Singapore Standard, 31 March 1953

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    9 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 1953. TWELVE PAGES.
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    KOREA PEACE HOPES SOAR
    1025 1 Chou Accepts The PoW Repot Plan LONDON. Mar. 30 (UP)— Chinese Communist Premier Chou En-lai said today m a statement broadcast by Peiping Radio that the Reds presently are prepared to "take steps to eliminate the differences'* with the United Nations over the repatriation of all
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    JUDGE ORDERS A FRESH TRIAL FOR RECAPTURED LEE
    788 1 JUDGE ORDERS A FRESH TRIAL FOR RECAPTURED LEE vton. Wild scenes, never before itiofi with a trial, occurred m preme Court, Pcnang, where Lee ha 22 year old recaptured esht m an ambulance, carried Court on a stretcher and laid on jostling mass of this 22-year-old youth. rdei Chen. Principal
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    Look Out For These Dud Notes
    17 1 I pasi been de- b Nev V 'ell r 11 a.—
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    CEYLON LOAN TO BUY RICE
    65 1 COLOMBO. Mar. 30 (UP)— Burma will give Ceylon GO 000 tons of rice by the end of June this year. A further 30 000 tons js also possible. Meanwhile, the government of Ceylon has decided to .lorrow a sum not exceeding Rs 100.000.000 by the
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    GOVT. GETS A 14-DAY STRIKE NOTE
    168 1 GOVT. GETS A 14DAY STRIKE NOTE THE Singapore Medical Workers' Union will serve x 14-day ultimatum on the Government today. If its claims are not favourably settled by Government within the stipulated v? "d, the union may goon irike. A Government statement !a>t nifhi UtJM that on Mar. 5 Government
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    All Night They Filed Past The Catafalque
    493 1 LONDON, Mar. 30.— The great pilgrimage to pay homage to Queen Mary the Royal grandmother, who lies m state m historic Westminster Hall, went on tli run 4 h the night. Yesterday GO. OOO mourning Britons shuffled silently past the purple catafalque, lit
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    Dangerous Waters
    23 1 A FRENCH tight rope walk•r Charles Elleano. crossed fhe Rhine near Strasbourg yesterday on a cable stretched over the river.- Reuter
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    A 'WALKING' MACHINE SHOP
    75 1 FULTOX. (Kentucky). Mar. 30. (Reutei).— Four men arrested outside a Fulton bank were a walking machine shop, and better equipped than most police chief Gip McDade said here. Their gadgets included: two acetylene torches, an oxygen tank. tarpaulins for covers, electric drills with bits M all
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    HER LAST JOURNEY
    69 1 Thousands of mourning Londoners yesterday watched Queen Mary's coffin borne on a gun carriage from her Marlborough House home m the Mall to the lying-in-state m a procession of guards. Royal Marines, airmen and massed bands. Behind th t coffin walked the four Royal Dukes Edinburgh and
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    REDS HURLED BACK
    27 1 UNITED States marines hurled back assault units moving towards Vegas Hill from the Red-held outpost of Reno on Sunday a^ Chines* troops massed. U.P.
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    Changing Ways
    27 1 A NEW Guinea mission claims it has vvoaned a group of cannibals away from their age old custom of eating a their dead. A. P.
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    CUPID HELPS TO BEAT THE TAX MAN
    118 1 LONDON, Mar. 30. (Reutcr) —Hundreds of »O|Ht d eouplei aM over Britain have; brought forward Iheir Easter a wocli-to beat the I tax nuit Easter Monday If usually the most popular day oi the year fc>r letting married. But this year it lulls
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    Armed MeN Rob 2 Girls And Woman
    152 1 Armed MeN Rob 2 Girls And Woman THREE Chinese, all barefooted and armed with knives, robbed two girl> and threatened to kill a third at Lorong 32. last night. The first victim was Gob Siang Hong. a LM-year-old waitress who was robbed of] cash and valuables amounting to $320 at
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    Keightley Is Back
    23 1 GEXERAT. Sir Charles Keightley, C.- FARELF. returned lo Singapore by last night after routine to 'ion oi Ihi Hongkpni garrison.
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    TRIED SUICIDE TWICE
    168 2 First With Razor BSade Then String MR. GIAM Chong Hing, (he Singapore Coroner, was told yesterday how 39-year-old Lee Kirn Fong made two bids to end his life after being accused of theft once by slashing his abdomen and then by lumping himself with a trouser cord.
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    New Church For Katong
    73 2 PL A N S have been passed ft' t another Roman Catholic Church ;it Katong where the l\i has bought a plot of kind 50.000 square feet m area. The site situated along Tanj<mg Katong Road is bounded on one side by Sandy Lane and on
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    COLONY IS TO HAVE THAT REGT. AT LAST
    213 2 BUT LAY COCK'S HEARD NOTHING Standard Staff Reporter FIRST STEP towards the formation of the Singapore Regiment will be token this year, Mr. C. R. Forsyth, Secretary for Defence and Internal Security, told The Standard yesterday. Difficulties which were m the way
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    74 2 More than 250 members and friends of the Una Yu Association attended the dinner and dance organised by the Social Committee of the Association at their premises on Saturday niffht. Picture shows from left to right: Mr Ho Ann Wah, Mrs. W. Atkinson. Mrs. W. E. Grieve, Mr. Choo Kirn
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    28 2 photo. Misses Lin Kuen and Lin Moy doing an oldfashioned dance m the Singapore Youth Rally programme held at the Singapore Bad minton Hall on Sunday night. Standard
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    35 2 pnoio. Mr. Lim Chye Kirn, only son of Madam Tan Bee Choo, and Miss Teo Geok Neo. were married m Singapore on Saturday. Miss Teo is the eldest daughter of Madam Png Ah Keok.- Standard
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    Clerk Altered Bank's Ledger
    72 2 GOH KAY SENG, a ledger k employed :he MercanBank of India Limited. ipon tded guilty yesre Mr. Justice Bute m the Singapore High t. to three charges of wil--1 altering the bank's iedgei k and delrauding the bank of three sums of money totalling about $1,700
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    75 2 Stpmft sE-a^^ ot the Cyclone Retures show some of the puYt^infnt f a7th^ B W t,W f ad ,ts an <* tiny tots. Pic•inuham. head of the Pail nioM f li#.™im*i 3 JK?l 5H5** n are Dr. S. BalaWalaya, dressed an a i *M > r i^iKS f f t,
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    Services For Queen Mary Held Today
    265 2 A MEMORIAL service for Dovraser Quwn Mary will b^ held at St. Andrew's Cathedral. Singapore, at 9.30 a.m. today. The service, which will be conducted by the Archdeacon. Yen. Robin Woods, will be attended by the Governor. Sir John Nicoll. and many other Government
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    City Council Control Move
    151 2 Private Markets THE Singapore City Council will exercise the same control over privately-owned markets as over City Council markets if draft bylaws are adopted at today's meeting. The draft bylaws provide that all existing markets will be declared public markets and that m future whenever the
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    Faster Train Services From April 1
    122 2 THOUGH tester Malayan Railway train services are being started from tomorrow, the night mail from Singapore will leave at the usual time, 7.15 p.m. There is no change m the night passenger service but extra and faster local service between Singapore and Gemas will
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    'City's Commercial Morality Must Be Maintained'
    322 2 'City's Commercial Morality Must Be Maintained' A CERTAIN standard of commercial morality m the country must be maintained, stated Mr. Justice Whitton m the Singapore High Court yesierday. In an action m which when the Assistant Official Assignee, Mr. D. C. D'Cotta, asked lor a committal order against Jan Haacke.
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    64 2 ?hoto. /cS aP e radl v i am as a *nateurs who operate transmitting sets as a hobby are eilled, Mr. N. Siharensuivel is keeping m touch with the captain of the Enterprise 11. Kurt Carlsen, who is due m th* Colony on Apr. 7. Capt Carlsen is also a
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    2 Boats Carried 479—Court Told
    163 2 2 Boats Carried 479— Court Told TWO Singapore lighters which are allowed U carry only 12 passengers each were seen carrying i total of 479 passengers between them from St. John's Island to Immigration Wharf on Jan. 29. In the Second Court yesterday the man m charge. Nalliah Kuruppiah. .stood
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    Woodbridge Men To See Govt. Again
    73 2 Standard Staff Reporter REPRESEXTATU'ES of the Singapure Mental Hospital Uniformed Staff Union will meet Government tomorrow to negotiate a seti of its Ti>i< i> 'he third meeting between the union ami Government since the union called oif a six-day strik month. The union's claims
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    $3,000 Fine For Having Samsu
    117 2 MR. IT. A. Forrer, Singapore Third Criminal District Judge, yesterday fined a 27-year-old Chinese. Ng Pen? Yam. a total of $3,000 m default nine months' rigorous imprisonment, for possession of four and a half gallon of sam.su, 380 gallons of fermented rice and a complete
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    INTER-PORT REGATTA IN SINGAPORE
    33 2 INTER-PORT REGATTA IN SINGAPORE THJ t i •i tion donesi repn I hifya i ed 1 It the v bring Singai iei i A en R.S1 the el 1 Sai I Friday. mono
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    TIONG BAHRU SCHOLARSHIPS
    110 2 THE Tiong Bahru Community Centre will give two scholarship! a year to "desei children m the cent it-. Mr. Teo Seng Bee told The S i ard. < "Any boy or n r!. Irn tive of what school tin whether English or vei is eligible ior this
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    CHARITY SHOW
    15 2 I Tiir resho I Johori I H Of 1 A E: Johori B
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    KUANTAN
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    FORTUNE TELLER
    38 3 photo. WITH the exception of the little loy who was a curious onlooker, the women pictured above were patrons of fortuneteller Madam Efah at the Indian Association's annual gala fair held m Singapore last Sunday. Standard
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    S'pore Mills Hit By Lack Of RI Rubber
    259 3 Vr mills are beins forced to slab rubber from Indonesia. Rubbei Millers' Associa- i l2 mills operating m ■n forced to clo.-e down seven were operating on a much reduced scale. raid it was quite likely more mills would be I to
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    SASTRI ALTERS TOUR PLANS
    111 3 PROFESSOR Nilakanta EtojIri, who is In Singapore to adis« the University of Malaya on the establishment of a Department of Indian Studies, has revised his tour programme. According to the present arrangement, he will leave Singapore accompanied by Mr. M. Copal a Menon, Representative of the
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    73 3 MrtRF than 400 guests attended the fifth anniversary dinner of the Singapore Fruit Vegetables Dealers Association at their new premises m Upper Circular Road on Sunday rich Standard photo shows (left to right) Mrs. Hutchinson, Mr. VV. Hutchinson, < n lirnian of the Singapore Fresh Fruits Importers Association, Mr Tan
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    LAWYER WINS APPEAL
    18 3 were the •ra, a con- i. n! r1 of of I* n i t a
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    SP.H.P.
    35 3 the> nt to and energy. Mini! with I [ablets < ii.-rsy (lt\ work Ls a natoral r. NT II P is m effcci th. list of 111 I AX I ON DON ;Ml:| .123). pore.
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    NANYANG U. BEGINS ACADEMIC PLANNING
    333 3 N ANYANG U. BEGINS ACADEMIC PLANNING »h m ln the °e«<«e""ic planning an 9° n l an9 niversi »y in Singapore began yesterday when the secretariat of the proposed university sent a series of questionnaires to all the senior Chinese high schools m the Colony. StandS?d U Zr?h y seer^
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    City Exhibition For Health Day
    291 3 AN exhibition showing every aspect of Singapore's health activities will be held as part of the World Health Day celebrations on April 7. c Exhibitions Officer of the Public Relations Office 'old The Standard yesterday that the exhibition might be staged at Victoria Memorial Hall
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    WAGE TALKS
    38 3 THE Singapore City Council j Water Department Labour i Union is arranging to hold an extraordinary general meeting at the Dunearn Depot, on Apr. 3, at 4 p.m. The meeting will discuss wages, gratuity and leave.
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    Elderly Man In Rape Case
    57 3 MIDDr.F-AGED Lee Yoke Kee, was tentatively charged m the Singapore Fifth Police Court yesterday with attempted rape. Lee was alleged to have committed the offence at 7 a.m. on March 25 m Amoy Street. The case was postponed for mention on April 7 and bail
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    TRAINING IN SARAWAK FOR BRUNEI POLICE
    109 3 KUALA BELAIT. (Brunei). —Mar. 30 (Reutcr-AAP) To boost the efficiency and discipline of Brunei State's police force, contingents of up to 40 men at a. time are to he sent to Sarawak for training. During their absence from Brunei State they will be replaced
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    47 3 MR. Jee Ah Chian. president of the Singapore Rotary Club, accompanied by Mr. K. K. Ramchandani. the club's secretary, sailed m the Rajula yesterday to attend a District Conference m Perang. Mr. P. Steed, president-elect for 1953-54, and Mrs. Loh Poon Lip will also attend the conference.
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    Police Step Up Efforts To Stamp Out Beggars
    185 3 Police Step Up Efforts To Stamp Out Beggars SINGAPORE police are making ceaseless efforts to stamp out begging and vagrancy from th? City, a police spokesman from "A" Division told The Standard yesterday. Since January, the, spokesman said, his division with headquarters at the Central Police Station, had arrested 54
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    Mail Hours For Easter
    77 3 THE Singapore General Post Office will be open from B.^o a.m. to 1 p.m on Good Friday, Saturday ana Easter Monday. Other post offices and postal agencies will be open from 9 a.m. to 10.30 a.m. There will be no delivery of correspondence on Good Friday
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    25 3 MISS Lin Moy (top) seen m an acrobatic act with another youth m the programme at night's rally m the Singapore Badminton Hall. Standard pnoto.
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    Squatter Colony Ready Shortly
    298 3 SINGAPORE'S first slum resettlement colony will spring up m about six weeks from now. Mr. T. P. F. McNeice. Chairman of the Singapore Improvement Trust, told The Standard yesterday that the first resettlement area m MacPherson Road South, to which slum dwellers from the City area
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    D.S.Solomon Promoted
    61 3 MR D. S. SOLOMON. Office Assistant pf the Singapore City Council's Health Department, will be promoted to the post of Assistant Secretary, Secretariat, if the Councillors accept a committee recommendation at today's meeting. Mr. Solomon will assume his new duties on May 1 at a commencing salary of
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    Keightley Sees HK Army Units
    60 3 HONGKONG. Mar. 30 (Reuter) General Sir Charles Kei^htley, Commander m Chief Far East Land Forces, who is on a routine visit to Hongkong continued his inspection of army units and hospitals. He spent most of Saturday In New territories on Kowloon mainland visiting the Ist
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    20,000 SWEEP TICKETS SOLD
    51 3 THE Singapore Briti.-h Red Cross Society has sold noaiiv 20,000 $i tickets of its $50,000 lottery. The lottery closes on Apr. SI. It> object h to raise money for all Red Cross activities m Singapore and. m particular, for th« Rd Cross Crippled Children's Horn* ul
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    ADLAI ARRIVES TODAY
    155 3 ADLAI ARRIVES TODAY MR. ADLAI Stevenson, the U.S. Democratic Party's candidate who was defeated m the Presidential elections, will arrive m Singapore by air from Manila today, on his way to Saigon. Mr. Stevenson was not due m the Colony until Apr. 5 but his schedule had to be changed
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    Burglar Missed $1,000
    80 3 CLIMBING up the scadolding left by workmen at Singapore's Meyer Mansions on Sunday, a burglar entered an amah's room through the window and stole $410 and $2,700 m jewellery. But he misled a wristwatch worth $80 and over $1,000 m cash. The amah was working m her
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    Parent-Teachers Assn. Officials
    109 3 AT the annual general meeting of the Singapore Pasir Panjang English School ParentTeachers Association, the following were elected Oflftcia.sfor 1593 president:- Mr. C.K. Chens? Vice presidents:- Mr. K.P. S.tbapathy. Mr. Abdul Hamid bin Jalil; Secretary:. Mr. Ong Say Ye*> Treasurer:- Mr. Tan Wee Hong. Principal:- Major Fani
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    30 4 Mr. Mohamed Rastaid, president of th c Malayan Agriculture Union, addressing the executive council and representatives of Agriculture Subordinates throughout the Federation at a recent meeting mi n Kuala Lumpur.
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    BROOM vs. KNIFE MURDER ALLEGED
    208 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Arumugam, alias Karuppiah, a 40-year-old labourer m a local rice-mill was committed to stand trial at the High Court on a charge of murder at the conclusion of a preliminary inquiry before Sheikh Abdul Rahman m the First Magistrate's Court here today.
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    Thugs Attack Woman On Road
    65 4 TEO MFE KENG, a 19-year-old wife, was attacked by two men with knives while she was walking along Meyer Road with her husband at 1.15 p.m. yesterday. Her husband Moo Fook Nam. shouted lor help when he saw the two men grab hold of his
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    Aris Makes Many Friends In Hospital
    118 4 ARIS BIN KOLOP, six-year-old Malay boy from Malacca, whom the RAF flew to Melbourne from Singapore on Feb. 25 for plastic surgery. M learning English fast while his mouth injury heals, an AP report states. Aris. suffering a jaw mutilation after extraction of a
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    Stole Spare Wheel Tyre
    114 4 A SINGAPORE gardener's assistant, drove ofT his employer's car and sold the spare wneel and the tyre. Inspector K. B. Ong. told the Third Police Magistrate, yesterday. He wa s Shanmugam s/o Marutha. who pleaded guilty to stealing a spare wheel and tyre valued $150 belonging
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    RUBBER, TIN CLOSING PRICES
    75 4 wi Sfondord London Correspondent LONDON Mar 30— The following ore the closing prices of rubber and tin on London Market todoy: LONDON RUBBER *p<* 21 d. May 21 d July/Sept. 20Jd Oct./ Dec. 20irf. Jon./Mor. 20 Id. April c.i.f 21 id. M <"l<et: Foirlf steady. LONDON
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    $45,000 For Tawau Fire Relief Fund
    148 4 MORE than $45,600 has been collected by the organisers of the Tawau, (North Borneo) Fire Relief Fund, which was formed early this month to help the victims of the big fire at Tawau. The tire destroyed 145 buildings m 37 minutes leaving l.:*00 people
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    ANOTHER 1,500 HOMES FOR K.L.
    200 4 Syndicates' o\ I KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— A big housing sc h m Kuala Lumpur soon by three private building svnT to be W I wealthy Chinese, which propose to put up 1,500 h O uT for *e?l chase power of average working pec pie m
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    Two Months For Posing As A 'Tec
    125 4 Two Months For Posing As A 'Tec KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Paul Israel, a 2;i-year-o!d Eng-lish-speaking Indian who refused to pay for his drinks m a coffee-stn!! stating that he was a detective, was convicted by Sheikh Abdul Rahman, m the First Magistrate's Court, here today, and sentenced to two months'
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    7,243 Pilgrims Can Make Mecca Trip
    109 4 PENANG, Mon. A total ol 7,243 pilgrims can visif fct< this year, when there will be seven pilgrim voyages the Muslim Holy Land Tins «ra* contained m the manual uf instructions for the Mecca pilgrimage season this y< ;n. issued by the Federation Pilgrimage
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    34 4 Rover Scouts and Boy S«,» U (s tefteac i il', L Boy Scouts Training (amp a t Pondok with R.S.L. Abdul Samat m har "r (>-h K^ T LP. Subramaniam |M X san^r.,,,, fi++
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    PROMOTED
    17 4 IXCHE Ahmad D.. assistant surveyor with Malacca Survey Dcp, has been promoted. I). Surveyor iti Kedah
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    INDIANS TOLD TO INVEST WIDELY
    89 5 r, Mon. H Malayn I and i to plant- g timber id Mr. Hp > p. 1 I v Imiian I f, at the Q| >es- .fined j wn trades. istufTs. I i msurI ery v: I thai r field. I 1 be I Mr,
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    Reclaimed From Sea
    10 5 Reclaimed From Sea rnoto. THE (irrinan freighter Hem Hot Standard
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    NO BUNKERS FOR POLISH FREIGHTER
    113 5 Standard Shipping Reporter THE 4.467-ton Polish (reigh* A 'kiewicz, rcturnini to :i. Poland, from the nBI China port of Tsingtao, stopped for a fewhours m Singapore yesterday Main pro> isions but not ttrt Recently, Britain 'aid down thai ships trading with Red ta will not
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    BALL BEARINGS FOUND IN SOAP CASES FOR HK
    251 5 ONK of 60 cases, labelled "soap lor export" from Singapore to Hongkong was found to contain ba bearings and clutch plates when opened "i C Good, Assistant Superintendent of Police tolri'thp First^Criminal District Judge, Mr. Tan Ah iff v 's terday. Mr.
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    PENANG MUNICIPALITY GETS A BIG GOVT LOAN
    168 5 PENANG MUNICIPALITY GETS A BIG GOVT LOAN PEN ANG, Mon The Penang Municipanryconnow work on its various schemes as the $1 «n n7£ VY r u m w nt hos ron <• loan of fi £°cV h Treasurer and Secretory Mr. S. V. Adams told Th« Standard today. SIWOfXTi f
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    PMG Explains Why Air Mails Will Cost More
    186 5 THE withdrawal of British Commonwealth air services com essionary rates from Apr. f I and the introduction of new j higher international rates fix- 1 ed by the Universal Postal i Union Congress of 1952. will result m a rise m first
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    Chamber 'Not KMT'
    61 5 THE Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce li not a Kuomintang organi>ation. At a meeting yesterday the Chamber refuted an allegation by Dnto Onn bin Ja'afar. Federation Member for Home Affairs that it wa> a Kuomintang body. The meeting declared that the Chamber was a purely commercial body
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    Parcels To Cost More
    35 5 AIR mail parrel rates between Singapore and the Federation will be in<.reased from tomorrow to 30 cents* per H) or part thereof m addition to the ordinary internal parcel postage rates.
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    Kirn Keat Kok Assn. Officials
    171 5 THE are officer bearers i.m 193., of the Singapore Kirn Keat Kok Benevolent and Sports Association; Patrons: Messrs. Na Bak Lam. Ng Kirn Chiang. Tan Hung Cheng, Ng Kirn Keow, Lira dim Hoe. Yeo Gek Hiong. N< Ho Ch vee and Ciia Si k Hoe.
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    Indian Congress Office Bearers
    81 5 AT the jniiujl general elections ut the Alcxaiulr.! Local Indian Congress. Singapore, the following were elected nftioc bearers: president Mr. R. B<l;i--krishnan: Vice President Mr. A Raghavan: Hon. Secretary. Mr X C Naidu; Treasurer. Mr. R. Govlndasary; Members:Messrs. V. A Gopalan, V*. Bhaskaran. A Narayanan, X
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    Sinhalese Assn. Office-Bearers
    92 5 AT the Annual General Meeting of the Singapore Sinhalese Association held at Ramokrishnu Mission Hall, last week the following were elected office-bearers for the Mr A. P. Abevasekera. Vice Presidents Mr. N G Nugawela and Mr. .7. M Jayapala; Hon. Secretary: Mr H G Abeyaratne; Hon. Treasurer:
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    He Sails Ship That Was 'Sunk'
    153 5 Standard Shipping Reporter A tiO-YEAR OLD German skipper sailed into Singapore yesterday m command of a freighter which was torpedoed from v der him and sunk 13 years ago. Salvaged after lying on the soa-bed m Narvik harbour for II years, the lreiuliter Hem
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    Need For More Life Savers
    103 5 THE committee of the Life Saving Club. hope that sufficient members will enrol to form acive branches at the various popular swimming beaches m Singapore a; Changi. Tatiah Merah and Marine Parade. This, however, rannqt be done unless devoted and reliable leaders Can be found.
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    IT'S SCHOOL AS USUAL
    67 5 Standard Staff Reporter ALL Singapore KagHlt school children will «o to school as usual today the day of the lunc ral of Dowager Quern Mary. In a circular to schools, the Education Department states there will be a .special broadcast from the Cathedral at !).:>0 a.m.
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    30 5 photo. Mr. Velayutham and Ml*« Manrathayammai who were married at the brMegftMß*! residence at Henderson Koad, Siucapore. The bridejirooin iv the son of Mr. and Mrs. S. V. Gop.il.- Standard
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    Bandit Hit Civilian Abducted
    82 5 Bandit Hit Civilian Abducted KUALA LUMPUR, SunOne terrorist was wounded by security forces operating m the Mentakab area of Pahang yesterday morning. He was hit m an engagement between the 7th Platoon of the 4th Bn. Malay Regiment and three armed bandits. The wounded man was carried away by his
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    KEPPEL ROAD AREAS GET ADULT CLASSES
    156 5 Standard Stuff Reporter ANOTHER association to encourage literacy a nd to promote adu't education was formed m Singapore on Saturday It vn the Keppel Education Association whose aims are to spread the teaching ot English and to provide opportumte.s for cultural activity m the
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    City Employees' Teaching Ban
    116 5 SINGAPORE City Council employees will not be permitted to team tor remuneration outside their office hours if a committee decision is approved at the Council's meeting today The decision forbids any employee of the Council to teach for money except m cases where tuition m ;>
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    Study Course For Newsmen
    84 5 THE London Polytechnic authorities have allotted one of the eight places m the 1953/54 TJiploma course m journalism, reserved for colonial students to a Singapore journalist, says an official .statement yesterday. This year the expense.^ will have to be borne by the newspaper Bending the candidate
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    Asst. Registrar Is Appointed
    67 5 MR. SNG THIAN LYE. Assistant Secretary of the Singapore City Council will, subject to the approval of the City Councillors at their meeting today, be appointed to the post of Assistant Registrar of Vehicles. He will, however, remain at his present post till the end of
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    736 6 IS the Soviet Union on the eve of radical changes? Is Malcnkov out to be something more than merely the man who stepped into Stalin's shoes? Would Malenkov direct the course of Soviet affairs along lines which would ease world tension and offer more hopeful prospects of peace?
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    1135 6 WHEN I WRITE LIKE A COMMUNIST a man 1 mci m me said to me: -'Why do you always argue? You always seem tp be complaining about something m your articles. Is nothing ever right? What's the matter with you? Are you unhappy or something 9 What are you trying
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    362 6 Review of Views WHAT does Dato Onn want?! a-ks Utusan Melayu refer-;: ring to his speech last week. 3 His speech will do little forjj tite cause °f communal har-^ rnony and peace m thiss country. The paper wishes to know what is the attitude? of the High Commissioner^ toward?
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    562 6 By ALASTAIR BUCHAN WASHINGTON. IT IJAD been hoped by A many Americans that The return of Ihe Republican Party to office would allay the worst "witch hunting" by the more unscrupulous or die-hard Republican members of Congress. But so far there are indications that
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      603 6 Sir: -The present wave of threatened strikes cannot but suggest that there is something fundamentally wrong somewhere ancf that our local Government canno; be absolved from blame altogether. There may be various causes for the present labour unrest. and whatever they are. one thing is certain.
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      POSTAGE RATES ARE UP
      82 6 Sir: A few weeks ago BO AC. announced the introduction next month of a tourist class fare to U.K. at about 25 f "c less than the present fares. A few days ago you announced an increase m air postage to U.K. from 50 cents to
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    CAN FARES FOR FLOPS
    333 6 CAN FARES FOR FLOPS lm policy has provoked iary letters from your eaders, most of them attacki« Mr. Josey for claiming hat British film interest m lalaya should be protected y continuing the quota ystem. Though Mr. Josey's ar.egaion of American pressure n local theatre owners has een refuted, there
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    URD DIGS UP 6th MURDER VICTIM
    254 7 I .su (limner) me sixin victim 01 tiller was unearthed from the weedhe "Honsc of Death" here yesteiday. shirt sleeves dug up a tangled heap he spot where Saturday they unhtadlesa skeleton of a woman— the fifth ngler'i hands. And there may be a
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    51 7 photo. uU of prsrtai m wood, wax and cloth go up i M SI Josephs I>a> (Mar. I*>) m Valid,, ui.oti. wax and cloth goes to the niakNX satirising customs, habits or the IMioto shows part of the firework disx h\z burn-up. In the foreground i* dm *>f the Fallas.
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    Bigger Enemy Assaults Foreseen
    164 7 Bigger Enemy Assaults Foreseen SEOUL, Mar. 30, (UP) Lt.-Gen. Maxwell Taylor, Eighth Army Commander, said yesterday that the Chinese attacks along the western front last week have not been •profitable" to the Communists, but said the Reds probably will launch more and possibly larger assaults this spring. Taylor said m
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    Egypt Sudan To Decide Jointly if...
    90 7 Egypt Sudan To Decide Jointly if... General Mohammed Naguib. the Egyptian Prime Minister. said here last night that if the Sudan chose unity with Egypt, the two countries would decide their foreign policy together. He was commenting on a statement by Mr. Sehvyn Lloyd. British Minister of State at a
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    Adlai Advocates Pi-Jap Friendship
    64 7 BAGUIO CITY, Mar. 30 (UP) Adlai Stevenson yesterday urged the eaiiv restora- tion of friendly relations be- tween the Philippines and Japan. Speaking informally nt a I ?heon Which President Quirino gave m his honour a 1 summer capital of the Philippines, the visiting De mocratic
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    VOLCANO IN ERUPTION
    91 7 This air photo shows Mount Ngauruhoe. New Zealand's active volcano m the ientr P of the North Island, during its recent eruption. A climber was actually taking photographs inside the crater when the mountain burst Into eruption. He took precarious shelter behind a rock ledge just outside
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    Complaint On UK Attitude Towards EDC
    120 7 PARIS. Mar. 30 (Renter) The French Prime Minister, M. Rene Mayer, is reported here to have "complained" to tinUnited States during his visit to Washington about Britain's refusal to link herself more closely with the European Army. Many observers here believe that the French
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    JUNE HAVER
    32 7 TUNE HAVER, 26-year-old Ho lywood film actresj who entered a convent m Xavier, Kansas, six weeks ago. is now waiting on tables m return for room board and schooling. Reuter
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    ITALIAN ELECTION REFORMS PASSED
    235 7 AFTER VIOLENT SESSIOI ROME, Mar. 30.— Premier Alcide De Gasperi sim- 1 ultaneously won a Senate vote of confidence and passage of a new election law yesterday after the most violent scenes m Italy's parliamentary history. Communist deputies used chairs as clubs m a futile effort
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    CHIANG RAID
    39 7 CHINESE Nationalist amphibious guerrilla force of undisclosed strength harassed II langchl at the estuary of Mm River m FukJen Province m a surprise raid on the monu.s of Miir 15, the Tatao News y revealed y««ttrd»j.— UP
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    PoW OFFER SEEN AS ACID TEST FOR REDS
    301 7 PoW OFFER SEEN AS ACID TEST FOR REDS WASHINGTON, Mar. 30.— American officials yesterday viewed Red China's offer to exchange sick and wounded prisoners m Korea as an acid test of whether the Communist world really wants peace or has just been talking. Diplomatic ciicles here felt that if the
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    81 7 I'MOtO 1 Pope Pius XII received > rousing cheers on Mar. 5 19 as he was borne through a large croud > on his gestatorial chair (portable throne) through the Vatican Palace. It J 2 was the first time since 2 his illness two months ago that the Pope B
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    Ike Urged To Give Facts On World Situation
    151 7 WASHINGTON. Mar. 30. (AP) President Eisenhower received "a respectful suggestion" yesterday that he personally inform Congress and the nation the facts about Russian military and atomic strength and American tiefences. The unusual appeal rame m a letter from Son. Henry M. Jackson,
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    Intern Chiang Units In Burma'
    239 7 IMPIIAL, Northeast India, Mar. 30.— The Burmese Prime Minister IJ Nu said here yesterday Chinese Nationalist forces m Burma would have to be disarmed and interned since their repatriation to Formosa would amount to reinforcing General Chiang Kaishek's army. i Clarifying at a press conference
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    32 Old People Die In Blaze
    92 7 LARGO. California. Mar. 30. (UP) Flames crackled through a one-storey old folks' home m a matter of minutes early yesterday and -M persons, were trapped m their beds. Twenty-five other aged and infirm residents got out or were helped out before the fire engulfed
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    US Press Party Flies To Moscow
    110 7 US Press Party Flies To Moscow I.OXDON, Mar. 30, (Reuter) Eight American newspaper and radio executives fly to Moscow today hoping to get a clue to the policy behind the Communist new peace gesture to the West. They are seeking to be the first foreign journalists to interview Mr. Georgi
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    Attlee In Hospital
    33 7 MR. CLEMENT Attlee, 70-year-old leader of the Social is 4 opposition, last night entered a private ward of St. Mary's Hospital in London to be operated on for appendicitis. Reuter
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    67 7 »w»«*fV 'CORONATION STANDS' Ju^t the thin*; for sneaking a few laches from th«. man m front as th e Coronation procession paw s by are thfse {icon 'Milts" which «:>n he made any height. Made by a Londoner. they are also said to be fine lot ktepißß f" t cool
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    Soviet-UK Talks On Air Safety
    102 7 BERLIN. Mar. 30 (Reuter) British and Russian officials will meet here tomorrow to talk over air safety m Germany following the shooting down of a British Lincoln bomber two weeks ago. Britain last night accepted the Russian invitation to id, talks. General Vassily Chuikov, the
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      Joy-ride In A Borrowed Tram
      100 7 A VIENNESE reveller who borrowed a irumear for a four-hour joy-ride round the city may escape punishment because of a loop-hole m the law. his lawyer laid. The Vienna prosecutor finds there I? no law m Austria against borrowing a tram or a railway engine.
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      82 7 THE U.S Federal Civil Defence agency said the 50 can haltered by atomic blast at the Nevada testing grounds will be subject to further detonation there. Reuter. ADMIRAL Sir (iuv RussHl, roininanfier-in-rliief of British I r Kasfl Station arrived i«t MoftYlt field, California, for a threc-dav lour of American naval
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      32 7 YUGOSLAV sl)ij planes met the fi tonic to escort Marshal Tito as l,c entered the Adriatic (,n the last stage of his lourney home after visiting Knr 4, Rf-k'rade Radio rep< > Reuter
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      29 7 SOVIET first deputy I'rfmicr and Minister of the Imterior. Lavrenti Reria. nl»brated his 51th birthday >esi«rday but m accordance with Soviet custom, no public «el« hratio,; was given. A.F.P.
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      49 7 Vlf F FKI SIDI N 1 I .'u;trd KarnVlj. of Yafoslavia reported officially yostenlav that Communist Yugoslavia* i>uherful Federal Executive Council has decided to t. the ciiuntry'"* Mtttanta fr*r choice on wheiner they m\\l till Mm soil ladrpoJcnlli r vvor' fnr state i ottrolh (I (arm 1 eo-onerati\es.- A.P.
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      24 7 NKWSIMI'i RS m tin- 1,,.! ,ri capital yesterday h.muerlinrd the Communist offer m «x--change sick and woundrd prisoners of the Korean \\;tr. A. P.
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      32 7 air Chief Marshal S i F bFoster, command* i Second Tactical Air Fo I head the British delega > Ihe air safety conf<!. Soviet experts on Tue da Htrlin, informed sourc< A. P.
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      24 7 EMPEEOB Rao Hai returned to Banmctliuot, yesterday Uy his private plane from i where he had talks uiih French and Vlri««— rw leaders.- A.F.P.
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    121 7 'Dutch To Stay In New Guinea' PERTH. Mar. .30 (Rev AAP) The new Nethei s Ambassador to Australia. Mr. A. If. L. Winkelman, yesterday that the Dvi )i Government has no of bartering Dutch New nea for good relations h ra ia. The Dutch intend 1 Western Now Guinea to
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    QANTAS EARNED MORE AND FLEW FARTHER IN 1951
    234 8 Q ANT AS EARNED MORE AND FLEW FARTHER IN 1951 Standard Aviation Reporter THE Australian Government-owned Qantas Empire Airways, Ltd., made a net profit of £222,666 (approx. $1,558,000 Straits) m 1951— €25,642 more than the previous year's profit. The company continued to expand, and there were increases m route mileage.
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    96 8 PORTSMOUTH, Virginia. Mar. 30 (Reuter) The United States Navy has introduced its answer to modern sea warfare the wooden ship. Two minesweeper? of wood were named the USS Bulwark at the Portsmouth naval shipyard here yesterday. The only metal In the ship is m pine^.
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    33 8 This is the new Super Constellation transport planr and the first civilian airliner to b e equipped with high-speed turbocompound engines. It can cruise at about 350 m.p.h. and approach 400 m.p.h. maximum.
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    750 REPATRIATES ARRIVE IN H KONG
    72 8 HONGKONG, Mar. 30, (Reuter). Seven hundred and fifty Chinese repatriates from Malaya and Indonesia were escorted to board a special train yesterday following their arriva! ia two Dutch ships. None of them possessed permits to remain m Hongkong. Six hundred of them spent an
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    32 8 SIXTEEN million peso? have been put into the national shipyard m Marfreles, Philippines, which start? wu r k today. This is one of a series of government industrial projects. AFP
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    98 8 ROTTERDAM. Mar. 30 (AP) Freight and passenger service between Europe. England and the North Pacific coast via the Panama Cana!. will be resumed on Apr. I by the Hol-land-America Line and the Royal Mail Lines Ltd. of London, it was announced yesterday. Before the
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    SHARE MART OPENS EASIER
    455 9 I I/ 1 noli passing. •natny prices. Sellett 2 30 1 10 25 13.25 1 7 cd 17 lf| 180 44 00 M 2 30 B 80 I<H> 17 00 J'.O xd 1 iiO 1] }J0 5 I 1 xd 4.60 20 JO 2 35 I
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    RUBBER PRICES DOWN 1½ CENTS
    150 9 RUBBER PRICES DOWN 1½ CENTS RUBBER prices o n the Singapore market declined 14 tents per lb. yesterday, first grade rubber for April shipment closing at 69 5/8 cents per lb. The political news and turtner liquidation were responsible for the easier prices yesterday. At the lower levels, s om
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    Small Deals In Copra
    112 9 SMALL business passed 111 the copra section of the Singapore produce market yesterday at slightly higher than the week-end levels. Copra quotations were: $43J buyers and $44 sellers for April. $42J and $42J for May and 54H and $41 J for Juno. Some business In May
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    39 9 HONGKONG. Mar. 30—Special Standard Service: Closing prices on the Hongkong Exchange today were 515.87 to £1 storhng: $5 920 to USslr» $1,833 to Malayan $1; $0200 to one I Indonesian Rupiah, Goid $268.25 I to one tael.
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    Business Tour
    75 9 photo. Mr. A. W Tyree, manager of Tyree Electrical Company, Sydney, (left), arrived m Singapore Friday by air from London for a short visit here. He hopes to expand the Australian trade m electrical equipment m Malaya. He i s also visiting Kuala Lumpur m connection with a
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    50 9 SINGAPORE Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association 1953 officials are: Chairman: Mr. F. J. Kemlo; deputy chairman Mr. I. G. Salmond. Committee: Messrs. E. G. Holiday. C. E. Hudson. F. E. Hafrison. P. J. Coleclough, E. G Mortensen. L. C. Smith, C. H. I. Kent and W. N. Kennedy.
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    34 9 A TOTAL of £500,000 will be made to Pakistan by NewZealand under the Colombo Plan, during the coming fiscal year, the Minister for External Affairs, Mr. Webb. said m Parliament yesterday.- AFP
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    NEW YORK RUBBER MEN MAY MEET IN SPORE
    578 9 NEW YORK RUBBER MEN MAY MEET IN SPORE Standard Market Reporter THE Rubber Trade Association, the Rubber Manufacturers' Association of New York and the local rubber trade bodies may hold a meeting m Singapore to discuss and agree on type descriptions and pocking specifications. Following an invitation from the R.T.A.
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    UK Warns Of Economic Crisis
    328 9 Survey For 2953 LONDON, Mar. 30 (Reuter The Government sounded a warning today that Britain must produce and export still more to avert a slide back into economic crisis. In its economic survey for 1953, published today, it outlined the emergency measures taken last year
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    73 9 MANCHESTER, Mar. 27, (Reutcr).— Sir Percivai Griffiths, former member of the Indian Legislative Assembly, told British industrialist yesterday that quick delivery was a key factor m meeting the Japanese, American and European competition m the Far East marke's. Sir Percival, recently returned from a tour of
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    COMMODITY PRICES
    104 9 COMMODITY PRICES CLOSING rubber prices (cents per Ib.) m Singapore y<stvrdj\ were: Buyers Sellers No 1 tt.SS Spot Loose ti!U t>9; No. 1 K.S.S. ti9& <i 9* No. 2 R.S.S. H-ih No. 3 R.S.S. 6«1 6tii Tone: Quiet. SINGAPORE, Mon. The price of tin today was S4"oi. Down $LMZ\ cts.
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    TECHNICAL COLLEGE
    26 9 pnoio. Tbr Technical f\>'Vpe's showroom at the exhibition of electrical appli »><•?, at the Chinese Awiih'v I!;;il KuaU Luiupur ittHit oa Saturday. Yong Peng Seong
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    Trade Competition Hits Jap Workers
    148 9 TOKYO, Mar. 30, (AFP) Japan's employment situation is deteriorating owing to chronic business and intensified international trade competition, according to an official survey. A Labour Ministry cheek-up revealed that the industry heaviest hit is the spinning industry m which ten major manufacturing companies discharged -JO
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    $1.6M. Adverse Balance Likely
    52 9 $1.6 M. Adverse Balance Likely MALAYANS !e nril h foreign countries lijst monl likely to show an advei balance of about $1 8 million, according to prelin tistics issued y< >terday. Overall values of Malaya*i foreign trade last month amounted to $497.2 million of which (247.8 million \\< < porti
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    UK Plane Exports
    77 9 -Britain's air«-raft export! for tho Brs| two month- of this ye 11 a'ucd M |y C 9 000.000, the So v of British Aircraft Constru said. Inrr< a i 1 exports of military aircraft formed ;i large proportion ol total. "Alri r,iiy iri tiie fir '.II weeks
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    Can You Name This Actor?
    246 10 STAR CONTEST No. 9 AI I tltioufch this week The Singapore Staml.ttd Mraealf Us niitilt star contest. All vou'vf goi to Jo is to collect the pictures and coupons tor all six utvs mid *,-nd tin-in logetbet *i«h lh«- names ol the stars under sin^l^
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    91 10 THE SUN'S LOVELY BUT, OH! THE GLARE STREAMLINED Sunday siren protecting eyes against the Malayan glare is South Africa-trained dancer and ballerina Denise Downier. Also gifted designer, playsuit is her own creation. (Below): Whatever it is. it is no laughing matter. That seems to be the reaction of Colon> star
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    DOING THE TOWN
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    TO THE RHYTHM OF THE RHUMBA
    21 10 (Above): It's /strike up the band* for Yvonne Petersen now m*. Bane Vv,,,,,^. g\J& £i
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    PATTEREN SERVICE
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    EDDIE CHOONG WINS 3 MORE
    380 11 p A f iS Mar. 29, (Keuter). Fresh from their All na U~A the C*oong cousins of Moloya, Eddie and Dovid ««U i <tX Hrn French bodminton championships whic^ A! I j!I f f cVctcd "die won o,| three titles wit^ui "onyim^ Lddle retained the
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    Ceylon SC Officials
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    Boustead Team
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    RUBBER MATCH
    141 11 V I u i be put up a great fight Laj Tarn a< Mew York ebruary 13 and lost on a widely disputed split decision. In the first Chnrles-Ui>ne >ou: at Pittsburgh on October 10. 19.">1 Ezzard stopped Rex m the Ilth round. F: -'it's nationally telrvised and
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    EASTER TOUR
    25 11 ERCANTHJE Bank SfMrtl X ..i a Lumpur will visit pore during the E.. i lays for inendly s. iton games against ny colleagues.
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    Johore Revives Football Assn.
    83 11 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. The Johor e Amateur Football Association has been revived after a lapse of more than two years. The newly ejected committee are: presidetn— Mr. Teoh Chze Chong, vice-presidents one from each of the following districts: Johore Bahru, Muar Scgamat, Kluang. and Batu I
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    Teoh Siew Khor Cup
    25 11 JOHORE BAIIRU, Mon. Tlie Johore Chinese Football Association will start an interdistrict competition for the late Dato Tcoh Siew Khor Cup.
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    Coronation Tour Contest
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    Seixas Makes A Clean Sweep
    201 11 PALM BEACH, Mar. 30 (I P)-Lanky Vie Seixas downed southpaw Art Larsen m a relentless battle of services yesterday m the finals of the Evergrades invitational tennis tournament 5—7, 6 4, 64, and 6—l. Seixas of Philadelphia, the nations number two singles i Piayer, am
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    KOREANS COMING
    30 12 South Korea soccer f will arrive m Singapore oi Saturday lor five matches m the Colony. They have re- SAKA make ar- < rents lor entry visas for rsona,
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    MONA'S KUDA ATTRACTS
    368 12  -  WINDSOR LAD By Sangfroid Also Catches The Eye IPOH, Mon.— MONA S KUDA (Lansdown) and SANGFROID (Russell) provided the best workout at this morning's track work when they went over three m 37 2/5. Mona's Kuda did her work without any blemish and was well on the
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    SWITCH BRINGS 3 GOALS TO DEPOT
    224 12 KUALA MMIFIR, Mon.— A switch fn tactic rewarded the Kuala Lumpur Police Depot with a 3 l victory over Selangor Rangers m a division 1 league soccer match today. Trom loni; range shooting the Depot adopted short passing tactic m the second half daring
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    TODAY'S Sport
    111 12 TODAY'S Sport SINGAPORE SOCCER: SAFA—SCC V. Marine Dept., Div. I—Jalan Besar; S Corinthians v. Social AP Div 111 A—Geylang; BODCA v. Cheerful Lads. Div. II BODCA; KML V. SFB Div. lIIA— CYMA FRIENDLY: Raffles v. St. Anthony's School St. Anthony: Victoria School v. ACS—V.S. BOX/\'(J: Xorices Mcct Happy World Navy
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    Munro Takes A Holiday
    93 12 SYDNEY. Mar. 30 (AP)— Darby Munro, a jockey of Australian tracks for many years, plans to go overseas at the end of Api He intends to visit the United States, England and France. Munro told a reporter it would be a holiday trip bui he wouici
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    Match Postponed
    16 12 SAFA'a D" is on 3A soccer match SHB Po^ee and SCSA w postponed yesterday.
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    Tulloh Hurt
    48 12 IPOH, Mon. Champion jockey Colin Tulloh may not ride on Wednesday, second day of the Perak Derby meeting. I" suffered a slight injury when his mount Cinecolor shied and stumbled causing his left leg to hit against the railing. He will be riding on Derby day.
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    Forwards Let Down The Police
    208 12 IPOH, Mon. Ipoh Malays today created a mild upset m a local senior division league soccer when they snatched a narrow 2 l victory over a more fancied Ipoh Police team. Police had only themselves to blame for it was their forwards that failed them.
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    Fabulous Guarantee
    70 12 PLEASAXTVILLE New Jersey, Mar. 30, (UP)— As Jersey Joe Wnleott finished his training today manager Felix Bocchicchio disclosed that Joe will get a fabulous guarantee of more than $270,000 for his title fight with champion Rocky Marciano at Chicago on Apri' Tomorrow Walcott and trainer Dan Florio will
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    Perek CRC Opens fund
    120 12 I Perak 1 will a 1 tg fund*il was annual v. me decided U\ i invitation af:er a 1 f four 3 Sim H k Clioon was pn tit m P-ace pi Mr. Chin '<■ who did i Land for n after ni p.; won for
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    Four Boxers Will Go All Out Tonight
    313 12 Four Boxers Will Go All Out Tonight F< >( R age Singapore boxers S Mn Sak, vfrabhaK, Tan Fook Seng. E. Dickman and Austin Dunsford. have the opportunity tonight they have iong awaited to provo their worth m the Singapore Amateur Boxinj* As sociations Novices ehampionflnals a1 the Happy itadiun
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    PENANG-PERAK CRC CRICKET
    92 12 IPOH, Mon. The annual rri -kei mai I«. :ween the Chinese x I ion Cub a- 1 i 'heir Pen; b take place 'he Ander--5o t >. School fi :ius weeken starting Si i rday 2 p.m. Perak CRC team will be from the following: Lim Guan
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    Ramblers Win Taiping Soccer
    68 12 TAIPING M, i In a first division leagu* I I .:i match the Ramblers bea± the Prisons Department 4 .Majid scored two goals. Sidthoipe and Afegat Abdullah i\etted a goal each. Ramblers: Davmalingam; Salleh, Rajoo; Ba'.a, Abbas, Sol lev. Appalasamy. Megat Abdullah, Majid, Sidthorpe und rlittfiin.
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    TABLE TENNIS WINS
    24 12 Tiong Bahr.j Community Centre beat Chine.-c Sports Association 6-4 and R.A.F Changi 7-0 m friendly games 01 tal>!e-tennis over the weekend.
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    Ramblers Win 6-3
    177 12 PENANG. Mr n. Fielding a .-.trong side which included several of last season's state players, the Ramblers easily defeated the Baharul Alam Football Club 6-3 m a first division soccer league on the v toria Green today. Tha game wai marred by play, especially m the second
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    Indian Forwards Had A Great Day
    235 12 AFTFK scoring two goals m the first half. Indian Recreation Club added five more to register their first victory m lour outings beating Katong Sajarah 7—l m SAFA's Division 1 league at the Jalan Besar stadium yesterday. Katong Sajarah's defeat came aa i surprise
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    Solomons Keeps His Pledge
    199 12 LOXDOX. Mar. 30, (Reuter)— Randolpli Turpin, the British champion. and Char 1 c a Humez of France will light for the world middle-weight championshii) at the London White City (m .Tune J>. according tv an announcement today by the British promoter Jack Solomons Everything was 'signed
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    Penang Team v. Perak Picked
    74 12 PENANG, Mon. The Penan» team to meet Perak m the first inter-state cricket match at Ipoh during the Easter holidays was announced last night as follows: J. P Pearson (Capt.). Eu Cheow Teik (vice-Capt). Hayati Meah, R. Bhupalan C. E A. La Brooy, Koay Khoon
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    SOCCER TRIAL
    24 12 IPOH. Mon. A s the state soccer :rial will be hold tomorrow, all league games fixed for that day have been cancelled.
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    Eurasian Team
    64 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon.— The following have been selected to represent the Selangqr Eurasian Association m their first division leacue soccer match against the UMNO Youths on the Kampong Bharu ground tomorrow S. Goonting, D Danker (Capt.). C. Nunis, P. Sequerah C. Gomes. M. Shepherdson" M. Danker. K. Grosse,
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    Junior Badminton
    28 12 IPOH. Mon. Enirios for the Perak Junior badminton championships close on April 10 but so far only two have entered. The tournament begins on April 25.
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    Walkover To CYAA
    17 12 C.P. SAMA.TAN gave a walkover to YCAA In yesterday's SAFA Division 3A soccer match.
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    World Table Tennis
    36 12 LONDON. Mar. 30. (UP) Hungary's Ferenc Sido and Rumania's Angelica Roseanu vyon the men's and women's singles titles respectively at the world tabletcnnis championships at Bucharest, according to oflicial broadcastl monitored here yesterday.
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    Saturday's Ipoh race finishes by Standard photographer Loan Kup Seng
    10 12 Saturday's Ipoh race finishes by Standard photographer Loan Kup Seng
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