The Straits Times, 25 March 1952

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    21 1 The Straits Times M^L^l M S NATIONAL NE WSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS. SINGAPORE. TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 19*2. TWELVE PAGES.
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    FIVE PICNIC GIRLS DROWNED
    217 1 Teacher dies too i on a trip to seaside KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. FIVE Chinese girls and their teacher were drowned yesterday while on a seaside picnic near Sepang, on the Negri Sembilan and Selangor border. The teacher. Miss Phang Cheun Ying. aged 45. set off by
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    THE O'LEARY RIDDLE FOR COMMONS NEXT WEEK
    275 1 THE O'LEARY RIDDLE FOR COMMONS NEXT WEEK LONDON, Mon. THE late of Gunner James O'Leary. missing British Army scout reported to have been beaten to deaths by Sakais in Malaya will be raised again in the House of Commons on Tuesday next week. Col Marcus Lipton Labour Member for Brixton,
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    Ordeal over for them
    50 1 SEVEN R.A.F. "human guinea pigs" who have been trekking through wild Jungle and swamp country In North Borneo for seven days testing new survival equipment for crashed aircrews, arrived In Kuchlng yesterday All were reported to be well They will return to Singapore by air today
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    Squad foils terrorists
    50 1 A POLICE Jungle squad was fired on from all 16 huts of a bandit camp in Temerloh. Pahang. but succeeded »n driving the bandits off when they returned the fire. The bandits left behind a larste quantity of clothing and foodstuffs. It was destroyed with the camp
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    TRAIN MINED
    31 1 SAIGON, Mon.— Six French Union troops were wounded when an armoured train was blown up by a mine 100 miles north-east of Saigon on the Saigon-Nhatrang railway today— A.F.P.
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    Immigration cut
    41 1 CANBERRA, Mon. The Australian Cabinet Is expected to mak# serious cuts in the Immigration plans. In view of the serious trade crisis, it is unlikely that more than 70.000 immigrants will be admitted into the country this year.— A.F.P.
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    Truman: Aid these fugitives
    100 1 Truman: Aid these fugitives WASHINGTON, Mon PRESIDENT Truman today asked Congress to let 300.000 more Europeans, including fugitives from Sovietdominated countries, Into the Lfaited States during the next three years. He proposed a three-year emergency immigration programme designed to helo "fugitives from Soviet terror" and to meet the need for
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    AMNESTY HOPE
    28 1 TOKYO. Mon— Nearly one million people will be freed from (taol under an amnesty which may arise after the ratification of the Japanese Peace Treaty.— A.F.P.
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    AIR CHIEFS SEEK ANSWER TO REDS
    214 1 LONDON, Monday. YEW weapons and methods to combat Russia's numerical lead in air strength will be. discussed by American, British and European air force chiefs at secret talks which opened today at a southern England base. Russia Is unofficially estimated now to be producing
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    May flights for Comets
    82 1 LONDON, Mon.— The world s first jet-liner air .serviceforerunner to a similar service which will operate through Singapore later this year starts on May 2. when a Comet four-Jet liner leaves London bound for Johannesburg. Thp 6.724-mlle Journey will bp made in 18 hours and 40
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    Bandits murder two tappers
    33 1 Four armed terrorists I stopped a latex lorry in the I Oemas district of Negri Semlilan and murdered the drier. Two tappers were murJ lered In" the Kluang area.
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    2 SHIPS SINK AFTER FIRES
    110 1 JAKARTA, Mon. rS newspaper Java Bode I today reported that two >11 -laden KPM coastal vessels iad Identical disasters and >nk on Friday The paper said n explosloa ripped open hold number one of the coaster Lepar within 10 minutes of her arrival in Djambi
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    LYNETTE SCREAMS -AND GIVES JOY
    91 1 Li Strut. DAVE), aged two months, screams and her mother. 18-year-old Mrs. Margaret Davey, is overjoyed. Only a few hours before the baby's heart had stopped beating. When Lynette was being examined at the South Devon and East Cornwall Hospital Plymouth. England, for a chest
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    Ridgway tells U.S.: Be patient
    151 1 TOKYO. Mon. /GENERAL Mathew Rldgway yf wants Americans to be patient while his United Nations Command staff haggles with the Communists over peace in Korea. He said in an interview yesterday: "I must say you find your patience sorely tried when dealing in any way
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    AMBUSH VICTIM NAMED
    56 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The officer who was killed when bandits ambushed his scout car In the Tangkak area of Johore on Saturday was Maj H. P. Chadwick. of the First Battalion, Green Howards. The driver of the scout car, Private D. Johnson, who was wounded in the
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    BRITAIN GIVES ASSURANCE ON ARMOUR
    290 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. THE Federation Government has received from the United Kingdom the promise of an adequate number of armoured vehicles to meet all its requirements, a Government spokesman told the Straits Times today. The spokesman said that the Defence Branch had replied to a
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    Shotdead in his home
    63 1 Shot dead in his home KUALA LUMPUR, Mon "THREE uniformed bandits 1 walked, into the house of a Chinese' assistant resettlement officer in the Alor Gajah district of Malacca yesterday and shot him dead A patrol of the" Royal West Rents killed one bandit and wounded another when, after receiving
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    AID MONEY MAY BE HALVED
    43 1 WASHINGTON, Mon. Senator John J. Sparkman predicted yesterday Congress will slash U554,000,000,000 off the U557,900,000,000 foreign aid programme. He told a reporter he hopes reductions can be made on a "sensible" basis without crippling the programme.— A. P
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    Down and down in the sea he'll go
    134 1 NAPLES. Monday. SWISS-born Professor Auguste Picard, 69-year-old explorer of the stratosphere and ocean beds, plans shortly to make a daring bid to "sink' himself 1.500 metres off the West Italian coast. The present depth record of 3.028 f«et was set up In
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    United reply
    30 1 LONDON, Mon. Britain. France and the United States will deliver identical replies in Moscow tomorrow' to the f Russia proposal for a lour- power .conference on Oermany.—Reuter. 1
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    Egypt to holdgeneral election
    92 1 Egypt to holdgeneral election CAIRO, Mon. fiHE Egyptian Cabinet last -1- night decided to hold a general election on May 18. The Cabinet, headed by Independent Naguib El Hilaly Pasha, will issue a decree dissolving the Chamber of Deputies today. The new parliament will open on May 31, the Cabinet
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    Cake flown to wedding
    65 1 BECAUSE of the food transport restrictions in Johore, a Chinese couple in Malacca had to charter a Royal Singapore Flying Club plane to fly up their 130-pound wedding cake yesterday. The delivery cost $205. The couple, Mr. Wee Soon Bee. son of Dr. H. T. Wee,
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    Anti-Malan crowds gather
    227 1 AntiMalan crowds gather CAPETOWN, Mon. DEMONSTR ATIONS against the Nationalist Government of Dr. Malan were scheduled to take place in South Africa today after h:s defiance of the Supreme Court. A stormy scene b> expected in Parliament when the United Party makes its expected demand for the resignation of the
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    LOOTERSGAOLED
    53 1 LOOTERS GAOLED CAIRO, Mon. Fifteen people— including two policemen were convicted today by a military court of burning and. looting shops and other business premises during the Cairo "black Saturday" riots on Jan. 26. One police constable wa.' gaoled for 12 years and a corporal to 10 years for loot
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    THEN 'IKE MAY GO TO AMERICA FOR POLL
    186 2 THEN 'IKE MAY GO TO AMERICA FOR POLL Television repok on -NATO plan PARIS, Monday. r*EN. Eisenhower will make a nation-wide television report to the American people on April 2, informed sources said today. He will probably return to the United States about May 15 in response to repeated demands
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    Miss Truman becomes one of his fans
    114 2 HOLLYWOOD, Mon. MISS Margaret Truman joined the "I Like Ike" Club when she appeared in Jimmy Durante's television show in Hollywood. But she did it only for laughs. Miss Truman was led blindfolded to a blackboard on which were horizontal lines and she
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    Royal visit to Scotland
    63 2 LONDON, Mon —The Queen's first major social engagement after court mourning for King George VI ends on May 31 will be a six-day visit to Scotland. The Duke of Edinburgh will accompany her. They will take up official residence at Holyrood House, Edinburgh, from June 25
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    Rubber mills may close
    52 2 PALEMBANG, Mon. Pour remilling companies In South Sumatra will close down as the result of present difficulties in trade and export of rubber. The decision will result in the unemployment of 4,000 worker s and affects 12.000 dependants. Discussions over allowances to workers are still under
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    Children die as cliff crashes
    45 2 TOKYO. Mon— Cliffs collapsed under torrential rains and crushed five children and one adult in Japan yesterday At. Tokushima violent rainstorms caused five landslides. River banks collapsed and the waters flooded hundreds of homes and washed away fi.e bridges.- r.euter.
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    16 KILLED
    34 2 DAKAR, Mon. Sixteen persons were killed and three seriously injured early today when a Lockheed C-60 transport belonging to the African Tropical Transport Society crashed and burned near Gao, French Nigeria.— UP.
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    Red losses 23,000
    62 2 SAIGON. Mon. The French High Command claimed today to have kilted or captured more than 23,000 Vietminh soldiers since Dec. 1. Enemy casualties were 16.594 killed and 7.737 captured to Mar. 24. Heaviest losse s were In the big clean-up of the Red River delta. French losses
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    ILLEGAL ENTRY
    22 2 HONG KONG, Mon. The Hong Kong police are seeking three Japanese from a motor fishing junk for Illegal entry.— Reuter.
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    Anti-Red march
    21 2 GUATEMALA, Mon. Anti Communists paraded through Guatemala's major cities today demanding that the Communist Party be outlawed immediately. UP.
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    Canal zone returns to normal
    115 2 Canal zone returns to normal CAIRO, Mon. EGYPT'S Minister of the Interior, Mortada El Maraghy Bey, said last night: "Life in the Suez Canal zone towns, Port Said, Suez and Ismailla. has returned to normal. He said: "Shipping is fastreturning to normal. Business is now as usual in the Canal
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    13 DIE IN BUS
    23 2 RIO DE JANEIRO, Mon Thirteen persons were killed and 35 Injured when a bus jumped a precipice today.— UP.
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    Czechs as buffer for Russia
    86 2 VIENNA, Monday. r«ZECHOSLOV*AKIA'S parliament meets today to a new budget that is expected to make that country a major fortress along Russia's 2,000 mile front in Europe. Main details of the Communist government's budget are still secret— lncluding the allocations for defence. But Prague newspapers
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    US policy: Peace, but not at any price
    262 2 US policy: Peace, but not at any price WASHINGTON, Mon. PRESIDENT TRUMAN safa yesterday that the goal of United States foreign policy was world ueace, with all peoples free from the fear of aggression. In a foreword to a booklet published today by the State Department, which summarises United Stater
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    Walls didn 't stop them
    72 2 LONDON, Mon. rpHOUSANDS of football fans stampeded here today, brushed aside police cordons and pushed down two brick walls In a rush for tickets for next week's Arsenal vs. Chelsea FA. Cup semi-final. Dozens of people were trampled underfoot and at least two had to
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    Grain for Italy
    26 2 NEW YORK, Mon. Michele de Pascale, Director of the Italian Food Ministry, left for Rome today after buying 290,000 tons of grain.— U.P.
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    'JUST LEAVE US ALONE'—RHEE
    83 2 'JUST LEAVE US ALONE RHEE KOREA, Mon. mHE South Korean Presid- ent, Dr. Syngman Rhee, said yesterday that if the Communists "get out of our territory and leav P us alone, we will leave them alone." It was not clear whether he meant his government would be satisfied with an
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    Three are in line for the Premiership of Ceylon
    384 3 SENANAYAKE S SON MAT SUCCEED HIM COLOMBO, Monday. Tilß. DUDLEY SENANAYAKE may succeed his father, the late Mr. Don Stephen Senanayake, as Prime Minister of Ceylon* Three names are mentioned here as likely successors to the Premiership. The other two are
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    HE MAY BE NEW PREMIER
    8 3 SIR JOHN KOTELAWALA
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    HUKSLOSE SEVEN IN RAIDS
    159 3 HUKSLOSE SEVEN IN RAIDS MANILA Mon. /COMMUNIST Huks lost Vy seven men in weekend raids in Central Luzon, army reports said today. They killed one soldier in an ambush on the Bataaa peninsula. Fcur of the Huks were killed in clashes with elements or two Pnilippine army units in Quezon
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    SHIGEMITSU NO LONGER BANNED
    54 3 TOKYO, Mon. Mamoru Shigemitsu, signer of Japan's surrender aboard the Missouri, was today restored the right to t.ake part in civic life. The Japanese Government lifiea its ban on 1.011 former nationalists and militarists. The ban suggested by Occupation authorities had prevented them from engaging in
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    ANGRY GIRL BREAKS LEGS
    59 3 HONG KONG. Mon. A I Chinese girl, aged 18 jumped I from the verandah of a church in Kowloon yesterday morning, because the Minister told her it was unusual for the church to baptise anyone at midnight. The girl became angry and headed for the verandah,
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    DEFENCE COSTS
    21 3 STOCKHOLM. Mon.—Gunnar Hedlund, Sweden's Minis, ler of the interior, has asked for a $1,000,000 increase in security aDoronriations U.P.
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    YOU CAN 'POWDER' YOURSELF BLONDE
    74 3 DQ you want to colour your hair without using a dye or a rinse? A harmless powder, which was demonstrated in London's Dorchester Hotel recently, tints your hair as easy as using a lipstick. It can be applied to the hair in a few seconds,
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    LANDSLIDE KILLS 30, INJURES 41
    62 3 JAKARTA, Mon. rfiHIRTY people were killed 1 and 41 injured in a landslide at Tjibodas, near Bandung, yesterday. Eight others were reported missing. Antara news agency said that a steep hill collapsed after heavy rain. bu r ying alive people working in a nearby ricefteld.
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    REBELS NO LONGER
    54 3 JAKARTA. Mon. The South Moluccan rebel movement has been "completely settled," the SecretaryGeneral of the Indonesian Information Ministry said today. He was commenting on a statement by the Ambonese Pieter Lokolla in Darwin on Thursday who said he was fighting for recognition of the South Moluccas as
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    SIAM IS HOST TO MRS. F. D. R.
    48 3 BANGKOK. Mon. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, who is on a tour of Siam. was a guest of honour of the Premier, Phibun Songgram. at a dinner tonight. She will spend the night at Santipap (Peace) House, where state guests are re-ceived.--U.P.
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    NEW GOVERNOR
    23 3 LONDON, Mon— Mr. Patrick Muir Renison, Colonial Secretary, Trinidad and Tobago, has been appointed Governor and Commander-in-Chief of British Honduras. —Reuter.
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    SABRE JETS IN BIG KOREAN AIR BA TTLES
    121 3 WITH THE JET AIR FORCE, Monday. HPHE sth Air Force said Sabre pilots shot down a MIG in each of three engagements. They fought the day's first skirmish 20,000 feet above Chongju, half-way between Pyongyang and th e Yalu River Thirty-two MIG
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    Goodwill mission
    16 3 PUS AN. Mon. Formosa and Korea will exchange goodwill missions this week. —A P.
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    'LOYAL' SAY P.I. CHINESE
    34 3 MANILA, Mon. Chinese nationals in the Philippines have affirmed their loyalty to the Chinese Nationalist Government. Thi s was announced in a Joint statement by the Philippine Chinese united organisation^—Reuter^^
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    BAN DEMANDED
    19 3 TOKYO, Mon.— Three national associations of Japanese confectioneries are demanding an import ban on American sweets.— A.P.
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    TWO-HOUR PEACE TALKS
    48 3 TAIPKH. Monday. DELEGATES to c Sino-Japanes e peace conference met aeain today for two hours and discussed details and wording of a mutual draft based on the original Chinese draft handed to the Japanese delegation on Feb. 20. Th«f axe to meet again tomorrow.— A.Fx.
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    NO DEAL WITH PERSIA NOW— BANK EXPERT
    196 3 LONDON, Monday. WORLD Bank expert, Mr. Hector Prud Homme said here last nijrht it was clear there would be "no deal with Persia at present on her nationalised oil industry. Mr. Prud Homme, who went io Teheran recently with other Bank officials to
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    HE DEMANDS FREE BEER
    58 3 NEW YORK, Mon.— A New Jersey pig farmer will launch his campaign for president of the United States at a New York dance hall tomorrow night. The candidate's platform calls for free milk for school children, no taxes for families earning less than $6,000 a year
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    Centre for Chinese
    28 3 SAN FRANCISCO. Mon. A centre for Chinese students and scholars was opened by the China Institute in America yesterday adjoining the University of California.— AP.
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    'Reds using talks hitch to re-arm'
    201 3 WASHINGTON, Monday. SENATOR William Knowland said yesterday the Chinese Communists have used the "stalemated"' truce talks to build up an air force "superior tp the United States air force in Korea. He urged a blockade of the China coast to break the •stalemated condition"
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    UN will help Reds fight epidemics
    142 3 UN will help Reds fight epidemics NEW YORK, Mon rpHE United Nations has X offered help to China and North Korea to stamp out epidemics there, wellinformed sources said yesterday. United Nations sources saia the organisation's world health group is above world politics, including "police action" in Korea. No such
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    RUSSIA DID NOT REPLY
    58 3 BERLIN. Mon.— The United Nations Commission on allGerman elections wound up its official programme here last night. Its four members are due to leave for Geneva. The head of the Soviet Control Commission for Germany General Vassily Chuikov has not replied to the commission's request to
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    SUDAN STRIKE
    32 3 KHARTOUM, Mon.— Work in all Sudan factories stooped today and communications were paralysed for the second time in two months as workmen began a four-day strike for higher wages. Reuter.
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    Lady Mountbatten
    27 3 TOKYO, Mon. Countess Mountbatten left here by air tonight after a nine-day tour of United Nations medical and welfare units in Japan, and Korea— Reuter.
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    Siam urged to fight corruption
    147 3 Siam urged to fight corruption BANGKOK. Mon. THE English-language Bangkok Post, in an editorial, urged the Siamese Government to set up a board to investigate widespread corruption in the country. It said, that up to now, various anti-corruption efforts had done little to solve the problem. The Post quoted a
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    Pope asked to forgive
    49 3 VATICAN CITY, Mon. A CZECH diplomat has applied to church authorities for the cancellation of his excommunication. the Vatican Radio said last night. The Czech, former con-sul-general in Jervalem. asked the representative of the Holy See there "to contact competent authorities in Rome."— A. P.
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    ALLIES WILL RULE SEAS
    58 3 HONG KONG Mon.— Mr. Dan Kimball, U.S. Secretary for Navy, said yesterday that the British and United States navies are "going to keep control of the seas" in the Far East. Asked what threat existed to such control. Mr. Kimball said: "The threat in the last
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    Guns for Chiang
    15 3 TAIPEI, Mon. A shipment of American 75-milli-meter cannon arrived here yerterday.— AFP.
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    AND HE BECOMES 'HIGHEST PAID MONITOR OPERATOR'
    558 4 AND HE BECOMES 'HIGHEST PAID MONITOR OPERATOR' General Templer tours Kinta, goes down mine IPOH, Monday. rjEN. Sir (.erald Templer, the High Commis1 sioner. made a 95-mile tour of the Kinta district of Perak today and said: "I enjoyed it very much". The tour lasted 1\ hours. "I* wanted to
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    S.I.T. given possession of premises
    114 4 S.I.T. given possession of premises JUDGMENT for the Singapore Improvement Trust. d sued one of its for Dossession of j premises a. Sila. Read, was, peered b. 1 Mr. A. W. Bellamy in H-.e Oivil District Court; >i>'eday. Tne tenant. Mr. Toh Tack H n, was ordered to pay $3841
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    Examination results
    119 4 RESULTS of the examinations held in January by the Institute o/ Commerce E'Tniirphnm, are: Arcoun'ancy (advanced): Lav Ltel How. B'Hik- Keeping (intermeiiia't i Wee An« Whatt and Tan Chee Eni?: (advanced i Henry Lim Lr» Krk and Andrew Tan. Rusinrs* Ad'rinfelralton (ndwmced)' Harrjr Sonn. Commfrrial Cnr '-espiirdencr <tnterr'.rrii.ite*:
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    $100 fine on four S.C.s
    95 4 KLUANG. Mon. SPECIAL constables. Adon bin Dayung. A. Ham:d bin Ariffln. Mion bin Yahaya and Asfan bin Dahlam stationed on Ulu Remis Estate, Layang Layang. were ea-n fined $100 or 20 days' Imprisonment for voluntarily causing hurt, to Chow Mm It was sa'.<j that Chuw
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    SULTAN DELAYS DEPARTURE
    28 4 The Sulfan of Brunei, who was to have travelled to Britain in the Dutch liner Oranj?, which sails on Thursday, has new postponed his leparture
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    GOVERNOR OF SARAWAK
    20 4 The Governor of Sarawak. Sir Anthony Foster Abell, arrived in Sinpaoore vesterrto.v morning in the Raia Brooke
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    Forgery charge
    28 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon Tr.ye Liang Few was allowed MOO bail pending trial in thp Sessions Court on a charge nf forging a provisional driv 'r.g licence.
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    Five-year term quashed
    65 4 SIM CHOON HEE, who appealed against conviction a.ici sentence of five years' imo:\sonment on a robbery c'n irge, was cleared .n Si'gap re Court of Criminal Appeal I iay. Sim said that on ;he day of the aliened robbery he was :li and could not walk Chu
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    281 4 MCA UMNO PACT TALKS By A Special Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. yi'NGKt' Abdul Rahman, president of UMNO will report to the general assembly next week on the results of his talks w th Sir Cheng-lock Tan MCA leader, on the proposed extension of the Kuala
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    Cashier gets benefit of the doubt
    125 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon KANAPATHY, a 23-year-old cashier of the Genera) Transport Company, Kuala Lumpur, who is alleged to have suggested to a taxi driver a plan to misappropriate his firm's money by 'getting someone o tie them up and pretend ihat they hid been
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    SHOPMAN FINED
    24 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon.A. M. Osman. a shopkeeper was fined $30 at Johore Bahru for failing to have price tags on controlled Roods.
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    MIMI HAD OPIUM: IS GAOLED
    160 4 MIMI HAD OPIUM: IS GAOLED JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. I MIMI, a Singapore dance I*" hostess, was yesterday j sentenced In the Sessions Court to 12 months' simple I imprisonment for possessing 56 Ib. of opium, worth $22.j 400. Charged In the name of reo Son Wah, she pleaded juilty. She
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    MOTORIST FINED
    19 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon Mohamed Yusoff bin Haji Omar was fined $90 in the police court for speeding.
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    Annual meeting
    22 4 TATPING, Mon.— The annual general meeting of the Kempe Club will be held at SJO p m. on April 3.
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    APPEAL FAILS: WIFE MURDERER TO DIE
    130 4 "W'EO LIANG, sentenced to death by Mr. Justice Knight at the February Assizes foF- the murder of his wife on a rubber estate in Tampenls R^ad. had his conviction and sentence confirmed at Singapore Court of Criminal Appeal yesterday. Mr. P. P. X Leonard,
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    Customs men catch opium rings for $1,500,000
    261 4 Customs men catch opium rings for $1,500,000 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. THE opium rings with their 1 fast motor junks, secret compartments in cart and jungle routes, lost over $1,500,000 of their profits last year when Federation Customs officers captured over one-and-a-half tons of opium and chandu from smugglers. The 1951
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    The money goes to the Marine Fund
    214 4 A SPOKESMAN of the Singapore Master AttendA ant's oflflce said yesterday that revenue collected from shipping agencies to work cargo on Sundays is for the Mercantile Marine Fund. This is in reply to complaints by Singapore shipEing agencies who said they ad to
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    Pig hunters met bandit
    55 4 ALOB STAR, Mon A PARTY of Kedah hunters, who set out yesterday to look Cor pigs, came across a bandit instead. The bandit, who was armed and uniformed, opened fire, bnt fled after a short exchange. The incid nt occurred in the Xassek area of Kroh.
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    Singapore Diary
    138 4 VWI'A, Raffles Quay: Mandarin (beginners) 9.30 a.m.; advanced class 10. 3D a.m. VMCA. Orchard Road: Cricket practice at Bales: ier and Tennis at Bras Basah Courts. 5 p.m.; Malayan MYF Institute Committee meeting, 5. 15 pm.; Malay, French and Commercial classes and Judo practice, 5.30 p.m.; Gymnastics 6
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    J.B. CONGRESS OFFICIALS
    68 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon Dr. N K. Sharma has been elected president of the Jono J[« Bahru Indian Congress Other officials are: Vicepresident. Mr. sohan Suißhsecretary. Mr. K. T. Johnasst secretary. Me. K. R. Krtahnan: treasurer Mr. K. S. Mahendra Singh; committee. Messrs S. P. Johnston. M. N.
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    Raja Muda to open UMNO Assembly
    50 4 JOHORE BAHRU Mon. Raja Muda of Selangor will open the UMNO general assembly, which meets at the Hotel Maiestic, Kuala Lumpur, on Saturday for a twoJday session. The executive! committee of the UMNO and the chairmen of the divisional sections will meet on Friday.
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    Island must have up-to-date airport, says Qantas chief
    284 5 Island must have up-to-date airport, says Qantas chief 'SINGAPORE AVIATION ON THE BRINK' gINGAPORE is on the brink of new development in civil aviation in the next two years when cheaper tourist air services are introduced, said Captain L. R. Ambrose, Singapore Manager of Qantas Empire Airways, yesterday. Capt. Ambrose,
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    So Chettiars refuse to give any more loans
    192 5 So Chettiars refuse to give any more loans KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. pHETTIARS in the Federation have finally decided to suspend their money- lending business as a protest against the Moneylenders Ordinance which comes into operation next Monday. The decision was taken after a six-hour discussion by the Ail-Malayan Chettiar Chamber
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    Bishop tours Kedah, Perlis
    54 5 PENANG, Mon. The Bishop of Singapore, the Rt. Rev. H. W. Baines, has returned to Penang after four days in Kedah and Perils He took services in Alor Star and Sungei Patanl and visited military units and church members. Next week, he will visit the parish
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    Fuller-Good gets Air Ministry job
    99 5 Fuller-Good gets Air Ministry job AIR Commodore J. L. F. Fuller-Good, former commander of R.A.F. Station, Changi. Singapore, will become Director of Personal Services (A) at the Air Ministry In May Air Commodore Fuller -Good cam P to Malaya In October. 1949 as Senior Administrative Officer at Air Headquarters. Later
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    Blackout schedule
    225 5 Substations liable to load shedding today are: Atlas Ice, Happy World. Asia Rubber I.orong 3, Sims Avenue Saw Mill. Shell Co.. Lee Robber Works. Mt. Batten Network. Spore Swimming Club, Tanjonf Bhn. (JX Shipyard, Rhu Cross. Nanyang Ice Works. Cathay, Macdonald House, Tan Chye Place Fort Canning. Seah
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    Gaol term reduced on appeal
    125 5 A YOUNG Indian clerk V. S. A. Chellamani. who appealed against a sentence of three years' gaol for forging a cheque and using it as genuine, had his sentence reduced to nine months' imprisonment in the Singapore Court of Criminal Appeal yesterday. The sentence will
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    Dearer water and power, he warns
    157 5 T<HE rates for water and electricity may go up if Singapore City Council is forced to raise loans at high rates of interest, the leader of the Progressive Party, Mr. A. P. Rajah (North Ward), said yesterday. I He was commenting on the Government's
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    DRIVER GAOLED
    40 5 Lim Ah Tee. a 38-year-old taxi-driver of Carpenter Street, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment by Mr. R. C. S. Bell. Singapore First Police Magistrate, yesterday for criminal breach of trust of a motor-car wheel valued at $98.
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    87 5 MORE THAN 200 Singapore and Johote dealers were present at the annual dinner last night given by Fraser and Neave Limited at the Great Southern Hotel. Mr. A. Donald, general manager centre) smile* as Mr. J. W. Smart pours a drink for Mr Cheong Boon Seong from Johore Bahru. Others
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    Turf Club plans bigger car park
    188 5 SINGAPORE Turf Club is to consider enlarging its car park, said the secretary, Mr. L. G. Bailey, lo the Straits Times yesterday Mr. Bailey said that Singapore's Traffic Chief, Mr. W. R. M. Haxworth. had written to the Club stating that he felt it
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    Society to be changed
    113 5 IPOH. Mon. TIE All-Malaya Muslim Missionary Society (Perak branch) is to be reorganised and the Government will be asked to exemnt it from registration. More than 300 people attended a public meeting yesterday and elected officials as follows President Oatoh Pangllma Kinta Haji Mohamed EusofT: vice-presidents
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    Buddhist exam results
    154 5 RESULTS of the Fourth Religious Examination of the Buddhist Youths Dhamma Class of the Singapore Buddhist Association are: TEACHERS' STAGE: Sim Choor.i Kirn, Lily SuvanerU. SENIOR: A. W. Dharmapala Rosy Fernando^ Vilet Feriiando, Cyril Sirlsena, Robert William. JUNIOR: V. Helen de Silva (H), J P. Wlmalawathe, M.
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    MR. J.T. CHAPPEL
    31 5 IPOH, Mon. -The president of the F.M.S. Chamber of Mines, Mr. J. T. Chappel, leaves Ipoh tomorrow for Singapore en route to Britain by the Oranje on leave.
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    HAD STILL: $75
    19 5 SEGAMAT. Mon.— Found possessing a samsu still Chew Slew Nam. 42 was fined $75 in Segamat.
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    85 6 SINGAPORE FLOWER BHOW tes for the Flower Show mill be accepted by phone, 7150 Botanic Gardens THE BUSINESS GIRLS' Bou- Uque at Madeline's 270. Orchard Road wil] remain open on Wednesday till 6 p.m. A lovely range of Inexpensive office dresses Is on display. THE SOCIETY for the Prevention
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    52 6 MISS Kant; SloK HltiK. m™. C Y. Fan R and family wish to thank relatives and friends for their attendance, messages of cindolence, wreaths and scroll* t the funeral of Mrs. Pang Pau Seng, their beloved mother, mother-in-law and grandmother respectively. o n March !Blh, 1952. at Kampong Koh.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Tues. Mar. 25, 1952. The Moral Issue
    761 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Tues. Mar. 25, 1952. The Moral Issue The adoption by the annual conference of the Labour Party of Singapore of a resolution calling on the Colony Government to withdraw the National Service Bill did little credit to the Party's commonsense. It is possible that some of
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    Rubber Policy
    369 6 Mr. I. G. Salmond's survey of the rubber industry, which he gave to the Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association yesterday, will bear repetition at Ottawa in May when the Rubber Study Group meets once again. Mr. Salmond had some very pertinent comments for American ears. There can
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    THE SMALLHOLDER'S WAY OF LIFE
    896 6 THE SMALLHOLDER'S WAY OF LIFE The problem of food in Singapore— 2 A CAREFUL STUDY OF THE METHODS OF SINGAPORE'S SMALLHOLDERS, WHO MAKE A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE COLONY'S FOOD SUPPLY, CAN HELP US PLAN FOR THE FUTURE. By A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT SMALLHOLDING i s one of the more humble
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      A Chance To Increase Entrepot Trade
      431 6 CINCE last year there has exports of cotton textiles Indonesia as a result of the ment's* policy of encouraging manufacturing countries like However, towards the end of last year the Indonesian Government imposed severe restrictions on direct imports of textiles from Japan, thus giving
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      'DODGERS' IS NOT THE WORD
      203 6 IT is definitely an Insult to say that Indians are leaving the country to "dodge" the call-up. Indians have helped both Britain and Malaya. During the two World Wars thousands of Indians shed iheir blood for the "Empire" and a very good number laid down
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      DUTY OF A CITIZEN
      193 6 WE can't quite understand what Mr. P. M. Williams is trying to get at. Is it so hard for him to understand that "callup" is a duty fior all loyal citizens? We just don't know how his patty members and the people in his ward could
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    On the
    366 6 Opium Eater /VHWIMBRINO iiKti opium was taken wldeiy a;,d legally— in Malaya not .-o long ago, it Is jrarprtabiN to Qnd that so H\v people iv this country have read or even heard or the grsa 1 English classic on taking opium. Some who havo heard cf De
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    U.S. POLICIES PUZZLE RUBBER MEN
    958 7 American aid to S-E Asia, price cuts 'hard to reconcile IT was difficult to reconcile United States rubber policy with what was apparently the American Government's general policy, tho chairman of the Singapore Ch ambe r J» Commerce Rubber Association, Mr. 1. J>Salmond, told the
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    They settle without the Koran
    160 7 They settle without the Koran SARJAL ALI and Mekhi Hassan, w io undertook in I Singapore High Court last Friday to settle a tenacy dispute by swearing by the Ko-an. in a mosque, havp Kttled the dispute amicably— out of t*ie mesque and out of the court. Ali. who brought
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    WOMAN FINED
    21 7 KUANTAN. Mon.— Cheung Tee. a woman, was fied $10 i:i Kuantan for assaulting another woman. Khor Hiang 1 ion
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    Christine meets a pigmy
    45 7 DBAMGI CHILLI WINGI, a 31 -inch African pifcmy. who passed through Singapore by Qantas-BOAC /^nda/iflS route to Australia. Pictured with her i s four-year-old Cbr£tin, d, Sonxa. daughter of the airport medical officer Dr G F de Souia— Straits Times picture.
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    Dealer tells America: You are aiding Reds
    214 7 Dealer tells America: You are aiding Reds KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. mHE UJS. rubber policy was J. helping the Communists in Malaya, Mr. Tee Teh. president of Selangor and Pahan B Rubber Dealers' Association, told the Straits Times today. His association, he said, was preparing a cable to the U.S. Government
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    They showed Bali to the Colony
    248 7 They showed Bali to the Colony THE atmosphere and colour of Bali were brought with startling reality to the stage of the Victoria Theatre last night when the Indonesian Fine Art Movement troupe presented an absorbing series of dances. Women In richly embroidered costumes and headdresses moved expressive eyes and
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    THEY MISTOOK THE TEACHER FOR A SPY
    207 7 MISS Sophia Blackmore, founder of the Fairfield Girls' School in Neil Road, Singapore, was once mistaken for a Government spy by the people living in the Telok Ayer area, writes Mrs. Lim Bock Kee, principal, in an account of the history of the
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    Bungalow by-laws to be amended
    129 7 Bungalow by-laws to be amended HPHE Singapore City Couni- dl is to tighten up Its bungalow area by-laws. Under the present by-laws, a house can be converted to let out rooms, without the sanction of the City Council. The City Architect and Building Surveyor, Mr. W. I. Watson, has told
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    Royal library plan praised
    216 7 'EXCELLENT SUGGESTION THE President of Singapore City Council, Mr. T P F McNeice, and leading educationists, yesterday described as "an excellent, first-class suggestion to meet a definite and urgent need" the proposal by Professor C. N. Parkinson, Professor of History at the University of Malaya, that
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    China wives: Dato Paglar fights on
    131 7 China wives: Dato Paglar fights on DATO t. J. P. PAGLAR (Pro- 1 gressive Changi) is again to urge Government to speed up the granting of permits for wives in China to re-enter Singapore. H e said yesterday: 'I am not satisfied with Government replies to questions which I raised
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    MOTORIST ON 3 CHARGES
    119 7 R J Isneiwood yesterday appeared in the Singapore j First Traffic Court charged with negligent driving reildttns in a collision with two other cars at East Coas.. i-toad on Mar 23, for failing to stop after the accident, and tor driving while under the influence of
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    'White Russians seek new life
    55 7 A party of 25 White Russians arrived in Singapore by air yesterday from Hone Kong They will join another party of White Russians aboard the Tjisdane which sails for South America on Thursday. The Russians, all refugees from Shanghai, are going to South America for
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    Tappers seen with bandits
    30 7 A special constable "tiger patrol In the Kluang arpa of Johore arrested three rubber tappers seen consorting with an armed terrorist. Th° terrorist managed to escape
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    HELPED THEFT
    28 7 SEGAMAT. Mon.— Teh Lie. 26. and Lim Chee Hwa. 31. were fined $150 and $200 In Se*amat for helping to dispose of a stolen lorry tyre.
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    OFF THE ROAD FOR A YEAR
    58 7 A woman, Alers Spelde Kemp, was yesterday fined $10 and disqualified from driving for twelve months by the Singapore First Traffic Court magistrate, Mr. J. P. Me William, for driving without a third party insurance policy on Dec. 27 at Adam Road. She was
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    KEIGHTLEY ON KOREA TRIP
    58 7 The Commander-in-Chief Far East Land Forces. General Sir Charles Kelghtley, left Singapore by air yesterday for Tokyo on a liaison visit to General Ridgway. General Kelghtley will also visit the Commonwealth Division including the sth Royal Inniskllllng Dragoon Guards, of which regiment he is Colonel, in
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    Make out cheques correctly
    130 7 APPI.ICANTS who are applyine for provisional ririvin? licences in Singapore sro r:iuslnß a waste of time and d°liy by making out th^ir fh^niu-s and postal orders wrongly. In a statempn issued yesterday thf Trsffln Police <=aid. provisional licence costs $2 and cheques should be j made
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    Contributions pour in for Y.M.C.A.
    151 7 pONTRIBUTIONS to the Singapore Chinese V.M.C.A. million-dollar building project in the Telok Ayer Basin area are rolling in, said Mr. Homer Cheng, president of the association, yesterday. He said: "We have made good progress since th e start of the donation campaign on Mar. 15
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    DID NOT REPORT NEW ADDRESS
    38 7 Fines totalling $285 were imposed on 33 men and three women by the Singapore Third District Judge. Mr. S. E. Teh. yesterday for failing to notify changes of addresses in their identity cards.
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    famous pianist arrives
    54 7 MR JAN SMETZRLIN. the world famous pianist (right) who arrived In Singapore by Qantas-BOAC yesterday to tivp three concefts m the Colony. He was met at the airport by Mr John Ede. chairman of the Singapore Musical Society (left) and Miss Christine Keifer. of the Gramophone Company
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    'SOLDOUT' GREETS PIANIST
    164 7 SHORTLY after arriving in Singapore by QantasBOAC yesterday the pianist Mr. Jan Smeterlin was told that tickets for the first of his three concerts were sold out. Mr. Smeterlin will give a "Celebrity" concert tomorrow night and two orchestral concerts on Mar. 30 and April 2 at
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    CANE GIFT
    30 7 General Sir John Shea, representative of Imperial Scout headquarters, was presented with a Malacca cane by th e Malacca Central Diatrlct Boy Scouts' Association at a campfire recently.
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    S'pore Govt. trade advisers discuss Jap imports
    176 8 S'pore Govt. trade advisers discuss Jap imports TEMPORARY BAN TO CONTINUE gIMJAPORE Government's trade advisory panel yesterday discussed the question of i limiting Japanese textiles imports into the Colon v to the 1951 level. In February, the Malayan Governments announced restricted imports of certain categories of consumer goods in line
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    Concession charges for boys urged
    124 8 SINGAPORE schoolchildren may get concession admission rates to Jalan Besar stadium. Mr. F. C. James (Progressive East) has taken up this question with the Estates and Fire Brigade Committee of the City Council. He told the committee that at a recent Junior football match at
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    TO WORK IN SINGAPORE
    66 8 Mr. Richard West, for the past year Administrative Officer. Segamat, will begin duty as assistant secretary in the Singapore Economic Secretariat this week. Mr. West was private secretary to the CommisionerGeneral. Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, until July. 1849, when he became Administrative Officer. Lower Perak. Mr. West
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    NEW SELANGOR COUNCIL MEN
    56 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— Five new members have been appointed to the Selangor State Council, which will hold its 24th meeting tomorrow. They are Dato Abdul Hamid bin Dato Kaya Baduk, Mr. Yong Shook Lin, Mr. Ong Yoke Lin, Raja Othman bin Raja Ali and Mr. J.
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    CURFEW ON BATU GAJAH
    51 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon Sungei Durian resettlement village In the Batu Gajah area of Perak has been placed under curfew from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m The curfew order affects the whole of the village and all people living outsld« the perimeter to a distance of 50
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    PERAK SURGEON ON TRANSFER
    52 8 IPOH, Mon.— Mr. H. M McGladdery, State Surgeon, Perak, who recently underwent an operation in the Batu Gajah hospital, will go on transfer to Singapore early next month. It is understood that Dr. G. I. Ross, who is due from Britain shortly, will take over from
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    JOHORE ROTARY CLUB MEETING
    37 8 JOHORE, BAHRU, Mon.— The next meeting of the Johore Rotary Club will be held at 5 p. m. on Tuesday. Because of Mr. George Thomson's illness, the talk on elections has been postponed.
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    48 8 THE G.0.C.. SINGAPORE DISTRICT, Major-General A G. O'Carroll Scott, presents a certificate of merit to Mr. Parkrisamy Murugesan yesterday, m recognition of his work m helping to build up REME's Base Vehicle Workshop. Another employe-, to get a certificate was Mr. D. N. A. Taylor. Straits Times picture.
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    Suckling pig on menu—food man
    153 8 Suckling pig on menu food man PROSECUTIONS PENDING CERTAIN Singapore Chinese restaurant owners who are alleged to have served suckling pgs have been tracked down by food control inspectors A food control spokesman yesterday said: "One or two prosecutions will be made shortly". It is en offence to serve suckling
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    UNDER CURFEW
    48 8 IPOH, Mon. Following bandit incidents, the wiredin re-settlement of Sungei Durian and the area around it for a distance of 50 yards has Deen placed under curfew. All within the area 'must remain indoors from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. unless in possession of a permit
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    FLOODS DOWN
    20 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— 1 'oods at the 130 V 2V 2 mile, Triang road, Bentong JPahang, have subsided.
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    $600 million from duties
    71 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. REVENUE of nearly $600, 000,000 was collected by the Federal Customs and Excise Department during 1951, states the department's annual report published today. This was an increase of 85 per cent, over collections in 1950. Main increases in import duties in 1951 were
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    3 could not register
    89 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon rE Registrar of Societies refused three applications for registration of new societies last month. Thp refusals were to the Tamil Book Club, of Sentul. Kuala Lumpur, the Thunjt Yl* Mutual Assistance Association, of Kuala Lumpur, and the Scheduled Castp Association, of Johore Bahru.
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    Inconsiderate driving charge
    35 8 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. Hassan bin Darus of 20 Coy, RASC, Kluang, was charged in the police court, Johore Bahru with inconsiderate driving. He claimed trial and the case was adjourned to May
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    They will talk on corruption
    76 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Radio Malaya's "Malayan Forum" tomorrow will discuss "corruption in public life in Malaya." The forum will be broadcast at 8.30 p.m from all stations of Radio Ma:aya, except Malacca. Those taking rJart will be Dato Zainal Abidin bin Haji Abbas. Deputy Chairman
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    LORRY DRIVER FINED $75
    54 8 KLUANG, Mon— Lim Piang Yin, a lorry driver, was fined $50 for colliding with a stationery vehicle at a single line traffic road at the 45th milestone, Johore BahruAyer Hitam road. Lim was further fined $25 for not attending court on the day the case was
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    NEW JUDGE
    20 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon Mr. William Buhagiar, legal draughtsman, Federation of Malaya, has been appointed a Supreme Court Judge.
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    RED COURIER GAOLED: SAYS BANISH ME'
    326 8 RED COURIER GAOLED: SAYS BANISH ME' SHORTLY before Singapore First District Judge, Mr. Tan Ah Tah, sentenced him to three years' imprisonment, Lim Lam Seng, a 22-year-old Communist courier, who said he was a devoted Christian, cried: "I wish to be banished". Lim, who was found guilty of assisting m
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    Armydenies staff reduction
    123 8 Armydenies staff reduction A SINGAPORE report that a large number of civilians employed by the Army are to be dismissed and that the R.E.M.E. Base Workshops. Ayer Raja Road, is to close down, was officially denied by the Army yesterday. A statement said that the report was "wholly erroneous" and
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    Support for conscription
    45 8 JOHORE BAHRU Mon Johore division of the Malayan Chinese Association supports the National Service Bill, but does not accept the Government restrictions placed on Federal Citizens and the Immigration Control Ordinance. These views have been submitted to the MCA headquarters. Kuala Lumpur
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    HAD NO LIGHT ON BICYCLE
    48 8 SEGAMAT, Mon.— Ahmad, 24, was charged in the Segamat court with riding a bicycle at night without a light and offering $1 bribe to a constable. He was fined $5 for the first offence. Sentence was deferred a week on the second charge.
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    HE DIDN'T HAVE IDENTITY CARD
    45 8 TAIPING, Mon. Chan Ah Khuan, aged 33 was produced before the Taiping Magistrate on the charge of failing to register and obtain an identity card within the prescribed period. He pleaded guilty. Sentence was deferred to Saturday Bail was refused.
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    Ceylonese mourn in Taiping
    48 8 TA I PIN G, Mon.— Taiping Ceylonese yesterday mourned the death of their Prime Minister, Mr. Don Stephen Senanayake. The Ceylon Association flew their national flag at halfmast, and forwarded a cable to the Ceylon Commissioner. Singapore, expressing their sympathies with the bereaved family.
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    24 8 TELUK ANSON. Mon.— Mr J. G. A. Whyte of Sungei Samak Estate in Ulu Bernam 1 has left for Britain on leave.
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    ALWAYS GET A DOCTOR IF IT'S MEASLES
    673 9 ALWAYS GET A DOCTOR IF IT'S MEASLES MOTHERCRAFT IN MALA YA A MOTHER wrote to me recently asking advice. Her little boy had an attack of measles which had been 30 mild she thought it unnecessary to call a doctor. She is now worried because ev.er since the attack the
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    17 9 Evidently mad about being fenced in are .t.iese tioo-months-old Pekinese pups, prizewinners at a London Peke- show.
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    'Up-Cuts' Are All The Rage In America
    511 9  -  JEAN WISEMAN- NEWEST American hair styles, which are l.kely to have s really big influence, are all based on a cutting technique launched dv the American Hair Design Institute and christened the "UpCut". In terms of style, this means that your hair is
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    20 9 These Syrian style sandals m tawny leather, seen m Paris, strike a new note with the little leather luggage tabs.
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    Nesting Boxes In Hospital
    511 9 FROM AN ESTATE BUNGALOW I RECENTLY had to have a small operation done on my foot. As I always think, when you are feeling perfectly well, you appear an awful ass climbing on to a trolley and be.ng wheeled what seems like miles to the operating
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    London Letter BLACK BUDGET DAY WAS NOT SO BAD
    1727 10 London Letter BLA CK BUDGET DAY WAS NOT SO BAD From Our Own Correspondent LONDON WHOLK lot oi people 'in Britain are feeling ns did the old man who said thai his life had teen full of troubles, most of which had never hap netted. It is hardly an ex
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    300 10 MANY pvopir in Britain have been rendered thoughtful by the aircraft industry's success in building jet bombers which are 'aster than the latest night fighters A SOLDIER ot the Royal Warwickshire Re K t. told the orderly officer who was called when the reveille railed to rouse
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    LONDON STOCKS
    292 11 LONDON. Mon. VIfEEKEND new*, both domestic and overseas, prompted general lowering of prices In virtually all sections of the stock market. Throughout the greater part of the market dealings were quiet, with the number of shares on offer relatively few. Closing middle prices of selected stocks were: LOANS
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    THE PRODUCE MARKET
    70 11 "EUJRTHfcR price declines in the x pepper section of the Singapore Produce Market were recorded yesterday when sellers quoted Muntok at $635 a picul, Sarawak at $630 and Lampong iblack) at $540. Copra was listless and dull with bids at $254 a picul (or April shipment and
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    Australian share market
    153 11 From Oyr Own Correspondent MELBOURNE Mon. r PHE undertore of 'he a*felb~tirne and Sydney stock Exchanges was steadier today after last week's sharp d^Une. Pelt and Textile shares moved ud 8d tc 30 Las* year these share closed a*. 39 6. but have suffered sharply recently, as
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    RESERVE BY SELLERS ON RUBBER MARKET
    171 11 RESERVE BY SELLERS ON RUBBER MARKET Business confined to top grades From A Market Correspondent RESERVE by sellers and the scarcity of foreign orders produced continued steadiness in the Singapore Rubber Market yesterday, when prices again generally moved upwards. The volume of business was again small and conII mostly to
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    TIN: $479 A PICUL
    11 11 SINGAPORE, Mon., M»r, 24—M79 a picul (down
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    London Tin Price
    26 11 LONDON, Mar. 24.—Cash Bayers £961 J; Sellers £9621; Forward Bayers £965; Sellers £9«6; Settlement £9654 (dorwn £4s). Turnover: a.m. 65; p.m. 2M tons.
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    Company dividends
    88 11 I*HB DirecUr* of Ipoh Tin x Dredging Ltd. have declared an Interim Dividend on account of the year ending March 31, 1952, of l/3d per Stock Unit, less Income Tax at 9/6 d In the payable on April 17. 1952. The Directors of Prang Besar Rubber Estate Limited
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    U.K. RUBBER
    35 11 LONDON. Mar. 24— Spot 33Vjd., Apr. 33>4d., May 32% d., July 32'4d., Apr.-June 32»id.. July-Sept. 31% d., Oct.-Dec. 3O'/ 2 d., Mar. ell. 33Ud.. Apr. c.ii. 32\d., May ci.f. 32 '/id. Market: Easier.
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    H.K. EXCHANGE
    34 11 HONG KONG, Mon. CTREE market currency exchange r for Hong Kong dollars was quoted at the close today as follows: US$l HK56.74 (cash); HK56.77 (T.T.); £1 HK515.90 One tael of gold HK5319.00.
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    114 11 Market dull featureless rE Malayan Share Market opened the week yesterday dull and featureless In all sections. Yesterday's price 'changes by the Malayan Share Brokers' Association, were: inUUSTBIAU Borers Seller* }ammoni 2 75 2 85 Malayan Cements 93 .88 Singapore TractlOD Prtt 16/- n/. William Jack* (Mi 3
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    Eastern Bank's 1951 profit
    96 11 r THE Eastern Bank Limited re- celveci the following cable from thetr London office: Net profit for year ended Dec. 31 last £124.763, making a total, with the amount brought forward, £214.125. Annual meeting v 111 be held on April 9. Directors recommend final dividend at
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING
    188 11 OHIPS alongside the Singapore Harbour Board godowna, or expected there at 7 a.m. today, are:— 1-2 Tjisadan, 4-5 Antenor, Coal Plant Preclla, 6-7 Tong Hal, 8-9 TUlie Lykes, 11 Buloh. 13-14 Theogennltor, 15-16 Surat, 18 Teucer, 19-20 Oranville. 21-22 Maxwell Brander, 23-24 Kelantan, 25-26 Beledi, 27-28 Benalbanach. 30
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    MISSED CHANCES IN THE MUD AT J. BESAR Rovers unlucky
    428 12 MISSED CHANCES IN THE MUD AT J. BESAR Rovers unlucky Rovers S.C 0; R.E.M.E 0. DOMINATING play for most of the fame, Rovers were unlucky to be robbed of full po'nts by R.E.M.E. m a thrilling S.A.F.A. First Division match at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday. It was a game of
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    196 12 IOMX).\ M.iii »LL 4. di-i-riKur.-. iia vr been declared probable* for IM Lincolnshire Handicap to or rim over one mile at 315 OMT ilO 43 pm Malayan umei at Lincoln on Wednesday Tliev «r» *lltl HKkrvjp Rumx ri«mr it BriU' Aor.iliam» star iL PiKOtti r ilmn i Gordon
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    25 12 v. ..«^..ih UNTO (Mulley) brine led m by Mr. Run Run Shaw after winning the Spring Cup at Bukit Timah on Saturday. Straits Times p!cture
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    137 12 you have Deen oubh'-hin* for the oust week local spor's nx»u r «*s in vonr new fe«! lire— the Sports Diary In addlon 'hat you nave -ils-* ber»n DtihMshine reports of 'ocal league and iriendlv fix'ure^ n the mornlno «f er the enmes were olaved I
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    Radrodro is in top shape
    354 12 BOXING Gui i-.MK'i. ttacroaru. ligtit-heavy-«ei<lit ooxiti* champion of the Fiji isiand*. braved the torrential rrnti lasi evening 10 keep his date *t the Happy world arena lo show a 100odd fans wnat he is capable of And. Raarodro is a very capable mau. judging from
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    Police-Civilians boxing trials
    88 12 Final eliminations to select the Pol cc Civilians combined team for the Slnganore Ama cur BexIng Association championships will be he d at the Police Training School on April 7 and 9. The champrnships this year will be fouph nn an area basis for a new ;rophy
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    Strange start in Penang soccer
    479 12  -  THIRD BACK I'F.NWC Monday IjENANIi rootball is in a strange position this season Without a league match being played Jor even a State trial held, they have played a i representative came against Kedah in the F.A.M. Cun comnetition and won. This romn-tit'nn was rob-
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    35 12 CHERRY LING (McCtoud) surprises in the big sprint race by beating well-fancied Sandown on the outside and Artist Glory. Fourth was Pink Gin. (No. 1) with Piraeus (on the rails) flfth and Tudor View sixth.
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    34 12 rfYDNt* Mo* nw Utillea dtaten La*i. Tennis Association will soon or ■ettlM *bi.i' M 8 000 Us share of the profit* rrom ihe 1951 r>«vt» Cud dial len«f hi Svrtnet A P
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    36 12 .->fcr»tartes ot clubs and referees are asked to note 'hat the SAFA junior league games at the CYMA ar.d Oeylang grounds today and tomorrow are postponed on account of the bad ground condWons
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    25 12 The soc» er match between Tiong Bahru Rangers and C.R.E. at Sepoy Lines, scheduled to be played this evening, has been cancelled
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    Neo swims 100-m in 58 seconds
    210 12 By Our Swimming Reporter NEO Chwee Kok, Singapore's first nomination for this year's Olympic Games, yesterday clocked 58 seconds in a 100 metres free-style trial at the Chinese Swimming Clvb seven-tenths of a second outside the Olympic record. Olympic Sports Council and Amateur Swimming
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    34 12 J. M. K. FINLEY (No. 2) of Cambridge winning the 100 yds from J. N. Turner (No. 1) of Oxford at the InterVarsity Sports at the White City stadium. Oxford won again. Popper picture.
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    ROVERS JUNIORS
    45 12 Rovers Juniors to meet Combl.ied Schools at the R.I. ground tomorrow at 5 pm. will be chosen from: Frank Tan. Uollah Ham:d. Shah, Abdul Rahman, Hussein. Syed All. Beng Tlat, Harcld Joy, Mahadeva. Critic Karg. Juhn Siiui. Hoot Me;)g. Avdhar Singh. David Hardman
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    88 12 SOCCER DIV. 1: Tigers v SJt.C. at J. Besar. DIV. 2: Cheerful Lads v Star SoccerHes at BODCA. BUS. HSE. LGE.: Bousteads v Borneo Co. at Farrer Park. SERVICES LGE.: Senior: RAF (Mi v RNAS at SeleUr; SER RAF (C) »t Glllman Barracks; RAF (S) v RAF (L)
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    US Cup men for national meet
    77 12 SEATTLE. Mon.— The United States Thomas Cup badminton team will take part In the national meet here this week. Five of the six men who have their eyes on tbe International challenge matches against Malaya tn Singapore In May have entered in the men's
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    67 12 SYDNEY Mon— The Australian tennis ace Frank Sedgman la not likely to play In Japan this year in response to an Invitation from the Japanese Lawn Tennis Association Sedgman would be playing on the Riviera and In Italian ana French championships In April and
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    S'gor Eurasians go down 2-1
    55 12 KUALA LUMPUR Mon.— Selanuor Chinese Athletic Association beat Selangor Eurasian Association 2—l in Dlv 3 FAS league gams this afternoon at Kampong Bbaru Chlne&e led two-nil at tbe luterval both goals being scored by their centre-forward. Poh Onn On the resumption the Eurasians reduced the
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    51 12 SYDNEY Mon —Mar J one Jackson's trainer say* the Australian sprinter will smash the world 100 metres record at the Olympic Games this year Marlone Jackson ran 100 yds at Sydney Sports Ground on March 8 Dutchwoman Fanny Blanlter»-koen holds the 100 metres record with 115 sec- ft
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    India draw
    49 12 COLOMBO Mon -India and PaKlatan fought a scoreless draw in the flnal match of the quadrangular football tournament here yesterday and each will hold the trophy for tbe rumprtition for sit months Both countries had won their matches against Burma and Ceylon the other twu competing nations
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    117 12 SEREMBAN, Mon BOWLERS were on top In yesterday's match here between King T3ecrge V School and NB. Club. The school won by nine wlcKets. The NS Club totalled 33 runs! In their first Innings, A. K. Retnam top-scoring with 12. M. T. Lnigam raptured* eight wickets
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    SINGAPORE TIDES
    26 12 TODAY: High 10SS i»,4) and 2317 (8.S); Low 0438 (1.8) and 1708 10.5). TOMOBBOW: 1120 19.7) and 2343 (8.8): OMO (1.8) and 1741 (0.9).
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    27 12 Sweepstakes turnover at the Singapore Turf Club Spring Meeting amounted to over $2,850,000 and tb« winning owners' added money pool averaged about $11,800 per race.
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    349 12 IPOH, Monday. Perak Chinese RC 3; Kinta Europeans... 1. THE margin of three goals to one was highly flattering to Perak Chinese R.C. in this Perak Football League Div. 1 game on the Ipoh padang today. Kinta Europeans were the first to score in the
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    459 12  - THE CHOONGS SET PROBLEM FOR CUP SELECTORS SENTINEL THE Choong brothers, Eddie and David, will be 1 included in Malaya's Thomas Cup squad for the flnal training period if they return to Malaya In time. But there is no question of the Choongs being invited here especially for the Thomas
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    160 12 From HALL ROMNEY LONDON, Mon. ALL the Malayan students in London seemed to hay« flocked to the Empress Hall tor the closing; stages of the 'AllEngland badminton championships. And their favourites. It was quite obvious, were fellow-students Eddie and David Choong. But while It
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    98 12 IPOH, Mon. T ACK of support from members 'has caused a delay In the. Malay Sport Club plans to have a building and sports field of their own, It was stited at the unmi^i general meeting of the club held yesterday in their premises in Hale.
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