Singapore Standard, 17 March 1951

Microfilm: NL2279
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    Masthead
    20 1 Singapore Standard jtU J&f W //L //M M 1 NO. 250 SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1951. 12 PAGES TEN CENTS
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    Reds Demand Anglo-Iranian Oil Seizure
    363 1 Mar. I*> (IP) Sx thousand Com-! nthercd ia front of the Majli* (Parliament) 1 cheered demands that Iran seize the installa- the vilal U*****,000,000 AnaJMnmian Oil qj v.liov nationali/ation ua^ unanimously voted «»n 1 lm rsdaj The Communists, including] man? members of the banned pro-Hi
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    Citizenship Conditions Are Queried
    43 1 Citizenship Conditions Are Queried Reul La- I nship m >uld allow t i -Fe lei to register as •..ens. Seci James Grif- arly all bout hall I Fe I c autoI :.S. the n which y po| ,ral citi- kn t of I9M
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    Students in Crash
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    Pecking Seeks Support For Malaya Move
    59 1 Pecking Seeks Support For Malaya Move rOX\O M r \n (APi tesc i; d Craai >•>- 1 to OtIKT »St s ill over nip] rt an in- :-.t -i ie condi»as ol i:- i Mfadaym, It -i I" kimg radu) mi saii "we ml that British eat v ta iii.-^-il
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    Tanks Shipped To Penang For Practice
    206 1 Standard SUfl Reporter FOR the first time since the war, tanks will be seen "m action m the Federation uf Malaya, when the 3rd Battalion, Royal Tank Regiment uf Hongkong, shortly establish a tank range and training area m Kedah to carry out practice
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    Air Chiefs On Bandits
    174 1 Air Chiefs On Bandits VNTI-BANDIT operations m! the jungle ol Selangor were seen at first L. nd yesterday ,\ir O.ii r Commar.ain«* the RAF m Malaya. Air Vice-Marsha RS. Blucke, and the Commandant-General of the RAF Regiment, Air -Marshal S. C. StrafTord. They were visiting the for- Dbase from which
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    Hongkong Yacht Missing On Way To Macao
    54 1 HONGKONG. Mar. 16 CAP) Tl c Hongkong Marine Police began search today, for a small yacht Kcrt. on which W. J C. I ,>rr' a British trader and a three Portuguese women, a ba v Sternal and I iched at nearbj Thertm 'ip.dvr
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    Malacca Municipal Election Plans Await HC's Assent
    303 1 Staiular<l Staff Correspondent MALACCA, Fri. The Municipal Commissioners <if Malacca Town agreed, al a Special Meeting tliis morning, on the constitution for the forthcoming elections under ih<* provisions of the Loral Authorities Elections Ordinance, l°~>o. They have adopted, m principle, a draft agreed
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    Soviet General Dies
    39 1 MOSCOW. Mar. IG, (UP>. Colonel General Vasili Yushkevich, 54. noted wartime field commander who successfully commanded the army battles m Kalinin, Novoskolniki and other I "onts, died today. He was a member of the Supreme Soviet.
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    GIVEN NEW JOB
    34 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— A former Malayan journalist, Mr. Jeffrey P. S. Rajasooria, of the UNO headquarters. New York, has been appointed political adviser to the UN Palestine I Commission m Jerusalem.
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    Menzies Will Get McKell's Reply Today
    63 1 CANBERRA, Mar. 16, 'Ren-ter-A AP>. Tne Australian Gov-ernor-General, Mr. W.J. McKell, will inform Prime Minister Robert G. Menzies tomorrow whether he will grant the Government's request lor a dissolution of both Houses of Parliament and a general election. The Governor-General today summoned Mr. Menzies
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    MacDonald Arrives In Hongkong
    158 1 HONGKONG, Mar. Hi (AP) The British Commissioner General for Southeast Asia. Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, reached Hongkong from LonI>n for a one-day visit after weather had diverted his plane to Manila this morning. Mr. Mac Donald. who hod been to London reporting on the Far the
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    2 MEN SAVE PRETTY GIRL
    60 1 JOHORE BAHBU, Fri.— A pretty well-dressed girl was saved from drowning m Strait- of Johore yesterday, by the prompt action of two men ;ere walking along the beach. The two men saw the girl m difficulties m the 1 jumped m pulled her ashore and
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    1,000 Get Call-Up Notices
    257 1 1,000 Get Call -Up Notices Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— More than 1,000 young men have received notices to attend selection boards under the Manpower Regulations. All have not yet passed the boards, but 400 have have been sent to Wardieburn Camp and 200 have already been posted The
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    Immediate Return Of Govt. To Seoul Unwise
    158 1 MacA Warns Rhee TOKYO, Mar. 16 (Reuter-AAP) Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur today wann-d President Syngman Rhee thai the immediate return of his *eat of government to Seoul would be "unwise." In a letter thanking Rhee for his message of congratulation on the recapture
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    Shell Barrage Slows UN Drive
    293 1 TOKYO, Mar. 17 (UP) Reinlorced Chinese Coininuiii>ts opened up with a massive artillery barrage of white phosphorus shells on the central Korean front on Friday and slowed a fourday old American advance to a walk. There was speculation that the Reds have «leei«Ie«l to staml
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    To 'Attack' Indian Destroyer Today
    51 1 TIIF. Indian destroyer Rajput, on her way to India from Singap ire, was due to be 'attacked' and 'dive-bombed' by Brigands of Far Fast Air Force shortly after first light today. The ship and the aircraft were cooperating m a programme of radar and tactical
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    Iranian Tanker Blows Up
    66 1 NAPLES, Italy, Mar. 11 (UP) The 10,000-ton Iranian tanker, Montallegro, blew up m Naples harbour today scattering flaming debris for almost a mile. First police reports said at least ten persons were killed and some were gravely Injured. The tanker was being repaired m the Piscane
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    Harding Returning
    22 1 LONDON, Mar. 16 CUP)— Sir John Harding, Commander m Chief of the Far East Lai Forces, left London airport todu>
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    12 Killed In Train Wreck At Doncaster
    117 1 LONDON. Mar. 16 (AP) A ■■■irwiiM for ihr British railways said thai aboal \2 penMNM wck kili<<l todaj m a pwnnf iijrr train irreck acav DtMMhf« 1 h<!<were an iindeiermiiied Bjunbrr of injured. The spokesman said aim cu-jtho* of th" D"i;< a-'rr-to-London Bxpresi
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    76 1 "Vo:i are lh." iuture hope uml (Ik-ens of the country." Mr. M. Ponnaduray, Assistant Supervisor ol Kh-rtions. told boys o tii!* \i( toria Afternoon School, yesterday. >«r. Pounuduray was giving l lecture m the introductioa a::.l fanctaoa of c 'actions to \h i:t "00 boys \»;n> listened to him attentively
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    Attlee To Enter Hospital For Medical Check
    122 1 LONDON. Mar. 16 <Reuter>— Prime Minister Clement mil entet hospital for a medical ation next Wi iy, art a :.ont said today. The Prime Minister is to b^ examined for an old d\. ulcer complaint, because of the heavy strain be during the
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    $ 1,150 ROBBERY
    26 1 1,150 ROBBERY A CANTONESI i off $1,150 ;ind (35 wrist i at South Canal B < Don by two Chtn 1 \k"< tl i i ni si
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    Timber Workers Face Unemployment Firewood. Charcoal Supply Threatened
    246 2 Timber Workers Face Unemployment Firewood. Charcoal Supply Threatened Standard Staff Reporter THOUSANDS of workers m Singapore's 30 sawmills are threat wd with unemployment as Colony merchants have temporarily stopped importing Umber from Bengkalis, Sumatra, which supplies 80% oi Singapore s recjuirenients. a\ This stoppage, which may continue indefinitely, also threatens
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    51 2 huM llamilton ami her fiance i: i>-:< iin seen at the v I t m r. lei i. :-t drinking: a toi-t t«» tluir future. I ;iir ens :> >•' v l nounced yesterday Miss HamiitDn Mi i ia a dw i<> ar^j th<- end ii ii)r ri lurn.n; tv
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    IDEAL TYPIST ?
    63 2 IDEAL TYPIST FROM Hi* 1 accounts department of the Singapore Cold Storane branch at Empire Docks comes this entry for the Singapore Junior Chamber of Commerce's "Ideal Working Girl* 1 contest 19--year old Miss Molly I.oh Mew I.cixk. a typist. She is the Mtond Chinese s;irl to enter the contest
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    PEKING'S PROPAGANDA BACKFIRES
    240 2 PEKING'S PROPAGANDA BACKFIRES Standard Staff Reporter PEKING'S propaganda paign had backfired more vioj lently than she Iha n expected, said the London Presi I Service Far Ea I Corrcsponj dent, Mr. J. M. Spey m Lor. yesterday commenting on a report that 100 Chinese asso- ciations and guilds m Singa-
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    SMC Quashes Fine System
    66 2 Standard Stafl Reporter THE SERVICI nittee of S C om- 1 has I tion of fines es as a disciplinai gal adwisen to get i the U.K. to asceri Ed the -d to leg is wi tile fi the .pa! Ordinance. i1 L the sut heated
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    Comflicting Views On S'Pore Election Day
    372 2 Standard Staff Reporter CONFLICTING views were expressed l>> ili«' »^<» political part) leaders and the independenl candidates over Government's announcemenl thai ii could not declare April 10, Singapore Legislative Council election !j\. a halt holiday. Mr. Lim Yew Kock, Labour Party President, expres himself
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    LIM'S MEETING
    47 2 Standard Staff Reporter MR i.IM Yew H<..-k. President at the Labour Parly of Singapore and the Labour can lidate for Keppe] District for the forthcoming elections to the Legislative Council, will hold his first election campaign meeting today at 4. .50 p.m. at Bwkit Chermin.
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    Tiong Bahru Centre Off To A Good Start
    189 2 Standard SUM Reporter THREE MUNICIPAL Commitsi ers Mr A P Rajah. Mr Duncan Roberts and Mr. M.P.D Nair yesterday assured 1,000 residents ol Tiong Bahru that they would do all they could to lend a helping hand to the newly formed Ti
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    VAGRANCY CHARGE
    68 2 KWANG KIAT, aged 26. who \s i ged with vag ancy, was yestei I rdered to be sent to the bouse of detention by Ite Singap re Second Police Court M gisl te, Mr. R B. I P ites. X > ing was arrested, when he was found
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    RAF Workers Reject $10 Interim Award
    184 2 Standard Skill Reporter CONTENDING thai the RAF haw not adopted ihr »ood employer policy m the matter of interim award, the Air Ministry Loral Staff Union yesterday rejected tin- $10 award of increased cosl of living allowance granted to civilian employees receiving salaries of
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    S.I.T. Flat System Scrapped— Official
    269 2 S.I.T. Flat System Scrapped Of ficial Standard SiafT Reporter THE Singapore Improvement Trust l»a- scrapped tlir new system of allocation <»t Tr;i*t Hat* based «»u ili<recommendations of the Chambers <»f Commerce and oiln-r communal organisations* The associations concerned have been informed of this, it was officially announced last night. The
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    76 2 CONGRATIL ATIONS from Air Vice-Marshal S. C. Strafford. Command antGeneral of the RAF. Regiment, for 23-year-old Sergeant Mohammed bin Kasban, from Johore Bahru, who was awarded the B.K.M. for fine work m charge of the Mortar Flight of his Squadron. On the Air Vice-Marshal's left is Squadron Leader Allan Stevenson,
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      85 2 VV %X wwwwvwvwv I \C,V ALL Ah HAS TOO IS MS R^AOKZ/^SHS^SHH I /^/AH KIN HARDLY W'wiE \J I JEST TJU- NOVEMBER ISTH-THASSI FIND GAMMA GAMMA. GiT Vfe, WAIT FO'SOMETHIN' WONT SADiE HAWKINS DAY.^ TH' tn-i' PIECE O' PITCHER FUM A-FLViN' FUM SUfli Ir\ LUCKY T' HAPPEN yHAFTA DAY AH'LL
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    ENROLMENT IN SCHOOLS HAS TREBLED
    390 3 Expansion Sets Grave Problems Mr. Holgate Standard Staff Correspondent Xl VL\ LLMPI R, Fri. The jjreat postwar expansion of education m Malaya poses £rave problems m respect of staffing and finance, while much thought and inquiry have been given Jo the wider problems of future
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    Plan to Aid Old Tappers
    31 3 Plan to Aid Old Tappers vuft arrespondent I tappers is ion ft Ciovved Uwl a nets boon and help aged id fl »ers c te is scd i is g< rub-
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    STOLE LATEX: 2 CHINESE GET SIX MONTHS
    24 3 STOLE LATEX: 2 CHINESE GET SIX MONTHS --.trulcn! tex were months' J<ck rged I te 'I 4a:.. Securit] ran i i i s hiding
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    Welfare Week Fair In May For B. Pahat
    92 3 BATf PAH AT. Fri The first me< oA the Welfai i Week General Committee was held at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce. Batu Pahat, at 2.30 p.m. on Sunday. Inche Saleha binte Onn. wife oi the District Officer, Batu Pahat presided as
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    NEW COUNCILLOR
    30 3 Ba! nan bi S din. Disl Se emban, has b< I < the Counc S ein pi ned bin 1 Besar Burhanuddin, who proceeded to the United King dom.
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    35 3 I"< Ymcob ih>;i s it ton l !> d -!,o has ten a :'d M-' bi r for Ag ia d si n this 'e set itp in ition. H( v,ikc r/af'ti of I genl o/
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    Onward is Out
    21 3 I I g M. tya and the r c ed iOn vi <: the G Bag Se a maga
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    Johore To Spend $2 Million More On Schools This Year
    266 3 Johore To Spend $2 Million More On Schools This Year Standard >i:jI1 Reporter additional $2,175,090, compared with lasi year's figure haa been provided for education m Johore*D budgei ls>r ihi^ year. I !ii- \%a- stated h\ the t <• l l r i Beoar, luan Syed ibdul Kadir tun Mniiamrd.
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    Mischief Charge 808 Remanded
    38 3 Mischief Charge 808 Remanded X'■ Fri.- te, Mr A P Jack or. a g mischief. It mas alleged that on Much -.n v accused smashe is v and a tides cl -i at Storch B RB5O. Accused »dy
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    Another Union Is Registered
    43 3 Another Union Is Registered KUALA LUMPUR, Fri The Well i Wo ke "s Assc ■alo as one of the 3] ide on Federa--1 1 ie total mem-bcr.-'i'p, of all unions nrsd those i c eg strati a 65,895 an ■>: 522 over the January
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    172 Former Volunteers Get Medals
    79 3 172 Former Volunteers Get Medals Standard Staff Correspondent BATU PAIIAT. Iri One hundred and seventytwo former members of tht" Volunteer forces m Batu Pahat received their war medals at a ceremony at the Town Parians today. TSip medals distributed were the Defence Medal, War Medal. 1939-1945 Star, and the Pacific
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    PULAU TEKONG KECHIL IS FOR SALE
    267 3 PULAU TEKONG KECHIL IS FOR SALE The two inhabitants of Ptilau Tekons Krrhil. m the pit turr on the left :no Sape bin Ibrahim, and Ng Pia Chor. a Chinese VokuUeex Special Constable. Sape looks after seven acres of rubber land that have been with his family for the past
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    PHYSICAL TRAINING IN P. DICKSON
    114 3 PHYSICAL TRAINING IN P. DICKSON Standard SiufT Correspondent PORT DICKSON, Fix—Physical training m Port Dickson Schools, particularly Chi >chools, is receiving more attention i ow, following the institution of refresher courses by the Director of Phj si Education, Federation of Malaya. Among those who attended refresher courses is Mr. Wong
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    Composition Of Sel. Council Causes Worry
    63 3 Com posit ion Of Sel. Council Causes W orry KUALA LUMPUR, Fn The composition of the S gor State Council for this The Standard un< has caused concern to certain communal bodies nomina- have not been accepted by the Ruler m Council. In the ca-c of one community two of
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    Rubber Thief Jailed
    42 3 BUTTERWORTH FL— AU nee at the trial of a j planter Ibrahim bii C Wan had to written m J bee at Ibrahim to was charged unlawful j seven sheets >f scrap rubber and so nil »er rap was
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    News Brevities
    293 3 PLEADING guilty to a charge of drunkenness and disorderly conduct or .hilan Yahya a 24 years old Tamil woman Par- uxu fined $5 bt) th Muar f ji rate lnche Rauj. THE Chai man df '.he Negri Seznbilan P s Association, Mr. J. Snoxhilt has been ap- ited
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    More Suspects Freed Than Jailed
    128 3 More Suspects Freed Than Jailed Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LI Ml'l h\ Fri \lore people MBBB acquitted or discharged under litEmergency Regulation* han »ere either sentenced to death or imprisonment. Since the iinifmTnirnt of the Emergency lo the 1 1 i n\ last month, 712 susp liable to the do;.-
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    KL Lacks First Aid Lecturers
    162 3 KL Lacks Fir st Aid Lecturers s».i!»;!id Staff Corrrvp .mirut KTALA tJHPUR, Dr. P. G. Currid said at annual general meeting of the John Ambulance Ass tion. y U rda that th» i a lack of medical practiti. to ii of the > Association m first aid. He thanked Dr
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      503 3 tonese) 1, 3. t' .45 and 9.15 p.m. SAVOY: Twin Swords (C nt< i >/'./,. 3 {>l*i\ LIDO: Swiss Miss 10.30 a.m. ese) times ifbt given. KUALA LUMFOT Sft£ p£" PEA?4JVG PAVILION: Broken Arrow 11 BEX: Flush Gordon's Trip i> CATHAY: Sai Loh Siong (CanI and 9 p.m. Mari 10.30
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    Indian Banker Feted At Ipoh
    83 4 TPOH. F: The well-k Indian industrialist and to v Meyappa Cl el v tere from India feted to a dinner at which commu mere also preseni Mr. Meyapi C r had i X, S Uu Ml JV lent of the Kinta jyj r ore^dent ot
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    Swimming Pool For Ipon NEW CLUBHOUSE TO COST $250,000
    329 4 Swimming Pool For Ipon NEW CLUBHOUSE TO COST $250,000 This Pool Is To Be Rebuilt Stamlard Staff Correspondent lI'OH, Fri. Resident* here will £et a inueh-nrt-ileil nriaafag pool m a matter of months if present plan-* materialise. After more than three years* efforts to trace debenture holders of the prewar
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    Used Dud Cheque — Man Charged
    114 4 Used Dud Cheque Man Charged Standard Staff Reporter YOO\ Boon Soo, aged 25, was charged m the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday, with cheating another Chinese, Lim Chun Kong of 25 wrist watches valued at $337.50 cts. It was alleged that on -Mar. 11 last. Yoon went to a shop
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    Donations To Forces Fund
    144 4 Standard staff Correspondent KOTA BAHRU, Fri.— During year $12,709.32 was lectcd from the public towards the Kelantan Security Forces Fund. Four parcels ol gifts were distributed to the Forces operatic m the Kelantan jungles and cial pi reel ent to the -quad on Ch. New Year.
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    Tronoh Under 20-Hr. Curfew
    75 4 Standard Staff Correspondent iron. Fri.— With effeel from today, a dawn to dusk curfew has been imposed on the Town Board area of Tronoh, a township south of Fusing. Every person has to remain indoors for 20 hours each day except for the periods 7 a.m.
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    Coffee, Bread To Cost More
    67 4 I P O H. Fri.- Coffee shop keepers m lp<;h have submitted a petition to the Controller of Supplies seeking permission to raise the present price of plain tea or coffee to L 5 cents and tea or coffee with milk to 20 cents. Meanwhile,
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    Bomb Strikes In 4 States
    68 4 LIGHT and edium ?)o/f.'/)c/-.<? o/ r//<' R.A.F. m Malaya out over tour states yesterday to make attacks on bandit targets. Several targets were attacked m Perak I'rlmnq, AVf/n Svmhihm and Johore. During the afternoon and early evening, formations of aircraft flew out from Singapore Island
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    AMBUSH AREAS TO BE CLEARED
    176 4 Standard Staff Correspondent IPOH, Fri. To deprive bandits of ambush positions for attack on vehicular traffic, the Rfentri Besar of Perak, Tuan Haji Abdul Wahab, has ordered certain occupiers or owners of land abutting on, or lying within a distance of 50 yards from public
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    1,000 Chinese Studying Malay
    105 4 PENANG, Fri.— A total of 800 to 1,000 boys and girls m Chinese schools m Penang and Province Wellesley will be taking their half-yearly Malay anguage examination some time m June or July this year, the Inspector of Malay Schools Mr. Zai-iul Abidin, told The Standard
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    Ys' Delegate Meeting
    50 4 IPOH, Fn. The first de- ite meeting of the Malayan Council of VMCA will be h< d m the F. ra i apital on Mar. 24. Perak delegates will be Mr. F. H. Parry, pro .dent <>f the [poh YMCA and Mr. M. K. Moreira, h.>::. secretary.
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    People Of Trengganu Are Warned
    102 4 People Of Trengganu Are Warned KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. "If we do not co-operate with the Government to end the Emergency, one day we too may be killed by bandits." said the Mentri Besar, Trengganu, Dato Kamaruddin bin Haji Idris. when he referred to the murder of Dato Bentara Luar, District
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    Admirer Of Clark Gives Scholarship
    96 4 BITTER WORTH. Fri. To perpetuate the memory of his 0.C.. the late Major Adrian Clark of Local Defence Corps, Selam;or, an admirer is presenting a school scholarship of Sl!0 per annum. This sum will be paid to a local descendant, after selection, of any member
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    Drove Through Hail Of Bullets Unhurt
    158 4 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LI' M I*l H. FrL Travelling m an annonred car m Ja-in this morning, Mr. Snii<ii»<m. an estate manager, and his driver drove through a hail «>f bandit bullets without injury. They ran into a Tommy-gun attack l>\ bandits \*h<»
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    2 GENERALS VISIT IPOH
    66 4 Standard Staff Correspondent IPOH, Fri. Ipoh had the rani distinction of receiving two top generals m successive days In the persons of Lt.-Gen. Sir Harold Briggs, Director of Operations, and Maj.-Gen. Urquhart, GOC Malaya. Lt.-Gen. Briggs attended a meeting of the Perak Slate War Executive Council
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    CONVICTED OF RAPE
    47 4 SEREMBAN, Fri. A Chinese shop assistant of Jelebu, Chua Thung Urn. (32) was convicted m the Serctrtban High Court yesterday on a charge of raping a girl. Ng Mi, in Chin, who was under 14 years of age, Sentence was postponed til] April 16.
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    welfare Men Still Looking For Suitable Central Site
    208 4 welfare Men Still Looking For Suitable Central Site Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Fri. The $.30,000 community renlre planned by the Penanjj and Province Wellesley Welfare Committee will not be built just yet as the committee is still looking for a suitable site, Tuan Haji Murshid. the honorary secretary, told The
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    Six Negri Firemen Get Defence Medals
    67 4 Standard Staff Correspondent SEREMBAN, Fri.— Six firemen of the Negri Sembi i State Fire Brigade m Seremban wore honoured last evening when Captain Mohamed Salleh. the State Secretary. distributed six defence medals 1939-1945 to them. The recipients were: Oi Eng Siew. A Mas bin
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    Girl Bandits Identified
    89 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri The two 19-year-old girl bandits killed m tin X i Langat District by sec;:: forces on Wedn< day have now been identified a former 1 students of the Choong Wan High School. Klang. It will be recalled that about three months ago the police
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    Penang. PW Men For S'pore Police
    102 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. A Senior police officer from Sn.~.;pore will be eoinc t<> Penang and Province Wellesley shortly for the purpose of en list i j Chinese. Malay and Indian youths into the Singapore police force. He will be m Penang on .".I 20.
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    30 4 PENANG, Fri.— The fourth annual fl er show of thi I ang Gardening Society will be held at the Penang Tv Sunday, from 11.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.
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    Council is Plannel To Gey Youth Together
    91 5 Council is Plannel To Gey Youth Together standard Staff Reporter A PAN-MAI cc ndl >ung Men's Christian Associations u> help work m Sing; and the -ration will be fur a For this purpose. Mr. B -sentii J1 a > O I Road o 3 I represen ng A will j
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    MAN CLEARED
    23 5 VN THI HOCK acthe S d ir|»e of at 5 found loite C< and c s [im X I dec! guilt'
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    Exhibit Explodes But Court Wasn't Sitting
    127 5 MORE I\\ W fifty people witnessed the explosion <»! a bottle ol fermented rice, produced as an exhibit m ihe Singapore Third Police Court yesterday. The explosion s«>ok place before ilu- court was m session. A few minuses later two Chinese. Yeo Kirn Lian
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    ELECTIOIN MEETING
    39 5 1> rOC J. PAGLAR, Legisl I candidate foi i Disl ri( t will hold an eleel i meeting on Mar. 20, at tl c Si:: tin Cl inese School, 9 12, LJpi Serangoon R >ad. Photo by
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    Eggs Hid Smokes
    124 5 'ASES were m which Chia Ah [ok was B i Para !e for thr< On March 15 ai 6 a.m. Chia 'hed a k the beach. I to declare, he told the Customs Officers that he ling dutiable. A sea- made. On remov rom the three <
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    $500,000 WILL GIVE 2OO CHILDREN THIS HOME
    287 5 St:s>s<hir«l W oman Reporter SINGAPORE'S handicapped cnildren tin- blind, deaf, crippled, and unwanted will soon have a home <;1 their own m the grounds of tin- Canossa Convent, Aljunied Road. A 10-gift from an anonymous donor, originally thought enough to meet the cosl
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    SUIT POSTPOND
    40 5 THE SUIT m which Gian Singh Co., are cl; iming $17,153.61 from K. M. Abdul Kassim Co., was postponed tiii Tuesday when the case up before the Singapore Chief Justice, Sir Charles Murray-Aynsley m the Singapore Court, yesterday.
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    Sir Roland For Amina
    57 5 SIR ROLAND Braddell will argue the Hertogh appeal on behalf of Che Amina. Mr. N. A. Mallal and Inrhe Ahmad bin Ibrahim will appear with him. The appeal expected to I isi four or five clays will start on April 16. Kenneth Seth and Mr. .T.
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    Sparks Flew As 'Canvas Beaters' Went In Action
    179 5 Sparks Flew As 'Canvas Beaters' Went In Action Standard Stall Reporter A LALLANG fire m Singapore which broke out on a hillock at the Holland Road Chinese cemetery during the hottest part of the day yesterday, proved such a menace to the surrounding kampong houses, that the frightened inhabitants asked
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    WIFE: I WAS THREATEND WITH ACID
    121 5 WIFE: I WAS THREATEND WITH ACID A WOMAN, Sin King Yoke told Singapore Third Police Couri Magistrate. Mr. T. E. Smith yesterday how she was threatened with ,i I by her husband 1 Siew Leong, if she went to work. j She was giving evidence against her husband charged with
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    Awards For 17 Firemen
    68 5 .SEVENTEEN members of the Singapore Fire Brigade will receive St. John Ambulance awards this morning at a ceremony to be held at the Fire Station Hill Street. The awards which will be presented by Mrs. Robert Eu. a Municipal Commissioner, are two "'certificates" for first year
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    Identity Clue Helped Police ToHoldDriver
    378 5 A CLUE that one of the two men, who attacked the Singapore lawyer, Mr. Chong Thutt Pitt, on Aug. 23 last resembled a certain Filipino boxer led the police within a few days to arrest a 31--year-old driver, Yahaya hin Ismail. At Yahaya's trial m
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    Addict Says: Fine, Don't Jail Me'
    83 5 Addict Says: Fine, Don 't Jail Me' CHARGED with having nine tahils of raw opium m the Singapore First District Court yesterday. Goh Sim Siong. aged 33. said that he was an opium addict with a pain m the chest. Goh pleaded with District Judge, Mr. H. E. Kingdon to
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    Abdul Gets Two years For Fraud
    107 5 COXVICTED on whai described as a mos cat case', Abdul Kami lin Ahmad, a 30-year-old ('river was jailed for two yeai the Singapore Third District Court yesterday. Abdul was found guilty of cheating the sales manager of Me rs. Commercial Traders Ltd.. of a
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    THEFT CHARGE
    58 5 MOHAMED BIX SAID, a constable attached to the Harbour Police Station was charged m the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday with st< forty yards of rayon cloth worth $120 belonging to Singapore Harbour Board on March 15 at a godown. M ihamed claimed trial i i was allowed
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    KIWIS' DISCUSSIION
    17 5 KIWI Members' League will hold ;i dv uss B fo'itifi! H ill ',\ri- ■> n m
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    HE STOLE MAHJONG SET
    42 5 NG SENG GUAN, a K-year-old HoU <h admitted m the Singapore Fourth Police Court pesterdaj i<> stealuu; i mahjong set worth $31 ut Bukit Timah on March 15 Kg was offered ban of >:<!<) until Mar Z% for sentence.
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    Glimpse Of Free China— On Canvas
    109 5 Glimpse Of Free China— On Canvas Standard Woman Reporter RE Til AX 500 S I attended the opening of tilt- •"Free China" Pictorial Exhibition held at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, yesterTan X t C Singapore X ntang leader m an op< rung that the exhibition suade the overseas Chin*
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    25 5 Mr. Tay Ko}i V I cut* flu 1 ribbon io ieclan t i Singapore Free China Pi< bition at I 3 Chanfber of Con Standard
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    DRUNK SHAMELESS
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      95 5 AUCTION SALE OF iloablc Singapore Properties No. 1 Prin Street On [arch 1951 at I land and c No. Roj 51 sq. $50.00 R k Davidson. old land and 29, B Tat Street i B; sq f1 Monthly rent Dr« NaS r land sil at< a1 al a Easl I,
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    Arrests In Pakistan
    730 6 TOEHIND the arrests of leading young Pakistanis /ading Pakistan's Chief oi Staff lies the story of rivalries, persqpal and political that have been growing ever since the creation of the State fhree years ago. The information available does not as yet permit any firm conclusion, but it
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    Resettling Squatter Families
    807 6  -  ASTER GUNASEKERA Bh KUALA LUMPUR. RESETTLEMENT is not merely the wholesale transportation of inhabitants from banditridden areas to a point away from them. It i» specialist work calling for careful, long-term planning requiring special attention to several important Below -<-mr dwrllii factors. To appreciate the vast planning
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    Review of View
    330 6 Review of View 3*r*. "fr* 7*~ t*C\\ Jfr» Proud Father DA TO Onn, said Utusan Melayu, c fell se I as he listened I C 1 1 issein, speaking v. c t< recent g of the Jo! ore S te I, against a motion to increase the I >wances of
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    AIRVIEW 20
    8 6 THE Singapore Chinese Spuming Club with
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    SWEET AND SOUR
    577 6  -  >R was taken I r»v t of the 1 which is exempt from M power Reg si I >n) of Chinese iths seeking to pc the egisi I ion net, t i urgent app ents -.rle Malaya. T lumi .'tpp: c auth ties tion to make it
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    USELESS EUSTACE
    20 6 "Leaked out? What! after me telling everybody that the matter was to be ki pt a close secret
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    We The People
    415 6 WHEN THE COWS COME HO We w sight t c c undersi une of ers this district ex-G I meni Tie c, > < is keepr < < surely Messrs. Laycock. V c their c sed! Fhey id my vot< the but I gel the sort m
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    Iran Govt. Oil Move Major Defeat For West In Cold War
    273 7 LONDON. Mar. 16. (UP) v i rail ii carries tlirou<rh its nationalize ft) 0,l industry, the West will have suffered i defeat m the coM war with Russia. This is the view of observers who, however, are hopeful that
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    Forsakes Classics For Road
    56 7 Forsakes Classics For Road ISBANI Mir U Prol "SSOI Patrick i Dauat 26, vud he h ith a road thai take up ppoi ni■ t n t as ssnr m IVrth BSC hC was straia of Urn POS< P.uuit EBS' »m tnrei vi arts rersity, tfsed on leb 19. Be
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    UN old To Beware Of Red Tricks
    11 7 UN old To Beware Of Red Tricks eve. tl c U.N.
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    Wealthy Chinese In Manila Deported
    21 7 INILA. (UP)— T Li I busiv&s t as "an 1 ipeh. sa. this ing aboard a
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    London Dock Workers On Fifth Strike
    136 7 London Dock W orkers On Fifth Strike LONDON, Mar. 16 (Router) Thousands of London dockers struck work today for the fifth time m protest at the prosecution of seven colleagues on charges of conspiring to incite illegal strikes. About 7.000 men had stopped k at an early hour and many
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    Free Russian Radio Heard Urging Revolt
    116 7 LOXDOX. Mar. m. (AP). B ideasts supposed to be coming i a "Free Russian Radio" and calling on Russians to revolt again I munism, have been nicked up bj I i listenE the R ter new* c T c broadcast appeals to do c
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    Police Fire On Rioters: 3 Die
    88 7 PORT OF SPAIN Tri flad, Reui A woman 11 cc men wt 5 k:!!ed and ier people injured when lad police fired on .1 crowd which attacked them with sticks, es and bottles near Grenville. Grenada, yesterday, according to reports reaching here today. A
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    Shaw's Two Cars Sold At Auction
    69 7 LONDON, Mir 16 (Reuter) Two cars belonging to George Bernard Shaw were sold at an auction here today. picture. The entire crew of Thailand's escort vessel Prasae was recently rescued by the ISS Manchester oft the Korean east coast. Picture shows the last Thai
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      Allies Rebuke German Minister
      38 7 The Allies have sharply re buked a I man minister tor making "unsustained eh; ;e that Britons Acre blackma kei ing German coal. The minister Arthur Straeter, Economics Minister oi North Rhine West A.P.
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      36 7 The British N rep re 1 1.200 papers has g its >rrence" ol the i I v. hich led to the su pc sion o! I dication of the" Arg< itine independent newspaper La Pren.su Reuters
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      32 7 The New Z r>: iir c M»nigter Mr. Sid Holland, and the "Minister of Labour. Mr illiam Sullivan. have agreed to negotiate with :\ccc\< epresentath a oi I »c striking dockers A.P.
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      42 7 President Truman toia a piesa conference m Key West, Florida, thai v\c decision whether is should to Parallel m Xc a was a tactical one for the commander m the field and noi for the Com-nander-in "<w miles a a ay.- Reuter
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      44 7 A police constable at Mandalay found an unexploded grenade near the police station. As a juke, he tossed it into a group ot people nearby. Four pc were killed and six. including the ible, suffered serious injuries m the explosion which followed.- A. P.
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      39 7 The Australian section" of the Commonwealth Press Union has sent a cable to the proprietor of the independent Argentine daily newspaper La Prensa supporting its ftghi against the Peron Government. The message was signed by Sir Keith Murdoch.- Reuter
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      73 7 Fleei I m Communist-held Sinkiung province, a caravan oi 70 Whiti Russians, Chinese, I Muslims, Mongols ai d Turks had j made its way across the Gobi I Desert to Tibet, a Sinkiang j guerilla organiser said m a lettei from Yatung.- A. P. Brazil will continue her tradi- turn
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    Tory Leaders Demand, 'Tell Commons First'
    404 7 Tory Leaders Demand, 'Tell Commons First' ANGLO-EGYPT FINANCIAL PACT LONDON, Mar. 16 (IT) Opposition Leaders Win-ton Churchill ami Anthony Eden yesterday demanded that the government conclude no financial agreement with Egypt without first consulting the Commons. They voiced the demand after Financial Secretary Douglas Jay announced m the Commons that
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    Socialist Scheme To 'Dry Up' Tories
    175 7 Socialist Scheme To 'Dry Up' Tories LONDON, Mar. l»i (AIM— A hundred Labour Party members have demanded early closing of the House of Commons bar as a reprisal against Conservatives who have been forcing all night sessions. Conservative leader Winston Churchill has vowed to 'strive day and night without cessation"
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    Govt. Defends Move To Free £ Balances
    293 7 Govt. Defends Move To Free Balances LONDON. Mar. 16 (R< ut< i I Mr. Hugh Gaitskell, Chancellor of the Excheque r, today defended the Government's decision to release £150,000,000 worth of Egyptian sterling balances over the next 13| years. He described the agreement announced yesterday as a "thoroughly satisfactory settlement"
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    Briton Made $100 Mil. Off US Gocds
    65 7 WAS HINT, ter) was named "ring surplus American n equipment m Europe allegedly brought him i i His r V H C V ming up investig been n s1 Mr. T. B. f "i I i lion is thai made ove II G
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    UK Chil Defence
    31 7 LONDON. Mar. 16 (Reuter)— The British Home Office announced today that 122.000 people hda been recruited for civil defence against air r, Is since recruiting was opened m
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    MacA-s STATEMENT WORRIES BRITISH
    301 7 LONDON, Mar. N> (I I'j Informed M»un<- *a;<l MacArthur^S lat«--«t >lalcni( tit <m tlr K<r: an i-ihi.ilion would not change the British view point t1..«« \Ue United Nations Arm\ ghould tuii erosfi the With Parallel m force at this time. Officials here ill hope that there
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    2nd UK Award To Hongkong
    94 7 2nd UK Award To Ho ngkong LONDON. Mar. L€ -ter) Hi ia has miar s M-eond award of £25i.tM to ElaagfcMg niversits !<• help m rehabilitation tnd d< lopment. i 'ion. il Offi< f annoum tad iy. A 'I i- I r.i 1. 1 af £25vJM ais rivea three yean
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    Malayan Tin Makes $17 Rise, Regaining $54,25 In Five Days
    241 8 Malayan Tin Makes $17 Rise, Regaining $54,25 In Five Days Standard >i:iiT Reporter IHI PRICE of Malayan tin yesterday made the biggest jump since ih,* setback suffer -d hv th«* American embargo on stockpile purchases. On ien si market, tin* quotation rose i>> $17 to $596 per picul, making a
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    USVictory on Tin forecast
    45 8 l\\ Special < wn »pondenl .r. lf». 'nJwaiioti- h. urr ll k ail tsnre at ihc Washington disrus- j»rr\ ihe expens*e <»t Mal;;\a because o onomic on I> itain. withhoii rriticalli needed materials, lueh as i»ul h:ir, iineriea rould cripple British iniliistn
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    Pessimism Among Malayan Tin Producers Growing
    70 8 Sta .ill Stall Correspondent i \*> }*r-.-.imi-ni h;i^ been growing llalay; n n producers -inrr indications i lit' 1 M.i ,i Stal Government is seeking international ailoi Biion .t!nl :_f: i.»nt on price «t tin- present conf< renees i»n (m :n Washington. object 3
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    America Is Asked To Explain
    114 8 America Is Asked To Explain IS i;. arify*' alloca- sys- S st c DETAILS f ANTED by the 1 Producer < s i the i: ioa aa I n >ald »eate the m ssarj m itioa l jll ntrol mat li:;. ry, l^" P v .1., r HinUries it st
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    UK TO LIFT BAN ON WEDDING RINGS
    22 8 3- i on r:• t gold wee ng is to be ->r*i 1 --g f:o:n
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    'Bullying, Threats Will Not Aid US'
    176 8 'Bullying, Threats Will Not Aid US' Brown's Rsvisw D es£a?es— 1 i»; \r.n rii .1 c.llihidr Oil tifl r.iiiir ill lor 11 l.tir -h .in- ol criticism m the latest issue «»l Brown's Malayan Economic Review, which says il»;it "dictation, bullying aul threats w\\\ not obtain from ili<" producing couni;.
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    COMMODITY PRICES
    130 8 RUBBER The latest Singapore rubber prices yesterda) (Mar. 1»») were P<r Ib. Buyers Sellers No. 1 R.S.S. Spot Loose (nom.) $2.24 $2.25 1. 08. m hales April. No. 1 R.S S. s.\:o $2.21 No. 2 K.s.s. $2.12 $2.13 No. 3 R.S.S. (nom.) $2.00 n..<» Tone: Easier after In
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    Rubber And Copra For Europe
    50 8 THE Swed Ea I A tl nd pa isenger ship Japan, v. iich Is on her way to i i 5,500 tons of rul I i 2.000 bags of copra, 2.000 bags of palm kernal and 1.000 drums ktex. Ail this cai go is foi
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    No Japan Coal For Hongkong
    50 8 HONGKONG, Mar. lti ißei t< aaim: a three-man Japai c trade mission ending a threemouth world tour ha left H ig kmg for Tokyo, saying J could not supply the Colony with iron ore and o »al, as she v. is herself suffering a shortage.
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    Heavy Trading In Rubber As Prices Keep Fluctuating
    355 8 Standard Staff Reporter REPORTS that Russia l:;n! halted buying of Malayan rubber in London until nexl week caused a four-cent Jm»ji j»M before tin- closure oi ihe market in Singapore yesterday. Confirmation of lh<» report was larking, however. r~ ever, during the
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    50,000 MORE FIRMS
    28 8 Greater opportunities for proflts brought a 50.000 increase m American business firms m 1950. to nut the total number over the 4.000.000 mark.— A. P
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    Ruling Money Exchange Rates
    201 8 EXCHANGE rates now m force ;;s su;r.i!i(vl by the Malayan Exchange Banks Association arc as follows: FREE MARKET CURRENCIES BELLING B i V I 1 °O. ll o :;n so d i Mil i New Zealand 2 L 1/16 2/4 11/1$ Illdui Bll and Cr 155
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    Prices Up In 31 Countries
    124 8 NEW YORK, Mar. 16: (AP 1 N lie prices have insteadily >:\ee last June Ln .31 »)f oii countries studied. Th© survey 5 ed that Britain ap] y has been i let by Inflation than the United States. The index i up IT per cent,
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    UN Mineral Expert Sent To Burma
    61 8 UN Mineral Expert Sent To Burma The U.N. Economic Commission lor Asia and the Fur East has se.it its officer m chaise ol mineral resources projects. Dr. C. Y. Li. to Rangoon, to assist m the mineral resources developmen 1 programme of Burma While iri Bu.ma he will a!>.> visit
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    New Types Of Steel
    19 8 A \ew Yoik Seel Industry Committee has developed r.ew types ot steal des^entd to stretch
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    Idris Hydraulic Tin Dividends
    56 8 Idris Hydraulic Tin Dividends [DRIS Hydraulic T dends pence p< m E) *"ia! j i ended Dec 31, 1951. respec London on c kolders ou: st< i <■<; I I ISI This distrtbu to aboul 4. ted, includii t Tlio directors of the c do noi pr <]f me recomn
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    COPRA PRICE DECLINES TO $54
    85 8 Standard Staff Reporter An easier tendency developed m most sect ions of the iPOre produce market yesterday, m the absence of m Prices steadied m the afternoon with buyers at that price, but sellers held oft Coconut oil prices remained unchanged from Thursday, with no
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    Vast Fishing Ground Is Discovered Off Malaya
    482 8 Standard Staff Reporter KM X FISHING trips undertaken by Singapore firms to th<- South China Sea, ~>o miles north-east of Trengganu, which netted a total of 2 1-0 piculs (I 1 loiih) of ikan merah have confirmed the existence of a 5,000--smiare-mile seabed
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    S'pore is Urged As Tropical Research Centre
    282 8 S'pore is Urged As Tropical Research Centre THE Financial Secretary, Savnpore, Mr. Vndrrw Gilmcmr said m a broadcast over Radio M;ila\a la^t night that In* suggested Singapore a> the obvioui -it«- for the establish men I of a Kc^ionul Tropical Building Research Station. This arose over a discus-ion of a
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    Peace Talk Report Is Scotched
    99 8 Peace Talk Report Is Scotched \K\v voh.-; \P Unconfirmed reports about negotiations with the Chinese -Communists touched oft a llur: selling and '"peacetime"' and commodity buying m Street and other stock and com modi 1 5 i irkets of I i intrj on Thursday. A private broker; ge carrie La
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    GOOD TURNOVER IN TINS ON ACTIVE MARKET
    71 8 Standard Si -.ft Reporter SINGAPORE, Fri. Very active va id m the Malayan tin share mark< I of the improved price of the metal and di\ announcements by a nun.:" U a result i DtDCSTSIALS B 3 cd II 1 IS il' 9
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    Spivs Harm Indian Cloth Trade
    171 8 Spivs Harm Indian Cloth Trade WHILE Japai ese ten I i F i" kets if Ir.d to rum the iv m cxl c c 1 >tb I I ide ot their > manded. and received I "tea money 1 from as tug four to six annas <>n each yard of
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    R/T LINK FOR KALLANG
    398 9  -  IVOR KRAAL System To Operate Shortly By Mandard Staff Reporter LONG range voice communication between Kaliang Airport and Singa-pore-bound airliners from as far away as Karachi, Hongkong or Manila, will be possible here shortly. This W ill mean that, whether over land or sea, pilots flying
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    Atlantic Crossing
    42 9 CASABLANCA. Mar. 16 (AP) —Ben Carlin and his wife, EliDOre, arrived here yesterday m the amphibious jeep, the Half Safe after a daring crossing of the Atlantic that took them almost eight months. They want to go around the world.
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    36 9 photo. Standard BAGGAGE piled high on 'outside tlie Customs at Keppei 900 Chinese passengers jrom the Tjitjalengka, bound for lorries xrhich had to queue up Road, belong to between 800 to Singapore, irhn embarked an China.
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    China-Bound Passengers Make For Hongkong
    164 9 Standard Shipping Reporter THE Royal Inter-ocean Lines' Tjitjalengka left Singapore yesterday with a near capacity load of passengers for China. The ship, however, Is not railing as usual at Swatow. The passengers will have to disembark at Hongkong and find their own transport by sea
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    57 9 BACK m Singapore In tht Charon was Mr. Tham I Fee, who spent three ye rs studying m A v s t r 1. lie intends to sit for the entrance examination to t\e University of Malaya. His father is Dr. Tham Ying Klioo, former medical officer at Outram Road
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    Britain Expected To Protest Against Seizure
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      34 9 PIIIMAILSi Despatches TODAY: Sarawak ("except MM) noon by R. Brooke, Pontianak noon by Bosnik. Thailand (letters only) Tanjong Pinang noon by Pahud. Djakartn and Sourabaya noon bj' Ophir. Thailand (parcels only) noon by Bentong.
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    MALA KEEPS TRIM
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    29 11 Kirsten Thorndahl (left) and Tony Ahm, of Denmark, are pictured here with their trophies after winning the women's doubles event of the All-England Badminton Championship at Empress Hall, London.
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