The Straits Times, 26 March 1953

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  • 14 1 The Straits Times FOI'RTKEN PAGES FrnnMi+rj JS4S, SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MARCH 26. 1953. 15 CENTS
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  • 870 1 Gaolbreak town under curfew PRISON WARDERS HELD rniun.TiiHv PENANG. Wednesday. (jMIKt.MOUN was tonijrht under strict curfew after an all-day hunt for m^7A:Xn:° mPen n PriS n WhUeOn If «^he InimcMl \ls;ili :ill don- Wbv trcKips |,H,k pail in Ihc hind and sen March launched by the Security
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  • 104 1 Engineer on bail is found shot IPOII Urd— Tl yrar-old mining engineer, L. M. >lrKer. of M.ihni N.i«ar. who this morning pli-.tiled euilt\ in thr magistrate^ tourt to a charer of i— lUlng an »rt of erovs inderencv. was this iftrrnoi.il Idiiiiil with i gun-hut wound in bin hv.n\ 11
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  • 47 1 Talks likely on unrest The Pai I I«»b»-ir r eounetl may th»- reported labour unrest in the Colony at Ita n A->r 4 Th.- ctMirman of the Singi- •xMir Par'v M r 8 K Pffifil told -he 81 la>t nicfir that the me.-Mnif I :n S;ni ipore.
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  • 32 1 SAN FRANCISCO. Wed Pan-American Airways Clippers are using a "Jet stream" that sweeps westward across the Pacific at 250 miles an hour to help them fly nonfrnm Tokyo to Honolulu.
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  • 28 1 Arab charge in border incident JERUBALEM. Wed Jordan M:> r- pi m trated tero:u into Arab territory, openeri fir^ -n Arab shrpl and mri srven in th. 1
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  • 117 1 Police issue description Details of the two escaped prisoners are as follows: UH KHI AN Em, tarn Ah Khen. alias Lee Khoon. ton °f Lee Teik: born in Perak. holds identity card number Penan* 257*15: living at HI. Kedah Road. Penang: Cantnnesc. age 22: painter. Mnrlr dark
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  • 57 1 he tells Neguib lift Oamel Abftel Na.wr told General Nepuib. the Egyptian Premier, that if he gave tli* order the nation would rise as one man to rid the country of the British. Lieutenant Colonial Nasser who was speaking on behalf of the peasants, told the Premier
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  • 30 1 TOKYO. Wed. Former Adm'r?l Hichisaburo Nomura Ambassador to Washington whr n the Japanese attacked Pf-ar; Harbour, yesterday was rter»ed president of the Victor Phonograph Co. of Japan.—
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  • 143 1 A SWIMSUIT BANDIT DISCARDS HIS COSTUME ONE OP Singapore* swimsuit gangsters has either gone out of business or changed hi* methodv Last Friday a Chinese householder in Stevens Road wa* robbed »f money and jewellery by two Malay gangster*, one hi whom spoke Kngll*h and wore red swimming trunks. Now
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  • 272 1 rE SINGAPORE Government yesterday rejected he choice of Sir Cheng-lock r»n by the Union of Postal md Telecommunication Work•rs to be the chairman of the >ropo*ed arbitration board to rhlch both parties had agreed o refer the dispute. The Singapore Commls.sloner or Labour. Mr. O W.
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  • 587 1 {MONTH'S MOURNING -SO CROWNING IS NOT POSTPONED QUEEN MARY IS DEAD, the 85-yearold grandmother of the queen dild IN HER SLEEP AT 11.20 ON TUESIAY NIGHT IN HER LONDON HOME. FOR THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN BRITAIN, IT WAS THE END OF AN ERA, THE LAST LINK WITH THE DIGNIFIED VICTORIAN
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  • 461 1 World mourns the passing of Queen Mary LONDON. Wednesday. POtTNTLBJM tributes flooded into London May as the world mourned thf de.ith last nieiit o' Queen Mary. The messages salutrri her as a "rreat lady Tho sorrow was deepest in the British Common- wraith nations. But the peopir of BrlUab ixwessions
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  • 62 1 KATMANDU. Nepal Wed L»RTY-ONE Nepal police- I r men have been arrested to i foil a conspiracy to overthrow i the Government, it was announced here. They w«-re seized by soldiers aTter the Nepal Army had been alerted to start a secret roundup of dangerous
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  • 180 1 The 'Yard' seeks quiet clerk LONDON. Wed A FOURTH rottint; i.mali corpse iruiKt tiKlav in a London house of death apartment .spurred a Scotland Yard hunt for the quiet little clerk who had rented the lodging. The bodies of three women were found
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  • 25 1 HONG KONO WM General Mark a ark. Unit-d Nation.* Bupreme Comir*ndc* in Korea, left today fr>r Taioeh on his way back to JapJC-
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  • 522 1 Dato warns of coming clash KUALA LUMPUR Wed. I)ATO ONN oin Jaafar. Member for Home Affairs and founder of the Independence of Malaya Party said tonteht "In spite of professions of unity. I feel that we shall yot see a major riash of eonflirtine interests between two communities, a clash
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  • 34 1 CAIRO. W>ri Thf EKvptiaa Government has «<krd tin Italian Government either to put an end to ex-Ktng Fnrouks political aetlTlUflir H t i vpei nim. a .spokesman here today—Renter.
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  • 177 2 NAPLES. Wednesday. ADMIRAL ROBERT CARNEY, C-in-C, Allied forces in Southern Europe, said today that sea and air teamwork of NATO forces in the Mediteiranean was rood. He said this at the end of ninr days of two exercises planned to test
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  • 109 2 SAYS FORMER PREMIER CAIRO. Wed FRMER Premier Aly Maht-r. chairman of the 50-man corr.m:s.ston entrustrd t> trv^ulate Egypt's future (•restitution, announced that tr.e country might turn nvnr t-i a •'parl.amontary rrpu Hie" at the end of General Naguib's thrrr-y*Mr iran>i tional governmrn: Mahers .statement first categorical
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  • 65 2 LONDON. Wed A three-day j exercise to test the air defence In the Suez Canal zone will be held from Mar 26 to 2S Royal Air Force Meteor and Vampire fighter -squadrons will act as defending forces whil" squadrons (mm elsewhere in the Middle East
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  • 61 2 VIENNA. Wed Antonin Zapotocky. the newly elected Prr-ident of Ciechoslovaicu. told the country's armed forces that their main task was closer co-operation with the Soviet forces." Prague Radio reported today The President, in his first Order of the Day as Com■aadkf- in Chief. riemand^d ro-rjyratjon also
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    54 2 BRISBANE. Wed The Queensland Government ha^ sold *****0 tons of coal t-> Japan. Mines Minister. Mr. E J R.ordan. announced today Reutcr. I THF dIN rarrner unl, lh r < "flin «>f Prc^i<|.-ni Klrmeot (.nttw.ild of zrrh»«lii\;ikia. i- wn «n Hi «a» t«> W enre*.la» Square frague
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  • 85 2 Property loan is compulsory JERUSALEM. Wed A compuLsory property loan was enforced by the Knesset laa* merit after a two-day debate The loan HI designed to raise t"«5000.000 for development purposes by compelline all property owners to lend, within three vparv up per cent of their property to •he Government
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  • 93 2 RESTORATION of SCCUIII subject of recent Cabi learned today. Prime M:r.ntrr Wilopo ln rlos»d 5e.«.i10n in Parliament. rertewed the situation in 'hr various trouble spot* It «a.< estimator! thai ri.tir.a?e done by bandr. naaji la West Java during the but six months \»a.« ion million
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  • 22 2 Po licemen held KHATMANPr. Wf^ K I Tnbh'ivana's cr"T>rr,m r I nfflfir; arM m»n Ol Nppal.-: pnlir* fnrrr for alleged A P
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  • 311 3 VALUABLE CHINA TRADE LOST, SA YS PEER LONDON, Wednesday. I^ORI) EUBANK, i Liberal peer. >aid in the House of Lords yesterday that Britain was losing valuable orders from China to less scrupulous overseas competitors by her too meticulous adherence to the I'nited Nations' resolution forbidding
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  • 79 3 Wrong record said Winston was dead RRIMiWI Wed— A Rrish.nr hrnarira«tinc station tf»d^^ wrnnilv hroadra<t that .Mr hurrhill had iln I The <tation promptly apoloti*rd f.ir thr mist.ikr Kut Irlephone* wrrr nmmid h\ hsirnrrs xeekinc information The elation manacrr rvplainrn that spriiil rfi|iiii'iiis h nl heen preparM lo rover Ihe
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  • 67 3 LONDON. Wed —The Forcurn Office MM today it ha.s received a request from the I'r'tcri vornment to take up with tne Chines C^mm :im»-nt th»<jue.«tion of the three Ay seized on Sunday i-fT HmiE Kong wi lie sailint; to M I In their ncht Details of
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  • 37 3 KAPFNGIRIA V glstrate Wsniirj Tharkrr haa I nnwncrd that hr his verdirt in the Mau M;ui trial of Jomn K five other African leaders on Apr 8. The court reassembled briefly to rerr-nri >.\ mm.
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  • 41 3 Tin study group I "Ntx>N. Wed Mr. .t A R. Pimlott (>l Britain was r prtec 4 '•hairman of the ronfrrrnce ol Thr International Tin Study Group which opened here yesManuel Barnu, of Bolivia. I Brunirra. of Italy were vic^-chalrmen.— U.P.
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  • 94 3 Battle with the sea -and 12 DIED These three pictures are the tint showing the rrsiur nf the crew of the Lib c r I an tanker. Angy. which broke in two In the North Atlantic after an explosion Twe I t c people died. TOP PICII la shows the
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  • 171 3 RANGOON, Wednesday. TMIF Cnmmissioner-Cirneral for South-Fast Asi.i. Mr. Malcolm MarDnnald. said in Rangoon yesterday that Malaya's shooting war had "taken a definite turn in thr direction of utter defeat for the terrorists." Mr. Mac Donald, who i> on I vMk'i visit tc Burma, said: Th" Comnvmi>ts
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  • 161 3 Absurd charge, Israel tells U.N. NEW YORK. Wed. ISRAEL told the United Nations Political Committee yesterday that Communist charges against Zionists were as absurd as they were slanderous. Mm. Oolda Myerson. Cablne*. Minister ar.d former Ambassador to Moscow, said Lsrael would raise the question of the anti-Semitic campaign In the
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  • 80 3 U.S. Senator challenges Malenkov WASHINGTON. Wed. SENATOR H. H. Humprcy. 'Democra*. MoMWtaJ a member of the Forcien Relations Committee, chalknzpd Ru.vtia "oday to back up new peace overtmes by ra-ine tension in Bcrl.r.. dropping intl-BemltUm »nd accrptine tr.e Indian truce proposals for Korea This, he said, would offer a quick
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  • 24 3 LONDON. Wed. China's Premier. Chou En-lai. and the big Chinese delegation which attended Stalin's funeral, has left Moscow for Peking.— A.P. i
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  • 46 3 LONDON. Wrd- King Hussein of Jordan will be an official Etust of the British Government from Mar. 25 to 31 during nil official visit. He w:ii then spend two days at Windsor Castle as the cues: of the Queen.— Renter.
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  • 43 3 SEOUL. Wed.— An unidentified aircraft dropped four bombs on United Nations positions last merit, woundinc three Allied soldiers. An Eighth Army announcement vud only that three pr sons were wounded and that no damage to equipment wa reported. UP.
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  • 33 3 LONDON. Wed. Lord Bruce, chairman of the British Finance Corporation for Industry, told American businessmen today that to allow free con- vertibillty of sterling at pre- sent "would be disastrous."
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  • 117 3 LAGOS. (Nigeria). Wed. VK.IRIVs House of Reprrsentatlves ,»nt hours today discussing whether peoplr should be allowed tc walk about without clothes on In the heat of the tropic*. Onenirnibr^thourh^thore ought to be a law against it. and introduced one. Thr Minister of Social Services N»id h
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  • 212 3 rp*A and rubber Herts shared In 1 th* Renerml qulrtneaa of the markrt* on the LorrSon Stock BxrhanßP today Japanese bonds »»r» lWtleiw with no tnteren' tn e\l««Tire. Oerman bond* verc aluo tllfhtly raxler Domenilc lwuen »<t* quiet »ith Bnush funda frafionallv low*r Industrials »ere Inclined to b*
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  • 26 3 LONDON. Mmr 2.'. —Cash Ruvrrt t?»4«: Sellers C«M2: Forward Buyer« K^M; Sellers t?»rS: Settlement (MS. i up ID. Turnover a.m. 15; p m. 5.
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  • 41 3 I/ONDON. Mar 2. S —Spot 21 \d M«v 21\d. Jun« Jl'.d Jul- -Srn' II r! OcT.-rx- 21 r d Jan -Mar 21 d Apr. rlf 2. '.d May c.1.l 1 21 -d Jan rlf 21 .d Tnr.r Sellers r«*r\Kl
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  • 57 3 BONN. Wrri Thf Bntuh Hich Commissioner. Sir Ivonc Kirkpatnrk, today .<ent a rr.e>sane to the Soviet C CommLs.sion Chief. General v Chuikov. accepting m.- offer of talks on air safe*v measures, well-informed Allied sources said. The telrcnim asked the Soviet authorities to suggest a time and
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  • 41 3 JAKARTA. Won Prrwrutltiß Attorney-General Suprapto today asked for 18 years' imprisonment for former Minister of State. Sultan Hamid II who has born on trial since Feb. 25 on charges of masterminding an attempted forceful overthrow of the state
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  • 293 4 Governor sends message to Queen Elizabeth '|'IH XXI) Communist flag on the here-for-evi>r Hai Hsuan was the only flag flying at full mast in Singapore yesterday. All others were lowered in mourning for Queen Mary. On being informed of the Queen's death, all flags on ships,
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  • 230 4 Xl M\ 1.1 MM K. Wed. —I Telegrams of condolemr on tfie death of Queen Mary *ere *rnt today to the Queen by the federation's nine .Malay ruler* and On Sir (.rr.iiH Templrr. the High Commissioner. Th* rulers' trier ram si I
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  • 39 4 MALACCA. Wed -The Yon-, erable M Pannaslrl Thero of Ceylon w.l". speak on Peaer of i the World through Buddhism" at the Poh Tho Hall (opposite the Cheng Hoon Teng Temple* on Friday at 8 p.m.
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  • 90 4 SINGAPORE police last night •3 cordoned off the Boustead Institute for Seamen ln Tanloiiß Pagar Road while the C.I.D. searched for a gun re•>.<r*'cl to have been left behind by an American seaman. But the gun was not found during the one-hour
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  • 57 4 Charged with permitting her premises to be used for smokng npturr. Fook Bay Mui. an elderly woman was yesterday rtned $1,000. In default two months' gar>l. by the Singapore S:xtn Police Magistrate. Mr. Mr R B I. Patos Fo^k gave notice of appeal md was
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  • 81 4 fItHF variety sh'>w by the Combined n I Entrrtainm^nts 'hr SVC dr 11 l-aii last n:ght was ranrr'.'.ed. owing to the death ■>! Quern Mary At "he Britannia Cl'ib. a large r.o'ire on »he errand floor banned music and danelne. The Tanglln Club closed its
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  • 161 4 Salvation Army home inmates enter misfits, leave trained EX-SALVATION Army home inmates generally are doinß well in life. Brigadier Bertha Grey told a social work meeting presided over by the Colonial Secretary. Mr. W. L. Blythe. in Singapore yesterday. She said. 'They are workiup
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  • 53 4 Why are there *n few flowers iii Singapore garden*? The answer to thin que«tion ii civrn in one of the many interesting articles to be found in an eight-pace Flower Show supplement which will be issued with the Singapore Free Press today. Make sure of
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  • 39 4 Swam: Vamadevananda. president of the Ramakr.shna Mission. Singapore. wiK ennIduct a prayr meeting and lecture on Saturday at 6.30 p m. at the mission premises. 9 Norr.s Road. His subject will "Gods Win and Free wil".
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  • 117 4 SINOAPORE will observe 1 World Health Day on April 1 7 with a health exhibition at the Victoria Memorial Hall. film shows and radio talks Mr. Yap Pheng Deck. City i Councillor, will declare the exhibition open at 5 p.m. Posters and pictures of
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  • 234 4 A -ENERGY WILL REPLACE COAL, SAYS EXPERT THE ENGINEERING consultant to th* Atomic Energy 1 Division of the British Ministry of Supph. Sir Claude Dixon CWbb. yesterday told Singapore Rotarians that atomic enemy from uranium would eventually replace coal to generate power for industrial use But when. Sir Claude wo.ild
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  • 140 4 11,' HEN Ho Puay Khoon was searched by a polire <>mror In thr New World ami-Re-m<'nt park <>n f >l > 14 nP h«d s.x fountain p**ns For possossiiiß three fountain peas nuaprrtrd f>f beinc stolen or fraudulent ly ontalred. Ho was wntcncvd
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  • 18 4 KUANTAN. Wed Ha)i Mu.«n a retired penghulu of Kuala Kuantan. died on Sunday. He M 82
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    62 4 Eleven thousand people packed Robinson's department store yesterday, the opening day of the annual sale. Most sought-after bargains were in the women's wear, gentr tcear and hardware sections. Bigger crowd uas during the lunch-hour. Several people lost parcels and a woman lost a icallet. Photo shows a section of the
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  • 58 5 Singapore will mfl a threeman delegation to the third A-urn conference of the Junior Chamber International Congress, to be held in Manila, from Apr. 6 to 11. The theme of the conference will be "Asian Nations Can Work Touether The Singapore drlr-^a'^N art Messrs. Enc Ah
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  • 49 5 A 14-year-old schoolboy. Tan K"k Walt, wa.s lound last night ly-ng ouUide a house in Chin Swei Road. Singapore. vth stab wounds in the .st'imach. He wa.s admitted to the Cklleri Hospital where his condition was described as "critical." Late last night, police detained an 18-year-old youth.
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  • 212 5 THERE WAS A WEDDING FEAST ISYEARS A00,»UT... THE CHIEF JUSTICE, Sir Charles MurrayAynsley, held in the Singapore High Com t yesterday that a marriage, according to Chinese custom, between a Christian and a non-Christian was not valid. Sir Charles made this
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  • 228 5 TAXI MAN ROUTS 3 ROBBERS A chase, then an attack A SINGAPORE taxi A driver, Chua Tho Kit. did not take it meekly when he was robbed by three men yesterday morning. He gave chasr and hit one of the robbers twice on the head with a starting handle. Chug
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  • 180 5 Painting of S'pore (1856) on show A HISTORIC 97-year-old oilpainting of Singapore town, recently presented to the Government by the Camberwell Art Oallerv. London, where it had been since 1899. is nsw on exhibition in the entrance hall of the Raffles Museum. The 72 in. by 30 in. picture, j
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  • 69 5 For dishonestly Inducing a nnstrrun. Ibrahim bin Mohammrr\ Sallch. to deliver to him 12 letters artrirrss««d to the Rnval Press. Singapore. Muthu- mad Said bin Mohammed was sentenced In the City Police Court yesterday to three months' imprisonment. The offence was stated to have been comrritted
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  • 34 5 Slngapur,. carididaU-s who W*T»' MlCCratfUl i!l tin- !!»S2 Lund<-n Chamber of CMMMfCC examinations should <'^H at the t»mc e of the Senior Inspector of Schools In the Edutatiun Department for th-lr certificates.
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  • 113 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. 1 BECAUSE of hi.s age. Poon Teck Chin was today ordered by the Kuala Lumpur Court of Appeal to pay a fine of $200 instead or serving a gaol sentence of one month. Poon had been sentenced to gaol by a
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  • 28 5 RAUB. Wed. Two nurses from the Overseas Missionary Fellowship of the China Inland Mission will be posted to Pahang for work in the new vlKagrs. I
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  • 271 5 TEACHERS SPLIT AFTER ROW OVER POLITICS SMGAPORE Teachers' Training Association repre- I srntinc most of the student-teachers in the colony, last night broke away from the newly formed Pan Malayan Students' Federation at the close of a twoday inaugural conference of the P.M.S.F.. held in the Oei Tione Ham Hall
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  • 154 5 1 THF. MOST mvMifled woman in Singapore is Mr*. Connie Meyer, of Amber Mansion*. Her problem is thousands of bees. Kvrr since she entered her flat about two veers ago swarms of bees nave built nest after nest on a pipe
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  • 106 5 They don't have to enter the dock now XI ANTAN. Wed. rl PRACTK E of puttinc accused women in the dock wa* put to an end by Ini h P Mihmuil bin Ha*him. pr- Mil. 111 of thr Semions Court. When Minah hinte Said. of Ki-mtili. was led into the
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  • 49 5 An argument between two hawkers in Bugis Street. Sin- gapore. iast night .started a free-for-all in which Lee Yong Puan. 50. was badly hurt Lee was admitted to hospital and is dangerously ill. Two I men were later taken away in a police radio car.
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  • 56 5 JOHORE BAHRU Wed.Jam«s RobMin. w)»i> wa.s warned .ait week that v warrant fur his arrest would tw l.s&ut*d i! h<- did nut pay a Sl5 nne Imposed by the Johure Bahru Pulicr Court four wet-Its ago. has remitted the money. The nne wi.i lor
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  • 173 5 He gets gaol for firing into the air KLALA LIPIS. Wed ABAS bin Mat Leman. :a who nred a shot into thi air on Dec 15 in front of thi Sultana Theatre. Kuantan was today sentenced to two months' gaol. In the Kuala LipLs Court Mr EM. Smallwood. th* West
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  • 63 5 Tan Poh Koon. who appeared In the Singapore Sixth Police Court yesterday, for falling to pay his wife three months maintenance, told the court that his wife was wiling t" return to him and that hr w.llinK to havr hrr bark. Lim Soh Ens.
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  • 179 5 WASHINGTON, Wed. 4 SSURANCES were given to--day that the United States would carry out its tin buy- ing and smelting programmes, contracted for by the ReconI stmction Finance Corporation regardless of when that agen- 1 Icy might be terminated. Mr. Edward C. Welsh. special
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    • 110 5 pi nut Kti.iri«» utrtci. Uvtttt Ki.iu Uu.ii Irr, >i.w*> .1 niaiaii Hi. i>lki.. fauii .mm ....1 iriilrc sad I'JtXa j; v, m, u% r>r«..JrDl BUruboarr'a Ij.jh n«, u u «#j Lton «ii. 1 r« vi »i..i,. Nalwua: f^.i. 1. .umj.uoo- 1 ro TbisUvila n.n.. fur .»m *MA Piim..i, »ii.iriiuuu ■Utastuai
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  • 36 6 HFNRY M HOFDEN »se 74. died •t nenfral Honpltal at 52" p rr. 18 cort«e le«ve» Mr F. Hoedrr. Residence. 1M Ea«t Cout Road, a' 4in pm today to St. PI f'hurch thence to Bldadarl.
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  • 33 6 TJfK FAMIIV of the |«|S Mr* Orn: K ChU Slew Tir h#« to -enrie- fi-eir th«- frlewii, ree'r for 'h»lr a«<l»f»nre. telrSr*rrt. |o of -a .on» to ATA »nd the he'ovM mother
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  • 112 6 CJfrnf m Clothlag Shop ahut I Wfek. April l*t and A Ird ASIA T Serlre Adelphl Ho- I. h-n double cib'.n le Contin. «rid et Apr:; Tel SSOSS i PAN RIVER »o\en fabric* In dreu kngtlii. in r! Har-i^s I'd. 7 Orchard Rd.. Sprre DORIS fifcTnES I ITTI E
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  • 649 6 The Straits Times Singapore. Thur. Mar. 26, 1953. Queen Mary Qiircn Man,-, whose death the Commonwealth mourns, was one of the best lo\<»d and honoured figures of her time The sturdy qualities of heart *nd mind inculcated in her youth were a valiant aid durinc the anxious phases through which
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  • 632 6 The Manhunt In Penang The escape from Penang Prison yesterday of two men on trial for their lives for tha murder of Mr. David Chen is paralleled only by the unbelievable stupidity of the authorities in Penang in not rousing the town and Settlement at once to th* necessary manhunt.
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  • 1782 6 QUEEN MARY. the greatly loved Quren Dowager, has passed, but we cannot imagine her as dead. So much has she become part of the very fabric of British life that she lives on. and will live on. in the pages
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  • 446 6 N-u I\ory A FEW nays ago a Home Guard officer was given a present of a cigarette holder b\ one of his men It looked like a pram Ivory holder, of IIM ty[M- common in the east, with a .slight twist in th? Ii t thr man
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    • 560 6 Straits Time* ft Free Preu t%» luiiaitart at •<»••- -»I»«M. Mir t»prm\»ntmt>>» lit ftotw. SINGAPO«I COLO JtO«Alt. ORCMARD ROAD, -ill r«».-« m«i: •dv*rtiY«m«nt« «n4 •itivin t* k«.- Miakm. Cl«ttt«w4 (lortlKKMnli may •It* k« ha*<f*4 tm CITY BOOK tTORI LTD.. WintHmtCt Hcium. C«.i>ti Quay. n»tin«. CITY BOOK fTORI LTD.. 1 T.»,1,n
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    • 26 6 SSP I S Of OUTSTANDING j > imcM WOOLLENS I 4np WORSTEDS AVAUABLE FO* YOU* SELEC7/O/V AT REASONABLE PR/CfS PHOHE 6535 z l*?W L JA*UL B K.
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    • 64 6 I i '*j -it J Vav I^^^ib^_ J --n m^P^^^^^ ADVT. Of THE GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.. LTD. Of I NCL ANO^B VMC*FO«I MALACCA KUALA LUHNI FtNANG (hen a 'MERCI RY Outboard Mntnr Gh^^b^Z^-^^ Reliability i Sole Agents SOON CHEONG LIMITED Sinraporr and Federation nf Malaya l eaj Dealers SPOT RADIO
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  • 512 7 War staff unions fire shots in the pay battle DRASTIC WARNING TO ARMY AUTHORITIES r plK War Department Civilian Staff Association of the Federation and the Army Civil Service Tnion of Singapore warned the army authorities yesterday of "drastic action and its serious consequences." A joint statement issued by the
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  • 69 7 >!r FRANK NORKIS. a New Zealand farmer. passed through Singapore yesterday h> 8.0.A.C. Constellation from London with two beautiful flowers. He is pictured above on his arrival at KaHang airport with two South African Howvrs. which h. rails protea or nerine folia Mr Nor
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  • 153 7 IT SHOWS THEY'RE Satisfied, HE SAYS NOT <»\F Of between 5(Mi Ml fiOfl ,s« i vircmen v h :«'ti Ja^k (\uh in SinKapore each day accepted an InvttaUon tn attend the annual meetlnK yestec Biit ihe club'i managei > C a Wlmbush. und< ""W.'ii n th«-y are >at..sned thr\ den
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  • 82 7 The Smeapore Indian AJBOdatlon will hoH its annual V «0 Bale.-'ier Road next F ii riav from 11 am to 11 p.m There will be nonv riries. r fortune telline. frrr ildi a hrr: Rarden, lucky dips. vanr-\ Indian food ."talU and music There will
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  • 207 7 r LONDON. Wed c DISCONTENT among rubber I workers in Malaya, caus- i i fd by the failure of emplo-- J en to implement fully the r arbitration decision in the industry, will be brouyh' to the attention of the Hou.-e t of Commons on
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  • 187 7 A ROBBERY A DAY, BUT—, DI'RIXG the last 12 days there has been an average of one armed robbery a day but. according to Singapore's Commissioner of Police. Mr. H. G. Morris, serious crime has decreased in recent months. Mr Morris told the rttu
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  • 77 7 ■NFISCATIN'- i4j imitation American pen* rriav. :hc Sincaporc Fir<;t Criminal DUtrtet Judge Mi Tan Ah Tah. recommended ha* the pr... should be riLf'nlutrd to charitable and dewrvlnf organisations i:. tar The pens were fnrfeiterl three traders were fined total of $550. after they hart plea'
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  • 58 7 The 7.2«1-ton Greek steamer Meandros. arrived n Singapore yesterday carrying 6.000 tons of ground nuts from China. The Meandros. which came from Tuku Bar. also had 1.500 tons ot Hants] and 689 tons of cotton on board. Bound for Europe, she left last n.nii; for Colombo,
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  • 133 7 rpHF WHOLE QUESTION of m. Singapore City Council labourers' salaries ano other claims of the 10.000-strong Federation of City Council labour Unions will be "thrashed out" at a special meeting tomorrow. The meeting will bo between the City Councils three-man t labour sub-comrrlttee and representatives of the
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  • 313 7 The man who can't lose HIS NERVES, HIS TEMPER loses both I ARTHUR RANK camera director Geoffrey Unsworth faced 105 rhinoceros charges in the film "Where No. Vultures Fly" without losing his nerve. b had his shooting schedule ruined by hurricanes in "BCue Lagoon 1 without losing h:s temper. Uit
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  • 81 7 A petition writer. Lee Chan Wan was acquitted by Mr D. H. Chapman. In the Singa- J pore Fifth Police Court yes- terdav on a charge of illegally obtaining $370 from Goh Hian Beng. a physician. in order to Influence an SIT. official" to get Goh a
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  • 53 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed— P. I Munlandy. a driver, was fined* $lo here y.sterdav for not observing the 'Stop, Look. Oo 1 roadslgn In July last In Johore I Bahru. Summons was first taken out In September, but Munl- Andy could not be traced till recently, the
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  • 57 7 Wong Eng. a woman, plead- ed guilty in the Singapore Fifth Police Court yesterf^iy to two charges of being in possession of opium utensils and having prepared opium. Bhe said they belonged to her husband, who was at sea The magistrate bound her over for
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  • 41 7 Wong Lee Lirk claimed tm in th<- Singapore Fourth Pnlirr Court yiMi rday n n I of being r. of four poui I 'ipiurr at Pulau Bukom on Mar. Bail was allowed ;n 13.50T; and thi n°d May 7
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  • 332 7 VOICE SAID: I'VE KILLED MY MOTHER, COME AND ARREST ME —Student tells Spore court (^HEW POOX WAH. a student, told a Slncapore J court yesterday that, while reading in his room at the Singapore Harhour Board quarters, he heard Pane Kum Mine call from another room: 'I have killed my
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  • 106 7 AW PENG CHEW. iid(t.vt.\, yebti relay pleaded uu.liy la the Singapore 8 Traffic Court to r.ding a motor cycle without a Ueeacc and without third uarty insu 1 afong Shtnton Way M Jan I A licensed driver :or i\ir> and lorries, but not
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  • 116 7 nnHREE journalists •ne from JL Singapore and thr it her ;wo fruri! th< Federation were yeMerday iselected t(> attend and cover the Coronation In London for the Malayan Press. They are Inrlie Abdul Aziz bin ishak. chief Federation thr Utusan Malay u. Mr. R Venkatarajulu.
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    • 119 7 I Cmiutt the' I Ccmrru>4cia£ Ilmm I THE COMMERCIAL UNION" I GROUP OF INSURANCE COMPANIES I COMMERCIAL UNION ASSURANCE CO., LTD. I UNION ASSURANCE SOCIETY. LTD. I PALATINE INSURANCE CO., LTD. I LIVERPOOL VICTORIA INSURANCE CORP. I BRITISH GENERAL INSURANCE CO. LTD. I SINCAPOBt '*>"■ I P.O Boi 107 Tel
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    • 133 7 ROBINSONS j SALE OFFERS from our SINGAPORE STORE NYLON STOCKINGS USUALLY S3 50 per ,a» NOW 1.95 SILK CORDED RIBBONS 5, 10, 15 20 CtS. per yard ODDMENTS > in PETTICOATS KNICKERS > PYIAMAS BRASSIERES Reduced Regardless of Cost CANVAS COVERED SUITCASES SIZE 24' USUALLY $50 00 NOW 35.00 I
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    • 71 7 The weather .Minimum temperature: M to 'in I:■ m Karen decrees' K"ta Bahru '70', Kial.i Lumpur ■74. Ijxmi <~,S'. Kuantan MiMiniim li-niprri urr im. to 730 p m on March 2 ;ipore «91', Pcna!. 1 W K a Bahru >90>. Kuala I.um«M". Ipoh < 95 >. Kuantan <90' Rainfall: '7
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  • 170 8 The tenants welcome women as officers RF.SIDF.NTS of Tlonc Bahru—' the largest Singapore Improvement Trust estate yesterday wetromed the trust's move lo recruit 12 women housing officeri t« replace men. *Thi» will rrstorr our ronflden< c in the tru*t." thr president of th P Tionc Bahru Community Centre. Mr. Teo
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  • 52 8 Australians In Singapore. and Borneo may be ab.c to \o!e m the A I Federal Senate eiectio <r place o: arc on the They may Kpptaf ti the Australian Com.r..>sion in Sine. Tire for a form to set a •i. vote certificate and k postal
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  • 86 8 .■iMlmui H MUM Weil— Mi old lanrim.irk. the rourtI- i- on Hiil I i mhnl in. i\ to he demolished soon. Thf huilriinc the fir-i courth<nivr r\rr built in the ln«n. v il 1 he nil Hi ii down to make v f for a ''Hrrnmmunirations
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  • 262 8 SHORTAGE OF POLITICAL TALENT, SO gINGAPORE should follow Britain's lead in allowing civil servant* to take part in political activities, colony trade unionists said yesterday. The recommendations In Britain Here made by tho Masterman committee after prolonged neßOtia-i tions." said. Mr. A.
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  • 105 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. IN about 18 months, the British Red Cross teams which are now In Johore. will return to Britain. It is hoped that by then there will be enough locallytrained people to carry on the work. Miss E V Climenson. Red
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  • 53 8 Tax Hai Lam. a boatman, who appealed against a lower court conv.ction and sentence of six weeks' imprisonment on a charge of fraudulent possess.nn of 35 katis of pepper cleared in the Singapore Hieh Court ye.sterdav. Mr. Justice Brown >et a^ide the conviction and
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  • 57 8 Countess Limerick. vicechairman of the British Red Cross Society, will arn\> in S:ncapore on Saturday from Kuehmg Countess Limerick wi.l sp^nd two days in the Colony at Government House before returning to London on Monday morning. She has Just finished a tour of \Y\f Federation Hong
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  • 138 8 From Manila to Singapore and back all on 75 cents r,VO young Filipinos have Just had a sea tup from Manila to Singapore and an air trip back all on 75 cents. They are Anf»l Monte Alepro 21 and Ricardo Senbrano. They wanted to see San Francisco, the city of
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  • 26 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed Mr H I Ashlev has been appointed Architect. P.W.D.. Johoro. In succession »n Mr. L. Carpenter who has gone on leave
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  • 89 8 Y'EOP BIN HI SSEIN. a Prrak polire supervisee, who had 23 previou* unvii ti'.ns in the Imt. 2* yean, pleaded guilty in Ihe Singapore Second Police Court yesterday to failing to report to the Singapore polire durinc his two-months stay in the Colony.
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  • 121 8 Freighters crew get tasteful cabins A FREIGHTER in which even the lowliest of the crew slpep only two in a cabin sailed into Singapore on her maiden voyage from Britain to Japan She is the Blue Funnel Line's i 7.8M-ton Laemedon. the 83rd ship belonging to the Blue Funnel-Olen Line
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  • 74 8 SEGAMAT Wed Nearly 400 labourers Chine.se. Malay and Indian of Pogoh Esta».» i about eight miles South of Segamat held a combined ccn- cert to mark the opening of tlielr new community hall \nd cinema. The building was provided by the estate but will be maintained
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  • 36 8 TAIPING. Wed The DHI trict Agricultural Mhbition. in which 20 Government de- partments participated wa< opened by he Raja de Hller of Pmk The Prisons Department won tne first prize for the be-t display
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  • 73 8 PORT SWETTENHAM. Wed. AQ M»l tur.*) in.ijpiui v launch on Monday frr Sabak Bernam to carry ">ut the annual hralth inspect irn of I schools, town board areas estates and kampngs. The team is under the Health Officer. Klan^ and, Coast Mr. M. I Mohamed Mi-
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  • 201 8 RUBBER OUTPUT IS LOWEST IN FOUR YEARS Xl ALA M MPIR. Wednesday. and smallholdings in thr Federation less rubber last month than In any month during the past four years. Total production was 42.739 tons. Production tn January «as 55.084 tons. The lowest monthly figure last year, also in February
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  • 134 8 Had no wish to see wife, says man RAJA JAFFAR bin Bl M Saat, a meter reader In I the Singapore City Council. I was ordered by the Singapore Sixth Police Court yesterday to pay his v ife $90 a n for the maintenance of their three children. The wife.
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  • 66 8 Girls shake hands An apology and a n n in th«- Singapore Sixth Polio •>■ w"'^ a srhoolK'r. Chonnis Yoke L;n rhargi-d with bit.nc another Ooh Sai Yong. on the .shoulder during an aftersrhool quarr.-l ;n Dhoby Ghaut Ime IS Mr V H Tmiv 6etet\ I d
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  • 120 8 rpAN KOK TFONG. a buMne.s man. of Cecil Street h»d a headarhe on Oct 31 So he booked a room In a hotel :n South Bridge Road to get aj rest. About 15 minutes later rv'lic. arrJvfd and found h:m in the room. Tar
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    • 63 8 CENTRAL ELECTRICITY BOARD EXHIBITION OF ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AT THE CHINESE ASSEMBLY HALL KUALA LUMPUR OPEN FROM 10.30 A.M. TO 7.30 P.M. DO NOT MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY OF PURCHASING YOUR OWN PARTICULAR ELECTRICAL REQUIREMENT FOR THE HOME. SATURDAY 28TH. MARCH, 1953 70 SATURDAY 4TH. APRIL, 1953. THE C.E.B. OFFER YOU SPECIAL
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  • 468 9 RIGHT: How big do you think this coat of arms is? If you haven't noticed already, look at the bottom left hand corner where a man is working on the scroll. The giant coat of arms is 15 feet high and 12 feet wide another
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  • 948 9  -  ERIC MITCHELL THE BRITISH M m.l WIN says AMONG the potpourri of policemen, soldiers. Home Guards. Kamponß Guards regulars, auxiliaries, "Specials and othrrs collectively called Security Forces, there are some who have played outstanding roles in the Emergency and
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    • 141 9 TMnOa wiik "MAGIC" MARGIN ONLY ROYAL HAS IT. lit In JBSsBBOsg L_2)f\l\ C" lISMI »*nd me drUiU of tbc KtIV.U I] r\V/\rV^ MAGIC MABOIM portable t>pr«nirt I t LTa witk r«rtirulin of r««j m«tbod »f II paMnmt NW< Addrran: 8 T r** 3 53 II PCOLD CREAM and VANISHING CREAM
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    • 19 9 ...for 1 trie *fl Standard fSfiffiy aißßßannnnßßMßnnnßaßßniaßaßnnßaßnßnßnßnni FEDERATED MOTORS LTD. ORCHARD ROAD SINGAPORE 9 WEARNE BROS., LTD. FEDERATION REPRESENTATIVES
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  • 411 10 UNITED STATES Wedding diamonds rE LONDON Fir.ancia'. Tirr,^ 1 has pointed out ir. an article the "fferts ot reMaln democraphic circumstances on the world diamond market partit ularly a rise in the marriage rntr In the United States, for example, uhere it is customary for the future
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  • 81 10 ljcre m *re« immm, ittittfv for morning wear bttf pretty cnevgti to 4* service through tfcc Jay. LfFT A fttirto*-riiro«gfc dmi or pile yellow waHle pique witfi wide band* of mulfi-ce'oured jtnpei round rhr neck arms, and pocket* CINTRE: The tame ped cotton makes a timple
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  • 463 10  -  ADELAINE KERR By \IOST people are "ulutlfl tons" for self-im-provement, says Marie Beynon Ray. Mrs. Ray writes inspirational books on subjects like how never to be tired and how to squeeze the most out of life People, she finds, are work Ing days and
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    20 10 This evening dress is known ax "Adriatque". The ■Cow vMta si/v w-frii blue spots. Model by Manpuin of Paris.
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    • 230 10 FOR ALL WITH QUAKER OATS Quaker Oatt helps children gruu taller and stronger and because it helps to build pep and cmlur.inct it's ideal for actise prom ii ups. joo (Quaker Oatj gives everybody <kpcr nourishment and at such LOW COST. Buy it no*! MO** "lASONS THAN EVER TO tUY
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    • 200 10 >Wheinz< > MAYONNAISE < V >UMIFOPM FIAVOPI) JB Bk VRS > '^^r f i I H I ji JH^^naa^^^ I' fcesn'i p*> '<> a\k |u»i J,\\\ /^^^2^^^pT fur ma> unnjiir <pe< il» Iw,/^^^"^^^^!T^yg^ Hun/ Mnonniiw md kmmu j-^H t| .inilUU^^^ ourc KCIIIPK ,hr Scm Al- 1 Y^^~^^!^Sll »ay* pur< Jl»a^^
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    • 249 10 Straits Times Crossword H gS^/STo,.* 4) DOWN tlll'l I liii (Si I I I I I f*f\rifW\ IS I "^^~"^"T*""*|"^^""™i^"^l*"^"™ t i I I "~l^"^"j™^™^ Scot I (6*. J£> v I 1 I 21. The final one may be desperate To" "^*pTj I" 1 7?1 t I' 4 I** i
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  • 554 11 Standards for teachers riE Hon. Dato Thuraisinßham was reported by you. (S.T. March 21) as statinß in the Legislative council that unless young men and women came forward in regular numbers to be teachers in English schools, the planned programme must fail. He further referred to a proposal to lower
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  • 128 11 MAY I point out to "An Honest Chinese (St. T. Mar. 13 1. that no one in Negri Bembilan has to get a permit to purcha.se biscuits' 1 All persons have been Issued with a White Card authorising purchase up to 2 katties per week. The
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    • 536 11 IF your leader of March 20. discussing thr Federal White Paper on detention, you ask whether sufficient precautions are takrn. amone othrr things, to ensure that released detainees are not subject to more restrictions than necessary. In my case. lour conditions were imposed. The first is to
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    • 206 11 I REFER to a letter addressed to you, taking up some of the points raised in your lsfue of March 14 regarding land acquisition. When the local government 'vLshes to acquire land of houses for any public purpo.o. whether it be for housine. schools, recreation grounds or
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    • 124 11 REFERRING to your Points from Letters 11 (Saturday F'inim. Mar. 21. L.T.H. of Stnzapore seems to have overlooked the fact that all Government and City Counri employers. S.H.B. and W.D. empoyees are provided with either rented quarters, free quarters or an allowance in leu. Not all commercial
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  • 300 11 TIE publicity accorded to i the Post-School Certificate last year was a poor reflection of our students seeking admission to the University of Malaya. There Ls no doubt that the opinions freely voiced throiißh the medium of the papers were partly true. But the cause
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  • 393 11 CERTAIN community leaders together with *even Mentris Besar have convened a meeting of representatives from thirteen political bodies on April 27 at Kuala Lumpur to discuss the constitution of an Independent and unified Malaya. I venture to suggest that this is due to disagreement and
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  • 226 11 Effect and a cause JWISH to ask PS." (The Public Suffers." ST., Mar 20' to note carefully the followiiiß lojslral statemrnts: 1. If the Public expects an> pood con.Mdcratlon frorii Oovernmrnt employee.^ th"n the same sort of consideration is alw expectm from the Public by the Oov ernment emplovr^^ Z.
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  • 152 11 Y.M.C.A.'S plans for building RfcFERRING to thr paragraph tSt T Mar. 10' concerning the holdmc-up of the building plans of thr Chlne.se YMCA. for 14 months by the City Architrr'. and as one who was In a small way assisting till the approval of the plans by the Governor-ln-Council. I
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  • 101 11 I AM one of your many faithful readers in Indonesia I ask whether readers In Inrtorifsia are entitled to the priviir kr of taking part in the contents in your paper, such a.- the Camera Contest, Charm Contest and so on. Rhouln the prlvilegr be available
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  • 42 11 I PRESUME the Police are unaware of the traffic conKfstlon caused during neak hours at the Middle Roari-B*n-r<v>len Strert Junction The motorUts plays at "dodgerm.< "It is a miracle how they tet avay unscathed except for scraped fender MOTORIST Singapore.
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    • 146 11 ay imT ihmnuXSCi mum. Now Showing /ai II A.M. l..^n 4 6.45 9.M P.M. GINGER CHARLES *MARIIYN GRANT ROGERS COBURJ^MONROE --^•••''"^^^^■ia^ea^^^^"^ 9i HOWARD H K ~Jti&i\i\\ FROM TODAY! 111 A.M. 7.45 4.15 645 9 30 P.M SONCiS FOR YOU LAUGHS FOR YOU... AND A MUSICAL MADE... SATURDAY AT MIDNIGHT! I
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    • 319 11 fill! 11l I Alwffffff MS> 4 3 f3f Iritish Film ACADEMY AWARD WINNER for BEST FILM from any country hi 1952! RALPH RICHARDSON AM TOGO >J& NIGEL PATRICK JOMR JUSTIN LrdM I. SOUND BARRIER SSL Distributed by Sluiu; •<. PREVIEW OF OUR BIG EASTER ATTRACTION Saturday Wnii+! 1« Louisiana Bayou
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  • 267 12 RUBBER QUIETLY STEADY TWE Singapore share market continued dull yester- day. Only a small turnover was reported and practically all price changes were downward. In the tin snare section. Kesang were unchanged. Petaling were slightly easier. Kuchai had business at thr lower prices. Burma Malay
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  • 176 12 CHIPS lying alonsstde the Blnca- pore Harbour Board wharves, rr expected today are: Hokkal Mam 45. Mull (Ea*t> and Serampai* iWesti C.P.. I Di-lkal Miru 67. Stngapore Santhli 11. Mentor 13 14. Rajula IS Sarorna 18. Memnon I*2o. Baires 2123. Benledl 33 24. Rajah Brooke 25 3«. Berfkalls
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  • 85 12 MELBOfRNE Wed INVFSTMENTS mere traded «t pri-es on :he S<o«k Tx- hanse tixtay. Leaders *hn<v«l no lenne*l trend Bales volume mas nr>rmil as buyers continued to (operate vith Kieai j*lectl\lty Inrr>iv>r" and dividends are bemc *Tud»ed rloaely. prtcej o. •r'.'-c'ia io:t> Ctl li/lU4I m P»D»r W Con** Inrt
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  • 95 12 R\ibber Rained flve-eighths of a cent on the Sincapore maket ye.«terday. April first grade closing at 73 3 cents a jvnir.d The Tiarket was on the outrt side mainly confined to short covering activities with not murh offtake reported. Business opened around 74' a rents, slipped away to
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  • 83 12 sine a purr Chlnrtr Prndnrp l\rhan»r Nona pnres per pxul were: Copra biixers Ml. f.«b. sellers 542 s'eady Cmmr oil »«S', vllers. «•<■«>• Pepper Muntok «hitp. »595 »»llrrs. Sarawak f.SM <unrh«n2ed>. Lampnns bia k *.S2O tup tl0>; r>\ersea* Inquiry bu' no business repor'ed l>wfci and "Vat Clos| n
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  • 20 12 The price of .in In Singapore vrytrrday was rirrlTrnd at $472 50 a picul. down 62 j cents.
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  • 56 12 MFXBOrRNE. Wed. Wool was acaln 'ligh"'-- deirer at sydney mle« 'nday the marke* car!' shn^ins remiv a 2.- per rent rl*e for all descriptions The Inrrea.v bilnc etirren" averaer" to the rushed neak< pjßec In 'he 1950 1951 *eason The Melhourr* Tarlce' »»s p tts to firmer
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  • 16 12 Jclehu Tin Dreiglne Ltd. orodurrd 816 piruU of tin-orp-in D«»rembt?r. January and February
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  • 104 12 From Oar Own Correspondrnt LONDON. Wed. ONE aim of the International Tin Study Group now meeting here i«. expected to be a thorough review of the world statistical position of tin and the probable future demand. Informed trade quarter* in London take the riew that murh
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  • 94 12 NEW YORK. Wed ON THE Stork Exchanßf \r»»-r--day mo:orv oils rails led M to rr<overic« f up 'o one point cr v> »i'h improvr>mer.t far Ir fr>w hlßh-pric»(l i<-*u*^ Terhnl^al ronxtdrration- played thrlr p«rt 'r-gf'hfr »»'h the belief that Bloadajr'i reai'lon to Ruwlan pear* talk appeared o\«-rrionr
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  • 76 12 Thr Mnlayan Exrh»n«p Bank, AjßactettOß made The Mlo-,ir.g rhanßtH in Hi rates 'o merchants ve*terfi CANADA bn-tns TT 3J S 1«. air mail OD 32 7 90 <Ur* M 11 1H iu»llins TT. or OD 33. ready On thr> (rer> fxrnansf mark*" In H"ne Knrg vr>«tfr^a^ 'he V
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    • 1159 12 m- ri^. 1 MANSFIELD A CO., LTD. T AN atmjr BLUB rVMMBL LIMB DapH Carrier,' oattaa ta proceed «ta ethar part, fa laad and dfwHanM caraa SAILINGS tn LIVIRPOOL GLASGOW. LONDON 4 CONTININTAL PORTS Bjßi Soil* P S'hcm Pervjrv] Palr.«i»i *or M^iinnd Lonrlon »"U«T Mnmrai'o ma Mar 28 Mantar 6
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    • 596 12 BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD. Far U K /CONTINtNT S pora P $■>*** ••nong Bannr^i, <-- I r-rpool. In Part 28/ M Mar tt'l'di L--- 1 A»»warp C 21/14 27/2* Mar. 10 Mar/ 1 Apr Be-<n|jc- Onoo Liverpool. o 20Mar/4Aar. I 7 Apr. 8/10 Apr Brnla»er, •->» Hi^ra. London, 12/lßApr. 10/21
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    • 582 12 EAST ASIATIC LMME SAILINGS FROM SCANPINAVIAN/U K /CONTINtNT S'pert P Shorn P*-Vs«g "Irria" IB* B<j«YjV<>k 'not tarry ma 8/ 7 Apr "Malara" M»'bn<ima. BNO| 14 IS Apt 11/11 Apr 10/10 Aar "Annam' t— F Ik-w1 k-w h— ,-|kona ••'nn 1 K-b* >, Vo- IS/17 Apr 11/14 Apr 10/11 Apr "P»«tar»a"
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    • 1122 12 McALISTER «s CO., LTD. TIL Na SfOa BLLBRMAH Ok BOCBMAU I KLAVEHESS LDfB LONBON. HAVRI. ROTTIRDAM 4 I HAMBUR6 lOS ANStItS. SAN M «'J" PORTLANO MATT' I ft VANCOUVIR ana for USA North AtWw«».c Port» and Conorto >n Colombo Accrptma caraa far Caatral "CITt 0» MAMCHUTIR" t A«Nrr*aaa Part* S'pora
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  • 339 13  -  KPSO.M JEKP By DRY SPELL MAKES THE GOING FIRM irOH. Wednesday. ]>KK.\K DKKIiV prohuhle Snapdragon, with Gordon I^insdoun astride, galloped with gusto on the training track hero this morning. Breaking from the mile post, this six-year-old son of The Phoenix stretched out stylishly all the
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  • 240 13 SPOTTING THE WINNERS H\ MMMMJ JUP MY ten to follow at th.^ Perak Tt;if Club's Ea.ster meet;!'.!' are: MJBaaaati Fur the p. A name and genuine :ne-v<-ar-o:d M af otr.santiii.i Maya n he -.rtuinped in :ar Ha i- al mm Mk 1 o In !<e..is ttrM B>(. Ri^ht peak Show
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  • 94 13 I IMfIR W.hl in, DaHai atatai Ir.foimal<n Sor-. lre heT# ha« received frotr. WaxlilnjCon a rr.mber of 1« M V t11m.% on '.nr use for i ::ml f<; ,«rfv: only The fllmji h ifV > 1 »iue and help :o dfmor *•;.■■< •»'rr»l pnlntji ronneried
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  • 73 13 All tho.»e who h.ivr b>*en briefed la plsv f >r Slncaporr ae.iln.-' Selitnsor in Ihe first ln'T-o.t'r r-trket m.Vrh of 'hr r i n '•> M p!»\-^l In Ku.ila Iv rr pur on Apr 4 arut S. are mk«rt to attend .i rrrrune whirh will he h'"lrt ll
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  • 37 13 N IM'.HD Mi* OHCAOBI a: SKA Wed 1 ill :l!t> r C\y!i>n ThL- was anaoaacad by -hr tp.mi loaa) bUb Hrn liner t'\o Kn m.in:le. T»i» ■kin In CV-. lull in MMM
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  • 49 13 MAI ACCA. Wed. On Batvr(l iv -he K- .tl.i Lunm F !Vp«i- rl to Ma] :r nlav «t.m<' BJh PcdTPl I C Dep.it Klilc-off will I p.m. In 'he e\eninj a dance will be rrM a- Urn MaMJ Sers Knll. in aid of thr Pniire Welfare Fund.
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  • 18 13 I ONDON. Wen -Rochdale beat Bradfo-d City 2-1 ye«ieTd:iy In a Third Division iN'i Irajue Matdk
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  • 47 13 IONDON. «>•!. PB UI.VTKR rodr Hi lMth winner of the HM-M National Hunt season \p\lrrdav to equal thr rrrord set up heforr World War II by Frrd Krrs Winter should easily break thr rnorl sinrr thr xrason ha* anolhrr Rrt wrrki to run. XT.
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  • 105 13 MELBOURNE. Wed. rF. Virtoiian Promier. Mr John din. today announced hi.s MMMrBMMaWI BCCMMtnce u( the Commonwealth Oovenuaent'i oflcr of a <Ai rL'.iiOU.UUO loan to |MM tIH building of an Olvmplc vtUafU for Hal 103 C Canics In Melbourne. Ihe nnnotiiu ement l>elle\ed here to have rriuo\ed the
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  • 368 13 SINGAPORE MOTOR (I ÜBS fourih post-war hill climb, t<> be held at thr Oap vii Sun- day. Apr 5. hax attracted 65 entries and although it includes only two Frdrrati<m roaipeUtocs. it should afford sprrtatora a jwkl days sport This meet is .ill the
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  • 657 13 Both Guineas with two fillies om MAN imri.s TO win By A Sprtial (orres|M»ndent LONDON, Wednesday. 'PHI odds against an owner landing a (iuinras dot:hlr with two fillies is not so remote. .Mr. Jark (irrbrr is abroad just now. When he rrts home be has a pretty problem to solve.
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  • 105 13 LONDON. Wrd ljy)R five weeks no ra;n ha- fallen on the Auitre* com where the Grand National ilctpleclMM wU be rw on Saturday, and unl»»>s rr>i conicN sck)ii the world's toughest horse race will be tougher than ev<-r. ir mliM, tS< It 'lip
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 507 13 m By Appninlmrnl Gin DUUIrPrm t U the laU Kln« *r Qmnji vi ■■4"\ at- Tan^merty. t If i Is < m Gordons Stutds Sup'U^mJi Bomirzo iLml Sincapere Ku.n.i Lumpur Ipoh Penang. STRAITS STEAMSHIP CO. LTD. MIRI NORTH BORNEO SERVICE AS I ROM 3.4J3L the regular weekly \isscl ol the
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    • 272 13 ////^^l^«jbbV it i if////l//rff/h 'ffrli yt 'ftfj/n 11/flnKßßwu\ VvS^H^ j/lli Oj V -ft. THE GREYS V 2)t? Luxe VIRGINIA J "^T /Itu*H**f***n tin* SINCAPORI 75 ctt Tin of 20 J arUittati 85 cf» Tin o! 20 PRESTCOLD-Special Prices! SCALED POWER UNII GUARANTEED 5 YEARS MODEL L7I MOl/w P«TJ 7 5
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  • All the Business Houses soccer
    • 423 14 Sime Darby 2; Pulau Kukom 1. A (i()OI) crowd saw Sime Darby Sports Club take their chances to edge luckless Pulau Kukom S.C. by the odd goal of three in a fast and spirited Business Houses Division One game
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    • 80 14 Ihe results of al! Smcapore BuMiies* House; FA. ties pia; ed >-e»terday are: DIVISION A M. Airways a H.K. Bank A 1 3 simr l>arby Pulau Bukom I Sianvac M.F.H. 2 IHMsItIN B W. i.i.l. Rk I .1 (•ulhrie I l.( .1. a Mi. -trirs 3 NTS. Ii
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    • 200 14 Param saves game for Stanvac SC QTAMVAC x-ere li.i ky t., hold M.ili\.in PMHaaMai Hooat to I dr. Mon came »l the S^C paU.nn- yesterday. Tl^r PMHan «>re a l.is;er and .mi h.id that foT»«ru> pOKx-jsed morr ;1.. AlJioi..:. (< ,k -h r inttiaU t :ro.n the k:. oil their
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    • 50 14 I.ONIXJN Wh! I!,e I were tofll lit s foot I Inlrr-Leatur: S«i/'t)i Fooball Uf Ii IM Olastow. Ml I: Bla k.mol 0 CatdifT 1 Mas Vi:i.i i s-,*,. M. in :ies:er i Tottenlnm 2 My. K.fr'i.i: 3 Ftilham 3 liiv. 3ist: Ipavtrta n I iton or 1 Renter.
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    • 35 14 The n: <! n a 1 h Ijet-een Tlonvn>:.k B :md H: adeKlunk ;b BRMHJVI for !he SHB .r. 'inrt yesterday «.iv c.il!c-d ofl a< ".e -"'mc! «..s no* rr :-k»c! fcr^lay
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    • 31 14 rOOAV: Mi h 0731 .Tl 1 and 2147 •5 1 and 1508 <1 t< TOMORROW: 111 -h 0901 i7A> (7J»; Low 0331 i 4 3i and ;.'.".3 1 1.6
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    • 202 14 By Our Boxing Krportfr I>FFEREE Eric Dunsford has act *pted an offer to handle the bi« liuht between Isimeli Radrodro and Vulande Pompee at the Happy World stadium on Friday. Apr. 3. Mcl Brown, coloured American Bfhter, ha.s offered to help Hadrotlro in
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    • 480 14 The Junior Matches 4 (iKANI) last-minute effort by (iuthrie Sports lub rnnblrd them to beat Imperial Chemical Industries S.C. by a solitary coal in their Div. B match at River Valley Road. The MM was played at a very fast pace with each side attacking
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    • 200 14 11/ITH the •tnrteej 081 MM and KM Vas'. Hong Kor.e Bank A playing their came of the season. p:o\ed too g<o^ !nr M.iUv.in Air»a\s »horn they BMU 3-i In Slnvapor. Bu-ine^v Hi u»es Dt^ A match at n ye-'.rrday. E\.;j- :.>r a f«-»
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    • 30 14 The anniul seneral mee'lns of the Anglo Chlne*e School Old Bey% Amwk l.itlon will be held at the Coleman Street Chapel Hall at S 30 :> m. tom<»rri
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    • 540 14  -  Jerry Seletar Sport ...by 'THE Imperial Services BoxUik 1 Champlonihit* will be held at II M S Terror the preliminary bouts on the 9th. and the fin.il- on April 10 I To represent the RAF. the undermentioned ha\e been selectedThe lix Ail. enlisted flyweight. I.U
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    • 106 14 A TEAM .if nine >oun>- Diilrh vwiii.rr.erv bdwreu the aveo of 14 «nd 17 fnnn the Standard Vacuum awiinmlnic Club In Pile>>, 6. in. li.donr-ila lil uk» part In a Youth* ;>« lii. mini; rompeMtlon orv»i'tse«l by (lir Sinrapore Swimming Club In SliiKapure durim; Naf Bisier
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    • 41 14 Grounded but safe and sound GOALKEEPn l.loyd <>f Malayan Air«a>v. gathers th,. ball safelx i> In- bj ih.il I leinecl by a llonx Ri-iu Hank forward in a Business Housrs F..V in. iii h at deylanc stadium >rsterday. Straits Times pitturr
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    • 64 14 mOVAI. Am a> ln« 1 HN ■.i •in Ixi: EMF at N> hi If pli.v la KEME. «ho led 1-0 the intei ihn >.il 'ir Srh'-o 1 h*« RBMI h;.rd preyed nnd e<vi;«]i' uu ttnnr. en '.hmuKh N.iravarnn. I v... 411 F:Ar> md had In bt vitlxfW!
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    • 29 14 I.INCOIN W. '»on the lir-olnshlre H Fa«tpei Ho )c v. Clrrlf third P Be-tlnc 100-8 &.Umc iOf.-R Rock M-l I Cir'le Mahal .-id Harap're nere r-l in- i
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    • 311 14 DOUBTS ON A NEW RULE APPARr.NTI.Y one of t pr<>tr«\'.«ivr itlea.< of Sii.iMiHirr ClieM As&ociaXU mi murh admired by vc crickrt rcrxirtrr. 1% to arid the Laws of Cricket < not t rtilrv please i an additioi ■ay ot Im-iur out »ith< 1,,,11,, r,,u. t. iiilisnlt t Marylebone Crick*. Cli
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 515 14 CLASSIFIED ADS. Continued from Page «i sm-ATIONS VACANT tXPRirN( T.D Sun'vr.ipi t serret»rv reqmrof< K I l"irnpean firm. Permanen' ricwlllnn V.ir.int I"'h April Fu'Tushed bungalow provldrd. nominal rent, provident preferred Knowrnclneerlng terms a rccnrrmendatlon. Write Box A 1230 K I ROOK KKEPEH required for Ser- I »lre in i r
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    • 857 14 WANTED TO PURCHASE A HECONDHANn seeing machine in eood condition. Must be t'llknovn make. Particulars to Box Nn A 7016. ST. HOISKS ti LAND r'OR SALE FREEHOLD land with main road frontage and godovn In Buklt llmah Road miles stone about 25.00 A sq. ft. with vacant possession. Itox No.
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    • 101 14 Ejiv h m Ihr' ->4ing. Single anaaatkai twitch. AnlomilK loop former. 400 »cc» »eel». 500 wait limp Motor rewind AC or DC 110-250 VolH. S->> Agents Gammeter,, /.frf^ jg cnllver Quay. Sin V apnr,—i il I/ afar I M^~~an^^ T^aaaaT 1^^ Wj z 9vv b^LhsssbF trith Bandspread fS /X Motor
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 101 14 SIM < IR >»H l>l\ I IsaW kuii Raia v I'iiUu Kiim al .Ulan Krsjr lII lAI SihU %I- v K ML., al <;<-<- -b'n SrlrUr I < v UonderUds al < VM\. DIV. 3B: Jollilad% v IndUn Iti ..ih.-ilMH.il al RUIN V MK\I( In II \l.l I IH\ I:
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