Singapore Standard, 9 April 1951

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  • 16 1 Singapore Standard VOL. I. N 0- 282 SINGAPORE, MONDAY, APRIL 9, 1951. 12 PAGES TEN CENTS.
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  • 411 1 I t deration of Malaya Governments request :> -ainees to an island off Borneo will be conby the North Borneo Executive and Legislative as M>on as the proposed scheme has been ind and found feasible. Governor of North BorKulph Hone has promised. This follows
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  • 38 1 8 Planters In West Java Seized BANDOI NCi. Apr S lIF 1 ht Dvrtel and hkto•M'H.ilitv. Wttt military p. I >»d IC9SMK9 ra \\r>t J.iv.i. on > Anrta nc As iho- t .irrt^t-^ via M k. Chur-iMii Pi.tnter^ lsSO-
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  • 44 1 i Stall R: ;v>rt r ING g G G c at nured i1 e he he a s the :>' ;ell r m be havt Bvt Mentri esenre S el riat G wkins, e for the preM ml al eiecn
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  • 108 1 Mr. Gopala Menon, Representative of the Government of India at the Kalians Airport yesterday when he arrived from Calcutta via Colombo by the Qantas Empire Airways (BOAC) plane. Picture shows Mr. Gopala Menon in the company of Mr, Jogindra Singh (left) and Mr. R. Jumahhoy in
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  • 221 1 Standard Staff Reporter MEMBERS of the Rubber Trade Association of Singapore have agreed to contribute 25 cents out of the profit earned from each ton of rubber imported into the Colony toward the building of a $3,000,000 skyscraper. T:u* association
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  • 123 1 THE first Hornet twinengined fighter for the R.A.F. iu Malaya is duo at Changi early this week, the FEAF announced yesterday. It will be followed by the other Hornets to re-equip the Tempest fighter-bomber Squadron at Butterworth for higher-power operations against the bandits in the Jungle.
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  • 245 1 LONDON'. Apr. 8 (Reuter) A Trade Union Congress course, starting here tomorrow, will be attended by two Malayans, Mr. F. Tambou, trade union officer from Kuala Lumpur, and Mr. Ooi Thiam Siew, scholarship winner and secretary of the Penang division of the Malayan Trade
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  • 52 1 LONDON. April 8, (Reutef: Delegates at a "national conference tor peace and friendship with China" today protested against the British Governments refusal to grant an entry visa to the leader o trie Chinese People's delegation, Mr. Lee Yi-mang. The group ii at present ii
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  • 67 1 WASHINGTON April 8, (Reuter):—The United States has completed plans to send new American troops to the North Atlantic Pact Army within the next two months, it was authoritatively learned here today. They would be the first of four army divisions which President Truman and his military leaders
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  • 51 1 LONDON. Apr. 8 (ReuteD Mr Maurice Baker has been reelected President of the Malayan Students Union. The three mam races to Malaya are represented In the other officials— Mr. Wahab Ghoua (Vice-President), Mr. Siow Watt Soon (Secretary) »nd Mr T T. Singam (Assistant Secretary)* Ail tore* ara reading
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  • 208 1 'Red Dean' Is Spurred On 'To Work For Peace STALIN PRIZE WINNER CANTERBURY, ENGLAND, Apr. 8 (AP) Dr. Hewlett Johnson, Red Dean of Canterbury, said last night he would work more vigorously still for peace now that he has received a Stalin Peace Prize. Dr. Johnson, an outspoken apologist for
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  • 204 1 LONDON*. April 8 (Reuter)— The first great conference of Colonial Police Commissioners ended here this week-end with a crystallisation of what the general Empire police poliCj should be. Sixteen police com missioners approved the British Government's desire to encourage everywhere in the Colonial world the
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  • 40 1 SANTA BARBARA. Calif. Apr. i. (Reuter). Twenty-two people died when an American airliner crashed in the rugged coastal mountains near here last night. Ground rescue parties which readied the scene today said there were no survivors.
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  • 205 1 Allies Wipe Out Last Organized Reds Below 38th EIGHTH ARMY HQ, Apr. 8 (IT)— United Nations troops cleaned out the last organized Communist forces south of the 38th Parallel from the Imjin River to the Japan Sea on Saturday and met opposition in their advance into North Korea only on
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  • 90 1 NEW YORK. Apr. 7 (Keuter) The political and diplomatic storm around Gen. Mat'Arthur was reafhinK a point where it was beginning to affect the United Nations cause in Korea, the NewYork Times said in an editorial today. It was also aft'erting the solidarity of the
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  • 294 1 HONGKONG, Apr. 8 (AP)— A former Royal Navy Lieut-Commander sat in jail on Sunday while police investigators and laboratory technicians sought clues to establish whether his pretty wife of only 13A months died of accident, suicide or murder. The husband, 2'J-year-old Ronald Charles Thomson
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  • 70 1 TOKIO. April 8 (Reuter-AAP) --Lieut. Gen. Matthew B Etidgway, Commander of the Bth U.S. Army, said today that there is no end in sight to the Korean war under present military conditions unless there is a political settlement. But Gen. Ridgway hastilj added to correspondents
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  • 45 1 Pope Pius has urged the ci nation of a world political organisation to put an end to the armament race that will Leave people "ruined and exhausted." He was addressing the world movement for world federal government. A. P.
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  • 24 1 The Garuda Indonesian Anways announced that flights to Djambi, South Sumatra, have been cancelled until the runwayg there have beea repaired.
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  • 114 1 Unidentified Chinese Lnit In North I-C HANOI, Apr. 8 CAP) French Army Headquarters announced tonight that a Chinese battalion was seen in the north-west corner ol noith Indo-China and, after seizing two towns, is marching towards the garrisoned provincial capital of Laichau, about 170 miles north-west of here. French military
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  • 206 1 WASHINGTON, Apr 7 (UP) —-President Truman conferred with Defence Secretary George ".Marshall and Genera! O 8\ Bradley today as pres> ce mounted here and abroad tot silencing MarArthr.r 01. matters of United Nations po:; The President conferred <■ I Marshall and the Chairman at
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  • 114 1 TEHERAN, Apr. 7 (Retiteri The Persian cabinet tonight decided to lift martial lav. Teheran, where it was imposed after the assassination of General Ali Razmara, Prime Minister, last month. Martial law and curfew remain in foi-ce in the southern oi! provinces. A government delegation today appealed
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  • S'PORE GOES TO POLLS TOMORROW
    • 300 2 Standard Staff Reporter W ITH JUST ONE DAY to go before 4 'E" day for die Singapore Les:is«lati\e Council elections, it i. •tiil a«i>lK»«l>*s gues> as to who will be returned and >*bo will not. For elections more often than otherwise produce surprising results.
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    • 70 2 CONFUSING SAYS TAN MR. C. C. TAX. president of the Pr gressive Pa y* sterday :.oed as "confusing" the rds 'Pi candid. do ppea the i ted estos at Mrs. V. i Men f the candid c in Selei i' ict. s *1 sive candi- ly in the reI Mrs.
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    • 78 2 R WILLIAM COURTENAY, c n es] indent ii Korea f J ived in Si gaby BO. AC Hongkong Satu e is to si ec -..ng to the K He and R A.F. to lecture the K n TL'AX HAJI MOHAMED KHAN, presi t c>f the Y<
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    • 394 2 Standard Staff Reporter TWO-THOUSAND p<*«P^ yesterday heard Mr. Urn Yew Hock. President of the Labour Party ol Singapore, tell them that only a socialist system could them a decent house, sufficient food and doth. He was addressing an election rally at Fairer Park
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    • 240 2 MRS. Vilasinj Menon, a'dressing 2,000 voters in eater's Sultan Theatre yesterday praised the people of Seletai for the dose bond of friendship and harmony in which they conduct themselvei in their every uay life. This should not be disturbed by political campaigns and s te would
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    • 1626 2 Chungi Ward E-ikit Tirnnh Ward What The Progressives Stand For i i 1. The building of more primary, regional secondary i industrial and trade schools, provisions for over-aged childl r»n and the recruitment and the training of teachers and 1 the building of hospitals, clinics,
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    • 46 2 A CHINESE WOMAN livir.c at 12* milestone Yio Chu Kang Road was robbed oi her Bolfcection (ii $300 north oi i vas $400 in currency notei and ao. til $300 worth of jewellery by Coor Chinese who broke i:.:o her house on Saturday night.
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 123 2 WulflS^CKiNTV^ T X CON'T BE SILLY// WHO'D AH IS c^cKieMyO' GOTTA MAKE I fftASIL VO' ADM IRES *t*JPZ&*'^\ OUTAHUSBINryr IIO^/ WA-^JT ME? TAKE A j AS SAFE AS /UP YORE MIND, RUMBONE.? -uSHf-HIM, YO' fV^vO^jsr KETCH, COME BE k LOOK AT ME TAKE EF AH WAS WHO WD LIKE JAH
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  • 73 3 Standard surf Correspondent SEREMBAN S in. N< g S- nbilan'a ai I B Week began yesterday, ai d vill be continued until April 15. The Mentri B t D i Ac I M ek, and the Bntia i Hd\ ■A. Hyde, have appealed to the people
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  • 593 3  - 'Ministerial Form Of Government Begins Today In Federation ASTER GUNESEKERA K> Standard Stall Correspondent VMMllhi; milestone is reached today on the rocky road to Malayan independence. Another chapter is begun in the history of the new Malaya born out of the travail of the Second World War. Today, an important
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  • Article, Illustration
    72 3 MAY JOIN I FEU Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.- The Federation Government Administrative Clerical Staffs Unions may seek affiliation with the International Federation of Employees Union, it is learnt. The proposal is presently under consideration by members. A sub-committee is also presently considering the question -I a benefit fund
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  • 64 3 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Sun.— Two engines the Fire Brigade rushed to Tanjong Tokong about 12.20 am. today in answer to an alarm that a bus was on fire. Hin Company bus had caught fire, through a short circuit of the bus dynamo, it was stated. The
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  • 78 3 ACSU Holds Delegates Talks Standard Staff Reporter THE ARMY CIVIL SERVICE Union of Singapore yesterday held its postponed Annual Delegates Conference at the Victoria Memorial Hall. The conference was postponed from March 18. as by the time election of officebearers was completed, it was already too late. At yesterdays conference,
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  • 39 3 SEREMBAN, Sun.— Negri Sembilan's first Malay bazaar sponsored by the Seremban division of UMNO and consisting of some twenty stalls in the heart of the town was declared open today by the Mentri Besar of the Slate.
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  • 112 3 Standard! Staff Cortcepewleafl KUALA LUMPUR. Sun.— Security forces fought a gang of about 150 bandits in the Jasin district of Malacca yesterday. The bandit made off after a short engagement. There were no casualties. One bandit was killed in Mentakab, Pahang. when he walked
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  • 230 3 PENANG, Sun.— The Red Cross Flag was flown for the first time in the Federation of Malaya today from Penang when 350 Junior Red Cross Cadets were enrolled by Mrs. A. V. Aston, President of the Penang Branch of the Red Cross, at a ceremony
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  • 78 3 Freed Ships Now Back Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Sun. With the exception of the Chit Sein, which is still in Lho Seumawe. the rest of the eight ships detained in the Indonesian ports have returned here. Representatives of the ships which have returned decided at a meeting here that they
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  • 93 3 Standard Staff Reporter JOHORE BAHRU, Sun.— Two Asian. Technical Assistants of the Johore Public Works Department have been promoted as Special Grade Technical Assistant--. They arc MessfS. Ali Hassan Zulfan and P. I. Gopal whose promotions will be retrospective from July last year. Mr.
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  • 111 3 Brigade Colours Dedicated Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Sun— Members of the Boys Brigade, Ist Penang Company, were told by Captain F. E. Bainbri'ige to live up to their motto of "Sure and Steadfast** at the service of the dedication of the Company's colours held at the Chinese Methodist Church, Madras
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  • 140 3 Runnymede 's Good Profit Standard Staff Correspondent PENAN C. Sun. The p and lost Account for the fear Sept. 30, IDSO, showi RDd profit of (86,105.21 u compared \vi 1 h 1137,230.65 let 1945, statet the directors* report of the Runnymede Hotel to be presented it "he annual general meeting
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  • 46 3 Standard Staff orr<>xpond«*nt IPOH. S Cte Has! I Ghani, President of the Peninsula Malays Union, on a visit hero, opened a branch I PMD in Ipoh. At a meet:' the Federal Muslim Restaurant, office-bearers of the Perak Bi -l h ere elected.
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 94 3 >. t-^7 YES IF IT WASN'T 1 /V' KNOW, I HAVE I I DO! LOOK/ IF o^' ALL THOSE CLOUUb t-^^i^pclßT^lScSuD A FEELING THOSE AREN'T k^^' SC*\ f 41 YOUSAIDHUNG Jt I F N BLANKET WE'RE BEING /I DON'T EYES,I'VE M'AM^&^%^ f*Z\*l VT^T^k AROUND VENUS.. TOO RE A BLAN KET,
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  • 119 4 Standard Staff Reporter IPOH. Sun. Delegates at a conference of the Perak Estate Employees' Union wore told by their President. Mr. John Emmanuel, to build a model and democratic trade union. Mr. Emmanuel congratulated the members on their cooperation and hard work which, he
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  • 271 4 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Sun.— That adult education was essential to democracy was remarked by Mr. Harold fcnearman, M.A., of London University when he gave a lecture on Adult Education" last night at the Hu Yew Seah premises in Madras Lane. "It enables men and women to
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  • 208 4 COMMENTING on the lartj s1 •eport on the cost of living allowances to government yees, Mr. K. V. Tha\ p r id« nt of the Union of Selangor Teachers, states: »Th< .t Committee on f Living Allowances has either ignored or failed to tu ly the
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  • 58 4 Standard Staff Reporter JOHORE BAHRU. Sun— Plans to erect a barbed-wire fence round the Commissioner-Gene-ral's premises at Bukit Serene, have been completed. The fence, which will be six feet hich. will run round the >H) aci e d on the residence. The fencing project, it
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  • 95 4 Standard staff Correspondent i IPOH, Sun.—Mr. Harold ShearM Academic adviser ior tutorial classes in the University of London and author of Adult Education for Democracy will driver a public lecture on "Adult Education"' at the n< Perak Library on Tuesday, at 5.30 p.m. Mr Harold visited
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  • 117 4 PENANG, bun. Yeoh Gin < Sens. a young Chinese pro-; prietor of" a book-siall in thep Wembley Park, pleaded guilty before Mr. B. G. Smith in tK Sessions Court yesterday r a charge of having vful possession of banned p LOlications. The accused was arrested
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  • 55 4 SEREMBAN, Sunday.— ai a meeting of the daily paid employe of the Negri Sembilan and Malacca Telecommunications Department, it was decided to form a co-operative Lety. Mr. R. E. R berK. Controller of Telecomnrun: ations, Negri Sembilar I Malacca, and Mr. M. Cheliiah of the Co-operative Department were
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  • 163 4 Selayang Tin Pay 1 0% Div. A DIVIDEND of 10 percent I less tax has been recommended by the directors of the Sela- yang Tin Dredging Limited. Nett profit ol the company for 1 the year ending September, 1950 "after providing £4.458 for 1 depreciation was £24,020. The company has
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  • 88 4 stiuid.ird Staff Reporter JOHORE BAHRU, S i A packed house saw Da; in Onn other promii ehi m< mbers f the Johore B MNO i Women section) <>m t). when a play entitled "Tua Mend i1 u v. the Bukil Zaharah English School Hal!,
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  • 27 4 Messrs. W\ iti il and Co. rep rt v crop I i Vi sted on Bukit Hitam Estate for M irch was 21.000 lbs.
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  • 1183 4 From A Speci.il Correspondent ALL sections of the Singapore share market opened the wwk firmly. Industrials and. to a lesser extent, rubbers improved over the period and tins remained steady. From April 10, export rubber from the Federation to places except Bir
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 654 4 FAST REGULAR TRANS PACIFIC SERVICE Direct fcn Froncisco, Lo. Angele All American b Conodion Ct.es Penong P. Sham S pote f.S. J L. LUCKENBACH 24/26 Apr.— 27 Apr. 28/30 Apr. Accepting cargo for Hongkong Kobe Yokohama FAST REGULAR SERVICE U.S.A. (WEST COAST) PERSIAN GULF via JAPAN HONGKONC IDGAR F. LUCKENBACH
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    • 179 4 f \j AMERICAN PRESIDENT To New York and Boston via Ceylon, India. Egypt and Mediterranean PorK Singapore P. Swettcnham Penang "PRES. JOHNSON" Gdn. 38/39 9/10 Apr. 11/12 A P r Soils 8 Apr. "PRES. MONROE" 9/15 Apr. Cmit. 16/17 Apr. "PRES ARTHUR" 16/22 Apr. 23/24 Apr. 25/26 Apr. To Los
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    • 475 4 SAILINGS FROM SCANDINAVIA U.K. CONTINENT 8 pore P S hatii Pen»at JRRIA" for Saigon Si Bangkok.. U Port 'ANAMA" tor Banttltok, Saigon HonKkong. Manila Kobe 2 AprJ Yn*nh«oi 2 Mav Apr. «ELANDIA" for Banpkok W-tt Kay M UM.AVA" for BanKKok. Hongkong, Manila. Kobe and Yokohama 9i-£9 MEOMA" for Saigon to.
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  • 205 5 Standard Staff Reporter SINGAPORE WILL REMAIN the gateway of the Indonesian trade with Japan and other AsL i countries for many years to come as Indonesian traders find it easier to ship their goods through Singapore instead of doing so direct. This was stated
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  • 88 5 THE SOCIETY of St. Vincent Do Paul is planning a tete tu be held in the grounds of the Church of St Joseph. Victoria Street to rai.se funds. The society is well known for its relief work lor the poor The fete will
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  • 77 5 A FREE HOTEL SERVICE training course is being conducted by the Siglap Development Limited with a view to provide their projected new Ocean Park Hotel, in East Coast Road, off Siglap with "a high standard of service" for their clients. The hotel will require a considerable
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  • 878 5 Where You Shou ld Vote: Full List Of Polling Booths Standard Staff Reporter VOTERS FOR THE Singapore Legislative Council Elections tomorrow number 48,155 and are distributed as follows: Seletar: 5,025; Changi: 3.6^3: Rochore: 7,493 Balestier: 5,216: Tanglin: 3,995; Katong: 6,669 City: 5,611: Bukit Timah: 3,855 and Keppel: 2,638. For the
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  • 279 5 SREE HIMMATSINGII CHAUHAN, the celebrated Indian dancer, who was warmly congratulated by the v Commissioner-General, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald after his performance in Victoria Memorial Hall last month, J is leaving for Jakarta and Bali by the Both today. Sree Lhauhan told me r Standard thai
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  • 422 5 The Galistons Have Been Lighthouse Keepers For Two Generations MALAY.Y3 YOUNGEST Lighthouse keeper, Cyril Galiston, has a tradition "to uphold. His father and grandfather have both been lighthouse keepers, and he is proud of the fact that his crew of seven are all descendants of men who had worked with
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  • 249 5 Aussies Leave For Home Large Steak THEIR KIT BULGING with.l souvenirs of Malaya and pre-j sents for their families and friends. 4^ airmen and N.C.O.'s of the Royal Australian Air Force lefi Singapore by air yesterday for home, their tour of duty in the anti-bandit war over. 1 For many
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  • 339 5 Tan (HAUNTED BY GHOST) Is harassed By People Photo. Standard Staff Reporter ABOIT THE MOST harassed man in Singapore today is the Chinese proprietor of a tyre repair shop in Anson Road. Hundreds of people have called on him within the last two days to get first-hand account of the
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  • 71 5 Standard Sliipping Orrcspondfiit THE ESTHMIAN LIXF freighter Steel Apprentice brought as her main cargo for this port ->o tons of newsprint, 1 30 tons <>f lubricatinc oil. one tractor and eight bags of mat The S 1 tor is b ing tnotiM r 4<s toot She \vi:i <ii-
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 237 5 ,:apore municipality TENDERS \RTMENT: Supply I tor Pump Fire ;v ed specifications perintendent. Fire ndera in sealed i -TENDER- j \K" and addressed nicipal Secretary. >-;ted in the j Tender Room, j r Municipal Office, > NOON— 2/5/51. v ORE MUNICIPALITY TENDERS R CITY DEPARTSupply of 4,000 i E PHASE
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    • 699 5 rn^ftni Clerk iSS As^tant Stock C erk aitK ener S^ic Junior with some knowledge nf Apply Eox &e N°o For^XnT^Xir^e ~h^ P ea C m Pany. must be fully qualified with comolete work ■isvfn kn A OWI edge Ma'hne Shops. Apply to Box NoT 185 Singapore Standard stating^ and previous
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    • 54 5 TODAY'S SPECIAL OFFER LADIES SHOE^ <>Klvm 8 3 NAVY AND BROWN 0 3 CALF COURT 0 3 \LL SIZKS C^^ ftft IM :R 0 3 LSI ALLY *;*:;-<>.-> 4fpjfaJL~\J\J ,> U| rv 4\ll f\ J A.MJ U A 3 rs^sr eon nn 8 0 ALL SIZES f iiV" VV 0
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous

  • 570 6 r rPIE British Government has acted boldly— and rightly. It has rejected a request by the Peking Government to permit a 17-man investigation team to \isit Malaya. This decision takes cognizance of the sentiments of the Chinese in Malaya. Chinese public bodies have held, meetings and made
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  • 255 6 'TOMORROW Singapore will go to the p Us. J Twenty-two are offering themselves for nine seats the Legislative Council During the pa-* few weeks, the election candidates have d me a 101 oi campaigning for voters. Th« v i:-;v railed one another names, accused one an of
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  • MR. C. C. TAN
    • 967 6 Sir; Referring to the letter of Mr. C. C. Tan in your issue of Apr. 5, in which I was charged with boasting, may I ask if this "my thirty over years of little service rendered to all alike is proof* of my interest in the welfare
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  • 704 6 s The e ectorate of Sing p ,-o should be glad I tal the q iesti< >n ol control of rent has fcx i n given sufficient pi ominence by candidates in their election campaign because a [a ge majority of the electorate are tenants and are
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  • 542 6  -  CASSANDRA By VKAKS ago a bold bumptious and certainly brainy young J feUer-me-lad made a perilous discovery that a lot of people would have been glad to have had hushed up. Quite by accident he stumbled upon the fart that it is possible, and in fact
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  • 348 6  -  Aster Gunasekera By COMMONSENSE in the Police is going the way of the Ancient Dodo, if It has not already done SO. In these days when life Is cheap, specially in the Federation, one expects less red tape and spoon-feeding and more commonsense. Apparently
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  • 481 6 Sir: With regard e reference back to the Build 4 Committee of the plans several substantial buildings the Ch tagi Ti ad< Fii I •he Municipal C' 1 ►mmissie ers, il is reliably uncle: sto id there was some disagreement among the Municipal Commissioners to allow the
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  • 161 6 CliiTord Pier irul m ground. Cottyei u police stair hi pen. Obviously th< R jom Officei reason. The bo had taught biro I should be ma lie could not bi I- disgust cut off the E rang thr bell Road about a n the Bright V may have been
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 17 6 DREADERS AMERICAN LDIVION MARCH Issue Now Cn Sale Sole l»s>lr.!)i !•.:>: KAJ ft GCWAI LTD POSI BOX SINGAPORE
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  • 455 7 CAIRO, April B— Aral, State, have offered diplomatic and military |»Syri.» .he border flare-,,,, with I snie ailse (> clasheg in _m .l .:M-.MMl_2onf_aw.u,id the hot spring,, of VI Himma, reports United Press. As Palestine refugees began volunteering to fight
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  • 172 7 Blindly Accusing UK And Hongkong US Leaders Reproached raUJUiCUmiA, Apr. 8 (IP) Mr. Lawrence Hunt, a New York lawyer and author, urged Americans face tacts" about Far Eastern economics instead of ull\ accusing Britain and Hongkong of trading with the enemy." P and So ial i his a1 ion and
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  • 44 7 LONDON. Apr. 8 1 \P) Bul» aria has sent a note to the United Nations protesting against "continued frontier provocations." It gav e no details and named no country. Bulgaria has aecused Yugosla\ ia in the past of border iolat ions.
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  • 109 7 WASHINGTON, Apr. 8 (UP)— In res .>• I I lian apj e■' fox aid the U.S G ei nment has c rtei ed two C-.">4 t msp ni es B ■:■<■■: gtney cargoe" oi six liii'nt planes, iii?eciicicltand technicians to Iran to help combat the
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  • 274 7 WASHINGTON, Apr. 8 (IP)— The Congressional Atomic Energy Committee today named four deadliest atom spies and charged that their traitorous deeds speeded up the Russian atomic bomb project by at least 18 months. "In other words, hi war should conic." the Committee said in a
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  • 127 7 Irresponsible, Savs Briton LONDON, Apr. 8 (AP) Minister oi State Kenneth Younger told a Labour Party rally at Cardiff the Chinese Communists should not let themselves be misled by "irresponsible statements" from high placed quarters. Although Mr. Younger did nut name General MacArthur, the wording ol his speech appeared to
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    • 8 7 Reuter U.P.
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    • 39 7 The Indian Government has decided lo allow liie Iree export of all types of soft cotton waste, and 1o fix a quota of 70.000 cwts oi h;u<l waste for export in the first hall oJ this vear.— A. P.
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    • 89 7 A search plane has sighted the wreckage of a plane, believed lo be ilie Southwest Airways airliner missing since Friday night with 22 persons on board. in Las Los Coches Mountains midway between Santa Barbara and .Santa Mane. A P. Reis Ul H;id/.i Ibrahim Jefic. a Muslim leader in Yugoslavia,
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      48 7 photo. Nicknamed "suicide car", the motorcycle taxi, which has ousted the rickshaw and trishaw in Saigon, moves at a speed of 40 miles an hour Picture shows sailors ashore on letve in Saigon tninff out the new motorcycle taxi, which has beeu adapted to take three passengers. A.P.
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    • 40 7 The P< k::iu Radio has announced That ihiee French Jesuit priests, arrested by the Communists in Tientsin for allegedly spying for Americans, would be tried. The priests are Fathers E. A. S. Bonninque. Henrieus Poiiet. and S. Fudo.vw atin.- Keener
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    • 29 7 Tho 7.200-ton Portuguese steamer! India has sailed from Lisbon with about 500 troops to replace the same number oj men garrisoned in Portuguese India who are returnins home Reuter
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    • 51 7 I i.r: .iitiil rains in I li«* coastal areas <•■ Kenya and Tanganyika have Isolated trains. wrecked embankments, and rut telephone communications. Some rivers rose nearlj .'(> feel in a few hours. Inland areas of Kenya anil the w hole <>: I panda are (lit oil ir;>.n Hit' sea except
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    • 370 7 LIVERPOOL, Apr. 8 (Renter) -A conference organised here by the British Council of Churches agreed thai the right policy for Britain is noi racial gre ion but i he assimilation til' coloured people without any bar of discrimination. In a statement on the conference the Council said it was estimated
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    • 58 7 Water is being sold for 2\<l. a bucket in the Tonkin port oi !laiphoiiK. whu-h has begun us i lird waterless week as workmen feverishly dug wells to replace the public water supply sabotaged bj Viet m i nil guerillas. Renter. Two fairly strong earth tremors shock, the central Apennine
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  • 110 7 Unbeaten 160 By Jansen Highlights Junior Tourney BOMBAY. Apr. 8 (AP):— Action of the Bombay Government in announcing an immediate rise in the prices of rationed food grains including wheat and rice, has caused unrest in Bombay, India's most industrialised state, whore leftwing groups are
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  • 60 7 LONDOX. Apr. 8 (Reuter)— Ten Russian trawlers have steamed through heavy seas down the English Channel reportedly taking a roundabout route from the Baltic to Vladivostok Thirty Russian trawlers passed through the English Channel la.^t year. They were believed to favour the longer route via
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  • 47 7 British Ambassador Sir Ralph Stevenson, aft< sevei aJ eek* c isultation in Lond has returned to Cairo with Britain's answer to Egypt's demands u j evacuation of the Suez Canal Zone and unity with the Sudan under the Egyptian Crown. A P.
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  • 252 7 WASHINGTON, Apr. 8 (IP) Rallying to Gen MacArthurs support. Senator Robert Taft said it is perfectly idiotic not to unleash Chinese Nationalist troops for forays on Communist-held China at once Mr. Tail said, "It is ri liculOUS not to let Chiang Kaishek's troops loose to
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  • 82 7 MANILA. Apr. 8 (AP) T i Communist Huk organisation i rapidly gathering strength in the Visayan islands under the direction of Guillermo Capadocia, former Manila labour union Leader and president <>l the Philippines Communist Party. Particular attention is being given by the links to recruiting work
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  • 56 7 TOKYO. Apr. 8 (Reuter-AAP) A battle helmet believed to be that of Major-Gen. William Dean, the long missing commander of the U.S. 24th Division, has been found in a field near Tadjon. He vanish* d in thai last July 22. while attempting to lead an Am i
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  • 44 7 Dzasa Kunsang Tse. 52-year-i old C-in-C of the Tibetan and Tninik Chempo Lautra, t 44-vear-old monk adviser, have arrived in Calcutta from N< DeUli en mute to Peiping via Hongkong to negotiate v; 4V i W»* Chinese Red government Reuter
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  • 246 7 MacA. Urder China Bombing WASHINGTON, Apr. 8 (Reuter) Imlia has asked the United States whether Gen. MacArthnr had been given authority to bomb Chinese bases in Manchuria "under certain conditions. An Indian Embassy official also sought information at the State Department about Speaker Sam Rayburn's statement to the House of
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  • 54 7 INDIA has listed five EnglishLanguage films B£ "offensive to [ndian religious feeli The) are "India Speaks,* 1 a 75-minute travelogue first released in Feb ruary 1949. "Calcutta* 1 drama starring Alan Ladd and William Bendix, first released In Kay 1947, "Gunga Din," "Picturesque rd.ipair"'
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  • 135 7 Big 4 Talks Hopes Are New Fading PARIS. Apr I 'I 1 h Deputy Fun i Ernest Dv. i< a1 Russia's "illogical" stand i doubts the So\ a Big IVJUT Mr. Davtei express* I I i ni m In an ii ten Deputy F :e El after 2n sessio is,
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  • 56 7 LONDON A-- 8. M K r« k Be senior ber of the Malai Legislative Council, < for Rome toda> I terr I Rubber and Study Group mee* R ne as tdviser I the Brh Colonial nri dep< tones delegation. The conference is to 6
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  • 35 7 BRUSSEI Q v U Rubbei rtry *»t Belgium's < appears 1 i be ml of d i Latest fig L9SI duction i.737 in 1949 liM a 1H45 Praduo l production at arou ■>'
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  • 54 7 The r.X. Seci Ptary-Gen< I T gve Lie h--. by ai'' Meu sumes hi> joun ey to Yuj I m Wed A. P. The Japan Federation of I and Steel Maoufai turerf i disp tch ii tniss :i to [ndonec simi lar mission headed and Pakistan
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    • 222 8 j 1 »aBI water of the utmost purity. 1 1 ::rr r -^-r^^- < r^ r tities are measured and mixed with sugar Ac j s t^e PepS'-Co!a flavouring concentrates w^*^^—~ mmmmmm m mm^ mm mm^~'^^ m^ mm m^ m^^^ Before this finished syrup is measured int B|» n\# %Mf
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    • 307 9 entirely from nature! ingredients SgflK r 1 11 •I It es on to the racks. ■^31 WJK JH^i^^^^ 'lIHI >( ac f mg machine takes over from here end cn^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^s^sj| Kitk dev,ce feeds the bottles to the conveyor 121 ?m through venous baths and over rinsinq ,etsl es. ai :me
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  • 665 10 QN THE authority of Mark Antony, Plutarch and Shakespeare, we have it on record that g^eat Caesar considered the blow from Brutus's dagger "the most unkindest cut of all." This emphatic, if ungrammatical double superlative, comes to mind when reading the headlines of
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  • 231 10 Ruth Gets The Idea— Too Well HOLLYWOOD, Apr. 6 (AP) -Ruth Roman plays fi }i\,.< 4 ui"Tomorrow h Another Day and director Fcluc Feisl has been doing his darnedest to yrt her into the spirit oi the role. For n costume he prov\ le i her with a tight, Murk-frim/.
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  • 148 10 I OXDOX, Apn! 7. (Roiiii-r) J —Alice in Wonderland and other characters from children's books will come to "life" at the British Festival Book Exhibition in London's Victoria and Albert Museum. Insurance value of the Rim books, from Chaucer to George Orwell, which will
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  • 39 10 TIQ^LVWOOD. Apr. 7: (AP) XI —Film star Robert Young collapsed on the set and had to be taken to hospital. A studio spokesman said he may be suffering from a combination of influenza and an intestinal ailment.
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    • 231 10 Today 11 A.M.. 1.45 4.15 6.45 930 PJVI. HIS WORDS WERE AS TOUGH as HIS FIGHTINC-J I s-fi.rrfn.tf: ROBERT T LOR with LOUIS PAULA **JIJF CALHERN RAYMOND isWMte -^^m Coming Shortly fillgilllF em:rybod\ -f^^^Er^Jitt^lb^ screens WILLBE p^R^ TOASTIXC f" Technicolor?" jT/^^J *W <lEARTS I IK I^' SAWDERS AS ADDISON V^^/lr
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    • 649 10 ON THE AIR KADIU MALAY A SINGAPORE ENGLISH PROGRAMME (V.MiO kea. 41 airlres) lo a m News. I p.m Monna) Matinee: LJt Neus; |.4S Home on the Banfe; $.15 Pt ok i anune Bnnnnary; 6 Radio Dance Hall; 8.4C Adventures m Music; p.m. News A Singapore 'sriart Market Report. J.lt
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  • 617 11 PENAING, Sun. St. Michael's Institution, Ipoh, emerged champions in the La Sallian Athletic sports for Brothers schools in North Malaya held at St. Xavier's Institution ground, Pulau Tikus here yesterday. St. Michaels won 10 of 15 inter-school events, scoring an aggregate
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  • 202 11 Misses Archery Record MALAxaih record iur a I would have been I Dennis Smith at the wt Malaya grounds U hia arrow had not pabn tree frond. This i ts ten (eel over the j I 235 yard* evi Nd the judges j as ie BTWJ* did not e p
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  • 123 11 7 Re its Wales at I r« I by one Kl isi of the Union faster- ~-cond placi ten v CNION RESULTS Exeter l!. OM >; London Old Blillhillians 3, ices Poi tsmouth 9: 5 ad n H sR 14. G 0: Ros n Pa: 6,
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  • 64 11 LOXDOX. Apr. 7 (Reuter*:— Following are rugby league results played today: Cap semi-finals: Barrow 14. Leeds 14. Wigan 3, Warrington 2. Branmley 9. Wakefield Trinity 10; Belle Vue Rangers 4. Saliord 9; Castlcford 10. Batley 11; Featherstone Rovers 7. Hunslet 18; Hull Kingston Rovers 3H, Liverpool Stanley
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  • 457 11 3 Big Upsets In English Football LONDON. Apr. 8 (Reuter) The long unbeaten run-, of Blackpool. Manchester United and Preston North End in English League football all ended today. Most staggering was the home setback of Preston North End. who had escaped defeat in the league since November 18. On
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  • 421 11  -  OLLIE DA VIES By THE RACE crowd at Bukit Timah on Saturday was provided with a quota of thrills with the number of close finishes which reflect very good work on the part of the SRA handicapper, Mr. R. J. Norton. The most exciting race
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  • 53 11 SYDNEY. Apr. 7. (BeuterAAP).— Recent performances by Australian athletes brighten the prospects of winning gold medals at the 1952 Olympic Games at Helsinki. Australia won only two Olympic titles in London in 1948— high jump and sculling— but her representative? completely dominated the 1950 Empire Games
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  • 598 11 Below are weights for second day of Singapore ri/>oc f\r% Anril 11 I 111 I .1 Wll lUI il M.M., HORSES CLASS 2 Div. 1 6 Furlongs. Assize 9.00 Liberty Flag 8.13 Ganibar Melayu (late Casting Vote) 8.12 Abbotsford 8.11 Belgium 8.10 Lough Carra 8.10 Hard
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  • 187 11 P.Branl Heaa SAFA League PULAU BRANI FwUlll. with five wins from six games, head the SAFA Division I league table *hh 10 points. Kota Raja with nine points from six games and BODCA with nine points from t»even games an- next on the list followed by REME, Rovers. IRC ami
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  • 413 11 The league standings after yesterday's games are: R N. K:. anji 3 3-11 20 Y.M M.A. 4 3-111 36 R N Kcppcl BckS. 3 2 1-5 25 BODCA A 1 I 3 I S 6 f K. I Sajarafa 'A.' 5 2 l 212 6 i Cu i.
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  • 82 11 LONDON*. Apr. 8 (AP):— American horse, Big j the later book favour foi England's three-year o'.d i Ecs, was scratched o-.. Satui .y froni the first of Item, the 2.0D0 Guineas. The race will be nm at Newmarket on May 2. Trainer Cecil Boyri— R.
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  • 56 11 BUS. OHIO. Apr. 8 <AP» The New Haven clubs talent laden 22 -.:uad on Saturday n ght ip l 133 point total 1 27th i )nal A*y. ieui A Uc I a by 1 I margin in history. The pre\ ecord it f 4
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    • 74 11 '/'-I* -V ii J _y^ jT^^" ~^^*^~^/X ><M -^*<COPS IMO B* WARNER WOS CAPTORS. INC =I—m1 m (1\ WOPE YOU STUDIED I TIME VOU PLAV I I f /OH.BOV 1 1 1 fSO NOU WENT TO fHE Vj^T THE PLAVERS...S HkSx^TcW.uPt^S /vOU MEAN 1U io^ BALL PARWT AND SAW 3
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  • 230 12 Unknown Pent Soon In Straight Sets PARIS, April tt (Renter) Ong ToU l>ini created badminton KtfetOTJ hero loniffcht when lie heat fellow Malayan Wong Peng Soon, 15-11, 15*9 in a dramatic final for iW French badminton siiissl**!* eluinipioiishin. in the semi finals I»s1 night the Malayan champion be*! E ii
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  • 288 12 Rajas, CA In Keen Battle KOTA RAJA and Chinos? Athletic thrilled packed stands at Jalan Besar yesterday as they battled their SAFA first division league tie to a goal- less draw. H was one of the best id hes seen In the last few we 'ks and the resuM v.
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  • 57 12 Y ugosla v Swimmer Asks For Asylum BRITSSEI s An T. (AP). Yugoslav gwimmer Marote Mw<islavitch haa ftsited for asylum in Belgium His requesi Is likely to bo granted, it Wai reliably learned Friday nighl Mizoslavitch, who holds his country** swim records, came to Belgium last Saturday with a group
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  • 149 12 NICE, Apr 3 (AP)- Straight Clark Los Angeles, California, defeated Lennart Bergelin, of Sweden, Saturday 7-5, 6-3, 6-4, In a semi-final match ol tne Nice International tennis tournament on Saturday. The other semi-final matcn saw startling upset when Sweden's Sven Davids conquered Jaroslav Drobny Egypt Davids m
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  • 1101 12 HIGHLIGHTS in the k *B" division of the Singapore Cricket Association »ames yesterday were a 160 run innings by Arthur Jansen and a hat trick by Italakrishiian Who took six for 33. All these were accomplished in the YMCA versus KKME match played at Balestier Plain. YMCA won by an
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  • 287 12 INDONESIAN League "A" football XI narrowly beat the H.M. Dockyard Sports Club by three goals to two when they met in a SAFA Division 2 league fixture at the Geylang Stadium yesterday. The match started off tamely but it livened towards th e end of the second
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  • 226 12 BRADDEL C. C. won their Singapore Crickei Association Junior match against Chang] R A V. yesterday on the first innings. Highlights were Changi's Lewis' five for 11 and Braddell CCc Metcalfe's six tor 20. the best bowling performancei ui the match.
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  • 333 12 SINGAPORE CRICKET Club consolidated their position at the top of the Singapore Cricket Association senior league when they scored a magnificent 108-run victory in the first innings over R.A.F. lhangi at Changi yesterday. The Club batsmen were In scoring mood and put up a total of 222
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  • 732 12 SCC r. Chang* SCC beat RAP Changi for first innings points by 2 wkts. and < S.C.C. Ede b Barton Price c Cosh b Houghton 2t> Heard c Barton b Midgley o\ Nelson c Midgley b Burton A Sneddon c Hutchinson b Burton "Ji Wood lbw
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  • 294 12 PENANG, Sun.— A Captain's innings of 89 runs by P. J. P. Pearson, and a magnificient spell of bowling by D M Murray, who took seven wickets for 14 runs, enabled Penang Sports Club to defeat the Chinese Recreation Club by 26 runs in
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  • 89 12 Non- Benders Lose To J.C.C. JOIIORK Cricket Club defeat ed the Non-Benders by it; runs when they met in a cricket friendly on the Johore Padang yesterday, Batting first the Singapore o;im were all out for 84 runs. C'iiia Kens Ilnck contributed tnagniflcant 3(i runs towards the Xon-Benders total. Johore
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  • 79 12 PALMERSTON. North New Zealand, Apr. 8 (Reuter-AAP)— The champion three-year-old racehorse Mainbrare yesterday set up a New Zealand record ol 15 successive wins m one season here. Mainbraee won the Awapuni £1,000 Gold Cup run over one mile two Furlongs. The win brought his season's earnings,
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  • 41 12 MELBOURNE. Apr. 8. (AP>— In the midst of intense disappointment and resentment. Premier John G. B. McDonald on Friday cancelled a conference of political leaders on Tuesday to discuss a suggestion that Melbourne forego the 195G Olympic Games.
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    • 570 12 Custodiat. of Property Proclamation No. 14 Trading With the Enemy (Custodian of Enemy Property^ General Vesting Regulations, 1947 SALE BY TfcNDER 1 rrtHf c an of Enemy Property, Federation of Malaya, i 1 i n vit« tenders for the purchase ol the Rubber Estates letaiU ol which are set forth
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    • 134 12 MAKE TBEII DEBUT TOMTE! AIR VIEW CABARET (Fully Air.rondiUoni d Off Mawrll I{ oa CENTRALLY ANh IDEALLY Sill All h. I Five Minntc a j- K From Any Yu\xx\ Make the AIRVIEW M^IL CABARET £*m your every ilk $U RENDEZVOI s: (orlsberg BIFSJ j O i>n<n<K.ii\i>t;;( Always At YoarS nice
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