The Straits Times, 29 March 1951

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    19 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1951. if PRICE TEN CENTS.
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    PLAN TO AMEND CITIZENSHIP LAW IN FED.
    805 1 Rights For More: No Written Test From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. ABOUT 200,000 people resident in Malaya for many years will be eligible for citizenship if a Bill to be introduced at the next meeting of the Federal Legislative Council is
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    SPY CASE: CALL FOR DEATH SENTENCE
    102 1 SPY CASE: CALL FOR DEATH SENTENCE NEW YORK, Wed. THE U.S. Government has completed its case against three Americans charged with spying out atom secrets for Russia and the jury will begin deliberations in the nation's first atomic spy trial. Mr. and Mrs. Julius Rosenberg and Morton Sobell are charged
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    VICE-CONSUL ACCUSED
    40 1 WASHINGTON. Wed. A former U.S. Vice-Consul at Hong Kong. John Wayn c Williams, aged 25, faced possible criminal prosecution today after it was reported he confessed to accepting US$lO,OOO in bribes to speed up visas for Chinese.— A.P.
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    Six Months More For Over 45's
    104 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A NOTHER s i x months' grace is being given to persons older than 45 who have lived in the Federation for more than 20 years and wish to apply for Federal citizensnip but cannot speak Malay or English. Under the
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    6 Nations In Air Test
    73 1 LONDON. Wed AIRCRAFT of six nations will test the defences of Western Europe with largescale manoeuvres in two or three months, a spokesman of Webtern Union said in London today. Planes of the British. Belgian Danish. French. Netherlands and United States Air Force s will
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    NEW KILLER PLOT IN IRAN
    64 1 TEHERAN, Wed.— A police source said today that nine members of the Fedayan Islam group have been arrested on charges of having plotted to assassinate Hussein Ala. A man told the police that a member of the Fedayan Islam had been nominated to shoot the
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    DYING WARNING FAILED
    184 1 DYING WARNING FAILED From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Wed. A WARNING by a woman 1 bandit did not help a bandit gang to escape a police ambush at Grik yesterday Four bandits were killed a fifth captured and the sixth probably wounded. The police took up ambush positions round a
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    FOUR SEAMEN MISSING
    49 1 DAR-ES-SALAAM. Tanganyika, Wed. Four seamen were today missing after abandoning the Norwegian motor vessel Slommostad (4.295-tons) which caught fire 10 miles from here yesterday. The ship was still burning today. There were no passengers on the ship which belongs to the Scandinavian East African Line. Reuter.
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    Nehru Rebukes MacArthur
    252 1 NEW DELHI, Wednesday. Jtfß. Nehru attacked General Mac Arthur, amid cheers of Parliament, today for entering the political arena with his recent "peace" offer to the Chinese Communists. In a foreign affairs address Mr. Nehru said that a "new development has taken place. It Is rather remarkable
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    ONE TURK GETS HIS DELIGHT
    41 1 KOREAN FRONT, Wed. CAKES fresh from the oven in Istanbul graced the frontline meal in a Korean valley today because ji Turkish housewife wanted to prove to her soldier husband that her cooking was improving. Reuter-AAP.
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    Don't Arm Japs, Says Chifley
    128 1 Don't Arm Japs, Says Chifley SYDNEY, Wed. MR. Joseph Chifley, Labour leader, today pledged the Labour Party firmly to oppose Japanese rearmament, when he opened the campaign for Australia's special election. Mr. Chifley criticized the Menzies-Fadden Government's policy of all-out cooperation with the United States. He denounced the Government's anti-Communist
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    TWO BRITONS ACCUSED
    31 1 MOSCOW. Wed.— The newspaper. Evening Moscow, today accused two British officers ■of trying to steal a bronze statue of Venus from the lobby of a local hotel.— U.P.
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    GOLDEN FLEECE
    28 1 SYDNEY, Wed —Working a 40-hour week and shearing 1,000 sheep is earning £75 a week for some shearers at Moree, In Northern New South Wales. -Reuter-AAP.
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    Grandpa Went Too
    24 1 SYDNEY, Wed. Australia's first permanent theatre for children, opened at North Sydney, drew three-year-old's and grandfathers to the first performance.— Reuter.
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    Don't Whitewash Nazis—Shawcross
    161 1 Don 't Whitewash Nazis Shawcross LONDON, Wednesday. £IR Hartley Shawcross, Attorney-General and chief British prosecutor at the Nuremberg war crime trials, sa^d today it would be a mistake to •whitewash" Nazi war criminals because they were opposed to Communism. Nothing could do a greater disservice to the Western cause at
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    IT REALLY IS HOTTER
    63 1 TCOR six days Singapore F has had an average maximum temperature of 90 degrees. Yesterday was a let-up, with a maximum of 87. The highest maximum temperature for last year. 92 degrees, was beaten on Mar. 4 when 92.2 degrees was registered. The highest maximum temperature
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    102 PLANES IN SEA SEARCH
    130 1 nations fruitlessly combed the Atlantic yesterday for a transport plane missing since Good Friday with 53 aboard. LONDON, Wed. OLANES and ships of two nations fruitlessly combed the Atlantic yesterday for a transport plane missing since Good Friday with 53 aboard. U.S. Navy Headquarter* In
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    TIBET RULER TO RETURN
    116 1 KALIMPONG. India. Wed. > The 16-year-old Dalai Lama of Tibet may soon return to his capital. Lhasa, say reports from Yatung. his provisional headquarters. The young ruler is said to have assurances from the Chinese Communist regime in Peking guaranteeing internal autonomy for Tibet. The Dalai
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    AIRLINES CASE
    43 1 HONG KONG, Wed— Chief Justice Sir Gerald Howe today reserved judgment in the Hong Kong airlines case after the British barrister Sir Walter Monckton ended his submission in the Supreme Court for C.A.T.'s claim for the ownership of 40 planes.— U.P.
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    PEACE OFFER TO RED CHINA IS LIKELY
    300 1 PEACE OFFER TO RED CHINA IS LIKELY NEW YORK, Wednesday. WHILE British Foreign Office officials in London said yesterday that United Nations governments with forces in Korea were considering a new offer to Red China to negotiate a settlement, Mr. Nasrollah Entezam, of Iran, chairman of the Good Offices Committee
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    BRITISH SOLDIERS 'GO EAST'
    37 1 LONDON, Wed.— Tass. So»iet official news agency, reported from Berlin today that four British soldiers of the Manchester Regiment had crossed into East Germany and asked for asylum. Reuter. (Soldier returns P. 2.)
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    S. Koreans Six Miles Over 38th
    157 1 TOKYO Wed. SOUTH Korean troops seized Yangyang In the east coast sector and plunged six miles north of the 38th Parallel against withdrawing North Korean Communists who showed little disposition to fight. The ROK's apparently are spreading out on the whole east coast basin
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    SMALLER STILL
    23 1 JAKARTA, Wed. Indonesia's newspapers will be cut from two sheets four pages dally to one sheet two pages from Sunday. Reuter.
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    Ford Sold Ferguson Tractor —Court Is Told
    219 2 Ford Sold Ferguson Tractor Court Is Told NEW YORK, Wed. COUNSEL for Mr. Harry Ferguson alleged yesterday that the Ford Motor Company had been selling the tractor designed by Mr. Ferguson since 1947. He said the only changes were new paint, name plate and model number. Mr. Richard Wolfe, for
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    It's 'Walkie-Peekie'Now
    60 2 It's 'WalkiePeekie'Now NEW YORK, Wed. The "Walkie-Peekie," a new portable television camera and transmitting station, by which commanders behind the lines will be able to see their frontline troops, has been invented by the Radio Corporation of America. The new one-man device Is battery-operated and able to send sight and
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    ATM ABBEY
    42 2 THE KING and Queen, with Princess »i.u^a. arriving for the Maundy Thursday service at Westminster Abbey last week. At this service the King makes gifts of money to as many "deserving poor" as the years of his age. A.P. picture.
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    HUKS 'GUNNING' FOR AMERICANS
    214 2 MANILA, Wednesday. fOMMUNIST Hukbalahap "fanatics" are apparent. ly "lunning" for Americans in a bid to discredit the Philippine Government, the National Defence Secretary, Mr. Ramon Magsaysay, said today as he directed army pursuit of a band which raided the Acoje Chrome Mine in Zambales on Monday
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      She Keeps 2,000,000 Bees For Arthritics
      198 2 She Keeps 2,000,000 Bees For Arthritics MRS. Julia Owen, believed to be the only beeua venom specialist in Britain, keeps 2,000,000 bees which she uses to treat arthritis cases. The bees, of a special type, are kept in darkened aircooled rooms. They are fed on a secret diet of honey
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      SECOND PERSIAN POLITICIAN SHOT
      27 2 DR. ABDUL Hanid Zangeneh, former Persian Minister of Education, who was fatally wounded a few days after the Premier was killed.— A.P. picture.
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    DIPLOMAT ACCEPTED AS CANDIDATE
    137 2 SYDNEY, Wed. DR. John Burton, Australian High Commissioner in Ceylon, who left his post to flght in the coming general elections, received Australian Labour Party endorsement as a candidate last night. The External Affairs Minister. Mr. Percy Spender, had described Dr. Burton's action in leaving Ceylon
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    CEYLON NOW HAS A NEW FUG
    65 2 Frm Our Own Correspondent COLOMBO, Wed. TEYLON now has a new national flag— the lion emblem with two broad stripes of saffron and green at the pole end of the flag. Parliament accepted the new design by 51 votes to 21, with eight abstentions.
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    HE HAD ENOUGH OF REDS
    147 2 BERLIN, Wed. COMEWHAT gaunt and a great deal disillusioned Corporal John Waller of the British 91st Supply Depot in Berlin, surrendered to the British authorities in West Berlin last night and said he had had enough. Waller deserted in May 26, last year and was
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    Argentina's Claim-Stunt
    72 2 WASHINGTON, Wed. f)AVID LILIENTHAL today laughed off Argentina's atomic claims as a "publicity" stunt. A reporter alluded to the claims that Argentine scientists have produced energy from controlled thermonuclear reactions and asked: "Is there the slightest chance that Argentina has anything there?" "Less than that," Llllenthal replied and
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    JAPS REFLOAT WHALER
    45 2 TOKYO, Wed.— A Japanese salvage company has refloated the 22,000-ton whaler No. 3 Tonan Maru off Truk Island in the Pacific. The ship was sunk by Allied air action during the war when she was being used M a troop transport. ReuUrAAP.
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    AUTUMN'
    222 3 Marshall Warns The Allies WASHINGTON, Wednesday. T*HE United States Secretary of Defence, Mr. George Marshall, said yesterday that the world situation is more serious than it was last November, when the Allies were shocked by costly reverses in Korea. He did not go into details, but made it clear
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    28 3 MISS BFKLIX" is Carin von Kuenheim (centre) voted ttir best in a recent contest in the German capital. Second was Heidi Polz (left) and third Ingeborg RencltJohannsen (right).
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    Talks On Tin Control Fail
    221 3 LONDON, Wednesday. f ONDON tin experts believed today that the International Tin Conference, which has been meeting in Washington since March 14, would have to announce it had failed to find a basis for in international allocation system or for fixed prices. Taey said the
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    RUSSIANS WORK CHINA MINE
    51 3 TAIPEH Wed.-The Chill si' Communists have turner! over a former Japanese mineral mine in Tsingtao to I the China Union I aid today. Thf. agency reported that 100 Russian engineers and technicians are now excavating minerals in Chang Tien suburban mining town ■even miles outside Tsingtao.
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    3 Generals Released
    72 3 BRUSSELS. Wed. Gen. Von Falkenhausen. wartime German military governor of Belgium and Northern Frarce. recently sentenced to 12 years' hard labour for war crimes by a Belgian military court, was released from prison today. Gen. Egert Aegber, head of the German Civil Administration in Belgium during the
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    RUBBER BOSS 'WAS IGNORED'
    144 3 WASHINGTON. Wed MR. William O'Neil. President of the General Tyre and Rubber Company, said yesterday that he has a lowcost process that would solve the synthetic rubber shortage —but. he cannot get the Government to agree to use it. He told a Senate business committee that
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    BBC May Cut Overseas Newsservice
    173 3 BBC May Cut Overseas Newsservice LONDON, Wed. rpHE British Broadcasting X Corporation is struggling to maintain Its vast overseas network of news broadcasts In the face of a reduced Government grant. "We cannot say whether there will have to be a cut in our overseas programmes." a spokesman said yesterday.
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    A DONOR
    42 3 MR. HILARY MARQUAND, Minister of Health, gave twothirds of a pint of his blood at University College Hospital, London. "I have no right to ask people to donate their blood unless I hare riven some myself," he said. A.P. picture.
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    FREAK CALF
    27 3 COLOMBO, Wee— A freak calf with three eyes and four nostrils has been born in a village about 10 miles from Matara, southern Ceylon. Reuter.
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    Soviet—E. German Treaty 'This Year'
    179 3 Soviet E. German Treaty 'This Year' BERLIN, Wednesday. OUSSIA has assured East Germany that she will 1V sign a peace treaty with the Communist-domi-nated government this year, an East German official said yesterday. He said Russia believes Gernany's partition will continue for the foreseeable future because there is no hope
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    £398,000,000 FOR HEALTH SERVICE
    33 3 LONDON. Wed. BRITAIN'S State Health Service will cost £398,000,000 in the next 12 months. This is an increase of over £5,000,000 on the current year ending March. 31. Reuter.
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    COMMON DEFENCE
    28 3 WASHINGTON, Wed. Canada and the United States, in an exchange of notes, agreed yesterday on joint planning for civil defence "as If no border existed." Reuter.
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    ARMY RUNNING RUMANIA OIL
    58 3 BELGRADE, Wed. The Rumanian Army has taken over direct control and management of the country's oil fields, the richest in Europe, according to reports reaching here. This followed the dismissal of the Oil Minister, George Vasiliki and other Government officials after criticism of the industry's failure
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    World Population
    31 3 LAKE SUCCESS. Wed.— The world's population is increasing at a rate of one per cent, a year, and in 1949 reached 2.400.000.000, according to a United Nations survey.— AJ?.
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    ALL-NIGHT M.P. WITH PILLOW
    24 3 BUL NORMAN DODDS, Labour M.P., takes a pillow to Westminster as a precaution against all-night sittings of Parliament. AP. picture.
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    Fingertip Clue
    55 3 HYATTSVILLE Maryland, Wed. pRINCE George's county police yesterday had a fingertip, Instead of fingerprints, to help them find the burglar who broke into a supply company. The burglar failed to crack open a safe. When police officers made a search of the place for clues, they found the
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    IRAN DISORDERS WORRY BRITAIN
    136 3 LONDON, Wednesday. IONCERN was felt in Britain today that the strikes and disorders in Irianian oilfields might force the Iranian government to implement nationalisation of the rich Anglo-Iranian Oil Company holdings. Both Houses of the Iranian Parliament have approved legislation which would nationalise the oil industry,
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    STILL OUT
    31 3 PARIS, Wed. Strikers on the Paris bus and subway systems, who began the current French strike wave, were still holding out yesterday though most other strikes are ever. AP.
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    5 YEARS TO WAIT FOR HIS CAR
    56 3 LONDON, Wed. INFORMED that he had inherited £2,800, 12-year-old Richard Edmonds said I'd better put my name doion for a car." If he does, he will get the car when he is 17. There is a five-year waiting list for cars, because most
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    FRENCH KILL 45 REDS IN 1 DAY
    38 3 SAIGON. Wed. French Union forces killed 45 Vietminh, wounded three and took 13 prisoners in operations in Vietnam and the associated states of Laos and Cambodia, says yesterday's Army communique Reuter.
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    Abets Treaty Breakers'
    221 3 Abets Treaty Breakers' PARIS, Wed. T»HE United State* x yesterday accused Russia of creating world tension by allowing Bulgaria, Rumania and Hungary to violate their; peace treaties and sug-« Rested that the Big Four Foreign Ministers dis-« cuss these treaties. Speaking at the four-power deputy Foreign Ministers* meeting, the U.S.
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    U.S. ADDICTS INCREASED
    50 3 WASHINGTON. Wed. Illegal drugs are beng smuggled into the United States from Malta, Turkey, China and Japan, says the chief of the Treasury's Bureau of Narcotics, Mr. Harry J. Ansllnger. He told the Senate Crime Investigating Committee yesterday that drug addiction had been increasing since 1940.— Reuter.
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    CHINESE EXECUTE TWO GENERALS
    117 3 HONO KONG, Wed. 'pHE New China News agency announced last night that an undisclosed number of alleged "counter revolutionaries" were executed in Peking on Sunday. The announcement follows a report from Canton that 19 people faced a firing squad in the South China city on Monday.
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    'European Government Men Expect-And Get-Dirty Deal'
    330 4 'European Government Men Expect- And GetDirty Deal' From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. gEFORE the war European Government officers in Malaya knew they would get a square deal, but today they expected a dirty deal and, in many respects, got one, said an officer today, commenting on today's Straits
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    WELCOME TO MALAY SOLDIERS
    60 4 WELCOME TO MALAY SOLDIERS THE BRITISH ADVISER in Kelantan, Mr. M. C. fT Sheppard, congratulating Sgt. Darus, leader of a patrol of D Company. 3rd Battalion Malay Regiment, on its return to base at Gua Musing, Kelantan. Sgt. Darus and his men killed one bandit and wounded four others on
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    No S'pore Limit On Bank Drafts
    114 4 No S'pore Limit On Bank Drafts AS far as Malaya is concern- 1 ed, there is no restriction pi the transfer of money through banks to Commonwealth countries, an official of the Singapore Foreign Exchange Control told the Straits Times yesterday. The official was commentIng on the seizure by the
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    CURFEW IN SELANGOR
    76 4 Irom Our Stan* Correspondent. KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— A curfew from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. has been imposed in Selangor on the area from the junction of the Telok GadongBanting road to the junction of the Banting-Pendamaran road across the Sungei Aur to the junction of the
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    REVOLVER CHARGE
    43 4 Frm Our Own Correspondent j SEGAMAT. Wed.— Loh Siew Lam. 24. of the Resettlement Office appeared in the Segamat Court charged with having caused grievous hurt to a Chinese by firing a shot from his revolver. He was allowed $500 ball.
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    2 BROTHERS LOSE APPEAL
    46 4 From Our Staff Correspondent. MALACCA, Wed. Two brothers Ong Kian Peng and Kian Seng were unsuccessful in their appeals against sentences of two years imprisonment each. Kian Peng, an estate manager, was convicted of theft |of rubber and his brother for abetment.
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    NEW SCHOOL
    19 4 From Our O»n Correspondent. KOTA BAHRU. Wed— A new Malay school at Melor was opened on Sunday.
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    REDS:'DEMOCRACY IS IMPERIALISTIC
    187 4 DEMOCRACY is an imperialistic idea, says the J Malayan Communist Party in a booklet to members. The booklet states: "Comrades complain against the lack of certain freedoms in the Party, such as freedom of speech and criticism, freedom to study what they wish, freedom to choose work
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    CLEAREDOFTHEFT
    22 4 KLUANG. Wed. Mord> bin Mohadin, charged with theft of $250 belonging to Kunju Raman at Kali Malaya Estate, Paloh, was acquitted.
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    Refused To Sign Confessions
    129 4 Refused To Sign Confessions RASTERS of the eight vessels released by the Indonesian authorities at Lhok Seumawe, in northern Sumatra, were asked to sign "confessions relating to smuggling," reports reaching Singapore yesterday said. The shiDs have now been allowed to leave the port of Lhok Seumawe and are bound for
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    THEFT CHARGE
    39 4 Lee Thlam 800. aged 35. was remanded until today In Singapore Second Police Court yesterday charged with stealing a typewriter, worth $600 from the Rev. Father Heribert Duquet; or alternatively with helping to dispose of the typewriter.
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    THEFT CHARGE AMENDED
    47 4 From Our Own Correspondent. SEGAMAT. Wed. Originally charged with theft. Lean Yeon. aged 53, had an amended charge of being in fraudulent possession of rubber read out to him in the Segamat Sessions Court. Bail was ordered to be increased from $300 to $700.
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    NO ANSWER
    43 4 From Our Own Correspondent. KUANTAN, Wed.— Syedalwi bin Syedibrahim convicted at Kuantan of trespassing into a military compound with intent to annoy, looked blank when asked why he was meddling with soldiers' boots. He was fined $25 or one week's gaol.
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    GOOD LUCK' PAPER GAVE HIM AWAY
    96 4 From Our Own Correspondent. Xl AM AN. Wed. A TIN of cigarettes given to him as a birthday gift was found missing a few days later by a Chinese worker in Nada Estate. He found the tin later in the house of a Malay.
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    ACSU Petition On Pay And COL
    145 4 THE Army Civil Service Union, with a membership of over 8,000 industrial and non-industrial employees, petitioned the Command Secretary yesterday for an immediate revision of salary and the cost of living allowance. The union, citing a recent decision of the Admiralty and the Air
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    Changes Must Be Confirmed
    94 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. ALL new customs and variations and cancellations of existing customs duties will in future have to be confirmed by the Federal Legislative Council, if a Bill to come before the next meeting of the Council Is passed. The Bill, the Customs Orders (Approval
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    OFFICERS OF Y.M.H.A.
    71 4 From Our Own Correspondent. TAIPING, Wed.— Mr. K. Arumugam was re-elected president of the Young Men's Hindu Association, Taiping. Other office bearers are: Vice-president; Mr. 8. Chinniah; hon. secretary, Mr. M. Gnanasegaram (reelected); hon. treasurer; Mr. 8. Nadarajah; committee: Mr. M. N. Singham, Mr. N. Arulanandar, Mr.
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    BRIBE FINE
    44 4 From Our Own Correspondent. TAIPING, Wed.— For causing obstruction with his stall at the junction of Iskander Road and Kota Road, Lai Choy, was fined $10 at Talping for trying to bribe a constable to secure his release, he was fined $20.
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    DRIVER FINED
    33 4 I From Our Own Correapondeni. MUAR, Wed.— Summoned at Muar for negligent driving All bin Abdullah was fined $15 He drove his van into a drain on the Muar-Bukit Baslr Road.
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    FED LOTTERY PRIZES TOTAL $2,650,000
    282 4 FED LOTTERY PRIZES TOTAL $2,650,000 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. PRIZES totalling $2,650,000 will be paid to holders of lucky $10 premium loan bonds which are to be issued by the Federation Government in its drive to stem inflation and the rising cost of living in this country.
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    New Chief In Special Police
    95 4 New Chief In Special Police rE son of a retired Singapore police constable. 48-year-old Mr. Abdul Rahman bin Hussin, has been appointed Chief Inspector of the Active Unit of the Special Constabulary. He is replacing the Assis- tant Commandant, the late Mr. Abdul Rahman bin Abdul Aziz, who was shot
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    Search For A Leper
    72 4 THE Municipal Health De1 partment has promised to investigate the case of a suspected leper at Tiong Bahru "If he Is found to be Infectious, we shall take him to the Leper Camp at Yio Chu Kang," the Straits Times was told yesterday. The suspect, a
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    THE BOSS ADVISED: BE PATIENT
    145 4 MR. E. H. Wilson principal of Raffles Institution, told Singapore Rotarians yesterday that employers, like teachers, must be patient and forbearing with students fresh from school. He aaid that atudenU were not "»ter«otyp€ l H, finished ready-made articles which Instantly clicked Into place. "Each young
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    'I SMUGGLED $325,000 OPIUM'
    467 5 Seaman Tells Court He Hid It In Garden 4 WELL-dressed Chinese seaman, Chan Hian How, a witness in an opium case, yesterday told in* the Singapore Third District Court how he smuggled $325,000 worth of opium into the Colony from Indonesia. Chan was giving evidence in
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    35 5 MX V Wf. HAMILTON, who h>n lioen elected a vice-!»r<-sii!ent of V. F. Sharo < Inc. Mr. Hamilton has I) active in Singapore shipping for many years, and has been with Sharp 8c Co. since l'J47
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    WELCOME HOME
    75 5 THE PRESIDENT of the Singapore Olympic and Sports Council. Mr. Andrew Gilmour (second from right), shares a Joke with Sir Guy Russell at Tuesday night's gala dinner and dance held at the Chinese Swimming Club to welcome back the Colony's Asian Games team. Picture shows Dato C. J.
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    JAPS IN COLONY FOR RICE TALKS
    166 5 MX H Kitahara, of the Japanese Ministry of International Trade and Industry, will attend the meetIne of the Consultative Committee on Rice in Singa■«re on Monday. Ten other countries willjake part. Thli is the second meeting of the committee, formed tinder the auspices of
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    CABLE RATES REDUCED
    64 5 From Our Stmff Correspondent. KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. From April 1, the rates for ordinary and letter cablegrami to most countries in Europe and certain countries In olhei parts of the world will be considerably reduced. Denmark ordinary rate r [ram 95 cents to 75 word, letter telegram
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    Singapore Diary
    72 5 *H KEO tKOSS. Old Club. Wesley Hall. F\Jft Cii nlng, 4.iJ pjn. VI. JOHX'S AJH«CL\NCE ASSOCIATION. Home Nursing r Biicacie HQ. Stamford Road. i pin. YMX'.A^ Orchard Road. Ma|*.an Pharmaoetical Asßociaitao pv 'in:'. 5.30 pjii.. g}tnna(tiu. < l»i.i. "table-tennis, 1 p.m.. choir c, 8 p.m. TKEOSOPHKAL S<H ifclV.
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    Keep Youths On The 'Straight'
    144 5 THEY URGE rpHE Chinese community in 1 Singapore is »ot giving enough attention to the guidance and welfare of its young men. says Mr. Robert Lynn, secretary of the newlyformed Chinese V.M.C.A. Young Men's Department. Aim of the department is to look after the interests
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    'NO INTENTION TO KILL'
    86 5 Irom O»r Own Cwrtspandfot. BUKIT MERTAJAM. Wed. —After defence counsel, Mr. Ismail Khan, had submitted there was no intention to kill, Mr. Justice Russell today amended a murder charge against a padi planter, Omar, to the lesser one of causing grievous hurt and sentenced him to
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    GAOL FOR S.C.
    38 5 From Onr Own Correspondent. JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. Osman bin Saaban. a Special Constable on Swe« Lan Estate, Kulai, who absented himself from duty, was sentenced in the Police Court to 40 days' Imprisonment for desertion.
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    The Japs Fulfilled A Boast
    186 5 A JAPANESE boast, made during their occupation of Malaya, that the flag of the Rising Sun would fly over New Delhi, was fulfilled at the recent Asian Games. This was referred to by Mr. Yap Pheng Geek, president of the Singapore Rotary Club, when he
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    $27,000 CHARGE: TWO HELD
    53 5 Sulaiman bin Omar and Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman, both aged 24. were yesterday tentatively charged hi Singapore with stealing a lorry and smoked rubber worth $27,000 at 13th mile Woodlands, on Feb. 10. Inspector D. Meta. prosecuting, opposed ball. Sulaiman and Mohammed were remanded in custody
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    Women Do Men's Work—And Well
    197 5 Women Do Men's Work— And Well YOUNG men and boys in Singapore have no chance to learn the building trade because women take their Jobs as helpers to skilled tradesmen. This was said yesterday at a meeting called by Mr. D. I. Greer, secretary of the Association of Engineers, to
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    Colony Reaches Water Limit
    252 5 SINGAPORE is growing so quickly that it will be l difficult to keep pace with the extension of the city's water supply, said M-. W. S. Stredwick, yesterday. Mr. Stredwick, who will take charge of the Municipal Water Department as soon as Mr. F. a. Hill,
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    Bill Clarifies Nominations
    103 5 ftM Ow SUC CMtmrtnimai. KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. AN amendment, to clarify the commissioning of R.A.F. officers to command units of the Malayan Auxiliary Air Force. U to be Introduced at the next meeting of the Federal Legislative Council in a BUI entitled the Malayan Auxiliary Air Force
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    Engaged
    50 5 MR. LOW Tew Hone and Miss Leong Yoke Chen* whose engagement has been announced at Kuala Lumpur. Mr. Low is the third sen of Mr. and Mrs. Low Vim Kene and Miss Leong is the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leong Yoon Yoong. a Port Swettenhain shipping agent.
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    Johore Bahru Mosque Fund
    210 5 From O«r Own Correspondent. JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. MAULAN A Muhammad Abdul Aleem Siddique, the Muslim missionary, has made a strong appeal for the support of the fund which had been launched by Indian Muslims to build a mosque at Johore Bahru. He also urged them to
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    JUDGMENT RESERVED
    86 5 Judgment was reserved yesterday by Mr T. E. Smith, the Singapore Third Police Magistrate, in a case hi which Khoo Yuan Meng, a labourer, was alleged to have offered a bribe of $5.50 to a police constable Mohammed Alif bin Abdul i Hajl Latift. Khoo was alleged to
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    BROKE CURFEW From Our Own Correspondent
    35 5 BROKE CURFEW From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. M. Bankar, who was arrested by a police patrol at Plentong was fined $30 In the Police Court for being out of doors during curfew hours.
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    He Resigns To Aid The Fishermen
    139 5 He Resigns To Aid The Fishermen MALAY fishermen in Singapore and neighbouring islands are trying to form a fishermen's association instead of waiting for the Malay Welfare Council to act. Inche Hassan Maskam, said yesterday that he had intended to ask the Council to take the initiative, but they had
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    FISHERY PLAN FOR KELANTAN
    70 5 From Our SUff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A Colonial Development and Welfare Fund grant of $194,000 Is to be used to cover the cost* of a preliminary scheme to develop the Kelantan fishing industry and to improve marketing methods. It was announced In Kuala Lumpur today.
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    9 APPOINTED TRUSTEES
    81 5 From Our Staff Correspondent. KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Two Europeans and seven Asians nave been appointed by the Federation Government as trustees of the Housing Trust set up under the Housing Trust Ordinance 1950. They are Mr. J. C. Mathison. Mr. D. T. Waring. Mr. V. M. N.
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    U.M.N.O.'S Ranks Will Be Up By 50,000
    115 5 U.M.N.O.'S Ranks Will Be Up By 50,000 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. RAJA Ayoub bin Raja Hajl Bot, chairman of th»* United Malays National Or- ganisation in Selangor, esti-. mated today that the membership of UMNO could b» increased by at least 50.000 non-Malays as an immrdiata result
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    Rural Poll Urged
    53 5 'THE Progressive Party has drafted a Bill to have elections to the Singapore Rural Board. The Board has 10 members, six of them unofficials nominated by the Governor. The Progressive Party Bill, which is to be introduced ia the new Council, will provide for the popular election
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    TIMBER MEN AGREE ON TRADE
    82 5 GENERAL agreement on an interim period for a new trade basli hu been reached at the Umber talks between between Indonesian Govern- tlmber merchants In Singapore Sir. L. K. ATerttl. of the Economic Secretariat. and chairman of thj meeting. told the Stralta Times that tt%+
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Thur. Mar. 29.1951. Radio Malaya Mystery
    671 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Thur. Mar. 29. 1951. Radio Malaya Mystery A most unsatisfactory state of affairs seems to continue in the Department of Broadcasting. The retirement of the Director of Broadcasting, as we said at the time, invited from the two Governments a statement as to the circumstances, particularly
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    The Conductor-Dresser
    391 6 The ConductorDresser The directive of the Malayan Planting Industries Employers' Association on the 20 per cent, increase in salaries for all Asian subordinate staff drawing basic pay of less than $200 a month has brought disappointment to a few as well as gratification to many. Take, for example, the case
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    Taiping essay in reform
    1319 6 Taiping essay in reform Malaya under the Emergency— 2 7 POLITENESS and a Chinese graciousness seemed to be all around two qualities never associated with supporters of the Malayan Communist Party. The young ex-bandit said "Good Morning" in English, with a smile that seemed sincere The British Government officer with
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    In the Municipal lobbies
    669 6 /COMPLAINTS about the nuisance caused to the suburb-dwellers of Katong by herds of dairy cattle continue to be heard, and I have been making inquiries in the Municipal Building to find out what the position is. There is no law in this country to prevent a
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    On the Margin
    416 6 The Jungle \ergr I HEAR occasionally from a friend who is the manager of an estate situated at the foot of the main range of th» Peninsula. Prom his verandah he looks out on gloriou* mountain views, the colouring of which in the early morning and evening
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    NOW IT'S GAS—PRICE RISE URGED
    142 7 NOW IT'S GAS— PRICE RISE URGED One Committee Says 'Yes' Another 'No 9 A PROPOSAL to increase the price of gas for household use by 50 cents for 1,000 cubic feet is expected to be debated by Singapore Municipal Commissioners tomorrow. The proposed increase, which would bring the price to
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    SATA MAN TO STUDY IN U.S.
    134 7 SATA MAN TO STUDY IN U.S. OX) assist the fight against tuberculosis, the Singapore An'.i-Tuberculosis Association has granted a year's Ftuciv leave in America to Its tuberculosis officer. Dr. X Sen Gupta. The administrator and radiologist ot S.A.T.A.. Dr. G. H. Garlicl:. told the Straits Tines yest"rc*av thai Dr Sen
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    SIX GAMBLERS FINED $25 EACH
    63 7 Four raei and two women *ere yester'ay fined $25 each by Mr. P. Claque in the Singapore Fc irth Prlice Court when they nleaded guilty to Ran-bling r' Sembawinjj Road on March 22 They vei •!>-■ d following Inftrmatlon rece ved by the police Mr.
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    Awards For 3 SVC Officers
    101 7 j fiHE Singapore Governor, Sir 1 Franklin Gimson. will present awards to three Singapore Volunteer Corps officers at a ceremony at the headquarters of the S.V.C. Liaison Regiment. Beach Road today at 5.15 p.m. Recipients are U. Col. R. W. Watson-Hyatt. Officer Commanding. Liaison Regiment,
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    OPEN VERDICT
    37 7 The Singapore Coroner. Mr. E Ehert. returned an open verdict at the inquest yesterday on Pak Gaik Goot. aged 51. a Chinese woman, found dead in her room at Boon Teck Road on March 12
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    ABUSED PC.
    27 7 For abusing a special constable Goh Ah Puck. a trisharider. was fined $10 in Singapore Second Police Court yesterday. Gch said the constable assaulted him
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    Coconut Oil Cut Another Five Cents
    81 7 Coconut Oil Cut Another Five Cents SINGAPORE oil millers anO nounced a further cut of five cents on a quart-sized bottle of coconut oil yesterday. The price has now been fixed at $1.20 a bottle and $28.50 a four gallon tin— a drop of a dollar a tin. The millers
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    Hand Was In His Pocket
    115 7 WHEN Tan Seng Ngoh was watching the Air Display at Kallang on Air Day. he felt a hand in his hip pocket. Grasping it. he found It to be the hand of Wong Kuek Lam. At Singapore Second Police Court yesterday Wong, a 24-year-old painter,
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    CAMERA CLUB PLANNED
    46 7 From Our Own Correspondent SEREMBAN, Wed. A Camera Club may be formed in Seremban soon. All those interested are requested to write to K. S. Kong, PO Box 103. Seremban. The club. If formed, plans regular excursions for camera studies and beginners classes.
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    S.C FOR TRIAL
    42 7 From Oar Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. Santan bin Othman, a Special Constable, was charged in the Police Court today with deserting on Jan. 30 when stationed at Teluk Anson. The case was transferred to Teluk Anson for trial.
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    THEY MEET AGAIN
    44 7 One hundred and twentyfive delegates from 19 branches of the 8,000-strong Army Civil Service Union will meet in the Victoria Memorial Hall on April 8 for the second sitting of the annual delegate conference. There are 45 resolutions to be decided.
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    OLIPHANT PREDICTS USE OF A-BOMB
    174 7 BROFESiOJi M. L Oliphant. noted Australian atomic scientist, who was In Singapore ye.'.crriay on his way to Karachi to!d the Strait.s Times la D (hi that the A-bomb wHI b? used in the pvent of pnuther world war "because it i< a good weapon.' "The
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    40 7 MR. MALCOLM MACDONALD, Commissioner' General, talks to Dr. Maria Barker, observer from the Philippines (left) and Dr. A. A. Sandosham, of the University of Malaya, when lie opened the conference of experts on student health problems yesterday. —Straits Times picture.
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    ICE SHOW PUT OFF 24 HOURS
    131 7 FIRST night of the Scandinavian Ice Show at the Capitol Theatre, has been postponed 24 hours because of the late arrival of equipment. Instead of opening tomorrow night the show. In aid of Boys' Town, will be at 9.15 p.m. Saturday. There widl be
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    88 Contending For Ideal Girl Title
    256 7 EIGHTY -EIGHT entries have been received for Singapore Junior Chamber of Commerce "Ideal Working Girl" contest. From this number, 12 finalists will be selected lor the Carnival Ball to be held at Raffles Hotel on Apr. 5, where the winner will be judged by
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    Their 'Pay'Comes Up For Sanction
    175 7 Their 'Pay' Comes Up For Sanction SANCTION to pay $64,800 from the Municipal Fund as allowances for Singapore Municipal Commissioners will be sought when the Commissioners meet tomorrow. The money is Included in a supplementary budget of nearly $2,000,000. It represents the payment of $200 a month for each of
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    15 WORKERS TO QUIT
    53 7 Fifteen hand ironing workers will leave Singapore Steam Laundry, Alexandra, tonight when notice they gave a week ago expires. The 15 workers would not accept wage increases offered by the management, said the company yesterday. There was never any question of a strike, he said. The
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    How The 'Minister' System Will Work
    223 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. THE Federation Government today published details of the administrative procedure to be adopted for Government business under, the Member system, which begins on April 9. At the same time, legislation for the transfer of powers and duties
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    TREAT—IN MUSIC —FOR CHILDREN
    69 7 TREAT— IN MUSIC —FOR CHILDREN SINGAPORE schoolchildren and a few adults will be able to hear Lola Bobesco and Jacques Genty at the Victoria Memorial Hall tomorrow at 5.30 p.m. The Singapore Musical Society have arranged (or the musicians to give a violin and pianoforte recital for schools. A few
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    Arbitration In Estate Dispute
    116 7 Arbitration In Estate Dispute AN arbitration court in Singapore yesterday began evidence in the case of the Colonial Development Corporation's acquisition of a hemp estate In Borneo. Two years ago the Corporation and the Hong Kong Transportation Company formed a local company called the Borneo Abaca Ltd. and acquired 16,000
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    TYPEWRITERS FOUND
    34 7 Two portable typewriters believed to have been stolen —have been found by Singapore Police. Serial numbers G*****74 and G*****70. Claims should be made to Detective-Inspector Tan Jee Bah at Central Police Station.
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    STUDENTS NOT 'MARTYRS TO ILL HEALTH'
    342 7 gTUDENTS in Malaya are not "martyrs to ill health" said Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, Commissioner-General and Chancellor of the University of Malaya, when he opened the International Student Service health conference at the Oei Tion? Ham Hall, Singapore, yesterday. "They always seem to m
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    LECTURES AT S'PORE YWCA
    36 7 Singapore Y.W.C.A. will be holding religious lectures during the first week of April at Its club house in ColLver Quay. The lecturer is Miss Winefred Galbraith, of the World's Y.W.C.A. at Geneva.
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    MORE DIVISIONS
    25 7 Frm Oar Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Wed.— Three new divisions have been added to UMNO: Alor Gajah, (Malacca) Kuala Trengganu and Ulu Trengganu.
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    SINGAPORE-K.L. TRAIN DERAILED
    89 7 From Our Staff Corresponrirnt KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. rpilK night goods Iraki from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur was sabotaged ■"<<! derailed last night in (he Kluang district of Johorr. The day mail trains i.m only part of the way tod.iv. From Kuala Lumpur the train south went as
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    S'pore Not To Follow Federation
    85 7 SINGAPORE will not follow the Federation Government and establish schools io train Chinese normal teachers —until there is a demand for such schools! Mr. A. W Frisby. Director of Education. Singapore, told the Straits Times yesterday, that as far as Chinese schools in the Colony
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    No Order Made In Maintenance Suit
    67 7 No order was made by Mr. R. B. I. Pates, the Singap<T« Second Police Court Ma titrate, yesterday, at the conclusion of a maintenance si' it brought by a weman. T.>n Hoon Eng. against her husband. Tay Lav Hong. Tan alleged that Tay had
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    RED ISLE PLAN: BORNEO QUESTIONS ON SECURITY
    314 8 RED ISLE PLAN: BORNEO QUESTIONS ON SECURITY THE Governor of North Borneo will demand adequate arrangements to safeguard the Colony and its inhabitants before submitting to the Executive and Legislative Councils a plan to transfer a large number of Communist detainees from Malaya to an island off The" Governor told
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    BRIDE SIGNS
    56 8 MRS. S. V. Adams signing the register after her wedding to the Penang Municipal Secretary and Treasurer (standing left). The Rev. S..S. T. Evans, who officiated, is showing the bride, formerly Miss D. C. M. Duggan, where to sign. The Resident Commissioner, Mr. A. V. Aston (right), gave
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    400 FOR 2 YOUTH MEETINGS
    221 8 400 FOR 2 YOUTH MEETINGS IyfORE than 400 Methodist youths will attend two Institutes at Ipoh and Kuala Lumpur during the second and third week of April which are being organised by the Malayan Methodist Youth Fellowship. The Northern District Institute at Ipoh will be at the AngloChirese School from
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    LABOURER FELL OFF LORRY: DIED
    40 8 Wee Cheng Van. a 28-year-old labourer, fell off the back of a lorry at Kampong Bahru Road on March 19. He died on the way to hospital. A finding of death by misadventure was returned
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    TAI WA BOARD
    48 8 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— A Bill to make the officer performing the duties of Secretary for Chinese Affairs, Selangor a member and secretary of the Tai Wa hospitals board is to be Introduced at the next meeting of the Federal Legislative Council.
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    TALK AT LUNCH
    35 8 Maulana Abdul Aleem Siddique will talk on "The Forgotten Path of Knowledge" at a luncheon meeting of the Singapore Theosophical Society at 115 p.m. on Saturday at Ta Tong Restaurant, Chulia Street.
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    ON FURLOUGH
    36 8 From Onr Own Correspondent. JOHORE BAHRU, Wed.— Mr. T. E. Emmett, State Drainage and Irrigation Engineer, leaves Johore Bahru on Monday for Australia on furlough. He has been succeeded by Mr. M. C. Perry.
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    Withdraws Appeal
    74 8 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Wed.— When an appeal against the decision of Mr. Justice Thomson in respect of a Japanese occupation land transfer was mentioned before the Federation Court of Appeal yesterday, Mr. S. M. Sharma. counsel for the appellant, Lim Ah Hooi, stated that he wished
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    NEIGHBOURS HELP PUT OUT FIRE
    70 8 From Our Own Correspondent. BUKIT MERTAJAM. Wed.— Neighbours Joined the Fire Brigade fight a blaze which broke out shortly after midnight this morning and threatened to destroy a hut at Kampong Cross Street. Bukit Mertajam. The hut belonged to a vegetable gardener. Tan Meoh, Seng
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    SOLD SAMSU
    34 8 TELUK ANSON, Wed.— For selling samsu on three occasions in his shop at Teluk Buloh Estate, Utan Melintang without a licence. Periasamy Pillai was fined a total of $150 at Teluk Anson.
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    LAYCOCK LOOKS TO THE FUTURE
    174 8 LA YCOCK LOOKS TO THE FUTURE THE Progressive Party looks forward to a time, not far distant, when Singapore will have a popularly elected Legislative Council, says Mr. John Laycock in his election manifesto. Mr. Laycock Is contesting Katong against Mr. G. H. Kiat (Independent). He says: "Government members will
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    GOVT APPEALS TO EMPLOYERS
    82 8 THE Singapore Government has sent appeals to the three Services and the three Chambers of Commerce asking for co-opera-tion to ensure that voters in their employ are given opportunities io vote on election day, April 10. The Government nouncement of its inability to declare election day
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    He Promises Fair Deal
    155 8 IN his nine-point election manifesto issued yesterday, Mr. Thio Chan Bee, Progressive candidate for the Legislative Council in the Balestler district, promised to work for the introduction of legislation for a compulsory provident fund scheme for all workers, unemployment, insurance and other social securities He also
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    All In 100 Words
    120 8 (")NE of Singapore's shortest election manifestoes is Mr. O.H. Kiafs, the Independent candidate at Katong. It contains just more than 100 words. Mr. Klat says: "I dare not make election promises as they may, sometimes, be forgotten. "I am not a stranger living among you, seeking
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    MR. VP ABDULLAH
    43 8 Speeches in six languages Malay, English, Hokien, Mandarin, Tamil and Malayalam were made at an election meeting at Beauty World yesterday in support of Mr. V. P. Abdullah, the Labour Party candidate for Bukit Timah on the Singapore Legislative CouncH.
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    NO PRICE LIST
    31 8 From Our Own Correspondent. JOHORE BAHRU, Wed Mohamed bin Maidln, who failed to display a price list in his shop, was fined $15 today In the Police Court.
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      204 8 SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT THE MANAGEMENT OF THE CAPITOL THEATRE Regrets that owing to circumstances beyond their control, the opening of THE SCANDINAVIAN ICE REVUE WILL HAVE TO BE POSTPONED UNTIL SATURDAY 31 st MARCH. Gala Charity Premiere in aid of BOYS TOWN will now take place at 9.15 p.m. on Saturday,
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      275 8 CLIFTON WEBB disguised (thinly) as an angel.,. as a rancher! DONT ASK WHY or HOW, but tor HEAVEN'S SAKE DON'T MISS afl BfcjH la *??^m W Heaven's Sake with loan Robert Edmund BENNETT CUMMINCS CWENN b» New AlhambrA Phone 6909 For Reservations 11 a.m.. 1.30. 4.00, 6.45 9.30 p.m. OPENS
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      75 8 SINCAPORE 10 ajn. News; 10.10 Close; 10.45 Schools; 12 Malay; 1 p.m. Standard String Orch.; 1.30 News; 1.45 Hubert Rostang Sextette; 2 Schools; 2.50 Close; 5 Malay; 6.15 "Calliu* AU Hospitals"; 7 News; 7.12 Radio Scientist; 7.20 Interlude; 7. 30 Augmented Radio Orch.; 8 "Forum of the Air' ».30 "Hit
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      65 8 "Happy Anniversary"; 7 A» 9'pore; 7.30 "Record Review"; "John Bull'» Band"; 8.30 "Thursday Symphony" (Brahms, Mozart, Schubert); 9.30 News; 9.45 "Intermezzo"; 10 "Tak« It From Here"; 10.30 "Thursday Serenade"; 11 Close. PENANO 10 aJn.— 12 1—2 p.m. As S'pore; S "Hit Parade"; 6.30 Children: 7 a» S'pore; 7.30 "Time for
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      79 8 BFEBS 4.45 p.m. "From the London Editorials"; 4.55 Vaughan Williams; 5.15 "Statement of Account"; 5.30 "Pied Piper of HameUn" (Browning's poem to music by Walford Davies); 6 Indonesian; 6.30 Cantonese; 645 "London Studio concerts; 7.15 French; 7.30 English Half -Hour; 8 "Strictly Vocal"; 8.15 Thai; 8.45 Dutch; 9 Kuoyu; 9.30
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    PURE WATER
    737 9 by DAVID MARTIN WHILE the life and death struggle against the bandits hammers away, considerable protective measures have to be taken to preserve life and property as workjobs. One of the most enormous of these undertakings, from Singapore's point of view, is the $27,000,000 water-works of the Colony,
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    Making A FilmOnA Shoestring
    205 9 "UA 'penny Breeze", n a charniing; new British film about the resurrection of the derelict village of Pin Mill on U'e Suffolk coast, which is now being showt: throughout the country, has a remarkable history behind it. It cost only £20,000— about a sixth of the
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      ACSU Elections
      393 9 MAY I be allowed to reply to Mr. M. P. D. Nair's recent statement in connection with the general members' dissatisfaction over the recent elections in the Army Civil Service Union? Twelve out of 19 branches are dissatisfied and they, being the majority, must be heard whether Mr.
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      "INACCURATE" REPORT
      118 9 WITH reference to the news report headed "Tappers Form Home Guard to Protect 500 Fellow Workers" in the Straits Times today (Wednesday), as the party most concerned, I have to state that the grain of truth in this report is so hidden in a fabrication of deliberate misstatements
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      HOTEL LICENCES
      200 9 SOME time ago, at a Singapore Legislative Council meeting, a Legislative Councillor raised a question in connection with the licensing of local hotels. In the case of a public house licence for a bar, the public is given the opportunity to raise an objection which Is heard by
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      155 9 %»»«s*nt noiori»C £i>id .BY APPOINTMENT TO HIS MAJESTY H I KING GEORGE 3 "the King of Winesthe Wine of Kings." I Sole Agents; SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR »ENANG 4«^llfM£- A mm %f jj t f9Mt^m j On board and on the ground as well, you will find Air-Ceylon service making your
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      101 9 Straits Times Crossword i I 1 i 4 |T" 0 17 j |8 9~" I "«o" s ~8— 17 18 ~"ls|~ 20 2l IF ii 23* 8* 25 Z I I ill^I kk I k ACKOSS. 13. Set nearer fanae.) (9). Jrdr i^ a s&£ sums (l) KwSoT*'). (M.( M.
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      58 9 I^l C A S I NO^HOMI IVP S iNgMfXI Aflfl ||W O U T C A S T;^ ROMANCE L Hf? M Af! R ESiK 1§ E IDE AfM I N 1 M^L I Ml> D^M^T^l.^D^A^N^l O A SK ITSC ARDt G A N iW^AlAllNiliigG OfiDURATK S^M ELLOW "IOISETILIUic I
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    CHILDREN CORNER
    28 10 TORTOISE SAW Ptissy, and moved as fast as a tortoise can towards Pussy, for Tortoise and Pussy live in the same house, and are great friends. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦<
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    EASIER THAN IT LOOKS
    119 10 EASIER THAN IT LOOKS T)URING a tennis tournament, the Secretary of the Club was told to book a court for the Mens' Singles knock out event. There were 98 entrants. How many times did he have to book the court? There is no need for complicated sums here, you should
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    FROM MY POSTBAG
    101 10 T<HERESA Fernandez A has a question for me, she says: 'If a person is born in leap year on Feb. 29, how can he celebrate his birthday for the next three years?' 1 believe Theresa, that it is customary to celebrate the birthday on Feb. 28. Diana
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    19 10 This is the AH and Rukiah painting contest for the over tens. The closing date is Monday, April 9.
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    ANOTHER TEST OF YOUR ENGLISH
    128 10 VL T E have a varied Quiz for you thi3 week children. 1. Can you punctuate the following sentence ccrrect- have you heard from Osman I asked yes said Chan Bee I had a letter from him and he says I shall come to see
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    Stamp Of The Week
    77 10 PR excitement and good valu«, you should concentrate on Newfoundland stamps. They show wild animals and adventure. These stamps are no longer printed, be- f cause Newfoundland is now part of Canada, f That makes them more valuable. The f five cents purple, picturing a reindeer,
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    ANSWERS
    34 10 HI p»iqnop w w »X»p i t •pooai mi jo mo uru pino* )iqq«i .in »«in ji»h z '•anal lova jo pus din 1* paiwuuuiia sq )[!ao* ueta aao rt 'Minn 16 I
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    LISTS OF PEN PALS READY SOON
    501 10 LISTS OF PEN PALS READY SOON Dear Boys and Cirls, X The lists of Pals arc nearly ready, and should b« on their J way within the next day or two. X However, please don't get impatient and writ* in again, as they will all arrive in dv« course. Here
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    Most People Have A Pet Superstition
    198 10 Most people have a "pet" superstition. You know breaking a looking glass means seven years bad luck, and such like beliefs. One Is about walking under a ladder— and that particular superstition demands a little thought. It could be very unlucky to walk under
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    P.N.N.E
    44 10 I find a. way Tt> WRITE fHLbt I LETTtH3 »s| -me 8 empty I rj SflRi.ES tb MAKE I (Hi *>< ii< <cRi B rof>M b fUKSt I vt-r-rtR */cRbS B^^_ ■<vat con fet HtdD p«i«*.css KnO Do<vn. I IMMM h. :~i 1 1
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      297 10 w>x> ha« ever been able to cjqrtotn the magnetism of L'Almont Perfume? How Under It l». Mow constant. W/hat depth it has. What gaietu,. What femininitq. And how well it is named. L'Almant— or loving. t'Aimant— the lodestone the very, heart of attraction. L'Aimant. the perfume that has made more
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      28 10 DLEASE enrol m« as a member ot the Children's J i i Corner Wise Owl i Club, and tend me a badge. < I ADDRESS j DAT! Of BIRTH
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      195 10 IB .^^anHHiiaVß^^» 1 CONVERSATION PIECE "Why so glum Victoria darling," siys ISk Victor, what Is it the econon mic situation or a love affair? You Or ought to be on top of the world after that lovely, comforting feed of V— QJ VV vj A It* "Oh, I'm quite happy
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      125 10 I^ANHOE DRAWN BY PETER lACKSOV 1 tn TH| VE»B> HAVI KEEN > T^Th*!' 'mow »«l»»«H> *•< y THCit OlWIt 4TTCMN6 U> <M OUTUM toa» U |H^^ V* «MEH CCOOIC MM CBQSIB I SCBVAM* TO THE^I aOCUHB 'I A BAISONERt COB MaTM fO CHUBO AND KMGOOM *N0 THOU CWIf HtV I
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    STOCKS
    333 11 LONDON. Wed. rLRE was a bright tone in the London Stock Exchange today, with sentiment cheered by forecasts that results at the end of Britain's financial year will be better than expected. Tins and rubbers were quiet with United Qua Betong rubber unchanged at 73/9 following a dividend of
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    Fair Business; Prices Improve Slightly
    256 11 From A Market Correspondent PAIR business turn-over was reported for all grades r m the Singapore rubber market yesterday, the result of some Australian acceptances and inquiries received m the afternoon from Hong Kong. After opening steady, the market quietened towards noon. Very little business
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    TIN: $564% A PICUL
    37 11 SINGAPORE. Wed.. Mar. 28.— S564.25 (up 25 cents.) £1,250 a ton in London LONDON. Wed.. Mar. 28. —Spot Buyers. £1.250; Forward £1.155; Settlement £1.240 (down £10). Turnovers: a.m. 120 tons. p.m. 35 tons.
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    The Produce Market
    147 11 T ACK of foreign inquiries caused pepper sellers to lower quotations In the Singapore produce market yesterday. Muntok white was quoted at $1,055 a picul, Sarawak white at $1,050, and Lampong black at $650. The tone was quie# throughout, with no buying interest. The copra section was
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    CANADIAN DOLLAR
    35 11 rpHE Malayan Exchange Banks Association announced yesterday that control direct rates for Canadian dollars were: Buying T.T. 34 11/16, Airmail (0.D.) 34 13/16. (90 days) 35 1/16; Selline T.T O.D. ready 34 5/16.
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    H.K. EXCHANGE
    38 11 HONG KONG. Wed. UREE market currency exchange r for Hong Kong dollars was quote*d at the close on Thursday as follows: US$l HK56.005 (cash): HKS6.OS (T); £1 HK515.60; one tael of gold HK$3l0 s i.— UP.
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    Shipping In The Roads And Alongside
    187 11 CHIPS in the Singapore Roads i and alongside the Singapore Harbour Board godowns at 4 p.m. yesterday were: Ouler Roads: Hai Hsuan. Fukien, Van Heutsz. Eastern Queen, Muswell Hill. Maung Bama. Admiral Hardy. Ettrickbank. Chong Ya, Benaider, Coalpr^ri. Glenflnlas. Cennthus, Japara. Philippine Bear, rat&uwa
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    Shares Rubbers Wanted But Tins Down
    270 11 Shares Rubbers Wanted But Tins Down T'HE Malayan share market yesterday experienced another quiet day. Tins drifted to slightly lower levels. Industrials were very firm, while Rubbers had better Inquiries. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association yesterday were: IMHSTRIAI.S B.B. Petrol 44/Fraser 4c Neave Ords 3.40 Gammons 2
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    MALAYAN FEB. TIN PRODUCTION
    33 11 Prom Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A TOTAL of 89,682 piculs Of tin was produced In the Federation of Malaya during February. Perak produced 55,786 pirul*. Selangor 24,790.
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    RENONG DREDGING 15% INTERIM
    34 11 From Our SUIT Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. ■pENONG Tin Dredging dlrectors have declared an Interim dividend of 15 per cent less tax at the standard rate, payable on April 7.
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    RAJAS NOT WITH RECS, WIN THREE -NIL
    397 12 Second In League On Goa I A verage Kota Raja 3; S.R.C 0. L^OTA RAJA, after their opening game defeat by 1V Indian R.C., scored their fourth successive victory yesterday at Jalan Besar Stadium when they won easily from Singapore Recreation Club by
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    27 12 WHAM!: Jack Gardner, the British champion who won the European heavyweight title on Tuesday night, crashes his right into the punch bag while training for the bout.-
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    PrestonNE Break Own RecordRun
    184 12 LONDON, Wed. DRESTON North End yester- day continued their victorious march towards promotion to the First Division of the English Football League with a three-two win at Leicester, their 14th successive victory and their 19th League game without defeat. This unbroken run of triumph surpassed the
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    Rovers First To Net, Lose
    180 12 SINGAPORE Medical Worker's Union scored a fourone victory over Blue Rovers in a keenly contested Division 3 A League game at C.V.M.A. ground yesterday. Dominating play in the first quarter. Blue Rovers opened scoring through inside-riglit Ah Goo off a corner kick taken by rightwinger
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    CLASSIFIED ADS. (Continued in previous Col.)
    320 12 CLASSIFIED ADS. (Continued in previous Col.) FOR SALE BABY COT. complete: mattress, curtain. Also playpen. $100. See atter 5 p.m. Tel. *****. ARCTIC Fox fur. cape as new owner Just arrived from Australia. 5900 cash. Write Box A4614. S.T. MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS American Saxophones. Two Alto (Con.) one Tenor. First class
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    ROTARY HONOUR GAMES TEAM
    72 12 Mr. Jocelyn de Souza. manager oi the Singapore contingent to the re"ent Asian Games held at New Delhi, ye.sierdiy told Singapore Rotarians that .sports and the Rotary have identical aims in seeking friendship and fostering goodwill between all races. He was replying to compliments paid by
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    SOCCER DRAW
    58 12 A goal scored during the last lew minutes of the game by S V £h l .h7 MM bl< olndlano Indlan R «*eation Club to hold Royal Engineers to a one-all draw in a soccer friendly it Parrer Park yesterday. Play was fast and even with the Engineers
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    H.K. Bank Net 4 Against Shell
    270 12 OETTER teamwork enabled Hongkong Shanghai Bank to inflict a four-one defeat on Shell Sports Club when they clashed in a Business House "A" soccer game on the Shell ground yesterday. A neat pass from the Bankers' left winger S. de Souza enabled left-half C.
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    Airways, At Sixes And Sevens, Lose
    148 12 Airways, At Sixes And Sevens, Lose fiHARTERED Bank beat Vj Malayan Airways by three-one in a Business Houses League 'B' fixture at the Police ground yesterday Chartered Bank had the faster and better-combining side and should have won by a larger margin. On the other hand Airways had a poor
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    JOLLILADS A.U.
    60 12 A team from the following will represent Jollilads Athletic Union at soccer against Naval Keppel Barracks today and against Bata Shoe Company tomorrow- at the Railway ground, Kampong Bahru: Hussien. AH, Jamal. Rasak, Wong. Rahman. Govicda. HanlfT. Sintha. Vaithylingam, Ramasamy, Ah Bay. Kirn Pong, Jony Koh, Choi:g Kum
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    20 Draw For Five Horses
    112 12 PENANQ, Wed. rpWENTY prospective owners took part In yesterday evening's Penang Turf Club ballot lor five horses imported by the 3.R.A. First horse drawn went to Capt. Lindsay Vears. He will pay $10,000 lor Bcrtrand, which has been placed in Cl 1. Mr. R. C.
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    203 Entries For Singapore Races
    932 12 A TOTAL of 203 horses has been entered for the Singapore Turf Club's April meeting on April 7. 11 and 14. These entries comprise 104 in Class 2 and 99 in Class 3. The full entries are: Class Two 1st Run 2nd Run 6f or
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    BRITISHERS WIN 2 EUROPEAN TITLES
    318 12 LONDON, Wednesday. JACK Gardner, British champion, won the European heavyweight title, beating the holder Jo Weiden, of Austria, on points over 15 rounds Earl's Court arena, London last nirht. The applause at the end ot the fight was to the plucky Austrian loser, who had
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    Victory Over N.Z. In 14 Years
    189 12 WELLINGTON, Wednesday. U»NGLAND won the second and final Test against lj New Zealand by six wickets here today. This was England's first Test victory against N.Z. since 1937 at Manchester. England who had gained a lead of 102 runs on the first innings dismissed
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    Hutton And Tattersall Top Averages
    260 12 Hutton And Tattersall Top Averages LONDON, Wed. TEN Hutton, Yorkshire and England opening batsman, topped the batting averages for all first class matches played by the M.C.C. on the tour of Australia and New Zealand. Hutton scored 1,382 runs Including six centuries in 25 innings for an average of 65.80.
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    SCOREBOARD
    167 12 ■NKW ZEALAND l»t Inns.: 1:5 ENGLAND 1st Inns.: 227 New Zealand 2nd Inna. Sutrliffe b TattersaJI It Burtt b Tatt«rsall 31 Reid b Tatter sail It Hadlee c Bailer b Taltersall 9 Wallace c Brown b Bailey 1 McGlbbon Ibw b Tatler»,ail Scott e Sheppard b Bedser 64 Mooney
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    TEACHERS TEAM CHESS CLUB
    74 12 TEACHERS TEAM CHESS CLUB The following are invited to represent the Teachers' Training College In a friendly chess maich against Singapore Chess Club at the Chess Club, Orchard Road, on Sunday at 10 a.»\.: David Tambyah, Chee Chok Inn, Goh Tong Seng. H. A. Zainl, Bernard Fernandez. Yeoli Cheng Wah,
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    BILLIARDS WIN FOR SIONG 800
    61 12 Siong 800 A.A. brat Nam Wih 3.C. by four gamei to one at billiards last Sunday. Results (Siong 800 players first) Wong Swo Tong bt. Lo Weng Tuck; Yeo Koon Yam lost to Ng Kum Wah; Yeo Sim Lim bt. Lam Mun; Koh Cheng Moh
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    Sports Diary
    57 12 SOCCER: Div. 1: Indonesians v R.E.M.E. at stadium; Dlv. 3: Cheerful Lad* v Fathul Karib at BODCA; Div. 3: Marine Dept. r Town Rangers at Geylang; Business Hse. I-ge. A: Borneo Motor* v Malayan Breweries at V.M.C.A.; Bus. Hse. Lge B: Rotterdam Trading v Straits Tiroes at Farrer
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      851 12 iiPageo) SITUATION VACANT REQUIRED Service Engineer, benrh and touring work, experience of ill types of cinema equipment r essential. Apply Army Kln-ms Corporation, 885. East Coi^t Rd., Spore. SITUATIONS WANTED Ft'HOPEAN lady wishes secret.ml position. Journalistic ex:ur. Enellsh and Dutch ■<nd. Please write Box N<>. A4fifO, ST. V PFRIENCED Rubber
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      15 12 $ammefer f H SWISS MADE vj^^a STEEL, WATERPROOF jjJ Mace 1909 16 COttyEß QUAY SINGAPORE
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      28 12 SINGAPORE TIDES TODAY: 1.43 a.m. (8.9). 3.11 p.m. (7.2); 8.30 a.m. (0.5), 8.19 p.m. (4.1). TOMORROW: 3.25 a.m. (8.5). 439 p.m. (6.4); ».Sl a.m. (lft.), 9.02 pjn. (5*U.
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