The Straits Times, 7 March 1951

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 1951 PRICE TEN CENTS
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    MacA WARNS: REDS ARE MASSING
    266 1 Offensive Can Be Held, Says Ridgway TOKYO, Tuesday. QENERAL Mac Arthur's personal communique today, warning of a heavy Communist buildup in central Korea, said that the Chinese have been fighting a delaying action to screen a major movement to the battle areas. Later, his Korean
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    23 1 Mrs. Kch Geok Kheng, a wife and mother, the first Sinsapore marred wom^n to win a Cambridge School Certificate. Story in P. 7.
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    BONN TO HAVE A FOREIGN OFFICE
    134 1 BONN TO HA VE A FOREIGN OFFICE BONN, Tuesday. WESTERN Germany is to set up its own Foreign Office and have diplomatic relations with fore:?n countries. Britain, France and the United States authorised this today. It was the main concession Islon of the occupation announced by the Ugh Commission In
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    It's A Story Ingrid Likes
    79 1 ROME. Tues. f NGRID Bergman will start 1 work later this month on her first film since "Stromboir was finished two years ago. The new film "Europe— l9sl" will be directed and produced by her husband. Roberto Rossellini, with French and Italian financial backing, and
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    EGYPT ASKED TO EXPLAIN
    92 1 PARIS. Tues.— A well-in-formed diplomatic source said today that France has asked Egypt to explain "erroneous press reports" frcm Cairo about the situation in Morocco. The source said M. Schuman, the Foreign Minister, called the Egyptian ambassador Ahmed Sroit Bey, to the Foreign Office to discuss
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    KING IMPROVING
    25 1 LONDON. Tues.— The King, suffering from a feverish chill, "continues to make satisfactory progress." PTincess Elizabeth Is also recovering; from a chill. Reuter.
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    Kedah Princess Not To Marry, Vanishes
    242 1 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Tuesday. THE marriage of Tungku Zabariah, 19-year-old niece of the Sultan of Kedah. with an Englishman is "definitely off", her English uncle, Mr. Benjamin Drury, said today. Meanwhile she has disappeared and has not been seen by Mr. and
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    PARTY DECIDES: NO CONTEST'
    40 1 THE Workers' Party will not contest the Singapore Legislative Council elections. This was decided on Monday night by the Party sponsors. Mr. A. A. K. Surattee, their proposed nominee for Rochore seat, will, therefore, not stand.
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    FOUR POISONED
    42 1 AMSTERDAM, Tues.— Four Indonesian seamen who burned coke in their cabin to help keep warm, died from carbon monoxido poisoning last night on board the Dutch ship Tarakan (8,200 tons) Two othes were detained in hospital In serious condition.— Reuter.
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    C.-G's Visit To Shan State Worries M.P.
    81 1 RANGOON, Tuesday. 4 MEMBER" of the Burmese Parliament said today that the visit here in January of Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, Commissioner-General for South-East Asia, caused the Burmese people "great misgivings". He asked why Mr. MacDonald toured the hinterdand areas. Including the Shan
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    DRAGON FESTIVAL
    45 1 TRADITIONAL DRAGON DANCE, organised by the Kuala Lumpur See Yeah Temple this week, was performed in an open lorry on police Instructions. Left: A miniature temple, carved in wood and painted cold, was tnken through the streets In the procession. Straits Times pictures.
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    4 Bandits Killed In Johore Battle
    134 1 A FIERCE battle between a 30-strong gang of bandits in the Kota Tinggi area of Johore and a security forces patrol yesterday resulted in four bandits being killed and several others wounded. One detective was slightly wounded. The dead bandits have been identified as
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    'Ike' Chooses 3 Britons
    135 1 PARIS, Tues. TENERAL Eisenhower's head- quarters announced today the appointment of three British, two French, one Italian, and one American to top posts in the Atlantic Army. They are: Chief of Staff (Administration) Lt. Gen. Marcel Maurice Carpentier (French Army). Deputy Chief of Staff (Plans) —Air
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    FOUND INJURED AT CATHEDRAL
    48 1 A middle-aged Indian found lying in a semi-conscious state In the St. Andrew's Cathedral compound last night was removed to hospital. The man, who had a nasty head wound, said he was assaulted. The Police have detained another Indian found in the Cathedral compound.
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    IVOR NOVELLO DIES IN LONDON
    133 1 LONDON. Tues. IVOR NOVELLO, British actor-manager, composer, producer and star of more than a dozen long-runnii'g musical comedies, died ear.v today of a thrombosis 'blood clot>. He wa^ 57. Among Novello's 60 soi;°;s wire "Keep the Home Fires Gather Lilacs." He returned recently from a
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    38,200 it. High In A Glider
    71 1 BISHOP, California, Tues. A WORLD altitude record for a glider has been claimed by two men who said they reached 38,200 feet. They are Joachim Kuettner, a German scientist attached to th* U.S. Air Force Research Group at Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Robert Symons, of
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    Divorce Too Easy Say Women
    208 1 Divorce Too Easy Say Women WHY should a man be able to say to his wife: "I want a divorce" and then get it? Women members o£. United Malays' National! Organisation want to know. They say divorce in Malaya is too easy and they want the law changed. It is
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    18's TO STAY ON MALAYA DRAFT
    76 1 LONDON. Tues.— The War Minister. Mr. John Strachey, today replied to Conservative demands that 18-year-olds bo kept off drafts to Malaya by saying in the House of Commons that age was not the biggest consideration. "I do not really think we ought to alter
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    tRESIGN' CALL BY PILGRIMS TO RED DEAN
    141 2 'RESIGN' CALL BY PILGRIMS TO RED DEAN LONDON, Tuesday. ARGANISERS of a national pilgrimage to v Canterbury Cathedral today called on Dr. Hewlet Johnson, the Dean, to resign. A letter to the 77-year-old Dean said he is trying to serve two religions Christianity and Communism. The letter added: "We do
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    SPRING GOES TO Hek HEAD
    24 2 SPRING GOES TO HER HEAD SPKING HAT designed in London by Lady Newsborough is trimmed with a large spray of artificial flowers. Reuter picture.
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    Kashmir Is Not Only Dispute
    161 2 Kashmir Is Not Only Dispute LAKE SUCCESS, Tues. SIR Benegal N. Rau, India's representative in the Security Council, said in a United Nations radio Interview that the dispute over Kashmir was one of several that existed between India and Pakistan. "This should not be matter of surprise," he said. "When
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    Pope Gives A Rebuff
    75 2 VATICAN CITY, Tues. »Tt_ Pope has rejected a Communist overture seeking his support of the Com-munist-led organisation of World Partisans of Peace. M. Curie, of France, president of the Peace Partisans, wrote that the Peace Partisans organisation was "completely in accord" with the Pope's statements on
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    'WORK AS A TEAM'
    88 2 CANBERRA, Tues. The Australian Prime Minister, Mr. Robert Menzies yesterday appealed to the ruling Liberal and Country, Parties to "stand together as a tight coalition." He told a Joint meeting cf both parties, called ki preparation for the re-assembly of Parliament tomorrow, that he was anxious
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    BANNED FILM 'NOT BLASPHEMOUS'
    48 2 PARIS, Tues. ITALIAN film director, Roberto Rossellini, yesterday denied that his controversial film, The Miracle, is blasphemous. "It is simply a story, pure and simple," he told reporters here. "Of course everyone is entitled to his opinion." New York has banned the film.— A.P.
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    Cable Flashes She Paid £30 For Bottle Of Whisky
    193 2 Cable Flashes She Paid £30 For Bottle Of Whisky -i A WOMAN living in the Isle of Man nas paid £30 for a bottle of Scotch whisky. A story is behind it. In 1942, in a London bar, the bottle was autographed by seven members of a Royal Air Force
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    23 2 I'SMAN BATUR, 53-year-old supreme leader of the Chinese Nationalist guerillas In the Sinkiang Province, whose arrest is claimed by the Communists. A.P. picture.
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      582 2 NOTICES KUALA LUMPUR MUNICIPALITY MUNICIPAL NOTICE With effect from the first of March, licences for dogs kept within the Municipal Area will be Issued at the Municipal Offices. Kuala Lumpur, and the issue of such licences from Post Offers within the Municipal Area will cease. C. A. J. POTTER, Municipal
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    FOUR POWER BID TO EASE/TENSION
    250 3 Agreed Agenda Likely After 'Cordial Meeting 9 Soviet And West Favour German Peace Treaty PARIS, Tuesday. I>USSIA and the Western Powers, meeting in Paris yesterday, both put forward three-point agendas for consideration by the Big Four Foreign Ministers in an attempt to ease the cold
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    West Plan
    72 3 T'HF; Western Powers' agenda is: J Examination of the causes of present intern iml tension in Europe and the means of securing real and lasting improvement in relations between the Soviet Union and the I'nited States. Britain and Frn-'-e. 2 Th? completion of a '-eaty for the re-es-tat:!*hment
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    Soviet Plan
    73 3 T'HF Soviet proposals for an agenda, as announced by a Western spokesman, were I Fulfilment of the Pots- dam agreement on ir sation of Germany and prevention of remilitarisation. f Improvement of the situation in Europe and n reduction of the armed forces of Brituin. America, France and
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    TITO TAKES OVER
    32 3 BELGRADE. Tues. The Yugoslav Foreign Minister, ard Kardelj has left his office "for some weeks for reasons of health". Marshal Tito, has taken up the foreign affairs portfolio— A.P.
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    WINSTON 'MOST MAGNETIC MALE'
    59 3 NEW YORK. Tues. Mr. V n Churchill is the "most magnetic male in Europe, according to Lisa Lengyel, Hungarian-born redhead who runs the world's only male charm school. She told reporters here: -Mr. Churchill has the pugnacity of a schoolboy combined with the wisdom of Socrates
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    10,000 Reds Quit Party
    60 3 ROME, Tues. 'JEN thousand Italian Com- munis' s and fellow-tra-vellers have split with the Communist Party since the Magnani-Cucchi revolt five weeks ago, according to Signor Ignazio Silone, prominent Left W|ng Social Democrat There was "a crisU of vast proportions" in the camp of Italian Communism
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    AGREEMENT ON 38th CROSSING
    44 3 LONDON, Tues. Britain and the United States have agreed on whether Allied troops in Korea should cross the 38th parallel, but a statement about future operations cannot be made in the interests of .security, it was announced last night— U.P.
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    U.S. URGES TROOPS FOR U.N.
    218 3 U.S. URGES TROOPS FOR U.N. NEW YORK. Tues. THE United States urged yesterday that the free nations of the world should immediately begin applying a system of collective security to meet threatened aggression Mr. Harold Bancroft addressing the United Nations Collective Measures Committee said: "The prompt development of co-ordination, however
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    14,000 Wounded Flown Home
    56 3 NEW YORK, Tues. The Pacific ainift flew 57,000 passengers and more than 30,000.000 lb. of war materials to Korea and other bases in the Far East during the last six months of 1950, it was announced yesterday. The planes also brought back more than 14,000 wounded
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    Soviet Veto Delays Jap Peace, Says U.S.
    111 3 WASHINGTON, Tuesday THE JJnited States last night charged Russia with persistently seeking the veto power over the proposed Japanese peace settlement. i A State Department state- ment said: "The United States will persist in seeking an overall peace for Japan. But it concedes
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    BEVIN BACK
    35 3 LONDON, Tues.— Mr. Bevin sat yesterday at the usual meeting o f the Cabinet. The Government maintained its detachment from widespread reports that the Cabinet will be reshuffled shortly to replace him.— U.P.
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    9 DIE IN FIRE
    34 3 MADRAS, Tues.— Nine teenaged girls, employed in a lirearms factory in the Tinnevelly district. South India, diod when chemicals burst into flames and burned part of the factory.— A P.
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    200 A fEAR
    21 3 200 A YEAR BANGKOK. Tues. Two hundred Japanese immigrants will be permitted to enter Slam annually, it was announced today. U.P.
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    45 3 ITALIAN COMMUNIST leader, Signor Paltniro Togliatti, (right) on his return to Rome from Moscow.. Russia hopes he will be able to deal with the rift which threatens the second largest Communist Party m the world. Drinking with him are his two closest collaborators. A.P. picture
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    Trade Ban May Ease-A Little
    140 3 HONG KONG, Tuesday. THK United States is considering a British request A for relaxations of the American ban on exports to China. The ban has cut off Hong Kong from raw materials essential to its industries. In a special radio talk, last night, the Director
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    INDIA TRADE FAVOURABLE
    32 3 WASHINGTON, Tues. India achieved a favourable trade balance of U5572,700,000 during the 14 months since devaluation, the Indian Embassy said. Exports totalled rbout U*****.000.000 and imports U551,288.560,000— A P
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    ADVENTUROUS WIFE WANTED
    67 3 SYDNEY, Tues— A 30-year-old Sydney stamp dealer has a yacht, a dog, £A5,000 worth of used stamps, and 3,000 tins of food. He now wants a wife before he goes off on a world cruise. But he, has been waiting for two and a half years for
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    CANNOT WEAR MEDALS
    34 3 BRITISH FRONT, Korea, Tues— Because Britain can make no similar awards to Korean troops, the British Government has forbidden British troops to wear gallantry medals awarded by the South Korean Government.
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    Britain CAN Make A-Bombs
    75 3 LONDON, Tues. RRITAIN now has the technical knowledge to make atom bombs, Mr. Strauss, the Supply Minister, told the Commons last night. Last month, Mr. Churchill complained that Britain was backsliding in atomic production. It was "depressing to feel that we have been outstripped by the
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    WHITE ELEPHANT FOR WHITE HOUSE
    68 3 WASHINGTON, Tues. T*HE White House and the State Department are considering a proposal by the King of Cambodia to present President Truman with a sacred elephant. Thai is the king's idea of a royal gesture to accompany the first Minister to the United States from
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    'U.S. TIN CHARGES PATENTLY ABSURD'
    270 3 'U.S. TIN CHARGES PATENTLY ABSURD' LONDON, Tues. ORITISH tin interests described the weekend attack on Common monwealth tin producers by the United States Senate Preparedness Sub-C ommittee as "patently absurd' and said that "it would fool nobody." The committee called upon the U.S. Government to stop buying tin for the
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    Step To Self-Rule For Tripolitania
    136 3 LONDON, Tuesday. ORITAIN is expected today to take the first step 13 towards granting self-government to Tripolitania. Informed sources said last night Britain will publish a proclamation setting up a provisional government of the area, i Mahmond Muntasser, former member of the Administrative Council, is
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    Call-Up Bill Approved
    63 3 LONDON, Tues. MIE HOUSE of COMMONS last night passed without a vote a Bill endorsing the Government's plans for calling up *****0 reserves for 15 days' train' .g this summer. It now go- to the H<>...o of Lords. A clause makes it illegal to Incite anyone to
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    SALVAGED
    35 3 BOUGIE, Algeria, Tues. The Royal Navy's 4,500-ton anti-aircraft ship Polaric. which sank here after being torpedoed oft* the Algerian coast in January 1943 was salvaged yesterday with unexploded shells sjjll in her hold. Reuter.
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    HE REFUSED TO PLEAD INSANE
    104 3 WASHINGTON, Tiles. /\SCAR Collazo refused yestcrday to allow insanity to be pleaded in his defence against a charge of murder. Out of hearing of the Jury i rylng him for his part m the that "under no circumstances" would be allow his attorneys to plead
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      159 3 What's the secret of a good salad Cone are the days when a couple of lettuca leaves and a few slices of tomato sufficed! There're umpteen different ideas to make a v salad interestJ -^-—"~~"~^,^^a^. ing; but to make it good I^H^P^^^^ for nourish- B ment and good iiltf^f! k
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    NO CONSPIRACY IN THE FORCE
    2503 4 Pennefather-Evans In Box: Rank And File Believed Injustice Done Confusion After Broadcasts 'Different Story If Rioters Were Communists was no conspiracy among the Malay police rank and file at the time of the riots, the Commissioner of Police, Mr. J. P. Pennefather-Evans, told the Singapore
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    Vote De Vivre' Misdirected'
    80 4 lIEUT. R. S. Beresford, L officer m command of a troop of armoured cars near St. Andrew's Cathedral on the morning: of Dec. 12, fold the Riot Commission yes* terday that he thought many people In the mob there had joined "from a misdirected sense of
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    12, GRABBED RING FROM FINGER
    90 4 MRS. Halliday, giving evidence before the Riot Commission yesterday, told how she was stopped in Orchard Road by a mob. A 12-year-old boy, "who was very brave because he had 50 or 60 people with him," asked her in English if she had any dollars.
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    UNION ROW OVER 'GO SLOW
    64 4 From Our Staff Correspondent. KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. THE President of the Loco- motive Enginemen's Union, Mr. O. Fonseka, today crltl- UDion, that his Union WOUld not adopt a "go slow" policy because it contravened the Trade Union Ordinance of 1949. without giving the requisite six-week
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    Manpower Bureau Reports
    214 5 Nearly 500 Join Up T^EARLY 500 people have registered for service with the Manpower Bureau in Singapore since registration started a month ago. The Bureau is now drawing up a list of lobs to be filled in time of war. Those who have registered have volunteered for
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    Three Faiths Conferred
    93 5 PRELIMINARY steps to form 1 an inter-religious organisation in Bangkok had oeen encouraging. the Muslim Divine. Maulana Abdul Alim Siddique, said when he arrived in Singapore by air from Siam yesterday. The Maulana, who was a prime mover in forming the Sinsapore Inter-Relisdous Organisation, said Buddhist. Christian
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    31 Years In Malaya
    98 5 From Our SUIT Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR Tues. MR. M. R. Holgate. Federaration Director of Education, who leaves for England in a fortnight after 31 years in Malaya, told 150 technical students at a farewell party, yesterday, that attention to studies alone was not enough. The right
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    THIEF GAOLED
    34 5 Tan Ah Jit was sentenced to three motttha* imprisonment in Singapore Third Police Cou/rt yesterday for stealing five packets of chew- ing gum at Singapore Harbour Eoard. He had a previous con\|"tion.
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    PERSONAL FAREWELL j
    164 5 PERSONAL FAREWELL DETIRING manager in Malaya of the Borneo Company, Mr. N. J. Davies went from table to table at a cocktail party in his honour at the Adelphi Hotel last night and spoke a personal farewell to each of the members of his staff present. Accompanied by bis wife,
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    Ponggol'Needs A Pier At Once'
    150 5 Ponggol 'Needs A Pier At Once' THE scheme to build a pier at Ponggol should be speeded up, Mr. Goh Nagh Chee. Serangoon Rural District Committee chairman, urged yesterday. He said the establishment of Ayer Biru Boys' Camp at Johore, the Coney Island holiday resort and the development of Serangoon
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    J.B. HAS 120 AUXILIARIES
    61 5 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. The Johore Bahru Auxiliary Police unit is now 120 strong. All communities are represented in the unit, many of them being prominent Government officials. Great keeness has been shown and parades are fully attended. When the initial stage of
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    Shipping Firm Is To Pay Damages
    148 5 XX RAMCHANDARI, trading as G. Ramchand, was yesterday awarded $18,649.52 cents damages for loss of goods and breach of contract against Holland Indonesia Shipping Company, by Mr Justice Storr in the Singapore High Court. Ramchandari. an importer and exporter of cotton and silk textiles,
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    NEW MOON DAY
    23 5 New Moon Day celebrations will be held at the Buddhist Temple, 263 Outrum Road. Singapore, today at 7.15 p m.
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    Singapore Diary
    77 5 ST. ANDREWS MISSION HOSP'TAI., Linen Guild. V.W.W. Raffles Quay, 10 a.m. CHINESE V.M.C.A., Selegie Road joint staff meeting. 11.30 am, basketball, 5 p.m.. badminton. 530 p.m., table-'.eniiis, 730 p.m. V.M.C.A., Orchard Aoad. chess club, 5 p.m., art club. 6 p.m., judo club general meeting, 6.30 p.m Lon'en devotions
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    RAF Officer On Bribe Allegation
    89 5 RAF Officer On Bribe Allegation WHEN he searched the home of Squadron Leader George Charles Winton in Chancery Lane, Singapore, Mr. B. Lewis A.S.P. s>aid he found a wardrobe filled with dresses, a necklace and a diamond ring worth $1,100. Mr. Lewis was giving evidence in the Singapore First District
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    TOP DIVISION POSTS FOR STORE MEN
    348 5 TWO more local men have been added to the 115 who are filling: posts in Division I of the Public Service in Singapore, Mr. E. D. Morgan, of the Colonial Secretary's office, told the Straits Times yesterday. This means that 117 of the 690
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    $50,000 Easter Eggs For Sale
    63 5 A BOUT $50,000 worth of Easter eggs will be on sate in Singapore to celebrate the coming festival, leading importers told the Straits Times yesterday. A total of over 5,000 pounds of brightly decorated eggs, with their chocolate and plastic shells, filled with toffee, chocolate
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    124 6 THE FAMILY of the late Mrs. Oaw Synn Lave (nee Dolly Oh Joo Neo) thank all relatives and friends for their kind attendance •I her funeral on 3.3.51 and for •ending wreaths, letters and telegr.ims of condolence. I.ADY SONG: Mrs. Mabel Tan Miang Slam thanks all relatives and friends
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    Singapore, Wed., Mar. 7, 1951. Russia Rings The Changes
    696 6 Singapore, Wed., Mar. 7, 1951. Russia Rings The Changes There is no better illustration of the difficulties which lie in the way of agreement with Russia than the mixed reception given to Moscow's proposals for the Foreign Afinisters' conference agenda. The Fcope of this agenda attracts both pleasure and suspicion.
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    Stop-Look-Go
    436 6 Correspondence from Singapore motorists published in our columns during the last few days has appealed for more of the HALT— MAJOR ROAD AHEAD" signs which are to be seen here and there in Singapore. These signs are welcome, but there are not nearly enough of them. Perhaps this is
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    Pahang's Reds are hungry
    1328 6 Malaya under the Emergency- 13 JN PAHANG, particularly in the central and southern priority areas, the bandits are beginning to tighten their belts. The security forces foresee the day when food lorries will have to be convoyed along the main roads. Completion of most of the
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      339 6 JS it not about time the public were informed of the reason for Mr. John Dumeresque's 'retirement" from the post of Director of Broadcasting? He Is still many years In advance of the retiring age for Government servants, and yet rumour has it that his pension will be
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      OVERHEARD IN COURT
      155 6 WAS recently sum1 moned to court for causing an obstruction. Other cases were being tried as I waited my turn. I should like to mention one particular case. The accused pleaded guilty, he had no previous record and the Judge asked, whether he could pay a fine.
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    On ike Margin
    425 6 On the Margin The ohm THERE are pieiuy 01 tdltorial and arlver headaches m the Slra.'.s Times office, but we must confess that we h;tve never had one quite like that v hich is reported by Iho unfortunate editor of the Main; sia Message, the jou.nal vi t lie Methodist
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    MOTHER STUDIED IN A BOYS' SCHOOL
    199 7 First Singapore Wife To Win A "Cambridge 97 A SINGAPORE wife, the mother of two children, has gained the School Certificate (Senior Cambridge) after studying in a school for boys. She is Mrs. Koh Geok Kheng— the first married woman to sit for the
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    GREEK TRAGEDY THRILLS AUDIENCE
    430 7 ••iNTIGONE' as pet- 1 A formed last night at I the University by stu- dents and three guest; >rs is one of the most itins and moving j mings in the theatre' the last four years In j X nuapore. n the moment we en- j
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    Rope Broke-One Moaned, One Grinned
    152 7 Rope BrokeOne Moaned, One Grinned A MOORING rope snapped when the Carthage was Derthing at Singapore yesterday, caught two wharf 'abourers in the stern, and sent them full soeed ahead into the sea. They were promptly rescued by the wharf police, one of them moanins loudly. Anxious police officers made
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    GIRLS DID BETTER IN EXAM.
    130 7 SCHOOL Certificate examination results are "very satisfactory," said Mr. A. Halliday, Singapore Examinations Secretary. An analysis of the results in the Government and the Government aided schools. Mr. Haiiiday said, show that 74.6 per cent of the boys and 92.7 per cents, of the girls
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    Gaols Have A Food Plan
    107 7 SINGAPORE Social Welfare and Prisons Departments will soon increase food production in their institutions in the campaign against the shortage and high prices of fresh produce. This is being done following a suggestion from the Local Produce Working Committee that the institutions should become self-sufficient.
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    Asian Art In New York
    88 7 THE ASIA INSTITUTE of America, which offers a comprehensive curriculum for comparative study of Asian lands, peoples, languages, arts, philosophy and literature, plans a unique collection of Asian art reproductions to be maintained in New York. The reproductions are transparencies or colour films. They are
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    New Dutch Envoy
    53 7 |\R. PRANS Adrian van V Woerden, Netherlands Consul General in San Francisco, has been appointed Consul-General for the Netherlands in Singapore, a spokesman of the Netherlands Consulate-General told the Straits Times yesterday. Mr. Jacob Van der Gaag. the Netherlands Consul, has been acting Consul-General in Singapore since
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    Singapore Government Means To Bring Back Price Tags
    197 7 THE Sin-apore Government hopes to re-introduce the system of price tags Ton aU essential commodities as a measure against the present rising prices. The Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce has and will publish landed costs, wholesale and retail prices. The reaction of
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    LAST JOURNEY
    49 7 The body of Mrs. Ethel Hallock Dv Pont, a member of a famous family of American industrialists, who died in Singapore on Saturday, rged 74, leaves Singapore today in a QEA/BOAC cargo plane for New York via London. Mrs. Dv Pont will be buried in Ihe familvvam^^ni^Wilminffton
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    Blind Man Passes
    122 7 rpHE first blind man in MaX laya to sit for his School Certificate examination, Mr. Ma Kho. Braille teacher in Penang's St. Nicholas Home, has passed with a Grade two certificate. "My pupils are just as delighted as I am." he told the Straits Times. Mr. Ma
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    17 GAMBLED
    20 7 Seventeen Chinese were each fined $15 yesterday in the Singapore Second Police Court for gambling at Omar Road
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    Two Smart Girls —And A Boy
    314 7 Two Smart Girls And A Boy By Our Woman Correspondent qEVENTEEN-year-old Heng Hong Ngoh, of Raffles Girls' School, who is planning to go to the University of Malaya, was delighted when she learnt that she had passed her School Certificate Examination with a Grade I. "I hope that I will
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    Govt. Men For Polls
    61 7 OFFICERS to take charge of the 83 polling stations for the forthcoming Legislative Council elections will be chosen from Government and Municipal servants, a Government spokesman said yesterday. Nine returning officers have been chosen, but there are 100 presiding officers, 250 polling clerks and counting clerks
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    GOVT TO COAX TREES OWNER
    56 7 ALAND Office representative is today meeting the woman owner of eighty coconut trees along Tanjon; Katong to pursuade her to have the trees cut down. The trees are endangering tbe safety of planes landing at Kalian* Airport. Other owners of trees in the area have
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    LORD INCHCAPE
    28 7 Lord Inchcape. the Scottish shipping magnate, arrived in Singapore yesterday afternoon en route to Australia where he has business interests He leaves Singapore for Australia today.
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    KEROSENE TO CHEAPEN COOKING
    96 7 A SINGAPORE import firm is flying out from Scandinavia a new type of kerosene oil stove that may prove a cheap alternative to charcoal and firewood, the prices of which have soared In the ed for study by the Fuel and Firewood sub-committee appointed by the
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    3 WHO PASSED
    12 7 A. JAMIL AHMAD HENG HONG NGOH SHEILA GrDP S
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    Dead Girl: Coroner Says Murder
    107 7 Dead Girl: Coroner Says Murder A VERDICT of murder against a person unknown was returned yesterday by the Singapore Coroner, Mr. E. Ebert, at the conclusion of the inquest on Lav Eng Neo. 34 year old stenographer found dead in her bedroom on February 15. Jealousy or revenge was the
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    WOMAN ROBBED
    23 7 Three Chinese entered the house of a Chinese woman in Oeylang Road yesterday morning and robbed her of jewellery worth $1,425.
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    No Band—Meeting
    26 7 No Band— Meeting As the bandstand at Farrer Park is required for an election meeting the Police band performance arranged there for March 8 is cancelled.
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    UMNO Debate on Army Plan
    231 7 THE half-yearly moiling of the UMNO General Assembly in Kuala Lumpur on M:irvu 24 and 25 will consider a proposal givin > "strorw support" to Dato Onni recent proposal tor n early establishment ol Malayan army. The proposal, to be submitted by the Youth S?ction
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    TWO MALAY EXHIBITIONS
    53 7 The Malay Art Society > f Malaya will hold two tions a year an exhibitirn of Malay paintings and t n exhibition of Malay handcrafts. This was deeded at ihe general meetng of the society held yesterday. The meeting re-elected Inche C. Mahat as president and Inche
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    STORES MUST FREE SUPPLIES
    193 8 STORES MUST FREE SUPPLIES Vf ANY retailers are iTI hoarding supplies and waiting for prices to go up before they sell, said the Singapore Economic Information Bulletin yesterday in a leading article dealing with the present inflationary trend in the Colony. The Bulletin declares: "It is clear. that on a
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    PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE
    114 8 PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE OOOMPAH Ooinpah pah!: A battered but still usable tuba which saw service in the British army in 1904 has been salvaged and utilised by third officer Denis Robert Chittenden. of the freighter Pachumba, in his studies of modern progressive jazz. "It's an essential instrument in the
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    2 Chambers Re-Elect Councillors
    117 8 2 Chambers Re-Elect Councillors THE Singapore Chamber of Commerce has elected Mr. E. M. F. Fergusson. its chairman to represent it again on the Singapore Legislative Council. Mr. Fergusson. who is chairman and managing director of the Straits Trading Co. was first elected by the Chamber in 1948. There was
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    IMPROVEMENT TRUST QUERY
    79 8 The Singapore Government and Municipal Labour Union :s submitting a memorandum to the acting Municipal President, Mr. N. Ward, asking him to investigate the working conditions of the 200 daily-paid employees engaged by the Improvement Trust Explaining their case the G.M.L.U. secretary, Mr. R, K. PaJiyan. said
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    THE FIRST
    33 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. Mrs. Aziz, wife of Ungku Aziz bin Abdul Hamid, yesterday became the first Malay woman in Johore to pa^s the Government shorthand test of 100 words per minute.
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    FOUGHT: FINED $5
    29 8 JUHUKt; BAHRU, Tues Kamil bin Abu who had a flßht in the Modern j Oee t dance hall was fined $5 in the Police Court today
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    American Demands Anger Malayan Tin Men
    256 8 American Demands Anger Malayan Tin Men SENATE ACCUSATIONS UNFOUNDED' From Our Staff Correspondent X LUMPUR, Tues. MALAYAN tin producers, including representatives of American companies, are surprised and annoyed at the report of the American Senate Preparedness Sub-Committee which demands the allocation of tin supplies and price-fixing. The matter will be
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    Reds Told: 'Don't Take Our Land9
    187 8 Reds Told: 'Don't Take Our Land' A CABLE protesting against the Peking Govern- ment's action in confiscating land and property belonging to Malayan Chinese has been despatched to the Governor of Kwangtung Province, China, by the Singapore Kwangtung Huay Kuan The Communists, following the confiscation, distributed the land and property
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    Rioting Peon Gaoled For Six Years
    137 8 Y °Mr NG Jutut a Rr aCt Ye M i ss Molly Rldsdale told a?S ce o nagn a gg Wn ShOP where she vot^ n Samsudin, she said was oeon at the Singapore Institute of Commerce which shr attended in the mornings Sne
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    PASSES TO VISIT DETAINEES
    53 8 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. The Malayan Chinese Association, Johore Bahru branch, will in future issue passes to friends and relatives of detainees who wish to visit Majedee Camp. These passes will only be issued on Thursdays and Fridays and will be limited to
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    48 8 SAKOAR SUNDER SINGH (Racha Singh), founder member and first president of the Singapore Sikh Money-lenders Association who died in India recently at the age of 80. He first began business in Singapore in 1894. His son, Mr. Hardit Singh, is the present president of the Sikh Moneylenders Association.
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    MR. MAJID MAY SEEK ELECTION
    127 8 THE former president of the Singapore Labour Party Mr. M. A. Ma I id. may stand as an Independent against the Party's candidate, Mr V P. Abdullah, for the Bukit Tlmah seat on the Legislative Council. This Is one of the surprises expected at (tomorrow'!
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      255 8 Harold Lloyds FIRST PICTURE IN 12 YEARS IS A WELCOME HURRICANE OF CONVULSING MADNESS! i ;f M NITE SATURDAY C hn'ds nn ncdwfe position amon^ the world's name* In watchea. Tht-re is magir about the i CYMA the wnl li whose unswerving precision excellence h th pride of millions of
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    End of the branch-line railway in sight
    1236 9 End of the branch-line railway in sight LONDON: T OOKING, a few minutes ago, at the sleet and rain being whipped through the wildly tossing branches of the eard°t> trees by a bitter north-easterly gale. I turned my mind back to a very different The guard walked past the n'udow
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    February Fill—dike
    3 9 February Fill dike
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    News And Views In Brief
    453 9 Some other information about England less sensational but you may care to hear it all the same is that: Our first "district heating scheme has now been carried out and blocks of flats in Westminster are being centrally heated and supplied with constant hot water
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    18 9 Collect 10 of these numbers and become a member of the Children's Corner Club.
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      97 9 No more worry about the safety or important papers and valuables because they are protected against fire and theft and yet are readily accessible at any time during usual banking hours. These Sate Deposits are open to the general public, and it is not necessary to have an account with
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      254 9 Here are three of the new features *3v\ on Pan American's new Double-decked pjjJ Clipper* Service to the U.S.A. VV_ (VIA MANILA) 0^ Mjlj M liX M llilS Pan American's famed foam •cushion chair lounges stretch way out to full bed length give you real sleeping comfort at no extra
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      260 9 Today's Radio SINGAPORE 10 a.m. News; 10.10 Close; 10.45 Schools; 12 Malay; 1 p.m. Dance Music: 1.30 News; 1.45 "Lunchtime Prom- 2 Schools: 2.50 Close; 5 Malay: 6.16 Children; 6.40 "Moonlight over the Islands"; 7 News: 7.12 "This is Communism"; 7.22 Interlude; 7.30 All-Services Show; 8 "Pencils Please" (Quiz); 8.15
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      252 9 Beethoven, Lisit); 8.30 News; 9.45 Asian Games Summary from New Delhi; 8.50 "Intermezzo": 10 "Adventures of Richard Hannay"; 10.30 Dance Music; 11 Close. BFEBS 4.4 ft p.m. "Prom the London Editorials"; 4.55 "Composer of the Week Medtner); 5.15 "Report from Britain": 5.30 "Old Wives' Tale"; 6 Indonesian; 6.30 Cantonese; 6.45
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    London Stocks
    333 10 LONDON. Tues. rpHE recent downtrend of X Wall Street and some apprehension concerning tonight's broadcast by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the economic situation created a belief In the London Stock Exchange today that the time was right to take profits. An easier trend became widespread with
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    SHIPS ALONGSIDE
    105 10 CHIPS alongside the Singapore B Harbour Board godowns at 4 p.m. yesterday were: 44 Bintang, 42 43 Castleville. 41 Angby. 38 39 Yellow Tavern, 36 37 Clytoneus, 33 34 Steel Surveyor, 31 32 Laura Maersk. 29 30 Eurymedon, 27 28 Szechuan, 25 '26 Punuda, 23 '24 Pachumba. 21
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    MALAYAN SHARES
    462 10 From A Market Corresponc|ent 4 LITTLE proflt-tftking was in evidence on the Malayan share market yestsrday. It was well absorbed, however. Some price rises were recorded throughout the list. Quotations announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers Association were INDUSTRIALS Alex. Bricks Pref ili| Ordi 106 Atlas let 1300 B.B.
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    «■■,■ #w<rri/ a nirm TIN: 5675V2 A PICUL
    494 10 TIN: 5675 1/2 A PICUL SINGAPORE, Tues., Mar. 6—5675.50 (down $33.50). £1,450 a ton in London LONDON. Tues. Mar. 6.— Spot Buyers £1,450; Forward £1,320; Settlement £1425 (down £1Q) Turn over, a.m. 180, p.m. 65 tons. Sioiie 3/ 5/6 Southern KinU 15/9 16 S s Malayan SO/- 31/S rrooob 34/6
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    Rubber At ' $128
    203 10 Rubber At $128 rTIHE Singapore rubbCT mar- ket was steady yesterday, but with very little change. First-grade for March shipment closed very steady at $2.28 alb. buyers, one cent above Monday's close. The market opened at $2.26' i and a (air amount of business was done between this level and
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    THE PRODUCE MARKET
    67 10 From A Market Correspondent. rpHE pepper section of the Sin- gapore produce market was easier yesterday, with no transactions reported. The two white varieties remained unchanged in price, Muntok at $1,155 and Sarawak at $1,150. Lampong black dropped $10 a picul to $660. The copra section was
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    H.K. EXCHANGE RATES
    65 10 HONG KONG, Tues. pREE market currency exchange for Hong Kong, dollars waa quoted at the close today as follows: U.S.$l HK$6.O6' t (cash), HK$6.lli t (T.); £1 HK515.40; one tael of gold HK$3l814.—UJP rE Malayan Exchange Banks Association announced yesterday that free market currency exchange rates for
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      410 10 PRESIDENT LINER SAILINGS To New York and Boston via Ceylon, India. Egypt and Mediterranean Ports. Singapore P Swettenham Penang •PRES. CRANT" 11/16 Mar. 17/18 Mar. 19/20 Mar "PRES. lOHNSON" 24/30 Mar. 31 Mar. /I Apr. 2/3 Apr. PRES MONROE 9/MAor Omit 15/16 Apr. •PRES. ARTHUR" 16/22 Apr. 23/24 Apr. 25/26
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    RECOVERY II SAFEST EACH WAY
    419 11 Well Suited By Track, Distance From EPSOM JEEP PENANG. Tuesday. RECOVERY II (late Sun Song) a nicely built four-year-old dark bay gelding by Winterhalter must be one of the safest each- way wagers on the card tomorrow, second day of the Penang Turf Club Spring
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    Braton Best Of Day
    948 11 PENANG, Tuesday. DKATON can now be followed with complete con- fidence and in Race 3 tomorrow, I make him my "best of the day". His track form has been faultless and this four-year-old has trained on nicely since his unlucky defeat over 51 f. at Kuala
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    E. CHOONG BEATS SKAARUP EASILY
    90 11 BELFAST, Tues. T* B. (Eddie) Choong of £j» Malaya beat Jorn Skaarup of Denmark 15-6, 15-8 m a match of the "Festival of Britain" badminton tournament between Denmark and an international selected side here last night. Skaarup did not seem to settle down m the
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    RECOVERY II SAFEST EACH WAY
    135 11 RECOVERY II SAFEST EACH WAY EPSOM JEEP CALL BOY POINTER Race 1 2 30 JAUNTY Golden News Sanlana GOLDEN NEWS Sanlana Jaunty JAUNTY Sanlana Epsom Downs Race 2 FINALIST Atoko The Dancer JOHN '.inalist The Dancer FINALIST Agoko Flarepath Race S 3.3t BRATON Film Studio Talkie BANQUET HALL Bralon Talkie
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    Today's Race Card
    1159 11 The Bik Sweep will be drawn on Race 8. RaC e 1—2.30: Classes 4& 5 Comb., Div. 4— 5 J Furs. 1 000 Athlete Harper 9.00 'Kongsi Internationale Rodgers 2 322 Golden News K. Donnelly 8.11 Mr. T. H. Hew Heddle 3 430 Martini Woods 8.10 Mr.
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    COLONY WIN 2 MORE EVENTS
    479 12 Chwee Kok Takes 800 m. Freestyle Easily And Helps In Relay Victory From W. E. TREVOR, Straits Times Reporter With Singapore's Asian Games team oivrADrtDr L NEW DELHI, Tuesday. SINGAPORE, who won the first Gold Medal of the Asian Games here yesterday did well again
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    'Dollar Fund' Mooted For Colony Team
    212 12 SPORTS LETTER KEEN sporUmen of Singapore, I feel convinced, will not want our athletic representatives at the New Delhi Asian Games to feel the lack of sufficient funds, while they are doing their utmost to put Singapore high up on the athletic ladder. I
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    COLONY STILL VERY MUCH IN THE SWIM
    145 12 NEW DELHI, Tues. 'JiHE Singapore team manager Mr. Jocelyn de Souza waa a picture of delight after Singapore had won the relay. "Even if they do not win anything else I shall be perfectly sat.'sded" he beamed. But indications are that tht Colony
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    Keith Came In Fifth
    65 12 NEW DELHI, Tues TIHE Philippines dominated tiie 200-metres breast stroke event, taking first and second places with Jacinto Cayco and Rene Amabuvok. Singapore's Keith Mitchell came fifth, after Jehlngir Naigamwalla i lndia) and Tofigh (Iran), while Tan Hwee Hock, obviously still suffering from his recent Indisposition,
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    R.A.S.C. RUGBY CLUB DINNER
    65 12 The R.A.S.C. Rugby Club held a dinner at the Sea View Hotel on Monday night with Brig. p. Eassie C.8.E., D.5.0.. presiding. A very enjoyable evening waa spent by 38 persons. Speeches were made by Brig. Eassie, Capt. O. Duckworth and Mr. K. H. Cantrell, who
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    NO SOCCER
    34 12 Rain washed out all league soccer matches in Singapore yesterday except the Division 3A fixture between Singapore Civil Services Assn. and Guard Dog Unit played at Geylang. Guard Dog Unit won two-nil.
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    Namdjou In Class By Himself
    180 12 Namdjou In Class By Himself NEW DELHI, Tues. |y|AHMOUD Namdjou, Iranian world champion bantam weightlifter, last night broke one world record and equalled another to win the Asian Games bantamweight championship. He broke his own total lift record of 693 lb. by 7 lb. and equalled the snatch record of
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    Excels Himself
    247 12 In the snatch his 185 was also the best he has ever done and he just missed 190 with a mighty effort which he could not get past his shoulders. Landero at this stage was 10 lb. ahead in third place. Lon clean-and-jerked 245 but Landero came through
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    G.H.Q. SCORE 3-1 v. CAMERONIANS
    215 12 SINGAPORE District's champion hockey unit, G.H.Q., scored a splendid three-one victory over the Malaya District champions, C&meronians, when the two teams brought to a close at Tanglin yesterday the Farelf hockey championships. Cameronlans played a lot of ?ood hockey although they were beaten. They defended
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    41 12 Major A. Palmer speaking at farewell party held in his honour at G. H. Caf e yesterd ay. The party was given by the Singapore A.A.A. Seated is A. S. P. Thurairajah. MaJ. Palmer leaves for U.K. tomorrow.— Straits Times picture
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    M.C.C. Spin Men Skittle Auckland
    185 12 F AUCKLAND, Tuesday. INE spin bowling by Tattersall and Wright enabled the M.C.C. to make a good start in their short tour in New Zealand when a three-day match against Auckland began today At close, M.C.C. were 80 for one (Huttoi; 56 not out) in
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    Scoreboard
    113 12 AUCKLAND— Ist Inns. K. Dwyer b Tattersall V. Scott c Parkhouse b Tattersall 25 K. Deas Ibw b Wright 6 W. Wallace b Tattersall 38 D. Coleman b Tattersall 21 O. deal run nut 14 L. A. Kent c Warr b Wright 0 C. Burke not out 8 D.
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    TOURISTS DRAW AT BOMBAY
    47 12 BOMBAY, Tues. The fourday mitch between the touring Commonwealth cricket team and the Prime Minister'sXl was drawn today In a match of high scores Commonwealth 505 for 5 dccl., and 130 for 4. Prime Minister's XI 173 and 544 for 7 decl.— Reuter.
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    SCOTLAND XV
    53 12 LONDON, Tues. Scotland* Rugby team to meet England at Twickenham on Mar. 17 was chosen today as follows: T. Gray. K.J. Dalgleish, D.A. Sloan. DM. Scott, D. Rose, A Cameron, I.A. Ross, J.C. Dawson, N.Q. Malr, RX. Wilson. H. M Inglis, W.P. Black, W. ID. Eliot PW. Kininmouth,
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    SINGAPORE TIDES
    26 12 TODAY: 10.36 a.m. (93), 1145 p.m. (8.7); 4.54 ajn. (3.8), 523 p.m. (0.2). TOMORROW: 11.20 am. (9 9) 5.27 a.m (3ft.), 5.57 p.m. (0.3).
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    Three-Mile Run Planned
    188 12 Student Boys' Work Departments of the Chinese V.M.C.A., Selegie Road, are proposing to organise a cross-country run on April 1 between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. This will be the first event of its kind to be held in Singapore. The contest consist of a return run
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    No 'Gate-SBAWarns Malayans
    190 12 No 'GateSBAWarns Malayans MO player is to receive a "cut" on gate admission or "out of pocket expenses." ruled the Singapore Badminton Association at a meetin yesterday, when it discussed n cabled application by Wop" Peng Soon, Ong Poh Lin., Ismail bin Marjan and Cheong Hock Leng. The four players
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    Guard Dog Unit Win
    149 12 F Guard Dog Unit FARELP beat Singapore rjivil Services Association two-nil in a Singapor A.F.A. Div 3A league game at Jeylan° yesterday. Due to the wet, slippery ground play was comparatively slow throughout. The first goal wss scored three minutes before hal'timc when Berndge came through
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    Sports Diary
    30 12 SOCCER: Div. 1: 8.0.D.C A v Tiger S.A. at stadium; Div. SBlion* Rahru Rangers v Srli-t ir F.C. t CYMA; Friendly: Victors School v University at VS. groend.
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