The Straits Times, 15 March 1951

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1951 PRICE TEN CENTS
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    EARTH TREMORS ROCK 4 NATIONS
    439 1 Europe Has A 'Quake, Then A Storm LONDON, Wednesday. gARTH tremors rocked four countries in Europe today France, Belgium, Holland and Germany while storms lashed the Atlantic coast. Buildings shivered, furniture shifted and glassware rattled and people rushed into the streets of Continental cities. The
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    35 1 STUDENTS from »our schools off Sophia Road, Singapore, have been instructed to walk behind barrels placed along one side of the road. This experiment may lead to the construction of a five-foot-way.— Straits Times picture.
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    Atom Spy Said: 'I'll Chance It'
    190 1 NEW YORK. Wed. DGreenglass, who stole secrets for Russia. I said that he decid- <■ :ince arrest as a spy r< than flop with his fain ilv to behind the Iron Curt.iin. to Czechoslovakia i .ranged, and he had n $5,000 ror the trip
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    ALL QUIET IN BARCELONA
    89 1 BARCELONA. Wed— Armed marine* landed from four :;ps and joined the police and civil guards in p trolling Barcelona's streets yesterday as the city returnee to normal following fl rtng riots in which throe persons were killed and 200 arrested. By mid-afternoon, all shops. Mfcs d
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    ALLIED PATROLS ENTER SEOUL
    192 1 TOKYO, Wednesday. T<HE Eighth Army announced today that five United Nations patrols entered Seoul and raised the flag; of the Republic of Korea on the Capitol Building late this afternoon. The patrols entered the South Korean capital after field dispatches reported that the Communists had abandoned
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    EGYPT TALKS
    30 1 LONDON Wed.— Sir Ralph Stevenson. British Ambassador to Egypt conferred yesterday with the Foreign Secretary. Mr. Morrison, on the progress of talks toward a settlement of Anglo-Egyptian differences.
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    MAO ASKS ATTLEE
    35 1 LONDON Wed. The Prime Minister has received a telegram from Peking asking permission for a party of 17 Chinese to enter Malaya "to investigate the conditions of the suffering overseas Chinese."— Reuter
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    BEES STUNG HIM "INTO ACTION"
    67 1 BEES STUNG HIM "INTO ACTION DARTIORD (Kent). Wed. A FORMER cripple, living here, claims .that 2.000 bees have cured him of arthritis. "They stuns me into action." he says. He is Mr. James Charman, aged 54. Fifteen months a?o, he sought the aid of a "bee-venom therapist" in London. After
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    UMNO TO AID JENDERAM
    58 1 The UMNO Central Working Committee will send $1,000 cash, food and clothing to the Jender^m evacuees now in Kluang detention camp. UMNO headquarters announced yesterday The Committee is appealing to UMNO members and the public to contribute to the "Jenderam Relief Fund." UMNO branches have been
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    LAST JOURNEY
    32 1 BOMBAY. Wed. The embalmed body of Sir Arthur Rundell Guinness, London merchant banker, who died aboard the luxury liner Caronia in Bombay on Monday, is being flown to London. Reuter.
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    British Ship Not Sold To Reds
    197 1 T»HE 3,500-ton British freighter, Admiral Chase, which was prevented from leaving Sydney by Customs authorities on Saturday, pending investigations into a report that the vessel had been sold for trade with Red China, left yesterday for Hong Kong. "The report was entirely untrue. The
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    CHILE BASE
    17 1 SANTIAGO Wed. Chile has established it s third air md naval base in the An-tarctic--U.P.
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    Loses Claim To Earldom
    117 1 LONDON, Wed. MR. Toby Fitzwilliam, 62-year-old son of the Earl Fitzwilliam, failed in the High Court here today to prove his claim to the Fitzwilliam earldom. He also lost claim to the family property of £500.000. The judgment goes in favour of his younger brother, Captain
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    Kashmir: UK U.S. Move
    84 1 LAKE SUCC53S. Wed. BRITAIN and the United States are now discussing with other members of the Security Council possible modifications of the AngloAmerican resolution on the Kashmir problem, it was learned in Lake Success yesterday. The talks were still in what an official described as the
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    PRIESTS SHOT
    22 1 LONDON, Wed. Vatican Radio said last night that 40 Roman Catholic priests had been shot in Albania without trial.— Reuter.
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    Feet Burned
    52 1 JERUSALEM. Wed. \N AMERICAN officer. n Gen. William Riley, U.N. Chief-of-Staff in Jerusalem, is to fly to America to be treated for serious burns on both feet. Gen. Riley had a successful kidney operation, but his feet were badly burned, apparently by hot water bottles while he was
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    SUEDE-GLOVE GUNMAN STRIKES
    69 1 N EW YORK. Wed. AWELL-dressed robber, complete with suede gloves, held up a big 63rd Street Jewellery store yesterday, and fled with gems worth robbery at the same store. Police said the robber used the same tactics-drawing a gun after mingling with the Uii\ ciientelfl and itlMßi
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    Britain Tells Iran 'Stick To Contract'
    156 1 ™Hp D v, LONDON, Wednesday. JHE British Government has sent a note to Iran drawing attention to the fact that its contract with the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company cannot be legally terminated until 1993 Lord Henderson. Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, revealed in the House
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    GANDHI ORCHID
    69 1 MRS. IRA HAI'PT (left), presents the first blooms of a new rymbidium orchid, named the "Mahatma Gandhi," to Mrs. Shiva Rau (centre) and Mrs. Shela Rayal at the International Flower Show at New York. Mrs. Rau is the sister-in-law and official hostess for Sir Senegal Rau, India's delegate
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    Council Meets In New Chamber
    160 1 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Wednesday. TWO hundred and fifty Government officials, comA munity leaders and specially-invited guests from Singapore this morning saw the Regent of Johore turn the key to open the door of the new Johore Council Chamber, which he declared open.
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    VAMPIRE CRASH
    25 1 NICOSIA, CYPRUS, Wed A Royal Air Force Vampire fighter crashed yesterday in northern Cyprus killing the pilot, it was announced here today. Reuter.
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    'More Men To Europe A Risk'
    147 1 WASHINGTON, Wed A FORMER President. Mr. Herbert Hoover, said last night that the sending of four more American arm v divisions to Europe would be an "unwarranted risk 1 a nri might lead to a war which would mean "th« end of civilisation as
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    ELEPHANTS ON ORDER
    61 1 THAXTED Essex Wed.— Mr. Frank Stuart will soon be producing two mechnica', elephants a week here. They will be used for giving rides to children at fairs and amusement parks. Each elephant is powerec^ by an eight horse power Forci engine and cosls fil^OOi Twenty-eight are on
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    BOMB IN GARDEN
    34 1 ROME Wed.— Police found an unexploded bomb in the garden of the Yugoslav Legation here yesterday. 12 hours after explosions outside the Italian Foreign Ministry and the United Staffs Embassy. Reuter.
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    TALKS END
    20 1 VALETTA, Wed. British and United States Service chiefs concluded their twoday conference on MiddleEast security here yesterday. —Reuter.
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      SEEKING A BED IN SYDNEY
      347 2 r AM a Medical student in the University of Sydney. As I have been residing in Australia for the last four years, may I claim to know something about accommodation for Asian students here? Since my arrival in Sydney I have had to move at
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      COUNCIL HALL vs. SCHOOLS IN JOHORE
      151 2 rE new State Council hal; In the Government duild ings, Johore Bahru, has been opened. I understand that even the minor item of upholstering the seats e.tc, has cost $20,000. Yet the Government has not enough money to build a few classrooms for children
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      A LISTENER IN JAKARTA
      252 2 ■S a regular listener to Radio Malaya, I used to be able to hear every programme broadcast very clearly especially the news broadcasts which went on the air undisturbed. It all sounded very loud and clear. But that was in the 41-metre band. The other day
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      WAR DAMAGE PAYMENTS
      75 2 rw\HE initial payment of War X Damage claims was made in the middle of 1950. We are now well into 1951 but still there is no news of second or final payments, although It has been stated that a further payment will be made very soon. As
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      EDUCATION IN ENGLISH
      85 2 IS it the policy of the Gov1 ernment to encourage English education throughout the Federation in all possible ways? When the Government is not in a position to open English schools everywhere in the Federation, will It hejp private individuals to open them with the co-operation of
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    BRITAIN WILL GIVE UP HOPE
    324 3 Morrison Urging Perseverance PARIS, Wednesday. THE British Government, it was learned from an authoritative source tonight, is anxious that every effort short of appeasement be made to reach an agreement with Russia at the present Ills: Four Deputy talks. brhe source said the British delegation
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    EVEN THE MENU' IS DISPUTFD
    67 3 PARIS. Wed. F'J')l> and cooking got into last night's fourr rr talks. v rromyku, the RusI do'egate, said "Russian a^^ression were statements served up in and li >■ the translator said i -;"ii juice." °nch sauce," said the H- in. "«ance." Knot bet point. Brlt
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    New Rubber Committee Rejected
    172 3 New Rubber Committee Rejected LONDON, Wed. TLTR. HUGH Gaitskell, Chan1 .or of the Exchequer. i ed a proposal in the 1. c of Commons for a rubbe, commodity committee. Maurice Edelman. Lal bad urged him to invite th< tternationai materials conference to set up th" i .iittee >:• Gait kell
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    Morocco Memo To France
    53 3 CA.aO. Wed. Egyptian Prime Minister, Mustapha El P i.a, announced last night the Arab League had de- to send a memorandum to the French Government g for "realisation of the .M ocean people's demands". The Arab League had also i oiher steps" which I be announced
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    PAKISTAN: 'NO ALERT'
    52 3 KARACHI, Wed.-A Pakistani Government official denied yesterday that all provincial governments have been alerted for a possible emergency following last week's disclosure of alleged plans for a coup. He dismissed as "baseless" a report that the Government contemplates setting up a special court of inquiry into the
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    ITALY IS TOLD: COME TO TERMS
    202 3 ITALY IS TOLD: COME TO TERMS LONDON, Wed. ORITAIN urged Italy yesterday to negotiate a settlement with Yugoslavia on the future of Trieste and its surrounding free territory. Official sources reported that the Prime Minister, Mr. Attlee, had reaffirmed that Britain still stands by the Anglo-American-French declaration of 1948. which
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    I'm No Crime Czan: He Says
    117 3 NEW YORK. Wed. TTALIAN BORN gambler 1 Frank Costello yesterday challenged Senate crime investigators to produce evidence that he is America's No. 1 criminal. His challenge was taken by Senator Charles W Toney, who said that the committee had heard enough testimony to deport
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    WINS VOTE
    22 3 PARIS, Wed— The French National Assembly last night approved M. Henri Queuille's new Cabinet by 388 votes to 180— Reuter.
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      Cat Is On Pay Roll Of Ceylon Govt.
      216 3 THE Ceylon Government pays a subsistence x allowance of Rs.lo to a cat, employed by the Colombo police to keep the mice away from the five-ton stock of forage in their stables in Colombo! The cat, known to syces as "Udarata Menike"
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    HE GAVE ONE EYE
    67 3 THE SACRIFICE of one of his eyes has been made by 45-year-old Herr Walter Demend of Western Berlin seen here with his wife and daughter. He went to the American High Command and offered an eye to be given to an unknown soldier blinded in Korea.
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    Kenya Votes For 'Segregation'
    182 3 NAIROBI, Wednesday. THE Kenya Legislative Council yesterday rejected by 22 votes to eight a motion condemning racial segregation in Kenya. The motion put by Mr. A. B. Patel, leader of the five Indian elected members, asked that a select committee be appointed to investigate the question
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    FREE RUSSIAN RADIO HEARD
    65 3 LONDON. Wed. 4 STATION calling itself ■"the "Free Russian Radio" heard for the first time yesterday called for a revolt in the Soviet Union against the Bolshevik rule. The broadcast given in Russian and repeated in Ukrainian, was jammed and sometimes completely obliterated by another station.
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    AMAH LOSES HER HAIR
    74 3 HONG KONG, Wed. A Chinese amah who left Hong Hong to visit her family in a village near Canton, has returned shorn of her waistlong black tresses. She said the village magistrate has ordered all women under 60 to have their hair bobbed, since it is
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    LIBERATED
    20 3 MANILA. Wed. Government forces have liberated Buena Vista town in Quezon Province after 13 days of Hukbalahap occupation.— U.P.
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    RICE FOR SUGAR
    20 3 TEHERAN. Wed. Persia will send 7,000 tons of unhusked rice to Russia in exchange (or sugar. U.P.
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    First jet car for festival
    89 3 BIRMINGHAM, Wed. THE world's first turbo car, JET 1, will be on view— from a distance at the Festival of Britain. It is an open three-seat Rover, often seen snaking through traffic here so that test drivers can watch its reaction to normal running. Two
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    NEW CZECH 'WALK OUT'
    52 3 BERNE, Wed.— M. Jiri Brotan, First Secretary of the Czechoslovak Legation here, has "walked out." it was announced here yesterday. He left the Legation -about a fortnight ago and Is believed to be still in Switzerland. He is reported to have asked the Swiss Government for
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    Tassigny Flies To Paris For Aid
    162 3 Tassigny Flies To Paris For Aid SAIGON, Wed. pENERAL Jean> de Lattre de Tassigny today left by air for Paris to ask for 15,000 troop reinforcements for his French army fighting the Communist-led Nationalists in Indo-china. Some French sources said Ho Chi Minh may launch a new, strong attack on
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    DEBUTANTES MEET KING
    50 3 LONDON. Wed.— The King looked" well and walked without a trace of limp yesterday when more than 330 debutantes were presented at Court It was the King's first semipublic engagement since a bad cold confined him to his room in Buckingham Palace nearly two weeks ago.— UP.
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    PLEA FOR PAPER
    35 3 WASHINGTON, Wed.—Authoritative sources said last night that the French President M. Vincent Auroil. may personally appeal to the Canadian Prime Minister, Louis St. Laurent, for urgently needed newsprint for France.— U. P.
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    Thousands Of New Planes For Britain
    122 3 SHEFFIELD, England, Wednesday. THE Air Minister, Mr. Arthur Henderson, yesterday said that the Royal Air Force was on the verge of major expansion, having placed orders for "literally thousands" of new planes. Available evidence, he said, indicated that Russian air strength today was about
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    TO END CRISIS
    30 3 THE HAGUE, Wed.— Fpur political parties Catholic. Socialist, Christian Historical and Freedom— have reached agreement to support a coalition to end the two-month old Cabinet crisis.— Reuter.
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    N.Z. STRIKE
    29 3 WELLINGTON, Wed.— The New Zealand Government has put 18-year-old conscripts at work on the wharves to move cargo tied up by the 24-day-old dock strike.— A. P.
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    ANTI-RED PLOT IN CZECH ARMY
    121 3 PRAGUE, Wed. pEN. Alexel Cepicka, Mlnister of National Defence, published details today of an alleged conspiracy within the Czechoslovak Army aimed at preventing its reorganisation on the Soviet pattern "and eventually making It an in- The conspiracy extended from the Ministry of National Defence in
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    Singapore Unions Seek Weekly Wage Payments
    260 4 'WORKERS COULD STAY OUT OIF DEBT' gINGAPORE trade union leaders yesterday, unanimously supported a move to change the present monthly payment system of wages to weekly payments. Mr. Lim Yew Hock, president of the Singapore Clerical and Administrative Workers' Union, said that his union
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    FINED FOR THEFT OF 18 SARONGS
    70 4 A gold ring which was found behind a door by E*.a binte Yam, led to the discovery that her almeirah had been forced open on Feb. 28. and 18 sarongs stolen. This was told in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday when Endon binte
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    CLUB THANKED
    42 4 The Tuberculosis Welfare Fund of the Tan Tock Seng Hospital thanks the Singapore Motor Club for their generosity in donating the proceeds from the sale of programmes at the Bukit Batok Hill Climb and the Lam Chu Kang speed event.
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    Missing Ship Reaches Penang
    130 4 From Our SalT Correspondent PENANG, Wed. AFfER having been reported •'missing" by its agents two days ago, the 150-ton motor vessel Kwong Woh docked at Penang this afternoon. The crew of 12 and general cargo estimated at $100,000 were safe after a heavy storm had caused
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    FALSE STORY TO POLICE
    74 4 Tien Kok Lin was yesterday sentenced to one month's imprisonment by Mr. R. B. I. Pates in the Singapore Second Police Court for making a false report to the police aeainst Lee Mei Mei on Nov 19 Tien was stated to have told the Police that
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    DANCE OFFICIALS
    72 4 From Oar Staff Correspondent. MALACCA. Wed.— New officers of the Malacca Dance Association are: president, Mr. Pang Yong Wan; vice-presidents, Messrs. B K. Tong. Tay Hong Seng, Gon Peng Chiang: secretary, Mr. G. Sauragen; treasurer. Mr. Tan Chene We;; committee Mrs E. P. Shelly, Miss Tan Hong Neo,
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    NEW HOMES FOR 13 FAMILIES
    172 4 ABOUT five acres of land at Braddell Rise, Singapore. has been allotted to 13 Chinese squatter families. Mr. P. J. Ruddell. British Ministry of Works representative m Singapore, said yesterday that approval for this had been obtained in co-ope-ration with the Commission-er-General The Ministry of
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    PRICES: GOVT TO HEAR CHAMBER
    54 4 THE Singapore Chamber of 1 Commerce will express their views on published prices to the Government at a meeting this afternoon. The meeting will be between Mr. A. D. Stutchbury. of the Economic Secretariat, and Mr. W. W. Jenkins. Deputy Controller of Supplies, and a
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    Stabbed With Scissors, Says Witness
    142 4 Stabbed With Scissors, Says Witness rN Ah Cheng said in evidence in the Singapore Assize Court yesterday: "I saw Yeo Ah Hong stabbing Tan Choo Tin with one half of a pair of scissors." Ah Cheng was giving evidence at the second day of the trial of Yeo Ah Hong,
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    OFFICES TO BE MERGED
    81 4 From Oar Own Correspondent. JOHORE BAHRU. Wed Johore State Council at its meeting today decided that the post of administrative officer in the several districts of the States be merged with that of the post of district officer. The meeting agreed that In the cases of
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    BUDDHIST EXAMS
    44 4 A presentation of certificates and prize-giving for the third religious examination of the Buddhist Youths' Dhama class of the Pali section of the Singapore Buddhist Association will take place on Sunday, March 18 at 10.00 a.m. at the Outram Road Buddhist Temple.
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    THREE MILES OF PIPELINE ABOARD
    51 4 THREE MILES OF PIPELINE ABOARD £AST of a consignment of more than three miles or 20Innhi!1 n n hi! > t«» a Jfh |l S cons ii ned 1 to. a port in the Persian Gulf photographed on the J. L. Luchenbach, an American freighter in port yesterd ay— Straits
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    Traders' Plan For New Jesselton
    213 4 PROPOSALS for the replanning of Jesselton have been submitted to the Jesselton Sanitary Board by the west coast branch of the North Borneo Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber suggests that a promenade be substituted for the site proposed for the railway, and In the event
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    N.S. PENSIONERS WANT MORE
    50 4 From Our SUIT Correspondent SEREMBAN, Wed.— A resolution urging Government to grant "a reasonable increase" to the existing allowance of political pensioners in Negri Sembilan will be moved by a Malay unofficial, Dato Raja Dlraja Mohamed Dom, at the Negri Sembilan Council of State, next Saturday.
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    COLONY TO DEBATE ADAT
    205 4 COLONY TO DEBATE ADAT PERPATEH VEGRI Sembilan Ma- lays in Singapore most of whom are in the Police Force or the Services are generally all for the meeting on March 25 at which the question of abolishing the "adat perpateh" is to be considered. The "adat perpateh," under which property
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    MR. WING ONG OF ARIZONA
    78 4 PHOENIX, Wed. The achievements of Wing Ong, Chinese-born American legislator, lawyer, and businessman, are featured in a new film about this western United States town. Mr. Wing came to America from the Hoy Ping district of Kwangtung Province, where as a boy he worked In
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    PICKPOCKET BOUND OVER
    45 4 Peck Sit Seng who tried to pick the pocket of Corporal J S. Munslar of the R.A.F. Cnangi. in a bus near the Happy World on Feb 10 was yesterday bound over in $100 to be of good behaviour for six months.
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    PRISON ATTACK WITH SHEARS
    69 4 From Our Own Correspondent. TAIPING, Wed. WHILE working in the prison tailors' workshop, a prisoner, Mohd. Khayat Khan, attacked another prisoner, Munusamy, with a pair of shears. He then stabbed himself In the stomach and died later in hospital. The Taiping Coroner returned a verdict of
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    'NOT A FAIRY GODMOTHER'
    96 4 From Our Staff Correspondent. KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— The State is not a fairy godmother capable of pouring out unlimited quantities of good things, said Mr. M. R. Holgate, retiring Director of Education, Federation, to the Methodist Boys' School. Kuala Lumpur, today. Government had no inexhaustible store
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    MUSLIM CAMPAIGN FOR FUNDS
    77 4 A CAMPAIGN for funds for a Muslim College will be discussed today by the local branch of the Muslim College Fund Committee at a meeting in Dr., H. 8. Moorish! 's The meeting Is being convened by Inche Saxdon bin Haji Jublr, Singapore's representative on the
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    9 NEW PEOPLES' CENTRES
    212 5 First Three To Cost $360,000 This Year MINE community centres are to be built in Singapore in the next two years. Plans for the first at Lim Ah Pin Road, off Upper Serangoon Road have been agreed between the Social Welfare Department and Serangoon Rural District
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    PERAK GRENADE INQUIRY
    201 5 Irum Our Staff Correspondent. KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. THE Federation Government announced today that tlu- Deputy Public Prosecutor, l .k. has directed that an inquiry be held by the president of the Sessions Court into the circumstance* of the d-tih of two members of the public following a
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    INSURANCE COMPANY
    93 5 Leaders of the Chinese community throughout Malaya are on the Board of Directors of the Public Insurance Company which recently held its first meeting. The" Board consists of: Mr. Aw Boon Haw t chairman i: Mr. Lwu ?yk K)nu\n idepv.lv chaiimrr. i SfCMn. N? Sen Choy. Lee Che?
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    'Singapore Is A Vital Mail Link'
    223 5 CINGAPORE Director of Posts Mr. D. Smith, yesterday told the weekly Rotary lunch fellowship that Singapore's growing importance as a shippng and air centre has made its Post Office an extremely important point of exchange for international mails. Speaking on "The International Postal System",
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    HIS SENTENCE REDUCED
    106 5 W >ng Teck Ko, manager of NA \FI Canieen. West Camo. 10 appealed a'.,,.. sentence o[ a year's Imprisonment and a fine of 3500 or a further six months' jail, heard i sentence reduced t) a month's imprisonment by the Chief Justice. Sir Chants Murray Ay.isiey. in
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    Trisha Fares To Go Up In K. Lumpur
    110 5 from Our Staff Correspondent. KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. TRISHA fares in Kuala Lum1 pur will be officially raised by the Municipality shortly. The new rates will be 30 cents a mile, or part of a mile, tor a single passenger and 40 cents
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    MALAY MEETING
    32 5 The Singapore Malay Union will hold its annual general meeting on March 31 at the house of Che Fatimah binte Haji Haroun, president of the women's section of the union.
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    $600 FOR S.TAB
    35 5 From Our Own Corrspondent KOTA BAHRU. Wed.— Mr. Kong Cheng Whun and Mr. Chuan Yew Heng have given $500 and $100 respectively to the Kelantan Branch of the St. John Ambulance Brigade.
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    65 5 FIVE EXECUTIVES of the altex (Oil) Co.. who are on a rcund the world tour of their company's installations picture: on their arrival at Kalian? airport, Singapore, yesterday. They will have talks today with British and American officials. From left to right: Mr. T. L. Lenzen, Mr Paul Pigott. Mr.
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    FOUR DAYS TO CLEAR U.K. MAIL
    76 5 JUO extra hands are being employed at the General Post Office, Singapore, to deal with the unusually heavy mail of 3,135 bags which arrived from Britain by the Pmtroclu* on Tuesday. Said Mr. D. Smith, Singapore's Director of Posts, yesterday: "Our staff are not
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    DISTRICT NUMBERS SIGN PLAN
    85 5 SINGAPORE postal authori- ties are considering a plan to put the district number on every street signboard and all national registration cards. Mr. D. Smith, Director of Posts. Singapore, said this yesterday in reply to a question by the Rev. Canon Adams, principal of the St.
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    Singapore Diary
    90 5 CHINESE Y.M.C.A., Selegie Road, music, 4.30 pjn., badminton, 5 p.m., body building, 5.30 p.m., basketball, 5.30 p.m.. table-tennis. 7.30 pjn., Bible class, 8 p.m. BRITISH RED CROSS Old Feople's Club, Wesley Hall. Fort Canning. 4.30 p.m. ST. JOHN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION, home nursing class. Brigade Hq., Stamford Road. 5
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    SORTING THE MAIL
    26 5 EMPLOYEES at the General Post Office. Singapore, sorting out the large shipment of mails from Britain which arrived on Tuesday.— Straits Times picture.
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    Chinese Object To Red Visitors
    157 5 Chinese Object To Red Visitors A MASS meeting of the Singapore Chinese business community is planned early next week to protest against Peking's decision to send a mission "to investigate conditions of persecuted Chinese in Malaya". Chief sponsor of the protest meeting is Mr. Tan Kok Chor, the Malayan Kuomintang
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    Mob Went To Guest House
    127 5 HAN Joo Peng, cashier of Bedok Rest House, told Singapore I-irst District Judge yesterday that during the December riots two groups of Malays came to the hotel looking for Europeans. Five Malays, Awang bin Keling, Jantan bin Mudin, Hussein bin Awang, Said bin Latifl and
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    More Shipping Aids Company
    225 5 £HAIRMAN Mr. W. McArthur will tell the annual general meeting of VV. Hammer and Company, water carriers, on March 31 that they have been able to maintain their position despite higher water charges because of more shipping tonnage using Singapore and the efficiency of their organisation
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    Ran Lottery -$1,000
    95 5 DESCRIBED by the police as "a runner of the biggest chap ji ki lottery organisation in Singapore," Tan Ah Nui, aged 19. was yesterday fined $1,000 or four months' imprisonment in the Singapore Second Police Court. Chief Inspector K. Ramakrishnan, prosecuting, said that Tan's organisation was known
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    Two Socialists To Study S'pore
    29 5 TWO INDIAN Socialist Party leaders. Mr. Ram Chandra Shukla and Mr. Satyadev* Shastri. arrived in Singapore yesterday to study economic and social conditions here.
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    The Straits Times Singapore. Thurs. Mar. 15. 1951 A Surgeon's Warning
    808 6 The Straits Times Singapore. Thurs. Mar. 15. 1951 A Surgeon's Warning The impending retiremen of Mr. B. M. Johns, Chie: d Surgeon at the General Hospital, Singapore, is generallj fc regretted. Malaya can ili x afford to lose another leading surgeon, so soon after the retirement of Mr. J. K.
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    Progress In Borneo
    313 6 North Borneo's "short preliminary report" for 1950 records a political, economic and social progress which, although founded on the commodity boom, is evidence of the sound lines on which the development of this colony is proceeding. One of the most striking features of this progress is Borneo's
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    Plantation life in lonely places
    949 6 Plantation life in lonely places Malaya under the Emergency 19 I^HE twins, aged two, sat playing with their blocks, blue eyes solemn and intent. They were In the nursery. Coloured cutouts of Snowhite and the Seven Dwarfs frolicked on the walls. The windows of the room looked out on to
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    In the Municipal lobbies
    716 6 tJLTHAT are the pros-* pects for local boys in the Municipal Architect's Department and in the architectural profession in Singapore generally? I put this question to Mr DC. Rae, who is retiring to his native Scotland next week after 27 years with the Municipality, the last
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    DEATH
    51 6 KOH—MR. K'lH CHIN JOO Me 64, passed MHIf peacefully on 13.3.51 at his residence. 50"7 Havelock Road. He leave; oentnd his widow. 4 sons Sian Poh. Sian Chenc. San Swee, Sinn Hoe: 2 daigit^s 1 adopted. 2 sons-ln-laT 1 daughter-ta-law 5 praricl-cillditn to mour his loss. Funeral on 17.3
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    On the Margin
    462 6 Uoeos Islanders I AM able to add a footnote from Mr. R. J. Farrer to his reminiscences of a visit to the Cocos Islands during th» early years of this century, related in the Sunday Tin.cs last Sunday. Last week, after readinu a note in this column
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    JOHORE TO HOLD ELECTIONS IN 1953
    375 7 16 Members To Be Chosen At The Polls From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Wednesday. JOHORE Council of State today approved a motion by Capt. Hussein bin Onn to hold elections for 16 seats on the Council in 1953. The original motion had been
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    99 7 1 '.lltll.l I I) AND SMILING are 14-year-old Lee Seek Tan (left) and 17-year-old Chua Konjr Leng who havo just iron scholarships worth SlOO each given by the Straits Chinese British Association Volunteer Memorial Fund. Both children lost their fathers as a result of the Japanese occupation. Master Lee. a
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    INSPECTORS NOT HAPPY: 'LEFTOUT'
    109 7 M/HILF the rank and file of the Singapore Police ftwait recommendations of the three-man committee examining their rates of pay, inspectors of the Force feel they have been "left out." The new committee, headed by the Commissioner Mr. J. Pennefather-Evans. which held its first meeting yesterday
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    Plan To Increase Relief Payments
    172 7 THE Singapore Social Welfare Department is to spend $970,000 this year on relief payments to needy families under a new scheme which has been forwanJed to Government for consideration. The new scheme, which, if approved will call for additional expenditure of $690,000. will provide the
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    City Workers May Get Housing Rise
    116 7 j^fARRIED labourers of the Singapore Municipality without quarters may get a $10 rise in their housing allowance, if the recommendation of the Municipal Service Committee is approved. The increase will bring the Municipal labour force's scale of housing allowance in par with the allowance
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    AIRPORT LAND ACQUIRED
    77 7 AIRPORT LAND ACQUIRED TIID acquisition by the Singapore Government of 1.033 acres of land in the districts of Serangoon. Paya Lebar and Teban was anncuncpci last night in a Gate r Kxtraordinary. The land, broken into lots and fully described in a six-paj-e schedule, is required for the construction of
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    Council 'No' On Royal Allowances
    126 7 Council 'No' On Royal Allowances From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. CAPT. Hussein bin Onn today won a battle against the Government to prevent the granting of bigger maintenance allowances to Ungku Abdul Aziz bin Abdul Majid I and Ungku Suleiman bin Mohamed Khalid The State Secretary, who asked
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    STOLE ROLLS OF LAMBSKIN
    55 7 Wong Seong was yesterday sentenced to three months' imprisonment by Mr. T E. Smith in the Singapore Third Police Court for stealing two rolls of lambskin valued at $84 from the Steel Surveyor at the Singapore Harbour Board on March 4 The rolls of lambskin were
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    64 7 THE Director of Education. Mr. A. W. Frisbv yesterday checked the identity cards of I 50 candidates who sat for I the first public services examinations at the I Teachers Training Coll- ege Singapore The Principal of the < ollege M r J. D Joseph, looks on. The four-day examinations
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    HAD OPIUM: IS MONTHS
    69 7 A 25-year-old Cantonese woman. Wong Yuet Yong. was sentenced by the Singapore First District Judge Mr H. E. Kingdon, yesterday to 18 months' imprisonment for possessing 27 two-hoon packets of opium at Johore Road. Singapore, on the night of Feb 26 The prosecution said that in
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    DAILY 3-HOUR PRACTISE
    130 7 DAILY 3-HOUR PRACTISE LOLA Bobesco and Jacques Genty have started work. Every day they practise for three or four hours in preparation for their recitals next week in Singapore's Festival of Music. Today, Jacques Genty will have his first rehearsal with the Singapore Musical Society orchestra and its conductor, Mr.
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    CASHIERLOSES APPEAL
    85 7 Dismissing an appeal ty Lim Pin Yee, cashier of the International Cafe, OfO'iurd Road, in Singapore Appeal Court yesterday, the Chief Justice. Sir Charles Murray Aynsley said: "Any sort of forgery is serious." Lim had been sentenced to six months imprisonment for using a forged bank "pay in"
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    ANZAC FUND BALANCE
    66 7 A balance of $17,000 left in the Anzac Fund to establish and conduct the Anzac Club for the Australian servicemen in Singapore during the war has been sent to the Ex-Prisoners of War and Relatives Association in Melbourne. The money, part of which was donated by the
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    CLAIMS TRIAL
    36 7 Kee Loh of Church Street. Singapore, yesterday claimed trial in the Third Police Court on a charge of failing to appear for a police Interrogation at the Tanjong Pagar Police Station on Jan. 30.
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    OLD BOYS MEETING
    28 7 The fourth annual general meeting of the St. Anthony's Old Boys' Association will be held on Sunday, March 18, at 10.30 a.m. at the school.
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    Singapore To Have Cabinet Govt.
    161 7 CABINET form of government for Singapore will eventually grow from the changes proposed for the Colony Executive Council, the Public Relations Secretary,' Mr. George Thomson, told the Straits Times yesterday. It might be a long time, however, before such a status was achieved. Mr. Thomson
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    MORSE CAUSES 'FIREBELLS'
    132 7 'TjiIREBELLS" and other 1 mysterious noises which i listeners complain they hear over Radio Malaya are due to a commercial Morse station The Broadcasting Depart ment yesterday salri that th; Director pf Broadcasting is trying through international "Recent wavelength changes were made after it became apparent that
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    THEIR DAILY PRACTISE
    22 7 LOLA BOBESCO and Jacques Genty playing ye ?crday at the HMV studio in Mac Donald House. Straits Times picture.
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    January Fall In Passenger Revenue
    99 7 January Fall In Passenger Revenue From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. DEVENUE from passenger trains of the Malayan Railway administration dropped $47,149 in January from the average 1950 monthly revenue of $916,990. it was announced today. Despite this and a smaller drop of $11,612. in the revenue from goods
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    GAOL SENTENCE REDUCED
    58 7 The Chief Justice, Sir Charles Murray-Aynsley, yesterday reduced a sentence ctf a month's imprisonment on 22-year-o'id Pang Peng Kee, to a fine of $1 or a day's imprisonment for failing to show an identity card. Sir Charles said he was satisfied that Pang had lost his identity
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    Johore Spends Sixth Of War Vote
    301 7 Johore Spends Sixth Of War Vote From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. AUT of total Johore pvoV vision of $3,464,863 lor the Emergency only $598,637 was expended in IHSO according to the financial report tabled at today's meeting of the Johore Council of State by Inclie Ahmad bin Pcrarig,
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    RIOTER GETS TWO YEARS
    57 7 A sentence of two years' rigorous imprisonment to be followed by two years' police supervision was passed yesterday by the Singapore Third District Judge Mr H. L. Wrigglesworth. on a 26-year-old Indian, Mohamed Kassim bin Mohamed Khan. Mohamed was found guilty ot rioting near the Sultan
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    CHINESE OPPOSE 'BRITISH ONLY' FLAT RULE
    150 8 Chamber Asked To Tell S.I.T. [JNLESS Singapore Improvement Trust withdraws the stipulation that applicants for flats must he British subjects, the Singapore Chinese Ch:i mber of Commerce may refuse to recommend tenants from the Chinese community. The Housing Sub-Committee of the Chamber dtM'icled ypsterdav
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    CLANS WANT TO HELP GOVT.
    100 8 Tli.. .-.,j»f;.-.po;-e TeochfW Le e Clan Mutual Help Society liis suggested that clan associations in the Colony be unitrd into a r -ntral body which "could the (Wivrrnment in mpcete." statement signed by Mr, Lre Choon En*. (loner.il Secretary of the Society. n-\s thru such
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    DIVER BROKE HIS NECK
    80 8 John Juinieson. chief ruvr of the ship Dromus, broke his neck when he div?d off a springboard at a oathli•'• "Mclosure at Pulau Saiv.bu on February 28. Dr. Jame? Frame told Singapore Coroner. Mr. Choor Singh, yesterday that Jamieson had lost all feeling below the collar-bone
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    BRIBE CASE RE-TRIAL
    78 8 A re-trial was ordered by the Chief Justice, Sir Charles Murray-Aynsley in the Singapore Appeal Court yestc-rday in the case of Ong Wcon Soon, who appealed against a fine of $500 imposed in the Lower Court for offering a bribe to a labour inspector. Ong was alleged
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    LALLANG FIRES
    25 8 Singapore's heat-wave kept the Fire Brigade busy all day yesterday righting lallang fires that broke out in six different places in the city.
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    COL Report May Be Held Till May
    159 8 COL Report May Be Held Till May THE Benham Report on cost 1 of living allowances for Government servants may not be presented to the rew Legislative Councils, of Singapore and the Federation until May. One reason is that new Unofficial members have to be appointed to the joint committee
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    Rest House Room For Public Plea
    172 8 THE question of the use of rest houses in Borneo by others than Government officers was recently raised at a meeting: of the west coast branch of the North Borneo Chamber of Commerce. t The meeting agreed that whilst it was appreciated that rest
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    RE-TRIAL
    33 8 Sir Charles Murray-Ayns- ley yesterday ordered a retrial for Chan Chow Cho, a second-hand dealer, who had been fined $1,000 for stonTtwo piculs of scran richer at his shop in Club Street.
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    INDIAN ON $200 BAIL
    65 8 IPOH Wed.-Alleged to have posed as a Food Control Inspector and to have received money from an Indian shopkeeper, a young English-speaking Indian X Kanniah, wa s produced before trip Ipoh Magistrate today Kanniah claimed trial to a charge of impersonation and taking $12.50 from Muttu
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    DRIVER FINED
    21 8 SEGAMAT, Wed— For conveying an extra passenger in a taxi, 22-year-old Wong Hai Guan was fined $15 at Seeamat.
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    Riot Report May Sell Well
    67 8 THE Singapore Riot Inquiry 1 Commission's forthcoming report on the December riots may become a best-seller in this country, although only one person in Singapore has officially placed an order for it with a leading book agent. News agents in the Colony say that there
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    JOHORE COUNCIL
    173 8 JOHORE COUNCIL OF STATE which was convened yesterday. Seated from left are: Che Azizah binte Jaffar Inche Ahmad bin Perang:, Mr. W. W. McCall Mr. J Falconer, Syed Abdul Kadir bin Muhammed. the Regent of Jonore, Dato Wan Idris. Inche Ibrahim bin A. Rahman, Ungrku Ismail bin A.
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    INDIANS COME IN FOR BOOM
    175 8 INDIANS COME IN FOR BOOM MALAYA'S rubber boom has attracted thousands of Indians into the country but not prevented thousands of Chinese from leaving. Said a Government spoK3sman yesterday: "Indiana are coming in because of the rather lucrative jobs as rubber tappers. More Chinese are leaving because of unseititd conditions
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    Dollar Cars Coming
    121 8 rpHE Malayan Government I has decided to license the importation of a limited number of hard-currency motor vehicles, says a statement Issued last night. Quotas have been granted to recognised distributors for the importation of 1.680 passenger cars and 720 commercial vehicles. It is considered that this
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    JUTE SHIPMENTS
    42 8 Malayan importers of jute goods from India, who were unable to complete shipments of their quotas before December last year, are now advised that Indian shippers have been granted an extension until the end of this month to complete shipment.
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    MUSLIMS PROTEST
    34 8 The Indian Muslim Association, Selangor, has sent a cable to the French Consular Agent in Kuala Lumpur, to be forwarded to his government, denouncing the French Government's treatment of Muslims in Morroco.
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      228 8 Today's Radio SINGAPORE PENANG 10 a.m. News: 10.10 Close; 10.45 10 a.m-12. 1-2 p.m. As SporeSchooi;; 12 Malay; 1 p.m. Light 6 "Hit Parade of America"; 6 30 Music; 1.30 News; 1.45 Dance Children; 7 As Spore- 7 30 "Time Music; 2 Schools; 2.50 Close; 5 for Music" (B.B.C. Midland
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      A PUZZLE IN ARITHMETIC
      270 9 BUSINESSMAN iiv- ing in London travelled to his office every morning on the Underground railway. The line on which he travelled formed a circle, and Ins home station happened to be exactly opposite to his office station. There were t< n stations in all, each one
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      ANSWERS
      16 9 isnjv) 'SJ3*ja3isni\ asjiu. am, -sainuiui Aiua.ni pue jnoq u« sb smvs <*m s] sajnujiu Xjijaia
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      FINDING THE HIDDEN STORE OF GOLD
      778 9 FINDING THE HIDDEN STORE OF GOLD THE boys leapt from their craft, and made their way to the tall tree which Ling Wah had climbed to take the photograph, then, studying the picture, they clamberpd through the jungle, searching for the group of trees. They soon found them, and in
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      A Surprise On His Line
      380 9 Dear Boys and Girls Each one of you had a different idea of what Ali caught on his fishing line, and some of the drawings were very amazing indeed, especially that sent by one of the prizewinners W*e Chye Lock of 247 Tranauerah Road, Malacca.
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      FOR STAMP COLLECTORS
      224 9 I AST week, we talked of buying packets containing a varied assortment of stamps. The beginner might prefer to buy small packets which contain stamps of only one country, say for example: 40 Australian, 100 Austrian, 20 Abyssinian and so. on. In this way. the collection can
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      Squiggle
      25 9 Draw a picture round the squiggles on the left and see 'what you can make of them. This contest is for the over tens.
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      C.C.C.
      11 9 Collect six of these coupons to join Children's Corner Club.
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      267 9 DLEASE enrol me as a member of the Children's Corner Wise Owls Club, and send me a badge. V4M£ ADDRESS DATE OF BIRTH fM^fts^ 6I 'HERE'S NEWS. THAT GIVES about the world's most wanted gift pen The new Parker ''51" j^ as a Temar^ a ble new Aero-metric Ink System
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    LONODN STOCKS
    314 10 LONDON, Wed. \fOST sections of the London Stock Exchange were depressed at the start of the new account today. Provincial and bear selling brought declines of up to three-eighths in giltedged and there was a generally lower trend to industrials. Sentiment deteriorated on the Persian threat to nationalise
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    RUBBER CROPS
    30 10 I>ATU Lintang Rubber Company in January produced 143.900, in February 110,600 lbs. of rubber. OARIT Perak Rubber produced 42.566 lbs. of rubber in January. 42.277 lbs. in February.
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    Shipping In Singapore
    132 10 CHIPS in the Singapore Roads and alongside the Singapore Harbour Board godowns at 4 p.m. yesterday were: Outer Roads: Hal Hsuan. Chong Ya. Marion. Tweed Bank. A$canius. Van Riemsdijk, Audax. Silveroak, Sirdhana. Kedae. Bandjoewangi, Mikolaj Rej, Hong Siang, Lanebrown, Hoegh Silvercrest. Chelyskinetz. Waingapore. Pacific Star. Hai Hing,
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    RUBBER MARKET
    209 10 Slight Rise In Another Active Day THE Singapore rubber market was again active yesterday on short covering and small inquiries from the Continent for ribbed-milled grades. The market, after being steady, closed quiet with March first-grade at $2.10} a lb. buyers, 2J cents above Tuesday's close. It opened
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    TIN:$S67 A PICUL
    10 10 SINGAPORE, Wed., Mar 14— 5567 (up $2.)
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    £1,320 a ton in London
    24 10 LONDON Wed.. Mar. 14.— Spot Buyers: £1,320; Forward £1,125; Settlement £1,305 (up £45). Turnovers: a.m. 85. p.m. 70 tons.
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    The Produce Market
    121 10 THERE was a sharp drop in copra in the Singapore produce market yesterday. Business passed at $56^4 a picul. At a quiet close, sellers quoted $57 and buyers $56. Coconut oil was dull, with sellers at $96 and buyers at $94. The pepper market was quietly steady
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    PAKISTANI INDIAN EXCHANGE
    88 10 KARACHI, Wed. THE State Bank of Pakistan yesterday authorised its branches to buy from, and sell to, authorised dealers in Pakistan Indian rupees at the following rates: Buying— Indian Rs. 133 as. 0 ps. 9 to 100 Pakistani rupees; Selling— Indian Rs. 143 as. 13 ps. 3
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    H.K. EXCHANGE RATES
    35 10 HONG KONG, Wed. FREE market currency exchange for Hong Kong, dollars was quoted at the close today as follows: US$l HKS6.O6 (cash), HK$6.lO (T.^; £1 HK515.30; one tael of gold HKS3O6.— U.P.
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    Malayan Shares
    186 10 Commodities Quiet TINS and Rubbers were x quiet in the Malayan share market yesterday, though there was rather more interest in Rubber shares at slightly lower levels. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association were: IMM »1KI\I -> Buyer, O. Cliineic Banic 94 00 Spore Com Storage
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    RAUB GOLD PROGRESS
    162 10 T>AUB Australian Gold Mining, la a circular, announces the following tonnages crushed and ounces of fine gold produced, In that order: in the four weeks to Not. 4, 1950, 3,784, 1,294.162; In the four weeks to Dec. 2, 4,010, 1,375.166; to Dec. 30, 3,793, 1.222.746; and to
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    Talam Mines Output
    12 10 TALAM Mines in February produced 310 piculs of tin-ore.
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    2 UK. TEAMS MAY STOP IN COLONY
    329 11 Attempt Made To Match Them CINGAPORE'S soccer fans may have the good fortune of seeing two English football clubs play in the Colony in May. The two teams an F.A. side touring Australasia and Hendon, the. London Athenian League Club (amateur) who are
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    19 11 SOM PONG goes into training with work on the heavy bag. (See report in Col. 3). Straits Times picture.
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    Som Pong Is Still Tough But Slower
    158 11 DOM PONG, Singapore's welterweight champion, was never extended in three rounds of sparring at the Queen Street Boys' Club yesterday evening but he did enough to prove to spectators there were a hundred or so that he is still a rough, tough fighter
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    Hard Fight For Choong
    133 11 LONDON, Wfed. Eddie Choong beat Poul Holm, Danish champion, in a hardfought game at Glasgow last night. Results last night: Eddie Choong (Malaya) beat Poul Holm (Denmark) 15-13. 18-17; Holm and Ole Jensen (.Denmark) beat J. O. Mackay and Wong Peng Soon 15-8, 15-2; Arve Lossman
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    'Dollar Fund' Donations
    115 11 SPORTS LETTER rE manager of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank has kindly agreed to keep the first contributions to the Dollar Fund for the Asian Games that I sent him. The managers of other commercial banks and the Superintendent of the General Post Office will, I am
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    SINGAPORE TIDES
    28 11 TODAY: 2.33 a.m. (8.5). 3.52 p.m. (6.5); 9.18 ajn. (2.1), 8.44 p.m. (4.4). TOMORROW: 3.06 a.m. (8.1), 5.15 pjn. (5.8); 10.15 a.m. (2.4), 9.24 p.m. (5.1).
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    Colonel Daly Has Won Over 1½m.
    694 11 RECORDS OF NEW HORSES From EPSOM JEEP IPOH, Wednesday. Yf OST-talked of horse for the $30,000 Perak Derby iTI is Colonel Daly, first thoroughbred to be flown out East from England. This bay English ge Rizza, a Winalot mare, is owner $30,000, highest I
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    RAJAS GIVEN RUN FOR POINTS
    475 12 Casuals Do Well In First Game Kota Raja 3; Casuals 1. IfOTA Raja XI had to pull out their best to defeat Chinese Casuals by three* goals to one in a keenlycontested Singapore A.F.A. Senior Division game at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. Contrary to expectation,
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    Bukit Timah Lose 2-0 Lead
    175 12 THE Singapore A.F.A. Division 3B league game between the BODCA "A" and Buklt Timah Sports Club resulted in a draw at the BODCA ground yesterday. The score was two-all. The game was keenly contested with Bukit Timah Sports Club unlucky not to win. They held
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    F.A. CUP FINAL
    42 12 LONDON, Wed.— The F.A. Cup Final this year will be fought between Newcastle Utd. and Blackpool. In semi-final replays tonight Newcastle beat Wolverhampton Wanderers by 2-1 at home and Blackpool scored an away win of 2-1 over Birmingham. Reuter.
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    TEST SELECTOR
    31 12 LONDON. Wed. FrWdie Brown, captain of England's cricket team In Australia, was named yesterday as one of the selectors for the five testa against South Africa here this summer.
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    Changi May Turn Out 2 Star Men
    387 12 CRICKET TOURNEY TEAMS D.A.F. Changi will field a first eleven this year which will be very much of the same strength as that of last season. Eight of last year's side are available, but the loss of Nay. Copley, who was a signal
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    SPORTING THE WINNERS
    331 12 SPORTING THE WINNERS from EPSOM JEEP TtTY TEN best horses to follow at Ipoh axe: Majestic Scholar: For the Derby "trial" on Saturday. His speed will be a tremf^dous factor on the Ipolvco se. Attempted to make all the running in a Div. 2. mile handicap, at Buklt Timah last
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    RAAF SQUADRON AVENGE DEFEAT
    69 12 The 38th squadron R.A.A.F. avenged a previous cricket defeat by Qantas Airways when they won the return game at Farrer Park yesterday by seven runs. The airmen scored 88, Thornton top-scoring with 36. Price, for Qantas took six for 31 and then followed up with a
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    Guthrie & Press Share Honours
    332 12 Guthrie Press Share Honours GUTHRIE SC. and the Straits Times Press S.C. drew twoall in a Business Houses League Division B fixture at the Police Ground yesterday. Guthries were the better side and would have won but for excellent goal-keeping by Jaffar bin 1 Ibrahim who saved many difficult I
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    Breukelen & Tulloh Lead The Field
    156 12 Breukelen Tulloh Lead The Field From EPSOM JEEP. IPOH, Wed. THE 1951 racing season on the Malayan Turf is now four meetings old and there appears to be a remarkable change of fortune among the leading stables. Marlnus van Breukelen is ahead in the trainers' list with 17 wins and
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    Peng Soon Is Heavily Dated
    132 12 LONDON, Wed* TJECENT winner of the AllEngland badminton title Malaya's Wong Peng Soon has entered for the French championships In Paris from April 6 to 8 and the Danish championships In Copenhagen from April 12 to 17. In addition to these championship appearances a strenuous
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    TOBOGGAN IS HONEST SORT
    332 12 Derby Spotlight....3 TWELVE of the best stay ers in training will contest the Perak Turf Club's $30,000 Derby on Mar. 24. In his review of prospects for the race, Straits Times racing correspondent Epsom Jeep today turns the spotlight on. Toboggan rpOBOOGAN lost none L of
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    MALAYA CUP BELONGS TO THE PUBLIC
    349 12 MALAYA CUP BELONGS TO THE PUBLIC LETTER TO THE SPORTS EDITOR T*HE prolonged controversy between Football A Association of Malaya and Singapore Amateur Football Association over F.A.M.'s refusal to allow Singapore's participation in the Malaya Cup Soccer competition appears to be widening the breach between these two associations rather than
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    Cheerful Lads Win After Hard Tussle
    168 12 Cheerful Lads Win After Hard Tussle ("WERCOMING stiff opposition, v Cheerful Lads defeated Indonesians "A" by two goals to one in a S. A.F.A. Division 2 league fixture at Geylang yesterday. Both sides turned in a splendid display. The first session saw the ball swinging from end-to-end and every advantage
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    SMC TO SHOW RACING FILMS
    89 12 The Singapore Motor Club will be holding a film show and barbecue on Thursday March 22. The film show which will be held at Raffles Institution (Bras Basah Rd. entrance) at 7.15 p.m., will feature the 1950 Isle of Man T.T., 1949 Silverstone Grand Prix
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    Sports Diary
    49 12 SOCCER: Oiv. 1: Rovers v 1 8.0.0.C.A. Ht s.adium; |)iv IV I Netaji M.F.C. v H.US Terror U Crylanjc; Business Hse V O.T.E.C. v Borneo Motors at I MCA; Bus. Hse. B: Ford S.C. Mansfield at Farrer Park; Services Lfe.: RAF Lidiser I'ntt t H.M.S. Terror. ■f
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