Singapore Standard, 27 March 1953

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    12 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD ,j 111 X* SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1953. TWELVE PAGES
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    FUTURE OFFICERS OF MALAY REGIMENTS
    30 1 Thirty-three potential officers of the Federation and Malay Regiments who left Singapore for the I nit*>d Kingdom yesterday m the trooper Empire Orwell, for training.
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    THE QUEEN HAS ORDERED THIRTY DAYS MOURNING
    229 1 THE QUEEN HAS ORDERED THIRTY DAYS MOURNING Mar. ?6.— Plans for the burial of Queen ii i\ ami the staging of Queen Elizabeth's a hedufod on June 2 went on side by i Ike royal court of saddened Britain. Th€ •> k- of the £5-vccr-old Queen grandmother \vi:i be carried
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    Police Greet Pilot & Wife
    26 1 Police Greet Pilot Wife E iro C i. 'ion, :rr an v d aero--1 this mcd raft g on hout arance ■^rtiftthe askraft on I :ves-
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    Super Fighter
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    MAO'S GREETING
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    After Alert A Submarine
    182 1 i a t?S ard Shi PP in Reporter IHE Royal Navy submarine Telemachus, and HMS Tyne, a destroyer depo t ship, anchored m Singapore harbour yesterday for "routine exercises It is very rare for suoi marines to anchor mi n harbour They are usually based at
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    Council Arson
    37 1 A GANG of youths dashed into the British Council building last night, pitched a bottle of gasoline into the library and set it on lire. Firemen extinguished the biaze before it caused serious damage AP
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    JAP REPATRIATES
    36 1 TWO ships with 971 Japanese repatriates from North China and Inner Mongolia ar- rived at Ifaizuru, former imperial naval base yesterday, on the first phase of moving 30,000 Japanese out of Red China. AP
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    PENANG MANHUNT ON
    468 1 Swimmers Shot At Off Esplanade PENANG, Thurs.— The search for Lee Khuan Kaw and Chan Kwong Siew, the two youths accused of the David Chen murder who escaped from Penang prison during the trial took a dramatic turn last night. ♦v Th i 5 s i ea
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    HC PRAISES POLICE WHO 'BAG' 3 REDS
    187 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— Three more terrorists have been killed by security forces m the Federation. A European Police lieutenant was killed m an action against terrorists m the Sun? gei Siput area, Perak this morning. The Police lieutenant was m a Police patrol
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    JAP HUMAN TRAFFIC UP
    61 1 TOKYO, Mar. 26 (AFP* Human traffic is on a sharp increase m Japan despite the apparent progress m the co;r> try's democratization, an oi\k» ciaT survey indicated. Juvenile victims of human traffic from July, 1951 to June, 1952 totalled 1,489, more than double of the preceding
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    Japs Are Warned
    31 1 PREMIER Yoshida yesterday snid the Japanese people must all make every eftor: to protect the country from Communists who "have already invaded Korea and now threaten Japan. Reuter
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    Red Envoy
    30 1 PEIPING Radio said this morning the new Soviet ambassador to Communist China. Vash i 1 y Kuznetsov, left Moscow by air for his new post on Tuesday. UP
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    40 Minute-Gun Salute For Queen
    127 1 40 MinuteGun Salute For Queen THE COLONY'S offit ial salute m memory of the late Queen Mary will be fired from Blakang Mati by the Singapore Regiment (R.A.) at 12 noon today. The salute will consist of 40 minute-guns i.e. the shots will be fired at one-minute intervals. The Rulers
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    Pastor Gets 12 Years
    70 1 BERLIN, Mar. 26, (UP)— A Communist court sentenced a East German Protestant pastor to 12 years m prison on charges of "hostile utterances against the state" m the second trial of Soviet zone clergymen m two weeks, the Evangelical Church announced today. The Evangelical Church headquarters
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    Visit To Taipei
    23 1 LIEUT. Gen. O. Daniel, VS. Commander-in-Chief, Land Forces m the Pacific, an m Taipei yesterday on a tourday visit. AFP
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    You Monkey!
    24 1 IN India, whore monkeys are holy, it is now officially permissible for one member of Parliament to call another a simian. AP
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    BID TO FREE 300
    26 1 THE Chinese Government has taken steps to get the Philippine government release 300 political prisoners arrested on suspicion of being Lommunist. AFP
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    SAIGON FIRE
    20 1 FIRE devastated the strawhut sector of Saigon this evening destroying some 2.000 huts and rendering 20.000 homeless AFP
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    POOL ANTI-RED FORCES- CLARK
    158 1 TAIPEI, Mar. 26 (Reuter-AAP) All anti-Com-munist forces m the Far East should be co-ordinated and unified m their common fight against Communism. The situation m Hongkong. Philippines, and the wars m Korea and Indo-China should not be dispersed and decisions affecting these areas should be co-ordinated,
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    9-Month Old Bride
    102 1 POLICE HALT WEDDING OF CHILDREN AHMEDABAD, Mar. 26 (AP)— Police intervened at a nearby village to prevent the projected marriage of a 12-month-old bridegroom to a nine-month-old bride. Officials said parents of the babies arranged the marriage soon after the children were born. They planned to conduct
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    WANTED
    65 1 CHAN AH SIEW alias Chan Kwo n g Siew (above) and Lee Khuan Kau alias Ah Khen alias Lee Khoon. the two Chinese youths who made a sensational jail break from Penang prison on Wednesday, figure m a Mala£ wide manhunt. Both youths are on trial on a charge
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    END DUKE'S EXILE CALL
    82 1 LONDON, Mar. 26 (AP) As Britain prepared to bury i\s beloved Queen Mary. Lord Beaverbrook's Daily Express ?aid today the death of the iegai matriarch is a cue for her eldest son, the Duke of Windsor, to return to England *o live. "Let the mourning end
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    Agreement On Pay Scales
    216 1 Standard Staff Reporter IN the negotiations between the Government and the Postal and Telecom munications Workers and General Clerical Services Unions, agreement has been reached on the salary scales throughout their range, according to a Government statement last night. After the first three probationary years. thi
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    EXPLOSIONS
    30 1 A SERIES of severe explosion yesterday rocked the North German port city, one of Germany's largest war time naval bases, and police broadcast appeals to the popula.ion homes. UP
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    Croc Shortage
    27 1 PROFESSIONAL crocodile shooters may desert Australia's Northern Territory after this year, because they are becoming scarce m all rivers within reasonable distance oX Darwin. AP
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    Yard After The Mystery Man
    227 1 LONDON, Mar. 26 (AP)— Scotland Yard homicide men pressed grimly ahead today with an inch-by-inch search of the drab "Murder Flat" m Notting Hill Which has yielded up the bodies of four strangled women. All four had been strangled with a thin cord or wire.
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    3 EXHIBITED IN PUBLIC
    108 1 HONGKONG, Mar. 26 (Reu-ter-AAP) Chinese reaching here from the mainland claimed today that the thre e Americans captured last Saturday \x\ the yacht Ken had been publicly exhibited on the day after their arrival at Tangchiawan under an armed escort. These arrivals said the Americans had
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    ADLAI HERE ON APRIL 5
    171 2 MR, Adlai Stevenson, the Democratic Party's candidate In America*! im.vj Presidential .ous. will arrive m Singapore on April 5. spend three days m the Fedcra:ion, and lour m Singapore when he returns on April 13 from a trip to Indonesia. On April 14 he will
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    Health Talks
    25 2 TWENTY-FIVE representatives from Singapore .ire j among the 2,500 delegates atI tending an annual four-day health conference at Hastings. England, beginning Apr. 23.
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    3 New Schools For This Year
    368 2 SINGAPORE Is one of thosr places where one should dine shirtless, according to Chief Officer Ole Nislev. 33. of the Danish freighter Morelia, who has called here at least 25 times. He is seen here tuncking m on the boat-deck. He said: "If I
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    Magistrate Lauds Clerk's Public Spirit
    183 2 REMARKING that public spiritedness is a great thing m Singapore, especially m the field of crime, the Singapore Second District Judge. Mr. P.H. D'Netto, yesterday commended a Sikh clerk for helping the Police to apprehend a man. A.S.P. Mr. Peter Ball, prosecuting said he would
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    STONE LAID FOR NEW ARMY SCHOOL
    51 2 THE foundation for a new British Army school at Pasir Panjang was laid yesterday by Major General A. G. OCarroll Scott, G.O.C. Singapore Base District. The school will be situated at Portsdowne Panjang, and will be cailed the Road. Wessex Estate Pasir Panjang Primary
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    Family Pay In Borneo
    62 2 THE North Borneo Junior Civil Service Union at their annual conference next Saturday will consider a proposal to ask the Colony's Government to grant family allowances to its junior civil servants. Mr. Urn Yew Hock. Labour member of the Singapore Legislative Council, promised to help the
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    COURT TOLD: BROTHER EMBEZZLED $200,000
    199 2 AN ALLEGATION that his brother had embezzled between $200,000 to $300,000 of his father's money, was made by Chew Chan Shing during his public examination before the Chief Justice, Sir Charles MurrayAynsley, m the Singapore High Court yesterday. Chew said that he was one of
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    The Tables Are Turned
    72 2 THE Singapore Fifth Police Co art Magistrate Mr. Donald 11. Chapman, yesterday acquitted an accused person without hearing the case and then ordered a warrant of arrest against his complainant who had failed to appear m court. When the case came up, Inspector A.B. Jacobs, the
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    Covt. Told: Get Workers Choice
    353 2 Arbitration Board Chairman SINGAPORE political and trade union leaders yesterday described as a "violation of democratic principles" Government's rejection of the nomination of Sir Cheng-lock Tan by the Postal and Government clerks to preside on the arbitration board to hear their case. Mr. Lim Yew
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    3 ROBBERS SENT TO JAIL
    86 2 THREE men were yesterday sentenced to various terms ut imprisonment by Mr. Justice WhittOn i:i the Singapore Assizes for conspiring to commit armed robbery at a house m Seng Poh Road on the morning of Sept. 24 last year. The accused were Ong Koon Seng,
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    Board Observes Minute's Silence
    260 2 THE SINGAPORE Rural Board observed a oneminute silence yesterday m memory of Queen Mary, who died two days ago. Other matters arising at the Board meeting yesterday include: The Board's Loyalty Address to Queen Elizabeth has been sent by the Governor Sir John Nicoll, to the
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    NO THREAT OF GENERAL STRIKETUCBOSS
    330 2 SINGAPORE'S working class knows its responsibility and will not go on strike until all other methods of negotiation fail, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, president of the Singapore Trade Union Con- < gress, which claims a membership of more than 60,000 workers, told The Standard yesterday.
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    PAYNE'S TALK ON THE GOLDEN ACE'
    47 2 MR KEITH PAYNE'S next talk m the series "The World Around Us" will be held on Mar. 31 instead of Apr 1 at the British Council Hall at ti p.m. The title of the talk will be "The Golden Age. 1851—1873."
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    'INTER-MARRIAGE LAW IS OUTMODED'
    236 2 'INTER-MARRIAGE LAW IS OUTMODED' Vercficf Of Spore Y«,.* Standard Staff Reporter MANY young Chinese men and women m Singo DO r it is on outmoded law which does not recoqniso m« J COnsi <*er \u Christians and non-Christians. Qr "Qges bet*,* They were commenting on the ruling of the Chief
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    TWO END TRAINING IN MALAYA
    52 2 TWO Burmese officers who returned to Rangoon by air yesterday after a jungle warfare training course m Malaya. They are Lieut. Tin San. right, of the 11th Burma Rifles, and Captain Tin Konko of the Officers' Training School Maymyo. Both officers spent four days ■*n»i«ri«»
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    COOL CLOTHES-YES! -BUT 'UNDRESS'-NO!
    157 2 COOL CLOTHES- YES! -BUT 'UNDRESS '-NO! SINGAPORE men and women favour cool clothes for the hot weather mi horrified at any "undr* suggestion. Tin' Standard was told yesterday. They were commenting on a report that Nigeria*! H< of Represents' vcs ed the question of whether people should be allowed to
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    POLVTECH TALKS
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    COMPETITION TO IMPROVE PADI QUALITY
    9 3 COMPETITION TO IMPROVE PADI QUALITY a r■v 10 I
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    Kiwi League Meeting
    24 3 THE Kiwi Members' League will hold its sixth annual general meeting on Sunday, at the British Council Hali, at AW. 15
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    Singapore Flower Show
    62 3 photo. Sh?i S It N thJ I H?nJ lE^? 1U S E o i. todayfs Si «^pore Flower P rt* of thl 2 aP ft y W o r l d sladi r wiM be orchids 'rom all AND THESE ARE THE FLOWERS that figure m the
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    750,000 Coronation Lamps For Singapore
    349 3 Standard Staff Reporter e x nce V^ GAP R deolers ot supplies bLckouTs d eIeCUICaI a PP ]ian «s since the end of told A Th? r s, Sen H at i, Ve .K f the General El «tric Company had w« !n?H f ard
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    Examinette Keelan Gets The Go Signal
    89 3 SINGAPORE'S wnjiini *'L" driver* win v lrguireiiK-nts for the post. Mrs. Keelan told Tkc Standard: "I think I will liuni^ the war. she drove ambulance triuks for tho \rouwen Automobile Corps, a Dutch women's vonntee, or P s stationed m SouLbtya. Java. ATl°eTthe ran
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    ENROLMENT BY PRIORITY
    69 3 ENROLMENT into the Singapore Anglo-Chinese Primary School will be by priority, the principal Mr. Thio Chan Bee. told The Standard yesterday. Children born m 1946 will stand a better chance of enrolment than those born later The school has accommodation for 120 and already "quite a number
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    8 WANT WORK AS BUILDERS TUTORS
    42 3 THE Singapore Education Department has received applications from about eight instructors for the School for Builders at the Technical School. The Deputy Director of Education, Mr. R. E. Inche. said they would be interviewed next week.
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    New System For Grading Results
    324 3 SCHOOL CERTIFICATE EXAM. Standard Staff Reporter A NEW system for grading results of future overseas Cambridge School Certificate examinations, far which thousands of Singapore students sit yearly, will be introduced this year, according to circular sent to the Education Department by the I/niversity of Cambridge
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    Cinema's Vital Influence In Backward Areas
    185 3 UNSOPHISTICATED audi- ences welcome educational j or documentary films only when they .see a familiar environment oti the screen. To overcome this dirticulty (he C onial Film Unit has Introduced a scheme of procine camera t nipment and film to colonial territories. This imment
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    Kentner Recital On April 12
    68 3 A CELEBRITY concert will be held m Singapore on Apr. 12 at 8.45 p.m. at Victoria Memorial Hall. Famous pianist Louis Kentner, will play works by Hadyn, Beethoven, Liszt, Chopin and Brahms. Two orchestral concerts wiil fellow this recital, on Apr. 14 and 16, when
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    Katong Catholics To Stage Passion Play
    176 3 SINGAPORE teachers, bank clevks and university students are among more than 50 people from all walks of life who will take part m a Passion play to be staged by the Katong Catholic Church at St. Patrick's School on Mar. 29, 30 and Apr.
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    Radio Ceylon Broadcasters To Be Trained Here
    236 3 Radio Ceylon Broadcasters To Be Trained Here SCHOOL broadcasters from Radio Ceylon will undergo training at Radio Malaya under a new training scheme concluded between the British, Malayan and Ceylon Governments. The scheme will be financed by the British Government and comes under the Colombo Plan Technical Assistance Programme. Mr
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    Deaths By Cancer Doubled In S'pore
    223 3 Deaths By Cancer Doubled In S' pore CANCER deaths m Singapore have increased by nearly double during the last six years, according to Registry of Births and Deaths figures. Th c number of cancer deaths for 1947 was 275. Since then the yearly figures have shown a steady increase. Although
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    Two Women Amused The Magistrate
    100 3 TWO women, who were yesterday charged m the Singapore Fifth Police Court with obstructing a road, amused the Magistrate, Mr. D. EL Chapman. The first woman. 67-year-old Yoh Chue Neo. who pleaded guilty. said she was caught because she could not run from the police.
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    She's Been Job Hunting For Year
    127 3 A FORTY-YEAR-OLD Chinese widow, who has been job hunting since her husband died more than a year ago. is perhaps the most puzzled woman m Singapore today. The woman, Loh Kai Chee, told The Standard yesterday that inquiries for work as a sweeper at
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    'Last Chance To Make Good' Plea
    85 3 WONG Fan Cheong (24) asked the Singapore Fifth Police Court Magistrate, Mr. D.H. Chapman, "to give me this last chance to make good* after he had pleaded guilty to a charge of gambling— his fifth conviction on similar charges. Mr. Chapman said: "His record
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    HAD NO LICENCE
    27 3 FOR removing 13 kattif of coffee powder at Jalan Panchor, Muar, without a permit, Ho Teen Poon was fined $70 by tha Muar Maaistrata.
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    POSTAL GIRLS FIGHT FOR MEN CLERKS
    121 4 at i meeting with represen--1 Singapore cnt yesterday, the negot t« am of the Postal and Telegraph Union again pressed for revisona m the woman postal clerks' salaries corresponding to revisions already agreed /or the men postal clerks. Mrs. Poley, the women's representative on
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    Prisoner Gets Rotan
    60 4 IPOH, Thurs. For attackfcvu fellow prisoner with a hammer, Lav Man Sang (25) a s today sentenced by Mr j Justice Pretheroe to sevsn years rigorous imprisonment •nd 12 strokes of the rotan. Lav admitted causing grie•OUJ hurt to Wong Siew Leon* at Taiping Prison Lav will
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    Storm Breaks Out Over Onn's Speech
    398 4 KUALA LUMPUR, ThUTB. Dato Onn bin Ja'afar, the Member for Home Affairs and founder of the Independence of Malaya Party, was today accused of being antiChinese by the MCA publicity chiof, Mr. Tan Siew Sin. Mr. Tan was replying to the attack on the
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    'ANTI-CHINESE' M.C.A. CALLS IT
    444 4 'ANT I -CHIN ESE' M.C.A. CALLS IT a Singapore Malay language newspaper. attacked Dato Onn's speech, which it described as "untimely and deplorable." The editorial entitled "Where Is The Dato Leading to?" said: "His remark that the Chinese organisations m Malaya are trying to make the country the 30th province
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    SPCA OFFICERS
    79 4 AT the annual general meeting of 'he Singapore Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, it was decided to increase the membership fee to $10 a year. A new committee was elected: president Mr. C. L. Edwards; vice-president Mr. V. j W. Frampton: general secretary Miss L.
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    Ho Speech Parties For Sailors Now
    199 4 iiehind Bamboo Curtain Standard Shipping Reporter RED China has now forbidden foreign sailors to fraternise with the Chinese, according to the crew of the Danish East Asiatic freighter Morelia, which arii\ed here yesterday after her first visit to Taku Bar and Tsingtau since the
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    "PSC Must Be Independent"
    164 4 Standard Staff Reporter A CALL to the Singapore Government to reorganise «he Public Service Commission and make it an independent body like the judiciary was made yesterday by Labour City Councillor, Mr. Philip .Williams. Mr. William?, who had previously urged the Government to hold an enquiry
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    SOH TONG DROWNS
    34 4 SOH TONG a 67-year-old sampanman fell oft his boat while at work. H e was later fished out of. the Telok Aver Basin by other sampanrnen. Attempts to revive him failed.
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    Marriage Debate
    31 4 THE Sultan Idris Training College and the Methodist English School. Tanj on g Malim, will take part m a debate on a motion that interracial marriages should be abolished.
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    BID TO FREEZE VALUE OF PRIVATE BUS CO'S
    197 4 A MORATORIUM m public transport may be imposed m Singapore as soon as a decision is reached on how much of the existing network can be operated under one central authority. This question is now being studied m unofficial circles as a
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    Clerk Jailed On Trust Charge
    232 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs Entrusted with a car under a h J re purchase agreement with Messrs Cycle and Carriage, Ong Ang Ec, a 42-year-old salesman committed criminal Prem^smg™' Ong today pleaded guilty before the President of the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court, Mr. J. G. Adams,
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    Orphans Get $343 More
    123 4 READERS of The Standard and Sm Chew Jit Poh have sent further sum of $343 for the four Singapore Chinese children, who were left destitute, when they lost their widowed mother on Monday. Total donations now stand at $705. Yesterday, The Standard received $50 and a
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    Politics Bad For Govt. Men —Sandosham
    257 4 Politics Bad For Go vt. Men Sandosham PROFESSOR A. A. Sandosham of the University of Mal,' iv a, told The Standard yesterday that it was undesirable for Singapore civil servants to paiticipate m politics He was commenting on the recommendations made by the Masterman committee that British civil servants should
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    No. 13 Was Not Unlucky
    121 4 THIRTEEN Singapore families of Kampong Chia Heng. off Thomson Road, who had been living m anxiety for the past two months were a happy lot yesterday when Mr. J. M. De-vereux-Colebourn, City Police Magistrate, told them "that no mandatory order to pull down their huts
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    Anti-Rabies Drive In Kajang Area
    56 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— Veterinary officers have intensified the campaign against unvaccinated dogs following an outbreak of rabies m an estate near Kajang All owners of dogs m that district have been asked to bring their dogs for vaccination. Dogs later found to be unvaccinated will
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    RUBBER, TIN CLOSING PRICES
    67 4 Standard London Correspondent LONDON, Mar. 26 The following arc the closing prices or rubber and tin on London Market today: LONDON RUBBER LONDON TIM fc?,, d Spot £941 per tori "43 'sellers. Oct/De? \IA Three m nHls: £931 Aoril c^'f \^A buyerS £935 sellers Apnl Clf
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    Curfew Turns George Town Info Ghost City
    287 4 Curfew Turns George Town Info Ghost City PENANG, Thurs.— Georo P t o ghost city during c.rfew hours fc*° s on y people movmg obout w er o \l 9k H police and the police volunteer V ""K Hawkers and food vendor" v rC were caught unawares by the curl.'
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    CHINESE POLICE: TARGET SHORT OF 239
    170 4 CHINESE POLICE: TARGET SHORT OF 239 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— There are m the Federation Police Force 1,761 Chinese— 239 short of the target figure the Malayan Chinese Association undertook to provide m ten months from April last year. Of this total. 1 ill are serving m various b. anches ol
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    Ist Women's Voice Out
    150 4 THE struggle m raising the status of women m Malaya. India. China, Persia or elsewhere m the world, is one which should have the complete support of women throughout the world, says Woman's Voice, published for the first time yesterday by the Singapore Council of Women.
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    Two Concerts For Coronation
    50 4 THE Singapore Musical Society's Contribution to the Singapore Coronation Celebrations will be two gala concerts m Victoria Memorial Hall 09 June 5 and 7. Guest pianist and conductor Walter Susskind will give <\ pia.io recital and conduct society's orchestra m work.- r>v Handel, Mozart, Parry and
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    DACHING OFFENCE
    38 4 KU CHING, who waa found guilty of selling pork at Kandang Ulu. Muar. without a licence, and using a daching which had not been registered. I was fined SLM) on rnch charge by the Muar Magistrate.
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    ELIMINATE MIDDLEMEN -SURRIDGE
    177 4 ELIMINATE MIDDLEMEN -SURRIDGE SINGAPORE markets should be enlarged to permit food producers sell their food themselves and eliminate middlemen. This opinion was expressed by Mr. B. J. Surridge. Adviser on Co-operation to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, at a press conference, yesterday. The Chinese vegetable and pig rearers,
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    Toiping Transfer
    26 4 IXCHE Abdul Rahman bin Haji Dautl of the Agricultural Department has left Taiping for Sungei Patani to take up duties as Asst Replanting Officer.
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    Council To Probe Workers' Demands
    437 4 THE Singapore City Council will investigate the claim of about 1,500 skilled and semi-skilled dailyrated employees for increase m wages, Mr. T P F McNeice, the president, told a press conference yesterday. Mr. McNeice was commenting on the strike threat by the City Council Labour
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    Penang Curfew Extended
    66 4 Penang Curfew Extended Town l U v l* w for lonfchi „3 t^ I'"**1 ■■ft i m u?T lh territorial 111 rounding ftniLi? 1 WHrtimie t,, b"\ Njnd place c a I)r( -i A U'»\( ninicnt nr>v meni sUt*d; Charrh sincf MM „nb ''™n Sri ■ervicf rrom Pnuuin from 5
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    30 4 arch.' I ing arc! Sch( versi ends I lay. sun Domj I arc: Und y for nies. Mr. C pape:- by world new injq tectin the
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    19 4 COMPKTITORS Pen m. Pa:. Perak kt talentime show m T.i. tmomh m i Nort! i towship I;]-"
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    48 5 MALAYAN Railway may soon be getting coal to power its steam locomotives from Thailand, states an AP report from Bangkok. The Thai Mines Department, it is learned, has sent samples of lignite found m large quantities m Thailand, for trial by the Malayan Railway.
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    Emergency Has United Malayans'— Gen. Templer
    479 5 Emergency Has United Malayans'— Gen. Templer mOOO'OOO POWtR STAftON OPENED encv whtl. L^ UR Th The Emergfrom Ul h OYe divided community Deo^le^ M ay had m f ni h Fede roZn W H° y v Cr r r before "Sieved. »»«e GeroW T. i' 9h Commissioner, General Sir *60,WK)
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    New Perak Party May Be Formed
    92 5 4u IPOH, Thurs— Something *hot f is brewing m the political pot m Perak Reliable sources predict that a new political party will soon emerge with very strong backing from an influential group of businessmen, professional men and State Councillors This new politiral Party
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    277 5 THE tradition of offering employment and paying wages on a day to day basis has not only become outmoded and inconsistent with the economic system of the workers prevailing m the country but also disreputable among trade union members. This statement was made last night
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    Fingerprints Caught Him After 20 Years
    118 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs Fingerprints taken twenty years ago led to the arrest of a deportee, Chong l<<trtn U'irnno- I Chong, charged with returning to the Federation after he was banished to China m 19-J2. was committed to trial at the Assizes by the lower
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    Cheaper Electricity
    404 5 The Member for Economic \fTairs. Mr A. Spencer, who I also Chairman of the Central Electricity Board, said the now station was first conceived nine yean ago. It was a bold proposal to build a Hu.ooo-kiiowau station m country where the biggest load previously known was no more
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    272 5  - CASE FOR NANYANG NOT MADE SIR ALEXANDER SAYS Standard Staff Reporter THE Nanyang University is not the solution to the problems facing the many non-English speaking Chinese students m the country, Sir Alexander CarrSaunders, founder of the University of Malaya, said at a press conference yesterday. The ca.se for another
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    Accused Sick Case Put Off
    59 5 THE hearing of a case m the Singapore Fifth Police Court was stopped abruptly yesterday when an old and sickly man accused of offering a bribe to a police constable ran out of the courtroom and became sick. He returned and complained that he had
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    289 5 Sir Alexander Carr-Saunders yesterday appealed to the people to support the University of Malaya and continue to contribute towards its endowment fund. AT a press conference he said the $5,500,000 contributions so far made to the fund was "very generous." This, he added was only
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    RED CROSS JUNIORS HAVE A TASK
    138 5 RED CROSS JUNIORS HAVE A TASK JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. The British Red Cross Society i if depending on the 500 of its Junior members m Johore to carry on :he work that is at present being done by Red Cross personnel who had' come from England, Miss V. Climen•on. Red
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    211 5 PENANG, Thurs.— The Chief Police Officer, Penang, Mr. JJ.R.H. Burns has declared the territorial waters surrounding Penang Island to be a protected place from 7 p.m. yesterday evening until further notice. While this order is m force the following classes of vessels are permitted to enter, sail
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    Mr. Godwin Marches On
    687 6 JN three weeks' time television viewers m the United States will be seeing a March of Time film called "Life m Malaya under the Emergency." Our hope is that this film will be more intelligent Ihan some of the political observations made recently m Kuala Lumpur
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    Review of Views
    324 6 Review of Views Malay Business j ONE of the reasons why Ma-| lay business enterprises have, suffered losses is that they, have been badly run, says, Utusan Melayu. Sentiment, and lack of discipline are* often features of Malay* business. < The paper says that those whoi have shares m transport
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      EXCHANGE CONTROL BILL
      586 6 Sir: I have read the reports of the Legislative Council on the reading of the Exchange Control Bill, which. In view of the former Bill's withdrawal, can only have been passed because of the assurance of the Attorney-General contained m the Objects and Reasons. Apart from good
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      IN VERY BAD TASTE
      228 6 Sir.— May I say how much I regret that what was otherwise a brilliant first number of FA.JAR. organ of the University Socialist Club, was marred by a couple of paragraphs written m very bad taste? To say. even jokingly, that the British University Debating team
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      250 6 Sir; The road m which I live has changed its name three times m the past year. First it assumed a borrowed name Havelock Road. Then, a few months later, we were officially advised that it would henceforth be known as Ganges Road. Lately, all the official
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      14 6 "Deserted her ten years airo! thought he tnme under the Mew amnesty!"
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    British Or American Democracy?
    979 6 I AM not sure that Mr. Paul Yui, President of the Kinematograph Renters Society of Malaya, is accurate when he says that there is no law which can compel people to see films. I hold there is an economic law operated by American film distributors, which
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    BEGGING
    562 6 1 Sir: I rannot help but 1 agree with Dr. C J. Paglar's 1 appeal m the Legislative Council recently to stamp out^ begging m the Colony. Nightly at various restaurants or cafes we are pestered by beggars. Some of :he more timid beggars go quietly away after failing
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    141 6  - ALEX JOSEY FSJKLFJFD n not be mu.-h tnoren able to shov Malaya a matter where of origin 0 A up with lad B m prefer, ran flln the appeal I first place. Id 4 it unreason;.. As for the I good foreign fl Mr. Yui listed, he k i course,
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    Burma Asks UN To Brand Chiang An Aggressor'
    288 7 Burma Asks UN To Brand Chiang An Aggressor' nM)\ M»*. 26, (Reuter).— Burma yesterday R l i nited Nations to brand Nationalist China kJ thc r .or maintaining: troops on Burmese soil. V* Minister Sao Hkun Hkio cabled the Secretary-General Mr. Trygve Lie 12.000 Chinese Nationalists were rmese countryside and
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    THE FINAL BULLETIN
    34 7 THE FINAL BULLETIN This United Press radiophoto shows Queen Lluabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh leaving Marlborough House after visiting Queen Mary shortly before her death. At right is the bulletin announcing her death.
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    US-PI Talks On Far East
    24 7 be AFP Ntaj marked urs „t iiKlcprrulrnce J^J" military (lis,)! a > of Hfannnt uml AP ton h ive tern
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    World News InBrief...
    153 7 World News InBrief... the big earthquake of March IK which caused 250 fatalities. A P X \i l.\l. segregation m Oov- r unit nt support* (J schools at I tiited Stales army bases is to end by September, the White House announced. Reuter present very severe radio disturbance is forecast
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    UK Tells Russia: Show By Deeds
    65 7 UNITED NATIONS, Mar. 26. (UP) Britain called upon Russia and her Cominform partner^ yesterday to "make It clear by deeds that the i iimate is changing" m the cold war. But the British delegate, Sir Gladwyn .Tebb, cautioned tne United Nations against overoptimism. "We
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    Riots In Jammu, New Delhi
    151 7 NEW DELHI, Mar. 26 (Reuter)—Police broke up demonstrations m Jammu, Kashmir, and New Delhi yesterday as Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru turned down an appeal m parliament here for a conference with Hindu leaders demanding full integration of Jammu with India. Police opened fire m Jammu
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    Mme. Chiang Returns
    27 7 MADAME Chiang Kai-shek, arrived m Taipei by air yesterday after an 8-month stay abroad. President Chiang was at the airport to meet her. AFP
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    Mayer In US For Talks
    138 7 Mayer In US For Talks WASHINGTON. Mar. 26, (Renter)— m. Rene Mayer, French Premier, arrived here yesterday for talks with the Eisenhower Government, accompanied by Foreign Minister Georges Bidault. Financial Minister Maurice BourgesManoury and Minister for Associated States. Jean Letouvneau. M. Mayer expressed confidence of victory m Korea i that
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    India Forms New State
    79 7 NEW DELHI. Mar. 25, (AP) Prime Minister Jawaharlal Xehru yesterday told parliament the new Andhra state, comprising 11 Telegu speaking districts presently m Madras Slate would be born officially on Oct. 1, 1953. The new province, embracing L' 2 million people, must locate its capital city
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    Court Inspection
    47 7 MAHADEVAN Sathasivam, Ceylon test cricketer was taken yesterday with two guards m a closed car to the home where he is accused of having murdered his estranged wife Ananda on Oct. 9, 1951. The judge, jury and counsel all went to inspect the house Reuter
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    TRIBUTE TO QUEEN MARY
    460 7 Churchill Makes Moving Speech To The Nation LONDON Mar 26 Prime Minister Winston Churchill paid tribute to Queen Mary last night with the eloquence that has made him one of history's most moving speakers. In a nationwide broadcast, Mr. Churchill referred to the late Dowager Queen
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    'YARD' EXAMINES HOUSE OF MURDER
    298 7 LONDON, Mar. 26, (AP).— Scotland Yard detectives yesterday night pried open, scraped and minutely examined every inch of a grimy house of murder that has yielded the bodies of four partly clothed women. Three of the victims were young. All were poor and worked: worn
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    UK Socialists Object To Formosan Training
    186 7 PROTEST TO US URGED LONDON, Mar. 26, (AP).— British Socialists yesterday asked Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden to protest to the United States against amphibious warfare training of Chinese Nationalist forces on Formosa. Emmanuel Shinwell, Defence Minister m the former Labour' Government tabled a question
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    PoW Riots Quelled
    80 7 PUSAX. Korea, Mar. 26, (AP) Allied security troops quelled three separate uprisings by Communist North Korean prisoners of war and civilian internees on Koje, Pongam and Yoncho Islands Monday and Tuesday. The U.N. prisoner of war command, reporting today on the latest shows of rebellion m the
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    Life Imprisonment
    42 7 THE death sentence :he first ever imposed m Canberra on Vincent George Dixon, 28, on Feb. 24 for criminally assaulting an injured nurse. was yesterday commuted to life imprisonment without remissions by the Australian Governor General, Sir William Mc-Kell Reuter
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    36 7 HO CHI MIXH, IndoChina's rebel leader, has sent a message to Georgi Malenkov saying his government was determined to draw even closer to Russia, the New China News Agency (Communist) reported m Hongkong yesterday. Reuter AAP
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    63 7 CAIRO. Mar. 26, (AP>— Former Premier Aly lUaher, chairman of the 50-man commission entrusted to formulate Egypt's future constitution, announced the country might turn over to a ''parliamentary republic at the end of General Xaguib's three-year transitional government. In a communique, Maher said that a five-man constitutional
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    Ammo Depot Fire
    45 7 A SMALL munition depot containing rifle cartridges caught fire and exploded Jate yesterday afternoon at Boyati, some 20 miles northeast of Athens. No loss of life or material damage was reported. The cause of the fire has not yet been ascertained AP
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    Jap Legation In NZ
    19 7 TWO Japanese diplomats have arrived m Wellington. New Zealand to reopen the Japanese Legation. AFP
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    World Mourns Death
    265 7 World Mourns Death THE world mourned the passing of a great Queen yesterday. Leaders of the Commonwealth and nations of the rest of the world wrote their official message of condolence but they only reflected the sorrow felt by ordinary people for Queen Mary. AUSTRALIA: Premier Robert Menzies moving an
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    India Auctioned Pak. Plant—Charge
    54 8 KARACHI. Mar. 2G. (Renter) Sardar Abdur Rab Nifbtar, Pakistan Minister of Industries, al'egcd In parliament here yesterday that a plant allocated to Pakistan under German war reparations had boon auctioned m Bombay. 'Despite our best effort! we have not been able to persuade India to transfer
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    17 Vessels Made Direct China Run
    267 8 HONGKONG, Mar. 26, (UP).— Seventeen merchant ships made direct voyages from Europe to the Chinese Communist port of Whampoa during the four weeks between Feb. 6 and Mar. 6, it was reported today. A reliable source said that nine of the 17 ships were
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    21,500-Ton Tanker Is Launched
    157 8 BREMEN. Mar. 26, (AP) Aristotle Onassis, Greek- born Argentine millionaire shipowner, attended the launching ceremonies here yesterday of his 21,500-ton Olympic Cloud, largest tanker built by a German yard since the end of the war. Onassis told reporters that 23 more tankers for his fleet are
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    499 JAPANESE SHIPS SEIZED
    60 8 TOKYO, Mar. 26; (UP).— The Japanese Maritime Satety Board announced today 'hat 499 fishing boats and other vessels flying the Japanese flag were 'illegally" captured by the Russians, Koreans and both the Nationalist and Communist Chinese from May 1. 1948 to Mar. 25. 1953. Crewmen captured
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    Produce: No Big Deals
    100 9 Standard Market Reporter TH E produce market m Singapore was quietly steady m all sections yesterday but no big transactions were reported. Copra prices were $4GJ buyers and $41 J sellers tor April shipment, while those for May were S4O and $41 per picul. Coconut oil
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    GR-S SYNTHETIC IN 20 MINUTES
    258 9 LOS ANGELES, Mar. 26, (UP).— The rubber industry has found a way to make cold GR-S synthetic rubber m about 20 minutes compared* to the 12 to 14--hour production rates now being used wideh m government-owned plants, the United States Rubber Company disclosed yesterday. Four
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    COLONY'S RICE BETTER
    241 9 No Poor Quality Under Contract, Government Assures Standard Market Reporter AN assurance that the Singapore Government is getting better rice for the people than at any time m the post two years, was given by a spokesman of the Department of Commerce and Industry yesterday. The quality
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    HK EXCHANGE
    39 9 HONGKONG, Mar. 26— Spe eial Standard Service; Closing prices on the Hongkong Exchange today were $15.88 to £1 sterling: $5 905 to US$l; $1,833 to Malayan SI: $0200 to one Indonesian Rupiah, Gold $270.50 to one tael.
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    RUBBER DOWN 13/8 CTS.
    204 9 Standard Market Reporter RUBBER prices m Singapore were lovve:* yesterday, a drop of ljj cents per Ib. being reported on a quiet and slightly easier market. Upcountry selling was largely responsible for the decline m prices which closed at 722 cents per lb. Fnir orriers were
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    Industrials, Tins Tend To Ease
    125 9 Standard Maiket Reporter SINGAPORE. IiKT-.— The Malayan share market was dull m both the tin and industrial sections today. Prices m tins and industrials tended to ease. Rubber shares remained idle. INDUSTRIALS Buyers Sellers Fed. Di.vp. 2.75 2.85 Gammons 3.01 3.07 H'kong Shanghai Bank (H'koiiß
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    Tin Delegates Tour Lab.
    103 9 LONDON. Mar. 26, (AP) Some 50 delegates to the seventh mooting of the International Tin Study Group toured the laboratories of »he Tin Research Institute on the outskirts of London yesterday. They were Rre?ted by the International Research Institute Chairman. G. F. Burgess and two Directors.
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    COMMODITY PRICES
    112 9 COMMODITY PRICES CLOSING rubher prices (cents per Ib.) m Singapore yesterday were: Buyers Sellers No I K.SS Spot Loose 7H 72| No. 1 R.S.S. 725 7*l No. 2 R.S.S. 69i M\ No. 3 K.S.S. 66 CfiJ Tone: Steady quiet al| d slightly better. SINGAPORE, Thurs The price of tin today
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    Watson's To Start Modern Plant Here
    150 9 Standard Market Reporter MALAYA will have one of the most up-to-date factories m the Far East when A. S. Watson Co. (Malaya) Ltd., a subsidiary of Watson's of Hongkong, goes into operation, m Singapore. Provisional plans for the factory have been submitted to the
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    Ceylon Ban Nothing To Do With UN
    129 9 BOMBAY. Mar. 26. (AFP) The Ceylonese Ambassador m Burma. Sushanta De Fonseka, denied here yesterday that the Ceyloncse Cavernment has put a ban on SouthEast Asia supplying strategic materials to Communist China via Colombo. Fonseka who arrived here from Colombo on his way
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    Japs May Stop Buying Our Tin
    98 9 TOKYO, .Mar. 2tJ. (UP).— Japan may start purchasing tin from Indonesia m the n< ..r future instead of from Singapore at present. trade sources said today. They snid although the prices of Banks and Billiton tin of Indonesia are higher than Main van tin
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    397 10 I I i: i; i tart thumbnail rfwldwi t»f the four r.R. stars of Ike British Conrrrt Party who are due to arrive m Malaya on April 3 from Km: ht nd for an rntrrt ainment tour of Service centres m the federation and Singapore: DAVE
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    646 10 IT IS my pleasant duty this \\t'<-k to thank all readers who have sent m letters. One which may interest all. esperully the dramatic 1 societies themselves, conies from a gentleman who wishes to be referred to as "G. 8 and Be \wites: "Can something be do.-.c
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    Can You Name This Actress?
    224 10 STAR CONTEST No. 8 Today's picture is ot a Hollywood movie personality. Do you recognise her? There will b e another star for >ou to spot tomorrow. Entries for this contest will close next Thursday. And (he prize winners names will be published m the
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    OF MEN AND MUSIC
    783 10  -  Bill Webb Jones By IF YOU want to see a good L show for your money and at the same time make sure that the cash is going to a most deserving cause, then I hope you and your children will flock to the Victoria Theatre
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      171 10 1 "'"""""""""RESULTS I of the CHINESE NEW YEAR COMPETITION ifc SPOT THE FAVOURITES' 1 2 In the opinion of the judges answers are as follows: SECTION 1. EAFBCGH J 2 DHFBGCAE i 3' BHDAEGCF I n 4' BAFGEHDC Ist and 2nd Prize Winners m each S.ct SECTION I lsr: HOO
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    ELECTORS PICKED TOO SOON
    547 11  - ELECTORS PICKED TOO SOON LALL SINGH Says Anything Can Happen thatT^ I y ltUe I 0! 711 to b y-™e must admit il£« S ve !7 patcfa y banning for Singapore league cnckeMhe Colony Selectors for the tSfm to meet Selangor during the Easter Holidays, m mv opinion, have not
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    Davis Cup Withdrawal
    49 11 PARIS. Mar. 26, (Reuter).— Monaca. drawn to play South Africa m the first round of the European Zone of the Davis Cup lawn tennis competition, has withdrawn for financial reasons, it was announced yesterday. South Africa will play Germany who were given a first round bye.
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    Non Benders XI
    66 11 NOX-BENDERS Cricket Club will play their first match this season against the SCRC on Hong Lim Green on Sunday 1 at 2 p.m. J. T. Rea (Capt.). T. Hart. J. A. P. Cameron, N. Bradbury h. S. Tufnell, G. Westerhout! hia Keng Ho?k, R. V. S. oundram.
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    NS Champs Lose
    35 11 v .ad i c rtrd another penalty when Garrison cielenrier was penalised for hands and Iron UM re- t penally kick Peter Van Cored the Rangers. goal. W ong Chit Hon rcfereed.
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    Last Season For Swindin
    73 11 LONDON. Mar. 26— After nt« 'n years with Arsenal, keeper George Swindin has I to retire at the end of season, I've been travelling reserve for weeks now." said George. 1 at thirty-eight you don't prove by not playing. But I've no complaints against Ar—they have
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    POMPEE & CONSTANCE ARRIVE TOMORROW
    374 11 POMPEE CONSTANCE ARRIVE TOMORROW BIG boxing again and this time, m the right corner, Yolande Pompee, the sensational Trinidadian who is the next best bet for Archie Moore's world light heavyweight crown and Isimeli Radrodro, the fighting Fijian riding to fame with dynamite' m his fists. Pom pec, accompanied by
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    DEATH
    31 11 4T the Middleton Hospital A Mar. 2r> James Wallace Shields of the Mercantile Bank of India Limited, son of Mrs. Jessie Drysdale Shields and the late James Shields of Edinburgh.
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    ENGAGEMENT
    48 11 pHE engagement was an- munced of Mr. Chan Pc King, 2nd Son of The Late Mr Chyin Sen Pow und Madam Ha Swcc Yin to Miss. Lnn Mci Lin, youngest Daughter of the Late Mr. Lim Kirn Seng and Madame Chan Ila Hue on 22nd March 1953.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    63 11 r pilE family of the late W. F. i- Mosbergen sincerely thank all Religious. friends and relatives who attended the funeral, sent wreaths, messages of condoience. donations for Masses and especially Dr. D. Mclntyre for painstaking attention during illness nnd Captain Sommerville and crew of Qantas, BOAC Skymaster VH/EBN
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    17 11 TWO fully furnished rooms, bathroom attached with breakfast dinner only Batcneiors or family Phone *****
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    34 11 YOUR horoscope Consult Siamese astrologer. Amazing secrets, revealed. problems solved questions answered Fee S4- per read m v <<R/. by nost Send birth-date. time birth place Jim Ru<>dee. 40. Bras Basah Road. Singapore.
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      175 11 four Contest i*m Standard will choose the »\L't X i, r Sportsman or SporUwoman of Malaya f\s\ l opu V vf fd I noHicial Representative of i the oronation Ceremonies m London fi?J 'win V^'st three months from Febflj cnotrft 7 h( .jj under the Joint sponsorship ol ndard and
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    CINECOLOR PLEASES MOST
    538 12  -  Spencer's Horses Impressive IPOH, Thurs.— CINECOLOR, three m 36 4/5, SILVER CREST 37 1/5, tVOODCOTE INN 37 1/5, GAM BAR MELAYU and ENTERTAINMENT II four m 50 1/5 and three m 37 were the most impressive workers at this morning's workouts of candidates entered for Saturday's races.
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    Millionaire In Tiptop Shape
    390 12 FINE Rl'X (Wahab) caught the eve when slipped fast over three which he did m 37 3 5 m effortless style. MILLIONAIRE and \X AIKIKI also impressed v.hvn they ran the three m 37 4 .> with Millionaire holding the advantage at the end of the
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    Straker Is Back
    80 12 JOCKEY George Straker who arrived here Wednesday to ride for trainer Yon» Thau Yin was seen out on Never A Blank and Lefebvre who were given useful workouts. Never A Blank, three m 38 I 5, looked a vcrv fit I'ustomcr. Lefebvre wa s gItCSJ threequarter pace
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    Phenomenon Is Improving Fast
    449 12 PHENOMENON (Spencer) was threequarter pa<ed over half a mile finishing his work with Gusto Phenomenon, a stylish winner at Singapore last month has come on a lot and bears watching at the meptincr' Toucan tT:iit> vrai giVM three- i quarter p;ire workout over half, a mile
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    Wonderlads TooGoodFor Seletar FC
    150 12 WOXDERLADS Sports Party, playing their first ga:ne yesterday. proved too good for Seletar Football Club to win 4-2 m their SAFA Division 3A league match a; 81 George's Road. Wonderlads began m whirlwind fashion and their first goal came throe minutes after the start, Do'.lah scoring.
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    S. Soccerites For Changi
    47 12 STAR Socr-erites will play a friendly game of football against the RAF Lodger Unit on Sunday at Changi. Transport will be available from No. 4 Roberts Lane at 3.45 p.m. and all Senior Division players are requested to assemble there at that time
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    IBS Draw With Jollilads 2-2
    71 12 INDIAN Brotherhood Roccerftti rew 2 2 with Jollilad* Athletic Union m their SAFA Division 3B league match play. Ed at BODCA ground yesterday Scorers for Indians were Muihu and Sadhasivan KrisV S*SBPJ ai d Bashir scored for Jollilads. Indian Brotherhood: Kandasamy; Kasipandian, Krishnasamy; Chithambrnm, Munusauy
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    Treble Feature
    243 12 MM added feature at the Perak Derby meeting is the treble tote event to be held on each race day on selected races which will be decided by the committee. Members will first purchase tickets on the first of the three selected races and the holders of the
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    BAD DAY FOR THE FIGHTING RAJAS
    548 12 WHEN two players were forced to leave the field due to injuries, the heart went out of the fighting Kota Raja XI who finally went down to Pulau Brani United by the odd goal m three m an evenly contested SAFA division 1 league
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    Lall Writes On Cricket
    115 12 ONE of the finest cricketers Malaya has produced. LALL SINGH, whose first article appears on page 11. will write on cricket fur The Singapore Standard this season. Lall was selected to represent Malaya against a visiting Australian team m 1925. He was one of two Malayan
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    Tigers Head SAFA Lge.
    202 12 THE foilowing are the latest SAFA league positions up to and including March 2«>: DIVISION 1 LEAGUE P W D L F A Pts Tiser S.A. I 3 19 0 fl Kota Raja 5 2 12 5 8 ."> P. BIT. 4 2 1 1 10
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    Lake Scores The Winner
    79 12 SINGAPORE Cricket Club beat Tiong Bahru Rangers 2—l m a soccer friendly yesterday van Dermeiz headed m the first goal. Eric Vim equalised. Lake scored the winning goal Just before the game ended. SCC: Cruickshank, Parton, Mathpt, Blatch, Scott, Hoare, Rohan, Lake, Young, Van Dermeiz, Schwarzenberg.
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    MIXED UP
    26 12 In Tuesday's soccer report it was Borneo Company who lost to William Jacks by 7-2 and not Borneo Motors as reported m the paper.
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    Perry Wins Spoon
    38 12 TWENTY two members of the Gun Club attended the gun shoot yesterday. Reginald Perry wo n the silver spoon with 60 (scratch) out of 75 points while Jackie Oei was runner-up with «•■>* (plus 2*> points.
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    S.Ramadhin Is Out of Fifth Test
    38 12 S.Ramadhin Is Out of Fifth Test M KrN( 'STON W l Srott m 1, SDID »n >v Hamadh? n f« of J S wlnl i want Bmns" team I 3 not noum ffter Phadkar the has tested an
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    Referee Abser
    17 12 Th e Div. 3 I between VOCS a d obe postpone v referee turned up.
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    KITOVITZ SHOWS CLASS AT YMCA
    204 12 FORMER Oxford Blue and Wimbledon player scored an easy straight sets win over I H. Junied m the Singapore YMCA open tennis championships yesterday. Results were: Singles: A. G. B Pakir beat Lionel Teo 6-4, 6-2, Dr. F. V Khoo beat Dr. Ong Swee Law
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    Boat Wing Trounce RE
    69 12 FLYING Boat Wing, superior m all departments of the game, beat Roal Engineers 6 l m a United Services league match played at Seletar yesterday. Scorer s were Cameron, Walton, Edwards, Jaye.s, and Maunder for Flying Boat Wing, and Shaw for RE. In a second division
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    BARTLEY WIN
    36 12 BARTLEY School. Singapore, beat St. Joseph* Institution 3 S) m an inter-schoo! soccer yesterday. Mallequc was responsible for all the three goals. In a second team encounter th e two schools drew one all.
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    Cable Beat Bata
    42 12 CABLE AND WIRELESS bear Bata Sports Club 4—3 m «i friendly soccer match played at Farrer Park yesterday. Scorers for Cable and Wireless were ClifT (2), Fernandez and Rama Chandra. Gilbert. Addv and Beck Yai scored for the lo.i^
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    School Soccer
    37 12 .RANGOON ROAD Continue- tion School. Singapoic. will meet Oeylang English Continuation School at .soccer today. Rangoon Road School: Kirn Swee, Cony Tay. Ting Khianf, Aziz, Kamaruddin. Boon Peck. Philip. Gurunathnn. Charlie Tan. Salleh Swee Soon.
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    Muslims Take Full Poinfs Off Social
    251 12 KADAYANALLI'R Muslim Keacue t<mk i, points off Social Athletic Party with a *-o victory their S.A FA. Division 3 "A league soccer entount played at the Geylang Stadium yesterday The ma:ch was evenly I SCH i I SRC i or; S. B Ma\ lys
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    UK SOCCER RESULTS
    40 12 LONDON Tho S F repre nl I the Ei -ii m G day. on a R the H forward. Other re- En A B Mai tenham H B<> North Ei Eveii D Epswirh 'I i'■ Orient I
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    Jobore Prisons Beat Nee Soon
    35 12 POSSESS] SO.'!. I XI 4 I' i tice, tii.- Bi the [n risfin p al l < i Eiißk 1 Johori fourth minui over. Nee Johore (her ft] !eagu< i] forw "<*•
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