Singapore Standard, 27 April 1951

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    17 1 Singapore Standard f i v:_. 1 NO. 300 SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, APRIL 27 1951. 12 PAGES TEN CENTS.
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    Opposition To Fed. Motion On COL Beaten
    1434 1 Opposition To Fed. Motion On COL Beaten SlBBllaid Staff <orre*|>ondent MALA IXMPl/R, W~Tr^ IV.oniMs. .he IS of tne future labour party In t le Federal itm tountil *lood foursquare against lhe i.on to the adoption of |fa <:hief Secretary. Mr. /^TV"". Ihat lht rv P° ri the* Joint uttee on
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    MacDonaid Resignation is Denied
    59 1 MacDonaid Resignation is Denied 1 .1 rd I on e>a Corr. SDON. Tins. The md ftoreiga Office n df»n:ed today Makoin MacDonald. i ommissioner-tienrral itheasl \>ia. is to be I > London for talks mation. .is rumours Bg from Singapore .rd. offi* iai denials are •d from semi-official official sources
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    Up To Russia Whether War Spreads
    81 1 Up To Russia Whether War Spreads men: v A .A j; O. rruznan said OH tO HUSSIS c war m Korea press conference I reign pnli y o nation on Ap: alsd declared w well sat. 5". J tary Slata Dean April 11 speed) tne reaa na Why he imp
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    Reds Close Amey, Swatow To Foreign Ships
    39 1 Reds Close Amey, Swatow To Foreign Ships Special to Standard HONGKOiNG, April 26. Communist authorities at Swatow and Amoy have refused entry of foreign ships into these two ports unfcl fVirther notice, ft is reported h T,^£ult shipping be,
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    Returns From London With A Scheme
    41 1 I photo. Mr. A. W. Savage. Director of Civil Aviation. Malaya. hit. talking to Mr. John L instead of BO AC. Hongkong, aftrr his arrival by Qantas from London yesterday. Mrs. Savage looks on. Standard
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    Two Women Fight
    70 1 TWO Chinese women were en- paged m a bloody fight m Fraser j Street yesterday evening with i knives and billets of firewood. Both sisters-in-law, the fight I started over some domestic affair and the elder of the two I sustained a nasty cut on her head.
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    Savage Back From UK, Has SE Asia Air Service Scheme
    272 1 Standard Staff Reporter C IT-THROAT competition between Colonial and United Kingdom airlines operating m Southeast A^ia is to cease, said Mr. A. W. Savage, Director of Civil Aviation, Malaya, who returned from a 14-day London visit by Qantas Constellation yesterday.
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    I-C Robbers Raid Tan Tock Seng
    239 1 Standard Staff Reporter TAN TOCK SENG Hospital wa^ raided shortly after 11 o'clock last night by more than six masked identity card robbers, who collected 66 cards from two wards and made a .'.ean getaway as soon as the alarm was sounded. T ie
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    Englishman Tried For Consorting
    136 1 Englishman Tried For Consorting Standard Staff Correspondent IPOH. Thurs.— The first case of an Englishman to be brought up before a Malayan Court on charges of consorting, harbouring and failing to report the presence of bandits during the Emergency was heard m Tapah this morning. Standing before Magistrate Che- Abdul
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    Reaction To Decision Unfavourable
    109 1 Reaction To Decision Unfavourable Economy Plan Standard Staff Reporter REACTION to the Singapore Government's decision to curtail education and medical building plans as part of its fight against inflation was strongly critical, when The Standard yesterday sampled opinions on the subject from legislative councillors. Municipal commissioners, leading architects and contractors
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    North Borneo, Sarawak Chiefs Here For Talks
    69 1 THE Governor of North Borneo, Major General Sir Ralph Hone, and the Acting Chief Secretary of Sarawak. Mr. J. H. Ellis, arrived m Singapore yesterday afternoon on a short visit. During their stay they will attend a Governors' Conference which the CommissionerGeneral is
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    Chinese Troops Drive Within 10 Miles Of Seoul
    308 1 Chinese Troops Drive Within 10 Miles Of Seoul TOKYO, Apr. 26 (AP) Allied Iroops abandoned their last foothold north of the 38th Parallel m West Korea today. They are fighting a magnificent delaying action against 300,--000 Chinese pressing towards Seoul. The Communists were ten miles from the South Korean capital.
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    Civil Defence Training To Begin Shortly
    193 1 Standard Staff Importer TRAINING of Singapore's Civil Defence forces is expected to begin during the second half of this year. Rules and regulations providing for organization of The Civil Defence Corps and setting up of a training school are being formed under the proposed
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    MacDonald To Fly To Indo-China Sunday
    75 1 SAIGON. Apr. 26 (AP»— The British Commissioner-General for Southeast Asia, Mr Malcolm Mac Donald. is due to arrive m Hanoi on Sunday to confer with French Commander-in-Chief lor the Far East. General DcLattre rie Tassigny, on common problems m campaigns against Communist Infiltration m
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    2 Vampires Blast Johore Bandit Nest
    321 1 2 Vampires Blast Johore Bandit Nest First Jet Strike Sn Mclcya Standard Special Correspondent UNTIL about the middle of yesterday morning, quite a "desirable residence" stood in a clearing on an abandoned rubber plantation in South Central Johore. Then, at about 18 minutes past ten, there was a faint whining
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    6 YEARS' JAIL TERM QUASHED
    14 2 Sl mdard Stall Xt p«>rur tEAR-Ol < KltS Off 1
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    Death Sentence
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    Councillors, MC's Oppose Govt 'Cut Building' Decision
    607 2 Standard Staff Reporter i rv.it hed .1 pitch th. t frit 1 tin: «t h.ive a holiday." v iui TJ >ear-old >!i>s Amelia H -tm'v yesterday, e\pl-iin;n^ \vh> sftic hid ri'tired from office to fl% 1.'i.000 miles from w /c.il.mJ to Kiml:\nd. >liv>
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    DATO PAGLAR URGES STATE LOTTERIES
    133 2 DATO PAGLAR URGES STATE LOTTERIES Standard Start Reporter STATE lottery is the answer to fears of inflation as J well as a means of financing the medical, education and welfare plans m the Colony. l>r. C. J. Paglar. Progressive Party Councillor, said yesterday. 1\ iring thai I iesc views are
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    $500 FINE FOR THATEXTRA 28c
    56 2 BICHl MA. Indi i I $3 Singapore M F l C resti la. sugar 2 It t-as stated 1 I e sold th< sugar t V i K an R t 60 cmts on I V 25 The sale was i pre* I Pood Om
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    Sought Daughter, Get Mother
    101 2 A YOUNG MAN who climbed on to the bed of a young £irl to embrace her. put his arms around her mother instead. This was stated m the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday when a 25-year-old fireman. Teh Ho Chwee. was convicted of molesting the woman
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    $1,000 Bills Lost
    74 2 Tw i Mala; c: rencj n »tes $1,000 den iminati i nui ers A *****] and A *****0 were lost m Tan mg Kai >ng Road, Singap re and mighi I l\ been :r.:>appropriated at ab ut 1 a nt on j 18. They are no nger
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    The 2-Man Plot That Misfired
    191 2 THE STORY f how tw< iron nearly got away with $Jk worth oi Chinese medicine was t Ld m the Singapore Second Police Dmi yesterday. The two men were each sentenced to U ree m til ..> rig as Unpri ment. C iel spe w
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    Regular Meals For 'Orang Kuat'
    148 2 Regular Meals For 'Orang Kuat ABDULLAH eats regularly. He has nothing special m the way of diet except he swallows regularly a patent concentrate of cod liver oil. He keeps fit with a two-hour heavy exercise everyday e.rcepf Sunday. He has not known illness for "a long long time." His
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    Clerk Admits Fraud Charge
    124 2 MOHAMED MJF t Osraa .•io^ -J i is eh rged i I S Bir ■<• Sec I P lice C I veste I Ui c lea ting a n Lancaster v »Ue he w .<> m the err.p' >y the B trneo Con T':c c:.. ■we
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    The General Flies In Jet
    138 2 MAJOR GENERAL R. E (Jrquhart, G.OC. Malaya, flew at 550 m.p.h. m a Meteor jet aircraft when be toured the R A F. Station at Tengab yesterday. General I'rquhart visited each of the operational squadrons at Tengah to chat with pilots, aircrews and servicing personnel
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    Denies Bribe Charge
    44 2 LIM CHOON HENG claimed trial m the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday when charged with offering a bribe of $2,500 to Inspector D.F. Meyer In Geylang Road on April 4. Bail Of $5,000 was offered. The case will be mentioned tomorrow.
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    18 BOD Employees Give Their Blood
    127 2 Standard Staff Reporter EIGHTEEN public spirited employees of the 223 BOD yesterday visited the Blood Transfusion Service centre at the Singapore General Hospital and made a most welcome donation of nearly 15 pints of blood. Thirteen of them came from the Army Depot Police,
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    Abdullah Is 'Superman' of The Police
    401 2 Abdullah Is 'Superman of The Police k>y Patrick Chec, Standard Staff Reporter SINGAPORE Police Force can take that it has on its staff a Sandow, nicknamed "Superman" by the boys and £irls m his kampong, and "Orang kuat' by his colleagues. He is corporal Abdullah m Ahmad, of the Special
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    Blythe To Open Schools' Art Show
    201 2 Standard Staff Reporter THE COLONIAL Secretary, Mr. W. L. Blvtht wW open the tenth inter-school art exhibition m conai.n tion with Education Week m the Victoria Memorial Hall at 11 a.m. on May 2. The exhibition wi':! bo presente 1 In ttvt t ategories
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    Bujang's Sentence Deferred
    251 2 Bujang' s Sentence Deferred i i BUJANG Wn T sga former buq^ector ol Polioi convicted by Mr. H E t\ don m the Singapore Fii District Court jnesterday I i failing to arrest rioters I had assaulted Father O. J Dupoirieux. a Catholic p:.< I and then set Ire to
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    Alleged To Have Confined Girl (13)
    52 2 HO XIX WOE of Hospital Road was charged m the Sing pore Third Police Court yestw day with wrongfully confining i 13-year-old girl at Kamn Bahru Road on April 24. He claimed trial. Bail of $200 was otTered and the tase transferred to the
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      8 2 Builders' Reaction. Sennett's Support. $70 Mil. Power Stn.
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  • DATES TO START NEW SALARIES STUDIED
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      European ASP's In ' Federation
      69 3 European ASP's In Federation Standard >nn C^rrespondeol I ire '4- I >pean S pc- ts Pin in the ni _r. f are r ppoinl -.:> I A.SJP*S there 4^5 Eur ssb t Sap ta I: J ice rl II*K. three 1 led I 36 1 oi a Se Th- P
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      Federation Appoints Four-Man Committee
      440 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Federal Legislative Goun|il today appointed a four-man Special Committee to study further the question of the effective dates for the introduction ol the nrw salaries and salary scales recommended hy the Benham Comnultre Report, adapted m November last year.
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      Citizenship Registration Extended
      100 3 Citizenship Registration Extended Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. ThursThe Federal Legislative Coun-: cil today extended the period of registration for Federal citizenship by six months from mid-February, this year, by adopting an amendment to the Federation of Malaya Agreement Bill introduced by the Member for Home Affairs, Dato Onn bin
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      CHALETS .
      65 3 CHALETS KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Land alienated bv the Government to the MAPTB at Morib, Selangor, is to be used for settlement of two classes of patients. The Selangor n.anch of the MAPTB has decided to build chalets for paying and non-pay-ing patients. If sufficient funds are not available to erect
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      Directees& Citizenship
      64 3 Directees& Citizenship Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs —Regarding applications for citizenship by manpower di.ectees. Mr Leung Cheung Ling was inform-] ed m the Federal Legislative Council, that the conditions for the acquisition for Federal Citizenship are governed by Clauses 124 and 125 of the Federation ol Malays Agreement. It
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      Fisheries Research Station Approved
      276 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— The Federal Le-is-lathe Council today gave its approval for work to be *inr led on the establishment of a Fisheries Research Station at Balik Pulau m Penan*:. A motion by Enche AbTsul Aziz bin Ishak to refer the scheme to
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      Bonus Likely For Enemy Estate Men
      590 3 Standard Staff Corres|>oiideiit photo. hi ALA LUMPUR, Thurs. While < •irrum^lanrrs <litl not appear to justify the payment of a bonus m 19i-*> to start's employed on enemy e.-tates m Malaya, it is contemplated that 2.V per cent of the profit for the year
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      Delay On Salary
      90 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.—Mr. Yeap Choong Kong was told m the Federal Legislative Council today, that the delay m starting negotiations on salaries was due chiefly to difficulty m finding a suitable chairman. This difficulty has now been overcome and a tentative programme involving eight meetings has been
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      'Anti-TB Units Should Be More Practical'
      133 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— That a:ili-TB organizations should be more practical m their work, is the opinion expressed by Mr. Lav Ik Kok m a report to the Seiangor branch of the MAPTB after visiting some patients. He makes this observation m
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      FEDERATION NEWS BRIEFS
      291 3 FOR selling mcc hoon m a prolrbited area at Jalan Meriam, Lee Guat Kiaw was fined $10 by the Muar Magistrate. MR. Sohan Singh, Hospital Assistant-iii -Charge of the Government Dispensary at Fraser's lii since 194G, is transferred to the District Hospital, Bentong. A LORRY dirver. Chen
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      Council Backs Provident Fund For Employees
      242 3 Standard Staff < orrc>pondrnl MALA UJMPUB, Tliui>— Th« re Has whole hearted support for the Select fiommilliii*! Report on the Employees" Provident Fund Bill when it was introduced m the Federal f rftittrtiim Council today by the Financial Secretary, Mr. 13. CaaWß. Ihe Report
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      Municipalities Must Refund Excess Fees
      165 3 Standard Malay Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, T:. rs Any sums overcharged by Municipalities lor water or o'her Municipal Services will now have to be returned to householders following the decision of the Federal Legislative Council today to delete •he clause m the Municipal Ordinance Amendment Bill
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      Woman's Body Found At Sea
      57 3 W oman's Body Found At Sea Standard Stall Correspondent PENAXG. T v T o of an unident B« i idle -<-l C\:>A'<e woman v. as I >und Roat ing at .'-ea. ofl Pran In B«4 Ghaut by the Port Police at about 6 p.m. yesterday. The body ri e<--eri blue
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      41 3 POWER BREAKDOWN VOL COILD NOT GET PETROL? THE SERVICING OF VOl R CAR WAS DELAYED? WHY? go to George Lee Motors CLEMENCEAU AVENUE PRIVATE GENERATORS ENSURE NON-STOP PETROL SUPPLY AND SERVICING FACILITIES EVEN IF THERE IS A POWER BREAKDOWN OR BLACKOUT.
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    This Husband Won't Joget For Quite A Long Time
    240 4 Standard Malay Correspondent PENA N O. Thurs. A Malay housewife m Penang dashed into the "Joget Malaya" joget modern dance hall at the New Wembley Park, a few days, and dragged her samba-dancing husband off the stage by his hair. When
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    New Cinema Opens On Saturday
    67 4 New Cinema Opens On Saturday Standard >tart Correspondent I SANG rs nw omening of 1 c S i ITm aing's inema haU notion Dato Ri and Pahang p.m. 1 3 S li. A X C.B E. Ong Kens ceive th< will the screen- 1 Sir. a s My B ing
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    Federal Police Plan Higher Training School
    51 4 KUA1 A UMPUR, rhurs Because it is not osidered ra al I arge d I v t£ the IK. or othei antries for t I I I G ment is g a Police High- j i I it arrived I Ploice g'a As ASP*!
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    FINED $10
    37 4 a e H Pi i Bk u of; the R.A.AJF si Sl Singai e Fourth 1 cc Court t. g at the toi ds voice itsid< the s eng RestauI glin B v. i IS
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    Judge Condemns Police Method
    249 4 1 Standard Staff Correspondent U OR STAR. Tlmrs. Four Malays. Ahmad bin Wan. kfarifl bin Saatl. Abu Samat bin Sa^i and Shaflie bin Hand v>vrv BCntcnccd to two. five, six and six years* rigorous imprisonment, rosjMH'lively. by Mr. Justice Russell at the Supreme Court. Alor Star,
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    PENGHULUS TOLD: HELP CHINESE
    140 4 JOHORE BAIIRU. Thurs I Speaking at the Penghulus' Conference at the Johore Civil Services Club, today. Inche Hassan bin Abdullah, the Johore District Officer, said thai co-operation between the Penghulus and Ins Department bad been very cordial m the pas' and hoped that this will prevail
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    Higher Pay, COLA Eats Into Reserves
    401 4 Higher Pay, COLA Eats Into Reserves Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Thurs. Moving that Supplementary Budget No. 1 of 1951. be passed at the Municipal Commissioners' Meeting this afternoon. Mr. 11. G. Hammett, Municipal President, said that increased wages and cost of living allowances would swallow up not only the three-million
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    Bandit Hanged In Taiping Jail
    96 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— S I j an mc lenl which ecu ed N I >t ye. r, at Lahat tas the c* uti n i I c Taiping Pro i 1 m I I c Qg Mm, c icted a rev or i .uv.:: I
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    Pay Of Ministers Is Approved
    118 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs A: pr val I>r supplemental penditure, md hi g \:w paym< sal iriea oi Mil istera under the M( mber SysU n and works Id c m< cti m I i the exp insi p o: internal air services were given iday
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    Higher Scale For Municipality Clerks
    100 4 Standard Staff t urrcspondent PENANG, Thurs/- -Municipal d'^ir.-.v :'iiC-rs at iheir mctUaj? today decided unanimously to grant the higher scale, recomlacr.c.ed m the Bonham Report, to the Municipal Clerical Service, provided the individual clerk his the School Certificate qualification. The Municipal President. Mr. lI. G.
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    Directees Not For Jungle Cos.
    363 4 VOLUNTEERS ONLY ARE ACCEPTED Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Chief I Secretary of the Federation, Mr. M. V. del Tufo, •today assured the Federal Legislative Council !that youths called up under the Manpower Direction Ordinance do not go from the training camps straight
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    Had Dutiable Watches; 3 Fined $747
    142 4 Had Dutiable Watches; 3 Fined $747 Standard Staff Reporter JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs.— A rubl er dealer of Kuala Pilah, Lee Ge< k Thye and t* others, Chow Kim Tian an I Tan T i Kim, were fine I b i >ta] <, i S~47 for being in i s-j session
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    Businessmen Are Asked To Co-operate
    32 4 <mf B I give the m the made by plies T\. Ipoh to Mr. Staj ■es of him m a I prici submit h; The pri It
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    Plea To Lift Restrictions
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    Convict Claims To Be Widow Of Rich Man
    254 4 Standard Staff CorrespondeiH MALACCA, Thurs. A woman convict. Tan Sob Eng, alias Khoo Kirn Swee, now serving a term of imprisonment for an identity card offence, steadfastly maintained m the IVlalacca Sessions Court yesterday that she was Mrs. Penhas, widow of Abraham
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    He Probed Punters' Winnings
    103 4 He Probed Punters' Winnings IPOH. Thurv— A piik pocket, who tried to steal the winnings of a punter at the pavin? window of the Perak Turf Club on March 21. was today sentenced to three months rigorous imprisonment, to be followed by six months police supervision. Chan Choon (29) had
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    C.I.D. Chief's Evidenee Taken
    90 4 C.I.D. Chief's E videnee Taken Sundard Staff R«porl«r J< MORE BAHRU. 'I- m Y)a e\ :ice <^ > Bev< Chi< f the Jol re CID recorded todaj m I c M ps- s C t as he .> r" .0 to leave for Eng I on M n c i
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    AHMAD LEARNS-TIME IS MONEY
    194 4 AHMAD LEARNS TIME IS MONEY Standard Staff Correspondent ALOR STAR, Thurs. —It cost Ahmad bin Mahmud. a stevedore employed at the Harbour Board Penang. a dollar per minute for being late Vi minutes, at the Supreme Court, Alor Star. Ahmad was summoned to give evidence m a case m Standard
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    Police Promotions Based On Merit
    232 4 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPI'R, Thurs.— An assurance that \>ian Police Officers m the Federation have opportunities to rise not only to the rank of Superintendent but even above, was given m the Federal Legislative Council today by Mr. D. C. Watherston, Secretary for Defence.
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    Public Apatliy Aids Rubber Thieves
    305 5 Robbed Owners Mum, Says Police Chief Standard Staff Reporter LACK of public co-operation is hampering Police efforts to stamp out pilfering of rubber in transit in Singapore waters, Mr. A. E. Minns, Assistant Superintendent of Police, Marine Divi"We have not received very much help from
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    Admiralty Men Plan 'Stern Action'
    106 5 Standard Staff Reporter SINGAPORE. Admiralty Loral Staff Union is contemplating "the! sternest measures possible" ii dockyard authorities do not give a "definite reply" to their claim for a revision of salaries ba.'Vd on the Benham Report Tiie Hon. Secretary of the Union, Mr. P. Krishnan
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    Son Came Back From Movies Shot
    128 5 AN "open finding" was recorded in the Singapore Coroner's Court yesterday at the inquest into tile death of 17-year-old Tan Thian Chor, killed by a bullet tired during the riots on Dec. 11. Tan's mother. Siew Kim Lian, said at 7 p.m. that day
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    Girl (16) Helped Run Lottery
    71 5 A 16- YEAR-OLD girl, Tay Mi Char pleaded guilty m the Singapore Second Police Cou:'t yesterday 'Alien charged with assisting m le management of 'chap ji ki lottery m a house at Lorong Lal.it on April 20. Charged with her was Poon Wing X iw
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    MALALASEKERA IN MANDARIN
    77 5 SPEAKING to a packed nailery at the Victoria Memorial lluil last night. Dr. G. P. Malalasekera, Professor of Pali and Euddhist Civilization and Dean of the Faculty of Oriental Studies m the University of Ceylon, exhorted Buddhist "to join hands and play a prominent part m the
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    NEW USIS MAN ARRIVES
    95 5 Standard Staff Reporter Denver University from 1934- MR. JACK A. Gertz, newly 35. a t the University of Hawaii appointed Assistant Informa- from 1944-45 and at Weber! tion Officer of USIS Singapore, College m Ogden. Utah, from arrived by Qantas Trom LOll- 1947-48. don yesterday. Mr.
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    ThriftSociety Gave MoreLoans In 1950
    201 5 Thrift Society Gave MoreLoans In 1950 Standard Staff Reporter A TOTAL of 397 loans amounting to 153,179 w.B gran led by the Singapore Harbour Bonn? j Employees' Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society, Lid. I last year, compared to 139 loans amounting to .SI 7.770 the previous year. This increase was
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    Two Women On Men's Clothes
    322 5 Two Women On Men 's Clothes Standard Staff Reporter SINGAPORE'S East West Society met last evening at the British Council Hall to discuss the question "Men are Dowdy". Miss M. Keel, manageress of a provision store m Singapore put forward the argument that men were dowdy. She said that progressively
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    Husband Tried To Strangle Wife (JUDGE TOLD)
    150 5 Husband Tried To Strangle Wife (JUDGE TOLD) A STRAITS-BORN Chinese: i woman Mrs. Tan. .set-king a divorce from her husband, j I told Acting Chief Justice; Brown m the Singapore High Court yesterday that her husband had tried to strangle her m bed on three occasions. On another occasion lie
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    $100,000 Bail: $74,000 Textile Fraud Case
    179 5 THE CASE a^ainsr six Chinese, who were remanded on Tuesday for allegedly being involved m a 574.000-text le theft case, was mentioned m the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday. Four were released on bail, while the other two were i remanded. Three of them,
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    S'PORE BRANCH
    32 5 A Sfngat) »re bt ieh <>■ I c Peninsula! M,,!a\> Union ivili be aned opened Lnau«?ural meeting which will be I m i- "Eva Ing Cafe" Gr< W d '>;1 Sundaj.
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    GAVE ALMS AMD THEN DIED
    145 5 THE DEATH took place a yesterday m v j oi 1 1 Harriette Alicia Mosbergen inec Merrells), wife of Ifr. W W Mosbergen, J P i residence, 210-3, Queen Street The ri> cv.-'M-d. member of a well-known Singapore E iras family, passed away suddenly m
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    R.I.D.A's Blueprint
    802 6 I\^ HEN the Rural and Industrial Development Authority was set up last year, it was undersi iat was an interim body to go: the work si d and mak< recommendations for the porient n rship and terms of reference of the A D.x On airman of K.IDA, has
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      Release Of Detainees
      244 6 "THIS is the first time since the Emergency started m 1948." observed Utusan Meiayu. "that a Malay leader has had the gute to refer publicly m the Council to those Malays who arti suffering v n d c r the Erne: coney regulation." The leader m question
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      Low Interest Loans
      49 6 >MMI r:\v- some f th< sc iss< at the rneel g >f any an g Si said 1 v interest 1 the 15 g B d *ras also scepti t he efl eness pi t easure'fbr bringing ps Ii exj ssed the 1 r< esseni i
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    Fewer English
    246 6 Fewer English E.E.C ["hurais gham's spe< Panference s h s ist< I luca- IS LSfM I rtani Issues c n1 g both tors I c I icat r Ie it It augurs w e^l 11 c 'v our educa- leadei is viUing i 111 a£eiiscuss our n »r edu1] pi
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    REPULSIVE SHOW
    167 6 Sir Ii has b sen the I bi- < practice ol the gu irdi; < °i »c law m this ancient and tranqml town ot Muar to indulge m the barbarioua policy of exhibiting die rem ims of b indits to the passive and t< i i ant
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    COUNCILLOR'S ALLOWANCES
    64 6 Sir: Toward? the end o( the last .'{-years' session oi the Legislative Council, the Member for the Indian Chamber of Commerce announced that he was opposed to payment of allowances to Councillors On Tuesdax, m the Legislative Council, he repeated thai ne is opposed to allowances but did
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    COMMUNITY LISTENING
    172 6 Sir; "Community Listening" a programme that is ber: j broadcasi m Tamil by Raduj Malaya, Singapore, does a lot 1 to promote knowledge among 1 Indian labourers working m rubber estates. By introducing j sac.i instructive programmes, 1 the labourers set not only il c day's latest news
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    But It's Still Cheaper Than A Cup Of Coffee
    710 6 But It's Still Cheaper Than A Cup Of Coffee Your "STANDARD" Witl Cost 5 Cents Moi^] I Q* Page 1 of Ihis 1 issue is an ant j nouncement lhat the I retail price of your > Singapore and Sunday Standard will be raised hy five cents a copy, from
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    769 6 I ~uM I c 5 oq of fin I ns| t I imai Let us hope h( ble to ren edy this I c la! s n as ble. But j this nat i< >• .< k refei ed to the need i reorganisai i of ait n
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    DON'T BELITTLE OUR LOCAL POLITICIANS!
    645 6  - DON'T BELITTLE OUR LOCAL POLITICIANS! TAKAR fi)^/'^^m SING UPORE voters -c tools i empty i es. L rant and t thiess. Smgaj i lust be guid< fficials W lied I the U bij > seems 1 be the pi ne educate* ight to Im i I < bled to find
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    30 6 .Hid it l trasn*l areßttemaa Id (ell v<ui mli.h i low-down. riiui 1 1 1 erossin*, lou^v twistin*. i biselin*. two-limin' Did I fid SO J <>U .irr
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    US Arms Aid To Formosa Only For Self-Defence
    287 7 US Arms Aid To Formosa Only For Self-Defence ACHZSOtf MHSZI.OSBS SECRET AGVr WENT I WASHINGTON, Vpr. 25 (UP) Secretary of Slate Dean rheson told his press conference t t »;!a> dial United Slates military aid o the Chinese Nationalists U to be used only "for internal security or _:i inmate
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    UK Wants Malaya In Pacific Pact
    147 7 UK Wants Malaya In Pacific Pact O\i) O N \pr. 2<> Govontmeni -m.m lold ilif Bouse < uinniiiiio W «mlii»'"»Britnia hoped to join v nited Malt* m a •.jM-;irit\ system ii will imliulf ;!rrat:u'"- lor (I te•»«1i i» i: v .1. I w war r W r Wai [1 fca
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    India To Buy Peking Grain
    46 7 I Ew DELHI. Apr. M, (AP) -i has cot-eluded an ent with Red China lor p trchase for caso or 1 ton. of sorghum gram to help relieve InoM a shortage. 5t 4 OOO tons are «pecbe shipped to India aui
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    US 'Obligation' To Formosans To Stay On Island
    96 7 WASHINGTON, Apr 2.V I I P>. Assistant Secretary of State Dean Kusk has said that there is "an rlrmrnt of obligation to the Formosans themseires* 1 ii the United States 1 determination to stay on the inland "It was not the intention
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    43 Killed As planes Collide Over Sea
    136 7 43 Killed As planes Collide Over Sea KEY WEST, FLORIDA. Anr. 25, (Reuter)— A big Cuban air- and a United States navy ining plane collided oyer the sea a mfle from Key West toI i and crashed into tiie sea arrying 43 people to their death. Water splashed M feet
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    "Turko" Not Back In Indonesia, Police Say
    53 7 JAKARTA. Apr. 26 (AP) [ndonesian police officials today categorically denied that •Turku" Wesierling. elusive pimpernel of Indonesia's antigovernment forces, is back m Indonesia. They said the police were ready for Wester! ing "if he shows up."' hut do special alert I orders have
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    AP Man Arrested
    37 7 i PRAGUE, Apr. 26 (UP)— 11 I was officially announced toda} that William N. Oatis, 37-year I old Associated Press corres pondent here, is under arrest charged with activities hostiW I to the State.
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    UN Troops On Banks Of Hwachon Dam
    77 7 I photo. 1 Hwachon Reservoir, just inside North Korea, which was seized on April 18 by Allied fortes wlio fought for days to get to the power dam. Once the Communists opened the floodgates to trap UN forces m a gorge cut by
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    Public Hearing of MacA Testimony In Inquiry Demanded
    210 7 WASHINGTON, Apr. 2.i (UP) Senate Republican leaders demanded today that the investigation into Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur's dismissal be thrown open to the public and broadened to include all Far Eastern policies since the 1945 Yalta Conference, Chairman Robert Taft also said
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    N'lists Seize German Ship Mai Rickmers
    117 7 N'lists Seize German Ship Mai Rickmers TAIPEH, Apr. 26 <AP> The Chinese Nationalists have seized the 16,000-ton West German vessel, Mai Rickmers, as a blockade runner. The Mai Rickmers, out of Hamburg, was seized by a Nationalist warship off Amoy and arrived under escort today at Keel in 1 on
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    Stokes Named Lord Privy Seal
    73 7 LONDON, Api. 26 (AP) Prime Minister Attlee completed a reshuffle ol his cabinet, hard hit by death una resignation, by announcing today the appointment of Richard St kes to be Lord Privy Seal. Mr. Stokes is now Minister oi Works, a non-Cabinet post, lie will
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    3 Chinese Killed By Indonesian Gang
    95 7 BOGOR. Indonesia, Apr. 26 I (UP i Three Chinese were killed and several wounded when a 15 to 30 strongly armed gang nttacked a small Chinese temple j near Tiiluar village, half a mile off the" D Jakarta -Bogor highway j Monday night, the
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    Rita Doesn't Want To See Aly Again-Post
    133 7 Rita Doesn't Want To See Aly Again- Post NEW YORK. Apr. 26,— (AP)— The New York Post Wednesday said Rita Hayworth has decided to get a divorce or legal separation from Prince Aly Khan without seeing him again. It said she will make a formal statement this week announcing the
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    Peking Repeats Demand For Visit To Malaya
    153 7 SAN FRANCISCO, Apr. 2(] (AP)— The Rfd Chinese radio repeated yesterday its demands I that a Communist committee be permitted to investigate the conditions of Chinese m Malaya. The Peking broadcast, heard by the Associated Press here. asserted that the British P: ime
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    Spender Leaves
    28 7 CANBERRA. Apr. 26 (AP). '.Mr. Percy Spender, formerly j "Minister of External Affairs, j sailed today to take up duty as j Australian ambassador m Washington.
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    Health Insurance Plan For Malaya 'Impracticable'
    444 7 Health Insurance Plan For Malaya 'Impracticable' Colonial Undersecretary LONDON, Apr. 26 (Reuter) Colonial IndprSecretary Tom Cook said today a health Insurance scheme for Singapore and the Federation of Malaya was impracticable at present but health and medical services were being improved and extended. He was replying m the House r
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    Iran Oil Strike Ends; Output Again Rising
    236 7 ABADAX. April 26 (Heuter) —The strike at the A Marian oil refinery, the world** Largest, ended yesterday, ii- days alter it started. Mr. A. E. C. Drake. General Manager of the Anglo-Iranian Oi! Company, annouintd: "The strike is over.' Mr. Drake said 24.000
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    27th Delayed Departure To Stop Reds
    190 7 Wow It Can Be Told WITH U N I < m K< \pr. 26, U'i' Che Bi ti ."ommomvealth 27th Brig vhose battal raring to saf for i! .vhcn the Chinese lauitcl I heir sp> ing ofl isive, nto Urn I > and stopped
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    R.I. Coalition Cabinet
    25 7 JAKARTA a- 2- 'I 1 i So< coalition cabinet heade Masjumi Party lea I I Soekiman. Indonesia had been rnment for 3
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    Outcry Against Govt Plan To Cut Building: Halt Timber Exports
    270 8 Standard SiafT Reporter heads of Govenunenl departments maintained strict «fcnec on die details of the Government plan for curtailment of building pro,,',!, m Singapore, leading contractors and architects bilterlv criticised Government's policy yesterday. Stop the export oi Malayan Umber and
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    Wes tinghouse Contracl
    15 8 '> is ordered 51 s I the Wesl ise Elect V A. P.
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    New Power Station Work To Continue
    221 8 Bl ELDING c instruction which was recently begun on the 570,000.00il power station at Pasir Panjang will not by the Government plan for curtailment of hliilflinor nrit i .•»■>* < P f the Sing; re I'■ i [is sed Stan- work pro- be as
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    Henderson Estate To Get Fair Deal
    39 8 Standard <l.;'i Reporter 3IDENTS S t Sir.gh. Sinsh ia 10 tak Jng up the matt« tre m Singapore In n and Mis> M D I of the Dei IS v. present as servers
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    Mr. Sennett Supports Government Move
    182 8 ONLY ONI man yesierdin supported the Covernmenr s intention to -curtail Us buildino programme. which uouid especially iffed the education and meriiSLISf B o^ C( Ionv 5 b Mr c w v s««e« p« Vnnett Xt iltv and tormerly Singapore's Commissioner di Sensaid thai g
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    HK Blackmarketeers Get US Supplies Via 'Gift' Parcels
    54 8 HK Blackmarketeers Get US Supplies Via 'Gift' Parcels F n from J j V.: S > c aimed a* v z t < md North X > back Hongk H-• »PProved 1 =ages to X Cusi 1 i£S a fr. c c n oqq se' allin, while -^e> pd ze-
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    Britain Bays More Grain From Russia
    14 8 Britain Bays More Grain From Russia '^ONDON Apr ,UP, unda arc ari to < ivai.-
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    100 Mil. Sewing Machines Made By Singer Co.
    356 8 IMP M\.,!H Sewing Ma. hi,,,- ;lm r::.:; 11 1 imliislr v l>i u<> ■>'■"■< TZ\ For to the ingenuity of Isaac Si thi A rican who invented 1 te > Si tring M wo abolition f the Slow s process of hand
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    French Pastry Chef Coming To Adelphi
    235 8 Standard Stall Reporter EXTENSIVE renovations and re-styling have been Readily carried out at the Adelphi Hotel over the past \t-ir .resulting m greatly improved facilities and aeeommodatioa for the poblk and hotel quests. A:r --i ning ha ay< a major part m the improveBesi
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    Malacca Rubber Nets £539,006
    107 8 I MALACCA Rubber Plantations report a net profit for the year 1950 of £539.00(5, from which the directors will recommend payment of 25 per cent I dividend. The credit balance at the end of the year amounts to £227.528 Ifie directors propose transfer- I nn? £9(5,000
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    Fed. Legco Can Now Veto New Duties
    577 8 C«W Welcomes Menon The Commissioner-General, Mr. Malcolm Mat-Donald, welcomed Mr. ML Gopala Menon. the new representative of the Government of India in Singapore, at a tea party given in the envoy's honour by the Indian Chamber of Commerce at the Victoria Memorial Hall
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    Copra Market steadier
    119 8 Copra Market steadier Standard Staff Reporter THE COPRA market in Singai pore was steadier yesterdav. quotations opening at $4S_ and rising to $50* for May and $50 3 4 per picul for June* shipment. Business was reported at $50j per picul for early shipment. Coconut oil was quiet at unchanged
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    A.£3,300 For A Seat
    22 8 Seats on the Stock Exchange of j Melbourne are now valued at t A£3,300. There are 129 seat--Reuter.
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    HK EXCHANGE
    39 8 HONGKONG. Apr. 26— Special Standard Service—Closing prices on the Hongkong Exchange today were HKS15.70 to £1 sterling: H__S6.09 to US$1: HK$ 1.805 to Malayan $1; HK$0.33 to one' Indonesian Rupiah; Gold HK.318 f} I-1.0 i r_1 1
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    COMMODITY PRICES
    118 8 COMMODITY PRICES RUBBER tht latest Sm-Mpore rubber prices yesterday (Apr. IS) were per lb. Buyers SeOen No 1 K .S.S Spot Loose $L9li FOB. m bales May Xo 1 R.S S $1,891 Sl.'»o'. No I K.S S SI. (Si 51. 83 No. 3 X S.S (noni SI. 771. $1,781 Tone:
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    WORLD TIN LACK HITS MALAYA
    42 8 Standard Staff Reporter STOCKPILING ot tm and world rearmament programmes by Singapore importers for a current shortage ot tin containers for tai™,™ to^^ffSS o^^ of Slcum powder"and cre^°^ I fel^ ****>** Thfe Standard °"G of fhe new plastic
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    Western Nickel Superiority
    40 8 the > 15 tes, D J F I d lenl Internal Nickel Cdi pan? •l" I 1 ex <ded supply ments of es le Stock] "*Cui eng need two or I rily found j n it ing ene
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    Pepsi-Cola Already A Popular Drink
    187 8 standard Industrial Reporter PEPSI-COLA, the new soft drink introduced to Singapore a few weeks ago, has received an &verwfielmIng reception from the Singapore public, Mr. lack Abbott. General Manager el Union Ltd.. boffins »f the drink, said yesterday. Mr .V bott i I >r Pop-
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    Licensing Placed On Monthly Bask
    203 8 Licensing Placed On Monthly Bask Rubber Exporu To to menl «i rubber to Hm^Z j. U»e_ Singapore (iovern.ne,,! vhi.h i 1 h With the Federation (.overnn,,,,; (Ifslinalional ronlrol of M-.1 May 1 has been fixed .is -i Imomhlypenoddur^ 4;V;:.^f" n «.v/u£ v. m ue issued. Licensing began on April j
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    Australia Is Now Buying More Rubber
    15 8 A! STB j > shipmen «W5 for steckpUing From nth.
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    Demand For Lower Grades Unsatisfied
    20 8 51 ■iartf 51 ui R«p OM I plies were Ope. lb. foi t* Cl F
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    Malayan Tins Quiet, Steady
    14 8 Malayan Tins Quiet, Steady M m S INI RIALS I I Perak River S
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    MOVE TO EASE PORT JAM
    345 9 Tg. Priok Godowns To Be Cleared Stundard Shipping Reporter THE I lulonesian Government is taking steps to alleviate congestion m the various ports under their control. The slow turn-round by ships calling at these ports have resulted m Singapore shipping firms lodging complaints with the
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    China Navigation Co.'s New Freighter HK Bound
    269 9 THE 3,464-ton Fengning:, just out on her maiden voyage from the United Kingdom after a stopover at Singapore, is now on her way to Hongkong with a general cargo of 637 tons of rubber and firewood which i she loaded at Penang. This
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    Danish Research Ship Due
    183 9 COLOMBO: (Airmail) (Retij ter) When the Danish scientific i expedition ship. Galatea, now o:: a two-year voyage round the I world, put into Colombo harbour this week, local customs authorities found themselves entrusted with a strange cargo two live giant turtles. The turtles, caught at sea
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    Gold Seized
    37 9 HONGKONG Apr. 26: .Re.i-ter-AAP)—Police searching the 8.98t!-ton British ship Glenartney for drugs have seized guld worth I HK51,650,000 t about £103,000), some on the passengers and some j hidden. The Glenartney is bound for Singapore.
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      237 9 SHIPPING NOTICE M.V."HANTHALE' Sailin*:: .Monday. .'3o tl April, 1951 to DJAKARTA -INDONESL (ianro accepted: For Parl iculars apply tos CHEK GUAN SHIPPING CO., LTD., 14 Pekin Street, Tel: *****. SARAWAK STEAmsnir tu., Liu. (In orated m Sarawak) WEEKLY PASSENGERS AND FREIGHT SERVICE TO KUCHING REJANC RIVTR PORTS AND BINTULU (with
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      591 9 SAILINGS FROM SCANDINAVIA U.K. CONTINENI Spore P Sham Penon "PANAMA" for Eong'.ck Saigon Hongkong Vonila Kobe Yokohamo 4-6 May l-3May 29-3OApr. "SELANDIA" for Bangkok 22-24Moy 20-2 1 Moy 19-19Moy "MALAYA" for Bong-rk, Hongkong, Manila Kobe ond, Yokohama 2G-29Moy "KINA" for Bangl-ck, Hongkong £r Manila 14-19 June "MEONIA" for Sagon Bangkok
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      143 9 Despatches TODAY: Djambi 8 a.m. by Hong Ann, Pontianak by Bosnik. Gt. Britain. N. Ireland, Eire, Europe. N. and W. Africa. West Indies. Egypt and Ceylon noon by Benmacdhui, Indo-China 6 p.m. by Ibis. Jakarta and Sourabaya by Ophir. Burma. N. India and Pakistan by Chandpara. Sibu j noon by
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      523 9 Nordhval 6 7 Javanese Prince, Coal Plant: Rondo, 4 5 Bulan, b Hong Ann. 1 2 Benalder. Pulo Bukom: Tankhaven ill. Priesland, Mette Maersk, Agatha, Tarushima Maru. Abert Dock: Pti' eng, Mambang, I Baud. Ban Ho Wan. Keppel Dock: E. Tesbury, Hunt: Thong. Stan Bombay. red Clover. Laid up anchorage:
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    70 12 The following will represent the Malayan Railway at circket against the Selnngor Club on Sunday at 10.30 A.M. on the Kuala Lumpur padang: A. H. S. Reid (Capt.). C. Lembruggen, E. T. Williams. M. Sheperdson, J. Senevaratnee, K. Saburatnam.« K. G. Sabai, G. Xavier, Santok Singh,
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