Singapore Standard, 13 March 1953

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    13 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD JiH NO 250 SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, MARCH l3 f 1953 TWELVE PAGES
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    NEW PAY PROBE PLEDGED
    250 1 Good Results From Muddle By Cameron rated industrial <SSd dai| y; a ed ""<« monthly80,.. Sinjopore .Tttr °'a t Se etor Noy «> SS r r e^ g fr m Mr Sithiah said, that a fresh r£ view was necessary to do away with the anomalies
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    49 1 photo. Miss i iiristiae Jorreasea, -li-yrur old former soldier rrrtivei a stroll from Dr.' Harry Berglind. chairman of the Scandinavian Societies of Greater New xork for her "contribution to Science". Her life ■tory. -I Was a Man". jrrittea by herself, will beffiß \n the Sunday Stan-«-ii-d this Sunday. AP
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    Tree Meng: Churchill ay to Decide Next Week
    42 1 en il onJM Renter) Mr. (him hill. tin:v He«c of C«»nmion s today be might tel^B :H ni\t w ♦•<•!< on lluniMry offer Ive^H i British himiafMßu, Mr. Edgar '^m Chiaesie woman onimunist s< rv-
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    PRICE OF RICE GOES UP IN FED
    187 1 kati from Monday the MemtM* #J»V~ cents a •VlOf 4M L Th 11:<: ling the 41 cents *™J h s«hes a:id 19 enti r fne need for raising the Price Mr. Spc ww otrsct part of the heavy which the Federal arly on
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    Crushed To Death
    23 1 0 British soldi< to death w y oven near her e on 'I rted. F h soldiers were b Reuter
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    GIFT TO CHURCH
    24 1 a t^:.L>rnarle to a church being built m Hiroshima. Japan, where the first ato:n bomb was droDixd if-, L 945 Reuter
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    Narriman Flying To Switzerland
    52 1 home. Mar. 11 (AP) cr Queen Narriman of Egypt, whose separation or rce from former King ik ha, been much rumoured here and In Cairo ntly, is flyir:; to Switzer- i today With her motliei 19 learned. There was no word the former monarch planned to
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    Boy Kills 2 Girls
    34 1 A 16-ycr.r-olci boy r.dm rday that he killed i i girl schoolmates on Sunday m "Forbidden Forest" Spring Valley, New York. PoLce said the girls had boon sexually molested. UP
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    ARBOR DAY
    40 1 FREE China yesterday observed the 28tfa anniversary ot the death o( Dr. Sim Yatlen. Founder of the Republic. Known as Arbor Day. it Was led, as usual, b;> the planting of thousands of trees En Sim's memory.- AP
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    SAINT'S RELIC IN MALACCA
    178 1 From PERCY JOSEPH MALACCA, Thurs. Tho relic of the patron saint of Malacca, St. Francis xavier, escorted by a motorcade oj BO cars and -W white cad motor cyclists from Muar to Malacca today. The relic was carried m a monstrance by an old student of
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    'Two Hurt In Gang Fight
    38 1 'Two Hurt In Gang Fight ONE Chinese was stubbed and an Indian seriously iniurrd m what is believed to p BMg clash m Jalau Ka>u, oIT Yio Chu Kang fu» 4 si?iUl S in ¥oWf Jfef! night, gating
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    Soviet Tank Unit Mutiny
    99 1 VIENNA, Mar. 12 (Renter) The Austrian newspaper Sue t Tageszeitung, quoting gee reports from Hungary, riai ned today that a Russian tai u:;it "revolted* 1 after m of Stalin's death. The newspaper, which supports the Conservative Peoples Party, said Russian soldiers at a unit stationed near
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    NO PARTITION
    26 1 IRAN'S Ambassador Allah Saleh said on Wednesday there was no foundation for that 'Russia and Britain intend to partition his countt\ between t'.iem. AP
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    Troops For Kenya
    26 1 IWO MORE battalions of British troops are to be flown out from Britain to Kenya to s-.iccd up onerations against Mail Msu terrorists.
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    Reds Hold Briton
    24 1 SOVIET authorities are :o b a British subject, Austin Morley Bellan. 20, at Guni .if. m the Soviet w>ne tria. Reuter
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    Lyttetton Could Not Intervene
    123 1 LONDON, Mar. 11 (Reuter) Labour M.P Mr. Stanley Awbery vsked the Colonial Secre!:iry m the House of Commons today why the arbitration court dealing with the Naval Base dispute at Singapore was he'd m camera. He suggested that it should have been W\d public "to create
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    Jap Ship Seized
    31 1 SOUTH Korean police ?aid yesterday they seized a 19- ton Japanese fishing boat, the Shofllku Mnru, inside the "Rhee Line" on Tuesday and are holding the crew. AP
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    RADAR AID
    27 1 CANADA has agreed to .send about 300 new mobile radar units still on the secret list —to her North Atlantic Allies under mutual aid. Reuter
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    MASS FOR POPE
    26 1 A MASS was sung m Sixtine Chapel yesterday and flags flown over Vatican City to celebrate the anniversary of the Pope's crowning.— AFP
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    REEF SINKS BACK
    34 1 THE newspaper Yomiuri said yesterday it believed the Myojin reel' thrown out of the ocean oil Japan last September by volcanic eruption, has now sunk back into the sea. AAP Reuter
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    Political Freedom
    80 1 LONDON*. Mar. 12. (ReuterV —Nearly two-third* of Britain.--million civil servants will be fiven political freedom— even to stand tor Parliament as the result of a Government scheme ;mnounced todny. Up to now less than half ihe Civil Service, m grades un-l •onnected with the shaping, interpretation or execution
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    UNCLE SAM IS TOLD TO GET TOUGH NOW
    153 1 WASHINGTON, Mar. 12.— Two congressmen called today for strong American pressure to take advantage of Communist "uncertainty" during the transfer of Soviet power to Premier Geoigi Malenkov. Representative John W. McCormack (Democrat) assistant minority leader, said. "Now is the time for us
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    QUADS BORN
    33 1 QUADS— two boys and two girls were born to the wife of a shop assistant m Beirut on Thursday. The mother. Mrs. Ahmed Tubayly and the quads are doing well. Reuter
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    SECURITY CHECK
    35 1 MR. HOWARD Beaie, the Minister of Supply is to check on secuiity arrangements Ht the Woomera Rocket Range, where 100 people last week voted for a Communist candidate m the state elections. Reuter
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    7 GIRLS MISSING
    28 1 SEVEN young girls, are reported to have disappeared m Bangkok this week. Four are Siamese, three Chinere and one a Japanese with Russian nationality. AFP
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    RED PoW BEATEN UP
    68 1 PUS AN. Mar. 12 (UP)— A Chinese war prisoner was seized and severely beaten by his Communist comrades on Tuesday when he attempted to escape from his compound to seek protection of United Nations Riiards. Thr prisoner had wade his way to t 1 compound entraniT,
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    British Plane Shot Down Over Germany
    133 1 LLkNEBURG (Germany), Mar 12 f AP\ c First unofficial reports indicated the plane fell m the vicinity of Boizenburg, near the Elbe river, about 30 miles southwest of Hamburg. A Foreign Office spokesman said "it is known that military exercises were going on mi
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    Search For Split Ship
    91 1 XEVV YORK, Mar. 12 (Reuter) Ships and planes searched the North Atlantic today lor the bow of a broken tanker In which eight people, including the captain and his wife, are believed trapped. The 9,937-ton Liberian tanker Angy, laden with oils, split m two m a
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    mah racks unss
    30 1 or soviet nussia was announced yesterday in a Peking Radio broadcast of the text of an editorial in the Peking's People's Daily, the Communist Party organ UP
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    NEW EMBASSY
    20 1 THE Egyptian Cabinet has decided to raise Egypt's diplomatic representation with Indonesia to the rank of Embassy. Reuter
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    Wiima To Sail For Red Port?
    139 1 ALTHOUGH a Taipei report states that the Finnish tanker Wnma would be sailing from Singapore "m a few days for Communist-held Hainan Island 250 miles southwest of Hongkong, the Singapore Master Attendant's office has not received any application for port clearance. The Wiima, carrying
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    Forces Kill Girl Bandit
    62 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs A woman terrorist wai kill* IVJaict i-ifplJ> jrcaitiutjt 1 ".i. She was m the company of another terrorist at the time. A shotgun was recovered A Malay police constable a member of a federal jung'e company patrol was badly wounded m the chest
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    Crashes: 4 Lost
    25 1 KOUR British naval officers are missing, believed killed, as a result of three air accidents m the Gibraltar area on Thursday. Reuter
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    35-Minute Talks
    23 1 BRITISH Ambassador m Cairo, Sir Ralph Stevenson discussed current affairs with Egyptian Foreign .Minister, Mahmoud Fawzi. yesterday for .V) minutes. Reuter
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    Norwegian Ship Was 'Shadowed By U.S. Planes'
    185 2 photo. Standard Shipping Reporter THE homeward-bound Norwegian freighter, Tarifa, arrived m Singapore yesterday after a voyage to Shanghai, closely shadowed by American planes. The (5.385-ton freighter, skippered by Captain istain Poyn, carried 7.(» 0 tons of paper to Shanghai. She now has mi
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    EXTORTION BID ENDS IN PRISON
    168 2 TWKNTY-three-ycar-old Ho i t Seng was sentenced m the Singapore Assizes yesterti.'iy to three years' rigorous Imprisonment after he was found guilty of attempting to extort $5,000 from a woman. Mr. Justice Whitton deferrci sentence mi n the case of Ho's omplioe. Wee Lim Par
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    Court Is Told Of Settlement
    69 2 A SETTLEMENT wu s M i m an action brought f> 8 the Singapore High '^y a n architect. Wong A-i Wee against t h e Nanyang B k Works for fees du t m of plans and iperiA--1 Jf" of a brick kiln which
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    Drowned In Lake While Swimming
    77 2 io7 s !if CT ROhChweeK °<-k A r r e Singapore Coroner. Air. Giam Chong Hing. yesterday, ho W he had to dive tw ee into the AlkafT Gardens lakl »«'^he could locate the body Of a boy reported to be mil Giam recorded a
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    Stork Got Him Into Hot Water
    11 2 BIXAUSE the w,fe of his
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    WALLET (WITH $120) STOLEN
    7 2 WALLET (WITH $120) STOLEN ft Tfr.tjah, who
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    PasirPanjang 'Cement Hill'
    106 2 A Singapore rmtewei hrn drawn attention to the Wty Council's derision to spend 5i 20.000 on the remeu rPra.vm* of Pasir Parjjan* [Mil at the new power station to stop erosion. If ihis is not tUCCttsfu] nteSLthSfL.S an alternative hod wh:rh will cost $500S'" addition to what
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    Camera Stolen
    31 2 A CAMERA, worth 1919 ;< ""Smg to a European woman, was stolen from he s? re hu> S- she parked fa Hi sh TKo S n Sapore ye^terdav left unattended-
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    Anna Will Represent The Guides
    116 2 SINGAPORE Girl Guides, but mot Boy Scouts wiil be represented at the Coronation m London by Patrol Leader Anna Yong, one of the Colony's two Queen's Guides. Anna joined the Guides m 1948 and has been a Patrol Leader for three years. She is 17
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    LABOUR REBELS TOLD REUNITE FOR THE PARTY
    190 2 m_the interest! ot party" Lnify.' S k hhre r diITe He said that a. a result of f a s'y Woo was on a visiO and members of the General rv/'^V seus !»ona with representatives of the nenor.il Counci, I have decided ?o
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    Education For What?
    60 2 STUDENTS of the VivverMtv of Malaya and universities m the United Kingdom will broadcast a delnte on "Education for What* over Kadio Malaya on March Singapore listeners will op able to hear this programme ai 8 p.m. and Kuala Lumpur at B.SO p.m. Penang listeners can hear
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    Rita's First Trip... From Home
    32 2 HER first plane trip from Australia and the P'M says she nas learned to unravel the mos t f-cniuli-tables during the hop from Sydney to Sia- Supore.
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    This Literature Must Be Banned'
    551 2 Cheap jMjaMMHSs^^^^^-^s&gg Call For Marital Advice CHEAP sex books should be banned m Singapore and a marriage guidance council formed to provide sex educo This was the view expressed to The Standard yesterday by Canon R. K. S. Adams, principal of St. Andrew's School, Mrs.
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    Aw Advocates smaller Homes
    275 2 MR. AW Boon Haw, millionaire philanthropist, j yesterday urged the construction of small or medium sizedjhouses instead of big and luxurious buildings. He said housing should meet the daily health requirements of a family. The Chinese custom of "lane households" should bo avoided if possible and
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    UNLICENSED DRIVER FINED
    54 2 TAX GIM Thong, a 23-year-old fitter, was fined a total of $150 m the Singapore Second Traffic Court yesterday. lor traffic olTences committed on Feb. 17 at Aljunied Road. He was also disqualified from hold'ng a driving Jieence es ol -ffririTS a cv.r wVffiJuTO fir.vm- licence, and
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    Driver Failed To Give Way
    58 2 LOW Siak Leng, a oirv driver, was fined $50 mi n the Singapore Second Traffic Police Court yesterday on a charge .It was stated he failed tn Sr e a 7V°u an WroachinS oa-h of Jwf 1 he CUt acros th Kou-° m r ar
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    New Chape
    37 2 SUNDAY last was a red letter day for the Mantra Catholics of Labu Abo chapel fa brick wa b!e 4ori BE? fc^a^d for their use by 3* BIS A? P Of Walacra; Mom" sifnor Olcomendv
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    PENANG BOARD TOID OF SPEEDING
    177 2 FEDERATION NEWSBRIEFS Road on Ginting "'L 1 PENANG I 18. From I\7nr 23 to \Tnr o^ ft'li'e Stalion, and lrom Mar p/na,.?*^ I>tvrtha Road. IPOTI. Thurs.- A 34-year-?h d f W0 T an Vasu wh for f e disordor! Shaved m a disorderly manner, was
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    HK FILM STAR IN SINGAPORE
    31 3 1 !MN IM Im *tar M I ,ln k the todaj the 1 m Mr. Imi imi I uho the h i Mil:; a dur ..lony
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    SCHOOLS RALLY
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    MUSLIM COLLEGE MEETING CALLED
    184 3 SI i lard Staff Reporter inn will convene a mass Meeting red cause" oi founding a Muslim They will discuss ways and means i Colony Muslims for this purpose. S this end. •■v warm I thai uni they can raise the $300,000 required within a year,
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    Govt. Attaches Terms To Talks
    123 3 Govt. Attaches Terms To Talks SINGAPORE Government ha^ agreed under certain conditions to hold joint negotiations with the and Telegraph Workers 1 Union and the Government Administrate v and Clerical Services Union to discuss their wage increase demand. it of the conditions. The 51 indard understand* is a withdrawal of
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    Woman Foils Attempt To Steal Radio
    97 3 THF. wife of a Singapore radio ih op proprietor In Bencoo en Street, foiled an mpt by t\\ o Chinese to 1 a radio, worth ?145. from the Wednesday. She -aw two men through a mirror. One of them Wafl parrying a radio In
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    Tarifa Crew's Peep Thro' Bamboo Curtain
    183 3 Standard Shipping Reporter RESTAUftANTS and bars m Shanghai have taken to advertising "Genuine Drinks" to induce customers to give them business, according to the crew of the Norwegian homeward-bound freighter, Tarifa, after a visit to the Red Chinese Port. "It was mostly vodka, anyway."
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    GIA Starts New Flights
    143 3 SHORTLY after noon yesterday a Convair-240 landed at Kalian? Airport from Jakarta marking the inaugural flight of the Garuda Indonesian Airine s to Bangkok via Singapore. The service will run twice weekly, leaving Jakarta Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9.30 a.m. and arriving at Bangkok at 5
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    Newsman Faces 3 Traffic Charges
    294 3 MALCOLM Michael Modder, a Singapore journalist, appeared before Mr. A.W. Ghows, Second Traffic Magistrate, yesterday to answer three traffic charges. It was alleged that at 10.53 p.m. on July 6 last, he drove a <-ar along Serangoon Road In a negligent manner, resulting m a
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    Girl Guides To See The Big Parade
    104 3 PROVISIONAL arrangements have been made for 13 Cirl Guides from Singapore and the Federation and six from Hongkonq to watch the Coronation procession m London They will each have seats or standing: room on the processional route. The Singapore. Federation ami Honffkonff Guides
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    Radio Cars Will Round Up Cattle
    127 3 THE Singapore radio patrol has been instructed to deal with the nuisance of stray cattle on main roads, and with obstruction caused by cattle, the Commissioner of Police has informed the Ratepayers' Association. The association drew the attention of the police recently to cattle
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    PAA Reach ½ Mil. Mark
    58 3 PAA Reach Mil. Mark PAN American World Airways has carried over fiOO.OOO passenger! m its doubledeck Siratncruisers since those luxury liners were put into services on Apr. 1. 1040. says a statement by the company m Singapore yesterday. By the end of 1952, its Stratocruiser fleet had flown over 51,277,000
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    annual sale
    72 3 photo. ALTHOUGH there is only one more shopping day before the conclusion of Ma Little Co, Lld.'s annual sale, crowds continue to buy or "just look". The sale, which has been running for two weeks, closes tomorrow. Most popular items up to dale have been shoes and clothing:.
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    Fight Over Wages Cost Him $150
    108 3 KG HAN SOON, 21. was fined $150 m the Second District Court yesterday of a charge of causing hurt to Chew Ah Chak at Havelock Road. He was acquitted on a charge of extortion by putting Chew m fear. Mr. G. Abisheganadcn. defence counsel,
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    More Fire Stations Needed -Chief
    349 3 More Fire Stations Needed -Chief SINGAPORE should build a new fire and ambulance station m the Serangoon Thomson Road area, because there are insufficient fire stations to give "normal fire cover/ Mr. J.G. Shaw, Superintendent of the City Fire Brigade, has advised the City Council. Ho says the Improvement Trust
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    Store Blaze Extinguished
    60 3 FIRE broke out m a lime store m Tessensohn Road, of! Balestier Road, at 4.30 a.m. yesterday. causing slight damage to the store. There was only one labourer sleeping m the shack and he awoke m time to raise the alarm. Two fire engines were sent to
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    GETS 8 MTHS. JAIL FOR TAKING FARES
    129 3 A SINGAPORE Traction Co. bus conductor, Low Kia Tons was yesterday sentenced to eight months' rigorous imprisonment by the Third District Judge, Mr. P. H. D'Netto, on a charge of criminal breach of trust of bus fares. i It was alleged that he
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    McNeice To Investigate
    70 3 PRESIDENT of the Singapore City Council. Mr. T.P.F. McNeice, is investigating allegations of workers at the Council's Pasir Panjang Power Station, that they were asked to sign a paper undertaking not to ask for wage rises or improved working cosditions for six months. The Standard understands that
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    Ball Game Nets $2,613
    49 3 GATE money totalling $2,--613 was collected last Saturday from the Singapore soccer match held at Jalan Besar Stadium between a combined British and Dutch tearr ~nd the Singapore team. This money, with taxes deducted, will be divided bptween the flood funds of Britain and Holland.
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    CALLING HOSPITALS
    35 3 RADIO Malaya broadcasts a special Request Programme at 8.30 a.m. every Saturday devoted to patients m Federation hospitals. Patients are asked to submit their requests to "Calling All Hospitals," c/o Radio Malaya, Singapore.
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    2 Engineers Get Jail For Fraud
    221 4 KIALA LUMFtJB, Thurs. Two men who said they were salvage engineers, were today convicted by the President of the Sessions Court, .Mr. J. G. Adams, on charges of cheating and forgery. The two accused, Stanley Frwin (33), and Benjamin Charles Steele (28). were stated
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    Corporal Describes 4 a.m. Drama
    180 4 PENANG. Tl irs. A. eged U> have been caught while tryln| to away with i boxes of < Lim T and ChOf were productd before Mr. B. c;. s »:i the So^ion^ Court on a rharqe of housebreakini and theft. Both ii (1 trial. Polj
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    MES Teachers Collapses, Dies
    73 4 MR. PFTER A. Neetagandan. -i nior teach< r of the M< I <• 1 k i Srlioo!. Tanjong M apsed while v mc; und died f< v minutes 3a*cr on Wednesday. He leaves behind 11 children. The funeral took p a yesterday. Mr. Nee .v. ndan,
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    TB Centre Project
    61 4 PENAN G, Thun.— A proiort to be by the International Round Tables of Asia for the raising of funds for the building of a treatment centre will be discussed at the extraordinary general meeting of the Penang and Province Wel'csley A--or;ation for the Prevention of Tubere held
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    Officer Charged With Corruption
    336 4 KIALA LVMFI R, Thurs.— J. H. Clark, a British Police Lieutenant from Kuala Kubu Bharu, was charged before Mr. Justice Wilson m the High Court, here today, with corruption and extortion. Charged together with him with abet: ing the offence, was S. Morgan, an Indian sergeant
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    The Man Who Shot Himself Explains
    360 4 IPOH. Thurs.— Yap It Hong (25), a member of the Kinta Valley Home Guard, was today sentenced to eight years' imprisonment by Mr. Justice Prethcroe lor the "very serious and ghastly offence of slaying bis platoon commander, Tan Say Chong, at Malim Nawar on
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    ROAD REOPENS
    21 4 A PORTION of Cambridge Road, between Truro Road and Owen Road, Singapore will be re-opened to through traific tomorrow.
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    WARNING TO CAR OWNERS
    96 4 IPOH, Thurs.— Ipoh. OS P.C. Mr. J. M. C. Wheeler. today warned car owners to keep their cars properly secured when parked m the open. There are indications. Mr. Wheeler said, that thefts of car batteries arc on the increase, and owners of ears which have
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    Kuantan Town Council Soon
    87 4 KUANTAN. ThUtt. Kuantan Town Council will replace the Town B soon, it was stated at the Town Board meeting yesterday. Mr. Wong Kwan Tan a<ked for additional street lights to be installed along Jalan Dato Wong Ah Jang as there was much traffic along this street.
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    Malacca YMC Office-Beat ers
    97 4 MALACCA, Thurs. Mr. I Tan Hock Lin. popular Malacca youth leader, was elected president of the Malacca Young Malayan Club. Other officebearers are: vice president Miss Iris Lam; secretary Tons Hoo Hiong; asst. secretary M. P. Gopal Rajah; treasurer Miss Irene Foo; committee: Toh Seng Yam.
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    JB TO GET NEW LOOK
    226 4 Plan With Govt. Alters Landmarks JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs. Johore Bohru will change its appearance under a long term town planning scheme which is now being studied by the State Government. Under this plan, The Standard understands all housing blocks will be separated by 20-foot back
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    20 Given 6 Weeks To Pull Down Houses
    176 4 IPOH, Thurs. Court action was taken against owners of unauthorised buildings today, when twenty people, including ton women, were produced before Magistrate Captain Salleh. All pleaded guilty to a charge of erecting houses at Kampons Paioh without first submitting plans to the
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    School To Celebrate Its Jubilee
    100 4 IPOH. Thurs.— Kampar Anglo-Chinese School will i bserve its golden jubilee with a week of celebrations starting on April 6. Founded m 1903. Kampar ACS. was then only an «<ttap shed accommodating about twenty students En 1910 the Methodist Schools' authorities managed *o acquire a
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    New Youth Club
    40 4 A PUBLIC meeting will be held at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Kuantan on Thursday to form a youth club. Membership is open to youths from 15 to 25 years old, but schoolchildren will not be admitted.
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    Aid Sought For Clinic In Yong Peng
    103 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.— The State Welfare Committee has decided to recommend to the Federation Lotteries Board that financial assistance should be given to build a clinic for Yong Penj New Village. An application for funds was received from Rev. Canon Carpenter of the
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    Illiteracy Is One Of Co-op's Snags
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    406 5 Colony Govt 'Unfair PENANG, Thurs.— The choirmon of the Pan Malayan Labour Party, Inche Mohamed Sopiee, today accused the Singapore Govern ment of perpetuating discrimination as be rween expatriate European officers and locally domiciled Asian officers by rejecting the recommendations of the Benham Committee on
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    72 5 Standard London Correspondent LONDON, Mar. 12. The following ore the closing prices of rubber and tin on London Market today: LONDON RUBBER Spot 21 id. Apr. June 21 Id. July/Sept. 21 id. Oct Da 21 Id. March c.t.f. 21 |d. Market. Steady. LONDON TIN Spot £953
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    227 5 Malayan Heroine Now Finds Winter More Chilly LETCHWORTII. England Mar. I*2. (Reuter). Dawn H »thigasu, 16-year-old Milavan heroine of the. Japuii <• O<rupation. now stud* lag .it the Saint Francis Convent school here, has found England's winter weather more chilly than she expected. But her reaction to the murky London
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    328 5 GREAT CONCERN OVER FAMILY PAY REJECTION Standard Staff Reporter nr-v^i" I disa PP° in^ent and uneasiness Sinl-l T™ 9 fhe 14 000 •ocolly-domiciled Singapore Government Officers yesterday when they learned that Government had rejected the oHoWalJc mmi cc commendations for family thPv F pn St M reaCUOn am ng hem
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    127 5 THE Singapore Harbour Board Staff Association announced yesterday it was not satisfied with the Board's decision to stop tallying m ships' hatches. Association officials said' thai while this has boon -topped for tome time, they have received no undertaking that the system will he reintroduced
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    Big Crowd See Derek At It Again
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    730 6 r |X) BORROW phrase from Mr. Churchill, the ■Ward of Mr. John Cameron on the wage dispute between the Admiralty authorities and the Singapore Naval Base Union s an enigma wrapped within a mystery. If Mr. Cameron's report means what it says then his award is ridiculous.
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      263 6 Revies of Views Middle Schools SIX Chew .lit Poh says that' the development of the Chinese middle schools^ should go hand m hand with the planning of the, proposed Nanyang Univer-, sity. i Since a major proportion of, the students will be from, the Chinese schools the University wi!i rel
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      90 6 Sir:— I have to draw your attention to a report appearing m Page 5 of your issue today under th e heading "SINGAPOREAN TO GUIDE NEXT ECAFE MEETING." I am afraid your reporter misunderstood what I said which was m fart as follows: "It was a tribute to the
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      821 6 PREJUDICE HISTORIANS S.r; "Anti-prejudice" m his letter ot March 2 has criticised me for stating m your paper that Nehru'i "Glimpses of World History** is impartial m iti appraisal of the past o( East and West. He bases his criticism on the fact that Nehm U no great historian. I
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    223 7 MEW ARK, New Jersey, Mar 12. (AP> Thirteen workmen, trapped by fire and pitch-black smoke, died yesterday mi n a group o! fermentation tanki under const ru< I ion at tho huge Anheuser-Busch, Inc. Brewery. At least 2S others were injured, or suffered from smoke
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    113 7 LONDON, Mar. 12, (Renter1 Britain's biggest circulation daily paper today urged the Churchill Government 1 o stop America "making dangerous mistakes that could land us m a third world war. The Daily Mirror, a Left wing paper which sells five million copies a day. devoted two
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    385 8 British television receivers are manufactured under licence m Italy. Holland and Franca Some Australian companies m the TV-fiel^ also are British subsidiaries. Australia. with 58 transmitting station s and a vastly expanding viewing audience, manufactures all her own equipment. But despite the
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    21 8 ALL airlines operating through Ceylon have volunteered to fill m documents resiirdir.r inrornin? passengers to avoi< Immigration delays.
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    167 9 Showed Increase WASHINGTON, Mar. 12 (IP* tk n. m January 1953. Russia and Red China imported an estimated 10,750 ton s of natural rubber m sa>T5 a >Tt ry 1953 > com P^ed wi!h 0.-oo tons m January 1952 I said consumption m other STtImSS
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    136 9 Bangkok Sterling Shortage KOK, Mar. 12. (ReutertAP) The sharp increase the pad week m the exchange rate lor sterling curicies m terms of ticala m Bangkok reflecti ttoh o acute immediate shortage of fret 1 the ex cha'n co market. is- t1 pre- Quoted m the open ■nai 4»; 25
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    48 9 IOKVO. Mar 12 (UP) Ch recently to purchase Japanese arts, but trade circles here no trade will resuli 51* n foods are prod from i nent to the i mainland. The inquiry was addre«rri the Japan-Red China TrnJe I romotion Committee, it was *cd.
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    Indo-Jap Technical Aid Pact?
    113 9 NEW DELHI, Mar. 12, (UP) -A >pe> al informal approach has been made through the Indian embassy m Tokyo for a technical assistance agreement between India and Japan, according fb diplomatic sources The Government of Japan is said to have expressed her wfllinfnesj to enter such
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    77 9 photo. I>r. Albert Plesman, President-Director of KLM spent his hour's visit to Singapore Wednesday m the YIP room at Kalian? Airport, en route back to Holland from Indonesia. He is seen here with (left) Mr. Robert Rendle Chief Operations Officer, who welcomed him on behalf of
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    113 9 Standard Market Reporter THE produce market m i Singapore was steady at the lower level for copra yester- day but no business was reported. Copra quotations were $4ny per picul buyers and $41 nctlen for March shipment. $39| and $40 for April shipment and $:*B2 and $391
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    272 9 Authorized credits during the latter half of 11)52 included U5.35.8 million to the State of South Australia, U5593,431,000 to various companies and agencies m Bra/.i!, USSS million to Canada, US$4.5 million to Columbia. US$4.6 million to Mexico. US$5 million to the Philippines, ussi7.Btj7.ono to Portuguese Africa, mv]
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    76 9 JERUSALEM. Mar. 12 (AP) Israel will n ot lift its foreign currency control m the i near future despite agitation for decontrol by ri^htwing Cabinet members. Finance Minister Levi Eshko] made it clear on Tuesday. Introducing the Israeli budget m the Knesset (Parliament), Eshkol said
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    76 9 CALCUTTA. Mar. 12. (R«:,ter)—Tea production m India will be cut this year by 50.000--000 lbs. weight, Mr. KA. Hutchinson. chairman of ihe Indian Tea Association, told 'he Association's annual general meeting yesterday. India's tea industry had alas decided to continue this reduction m future years, to
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      47 9 MAFP^vlf I INF announces that, by mutual arrangement x. L wii n THE BORNEO COMPANY LTD., they will be represented m Singapore and the Federation of Malaya, as from Ist April 1953 ANGLO AMERICAN CORPORATION LTD., Sub-agents for Penang and Port Swettenham: J.H. VAVASSEUR CO., (malaya) LTD.
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      915 9 «ss sp B^.- If^- ?lo > pV I Sido 1! 353 tl S3» I p t S L'S r',", :i le 7 43^;-" m n Three Sons 23u Body-b;nlding croup 530 pm I iirn r llji i-'i :,m SINdAPORK Kl\l.\ II Ml-I 1C Ptwiw "ENTERTAINMENT J^" 1J 1ML »M"{i'"i»-"» R
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    They'll Dance To Aid Sf pore's Crippled Children
    139 10 They'll Dance To Aid S f pore's Crippled Children and THREE shows in aid of the Red Cross Crippled Children's Home will be given by the pupils of Singapore's Art of Dame Studio on March 27, 28 and 2f). and to this end, rehearsals are now in full gwtaff* These
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    Can You Name This Actress?
    233 10 Can You Name This Actress? STAR CONTEST No. 6 \II throu'^li tlii-. week Ihe Singapore standard l»n*««» ni«. its sivih star 4-oniest. Ml Miu've sot to do is t'» mllcrt the pictures and t tipnns for all si\ days ami •.end ih'-m together with tlu* n.tinrs of the st.irs under
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    KENTNER: CHAMPION OF LISZT
    408 10 REHEARSALS for the Musical Society's next two productions the Kentner concerts m April and the Coronation Concerts m June ore veil underway. The Chamber Ensemble, too, is rehearsing a programme of British music for presentation during the Coronation period, probably or the British Council Hall. Louis
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    MUSIC NOTES By 'ANACRUSIS'
    345 10 MUSIC NOTES By 'ANACRUSIS' A "export market" ran appi t riatc his vers it.v by I -ling to 11 ol the >i\ >lin and piano s matas by Bach which Kentner has recently recorded with Vehudi Men thin for Thesp interpret it ons are extraordinarily rich and individualistic and would,
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    THROUGH THE SWING DOOR
    263 10 "BECAUSE YOIRE MINE" "FAITH CAN MOVE MOUNTAINS' (Nut Xin ff Cole) Capitol CL 1.5881. FROM the film that was Shown at the Royal Film Perf"imance. the sons* *"3ecr»use You're Mine" is put o\er m a pleasantly relaxed fashion by Nat "'King" Co'.e with a musiciily unobtrusive
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    STAGEDOOR
    751 10 BARRY OLIVER'S r PHE Singapore Arts Theatre has recently issued its first Review. Independently edited by Mr. John Parry of Raffles Institution, it is a trimly contained magazine of 19 pages, and includes S.A.T. plans. Quotations, verse, and brierf»tinsf comments on Malayan literature, plays and films. There is an
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    OF MEN AND MUSIC
    815 10  -  BILL WEBB JONES By ORIELE Records are to be congratulated! This Bond Street, London, /ceording company are first m the field with a Coronation Souvenir Record, with a special label and all! Mr. J. C. Lam, with whom I chatted, says that this special souvenir record
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    PATTERN SERVICE
    52 10 Rosalind Ratnam IMPORTANT: When ordering a pattern, send m a completed measurement chart, seven coupons and three ten cent stamps. Some readers have only sent me seven coupons without the measurement chart and the stamps. I cannot cut your pattern unless I haw your measurements. I'lease remedy this.
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      159 10 I I s^B M^K| I >•■■ 3 &JSS 3 I iajraa i 'Hi i x \«''K NKTRDUI H »XD KIKIHM.A ARIES 5 mci I 3 Miin I I I 5 the gemixi X '■HI 5 to m c I S I CANCEB- I I i i H i LEO— Ju
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    Rocklites & Navy Battle To A Draw
    185 11 Rocklites Navy Battle To A Draw AFTER 60 minutes of hectic soccer, Rocklites and Koyal Navy (Kranji) shared points m a 2—2 draw m SAfrA's Division 2 league match at Gevlan& stadium yesterday. Highlight of the came w«a the numerous grand goalmouth tuss.es but good Koalkecping by Rockliie>" Enck Yeo
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    Battle For Teal's Life
    129 11 LONDON. Mar. 12 (Reuter)— A battle for the life of Teal, the 1952 Grand National winner, be^nn yesierday m a specially fitted horsebox at Thir.sk m Yorkshire. Teai. withdrawn on Tuesday from this year's race, has undergone a rare operation on a none to restore a
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    IMPRESSIVE START BY SHB POLICE
    161 11 pSwnn°», E Board hTrSAFA v lr flrsl match m when thl DlVlS1 3A league Wi** for the sJeW h nrbou Police inuJT I 1 Sank ir;!n who scored foru-/rH als W u aS the P ick °f the forwards while right winger Omar caught the
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    UK Soccer
    54 11 t DI S B y, RC L H Mar. 12 (Reutei)—Scotland and England drew 2-2 m the first "B" international soccer match between vie two countries her e yesterOther results: League Division ICardiff 1 Bolton 0 League Division IIBirmingham C 1 Swnnsea T 4 League 111 (Northern): Bradford
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    Rugby FC Dance
    50 11 T JO «ORE BAHRU. Thurs.— L he h or e S^ni Ruoby Footoaii uiuu will hold its annual dance on Mar 27 at the Johore Civil Service Club. Tickets are at $5 per head and includ-es a Hot Dog supper P-l»<fiqg_wiH _b'.-:n al 9 p.m. ADF 23
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      339 11 ""\onu:s J -TT'i,; Rajula" hal JN'TENDIXG passengers for been the s.s. "Rajula" should note that m future all heavy baci? M STEVENB age for Nagapattinam and n cttj Council. Madras should be placed )3 alongside the vessel a" the L Singapore Harbour Board ,s >\l or Godown on the day
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      209 11 Coronation Jour Contest R M^VpulaV &SZS££ tan R dard iU <boo.c the who will be honouriS o i- or 8 P ortswoinan of Malaya this land to attend uL l n .°«"«l Representative ot during Ma, Inj'iif SSi' 00 Cerera -o—» ma!?%% m M? y WhHll 1 th ree month
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      539 11 TENDER NOTICE BULKED MILK SUPPLIES 'TENDERS are invited for the •7 Purchase for the period 15th Aprll-31st December, K'oa of the bulked supplies of cows' milk direct from each of the two Veterinary Department Animal Husbandry Station dairies at:-* (i) Kluang. Approximate dany supply i s 100 pints (11) Paroi.
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      580 11 NOTICfcS IN THE ESTATK OF CHARLES VINCENT MCINTYRE Deceased PURSUANT TO TRUSTEES ORDINANCE 1029 JVOTICE is hereby given that Creditors and others having claims against the iptaie of the abovenamed deceased should give notice thereof m writing to us the e r r f Si f ned A So'^itors for
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      717 11 j«| PtIISbWAL ENGLISHMAN <:*s> wishes Io MJ nd with Enirflth iking Chinese girl wfth a vi <. 10 matrimony. Write io Box So T.I 161 SS. SriUATIONS VACANT V \< INCIBB FOR I I Mi- \RV HEALTH IVSPEC'TORS IN THE STATE OF PFRAK APPLICATIONS arc invited lor tposlf of Temporary
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      38 11 Nfcll^r 'X~Z?Zl??Z) M '^rZZftt^ I r V e «i^«!i ICK W.?I fah o uke r^p "< FASTER.'.'] $*P SSSy s Sf^L-Bf-J wi ipi T Lr(J i-i <-> —-> ---_'<-»^ji_iuji_i_. 'V>^*^^*^*.^^N»^p^««'«»«^p^*'«a>^*^»»^^^^ M^ S§ &s£%*4.c*. LOOK AT THE DONT OPEN IT IN I
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    A Rout After Lunch
    163 12 A Rout After Lunch GEORGETOWN, Mar. 11 < Kruten— The fourth M betpreca India and the West In dns took a whs itional turn alter 'unrh when India lost f<»ur wickets tor 17 runs m one hour after putting on 47 ff<»r one at the interval. the- close of pl«
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    Goalkeepers Were Unbeaten
    35 12 OD be:.ny tch between St it B scrips of nc me B "1: Milt Ho, MosI I*. I. G St:i John H "<\l*.S: B- Hn. D R.>d Boe v- X h Hock
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    Chithambaram Cud Soccer
    23 12 Chithambaram Cud Soccer THE fouri "cer R vers ■<'••• I Ren Club V. O. rial Fart r Park c m Tui lay, March 1~.
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    Miri AA Formed
    64 12 a- 12. M. i Road. S >re the Mi:: it ion i I >rmed I c yin« elected Ofl President. N s Vice PreaMeat, M Pakiris Hon. Keerelary. R s Hon. Treasurer; S R X Hon. Auditor. X R i; ommiltrrs: C »rk, A R< gasamy, R.
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    Rugby FC Dance
    33 12 JOHORK BAHRU Th i -The Johoi Fa tball i Will holrl its annual dance M ir. 21 ,t the Johore Civil vailable at $> per head and 11^: I) h supper
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    CHOONGS WELL DOMINATE
    426 12 LONDOX. Mar. 12. (Renter) —Eddie Choong. 22-year-old Malayan badminton star, hopes to win the tingles and men's doubles m the All-England badminton championships which begin at the Empress Hall, on March 18. Choong. who makes a hobby winning badminton Irophies m between his law studies, has already
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    TIGERS TAKE IT EASY
    119 12 Only 4 [For Th 6 Record It vas t r, sotcer—hiii J hi fr>. ftraSva four k,kil s j n th J»th only Division I aSjrjF^S ■Udiiu, >,st,tdaf an h r the a:.,,,;-;,; saw defence, «*ny opportOnii him. .the Malay p ball m only twice Jr^sssf
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    TONIGHT'S FIGHT WILL BE HECTIC AFFAIR
    394 12 TONIGHT'S FIGHT WILL BE HECTIC AFFAIR THERE'S no question about it. Tonight's main c v c n t > between Henry Bray of Fi.u 1 and Mcl Brown of America 1 is going to b e short— but it 1 will most certainly be tne mo<t hectic, give-and-take, battle fight
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    WEIGHTS FOR 3rd DAY
    390 12 Below are the weights for the third day of the Penang races on Saturday. HOBSES Cl 3. Div. 1 1» Furs. Do:id.mg Bayaag 9.04 Hattrick 9.03 ClifkitJ (lick 8.10 Another View 8.10 Geifani Star 809 Palio B.oa Malleable Mouldings B.o<i Majestas 8.05 Binocular 8.04 Many Thinks
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    $6,000 For Spring Cup
    106 12 $6,000 For Spring Cup The Spring Cup rac c valued at $6,000 will highlight the Singapore Turf Club's April meeting on 11. 15 and 18 for horses classes 1 and 3. The race will be over one mile lor horses class 1, div. 1. In addition to this attraction there
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    HOME & HOME IA CRICKET SUNDAY
    77 12 HOME HOME IA CRICKET SUNDAY THE Indian Association, Singapore, will hold a home and home cricket match on the I.A. ground on Sunday. The teams are: B.S. Soin (Cant.). Nadarajah, B.N. Rao. Sivaraj. Vaithilingam, Balachandran. C. M. Madari, T. Motwani. Sharma. B. Rajoo. M. E. Ashraff, Yunos, S. Nair, Mangharam.
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    Only 2 Turn Up
    30 12 JOHQKE BAHRU. Thurs.—The annual general meeting of the Johore Cricket Club was attended by only two member. Consequently no programme for ti'.? coming leason was planned.
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    Asholme Attracts In Final Gallop
    298 12  -  WINDSOR LAD By PENANG, Thurs.— Asholme, a His Eminence gelding, who made a good impression m his first outing when finishing third to Binnton and Constellation on Saturday was very attractive at this morning's workout when sent out m the company of Hilltown. Moving fast
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    JB To Revive Soccer League
    70 12 JOHORE BAHRU. Thars— A number ol i „-ccv enl met yesterday and decid< revive the Johore Baliru District Footbah Association which has not functioned for three y< Representatives of 12 teams and clubs have intimated that they will join a league if it is organised.
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    Throwing-ln
    23 12 ENTRIES for the SAFA McGregor Watt throwing m competing will close on March 25, SAFA's honorary secretary lim Yong Liang "said yesterday.
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    Ford SC Win
    30 12 Ford Sports Club beat Ken 5 Guan Sports Club 3-0 m 1 friendly soccer at Farrer Park yesterday. Boon Choy 2, and Vat Sen% were the scorers.
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    REME Beaten
    25 12 RASC Combined defeated REME Training Centre by two goals to one In a United" Services league match played at Ayer Raya Road yesterday.
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    Ground Unfit
    22 12 All SAFA matches at the BODCA ground m Singapore will be postpones until April 17 as the ground is unfit.
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    Novel Motor Club Rally
    38 12 The S ne l\ v into 1 Particii to travel ovei with have to adh< from o Fin liii o] v tich have their d< si Inn m W Th( outside Mi riage woi
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    18 12 Yesterday's SAFA I league ftxtun I tion s I Settlement Uni I as the groun< I
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      85 12 HAPPY WORLD TONIGHT 9p.m. HENRY BRAY A (CHAMPION OF FIJI) VS 10 rounds Jl HKOVTN MEL BROWN '%f A WORLD CLASS ATTRACTION irfgfe.: m ggSk THE GREAT CLASH BETWEEN THE H |P^ CONQUERORS OF RADRODRO Wm W&,% SUPPORTED BY is^Fl THE v P s S OOl WJkf ricai^o padernal I
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