The Straits Times, 11 April 1953

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    12 1 EMmblukcJ 1845. TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE. SATURDAY. APRIL 11. 1953. it 15 CENTS
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    Siamese get ready for the Reds
    153 1 Siamese get ready for the Reds BANGKOK. Fri. The Ministry of the Interior has ordered al! govern ment offlrrvs in the northern provinces to make arrangements to srnd important official document* to Bangkok in ca.^e of a Communist invasion TtiLs »;cs revealed Uxi.iv by M;ii -Gin. ML Karb KunDirector -General
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    SPY RING SMASHED, SAY W. GERMANS
    79 1 35 arrests, and more to come BONN. Friday. II'EST German police reported today they ha smashed a hme spy ring working for the Com numists In industrial plants. Thirty-fiv,. arrests had been more »rrr to come. Spit-s wen lammed by an .•jn called The
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    DEAD MAN FOUND j IN A SACK
    80 1 DEAD MAN FOUND j IN A SACK KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. pOLICL today found the body of a Chinese man wrapped in a gunny sack at the Chinese cemetery near Kuala Lumpur airport. A police spokesman said thai the man had been murdered recently and that his identity was not yet
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    British chief
    44 1 leaves fcuez CAIRO, Fri Central Sir I nander-in-Cluei Middle East Land Canal Z'>m> beatfquarteri by a;r for London today. It wa.s reliably learned that he would have consultations a: the War Oflice on the eva<"i.i ion of British For •> canal zone Reutcr
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    Red peace move 'just tactics'
    57 1 BOMBAY Fn Mr Walter J idd. a. member of the United h. pn n Affairs i i nutter, said here today that ih change In Russian and Chili' towards ,hKorean war wa.s nut genuine, but a taitical move H. said the changr in their attitude
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    Clash in front of Majlis
    38 1 TEHERAN. Fri About 100 pro-Shah demonstrators clash, ed with an equal number of Government supporters in front of the Majlis today Ten people were injured. Six of the pro-Shah group were arrested— UP.
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    Dr. Wu resigns
    22 1 TAIPEH. Fri Gen Chlans Kai-shek today accepted thr resignation of Dr. K C. Wu as Governor of Formosa.- Reuter
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    'AXE' URGED IN RUBBER
    304 1 Templer is advised to eliminate smallholders KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. > KN TEMPLER has been advised to eliminate rubber smallholders for the political and 1 economic security of the country the Straits Times was told today. The advice was given to the Hiuh Commiv ■ioner by Mr.
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    Commissioner Lord freed
    47 1 TOKYO. Fri-Pyongyang Radio today announced that Commissioner Herbert Lord, of the Salvation Army and formerly of Singapore, was one seven British citizens handed to the Russians for release. They had been captured by the North Koreans at the start of the Korean war. UP.
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    Quake in Greece
    34 1 ATHENS. Fri. -Eighty-seven of 94 hones were destroyed by an earthquake in th* village of Gheroplatanos In Eplrus. nor-'-hrrn Greece, it was reported today. Only one injury was reported A P
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    Nair and Samad report to the C.I.D.
    529 1 Nair and Samad report to the C.I.D. FREE— BUT THEY WOULDN'T SIGN THE two newly-released Singapore detaineesMr. C. Devan Nair ant Inche Abdul Samadstarted their first con-ditionally-free day yesterday by reporting to the C.I.D. headquarters in Robinson Road. They were told to report back at the Special Branch next Friday
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    'AP 'SHOP WINDOW SHIP SAILS IN
    134 1 SOMETHING NEW in trade promotion floated into Singapore yesterday from Japan It was a 2 .5M-piece exhibition of the products of Japan's Hyogo prefecture, all screwed down in two large storerooms in a new Japanese ship, the OS.X. Use's MiyoUma Maru. This "floating shop
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    REUNION WITH FIANCEE
    25 1 RELEASED DETAINEE. Mr. C. Devan Nair with his fiancee. Miss A. Dtiinam. yesterday, after reporting to thr Special Branch. Straits Times picture.
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    Fight breaks out in court—knife wrested from man
    255 1 Fight breaks out in court knife wrested from man KUALA M'MPI'R. Frtday. A FIGHT broke out in the Kuala Lumpur First Magistrate's Court today between a man charged rith robbery and his alleged victim. Spectators scattered as 21 -year-old carpenter. .«ong Thim Swee. grabbed the heavy stool he had teen
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    A whale of a smile from the whalers
    82 1 CATC TOWN, i-Yi.— RuMias lii ship whaling fleet came back to Table Bay yesterday bringing sunn? smiles and warm greetinrs. in striking contrast to the 1 rigid formality of their visit on the way out some month* ago. Press reports said photographer*
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    New hope for Chinese minorities
    151 1 New hope for Chinese minorities LONDON, Fri The ChinestPeoples Republic was encouraging its minorities for th»« first time in their history to hope lor a fair deal, the London Times said today. The minorities problem in China was a good deal mort complicated than in the Soviet Union, this paper
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    Fijians here until 1956
    52 1 SUVA. FM The Fijian Regiment In Malaya will remain overseas until 1956. the Governor. Sir Ronald Garvey. announced tonight Sir Ronald said the decision followed a request by the Secretary of State for the Colonies supported by the High Commt>«ioner of Malaya. Gen. Sir Gerald Tern
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    Strike continues
    33 1 COLOMBO, rri. Ten thousand strikers, threatened with dismissal unless they returned to work today on 12 Europeanowned Ceylon tea estates, are to stay on strike, it was announced in Colo-nbo Reuter
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    NOW HE KNOWS WHY...
    58 1 NEW DELHI. Fri A puzzled wandering sadhu (holy man) learned belatedly In hospital here why a village mob beat him after he cave the tradi- ttonal blessing "May you be the mother of seven sons" to a housewife who fed htm The housewife- who led tht
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    REDS SUBMIT A PLAN THAT COULD END WAR
    354 1 REDS SUBMIT A PLAN THAT COULD END WAR Interpreters rush to draft sick P.O.W. exchange pact ■VHNSAN. Friday. THE Communists in a day of fast breaking develop merits today submitted a detailed nlan for the over all exchange of war prisoners last big barrier to a Korean armistice as Allied
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    2 killed in car, bus collision
    103 1 KAJANG. Fri TWO people wfre klilrd and twr iterlnusly injured in a motor arrid* nt today »t the 17 I vn'.W Mnne KajangSemenylh R A car in which the tour were travelling collided with a bus Mr C. R Howitt. of the chief arys
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    No politics for Govt. workers
    55 1 KHARTOUM Fn The in Executive Council today called on all Government (workers ;o resign merr.brr.^hiD lof political parties by th< md of April The council decided tiia" no public servant of the Sudan Government >hall be a political mrrnb<r .>: allow hi f to be
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    Ships collide in Keppel Harbour
    27 1 The Anglo-Saxon P. tr< .:n tanker Kantjil and the 8i hi| collided in Kepp-l Harbour. Singapore on Thursday night. wen reported ■J
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      515 2 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS MALAYAN TEACHERS' TRAINING COLLEGE KIR KIM ENGLAND THIRD COI*KSE APPLICATIONS sre Invited from •uitably qualified young men snd women who are Federal ClUaens to undergo the Third Training Courae at the Malayan Teachers' Training College at Klrkbj. England. 2. The courae will commence In Reotemb«r. 1953. snd last
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      537 2 PUBUC APPOINTMENTS I THERE are vacancies for meaj teachers lr training In English School at Ute Malay College. Kuala Kftngsar. (a) Candidates for appolntment must be Federal Cltlsens between 17 aad 33 years of age who have pasaed the Cambridge School Certificate Examination Ora.ce I or 11. with a credit
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      507 2 NOTICES THE Of KUALA LUMPUR PI BI 1< NOTICE n Is notified for public Informs- tlon that a licence must be obtain- i J ad for the display of any adTertlse- meat within the Municipal Area. ThU requirement applies to sny type of advertUement aad Includes the affixing of bills
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      80 2 NOTICES NOTICE Sponsored by Singapore Stnhalene ftaimclatlon. a "Oet together' party will be bald at OH Cafe. Battrnr Road. Singapore, on the 13th April 1963. at S3O p.m. to celebrate Binhaleae New Year. All Slnhaless r 'OITIv* NOTICE IOYAL SOCIETY OF ST. GEORGE (Stngspore Branch) The Annual Dinner aad Dance
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    Lambsin church
    58 3 Lamb* Irni by a local farmer »rrr I ikrn to a ■yastel children srrvirr at Si Mary« churrh. Kromlrv Kent. The *crvioc was mainly conducted by thr children I In m ■Hrn and had the Ihrmr The <.imml shrph.rd Ahove. the vicar, thr Rr» J K.rir Iliiihro greets
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    TWO PLANES CRASH
    41 3 HALIFAX. Nova Scotia Fri -~Two Royal Canadian navil re reported to have cr.i^l n the air over Xhc water \r Rorkingham latr last .Hunt Nival rraft. helicopters an;! o f hrr planes started sear^hinc for the wreckage Renter
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    AT U.N.—Russians 'go further than ever'
    268 3 AT U.N.— Russians 'go further than ever' NEW YORK, Friday. THE Western powers are hoping the Soviet Union will five a practical demonstration of its declared readiness to go "half way" on disarmament when the United Nations Disarmament Commission meets probably next month. One well-informed source said today that Mr
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    PEACE: It's in the air in Moscow
    198 3 BERLIN. Fri. NINE American editors arrived in Berlin by train last night after a seven-day visit to Moscow, "overwhelmed" by Soviet peace talk and I hospitality. There was so much emphasis on peace you could almost sec it in the air," 1 Mr.
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    The senor writes to Peron—then shoots himself
    234 3 The senor writes to Peron then shoots himself Bt'EN'OS AIRES. Friday. OEXOR Juan Duarte, 39-year-nld brother of the late Eva Peron and former private secretary' to President Peron. shot himself today because of a "rumour campaign" against him. He died a few hours after he had heard his former chief
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    'Sinking'SOS from ship
    41 3 THE hAOUE. rrl— The Finnish steamer Angela. 491-toni. spnt out an SOS saying she was sinking and needed immediate assistance, the Netherlands news agency reported The Angela said her position was off the west coast of Scotland —Reuter
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    Serious threat, says Guatemala
    99 3 NEW YORK. Fri /GUATEMALA has complaln- ed to the United Nations and the Security Council about the intention of certain International political circles to Interfere openly" in her domestic affairs The Ouatemalan Foreign Minister. Mr Paul Osrgueda. wrote that his Government wished "to place on record
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    Cultural ties
    21 3 WASHINOTON. Fri —The United States and West Germany today concluded an agreement to Improve cultural relations between them Reuter.
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    Attlee better
    24 3 LONDON, Fri— Mr. Clement Attlee. 70. has made a good recovery from a recent operation for appendicitis, and left hospital today —Reuter.
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    LESS TENSION-the hope of Mr. Dag
    117 3 NEW YORK. Friday. MR. Dag Hammarskjoeld who new here Iron Sweden today to take up his post as new Secretary General of the United Nations told reporters h< tension." His predecessor In office Mi Tryeve Lie sat at his sidi while Mr Hammarskjoeli opened
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    Envoy returns
    29 3 MOSCOW. Fr) 8:r Alvory OascnlKne. British Ambassador to Mi 'scow returned here today fmm London where he had talks last week with Mr. Eden the Foreign Secretary.—Reuter
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    Greece devalues
    21 3 ATHENS Fr: Greece has devalued her currency, doubling the value of the pound sterling and the American dollar Reuter
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    The champagne lias gone to her head
    46 3 THIS champaenr bottle with popping cork and flo-wer-decorated ire- bucket was one of the Easter bonnets to be seen in Hyde Park. I n(Io n. It belongs to a *howffirl from the r italic Res t a urant London.
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    Thorez has a special rail coach
    165 3 Jl.l MONT Northern France. Fri. MR. Maurice Thoret, Secretary General of the French Communist Party, returned to France today after a health vMt to the Soviet Union which lasted more than two ymrs. He crossed the Belgian frontlet into France at Jenmwnt on board
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    LONDON STOCKS
    243 3 LONDON. Ftt. 'TWERE appeared to bt S gsaorsi ahl/tlnt of interest among Far ■sstsrn tasusa on the London Stark Exchange today. JapsnoM were nominally a UMM better but ttosre maa another attback In ChlfMsc folkxrtnt further «dverat prca* comment. Among commodities rubber* were steadier and many cheap buyer*
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    LONDON TIN
    24 3 LONDON. April U Cash Buyers £795: Sellers CMS: Forward Buyers £77.5. Sellers £7M: Settlement IBte (down Cl*>. Turnover a.m. 140. p.m. 11*.
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    LONDON RUBBER
    35 3 IXJNDON Aprtl 10 Spot 20d May 20d June 30d July-Sept 2u .d Ort-Dec 2Cd J«n -M»r 19.d Apr elf. 29 ,d. May nl 19 .d Jan rtf 19.d Tone Fully Meady Sellers renervtd.
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    S. Rhodesia votes for Federation
    92 3 S. Rhodesia votes for Federation ALISBURY. Fri SOUTHERN Rhodesia's acceptance of Central Arican Federation the plan to weld three vast British territories into one was assured today. 1 when the final count was made in yesterdays referendum. Approval of the scheme by Southern Rhodesia is expected to be followed by
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      205 3 FEEL LIKE A LIFT? try S.C.S. TEA .r COFFEE Breakfast, lunch and dinner-time are only three of the occasions when you should always serve S.C.B. f oa or coffee Think of all the times durtnjs the day you feel tired and listless that's when S.C.S. tea or coffee will really
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    Gave $6,000 cheque—then vanished
    76 4 Gave $6,000 cheque then vanished A CHINESE walked into jewellers shop in Hlgl Street. Singapore, and orde: rd 22 expensive wrist watch--and a diamond ring amounting to $6,044 He asked that the goods be iellvered to an address in ross Street. When the goods were sent, the Chinese wrote out
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    Disastrous to ignore the workers, planters told
    295 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Friday. MEETING of the Malayan Planting: Industries Employers* Association was told last night that there would be a catastrophe if they continued to strain relationships with plantation workers. The warning was given to thp executive committee of the association by Mr.
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    Blood bank reserves getting low
    130 4 Blood bank reserves getting low THE Singapore blood bank with a "safe" reserve of 100 bottles of blood, a week's supply— has been as low as 25 bottles in recent weeks. The medical officer in charge of the Singapore blood transfusion service. Dr. MMH Oibson-Hlll told the Straits Times yesterday
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    Acquitted on outrage charge
    69 4 Pakirisami Thirumani. a dealer in sundry goods, was acquitted by Mr Choor Sing the Singapore Third Police Magistrate, yesterday of a charge of outraging the modesty of a married woman who lived In a room above his store in Crare Road on Dec 28 The court
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    41 British now
    19 4 Forty-one people were recently granted certificates of naturalisation by the Governor of Singapore. Sir John Nicoll
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    Malaya heads relief donors
    38 4 With a donation of $178,140 1.0.7 M Malaya topped the sixth list of world-wide contributors to the British Flood Relief Fund. The lists are pu-Dii.-hed by the Lord Mayor of London, in the Times.
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    SUCH A RUSH FOR MR. KANDASAMY
    195 4 Just in time to catch plane MR. G. Kandasamy. secretary of the Singapore Post and Telegraph Workers" Union, had to rush away from one important appointment to keep another yesterday. He waUed out in the middle of the pay dispute arbitration meeting between hi^
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    DEBTOR GETS CONDITIONAL DISCHARGE,
    80 4 DEBTOR GETS CONDITIONAL DISCHARGE, MR B A. Malial. who has been a bankrupt for i» niontns. was granted a conditional d.scharge by the Chief Justice, oir Char.es Murray-Ayns.ey. in Singapore ti.gn Court yesterday. judgment was entered against the debtor for $10,000. to be payable in monthly instalments of $500. Mr
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    He's off to Britain
    26 4 He's off to Britain MR KANDASAMY. secretary of the Singapore Post and Telegrapa Workers' I'nion. boarding a bus for the plane to Britain. Straits Times picture
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    Three-to-one seat bill
    66 4 A BILL compelling proprietors to provide at least one seat behind the counter for ever? thref uiiim-n shop assistants |s to be introduced in the Singapore Lrrialative Council. The bill Seats for Shop Assistants Ordinance 1953 provides a finr not exceeding SM for the first offence and
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    Prayer meeting
    39 4 o Swami Vamadevanda president of the Ramakr.shnd Mission. Singapore will hold, i prayer meetir» and lecture on "Hindu Philosophy" at the M:ssio n premses. in Norr:Road, this evening at 6.30 The meeting is open to the public.
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    Rubber tax relief is urged
    350 4 Rubber tax relief is urged KUALA LUMPUR. Frt. THE price of rubber wa» now down to a level where a few cents In- j crease or decrease would mean the difference be-| tween making a small profit or loss, Mr. H. H. Facer, retiring president of the United Planting Association
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    Girl, 4, died after scalding
    112 4 Girl, 4, died after scalding 4 MOTHER whi, heard her Infant daughter cry. rushed into the kitchen and found that the child had tipped a pot of boiling water over herself ThU was told to the Singapore Coroner. Mr. Giam Chang Hing. at the inquest or Wont; Moi Jin. aped
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    Piano recital
    27 4 Th, celebrt.ted French concert pianist Louis Kertner will make hi, debut In SiiiJ" I>ore tomorrow niftht with a Pianoforte m-.ta> at the Victoria Memorial Hall
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    JAP LINE RE-OPENING SERVICE TO BRITAIN
    143 4 rE sixth and latest pa&srnger freighter to be put on the OS.X Lines Japan-Bouth Africa -South America service, the 7 .203- tor. Miyotama Maru arrived in Singapore yesterday on her rgaicen voyage to th* Colony The Miyotama Maru. which took only six months to
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    They flew in from All over world
    255 5 AIRLINERS brought important people and pretty girh Into Singapore yesterda> from all over the world. MR. CHESTER BOWLES, former I mtrd States Ambassador to India, arrived by SXM Constellation from Jakarta. He had dinner with Gen. Sir Gerald Templer in Kuala Lumpur. He
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    Her house was a brothel
    55 5 Lecng Vong Moi. who pleaded guilty to permitting her house to be used as a brothel, was fined $100 by Mr J B Jeyaratnam in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday She also pleaded guilty to living on the immoral earnings of women, and was
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    NEW TRIAL ORDERED ON MURDER CHARGE
    194 5 Judge rebukes assessors IPOH. Friday. DETIRINO for 10 minutes after two assessors had returned a finding of "not Ruilty". Mr. Justice Thomson today ordered a retrial of Kalimuthu. 38 who was charged with murdering a woman named Pappa at Kroh on Aug. 31. The
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    She forgot to put up 'L' plates
    81 5 She forgot to put up 'L' plates rREE months after obtaining; her provisional dTiving licence. Huang Yee was found driving a car without "L" plates .n Tiong Bahru Road. Singapore. Inche A. W. Ghows. the magistrate, asked her. "Do you consider yourself a good driver after only three months?" Huang
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    Replacements arrive
    42 5 More than 700 troops, replacements for the Bervlces in Singapore and the Federation, arrived In Singapore yesterday in the troopship Lancashire. About half were Royal Air Force men. The Lancashire also brought 200 Service wives and children to the Colony.
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    A variety of cargo
    60 5 A variety of cargo The British-owned freighter, the 7.138 ton Elm Hill, which arrived in Singapore yesterday from the Chinese port of Taku Bar. is bound for European ports with over 8.000 tons of general cargo. The cargo Includes hemp peanuts, bristles and wool. Therr will be a mixed Civilians
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    Final flood gift sent
    46 5 Gifts to the Singapore British Flood Relief Fund totalled $222,085. The second and nnai donat.on of $136,371 was sent yesterday to the Lord Mayor of London's National Flood and Tempest Distress Fund Tho first donation of £10.000 $85,714) was sent last month.
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    Nitrate for Russia
    47 5 The Russian freighter Kuzbass arrived in Singapore yesterday, with a cargo of 3.753 tons of nitrate for the Russian ports of Korsakov 1 and Vladivostock. The ship, which is from the Latvian port of Riga, will take on bunkers, water and provisions in Singapore.
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    Owed $685 tax
    37 5 Na; Kang Chwee. who owes the Comptroller of Income Tax. Singapore. $685. the balance on a Judgment debt, was adjudicated a bankrupt by the Chief Justice. Sir Charles Murray-Aynsley. in the High Court yesterday.
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    $1,305 for school
    30 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Tri.— A sum of $1,305 wag collected from the showing of "Mandy" at the CapitoC Cinema in aid of the Federation Bchool for the Deaf.
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    Threw acid on man, son: gaoled
    131 5 rnnN MOON was sentenced In the First Criminal Dtetrict Court yesterday to 18 months' gaol for throwing acid on Chug Chai Choon and his son. Chn« Kirn Tat. on Not 16. at Tras Street. B»njjapore. Leon* Ah Men* was also I sentenced to 18
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    HOMAGE TO THE QUEEN IS THEME OF JUNE RALLY
    360 5 HOMAGE to the Queen from the peoples of the Commonwealth will be the theme of a pageant to be staged at th« mammoth youth rally in Jalan Resar Stadium on June 1 during Coronation Week, said a spokesman of the Singapore
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    Three had burglars' implements
    169 5 Three had burglars' implements HPHREE men wer found vlt)l M. housebreaking implements when their car was stopped and searched in a securit\ check at Thomson Road. Singapore, at 6 20 am on Mar. 14 Police Lieut I W Matheu.* told the Sixth Police Court this yesterday when Chow Fook Cheong.
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    RIDA in Johore
    24 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Frt. RIDA will this year spend $53,000 on ma tor industrial schemes and $30,000 on minor schemes in Johore.
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    DEATH
    20 6 WHITE Squadron -Loader CT. WMta MBE passed away sui^lenly en Bth April at Chanfl RAP Hospital *vtA 43 years.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    34 6 MRS F A WHITE \nd son thank the Commanding OOcer Offlrerk and men Seletax RAF and fr!enri« for the xvmpathcUc rnew-tge* !n their ber«ave.mr. t and lor the beautiful floral i t-.h i:c*
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    63 6 FX MEMBERS of thr V Innrajtrr Reclment «l*hlng tr Mend a re-union on St Oeorie' D I oulrt Inform RSM 4A AmpanK Rotid. K I MfcV selections inaterni' Jni; rirrsaes from $22. all m ithiib;?. ro two alike. Customers i<n lr. terisls marie up by fr t rr. .:>rlnc
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    The Straits Times Singapore. Sat, Apr. 11. 1953. A Blow At The Smallholder
    721 6 The Straits Times Singapore. Sat Apr. 11. 1953. A Blow At The Smallholder Rubber is "big business" and in it there j j no room for the smallholder. He should be e,im:nated. This is bold and revolutionary advice, unacceptihlr- without a very much more exhaustive study than Mr. T. S.
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    The Dulles Affair
    533 6 A little u-ire crossing h»% added sensation to an apparently authorised summary of possible remarkable change* in American Far Eastern polioLeading American newspapers and news agencies which reported, on the authority of the State Department, that Washington was considering a United Nations' trusteeship for Formosa, and the
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    As I was Saying
    999 6  -  mUmmmmm INDIAN FAKIR ■J/i^^S '•T»HIS is an historic A occasion' said Singapore's Deputy Fin ancial Secretary, when opening the Govern ment's case in the postal clerks' dispute now the subject of arbitration. it la often dimcu:t. however, to recogn.sp history in the making, and in Gan
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    FIFTY YEARS AGO
    231 6 From the Straits Times of April 11. 1903. SAYS the India Rubber World of America: The highest prized rubber in the world, for sovne time past has been the product of trees of the para species, under cultivation In Ceylon. This fact is of interest as proving
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    A MALAYSIAN NOTEBOOK
    869 6 A MALAYSIAN NOTEBOOK JX)R years, perhaps centuries, kampong children at Kota Tinggi and Johore Lama have known that after heavy rain has washed tIM surface earth, they could pick up large fragments of ehtv some blue patterned others glazed green and brown. As they played about ovr the mounds ol
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      33 6 THOROGOOD WARD. Th« encasement Is announced br'ween Plight Lt Leslie E. Th'Togo-xl. 60 Bquitdron RAP Tengah. and Brenrta Mary, only daugh'er of Mr. Mrs VSL. Ward of Fife Houm. Singapore and Haiant, England.
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    Sir Gerald joins sea raid on the bandits
    163 7 Sir Gerald joins sea raid on the bandits KIALA UMPI'R. Frl. Gen. Sir (ierald Templer has taken part in a sea invasion and bombardment of Communist tetToriM hideouts. It was his first operation*! outing with Ihe Koval Nav> He boarded motor launch 3M5 at Port Swettenham on Hedneadav and watched
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    Charged in hospital
    74 7 I.yir.p injured in the lockup of the Singapore Oci.eri! Hospital. Poll i.iane H-ii. charged vest i day wlt.i escaping from ti iiistody oi a police constable in Middle Road on Tlai. i It was aliv B ed lint Poh -i injured when ne jvtrpad out of i
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    GET MORE OUT OF THE LAND, SA YS TEMPLER
    144 7 KI/AI.A I.fMPIR Fn THF High ("onin: Ls.sioner. Oen. Sir Orrald Templer. today condemned a grrat deal of Inefficient and half-hearted ncnculture .still being carried out in tl> Federation He said there were rice fields uncultivated, coconut holdInu. "vcrjmwn with bushes and
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    For 1,000 workers—a $2,000,000 (or $300,000) answer today
    3000 7 PAY ARBITRATOR TO MAKE ON-THE-SPOT DECISION >JR. YONf, PUNG HOW, the arbitrator in the wages dispute between postal and telecommunications workerH and the Singapore Government will today give his solution to a $2,000,000 question. When he announces his findings this morning. 1
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    37 7 SINGAPORE'S ASSISTANT CORONER Mr. Choor Singh, has been promoted Coroner. He passed the Intermediate Law Examination ot Londfln I'nirersity in September 1947. was admitted to Grays Inn in IMS and passed the Bar Final the followina year.
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    Buyers take advantage of pessimism
    269 7 RUBBER REPORT rE sharp fall in prices this week has been caused more by pessimism induced into the minds of the trade than by actual economic facts. Naturally buyers here took advantage of this and lowered their bids when offerings were In evidence, says Lewis
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    Set house on fire charge
    59 7 L*-t- Kia P«*nK claimed trial n the Singapore- Third Criminal District Court yesterday to a charge of setting a hom«<>n iu> The house at the 11* mil*- 1 stone Chaniti Road, belonged to Tan Ah Wah and It valued at $1,500. Lee was ordered to
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    Mr. Heah elected I.M.P. chairman
    45 7 PENANO. Fri. Mr. Heah Joo Seang was unaniDmi-. elected chairman of the Penang branch of the Indepenuence of Malaya Party at it annual meeting today. He replaces Dr Lee Ttana Keng who headed the Party's interim committee formeu last year.
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    MURAL WAS GOING UP ON THE WRONG SIDE
    210 7 WORK sudMlenly st<>pp< d on thr giant Jig-saw puttie of the Topolski mural yesterday after nine of the 3? pieces had been placed into position. The City Council President. Mr T. P. F. Mi Nricr. happened to notice that the whole thing
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    Big drop in copra imports throws 1,100 out of work
    190 7 Big drop in copra imports throws 1,100 out of work OEC'AISE of the reduction of copra imports into Singapore from Indonesia, six of the right hif coconut oil mills in the Colony have closed down and the others are on short time. More than 1,100 workers have lost their jobs.
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    28 in 1946, 230 in 1954
    75 7 The Mat ay Women's Training College. Malacca will be extended and equipped to take 230 student teachers by next year, against 28 i n 1946. The two-year course has since been extended to three years and the annual intake of students is now 72.
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    5,000 see world health show
    40 7 More than 5.087 people have visited the Singapore World Health Day Exhibition at the Victoria Memorial Hall, since It was opened four days ago. Twenty people have a-iven t'ne'.r blood at the blood bank counter.
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    Sinhalese party
    33 7 A "get together" party apon>red by the Sinhalese A«ocia tion will be held at the O H Cafe. Battery Road, at 53" p.m. on Monday to celebrate the Sinhalese New Year.
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    Two tele-type women like this title better
    251 7 TWO SINGAPORE women, known as teleprinter typists, like the title long-range Toice operator*," better and want it to be officially theirs. The two. Miss Loretta Monteiro and Mrs Nellie Sim mother of a U-week ol£ baby boy. work at the Plnganore Telecommunications Department's
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    Indonesia-S'pore trade continues overall drop
    177 7 IndonesiaS'pore trade continues overall drop By Our Market Correspondent THE EFFECT of the increase In the Indonesian export duty on smallholders rubber, which is hiitinc Singapore mills, is strikingly shown in trade figures for February published last nigin These show that imports into Mm lava in February from Indonesia were
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    Main guest was not at party
    85 7 REAR ADMIRAL P. L. Mather, regional director of thr United States Defence Materials Procurement Agency could not attend a cocktail party held in his honour In Sinuaporv last night He was in bed sick. But the hosts. Mr and Mrs Brenn. and 100 guests
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    Club has to sell a plane
    74 7 T*HE Royal Singapore Flying Club is selling one of Its planes as one of ihe ways to avoid a financial crisis, members were told at lUs annual meet last night. Other ways suggested to im- prove the club> financial position were a drive for
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      83 7 The weather Minimum temperature: (7 30 p.m. on April 9 to 730 a.m. on April 10 >; Singapore (76 degrees'. Penanß »74>. Kota Bahru '73. Kuala Lumpur (76>. Ipoh <73>. Kuantan (71 Maximum temperature: (730 a.m. to 7 30 p.m. on April 10 Singapore '87 Penang iBB>. Kota Bahru (89.
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    3-D eyestrain is not the glasses' fault, says an optician
    230 8 \I WY people have complained of eye-strain after viewing the three-dimensional Alms now showing in Singapore. A Colony optician. Mr F J. Isaac, said yesterday that this was done to faulty photography, not to the Polaroid or the red-i?reen Rlasses.
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    Coronation Malayans in Britain
    119 8 Coronation Malayans in Britain SOUTHAMPTON. Prt. MORE than 250 British. Malayan ar.d Gurkha soldiers first contingent of overseas troops to arrive here to take part in the Coronation procexslon docked here last night In thr Empire Orwell from Malaya. Six-foot truncheon The Gurkhas brought with them a six-foot truncheon shaped
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    Worried, he tried to leap from ninth floor
    97 8 Worried, he tried to leap from ninth floor KWAN Suittv. a salesman, pleaded suiliy yesterday to attempting to commit suicide ky Irving to jump from the 9th floor at the S.I.T. flats in I'pper Pickering Street on Mar. 3. lie was bound over in the Singapore Fifth Police Court in
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    Guest script writer joins the film unit
    96 8 Guest script writer joins the film unit KUALA LUMUPR. Pri.— MR. James J. Bredln, journalist, radio commentator and television programme director, has Joined the Malayan Film Unit for four months as a guest script writer. Mr. Bredln was previously In Malaya in 1949 as a member of the research and
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    ANOTHER TERRORIST BOSS IS KILLED
    143 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Friday A NOTHER Negri Sembilan terrorist leader has been killed. He was Chi Kin, Communist branch committee member for Parit Tinggi. A patrol of the 1 7th Gurkhas killed him in an ambush in the Kuala Pilah area on Wednesday. Chi Kin was
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      238 8 SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR MALACCA 7.13 sm Morning SUr; 7 JO I p m ._4 ,v«.; 6IS »«all Bm. mjnu"^ C^an' Urt&TZZV. News: 735 Hal Heraon Orch.: I 7 News: 7.30 Under 21 Club: C«a 710 Emergency 7.30—7.30 Race KeThank, for the Melody IX Ho-at I Tou Ut?: tM U****-* T
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    Plan to raise Malays' economic position
    725 9 IN the Federal Legislative Council. General Templer again referred to the economic condition of the Malays. He spoke of priorities for agricultural development, including! more rice, better amenities for the Malay kampontjs and an expansion Of RIDA'S work In tha Budget Meeting of I
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    'Honest as next man'
    190 9 'Honest as next man J-JAVING been a bookmaker I myself for a number of years, and an owner of racehorses I feel that I have to answer Mr Mendis Mr Mendis falls back on th;. 1 old cry: legalise b*ttniK and there will be pc-tv crime Wh\ *ho.ild thit In
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    English as it is NOT spoken
    194 9 IF L.C.H. complains of the abuse in Englisn schools of a book like Fundamental English.' what would thp teacher expect to do with the following example as it appears in another book which goes by the name of 'English Syntax Mi Foreign StuKulurr ontinuouo
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    Perak Anthem: A remedy
    112 9 (CRITICISMS have been > levelled at clnemagoer.* in Ipoh for not standing to attention when the Perak Anth is played. This Is the case not only in Ipoh but in every place in Malaya and I can only think of one remedy Play the anthem berore
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      Hostility towards conference
      359 9 Hostility towards conference 1 HAVE read with inter I est your editorial UMNO Take Its Stand" You stated that the disappointing feature of Malacca meeting was UMNO unconcealed hos tility towards the national conference called by community leaders outside UMNO and the MCA. These so-called community leaders, however, do not
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      WHAT IS A MALAYAN?
      353 9 WHAT IS A MALA YAN? MAY I reply to the letter of •Fourth Generation Chinese?" I did not say that he had not yet become a Malayan I said that he had not yet become a Malayan if (and only ifi "in spite of being of the fourth generation, he
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      Fishermen: facts an land tax
      327 9 MAY I refer to a report in th e Straits Times, which stated that a new land tax had been imposed on 150 houses belonging to Malay and Chinese flsher- land was to prevent these lon* ™«ny cnttiflmiint at T»lftk established fishermen from men s
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      Crisis and the Turf
      123 9 ON your front page on Apr. 7 your main headline was: "Financial OVMi Looms." On your bark page i* the news: "To commemorate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth the Singapore Turf Club will state the rlrhest race In its history the Coronation Cup worth SM.tM »lv«
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    LOCAL MEN IN SENIOR POSTS
    402 9 LOCAL MEN IN SENIOR POSTS IN reply to Disillusioned In your "Man-m- the -Street' curri'.spondence of Mar. 31. the trouble with the local men who qualify for senior posts in Government service, is that once they come to know the meaning of authority, they develop a full-blooded "superiority" complex There
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    On alms giving
    83 9 I AM wi i:n»m will agfai 1 .!.u: it is often a nuL>an<-. to be asked to give alms Tt i> not only a nuisance, but a positively harmful act. We give alms because we love fellow creatures But there are many besgars who can work for
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      75 9 1 1 1 K Hs^^s^Bß m I l CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS SUMMER SERVICES SINGAPORE BANGKOK HONGKONG Tuesdays Fridays at 1830 hrs. 1 SINGAPORE SAIGON HONGKONG I Thursdays at 0730 hrs h COMMENCING sth APRIL 9 A good tettction or CYMA Wjrcfte* are avsibkle from: IANKA ICWELURS 20. Bartery Read. 1.
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      241 9 Points front tvtivrs W**. "•cwwry far *< «sgit*rs»c. Mr H A. i Forrer to cjII two ccxntsMet fooM K.ASUMUS Singapore THI i.tfcor.t.ei .kou'<J lan ,cb,j Un« HbJaJ mtt MscDanaM Home it Orchard Ro.d NEARLY KILLED Singapore \A/ MV do p-blic •'•"tmenti »ot coMaaorarc to prevent tKc \I, rt d times
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      262 9 Straits Time* Trow* word ggg. i~"j r~| p§|p c r" I H 26 2/ 28 3" i| 32 "I I 3 ll ACROSS 13. Broken bone holder 161. 1. Double O with Mcrnuve 34 In bacptp* rhapaodles. may 1 Men— look* Mack! (7). i7>. 5. A chapel In UaUh (6).
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    TIN SHARES EASE: INDUSTRIALS STEADY, QUIET
    450 10 RUBBER UP AND TIN DOWN THE Improvement reported on Thursday was not maintained in the Singapore share market yesterday and some of the gains recorded on Thursday were partially lost yesterday. Tin fell by $6 a picul to $399. and the decline in tin
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING
    102 10 Ships lviiig alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Nleuw Holland 1-2. Mlyotama Mam 4-5 MaUram 11. Patrorlua 13-14. Olengarry 15-16. Oanges Maru 19-20 Mallm N. Wall 6. Rengam N. Wall 8. Reginald Kerr 21-22 Eastern Prince 23-24 Kajang 2S-26 Osarda 27-28 Lalandla 29-30 Clytonetu
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    NEW YORK STOCKS
    121 10 NEW YORK Prl INITIAL steadiness BJM lost In occasionally quickened trading on Wall Street yesterday and there was some price softening I with the list thovtlng s predominance of mostly fractional declines In the afternoon spot* of resistance were fading though selling pressure showed no special 1
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    83 10 The Malayan Exchange Bank* Association made the following chnnges In Its rate* to merchan's yesterday CANADA buying. TT 32'- ar mail. OD 32 58. SO d*v*. 32 7 credit bills. 32 15 1* trade bills, selling. TT or OD 13 3 16. ready On the free exchange marke~
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    RUBBER PRICES
    150 10 Rubber gained 11,I 1 cents yesterday. April first grade closing at 67 1 ceut* a pound The price at one time was up to U cenu on a market which showed better sentiment. There *vaa moderate trade demand with a lack of sellers in evidence The i-lone was
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    188 10 MELBOURNE. Prt CFRONT rank industrial aharea 1 tended to *aa» sUghUy on the Stock Exchange today on a llfht volume of trading Uncertainty of Korean peace negotiations and Wall Btreet and the weak met«J market were the deprev ing influences Tlr shares had little buying Inquiry and moat
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    TIN PRICE
    18 10 The price of tin in Singapore yesterday was declared at $399 a pit ul. down St.
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    88 10 Sin<ap«r* hlitear Pr-Klu. r E\rhanrr Noon price* per plcul were: Copra steady; M2'i buyers. I •43 'j seller* Coconut oil: st«ady: «eller* MS". Pepper quiet, no bu>lneav <Jo»n »5 Muntck white to9i. Sarawak 5590 Lamponc Mark 152 Levta and IVat: Closing prices err Copra steady: April buyers 143.
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    Weekend Sport
    179 11 TODAY SOCCE« tOI'TH Knrf«ni Slncaporr "Aal Jabn Meaar. SAFA »oith TnißMi (*n« ..■.nd Bcranga»n EngMah Srh<Ml v lUrilf, Vr.oi»r» SrhMl Jalan Beoar. 4 pm (Flr<t round third rrplayl: Palau Branl Barn < lub i Tampeni* Ravers at Vlrlnria *rh*»l SAFA DIV. I: Pollrr RV Kr.n.i a« Palire Depot.
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    Companion beat Muar hospital
    133 11 JOHORE BAHRU. Fri Th<H"*pltal Bndminf-n Par'y from MOM »rrr beaten 8-1 ot Companion B P in a friendly match here lrer»ntlv Re«u!ts i Companion player* first i Single* Roland N« beat Chin Wan 12-Is. 15-2. 15-7. Tnnr Thru: beat Yacob bin Bum 15-2. 15-2: E' Wee
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    LIVELY SOCCER BY REME
    407 11 Rajas had very little of this stadium game R.E.M.E 5; Kota Raja 2. rpi'RNING in a workmanlike performance at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday, a "new look" R.E.M.E. team went on to a creditable 5-2 victory over Kota Raja, and in doing so gained their first points
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    Banned star nets four in come-back
    88 11 IPOH Fri Formrr Malaya Cup •tsr I Iti cc Men? heralded hl« to loral football after a:--.ih^err-e of tun yearn by s»-orln| four I of Chen? Wah'x five goals agalnM Tumlllans in their Dlv 1 league came on the Padang fodar Cheng Wan who
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    CYCLE RACING
    54 11 The Cosmopolitan Cyrltng Club will open their racing s«a«on tomorrow when they stage thrtr annual 25 and 5o mllei ma.<ued-s'ar' road race*, which have attracted rrrord entries, on the Lim Chu Kang road, off l Oth mile BuU Timah Road, a* 7.30 am. There lx also a one
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    BASEBALL CLUB
    19 11 Ai.vnne Interested In forming a basaball rlub should wrl'e to M. N Ral. 395. Tiong Bahru Road.
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    SINGAPORE TIDES
    26 11 TOD4T H:tn o«3< hr. it»i and 1144 17 Si Low 0147 tod IS2S IOMOIiOH H:ili <*» mm >nd n:< lii l*w or un iv .sot
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    JNR. SOCCER RESULTS
    64 11 r PHE resulu of the SAFA Junior league mutches played yesterday »ere DIV. i\ KML 5 CP Sama.'an 3 < Lee Pak Tong refereed' DIV. ZV: United SC 1 Town Rannen 0 iSrortr' G. de Souza: r»frr»e J .Ferguson' The Dtv 3A match between Immigration SC and
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    YOUNGSTERS XI
    41 11 GenUl Youngsters team to meet Mercury Lads In a wycer friendly |at Fairer Park today Is: Oope: Puma. Kaanlm. Phamby i I'tr.aiathy. Balcm: Jamal. Gcpa l Ran™ iript >. Nuthan and Xavler. I Reiwrves IJm Kan* Vljayan and < Bate 1
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    Joy Mottram to take long rent
    40 11 LONDON F-1 Mr« Joy Mottram. BrKlah Wlghtmar Cud la»n ennU player. »ho »on »ervera! title* Ir. her recent tour of the Ejm to take a lone rea# on her doctor.- ad 1 Ice.— Reuters.
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    R.A.F. v POLICE
    45 11 The RAF. (Mi team to play IfjsJlMl ""ollie In h rrlrket friendly it Chan;:l tomorrow Is: S Ldr Sample icapt >. FU. Inmes. F Lt Cotton. F Off Cooke 3gt Davenport LAC Bull. SAC Thaaamaxv LAC Pearaon LAC HcOutre IJiC OConnell LAC Croas
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    SRA EASTER SHOOT RESULTS
    543 11 T*HE results of the Singapore Rifle 1 Annotation .< Ea.<ler Rifle Meet In/ held at Seleur Kar.Ke on Apr. 4 and 5 are FIRST STAGE taa X: Claas "X" SR <a> Winner CSM MiEwan 29. Clau T" SR i a i. Winner But Broi:uhton 30: 2nd
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    COLONY THIRD IN EMPIRE TOURNEY
    170 11 LONDON. Fri A SINGAPORE team captained by Capt. J. E. McGe? of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps finished third In th< Bmpir? Day challenge cup postal shoot for 1952. the results of which were announced today. In this event for teams of eight shooting from
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    THEY FACE SUSPENSION
    82 11 THE PERMI'DA SIM, API RA team which has been playing a series of soccer matches in Kota Bahru—; without permission of the Singapore A.F.A. The team is: (back row) Hamiit (V.M M.A.), Osman Angullia r.ithui K.».ih Hashim (Star Socceritesi middle row; Halim (Corinthians), Rashid Giman (Kota Raja).
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    Bangkok's robust game upset C.A.
    227 11 KOT BAHRI Friday. SI'BMITTIN'G meekly to the robust tactics of a Bangkok XI. Singapore Chinese Athletics were beaten 1-0 in their second match here yesterday. An outstandiriK display in peal by Yew Chans only C.A. member to play up to expectations, and inaccurate shooting by
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    JOHORE ROUT NEGRI 5-NIL AT TENNIS
    104 11 JOHORE ROUT NEGRI 5-NIL AT TENNIS SERE.MBAN. In JOIIORi: i iiinpli-ted x s—o5 0 rout of N'egri SemhHan in the Malayan "f>avis Cup" tennis rompetition when the v won the n mtininc three matches here t.»d.i> Best game was the doubles in which Yro Ong Keong and tii.it bin Mm
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    NOT PLA YED
    28 11 The tnter-vhool noccer match b»'»e*n Raffle* In«Miu!lon and B. A:/hony> Bovx School arranged for the R I ground ye*'erd)iT •>« not plnyed owlnt »o 'he ra:n
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    ARMY v S.C.R.C
    51 11 The tMm to represent Army against E.:'Kapore Chinese RC. In i cricket fnenalv at Hong Lim Oreen tomorrow at 11 am U: Col Kr.o-: Ma). Well* <rapt I M^j Pc < r>' Eley Capt Sherlock. WO II Rmdwav. Ma) L>igK«n Capt Dtp)- k Capt Rcyr.okls. Capt 3tep:o
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    ASIA MINOR TO WIN MAIN ELVENT TODAY
    365 12  -  EPSOM JEEP By Watch Gular for a price JTNTKRTAINMENT II has regained some of last season's -parkle he ran a splendid third to Scotch Express in the Perak Derby "trial" over nine furlongs at Ipoh but I canntt visualise this Mirza II gelding
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    Sir Francis is today's best bet
    173 12 BEST bet in today's card at Bukit Timah Is SIR FRANCIS in Race Three. ThU speedy three-year-old made a fine impression in his flrsl-ever appe.irancc on a Malaran racecoursr at Bukit Timah in February when he ploughed through a heavy track i to win
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    Straits Times Selections
    187 12 CALL B4>> RACE 1 S.aa MISS MALA* A l-niiin Dritght Raval Hum IHIHISX Mis. M.1.,. iS MM ROYAL HIM Ml*. M.1.,. I-Ulllr v 1.r1.,,,1 RAI-E 2 S.M M'Kt.l I Ml Mil I »on King Hill 1 HILL TOWN lorfpt-Mr Nat Lavparl ABABET II JJ MM. LVON KIN<;
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    JEEP'S BEST 2
    18 12 Todays best bet: Sir Frantk in Race Three. Best long shot: Gossip m Ruce Four.
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    Northern Circuit for top sprint
    248 12 HI! l IIKKN CIRCUT is in prim.- condition after a brief let-up I have never seen him Atter and with a "luxury** weight of 7.11 this speedy Court Martial four-year-old may well lead his rivals all the way today in the Class One, Div One
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    THE GOING
    815 12 771* going at Buktt Timah today is likely to be yielding after a week of intermittent rain. done everything right In her preparation. Obvious threat to Mliw Malaya Is Panler'i UHUhI. a speedy tnree-\ear-old by The Cob who showed definite merit in his initial races at Penan* in
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    Youth boxing team named
    133 12 'THE Singapore Amateu- Boxing i Association ha* mimed 30 youths U> represent Singapore agalnM the Went Australian Buys at 'he Happy World stadium on i Apr 30 and 31. Austin Duns/ord. 17 --rear -old featherweight youth champion, will captain the Colony team. Others In the team
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    Kota Raja S.C. 1953 officials
    74 12 i Kola Rala Sporf.s Club official* for 1953 arc: President S A Mohamcd Aly Pltchay; vire-presic ent. Abdul Rahim bin Abdul Ratiman: hon. mc.. Abdul Rahman Soad: sast hon. mc.. Abdul Kader Smalam: treasurer. Abdul Wahid; ass I tree.. Hum Amln: sports sec.. Abdul Rahman
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    Hartley School XI
    52 12 I Bartler Schools team to plar I Serangoon English School in a second round tie of the B.A.FA. i youth competition will be chosen from: Puraiamy Ramrre Choon Tcng. Andrew Yap. SI t> M| Henry Wong. Rahtp; Raliman. Mallequea. Twee Benjr. Biliv l>o Cher Koon. Salnre. Yacob.
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    Babe' is very ill
    45 12 BEAUMONT < Texas* Ftf Mm Oeorfe Zahaiuu <Bete Dldrtkaoni. for m<nv i it* the nation r top women golfer and athlete, ».i reported seriously 111 her* today Her doctor naki It probably would mean the md of her actjve playing i «l«-Of.
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    New horses mum pass gate test
    330 12 New horses mum pass gate test By EPSOM JEFP IN AN effort to clamp down on the importation unruly horses the S.R.A. have notified tray and owners that nr w horses must pass a staAJ gate test before beins allowed to race. Tara Btre«t is skipping both hl.s enuaßements at
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    ANOTHER RECO FOR EDDY CHOO
    54 12 IpUDY CHOONG. Malayt h.i.lrr of the All-Kn land badminton rhampin ship, hat broken hi* «i record of 41 open tourn merit win* last «eaM»n. HK three rirtories in recent French rhampi ships brought his total thr sf.isnii to 45. with Isir of W i«ht champion*
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    S. Koreai play toda
    92 12 ■|*HE Sxr: h Korean sorcer U 1 pi iv !>e:r nrst game in SI»J -■nil* at Jalan B- Oi'i-ii BSSJgagl Stngaporr There are five Olympic playe the party Some of them are ln the <c' stage bii they looked wonder BI > h- n -:iev loo«ened
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    Whirlawai is dead
    89 12 Whirlawai is dead PARIS THHE famous American racet 1 Whlrla«ay ftrst horse to rs»soo 000 it:TB son. \m dle<l on Wednewiay at Bomvac's stableLe BuHard M B<-u ■vs., c bought after the »^r from hu Arm owner Mr Warren Wright pr< tor of tlte Ca.umet Parm bre ground o( many
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    SCFA MEETING
    23 12 The Singapore Ch!nrs«- Too 1 bill i A.«oclatton will hold its annual general meet In? on Apr. 20 at None* Building
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      1417 12 ACCEPTORS and probable Jorkry* for today's rare* at Bukit Timah are given below. Double Tote is on Races Sis and Nine Big Sweep will be drawn on Rare Eight. Race I— 2.00: Class 3. Div. 4—6 Furs 1 078 Meditation Russell 9.00 Mr. Yeap Hock Hoe Manninx 2—9 Regal Lion
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