Singapore Standard, 7 April 1951

Microfilm: NL2279
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    18 1 Singapore Standard -^r* />U 4 I 1 NO. 280 SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1951. 12 PAGES TEN CENTS
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    To Discuss Bonds Plan Next Week
    125 1 To Discuss Bonds Plan Next Week Standard Staff Reporter N- tor the fim major anti-inflation drive In I are to i>e considered by the Singapore < oiineil at a meeting next week. The indentanda that top priority consideration is i of the Council for a proposal that Government ,uni bonds
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    HK I: Requisition Cars, Ships, Planes
    22 1 to- re•.a wide iding v but never put s lade sleeping eu er- -.c G >ver-
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    Peking Party Cancels Visit To UK
    132 1 Peking Party Cancels Visit To UK PRAGUE, A;>: 6 (Reuter)— A party live Chinese today cancelled a visit I p B it dn te- ise they said their leaner. M. Lee Yet-mong. had been rel I i j lf T Lee n *d that tas granted I »ur others who
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    Rubber Export Procedure Is Clarified
    56 1 Tilt Singapore Z Federation (lovernnients have clarified the procedure be followed by rubber exporters entering new contracts of shipments under the der effective next Mond.iv cobtrollinn the destinations of Malaya's rubber shipments. i Exporters must ask permission to export immediately, the two (iovernments announced la>t
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    Forces Bill For Malaya Extended
    442 1 LONDON. Apr. 6 (Router) The House of Commons has passed a bill making it possible for forces to be raised under Malayan legislation and for the Army and Air Force j Acts to be applied to them. This year the bill in- j troduced every
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    Finds Daughter Dead In Well Wife Injured
    163 1 Standard Staff Reporter A SINGAPORE r u b\e r estate owner in Chua Chu Kang Road woke up yesterday morning to find his three-year- old daughter dead in a well and his first wife suffering from burns on her face due to acid.
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    Nadra Action C'ttee Member Released
    69 1 Standard Staff Reporter SYFD Ali Al-Attas, one of the stemln of the Nadra Action Committee, who i*ai a^ested under the Emerseney BecuUitions a week after the De.,n..n,»ts m Singapore last has b^n released unconditionally, said a spokesman of the C.LD. yesterday. The other five Mohd
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    Waller Pleads Not Guilty
    136 1 Photo. John Keith Waller. British Army corporal who spent ten months in the Russian Zone of Germany, pleaded not guilty on April 2to charges of desertion. Waller was placed on trial before a three-man military court in Berlin. Captain L H. Barrance and Sergeant Edmund Stennett.
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    Britons Urged To Back Public Trial Call For Detainees
    363 1 By ANDREW ROTH, Standard Staff Correspondent LONDON, Apr. 6. British national organisations are being approached by Malayan students here to support the rijjht to public trial for the persons detained in Singapore and the Federation in January. These Malayan students have
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    POW Relief From Japan Demanded
    36 1 POW Relief From Japan Demanded LONDON, Apr. 6. (AP)— Two hundred Members of Parliament signed a motion yesterday calling for Japan to compensate former prisoners of war and dependents ot those who died wnue Japanese prisonerii
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    Siow-Chan Marriage In London
    115 1 Siow-Chan Marriage In London LONDON, Apr. 6 (Reuter) Siow Watt Soon, 25, Malayan law student, helped his bride Nya Chee Chan, 25, keep her heavy wedding dress out of the mud "as they left a registry oflice here today after their marriage. Mr. Siow, of Singapore, met his bride during
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    In Pearl Harbour
    32 1 WASHINGTON, April 6. (UP) —The battleship Missouri arrived in Pearl Harbour on Thursday alter almost continuous combat duty in Korean waters since Last September, the Navy announced here today.
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    36 Wanted Chinese In PI Still At Large
    57 1 MANILA. April 6. (UP) Police arrested three Chinese as the search continued for 36 other Chinese lacing deportati m to Formosa. A total of 93 f:ice deportation for alleged profiteering, illegal association or Communist activities. Fifty-four arrested earlier. were being held in
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    Britain, US Said Split Sharply Overstatement
    220 1 On The Korean Question WASHINGTON, Apr. 6 (AP) —Britain and the United Stairs ar 5 reported to have split sharply o\rr a proposed statement of Korean war aims and peace hopes. It was to have been issued here by President Truman. While responsible informants
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    Britain Rejects Peking Proposal To Visit Malaya
    472 1 Standard Stall Reporter THE British Government has turned down Peking C request to send a 17-nian Chinese Communist party to Malaya to "investigate the eonditions of Chinese in the country. 91 A statement of the British Government policy towards the request made to
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    Allied Troops Drive Forward Over 38th
    161 1 TOKYO. April 6 (I I')— Ainrriraii. linti-h. Greek, Thai ami South Korean troops dro%e i< r^ I(l against Btiffening remeUmot Wcyoad tbe 3Hih lara?l in a 35-mile front today in a drive t<» l>«at dw Cmmm* nUts to punch and knotk tin ir Sprinf
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    Ice Factory Explosion: Two Hurt
    193 1 Standard statt Reporter TWO Chinese engine room j attendants of the Nanyang Ice Factory at Tanjong Rhu wre seriously injured at 6. 26 p.m. yesterday when a diesel engine exploded In the factory Damage is estimated at about $50,000. The cause of the explosion has
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    MEAT FOR BRITAIN
    23 1 Britain and the Argentine ag eed early today on resumption t>f meat shipments to Britain, according to Argentine sources.— Reutei
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    House Hears No Confidence Vote On Mac A
    92 1 LONDON. Apr fi (UP) A motMii w.is introduced in the House of Commons today calling for the expression of **O» confidence" in the leadership of General Douglas MacArthur as United Nations Supreme Commander in Korea. T te motion was introduced by Labourite
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    India Bars Robeson
    39 1 BOMBAY. Apr. C, (Route? I The [ndian Governmeni I refused visas to Paul Robeson, the American Negro singer. Professoi Joliot Cune. French si >- mic scientist and Di\ li Lett .1 ns Dean ol Cantcrb r v
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    Tiong Bahru Resistance Stiffens With Govt. Help
    465 2 -Picture by Standard Staff Reporter HAWKERS of Seng Poh Road "rich wives market"— still the dearest in Singapore— will nnd a stiffening consumer resistance movement from members of the Tiong Bahru Community Centre in their effort to reduce the cost of lmng in
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    James Praises Consumers'Move
    67 2 James Praises Consumers' Move Standard Staff Reporter MR. F. C. JAMES Municipal Commissioner and vice-chair- man of the Katong Consumers' i Resistance Movement yesterday lauded the move in Ti ng Bahru to fight rising prices. In a message to Tiong Bahru people through The Stand i i Mr. James said,
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    Offered Bribe
    35 2 NARIXJAX SINGH, Aged 35, admitted in the Sina pore I Second Police Court yesterday, trying to bribe a police officer. Lieutenant F. W. Pereira at the Central Police Station on March 11. I
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    Maudrene's Girls Play To Full House
    337 2 v Standard Woman Reporter I*l I'll.** of the Maudrene School of Dancing gave a recital a! ihe Lee Kuo liuan Auditorium, Anglo(.hitu>e School, Singapore yestenlay in aid of the Methodisl < irl-* School Building Fund. The be I nail was pa< kei with well-wishers
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    7 Schools Struck Off
    77 2 SEVEN Singapore schools were struck off the register becau.se they had ceased to exi.it. The registration of all supervisors and teachers of these schools had also been cancelled. The schools are: Mohan Kurryiramangalam Tamil School, Bukit Chermin; Samatharma Tamil School, French Road. RAF. Civilian Lines School.
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    'This Election Will Be Won On Facts'
    57 2 —Says Rajah Standard SiafT Reporter RfR A. RAJAH, Progrettfrc Party candidate for the Keppel Divisioo in the Singapore Legislative Council elections, was told l>v a voter at an election rally in the Harbour Hoard Labour lines yesterday that the Keppcl labourers would vote
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    28 'Fighting Turks' Rest In S'pore
    107 2 Standard Staff Reporter A FLYING AMBULANCE load oi 28 "fighting Turks" arrived at Changi airfield, Singapore, last night on their way home to Turkey to recover from wounds sustained in the Korean war. Many of the men were wounded in the desperate hand-to-hand fighting
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    OPEN FINDING
    45 2 AN open finding was recorded in the Singapore Coroner's Court yesterday at the inquest Into the death ol a caretaker. Lee Poh Teck. whose decomposed body was found in a field at 9i milestone Jurong Road en March 15. Lee's skull was broken.
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    New Immigration Bill Seeks Alien Control
    179 2 CERTAIN nc \v provisions "which experience has shown to be necessary" are included in a new Singapore bill the Immigration (Control) Ordinance, 1950 which revises and consolidates the existing immigration and entry into the Colony laws. The new bill published last ni^ht is to
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    Results Of YMCA Piano Competition
    85 2 Standard Woman Reporter NAMES of the nine successful players in the recent Singapore Chi'nese Y.M.C.A. Amateur Piano Contest have just been announced They fall Into three Section A < under 12)— Gan Tiang Ch<>on, Helen Chia. AlwiD Lee. Section B (12 to ir>>— Cheung Mun
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    TEARING DOWN ELECTION POSTERS
    73 2 Standard Staff Reporter THE OFFENCE of tearing down posters is a civil matter and the normal course of action would be !ur the injured party to apply for summonses against the offenders. Thia was static! by the Asst Commissioner of Police. Mr. W. J. Parks, yesterday
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    'NO STOOGE' HE SAYS
    57 2 MR. H. J. C. KULASINC.HA Prorgessive Party candidate in the Bukit Timah Ward in \::c coming Legislative Council elections denied he was a "stooge" of Government at a meeting held at Bukit Timah yesterday. On the contrary, he said, he had never hesitated to raise issues
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    Cheated Friend Of $120-Four Months
    116 2 Cheated Friend Of $120- Four Months ENGLISH speaking, Chin E::l: Hoe was sentenced to three months' rigorous imprisonment in the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday, for cheating Alexander Wee of $120 during September last. It was stated that Chia arranged for Wee, his friend, the purchase of some furniture on
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    British Carrier Passes Through On Way To Korea
    289 2 Standard Shipping Reporter H.M.S. GLORY, British light ile«*t aircraft carrier leaves Singapore Naval B#m- today for Korean waters* The carrier, on her way to relieve the H.M.S. Theseus, arrived in Singapore yesterday evening* Ever since the H.M.b. Glory was commissioned for service
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    A Day With S'pore's 'Ideal Girl'
    134 2 Standard Staff Reporter IT WAS just another working day for Miss Daisy Frughtneit yesterday, the day after she was voted Singapore'* Ideal Working; Girl. But every time she wat called into the office of her employer, Mr. G. Aurely, Manag- ings Director of Montor
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    Hotelirrs Finrd
    29 2 SFA'EN hi >V'- '-.i wo'-e fried $600 in the Singapore Second Pi '.ice Court yesterday I »r failing |to record the necessary partii culars vf their lodgers.
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    Shorter Duty Rumour Denied
    103 2 Standard Staff Reporter THE RAF in in Reid I ment last Dight nailed a rumour thai y V n ol d ity li M for H A.F. personnel is to De i i t.-d. 'There is no truth in the rumours," says the statement. "No alteration
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    WOmar Tried To Export Gold
    47 2 W Omar Tried To Export Gold A MIDDLE-AGED j An Moi, uraus r.;u;i and d~r ged the Third District Court after ih€ was c of attempting ttj export (593 worth of gold out if 1 c C tooy The pold. which was in the form s confisc;.t-
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      73 2 cSifSSIr^SSiS I^ mH DOOTV T KET "CH J fTOO W^ AWRIGHT "AH'LL^y I NOT BAD, MAMMY J NOT AT ALL, "> G^^'^f I^^l>m BE y V A NEW PAPPY IN TH SIJOPPyTvI TRV A NEAT ONE. -BUT HE'S JX SON. AFTER f^a'-MlSHT^^^vfj^'T HAWKIMS DAY .^gg MAMMY. S YOUHGER'N XT ALL-
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    SQUATTER PLANS PRAISED
    467 3 Govt Doing Utmost, Says Rajendra Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Conditions h, this country have not improved though we feel that the Government is doing the right thing and doing its utmost to eradicate the existing menace," said Mr. T. Rajendra, President, Selangor Property Owners' and
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    Jap Estates To Be Sold
    92 3 KUALA LUMPI'R. Fri.— Nine rubber estates in the Federation, formerly owned by Japanese and held in trust by the Custodian of Enemy Property since the liberation, are to be sold by tender this month. The estates total about 28.25: J acres. The proceeds of the
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    Had Arms, KL Youth To Die
    128 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. A youthful Chinese, Wong Sing, who was found guilty on two counts of having in his possession a rifle and 25 rounds of ammunition, was sentenced to death by Mr. Justice E. N. Taylor in the Supreme Court I today. The
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    NEW COLA IS HAILED
    228 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Fri Federation Government em- 1 Pioyees generally welcomed j the new cost of living allowance announced today. 1 However, one section of the Government workers are not I satisfied with the new rates Iney consist mostly of daily 1 paid workers
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    COURT DISMISSES NEWSMAN'S CLAIM
    501 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— ln the Supreme Court this morning. Mr. Justice H. W. Wilson dismissed the claim of $5,812.50 by Mr. M. K. Coomarasamy, a journalist, against the Malay Mail Press Ltd. The suit was dismissed with costs The plaint ill contended that
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    Federatin Briefs
    282 3 A BULLOCK-CART driver. Perianan was fuuci $15 in the Mitor court for using an expired number plate Kid driving his bullock-cart without a licence. CHU SAM of Jalan Haji Abu. Muar was fined (i by the Muar magistrate for c using obstruction to the five-foot way with goods.
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    Bandits Pounded
    46 3 BRIGAND .light bombers of the R.A.F. in Malaya carried out a heavy and prolonged strike against a bandit target in Perak yesterday. Waves of aircraft attacked at intervals for two and a half hours. The operation was in .support of ground security :o:ve plans.
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    TRAIN ATTACKED
    42 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.- The night mail train from Penang to Kuala Lumpur came under a j hail of bandit sten gun bullets j in the lpoh area just before midnight yesterday. One Malay Regiment soldier was killed and two wounded.
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    Railway Hit By Rising Cost Of Living, Salaries
    421 3 Standard Staff Correspondent Kl U A LUMPUR, Fri. The steady rise in the cost of li\iii«r has had a most serious effect on tin* working cost* of the Malayan Railway., according lo an official statement. Expenditure on salaries, wages and allowances which
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    Bank To Pav $40 Damages
    155 3 I Standard Staff orrespondent KUALA LUMPUR, Vi —Mr R. P J. Clarke, Deputy Controller Road Transport, wiu) sued the Mercantile Bank of India Ltd., [or 'he sum of SI. OOO received $40 as nominal 'damages when judgment I as j delivered today by Mr. A
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    POLICE DETAIN LORRY DRIVER
    106 3 MALACCA M. „.-!(•< a t'ulire have detained a lorry rii., allegedly in connection With «i gang robbery and murrter comrrvtted at a shophouse in Singapore in UM6 During ihe robbery, it is a!ir«^ I a woman and a man were killed Lee was trrested soon ftftei
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    Buddhists Plan Big Procession
    182 4 St.mdard St.irY Canrespoadeal PENAN Fxi Police permitting, 1< B in I g and P:wiK esley take part in Um forth ing 'F.uwcv and Joss---:: proc n i ol the many elebrai ns to be he'd on Wesak full moon day, Monday, May 21. i H iday
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    CBT Charge
    101 4 PENANG F' -a M rear old Singapo e 1 te n, Mu- b wppeai eel I e M D. i we* Earn in the M gisl C wrt j estenlaj on 1 e ge ori craninal breach ol trust, faa rasped "t $77 64 cts, entrusted h:m by
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    STUDENTS TOLD: MALAYA NEEDS YOU Others Anneal
    259 4 Standard Staff Correspondent irOlf. Fri. A call to students of all races to rviianl the manpower call-up as an opportunity to «:he themselves to the State was made by Mr. I. W« Blclloch, British Ailviser. Perak, on Speech Day at tlie AmlfTfWß School,
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    BROKE HIS ARM
    57 4 PLXANG. Fri A:; BO d< li occurred on bcxir-i the Dr< > this i when one of I e C P Ynnrie Linden (19\| who W9& I '.r.z the ;nel fell; the ecJi 4 •he > ■..[> fi m a^ tieig I about 30 feet He was
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    100 Reds Swoop On Kampong
    78 4 Standard Stiff < orrcspondent KUALA LUMPUR, FridayOne hundn i bandits attacked a kampong m Grik and killed ree auxiliary policemen, who tried to fisht them off. No signs of arson or damage to property wa? revealed by air reconnaissance. Security forces Killed three bandits in
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    Marine Suptd. To Shift
    75 4 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Fri.— lt is learned that the Marine Superintendent's Office, Federation of Malaya, now located at Port Swettenham. will shift to Penang shortly. The Marine Superintendent, Federation of Malaya, is Commander I'nwin. With this transfer. Penang will be the Headquarters for two departments
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    Lunch Time
    68 4 Malayan Railway construction crews have played and are still playing an important part in the rehabilitation and maintenance of bridges and the tract. This picture by Loco Shed foreman Abdul Samat bin Mohamed Amitl shows the 15th Butterworth Railway Crew at Prai beginning tiffin after erecting their Rover
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    One More Detained Vessel Returns To Penang
    251 4 Standard Start Correspondent PENANG, Fri. >lariam Bee, one of the three ships which are Mill at Lho Seumawe where ihey were detained for about a month, is expected to Bteam into Penang harbour any time tonight. The other two still there are the
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    4SP Faces Charge Of Assault
    103 4 IPOH. Fri. Summonses have been issued against 3 Teluk Anson Policemen, including t Ii e lormer OCPD, to attend court on April 13. for allegedly causing hurt to three Chinese school teachers en December 23. last year. Complainants in the rase are Chew Bak Yean.
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    Hon. Profession 'Comes First'
    125 4 PENANG. Fri Mr. Ycr.p Chouiiß Kt»ne. President of the Penang Teachers' Union, told members that he should help his colleagues in the fißht for the betterment of all Grades of the service, but as a member of the "honoured profession" he assured '.hern that its interest
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    Kedah's First Step In Anti-TB Drive
    194 4 Standard Staff rorre>pondent ALOR STAR, Fri. Redan's first boucwlc itepa in the anti-TB drive is a decision to erect two Vi>>en Huts in the compound of the General Hospital to house K«*avelv infected cases. This was decided at the third executive committee meeting >f
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    Move To Open Co-op Shop At Naval Base
    230 4 Standard Staff Reporter NEGOTIATIONS r.r«- now under way between the Singapore Naval Ba-«» Co-operative, Thrift and loan Society Lid., the Singapore Co-operative Stores Society Lid., and tli«" Naval Authorities for the establishment of a 4'o-op«'rati\<> shop in the Naval Base in tin-
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    Did Not Report Presence Of Bandits, Jailed
    87 4 IPOII, Fri. Aplasamy, a 19 year old labourer in Sussex Estate Teluk Anson, was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment by Mr. Justice Thomson for failing to report the presence of armed bandits. Earlier. Aplasamy was acquitted by Mr. Justice Hill without his defence
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    80 Apply For 'Voting' Jobs
    87 4 80 Apply For 'Voting Jobs PENANG, Fri— Between 70 to 80 applications have so far been received for the posts of Deputy Registration Oihrurs. Mrs. G. Hawkins Supervisor of Municipal Elections i today Several Deputy Registration Officers are required to collect, applications for entry In the »"':g n The pay
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    MANY ATTEIH SCHOOL FAIR
    134 4 PENANG, Fri. A large crowd attended the Fun Fair and Baby Show at the AngloChinese Girls' School tod ty. The fair is in aid of the School Building Fund and will be extended till tomorrow. The Baby Show also drew a packed hall. There were ?A
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    MR. LOWE DIKS
    42 4 The death occurred today of Mr. George Lowe, of the Telecommunications Dept. Deceased is survived by his widow, his mother and a son. The funeral takes pl-ice tomorrow from the Roman Catholic Church at Pulau Tikus at 5 p.m.
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    Yusoff, Yawned, Was Cautioned Then Let Off
    99 4 PENANG. Frl. An Indian hand-cart supplier. Yusoff <4u', was told by the Sessions Court President, Mr. B. G. Smith, today that an elderly person iike him should behave better in court. Yusofl was seated in court, today, listening to a ca^e, when ne
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    T. Anson Outrage: Verdict Reserved
    379 4 Standard Staff Correspondent IPOH, Fri. The verdict of the inquiry into the killing of two Chinese and the wounding of three others, which resulted from the police shooting following the handgrenade outrage in Teluk Anson on Dec. 23. last year, was reserved by Mr. J.
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    NS TEACHER FOR BRUSSELS
    678 4 SERF.MB-\X. Fri —Mr. Lionel Van txt yzel, H< Ima ler I I e Government Eng ish Sc Port Dtckson, has been ected to re-pre-i at M Trade Union Council at the world congress nf professiona enip 1 o 5 <.■ 1 (Organised by the 1 Confederation
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    'PEACE WHEN RED PARTY IS BROKEN'
    271 5 Break Their Morale, Harding Tells People SIR JOHN HARDING, C.-in-C. Far Ea.t Land torces in a broadcast last night declareil that the war in this country was not only against the active bandits, but against the whole Communist organiin Malaya and Singapore. The war
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    Four Years For Rape
    156 5 Standard s» iff Reporter AN ARMY mess boy, Che>-»'i Joon Chm, was sentenced to four years' rigorous imprisonment and six lashes with the light rotan by Mr. Justice Murray Buttrose in the Singapore Assize Court, yesterday, for attempting to rape a nine-year-old Indian, girl in Pasir
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    FEDERATION BIARY
    269 5 SELANGOR KUALA LUMPUB M v i > c \>>: Breakthrough. 12 w), 2 30, 6 30, 9.15 p-in M KI s Iver River 12 30, 2 30. 6AJ 1 15 pjn. PAVILION: Intnrfer ta The Dust <•; 3©, 9 p.m. ODKON: [fl Get By, 3. 6.45 9L5 <
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    WALL GOES DOWN-MAS. POST BECOMES A HOME FOR CLUB
    196 5 WALL GOES DOWN-MAS. POST BECOMES A HOME FOR CLUB Slan«lar<l Staff Btfyrtrr THF TIOV; K\IIKi COMMI NTH < vi\ r< in Singapore i* Is lr;\e a former Malaxan \n\iliar\ Ser> iee |wm heliiml Kn*i an Street m* iu iir-t rluh hou» '-ciiiiilihrary. Another <»-t f Uv BfleJ a« a s«M-ial
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    Heavy Trade Losses Made Merchant Broke
    302 5 Standard Stall Reporter THE PROPRIETOR of a Singapore sundry goods shop with Liabilities totalling $52,120, made an application before Mr. Justice Brown in the Singapore Bimkruptcy Court, yesterday, for approval to pay a composition of 12.1 p«-r cent to liis creditors. The applicant, Er
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    81 5 Our of the four pavilions behind. Eng Watt Street, converted into an M.A S. posts during the tear and which is now w be handed to the To ig Bahra Com munit y Centre us a club-house cud library. Another siidi post be given to the Centre \aler
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    BACK FROM EGYPT
    54 5 TEA PARTY will be held this Sunday at 5.30 p.m. ai the premises of the All-Mala3 i Muslim Missionary Society No. 31 Lorong 12 Geylang, to welcome the President of the Young Men's Muslim Association, Tuan Haji Mohamed Khan, who has returned after a tour of Saudi
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    Poll Impersonation Serious—Thomson
    228 5 Poll Impersonation Serious Thomson I, Standard stiiit Reporter 1 1 MR. GG. THOMSON, S i visor of Elections, yesterday i warned that any attempt at im- personation on polling day Voe punished with a fine of $1,000 1 1 >r twelve months' jail or both. ji Said Mr. Thomson, "This
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    VOTING MAY START SLOW
    97 5 Standard SI H Reporter DOLLING DAY o "E" d\y for 1 pore Leg I ve Counci i tiuns may gel start because i t of the Colony's offices remau open in the morning. But every voter will get his chance to go to the booths. And
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    849 6 1 1 ETHER the increase in allowances recommended by the Joint Committee on the Cost of Living Allowances will meet with the approval of all Government workers remains to be seen. Even if the increases had been .substantial, the workers v.«>uld have grumbled against them in principle.
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    DR. P. T. NATHAN CORRECTS A MISQUOTE
    182 6 DR. P. T. NATHAN CORRECTS A MISQUOTE CIR I came across the printed manifesto of Mr. K. Dasaratharaj and was surprised lo find in it certain distortions and misquotations. In the circumstances 1 consider that I am not doing justice to my voters and myself if I do not expose
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    MANPOWER MOBILISATION
    171 6 Sir;- I do not wish to hurt anyone's feelings; but 1 cannot help remarking on the petition by the Federation of Malay Students' Union for exemption from "Manpower Mobilisation." 1 am now b< ginning to wonder whose count rj this really is. So far it is the Ma
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    We, the People
    336 6 candidate for the election to the Legislative Council, to read the newspapers. The Singapore Free Press and the Singapore Standard of March 1, gave a fair account of what 1 .said and even quoted my statement in full. It is the accepted policy of the Commissioners to
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    WHY FOOL THE PUBLIC ?
    184 6 WHY FOOL THE PUBLIC Sir; It is not surprising to hear the homilies preached now by the would-be candidates for the forthcoming Legislative Council elections. Every one of them makes it a point to emphasise that he will work for the betterment of the working class. We have seen for
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    ACSU Rules Are Silent
    348 6 Sir to my U given the < Si ci i I try of the A< your columi n 29 s tssical subtei if e But thi e s a S I musi the stand lie ed in etter is ns ered: insti m a lot ol
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    PENSIONERS & UNEMPLOYED
    173 6 PENSIONERS UNEMPLOYED Sir; -It is an establis i fad that ti out of 1" vernment employees, on the retirement, seek re-employment >cal commercial firms and War Departments in the Federation and in the C S >me >1 "■< -i- i:.' 1 are known to be drawing tat pensions and have
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    Bombshells In Korea
    244 6 MR MORRISON'S recent Male ment that the time was op portune foi a peaceful settlement in Korea has gradually 'bee:! finding support from many quarters, said Sin Chew J Poh. Arab countries intensified their efforts for peace negotiations over Korea and even officials in Washington have not
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    196 6 Review of Views problem. Ii U also a political problem". After many months of fighting, declared Chung Shing, the United Nations forces have the upper hand militarily in Korea. Hut it felt that that the Allies have not been as suceesstu! on the political field. "When the Communists intervened", said
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    Suara Merdeka
    258 6 Sir- In an article entitled "Malayan Students I ike Themselves Seriously," published in your issue ol February 17. O.M. Green, referring to the "SUARA MERDEKA", says that it is a paper "stalled bv the Chinese students from Malaya— some 250 to 300 in England." This is not correct.
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    SWEET AND SOUR
    745 6 REMEMBER Jenderam,, in Selangor //i«» village upon which Security Forces swooped without warning, /<> detain nil tlif inhabitants? They currently ar*> hv i n screened In ><>r/ tml bandit helpers and sympathisers, with gratifying re* stills. Sonie />«'<>/»/*' have sinpidh compared it to Lidice* Lidice was razed
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    HE WROTE AND THREE WAS NO ANSWER
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    MacA Now Favours Use Of Nlist Troops In Korean Fighting
    169 7 (hi,,,,, Na.io«ali SI r ><Ml iu ,h, kor, 111 1 i lf:li19 Ma< Arlh r g the DM to extend taw and create r universal miiig the Massacim>ublican said he had fen MacArthur's the use of Chinese troop- DOW in
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    Asks Additional US $6.4 Billions For Armed Forces
    66 7 WASHINGTON, Apr. 6 (AP) President Truman asked Congress Thursday for an additional U55ti.433,000.000 for the armed forces. This is in addition to T 554 1 .800.000.000 buying power already provided to the armed forces since last July. The new request is designed
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    Portugal Knights Sir Arthur Morse
    115 7 Portugal Knights Sir Arthur Morse HONGKONG, Apr 6 (Reu-vr-AAP>—Mr. Fernando de Menezes, Portuguese ViceConsul last evening conferred a knighthood ot the M Odem del Bent nerencia" on Sir Arthur Morse, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Manager "f the Hongkong and' Sh ng ai Bank. Sir Arthur Morse,
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    Press Freedom And Newsprint Control
    126 7 WASHINGTON, Apr. 6, 'AP» a resolution opposing govern ment interference with free „f the press through newspnni controls was adopted unaiumously on Thursday by the etc nomic committee oi the Am can Foreign Ministers Confer--1 ence. The representative from Ax gentina, where there is a
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    UK Cabinet Discussion On Egypt
    209 7 LONDON. Apr. 6 (AP) Sir Ralph Stevenson, British Ambassador to Cairo, attended Thursday's Cabinet dis- cussion of Egypt's demand for withdrawal of British troops from the Suez Canal zone. The Chiefs-of-StafT of the British Services also took part in the meeting. This is the second
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    Big Four Deputies Hold Secret Meeting
    211 7 PARIS, \pr. 5 (I P) The Foreign Ministers deputies cancelled tin- scheduled plenarj session today following a .V.-liotir secret meeting over luncheon it the Soviet Embassy. Soviet deputy Andrei Gromyko issued the lunch invita- tion on Wednesday night after putting forward a new com;pro
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    US Atom Spies Given Death Sentence
    68 7 photo. CONVICTED atom bomb spies. Julius Rosenberg. 34. and his wife Ethel, 35. who were sentenced to death Thursday in the Federal Court. The judge ordered them to be executed sometime in the week begining May 21. Here they are seen separated by wire
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    Canton Reds Execute 286 Since December, At Namhoi, Poonyu
    236 7 HONGKONG, Apr. 6 (Al*) Canton Communists on Thursday announced tin- execution in the Canton area of 12 Y "counter-revolutionaries" during the December-March period, according to ihe independent Chinese-language Sin«r Tao Jih Pao. The executions took place at Namhoi and Poonyu, adjoining
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    Israelis Bomb Syrian Army In Retaliation
    150 7 TEL AVIV, Apr. 6 (AP)— rael military pianos Thursday night bombed fortified positions of the Syrian army southwest of Lake Galilee, an official Israeli spokesman said. The spokesman, announcing Ihe air operation, described it as a "successful retaliation action" in reply to the coldfa
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    India Declines Canada Gift Of Inferior Wheat
    216 7 OTTAWA. Apr. 5 (Reuter)— India has decided to decline a gift of low-grade wheat from Canada, Mr. P. K. Banerji, India's Acting High Commissioner to Canada, said in an interview today. "The poor people of would not have understood the gift," he saici,
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    'Old Lady Of The Bund' Closes Down
    163 7 HONGKONG, Apr. 6 (AP) "The Old Lady of the Bund"' is calling it quits. The North China Daily News, last foreignowned newspaper in Red China and long regarded as unofficial "Voice of Britain,'' has asked for and received permission from Shanghai authorities to
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    American States To Set Aside Troops For UN
    245 7 WASHINGTON, Apr. ."> (I I») Tkt immftremt* n| American Foreign Mwifftorw today a|»j>r<»\«-«l emttrtt* versial resotuttMi asking 21 Republics to §d a*i«l« lrnM*|M lor tin* defence of nW \iii< > ri< > a> and mmnAlc iervlee wilh tin- I nitcd Nations. The
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    No Such Thing As Cheap Peace, Says T.F. Tsiartg
    76 7 TAIPKII. Apr 6 BeaterAAP)— Or. i. 1 Tsun^ NaUonalist chief #f If gate to the United Nations, now on a consultation visit with the Government here, yesterday told a Taipeh gatneruui thai their is BO su< }i thin^ as a cheap
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    US Said To Advise New Deal For Iran
    208 7 LONDON, Apr Informed sources rep< Thursday the has advised Britain to Iran a now deal ket ping the Mi :<i;e Eai I try's oil flowing to the i The U.S. plan, these said, would: 1 Satisfy Iran's 'it-sire f«>r nationalization of the
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    Export Permits Are Now Required For Shipment Of Rubber
    261 8 Export Permits Are Now Required For Shipment Of Rubber t age B— Soturdoy. April 7, 1951. §S>il\%asoXt'£^< Standard Start Reporter THE SINGAPORE ami Federation Governments have warned exporters of robber that, as from today, they must first apply for permission to export before entering Into new contracts of shipments with
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    Rubber Prices Fall Sharply
    235 8 Standard Slali Reporter R| BBES prieea in Singapore dropped substanti■Bv, it one stage by as moen afl leu cents per Ib., on ih, news tl»at destinational control <»1 rubber from Malaya to eonntries other iban Britain, Canada, the Btrrlins donunationa, Eire and tli«- United States would
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    Planters Back Denial Move
    90 8 Si in<i rri Stall wrfim jkiil ILA LI :ITR. Ar: 6:— producers here do I any suggestion that l d pulled a trick I i prices ibber in the made by the Briti »trol expo- M ;a to' Cm- c Ties. mmon e- k 'heir inte
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    Tin Rises Despite US Seliina
    153 8 Standa rd Stal i R< let DESPITE uadei selling of tin in considerable Quantities by the U.S. Sovernment, til** metal price in Sing ipore .ippreciatrd sabstaatialls from $661.50 on Thursdaj to 5615 per pif nl yesterd ly. The the Malayan the ;et in S Tradera
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    Slight Drop In Copra Prices
    33 8 THJ PB t ir: Singapore ttle i a p SSS er picui on an e; Coconut oil < ed unchanged and :ed. Pe ed busine s being I ai
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    INDUSTRIALS IN DEMAND
    143 8 Standard Staff IrpoittT s: .UV )RE, Fri. Indust i ayan share mai I I i ..'tract good dod. resulting in a number of price improvementa today. Tin shares ere quietly steady, and rubbe s aei o a firm m irk< I Moderate business passed. Changed prices were:
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    COMMODITY PRICES
    120 8 COMMODITY PRICES RUBBER Ilif Litest Singapore rubber prices yesterday (Apr. i) > were per 11). liuyrrs Sellers No l R.S.S Sp.»i lioose (nom.) $2.12 $2.13 F.O K in bales April No R.S.S 52.111 $2,121 No 2 R.S.S. $1,991 $2,001 No R.S.S <n«m >l.S'» $1.91 Tine: Steady at the close. LONDON
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    Malaya Has Vast Untapped Building Material Resources
    309 8 M IUKK, \|m. Malaya has umilili gether willi applied research, could lead to incres materials i<> facilitate neM building activities and t< housing shortase. This is contained in a repori ared by a special four-man U.N. r >picaJ housing mission ifter a survey
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    March Rubber Crops
    28 8 ig and Co., Ltd. t the March c rvested I Batu Lintang I Ltd 9 200 lbs and P ik Rubber Co., Ltd i lbs.
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    Us Jan. Rubber
    58 8 U s Jan. Rubber UNITED STATES Rubber States for January this year were; Imports 84,803 1 (69,211 tons in Dort'nber ***** consumption 39.116 tons (44 '^o is), si i :ka 86,888 I• ts (87.739 re< taimed rubber cons impti i.i 31 521 t (29.081 ti ns), synthe tc co isumpJ
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    RUBBER CROPS FOR MARCH
    70 8 II irrisons ;md Crosfield (Malaya) Ltd., report the following March crops i trvested by Alienby Rubber i Ltd. 38,000 lbs.: Benta Rubber Estates Ltd. 97.000 lbs.; Jeram Kuantan Rubber Est M Ltd. 72.000 lbs.: Kundong Rubber F>t.. Ltd. 41,000 'os.; Mentakab Robber Co., Ltd. 74,000 lbs.:
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    HK EXCHANGE
    30 8 j HOXGKOXO. Apr. R Spt-i;,] Standard Service—Closing prices ion the Hongkong to-day were HK515.58 to sterling; HKS6O2 to US$l; HK$l.B2O to Malayan SI: lIKSO .''.JO t.) i:;ie I:KuK',osia;i
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    US Blow For Australia
    102 8 THE WORST pi Ice break si the end ol the wai has nil the Australian wool market. Sydney brokers attributed the drop m >sl entin to a concerted decision by U.S. buyers to biddinu at the opening of '< bourne auctions on Monday They ,id US
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    $3,086,859 Remitted
    44 8 FAMILY remittances from M.,:.i\ .i to China last n I i amounted to $3,086,859. Of this, remittances rom Singap amounted to $2,202,149. The remittances trom Singa pore also Included some rem tances made by residents of the Federation thruuyii Sin^ipoa 1 banks.
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    British Gold Reserves
    53 8 LONDON. Apr- 6 (AP>:— Brl tain's gold and d the vnicl are the backbone >l t .de —are the highest 19 Chancellor of the Exchequer H Gaitskell, has disclosed. The sterling are Ided US 5458,000.000 to the reserves ng the first three rn year, b to a
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    Slump To Hit Singapore When Stockpiling Ends
    312 8 'SAVE UNTIL MONEY GETS MORE' Stan'dard Staff Reporter SINGAPORE'S acting Financial Secretary, Mr. W, C. Taylor yesterday warned that the Colony's problem of inflation \*a- mos! -I*l ion-. He added: "It must be tackled rigorously and vv i t li vision." Mr. Taylor
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    PI Lifts Import Controls In ISM To Ease Shortage
    84 8 PI Lifts Import Controls In ISM To Ease Shortage MANILA, 8 id hoai i used 1 import coi ti »Ls x s1 i] Rice, »ur. canned n canned fish, cai ned Corp the it at controlled fixed 1 I nment. rhe s arc blan ird outbreak ol i Id war
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    Prices To Be Published From Apr. 23
    136 8 Standard Stall Reporter BCI \!l. pi tees <•! psseatial < ommodlties u ill h. i ti^fd in the ii ess ej olarls r\«t\ MlWldlJ v\ ith c!;i 1 froii April S3 lit- Standard understands The fee, tinn I h (hei pi ashini prices
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    ESTATE CLAIMS UNPAID
    222 8 LONDON, Apr 6 (Reuter)— l I European owne oi rub >er estates in Malaya have repaid "very little" of nearly £950,000 advanced to them by the British Government at the end of the last war, it was officially stated here. The money was advanced for rehabilitation o
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    700 Apply For 250 Houses Not Yet Built
    290 8 photo Standard Staff Reporter DEMAND for modern, rgajonaMy-nrlced home in the residential arras of Singapore is Inc leaning daily. There are already more than 7<H) applicant* on the waiting list for The Sennetl Realty Cont|MNiy*fl second hatch of 250 houses, The Standard
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    Indonesia Trade Guide
    13 8 the T D been issued m< Lhrouj for the Repi
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    Indonesia Adamant On Rubber Terms
    173 8 Standard Nail Reporter INDONESIA >*;!! state rate~©ricalh ai th, Rome international conference on rubber allocation* thai wants *iij»it;tl and manufactured goods for her rubber, said !>••. /ain. senior member «»f the Indonesian delegation yet*terdaj in Singapore. He emphasised that Indonesia would not join in any
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    SPIVS START NEW RACKET
    451 9  -  K. C. Lee f By 'Under Coun t@? Tickets Standard Staff Reporter THE exodus 6£ Malayan Chinefce to China in recent months, coupled with the shortage of shipping; farili- 1 ties, has started a new i racket in Singapore. Passage tickets are now sold in the
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    R.I. To Buy More Ships
    61 9 Three hundred million rupiahs have been earmarked by the Indonesian government to buy ships abroad to a total tonnage of 185.000 tons. The -hips will be used for inter-insular communication. Mr. A. P. Lolong of the Transport and Communication Ministry, who was sent by the
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    Another Renamed Vessel Due Here On Maiden Voyage
    140 9 Standard Shipping Correspondent THE 7.606-ton former Victory Mp the Dartmouth j Victory, now renamed the President Arthur, is expected to arri\<' in Singapore in a few days on her maiden voyage from New ork. Originally under charter to i the American President
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    TRACK GEAR FOR PLANES
    84 9 ROME. Apr. C: iAP A caterpillar track gear to enable planes to land on rough fin.'.r.d has been developed by Count Giovanni Bonmartini, inventor nnd former newspaper publisher. The gear can be adapted to almost anv size plane. Count Bonmartini claims it practically eliminates the dancer
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    SHIPS IN HARBOUR
    188 9 SHIPS AT ROADS AND WHARVES, 4 P.M. WHARVES Gda. 44 BonneviOe, Sheer* Wharf: 40 41 Bhilkmg. 38 39 Pres. Johnson, 36 31 ooalpan. 33 34 PfOTttetheus •n 32 Tournai. 29 30 Lene-. erett. -3 Bennevii 25 26 Lalandia, 2:f 24 DemoOocxxs, 22 Matang 19 20 Bintang. 17
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    2 ISTHMIAN LINE SHIPS ARRIVING
    125 9 Standard Shipping Correspondent TWO Isthmian Line freighters, the Steel Apprentice and the Sieel Traveller, are expected to call at Singapore within a few hours of each other tomorrow. The Far Eastern representative of the Isthmian Line in Singapore, Mr. E. S. O'Keefe told The Standard
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    429 9 e.isf 4MAiit li;<!B Uut*E.ra from Europe Apr. 8- Erria, sails for Saigon aiul B kuk. Apr. 9. TO El ROPE la Port: Lulandia. AMERICAN MAIL LINE For UB West Coast Ports. Accepting cargo for South and Centra 1 Amenta Ocean Mail loading Apr. 14 16. tVEBETT ORIENT UNI.
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      51 9 Pespatches TODAY: Thailand (parrels only) noon by Kepong. Thailand (letters only) MO a.m. by train Jakarta and Sourabaya noon by Both, W. Australia, E Australia and New Zealand (Tetters only) by Gorgon, Christmas Is.. by Islander. Medan by Ophir. Arrivals TODAY: N. India and Pakistan by Tak Sang. Sarawak by
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    29 10 >ln'. \>* omedian Deuißj K:%e does the Highland Flins while impersonatit;; Ibe late Sr Ilarrv Lander for a scene in <>!» The Ri\itri i;o\v nearing completion in llolh wood.
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    120 10 HER MIKE WAS HIDDEN IN A PINNED RED ROSE 1 J WOOD, A I 6, —When t were infancy, h owes were u"e. bel re irari,, ■ones or h Dockets. t the the *Mwg head, fc "tgh to be r c n e 8..r tech »ic ns had to i
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    427 10 DURBANK, California. Apr. 1J 6.— Being the daughter of a famous film director hasn't helped the progress of her acting career. So claims Patricia Hitchcock. the pretty. personahle, 2'l yearold daughter of the one and only Alfred Hitchcock. "I m "ii my own," Miss Hitchcock
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    66 10 \KW YORK. April (i <AP'— -1 Drama critic circles voted Briton Christopher Fry's "The Lady's Not For Burning" the best foreign play of the year. Sidney Kingsley's dramatization oi Arthur Koestlers novel "Darkness at Noon" was voted the best American play. Second choice to "Darkness at Noon"
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    560 10  - 'Kmg Solomon' s Mines' Starts A Celluloid African Cycle ERSKINE JOHNSON By JJOLLYWOOD, April 6. Now it's a celluloid African cycle started by MGM's "King Solomon's Mines." Latest entry in the jungle race is Columbia's "Bwana", a big technicolour epic to be filmed in East and South Africa, with rumours
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    395 10 HOLLYWOOD, April P) One thing about lie forthcoming film "Androcles and the Lion" is certain: the lion is available. Produce;" Gabriel Pascal has been having trouble casting the other title role in the movie version of George Bernard Shaw's famous drama. Practically every
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    BODCA Play Grand Soccer To Beat REME
    319 11 BODCA Play Grand Soccer To Beat REME UNBEATEN LN three successive game* in the senior SAFA league, REME met their Waterloo when they clashed with BODCA at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. They lost by the odd goal in three. It was one ol the most keenly contested games up to
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    Dai Rees Arrives Too Late To Play
    116 11 \l REES, rammed WeU prnfmnional getter he called his "greatest tlUappoinlment" whin I i'\ Singapore yesterday a few hours too late i exhibition at the Ko>al Singapore Golf Club. is a terrible pity because I cou.d have caught tiie earlier plane if I
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    Rangers Win Soccer In The Dark
    157 11 Rangers W in Soccer In The Dark it e HQ I rani almost all i v >\ .i Lefcai looki M ground, the Raall? rr.uhed the 'u k. P!n\ ron- irkaeai with the Uj ill groping: for tied h Ue Tecli sc re the era T ikii g the situati
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    St. John's In Cup Final
    116 11 KUALA Li" :p"?: FriSt John'a I:., tituti Idera ol the Thomson C.;p. d ted the Methodist B ys 1 Sch OBA by the odd I in ree today. a1 Pr:-.res P. I and to quality for the fl St<irtir:s 9 in Mrlwind f^s!,: n S1
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    Leading US Tennis Stars Suspended
    213 11 NEW YORK. Apr 6 < Router)— Suspension ol three leading United States lawn tennis players b. the United States Lawn Ten- :.:> Association reported earlier today from London ia confirmed here by Mr. Russell B. Kingman, the Association President Mr. Kinsman told Reu'.er thai the
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    TAG TEAM WRESTLING TONIGHT
    141 11 Taj team wrestling which ed vei popular when intro:4. eoi to Singapore a fortnight t |s 1 e main a'traction in ht i rd at the Happy stadium. K:ng KonK rr;.ms with Wonp Buck leo while the opposinS !'a:r -tie Cai adian champion Andre Atloree lei
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    Irish-American Duel In Grand National
    534 11  -  VERMIN MORGAN By LIVERPOOL, Apr. 6 (Router)— Tomorrow's Graml .National ihe world's foremost .steeplechase, may prove a duel between the American sportsman Mr. "Jock" Whitney's entry Arctic Gold and Shagreen the Irish-trained runner owned hy the British sportsman i James Hank. A field of :>9
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    Cosmopolitan CC Plan Races
    92 11 THE SINGAPORE Cosmo- 1 politan Cycle Club will begin the 1351 cycling season on Friday 27. with the Enfield Century a 100 laps grass track race which will be held on Hong Lim Green. There will also be n 50 laps race for novices. The "Dr.
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    Six Malayans In Danish Tourney
    41 11 COPENHAGEN, Apr. 6 (AP)— Badminton stars from seven countries will play an international tournament in Copenhagen from April 13 to 16. Among the 102 entries are six from Malaya, three Scots, eight British, and 14 Swedes.
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    Perak Junior Shuttle Tourney
    80 11 IPOII. Friday.— The Perak junior badminton championship scheduled to start here on April 23. have attracted 57 entries in the men's ingles, 4.') in the doubles, six in the women's singles, five In the doubles and nine in the mixed doubles. A number of Malays and
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    Sugar Ray Wins
    62 11 MIAMI. Apr. 6 (AP) Sugar Ray Ro*binson beat agresLsive Holly Sims, 23, of WasMing- ton. on points in a ten-round i bout here, his first since winning the middleweight championship. Robinson weighed 159J pounds, Sims 160J. R:iy scored the only knockdown, in the second round with a
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    Non-Benders Cricket
    57 11 Singapore Non. Benders C.C. team for Sunday's match against Jqhore Cricket Club in Johore will be: T. J. Lejjssius (Capt.) A Gilmour. H. Ward, 11. Noon, 11. N. Balhatchet, W. R. M. Haxworth. J. W. Ewart, N. Bradbury, A. Baker. Chia Keng Hock G. E. Bogaars. I'mpire Mr.
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    Malaya, Hongkong Army Boxers Share Eight Titles
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    66 11 The following will repre C.Y.M.A. (St. Teresa) aga RAF. ■St I ir) in Sund s S.C.A. tourney match on St. j Joseph's ground at 11 a.m.: E. A. Rodrigues (Capt), Maurice Nunis, C. James, V. Francis, E. Patterson, G. F. Pinto. M. Ang, W. Hay, R. Stevens, V.
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    Labour, Progs Tell Aims To Collegians
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    159 11 The now c H of I vlng allow*' ances recommended by the Ben-' ham Committee pamper to the needs of and sei cials, but is n< I I acceptable to the d. p .d labour the general secre: rover nm< Labour Union, Mr. RK. Palaiyan told The
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      145 11 fossil TIMES^s: HIGH TIDES at the prindpa resorta in Ifalaya. TOD AT: Singapore 11.47 1148 M icca 8.26 8.42 Port Di< kson VI 723 P rt S ham 2 6..X9 Pehahg 1 03 I 25 V /I SLIPPED ON ONE OF AwELL DON'T STAND f^\ fa I VOUR SKATES -HENRY!
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    NEWCOMER CORAZON CAN WIN FIRST UP AT B. TIMAH TODAY
    942 12  - NEWCOMER CORAZON CAN WIN FIRST UP AT B. TIMAH TODAY Billdaw, Misty Line Safe Bets Bv OLLIE DAVIS NEWCOMER Corazon may win first time out at Bukit Timah today, opening day of the Singapore Turf Club April meeting. Since lie was put into Bcriovs training last week this four-year-old Mizra
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    30 12 The Bukit Timah track whith \va> deluged on lhursd.i> ha*, dried up followißg two da>> of briulit sUßshiae. B.irrini; any rain tli" goiag toda> will be very good
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    140 12 MELEBOURNE, Apr. 6 (AP) Melbourne maj decide to rego the 1956 Olympic Games. The Premier ol Victofia, John G. B. McDonald, is known to i leve that the decision to hold the Games here should be viewed, and this view is held some extent by Opposition
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    236 12 Ollie Davies Cay Reveller Time Test M, jkxwittf JLtNM.m; jimmy ii x RACE 1. Mar, S Aim iils M:,nUS %mmm J--.n,.t, Winter Lady Winter Lady Jonn Htm i mi.|_|>,\\\ lIIFFUXW 1. 11 I |>\\\ i, J "jv RACE 2. Air Gee Michael Plying Phoeniv li Brevity Port stmt
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    185 12 YMCA Tennis Tournament FOLOWIXG were results I es in t u> Singapore VMCA tennis tournament played yesterday: Open men's >iiißl»'s: Lin Chin bt Dr. K. Khoo 6-2; 6-2. H Khamis bt B. A. Koh 6-1: B-l: B. Pakir bt. I. A. AJsag 7 v 6-3; Tan Hock Seng bt. Erik
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