Singapore Standard, 28 April 1951

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    17 1 Singapore TIGER Standard r 1 P^J bT^b\ I SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 195.1. 12 PAGES TEN CENTS
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    UK Warns Iran: Don't Seize AIOC
    353 1 IIKHERAN, Apr. 27 (UP)_BriU s h Ambas- Mr Francis Shepherd, warned today that ,-c v.nsht be most serious and far-reaching -luences if Iran tried to seize the Anglo" „>;.., Oil Company installations as recommendbj the Iranian Parliament"* Oil Commission. nui me Majlis, lower house
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    British Ammo Ship Blows Up; Six Die
    99 1 N, Apr. n (AP) a were killed and an ted number m :.e explosion of a X.. y munitioQs ship at a morning, the Ad-' »sc I 'ate today. oned by a captain 23 '•y said or.'.y a 4 N.'.w person- I It*
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    Bolt Named Chief Of Naval Air Warfare
    17 1 Apr Renter)— 3 43-year- caris, has i ppointed Naval All
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    Superford Crashes
    16 1 I S •■>•.■: rti ess I the Azores today I nd seriou-.;. m aril B
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    400 Attend RAF Dinner
    126 1 The Fifth Annual dinner of the R.A.F. Association, m Singapore held at Raffles Hotel last night was attended by about 400 guests. Present mainly were R.A.F. personnel stationed m Singapore and Ex-R.A.F. men residing m the Colony. The Chairman of the Association. Mr. W. J. R.
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    HK Decrees Emergency Export Ruling
    115 1 HONGKONG. Apr. 27 (AP) Hongkong today decreed an j emergency regulation and still penalties against illegal cxi ports. A go'.'ernment spokes- man said the ordinance was j aimed at stopping the flow of goods to Red China. The regulation, effective immediately, provides for: I—Detention1 Detention
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    Hockridge Inquest Reveals Suicide
    75 1 HONGKONG. Apr. 27 (ReuterAAP».— The inquest on the death or Mrs. Margaret Hockridger who was found dead with a gunshot wound on April 6, ended today when the coroner and jury returned a verdict of suicide when the balance of her mind was temporarily disturbed. Meanwhile
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    Queille Resigns
    32 1 PARIS. Apr. 27 (ReutersPrime Minister Henri Queui'le tonight formally submitted his resignation following hys failure to net an overall majority m the National Assembly vote on the Electoral Reform Bill.
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    Tracks Blasted
    34 1 RANGOON. Apr. 27 (Reuter) Communists today made a surprise attack on Yemethin, a town m Central Burma south of Mandalay, and blew up all the railway' tracks leading out of the town.
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    Grenade Kills 1, Hurts 5 In Ipoh
    337 1 Standard Staff Correspondent IPOH, Friday. Auxiliary Police Inspector Foo Enix Lim, a well-known Ipoh resident, was killed m a handgrenade attack m Ipoh shortly after 9 oVlock to* night* An Auxiliary police sergeant Teoh Hoon Seng, A-P Chai Wai Tong and three small
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    Crash: 2 Hurt
    34 1 TWO Europeans. Mr. Orthuys Jacob Faibnout and Miss Elizabeth Beyarinck, were injured last night, m a road accident at the 1H mile Woodlands Road. They were admitted to the General Hospital.
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    Two Hurt In S'pore Shooting
    239 1 Standard Staff Reporter A SINGAPORE police constable was wounded m his wrist and a man, who looked like a Malay wearing service uniform was believed to have been wounded m his head when a detective sergeant fired three rounds from a revolver m Mandai Road
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    Gen. Harding Back From HK Visit
    55 1 GENERAL Sir John Harding, retiring Commander-in-Chief of British Far East Land forces, returned to Singapore yesterday after a one-week farewell visit to Hongkong. Earlier, a Hongkong message said that Sir John received a general salute from a guard of honour when he left the
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    Seoul's Fall Seen Near As Reds Occupy Uijongbu
    349 1 Seoul's Fall Seen Near As Reds Occupy Uijongbu TOKYO, Apr. 27 (UP) Chinese Communist force, smashed into the Uijongbu area, only 11 miles north oi Seoul, today and rolled back the allied line all across the front to the east. Retreating allied forces jammed the highways south from Uijongbu through
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    Red Losses In New Drive
    84 1 WASHINGTON. Apr. 27 (UP> -The Army estimated today that United Nations forces inflicted 35,700 casualties on the Chinese and North Korean Communists since the Red offensive started on Sunday night. A spokesman told reporters at a briefing that this is the estimated figures and is
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    Willoughby Applies For Retirement
    88 1 TOKYO, Apr. 27 (Reuter-AAP) —Major General C. A. Willoughby, Assistant Chief of Staff SCAP," stated today he had applied for retirement after 40 years' service m the regular army. General Willoughby who is known as one of Mac Arthurs closest associates spent the last 13 years
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    Fire Promptly Put Out By Engines
    84 1 Standard Staff Reporter A JOSS-STICK left burning m a locked room started a fire which threatened to burn down a row of shop-houses m Tanjong Pagar Road yesterday morning. Timely arrival of two fire engines saved the situation. The fire had already taken a
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    Aussies Vote Today
    29 1 MELBOURNE, April 27 (Reuter-AAP) Australians will go to the polls tomorrow !in the election which Prime I Minister Robert G. Men/.ies called to overcome "legislative vtcavUUCKi
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    MacA;Stop The Slaughter' Calls For Positive Policy In Korea War
    337 1 MacA; Stop The Slaughter' Calls For Positive Policy In Korea War CHICAGO, Apr. 26 (UP)— General Douglas MacArthur called tonight for a "positive" policy m Korea to stop "this slaughter of American sons." He said the nations present policy was one of "complete unrealism" and criticized the nations with "token
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    No More Robber For Russia, Red China From S'pore
    87 1 LOS ANGELES, April 27 (Reuter) Communist China and Russia will get no more rubber from Singapore. Mr. James Currie. Commercial Counsellor to the British Em- i bassy m Washington, said here. Mr. Currie told reporters yesterday export licences for j rubber
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    Churchill Calls Off US Trip: Supports MacA
    109 1 LONDON. Apr. 27 (UP) j Winston Churchill today called j off a trip to the United States j and pledged a last dit^h fight j to unseat the Socialist Gov- j eminent which he accused of j unprecedented fear of going to I
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    UNKNOWN
    513 2 Ratepayers Hold Annual Meeting Standard Staff Reporter IF THE shortage of building materials is really so arute, one wonders if it is justifiable for the Singapore Improvement Trust to pursue so complacently its programme of building expensive and grand flats instead of becoming more rt»alNti«- and building semi-permanent bungalows
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    RAF'S VIP Day
    19 2 Ed Genei I j g Singapo r < E Director Commi s£ from S pore to Ku
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    HAD RUBBER BY FRAUD
    80 2 VEO KOON 1 CX)X ali i Ail Kit w s '<■ need I m nt ks Sing p re s.- i d Police C vest* :V.. v wl I was found juiltj > fra idu ently havi g g i sh< ts oi nil tx ww
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    Pneumonia Toll
    31 2 v s i lei t S people ed lurink 1 we< k j A 21 ed with previous week c m re than nes deaths: ag insi 195 d<
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    Police Officer's Wife Dies
    74 2 THE de; th < Ed yesterday In Su tap re I 'C c Halimah Chik binte M hrn tud, wile ol Ind c Ab R j Sccui v O:»; BOD :c: .:ct A cUred ASP Inch« A W M >-r. v Ln-1 tw of Pi lice
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    Korea, Riots Blamed For Business Failure
    328 2 A 28 YEAR-OLD Swiss bachelor who operated a produce business with borrowed capital of $4,000. incurred liabilities of more than half a million dollars within a year. He said the Korea war and the December r: >ts contributed to hi? insolvency. A: the t:rr.e
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    He Posted The First Liberation Notice
    249 2 He Posted The First Liberation Notice Standard Staff Reporter THE man who had the honour of posting up the fii>t proclamation m Singapore tlr»lari;ii: the return of British rule m Malaya after the Japanese surrender, leaves Singapore for South Africa early next year after 30 years m this country. He
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    Woman Charged
    52 2 A WOMAN labourer, Ang Chin, wai 0..: l r^! m the Singapore Fourth p, her Court yesterday with stealing ftvs tahili of scr.<p rubber valued at 5^- 50 from the Namazie Fstatc. P» rr. Chua Chu Kang Road on April 16 Ar. z was offered <200 bail ur.th
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    Tribute To Mr. Meyer
    85 2 Standard Staff Reporter A TRIBITE to the late Mr. K. Rf. Meyer, a founder member of the Singapore Ratepayers Association and a viie-president for nuiny years, was paid by Mr. Tan Chin Tuan. President of the Association, m Singapore, yesterday. Mr. Tan referred to Mr. Meyer
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    Woman (64) Faces Lottery Charge
    63 2 Woman (64) Faces Lottery Charge A 64 YEAR-OLD n \n, l\Lin M chai Be I I c Su jap re Secoi d P Ice O \i I I assisting In the rum ng of c lap ii kj ttery a h Lse Weld Road on Apr. 2: She claimed tri
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    No Money, So She Sold Child—Court Told
    172 2 No Money, So She Sold Child— Court Told A ThineM* woman said m the Sinjiaporr Second F'olice Court yesterday that *hv had to sell omt of her thret* children l>etau^ her huhbaiul had not given her money for more than one year. The woman. Chi a Cheng Nai, was claiming
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    VICTIM OF FITS GETS LENIENCY
    131 2 IBRAHIM bin Yahaya, a Volunteer Special Constabulary, who described himself as a "victim of fits" was sentenced m the Singapore Third District Court yesterday to five months' simple imprisonment. He was convicted for causing hurt to a detective Tay Chew with a knife at Geylang
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    Six Motion For Monday's MC Meeting
    188 2 Six Motion For Monday's MC Meeting SIX m ..< w [be debated Mi nda\ s meet v the S nga- eMu pal C unisa i an. One st .da urn [Mi X J es seeks to rev< c Uu dec:>. the C ken ia:e last i for the 1 l
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    Major Shot To Kill
    105 2 MAJOR TJ. Phillips f i ie Gurkha Ri:.«.~ •Id th< S i Coror.crs C- y t sterd c ng si De riol did not think the rioters U b\ .i ..i-v-.. shot 1 kill He shot md kilh d a 25-ye;ir-old pc hi:. H ji A;
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    One Word Caused A Fata! Explosion
    349 2 THE WRONG usaee of n technical word was .-aid to have caused the explosion m the Nanyang Ice Eactory, Tanjong Rhu on April G. resulting m the death of a fitter and injuries to another. This was revealed m the Singapore Coroner's Court yesterday
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    Drop Likely In Rubber Production
    310 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. There may be a drop m rubber production m the next few months due to troubles on estates m Negri Sembilan and Selangor, while a great deal of rubber is said tQ be going into the hands of bandits,
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    TWO PLANTERS SHOT DEAD
    50 3 Standard Staff Reporter JOHORE BAHRU, Fri.— The European manager of an estate m the Johore Bahru area of Johore with a visiting manager, also a European, were ambushed m a jeep this morning,. and both were killed. 'There was no escort and the jeep was burnt.
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    Malacca Voters To Register May 15
    244 3 Standard Staff Correspondent MALACCA, Fri. The boundaries of Malacca i Municipality's eight Polling Districts and the Polling Stations m the districts have been settled and registration of voters is expected to take place on May 15. TJranquerah Ward has been divided into three Polling
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    FEDERATION DRIVE FOR ARMY RECRUITS
    76 3 RECRUITING for the First Singapore Regiment, Royal Artillery, will take place m Tampin from tomorrow till May 4. Men wishing to enlist should report to the District Officer, Tampin, where non-commission-ed officers of the regiment will interview prospective recruits. An officer of the regiment will
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    Woman Killed In Penang Road Accident
    108 3 Standard Staff Correspondent i PENA N G, Fri.— A fatal motor accident m which an i elderly Chinese woman Wong Feng Ving, was killed m Tanjong Bungah Road at 4 p.m. today, when a saloon car driven by a Chinese with five occupants, including
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    Planters' Fund To Get More
    355 3 Estate Workers May Also Benefit Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Most companies have decided that future contributions to the Planters' Provident Fund shall be at the rate of 15 per cent, on each side. Explaining the reason for this important change, Mr. Facer said
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    UPAM Chief Criticizes Broadcaster
    294 3 U PAM Chief Criticizes Broadcaster Standard St.il> Correspondent KUALA Lt MPUR, Fri. Reference was made this morning at the annual general meeting of the United Planting Association of Malaya to a recent broadcast stressing the delay In publishing the results of the Court of Arbitration which met m January to
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    KL Man Gets Papal Award
    239 3 Standard Woman Correspondent CATHOLICS In Kuala Lumpur are proud of an honour that has been awarded to one of their members. Mr. Louis Edmund Bateman, choirmaster and organist at the Church of St. Anthony, has just learned that His Holiness, Pope Pius XII, has granted
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    Red Leader Surrenders
    50 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. Another important Communist leader, Tan Guat, military commander of the 4th Company of the bandit third regiment m Johore has surrendered to the security forces. Tan Guat has issued a call to the men of the 4th Company to follow his example and surrender.
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    Facer Lauds War Claims Commission
    149 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Congratulations to the War Damage Claims Commission for the considerable progress made, were offered by the President of the U.P.A.M., Mr. H. H. Facer, at the annual general meeting of the U.P.A.M here today. "We feel at last," he
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    UK Ignorant Of Part Played By Planters—Facer
    788 3 UK Ignorant Of Part Played By Planters— Facer Bridging DoHar Cap Standard Staff Correspondent kl ALA LUMPUR, Fri. "I found m England a surprising ignorance of affairs m this country and a still more surprising ignorance about the part the rubber producing industry has played m bridging the dollar gap,
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    Boy Rescued From Mid-Ocean
    135 4 Boy Rescued From Mid-Ocean PENANG. Fri.— An 11--year-old Indonesian Leper boy. Mohamed Tjam. would have suffered a terrible fate m a leaky sampan m the sra 15 miles from the coast of Lho Seumawe. Sumatra, after being two days m it without food or drink, if he had not been
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    PENANG HAS A POSTER COMPETITION
    103 4 Standard Staff Correspondent PI NANG Fri Mrs G I kins n Isot '.c ing M ele I as [Tie Standar I I Bye ash are being er< fox the st posters urg rea tents to rc^:>ter m the t 1 ral re Is Entries n
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    PENANG 'MAYOR' SUES STRAITS ECHO
    860 4 Strike Threat By The Staff j Halts Apology I Standard Staff Correspondent PEN A ING, Fri. An application for performance of the terms of a compromise arrived at for alleged libel by the Straits Echo and Times of Mala\ a on the President of the
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    TWO GET AWARDS
    74 4 IT IS officially announced -h.it the Perak Distinguished Conduct Medal has bien awarded Inche Wan Senik bin Wan Un, Penghulu Muda, Temengor, m Inche Mat Akhir bin Haji H issan, Special C rporal No. 1341 Mr. and Mrs. Ho Lai Chee who were married at the Kwong
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    It's A Crime To Own Book By S.C. Bose
    107 4 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fn —If you p ■■jv-ess a copy of Subhai Chandra Bose's book, [ndian S'.russ-t. 1 1020-35| which appearei In ".arge DUAlben during the Japanese occupation, you are committing an offence* It i> one ol 4li publications,
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    Traffic Notice
    53 4 THE Belangor Police state thn! all vehicles of two tons m weight loinf north from Port Swettenham arc now to go via Bukit Kamuning Road. Those guina south to Port Swettenham are to use the Sidney Bridge at IClang. Sidney Bridge c:w> be used by local traffic going
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    Three Policemen Sent to Prison
    195 4 Three Policemen Sent to Prison Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Fri.— Mr. B. <;. Smith, President of the Sessions Court, sentenced three policemen to varying terms of imprisonment yesterday, on charges of theft and trespass. r~ They were Osman bin Darus. a special constable. who got three months and six j
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    Loved And Lost, So He Tried Suicide
    145 4 Standard Staff (!<irrr?*|>ond«Tit PENANC, Fri. A 66->«ar-old Cfaiaete, Woog >vnn Kool, told Mr. L). W frnham m the Mapftralr*!* Court today that be tried to commit suicide because lite woman he had loved for several \ear« lot! int«-r«*-t m him la-t war. l\v
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    NEGRI SCOUTER! FOR AUSTRIA
    52 4 NEGRI SCOUTER FOR AUSTRIA SEREMBAN, Fri.— lt Is understood that District Commissioner Ngui Choon' Jin of the Seremban Anglo-Chinese School has been selected to lead the Malayan contingent for the Scout Jamboree m Austria. Of the eleven Scouts from Malaya, one will be Master Choong Quet Thiam of St. Paul's
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    Wife Killer Jailed
    92 4 Standard Staff Correspondent ALOR STAR, Fri.—Following an argument with his second wife, Mah bint! Mat. who decided to follow the Taslim Sect which is at variance with the Mohamedati religion, a bersllet boxer named Hussain bin Hajl Idrls of Kampong Putat, North Kedah, punched hts wife, broke
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    Raffles Graduates To Reject Benham
    310 4 Standard Staff Correspondent IPOH, Fri. A resolution calling upon members to reject the Ben ham salary scale and urging them to pre*** for the introduction and implementation of a Unified Malayan Eduealion Service was passed at a meeting of the Pan-Malayan Council of the Stamford
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    Highlands Get Shell Servicing
    100 4 Highlands Get Shell Servicing Standard Staff Reporter RESIDENTS of Tanah Rata. Cameron Highlands, will no longer have to drive 85 miies to Ipoh every time they want to service their cars and vehicles. The Shell Company will officially upon their new service station there today. I' i- s Shell's twelfth
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    Accountant Faces Four CBT Charges
    272 4 IPOII, Fri— Kassim Jagne Ariffin (63), Accountant. Auditor and Secretary with an office m the Hongkong Bank Building m Belfield Street was produced before Magistrate Che Arshad today when four charges of criminal breach of trust were explained to him. The charges Involved sums of
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    UMNO Party To Honour Dr. Ariff
    92 4 UMNO Party To Honour Dr. Ariff M.md.ird M.Ut ("orropondrni PENANG. F r -nan nd con I th< P UMNO are ling i tea rtj t the E and O H n Sund K. Md A ifl d been CBE v. I kfl been Legii live C oci The cc will
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    Bandit Food Dump Found
    168 4 Standard Staff orresponden KUALA LUMPUR, Fri A lar^e food dump was discovered by security forces In the Batu Pahat district o: Johorc yesterday, containing L,60fl katties of rice, M ga ons of oil and a qv:a::*'.ty el t:::::cv. ftgh. Two bandits were killed by security Forces
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    Appeal Dismissed
    56 4 I Standard Staff Cori-espondmt ALOR STAR. Fn.— Ham/.ah bin Mohamed Ynsin. a Postal Department clerk, 'Kedah, appealed unsuccessfully before Mr. Justice Russell at the Supreme Court, Alor Star, against the conviction and sentence of six months r.i. and a fine of $450 m default five months r.i. for
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    Man Did Not Know Wife's Allegations
    99 5 Standard Staff Reporter MR. TAN KENG SENG, respondent m a divorce suit m which his wife alleges cruelty appeared before the Acting Chief Justice Mr. Brown yesterday and said he was not fully aware of his wife's accusations. He was unable to appear m
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    HIT TAXI—$60
    30 5 HIT TAXI— $60 WONG Boon Teck was fined $60 m the Fir.^t Traffic Court yesterday for negligent driving and for colliding with a taxi at Si»:-a::si>un R.>ad on March 26.
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    Questions On Contractors
    242 5 Standard Staff Reporter THE qualifications required i for a building contractor to be eligible lor registration and the I investigations made by the Municipal Architect before regis- tering a building contractor will form the subject of written questions to be tabled by Mr. E. iV. Davies (Labour,
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    DISQUALIFIED FOR 2 YEARS
    49 5 LIM YEE HOON was fined a total of $100 m the Second Traffic Court yesterday lor driving a motor car without a licence and for failing to appear m court on January 18. He was further disqualified from driving for a peiiod of ;wo years.
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    NURSES' DANCE
    42 5 STUDENT nurses at the Gene. ml Hospital, Singapore are holding, their first annual dance today at 8.30 p.m. at the Hanower Hail, College Road. There will be a bar and tickets are available at $3 per head. Dress is optional.
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    HONOURS FOR SOLDIERS IN MALAYA
    2123 5 AWARDS for operational services m Malaya a:id Singapore during tne period Jul.v l, -,o Dec-ember 31, I^so. have bee.i approved b> :he Kin£ and are pub;:sned m the London Gazette. The detailed list is as follows: C.B.E. i>. i^jil.cr R. G. Coli.i^WdDii. DS O Comdi
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    1110,000 CHINESE WILL BE TOLD: REGISTER NOW
    193 5 1 110,000 CHINESE WILL BE TOLD REGISTER NOW Standard Staff Reporter AN APPEAL to 110.000 Singapore Chines* to register as voters will shortly be made by th« Chinese Chamber of Commerce through all th« guilds and associations m the Colony. The Chamber will call, for a mooting of rrprosontatives of
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    Airport Decision Upsets Squatters
    308 5 Standard Staff Reporter MOST OF th«* M^ualter- li\in«; m tli«" Tampenis, kirn < Iman ami Tai Sen« liima areas Merc iitiha|»{>v yesterday to learn that London has apf)r(»rH oi the Paya Lebar Inh-rnational airjx»rl M-hrtur. saitl Mr. Aiifj (h}t> l.iat. k!io rcMßKall ihrm. None of the
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    S'pore Judge Leaves For Penang Today
    93 5 S'pore Judge Leaves For Penang Today Standard Staff Reporter -MR. HAROLD LEONARD Wngeiesworth, Singapore's Third Criminal D, Ju Is leaves Btngapore I >r Peaa I lay to ti ap] menl ai Pres ideni i I Se ion M. W\ appol tne Colonial He T poime I) c\. A tr.n< ra
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    Afternoon School Form Assn.
    157 5 THE INAUGURAL me Goa cm nment A ftei noo >> huoli Association was h. Id the v toria School Hal] yesterday t>assed the D-;.rt Constitution with sitgtit alterations Following were elected a> OfllceBearera for the Firsi Veai <\:ioi/ l Ptestdenf Mr I) 5 v Iram; Vice-Presidenl
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    Right To Education
    789 6 rro condemn any child to a life of ignorance and illiteracy on the grounds of financial, transport c: building inability is inhuman." [b vu "a oi the Singapore Government's decision i to ail its expenditure on school buildings, it is appropriate thai we should bring to the
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    LIFE INSEOUL
    553 6  -  FRANK ROBERTSON I by I SEOUL. I I\IORE than six weeks I after its reoccupation iby the Allies. Seoul (capital of South Korea) is still marked by an echoing: emptiness and an air of Sunday morning' quiet that Rives Korea's largest city a decidedly u»-Oriental atmosphere. By a
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    Dead-End Kids
    516 6 Dead -End Kids urns j S -C I! the H cays vs to be i m Slnga] tod te can't help m that So] i Road w be I beat breakers. Once a oighlj es loc ty. it 5 todaj the I t s I fdy c lang passing vulgar
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    Review of Views
    260 6 Review of Views Laden? I RIGHTIST Chung S ting Jit PaoJ doubted whether economic 5 sanctions, as proposed by; America, can be carried out; against Communist China. This; is, .said Chung Shing, because; ol the "noii-cn-o perat i v c; attitude of some countries."; When America declared an; embargo' on
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    SEOUL
    115 6 as possible by command ot the Eighth Army. Hundreds of thousands oi refugees who tied to the South are beinß restrained from returning until the city*s utilities are functioning once again and until Seoul it regarded as militarily secui c But the homeless nve returning Bverj day on the
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    THE FOUNTAIN IS NEGLECTED
    308 6 Sir, The tide which aj p< ared In >- Sunday issue of 15th April 0:1 the subject r". the Tan Kirn Seng < F intain >:.. ild n A be all -a ed t>> pass with v ments b- one wh feels resei t- "f t"'.c
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    Congested Capital
    259 6 Sir; Since Kuala Lumpur was made the Federal Capital under the new Constitution this town has rapidly grown into a very busy centre. The Head- quarters of most Federal De- partments are concentrated m this town and consequently. this town is becoming more and more congested. As .i
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    THE GOOD OLD DAYS
    120 6 Si:-:- I agree with what "A Worried Student" said recently. If I am not mistaken, thou- sands of students are grieved at the thought of being called up. j I must say that lam most I willing to serve this country but not at present. All
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    Mr. laycosk And The Common Man
    60 6 Sir; It is reported that Mr. Laycock stated recently at the I Council Meeting that there is J "no p!n~? for the Common Man ;in this Council. We are leaders. Well. Mr. Laycock! We the common men vo;ed ynu m to j represent us
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    USELESS EUSTACE
    37 6 "Will Jack, clutching the magic harp, reach the beanstalk m time? Will he elude the Giant's hairy grasp Listen tomorrow night, same Slace, same time, to the ramatic end of this gripping 4 1 f»»
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    SWEET AND SOUR
    789 6  -  TABUAN y 'THIS C umn was quit* A pressed by p.*: t> f Sir He ory Gurnej > sp« Wednes Jay at the of the Federal Legislative Councf 1 Slabs of it were, evil I pretty platitudu us ti ill 8..t p.ir:> were faintly Churci a m
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    THE DUKE AND I
    467 6  -  CASSANDRA By RECENTLY his Grace the Duke of Westm,,, self were hand-inwove m d *> prise. v What the scale of the Dukr's investment mid know, but I was m for halt -a-crown each ua\ Bo< The property we were backing is OWllt d »i I
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    New Crisis Over China Seen In UK-US Relations
    310 7 ,h«. m DK> 27 <AP) Th »<■" »f> Th.™lay w!™ Cr TOta 'I"' »lroa.l) drained An s lo-Amorkan re%'ZE£*cZ, s M lhc Vniud sm 6 ml» limi d British Government leaders, purged of their leftwing elements, are beginning to go into the
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    Stokes To Deal With UK Raw Materials
    199 7 Stokes To Deal With UK Raw Materials New Oept. LONDON, Apr l?: (AP) Pi ne Ministei A:: tee jresterc mapleted a reshuffle ol his cabinet, hard hit by death resignations, by appointii g Richard Stokes Lord Privy 1 Si kea h;d been Minister cs, a non-cabinet post wncemeni said Stokes,
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    Whirlwind Kills 7 Persons In Karachi
    59 7 KARACHI, Apr. 27 (UP) persona were killed on Wednesday when a 75-mile per ur whirlwind swept down a -ugated steel building m h they had taken shelter. me 100 others were teared Led In the debris. Local news- > said the building property Jute
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    Van Fleet: 8th Can Stop Reds North OF Han
    113 7 SOMEWHERE IN KOREA, Apr. Ti. UP)— Lt.-Gen. Van r leet told correspondents that he was continuing '*to fight the war of manoeuvre" advocated by Lt.-Gen. Matthew B Kids way. When asked: "Do you think the Eighth Army Van stop the Chinese
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    2nd Tibet Delegation In Peking
    119 7 2nd Tibet Delegation In Peking HONGKONG. Apr 27 tfteu-ter-AAP)—The New China! news agency reported the arrival of a second Tibetan delegation m Peking yesterday. It said that important negotiations for a "peaceful libera-j tion" of Tibet are expected to. begin shortly. The six-man j delegation under the leader- j ship
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    Westminster Abbey For Bevin, MP Urges
    107 7 LONDON, Apr 26. (Reuter). A Member of Parliament suggested today that Mr. Ernest Bevin former Foreign Secretary, should be buried m Westminster Abbey where many of the great men of Britain are buried. Mr Raymond Blackburn, Independent M.P urged Home Secretary James Chuter Ede
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    MacA Gets Big Welcome From Chicago
    160 7 CHICAGO. Apr. 26 (UP) The United States' second largest city greeted General Douglas Mac Arthur today with one of the biggest and most heart-warming welcomes ever extended m the midwest. The General arrived at the airport at 1820 GMT with his wife and son
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    Bevan, Wife Out For Stroll
    44 7 photo. Aneurin Bevan, who resigned from his post as Minister of Labour and National Service on April 22, is seen taking a stroll m London on the day of his resignation with his wife. Miss Jennie Lee, M.P.- A.P.
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    Gloucesters Hold Reds For 3 Days, Win Gls' Praise
    326 7 ON THE WESTERN FRONT IN KOREA. Apr. 27 j (UP) Men of the Royal Gloucester Regiment will never forget the way they hroke out of a Chinese trap on Wednesday. And m the eyes of United Nations forces here every man
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    Confidence In Bradley, JCS 'Shaken'—Taft
    171 7 Confidence In Bradley, JCS 'Shaken'— Taft WASHINGTON. April 26, (AP). Senator Robert Taft 1 charged today that General i Omar Bradley and the Joint Chiefs of Stall are "absolutely under the control" of Administration political leaders. He said his confidence m them was "shaken." The Senate Republican policy leader made
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    Mme.Petain Visits Husband
    49 7 photo. Mme. Petain is pictured here April 20, as she leaves her home on the He D'Yeu on her daily visit to her aged husband, ex-Marshal Petain. Petain's condition has been critical for the past week but at last report seems to be somewhat improved.— A.P.
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    Truman Asks For Stiffer Price Control In New Programme
    317 7 WASHINGTON, Apr. 26 (I P)— Pre*i<!« nl Truman today a*ked Congress to freeze farm parity and pass Wronger price control regulations. In a long message to the House and Senate, he also promised to consider using "limited food subsidies"' m the
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    East Blames West And Vice Versa
    97 7 PARIS, Apr 27 (AP) Spokesmen for Russia and the United States yesterday blamed each other's governments for the Korean war and ignored the job of drawing up an agenda for a foreign ministers conference. It was the 38th meeting of tbe deputy foreign ministers
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      TORONTO.
      35 7 Apr. 26 (UP) Sii Benegal Rau. India s permanent delegate to the United Nations, said today that '•millions ol bis countrymen would starve to death this summer unless more food is sent to India.
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      MANILA
      42 7 (Reuter) Apr. 2* Rear Admiral Francis J urn. Commander of the United Si ales naval forces m the Philippines, will be relieved by Rear Admiral Stanhope C Ring, Commander ot the United States Naval station at Kwajelein. it was announced today.
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      WASHINGTON
      45 7 Apr M (UP) -Major General Charles A Willoughby. the intellig* ice officer whom Gen. D<iu_ as Mac Arthur relied on m plai ing i the Korean campaign, has b< i 'called from his post In Tokyo, j the Defence Department dis j closed tonight
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      COLOMBO
      55 7 (Reuter) Apr. 27 The rubber boom has kepi cup; a busy m the Padsun Korale district m North Central Ceylon. According to a report received here, one result of the boom was that girls there were now being tfiven away with Eat dowries and the number ot marriages were
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      RANGOON
      37 7 (Reuter) Apr. 27- —Mr C. E. TurnbulL British manager ol the Moulmein Rubber Works, reported kidnapped by 'Communist insurgents earlier today has been freed, according to i a telegram received by the company's agents here today.
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    Pearson: May Be Necessary To Bomb Bed Bases
    86 7 OTTAWA, Apr. 21 (AP) Mr. Lester Pearson. Cana dian External Affairs Minister, said here Thursday that Canada and other countries with troops m Korea should be consulted before any United Nations action is taken lo hmnh Chinese airbases m Man churia. But.
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    More Funds Voted For US Forces
    117 7 WASHINGTON. April, 26, j (UP). The House appropriated another 16,421,406,000 for 1 the armed forces today, mostly tor purchases of tanks, air- planes, guns and ammunition. The unanimous action on the legislation came afU i three hours of debate during 'which representative Georg< i
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    Shanghaiing Charge Is Debunked
    194 7 SAN FRANCISCO. \pi 27 <AP) Regional bnmigrat v Director Bruce Barber, jm terfi.iy. announced the arrest m \\\o Stockton area of 13 I Indian farm labourers \.v immigration authorities charged them w;th beii m the country illegally. They i being held here. Barber snid some of
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    Iraq Oil Talks
    56 7 LONDON 26 (UP i epn sentatii es ol tht B operated [i aq Petroleum pany •rill b« g for Baghd I over the w& .<..■! to disc iss I Iraqi demi td [or ttichei ie\ „:id inert'. ..M-ti oil uUtpi.t :1 a* learned today If f oge
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      21 7 S.P.H.d«S!LYA Wb] m m A tfliiMiSZ*** BY THE MAKERS VlJZ*^^ of TIGER BALM ENC AUH TOMC jft 1 TIGER MEDICAL HALL
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    UPAM Chief Hits At 'Grab Of Tappers By MPIEA Members'
    272 8 UPAM Chief Hits At 'Grab Of Tappers By MPIEA Members' Standard Staff Correspondent Xl \l V LI MIH R, Apr. 27.— instead of paying heavy taxes to the Planters Vompiain At High Taxation KIM lIMPIK. Apr 27-The Federation Govnsmeni b Uking from the rubber industry by way of export dut^
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    Lack Of Artisans
    15 8 s due 1 i c j at an m! of th* As
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    Game, Fruit, Sheep
    9 8 Australia bringing a E flour, s
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    Tin, Rubbor Producers' Aid Sought
    133 8 KUAI A MPUR Fn me mi istii I ■•<-' a" at tail and |v rs m •'.< W scribe to I■< V- iat n Governmeni pi is .> mderst L repi es< I j tries will c m ited I i eting early -v ml
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      RUBBER
      85 8 Ihe latest Singapore rubh< 4 r prices yesterdaj I \pr. SI were P<*r lb. Buyers Sellers No 1 KSS Spot I oose SI ST >I.SS V I) B m bale> M.i> No 1 KS S SI ST >1 SS No K> S >1 SJ; >! S! No KS >
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      TIN
      37 8 > 1 N APOKK Kri l price of Tin to-d.iy i> (579.75 iht picul. ONDON TIN Friday's prices fir>t miitHl wrrtv Spi>t E1.141 buyers E1.14S sellers. Three HNMltks bvyers d,135 setters. >ftt!t'ment Priie '^1.140. 1 >n-': Steady.
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    Sawmillers Oppose Move To Halt Timber Export
    444 8 Sawmillers Oppose Move To Halt Timber Export Stin, lard Mad Reporter SINGAPORE sawmillen are opposed to \\n* proposal lo ball exports oi limber from Malaya. Builders, criticising Government's plan for curtailment of building projects, bad asserted lhal they would iiiilit for the complete stoppage of timber exports if it became
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    Fed. Fair Prices List Published
    63 8 i KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 27 The chambers of commerce m Selangor have agreed on "fair prices" for daily foodstuffs. According to the list issued today, the prices ;.re practically the sr>me as those published m tne Gazette. They show considerable reductions over present ruli ig
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    REPORT CAUSES PRICE SLUMP IN SINGAPORE
    286 8 'NoMoreßubberForßeds' Standard Shipping Reporter AN IMMEDIATE tlrop of three rents per Ib. In the price of Malayan rubber resulted yesterdaj afternoon following ii report that Britain lia»l assured America that no more rubber would Ik- shipped to Russia ami \\vi\ r.hina from Singapore. .v-
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    Good London Bids For Tin Shares
    90 8 Good London Bids For Tin Shares Standard Stall Reporter SINGAPOKK. i-:. Mala} an shares were a quiet market generally today. LondoD sent bids for '.'.us, resulting m appreciation m some counters. Rubbers and industrials were quietly steady. Moderate turn- over of business was reported. Chained prices were: B. B. Petr-.i
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    Move To Block Disposal Of Stolen Rubber
    88 8 Kl3 1 UMPUR ?7 The High Commiss as appoii led M E.l P< gillej I a:•' s •t" to inquire i the system of Licensing and supervision I >. threat, si re pur- j chase pack r deal ii rubbei Mr. Peng is
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    ICI DIVIDEND
    60 8 The Board of Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd. has declared a final dividend io respect of the year ended Dec. 31, 1950 of 9 per cent., making with the 1 interim of A per cent., a total of 1 12 per cent, for the 12 months. The .nnual general
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    Malaya Businessmen To Make Tour Of Australia
    300 8 Standard Staff Reporter ARRANGEMENTS are being made to Bend! a goodwill buschm of businessmen from the Federation and Singapore to Ni-;t instralia and inspect the various industries m September under the auspice? of thr Commonwealth Department of Commerce. Mr ai es Payne, the
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    Steep Fall In Export Of Tin To US
    188 8 CoaßUiahni? acia. luDncaujn oil, sewins machines and a wick rantje of other goods await transportation to the Federation at the Malayan R.iiiwav eodowns Standard photo. T: .K la-.-: Tina Study Gro ip figures show substantial ream in tin-in-oon entrati s pi d
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    Papineau Tunis Out New S'pore Guide
    223 8 Standard Staff Reporter PUBLISHED i>> ealerprisiag Mr. Ari-iiilt- J. C PapineaiL, well-known ad\rrtis:n«; aunil. the !at<M Guide to Singapore is useful aliLo to vi>ilors !o Singapore as to residents of this colony became the wealth €>f information eoiilaineil m the book. Attractively bound, the
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    Big Flow Of Goods To Fed.
    157 8 Standard Staff Reporter A HEAVY exodus of roods is under way from Singapore to the Federation of Malaya. This has so cluttered up tho I 2[oods transportation service of] [he Malayan Railways, that it now takes about three days to load a goods consignment
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    Prawns. Rice Bran For Singapore
    52 8 Ereighi ed tre Japai I Saig cargo included I sacks of be. as, 65 s mun seeds. 4.000 pieces I dry a 2fl v I I snd 13.700 1 Carg T 1 cases .•-<'•• 5 o1 rayor d v 125 Rye cultured (.12 toys. 1
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    HK EXCHANGE
    22 8 HONGKONG./ 2"- Spe Standard S g pi the ing HK$6 I US$l XX! I Malaj (1 «K1 [ndonesiai t; Go]
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    PRODUCE MART QUIET. STEADY
    76 8 Standard Staff Reporter THE Sii tap :v pi «uce mar- ke: «as quiel m all >o: ins yesterday, with little business pass- 1 ing. Copra was quid 3 steady witn buyers at S. r u){ per picul and sellers holding off No business was done. Coconut
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      154 8 Advertising Softening US Resistance To Higher Rubber Prices KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 27— In his presidential address to the members of the U.P.A.M* gathered here today for the annual general meeting, Mr. H. H. Facer believed that the advertising campaign started ia 1949 had done an enormous amount of good. "We
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    NEW SHIP FOR FAR EAST
    281 9 'Drihold' System Fitted Standard Shipping Reporter THE 8,900-ton pa*senger freighter, Singapore P O Steam Navigation Co. Ltd* 9 newest addition to its fleet of 4 S' class vessels is expected to leave London on May 5 on I her first trip to the Far East.
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    K.L. Doctor Returns From Leave
    79 9 Standard Staff Reporter DR. and Mrs. G. H. Oorlo!! j of Kuala Lumpur, who have j been away In Australia on a vacation, returned to Malaya !in the 3,703-toa Charon yesterday. They were among 50 passengers, ten of whom are roundtnppers who will return to
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    Searchlight Practice
    48 9 Standard Shipping Reporter A searchlight practice is to take place from Blakan Mati island on Monday. Searchlights from Fort Siloso will be beamed m the direction of Selat Sinki between 7 p.m. and 11 pm. The lights will be switched oil on the approach of vessels.
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    Motor Vehicles
    26 9 Motor vehicle output m the United States hist week totalled 1.14.740 units— l22.26B cars and 32 472 trucks, says Automotive N ews.— A. P.
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    Shell Develops Anti-rust Paper
    205 9 A new method of packaging metal compounds, 1 using a special rust-prevenlive paper developed by Shell, has proved so effective and economical that it has been adopted exclu§ively by the Austin Motor Company for its world-wide export trade. i 1 The use of Shell V.P.I. (Vapour
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    Frigate Shells Red Hide-outs
    86 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri The frigate. HMS Whitesands Bay. carried out a bombardment with 4-inch shells to harass Communist terrorist hide-outs inland off Port Swettenham yesterday. It was part of an R.N., Army and RAF plus Police operation. Anchored within a quarter of a mile of the
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    Squatters Reach HK
    32 9 HONGKONG. Apr. 27: (Reuter-AAP)— The Norwegian steamer Hoi Houw arrived here today with 400 Chinese squatters from Malaya. The squatters will be escorted by police to the border today.
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    S'pore-Bound Vessels From Kuantan Packed
    234 9 KUANTAN, Fri. Sea travel is becoming more popular here, especially for those who make trips to Sin-!-* gapore. This means of transport is more economical and, at the same time, is considered safer than road travel. Two Straits Steamship vessels, Resang and Rengam, gall regularly
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      56 9 Despatches TODAY: Gt. Britain, N. Ireland. Eire. Europe. N. and W. Africa, We.st Indies. Egypt and Ceylon 9 am. by Benmacdhui, Thailand (letters only), 7. 10 a.m.! by tram. N. Borneo, Lahunn. Brunei and Miri 8 a.m. by Kampar, Sarawak (excepi Miri) noon by R. Bronkc. Indo-China 6 p.m. by
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      127 9 R>t/J» ARRIVALSV^r^^i' §t {and DEPARTURES J f !^SSS Arrivals Q.E.A. Freighter from Sydney 3.40 p.m. X.L.M from Amsterdam, IVkok 11.36 a.m. (extra) from Calcutta "^.."iO p.m. PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS from Manila 4 p.m. BOAC from London, Calcutta 8.46 p.m. from Sydney, Jakarta 4. 50 p.m. BHARA'I AIRWAYS from Calcutta 12-Stt
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    ARE MOVIES BETTER THAN EVER?
    1174 10 THIS SURVEY SHOULD ANSWER THE QUESTION VVE of Twentieth Cen- tury-Fox gave birth to the phrase "Movies Are Better Than Ever" and I welcome this opportunity to prove its legitimacy. Why are movies better than ever? Because they are more mature, more realistic, more authentic.
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    R.E.M.E. 6-0
    266 11 Athletic I.ml n!-^ rlL 1 01 1 su Pe"ority. Chinese >o*ter,lnv Unisu>ll l ma «ch at Jalan Besar Sla.lium tsfiss s® swat «sS FIEME's forwards never got mto their stride, finding it almost impossible to get past CA's confident and steady defence. Taking the initiative right from j
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    Record Entry For Perak AAA Meeting
    97 11 Record Entry For Perak AAA Meeting !pi> II Fri A re.-ord 149 athletes has been red tor tnis year s Perak t meet uhich is to be Mi Friday and Saturday j I and 5 a I the Ipoh I jmg, »«tartinjf 2 p.m. each l The total is nude
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    Mansfield Win; Guthries, ST. Draw
    113 11 TWO Business Houses League i nes were played m Singapore yesterday. On the Fraser znd Neave ground. Mansfield and Co., Sports Club met Rotterexam Trading Co.. S.C. and after a 2—2 draw at hall 'ime. Mans-fi'-\d< finally won 4—2. Kirn Xee (2), WA Blntch and
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    POH SOON WINS ENFIELD '100'
    144 11 Cycling BREAKING away at the 96th lap, Goh Poh Soon the upcom- < ing 21 year-old Colony cyclist I; won the "Enfield Century" "cycle race organised by the' Cosmo- 1 politan C.C. at Balestier plain yesterday. Setting the pace from the start. he led tiil
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    GOOD WIN FOR PENANG EUROPEANS
    108 11 PENANG, Fri. Europeans played a fine same to defeat Eurasians four goals to ove m an inter-community match played this afternoon on Victoria Green. Ibbotson. Europeans' Inner right wns the brain of the attack. Davon opened scoring for the Europeans shortly after the start but
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    99 To Come
    43 11 photo. J End of the first lap m the 100 laps (quarter-mile per lap) grass track race organised by the Singapore Cosmopolitan Cycling Club at BaJestier yesterday. The eventual winner, youthful Goh Poh Soon is third from the left.- Standard
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    Commandos Rout Kinta Indians
    222 11 IPOH, Fri. It was a sad day for Indian soccer today when the 42 Commandos thrashed Kinta Indians 8-1 m a senior division league match. Never before m the history of the league had the Kinta Indians, who are a big name m local soccer, been
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    K.L. Speed Trial Tomorrow
    142 11 K.L. Speed Trial Tomorrow THE SELANGOR Motor Sports Ciub is holding a standing Kilometre Speed Trial on Lornie Road, on Sunday April 29. Spectators who intend arriving at the course by c: r .-ire advised to take the Brickfields Road route. A c/ir park has been provided m Klang Road
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    Tennis High Costs
    42 11 IX yesterday s article on high costs of tennis equipment, it was stated tennis balls cost $1.90 SIX MONTHS AGO. This should have read "PREWAR." A tin of balls cost $1.90 before the war and today costs $5. 75.
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    BEAT RAJAS
    209 11 BETTER FINISHING gave Singapore Combined Schools a well earned three-one victory over Kota Raja m a keen friendly soccer played at Raffles Institution ground yesterday. The schoolboys held the upper hand but it was during the second half that they really got to work. Ten minutes after the
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    Fathul Karib Keep Unbeaten Record
    180 11 FATHUL KARIB Sports Club strong contenders for Singapore A.F.A. Division 2 honours maintained their unbeaten ret•■:<: with an easy 5-0 win over the Singapore Harbour Board Recreation Club when they met at the Geylang Stadium yesterday. With their ;ixth straight win. the rathul K:.nb hsve
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    Tonight's Wrestling At Happy World
    54 11 atti tioi m toi hi i wrest ing at the Hapi j World Stadium is a tag team contest between Wong Buck Lee and Bosca Boa and Ray Hunter and the P dish Bandow, George Zbisco. The Chin< Khter, but Hiey are depending upon their
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    205 11  - Slammin'Sam Snead Qy out whether you practice on carpet or preen do this: come up to the ball from the back and line up you put* with trie hole. Be sure that your putter blade !is flat on the flooi and at ripht angles to the line of ro!! Hit
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    STANDARD'S SELECTIONS
    189 12 Ollic Davies Gay Reveller Minorou Time Test t SMILING THROUGH PIPPINDEAL SMILING THROUGH RACE 1 Pippindeal Smiling Through Plpplndeal Lord Dhott HARCOCRT HARCOIRT GRECIAN PRINCE OOMARIDAIRN RACE 2 Oomaridalrn Grecian Prince Oomaridairn Oreclan Prime WINDSOR LADDIE PRATTLIN WINDSOR LADDIE FR»« nm R\CE t Prattlin The Dancer PrattliD Hllnt
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    Standard's RACE CARD
    918 12 Standard's RACE CARD RACE 1: 2.30 P.M.— Horses Class 2, div. 3 6 Furs. 1. MS Smiling Throofh Sv 9.00 "Quartette Kongsi" Hobbs Charles 2. Mi [/Apache 4» 5.13 Mr XV Lira Daniels Ellery or: PippindeaJ Ij S.l? Raja Haji Kamaralzaman M Breukelen E. Donnelly .4 o<>4 Lord Dhoti 5j
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    Fifty Grand, Harcourt For Mile Races
    137 12 FIFTY Grand and Harcourt 1 should prove too good for their j rivals m the respective miles events. Fifty Grand won so > convincingly that I do not I think the 13 lb penalty will stop him. If punters believe m horse for course
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    TIDESand TIMES
    30 12 TIDESand TIMES HIGH TIDES at the principal! resorts m Malaya. I TODAY; I A.M. P.M. Singapore 2.13 3.54 Malacca 12.06 Port Dickson 10.47 Port S'hara 10.23 10.36 Penan? 6.34 4.49
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    RACE FOR THE 'OLD-STAGERS'
    65 12 MELBOURNE, (Reuter-AAP)— The travancore Steeplechase run at Moonee Valley racecourse recently was aa "old-stagers" event. Oldest horse In the race was Gay Invader, who is rising IP Next was Quixotic, who won the Grand National Steeplechase Australia's premier steeplechase m 1945. He is rising 14. Another,
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    Night Racing Is Proposed
    66 12 SYDNEY, (Reuter-AAP): Sydney racing clubs have I been exploring the possibi- lity of night racing. Sydney Turf Club com- mitteeman, Mr. W. Longworth, addressing an owners and trainers meeting said: "There will have to be a lot of work and expense to esJ tablish night racing
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    Fast Track Today
    542 12  - Fast Track Today OLLIE DA VIES By FOUR HORSES Windsor Laddie, Fifty Grand, Chance Remarks and Marco Polo—have very good prospects of scoring doublet* at Kuala Lumpur this afternoon, the last day of the Selangor Turf Club meeting. Rain has kept off for the last few days and the going
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