The Straits Times, 10 March 1951

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1X45 PRICK IT.\ CENTS SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1951. rWKIVE PAGES
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    2 ANTI-GOVT PLOTS UNEARTHED IN ASIA
    496 1 'Gang Leader s' Arrested, Says Liaquat Plots to overthrow the governments of two Asia.7i countries were reported last night. In > both cases, the plots failed. LAHORE, Friday. A PLOT aimed "to create commotion in the country by violent means" has been unearthed in
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    36 1 THE HALF-T On* of the 3rd Royal Tank Bcglments Half-Tracks, a combination of truck and trattr which arrived from Hung Kcnn by lh>- Honfc Siani;. for m rvice in ft I T«yi. —^fails Ti'"fs P i'-r-.
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    BANGKOK ALERT
    132 1 BANGKOK, Friday. SECURITY forces were placed on the alert today as a plot to overthrow the Government was reported to have been uncovered, cables the Straits Times Bangkok correspondent. A number of officers have been arrested, and a warrant has been issued for the arrest of a high
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    BURMA SURGEON FREED
    99 1 BURMA SURGEON FREED PAMGOON Fri. BURMESE appeal court tod.iy ordered tne release rtesn Burma Surreon Dr. Gordon Sea^rave ed on Feb. 17 to six months' imprisonment for ll ling Burmese rebels. The court found Seaerave not uuiliy of writing a tetter threatening a nurse in order to prevent the arrest
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    AID FOR ASIA
    40 1 WELLINGTON, Fri. New Zealand will contribute £3000.000 for aid to South and South-East Asia under the Colombo Plan. External Affairs Minister Mr. Frederick Doidge. said today It will be paid in annual instalments of i.l 000.000 —Reuter.
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    Tin Producers To Defend Industry
    173 1 CABLE TO WASHINGTON TODAY From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. AN important cable expressing the views of ihe .Malayan Un industry is beinf drafted and will be sent to Washington in the next twenty fmir hours. The cable will defend the I industry against
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    136 TOLD OF RIOT IN S'PORE
    98 1 136 TOLD OF RIOT IN S'PORE WHEN the Singapore Riot Commission comple ed its 19th and final session at 4.38 p.m. yesterday it had he^rd more than half a million words from 136 witnesses and from counsel. The official transcript of the proceedings runs to just over a thousand foolscap
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    'NO' TO U.S. AID
    29 1 SAIGON. Fri.— The Vietnamese State Cabinet agreed today to accept technical assistance from France in preference to receiving such aid from the United Sates. Reuter.
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    Bevin Is Resigning, Attlee Tells King
    163 1 LONDON, Friday. T^HE Prime Minister, Mr. Clement Attlee, had an audience with the King at Buckingham Palace last night. The Daily Herald said today that Mr. Attlee told the King that ailing Mr. Ernest Bevin was resigning as Foreign Secretary. The Daily Herald is
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    LOCUST RAID
    18 1 HAIFA. Frl.— Swarms of locusts raided the Beisan Valley, near the Jordan border, this week.— A.P.
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    Her Boilers Nearly Burst
    39 1 SYDNEY, Fri. r FHE Dutch liner Nieuw 1 Holland "almost burst her boilers" to rush a dangerously ill woman to Sydney.. The woman was- Mrs. D. Warren, 35, of Melbourne, returning on leave from Jakarta.
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    TURK CABINET RESIGNS
    42 1 ANKARA, Fri.— The Turkish Cabinet resigned today over a dispute on internal affairs. President DJelal Bayar has accepted the resignation, but asked the cabinet, headed by Adnan Menderes, to continue in office until a new one is formed. A.P.
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    UN Infantry At The Han
    121 1 TOKYO, Frl. A MERICAN 25th. Division infantry, led by tanks, today linked up the three prongs of their bridgehead across the Han River, about 15 miles east of the battered South Korean capital of Seoul. The bridgehead force also made contact with the American 24th.
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    Tungku Not To Wed Till 21
    236 1 Tungku Not To Wed Till 21 LONDON, Fri. TUNGKU Ahmad Yahaya, nephew of the Sultan of Kedah, today said that his 19-year-old sister, Tungku Zabariah, had abandoned the idea of marrying until she is 21. Referring to Singapore leports that she had applied to a London court for permission, as
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    ANTI-COMMUNIST LAW ILLEGAL
    126 1 MELBOURNE. Frl. THE Australian full High Court, by a majority of six to one, today declared the Government's Communist Party Dissolution Act Invalid. The Chief Justice. Sir John Latham, was the one dissident. The bill, which became law in October last year, gave the Government sweeping powers
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    EX-MALAYAN PROMOTED
    40 1 LONDON. Fri. Former Singapore lawyer, Mr. K. K. O'Connor, who was Attor-ney-General, Malaya, before taking up a similar post in Kenya, has been appointed Chief Justice of Jamaica, reports the Straits Times London correspondent. MR. K. K. OCONNOK
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    U.K. Contributes To Defence Of Malaya
    88 1 LONDON, Friday. BRITAIN'S Civil Estimates during the coming financial year published today include: £6.225,000 for the estimated i excess over normal costs of British forces operating In Malaya in 1951. £650,000 to the Federation of Malaya to help build additional battalions of the Malay
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    SULTANS ARE INDEPENDENT -WHITEHALL
    245 1 'THE British Government regards the Rulers of the Malay States as independent sovereigns in their relations with His Majesty, and except as provided in the ■ffeementfl »f 1948. independent sovereigns in their own States. In making this statement, the Secretary of State for the Colonies regretted
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    C.G. SEES ATTLEE
    30 1 LONDON. Fri.- Prime M>nister Clement Attlee yest 11day discussed the situation in Malaya with Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald. Commissioner GeneraJ in South-East Asia, jvho is visiting London.—Reuter.
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    Persia Oil Men Vote For State Control
    93 2 Persia Oil Men Vote For State Control WV^»W ■w wnWrvrVl iWlw TEHERAN, ri npHE Oil Commission oi x Parliament last night voted overwhelmingly in favour of nationalisation of Persia's oil industry. This step was opposed by the lat« Premier, General All Razmara, who was assassinated on Tuesday. Fifteen Oil Commission
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    ASIA SOCIETY GUESTS
    37 2 w. N th TE Mr, N F?' lONS residpnt Nasrollah Entezam, chats with Mrs. Meaner Roosevelt at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York, a the 21st annual dinner of the Asia Institute. A.P. picture.
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    Six Rescued From Sea
    98 2 ROME Fri. AN Italian navy destroyer yesterday picked up six American survivors of a United States naval transport plane which plunged into the sea off the Italian coast west of Rome. The six were found on two rubber rafts. They said other men aboard the plane
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    JENSEN IN HONGKONG
    47 2 HONGKONG. Fri.— Mr. O. V. Jensen, senior South African Trade Commissioner in South-East Asia, arrived here last night from Singapore. He told a reporter that he is here to find out what the colony can export to South Africa and import in return. Reuter.
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    BUDGET: APRIL 10
    19 2 LONDON Fri. Budget Day this year will be on April 10, Mr. Herbert Morrison, announced yesterday.
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      She Throws Around 14-Stone Wrestlers
      200 2 A PRETTY schoolgirl Shelagh Webb, of Butlock s A Heath, near Southampton, Hampshire, may demonstrate judc against a 14-stone male wrestler. If Middlesex County Council give permission, the demonstration will take place at London's Harringay arena, to show how women can protect themselves against attack.
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      'VICE KING' SAYS U.S. COMMITTEE
      32 2 CHARLES "LUCKY" LUCIANO, deported American, whom Rome police have banned. A U.S. Senate Committee says that he is the head of a gigantic underworld organisation. A.P. picture.
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    CHAT—AND STAR DRIPS CHAMPAGNE
    209 2 CHAT— AND STAR DRIPS CHAMPA GNE F«»™« NEW YORK, Friday KENCH film actress Denise Darcel, known in America as "the girl with the dangerous curves is the only woman in the recent war film "Battle- She was transformed into <- a one-woman battleground s by her millionaire husband t Peter
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    THE NAKED AND THE DEAD
    57 2 PATNA, India. Fri. CLOTH shortages hit even the dead. Followed by a large crowd four men carried the body of a relative to the court of the sub-divisional officer of Chapra village demanding cloth for the shroud. Popular varieties of cloth have disappeared from the
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    Slapped In Face With Meat Ration
    182 2 BRUSSELS. Fri JEANNE SOUDAN, 25-year-old Brussels wife, did not like the English way of life. Her husband did. They had rows over it. But when she was slapped in the face with an English meat ration, it was too much. Jeanne &ummoned her husband,
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    RED CROSS MEN ARRIVE IN H.K.
    44 2 HONGKONG, Fri— The International Red Cross Mission arrived here by plane yesterday with about 1,000 pound of medicine for U.N. prisoners in North Korea.. It will sail for Canton this morning and go to Peking by rail— A.P
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    JAPS TO DIE
    43 2 MELBOURNE, Fri. The Australian War Crimes Court at Los Negros has sentenced seven former members of tl>« Imperial Japanese Navy to death by hanging for the murder of 24 Australian a"d Allied prisoners of war in Dutch Timor In 1942.
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    ADMIRAL LEAVES
    28 2 ROME. Fri.— Admiral Forrest P. Sherman. Chief of United States Naval Operations, left. Rome yesterday for the U.S. naval base at Port Lyautey. North Africa.— U.P.
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    3 HELD ON MURDER CHARGE IN P.I.
    184 2 MANILA, Fri. pOLICE are holding the president of the Ships' Watchmen's Union, a supervisor of the union, and an unemployed chauffeur. on charges of killing Mr. Francis M. Gispert, British shipping official, who fought the union's monopoly on the Manila waterfront. Detective Captain
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    BRITAIN VOTES ₤400 MIL. FOR THE 'NEW ARMY'
    264 3 BRITAIN VOTES ₤400 MIL. FOR THE 'NEW ARMY' LONDON, Friday. AFTER sitting 12} hours, the House of Commons this morning approved the Army estimates for 1951-52 under which Britain will spend £420,000,000 on her new army, £120,000,000 more than last year. During the debate, Mr. Anthony Eden, deputy Opposition leader,
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    GREETING IN PARIS
    44 3 GREETING IN PARIS THE BBRLMI BSLBGAU, Mr. Lrn:;si Davies (let), shakes hands with Mr. Andrei Gromyko at the Paris talks to plan the Big Four conference. On either side of the Russian are Dr. Piilip Jessup. U.S., and M. Alexandre Parodi France. A.P. picture.
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    Tories Say Labour Has Failed
    174 3 Tories Say Labour Has Failed LONDON, Fri. PGNSERVATIVES last night demanded an immediate general election •because the Labour Government has lost the confidence of the people." Opening the annual meetIng of the National Of Conservative and Associations, the chairman. Mr. Anthony Nutting, said every byelection result and every public meeting
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    U.S. Defends Tin Move
    159 3 "■JIFE have taken strong efforts to control the price of some of our raw masuch as cotton." says a United Stated State Department official referring to -pension of tin buying. xp?ct that our allies will help." ear ago the price of tin iroximavlv US$O.75 a i:
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    THREE FOUND BUTCHERED
    60 3 MANILA. Fri. —Philippines Constabulary men found the bodies of three men their hands tied behind their backs and their bodies bayonetted— on a provincial road in Southern Luzon. The bodies were found near Daet. 135 miles south-east of Manila, at a spot where Communist Hukbalahaps set up
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    THEY BOTH FLED
    50 3 OLOKON. Pyrenees, Fri. WALKING along a mountain path on his way to work Matte Severn, a butcher, came face to face with a bear. He turned and ran until he was out of breath. Turning, he saw the bear disappearing at a trot In the opposite direction.
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    $107 Million For HK Reconstruction
    150 3 i HONG KONG, Friday, i A FIVE-YEAR programme of public works and reconstruction for Hong Kong was announced yesterday by the Governor, Sir Alexander Grantham. This, he said, would be carried through in spite of the American export ban, which had reduced trade considerably. "The
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    KASHMIR: INDIA REPLIES
    154 3 KASHMIR: INDIA REPLIES LAKE SUCCESS. Fri. T>HE reneral debate on Kashmir opened yesterday as India's chief delegate Sir Benegal Rau replied to statements made earlier this week by the Pakistan Foreign Minister, Sir Zafrullah Khan. Sir Zafrullah's speech completed the first phase of the debate in which both parties announced
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    BETTER AND BETTER
    46 3 I NEW YORK, Fri.— Mr. Jaksa Petric, deputy Yugoslav representative to the United Nations, returned to Belgrade for reassignment yesterday. He told reporters before leaving that "relations between the United States and i Yugoslavia are better and i better."— U. P. =-r-^ ?rm=
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    QUAKE SHOCK
    29 3 AQUILA, Central Italy, Fri. Several houses collapsed I when a fairly strong earth tremor yesterday shook the small Appenine town of Campotosto. No one was hurt. Reuter.
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    P.L GENERAL RETIRED
    60 3 MANILA, Frl.— BrigadierGeneral Alberto Ramos, former Commander of the Philippines Constabulary, and six other high-ranking officers of the Philippines Army have been retired after serving more than 30 years. Oen. Ramos, a classmate of President Elpidio Qmrino, was relieved from his command last year after failure of
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    Evatt 'Has Red Association'
    144 3 SYDNEY, Friday. IN one of the noisest scenes in the Canberra 1 House of Representatives, Mr. W. E. Wentworth (Liberal) today, accused the deputy leader of the opposition and former president of the United Nations Assembly, Dr. Herbert V. Evatt, of "hav'n? Communist associations stretching back
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    SAFETY WILL BE KEYNOTE
    77 3 LONDON, Fri— "Safety" Is; the keynote to Britain this year for electrical appliances. This will be apparent here next month at the Ideal Home Exhibition at Uie Olympla stadium, where two British firms will show their latest models. Electric fires will include one with untouchable element*
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    CZECH ENVOY DISAPPEARS
    40 3 DR. KRATOCHVIL, th« Czech Ambassador to India, who disappeared with his family from New Delhi last week after being recalled to Prague. He is reported to have sailed for Britain with his wife and son. A.P. picture.
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    MPs May Talk About A Toy
    129 3 LONDON, Fri QUESTIONS may be askV ed in the House of Commons about a toy a steamdriven model traction engine called Lizzy. Lizzy, 2 ft. high and 3 ft. 7 ins. long with a top speed of 4 m.pJi., is owned by Mr. Ernest
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    Rebel Arms Factories Flattened
    128 3 SAIGON, Fri. A MERICAN-BUILT King A Cobras and Hellcats of the French Air Force smashed two Vietminh rebel armament factories about ?5 miles southeast of the coastal town of Rachgla, CochinChin a, a French Army communique announced yesterday. Four enemy camps, with 30 i tons of
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    18 Barristers Argue Guinness Will
    106 3 1 8 Barristers Argue Guinness Will LONDON, Fri. EIGHTEEN barraters packed Dublin's High Court yesterday to argue the £3,500.000 will of Mr. Arthur Ernest Guipness. vice-chair-man of the brewing firm, who died In March 1949, aged 72. Altogether 105 people are entitled to pecuniary benefits and questions arise on the
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    Debate Put Off Again
    114 3 LONDON, Fri. T»HE Government has further postponed debate on the appointment of an American Admiral as Supreme Commander of the Atlantic Naval Forces. Conservatives, who considered a British Admiral should have got the post, have been pressing for a debate, but the Government has urged delay
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    Queuiile Says 'Yes'
    126 3 PARIS. Fri. FRENCH Radical leader, M. Henri Queuille notified the Speaker last night to summon the National Assembly to vote today on his investiture as Prime Minister. M. Queuille. a former Prime Minister, had accepted a second invitation to form a Government and end the eight day
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    57,000 JAPS DIED IN USSR
    32 3 TOKYO, Fri.— A Japanese Foreign Office official- yesterday told the Diet (Parliament) that more than 57,000 Japanese prisoners of war had died In Soviet Internment camps. Reuter.
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    Disarmea West Would Alarm World'
    182 3 Disarmea West Would Alarm World PARIS, Fri. AMERICA'S AmbassaA dor-at-Large, Dr. Phillip Jessup, told Russia last night that Western disarmament In the face of Soviet aggressiveness would alarm the free peoples of the world. Dr. Jessup made this statement to the fourth session of the Big Four deputy Foreign Ministers
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    5 POWER TALKS ON SANCTIONS MOVE
    78 3 LAKE SUCCESS, Friday. Al2-NATION United Nations committee yesterday examined a preliminary list of possible sanctions against Communist China and referred it to a subcommittee of five. The form of the sanctions was not divulged. The sub-committee comi prises the representatives of Australia, France, Venezuela,
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    COUNSEL LISTS CAUSES OF RIOTS
    5126 4 Blame Put On Agitators, Press And Maria Case At Inquiry's Last Day rpHK Solicitor-General, Mr. C. H. Butterfield, in his dosing address at the IMh and final session o* the Singapore Riot Commission yesterday, said (he main causes ot the December riots were the judirment
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    MISUNDERSTOOD, SAYS THOMSON
    250 4 MR. George Thomson, Public Relations Secretary, recalled, said serious misunderstanding had arisen among the leaders of the .Muslim Community l>v ih e first sentence of a newspaper report of his evidenre: "Siis.'apore's Public Relations Secretary told the Kiot Commission yesterday thai on »he evening of l>«'t 11
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    The Men Who Volunteered
    87 4 \JR. W. J. PARKS, a senior police officer, put in a statement to the Commission on the activities of the Volunteer Special Constabulary during the riots Mr. Parks said he would like to add his high appreciation of the sterling qualities shown by all ranks of
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    VICE-SQUAD 'NEVER CLOSED'
    123 4 SUGGESTION by Singa pore Social Welfare Department in its monthly report that the Antic-Vice Subbranch of the C.IJS. is "not open" was denied by a C.ID spokesman yesterday. The Social Welfare report said: "As soon as the AKtt- Vice Sub-branch of the C.I.D. Is re-opened and sufficient
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    BAILORS EXPLAINS
    50 5 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU Fri. When Teo Choon Hek was yesterday called to answer a charge of financing a common gaming house his bailor appeared before the Magistrate and said that Teo had met with an accident and was unable to attend. The case was adjourned.
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    SINGAPORE WEEK-END DIARY
    205 5 TODAY lIKIIISH RED CROSS Handicapped Children's Club outing, Kn'.OTC Park. 10 a.m. to noon. V M.C.A., Orchard Road, chess v in., movie circle show. 8 p.ir. HiNKSK IMJCJkm Selegie Road, body building. 4 p.m., basketball. 5 p.m., badminton. b.M) p.m. UEVLANG VIK.UTS CHINESE M. t. World Friendship
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    Crippled Ship Limps On Her Way
    108 5 THE crippled French liner Jamaique sailed yesterday to Saigon with 744 passengers at a reduced speed after urgenj exchanges of cables between her Singapore agents and Saigon river pilots. The pilots agreed to take the ship up the river. The ship called unexpectedly at
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    151 DIE-592 BORN
    30 5 A total of 151 deaths against 592 births for the week-ending March 3 were reported by the Municipal Health Officer in his health statement for the week.
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    Same cut of dress for all
    94 5 SINGAPORE'S •'immigration girls" will blossom forth in new uniforms next Monday so that they can be easily distinguished from the general public milling round in the Havelock Road office of the Department of Immigration. "It is not really a uniform, said Mr J. L.
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    Engineer Stoned By Crowd, Court Told
    201 5 MR. Gordon Hoey, a Municipal engineer, told the Singapore Relief Court yesterday how he was badly injured by Malays and Indians in Thomson Road during the December riots. He was testifying in a preliminary inquiry in which six Malays, five Boyanese, two Indians and
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    Welfare Pay Saved Him
    125 5 THE story of a paralytic re- j ceiving financial help from I the Social Welfare Department, Singapore, after trying to end his life by Jumping into the sea, Is told In the Social Welfare report for FebruaryThe report says: "Mild excitement was caused one day when
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    Forces Kill $14,000 Red In Pahang
    174 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. A COMMUNIST Party district secretary, Ng Cheng Choon. on whose head was a reward of $14,000, has been killed by security forces In the Kuantan area of Pahang. He was secretary of the Sungel Lembing branch. Ng
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    FLYING TO U.K.
    45 5 From Onr Own Correspondent KOTA BAHRU, Frl.— Mr. J O Adams president of the Sessions Court. Kota Bahru, who has received news oftne death of his father in England, left today by air for England. He will be away for a month.
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    FEBRUARY TIN SHIPMENTS
    89 5 CTRAITS traders announce these February tin shipments, In tons: From Singapore to United Kingdom, 11«V4 (110 optional Continent), United States 667. Continent, 1,592%, Canada, 15, Africa, 41, Australasia 20, and Middle East 73. From Penang to U.K. 93, U.B.A. 603yj. Continent 851. Canada 90. Pacific 3, India
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    17.000 YARDS OF MATERIAL ARE NEEDED FOR CHILDREN
    217 5 17.000 YARDS OF M ATERIAL ARE NEEDED FOR CHILDREN SEVENTEEN thousand yards of material are required by the Social Welfare Department to clothe the children in its Homes and for the Child Feeding Centres in Singapore, Mr. C. S. Dant of the department told the Straits Times yesterday. Tenders have
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    WEAPON TRAINING
    16 5 WEAPON TRAINING AUXILIARY POLICE at Johore Bahru parading for training in the use of firearms.—Khor picture.
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    AMATEUR DANCE RESULTS
    92 5 The Vice-president of the Singapore Society of Amateur Dancers, Mr. Lam Joon Khim, also 1950 champion, won the Singapore 1951 mixed Amateur Dance Championship held at the Raffles Hotel last night with, Miss Annie Chia as his partner. A crowd of 200 witnessed the competitions. Other competitors
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    S.C. ACCUSED
    36 5 Frwn Our Own C«rre«pondeii SEGAMAT, Frl.— A special constable on Ulu Remis Estate, 24-year-old Mohamed bin Ishak was yesterday charged In Segamat with desertion. He was ordered to be sent to Kluang for trial.
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    He Registers 100 Births A Day
    146 5 OVER a hundred births are registered at his office in Fullerton Building every day, Haji Jamil bin Haji Dzaflr, the Registrar of Births and Deaths, Singapore, said yesterday. All babies bom In Singapore must be registered within 42 days. The names of the children
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    SIPUTEH CURFEW
    48 5 I P O H, Fri— A curfew from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. has been Imposed on the town of Siputeh In the Batu Gajah district. All people living in the area must remain indoors during the curfew period, unless in possession of a police permit.
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    TAX FOR PARCELS WORTH OVER 10s
    238 5 ANY member of the fighting forces serving in Malaya desiring to send parcels and gifts to their friends and relatives in the United Kingdom through the ordinary posts, can do so. But these parcels will come under Customs duty and purchase tax. The recipients
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    GURNEY IN JOHORE
    78 5 The Federation High Commissioner, Sir Henry Qurney, accompanied by the Director of Operations. Lt.-Qen. Brlggs, yesterday visited re-settle-ment areas in Bekok, Labis. Genuang and Bukit Siput. all in Johore. At Labis, Sir Henry met a group of European planters and had discussions with them At Bekok he
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    NEGRI REGENT
    19 5 SEREMBAN, Frl. <— Yang Ahmat Mull* Tungku Besar Burhanuddln. of Srt Mentntt. has been appointed Regent Kesri Sembilan.
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    Union Wants A Whitley Council
    169 5 Union Wants A Whitley Council A DEMAND for the immediate establishment of a Whitley Council at the Naval Dockyard will be made at th« annual general meeting of h e Singapore Admlraltr Local Staff Union at Farrer Park next Saturday. The executive committee of the 500-strong Union considers such a
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      59 5 a name that means so muck to those who know and recognise craftsmanship and beauty a gift expressing perfect taste and discernment. We have just been advised that Stuart Crystal dispatched from Britain after February 12th 1951 will be increased in price by a further 16|% owing 'to rising production
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      100 5 Todays Radio SINGAPORE 10 am. News; 10.10 Close; IS Malay 1 pm. "Saturday Ballroom"! 1.30 News; ISO Plantation Music- 2 'Album of Harmony' 2 30 "Rhythm Corner"; 2.45 "London Studio Melodies"; 3.15 "Military Bandstand"; 3-30 T< a Dance"- 4 "Much-Blndlng-m-'ha Marsh"' 4.30 "Southern Serenade"; 5 Malay- 6.15 Children; 6.40 Rad
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    69 6 THE FAMILY of the late Bridget Phua thank all relatives •nd friends for their kind attendance at her funeral on 6.3.51 •nd for sending wreaths, cars and requiem masses. RICHARD and Pegey Winthrop •Incerely thank all their friends for their kindness, wreaths, and letters of sympathy in the tragic
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    PERSONAL
    39 6 IR. <fc MRS. BLOK HANSON nd diHijihlrr wish all their Jin nds farewell, and regret that owing to lack of time they were nimble to call personally before their departure by the M.V "Ravello' for Europe A Canada.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Sat., Mar. 10, 1951. Petition To London
    877 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Sat., Mar. 10, 1951. Petition To London There ate two hundred and seventy-nine names of Chinese guilds, societies and associations appended to the petition which has been sent from Singapore to the Secretary of State for the Colonies against the new policy of the Colony Government
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    Fifty Years Ago.
    229 6 CO.L. WORRIES IN ULU PAHANG (From the Straits Times of March 9. 1901) THE question of markets 1 naturally brings in itw tram the question of the cost of living here in Pahane it continues to rise alarmingly Beef in Pahang has !v£r been a luxury not
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    As I was Saying
    1065 6  -  Cynicus ers and weight-lifters by their achievements in Delhi have added new fame to the" Colony's sporting name. The swimming triumphs were Singapore's first In international competition, nor is the glory much dimmed by Japanese absence, for in the swimming pool the Japanese are almost in
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    Singaporeana
    846 6 ¥N the Free Press last Saturday afternoon I read a farewell interview with the Municipal Architect Mr. D. C. Rae. who is retiring to his native Scotland this month. SRae who has been a good »nt of our Municipality of the best) gave it as >pinlon that there was
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    HIS 3½-TON CATCH CUT PRICE OF FISH
    124 7 'We Hope Others Will Follow, 9 Says Official A SINGAPORE fisherman who fitted out a motor boat to fish outside the usual limits brought back 3} tons of ikan merah and brought the price of fish down for a day. "We are hoping
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    OIL STOVE BOOM IN SINGAPORE
    149 7 SINGAPORE housewives, harassed by dearer coal and Brewiid, are buying kerosene oil stoves. F> i times as many were sold last month as in Feb. A Kerosens on siove wioi r t ni u<rs eight gallons of oil a month, costing U ir.ree mtsli a
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    RE-ARRESTED AFTER TRIAL
    53 7 Jiiim Our Own Coirfspondrnt BUKIT MERTAJAM. Fri to have consorted With anred bandits at the 2\ Kongsl, Sungel Bakap. on Ftb. 14. 51-year-old Ng Tee l ,d a 31-year-old woman Tan Ah Galk were dischargee' Bt Nebonu Tebal court yesterday but were immediately rearrested for detention under
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    BRANDS ARE TO BE PRICED
    96 7 BRANDS ARE TO BE PRICED DETAILED prices of branded goods In Singapore may be published soon. The Food Control Department is meeting representatives of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce next week. A spokesman of the Department said yesterday that the meeting would discuss the publication of a list of retail
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    Rubber Assn Building
    119 7 J^ $3,000,000 building in Singapore Is being planned by the Singapore Rubber Trade Association, which represents Chinese rubber Interests in the Colony. The Association is at present looking over several sites for the building, although a site in Raffles Place, bought by the Association recently, la likely
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    Move To Speed Wages Decision
    127 7 Move To Speed Wages Decision From Our Staff C -respondent SEREMB. N, Fri. THE Pan-Malayan rubber workers' negotiate n committee and representa ves of the Malayan Planting >dustries Employers' Associ.ion will meet at Kuala Lurn^ur next Monday, "to make an interim agreement pending the publication of the report by the
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    Challenges His Rivals
    103 7 A CHALLENGE to Mr. Thio Chan Bee (Progressive) and Mr. K. Jagatheesan (Independent) to address the voters on the same platform with him, was Issued on Thursday night by Mr. P. M. Williams, their rival Labour Party candidate for Balestier seat on the Singapore Legis- j lative
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    DELAYED
    41 7 The new Indian Represen-! tative to Malaya, Mr. M. Gopala Menon, who was expected to arrive in Singapore on Mar. 13, will reach Singapore on a later date, a spokesman of the India House, told tiie Straits Times, •ast night.
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    TOLE SARONGS
    39 7 A young Malay Hamzah bin Anmad was yesterday senItenced to six days' imprisonment and fined $150. in default nine weeks imprlsonlent for stealing two sarongs. > wallet, and a fountain pen, ■>m a house In Suffolk Road. Road.
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    DR. G. V. ALLEN
    29 7 The Vice-Chancellor of th University of Malaya, Dr. G V. Allen, returns en the Patroclus on Mond. y after si: mon hs leave in Britain.
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    BOOK NOW FOR THE FESTIVAL
    81 7 1JCOKINGS for the Music n Festival to be presented by Singapore Musical Society and co-guaranteed bit the Straits Times, from March 20 to 29. are going well. Late yesterday there were only about 150 seats left for each of the five performances. Capacity of the
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    HURT WOMAN WITH SCYTHE
    62 7 Pavadai Pappamal. a 40-year-old Indian woman, was yesterday bound over in the Singapore Third Police Court in $100 to be of good belaviour for six months for •?using hurt to Sevoo Anma Stumor, a woman, with a scythe. Pavadai v.as said to have truck Sevoo on
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    FATHER AND SON FINED
    56 7 From Our Own Correspondent M U A R. Fri.— An 80-year-old Javanese, Kaliwon bin Shukor and his son, Idros bin Kaliwon, were fined $100 each or 50 days, for illegal entry. Also fined $100 was a 30-year-old sampan taikong, Ahad bin Muin, for assisting the father
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    'VERY FAST' TAXI OVERTURNED
    43 7 Singapore Coroner, Mr. Choor Singh, 6aid yesterday that a taxi which skidded and overturned at a bend at 12th mile Yio Chu Kang Road must have been driven very fast." The driver. Ng Ah Tee, was killed. Verdict: Misadventure.
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    THE MAULANA TO LECTURE
    35 7 The Muslim divine, Maulana Shah Mohamed Abdul Aleem Siddique, will deliver a lecture at 10 a.m. tomorrow at the premises of the All-Malaya Muslim Missionary Society, 31, Lorong 12, Geylang, Singapore.
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    ANNUAL MEETING
    23 7 Singapore Christian Youth Council will hold its annual meeting and elect the executive committee at Wesley Hall at 4 p.m. today.
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    S 'pore TB Treatment C. O.L. Increased
    222 7 DERSONS in Singapore receiving a T.B. treatment allowance from the Department of Social Welfare were given, as from Feb. 1, an extra 10 per cent, cost-of-living allowance because of the great rise in cost of food and other necessities. The Department last month
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    MEDICAL STUDENT FOR ADELAIDE
    46 7 Mr. STAMFORD Dudley Anthony Au. an old boy of St. Joseph's Institution, Singapore who will leave on Monday for further study in medicine in the University of Adelaide, He is the son of Dr. Au Kee Hock of the Singapore General Hospital.
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    INCONSIDERATE
    26 7 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Fri. N. Maniam was today fined $20 In the Police Court for Inconsiderate driving on the Ayer Hitam Road.
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    WAGON WHEEL RAN OVER HIS ARM, LEG
    105 7 A 33-YEAR-OLD Chinese labourer resting under a stationary railway wagon with his boriv across the rails was killed on March 1 when the wagon was set in motion during shunting operations. The accident occurred near the Customs godown at the Singapore railway station.
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    Move To Band Malay Fishermen
    124 7 A PROPOSAL to form a Malay Fishermen's Association will be put before the Singapore Malay Welfare Council's meeting on March 19. Acting secretary of the Council, Inche Hassan Maskam, told the Straits Times yesterday that the time had arrived for local Malay fishermen—numbering near 10,000
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    STELLA POLARIS DOCKS TODAY
    79 7 ONE hundred and thirt>fonr more dollar sPenders will arrive in Singapore today in the Norwegian yacht the Stella Polaris on her world cruise. She is the second ship on a world-cruise to call this month, with wealthy American tourists aboard. The first was the Cunarder. Caronia.
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    Somali Told Court His Odyssey
    209 7 A BRITISH Somalilander who stowed away on the vessel Maiden Hill in Djibouti Harbour, told Mr. H. A. Forrer in the Singapore First Police Court yesterday that he walked from Somaliland to Djibouti In order to get a job on a ship. He was Elmi
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    SINGAPORE SIGNS WITH C.A.R.E.
    55 7 Singapore Government has signed an agreement with the Co-operative for American Remittances to Europe, an agency formed to enable individuals and organisation to send technical, scientific and profession publications abroad The Director of Education. Singapore. Mr. A. W. Frisby, signed the agreement for Government, and Mr.
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    SNATCH THIEF
    36 7 Dick Wee, aged 18, who snatched a woman's wallet and ran away in Sims Avenue market was sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment by Mr. R. B. I. Pates in Singapore Second Police Court yesterday.
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    APPOINTMENT
    28 7 Mr. Andrew Gilmour. Financial Secretary and acting Secretary for Economic Affairs has been appointed to the University of Malaya Council and nominated to the University Finance Committee.
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    MARRIED YESTERDAY
    36 7 MARRIED YESTERDAY MX. AND MRS. ivennein Edward Meyer who were married at the Singapore Marriage Registry yesterday. Th«s wedding reception was at the Singapore Swimming Club. The bride was Miss Constance Margaret Mifflin.— Straits Times picture.
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    Foreign Mail Rates Increased
    158 7 Foreign Mail Rates Increased INCREASES on letter and 1 postcard rates on all mail posted in the Federation and Singapore to places outside the Commonwealth were announced yesterday. The increases come into effect on April 1. Increases were also announced on the insured packet rate to all places outside the
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    ACQUITTED
    35 7 Lim Poh Tee was acquitted by Mr. P. Claque in Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday without his defence being called on a charge of cheating Tan Hiong of $3,000 over a house last November.
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    21 Probe Rubber Deals
    90 7 21 Probe Rubber Deals AN investigation team of 21 has been elected by Singapore Rubber Trade Association, which represents Chinese rubber interests, to combat increasing rubber thefts. If members have been round to have had dealings with unreliable people they will be reported to the Association. How they would be
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    University Lecturers
    153 7 A SINGAPORE schoolteacher. Mr. K. M. R. Menon, is one of the four new lecturers appointed by the University of Malaya. The others are a minister and a former Army officer in Malaya Mr M.mon is an education officer teaching at Raffles Institution. He retires soon and 1
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    ECAFE DELEGATES
    41 7 Malaya's three-man delegation to the ECAFE conference in Lahore returns today They are expected at Kalians airport at about 1 p.m. The delegates are: Messrs. Andnw Gilmour. Yap Peng Geek a:id Da to Haji Mohamed Eusolf bin Mohamed Yusoff.
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    LEASED TO CLUB
    38 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Fri.— Tiie land bounded by Jalan Sum-.el Chat. Scudai Road, Jalan Abubakar and Jalan Thomnson. on lease to the Johore Civil Service Club, has been released to the Club for another 21 years.
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    Writ Of Certiorari Refused to Malay Press
    457 8 ■^WmMy^^^B THE Chief Justice of Singapore, Sir Charles Murray Aynsley, yesterday refused an application for a writ of certiorarl quashing the order made by the Colonial Secretary, Mr. W. L. Blythe, on Jan. 19 withdrawing the licence granted to the Melayu Raya Press
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    WE WILL APPEAL'
    57 8 Mr. N. A. Mallal. counsel for the Melayu Raya Press, told the Straits Times yesterday that he would appeal to the Governor-in-Council against the Colonial Secretary's order withdrawing the licence of the press. "If the Governor-ln-Coun-cil does not grant our licence, we will proceed against Mr. Blythe
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    NEW EXPORT TAX JANUARY RECORD
    292 8 NEW EXPORT TAX JANUARY RECORD From A Market Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. T»HE increased export duty on rubber introduced on Jan. 1, this year, brought the Government of the Federation $15.8 million in duty, $2.8 million in new cess for replanting and $467,101 on ordinary cess during January. This r>nmnaraa
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    Gas Becoming More Popular
    78 8 GilS is proving increasirgiy popular for cooking in the. Tiona Bahru S.I.T. jlats .to cut living costs. During the past year many ot the residents have turned over to gas and an analysis of 600 households a month has indicated that the average family can carry
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    MARGARET LIKES UNIFORM
    59 8 MARGARET LIKES UNIFORM 1 WO- YEAR-OLD iMargaret Lenan, i, turning to Brunei with her parents from leave in Australia, arrived ia Singapore yesterday on tbe Maetsuycker Margaret chitcnes the hat belonging to a fellow-passenger, a Malayan Police officer. From her expression, it would appear that the officer will have quite
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    CLOSING DATE
    41 8 Closing date for the return of application forms for compensation for loss, damage, or injury received during the Singapore riots is Mar. 15. Forms should be sent to the Secretary, Riot Claims Tribunal, c3O. Labour Department, Havelock Road, Singapore
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    RUBBER OUTPUT FIGURES REVISED
    118 8 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. DEVISED rubber proK%> duction figures for Federation smallholding last year were Issued today by the Registrar of Statistics. Substantial exports of Indonesian rubber from Singapore to the Federation for smoking and remllling were made from last May, he said.
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    Rubber Drops On Tin News
    198 8 NEWS received in Singapore on Wednesday that America had ceased to buy tin for stock-pile purposes had a psychological effect on rubber says Lewis and Peat's market report, issued yesterday. Pi tees on Thursday declined about five or six cents from tha previous close. It
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    HIT MAN WITH SCISSORS
    64 8 A dispute over a gambling debt led Wong Sunf Chen| a tailor, to the Singapore Fourth Police Court fester! day He was charged with hurting Yong Chan Sin with a pair of scissors. Yong sustained two lacerated wounds and was rushed to hospital. Wong was ordered
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    Salary Evidence Is 'Irregular'—Counsel
    170 8 Salary Evidence Is 'Irregular'— Counsel ADMISSION of evidence intended to show that George Charles Winton was living beyond his R.A.F. salary was "irregular and unfortunate", said Mr. Mark Morrison defence counsel, in the Singapore First District Court yesterday On the same ground he said, evidence that Mrs. Winton had a
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    DEMOLISH ORDER
    32 8 From Oar Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Frl. Syed Mohamed bin Hamzah was today fined $15 In the Police Court for erecting an unauthorised structure He was ordered to demolih it
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      236 8 Straits Times Cross word S SUR %2"J."«. 30. They set us tingling (4,1,7), I a s "4 7 a 1 down 2. He'll be a wise bird on* day 3! A he*d-on talk (4-1-4). »O §§8 IT" Cocki (8). S. Silk (jar menu do 1 tssN§ fe^ fi§i La ln
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      "Give Way To Cars On The Right"
      234 9 THE erection of more "Halt —Major Road Ahead" signs, as suggested by R.W.F. on March 3 would be an admirable, if expensive, measure were all and sundry road junctions to be so equipped. I have had a wide experience of mobile police driving
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      TRAFFIC PEAK AT KALLANG
      112 9 one using Kallang Road at the peak hours during the morning and afternoon, may I put forward these suggestions: For traffic going to town, two traffic lines from about 100 yards from the Kallang Road-Crawford Street corner, right up to the junction with North Bridge Road;
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      THE OFFICERS FALL OUT
      93 9 pADIO Malaya's feature en the "Trooping of the Colour" by the Ist. Battalion, the Green Howards, was a very laudable programme and thoroughly enjoyed. But why aren't Radio Malaya commentators "briefed" on Army orders, customs and parlance before a broadcast? I was completely shattered to hear
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      Black Market In Batu Pahat
      114 9 \/f ARKET conditions in general have lately gone iTI back to those of the B.M.A. days of 1946. Every kind of commodity has to be paid for at blackmarket prices, otherwise you get the reply from your suppliers. "Sorry, no stock". The following goods are
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      "WORM WEEK" AT KUANTAN
      135 9 BEWILDERED" of Kuala Trengganu on March 5 mentioned the simplest method of preserving flsh— salting and drying them Undoubtedly fishermen know of this. However noi all of them preserve their catch. Two fishermen, on Friday during the worm week," asked whether they were scared of the
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      WET PAINT & OIL IN BUSES
      134 9 WET PAINT OIL IN BUSES 0N Wednesday evening at about 5 p.m. I boarded a Singapore Traction Company bus No. STC 21, on the Flnlayson Green Paya Lebar route. This bus was all oily inside: the paint wet. It looked as if it had Just come from the workshop. It
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      Dishing Out The Money In School
      137 9 Dishing Out The Money In School |f HAVE two children attending Government schools. They are continually pestering me for contributions to endless funds and charity collections in the schools. One recent collection was. it seems, to buy apparatus and tonic for the school football team this besides the usual sports
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      NO MERCY FOR PENSIONERS?
      157 9 PENSIONERS appear to have been overlooked or forgotten by the Governments of Singapore and the Federation. Those of us who have given the best years of our life in the Government service and who are lucky enough to draw a pension of more than $300 a
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      $15 PER MONTH
      55 9 WHILE others are fighting hard for an Increase in their C.O.L.A. some of us dependents of missing Volunteers are still getting only $15 or so a month, inclusive of allowance. Have the authorities ever considered how we exist? We get no privileges like hospital treatment although Government
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      BOX OFFICE RACKET
      278 9 1 QUITE Agree with the recent correspondent who wrote regarding the blackmarket sale of cinema tickets. I have had a similar experience. The name of the picture was "Ezhai Padum Padu." which means, "the plight of the poor man." It was not necessary to go in to
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      VISAS vs. PRICES IN SARAWAK
      69 9 •"THE anomaly in the cost-of-living problem in this part of the world Is very prominent when we compare the strict regulations of the Sarawak and Brunei Governments regarding Immigration with the present laxity regarding the control In prices of necessary commodities. If the Government* can
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      The Indian leaders' 'pedestals'
      251 9 The Indian leaders 'pedestals JN Wednesday's Strait* Times I read with astonishment the report of a speech delivered by the Agent of the Gfbvernment of India at Sltiawan. He has of late been going up and down this country on official and unofficial visits lecturing his countrymen on their duties.
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      ROD AND SPOIL THE CHILD"
      208 9 DUNISHMENT is something meted out by God to sinners, by the law to wrongdoers or by parents and teachers to children who deserve to have pain inflicted on them to check their bad habits. No parent or teacher resorts to corporal punishment for the mere
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      IT'S THAT BELL AGAIN
      132 9 J^ADIO Malaya wavelengths seem to be a matter of comment in the Federation at the moment. May I lend assistance in so worthy a cause, especially as Kelantan. Negri Sembilan and Selangor have already done so? Just why does that automatic bell keep ringing? Do they
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      Semenyih Reception
      34 9 TT has become evident that Radio Malaya's recent wavelength changes '61 and 49-metre bands) have made good reception impossible. Can't the Department of Broadcasting ci" something about it? M. SHANMUGAM. Semenyih, Selangor.
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      THE GALLANT P.C. NEAR THE MARKET
      341 9 THE GALLANT P.C. NEAR THE MARKET A RARE tin; delightful scene tooK place the other morni lg I saw the incident with my own two eyes. A Malay police constable escorted an old Chinese woman ftCTOM Serangoon Road near the Kanduns Kerbau Market. The woman was nearing her seventies. She
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      FAITH MUST COME FIRST IN MALAYA
      728 9 FAITH MUST COME FIRST IN MALAYA > I EVER in the history of Malaya has the country 1 been so befogged with political, economic and other claims as it is today. They jam the columns of the newspapers and the air so screamingly that the poor public are by now
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      HAD TALE OF TWO CITIES
      130 9 EVERYBODY knows the British are duffers at kinsuages. but is there the -mallest excuse for the preposterous mispronunciation of the names of the two first Malayan cities which one hears every day? Surely even a kindergarten acquaintance with Malay must nv.ke it obvious that !»he
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    London Stocks
    253 10 London Stocks riLOSiNO middle prices of Vj selected stocks as suppllEd to the Straits Times by special arrangement with The Financial Times were: Consols 6fi FundlUK 4% 1O6J War 3»7. »U BANKS Chartered (£5 pd> 1M Mercantile i £25; £13 pd.) 23 Hongkong ($125) 84 Gattern i£S> (4 INM RANCk
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    THE PRODUCE MARKET
    59 10 THE PRODUCE MARKET rpHE market for white pepper was 1 duU yesterday through lack of inquiries. Sellers quoted Muntok at $1,090 and Sarawak at $1,085. $20 each a picul less. Lampong black was scarce and steady at s66o THe copra seciion was easy with sellers coming down to $62 and
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    PETALING TIN
    47 10 TN me Tin baUnc. TNshS. t^dreiges^owsuS-t sents $1696.903, after setting off the construction reserve credit of 5i.000.000. Rehabilitation expenditure In suspense totals $3,487,780 compared with the advance of $1,379,996 drawn from Government -to which a token payment of $350 made in June has been eredlted-
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    MALAYAN SHARES
    463 10 AS a result of the easiness in London, Tin shares again declined on the Malayan share market yesterday. Towards the close, however, there was a slight recovery. Rubbers had very little buying interest. Industrials were quiet and steady. Quotations announced yesterday by the Malayan Sharebrokers" Association werp- l.^Ul
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    TIN:$541 3/4 A PICUL
    502 10 sinoaporf svi m.. o «iY. ,7 Mar# 9-$a41.75 (down $28.75.) «T1 OOA .a I J tl/220 a toil in london LONDON, Frl.. Mar. 9. —Spot Buyers £1.220; For-w-r^ £1,085; Settlement £1,220 (down £5). TurnoTers: »-m- V«i. 65 tons, Selavan* 11/ n/§ Siamese 23/- 24/Sione k/ az(
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    Busy Day In Rubber
    190 10 THE Singapore rubber marI ket was again very active yesterday, with a very large volume of business done c °Irst*SSde closed Marcn iirii-giaae ciosea steady at $2.17 alb. buyers, five cents below Thursday's dose. The market at one stage in the morning wa» weak, but buyers
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    H.K. EXCHANGE
    60 10 HONQ KONO, Frl. pREt martet currency exchange 'or Hong Kong. doUars wai quoted at the close today as follow,: US$l HK$6.O«-i <cash). HK$6.ll (T): £1 HK515.50; one tael of gold HK$3l5.-U.P. T« E Malayan Exchange Banks AssociaUon announced yesterday that free market currency exchange rate- for the Hong
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    CANADIAN DOLLAR
    21 10 TMT M •"m- *xcn*ng« Bud aay S^S^-^Tiff'S t.T. 34H Airmail (O D „s, ,an a ttoA rJlfJin aemn|t TTjMX
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    Utd. Malacca Rubber
    24 10 fTNITED Malacca Rubber Esta»es produced 85.513 lbs. of rubber in January to give a total of 807.975 lbs. for nine months.
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    FOR CUP
    329 11 May Soon Find English Form From EPSOM JEEP PENANG, Friday. pEW horses could have battled against the heavy r odds with greater courage than Twelfth of August in the Div. 1 Spring Handicap over 7f. last Saturday. Hopelessly left at the barrier this five-year-old son of Orthodox refused
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    TODAY'S GOING
    22 11 PENANC. Fri. PENAXG is enjoying a spoil of bright and sunny weather and the going: tomorrow win be very good.
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    Take Stymie For The Mile Race
    220 11 Take Stymie For The Mile Race PENANG, Pri. T WILL not back anything against A Stymie in Race 7— the Div. 1 mile handicap for Classes 4 and 5 combined. I maintain that on top of the ground this durable performer can outsmart even a Class 3 field over a
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    FLOOR SHOW TO WIN TOP SPRINT
    673 11 PENANG, Friday. T^ROBELLA, Floor Show and Pegasus have been A brought together and it is certainly not easy to assess their form in Race 8. Trobella broke lmin. 8 for s if.— a remarkably good sprinting performance by a Class 3 horse; Floor Show
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    198 11 EPSOM JEEP CALL B RACE 1 I BELITA KM.AM 1 raigmount BclKa 2.3§ Fair Court Craigmount ACE 1 2.3* I BELITA BALAM I CRAIGMOUNT 1 (raigmount Bellta Belila Fair Court Craigmount Fair Court RACE JAUNTY SANLANA 3.0« Sanlana Ri» Grande Martini j Jaunty RACE I VICTORINE VICTOBINE
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    Today's Race Card
    1044 11 BIG SWEEP: RACE EIGHT. Race 1—2.30: Classes 4 5 Comb., Div. 5—6 Furs. 1 242 BeJiU Charles 9.00 "Goodwood Stable" Hobbs 2 010 Loch Clyde Tulloh 8.12 M/s. L.H. RN. Whitaker Martin 3 020 Nachtegaal Harper 8.11 Mr. T. L. Tang Yong 4 400 Balam E. Donnelly
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    IN FINAL
    220 12 Win Semi-Finals In Straight Sets LONDON, Friday. T HE holder of the All England badminton title, Malayan champion Wong Peng Soon, i entered the singles final today and will defend his title against his compatriot, Ong Poh Lim, iin the final tomorrow, when the All England championships will
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    Ong Changed His Game To Good Effect
    166 12 Ong Changed His Game To Good Effect From Our Own Correspondent, j LONDON. Fri. j NEWSPAPERS here have des- cribed On* Poh Lim's victory over Jorn Skaarup yesterday as an upset. Along with the Malayans, I was of course fully prepared for this result as Poh Lim's form in the
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    Luck Against HMS Terror
    149 12 AKhough H.MS. Terror attacked for the better part of their Services Soccer League game against R.N A.C, Sembawang. they were beaten by twoone at the Naval Base yesterday. Both sides played a keen game but a wet ground took much oft the game. The defence on
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    Choong Slips
    213 12 Mixing powerful smashes with delicate drop shots Poh Lim pegged Choong to the back court for most of the match. The Cambridge man had some difficulty at times with his footing but he made some brilliant recoveries in his usual spectacular manner. Poh Llm enjoyed a lead of
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    CYCLE RACES MAR. 24 & 25
    101 12 CYCLE RACES MAR. 24 25 The Singapore Cycle Racing Association will hold its first cycle i racing carnival with a two-day sprint grass track non-champion-ship cycle race on March 24 and 25 at the Singapore Chinese Recreation Club ground in Hong Lam Green. The following events will be run: 1
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    CLOSE BOXING WIN FOR RASC
    135 12 The R.A.S.C. Training School (Far East) scored a narrow one- j point victory over the Ist. Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry in the t>eml-flnals of the FARELF Boxing Championships at TangJin Barracks last night. Results were: Bantamweight: Sgt. Sved Omar (RA9C) bt Pte Sable (KSLI);
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    Rugby Union Results
    19 12 LONDON. Fri— Pontypridd beat Aberavon s—o5 0 in a Rugby Union match played here yesterday. Reuter.
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    Sports Diary
    136 12 TODAY SOCCER: 1)1 v. 1: ChineM Athletic v Indian R. C. at stadium; Div. 2: Police v S. Olst. Signal* at Police ground; Div. 3B: Kp. Sajarah A v Bk. Tlmah S.C. at Geylang.- Srrvicea Lge: R.E.M.E. G.H.Q.; R.A.F.M.U. r RAF Lodger UnlU. Friendliea: O.T.E.C. Borneo Co. at
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    THURSDAY'S DOUBLES
    193 12 Thursday night's full results in the doubles events were: mi.nn DOUBLES. Second round: Ong Poh LJm and Ismail bin Marjan (Malaya) bt L. T. La* (Malaya) and M. Robinson (England) 15-11, 1716; Eddie and David < homig (Malaya) bt L. G. Coffin and K. E. Foster (England) 17-15,
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    Shell S.C. In B.H. League
    116 12 AN application by Shell Sports Club to participate in the Singapore Business Houses L t sue has been approved by the Committee of the S.B.H.F.A. Th» meeting also approved the withdrawal of Tiger Standard from the League and authorised Shell Sport Club to take over
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    KRANJI BEAT POSTALS 5-0
    48 12 Rojal Navy, Kranji, beat Posts aqd Telegraphs five-nil in a S.A.F.A. Division 3B fixture at Geylang yesterday. Navy led comfortably by four j goals at l.&lf-time. Scorers were Sides (2), Amler and Sexton. The last goal came early in the second half through McMillan.
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    S.B.A. MEETING
    30 12 The 16th annual general meeting of the Singapore Badminton Association will be held at the Clerical Union Hall, Rangoon Road, on Saturday, March 17 at 2.30 p m.
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    Rajas, Down Early, Get 6-1 Victory
    303 12 rtOMINATING play in the second half with fast and clever moves, Kota Raja earned full points with an easy six-one win over Amicable Athletic Association in a S.A.F.A. Senior Division league game at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. Rajas' centreforward. Ibrahim Dollah. had the distinction
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    Hockey Win To Seletar's Fast Attack
    148 12 Hockey Win To Seletar 's Fast Attack POSSESSING a faster set of forwards and having more of play. R.A.F. Seletar defeated R.A.P. Changi two-one in the R.A.F. Malaya inter-station hockey final at Changi yesterday. A feature of play was the outstanding display, in goal by A/C Robinson, who not only
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    Cricket Teams For Weekend
    446 12 Weekend cricket team* ar«: S.C.R.C. Singapore Chinese R.C. cricket team* for weekend matche* at Hong Lim Graen are: Today f R.A.F. Tengah at 2.15 pjB.: Ong Lee (capt.), Eng Cheng, Tat Chu, Thiam Slew, A. Tan, Beng Bee, Tong Bee. Ke« Meng. Fook Sttan, Pook Choon,
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    NG PUT STORE BACK ON MAP
    493 12 From W. E. TREVOR Straits Times Reporter at Asian Games NEW DELHI, Friday. OINGAPORES athletic team made a better V showing than they did yesterday at today's continuation of the Asian Games. Lloyd Valber» fu pt ?i« of the Colon 7'» athletes, won his
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    Girl's Discus Nearly Laid Out the Rajah
    141 12 Girl's Discus Nearly Laid Out the Rajah From W. E. TREVOR. NEW DELHI, Fri. THE swimming medals > awarded this afternoon v.i.lj the Philippines and Singapoe monopolising the victors' rostrum. Among the crowd who saw Me > Chwpp Kok a great ovatio climbed to the top of the dab dr
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    JAPS TAKE CYCLING
    113 12 NEW DELHI. Fri. S.rn TV <■■■> of Japan won the final >i Ulfl 1.000 metres cycling sprint -n the Asian Games tod.iy. Sugttnni Shoichiro. Jap»n was second and R. Noble. India, third. In the decathlon. Japan's Nishiuchi Fumio won the 110 n:.-ir« Hurdles in 16 Bsec. Second
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    FUMIO WINS DECATHLON
    34 12 NEW DEI HI. PH.— FIUOIO Nlchiucht of Japan won Ihe decathlon In the A^ian Gam i an aggregate of 6.324 poinis. Ilia fellow countryman Sawada Bimkichi was second with 5.380. Reulpr.
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      28 12 SINGAPORE TIDES TODAY: 12.32 a.m. (9ft.) 12.37 p.m. (9.6); 8.27 ajn (1.8). 6.51 p.m. (1.4). TOMORROW: 12.53 a.m. (9ft.), 1.11 p.m. (9.4); 6.57 a.m. (1.4), 7.13 p.m. (2.1).
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