Singapore Standard, 18 April 1953

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    11 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD 1(,,. Ml 2»* SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1933. DFLKGG
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    MALAY BAVK IN SADDLE
    66 1 MALAY BAVK IN SADDLE ibleMajority nfXOl -»uth Africa. I!'). Premier Mulan's NaParty, won a tion victory en it was a ;its in the r.ure than former eant five wer tion (by y) and I n wealth. that the i won d Party Eleven but Governrity c! majority -he Na- igl
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    NICOLL STARTS HIS VACATION
    20 1 don Corr dec; iggestion Governor reform ire setcon e R into the y 'hello.' till tiio
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    Heiftrz Attacked
    18 1 ailant at- 1 violinist n iron bar .day after V the Ger- d Strauss. was hurl
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    Times Is Held For Contempt
    277 1 B O M B A Y. April 17 (H ter).— The Bom!>a v Leitive Assembly today"with- press facilities from Bombay i leading daily, the independent Times of India holding that the paper and ts tor committed a breach of the House privileges. By U9 votes
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    FIVE CIVILIANS
    47 1 r.^-ASK* 1 Seoi'cj picture. MISS Wong Shue Fun of Kenny's bookstort, Kuala Lumpur, got the autograph o\ Mr. Ad!ai Stei'enson on the carer ol Aa American magazing bearing fetj colour photograp)>. Slie requested th? autograph irhen he walked by On bookstore on Thursday. Yong Peng
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    HARRISON GIVES 2 TRUCE TERMS
    259 1 TOKYO. April 17 (UP).— The Tinted Nations agreed today to resume Korean truce talks under a formula that would insure against forced repatriation of any prisoner or stalling at the conference table. The United Nations' note, dolivcied at Panmunjom this morning, called for a liaison
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    Opening Round
    25 1 PRESI DENT Eisenhower s Challenge 1«> Russia on wor.d peace and armament reduction is onlv the opening round in an all-out -peace ofTenMve.
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    ANDREI OUT, MALIK IS IN?
    56 1 LONDON. April 17 (UP) Soviet Ambassador Andrei Gromyko is leaving his London post and returning shortly to Moscow, authoritative sources reported today. H e will most probably be succeeded by 47-year-old .Jacob Malik, formerly the Kremlin's representative at the United Nations in New York and
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    THAI TRIBE FLEES
    34 1 OVER a thousand mem >ers of the Thai tribe, lining W Burmese territory near the Thai border. evacuated into M; a e i district. Provinre Chiengrai, exfteme north of Thailand. U.P.
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    FIRES KILL 18
    30 1 FIRES in a factory and apartment house only two miles apart killed at least 18 persons in Chicago wi Thursday. Another 2<) factory workers were unaccounted for.
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    Monty Has Super Idea
    105 1 FIELD Marshal Viscount Montgomery has suggested a supra-national body to direct western policy in the cold war. He told a news conterence in Ottawa on Thursday tha clear political direction is a necessity in the western world to .prevent the risk of war through miscalculation. He
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    THREE THROW CAFE GRENADE
    52 1 HONGKONG, April IT, (UP) Three intoxicated Australian soldiers threw a hand grenade into a cafe in the Central Japan naval base city of Kure. No one \yas injured but Japanese police immediately arrested the trio after a struggle starting another tug-of-war with the British Commonwealth authorities
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    His Tonsils Now
    22 1 MR. Anthony Eden, who had a major operation on Sunday, has developed tonsil it is w tfl lever. Router.
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    Two Star Drivers
    23 1 MOVIE director Robert Ro>>ellini and Princ-e Aly Khan have entered Italy's tough, dangerous 1. 000-mile mot o i race. UP.
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    GET THE CROWNING ON YOUR RADIO
    103 1 LONDON. April 17 (AP).— The BBC announced yesterday that talks by the Queen and Winstcfa Chfwhill will climax a <lav of Coronation broadeastfng iUt June 2 on a scale "never Wfore euvisaficd. Churchill w: bi at around 2055 GMT— 2O minutes before the Queen
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    MURDERED Drove To Their Deaths In A Jeep
    374 1 MURDERED Drove To Their Deaths In A Jeep Standard Staff Correspondent IPOH, Fri. Communist terrorists in Perak savagely murdered an entire jeep-load of Chinese civilians five in all near a Chinese tin mine in Chemor shortly after noon time today. It was the most brutal atrocity committed against civ'tliani since
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    FRESH BID FOR WIIMA
    181 1 Bv A S|HVij| CoriTspund<*nl THE Poli ii I«a ei t in i* a ri t •< cording to a reliable source k»*« offered to buj the COntrovorsial Finnish tanker Wiim.i Which has l>ccn anchored off Singapore foi nine weeks with i i irgo nf Ki.odd iqqi
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    OVER THE POLE
    28 1 TWO Royal Air FbTC* plafi,^ are to fly over the Ncjrth Pol# four times next month rariving skilled navigators trained for high latitude navigation Renter.
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    BOXIN-G RESULTS
    40 1 Last night s boxing at the Happy World Stadium: Harry O'Sullivan (Australia) lost to Lim Kco Chan (Singapore) on points. M;»\ Murphy (Australia) lost »o Rig. Padernal (Manila) on points. Jimmy Balnea (Australia) drew with Paul Cheng (Singapore).
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    New Pak Premier
    22 1 PAKISTAN'S Governor-Gen-eral Ghulam Muhammad h;i> asked Mohammed Ali. Ambassador to the United State-. t>» lorm a nw government. AP.
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    Rebels Harry The Retreating French
    153 1 PARIS, April 17: (Reuter)— Vietminh Communist rebels have made a second attack on a column of French and Laotian troops withdrawing from the outpost of Sam Neua, Laos, to a security area in southwest Indo-China, the French press agency reported today from Hanoi. Several regular
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    ALL SET FOR BORNEO TALKS
    76 1 Standard Staff Reporter A CONFERENCE will be held at the Istuna in Kuchinf on Tuesday to consider questions of co-ordination of policy and administration m matters of common concern between Sarawak, North Borneo and Brunei. The Commissioner General will take the chair at -he Conference,
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    Kerling Curfew
    37 1 A PERIMETER rurfew hj Ivcri imposed until furthei notice on the town of Ki i Kerling Htm Village, Ulu .s> .m^ur F.s'.itr .irjfi i ling K t.ite in the Ku.ii.i K Di>tn. t ">i Sttaogor,
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    THE LAW AT SEA
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    CHAPPEIL vs. STEINWAY CONTROVERSY
    326 2 Lets Have The Best City Councillors THE PIANO in Singapore's Victoria Memorial Hall is quite adequate, the conductor of the Musical Society's orchestra, Mr. Gordon Van Hien told The Standard vesterdaj He was commenting On the i suggestion by Mr. Louis Kent-' the concert pianist who
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    Floating Police Station
    48 2 Standard A RARE SIGHT in Singapore harbour, this floating police station, belonging to the Marine Police, was in port yesterday. Named the Hans; Tuah", she is a pontoon type houseboat, normally based in the Straits of Johore. She is here for reconditioning and refitting. photo.
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    Watchman On Murder Charge
    37 2 A Singapore watchman. Gurdip S:ngh, was tentatively j charged in the Singapore Fifth Police Court yesterday with murdering another watchman. Subah Singh, on Thursday night in D'Aimeida Street. He was remanded until Monday.
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    Boys Parade To Church Tomorrow
    92 2 THE Singapore Battalion of the B<\vs* Brigade will hold its first Battalion Church Parade this year at the Presbyterian Churv'h. tomorrow at 10.30 a.m. The sermon will be by Rev. R.M. Greer. The Battalion will fail in at Queen Street, in front of Raffles Girls'
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    PRICES FALL – SO FIRM IS INSOLVENT
    225 2 PRICES FALL SO FIRM IS INSOLVENT THE DROP in prices of goods and the high interest paid on loans borrowed for the running of the business were given as reasons for Tong Cheong and Co. Singapore, becoming insolvent at the end of 1951. I This was stated yesterday bofore the
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    ADLAI TICKS OFF PRO-CHIANG MEN
    493 2 Tight The Reds Here First' v Standard Staff Reporter MR. ADLAI STEVENSON yesterday frankly told off 1 1 proKuomintang leaders. "Even greater efforts are expected of you in defence of your own country here in Malaya/' he told the leaders who represented about 100 associations
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    MR. S.H. YANG DIES
    112 2 A WKLL KNOWN Singa pore contractor. .Mr. Yang Sin llua. proprietor of Nan yang Structural To.. Ltd.. (i?*d at 1 a.m. yesterday from a heart attack at his Holland Koad residence. He was t>3. His firm has been respon siblo for the i (instruction of barracks
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    Public Showing Of Pre-Coronation Film
    202 2 V?!Fr S ore Pubhc "'"a"""* Office will show two pre-Coronation films free to the public, sUrtine Irom today at the Film Censors Office. Maxu ell Rn»/ "Royal Destiny" a 15-minute featurettc. gives the public an intimate life story of the Queen from early childhood to
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    JOHN EDE BACK
    30 2 MR. JOHN EDE, General Manager of the Singapore Cathay Organisation and secretary of the Progressive Party, returned by air yesterday after spending four months' leave m Britain.
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    Sentence Too Harsh —Seaman
    256 2 Standard Shipping Reporter A LUCKLESS Finnish seaman. who has been sentenced to stay on Ixiani 'he tanker Wunia for the duration of her itay im Singapore because \\e paid a "friendly visit" to >.up in harbour, thinks that he has been treated too harshly. The seaman,
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    Talented Scouts
    27 2 Johore S«a &-outs will hold talentime competition at Bukit Zahrah S<hool at 8.30 p.m. today and on Sunday in aid of the Sea Srouts Fund.
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    Feared Death -He Left Ship
    79 2 A SEAMAN. Sheik Oomer. told the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday he deserted his ship because of fear 3f death. "The serang of the vessel always assaulted me,*' he alleged. Oomer pleaded guilty to deserting his ship, the Stanvac Palembang. while the vessel was at
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    "Racial Unity Is Growing"
    149 2 DR. Walter Johnson, a member of Mr. Adlai Stevenson's £u& discussed with Prof h.H.G. Dobby, and 11 Honours geography students of the University of Malaya yesterday Jnd unity m Malaya. The students gave their individual views to Dr. Johnson and suggested th« creation at national schools,
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      75 2 Weather trUF^Sy™ Temperature: V2P pm on Aar 16 to /iSLf on Apr. 17 Siiif aporr <75F>, Penanf (74F) Kota Bahru (74F).^ U ala Lumpur !tlf|' IP (73F) Kuan tan Maximum Temperature: Apr. 17. Singapore (9tF) <93F). Koala Laramir \9\Y\ Ipak (91F). Kua*uT 9*F) >f ■taiafall: front 7Jt aJB lo ?Jt
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    THEIR HOBBY IS OLD NOTES, COINS
    367 3 mvr A i»r,^ ta u dard Staff Reporter coins and as f number »f collectors of old tender currencv ™*es which are no longer legal Settlement Mr Ch^ Peng Yam, has a Straits was hTnrW h Panted on Sept. 1, 1898. The note to
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    Negligent Driving
    33 3 FOR DRIVING In a negligent n.anncr at the junction of Jalan Omri and Jalan Meriam, Atan bin Haji Sira: was fined SBO by the Muar .Magistrate. His driviiig licenct was endorsed.
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    Store In Tanjong Rhu Burgled
    56 3 A FOREMAN of a Singapore engineering firm in Tanjon^ Rhu, who went to check the stores on Thursday discovered that engineering equipment, including brass bars, cast iron spools and galvanised iron sheets, amounting to $1,200. had been stolen from the premises. The thieves entered the
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    "Blood Bank' Story Scared 170 Pupils
    143 3 BELIEVING a rumour that they would be required to give blood for the Singapore Blood Bank, 170 Chinese schoolboys stayed away from school on Thursday. The school, a Governmentaided primary Chinese school at Woodland*, had. in fact, been advised that a health team would
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    Chain Of Fire Stations For S'pore Planned
    231 3 Chain Of Fire Stations For S'pore Planned FDgLFD THE Singapore Fire Brigade aims u'rimateiy to have a chain of fire sto. ns throughout- the island, the Brigade Engineer, Mr. J. Angus, told The Standard yesterday. By next year, two moio new ire ItatKMU would be built, one a' Bukit Patoh
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    Banish Me, Youth Tells Magistrate
    151 3 Banish Me, Youth Tells Magistrate A YOl'Nd [ndoncsi in l> I bin Mukii. ed in the Singapore Fourth Crin l) i Court 2i i konths' SOllllHMll t>r lo'i'uii^ driver, iaid that I to be b i > This, the M.i-: I would l>e looke by \U j cm. Ma; Tiiji,
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    YOUNG BARES GOVT. POLICY
    280 3 Continuation Schools THE aim of the Singapore Education Department is to convert all the 11 Government afternoon continuation schools into regional schools as soon as possible, said the Director of Education, Mr. R. M. Young, at a press conference yesterday. With three more schools, Geylang. McNair
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    Old Presbyterians Assn Reorganized
    133 3 THE Old Boys" Association of the Presbyterian 8. >.-,s■ School has been re-organized and is now called the Presbyterian English Schools Old Students' Association. Membership is open to all old students of the Presbyterian Boys School, KUO Ctiuan Girls' School. Drybur^ l > English School and
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    They Built Own School
    78 3 A NEW S.M'.',;ipore Malay school built by the islanders of Pulau Bwkom Keehil. under the sponsorship of the Pasir Panjang Rural District Committee, was oponcj last month. Mr. R. M. Young, Director of Education said ve>.terda.\ that Government provided the furniture and the only teacher the
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    ECHO OF PETITION TO THE CITY COUNCIL
    42 4 photo. i GIRLS from the Primary Class of Bukit Bintang School. KuaJa Lumpur enjo>ing their drinks at the picnic in thr Lake Gardens on Thursday. just before the first term i school holidays began. Standard
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    CHARGE FAILS
    59 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. Agreeing with the detencel counsel. Air. R.P.S. Ra.jasooria. that the evidence of the complainant wa* contradictory, the First Magistrate. Inche Ismail, today, acquitted and discharfird a labourer. Ponnusamy, on a 'harqe of causing hurt. He was aiieged to have stabbed he omplainant a felJow- nrr
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    PILLAI RETAINS THE PRIZE WINNING TICKET
    285 4 Case Of The Stolen Lottery Ticket' KLANG, Fri.— Accused of stealing a Malayan Indian Congress lottery ticket, No. *****9, which won the first prize of $20,898, Karuppanan and Kandasamy Pillai were acquitted and discharged by Inche Harun, Klan£ District Court Magistrate. The magistrate said
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    SPRING CLEAN TRUST SYSTEM -JAGANATHAN
    199 4 THE Singapore Improvement Trust needs immediate drastic "spring cleaning" in its present system of allocating flats. Mr. S. Jaganathan. a City Councillor, told The Standard yesterday. H e said: "though the chairman of the Trust Mr. T i p F McNeice, contends that the present
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    IQBAL DAY
    46 4 UNDER the auspices of the Overseas Pakistan League of Singapore "Icibal Day" will be celebrated at a public meeting on Tuesday at 430 AiTif !t W i!J b^ held at the All-Malaya Muslim Missionary Society in Geylang under the chairmanship of Mr j Namazie.
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    RUBBER, TIN CLOSING PRICES
    42 4 LONDON, C" 17 L -l ndO rh. C TSL P<m<fe f Spor tUiB LONDON TIN ZZ J||j h*" *715 Mr to* Jon./Mor. IS!* bl| y <r £7^5 sellers. Moy ci.f. ill? WjHwnent Price: £730 s Afternoon; 70 tons.
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    Ex-Corporal Faces 3 Forgery Charges
    473 4 ALLEGATIONS that certain signatures in a petition sent to the Singapore City Council were forged were heard in the Second District Court yesterday when a tormer police corporal, Ahmad bin Mohomed Yotim, faced three charges of forgery. The first charge was that he forged signatures
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    Certificate For SJAB Long Service
    42 4 Certificate For SJAB Long Service MRS. KOH Keong Tuan receiving tbe rib- I bon and certificate for j ber St. John Ambulance Brigade long service medal from l>r. G. Ilarl- das. Commissioner of St. John Ambulance Bri- gade in Siaranere. assa terday.
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    Agriculture College Award
    82 4 APPLICATIONS are invited for a Major Agricultural Scholarship, tenable at the College of Agriculture Malaya, for a period of three years, commencing June, 1953. Candidates must have reached their sixteenth year and not normally have passed thoir twenty-first birthday. They must hold a Cambridge School Certificate Grade
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    Horticultural Post
    44 4 CANDIDATES for appointment to the Horticultural Divi£jon. Part II shall hold the National Diploma of Horticulture or the Kew Certificates or a specialist qualification acceptable to the Public Services Commission. The salary scale I™ P^"^ $510 x 30A/B/ <80 x 3QA-1.Q20 p.m.
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    72 Get SJAB Awards
    172 4 72 Get SJAB Awards NINE out of 13 S:r]g;ipore St. John Ambti :in- e officers awarded long tervice medals turned up to receive their ribbons Mid certificatei from Dr. G. Harid;i>. CommittkMMf of the St. John Ambulanet Br:--tjade. at the n tquarters of the organization yesterday. Dr V, Tham one
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    New Mobile Post Office Schedule
    198 4 THE Dircrt.i: Potts, Singapore. aniiotnic.fi |hc foil revised schedule for the Mobile Post Ofltai rn .1 Apn! |7: Monday: Bukit Timah Village 1 9 a .in. i«> MB a:i\»> Jurong Village 1 10 IS i" 11 am.). Ttengah Villa* 'l to HI p.m.). Yew n
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    CANAL RESCUE
    34 4 A SINGAPORE hawker. Lee Seng Hin fell into the Rochore Canal shortly after 4 a.m. yesterday and was rescued by a taxi-driver. Taken to hospital, he was treat* d as an outpatient.
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    Malay Regt. Kills Terrorist In Rank
    262 4 K AL v\ MI>ll( ln v several incidents betweei thr fe Terrorists in thr FewtraUta p lerrorist was killed, lit hll to tin the Sixth Battalion. Main Regimei Yesterday mm n• West Kent Regiment in Btk engaged Nffltral Communist U site which still had
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    Jap Tanker To Avoid The Straits
    45 4 roKvo r IAFP i i linkuhn:> April 1 Hilh i and i It. i of M nun*- Mr.i I tr.i sour* i's I M- \n\\ porl- I ,<« I Oil nmp i^ ii prrpat K Com; ves.v« I. fa oil
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    2 Youngsters give Evidence -Get Praise.
    13 4 2 Youngsters give Evidence -Get Praise. 1 tave a pn>M 1 I R
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    S'pore Art Show Opens
    61 4 S 'pore Art Show Opens '\'E of t« aturci ol S the lnoreaM'.i xn Mine the tnd war. said the Oft. i tenng the > Ml W. L. Blyilie. y«t« he opened Un- fourth .(■< n exhibition o! I K< v Art Soeu y it British Council Hall. The txhibUion
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    KL Fliers Will Seek Covt. Aid
    116 4 THE KUALA LUMPUR Flying Club will continue to press the Government for a decision on a subsidy for the Club, stutes the Club's .annual general report for 1952. At present the Government has not yet been fit to provide any financial relief other than
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    2nd. Attempt At Suicide, Note Said
    111 4 BLTORE Worn Thean Yee I >ok poison -n n:s room in Upper Crou Street, Singapore, he wrote a nuie. The note >a. d that he was io:ng to commit suicide "for lbs tecond time because life would be miierable if he had to continue
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    CG To Open Gandhi Memorial
    99 4 SINGAPORE'S $200,000 Gandhi Memorial Building in Race Course Lane, which will be officially opened by Mr. Malcolm MacDonald. on April 25. is the first of its kind built in Sou'.h-East Asia. Ihe building has a library containing the works of the late Mahatma Gandhi, and
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    BROKE FOOD LAW, 27 FINED $2,545
    57 4 FIXES totalling $2,545 were imposed on offenders under the Food and Price Control Ordinance during the month of March. The courts convicted 37 out of 49 prosecutions. The offences were failing to display price tag?, failing to maintain daily records, selling incorrect grades of
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    Coronation Treat For TB Patients
    53 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Fri. Plans are being made to give tuberculosis patients in the General Hospital special treats during the Coronation. Mrs. M. Glendenning, the matron. has applied to the Johore Bahru Anti-TB Association for assistance to enable her to give extra rations to these patients
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    Rotary Talk
    31 4 MR. Y.C. KANG. of the Ipoh Rotary Club, gave a talk on the object of Rotary to members of the Johore Bahru Rotary Club at a tea meetinx yesterday.
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    Police Seek Armed Swimsuit Gangster
    183 5 FOLLOWING the arrest of a Malay, alleged to be the leader of Singapore's "swimsuit gang," in Malacca, Singapore police suspect that another armed member 1 of the gang is still at large. The gang had been respon>i- ble for at least (i\ e am ed
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    Develop Regional Trade In S-E Asia, Says Adlai
    370 5 Develop Regional Trade In S-E Asia, Says Adlai —Photo by Kuala Lumpur. Standard Staff Reporter A NEW determination among South East Asian countries to ensure their independence and resist domination either by Communism, Colonialism or other foreign control is noticeable today, declared Mr. Adlai Stevenson Democratic U.S. Presidential candidate, at
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    8-ft.High Ceilings Allowed
    217 5 8-ft.High Ceilings Allowed POURTEEN block! of Singapore Improvement T rust houses in Alexandra Road. will have reilings only eight feet high instead of the previous minimum of eight and a half feet. Thi> was Jecided at a spcial meeting of the City Councillors yesterday The approval mi given by the
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    ORDER HELD ULTRA VIRES
    153 5 .TOHORE BAHRU. Fri An order made by th e Mentri Besar, Juhore. under an Emergency Regulations was held to be ultra vires by Sycd Othman. Magistrate, Johove Bahru. The case was one m wn n Lee Eng Chip, a shopkeeper of Gelang Patah. was charged in
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    Information Officer Named
    88 5 MR John Batten has been appointed by the Federation Government and the Colony of Singapore as Information Omcer to the staff of th e Commissioner for Malaya in Lond °He will take up this post on June 15 and will then leave tor Malaya, where he will
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    Critics Of Procession Ignorant
    152 5 Critics Of Procession Ignorant PEOPI.F who had criticised the large expenditure on Coronation celebrations by Singapore Chinese were exhibiting their disloyalty arid disrespect for ihe British jrown, to which they owed much, said Mr. Tan Lark Sye last night. He said that of the few million dollars that wou d
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    S'pore Assizes
    23 5 S 'pore Assizes THE next session of the Singapore Assizes will be held in the Supreme Court at IU.JO a.m. oti May 4.
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    PAY CUT HINTS WORRY ASIANS
    156 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— News that certain agency houses have sent circulars suggesting a cut in staff salaries is very disturbing said Mr. V. M. N. Menon, General Secretary of the All-Malayan Estates Asian Staffs Association. He pointed out that no reduction can b e negotiated
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    New Record For Cargoes
    96 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri— An all-time quarterly record was reached at Port Swettenhum last month when 232,266 deadweight ton.*> of cargo tfcie handled over railway wharves and the foreshore in this port. A second record was reached when 218 foreign-going ships railed at Port Swettt:ihan during the
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    Tried Suicide Near A Sentry
    124 5 IPOII. Fri.— A 6« year-old Chinese, Chonff Ring, leisurely walked out of the mai» Kl te of Kanthan New Village, near Chemor sat down about IB yards from the special constable on sentry duty, took out ft penknife and started to cut his throat. This
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    LABOUR ADVISER
    38 5 MK K NAIDI thr City (oum il\ nrwly appoint rd KsUblishmrnts Offlrrr (Labour), fir will advise th<* Count il on all problems rHatinK to its 10.000-stroDK labour fort*Mr N.iiilu was formerly a Labour Offirei in Jnh<ir<>.
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    PETROL MEN TO NEGOTIATE
    63 5 POUR-MAN <" egation >•' Singapore Potto Deolei Employee i nion, under Ihe chairmanship of Mr S J nathan. will nrieel thi Standard Vacuum Oi! Company t sentativej foi n age i eiotiatkms, on Apt il 22, at u> p.m. The union recently save a i.) .i
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    CORONATION PAGEANT
    94 5 OXF. thousand and t*:fcjhx h.m<irod icbool children fium i''i schools representative > eveiv kind of ichool in Sin gapore will take part in .t sporial Coronalioi. pageant on June l at Jalan Bcsar Stadium Among them wi'l be a rivjii ot 500 head* d by Mi Pan! Abishefteiuid^n
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    HOltl STABBING
    94 5 POLICE TRACE 3489' SINGAPORE Police Investigating thr double death at the Empress Hotel have ascertained that the number 3489' written on 1 a piece of paper found in waitress Tsenjs Wai Cheng's purse. Is that of the phone number of amusement park restaurant nan toM i Standard a'though
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    AID FOR THE MALAYS Fed. Chambers To Give Views
    156 5 AID FOR THE MALAYS Fed. Chambers To Give Views i IPOH, Fri. The special committee, set up by the High Commissioner to study th« part Malays can effectively play in the economic life of the country, have invited representatives of the European, Chinese and Indian Chambers of Commerce to a
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    Here We Go Again!
    745 6 "W ITH the emphasis passing fairly quickly from military to political needs, all the old communal suspicions, individual jealousies and distrusts are coming again to the forefront. The Malays are accusing the Chinese of planning to seize political as well as economic control. The Chinese counter
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      BED SORES AND NURSES
      249 6 BED SORES AND NURSES Sir; Re your leader in Wednesday's edition of the "Singapore Standard**, may I point out the basic differ* ence between a Trade Union and a Nurses 1 Association? The biggest weapon in the armoury of a Trade Union when i* really comes to a "show-down* 1
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      MRA Dinner
      70 6 Sir;—l shall be grateful if you will allow me, through your columns, to request persons who are serving, or have served, in the Middlesex Regiment and wish to attend the Middlesex Regimenal Association (Malayan Branch) annual Albuhera Dinner on Saturday, ltith May. 1953, at Kuala Lumpur, to communicate
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      DATO ONN VINDICATED
      518 6 Sir; Anyone who has lead the so called "blueprint" for a parliament proposed by the UMNO and the MCA on Saturday Jast cannot fail to see a complete vindication of Dato Onn's analysis of the political situation made recently. Firstly he emphasised that Chinese politics and indeed
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      ROUND TABLE CONFERENCE
      900 6 Sir; I congratulate you on the fairmindedness that underlined your editorial of March 21 under the heading '"National Congress- 2". The call to a roundlable conference, which the seven lientria Besar and nine selfsty ed public leaders issued, should be viewed with suspicion. The suggested roundtable conference
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    COUNTERING ASIA'S MILITRY REVOLUTION
    1316 6  - COUNTERING ASIA'S MILIT RY REVOLUTION ANDREW ROTH By IF President Eisenhower a* peared to greet the Sine Soviet peace moves ove Korea with somewhat mor friendliness than his Secre tary of State John Foste Dulles, it was at least parti, because he- is also Genera Eisenhower as well as Presi
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    Hook Caused UK'S Worst Tube Smash
    101 7 Hook Caused UK'S Worst Tube Smash ,ON DON, April 17 *r\ en pound B^SrMM •>" the end .l*' 1 nrr smash two underb mrl Iraiw l hi ds| y s 1 s Mated at a ta«*9 here l uJS y p~»!s died *t d injured in the 41 h nn
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    'India, Pak. Should Stop Arms Race'
    65 7 IT (ReuFina n C e ta >..im D" -hi rday it was d Pakistan 8 t and I ree-day det I ill, he said count] >me on out- es durI c the i oved :ents t!i as the t v various ild judge le
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    EX-NAZI'S TEARS
    25 7 I Nazi concennnmmander, Fritz ised of th e warei uf thousands of tais yesterday on witn«»*« at he ordered the f. *h children.
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      First Unanimous UN Vote On Major Question
      259 7 a Bra!!!!,!! resolution designed W VCd unan '">ously truce negotiations at Suntm kMP the Korean and «h: V Wes h tern r t^ron ll a na r ity Russia since the start of the cold war t£ f olltlcal i»ue Announoement of the
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      Higher Aims For NATO
      68 7 PARIS. April IT. (Reuter) M. Henri Van Vrendenburgh, Duch Secretary General of the North Atlantic Council. declared yesterday that the firm goal for NATO's forces in 1953 would be above that of 1952 in quantify, but above all in quality. With the Secretary General, Lord Ismay,
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    Inquiry On Maj. Calvert Begins
    182 7 HANOVER. April 17. (Reuter). -A British judge began an inquiry here yesterday into ine evidence on which Major James Michael Calvert "Mad Mike" of the Burma Chindi's was convicted of indecency charges. The inquiry i s a camera. Mr. Justice Byrne will reexamine the evidence
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    FOREIGN AFFAIRS DEBATE
    83 7 FOREIGN AFFAIRS DEBATE LONDON, April 17 (Renter) The Government plans to hold a foreign arlair9 debate in the House of Commons in the week after next. Prime Minister Winston Churchill will probably be the principal speaker. The debate was requested by Opposition leaders at question time in Parliament yesterday. Mr.
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    Cabinet 'Up in Arms'
    64 7 THE Egyptian Cabinet was "up in arms" when this picture was made during weapon training now being undertaken by the Cabinet. Photo shows three of the ministers during their first day's training. Left to right: Dr. Abbas Ammar, Social Affairs Minister; Soliman Hafez. Minister of the
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    Tariff Appeal
    34 7 FRANCE and Britain in the U.N. Economic and Social Council appealed to the U.S. yesterday to lower tariff barriers a> a step to cure dollar starvation in the rest of the world.-^AP.
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    ANTI-US ATTACKS
    201 7 MARTIAL LAW IN 5. IRAN IMPOSED TEHERAN, April 17.— The government yesterday imposed martial law in Shlraz, south Iran, after an attack by demonstrators on American Point Four aid offices and homes there. The demonstrators stoned the American homes and offices and destroyed Point Four office files. Foreign
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    Ike Slightly III—Food Poisoning
    87 7 Ike Slightly III— Food Poisoning SALISBI RY, North Carolina. April 17, (AFP).—President Eisenhower is suffering from a mild attack of food poisoning. White House Press Secretary James Hagerty said here last night. llagerty made the announcement a s Eisenhower was on his way to make a speech in commemoration of
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    Jomo Appeal On Monday
    68 7 NAIROBI. April 17 (Reuter) Appeals on behalf of Jomo Kenyatta, the iormer president of the Kenya African Union, and his five associates sentenced to seven years hard labour for Mau Mau activities, are expected to be lodged with the Supreme Court her* on Monday. Mr. D.
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    'Change Of Life' For Men
    228 7 MANY MEN In their fifties undergo an emotional "change of fife" that often can lead to suicide if untreated, a U.S. navy psychiatrist says. The condition, said Capt. George N. Raines. Is wmewhat BS TJS'Si Uje.'-AP. A FI FET of transport hellcopter •ill onload S
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    IKE'S PLAN WELCOMED BY WORLD LEADERS
    329 7 IKE'S PLAN WELCOMED BY WORLD LEADERS LONDON, April 17.— Western Europe greeted President Eisenhower's foreign policy speech warmly yesterday and there was general hope that it would evoke a favourable response throughout the world. It was felt that the President in underlining that co-operative and constructive world pence remains the
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    Tunisia: Only Half Vote
    78 7 TUNIS, April 17. (Renter) Only about half the «lec torate If :aking part in Tunisia's first natior)-wid« «]<i tions which are being boycotted bv Nationalists, preliminary flgurti disclosed yesterday. Out of an elerfora of 67,110. Who had a right to vote, in the first thr«« days
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    Peron To Start Party Clean Up
    117 7 BUENOS AIRES, Apt:. 17 President Juan Peron terday instructed proVincia fovernon to start a big clean lup within .he Party and administration "to protect decent men againsi calumny and slander." He was speaking at the close of a three-day conference of provincial governors held
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    Soviet Envoy Said Plotting ME. Revolt
    195 7 NEW YORK, April 17 (UP)— A former Russian secret agent revealed today that the Soviet Ambassador to Iran is directing a plot to capture the Middle East for his Kremlin rulers. Lev Vasiliev. former Soviet economist who spent over six years In Iran doing
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    Pre-Coronation Drive Against Vice Under Way
    102 7 Pre-Coronation Drive Against Vice Under Way LONDON April 17, (UP) Wiih little fuss and publicity. London's police, aided by allied military officials, are moving Into the "wicked West End" for a big pre-coronation clean-up of vice and crime. With typical British conservatism, London authorities decided 'o spread the campaign over
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    VIVIEN LEIGH HAS LUNG COMPLAINT
    78 7 LONDON, April 17, (AP)~ Actress Vivien Leigh wa.s moved to a fecret hideout yesterday to convalesce from a "recurrence of a lung complaint." her agent disclosed last night. He gave no further details. Miss Leigh, wife of actor Sir Laurence Olivier, spent several months in
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    STRATEGIC LIST
    65 7 HAROI D WILSON, former Labour president of the British Boird of Trade, last nigh 4 urged revision of the list of strategic goods Ih.it must not be exported to Communist counti ie.« Reutrr. Peklnf Radio yesterday announced that China hail invited Britain. Ovlon. Japan. India. fasJeMesM and Pakistan
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    UK To Stay Armed Until Threat Over
    141 7 LONDON. Apr i ltj. [tin ter). Bri'ain wi sav «,i ntd until the threat of \\<ir ims gone. Lord Lisle and Dud •f. Minister for Air i the House of Lord? last nigh' "Even if there hag been slight thaw in urn nat
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    81 BRITONS SAVED FROM BURNING SHIP
    148 7 I OS ANGEI ES 17, (AP)— All 81 < f a burning Bn' ih f 1 (he Menesthc is, 1 boats in the P> yesterday and later were s i v n. American vessel th;it rttpi ed to an SOS. Attempts were being n
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    The Queen Launches 'Britannia'
    99 8 GLASGOW, April 17 (Renter) The Queen launche. l a new ocean going royal yacht yestertlay and christened it Britannia. The yacht was one of C >ionation year's secrtta. known only to the Queen and a fewofficials before the launching at Clydeside docks. A 4,000-ton ve>sel which
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    Thais Seek US Cruiser, Planes
    52 8 BANV.KOK. April 17. (AFP) -The American Military Advisory Group in Bar^kok is negotiating with the Thai Government for the sale of a 4,000-tan cruiser to the Thai Royal Navy, it was reported P!anes will also be purChased from the United States m.v the Thai Royal
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    GIFT TO THAIS
    29 8 BANGKOK. April 17. (AFP) A former U.S :tjO-ton patrol boat, renamed the Longlom. will arrive here today u a present to Thailand by the LJJ Government.
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    Radio-PhoneLink
    25 8 A NEW radio-te.ephone service is now being operated hy Cable and Wireless Limited between Hongkong and .Jakarta and Barvi mg, Indonesia. ports LINES Reuter
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    'THE BEANSTALK' IS EUROPE'S BIG NEW INVENTION
    424 8 'THE BEANSTALK' IS EUROPE'S BIG NEW INVENTION The Italin Mat car and plane factories in Turin recently started production of this new single-engined turbo-jet plane of all-metal construction, the Fiat (i 80 The plane has a top speed of ,V>i> mph: a normal range of 000 miles with petrol tanks
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    RUBBER SUPS ¾ CENT
    71 9 RUBBER SUPS CENT «..-i ic\eni iour photo apor; BBER P r« h SingSfSSwsS future sav«T« n the near it ;e i "manufacturers trade Vn? 0 View '^t the ">e market °".2 Ue O SUpport prices. around present •ibiiant and cautious I Mr hi st, venson former U.S. presidential candi lesson
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    NOON PRICES
    26 9 RSS Loo«« Buyera Sellers Noi 1 RSS ga 1 June gl gl July sopt. g 1 g| July Sept. fob. 67| 67J Tone: Qu;ct.
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    Jap Loan For Taiwan Factory
    66 9 TAIPEI, April 16 (AFP) The Central Import and Export Bank of Japan h;is granted a loan of U554, 000,1 MM) for four years to the Centra! Trust of China for {he establishment of a nylon and rayon factory on Taiwan. It is the fust lime
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    HK EXCHANGE
    18 9 IT—Spet Closing f Hongkong Ex- 515 78 to £1 M H.834 $0.1960 to one Hupj Gold
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    WORLD PRICES MAY GO DOWN
    61 9 JOHANNESBURG. April 17 (Reuter)— Mr. Frank Neale president of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, yesterday predicted widespread adjustment! in world economy w;th a general lowering of prices. Share markets In other countries would be disturbed he ■aid. but South Africa had everything to gain and nothing
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    Filipino Importers Do More Business
    81 9 I V April 17 (AFP) Filipino merchants Managed to wrest control of the import the Chinese and Americans if 1952's busies trench are any indication. Filipino 2 crabbed the US$lB2,--o! the put a notion len have ratry with ra com- -how that rters .pped US$lO2,--,n
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    F.E. Orders For U.K. Firm
    79 9 SUBSTANTIAL orders for the products of T. Harrison Sons Ltd.. a British firm of motor spring manufacturers, have been secured as a result of a three-month business tour carried out in the Far East by the firm's chairman. Mr. William Thompson. Mr. Thompson found that
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    Japs Seek China Coal
    101 9 TOKYO. April 16. (AFP) With increasing possibilities for an armistice in Korea, Japan's big three s»eel-makers Yawata, Fuji and Japan Steel are planning o import coal frorrv Red China and Soviet Sakhalin. The Communists, however, insist that coal should be paid by Japanese exports of galvanized
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    Trailer I : For Ttvo
    51 9 Trailer I For Ttvo photo. A tiny trailer built to scale for ti nv French cars by an Orleans, France, manufacturer is shown at the fourth annual Sports and Camping Show on tbe Left Bank of the River Seine. The trailer weighs 275 kilos, i s equipped for two persons
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    RI RUBBER-FOR-RICE BARTER WITH REDS?
    315 9  -  ARNOLD C. BRACKMAN By BRACKMAN, Standard Special Correspondent JAKARTA, April 17.—While jingo nationalist and Communist-front groups cry for a rubber-for-rice barter deal with Red China, Indonesian Agricultural Minister Mohammed Sardjan has issued a warning that Indonesia's rubber position in future years may well hinge on
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    S'PORE ECONOMY HIT
    276 9 Downward Trend Of Entrepot Trade Causes Concern Standard Market Reporter THE deterioration of imports from Indonesia and the drop in the rubber and tin prices are having adverse effects on the economy of the Colony. Singapore must maintain its entrepot trade without which its Importance will farie
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    UK Expects Strong Jap Competition
    182 9 MANCHESTER. Api I |7. (Rf iter> Briti-h export were preparing t >r competition from Japan, the fin;!!icial editor ol lanchester Guardian wrot« t(»fJ;iv There were t^u reasons for this change in tiiidinc prospects, this ronunentator ;irgu« <i "One is a rtcenl Anglo-Jap* anese asreemrnt to
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    Small Business In Produce
    103 9 THE produ e n arkel Singapore was qu in a'! <-#<•- tions with small businesi i ing. Prices of copra and inci oil remained unchanged from the previous dav'« Copra had bujri i at S-4 1 i and sellers 5424 pei p foi April shipment. Coconut
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    COMMODUT PEICES
    113 9 COMMODUT PEICES CLOSING rubber purrs (rents oer u> is Singapore on Friday mere; Buyers Sellers No. 1 R.SS Spot loose Mil No. 1 R.SS. 61A K| No. I R.S.S. ■1. Ml No. 3 R.SS. Mt Tone: Quiet SIMiATOKr:. Kri The prire of tin today HIS :'.XI» |MI |)M 111 I
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    Tins Steady On Share Market
    185 9 BINOAPOBB, Pi i Malayan sliiii'o maikti ■'< ady in and Ind todaj, both i '.wris lmprovenu rttl in q.; Rubber iha tin neg i v<i C.iangcfi P •i re INIII STBIALI rinverji filler* ('•ill Tin 8 t FraM /w N« I rU. 220 ■> K.-njf
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      364 9 'HS8sBS5s_j__fcf_lffi SINGAPORE ART SOCIETY: Exhibit. on of works by local Hitista at British Council Hall 9 a.m. to j 30 p.m. SIKH PtKTIMDI! SABHA YOI'TH SECTION: Debate at Khalsa Eng::sh School 7.30 p m. VWCA: Little Women's Club 10 30 a m. YMCA: Chess club 3 p.m: Tahletenn;s practice 3
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      366 9 <MLlO4> 6.50 a.m. Kuala Lumnur. Inoh. Talpfng. Penang. Medan (MLIO2) 731 am. Penang. Bangkok (ML3O6) 7 .5»> Pena-ig. Kota Bahru (MLII2) 830 am Palembang (ML2l5> li am. Kuala Lumpur. Ipoh, Penanß (MLISOI 2^o p.m. Kuala Lumpur t.MLHO) 345 u.ni QANTAS BOAC SERVICES TO: Jakarta, Darwin 'EMSI4) 7 am Calcutta (EMSOI)
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      468 9 < OLlski Mi Denver K t r, ande 3. 830 m l.«»k P« The Silver Lining 11 m »v 1 pm. CAPITiM.: Captain P.ia:e J 3<> p.m. LIDO: Mr Sampal 3. 615 i) 15 p m Dictator 11 am HINDI VI AN. Pnudtn 2. ft 3U Jit U p m
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    DRAMA AT A TERMINAL
    1179 10 ITALY It is a waste of time always to condemn American or British or Continental films on the basis that because they are produced in this or that country they must necessarily be bad. Many American films have been bad of course very bad, but so
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    Children Liked It
    109 10 DARAMOrNT previewed A Wji o| -he Worlds" to several members of the pres s who were asked to bring along a room-full of children, aged eight to 15. Th e kids with one exception withstood the fearsome movie. It's the same story with which Orson Welles caused
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    Star Contest No. 11 Can You Name This Actor?
    275 10 Star Contest No. 11 Can You Name This Actor? ALL through this week The Singapore Standard presents its eleventh star contest. All you've jot to do ts to collect the pictures and coupons tor all six days and send them together with the names of the stars under single cover
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      194 10 HEAP BIG LOTS O' FUN WHEN PALEFACE SON-SILLY MAN-IS AROUND! ft t^* ft ft ft ft pif f -f A Paramount J V Picture f? >> ft 1 TODAY DAILY! 11l TONIGHT MIDNIGHT! =O soug vt2AavMfV£a^^Bi' Otf^' ■BaBSBEM IT J« W HUTIOX MEEKER I? y\ IDBCRT KEITH -AOOEJEHGOIS rn\>^x-i\ today&da|ly
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    TRIAL VENUE
    31 11 IPOH Friday.— The State soccer trial scheduled for tomorrow will be played off on the I poh Padane. and not on the Chinese Av^-mbly Hall ground as i'uited earlier
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    S'PORE SCHOOLS WIN WITH LUCK
    195 11 ONPP By EE BOON LEE featcd ttVjXre'ST* 4 Combin <* Schools de Singaporel^tch^ "1 KZ* f their supporter, fe issue was S^bt "tffiTin?, L« in whicl S hort tf* rt u Othm^, no rro? K d hl shot ains t th, 225 b^ r afte^
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    NO CHANCE
    33 11 lion Fri— Federation footba,l enthusiasts will not see the £>ou;m Korean team action in the mam towns as negotiations between Ihe visiting team and the Football Association of -viaKnj were unsuccessful.
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    INDIANS FORCE SCAA TO A DRAW
    338 11 KLALA LVMPUR, Fri— ln a division 1 league £?aU Pi a u yed today on the Ta > lor R«ad sround, the rfr. £u en Wu) sur Prisingly held SIA to a one-all araw. The Indians led by one goal in the first half.
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    'Y' Title To Ong Chew Bee
    35 11 OXC riIF.W BEE, \hc Malayan Singapore tennis champion beat N. Kltovitz (>-2. O-fi. t; :i. to win ihc YMCA open angles final yesterday. It wttn a terrific smuggle thruught>ut.
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    Shell Cricket
    61 11 The I i represent Shell Spurts Club in a c.;cke: match against ::m- SBC todaj at Paya Let >-. ga i 2.15 p m..— J. D. Maual an (Capt.) T. W Francis E <; Spencer, L. T Frogs;ii. P Puwfes, K. Kru«;eman. I Goonaaegram, G A. Wilson R.
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    SUSPENDED
    45 11 TAIPING Km Dahalan, 2nd Malay Regiment's left half, has been suspended six month* by the Disciplinary Board of the local Football Association, few a recent incideni i n the match between th e ftefiment and the Indian Association. Today: Lli. IJfc Ml p.m. 3-19
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      90 11 Coronation I Souvenirs O s.^apore flag in transfer use on your cars, I Bags, Glassware, Books etc. I [variable in Throo Sizes still Road (Phone 846 17) SINGAPORE. TO -MORROWJ HAPPY wo^ ni^rxAw 29* I AT 9PM SUNDAY april **sT THE EXECUTIONER IN WINE COLOURED GLOVES— jk < NA I
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      93 11 SINGAPORE SOCCER SAFA Youth Tournament Pulau Brani BC r Tam pen is Rovers at Jalan Bcsar. SAFA v Korea Team •—Jalan Besar; TBA v Rockhics Div. 2—Geijlang; R.E. Works Services v Woodbridge Dir. :iB at Hospital SC SA v S. Corinthians Div. 3A—CYMA. rJWJ 19 Singapore Turf C lub April
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      725 11 AODfOIUKMOff MRS. Allen J. Wu and rannlv thank all T»»end? who attinded the memoruil aanplec of my late hu^b.md and il who sent Moijl ibu und messagag of eor Special to Mr A R GtbMQ Mr 1 MDOUf Soong. \anvan 9 AirLtd.. Rev t S I^u and Singapore Casket i
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    RACE 1: 2.15 p.m.-Class 3, Div. 1—6 Furs
    1342 12 RACE 1: 2.1 5 p.m.- Class 3, Div. 1—6 Furs 1. Zi'i Many Thanks 4y 9.00 M T-ng Yin Fool K. K. Cheiih Hobbs Flannery J. Obi My Word 4y 8.11 Mi Cieitiij Chong Him M B'keleti Bagby 351 Cliikliv Clkk 5y 8.10 Mr! F. A W. Hundley Dr. Hufh
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    E. VICTORY FOR THE CUP
    328 12 Gambar Melayu Is Main Threat By WINDSOR LAD THE Spring Cup run over the mile and 27 yards at Bukit Timoh will highlight today's races, concluding day of the Singapore Turf Club's April meeting. Sixteen candidates will line up for the Cup and the race
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    RACE ONE
    172 12 MANAHIKI. a three yearold Falrey Fulmar geldin? scored cleverly ovrr seven furlongs on the first day. He accounted for I. yon Kin? who won over nine furlongs on Wednesday. He carries 5 lb. less in this althnughd up two divisions. He has scope for improvement and should again
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    171 12 Scarlet Admiral skipped ni s engagement over six furlongs on Wednesday. He went very impressively in his morning work yesterday and should get the nine furlongs trip. He could improve on his fourth to Individuality over nine furlongs at Ipoh a fortnight ago to head this lot home.
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    RACE THREE
    142 12 Scordance was a very creditable second to Who Regrets, she led right up to 50 yards from home before being beaten. She sets 5 lb. more. With scope for improvement she is capable of raising her winning; flag in this. Rice King will run Seordance close. He was
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    Coronation Taur Cantest
    185 12 Coronation Taur Can test DEADERS of the Singapore Standard will choose the Most Popular Sportsman or Sportswoman of Malaya who will be honoured as an Unofficial Representative of this land to attend the Coronation Ceremonies in London during May and Juoe this year. The Contest which will last three months,
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    TODAY'S SELECTIONS
    124 12 Windsor Lad Gay Reveller Goodwood Z MANAHIKI Htl TIP MVNmiiki 1 Best Jlp M.mv I \ywiJJ| m Caulfleld Manahikl Heil Tip 8. ADMIRAL 4. \DMIR\I \n\nit w Honolulu Malek/Hiirh Mii,kV.i^h SCORDANCE U I\D\ < OKNhR hTuuTTnTk Indflible ImlHlhir 'liU-J" r^% SKVKR \u iokv ENTERTAINMENT Illoviii Gamhar Melayu Uoodrot*-
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    Mystic Melody To Turn The Tables
    177 12 MYSTIC MELODY met one better in Northern Circuit on the first day. He was not disgraced as he gave 12 lb. to the winner. He now meets Northern Circuit on 6 lb. better terms for a half Jength be-iting This should enable Mystic Melody
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    RACE FOUR
    178 12 Try as. fourth to Cinecolour, sets 3 lb. less. He may improve on his last effort. Tryas went impressively in his workouts during the past we*k and is retaining- his Kuala Lumpur form when he accounted for Fine Run over six furlongs in a class 2 lot. Toucan,
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    $20,000 CORONATION COP RACE
    87 12 A CORONATION C will feature th c s.- Turf Club Coronation I on May 2A, 27 and SO ra t» with $30,000 B Ukei a cup will he for hor* I, division I, over 7 1 With added money whi< expei ted to top rive figures
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      67 12 CORONATION TOUR CONTEST i Sponsored By Singapore Standard-Alfred's Coronation Souvenirs I Mr./Mrs./Miss > i (in block letters) is the MOST POPUI.AK Sportsman/Sportswoman of Singapore and the Federation of Malaya. Date m Mark envelope: Coronation Contest J^i"^ J *V*^ J^j~un_in_n_- u ji_rx^'i^>^x_r»^^i-i_ri_r-i i-inn— B B 'a vfl BbV vL I MM.
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