The Straits Times, 27 January 1950

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    19 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1950. if PRICE TEN CENTS
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    INDIANS REJOICE AS REPUBLIC IS BORN
    473 1 President Tells Of War On Poverty INDIA'S last Governor-General, Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, breaking a 92-year-old link with the British Crown, yesterday proclaimed his country a republic. At a simple, solemn ceremony in the Durbar Hall, Government House, New Delhi, 65-year-old Dr. Rajendra Prasad was sworn
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    Seven Killed As Rebels Strike Inside Jakarta
    121 1 Westerling said In an exclusive interview with United Press today that fighting would break out ''soon" throughout all West Java. Only four streets from the scene of rile fighting, the Indonesian Premier, Dr. Mohammed Hatta, and four other cabinet members addressed a large
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    'Chandra Bose' Ward
    25 1 BANGKOK, Thurs -The Indian Minister in Siam Bhagwat Dayal. today opened a "Subhas Chandra Bose" memorial ward in Bangkok's Chulalongkorn Hospital. Reuter.
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    ANIMAL GIFTS
    27 1 RIO DE JANEIRO, Thurs.— The Indian Government has offered Rio de Janeiro a number of wild beasts, including panthers and tigers for the local zoo.—U.P.
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    REDS ACCEPT INDONESIA
    105 1 LONDON. Thtlrrs. SOVIET Russia has de- rided to recognise the I new United Staies of In- j donesia as a sovereign state and to establish diplomatic relations wi.h it, Moscow Radio announced last night. The decision was made kin a note handed in Moscow by the Soviet
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    SECRET TALKS?
    89 1 (iWADA'S Foreign Secretary. Mr Lester B. PearI -n. said on his arrival in S'ny.apore last night that it v purely ruinrirlental that hind ind Mr. Percy Spender Australian External Affairs Minister. woulsj be staying at B ikit S.-reii" at the same f"e. Both ministers are ret urn!r. from
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    Capt. Westerling In Bandoeng Hotel
    220 1 -T'l'RK" Westerling, whose rebel army captured Bandoeng on Monday and struck at Tjiandjoer, half-way from Bandoeng on the road to Jakarta, walked into the Hotel Preanger in Bandoeng last Sunday, and his only "bodyguards" were two of the most beautiful women in Indonesia. In the
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    Siam To Sew On Soviet Machines
    83 1 BANGKOK, Thurs. gOVIET Russia has initiated machinery exports to Siam with the first consignment of 400 sewing machines. Simultaneously, Soviet trade representatives in Bangkok have announced that several kinds of light machinery from Eastern Germany are available for export to Siam, with payment to
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    Envoys Withdrawn
    15 1 KARACHI. Thurs. Pakis- tan has withdrawn recognition of the Kuomintang Government of China.—Reuter.
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    MALAN HONOURS PANDIT NEHRU
    246 1 F)K Daniel Malan, Prime Minister of South Africa, with whom India has been at variance over I Indians in the Union, was one of many world leaders who sent congratulatory messages yesterday on the inauguration of the Indian Republic. "On this momentous day in Indian history
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    ATTEMPT ON LIFE OF THE NIZAM
    221 1 ATTEMPT ON LIFE OF THE NIZAM HYDERABAD, Thurs. A N attempt was made on A the life of the Nizam of Hyderabad after a colourful teremony at i Hyderabad's Durbar Hall where the Nizam pledged himself to "preserve, project and defend" India's Republican constitution. The Nizam had driven in state
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    PRINCESS YASMIN
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    CANBERRA TOLD: BE FRIENDS WITH SIAM
    106 1 BANGKOK. Thurs. THE United States on high diDlomatic level ha* re uipiomaiic level nas requested Australia to improve relations with Slam It Is learned from reliable diplomatic sources here that the United States has urged Improved Australian-Siamese relations as a strengthening influence in the
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    CROWDS MASS: IN S'PORE & FEDERATION
    9 1 CROWDS MASS: IN S'PORE FEDERATION How Malaya Indians Celebrated
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    BUKU MERAH FOR 1950
    100 1 THE l<)50 Edition of Th* Straits Times Singapore and Malayan Directory (Buku Merah) will Im published in June. All companies and indiviI duals whose entry appeared last year will receive a i form and request for j revision of their entry fi»r the new edition. I
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    WAR DAMAGE PLAN DENIAL
    65 1 I WASHINGTON Thu: I Frank Waring. Chairman of the U.S. Philippine War lhmage Commission today denied reports quoting him a* saying that the entire war damage programme would be "sabotaged" by a bill now before Congress. The bill would authorise the payment of full compensation to
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    BRITISH PRESS BATTLE ON TORY MANIFESTO
    98 2 LONDON, Thursday. THE Conservative Party manifesto "This is the Road" issued yesterday and outlining what the Conservative Party propose if they win the British February election, met with approval from Conservative newspapers and criticism from newspapers supporting the Labour Party. The Liberal News Chronicle
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    TITLE BOXER WEDS
    39 2 TIBERIO MITRI, European middleweight boxing champion, and his bride 18-year-old Fulvia Franco, "Misn Italy" of 1948, after their wedding- in Trieste. iight thousand boxing fans surged about .he church during the wedding ceremony. A. P. picture.
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    REDS SEIZE MINES, ESTATES & PENS
    68 2 REDS SEIZE MINES, ESTATES PENS ftavrnnv Th,, X ka-^^V"^' *"urs-. gtRMESE Communists have se«ed tin mines and rubber estates on the south east coastal strip of Tenasserim and expelled the British managers, the Burmese press reports The Co'm.nunists escorted the Britons and their staffs to a point M miles from
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    Australian Decision On Petrol Soon
    58 2 .»nE.nn* -m. CANBERRA, Thurs. rE Prime Minister, Mr. R. G. Menzies. said yesterday that he hopes to make a statement on Australia's oetrol rationing within a i ygee^ This is taken here to mean that the new Australian Go- > vernment will soon carry out
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    Mac A.Aged 70 Alert As Winnie
    73 2 Mac A.Aged 70 Alert As Winnie TOKYO, Thurs. Douglas. Mac\j Arthur is observing his 70th birthday today, and bis personal physician believes that Mr. Churchill is the only other Allied leader comparable in vigour, energy and alertness at Tbe a *e newspaper Nippon rap^nesf'nSiVn^oin^t felicitations to Generar Mac Arthur. His
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    'FORMOSA CAN BE HELD'
    301 3 But Dr. Tsiang Fears Russian Aid To Reds With Planes And Ships LAKE SUCCESS, Thursday. [)R. Tsiang Ting-fu, Chinese delegate to the United Nations said yesterday thai his Government can defend Formosa against the Communists, but that it fears Russia will aid an invasion with ships
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    44 3 SN\PPT SKATER: Girl with plenty of snap is 21->ear-old Jov>v Kexis of Holland, appearing at the Fmpress Hall. London, in •Cinderella on Ice." Jossy wears stockings specially niade of elastic mesh which even when laddered can be repaired easily with rubber solution. Reuter pirture.
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    BLUFFED REDS TO FREE SHIP
    162 3 KOBE. Thurs. IMiE skipper )t the American freighter Flying Art it/ had to bluff the Chinese Communists by threatening to call non-existent destroyers to gf his clearance papers to leave Tsingtao. The freighter had put in a' Tsingtao to discharge cargo after a Chinese Nationalist
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    ISRAELI POLICE ARREST SIX
    51 3 JERUSALEM, Thurs.—lsraeli police arrested six peopi", including the Parlia-, in; ntary and Jerusalem correspondents of the Communlst daily Kol Haam, during a liemonstration in Jerusalem today against Mr. Henry Morgenthau. Jr. He has been quoted as! MgfMttnc that Israel should! Join a Middle East defence' pact.-
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    "ITALIAN FLU" IN JAPAN
    88 3 TOKYO, Thurs.—An inj fl'ienza epidemic that closed many schools !n western and central Honshu during the past week may be th« socalled "Italian flu" that spread over Europe last winter. A tentative study of the flu germs in Hiroshima and Kochi Prefectures revealed that they were
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    JAPANESE ROYAL WEDDING PLAN
    58 3 TOKYO, Thurs.—The second j daughter of the Japanese l Emperor and Empress is to I j marry the eldest son of former i I Prince Nobusuke Takatsu- 1 kasa. She is Princess Kazuko Taj kano-Miya, 21. The groom- j elect Is Toshimichi Takatsu- kasa. 26. He
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    CONSTITUTION IN GOLD CASKET
    41 3 INDIA'S LAW MINISTER. Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar, receiving a booksliaped gold casket containing a presentation copy of the Indian Republican constitution at a ceremony in Bombay recently. Dr. Ambedkar drafted the constitution for the constituent assembly. A.P. picture.
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    CANADA GIVES UP DOMINION LEAD
    87 3 OTTAWA, Thurs. BY her own wish. Canada is no longer officially considered the senior Dominion of the Commonwealth, the Canadian Press reported yesterday. The Government had dgni.! fled that Canada felt the doctrine of complete equality amoo Commonwealth nalions was not compatible either with recognition
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    "Hiss Gaoled: Acheson Stands By Him
    225 3 "Hiss Gaoled: Acheson Stands By Him NEW VTORK, Thurs. A LGER Hiss, former **State Department official, was sentenced today to five years in a Federal penitentiary for perjury. Hiss, aged 48, former adviser to President Roosevelt and Secretary-General of the United Nations Charter conference in San Fransclsco in 1945, was
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    PARTISANS OUT IN S. KOREA
    49 3 PARTISANS OUT IN S. KOREA HONG KONG, Thurs.— Radio ibid last night la Wl 'are was throughout most of i .8 n Korea, with many of c :na'n mountain ranges held oy '-people's partisans." More than 89,000 men had been mobilised by the "partisans" up to last October. Reuter.
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    INDIA FLAG IN S'PORE
    51 3 INDIA FLAG IN S'PORE A fl THI^ T i l Ilt »Hje the Government of India, hoists the Indian Reoubli Day Th* r'JrJSn'' Singa r r< !i 2u2 u n the Sin «»?r e celebration, of India', KeptiDlk Day. The ceremony was attended by more than 490 Indians— Straits Times
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    The King Sends 'Warmest Wishes' To India
    476 3 LONDON, Thursday. T n I L I f y este d *y sent the following message to India's first President, I Dr a J« ndr Prasad: "On th e occasion of the inauguration of the Indian 'S?i« n C i! SC *H d
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    DIAL SABOTAGE
    22 3 SANTIAGO. CHILE. Thurs. —Striking telephone engineers sabotaged two of Santiago de Chile's automatic telephone exchanges by olowing the fuses. I
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    'HELP U.S.I.' PLEA TO NEHRU
    83 3 NEW DELHI. Than. ADDRESSING a meeting Aof members of the Indian Parliament at New Delhi yesterday, the Indonesian President. Dr. Soekarno. said: "It is my ardent hope that the people of India will five every moral support to the Indonesians in their negotiation* for inclusion
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    RELIEF FOR 11
    27 3 AUCKLAND, Thurs. The relief ship John Biscoe arrived at Port Lockroy, Gourmier island, off Grahamsland, yesterday, on lta way to relieve II British scientists.
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    Bidault Hardens His Heart: So Does Ho
    154 3 PARIS, Thurs. M. GEORGES Bldault. the French Premier, was yesterday empowered by his Cabinet to take severe stops against industrial hindrance In Prance to prosecution of the four-year-old war in Indo-China. On the same day. insurgents of Ho Chi Minh blew up seven
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    SIAM REMOVES TIN AND RICE CONTROLS
    173 3 From Our Own Correspondent BANGKOK, Thursday. j PHE Siamese Government has revoked restrictions I■* on the export of tin by allowing exporters to i retain the full amount of foreign exchange. It has also exempted rice exporters from surrendering any foreign exchange earned in
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    9 JUMPED FROM BURNING PLANE
    51 3 STOCKTON Texas), Thurs.—A B-29 bomber from Davis Monthan air force base, Tucson, Arizona, crashed and burned yesterday 17 miles north of Stockton. The nine-man crew parachuted to safety. None of the airmen was seriously injured. The men jumped when the plane caught fire in the
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    ....And Siti Rojah, The Woman Who Scared Away The Ghost, Tells How
    279 4 ....And Siti Rojah, The Woman Who Scared Away The Ghost, Tells How PEACE AGAIN W THE NELSON ROAD QUARTERS A MALAY woman yesterday claimed to have scared away the Nelson Road ghost "by reading the Koran and sprinkling water mixed jrith red onions, garlic and pepper." She is 28-year-old Siti
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    51 4 Pictured at a reception at the Tanglin Club yesterday, given by the Australian Trade Commissioner in Malaya to celebrate Australia Day and to say farewell to Mr. and Mrs. Claude Massey, are (from left) the Commissioner- General, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, Mr. Massey and Sir Han Hoe Lim. Straits Times
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    39 4 MR. A. JOSEPH, of ihe 8.0.D., and Miss Vetnala, second daughter of Mr. S. Selvaraju, of the Straits Times, and Mrs. Selvaraju, after their wedding at the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes on Monday. Rev. Fr. Fortier officiated.
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    GARDEN SOCIETY
    51 4 The annual general meeting of the Singapore Gardenin* Society will be held at 530 p.m. today at the house of the Director, Botanic Gar-Ui-lc rTvprsali Road en- Sler show for trance) A flower show for competition among members follows the meeting and is open to the public for
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    Chopsticks Defeat The Weightlifters
    185 4 ORITAIN'S husky four-man weightlifting team to ''the Empire Games was defeated at the New World by Singapore "iron men" in a contest they never bargained for. At a dinner arranged by the Singapore Amateur Weightlifting Federation, the contest was the one-band snatch with ivory chopsticks at
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    STOLE CLOTHES
    37 4 Twenty-nine-year-old Low LJm Heng, of Oeylang Xload, was yesterday bound over for one year in the Singapore Second Police Court for stealing $48 worth of rlothing from a house in Geylang Road on Jan. 16.
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    BOUND OVER FOR THEFT
    68 4 Sixteen-year-old Lai Poh Seng of Balestier Road, who pleaded guilty to stealing four motor-boat propellers, two gears, two brass rods and a jack stand, total value $100, was yesterday bound over for one year In the Singapore Second Police Court. The goods were stolen from his
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    MASSEY'S WORK PRAISED BY C.G.
    350 4 THE Commissioner-General, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, and the Officer Administering the Government, Sir Patrick McKerron, at a Singapore reception in celebration of Australia's 162 nd birthday yesterday praised the work of the Australian Commissioner in Malaya, Mr. Claude Massey. The reception, attended by high Government
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    TEN HOUSES DESTROYED IN FIRE
    72 4 From Our SUIT Correspondent ALOK STAR, Thursday. ABOUT 70 Padang Serai residents, the majority or them Chinese, lost their homes as a result of a Are which destroyed 10 attap booses In their village 12 miles from Kulim on Tuesday night. The fire originated from
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    Dangerous Driving Of Lorry
    63 4 Ng Cheng Tee, a lorry driver, was nned $40 in the Fifth Police Court. Singapore, yesterday, when found guilty of dangerous driving at Kampong Bahru Road 00 Aug. 30. Ng swung right to the extreme of the road in tttempting to overtake a vehicle in front
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    PAYA LEBAR MYF OFFICIALS
    82 4 Officials of the Paya Leo; r Methodist Youth Fellowship, Singapore, for the year are: President, Mr. Eric Wee; vicepresident, Mr. Khoo San Hee. secretary, Mr. Chew Chin Jin, treasurer, Miss Huan Su Lanworship and evangelism, Mrs. Eric Wee; world friendship, Mr. Koh Teck Jin; community service,
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    'A GREAT NATION IN THE MAKING'
    78 4 'A GREAT NATION IN THE MAKING' mHE Co—issioner-^ne JL ral. Mr. Malcolm MacDonald. said at t&e Singapore celebration of Australia Day yesterday during these present difficult times he was sure Australians would give a generous helping hand to their neighbours in SouthEast Asia. h* j«, ril^H Australia as He described
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    SCHOLAR WAITS 10 YEARS
    167 4 SCHOLAR WAITS 10 YEARS iFTER waiting ten years, fc 35-year-old Singapore doctor, Wong Kim Yip, left Singaoore yesterday on the Carthage for studies in London on a Federal Queen's Fellowship he won before the war. The war and ill-health had caused, the delay. Dr. Wong will study at the Royal
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    SIX FINED FOR SPEEDING
    85 4 Choy Kim Hoi pleaded guilty before the Eighth Police Magistrate. Singapore. Mr. P. Clague. yesterday, to a charge of driving his lorry of over three tons along Bukit Timah Road at. a speed of 26.4 miles per hour which was In excess of the authorised speed
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    3 KEDAH BANDITS KILLED
    270 5 3 KED AH BANDITS KILLED $5,000-Reward Leader Bagged By Yorkshiremen From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Thursday. J^S EX-MPAJA captain and bandit leader of the Kulim area of South Kedah, a man with a $5,000 reward on his head, was one of three bandits shot dead by men of the King's
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    MAN DIES FIGHTING 5 BANDITS
    206 5 MAN DIES FIGHTING 5 BANDITS From Our Stall Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. AOHINJ-SE rubber dealer of Malim Nawar today fought a single-handed battle with five bandits and drove them oil The bandits fled, but the man died from wounds in- 1 flicted Dy his attackers. Attacked by bandit-s^ho lay if.
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    Sentence Doubled On Appeal
    103 5 A Singapore gunman appealing yesterday against sentence of two years' rigorous imprisonment and twelve strokes of the rotan for armed robbery had his gaol term doubled by the Singapore Appeal Court. He was a young man named Tay Boon Tong, who at the time of the
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    ACQUITTED
    45 5 From Oar Staff Correspondent SEREMBAN, Thurs.—K. Ramasamy, a labourer on Pajam Estate, Mantin, was acquitted and discharged without having his defence called upon at Seremban on a charge of killing a cow valued at $400 belonging to Mr. Thomas a conductor of Pajam Estate.
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    ESCAPED FROM REMAND
    63 5 From Our Staff Correspu id<;nt Whpv «k JOHORE BAHRU, Thursday. HEN the case of Omar bin Sajari, a hospital attendant, was called in the Police Court today the prosecution stated that he had escaped from custody. Omar was arrested last month on a charge of enticing a
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    NURSES FOR BRUNEI
    51 5 FOUR WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION nurses on their way 10 Brunei and Sarawak to assist in developing a mother and child health programme, pictu.*d in Singapore yesterday. They are, from left, Miss Hulda, Wenger, a Swiss, Miss Olive Warren, Miss Ida Simmons and Miss Pauline Scanlon. Siraits Times
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    HERE TO 'CRUSH' KING KONG
    247 5 fJE was so broad that he had to walk down a 11 creaking ship's gangway sideways. And as he stepped ashore, Emil Koroscenko, giant Czechoslovakian wrestler, weighing 20 stone and measuring 54 inches round the chest, bellowed a warning that he would "crush" any wrestler
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    Horns Unguarded
    46 5 From Our Own Correspondent RAUB, Thurs.—Nudi bin Lebar, pleading guilty to a I charge of failing to affix a proper guard to the horns of a buffalo while leading it along the public road, was P fined $5 by the Raub Circuit Magistrate. 1
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    Silat Funeral Association
    191 5 Officials of the Silat Funeral Association for the current year are: Patrons, Messrs. Lim Kirn Lee, I Scow Kirn HocIC Chia Cheng Seng, Tay Ang Liang, Ang Lee, Ang Hood Cr-00, Soon Peng Yam and Tay Kirn Teck; president. Mi-. Ng Lye Whatt; vice-presi-1 dents, Messrs. Chan
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    GAVE FISHING BOATS, NETS
    54 5 From Our Staff Correspondent MALACCA, Thurs A big fishing boat was named, blessed and launched at the Portuguese Settlement this week. It was named Miss Jennifer, after the 8-year-old daughter of Mr. B. Brunton, who with a few others had bought the boat and drift nets
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    Singapore Diary
    57 5 Y.W.C.A. Town Pioneers' meeting. 8, Fort Canning Road, 4 p.m. GRAMOPHONE RECITAL, British Council Hall. Stamford Road. 5.30 p.m. YOUNG MEN'S MUSLIM ASSoi ini\, Mr. Ahmad bin Ibrahim on "The Need for a Muslim College," 31, Lorong 12, Geylang. 7.30 p.m. V.M.C.A, Orchard Road, Bailie McAslan on "The
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    Back From Leave
    29 5 From Our Staff Correspondent TAPAH, Thurs.— Mr. R. A. Venugopal. Technical Assistant in charge of Water Works and Buildings, Tapah, has returned from leave In India.
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    DUTCH OFFICIALS SINCERE-COAST
    71 5 THE foreign relations adviser to the United States of Indonesia, Mr. John Coast, said in Singapore yesterday that he was convinced of the sincerity of top Netherlan Is officials to make success of the new U.SJ. Mr. Coast said Dr. Moharaed Hatta's personality and binding force was
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    Bank Clerk On Breach Charge
    295 5 Bank Clerk On Breach Charge KESAR Singh, a Singapore Post Office Savings Bank clerk, yesterday faced three charges of criminal breach of trust involving $76.01 in all before the Second Police Magistrate, Mr. E. V. A. Peers. Alternatively, he was charged with having cheated three Savings Bank depositors of $76.01
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    Two Chances For S.M. C. Staff To Earn More Pay
    165 5 SINGAPORE municipal employees will have two chances of passing the examination to qualify for increments over the bar in their salary scale, according to a recommendation of the Municipal Salaries Revision Committee due for confirmation at the full meeting of
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    S'pore Wedding
    63 5 MR. CHAN KIN KIM and Miss Evelyn Scan after their wedding at the Straits Chinese Me t hod is i Church in Kampong Kapor, Singapore, yesterday. Miss Seah is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Seah Ch/iw Hong, of Hong Kong, and Mr. Chan a son of Mrs.
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    Election Aim In Malacca
    54 5 From Our Staff Correspondent MALACCA, Thurs. UALACCA Municipal Com- missioners have formed a committee to study the question of popular elections. The committee, which comprises the President, Mr. O. E. C. Wisdom, Mr. S. Shunmugam and Mr. Ec Yew Kirn. "has powers to co-opt other members
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    FOUND DEAD IN BENTONG DRAIN
    63 5 From Our own Ooirespondent BLiNTONG. Thurs. The body of a male Indian named Raman, CO was found in an underground sewer near the Bcntong market at mid-day today A former Bentong Town Board lafcourer, he Is believed iq hjive enifred the drain in the hMJrnJrfh
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Fri., Jan. 27, 1950. Mr. Truman On Rubber
    694 6 The only certainty about President Truman's recommendations on new legislation for the American synthetic rubber industry is that there will be no decision for the better part of another six months. The existing legislation does not expire until
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    VEGETABLES FOR SINGAPORE
    47 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Vegetables formed the principal food crop exported to Singapore from the Federation last month. The total was 9,345 plculs. Fresh pineapples came next with 7,927 plculs while canned pineapples came to 6,734 plculs Bananas totalled 5.989 plculs and sago 1.490 piculs.
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    Rebellion In Java
    332 6 "Rebellion" is rather a large word to use as description of the exploits of the adventurous "Turco" Westerling in Western Jay"a. For there is no sign that his troops have anyconsiderable backing among the population, or that he has any plan in mind other than causing the
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      Mission teachers in Malaya: Diocesan reply
      287 6 I TNDER the heading "Mission School Contrasts" you published a letter by T.S.D., which tends to give the impression that the Aided Schools Mission authorities are either reluctant or too slow in their efforts at getting better terms of service for their teachers than
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      SURLINGHAM HOME
      79 6 CERTAIN statements (whether correctly reported or not, and whether privileged or not), have appeared in the Press regarding my relationship with the Surlingham Nursing Home and terms of occupation, etc. I wish to state that the case will come before the Rent Board (and the parties know It)
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      STUMBLING BLOCK
      81 6 MR, Dumeresque, al- ways a good loser, had his burden eased by Spithead at Ipoh last Saturday. When will he, In his turn, spare us from The Stumbling Block, famous from coast to coast So-called good music on Wednesday night began with a cockney song sung In dialect
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      MORE CHINESE DOUBTS
      138 6 lT t th tth I1I1J S r, g d ,JSL:. M.C.A. leaders are thinking of their poor an H ii ess fortunate felf", low-ciuzens. However, their present CSnts* 8 me to ffih.t onrSLrh SS^^^^g the squatters i| to conduct a country-wide lottery and so P*TBn%«\ d°nat S
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      An Angry American In Malaya
      563 10 AN American's natural reaction against letters in your paper raging against the U.S.A. for not giving in a hurry, or complaining that the U.S.A. should "do something instead of talking," is one of anger. It is not easy for us to be taxed till it
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      ANY EXPELLED?
      47 10 I NOTICE from the Presi that the accounts of the Singapore Turf Club show, at the close of the year, that there were 15,329 members on the register. May I know, through the medium of your I paper, the number of members expelled FIASCO. Singapore
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      SECRECY IN PENANG
      298 10 yifHAT do you think will be the fate of popular elections in Penang? One cannot help feeling apprehensive over the possible response, or lack of response, towards this new move. We are a conservative people here, the diehards will tell i you, and we take »ime to
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      IN UPCOUNTRY CINEMAS
      123 10 PERMIT me to join with your correspondents who say that we are today not getting value for our money in the Singapore cinemas. The first-rate cinemas up- country pay exactly the same tax; yet admission prices up- country are much cheaper than in Singapore. The upcountry cinemas
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    Nazi Menace to the Balkans: Britain Plans Aid
    3172 6  - Nazi Menace to the Balkans: Britain Plans Aid WINSTON S. CHURCHILL THE GRAND ALLIANCE-GERMANY DRIVES EAST By IT is BOt possible in a major war to divide military from political affairs. At the summit they are one. It is natural that soldiers should regard the military aspect as single and
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    MASS RALLY HAILS NEW REPUBLIC...
    20 7 A section of the large crowd at the rally yesterday to celebrate Indian Republic Day.
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    DON'T GIVE IN TO PRIDE, SAYS THIVY
    183 7 'pHE Malayan Representative of the Government of India, Mr. John Thivy, speaking yesterday at the mass rally to celebrate the inauguration of the Indian Republic, urged Indians "to temper their natural surge of elation with true humbleness of spirit.'' Do not give in
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    He'll Help To Build USI Navy
    143 7 He'll Help To Build USI Navy A ROYAL Netherlands Rear Admiral passed through Singapore yesterday on his way to Jakarta to co-operale with the Indonesians in the building-up of their naval f«in?e He was Rear Admiral H. L. Moorman, who told the Straits Times, that he was "going to work
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    RECITAL
    17 7 Theie will be a gramophone recital at the British Council Hall, Singapore. this evening at 5.30.
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    Mother Of 3 Bound Over
    111 7 A MARRIED woman with three children, who was asked to look after some jewellery by a friend, was yesterday found guilty in the Singapore Third Police Court of criminal breach of trust and was Oound over for one year on a bond of $2,000 in
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    'IMPACT OF FREE INDIA ON THE WORLD PROFOUND': C-G
    408 7 Commissioner-General, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, speaking at a mass rally at the Happy World Stadium yesterday in celebration of the inauguration of the Republic of India, referred to free India as a classic example in modern times of the truth that in
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    65 7 A GROUP of happy diners at the Great World restaurant on Wednesday. The occasion was the annual dinner given Jointly by Guiwirth Trading (M) Co. Ltd., the Clipper Trading Co. Lid., and Champion Motors. At this table, from left, are Mr. C. W. Funke. Dr. Z. Zain, Mr. Claude Massey,
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    No Red War Bonds For Singapore
    110 7 gINGAPORE'S two Chinese banks now under the control of the Communist Peking Government, the Bank of China and the Kwangtung Provincial Bank, told the Straits Times yes-i terday that there would be no sale of Chinese "Victory Bonds" in the Colony. No bonds have
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    TALENTIME
    40 7 An Indian talentlme .show will be presented at 7.30 pm. tomorrow In the Ceylonese Tamil Association Hall at Handy Road to celebrate the inauguration of the Indian Republic. The show is being organised by the Tamil Brotherhood of Singapore.
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    Ex-Magistrate's Appeal
    87 7 train Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs. 1 The date of the hearing of the appeal of Naslr bin Abubakar, who was sentenced In the Sessions Court to two years' im-| prisonment for accepting a( 1 bribe of $50, has been deferred from Feb. 4 *o Feb. 15.
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    82nd Bandit Executed
    88 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. AHMAD (alias Attan) bin Hashim, The 82nd bandit to be executed under the Emergency Regulations, was hanged at Pudu Gaol Kuala Lumpur, this morning. Arrested on Jury 29, 1949, I in a house at Jalan Sakeh, Muar, Ahmad led a
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    Republic Flag Is Hoisted
    94 7 INDIAN Republic Day celebrations in Singapore began with the hoisting of I the Indian flat at India House by Mr. Thivy. The 48-hour non-stop prayer conducted by the Central i I Sikh Temple in Queen Street I to commemorate the in- auguration came to a close
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    'REPUBLIC DAY' IN JOHORE
    184 7 From Our SUIT Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs. THE British Adviser, Johore, 1 Mr. J. Falconer, toasted the new Republic of India at a tea party given by the local Indian community today at the Audience Hall in the Government offices. Dr. N. K. Sharma, who presklrrV
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    CULTURAL TOURIST
    117 7 SIR Eugene Millington-Drake a retired British diplomat, and Vice-President of the Poetry Society in London, is expected to arrive in Singapore by air from Hong Kong on Wednesday on a tour to I promote cultural relations. One of the first exponents of the Idea behind the British Council.
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    TALK BY C-in-C
    26 7 The Commander-in-Chiet Far East Land Forces, Gen. Sir John Harding, will btoadcast on operations in Malay:. from Radio Malaya at 8 o'clock tonight.
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    Dawn Of A New Era, Says OAG
    252 7 'J'HIS is the dawn of a new era in the development of the Commonwealth and Commonwealth relations," said Sir Patrick McKerron, Officer Administering the Government of Singapore when he proposed a toast to th e President of the Republic of India, at a
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    TRANSFERRED
    28 7 From O«r Staff C'orresonndent JOHORE BAHRU, Thnra Mr. F. M. Smith, secretary to the British Adviser. Johore, has been transferred to the Colonial Secretary* offlee, igapoie, I
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    JUVENILE COURT ADVISERS
    80 7 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE Bahru, Thurs.— Tt» following have been appointed to serve as advisers to the Johore Bahru Juvenile Court: Dr. Ismail bin Abdul Rahman, Mr R. A. Logon, Syed Has! in bin Abdullah, Mrs. Yeo" Hong Soo ilnche Nohany bin A. L*Mff. Inche |Arsalub
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    COMMITTEE TO FIGHT PESTS
    83 7 1 COMMITTEE has been set and Industrial Research Post "up in Singapore to consider infestation Laboratory in problems of insect pests in stored foodstuffs. England. A member of the committee This laboratory is mainly will act as correspondent to engaged on research on the the Department
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    Penhas Appeal Next Week
    72 7 Mr. Isaac Penhas's appeal in the suit brought by Madam Tan Soo Eng against the estate of Mr Abraham Penhas has been fixed for Monday in the Singapore Court of Appeal. Madam Tan successfully established her claim to be the widow of Abraham Penhas. Singapore Jewish
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    Her Tip To Girls: 'Stay Feminine'
    135 7 MRS Moore, wife of Methodist Bishop Arthur J. Moore, now in Singapore on a visit, had this piece or advice for the Colony's women: "Stay feminine ami do not try to be a second edition of man." Mrs. Moore -was addressing members of the
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    $5,000 LIBEL DAMAGES
    407 8 Klang Man Gets Award Against Newspaper From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. UOLDING that a libel had been committed but that its serious effects had been mitigated by full apology and subsequent action, Mr. Justice Taylor today gave judgment for $5,000 in favour of Mr. A.
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    Kelantan Farmers Move To Pahang
    145 8 From Our Staff correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. REPORTS of mass migration of Kelantan farmers to Pahanc were referred to at today's meeting jrftheKetartanCoim^if S^e. Ahm^ un dal member expressed the hope that the Kelantan Government would investigate fce matter and assist farmers in the State
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    SPOTLIGHT ON ANN
    13 8 SPOTLIGHT ON ANN SI 8 JflL'%£Jsns& ?S JUS built In Johore.— Acme pictnre.
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    SINGAPORE GOODS SUCCOUR SUMATRA
    133 8 SINGAPORE GOODS SUCCOUR SUMATRA INDONESIA has this month set aside $710,000 (Malayan) to •my from Singapore es-|. *e.itial goods for relief I in Sumatra, including Atleh. I Goods to the value cf $500,000 have already been shipped to Sumatra. The remainder awaits delivery, according to the Indonesian Trade Commissioner in
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    TRAFFIC POLICE FINED $100
    72 8 From Our Own Correspondent KOTA BAHRU. ThursArifiin bin Hassan, n traffic constable, was fined $100 by Mr. J. G. Adams. R-osiciont of the Sessions Court Kbta Bharu, for lidi.i^ a motcrcyrle In a AMRrron*. manner. He collided with another eye'ist. Inclie Awang, who was seriously injured.
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    TANJONG MALIM VISITORS BOARD
    60 8 From Our Ok n Correspondent TELUK ANSON. Thurs. The Board of Visitors of the Tanjong Mallm Hospital for 1950 are: Mrs. J. A Cradcck. Mrs H L. Hodge, Che Balshah binti Osman. Mr. H. L Hodge. Indie Abdul Kudus bin Mohamed. Mr. Surjan Singh, Mr. Chan
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    NEW VAMPIRE FOR FAR EAST TESTS
    65 8 FOLLOWING the successful trials of the Vampire Mark 111 In the Far East last year, when it was piloted by Fl. Lt. "Kiwi" Francis, a Vampire Mark V has now arrived at the R.A.F. Maintenance Base (Far East) Seletar for continuation trials. The Vampire
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    "Lies" Says Siamese
    54 8 "Lies" Says Siamese From Our Own Correspondent BANGKOK, Thurs. THE Siamese Foreign Minister. Mr. Phot Sarasin, tcday branded as a tissue of lies allegations by Peking Radio of oppression and maltreatment by Siamese Government of Chinese nationals in this country. Mr Phot explained that Chinese deported from this country were
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    HK NAVAL DOCK MEN ASK MORE
    102 8 HONQ KONG, Thurs. THE Royal NaVy Dockyard 1 Workers' Union is submitting a demand for a HKSS daily special living allow&nc6 Dockers, besides asking for the special allowance, will also demand: Resumption of the allowance for work on Sundays which was abolished in 1946;
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    THEFT OF PIPES ALLEGED
    64 8 From Our Staff Correspondent SEREBAN, Thurs. Bail of $100 each in one surety each was allowed two Hokkiens, Tan Boon Chek md Low Ah Kong, both aged 46 when they claimed trial before the Seremban Magistrate, Tuan Sheikh Abdullah, yesterday to attempted theft of galvanised pipes,
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    KUALA LUMPUR WEDDING
    38 8 MR. H. D. MATHESON, of the Agricultural Department, Teluk Ausoti Perak md Miss C. H. Taylor, of St. Monante, Fife, Scotland, after their wedding at the Presbyterian Church, Kuala Lumpur, on Saturday. Eastern Photographers picture.
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    UNREGISTERED
    25 8 From Oar Own Correspondent MUAR, Thurs. -For driving an unregistered cart at £lading, Saman bin Saian was fined $3 in the Muar Magistrate's Court.
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    SPECIAL: "I DID NOT KNOW MY DUTIES"
    125 8 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH Thurs o i vi "AS a special constable you have no right of entry into any premises." said the Ipoh Magistrate today when he convicted yong Ah Song, a 28-year-old special constable, on a charge of house trespass
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    TEA PARTY FOR TEACHER J.P.
    83 8 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Thurs. Mr. Ambrose Reutens, new Justice of the Peace for Penang, was given a tea party yesterday by the Director and Staff of St. Xavier's Institution. Mr. Reutens, who is a senior member^of the school staff, was congratulated by the
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    15,000 Enrol In Nine Days In Kedah
    118 8 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. IN KEDAH, about 15,000 volunteers for the Malayan People's AntiBandit Month are reported to have been registered in the past nine days. In the same State, the enrolment of Government volunteers has almost been completed. The
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    Accused Of Perjury
    121 8 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANQ, Thurs. YONO Kok Wing, aged 56, today claimed trial in the Penang Magistrate's Court to three counts of giving false evidence before the Supreme Court on Dec. 1. He is alleged to have denied in evidence that a cheque for $1,000 had
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    JITRA FAIR IN AID OF VARSITY
    94 8 from Oar Staff Correspondent ALOR STAR, Thurs. A crowd of 5,000 last night attended the opening of Jitra F.\ir held in aid of the University of Malaya Endowmen' Fund. The acting MSntrl Besar Tungku Ismail, who opened the fair, pointed out that Malaya's economy
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    KRIAN COURT
    27 8 From Our Own Correspondent PARIT BUNTAR. Thurs— The Krian Juvenile Court, had Its second sitting yester- day when six cases were dealt i with. j
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    CYCLIST GAOLED FOR BABY'S DEATH
    104 8 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. A CYCLIST, who admitted he was drunk and collided with a trisha, fatally injuring an 18-month-old child, was today sent to gaol for three months. I He was Kartar Singh who Kuala Lumpur First Maglshomicide. Chief inspector Raja
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    Trading Firms Annual Dinner
    94 8 More than 600 people attended the annual dinner given Jointly by Messrs. Outwirth Tradin* (M) Co. Ltd., Clipper Trading Co. Ltd., and Champion Motors at the Wing Choon Yuen Resturannt, Oreat World, on Wednesday night. The occasion was also a farewell party for Mr. A. Qutwirth.
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    STRUCK OFF
    35 8 THE Pol Hwa afternoon English school at 7} mile Bukit Timah Road, Singapore, has been struck off the register of schools with effect from Dec. 31 last year, it was officially announced yesterday.
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    AUXILIARY P.C. HIT TAXI
    58 8 Bernard John Hancock, an auxiliary police officer, was convicted in the Fifth Police Court, Singapore, yesterday, and fined $30 on a charge of negligent chiving. It was stated that Hancock drove his car and collided with a taxi at the junction of Queen Street and Albert
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    They All Love 'The Lover'
    449 9 Backstage with R W. Baxter AS I predicted. The Anonymous Lover has been a roaring success at the Victoria Memorial Theatre, Such a success that Singapore's repertory company has extended the season by a day— the comedy will be put on tomorrow Instead of ending
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    115 9 Another and even more glamorous chapter in the fairy-t»le career of Jean Simmons, the J. Arthur Rank star, opens with her 21st birthday on Tuesday. Already she can claim international fame. She won the Venice Festival Award as the Anest aiUress of the year for her playing of Ophelia in
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    FOORMAN TO GIVE THREE CONCERTS
    261 9 SINGAPORE'S leading musicians—Otto Foorman and his wife, Regln— will give three chaTity concerts next month. The first will be at Blakan Mati for the troops on Feb 5. the second concert will be at St. Hilda's School in Raton* on Feb 11. and the third
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    SIMPLY LUSH!
    927 9  -  J. C. BEHAGUE Cinema news.... by VHE right way to see and really appreciate a film show i s from th e depths x of an armchair with a glass of beer or squash on one side and a table of kechil makan on the other I can
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      214 9 TO-DAY 5 shows 11 a.m.. 1.45, 4, 6.30 9.30 p.m. EIRTI in one of the TT^^l MEATIEST ROLE ll| OF HIS CAREER OF THE with IDA LUPINO, GIG YOUNG 6c EDGAR BUCHANAN ACTiONFUL HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE THE APACHE MASSACRE OF THE MEXICAN DISCOVERERS OF THE TREASURE, THE LIFE DEATH BATTLE ON
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      248 9 «»i<'ai»abi 20 Close; 6.00 Programme Sum- In a Fog"; 10.45 "Britain Pod- rwM mary; 6.02 Li- teners Calling; 7.30 ttcal Weeklies"; 11.00 Dance 10 03 News (also at 1.30 7 American Favourites; 8.00 Talk; Music; 11.15 "World Affairs"; 30); 10.05 Close 12 00 Pro- '-*5 Just Unpacked; B.45 Music 11.30
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    MARCH OF SCIENCE
    10 10 World Copyright By mtrangtment tcttk ftxnfnf Standard
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      266 10 Paris, New York and th* World! Tv SINGAPORE (\VK TO SAIGON j/9 h\J\\\ Connections for all mYA^sft >S^V^\ parts of Indo-Chlna /^^T\J CxS^Aj rrivlli trw Sl M I If A/7 ssXXwl T|ißr d »y« 3 50 m- MffJ/l \W Be-irtirftftrSiigN W/f)/f NJjAJV J Fridays 7.30 UL I Wji BOOKINC OFFICI
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      277 10 STRAITS TIMES CROSSWORD LO^TS*.^ nd CROSSWORD No. 291 angular column (8J. 2». The bottom of thi« gsrmtnt 13 i g§|J« Ft I |a I 1 A meal broken up in 1 (6). ia Uk* awallow (5-4). 8 Found In a lady's purse (4). 2«. To melt «o l» to confront
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      New Move On Synthetic Rubber In U.S.
      155 11 New Move On Synthetic Rubber In U.S. NEW YORK, Thursday. A (CORDING to the Journal of Commerce, leading rubber companies will submit at Congressional hearings next month concrete proposals foi national synthetic production, which they believf can safeguard national security without the necessity of continuing rigid Government control foi another
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      TIN PRICES
      28 11 SINGAPORE, Thursday, Jan. 26. $287.37' 2 a picul (down 50.121,). LONDON. Thursday. Spot: £599}—£600. Forward: 582 J— <£ 583 Settlement: £609. Turnover: morning. 60 tons: 25 tons.
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      SHARE MARKET IDLE
      107 11 SHARE MARKET IDLE From Our Market Corresi pondent J£XTREA;eIy idle conditions prevailed in all sections of- the Malayan share market yesterday. Price alterations were very few throughout the list. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association were: INDUSTRIALS Bayer Seller Atlas Ice 11.90 12.25 xb xd B B. Petrol
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      PRODUCE MARKET
      91 11 From A Market Correspondent pEPPER price* In the Singapore produce market yesleiday remained unchanged from the previous day's quotations. Conditions were quiet in all sections or the market. Yesterday's prices iper picuJi were: Gambler $260 (round), $50 i Java cube), $55 (Hamburg cube); Copra $36 (sundried) $35.50 (mixed):
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      Dow Jones Averages
      24 11 Jan. 24. Jan. 25. Industrials 199.62 198 39 Railroads 55.15 54 51 Domestic Bonds 102.11 101 98 CTtilities 41.85 41 48
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      RUBBER MARKET DULL
      198 11 RUBBER MARKET DULL rE Singapore rubber mar- ket waa very dull yesterday with prices remaining at much the same levels as those prevailing the previous day. Very little business was done. Cloglng- prlcea yesterday were: < No. 1 R&&. spot loose buyers 49% 1 cent*, sellers 49% cente No. 1
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      KRAMAT PULAI
      49 11 J^RAMAT Pulal Ltd working! on tribute by hydraulic I methods and gtavel pump showed a profit of £29.724 (l/s\d. per share) In the year ended 31 349 and paid out 6d. per share. Profits Tax took £4.430 Net liquid asset* £140,407 are equivalent to i per share.
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      World Tin Production
      182 11 rTHE HAGUE. Thurs. latest available figures on world tin, published by the International Tin Study Group, show mine production in November at 14,300 long tons of tin in concentrates, compared with 13,300 in October. The Increase was due entirely to I Bolivia, whose November expdrts were 1.500
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      SHIPPING AT S'PORE WHARVES
      142 11 CHIPS alongside the Singa- pore Harbour Board wharves yesterday fgodowns in brackets! were: Main Wharf: Stanvac Djirak '31-32). President van Buren <3334 1 Benvorlich < 38-39 1. Sitsen '40 1. Yaie County < 42-43} 1 West Wharf: Empire Halladale '1-2), Sedenak <3>. Agapenor i 4-S). Havsbris
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      329 11 LAJSiWSX, IIIUIS. rE line up of Tory artillery In the shape of the Conservative Party election manifesto assisted domestic issues In the London Stock Exchange yesterday. Sentiment brightened and a fresh spurt was made by British Government funds. Following were the closing middle price* oi selected stock* v
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    SPITHEAD WELL WORTH FOLLOWING
    793 12  - SPITHE AD WELL WORTH FOLLOWING EPSOM JEEP BYB V Has Shown Big Improvemen t IPOH, Thursday. y«IM THEAD, a handsome four-year-old English bay by Admiral's Walk, will be a real danger in any Class 3 field from now on. Leading up to his splendid victory on Saturday, he ran a
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    PENG SOON TO PLAY IN BANGKOK
    51 12 From Our Staff Corr*siM>r>dent MALACCA, Thurs.— Wong Peng Soon Malayan and Singapore badminton fhampioii.aiid Charlie Scow, Malacca champion, will be visiting Bangkok to give exhibition matches. They will fly from Singapore at the end of this month and will be away for about 10
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    University Sports Meet On Feb. 25
    172 12 University Sports Meet On Feb. 25 THE University of Malaya athletic meeting will be' at Bukit Timah on February i 25 and training has already begun at Bukit Timan an<J BepOf Lines. The University of Malaya Athletic Union has asked the Colony's most prominent athletes to coach students taking part
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    WEIGHTS FOR ALL RAGES TOMORROW
    319 12 IPOH, Ttaurs. h for all nine races on Saturday, the last day I of the Perak Turf Club's January meeting are given i i hereunder:— CL. S. DIV. 1—« fur*. iSeWum Belgium 9.M New Yer M g.IS Bull g.l» Blue Eye. 849 Mandarin Son f
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    Welch Shed 91bs. To Beat Quintin
    551 12 Welch Shed 9 1bs. To Beat Quintin By A Special Correspondent MANILA, Thursday. JIMMY WELCH, the Lancashire lad who knocked out Small Quintin, the Philippines' most promising lightweight the other night, concedes an even chance of victory to his next opponent in Singapore. The boy from Oldham l s weaker
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    61 12 JULIAN CREUS and Jim Hallidav, two or Britain s best weightliftera, find ha ndlinj barbells much easier than manipulating: chopsticks at the dinner given to the British team at the New World on Wednesday night. On either side of them are the two vice-presi-dents of the Singapore Amateur Weightlifting Federation,
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    F. KARIB WIN 6-0
    34 12 Fathul Karlb soccer XI beat the Chinese Sports Association by six Boata to nil at Farrer Park yes,o? oaU AY wer S o ored by Mar ukl DoU*h n nd
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    MAYFLOWER B.P.
    35 12 The Mayflower Badminton Party is celebrating its twenty-third anniversary with a dinner at 357 Bast Coast Road on Saturday. On Sunday the party will hold its 18th annual general meeting at 10 a.m.
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    MALAYAN TEAM START TRAINING
    77 12 AI'CKLAND, Thurs. THE Malayan weight-lifters have not lost any time in getting down to business on arrival *t Ardmore Camp, 28 miles from the city. In this peaceful comfortable spot under the watchful eye of Manager Strickland, they spent the afternoon weightlifting and seetnfd in good
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    28 12 HOCKKY: S.C.R.i v. Hi-i». Assistant* at Honf I im (ireen SINGAPORE Turf Club annual general roeeting at Singapore Chamber of C«inmrr>-i>, KutUitun Bid., 5.1 5 p.m.
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    SOUTH XI HOPE TO SCORE 1st WIN
    595 12 TOMORROW'S annual xNorth-South hockey match lat Seremban, the seventh of th e series first started in the 1938-39 season, will see the South team go all out for their first win in these matches. South have an unenviable record. They were beaten In
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    George Sands Due Here In Fortnight
    221 12 /JEORGE Sands, an elder brother of Alfle Sands, is scheduled to arrive in Singapore within a fortnight. v Yesterday, Singapore promoter Razak received a cable from Tom Maguire Snr. saying that George will be available early next month and that the terms had been
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    R.A.F. SELETAR WIN HOCKEY CUP
    39 12 The R.AJ 1. Seletar won the final of the R.A.F. Malaya inter-unit hockey competition on Monday by beating R.A.F. Chansji one-nil. A cup was presented to the winners: captain by Mrs. C. S. Morse.
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    Australian Boys Lose By 19 Runs
    252 12 Australian Boys Lose By 19 Runs raffles Institution scored a creditable 19-run vic- tory at cricket over the Aus- traiian Schoolboys on hoiii day in Singapore on the schdbl ground yesterday. 1 Declaring at tea-time at 91 for I eight wickets after about 101 i minutes' batting. Raffle* Instiiut'ion dismissed
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    I.A. CRICKET
    31 12 A meeting of the Indian Association cricket section will be neld at No. 6 Race Course T.ane on Sunday at 10 a.m. to elect officials for the 1950 season.
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    83 12 The following will repri Municipal Treusurt-r's Depiirinient I In a friendly game of badminton against the Engineer's Department on Saturday at 3 p.m. ;:t ihr horm! of the Municipal btginrer, Mr P. i A. Dreyer. 1 S<v: late Tan Chye Toon, H. Huldcn. Urn Soo Guan, Wee Slan
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    63 12 The team to represent HoUpun aA' in a soccer freindly agall pt. Andrew's School on the School ground to-morrow will dp select-."! 1 from: Soo Woon. Ec Bin. Luk« I.opei. Dollah Hannd. Wun Manimood. Lim Kirn Hian. Syed Ali Al&agutl (Capt. >; N. Oanesan, Ken>{ Huat. George Ph.lip.
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    189 12 TTHE cream of the colony's achoolboy badaiinion players will be seen in action when a Combined Singapore Schools' team meet the University of Malaya at the Clerical Union H&U on Sunday at 2pm. The¥e -wfll be uiue m.ilcbeb In all, three Mnglus, four double*, and
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