The Straits Times, 22 March 1949

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    19 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 1949. if PRICE TEN CENTS.
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    TRUMAN WANTS A FREE HAND Allocation Of Arms To West Europe
    309 1 TRUMAN WANTS A FREE HAND Allocation Of Arms To West Europe WASHINGTON, Monday. DKESIDENT Truman is expected to ask Congress to give him a free hand in allocating arms to Western Europe under the proposed billion dollar military programme. He has already urged the Senate for prompt ratification of the
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    28 1 l>.. HUGH M< INTYkI osteopath and radiologist. v ho has been awarded the OKI Kivil Division) tvr ■errieca lo fellow internees in Singapore during the occupation. A.P. picture.
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    Transjordan Asks For Patrols
    159 1 Transjordan Asks For Patrols I ON DON. Mon. BRITISH Government department! are considering a rcqu»st from Transjordan I British troops should pi'rol th^ southern section of tiie Pahs: i:n'-Transjordan frontier, it whs learned here Foreign OflV.- spokesman st.itcd this morning that i.o d-cision had yet been taken by the Foreign
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    WATERPROOF
    34 1 LONDON, Mon. Ieated banana leaves make a good emergency waterproofing, Royal Air Force pilots are told In a booklet of practical hints issued to help them when flying in the Far East Reut.T.
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    "Come To Fallbrook"
    73 1 SAN FRANCISCO. Mon. THE little community of Fallbrook in San Diego County today invited President Truman and Mr. Stalin to meet there "in the interests of world peace." Mr. C. D. Husher. chairman of the Chamber of Commerce wrote to Mr. Sta- lin "we do not want
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    Feverish Haste, Says Moscow
    132 1 LONDON. Mon. liHE Russian Army news- paper Red Star reported i yesterday that the United States was moving with "feve- rish haste" to draw up a Pacific counterpart of the Atlantic Pact. The article, distributed in i London by the Soviet Monitor, said the Pacific would
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    6 SUMMONSES ON SHARKEY
    78 1 SYDNEY, Mon—Australian security officers today served six summonses on Mr. Lance Sharkey, General Secretary of the Australian Communist Party, following the decision of the Federal Government to prosecute him for alleged sedition. Mr. Sharkey was reported on Mar. 5 as having said: "If, in pursuit of
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    France Keeping To "Middle-Of The-Road"
    177 1 PARIS, Monday. FRANCE'S middle-of-the-road Government is reported to be running far ahead of both the Communists and the Right Wing d e Gaullists as half the returns were counted in the French Depart- mental elections. Unofficial returns for 698 seats give the Government parties 329
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    37 1 Isio it .MAI. VISIT by the French High Commissioner, iit lndo-China, M. Leon Pignon, to Buklt Serene. He is seen (right" with Mrs. Mac Donald, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald (centre) and M. de Gardier— Straits Times picture.
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    FED. TO GET MORE PETROL
    218 1 FED. TO GET MORE PETROL KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. MOTORISTS and transport operators in the Federation will get a 90 per c*nt. Increase in their petrol ration for the period. April,-June. Beginning April 1, the value of one unit of petrol on all coupons and consumer permits will be Increased to
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    RUBBER EXPORTS
    45 1 WASHINGTON, Mon.—The U.S. Department of Commerce reports the value of United States experts of rubber, allied gums and synthetic products during January totalled U5511,283,431. The; figure compares with US$l3. 314.570 in December. Shipmental of synthetic rubber j were the highest since Adhl 1948.—A.P.
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    Father's Honour Vindicated
    194 1 KARACHI, Monday. CAPT. Neville Stack's two sons, who flew 3,500 miles from England to vindicate the veteran aviator's honour, today heard his name cleared of any suspicion of suicide. Sitting side by side in the Karachi court of enquiry they listened intently when city magistrate Mr. B.
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    Foiling The Ambushers
    134 1 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. WITH the aim of foiling bandit ambush parties, high banks and danger spots along j j long stretches of the northi south trunk road, and also side i' roads, are being cleared of I jungle, undergrowth and lallang for a
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    MR EDEN LEAVES
    23 1 After a 24-hour delay, Mr. Anthony Eden and Commander A.P.H. Noble, M.P. left Singapore yesterday morning by Constellation for Calcutta.
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    A NEW COLOMBO
    23 1 colomboj COLOMBO. Mon.—air Patrick Abercromble. arrived I here today for official talks on a sew Colombo town plan, i —Reuter.
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    Grenadiers Going Home
    61 1 Grenadiers Going Home THE 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards will leave Malaya in August and return to Britain. They will »>«• relieved In late June by the Ist Battalion Suffolk Regiment, now in Middle East Land Forces. The Suffolk* will be attached to the Second Guards Brigade. The Grenadiers shortly before
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    ALLEGED CONTEMPT OF COURT
    223 1 LONDON, Mon. THE proprietors and publishers of the Daily Mirror were today ordered to attend the King's Bench i divisional court on Friday to answer for contempt of court alleged to have been committied by the publication of leports on March 4 relating to a man
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    FASCIST MARCH AFTERMATH
    159 1 LONDON Mon. EXTRA police wen moved to the North London magistrate's court today to deal with crowds waiting to hear cases arising from demonstrations against a march through north London by Sir Oswald Mosley's Fascist rinion movement. Twer -one men and mm women appeared before the court.
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    CRUISER LIES AT BOTTOM OF HARBOUR
    306 1 CRUISER LIES AT BOTTOM OF HARBOUR SHANGHAI, Monday. THE cruiser Chungking, the former H.M.S. Aurora is today a twisted and charred wreck, resting at the bottom of Hulutao Harbour. She is alongside the docks where she v\;.s caught by B-24 bombers of the Chinese Air Force. The cruiser's deck and
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    THE KING'S NORMAL RECOVERY
    137 1 THE KING'S NORMAL RECOVERY LONDON, Mon. THE recovery of King Ciooi VI from the recent operation has been uneventful and the flow of blood to the right foot has been substantially improved A bulletin issued by six doctors shows that the King has recovered normally from the effects of his
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    STRIKE MAKES 500,000 IDLE
    33 1 NEW YORK, Mon. Unemployment resulting from the two weeks' mlnework stoppage ordered by United Mineworkers leader Mr. John Lewis from Mar. 14 has ncv passed the 500.000 mark today.
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    Communist-Fascist Riots In London
    250 2 LONDON, Mon. COMMUNISTS, police and prc-Fascists fought a series of pitched battles with broken bottles and steel ball bearings in the streets of North London last night Eight policemen and scores of rioters were injured In bitter street fighting, and 18 people were arrested. The battles
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      Judge & Jurors Flew To Blockaded Court
      523 2 Judge Jurors Flew To Blockaded Court AN airlift of judges, lawyers and jurors into Berlin -t* began yesterday. They wer«- members of a court trying Viet Harlan, German film producer, for a crime against humanity. The court could not get vital witnesses from the blockaded city. So the Judges decided
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    Reds Beaten In Japan
    55 2 TOKYO, Monday. JAPANESE Communists trying to make capital from minor gains in the national elections have been soundly beaten in local elections. Officials of General Mac Arthur's headquarters said yesterday that the Comuunists had won only four out of 311 positions In Municipal Governments and local
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    Going, Going
    33 2 MR. HAROLD WILSON. President of the British Board of Trade, tears up his clothing coupon book, soon after announcing in the House of Commons that clothes rationing* had ended. A.P. picture.
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    Raid On Karen "Fortress" In Insein
    181 2 RANGOON, Monday. T>URMESE Government forces n the Insein sector ten miles north of Rangoon, yesterday attacked a railway workshop which had been converted intc a fortress by the Karen rebels, it was officially stated in Rangoon today. The Government* forces, using two artillery mortars,
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    ROCKETRANGE IN AUSTRALIA IF U.S. ASKS
    117 2 ROCKETRANGE IN AUSTRALIA IF U.S. ASKS SYDNEY, Monday. T<HE United States would probably be given use of J Australia's rocket range if it asked for it, said a spokesman for the Federal Government. However, the United States had not yet asked for the use of the range. The spokesman was
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    Appeal To Stalin
    38 2 NEW YORK. Mon.— Miss Anna Louise Strong, American pro-Soviet writer deported from Russia last month, charged with being an American spy, had appealed directly to Marshal Stalin to order an Investigation of her case. Reuter.
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    U.S. Not Yet Ready For Pacific Pact
    96 2 U.S. Not Yet Ready For Pacific Pact MANILA. Mon. THERE is little indication 1 here that the United States is ready, or willing to talk about a Pacific security alliance at. this time. For months the Philippines has clamoured for a fuller implementation of the military assistance agreement. While doing
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    Red Plan To Free P.o W.s
    102 3 Red Plan To Free P.o W.s BERLIN, Mon. T^HE Russians announ- ced In their official Press last night that they had begun a "big new repatriation" of German prisoners of war. The announcement came four days after the U.S. and British Governments had sent new notes to Moscowaccusing Russia of
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    800,000 ARABS ARE REFUGEES
    70 3 BEIRUT, Mon. DELEGATES from sevsn Arab countries have arrived for a conference on the 800.000 Arab refugees in Palestine, called by the United Nations conciliation com- mittee. Israels second armistice has been signed, this time with Lebanon. The U.N. Mediator, Dr. Ralph J. Bunche, says that
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    Campaign Failed
    87 3 The seven na'ions of the Arab League set out to destroy Israel after the British j mandate in Palestine was I terminated last May, but the Arab military campaign failed. In the closing stages of the Palestine fighting Israeli troops seized almost all of northern Palestine and drove
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    ECONOMIC PACT
    33 3 LONDON, Mon. Radio Moscow said yesterday that the Soviet Union and the Korean People's Democratic Republic— the Government of; North Korea— had signed an agreement for economic and cultural co-operation. A.P.
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    ESTATE SUFFERED £20,000 DAMAGE
    158 3 CEMBRONG Estate, in Johore, suffered over £20,000worth of damage to buildings and equipment in the bandit attack last August in which Mr. J. L. Boden, two Malay "specials" and three Malay women were killed and four others wounded. This fact is stated in the annual report
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    Night In Cuba
    73 3 CAUSE AND EFFECT: Eleven American sailors, on a spirited shore leave at Havana (Cuba) this month, saw the statue of Cuba's > national hero. Jose Marti. They found it irresistible. One (top) managed to climb it and perched awhile on the statue's head. Cubans were incensed. The
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    Singapore Should Be 'Orchid Conscious'
    407 3 By Our Woman Correspondent /\K( HIDS of beauty and variety could bloom in many Singapore gardens in the future, said the Director of the Botanical Gardens, Mr. R. E. Holttum, if people would interest themselves in the many free-flowering hybrid orchids that are being produced
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    French Told, "Go Or We Fight"
    160 3 French Told, "Go Or We Fight" TOKYO, Monday. IN exiled Annamlte Prince, Cuong De, yesterday threatened more bloodshed In Asia unless the French granted his country iniie- pendence. He said he would soon leave Tokyo to din ct the "Vietnam League of Independence." He said the League had about 10,000,000
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    ITALIANS WANT MORE ARMS
    47 3 ROME, Mon— ltaly may seek revision of the peace treaty t.o permit the strengthening of her armed forces under the Atlantic defence system, reliable diplomatic sources indicated last night. They said Italy wanted Western support to ease military clauses in the treaty.— A.P.
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    H.K. TRADERS "NOT RUNNING IN CIRCLES"
    247 3 H.K. TRADERS "NOT RUNNING IN CIRCLES" HONG KONG, Monday. MR P. S. Cassidy, chairman of Hong Kong m General Chamber of Commerce, said today the colony preferred to direct its energy to trade with China rather than "use it up by running around in circles wondering what to do next."
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    Indo-China Officials At Bukit Serene
    107 3 THE French High Commissioner in Indo-China, II Leon Pignon, who arrived :n Singapore yesterday, was welcomed a few miles from Tengah airfield by Air Marshal Sir Hugh Lloyd, who piloted his own plane. At Tengah, M. Pignon was greeted by the CommissionerGeneral, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald,
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    SIAM ARMY MISSION
    68 3 MANILA, Mon. MajorGeneral Luang Dajdaj Pradiyudh, Chief of Staff of the Siamese Army is scheduled to arrive in Manila about Mar. 24 or 26 for a brief visit to the capital of the Philippines, it was learned today. He will lead a Siamese army mission composed of
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    LISTOWEL WON'T TALK
    57 3 SYDNEY, Mon. Before leaving Sydney by flying boat late last night for New Zealand, Lord Listowel, British Minister of State for Colonial Affairs, remained steadfast in his refusal to discuss the purpose of his talks. Asked if his visit concerned Pacific problems Lord Listowel said: "That might
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    "RAW DEAL," SAY SAGO DEALERS
    331 4 "RAW DEAL," SAY SAGO DEALERS Call For Free Trade THERE should be free trade for the Singapore sago industry, which feels it has had a raw deal from the British Ministry of Food, and importers from the United Kingdom should be unhampered by having to obtain import licences, a representative
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    MUSLIM WELFARE ASSN.
    171 4 MUSLIM WELFARE ASSN. SINGAPORE Muslim Welfare Association collected and remitted to Karachi 3.000 rupees for the Pakistan Relief Fund last year, says *he report of the Welfare Association for 1948 presented at their second general meeting on Sunday. Among help given by the association to the Muslim community during the
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    BROADiCASTING COMMITTEE
    92 4 From Onr Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— The following have been appointed members of the Broadcasting Advisory Committee in Malaya for 1949: The Director of Broadcasting (chairman), the Directors of Education in the Federation and Singapore, th? Federation's Director of Public Relations, the Singapore Public Relations Officer, Mr.
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    7 HAD NO CARDS
    45 4 Singapore police "screened" a total of 4.345 people and detained seven who had no identity cards in security checks and road blocks from Saturday till yesterday mom Inc. The seven people were suhsequently released when they produced cards from their homes.
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    In Hospital With Broken Leg, Died Of Heart Failure
    84 4 THREE days after being admitted to the Singapore General Hospital with a fractured thigh, Capt. J. Hoogerwerf, master of the United States naval oil tanker Millicoma, died on Saturday from heart failure. The body is being embalmed and will be sent
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    WOMAN'S COURT REQUEST
    57 4 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Mon.AJtei Goh Bak Yeng a Singapore woman, had been convicted on a charge of gaming and paid the fine of $7 which the Magistrate Imposed she as iced for the return of $29 which was seized at the time the gambling
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    CHILDREN SEE MOTHER KILLED
    133 4 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Mon. THE brutal killing of a Chinese widow in the presence of her three children was reported from Pu»ing today. The murderers Chinese entered the house where th« woman lived alone with her children, tied her hands ana dragged her outside,
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    42 4 NEW RECORD: Bill Odom crawls out of the cockpit of his plane at Teterboro, New Jersey (U.S.A.). after settIng a 5,000-mile world noff-stop record for light planes. He flew the single engined aircraft from Honolulu to Teterboro in 36 hoars, A.P. picture.
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    Fingerprints Go By Radio
    199 4 THE Singapore police have now perfected two systems of transmitting: fingerprint classifications, a C.I.D. spokesman told the Straits Times yesterday. Today, fingerprints can he transmitted by radio from Singapore to practically anywhere In the world, Including Melbourne, Colombo, New York, Latin America, Paris, Nairobi, Durban and
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    MONTH'S GAOL
    45 4 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Mon.— Taramuchi, an Indonesian food hawker from Palembang Road, Singapore, was today convicted on a charge of not being in possession of an identity card and was sentenced to one month's rigorous imprisonment by the local magistrate.
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    25 4 MR. T. F. CAREY, Director of Co-operation, Federation of Malaya, at the first general meeting of the Penan k Co-operative Society Tan Kian Liat picture.
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    Muslim News WEDDINGS NEED NOT BE COSTLY
    264 4 WEDDINGS NEED NOT BE COSTLY Muslim News From Our Muslim Correspondent IN Islam, marriage is a simple contract between the bride and the bridegroom, just like an ordinary business contract. When the contract Is entered into the husband takes upon himself the resDonsibility of supplying his wife with all reasonable
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    SPORE MAN MURDERED
    88 4 From Oar Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. A VERDICT of murder was recorded by the Magistrate today after an inquiry into the death of Lim Jiang Kirn, a Singapore clerk-can-vasser of a Chinese sauce manufacturing firm. Llm left Singapore on Feb. 10 in a lorry for Qelan
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    TRIAL IN CAMERA FOR 8 AT K.L.
    382 5 TRIAL IN CAMERA FOR 8 AT K.L. From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. "IN the interests of Justice 1 and public safety," a case involving eight Perak Chinese was today ordered Iby Mr. Justice T. T. Russell, lin the Selangor Assizes, to be heard in camera He made the
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    SVC Clerk Accused"Asked Bribe From Widow"
    335 5 4 CLERK attached to the Singapoer Volunteer Corps Headquarters was alleged in the Fourth Police Court yesterday to have asked $1,000 from a widow when she went to him to claim her husband's pension fund. He was Tan Peng Kirn of Akyab Road, who
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    Japs "Feel Secure"
    104 5 THE Swiss wife of a Japanese professor in Osaka. now in Singapore, yesterday saic the people of Japan* felt more secure under the American occupation. She is Mrs. Charlotte Sata. wife of Professor Naoyasu Sata of Osaka University, who arrived in Singapore yesterday in the P and
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    Ex-Special. No Card
    25 5 TAPAH, Mon—A former special constable, Khalit bin Aki, was fined $5 by Inche Mohammed Anuar, Circuit Magistrate, for failing to I register.
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    Singapore Diary
    124 5 TODA* Y. M. C. A.. Orchard Road, recital of recorded music, 8 p.m. Y.W.C.A., Business and Professional Club. lessons in ballroom dancing, 5. Raffles Quay, 5.45 p.m. C.V.M.A., (Sacred Heart Church), members' night, clubhouse. Tank Road. 8.30 p.m. The Little Theatre Players 'A Murder Has Been Arranged," Little
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    "BORDER CARDS" CANCELLED
    149 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. SPECIAL 1 entity cards for Chinese wishing to visit certain arras near the Siamese border will no longer be rpqulred. It was officially announced t'Jay that it had been decld1 to cancel the order, made ider the Emergency Regu- lations
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    INDIAN WOMAN JOURNALIST
    44 5 INDIAN WOMAN JOURNALIST MRS. J. A. TIIIVY gave a tea party recently for Miss Shanta Rau (third from left) the journalist daughter of India's Ambassador in the U.S.A. On Miss Rau's left Is Mrs. Mitra, wife of the President of the S.R.I CMS. picture.
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    WHY QUIT NOTICES ARE OUT
    146 5 WHY QUIT NOTICES ARE OUT rpHE retiring Commissioner of 1 Lands, Singapore, Mr. C.W.A. Sennett, yesterday explained why quit notices had been issued to several hundred people In the Colony. 'Notices to quit are issued in two classes of cases," he told the Straits Times in an interview. "One is
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    Beggar (60) Fined $1.75
    123 5 CAUGHT two days after he had started begging. 60-year-old Lav Yean Kiang told the Second Police Court Magistrate, Mr. E. V. A. Peers that he begged because his family was short of money. Lav said he had been a farmer until a year ago when he
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    Big Card Check-Up In Federation
    167 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. DOLICE carried out "Operation Rat" a Federa1 t ion -wide check on national registration cards on Saturday. Special checking parties boarded trains, main rivers were patrolled, hotels and lodging houses were visited and there were road blocks in
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    CID Issues Warning
    53 5 MR. E. V. Fowler, head or the Singapore C.I.D. yes- terday morning repeated his warning to people "not to tamper with any strange articles, and grenades" which they might find. He said an explosion occurred on Mar. 13 in which a 13-year-old Singapore Chinese boy and his
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    Malayan Dinner
    45 5 The annual dinner of the Association of British Malaya will be held on June 15 In the Connaught Rooms, London, when the president. Lord Milverton. will be in the chair. Non-members on leave from Malaya, North Borneo and Sarawak will also be welcome.
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    "Not Case For Assizes" —Judge
    199 5 "Not Case For Assizes" —Judge "THIS is a case which should never have been committed for trial,"' said Mr. Justice Gordon-Smith at Singapore Assizes yesterday in acquitting and discharging Kahar bin Hassan and Edward de Souza who had been charged with unlawful possession of four hand grenades at Pasir Panjang
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    NEW ASSN. OFFICIALS
    194 5 The following office bearers of the Lak Alk Amateur Musical and Dramatic Association, Singapore, were elected for 1949. Patrons: Messrs Ling Ying Chew. Low Hung Bee, Loh Hee San. Ooh Chee Chay, Teo H>clc Chuan, Tay Chin Thlam. Tny Pheng Boon, Tay Peng Soon and Sim Yeow
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    INVITED TO PREVIEW
    47 5 Members of the East-West Society have been invited to a private preview on Thursday night of an exhibition of handicrafts produced by the Children's Welfare Centres of the Department of Social Welfare. The exhibition will be at the British Council Chamber at Stamford Road.
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    The Straits times Singapore, Tues., Mar. 22, 1949
    834 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Tues., Mar. 22, 1949 A FUND AND A PURPOSE The proposal of the Federation Government to encourage the recruitment of Malay labour for work in the west j coast States, and to finance the scheme from the Indian Im- i migration Fund, has met the not
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    Disruptive Reds
    266 6 A pamphlet issued by the British Trades Union Congress on the activities of the Communists in the unions would seem to whitewash Malayan workers whose inexperience in trade union organisation made them so easy a prey to the Reds. Even the stability and experience of British trade union
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    FACTS ABOUT THE RUBBER SMALLHOLDER
    1629 6 FACTS ABOUT THE RUBBER SMALLHOLDER I HAVE only Just seen your Issue of Feb. 14 with its 'long leading article on the rubbergrowing smallholder, and the comments on my report. I was glad to note your support of some of my principal arguments. 1 should be reluctant to say how
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    The British Film Crisis
    613 6  -  -By SIR MICHAEL BALCON SIXTEEN out Of 27 British film studios that could be busy are Idle. Some 20 per cent, of the industry's 8,000 workers are out of a Job. Figures such as these persuade one that the crisis is peculiar to Britain, and to
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      MAN-IN-THE-STREET The King And The Council
      241 6 The King And The Council I HAVii read the corres1 nondence in your Issue )l Saturday relative to Mi de Souza's remarks in :h e Council anent the lack jf respect shewn by Singapore audiences at :he close of a show w>.en 'the King" is played. These sentiments do the
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      76 6 WEEKS: On 20 March at B.M.H. Singapore, to Aurea, wife of Major, O. C. Weeks R.A., a daughter. VAN PRAAOH-On 20th March at Penang Maternity Hospital to Anita, wife of Harry van Praagh. M.C.. a son; both well. The engagement Is announced on 21.3.49 between Mr. Victor 14-o.1 4-o. only
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    HALF KATI EXTRA RICE FOR 5 WEEKS
    255 7 Big Shipments Allow Ration To Be Increased THE Singapore rice ration is to be increased by half a kati for five weeks from April 4. The present weekly ration is three and a h If katis for men, two and a half for
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    39 7 MISS PHYLLIS MARY CRAWFORD of Vancouver. British Colombia, and Mr. H. J. Hawkins of Oxford, England, who were married in Singapore yesterday. Mr. Hawkins is the chief electric^) engineer of Harrisons Lister Engineering Ltd., Kuala Lumpur. Straits Times picture.
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    Govt. Clerks' New Salaries Move
    233 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. DKPRESENTATIVES of the Singapore Govern- ment Clerical Services Vnion and the Federation General Clerical Services Union who met in Kuala Lumpur today decided, "after careful deliberation," to submit a unified scheme for the consideration of the two Governments"
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    SAW RICE GIVEN TO BANDITS
    171 7 SAW RICE GIVEN TO BANDITS From Oar Staff Correspondent SEREMBAN. Mon. j|T 2 a.m. yesterday, the manager of Malay Rompin Estate. Bahau district, saw rice being handed over the estate perimeter wire to 10 Chinese, six of whom were armed. The special constables opened fire and the armed Chinese replied.
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    BUSINESS VISITS TO PLAN CAREERS
    43 7 The Singapore Rotary Club has suggested to members that their firms should arrange visits and lectures for school children to give pupils an opportunity to learn jbout careers and to learn •vjre about the business of lie city.
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    MALAYA'S G.M. LAID TO REST
    187 7 MALAYA'S G.M. LAID TO REST From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Mon. MALAYA'S war heroine, Mrs Sybil Kathigasu. holder of the George Medal, was laid to rest in St. Michael's Church cemetery today. Among the crowd present were men who were associated with Mrs. Kathigasu in the underground movement during the
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    $2,000 FOR INFORMATION
    100 7 The omcer In charge of Singapore C.1.D.. Mr. E. V. Fowler, yesterday morning offered a reward of $2,000 for Information leading to the arrest of four Chinese, for what he described as the "brutal murder" of a nine-year-old girl Yap Kul Gia, and the wounding of her
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    LADYGIMSON'S FILM 'DEBUT'
    72 7 LADY Gimson made her film debut in Singapore last night when she described from the screen of six cinemas the work of the Welfare Department's Children's Social Centres. The film entitled "Singapore's Largest Family". show s the feeding, educational, and social amenities of the centres. It was
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    CAUGHT IN THE ACT
    73 7 THIRTY s eve n-year-old Pang Ah Sens was bound ov<»r for a year t>y the Secord Police Court Magistrate, Mr E. V. A. Peers, yesterday for having attempted to steal ttO at Blakang Mati Oncers' Me&s on Feb. 12. Pang was caught in the act by
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    GUN CLUB AMENDS RULE
    173 7 THE Singapore Own Club 1 will not admit to mem- bershlp any applicant who te not the holder of car- rent and valid shot gun licence issued by the police I The club finalised this amendment to rales at its annual general meeting in the Adelphi
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    $104,113 IN LOANS
    121 7 THE Singapore Government I Servants' Co operative Thrift and Loan Society granted 298 loans amounting to $104,113 in 1948, compared with 160 loans totalling $46,992 the previous year. Membership was 829 at Vie end of last year, against 586 the previous year. The Society's investments amounted to
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    STOLE FROM WORKSHOP
    48 7 Ong Chay Hong, 18, and Tan Teck Huat. 25. were sentenced to four months' rigorous imprisonment yesterday by the Third Police Court Magistrate. Mr. R. J. C. Walt, for theft of tour pieces of tarpaulin from R.E.M.E. Base Workshop, Ayer Rajah Road on Mar. I.
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    Thomas Cup May Be Displayed At BIF
    143 7 MALAYANS connected with the British Industries 171 Fair, opening at Earl's Court, London, from May 2 to May IS, have asked the Malayan Agent in London to arrange for the display of the Thomas Cup at the Malayan stall Meanwhile, 26 cases of
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    35 7 DR. B. PRASHAD, one of India's delegates to the Indo-racific Fisheries Gmwcil which is hoMtag its imaugwral meeting in Singapore en Thursday. Dr. Prashad thinks that ii»e fetal** industry ia the ♦sa** Is very under-deve-loped.
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    'Hyde Park' In City Square
    293 7 npHE first open-air election meeting of the Singapore Labour Party at Dalhousie Square yesterday was in true Hyde Park style. A decorated trolley servtd as the traditional soap box, a banner in purple cloth, with the words "Labour Party of Singapore," tied to two trees;
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    INVESTITURE
    28 7 The Governor of Singapore (Sir Franklin Gtmson). will hold an Investiture for the presentation of Orders and Medals at Government House, Singapore, on Saturday, at 11.15 a.m
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    Nationalisation MRCCTAN EXPLAINS
    223 7 MRCCTAN EXPLAINS Nationalisation rpHE President of the ProL gresslve Party, Mr. C C. Tan, told the Straits Times yesterday that his Party was against commercial monopoly. He said that the advocacy of Municipal ownership of Singapore Traction Company now had only propaganda value as the present franchise of the Company
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    FLED AFTER ATTACK
    68 7 Singapore C ID. are on the look-out for a Chinese who escaped from Ah Hood Road, off Balestier Road, after being involved In a fight In which two members of a Chinese family, a man and a woman, were wounded by knives, on Sunday night. The wounded
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    Asked For Time, Sent To Gaol
    70 7 "We have seen too much of your evading your financial payments," the Second Magistrate, Mr. E. V. A. Peers,! told Ahmad AH Khan Suratee yesterday before sending him to three months' imprisonment. Suratee was convicted on Mar. 14 on a cheating charge and was
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    THEFT REWARDS
    52 7 Singapore police will offer substantial rewards Tor Information leading to the arrest of thieves or receivers of stolen military property. During the weskend 80 lorry tyres were solen from a RAJ*, depot in Sembawang Road, and $1,000 worth of car carburettors was taken from a R.E.M.E. workshop in
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    SUBWAY FOR QUAY ADVISED
    95 7 SUBWAY FOR QUAY ADVISED SINGAPORE may have a oway under Cou^i Quay if a recommendation by the Traffic Advisory Committee to the Municipal Commir.oners i _.i. It has told the Commissioners that a subway or lootbrige is necessary for pedestrians, and that, while a idge might be less expensive, a
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    WHITEHALL POSTS
    40 7 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON. Mon.— Mr. H. Shepherd has been appointed Legal Officer. Federation oi Malaya. Other Colonial Office appointments are: Miss K. Halpin, nursing sister; Miss R. S. Lawrie. health sister: Mr. B.A. Parsons, surveyor probationer.
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    NEGLIGENT
    33 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon.— Ong Tian Lim, a bus driver, was fined $75, in default two months' imprisonment, by the magistrate today on a charge of negligent driving at the Kota Tinggt road.
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    Bench Stops Liquor Sales
    285 7 Bench Stops Liquor Sales I TWO well-known places of entertainment in Singapore, the Lido and Tanjong Balai, are now not permitted to sell liquor. These decisions were made by the Board of Licensing Justices sitting in the First District Court yesterday. The liquor licensee of the Lido, Mr. Foo Hong
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      58 7 Ojfc*. Can a can break? That's one of the good points about Barclay's in cans. If you drop a can it doesn't mean that there may not be enough Barclay's to go round. An end to the breakage M-HJfl bogey it's a sound (C*gL. fc~J^y B^», reason fc* c* lls
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      Taranto, Suda Bay And The Wavell Plan
      2255 8  - Taranto, Suda Bay And The Wavell Plan By The Rt. Hon. WINSTON S. CHURCHILL Greece Ml invaded by Muisolini on Oct. 28. 1940. and Gen. Metaxas invoked the British guarantee given months earlier by Mr. Chamberlain. Mr. Churchill r-plied with a promise of "all the help in our power." APART
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      191 8 "I shall always t $&&&k TAJissssslll BB^^<»ia^M Be t 9B[^r£ jra 111 m i^^Ki I shall ii.-v.-r forget *4SBPLi[ A MfS^S this. The moonlight, the fPtHM^vlVw 11 miisir and and W M^^^S'^U^mrM 1 these rij»arette*." mj^K JyjH >^w%<Js&mK^m P* "I'm glad you'll remember Wj iW» v »RtC%s Hi _^a«^tf the
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      199 8 /Thigh I '^""^S or Low 3?&6 or IW^sCJJ LI -wherever you are/ ML says ELSIE the BORDEN cow 1 KLIM uniformity is on* of the most famous characteristics of this trusted, powdered cow's milk. Through every step of ij II production, the high quality of KLIM is constantly safeguarded. You
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      229 8 STRAITS TIMFSCROSSWORD 2t. A very itvp village in CROSSWORD No. 105 flack a pressing apparatus Devon (8). ti&ii k»»m wi jlvn n<>. 22. Trot in. coin I lanag (10). I MSB' Si* KBI* f^H^ ESfIjHC {§§|J' 1 Recovery of distrained 13. Campbell wrolt the KSfSa ft"«f r^j 1 ri r^\
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    MOTHERCRAFT IN MALAYA TELL CHILDREN THE TRUTH
    885 9  - TELL CHILDREN THE TRUTH MUlHERCRAFT IN MALAYA By NURSE BRIDGET lALL children have a most insatiable thirst for knowledge and there are times when we think that "why" is the most overworked word in the nursery. Of course some chiidren will ask questions just to attract your attention and some
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    Cookie's Wife Asks Some Questions
    738 9  - Cookie's Wife Asks Some Questions By PLANTER'S WIFE HTHEN people are intelligent it is very easy to forget that they have had no schooling whatsoever. Cookie can read and write in the rather halting fashion of a person to whom few facilities have been given and 1 suspect that like
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    Carmen Ballet In London
    469 9  -  By- JACQUES PONTEAU DOLAND Petit, intro- ducing his Ballets de Paris to London, has made a hit with his own choreographic version of "Carmen." This ballet, which had its world premiere at the Princess Theatre, has pro yoked a good deal of controversy in artistic circles.
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    WOMEN MPs STORM AT MEN IN PAINLESS BIRTH DEBATE LONDON LETTER
    1567 10 WOMEN MPs STORM AT MEN IN PAINLESS BIRTH DEBATE From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, March 15. THE gold of premature daffodils against the snow. ..idle stockbrokers gloomily crowding into City bars and coffee-houses ..women M.P.s shouting angrily for painless childbirth in a Commons debate cutting across all Party loyalties... immense
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      296 10 SINGAPORE Talk of the Town; 9.00 Famous 6.30 New*: T.00 Orchestral Half Jazz and Swing Combinations: Hour; 7.30 Radio Australia's Hit 10.35 Schools' Broadcast; 12.00 j 30 News; ».45 Evening Star Parade; 8.00 Tonight's Pianist; Close; 1.00 Radio Orchestra; Eileen Joyce: 10.00 London S!n- 8.30 World News; 9.00 Australia 1.30
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      HESITANT MARKET AWAITS LONDON LEAD
      162 11 HESITANT MARKET AWAITS LONDON LEAD From Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Monday. rpHE Malayan share market was hesitant today, 1 awaiting indications of the tendency from London. All sections of the market were quiet. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association were: INDUSTRIALS Bayer Seller Kraser St Neave Ord. 3.674
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      Prospects In China
      239 11 HUME INDUSTRIES (FAR EAST) UUME Industries (Far East) directors' report for last year describes the company's l Interests In China. Despite present political conditions there, It foresees an enormous potential market In 1 China. The company's factories in both Shanghai and Hong Kong were primarily constructed for
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      Takuapa Valley Tin Dredging
      56 11 TIAKUAPA Valley Tin Dredging x announces that In the first half of March the No. 1 dredge worked 293 hours, covered 55,000 cubic yards and won 100 plculs of ore. The No. 3 dredge worked 312 hours covered 80,000 cubic yards and won 34 plculs of
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      U.S.-SIAM CONTRACT
      127 11 MR. Clement R. TuneU, New York manager of the International General Electric Company, stated recently that his company had been awarded a Siamese Oovernment conrtract to survey a suitable site for a local hydro-elect-ric project. The agreement was slgneed last year. According to a report recently published m
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      SHIPPING AT THE SINGAPORE WHARVES
      106 11 CHIPS in port alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves yesterday (godowns in brackets) were: Main Wharf: China Mail (3132), Mount Mansfield (34-35), Oregon Mail (36-37), Steel Admiral (38-39). Bendoran (41), City of Durham (42-43). West Wharf: Tttlle Lykes (4- 5), Somali (8-9), Glengarry (1113), Medon
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      Mercantile Bank THE RED DANGER
      156 11 THE RED DANGER Mercantile Bank SIR Charles Innes, chairman of the Mercantile Bank of India, sees in the spread of Communism "the gravest danger to the peace and prosperity of almost every country In the Far East." He cites recent events in China, Burma and Malaya as well as in
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      Linggi Plantations WORKERS' POSITION HESITANT MARKET AWAITS LONDON LEAD
      279 11 Linggi Plantations WORKERS' POSITION CONDITIONS for estate workers in Malaya are undoubtedly superior to those in other countries of Asia, says Sir John Hay in his annual statement for the Llnggi Plantations meeting on Apr. 6. Higher wage, leave the estate labourer substantially better off than he was in 1941.
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      TIN ALLOCATIONS
      40 11 LONDON, Mon. THE Ministry of Supply has I announced that the Combined Tin Committee has allocated, for the first half of 1949. Egypt 160 long tons. Israel SO long tons and Turkey 125 long tons of tin. A.P.
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      New Klaveness Line Ship On Her Maiden Voyage
      107 11 ANEW Klaveness Line motorsbip, the Sunnyville, is en route to Malaya on her maiden voyage in the line's trans-Pacific monthly service. She is a sister ship of the Bougainville, 462 feet long, 9,200 tons in deadweight capacity. AH 'tween decks are fitted
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      Singapore Rubber
      116 11 WITH sellers reserved, the Singapore rubber market was very steady throughout yesterday. Prices were slightly higher than on Saturday. Casing prices yesterday ware: No. 1 sheet f.o.b. buyers 37% cents, sellers 38 cents; spot loose buyers 37% cents, sellers 38 cents per lb. The Singapore Chamber of Commerce
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      Oil Palms Of Malaya
      227 11 AIL Palms of Malaya In the year to Oct. 31, 1948, produced 7,827 tons of oil and 1,028 tons of kernels. The previous year's oil output was 5,637 tons. Sir John Hay, In his statement as chairman, says still further Improvement is anticipated In the current
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      249 11 PRESIDENT LINER SAILINGS TO NEW YORK AND BOSTON via CEYLON. INDIA, ICYPI AND MEDITERRANEAN PORTS. Singapore P Sham ''•'ISfJI. "Mount Mansfield Cdns. 14/35 Mar. 23/24 Mar. 25/27 Sails Mar. 22 President Monroe Mar. 30/ Apr. 4 Apr. S/S Pres Buchanan Apr 11/U Apr W/18 Apr. 19/22 Pres Harding Apr. 24/10
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    MALAYAN WOMEN HAVE LONG WAY TO GO
    324 12 MALAYAN WOMEN HAVE LONG WAY TO GO Not Up To World Badminton Class By LEE SIEW YEE VfAL A VAN women's badminton is not op to world iTI class. The best we have in thi s country would not stand a chance of beating any of the leading players of
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    Goalkeeper Lott Had Little To Do
    331 12 R.A.F. Changi 8 WHILE Changi R.A.F. leisurely evening, his saved the Tamil Brotherhi than a three-nil defeat league match at Jalan Be The Tamils started well, but had no punch In the goalmouth and twice missed good chances from easy range. The Airmen also
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    Orientals Beat Merrytime B.P.
    145 12 DLAYING at the Clerical Union Hall on Sunday, the Oriental B P. defeated the Merrytime B.P. by seven games to two. Results (Oriental's players named first >: MNGIaCS: John Chua beat On* Tiong Ghee 15-6, 15-10; Koh Beng Swee beat Lim Kirn Peow 1-1, 15-12; Lim
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    Borneo Motors S.C. Win 5-2
    151 12 pLAYING last Sunday at the Borneo Motors court, the Winsfleld B P. lost to the Borneo Motors Spo«ts»Club by five games to two. Results (Winsfleld players mentioned first) were: SINGLES: Tan Hoe Tong lost to Adam Jaffar 7 15. 11-15; W1U1« Chee lost to Kemat
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    D. Labrooy Scores 61 Not Out
    113 12 PENANG, Monday. AN undefeated 61 by the North and Penan* State all- I rounder Douglas I.abrooy, enabled the Ceyloneae Association j to beat the Old Xaverlan*' Assoelation by 13 runs at cricket yesterday evening on the Pulau Tikos ground. Excellent bowline by Soroapala who
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    Cycle Race In T.B.A. Sports
    79 12 A THREE-MILE cycle race, open to all Indians in Singapore. > has been Included In the first post-war Athletic meet of the Tamil Brotherhood Association to be held at JaUn Besar Stadium on Aprl 15. Besides the usual track and field events there will be
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    SERANGOON vs SCC
    80 12 A TEAM from the following will represent the Serangoon I Association In a friendly game of soccer against the S.C.C.. on the! jS.C.C. padang on Friday at 5.15J p.m: Lim Soo Woon, Ng Ah Lak, Or.g Chin Yeong, Ong Chin Wah, Ang Kirn Chwee. Ang Kirn Beng.
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    Penang Golf Team To Play In Bangkok
    112 12 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Monday A TEAM of 20 leading Pen ant; golfers will be travell- ing by air to Bangkok during the Easter holidays for a series of matches with leading Siamese golfers. A plane has been specially chartered for the
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    Penalty Missed 22 Seconds From End
    328 12 Kota Rajah B 2 R.A.F. Sembawanc 1 PLAYING fine soccer, Kota Rajah "B" beat a well-knit R.A.F. XI two-one In a Junior I A, Group 1. league soccer fixture at Gey la tiff Stadium yesterday. Both teams undoubtedly gave i the finest performance in
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    Four Goals Shared
    136 12 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. PLAYING on a dry ground for a change, the league socoer match today between the Farelf Training Centre and Johore Rover- ended In a draw, each side scoring two goals. Tht F.T.C. opened out the game wll and were given the lead when Low.
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    MARIGOLD B.P.
    47 12 The first committee meeting of the Marigold Badminton Party will take place at 7.30 p.m. today at the residence of the President, Mr. Wee Ghim Teng, 320 Thomson Road Singapore. All officials are requested to attend as there are several important items tabled for discussion.
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    SEL. CLUB PROFIT OF $39,000
    147 12 SEL. CLUB PROFIT OF $39,000 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. A PROFIT of $39,000 In the year's working is shown in the annual report of the SeJangor Club to be present»d at the annual meeting on Wednesday, April 6. Membership at the end of Dec. 31 totalled 2,054.
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    Sports Diary
    44 12 SOCCER: S.A.F.A. Snr. Div., Rovers S.C. v. RE. ME. —J. B«*ar; Jnr. A. Grp. 1, BODCA t. Tamil B.A.— St. George's Rd; Na»y "B" v. Spore Chinese Enj. Assn. Geylang; Jnr. A. Grp 2, P. Brani I'td. "B" v. Customs S.C BOD.
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      COLONY TO LOSE POPULAR OFFICIAL
      559 12 T»HE popular vice-president of the Singapore AmaA teur Football Association, Mr. K. C. Gillett, who i s leaving the Colony on transfer to Sarawak next month, thinks that at last Singapore has enough young players to replace th e veterans who have seen their best
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    24 12 TWO TAMIL Brotherhood players outjump two R.A.F. Changi forwards in yesterday's senior league match at Jalan Besar. The Airmen won three-oil. Straits Times picture.
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    S.J.I. WIN AGAIN
    143 12 OT. Joseph's institution first and second teams beat St. Anthony's in soccer matches played at Bras Basah Road yesterday. St. Joseph's won the flrst team game five-one and the second team game one- nil. Good constructive pWy by the S.J.I, flrst team was mainly responsible for their
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    MAAA MEET TO BE 'NATIONAL FESTIVAL'
    566 12 MAAA MEET TO BE 'NATIONAL FESTIVAL rpHE Malayan Amateur Athletic Assciation will hold 1 its flrst post-war and 27th championship meetiiiK early in September this year and it will become a National Festival organised on a territorial and non-racial basis. The proposal for sucl proved by the High Cotnm of
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