The Straits Times, 18 January 1950

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1950. <¥> PRICE TEN CENTS
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    MALAYA ON GUARD AGAINST BLIGHT
    441 1 MALAYA ON GUARD AGAINST BLIGHT K.K.L Expert To Study Leaf Disease From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. jyjALAYA has already begun to take steps to prevent the introduction of the South American leaf disease the ogre of the rubber world and to experiment in methods of controlling and destroying
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    90 1 MR. JOHN McASLAN a magistrate of Glasgow and a member of the Glasgow Town Council, who will be visiting Singapore from Jan. 20 to 29. under the auspices of the British Council, to t ilk about the organisation and work of local government in the United Kingdom. He will broadcast
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    U.S. SURVEY TOUR OF S.-E. ASIA
    120 1 TOKYO, Tuesday. AN American economic mission, headed by Mr. Robert R. West, will leave Tokyo on a survey tour of South-East Asia within two or three days. Informed sources said that Mr. West and General MacArthur's trade and industry experts will explore the possibilities
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    CONFIDENCE IN MR. F. CHILL
    113 1 SINGAPORE'S Municipal Commissioners yesterday gave what amounted to a vote of confidence to the Municipal Water Engineer, Mr. F. G. Hill, when they adopted by 13 votes to 3 the majority report of the Pontian Tunnel committee, upholding the action of Mr. Hill in recommending
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    C.B.REDWAYDFAD
    27 1 t rom Our Own C orrespondent LONDON. Tues.-Mr. Charles Bernard Reriway, formerly managing director of Kennedy Burkill and Co.. Penang, died suddenly at Torquay on Saturday.
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    'Bodies In Doorways' Speech Censored
    109 1 SEOUL, Tuesday. TPHE South Korean Government has imposed press A censorship on a speech made in open session of the National Assembly today in which an Assemblyman accused the Government of shooting 70 political prisoners and distributing the bodies on citizens' doorsteps. The Assemblyman said
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    65 1 in iiusG pictures an shown Chinese victims of the fire at Maude Road, Singapore, on Monday night which destroyed 15 zinc and attap sheds and rendered 350 people homeless. The] are searching through thi debris of their homes foi personal belongings. One man had about $400 in coins, some of
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    Guards Avenge Dead Comrade
    274 1 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. FOLLOWING up the killing of a Scots Guardsman and the wounding of a sergeant in the jungle between Batu Arang and Rawang in Selangor yesterday, Coldstream Guards today killed two of the bandits and wounded a third One of
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    20 MILLION YEN BRIBERY ARRESTS
    51 1 TOKYO. Tues. JAPANESE police said toJ day they had arrested 43 of 75 section chiefs of a Government commission, on suspicion of bribery. They said the leaders had pocketed 20,000.000 yen. The officials had charge of the sale of property controlled by wartime Government agencies.
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    CHURCH IN JAPAN
    36 1 VATICAN CITY, Tues.— A Sacred Congregation official said that the Catholic Church could win the "battle In which the soul of Japan Is at stake." The younger generation were hostile toward Marxist ideology.—U.P.
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    Two Police Killed In Accra Riots
    129 1 Two Police Killed In Accra Riots ACCRA, Tues. TWO constables died of stab wounds here today after police had made a baton charge on demonstrators. A curfew will take effect from tonight. Police later described the situation as well in hand." Steel helmeted police have been patrolling Accra since strikes
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    NO SYMPATHY FOR KARENS
    64 1 RANGOON. Tues. Lord Holden. leader of the British parliamentary delegation visiting Burma, said that the British Government and people were anxious to see the Burmese Government end the present conflict. One or two irresponsible people had helped the Karen insurgents, but there was never any sympathy
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    Shed Communal Bias Call
    54 1 MADRAS, Tues.— A call to Indian Muslims "to shed their communal bias" and take an active part in the successful working of the new Constitution was made by Mr. Abdul Hameed Khan, of the provincial Legislative Assembly. The new Constitution, he said, assured fundamental rights to
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    JAP IMPORTS
    17 1 TOKYO, Tues. Japan's imports exceeded her export* to value during 1949 by 105,300 yen.— Reuter.
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    SAMY SPEAKS FOR SINGAPORE
    115 1 NUWARA ELJYA, Tues. *rHE Singapore workers' reft presentative, Mr. R. K. Samy, outlined to the ILO Asian regional conference today "insecure conditions of workers in Singapore." He said Singapore working classes knew nothing of unemployment benefits or minimum wages. Mr. Samy said there were no holidays
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    HAINAN GUNS, PLANESPOUND RED INVADERS
    224 1 TAIPEI, Tuesday. IVf ORE than 100 Nationalist planes and some warships pounded Communist invasion craft massing at Luichow Peninsula for the invasion of Hainan. Nationalist reports said that heavy damage was done. The Nationalist Defence Ministry reported an artillery duel between Communists in Swatow and
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    H.K. BUSMEN'S STRIKE ENDS
    26 1 HONG KONG. Tiics. HONG KONG bus drivers today ended their three weeks old go slow movement. Tramway services are still suspended. Keii-ter-AAP.
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    Dr. Jessup Arrives In long Kong
    100 1 TAIPEI, Tues. THE United States roving Ambassador, Dr. Philip Jessup, arrived in Hong Kong by plane today after secret discussions with Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and other high Nationalist officials. The American consulate in Hong Kong as unable to say whether Dr. Jessup plans to
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    MOVE TO BOOST PAKISTAN TRADE
    54 1 KARACHI, Tues.— A British industrial mission, led by Lord Burghley, is due here on Feb. 26 for a three weeks' stay. Sent to improve AngloPakistan trade the mission will include experts on textiles, chemicals, electrical apparatus, food processing civil engineering, agricultural machinery and a trade
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    RICE FOR JAVA
    24 1 JAKARTA, Tues. Aboi 1 1 SO tons of ECA rice is ex>ected to arrive at the enu «f this month.— Reuter.
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    Dutch Instruction
    20 1 SOURABAYA, Tues. First training by the Royal Netherlands Navy for members of the Indonesian Navy began today.— Reuter.
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    Swiss Recognition
    21 1 BERNE, Tues The Swiss Feaeral Council decided today to give de jure recognition to the new Chinese Government.— Reiner.
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    QUIRINO OPERATED ON IN U.S.
    101 2 BALTIMORE, (U.Sj Tues. PRESIDENT Qulrlno of the Philippines emerged from an hour-long kidney stone operation on Monday in excellent condition and with a merry word of cheer for his family. "I feel like a fighting cock," the President muttered as he roused from sleep less
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    Appeal To Saar People
    41 2 BONN, 7'ues. J)R. Konrad Adenauer, West German ChanceOor, today appealed directly to the people of the Saar^-vital coal area between France and Germany not to allow their government to make its proposed new treaty with France. —Reuter.
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    S.E. Asia Aid: Other Nations Must Help
    163 2 S.E. Asia Aid: Other Nations Must Help CANBERRA, Tuesday. 'J'HE Prime Minister, Mr. Robert Menzies, said yesterday that other nations must share with the British Commonwealth the task of providing economic and technical assistance for SouthEast Asia. He made it clear that he included the United States although he did
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    FAREWELL TO U.S.
    35 2 MME. CHIANG KAI-SHKK photographed in her New York home as she delivered her farewell address to ,he United S.ates before leafing to join her husband ra the island of Formosj. A.F. picture
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      Boy Stole Boat For Lone Voyage
      411 2 DUNDEE, Monday. A 14-YEAR-OLD boy pleaded guilty yesterday to stealing a £10,000 fishing boat for a lone voyage into the North Sea. The boy was found aboard the 30-ton boat Girl Jean 200 miles at sea last Friday Boy and boat had been missing
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    Life Of Filipino Patriot Banned
    86 2 MANILA Ti m. AN English translation ol "The Pride o' the Malay Km e," a biograph of lf>»* Filipino patriot Jose Rizal by Dr. Rafael Palma, has been banned for Catholics by Archbishop Gabriel M Reyes of Manila The Church recently lost a fight to
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    P.I. SLAYERS TO BE PUNISHED
    94 2 MANILA, Tuesday. DI'MSHMENT for the slayers of Dr Robert F onklin and Professor Marvin Pit tman was pledged h\ \'ic<*President Fernando Lo A patrol of the 13th Air Force's Second Rescue Sqradron will return late »»da> or tomorrow with the spear-pierced bodies of the professors,
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    RUSSIA -INDIA MYSTERY
    132 2 RUSSIA -INDIA MYSTERY Moscow rut--. MARSHAL Stalin s reception of the Indian Ambassador on Saturday has created eonsiderable discussion and speculation amonq Moscrw diplomats concern i:'i> the relations between India and Russia. The Ambassador Sir Wure- vapalli Radhakrishnan. said that the talks Included India, in which Stalin t xpr^sseil great
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      192 2 MALAYAN CHINESE ASSOCIATION $1 Unlimited Sweepstake For MEMBERS only Opening at Kuala Lumpur on SUNDAY. 26th February, 1950 For ticket* apply to:— The HON. SECRETARY of any STATE or SETTLEMENT BRANCH of the M.C.A. or Its Sub-Branches. NOTICE In the Matter of the Companies Ordinance 1940 and In the Matter
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    BRITAIN PLEDGES ALL-OUT AID FOR ASIAN LABOUR
    505 3 BRITAIN PLEDGES ALL-OUT AID FOR ASIAN LABOUR NUWARA EL1YA, Ceylon, Tuesday. MR. Philip Noel-Baker, Secretary for Commonwealth Relations, yesterday pledged Britain's all-out help to the International Labour Organisation in its efforts to improve the condition of Asian workers. Mr. Noel-Baker, who conveyed Mr. Ernest Bevin's warmest greetings to the I.L.O.'s
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    Soviet Bloc Quits 3 U.N. Committees
    175 3 LAKE SUCCESS, Tues. 'pHE Soviet bloc walknd out of three United Nations committees yesterday and clamped a general boycott on aJI meetings of the J.N. :inywhere in the world as long as Nationalist China .s represented. People in high authority in the United Nations
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    KING PHUMIPHON
    24 3 PARIS. Tues.— King Phumiphon of Siam will embark for his homeland on Feb. 27 in Marseilles on the Danish motor-vessel SelancUa.— U.P.
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    Reds Work On Planes
    57 3 WASHINGTON, Tues. 'pHE National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics said yesterday that 'it is logical to assume" that Russia is working hard to develop super-speed warplanes to deliver atomic weapons. The committee reported American gains in "the continuing race for air leadership," and called for efforts "to
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    ENVOY'S DAUGHTER AND ACTOR
    43 3 MISS SHARMAN DOUGLAS, daughter of the U.S. ambassador to Britain, Mr. Lewis S. Douglas, attends a Jack Kramer-Pancho Gonzales tennis match in Hollywood, with the English film actor, Peter Lawford. Their names have frequently been romantically linked. A.P. picture.
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    Burmah Oil Company Sacks 2,432 Workers
    109 3 T RANGOON, Tuesday. HE Burmah Oil Company dismissed 2,432 oil workers at Chauk, in central Burma yesterday touching off an angry union demonstration. Ten days a«o Britain an- I nounced that it no longer Vould guarantee the losses of financiers investing in the rehabilitation
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    Story Of 80 mins. and 64 Lost Lives
    297 3 Story Of 80 mins. and 64 Lost Lives LONDON, Tues. T^E Master of the SweA dish tanker Divina, which rammed and sank the British submarine Truculent with 79 men aboard in the Thames estuary, said today that he did not send a distress call because his radio was difficult to
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    Jogja Republic Forms Cabinet At Last
    273 3 JOGJAKARTA, Tuesday. DADIO Jogjakarta announced yesterday that the new Republican Govern- ment of Indonesia succeeded in forming a Cabinet after 20 days of deadlocked debate. The Republic is one of the United States of Indonesia. The 15-man Cabinet, under th e premiership of Dr.
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    COMMONWEALTH AID IF BURMA....
    100 3 LONDON. Tues. THE Times today said that if the Burmese Government could put its affairs in order, it might benefit substantially from the decision of the Commonwealth representatives at Colombo to join in a new approach to the problems of South-East Asia. "There Is much goodwill
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    MORRISON PLEADS TO WIVES
    192 3 MORRISON PLEADS TO WIVES LONDON, Tues. 'THE Deputy Prime Minister, Mr. Herbert Morrison, yesterday became the llrst high official in any British party to speak in the General Election campaign. He appealed especially to the nation's grumbling housewives to support Labour because, he saul, "housewives have had their share of
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    Liner Stood By In Gale
    115 3 ABOARD s.s. STRATHAIRD. Tuesday (by Radio). A100-MILE-AN-HOUR hurricane sliced off the wavetops, sending great sheets of spray over the funnel and bows of the Strathaird while the ship was rescuing six Europeans and 12 Malays from the Cocos Islands in the Indian Ocean on Jan.
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    U.S.I. CABINET
    111 3 THE CABINET of the Republic of the United States of Indonesia, photographed at its first session in Jakarta Illness caused the absence of the Defence Minister, Sultan Buwono. The picture shows: Front row: Justice Minister, Dr. Supomo; President Soekarno; the Premier,; Dr. Mohammed Hatta; second row: Mohammed Rum,
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    CHINA REDS CONTROL OILS, BRISTLES
    135 3 HONG KONG, Tuesday. TiHfc Chinese Red radio said yesterday that pig bristles and vegetable oils, China's two principal exports, will be brought under state control. The bristles are used in making paint brushes and the oil in making paint. China furnishes 70 per cent of
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    LESS RAIN
    46 3 Singapore's rainfall last year was slightly below normal, with 93.38 inches. December was the wettest month, .with 12.56 inches. March was the driest, with 2.91 inches. Temperatures were normal. The highest was 94 deg. Fahrenheit, recorded on March 23, and again en Apr. 6.
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    Siam May Seek Loan In America
    107 3 NEW YORK, rues SIAM is expected shortly to seek an American loan using U.S.$43,000,000 of its gold as security. Siam is shipping U.S.$43 000,000 of its gold to the New York Federal Reserve Bank where it will be earmarked for the Siam account. The
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    Egypt Will Ask Britain To Go
    155 3 CAIRO, Tues. KING FAROUK said yesterday in his speech from the throne that Egypt would press for the evacuation ol British troops lro;n Egypt and (he Sudan. The speecn, read by Wafdist Prime Minister Nahas Pasha at the opening of the new Egyptian Parliament
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    SWAM AFTER SHIP
    17 4 SWAM AFTER SHIP CLIVE MANNERS "handsprings and the next thing I knew I was in the drink."
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    Spore-Made Boat Starts Long Sail
    170 4 Spore-Made Boat Starts Long Sail FUR Royal Navy men will leave Singapore this morning on a 12,000-mile voyage to England in a tenton craft. Boleh, which has been designed by its owner and built In Singapore by two Trengganu Malays. Owner 01 the craft Ls Commander Robin Kilroy, who describes
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    Ipoh Stabbing: Sikh Charged
    62 4 1 rum Our Staff Correspondent IPOH Tues.— Following a stabbing incident on Saturday night Sarwar Singh, a 32-year-old watchman in an Ipoh newspaper office, was charged in the Ipoh Magistrate's Court today with causing g "ievous hurt with a knife to Chelliah, a news vendor. Sarwar
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    A Handspring —And Into The Sea Went Clive
    427 4 A Handspring —And Into The Sea Went Clive SAVED WITH ONLY SOCKS ON £]LIVE Manners, of Heaton Moor, Cheshire, England, was doing handsprings on the passenger deck of the Blue Funnel ship Galena's in the Indian Ocean. The ship rolled and into the sea went Clive. A lifeboat went out
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    NAVY C-IN-C AT MALACCA
    36 4 From Oar Staff Correspondent MALACCA. Tues.— Admiral Sir Patrick Brind Comman-der-in-Chief of British Far East Naval Forces, arrived at Malacca on board H.M.S. Alert today. The admiral will leave for Singapore tomorrow.
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    MATANG DOCKS FOR REPAIRS
    58 4 The 1,947-ton Straits Steamship vessel, Matang, which struck a submerged obstruction in the Renong Channel, off the west coast of Siam on Jan. 6, has arrived in Singapore for docking. The ship will enter the King George V dock in '/eppel Harbour today for a complete
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    JOY FLIGHT FOR 7-YEAR-OLD
    52 4 SEVEN- YEAR-OLD CHEE YEE CHIN of Butterworth was the youngest passenger to go for a joy ride at the Penang Flying Club "at home" last Sunday. With her is the Club's Chief Instructor, Mr. J. T. A. Rohan, and in the pilot's seat Mrs. Cloud.— Straits
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    5-YR.PLAN TO BOOST RUBBER
    184 4 5-YR.PLAN TO BOOST RUBBER LONDON, Tues DRITISH rubber producers u have launched a £3,000,000 five-year programme to popularise and Improve natural rubber. The British Rubber Development Board says that the industry has recognised that "it must reckon with sustained competition," without indicating directly the sources of that competition. It adds
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    169 Unions Registered
    100 4 From Our Stuff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. rpRADE union membership in A the Federation dropped by 34 last month, reports Registrar of Trade Unions, Mr. J. B. Prentis, but the number of unions remained the same at 169. Union membership at the end of December was 42,288.
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    Waves Batter Spore Trawler
    182 4 Waves Batter Spore Trawler PERTH, Tues. IWAVE and wind batter- ed, the 44-ton trawler Sai Fong arrived in Roebuck Bay, West Australia, yesterday after a perilous 23-day 2,000mile voyage from Singapore. I The chief engineer, Mr. Thornton, who lives in Singapore, was overcome by carbon monoxide fumes from the engine
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    BARTER BLAMED FOR SHORTAGE'
    239 4 Penang Demand For Sugar From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. AN unprecedented demand for sugar by some Penang merchants, Who, it is believed, were using it for barter trade with Sumatra, is stated in Kuala Lumpur to be a reason for the sugar "shortage" in
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    H.K. CHINESE GO TO MAURITIUS
    69 4 PENANG, Tues. MANY Chinese from Hong Kong attracted by British Mauritius sugar plantations, passed through Penang in the Dutch ship Tegelberg yesterday. They were full of enthusiasm and some were taking their children for schooling in the Indian Ocean Colony. The emigrants said they had
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    NAMES OF FOUR DEAD AIRMEN
    51 4 Headquarters, Far East Air Force, Singapore yesterday released the names of the airmen killed In the Mosquito mid-air collision over British North Borneo last Friday. They were: Flt.-Lleut. J. A. Carpenter, Flylnjj Officer D. A. Harker, Navigator lIG. R. Wallace and Navigator IV D. A.
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    SCHEME FOR MALAYAN COCOA
    260 5 SCHEME FOR MALAYAN COCOA Soil Being Tested hi Trengganu From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. MALAYAN cocoa industry will be started if tests now being made by the Department of Agriculture are successful. Mr. G. M. Knocker, a director of Harrisons and Crosfield, told the Straits Times today that
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    90 5 DR. OETOYO. Indonesian representative in Singapore greeting Dr. P. Subbarayan! India's 60-year-old ambassador to the U.S.I, on his arrival in Singapore from Jakarta yesterday. Dr Subbarayan is on his way to N>w Delhi to attend the inauguration of India as a Republic on Jan. 26. Straits Times picture. INDONESIA'S Minister
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    FINES INSTEAD OF SACK
    202 5 New Labour Code From Our SUIT Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Tues THE proposed new labour code for the Federation, copies of which have been circulated today to 500 individuals and associations provides employers with 'alternatives to dismissing or reprimanding defaulting workmen. These alternatives Are down-grading without notice
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    Buddhist Temple Service
    77 5 A special service of worship was held at the Outram Road Buddhist Temple at Singapore yesterday on the occasion of the second month of the death of Mr. D. D. L. Gunawardhana, father of the priest of the temple. Bikku M. M. Mahaweera Thera. Hundreds of clay
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    Singapore Diary
    44 5 ACSU WOMEN'S GROUP, annual general meeting, 331 North Bridge Road, 3 p.m. Y.W.C.A. Katong Groups' meeting, St. Hilda 1 School, Ceylon Road, 4 p.m. ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Of King Edward vn College of Medicine, clinico-pathological meeting, Department of Pathology, General Hospital, 8 pjn.
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    Body In Plaster — But Lily (6) Goes To School
    181 5 Body In Plaster But Lily (6) Goes To School A BRIGHT-EYED Singapore girl of six years, encased in plaster from hips to shoulders, sits at her desk in a classroom of McNair Road School every afternoon noting down everything her teacher says. She is little Lily Chew whr suffers from
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    K.L. Auxiliaries To Be Expanded
    269 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KLAJ A LUMPUR, Tuesday. KUALA Lumpur's auxiliary police force, formed as an emergency measure when the bandit trouble started, is to be reorganised and expanded to four divisions. Mr. H. K. Dimoline will be in charge of the force, with temporary
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    3 MONTHS MORE I
    24 5 Tlie period of emergency In Singapore has been extended for a further term of three months commencing from Jan. 22.
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    LIBRARY HAS MORE GIRL READERS
    67 5 MORE girls than boys joined the Singapore Raffles Junior Library last year, Mrs. M. Shelley, the librarian, told the Straits Times yesterday.. Of about 1.500 children subscribers whose ages range from five to 16, more than 800 were girls. In 1948, the number of boy
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    Wesley Youth Talk
    35 5 Mr. Llm Chwee Slew, a graduate of the North-West University. Illinois, U.S.A will speak on "The United Nations and World Government' at Friday's meeting of the Wesley Methodist Youth Fellowship In Singapore.
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    12 MONTHS MORE FOR ESCAPEES
    115 5 From Our Own Correspondent TAIPING. Tues. THE three members of the Chinese Green Dragon Mountain Society who made a sensational Christmas Eve escape from Taiping prison pleaded guilty before the Taiping Magistrate today to charges of escaping from lawful custody. The three men, Chong Loy
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    ALLEGED THEFT OF DURIANS
    32 5 Twenty-three-year-old Tan Ah Kwang, of Mohamed Sultan Road, pleaded not guilty In the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday to thpft of two durians. Ball of $75 was granted
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    DROWNED
    32 5 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Tuts.Death by misadventure wufl thft verdic: returned in the Inquest on a two-year-dd Malay child. Poon bint* Yahaya, who was four*! drowned In a canal.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    48 6 AC KNOWLEDGMENTS MARY MOGER wishes to thank her friends for many kindnesses received while In MR. CHONG SOH CHEE and rlnlc'nn and Mr. and Mrs,. Hassan thank the directors and staff cf Bfll krnanns Ltd.. friends and lor messages of condolRMtti and assistance rrndfred during their recent :nent.
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    DEATH
    33 6 TJBONTU3A (Hilda) beloved wife of M. F Cordeiro passed away peacrfully at the General Hospital at 9.15 a.m. on 17th Jan. '50. CorUfte at Bidndari Cemetery 8.30 a.m. on 18th Jan. '50.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Wed., Jan. 18, 1950 On "Pretty" Rubber
    547 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Wed., Jan. 18, 1950 On "Pretty" Rubber In a news item published in the Straits Times of January 4, it was stated that samples of American synthetic rubber had recently been displayed in Singapore, and that a prominent member of the rubber market had expressed the
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    A Letter From Indonesia
    510 6 From a town in Java so small a town that we have never heard its name before comes a letter in excellent English from a Chinese woman saying that she has been following with keen interest the correspondence in the Straits Times on the Family Planning
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    UNIVERSITY POST
    71 6 IN a letter on the appointment of an assistant to the Registrar of the University of Malaya, published on Saturday, a correspondent wrote that one of the requirements for this post was that candidates should have "considerable administrative and educational experience." This was incorrect. The particulars of this
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    The Ultimate First
    15 6 II the RuMiaiu continue their tlaimt that they teere firgt in everything.
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      A Rubber Estate Manager On Replanting
      319 6 WITH reference to the letter published in your columns on Monday under the- heading "Replanting With Oil Palms: Plain Speaking/* I suggest that your chair-borne correspondent should confine himself to subjects of which he has slightly more knowledge. In fact, to read the views
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      34 6 Correspondents are asked to use double-spacing when typing letters. Letters signed with a nom-de-plume are not published unless the writer's name and address are communicated to the Editor as a sign of good faith.
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      THE AUSTER CRASH IN SELANGOR
      253 6 EHDR the benefit of those readers of the Straits Times who have had no experience with Auster aircraft, or with the business of dropping pay to estates. I must emphasise that your report on the findings of the inquiry into the air accident in which
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      ARMY OFFICE HOURS
      180 6 I INVITE the attention 1 of the various unions and organisations which represent office workers to the article which appeared in the Straits Times of Jan 11, wherein it is stated that Malaya District of the Army ts experimenting on work in the mornings only, from 7.30
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      FISH FOR THE SERVICES
      208 6 READ with great ln- terest the letter published in your paper on January 14, signed "Fishy Business" and agree with your correspondent in all respects. The procedure adopted by the Services in calling for tenders and awarding contracts to firms which are not fish merchants owning
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      "SI SENORITA"
      78 6 YOUR correspondent "SI Senorita" (In his letter published yesterday) has accused me of speaking against the Benham Committee without facts. Will he please note that I spoke at the protest meeting in the Memorial Hall not as an irresponsible woman, but as a Junior member of the Ad
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      THELONDON TAXI'
      785 6 IN the temporary absence from this country of the representative of the Austin Motor Export Corporation, who were sufficiently far-sighted and progressive to send out one of their London-type taxis to Singapore, we feel that as Austin distributors for Malaya we should be failing in our duty to
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    Armour For Planters
    146 6 I've got a very simple way To save money for The Government and what it spends On the bandit war. The suits of ancient armour in All baronial halls Must now be up for sale to meet Death duties' calls. Why not buy this armour and Fit
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      35 6 ALLEN GHANBURYSL™ >~ °< announce that a comprehensive ran&e of I SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS are now held in Singapore and are available from Messrs. BARLOW fr Co., Ltd. U\ Ocean building $i gapor- V Telephone No: 5841 1
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    WATER ENGINEER IS EXONERATED
    1975 7 Commissioners Adopt Majority Report On Pontian Tunnel Probe gY 13 votes to three, with one abstention, Singapore Municipal Commissioners yesterday not only exonerated the Municipal Water Engineer, Mr. F. G. Hill, from all blame in regard to the suspension of the Pontian waterworks tunnel, but called
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    Report Of The Committee
    138 7 THE report of the Municipal committee who inquired into the cessation of work on the Pontian tunnel was in two parts. The majority report, signed by the President of the Commissioners. Mr. W. L. Biythe, and by Mr. C. F. J. Ess and Mr. C. F.
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    Officer Tells Of 'Bribe Hint'
    308 7 'pHE officer in charge of the Gambling Suppression 1 branch of the Police, Mr. R T. Cooper, yesterday told the Singapore First District Court judge that two hours after raiding a gambling den in Ord Road at 2 a.m. on Nov. 26 last year, one
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    BROUGHT LETTERS TO S'PORE, FINED
    95 7 A FINE of $250 was imposed on 64-year-old Than Say Poo of Sibu, Sarawak, in the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday for bringing inio Singapore 14 letters addressed to various people in the Colony. Than, who arrived in Singapore on Jan. 3, was arrested at
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    SHIPPERS WAIT FOR ORDERS
    143 7 SHIPPERS WAIT FOR ORDERS NO instructions regarding the future sailings of their vessels or the hoisting of the Red flag of the Chinese Communist Government on their ships have been received by the Singapore agents of the China Merchants Steam Navigation Company from their head office in Hong Kong. The
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    TALK ON TRADE RELATIONS
    53 7 The Australian Trade Commissioner in Malaya, Mr. James Payne, will broadcast from Radio Malaya tonight at 7.12. He will be the second speaker in the weekly series of talks on trade relations between Malaya and other countries. The first speaker was the U.K. Trade Commissioner, Mr.
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    POISONING
    34 7 Lim Ah Qwee, a 36-year-old Singapore Chinese, was found lying in a semi-conscious condition near Oie Bukit Panjang police hut yesterday morning. He was found to be suffering from acute caustic soda poisoning.
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    3 LORRIES AND A CAR
    54 7 A CIVILIAN lorry, a military car and a military lorry waiting at the level crossing at Chua Chu Kan* Road. Singapore, yesterday morning were involved in a collision as another military lorry from behind knocked against the last vehicle. The last two lorries were badly
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    48 7 THE NETHERLANDS MINISTER for Union and Realm Affairs, Dr. J. H. van Maarseveen (right) pictured at Kalians airport, Singapore, yesterday with the Netherlands Consul-General, Mr. A. M. L. Winkelman. Dr. van Maarseveen is en route for Jakarta for talks with the Indonesian Premier, Dr. Hatta. Straits Times picture.
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    Ignorance—An Excuse For Him
    125 7 Ignorance An Excuse For Him "VOUR ignorance of the law is reasonable, as Russia Is so cut off from the rest of the world that you can hardly be expected to know what happens in other countries," the Singapore Fourth Police Court magistrate. Mr. D. A. Fyfe. told Capt. Biyul
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    FOUR SUGAR SHOP MEN PLEAD GUILTY
    240 7 FOUR SUGAR SHOP MEN PLEAD GUILTY J£LEVEN shopkeepers and three shop assistants were charged yesterday before the Singapore Second District Judge, Mr. Tan Ah Tah, with having refused to sell government imported sugar found in their shops. Alternatively they faced charges of having hidden various quantities of svgar ranging from
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    $64,000 Claim For Damages
    197 7 $64,000 Claim For Damages A CLAIM for $64,000 was heard in the Singapore Supreme Court yesterday in which Mr. Oli Mohamed, the Municipal Commissioner, was the derendant. The claim was brought by j Mr. M. K. Varma, a business man, alleging breach of j contract by Mr. Oli Mohamed in
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    ACCUSED OF ROBBERY
    42 7 Siong Soo Thong. 29 was yesterday charged in the Singapore Sixth Police Court with armed robbery at a house in Blair Road on Sunday morning, of $6,000 worth of cash and jewellery. He was remanded until j Jan. 23.
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    ARMS FIND
    28 7 A Chinese yesterday found 500 rounds of unserviceable .303 rifle ammunition, eight handgrenades. 23 bayonets and an anti-aircraft shell at 8} mile Llm Chu Kang Road
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    JUNIOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
    48 7 The Singapore Junior Chamber of Commerce is holding its first busin. si meeting at the Cathay Restaurant tomorrow at 5 15 p.m.. preceded by a tea-party The Publh Relations Secretary. Mr G. G. Thomson, will speak on "Commerce in the service of the community.
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    HAD NO CARD
    36 7 From Our Staff Coriespnndrnl JOHORE FAHRLV This Nallamah. a wcma-i laboirer on Kelan Estate. Kulai rag today fined *i 0 In (lie Poiict Court for fa'"n« to r<p,ist<r and obtain an idr-mity c.<d.
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    NEW STORE J.P.
    16 7 Mr. David Smith has bnen appointed a Justice of the Peace for Singapore.
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    DEATH
    72 7 MR. LAU CHOON HAK, 73, passed, away peacefully <tr 37, Cuff tload on 17.1.50, leaving behind his brlovt-d wife. M.id;iin Heng Mvi Nai. 3 son- <Dr.» 'A>ng Boon. Tok Boon. Hi>" Bonn. 3 daugnters-in-law. 3 daughters— Mrs. Yeo. Mean Entr. Mrs. Tan, 2 sons-in-law— Yeo Soy B;ti>. Tb« Kirn
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    350 LOSE HOMES IN S'PORE
    311 8 —But All Say 'No' To GovL Offer Of Help 350 Singapore people, the majority Malays, were rendered homeless by a midnight fire in Maude Road, which destroyed a total of 15 zinc-and-attap sheds on Monday. Almost immediately after the fire was put out, Social Welfare
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    2 Unions Say: 'We've No Complaints'
    409 8 SEAMEN'S REGISTRATION BUREAU THE Malay Seamen's Union of Singapore and the National Chinese Seamen's Union, in a letter received by the Straits Times, re-affirm their confidence in the Seamen's Registration Bureau of the Colony and in its officers, and disassociate themselves from complaints made
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    GAOL FOR THEFT OF PIPING
    60 8 Found guilty of having stolen 28 pieces of steel pipIng, valued at $606, from Lam Soon Cannery in Jurong Road, 35-year-old Tan Kirn Huat. of Jurciig, was yest'.tday sen.»nced to seven months' rigorous Imprisonnvnt in I:-* S«'i;i<*pGre Second District Court. Tan, who admitted two previous
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    SAILOR LOSES WAGES CLAIM
    86 8 The Chief Justice. Mr. Justice-Aynsley, yesterday in the Singapore Supreme Court, dismissed a claim for $1,100, as alleged wages due, brought by an Indian taikong. O. Mohamed Sally, against the owner of a lighter, Madam Yeong Ah Ylng. Madam Yeong denied that she had ever employed
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    CUP FOR THE BEST RECRUIT
    41 8 TUNGKC NASARUDDIN receiving the cup for the best recruit from CoL C. W. P. Richardson, officiating commandant of the Malay Regiment, at the passing-out parade of 39 recruits at the. Port Dickson depot recently— P.R. picture.
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    —And In Kedah: 600 Homeless
    199 8 And In Kedah: 600 Homeless From Oar Staff Correspondent ALOR, STAR, Tues. rw\O facilitate rebuilding of J. houses destroyed In last Sunday's big fire at Kuala Kedah, a layout of the area affected is being prepared by the Chief State Surveyor, Mr. R. B. Horner. The plan is expected to
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    NO ATTENDANT
    35 8 From Our Own Correspondent MTJAR, Tues. A lorry driver. Tee Sian Kim, who failed to engage an attendant for his vehicle was fined $15 or one week's hard labour by the Muar Magistrate.
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    Combined Whitley Council
    129 8 REPRESENTATIVES of all Postal and Telecommunications Unions throughout the Federation and Singapore will meet in Kuala Lumpur on Jan. 21 to discuss the draft constitution for a panMalayan departmental council. If the constitution is approved, it will result in the creation of a p<tn -Malayan Whitley council.
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    DID NOT ANSWER POLICE NOTICES
    68 8 Six cart-owners were charged with falling to supply names of drivers of their vehicles on various dates, before the Fifth Police Magistrate. Singapore, Mr. A. O. Shears, yesterday, and fines totalling $200 were imposed Defendants pleaded that they had been away and therefore could not
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    MR.YEOYONGPOH
    25 8 Mr. Yeo Yong Poh, of the Income Tax Department in Singapore, has been elected an associate member of the Association of International Accountants. London.
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    PENANG'S FIRST GOVT. TAMIL SCHOOL
    45 8 From O«r SUfT Correspondent PSNANG, Tuesday. pENANG'S first Government Tamil school was declared open in River Road last evening by the Resident Commissioner, Mr. A. V. As ton. The new school has an enrolment of about 330 boys and ffirls
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    100 Daily Volunteer For Anti-Bandit Month
    109 8 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Tuesday. npO discuss how trade unions can assist government A during its anti-bandit month, representatives of leadi"~ trade unions in Penan; and Province Wellesley will tomorrow meet the Settlement organiser, Mr. K. Gibson, for consultations on the proposed mobili
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    CHOSE LOCK-UP rO SAVE EXPENSE
    71 8 Fnwn Ow Own k>p !»•< SEGAMAT. Tum. "I PREFER to remain in the police loik-np as that saves me a lot of expense." declared 38-jear old Fong Fong, a Chinese woman of Bekok when bail was fixed for her in the sum Of $50 by
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      132 8 I ®P! g^ Kieh, fine tobaero amiVjSf^$> the eork-ii|i FROM LONDON, ENGLAHtDJ l1 C«rrtr«i. L»«ton, /^6 W Re»-i<K<« tor <}u<rfiqr. IPANA for Both! 4^p^V HEALTHIER TEETH L^A |Y HEALTHIER GUMS Use delicious tasting, decay fighting and \y. gum -guarding IPANA for brighter teeth and A PRODUCT OF a more sparkling
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    ENGLISH CLIMATE HAS GONE CUCKOO'
    1759 9 LONDON, Jan. 9. QM. of ilu* several reasons why mast (Continentals think thai the English are mad is that when two Knglishmen meet in Iliek* own country the firsl thinfl they discuss is almost invariably the weather. f well remember that fateful night in the
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    BITS AND PIECES
    374 9 IIERE are some bits > and pieces I have > seen and heard in Town this week you may be >) interc >U i in y My barl er *as followi -n th? fashion by install- .ti. in his ifiird Street ■> an i'Ul tie razor ivh'ch
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      118 9 RfJYERS 9 MARKET! at the Canadian International Trade tair fxamine for quality, compare for price— and then •elect from the goods of many nations. Do »o the economical and convenient way by visiting the international market sponsored ogam in 1950 by the Canadian Government. The shifting pattern of international trade
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      84 9 Bfl'lli'-lI'M Pv\ SOBS M_ I STOCK. ELECTRIC MOTORS, STARTERS, PORTABLE DIESEL WELDING SETS. Sll m m W JiiiMl Sore Throats^ Take Hudson Eumenthol Jujubea daily. Hudson's, and Jtk W^^ only Hudson's, contain "Eumenthol" yy^^jk^^^^k the safe, powerful germicide^: thai brings you «pe*dy relief fIT and stops that cough NOW! j&S%yffi&
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      103 9 SINGAPORE 10.00 News (also at 1.30, 7 9.30); 10.05 Clo6e; 10.50 For the schools; 12.00 Programmes In Malay; 1.00 Dance Music; 1.4S Light Music; 2 00 Close* 6.00 Programme Summary; 6.02 Children's Programme: 6.20 The Radio Orchestra; 7.30 Rhythm Parade; 8 00 Radio Doctor; 8.10 Classical Music Shop: 8.30 Much-Binding-In-The-Marsh;
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      98 9 8.00 Wednesday Theatre; 8.30 The Music of Percy Faith; 9.00 Record Review; 9.45 Negro Spirituals; 10.00 Movie Magazine; 10.30 Music for your Dancing; 11.00 Close. PENANG 10.50 For the Schools; 11.15 Great People of the Past; 11.40 Singing Together: 12.00 Malay Programmes; 6.00 pm: Programme Summary; 6.02 Listeners Calling; 7.00
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      106 9 (French) 7.30 English Hall Hour; ».00 "Strictly Instrumental"; 8.15 Thai: 8.45 Dutch; 9.00 Kuoyu; 9.30 Burmese; 9.45 Programme Surmary Interlude; 10.00 Radio News Reel; 10.15 Classical Records; 10.45 "On the Job", 11.00 Dance Music; 11.15 'Sterling Value"; 11.30 News; 11.40 News Analysis; 11.45 "Evening Serenade"; 12.00 Close. AUSTRALIA 5.30 p.m.
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    Fifty years ?-It's less than a wink!
    1207 10 was at the beginning of the century and In Greenland it's so much warmer that the codfish, haddock, and halibut are moving to its waters in millions. (In the long run that won't matter, because Greenland is drifting towards Britain at the rate
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    Mystery – of Musso's body
    190 10 Mystery of Musso's body ROME (Air Mail). POR T V million Italians. Fascists and anti-Fascists alike, today want to know the answer to just ne question: Where is Mussolini's body? Unlike the doubt which surrounds the fate of his fellow dictator, Hitler, it is definitely known that Mussolini died. He
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      158 10 FIVE TAHAV "M 5 4 SHOWS 1 1/1/ A I 6.30 9.30 THE PICTURE THAT STIRRED UP SO MUCH CONTROVERSY Hi W® !tt^. Wi .'Wit.! W > JINGRID BERGMAN JET JOSEPH COHEN m MICHAEL WILDING MB j in Alfred Hitchcock's A .ril r f**~"*Y Em J e^i m jbE/ S
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      14 10 i BERNARD WKKSTEED mocks, from a cloud, those who think 1900 was long ago
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      228 10 i YOU'LL LEAVE THIS PICTURE 1 WITH A SONG IN YOUR HEART! A Treaseure Chest Of Songs And Dances, And ALL SUPERLATIVELY GOOD! Uea/(5<5ESTM US V| *^*^*W -^?%5^ ir j rfl^ 11 a.m., 1.45. 4.15. 6.45 and 9.30 p.m. LAsr day/ 4 SHOMfS of y^\^ I0.30 2.00 5.30&9.00 p.m. fi^Vu3b«Tf«\VvI^^*fJ
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      607 10 In recent duplicate game, a certain declarer took full advantage of a favourable opening lead to win top score on the board. South, dealer. Neither side vulnerable. WORTH 6 ITS 6 V ft B S I ft T VIST 7 S US c Js' 6 o b e 9 10
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    RUBBER MARKET STEADY
    212 11 DRICES in the Singapore Rubbsr market advanced by about V 4 of a cent per lb. yesterday morning but eased slightly on some further liquidation from upcountrv. However, prices steadied in the afternoon on trade buying vith sellers scarce. Noon quotations yesterday were practically unchanged from Monday's
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    TIN PRICES
    28 11 SINGAPORE. Tvesday. Jan. 17. $287.25 p?i picul (down I1.12J). LONDON. Tuesday. Spot: £599 J—£6oo. Forward: £583— £5834. Settlement: £600 Turnover: morning. M tons; afternoon. 45 tons.
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    SHIPPING IN PORT
    108 11 SHIPS alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves yesterday (godowns In brackets) were: Main Wharf: Pundua (33-34). Tjipanas (36-37). Manoeran (38|39>. Siberoet (40-41). West Wharf: Sangola v (1-3). Amnuputty <3). Ball (4-5). Hoegh Silvercloud (6-7). Calchas (8-9). Surat (11). Benreoch (15-16). Empire Dock: Sirdhana (17-18). Memnon (19-20). S.H3.
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    DECLINE ON SHARE MARKET HALTED
    800 11 From Our Market Correspondent THE steadier prices of robber and tin metal yesterday halted the continued decline of quotations in the Malayan share market. However, the volume of business transacted was small. Prices quoted by the Malayan Sfcarebrolcers' Association were: Bayer. Seller* Atlas Ice 13.90
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    London Stocks
    355 11 LONDON, rues. QN the London Stock Exchange small selling of British funds In a market devoid of support created losses up to three-eighths per cent, yesterday. Longdateds and nationalisation Issues were the chief sufferers while short-dateds remained quietly steady. Other sections were under the influence of the end
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      1335 11 MANSFIELD tie CO., LTD. i incorporated m Singapore) ■LOS TUNNEL LINE tamer's e*Hen te proeart via .ther ports te lead and discharge carge. SAILINCS t. LIVERPOOL. CLASCOW CONTINENTAL PORTS: Oue Sails P S-hem Panane l.ntahts tor P Suoan l'pooi. A'mouth Hamburg |*n. 17/19 |an 20/21 CifiMieus »o> Tangier. CtHanca. n
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      327 11 PRESIDENT LINER SAILINGS TO NFW YORK ANO BOSTON VIA CEYLON, INDIA, ECYPT ANO MEDITERRANEAN PORTS Pre, van Bur., 2-/26°U«. JT^V^an 2./!S*>£. Prei |.H.rson 1/$ F.b 6/1 tJh g/10 Mt Wißiamett. V.ctory 14/18 F^. »fg 1,%° F^b Pr Polk 1/5 Mar 6/7 Mar 8/9 Mar. TO USA PACIFIC AND ATLANTIC PORTS
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      400 11 EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINGS FROM SCANOINAVIA/U X CONTINENT. SAILINGS TO CONTINENT/ SCANDINAVIA -Nordkyn Codowni 23/24 ""If l In Port LLoa n*' n n f* P S£J?'' > Sw M nh a> for Saigon b Bangkok. P n nß m/i Nordhvar dv. abt Feb I m/t Nordkyn' leading abt. |an. 20
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      1063 11 McALISTER 6c CO., LTD. I Incorporated in Singapore) Telephone No 99O6 KLAVBNBSS LINE ELLERMAN «c BUCKNALL LOS ANCELES SAN FRANCISCO, PORTLAND SIATTLI ft VANCOUVER LONDON, HAVRI, ANTWMr. er w to, Centra, Sooth ROTTERDAM HAMBURG. American Pott* FRANCISVILLI CITY Of COVENTRY p p.,. n19/24 |an. 35/26 |»n. 27/28 |en. CAS1LEVILLI 28
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    PEST ANA SETS UP A RUGBY RECORD
    438 12  - PEST ANA SETS UP A RUGBY RECORD KHOR CHEANG KEE By Seventh Time In North Team PENANG, Tuesday. WHEN North meet South in their annual rugger classic on Jan. 28, it will be Maurice Pestana's seventh appearance in this series. Battle-scarred Pestana, at 35, has set up a record in
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    35 12 The Merrytlme Badminton Party will hold a general meeting at the premises of their president, Mr. Soh Kiam Hiap, 28 Lorong 34 Geylang, on Sunday, Jan. 22 at 11 a.m. to elect officials for 1950
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    Women Draw With RAF XI At Hockey
    251 12 Women Draw With RAF XI At Hockey A GOAL scored by Sgt. W. A. Campion 30 seconds before the final whistle enabled a Royal Air Force team to share four goals with the Singapore women's State hockey team on the Singapore Recreation Club padang yesterday. Yesterday's match tvaa the first
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    M'BROUGH WIN
    23 12 LONDON, Tues. MIDDLESBROUGH beat Aston Villa 3—o in an F.A. Cup third-round -eplay at Leeds yesterday. It was their second replay.
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    Sports Diary
    58 12 RUGBY: French Air Force v R.A.F. Malaya at J. Besar; All Blues v Faculty of Arts Bt. Tlmah. HOCKEY: S.C.R.C. v Khalsa l tournament) at Khalsa. SOCCER: H.M.S. Loch Glendhu t Naval Base Malays at Naval Base; Town Rangers v Dos Guard Unit, Farrer Park; St. Patrick's. School
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    Sands Still Overweight
    127 12 1*HE Australian boxer, Alfle I Sands, who Is bUled to fight Indonesian champion Bobby Njoo at the Happy World on Friday, was still a little overweight when he was put on the scales on Monday. Sands has got to be within the welterweight limit of 1471b at
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    Follow Turley For The Ipoh Meeting
    618 12  -  EPSOM JEEP By IPOH, Tuesday. THE TURLEY stable is rich in prospects and the I Bukit Timah trainer should not have any difficulty in placing Princess Beau, Baroda Prince, Belgium and Spear of Sarawak 11 at the forthcoming Perak Turf Club January meeting. First
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    F.A.S. Asked To Pay Double Tax
    204 12 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. IN its annual report Issued today, the Football Association of Selangor records that it paid $11,305.25 In entertainment tax last year, and over and above that sum received demands from the income tax department on the balance
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    O.A.G. SENDS BEST WISHES TO M.C.F.A.
    117 12 A FEW minutes before the Malayan Chinese F.A. team left on their tour last night, Mr. Lim Hock Seng:, the manager, received the following telegram from Sir Patrick McKerron, the Officer Administering the Government: "Best wishes for a successful tour." Mr. Lim replied on
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    S.C.R.C. CRICKET
    28 12 The cricket section of the Singapore Chinese Recreation Club will hold a meeting In the clubhouse on Friday at 5.15 pjn. to elect officials for 1950.
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    C.S.C. HOCKEY XI
    47 12 rS following will represent the C.S.C. against 323 BOD In a quarter-final tie of the Singapore Hockey Association's knock-out tournament on St. vleoiye's Rdad ground tomorrow. Thevarajan Nadarajah, Ponnambalam; R.amalinp,arn, Doralsamy, Shegaran: Nagiah, Vljlaratnam, Ponnlah, Karlm and Kuteslngam. Reserves: O. Krlshw»n and J. Rajah.
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    Terry Koenitz To Play For Recs
    466 12 COLONY CRICKET PROSPECTS T<ERRY KOENITZ, the North and Perak cricketer, L will turn out for the Singapore Recreation Club in this year's Singapore Cricket Association tournament. He will be in the Colony for one year on a study course, and should also find a
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    FRENCH AIRMEN WELCOMED
    42 12 The Air Officer Commanding:. Malaya, Air Vice-Marshal F. W. J. Mellersh. greets a member of the French Air Force, Far East, rugger side when the team arrived at Seletar yesterday to play two matches in Singapore. Straits Times picture.
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    French A.F. XV Meet RAF Today
    296 12 LOOKING fit and confident, 20 members of the French Air Force, Far East, arrived at Seletar yesterday afternoon from Saigon to play two rugger matches against local sides they meet the R.A.F. at Jalan Besar today and Civilians tomorrow on the Padang. The A.O.C.
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    8,000-FT. FILM OF EMPIRE GAMES
    145 12 WELLINGTON, Tues. AN 8,000-foot feature film is to be made of the British Empire Games in Auckland next month, and will be released a fortnight after the Games, the Wellington Evening Post reported today. No short newsreels of the Games will be made under the
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    WILLIE PEP KEEPS TITLE
    79 12 St. Louis, Missouri, Tues. WDlie Pep successfully defended bis world featherweight title here last night when he knocked out Charley Riley, of St. Louis, in the fifth round of their 15 round fight. The end of the tight came suddenly after one min. five sec. of
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    C 'wealth Lead On Ist Inns
    341 12 CAWNPORE, Tues. DISMISSING India for 386. Commonwealth cricket team gained a first innings lead ot 62 In the fourth unofficial Test match here today, the fourth day of the game. At close Commonwealth had scored 102 for two in the second innings and. with
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    S.C.R.C. HOCKEY XI
    65 12 The S.C.R.C. Hockey XI to meet Khalsa in a tournament game today on the Khalsa Bround at 5.1S will be selected from: Tang Chef Yuen. Dr. Ong Swee Law. Lav Hock Chyp Lian Fook Choon. Goh Chin Chve. Nastle Yap. Gan Xee Slang. Swee Lim Swang. Chii
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    ALL BLUES v. SHR
    55 12 The following will represent the Singapore All Blues at rugger against the Singapore Harbour Board Police this evening at the Faculty of Arts ground, Bukit Timah Road. Patrick Yee: Shah. Yin Kee. Loke Guan. Tahar; Vijiaratnam. Sze Fook; Ngon. Dollah, Bulat; Ricketts, Tong Bee. Thlong Gee,
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