The Straits Times, 2 March 1951

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1545 rWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1951 PRICE TEN CENTS
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    RUSSIA WILL ATTEND PARIS TALKS
    268 1 France Asked To Admit 1 7 Delegates MOSCOW, Thursday. RUSSIA agreed today to a Western proposal for a meeting of British, French, American and Soviet representatives in Paris on Monday to lay the groundwork -for a four-power Foreign Ministers' conference. The Deputy Foreign Minister, Mr.
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    19 1 ISO^/O l> A VIAU m a i> -.v lloil>w»M>d him M<»^<-nad-v ailr.s, IMana Lynn with his clarinet.— heuter picture.
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    CHINESE KILLED IN HIS BED
    95 1 AMIDDLE-aged Singapore Chinese, Mr. Heng Yak Tamil, was stabbed to death yesterday in his home in Hillside Drive, Upper Serangoon. Heng's body was found by a neighbour, a woman, early yesterday murning. Seeing no signs of activity from the dead man's hut she went over,
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    C.-G., BLACKED OUT, WORRiES POLICE
    79 1 '""HI ommissioner-General, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, :it in a blackout for more thM half an hour when he attended the Anglo-Chinese School Old Boys' Association Founder's Day dinner at Rirlur Road last ni«ht. He was one of the first to id heartily when the appeared.
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    Gun Battle Kills 3
    64 1 HONG KONG, Thurs. fIfHREE people were killed and two wounded in a f between robbers and l Kowlcon last night. The poiice received a tip that the sjang planned an d robbery of a Chinese i and stationed 24 constables nearby. The police challenged four approaching
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    10 Years For Sergeant
    68 1 KLAGENFURT, Austria, Thurs. QERGEANT John Dempsey. of the R.A.S.C., was yesterday sentenced to 10 years imprisonment on three charges under the Official Secrets Act. He was also found guilty ot more than 30 other theft offences and of obtaining goods on false documents, and two of
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    Indies Ships ToTakeOver From KPM
    92 1 JAKARTA. Thurs. rpHE Indonesian Minister of A Communications, Dr. Djuanda. told Aneta last night that the Government would shortly establish a "State Shipping Company."' which will in the long run take over the place now occupied by the Dutch-run X.P.M. shipping line. Mentioning a period
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    SIAM BANS WILD LIFE EXPORT
    44 1 BANGKOK Thurs.— ln an effort to preserve its wild life. Siam has banned the export of wild animals. Wild animals dealers are now expected to turn to Borneo as Communist terrorism has closed Malaya as a hunting ground.— A.P.
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    Tito: We Can Repel The Satellites
    282 1 Tito: We Can Repel The Satellites BELGRADE, Thursday. MARSHAL Tito said yesterday that Yugoslavia, would have "no special difficulty" in resisting a combined attack on her by the Soviet satellites Hungary, Rumania and Bulgaria. Asked, in a special interview by a Renter correspondent, what he thought of Lbo militarycapabilities of
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    38 1 DYNAMO JOE is th e name of this model made b> Bristol University engineering students. It Pedals the cycle round corners after controls have been set in the halfhorsepower electric motor. The robot can also taiK. Reuter picture.
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    KILLED BY TRAIN
    28 1 A Chinese working on the railway line at the Goods Shed in Nelson Road. Singapore, was run over and killed yesterday by a shunting* engine
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    RUN ON SEATS FOR MUSIC FESTIVAL
    84 1 THE first day of hookin? at Robinsons for the Singapore Music Festival, arranged by the Singapore Music Society and co-sjuar-anteed by the Straits Times for Mar. 20-29, was much livelier than wa s expected. Already many of the best seats have gone, especially those
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    Reactionary Teachers Go To Korea
    66 1 Reactionary Teachers Go To Korea HONG KONG. Thurs. THE Chinese Communists have solved the problem of what to do with teachers who stick to the odd "reactionary" ways of teaching. A Canton report to the Wah Kiu Vat Pj said today: "From tne area east of Wuchow. more than 300
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    UN Central Front Gains 3½ Miles TOKYO, Thursday.
    199 1 UN Central Front Gains 3½ Miles TOKYO, Thursday. C^EAEHEADS of the 100,000-man' United Nations a Army drove ahead up to three and a half miles on a 50-mile front today in a renewal of the alUed "Killer Offensive" in central Korea, ivuier ""w seized an east cen- tral mountain village
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    Two Miners Murdered In South Burma
    47 1 RANGOON, Thurs. AN Englishman, Mr. W. H. Jennings, and a Swiss. Mr. H. D. End, were killed in an ambush 13 miles from the Burma coast port of Tavoy. Both were employed by the British-owned tin mines in the area. A.P.
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    Allied Casualties In Korea: 51,904
    213 1 Allied Casualties In Korea: 51, 904 NEW YORK, Thursday. T*HE 10 nations fighting beside American and South 1 Korean troops have suffered 2,813 casualties, about l/12th of the 35,322 men they nave sent to the Korean front. I. f The United States has suffered 49,191 casualties. General Omar Bradley said
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    EASIER DIVORCE
    37 1 LONDON, Thurs. Four women members of Parliament announced yesterday they would try to make divorce easier for people whose only reason for cutting f'no marriage bond is that they find It impossible to live together.—Reuter.
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    Air Chiefs Meet At Changi
    64 1 AIR MARSHAL Sir Francis Fogarty (right) C-in-C far East Air Force, greets Air Marshal Sir Aubrey Ellwood. C-in-C R A.F Transport Command, who arrived at Changi yesterday Sir Aubrey {ravelled a s an ordinary passenger to see for himself the conditions under which servicemen and
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    STRIKE TIES UP SYDNEY DOCKS
    145 1 SYDNEY Thurs. CJYDNEY'S 6.000 dockers >5 walked off ships today as a protest against the gaoling of Mr. E. C. Roach. Assistant General Secretary of the Waterside Federation. The Arbitration Court had sentenced him ft few hours earlier to 12 months Imprisonment concurrently on tempt
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    Train Plunges Into River
    39 1 RIO D e JANEIRO. Thurs.— Three people died and 20 were injured when a train plunged from a bridge into the Mucurt River yesterday. The dead were the engine driver and two other crewmen. Reuter.
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    WOMAN MINISTER RESIGNS
    19 1 CANBERRA, Thurs. Australia's only woman Cabinet Minister, Dame Enid Lyons has resigned for health reasons. Reuter.
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    'AID ASIA' CALL
    44 1 LAHORE, Thurs. The Pakistani Prime Minister, Mr. Liaquat All Khan, last night called for U.N. financial aid and technical assistance for Asian countries. He was opening the seventh session of the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East— A. P.
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    WEATHER BY POST
    33 1 LONDON, Thurs. For a small fe«, anyone in Britain planning any activity depending on the weather, can now have a personal weather forecast for the district from ■ftornlnaipftl fICC^— AjP^^^
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    Illegal Bets Finance Crooks In Secret U.S. 'Government'
    157 2 COUNTRY NiutlV BY IJNDEIV&RID (AMBLING RACKET WASHINGTON, Thursday. JWENTY thousand million dollars change hands in the United States every year in illegal gambling, the Senate Crime Investigating Committee estimates. Millions are paid out as "ice" or protection money. The Committee named Charles
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    THE SPY LACKS HUMOUR
    177 2 THE SPY LACKS HUMOUR PITTSBURG, Thurs. gPIES fall Into five classes, with lack of a sense of humour the common trait of all, says Mr. Gordon Dean, chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission. The AEC has plenty of secrets, and Mr. Dean has grown wise in the ways of those
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    '620,000 RUSSIANS IN GERMANY
    54 2 BERLIN, Thurs.— The West Berlin evening newspaper, Der Abend quoting "Soviet Control Commission circles" in East Berlin, reported yesterday that Russia had now 620,000 troops and 860 aircraft stationed in East Germany. After manoeuvres last November, Allied intelligence experts put Soviet army strength ki Germany at
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    'SEE OURSELVES AS OTHERS SEE US'
    58 2 BALTIMORE, Thursday. IN spite of disparaging; remarks about the effect of television on the education of children, the entertainment has gained new prestige in America. Dentists report increasing nnbemrs of children wanting front teeth deformities corrected. This they say, is a result of watching
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    OFFICIAL GOING TO RHODESIA
    22 2 MR. J. B. ROSS, new Deputy High Commissioner for Southern Rhodesia, with his wife and daughter. Reuter picture.
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    Court Rules Ghost Is Worth £2,000
    196 2 rpHE Supreme Court in Sydney has assessed the A value of a Liverpool poultry farmer's ghost companion at f A2.000. I The man was injured in a car smash and sought £A3,000 damages from one of the drivers. He said his Injuries left him
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    TOWN SHAKEN
    28 2 ASCOLI PICENCO, Central Italy, Thurs.— A strong earth tremor was felt in this Adriatic mountain town toda The shock, lasting several seconds caused no damage Reuier.
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    YOU HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR, CHINA TOLD
    362 3 AidUNPeaceßid -Britain Appeals LONDON, Thursday. BRITAIN Inst night appealed to China to cooperate with the United Nations (iood Offices Committee to end the war in Korea. Lord Henderson, I nder-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, tolci the House of Lords: "On behalf of the Government
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    72 3 SEVEN OF THESE KAREN women, whose husbands the Burmese Government imprisoned under security regulations in 1949, want the Prime Minister to marry them as protection against poverty and loneliness. They have urged this under an ancient law that a man depriving a woman of her husband must marry her. If
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    SOCIALIST PESR:SACK BEVIN
    152 3 SOCIALIST PESR:SACK BEVIN LONDON, Thurs. i A LABOUR peer. Lord Chorley, a former junior r Miid last night '.hat a "r« Bponsible number of I in the Labour Party l the Prime Minister I replace Mr. Ernest l Foreign Secretary, ii, of his bad health. in the House of I
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    THE EGS AND MR. GRIFFITHS
    94 3 LONDON, Thurs. POLONIAL Secretary, Mr. ■s Griffiths admitted iay that yet another of Britain's lavish foodclng schemes had 1 astray. I bia. West Africa, a to produce 20,000 csg<? r flopped because hen could not be raised in f^e colony. Mr Griffiths, growing redder 1
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    SCHACHT TO GO INTO BUSINESS
    39 3 .IS Thurs. Hitlers expert. Dr. Hjalmar after a week in P left last night 'or Ger1 1: to start a "new 1 ss." 1 earlier b.-en reported 1 iwaitins a visa for Bralil "Tenter.
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    BAN OFF
    21 3 fEVA. Thurs. Gkn. Mi" Arthur has lifted the ban «.r. R.d Cross national uniforms and emblems in Korea .ter
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    PRINCE'S GOVT RESIGNS
    33 3 PARIS. Thurs. King Norodom Sianouk, of Cambodia, has accepted the resignation of the Cambodian Government headed by Prince Monipong. The Prince was later asked to form a new government.— Reuter.
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    TO LEARN
    44 3 BULAWAYO, Thurs. Eduration for Africans will not have to be compulsory "they all want to be educated" according to Mr. W. A. E. Winterton, South Rhodesian Minister for Native Affairs. 'We cannot cope with the demand from them," he said yesterday.— Reuter.
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    TONKING CAN BE HELD
    105 3 TONKING CAN BE HELD SAIGON, Thurs. GEN. de Lattre de Tassigny. French Commander and High Commissioner in Indochina, told Vietnamese Cabinet Ministers at a dinner last night that he could now defend Tonking against "any aggression." He called on Indo-China s three associated States Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos to build
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    Higher Tax Appeal
    112 3 LONDON, Thurs. TRADE union leaders repre1 renting 8.000.000 workers last r.ight urged the Government to raise income tax to help pay for Britain's great new arms drive, with concessions to lower oaid workers. They also urged that the purchase tax on goods should be adjusted— upwards on
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    JAPS WANT ORE
    31 3 GOA, Thurs.— Japan is trying to negotiate for annual exports from Portuguse Goa of 100,000 tons of iron ore and up to 40,000 tons of manganese ore— A.P.
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    Clay: Aggression Will Not Pay
    156 3 WASHINGTON, Thursday. TENERAL Lucius Clay, former American Military I* Governor of Germany, said yesterday he was convinced the North Atlantic Pact nations could have forces teady within a year to make Soviet amresslon seem_-unprofltable addressin2 two He was addressing iwu Senate committees in support of
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    139 MORE OUT
    27 3 HONG KONG. Thurs. A Shanghai report said today that 139 more foreigners have been granted permission by the Shanghai Communists to leave the city
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    FIFTH YEAR
    11 3 I MANILA, Thurs— The Philippine Air Lines is celebrat-
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    Pleven May Be Own Successor
    158 3 PARIS, Thursday. PRESIDENT Vincent Auriol today continued the urgent Cabinet-making consultations he began yesterday after accepting the resignation of France's 13th post-war Government. The cabinet of Premier Rene Pleven resigned last night because of a deadlock in parliament over changes in the French election law.
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    MISSIONARIES OUT
    27 3 HONG KONG, Thurs.—For-ty-one American missionaries left Hong Kong today for San Francisco after leaving Red China. Two thirds of them were from North China. —A.P.
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    SECRET MISSION
    19 3 HONOLULU Thurs. The Force's giant six-jet B-47 bomber left Hickam Field yesterday for an unannounced destination.— A.P.
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    HOW'S THE SCORE?
    26 3 AMERICAN SOLDIER carries a baseball bat in Korea. It is an effective weapon in winning victory over Communists in close combat.— A.P. picture.
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    SOEKARNO FILES LIBEL CHARGE
    55 3 JAKARTA, Thurs. PRESIDENT Soekarno yes- terday filed libel charges against the Indonesian daily paper Indonesia Raya, in connection with a letter to the editor which accused him of being responsible for the death of many Indonesians during the Japanese Occupation. The Ray<t said the contents were
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    CEYLON M.P. WINS CONTEMPT APPEAL
    268 3 LONDON, Thui-sday. AM R. Arthui Reginald Perera, member of the Ceylon iTI House of Representatives, successfully appealed to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London ,yeslerdav against a Ceylon Supieme Court order finding him guilty of contempt of court. The order was made
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    Committee Passes India Aid Bill
    115 3 WASHINGTON. Thurs. THE House of Representatives' Foreign Affairs Committee was reported yesterday to have approved, with certain amendments President Truman's programme for the relief, of famine In Injdla. It was understood that the bill would be sent to the House of Representatlvet toAaw studying for
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    Threat To U.S. Price Control
    115 3 Threat To U.S. Price Control WASHINGTON, Thurs. AFLAT refusal by the top men of labour to participate in the defence mobilization programme confronted President Truman today with a home front crisis that threatened the whole wage and price control effort. The decision to boycott the programme was made last night
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    'Better Than Comet'
    63 3 CAIRO. Thurs. Q"ir Miles Thomas, chairman of the British Overseas Airways Corporation, said in Cairo yesterday that a more powerful version of the re-cord-breaking Comet jet airliner was under development, with greater range and shorter take off run. Sir Miles said the new Bristol 175 four-engined pro-peller-turbine
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    Governor Cuts His Leave
    73 3 LONDON, Thurs. Sir Robert Arundell, Governor of the Windward Islands, is cutting short his leave In Britain to return to the West Indies because of rioting in the island of Grenada, the Colonial Office said last night. The Colonial Secretary, Mr. Griffiths, told the House of
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    CAMPAIGN AIMED TO ROUSE MUSLIMS
    2064 4 The Commission, 12th Day— Blythe Gives Evidence For Three Hours Wait For Orders, Karim Ghani Told Them THE Colonial Secretary, Mr. W. L. Blythe, told the Singapore Riot Commission yesterday he believed the Nadra Action Committee campaigned to arouse Muslim opinion against the Supreme Court
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    GEN. DUNLOP IN BOX MONDAY
    494 4 THE G.O.C. Singapore District, Major General D. Dunlop will give evidence before the Riot Investigation Commission on Monday, it was announced yesterday. o unrestrained Press publicity r.iter Maria Hertogh had been put in the Convent of the Good Shepherd. He thought this undesirable and that
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    Wounded Cot No Police Aid
    263 4 were refused admission to Oeylang police station for nearly two hours because of misunderstanding of a telephone message from Mr. G. R. Livett. Deputy Commissioner. Mr. A. H. Frew. A.S.P., explained to the SingaporeRiot Commission yesterday that when a report was received of a threatened
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    'We Were Taken By Surprise'
    1185 4 some of the assaults, that were going on had been of such a serious nature." The chairman: Mr. Wiltshire did not mention it to you that Europeans were being assaulted in this manner? No. Later that evening, Mr. Blythe said he was concerned with the
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    PRESS APPEAL URGED
    461 4 gINGAPORE-3 Deputy Secretary 10 for Defence, and Internal Security. Mr. J. C. B»rry, said that on Dec. 8 Mr. Blades. Assistant Commissioner, Special Branch, gave him a memorandum that the Special Branch considered it necessary to have .Maria Her tog h transferred from the Convent to Vork
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    COAL SHORTAGE—SO 10 TRAINS WILL SOON RUN ON OIL
    315 5 COAL SHORTAGE SO 10 TRAINS WILL SOON RUN ON OIL Railway Move Will Mean Easier WorK For Ttt^ vrow- From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. TEN main-line locomotives belonging to the Malayan Railway are to be converted from coal burners into oil burners for the SingaporeKuala Lumpur service because
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    Hands Up For Chiang
    171 5 the air ivi'h IV >r>o live Lhiang' "Patriots be ready.' "Crush Mao's bandit army" and '■i ialit oo insi Commu7i st Ideologies" over representatives of Chinese associations in Singapore pledged their shi),r»l /j General Clranu Koi-she!: at the Chung Siting Club yesteriiem. There na-: a heavy
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    DRIVER FINED
    28 5 From Oar Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.— Mohd. Nor bin Hassan, a Singapore lorry driver, was fined $35 in the Police Court today for Inconsiderate yesterday.
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    SPOKE MAN DIES IN SUEZ
    77 5 mer Singaporp resldut Mr. A. D. M. 'Sandy" r resident superintendent engineer of Shell Company in Ei4.vpt. died in Suez after a heart attai-k on Tuesiar. Mr Fraser was a rrw.nbPr o( the Institute of Marine r.s and was wellknown to members nf the Siu^aoore
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    Klian Intan Urged To Help Govt.
    132 5 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Thursday. WITHIN 24 hours of the attack on Rahman Hydraulic Tin Mines in Klian Intan, Upper Perak, the mining valley was strewn with anti-bandit pamphlets addressed "to the civilians of Klian Intan from "The People of Intan." The' pamphlet
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    DRIVER KILLED
    19 5 A Chinese taxi-driver was killed when his taxi skidded and overturned at Yio Chu Kang Road yesterday.
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    STOCKS NOT ENTERED $250
    97 5 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs.— Pleading guilty in the Police Court today to an amended charge of failing to enter the stock of sugar he had in hand on Sept. 11. 1950. Lee Kee Kiang. proprietor of a general provision store In JaJan Ah
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    THEFT CHARGE
    100 5 1 rom Our Omn Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.— Chin Kong Lam, of Singapore, was charged in the Police Court today with theft of two Parker pens from a person boarding a bus at Jalan Segget. Chin claimed trial and was allowed bail of $200. TWO INDIAN Socialist Party
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    TWO MALAYANS FOR INDIES RICE TALKS
    113 5 I n>ni Our SUIT Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Thurd. TWO Malayan agriculturists will attend a conference of the International RU-e Commission at Bogor. Indonesia, in April, at which methods of Improving Malayan rice strains will be discussed. They are the acting chief Research Officer of
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    SCHOLAR GETS HER CHEQUE
    71 5 SCHOLAR GETS HER CHEQUE MISS CHOO GUEK LIN. who was awarded one of the Singapore Co-operators scholarships for the year, received her cheque yesterday from Mr. P. A. D'Costa, chairman of the Urban Co-operative Union. Two scholarships, worth $100 each, are awarded annually to deserving children of co-operators. Miss Choo
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    4 Bandits Walked Into Trap: 1 Dies
    185 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. ANE bandit was killed when he and three others l/ walked into an ambush in the Kajang area of Selangor yesterday. I A bandit sentry was captured in the Raub area of PAHAXG a3 he was
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    $3.3OTOSENDA PAPER TO UK
    60 5 It costs $3.30 to send a single copy of a newspaper by air from Borneo to the United Kingdom. The North Borneo Chamber of Commerce is now seeking a reduction in the postal rate. The Chamber also wants the airmail letter card system re-instituted. The Chamber
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    Fed. Clerks Appeal For A 'Substantial' Pay Increase
    208 5 DKtAMn^PUIN^HA^DH^KtACntU From Our Staff Correspotuitnt KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. THE Malayan Federation of Clerical and Adminisiiative Staff Unions today issued an appeal to all firms, who had not already dune so, to grant "a substantial increnso" in the salaries of their clerks. The
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    TREE FELL ON YOUNG GIRL
    73 5 Ng Kok Hiang. plucking coconuts half a mile from his house at the Hth mile Seletar Road on Feb. 21 was told a coconut tree had fallen on his daughter. He rushed home and found th? child. Ng Bak Heng, 3. lying dead with a
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    TODAY'S SINGAPORE DIARY
    54 5 CHINESE V.M.C.A., Sehgie Road, music class, 2.30 p.m., badminton. 5.30 p.m.. basketball. 5.30 p.m., table-tennis, 7.30 p m., mouth orean band, 7.30 p.m. V.M.C.A., Orchard Road, movie c.rcle committee meeting. 5.30 p.m., tennis sub-committee meeting. 6.30 p.m., table-tennis, 730 p.m. WESLEY M.Y.F., Wesley H.ll Port Canning. Second
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    Bought Cat As Medicine
    123 5 AWII. I) cat, bought by Chian; (hew Etafl for medicinal purposes, was ordered yesterday in the Singapore Second Police Court to he hand ed over to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, to l>e destroyed after 14 days by the Veterinary l>fparhnen* Mrs.
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    Found Hanging In Bathroom
    64 5 Lee Boon Siun<j a 30-yi-ar-old barley water seller, .^'t into debt because of his fondness for gambling. This was stated at an inquest in SingaDore yesterday On the night of Feb. 21 he was tound hanging in the bathroom, with a noose <>t insulated wire round
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    NO CARD: $60
    23 5 Ismail Mohamed. a driver, was yesterday fined $60 in the Singapore First District. Court for nor produHn« n's identity card
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    67 6 SONG. Lady Helen Song, be1 I<l wife of the late Oog Slang KBE.. V.D., MA. LL.B., >d peacefully away at her reicp. 322 East Cost Road, or. Wednesday 28th Feb. 1951. The J iir- I service wTI be held at the its Chlnrse Presbyterian r <*h PrinseD Street, It
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    The straits Times Singapore Fri., Mar. 2, 1951. Calling All Listeners
    1077 6 The straits Times Singapore Fri., Mar. 2, 1951. Calling All Listeners ihe retirement of the Director of Broadcasting, and the possibility of other changes in ihe broadcasting structure, invite from Government a statement of principle which apparently it is reluctant to give. There have been two brief official statements, r.either
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    The M.C.A. plays its part
    1284 6 The M.C.A. plays its part Malaga under the Emergency— lo pERHAPS no other communal organisation in the Federation has been given so many responsible tasks to perform in connection with the Emergency as the Malayan Chinese Association. Formed on Feb. 27, 1949. by a band of public-spirited Chinese leaders with
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      333 6 1 Dafn D Onn I h P^ n n g CC rreSPOndent S re^ rt Ot What Si? t0 TVe that Dar Om ES of Asian?- anf t0 create a nationality composed For one thing, it served to remind me of what an elderly Malay gentleman said
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      FROM A CLERK INPAHANG
      170 6 WHAT was the result of the interview arranged by the Clerical and Administrative Services Union with the Chief Secretary as regards the Conversion Tables of the State Clerical Service Higher Division j»hlch allows no increase of pay for the unfortunate clerks in this category? I see
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    On the Margin
    422 6 On the Margin J lira's (iliosls I BELIEViS I am right in saying that there has been only one instance in Malaya of a site chosen for a town proving so consistently malarial that the town had to be completely abandoned and rebuilt elsewhere. That was Jugra. once the headquarters
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    COLONY CRACKS DOWN ONR ACKETS Many Retailers Are Caught
    272 7 COLONY CRACKS DOWN ONR ACKETS Many Retailers Are Caught THE Singapore Government has begun a concerted "war" on profiteers and blackmarketeers in all essential commodities. The first offender caught overcharging on a packet of soap may have his supplies withdrawn, under a Government recommendation yesterday. In the drive against cigarette
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    Depts To Aid Food Drive
    123 7 THREE Singapore Government Departments—Education. Social Welfare and Prisonshave been asked by the Local Produce Working Committee to survey the posr'bilitifs of increasing foot, production at their institutions. Said Mr. H. Than secretary of the Working Committee: "Institutions like prisons and boys homes will set about
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    'Now Don't Blame The Firms'
    122 7 'Now Don't Blame The Firms' MR. Tan Larlc Sye. president of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce. yesterday appealed to the public not to have a wrong Impression that mercantile firms were responsible for the* recent increase in prices. Mr Tan who was making Ms report at the annual general
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    India Cloth Is Dearer
    82 7 A TEN p*T cent Increase in th«> prict of Indian textiles coarse and medium qualities -is to come into lore soon because of a 10 per cent export duty. The price increase. however, will not affect the Ma)a- m textile market immediately. a s the new
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    IN CURFEW AREA: 14 FINED $100
    56 7 Fourteen Chinese fishermen pleaded guilty in the Singapore First District Court yes- terdav to being found In a sampan in a curfew area, on Pulau Trkong. on Thursday night without a permit. Two Sampan masters. Lim Lav Vow and Lai Lip Chang, were each
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    Plan To Reduce Vegetable Waste
    84 7 THE Singapore Government is considering a new system of distributing: vegetables to reduced wastage. n will be similar to the ore operated by the Qovernment. i rnment steps to fi'^ht rising prices are: 1. A committee tn Investigate the high cost of machinery and stores
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    HANDICRAFTS DISPLAYED
    44 7 In addition to R. M. S. Caronia "cruise dinner" and the Malayan Party at Raffles Hotel last night, there was also an exhibition of Malayan handicrafts. On display were Kelantan silverware, basket work. Malay sarongs and products ol other Malay kampong inciustries.
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    27 Broke Holiday Law
    103 7 rpWENTY-SEVEN Singapore J. shopkeepers, mostly Chinese, broke the Weekly Holiday law during February. Mr. C. W. Lyle, Deputy Commissioner for Labour, said terday. They either failed to close shop according to schedule or they failed to have the Weekly Holiday forms displayed. Twenty-three cases were heard
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    FOUMDER'S DAY AT ACS
    83 7 More than 1600 students and teachers of the Singapore Anglo-Chinese School celebrated Founder's Day yesterday. It was the 05th •jirthday of the school. The main programme was held at the new school buildings at Barker Road, with Mrs. Paul Means, authoress of "Malaysia Mosaic" (historical record
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    LEG BROKEN AT WORK: GETS $2400
    58 7 From Our Own Correspondent MUAR, Thurs.— Lam Chong was awarded $2,400 compensation by the North Johore Commissioner for Workmen's Compensation. Lam employed as a lumberer by Chit Kwai Lam at Labis broke his left leg when a steel rope used in hauling logs snapped
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    NO PRICE TAGS
    44 7 From Our SUIT Correspondent SEREMBAN, Thurs. The Assistant Controller of Supplies, Negri Sembilan, Mr. W. Aucutt, said today that fines totalling $505 had been imposed on 14 shopkeepers for failing to affix and display price tags on rationed rice and sugar.
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    VEHICLE AFIRE
    40 7 The Singapore Fire Brigade was called out yesterday when a military vehicle caught fire in an Ordnance Depot la Alexandra &oad, Singapore*. The flre, which partially c s'royed the vehicle, was yuv i it in a few minutes.
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    Next Three Years Vital: Voters Told
    141 7 CJPEAKING at an election O meeting for Mr. John Laycock at St. Patrick's School yesterday. Mr. Frank James said that the next three years are going to be vital for progress towards self government in Singapore and that it is most important to elect
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    District Men For Rural Board Call
    137 7 RURAL District Committees should be directly represented on the Singapore Rural Board, said Mr. Goh Nagh Chee, Chairman of the Serangoon Rural District Committee, yesterday. He told a Straits Times reporter that the Serangoon District Committee took up the matter with the Rural Board
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    ROVER CO. GET AWARD
    143 7 The Sir Thomas R. Dewar award made by Uk Royal Automobile Club in London for the most outstanding technical achievement in the field of automobile engineering has been won by the Rover Company for their work in pioneering the world's first gas-turbine driven car. The Dewar
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    thank Goodness For A Bit Of Civilisation!
    285 7 AS shoppers and sightseers from the Caronia, which arrived yesterday, returned from the city, they told a Straits Times reporter at the gangway; "Singapore is fascinating. Thank goodness for a bit of civilisation." All the excitement usually associated with the arrival of a
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    Passengers Say Thanks
    95 7 A DEPUTATION of pass-, engers on the Indian mail steamer Jalagopal gave" her 36-year-old Captain B. L. Batra a surprise when they called upon him with a letter of thanks "for a very enjoyable voyage." The letter, with more than fifty signatures, expressed the passengers' appreciation of
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    5 BROKE CURFEW From Our Own Correspondent
    52 7 5 BROKE CURFEW From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs Kamari bin Janabi, Quek Hoch Meh, See Hong Chang, of Singapore, Lim Chong Hock, of Klang. and Chong Poh Choo, an actress, were each fined $10 today in the Police Court for being out of doors in a curfew area
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    TALK ON BLOOD
    43 7 Dr E. Lewin of the Blood Transfusion Department. General Hospital. Singapore, will give a talk on "Giving of Blood to Save Lives" to members of the Malayan Chinese Association (Singapore branch) at 688 Robinson Road on Wednesday at 5.30 p.m.
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    C-G's TRIBUTE TO BISHOP
    142 7 UR. Malcolm Mac Donald, Commissioner-General for South-East Asia, last night paid a tribute to the late Bishop W. F. Oldham, foundder of the Anglo-Chinese School and Methodism In Malaya. Speaking to a large gathering oX more than 500 at the A.C.S. Old Boys' Founder's Day dinner,
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    Colony Builders Set Safeguards Against Prices
    119 7 Colony Builders Set Safeguards Against Prices SINGAPORE Chinese contractors are sufeguardinff themselves in building contracts against unstable prices. All tenders for contracts submitted yesterday contained a Cost Fluctuation Indemnity Clau.se and principal builders in the Colony and th? Federation were informed of it. I Mr. Tan Kirn Cheong. President of
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    Surprise For Housewife
    91 7 A YOUNG Chinese housewife, Sect Soon Cheng, of Upper Serangoon Road, was Singapore's most surprised person yesterday when a large perfume bottle and a $25 voucher was given to her as she bought a cinema ticket. She was the 60.000 th person to see the film "Samson
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    Case Withdrawn
    41 7 Charges against Dr. Hugh Conrad Stubbs in the Singapore Third District Court yesterday of forging International certificates of inoculation were withdrawn." Chief Inspector C. W. Such, prosecuting, said that he had been instructed to do so by the D.P.P.
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    WORKERS' PARTY FOR SINGAPORE
    51 7 A MEETING to fa i Workers' Party in Singapore will be held on Sunday at the Liberty Cabaret, North Bridge Road. The meeting is convened by Mr. A. A. K. Sumttee, an Independent who will contest the Rochor*» C'strirt. Mr. Surat're. recenMy resigned from the labour
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    Pianist Now Housewife —And Happy
    140 7 Pianist Now Housewife —And Happy MRS. Hephzibah Nicnolas, concert pianist-turned-housewife and sister of the famous violinst Yehudl Mcnuhin arrived In Singapore yesterday evening from Australia. Mrs. Nicholas is on her way to London where she will give sonata recitals at the f Britain concerts Festival c with her brother. She
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    UNION TO DEBATE C.O.L. INCREASE
    180 8 Seeks Review Every 3 Months 'JMK Singapore Government and Municipal Labour Union is railing a meeting; of representatives of all its branches on March 24 ti) consider the decisions of both the Government and Municipal Commissioners on higher cost-oi-livini; allowances. Both the Government and Municipality
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    Parties May Not Contest All Seats
    111 8 Parties May Not Contest All Seats CINGAPORES two political parties Labour and Progressive may not contest all the nine elected seats in the Legislative Council. The Progressive Party may not name candidates for Seletar and Rochore districts. The Labour Party may not Bat8 at up candidates in Seletar, latong and
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    'RUNNER' IS FINED $800
    59 8 'RUNNER' IS FINED $800 3 oy the prosecution i > th< "runner' 1 of the rhap-ji-kee lottery In Bins ip ire, Ong :oo or ■vi months' Imprisonment Second Po- r lay. ho pleaded guilty to In i!i" management "N- t; tv. was arrested in security check at Geylang ii F<<b
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    OUR PLANTERS ARE PRAISED
    69 8 The Rubber Trade Association of London cabled the United Planters Association of Malvya on Wednesday: The Rubber Trade Associaion of London, at their Benevolent Fund annual dinner an Feb. 23 and at their annual general meeting on Tuesday unanimously expressed their desire to send you their
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    SURGEON TRIES TO MAKE NEW LEG
    73 8 WHEN she heard of the arrival of Dr. Leopold Driefuss. a plastic surgeon, a "24-year-old European woman in Singapore asked him to restore the shape of a leg crippied by infantile paralysis. This is the only request Dr. Driefuss has received in Singapore. Dr.
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    KL Teacher Acclaimed InNewYork
    136 8 KL Teacher Acclaimed InNewYork From Our Staff Correspondent. KUALA LUMPUR Thurs. IifISS Edith Kenneison. a I*l teacher at the Convent at Sentul. Kuala Lumpur, has won praise lor her acting in a children's play at the State University of New York. Miss Kenneison. who left Kuala Lumpur for the United
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    CREEK FROM
    45 8 THE ELDERS of Thebes (led by Beda Lim) comfort Antigone (Dorothy Morrell) before she goes to her death. Creon (Patrick Anderson) looks on scornfully. "Antigone." by Sophocles, will be performed at the University of Malaya between March 6 and 10. Straits Times picture.
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    Lady Song Dies In Singapore
    280 8 I ADY Song, the widow of the first Malayan Chinese to be knighted, Sir Ong Siang Song, died at her home in East roust Road, Singapore, on Wednesday night. The second daughter of Mr. Yeo Poon Seng. Lady Song was married in 1907. at the
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    FINED $1,000 FOR UGS
    57 8 FINED $1,000 FOR UGS A YOUNG Chinese was yesterday fined $1,000 in default three months' imprisonment in the Singapore First Police Court for using his house for administering deleterious drugs. The Chinese. Lim Ah Kee. was stated to have administered deleterious drugs to certain persons in his hut in Petain
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    PLAY CAST ALL TOWNS
    230 8 THE cast of Sophocles' play "Antigone", to be performed by students and guest actors at the Vniversity of Malaya between March 6 and 10, come from almost every state and settlement in Malaya. Many of them have already had experience in dramatic societies in their home
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    MALAYAN STUDENTS' HOUSING CHECKED
    211 8 T»HE office of the Australian Commissioner in x Malawi makes a thorough double check on accommodation and enrolment of Malayan students whS apply to enter Australia for studA This is necessary "in the interests of the students" as Australia faces an acute accommodation problem just now.
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    MORE TAX ON GROUNDNUTS
    63 8 The Government of India is to impose an export duty ot RsBo per ton on groundnut kernels. This will affect the groundnut price in Singapore. Said Sardar Jogindra Singh Indian Trade Commissioner: "The increase will come into effect in a few months. Stocks held at present
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    SPEEDING:-FINED
    25 8 SPEEDING:- FINED JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.— H. L. Johnstone and S. Kunji, both of Singapore, were each fined $30 in the Police Court today for speeding.
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    STUDENTS SAY: UNITY CAN END RACIALISM
    225 8 STUDENTS SAY: UNITY CAN END RACIALISM From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Thursday. CREATION of a United Malaya which w\U make traditions of its own out of the best in the cultures of the different communities is urged in the first issue of the Malayan Inquirer, a new quarterly published by
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    BODY IN CANAL
    28 8 Teoh Ah Yin <47> the wife of a Hokkien boat-man, was found floating in Rochore Canal. The Coroner returned a verdict of death by drowning.
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    Here To Film Travel Talk'
    82 8 MR. James A. ritzpalricfc, lfl famous for his film series of "Travel Talks", arrived in Singapore yesterday in the CaronU with a team of technicians to "shoot" typical Malayan scenes for his popular series, also known as "Geography without Tears". While other tourists who arrived
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    YORKSHIREMEN
    52 8 The following have bvn elected officers of the So?itfy of Yorkshiremen in Malaw President. Mr. G. If. Wa'k:-r vice-president Mr. George Hd treasurer, Mr. C. H. Bone: mdl tor. Mr. R. G. Barnps: comrni'tp Mom*. F. A. Bickerdike W. E Warr J. H. Harriv. C. Whit worth and F
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    Citizen Committees For Chinese
    141 8 From Our Staff Correspondent U Txrt,or. KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. CHINESE citizens committees are to be established in resettlement areas and predominately Chinese villages in Johore., Seven will be formed In the Johore Bahru district this month. They will be at Kulai Besar, Gelang Patah, 16V2 Vile
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    Fire Brigade Accused
    102 8 THE Singapore Ratepayers' Association has been informed by one of its members that the Fire Brigade failed to attend to hi s car when it was set on fire during the December riots The association has agrred to send a copy of the letter to the Municipal
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    Lodgers At 'Singapore House'
    72 8 "SINGAPORE HOUSE." owned by the Singapore Muni. cipal Commissioners at Fraser's Hill, ivill be available to private individuals and senior officers of the Kuala Lumpur Municipality for a trial period of six months. The Commissioners decided' thi* at their monthly meeting on Wednesday. The charges ivill
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      17 8 SINGAPORE SALE LAST I 2 DAYS FINAL REDUCTIONS IN ALL DEPARTMENTS TEXTILES CX STOCK RAHAMIN PENHAS, LTD.
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    Rearmament will give work to women
    802 9 SOME 7,384.000 women are now employed in industry m Britain— and appeals are being made for even more to come out of the home to help to fill the jobs which will tie brought into being when the rearmament drive gets folly underway Kvrn
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    Foundation Comes To The Top
    66 9 Tais novel foundation Karment that appears 'on the surface —as the upper part of an evening gown was shown recently at a London fashion house. The foundation, a strapless Berlei Controlette in black gold embroidered net teams with the sKirt or matchinr material. Riifht: This
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    LOCAL FASHIONS ALTER CONSIDERABLY
    471 9  -  TONI MARSH By no Singapore fashions v change? They certainly do. Not radically, not from one day to the other, but if you keep your eyes open, you'll soon notice definite trends appearing for a time, first here and there, then everywhere. Getting around town quite
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    Children spot dogs
    94 9 "pvOG -SPOTTING" is the \3 latest hobby among British children. It is replacing "train-spotting" in popularity. More than 40.000 schoolchildren throughout Britain are now members of the Dog Spotters' Club launched 18 months ago by the National Canine Defence League in London. Two-thirds of them are girls.
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    Today's Radio
    255 9 SINGAPORE 10 a.m. Newt; 10.10 Close 12; Malay; 1 p.m. Radio Orche. 1.30 News; 1.45 Art van Damme Quintette; 3 Radio Malaya Repertory: "Hamlet"; Close; 5 Malay; 6 "Popular Pianists"; 6.15 Children; 6.30 David OranvUle Ensemble; 7 News; 7.10 Interlude: 7.30 "Personal Choice"; 8 Talk; 8.15 "Evenng Star";
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    No big change of dress here
    552 9 LONDON SPRING SHOWS ONDON'S "big ten" fashion designers have completed their Spring Fashion Week without showing any startling changes to overseas buyers and fashion experts. A brief summary would register as the most noteworthy trends: The silhouette is slim with tiny waists in their
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    FOR THE FESTIVAL
    114 9 f FHE Dolphin furniiure made in 1813 to commemorate Nelson's victories, will be on show in Brighton's Royal Pavilion during a Regency Festival this summer. The Dolphin suite so called because it is decorated with carvings of dolphins consists of ten armchairs, three settees, a window seat,
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      153 9 Sins«r Centenary 1851 1951. 100 years of sewing service You II never nave these worries if your sewinej machine is as s i n g c r^_^ fiOW GOODIS\ J^ If MOVE "^v GUARANTEE TO ANOTHER BEHIND 1 W4k T OW N CAN I IT 9 W^ STILL GET SERVICE)
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      56 9 The growing child ex pends his energies at an enormous rate -growing lj^Lr]M?^ l[^l fast and playing hard. Ri-'* lli Nourishment must keep MNJ* ttl^llirTl pace and that is why m S Brand's Essence of iftlijßttWI I— WJ. Chicken is so sought after by parents who g j*AN PS L^kvx
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      322 9 Straits Times Crossword 305 3 :SSK 5^ 4)< < DOWN SSStSssSSn 2 3 I 4 b Is I fcSJSSS 1. Invigorating drink (7). 3. It is protected from the wind I. Breeding place of the Walrus *w» Ss?^. kSS^ tsgss 2^ RSsss tre^a^R and Carpenter's victims 8 HH 9 10
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    The fans like a blood-andthunder film
    629 10 The fans like a blood-and-thunder film says HAROLD HEFFERNAN ALTHOUGH costs ap- pear prohibitive and production headaches become migraine, the "catastrophe" is still looked upon by shrewd screen producers as the top bet in drawing fans into theatres. When Cecil B. De Millie was prodded by an associate on the
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    46 10 JUNE ALLY SON AND DICK POWELL WITH HERMAN, who steals most of the scenes in which he appears during The Reformer aiid the Redhead." A lighthear.ed comedy on American politics, the picture makes the most of a family who keep wild animals in their back yard
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    'Monsieur Vincent' For Public
    469 10  -  PAUL DAMIEN Around the Cinemas by T*HE best ntws I heard x this week came from the manager of the Pavilion cinema who told me that the French Academy Award film "Monsieur Vincent," shown recently to members of the Alliance Francaise at the Pavilion, has been
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    SHE MADE A JOCKEY CAP
    35 10 A new hair style and the right hat to match it are worn by brunette D.me Hart who plays her first bis role in "Happy-Go-Lovely". Diane designed the jockey cap.
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    GLORIA TOOK HER CHANCE
    292 10 TLORIA De Haven took a chance and she's glad there was a bit of the gambler in her Under contract to a major company, Gloria was doing well financially. But her artistic stand- ing worried her. She wasn't very happy with the roles she was getting
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    LONDON STOCKS
    299 11 LONDON. Thurs. AFTER a hesitant start firmness was widespread In the London Stock Exchange today. Good buying lifted British Government funds by one-sixteenth to three-six-teenth and there were several bright features in industrials particularly rayons Closing middle prices oi aeiectea stocks, as supplied to the Straits Times by
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    PETALING TIN AT SEAPORT
    116 11 TV|R. J. T. Chappil. chairman of IVI Petaling Tin, told shareholders at Ipoh on Wednesday that the Seaport Estate area in which Petaling had acquired mining richts was low-grade. He explained that the overall estimated recoverable value of the selected area was .25 kati per cubic
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    RUBBER MARKET
    229 11 Half Cent Rise At Quiet Close; Steady Day From A Market Correspondent T»HE Singapore rubber market was stendy yesterday, especially in the afternoon, on fair factory buying. It closed quiet, however, with first-grade for March shipment at $2.27 a lb. buyers, half a cent above Wednesday's close, i
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    H.K. EXCHANGE RATES
    33 11 HONG KONG, Thurs. CTREE market currency exchange r for Hong Kong, dollars was quoted to day as follows: US$l HK$6.O7 (cash), HK|«.im (T): HK515.40; one tael of gold HK*****. UP.
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    TIN: $7O53/8 A PICUL
    35 11 SINGAPORE, Thnrs., Mar. 1— 5705.37',. (down $14.) £1,450 a ton in London LONDON, Thurs.. Mar. 1. Spot Buyers £1,4541; Forward £1.380; Settlement £1,450 (up £5). Turnovers a.m. 80, p.m. 80 tons.
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    THE PRODUCE MARKET
    165 11 AN influx into Singapore of Siamese wttfte pepper, of lower quality than Muntok white, caused an easier market yesterday. A small amount of business was transacted in this variety, and the price of Muntok and Sarawak dropped by another $10 a picul. Lampong black pepper remained steady
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    Shares
    227 11 Tins Set Firm Pace H/ITH continued support ff from London for Tin shares the Singapore share market wa« again firm yesterday. The announcement of a first Interim- dividend of 30 per cent, for Petallngs. was another encouraging feature. Rubbers were strong with sellers raising their prices. Industrials were better
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    CANADIAN DOLLAR EXCHANGE
    33 11 nPHE Malayan Exchange Banks Association announced yesterday that control direct rates for Canadian dollars were: Buying T.T. 34' i, Airmail (0.D.) 34%, (90 days) 34"i; Selling T.T.|OX>. ready 34 >4.
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    Shipping In The Roads And Alongside
    192 11 CHIPS in the Singapore Roads and alongside the Singapore Harbour Board godowns yesterday were Outer Roads: Hai Hsuan, Shapu. Peter Reed, Wei Ming, Hoegh Silverllght. E. Wlndrush. Anking. T/oo Yu, Steel S\:rveyor, Sloterdijk, Mul Nan, Bradeverett, Femdale, Lipls, Blntang. Hoegh Silverstreara, Oha. Pres. Tyler.
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    BRIGHT GAMES
    544 12 Two-Goal Rally Brings Thrills At Stadium 'THE official 195] »occer and typical early-seaso and Indonesian League. Senior League, and BODC two martin. At Changi. R.A.F. Cr played the first game in I Changi winning two-nil, one at the Sladium. attn enthusiasm on the side Ii season opened yesterday
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    Kota Raja'A' Get Best Of 5-goal Game
    618 12 Kota Raja 'A' Get Best Of 5-goal Game a LATE rally by the Indonesians, in which centre-forward Omar scored twice, failed to earn them a point In the opening game of SAT A. Dit. 3 League, which vas won by KoU Raja "A" three-two at St. George's Road. pa wtm
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    Changi Take Full Points Off Seletar
    235 12 DOMINATING play in the first half. RJLF. Changl scored twice in succession without reply to take full points off their rival station RAJ. Seletar, in the opening game of the Services Soccer League at Seletar yesterday. As expected the match was ceenly contested. Play
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    K.S.L.I. WIN FENCING
    84 12 The Tuiung Ist Bn. King-* Shropshire Llgbt Intantry at the PJLRXXuP. lulu It bayonet fencing tourney by beating the H.Q. Mo. 3 Conwnando (Worth Malaya District) by U points to eight at TangUn yesterday. The trophy will be presented to tne winners at the Military Gymnastam. Tsnglin.
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    Two-round League "Not Feasible"
    459 12 SINGAPORE SOCCER TOPICS 4 TWO-ROUND Senior League in Singapore is not feasible say S.A.F.A. officials, discussing the proposal made by Amicable A.A. coach Pan Kah- ping. These officials point out that the Senior League, as at present constituted, will take 91 matches to complete on a
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    STIFF TEST FOR NJOO
    285 12 TO.VIGHT at the Happy World arena, Bobby MJoo. Indonesia's tL. a. Mff. a ii 1 1 f i 4|iu mo ifßSvnptt nwninf the stiffest teaMaThbT brfnant career when be fights Jimmy Welch far the lightweight championship of Singapore. The result of this fight win be *agerty
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    Fleming Hits 2ForS'pore
    165 12 ARMY HOCKEY SINGAPORE District played enterprising hockey at Tanglin yesterday to beat Malaya District by two goals to nil to the first round of the Pardf toter-distzict hockey '*»-~r* < t it p for 1951. A strongly disputed goal by Fleming. Singapore District's centre-forward, four nrtmars before
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    Boy Athletes Honoured
    152 12 SIX sports awards were gtten away by Mrs. Raymond L. Arcber, vile of the Mrthmntt bishop. IHngapare Area, during the Pounder's Day programme of the Anglo-Chinese School at Barker Road yesterday. Ibc recipients vcft! Cfein One Leng 'broke 192S school record in 440 yards "A" with 56.2
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    BUSINESS HOUSES XI v.SINO MALAYS
    56 12 fffrajrr"*" "ii' 1"?—1 Houses Pootbaß Association wfll play their first representative game when a combined side win meet Stno-Malays at Jalan Beaar stadhmi on Sunday. The SJAPJL XI win be: Angtulia; Vass and SaDeb: Kok Thong. Hee Jong and Taanm; BM Meng. Hin Weng. Awang
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    CABLE SHIP CREW WIN 2 MATCHES
    42 12 The cable ship Recorder won two soccer matches played at the Railway Institute ground. On Wednesday they defeated the Dutch «bJp Rakt by fonr-nO and yeaterday they wan against the Danish atop nmlmtii by seven— aJL
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    Pax Haven Was Most Impressive
    533 12 PENANC TRACK WORK By EPSOM JEEP PENANG, Thursday. PAX HAVEN and Nature's Gentleman (3f. in 38sec), Floor Show, Talkie and Sistcron (3f. in 38 2/5 sec.), Dewar and Jimmy (3 f. 38 3 5 sec.) and Braton and Zalovix (4f. in 53sec.) topped the list
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    WOMEN'S GOLF
    55 12 ■ami final play in the Lady Pagan? Cop RAP. Ladles' Annual Golf CompettOon resulted miMr*. James Island Cfamj beatIng Ifiis Darlion fSeletar GC> 1 up. and Mrs. Htddleston (Changi GO beating Mrs. Hamilton (fleJetar OjC.) and Play In the final, between Mrs. James and Mrs. HWVHeston. wfll be
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    Sports Diary
    98 12 BOXING: Jtaaasr Welch v B^aoy at Happy Warld 9 p A sad «ik«r bawls; f£K.r. team aad iadMdaal caimpiia sMs* at Seletar frwn »M pj*. SOCCER: Mr. 1: AaMcaMo A_A. v PaUa Braai at JaUa Beaar; Dit. 2: FaUal Karib v ladtao RjC. 'A' at GeyUng: Div. J.
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    P.H. Hendry Cap Cricket Again
    60 12 Freaa Car Staff Csrrespeodeal KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs— Aijf a lapse of 19 years, the competition for the P. H. Hendry cricket trophy wfll be revived tins year between the Malayan Bhihslesa ftfftflrfirVw Singapore Sinhalese Association at Singapore during the Easter holidays on March 24 and
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    4 MALAYANS SEEDED IN ALL ENGLANDDRAW
    350 12 4 MALAYANS SEEDED IN ALL ENGLAND DRA W LONDON, Thursday. WONG Peng Soon, the Malayan badminton Me, defends hb» .singles title against strong oppost tion. including nine other Malayans, in the a'l England championships at the Empress Hall her..* from March 7 to It. Four of the Malayans are among
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    ISLAND CLUB FEB. MEDAL
    156 12 The .Island Ctab February Medal (Bogey* played orer the weekend resulted a» follows: -A- DliWia: ffiun: Lha Boh. Tarn <8. 1 up. Next best rvtaras: W. Perrier Mayor <li 1 down. H. Tooke (3) 2 down. T. C. James .9. 2 down. E. Carroll <19» 3
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      25 12 SINGAPORE TIDES TODAY: J.4I a-m. '8-?>. 6.44 pjn. i«J>; 1I.W a-m. (2 2). 10.lt pjn. <5J». TOMORROW: 4J0 un. OJ), 9.14 pjn. 1.15 pjn. (2.1).
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