The Straits Times, 8 March 1952

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    19 1 The Straits Times MALAYA S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED IX4S TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 1952. PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS
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    BEVAN'S BIGGEST CHALLENGE
    429 1 Party meeting demand is new threat to Attlee rule LONDON, Friday. jyiK. Aneurin Bevan, challenging Mr. Attlee tor leadership of the Labour Party, last; night demanded a meeting of the Party) executive. The meeting is to be held next', Thursday. And Mi Attlee has called an emergency!
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    35 1 ."■"KEN 'AME I K.\Nh.i.i.\ ..L.VIN. grandson i»i tue Governor of Singapore. Sir Franklin Girason. with bis parents. Commander and Mrs. Allan Elwin. after be was christened *t St. Andrew's Cathedral. Singapore, yesterday. Straits Times picture
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    CABINET PLANS BUDGET
    146 1 CABINET PLANS BUDGET LONDON. Fri. Cabinet today made final plans for Britain's j budge., which will be an- nounced in the House of I Commons on Tuesday. Ministers are said to be split on two financial issues j The y are: An unexpected I increase in the housing sub- i
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    U.S. WARSHIPS
    34 1 Four U.S. destroyers, U.S.S. Hytnan Beatty Purdv and Bristol, which had seen action in Korean waters, arrived in i Singapore yesterday on 'heirl way back to their home iwrt Newport Rhode Island
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    Watherston to be Chief Secretary
    164 1 THE 'JOBLESS' OFFICIAL KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. IK D. C. Watherston, acting chief secretary, will j be promoted Chief Secretary as soon as Mr. M V. del Tufo, who retired last month, has finished his leave. Mr Watherston also goes on i leave shortly. Mr Oliver
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    Saved from crocodiles
    58 1 i LOURENCO MARQUES. Fri. I A DISTRICT officer and 100 I Africans, working day i and night with tree trunk: canoes, saved hundreds of i oeople stranded in the cro-codile-infested flood waters of the Zambesi River, say reports from Portuguese East Africa. Crops have been wiped out
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    100 TO THE £1
    29 1 BENGHAZI, Fri.—Libya will Introduce new currency based on sterling from Mar. 24 It will be a Libyan pound of 100 piastres equal to £1. Reuter.
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    Coronation 'in June next year'
    81 1 LONDON, Fri. THE coronation of Queen Elizabeth II is likely to take place in May or early June of 1953, the Church of England Newspaper said today. It said that such an important ceremony as the coronation is bound to be related to the Christian
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    The People to contact Helliwell
    91 1 The People to contact Helliwell I From our Own Correspondent LONDON Kri. rE editor of the Sunday newspaper Th e People is to contact its roving correspondent Arthur 'Monkey Brains' HelHwell about thp offer made by a Singapore Chinese to contribute $1 000 10 charity if Mr. Helllwell can prove
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    Armed theft in Colony
    42 1 piVE CHINESE last night: broke into a house in Kirn Pong Road, Tlong Bahru, Singapore, ransacked it and, stole $500 cash, six gold rings and three ear-rings. One of the robbers had a revolver and another a knife.
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    Strike—so 50 ships idle
    38 1 Strike so 50 ships idle MELBOURNE, Fri. Fifty ships were thrown idle here today when 5,000 dockers .staged a lightning strike to support eight men who had been suspended. The strike Is expected to last until Mar. 11.—Reuter.
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    FOUND STABBED
    23 1 A 34-year-old Indian, Palusamy Kuppusamy, was found stabbed near Arab Street, Sngapore, last night, he was taken to the General Hospital.
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    Chinese are told: 'Do duty to Malaya'
    311 1 MALACCA, Fri. OIR Cheng-lock Tan, presi- dent of the Malayan Chinese Association, told a meeting of Chinese community leaders in Malacca today: "The only way we can stop the Government from legislating the proposed National Service Bill is for Chinese to volunteer in
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    They rout 2 gangs
    72 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. fURKHAS charged a gang v of 15 bandits in the Kluang area of Johore yesterday, killing one bandit, wounding five and scattering the gang. The bandits left one of their two Bren guns behind, together with a hand-gre-nade, a bugle and packs. In
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    INDIANS URGED: 'DON'T RUN AWAY FROM CALL-UP'
    326 1 INDIANS URGED: 'DON'T RUN AWAY FROM CALL-UP' PENANG, Friday. DR. Charan Singh, president of the Penang and Province Wellesley branch of the Malayan Indian Congress, today called on all Indians with a stake in Malaya "not to desert this country at a time when it needs you most" Dr. Charan
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    34 1 MKS W. L. BLYTHE. wife ol the Colonial Secretary, >ingapore, receives a bouquet after opening the art exhibition of paintings and drawings by the Anglo-American group at the British Council Centre. Straits Times picture.
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    Prosecute general, they say
    135 1 WASHINGTON. Fri. pONGRESSMEN demanded today that Ma].-Oen. Robert Grow, whose diary fell Into the hands of the Russians, be court martialled. The demand came from Representative Pat Sutton. who said that Grow's diary proposing that the United States should attack Russia "as soon as possible*' and
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    Templer home is now fenced
    170 1 Templer home is now fenced I KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. JT'EN-foot high wire fences are being built round Kings House and Carcosa. the official residences of the High Commissioner, General Sir Gerald Templer and the Deputy High Commissioner. Mr. D C MacGlllivray. Trees and shrubs alone;, the approach roads to both
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    Pilot dies in Penang crash
    40 1 The sergeant-pilot ot an j RAF. Hornet fighter was I killed yesterday when the I af.craft crashed on landing at Butterworth airfield. I Penang. The aircraft had flown to Butterworth from Singapore for gunnery exercises.
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    Both sides could not agree
    46 1 TOKYO. Frl.— United Nations and Communist negotiators discussing prisoner exchange at Panmunjom today refused to budge from their stand on the question of voluntary repatriation. The meeting broke up after 58 minutes with the subdelegates agreeing to meet again tomorrow. Reuter.
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    TROOPS FOR H.K.
    31 1 Valetta transport planes of R.A.F Changi's Flying Wing were used to airlift troops to Hong Kong during th e twust few days for "Operation Vortex." which started yesterday.
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    300 INJURED
    31 1 BALTIMORE, Fri.— About 300 people were injured yesI terday when part of the I wooden stands collapsed lust j before the opening of Sonja 1 Henle's Ice show.— U.P
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      277 2 NOTICES In the Matter of the Companies Ordinance. 1940. PAVILION LIMITED (Incorporated In Singapore) (Members' Voluntary Winding Up) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Creditors of the abovenamed Company, which 1« being voluntarily wound up, are required on or before 6th April. 1952. to send in their names and addresses,
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      739 2 NOTICES CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE TENDERS (f Or particulars see Tender Room. Ground Floor. City Hall) FIRE DEPARTMENT: Supply and delivery to the Fire Brigade of uncooked rations for the period 1st April to 30th June, 1952. Close NOON 10.3.52. ELECTRICITY DEPARTMENT: Supply of 4,040 Alternating Cur- rent K.W.H Meters.
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    TRUMAN ATTACKS 'CUT FOREIGN AID' PROPOSALS
    282 3 'Life and death issue. he says WASHINGTON, Fridav. PRESIDENT TRUMAN last night took his fight for a $7,900,000,000 foreign aid programme to the Americon people in a nationwide broadcast in which he attacked critics who want to cut foreign aid funds. An appeal to
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    SOVIET SPENDS MORE TO 'MEET THE AGGRESSION'
    190 3 LONDON, Fri. I SSI A disclosed 'ast night (hat she planned to devote 1 13,800, 000.000 roubles, or 23.8 of her budget, to military expenditure Ihis par This fa more than 18 l»'r cent Over last year, viet Finance Minister, Mr. Irseni Zverev,
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    IRL'S KILLER to HANG
    40 3 IRL'S KILLER to HANG )NDON. Fri.-The execuof Tahor All. 38-year-Pakistani seaman sened to. death 'or murder, been fixed to take place >urham Prison on Friday ch 21. ihor AH was found guilty >urham Assizes of mur«g 25-year-oid Evelyn onald.— A.P.P.
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    TIME ON HAND
    51 3 THE DIAMOND SKI gold wire covering of this ring opens to reveal the time shown on a tiny watch with round dial which has lapp- i ed gold index ps and a i raised crystal. The ring was shown at an exhibition of Swiss watches held in
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    THREE KILLED IN HUK AMBUSH
    38 3 MANILA. Frl— Huks ambushed and killed three people. Including a Korean combat veteran and one civilian, on a mountain road in Luzon. The victims were travelling in a truck with 14 soldiers. A.P.
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    NEW SHOCK IN JAPAN
    54 3 TOKYO. Fri— A 'weak" earthquake lightly jarred the Tokyo-Yokohama area today. No damage was reported Meantime, the Japanese Government raised the death and damage figures In Tuesday's earth shock in Hokkaido to 27 dead or missing, 572 injured. 713 houses destroyed, 5,980 damaged and 3.535 washed
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    REDS SEIZE CASGO
    37 3 HANOVER. Fri.-The Russians yesterday confiscated 250 tons of scrap iron from two barges on their way to Western Germany from WestBerlin. After the cargoes had been unloaded the barges were allowed to proceed A.F.P.
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    GERM WAR EXPANDS SAY REDS
    163 3 P TOKYO, Fri. KING Radio today charged that the Americans have now expanded their germ waifare to Manchuria in 68 raids ranging from Antung on the mouth of the Yalu River to the coal mining district of Fuhun between Mukden and Chanchung. The radio charged
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    27 'rebels' elect a new French premier
    176 3 JWENTY -seven Gaullists last night gave M Antoine Pinay power as the French "save the franc Prime Minister— and gave Prance her bigRest swing to the right since the liberation in 1944 The 80-year-old tanneryowner had gone to the Assembly to seek investiture
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    HOT WAX POURED ON HANDS OF HUKS-CHARGE
    98 3 HOT WAX POURED ON HANDS OF HUKS-CHARGE P MANILA, Fri. E Philippines Defence Secretary, Mr. Ramon M«gsaysay, has ordered the prosecution of two Philippine Constabulary men «no, it is alleged, poured hot wax on the hands of 14 Communist Huk 'suspects. The suspects were r«unued up in the Pampan^a province
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    3 NOT WANTED
    29 3 MANILA. Fri. Eleven Chinese nationals were deported to Formosa today as "undesirable aliens Three were wealthy business men who attempted to ship war materials to Communist
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    TRUMAN 'GAVE RUSSIA POWER'
    133 3 CONCORD, Newhamnshlre Fri SENATOR Robert A Taft, who opened his New Hampshire primary campaign last night, said that the disastrous foreign policy of President Truman had led to Russian power and unnecessary war Mr. Truman's international policies were as likely to produce war as peace, he
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    Poor man left him $15,000
    75 3 Poor man left him $15, 000 TORONTO, Fri.-AlTin Poser was a dirty rmrred ragpicker who lived alone Id squalor. He used to Tito, money into a Trust Company for deposit and some of the employees there tried to avoid waiting on him So he kept coming to George Ernest Buchanan'
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    51 3 i THE QUEEN— accompanied by the Duk e of Edinburgh, I arrives at Buckingham Palace to conduct the first investiture of her reign. She decorated Private William Speakman with the Victoria Cross he was awarded by the late King for gallantry in Korea. The Queen also gave many accolades of
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    'No hope without law and order'
    445 3 BANK CHIEF SUMS UP HONG KONG, Friday. ML/WILE war continues in Korea, and even after peace comes, currency difficulties will remain in the Far East, and it is feared that, in the foreseeable future, tension is unlikely to ease much in the East any
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    Sino-Jap treaty 'may be delayed'
    109 3 TOKYO, Fri. JAPANESE Foreign Office officials today were no longer confident that Japan's treaty negotiations with Nationalist China could be completed by next week. A few days ago they expressed confidence that a treaty of some kind would be worked out by Mar 17 at
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    Giant plane burnt out
    71 3 FORT WORTH Texas > Fri. A "U.S. $3,500,000 19-engined bomber was destroyed by fire yesterday after a land-, big. The commander sprained an ankle and a fireman received burns. Thirteen crew members escaped injury. The giant atom bomb carrier took off on a navigational training mission.
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    Medical chief went to see nurses' 'good' food
    245 4 Medical chief went to see nurses' 'good' food BUT VISIT WASN'T PREARRANGED THE day that the Straits Times published a report that nurses in the Singapore General Hospital were complaining about their food, the Director of Medical Services, Dr. W. J. Vickers, visited the hospital and inspected the mid-day lunch.
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    89 4 i v Chia Cheng Hoe v (above), chief store keeper of the Imperial Chemical Industries, receives his long service award, a wrist watch. Mr. Chia has served the company for 21 years. Mr. S. Shanmugam (below) chief clerk in Penan office receives a wrist watch. The presentation was made by
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    ACSU men to discuss 62 motions
    140 4 ABOUT 80 delegates Irom 20 branches of the Army Civil Service Union— the biggt*t union in Singapore— will discus *">. resolutions in the I Victoria Memorial Hall at the annual delegates.' conference tomorrow. They will also elect a preslI dent from eight candidates. One
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    CRICKETERS WILL MISS HIM
    54 4 IPOH, Fri. Leaving shortly for England on leave is Mr. N. Poyntz-Roberts, Ipoh branch manager of Boustead and Co. A keen cricketer and former Selangor player, Mr. Poyntz-Roberts has been president of the Perak Cric- ket Association for the past two years. Mr. D. W. G.
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    Bishop due in Seremban
    49 4 SEREMBAN, Fri.— Bishop Theodor Arvidson of Stockholm who is in charge of North European area Methodist churches, will arrive in Seremban tomorrow. He is on his way to a general conference of Methodist churches in San Francisco Bishop Arvidson will preath at the Seremban Wesley
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    RICE BAN RUMOUR LEADS TO RAMP
    157 4 RICE BAN RUMOUR LEADS TO RAMP UNSCRUPULOUS dealers v and retailers, taking advantage of reports that the Siamese Government had started a ban on the exports of free rice, had caused a price ramp in Singapore In the last few days, leading free rice importers said yesterday They said there
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    $250 BAIL
    33 4 SEGAMAT. Fri. Bail in $250 was allowed Yap Sang, 30, charged at Segamat with returning to an area from which he had been expelled by the O C P P.. Segamat
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    ACQUITTED
    30 4 TAIPING. Fri— Song Swee Meng aged 43 was acquitted by the Taiping magistrate en a charge of abetting the offer of a $5 bribe to an *>xtra police constable.
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    Singapore Diary
    157 4 V M.C.A. Orchard Road: Singapore Christian Youth Council annual general meeting, 4 p.m.. Singapore Chess Club, 3 p.m.; Movie Cucle. Him snow, 8 pjii. Chinese V.M.C.A. Selegie Road: Music, 2.30 p.m.; badminton, 5.30 pm Basketball. 5.30 pjn.; Chinese Cliess. 7.30 p.m.; Educational film show. 7.30 pjn.; commercial school
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    PIG REARERS TAKE A PETITION TO COURT
    116 4 fll/HEN 20 Chinese appeared in the Singapore City W police Court yesterday for keeping pigs in a prohibited area around Frankei Estate^ Siglap .one of them handed the Magistrate, Mr. K. J. L. jamieson, a petition. The petition, signed by people living in
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    34 4 ROBBERY CHARGE BEGAMAT. Frl.—P. FWiei. a 21-year-old British soldier, was produced before the Segamat Magistrate. on a charge of robbing a Chinese of a car. Fisher was ordered to be remanded for a week.
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    SWEEPS DUTY CASE FAILS
    111 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. TtfR. Justice Taylor dismissed with costs in the Supreme Court today a claim for $64,470 against Won* Uai Onn, president of the now-banned Selangor Health and Strength Association, for duty on sweepstakes run from *ebuary to, June, 1950. He said he would state
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    TRANSFERRED TO TANJONG MALIM
    47 4 PARIT BUNTAR. Frl tnche Abu Bakar. Health Inspector Town Board. Krian. was entertained to a farewell dinner party at the Parit Buntar Rest House before leaving fr > r Tanjong Malim on transfer Inche Abdul Wahab. of Menglembu. the tennis player, will replace him
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    'MISADVENTURE'
    35 4 PARIT BUNTAR. Fri. A verdict of death from misadventure was returned here at the inquest on an 88-year-old Malay, Haji Mohamad bin Haji Abu Bakar who died after being knocked down by a car.
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    YOUTH TO LINE GIMSON ROUTE
    154 4 'Freedom 9 scroll has arrived rH)UR hundred members of the uniformed youth organisations in Singapore will line the route along which Sir Franklin Gimson, the Governor win be led in procession from the Victoria Memorial Hall to C'ty Hall next Friday when he will be
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    Doctors told: Volunteeer to aid call-up
    156 4 PENANG, Fri. WHEN registration for national service starts, all private doctors should volunteer as medical examiners. Dr Chan Hoey Chan, a Peralt delegate, urged at last night's annual meetlnjr °f the northern division of the Malaya Branch of the British Medical Association Dr Chan,
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    THE DEPUTY SEES TIN MINES
    49 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Frl. •pHE Deputy Bigb Commissioner, Mr. D. C. MacGUliTray, visited tin mines In the Koala Lumpur area. l *°**Witb Mr G. F. C.ripper, the ac£in* Chief inspector of Mines, he went to the Kampong Lanjnt Tin Dredging Company at Waraieborn, near Setapak.
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    CONFIDENCE MUST BE GAINED, SAYS MORSE
    333 5 'Chinese are most important' gIR Arthur Morse, chief manager of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, yesterday stressed that the confidence of the Chinese, Malay, and Indian communities must be gained and maintained by Government if it hoped to obtain a speedy solution of
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    HONG KONG LOSES, SINGAPORE GAINS
    74 5 gIR ARTHUR said that the transfer of Hong Kong's "able" Colonial Secretary. Mr. J. F. Nlcoll, to Singapore as governor was "Hong Kong's loss bat Singapore's fain." Addressing the annual mating, he said: "I have no doubt at all that Mr Nlcoll will very quickly
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    99 were not allowed to see S'pore
    86 5 WHEN the Italian liner Sebastlano Caboto arrived In Singapore yesterday from Jakarta. 99 transit passengers, some of whom had British passports, were not allowed ashore. Twenty-one of them were policemen with families on their way on leave from Hong Kong to Karachi. None
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    RENT GOES UP
    47 5 An increase in the monthly rent of the ground iloor of No. 24. Church Street, Singapore, which is used for the running of a coffeeshop. from $56.25 to $115, was approved by the Singapore Rent Conciliation Board yesterday. The landlords are Alkaff Si Co
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    Blackout schedule
    277 5 CLB-autioni liable to toad shedding today are: DAT Adelphi, PWD Quarry, Nanyan* Mff., Buklt Panjaiif, National Carbon. Princes* Eliiabrib Lstate, Dairy Farm. Ul« Pandeo. Juronf 1, Z At, Bakit Timah Village, United Chinese Rubber Works, Lam Soon Cannery, Um Choon Rubber Works. Kab Hin. rred Water House. Industrial
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    Two hurt in road crash
    54 5 Two Chinese were Injured lust night when a motorcycle was involved in a collision with a truck loaded with timber at Kallang Bridge Singapore. The rider of the motorcycle received severe wounds on the head The pillion-rider was bruised The motorcycle was lammed under the
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    TRISHA RIDER HAD NO LICENCE
    59 5 Goh Kirn Hock was fined $50 in the Singapore City Police Court yesterday for riding a trisha without a licence. He told the Court that he had been a ricksha -puller for 20 years but after a holiday In China found he was too late
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    2,000 more hawkers get licences
    139 5 lIAWKER licensing by Singapore City Council made a good start this month. Nearly 2.000 licences were issued in the first six days This l s in addition to the 5,000 licences renewed up to the end of February. The average number of new licences issued—
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    Ruler's gift to Convent
    65 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Frl. THE Sultan of Johore has donated 33 acres of land in Segamat to the Catholic Church to build a convent. It is worth about $100,000. The land on which the Canosslan Order has built a Convent in Kluang was also given by the
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    $5 MONTHLY OFF $1,000 DEBT
    40 5 Mohammadan bin Oalng Yacob, a clerk, whose Indebtedness amounted to over $1,000, offered to pay $5 monthly in the Singacore High Court yesterday The Chief Justice Sir Charles Murray-Aynslev. made an order to that effect
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    LABOUR MEETING
    24 5 The newly formed Independent Labour Party will hold an emergency meeting tomorrow t 0 discuss Its stand on the National Service BUI
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    BEAUTY QUEEN ENTRANT
    131 5 BEAUTY QUEEN ENTRANT r-DAY'Sr -DAY'S entrant for the Singapore Rotarians' Beauty Queen contest is Miss Toni Misso. of Telok Kurau Road. Singapore. The final Judging will take place at the Great World on Saturday. Mar. 29. when the Beauty Queen will bt chosen from all the entrants who have sent
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    First pilgrim ship in May
    112 5 THE nrst pilgrim ship fon Mecca will leave Singapore in the middle ot May For the first time the ship Tyndareus ifl WHI carry 52 wcond class passengers Because of this new second cla<!3 accommodation the deck carrying capacity of the ship has been reduced
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    Money problem at this school
    192 5 Money problem at this school HOW to raiso $50,000 to pay for part of the extensions at Fairneld Girls' School, Singapore, was discussed at a meeting at the school yesterday. A few weeks ago. the school authorities asked Singapore Government for a capital grant of $50,000. The headmistress. Mrs. Llm
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    Shell chief retires
    106 5 |^JR. D.S. Robertson, manager of Shell Company, Penang, has retired after more than 30 years' service with the Shell organisation. Mr. Robertson was Interned in Sumatra during the Japanese occupation. In 1947, he was awarded an M.B.E. for his service during internment. He was appointed honorary Vice-Consul
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    TWO DELEGATES TO KARACHI
    69 5 Mr. c. C. Tan, Singapore Legislative Councillor, and Dato Onn bin Ja'afar, Member for Home Affairs, Federation, will attend the Ministerial meeting of the Consultative Committee on the Colombo Plan which opens In Karachi on Mar. 24, as representatives from Malaya In the United Kingdom delegation.
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    SIX WEEKS FOR HOUSE BREAKING
    34 5 Shariff bin Mohamed, 23. was sentenced by the Singapore Fourth Police Magistrate, Mr. Eu Cheow Chye to six weeks' imprisonment when he pleaded guilty to a charge of housebreaklng.
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    NEW STANDPIPE
    26 5 Nearly 1.500 kampong dwellers in the Fernhlll Road area of Singapore, who for years have only had one water standpipe have lust another installed.
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    13 MEN HAD FALSE DANCING, FINED
    78 5 13 MEN HAD FALSE D ANCING, FINED rpHIRTEEN hawkers, who tampered with their dachings to make them inaccurate, were fined a total of $1,090 by the Singapore Second PoliceCourt Majristrate, Mr. R. B. I. Pates, yesterday. Inspector Lee Cheng Teen, offlcer-in-charge of the Weights and Measures branch, told the court
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    RAF recruiting teams on tour
    63 5 RAF recruiting teams on tour Recruiting teams tor me RAF (Malaya) will oe in Seremban on Monday Ipoh and Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday Talplng and Kuala Lumpur o n Wednesday and Alur Star on Thursday next week The recruiters want to Interview fit men over 18 for training a s
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    BOILING VARNISH CATCHES FIRE
    56 5 Boiling varnish caught tire at the P.A.R. Malayan Paint Works at Telok Blangah Road, Singapore, yesterday. The fire was put out shortly after two fire engines appeared on the scene. Twelve kilos of varnish were destroyed There were three la Hang Ares in .widely &euax»ted areas
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    (Dtt Straits Simrs Singapore, Sat., Mar. 8, 1952. Bevan-Attlee Battle
    641 6 (Dtt Straits Simrs Singapore, Sat., Mar. 8, 1952. Bevan-Attlee Battle The election truce which I closed the ranks of British j Labour in October has crack I'd at last under repeated strain. The left wing revolt against official Labour policy, and against Mr. Attlee's leadership, appears now too serious to
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    The Countess Appalled
    413 6 Countess Mountbatten, Sup-erintendent-m-Chief of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, has found the lack of hospital beds for the tuberculous appalling, and the shortage of civil hospital personnel and accommodation horrifying. The medical and hospital staffs of the Federation and Singapore are doing a first-class job in the
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    NO S. KOREANS
    40 6 WASHINGTON, Fri— The State Department yesterday dismissed the idea of importing South Korean manpower to work on American farms. The Sfate Department says this "would not" be helpful to American foreigto policy in the Far East."— AJPP.
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    8 6 Photograph by James Barclay. ST. GEORGE'S CHURCH, PENANG.
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    As I was Saying
    1153 6  -  -by—- Cynicus fIOW to explain Fleec Street's Arthur Helliwell? It Is a. long time since any roving reporter made Singapore so angry, although the J Helliwell drivel is by no means the first of its kind. Once It used to be the whisky swilling planters. That
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    Singaporeana
    875 6 'THE fashion of stuffing x crocodiles, It It erer I existed' in Singapore, has f I long since stone out, but there was a time when no respectable house In England 1 whose members had spent j any time in the East couid afford to be without a pro-
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    RUBBER 'FACES FURTHER DANGERS'
    407 7 U.S. restrictions are maintained, says Mr. Lee RESPITE America's new so-called "free market", the Malayan rubber industry will still be exposed to further dangers in the future, said Mr. Lee Kong Chian, chairman of the Singapore Rubber Traders' Association yesterday. .The United States Government would still
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    The 100 goes up for Mr. Liew
    194 7 The 100 goes up for Mr. Liew KCALA LUMPUR. Fri. MR. Liew Chor Ec walked unsteadily down hi* garden path today and proudly told friends and relatives: "See. I tan still do it.' He had reason to h«. proud it was his hundredth birthday Then he met the Press. He
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    Four arrested in river raid
    51 7 Four men were detained by the Singapore Marine Police last night after a raid on vessels anchored in the Singapore River. The raid was carried out by the Marine Police, Customs men and volunteer police. Two of the detained men did not have Singapore identity
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    NO KNOWLEDGE, NO CRIME
    51 7 The Federation Government said today that under the Emergency (Proclamation of Terrorists) Regulations it is still necessary, before a penalty can be inflicted, to prove that anyone per- son charged with consorting or harbouring had reasonable cause to believe that the other person was a declared
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    Border 'not so open to bandits'
    189 7 Border 'not so open to bandits' KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. 'pHE Federation Government today took issue on the London Times report that the Malaya-Siam border was 'open to bandits." In a report from a special correspondent at Padang. Besar, the Perlis-Siam border station, The Times cald the border was virtually unprotected
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    POLICE EXERCISE
    36 7 Police from "D" Division of the Singapore Police Force and a party of Gurkhas from the Riot Squad yesterday tested their efficiency by carrying out a gaol bruik exercise near the Outrarr. Road Prison.
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    CUSTOMS STOP THE OPIUM 'GAP'
    117 7 QPIUM smuggling across the Malayan-Siamese ™t,!5 il^i 1^ een checke <* by increased police a cu SIQ m nd Closer watch b y Customs men. a customs officer said yes- i erday that only one large nauJ of opium was seized last year Six hundred
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    Hit and run man sought
    61 7 SINGAPORE Traffic Police are looking for a hit and i ;u"; u taxi-driver whose victim I X?J* chong, aged 24. \*S g c Geneial Hosm&l The_ accident was in Geyio A aQI near Lorong 38 at 15 p.m. on Mar. 2 ™^Yo\ W l tnesses
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    BALL AT ADELPHI
    26 7 Members of the Habonim a Singapore Jewish youth organisation, will hold a Purim ball at the AdeJphi Hotel roof garden at 8.30 tonight.
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    BUSES COLLIDE
    18 7 Two buses, collided in! Balestier Road, Singapore, last night. No one was iujur- i ■c. i
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    —And books were changed: Lawyer
    350 7 COURT WENT FOR LUNCH ALLEGATIONS that the entries in the account m I °MPM P f tr 1 kiosk in Raffles ua y ha «l been tampered with during the lunch adjournment of Singapore First Police Court yesterday were madp by Mr M. B Brash,
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    Deadline to change cards extended
    87 7 Deadline to change cards extended BECAUSE of the large crowds attending the Sin- i gapore Registration Office to have torn identity cards replaced, the Secretary for Defence and Manpower has decided to extend the deadline from Mar. 15 to April 12 Those in the queues who cannot be dealt with
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    UNIONISTS ARE ANNOYED WITH SIR JOHN
    125 7 UNIONISTS ARE ANNOYED WITH SIR JOHN KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. A STATEMENT by Si r John Hay. chairman of Linxgi Plantations, that tappers were doing less work for more pay ha s annoyed trade unionists. "We resent this continual criticism of workers," said Mr. P P. Narayanan, chairman of the Federation
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    Asst. OCPD 'lacked self control'
    161 7 Asst. OCPD 'lacked self control' SEREMBAN. Fri. BR. PATTON, aged 26, un- til recently assistant O.CP.D, Seremban and a former member of London Metropolitan Police today pleaded guilty before the President of the Sessions Court, Mr. W. B Sutherland, to a charge of criminal breach of trust of $1,400. The
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    REMITTANCES
    14 7 Remittances to China last month from Singapore totalled $1,223,165: from the Federation. $873,259
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    Governor's grandson christened
    202 7 JEK E N James Franklin Elwin, three months' old son of Commander Allan Elwin, D.S.C., and Mrs. Margaret Elwin, and grandson of Sir (Franklin Gimson, Governor'of Singapore, and Lady Gtmson, was christened at St Andrew's Cathedral yesterday afternoon. The christening was pejv formed by the Yen. Robin
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    HARBOUR MAY HAVE ITS OWN 'ARMY'
    157 7 HARBOUR MAY HAVE ITS OWN 'ARMY THE Singapore Harbour Board is to form a pioneer battalion to ensure the uninterrupted handling of cargo in the docks during wartime. The force will be subject to military law. Legislation has been tf.rawn up and will be introduced at the next meeting of
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    119 paintings on show
    106 7 119 pain tings on show CEVEN members of Singau pore Art Society, all women belonging to the Anglo-American Group are showing paintings at the British Council Centre T Mr C narl es F. Baldwin, U.S.' Consul General, who assisted Mrs. W. L. BIythe in opening their exhib lion ET^h SaId
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    33 T.B. deaths
    25 7 T I h e were 33 deaths from T.B in Singapore last week an increase of four over the Previous week week.
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    Most in S'pore do not pay tax
    238 7 Most in S'pore do not pay tax (COMMENTING on a I statement by Mr. j Peter M. Williams, gener!al secretary of the Sinj gapore Labour Party, that the Chinese had paid "a considerable portion of the income tax", Mr. W. C. Taylor, Financial Secretary, yesterday said that the majority o
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    Indian firm buys Shenton way lot
    42 7 N, Ot of land at Sheniton Way totalling 10 818 i square feet was bought bv a ™J" Si "8h and Co.. for $213,655 at Thursday's auction at the salesroom of Cheong Hock Chye and Co
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    Traders protest at tax assets query
    274 8 Traders protest at tax assets query 'WHAT JEWELLERY HAS TOUR WIFE?' PENANG, Fri. PENANG Chinese traders today criticised the action of the local income tax authorities in asking for details of cash balances and Jewel- 1 iery kept at home by tax- payers. These particulars are de-4 manded in a
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    Six without passports
    59 8 Six Boyanese businessmen: Habi bin Bador. Haron bin Ibrahim, Dalek bin Pabewang. Japaran bin Matan. Bakai bin Tani and Rahmat bin Tani. who pleaded guilty to entering the Colony without passports, were each fined $50 or two weeks' imprisonment in Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday. They were
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    He must serve gaol term
    51 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The appeal of Harbjan Singh against conviction and sentence on a charge of enticing away Ajit Kaur, a young married woman, was today dismissed in the Kuala Lumpur Supreme Court. Harbjan Singh had been sentenced to one month's gaol and a $200
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    PATROL'S FIND
    23 8 In the Sungei Siput area of Perak, a bandit dump of kerosene and tinned food was found by a police patrol.
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    Guns better view for U.S.
    65 8 THE opinions of a British planter in Malaya, whose comment on Mr. Dean Acheson's statement on the American view of Malaya was that 'guns would be a lot better than sympathy and economic threats' will be forwarded to the U.S. Department. Otherwise "No comment" was
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    HUSBAND'S CRASH WORRIED HER: TOOK OWN LIFE
    217 8 HUSBAND'S CRASH WORRIED HER: TOOK OWN LIFE A 20-YEAR-OLD Chinese girl committed suicide by taking an overdose of opium because she was worried about the fine she believed her husband would have to pay for b«ing involved in a motor cycle accident, witnesses told the Singapore Coroner, Mr. Choor Singh,
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    Change in sentiment in rubber
    189 8 "THERE has been quite a 1 change in sentiment in the rubber market during the last few days and prices < have shown an appreciative j advance, says Lewi s and Peat's weekly report. The buying both in London and in this market appears to
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    BOARD PUTS UP RENTS
    70 8 The Sngapore rteni conciliation Board yesterday approved a 50 per cent, increase in the rental of four shophouses in Rochore Road. The houses belonged to Alkaff and Co. The rent of two houses was, raised from $212 to $300; the' rent of one of the other
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    3 BROKE BAN
    21 8 Two Javanese and a Chi nese who broke the curfew at Tangkak were each fined $20 at Muar.
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    SULTAN VISITS SEAMEN
    160 8 SULTAN VISITS SEAMEN rpHE Sultan of Kelantan X yesterday became the first Malay ruler to visit thej Malayan Naval Force at j their headquarters at the Naval Base, Singapore. He was shown around by Capt. H. E. H. Nicholls, Senior Officer of the Force. The Secretary for Defence, Singapore, Mr.
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    WIDOW, SON GET COMPENSATION
    44 8 MUAR, Fri.— Chai Meng, employed by a timber contractor, was killed by a log falling off a lorry on Mar 29 last year. His widow and son were awarded a $3,200 compensation by the North Johore Commissioner for Workmen's Compensation
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    NEW LAWYER
    25 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.—Admitting Mr William Scott Gilchrist to practise as a lawyer in the Federation today, Mr. Justice Taylor wished him every success.
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      281 8 FALLA Noches en los jardines de Espana (Nights in the Gardens of Spain) Artur Rubinstein (Pianoforte) with the St Louis Symphony Orchestra cond Vladimir Colschmann. FALLA— Andaluza Artur Rubinstein (Pianoforte Solo) DB 9708/10 CHOPIN Mazurka in A minor. Op. 17, No. 4 CHOPIN (a) Mazurka in B flat major, Op.
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      128 8 Today's Radio SINGAPORE 10 a.m. Emergency News irom K.L.; 1U.05 "Housewives' Choice"; 11-11.30 'New Records"; 1 p m. -Saturday Bal'.rocm"; 1.301.50 News; 2 'Album of Harmony"- 2.15-5 Racing; 6.15 Children; 6.45 Music With A Lift"; 7 News; 7.15 "Listeners' Choice"; 7.50 "Spotlight on the Emergency"; V 'Paul Temple and the
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      117 8 PENANG 10.-7.10 p.m. As S'pore; 7.10 "Spotlight on the Emergency": 7.20 "Llsteaers Calling"; 8 30 "East Meets West"; 9 'Ray's a Laugh" 9.30 News; 9.45 "Concert and Cabaret"; 10.15 "Three or More"; 10.30-11.30 'Saturday Ballroom". BBC GOS 6.15 pm. "Sports Round-Up": 6.30 News and News Analys's; 6.45 "Daily Quotation"; 6
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      301 8 Straits Times Crossword ACKOSS 7. S.ock at this is dear (7). a. In any system permanently 8. They engage in the cogs established (6). (8). 9. This man Is probably 10. They're In the game for played lor his bowling (8). money (13). 10. 'With every pleasing. 15. Writ* quickly
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      WILL IT BE A MALAYAN CITIZENS' ARMY?
      511 9 UNDER the National Service Bills all persons between 18 and 54 will be liable for service in the armed forces. As a Chinese born and bred In j Malaya, I would like Government to take note of these points: Will the Chinese in
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      Unarmed in the ulu
      138 9 1 T AGREE with the statement i 1 of "Still Hopeful" that i District Officers and Police Officers Commanding Disi tricts could never function without the help of others Whenever a District Officer wants to make an inspection!: of a kampong the kampong < concerned is
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      BY BUFFALO IN MALACCA
      144 9 BUFFALO carts can still be seen daily j n the streets of Malacca. This primitive means of transport should have been withdrawn lon<* ago. More often than not the carts are overloaded, causing hardship to the animals. Perhaps the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
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      THE PARENTS' AUTHORITY
      141 9 SURELY Mr DCruz ("Asia's Worst,' Wednesday) is guilty of a serious mental]" muddle. "Checking a child" I Is not synonymous with "in flicting cruelty." j A society for the preven- I tion of cruelty to children in I < no way exists to limit legi- < timate
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      THE MERGER
      120 9 J AM not interested in the J squabbles of the Labour < Party which have resulted in the expulsion of Mr. M. P. D. Nair, but I am astonished at < the reason. Apparently Mr. Nair < showed some sympathy for the UMNO-M.C.A. merger in K.L. and. according
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      'Foolish of the Govt.'
      257 9 J i IS right for a National Service Bill to be introduced in Singapore, but not in the federation, where Chinese, Indians and others are not Federal citizens, or British subjects. People who have attained the age of 50 or 55 are quite o d; it
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      BUYING AND SELLING
      82 9 J^ RECENT police court report said that a woman. of necessity, had sold two of her five children. Leaving sentiment aside, it would be interesting to know what steps the law will take, about this selling and buying of the two children. After reading such cases, which
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      EMPLOYMENT OF 'CITIZENS'
      87 9 IS a Federal citizen eligible for employment in the Singapore Government? I tee in the Press that, every time the Federation Government advertises for applicants to vacancies or new posts in Government service, particular emphasis is always laid on the fact that applicants must be Federal citizens
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      BUS STOPS
      57 9 fJAS Mr. Haxworth (apparently the only leading i official in Singapore really concerned and active about road safety) failed to notice the number of bu s stops on corners, on white lines and on white-llned-bends? Does he agree that the body which I authorises these bus stops Ls
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      A labourer killed by terrorists
      392 9 rpHE Straits Times of Feb. 28, in a report headed "Families of civilians are also paid", said: "The maximum amount of compensation payable by Government to the family of a civilian killed by bandits was $3,200. Mr. R. N. Broome told the Perak Council of
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      Points at issue
      277 9 Points at issue WHV sell that valuable land on Shenton Way? Why doesn't the Government put up the building^ required and rent them out? It would then have a perpetual source of income. And there are 'about 64 million square feet of useless tidal lands on our waterfront today, that
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      POUND OF BUTTER
      68 9 A CHINESE seaman was fined in Singapore a day or two ago for bringing into the country 250 lb. of Australian butter without a permit. The value of the butter was stated to be $258, or slightly more than $1 per lb. The retail price of butter
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      The Govt. officers' housing queue
      347 9 The Govt. officers' housing queue 1 NOTICE the Straits Times has published the first letter written by a brave but fed-up Government official's wife, regarding the housing situation in Malaya. We have been living in one room of a hotel for two months waiting for accommodation. There are four of
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      THE JAP WAR MEMOIRS
      133 9 THE JAP WAR MEMOIRS NO sooner were the Jap war mpmoirs by Masanobu Tsuji published in Tokyo than terrific tidal waves driven by Nature began to sweep over Japan's northern island of Hokkaido, bringing death and destruction to the people there. I wonder whether there il any moral or physical
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      INCONVENIENCE
      47 9 I'VE just seen an official 1 warning that the holder of a torn Identity Card may be "seriously inconvenienced" if he doesn't have it replaced by March 15. From what can be seen and experienced of would-be replacers, the serious Inconvenience is there anyway. WAITER Singapore.
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      Monkeys' brains & eggs of antiquity
      192 9 Monkeys brains eggs of antiquity |"M R HELLI WELL'S ar licit about eating live monkey brains reminds me of a din- ner I gave to some foreign j friends. Among the dishes was a plate of preserved eggs with ginger. I was immediately I asked the age of the eggs,
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      CEYLONESE IN NEGRI
      111 9 WILL the president, of the Negri Sembilan Ceylonese Association be good enough to tell us the number of Ceylonese in the State, and the number who are members of the N.S. Ceylonese Association? v The Association, if it represents the majority of Ceylonese in the State should
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      49 9 For the whole family Viyella 'IF IT SHRINKS WE REPLACE" Clydella "IFIT SHRINKS WE REPLACE" For Eastern way* and Eastern climate*, wise mother* rely on <Viyel)a* and Clydella' world-renowned fabric* for their own clothe* and for the whole family. MAM M WOIANO BY •SIUK HOU.M A OOMTAM* UMIHD, NCTT!NOH»kF
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    LONDON STOCKS
    276 10 LONDON. Frl /^LOSING middle prices ot selected stocks, as supplied by special arrangement with the Financial Times, were; UMM Consols ..601 +4 Funding 4% »8» —I War 31". 7»l +i m\K- Ulmrterro .4»i Merrjiitile •Uibi .£l2 IX) > Hot.itkonn .»125i 82 Eastern i£si 61/H ■NX KAMf Com Un
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    TIN: $484 5/8 A PICUL
    14 10 SINGAPORE. Fri. Mar. 7 S484 S R (down HHI-
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    London Price
    27 10 LONDON Mar 7. Cash Buyers £979: Srllrri £979 1/ 2 Forward Buyers Jt979; Sellers 4-979V 2 Settlement £979 (down £1). Turnover: a.m. 75. p.m. 10.
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    H.K. EXCHANGE
    33 10 HONG KONG. Frl (,'HBE, mantel currency ssdKKKO for Hong Korw dollar* w»» luoied at thr clour toaa.v follow*: OS»1 HK56.7575 (cash); HK*****5 (TT); £1 HK515.85. one tahll of s^>ld HKS32I.OO— UP
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    MERCANTILE BANK DIV.
    39 10 THS Board o! Director! oi th« Mercantile Bank of India. Ltd. in London, have recommended a nnal dividend of 6 per cent., less Income tax. making 12 per cent, for the year ending Dec 31. I*sl
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    SHAREMARKET
    829 10 FOLLOWING the Improvement in the rubber price r optimism was restored in the Malayan Share Market yesterday. Buying interest resulted in a number of gains in selected Tin shares. Quotations announced yesterday by the Malayan ShareQrokers' Association were: INIHSTRIAL* Bureri »ell-r» Men HI ilia Pref T... I 10 IVs
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    RUBBER PRICE LEAP
    206 10 SHORT-COVERING activities were greatly in evidence in the Singatx>re Rubber Market yesterday and. coupled with more overseas trade inauirfes, the price of the commodity leapt by 7V 2 cents a lb. at one stage A fair turn-over was reported from the beginning of the day's business, and
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    U.K. RUBBER
    34 10 LONDON. Mar. 7. Spot 34d. April 33Mid.. May 32»id.. June 32d.. Apr-June 32\d.. July-Sept. 31d.. Oct -Dec. 30a.. Mar. c.i.f. 33d., Apr. c.i.f 32d.. May c.i.f. 31 '4d Market: Weak after firm.
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    Singapore Shipping
    74 10 SHIPS alongside the Singapore Harhour Board godowns. or expected there by 7 a.m. today are: _i,<, Nteuw Holland. 4/5 Benattow. Coal Plant Purdy (U.S.N.), 6/7 President Polk.. 8/9 Presided Arthur. 11/12 Patroclus. 13/14 Clytoneus. 15/16 Deucalion, 17 18 8 Caboto, 19/20 Kronoland. 21/22 Ban Hong Llong. 23 Leluula.
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    Colony Stadium hopes
    363 11  -  revived MANAGEMENT BOARD NAMED SENTINEL fHE Singapore Government sometimes works in mysterious ways its wonders to perform. Take the case of Notification No. 557 in the Government Gazette issued last night which refers indirectly, almost diffidently, to that $2 million stadium in which all sportsmen in the
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    24 11 j^IDE-SLIP by Farm, Blackpool goalkeeper, in a tussle with Vaughan, Charlton centre forward, in ao English First Division game which Charlton won 2-o.—Reu-ler picture.
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    O.T.E.C. SCORE 5.1 VICTORY
    92 11 AT the F N ground yesterday ■> OTBC Sports Club "A" defeated Borneo Motors S.C. by 5-1 in a Singapore Business Houses F.A. Div. 1 match. Scorers fcr OTEC wer e T Mission (3) and Falun (2). Borneo Motors got their goal through Shariff. The 6.8.H.F.A.
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    HOCKEY TITLE
    72 11 nm^ r > KVALA LUMPUR, Fri. JJEFORE the largest crowd ever seen at a hockey match in Kuala Lumpur. Young Men's Sikh Association sprang the biggest surprise of the Selangor Hockey Association's knock out tournament by beating Police Depot by two goals to nil on the padang this
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    STADIUM GOT MORE MONEY LAST YEAR
    143 11 STADIUM GOT MORE MONEY LAST YEAR revenue earned by the Singapore City Council from its stadium at Jalan Besar was considerably boosted by the visit of the Swedish (Gothenburg) and Indian touring soccer teams last December, states the City President, Mr. T. P. F. McNeice, in his administration report for
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    Johore to hold 'open' tennis
    110 11 MUAR. Prt. "pHE 1952 Jchore State tennis open championship will be an "open" tournament *;o be held at Kluang before U»e fasting month. This was decided at the annual general meeting of the Johore Lawn TennU Association here ilie outgoing sf-cretary, Mr. P. o. Joseph,
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    Jenkins was first home
    100 11 J|IDING a well judged race, 21-year-old Raymond Jenkins of RAP. Changi Cycling Club romped home an easy winner at the Cosmopolitan Cycling Club's annual "Enfield Century" (100 laps grass track race) held on Hong Lim Green yesterday. Jenkins beat 19-year-old Jaffar bin Zazuli (Malay Cycling Union)
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    SWIM GALA AT C.S.C. TODAY
    98 11 /ALYMPic candidate Neo Chwee Kok wiU captain a Combined Schools 4x50 metres freestyle relay team in the Inter-club event at this afternoon's Teach rs Training Ccllege swimming gala at the Chinese Swimming club. Chwee Kok will swim the last Ipk. Olher members of the team
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    PATRON VISITS THE HALL SITE
    41 11 Mr. Aw Bon Haw. a patron of the Singapore Badminton Association, yesterday accompanied the I president, Mr Llm Chuan Geok. on an inspection of the badminton hall now in process of building in Guillemaid Road i
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    WEEKEND SPORT
    164 11 Today SOCCER: Div. 1: Pulau Brar.i v riser S.A. at J. Besar Stadium. Oiv. 3 B: Customs v Cosmos at Geylang; V.M.M.A. v S.U.S.C at C.V.M.A. Voulh Tourney Victoria School v Can Ens Seng School at J. Besar Stadium 4 p.m. Bus. Hse. Lee: Nederlands Trading v Ford
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    The colour was only in the jerseys
    226 11 The colour was only in the jerseys CJL 1 Casuals 1 A GAIN it was football in the rain at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. Chinese Athletic, turnIng out in white and blue— their new colours were held to a oneall draw by Casuals in a S A.F.A. First Division League
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    UNIVERSITY WIN
    46 11 University of Malaya soccer team, playing »helr second game of the season, beat an Amicable A.A. side by 4-3 at Sepoy Lines ground yesterday. The scorers were: for University Eng Slang (3) and AzizuT Rahman and for Amicables Arthur Sng (2) and Yin Kee.
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    Their cricket is free and easy
    254 11 By Our Cricket Reporter DURING the past couple of months the men of the Fiji Regiment have given Singapore rugger fans a rare treat, in both sevcn-a-side competition and in full strength matches, with their dashing displays. Very soon thf^crfcket, jep^imJjapte w^ hav^; their
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    Captains save their sides
    211 11 JN friendly soccer matches at the S.J.I, ground yesterday St. Josephs Institution and St Anthonys School drew in both the senior and Junior games. Rain did not Interfere In yesterday's Juniors' game which was played early, tut it came down in torrents a few minutes after
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    Three in a row give REME full points
    353 11 UNITED SERVICES LEAGUE A FTER being led 1—0 by H.M.S. Terror in the first A half, R.E.M.E. staged a good second half recovery to win by 3—2 in a United Services senior league match at Naval Base yesterday. The sailors started well
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    Clickity Click should get winning ~~ I turn today
    246 12  - Clickity Click should get winning I turn today RECENT RIVALS NOW IN CL. 2 By EPSOM JEEP PENANG, Friday. PLICKITY CLICK'S second to Magic Oak over 5}f. last week was a good performance. Almost last at the final turn, Clickity Click came with a strong run close home and gave
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    Today's race card
    1530 12 lace 1—2.00: Classes 4 5 (Comb.) Div. 1—6 Furs 113 Pax Haven Tulloh 9.00 Capt. H F. Bloxham Martin 2 224 Flyllle Mulley 8.13 "Shaw St Yang Stable" Martin 3 362 China Town Crowe 8.11 Mr. S. P. L»e Heddle 4 032 Batavta W. Bagby 8.09 Mr.
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    Tempest to improve on last run
    129 12 PENANO, Fri. MY best-of-the-day at Pen»ng tomorrow is Tempest in the Class 3, Div. 2 BSf. (Race Eight). This strongly-built bay ran with a!l his old dash wher. he cam* in a strong third to Roman Warrior and Jeannette over 7f. on Wednesday With
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    Sea Dragon has struck real form
    1125 12 PENANG, Friday. SEA DRAGON is accepting and "I rate his chance highly in the Spring Cnn for Classes 4 5. Div 1 horses over 84-f. (Race Five). At the weights Sea Dragon certainly appears to have the beating of SEVEN ELEVEN who ran a
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    TODAYS GOING
    17 12 'THE fin? for today's races is likely to be good, reports Epsom Jeep from Penan*.
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    Straits Times Selections
    184 12 EPSOM JEEP CALL BOY POINTER ACE 1 2.N PAX HAVEN Finalist China Town PAX HAVEN PAX HAVEN Movie Chin* Town Flyllte Movie ASHOK ASHOK Oakfel Motion Picture Motion Picture Oakfrl RACE Z 2.30 OAKFEL Smiling Through Lucky Star RACE S 3.00 RACE 4 3.30 HUNTING MI'SIC Dancing
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    RED WOLF FOR THE KEDAH CUP
    198 12 PENANG, Friday. WITH Ocean Snare out, Red Wolf should b e an extra good thing in the Kedah Cup for Class Div. 1, over BJ-f. (Race Six) at Penang tomorrow. Red Wolf is decidedly a stayer with a future. At Bukit Timah in January
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    ATHOL MULLEY GETS MEMENTO
    46 12 PENANG, Prl. ATHOL MOLLEY, who won h« Jockey premiership in hit first season on the Malayan Turf last year, was given a memento I by the Malayan Jockeys' Association at their annual dinner at the I E and O Hotel last night.
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