?. who was cited for his devotion to dntv. Mr. Ch^oni; has been with the Admiralty for 20 years (See Col. 3 for full list of reorients.)
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    $125,000 For Free Hospital
    52 2 THE KWONG Wai Sui Frvc Hospital m Singapore has raised SI 27). 000 for their twostorey maternity building fund. The fund was boosted by proceeds from personal appearances at the Chinese film actress, Miss Tie Lota Lin, and by donations In cash and kind fro.'Vi various
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    Govt. Shelves Decision On Half Holiday For Election
    404 2 Standard Staff Reporter THE QUESTION whether to declare Election day a half holiday or not is likely to be taken up by the Government only alter Nomination day, Mar. 8, The Standard understands. Meanwhile the election office is busy with making all
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    FINED $6.000
    32 2 QUAH IIFXG SEO w-.m fined $6,000 m r.r Singapo c Third Police Cowl yesterday for having eighi gallons of dutiable brandy on Jan. 10. Quah had a previous c inviction.
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    Servicemen, Civilian Workers Decorated
    318 2 Standard Staff Rrporicr ELEVEN .MUM nine servicemen including a Gurkha uml two civilian employees of the Services were awarded medals by the Governor of Singapore, Sir Franklin Gimson ai an investiture m Governmeni House y»*r-U«r«h:y. The 0.8. E. was awarded to Lt. Co!. J. M. Lyden,
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    Rural Areas Form VSCs To Aid Police
    262 2 Standard Staff Reporter T\l O OF the seven rural district committees m Singapore have formed volunteer special constabularies to aid the police m times of emergency. Another one m forming an ambulance division to work m cooperation with the St. John Ambulance Brigade.
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    Police Seek Somali Interpreter
    49 2 Police Seek Somali Interpreter A SOMALI. Elmir Ibrahim, was charged before the Singapore First Police Magistrate. Mr. H. A. Forrer. yesterday. for stowing away on the vessel. Maiden Hill, from Djibouti to Singapore. The case was postponed till Mar. 9, for the Police to look for a Somali interpreter.
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    TOURISTS SPENT $75,000
    219 2 TOURISTS SPENT $75,000 Standard Staff Reporter BUSINESSMEN m the shopping centres of Singapore raked m an estimated $75,000 (US) from tourists of the luxury liner Caronia. They mi?ht have collected more valuable dollars had the visitors not gone sightseeing to spots like the Gap, Victory Hill, the Botanical Gardens and
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    Education Of Masses: SMC To Aid
    132 2 Standard Staff Reporter SLNGAPORE Municipal Commissioners have ;,'-cepted the proposal to be re ir< ented on a committee on Adult and Mass Education which the Singaopre Government will sei up. The committee is to co ordinate the activities of depart-] ments m far as
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    Long View On A Lease
    97 2 Standard Staff Reporter T II K i*. ricjapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce, wl U h has been granted a pieof i Land opposite its present premises for the construction of a new $1,500,000 building, has decided to approach the Government for extension of the 99-year
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    BOUND OVER
    41 2 TEO HOCK I.!".:, a ;»-y« rold Hokkien who misapproprieted v ."> 3 belonging I i his employer on Jan. 14 last bound over to be oi good behaviour for three hs m the Singapore Sec <id Pol ye Court yesterday.
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    Dress Tips For S'pore Office Girls
    222 2 Standard Woman Reporter AMONG THE best-dn women on board the C <' eh left Singapore tet r day was Mrs. Sam Goldstein, <' who was exclusively < hi the famout designer > I Khayyam' <>} \<> i Jforl H Goldstein shoirp'i i of (He
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    Two Candidates For ICC Election
    61 2 TV, o CANDIDATES mitted their nomi yesterday for the i c lion of one c dincfllor from the IChamber of Commen i are Mr. R Jumabhoy Chainber*i representative the asi Council and the Presideni of th Cl anl 3:r. Hardia] Singh, ol B, i x-
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    Return To UK
    39 2 THE EMPIRE which left for the dora yesterday, took back 314 service per-,.. Seafortfa High tndei Roya Marines, R.E., RA.O.C R fLF. an R N T service fattii: es B oi pai i d the servicemen.
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    48 2 photo Da S s^Prs Ur nf g t^ c r Mal?y Nlgh £L arran^ by Raffles Hole! lor the nlrrHtwr »l 4 BrfflKS ?h. tJ JJ Caroma, on Thursday night. This number was danced L>v Ma!a S girls from the Opera Company of the New World Lillian Buckoke
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    Prosecutor Late, Accused Charged
    371 2 YAHYA bin Ismail, a young Malay accused of voluntarily causing grievous hurt to Mr Chong Thutt Pitt, a Singapore lawyer on the morning of Aug. 23 last, was granted a discharge not amounting to an acquittal m the Singapore First District Court yesterday Ismail was alleged
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    Thefts Alleged
    57 3 KUALA LUMPUR Fri An employee of the Sentul Workshops, Abdul Rasbin b:n N lid, was charged m the Sessions Court yesterday, with stealing one wagon axle brass, eighteen caps, two washout setting cms ;i!ui other minor articles valued at $42 from the Sentul Workshops on February, 28. Accused
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    Funeral Of Mr. Cook
    59 3 Tho funeral tooK place yesterday evening at Cheras R(jad. Kuala Lumpur of Mr. Donald Cook, ol the War Damage Claims Commission, who died on Thursday of poliomyelitis, lie was 29 years old and came to Malaya m 1946 for the Anglo* Oriental. After his return from
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    UNITED STATES OF MALAYA SUGGESTED TO END TERRORISM
    255 3 ii! V^^ IMar1 Mar 2 (AP)— Only the formation of a "United States or ualaya wilt solve Malaya's terrorist problems, Mr. K. S. Lo, Managing Unti'lor of ihe Hongkong Soya Bean Products Company, told the Mm Mub meeting yesterday. Lo. who is
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    86 3 ABOVE is Mr. V. S. Parani, a teacher of the Government English School, Port Dickson, who has been transferred to the Rembau English School. He was a keen scouter and was District Cub-master and Secretary of the Port Dickson Boy Scouts Association. On the eve of his transfer. Mr. Panun
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    Wong Acquitted On Re-Trial
    85 3 Standard Stall Correspondent SEW MB AX. F.i. -Wong Lee ged under the Emergency Re vith collecting and b iring supplies, namely a as a "quitted and 'i I:• Mr. Justice E. N. m the Sere b n High Lei i a1 the con- re-trial Tungku Abdul
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    Youth In Selangor WantMATC
    119 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. Selangor Youth are air-minded. They showed this last night at the Y.MCA when they attentively listened to W/O F. J. D'Rose. of the Malayan Air Training Corps, Singapore, who spoke to them about the MATC. He told them of what
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    Photographs In NS Will Cost More
    68 3 Photographs In NS Will Cost More Standard Staff Correspondent SERF M BAN, Fri Photographic charges m Negri Sembilan will be slightly increased from tins month, the proprietor of a well-known Seremban photographic studio told The Standard today. Last night the management of eleven studios m Seremban met and derided on
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    Federation Briefs
    342 3 THE Dakshina Bharat Hindustani Prachar Sabha Madras Examinations will be held at all Local Centres on Saturday and Sunday, Mar. 3 dnd 4. Candida'"- .-o.ould apply to their Local Centres for their Hall Tickets and other particulars. Three British soldiers wore slightly wounded on Wednesday 1 1 1
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    Royal West Kents Will Fight Bandits
    200 3 Standard Stall Reporter The troopship Devonshire which arrives m Singapore today will bring the Ist Bn. (50th and 97th) The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment for service m Malaya to take the place of the 2nd Bn. the Scots Guards. Twenty-three battle honours
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    KL TOLD NOT TO PANIC ABOUT POLIO
    98 3 Standard SUIT Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Fri: According to the Medical and Health Officer, Dr. W. PulestonJones there is do cause for alarm that poliomyelitis has reappeared m Kuala Lumpur. There wore three probable cases of infantile paralysis but. he said, they were apparently
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    AIR-COOLED BOAT
    32 3 PENANG, Fri.— Probably for the first time m Penang's history, a Dutch boat with airconditioned cabins and diningroom arrived here today. She is the Bintang, a passengercargo boat from Soerabaya.
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    VISITING DAYS
    92 3 JOHORK BAHRU. Fri. fa order to ay 'id unnecessary interference with work of Detention Camp authorities, visiting hours to the Johore Detention Camp, Majeede Barracks, has been restricted to two days per week since yesterday These are Thursdays and Fridays, when visiting hours will be from 9 a.m.
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    FEDERATION DIARY
    454 3 SELAISGOR KUALA LUMPUR ODEON: Asphalt Jungle 3. 6.45, and 9.15 p.m. Pinky 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. PAVILION: Samson and Delilah 12.30, 3, 6.30 and 9 p.m. Always Leave Them Laughing 11 a.m. 1 p.m. REX: So Young So Bad 12.30, 2.30, 6.30 and 9.15 p.m. MADRAS: Pembalasan
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    Another Bandit Trapped, Killed
    176 3 Another Bandit Trapped, Killed Standard Staff (.'orresj»ond«'nt KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— A bandit was killed v.hrn he and another bandit walked inlo a Sccarilj Ftmi ambush m Baiiau, Ne*j;ri Sembilan. yeslrrd::\ Tin* other bandit was seriously wounded but managed to escape. I =I=I A shotgun and a nandgrcnade were recovered from
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    Sze Sang To Die For A Tin Of Oil
    211 3 Standard Staff Corrospordrnt KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. "The court will bear m mil the recommendation made by the learned judge m the lower j court**, said ihe Chief Justice, Mr. S. W. P. Poster Sutton, when he upheld the death sentence passed
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    Raiiwaymen Gang-up For Better Pay
    221 3 Standard Staff Correspondent kl ALA LCMPLR, Fri. Key bodies to the revenue earning eapaeitv of the Malayan Railway the Loeomoti>e Engineiuen*rt Union. Malayan Railway 1 raHie Operating I nion, die Permanent Way Oflieers* lnion and the Signalmen's I nion are putting up a unified from
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    DRAGON DANCE FOR 'SEE YEAH'
    85 3 Xi ALA LI MPUR F ECuala Lump cc the birthday of- the famou Yeah god on Monday with a dragon dano I rt>nced« thai the god wiil be elebrati kg its on th birthday that day. Special permission has been given by the poUoe for
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    Plan To Make Supreme Court Finest In The East
    246 4 Plan To Make Supreme Court Finest In The East By S. C. OEI, Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Fri. The Supreme Court building here will undergo major repairs to make it probably one of the grandest m this part of the world. Its Court Hall will be curtailed and air-conditioned so
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    Mr. Hammett Puts Off Holiday
    180 4 PENANG. Fri. Mr. H. G. Hammett, the Muni- eipal President, who first planned to go on leave sometime this month, has now postponed his holiday till sometime m June. When it was thought that Mr. Hammett would be going this month, Municipal Commissioners met m
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    PLANTER AGREES TO PAY MORE
    136 4 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Fri. A rubber estate owner, Chin Seng Kooi, appeared m the Magistrate's Court today for a variation of a maintenance order made m 1945 by consent. Mr. Lim Kneng Kooi, who appeared for the woman, Wong Ah Nya, said that Chin
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    BRIBER FINED
    30 4 AIUAR. Fri.— lnche Hamid bin Mustapha, President oi Sessions Court, fined Nat Swee Poo $350 or four months jail for offering a $7 bribe to a Malay policeman,
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    TWO FOR AUSTRALIA
    85 4 Mr. Chan SaJ Soon a P.W.D. Technical As sista n t m Ipoh. who has been given a tour year Govern m c n scholarship l< study Civ Engineering m Australia. He was formerly a student King Edward VII School] Taiping. Godfrey Lc>sler, aged 18, »ho has
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    By The Chusan For Festival
    59 4 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Fri. The Chusan, which has made its last trip to Hongkong, arrived today from Singapore on her way bark to the United Kingdom with a full complement of passengers, many of whom are going to attend the Festival of Britain. The
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    Drug Shortage
    34 4 PENANG, Fri. A local pharmacist told The Standard today that though stocks are Sufficient to meet local needs, there is a shortage of certain type of drugs due to hoarding and re-export.
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    46 4 Members of the Victoria School Civics Club, who visited The Standard's office yesterday, to get a first-hand knowledge of how a modern newspaper is printed. Standing (extreme right.) is Jam Lcong who together with A. Mahadeva and Poh Guan (extreme left) organised the trip.— Standard photo.
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    Agent Who Dodged Duty Fined $1,400
    214 4 Standard StafF Correspondent lI'OH. Fri. The accredited a«:«Mit of Chop Sun Hen*!, a textile firm at Ilujih Low Street, was today ordered s>y Mr. J. K. Whimster, President of thr Sessions Court, pay a fine of si. 100 for trying to evade customs duty.
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    106 4 ALOR STAR. Fri.— Dame B. Hegarty, Principal Matron of the Federation, at a party given recently stressed to nurses the importance of forming a Malayan Branch of the International Council of Nurses. Dame Hegarty, who is leaving the country on retirement, presented Certificates m General Nursing to these nurses: Misses
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    A Scot Down On His Luck
    198 4 PENANG, Fri.— A Scot, J. C. P. Gillies, who ap- peared before Mr. D. C. I. Wernham m the Magis- trate's Court today was described by A.S.P. Mr. S. W. R. Marsden as a man whose "financial re- sources were extremely sparse and who
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    BOYS RETURN WITH GRANDPA
    56 4 PEXAXG. Fri— Mr. Ragunath Prasad, father of Mr. Makhanlall Mahawar, of the Makhanlall concerns m Malaya and India, is leaving for India by the Chusan with his two grandsons. Masters Umakant and Shashikant. The boys will resume their studies at Naini Tal College after a winter
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    Upset Car. Fined
    34 4 IPOH. Friday.— Fur upsetting his car on the Gopeng Road on Dec. 20. last Lee Thow was yesterday fined $50 or three weeks jail. Lee's licence was ordered to be endorsed.
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    COUNCILLORS SEE CITY CHIEF ON BUS ISSUE
    171 4 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Fri. Two Federal Legislative Councillors, Dato E. E. C. Thuraisingham and Dr. Lee Tian Keng, called on the Municipal President, Mr. H. G. Hammett this afternoon and had a 30-minute talk with him on matters concerning the two-month suspension
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    He'll Keep Rulers' Seal
    74 4 Standard Staff Correspondent IPOH. Fri.- Perak's State Secretary, Inche Mustapha Albakri will shortly give up his post to take up the job o! Keeper of the Rulers 1 Seal. Che Mustapha Albakri has been Slate Secretary for more than three years. He once acted as Mentri
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    Govt. Gives $80,000 For Girls' School
    266 4 Govt. Gives $80, 000 For Girls' School standard Mail Correspondent PENANG, FH. Encouraging developments nave given fresh impetus to the efforts that are being made to erect a new school hciihiin^ to house the An«*lo-< hinoe Girls* School. Mr. G. L. Bayliss, Senior Inspector of Schools, has notified Miss Ann
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    Films At JCSA
    42 4 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Fri— A cinema show of educational films will be screened by the Department of Information here at the Junior Civil Service Association, Northam Road, on Monday at 8.15 p.m. All friends and memben are invited.
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    5104 5 THOMSON IN A SONGKOK HAD RINGSIDE VIEW 'Religious Hypnotism Had Full Hold On Mob' MARIA WAS USED FOR PROPAGANDA Mrs Blythe Gives Evidence Standard Staff Reporter RELIGIOUS hypnotism had a full hold on the rioters, said Mr. G. G. i noiiison, 1 uolic Relations Secretary, m his evidence yesterday before
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    500-Ft. Film On The Riots
    63 5 Standard Staff Reporter A 500-FT FILM taken by the Public Relations Department during the riots was handed m yesterday by Mr. G. G. Thomson, P.R. Secretary, wh^n he save evidence before the Commission of Inquiry. The film, it is understood, was taken from the premises
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    Fruits Used As Missiles
    99 5 Standard Staff Reporter \V HEN Sir Lionel Leach. Chairman of the Commission oi Inquiry asked where the mob of more than 2,000 m front of the Supreme Court on December 11, got their stones from to throw at the police and passing cars. Mr. D. K.
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    The Third Party
    764 6 AIR. WALTER Fletcher, of Great Britain, is afraid. Mr Fletcher is a Tory Member of Parliament who regards himself as something of an expert on Malayan affairs. His knowledge of Malaya is, m our opinion, not astonishing. But this gentleman has said some very astonishing things, nevertheless.
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    The New Africa
    1167 6  -  PATRICK O'DONOVAN By ACCRA TWO great colonial territories m West Africa are suffering profound change. There are many people who watch the process with honest anxiety. Have we gone too far and too fast? Has a century of honest and careful government done no more than lay
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    16 6 AIRVIEW 8 Here is an unusual cieic of Rafjles Museum: on the rii-hl is the YMCA
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    Mr. P.'s Business Goes With A Laugh
    259 6  -  JOAN REEDER By LONDON. \Y HEN estate agents Purdy and Purdy i and Purdy') wanted to sell a Hve-bedroom-ed farm-house, together with a nice cowshed and thirty head of cattle, they started their advertisement "Marriage is bliss.'* Then they described the property, and
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    Review of Views
    451 6 Review of Views Slimming The D^or IF the humiliation of coloured students m Australia is allowed to continue unchecked, warned Utusan Melayu, that country would be converting the future leaders of Ami into enemies of Australia. The paper was commenting on the recent news thai students from Malaya ha 4
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    USELESS EUSTACE
    16 6 A!\ allow me, my card 'Eustace. Psychic Medium' drop m and materialise yourself sometime!"
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    LAND OF HOPE AND GLORY?
    520 6  -  CASSANDRA B* "TVER since the first ancient Briton threw down h^ basket full of fish which he wax unloading from ih. Man's coracle and demanded two more flini an hour labour has been m trouble. Simple folk might think that the unloading of shins not
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    U.S. Receives "Horror Letters" From Britain
    558 6 U.S. Receives "Horror Letters" From Britain NEW YOKK r J "Jioiisands of Americans :ire receiving a "honor letter" about conditions m Britain. It is signed by Pjul Comly French. Executive Director of CLAJLE. (Cooperative for American Kemittances for Europe), the bis U.S. non-profit t; if t parcel service. The letter
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    US To Equip Turks With Jet Planes
    272 7 WHNGTON, Mar. 2 (IP)— Secretary Thomas fialettef «o««y that the Air Force will begin mmti*l production of heavy B-52 turbojet bombers f V [oil newsmen the decision was made even though ha* not been te»t-flown. 6 said the United States will equip the
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    US Jets Rout Red Planes
    35 7 immu- the United m Korea Far I I bera r the I-' KOi VlIGs the ben s 2 feet four sled the SinuiX ted 1 --cc eta c briel eac
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    2 Britons Killed In Ambush In Burma
    38 7 EIOO.V Mar. 2 i Renter I W H. Jen I were m an ambusli 13 easl of manager of ma Tin Company ling < rp ►ration, lini here said n feb but
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    Evacuation Of Major Taiwan Cities Ordered
    149 7 TAIPEI. Mar. 2 (ReuterAPP) Formosan Governor K. C. Wu, urged the civilian: evacuation of major cities be rried Earlier Wu had asked r a voluntary evacuation by end of March. What was understood to have been a bad sh wing during an "air raid"
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      Peking Invites UK Professors
      360 7 BRITISH professors ..re being ited 3 the Peking education authorities to return to China to Join Yenching University, American-endowed college, v. hii h was recently taken over by the Chinese People's Government, according to foreign arrivals from Peking. Reuter A.A .P T \e US. Navy has
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    UN CASUALTIES IN KOREA WAR
    262 7 NEW YORK. Mar. 2 (AP)— Figures available today show 10 nations fighting beside American and South Korean troops have suffered 2.813 casualties. This is about l/12th of the approximately 35.322 men they have sent to the Korean war. The United States has suffered 49 191
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    Collective Security In Pacific Pact—DULLES
    333 7 Collective Security In Pacific Pact —DULLES i WASMNGTON, Mar. 2 (UP)— Special Presidential representative John Foster Dulles tonight endorse*! the idea of a "collective security" arrangement which would prevent a recurrence of Japanese militarism but, even more important, protect all the nations of the Pacific against the danger of Communist
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    'Boxcars' Drop Supplies To UN Forces
    88 7 'Boxcars' Drop Supplies To UN Forces TOKYO. Mar. 2 (ReuterAAP) American M flying boxcar" cargo planes today dropped 215 tons of supplies to United Nations troops on the Korean centra! front. A spokesman said the flying boxcar drops made possible the continuation of the offensive despite the impassable state of
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    Monty Nearly Hit By Verey Rocket
    92 7 VALETTA. Mar. 2 (AP) A very light rocket narrowly missed Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery as he stood chatting to a reception committee after his arrival at the airport yesterday. Apparently fired from the direction of the airport control tower, it screamed a few feet
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    Newsmen Freed
    79 7 BUENOS AIRES. Mar. 2 (AP) Time and Life photographer Frank Shea and photographer Leonard McCombe, a British subject, who were jailed i>:i Wednesday following disturbances outside the La Prensa newspaper offices, were released yesterday after a direct I.S. appeal to President Peron. They had been sentenced to 30
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    NEW POST FOR C&W CHIEF
    89 7 A.P. LONDON, Mar. 2 (Reuter)— Colonel Sir A. Stanely Angwin is to relinquish his position as chairman of Cable and Wireless, Limited, to take up an appointment with the Commonwealth Telecommunications Board, it was announcer} here today. He will be succeeded by Major-General L. B.
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    Farouk To Have Simple Wedding
    72 7 CAIRO. Mar. 2 CAP)—Egyptian King Farouk's wedding to 17-year-old Narriman Sadek "will not be a display of Oriental lavishness," according to Karim Tabel Pasha, the Royal Press Counsellor. "These are not the times for lavishness," he told the A.P. "The world will be surprised how
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    Spender Named Envoy To US
    56 7 SYDNEY. Mar. 2 (AP)— Mr. Percy Spender. Australian External Affairs Minister, has been appointed Australian Ambassador to Washington. Mr. Spender, who will have to resign his seat m the Australian Cabinet and Parliament. succeeds Mr. Norman Makin. who was appointed by Socialist Premier .J. F.
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    Reds Blow Up ToungooBridges
    84 7 RANGOON, Alar. 2 (Reuter) A communique today reported that Communist rebels had blown up three bridges at Toungoo, 170 miles north of Rangoon today. Government troops had engaged the enemy who retreated alter burning 21 I houses. Rebel losses m the clash j were believed heavy,
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    'Bevin Should Go' Demand Swelling
    231 7 LONDON. Mar. 2 (Reuter)— The future of Ernest Bevin as Foreign Secretary was again under discussion m the House of Lords. Two Labour Peers rallied to his support following assertions by members of all parties that he was not m a fit state of health
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    35 7 phoio, P3t*oifi&g the road m Saigon between Bien Hoa to T.*n Ra al>:rv the Dons Njai river is this British made "(ov nl:v' f armoured car from the sth Cuirassiers (French heavy cavalry regiment) A.P.
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    UK NEEDS RAW MATERIALS 70 AVOID ECONOMIC CRISIS
    120 7 EASTBOURNE. England. Mar. 2 (UP) Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Hugh Gailskc 11, heavih underscored last night Britain's need for some of the raw materials the U.S. is stockpiling. They are needed. he said, to slave of an economic crisis m
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    'US A Full Partner In Colombo Plan'
    292 7 LONDON. Mar. 2 (UP)— The British Treasury said today that the United States was a full participant m the Colombo Plan goal for the economic development (if South and South-East Asia, and American contributions to the plan should be "exhilarating" to all nations
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    India Turns Down Plan For Kashmir
    287 7 LAKE SUCCESS. Mar 2 (Renter) India has rejected the Anglo-American proposal! for a solution ol Ik dispute between India and Paid la 'over future of the State <f Kashmir. Sir Benega! X. Rar. the In- em d told 'he Secui I jr 'Council at
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    Russia Is Continuing To Get Her Rubber Needs Through UK
    535 8 Standard Staff Reporter SOVIET RUSSIA lia* shown interest, through London, for substantial quantities of rubber at present Singapore market levels. This is resulting m constantly good support to the Singapore rubber market from London., On several occasions when the Singapore
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    Slight Rise In World Rubber Output Forecast
    370 8 Standard Staff Reporter THE Cl RRENT year *ill see a slight increase {n world production and a decrease m the consumption of natural rubber compared with 1950. Estimates put 1951 production of natural rubber a: 1,800,000 tons against 1.750.000 tons last year. The
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    Govt. Bid To Protect Hill Land
    218 8 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. A B; I > restrain ami prevent the ise and cultivation of hill land j m a manner likely to endanealt or pr >pei ty, to be introduced m the Penang State Council. The Bill is intended to
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    US Exports To Red Bloc
    28 8 WASHING < M ir. 2 lUP) —AH export I R i and 'ier satellites i eguire govern- licence beginning today, U.& Commerce Department -inaounced.
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    US Car Prices Up
    23 8 C tin era m U.S eived Gove n peri to i c their p. i;e per cent.— A. P.
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    PROBE ON S'PORE TAX DODGERS
    181 8 Nundanl Stall Reporter \ARIOI S Singapore Government Departments are making joinl rjTori to check the rlusiM- methods rommonlj u-;d l» local businessmen m evading taxation. One o1 oi c tood, is the use i nicknames, cii ral ion oi h m other f >:"..■ conne<
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    Produce Mart Is Quiet
    133 8 Produce Mart Is Quiet THOUGH price rises were recor le i ;n the Singapi c p I1 1. esterday, ;it;!e Ik.-. passed. Pepper remained at nearrecord quotations but lack of .s*. >ck. restricted business. Copra had buyers at $64] per piCUI aid sellers S* i T per picul on a
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    Tin Parley
    43 8 WASHINGTON, Mar. 2 (TJPV-J A me< ting ol tin- p -^rins countries is expected-] io he I here March 12 or 13 decide il the committee to I 1 ■tea a c ere ited here undei a cenl .1 allocations group,
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    80 8 >Ir. Roesian Moeljafaardjo, (iovernor-General of Central Sumatra, who will attend the inauguration of the new Regency Council m Rhio Archipelago, was the g uest of honour •U a tea-party m Singapore g.ven by Mr. B. Zubir-Zakaria, or the firm of Bagiuda-Laka-riu at the Capitol Blue Room. Among those present were
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    LOADING RUBBER
    48 8 LOADING R UBBER Th€ freight ship H i eO Lykes. f Which called at Si g pore yeste day, br I no < i go for this port. S 'i> t loid g as he: 1 j Buu.i cargo about *>.000 lons 01 rubber io: the I'ni'.ed States. I
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    HK EXCHANGE
    36 8 HONGKONG. Mar. 2-Speciai Standard Service— Closing prices on the Hongkong Exchange today were HK515.50 to ill sterlirigU HKs6.osStoUSsl: HKSI.BOS to Malayan $1 I!K-;0.:H5 to one Indonesian Rupi a hi Gold HK5317.875 to one taeL
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    41 8 photo. The two bankers representing Thomas Cooks Sons (Bankers) Ltd.. on board the Caronia, snapped hard at work changing Malayan dollars bark into U. S. dollars before the liner left Singapore yesterday. They are Mr. Plummer and air. Frank Rendlne. Standard
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    'Smokes' Racket Smashed
    115 8 'Smokes' Racket Smashed Standard Staff Reporter Another six Singapore cigarette retailers were reported yesterday to distributers for overobar^ ntj their customers. Supplies tj ihem wiii ov cut oii iiom next wet'k. This brings the tjtal of 38 cigarette retailer, v. ho are beini; penalised for profiteering. Fond Control Department Inspectors
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    Burmese Wolfram
    20 8 Burmese Ifram has rLsen to £1,312 per lon. T is 15 ov< times the normal price.— A. P.
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    TINS AND RUBBERS IN GOOD DEMAND
    238 8 Standard Staff Reporter SINGAPORE. Fri In sympathy with the London market, Malayan tin shares were very firm today with some counters being marked up. Rubber shares were also m good demand, but scrip waj difficult to obtain and buyers predominated. Industrial shares remained steady.
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    Far-Reaching Schemes To Produce More Food
    273 8 A CALL for more realistic handling of the campaign to increase the Colony's output of fresh meat, poultry, eggs and vegetables was made yesterday by a number of unofficial serving on the Local Produce Sub-Corn- mittee. This followed the authoritative view, expressed by the
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    Malaya Cocoa Tests Make Some Headway
    558 8 Malaya Cocoa Tests Make Some Headway Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Fii.— lt will take ten years or more before Malaya, even m a small way, can claim to be cocoa producing country for commercial purposes. The experiments which have been carried out m the past two years have shown
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    UK – Controlled Tin Mines May Transfer Headquarters Here
    267 8  - UK Controlled Tin Mines May Transfer Headquarters Here ANDREW ROTH By Standard Staff PsrinpunJ. LONDON, Mar. 2. Exodus from the Daital Kin»,i., controlled overseas mines such as Malaya's tin mlmm i* ih memorandum sent by the British Overseas Mining Aimjjj Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Huiih Gaiukeli. and tli<> aj
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    New Chief Of Cable And Wireless
    57 8 LcsließXshr.il; Ltd. v Leslie B. N C J jrf who served d Oiief S fai to Gen D been a dn since ing di i succeeds S:: present eh The Xicho ti tice by Cabli V> Xho I I of m the C v
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    GOVT. WILL SOON ISSUE PRICE LISTS
    120 8 Standard Staff Reporter SINGAPORE Government will soon make periodical announcement of current prices of foodstuffs and other essential commodities. This is to guide the public. This was disclosed at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce's meeting yesterday. Without any discussion, members of the Chamber presort
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      RUBBER
      84 8 The latest Singapore rubbfr prices yesterdd} (Mar. 2 I me p«r lb. Buyers Selfefl No. 1 R.S.S. Spot Loose 'iioni SI 29' S2 30 FOB. m bales Mar. No. 1 R.S.S. %Z2»\ Si. 3o No. 2 R.S.S S'2.?l BJSI No. I R.S S. \<:m $zjni ttM\ Tone: Sltady. LONDON
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      TIN
      44 8 SING \POKF. Fri The price of Tin to -da> was 1721.621 prr pi'iil. Op 116J85. LONDON TIN Friday's prices first s» '-Mon kr Sp•) t £I^ls buyers. £1,52 i sellor> Three months EM2S buyers i 11 .430. sellers. Settlement Trice £I>2| Tone: Strong.
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    8 8 US Textiles For Singapore and A Load I
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    RAF PASSING-OUT PARADE
    121 9 More Recruits Qualify Today THE FOURTH batch of recruits from the training depot of R.A.F. (Malaya) will parade Jit Chang] this morning to pass out as qualified airmen. The salute at their passing-out parade will be taken by the Commander-in-Chief, Far East Air Force, Air Marshal Sir
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    68 9 photo. Mrs. Sam Goldstein of New York, one of the passengers aboard the Caronia, had nothing but praise for the shoes she bought m Singapore shops. She is photographed m her cabin, pointing to the "wonderful" shoes she had bought. On the other side are some of the shoes she
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    Rail Schedule For Monday
    85 9 OWING to an obstruction on the line m Johore, the passenger train services on Monday, Mar. 5 only will run as follows: The 8.10 a.m. Singapore— Kuala Lumpur passenger up mail train will run as far as Kluang and return to Singapore. The Kuala Lumpur— Singapore
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    53 9 Air Commodore A. Briscoe, Principal Medical Officer of I .K.A.F. chatting m Changi R.A.F. Hospital yesterday with war wounded from Korea who will be flying home today. In this picture, the man m bed is a British casualty. Holland, India and South Africa arc represented by the other soldiers standing:
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    Maiden Voyage Delayed
    31 9 NEW YORK. Mar. 2. (AP)— The maiden voyage of the American Export Lines' new express liner Constitution will be delayed two months by material shortages, the company announced.
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    'UN' KOREA WAR WOUNDED LEAVE TODAY
    176 9 A '"United Nations" party of wounded from the Korean War is due to lea.-c Changi R.A.F. airfield this morning to return to Europe for further medical treatment and convalescence. The party comprises three Dutchmen, six Frenchmen, one South African and 18 British casualties. Of
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    Ships in Harbour
    211 9 SHIPS AT RO£DS AND WHARVES. 4 P.M. YESTERDAY. WHARVES Gdns. 45 Malim, 44 JalagopaL Sheers Whaf 4_> 43 Sambodia, 40 Segamat, 41 Senai, 38 39 Asphalion, i;t> 37 Tairea, 33, 34 Steel Surveyor. 31 32 Pres. Polk, 29 30 Eur.vmedon, 25 26 Pundua. -'7 28 Prcs. Tyler.
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    'Arts And Crafts Are Splendid'
    292 9 Standard Shipping Reporter MRS. CAROLINE Wagner, a New York designer and dealer m jewellery, who was one of the American tourists who visited Singapore during the brief stop over of the luxury liner Caronia, found the Government Malayan Arts and Crafts Room m Fullerton Building
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    Jet Liners For London-Cairo Run This Year ?
    87 9 Jet Liners For London-Cairo Run This Year LONDON. Mar. 2. (AP) Comet jet airliners may be flying on the London Cairo run by the cud of this year. Sir Miles Thomas. Chairman of the BOAC, said here on his return from a tour of Africa and the Middle East. They
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    JUTLANDIA IN JAPAN
    64 9 YOKOSUK/ NAVAL EASE. Mar. 2: <F_uter-AAP> The Danish lv pital ship Jutland! i. equippe'' /hh the latest medical labora ies services, arrived m Japan today as Denmark's contribution to the Korean war. Captain K. A. J. Hammerich. President of the Danish Red Cross and Commander of the
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    Jal Ganga Launched
    153 9 KOBE, Mar. 2.— The first Indian ship to be built m Japan for the Indian Shipping Company, the Jal Ganga, was launched by the head of the Indian Mission, Mr. K. K. Chettur, at Kobe. Mrs. Chettur painted the auspicious Swastika mark with 'kumkum' on the ship's
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      118 9 \\aTr arrivals] E [and DEPARTURES Arrivals PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS from Manila 5,:;o a.m. QE.A.-BOAC from London via Calcutta i p m m BOAC Argonaut rrom London via N>?ombo 5.45 p m froir Honeltonir US p.m. BIIVRAT AIRWAYS from Calcutta l».::o p.m. MALAYAN AIRWAYS from Medao, Penan*. Taipinir. Ipoh. Kuala Lumpur
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      61 9 Despatches TODAY: Thailand 7.10 a.m. by train, Kelantan (parcels only) noon by Sumpitan, Sarawak (except Miri) noon by R. Brooke, Sibu noon by Belaga, Djakarta. Sourabaya noon by Ophir, U.S.A., Pakistan (parcels only), Ceylon noon by Pres. Polk. Arrivals TODAY: Gt. Britain, X. Ireland, Eire, Europe, N. and W. Africa,
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    906 10  -  OSWALD HENRY by "T3REAKTHROUGH" Jj Bros.> If your tastes lie m war dramas and you are inwardly moved by battle action as so forcefully depicted m "Sands of Iwo Jima," then this is your cup of tea, sweetened to just the right flavour, tough
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      592 10 Radio Programmes RADIO MALAY A VM m Cantonese. 5:;.-. Modern Mandarin Musi< li p.m. New* m nm^.**-. Hakka; tt.or. Modern Mandarin Music: SIN(iAPORE fi {0 N>w Mandarin; :C> Mo dern Mandarin Music; p.m. Nr« r I KI i»i>«wd Market Report m ln»y; 7.15 Serial hNdIJSH PROGRAMME Story— in Amoy. 7.45
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    Many Attend Service For Lady Song
    113 11 Standard Staff Reporter IBGI and representaring was present at •;ese Presbyter- Princep Street yes- ay when a service was held y of the late Lady Song, wife of the late I Or:? Siang. The ser•onducted by the pbeH Gibson who bj the Rev. R.
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    Demand For More C.O.L.A.
    170 11 Standard Staff Reporter AN immediate award of a ten per cent, increase on the current cost of living allowances retrospective from Jan 1, 1951, should be made to the local stalT of the Air Ministry 'to alleviate their present hardships." 11l making this demand, the Air
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    Gnr. Wright TKO's Sid Fletcher
    183 12 Gnr. Wright TKO's Sid Fletcher Rl ALA LIMPi R, Frl. Gunner Wright, putting up an aggressive, two-handed attack TKO'ed the Australian Sid Fletcher m the third round when they fought here last night. Fletcher began the fight promisingly and won the first round but '.v.is forced on the defensive m
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    201 12 PULAU Brani United trounced Amicable Athletic Association by six clear goals m a S.A.F.A. First Division soccer match played at the la lan Besar yesterday. The Islanders were too fast for the Amicables who were a denoted side: their regular right half on the injured list and
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