The Straits Times, 24 March 1951

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1X45 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 1951 PRICE TEN CKNTS
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    500 LOSE HOMES IN BLAZE
    409 1 Flames Sweep Houses After Night Party MORE than 500 people lost their homes in a fire which destroyed a big part of Nee Soon village, Singapore, early yesterday and caused about $250,000 worth of damage. The lire is believed to have started in the front
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    BORNEO TEACHER TO STUDY IN UK
    34 1 MUJi EDIT A TSENG, an n m hool teacher, who Ir ft in the Cartha?p festertVi\ for London on a thrceii' >'ith education scholart,h, i Straits Times picture.
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    COLONY SPEEDS UP CIVIL DEFENCE
    167 1 "THE Singapore Government is to speed up the organisation of the Colony's civil defence forces. I ast night's Gazette published a Bill, to be introduced before the new Leg.slative Council, covering the organisation, equipping and trainin of civil defence services. The Bill aims to enable
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    U.S. CASUALTIES
    24 1 WASHINGTON. Fri.— U.S. Co bat casualties in Korea at n >w 55.814 an increase of 1.1 ii r > sinr-p last week.— A.f.
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    M.C.A. OFFICIAL HELD IN PERAK
    47 1 IPOH. Fri. MR. Khoo Kay Hoon, chairman of the Malayan Chinese Association, Kuala Kanesar branch, has brrn dftainpd under the Emergency Regulations. Later police searched his house. Mr. Kay Hoon is the proprietor of Guan Moh Company, general importers and rice distributors.
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    USE CHIANG'S TROOPS CALL
    75 1 BOSTON. Fri. —Mr. Joseph Martin. Republican leader in the U.S. House of Representatives, yesterday called for the "immediate use" of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-sheks troops from Formosa to "open up a secondd front in Asia.' If these troops reached the mainland of China tomorrow "they would double
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    EASTER WORSHIP
    74 1 AS THE S.UN SET in Singapore yesterday thousands of Catholics with lighted candles in their hands crowded th<> grounds of St. Joseph's Church in Victoria Stse-t to take part in a Good Friday religious procession. This picture, taken by a Straits Times photographer, shows a portion of the
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    UN Plan On Kashmir
    97 1 LAKE SUCCESS, Fri. THE United States and Bri1 tain submitted to the Security Council on Wednesday a revised plan to get Indian and Pakistan troops out of disputed Kashmir. Toning down a previous proposal. th« plan withdrew a suggestion for a UN. lesion to police the
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    APPEAL FOR AID
    34 1 BELGRADE. Fri.—Yugoslavia has "urgently" asked the West for US$30,000,000 worth of raw materials to help maintain its "military structure." the United States Ambassador in Belgrade Mr. George Allen said yesterday. -U.P
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    Air Giant Lost: General Aboard
    158 1 LONDON. Friday A UNITED States Air Force general is among 53 A^ people in a giant Douglas Globemaster aircraft which is believed to have crashed into the Atlantic on a flight from Gander, Newfoundland, to England. I An Air Force spokesman feared the Globemaster had
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    RED CHINA'S NEW MOSCOW ENVOY
    57 1 HONG KONG. Fri— Peking Radio today reported the appointment of Chang Wen-tien as Ambassador to Moscow to succeed Wang Chia-hsiang who has been recalled to take up the post of Vice-Foreign Minister to China. Chang, aged 60. studied at the University of California and later
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    CREW BAN CARGO FOR REDS
    224 1 TOICYO. Fri. THE crew of the British ship Empire Marshal refused to sail a cargo to Dairen. in China. A crew spokesman said today they would prefer gaol than aid trade relations with the Communists. The ship finished a contract for shipping war material and
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    Sylphs Figure Not Everything
    97 1 LONDON. Fri. r VHE King's physician. Lord Border, yesterday told icomen viewers on the BBC television slimming diet programme not to think that a sylph-like figure was the most important thing in the ivorld. "In this search for shall I say, the beautiful you really must
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    Huks Kill 7 In Raid
    95 1 MANILA, Fri QNE hundred and fifty Huks, disguised In army uniforms, raided the town of Candaba in Pampanga province, Central Luzon last night and killed seven persons. Four soldiers, a policeman and two civilians were killed and 14 persons wounded and nine missing after the
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    STARTS NEW JOB
    40 1 Mr. Andrew Gilmour, former Secretary for Economic Affairs. Singapore, has assumed duty on the staff of the Commissioner-General tor South-East Asia. Mr. Gilmour joined Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald's staff on March 12. a Gazette announcement said yesterday.
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    GRENADE FIND
    30 1 A Singapore detective found an unserviceable hand-gren-ade behind the P.W.D. living quarters at the 9th milestone Bukit Timah Road, yesterday afternoon. He handed it over to the C.I.D.
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    27 KILLED
    29 1 BARRANQUILLA. Fri.— Twenty-seven people were killed when a plane of the Colombian Airline, Lansa, crashed near the village of Hatonoeve, in Bolivar Department of Colombia, yesterday. AP.
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    Gls MAKE SKY DROP: BRITISH TANKS LINK UP
    158 1 TOYKO, Friday. gRITISH tanks led a powerful armoured force which smashed its way through Communist defences near the Imjin river iti Western Korea today to link up with thousands of American paratroopers who had been dropped behind the Red lines. Lieut.-General Ridsway,
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    New Nehru Peace Move Fails
    100 1 New Nehru Peace Move Fails NEW DELHI. Fri. INDIA has renewed her efforts to get the Chinese Communists to discuss peace —but without success, it is learned here. Premier Nehru initiated a new move to end tne Korean war late in February, timing it to coincide with serious Chinese reverses,
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    RAILWAYS LOSE £25 M. A YEAR
    61 1 LONDON. Fri.-^tate-own-ed British railways are falling into debt at the rate of £25.000.000 annually because of wag? increases and other rising costs. Transport Minister Alfred Barnes told the House of Commons y°3terday. Mr. Barnes said he was considering; a ten psrcsn; rise in freight
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    Ford Foundation's $492,678,255
    53 1 NEW YORK. Fri.— The Ford Foundation, the world's ricjiesf. public trust, had net assets of $492,678,255 at the end of 1950. Mr. Henry Ford, chairman of its Board of Trustees, said yesterday. The Foundation's resources have been pledged to the "prevention of w^ar and to the betterment
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    PROTEST TO RUSSIANS
    50 1 FRANKFURT. Fri— United States authorities yesterday protested to the Russians again--; attacks, by G 'in:. mi nationals on American military trains crosnn? Sovi-t-occupied Bast Germany. The protest was ma^e iiy Gen. George P. Hays. Deputy Hi<jh Commissioner. Id a letter to the Soviet Commander in Berlin.— AP.
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    $3,600 LOST IN ROBBERY
    63 1 Thieves biokr Into a iirnts.* In St. Patrick's Road. Xi :>:i last night an:l stole mor^ then 53.600 worth ot lewcll^ry ard personal effects. Among th,- stolen Roods were a gold wri- watch vahiM at S1.000: a ?o!d dj?r?tte r worth $803: another g r«l calender
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    U.S. EX-MAYOR TOOK $10,000 FROM UNION
    219 2 m vm> pt'T T "^rT *!T > NEW YORK, Friday. the Senate Crime Investigation on Wednesday, Americans were most impressed with the testimony that former Mayor William O'Dwyer, of New York City, took US$lO,OOO in cash in Oot. 1949 from the head of the
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    PROPOSED FOR NOBEL PRIZE
    41 2 SANJIb CHAUDHURI, a ilcutta lawyer and author of "Constitution for World Government," and other political books, who has been proposed for the 1951 Nobel peace prize. He was formerly legal adviser to the Nepal Government. A.P. picture.'
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    DEPUTY'S APOLOGY ACCEPTED
    54 2 PARIS, Frl.— The French National Assembly accepted an apology from Mohamed Ben Talb, Algerian Deputy, who slapped another Algerian deputy during a beaten debate on electoral reform yesterday morning. Declaring the incident closed, the speaker Edouard Herriot said: "Enough verbal vilence takes place in this chamber without
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    Duke Of Argyll Weds Again
    95 2 LONDON, Fri. THE wealthy Duke of 1 Argyll and Mrs. Margaret Sweeny, divorced wife of the American golfer Charles Sweeny were married yesUrday. The Duke is 47 and this is his third marriage. His first, in 1927 to Janet Cladys Aitken, daughter of Lord Beaverbrook.
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      AFRICAN CHIEF WANTS TO GO HOME
      60 2 TSHEKEDI Khama, the 46-year-old former Regent ot the Bamangwato Tribe, who is in England for talks with Mr. Patrick Gordon Walker, Minister of Commonwealth Relations.. He wishes to return to Becbuanaland, from where he was exiled since the dispute over the marriage of his
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    SIX STOLE STONE, YARD BELIEVES
    95 2 GLASGOW Friday. SCOTLAND Yard detectives were working today on a theory that six conspirators carried off the Coronation Stone of Scone from Westminster Abbey on Christmas Day and seven others were in the know. They are believed to have built up a complete picture •f
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      412 2 GOVERNMENT 0? ThY FEDERATION OF MALAYA Architectural Competition. Registered Architects ln private practice in the Federation of Malaya and Colony of Singapore are Invited to submit designs for a 6storey .Block of Offices to be erected ln Kuala Lumpur. The following A«sessors have been appointed —Mr. W. S. Corlett, FJMBA
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    8 EUROPEANS ARRESTED BY PEKING ON SPY CHARGES
    255 3 HONG KONG, Friday. THE Chinese Communist news agency reported yesterday that 21 persons, including eight K<iropeans, were arrested in Tienstin on charges ol spying for the United States and Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek. The news was received here with a shock. Most experienced
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    WIND BLOWS TRAM OVER
    25 3 WIND BLOWS TRAM OVER A GALE OF 71 M.P.H. toppled over these 35-ton railway carriages at Dover. England. Eleven trucks were washed into the harbour.
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    SUMATRAN GIRL GOES TO PALACE
    30 3 MISS L. Roesad, of Sumatra, before she left for Buckingham Palace, to be presented at court. She was one of two Indonesian guests. A.P. picture.
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    Consulates Closure Is A Warning
    174 3 WASHINGTON, Fri. THE closure of six consular offices in Communist China b Britain was interpreted in oaicial and diplomatic circles h?re as a warning to Peking be continuation of relalkMtt with the Western w;:>rld depends upon facilitating an economic exchange. British Note to Peking, a
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    GURKHAS LEAVE
    31 3 HONG KONG. Fri. Gurkhas frcm Hong Kong's 67th •nd 68th. Field Squadrons. Royal Engineers, sailed for Nepal, via Calcutta, aboard tlir* Eastern Queeu yesterday foe six months' leave— A.P.
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    BLAZING A NEW TRAIL
    57 3 MELBOURNE, Frl. The Australian Catalina flying boat, Frigate Bird 11, blazing a new trail across the Pacific to South America, left Papete Harbour. Tahiti, last night for Mangareva. in the Tuamota Archipeiago. The aim of the flight is to find suitable landing places for a regular
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    'PEKING MAN' NOT IN AMERICA
    56 3 TOKYO, FrI— SCAP officials yesterday denied a Chinese Communist charge that it had illegally shipped to America the archae'.ogical remains of the "Peking Man" —the earliest evidence of human habitation in China. The "Peking Man" they said, had never been In Japan or in any
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    Export Embargo Flayed In H.K.
    232 3 HONG KONG, Friday. rPHE vice-chairman of the British Chamber of A Commerce, Mr. P. S. Cassidy, yesterday branded the American export embargo on Hong Kong as an "example of utter Indifference to the interests of international trade." Mr. Cassidy. reviewing the Colony's industry and commerce
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    'OUR RIGHT TO STOP' -EGYPT
    128 3 SUEZ, Fri. JTGYPT has "the right" to forbid the passage, through the Suez and Egyptian territorial waters, of "war contraband destined for Israel "as long as Egypt considers herself at war with Israel." Abdel Rahman Hakki Pasha, the Egyptian Foreign Affairs Under-Secretary, said last night.
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    POLICE TALKS
    62 3 HONG KONG, Fri.— lt Is going to be a busman's holiday for Mr D. W. MacKintosh who sailed for England on Feb. 24 after two and a half years as Hong Kong's Commissioner of Police. He is going right back In uniform for a conference of colonial police
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    P.M. HAS ULCER
    35 3 LONDON Fri.— The Prime Minister Mr. Attlee. is suffering from a duodenal ulcer and will require medical and dietetic treatment in hospital for two or three weeks, it was officially announced.— Reuter.
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    French Repulse Red Commando Attack
    164 3 SAIGON, Friday. /Mi.MM.WDOS from the Communist-dominated Vietminh forces attacked a French post and two fortified villages on the edge of the Tonkin delta last night, a French communique announced. The communique said the attack was repulsed in each case. It reported that the Communists' total
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    Newsprint: US Can Aid
    96 3 Newsprint: US Can Aid CAMBRIDGE. Fri. THE president of the National Union of Journalists suggested today the world newsprint shortage could be eased if American newspapers reduced their size. Speaking at the annual delegates meeting of the union, Mr. H. J. Bradley declared: "Newsprint is distributed Inequitably. The UJS. has
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    ALLEGED KILLER IN PERSIAN GAOL
    22 3 ABDULLAH Kastegar, alleged assassin of General Haji Razmara, Prime Minister of Persia in Teheran'a prison. A.P. picture.
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    EDITOR DECLARED FUGITIVE
    109 3 BUENOS AIRES. ARGENTINA, Frl. J)R. Albert Galnza Pas, editor of the Goremment seized independent newspaper La Prensa, was declared a fugitive from Justice yesterday. Police prevented him from leaving Argentina by plane on Wednesday. He was stopped as he tried to board a plane for Uruguay to
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    Deputies In 'Top Secret' Talks
    53 3 PARIS. Frl.— The Big Four deputies are holding a top secret session today In a bid to break the deadlock on an agenda for a Foreign Ministers' conference. Each deputy will be accompanied by only one aide and they are pledged not to make public
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    SIR A. MORSE
    29 3 HONG KONG, Fri.— The Portuguese Government yesterday conferred upon Sir Arthur Morse, chairman of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the Distinguished Order of Benemerencla. AP.
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    'RED SPRINGBOARD IS PLANNED IN ASIA'
    151 3 NEW DELHI, Friday. SINKIANG, in the heart of central Asia, is fast being prepared as a springboard of Communist strategy, Isa Yusuf Effendi Aliptakin, former secretary-general of the Sinkiang Government, said in New Delhi yesterday. I, Isa, who, since the Communist coup in Slnkiang
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    MONCKTON IN HONG KONG
    52 3 HONO KONG. Fri. The British barrister, Sir Walter Monckton, arrived in Hong Kong yesterday to take up the fight for 71 formerly Na-tionalist-owned airplanes. He Is retained by MajorGen. C. O Chennault. who claims the aircraft on behalf of C.A.T. The Chinese Communist Government also wants
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    WIVES BILL
    40 3 WASHINGTON, Pri.—President Truman signed the Bill today allowing racially ineligible wires of World War II veterans or servicemen to enter the United States during the next 12 months. The Bill is an extension of the previous law. UP.
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    Tin Talks Denied
    147 3 Tin Talks Denied WASHINGTON, Fri. DEPORTS that the international tin talks here had broken down were denied b y a diplomatic source last night. The talks, he said would continue today. Officials, however, were not optimistic that a satisfactory agreement would be reached. The conference wa* convened a week ago
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    W.H.O. SURVEY
    45 3 HONG KONG, Fri. Dr. Martha Eliot assistant Direc-tor-General of United Nations World Health Organisation arrived In Hong Kong yesterday from Saigon for a three-day Inspection visit. Dr Eliot will make surveys In Singapore and Manila before returning to Geneva on April 13..— A.P
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    TWO HAD GOLD UNDER VESTS
    60 3 CAIRO. Fri. EGYPTIAN police are investigating bow two Britons came to possess £11,000 worth of sold at Farouk airport on Wednesday The two men, both stewards aboard a BOAC airliner, are Bernard Pasche, of Eastbourne, and George Pilbrow. of Cambridgeshire. Customs officials found on each
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    G.B. SHAW LEAVES £300,000
    192 3 LONDON. Frl. fiEOROE Bernard Shaw died one of the richest playwrights of all time, his will disclosed today. He left part of his more than £300,000 estate to one of his favourite projects— an alphabet of 40 letters representing every sound In the English language. The
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    S'PORE, FED. PLAN WARON INFLATION
    207 4 $10 Mil Premium Bond Issue THE Singapore and Federation Governments are planning measures to combat inflation. The Federation Government intends to issue premium bonds for $10 million. A bill is being prepared for tabling at the Federal Legislative Council. The Singapore Government is also considering
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    ONLY 3 CARRIED KAVADIS
    160 4 JJOLIDAY makers in Singapore yesterday mingled with the Indian crowd in the Kaliamman Temple at Serangoon Road, to watch three Hindu devotees carrying kavadi during the Pongani Uttiram festival. The rites began early In the morning when, with handbells ringing and to the chanting of sacred
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    Fires Near, At Factory
    100 4 TWO fire engines on Thursday afternoon rushed out in response to an urgent call from the Aik Hoe Rubber Factory, scene of last year's bigeest fire in Singapore. The lallang near the factory had caught fire. While dealing it. another small fire broke out in one
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    SLEPT ON DUTY
    48 4 A young Malay special constable, Razali Ali bin Mohamed Noor. was sentenced by the Singapore Second Police Court Magistrate on Thursday to six weeks' imprisonment when he pleaded guiJty to sleeping on duty at Kallang Airport on March 15 while being armed with a rifle.
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    TAKE CUP TO PENANG
    83 4 SINGAPORE Y.W C.A. team competing at Penan; this weekend for the Malayan President's Cup, carried by Inspector Miss Mary Voon kneeling; in the centre. Some members of the badminton and netball teams are: Kneeling Misses Irene Oh, Jan Kew. Inspector Mary Voon with cup and mascot
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    5 Malays For USIS Radio
    86 4 MR Ahmad Hussein, a Straits Times reporter, is one of five Singapore Malays chosen to work as translators, announcers and commentators in the new Malay section of the Voice of America Radio Station in New York. The programmes will be beamed to Malaya. The others
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    Lola Made The Music Exciting
    413 4 OLA Bobesco's violin recital in the Victoria Memorial Hall, Singapore, on Thursday night was the most exciting concert of instrumental music that this music lover has had the fortune to attend in Singapore. The packed audience seemed also to find it so The evening was
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    NEW CHARTERED BANK PREMISES
    37 4 WORKMEN pictured yesterday breaking down the wall separating the present Chartered Bank building from its new extension. Gangs of workmen yesterday started to move furniture and fittings from the old building to pre-
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    Reports "Lifted" From Straits Times, Court Told
    569 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. rrHE chief reporter of the Malay Mail and one of his former reporters J- yesterday charged one another in the Kuala Lumpur Supreme Court with "lifting" stories from the Straits Times. The allegations were made during
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    HE STOLE SHOES
    27 4 Mohamed Tahir bin Abdullah, aged 24, was fined $50 or 14 days' gaol in Singapore for stealing a pair of shoes at Tyersall Camp.
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    More Co-ops For Fed
    103 4 From Our Staff Correspondent. KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. TiHE Federation Economic JL Secretary. Mr. O. A. Spenser, announced yesterday that at least 40 more retail :o-operatlve shops will be operating in the Federation 3y August. He said that in the first jhase of the co-operative scheme the
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    FINED $650
    41 4 For having 4 1/3 gallons of lutiable liquor and 36} lbs. of cigarettes, found in a koleh >ff Marine Parade. Singapore, 3hia Ah Kok. 39. was fined a otal of $650 In the Singapore rhird Police Court on Thursl9V
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    Stewart Loses Murder Appeal
    264 4 Stewart Loses Murder Appeal From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. npHE Federation, Court of Appeal yesterday dismissed an appeal by Bombardier John Stewart. 26. against his conviction for the murder of 21-year-old Eunice Tan. a waitress at Harmony Park in Tamoio last year. Stewart was sentenced to death by
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    Stole Camera: Is Gaoled
    61 4 From Our Own Correspondent. JOHORE BAHRU. Fri Bfdin bin Ahmad, a houseboy. was sentenced by the Sessions' Court on Thursday to one day's simple imprisonment and fined $150 or a further three months' imprisonment for theft of a camera, valued, at $857. from Captain Walsh Bidin
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    14 FINED $350
    25 4 For failing to observe the Weekly Holidays Ordinance. 14 Singapore shop-keepers were each fined $25 m the Third Police Court on Thursday.
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    Labourer Gaoled
    31 4 From Our Own Correspondent. JOHORE BAHRU. Fri Yahaya bin Yacob, a Singapore Harbour Board labourer, was gaoled for three months at Johore Bahru for havinc 19 nankpts nt chnnrlii
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    REFUSE MAO PLEA TO ATTLEE PLANNED
    175 4 120 Chinese associations and trade guilds in Singapore will be sending a cable to the British Prime Minister, Mr. Clement Attlee, on Monday urging the British Government to turn down the request of the Peking Government to send a mission to Malaya. The cable
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    Today's Radio SINGAPORE
    125 4 Today's Radio SINGAPORE 9 a.m. Reginald Dlxon at tlir; Theatre Organ; 9.15 'Housewive*' Choice"; 10 News; 10.10 "Sonus of the Prairie"; 10.30 "BBC. B:uul•tand": 11 "Variety Bandbox'; 11.30 "Paris Dances": 12 Malay; 1 p.m. Heiirc Alexander at the Capitol Hammond Orpan: 1.30 News; 1.50 Plantation Music 2 "Album of Harmony";
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    HOUSE, FACTORY PLAN PASSED
    247 5 HOUSE, FACTORY PLAN PASSED From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Fri. MR. James Griffiths, Secretary of State for the Colonies, disclosed in the House of Commons yesterday that the Malayan housing and factory scheme, together with the Malayan oil palm scheme have been approved. He said that a capital of £170,000
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    HINDU FESTIVAL CELEBRATIONS
    61 5 The Singapore Arya SamaJam will celebrate the Hlndufestival nf "Holi" today. The visiting Indian Socialist a .id former professor of the Kashi Vidya Pith. Benares. India. Mr. Satya Deo Shastri. will s,r>eak on "Arya civilization and culture." at a meeting organised by the Samaj in connection with
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    Move To Rid Colony Of Unhealthy Attap Shacks
    192 5 Move To Rid Colony Of Unhealthy Attap Shacks A TTAP-HOUSE dwellers, now living in insanitary conditions in the Colony, may soon be resettled in well laid out and drained model kampongs if Municipal Commissioners approve a proposal by the Attap Dwellings Committee of the Singapore Municipality. The committee will tell
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    ON SCHOLARSHIP
    40 5 Among the 102 passengers who sailed in the Carthage yesterday for London was Mrs. Edita Tseng, principal of the Overseas Chinese Middle School. Jesselton. Borneo. She is going to the London University on a three-month scholarship on education.
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    Rubber Men To Get 50 pc War Dividend
    123 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. War Damage Commission this week declared a 50 per cent Interim dividend on awards approved on rubber planting claims. Payment will be made in the next fortnight. There are about 30,000 claims in this category,
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    FLYING CLUB AID 'MUST CONTINUE'
    212 5 THE Royal Singapore Flying Club is to present to Government a memorandum giving the Club's position and its ability to serve the country. The Club's Committee will report to the annual meeting on Mar. 30 that the Club can continue on its present basis for
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    'THANK YOU' SAY YWCA
    53 5 Funds raised by the YWCA Finance Appeal this year amounted to $11,720, Miss Hazel McCrea, the general secretary of the Singapore Y.W.C.A. said yesterday. "We would like to say thank you to all the kind friends and well-wishers who have given us their support and encouragement,"
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    We Know Our Job Says These Seamen
    276 5 THE engineers of the 7252-ton steamer Bendoran are indignant over the criticism by the Associa tion of Engineers of the standard of junior engine- Second Engineer Cochrane. from Edinburgh. said "I served five years' apprentice- ship in Brown's and 18 months at sea
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    SHAVED IN TEMPLE
    32 5 SHAVED IN TEMPLE BABY SUSILA DEVI, a one-year-old child being taken to the priest in the Kaliamman Temple, Serangoon Road, for blessings after her first head-shave in the Temple. Straits Times picture.
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    3 Men Fly In To Talk On Wood
    124 5 TWO Governments and a traders' association will meet in Singapore on Tuesday to try and solve the problem of the shortage of charcoal, firewood and timber. Three Indonesian Government representatives will fly to Singapore on Monday to talk with Singapore Government representatives
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    Two New Societies In S.U.C.U.
    86 5 Two New Societies In S.U.C.U. rO more societies, the Singapore Government Officers' Co-operative Housing Society and the 8.0.D. Civilian Employees' Thrift and Loan Society, were admitted to the Singapore Urban Cooperative Union last year, bringing the membership to 17 societies. The Union's 1950 reports says that ten applications were received
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    MONEY GALORE
    28 5 Currency figures issued yesterday show that there was $684,399,749 worth of notes in circulation in Malaya on Mar. 1. This is $10,372,952 more han in February.
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    Felled Trees Block Traffic
    33 5 TRAFFIC was blocked for half a mile as workmen felled trees and cut them up into small pieces, in Paya Leb a r Road on Thursday. Straits Times picture.
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    Malaya Visit: No Red Request
    215 5 Ma lay a Visit: No Red Request T«HE Chinese Commu- nist Government has not asked the British Embassy in Peking lor permission to send a delegation to Malaya. Sir John Hutchison, retiring Charge d'Affaires In Peking, said this last night on arrival from Hong Kong. Sir John told the Straits
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    BIG SEND OFF
    32 5 The members of the Y.W. C.A, contingent going to Penang for the Malayan Y.W.C.A. Annual Easter Sports Carnival were given a big send off at the Carthage on Thursday.
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    JOHORE DOES NOT FORGET NON-MALAYS
    296 5 J^ON-MALAYS, who are Federal citizens, are given the same opportunities as the Malays in Johore to earn promotion for senior Government non-administrative appointments. This has been most noticeable, although under a General Order enforced since October 1, 1937, preference has to be given to Johore
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    The Medals Just Had To Wait...
    136 5 From Oar Own Correspondrnt JOHORE BAHRU, Fri. lUST before medals were to be presented to them for long service and gallantry, firemen of the Johore Bahru Fire Brigade were called to deal with a lallane fire at Jalan Nong Chik. They promptly put out
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    STABBED 4 TIMES
    25 5 From Our Staff Correspondent. PENANG, Fri. A Chinese was attacked by three others and stabbed four times in the back in Penang.
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    48 Women Police Want More To Join
    137 5 THE Singapore Women's Police Force, which is now two years old, will short! paign. It is understood that by the Government to inqui also consider the women's f The force, which started in 1949 with 20 recruits, is today 48 strong. Eight of
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    Singapore Diary
    73 5 CHINESE V.M.C.A.:. Selegie Road, body building. 4 p.m.: basketball, 5 p.m.; badminton, 5.30 p.m.; youth fellowship picnic, .8.30 p.m. GEYLANG STRAITS CHINESE M.YJF.. devotional meeting, Geylang Methodist Church, 6.30 p.m. V.M.C.A., Orchard Road, movie circle show, 8 p.m. TOMORROW. CHINESE V.M.C.A., Selegie Road, boy scout drill, a.m.; mouth
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    Trucks For Korea
    46 5 A large consignment of war equipment consigned to Kure, Japan, including trucks and tank trailers for the New Zealand Kay Force, fighting with the United Nations army in Korea, was yesterdiy unloaded from the Ben Lin? freighter Bendoran in Singapore to await transhipment
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      361 5 22. To drip in apathetic faStraits Times Crossword *$p.£i w (MMg (8) ij 24. Drink with game provide* I -S^tf IS 4 B H^ fl lis fun and amusement (4, 3. 8). HI PH HI HI DOWN ■"Ssl Ivfiss i-nYi^i ivmvi j He goats the shares of a trading association
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    ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
    25 6 WIDOW AND FAMILY of the lat«> Mr Koh Chin Joo thank all those who attended, sent wreaths, ■crolls and eU:., In their recent bereavement.
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    IN MEMORIAM
    50 6 P. O GEORGE MATHIAS PAMADASA, Senior Asst. Master. P K.I, killed throuRh enemy action In Malacca, 24th March, 1944. Hist in peace, noble martyr patriot Inserted by his sorrowing brothers P. G Michael G. MahtndHsa. M.B.E.. J.P.. P. O. Dennis Dartnadasa. and sister Mr c; C" Sen:iniiyake (Ceylon).
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Sat., Mar. 24, 1951. Mopping Up The Money
    929 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Sat., Mar. 24, 1951. Mopping Up The Money It would be easy to be cynical at the expense of the measures which the Federal Government proposes to take against inflation and the rising rost of living. It proposes a $10 million issue of premium bonds, made
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    Fifty Years Ago. THE MOUNTED BODYGUARD
    235 6 Fifty Years Ago. THE MOUNTED BODYGUARD (From the Straits Times of March 17-24, 1901) rjtHEIR Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York were to leave Portsmouth In the Ophir today Altogether the tour Is expected to last fully eight months The old Perak Sikh troops, now forming
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    25 6 Photograph by R.E. Holltum FERN PATTERN This picture of a fern (Teratophyllum) climbin* up a tree -trunk was taken in the forest at Fraser's Hill.
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    As I was Saying
    941 6  -  Cynicus —by— DORNEO and Green- land, which are at opposite Doles climatically if not geographically, are to share an unDleasant experience. Both are to be introduced to income tax. The Eskimos of Greenland, whose civilisation has always been simpler even than that of the headhunters. have
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    Singaporeana
    841 6 I WAS t.ckled by the story of Mr. Albert Lelah disembarking from the Sangola last Wednesday with fourteen earthenware jars, made of a special Indian clay, which he has brought to keep his drinking-water cool during hLs sojourn in Singapore; but his precaution also brought back memories of my
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    COMPULSORY PRICE-TAGGING IN S'PORE MARKETS
    261 7 COMPULSORY PRICE-TAGGING IN S'PORE MARKETS 2 Commissioners Want Rule Back PRICE-TAGGING may be made compulsory in Municipal markets even if no general pricetagging legislation is passed by the Singapore Government. The Government is understood to be considering such legislation but is faced with the problem of finding reliable staff to
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    153 7 GiKLS from the Koval house of Trengganu carry the 'mahar' or dowry for the bride to the Istana Selangor where It was received by the Sultan of Selangor. It was part of the 30-day royal wedding ceremony which started on Thursday between Tungku Beriah, daughter of the Sultan of Selangor.
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    26 7 DET. STAFF SGT. DASS. of the Singapore C.1.D.. looks for fingerprints on the railings of the counter at the Serangoon Road Post office. Straits Times picture.
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    BEDS' VICTIM FLIES HOME
    149 7 rKIPPLKI) by terrorist bullets in a Singapore battle last September. Polic- Constable Abdul Wahid bin buna. 2.!-\ear-old Malay, was comfortable in Malacca (ileneral llr.spitui last night after a flight by Dakota and helicopter from Singapore. He was reported to he "quite perky and free from any
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    HOLD THE COLA, SAY ACSU
    204 7 HOLD THE COLA, SAY ACSU FE Army Civil Service Union who hold that the X ol ItYlng allowance given Army civilian workers was "rnssly inadequate." has wrfttrn to the Command £< cretary requesting him to withhold payment t:> all monthly rated employees p: ndinu a satisfactory decirion between the employers
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    A BUSY DAY FOR LABOUR MAN
    75 7 Mr. C. R. Dasaratharaj. Labour Party candidate for the Rochore Ward seat in the coming elections will hold a series of public meetings tomorrow. The first meeting will be at 9 a.m. at Sturrock Roaa pudang. followed by other meetings at May Road. Tow.
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    SPAT: FINED $5
    25 7 Four Indians and a CMlnese were each fined $5 in the Sin gaporc Third Police Court on Thursday for spitting in public.
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    PLEADS GUILTY
    42 7 Pleading guilty to assisting in the running of a chap-ji-kee lottery at Bugis Street on March 17, Koh Kay Chee aged 22. was fined $250 or in default three months'" imprisonment by the Singapore Second Police Court Magistrate on Thursday
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    Seek Aid Of Tanglin Retailers
    205 7 Seek Aid Of Tanglin Retailers WOMEN members of the Tanglin branch of the Singapore Consumers' Association will soon visit shops in the area and seek the co-op-eration of retailers in the war against rising prices. Shopkeepers, who agree to co-operate, will be given emblems to display on their premises. These
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    STOLE MAHJONG
    33 7 Pleading guilty to stealing a mahjong set from an attap hut behind the Bukit Timah market, Singapore, Ng Seng Guan was fined $50 in the Singapore Fourth Police Court on Thursday.
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    STORE MOVE TO CURB BUILDING
    106 7 GOVERNMENT, the Services, the Municipality and the Improvement Trust are discussing ways and means to limit their respective building projects to the absolute minimum. i This will prevent the four parties from competing for available building materials and skilled labour which are :n short supply.
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    Will Fiy To Australia
    107 7 ONE hundred and thirtytwo German emigrants are to be flown from Berlin to Sydney early next month. The Germans, all of them skilled technicians, will work In Australia on the Snowy Mountains hydro-electric protect. They will travel by BOAC Yorks from Berlin to Singapore and by
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    HOME AGAIN
    31 7 Mr and Mrs. D. C. Rae. former Singapore municipal architect, left with his wife in the Mner Carthage yesterday for Britain. They have lived in Singapore for 27 years.
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    NEW ARCHDEACON
    22 7 The new Archdeacon of Singapore, the Yen. R. W. Woods, is expected to arrive by m id-April \ritfo nis wile
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    Easter Services
    303 7 CT. Andrew's Cathedral: Today— Memorial Service at Bidadari Cemetery, 5.30 pjn.nl Matins and Ante Communion, 7 a.m.; Evening prayer, 5.15 p.m. Tomorrow: Holy Communion, 6 and 7 ajn.; Choral Eucharist, 8.15 a.m.; Mattins 10.30 a.m.; Holy Communion again, 11.30 ajn.: Children's Service, 4 pjn.; Evensong 5.30 pjn. Seventh-day
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    Court Told Of $40 In Envelope
    140 7 CONTINUOUS visas were difficult to obtain, security screenings were needed and an application usually took three weeks before it could be approved, said Mr. J. L. J. Haxworth, Controller of Immigration, Singapore, in tv ie First District Cou r on ihursd- j Mr. l.i::\vorth
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    POLITICS ON A FOOTBALL FIELD
    37 7 Mr. N. G. Nair, Labour Party candidate for Seletar In the Singapore Legislative Council elections will address an election meeting at 5 p.m. today at the football field at 15th mile, Seletar.
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    16,000 Take Part In Candle Service
    248 7 THE brilliant glow from thousands of candles lit up the walls of St. Joseph's Church in Victoria Street last night as 16,000 people packed the church compound to take part in the annual Good Friday candlelight procession. Observers said this was the biggest procession
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    CHEAT GETS SIX MONTHS' GAOL
    65 7 Tan King Liang was sentenced to six months' imprisonment to be followed by a year of police supervision in the Singapore Second Police Court on Thursday. Tan was convicted on tnree charges of cheating Koh Liang Khoon of $70 in January by falsely representing to
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    MORE IDEAL GIRL' ENTRANTS
    134 7 MRS. SHEELA NAIDU, a typist at Donaldson and Burkinshaw. riNTRIES for the SinE* X a Pore Junior Chamber of Commerce Ideal Working Girl contest, to be held at Raffles Hotel on April 5, will be accepted until Wednesday. The Junior Chamber of Commerce committee has made
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    'Will Sting All S'pore Diehards
    162 7 'Will Sting All S'pore Diehards MRS Robert Eu, the Progressive Party Municipal Commissioner for West Ward, speaking at an election meeting at Geylang, described Mr. John Laycock as a bee which will "sting all he diehards of Singapore who think this Colony cannot look after itself." Mr. Laycock's emblem for
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    Robbers Hold Up Post Office
    221 7 Robbers Hold Up Post Office pOUR armed men held up the Serangoon Road Post Office. Singapore, on Thursday morning, took cash and postage stamps worth $1,000, and set flre to documents before leaving. The post office staff living above the offlc2 were herded into an ante-room which was guarded by
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    THEY REPORT A GOOD YEAR
    119 7 A gain of $2,001 in subscriptions for last year, was re, corded by the Customs and Excise Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society, states the Society's annual report for 1950. Total subscriptions received, last year amounted to $12,762. as compared with $10,761 for 1949. the report
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    DEATH
    62 7 TAN— TAN KIM CHENO age 87 years passed away peacefully at his residence No. 535A Buklt Timah Road on 23. 3. 51 at 6.45 p.m. leaving behind his beloved wife, 6 sons, 6 daughters. 3 daughters-in-law, 3 sons-in-law, and 10 grandchildren. Funeral on Sunday the 25th at 11 a.m.
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    THE WORLD EYES IRAN'S OIL
    939 8  -  CYNTHIA LOWRY By IRAN, an oil barrel with smouldering fuse attached, sits exposed on the great three-way bridge the Middle East— linking Europe, Asia and Africa. Once as Persia, she was a storied land of Cyrus, Xerxes, Genghis Khan, of gold and incense and rich
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    'Ike' & 'Monty': Two Great Commanders
    1060 8  - 'Ike' 'Monty': Two Great Commanders LIEUT-GEN. SIR BRIAN HORROCKS B > i AN March 31, 1943 when my corps waj probing the German am Italian positions on th< Wadi Akarit In Nortt Africa, I received a wireless message to repori immediately to Tactical These Men Again Lead The Armies Of
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    POLTCE CAREER MENACED BY THE CALL-UP
    212 9 i RECENT letter from "Small Fry" of Klang, headed ■Call-Up Grudge/ 1 found me in complete agree1 i am keen to serve in the police. I hope one day to be a Police Inspector. But at the moment I am in great srsnenso for
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    SATURDAY FORUM
    19 9 GwiNG Mtt VvAY. I Singapore's iwo political parties differed on pan-Malayanism in their broadcasts last Monday night.)
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    JOHORE ROYAL ALLOWANCES
    118 9 IT wns reported in the Straits Tivnes of March 15. on the ■übjeet of Royal allowances Jn the Johore Council of Btate meeting that Captain Hussein bin Onn said "$700,000 Was anniiaiiv being paid out Jn political allowances." Capt Hussein did not actV i: make this statement:
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    INELIGIBLE TO SIT ON A JURY
    117 9 IWAS cinvic ed of an onence rrany, many \ears ar.o. I fined mv prison sentence and paid my ri tn to .society. The oth^r day I was called t< serve as a juror in the Assizes. 'A hen it was duscotued that 1 was
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    COCONUT-OIL KINGS AND OFFICIALS
    213 9 COCONUT-OIL KINGS AND OFFICIALS OUR Economic Attairs officials are blowing their heads off over their "agreement" with the coconut-oil kings. WilJ they explain why this commodity should sell at $1.25 per bottle and a coconut at 30 cents when the pre-war prices were 10 and three cents res- pectively? Coconuts
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    WHERE TO REPORT
    95 9 I SAW in the Straits Times a few days aeo that the Government had fixed the price of coconut cooking oil at $1.25 a bottle. Today 1 sent my maidservant to buy a bottle of oil She cacne back and told me that she had gone to
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    Communal Vote?
    293 9 IT is indeed a great pity that in a cosmopolitan city men who profess to be political and trade union leaders should en- courage and even take an active part in communalism. I refer to the election of l the President of the Army Civil Service Union. Mr.
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    CATTLE, FLIES AND FILTH
    90 9 SURELY it is a confession of incompetence to admit that nothing has been accomplished by the Municipal Health authorities since 1948 in cleaning out the plague spots in and around Ceylon Road, Katong, where cattle, flies filth. schoolchildren, householders and food sellers are inextricably mingled? The
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    Two Parties And The Common Man
    273 9 MR. J. M Mani, in his letter headed "What's wrong with Singapore's political parties?" in last Saturdays Forum, is apparently contemptuous I of the pledge made by the Progressive and Labour j Parties to champion the cause of the common man If these parties
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    DEEP POTHOLES IN TELUK ANSON
    118 9 THE approach road to the General Post Office at Teluk Anson is in a most deplorable condition. There are pools of water and deep potholes; stones stick up all over the place. This road makes a striking contrast to the fine approach road maintained by
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    GEN. DUNLOP, COMMISSIONER OF POLICE?
    84 9 l IT would appear from j Press reports that j General Dunlop is to some extent regretting having to retire from his work in Malaya. < I gather also that the present Commissioner of Police, Singapore, is on a 12-month tour only. Taking these and
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    LABOUR AND TWO INDIANS
    208 9 IT was reported in Monday's j newspapers that two visit- i ing Socialists from India took i part in an election meeting j of the Labour Party of Sing- j apore at Farrer Park. The Labour Party no doubti thought it advantageous to use the Indian
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    Estate Jobs For Local Lads
    228 9 Estate Jobs For Local Lads I WAS very pleased to read your leader of March 17 headed "The Estate N.C.0.", but I|l should like to point outf something which I am afraid you omitted. While welcoming the idea of urging estate companies to give better salaries and terms of service
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    English-Hungry On Pulau Tekong
    104 9 IAM writing for the enthusiastic youths of Pulau Tekong. They are anxious to learn English, but their enthusiasm is hampered by the lack of qualified tutors who can give private tuition. Pulau Tekong. opposite Changi Point is a neighbourIng island of Singapore. It has a population
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    India-Bound Sailings
    46 9 IT would be much appreciated by the Indian public if the Agent of the Government of India were, kind enough to send a representative to watch the Indiabound sailings from Port Swettenham. Many travellers are undergoing untold difficulties before getting aboard. N.B. Kuala Lumpur.
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    Footpath Cyclists
    60 9 ""PUBLIC Safety's" letter in i last Saturday's Forum, on the subject of the construction of new five-foot ways, makes me wonder whether something cannot be done to prevent their use as cydle tracks. On the path In Orchard Road, for instance, from the police station to the end
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    Five Doctors Only
    179 9 j IT is a disgrace to the practising body of medical men in the Federation that, of about 60 doctors approached for help by the St. John's Ambulance Association, only ive have seen their way to v?lp this humanitarian body.! Sir, there has alway? been a hue
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    F.P.A. HOURS AT THE K.K. CLINIC
    132 9 WISHING to take my ayah to the Family Planning Association at the Kandang Kerbau Hospital. I Inquired from the Hospital the times and day when the Clinic was open I was given the wrong day and the wrong hours, as I noticed afterwards on
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    THE VOICE OF BRITAIN'S COMPETITORS
    300 9 THE VOICE OF BRITAIN'S COMPETITORS MAY I elaborate on what a recent correspondent wrote about bad 8.F.E.8.5. reception on the Malayan mainland? It is true that the four frequencies operated by the 8.F.E.8.5. are meant to cover countries in the Far East other than Malaya, but let me tabulate the
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    THE MEMBER FOR EDUCATION
    106 9 pERAK UMNO has raised a j storm over the appolnti ment of Dato Thurais'ngham as Member for Education. With the Dato as Member for Education. I. a Chinese. 1 can expect a square deal for I my educational rights. I could not expect that if the
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    THE B.F.E.B.S. REPLY AMAZES HIM
    313 9 THE B.F.E.B.S. REPLY AMAZES HIM THE Head of the 8.F.E.8.5., Singapore, last Saturday replied to my recent letter (about unsatisfactory reception of all lour \vavelen«ihs of the said 8F.E.8.5. in Malaya i to ihe efTcc-t that, in accordance with the orovisions of our licences with ihe Governments of the Federation
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    STOCKS
    315 10 LONDON. FrL THE London Stock Exchange approached the Easter holiday in cheerful mood yesterday: An upward movement In British Government funds spread to firstclass Industrials and Oils and galng were fairly well maintained despite small turn-over. Rubbers and Tins h?ld steady says Reuter. Te market, which is closed today,
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    Moderate Buying
    254 10 From A Market Correspondent AFTER opening steady the Singapore rubber market on Thursday saw business done on a moderate scale at $2.20 a lb. for first-grade April shipment. The price dropped towards noon to $2. 15 ft at which level there was a fair amount of buying support,
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    The Produce Market
    153 10 rPHE copra section of the Singa- pore produce market opened erratic on Thursday with buyers at $57, rising to $67% a picul. Some business was done at that level. Later, bids wtre raised to $67%, with further buyers at that price. The market closed easier. Pepper price
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    H.K. DOLLAR EXCHANGE RATES
    68 10 HCNG KONO, FTi. pREE market currency exchange for Hong Kong dollars was quoted at the close on Thursday as follows: US$l HK56.005 (cash); HKs6.o4^ (T); £1 HK$l53O; one tael of gold HKS3O4 4.— DP. npHE Malayan Exchange Banks Association announced on Thursday that free market currency
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    High Tin Dividends Mirror Earnings
    258 10 OECENT Tin company dividends iv illustrate the high level of current earnings of the producing companies, says The Financial Times. For Instance, Siamese Tin Syndidlcate has declared a further interim of 50 per cent, making a total of 75 per cent, against 25 per cent,
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    Malayan Shares Steady Closure
    142 10 Malayan Shares Steady Closure THE Malayan share market closed for the holidays on a very steady note. Prices showed slight improvements in all sections. The market will re-open on Tuesday. Quotations announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association on Thursday were: •OiOVSTKIALS Ord» 3.35 lenry Waugh 2 45 Steamship 18.50 Itraiu
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    LEWIS & PEAT REPORT
    156 10 LEWIS PEAT REPORT r THE week In the Singapore rubber market opened featureless, with a sagging tendency, and business was limited, says Lewis tt Peat's market report, Issued on Thursday. On Wednesday, however, the market Improved on good inquiries by American manufacturers for remilled grades at a higher price. Also,
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    RUBBER CROPS
    38 10 TjTVATT <fc Company announce the following February rubber crops, in lbs.: Brunei Utd. Plant. 26,000 Changkat Serdang Bat. 36,200 Chermang Development 158,000 Indragiri 58,220 Lunas Est. 66,000 Nyalas Est. 38.000 Rlveriew Est. 180.000 Tapah Est. 73,964
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    U.S. CAN WIN THOMAS CUP'
    514 11 U.S. CAN WIN THOMAS CUP' Alston Reviews Prospects By AL WIESE, U.P. Sports Writer SAN DIEGO, Friday. JOE ALSTON, the United States' second-ranking badminton player, believes that America has a good chance to win the Thomas Cup in 1952, but that it all depends on the doubles matches. The Thomas
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    UK SOCCER RESULTS
    199 11 LONDON, Frl. THE results of U.K. League Soccer matches played today are> FIRST DIVISION Arsenal 0 Portsmouth 1 Blackpool 2 Bolton 0 Burnley 2 Chelsea 1 Fulnam Tottenham 1 Liverpool 1 Charlton 0 Manchester V. 2 Derby 0 Middlesbrough 1 Stoke 0 Newcastle 2 Sunderland 2 1
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    Rain Likely To Delay Test Start
    129 11 WELLINGTON. Fri. PROSPECTS of play in the MMOi cricket Test between New Zealand and England, due to begin here tomorrow, are remote. Apart from one brief period this morning, rain which be;^*n last night continued throughout today. The pitch is completely covered but the
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    Suradi Takes 5-Mile Title
    161 11 I] THERE were oal»- minor spills on 1 a sandy grass track at the cycle sprint races organised by the Sinsapore Cycle Racing AssociaCon at Hong Lim Green >esterday. Only one event the five miles novice;- race was decided. The race was won by Suradl bin
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    4 GOALS BY COLLISHAW
    79 11 H.Q 32 Coy R.A.M.C. inflicted a six-nil defeat on Cosmos S.C. in a S.A F.A. Div. 3 League match played at Geylang stadium yesterday. Cosmos held their opponents to one goal in the first half. Collishaw scoring. In the second half Collishaw scored another three goals
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    LIANG KHENG 100 NOT OUT
    85 11 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG. Frl. PENANG Chinese were In a commanding position in their cricket match against the Perak Chinese here today, scoring 173 pans for the loss of four wickeU at close of play. The Penang Chinese opening batsman Tai Liang Kheng batted
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    All-Malayan Chess Starts
    184 11 'THE 1951 Malayan chess championship tournament which started at ihe Singapore V.M.C.A. Orchard Road Singapore yesterday, saw many hard-fought games. The first two rounds were played yesterday and resulted in Charlie Lim and Tay Cheong Ann sharing the lead with two wins each. Dr. Lim Kok Ann
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    Malay Tennis Meet Opens With Upset
    293 11 By A Special Correspondent. KUALA LUMPUR, Frl. pOMBININQ well and attacking accurately. Mohamed bin Ismail and Ibrahim bin Salleh of Trengcreated a mild surprise this morning in the first post-war All Malayan Malays tennis championships when they beat seeded pair Abdullah Llncha and Mohamed
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    Only-Goal Victory For R.E.M.E.
    331 11 IN THEIR second match of the season R.E.M.E. scored a one-nil victory over the Indian Recreation Club in a S F.A. Senior Division fixture at Jalan Besar i stadium on Thursday. The Indians were unlucky to lose as they had more of the game but their
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    Sports Diary
    126 11 SOtttft: I>iv. 1: Rovers v AMsers at lUdium: Div. Z: S.H.B. v RAF Tengah at Geylang; Div. IB: P.*T. v CYMA at CYMA; Services Lge.: GHQ Sigs. v R.E.M.E. CRICKET: Chinese v Police at Thomson Road; Malayan Sinhalese v Spore Sinhalese at Woodsville, 11 a.m.; Ceylon S.C. II
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    Farr Knocked Out
    62 11 Farr Knocked Out PORTH. Wales Fri. Tommy Farr 37-year-old' former heavyweight champion of Britain, was knocked out in the second round of a scheduled 10-round fight by Yorkshireman Frank Bell here on Wednesday. Farr attempting a comeback, was outpointing the 24-year-old Bell when he walked Into a
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    JOLLILADS A.U.
    31 11 The first monthly committee meeting of the Jollilads A.U. will be held at the residence of Mr. A. K. Isaac (President) No. 13 Chancery Lane, at 7 p.m. today.
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    Sembawang Win 2-1
    167 11 A LATE goal toy Russell, right wing for R.N.A.S. Sembawang, gave his side a narrow but deserved two-one victory over R.A.P. Seletar in a United Services Football Leag-Je game played at Sembawang on Thursday afternoon. Sembawang opened the scoring midway through the first hall when centre forward
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    SINGAPORE TIDES
    26 11 TODAY: 11 26 a.m. (9.3), 11.49 p.m. (8-7); 5.16 a.m. (2ft.), 5.42 p.m. (lft). TOMORROW: 12.03 p.m. (9.4); 5.47 am. (1.2), 6.11 p.m. (1.3).
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    CRICKET TEAMS FOR WEEKEND
    560 11 •CXJLLOWING are weekend cricket Umpire: Cpl. Jones. Scorer: AC r teams- Marshall. R.A.F. SELETAR CEYLON S.C. Second XI v R.A.M.C. at Seletar Against R.A.F. Changl 2nd XI at p.m. today: Sgt. Batchelor at Balestier today at M 5: Dr. T. (Capt.), P Sgt. Jefferys, Sgt. Batosingam
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    DERBY
    703 12 Prince Charming Best Outsider From EPSOM JEEP IPOH, Friday. ILTITH champion stayer Four O'Clock II out of the race, there seems to be little doubt that Toboggan and J'avance are the outstanding pair in the $30,000-Derby (Race 5) over a gruelling distance of Hrn. at Ipoh tomorrow, concluding day
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    Today's Race Card
    1246 12 I Today's race card (Bi g Sweep Race 9) is: a Race 1—2.00: Class 1. Div. 3—6 Furs. 1 042 Allworth Bagby 9.00 "Aladdin Dragon Kongsi Lewis 2 443 Brownsbay i J. Donnelly 8.13 Capt. H. F. Bloxham H. Sleigh 3 000 Ballroom 8.12 "Shaw Yang Stable"
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    BETTING FOR THE SPRING DOUBLE
    175 12 LONDON, Fri. JLJA3KED Light remained favourite for the Lincolnshire Handicap in spite of strong support for the French bred and trained Astromonte when the cards were called owr at the Victoria Club, London last night on the Lincolnshire Handicap and the Grand National. Astromonte, Seconds
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    Ladies Flame To Keep On Winning
    749 12 From EPSOM JEEP JADIEs FLAME goes from strength t^strYngth. l Peedy f ur -year-old Irish-bred chestnut fini P Hi J/ Cr PI T IOUS nmn Performances with a fine display of speed up the straight course on Wednesday. Once she hit the front the
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    154 12 EPSOM JEEP CALL BOY POINTER RACE 1 2.00 RACE 2.35 RACE 3 3.10 RACE 4 3.45 RACE 5 4.30 RACE 6 5.00 RACE 7 5.30 RACE 8 6.00 RACE 9 6.30 BKOUNSBAY Cabaret Silver Sequin GRECIAN PRINCE El-Toro Coastguaid URSfS Result Astute Monarch LUCIFER Belgium Dendrite TOBOGGAN
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    Penang Lose 9 For 83 v Perak
    342 12 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Friday. DENANG had lost nine wickets for 83 runs at lunch today, opening day of the inter-State cricket match against Perak on the Ipoh padang. Heavy rain live minutes before the resumption washed out play in the afternoon.
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