Singapore Standard, 24 March 1951

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    18 1 Singapore Standard jfc v > --A lOL 1 NO. 256 SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 1951. 12 PAGES TEN CENTS
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    Vital Atomic Test Blasts Set For April
    291 1 VSHI.NGTON, Mar. 22 (IP) \n official pre!t v that ik-xi inop.th's lest cxpiosMHia at »ill bring atomic warbeadfl for ihells an«l !<» tin- production Stage. Flo also voiced Le opinion lhat they wiii -pro..! ihe peifection ol atom bombs compact and light enough
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    Uranium Osre Found On All Calif. Beaehes
    62 1 ID UMVESi "'iii' S3: I deposits] of a urn >>■ f exist :i be M'i ".in'l ihiorni.i in O HuttOß, !agj al itj an- ...t j rsterdaj Bras \'-r> ISOSI o( •i ivm brims e\- m lon i;radt* oar 'ii ol thi> vi
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    Two Singapore Ship Fires
    7 1 Two Singapore Ship Fires the out put
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    'RED' GRAIN OFFER
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    Griffiths Awaiting Gimson's Report
    50 1 M.imiard LfllrftWl < orrtspoiultiil LQRs DON, Mi 1 Griffiths, Secret iry S1 U I I t id in a (ay, "'I cam I rei t Sii 1 expect to receive Mr. Griffith: Pai I M about the pet itioi Chambei i asking mil the re- Chinese
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    Digging Hot Ashes For Belongings
    54 1 photos. THE ashes were still hot when scores of victims of yesterday's fire at Xee Soon village started diijijinf; away in an endeavour to find some oi their belongings. Inset shows Mr. Tan Bak Hee, chairman of the Semhawang Rural District Committee, who is orcanizinfi
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    Fire Guts 22 Shop-Houses; 300 Homeless
    190 1 Standard Stafl Reporter MORI-: thaii 300 people of nearly 70 families were rend tcd homeless in Singapore when a lire gutted 22 sing e-st r»y ■hop b uses <>: W Si i:i Vl la^e ear!v y este r d a y m rning. The
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    Towkay Shot By Penang Gunman
    111 1 S» indmrd Staff Correspondent PENANG Fri. I-i' n Guan Chuan, 27-year-old Chinese proprietor of a sundry goods p at the junction of PresKra v« streel and McNair Street was shol by an unknown gunman while he was reading an E h newspaper m his shop
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    Fed. To Set Up 60 Co-op Retail Shops To Curb Inflation
    326 1 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Federation t-owrji-menl 1- i spend over §1,000,000 to set up 60 Co-opera-tive Retail Shops, i;i selected towns and village^, as par! of tin- countrywide drive io curb inflation i>> reducing commodity prices
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    TIN TALKS CONTINUE
    21 1 WASHINGTON. Mar. 22: (Reuter 1 A diplomatic sou ce said the international tin talks i here were continuing.
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    23 1 M «»fl of Catholics and non-Catholics who thron-jed the grounds of iV'fffuffff ggj^il Street, tost m S h. U> take part -he (,0,,i
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    UK Envoy Says Peking Shows No War Fever
    116 1 Standard Staff Reporter PEKING today sh vvs little outward evidence of being involved in a major war in Korea, said Sir John Huchison, retiring British Charge d'Affaires, on his arrival in Singapore last night. Sir John who flew from Hongkong by CPA
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    DOG LOVER ROBBED
    51 1 "[R Tan Chong Chew, Singapore dog-lover, whose Alsatians have won him many prizes at dog shows, complained to the Police yesterday that one of his residences at St. Patrick's Road were burgled on Thursday night and gold ornaments and valuable wrist watches estimated at 54.3G 1 were
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    British Seamen Refuse To Sail For Dairen
    225 1 Pre&ei? Penalties To Aiding Reds TOKYO, Mar. 2.1 (AT) A crew spokesman sai«l today British Merchant marines bad refused to sail a c:;r«*o vessel to Dairen, in Communist China, preferring iraprisonmenl and othef penalties to assisting in lr;uJ«relations wiih the Reds. The vessel,
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    Airborne Forces Near Imjin Cut Off Red Retreat
    319 1 Airborne Forces Near Imjin Cut Off Red Retreat TOKYO, Mar. 23. (AP) Thousands of American paratroopers made a surprise assault today by hading north o< Seoul behind an estimated 20,000 panicked and fleeing Communist troops. Allied armour speeding north from Seoul in a fresh threedivision offensive linked with the parachutists
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    Bandits Murder Three Civilians
    68 1 Standard Staff Correspowleiil KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Three civilians have been killed in the Federation in the past 24 hours up to 9 o'clock this morning. Two were slash!cd to death with bandits 1 'parangs last night in the Batu Caves district of Selangor. One i was
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    USAF Plane With 53 Aboard Said Crashed In Atlantic
    165 1 LONDON. Mar. 2.S (UP) A I ni»«'«l Mai.* \ir Force plain- reported t<» be carrying 53 pcrjam im-hi.l-ins a General, >*;;•* mteaiag ai>«! *a- feared i<> luu. crashed in ih<- Btorms itlanlic seas lodaj l><!>*«*<!: Iceland aad Br*la£n> plane, a giant
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    Appeal By Stewart Dismissed
    210 1 Appeal By Stewart Dismissed Standard Stafl Ci'reapo»drnl KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The full Federation Court of A;> comprising the Chief .1 .e, Mr. S. W. P. foster Sutton. Mr. Justice. E N.Tas an I Mr Justice H W Wilson, terday dismissed the appeal of 26-year-old Bombardier John St ai t, .-<
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    Compensation For China Bound Fares
    85 1 Compensation For China Bound Fares s* lard st lit t< i. t PENANG, 1 hundi ed and of the 600 Chinese Dn th< T an originally bound foi 5 ti have ided to disembark at Penang I I w in- id Of j ':g oil 10 C u n -d
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    7 MEN ROB COLONY POST OFFICE
    412 2 $1, 000 In Cash, iS f~f$ IPS 71Q jfl Q f~ Standard Staff Reporter ONE of the most daring robberies in Singapore for a Ion*: time was committed on Thursday morning, when seven young Chinese, four of whom were armed with revolvers and one
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    'Ideal Girl' Contest Closing Date Extended
    161 2 TO ENABLE as many working girls as possible to lake part in the Singapore Junior Chamber of Commerce's Ideal Wor};'nig Girl contest, the closing date (or entries iias been extended to Wednesday Mar. 28. More tlian 50 entries have been received so fur. Twelve
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    Civil Defence Bill For Legco Meeting
    244 2 Standard Stall Rrfmr'.er V BILL lo make provision for ihr ri\il defence <>( !h«" Colon} was [»uhii>!i< <1 l>y Government yesterday* It will be introduced in the Legislative Council when it meets after the elections in April The Eil! provides for the appointment by
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    Five-TonKAF Band Arrives
    100 2 THE RA F s No. 2 Regional Band, which is touring the Middle and Far East Air Command ireas, arrived at Changi yesterday in two Dakotas from Hongkong. The band is to tour Singapore and the Federation for the next month, playing for service and civilian audiences.
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    CLAIMS TRIAL
    41 2 TWENTY-four-year-old Seah Bun Kiat pleaded not guilty in the Singapore Fourth Police Court on Thursday after he was charged with disposing of $20,000 worth of stolen smokerubber on Feb. 10. He was remanded in police custody until March 27.
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    61 2 photo. A TEACHER from one of the Singapore Chinese schools (back towards camera) being interviewed for a ten-uvek i scholarship tour of British educational centres at the office of the Director of Edui cation. Members of the I Selection Board are from L to R: Mrs. Goh Kok Kee, the
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    Blind Voter Speaks For Lim Yew Hock
    186 2 Blind Voter Speaks For Lim Yew Hock Standard stall Reporter FOR THREE years the Progressive P.uty of Singapore had the opportunity to prove its claim that it represented the interests v rkers as well as capita but so far its members in the Legislative Council had only helped to keep
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    Clerk On Graft Charge
    99 2 Clerk On Graft Charge I.IM ENG PAH, a younq cl< rk attached to the Immigration De--1 neni appe; red in tja- Singapore First District Couri on Thursday to stand triaj fin a tharge of corruption. It was alleged that on Nov. 2! Lam gave an immigration inspector, Ong Kian Chong
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    S'pore Malays For Voice Of America
    159 2 FIVE Malays from Singapore have been chosen to work in the newly established Malay section of the Voice of America. These five. Sheikh Anuar, Mohammed Hashim Hassan. Syed Ahmad Dahlan, Ahmad bin Hussin and Mazlan bin Noordin, will be translators, AVV\VVV\\.VW\\V\\WVWVVVV\\\.VV\Y\\\\ annoumers and commentators
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    Co-op To Have Own PRO Dept
    144 2 Standard Starr Tlzparier A PROPOSAL by the Municipal Employees Sociel to :orm a Malayan Bank uas lelt in abeyance as a committee is already working on the formation of a Co-operative Trust, it is stated in the annual report of the Singapore Urban Co-opera-tive
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    Thousands Follow Candle Procession
    226 2 Standard *Mart Reporter THOI of candlefl flirkerrd ia ilu ni-iit md provided an intpret»<si%'e >fu'<-iarl«- for Singapore \mmRhippere who thronged the compound «>| the rortuguctic Church in Victoria Street jresterdaj io \uk<- part in ii.« Good Fridaj candlelight procession. The procession was on v a part
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    Flying Club Can Serve Colony
    124 2 Standard Slafl Keportrr KOV\L Singapore Flyin<z Club lias pointed out to (.oMTiunni! in a nit-ino-raii(li:iii ;;!r<ailv pr. par<'«l. ol it^ possible 110c t<» *■>< the inlcrrxjs" of lli«Cotonj The j;.i financial position of the Club i< also contained in the ;;.> i ...'Hlum. The annual
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    Election Meeting
    29 2 "[R N Hal, cai in the forthcoming v Legislai uncil eh- I hold meeting j exou Gan E r lMi;^.l School, Anson Road tomorrow at 5.:j0 p.m.
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      122 2 Today's Services vi \,,,1r.-u i Ithtdt kl -Mat, L.15 ra l ithedr.il o! tbr mi.i Shepherd: T .1 m I'nc: ••< .i HiKfi V| 111, li. 15 Pena H Smvici pe tor H W lit m\ 7|5 SEE.. f -THAT Gl&Uf Gt^Lff- 1 HAVEN l T SEEN V SHUCKS, IT'S
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    Four Chinese Normal Schools In Federation
    197 3 Four Chinese Normal Schools In Federation Standard Staff Correspondent Kl \LA UJMPUR, Th«rs.—ln keeping with ine sn-year developmenl plan to Malayanize in ihi s country, the Government of the retleraUoii haa approved the setting up of four Middle Normal Schools, at Koala Lumpur, Jp*, P^wng and Malacca, respectively, at a
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    The Sweet In Sugar
    19 3 The Sweet In Sugar IPI R i I miis "'i Ll»c 0 tahifs '1- v■ tap k> satisfy tv.
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    Cheap Sirens Won't Work
    62 3 Cheap Sirens Won't Work Standard Stall Correspowleßi KUALA i rn. Fri. week 1 tests in a Lumpur Hid noi tisfy s 'I had a sin iapu e •>- par- i »ap. e tests h i wtd thai I c;ipn not the ng 5. It was t sii i>t be ,1
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    JAILED FOR A DAY
    24 3 5 ■> 'i. i Stall porter adan -V my I B i lay "s i 515C three months' r.i. I B
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    TERMS REDUCED
    56 3 WHEN »mad bin Mat Anun and Ii iil bin Haji Chik, i the Seremban High mst the decisi* tn of the Court, at Jelebu, their ces were i lu< d by Mr. Justice Abbott. They had been ye trs and 4 years iment, i »pec by 1 Presideni
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    Planter Elected Follow Of ISP
    7 3 Planter Elected Follow Of ISP mt i.nf
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    New Body For Talks On Wages
    9 3 New Body For Talks On Wages INI 1 i
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    HC Commissions: New Status
    96 3 Standard Stall Correspondent KUALA 1 i *i* i :C. Fi —Ken Commissions that are Ui ;>♦■ conferred shortl] bj fbe Bis* mmissioner for ihe Federation ol Malaya trill have the same standing .is King's Commissions, it wa announced bj the Chief ereta jr, Mr. M I
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    Fast Another Two Weeks, Union Urged
    92 3 nir! ird SI ifl < orrespond KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. > have sufl i d for sire!. ent to sympathise I Che Halim; I Yusin, addressing an I the Hospital Workers todav. gresolvedj give i support to the d< cision of the itivi >mmittee <>f
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    New Mess
    31 3 Officers of the Auxiliary Police Force, Kuala Lumpur, at th>' recent opening of the Officers 1 Mess. Mr. H. St. Diraotene, tlir Commandiog Ofll'rer is seen fourth from left.
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    Malacca's New City Hall Ready For Voting
    281 3 Malacca's New City Hall Ready For Voting Standard Staff Correspondeni MALACCA, Fri. Malacca\s renovated Municipal Building in i?«< lerra-colta colour scheme reminisccni of l!i«* days of the Dutch occupation <»f the Settlemenl was officially opened hy the Resident Commissioner Mr. V.. <!. Wisdom on Wednesday* The event, witnessed by ai
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    GETS 6 MONTHS
    32 3 YAHYA bin Yacob. described as a watchman of the Singap e H B d. was on Thursday, six nths r.i. in e B.ili: .1 today for possession o chani
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    Youth To Pray For Peace
    97 3 Youth To Pray For Peace Standard Sf.il Correspondent SEREMBAN, F. L- The Melist Youth Fellowship ol emban will be sp Service and Spe< I Service, the object of ch will be to pray for world At the recent meeting of the MYF, the I elected cabinet officers: President, Mr. mg
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    Squatter Schools
    53 3 REMBAN, Fr A sum 01 18 10 was recommended by the Negri Sembilan State Council for the provision of additional amounts ol money required tor in-aid to schools in iettlement an original provision, for on 1 tes and mines will not be sufficieni for thi Is in resettlement
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    Dearer Bread
    35 3 ihe Cg ttroller of g es S tbilan, has permitted all bakeries in Negri Sembilan to raise the price >>* a loaf bread from 75 cents I 28 cents with effect from March 15.
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    Barboys Like This Weather
    71 3 Barboys Like This Weather YESTERDAY was one of j i the hottest days in Johore i BaJirv. this year. The i temperature was 92 dci grees F. in tlw shade. i The heai was so great thai large bubbles of tar apneured on most road !i surfaces in the town.
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    SEVENTH WAR DEPARTMENT UNION FORMED
    116 3 Standard Staff Correspondent SEREMBAN, Fri.- Wi en th< civi in employees of the War Department formed a branch Union on Wednesday, the new elected chairman, Mi M K. Thanikasalam, appealed to ih>> members to» give their full support to the tJi >n and to create
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    Tried Illegal Entry: Trader Fined $3,800
    253 3 Standard Start Rrj»orl«*r JOHORK BAHIU Kri. l.ua Kin alia* 1 .0:1 Miani, a fctkarta l>ii>in«"ssitiaii. wfao lri<«l to enter the I rtli r.'.lioii illegally, was fined a total «>l s.t.iiOO in t\*«» GfrU ««i Johore Bahru yesterday. In the Magistn Court before [nche Ifohamood
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    MalavHero Flown To Malacca
    147 3 CRIPPLKD by terroi isi bullets in a Singapon pin I ttl« ■si September, Police Constable Abdiii Wahid bin B -year-old Malay hero foriable this morning in the \ct a Genera Hospital afi a sight by Dakota and lie copter from the Colon v Last nighi <•
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      261 3 Fedes 9 €Sison Bim*y ODEON: Barkleys of Broadway if 'I HI i 10.45 a.m. Supergirl /s. Supi if^.li <- man (Cantonese) 1. 3.15, 6.45 f\PiTOI- Wi and Music 10 and 9 p.m. 1 nd 12.15 pm Ambush 3, GRAND: Duchess ol Idaho 3. 1 'iri.V';'' Man ll a.m. snSfswS^a Sundari
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    Made False Declaration, Woman jailed
    151 4 IPOH, Fri. A 26-year-old woman, Yap Moi Keow, was sentenced to one day's simple imprisonment and fined *00 or two months simple imprisonment. Yap pleaded guilty before the President oi the Sessions Court, Mr. J. R. Whimstcr, to a charge of making a false declaration
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    Accidents In Perak
    22 4 IPOH. Fri.— A total of 163 accidents were recorded in Perak during February. Three we ro ki ;i' i.
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    Counterpart Of RID A Set Up In Penang
    189 4 PENANG, Thurs.— A SetUement Development Board, u counterpart of the Rural and Industrial Development Authority has been set up here by the Settlement Govemmetit The chairman is Tuan Haji Murshid bin Haji Othman, District Oflicer of Baiik Pulau. Unofficial members are Mr.
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    MCA Gives $2,000 To Build School
    37 4 PENANG, Fri. -The Penang branch of the Malayan Chinese Association will doi I $2,000 towards the erection of a $11,000 school for squattor's children at Tassek Giugor. Government has donated $5,000.
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    Municipal Clerks To Get Fortnightly Pay
    191 4 Standard Slaff Correspondent PENANG, Fri. Municipal employees oilier than labourers will be paid fortnightly with effect from April. This decision taken at a meeting of the Finance Committee of the Municipality Mas confirmed at yesterday's Commissioner-; meeting. Payment of 40 per cent of the
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    30 4 Picture shows the long line of motor-cars and trucks during the strike of the Penang Harbour Board floating staff on Monday and Tuesday. The strike was called off on Wednesday.
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    Newsman Menace To Paper, KL Court Is Told
    567 4 Newsman Menace To Paper, KL Court Is Told Standard Stall Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— Further evidence was recorded yesterday in the Supreme (.'ourt by Mr. Justice SI. Wilson in the suil brought by Mr. M. K. CoomaraMirny, a journalist, claiming $5,812.50 from the Malay Mail Press Limited on the ground
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    Wedding Gift For Mr. Adams
    50 4 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Fri. Mr. S. V. Adams, Municipal Secretary and Treasurer, was given a silver cigarette box on the oc- casion of his marriage on Morday. Sir Husein H. Abdoc'jader, made the presentatio at the adjournment of the Jommis-j sioners meeting yesterday. mm
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    'Board Can Maintain Round Island Road'
    214 4 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Fri. Members of the Rural Hoard were told by their chairman, Mr. D. R. Home thai the Settlement Government was not in favour that the Board should take over the responsibility of maintaining the ronnd-the-island road. The Government felt that
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    Depression Drives Mandore To Suicide
    211 4 Standard Stafl Correspondent rAIPBVG, Fri. -—Forty-year-old Veerasamy, an estate raandore, hanged himself in an estate temple because he was unable to have a child even through a second marriage. He left a letter. At the Coroner's inquest I by Che Abdul Aziz on Wedi lay
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    WITNESSES CONFUSED OVER DATES
    236 4 Standard Staff Correspondent MALACCA, Fri.— A few witnesses got mixed up with the dates of alleged delayed payments of Welfare Home Destitute Workers' wages for November and December J9.">o, at the resumed enquiry, yesterday, into 8 tentative charges of criminal breach of trust involving a sum
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    Progressives Win The Day
    96 4 PENANG, Fri. The Progrey.-.- e Part won the day ai a mock election held by senior of the Anglo Anglo-Chi-nese Girls' School yesterday. Representing the party Miss P. Thilagabai, who secured 28 votes when she urged that children in this -try should gel free ed tion.
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    BUS BAN LIFTED
    42 4 PEXAXG, Fri. The Li Seng Seng Bus Company, whose two month suspension was halved by the acting Commissioner for Road Transp< t, Mr. J.F. Draper, resumed its services this morning following a further derision to lift the ban immediately.
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    DETAINED MEN OUT
    36 4 IPOH. Fri. Two Ipoh Chinese school teachers. Lee Kir. Voon and Lee Nee Leong and a local businessman. Yap Sei Cnuan who wore detained I CiD on Feb. 26 were r< leased rday
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    UNKNOWN
    201 5 MR. G. G. THOMSON, Singapore's Public- Relations Secretary s commenting on an article entitled "The City of Smells" by Dwight; Martin, correspondent of the American Time magazine said yesterday:^ Fhere is an unmistakably alluring scent in Mr. Martin's story, but it is£ distilled not from the rubber of Singapore
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    Answer Point By Point
    368 5 Here is MR. THOMSON'S point-by-point answer to Mr. Dwighi Martin. :iR MARTIX: T)ie boom his bov::c< d and wages all along the line. MR. THOMSON: Mr. Ma run will ind it easier to tell that to the marir.es than to ihe workers of Malaya. MARTIN: A
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    Wanted: 3,000 Acres Of 'Open Spaces'
    88 5 MR 1). R \K. Municipal Architect and Building Surve r for Singapore, who Ik<s retired after serving for ".'7 years >.iiil that ho had nothing but praise for his staff. i hey had proved themselves second t<> none" L^ said. Mr. Rae I**ft Singapore
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    MRS. MENON GETS GOING
    149 5 .MRS. VILASINI MENON. canlidate I r the Seletar District ih the forthcoming Legislative Council Election will hold a meeti ig today at the Nee Soon Village, near tl.c market at 5.30 p.m. She will hold two other meetings tomorrow :it the Wa ei Tower, ELM. Naval
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    Balwant Singh Will Fight For Self-Govt
    184 5 Standard Staff Reporter ELABORATING HiS scheme «>l work if elected to the Singapore Legislative Council, Mr. Balwanl Singh, who i> i.^aiii standing a* an Independent for the i ily Ward, says in liis election message that he *vi!l li^ln for self-government "through process of
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    21 5 Photo. Members of the technical staff of the Singapore Standard, who celebrated Easter xcilh o picnu- at Ponggol on Thursday. Standard
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    Demand For Elections In Rural Areas
    207 5 Demand For Elections In Rural Areas THE INTRODUCTION of I electoral system in the H Boards and Village Comnrl through Legislation is prom! by Mr. V. P. Abdullah, th« Labour Party candidate co.i testing the Bukit Timah I trict for the April elections to Singapore Legislative Council. In his manifesto
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    48 Girls In White Said Bon Voyage
    110 5 FORTY-SIX-YOUNG a dressed in white, from th I nt oi ''r,.> Good Shepherd, v igapore, ed Motl ir St. C imbj Had Mistress o! the Convent, to the Carl f>->n Thursday to wish her "1 voyage" before she sailed on ship for Colombo.
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    INDIAN FINE 4 RTS SOCIETY
    102 5 THE Indian Fine Arts socn t: I had no connection whatsoever i with the musical and oilier arrangements in the exhibition i classical dancing by Shri Himatsingh Chauhan on Wedi e night at the Victoria Memoria Theatre. These were entirely carried »ut by the Ramakrishna
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    84 5 SARAWAK TEACHERS FOR U.K. she is a teacher in the Base! Mission Sd¥X>l fn 2 JV.seiton. She teftfl 808- rcntrate oti the St|ldy pi Engjish. Mr. Du En Sot)^. former V.ce-Con.Mil for the Chinese Nationalist Goveran enl h Jessetton* Iwewel ed Uw j party on board Ihe Carth- i age.
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    RAF (Malaya) Gels Down To The Job
    206 5 RAF (Malaya) Gels Down To The Job LOCALLY-ENLISTED men of the K.V I. [mmym) :u*<" beginning to ]Ki-> on! in increasing wtutA fiwiM lechoical irainiiii;. ami lake iheir plarr- rloo^smlc K.V.I-. airmea ami airwomen in j<>!>~ beliind jlic hxbjm <»i sl»«* air \*ar auainst ihr bandits. Both at Changi and
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      483 5 \]A LAUNGHAM Vettivelu t: :i Se vi!i take place between Mr. Ratoaon of Mr an i Mrs A I ngbam ol k ala Lumg" 1 i Miss Annalakshmi roJ Ihe ite Mr M Vi velu of the Ceylon Govt H an Vettivelu oi A Ceylon, al u P ju M
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      468 5 NOTICES Malacca W.E.A.O/No. 42 of 1937 Kc MoSamcd Dcwa bin Ismail, Malay Writer, Disfricr Office, A!or GajaH, Malacca. jyrOTICE is hereby given that > a ftr and final dividend is intended to be declared in the above matter. All creditors must prove r claims by the 14th d \nri! 1951,
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      128 5 scholarships xo attend three months' course \n educational subjects, two Chinese women school teachers from Sarawak. Miss Ling Bee Ing and Mrs. William Wee. and two Borneo, Mrs. Editta C. Y. from Tseng and Mrs. A. S. Chong, left Singapore by the Carthage on Thursday. Mrs. Editta C. V. Tseng
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      31 5 i UU *UO^i^ fl^ /^EVEN THOUGH WE'RE OV^Y, BRACE i^BßEHßKi^'''"^ ENTERED TH >^W ?tt€^ t?- L rH H^^ DUG -i^ OF 3E^tt S^ WRCNo Y~f&" i v ir".wi —^—^^m »^^i ji
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    754 6 THEORETICALLY every Malayan should be better off financially today than he was, say, a year ago. He should be leaning back on silk cushions replete with all the good things of life. Fat Malaya is. today, enjoying one of the most prosperous years in her history. Rubber
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      Alkaff Estates
      228 6 Sir,— Now that the Singapore Improvement Trust has abandoned the Allocation Scheme, >)nd is embarking on another Scheme. may I through the medium of your daily ask the Committee to give some consideration to the residents oi the Frankel and the Forme:- Alkaff Estates. Here building projects are
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      Tutors At Oxford
      158 6 Sir: Many people here have 15 u l me for details of a fouryear course of residence and work at Oxford University. I speak of widen days, but I do not think the valuable rela■'wp between undergrad, I and Tutor can have been dropped. y imple (Honours
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    25 6 The R A.F. Hospital, Changx. 7he ite building in foreyruu) 1 I ii tiic rieto tro tit ward 10 accommodate Kore war woun led
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    Mr. Allen Makes The Most Amazing Report Since June 25
    493 6 Mr. Allen Makes The Most Amazing Report Since June 25 WHO IS in control of United Nations policy in the Far East? Who really decides where American soldiers will fight and die? The British Sunday Pictorial asks these questions after studying yet another startling report from American-occupied Japan. This report
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    Appointments To State Councils Create Storm
    700 6  -  Aster Gunasekera By OINCE the Liberation n lot lj has been heard and read about the political awakening ol Malayans. Recent events in the Federation, however, indicate that a large section ol the people talk in their sleep and that except for ;i few,
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    USELESS EUSTACE
    19 6 "i\ Y. B— Printed by William \ton. Ye Almonry. Westminster, -t Ye Stjjn of Ye Red rale—Blimeyl**
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    SWEET AND SOUR
    703 6 CONGRATULATIONS to the g »apon ivei nmeni for deciding to give its official backing to the Consumers ce Movement. When ext month's proposed legislation to make price iggi! compulsory goes through, it will be I step forw the fight g linst the 1 acl ete< is a
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    EACH ONE TEACH ONE
    50 6 AN Ing exj eme.i the s co-open dent in E t Is t's own to rru.l the pei literate. A ie scl shows < I|lP IK: of the i." a 1. chart also not* time to time. Ovt r 200 tes have i utider the scheme.
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    No Praise For Mr. Holgate
    111 6 'IT is the Eas Mstlaj u. for th« Vie p: I Of I I 1 eminent office. 1 officer to give 1 patronizing m > should be done iln the <ue I i tii ing Di ect< i ot i ".t- fee i gel ■'<"-;'
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    248 7 'MacA Can't Be Rigidly Bound' LONDON, Mar. 23 (AP)_A Bri|ish me..l spokesman hinted yesterday Britain i s ftZ 1 l Small BCale ™ovement s by United the opposing generals a present of the tactical and Strategic intentions of our forces. lacu cal and "We still consider that Korea one
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    56 7 l»hoto. I The l/.S. Far Last Air f Force disclosed in Tokyo. thai its bombers have been using radio-controll-ed Tarzon Bombs on Korean target! since last August. Here. M Sgt. Robert C. Crak of the New York National Guard Base at Niagara Fall*. New York, stands beside on* 1 of
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    UK Cheek On Unemployment
    94 7 lON DON. Mar. 23 (Reu- Britain aims at not ■g unemployment in tail to rise above three per it the seasonal peak. t House of Commons was r, -Nterday. Mr Hagfa GaitskeH Chanti the Exchequer, said 5 a rtplvins to a quesn the Commons asking ll
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    Bank Chief Honoured
    89 7 HONGKONG, Mar. 23 (Reu-ter-AAP) Sir Arthur Morse, chairman and chiei manager of the Hong :ong and Shanghai Bank, has been honoured by the Portuguese government th the Order of Benemerencia (meritorious service) Arthur is the first Hongkong r< to be confer] I this The rat ii m
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    INDO-PAKISTAN PACT
    59 7 A. Mar. 23 (Reu- Pakistan ofli- g -eed on demarca- \.rv between B gal, India I E B t >:iga\ reliable Two tracts of land, each of >ix square miles, will change hands on March 27 following demarcation, the>e sources added. The area was scene of ex- >
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    JOURNALISTS RELD IN S'HAI
    110 7 HONGKONG, Mar. 23, Renter- A AP). -The Hongkong Standard, quoting reliable sources, said that two European jormer newspapermen have been arrested in Shanghai on charges of being "American spies" •^PVL me °f the ar f^ted Europeans are being withheld in order to avoid complications which may
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    Shaw Leaves Most Complicated Will
    127 7 LONDON, Mar 23 (Reuter) —George Bernard Shaw in his will published today, left a gross estate of J?367>33 and the most complicated will of the century n <* The main direction in his will was that the bulk of his fortune should go towards the
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    'Great Mistake To Stop At Parallel'
    358 7 TAIPEI. Mar. 23 (Reuter-AAP) Dr. T. F. Tsiang, Chief Nationalist delegate to the United Nations pointed out during a press conference here that it would be a great mistake for the United Nations forces to stop at the Parallel. He said: "Such a move
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      33 7 Former German parachute general Germann Rameke was .sentenced to five years' jail in Paris on charges of haying organized or tolerated atrocities committed dv German forces in the Brest "pocket" in L944.— Reuter
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      30 7 Two of 29 Yugoslavs found »uilty o f swindling the state and )rofitee"ing were sentenced to be 'mi. The others received jail > e;-nns of th ee to ten vears. A.P.
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      45 7 The Dutch Government has sanctioned a s', wage increase for wll workers over 2'A and to younger (fies if they are miiivied or have dependent relatives to ofr.set ti price increases T e increase is limited to a rise of 200 Guiiders per year. Reuter
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      47 7 The Iraq Chamber of Dm ities have passed a bill declaring 1 lat all 1 :u)i Jews abroad with passports would be considered denationalized .-iiid to have given un melr nationality unless they return within two months. Their assets would also be frozen, it was stated. Reuter
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      42 7 Sii Bern R;iU of India s yesterday that he was studying the speeches made by Sil Gladwyn .Jebb and Mr. Ernest Gross during the Kashmir debate with a view to replying to 'hem at the next meeting of the Security Council. Reuter
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      33 7 Senator A thur H. Vandenberg. I, ing Republi foi e affni*s expert. though still seriously ill. felt well enough to real scores of birthday gree ii it i his (iTlii birthday yesterday. Reuter
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      92 7 One hund -ed a id sixty students from the satellite countries oi Czechoslovakia and j Poland have arrived in Peking j ostensibly to study Chinese cultural arts, the "China Unidn Press" reported. The iitiency ;il- leged that these students are in reality agents of the Cominform sent to supervise officials
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      32 7 A Buenos Aires congressional committee seeking the arrest of Dr. Alberto Gainza Paz, whose newspaper La Prensa the committee seized two days ago, reported thai he had "disappeared from his residence.". Reuter
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      32 7 D-. B V Keskar, India's Deputy Foreign M iste di that India had asl< -d grain from the United States "only as a l<>Mt> term credit and not as a uit't." Reuter
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      34 7 AM Creek political party li ders have decided to "seek a solu ion to tne Cyprus issue, 1 'in t!ie framework ot I e litional fi ie ids Lip between BiT;;ii;i and Greece". Reuter
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      43 7 Mrs. Mary Ann Parish, believed to be the oldest woman in London has died, aged 106. A moiiMi ago on ner lOtitM birthday she drank a tot of whisky, smoked a cigarette and danced the steps of the "Lambeth Walk" for photographers. Reuter
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      48 7 Madame Chiang Kai-shek has recovered from the bruises sle suffered on March 7 when she tripped on the stairs of her suburban home. She is now back at work at the Chinese W o m en V Anti-Aggression League which has its headquarters in downtown Taipei. A. P.
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      27 7 "Africa Is faced with a new plague of the desert locust. Dr. B. P. Uvarov, Director of the i Colonial Office's Anti-Locust Research Centre, said.- A. P.
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      29 7 American Army personnel in Germany with four years ol continuous service soon will h< shipped home for tr; ining and some will be re-assigned i<> I Korea. A. P.
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      30 7 Communist security police in Sh inghai have ordered all homing pigeons registered and oid their owners not to use them for "transmission of military, political »r economic intelligence.*' A. P.
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      40 7 MR. JOSEPH M tin, Republican leader in the United Slates House of Kepresentatives, has called for the "immediate use" of Gei e ilissi no Chiang Kai?hek's Chinese Nationalist troops from Formosa to "open up a second front in Asia." Reuter
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    143 7 WASHINGTON, Mar. 2.* (AP) The Italian «:«.x--ernmeni today warned the Western power* officially thai the rearmament of lum f l Balkan satellites had ereai«-d a dangerous situation in the Mediterranean. Officials said Italy also indirectly appealed for a revision of peace treaty restrictions on the side of Italy's armed
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    Russia Won't Return Ships
    88 7 WASHINGTON, Mar. '2'A (AP) The U.S. Slat. ft partment said Russia has reted an American demand for the immediate nUirnof the ships loaned to hc-r during the war. The Department said R in a note presented during lend-lease talks recently. accused the U.S. of violating B
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    SURPRISE IN COMMONS
    138 7 LONDON. Mar. 23: (Reuter)— Mr. Harold Wilson. President of the Board of Trade, suddenly dropped a bombshell in the House of Commons last night by announcing that he was suspending scheduled discussions on price increases with parlian Labour pa large groups oi traders. [back Mi W son's
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    8 Killed In Raid By Huks
    164 7 MANILA, liar. 2:> (AP Communist 1 [ukbalah I of approximately LOG the town of Candaba, in the swampy net of that name in Pampanga province, hours last night, killing at 1 Jea^t right civilians. The town was defended by a unit i f Philippines
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    WANTS TO QUIT
    56 7 EOMBAY, "Tar 23 CAP |> v Poceifi tl ai B. V. v i terday co ed reports that Mrs. U I Stat be relieve her po f It was reporte I Pandit, who is a si Ler of Prime hfinisi r Nehru, may quit i bon dipK
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    5-NATTON TIN TALKS IN WASHING FAIL
    324 8 US Rejects Claim l^or lhree-Year Guarantee On Price kSHINGTON, Mar. 23. London reports of discovery by British ecientists oi a process which is expected to reduce considerably Britain"* dependence on imerica for snlphur supplies have coincided with dis closure here thai the five-nation tin
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    Tin Price Declines Bv $3.37½
    54 8 Tin Price Declines Bv $3.37 RS ai ii no I j the slighi is I e on tsda ..i vp of 75 per pici S i i to be quietly i Buyers tod compared favoural I ier in ess and While ed i talks ?ton, I that the I ;•>
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    Boom Causes Hardship
    43 8 v ind ;i S I nupiwdi LA 1 UMPUR, i in 1 of tin ruW u a the in co e peo] the r said at a I I I i sal posts U, i n I i in m
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    Small Trade In Copra
    18 8 3 SMALL appre s were recorded in produce market q ii 5 oa which
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    Rubber And Tin Duty Revenues
    15 8 Rubber And Tin Duty Revenues I i last 000 w ted I clip 1 Reuter
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    UK Sulphur Discovery
    146 8 LONDON, Mar. 21 (Router): British scientists claim U have found a wa\ to ease thi great sulphur shortage. A I method of revitalizing sulphuric acid will cut by about 45,0()( tons a year Britain's need oJ this current !y scarce raw material. After successful laboratory experiments, a
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    Mercantile Bank Pays Final Dividend Of 6 pc
    92 8 Mercantile Bank Pays Final Dividend Of 6 pc THE DIRECTORS of Mercan- port 1 fit and loss ace I Dec. 31, 1950, 542. This. i the last ac 1 L182.671 1, n > availTotal ;ir>!>r"pii mt to £152 650, leaving £22 1.569. Ap prial us i lude £34 650 :m
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    SWISS FIAR
    65 8 fhe [ndustries Fair I I j B e from the A] 17. Its 14 halls bring tog 2.200 S d into 17 pi sional Particular emphasis is placed tundi tg exp. in Sv id, industry, tew e I industries, p ics. electrotechnical i machinery disj A 30.000.000 baht
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    THAILAND RICE EXPORTS UP
    80 8 WASHINGTON, Mar. 23, (AP) T iail ind exported 3.270 million Ib. hi nee during 1950, the largest amount since 1939 when 13UU million lb. was shipped i ut, according to t lie Department nf Agriculture in a survey ui the r tailand rice trade. Prospects for
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    S'pore Rubber Dealers Square Up Positions
    227 8 Standard Stall Reporter RUBBER DEALERS m Singapore on Thursday were squaring up positions and making short-covering purchases prior to the holidays. Opening at around SL'.i'o per b. for first grade April shipnent, prices eased on some selling pressure but steadied vhen millers came in'o
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    HK TRAMWAYS
    45 8 The Directors of the Hongkong Cramways at the annual meeting esterday recommended payment >f a final dividend for last year )t H.K. $1.40 cents per share less ax. An interim dividend of 50 :ents, less tax. per share was laid last September. Reuter
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    SHARES RISE IN FAIR TRADING
    239 8 Standard Staff Reporter SINGAPORE, Fri. There was a fair amount of business passing in the Malayan share market yesterday and some price appi ciations were resections. The marke i »sed firm. Business will resume on Monday. Thursday's prices were: Boners Sellers Eraser Neave rds 3.35
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    Malayan Trade In Feb. Reaches All-Time High
    363 8 Standard Stall Reporter YKT ANOTHER spurt Jh Malaya's overseas trade took place la>t month, raising the February exports to about $603,000,000 and imports to about 8-4- 19,000,000. These figures are unsurpassed in the country's history, both in regard to the exceptionally lii«rli prices
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    'Balanced Budget Is Best Solution'
    266 8 Standard Staff Correspondent Kl ALA LUMP! K. Mar. 23.— The Economic Secretary, Mr. O. A. Spencer, at a |>rt'-»> conference today said he thought the besl Bolution to this country's inflationary trends *a*> a balanced budget. He said price control alone j without distribution control
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    COMMODITY PRICES
    132 8 COMMODITY PRICES RUBBER The latest Singapore r'. 1 wt prices on Thursday i Mar. II > u ere per lh. Bayers Sell< rs No. 1 R.S.S Spot Loo »e I aom. i 5.19 S ..0 I •'.(> i* in !>.i!<s April. No 1 R.S S $2,155 52.16i No 2 R.S.S
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    Indonesia Flans To Start Her Own Stockpiling
    325 8 Reply To US Move THE Indonesian Government w considering measures to Mo<*k|>il<» import goods ami raw Material* seeded in Industry, Hays the Indmenian Review, a journal devoted tu tin* country's imHiiliwlioii In an article on the problem f matorialc thp icirnal \u fu"
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    Bank Pavs Tribute To Malavan Planters
    331 8 THE SCRAMBLE for rubber ami tin !a-i ><ar. Largely for stockpile In the Untied Stales ami man) other countries, greatlj profitted Malaya and Thailand ami. to a lesser degree, Ceylon. At i\w game time it helped to alleviate the world dollar shortage ami Improve
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    Newsprinl Control Under Study
    12 8 Newsprinl Control Under Study WASHINGTON. Ile Inter tendai the g \e Inu
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    CeYlon Tappers
    30 8 Ce Ylon Tappers COLOMBO d Plant* He war led that 1 ible come a a slump, a lien ivould uc ca e b1 ndai ds ;n<»:e work for less pay.
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    60 8 photo. Mr. J.II Mills, of Islay Kerr and Company, accompanied by Mrs. Mills, a leading Colony sportswoman, left by the Carthage on Thursday on six months' holiday. Picture shows Mr. and Mrs. Mills after being garlanded by Mr. G. V. G. Samy. who has run a money -changing business in
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    LATEX SHIPMENTS
    18 8 Latex in Febru ol which 3.224 I United States 2.282 I the United K gd >m.
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    s.s. Jalagopal Brings 253 Passengers
    73 9 Standard Staff Correspondent r |"HE s.s. Jalagopal of the Eastern Shipping Corporation berthed in Singapore on Thursday from Madras and Nagapattinam via Penang. The vessel brought three first class, Rfty-one second class and 199 deck passengers for disemb rkation here. Taking passengers and cargo, th<
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    Olinda Berths
    32 9 Standard Staff Correspondent BOUND from Basrah to Yokohama, the freighter s.s. Olinda berthed in Singapore yesterday. The vessel will discharge 139 tons of general cargo before proceeding on her voyage.
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    31 9 photo. THE freighter President Garfield berthed alongside the wharves yesterday. The vessel, which has just been purchased by the American President Lines, is only an "interim"' vessel of the company. Standard
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    NEW AIR STRIP AT GEMAS.
    455 9  -  Capt. C. MASON Malayan Sappers Project By WORK on the Gem as I Auster air strip the j first project to he workj ed entirely by a troop of Malayan Sappers without any assistance from British technicians has already begun. After the drainage and levelling
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    DREDGE FOR BANGKOK HARBOUR
    102 9 WASHINGTON. Mar. 23— The harbour suction dredge. Man- j hattan, which the U.S. Economic Cooperation Administration has purchased for use in Bangkok harbour, will be transferred from the U.S. Army Engineer Corps to E.C.A. in a ceremony at Philadelphia next week. I The dredge, for which
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    'LAST CHANCE FOR SHIPS'
    66 9 TAIPEH, Mar. 23: (Reuter-j AAP) A Cabinet executive order offered what it warned as a last chance for ships .vhich had deflected to the Communists to return to Formosa with the guarantee of personal and group safety if thev do so before May 15. It also
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    BOAC' s Traffic Shows Increase
    105 9 B.O.A.C's operating and traffic statistics for the calendar year 1950 show that the revenue passenger miles flown by the Corporation increased by 32 per cent, to 042.0nci.000 miles, compared with 410.000,000 miles in 1949. The number of passengers carried increased by more than 22 per
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    7 Super Vessels May Call Here
    169 9 ."MaiKlarct Matt Correspondent SE\ EN new 20-knot super vessels for the American President Lines round-the-world passen«ier-ear«ro service will probably make their appearance in Singapore waters in the near future, pending sanction of the United States Maritime Commission. Fifty similar ships were recently authorized to
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    New Postage Rates For Overseas Mail
    76 9 THE Postmaster- Genera!. Malaya, announces that from April 1, the rates of postage on letters, postcards and insured boxes addressed to fore:'.:, countries for transmission by surface mail will be: Letters: Fir<t ounce 20 cents: each additional ounce 12 cents. Postcards: Single 12 cents:
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    GORGON DUE
    42 9 Standard Staff Correspondent THE Blue Funnel Line vessel Gorgon is due to arrive in Singapore tomorrow from Fremantle. She is bringing a total of forty-four passengers and her usual cargo of frozen meat, fruit p.nd other foodstuffs for the Colony.
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      1191 10  -  OSWALD HENRY by l.'i i\G i:i H'»* iWßps? W.mt I piik ni;*:.|) thai i mi"" 1 Th**n takf riv uiiil sec i '>■ Affairs tiWI it i ».irs ya iraj I*'- THE J i i?* hti tbi year— il ei ei Lhere g in makir-£ i
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    464 11 in 7-iirlailed S^iT tte openh^ !rt ttaLSZ "^f! etween Perak and Penanz. Ph. v 21*1 Ule "Estate e™&et v Mill be resumed tomorrow. I oi siispoe;" r Ai d eN batsmen la pitch a ;i t i spin. i nd Jugdev
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    79 11 The following will represent the Singapore Sinhali e against Kuala Lumpur Sinhalese in match the P. H. Cup at W r l^: ai 1 1 a.r.i ;.nd tomorrow: C Sc l1 le icapt. 1 Bob Pe :ie>. V H Fern in i». Maya Perera, N Perera,
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    109 11 The "fighting dentist" Basil Shaw and hardhitting Jabbar bin Jaffar head a card of five fights at the Great World open air arena tonight. This is promoter Darby Fob's first promotion and he hopes to stage fortnightly fights. Some months ago Shaw outpointed Jabbar in a
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    43 11 ly picture. Sukim bin Haji Naib, Than Cheng- Men? and Mansoor bin Saw! leading the field of five in the third heat of the 4000 metres individual pursuit at the cycle races held in Singapore yesterday, Sukim finally won the heat. final Standard
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    464 11 'Following are teams playing in the week-end's inendly "cricket matches in Singapore. SRC cnrket rc;,msToday vs CRE o:.-. r ;h on the Padan- at _> pm G Clarke (Capt): •J. Aena; n. Aeria; n Barker: -N SSSfiS? l^* HunL; D Kri,,emsm: J anu l. Thescira. Monday vs Johore
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    361 11 LONDON, Mar. 22 (Reuter)— Cambridge are favourites to *raiii their fifth successive victory over Oxford in the 97th lmat raee which will be rowed from Putney to Mortluke on Saturday. The race, is over 1{ miles and is rowed upstream on the flowing tide,
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    114 11 P F X A X G. Friday: A well earned undefeated century by opening Datsman Tai Liang Kheng placed the Penang Chinese Recreation Club in a strong position in the cricket i match against the Perak Chinese Recreation Club at close of play on Victoria Gn
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    79 11 PEXAXG. Fri.— A large numbci of delegates will attend the annual general meeting of the Badminton Association of Malaya which will be held at the Chinese Club in MacAlister Road on Sunday at 10 n.in. li is unde stood that the Selansor Badminton Association will propose that all
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    159 12 SHOWING a high standard Of pay. the Il q oy< «v VMC football team tn.um.<:i um < osmos football XI by six goals to nil in a SAFA (livi>;im .515 leasoe match at the Geylang Stadium yesterf' IV. B rth t| ma went all out in
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    128 12 WELLINGTON, Mar. 23: (Reuter) Prospects of play in the scond cricket Test between New Zealand and England, due to begin here tomorrow, are remote. Apart from one brief period this morning. rain which, began last night continued throughout today. The pitch is completely covered but
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    122 12 PORTH, GLAMORAN, Mar. 21 (Heuter) Tommy Farr, the '.Vi-year-old former British heavyweight champion, was knocked j Dirt in the second round by i Frank Bell, 24-year-old British Northern Area champion on Wednesday. Farr has now lost two of his Four fights in an attempt to
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