The Straits Times, 10 April 1954

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    15 1 COMPLIMENTER The Straits Times. Kstd. 1K45 SINGAPORE, SATIRDAY, APRIL 10, 1954 15 CENTS Nat*** 1
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    NEW COMET DISASTER
    208 1 il feared dead: bodies picked up IftlC GROUNDS WHOLE JET MEET INDEFINITELY II OVERSE \s AIRWAYS CORPORATION COMCTouM ampanella Point, western tip of the Sorrento Penthern Italy, last nifht All 1 1 passengers and seven crew arid to have been killed. An Italian corvette reported today ,he
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    THIS IS WHERE IT HAPPENED
    37 1 fi 'if thr difficulties rases is that is mi messa :< or hint Iron an trou _v ILL CLIMBING 3 MS SILENCE :nto full i v m !he rash--10 airport, im- ough a
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    In 23 months—4 fatal crashes
    99 1 In 23 months— 4 fatal crashes rpHKRK have now been srvrn accidents A to Comets, four of them fatal, since the world's first jet airliner service was hecun on May 10.V2 from London to Johannesburg. The follnwinc is a li-»t of tile accidents: OCT. M, I!). V.': Crashed while taking
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    The worst—43 dead
    69 1 The worst 43 dead MAY t, IH.I!: Crashed !."> miles out of Calcutta durine an electrical storm Party-three killed. .1 11- V It;. l't.Vi: The plane which crashed vrstrrday blew out all it> tyres durine an rmercenc> landinc at .*****11 airport Bombay It was later pulled out of a ditch
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    Fighter crashes
    26 1 TOKYO, Fri A US Air Force F. 84 Thunderjet fighter interceptor crashed today about one mile from Chitose. in Hokkaido. Japan's northernmost i.>-k.nd —Reuter
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    Was it in a storm?
    404 1 storm af Me fiwc it disrrf i Thr piano had bron drlayed in Romr for 25 hours for repairs, but an airline man said that the reirrled out wore not vital. When Cairo airport reportirt that the Comrt ffU am rcluo. Italian air-soa rnscuo service*
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    37 killed when planes collide
    222 1 OVER A GOLF COURSE A SECOND DISASTER TRAINER AND AIRLINER CRASH EDMONTON Friday. 4 SMALL military plane and an airliner collided high over Moose Jaw. Saskatchewan, yesterday and plunged on a golf course killing 37 people and setting three houses ablaze. One woman was killed
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    Marilyn gets a new contract
    44 1 HOLLYWOOD. Fri. Marilyn Monroe, who was suspended by Twentieth Century Fox in January for failure to appear for the film "Pink Tights." signed a new contract with her studio yesterday. The new contract Ls for seven years- A. P.
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    The passengers in the plane
    148 1 JOHANNESBURG. Fri. THE following official list of passengers and crew aboard the South African Air- wav.s Comet mlssini over the Mediterranean w:is issued here today (some initials not yet available: London to Nairobi Mr A B Brooks. Miss A KA. sfcOOks, i; M Eady, Mr.
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    Mao sending more aid
    47 1 SAYS LANIEL PARIS. Fri —The Premier Mr Laniel. told the National Assembly tr.dav that C<>mmt)»nist China had increased sharply its mil'tary aid to the rebels in Indo-China. He reaffirmed that Frances objective remained an honour able peace in Indo-Chlna through negotiation.- U P
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    HE WANTS VIOLENT END FOR JOE
    168 1 Accused of inciting murder LAS VEGAS. Friday. MR. H. M. Green.spun, publisher of the Las Vegas Morning Sun. wa.s indicted yesterday by a Federal Grand Jury on a Ctafge i>l mailing copies of his newspapers containing an article on Senator McCarthy which tended to
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    CRACK BANDIT PLATOON IS 'MISSING'
    491 1 CRACK BANDIT PLATOON IS 'MISSING' Reds vanish— and a 'phoney peace* settles over worst terror spot From WILLIAM FISH LAVANG LATANG, Friday. THE crack Communist 3rd Independent Platoon which lor 10 months caused this area to be Malaya's worst terror spot is oilicially listed as "missing" Security officers have no
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    Malik asks to see Eden
    42 1 LONDON, Fri. Mr. Jacob, Malik. Soviet Amba.ssador to i Britain unexpectedly a^ked to see Mr. A. Eden, the Poreafn Secretary, here this afternoon. No reason was given. Mr. Malik returned here two days ago from Moscow. --Renter.
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    Red arrested
    37 1 TEHERAN. Fri. Karim Keshavarz. the Persian Communist leader sought for three months, was arrested on Wednesday as he stepped from a Soviet Kmbassy car in front of a Teheran bakery, the police said yesterday.- A.P.
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    Five wounded
    33 1 TEL AVIV. Fri. An Israeli Army .spokesman tod; lv said that five Israel] .soldiers were wounded last nieht durum three attacks on Israeli patiol.s near the Egyptian-held Gaza i itrl > Renter.
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    Engines not to blame
    143 1 Engines not to blame IXISA CRASH SAYS KXPERT LONDON, Fri. AIR CHIEF 1 MARSHAL Sir Frederick Bowhill, chief aeronautical ad- riser to the Minister of Civil Aviation, said here today that the engines appeared to have nothing to do wilft thr crash Ol the Cornet oil Elba on Jan. 10.
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    STOP PRESS
    31 1 EGA] i PU K> IP M\ KAsu BODHa British carrn-r I i^lc ,«m dcMroyer piikccl up m, hoiiirs in il*-. Iron Itali in il. 1 MI, I U flllllK
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    14,000 POLICE FOR QUEEN
    64 1 (See Pace 3) LONDON Fri Sir ciaiidt He said thai "ererj 1 Corea. Ceylon's High Commls- g^J tjf m ;iMm nad br< n sloner here, said last night The Queen and the Duke ol that 14.000 extra police had Bdlnbunth an due In Ceylon been recruited
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    FORT HAS SHELLING DUEL
    141 1 FORT HAS SHELLING DUEL HANOI. Fri. fFHE rebels unleashed a violent art;iiery bombardment on Dien Bien Phu today in what mieht be a prelude to a new ntar.try assault on the besieged French fortress In north-west Indo-China A French communique said the d< tenders answered back with tremendous barrages si
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    Master plan will be a little-by-little plan
    222 2 YOU CAN OBJECT IF IT IS UNFAIR THE Master Plan for Singapore will not rccom--1 mend sudden, vast and sweeping changes. It will suggest steps to meet community needs and improve the use of land where surveys have shown that existing development is
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    'ATOM HEN' LAYS A GOLDEN EGG
    158 2 'ATOM HEN' LAYS A GOLDEN EGG A.MERSHAM, (Kim land/, Fri. A HEN has just laid Britain's first radioactive egg. The ej;s literally is worth its weight in sold, according to a scientist at the £500.000 radio chemical centre here. The eg* will help scientists to investigate such things as the
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    Man bursts into court: dragged out
    127 2 Man bursts into court: dragged out A MIDDLE-AGED Chinese, who burst into a Singapore court yesterday and demanded to see the magistrate, had to be forcibly removed from the building. He screamed and struggled violently while policemen were I trying to persuade him to leave. The man. believed to be
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    The angry diplomats
    92 2 WASHINGTON. Fri—Diplomatic representatives of five Arab nations angrily stalked out of a poodwill State Department luncheon yesterday when an American Jewish leader described Israel as the only democratic nation In the Near East. The lunch was attended by most of Washington's diplomatic corps honouring the the launching
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    Patrol kills Red, aides
    52 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Frl. A patrol of the 2nd Battalion. Malay Regiment, yesterday killed a terrorist and three other Chinese corusortinc with him on Kamuning Estate in the Sungei Siput North area of Peiak Home Guards operating with military forces yesterday killed a terrorist and wounded another
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    6 years for I.R.A. man
    82 2 LIVERPOOL. Fri. James Patrick McCallum. self-con fessed member of the outlawed Irish Republican Army, was sent to prison for six years' here yesterday for possessing arms illegally McCallum. 31-year-old Liverpool City bus conductor, was arrested while carrying 500 American revolver bullets in a suitcase at
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    Estate wages: accord nears
    37 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Frl -The Joint sub-committee of rubber estate employees and workers is nearlng agreement on a revised wage structure. It is expected to draft the agreement after its fifth meeting on Monday
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    10 years to restore Abbey
    31 2 LONDON. Frl. Repair of historic Westminster Abbey will take at least 10 years, the Dean of Westminster announced. A drive opened last year raised £970,000. A.P.
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    Wires cut
    18 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Frl. Terrorists last nigrht cut telephone wires in the Kota Tlncjsi district of Johore.
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    Food controller
    16 2 Mr W W. Jenkins has been appointed Food Controller. Singapore, the Government announced yesterday.
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    Still the boss
    49 2 BONN. Fri. The Western 1 Allied High Commission announced here yesterday it would "continue to regard the Soviet Union as the power responsible for the Soviet zone of Germany." The Russians declared last month that the East German Government w;is responsible for its own territory. Reuter.
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    Named to board
    19 2 Mr D W. Hawkins ha.s been appointed a member of the Malayan Rubber Export Registration Board.
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    Johorr Albjl
    8 2 Johorr A lbj l JOHO held in Hi
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    Body of Chinese found floating in sea
    103 2 The body of a Chinese was found yesterday in the sea off Blakang Matl. facing Pulau Branl. A Mfclay soldier reported ftnrime the man who «a c aged between 4P and 45 and 5 ft. 8 In. tall. He has not bee». Identified
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    POISON-TRIAL WIDOW ON AFTER 55 MONTHS IN
    92 2 m\i:M. BKSNAKI). .">:. the London widow who was charged with poison inc ril people, was ordered recently to be released on hail. The trial her second at Bordeaux was adjourned. She has been in prison for o"> months. Her chief defence < minsel
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    HE MAY BRING LONDON SHOW TO STORE
    105 2 A MAN who is head of a chain of thratrrs In Knclnr! is in Singapore to see for himself if ho can arrange a musical show in the Colony. He is Mr. Eniilo Littler, who arrived yesterday by QanUu BOAC Constellation from London
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    S'pore's 'historic' landmarks
    50 2 S'p ore's 'historic' landmarks Two Singapore landmark* Victoria Theatre and Elgin Bridge are regarded by the Committee for the Preservation of Historic S.te.s and Antiquities in the Colony as being of historic interest. They wish to fix small descriptive plaques to them and have asked the City Council for approval.
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    Court free 2 rating
    11 2 Knieht and M 'or trai Kane R"ad
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    New reservo in action
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    Offices closin
    11 2 I will be J (Good i April I l
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    Siriap central
    12 2 Sin". nouno I poses t qu.irVr.v ol lor centre. j,
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    Morphine find lii Customs worrii
    73 2 NEW LINES IN DRUG TRAFI THE discovery of a has morphine hands of an electrician has {jot 'lip Customs worried that the finis traffic in it is developing on new, dangerous lines Second Crimin :>.--. yesterday bj r, Mi I dd< d I I •"••"■>
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    TENSION MOUNTS IN GUIANA
    117 2 TENSION MOUNTS IN GUIANA GEORGETOWN Frl rpENSION us mounting here X after demonstrations against the refusal U) bail to the deposed Chief Minister. Dr. Cheddi Jagan. and other People's Pro Party leaders charged with holdine an illegal precession. Police increased their patrol and precautions last nial.t Armed guards have b>
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    Missing ex-king is contacted
    46 2 BRUSSELS. Fr: A Royal Palace spokesman .*.i.<i that King Baudouln Mai ben Informed that his fathei Kins Leopold v by plane In^the junslcs of Panama. Leopold had been reported missins earlier on an expwll tien in the jonglea p province. Panama Renter
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    Cambodia's King sounds call to arms
    258 3 Cambodia's King sounds call to arms EVERY MAN TO HALT INVADER 1X M PARIS, Friday. I^IM. Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia has decreed general mobilisation to fight the Vietminh invasion of his country, it was reported yesterday from Pnom Penh, the Cambodian capital. The Icing's decision was announced after a confer-!
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    Star partners Janette
    35 3 JANETTK SCOTT, 15-ye ar-old British actress, remembered by most people as a child star, complete with lons pigtails dances with Hollywood star Robert Mit chum at the Cannes film festival.— Popper picture.
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    IP TELLS OF THE GLOVES RACKET
    120 3 IP TELLS OF THE GLOVES RACKET NDON, Fri. spokes- House <>t nij.ni ■"r.. :-'s under >■ en nee of rom Hong B- Heathcoat State at n mind the Kong, with its „non and its ith the Chl- dis- Amor; wm hort debai I'M. he adjournment, feßir j«h'- I'^-'on. Conserva£W nerset,
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    New plan to weed out the Reds
    82 3 WASHINGTON. Frl. REVISED security programme "to clean out and keep out" Communist-; from the armed forces was announced here. The Defence Secretary. Mr. Charles Wilson, announced th«» programme at i public hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee. [ta objective, he said, is
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    Regional talks
    26 3 MANILA. Fri. The first South-East Asia regional conference on community development will be held in the Philippini a from Dec. 1 to 15. A.P.
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    Kabaka reunion
    24 3 LONDON. Fri. The wife of 11. the deposed Kabaka of Buganda, flew into London yesterday Horn Africa to Join her husband. A.P.
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    3 million to get more in pay packet
    102 3 YORK. Fri. fNION leaders of more than 3.000.000 shipbuilding, engineering and railway workshop workers yesterday decided by a three to one vote to accept a six per cent pay i use offer. This decision, reached at an executive meeting of the Contederation
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    GETTING READY FOR GERM WAR
    166 3 Trials soon off Bahamas KINGSTON. Friday. Till: converted British tank-landing ship Ben Lomond will leave Jamaica on Sunday for top secret ?erm warfare defence trials in Bahamas waters. "Operation Cauldron" will be held in an undisclosed area well oil .shipping routes and at leaM M
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    Hitler aide gets pardon
    80 3 PARIS. Fri. otto Abetz, German wartime diplomatic representative in France who nieiioed to 20 years' hard labour in 1949. i.s to be released .shortly under a pardon signed by President Rene Coty. authoritative quarters said here. Abetz. key figure of German diplomacy in occupied France Horn
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    Strike plan to oppose arms pact
    82 3 ROME, Frl. SIGNOR Giuseppe Di Vittotio. Communist leader of Italy's biggest labour federation, last night forecast a wave of strikes in an effort to prevent Italian I ratification of the European Defence Community treaty. The Italian Government recently sent the EDC Bill to Parliament.
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    State visit to England
    41 3 LONDON. Fri. King Gus--1 tav Adolf and Queen Louise of Sweden are to pay a state visit to England from June 28 to July 1. It will be the first state visit during Queen Elizabeth's reign. Reuter.
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    Sandbags by air
    25 3 ISMAILIA, Frl. The Royal Air Force yesterday ended an eight-day airlift of sandbags to help the flood-stricken peo- pie of Iraq. Reuter.
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    A THEE KEEPS WOMAN FROM HUSBAND
    85 3 A THEE KEEPS WOMAN FROM HUSBAND FKANKFI itf Fri. \(.l i;M \N woman cannut join her husband in America bMMM she felled a (iovernmentownril tree in HM)i. it MM reported ye.sterday. American consular oflHcials said her action legally constituted "moral i itrpit tide" and automatically barred her from getting a
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    RAILWAY STRIKE IN BRITAIN PUT OFF
    156 3 LONDON. Fri. Union leaden of 70,000 train drivers and Bremen yesterday decided to call ofl a threatened national strike. This decision wa.- made by the executive committee oi the Associated Society of LocomoI tive Engineers and firemen 1 which issued the .strike r.ll 1
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    LONDON STOCKS
    234 3 LONDON, Fri. DESPITE some slackening of active interest, conditions all through were again cheerful. Closing prices or selected stocks were: LOANS Consols 65'; Funding 4% 101 «i War 3 1956-59 88 Loan 3V 1956-59 £94 12 6d BANKS Mercantile <£12ViJ 27 'Eastern 8 Chartered (£1) 43/3 Hongkong ill)
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    LONDON TIN
    25 3 LONDON. April 9. Cash Buyers C 770; Sellers C7»0; Forward Buyers t747':; Sellers t750; Settlement t767>2. Turnover am 85 tons; p.m. 60 tons.
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    Japan a member
    28 3 NEW YORK. Frl. Japan ha.s become the G4th fiartv to the statute of the International Coun of Justice, the UN. Legal Department announced yesterday Reuter.
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    LONDON RUBBER
    41 3 LONDON. Apr 9 —Spot 17 \d.. May 17 ,d. June 17 •,<!.. Julv-S^t. 18'", d Oct.-Dw. lg'.d.. Jan. -Mar 18.d.. Apr-June 18'« d. Apr. c.l.f 17 11 Hkl. M;«v f lf 17", d. June elf 17 13 16d. Tone Steadier.
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    IT WAS THE YEAR OF THE STORK IN SINGAPORE
    364 4 Births, a record deaths, a new low WHILE the Colony's record low death rate last year compared well w?th most Western countries, her birth rate was now one ot the highest in the world, the Director of .Medical Services. Dr. W.
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    SINGAPORE CUTS ITS SMOKING
    125 4 PFOPI-K in Singapore tut their smoking durin c the Hrst quarter of this year and the tobacco revenue fell. Mr. R. S. Tufnell. Customs Controller, said yesterday. Most likely explanation for thr drop, he said, was that, because of a slight recession, people had less money
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    CHOLERA SHIP WILL STAY IN ROADS
    248 4 Wharf men refuse inoculation |>ECAUSE Singapore Harbour labourers yesterday ■'refuted to be inoculated against cholera, the steamer Sunthia will not be allowed to come alongside the wharves. She will discharge and load her cargo 1 in the outer roads. A deck passenger on Santhla
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    $1,100 lead goes from godown
    44 4 About $1,100 worth of lead ingots has been ttolen from a godown in McPherson Road, Singapore. A thief stole $410 and $120 worth of clothin? from the quarters of an employee of the Malayan Railway in Bukit Timah Road.
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    300 attended
    22 4 More than :t(Hi people ;ii tended the Uan LI Benevolent Association* sixth annual dininer in Borneo Road. SingaIpore, last night.
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    Cyclists take care, warns traffic chief
    88 4 Cyclists take care, warns traffic chief MR. W. R. M. Haxworth. Superintendent of Traffic Police, said yesterday that of the 11 persons who died as a result of traffic accidents last month, eight were cyclists "It would appear that the actions of the cyclists themselves were largely responsible for the
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    Transferred
    19 4 KOTA TINGGI. Fri 1,,,-he Hussein bin Ahmad has been transferred from Muar to Mersing as Assistant District Officer.
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    ADMIRAL LAMBE TO VISIT PEARL HARBOUR
    65 4 Admiral Sir Charles Lambe. C-in-C, Far East Station, will visit Pearl Harbour from May 7 to 11 at the invitation of Admiral Felix B. stump United States Navy C-in-C Pacific Fleet. Admiral Lambe will sail in the 10.000-ton o-uLser H.M.S Newcastle This will be
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    ALL SMILES AND GOOD CHEER AT A TEMPLER FAREWELL PARTY
    59 4 SIR GERALD TEMPLER. the High Commissioner, at a reception held at the Penang Residency, has a friendly word with Mr. Chee Swee Ec, a member of the Federal Legislative Council, and Mr. K G. Holden. District Officer at Balik Pulau.
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    'Don't take all' got him $30 back
    235 4 MAX TELLS OF ARMED ROBBERY 4 N ELDERLY MAN told a Singapore magistrate yes- terday that a man. after robbing him of $100. was "good enough" to return $30 when he asked the robber not to take all the money as he was
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    New branch for Party Negara
    108 4 New branch for Party Negara JOHORE BAHRU, Frl. MORE than a thousand people attended the inauKural meeting of the Johore Bahru branch of the Party Negara. Dato Sir Onn bin Ja'afar told the meeting the party's aims and s#t-up. He said that each branch would be represented at state level
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    His driving killed man
    71 4 court charges Corporal Jalil bin Karim of the R.A.S.C Ayer Rajah Road way yesterday charged in the Singapore First Traffic Court with causing the death of Ho Seong at Thomson Road by negligent driving. He was also charged with driving a military truck with defective brakes.
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    Raids save five girls
    42 4 Five girls were rescued from brothels last month, says the monthly report of the Singapore Social Welfare Department. Twenty- four raids were carried out during the month. Many of th s• resulted from information i;tv:-n by tne public.
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    MESSAGE TO MARK SILVER JUBILEE
    90 4 MESSAGE TO MARK SILVER JUBILEE "Cable and Wireless Ltd. will j continue, by every means in Its power, to assist 'n promoting the prosperity of Singapore by improving external communications." This message has been received by Mr W. A. C. Goode. the Officer Administering the Government, from Major-Ge-neral L. B.
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    After 27 years they have to pay rents
    144 4 Naval Ba.se au- J thoritlcs are asking their ■mployees for house rents— for he first time in 27 years. More han 3.500 workers are atTect•d Admlraltv officials ami re)rcsentatives of the N;i\al 3a.se Labour Union met yester- day to fix the rates.
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      135 4 Today's Radio SINGAPORE 7.15 am. Time Signal and Opening Announcement; 7.16 Morning Star; 7.3U News; 7.J5 Meloyd Mi\ ture; 8 Time For Musu 8 Mi-:> Hospital! Hnlf-Houi; 1 p m Programme Summary; lvi Ll«hl Music; 1.30 Time Signal and News; 150 InUTlude; 2 DuvW Cir.nnilie and his Ensemble; 2 :t()
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    Estate labourers work all day on 'an empty belly'
    447 5 THAT'S NO WAY TO WIN HEARTS' KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. INSTATE workers in many districts are asked to work for eijjht hours a day on an empty stomach, the annual general meeting of the United Planting Association of Malaya was told today.
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    'New ideas' needed in Malaya
    228 5 'New ideas' needed in Malaya KUALA LUMPUR Fri MEMBERS of the United Planting Association of Malaya are willing to introduce capital to develop "new ideas" in thi.s country if they are promised .security and equitable treatment, Mr. J. C. MathLson.president of the association. I said today. He told the annual
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    Parents can get refunds
    96 5 I Army parents in Singapore who have paid for the aii passages of their children flatting them from Britain may now claim refunds based on 8.0.A.C. tourist rates followinc a recent announcement designed to help married Army men. TourLst rates at half the normal adult fare
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    Hospitals board members
    44 5 The following have been appointed members of the Singapore Hospitals Board for the current year: Professor D. E. C. Mekie. Professor E. S. Montciro. Mr S C Lu. Dr. Maggie Lim. T\ Mrs Tan Chin Tuan. snd Dr >> C. J. Patilar.
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    Here for talks on rubber
    46 5 Mr. W. J. Sears, vice-presid-ent of the Rubber Manufactuiers' Association, Washington, arrived in Singapore yesterday for the eit;ht-nation rubber conierenee, which opens at the Victoria Memorial Hull on April 22. Mi. Sears plans to visit busi- nrs.s as.sociates in the Federation
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    Miss Hinchliffe
    22 5 Mill C. A HinchlifTe, principal of Raffles Girls' School, Singapore, has been appointed a member of the Education I Committee.
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    Cultural desert? Hardly, with two art shows
    158 5 y, rr wo art exhibitions were > 1 opened in Singanore yester- I day and at one Mr. Lok.e Wan 5 Tho said he hoped that there > were no longer people Who .said the city was a cultural > d< Mr Loke
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    B.B.C. man flies into Spore
    31 5 Mr. Wynford VaughanThoma.s. commentator at the British Broadcasting Corporation. Hew into Sinuapore from Sydney last ni^ht. after covriii!> the Royal tour of Australia and New Zealand.
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    TO SHOW MALAYA LATEST IN PLASTIC SURGERY
    138 5 TWO surgeons arrived in Singapore by Qantas BOAC Constellation from Sydney last night to demonstrate to I Malayan doctors recent plastic surgery developments in Australia. They are Mr. B. K. Rank (right) and his assistant. Dr. R. 11. Stanislreet. both attached to the
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    THE LOCAL FILM 'COMES FIRST
    314 5 Petition to Colonial Secretary THE locally produced film should not be excluded from the quota for English language cinemas, says a petition to the Colonial Secretary, sent by Keris Film Productions, of Singapore. The petition is signed by Mr. Ho Ah Loke of the Cathay
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    Highlanders aid fund
    65 5 TANA RATA. Fri A suir. of $1,501 was raised by residents of Cameron Highlands in aid of Lady Templer's TubernUnstl Hospital Fund. Mr O F Jones, wife of the i District Otlicer. was the organiser of the events to raise the 1 money. I A bring and
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    AIRFIELD UPKEEP: 'NO FALSE ECONOMY'
    210 5 AIRFIELD UPKEEP: 'NO FALSE ECONOMY' TWERE had been no question of reduced maintenance, false economy, or inadequate strength, in connection with the runway at Kallang airport, the Director of Public Works. Mr. A. Wear, said yesterday. Mr. Wear was replying to comments on the state of the runway, part of
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    13,145 received welfare aid
    36 5 The Singapore Social Welfare Department paid out $286,947 under the Public Assistance scheme to 9.564 people la.st month- $16,077 more than in February. Sickness allowances totallim $79,891 were given to 3,581 patients
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    French troops sail home
    30 5 The 30.447-ton troopship Past'-ur arrived In Singapore yesterday with 3.000 French troops on their way back to Marseilles She left after taking on supplies and bunkers
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    $ to China
    16 5 to China Family remittances to China from the Federation and Singapore totalled $1 738.235 last month.
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    BURIAL SERVICE AT SEA
    74 5 PENANG Frl. Mr C. J Smith a passenger on the Chusan. was burled at sea this mornins shortly before the vessel arrived in Penang Mr. Smith died yesterday. I He had become 111 on Tuesday and had been operated on lor appendicitis. The sea burial service
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      419 5 SINGAPORE WEEK-END DIARY TOD V <;i:vi.\\ STRAITS < HINKSE at following centres— Kreta Ayrr. td. M.V.X.: Divotiotial meflii>K In the Prinsep Street, Joo Chi.U Road NATIONAL SERVICE HM.IVTKA- Aliutiietl Road. 630 p.m. Tioiim Bahiu. Balestier Road 8 TION: Open day. SVC. drill nan. TV COUNCIL: Open exhibition i am. to
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    IN MEMORIAM
    28 6 If) H'mrf. |H i minimum) IN p prlastin^ and loving memory of mv huriMnd I«n fhong Ke» dio<i 10.4.83 ireatly tnlaaad by Ouat Bpp .mi rhildrpn
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    161 6 JO H ..rrf» lit I minimum) FOI.I OW PKDANI X.cry day ID the Mi. .iv Mall 1 fOM *ani to that $5,000 -Anrri puz/le. YOU MUST SEE Neulv Arrived American Cotton DrCMM at G. Ramchsnri I. id.. 72. Hish Bt. A REMINDER that It 111 on Saturdays "Thi Oockptt"
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Sat. April 10, 1954. Policy at Geneva
    695 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Sat. April 10, 1954. Policy at Geneva Indo-China and Korea will be the subject of five Power negotiations in a little over two weeks' time. Yet not only is there no agreement among the Western Powers on policy and strategy, there is positive and growing danger
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    Hindu Marriage
    623 6 Mr. Dasaratha Raj's intention to move the discharge of the second reading of the Hindu Monogamous Marriage Bill and ,to have it referred at once to a Select Committee extricates the Legislative Council from an invidious position. The Council has only two Hindu members. It is better that
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    As I was Saying
    971 6 THE Queen and the x Duke of Edinburgh are not exactly gtrangen to batterirs Of cameras. And no doubt they were prepared for the" flash and trigger brigade even on the lonely Cocos Keeling islands. But while the übiqitous pressman WM bound to be there, along
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    That nervous strain of jungle wa
    873 6 That nervous strain of jungle wa Malaysian Notebook I WAS zigzagging down the curving mountain main road through the jungle smothered cliffs of the Ranching Pass when I had a horrible I have been here before In fact I had not been then' before. But in the steep incline running
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    this is Singapore's street of frightened girls
    317 7 this is Singapore's street of frightened girls EaSCE HOSTESS STARTS HUNT FOR NUDE 'PHANTOM' AND IN PENANG'S •GHOST' SCHOOL Scream sets off panic among the girls PENANG. Frl. TWO tirls were sent to hospital this morning after another scare at Pt-nang'.s "(fhost" school. Yesterday 200 pupils at St. Georßf's (iirls'
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    case goes to kowloon for expert advice
    149 7 case goes to kowloon for expert advice isc v> .is j es E d b) Mr. Lan i .i|<»n> District HK nt to .1 Knu expert evid_^H \.ih(l't;< nt .i 'li is proLhifrt Kirsl i ii in m.il 1 t-i <i.i > ■L it i. limed by H[ antonese Kin
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    Naked man lurks behind trees—leaps out at women
    263 7 Naked man lurks behind trees leaps out at women STARK NAKED man has been frijrhteninu: li'\r\s in Kirn Sons Road, Singapore, for the pasfl week. The man, completely unclothed, lurks behind cars and trees near the Grcv.t World Park, then leaps out when he sees a srirl approaching. On Thursday
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    RAIL TALKS START WITH A DEADLOCK
    112 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Friday. THE railway administration and its traffic operating union could not agree today on conditions for opening negotiations. The union which has riven in 'lice of strike from midnight, April 14. refused to withdraw tin.- threat. It would do so only, union
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    New hope for sawmills
    75 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. The Federation's Commissioner lor Road Transport yesterday told i Aye-man deputation from Singapore Sawinillers' Assorlatlon that tlieir request for heavier timber loud* to be carried by motor vehicles will be accepted on condition the vehicle* were miitabto. Tile KawmUUl liad they I Miinht
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    'STC SAMY' DIES IN HOSPITAL
    174 7 'STC SAMY' DIES IN HOSPITAL 100 unions mourn A SINGAPORE trade unionist, Mr. R. K. Samy, died in the General Hospital yesterday morning, ten days nfter an abdominal operation. He was 48. For 31 years an employee of the Singapore Traction Company, Mr. Samy wa.s once president of its work(is
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    Revolver case acquittal
    30 7 Chlonh Ann Hock, was yesterday discharged by the Astise Court Judge. Mr. Justice Brown, without his defence being called, on a charge of possession of a revolver.
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    The first 600 for Civil Defence
    95 7 The first 600 for Civil Defence TIIK committee to allocate nat.onal .servicemen for 1 Services in Singapore will begin functioning from July. Mr. L. H N Dawe.v hrad of the committee, told the Straits T.mes yr.sterd.iv the tirst batch ot Ml would be allotted for 'Civil Defence and 400 for
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    AND OUT GO THE CANDLES
    68 7 A TKA P.\i:rY was held at the Kuala launpur litana on Thunulay to celeltrate (he flflh anniversary of the Inner Wheel Club. The party wax Riven by I.- i,,, Aihimi.iii. uliu in iim lintel ili.n. Mow in t; out the randies. On hrr right is
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    VALETTA PILOT RADIOED TM GOING TO CRASH'
    404 7 VALETTA PILOT RADIOED TM GOING TO CRASH' Open verdict on three UAF men THE PILOT of a Koyal Air Force Valetta. carrying 14 passengers and flying on one engine, was making a final approach at Changi airfield when he signalled that he was going to crash, the Singapore Coroner was
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    They still oppose land bill
    107 7 They still oppose land bill SINGAPORE Ratepayers Association remains opposed to the Land Acquisition (Amendment No. 3p Bill although four of Its committee dissociated themselves from the protest sent to Government, said the association. annual report yesterday. The Bill, now beinK studied by a Legislative Council select coiniiiittee, aim.s at
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    I'LL MOVE YOUR PIGS, WARNS TEMPLER
    188 7 I'LL MOVE YOUR PIGS, WARNS TEMPLER i KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. GENERAL Sir Grrald j **Trmplrr warned four Bepang Councillors today that nnleM the proplr in their now villacr told all r.hcy know about Communists in the district their pie rearing industry mi^ht. suffer. The Hißh Commissioner showing signs of his
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      157 7 The weather M x i M i M iMiri I \n 1:1 (7.30 p.m. mi April U 00 Apr. B) Singapore 76 dei Penauy 75, Kotn Bahru tj. Ku.iiii Lumpur 75, Ipuh 7... Ktianlau 7J. MIN I M I M TEMPBB \T\ Rl 1 7 .in a in. (1 7SO
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    Promotion
    19 8 IPOH. PA Mr. Yeong Kok Kee. Labour Officer. Ipoh. is now Assistant Commissioner for Labour. Batang Padang District.
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    EXTRA POLICE CALLED TO CONTROL WHARF CROWD
    89 8 Extra policemen were railed to control the 2.;l00 visitors on the wharves when the 8.178--ton Rajula left Sincapore yesterda>. for India. Barriers kept thf crowd of friends and relatives of departing passengers in order and embarkation was car- ried out smoothly. I The
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    Key witness in Singapore trial vanishes
    258 8 POLICE CAN'T FIND WAITRESS A YOUNG coffee-shop waitress, an important 1 witness in a case in which a young Chinese faces two charges of causing hurt, has disappeared, Singapore Seventh Police Court was told yesterday. Inspector M. C. Jacob, prosecuting, said several attempts by
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    Miners give $43,500 to TB fund
    135 8 Miners give $43,500 to TB fund KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. F^LEVEN tin companies have A given $43,500 to Lady Templer's T.B. Hospital Appeal Fund. Biggest gift was $10,000 from An-10-Oriental Malaya Ltd. Other gifts were $7,500 from Kuala Kampar Tin Fields, $5,500 Lower Pirak Tin Dredging. $3,500 from Larnt Tin Fields,
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    Youth camp
    25 8 'TAIPING. Fri. A postEaster work camp has been organised by Malayan Anglican Youth Fellowship for Yong Pens. Johorc from April 19 to 25
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    SULTAN PLAYS SNOOKER
    55 8 THK HJLTAM OF PAHANG un a tour of the Temerloh District stopped at the little village of Kink. near Bentong. to open a new country club. The first thing which caught the royal eve was the club's snooker table. 11. had just "potted a red" when this
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    More Chinese blood donors are needed
    128 8 BRITISH SERVICES COMMENDED QJTNGAPORE Blood Transfusion Service would be in an impossible position if it were not for the many donors from the British Military Forces, the Director of Medical Services. Dr. W. J. Vickers said yesterday. "We arc relying far too much on
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    15 answered this appeal
    48 8 Fifteen social workers volunteered their services after an appeal was made in Singapore newspapers, said the March i report of the Social Welfare Department. The group, which includes four men, a Chinese, Malay, I Indian and European will help out at Siglap Social Centre.
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    Firing practice
    27 8 Firms practices will be held OH Blakan<; Mati Island betIMII Bam .md 430 p.m. from April 12 to 16 and from April 19 to 23.
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    PROBLEM OF THE DOCTOR'S FEES
    327 8 PROBLEM OF THE DOCTOR'S FEES Court's award IPOH. Fri. MOTHING in the law that the court could decide whether a doctor's fees were excessive or not. Inehe Abdullah bin Ghazalli. Ipon magistrate, said today, awarding Dr. Wu LienTeh 5456 and costs in his claim for $956 from a former patient.
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    Duchess is patron
    66 8 The Duchess of Kent has agreed to become patron of the Singapore Ai.ti-Tuberculo-sLs Association The Duchess oDened the Royal Singapore Tuberculosli Clinic vhen she visited Smjupore in 1952. Mr W A C Goo i\ Officer Administeriim the Government ha.v MfM a telegram to rlie Secretary of State
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    BIRTHDA OF WOMEN'S ARMY
    98 8 The Women's Royal Army Corps will celebrate its fifth anniversary with a church service and a march past at the Garrison Church. Tanglin. DO Sunday. April 25. In the afternoon, members of the corps will be entertained by the Ro> al N;»v at the Naval Base.
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      288 8 Ihe straits Times Crossword ACROSS I 7 1. IKgSSVSSL* n, ii£««Sfc2. 9. Initially graduate start* a Stci- fc 1(lled for hls nM li. in HIP vi 1 4-3 > 10. A rapid r.iuniral composition (7). 18 Temper ends >vnli spirit (T). 11. Oulliver'.s horsy arqu.-ilntance 20. IVvrribit pact of .1
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    The amazing career of Admiral Sir Henry Keppel
    1559 9 The amazing career of Admiral Sir Henry Keppel mil-lS special FEATURE j: rs, who, in the odd century of her existence have Singapore, few left a stronger and more loving ir Henry Keppel, founder of the harbour that bears visitor to the colony on various never-to-be-ween 1837 and 1903. It
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      128 9 IPicti Tvavu f#otr long in hnih-tintv? AND AFTEfI TUE ROOP ouR NEW BATUTUB. M i ABOUT VER LITTLE TIN «V C^, /^o^ T OAFTFR^COMES TVIE ROOF -1 PAPPY? J~ ■TI S^TUB YOU BEEN USIW? \LIKE IT ANY MORE. t«en the fuooo joists. -A WKb.^EY T^ r 7~ > V V
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    TIN, RUBBER JUMP UP
    401 10 Year's best priJ DOTH rubber and tin in j reached their hishcsl prices H Tin purted by 53. 50 to rubber increased by cent- to above this year's previous best t The tin price was si thenpd by Continental b in the London market for prompt
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    RUBBER PRICES
    123 10 Trade demand and short corcrlng sent the price of rubbrr in Sincnporp up by l' K cents yesterda> April lirst grade closing at tiii cents It vm an active market and the close was steady. Closing price yesterday In cents per pound were: No. 1 R.s.S. spot loose
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    32 10 On market in Hone Koof jrwterdi y the U.S quoted al 5 785 for cash 5 8075 for T I Sterling WM quoted il ISJI one tae! of fold Bl
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    47 10 fTher. ■i- bl, this i At tli. I shipi.. consul took 1 Pea j day The in Sir. I end ti ponciec. I Th,- I U.S. A I 82.910 1 porl I ton Lond j 1 York. profit a then quire^ I R i c
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    168 12 YOUR correspondent thinks my reference to the neulected children in the cubicles la ridiculous, and wishes tn enlighten nic about the work of the Rrri Cross and the Social Welfare Department in ameliorating their condition. I am aware of the activities of thr.se and
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    The SATURDAY FORUM
    301 12 CHOICE OF SITE 'UNFORTUNATE' "IHSITING thr Choras Road Cemetery the other day, I saw extensive earth-levelling operations at the hill-top Just across the road from the cemetery. It dawned on mr that this was the site of the future Lady TerriDler Tuberculosis Hospital which ls to Sc
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    The Servicemen at Raffles Hotel
    230 12 TESTIFYING at a court martial recently, the A manager of the Raffles Hotel. Singapore. Mr. Frans Schutzman said he considered the N.A.A.F.I. Britannia Club for Servicemen a nuisance. He did not po into detail as I to how it was a nuisance but implied that
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    Shorthand typists forgotten
    133 12 Shorthand typists forgotten THE CHIEF beneficiaries from the introduction of the "Ritson style" pay scheme 1 for the Services civilian employees are the clerks. both •qualified' and "unqualified". The shorthand typists, some lof whose qualifications, abilities and responsibilities, compare very favourably with those of the "unqualified" and ■qualified" clerks, have
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    Do the leaders really practise democracy?
    436 12 IT IS amusing these days to read of the political progress in Malaya. Do these so-called leaders really think they are the only people gifted with brains and all the others, mere nit-wits? The Alliance composed of the i Malayan Chinese Association I and
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    Allowances for heads
    144 12 YOJ report that of 21 teachers of Singapore English schools who are to be promoted to be principals ot new primary schools next year, those with 11 or more classes in their schools will get $150 a month more and those with less than i 11 classes
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    Jazz music for the snakes
    77 12 'FHE theory that snakes dance x to the rhythmical padding on the Rround of the feet of snake charmers i.s farfetched. I have lived with snake charmers in India, and have seen countless performances of snake charmings. both in India. Burma and in Malaya, but
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    Collect yearly and save money
    60 12 IF only the Vehicles Department would change the sys- tern of collecting road tax once every six months and collect it i annually. I am sure the econo- mies would more than justify the change. After all, whether one likes it or not. the full
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    'Cat and mouse' game at the padang
    187 12 I Sympathise with Mrs. Shirin Foxdar's view that there is regrettable evidence of] public indifference towards the hardships of the poorer, un- i dcrprivileged peoptl of Singapore. It Ls strati gi that, where It has seemed fuatlflabte to risk the lives of two
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    Call for unity in the timber trade
    461 12 THE PLANNERS I WAS very interested in "CS.E.'s" letter on the timber trade which suffers enough already from Governmental control and needs no "nursing". What we would like is a more i realistic attitude by Government regarding the difficulties ot present trading. However.
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    IN DEB AT THE START
    42 12 IN DEB AT THE START 1 Bcho lnsp< :i V' t, toy a' >■ been p not b i The G i these peoi J the i) and I expe on th( home i WIJJ up this you::-; debt at" I theii Sin-
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    'He has not A Bill careful
    37 12 MR. V. I a Hind i thai 1 Hindu the-. I I whose not de il reforms I 1 Periar, l. j Old. Mr. Paki; the Bill "in. ape betn Singapore
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    Three Malayans reach last eight in U.S. mccl
    445 13 NIAGARA FALLS, New York, Friday. 'fHE ALL-ENGLAND champion and favourite to win the U.S. national badminton singles championship, Eddie Choong of Malaya, took only 15 minutes yesterday to win his third round match against Martin Semple of Toronto and qualify for the
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    De Silva kept Kota Raja to 4-0 margin
    210 13 De Silva kept Kota Raja to 4-0 margin J/OIA RAJA were not at all i worried by the rain-soaked pitch I at Jalan Bcsar stadium yisterday I in scoring a lluent 4-0 victory over Dot torn -01-t he-league Singapore Recreation Club in a SAPA Dlv. 1 league lie. Kota Haja
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    CAPTAINCY POSES COLONY PROBLEM
    295 13  -  ANG KA.M HO( K By Sl\<; AI'OKE'S cricket side lor their lirst inter-Male game of the season against Selangor on the pa dang during Easter will be picked after tomorrow's tournament matches. This week's performances will, therefore, decide the fatj of those who may be considered
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    60 PICKED FOR ASIAN GAMES
    449 13 THE Singapore Olympic and Sports Council yesterday selected a contingent of 60 to represent the Colony at the second Asian Games at Manila from May 1 to 9 The team comprises four athletes, four weightlifters, six swimmers, four boxers, eight waterpolo players, 15 foot-biilli-r.s. ten
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    SELANGOR XI
    285 13 There are three changes m the Selangor teaem to play Singapore. H. O. Bennett. C. Mahadevan and Mike Shepherdson are unable ito travel and their places will be taken by A. J. Collyns. S. Sinnappah and .1. Mason Wen;; has bitting and fielding ability well up to State
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    S.J.I, repeat soccer win
    155 13 fil' Josephs Institution lepeated 0 their previous victory over Rallies Institution in a return xnc>er mutcli at Bras Basah Roarl yesterday by winning 3-1. The previous score was 2-1. St. Jo.eph's attacked frorr. the Uck-ofl Out on v slippery ground they mls.Md many scoring chances But
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    HIGH SCORING IN JNR. TIES
    131 13 There «a« high scoring in the SAPA Jumor division matches yesurday At Geylang. in a Div. 3B tie. SoI rial A P beat KM 1.. 7-0 with goal^ by Chin Yrong i3i. Ouan s?ena r Fook Kong. Slew Wah and Sl^T Kay. A Appavoo refereed.
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    Prince Edward Boys retain Rayner Cup
    260 13 PRINCE EDWARD Road Boys Club retained the Rayner Cup yesterday on the padang with mi 8--1 victory over Queen Street Boys Club, their opponents In laM year's final. I,ast year Prime Edward boys won 4 3 The game was not a minute old I
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      176 13 I Weekend Sport TAIIAV I MM l>l V. 2: Woodhridce Hn*pi WUJtI tal v Aston A.( (.evlanc; V.M.M.A. SOCCER v T.8.A.. Farrer Park. SINOAPORK '4' v Suara Muda. DIV. 3C: Police 'A' t Arionaut* Jalan Brsar. F.C.. Jalan Besar, 4 p.m. SAKA I»IV.'3C: Setla Jay* vj FRIENDLY: KAF ChMtgi v
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    Consistent Exhibitor gets vote in Race 7
    799 14 Consistent Exhibitor gets vote in Race 7 MY PICK in a difficult ract is Exhibitor. This Midas gelding rarely rung a bad race but luck has been against him. In eight of his I 11 runs he has finished in the first four. Certainly no horre Is more deserving 01
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    JAPS, ENGLANE REACH FINALS
    98 14 LONDON. Fri— Japan, on theli first visit t 0 Europe, and England, the Swaythllng Cup holders, have a chance of accomplishing a rare double In the world Table tennis championships here. Their teams have reached the final groups of the Swaythllng Cup and Corblllnn Cup events
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    RUGBY LEAGUE
    41 14 LONDON. Frl Rugby League results: Barrow 39; Liverpool City 11. Oldhum 7; Warrlngton 7. Rugby Unlon; Path 20. Clifton 6: OIOUCM ter 6; Cheltenham 9. Llanelly 5: Ebbw Vale 3 Ponlprldd 14; Treorchy 0. Newton Abbot 0; Aberavon 22.
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    C.S.C. OPENING
    35 14 The opening of the Ceylon Sports Club's nu clubhouse in Bale.stier Road will be made by Mr Malcolm Mac Donald Commissioner-General for South East Asia, at 530 p m on Tuesday, Apr. IS.
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    Sun Festival wins
    38 14 NEWMARKET. Frl —Mr Tom Lllley's three-year-old colt Bun Festival won the free handicap over seven furlongs here yesterday Miss 7,ena Daniel's Noble Charger was second and Mr. J. A. C. Mlley's Oarde Rnyale was third
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    CAMPUS BELLE GOOD BET FEB. FOR
    300 14 CA MPUS BELLE GOOD BET FEB. FOR Must do well get Derby chai By EPSOM JEEP PAMPUS BELLE can be bac good thinp; in the Class 1, I)i\ (Race Three) at Ipoh today, n Perak Turf Club Easter (Dor! Campus Belle has been i ni Perak Derby and to make
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    24 14 ORISSAR RACE FOR QRI Race I Parade her Cl men- n I I 1 I I fif. In I i I I I I
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    Straits Times Selection
    163 14 F.PSOM JEEP CALL BOY I'D tace 1. TRIMPINGTON II SINTKAtK Two liiamonds TmropinrUin II Boucainvillea Two Diamonds TRUMPINGTON II Two l>iaiii >n i« Sun trace 2.15 Race 2. 2.45 GREATEST HOUR Rakahang* Kippllnc River RIPPLIN<I RIVER Greatest Hour Rakahanßa FIGHTING FINISH Rtpplini; River The Gift Race 3.
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    Today's race card
    1108 14 Race 1—2.15: Class 4, Div. 3— 7 furs. 1 100 Sion Tudor Mulley 9.00 K. Y. Tay H C. Chionh Daniels 2 099 Sunstream Jones 8.11 Mms J. Klrkham J. Oibb Ti<w 3 -98 Canton Sawyer 8.09 C. K. Ch ng fc Madam C. T. Ooh Daniels
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    2 NON-DERBY HORSES TO CONTEST TRIAL
    289 14 THK "Derby Trial" (Race 5). to be run over 9f. may well be fought out by two horses not in next week big race -Cinema II and Metrostar. Cinema II was beaten in the last stride by Rubber Exporter in the Spring Cup over
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      73 14 TODAY'S GOING The gome lor today's meet at Ipoh is likely to be yielding. Radio .Malaya will broaricw commentaries on all eight races today. The Trehlr lotc will ho held on Races Four. Six and Seven. The Big Swrrp will hr drawn on Race Fight. The following bonea have been
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