The Straits Times, 28 April 1949

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    18 1 The Straits Times AML.4K4S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1949 PRICE TEN CENTS.
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    INDIA STAYS IN COMMONWEALTH
    385 1 King A Symbol Of "Free Association I ON DON, Wednesday. INDIA will remain a full and equal member of the Commonwealth after she becomes a republic, regarding the King as the symbol of free association among the member nations. This decision was reached at a secret
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    30 1 ■IMT NEIfRU. Prime Minister of India, walks hrlwrrn ,111.11 and the Begum Ali Khan, wife of Pakistan's Minister. Mr. Lia'quat Ali Khan, at a reception at Buckingham Palace. A.P. picture.
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    NEHRU INVITES MALAN
    104 1 NEHRU INVITES MALAN LONDON, Wed. THE first private meeting between Indian and South j ■\frican Prime Ministers took place today when Pandit Nehru invited Dr. Daniel Malan to lunch. This ls» the first personal contact between top ranking i Ministers of the two countries since India broke trade I relations
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    500 KILLED IN BURMA BATTLE
    125 1 RANGOON. Wednesday. pOVERNMENT fortes have killed 500 Karen rebels "f" f in a fierce five-day battle at Daiku, rail town 78 miles north of Rangoon, a communique issued here said tonight. The Government troops repulsed a Karen attack on a nearby village, it added. Daiku
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    Refloated Liner Broke In Half
    131 1 Refloated Liner Broke In Half RIO DE JANEIRO. Wed. THE 17.000-ton British liner, I Macdalcna. broke in half in Rio harbour after bfririg r-- floated from the rock on which she grounded yeste.nay. Small harbour rraft dtuttred round the two halves of the new Royal Mail liner, I waiting to
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    Bandit Ran —Shot Dead
    54 1 From Our Own Correspondent MALACCA. Wed. A JUNGLE squad yesterday shot dead a bandit who was hiding in a padi field in the Muar area of Johore. The squad were hunting a gang believed to have murdered a police constable at Bekok. The bandit started to
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    PRINCESS IS ON HOLIDAY
    75 1 LONDON, Wed.—Eighteen-year-old Princess Margaret left London Airport this morning in a twin-engined Viking plane of the King's Flight on the first stage of her four weeks' tour of Italy. At her own wish she will be treated as a private visitor. She will stay In hotels
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    PROF. DYER'S DIARY
    69 1 SYDNEY, Wed.— Although three pages of Prof. W. E. Dyer's diary are missing, some entries are expected to throw light on the death of the former Principal of Raffles College In a Sydney Hat. Some of the entries are believed to relate to a person in Sydney
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    FIVE HOURS IN DUBLIN
    91 1 DUBLIN. Wed.— Dublinera are disappointed that Pandit Nehru will visit their city tomorrow for only five hours. They would have liked the visit to be longer, for it is a long time since the arrival of a public figure has aroused such interest. DublLi people would
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    SIAM RICE EXPORTS
    56 1 WASHINGTON, Wed— Siam exported 900,000,000 lbs. of rice during the first quarter this year, compared with 424,000,000 lbs. exported during the same quarter last year. The U.S. Agriculture Department says Bangkok estimates show the total 1949 rice exports are likely to be 2,750,000,000 lbs., although some estimates
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    117 1 DOMINION PREMIERS, now in London had an informal meeting at No. 10, Downing Street, before going to Buckingham Palace for luncheon with the King. In the garden at Downing Street are left to right: (Front row) Mrs. Attlee; Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Lady Stafford Cripps; Mrs. Daniel Malan; Mr. Attlee, with
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    5 DIE IN CRASH
    27 1 THE HAGUE, Wed. -Five people were killed when Dutch training aircraft crashed in flames last night near Amsterdam. There were no survivors. Reuter.
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    "Iron Curtain" For Bao Dai
    233 1 D^HIND an iron-curtain of secrecy, and with 'T> armed police guarding Tengah airport, the e4? Emperor Bao Dai of Annam arrived In the Colony yesterday from Europe. 3ealed-lips at the rrtnch Consul-General* office, the Commissioner-General's office and the RAF were the :es ponse to all
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    Malaya Aids Siam Railways
    147 1 BANGKOK, Wed r PHE British Ambassador to I Siam, Sir Geoffrey Haruigton Thompson, today offered Siam British and Malayan Government aid in railway v oiling stock to ease the tiansport bottleneck in exporting Slam's rice surplus The Ambassador offered Siam on immediate loan two surplus "Mac
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    HAIGH TRIAL WILL START IN JULY
    115 1 LONDON, Wed. riOUNSEL for John George Haigh, 39-year-old company director, charged with murder of Mrs. Durand Deacon, a 69-year-old widow, asked for deferment of trial at the Old Bailey today on the ground that scleriflc evidence required for the det^nce was not complete. The
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    Saw Her Husband Killed, Burned
    132 1 From Our Own Correspondent BENTONG, Wednesday. A GANG of Malay bandits at Belengu in the Temerloh area of Pahang murdered a compatriot last night, then burned his body while the man's wife and child looked on. The Chinese kepala of Wah Seng Estate in Ayer
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    Their First Plane
    25 1 PATNA (Bihar), Wed.— An airplane has landed for the first time in Khatmandu, mountain capital of the Himalaya's kingdom of Nepal —Reuter.
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    SKELETON IN DOUBLE MYSTERY
    126 1 SKELETON IN DOUBLE MYSTERY LONDON, Wed. Jl DOUBLE mystery developed today over missing Ada Kent, 67-year-old recluse and ex-actress, when police report ed that the body found in .the wreckage In her abandoned tumble-down cottage at Fingringhoe in Essex was not that of the missing woI man. Miss Kent disappeared
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    'Chiang Flies To S'hai' Report
    292 1 'Chiang Flies To S'hai' Report SHANGHAI VvVd. rENERALISSI MO Chiang Kai-shek dramatically ended throe months' retirement today by broadcasting a "stand fast" appeal to th e Chinese to fight on against "Communist tyranny' Immediately after \lw. broadcast from his hom> pn vince of Cheklang the lien llssimo was reported to
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    WILL NOT ABANDON YOU —CHIANG
    464 3 WILL NOT ABANDON YOU CHIANG Fight Reds As You Fought The Japanese 1 SHANGHAI, Wednesday, f ENERALISSIMO Chiang Kai-shek today pledged that he will not abandon the Chinese people, but will devote his entire life to "our nation-wide struggle against enslavement." He called upon th e Chinese people to fight
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    WEST IS WARY OF OFFER
    139 3 WEST IS WARY OF OFFER WASHINGTON, Wed. rnHE Western powers have X virtually accepted Russia's public proposal to lift thp blockade of Berlin in exchange for a four-power conference on Germany, but 't was made plain that the offer is'accepted only if no secret strings are attached. At the same
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    ARMISTICE DEADLOCK
    49 3 ISRAEL-SYRIAN BORDER, Wed. Israeli-Syrian armistice talks here have reached a deadlock, an Israeli army spokesman said today after a five-hour informal meeting. The Syrians, the spokesman added, refuse to agree to withdraw from certain areas which will bring them to the old international border.- Re uter. i
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    Singapore Diary
    81 3 TODAY Y.W.C.A.. 5. Raffles Quay, art design class, 3.30 p.m., town wayfarers' meeting, 5 p.m. Theosophical Society, Mr. Sim Boon Hwee on "Is Death the End?" 8, Calrnhill Road, 6.30 p.m. Paya L-bar Methodist Youth Fellowship. Variety Concert, 7, Boundary Road, 7.30 p.m. TOMORROW Rate Payers' Association, annual
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      Stage Coaches Come Back To London
      259 3 STAGE coaches with four horses in front have returned to London streets to carry passengers. The enterprise springs from Britain's new interest in tourists, who may now travel in 18th century third Indo-Russian trade A company that unearthed agreement signed on Mar. 31. a
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    17 3 THE BRITISH SLOOP Amethyst wttich was shelled and damaged by Communist guns along the Yangtse. A.P. picture.
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    British Press Is Indignant
    254 3 LONDON, Wednesday. rpHE British press devoted a considerable amoum of attention to yesterday's statement by Mr Attlee, the Prime Minister, on the shelling of Britisti warships in the Yangtse by Chinese Communist forces. Indignation with the Chirese Communists' action was the main undercurrent of the press
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    YANGTSE HEROES NAMED
    194 3 YANGTSE HEROES NAMED LONDON, Wed. INDIVIDUAL acts of heroism and devotion to duty by members of the crew of British warships involved In last week's Yangtse river incident were described in a statement issued in London by the Admiralty. A 20-year-old marine, Bernard Maurice How, on board the cruiser London,
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    Navy Thanks The R.A.F.
    128 3 rpHE Commander-ln-Chief, X Air Command, Far East, Air Marshal Sir Hugh Lloyd ha s received the personal message of appreciation from the Chief of the Air Staff, Marshal of the Royal Air Force, Lord Tedder, in connection with the conveying of medical officers and supplies to
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    MANIFESTO ON MALAYA
    62 3 PARIS. Tues.— The World Peace Congress, organised by Communists, at Its closing session yesterday adopted a manifesto condemning colonialism and the conflicts in Malaya. Indochina. Indonesia and Greece. It made no reference to the war in China. The manifesto also demanded outlawing of the atomic bomb, and
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    TWO CHARGES WITHDRAWN
    47 3 David Timms, aged 23. who was charged in the Singapore Fourth Police Court with robbing a taxi driver of $72 and of dishonestly retained $52 belonging to Wong Liang Huat, was discharged yesterday. Inspector Bakar said he I had instructions to withdraw both charges.
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    SECESSION PETITION TO K.L., THEN TO WHITEHALL
    278 4 SECESSION PETITION TO K.L., THEN TO WHITEHALL From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Wednesday. A LTHOUGH the Penang secession deputation will soor. take their* Whitehall petition to Kuala Lumpur at the invitation of the High Coianussioner, Sir Henry Gurney, their determination to take thefr case to London is unshake;i. The secretary,
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    Batavia Talks
    38 4 I JCS ON INDONESIA: The Republican delegation at the opening session of the Dutch-Indonesia discussions, in Batavia aimed at ending the three-year-old dispute. In front, wearing a ?!*T, is Dr. Mohamed Rum, the chairman. A.P. picture.
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    29 4 TAJ! ABDir.! %H DDIN, head of the Inrii Dcndont Sarawak movement in Indonesia, the n rerjiianuan Sarawak, who i» in Singapore. *n his v».i> to Kurliint;. SMaits Times picture
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    Holiday For Wesak Day
    89 4 tnm Our stafl Correspondent Xl \I.A LUMPUR. Wed. Wi s.\K fuli moon day. which lalis on May 12, will be a public holiday in Penang and Malacca. The High Commissioner, Sir Henry Gurney, received ,i memorial by many temples, organisattoni and individuals representing the Malayan Buddhist
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    DEBATE MAY BE PUT OFF
    107 4 LAKE SUCCESS, Wtd. p THE United Nations General Assemoly may postpone discussion during its present session of the IndianSouth African dispute as well as the ouestlon of Franco Spain, according to insistent reports today. Final settlement of the Italian Colonies auestion and the Droposed discussion
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    APPOINTED HEAD
    47 4 From Oar SUIT Correspondent SEREMBAN. Wed.— Mr LI. Lewis, has been appointed headmaster of the King George the Fifth school, Seremban, following the departure on retirement of Mr. F. L. Shaw. Before going on leave Mr Lewis was acting senior inspector of schools Negri Sembilan.
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    Gurkhas To Train Cubs
    99 4 TWO Gurkha officers, from Seremban and Kuala Lumpur, will run wolf cub packs for Gurkha children during a training course at the Boy Scouts Association "Castle Camp" in Kuala Lumpur. Tub leaders from Pahang, Johore, Selangor and Nefri Sembilan are attending the course. In charge of
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    Houseowners Want To Raise Rents
    226 4 T*HE Singapore Ratepayers' Association has decided to ask the Government to amend the Control of Rent Ordinance so as to allow property owners, who have been asked to provide modern sanitation, to increase their rents. The association suggests that the increase should be equal to
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    NO CURFEW ON CABBAGES
    82 4 LORRIES carrying vegetables from Johore to Singapore have now been permitted to pass the Causeway as early as 6 a.m. to enable the perishable foodstuff to reach the markets without rotting. The old ruling, banning vehicles carrying food other than fish to cross the Causeway until
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    Mr. Chua In Colonial Legal Service
    142 4 From Our sun Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. MR. Frederick Arthur Chua has been Dromoted to the has been promoted to me Colonial Legal Service from Aug. 16, 1948, and is to be confirmed as a Sessions Court connrmed as a sessions couri president. Mr.
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    SULTAN'S CALL TO WOMEN
    175 4 SULTAN'S CALL TO WOMEN From Oui Ov n toi n-pondenl ALOR STAR, Wed THE Sultan of Kedah yos- terday evening called oa lady members of the Kedah Ruling House to unite and co-operate with the Government in the administration of the State. He was speaking at a tea party given
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    PA WNED JEWELS RESTORED
    91 4 PA WNED JEWELS RESTORED From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Wed. A young woman, charged with criminal breach of trust of $1,120 worth of Jewellery, was acquitted today and the jewellery returned to the owner. < The President of the court, Mr. M. R. F. Rogers, was told that 26-year-old Llm
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    KASHMIR TRUCE
    30 4 RAWALPINDI, Wed. The United Nations Commission for India and Pakistan is expected to present Its revised proposals for a truce in Kashmir to the two Dominion* today.— Reuter.
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    British Pledge To Keep Hong Kong As "A Beacon"
    269 4 British Pledge To Keep Hong Kong As "A Beacon LONDON, Wednesday. IV/JR. Davic Rees-Williams, Parliamentary Undei y for the Colonies, said in London today that the British Government intended "to maintain Hong Kong as a cultural and educational beacon." The Colony, he sad, wad "tlr clearing house of commerce and
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    "MARKED MEN": TALKS ON CLAIMS
    306 5 Report Studied By Governments UIGFI-level discussions are being held on a confidential report submitted to the Governments of Singapore and the Federation by the Malayan Armed Local Forces Tribunal, which considered the claims of members of the local defence forces who were "marked men" during
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    58 5 m \i;(>KK FIRE: The turntable ladder of the Singapore Fire Brigade went into action on Tuesday night when there was a fire In shophouses in Chin Hin Street. A large crowd turned oat to see the fire and hoses had to be used to disperse it to enable the Fire
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    CLOTH TAX REFUND BY INDIA
    114 5 CLOTH TAX REFUND BY INDIA THE five per cent excise duty, at which the Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce complained In a memorandum reported yesterday, Is levied on all Indian textiles, but Is refunded on exports. This is done only on production of landing certificates from destinations to which the
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    Dato Syed Ahmad bin Mohd Alsagoff
    38 5 Dato Syed Ahmad bin Mohami Alsagoff, J.P., of 20 Palm itosd Singapore, wishes to state that he Is not the Syed Ahmad Alsagoii concerned in a case in the Fourtn Police Court.
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    RUBBER WAGE CUT DISPUTE
    124 5 RUBBER WAGE CUT DISPUTE AGREEMENT is expected to be reached soon in a dispute concerning wage cuts for 200 millers and "carriers" of the Lam Choon rubber milling factory In Bukit Timah Road. The newly-formed Singapore Union of Rubber Workers, which contends that the labourers had not been given sufficient
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    Defence Opens In $243,718 Suit
    376 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. 'THE Malayan Railway administration today opened its defence in the Supreme Court here against a claim for $243,718 brought by a former contractor, Mr.A. Chellappah, for labour stated to have been supplied by him under contract to the
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    LECTURE ON TIBETAN TRIP
    69 5 M. Andre Guibaut, French Consul -General for Singapore and noted geographer, explorer and author, will address members and friends of the Alliance Francalse,on his first expedition into Tibet, at the Victoria Theatre at 9 o'clock tonight. M. Guibaut will illustrate his lecture with photographs taken during
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    25 WOMEN PLAY POKER
    57 5 Twenty-flve women were charged in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday with gambling in a common gaming house. All admitted playing poker, but denied that the house in Beach Road was a common gaming house. They said that the house belonged to a friend, a blind
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    Inquest Postponed
    28 5 KAJANG, Wed.— The Inquest on Robert JC. Seevaretnam, killed in a motor accident, which was fixed for hearing at Kajang yesterday was postponed to May 3.
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    Clerk Gets 8 Weeks
    97 5 PR soliciting $1,000 to help a widow claim her husband's pension, Tan Peng Kirn, aged 33, clerk attached to the Singapore Volunteer Corps Headquarters, was yesterday sentenced in the Fourth Police Court to eight weeks' rigorous Imprisonment. The widow, Chua Slew Kirn, whose husband, was a
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    Cattle Disease Precautions
    107 5 ALL precautions are being 'aken to prevent the spread of foot-and mouth disease which has broken out aimng cattle in Singapore said a spokesman of the Go vernment Veterinary Department yesterday. He said the outbreak started In quarantine ainonc cattle imported from Ball This was the first
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    Singapore, Thur., Apr. 28, 1949 THE DOOR MAY BE OPEN
    1119 6 Singapore, Thur., Apr. 28, 1949 THE DOOR MAY BE OPEN Rumours that Russia is ready to lift the Berlin blockade have turned out to be fact. For two weeks the story that Russia is willing tc bargain has been going the rcunds. From the Western capitals, though it is evident
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    HOW SICK IS UNCLE SAM?
    1253 6  -  CLIFFORD HULME today is like a patient an xiously awaiting the specialist's verdict. After three post-war years of high living Uncle Sam finds his step beginning to falter. Spots of unemployment befoM his eyes have swelled into one big blob that is still growing. His
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    BASIS OF U.S. AID TO ASIA
    576 6  - BASIS OF U.S. AID TO ASIA DON DILLON AN expert on interA national economics predicts the appeals of such countries as the Philippines and India, which seek American capital to help an industrialisation programme, will produce only limited results unless there is considerable revision of thinking on both sides of
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      'Let's Forget The Occupation'
      619 6 AT the meeting of the Associated Chinese Chamber of Commerce at Kuala Lumpur on Sunday, an attempt was made to revive the question of the taxation of immovable properties acquired during the Japanese occupation. I say "revive" because this question was raised nearly two years ago
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    COURT TOLD OF INCIDENT IN CABARET
    853 7 Former Police Magistrate Faces Charge denied that he had judged the whole situation himself and had used his own discretion before the matter had come to court. Inspector Ling told the court that on the night concerned the manager of the Cailton Club telephoned
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    51 7 18 KKSI'LT of an accident at Stamford Road, just beyond the junction of Stamford Road and Hill Street, yesterday morning; in Singapore, five vehicles collided nith each other. The car *hown at right suffered the worst damage having lt«-i n jammed between another eat and an R.A.F. truck Straits Times
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    Chambers May Appeal To Govt
    112 7 Chambers May Appeal To Govt INDIES TRADE A CHINESE Chamber of Commerce memorandum explaining the disruption of Indonesian -Singapore trade is njw under study by a subr "runHtee consisting of two tvoresentatives each of the S ruapore. Chinese and Indim Chambers of Commerce. This may, in the near future, result
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    STANVAC PARTY
    60 7 Dealers of the StandardVacuum Oil Company last night entertained Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Davis to dinner at the New World before their departure to Japan. Mr Davi s is the Assistant Manager of Stanvac in Singapore. Opportunity was also taken to bid farewell to Ivlr. H. Hewitt,
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    Song Led To Fight At Wedding Party —Allegation
    432 7 Song Led To Fight At Wedding Party —Allegation JOUORE BAHRU, Wednesday. A SONG was alleged to have led to a fight between a European planter and an Indian hospital assistant at a Chinese wedding party, the Kota Tineeri magistrate was told today. 1 Accused of being drunk while carrying arms
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    20th Year As President
    150 7 MR. F. G. Lundon was reelected president of the Royal Singapore Flying Club at the annual general meeting last night. His re-election creates a record, because this is the 20th successive year that he fills the post. Other officers include: Mr. A. F. W. Andren, vice-presi-dent;
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    Money From Heaven
    136 7 MEMBERS of the Royal Singapore Flying Club dropped payrolls stalling $1,400,000 on rubber estates in the Federation since the emergency began. Reporting this at the nnual general meeting held last night at Kallang, the president, Mr. F. G. Lundon. said: "One of the 'hinjs that banditry has
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    Larry, The Mimic, Gets The Crowd's Vote
    156 7 Larry, The Mimic, Gets The Crowd's Vote T»HIRTY-TWO-year old Larry Fenton, mimic, musician and wit, last night convulsed an audience of more than 2,500 people at the Victoria Memorial Hall to win the final of Radio Malaya's most popular amateur variety programme Talentlme. Runner-up was Tan Eng Chla, a light
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    Alibi Pleas In Murder Trial
    83 7 All four accused in the case in which Ng Hong Oiok is alleged to have been murdered on the day following the liberation of Singapore pleaded alibis yesterday in the Singapore Assize Court. They said they were squatters and knew nothing of the murder, having
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    A.A.M. AND MOTOR INSURANCE
    199 7 rpHE refusal of insurance A companies to reduce mo tor insurance premla and Increase benefits was reported to the annual meeting in Singapore yesterday of the Automobile Association of Malaya (Singapore Branch by the outgoing chairman, Mr. F. Kinsey. The Association's presidtnt Mr. Cle'metson, while In
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    43 7 TilKiifc MEMBERS OF THfc PROVISIONAL Central Vietnamese Government, S.E. Vu Ngoc Hoanh, S. F. Nguyen Van Hien and S. E. Truong vinh Tong, who are in Singapore to meet ex-Emperor Bao Dai, who arrived in the Colony yesterday from Paris.— Straits Times picture.
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    Road Widening Plans Held Up
    282 7 SAYING that the future difficulties would be largely financial, Singapore's acting Municipal Engineer, Mr. C. C. Collom, reports that proposals for "very necessary" widenings of parts oi Alexandra, Paya Lebar, Thomson and Tanglin roads, have had to be postponed "probably for some years." Some funds
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    Many Thrills In 'Song Of India'
    79 7 Sabu gives a magnificent performance In Columbia's "Song of India," at the Capitol's current attraction The film tell s a story of an Indian prince who defle s jungle lore only to pay for it with i^is own life in the end. The picture
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    Dollar-A-Month Appeal By Govt
    262 7 Dollar-A-Month Appeal By Govt Malayan Vanity A DOLLAR a month from each of 500,000 people would produce $6,000,000 in one year, and there must be many Chinese in Malaya who can afford to subscribe this sum, says a Government appeal issued Jast night for funds to the University of Malaya.
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      THE ULU PHOTOGRAPHER
      1496 8 rjMIE house I live in has no electricity nt nil and the water supply is derived from ruin water from the roof which drains into a large tank at the back of the house from where it must be pumped by hand into the roof agai" to
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      The Mussel-Women Of Penang
      705 8  - The Mussel- Women Of Penang PUNAI QNE of the sights of interest on Penang's lovely coast is the picturesque figures of the old Malay women who hunt for "siputs" (a type of small mussel) along the beaches there at low tide. There is one little group who I have known
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      129 8 t? OUTSTANDINGLY NEW IN DESIGN CONSTRUCTION A FULL-SIZED FAMILY CAR S^* "^S. Never has a light car achieved such beauty WITH ES€ BRIU IM of line such interior roominess such big- c rcM uI CIJ car qualities! The new Minx Magnificent is independent from suspension outstandingly different in design and
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  • FROM A SINGAPORE BOOKSHELF
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      Two Statesmen Look Back FOUNDER OF ISRAEL
      703 9  - Two Statesmen Look Back FOUNDER OF ISRAEL SIR CHARLES STEWART By TRIAL AND ERROR: The Autobiography f Chiam Weizmann, first President of Tsra»l. (Hamish Hamilton. 21s.) J)K. WEIZMANN, onr of the great figures of our age, has written a deeply moving account of his life from his upbringing in a
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      Memoirs Of Peace And War
      293 9 ON ACTIVE SERVICE IN PEACE AND WAR. By Henry L. Stimson and McGeorge Bundy. (Hutchinson. 255.) THIS record of a man who was United States Secretary of War from 1911-13, Secretary of State from 1929-31. and again Secretary of War in the vital years 1940-45,
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      THEBEST ESCAPE STORY
      480 9 THE WOODEN HORSE. By Eric Williams (Collins, 10s. 6d.) FIFTEEN feet inside the main fence of Stalag-Luft III was a trip-wire, twelve inches above the ground. Any prisoner who stepped over it was shot by the guards. The fence, strong and heavily laced, was a twelve foot
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      THE ABC OF SHOOTING
      104 9 FRSI published 25 years ago. Eric Parker's "Elements of Shooting" (The Field Press. 215.), which reappears now in its third edition, is one of the best-written and most comprehensive Introductions to the sport that can be found It deals with the principles that ensure good shooting,
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      238 9 STRAITS TIMES CROSSWORD U. Confirm (J). nDnconmnn »t I An Arthurian knight (8). 2 L Peaceful part of thotri- tttObbVYORD No. 126 < Ample supply (ranted for cal melodrama (4). 'U I I' I I* I Is KHSUa I It 1 la I temporary üm Inside (6). 13. Shortage (10).
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    CLOSE CHECK ON U.S. TEXTILES QUALITY
    235 10 SINGAPORE Government is taking stringent measures to ascertain the quality and value of imported American textiles which are unloaded from ships at the Singapore Harbour Board godowns from time to time. A close check and examination of the textiles is carried out five times
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    INCIDENT IN STORE CABARET
    609 10 (Continued to page 7) put in the reserve room lor standby constables. Oehlers, the inspector added, came to the station with a woman named Dorothy Paglar and three oak Chinese.When Oehlers used the station telephone Ling said he heard him mention the name of the Fourth
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    Jap Cloth Share-Out
    101 10 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. TEXTILE importers in the Federation and Singapore will be notified during the next few days of their shares of Malaya's quota of Japanese textiles. The apportionment, was decided at a meeting here on Saturday of the Joint Trrport and Export
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    Redecoration Cost $25,000
    89 10 FIFTY men worked in shifts night and day for 72 hours redecorating the Pavilion Theatre at an estimated cost of $25,000. The theatre reopens today with the film "Let's Live A Little," starring Hedy Lemarr and Robert Cummin gs. Completion of the job in such a short
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    FILIPINO ASSN. DANCE
    38 10 The Singapore Filipino Association will hold a dance in aid of their rehabilitation fund at the Adelphi Roof Garden on Monday. Tickets are available at 12A Stamford Road. An all-Filipino band will be in attendance.
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    CASE POSTPONED
    42 10 From Our Own Correspondent RAUB, Wed. The case against D. Naidu, a detective sergeant attached to the Raub Police Station, charged for. having used criminal force on a woman, wis D^st poned to May 9. Bail of $200 was allowed.
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    Buffaloes Strayed
    32 10 From Our Own Correspondent KAJANG, Wed.— For allowing 22 buffaloes to stray on the public road at Broga, Bachan Singh was fined $45/or five weeks' imprisonment. The fine was paid.
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    Joint Finance Body Meets
    312 10 THE Joint Consultative Finance Committee set up by the Governments of the Colony and the Federation to deal with financial problems of common concern held its first meeting in Singapore yesterday under th e chairmanship of the Financial Secretary, Singapore, Mr. J. D. M. Smith. The
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    FIREMAN'S HEROISM RECALLED
    207 10 FIREMAN'S HEROISM RECALLED REGARDLESS of his injuries when a fire engine over- turned, Fireman 65, Joiian bin Tabara, helped to extri- cate his wounded colleagues pinned underneath the engine and summoned help be- fore he himself fainted, the Singapore Coroner, Mr. W. G. Porter, was told yesterday at the inquest
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    Commissioners To Discuss Service
    190 10 rjOW long Singapore Municipal Commissioners 11 should serve under th e newly-constituted Commission will b e discussed tomorrow when the Commissioners hold their first business meeting. Under the Municipal (Elections —Amendment; Or- respective wards will serve iinance. Commissioners roll- two years and eight, months, bM the
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      79 10 SINGAPORE 1.00 Radio Orchestra; 1.30 News (also at 7 and 9.30); 1.45 Dance Music; 2.00 Close; 6.02 Children's Programme; 6.20 Calling All Hospitals; 7.10 Indian Pakistan Newsletter; 7.15 Shares Si Announcements; 7.20 HawaVlin Music; 7.30 George Barnes Octet and the Radio Revellers; 8.00 Forum of the Air; 8.30 Time for
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      87 10 Calling All Hospitals: 7 00 Newi (also at 9.30); 7.10 Indian Pakistan Newsletter; 7.15 Shire Market Report etc 7.20 Hawaiian Muaic; 7.30 Spelling Bin 8.00 Forum of the Air; 8.30 Thursday Symphony; 9.45 Grand Hotel; 10.15 Voices Jn Harmony; 10.30 Dance Music; 11.00 Close, AUSTRALIA 5.30 p.m. TJVjrces' Favourites; 6.00
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      77 10 era Asia; 9.30 Australian Artists Perform: 10.10 Light Orchestral: 10.30 Music for Millions; !•>. 45 Australians on Record; 11.45 Ciose. B.F.E.B.S. Includirf BBC relays: 5.30 Symphony Concert; 6.15 Balance of Europe; 6.30 News (Cantonese); 6.45 Indonesian; 7.15 News (French); 7.30 English; 8.00 Siamese; 8.30 News (English); 8.45 Dutch; 9.00 Kuoyu;
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      ACTION AGAINST TERRORISTS INADEQUATE, 'SAYS HAY
      99 11 ACTION AGAINST TERRORISTS INADEQUATE, 'SAYS HAY From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Wednesday. RESPITE the general impression that the situation in Malayt is less tense and dangerous th.™ it was a few months ago, action taken and the methods employed are still not adequate to stamp out th well-armed bands responsible
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      Near-Panic In H.K.
      33 11 HONG KONG, Wed. WIDESPREAD rumours yesterday that Shanghai was In Communist hands caused a near-panic In the financial markets of Hong Kong. There were no quotation* for Chinese currency. Renter.
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      20 11 IHE East Asiatic Company's motor ship Mongolia, a 15,000 ton cargo-passenger vessel which operates between the Far East and Europe.
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      MALAYAN SHARES
      130 11 From Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Wed. n/ITH easier conditions overseas the Malayan share market also followed suit to-day. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association were: I INDUSTRIALS Bayer Seller B.B. Petrol 40/3 41/3 Con. Tin Smelters Ord. 15/« 16/6 Gammon 2.40 3. 49 Henry Waugh stk. 2.47H
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      STRAITS TRADING DIV. PROSPECTS
      135 11 REFERRING to dividend prospects at the annual general meeting of the Straits Trading Co., Ltd., on Monday, the chMnnan, Mr. E. M. P. Fergusson. said that, with the problems of war damage i compensation and the American pressure for ore still unresolved and the need to
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      Singapore Rubber
      180 11 Singapore Rubber WITH better inquiries from overseas, the Singapore rubber market yesterday showed some improvement. Sellers were somewhat reserved. Closing prices yesterday were: No. 1 sheet f.o.b. buyers 85 7 cents, sellers 36 H cento; spot loose buyers 357* cent*, sellers 36 M cents per lb. The Singapore Chamber of
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      PRODUCE MARKET
      59 11 From a Market Correspondent QUIET dealing In Singapore produce markets was the feature yesterday but only very limited business was recorded. Inactivity !n some sections caused a reduction In a number of quotations Yesterday's changes were:— Sago seed, $16. Tapioca seed, $22.50. Tapioca flour: Java $23; Malacca $21;
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      SINGAPORE SHIPPING
      107 11 SHIPS in port alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves yesterday (godowns In brackets) were: Main Wharf: Charon 33-34), Bldoi- (35), M"lampuo (35). Benledl (38-39), Richmond Hill (4041). Buloh (42-43). West Wharf: Molenkerk (1-2). Agapenor (4-5), Socotra (6-7). Bencruachan (8-9), Orestes (1011). Denbighshire (13-14) Empire Dock: Kistna (17-18), P?ntakota
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      Defences Cost Estate $7,150
      238 11 "WHILE we were still struggling to recover from TT our losses caused by the Japanese, a new aggressor came forth from the jungle," said the chairman of Jeram Kuantan Rubber Estate, Mr. F. M. Edmonds, at the annual meeting of the company. Mr. Edmonds said that
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      272 11 LONDON. Wed. CAARBRUKEN bonds soared on iJ the London Stock Exchange yesterday. Rumours that payment on account arrears was Imminent brought a rush of buyers and the price gained four points at 98. Trading In other sections was small and under the influence of the situation in
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    C.A. WIN 2-1, TOP SENIOR LEAGUE
    691 12 C.A. WIN 2-1, TOP SENIOR LEAGUE Navy Forwards Beat Themselves A HARD won two-one victory over th e Royal Navy in a thrill packed game at Jalan Besar yesterday evening put the Chinese Athletics at the top of the Singapore A.F.A. Senior Division. Throughout the second half a Navy equaliser
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    Nimbus Wins Guineas
    72 12 NEWMARKET, Wed. NIMBUS, ridden by E. C. Elliot, won the 2,000 Guineas run over one mile here today. Abernant (G. Richards) wu second and Barnes Park (W. Cook), third. Also ran: MaJiarnura, M. Beary; Granl. T. Burn; Star King, Douglas Smith; Bear Dance. C. Spues; Hindustan, E.
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    Ceylonese, Eurasians Hold Trial
    199 12 Ceylonese, Eurasians Hold Trial NEW players tried out by the Ceylonese and Eurasian in a soccer match on the padnag yesterday were not altogether impressive. A full Eurasian team defeated the Ceylonese team, playing one man short, by four goals to nil. The game was a trial in preparation for
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    Sports Diary
    35 12 TODAY LEACiI'E SOCCER Snr. Div. Chinese Casuals v. Tamil Brotherhood Association Jainn Besar; RAF. Seletar v. R.E.M.E. Seletar: Junior A. Group t. (A. t. Honf Kong and Shanghai Bank Sports Clvb D.O.D. (round.
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    SPOTTING THE WINNERS
    330 12 SPOTTING THE WINNERS By EPSOM JEKP CPOTTING the winners at •3 Buklt Timah has always been more difficult than at the other centres and, with some astute handicapping by Mr. R. Norton and large fields, the tuk will not be any easier at the forthcoming Governors Cup meeting. There will
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    HAIKOWYU BEATEN 3-0
    132 12 IN a Junior B. Grp. 2 ooccer match played at St. George's Road yesterday the Banka-Billiton Sports Club scored a three-nil victory over Halkowyu. Halkowyu were good triers but they failed badly In front of goal. I Midway In the first half, Men Chong. the Banka centre-forward
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    TIGER S.C WIN TWO MATCHES
    45 12 THE Tiger Swimming Club's "A" team beat the Sint'ipr.rp Uistrict (Army) Combined '"A" team by eight goals w ml md their "B" team won by eight-one in friendly water polo matches played on Sunday at Nee Soon Garrison swimming pool.
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    J.B. BADMINTON
    76 12 from Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. The Johore Bahru District Badminton Association will be holding a tournament on M^y 11. The tournament will comprise, men's open singles and doubles, junior open singles and doubles, women's singles and doubles, mixed doubles and veterans singles and doubles. Entrance fee
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    Derby Will Make Strong Challenge
    770 12  -  JIM CHAMBERS U.K. CRICKET SEASON... 4 THE so-called "fashionable" cricket Counties Middlesex, Surrey, Yorkshire and the like do not monopolise the enthusiasm and support of the English public. Lesser lights of cricket, Counties like Derbyshire. Worcestershire, Nottinghamshire Warwickshire, Gloucester and Hampshire, have all made headway
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    Cosmos Snatch 2-1 Victory
    87 12 THE Cosmos Sports Cluk snatched a two-one victor] over the Police in a Junior B lOrp. 2, soccer match at Thorn!son Road yesterday. After a spell of even ex changes, the Cosmos got thei: first goal when their inside-left Yusof Ali, ran through the Po lice
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    Malay Badminton Results
    369 12 TIIE junior, veteran and boyb' events of the Singapore Malay Badminton Tournament have now reached their final stages. The open championship, which is the concluding event of the tournament, started last week-end. Re>ult of last week's games were: Junior Inter-Parties (semi-nnal) Gentle B.P. "A" lost to 9etU
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    "SAFA Reservation Policy Is Unfair"
    267 12 /CRITICISM has come from a reader of the action of the Singapore Amateur Football Association in partitioning the most central part of the grandstand at Jalan Besar Stadium for exclusive use by the R.A.F. for Saturday's Malaya Cup soccer match between the Royal Air Force
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    KING MIDAS CANNOT BE RULED OUT
    326 12 KING MIDAS CANNOT BE RULED OUT By EPSOM JEEP KING MIDAS, brilliant winner of the Governor's Cup last year, looks a shade better than h« was at Ipoh, but it may be too much to expect him to emulate Vedas' feat of winning the coveted racing prize two years running.
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    MACAO HEAT TIGERS 4-1
    109 12 EXCELLENT table leunij was MM a' .in- Or. Wui I 1 su night when the Macao roiling team defeated the Figer Si> "i 1^ Association by lour frame* 'o me. Chua Kirn HiMiii. Bl champion scored the v win of the evpnlri tn atti 1 tei
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    J.B. SOCCER XI
    63 12 Krom On: Own Correspond lit JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. tHe Johore Di.-trut loccer team > meet Kluang in an Inter-District match in the knockout eompptltion for the Mobamed Abdullah Cup on Friday, at Kluang, will I" 1 selected from the followlii the game J. Aitken. Osman, Ahmat Awang.
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    Cheerful Lads Win
    41 12 IN a friendly soccer raatcb on the padang yeoterdav. Hie Cheerful Lads A.P. beat an S.C.C. side by three goals to two. Scorers for th" winners we/c: Munniandy '<2i and Ismail. Taylor and Clifton scored lor tb* Club.
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