The Straits Times, 28 April 1951

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 1951. PRICE TEN CENTS
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    AGENTS IN CHINA: BRITISH DENIAL
    294 1 'High level 9 protest over a broadcast LONDON, Friday. MR. Kenneth Younger, Minister of State, denied today a report attributed to the Voice of America broadcasts that British agents are helping anti-Communist guerillas He promised Mr. Tom Driberg, M.P. that Britain will take the matter
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    9 1 MR ANEURIN BEVAN. who resigned from his I»st a*
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    PLANTER VISITS FRIEND'S ESTATE, BOTH SLAIN
    167 1 T W0 Scottish planters, of whom was *«ta^th. other, ««r, k.Ued on 1 estate in South^Jon y^e'da^ They -ere MrT.Aj Wljht. F"uf Ve'^^mbi an^^'c^lier 0 with "u wife, was visltir* Mr. W i 5 ht 2?Sr tST_.™IiS to Ne«ri Sembllan fromSingapore. /£jlff without escort.
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    HE IS TOO TALL FOR THE NAVY
    58 1 \""V YOR^.. Fri. pa .D3HIPMAN R A I" Rirncnan. will mradH fran Annapois /tTOSrifla*! Da-lmouth in Inn*., but rpls a commission ii< 'ip vnm. r-v three inches .\t th« Navy Academy s n." on? inch above Ilia raw's regulation hf'%hi. 6 i. 4ins.
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    BURMA REDS FREE BRITON
    43 1 1' \NGOON, Fri.— Mr. C. E. T rr.buli British manager of nlmein Rubber Works, d kidrapaed by ComInsurgent! earlier tori i hu been freed. Six members of his staff w i were kidnapped witr him, were also treed.— Reuter
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    MANILA MURDER
    40 1 MANILA Fri. John L. Montgomery, the Watchmen's Union head, and Arturo de Los Santos 34-year-old driver, have got life imprisonment for the murder of Francis M. Gispert. London-born mana- ger of the Associated Steamshio Lines at Manila.— A.P.
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    Reds within range of Seoul
    116 1 TOKYO. Fri. /CHINESE forces were toKj night within artillery range of Seoul. South Korean capital. They were pursuing British and American forces fighting rearguard actions down the road from Uljongbu. last important town about 12 miles north of Seoul, which has already changed hands four
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    LAMA TO SEE MAO
    34 1 LA MA TO SEE MAO I ONDON, Fri— The Pani Lam a of Tibet is on his v:iv to Peking to see Mao Ts"-iung. according to the N China News Agency.— Reut c r
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    30 HUKS SLAIN
    31 1 MANILA, Fri.— A band of 30 Communist Huks, includlr. women and children. were napped by Philippines a my troops near Ipo dam, 2i Me;? r.o-th of Manila last
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    Stewart may serve gaol term in U.K.
    163 1 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. BOMBARDIER John Stewart, 26-year-old Scottish, soldier, who was sentenced to death in January for the murder of Eunice Tan. a waitress at an amusement park in Tampin, Malacca, may serve the sentence, commuted to a gaol
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    YOUTHS ALTERED CAR PLATES
    48 1 MELBOURNE, Pri.— Police have arrested six youths on chaiges of illegally using cars and altering the number plates with chewing gum and toothpaste. They made "3s" look like "8" and "Ps" like "Bs". All pleaded guilty and were fined a total of £S.— AP.
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    VISIT TO U.S. POSTPONED
    74 1 LONDON, Fri. Mr. Winston Churchill's visit to Philadelphia has been postponed lt was announced today. Mr. Churchill told Mr. Harold Stassen, President of the University of Philadelphia, that since the arrangements for his visit were made "events have happened which make it difficult for me to
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    WIND KILLS 7
    36 1 KARACHI, Fri.— Seven persons were skilled when a 75 mp.h. whirlwind blew down a corrugated steel building in which they had taken shelter. About 100 others are feared buried in the debris.— UP.
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    764 YEARS AGO
    30 1 XAIPEH Fri.—Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek yesterday eulogised China's bloodiest conqueror. Genghis Khan, at a memorial service on the occasion of the 764 th year since his death.— Reuter.
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    FOR CUPID, TOO
    30 1 COLOMBO, Fri. The rubber boom has kept Cupid busy in the Padsun Korale district in north central Ceylon. Bigger dowries ar,e being offered and taken up. Reuter.
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    BACK IN PARIS
    14 1 PARIS, Fri. Gen. Eisenhower returned to Paris by air yesterday.— Reuter
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    Papers up to cents
    145 1 Papers up to cents THE daily and Sunday news- paper publications of I The Straits Times Press Ltd.: The Straits Times The Sunday Times The Singapore Free Press 1 will be sold at a retail price of 15 cents from Ist May, I 195). This is in accordance with an
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    Willoughby sacked
    78 1 WASHINGTON. Fri. MAJ. Gen. Charles A. Willoughby, 63, who was Assistant Chief of Staff under Gen. Mac Arthur. is to be relieved in May, the Defence Department announced last night. Orders have been issued for Gen. Willoughby to report to Letterman Army Hospital in San Francisco, apparently for
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    GEMS FOR CHURCH
    32 1 BRISBANE, Fri.— The best three blue sapphires the Queensland Government could find are being sent to England tor setting in the primaticai cross of the Archbishop of Canterbury.— Reuter-AAP.
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    REDS WILL STILL GET RUBBER
    91 1 LOS ANGELES, Fri. BRITISH policy on Malayan rubber export control is to restrict supplies to nonfriendly state* but not to prevent them altogether, it ■t>t»ri authoritatively In trol was and is designed to let Soviet associate nations receive enough rubber for essential civilian requirements but
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    TO PROBE RUBBER LEAK
    91 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— A one-man commission has been set up to advise the Federation Government on how it can prevent stolen rubber being disposed of through licensed dealers. The commissioner. Mr. E. E. Pengilley, will examine what changes can be made In the present system of
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    Mrs, Roosevelt is to visit. the East
    114 1 GENEVA, Friday. MRS. Eleanor Roosevelt, aged 66, wife of the lale President hopes to make a two-month tour of the Near East and India next winter She ii now in Geneva for the seventh session of the united Nations Human Rights Commission. Mrs
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    Ammunition ship explodes, kills 6
    186 1 LONDON, Friday. SIX people were killed and an unknown number injured when a naval munitions ship blew up at Gibraltar today. The ship was the 1,152 ton Bedenham, manned by a captain and crew of <S5. The Admiralty said the only casualties among naval men
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    Carriers will be seized
    45 1 HONQ KONG, Fri. rVHE Hong Kong Government today authorised tht seizure and confiscation of ships, aircraft or vehicles carrying unlicensed exports. It increased the penalty for exporting or trying to export without licence to HK$lOO,OOO or three years' imprisonment.— Reuter, AAP.
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    Police officer killed, 6 hurt
    270 1 IPOH, Fri. A UXILIARY Police Ins- pector Foo Eng Lin was killed and six peopie were injured by a grenade thrown In Ipoh tonight. The injured included an elderly Chinese woman, three children, a sergoant and am auxiliary policeman. One of the children was badly
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    BACK TO CHINA
    32 1 HONG KONG. Fri.— The Norwegian steamer Hoi •Houw arrived here today with 400 Chinese squatters from Malaya. The squatters will be escorted by police to the border today. ReuterAAP.
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    $6,468 MIL. VOTE
    21 1 WASHINGTON, Fri. The House of Representatives yesterday voted an extra $6,468.200.000 asked by President Truman for defence. A.P.
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    U.S. ready to arrest 14,000 if war comes
    350 3 U.S. ready to arrest 14,000 if war comes £775,000 FOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS WASHINGTON, Friday. T»HK United States Justice Department is 1 prepared to arrest 14,000 security suspects in the event of a national emergency, according to evidence given to a House of Representatives appropriations committee and published today. Mr. J.
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    'US arms aid must carry on'—Truman
    105 3 'US arms aid must carry on'— Truman WASHINGTON, Frl. PRESIDENT Truman told Congress today the fore« lgn arms aid programme must be continued as long as needed to help the free nations build their defences. "The price will be high, but it us a price which the free nations can
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    ATTLEE FREE OF ULCER
    46 3 LONDON, Fri. Doctors uho have attended the Prime Minister, Mr. Attlee, durmg his five weeks' stay in hostal have reason to suppose that his duodenal ulcer has disappeared. Mr. Attlee, who left hospital yesterday, will resume his 1 full duties on Monday—Reuter.
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    ART BALL 'DREAM GIRL'
    41 3 ART BALL 'DREAM GIRL' a .i^Ltl'TE tiODOARD, the actress, rides in regal splendour through the grand ballroom of the Waldorf Astoria at New York after being named "Dream Gnfl of the annual costume baU of the Art Students' League. A.P. picture.
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    'No rubber for Reds' report
    167 3 And price drops 2} cts. CJINGAPORE Government circles yesterday could not confirm" an Associated Press report from the United States that no more rubber will be shipped to Russia and Red China from Singapore. The report quoted Mr. James Currie, Commercial Counsellor to the British
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    'Let State take over oil now'
    169 3 'Let State take over oil now' TEMERAN, Fri. A SPECIAL session of the Majlis (Parliament) Oil Committee last night unanimously passed a resolution to nationalise Persia's oil immediately. The resolution wilt be submitted to the Majlis tomorrow and if approved, will need only the sanction of the Senate (Upper House)
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    AGREEMENT
    25 3 DAMASCUS, Prl. The Arab League has agreed to a Syrian reQuest for an Indefinite postponement, of the Arab League Council scheduled for tomorrow.— Reuter
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    Rhee sacks 2nd minister
    83 3 TOKYO, Frl. rpHE South Korean PreslM. dent Dr. Syngtnan Rhee yesterday dismissed the Minister of Justice, Mr. Kirn Chun Yon. This is the second dismissal of a Cabinet Minister, arising from the "Koehong incident", in 36 hours. On Wednesday he had dismissed the Home Minister. Dr
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    BRITON HELD
    22 3 RANGOON, Fri. British businessman, Mr. George Turnbull, has been kidnapped and held for ransom by Burmese bandits, It was disclosed
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    'FAMINE' BILL FOR SENATE
    65 3 WASHINGTON, Fri.— A Bill to provide India with 2,000,000 tons of food grains to avert a threatened famine was Introduced in the U.S. Senate yesterday. The Bill, which has been approved by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, would give India grains in two instalments over the
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    NO PROGRESS
    23 3 PARIS. Fri.— The Big Four Foreign Ministers' Deputies made no progress at their thirty-eighth meeting which lasted only 40 minutes yesterday.—Reuter.
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    BURY MR. BEVIN IN ABBEY, SAYS M.P.
    117 3 LONDON. Frl. not only to this Country but MR. Raymond Blackburn, good thing for Independent M.P.. sug- the tra( j e union movement, of gested yesterday that Mr. wnlcn M r Bevin was once a Ernest Bevln. former Foreign leader t0 nave a
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    Allies may have to bomb Manchuria
    125 3 OTTAWA, Friday. T»HE Canadian External Affairs Minister, Mr. Lester B. Pearson, told the House of Commons yesterday that bombing Manchurian airbases may become necessary from a United Nations military viewpoint. Mr. Pearson said that Canada and other countries with troops in Korea should be
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    $5,000 orchid shower
    82 3 CHICAGO. Fri. rHICAGO presented the v visiting Mac Arthurs with a variety of gifts yesterday, including: 1. $5,000 worth of orchidt were showered on Mrs. Jean Mac Arthur when she stepped from her car at Stevens Hotel; 2. Son Arthur got a pair of engraved silver ict
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    BEVAN WIDENS SPLIT IN LABOURPARTY
    550 3 BEVAN WIDENS SPLIT IN LABOURPARTY LONDON, Friday. rTHE split in the Labour Party caused by the 1 resignation of Mr. Aneurin Bevan was widened last night by a letter of protest sent byhim,and three other Members of Parliament, to the Party s National Executive for taking sides in the controLabour
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    'BURMA WILL STAY OUT OF WAR'
    40 3 RANGOON, Frl. The Antl-Fasclst People's Freedom League, mainstay of the Burmese Government, yesterday declared It would continue Its policy of neutrality and try to dissuade other countries from precipitating a third world war. Reuter.
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    SHAVE YOURSELF SALOON
    23 3 MELBOURNE, Fri.— Service at a Melbourne hairdressing saloon Includes free cigarettes for customers waiting. Those in a hurry can shave
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    Indonesia gets new Cabinet
    129 3 Indonesia gets new Cabinet THE HAGUE, Fri. INDONESIA'S President, Dr. I Soekarno, last night announced a coalition Cabinet of 20 Ministers with Dr. Sukiman Wirjosandjojo as Premier and Mr. Suwlrjo, Nationalist Mayor of Jakarta, as Vice-Premjer. Like the former Prime Minister, Mohammed Natsir, who resigned on March 20, Dr. Sukiman
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    SE ASIA DOMINION—WHY NOT?
    279 4 SE ASIA DOMINION— WHY NOT? Political leaders in Singapore are in favour |yjANY Singapore leaden favour the idea of creating a dominion for South-East Asia to incorporate Singapore, the Federation of Malaya, Brunei, British North Borneo and Sarawak. The suggestion was made at Singapore Legislatiye Council meeting by Mr. Thio
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    BANKRUPT BLAMES THE RIOTS
    314 4 BANKRUPT BLAMES THE RIOTS A YOUNG Sw.ss, Karl Rueg- aegger, blamed the Korean war. the high price of rubber, and the December rk is for his bankruptcy. As the proprietor of Intercontinental Trading Company he started business in 'he Colony in 1949 with a borrowed capital of $4,000 and Incurred
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    DRIVERS FINED MUAR. Fri—For carrying
    25 4 DRIVERS FINED MUAR. Fri— For carrying extra passengers in their taxis. Taib bin Kassim ana /^mad Ibrahim were fined Si and $7 respectively at Muar
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    LALLANG FIRE HOLDS UP TRAIN
    78 4 L ALLANG FIRE HOLDS UP TRAIN From Onr Own Correspondent iaiiutr BUKIT MEKTAJAM. Fri. J\ LALLANG fire near the Bukit Mertajam station held up a local passenger train for mare than half an thTline When he fir briff3de PUt hose aero! Fanned by a strong: wind, the fire, believed to
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    B. O. D. security officer's wife dies
    40 4 Che Halimah binte M\>hmood. wife of Inche Abaul Rahim, security officer, BOX) died last nieht at the Police Quarters, Hill Street, Singapore. The funeraj will take place M 1 nm. today ?>t PMadari.
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    City Fathers may be paid quarterly
    178 4 City Fathers may be paid quarterly gING/.PORE Municipal Commissioners may be paid forthwith their $200 a month allowance for the first quarter of this year, if a recommendation of their Finance Committee is approved at the ordinary meeting of Commissioners on Monday. Approval will depend on the result of the
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    'Engine exploded when I started it'
    223 4 'THE Singapore Coroner was told yesterday how an oxyf en cylinder used in starting an engine instead of the usual compressed air cylinder, caused an explosion at the Nanyang Ice Factory, Tanjong Rhu, which killed a young fitter. The Chief Inspector of Machinery, Mr.
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    HID RUBBER IN TRISHA
    60 4 After putting four sheets of rubber In the tools compartment of a trisha, Yeo Koon Loon hid in a bum-boat at North Boat Quay. Detective Said told Singapore Second Police Court yesterday. The detective found four other rubber sheets in the boat. Yeo, convicted of fraudulent
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    MAIDEN VOYAGE
    103 4 MAIDEN VOYAGE THE CARGO LINER SINGAPORE which will leave London next week on its maiden voyage for Japan. The hip rry that in I*6' when a paddle steamer struck an uncharted rock and sank the Singapore i s 9,000 tons gross with accommSdatton 11^! 11 rTice of 18 In SS-SS^*
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    Aid for the kampongs urged
    142 4 Aid for the kampongs urged MR. Ahmad bin Ibrahim, nominated Singapore Legislative Councillor, wll press the Government to turn all existing privately-owned kampongs into Crown land to give the inhabitants security of tenure and better conditions. He told the Straits Time* yesterday that thousands of kampong folk were uncertain about
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    Health plan demand by T.U.C.
    94 4 Health plan demand by T.U.C. From Oar SUIT Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. RESOLUTION asking for a health insurance scheme Is to be moved at the annual delegates' conference of the Malayan Trade Union Council next month. As soon as the resolution has been passed, the M.T.U C will demand that
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    CHARGED UNDER REPEALED LAW
    50 4 From Our Staff Correspondent JOIIORE BAHRU. Fri. THE Johore Bahru Police Magistrate yesterday refused to accept a jruilty nlea by Mafoz bin Haji Rahman, charged with storinr about eight gallons of petrol near a house. REASON-: the Ordinance under which Mafoi was charged ftad been repealed.
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    Staff may rise to local directors
    182 4 THE Malayan branch of the 1 General Electric Co. is to be re-organised as a locally controlled company with one of the objects to jtive local staff a chan&s to rise to the highest positions. This was announced at the first staff dinner by
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    S'pore schools will be 'at home ' all next week
    406 4 S'pore schools will be 'at home all next week SINGAPORE schools will be "At Home" o parents from Monday to Saturday, durinjr the Colony's second Education Week The 140,000 pupils and 4,048 teachers have been working hard to make this year's "Week" a greater success. The programme will officially start
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    C.D.C. can help Colombo Plan in Far East as a pioneer
    507 5 C.D.C. can help Colombo Plan in Far East as a pioneer MALAYAN HOUSING: POWER: COCOA... From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Friday. THE Colonial Development Corporation should be able to play a part in the Colombo Plan in the Far East, both as a beneficiary of Government investment and as a
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    SICK CHILDREN ARE ITS BURDEN
    279 5 riE Right Rev. H. W. Baines, Bishop of Singapore told at the annual general meeting of St Andrew's Mission Hospital yesterday, that there was still room for expansion of the hospital without overstraining the staff and its ability. He said that the hospital has been
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    WORLD LOOKS TO SFPA
    168 5 WORLD LOOKS TO SFPA WORLD recognition has been given to the Singapore Family Planning Association, the president, Mrs. Ooh Kok Kee. said yesterday "We are recognised by the Ualted Nations as the centre of propaganda in South-East Asia," she said. "Inquiries on birth control havt Deer received from the Federation,
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    VISITS DEATH HOUSE SITE
    104 5 The Acting President of the Municipal Commissioners. Mr. Norman Ward, accompanied by Mr. John Carter, the Estatet Officer of the Singapore Improvement Trust, yesterday visited the house whi#i the Tlong Bahru Community centre intends to use as a death house. The shophouse it in Kirn Pong
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    HAD OPIUM
    20 5 Ooh Kheng Thim pleaded guilty in the First District. Court yesterday to possessing opium and was fined $30.
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    Fair price lists planned for Negri
    111 5 From Our Staff Correspondent SEREMBAN, Friday. A COMMITTEE headed by the Assistant Controller of Supplies, Ne&ri Sembilan and Malacca, Mr. W. Aucutt, has been formed to consider fair prices for essential commodities The committee with Mr. Aucutt as chairma' includes a member of the
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    HAD LATEX
    35 5 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Frl.— Sahara bin Aban. found in possession of 21 katis of latex suspected to have been stolen was sentenced to a year's Imprisonment at Batu Pahat yesterday.
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    HAD CHANDU
    28 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Fri.— Loo Chuan, aged 81 found in possession of ten packets of chandu dross was sentenced at Batu Pariat yesterday to twelve weeks Imprisonment.
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    Singapore Dairy
    161 5 TODAY. SINGAPORE ART SOCIETY, exhibition of the work of local artists, British Council Hall, Stamford Road. 9 am. to 5.30 pjn. BRITISH RED CROSS, handicapped children's club outing, Katong Park, 10 a.m., to noon. V.M.C.A.. Orchard Road, chess club, 3 p.m.; movie circle show, 8 p.m. CHINESE V.M.C.A.,
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    Unsuitable for roads in S'pore
    58 5 Unsuitable for roads in S'pore THREE-WHEELER CAR rejected by the Registrar of Vehicles for operation in S in g a po r e is to be shipped back to England by Captain J. Hodge, an Army officer. It cost $2,000. It is considered unsuitable because there is no reverse (tear
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    Property in Singapore is worth more
    242 5 rpHE annual value of proX perties in the Singapore Municipal area at the end of 1950 Increased sllgh-tly more than $2,000,000 over 1949. the Municipal President. Mr. T. P. F. McNelce. reveals in his administration report. The Increase waj mainly due to new buildings
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    U.S. ENVOY IN S'PORE
    70 5 Mr. Edwin F. Stanton. U.S. Ambassador In Slam, arrived In Singapore yesterday by special U.S. Air Force Dakota from Bangkok. Mr. Stanton, who was accompanied by Mrs. Stanton and several members of his staff, was met on arrival by the acting American ConsulGeneral In Singapore, Mr.
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    HACKED HIMSELF WITH A KNIFE
    38 5 Cheong Tze Yin. aged 54, who was bound over in $100 for six months at Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday for attempting suicide was said to have hacked himself with a kitchen knife.
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    Did not show card
    33 5 Hen Soo Weng. a lorry driver was fined $5 in the Singapore First District Court yesterday for failing to produce hU Identity card at Rochore Road on April 20.
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    LESS POLIO IN SINGAPORE
    121 5 INFANTILE paralysis has declined considerably In Singapore in the first few months of this year. This was stated yesterday by Dr. N. A. Canton. Municipal Health Officer, who added: "But we never know pletely a report put out by the World Health Organisation in April, from
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    ENGAGEMENT
    29 6 THS KNOAOKMENT U announood botworn lain Allan, too of UMt-Oolonel Mn W. D Allaa of Bgln. Scotland and MurW Suntar, daughter of Doctor AllN. J. Hunter of Turriff,
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    DEATHS
    79 6 WIGHT, Thomas Anderson, wap4an& by Communist*, J oh ore. ■flii April, 1951, whilst carrying 0«t his planting duties runeral •tBUUdart Cemetery 3 p.m. today. COLLIER. LEO JOHN, Manager of N«w Rompln and Rompin Bahru Kstatrj N.S., age 64, murtftrad by Communists, Johore, 27Ui April 1981. Funeral at Bldadarl CemeUry
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Sat., April 28, 1951. Inflation In Penang
    707 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Sat., April 28, 1951. Inflation In Penang the best-laid schemes o" mice md men Gang aft a-ulzy In introducing the 1951 budget of the Penang Municipality last October, the Municipal President, Mr. H. G. Hammett. M.C.S., announced substantial reductions in electricity charges, involving the sacrifice of
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    The Municipal Labourer
    205 6 One of the most important questions which will have tt be considered by the new Service Committee of the Singapore Municipal Comn.issioners is whether the Municipal labour force, which has remained almost static in numbers for years, should not be placed on the permanent establishment. The labour
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    Fifty Years Ago STARTLING RENTS IN PENANG
    199 6 Fifty Years Ago STARTLING RENTS IN PENANG (From the Straits Times of April 21-2 S. 1901) HEARTH of dwellings is inI» creasing at Penang, and house rent is rising by leaps and bounds, owing to the Krowth of the European population and owing to the higher-class Chinese there now taking
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    As I was Saying
    1134 6  -  A STUDY IN RHYTHM -by Cynicus I)EMOCRACY marche **on. The Federation'; quasi-Cabinet has face,< the new Federal Council and the Colony's nev Council, with the leaver of two women members also has held its firsi meeting. The Federal Council no* sits in an air-conditionec chamber, in
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    Singaporeana
    1073 6 I WAS surprised to learn the other day that granite from Pulau Übln, In the Straits of Johore, Is being transported to the Seria oilfield on the Brunei coast, in huge lighters which are towed across 400 miles of open sea. There is no stone of any kind for
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    S.I.T.'s 'GRAND FLATS' ARE CRITICISED
    372 7 Ratepayers 9 chief says 'build bungalows GINGAPORE Improvement Trust's programme of "building expensive and grand flats" was attacked by Mr. Tan Chin Tuan, president of Singapore Ratepayers' Association at the annual general meeting of the association in Singapore yesterday. Mr. Tan was commenting on the
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    24 7 ONE OF NINE heifers imported from Australia by the Singapore Dairy Farm to "replenish stocks" being unloaded from the Charon yesterday. Straits limes picture.
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    GOOD WILL TOUR OF AUSTRALIA
    175 7 THE Department of Commerce in Australia has accepted a suggestion from Mr. James Payne, Australian. Trade Commissioner in Singapore, for a party of Malayan businessmen to go on a goodwill tour of Australia in September. The proposed tour will give Malayan businessmen an opportunity to
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    MCA SWEEP DRAW AT SINGAPORE
    58 7 THE Malayan Chinese Association has decided to hold the draw for its next 51. 000.000 lottery in Singapore. Mr. Chong Thott Pitt, president of the Singapore branch, said that the draw would be on Sunday. July 1, probably at the Victoria Memorial Hall. The draw
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    Singapore Police for new school
    150 7 /\FFICERS and men of the *J Singapore Police Force will attend courses at the Police Higher Training School to be established at Kuala Kubu. in Selangor. by the Federation Government. Mr. N. G. Morris. Deputy Commissioner of the Singapore Police, told the Straits Times yesterday:
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    Then a real detective turned -up
    156 7 Then a real detective turned -up DOSING as a detective, I Chua Thiam Bock, aged 24 accepted a bottle of beer and a botUe of stout as a bribe. Singapore Third District Court was told yesterday. Chua who admitted three previous convictions. was sentenced to four months' imprisonment from the
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    VISIT TO NEW S.I.T. FLATS
    187 7 VISIT TO NEW S.I.T. FLATS TTOE acting Municipal President, Mr. Norman Ward, and members of the Singapore Improvement Trust Board of Trustees inspected the new red-painted flats In Tiong Bahru Road yesterday morning. They were shown over the shops, two and three bedroom ed flats and the rooftop pavilions by
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    SHOW NETS $1,000 MORE
    65 7 The Victoria Theatre was packed last night for the repeat performance of Show Business, a variety concert held In aid of the Dr. Patricia Bliott Memorial Fund. Produced by Vernon Martlnus, Show Business excelled its previous performance and the cast of amateurs could hardly have done
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    FUN FAIR
    32 7 A fun fair arranged by the Society of St. Vincent De Paul Is to be held on Sept. 2 in the Church of St. Joseph grounds. Tickets are $1 each.
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    HE SAVED THE HANDCART
    67 7 A LABOURER pushed a handcart to the Municipal building daring: the riots and handed it to the Singapore Municipal Presi- dent to prevent its destruction by che mob. 1, The Municipal President. Mr. T. P. F. McNeioe. refates this in his annual report. Mr. MrNeice says
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    appointment
    16 7 The Governor has appointed Mr. R.W. Watson Hyatt a member of the Nursing Board. Singapore.
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    'Incredible' said Judge
    126 7 A MAN who was absent on Thursday when his wife sued him for a divorce on the grounds of cruelty was yesterday told by the Singanore Acting Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Brown: "It is most Incredible that any man should show such complete indifference. I hope I
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    The King honours Army in Federation, Singapore
    403 7 A WARDS for operational services in the Federation and SlnßaDore between July 1050, and Dec. 31. 1950. have been approved by the King. The list is as follows. C.BJE.: Brig. R- O. Collingwood, Cmdr. 63 Inf. Bde.; Brig. J. C. Collins. D.M.S., O.H.Q.
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    R.A.F. DANCE AT RAFFLES
    74 7 Members of the Royal Air Force In Singapore went gay at Raffles Hotel last night when the RAJ*. Association held Its annual dinner and dance. Speeches were made by Air Marshal Sir Francis Fogarty and Air Vice Marshal ft. 6. Blucke. Sir Francis Fogarty who Is
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    STUDENT NURSES ANNUAL DANCE
    35 7 The Singapore student nurses first annual dance will be held at Harrower Hall, Faculty of Medicine, at 8.30 tonight. Tickets at S3 each are available at the door. Dress It optional
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    REMANDED IN YIO CHU KANG
    43 7 Cheng Fook Chuen, aged 19, was remanded In the Singapore Mental Hospital after being charged m the Second Police Court yesterday with causing hurt to Ho Sim Kee. with a knife, at Syed Alwi Road on April U.
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    BUDDHIST LEADER SEES S'PORE
    109 7 DR. G P. Malalasekara, president of the World Fellowship of Buddhist*, spent a crowded day In Singapore yesterday. In the morning Dr. Malalasekera lectured at the Chines* High School, Bukit .Timah Returning to the Colony In the afternoon, he was guest of honour at a luncheon
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    AT TIONG BAHRU
    59 7 THE ACTING PRESIDENT of the Municipal Commissioners. Mr. Norman Ward (second from riffht) at Tiont; Bah r a yesterday. With him are Mr. K. A. Brundle, Deputy Government Architect, Mr. Lincoln rage. SIT. Senior Architect and Planner. Mr. J. M. Fraser, manager of the 5.1.T.. and right.
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    Major who fired was 'justified'
    363 7 MAJOR T J. Phillips of the 22nd. Gurkha Rifles of Ipoh, toW Singapore Coroner yesterday why he was forced to shoot a Malay in an alley off Geylang Road on the second day of the riots. Major Phillips was giving evidence at an Inquest— the
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    TEC SHOOTS P.C ACCIDENTALLY
    60 7 A SINGAPORE policeman. 28-year-old Bandoo Patil. was accidentally •hot in the right wrist by a detective sergeant while both were trying to arrest an army Malay sergeant at Bukit Panjang, Singapore yesterday. The army sergeant escaped. He b believed to hare been Injured In the head
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    LOTTERY CHARGE
    37 7 A 84-year-old woman. Ec Un Mor. claimed trial In Singapore Second Police Court yesterday on a charge of assisting to manage a chap-Ji-kee lottery at W-ld Road on April 26. Ball of $1,000 was allowed.
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    Warship shells bandit hideout
    336 7 Warship shells bandit hideout From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Pri. OUILDINGS in P*ort D Swettenham shook us four-inch swells wer^ fired all yesterday and today from H. M. S, Whitesands Bay, anchored in the harbour, at a bandit hideout a few miles inland. Today the Royal Air Fcrre, the
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    Shops can sell under price' level
    215 8 Shops can sell under price' level RETAILERS MAKE FURTHER (UTS jyfANY Singapore reiTl tailers are selling a number of essential commodities at less than the fair prices published by the Food Control Department and are still making a profit of 10 per cent, to 15 per cent. Fourteen retailers Inter
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    T.B. CLAIMS 36 LIVES
    68 8 Thirty -six persons died from tuberculosis during the week ending April 21 accordIng to Municipal health statistic* issued in Singapore yesterday. This was an increase of one over the previous week. During the same period there were two deaths from diphtheria compared to three the previous
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    U.S. $500 TO TOUR WORLD
    9 8 pore. straits Times picture.
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    'GOVT. GETS THE CREAM:' FACER
    149 8 From Our Staff Correspondent AMR H H KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. 8 annual meeting in Kuala Lumpur today he said: fh'i« We m&houldm &houId prefer t0 s P en d ,r. ey ln securing the Inn fhii' w Ur own la *x>urers f»?i i, elr de
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    Shadow on the rubber market
    215 8 Shadow on the rubber market tibber market this week been overshadowed Government's destinaexport licence control says Lewis and Peat's report, issued yesterAn announcement made on Thursday, placing licensing on a monthly basis has not clarified the situation regarding contracts made uerore April 7. As has been said before, rubber old
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    ROAD MENDER
    29 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Fri —Ne Ah Lum, who made use of the public road as a repair yard for motor vehicles, was fined $10 at Johore Bahru today.
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    2 ROUND WORLD GIRLS GET TO S'PORE
    361 8 2 ROUND WORLD GIRLS GET TO S'PORE TWO American girl stuA dents, Miss Beverly Drake, 24, of Nebraska, and Miss Phyllis Burke, 21, of New York, who started a round-the-world trip with $500 (U.S.) each on June 15 last year, arrived in Singapore on Wednesday They said yesterday that anyone
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    $6,000,000 gross from electricity
    118 8 T^.n^V-i 0117 of the Singapore Presidents Administration Reoort for iQsn The report, signed by Mr T. P.F. McNsice, who is now on leave, will be tabled at the ordinary meeting of Municipal Commissioners on Monday. Mr. McNeice makes it clear in his report that this figure
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    MAN WANTED TO TEACH PRISONERS
    214 8 THE Commissioner of Prisons. Singapore is looking for a qualified person to teach Chinese and English to lons-term prisoners at Chang! Gaol and to act as librarian of the prison, in place of the one who resigned recently The teacher will also have to give
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      91 8 Straits Times Crossword Ml 1 1- f I r I i 4i 4 II 5 if II n^ Ti io i m l iZHZM~aZi I II" mjn Z .■iiHliiiii '9 20 21 22 E^Z^I3I Z_l9l^~ _I_ilaZi_liHll~ IL_ il5)i 15 TrT" pzn i a W~M~ AC ROSS. i 3. wheel, stone,
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      THE CALL OF MALAYA: TO THE CHINESE
      413 9 Times Saturday. April 28. 1951 ttjOA ft man who has Just returned to Malaya, I am quite «urprised ftt the changes that have taken place since the Emergency began. I am a Chinese, and I am rather ashamed to admit that a good
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      COUNTER THE RED LIES!
      122 9 ITVERY nirht Radio Moscow may be picked up in Malaya on about five wave bands. Its propaganda Is clever and extremely well put over. If lies are repeated often enough a large number of people may come to believe them. Is it not possible for the
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      KEPPEL AREA MOSQUITOES
      129 9 A FTER a long absence mosquitoes have reappeared in the Keppel Harbour area. Svery evening hordes of them nvade the houses in the vicinity, a nuisance to everyone. These mosquitoes may not be of the disease-carrying species, but as they buzz continuously around -one's head one finds
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      'There was rain in Singapore'
      384 9 'There was rain in Singapore' THERE was a rainstorm on Tuesday eveningjust what one must expect periodically in Singapore. As usual, many homes ana shops were flooded, with consequent damage to property, furniture and stocks of goods, streets were under water, cars were stalled, and hundreds of people were put
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      BOOK ENTRY
      51 9 YOUR readers may be interested to know, at a time when there is so much talk of giving nationality to the Chinese as an inducement for loyalty and sacrifice, that r^to Tan Cheng Lock gives his nationality In the Seremban Rest House Visitors' Book as Chrnese. MALAY. Johore
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      'Decentralise the Departments in the Federation'
      216 9 OINCE Kuala Lumpur was made the Federal capital under the new Constitution, this town has rapidly grown into a very busy centre. Most Federal Department H.Q.s are concentrated* here, the town becomes more and more congested every day. As a natural sequence to this
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      COOL TIP
      61 9 Pr the Interests of suffering humanity, may I suggest that the Singapore Turf Club hold a race meeting at least every month? This would surely spare us the sort of heatwave we are experiencing at present because in the past five years only twice or thrice perhaps has
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      FEDERATION GOVT.: 'A FAT WHITE SLUG'
      111 9 IT is high time something was done to stop this wicked taxation of industry and its employees by the Federation Government. This so-called Government is like a fat white slug sucking out the life-blood of industry and its workers. It amazes me that vested
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      MERCHANT FIRMS' EMPLOYEES
      67 9 IN view of the prevailing high price. Government has approved C.O.L.A. to all its employees to the extent of 85 per cent, at from January 1, 1951. We congratulate the Government. But what are we, the mercantile clerks, to do We draw a lower basic salary. May
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      COMMERCIAL EMPLOYEE. Kuala Lumpur.
      39 9 COMMERCIAL EMPLOYEE. Kuala Lumpur. Letter* atoned with nom-de-plnme cinno". be published unless the writer's name and address are communicated in confidence to the editor m a sign ef good faith. Correspondents are asked to write as briefly as possible.
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      A DAY IN KLANG
      177 9 WHEN a person gets up in the morning in Klang he is confronted with the following difficulties: He has to wash himself with Red Sea Water fresh from the pipe, filled with all kinds of sediment which the health authority claim* to be not only non-injurious
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      SHORTHAND DICTATION
      136 9 AS a candidate who sat for the L.C.C. Higher Stage Shorthand recently, I would like to object to the selection of Indian dictation readers to read out the selected Pieces. A consensus Indicates that candidates are most emphatically against this practice; the majority of us are Chinese. Indian
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      'Let's have a tax on ears'
      253 9 EVERYBODY knows that Malaya is at present enJoying an unprecedented boom and at the same time laments that, with the boom, inflation has set In. More lamentable still Is the fact that so many who should be paying their due in Income tax are
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    THOUGHTS ON THE COLONY GOVERNMENT
    504 9 I REGRET that I cannot share the astonishment and indignation of the Automobile Association of Malaya at the total absence of intelligent action by the Singapore Government and Municipality to improve traffic control. What does astonish me is that anyone who has lived in Singapore
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    $500 per month
    221 9 rr can clearly be seen why the Labour and Independent candidates stood for election at the last Singapore Legislative Council elections to reap the harvest of $18,000 in three years. Though in their election manifestoes they proclaimed that they would do everything for the good of tb<s
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      252 9 'MY OWN, MY NATIVE LAND' /TTIZENSHIP, patriotism and the Manpower Regulations v seem to be under constant discussion. It seems worth while in this connection to remember a few lines of Sir Walter Scctt Breaihes there the man with soul se dead, Who never to himself hath said, ''This my
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    London Stocks
    336 10 LONDON. Fri. PHEERED by Imperia Chemical dividend o 12% for the year agaltui 10% and bumper profits, th< Industrial share market today resisted weekend sale: and closed with buoyancy lr many sections. Rayons and Textiles were again supported and there were many useful advances In mlsellaneous section and
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    PRODUCE MARKET
    49 10 gELLERS held off in the copra section of the Singapore produce .narket yesterday. Buyers' bids rose to $50 > 2 a nlcul in a steady market. Coconut oil remained quiet, with sellers quoting $82 a picul. There was no buying interest. Pepper was again steady; prices were unchanged.
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    MALAYAN SHARES
    720 10 rwwiP om A Mark *t Correspondent *JHE Malayan share market was very quiet yesterday, but with a very firm undertone i n the Rubber and Tin sections. Industrials were inclined J to ease slijrhtly. Quotations announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers Association yesterday were INDUSTRIALS BM 7ru«te« (00 8
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    TIN: $579¾ A PICUL
    36 10 SINGAPORE.Fri.. Apr 27 —$579.75 (down $9.37*.)" £1150 a ton in London LONDON, Apr. 27-Cash £1,160. Forward Buyers |1,140 Sellers f 1,145; Settlement £1,140 (down xs). Turn-overs: a.m 160 tons, p.m. 30 tons.
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    RUBBER Easy; fair business
    231 10 RUBBER Easy; fair business FE Singapore rubber market eased after a steady opening yesterday morning with a fair turn-over at prices ranging from $1.91 to $1.88y 2 a Ib. for first-grade, May shipment. The market was still nervous regarding the situation of export licence control, especially the quantities allowed for
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    SHIPS ALONGSIDE
    58 10 CHIPS alongside the Singapore Harbour Board godowna at 4 p.m. yesterday were: 44 Rajula. 42-43 Teiresia, 40-41 Charon, 3839 Chandpara, 36-37 Tricolor, 3334 Friesland, 29-30 Noreverett, 2728 Kvernaaa, 25-26 Umaria. 23-24 Pres. Arthur, 21-23 M. Brander 19-20 Bradeverett, 18-18 Kola, 1314 Benmacdhul. 11-12 Celebes. 8-9 Granville, 4-5 Bulan,
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    I.C.I. FINAL 9%
    40 10 IMPERIAL Chemical ladustrles X directors propose a final F< uividend for 1950 of nine per cent to make a total 12 per cent, for the year. Meeting in London June 14final dividend, when approved payable June 16.
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    H.K. EXCHANGE
    34 10 FHONO KONG. Pri. REE market currency exchange for Hong Kong dollar* was quoted at the close today as follows: US$l HK$6.lO (cash); HK$6.l4 (T); £1 HK515.50: one tahll ot gold HKs3lB'i— UP.
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    W. TAN SCORES THREE FOR C.A.
    427 11 Fourth defeat for R.E.M.E. C.A- 6; REME 0. MAKING every use of their scoring chances, Chinese Athletes beat R.E.M.E. by six-nil in a S.A.F.A. Senior Division league game at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. This was R.E.M.E.'s fourth successive defeat after their run of three
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    42 11 BOTil PEGUSUSS goalkeeper and iii.nt lull b i.l feU to stop Bishop Auckland's only goal in the Amateur Cud final at Wembtey last Saturday scored by right-half Nimmins. Pegasus went on^to win the Cap, however, by two goals to one. Popper picture.
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    Fathul Karib take lead in Division Two
    282 11 FATHUL Karib had two missed penalties in their five-nil vicory over S.H.B. In a S.A.F.A. Divisior Two league game at Oejang S adium yesterday. This latest victory their sixth gives unbeaten Fathuls the lead over Katong Sajarah by one point from an equal
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    WON HIS RACE DESPITE FALL
    117 11 Breaking away from Peters and Teo Tlanp Seng at the 96th lap with a powerful sprint, 21-year-old Goh Poh Soon won the Enfleld Century (100-laps Grass Track race) held on the Indian Association ground by half a lap to spare from the second man, Peters.
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    TENGAH SPORTS
    49 11 More than a hundred athletes will take part In the annual RAF. Tengah athletic sports to be held at Tengah on Saturday May 12. The meet is being run on an Inter-Wing and Squadron basis and seven teams have entered. The programme comprises more than 20 events.
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    PAST v PRESENT
    105 11 The two teams for the annual soccer match between Past and Present boys of St. Andrew's School, to be held on the school ground at 4 p.m. today are: Past: R. Roberts, Ho Ec Bin. Han Luk Juan, Benjamin Rops. Thlo Yuen* Cheng Sim Soo Chye, Howe
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    Malacca confident against Johore
    288 11 START Of MALAYA CUP SOCCER From Our Stall Correspondent MALACCA, Friday. jtf ALACCA meet Johore in the first match of this year's Malaya Cup soccer competition at Malacca tomorrow and hopes are high here that the Settlement will win their tie as they did last year.
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    Kok Lent to keep cup he won 7 times
    240 11 Kok Lent to keep cup he won 7 times FED. TENNIS From Our Staff Correspondent PENANO, Fri. '"THE Penang Lawn Tennis Association, at its annual general meeting on Wednesday decided that Goon Kok Lem, who has won the Penang singles title for seven years, should be allowed to retain the
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    TABLE TENNIS
    37 11 Results of last night's interschool table tennis tournament at the Great World are:— St. Andrews beat Raffles Whita 5-4, Raffles Green beat Raffles Black 5-4, Chinese High School A beat Chinese High School B 5-4.
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    WEEKEND CRICKET TEAMS
    458 11 Following are cricket teams for the weekend's matches: Sinhalese Assn. f V.M.C.A. at V.M.C.A. today at 2 p.m.: K. S. Williams (capt.). F. Perera, P. Fernandez, A. Fernando, H. Perera, L. Frugtniet, A. Mendis, D. Jayakody, E. Reginald, Upatissa, Nagapala. F. De Silva. Sinhalese v CYMA In
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      83 11 Today's Radio SINGAPORE 10 a.m. News from K.L.; 10.10 Close; 1 p.m. "Saturday Ballroom"; 1.30 News; 1.50 Plantation Music; 2 "Album of Harmony"; 2.15 K.L. Racing; S Close; 6.15 Children; 6.40 Fred Waring and his Penn6ylvanlans; 7 News; 7.15 "Police and the People"; 7.20 "Listeners' Choice": 7.50 "Spotlight on the
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    WEIGHT WILL NOT STOP FIFTY GRAND
    226 12 WEIGHT WILL NOT STOP FIFTY GRAND Most 'classy 9 in Div. 1 9-f. race From EPSOM JEEP gktumn KUALA LUMPUR, Friday W E ™X TT r a n sh 0 "X not beat a good horse like Fifty Graml I think he has an outstanding 0 01^ 161 11 d
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    Sports Dairy
    234 12 TODAY SOCCEB: Mr. I: Tiger S.A. Indonesians at stadium; Dlv. 3 A Mental HospiUl t Aston A.C. hospital; Dlv. 3B: SeleUr F.C. Customs »t Geyteng; Friendlies Indian R.C. v RAF SeleUr a Self tar; Malayan Airways v Broad casting S.C. at Farrer Park; St Andrew's Fiast t Present.
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    'Dave Sands will fight Turpin'
    143 12 'Dave Sands will fight Turpin LONDON, Frl. BOXTNO promoter Jack Solomons said yesterday he hart heard nothing official abejt Dave Sands' reported unwillingness to fight Randolph Turpin in June but he expected Sands "to honour the agreement." He had sent Sands' manager Tom Maguire three roundtrip tickets for which he
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    TODAY'S GOING
    33 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. J7XCEPT for a brief shower on Thursday afternoon, the weather in Koala Lumpur has been bright and sonny. Barring further rain, the going tomorrow will be very good.
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    With Billdaw out, take Liberty Flag
    921 12 WITH Billdaw out, Race Four has a very open appearance. Wonder Lad has pretty useful form. SriJh* year ol an Hard Cash t0 a head U P SSlfif r l e^ Ipoh and wa% third B«tB «t Bet over 6f. at Bukit Tinaah last
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    Pot Luck is day's best bet
    140 12 From EPSOM JEEP KUALA LUMPUR, Fri OBVIOUS selection on fflrm is Pot Luck. This fourlf n i th ,1° Bln nton over 6f at Bukit Timah. He cave Blnnton too big a start I make Pot Luck In Race Seven my best bet of
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    Malayan's horse makes U.K. debut
    88 12 From Onr Own Correspondent LONDON, Fri.— Lady Wrangler, the fllly for which Dr. Melville Thompson of Singapore paid 5,100 guineas, had her first race at Epsom when she finished fourth In a field of ten over five furlongs Trainer Victor Smyth says he Is well
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    Straits Times Selections
    119 12 EPSOM JEEP CALL BOY POINTER Race 1 2.30 SMILING THROUGH Pippindeal SMILING THROUGH I. 'Apache SMILING THROUGH Pippindeal Race 2 3.00 HARCOURT ii^vCOURT HARCOURT Race 3 3.30 PRATTLIN' Windsor Laddie Constellation CONSTELLATION Prattlin' Windsor Laddie CONSTELLATION Windsor Laddie PrmtUln' Race 4 4.00 LIBERTY FLAG Wonder Lad Belgium
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    Today's Race Card
    184 12 'TODAY'S race card at Kuala Lumpur is given below. Double totes will be on Races Three and Four, Seven and Eight. The Big Sweep will be on 1 Kate Eight. m JSfeL& 30: Class DiT Fu i «ii s,ac, ac^ 33 3 30: Cla 5 D *v.
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    League Cup tourney for Business Houses
    187 12 a s^z e s wr-s t'fi^sy; Ten teams in "A" group of the current league will be sub-divided into two Leagues of five teams and the 12 teams in "B" group into three Leagues of four teams, making a total of five small Leagues.
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    WITH S'PORE ON THE SIDELINES
    318 12 Cup soccer starts today.,.. iSS™. An y'«« r Football Association and Foortall Association of Malaya must take the Many old-timers, present day players and the public feel that football's nabobs nave let them down. The Malaya Cup was presented to the public to promote football
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    U.K. SOCCER
    47 12 LONDON, Frt.— Yesterday's V X soccer results were: Second Division: Doncaster Rovers 2, Preston North Bad 0. Third Division (Southern); Leyton Orient 1, Plymouth Argyta a; Port Vale 2 Crystal Palace 1. ThW Division (Northern) CarlIda 1. Halifax Town 0. Other match: Burnley 1, Ham-
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    STRONG SBH XI v SERVICES
    80 12 The Singapore Business Houses Football Association has selected a strong team to meet the United Services at Jalan Besar Stadium on Wednesday. The following have been chosen to represent 5.8.H.F.A.: Arshad (OTEC); Vau (H'kong Bank), Salleh (M.P.H.); Kok Ton! (Stanvac), Hoon Leong (F. N Hee
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    NEW HOPE
    76 12 A final M| for Singapore's in- elusion In this years Malaya. Cup competition will be made on luesdfty. The Singapore sportsman who .k T,^ k. ofrered *o mediate in the dispute between F.A.M. and S.A.F.A. met S.A.F.A. officials on wJ^L^ 1"- Yesterday he telephoned Tungku Abdul Rahman. F.AJW.
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    PengSoon due next Friday
    163 12 U7ONO Peng soon, the Malayan badminton champion who won the All-England and Danish men's singles titles. Is expected back In Singapore on May 4 He is due to play an exhibition game in Rangoon.where he should arrive on April 20. He may also figure In an
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      26 12 SINGAPORE TIDES TODAY: 2.13 a.m. (1.4), 4.54 J.m. (6.6); 9.32 a.m. (0.7), 9.11 TOMORROW: 3.17 ajn. (7.7), 35 p.m. (8.6); 10.59 a.m. (12) 1.05 pjn. (6.2).
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