The Straits Times, 14 March 1951

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    19 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1545 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1951 ir PRICE TEN CENTS.
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    11 FEDERATION 'MINISTERS' NAMED
    2033 1 Six Unofficials Among Members: Dato Onn For Home Affairs From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. THE High Commissioner, Sir Henry Gurney, today announced the 1 names of 11 men who will be the Federation's first "Ministers". The appointments apply from Monday, April 9 and the
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    THREAT IS AS GREAT AS EVER, SAYS C.G
    239 1 THREAT IS AS GREAT AS EVER, SAYS C.G i LONDON. Tues. MR. Malcolm Mac Donald. C jmmissioner-General in Bouth-East Asia, sa:d today the Communist position Inside countries in that area I rather weakened" over the Ust six or 12 months. "Thf threat from outside. Ii >ver is at great as
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    'Ministers'
    99 1 UNOFFICIALS MEMBER FOR HOME AFFAIRS: Dato Onn bin Ja'afar MEMBER FOR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY: Tensjku Yaacob ibni Sultan Abdul Hamid. MEMBER FOR HEALTH: Dr. Lee Tiang Kens MEMBER FOR EDUCATION: Dato E. E. C. Thuraiii^eham. MEMBER FOK LANDS, MINES AND COMMUNICATIONS: Dato Mahmud bin Mat MEMBER FOR WORKS AND
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    3,000 Bags Of Mail From Britain
    105 1 3,000 Bags Of Mail From Britain SINGAPORE General Post Office staff worked far into the night stacking and sorting more than 3,000 bags of mail, containing about 500,000 letters, which arrived from Britain yesterday on the Blue Funnel ship Patroclus. Mr. D. Smith, Controller of Posts, said that this was
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    DE GASPERI IN LONDON
    44 1 LONDON, Tues.— The Italian Prime Minister. Alclde de Gasperi, and the Foreign Minister, Count Carlo Sforba, arrived here last night for talks with the British Government. The topic expected here to loom the largest is that of Mediterranean defence. Reuter.
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    Warships Sent To Riot City
    209 1 BARCELONA, Tuesday. A SPANISH cruiser and three destroyers today sailed into Barcelona, where 150,000 workers were still on strike demanding release of all those arrested in yesterday's mass cost of living demonstrations. A special train-load of police from Madrid was also rushed into the city.
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    Reds Kidnap 23 In Raid
    55 1 LAI CHAU, INDO-CHINA, Tues. ARMED Chinese swooped over the north IndoChinese frontier In a remote mountain region on March 8 and kidnapped a French border police officer and 22 local frontier guards, according to French military authorities. The raid occurred at Ban Nam Cuong, *?00
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    ISRAEL CLAIMS
    33 1 TEL AVIV. Tues.— lsrael has delivered notes to the Big Four powers claiming U. 5.51,500,000,000 from Germany as reparations for physical and material loss suffered by Jews In Nazi-occu-pied Europe.— Reuter.
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    GAMES START EVERLASTING FLAME'
    98 1 NEW DELHI, Tuesday. THE Maharaja of Patiala. president of the Asian Games Federation said today that the Asian Olympic flre lit in Delhi's National Stadium was now extinguished. "But" he added "the fire of the desire of Asian youth to set together has been lit and
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    44 1 'IKE' PICKS A DIPLOMAT PARIS. Tues.— General Eisenhower today picked Colonel Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, Jr. U.S. soldier and diplomat, to handle relations between his Atlantic army headquarters and the Governments backing it. Col. Biddle's rank wi!l be Deputy Chief-of-StafT for National Affairs.— A.P.
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    REDS RETREAT ALONG 75-MILE FRONT
    187 1 TOKYO, Tuesday. IJNITED NATIONS troops rolled north today against the Communists in headlong flight in east-central Korea and retreating elsewhere along a 75-mile front. U.N forces were within 25 miles of the 38th Parallel at several points, and swept into three highway towns unopposed. North
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    BOMBS IN ROME
    20 1 ROME, Tues—Two bombs exploded at the American Embassy and the Italian Foreign Office in Rome early today.
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    Ala Wins Vote From Majlis
    44 1 TEHERAN, Tues.— Hussein Ala. the flve-foot tall diplomat who defied Russia's postwar move in Azerbaijan, yesterday became Prime Minlsster of Persia. The Majlis voted 69 to 27 to approve Ala as successor to the assassinated Premier, All Razmara.— A.P.
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    7,000 AT SERVICE FOR NOVELLO
    42 1 LONDON, Tues. More than 7,000 people packed the courtyard outside a Goldeis Green church yesterday as stars of the theatre and screen arrived to pay tribute to Ivor Novello, who died on March 8. Novello was cremated.
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    STATEMENT ON 'EXILE ISLAND
    143 1 THE Governor of North Borneo. Sir Ralph Home. Issued this statement yesterday: "The report In the Malayan press regarding th« despatch of Chinese detainees to a North Bornean island is. completely unauthorised. It Is true that a proposal of thU nature was made some time ago
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    'U.S. NOT FOR FREE TRADE9 SAY TIN MEN
    732 1 'U.S. NOT FOR FREE TRADE 9 SAY TIN MEN From Our Staff Correspondent PENANCi, Tuesday. DV appointing itself the sole buyer and importer of tin, the United States (ioven;ment has shown that it no longer wishes to encourage free trade. This was the comment of Penang tin leaders today on
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    GAOLED MUSLIMS MAY GET AMNESTY
    47 1 BANGKOK. Tues. CIAMKSK Muslims who are serving sentences or are wanted by police may be granted an uanesl] An Amnsety Bill now before parliament, aims t» clear those Muslims who were arrested or sought after religious disturbances in the southern proviners. —A.P.
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    Industry Hit By Shortages
    96 1 LONDON. Tues. RAW material shortages v.ill halve the expansion of industrial output for which Britain mi»ht have hoped this year, the Treasury raid tonight. Output increased by eight per cent last year, but half that figure was the most that could be reasonably assumed for 1951.
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    FIRST TEST
    31 1 PARIS. Tues. file iltfW French Government t> led by M. Henri Queuille on Saturday will face its fust test when it presents itself to the assembly this afternoon.— Reuter.
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      Sold Shirt For 255: Won £135
      259 2 CJTONE broke, a Wonthaggi, Victoria, punter sold a shirt he fcot for Christinas for 25/-. He went to Stony Creek races and returned with £39. At the dogs that night he built the £39 into £135. The punter, aged 13, has hidden his winnings
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      WOMEN MAKE MULLET SO SHY
      71 2 PENZANCE, Cornwall, Tues. ACCORDING to an old n belief mullet are mysteriously sensitive to women. Last year, when the fishermen near Penzance were netting a huge shoal, two women strolled across the beach. At once the fish made off. When the men were dealing with
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      SIAM CHECKS ON FOOD
      49 2 BANGKOK, Tues.—Siam is checking up on her food supplies just In case there is war The Cabinet yesterday ordered the Ministry of Agriculture to survey the country's food production facilities, how these may be Increased, and the stockpiling of food for civilian and military use^—AP^
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      U.S. CALL UP
      29 2 WASHINGTON. Tues.—The *Jr Force announced today 'hat 19 non-flying national juard units with about 10,000 officers and airmen will be mobilised within the next line months.—UP.
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      1397 2 PUBLIC NOTICE Closure of Jalan Rharu Road. KriaD It Is noUfled that the length o Jalan Bharu Road between th road junction at Slmpang Limi and the 2nd. mile stone, Jalai Bharu Village, will be closed U ail vehicular traffic lncludtnf Motor Cycle but excluding bicycle: for the period from
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      457 2 TENDER NOTICE TENDERS will be received not later than 12 NOON on 17th March, 1951 at the Office of the State Engineer. Pahang For the supply of broken granite stone from Benta Quarry at 18/24 Mile Pahang Trunk Road for period 1st April. 1951 to 31st March. 1952. Pull particulars
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    PAKISTAN
    327 3 NEHRU GIVES THE LIE TO PAKISTAN 'We Will Not Be Bullied 9 NEW DELHI, Tuesday. THE Indian Prime Minister, Mr. Nehru, told a 1 press conference today that the policy adopted by Pakistan on Kashmir was throughout a perversion of fact and an attempt to cover this up by appeals
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    211 3 'TELL EGYPT: DROP DEMANDS" LONDON, Tues. A LABOUR Member of Parliament asked the Foreign Secretary, Mr. Herbert Morrison yesterday to tell the Egyptian Government to d.op demands for the evacuation of British troops from the Suez Canal area. The member. Mr. Thomas R-id said Britain was bound by trenty to
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    EVA IS NO. 1
    34 3 BUENOS AIRES. Tues. i Peron. wife o the president, headed the Ar f c itine i >n when tin a srican con I on social security i hp'.e tcdav.— Reuter.
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    'Making The H-Bomb Is A Waste'
    180 3 WASHINGTON, Tues. rjR. Ralph Lapp, a nuclear physicist, said yesterday that it was a waste of precious time, materials and talent to try to make the hydrogen jomb. He added it would be irrelerant, ev?n if the hydrogen bomb could obliterate a city as
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    MEETS TITO
    16 3 BELGRADE. Tues. Marshal Tito yesterday received Signor Enrico Martino, Ita"ian Minister in Belgrade Reuter.
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    WON'T STAY ON
    37 3 WASHINGTON, Tues. M. Cami'.le Gutt has declined an invitation to continue as managing director of the International Monetary Fund after his five-year term of effice expires on May 6, the Fund announced today.— Reuter.
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    Britain To Build 232 Ships In 3 Years
    259 3 LONDON, Tuesday. BRITAIN will have 232 new ships in her navy when the current and new three-year naval programmes are completed, Mr. James Callaghan, Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty, said yesterday. He was asking the House of Commons to approve £278,000,000 to
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    256 VIETMINH REDS KILLED
    53 3 SAIGON, Tues.— French infantry, naval, and air units pursuing fleeing Vietminr forces through swamps some 70 miles south-west of Saigon killed 150 men and took 5J prisoners, French authoritie; said last night. Elsewhere In Indo-Cliina It was reported the rebels los 10G killed and 103 taken
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    TO MARK TINGKU
    34 3 TO MARK TINGKU ■4 t Lvj^liNS, 24-year-old London prin. ins apprentice; whose engagement to the typist Tunsku Joyce Hamid. caused a stir in the Kedah royal family last week. Her uncle is ihe Sultan^
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    Spy For Reds Got NewA-bombPlan
    277 3 NEW YORK, Tuesday. A FORMER atomic employee testified yesterday, that he gave an alleged Russian spy ring a description of an atom bomb which superseded the Hiroshima model and that the ring also got informtion on a "space ship David Greenglass, aged 29. self-confessed spy,
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    SABOTEURS ARRESTED
    76 3 HONG KONG, Tues. fOMMUNIST China's purg« of "opposition" elements has reached into the heart of Communist China itself— the capital of Peking. An official announcement reaching Hong Kong indirectly from Canton says the Public SecurityBureau in Peking recently arrested a "large group of counter-revolu-tionaries." Among them were some
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    26 3 AIR VICE-MARSHAL S. C. Stratford. Commandant(Jemral of Ihc RAF Bcgtment. who arrived in Singapore yesterday to tour RA* Regiment nit s. in Malaya. Straits Times picture.
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    VERY ILL
    34 3 MICHIGAN, Tues.—Senate Arthur Vandenberg, Republi can, who had a relapse dur ing convalescence from tw lung operations more than year ago, was stated yester day to be in a grave condi tlon.—U.P.
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    LOOT FOUND
    24 3 VAN NUYS, Calif, Tue —The police have recoven US$3,OOO worth of gold an silver tableware stolen la November from 'Slephai Coy" Sabu.—A.P.
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    LABOUR THREATENS APPEAL TO COURT
    182 3 CANBERRA, Tues. THE Australian Cabinet has deckled to challenge the Labour-controlled Senate to reject the Government's Banking Bill. This is interpreted as the Government's first step toi wards creating a position in which it could demand dls'i solution of both Houses of Parliament and fresh
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    U.S. Blamed For Tin Price
    217 3 U.S. Blamed For Tin Price From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Tues. ENDORSEMENT of a Malayan charge that high tin prices were caused by American stockpiling comes from Mr. W. K. Davey, committee chairman of the London Metal Exchange. Regarding suggestions that the price advance waa partly due to speculation, Mr.
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    Pakistan Air Chief Held
    72 3 KARACHI. Tues. AIR Commodore M. K. Janjua. Personnel Director of the Royal Pakistan Air Force, has been put under house arrest and suspended from service for alleged complicity in the conspiracy disclosed last week by the Prime Minister, Mr. Liaquat Ali Khan. An official statement said
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    117 HOMES DON'T GO UP
    349 4 UKiH costs of building materials have forced the Singapore Government Officers' Co-oper-ative Society to shelve their 1951 million-dollar housing programme of 117 homes for members. This was stated yesterday by the Society's Secretary, Mr. N. A. Kularajah, who explained that the building programme included the
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    Police And Military In Manoeuvres
    155 4 i ISLAND-WIDE manoeuvres i 1 will be staged by the Singa- i pore Police and Military dur•ng the next four weeks Military personnel will move into various police divisions today. Announcing this at a press j conference yesterday, the j Commissioner of Police. Mr. j
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    MERGER PLAN
    53 4 t r;;m Our Own Correspondent. JOHORE BAHRU. Tu< s. Inc'ie Rahman b:n ftfusa State Chairman of RIDA. is to m we in tne State Council to- I morrow that in the interests of good government, i lie pcs' of Administrative Officer be mprsed with that of District Officer
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    STOLE CAMERA
    46 4 From Our Own Correspondent. JOHORE BAHRU. Tues— f B.din bin Ahmad admittfi in I iht Sessions Court today that lit' stele a Leica camera. i. v ie c property of Captain Walsh A s investigation papers, were t not completed sentence wa> iefrrred. i
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    TO VISIT KOREA
    50 4 TflS DIRECTOR of Military Training. Lt. Gen. Sir Richard Gale, greeted on his arrival at Kalians airport. Singapore, from London, by the Chief of Staff FARELF. Maj. Gen. J. H. N. Poett. General Gale is on his way to Korea, Japan and Hong Kong. Straits Times picture.
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    190 Girls Attend Tailoring School
    148 4 Vf ALAY girls from Malacca, Negri Sembilan, Kelantan. Trengganu and Pahang are among the ISO pupils attending the first Malay Women's Tailoring School in Singapore, in Onan Road, known as Tenaga Murni. A Brunei girl. Che Jurlah binte Abdullah, has just completed her seven months'
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    DIPHTHERIA WAVE DYING OUT
    76 4 THE wave of diphtheria which started to sweep the Colony in January this year is now dying, due largely to the vigilance of the Singapore Municipality's health staff and the response of mothers to appeals to have their children immunised. In January out of 56 cases
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    7 More Co-op Stores Planned
    222 4 7 More Co-op Stores Planned THE first step to bring 1 the $13,000,000 capital of the Co-operative Thrift and Loan Societies Into the Consumers Co-operative movement was taken at the annual meeting of the Malayan Co-operative Wholesale Society in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday. Mr. D. E. Siddons. chairman of the
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    Prize Money After 5 Yrs
    86 4 CIVE years after the end of the war, Australian Naval personnel are to pet prize money out of the proceeds of the captured enemy ships and contraband Payments of £7 each will to made to men who had six months' active service in the Navy
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    28 TAKE OATH
    57 4 From Our Own Correspondent. JOHORE BAHRU. Tues Twenty-eight members will i take the oath at tomorrows i meeting of Johore Council of j State. They include four new members who will serve as Unofficial —Mr N Balasingham, Hajl Mohd Noah bin Omar, Dr. Md Salleh bin Haji
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    DRIVER FINED
    45 4 From Our Own Correspondent. JOHORE BAHRU, Tues.— > Ahmat bin Jam, a Singapore driver, was fined $30 in Johore Bahru Police Court today for negligent driving along Kulai road. He was said to have caused $500 damage to a car with which he collided.
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    CALL TO ENROL THE EX-SERVICEMEN
    153 4 T*HE Ex-Service Association of Singapore spent $23,113 on benevolent work last year, reported Mr. J. K. Gwinnell, chairman of the Associatioa at the annual general meeting yesterday Mr. GwinneH's report said a larger sum may have to be found for 1951. It continued: "The year
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    Partners Charged
    67 4 fJARDIAL Singh and Balwant Singh, managingpartners of Gian Sinßh and Company appeared in the Singapore Third District Court yesterday charged with importing five cases containing 125 dozen shirts bearing a false trade mark, "Made in U.S.A" and importing 125 cotton shirts with a counterfeit trade mark of "Arrow"
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    'I HAVE COMMITTED SUICIDE'
    104 4 A YOUNG Cantonese woman, Koh Kwei Pen*, who was lound drowned on the sea-shor e behind Beach Road I> cc Station on March 5 w ro te on a framed photograph •f herself "I hjve committed suicide and am leaving this is a so:'von}r." I!?r servant.
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    50 LOCAL ENTRANTS SIT FOR EXAMS
    184 5 50 LOCAL ENTRANTS SIT FOR EXAMS |X)R the first time in r the history of Singapore 50 local candidates will today sit for the public services examinai under the higher service scheme at the re ichers Training te, Singapore. Tli" pxamma.ions will be in I of the income tax successful
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    'URGENT CALL TO PAY TALKS
    66 5 From Our SUiT CorifEpondf nt KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.— J The executive committee of the All-Malayan Federation of Government Medical Employe, s' trade union is calling en urgent meeting in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday to diseusa salary scales and cost of living allowances. The meeting has
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    2 BLACK BOXES CAUSE A STIR
    295 5 rWO huge black tin bo usual stir at No. 7 ber 3ase yesterday, where l\ vas about to leave for Br :es caused more than the ;h at the Singapore Naval c aircraft carrier Warrior tain with the Riot Inquiry Commission. They held the
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    j chore. Spent
    48 5 Jo hore. Spent $3 Million More $3 Million More JO HO RE L'aHRU. T*es. 7^HE Johore Government u-ill ask the State Council tomorrow lor a supplementary provision of $3,129,717 for public services in 1948. Principal items on which there was excess expenditure are: Miscellaneous Services, $1,786,590; Education 5514.862;
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    Retiring Age Down
    136 5 TdlE Singapore Age of Retirement Committee may write to the governments of British colonies in Africa nd elsewhere for their views en the retirement of European expatriate officers. Hong Kong and certain colonies in Africa have now brought down the retirement age of expatriate officers to 45
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    485 5 INFLATION 'PERIL' FACES MALAYA Getting Out Of Hand, Warns Bank Chief A GRAVE warning on -the perils of inflation in Malaya is voiced by the chairman of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, Mr. V. A. Grantham, in his annual statement. "Inflation in Malaya," he says, "tends to
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    58 5 $5,000 BAIL 1 Bail of $5,000 was granted j in the Singapore First Disc trict Court yesterday to Ho Hway Buck who claimed trial i on a charge of having 2,369 leaf packets of prepared opium, iy 2 pounds of raw opium and to allowing his premises at Craig Road,
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    Stepdaughter Wins A Claim To Estate
    258 5 PHOTOGRAPHS of two tombstones were shown in Singapore High Court yesterday in a suit brought by a widow against her stepdaughter. The widow, Ow Tow Lip, claimed that Tang Slew Luan, being an adopted daughter of her late husba.nd, Tang Cheok Sal, was not
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    Singapore Diary
    83 5 CHINESE V.M.C.A., Selegle Road, joint staff meeting, 11.30 a.m., basketball, 5 p.m., directors' meeting, 5.30 pjn., badminton, 5.30 p.m., table-tennis, 7.30 p.m. V.M.C.A, Orchard Road, chess club, 5 p.m., art club, 6 p.m., Lenten devotions and film show, 8 p.m. ALUMNI ..ASSOCIATION of King Edward VII College of
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    INDIAN CHAMBER'S COUNCIL VOTE
    100 5 THE third Unofficial member of the new Singapore Legislative Council will be elected by 248 members of the Indian Chamber of Commerce tomorrow. Mr. R. Jumabhoy, president of the Chamber, and its former representative on the Singapore Legislative Council, and Mr. Hardial Singh, Polling will start
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    RETIRING ENVOY
    42 5 HIS EXCELLENCY the Netherlands Ambassador to Japan. Mr H Moun, who is on his way back to Holland on the Swedish freighter Japan on retirement, with Mr. J. Van der Gaag acting Netherlands Consul- General in Singapore. Straits Times picture.
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    139 Trade Unions In Singapore
    143 5 A TOTAL of 139 trade unions with a membership of 53,900 were registered with the Singapore Labour Department at the end of last month. In its February report the department stated that out of 1,001 applicants registered, 777 were placed in employment an increase of
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    FIVEMORE BANDITS KILLED
    62 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. PVE bandits have been killed and three wounded in the Federation in the last 24 hours. One was killed when two bandits walked into a military ambush in the Kluang area of JOHORK yesterday. He was leading the way along a jungle track when
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    Privileges For Council Men Urged
    107 5 JOHORE BAHRU. TUBS. THE Committee of Privi!. appointed by the Johor* State Council has recomended privileged hospital treatment to unofficial members^ their wives and children provided ward charges do not exceed 53.50 a day. The Council will be asked tomorrow to approve the Report by
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    36 5 Lt. CLAIMS TRIAL Harry Black, a lieutenant of the Singapore Harbour Board Police, yesterday claimed trial in the Singapore. Third Police Court to a charge of sleeping on armed duty. Hearing was postponed to May 7.
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    751 6 The Straits Singapore, Wed, Mar,14,1951 much depends, however, on the ability and personalities of the Members, particularly their ability to form a team. Conventions must be discovered or agreed, but this can come only through experience of the system and some acquaintance with its difficulties. For there will be difficulties,
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    322 6 The China-Born It was revealed last wee that the Chinese Advisory Board is to discuss protests which have been made against the Singapore Improvement Trust's ruling that China-born people (together with all other foreign-born people) are not eligible for S.I.T. flats and other accommodation. The China-born surely have some right
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    Pastures new in Selangor
    1007 6 Pastures new in Selangor Malaya under the Emergency 18 gELANGORhaV forty schemes for the resettlement of 100,000 people. So far only 13,000 are in their new homes. The last scheme, it is hoped, will be finished by the end o f the year, but Selangor admits that this will be
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      274 6 QWING to the manpower call-up, youths still in their teens are obliged to forego education and professional prospects, much to their own detriment and to the distress of their parents and guardians. The present policy of taking boys from the classroom is the cause of great dissatisfaction and
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      A NON RESIDENT STUDENT
      83 6 I READ in the Press that a local Government officer is taking an external Honours course in Statistics with the University of Malaya. If the external course implies the same facilities as those afforded by London University, may I, through your columns, seek further information on
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      FIVE TIMES A DIVORCEE
      119 6 I REFER to an item In the 1 Straits Times of Monday reporting that a 20-year-old Malay girl has been divorced five times. The learned President, who tried her for bigamy, commented, "Your behaviour has cast a slur on your sex." If this comment refers to
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      STUFFY STALLS
      76 6 MAY I draw the attention of some owners of socalled air-conditioned cinemas to the stuffy atmosphere prevailing in their cinemas? This refers especially to the dollar stalls, where no electric fans are provided for the comfort of patrons. The condition in these stalls, particularly at 6.30 shows, Is
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    400 6 On the Margin \«'iii, Vidi, Vici odd questions are sent to the Straits Times. For example, this one: should be grateful if you could settle a friendly argument I had with a friend. Who said the following: "1 came. I saw, I comiuered." Was it Marco Polo or Napo~ leon?
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    'WAR' ON PROFITEERS OPENS
    281 7 'Buy From These Shops Only 7 List Is Framed FIRST blows at the black marketeers in the Katong area of Singapore are ready to be struck by the Consumers' Resistance Movement. One of them is a "white" list of retailers. The Movement's vice-chairman, Mr. Frank C.
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    CHEAPER YEG., BUT DEARER FRUIT
    168 7 CHEAPER YEG., BUT DEARER FRUIT npHE price of cabbages, 1 rarrots, green peas, turnips and other vegetables for European dishes in Singapore is < )rcted to come down v. hin the next few w?ks. ::r Tan Npak Poh. spok&sBUUi for the Singapore VegeIji b!e and Fruit Dealers' As- i ion.
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    YOUTH COUNCIL
    49 7 leraj meeting ol the Singapore Chr:s inn y rntli Council held recently t ,i- toll twine were el<"""'d crhriaJs tor this year: Chi;rmin Mr T. C. Koh. vW < ia*nn*n. Mr Eric Wee S"an I■ nz c'neral-secretarv. Mr. l:m: treasurer Mr. r<:<r C-iew. auditor Mr Tan J];-:ii Srne
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    JUROR ILL
    51 7 The rase in which a Chlnrse mandore, Yeo Ah Hong. j>- accused of the murder of j! Singapore Harbovr Board labour contractor. Tan Choo Tin. wa< adjourned by Mr. Justice Buttrose in Singapore A '-.size Court yesterday because a member of the jury was I Inn ill in
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    Rice Price Has NOT Increased
    76 7 J>RICE of rice in Singapore has not increased, despite soaring prices of other essential commodities. A Government spokesman said yesterday that reasons for the steady price were large stocks of Government rice and considerable imports for the 'free market.' Yesterday's wholesale prices in the free
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    SOAPS MAY BE PRICED
    42 7 SoaD manufacturers ir. the j Colony are expected to meet < tii«. Deputy Controller of Sup- i piles Mr. W W. Jenkins. n*xt week to discuss reasonable retail prices Mr. Jenkins will meet manufacturers of cocoa-nut i il tomorrow.
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    Five Malayans To Advise At Talks
    130 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. piVE representatives of the rubber industry in Malaya have been appointed to act as advisers to the Brijtish colonial dependent territories delegation at the rubber conference in Rome next month. Tliree of them— Mr. H. H. Facer.
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    Ban On Use Of Taxis For Polls Urged
    146 7 A BAN on the use of first class hackney carriages to bring voters to polling stations was suggested by the Progressive Party at yesterday's conference of candidates for the Legislative Council with the Superviser of Elections. This was opposed by the Labour
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    SUICIDE BID
    33 7 Ding May Koung, aged 15, of Wallich Street, Singapore, who attempted to commit suicide by drinking caustic soda was bound over in $100 to be of good behaviour for three months.
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    Turkish Ship Docks—First In 20 Years
    203 7 Turkish Ship Docks— First In 20 Years fHE first Turkish ship to call at Singapore for 20 pears, the 5,000-ton freighter Kanal. arrived yesterday on ler way to Japan with 1,800 tons of cotton for Kobe. "We are glad to be here," said Mr. M. Kisinbay, one of three brothers
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    PORTER FELL UNDER TRAIN
    67 7 Mohamed Jai bin Man, aged 23. a porter, who was run over by a train at Singapore railway station. Keppel Road, yesterday died at the General Hospital four hours later. He was said to have slipped in jumping on the night mail train from Kuala Lumpur
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    Indo-China's Builder Inspects His Work
    206 7 Indo-China 's Builder Inspects His Work RATHER of independence in the Republic of Indo1 China and the Kingdoms of Laos and Cambodia, M. Albert Sarraut, was a passenger on the French liner, Athos 11, which called at Singapore yesterday on hpr wav bn"ip fr^rn Saigon. Twice Premier of France and
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    RIOTER, AGED 17, GAOLED
    65 7 Mohamed Yassim bin Omar, aged 17. was sentenced in Singapore Third District Court yesterday to two years' imprisonment to be followed by two years' police supervision, for rioting on Dec. 11 at North Bridge Road and the Sultan Mosque. Mr. Major Singh, a detective, said he
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    29 7 SHIPS WARNED Ships in Singapore harbour are warned that pracuce firing seawards will take plp 1 cc from fort Siloso on Mar. 22 between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.
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    DETAINEES' FAMILIES HELPED
    74 7 I\]ORE than 100 families of Malays wno were detained after the December riots !ast year have been given —jql Tid by the commit- Malay Union to help detainees' famlies. The secretary of the committee, Inche Salleh bin Mohammad, said yesterday that the number of families get- immediate
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    AFTER 20 YEARS
    37 7 THE FIRST Turkish ship to visit Singapore in 20 years, the Kanal, pictured in the roads yesterday. ABOVfc Her owner, Mr. M. Kisinbay. poses besides the bust of Mustapha Kemal Attaturk.— Straits Times picture.
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    ACSU May Ask For Weekly Pay
    135 7 THE 8,000-strong Army Civil Service Union will ask that their salaries be paid weekly, If the fourth annual delegates' conference accepts a resolution to be introduced by a member. The delegates who will meet at the Victoria Memorial Hall on March 18, will consider
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    Police Wages Enquiry
    66 7 THE Singapore Government has appointed a three-man committee to examine and report on salaries and allowances of members of the police force below the rank of Inspector. The committee will be: the Commissioner of Police, Mr. J. Pennefather-Evans (chairman), Mr. Tan Chin Tuan, and the Deputy Financial
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    Books Will Soon Top The 5,000
    174 7 RAFFLES Institution has Issued a printed catalogue of its school library, one of the largest school libraries in Malaya. With more than 4,500 volumes and the prospect of topping the 5,000 mark In the near future— the library is a memorial to a famous
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    S'pore Govt May Help
    76 7 rpHE Singapore Government will assfst contractors in obtaining scarce building materials for Government contracts. Mr. E. A. Gardiner, Director of Public Works, said yesterday that whenever required arrangements would be made for contractors to receive priority in importing materials. He added that In certain cases Government
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    COLA INCREASE FOR LOCAL RAF NAVY WORKERS
    396 7 NEARLY 7,000 locally-engaged R.A.F. cmx ployees in Singapore and the Federation will get an increase in their cost of living allowance. The increases, announced by Far East Air Force Headquarters last night, will take effect from January 1 this year. A Singapore Naval
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    ACSU May Reject Army COLA Offer
    152 7 THE President of the Army Civil Service Union, Mr. V.| K. Nair, was last night informed by the Command Secretary that the same increases authorised for the Navy and R.A.F. may be sivt n to Army civilian empln Singapore. Mr. Nair said: Thla if
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    BLOW WITH AX"
    42 7 A Chinese lighterman, i n Chen? Hlang. was scnte ced to three months' Unprironment in Singapore District Court yesterday I causing grievous hurt to i nother lighterman, Goh V <i Lav struck Gch Wan with 'axe while he was
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    asjeep. STUDY GIFTS
    38 7 asjeep. STUDY GIFTS The Straits Chinese BritWi Association Volunteer Memorial fund scholarships hav< been awarded this rear /i:ss Chua Kong Leng <.f 'm Convent of the Holy Irai 1 (su> and Master Le mr n of Raffles Instr
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      121 7 TRY THIS REFRESHING LONG DRINK SINGAPORE GIN SLING V As a delicious long drink y\ Singapore Cm blmg enjoys I s -H w despread popularity kT ">> HOW T0 M!X: '3Z CHEKRY HEtK P^-n- k. "JI ING 2 oz Cm. i or Benedictine. 2 1 dailies Bitters, iuice of lemon
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    U.S. MISSION IN IPOH
    73 8 From Oar SUIT Correspondent w1?w 1 11 Tues Dr. William M. Fenn and Dr. Wu Teh You, an American mission now conducting an educational survey of Chinese schools in the Federation, arrived in Ipoh yesterday. They visited a number of Chinese schools and met members of
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      98 8 BUST OF A. R. TOMPEL in COMEDIANS HALL OF FAME for bis performance in the title role of Malay Film Productions' "BAPA SAYA" fef 1»COUGH$ I R» i S f. (1 night COUghIt itlacka 01 Broncbltil or Asthma I fnd inf-rpy another d»y v i>i MBNDACO Thlscreat Internal n\eiiieiii» wtrki
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    1434 9 The LONDON LETTER BUDGET DAY LOOMS OVER BRITAIN From Our Own Correspondent LONDON': I?VKKY morning every rainpelting «>r Icy or foggy morning April 10 is a (fay nearer and almost everyone here li:ites flint though! For April 10 will be Budget Day. "It will be." says young Chancellor Gaitskell, "an
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    Looking At Life
    336 9 (COMFORTABLY off men j in their cars, hard up t men with their bicycles 1 and old prams, still queue t up outside the gas-works t in the chilly dawn for the 1 28 Ib. of coke that will kep the home fires burning for a few
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    157 9 Colourful sccnes of history OUTSIDE London, Festival celebrations will be. shall we say, extremely varied. Some cities and many towns and villages are organising colourful historical pageants. Some are Improving or enlarging parks or playing fields, or opening new ones. Many small towns— an extraordinarily large number, one hears— are
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      353 9 f. I 26. TlDerius made his home Straits Times Crossword 2 r c dult made from 8 (5) H^VV^V.VXM V^ DOWN. H H S HP 2 I 3 Hli^ A M^I §<I ul not from IM __S__l|k: _}_> i£__l$l|| fight" (Blake) (6t. i H| 8 2. And who Is obscured?
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    THIS HOUSE WILL MAKE A FINE MUSEUM
    785 10 THIS HOUSE WILL MAKE A FINE MUSEUM JJEWS that the old Chinese Chamber of Commerce is soon to be disused, giving place to a more modern building elsewhere should remind Singapore citizens that here is, potentially vacant, one of the few old houses in the city. It is not so
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    China Reds Peddle Opium To South East-Asia
    598 10 China Reds Peddle Opium To South East-Asia T»HE Chinese Comx munist Government is engaged in largescale peddling of opium, most of which finds its way to SouthEast Asia, according to reliable Chinese and foreign informants who have witnessed transactions in and distribution of the drug. These sources. seme of whom
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    Patrol Dog
    84 10 OPERATING in South London against bag snatohers and other sneak thieves is Dixie, a white Alsatian. She is the only police dog owned by her policeman-handler and goes with him on patrol in a police car. Constable Denis Ward, once a Palestine policeman, brought Dixie to London when
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      393 10 LAST fl'J.tt'Jmriirnto 2 4 |r «-3o FOUR SHOWS Mil M lTlM>Bf qiO n Tour last opportunity to see In comfort the 1950 film that won the British Academy Award. Bll/c\%^ Bm UwJfWJ A MICHAEL BALCON PRODUCTION OPENING TOMORROW fl H A film postetsinr both Charm and Elegance ■Kgk J^m Enchanting
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      62 10 SINGAPORE 10 a.m. News; 10.10 Close; 10.45 Schools; 13. Malay; 1 p.m. Dance Music; 1.30 News; 1.43 "LunchJme Prom"; 2 Schools; 2.50 Close; 5 Malay; 6.15 Children; 0.40 "Moonlight over the Islands"; 7 News; 7.12 "This Is Communism"; 7.22 Interlude; 7.30 "Rhythm Parade"; 8 "Pencils Please"; 8.1S Jack Smith Show;
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      55 10 Wayne) 10 New Classical Record*; 10.30 Dance Music; 11 Close. PENANO 10 ajn. 12, 1 3 p.m. At S'pore; S "Listeners Calling"; T At S'port; 7.30 "Band Call"; 8 Radio Doctor; 8.10 David Ng Trio; 8.30 Symphony Concert (Rossini, Dvorak, BachStokowskl); 9.30 Newi; 9.45 ■■Intermezzo"; 10 "Adventurei of Richard Hanney";
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      69 10 BFEBS 4.45 p.m. "From the London Editorial*" 4.35 Prokofleff; 5.15 Report from Britain"; 5.30 "Old Wives" Tali"; 0 Indonesian; 6.30 Cantonese; 8.45 "London Studio Melodies"; 7.15 French; 7.30 English Half -Hour; 8 "Strictly Instrumental"; 8.15 Thai; 8.45 Dutch; 9 Kuoyu; 9.30 Burmese; 9.45 Interlude; 10 Radio News Reel; 10.15 Classical
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    LONDON Stocks
    308 11 LONDON Stocks LONDON, Tues. H*!TH today the end of account and also the end .he financial year for many London stock brokers interest in the Stock Exchange was negligible. Price movements were mainly to slightly lower levels with British Government funds recording losses of up to 3/16ths. Closing middle prices
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    77 11 SHIPS ALONGSIDE CHIPS alongside the Singapore Harbour Board godowns at 4 p.m. yesterday were: 44 Braeside, 40 Kampur. 38-39 Talisse, 36-37 Helda Maersk. 33-34 Gujarat. 31-32 Japan 29-30 Barda, 27-28 Star Betelgeuse. 23-24 TJisadane, 21-22 Kola. 19-20 Thai 17-18 Bencleuch. 15-16 Pics. Grant, 13-14 Astyanax. 11-12 Carpentaria, 8-9 Tomar, 6-7
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    MALAIAN SHARES
    445 11 fIN shares in the Malayan market were slightly easier yesterday, as also were generally Rubber shares, except for selective issues. Industrials were steady. 1^ Quotations announced dj the Malayan Sharebrolrers Association were: Bnjreri nmtt* A si Brlcu Pref ltd* Orda 205 Atlas Ice 1300 B.B Petrol 43/B.lf rrustet
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    TIN: $565 A PICUL
    483 11 SINGAPORE. Tues., Mar. 13— 5565 (up 911.) £1,260 a ton in London LONDON Tues.. Mar. 13.— Spot Buyers £1.260; Forward £1.105: Settlement £1,260 (up £10). Turnovers: a.m. 110. p.m. 35 tons. Southern Kinta 15/- li/9 3 Malayan 28/- 29/S Tronoh J3/6 23/6 Sungel Besl 17/- 18/Sungei
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    Business Brisk
    154 11 rS Singapore rubber market was again active yesterday, with a large turnover. Business was done at around Monday's trading levels. First-grade for March shipment closed firm at $2.08 alb. buyers. 4V4 cents above Monday's close. In the afternoon there were small inquiries from Hong Kong and the Continent.
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    London Rubber
    28 11 LONDON. Mar. 13— Spot 63Vid, Apr. 63d. Apr-June 61»id, JulySept. 55? id, Oct.-Dec. 52d, Mar. cJ.f. 6O'/ad, Mar.-Apr. cJ.f. 59>4d, Apr-May cJ.f. HIM. Market: Very steady.
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    New York Rubber
    22 11 la US. cents per lb. closing: Mar. 9. Mar. 12. 1 R.S.S. (Mar.) 69.00 69.00 bid. traded. Market: Quiet.
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    PRODUCE MARKET
    71 11 From A Market Correspondent rE Singapore produce market as a whole was quiet yesterday. White pepper was dull with a lack of overseas Inquiries. Sellers quoted Muntok at $1,080 and Sarawak at $1,075, $10 a pxul below Monday's prices Black pepper was also dull and sellers came down
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    HK. EXCHANGE
    34 11 HONG KONG, Tues. FREE market currency exchange (or Hong Kong, dollars was quoted at the close today as follows: US$l HKS6.OB (cash). HKJ6 09 (T.): £1 HK115.60; one tael of gold HK»3O6.—UP.
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    Jelebu Tin Output
    18 11 TELEBU Tin Dredging in the quarter to Feb. 28, 1951, produced 796 piculs of tin-ore.
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    772 12 S.A.F.A. MA HOLD ON ON TO CUP Legal Aspect To Be Considered CJINC.APORE Amateur Football Association may retain custody of the H.M.S. Malaya Cup which Singapore won last year if Singapore is not permitted by the Football Association of Malaya to participate in the Cup competition this year At a
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    30 12 S.C.C. CRICKET Singapore Cricket Club have a vacant date for an away cricket game on Sunday. Any club desiring a fixture should contact O. W. Colltngs, tel. 5411, ext. 17.
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    69 12 SOCCER: Div. 1: Kola Raja I Chinese Casuals at stadium; Div 2: Cheerful Lads v Indonesian 'A' at Geylanc; Div. 3A: Hotspurs v Kg. Bahru at CYMA; Div. 3B: BODCA 'A' v Buklt Timah S. C. al BODCA; Bus. Hs*. B: Guthries St. Times at police ground; Friendly:
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    BUSINESS HOUSES Publishers Score Late For Victory
    156 12 BUSINESS HOUSES Publishers Score Late For Victory A LATE goal by right-winger jrK Osman Ha mid resulted in Malaya Publishing House achieving a hard-earned two-one victory against Malayan Breweries in a Singapore Business Houses League soccer fixture yesteiilay at the Breweries ground. Thrilling end-to-end play was the dominant feature or
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    F & N BEAT SIME DARBY
    133 12 F N BEAT SIME DARBY FRASER and Neave beat Sime Darby flve-two in a Business Houses Division A match yesterday on the Padang. F N fully deserved their victory being much the better side. Samad and Yassin each scored two and Hoon Leong one. For the losers Koon Nee scored
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    328 12 J'A VANCE WILL GET 1i MILES 1 THE Perak Turf Club's o $30,000 "Derby" over iy 2 m. will be run on March 24 at Ipoh, and in <. his review of prospects I for the race, Straits Times racing correspondent Epsom Jeep today turns the spotlight on
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    CUSTOMS BEAT JOLLILADS
    53 12 Customs Sports Club beat Jolilads S.C. three-one in a Singapore A.F.A. division 3B league game at the C.V.M.A. ground yesterday. Customs got their first goal through a miskick by Rahman of Jolilads. Govlndasamy equalised shortly afterwards. Omar and Thiam Seng Increased Customs' score In quick succession In
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    KAMPONG BAHRU WITHDRAW
    35 12 Kampong Bahru S.C. have withdrawn from S-A.F.A. League as the majority of their players have to represent tnelr firms in the Business Houses League. They were to have played in Division 3A.
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    FIRST-MOVE GOAL GIVES S.C.C. WIN
    294 12 goal scored in the first minute of play enabled Singapore Cricket Club to beat Tamil Brotherhood Association one-nil in a S.A.F.A. Senior League game at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. Both teams were playing their flr.it League game this season and showed poor form. There were
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    Top Sprinters Are Keeping Form
    313 12 TAMBRIDGE, Uninsured and Richmond, three of the smartest youngsters in training, will renew their Bukit Timah rivalry in the St. Patrick Stakes up the straight course at Ipoh on Saturday A weight-for-age race, the I St. Patrick Stakes (worth $15,000* bring them together on almost
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    WONG BEATS J. SKAARUP
    122 12 W GLASGOW, T.;e-s. ONG Peng Soon, the AllEngland badminton singles champion, defeated Jorn Skaarup of Denmark 15-12, 15-7 in the opening match here last night in a repiesentaiive series between a selected international side and Denmark. Five matches are played each nifjht for three successive days.
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    Newcomer In Striking Gallop
    249 12 IPOH, Tues. f^ECANTER, a smart looking three-year-old by Khosro, outsmarted the well-performed Alphonans In a splendid tryout over 4f. In 52 3f. In 38 at Ipoh this morning. Decanter la engaged In the Class 3, Div. 1, It. Handicap on Saturday where he meeu weiltrled Class
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    Von Nida In Colony: But No Golf Here
    159 12 Von Nida In Colony: But No Golf Here J^ORMAN von Nlda, Australian open golf champion, was tired and had a headache when he arrived in Singapore yesterday by QEA-BOAC from Sydney. He told pressmen: "No golf in Singapore. It's rarly to oed for me tonight Von Nida Is on his
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    RNAC Score Only Goal
    189 12 RN AC Score Only Goal IN an exciting United Services Soccer League game at Changi yesterday, R.N.A.C. Sembawang defeated R.A.F. Changi by the only goal scored. Sembawang held the stage In the first half but in the last 30 minutes Changi were on the attack In an effort to get
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    345 12 MAT.SCHOLAR. TECHNICOLOR WORK WELL jyjAJESTIC SCHOLAR, whose p™"' inThfperak Derby field will depend solely on how he performs in the Derby "trial" over 8* f. on Saturday, Pt «V I L hi fx, <r od WOrk on the track th k morning With Wahab up, this flve-year-old by Felstead had
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    SAJARAH HOLD UPPER HAND
    152 12 KATONG Sajarah played pris.ng nccer to Deal Ra lites Sports Club lour-nU in i Singapore A.F.A. Division Tv j lea'.-.-e name at BODCA ground yesterday Katong Sajarah dominate I pttf from the beginning and renrrefonvard D. Anguilla beat Galiv in with a neat Ibot in th-
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    C.S.C. CRICKET
    27 12 The Ceyion Sports Club will hold cricket practices daily 5 p.m. f-om today. All Mentors of the cricket '.ection are j.sk*\i to turn out regularly.
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