The Straits Times, 5 February 1952

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1952 PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS
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    MALAYA PROTESTS ON NEW DEPUTY
    673 1 Councillors talk about resigning KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. [JNOFFICIAL members of the Federation's Executive Council will protest at the weekly meeting tomorrow against the appointment of the new Deputy High Commissioner, Mr. Donald Charles MacGillhmur. There has been talk in Kuala Lumpur of the resignation of
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    106 1 j^jK. Alis t c r Mac Donald (above left), a London architect, who is the elder brother of the Commis-sioner-General, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, arrived in Singapore by Qantas8.0.A.C. from London yesterday. But the two brothers did not meet yesterday, for Mr Malcolm Mac Donald is it present in Sarawak.
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    'IT'S A WISE MOVE,' SAYS BRITISH NEWSPAPER
    128 1 'IT'S A WISE MOVE,' SAYS BRITISH NEWSPAPER appointment of Mr. Donald Charles MacGillivray is approved by the Daily Telegraph "because he is a seasoned Colonial administrator well used to navigating in troubled waters, having served nine years in Palestine.'" The paper says be will bring m fresh mind to bear
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    S'pore man in Royal tour convoy
    145 1 S'pore man in Royal tour convoy SINGAPORE'S closest link to the royal tour will be made when -Mr. Gordon Clarrie, a sub-lieutenant in the Malayan Volunteer Naval Reserve, joins the convoy of ships to escort Prince** fUii beth and the Duke of Edinburgh to Australia at the end of this
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    Mrs. Geddes goes back
    76 1 LONDON. Mon ■i I i Elizabeth Geddes, of Ravenscourt, Thornton H*U. Busby, near Glasgow, was to fly to her &ick husband in Malaya, was told in London last night that he had died She cancelled her plans for the journey and returned home by overnight train.
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    THE LAW FOR THE DEPUTY
    205 1 THE LAW FOR THE DEPUTY KUALA LUMPUR, Men. f)HANGES in the Federal Agreement to put into effect the appointment of a Deputy High Commissioner were announced in the Government Gazette today. The proclamation changes clause 11 of the Agreement and substitutes two sub- j clauses. The Deputy High Commissioner will
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    JAPS WANT RICE
    20 1 TOKYO. Mon Japan will send officials to Burma and Siam to iugotiate for more rice Imports.— A.F.P
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    BOMB KILLS ONE
    34 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon Bandits threw a handgrenade into a resettlement area In the Mentakab area of Pahang and killed Ho Ah Peng aged 21. and wounded his 11-year-oid brother. Ah Sang
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    Bandit leader's brother held
    52 1 BANGKOK, Mon. Yong Sin Saen, brother of a leader of the Communist bandits in Malaya, was arrested in Haadyai, south Siam, today on charges of espionage. Y° ng Sin Saen said that Chinese guerillas near the Malaya-Siam border are supplied with modern arms by the Peking
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    Troops for Korea here
    45 1 The Empire Fowey arrived In Singapore last night from Southampton with 1.700 United Nations troops for Korea About 300 of them are Dutch and Belgian, and the rest British. Nearly all the men will be seeing action for the first time.
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    GIMSON TOASTS CEYLON
    33 1 The Governor of Singapore Sir Franklin Gimson, proposed the toast of Ceylon at a cocktail party given yesterday by Mr. M. Saravanamuttu the Ceylonese Commissioner to mark Ceylon's Independence Day
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    Police kill rioter
    82 1 TUNIS. Mon. THE calm in Tunisia was broken today when police fired into a group on the outskirts of the city, killing one. The group was forming in the street This brings the death toll to 70 killed and more than 200 injured since rioting broke out.
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    THREE DETAINED
    34 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Two Chinese men and a woman have been held for Interrogation after the murder of a Malay rubber tapper by 10 bandits In the Batu Pahat area of Johore
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    Five more Reds surrender
    161 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Monday ANOTHER five bandits have surrendered to security forces, making a total of 12 in the past week. i— One bandit, who was left with a comrade to guard a jungle camp, slashed his comrade with a parang, knocked him unconscious and escaped. He
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    50 detained over money changes leak
    72 1 JAKARTA, Mon. 50 people, including prominent Chinese, Indonesian and Dutch businessmen, have been detained in connection with the information leakage over the new monetary measures announced by the Indonesian Government on Saturday. They were rounded up on Saturday night and detained for questioning. Premature
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    THEY'RE NOT TOO OLD AT SIXTY
    68 1 LONDON. Mon. THE Government announcd last night that from today civil servants will no longer be forced to retire at 60. They are to be encouraged to stay on until they reach 65. Those who wish to continue working will have to take efficiency
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    PROGRESS IN KOREA TALKS
    225 1 PROGRESS IN KOREA TALKS TOKYO, Mon. fOR the first time in two months a full session of the Korean ceasefire negotiators will be held on Wednesday in an attempt to accelerate progress of the talks now bogged down In the committee stage. Both sides have now agreed to an additional
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    Guns, bells mark day
    65 1 COLOMBO, Mon. fJHURCH and temple bells and a 21 -salute today greeted Ceylon's fourth anni-j versary of independence. The Prime Minister Mr. Senanayake, in a broadcast, warned Asia of the dangers of false nationalism. False nationalism, he said, might destroy the nation's unity and religious harmony
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    DEARER TIMES
    17 1 LONDON. Mon— The Times today announced an increase in price from 3d. to 4d.— UP.
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    Kidnapped U.S. girl is found
    188 1 FRANKFURT. Mon THE US Army authorities reported today that an 18-year-old American girl kidnapped by a gunman in U.S. uniform more than 13 hours ago had been found, apparently unharmed, at a village near here. The kidnapper, who spoke fluent English and said he had
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    2 BANDITS KILLED, THREE WOUNDED
    78 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. TWO bandits have been killed, three wounded and 1 a suspected woman bandit has been captured over the week-end. In the Telok Anson area of Peiak, Commandos killed one bandit and wounded another. A sa-ik of supplies was found. A police jungle
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    LORRIES BURNT
    21 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Two estate lorries were set on fire by bandits in the Batu Pahat area of Johore.
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    GUNMAN KILLS PRINCIPAL OF CHUNG LING
    296 1 PENANG, Monday. |I|R. David Chen, president of the Federation iTI Chinese Teachers' Association and principal for more than 20 years of Malaya's biggest Chinese high school, the Chung Ling, was shot dead in MacAlister Road, Penang, this afternoon. Mr. Chen was about to leave
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    Latest News
    52 1 Thre<» babies died in fire which destroyed a home in Cheshire town of Dukinfield. Mother, Mrs. H. Aris, returned shopping to find house ablaze, rushed in to save children and had to be rescued herself. Children, two girls and a boy, aged seven months, two years and three
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    Consulate closed
    24 1 LONDON. Mon.— Britain today decided to close its con-sulate-general in Canton. Reason: There are only 12 British subjects in the area. Reuter.
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    Prince Philip to I play polo
    35 1 I NYERI. KFNYA. Mon. Prince Philip was to play polo on a borrowed pony at the local club here this afternoon. Princess Elizabeth was to watch the game.— Reuter.
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    Two naked 'animal girls' are found on an island
    161 2 JAPANESE research workers have found two naked "animal girls" living on grass and roots hi a forest cottage oh Kyushu, Japan's southern most island. A doctor said there wa s little to distinguish them from animals The girls appeared to be
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    REST OF THE WORLD NEWS IN BRIEF
    151 2 REST OF THE WORLD NEWS IN BRIEF marines operated by remote control in the Baltic. The Spanish Foreign Office will let 2,000 crippled veterans of the Republican Army return to Spain. Lieut.-Col. Sir Hugh LucasBooth has been appointed Undersecretary of State to the Home Office. Mr James H Stewart has
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    CZECH ANTI-REDS 'FIRE ARMS STORE'
    246 2 WASHINGTON, Monday. A CZECH refugee said here yesterday that underground reports from anti-Communist guerillas describe the sabotage of munitions storehouses and a large sugar refinery in Czechoslovakia. Dr V S KraJcovLc, chair- man of the Refugee National i Committee for the Liberation of Slovakia, said
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    A real life 'Moby Dick' is harpooned
    118 2 ELIZABETH, New Jersey, Mon. A WHITE whale, like "Moby Dick," a mythical ocean monster that stirred the imagination of the world for a century, was harpooned off the coast of Peru recently. The freak was taken by Norwegian whalers working from* the ship
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    MR. H. ICKES DIES
    30 2 WASHINGTON, Mon.— Mr. Harold Ickes, former VS. Secretary of the Interior and a colourful figure on the national political scene, has died at an emergency hospital.—U.P.
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    Firmness 'only hope of peace in Asia'
    217 2 Firmness 'only hope of peace in Asia' WASHINGTON, Mon. SENATOR R. -Alexander Smith said yesterday that the one thing that can prevent World War 111 is to make it clear in Korea and South-East Asia that aggression will bring stern punishment. The senator, second ranking Republican on the Foreign Relations
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      461 2 AUCTION .SALE OF VALUABLE TOWN BUSINESS PREMISES AT MARKET STRRET, (Each Lot is subject to existing tenancies, and to a Tenancy Agreement which expires on the 30th June, 1952), to be held in our Sale-Rooms, Nos. 4 4-1, Collyer Quay, On TUESDAY, 12th FEBRUARY, 1952, at 2.30 p.m. I Nos
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      143 2 Today's Radio SINGAPORE 10 a m. Emergency News from KL; 10.05 Light Music; 10.45-12 Schools; 1 p.m. Light Music; 1.30 News; 1.45 Dance Music; 2-3.20 Schools; 6.15 "Pour Stars <fc A Starlet"; 6.30 UN. Album; 6.40 Radio Malaya Trio; 6.55 Announcements; 7 News; 7.15 "Can We Help You?"; 7.30 "Paul
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      134 2 PENANG 9.30 a.m. Schools; 10 As S'pore; 10.45 12 Schools: 1 2 As Spore; 6 "Melody Time"; 6.30 Chilrden; 6 55 Announcements; 7 News; 7.15 ••Singing Cowboys"; 7.30 "Jazz Jmboree"; 8 "The Swiss Family Robinson"; 8.30 "Rays a Laugh"; 9 Dance Music; 9.30 News: 9.45 Radio String Ensemble; 10 "Lady
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    FRESH TALKS ON SUEZ 'LONG WAY OFF', SAYS MAHER PASHA
    264 3 FRESH TALKS ON SUEZ 'LONG WAY OFF', SAYS MAHER PASHA Whitehall is more optimistic but— ■m«_ CAIRO, Monday. £(.YPT'S Prime Minister, Aly Maher Pasha, yesterday that negotiations with Britain Jo settle the Anplo-Effyptian dispute are "a long time off". He disclosed the Egyptian Government's view n tne resumption of negotiations
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    LATEST LONDON PRICES STOCKS
    186 3 LATEST LONDON PRICES STOCKS I rir*, n LONDON, Mon. Mn middle orr-es of selecird ■locks. as supplied by special arrangement with The Financial were: Icii.rt.rpa .as.**"""' K. ;«u oo i io iE i:lsl ;j 'MHSTRMLS til r iuU) 2s 2 Oil iuU) 34 i«>»M 's/-> 42/6 and 26- 19'- 65
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    TIN
    29 3 (London: £997! a ton LONDON. Feb. 4— Cash uy«T s £9975. Sellers 1.000: Forward Buyers W7.. Sellers 1.000: Setement £1.000 (up £7)). urnover: a.m. 180. p.m. 55 •ns.
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    RUBBER
    28 3 r)NDON, Feb. 4— Spot 38 'id.. 38 \d., April 38. Apr.- June ri July-Sept. 36'-d.. Octv 35 '.d.. Feb. c.i.f. 38d.. Mar. 38d Apr. c.l.f. 37',d. Mar-
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    IN S496 1/4 A PICUL
    12 3 SINGAPORE. Mon. Feb. 4. ««o«25 (up $4).
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    Gracie gets permission
    56 3 CAPRI, Mon. IQRACIE Fields said yesterday that she has received a special dispensation from the Pope for her forthcoming marriage to a Ro-manian-born radio mechanic Boris Alberovlch. Miss Fields told reporters in Rome last week she planned to marry on Feb. 13 Miss Fields was 54 iast
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    Bevan: 'No bid to oust Attlee'
    122 3 I LONDON, Mon. ]VI R Aneurin Eevan yesterI day publicly denied newspaper speculation that he was bidding for the leadership of the Labour Opposition in Parliament. Mr. Sevan issued a Press statement in reply to the Conservative Sunday Express, which alleged that he was
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    140 HUKS KILLED
    13 3 MANILA, Mon. Govern*vnt forces killed 140 Coin-n.unlst-led Huks in January
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    Britain, Jews to discuss problems
    104 3 THE Israeli Foreign Minis^ Mr'Mo^^rfarett 1 will discuss his country's problems with Brita, during his visit to London this week Sources close to the Israel Foreign Ministry said that with the Anglo-Egyptian disP"' e unresolved, it would be difficult for the statesmen to n an
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    EIGHT ESCAPE IN AIR CRASH
    27 3 NEW DELHI. Mon.-An Indian Air Force plane last night force landed 30 miles from Lucknow. The* eight occupant* wf-p reported safe —Reuter.
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    64 3 THIS 50-man band from the Royal Marine School of Music at Deal will go with Their Majesties on the ITMS Vanguard when they leave for South Africa. It will be under the command of Captain W. Lang, Assistant Director of Music at the School of Music. The band which usually
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    Churchill said to side with U.S.
    281 3 labour Fears over ch ma muw? LONDON, Monday. JOE former Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer Mr. Hugh Gaitskell, said last night that his Party was worried at the American reDort that thp and* the V^S T^ and the Far East was much nearer to
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    CONGRESSLEADS IN ELECTION
    190 3 NEW DELHI, Mon. CIVE of the eight candidates elected to the House 01 the People on Saturday two from Mysore, four from fhar and one each from West Bengal and the Punjab —ar e in the Congress Party In Bihar, 21 seats hav; gon e to the
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    MORE FISH IN HONG KONG
    75 3 HONG KONG. Mon.-Hong Kong can teach trawling methods to Singapore, Penang and Pangkor Islands according to Mr. Au Lai Shing, a member of the Fisheries Board here, who returned last wee!; aftei spending 20 days in Maiaya. Mr. Au saM in-shore fis'huig was good mi
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    A new bid in oil dispute
    78 3 LONDON, Monday. '|«HE World Bank may send another high level mission to Persia in the next few days to find out if there is a real possibility of operating that country's oil facilities on an interim basis, according to a message In today's Fin-
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    U.K. protests to Argentina
    49 3 u,mn N D N Mon -Britain will protest against the action of. an Argentine naval auxilliary vessel, which last week nred a warning shot against the British Antarctic survey ship John Biscoe in Hope Bay Antarctic territory of Graham;av.d a Foreign Office spokesman said —Reuter
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    400,000 WORKLESS
    20 3 HONG KONG, Mon.-The independent Overseas Chinese Dairy News reported today that 400,000 people are unemployed in Canton— UP
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    GREENE CAN GO TO U.S.
    69 3 SAIGON, Mon— The British novelist, Mr. Graham Greene after waiting in Saigon for three weeks for permission to go to Hollywood, yesterday said he had received private advice that the United States had granted him a 14-day visa. Two days ago he said he was
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    HITLER'S LIEUTENANT SOUGHT IN CONVENT
    109 3 REPORTERS fa?t M ni B ht° ninvaried" the quiet convent of San Antonio here searching for Hitler's lieutenant, Martin Bormann. reported in Germany >o be Itvin* in the convent as a monk. In Berlin. Eberhard S'ern, former chairman of the NeoNazi Socialist Reich Party, claims
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    Miner dies in blast
    59 3 HONG KONG, Mon._On e miner was killed and another binded in an accidental explosion at the Li Fa Shan wolfram mine in the New Territories yesterday. t Tne two men c i? drilling through a rock when they struck a live stick of dynamite left behind
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    BRITISH PHYSICIST REFUSED ENTRY
    109 3 PROFESSOR a BernT D F O R.S. M r a B y rit 1S 1 Professor Bernal flew to France io tell a Dress conference about a recent meeting of a delegation of the Communist-backed World Peace Conference with the President of the United Nations General
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    Soviet wooing of India fails
    353 3 Soviet wooing of India fails NEW DELHI, Mon. DUSSIA'S recent efforts to win India over to her side in the cold war have not met with much I success, well-informed J tndian observers said today. They added that the concentrated Soviet campaign to win Indian attention during the country's first
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    BACK FROM TALKS
    34 3 SAIGON. Mon.— The French Minister for the Associated States of Indo-China. hL Jean Letourneau returned here by plane yesterday from Dalat after a conference with Emperor Ba o Dal.— A F.P
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    TO TRAIN IN U.S
    26 3 JAKARTA. Mon. -Four Indonesian army officers left T er yester day for the United States to take uo special training In artillery
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    WAR HAS TAUGHT US THIS LESSON: BE PREPARED, SAYS BLYTHE
    279 4 WAR HAS TAUGHT US THIS LESSON: BE PREPARED, SAYS BLYTHE Civil Defence as important as Armed Services THE Colonial Secretary, Mr W. L. Bl^ 1 opened the Civil Defence school at Kolam Avor Lane. Singapore, yesterday and said: "»Tnr list w!r made it clear that equally as .mportant as t.he
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    They want a separate hostel
    157 4 They want a separate hostel In Singapore. Che Kati-|, mail and CHe Zahara. laid yesterday that a separate Muslim nurses' hostel was essential if Muslim parents were to e'neourage their children to become nurses. I ihi v al ii emphasii ed the necet ity for ac'.ult education imp ove the
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    ACQUITTED
    40 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. Koh Ah Poon. of Singapore, charged with allowing his motor cycle to be used by a person who was not covered by a third party risk insurance policy, was acquitted. The prosecution had withdrawn the charge.
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    TREASURER
    34 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. Inche Ahmad bin Mohd. Shah, Auditor for Johore, has been appointed to act as State Treasurer, in Dace ol Inche Ismail bin Abdullah who is now officiating as Financial Officer
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    DISOBEDIENT
    27 4 P Ayakanu was fined $200 in the Singapore City Police Court yesterday for failing to produce his taxi for inspection after being served with a notice.
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    Keep lorries moving, says magistrate
    82 4 Keep lorries moving, says magistrate irpHE Singapore City Police x Court Magistrate Mr. K. J L. Jamieson, yesterday expressed surprise that so few peoplf were prosecuted for I parking empty lorries on the road longer than necessary. "I should imagine that this is what the Traffic Police would be delighted
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    2 WOMEN FREED
    46 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon.Wonu Leon* and Liew Tin. two women, who came up for trial in the Police Court for moving foodstuffs at TampoU were acquitted on the Polxe withdrawing the charge. The foodstuffs, which comprised dry fish and vegetables, were returned to them.
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    A MONTH ON THE ROADS: 11 DIE
    93 4 ELEVEN people, seven of them pedestrians, were killed in road accidents in Singapore last month. All the accidents were after the eleventh of the month A traffic police spokesman said yesterday: "We had hoped that things were improving but Chinese New Year did
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    FOOD EXPERT TO TALK TO 'RESISTANCE' WOMEN
    99 4 DR. G A C HerkJots, the j Colonial Office food pro- j riuction expert, is to address committee members of the i Consumers' Resistance MoveI ment tomorrow at the home of their president. Mrs t RobPrt Eu. Dr. Herklots, who organised producers' marketing
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    Union men want to ban Councillors
    97 4 A resolution to bar City Councillors in the Army Civil Service Union from holding office in the union will be discussed at the ACSU annual delegates', conference this month. Mr. K. G. MathcWs. of the Keat Hong branch, said yesterday that his branch had
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    $4,500 from jockeys
    51 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon THE Malayan Jockeys Association has donated $4,500 to the Princess Elizabeth School for the Blind and the State Welfare Home. Johore The money is part of the proceeds from last years dance. This is the second gift the Welfare Home has received from the
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    MAN CLEARED OF OUTRAGE
    60 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon —I Ari s bin Abdul Rahman, of Pulau Bukom was acquitted in the Sessions Court of attempting to outrage the the modesty of Ara blnte Yunos and with stealing her gold necklace. Aris said she had been friendly with him. He pawned the
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    PASSES IN LAW
    22 4 GEMAS, Mon.— Mr. D. Vincent, of the Tampin Court, has passed the Law Examination (part 2) held in Octobler
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    Leaders told to clarify aims
    285 4 Leaders told to clarify aims AT this important stage of Malayan history, when people are awakening to full political and national progress, leaders of this country should clarify tiieir aims and give an assurance that, while striving for independence, they would also work for Malaya to remain within the British
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    Husband late, so she took poison
    148 4 BECAUSE her husband came home late on the niebt of Jan. 25, Liam Scan Hing, 25, was so annoyed that she tried to kill herself with some caustic soda, the Singapore Second Police Court was told yesterday. Liam was said to have mixed the
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    Blackout schedule
    129 4 Sub -stations liable to load shedding luday: DAT Benderaeer Koad. Ban Hoc* Lconr. Milne Road. Jalan Pekan. Jalan SuIUn. Bcacb Koad. Alhambra. Kalll.s Hotel. Suinbawa Road. Boon lat St.. Aljunld Koad. Sims Avt-nue. Pa> i Lebar Pumps. Joo Chalt Place. J»l«n Yasln. Jalan Kunos. Cambridge Rd. NIGHT Alexandra
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    CLAIMS TRIAL
    36 4 Tan Wee Ming, aged 27 claimed trial in Singapore yesterday to cheating Ang Teck Choo of $500 worth ol galvanised iron sheets. The case was postponed t( I Monday Tan was allows $1,000 bail.
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    INTEREST ENDS ON THESE CERTIFICATES
    100 4 KUALA LUMPUR Mon INTEREST on war savings certificates Issued by the Straits Settlements Govern- ment from 19*0 to 1942 st^ps after this month A Federal Government I statement said that Interest I stops 10 years after sales which ceased in Feb 1942. i All hollers
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    Beds and tables hid car parts by the thousand
    304 5 IN A SHIP JUST LEAVING FOR CHINA gEDSTEADS with false sides, camp beds with hollow supports and glazed cement table tops with false undersides were the nesting places for several thousand motor-car spare parts in a ship which arrived in Singapore
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    Full house at premiere
    72 5 'THERE was a full house at last night's gala premiere of The Tales of Hoffmann at the Capitol theatre. Among the guests were: tfce Governor, Sir Franklin Gimson. Mrs. Malcolm Mac Donald, Sir Charles Keightley, Mr. and Mrs. T P F. McNeice and Mr. and Mrs.
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    Two accused of cheating
    67 5 TWO youths, George Yeo 1 Peck Tiew and Chia Ah Kwee, were yesterday charged in the Singapore First Police Court with cheating a woman. Esah binte Ahmad, of $160 at the New World Cabaret on Jan. 27. They were also charged with cheating Esah of $180
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    MORE OF THE RIGHT SPIRIT
    67 5 MORE mature whisky was becoming available and in 18 months there should be enough for everybody, said Mr. J. A. Herries, manager of) the Johnny Walker distilleries. Mr. Herries. who passed through Singapore on his way to England, said the shortage had been caused by
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    'Freedom' for Gimson on Mar. 14
    121 5 'Freedom' for Gimson on Mar. 14 SINGAPORE'S retiring Governor. Sir Franklin Gimson. will be made a Freeman of the City on March 14, a week before he is due to leave the Colony. This was announced yesterday by the City President, Mr. T. P. F. McNeice, who added that the
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    Body set up for Port of Penang
    64 5 PENANG, Mon. An advisory committee has been set up for the Port of Penang to help in dealing with local port problems, Mr. A. D. Dawson, Deputy Controller, Economic Division, said in Penang today. He said the formation of this new body was
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    MR. C.B. KHOO
    16 5 TAIPING, Mon The funeral took place in Talplng of Mr Khoo Chong Boon.
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    Singapore Diary
    51 5 Y.W.C.A.. Raffles Quay. Ballroom dancing, 5. p.m.: Mandarin class, beginners, 9.30 a.m.. advanced. 10.30 ajn. V.M.C.A., Orchard Road, Malay and French classes. 5.30 pjn.: Judo. 5.30 p.m.; gymnastic and keep-nt class. 5.30 p.m.: choir practice. 8 p.m SINGAPORE FAMILY BENEFIT SOCIETY, annual general meeting. Victoria Memorial Hall. 5.15
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    $60 OF VISA FEE IS DEPOSIT, HE SAYS
    203 5 of the $84 charged by the Indonesian Government for visas to holders of British passports is deposit which is refunded to the visitor in Indonesia when he leaves the country within one month, said a spokesman of the Indonesian Representative's Office, Singapore,
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    THESE WILL BE 'SHOOT TO KILL' AREAS FOR ALL
    86 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. fTRESH Emergency powers gazetted today enable a Mentri Besar or Resident Commissioner to impose unlimited curfews on danger areas. Any area gazetted as a "danger area" will be forbidden land to all except Security Forces or people in
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    Renewals must be punctual
    104 5 rpRISHA riders in Singapore i will get no period of grace to renew their licences if they fail to do so on the due date. This decision, made on Jan. 1, .1950, was re-afflrmed recently by the Council's Vehicles and Traffic Committee when a Labour Councillor.
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    4,000 will not forget Gurney
    285 5 NAME VILLAGE AFTER HIM 9 IPOH, Monday. rpHE 4,000 inhabitants of Simpang Tiga, which was x ravaged by bandits two years ago today, are so grateful over the rebuilding progress that they want the village named after their good friend, the late Sir Henry Gurney.
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    Biscuit magnate on tour
    42 5 Biscuit magnate on tour Mr. R. A. O'Connor, managing director of W. and R. Jacobs Ltd, biscuit manufacturers, left Singapore yesterday for Borneo. Mr. O'Connor, who is on a tour of the Far East, will return to the Colony later this week
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    Escort for new A.O.C.
    78 5 THE liner Carthage will have an air escort, weather permitting, on the last lap of her journey to Singapore today. The Royal Air Force will be welcoming the new Air Officer Commanding Malaya, Air Vice-Marshal Q. H. Mills, who is arriving aboard the ship to take
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    DEATH
    61 6 Mr HENG YECK SOON, aged 67 passed away peacefully at 7.45 pm yestrroay at 87. Nlven Road. Singapore, leaving behind beloved mother, beloved wife, three sons Sin* Teck Seng Leng. and Seng ClTng and one daughter Anna three daughters-in-law and i* grandchildren to mourn his loss. Cortege leaves at
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Tues., Feb. 5, 1952. ECAFE Meets in Rangoon
    802 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Tues., Feb. 5, 1952. ECAFE Meets in Rangoon At its last meeting in I Geneva, the U.N. Economic and Social Council surveyed the work of the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East to determine whether or not this regional commission should continue. It could
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    The New Rupiah
    266 6 Devaluation of the rupiah is long delayed recognition of the real position of Indonesia's currency. What it will mean in terms of trade, particularly the entrepot trade through Singapore, we shall discover only after some experience of the new rates and duties. Although the foreign exchange certificate
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    WAY OUT FOR THE STERLING AREA
    1292 6 Patrick C Gordon Walker, M.P., Former Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations, concludes a series of articles'on the recent Finance Ministers' conference by reviewing the means whereby the sterling area may once again emerge as a major economic force T*HE proposals of the Commonwealth
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      Society to protect the children
      275 6 THE absence of any Singapore or Malayan body 1 devoted to the prevention of cruelty to children has been commented upon frequently of late. We believe that such a body should exist in Singapore We propose to help form one. As we see It, such
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      A PICTURE OF MR. LEE
      237 6 II7HEN 1 opened this mom- Ing's (Feb. 1> papers. English and Chinese, I found myself looking at pictures of Mr. Lee Kong Chian donating a pint of his blood. I am afraid the prominence given to this thoughtful act of Mr. Lee will create a
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      THE MOTION BY MR. YAP PHENG GECK
      270 6 THE MOTION BY MR. YAP PHENG GECK I WOULD like to correct an impression which may arise from your report under the headline "Labour move to discipline Councillors." Your report stated that I| submitted a motion "opposing the Health Committee decision." which motion I subsequently withdrew. This is not a
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    On the Margin
    438 6 On the Margin Close of |»la\ WHATEVER methods *Uggest themselves lor destruction of hornets (we'n back on hoi nets* when nest uncon.fortably close to human habitation, the r ,;e still hold s good that \>. hornets on the *lng me t you on foot the inulh r.t thing to do
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    VACANCIES IN 13 SINGAPORE SCHOOLS
    436 7 No afternoon sessions in others: They i are not needed HESPITE the public clamour for more schools, there are still vacant places for th/wi wishing to join the primary class in 13 Singapore schools, the Director of Education, Mr. A. VV. Frisby, said last night
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    Africans prepare for the battle
    55 7 PRIVATE SAMOEI, top right of the Third (Kenya) Kit talion of the King's African Rifles, tracking down the "envemy" during yesterday's exercises at Kota Tinggi. ABOVE: Gunners of the Battalion manning a three-inch mortar during the exercises. The battalion will begin operations against the bandits
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    AFRICANS GET READY FOR THE BANDITS
    240 7 AFRICANS GET READY FOR THE BANDITS MEN of the 1st (Nyasa) and 3rd (Kenya) battalions of the King's African Rifles, who arrived in Malaya two weeks ago, are now in the thick of their intensive training in jungle warfare. In two months they are ex- I >ected to be "fighting
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    Talk on law by Mr.T.W. Ong
    52 7 Mr. T. W. Ong spoke on law at the Paya Lebar Methodist School hall last night during one of a series of career talks sponsored jointly by the Singapore Rotary Club and the V.M.C.A. Next Monday, Mr. C. G. V. Rudd will speak en
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    MISLED BY POLICE, SO HE IS LET OFF
    145 7 MISLED BY POLICE, SO HE IS LET OFF NEO JEE Mee, a taxi driver with a clean driving record for 20 years, was cautioned and discharged in Singapore yesterday after pleading ruIHv to stopping his taxi within 60 ft of a but stop. Neo asked the court to explain a
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    Death of Mr. Grosz
    74 7 MR. Victor Grosz, Radio Malaya record librarian and one of the organisers of the Festival of Music !n Singapore in 1949. died yesterday in the General Hospital Mr. Grosz. born in Budapest in 1900. came to Singapore In 1938 to join the then British Malaya Broadcasting
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    Community centre used for gaming
    159 7 AS a sequel to a police raid on the Tiong Bahru Community Centre on Saturday, 19 Chinese boys were yesterday charged with gambling in the Singapore Third Court Mr. B. N. Finch, A.S.P. prosecuting, said: "The office of the Centre was divided into two sections.
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    ELECTION CALL
    33 7 JOHORE. BAHRU. Mon. Inche Ismi. Supervisor of Elections. Johore Bahru. urged a meeting of the Ketua kampone here to stir up interest in the kampongs regardine the forthcomine Town Council elections.
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    BANDIT CAMP BOMBED
    23 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— A 20- man bandit camp, destroyed by bombing, has been found in the TaipLng area of Ptrak.
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    'HE IS LIKE SIR HENRY GURNEY '
    134 7 'HE IS LIKE SIR HENRY GURNEY f \i\\ Federation's new Deputy High Commissioner is "something like the late Sir Henry Gurney," said -Mr. Alex Josey, Radio Malaya's chief news editor in a profile on Mr MacGillivray broadcast yesterday. Speaking from personal experience of the new Deputy High Commissioner. with whom
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    Christening on depot ship
    124 7 inverted ship's bell was the font for a double christening aboard the M.R. N.VR depot ship Laburnum in Singapore. It was the first-ever christening aboard the Laburnum. The babies were Penelope Frances, daughter of Lieut.Commander P. Magnus, D.S. C., and Mrs. Magnus, and Deirdre Frances, daughter
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    Director to retire
    101 7 MR. Maynard Clark, direc*tor and senior planting adviser of Sime Darby and Company, will retire next week after 29 years' service. He will live in Devonshire, England. He has spent most of his time in Malacca and Johore but for the last two years has been in
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    INDONESIA REFUSED POLICE AID-REPORT
    174 7 A POLICE spokesman last night refused to com- ment on an agency report that the Indonesian i Government last week refused a British request to send police reinforcements to the Indonesian island of Pulau Samboe, where labourers attacked officials of the Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company 11 days
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    Money for a helpless boy
    252 7 Money for a helpless boy AN almoner of Sincapore General fiojpital. Miss E. M. M me, who last \\< ck app I for money or suggestic ia to help an 11-ye rold mentally-deficient orphan boy, has receh d three offers of mono/ but no suggestions on his future. The boy
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    S'pore Assizes
    41 7 The February session of the Singapore Assizes opened in the High Court yester- day before Mr. Justice Knight ,with a calendar of nine cases. All the case s wer c called up I and dates were fixed for hearing.
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    Britons Ponder On The Effect Of Financial Crisis London Letter
    2273 8 Britons Ponder On The Effect Of Financial Crisis London Letter From Our Own correspondent GLASGOW, "YTE'LL no get *c 1 Glesca the day", said the old man, stamping his feet to warm them on the Glenroe road, clapping his purple hands together and blowing oui large clouds of misty breath
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    Looking At Life
    420 8 £)URING his Washington visit, Mr. Churchill was asked by an ardent feminist what he thought should be the role of woman in the present atomic age. "The same," he replied, "I hope, as it has been since the days of Adam and Eve." The husband who keeps
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      248 8 808 WAS MISSING SITTERS B>Oti (.OOD^ESSSAKtTBITIbM'T THE FIRST I\// fa «a /"HAIC AT AIM H how LOIiLO 808 MISS^TIM£ EITHER 808 S MivJ^i? W^\ UUMLJ MUWIW I you down] ""I I THE DOCTOR 808 STARTS Af.Aiu. chaps. iߣauyJ_J uoNSEMSf I ADVISED TAX INC MORLICKS: LAMIOOA THINJO \JBOB YOU ARE I
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      252 8 "YOU.too.may be one of the MILLIONS who suffer from VITAMIN*MINERAL</<?/fc/i?/rc/ < That is why you feel Worn out. Nervous. Irritable. Have head ■aches. Lose Weight. Worry" '■■■■■■I #y M/> /W«/ Way Back to Health Happiness When you're anaemic, frelncrvou».hav» naplant from dttf down m Pio/U) iizzy ifeUK no en e
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    HOW MUCH DOES YOUR BABY WEIGH?
    685 9  - HOW MUCH DOES YOUR BABY WEIGH? Nurse Janet MOTHERCRAFT IN MALAYA By IT is very natural for all who have the care of children to attach a great deal of importance to the question of weight. Up to a certain point it is quite right that they should Tio so,
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    When Children Refuse Food
    475 9  -  Kathleen Hickley MOST children go through a difficult stage and refuse food,' say the textbooks. 'It is best to treat this naturally and not force them to eat.' EWEN though I have heard and read this on numerous occasions I still cannot bring myself to act
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    Women In U.S. Can Outvote The Men
    252 9 Women In U.S. Can Outvote The Men WOMEN can outvote the men in the U.S. so decisively that politicians will woo the female vote with more ardour then ever for this year's presidential elections. Mrs. India Edwards, vice chairman of the Democratic National Committee in charge of women's activities, says
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    Film Star Enjoys Her Homework
    193 9 "I DONT believe a house- hold job c=n be placed In .any exclusive category as man's work or woman's work." says Joan Fontaine Hollywood star of Paramount's new picture Darling. How Could You. "I find working around my home fun. At first odd jobs of
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      354 9 I don't allow it here (6). f»««.T« I 24. Such a voice is very loud Straits Times Crossword powerful a<». 26. Spiked stick for urging cattle (4). 1,1 U I I, I Ic. V^S^ I 1 I l I ■> W. Light repasts (8) b 6 7 8 27. Nor
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    Rubber down 4 1/2 cents
    180 10 Rubber down 4 1/2 cents From a market correspondent fJEAVY liquidation of stocks held in Malaya yesterday on news of the Indonesian devaluation caused further sagging of prices in the Singapore rubber market. Lower grades again touched G.S A. levels, and G.S.A. orders were fulfilled. The market eased further in
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    565,000 LBS. HARVESTED
    94 10 South Perak Rubber Syndicate i results to June 30 published j i January 25, are: Crop harvested i 565.000 lbs. i H68.479 lbs) and I sold at an averace price, excluding export duty and cess, equivalent to 2s 5',4d Der pound j London landed (part 11 57
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    Australian share market
    141 10 From Our Own Correspondent MELBOURNE. Mon. nnHERE were few highlights In a weak stock exchange market today. Prices in Sydney also piovpd again** -.olders tr desultory trading. The usual sprinkling of small rises was outweighed by downward moves. Sharebrokers could see no pointers towards a check of
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    INDONESIA RAISES TAX ON RUBBER, TIN EXPORTS
    162 10 INCREASED export duties of 25 per cent, on 1 rubber, including latex, copra, palm oil, tin ores, pepper and coffee were announced yesterday in an Indonesian Government emergency decree, in connection with the abolition of the foreign exchange certificate system. All other exported
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    THE PRODUCE MARKET
    150 10 rpHE Singapore produce market opened on a very quiet note yesterday and business was pract'cnlly at a standstill on account of the Indonesian devaluation news. Copra was again lower, sellers quotlnu $31 4 a plcul against bids at $304. Pepper prices remained unchanged from Saturdays levels sellers
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    EXCHANGE TO MERCHANTS
    82 10 THE Malayan Exchange Bank* Association at the week-end anounced agreed rates of exchange to merchants an rollowi: BUYING Air Mall T.T. O.D. Credit Bills New York SJ 13/16 32 15/18 33 1/16 Canada 321 33 331 Trade Bill* New York ,2*1,,. Canada 32 9/16 Setting T.T./O.D Bead?
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    U.S. FORECAST
    30 10 NEW YORK. Mon. »T»HE U.S. Rubber Manufacturers' Association forecasts U.S. i rubber consumption this year at about 1.336,000 long tons of new rubber, compared with 1,235,0(>0 last year.
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    Malayan shares
    185 10 Malayan shares Tin prices ease ONLY a small volume of business was transacted yesterday In the Malayah share market. In the absence of any pronounced buying interest, tin shares eased slightly. Rubbers declined in sympathy with the commodity price, and Industrials followed suit. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers'
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    Kinta Kellas tin
    13 10 Klnta Kellas tin ore output last month was 258 plculs
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    H.K. EXCHANGE
    33 10 HONG KONG. Mon. FREE market currency exchange for Hti* Kong: dollars was auoted at the close today as follows: US$l HK56.64 <cash», HK$6.6B (T.T.); £1 HK515.50: one tahll of gold HK5324.-U.P.
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING
    192 10 SHIPS alongside the Singapore Harbour Board godowns. or expected there by 7 a.m. today are: 4-5 Hoogkerk, Coal Plant, Benlomond. 6-7 Shillong. 8-9 Idomeneus. 11 Atreus. 13-14 Langkoets. 15-16. Benlawers. 18 Burnside. 19 Pangkor 20 Senai, Ncrth Wall 6 Rhu. 21 Selangor, 22 Scudal, 23-24 Tureby 25-26 Mandevllle.
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      366 10 PRESIDENT LINER SAILINGS To New York and Boiton M Ceylon, India Egypt and Mediterranean Ports. Singapore P bwettenham "PRESIDENT MAROINC 4/10 F.b. \VA\m s.s "PRESIDENT VAN R.UREN" 14/20 F.b. 2} f b l l/,0 Mar s.s "PRESIDENT ARTHUR" 28 Fab/5 Mar 6/7 Mar 8/10 Mar To los Angeles At'anHc P«rts
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    Solar Starlight gallops like a winner
    577 11 From EPSOM JEEP KUALA LUMPUR, Monday COLAR STARLIGHT (Charles) galloped in fine style on the training track at Kuala Lumpur this morning, showing a brilliant turn of speed over the last furlong. A thick mist hung low over the racecourse and it was not
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    20 11 MRS. LEONG HOE YENG leads m Ceasefire (Charles), winner of the first race at XX. on Saturday. Straits Times picture.
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    W.I. REPLY WITH 242-9 v. OTAGO
    412 11 DUNEDIN, Mon. THE West Indies had a lead of 18 runs over Otago when they declared their first innings closed for 242 lor nine wickets at tea on the second day of their match here. I At close of play Otago were 88 runs
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    44 11 RI'GBY: S.C.C. Seven-a-side, padang from 4.30 p.m.: 221 Veh. Bn. RAOC v R.A.S.C; R.E.M.E. 'B v R.X.A.S. Sembawang; RAF Seletar v 19th Air Formation Signals; Naval Base 'A' v Saints 'B; South Johore v Fijians 'B. BOXING: Army tourney, Tang- DOC h»i>(W;.H,
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    Leach, Bergmann lose to Japanese
    473 11 BUT ENGLAND WIN TIE i m»%v BOMBAY, Monday. JAPAN S Hxrahi Sato dropped a bombshell yesterday by trouncing world table tennis champion Johnny Leach when England and Japan met in a Swaythhng Cup Group "A" key match in the world championships here. After losing a
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    PCSC team start training
    73 11 PENANG, Mon. THE Penang Chinese Swimming Club will send a team to Singapore this Easter to meet the Singapore C.S.C. In an aquatic m&ct. The sport* committee of the Penang C.S.C, who met yesterday, appointed three veterans Urn Hock Ean, Oeh Chong Keat! and Teoh Lay
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    Sikh inter-state hockey tourney
    33 11 lO7ALA LUMPUR, Mon. A Malayan Sikh Inter-state hockey tournament will be held here m February 15-7. Teams from Penang. Perak, Pahang, Seiangor. Negrt Sembil&n and Singapore will take part
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    S.C.C. SOCCER
    33 11 There will be a meeting of the Singapore Cricket Club soccer section tomorrow at 5.30 pjn. All players and other members who wish to assist In administration are asked to attend.
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    GOLF CLUB COMPETITIONS
    178 11 <J<HE Royal Singapore Golf Club's February Medal (Stroke) Gold Medal 1951 Qualifying Round Clifford Cup was played on Saturday afternoon and resulted in a win for P.M. Owen in "A" Division (78 6—72).6 72). Other cards returned were: p. p. 3hellard (80— 7— 73>, H. B. Ciirlstensen
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    Danish XI win 6-0
    26 11 MANILA. Mon. The Danlsn Akademisk BoMklubben soccer team sewed their second win here last night by outclassing a commercial selection slx-nll. AJ>.
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    Rodgers for Colombo races
    121 11 PFNANti Mon rpKAINEK "Doc" Rodgers J. left Peniin^ today on a short ttip to Inlia. It wfll'be his first visit to Ms family in 15 years. "Doc RotSgcrs expects to be away for only ten days. On the first stage of his jour- n «y by
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    Rees, Weetman due shortly
    62 11 Dai Rees and Harry Weetman the British Ryder Cup golfers, are to play exhibition matches In Malaya this month. Their first engagement is at the Island Club, Singapore, on Feb. 20 and they will play at the Royal Singapore Golf Club on Feb. 33. Rees played
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    KELANTAN A.A.A. HAD BOOM YEAR
    237 11 KOTA BAHRI, Monday. T»HE Kelantan Amateur Athletic Association had its most successful year yet during the 1951 season and is now one of the best equipped athletic I lies in the Federation Ms was stated in the Asation's report for 1951 :h was tabled at
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    Famous pro golfer dies
    28 11 LQNVOH. Woo /lowland Jenos, well-kncwn BritUh prolVssiortal golfer, died during f.ie week-end at St. Helens, Iple-of-Wight, where he had been born 80 year ago.
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    IT WAS SMITH AGAINST FIJIANS
    520 12 S.CC. had best 'sevens win THE Fijians were the main attraction at the Singapore padang yesterday when a start was made in the Singapore Cricket Club's annual sevcn-a-side rugby tournament and Fijians A one of their three teams entered for the contests, did not disappoint
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    38 12 MR F PATTON leads in his Arch Side (George Woods) after winning the Cl. 2. Div. 4-^f event (Race 2) at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, first day of the Selangor Turf Club's Gold Cup meeting— htraits Times picture.
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    CLARKE BEST
    231 12 CINGAPORE Engineer Regiment "A" showed good handling to win the first game, against Nee Soon Garrison, by eight points (a goal and a try) to nothing. Outstanding player for Sappers was Clarke who paved the way for the two tries. The Sappers had the attack almost throughout and
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    WATT CALLS FOR SPORTS STADIUM
    193 12 I\I»KING a stXMg c.-v* for going 11 r.head with tr.e $2 million Aaaoc Road •u'.'tua r.t yestcr.ia> S.AJVA. OentSl meeting, the president. Mr. McGregor Wat. said tha' -:.A F..V was only a=K'r i Government to give back what had fc*»O taiien »way from 5 A.
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    11 12 BOYS CLUB BAU.KT: H-* IT^b^d^nTCs^ *g?.r.^^^^^ in midair) took a flying
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    Clash of 'giants' in Thomas Cup trial
    442 12 SINGAPORE wUI see Malaya's finest badminton players in action at the Happy World Stadium on Sunday and Monday, Feb. 24 and 25, when they take part in the first official trial organised by the selection committee of the Malayan Thomas Cup Team. The
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    SCC v Fijians on Saturday
    134 12 J^UGGER fans who saw the "rugger-mad^' Fijians In action in the seven-a-side competition yesterday but had not the chance to go to Nee Soon to see them beat R.A.S.C. by 19-nll, will be given the opportunity to watch them In a full XV game on
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    EX-CHAMPION IS SUSPENDED
    54 12 LONDON, Mon. Henry Hall, of Sheffield, former British welter champion, has been suspended for three months by the Central Area Council of the Boxing Board. The declson was taken under a regulation which states that any boxer losing four consecutive contests may be suspended until be appears
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    3 ARMY FIGHTS END IN T.K.O.
    274 12 TWE eliminating bouts of the Singapore Base 1 District individual boxing championships (1952) took place last night at the gymnasium of the FARELF School of Physical and Rifle Training at Tanglin. The spacious gymnasium hall was well packed with enthusiastic supporters and saw the
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    Walcott demands $25,000 bond
    80 12 MIAMI, (Florida), Mon.-Th« manager o; heavyweight champion Jersey Joe Walcott Felix Bochlcchlo, met promoter Jim Norris yesterday and said he demanded a 525.000 guarantee for the next title fight or he would sign with a Los Angeles promoter. Norris, President of the International Eoxlng Club, saya
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    ENGLISH, SWISS & INDIAN XI's TO VISIT COLONY
    324 12 ENGLISH, SWISS INDIAN XI's TO VISIT COLONY S.A.F.A. plans tor 1952 THE Singapore Amateur Football Association Council yesterday took decisions which mean that Singapore soccer fans can look forward to watching three or four touring teams in action during the season which officially opens next month. The Council approved acceptance
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    THE F.A. CUP Can Orient 'kill' mighty Arsenal?
    329 12 THE F.A. CUP Can Orient 'kill' mighty Arsenal? LONDON, Mon. T EYTON Orient, "giant klllers" of this season's English Football Association, Cup competition, have been drawn against the mighty Arsenal at home in the flft^ round on F.eb. 23. Arsenal are not underestimating the task of beating their Third Division
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