Singapore Standard, 8 March 1951

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    18 1 Singapore Standard *x m m. VOL. 1 NO. 251 SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MARCH 8 1951. 12 PAGES TEN CENTS
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    Cosmopolitan Personnel To Boost Police
    85 1 [U luturc Miiirapore Police Force will have a t wnojx»lit an rank ami file, who will he heller suited to morgenq than a forre of a single nationality. >:.i'er- >nys tee J. --E\ ans he had also G is into tcp shortdting offl Bt to
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    Tin Prices Tumble
    36 1 ap» W« Inesecutive j t's dcci- .rices dropped S per pound on rwnt< lay after the i I ing, Wednesday, for Sj Lvery d around US$l I 3 per Sh in US$l.B4 per
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    1st Shocks Of Tin Decision Will Absorbed
    65 1 1st Shocks Of Tin Decision Will Absorbed 51 fi FIRSI >hocks of the arbit- m roan »ile pureha taking nmedulrlv were nell led m the Singapore nurk- 1 j csterdaj ag ipore Vandard's respondent cabled th.it I :nam iai I oca ha** that th Imerieaa WUMCIIfIC aimed strengthening America's uing
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    No Discussion Of German Rearmament
    255 1 r r US Stand PARIS. Mar. 7 (UF) The United States will not agree under any circumstances to the Big Four Foreign Ministers dis-' cussing German rearmament on the terms demanded by Russia, it was learned today. I 'i'miins at tae conference the deputies oJ
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    Cycle, Car Collide
    67 1 A CHINESE Customs officer, T Khean I.;- c, wis Ln jured isl nig hen the m< tor cycle is riding and a motor car i i v i i n a collision at j tior Bras Basah Road and North Bridge Road. was treated >r his m-
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    Called-Up Youths At Wardieburn Camp
    119 1 \ouths called jip under the Manpower Regulations spend an average of 10 days at Wardieburn Reception Camp, on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, before being drafted During the 10-day period, they only do foot drill and undergo assault courses. Rudiments of musketry and further training
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    Country's Education Field Offers Biggest Attraction
    387 1 Opportunities For Senior Passes Standard Staff Reporter THF MAJORITY of the Federation ami Singapore candidates who were successful m the Cambridge School Certificate Examination are now faced with the grave problem of deciding what their future is <o he. Post-war Malaya oilers a variety
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    Gaitskell Asks For Sacrifices
    210 1 Gaitskell Asks For Sacrifices lOXDOX. M^r. 7 (Reuter) •—Mr Hugh Gaitskell, Chai I cellor of the Exchequer, broad- cast to the British people last night an explanation of the sacrifices they will have to make to speed the nations £4,700,000,000 defence programme. •p i s a lv »ger programme than
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    Population Of Singapore Tops Million
    62 1 Standard Staff Reporter THE population ol the Federation reached 6.326.552 while that of Singapore was 1,03*844 at the end of 1950, it was officially announced yesterday. m Singapore Chinese kept their lead with 801,594 People, while m the Federation the Malays retained their lead with
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    Zabariah Story Stirs UK Interest
    68 1 Standard London Correspondent LONDON, M- rch 7. The story of Miss Tengku Zabariah continu d to i widespread inter st ?re tod ly. A p. -lure ot the pretty gad who wanted to m irry an Englishman but mit strong < iposition from her father
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    To Discuss Widening Causeway
    145 1 To Discuss Widening Causeway Standard Staff Reporter JOHORE BAHRU. Wed.— A scheme for the widening ol the j Johore Causeway m order to lease traflic congestion will be I discussed at a meeting ot the i Causeway Committee to be held m Singapore shortly, it is reliably learnt here. The
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    228 Huks Surrender
    26 1 MANILA. Mar. 7 (UP) President Elpidio Quirino today accepted the surrender of --B Huks including four women at Lucena, capital of Quezon province.
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    Revolver Found
    30 1 Standard Staff Reporter A serviceable revolver was found m a back lane off Rochore Road early yesterday morning by an Indian labourer. It was recovered by the Police.
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    Reply From Peking Studied In London
    158 1 Fox Holmes Case LONDON. Mar. 7 (Renter) Thc Peking Government has replied to two Brilish protests against the expulsion of the Brilish Consul m Tiliwa. Sinkiang Province, last December, a Foreign Office spokesman sa;<l today. He said the reply was under study at the
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    MacA Foresees Stalemate In Korean Fighting
    361 1 TOKYO, Mar. 7. (Reuter-AAP) Gen. Mac Arthur told correspondents on the Korean front today that the battle lines "cannot fail m time to reach a point of theoretical military stalemate/* Asked by a correspondent whether he thought complete military victory over the Communists impossible
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    UN Forces Open Drive, Cross Han
    189 1 TOKYO. Mar. 7 (UP) j United Nations forces launched a powerful new offensive along j a 40-mile front m Korea today American infantrymen on the western Hank stormed across the Han and seized a bridgehead 15 miles east of Seoul tinder cover of the
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    Two Resign From S'pore Labour Party
    77 1 THE General Council of the Labour Party of Singapore which held a pre-Nomination Day meeting last night, accepted the resignations of two members. Messrs. M.A. Majid and Mr. M P Ramakrishnan. Both members have resigned from the Party because they wish to contest the
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    Prime Minister Of Iran Assassinated
    481 1 TEHERAN. Mar. 7 (Reuter)— Prime Minister AH Razmara, was assassinated today. He was shot twice al the Mas<h<<le Sullamh .Mosque and died m hospital one hoar later. Police said ttie assassin was a fanatical member of the Fedaieh [slam religious congregation. The police arrested Razi
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    Muslim Faces Murder Charge In K.L.
    248 2 Muslim Faces Murder Charge In K.L. QUARRELLED OVER WILD BOARS Standard Staff Correspondent Xl ALA LUMPUR, Wed.— The story of a Muslim who waa stirred np I>> religious beliefs and who took a un n and U alleged to !ia\o shol an Indian, was related to Mr. Jn«.|irr 11. W.
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    26 2 Mr. Kee Tali Peng, an old boy of the Govt. English School. Baf/ Pahat, is flying to Australia today w take up a course m Engineering.
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    New Squatter Camp Nears Completion
    95 2 New Squatter Camp Nears Completion Standard Stall Reporter JOHORE BAHRU, Wed, Tl nt area at s g »n th< 17th mi Road ng c >nstruc- of high land es m extenl The was acquired by c G has been >lled I divided into 204 lots is sizes Fori »es have
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    Order To Clear Verges In Jain
    91 2 OWNERS su i occupiers of a lands m Jasin district, oi Ma. acca. lying within a distan c oi 50 yards from a p blic or estate road, have a ordered by the District Offi er to ''ear away herbage. bushes and undergrowth, and
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    NEW BUILDING REGULATION
    79 2 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Emergency (Control of Buildings) Regulations has been amended by the addition of a new paragraph. Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with the requirement of any state or Settlement Engineer or who impedes or prevents the exercise of
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    REDS IN S-E ASIA DOOMED TO DEFEAT -MacDONALD
    210 2 REDS IN S-E ASIA DOOMED TO DEFEAT -MacDONALD LONDON, Mar. 6 (UP)— Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, Commissioner General for South-East Asia, said today on his arrival m London that the Communist rebels are doomed to defeat m SouthEast Asia unless they received "considerable help from outside." Mac Donald was called back
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    47 2 Mr. L. C. Hutching seen replying to an address at i a farewell presentation te a party given by the Staff of i Kobinson Co., Ltd., Kuala Lumpur, last Saturday. Mr. Hutchings. General Manager, is retiring after 28 years with the Company, m Singapore and the^Federation. "r*
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    Franchise Exercised In Kulai
    152 2 Franchise Exercised In Kulai JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. For the first time m the history of Malaya, the right to vote was exercised by 281 men and women settlers of Kulai when they elected five representatives to the newly created "Resettlement Committee" last Monday. The election, held at the Kulai Besar
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    FLOOD IN PERAK
    28 2 The Knan-Bagan SeraiLelema Road m Perak is flooded to a depth of tU inches between the 82nd and 83nd mile, and the water is rising
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    Gun Duel Fought In KL Street
    146 2 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The first terrorist incident m a residential area m Kuala Lumpur occurred last night when two policemen fought a gun duel with two terrorists. The constables, m plain clothes, were patrolling Circular and Imbi Roads at about 9.45
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    Malacca Union Wants 'Benham'
    66 2 Standard Staff Correspondent THF: Malaci i Municipal Services Union has asked the Municipal Commissioners to adopt the Benham Committee's Recommendation for Salary Revision and increase of Cost of Living Allowances for Municipal Employees, immediately. The Union has asked for immediate consideration by the Commissioners the award
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    Middle-aged Bandit Sentenced To Death
    159 2 Middle-aged Bandit Sen tenced To Dea th Stan<lar<l Staff Correspondent KUALA LIMPLR, Wed.— A middle-aged Chinese, Lai Tee Ngok, was sentenced to death by Mr. Justice I). M. k. Grant m the Supreme Court today for having m his possession a revolver ami 37 rounds of .303 animu- nition. lyir.
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    YOUNG CASHIER ON CBT CHARGE
    40 2 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Weci: A 19-year-old cashier. D. I. Frankfort, was charged today with criminal breach of trust of $700 from the NAAFI yesterday. Accused claimed trial and bail In $1,000 was allowed.
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    HE STOLE TIN
    41 2 A labourer Hin Thuan, of the Hong Fatt Tin m the Kuala Lumpur Seasion Court, yesterday pleaded guilty to tiie theft of ok katties of tin ore valued at $22 from the mine on Tuesday. Sentence wes postpones.
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    Farewell To Ruler
    80 2 To" the strains of Auld Lang Syne and cheers of farewell from more than 1,000 people, the Yang Di-Pertuan Besar of Negri Sembilan and the Tengku Ampuan left Seremban, yesterday morning, by train on the first leg of their journey to the United Kingdom. Mr.. Yap Mau
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    Newlywed
    25 2 Above are Mr. and Mrs. Ang Gim Sooni who vere married al Bum Pahat re- cently. The bride was formerly Miss Ong Sieic Lian.
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    K. GUARDS SLASH AT BANDITS
    194 2 K. GUARDS SLASH AT BANDITS Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. To the many stories about the daring of Home Guards must be added the latest from Kuala Langat where four armed bandits recently went to the house of the Ketua. Kampong Bukit Changang, to murder him. A Kampong Guard
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      201 2 TAWING REX: Thiew Tai Low (Mandarin) 3, 6.30 and 9.15 p.m SUN: Choon Seng Fall Lok (Mandarin) 2. 7.15 and 9.30 p.m. CARLTON: Adventures of Young Seong (Cantonesd 3, 6.30 and 9.15 p.m. LIDO: Berdosa (Malay) 9 and and 11.15 am.. 1.30, 3.45. 6.30, 9.15 and 11.15 p.m. Soccer: Police
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    VELGE SAYS: I FIRED IN SELF-DEFENCE
    2920 3 Blythe May Have To Appear Again Riot Hear'sig In Camera Today TODAY'S session of the Singapore Riot Inquiry Commission will be held m camera to consider the evidence of detainees, who have asked to appear before the Commission. This was announced by Sir Lionel
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    Police Quarters Not Regarded As Emergency Expenditure
    318 3 THK FINANCE Committee of the Singapore Legislative Council on no occasion had ever refused an application I >r sup- t mentary vote for additional ccupatioa quarters for the :-i!ice iurce. It was not the Finance Committee but the Hud»et Convv.it'ee -vhlch approved half
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    An Enthusiastic Police Officer Forgot To Tell Commissioner
    290 3 Standard Staff Reporter VALUABLE information collected by officials of the Royal Singapore Flying Club concerning the activities of the rioters early m the afternoon of Dec. 11, was not brought to the notice of the Commissioner of Police by the European police
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    US Renewing Demands For Punishing Reds
    179 4 I v !v i SU< LESS. Mar. 7 (AP)— The Inited States •»> apparent snub of Red <hina to U.N. pare „,11-. mH reported to be renewing demands for sion I" Special I Ji Committee sot up to study forms ol pwnfahmem. yen, Iran,
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    32,000 Turks Volunteer For Korea
    53 4 32,000 Turks Volunteer For Korea When g .f m nent ca I to sum force m F< t their I times the cd made olunteers hance to g to the Office j re m the of onv X :ea. i who were se- 0:1 their h has been com- and
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    Grenada Riots Over, Now Calm
    26 4 Mr. ht B::--has calmed > be able to re- I Deputy Coi V.* v Eden, situation m ere has i irn to
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    69 4 photo. B IRREL OK LIGHT. Exhaust flames of rani-jet engines mounted m the tips of Ihe "Hiller Hornet" helicopter's 23--rool rotOl Made, traced this liyht pattern durinn a night demonstration of the new low -coast helicopter at Palo Alto, California, recently. With test pilot Brace .Tones at the controls, the
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    TITO TO GET PLANES FROM BRITAIN & US
    155 4 TITO TO GET PLANES FROM BRITAIN US LONDON, Mar 7 (AP) Britain is willing to sell any civilian or military aiicraft she can spare to Yugoslavia c Foreign Oilice said last bight. A spokesman said the United States is expected to join Britain m lifting a two-year ban on such
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    BIG FOUR DEPUTIES SQUABBLE IN PARIS
    510 4 PARIS, Mar. 7 AP) A controversy that has bogged down so many Ea*t-\\ est meetings how basic issues should he interpreted caused sharp clashes between Russia's Andrei Gromyko and estern power delegates at the Big Four Deputies' meeting yesterday. The Deputies are working on
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    GI Captures 63 Reds With Empty Rifle
    139 4 WITH THE U.S. 2ND DIV. IN KOREA. Mar. 7, (UP). Sergeant Leon Wales, 19, captured 63 Chinese Communists with an empty rifle. Sergeant Richard Gooch said the wholesale capture took place near Wonju. He said. "We hid just finished quite a fight with
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    More Money For 'Voice'?
    42 4 President Truman has asked Congress to increase "Voice ol America" funds by U5597,500,000 to help counteract Communist "distortions and untruths. He sent the request to tne White House iro:n his vacation retreat m Key West Florida.- A. P.
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    69 4 Oliver D. Moore (left). 35. textile worser at Gastonia. North Carolina, stands outside his cell at Gastonia, after being arrested and charged wila having chained his wife. Mamie (right), 32. to her bed In their trailer home. Moore holds one end of the 8-foot chain police say he used; his
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    45 4 second round oi Anglo--\rne:ica!V talks on Mediterranean and Middle East defence is scheduled to beam next week. Admiral Robert Carney com mander of the U.S Eastern At lantic and Mediterranean forces. plans to go to Malta tor tne three-day talks beginning on I Monday. A.P.
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    Urges Big Five Talks
    88 4 PARIS. Mar. 7 (AP) L'Humanite, organ of the French Communist Party, on Tuesday called for a big five conference. "If it is a Question of disarming Germany," said the paper, "or of reducing the armaments of the great powers, it is certain that negotiations can succeed
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    Senator Urges Blockade To Halt UK Trade With China
    131 4 Senator Urges Blockade To Halt UK Trade With China WASHINGTON, Mar. 7 (UP)— Senator William Knowland. Republican, told the IS. Senate that the American Seventh Fleet should stop British trade with Communist China if the British Government fails to do so. He read the Senate a dispatch m a Hongkong
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    HK's New Judge
    24 4 HONGKONG, Mar. (AP). Sir Germand Leslie Howe arrived from Nigeria yesterday to take up the post as Chief Justice of Hongkong.
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    37 4 President Flpidio Quirino has signed an order granting conditional pardon to exJapanese Army LieutenantColonel Matsuzaki Hideichi, (above), who has been serving a 20-year sentence as a war criminal at Muntinglupa National Prison. 25 kilometers south of Manila.
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      US To Make Jets For Britain
      59 4 Britain's Canberra jet bomber is to be put into production Ln the I'nited States for the United States Air Force, the U.S. Department of Defence announced. It said the air force had directed its air material command at Daxton. Ohio, to contract for the
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      40 4 The Grand Vi/.ier of Morocco yesterday presented to Gen. Join the new viziers appointed m last week's reshuffle of the Magh/en (Moroccan Government' which eliminated Istiqlal (Extreme Nationalists) sympathisers from key posts. The situation m Morocco remained completely calm. Reuter
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      37 4 Major military operations against Communist insurgents are making "satisfactory pro- gress m the Henzada district. 80 miles north of Rangoon, an official communique said. Burmese Government troops Liberated two villages m the district, the communique added.— Reuter
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      46 4 Sir Arthur Morse, Lmairman and Chief Manager of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, is planning a furlough m the United Kingdom. He will be accompanied by Lady Morse. They will travel by sea and plan to make a leisurely tour of the British Isles. Reuter AAP
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      21 4 The Italian Communists yelled m a stormy Chamber ol Deputies session that they would never fi^hl aginst the Soviet Union.- U.P.
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      31 4 An Argentine scientific mission conducting surveys m the Argentine Antarctic" region have crossed the South Pole. The mission is working m a region that is claimed by Britain and Chile. U.P.
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      28 4 Angelo Polenghi. one of Italy's richest industrialist, shot and killed himself on Monday at his summer villa al Codogno. Friends could advance no reason for the suicide U.P
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      30 4 The Burmese government told Parliament that Chinese refugees have crossed into North Burma and been given political asylum there. The government did not state how the refugees were involved. A.P.
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      30 4 The British negotiators who went to Buenos Aires to try to end the Anglo-Argentine meat deadlock stalked out of the second plenary meeting apparently m angry mood on Tuesday.- A.P.
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      33 4 Prime Minister Alcide de Gasperi won a 325 to 16-vote of confidence m a tumultous .session of the Italian Chamber of Deputies. The session was boycotted by Communist and leftist Deputies. A. P.
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      52 4 A British court at Luebeck sentenced seven Communist youths to three months m prison each for having illegally entered the North Sea island of Heligoland. Strong German police forces guarded the courthouse during the trial. Police also patrolled the streets of this ancient Baltic port city to prevent possible Communist
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      61 4 The Rev. Julius E. Dillon. Apostolic Prefect of Hupeh. has been arrested by Chinese Communists, according to word received m Vatican City by the li&neral house of the Franciscan Order. The Rev. Dili* Franciscan minor friar, is a member of the Franciscan Missionary Union of the province of the Most
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      25 4 Info: ,'ccs flatly Cairo press eports of French m They said I to est m ol the repor aed he c fantastic and untrue-— A.P.
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    Pakistan Wants New Mediator
    269 4 LAKE SUCCESS. Mai 7 (Reuter)— Pakistan ha asked the United Nations lo appoint "an outstanding personality" with fui] powers to resolve the long st ing dispute between India and Pakistan on Hie futtm of Kashmir. Sir Mohammed Zafrullah Khan. Pakistan Foreign Minister, called upon the Security
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    Eden Wan Is UK To Make More Jets
    163 4 LONDON. Mar. 7. (IT). Britain must be prepared the event of war to di herself aga I as many as divisions of paratroopers, Anthony Eden I the C i The No. 2 member of i Conservative Party said 8.--tain cannot depend enti
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    OFFERS EYE FOR LEG
    50 4 A destitute ns-year-old man has offered I td< i eyes for iai eg Shoppel ot Kansas city was wil part with half of his eyesight bee i i was continu "tailing d< every t: '.ed to move "I just f.in't PPt IlSPri to :i crutch."- U.P.
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      55 5 ROYAL ROTTERDAM LLOYD Aden, Port Said. Rotterdam and Amsterdam Spore P. Sham Penang BLKTAB 15/16 March 17 March 18 March ROTTERDAM TRADING CO, (M) LTD Shipping Department Tel: 5071 Ext. 19 10 JDJJOUirrA LLOYD" INDONESIAN SHIPPING COMPANY FOR DJAKARTA LOADING APP: 14th MARCH. m/v "LA CAPIRENA" AGENTS: ANSELM COMPANY INC.
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      448 5 > I JII I I l^^B *^zz— m List M t^^r^*^^^^^^ ut I I I *-**J SAILINGS FROM SCANDINAVIA U.K. CONTINENT S po»e P. S bam Pr**** !!MV^. D,A for Bangkok Cans. 19 20 «£XSS?M? r S^son Bangkok 13-16 Mar 11-13 Mar »-3r> !S?KSgA»«£y 17 ;7 Mar !5-16Mar 11 14
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      50 5 Despatches TODAY: Japan by Glcnorchy, Djambi 6 p.m. by Kota Mica, Kelantan (parcels only) a am by Sedili. Trengganu (parcels only) (J p.m. by Rawang. Arrivals TODAY: N. India by Esang. Hongkong, China and Japan by Tak Sang, W. Australia by '-ker. Sarawak by Nor- j bay, Thailand by Train.
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      341 5 jn Harbour I JVIII inVtaVu'i SHIPS Al R(h*US a Jn OCl V :m r Koppel Wharf: E. Teebury, 1 A\D WHARVES, 4 P.M. Cable Wharf: Recorder. Retriever ITCTCDniIV G-.!..*-n No. 1: Kambanj:. X ILJSILKUAY. Laid up anchorage: Tg. Esmeralda. whaeto OUTER Rmi)S Gdn. 45 Bidor, 44 Braeaide. Sheers Hai Hsuan,
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    NEW WARD FOR WOUNDED
    418 5 Opening By Lady Fogarty A NEW transit ward at Changi R.A.F. Hospital, built m record time especially for Korean war sick and wounded, will be opened this morning by Lady Fegarty, wife of the C-in-C, Far East Air Force. Korean war patients of several nationalities, who
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    CHINESE CREW ARRESTED
    64 5 BOMBAY. Mar. 7 AP '--Police armed with sub-machineguns boarded the 10.000-ton American tanker Wagon Mound yesterday and took into cur-tody five Chinese members of the crew alleged to be involved m the murder of a fellow Chinese during a fight at sea. The tanker arrived from the
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    SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
    487 5 EASI ASIATIC LLo'E Outward From BurODfl Mac 13 Kvcrnaas, for Saigon ar.d B'kok, Mar. 16. Mar. 17: Fionia, for Bangkok, Mar. m Port: Lalanda for Bangkok. TO El ROPE Mar 27: Lalanda, sails Mar. 31. AMERICAN MAIL LINE Por U a West Coast Ports. Accepting cargo tor South
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    Yacht Will Visit Penang After S'pore Stopover
    450 5 Standard Shipping Reporter FORTY-FIVE oars have been booked by the American Lloyd Agency m Singapore to take 134 Am -ican tourists sight-seeing m the Colony ami Johore when the Bergen Steam Ship Company's 5,057-ton luxury yacht Stella Polaris arrives here on Saturday for
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    REDS APOLOGISE
    88 5 HONGKONG. Mar. T (AP) Th.c Chinese Communists issued one oi their rare apologies recently when they fired on a Greek freighter by mistake. This was disclosed yesterday when the 500-ton Greek freighter Ormos returned from a blockade running along the South China coast. HONGKONG. Mar. 7 (Reuter) AAP
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      422 7 dlo Programmes SINUAPOBB Maadaria Masle: SJSS News m Mandarin 6.33 Modern Mand*nn Musk. PROGRAMME 7 pm. News and Market Report »n \mo»: M.-> Serial Story— in Amov; *.t» aietr ia ,i metres Simple English"; P Nrw Nesvs WM For the Mandarin; EU Jeochew I>«» as j 1 P.m. Lieht Music
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      236 7 Picture Serialisation of the film "DESTINATION MCvN" Showing Saturday Mdn'ght at t2se CMH4Y WTH AGONIZING SLOWNESS, THE HISSING ACTIOS' CF I V J HAT WA3 V I LEARNEp C^NE THiNG-NEvfR THE OX.VGEN TANK PUSHES THE/M TOWARD THE Sh;R W TOO CLOSE KNER DOWN OUTSIDE YOUR WHERE FRIENDLY HANDS CATCH AT
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    GOOD ENTRIES FOR PTC EASTER MEETING
    1176 7 !i\i of 200 Class j I < lass Three horses ►,een entered for the ru rf Club Easter to be held on Mar.; -.i N. The P <rik Derby will be run on tt st il arr the entries: m tad Run I I
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    Dates For Ryder Cup Golf Fixed
    57 7 Da tes For Ryder Cup Golf Fixed LONDON, Mar. 7 (AP) The J British Professional Colters Association finally agreed on Tues*day to the American proposal to Jplay the Ryder Cup gold match ;on Nov. 2 and Nov. 4. The British had been holding ;out for consecutive days The match will
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    RECORD ROUNDUP WITH AN INTERNATIONAL FLAVOUR
    865 7  -  BILL WEBB JONES Bg P.: 11l he althl ii. Eve Bos I el les .1 sh .c as qua: c lip rev« m t>e I- i love much to me. moni'-i.l as;o lOni I c Sarah baa :r....e. IOK -ne and >v are In
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    BOY LIKED HIS BUGLE
    42 7 BOY LIKED HIS BUGLE tAP)— Neustifi y ir.fi a I house, en a haystack, er build, gs. the local fire y it thi j heard to gel tmxpiI und the ie as a :7-'/P'-r- -> bloir il sad I 'inch opportu- old a
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    She Talks To 400 Schools Each Day
    372 7  -  EVA CHONG EVER been surrounded by a host ot microphones, recording machines and other paraphernalia ot a broadcasting studio? If so. you will know what it is like to be m the midst of "C* Suite, Radio Malaya, uith Carrie Shen. local Programme
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    'Beauty – Queen' Testifies Against Fortune-Teller
    154 7 'Beauty Queen' Testifies Against Fortune -Teller A 23-YEAR-OLD dance hostess, Lily Wong Choo Peng, recently elected "Beauty Queen" of Coney Island, Singapore, alleged m the Second Police Court yesterday that she was cheated of cash and jewellery hy a fortune teller who promised to cure her sick mother m Kuantan.
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    Harlequin Great Dane For Display
    145 7 FOR the first time m Singapore animal lovers will see a Harlequin Great Dane, a 16 month-old *****, when they visit the Dog Show to be held at the Happy World Stadium on Saturday. The Harlequins Great Dane, is a rarity amongst the breed m
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    Robbery Charge Against Four
    60 7 A CHINESE and three Malays were tentatively charged m the Singapore Relief Court yesterday with rioting and gang robbery of a detective Cpl. Major Singh's revolver and six rounds ot ammunition on Dec. Accused were Tan Keng Hoe, Tarn by bin Osman, Tambi bin Sidek and
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    FIRST SHOCKS OF US TIN ORDER WELL ABSORBED
    1238 8 Threat To Producers Is Reaction In Malaya Standard Staff Reporter FIRST SHOCKS of the immediate suspension of U.S. stockpile purchases were well absorbed m the Singapore tin market. Nervousness, ll was felt, played little part m a further drop of the commodity
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    Strong Malayan Protest Likely
    108 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed:— The strongest Malayan rep escalations against the U.S. action suspending at once s wkpile purchases are expected to be made at the Washington international conference on tin next Wedn sd i% Malaya's r preventatives to the conference are to mii Mr I Hey
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    Stanvac Dealers Show Example
    291 8 Stan vac Dealers Show Example Standard Staff Reporter THAT spontaneous generosity does exisl m com* mercialhr-minded and materialistic Malaya will lie demonstrated m striking fashion on Saturday ni»ht when a ihe une lor sti. ooo is banded to Dr. <». Innocent) Medi- <•::! Offieer4n-Charge of the Youngberg Memorial Hospital, Singapore,
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    Chinese Tin Miners Ask Govt. For More Land
    461 8 Standard Staff Correspondent IPOH, Mar. 7. Perak Chinese tin-mine owners have received about SI 2 million m rehabilitation loans from the Federation Government since this offer of help was made m 1946. This has enabled the majority of the miners to share
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    870 CASES OF PINKS FOR UK
    78 8 TH?: BLUE FUNNEL fr, ighl er Eu is due to a :i s, is load- for UK. ports 370 cases of pineapples. 212 pieces of kavar board. »-0 tags seed, 52 2 drums of latex, 6,896 s For »t she is 1 iking 400
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    Remittances To China Fall
    39 8 Remittances To China Fall MALAY N C ces China dropped considerab I n The total F amounted $5,552,470 m January ol tl i year. I F remitl n es from the Fed tion 1 ed I 4,382 >m Singapore
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    Bean Sprouts Vanish From S'pore Markets
    175 8 Bean Sprouts Vanish From S 'pore Markets Standard Staff Reporter THE LABOUR PARTY of Singapore i> actively seeking a solution to lhe deadlock between lhe Colony's lowgay (l»,aii sprout) producers and the Municipal authorities, >Nliirli followed the recent prosecution of one producer* Following this case, production of towgay m Singapore
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    HK EXCHANGE
    41 8 uo.\L.KO.\G. Mir. 7— Special r ISe viee Closing prices on the Hongkong Exchange toHK$l 355 to £1 sterling; HK56.095 to US$l; HK$l.BO5 l to Malaya HK50.325 to one Indonesian Rupi a h; Gold HK$ (18 5 i >ne tael.
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    S'pore Rubber Mart Irregular, Uncertain
    166 8 Standard SiufF Reporter I il E IH BBER market m Singapore closed irregular yesterday after fluctuating narrowly and with a note ol un. rlaint] <!:«r::i<; lhe day. I c inter st was town fog rades. Business, un the a was on a moderate scale. art
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    MERCANTILE BANK
    29 8 London the MerBank ol ia reports Board I nave .-.ended s 1 Dividend cent. I, te Tax, ng 12 per cent for the year Dec. 31, 1950.
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    SHARP FALL IN MALAYAN TINS
    292 8 Standard Staff Reporter SINGAPORE. Wed— A sharp decline In Miiayn tin share quotations waa recorded throughout the hst today following the LS. Government announcement that ali new purchases of tin metal would be suspended immediately. Industrial and rubber shares declined m sympathy. Moderate turnover of
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      RUBBER
      76 8 The latest Singapore rubber prices yesterday (Mar. 7.) were per lb. Buyers Sellers No. 1 R.S.S. Spot Loose (nom.) $227 52.28 F. 0.8. m bales Mar. No. 1 K.s.s. $2.26} $2.27 i No. 2 K.S.S. 52.171 $2,183 No. 3 R.S.S. Norn.) $2.04 5.05 Tone: Irregular. LONDON RUBBER Wednesday's opening
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      TiN
      41 8 SINGAPORE. Wed The price of Tin to day was $650 per picul. Down $25.50. LONDON TIN Wednesday *s pri< es first session were: Spot £1.365 h-.r ts. E1.375 sellers. Three months £1,220 buyers £1,230, sellers. Settlement Price £1,375 lone: Weak.
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    Big Food Shipment
    136 8 THE BURNS PHILP MINE cargo-passenger ship Braeside, which berlhed here from Australia, brought a carn;o of .">,OOO tons, mainly food, for Singapore. Included m the above figure are 23,118 eases of condensed milk, 2,310 cases of Horlicks, 5,666 eases of milk powder and Alilo, 694 drums of
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    24 8 Fifty new tin mines have been opened m Perak since the liberation. Picture shows one of the n^w open-cast mines m the Kinta Valley.
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    'Manoeuvre To Strengthen US Bargaining'
    260 8 By ANDREW KOI II, Sian,],,,] Staff G»rr< LONDON, Mar. 7.— A ho„,!,j„.|| v a > t into the eoiiimodity field pNterdaj 1. the tif the I .S. CoyenuMcwt to hiuhiml th, of tin,*' The Financial rime* ;i 'This decision is highly si^n accusations of the
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    Steel For Waterworks, Power Station Assured
    397 8 Steel For Waterworks, Power Station Assured Standard Staff Reporter SINGAPORE Municipality Im* now been assured ,»f adequate steel supplies from thc I nited Kingdom lo enable it to carr} out the f al ?rworks ■extension scheme ami the power-station projeel \>\ Pasir Panjang. I lit"Z. Standard understands. The two schemes
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    No More Rubber
    55 8 RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuter' A Large section of Brazil's rubber goods md come to a halt own.. I total lack of raw mate! Tyre factories have no n rubber m stock. Urgent recommendations have been made to the Export -In Department to hasten th, ing of import
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    62 8 photo. Mr. Rod Childs (right). Export Manager of Thorn Electrical Industries Ltd.. London who has visited (>8 agents of his firm m as many countries m the past three years, arrived m Singapore last night by air from Calcutta. He was greeted at Kallang Airport by his firm's Singapore agent,
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    A. £Revaluation Reports Revived
    78 8 A. £Revaluation Reports Revived Standard Nad IHE U STOALMN POI M> is told for cadi againal import- from UmUi il le d speculation m an arlv n-\ aluatiou upwards m term* oi sterling, Singapore banker- told vestervL r ports h.'. many Biont world o\er thai is a matter of til
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    Produce Mart Remains Quiet, Steady
    17 8 Produce Mart Remains Quiet, Steady BUaiaN r THE Copra q Coconut per pic.; no we: per pieu]
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    Heavy Tin Exports
    71 8 Heavy T in Exports MALAYAN exports of tn and tin ore increased from 4,514 tons during Janaary to 5.411 tons last month, according to o***c al t ;ties. Malaya's bigrgQst ships »*u s n> *e to Eiropeaa eovnt s. They amonntsd lo 2.495 tons. Exports the 17a .^d S at°s
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