The Straits Times, 8 February 1950

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1950 PRICE TEN CENTS
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    SIAM TO TRAIN BORDER GUARDS
    440 1 Move To Halt S.E. Asia Red Infiltration From Our Staff Correspondent BANGKOK, Tuesday. gI AM'S border people are to be trained to suppress subversive activities in their districts and to prevent the infiltration of Communists into Siam from Indo-China and Burma. The Siamese Central Defence
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    44 1 X' IK \DMIK\r H. W. FAII.KNER. (left). th* new Hit Officer Malaya Area, who arrived in Singapore yesi rday in Hie Corfu from England. H e is «**n with Mrs. I mTicaer iM the retiring Flag; Officer. Rear Admiral C. (aslon. Straits Times picture.
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    CONGRESS URGES LAST ATTEMPT
    166 1 Atom Bomb Control WASHINGTON, Tuesday (M>NGRESSIONAL leaders urged President Truman today to make one last try for arms limitation, atomic bomb control and a settlement of cold war issues with Russia, but said other "interested" countries should participate in any eastr "f talks. v^cnal and 6'
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    ENVOY ARRIVES
    31 1 J \KARTA. Tues— The first Ambu>s;idor (o Indo- Mr. D. \V. Kermode arrlved here by air this aftprn t<>n from Singapore He was initii by Mrs Kermocie lighters -A.P.
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    U.S.I. Bank Men Demand More Pay
    104 1 U.S.I. Bank Men Demand More Pay JAKARTA. Tues. ONE thousand nve hundred workers of Jakarta* three leading banks, who struck for higher pay yesterday, have not returned to work today, reports Aneta news agency. In the morning crowds of strikers assembled in front of the banks and listened to speeches
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    RECESSION
    25 1 JAKARTA. Tues. Nearly 4.000 officers and men of th*> Royal Netherlands Army sailpd by the French troopship. I.ouus Pastfur this morning for Holland. U.P.
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    TENGAH CRASH
    25 1 A Royal Air Force Spitfire crashed at Tengah yesterday. It is understood that the machine was wrecked but the I pilot Is safe.
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    Cars For Jap Police
    27 1 TOKYO. Tues.-Japans national police chief told a Diet committee today that 447 modern police cars will be added to the police system.— A.P.
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    NO HIROHITO GERM WAR ORDER'
    137 1 TOKYO, Tues. A FORMER colonel of the Japanese Army Staff in Korea, Sadatake Tanemura who testified at the Khabarovsk germ warfare triads strongly defended K'vnr»r.v Ettrohito against the RupshUlegations of complicity Tanemara, who was reparlated from Siberia, t^d" a Parliamentary committee that it was unbelievable
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    BAO DAI MOVE BY U.S. SOON
    183 1 WASHINGTON, Tues. AN American official said yesterday that the United States will recognise the new French sponsored Vietnam government of Emperor Bao Dai in Indo-China "Tuesday afternoon or Wednesday morning." The American action was said to be timed to follow closely upon similar action
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    U.K. 'Should Have Had Say In H-Bomb Decision'
    177 1 U.K. 'Should Have Had Say In H-Bomb Decision LONDON, Tuesday. A CONSERVATIVE candidate in the coming Parliamentary elections said i n a campaign speech last night that President Truman should have consulted Britain before going ahead with the hydrogen bomb. Lord Hinchinbrook c told an audience in his constituency "the
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    THAMES FLOODS U.K. HOMES
    88 1 LONDON Tues. FLOODS today covered large parts of England j after more than the normal I rainfall for February had fallen in a week. The Thames, with twice the usual volume at this time of the year, rose five feet and flooded homes, while marshes In
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    51 1 MISS SL'KKSI BUDIARDJO. 36-year-old assistant to the Indonesian Minister of i-tocial Affairs, serves "elevenses" to the children of an Exeter (England) nursery school, where she is learning modern educational developments. In this school, 32 English children learn their first lesson in citizenship: rely on yourself but don't be selfish —A.P.
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    Bandits Attack Johore Village
    289 1 rrom «ur »ian correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. U'HILK 100 bandits attacked a Johore kampong TT yesterday afternoon and killed two auxiliary policemen and a 13-year-old schoolboy, police in Terap. Kedah, fought and drove off 20 bandits who were preparing to storm the village. The Johore village
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    INDIA SEVERS LEGAL LINK
    85 1 LONDON. Tues. Indian judicial appeals to the Privy Council in London formally ended today with a brief ceremony at the House* of Lords attended by the Lord Chancellor. Lord Jowitt, the Minister for Commonwealth Relations. Mr. Philip Noel Baker and the Indian High Commissioner V. K.
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    POULTRY FOR H.K.
    29 1 TOKYO. Tues.— The Kyodo news agency reports from Nagoa that 100 chickens and 2.700 eggs will be shipped by lir to Hong Kong on Feb. 9.
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    THREE DIE IN LEPER BRAWL
    51 1 TOKYO. Tues. Police of Gumma prefecture placed 14 men under technical arrest for a brawl in Kusatsu leprosarium on Jan. 16 which resulted in the death of three lepers The suspects, all lepers, are still in the leprosarium since confinement in gaols Is regarded as
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    CYPRUS VOTES
    49 1 NICOSIA, Tues. Archbishop Makarlos of the Cyprus Greek Church has asked the British Government to discuss with Greece, the Cyprus desire to unite with Greece In the plebiscite held under Church auspices last month 96 per cent of the Greek adult population signified their desire for union.—Reuter.
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    NEW AMBASSADOR
    16 1 WASHINGTON Tues -AH Saestro Amltojo. first Indonesian Ambassador to the UnUed Sintps arrived her*
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    Plane Delay Welcomed By Dr. Jessup
    100 1 Plane Delay Welcomed By Dr. Jessup THE United States Ambfcssa- 1 dor-at-large, Dr. Philip C Jessup. who was due to leave this morning for Ra.goon, found one day more in Singapore "a welcome change from official duties.' 1 Because of engine trouble, his special U.S. naval plane could not leave
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    FREE PRESS NEW YEAR SUPPIEMENT
    38 1 THE Singapore Free Press will publish today a second Chinese New Year Supplement containing eight pages of special articles, stories and pictures by Malayan writers and artists. Place an order with your newsagent.
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    Millions Starve In Red China
    216 1 Millions Starve In Red China HONG KONG, Tues »THE long predicted food x crisis i n Red China appears to have struck and the Communist news agency from Shanghai has admitted in "East China, north of th« Yangtze alone there ar* more than 16,000,000 famine victims." The figures wpiv contained
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    H.K. WANTS BACK REFUGEE LOANS
    51 1 HONG KONG. Tues.-Th* Hong Kong Government demanding repayment >; loans granted to British residents in the colony who took refuge in Macao during the Japanese occupation. Recipients included many Portuguese of British nationality, and Indians in pun* circumstances. It is estiuiii'ed over HK$l. OOO.OOO was
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    Stars Pray When Night Clubs Are Shut
    285 2 Stars Pray When Night Clubs Are Shut HOLLYWOOD, Tues. IN a Hollywood home where no autograph hunters or press agents can find them, such screen stars as Jane Russell and Porter Hall meet with their heads bowed in prayer. They read from the Bible, sing hymns, and listen to sermon;.
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    BODIES REMOVED FROM MINE
    67 2 TOKYO. Tu£s— Fire fighters yesterday finally extinguished a blaze in a pit of the copper mine at Matsuo. Iwate Prefecture, and removed the bodies of seven miners killed in a gas explosion which started the blaze on Jan. 18. Thirty other persons were injured in the
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      11 Nurses To Lift 8ft Tall, 31-stone Man
      135 2 LONDON, Tuesday. IjiLEVEN male nurses were needed to move 25-year-J old Mr. Ernest Evans when he entered a Surrey hospital for a minor knee operation. i He weighs 31 stone < 434 lb.l and is Bft. 6in. tall. Two beds had to
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      AWAITS NEWS
      53 2 MRS. PEGGY MACKIERNAN and her son Michael, pho.ographed at home after she had been informed that there was still no news of her husband, Mr. Douglas MacKiernan, U.S. Vice-Consul in Sinkiang, China, where he had remained after evacuation of other consular officials. The Chinese Communists have accused Mr.
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    SNOW DISRUPTS MIDDLE EAST
    234 2 JERUSALEM, Tuesday. THE Middle East from Istanbul to Cairo shivered yesterday under storms which caused loss of life, disrupted highway travel and paralysed shipping. Twelve Egyptian fishermen aboard a fishing smack were three days overdue at Alexandria and believed lost in a 65-mile-an-hour gale which whipped
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    "Disarm All Nations"
    101 2 WASHINGTON. Tues. MR. Millard Ty dings, chairman 01 the Senate i Armed Services Committee yesterday proposed that President Truman call an international disarmament conference to strip all nations Of weapons "all the way down to the rifle." Mr. Tydings introduced the resolution to authorise and direct the
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    U.S. Men Gaoled For Assault
    92 2 TOKYO, Tues— The United .States Military Court convict|ed two American Army privates yesterday of assaulting civilians at Gajoen Hotel in Tokio last December and sentenced them to five and ten years' Imprisonment and dishonourable discharges from thp Army. Witnesses said that they made advances to
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    INDIA'S PEACE AIMS: "STALIN IMPRESSED"
    169 2 LONDON. Tues. THE Indian Ambassador to the Soviet Union, Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, said in London yesterday that he had had a very frank discussion of th° problem* no"' vine the world" with Marshal Stalin before lie left Moscow. "I have no doubt," the Am bassador
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      623 2 NOTICES NOTICE Notice is hereby given that George Panagiotis Georgiou. of j 272A, Orchard Road, Singapore, is applying to the Governor for naturalisation, and that any person who knows any reasons why naturalisation should not be g.anted should send a written and signed statement of the facts tr the Colonial
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    NO WEST GERMAN ARMY OR AIR FORCE, SAYS McCLOY
    361 3 STUTTGART, Tuesday. I^IIE I'nitfd States High Commissioner if Germany, Mr. John J. McCloy, declared ir Stuttgart today that there must be no German army or air force and that German securitj v ould best be protected "b\ German participa tion in
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    Troops 'Mass Suicide Bid Prevented
    129 3 Troops 'Mass Suicide Bid Prevented HONG KONG. Tucs. AMASS suicide attempt was stopped by the crew I the Mcamship I in Keclung Harbour. i on Ffb 3 when 110 Natio alls! soldiers and their ra'.nilies were re- tdmtti ince to the Na51 island because their metf not in order. s
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    U.S. SERVICE CHIEFS LEAVE JAPAN
    75 3 TOKYO. Tv T United Joint Chiefs nf Staff left Japan yesterday by air to American bases at vva Chairman, Gen. Omar Army chief Gen. Collins, Navy chiel Forrest Sherman Air Force chief Gen I Vandenberg. spent six ouring bases in Japan Jking with Gen. Macand
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    URANIUM SEARCH
    37 3 g Koiii,'. Tups. A group of Soviet technical pethave arrived at l.sien in northern Kwangsi, says a Chinese re- id to be lookuranlum deposits belit" -d to exist in the province v u!er-A A P
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    CAIRO VISIT
    43 3 -f Mr. ERNEST BEVIN. British Foreign Secretary. (left) seen with the Duke of Edinburgh (centre) and Sir Ronald Campbell, the British Ambassador to Egypt, during Mr. Bevin's courtesy visit to Cairo on his way home from the Colombo conference.— A.P. picture.
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    BERGMAN FILM BAN PROPOSED
    185 3 HOLLYWOOD. Tues. WIDESPREAD demands foi the banning of the Ingrid Bergman film '•Stromboli' were voiced in America todaj/ because during its making the star first met Mr. Roberto Rossellini reported to have admitted being father of Miss Bergmans new-born son. Miss Bergman is still married to
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    FRENCH STRIKE
    33 3 PARIS. Tues.— Marseilles dockers struck today against the attempt of a provisional laboui bureau to recruit men for loading to Indochina cargoes which the dockers themselves have refused to' load Reuter.
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    Indian Women Call For Birth Control
    149 3 nuv 4,. NEW DEL HI. Tuesday. ■pHE twentieth session of the Hyderabad State Wimenstonference has called upon the authorities to establish birth control clinics all over the State to educate people an d provide facilities to those who seek them. A resolution passed by
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    GAMBLING KING'S HOUSE BOMBED
    86 3 LOS ANGELES. Tues A bomb wrecked the US$lOO,OOO home of the gambling king Mickey Cohen, but with his usual charmed life he escaped unhurt This was the second at-j tempt within a year to kill Cohen. Last July one of hisi henchmen was killed and! Cohen
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    'Friendship For Asians:' U.S. Call
    154 3 WASHINGTON, Tues. JENATOR Herbert Lehman, New York Democrat, said yesterday the United States must follow a policy of "friendship without gain" to win the people of Asia from Communism. Senator Lehman said any intervention In China or Formosa by the United st.ntos would bring only
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    Labour Policy Has Won Firm Friends
    252 3 BEVIN ON THE COLONIES: LONDON, Tuesday. "THE British Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bevin said yesterday that the Labour Government's policy of freeing- the British colonies has won Britain I "firm friends." It has changed feelings in countries where "our name was taboo." Mr. Bevin
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    MAH JONG BAN: SOCIAL MALADY'
    67 3 MANILA, Tues. SENATOR Vicente Sotto has filed in the Philippines Senate a bill to prohibit the playing of mah jong. which he termed a "social malady." "More time is being wasted here in playing mah jong than in all other forms of recreation put together."
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    H.K. Strikers Vote Return
    111 3 HONG KONG, Tues. MORE than 1,000 tramway workers last night J unanimously approved a rel sumption of iram services. The chairman at last night's meeting reiterated that the tram strike was purely economic and had no political significance. The tram workers have not withdrawn their orginal
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    Governor Seeks Co-operation
    71 3 ACCRA. Tues. Sir Charles Arden-Clarke. Governor of the Gold Coast, yesterday made history by becoming the first Governor of the Colony to confer informally with African chiefs from all its territories. He flew to Kumasi. a Central town where, a Gold Coast Government statement said, he appealed
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    'MIGHTY MOUSE'
    46 3 WASHINGTON, Tues. A powerful aircraft rocket developed by the U.S. Navy has been nicknamed "Mighty Mouse" It is small enough to be carried in quantity by its "mother" aircraft, yet fast and powerful enough to destroy any known plane with a direct hit.— A.P.
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    IMPERIAL TOUR
    31 3 TOKYO, Tues— The Imperial Household agency today announced that Emperor Hirohito will leave Tokyo on Mar. 12 on a 20-day tour of the Shlkoku district and Awaji Island.— Reuter.
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    CHESS CHAMPION
    39 3 I.YUDMILA RUDENKO, women's world chess champion, seen during the chess championship matches at the Red Army House in Moscow. Miss Rudenko, who comes from the Ukraine, was swimming champion of Odessa a few years ago.— A.P. picture.
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    Rubber Discounts Cheaper Pound
    282 3 Rubber Discounts Cheaper Pound From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Tues. WfITH a higher level now ruling, the rubber price has fully discounted the effect of 45 per cent, devaluation of sterling. Compared with London's price of 11 l/Bd. in midSeptember, Monday's official close showed a 42 per cent, advance. The
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    BRITISH ENVOY AT BRUSSELS
    59 3 LONDON. Tues.— Sir John Le Rougetel. British Ambasi sador at Teheran, has been appointed British Ambassador at Brussels. He succeeds Sir George Rendel. who is retiring shortly. The King has also approved the appointment of 1 Sit Francis Shepherd, formerly Consul- General at Batavia with the
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    C.N.A.C. Application Turned Down
    46 3 HONG KONG. Tues— The Chief Justice Sir Leslie Gibson, in the Supreme Court Chambers today, refused an application by the pilots, ground staff and personnel of the China National Aviation Corporation for the appoint- I ment of a provisional liquida-J tor.— Reuter
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    P.I. SEEKS MILITARY AID FROM U.S.
    203 3 MANILA, Tuesday. THE Assistant Secretary of State for the Far East, Mr. W. Walton Butterworth, will be asked for concrete assurances that the United States will give allout assistance in defence of the Philippines, relia- ble sources said here. Mi Butterworth arriveci this morning
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    HK TRADE REPORT
    42 3 HONG KONG, Tues.— The Hong Kong Government issued a statement this evening saying a news agency message that with effect from January, trade last year totalled U5530,000,000 was incorrect Trade during the 12 months ending Dec. 31 was approxl-
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    CALL TO UNIONS TO COOPERATE
    279 4 Federal Central Council Needed From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. THERE is urgent need for closer co-opera-tion among the trade unions in the Federation today said Mr. Tan Tuan Boon, of the Interpreters Union and President of the Government Services Staff Council, in a
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    REDS STONED PHONE BOX
    59 4 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Tues. "/COMMUNIST hooligans" \j are blamed by the police for the stoning of a public telephone box at the junction of Burmah and Immigration Roads, Penang, last night. Four of its panes were smashed. "These hooligans are evidently bent on causing
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    Taxi-Driver Charged
    115 4 A 40-year-old Tamil taxidriver, Osman bin Abdullah, pleaded not guilty in the Singapore Third Police Court to a charge of giving false information to Inspector Tan Teck Keng at the Yio Chu Kang Police Station on Jan. 8. It was stated that Osman made a report that he
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    GUEST SINGER
    51 4 MRS. P. E. HARING, a guest artiste at the musical recital Kiven by Mr. and Mrs. Otto Foorman to troops on Blakang Mat! last Sunday, is pictured doing her number. The Foormans were later entertained to. a party by Lt. Col. D. W. L. Richey at the Officers'
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    SIBU MURDER 'PLOT' TRIAL Condemned Man Gives Evidence
    216 4 SIBU MURDER 'PLOT' TRIAL Condemned Man Gives Evidence Straits Times Special Correspondent SIBI Tuesday. "THE second day of the trial in which 10 Malays are A charged with abetting the murder of the Governor of Sarawak, Mr. Duncan Stewart, saw Rosli bin Dobi, who is now awaiting execution, relate how
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    $1,296,137 SURPLUS
    56 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. STATISTICS issued by the Kuala Lumpur Municipality show a surplus' of over a million dollars in revenue over expenditure for last year. Income for the 12 months totalled $4,045,314 compared with an expenditure of $3,005,713. At the end of the year,
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    Boy-Girl Rivalry Helps Schooling
    144 4 RIVALRY between l»o\s and girls in the same class has resulted in a high proportion of examination passes, according to Mr. Chen See How, dean of Chung Cheng High School, one of the first to intro duce co-education in Singapore. Girls show a special aptitude for
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    Sampanmen Acquitted
    113 4 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. AH Siew Chuan and Tan v Ho Wan who were arrested off the coast of Ayer Baloi, Pontian, when a Customs launch found six cases of liquor, nine cartons of matches and five bags of Siam rice in the sampan for
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    AWARDS FOR FOUR GURKHAS WHO FOUGHT BACK
    295 4 GURKHA officer and three Gurkha other ranks have been awarded medals for bravery in operations in Malaya. Three of the awards were won in an action last October in the Jelebu district of Negri Sembilan. The awards are to Subedar Jaibahadur Limbu, M.B.E.,
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    SURE & STEADFAST CLUB OFFICERS
    95 4 SURE STEADFAST CLUB OFFICERS Officials of the Sure and Stedfast Club are: Patrons: Sir Han Hoe Lim and Mr. J. M. Fraser. President, Mr. A. M. Cherian; vice-president, Mr Charlie Kang; hon. secretary. Mr. Quek Cheng Choy; bon treasurer, Mr. Tan Hock Lye; hon sports secretary, Mr. Chua SlaK Phuang;
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    A RANGER'S JOB
    38 4 INCHK MOHD. ZAIN BIN LONG, Forest Ranger, Ulu Selangor, who will broadcast over Radio Malaya on Saturday at 7.15 p.m. on "My job and the emergency in connection with the Anti-Bandit Month campaign." P.R. picture.
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    KAJANG DEATH
    41 4 From Our Own Correspondent KAJANO, Tues.— The .leath occurred suddenly yesterday of Mrs. Josephine Manasipayam, wife of the Postmaster, Kajang. Mrs. Manaslpayam !eaes seven children. The funeral took place at the Catholic Cemetery today, the Rer. Father Fernandez offlcla'.mg
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    40 4 MR. TANG CIIOO WHATT and Miss Goh Meng Neu, after Iheir wedding in ivngapore. Mr. Goh is the youngest son of Mr. ;:nd Mrs. Tang Hon& Chiang, and the bride is the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mr*. Harry Goh
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    Medal For Officer 'For Coolness'
    135 4 I IELTENANT Philip Leonard Richards of the Somerset Light Infantry, wh o "set a fin e example of coolness and courage while in command of a patrol of troops under bandit attaik". has been awarded the Military Cross. The tw\j-jnd-a-half-not;r action took place last November
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    HE WAS 15 YARDS FROM BANDITS
    52 4 FOR his part In the Kulim action Sergeant Kenneth Holmes. KOYLI, has been awarded the Military Medal. This N.C.O.. says the official announcement, set a magnificent example of courage and determination by closing to within 15 yards of the bandits and throwing six grenades
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    SIKHS CHARGED WITH MURDER
    56 4 From Our Own Correspondent IPOH, Mon.— Two young Sikhs. Piara Singh and Dial Singh were charged in the Ipoh Assize Court with the murder of Ram Singh, at mile 17 on the Sungei Siput-Ipoh road on Sept. 22, 1949. They pleaded not guilty. Mr Justice Thomson
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    TRANSFERRED
    24 4 From Our Own Corr-M"- •'< RAUB, Tues.— Mr. F. B. Sibert, Technical ARaub Dralnape and I tlon Department, has b -lv transferred to Seremban.
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    REGISTERED
    23 4 From Our Own CorivMi SEGAMAT. Tues. -Tha Siang Er Club, of By J Pahat. Johore, has been i gistered as a society.
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    FLOODS CUT TRAFFIC TO KUANTAN: STILL RISING
    214 5 FLOODS CUT TRAFFIC TO KUANTAN: STILL RISING From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. TORRENTIAL rain and floods in central Pahang have cut off all road traffic to Kuantan on the east coast. The main trunk road between Benta and Kuantan is flooded to a deptti of 2i feet at
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    FASHION FESTIVAL
    51 5 Mils \V. W. YUNG wearing a traditional cheongsam with ancient embroidery anu ioat, at the preview of the Festival of Chinese Fashion. The show, which is in aid of the University of Malaya Endowment Fund and S.A.T.A.. will be held at Raffles Hotel on March J.— Straits Times
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    HE FOUGHT AGAINST 20 BANDITS
    126 5 HE FOUGHT AGAINST 20 BANDITS Kmin Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. AKAMPONG guard who fought a lone battle against 20 bandits has received the award qf the Colonial Police Medal for Gallantry. He Is Auxiliary Police Officer Mohamed Said bin Alam. He was in a launch with regular police
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    ANOTHER FIRST FOR KALLANG
    52 5 For the first time in the history of Kallang airport, Singapore two Constellations were parked on its apron when the East and West bound X.L.M. planes arrived yesterday within a few minutes of each other. The West-bound arrived on time, the East-bound was two hours ahead
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    ACQUITTED
    34 5 Twenty-seven-year-old Rajaram, proprietor of a sundry goods shop In Serangoon Road, was yesterday acquitted in the Singapore Second District Court of refusing to sell sugar to a Food Control inspector on Jan. 17.
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    COUNCIL TODAY Gurney To Speak On 'The Month'
    211 5 COUNCIL TODAY Gurney To Speak On 'The Month' From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. THE High Commissioner, Sir Henry Gurney, Is expected to speak tomorrow at the opening of the two-day meeting of the Federal Legislative Council, on the present state of the emergency and the forthcoming Anti Bandit
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    Colony Man Dies At Sea
    85 5 MR. William McGinnes, 38-year-old assistant engineer of the Singapore Traction Company, died on board the P. ana O. Corfu last Saturday while returning to Singapore and was buried ai sea 300 miles from Penang When the Corfu docked in Singapore yesterday, the ship's surgeon, Dr.
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    CHINESE WANT ADVISORY BODY
    62 5 The Singapore Government has been requested to consider the formation of an Advisory Committee on Foreign Exchange Control with a representative unofficial majority to assist the Controller in his work. This request is contained in a letter to ihe acting Colonial Secretary, Mr. J.D.M. Smith, by
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    China Remittances Normal Again
    128 5 viunt man »uu petty remittance firms in tin iTX Federation, and 167 in Singapore are now abl to resume their normal business with China. Mr. Lim Soo Gan, president of the Nanyang Chinese Exchange and Remittance Association, told the Straits Times yesterday that the Cont/oller of
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    'Fortifying' Colony's C.i.D....
    42 5 'Fortifying' Colony's C.i.D. WORKMEN seen yesterday "fortifying" the Robinson Road headquarters of the Singapore Criminal Investigation Department with metal gates. This i s part of Singapore police security measures, which have provided all police stations with metal "aprons." Straits Times pict are.
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    S.E. ASIA WOMEN 'INSPIRING'
    284 5 r? IS inspiring to find women in the Philippines, Korea, Indo-China, Formosa, Indonesia and Japan "struggling against th e age-old convention that a woman's place is in the home", said Mrs. Lois Jessup, wife of the U.S. Ambassador-at-large, yesterday to the Straits Times. She has just
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    ENTIRE VILLAGE VOLUNTEERS
    41 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. WITH the exception of three people, the whole of the population of Kuala Kelantan village, in Ulu Langat, have offered themselves (or Anti-Bandit Month work. The three abstentions are sick people.
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    Seven New Johore Councillors
    214 5 Seven New Johore Councillors From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. SEVEN new members will take their seats when the Council of State holds its first session this year on Feb. 28. The new Councillors are Penghulu Abdullah bin Abubakar. of Batu Pahat, Ungku Abdul Aziz bin A. Hamid, Dato
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    J.P. ENTERTAINED
    40 5 From Our Own Correspondent TAIPINO, Tues. Mr. H. Tate, a well-known planter who was recently appointed a JP. by the Sultan of Perak was entertained by members of the New Club. Mr. W. S. Coombes proposed the toast.
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    Singapore Diary
    79 5 V.M.C.A. Katong Groups' meeting, St. Hilda's School, 4 p.m. V.M.C.A., Orchard Road, chess club, 5 p.m., French and Malay classes, 5.30 p.m., art club, life model drawing, 6 p.m. AMERICAN CLUB, Sir Eugen Millington-Dratce on "Old favourites of English and American Poetries," Cathay Building, 6.30 p.m. ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
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    S'PORE 'CHAMPIONS': U.S. COACH'S VIEW
    156 5 ASPECTS of Singapore's* daily life have been closely scrutinised and filmed during the week-end by a slim woman in the United States Army Air Force uniform. She was Miss Dee Boeckmann, one of America's leadIng sportswomen and first woman Olympic coach a few years ago.
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    MORE AID MOVE FOR SCHOOLS
    112 5 MORE AID MOVE FOR SCHOOLS THE Government may be asked by Singapore Chinese scnools for Increased aid for registered vernacular schools. At a forthcoming meeting, the Singapore Chinese School Association is expected to discuss this question. An official of the S.C.S.A. said that the question of asking for more grants-in-aid
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    50 m.p.h. —$50
    38 5 50 m.p.h. $50 Musa bin Ali, a lorry driver, was fined $50 in the Singapore Eighth Police Court yesterday when he pleaded guilty to speeding at 50 miles an hour along Bukit Timah Road In a three-ton lorry.
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    DEATH
    12 6 V7JIIJAM McGINNES, Singapore Traction Company Limited i M 4th February. ltso.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    17 6 MR. MRS JOHN W. H CARDO7.A thank those who attended their marriage and »ent prr«-t nt».
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    15 6 WILL DAVID meet your friend F,*»rney Tan at twelve noon to-day at Pavilion Restaurant.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Wed. Feb. 8, 1950. Dr. Jessup Enquires
    1026 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Wed. Feb. 8, 1950. Dr. Jessup Enquires At his press conference in ingapore, President Truman's mbassador-at-Large discussi a question which must have npressed itself upon him at le very beginning of his tour I Asia. The famous Point our programme of aid for uneveloped countries is
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    ITALIANS HAIL A SUGGESTION
    100 6 ROME. Tues.— II Giornale d'ltalia. after a violent criticism of British policy, yesterday editorially welcomed the London Times suggestion for joint British, Italian and French action in Africa. The editorial reminded London that respect for Italian rights in her former African territories was necessary to any
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    60 per cent of women in Britain plan their families
    930 6  - 60 per cent of women in Britain plan their families CHAPMAN PINCHER By SIR. William Gilliatt headed a Royal Commission on Population which has now published its first volume of papers on the subject of birth control and family planning in Great Britain. The volume is entitled "Family Limitation and
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      From Chinese schools to new Colony schools
      278 6 IT is untrue (as reported in the Straits Times last week) that English-qualified teachers are quitting Chinese schools because of better salaries offered in the Government schools that are being built in the Colony under the supplementary Education Plan. The average salary in
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      A CLERICAL CODE?
      132 6 i r) exclude clerks from the draft of the new Labour Code in the Colony and the Federation is very unfair. It is quite obvious that a number of clerks are underpaid, without annual leave, without free medical treatment or provident fund. In addition, some employers do
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      PEP YOUTH LEAGUE
      83 6 I READ the letter from the lonely soldier In Ontario (which was published last month > and advise him, and any other lonely persons desirous of contacting perfriends in Malaya, to join the Pep Youth League. The subscription is only nominal and the League has many members
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      AT TANJONG BUNGAH
      81 6 MAY 1, through the me- dium of your news- paper, make this appeal io your readers for books and periodicals for the Servicemen on leave at the 8.0.R.5' Leave Centre, Tanjong Bungah, Penang? This cenire, with the exception of a poor library, offers excellent recreational facilities for
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      CHINESE NEW YEAR PRICES
      111 6 WITH the approach of Chinese New Year, es- sential commodities such as sugar and flour are hard to purchase nowadays. One cannot buy more than a few katis without having to face the problem of paying more than the controlled price. There are some people who
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      SINGLE CENTS
      58 6 I BOUGHT an article and offered one-cent pieces, but the shopkeeper refused to take them. Then I went to the nearest post office and asked lor change and they said I should visit the bank. I hope Government will take action against those who refuse to accept onecent
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    SATA'S PATIENT WAS SATISFIED
    222 6 AS one who recently visited the SATA Clinic in Singapore, and had a B.C.G. injection, allow me to express my appreciation of Ihe publicity you have given the Clinic's activities and of your other articles- in connection with T.B As you enter the clinic, two notices,
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    TRAVELLER'S IMPRESSION
    99 6 I HAVE noticed that when < r I have happened to be In Malaya, when 'travelling, and have visited a cinema a good film is show ing. I<e ticket racketeers maki v ramp of it: they purr many tickets as they cun and re-seM at. exorbi ■■< prices.
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    SCHOOL ENGLISH
    48 6 REGARDING the tion of English tralni i for the vernacular school teachers, a selection 'nation should be held ea and teachers who are aoh < teach English efficiently should be posted to rariou! schools to improve the stan dard of English. ESTATE SCHOOL TEACH f U Kajang.
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    MALAYAN TIN TEAM FOR PARIS
    348 7 Four Men Will A ttend Vital Discussions From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. JyJALAYA will send a four-man team to the Tin Study (iroup meeting due to be held in Paris im \t month, at which the principal matter for discussion will be proposals
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    NEW FLAG OFFICER IN S'PORE
    128 7 NEW FLAG OFFICER IN S'PORE THE new Flag Officer, Malayan Area. Rear Admiral B W. Faulkner. C.8.E.. D.5.0., wiie arrived in Singapore yesterday in the Corfu from England supervised the building of the aircraft carrier 1 >h which was in Singap- ever the week-end. Admiral Faulkner sueRear Admiral C. Caslon.
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    AGE LIMIT FOR POST-GRADUATES
    58 7 Tht- minimum age limit of mentioned in the p:>rt on the offer of six scholarships by the Government )I India t o Malayan students. rday's Straits Times, ipplies only to those who progo for post-graduate There is no age limit for in icriiraduate courses, the In-lian
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    Petrol Case: 3 Win Appeal
    257 7 rpHREE men convicted of offences against the petrol rationing regulations yesterday successfully appealed against their convictions in the Singapore Supreme Court before the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Murray-Aynsley. Sardara Singh, piraip attendant of a petrol station in Oeylang, was sentenced to a month's rigorous imprisonment
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    The Eagle: Dorothy's Triumph
    254 7 The Eagle: Dorothy's Triumph MAINLY to the eflorU of three Singapore women, a theatrical event out of the ordinary took place in Singapore last night Dorothy Morrell triumphant in one of the most exacting roles ever written. Sylvia Fenwick for a production that wa\s professional in the best sense of
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    TUNGKU BACK FROM ENGLAND
    29 7 Tl XCiKI ABU BAKAR of Joh«r e ami his daughter. Tungku Maimanah, who returned to Singapore yesterday in the Corfu from England— Straits Tine* picture.
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    LORRY DRIVER IS CLEARED
    164 7 A SINGAPORE lorry driver. Ong Ah Llm sentenced to 17 months' rigorous Imprisonment by the Fourth District Judge. Mr. H. A. Foirer, on a charge of theft of military wire from a depot In Yeo Chu Kang. successfully appealed against the conviction yesterday In the Singapore
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    New S'pore Traffic Experiment
    205 7 New S'pore Traffic Experiment SINGAPORE'S newest traffic I experiment an Island of i barrels in Col Iyer Quay be- i gan yesterday. After a month, the barrels will be removed and the island will be built in con- i crete to become "a refuge for j pedestrians" crossing busy Collyer
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    $340 FINE
    39 7 A 22-year-old Chinese, Koh Mvi Chang, was yesterday fined $240 In the Singapore Third Police Court for possession of dutiable liquor at Potong Pasir. On a second charge of possessing an illegal still, Koh was fined $100.
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    Needle Thrusting May End Soon
    108 7 II'HII.E there is nothing abhorent in actual "kavadi" carrying, the fulfilling of vows by certain pilgrims of physical mortification is to be discouraged, states the Secretary of th c Singapore Hindu Association, Mr. G. M. K. Sabai. Mr Sabai says that the ordinary kavadi-carrying pilgrim
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    SEAMEN FINED AFTER ROW IN CABARET
    135 7 LM)TR members of the crew of the Orduna were r each fined $25 in the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday for fighting in a Singapore cabaret last Saturday. The four, Josiah Peters, aged 21. cook on the ship. Anthony Wetherly, 20 waiter. D. Smith,
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    Talk On Trade
    25 7 Mr. M. Saravanamuttu. the Ceylon's first Commissioner in Malaya, will broadcast over Radio Malaya tonight on "Trade relations between Malaya and Ceylon."
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    Chinese Consulate WU HANDS OVER PROPERTY
    163 7 Chinese Consulate WU HANDS OVER PROPERTY FE Nationalist Government's property at the Chinese Consulate-General, Singapore, has been handed over to the Singapore branch of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banknig Corporation. The Singapore Government has been notified of the action. A Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce official told the Straits Times
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    Air Chief To Go On Tour
    67 7 THE Commander-in-Chief. Fa r East Air FoTce, Air Marshal F. J. Fogarty. will leave Singapore" tomorrow on a four-day visit to British North Borneo. Next Monday. Air Marshal Fogarty will fly to Kuching where he will remain for two days as the guest of
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    HELPED THIEF -GAOLED
    72 7 For abetting the theft of 13 rolls of cloth. 21-year-old Chew Kit Leng of Babu Lane. Singapore, was yesterday sentenced to four months' rigorous imprisonment In the Singapore Second Police Court. Chew, a trisha-rider, and another man cleared the cloth, valued at $200, from a tricycle used
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    CHINESE NEW YEAR FLOUR ARRIVES
    292 7 CHINESE NEW YEAR FLOUR ARRIVES INHERE will be no flour shortage in Singapore over the Chinese New Year. Three shipments of 13,500 tons have arrived and are being unloaded for Singapore and the Federation. An official of the Singapore Food Control Department told th e Straits Times yesterday that another
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    TOOK CORNER CARELESSLY
    85 7 A fine of $25 was imposed on Magundarion bin Wongsotarlo. a ffyclLst. by Mr A. G. Shears. Singapore Fifth Magistrate, yesterday, for riding his bicycle in a careless mani ncr without due regard to the safety of others and colliding with a taxi. It was stated that
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    Inquiries For London-Type Taxis
    182 7 Inquiries For LondonType Taxis A number of Singapore taxi owners have inqmried about the London (yuc taxi following the recent or vision of the Municipal Coin missloners to licence up to MM additional "properly mi.structed" taxis This, the latest move in the Singapore taxi controversy, was disclosed yesterday i v
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    TIN EXPORTS
    47 7 Foreign exports of tin Iron-. Malaya last month were 6.MV tons compared to 3.202 tor.: in December 1949. according to official statistics Exports nf Malayan tin the United Statr.s in Januarj wer* 4.650 tons. Europe f'4l tons. British possession* ',U lions United Kingdom :no tons
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    Desert crisis: Navy takes two big risks
    2102 8  - Desert crisis: Navy takes two big risks WINSTONS. CHURCHILL The Grand Alliance— Germany Drives East By nISASTER on our v Desert Flank had produced the consequences in Africa which have been Described. It also meant the cutting of our communications with Greece. It severely Injured that already hazardous enterprise, though
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    The London Letter IT'S COLD OUTSIDE...
    1308 9 The London Letter IT'S COLD OUTSIDE... From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Jan. 30. WRITE you from a frozen world. Despite Ihc lire blazing cheerfully in the grate frr nlike patterns of ice crystals creep across the window panes here in mv study. Outside in |!ir starry night the black frost
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    In the news
    528 9 In the news 1 WIFE much in the A news is a Birmingham mother of six children who, on being convicted of neglecting one of them, in appalling slum conditions, has signed a form agreeing to be sterilised. She told reporters that she had agreed at the v suggestion of
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      112 9 Clf)/ s lw -\j Everyone know* the Lett Virginia cigarettes are made in I London; but, fortunately, they do not all stay there! The famous '\f Vfc«yi Benson Hedges red tin is a familiar sight in almost every in\S country of the world. You will find these cigarettes in the
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      291 9 Free yourself from Prickly Heat torment i C4D\'l \lttp With j^M irritation i to titnplt /v^^B w-^^l iy&j I wfk Stan using Asepso /ffiQZ777>T^ Wt»> suilcj fricßJy Heal lunucni I relict, today I Pot within few minutes, ot s applying its rich, generous lather, irritated skin Icrd wuuuertully noothed and
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      287 9 STRAITS TIMES CROSSWORD »c«on j3 Composer of "Uerrla CROSSWORD \n 2QQ 1 Tbe .nim.l i* made to lend England <6> VIWOOHWU l> O. £.\t if four b«bes (S. 2. <). 24. IniU^lr fr«»t country 6 (^U^ 3 B&l* BSN4 RSSJi K^is^^'s} (v "Wahave 'dtbtfn.k*. 13) not lulled It "<" Macbeth
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    TIN PRICES
    25 10 SINIiArOKE, IMS., J287.Z5 ft picul (MOM) LONDON, Tues. Spot, ts»9'i £600: Forward. £383,— IW Settlement. £600; Turnover; mornlnf. 45 tons; afternoon, 55 lons.
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    Rubber: A 1/2 Ct. Drop
    217 10 AFTER the high price of rubber on Monday, the Singapore rubber market reacted yesterday with fairly heavy selling from up-coun-try. It brought prices down by a little over half a cent per lb London and New York were rather disappointing, both centres failing to respond
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    THE PRODUCE MARKET
    166 10 From A Market Correspondent COPRA in tne Singapore produce market was again steadier yesterdey with buyers at $37, sel- iers quoting $37* for FebruaryMarch and $37 per picul sellers! for March-April. Howevei. there; were no buyers. Prices for coconut oil were *58 buyers and $59 sellers fob.
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    MALAYAN SHARES STILL EASY
    743 10 From Our Market Correspondent 4 SLIGHTLY easier tendency continued in all sections of the Malayan share market, which was still in an uncertain mood, yesterday. Industrials were in favour, but business in Tins and Rubbers was on a restricted scale. Prices quoted by the Malayan Sharebrokers'
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    London Stocks
    205 10 LONDON, Tues. RUBBERS were prominent, with widespread firmness, in the London Stock Exchange yesterday. Renewed strength in the price of the conmodity brought In bargain hunters for shares. Tins were steady and higher where changed. Oilt-edgeos generally drifted lower on some selling of longerdated issues. The markets aa
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    Anglo-Oriental Tin Outputs
    138 10 ANGLO ORIENTAL (Malaya) announce the following January outputs of tin concentrates, in piculs: Ampat Dredging 1.111 Batu Selangor Dredging 376 Berjuntai Dredging 683 Jelapang Dredging 272 Kamunting Dredging (Including Siam) 4.609 Klanp River Dredging 908 Kramat Dredging 1.515 Kuala Kampar Tin Fields 5.233 Kuchai 1.685 Larut Tin
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    MALAYAN SERVICES XV v HK TODAY
    505 11  -  W. E TREVOR. By Visitors Are A Youthful Side PHK Hong Kong Combined Services Rugby team J- who arrived in Singapore on Monday night is a very young one. With the exception of a few oldstagers to hold the side together, the 20 Army,
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    'SEVENS' RUGBY Unicorn Win After Stern Tussle
    300 11 'SEVENS' RUGBY Unicorn Win After Stern Tussle THE first round of the Singapore Cricket Club* seven-a-side rugger tournament ended on a rather dull note yesterday when most of the eight sides played well below the standard of last week's games. In the first game Unicorn were lucky to get a
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    SRC Reds Win KO Hockey Final 1-0
    285 11 SRC Reds Win KO Hockey Final 1-0 yHE Singapore Recreation Club "Reds" won the x handsome Oehlers Challenge Cup by beating the Ceylon Sports Club by the only goal of the match in the final of the Singapore Hockey Association I knock-out tournament on the S.R.C. padang yesterday. The match
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    40 11 BURNETT COUTIS (right) beats V. N. Pillai (C.S.C.) to score the goal which made the S.R.C. Reds winners of the S.H.A. knock-out tourney by defeating the C.S.C. by 1-0 on the padang yesterday. Straits Times picture. (Report on this page).
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    176 Entries For Kuala Lumpur
    904 11 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. ANE hundred and seventy six Class One and Two "horses have been entered for the three-day Selangor Turf Club Gold Cup meeting to be run here on Feb. 18. 22 and 25. These comprise 77 In Class One
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    ONE-ALL DRAW
    20 11 Fathul Karib Club and Tion.; Bahru Rangers drew one-all in a friendly soccer match at Farrer Park yesterday.
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    BRIGHT EYES TO SCORE 15th. VICTORY TODAY
    509 12  -  EPSOM JEEP By Astivel, With 7.9, Will Be Chief Danger FROM whatever angle I look at it, I cannot find any runner in the $3,000 6-f union* sprint for top class horses to beat Bright Eyes at Bukit Timah today, second day of
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    31 HORSES ARE SCRATCHED
    74 12 /TMIRTY-OXK horses have 1 been scratched from their engagements at Bukit Timah today almost a record and more may be taken out on the course unless the going improves. But prospects of any improvement in the going are indeed slight, and it will definitely be heavy
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    Gold Meridian To Improve
    1264 12 BADLY drawn on the outside and hopelessly placed at the start, Gold Meridian's third at Bukit Timah on Saturday was a meritorious effort and. with a bit of luck in the running, I think he will make amends at Bukit Timah today. I take him as
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    DOUBLE TOTE
    24 12 The double tote today will; be drawn on Races 5 and 8. I The Big Sweep will be drawn on Race j
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    WET WEATHER HORSES FOR TODAY
    194 12 WET WEATHER HORSES FOR TOD AY Best wet-weather horses engaged today are: Race 1: Pamary and Star of India. The latter sprinted brilliantly on a heavy track to catch Jack's Darling on Saturday. Race i: A big list here. Victory March. Pam Green, Kaiserine. Jacks Darling. Fair Flower, Trun.pington and
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    SINO-MALAYANS BEATEN 7-1
    107 12 SINO-MALAYANS BEATEN 7- 1 HONG KONG. Tues. A COMBINED Hong Kong XI trounced the Sinoi Malayan footballers sevenone in one of the poorest exhibitions of football the colony has ever seen. The crowd began leaving the stadium even before halftime. The Malayans were totally outclassed. Hong Kong took the lead
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    Straits Times Selections
    140 12 EPSOM JEEP CALL BOY POIN PAMARY STAR OF INDIA BRILLIANT MARC Gaucho Pamary lace 1: t 15 La-Wan Brilliant Marc La-Wan Pamary :aee 2: 2 45 GOLD MERIDIAN Pam Green Kalserine GOLD MERIDIAN Kaiserine Trumpinslon VICTORINE Trumplnfton Gold Meridian ace 3: 3 15 DANCE HALL Alrpal Lucky
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    Today's Race Card
    1083 12 RaC e i_2.15: Cl. 2, Div. 1— 6F. 5 *ds. 401 Pamary Bagby 9.04 Mr. C.P. Llston Lewis U2 Gaucho Flannery 8.10 Ms. K.W. H.8. Wee Daniels 123 Brilliant Marc Jones 8.08 "Cromdale Stable" R dg rs 021 Star of India Tait 8.03 Mr. S. D. Scott
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    White Beats Own Record To Win Hurdles Final
    471 12  -  VERNON MORGAN Rv AUCKLAND, Tuesday. rU'NCAX WHITE of Ceylon beat his own Empire Games record «n winning the flnal of the 446 yards hurdles in 52.5 sec. today. J. Holland, New Zealand, who was second in 52.7, also broke the previous record.
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    MALAY F.A.
    35 12 I The annual general meetine of the Malay Football Association will be held at the residence of the president Mr. S. A. Da wood 7th mile Pasir Panjang on Sunday at 10 a.m.
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    Sports Diary
    41 12 RACES: Second day, Spore Spring Meeting at Bukit Timah. i RI'GBY: Malayan Comb. Services t. Hong Kong Comb. Services at Jalan Besar, 5 p.m. BOXING: RASC v. Police at Tanglia gym. 8 p.m. HOCKEY: Singapore women's State trial, B.C.C.
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    MALAYAN LIFTERS WIN TITLE WITH KIM BEE'S THIRD
    103 12 AUCKLAND, Tucs TAN KIM BEE, by jerkin? 310 lb., gained third place in the light-heavy weight weightlifting at the Empire Games tonight. ll* gained the vital one point which gave the team championship to Malaya. who had earlier won two gold medals
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    England Win 4 Gold Medals
    139 12 AUCKLAND, l Xf'NGLA'ND jumped into iv« limelight when the Impir* Games were continued ban p and by annexing four gold m oam this afternoon her competitor* went a long way towards wiping out memories of the disappointments which had arisen earttn. Three of the first
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    BUSHEY PARK WIN BADMINTON
    93 12 Bushey Park B.P. beat Sect Kua Cheng B.P. isecond teams p Of four three in a week-end mated. Results: Y. Hassan beat Koh Kirn IiIUUI 15-7. 15-11; Dol Hamld beat l'*c» Hock Swee 15-3. 15-12: B Ml lost to Sect Cheng Hua 13-18, "-15: S. Salim
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