The Straits Times, 17 February 1951

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  • 18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1951 <£- PRICE TEN CENTS
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  • 403 1 ELECTED MEN ON EXECUTIVE COUNCIL Gimson Will Have Deputy THE Governor of Singapore, Sir Franklin Gimson, announced at yesterday's meeting of the Legislative Council that some members of the new Council, when it meets after the April elections, will be elected by the Council to sit on th.» Executive Council.
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    20 1 SNOWPLOUGH clears the deck of a U.S. aircraft carrier before bombers can take off for operations over Korea. A.P. picture.
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  • 237 1 S£LOKITr forces kill- J ed three bandits a bu:; was burned near Kluang rice was found in a bandit hide-out curfew 1 was imposed 1 These everyday re- 1 ports fiive a picture of 1 sorts a'oo'.it the impact j of the Emergency in I M3!aya
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  • 176 1 TWENTY-THREE bags of Christmas mail from Colombo, addressed to Singapore, were delivered at Hong Kong in January by mistake. This was revealed in the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday when Robert Magnusson. Swedish master of the motorship Sumatra, pleaded guilty to failing to deliver the
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  • 56 1 MACAO. Friday.— AH shipments of beef into Macao from* across the Chinese border were halted yesterday. It is believed that the slaughtering of cows which peasants in east China are carrying out in protest against Communist rule might have spread to Kwangtung and the action
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  • 103 1 S'pore Men May Become Citizens From Our Staff Correspondent. PENANG. Fri. THE question of extending Federal Citizenship to Singapore residents will be considered by the Penang Chinese Advisory Board at its next meeting on Tuesday. The Federation's Secretary for Chinese Affairs, Mr. R. P. Bingham, who has arrived in Penang
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  • 55 1 hong KONG, Friday. fHINESE soldiers today flred on three Chinese trying to cross from Hong Kong into China Vithout entry permits. One Chinese was wounded and the two others escaped back into British territory. The Chinese introduced new travel controls yesterday aimed, they said, at preventing
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  • 27 1 LONDON, Fri.— The Prime Minister told Parliament yesterday that 942 men in the United Kingdom enlisted in the Australian armed forces last year. Reuter.
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  • 120 1 TOKYO. Friday. T^HE stern section of the 4,928 tons Swedish x motor-vessel Christer Salen whicn broke in half off the east coast of Japan, yesterday, was today proceeding under her own steam towards Tokyo Bay. The bow section was reported drifting in the Pacific Ocean
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  • 23 1 RANGOON, Fri. Guerillas cut off most of Rangoon's water supply today when thej r amaged the ir.aln pipeline al
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  • 35 1 An Australian National Airways Skymaster recently bought in London has left Rome fclr Sydney with 45 European migrants under the Australian Immigration Scheme, Mr. E. Knight, manager of A.n.a. In Singapore said today.
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  • 42 1 Singapore's former Deputy Commissioner of Police, Mr. G. R. Livett, left Singapore yesterday afternoon by Malayan Airways for Kuala Lumpur. He is on his way home to Britain on medical advice after 28 years in the Malayan Police.
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  • 72 1 SYDNEY, Fri. rpHIRTY passengers and nine I members of the crew of BOAC Constellation were quarantined immediately and one suspected case of English flu were aboard. Dr. J J Gard ox the Commonwealth Health Department said later that aircraft steward lan Buck was a de- The
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  • 219 1 U.S. GO VT. URGED TO BUY RUBBER NEW YORK. Fri. ONE of America's leading rubber manufacturers expressed alarm yesterday at the booming price of rubber, and called for United States government buying. Mr. Harvey S. Firestone, Jnr., chairman of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Co., told the New York State
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  • 23 1 MANILA, Fri. Nine persons died inside a flaming motor-bus on a provincial road 20 miles north of Manila today. A.P.
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  • 21 1 EGYPT'S NEW QUEEN. 17-year-old Narriman Sadek, was engaged to the King oi his 31st birthday.— A.P. picture.
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  • 34 1 PRESIDENT OF INDIA, Dr. Prasad, filling in his papers in the recent census, the first for the Republic. Shri Rameshwar Dayal, Deputy Commissioner of Delhi, is in centre. A.P. picture.
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  • 264 1 TOKYO, Friday. THE Chinese Reds shifted their failing central Korean offensive east today, outflanked Wonju and drove to within five miles of Chechon, rail and road gateway to the Pusan beachhead. Three Communist columns I of 2,000 men each converged I on Chechon, 20
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  • 60 1 SYDNEY, Fri.— Efforts to end the Australian coal crisis collapsed yesterday when a group of mine owners refused to continue discussions until the miners halt their weekly one day work stoppages. New South Wales mine owners said they would take no further part in conference until the
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  • 25 1 AUCKLAND, Friday. Mr. Sydney Holland. New Zealand Prime Minister, arrived here by air today after Pacific Defence talks with the Fiji Government.— Reuter.
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  • 75 1 They' re Not All Millionaires SYDNEY, Fri. PASSENGERS on the round-the-world cruise of the Cunard liner Caronia are objecting to newspaper references to the ship's "millionaire cargo". One of them, Mr. Albert Coons, vice-president of an American chain stores firm, commented: "It is embarrassing, to say the least. J would
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  • 202 1 Soviet Note On 'Broken Pact' LONDON, Fri. THE Soviet Government has sent a note to tfas United States protesting against the release of Japanese war criminals by General Mac Arthur. The note, broadcast oy Moscow Radio this morning, referred to the "arbitrary actions of General Mac Arthur concerning Japanese war
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  • 51 1 PARIS, Fri. More thaa 7.000 Paris police were called out yesterday to deal with a Communist demonstration against the arrival in Paris of a three-man delegation from West Germany to discuss the formation of German units for a West European army. More than 50 arrests were made.—
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  • 519 2 On Jap Peace Treaty CANNOT GOVERN ECONOMIC TMNDS' CANBEKIiA. Fri. Esler Dening, Briroving ambassador in the Far East, said yesterday that the Commonwealth and the United States were "broadly in accord" on a peace settlement with Japan. But there were "certain obvious difficulties" In the way. Sir Esler told a
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  • 58 2 BEFORE AFTER IN CAIRO POLICEMAN MOHAMMED Ibrahim Sayed' Ahmed sported a fine moustache while directing traffic in the Royal Yacht Club district of Alexandria. His commandant ruled that the moustache disorganised the traffic; so be ordered Ahmed to take It off. Now the policeman complains that this violated his constitutional
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  • 54 2 OZAMIS CITY. Mindanao. Friday. QZAMIS'S police force has resigned en masse to protest against an order transferring police headquarters to the mayor's home. The resignation followed a month-long sit-down strike by Chief of Police Engenio O. Ferraren, who thought his headquarters should be in a
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    • 209 2 A DRIVE to brighten Britain's public- houses as a potential tourist attraction is being urged in preparation for the Festival of Britain. The Brewers' Society suggests brightening inn signs, with painted replicas displayed in the bars, new menu designs, wine lists, tankards and jugs,
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  • 243 2 INDIAN GRAIN BILLS IN CONGRESS WASHING TON, Fri. OILLS proposing that °the United States give India 2,000,000 tons of wheat to avert a famine were introduced yesterday in both the House and Senate. In the Senate 29 Democrat and Republican Senators supported the proposal. The House measure was also supported
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  • 48 2 KARACHI, Fri.— Pakistan cotton yesterday reached the high price of Rs. 154 (about $95) per 80 pounds. The reason for the sudden rise is said to be a still greater demand for Pakistan cotton. Communist China and Japan are the leading the buyers. —A j P
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  • 30 2 STOCKHOLM. Fri.—Shipping was brought to a standstill In Sweden's two biggest ports when about 1,000 dockers in Stockholm joined 2,000 Gothenburg dockers In their wage strike. Reuter.
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  • 425 3 Inept, Says Churchill But Attlee Wins By 21 LONDON, Friday. A CONSERVATIVE motion of "no confidence in the Government's rearmament proKramme was defeated in the House of Commons last night 308-287. Mr. Churchill accused the C.overnment of ineptitude and incompetence. But he said the Conservatives would not oppose the Government's
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  • 24 3 < tOUF CAPTAIN F. J. St. < ■raithwalte who has b.^en appointed chairman *>f the Air AdflTy Corntor We 'crn Europe
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  • 205 3 TALKS ON EUROPE ARMY PAlfts, Frl. rfHE conference on a European Army called by the j- h Government opened li today. Only five couti--France Italy, Western Germany. Belgium and Luxsent full delegates. Jnited States, Canada, «> In, Norway. Denmark, nal and Holland wre i -ented by observers July. •Ji >"uh
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  • 43 3 BUENOS AIRES, Fri. A SMALL plane cut off the heads of four people when it dipped in a farewell salute at the Paraguay Encarnacion Airport. They were friends saying farewell to a lieutenant of the Paraguayan Air Force and a companion. Reuter.
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  • 87 3 WASHINGTON. Fri. "RUSSIAN-AMERICAN negotiations on Lend-Lease were halted on Wednesday when the Soviet Ambassador, Mr. Alexander Panyushkin. said he could not discuss the disputed points because of lack of instructions. Mr. Panyushkin met at the State Department with American negotiators, who hoped for a reply to
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  • 172 3 WASHINGTON, Friday. TVHE United States Secretary of Delence, Mr. George Marshall, said yesterday that the U.S. plans to send about 100,000 more ground troops to Europe and warned "we shall be in a very serious danger" of invasion if Russia overran Europe, as it would
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  • 48 3 FLYING BOXCAR of the U.S. Far East Air Force looks as if the end of the fuselage has fallen off. The aircraft are designed for ease in loading supplies and dropping them by parachute. The lower picture is from thr inside lookineout. A.P. picture.
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  • 111 3 HONG KONG, Friday. PHINESE Communists yesterday virtually closed their South China borders. Some 2,500 Hong Knng Chinese, many of whom took a train or walked yesterday to the Hong Kong-Kwangtung border to And that the Reds meant business, returned last ni?ht grumbling about "Chinese
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  • 64 3 PARIS, Fri. TJELMETED and club- stringing police and mobile guards broke up a Communist-led anti-Ger-man protest march on central Paris last night. Scores of demonstrators were arrested and dozens more received head wounds during the baton charges by flying police squads among a crowd of 5,000
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  • 56 3 MILWAUKEE, Fri. Two scientists claim to have developed a super electric eye, 1,000 times more sensitive than the present type which they say can revolutionise inspection of industrial products. The new eye has already been used to Inspect rubber heels, to guard the- product level in
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  • 180 3 KOREAN FRONT, Friday. rT. Col. M. P. A. den Ouden r commander of the lj Dutch contingent in Korea, who was killed on Monday, lost his life when 40 Chinese soldiers in South Korean uniform and carrying American arms walked into his command post near
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  • 44 3 BELGRADE, Fri.— Twelve children were killed yesterday in Herzo Ovina when a bomb of the last war exploded as they were playing with ItThree slightly Injured children are in hospital. The accident was at the village of Citluk. near Mostar.— Reuter.
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  • 23 3 GENEVA, Fri.— Japan has applied for membership in the U.N. World Health Organisation, It was announced today.— U. P.
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  • 483 3 MP's QUESTION ON £3 MIL. RUBBER SHIP LONDON, Friday. FXPORTS of rubber from Malaya to China fell from 9,302 tons last November to 7,180 tons in December, Mr. Harold Wilson, President of the Board of Trade, said in the House of Commons yesterday. There were no exports or transhipments of
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  • 240 3 WASHINGTON, Fri. itfß. Warren Lockwood, Director of the Natural Rubber Bureau, said yesterday that the Bureau favoured a cut In exports to Soviet Russia and Communist China large enough to prevent rubber from being used for rearmament. The Bureau represents rubber planters in
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  • 46 3 PARIS, Fri.— M. Do Hung, Secretary-General of the Vietnamese Foreign Office, and M. Tran Van Don, Vietnamese Minister to Britain, arrived in Paris yesterday from Marseilles. M. Do Hung will have talks with the French Minister of Associated States M. Jean Letourneau.— Reuter.
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  • 40 3 PRKSIDKNT OF BURMA, Sao Shwe Thaike (left) and China's Ambassador, Yeo Tchon-mine, drink a toast to each other at a reception given at Rangoon by Yeo. The reception bad no significance except goodwill. A.P. picture.
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  • 31 3 GLASGOW, Fri. Work stopped at a Rolls Royce aero engine factory in Glasgow yesterday when 3,500 workers struck in protest against- the dismissal of two union officials. Reuter.
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  • 131 3 COLOMBO, Fri. ]yjR. Donald D. Kennedy, chief United States delegate to the Commonwealth Consultative Committee for aid to South-East Asia, said yesterday that deterioration of the international situation will compel the U.S. to switch a substantial portion of eco- He told the committee that America
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  • 102 4 A DEB ATE on the subject "Malaya is now fit for self-government." will be held at the Johore Bahru UMNO premises tomorrow between Malay students of the University of Malaya and members of Johore Bahru UMNO. At the debate Malay students will move that Malaya is
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  • 20 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Fri— Mr. PS. Naidu, Registrar, Sessions Court. Johore Bahru. hao been appointed a Commissioner of Oaths, Johore.
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  • 298 4 Government Told: Luxury Tax Could Subsidise Food CUT-PRICES COMMITTEE REPORTS *pHE committee set up by Singapore Government to investigate price control recommends a purchase tax on luxury goods so that essential foodstuffs can be subsidised. Legislation is also being considered to enforce price tagging. But priority is urged on the
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  • 221 4 I: mi Oar SUIT Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. pEDERATION Government employees are to have their cost of living allowance increased by 10 per cent, of baric pay This was announced today and will take effect as from Jan. I. 1951. The announcement was
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  • 61 4 The final report of the Select Committee on Rranite quarries and nature reserves was yesterday adopted by the Singapore Legislative Council. The Commissioner of Lands Mr. J. A. Harvpy, in moving the motion, said that the committee had also drafted :he necessary bill for approval. This bill,
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  • 27 4 BEN TONGS home guards number 250 and range in age from 18 to nearly 70. More than three-quarters are Chinese Straits Times picture.
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  • 189 4 COMPLETE agreement on certain basic principles and a large measure of agreement on certain clauses of the Bill to amend rent control legislation have been reached by the Select Committee appointed to study it. These were contained in a progress report tabled at the
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  • 146 4 Mr. Dumeresque: '6 Yes' And 'No' TtHE Singapore Government i answered with three "yeses" and a "no" when questioned in the Legislative Council yesterday about the retirement of Mr. J. S. Dumeresque, Director of Broadcasting. Suestion by Mr. P. F. de Souza: Is there any truth in reported statements that
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  • 57 4 LITTLE THEATRE DANCE FANCY DRESS at the second anniversary party of the "V" Little Theatre at Kuala l.umpur From left are Mrs. K. Roberts as Marlene Dietrich, Miss Molly Aires as Vallentine, Miss Joyce Wong as Dorothy Lamour, Miss Won; Yook Lan as a Chinese princess. Miss Kwok Swee Soo
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  • 502 4 rrHE present increase in cost of living allowance by ten per cent of basic pay to all Government servants, approved by the Legislative Council yesterday, will cost the Colony more than $3,000,000 annually. !i was revealed by the al Secretary, Mr. W. L. yesterday, however,
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  • 162 4 Could Not Get Muslim Defined AS NO PRECISE or restrictive definition of a Muslim can be framed In a form acceptable to Muslims, th« Singapore Legislative Council set up to find some acceptable solution to the marriage age problem states that Its task was rendered difficult, if not impossible Reporting
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  • 48 4 Thirteen cases erf diphtheria were reported in Singapore during the week ending February 10. Only nine cases were reported for the previous week. There were 30 deaths from tuberculosis during th period. Two deaths wer* from diphtheria and one from enteric fever.
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  • 100 4 Chinese Schools To Get More Aid THINESE schools in Singapore will be paid double their present grant-in-aid allowances by Government this year. This will total $600,000. Government will also pay the salaries of teachers of English in Chinese schools Total amount to be spent on the increased grants and teachers'
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  • 94 4 DECAUSE the recommenda- tions of the Benham Committee regarding the General Clerical Service was made under a misapprehension, it was not accepted by Government. This was stated in the Singapore Legislative Council yesterday by the Colonial Secretary, Mr. W. L. Blythe. He was replying to Mr. Lim
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  • 79 4 A GIGANTIC swindle". This was how the Widow's and Orphan's Fund was yesterday described by Mr. Lim Yew Hock (nominated) in the Singapore Legislative Council. He said the Government should institute a "real fund" to benefit those concerned to the fullest extent and "stop this swindle".
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  • 69 4 The co-operation, criticism and keenness shown by Singapore Legislative Councillors, during the last term of the council, was described yesterday by the Colonial Secretary, Mr. Blythe. as "a most encouraging sign." While iff England, Mr. Blythe said, he had told many people that he considered the experiment
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  • 41 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Fri—Although Goh Kah Chit pleaded guilty in the Police Court today on a charge of having a wrist watch on which duty had not been paid the Magistrate refused to accept his plea and adjourned the case.
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  • 134 4 TODAY: MALAY ART SOCIETY, annual exhibition, British Council Hall. Stamford Road, t a.m. to 5.30 p.m. BRITISH RED CROSS, Handicapped Children's Club outing. Katong Park, 10 a.m. to noon. BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL WOMEN'S CLUB, N.isi Branl lunch, Y.W.C.A_ Raffle* Quay, 1.15 pjn. V.M.C.A., Orchard Road, chesi club, 3
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  • 217 5 SELANGOR CALL-UP YOUTHS ARE TOLD TO STAND-BY From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. AN additional medical-police team will start examining Kuala Lumpur youths next week in preparation for call-up. One team, in the Kuala Kubu Bahru and Klang areas, has already examined 150 youths. Those found suitable have been
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  • 123 5 Voters May Register From Apr.2l Tali registration ol voiers Tor the Singapore Leg- Council and Municlpal flections will take place lot two months from April 21. The previous period of registra lon was six weeks from June 15 every year. T:iis is made possible by the .in iroval by the
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  • 49 5 I mm Our Own Currespoiiil.Mtt JOHOKE BAHRU. Fri. -A t ring Kepala and eight of li;, tappers were each lined $1 i n>r gambling in the Police t today. A sum of $150 found on the table as well as tble were ordered to be i >rated.
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  • 73 5 In answer to questions at yesterday's meeting of the Singapore Legislative Council by trie Hon. Mr. John Laycock about the burning of two police vans during the December riots, the Colonial Secretary. Mr. W. L. Blythe replied that the burning of these vans comes within the
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  • 185 5 Taxes Hit Reserves Travers UEAVY taxation in the United Kingdom, which makes it difficult to build up proper reserves for the renewal of plant, was referred to by Mr. Frank Travers, Chairman of Joseph Travers Sons. Ltd., when interviewed yesterday. Mr. Travers is paying is fifth visit to Malaya, visiting
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  • 332 5 fjJOVERNMLNT clerks and dailv-pxid labourers yesterday demanded the immediate publication of the full report of the Joint Commitee on cost-of-living t« see if it tallied with the 10 per cent increase proposed by the Colonial Secretary and approved by the Legislative Council. They said they could not
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  • 65 5 Fifiy-four modern Dutch paintings, "bird's eye view landscapes" are to be flown out to Singapore by KLM from Amsterdam. They are for the British Council's exhibition of Dutch art which is to be held from March 1 to 11. The paintings are the first examples of
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  • 60 5 Liew Ah Foo. who posed as a detective in ord^r to obtain two cups of coffee and two slices of bread tree yesterday appeared before Mr. D. A Fyfe in the Singapore Third Police Court on a charge of cheating. Liew was sentenced to four
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  • 15 5 Provost Marshal at the War Office, Brigadier L. Wieler, arrived in Singapore yaaior-
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  • 51 5 MAJOR C. N. JONES, commanding: D Company, 4th Hussars, who was wounded recently in an ambush, talking with Capt. B. Strathan, Major Robin Turner, Brigade Major of the 48th Brigade, and Gen. Sir John Harding, Commander-in-Chief, FARELF, during the general's recent visit to Pahanjj.— Army P.R.
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  • 89 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. rP latex authorities In the world— all experts will meet In Kuala Lumpur from Feb. 19 to 21 to discuss new latex discoveries and developments. Among them will be experls employed by the rubber tail— "almost on
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  • 123 5 1 GROUP photograph taken after the last session if the Singapore Legislative Council yesterday. PicLure shows (from left to right) sitting: Mr. John Laycock; Mr. C. C. Tan; Mr. R. Jumabhoy; Mr. W. C. Taylor; Mr. W. L. Blythe; the Governor, Sir Franklin Gimson; Mr. E.
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  • 73 5 SINGAPORE consumers will be able to get electricity from the Municipality's new power station at Pasir Panjang towards the end of next year. Excavation work on the site has begun. Cost of civil construction work and buildings is $9,618,563. Meantime, replies from Industrialists to the Municipality's latest
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  • 291 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR Friday. TEN bandits have been killed by secuiity forces in the last 24 hours including a gang of five who were wiped out in a Mersing ambush, U»HORE, at dawn today. The five men walked into a trap and were
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  • 42 5 An Indian who while under the influence of liquor intentionally bumped Into women and was shouting at the Beauty World in Buklt Timah Road on Thursday night, appeared yesterday before the Singapore Fourth Police Magistrate. Mr. P. Claque.
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  • 42 6 ST PATRICK'S SOCIETY, SINGAPORE. The Society will celebrate 8t Patrick's Day with a dinner and dance on 17th March, at Sea View Hotel. Will nil Irish men and women who vish to take part please contact Hon Secretary. P.O. Box 152
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  • 36 6 THE WIPE and family of the l:.tf Mr Goh Teck Cheow exthrir heartfelt thanks to relatives and friends who pild nlKht visits, sent wreaths, scrolls nnd letters of condolence and attended funeral in their bereavemrnt.
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  • 593 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Sat., Feb. 17, 1951. "The Breath Of Victory" Some weeks ago the Straits Times sent into the field a team of Special Commissioners, experienced journalists and observers, to find the truth about the emergency. It was their mission to discover how the war against the Communist
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  • 387 6 Many modern-minded people of all races not only in the Colony but throughout Malaya must have been disappointed when they read in our news columns a few days ago that U;e Age of Marriage Bill moved by Mr. John Laycock in the Singapore Legislative Council
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  • 93 6 Fifty Years Ago. WILD LIFE AT CHANGI From tbe Straits Time* of Feb. 10-17, 1901 T7ARLY yesterday morning, I ispector Sullivan was near the 12th milestone, Charul Road, when he saw a three-parts-grown tiger sauntering along the road. On perceiving the Inspector the tiger made off into the Jungle. From
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    10 6 Phot- c-r^ph by C. A. Gibson-n, IN THE SINGAPORE STRAIT
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  • 1003 6  -  Cynicus ■by- npHE least secret "secret" of the year, this Department dares aver, is the new Benuam Report on cost of living allowances. There were broadish smiles when, at yesterday's meeting of the Singapore Legislative Council, Mr. Thio Chan Bee said he wished he could reveal
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  • 862 6 AM a member of a small committee which h&s been ippointed by Government to risit sites of historical intersst in Singapore and make ■ecommendations for their preservation, if necessary md desirable. As you can majjine. we do not have nuch work to do. as there is )ractically nothing left
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    • 715 6 CLASSIFIED ADS JOLLBY: On 15th Feb., at the 8.M.H.. S"pore, to Dorothy, wile of Captain E. R. JOlley. lSth/18th Royal Hussars (QMO), a (laughter. SITUATIONS VACANI GIRL TYPIST: Application iid^'re'srd to P.O. Box No. 32C. BOX NO A3682. S.T. Position filled appllcanU thanked. COOK-BOY AMAH or 2 Arr:ihs Enullsh home,
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    • 70 6 TOP IN PRECISION! World Renowned. German I CITT BINUXIT LCI IMm Bx3o BINOCULARS Distinctive Features:— (1) Unrivalled for Resolutior S Details (2) No Colour Distortion. Higher Light Transmission and All Lens-surfaces Anti-slare coated (3) Highly built by the same Skilful Craftsmen and with the same Special Durable Material fa» Leiea
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    • 43 6 famous TIGER BALM collection y^l/Fs. fUCC TilflUC CAM I 2w<' Masterpiece of Distinction THE TAVERN i European Residential Hotel) (Open to Non Residents) ALL ROOMS ARi CONNECTED WITH TEL EXCHANCE i 4 Our Coiffeur d« Qjmes is operated by American trained Miss Etkne
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  • 233 7 S 'pore arrests justified —Blythe THE recent arrests and 1 detention of a Singapore lawyer, several schoolteachers and University students were referred to by Mr. C. C. Tan (Municipality North East) during the adjournment of Singapore Legislative j Council yesterday. Mr. Tan said the arrests hart caused a great deal
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  • 57 7 Jcnuary foreign imports of I r di s of rubber into Sinpapore amounted to 51.920 long tons and into the Federa ion 10,024 long tons. The chief sources were: into 6 -lsapore. Indonesia (45.313 tons'. Sarawak (4.753 i and North Borneo (1,572); into the Federation, Indonesia
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  • 551 7 Preference To Be Given To Local Men CINGAPORE Legislative Council, at its final sitting yesterday before it dissolved, unanimously decided amid applause from all sides of the House, that the formation of the nucleus of a Singapore Regiment should be considered immediately. The motion, which was introduced
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  • 82 7 Mr. Lionel Henry Lamb, the newly appointed British Minister to Peking, arrived in Singapore yesterday afternoon by BOAC from London. He will be the guest of the CcmmissionerGencril at Bukit Serene until tomorrow when he continues his journey. Mr. Lamb, who is 48, will succeed Mr.
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  • 151 7 assurance that the Public Services Commission will be consulted on all appointments to Government service, except those specifically excluded from its scope, was asked by Mr. C. C. Tan (Municipality South West) during yesterday's meeting of the Singapore Legislative Council. Mr. Tan referred to
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  • 33 7 Malays in Ponggol will pool resources and set up a people's school for elementary education. This move for a school came from the young people in the area themselves
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  • 134 7 rREE members of the British Brigade fighting in Korea one officer and two other ranks have been awarded the Military Cross and Military Medal for Gallantry, the London Gazette announced last night. All these awards arose out of operations at the crossing of the Naktong
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  • 81 7 Sergeant Dilbahadur Gurrung. of the 1/2 Gurkha Rifles, who led a charge on a bandit camp in Malaya last December through a hail of fire, resulting in three bandits being killed and two wounded, has been awarded the Military Medal, the London Gazette announced last night.
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  • 112 7 YOUNG English-speaking Chinese Chia Eng Hoe, who cheated Lee Hunnie of between June and July last year, was yesterday sentenced by Mr. P. Claque in the Singapore Fourth Police Court to four months' imprisonmen' On June 16 last, Chia told Lee Hunnie that he was
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  • 31 7 A finding of death by misadventure was returned yesterday at. a Singapore inquest on Lin Chyong. a 45-year-old Chinese woman, who was knocked down by a car on Feb. 5.
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  • 82 7 Y"ESTERDAY was a red let X ter day for many of the Sikh homes in Singapore, because the Sikh spiritual leader, Sat Guru Pratap Singh Ji Maharaj, visited them and blessed them: The divine left for Bangkok yesterday. As he boarded the Bangkokbound KLM Constellation
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  • 30 7 Treevan bin Vastro, a young Javanese, was yesterday sentenced to two months' imprisonment in Singapore after pleading guilty to stealing 15 silk scarves from the vessel Tjimenteng.
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  • 84 7 Y"EO Song Heng, 25, on Aug. 19 last year assaulted Lim Huang Chua, the proprietor of an eating shop in Angus Street when Lim refused to pay him $3 as protection extortion of $3 from Llm by putting him in fear of injury. Mr. D. G.
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  • 95 7 THE new equipment the Singapore Fire Brigade received recently is as modern as that used in the United Kingdom, said Mr. J. G. Shaw, Superintendant, SFB, who recently returned from leave in England. During his leave, Mr. Shaw inspected the most up-to-date fire fighting
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  • 89 7 rpHE security situation in L Singapore had not Improved during the last three months, the Colonial Secretary. Mr. W. L. Blythe said at yesterday's meeting of the Legislative Council. Successfully moving a motion to extend the Emergency for a further three months, Mr. Blythe said that there
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  • 146 7 A FLOATING gourmet's paradise was in port yesterday. She was the 8,700-ton Sangola, a British India freighter-cum-passenger ship on the Calcutta-Japan run. Aboard her, a passenger has the choice of five different national foods, which he can vary at each meal if he desires. For instance,
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  • 175 7 Those 'Tarzan Hawkers To Go ACTION to clear hawkers who have encroached into prohibited areas of Singapore will be taken immediately, the Colonial Secretary, Mr. W. L. Blythe, said in the Legislative Council yesterday. Mr. Blythe was replying to Mr. N. A. Mallal (Municipality South-west) who complained during the adjournment
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  • 96 7 THE Registration Offices and the Manpower Bureau in Singapore will function In their new offices in Stamford Road, next to the British Council, from Monday. All persons who want new card registrations or to notify change of address should apply to the new offices. A
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  • 83 7 THERE should be no fixed hawkers' stalls in rural areas, urges Dr. G. «A. F. R. Gibson, the Singapore Rural Health Officer, in a memorandum to the Rural Board Chairman, Mr. J. A. Harvey. He suggests that the Board, instead, establish many more markets and ask
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  • 70 7 Mr. Anthony Brooke, the Raja Muda of Sarawak, reiterated his desire to stop campaigning for the cession of Sarpwak In a telegram which he ?ent last night to five nationalist associations, which have decided to continue the struggle in spite of his appeal. He appealed to the
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  • 233 7 $6 A 1b. In Jan. —It Is Now $24 SACCHARINE WHILE the prices of everything in Singapore has been going up, none of them can beat the phenomenal rise in the price of saccharine. Saccharine was S6 a pound three or four weeks ago. It Is now $24 a pound
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  • 65 7 No films were stored at tho offices of Frieder Films. Malaya, Inc., when the Brigade fought a blaze at Fitzpatrick a food store in Oldham Lane on Thursday evening. TinBranch Manager of Frieder Films writes: "Our office is not a film store. All our films are stored
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    • 84 7 I tUB APPLIANCES^ i Madtiox Kettle Coffee Percol. tor L?7W^ AC DC $29 ?ij Table or Hand Streamlined ITie Controlled Hert Iron No. 5 Model AC $20 Hair Dryer AC DC $47 For federation Duty Extra Obtainable from all rood dealers throughout Malaya Sole Distributors r •#>■« a m 168
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    • 50 7 You Know you're well dressed in f\./j II NYLON STOCKINGS 54 GUAGE 15 DENIER In the following Attractive Shades: HEBE DIANA CIRCE AURORA JUNO SIZES: H to ioj. $5.25 PAIR SINGAPORE I I A 1 1 1 1 •1 1 1951 AMERICA'S FINEST SWIMWEAR CHOICE OF MOVIE STARS Sole Agents:
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  • 67 8 RULERS OF THE MALAY STATES with the High Commissioner, Sir Henry Gurney, after the Rulers' conference at Kuala Lumpur this week. From left: the Regent of Jnhore, the Sultans of K« 1 lnt.m, Kedah, Selangor. and Pahang. Sir Henry, Hie Yang di-Pertuan B-sar of Negri
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  • 148 8 Australia Stock-Piles Rubber THK rubb?r market tnls week was fairly active on good inquiry from the Conand Australia, says i Peat's weekly re--,ued yesterday. .,ia began to buy tor tfockji'i :>ur|x>M-s. To date her pur- -i- ta ■■> modest, and it ;i ipean U .11 Intention i^ u> lii small
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  • 191 8 DAUNTED' HUSBAND CUT OFF MAN'S EAR I >.i Our Staff orrespundent MALACCA. Friday. .Dacca Scs- ma Court that a hu.s[orced him to write a >n in an hotel room n cut his right ear o husband, 33-year-old grievoua hurt to M thu. his cousin. Judgi d until next U told
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  • 331 8 Officers Told To Take Up Matter With U.K. MR. T. Van der Gaast of the Singapore Economic Secretariat, now in London, has been asked by the Singapore Government to follow up the question of vitally needed steel supplies for the Municipality's water pipes in the "most
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  • 479 8 AN the adjournment of the Singapore Legislative Council yesterday, Mr. Lim Yew Hock raised what he described as "the case of a journalist who is under notice of dismissal because he attempted to form a union of journalists." Mr. Lim said: "The facts of
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    32 8 K. B. THOMAS JOSEPH. 18-year-old son of Mr. and .Mrs X T. Joseph and an old boy of High School. Malacca, who will leave soon for West Australia to study civil engineering.
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  • 228 8 \|R. C. C. Tan, (Municipality South-WesU said yesterday that the broadcasts put out by the Emergency Information Service were "of such doubtful quality" that they were being received by Singapore listeners. with either disgust or derision. He was speaking during the adjournment at the Singapore
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  • 52 8 Owing to the present increase in tyre thefts, the Singapore olice advise motorists to keep a note of the size, make and serial numbers lound on the walls of their tyres. A police spokesman said yesterday that, without these particulars, it was almost impossible to identify
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  • 46 8 A man who tried to fit two pounds of opium in the tool-box of a motor cycle} was yesterday sentenced tor one years imprisonment in Singapore. He was 26-year-old Lim Yee Chiew. The sentence will date from hLs arrest on F»b. 1.
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  • 67 8 A Bill to protect Singapore's nature reserves was pnssed by the Singapore Legislative Council yesterday. The penalty for offences under this Bill is a maximum fine of S500 or imprisonment not exceeding six months. Another Bill, which was passed by the Council, after being taken through all
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  • 176 8 lIP to the end of last month $11,373,630 had been paid out as war damage compensation in Singapore from the present fund of $72,000,000. This was said In the Singapore Legislative Council meeting yesteday. The Colonial, Secretary, Mr. W.L. Blythe. said that 253 people are
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  • 107 8 A TRIBUTE to the Governor of Singapore. Sir Franklin Gimson, tor his "co-ope-ration, understanding and goodwill" was paid by Mr. Tan Chin Tuan (Chinese Chamber of Commerce; on behalf of the Unofficial of the Singapore Legislative Counci! yesterday. Mr. Tan said the Unofficial* were grateful to Sir
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    • 121 8 Trie Adv-.rt.iser, JBfca^B^a^B»«»^__ October, 1350. Box /?45, &*eiJMmk W&>&m*^m—^ Si.'^apore^^gj^ Dealsir, f/i of today's da^B| *~""~~v-^ our clients. ls*^ i ?~'2r' -f ft ma^ £l anoi.y'T.ous, <qQ BLculars of 1 your expei U WO* oaritia^ state etc.^H W-3& If this infortnatF S^l wJBf P leasod to pas 3 It dfl^S
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    • 78 8 Straits Times Crossword 294 fT"! [2 I fl I TJ I ISMS T5 I (7 I |8 I 1 I l 0 15 m' 6 m 1 S~P~tf"'l" 1 _C_ 1181 l I_liiili 8" "fi nran n 1 1 n A(KUSj. H Lg.il llamlmill De'j.i. 1. Turn aside <j. 3>.
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    • 196 8 15. Turn palm upward 181. 26. A singer is more than double 'Ul. 27. A supporter is sticking (8) DOWN. 1. Kind of bottle broken in hopes (6). 2. Happened to prosecute In the end (6). 3. Iron bar usrd for itirrlng molten metal <6). 4. Complement to a teast
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  • SATURDAY FORUM
    • 290 9 The Mission Schools IT is all very encouraging to read that the Methodist Mission (and other missionary bodies for that matter) have grandiose is-cheraes of building colossal half-million-dollar educational institutions. But. sir, are they sure that they VBn get suitably qualified teachers especially
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    • 271 9 PINEAPPLES: HAWAIIAN vs. MALAYAN SO Government agricultural officers (Straits Times, Feb. 9) in Singapore consider Malayan canned pineapple to be as good as any in the world! I suggest they buy a tin of Hawaiian pines and a tin of Malayan pines, tear off the wrappers, give them to their
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    • 78 9 QN Saturday F?b. 10 the Radio Malaya announcer, V.i ?n givin? the market report. k?p l on referring to •yum dividend" as "koom ditklend." In the North of 1 d. "come" is pronounced "koom" "koom for lns'.ance. Please, can you tell me oronunciation is corret "Cum" or "Koom"?
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    • 76 9 Ll/ITH due respect to Mr. T. T T M M Aharhed. to whose etter "Cecil Street" referred n Feb. 14. I am sure he !s prone in thinking that when !<>n-Muslims call a person a Mohamoclan" they mean that < or she worships the Pro>het Mohamed. They simply nean
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    • 158 9 TME Secretary of State for the Colonies nlame s the 1 paucity of Malays in the M.C.S. on the lack of suitable Malays. What is a suitable Malay? Two Malays (one of them a major) who had held the King's Commission during the war were rejected
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    • 178 9 IN the interests of the 1 public, can you or any of your readers tabulate data showing the respective dates and duration of Singapore light and power failures of which the housewife trade and industry have been the victims? The yusceptibilities of the Chinese have
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    • 380 9 LISTENED to a little speech about recreation 1 grounds broadcast on Tuesday evening by Radio Malaya in "Talk of the Town. Having done so, I feel that it is high time the speaker (and any others whose views correspond with ais)
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    • 17 9 '•ftORNEAN", despite your protest 0/ Tuesday, you've had it. chum. You're socialised. VERITAS. Sepanc Selangor.
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    • 122 9 WE are told that the emergency is to end during 1951. What a hope! Youths liable under the manpower scheme are allowed to leave the country (after having indulged in window breaking*. Singapore detainees are allowed out of detention. Surrendered bandits are wined and dined. Why
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    • 94 9 liWO letters have appeared in your columns regardng the electrocution of seven legroes on a charge of rape. I should be obliged if the J.S.I.S. would inform me (and )ther readers) whether jusAce in the U.S.A. Is discriminatory: whether there is anj •ecord of white men
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    • 98 9 f|N February 5, on the advice of our family doctor, I was sent to the General Hospital by my parents for treatment of high fever. I am a schoolboy. This was the first time I had been in the hospital. I am proud to say
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    • 54 9 I HAVE an Indian neighbour who Is In the habit of singing the same monotonous tune and clapping hands, from 10.30 p.m. to about 12 p.m., together with his friends or relatives. What shall I do to stop this nuisance SUFFERER. Still Road, Singapore. (This correspondence la
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    • 229 9 IN deep despair, I write so that the public may understand the real state of affairs regarding pupils thrown out of school through no fault of their own. I was one of the pupils in St. Joseph's Continuation School promoted to the School Certificate Class in
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    • 118 9 I HAVE just received a demand from the Custodian at Property for an increase of 25 per cent in the value of some effects which I received on my return to Singapore in 1946. He informs me that this increase has been added to the original
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    • 36 9 THE M. P. I.E. A. has fixed the salary scale of Dressers according to grade. I would like to know what the scale will be for Attendants or Compounders. X C. VAITHEIAR Selangor.
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    • 211 9 TINY FISH A T NOT-SO-TINY PRICES THE speed of the rise in prices is incredible. Prices x of some daily necessities have been Rein* up at times as much as 40 and 50 per cent in a week. The people who feel this most, of course, are the wage-earners. I
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    • 150 9 THE LEOPARD HIS SPOTS JJOW can anyone, even with the greatest effort, admire a surrendered bandit who has left his jungle life only to provide himself with some comfort? He will no doubt recuperate, through beins looked after and well entertained, sufficiently to gather enough strength to be able to
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    • 111 9 NOW that the residents have decided to boycott the "profiteers" In the Katong area of Singapore others should begin a similar movement to brand profiteers the "blood-suckers" of the working people of this Colony. The people of Katong have taken the lead. Now it's the turn of
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    • 43 9 A letter is waiting in this office to be forwarded to Mr. R. W. How, writer of the letter published under this .heading in the Stralte Times on Feb. 12. Would Mr. How please communicate with the editor?— Ed. S/T)
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    • 143 9 THE photograph in the Straits Times of Feb. 12 of two women bandits being feted at Johore Bahru by the local branch of the M.C.A. is surely the last word. Have our police officers fo little to do that they can find time to
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    • 216 9 APROPOS of the new cult reported In your columns recently as having sprung up in the hinterland of the Federation, and having found many adherents among the inhabitants there, those of your readers, who saw it will recall an interesting article which appeared in a Dutch
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    • 96 9 ST 2mmS 21* S5 ~Z2 2 22 I "2 2 ?s\ «B ENGLAND ij^^| B^ 2nd December, 1950 EL Sir Edward Manville Cup S 57 (Ftr best solo pirforitaace) Ist jEj 3T Coventry Evening Telegraph 2s\ rr Cap (For best Sidecar per- 2222Z form ante) Ist SS U.K. TRIALS RIDERS
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    • 86 9 l^f \^"f) Si A reasonably priced reTaOte WJTTii f/f/ with al l the qualities of costl.er MS w^ products 1 7 jewels Water shock r f proof (Incablocl Luminous dial. m JsSW f)/yyM No illustration can do justice to 1 «legant design. Convince M f~\y m W youfs«lf personally with
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  • Commercial And Shipping News
    • 254 10 LONDON STOCKS CLOSING middle prices of selected stocks, as supplied to the Straits Times by special arrangement with The Financial Times, were Console U Funding 4% 1051 W»r 31% 021 3 BANKS IMIIUM iCS Dd 91 Mercanti e (£251 l£12 pd.) 211 Hongkong i$128> 77 Eastern i£5l Si m"' INSURANCE
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    • 42 10 gVATT Company announce the following Janua;-y rubber crops. In lbs.: Brunei TJtd. Plant. 30.0C0 Changkat Serdang Est. 35.000 Chermang Developt. 131,000 Indragiri 61.800 Lunas Est. h 0 200 Nyalas Est. 3y 50 0 Riverview Est. 195 000 Tapah Est. *****
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    • 205 10 Tins Steady, Rubbers In Keen Demand from a Market Correspondent /\N Londqn buying, Tin shares locally wsre a steady yesterday. Rubbers again had good buyers but business was restricted by lack of sellers Industrials were steady but quiet. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association yesterday were:
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    • 37 10 SINGAPORE, hi, Feb. 16 $747.12' 2 (down $10.12}). £1,435 a ton in London LONDON, Fri., Feb. 16. Spot Buyers, £1,435; Forward £1,385; Settlement £1,460 (down £25). Turnovers; a.m. 125 p.m. 110 tons.
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    • 83 10 From A Market Correspondent rpHE Singapore produce market was steady in most section* yesterday. Buyers of copra opened at $59, rising to $59 V Sellers held off at $60 'j- No business was reported. Sellers or coconut oil quoted $98 but no interest was shown. The market
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    • 32 10 HONGKONG, Fri. ■CiREE market currency exchange r for Hong Kong, dollars was quoted today aa follows: US$l HKs6.o2i, (cash>; HKs6.o7'i (T); I*l iiks 15.50: one tael of gold HKS324V— U.P.
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    • 39 10 rpHE Malayan Exchange Banks Association announced yesterday that control direct rates for Canadian dollars were: Buying T.T. 34 11 16, Airmail (0J3.) 34 13 16. (90 days) 35 1 16; Selling T.T. O.D. ready 34 5 16.
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    • 214 10 RUBBER THE Singapore rubber market was steadier yesterday with the price of firstgrade for March shipment closing very steady at $2.23 a lb., 6y 2 cents above Thursday's close. Orders in the market were moderate but sellers were somewhat reserved. Business was done at the opening at
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    • 14 10 A YER Molek Rubber in January produced 29,000 lbs. of rubber.
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    • 159 10 CHIPS in the Singapore Roads and alongside the Singapore Harbour Board godowns yesterday were: Outer Roads: Hal Hsuan. Terbourba, Chelyuskinetz, Darlac, M. Brander, Karsil, La Capirena. Fernbay, Straat Soenda, Talang Akar, Mvi Ann, Mapla. Pemba, Inchmay. Eastern. Trader, Bali. Orna. India, Indrapoera, Star Alcyone,
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    • 1200 10 MANSFIELD tft CO., LLD. 1 incorporated in b ngapore) BLOB FUNMEL LIME SAILINCS to LIVERPOOL* CLASCOW. LONDON fr* CONTINENTAL PORTS Due Sails P. Sham Panang Tantaiut tu> Marseilles Mivre Liverpool C 25/26 Feb. 17 Feb. 1 8/ It Feb. 22/2] Pyrrhut for Liverpool V Ciatcow Feb. 16/17 Fob 18/19 Auralycus
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    • 367 10 PRESIDENT LINER SAILINGS To New York and Boston via Ceylon. India Egypt and Mediterranean Ports. dbcc Singapore P bwettennam fenang I"«RSON 17 Feb. 18/19 Feb. o2« £2 LK 2i F b 4 M Omit, 5/6 Mar. 11l ?JJ* NT S/11 Mw 12/1J Mlr M/1S PRES lOHNSON 20/26 Mar 27/28 Mar.
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    • 463 10 EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINCS FROM SCANDINAVIA, UK. /CONTINENT: voore P. S'nam Kenang 'India" for Bangkok. Hong Kong Manila Cdns. 15/16 Kambodia" tor Hong Kong. Kobe Yokohama 26 Feb -2 Mar. Lalandia 1 for Bangkok 5-7 Mar. 4- 4 Mar. 2• i Mar. "Fionia" for Bangkok S-9 Mar. 7-7 Mar, 6
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    • 971 10 McALISTER tfc CO., LTD. Telephone No. 5906 BIXBRMAM «s BUCKNALL KLAVENESS LINF LONDON, HAVRE, ANTWERP. LOS ANCELES. SAN FRANCISCO, ROTTERDAM HAMBURC PORTLAND SEATTLE fr VANCOUVER^ and for U.S.A.. North Atlantic Poits A r c and Canada via Colombo Accepting cargo tor Lentra, South American Ports. s CITY OF COVENTRY m
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  • 459 11  - S.O.S.C. ASKS FOR HALL PRIORITY HARRY FANG By Government Has Not Yet Replied '■'tin Singapore uiympic apwus vuuncu nas wrnien 1 to the Colonial Secretary urging "top priority" for the construction of the badminton hall in the proposed two-million dollar Singapore Sports Stadium project to be located on the site
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  • 83 11 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Fri. MALAYA will be strongly represented in the Scrrey badminton championships at Wimbledon on Feb. 24 which will be a curtainraiser to the All-England championships on March 7. Wong Peng Soon partners Noel Kadferd. the Surrey international in defence of
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  • 189 11 SINGAPORE Chinese Recreation Club held R.A.F. Seletar to a one-all draw at hockey on Hong Lim Green yesterday with an eight-man team that included a "borrowed" Indian spectator and an R.A.F reserve. This was the Chinese's last match of the season. The airmen had
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  • 92 11 SOUTHAMPTON, Fri. TVAVE Sands. Australian holder of the British Empire middleweight boxing championship, will defend his title against British champion Randolph Turpin in London in May or June. This was stated by promoter Jack Solomons when he arrived home today from holiday in South Africa. He
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  • 80 11 TODAY RACING: Singapore Turf dub, opening day of Spring Meeting. RIGBY: G.H.Q. Farell t. R.E.M.E. at Tanglin. SOCCER: Friendly: Cheerful Lads v. R.N. Keppel Barracks at Geylang Stadium. ATHLETICS: Asian Games Trial (Final) at R.I. TOMORROW SOCCER: S.A.F.A. fii Services at Jalan Bcsar for S.O.S.C. Fund. Friendly: Kampong
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  • 78 11 Dorothy Head Wins P.I. Title MANILA. Fri. Dorothy Head of the United States partnered by Mrs. Nazarena. won the women's doubles title In the Philippines Open Lawn Tennis Championships here today. They beat the Australians Helen Kingsley and Cathy Checket, 6-4, 6-1 in the final. Sweden's Sven Davidson entered the
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  • 158 11 HECKLED MCC MAN, REMOVED GEELONQ, Frl. •yiCTORIA Country XI batted tediously for 201 for five wickets by clo6e today on the first day of their two-day match with the MCC here. The Country XI won the toss and decided to bat. Conditions were sultry and unpleasant for cricket. The temperature
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  • 32 11 COLOMBO. Fri. /COMMONWEALTH cricketers scored 444 for the loss of rtven wickets at close of play today on the first day of their three-day match against Ceylon. —Reuter.
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  • 81 11 HONG KONG, Fri. T»HE HONG KONG Football Club last evening defeated the Singapore Combined Services' rugger tourists b T eight points to In an exciting game Singapore led by six points to c A s a resul Penalty shot by Harrison in the last
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  • 176 11 CINGAPORE Recreation Club's big worry this season is loss of both their fullbacks. Left back and Colony player Jack Lawther will be playing for the Singapore Harbour Board In the second division. Their right fullback J. Ferrao was drowned while out boating in Brunei
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  • 373 11  - C A And Recs Will Build On Youth TEOH ENG TAT By 'I'wu Singapore Clubs who are placing the accent on youth in building up their sides for this years Singapore Amateur Football Association's League competitions are Chinese Athletes and Singapore Recreation Club. a n™ BB t Oth m Clubs
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  • 40 11 LONDON. Pri.— Bristol Rovers beat Walsall by two goals to one in their English League Div. 3 (South) soccer match yesterday. This game had been postponed from Saturday when Bristol were engaged In the F.A. Cup.— Reuter.
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  • 162 11 SYDNEY. Fri. pR/EMJE Hole, 20-year-old South \I Australian all-rounder who is to play for Australia against England in the fifth Test, was taken to hospital today after being struck on the head by a ball from Keith Miller. Hole, who was playing against New
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    • 208 11 Patrons are requested to be in their S its I promptly as there are no supporting she ts, owing to the Length of this film. "uI^ECEDIENTED^^CROWdS^ STORMED THE YESTERDAY SO BOOK NOW! TODAY 6 <Notef£H% es > SHOWS H^AND AT MIDNIGHT^lt $am»on battles a giant lion and kills it with
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    • 126 11 Today's Radio 10 a.m. News; 10.10 Close; 12 Malay: 1 p.m. "Saturday Ballroom"; 1.30 News; "1-50 Plantation Music; 2 S'pore Racing; 5 Malay; 6 Kentucky Minstrels; 6.15 Children; £.40 Radio Malaya Sextet: 7 News; 7.15 "Police 8nd. People"; 7.20 "Listeners' Choice**; 7.50 "Spotlight on the Emergency"; 8 '"Hook, Line and
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    • 25 11 SINGAPORE TIDES TODAY: 6.15 a.m. (7.7), 9.51 p.m. (6.9): 2.34 pjn. (2.8). TOMORROW: 7.47 ajn. (7.7), 10.32 p.m. (7.4); 2.30 a.m. (6.1), 3.34 p.m. (2.2).
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  • 586 12  -  EPSOM JEEP By Only Danger Is River Moon CRO.M a speedy "squib", Toboggan has developed into one of the finest stayers on the Malayan Turf and, in the light of the quality of the opposition he is meeting, I "nap" him in the 9-f. race
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  • 32 12 SINGAPORE has been enjoying bright, sunny weather. Horses were only printing lightly on the training track at Bukit Timah yesterday morning. Barring any rain, the going today should be good.
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  • 168 12 WEXT best bet to Toboggan on the first day s card at Bukit Timah today may be River Patrol in the Class 2. Div. 1. 6-furlong sprint (Race 1). A performer of definite merit, this five-year-old by Epigram has brilliant speed. In his second appearance
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  • 168 12 SINGAPORE Amateur Football Association's application for membership in the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FJ.F.A.) has been approved by the Emergency Committee of the Federation. This constitutes a "provisional admittance" In accordance with Article Six of the F.I.P.A. Statutes which deals with "Election Of Members."
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  • 68 12 TV\l REES. the British match play champion, is expected in Singapore on Monday on his way to Australia to play in a bit Melbourne golf tournament. Rees, who played in the Colony last year, may give an exhibition here on his way back to Britain.
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  • 209 12 Sports Letter AS a keen race-goer whose office duties keep him away from the turf clubs, I write to endorse all that "Full Service" has urged in protest against Radio Malaya's curtailment of its Saturday racing commentaries. I would indeed go further and suggest that
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  • 142 12 EPSOM JEEP CALL BOY POINTER RACE 1 2.00 RIVER PATROL Assiz* RIVER PATROL Smiling Through RIVER PATROL Assize RACE 2 2 30 WAYANG Perky Count Asia ASIA Perky Count Wayang PERKY COUNT Wayanf Starain RACE 3 3.00 PRINCE CHARMING Keel Rose KEEL ROSE PRINCE CHARMING Keel Rose
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  • 1136 12 THE card of events for today's races is given below. Double tote will be on Races Five and Nine. The Big Sweep will be drawn on Race Eight. Race 1—2.00: Class 2, Div. I—6 F. 5 Yds. 1 --4 Assize Ayres B.l^ Mr. A. Donald Yong 2
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  • 1294 12  -  EPSOM JEEP By IF PRINCE CHARMING is ever to win a race, this is his chance. With Majestic Scholar out, this staying five-year-old by Fairfax has only Keel Rose to beat in Race 3. Prince Charming showed early promise when he ran J'avance to half
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