The Singapore Free Press, 25 April 1950

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA >T SINGAPORE, TUESDAY. APRIL 25, 1950. PKHE TKN (BIS.
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    BENHAM: MORE FOR CLERKS, DOCTORS
    758 1 BENHAM: MORE FOR CLERKS, DOCTORS 'Raise Singapore allowance lOp.c' Free Press Staff Reporter pAY increases, ranging: from $10 to $200 a month, are recommended ">' the Benham Committee on Salaries for Singapore (Government servants, including clerks, doctors, legal and other professionally qualified officers, higher technical assistants, interpreters, confidential and other
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    Govt denies people will lose homes
    34 1 Govt denies people will lose homes .i.^.ent. Council I their the acA: ::v. uf Yeo .sed he nmcnt (ft pl i i. ma.- *:;ich. Army .and. :'.or? occupied -juence hould a the ■Ml be
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    ANZAC DAY
    8 1 I *[>.»ndi*nt 7.ea- inniverI similar K'jala
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    COALITION? NO, SAYS CRIPPS
    294 1 LONDON, Tuesday. Stafford Cripps, Chancellor of the Exchequer, last night rejected a va^ue suggestion" by Mr. Churchill of a Coalition Government. Winding up a week-lon^ debate on his budget proposals Iq the House of Commons, the Chancellor said: "This could only work if everyone else abandoned
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    Teachers pay
    44 1 Ihe Bt'uh.im Committee on Salaries also recommends: Lower pay ceiling* for Normal Class-trained teachers (see Page s> No expatriation paj for overseas officers recruited li»c illy (Fajfe M« And gives three reasons why women should he paid l»-s«« than men. <Pat;e 5).
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    TEETH CLUE TO KILLING
    49 1 TEETH CLUE TO KILLING A pair of false teeth round m radiator grill of his car led to the arrest of Arthur Fogel. m New York Police believed that th« teeth b to Mrs Mary Brown, a<jed 81. *'ho wis ".cilled by a hit-and-run driver on Sunday night U.P.
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    TIGHTER CONTROLROL
    21 1 The Hong Kong Government may tighten control on the U.S. dollars free market, according to Chinese financial sources. Reuter
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    C.-C. IN RANGOON
    18 1 Mr Malcolm MacDon.ilri arrived m Rangoon last night from Singapore for a fourdays stay. Reuter
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    PROMOTION
    17 1 Mr Alexander Bogomolov. the S nrlei envoy to France. t>"»n ippointed a deputy en Minister. Reuter
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    Plea for sterling aid to S.E. Asia
    269 1 LONDON, Tuesday. \|K. Hugh Gaitskell, Minister %}f State for Economic L Affairs, speaking m the budget debate, said that Britain was helping her own strategic interests by allowing countries m South -Fast Asia and the Middle East "m the front line of the
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    'Blood and sweat'
    90 1 Free Press Staff Reporter "'pHE people of this Colony JL are beginning to realise more and more what Communism means to promote an ideology which will make the many tread the path of blood and sweat and tears for the happiness of a few.' sa'.d the Governor
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    US TELEPHONE MEN STRIKE
    41 1 4 NATION-WIDE strike of A 10,000 American telephone equipment workers began yesterday. Since the strikers handle building and maintenance only, the public will not be atf j cted immediately unjess there Is a breakdown requiring repairs.- A.P.
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    JAP TRADE DEAL
    26 1 Negotiations for a new £150,000.000 trade pact between Japan and the sterling area are expected to be^in m Tokio on May 15. Reuter
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    Dock strike & Malaya
    62 1 Dock strike Malaya EARL Winterton, Conservative, questioned the Government m the House of Commons last night about reports that the use of troops at the London docks might cause a reduction m reinforcements to Malaya. Mr. George Isaacs, Minister of Labour, replied that he had not heard of this statement
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    POLICE & PRISON DEPARTMENT PAY
    181 1 POLICE PRISON DEPARTMENT PAY Free Press Staff Reporter THE lower grades of the Singapore Police Force and certain sections of the Prisons Department are among the Government servants for whom the Benham Committee on Salaries has recommended no increases, according to the Committee's report tabled m th e Legislative Council
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    2 new CAS officers
    58 1 I^HE COLONIAL SECRE- TARY. Sir Patrick McKerron. announced m the Singapore Legislative Council this morning the appointment of two officers to the Colonial Administrative Service. They are Mr. Quah Soo Chuan. the first Singapore man to receive a direct appointment from the Secretary for Colonies: and
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    SHARE U.K. DEBTS PROPOSAL TO U.S.
    356 1 Easing economic burden WASHINGTON, Tuesday. THE British Government lias proposed that America take over a big share of Britain's economic burden m India, Pakistan and South-East Asia. ofTicials disclosed yesterday. These "exploratory" proposals, which are nov: under consideration by the US Government, call for
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    TOKVO-H.K. RADIO
    76 1 Wireless-telephone service between Tokto and Hon* Kong will begin today. This is how ttte p»» »pl« of America are ber- toid about the part hi- i Malaya plays m their i lives by supplying most <»f the world's natiir.il runh-.. This six-column advrrtJN--ment is appearing m leading VM.
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    CAUSTIC SODA BAN
    21 1 Imports of caustic TftenUftn have been bannt-»i 'because of ovei -productio 1 there, says a repori Shanghai- A.P.
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    Advice On Bosom Shapes
    305 2 THROW AWAY YOUR GIRDLES' NEW YORK: 4 MANHATTAN dress designer gave this tip tG American women on how to be beautiful: Throw away your :es and brassieres." And the designer, Raymond Marinelli, who dressed some of the worlds loveliest ladies, came out with a fuP-chested veto
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    BIG STAMP DEAL
    43 2 R P. Hart man, dental »n, of Ulverstone. Tasjust clinched one of hilateiic hishas sold his c tion of about 30.000 ComIth Stamps 1913 fur -over £1m Ui Mr. F. A. Tbornhlil, k Melbourne p: I lection contains 1 mmoni
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    UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER
    312 2 'I'HE dollar has talked 1 again—and this time it has forced the Paris fashion houses to climb down For two > ars An have been plugging awaj a return to flapper fashions, but Parisian deslg aid v would be guilty of such hideous styles on the public, they
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    Women Who Study Fossils
    212 2 AUSTRALIA has Iti women doctors, barristen hers and farmers, bur 1):- Ida Brown and ipln really i. anise jobs Th> pal.lo study the life ol ol the Dr. Brown has been a ..ior lecturer at Syc. for the past 15 rs. In 11*45 she was honoured
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    THIS WAS A SALE
    70 2 ABOUT 30 yean ago a an adi v pap i v. got a I .md and h< disco l Wai fton now ki> :.?ton Rummage E banks fin^ -riit-n g< Pc :.fj In 5 6 fur for j a pound werp big that v In Wo-:
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    HER SMILE CAN SELL A DRESS
    218 2 HOW glamorous models life? Fifty, frons London's leading it-s. went Straight -m work to parade before t\v 0 male Judges In w Bond Street. Eight wen chosen to model •oats and costumes m the Fashion Fortnight to tx held In London In June One
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    U.S. WOMAN'S DIARY
    373 2  -  KAY MURRAY By "£iOUTH PACIFIC". the O Broadway show for which it is impossible to obtain tickets earlier than September, continues to have repercussions on our everyday life. Pacific prints have burgeoned exotically over housecoats and circular swing skirts, and the other day I found a Hawaiian
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    80-never been to hospital
    5 2 80-never been to hospital M
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      38 2 Embroidery ACCESSORIES $2.35 $4 -60 v 0 Also Available.--WHALE BONE 25 cts. FEATHER BONING 90 CtS. per yard. ROBINSONS RAFFLES PLACE KERODERM| FOR THE RAPID and PERMANENT H RELIEF OF ALL SK f JjT THE FEDERAL DISPENSARY jjj.
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      417 2 Solution to Crossword No. 29 v«»i i i m\ rm> i I Down 1. I New Crossword No. 30 I T B^B^J YOUR LUCKY STAR 4. These land j produce four rare lambi 4 9» h |£OKN today you arc a miserliness which is apt JO write not In 41.
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    SOVIETS PLAN FOR 2 YEARS
    239 3 SOVIETS PLAN FOR 2 YEARS photo. Significance of China pacts HONG KONG, Tuesday. gOME observers here believe Soviet Russia may expect something big to happen m the Far East n the next two years. Judged solely on the basis 01 recent agreements concluded between Moscow and the Chinese Communist Government,
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    POLICE FIGHT GUNGIRL, 16
    102 3 VANCOUVER, Tuesday. n-aged sweethearts have been capftei police had smoked them out of a bin with tear-ga an d shot the girl I g&CC 19. und a girl aged 16 sed of abducting- -had withstood a D their cabin hideout m Indian y 400 miles from
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    Claim rejected
    35 3 MacArthur'i headquarters and Japanese Gjvernmeot Officials have flat y rejected th*» claim by Rusm i that she had returned to Japan all the former prisoners of war, exceot for a fe icriminals U.P.
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    FINANCIAL CONFERENCE IN CANTON
    76 3 HONG KONG. Tues. AN important financial and economic conference -ecently held m Canton, nas resolved: ITO ban the use and eir- culation of foreign and "hard" currencies: *y TO build up foreign cxL» change resenret by encouraging overseas remittances; and O TO turtht-r the sale and
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    Lobbyist wants to testify
    114 3 Lobbyist wants to testify MR William J. Goodwin. lormer lobbyist for the Chinese Nationalist Government, said m New York h tt was anxious to testify m tho Owen Lattimore case. He said that if he were called. Prof. Lattimore will not want to h^ar me the second time after I
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    Mistook hubby for a burglar
    80 3 SYDNEY, Tue.s. ARRIVING home early one evening, a Sydney suburban resident found he was iock'-ri out. Unwilling to disturb anyone he be»an io climb through a window. Then a glass cup ripped his face open. He fell to the ground with blood pouring from a
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    MYSTERY OF 'RED LANDING'
    54 3 An unconfirmed Manila press report said yesterday that an unindentified motorboat "flying two red flags" was sighted off the north coast of Cagayan province In north-eastern Luzon and that a number of Chinese landed at a point on the coast. Const abulary patrols were sent out
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    154 arrests m Algeria
    79 3 1 54 arrests m Algeria ALGIERS. Tues. pOLICE have arrested 154 people m Algeria m connection with an alleged Nationalist plot to sabotage public buildings and assassinate officials. Arms, detonators and rases of explosives had been seized, a communique stated. The communique said the seizures and arrests had followed a
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    They prefer Dutch to Indonesians
    169 3 SIVA (Fiji Islands). Tuesday. DITCH NEW GUINEA Ls split between sections of Uie population who wish to remain under Dutch j rule and those who would H*« the country to be administered by the I nited States of Indonesia. I according to two New Guinea
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    Bridge Hands
    184 3 Reuter nnHIS is a hand designed 10 catch bridge ostriche* wl.j when threatened by danger, conten* to bury their hcaus i« the sand and ign<tv it. South opvns tht cub three and Nortb wins. From tbfl tead knows that hi.-, side will not win another tlub trik. Where
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    'INSTITUTE NOT COMMUNIST'
    67 3 'INSTITUTE NOT COMMUNIST' •pHE Institute of Pacific Reguiations "is not and nevei has been a Communist organisation." the president of tht University of Washington. Di. Raymond B. Allen, said i: Seattle. Dr. Allen, who is a trustre of the IPR. said lie was apprehensive that "inadvertantly or otherwise," the current
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    ARABS' FUTURE IS UNCERTAIN
    169 3 CAIRO, Tuesday. THE Arab League has had its birthday. What lies ahead? Israel has emerged as an alien state m the heart of a troubled Arab world. It introduced a new, unpredictable complication into the already complex of Arab unity. The problem Involves tht destinies of
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    Israel hits annexation
    201 3 TEL AVIV, Tuesday. ISRAEL has refused to recognise Hashemite 1 Jordan's annexation of Western Palestine, claiming it was "a unilateral act In no way binding on Israel." A government spokesman here said yesterday. "We have concluded an armistice agreement with Jordan and it is our firm Intention
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    Sikhs attack refugee area
    67 3 >i£W DELHI. Tues. TROOPS and police have driven off an attempt by Sikns to invade land near Amrltsar set aside for refugees. Eight Sikhs were reported killed. The S;khs were said to have fired with modern automatic *fapons from prepared bunkers m m.ic-hour attack on one
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    JAP VISIT TO U.S.
    18 3 Japans Finance Minister. Hayato Ikeda. will fly to the United Stages tomorrow.— ReuVr Reuter
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    Guard on Nehru
    28 3 "Extremely watertight security arrangements" haw been made for the forthcoming visit to Karachi of India's Premier. Pandit Nehru, and his party of ten officials. A.P.
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    DENIAL
    27 3 A Foreign Office spokesma I lias now denied Ru^ia 1 charges that Britain is ci>*< ing an Austrian army ani equipping it with armoured vehicles A.P.
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    Argument over geese
    44 3 TKN Swedish goose-eggs ha\> arrived m the (nited States by plane to settle an arffumrnt whether Swedish geese are bigger than American gees. They were placed m an incubator at ih* I niversity of Minnesota to await hatrhint next month A.P.
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    Russian plans for invasion
    49 3 ROME. Tv THE Italian n?wi aARI which Roman newt, at-ciares tha. Ru*>m plans t Western Europe. The agei fidential repof destin* ince o: tions m the ÜBS R it once the B sion was under Tito of Yu?osla-. turn about and with lh» Russians.- A.P.
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    HE HAD 2 WIVES IN U.S. MOSQUE
    131 3 HE HAD 2 WIVES IN U.S. MOSQUE NEW YORK 1 BROOKLYN-BORN oi a Muslim evil pi o ed against the statute charges brought aga.ir.st htm on Saturday, on the ;hat under Moha' v he married the vk I lain Arr. is himsell Wailid Jamii A.i. paroled to wait a Gra
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    ABSENT GOVT. MEN FIRED
    55 3 FE Chinese have carr. Mr cent threa s absen* members of the powerful C tral Executive Com mi the Kuomintang if they U to come to Formosa Two members have formally dismissed and resignations" of three oil. 1 1 re accepted, one of ex-Premier Sun Fo.
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      50 3 WHAT'S ON IN XX. PWIItON The. Cowboy And nnFOV I Cover Big lown G.»ndh. sor Jaoh Di atata (ltotaf>. IPOO REX Mr. Soft Touchy RVBY: R f/ p T.e Wild r d. M SL>. •SS^OV Or.hS! <Hincu.anl. GR%Nn S^te Depertn. W« 649. SEREMBAN aaga^ETrS SSS I 5 Vo k (Chines.
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      353 3 ciwraDOßF <BBC> 455 "Composer o! the 11.15 Australian Light Music oy bINCjArL/Kt Week '—Schumann: 5.15 "Com- j Brash, Evans. James; 11.30 News (BLUE NETWORK) monwealth Survey 1 <BBC>; 5.30 Bulletin; 4 Harry Davidson md 484 and 41.7 metres. Whose Body?"— 1 'Mr Thipps his Orchestra: 4.30 News Bulletin: IOD4Y <BB
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    The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY Apr 25. 1950 ACCEPTANCE IS NOT ALL
    499 4 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY Apr 25. 1950 ACCEPTANCE IS NOT ALL ].as acceptance of lon to attend the Asian and Pacific nations' i -at Baguio. callby President Elpidio the Philippines. < i not mean that she baa ncr mind aooul oility of a Pacific at she intends In future
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    Diary
    1034 4 WASHINGTON: WHEN I registered A the Carlton Hotel the elegant Englishman behind the desk said: "Are you going to write Washington up?" I said "Yes That was before I had looked around. f regret that I have to write Washington DOWN. If Hollywood is the city of dreadful anxu'ty
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    NEW KING OF THE BELGIANS
    610 4  -  DANIEL SCHORR By i\ ;i greystone mati sion OH tlu i short' of Geneva's L :i k c I. vm;» n 19-year old Crown Prince Baudouin, whose shy smile reflects a life Killed with hooks and heartbreak, rises daily 1 1 7 a.m to train
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    Dutch Prestige Has Fallen
    714 4  - Dutch Prestige Has Fallen Lionel Hudson IN Djakarta today, capital of the new Federal Republic <»t Indonesia, streets are no longer c .1 lied "stunts". They have become "Djalans", and their n ;i m c s have been changed. Indon< h b moved intu the most Spacious marble-floored orlices and
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    'Electric' Typing Is Wonderful
    154 4  - 'Electric Typing Is Wonderful R ichard Viner By pREPARE. all typists. to be consumed envy I have just been taken for 9 ride on a magic office carpet an electric typewriter. What speed, what rhythm, vhat facility, v. Joy You don't flog it. you fondle it. It has a touch
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    Letter to the Editor
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      65 4 Cive them the pleasure of receiving a food parcel. Ml *l FOOD PARCELS FOR THE UK The ratic all the latest week and w Section Remember that i have just come c*' are bound to be and baccn butter and rationed COLD STORAGE ORCHARD ROAD BRANCH liiiiic3iiiiiiiiiiiic3iiiiii mum iiiiiiiciiniiiiiiiii:: Afew
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    LOWER PAY CEILINGS FOR TEACHERS
    280 5 LOWER PAY CEILINGS FOR TEACHERS Benham report proposals n ree Pr ess Staff Reporter RECOMMENDATION that the maximum of the time scale of Normal Class trained men teachers should be reduced from the present 15 a month to $445 "m order to bring it into proper relation with the other
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    'No expat, pay if recruited locally'
    36 5 'No expat, pay if recruited locally' > MatT Reporter pay should d In future to recruited Benq Salai now ever, of cc:' ren pay officer^ iso pro- I 5 •i :n Page EUht I>R F C. BENHWI
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    Service unions may unite
    70 5 rrer Prcsa Stall Keporter I N to co-ordinate work of the thrfy Sp r unions m Singapore S ad m reviving :ncr Singapore Federa Sen The ACSU president. Mi V. X N losed that yesterday He said that his orisation is plann rg -an all-out campaign"
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    Islanders Volunteer as police
    196 5 F. P. Malay Correspondent MALAYS m Pulau Tekong. off Singapore, are responding enthusiastically to a recruiting campaign by the Government to form a Special Police Volunteer Corps on the island asp Rajah ol the Mann* Police who visited the :*land on Sunday with a party of
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    N.Z. NAVAL VISITORS
    54 5 TWO frigates of the New Zealand Royal Navy arrived m Singapore <>n Saturday their way to a siv months' training cruise m the Mediterranean. They leff for Trincomalee. Ceylon, yesterday afternoon. Picture fchowj; the "Hawea" (left) and th P Taupo" moored alongside a Naval Base wharf at
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    Liability clause re-drafted
    246 5 SPORE FINANCE BILL Free Press Statf Reporter \MICH-criticised clause In the Finance Regulations Bill 1950 Imposing liability on partners, employers and directors for offences under the Ordinance has been re-drafted by a Singapore Select Committee appointed to examine and report on the bill. The Select Committee's re-
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    VSSIZE SESSION ON MONDAY
    20 5 A session of Assize will be held at the Supreme Con Singapore, on Monday at 10.30
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    21 5 MALAY youths of Pulau Tekonir. off Singapore, taking the oath after they had been recruited as special Police volunteers on Sunday
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    COLONY AND FEDERATION SALARIES
    276 5 AGREEMENT has been reached between the Federation and Singapore on all the standard scales of salaries for officers m division one liable to transfer between the two territories, says the Benham Committees report. Agreement has also been reached on all the "key" time scales. Any differences
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    GIFT TO S.A.T.A.
    39 5 A eift of $150 to the S.A.T.A. was 'made at the 17th annual General meeting of the Oriental Telephone Company ft r.nd Loan Society held on Saturday, at which a four p^r cent dividend was declar
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    $700,000 WATER PLAN SCRAPPED
    275 5 Free Press StalT Reporter 4 BANDOXMENT of a waterworks project estimated to cost 5700,000 has been agreed to by a committee of Singapore Municipal Commissioners. The project is for mci easing the capacity of the Gunong Pulai sedimentation tank, and abandonment of It will me'tn a
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    KOREA TRADE MISSION DUE IN SINGAPORE
    124 5 A SOUTH Korean trade r A sion on a tour of Bo Bast Asia is expected to arrlv,. ;n Singapore for a five-day visit m the latter Dart of May I to promote trade relations bt- teen Malaya and Korea. The 15-man mission, ai
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    New currency definition
    157 5 Anew definition of forcurrency Li recommended by a Singapore Selec* C mittee because the i definition includes b currencies and it efore technicaiiy offence, for example, fo: person to overdraw account In the United X:: dcm. In Its to the L lative Council this morn! •he Finance
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    WHY WOMEN SHOULD BE PAID LESS
    289 5 WHY WOMEN SHOULD BE PAID LESS tree Press Stail Keptnur T*HREE arguments m favour of lower salaries for women are set out m th.^ Benham Committee's report tabled \a the Sine-annrf^JLeirKlativ* r— ncß UU3 morning. First argument, sa.s m Commit*, women employed on the same piece rates as men. whether
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    PERAMBULATOR RAINBOW SAFE BETS
    835 6  -  ALLAN LEWIS Tomorrow 'sKL race prospects By pKRAMBI LATOR and Rainbow should be the two safest bets at Kuala Lumpur tomorrow, j when the Selangor Turf Club continue their April meeting. Perambulator is nicely handicapped m the race for Class 5 horses over seven furlongs, while
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    Wination to win again
    547 6 Wi nation to win again ryiTH form dlaeloted. the i.-..s d races toinoi rov. should not present difficult J problems as they did on the first day. These horses Will race over f>i i. i three divi- > and 7 The top division (»v. i i« 2 f. appears to
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    The Golden Road back in favour
    328 6 The Gold en Road back in favour Percy Loraine's Golden K»ad, whose stable w t ompanion, Calstone, won at Sandown Park on Saturday, returned to favour M the callover on the J.UOO Guineas at the Victoria i'lub, London last nlfht. He went to 100-9 last Thursday, but was now quoted
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    Kev Delaney outpointed
    84 6 Kev Delaney outpointed THE Frenchman, Je^r. II Kin (144 1 2 lbs I making nil firs 1 appearance m the Australian :ine. dectsivelj beat the a lan weltertmpion K»v i)e--v 146 2 lbs i on points m a 12-round I c< ine> stadium last night plenty of hard punching In
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    S.A.B.A. tourney
    33 6 The Bingap ie ha itt a v '.Htion open chan. w;.l i| U c Hapoj ri ;>m. t'Kiay. Wf»nh:ng »nd medical :.->n will b* at the H.tppy World n m today.
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    Active demand for rubbers
    259 6 London Stock Exchai!!? jmUtM were many gains In Vubl L London Stock Exchange reported an active day s tradiii h pl satisfied, says Reuters ft nan, shares were irregular. ll Although trading m doi r m check by the spread of workers and disposit. Parliamentary der
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    BEATS TURPIN FOR TITLE
    255 7 BEATS TURPIN FOR TITLE picture. Rallied after taking count Finch, of Croydon, became the new British middleweight champion when he outpointed Dick Turpin, of Leamington, the holder, over 15 rounds at Nottingham last night. Finch will not defend his newly-won crtfwn. H» had great difficulty m making the weight of
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    dwell outclasses Italy's No. 1
    33 7 rter-finals nt the men s singles m the i-tl tennis tournament m Rome i.i-. m an nn-and off drizzle ho recently played I d G C;:relli -5-3 A.P.
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    Recognised as title fight
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    Good batting in poorconditions
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    Big fight verdict: SBBC acts
    148 7 Big fight verdict: SBBC acts emerf< n* j netting «>t th^ Stng;apore Bexing Ko.ird of Control will be held this e\enins;. Among thr nKittt-r> t «> I)*' iiscossedi v b bt'lir\t'tj. will the dtn ision m Li > t Friday's Bg;hl between Dave Sands and Bo> hrook> Meanwhile, vnitc lot
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    UK amateur golf tournex opens
    61 7 -TirvF Tredinnkk (Worthing) led the field with 71 TfMmiSSS Ctab course at Deal w.terday. fe 8o wus Wilfred The ol wnn^ton who returned a 79. Earlier m Royal Hong Kong is not being decided b. match-play throughout, be^-e The qualifying tcsi rtyy from ace d
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    CYMA WIN 2-0
    27 7 CYMA brat the Blue Rl--2-0 m a SAFA Junior B Group 2 Batch p'.av. ,i en the BODCA ground >"• Christy N and R. G<mes
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    316 7  -  ARCHIE QUICK iv FOHTV men, .:d an Alsatian ehed the most thrilling have seen for years The scene was a large bacK- m Brighton which had been ted into a boxms nnasium. The occasion 1 outing to show the critics how "two would-be world champions gettJ
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    BROWN, NIMA WIN TIES
    43 7 BROWN, NIMA WIN TIES C EPHEN NIMA. vptian Davia Cup player, :ie Burrey h courts tennis champi< R. B. Jones lEngi 6-2. 6-0, whilt Geoff Brown 'A able with a t .d m nil -list .is i D glai a 6-3. 6-0 A.P.
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    S'pore Schools team named
    49 7 T>HE 1 ned Schools 'oh o r c Combined Schools m lh< c mi Engday v. the n 5.J.1.), w m J.l>. on 'Rl'- Sup pi ah .R.I Daud «S- RamaTan .ACS.' Rahman 'Rl' Pati+cfc'a 3 ra must anemble r V School ai .n Johore
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    'COACH WAV DIES AT 60
    35 7 'COACH WAV DIES AT 60 A ALEXANDER. w. ..I* S.. 44 years id stayed to wiu national acclaim as a on Sunda •Coach Alex M known to thousandi ol friends and admirers, was A .P.
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    England teams to go on tour
    90 7 IUIF him land soccer selectors will meet m London on Thursday night to choose tS players for the "A" and "B" teams to tour the Continent next month. The "A" team will meet the Portuguese national side at 1 isbon on May 14 and
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    R.A.F. Seletar were worthy winners
    315 7 RAF. Seletar played a fine, forceful game yester- day to run out 2 l winners over Chinese Athletic, last years Senior League champions. It was C.A.'s first defeat Seletar are now level on points with C.A. but CA. have a better °oal average. Kota Raja
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    BRISTOL ROVERS WIN 3-0
    41 7 terdays U.K. soccer sultThird division ixiutherni: I R •i n 3, N- vport County 0. Scottish Leac«e, I)i\i>ion "B:" Querns Park 2, S .r 0. Other matches; Celtl Derby City 0: Forfar A I Arbrv.a'h. 1- A.P
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    Outstanding gallop by Hun ting Music
    221 7  - Outstanding gallop by Hu n ting Music ALLAN LEWIS From Xl ALA li MPIK. Tuesday. HI NTIXG MUSIC, who did 3«« accept his eiu ment on Saturday, did tfa outstanding gallop n the training track here this morning. Ridden v Flannery. he covered three fur longs m 40 Mcsad* The
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    N.B.A. WARNS CHAMPIONS
    10 7 NBA N B A "ne NBA U.P.
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    LATEST RUGBI HIM LTS
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    38 7 SOCCER: Snr. \t*: RKI Changi Palau Rrani tt Jalan Bcsar. Jnr \1 Polic* I v 30 Bin R \O( at GcflM(l Jnr. Bl: S pi.re l>i>t S»«:nAK HQ S pore V\*l. »t (UM TE\M> \M< (hampion*hip«.
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    29 8 Straits Times Free Press ril* Mnununet of «d ««rtiteri oa» Represent j»iv t jf Ist Floor Singapore Cold vo«i?« Orchard dota «il( r«cetv« iml advertisements m>d miwcrt boa number*
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    CHINA BLOCKADE NEARING COLLAPSE
    373 8 Hainan fall likely soon HONG KONG, Tuesday. yy'ITH the total Communist occupation of Hainan now considered to be only a matter of days and rendering: inevitable the early fall of other Nationalist forward attack and blockade bases m the Chusan ffroup and the Ladrones, attention is
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    Bigwelcome for Comet in Cairo
    111 8 Bigwelcome for Comet in Cairo CAIRO. TtaM J^INCt FAROUK S brulher-in-law. Col. Ismail Sherine Bey, the Egyptian War Minister, Mustapha Hotrat Bey. and tiie British Amba&sacior, Ronald Campbell, were at the aerodrome \>-sWday when the De Hay: land Coiret jet aininer reached here m a re-cord-break.i 4 .y Qfe huurs.eigh'
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    POLICE FAIL TO HOLD REDS
    57 8 *J\VO hundred Commu: ttfhl ihrough police oordoni In Antwerp ye^ter to prevent foremen from signing 2.000 dockers needed to work a night shift m the port The clashes followed rep< thai .i shipment of Atlantic Pac: armi from America i^ expected. The foremen evenhialiy gave
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    Sacked man frees lions
    89 8 A I f H r S hi ßl NTLED circus P"'*"""- Mektau revere r™ lsmissal ls sieved »>y (i^rnun polire to be m^? n H lble .>n Or rel in lw vv»iirh escaped and mauled a 20-year-old girl to death yesterday near the circus at Baden-Baden
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    Attlee on medals for Malayan civilians
    227 8 LONDON, Tuesday rHF Prime Minister. Mr. Clement Attlee, told Parliament yesterday thai planters, miners and other civilians m Malaya were excluded from the award the General Service Medal. bet ause it was not granted for part-time service. Air Commodore Arthur Of* VYre Harvey. Conservative,
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    H.K. orders American out
    87 8 HONK KONG. Tins fHOMAS SIMMONS, agt-d 30 American businessman from Manila who spent two months In Chinese Communist custody said yesterday that he was leaving this mornlnt? f<-r Bangkok on orders of the Hong Koi Immigration Simmons ,aid no reason was <iv^n for (he vert*] ord^r
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    ARABIC FOR PAK.
    26 8 Mr. Zahid Huu&ln Gov- Brnor of the State Bank of Pakistan, suggest* that \r&b\c oa m ade tin* languIfe nt Pakistan.- A .P.
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    UKrecognition not at fault
    187 8 UKrecogn it ion not at fault LONDON, Tuesday. 'FIIE Foreign I'nder-Secretarv. Mr. Ernest Davits, contended m Parliament yesterday that British recognition of Communist China was not a factor m the serious difficulties being met by commerc ial and industrial interests m Shanghai. These difficulties were m part due to the
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    'No snow, just frozen rain'
    54 8 LONDON. Tufs I^IIK Air Ministry was lo.tlh t'» idinil it Mimu-ii London yesterday. It* description of what f«*ll on shivering Londoners was "frozen rain showrrs." In vmif other parts of England it was admitted there werr snow showers hrough from thr Arctic by hlast of
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    AIR PACT
    12 8 ~»jpi and Greet* day sinned a civil aviauv. agreement A.P.
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    SIAM DEPORTS NAT. OFFICERS
    27 8 [TOUR Chinese Nulionallst oflflrers were arrested m March m Uttaradit province.' Siam. and drportrd. They were arrested for violation of immigration laws. Reuter
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    114 8 JW Opposition leader, ufmSSi^aSihm 1 hurled Charge* of "etas, hatred and 'olas, tare" at the Labour Government «.rl debated the proposed budget vtslerda v as be VVhil I d an the Exchequer. Sir Stafford Crlpps. Mr Churchill was vehement In his general de mmriation of
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    22 8 Intermittent rains m the past week washed away the fears of a serious water shortage m Hon* Kon<r. A.P.
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