The Straits Times, 6 March 1951

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 1951. PRICE TEN CENTS.
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    REDS BUILDING UP THEIR DEFENCE
    208 1 REDS BUILDING UP THEIR DEFENCE 700 Vehicles In One Convoy TOKYO, Monday. THE Communists were today bringing up troops and supplies to build up their defences in the belt south of the 38th Parallel. Air reconnaissance spotted heavy road traffic in North Korea. One column comprised 700 vehicles. Other vehicles
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    British Visa For Missing Envoy
    109 1 British Visa For Missing Envoy LONDON, Mon. BRITAIN has granted an entry visa to Dr. Bohuslav Kratochvii, Czechoslovakia's missing Ambassador to India. He is reported to have sailed ior Britain on Saturday in the Indian steamer Jal Azad. His passage was booked a month ago in his own name. His
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    MR. JOSEY HITS AT DELAY
    137 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon TIR AL-x Josey. controller Jm. of Emergency broadcastin; criticised the delay in ng the decision of th Arbitration Board set up t m ttle the wages dispute n rubber workers and th e'-uployers when he spoke i r Ru4io Malaya last night.
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    LOCUST HAVOC
    22 1 NEW DELHI, Mon.— Locusts dtv\ yed 10.000 to 15.000 tons of food grains in India during ihe current crop season.
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    WINSTON BETTER
    16 1 LONDON Mon.— Mr. Winston Churchill, suffering from 5, is "gettine: on well."— 1 ;-<r.
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    MICKEY MOUSE AT IT AGAIN
    46 1 HOLLYWOOD, Mon. Mickey Mouse, dashing hero of the screen, is about to make a come-back. His master and creator. Walt Disney, has announced that Mickey will soon be seen in a series of roles after 15 years of almost complete inactivity.—Reuter.
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    DELIVERS SERMON BEFORE FIGHT
    37 1 DETROIT, Mon.— "Jersey Joe" Walcott and his partner Jack Thomson delivered the sermons at Detriofs largest Negro church yesterday. Walcott is fighting Ezzard Charles for the world heavyweight title on Wednesday.— U.P. v
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    JOHORE ESTATE MAN SHOT DEAD
    150 1 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Monday. AIR. David Duclos, the 62-year-old assistant iTI manager of Senai Estate (Enemy Estates Group in Malaya), wa.s shot dead in an ambush yesterday while s»ing r fluid the estate in a lorry. Mr. Duclos belonged to the Kulai
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    Wedding Party 10 Too Many
    68 1 GHAZ1ABAD, Mon. ANGRY citizens hoisting black flags of protest greeted a marriage party from Delhi flying in the face of local custom. The visitors numbered 31, a direct violation of Ghaziabad's Vaish (merchant caste) rule restricting any marriage party to 21. When 10 members of
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    A BOUQUET FOR THE RAF
    59 1 LONDON. Mon.— Marshal of the R.A.F., Sir John Slessor .Chief of the Air Staff, yesterday congratulated Transport Command for the successful delivery of 44 Vampire jet fighters to the Far East Air Force. The planes passed through airfields in all countries enroute from England to
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    SPIRITS DEFEND BURMA GOVT.
    49 1 RANGOON, Mon— Special shrines. where "nats" (spirits i can be worshipped and asked to stand guard over the Burmese Government, are being built in Rangoon. Astrologers had predicted that the "nats" can prevent opposition attempts to unseat the government, the newspaper. The Burman, reported today^—AP^
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    International
    28 1 LONDON, Mon— Thirty-:, v leaders of 21 Socialist parties all over the world formed a new "Socialist International" at a meeting which ended In London last night.
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    BUND MAN SHOT BY SOUND
    57 1 COLUMBUS, Ohio, Mon. A BLIND Negro, judgine his aim by the sound of a voice, shot and killed a man he heard in his wife's bedroom, a deputy sheriff said. The blind man, John Williams, 59, a self-styled preacher, shot Simon Barnett, a 55-year-old Negro,
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    PILOT RESCUED
    28 1 SAIGON, Mon— A French helicopter has 'rescued a French Hellcat fighter pilot forced down with engine trouble in Vietminh territory, 125 miles southwest of Saigon. Reuter.
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    He Shows Royal Gift
    60 1 n Sincanore with a told watch bearing the crest of the JroylTHoXofArablli-CapUin B Green o, h 7.9&5-ton Steel Surveyor, now m port The Prince, rich from American oil concessions, usually ha s with him. whTn frTveS. a lane retinue. And the job o one of the
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    Malaya's Jets Not For Korea
    128 1 Malaya's Jets Not For Korea REPORTS from Tokyo that "possibly 50" Malayan stationed jet fighters are to be flown to Korea were denied by Far East Air Force In Singapore last night. "None of the jet flghteis stationed in Malaya are to be flown to Korea for use m the
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    WORKMAN DROWNED IN TANK
    61 1 A CHINESE labourer in the Public Workt Department was drovned and another John's Island yesterday. One fell into the tank and was drowned before help could reach him, The other man, vrhc was launch after a j»dle message had been sent from the island for an
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    MALAYS PARADE
    42 1 BAYONETS glisten and eyes swivel right at passing-out parade of the Malay Regiment at Port Dickson on Sunday. RIGHT: Sailors from H M.S. Whitesands Bay. a frigate which was at Port Dickson last weekend, watch the parade. —Straits Times pictures.
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    Such Fuss Over A Romance....
    159 1 LONDON, Monday. NEWSPAPER reporters spent the week-end trying to find Ten*ku Zabariah. The news from Singapore that Zabariah intends to marry an Englishman stirred up interest in London newspaper offices. Malaya Hall was busy answering calls from reporters. To the Press, the Colonial Office said:
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    TYRES SEIZED IN RAID
    65 1 Singapore Police in a surprise raid early this morning, seized 29 new motor tyres, believed to be a stolen property, from a house in Tanjong Pagar. One man was detained. Police believe these tyres —valued at nearly $1,500— are part of a lot of 200 which
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    LANDSLIDE TOLL
    32 1 TOKYO, Mon.— Landslides In northern Japan killed two persons yesterday, bringing to 10 the number killed in the past week. The landslides are the result of a sudden thaw. A.P.
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    JEAN JOINS R.K.O.
    19 1 HOLLYWOOD, Mon.— R.K.O. Studios yesterday announced that they have bought the contract of the British actress
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    'WEST POWERS SHOULD HELP IN MOROCCO'
    188 1 CAIRO, Monday. ANTI-FRENCH demonstrations in Morocco have resulted in "a situation so serious that the Western powers should intervene," said Ahmed el Shukeiri Bey, assistant secretar.general of the Arab League during the weekend. Students swarming in Cairo and Alexandria demanded a "holy war'' against
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    IN MANILA, TOO
    32 1 MANILA, Mon. Retail prices of all commodities in Manila are 302.8 per cent higher than the 1941 average, and are still climbing, the Philippine Central Bank reported today.— A.P.
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    FRANCE CALLS IT SLANDER'
    88 1 PARIS. Tues. A Foreign Ministry spokesmen has branded as "fantastically unture" reports In the Egyptian Press of revolts all over French Morocco and charges that the French there shelled praying Muslims. The spokesman said "It U a calculated campaign of slander and untruth. It/ designed to
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    RUSSIA 'WOULD BE DESTROYED BY A-BOMBS'
    174 2 RUSSIA 'WOULD BE DESTROYED BY A-BOMBS WASHINGTON, Monday. QNE of America's foremost scientists said yesterday that if the Soviet starts war in Europe, American atomic bombs "would destroy Russia." "We could do it without question as matters stand today," said Dr. Vannevar Bush. "We could destroy not only the key
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    LONDON QUADS
    30 2 TAYLOR QUADS of London Robert, Annette, Kevin, and Paul sheltering: in the doorway of their home while waiting to be bridal Attendants at the wedding of their aunt.
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    OFF TO TOKYO
    39 2 HONG KONG. Mon.— Colonel Nils Tolagen will fly to Tokyo today en route to his new post as head of the Swedish Red Cross hospital in Korea. He arrived in Hong Kong yesterday from Sweden A.P.
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    TO VISIT JORDAN
    24 2 AMMAN, Mon. The Shah of Persia is to visit Jordan ln April, it was officially disclosed ln Amman yesterday. A .P.
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      Making Good
      245 2 TWIN native boys, who 10 years ago were cursed by 1 a Sarawak tribe and left to die, are making steady progress Their mother died when they were born and the village natives, terrified in the belief that death was caused by an evil spirit, left the babies
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    ACTRESS MAKES OWN DRESS
    20 2 DIANE HART, the film star, in London wearing* i cocktail dress she made herself. Router picture.
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    ENVOY TO CHINA
    24 2 HONO KONG, Mon—Pakistan's first envoy to Red China, Mr. Ahmed All, arrived here en route to Peking yesterday, 14 months after
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      1123 2 The Singapore Legislate Council Ejections OrdiMace, 1947. (No. 24 of 1947) (Section 24) NOTICE OF ELECTION OF A MEMBER FOR THE ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF TANGUN Whereas pursuant to section 24 of the Singapore Legislative Council Elections Ordinance, 1947, noUce was given that the Returning Officer of the said district will
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      417 2 Re BERTHA ANNIE HASSALL, Deceased. All persons having any claims against the estate of the abovenamed deceased, late of No. 5, Joo Seng Road. Singapore, who died on the 4th day of April, 1950. are required to send particulars of their claims In writing to the Public Trustee, Singapore, who
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    BIG THREE TO> if ACT TOUGH AT TALKS
    215 3 BIG THREE TO> if ACT TOUGH AT TALKS Russia Blamed For Tension PARIS, Tuesday. nELEGATES from Britain, the U.S.A., and France sat down with the Russians today in an effort to arrange an agenda for a Foreign Ministers' conference. And from the start t pledged to a policy of "a
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    ROYAL AWARD TO ACTRESS
    23 3 CirDLY COLRTNEIDGE, v her husband Jack I crt, afU'r she had been decorated C.B.E. at Buckingham Palace. Reuter picture.
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    BANDITS KILL 3 IN BUS
    32 3 MANILA, Mon. Bandits in Cavite Province yesterday fired on a crowded Manilabound bus. killing three passengers and wounding nine. Among the dead was a seven-year-old girl A.P.
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    'Unity Split By Churchill'
    57 3 HULL, England Mon. THE Deputy Prime Minis- ter. Mr. Herbert Morrison, yesterday accused Mr. Winston Churchill of splitting Britain's national unity in attempts to defeat the Government. "It is an amazing claim on Mr. Churchill's part that the Government upsets national unity. The truth is that
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    PRINCESS HAS A COLD
    43 3 LONDON Mon. Princess Elizabeth has a feverish cold and will be confined to her room for several days. The King is also suffering from a feverish cold. He was visited by his doctors at Buckingham Palace last light Reuter.
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    Tito 'Less Isolated Than Ever Before'
    156 3 BELGRADE, Monday. MR. Moshe Pi jade, one of the vice presidents of the Yugoslav Presidium and a prominent Poiitbureau member, said yesterday that although Yugoslavia had joined no pacts "she is less isolated today than she was ever before.' "Not only the governments of
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    Mao Seeks Replacements
    47 3 HONG KONG, Mon. Ihe Chinese Communists have started a drastic sweep of all China to mobilise men in an attempt to replace their heavy casualties in the Korean war, reliable reports said yesterday. Chinese Red casualties In Korea are estimated at 500,000 men.— U.P.
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    U.S. Plans More Aid For Asia
    271 3 COLOMBO, Monday. \JOKK help for countries in South Asia this, said Mr. George McGhee, American Assistant Secretary, yesterday, is the United States plan. But, explained Mr. McGhee, until the United States Congress has taken action on the proposed aid no more details can be
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    Red Champagne
    41 3 LEIPZIG, Mori. TIED China made her commercial debut in Europe yesterday with vintage champagne and golden tipped cigarettes named "Golden Dragon." These and other products such as rum, were on view at the Spring Fair which opened here. Reuter.
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    FourHurtln Tenement Fire In H.K.
    81 3 FourHurtln Tenement Fire In H.K. HONG KONG, Mon. DOUR people, including a r European police officer and a fire inspector, were injured last night during rescue operations after a fire in the floor of a four-storey Chinese tenement. Eleven people in all were rescued after flames shot up the narrow
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    PLANTERS KILLED
    25 3 SOURABAYA, Mon— Two Dutch planters on a rubber estate in East Java were killed by an armed gang last Friday, reports Aneta. Reuter.
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    REDS LOSE 44 SAMPANS
    54 3 SAIGON. Mon. French troops and river patrol units destroyed 44 Communist sampans in a sweep of the southern Red River delta, French military headquarters announced yesterday. A communique said 15 Vietminh soldiers were killed in the operation and another 23 killed and 23 captured in skirmishes
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    SYDNEY LIONS FOR SINGAPORE
    30 3 LION CUBS, worth about £300 each, have been sold by the Taronja Park 100, Sydney, to a circus travelling to Singapore and Hong Kong:.— A.P. picture.
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    KILLER' SUBMARINE LAUNCHED
    107 3 GROTON Connecticut. Mon. nHHE U.S. Navy's new killer type submarine— designed expressly to attack enemy submarines slid down the slipway at the Electric Boat Company's premises amid She is K-l only 115 feet long, but loaded with destructive armaments. Secrecy was clamped down on specific details. Even
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    ESCAPE FROM FIRE
    45 3 FIRE ON THE MELBOURNE riverside caused £200,000 loss. In nine transport depots, at least 50 trucks and hundreds of tons of goods were burnt. Mr. and Mrs. Featherstone, who live aboard a launch, moved in time to escape the fire. A.P. picture.
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    FRENCH CRISIS ENDING
    135 3 FRENCH CRISIS ENDING PARIS, Mon. T^HE Socialist leader, M. Guy Mollet, indicated last night that he was ready to form a government to end France's four-day-old political crisis. He said the problem of a change in France's proportional representative election law, which brought about the fall of M. Rene Pleven's
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    US C-in-C IN LONDON
    36 3 LONDON, Mon. Admiral Robert Carney, US. Naval C-in-C Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean, arrived at London airport from Paris after three-day taiks with Admiral Forrest. P. Sherman American Chief of Naval Operation —Reuter.
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    TROOPS READY BEFORE CALL
    4441 4 'Military Aid Usually Sought Too Late 9 Gen. Dunlop Minimum Force Restored OrderRiot Evidence WARNING SIGNS IN 3 LANGUAGES Troops Arrived In Quick Time ty|AJ.-Gen. D. Dunlop, G.O.C., Singapore Base District, yesterday told the chairman of the Riot Commission, Sir Lionel Leach, that he took independent
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    MTUC Has 8-Point Action Plan To Build Up Strength
    388 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. <THK Malayan Trade Union Council yesterday decided upon an important eight-point action programme to build up a bigger membership and strengthen its influence. A most important gramme will be a drive union members "where
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    5 Concerts At S'pore Festival
    153 5 5 Concerts At S'pore Festival THE half-way mark has been reached In the booking for Singapore's Music Festival between Mar. 20 and 28. About the same number of Si's have been sold for all five concerts violin recital bv Lola Bobesco. piano recital by Jacques Genty, sonata reciui by both
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    TAIPING FUND
    33 5 Jrnm Our O»n Correspondent TAIPING. Mon— The TaiJlnn Chinese Recreation Club wilding fund is now well above $20,000 and the committee aims to reach the target of $50,000 by March 31.
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    Singapore Diary
    91 5 ST. JOHN AMBULANCE ASSO£IITION. Home Nursing lecture. B< uade HQ Stamlurd Road. 9.45 < HINESE V.M.C.A.. Sele s ie Road, |>ody building. 5.30 p.m.. badminton. 530 p.m.. basketball. 530 p m fMe t finis, 730 p.m. rjgJCJL, Oivhard Road, cvclc r»' mi a*Mji'ia.ii>n committet aneeting, 5 15 p
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    Territorial Chief
    35 5 Fiom Our Own Corre»pondrnt SITIAWAN, Mon. Toh i Muda Wan Omar, of Lumut has gone to Tanjong Malim as Territorial Chief. He is the son of Tungku Temengong. i Territorial Chief of Dindingsi.
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    SILVER WEDDING
    54 5 MR. AND MRS. V. L. S. de Silva celebrated their sii.er wedding at Singapore during the weekend. Mr. de Silva is a foreman at the Strait* Times. From left, standing, are: Mrs. Jayawardena (daughter) Master Jayawardena (grand-son) Mr. S. D. Jayawardena (son-in-law). Samson. George. Titus. Helen- Leonard (in
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    R.A.F. Blast Six Bandit Dens
    232 5 SIX bandit targets in three States were attacked by R.A.F. bombers and fighters yesterday in one of the heaviest days of air operations for many months. Perak, Pahang and Trengganu were the scenes of the airstrikes. The strikes were made by Lincoln and Brigand bombers
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    SAT A Needs Money
    80 5 THE Singapore Anti-Tuber-culosis Association wants more money to build a new Diagnostic Clinic and Treatment Centre at Tanjong Pagar. The Association said in a statement yesterday thai about haflf the cost of the new building has been donated, but unless more money was forthcoming It would
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    ALSATIANS TOP LIST
    49 5 Alsatians top the list of entries for the Singapore Dog Show on Sunday at the Happy World. Highlight of the show will be an exhibition by an R.A.F police dogs team. Proceeds from the Rate and sale of catalogues will go to the Singapore Anti-Tubercu-lsis Association.
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    City Favoured Rival Charge
    66 5 Mr. A.A.K. Surrattee. an Independent candidate for Rochore seat. yesterday charged that the Municipal Commissioners had favoured his rival candidate. Mr. C. R. Dasaratharaj (Labour). Mr. Surrattee said that his request last week for permission to hold a meeting at a children's playground was refused while
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    REDS ATTACK CAMP
    173 5 REDS ATTACK CAMP KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. BETWEEN 50 and 60 bandits yesterday tried to break their way into a resettlement camp in the Ipoh area of Perak. A sentry on duty at the entrance of the camp, saw ihem approach, and as :|x of them dashed forward to force their
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    R,A.F. Helps In Search For Missing Vessel
    168 5 3LNDERLAND flying boats of Far East Air Force searched the Straits of J Malacca for several hours yesterday for an overdue Singapore ship, which later turned out to be aground off Sumatra. The vessel— the Straits Steamship Company's Mantin —left Pelok Nlbonfj, on
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    PORT DICKSON FAREWELL
    60 5 STAFF OF THE POSTAL and Telecoms Departments at Port Dickson at the farewell to Inche Nordin bin Mohamed (seated centre) who has (one to Sungei Gadut as postmaster. From left, seated, are: Mr. K. Emmanuel, Mr. Daniel Sta Maria (pontrr. aster), Inche Nordin, Mr. Choy Vat Swee,
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    HIGH COSTS HIT CABARET GIRLS
    112 5 CINGAPORES 550 taxidancers are finding it difficult to live because of the rising cost of living and some have Approached their association. Miss Najicy Ho, President tesses' Association, yesterday said that the matter would be discussed at their next committee meeting on Mar. 15. About
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    'FREE IMPORTS TO BEAT HIGH PRICES
    300 5 'FREE IMPORTS TO BEAT HIGH PRICES From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Monday. A CALL for Government to encourage unrestricted imports into Malaya, as a substitute for price control was made in a memorandum sent to the Federation's Secretary for Economic Affairs by the Penan* Chinese Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber
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    WOMEN WIN PRICE BATTLE
    109 5 WOMEN WIN PRICE BATTLE IPOH, Mon. THE housewives' battle against the high price of charcoal ended this morning when, at a meeting of dealers in the Ipoh are* presided over by Mr. Jail Manecksha, Perak's Executive and State Councillor, the retail price of coal a picul was fixed at $8.50.
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    They Won't Recommend Control
    111 5 They Won't Recommend Control DRICE control of building materials will not be recommended by the Building Materials sub-committee, appointed by the Singapore Government to investigate control, when they make their final report in a fortnight's time. The sub-committee has already made an interim report together with the other eight sub-committees
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    VISITS TAILOR, ENDS IN GAOL
    60 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Wong Tee Peng, 21, spotted by a detective in Kuala Lumpur after he had been barred by a court order from the Kuala Lumpur police district, was today sentenced to two months' imprisonment. Wong, who was arrested at Bukit Bintang Road, pleaded
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    Draw For Symbols
    96 5 pANDIDATES for the AprU VJ Legislative Council elections will draw lots for the 49 symbols mat have been chosen for them. These symbols will be made known to candidates tomorrow. Nomination papers and statutory declarations of candidates will be received by the Returning Officers of various electoral
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    NO YMCA HOSTEL
    32 5 From Our Staff Correspondrnt IPOH, Mon.— The V.M.C A.*s plan to build an $80,000 hostel In Harley Street has been abandoned because of the rising cost of building materials.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Tues.. Mar. 6, 1951. The Attack On Tin
    663 6 The Strai ts Times Singapore, Tues.. Mar. 6, 1951. The Attack On Tin Amencan Senators make it j hard for America's friends and r allies to remain grateful. From a Senate sub-committee there has come a new attack on the tin industry, a report which declares that the American taxpayer
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    Gambia Eggs
    476 6 After the colossal flop of the British Government's scheme to grow peanuts in Tanganyika, which has resulted in a loss of £36 million, there has come the I lesser but even more ludicrous I flop of the Gambia poultry farm on the other side of i Africa. This
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    Consolidating the new villages
    1068 6 Consolidating the new villages Malaya under the Emergency— l 2 JT is not disputed by the Federation Government that Communists have infiltrated in certain resettled areas, or that food is still being sup plied from within the new villages set up under the resettlement scheme. The police however, have every
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    TOMORROW
    8 6 SHOW-DOWN approaches in Central and South Pahang.
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      219 6 HASTEN to say that I st 1 expressed in last Satun With One Loyalty" on th Riance. May I repeat the query he has put to the persons concerned, for the sake of emphasis, in a way which the polygamous-minded, wealthy section of my community can understand better?
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      ALL QUIET IN THE P.M.U.
      155 6 CONTRARY to the suggesv ilon In a Straits Times heading of Feb. 26, "Row at P. M. U. Meeting," there was no row at the Peninsular Malays Union meeting in Kuala Lumpur referred to. UMNO, invited to send a delegate to the meeting, replied that
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      193 6 LUXURY TAX SUBSIDIES J MAY be wrong, but I believe the Govern merit's Luxury Tax plan arose thus: The cost of living Is too high; price control cannot be enforced; so let us tax luxuries and subsidise the market price of essentials. Will the planners agree with me on the
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    On the Margin
    389 6 Hukiini Shara I SUPPOSE that the gnat majority of readers of this column are just as ignorant of the Hukum Shara. the Muslim law of Inheritance, as I was myself when I started looking up the authorities for the purpose of yesterday's notes on the Adat Perpateh
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    FUEL TO COME FROM GROUND
    242 7 Easier And Safer For Airliners At Kallang Soon The Straits Times Air Correspondent THE extension to the heavy aircraft parking apron now being built at Singapore's Kallang airport will be served by underground fuel pumps that will make refuelling much faster and safer. The extension
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    S'PORE WIVES DEMAND GAS
    210 7 S'PORE WIVES DEMAND GAS tyiTH- the rise in the price of charcoal, tno Singapore Municipal is department has been viundaled" with ap1 i-ationsi -ations for pas, the deputy gas engineer, Mr. W. H. Si 'an. told the S. raits Times yesterday. Applications are Dein>; received at the rate of M
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    88 LEARNING FIRST AID
    59 7 Eighty-eight persons will a- tend a first aid class organ »ed by thr S?ransoon Rural District Committee of Singapore In co-uoeration with the Et. Jjj-.:i Ambulance ArsociaUon. They will sit for the test. which will qualify them to be nn mbera of the St. John Air
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    INDIAN HOLIDAY
    22 7 The Government of India office* In Singapore and the Federation wfll be closed today for Sivaratri a Hindu fi stivril
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    80 TREES 'HAZARD' TO PLANES
    141 7 80 TREES 'HAZARD' TO PLANES OWNERS of 80 palm trees in the Tanjong Katong area who are not satisfied with Government's compensation terms have held up for a month palm tree clearing operations at the northern approaches to Singapore's Kallang airport runway. The trees are being cleared to comply with
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    $1 SHARES GOING
    42 7 From Oar Own Corr*sp©ndrnt JOHORE BAHRU, Mon The Johore Bahru Co-opera-tive Stores Society Ltd has been formed and shares at $1 each are available to members. The minimum allotment of shares in ten per member and 500 the maximum.
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    RAF Officer Charged
    76 7 SQUADRON-Leader George Charles Winton. R.A.F., was charged in the Singapore First District Court yesterday with corruptly accepting a bicycle from a building contractor, Lim Chim. Lira was said to have held contracts with the R.A.F. and the alleged gift was an inducement to have favour shown to
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    NEW INDIAN ENVOY DUE
    74 7 The new Indian Representative in Malaya. Mr. M. Gopala Menon. will arrive in Singapore on Mar. 13 from South India. Mr. Menon. a Malayalee. was with the Indian delegation to UNO at Lake Success as First Secretary. After the trans.'er of Mr. J. A. Thivy. former
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    SIX ACRE FIRE
    36 7 Singapore firemen took about two hours to put out a lallang fire at Kirn Hock Road yesterday. The fire broke cut at 10.25 a.m. and covered an area of more than six acres.
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    60 7 NEW POLICEMEN: Squadron Leader H. Hawkhead, Officer Commanding the Far East Air Force Police School, inspecting a batch of Malay recruits at Changi who have just passed out from training as qualified members ef the R.A.F. Police Auxiliary. The men will now be posted for duty at R.A.F. Stations on
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    MALAY IS EXAMPLE TO S'PORE
    148 7 tn the Singapore A*sizes yesterday. Mr. Justice Brown congratulated a Malay artist, Juraimi bin Samsuri, for chasing three men who attacked a woman in the Botanical Gardens. Said Mr. Brown: "I wish the public of Singapore were ail like you, ready to heip others when
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    Asia Parley To Discuss Weights
    162 7 STANDARDISATION of weights and measures in Asia and the Far East will be discussed at a conference of commercial attaches and businessmen in Singapore In September-October, this year. The conference is being called by the Economic Commission I'jr Asia and the Far East. The Question
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    Seven Health Jobs Vacant
    45 7 The Singapore Government wants seven Lady Health Officers. Appointments will be on a three-year agreement with prospects of permanency and pensionability. Candidates must be prepared to aenre in Singapore and the Federation. These officers may be engaged on infant welfare work.
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    COATS STOLEN THEN SAVED
    53 7 IfASINATHAN Chenncya, aerd 23. of Pulau Bukum. was gaoled for three months in Singapore Second Court yesterday for stealing two goats belonging to Inder Amar Singh at RiTer Valley Road. Inder was said to have found his goats unexpectedly in an abattoir as they were about
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    CAR HOOD HID SARONGS
    48 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. Ahmat bin Abdullah was fined $970 at Johore Bahru for trying to evade Customs duty on 48 sarongs, worth $456, on which $96 duty was payable. Customs officers found the sarongs hidden in the hood of the car driven by Arjnat.
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    Baby Has Smallpox —Liner Sealed Off
    178 7 Baby Has Smallpox Liner Sealed Off A BABY'S smallpox stopped the Governor, Sir A Franklin Gimson, from visiting the liner Tjiwangi when it arrived in Singapore yesterday on its maiden voyage from Hong Kong. The baby is aged two and Is Chinese. All deck passengers have been put in quarantine
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    Did Nol Try To Smuggle Out Gold
    210 7 Did Nol Try To Smuggle Out Gold HAJI Asaad bin Haji Jafri was acquitted in the Singapore Third District Court yesterday on charges of attempting to smuggle two bars of gold out of Malaya on Sept. 11 and failing to declare oossession of the gold after having been instructed by
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    PENSIONERS MAYGETIOp.c.
    59 7 The Singapore Acting Financial Secretary, Mr. W. C. Taylor, told the Straits Times yesterday granting pensioners the additional 10 per cent to cost of living allowances was at present being considered by the Singapore Government. "This Is a matter which affects the Federation government as well as Singapore,"
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    NEW CHAMBER FOR JOHORE COUNCIL
    135 7 NEW CHAMBER FOR JOHORE COUNCIL From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Monday. JOHORE Council of State, will meet in a new chamber when it assembles on March 14. The chamber specially constructed for the purpose is housed in the Central Government Offices. I The Regent of Johore will open the
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    BANANA ROW: MAN KNIFED
    54 7 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Mon.— Chong Tal Lip, aged 67, was gaoled for two months at Johore Bahru for causing hurt with a penknife to Leong Yeok. Both are squatters. Leong it was said, found Chong cutting his bananas In the garden. They quarrelled
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    SENTENCE UPHELD
    36 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. The High Court today dismissed the appeal of Mr. S. R. Leo, Vehicle Examiner. Johore. against a sentence of 15 months Imprisonment. Leo was convicted for accepting $50 from a Chinese.
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    OBSTRUCTED: $10
    23 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon.— Muthusamy was today fined $10 in tfee Police Court for causing obstruction on the road with his taxi.
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    Changed Address
    26 7 S. G. Bell, was fined $10 in the Singapore First District Court yesterday on pleading guilty to failing to notify a change of address.
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    Sea Rumbles Off Malacca
    79 7 YTNDERWATER rumblings U in the Straits of Malacca, resemoling the far-off explosions of depth charges, were reported by the crew of thr British freighter Indian City which called at Singapore for fuel yesterday. The cause is not known and the sra round the ship was not
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    Malay Had A Grenade —Gaoled
    90 7 Malay Had A Grenade —Gaoled A YOUNG Malay, Chik bin Nyah, employed for a week at the 443 Base Ammunition Depot, Kranji, was yesterday sentenced to four years' imprisonment for carrying a hand grenade and possessing a cartridge. The prosecution said that the grenade was found In Chik's overalls when
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    PILGRIM SHIP
    37 7 The Mogul Line pilgrim ship Islami, (5.879 tons)— normally on the Karachi-Mecca run paid her first post-war visit to Singapore yesterday. She is on charter to British India Steam Navigation and has been to Japan.
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    SINGAPORE, JOHORE CAMBRIDGE RESULTS
    6376 8 RESULTS of the Cambridge School Certificate Exlation held in December. IMi are liven below. The Roman numeral I, II, III. against the name of a School Certificate candidate ates the Grade of Cerliln He awarded. The subjects in which candidates for Supplementary c Mcates nave earned
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    If Your Child Has Constipation...
    756 9  -  vIOTHERCRAFT IN MALA YA By Nurse Janet "WORRIED"', writes saying that her babv of four months, is being artificially fed according to instructions provided with his food but that he is always constipated passing hard, formed stools UMl having pain in passinp them. Th.s is
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    MANY PEOPLE ARE SO IGNORANT OF NATURE
    526 9 From An Estate Bungalow fXH the counter at the local shop stood what appeared to be a bunch of rather uninteresting looking green stuff in a jam jar. At a second glance I saw some odd looking insects which were rather like crosses
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    CORRECTION
    77 9 'Planters Wile's has asked us to point out that she is not responsible for the article "What ml the Plants and his Wife in the Emergency." published in the Straits Times of February 27. in which a comparison was drawn between the life of the planter and that of
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    Bonny Baby
    28 9 This week's prise winner in the Bonny Baby can test is Purushetaman, s»n «f Mr. and Mrs. Narayana Nalr. of Sri Krisnna Villas, Seleffie Road. Singapore.
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    THE LILY AND THE WATERFALL
    89 9 Rivals for fashion popularity are the waterfall and lily line. Left, you see a charming example of the waterfall by Julian Rose, of London, in paper taffeta with pleated frills, three deep, trimming the strappless corsage and falling down the skirt. Right, is the same
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      474 9 Today's Radio SINGAPORE PBNAMC 9 35 ajn Schools- 835 Inter- 9.35 ajn.— 2 pjn. As S'pore: France Master Orch.; 3.00 Close As S'pore; 9 Dance Music; 930 Down- 5 Malay 8.15 David Gran- News; 9.45 Gabriella Gatti, sopTille Ensemble; 6.45 UJJ. Pro- nno. and Boris Christoff. bass; gramme 7 N«ws;
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    U.S. Will Urge Control
    262 10 Over Prices, Supplies From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Mon. IN the Anglo-American 1 discussions in Washington, the United States will press for international control of the prices and distribution of tin and rubber, it is reported in London. It is understood the official British view is
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    They Have To Go By Boat To School
    199 10 T»HE Malay school in Pulau Semakau, built by the island's Malay and Chinese inhabitants and opened in January, is attracting students, from nearby islands, who have to go by boat to school Pulau Sudong. Puilau Sebarokand Pulau Senang have asked the people
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    PAHANG COUNCIL
    22 10 BENTONO, Mon.— The next meeting of the Pahang State Council will be held In at Kuala Lipis on Mar. 15.
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    DELEGATES GO HOME
    78 10 DELEGATES GO HOME FIVE American vegetarians who attended the 75th international jubilee anniversary convention of the Theosophical Society as delegates from the United States are in Singapore aboard the freighter Washington Mail on their way back home. They are pictured (left to right) with Capt. R. C. Wilmarth: Miss F.
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    COSTLY PARKING
    35 10 From Oar Own Correspondent TAIPING. Mon.— For parking his trisha on the railway platform, Sahat bin Mat was fined $5 in the magistrate's court. Sahat said he went there to collect his fare.
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    Friend Of Dead Girl In The Box
    237 10 o^?^, En»V,?'\!l eSCr sed himse as fri ™<» a y h e e f S. told the »>tt2ZX2X Eng Ah Kow who worked with Lau for an American insurance firm, was in the witness box nearly four hours., He was giving evidence at
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    BOY, 15, ON RIOT CHARGE
    42 10 A 15-year-old Boyanese, Arshad bin Sin wan, was In Singapore yesterday committed to the next Assizes charged with rioting and setting nre to a van, belonging to Fitzpatrick Food Supplies near the Capitol Cinema on Dec. 12.
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    GOAT STRAYED
    22 10 KUANTAN, Mon.— Mustapa bin Ismail was fined $3 for allowing his goat to stray in the Beserah police station compound.
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    20 UNIONS WILL SEE TUC BORN
    154 10 MORE than 20 trade union i b represe tin K 4 °.0W) men,: bers industtial and nonindustrial will attend ?he inaugural meeting of the Sin s p M r a e y T r de Unfon ion 1 Representatives of sever ,1 St°^ ade
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    HURT WOMAN WITH PARANG
    42 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.—Ng Chat Wah was fined $150 or three months' imprisonment for causing hurt to a woman, Chua Siew Teow with a parang at Kuala Lumpur. Ng was also ordered to pay compensation of $50 to Chua,
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    London Stocks
    279 11 LONDON. Man. rE boomlet In rubber shares gathers momentum. Broker* with buying orders formed long queues in the rubber section of the London Stock Exchange today. dosing middle price* ol seiecieo stocks, as supplied to the Strait* Time* by special arrangement with Tb« Financial Times, were: Consols Mi
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    H.K. EXCHANGE
    32 11 HONG KONG. Mon. TCREE market currency exchange r for Hong Kong, dollars was quoted at the close today as follows: £1 HKS 15.40: one Uel of gold HKS3JB> 2.— U.P.2.—U.P.
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    MALAYAN SHARES
    332 11 Optimism 1 Inquirk From A Market T*HE Malayan share mart very optimistic note, v sections. Price cnanges announced by the Malayan Sliarebrokers' Association yesterday were: INDUSTRIALS liroughout: >s Good Correspondent ;et opened the week on a irith good inquiries in all Hu.fr. > Ftaser Neave Ords 3.25 Junmoiu
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    TIN: $709 A PICUL
    138 11 SINGAPORE. Mon., Mar. 5 7W down W) £1,430 a ton in London LONDON. Mon.. M»r. 5.— Spot Buyers £1,430; Forwird £1,325; Settlement £1.435 (down £85) Tumovers a.m. 180 p.m. 100 tons. K»ma*»n M Kedah 40 Kempas 1*0 Kluang 1.20 K Sldim 1 50 Lunas 2.SS Malacca
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    EXPORTS OF TIN METAL
    94 11 From Our Staff Correspondent, KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. •NEARLY 1,000 tons more tin metal (primary) was exported from Malaya In February than in January— s,4l2 against 4,514 tons. Practically half the February export shipments went to the Continent of Europe, which took 2,495 tons. The U.S.A. came
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    Shipping In The Roads And Alongside
    180 11 SHIPS In the Singapore Road* and alongside the Singapore Harbour Board godowns at 4 p.m. vesterday were: Outer Roads: Hai Hsuan. Shapur. Stan Selo. Tjlwangi, ChelyuskineU. Van Riemsdijk. Mui Nan, Oha. Devonshire, Petrosavodsk, Roepat, Raki. Commandant Dories, La Capirena, Van Riebeeck, Kalianda. Inner Boa**:
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    Quiet Day: One-Cent Drop
    175 11 Quiet Day: One-Cent Drop RUBBER rE Singapore rubber market was very quiet yesterday in the absence of advice from New Yorl^. or London. It closed on a steady note, however, with March firstgrade at $2.27 a lb. buyers, one cent below Saturday's close The market was easy to tne morning
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    London Rubber
    26 11 LONDON, Mar. 5.— Spot 72V4d. Apr. 69*id, Apr.-June 66 'id, JulySept. 60\d, Oct.-Dec. 56%d, Mar. c.i.f. 65*4 d. Mar .-Apr. ci.f. 64'/id. Market: Uncertain.
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    THE PRODUCE MARKET
    137 11 From A Market Correspondent. WHITE pepper dropped In price by another $10 a picul on an easy market In Singapore yesterday' Sellers quoted Muntok at $1,155. Sarawak at $1,150. Lampong black remained steady at $670 a picul sellers. No business was reported. The copra section of the
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    NEO WINS GOLD MEDALI IN RECORD TIME
    506 12 Wolters, K. Mitchell In 100-metre Final From E TREy OR» Straits Times Reporter With Singapore's Asian Games team. mvrADAD NEW DELHI, Monday. SINGAPORE won the first Gold Medal of the Asian Games when 19-year-old Neo Chwee Kok, swimming like a real champion, ffffin^S?
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    ARTS-SCIENCE WIN SOCCER
    142 12 A superior University Arts and Science team defeated the Mdical team 2-0 to annex the Purdie Owen Cup at the anual lnterfacul'y soccer game at the Faculty of Medicine Grounds at Sepoy Lines yesterday. Thiagarajan opened the scoring for the Arts and Science before the half. Ten
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    COLONY HAVE THE HAPPIEST TEAM
    62 12 NEW DELHI, Mon fj^VEN before the Asian 'j Games started, the Singaporeans had already distinguished themselves. Everybody is unanimous in the opinion that the Singapore team are by far the happiest and friendliest team here. Poker-faced Japanese and stern-looking Afghans who take everything seriously are
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    India Win Soccer v. Indonesia
    101 12 NEW DELHI, Mon. AT soccer today in the Asian Games India beat Indonesia by 3-0 and Iran defeated Burma 2-0. In a thrilling basketball game, Japan beat Iran 40 to 34. It was a close game with Iran's bustling tactics throwing the Japanese off their
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    Breaks Own Lift Records
    82 12 BUENOS AIRES Mon. JOHN Davis (U.S.), the world heavyweight weigh til ftinf champion .set up new world records during the Pan-American Games here today. He lifted .1,063.729 lb. to beat his own former record of 1034.01 lb. In the press, he equalled his previous record of
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    SIONG 800 A. A.
    55 12 The Siong 800 A.A. beat ttie Aston A.A-A. by three games to one at billiard* on Sunday. Results were (Siong 800 players mentioned first): Tan Kirn Song bt. C.N. Chin; Chua Boon Lay bt. BL. Ching; Yeo Koon Yam bt. Lee Yuen Fook; Leong Chong Piu
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    42 12 MRS. ROBERT EU presenting the Purdie Owen Cup to Lim Eng Siang. captain of the winning University Arts and Science team, at the annual inter- faculty soccer game at the Faculty of Medicine ground at Sepoy Lines yesterday. Str aits Times picture.
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    Wiebe Did Not Push Himself
    162 12 W,™ NEW DE LHI, Mon. lEBE Wolters, who came second in the first heat of the 100-metres freestyle did not force himself at alj because he is still recovering from a cold. Swimming confidently, he led to the turn then eased up to coast In
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    Customs Rally To Force Draw
    119 12 FUR goals were shared In a 0.A.P.A. third division "B" league game yesterday when the Tuan Mong O3.A. met the Custom* Sports Club at the C.Y.MA ground, Serangoon. Exchanges were evenly contested all through. The interval was taken with a blank sheet. Play livened up
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    54 12 SOCCER: Div. 1: R.E.M.E. v Chinese Casuals at stadium; Div. Z: Katon* Sajarah v H.M. Deckyard at BODCA; Div. 3A: Spore C.S.A. T Guard Dog Unit at Geylang; SERVICES LGE.: R.A.F. Tengah v R.A.F. Changi. HOCKEY: Farelf inter-district competition: Champion unit Malaya v Champion unit Singapore. at Tanglin,
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    BRATON WORKS WELL
    253 12 From EPSOM JEEP PENANG, Mon. DRATOM and Zalovix may make a good stable double at Penang on Wednesday, second day at the Penang Turf Club's March meeting. Braton (Bagby) and Zalovix Woods) v/ound up their preparation with a rousing 4f. tryout this morning. There was little between
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    H.K. Are Farelf Hockey Champions
    149 12 A BRILLIANT display gave Hong Kong District a clear-cut six-nil victory over Malaya District at Tanglin yesterday and took them to the top of the FARELF inter-district championships for 1951 Superior In all departments. Hong Kong District led three-nil before the interval. Shortly after resumption,
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    Gardner Again
    106 12 Shortly before the interval, centre-forward Gardner increased Hong Kong's score to three-nil. In the second half, outside-right Lambie scored cleverly before the half was five minutes old. Badly beaten, Malaya did everything but score for the most of the second half. But Hong Kong troubled them again. Two
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    Only Goal Win For R.A.S.C.
    128 12 D.A.S.C.. Training School won v their Services League soccer fixture against H.M.S. Terror, whom they beat by a solitary goal at Nee Soon yesterday. Terror were definitely the better team but were dogged by bad luck. They were on the attack most of time but
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    Aston Hold S.M.W.U. 2-2
    165 12 ASTON A.C. held Singapore Medical Worker* 1 Union to a two-ali draw in a tama Singapore AJ.A. div. thre« "A" game at Geylang yesterday. SMWU kept up a constant attack right from the start but time and again shot wide in front of goal. Aston opened
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    365 12 T*l £h start f -the-season soccer wa s seen in the SAFA. Senior Division encounter between Chinese Athletes and Singapore Recreation Club at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. C.A. won two-nit after a keen but scrappy game. None of the players di.splayed good form
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    I. AHMAD HITS 187 NOT OUT
    97 12 BOMBAY, Mon. A brilliant Innings of 187 not out by Imtiaz Ahmed enabled the Prime Minister's XI to save an Innings defeat in their matrh against the Commonwealth touring team here today. Commonwealth gained a first innings lead of 332 and the Prime Minister's
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    257 12 ]y|R. L.C. HUTCHINGS. former president of Singapore Amateur Football Association, was yesterday presented with a silverinscribed crest on a teak chest in appreciation of his services to S-A.F.A. for over a period of 25 years. Mr. Hutchings. who is general manager of Robinsons, leaves
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    SINGAPORE TIDES
    28 12 D 9 am. (8.8). 11.18 p.m. (8«.5); 4.17 a.m. (4.7) 444 p.m. (0.3>. TOMORROW: 10.36 a.m. (9.3) 11.45 pjn. (8.7); 4.54 a.m. (3.8),' 5.23 p.m. (0.2).
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    207 12 From Our Staff Correspondent. LONDON, Mon. »pHE SURREY badminton champonships over the weekend at Wimbledon have provided some pointers to the likely outcome of the All England championships which start on Wednesday. All the critics have Deen greatly impressed with the Ong Pol. UmIsmail bin
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    141 12 From EDIN PETERS StralU Time* Reporter NEW DELHI Mon THE All-India Football Federation ha, derided that In future only State football team* 0I i..^! AIIIn< itself will be allowed to go on oversea* tours. On no «ccount will •ny individual be allowed to team oversraa. Mr.
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