Singapore Standard, 15 February 1952

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  • 18 1 Singapore Standard 3h fL ift] OL. II NO. 228. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1952 12 PAGES FIFTEEN CENTS
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  • 322 1 Skymen Cut Off Food Supply Of Belum Bandits Mamlurri Staff < orrr-pomlrnt Xl W 1.1 MPLR. TlMura. Paratroopers who I- .I m Ittltim near the 1 hai bonier on Sumlay, have ■i• l\ rut off the food Mipplv of the hantlits m that Hlfil. The ical Inhabitants, mostly Malays who
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  • 96 1 I'.\N(.K()K Feb* 14, M* Thailand ordered bei armed fortes on a tit* of emerKenry today ••< tu^p of int reusing ten- .»n all three of her >.hl»i>, the f'abinet < mini i! announced. I be action followed remwta that I ommuniMs m Miii\.i. fleeing from British
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  • 74 1 Full Session To Study New Red Proposal N (AP.— net e\- m :a rbut clin.;- i fbf i triation I have :!l not turn a single to Re 1 1 t I: is d ted i i Koreai v mis- c eiled on Sat- f i full dress MBSion eg
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  • 81 1 PARIS Feb 14 Reuter) ne Minister Edgar Faure todaj staked t::t life of is three-month-old government I on. a motion approving th^ inie--1 pati >1 French forces m a c Eun >pc i i army, At the end of a bitter debate which dragged through
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  • 522 1 Memorial Services, Two-Minute Silence Throughout Country Standard Staff Reporter TODAY Malaya will join the Commonwealth and Empire m paying her last tribute to the King, who will make'his final journey to his resting place at Windsor. Throughout the length and breadth of the Federation and Singapore, the
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  • 333 1 LONDON, Feb. II (Renter).— -The hi»li<^i mmi liiimhlcst m ihe laiul Kill march to^rtlirr loinorrou m lh«' mile4ong funeral prorggaiou of Kin« Cgjafy, I til*" nations and world"* last ialute to lli<- Itrili^li i Monarch. 'I :,>• pi ocea ion, pmbod.N h the glittei ing
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  • 181 1 Ghani Death Sentence Commuted A. K. OSMAN Ghani. 34--year-old Indian Muslim who had been sentenced to death f >r the murder of Cpi. Peter Hugh Bell. RAF. during the Singapore riots m Dec. 19.i0, is to undergo a life sentence, is the result jf a petition to the Governor. The
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  • 55 1 SYDNEY. Feb. 14 (ReuterAAP) No arrangements have been made for an explosion of a British atomic bomb a t the Woomera Rocket Range m Central Australia. Supply Minister Howard Beale said today. Commenting on reports speculating on atomic bomb testa m Australia, he said: "Somebody m
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  • 72 1 Pro- French Caliph Killed TUNIS, Feb. 14 (Reuter):— Parachutists of the French Foreign Legion were reported today to be moving towards Gafsa, m Central Tunisia, after a leading pro-French Tunisian and two French police had been shot dead m the area. The Tunisian. Si Sliman Ben Hamouda. was caliph of
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  • 177 1 CAIRO, Feb. It (LP). The Egyptian government said officially, toilay that it "deplored" last month's bloody Cairo rioting and offered to pay up to E£5,000,000 m damage claims. In identical notes addressed to 15 nations who protested the destruction the government also said preliminary investigations
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  • 203 1 Standard Stall Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Member for Economic Affairs, Mr. O. A. SpritLcerj may take up with the General Service Administration on the matter of a strong protest which Federation rubber traders have made against the new rejection
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  • 28 1 HOLLYWOOD. Feb. 14 (UP).Actress Joan Fontaine filed for her final divorce decree here from her husband of almost six years, motion picture producer William Dozier.
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  • 139 1 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Gen. Sir Gerald Templer, the High Commissioner, told the Malay Rulers that he would devote himself solely to the welfare of this country and its people. He made this declaration this morning when he attended the Rulers conference m the
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  • 75 1 TOKYO. Feb. 14 (AP)—General Matthew B. Ridgway met today with Vice-Admiral C. Turnev Joy, chief U.N. armistice delegate and other top officials from Washington m a conference that touched on the Korean armistice negotiations. One of the arrivals said, "I did not bring out any
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  • 47 1 LONDON, Feb. 14 (Reuter)— Dullness was widespread m the Stock Exchange today. Prices sagged with buyers holding off ahead of the long weekend. Markets will be closed tomorrow, Friday, fo r the funeral of the late King, and following overnight weakness of Wall Street.
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  • 121 1 King's Death Not Related To Operation LONDON, Feb. 1") (Router) The British Medical Journal said today King Georges serious lung operation last September had nothing to do with his death. His death from coronary thrombosis 10 days ago was caused by "conditions diagnosed m 1948 and bearing no relation to
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  • 34 1 CAPRI. ITALY. Feb. 14 <AP> —Qracie fields, British film and .stage Star, left here $uddt*nly toda.T and a friend jsaid frier plan* for marriage wfth Capri's Rumanian-bora radio repairman are oft.
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  • 65 1 Standard Staff Reporter EMPLOYEI S of the three Services m Singapore yesterday expressed resentment at being prevented from paying their homage to (he King today by attending the Memorial Services m the Churches. They are prevented from doing this because all Services are working today.
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  • 83 1 Standard London Corresponds LONDON, Feb. 14. The following ara tha closing prices of rubber and tin on tha London Market today: LONDON RUBBER LONDON TIN Spot 343 d. Spot £987.1 Os. per ton Mar. 34id. buyers, £990, sellers. Apr./ June i 4 d. Three months: £987.105.
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  • 85 1 DURING Court mourning foi the King. Government officials may attend or give charity ba|ls and dances which have been arranged previous to th^ announcement of Court mourning. states a 1950 Proceduie issued from the Loid Chamberlain 1 Office m London. Official functions, which have been fixed
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  • 205 2 jUmiWil Staff RVporUT KtMARKABIX »ogrw»| ha- In'en made by the I ni\«r*ity of Malaya tlur- j inu the 1950-51, HtaU-H the, i«« haiurllor. Sir George] Y. Allen m his annual rrport. Describinj the year as "one ajor achievement." the Vi -e-Chancelka says there v. t:o
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  • 79 2 I E X I WAH kj ppearv P in Court on B g Dep irtm< ni ..p.- the C ri pl( led guilty M ate, Mr. he v I did not think i Couri nformed thai g uldings was a st nre Xi n s
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  • 33 2 Hals ema Leaving i V lES H VLSEMA ik put c D. ect c I'mted latloo Service for leave on Friday h imily air for t u .e ited S1 tes on furlough
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  • 26 2 !>R BROCK CHISHOLM. tor-General ol the World O> ganisation, will visit g ipore soon on a HOD mile n ith woi Id tour
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  • 59 2 TWO MEN, Koh Chew Kian and Lam Sec Sain, who were chased and caught by members of the pubic shortly after robbing a Chinese woman oi c 350 worth of jewellery m a house m Serangoon Road, were sentenced to lour years 1 rigorous imprisonment
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  • 52 2 Ma layan's Thanks MR. JULES CHAN oi Johore, n v studying on c» scholarship at Mercersbui z Academy m Pennsylvania, recently wrote a I letter to the New York Herald Tribune ma beiiaif of Malayan rtudents, expressing t^eir thanks to the Americans and associations which have been kind and helpful
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  • 131 2 SIR GEORGE ALLEN, Vie** Chancellor of the Uni- I vrrsitv of Malaya, his voice j tremulous with emotion, paid tributes to the memory of 11 of his medical students who died during the last war The ceremony was held m narrower Hall yesterday The students died as a
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  • 50 2 A MAN, Goh Boon Lat, under sentence m the lower courts to four months' rigorous imprisonment for possession of a stolen motor-car wheel, is to have a retrial as the result of an appeal m the Singapore High Court yesterday before the Chief Justice, Sir Charles Murray Aynsley.
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  • 81 2 THE BODY of a Chinese was recovered by the Singapore Marine Police from the sea olf Beach Road yesterday afternoon. The man has been identified as Tan Guan Huat, aged 38. It is believed that he was the person reported to have jumped oft the
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  • 35 2 VENGAOASALAM ARUMUGA.M. was sentenced to three month's r.i m Singapore yes« -relay for theft ol 150 yds ol underground armoured cable, valued at $1,000, belonging to the Garrison Engineers, on Feb. 6.
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  • 356 2 Can 't See Eye To Eye On Schools Playing Fields Standard Staff Reporter THE SINGAPORE Government and the City Council have not been able to see eye to eye on the reeommendationt of the Playing IC The different opinion is particularly wide over the recommendation of the
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  • 144 2 Winner Of Rotary Fellowship SINGAPORE'S A ssi slant Commissioner of Labour, 26--year-old Selvadurai rhiruchelvam. is the firsi person m the whole oT Rotary district 40 comprising Singapore, Malaya, Borneo and Siam, ever to receive a Rotary Foundation Fellow.-- 'nip for advanced Study abroad. Mr. Thiruchelvam was recently named one of
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  • 233 2 Standard Slaff Reporter ONE HL'NRED and forty-six candidates seeking admission to the University of Malaya will sit for theij I entrance examination on various subjects from Mar. 1" itill Mar. 21 at several centres throughout Malaya. i Notices to this effect were sent by
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  • 214 2 School Certificate Insufficient THE School Certificate or examinations of equivalent standard are insufficient as basis of admittance to a university, says the ViceChancellor of the University of Malaya, Sir George V. Allen, m his annual report. This, he says, is the view now held everywhere. It is strongly supported by
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  • 186 2 RECRUITS to the Singapore City Council will m future undergo post-entry training, staff members will be given a thorough grounding m public administration, if certain recommendations by Dr. L. C. Hill, expert on local government, are adopted. In his report on Local Government
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  • 205 2 Ammo Found In Medical Hall Court Told FIVE ROUNDS of .38 ammunition, which were concealed m a match-box, were recovered by the Police when they raided an Indian medical hall m Serangoon Road, it was alleged m the Singapore First Police Court yesterday. At a preliminary inquiry, the proprietor of
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 126 2 DINKIY v I c«Ary?»wy ooyoujt^vv y^n**^c >PBKWfO«LYo^lg^^j|U %l THATS JtfST IT/tHCyT/ ACf f)fPECTING AriQ T" BOUNOAIIf SHOT, WHICH] JfeWW^ THATS WHAT YQU THINK r OASH it/ just a^V yvU^a JIT TOO LATE// yV^^TN t THE ALL- IMPORTANT POINT TkAl THt IN-STTP HELPS KFfP TWf 5 MAW OJfKCimnQ BOHE& Of ntf
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    • 44 2 ow'onn worn coon- ON HIM ttWG rmn I Sinn «uw»»«(c < *-~^»«-> VOM&IAVAD 5f >. I ft 2^ FILLS JO Voj JI BUM tO FASI NO PILLS AT so*i6T«MiiC Km« h v -4TS MY 7/?, MM *'juofWi"m i Men 1 [f At. ft- 6 ;s 7fll JUMWS
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  • Article, Illustration
    132 3 A PREVIEW or the < Fashion show to be held bv John Little Co., Ltd., in aid of S.AT.A. on Saturday morning was k staged yesterday. All '.I! models to be paraded are imported from Lon- 1 don's better known fash- i ion houses. These Standard photos i show from
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  • 316 3 Standard Staff Reporter THE SERANGOON (iarden Fstate Limited has! HwilHHI plans for a "peoples' housing estate" of ap}>M»\imately 2,000 homes with shopping centres, schools, r .national and other facilities m its newly acquired ioo ures of land at the 6A mile Yio Chu Kang
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  • 53 3 'Robbers Are Cowards At Heart' ATTEMPTED robbery ea A'- nue on n ghi Singa] re C.I.D C lief, >bbers ed with I heart" I M lay taxi le of 1 ■.'< takings, j ran. chase I r red man. He I the n nto hi laxi it to drive him
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  • 84 3 [NESE Chua Sung v were $1,700 by \i: a i m the Singap v c I) jtii Court v I r icp sting goc J Both of ted 1 1 1 bags ur m motoi \es the Master M n Jan IS w ta X iiuc
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  • Article, Illustration
    34 3 photo. FORTY TWO headmasters of Chinese primary schools In Singapore met yesterday at the Catholic High School to make arrangements for the forthcoming combined schools athletic meet. Picture shows the meeting m progress. Standard
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  • 44 3 lENT was reserved bj Justi ?e, Sir Charles \y.. «y, m the Saiga- O urt yesterday m j g man, Cheo Koh i -i sentenced m the i |q a month's :.t on a l; to in' an powei to arrest.* 1
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  • 142 3 CHEONG CHENG VAX (23). was sentenced '•> a total <>t three month-/ rigorous imprisonmeni m the Singapore Fourth Pol ict» Court yesterday on two charges of impersonation and theft. Cheong admitted going to a nan- Cheng Veuk Kee's house on Jan 24. Introducing himself as
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  • 37 3 M KI.'PPi'SAMY a Harbour Board labourer, was fined $75, m the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday for stabbing a co-worker, Suppiah, with a penknife at the Harbour Board canteen on Dec. 18 last year.
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  • 298 3 FINES totalling $24,000 imposed by the District Judge on a Singapore Chinese businessman for three breaches of the Finance Regulations were reduced to $1,250 on appeal before the Chief Justice, bir Charles Murray Aynsley. m the Singapore High Court yestf?rdsv It was submitted by appellant's
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  • 52 3 KOO TENG HAN and Ng Ek Koon were fined $500 each m the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday for abetting the illegal entry of six Bugis into Singapore on Jan. 15. Koo, who was m charge of the motor vessel m which the immigrants effected illegal entry was fined
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  • 431 3 Standard Staff Reporter THE LONDON Daily Telegraph's statement that many of the Malayan paratroops dropped m the Belum Valley area of Perak "were caught m trees, and would have made sitting" targets it any terrorists had been about" was challenged by an R.A.F.
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  • 157 3 No SB Curbs On Fischer Standard Staff Reporter A SPOKESMAN of the Special Braru-h said yesterday, i lhal no restriction of any kind is being placed on Mrs. Ruther Fischer, former member of the German Communist Parly now an American socialist, who is on v visit to Singapore. I!' Mrs.
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  • 118 3 Liquor Fraud Amah Fined LEONG POH. a 50-year-old f amah was fined a total of $503 m the Singapore First Criminal District Court yesterday on five charges of applying false trade marks of Guinness and Malayan Breweries stout, with intent to cheat the public. I She had 44 false labels
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  • 331 3 OPIUM FOUND IN SAMPAN AT SEA Standard Staff Reporter A POLICE party m a Marine Polirr launch that successfully caught up with a fleeing motor sampan manned by two Chinese m the sea. off Pasir Panjang. discovered two sacks of raw opium valued at about i $17,500. This was told
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 209 3 TODAYS P OWE Mi CUTS »i\i|ii\n it, siniMpor.' llr t.l.MI H«-iKlit<. Arthur Road, Hre\\,-ry. .III lire wry .}>'«'- i.m.i shedding today: r.uuoiiK Katong. Broadflok Kd.. Ihelm Co., Tangiin Road PhoeK i i,.|,,k Knraii. Bedwk, h.in K i n nix Park. Alevanflra Brickworks, \> mill- Pa>ir Panjang, Reformatory Kd., Itojil Miimihri
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  • 248 4 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, ThurB.--Che Bahadun, Senior Assistant Superintendent of Police, told 68 Sutton boys j who passed out from a police jungle training centre m Sungei Buloh, Selangor, today, fhat bandits were "*innerH,*' and would be hunted and harried wherever j I
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  • 65 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— The Malayan Railway Administration announces that the down local train running from I poh to Gemas will be cancelled between Ipoh and Kuala Lumpur on Monday, i Feb. 18. Local train services from Kuala Lumpur to Gemas and from Gemas to Ipoh will run
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  • 55 4 KLUANG, Thurs.— Two Chinese Cheng Keng How (22) and Eu Teng Hwee (17) who were seen distributing placards alleged to contain words incit- ing to violence at Yong Peng appeared before Che' Ibrahim bin Haji Salam, the Circuit Magistrate. The case was postponed to Feb. 17, pending
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  • Article, Illustration
    63 4 nnnkv concerning Abraham Lincoln are m constant demand bu yonna ant l old alike of the Federation at the USIS Tihrarv This group i, shown inspecting a Lincoln Cettysbtng Address pSster -readied for displau m the Kuala Lumpur USIS Library windows. From left: Nancy Bates of USIS. A A Abdul
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  • 166 4 Standard !Maff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Latest reports indicated that two more >andits were chalked up hy security forces in their dead list. A bandit vho fled, leaving his trousers behind when fired upon yesterday, has also surrendered. m Bandits were most
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  • 122 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— At the conclusion of an inquest i into the death of a European Quartermaster, E. Taylor, who died as a result of injuries received m a motor accident the Kuala Lumpur Coroner, Che i Harun, returned a verdict of death due to the negligent
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  • 113 4 Conviction Upheld KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Mr. Justice Taylor at the Selangor Criminal Court of Appeal today upheld the conviction and sentence of nine nonths' rigorous imprisonment passed by the President of the Klang Sessions Court, on a 32--year-old labourer. A. Devadas, 3n a charge of causing grievous hurt. The appellant
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  • 55 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Tines totalling $4,140.50 were mposed on Price Control )ffen^ers during the month of fanuary, it was officially disposed. There were 347 cases m vhich 58 were convicted, while !52 cases are still pending. Out of these convictions, learly 15.59$ piculs of sugar md 5,630
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  • 138 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— Remarking that a prima facie case had not been made out, the Kuala Lumpur First Magistrate. Mr. A. P. JVk, today, acquitted and discharged a 24--year-old Special Constable, Liew Fah. of a charge of committing extortion. Liew was alleged to have extorted $30 from
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  • 164 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— )ato Onn bin Ja'afar touched m the question oi a fully self;overnment for Malaya being vithin or without the British Commonwealth, this evening, vhen he addressed the final nunicipal election meeting of he IMP and referred to the lirective given to the
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  • 60 4 A BUS driver, Lim Ah Su, and the conductor, Tan Boon leng, who were charged before the Circuit Magistrate, Kluang, Che Ibrahim bin Haji Balam, with carrying twelve passengers m excess of the number authorized, were acquitted and discharged because the prosecution failed to check the
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  • 32 4 PORT SWETTENHAM, Thur?. A new cinema for resettlement camp urill be built shortly by the Cathay Organisation, Singapore. The building plans have already been submitted to the District (>' cer, Klang.
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  • 55 4 JOHORG A Clinics' Leong < Ed into the I I death iron I opposite Hi. Post Offit r This h I of many *o work. was rais voltinti about > >y her Meanu taxi driv i ing by t tree on .1 Jalan V Mid
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  • 330 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. 'The Chartei of Malayan Independence"' is how Dato E. E. C. Thihaisingham described the directive given to the High Commissioner by the Secretary for the Colonies. whf n he addressed the last Municipal election meeting of the Independence of Malaya Party this
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  • 342 4 KHOO CHARGES LABOUR WITH 'SECTIONALISM' From Our Own f orre»|»<mi, KUALA LLMPLR. Tlmr*. In il», t,,. meeting of the IMP at Kuala Lunij.t Mr. Khoo Teik Ec <>harerci Labour i pledged to "sectionalism.'* "Sectionalism of this type It] even worse than communal ism. j rhe Labour Party attempts to j
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  • 47 4 Malay ho X Hiffh School r Mohamarl y t(ln Mohamad Z u ainal h: r ships to i!,,. j (i leg. Km,!, H Both siu.i' B eompetilr..- imiaa among M ln Sel n botk SSST"-. szi Junid if School and 1d.... Malay < lass 1 1
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  • 251 4 They're Now More Adaptable To Social Life Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs Discharged lepers from the Sungei Buloh Settlement, who are pronounced cured and free from infection, are now more adaptable to the social life of the outside world, due mainly to the efforts of the Guidance Sub-committee of
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  • 19 4 Indian suicide to bUm< Ponn gold-sn night h< The Bt; had tx i for w
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  • 11 4 sn: Van* Wefri open Bathuj I 1 1 a.m
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    • 514 4 If 1 i• 1/ K^IM is pure, lalo mftk fei^^^L. >^W^» 17 ivklivi keeps wivsooT reTrt^erotioft pM KUMQOAUTYIS jM» AIWAYS UHIFORM IVrff^^ Wherever you botKUMMIUC. T0« )I /re sure of consistent purity «ndpuirv //I m January. June or December »8r KLIM the umform GOOD HEALTIL U§] KLIM Is excellent for
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  • 380 5 3 BOYS GIRL SAY AMERICA IS FRIENDLY Standard Staff orryapowlcnl Kmrriran fririidlinettn ami informality goes much ilccpri than the charaeteri*ti«' quirk unite and ready l.uul la^i>, according to four Mnlatati now I %iii.lsnii; iii \ale liiiversilv. I \w tour *tud<*nts tlirrt- l»o\s an«l a girl, all say llirt rmi into.
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  • Article, Illustration
    72 5 photo. .die Malaya yesterday directed a broadcast to schools ii Mi-sapore and the Federation of Malaya, telling them ibout the ceremonies, which will be. observed when the htarral of the late King takes place today. Teachers m mii ...i pore schools also took time off to talk about the King.
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  • 113 5 S'p ore-U K Jet Service Due August S d.irU Staff Reporter De Havilland Comet airliner m the Ul be operating between Britain and re from Augus 1 this m Linstead. BOAC the Far East, who Singapore by iur on »aid this yesterday. i. ,-t here OH the Comet's Bight round
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  • 47 5 Denies Using Force On Two Girls 3 tOAH MANN I Francis Have'.ock Road, claimai m the Singapore Sec- •'< c Court yesterday, to > < r.rrunal force on two ith intent to outrage xie^ty In New Bridge Feb. 13. was allowed bail of d the cases were post- > Mar.
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  • 38 5 KOO KOK YOKE was charged m th c Smjjapoi> Fust Police Cowl yesterday with causing Mievoiu hurl to Ng Sensi at the Central B:n on Oct. '■'> last. He was allowed bail uf $100 until Feb. 21
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  • 118 5 x Thurs. Members era! Post Office CoCanteen Society, ivc been told that i have a house if paid on seighth of thei required to build Sir i. who adi nbera at their l\ r< <t annual general meeting. said thai the Penang Co-ope-rative Housing Society
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  • 192 5  -  PERCY JOSEPH By Standard Staff Reporter. TO TRAVEL-WEARY and beer-drinking Indian people, Sega mat seems a "prohibition town." for, according to a notice, prominently displayed about the counter m a Chinese bar, no liquor can be served to Indians. The notice informs the visitor to
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  • 257 5 Standard Staff Reporter THE FIRST course tor a Certificate in Education in the University of Malaya will be«»in in October, says Dr. ii. V. Allen, Vice-Chancellor of the University in his annual 19.>0-51 report. He says that unfortunately little use is being made of
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  • 192 5 450 Applaud Jetley's Songs, Dances OL T T OF an audience of 450 who were present at last night's preview of Folk Dance* and Songs of India and Ceylon given by Devatta Jetley at the Victoria" Theatre, almost ninetenths of that number were school children, including 250 from Chinese schools.
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  • 64 5 SINGAPORE police last night detained 10 Indians followinu a gang fight which broke out at the junction of Cecil and McCullum streets. The affray started at 9 pm when two parties of Indians began hurling bottles at each other across the road. A number of shopkeepers m that
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  • 42 5 SINGAPORE Marine Police yesterday afternoon seized about 60 pounds of ganja (Indian Hemp) from a lighter anchored off Beach Road. The gania packed m three sack 3 was found hidden In the crew's cabin. One man was de--1 Allied.
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  • 228 5 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Thurs.— To give better service to the public and more assistance to Police Utticers in the District, the Criminal Investigation Department, Penang, has now been reorganised. Under the new system it has been possible to i release C.I.D. Officers
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  • 101 5 Standard Staff Reporter MORE money is lost through inefficiency and out-of-date organisation methods than through cash leakages and dishonesty, according to Dr. L. C. Hill, expert on local government. It therefore recomjnends that ?very effort be made immediately to secure the secondment of an experienced "Organisation
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  • 209 5 Standard Staff Reporter THF. Siagapore police have made special traffic arrangements for, those attending the memorial services tor the Kiu^ this morning. Cars arriving at the S:. And reWs Cathedral should entei by the gate at the St Andrew's Road-Stamford Ri»id junction and leave via the
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 59 5 r (IU£ADADC Titen iHf^ YMCA: N r o activities bi-r;iu->e >•: the death of King George VI. YWCA: Malay Classes at Raffles Quay (Beginners) 9.15 a m. and 515 p.m.. Continuation classes 10.30 a.m.. Mandarin classes Beftiiine: i> 9-30 a m Advanced 10.30 am. M.Y.F: Paya Lebar— 7 p.m Boundary
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  • Singapore Standard
    • 883 6 lIISTOHY is not so obliging as to mark the end of an era and the beginning of another by the death of a king But historians are more obliging m this respect. They will now talk of the Sixth Georgian period which ended with the death of
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  • 1185 6 Precedents of 1901 1910, 1936 KING George's last journey, like those of his i father King George V and of J King Edward VII, will be from the lying-in-state at Westminster Hall m funeral procession to Paddington Station, and thence to Windsor for burial at St. George's
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  • We the PEOPLE
    • 208 6 Sir:— l was surprised to see a letter m the press from "Aft IMP" querying Dato Onn's statement that IMP candidates for election were chosen by the people. I myself was present at the meetings held by IMP for Imbi Ward at the Town
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  • 120 6 Review of Views Voice For The Ri John "ock Eta -r Singapore Lej Coi may be the One I te employees woi mci :jcy 5 h ye enoug! c: :'.y to tl thii l"\i- f to pr >rfc I p I not be Umite a di Hon Dtiu a i
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    • 11 6 I Diamond Jewellery ISTORCII RROS T TD. ..e^ihng 1949 J^ JEWELLERS
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    • 50 6 T. HEMSLEY CO LTD. I THE GRAMOPHONE COMPANY 110. I c. SWISS MADE J0 Vp^ ffl The, ToAtouMfo JF^^jr Hftie-P>iece £^n\^7J otHwEMt PRINCIPAL FEATURES fi-f'^f Kp^ ANTIMAGXETIC >jf AUTOMATIC S WATER RESISTANT .^'■fc" LADIEB WATERPROOF watches also DESIGNED SPECIALLY available POR TRO p|CAL COUNTRIES *BT*t»ABlg FKOM All UAP//VG WMTCH DIAUZ*
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  • 335 7 Plans To Speed Up Germany Issue Discussed LONDON, Vvh. 14 (\I')_L.S. Secretary of State Dt-an Aeheaon plun^t-d into talk» with British leaders !,i-i ui^ht to ->pee«l plans for hitching German men and vi. i< him* to the faltering allied arms drive. Eleventh-hour French fears over the
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  • 128 7 TLC Wants Bigger Food Subsidies LONDON, Feb. 13, (Renter) —The Economic Committee of Britain's Trades Union Congress is to demand that bigger food subsidies and a six-penny increase m the standard rate uf Income tax to ten shillings m the pound be included m Chancellor Richard Butler's March 4 budget,
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  • 24 7 WASHINGTON. Feb. 13. (UP) Mrs. Beas Truman celebrated her 67th birthday today with a quiet dinner at her home with her husband.
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  • 46 7 \X \>IIIM,TON, Feb. I (I I*) A »poke»man f«>r the Ontral Intelligence Agency ha«l no i tunnifiil loiliiv on a Rone newspaper htory th.it |Im QA U inv«**ti--;iiin^ a r«-|»ort that BnnnH Imm pcrfcdcti and leatcd a •*«l«-iHll> atomir mi-t
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  • 119 7 0 Fel 14 (UP ■iU this r. ef SI a had eni Mao congratulai n the occa kw ol igß r the Sii Soviet 1 reaty ol The broad I m niton din S to similai n by the Red ling to end you
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  • 109 7 lONGKON (i. Feb. 14 KAPI Ml Horace M tcistrate, issued s :t* .irrest of Cann, Donald >m Alec Edward European employees •.<• when the >' fawn to COdri to answer g€3 ('Templing to export ited Cann and a ere charged ittempAing to export un•■'i foocb
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  • 262 7 FIFTH AIR FORCE lIQRS, Korea. Feb. 13 (UP) The United States Fifth Air Force lost nearly twice as many planes as it shot down since the beginning ol the Korean war, but the losses were "not high m comparison to what is being accomplished."
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  • 85 7 NEW YORK, Feb. 14 (AFP)— "The Nationalist troops formerly under the authority of my government are fighting m the region near the Sino-Burmese border, but my government has lost contact with their commander. Gen. Li Mi," said Dr. Tinfu Tsiang, Nationalist delegate to the United Nations,
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  • 100 7 HK Deporta tion Order Against Gen, Rescinded HONGKONG. Feb. 14, <AP>— The Governor of Hongkong, Sir Alexander Grantham, by special order m Council this week, rescinded a deportation order ■gainst former Chinese Nationalist Gen. Hsiung Shi-hm. Gen. Hsiung, who headed the Chinese Military mission to the United States m 1942-43.
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  • 41 7 THE HAGUE. Feb. 14. (AP)— Th c export ojf. lilacs to Britain has doubled to 600 cases a day since the death of King George VI. Exporters say they are a favourite with the English for floral tributes.
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  • 326 7 LONDON, Feb. 13, (UP).— The Duke of Windsor and 84-year-old Queen Mary went to Westminster Hall tonight to say private farewells to King George VI. The Duke, his mother and sister, the Princess Royal, went together to the bier of the
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  • 129 7 GENEVA. Feb. 14 (AP)— J. Donald Kingsley, presiding over liquidation of the International Refugee Organization asked the IRO General Council yesterday to keep the Shanghai office open for six months. He said this was necessary to protect refugees In Communist China who are m
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  • 45 7 WASHINGTON. Feb. 14, (AP) Benjamin G. Browdy, President of the Zionist Organisation of America, said President Truman told him Wednesday he will make up his mind "within the next 10 to 15 days" whether to run for re-election.
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  • 103 7 LONDON, Feb. 14 (AP)-*Westminster Abbey will be closed soon after Easter, it was learned yesterday, to prepare it for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth 11. Thii apparently indicated that the new aueen would b« crowned shortly after the official period of court mourning ends on May
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  • 1224 7  -  ROGER FULFORD —as bra re as he was shy and retiring t»y WHEN King George VI came to the throne m 1936 one of the most accomplished of his relations-— a grand-daughter of Queen Victoria observed: "He is a brave n,T), as he was very
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 30 7 X I J aY IV f aW BW m ay f JIJ IV THROUGHOUT MAIAYA AND TO SARAWAK, NORTH BORNEO, INDONESIA. THAILAND* BURMA aiHIGERS: MAHSNUD 1 CO.. ITD. OCfAM BIDG_SfNGAPORtt
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    • 56 7 I AS A MARK OF RESPECT TO B I HIS MAJESTY I I the late KING GEORGE VI I I our STORE and K. UHFUR PREMISES I I will be CLOSED ALL DAY TODAY I I FRIDAY FEBRUARY 15th 1952 I I ROBI NSON& CO., LTD. Incorporated In Spoe I
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  • 117 8 BETWEEN 'DEVIL AND DEEP RIVER' The man who flew the first aircraft over the area where the Special Air Service parachuted near the Malaya-Siam border last Saturday, was Squadron Leader Roy Carlin A F.C. <>f the Royal s Australian Air Force His aircraft dropped a marker and thea the first
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  • 171 8 Standard Aviation Reporter DURING 1951, the whole K.L.M. fleet, indiidin£ Constellations, Douglas DC-6 and Convair aim-aft, spent'no less than 115,000 hours in llie air equivalent to a total of over 13 years. The fleet of 67 aircraft transported a record quantity
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  • 134 8 LONDON. Feb. 14 (AP):— j Seven miles over Britain, a j four-engine J e t research plane I is making high-speed flights to i test a new radio automatic navigator. The navigator, the Decca flight log. shows the pilot the position of his plane on
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  • 17 8 Surface MAILS Arrivals Today: Thailand (letters and parrels) by train, Western Australia (letters and oarcels) by ChuDra
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  • 144 8 Standard Shipping Reporter A SUDDEN outbreak *f bad weather m the Indian Ocean postponed yesterday's arrival m Singapore of the 32 Russian fishing trawlers from Colomlio. The vessels arc now expected to anchor m tiie Outer Roads at noon today. Leading the convoy is
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  • 89 8 BONN. Feb. 14 (AFP)— A German "display ship"' is to sail soon for the Meditteranean, the Indian Ocean and Pacific ports it was announced here today. The ship was chartered by a Luebeck businessman with the support of the Federal Government. It will
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  • Article, Illustration
    36 8 Mr. Francis Laivson Cow ie. an old boy of the Malacia High School, leaves Singapore today m the Charon to take up a five year course m civil engineering at the < University of Western i Australia. <
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  • 175 8 WHARVES Ship Godown Gate Breconshtre 13/14 4 Charon 40 2 Burnside 29/30 2 Chusan 1/2 8 City of Coventry 33/34 2 Coriila 31/32 2 Glenearn 6/7 7 Haro m 25/26 2 Hoegh Silverstar 19/20 4 Jaladurga 44 l Kampar 28 2 Larantuka 30 '.7 2 Ozarda
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    • 463 8 "MORELIA' for B^r.eknk Hongkong Kobe Yoko hama M-23FHi 1 i "StLANUIA' for Bangkok 2S 2!» I -ei# "PATAGONIA* for Bangkok Hongkong A Manila 2'ih-h I M. lt "FIONIA* 1 foi Bangkok II It Mat >_ "PANAMA" for Bangkok Hongkong Manila. Kobe Yokohama 11 12 \ut W MEONIA M for Saigon
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  • 703 9 Survey Is Now Being Conducted Of Big S i ngapore Quarries By MICHAEL CONNORS, Standard Staff Correspondent TO SEE if a means may be found of increasing the production of ante a serious shortage of which is hampering building pro3 mmes m Singapore
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  • 52 9 THE Bank of Thailand reports that banknotes m circulation increased by nearly 800.000.000 m the past year For the week ending January 4. 1952. there were 4,068.110,809 ticals m circulation, compared with 3.283.623.357 ticals for the week ending Jan. 4. I£3l. This is an of nearly 24 per
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  • 83 9 PRICES m Singapore produce market were again easier yes-terc-ay with very little business pa.ssing. Copra had sellers at $32 per picul but. after some business was reported at $30*. buyers withdrew from the market. Coconut oil quotations remained unchanged from Wednesdoy'fi levels, sellers indicating $52J per
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  • 178 9 Standard Staff Reporter SHIPMENTS of some 6.000 to 7.000 tons of Burmese unpolished rice over 3,000 tons of which is for Singapore is expected to arrive for Malaya next month. The Stndard learns from Colony commercial circles. The arrival of these shipments of rice will
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  • 39 9 a^iilkica recorded a US?600,000,000 trade surplus in December, the highest monthly surplus in over two years. By contrast Britain in January reported a trade deficit of US$296,000 000 and France US$100,000,000.— Reuter
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  • 155 9 Standard Market Reporter SINGAPORE, Thurs.— The continued drop in the rubber price resulted in easiness in the Malayan share market today. Rubber shares were in Ihe main most vulnerable and, to a lesser extent, industrial shares. Buyers of tin shares were content to adopt
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  • 85 9 Standard Shipping Reporter THE 24.000-ton P. and O. liner Chusan has brought for Singapore 33 cases of currency notes from the United Kingdom. The vessel also brought 11,500 bags of sugar, 11,115 packages ot sundries 516 cases of cigarettes, 4 950 cases of soap, 1.346 cases
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  • 187 9 By MARJORIE SHANNON, Standard Staff Reporter AS PART of the Singapore Government move to restrict import of non-essential Japanese goods, the Standard learns, Japanese cigarette lighters are now on the prohibited list. Mr. A. J. Dolder, Manager of Muller and Phipps (M) Ltd., when asked
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  • 213 9 INDIA-UK AGREEMENT ON RELEASES LONDON, Feb. 14, (Reuter) The British Treasury has announced the tx tension of the Indo-British financial agreement on the agreed programme of annual sterling releases from India's. Ko, 2 account. Th» agreement expire* tm June 30. 1951. the Treasury said 1 but letters were exchanged between
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  • 259 9 New Price Cut j Has Only Mild Effect On Mart By T J. LIM, Standard Market Reporter THE General Services Administration mode u further cut in prices by about three cents per Ib. but only mild effect was felt in the Singapore market, which reported
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    125 9 The freighter Hoech Silver- i star which arrived m Singapore on Wednesday from Australia, brought for the Colony 21,550 eases of milk, 47,469 (50 lb) baffs of flour. 3,109 bags of wheat, 750 bars of wax. 55 cases of wines, 36 bales of hay, 28 drums of methylated spirits 604
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  • 251 9  - RI Will Boost Her Trade With S 'pore And Fed. ARNOLD C. BRACKMAN By Standard Special Correspondent JAKARTA, Feb. 14 Indonesia's latest- devaluation should have a healthy effect upon rubber and copra exports from here to Singapore, the Indonesian Trade Commissioner to Singapore, Tahir Ibrahim, declared here today. Ibrahim arrived
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  • 218 9 Standard Market Reporter FEELING of indignation is spreading among Singapore* j and Federation rubber traders j against the United States as the rubber price made a further drop yesterday. The GSA decision la enforce! penalties against natural rubber J. shipment! not conforming itta contract specification. 1 is considered
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  • 116 9 COMMODITY PRICES I life I Us! Sincupo rubber price*. vc*trrda> were per lb ltu\er* Srllriv No 1 Spot I/Oosr $1,191 si !(t Ml B m hui-s *eh No. 1 R.S.S. H. 191 si No 2 K.S.S. Sl.lb, M.l* No t irss si.i:,, si n, Tone: Steadier a ft* r weak
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  • 38 9 HMV, ONG, F.-b 34 i Sen < t on ih Hongkong I- \< < today < >• HK$l5 55 to LI Sterlinf HK$6 ?675 to U! 5 I HKSJ KM to llalayai EfKSO.29S Ui one lnd< i Rupiah [IKS32G 175 io
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  • 755 10 THE WORLD MOURNS THE PASSING OF A KING GEORGE VI m>i>\\. uitiiiii Ike walla <>> lac niii eeatnry w imUor Castle, m Saini George's chapel burial i>i i. ot in.* i« > EagUsh vi\itc nc»»— Bni;«in«. late lamented King George VI will he Dually laid to r.-i inif the wi.riii
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  • 324 11 PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 13 (UP)— Unbeaten Rocky 'jarciano, heavyweight contender, of Brockton, Masicieiiusetts, battered blood-smeared Lee Savold about die ring tonight and finally won a technical knockout in the Hall™ 11 before near capacity crowd in Convention r Mana «er Bill Baly asked referee Pete Tomasco
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  • 51 11 Bournemouth 's 'Malay Night' THE Singapore ■enior I champion party, Bournemouth Badminton ****J, I is celebrating its third anniversary at No i Bournemouth Road from •J p.m. tomorrow. Celebrations are m the form of a special "Malay night" and will include modern joget dancing as well as a nasi briyani
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  • 34 11 WELLINGTON. Feb. 14 (Reuter-AAP)— The New Zealand Boxing Association has decided not to send any boxers to the Olympic Games m Helsinki this summer because of the expense involved
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  • 177 11 KING KONG will have a really tough egg to handle when he takes on Negro Seelie Samara at the Happy World Stadium tomorrow night. Samara has shown m his previous matches here, apart from his very fine record, that he really know? his job, and
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 1033 11 .ASSIFIGP ADVERTISEMENTS no lias i BANKRUPTCY ORDIN \Nf (CHAPTER 4;>) la the High Court of the Colony of Singapore Island of Singapore IN BANKRUPTCY Wage Earner's Administration Order No I3U ol l«J3« RE: E M DE CASTRO, of No 121 Nelson Road. Singapore; Clerk at the Singapore Harbour Boar-i Notice
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    • 688 11 PERSONAL T»HREE months leave has 1 been granted to Mr C. A Paul of Vald'or Estate. S Bakap. by Mr S E Smith Manager Vald'or Estate S. Bakap PW Mr C. A Paul will be leaving on the 17th Feb 1952 by s.s Jaladurga w.lh his family Incagement T^HE ENGAGEMENT
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    • 280 11 $1,000 REWARD will be paid to any person or group of persons jiixiniT information leading to the apprehension of those responsible for defacing the statuettes at HAW PAR VILLA, PASIR PAN JANG RD. SINGAPORE. Information tan be giwn either m writicg, or m person to: THE SINGAPORE STANDARD, J2B Koliinson
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    • 178 11 VEHICLES FDR SALE fPORD Anglia, 10 h.p., Sept. 1 1949, one owner, $2,800 or nearest otter. Box T. 659 Standard, Singapore 1. 1948 Studebaker Commander, excellent condition fully insured seen at 22 Tan Queen Lan Si. 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. TUITION BEGINNERS classeg Feb: BkA3 keeping. School Cert. Pre-Senior
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    • 436 11 NOTICE EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND ORDINANCt 1 45). IN accordance with the provisions of the Employees Provident Fund (Preliminary) Rules. 1952 (Legislative Notification No 54 dated 14ih February, 1952}, all Employer* whose business comes within the scope of the Firs! S<hr I to the Employees Provident Fund r h liuaoce 195t.
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 297 11 rrtOOAX'S FORECAST:- ToI day at!vn us a very cood X arternoon. after a dancer •us nitht and a trylnr m«rning There are risks of hindr mm* and unfortunate happenInts. mistakes. swindle* and breache. of trust. Beware «i theft and burglary n the mornint and of accidents The en of the
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    • 48 11 liJßllJfil HIGH TIDES at th e principal resorts m Malaya: TODAY A.M. WM. Singapore 1.42 1.51 Malacca 10.29 10.53 Port Dickson 9.10 9.40 Port Sham 7.45 122 Penang 3.02 .3.33 TOMORROW: Singapore 2.09 2.35 Malacca 10.54 11.35 Port Dickson 9.35 10.16 Port Sham 8.00 8-38 Penang 3.26 4.04
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  • 940 12 iff r. Lake Wan Tito Advises... ...A Plan Far The Future Aisa MR. LOKE WAN THO, badminton enthusiast, last night issued a call for an end to the Hall controversy, pointing out that even if the hall could be built m time it would
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  • 310 12 PENG SOON STA YS FOR CUP TRIALS WONG PENG SOON, Malaya's international bad- minion champion, in a statement to the Singapore I Standard yesterday, said that he will not leave for the All England championships before trials are held this month end lo pick Malaya's Thomas Cud team. Pontj Soon
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  • 45 12 IPOH, Thurs.— News was received m Ip<»h today ot the death of jockey Charlie Ellery's three-month old son m Perth, Western Australia. Ellery. who left Ipoh on Tuesday; afternoon to catch a plane from Singapore, was expected to arrive at Perth today
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  • 282 12  -  Ollie Davies By i j j IPOH. Thurs. Continuous rain last night rendered .this morning's track very heavy and the prospects are a wet spell for Saturday's first day of the Perak Turf Club February Meeting here. The new jockey, Russell, riding for Yong
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  • 177 12 Winter Olympics Begin NOREFJELL, NORWAY, Feb. 14 (AP):— The fanfare of bugles at the foot of a snow covered mountain signalled the start of the 1952 Winter Olympics today. Nearly 300 skiers from 26 countries stood at attention under the flags of their countries as the Olympic flag was hoisted
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  • SPORTS LETTER
    • 343 12 Sir; —May I congratulate you on your able and timely sports leader on the subject of the badminton hall and Mr. Lim Yew Hock's surely untimely motion asking Government for a special loan. From every point of view, this motion has nothing to commend it, and, from the
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  • 857 12 THE full entry for the Singapore Motor dub** Dunearn Road 'Flying Kilometre" trials on Feb. 24 •eached 131 yesterday with the prospeet of more late All Malaya's leading enthusiasts are "m" and they include Malaya's fastest two and four wheeler sprinters over the distance Reggie
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