The Singapore Free Press, 28 March 1952

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE Of MALAYA SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 1952. PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS.
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    ARABS PROTEST ON TUNISIA
    387 1 Paris Government shaken by new crisis PARIS, Friday. MUSLIM nations throughout th e Middle East are angry over the arrest and exile by the French of the Tunisian Prime Minister, Mohamed Chenik, and three of his top Ministers. .he Iraqi Government has demanded their immediate release.
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    Hindus stone a beauty contest
    127 1 Hindus stone a beauty contest NEW DELHI, Fri. A BAND of 300 religious Hindus last night carried an effigy labelled "Miss Delhi" m a mock funeral procession to the sates of a hotel staging a newfangled western beauty contest. The orthodox Hindus want no part of the innovation. When they
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    JET CRASHES
    23 1 The crew of three were killed yesterday when a Royal Air Force Canberra Jet bomber crashed at Blyton near Gainsborough, England.
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    French launch rice bowl attack
    151 1 French launch rice bowl attack SA -ON. Fri. v tfnj m forces V r i powerful I r dav aimed at the i-*arr of the ha? c infiltrated k R-.ver delta China V^t Th e Frea j nve Viet- > about 5.000 > .it tacked on insular area -ncentrated. s
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    No immunity for Begum
    46 1 KARACHI. Fri. IJHI r.:e: court of Sinrt ruled yesthat the senior Be? >: Junagadb who Wai tot the murI 13-year-old maidJTOnl wuld nirt claim diD- immunity a^> wife of i idgn so? erpign raertiorse ownin? Be- Munnawar. 50. was ar- -j a Reuter
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    MORE KOREA MEN
    18 1 detachment of touted Nations trooas K:-a will be m I 730 men next A .F.P
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    BOMB FOR ADENAUER KILLS 1, WOUNDS 3
    128 1 BOMB FOR ADENAUER KILLS 1, WOUNDS 3 MUNICH, FtV AN attempt to assassinate the West German Chancellor, Dr.. Konrad Adenauer, by a bomb sent through the mail killed one police official last night and wounded three others when the packet exploded m police headquarters here. An explosives expert, Karl Reicher
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    52 1 picture. AFTER demonstrations and near-rioting m Trieste on the fourth anniversary of an allied declaration which favoured the return of Trieste to Italy, 61 people were gaoled and 36 others injured. The trouble followed demands for the return of Trieste to Italy. Picture shows police using: clubs to disperse the
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    BIG DIAMOND MINE PLAN
    37 1 The British Minister of State for the Colonies, Mr. A. T. Lennox-Boyd, said yesterday that m few years Britain might have the biggest diamond mine m the Commonwealth at Shinyango m Tanganyika.- AFP
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    48 1 THE BEGLM Aga Khun is seen at the wheel of her car as she leaves the Villa Yakimour near Cannes, South France, for her first outing since the Aga Khan fell ill with heart trouble. Her smile underlines reports that he is back on the road to health.
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    BURMA REDS STEP UP UNREST PLAN
    160 1 THE Burmese Government were silent yesterday about the offensive it said had been launched against Chinese Nationalist forces m Kengtung state along the Chinese-Burma border. The Home Minister, ao KhLn Maun* Gale told a news conference yesterday that a fullscale offensive nad oeen launched.
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    His cows got a shock
    68 1 Missouri, Sat. WHEN farmer French Woods switch on his electric milking machine, 35 frenzied cows nearly kicked the barn down. Nine of them died of electric shock before Woods could disconnect the machine. The cows, terrified by the jolt, were uncontrollable for nearly half an
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    70 DEE IN CRASH
    31 1 More than 70 people were killed at an airport just outMoscow on Wednesday when a passenger plane and I trooo transport niane crashed. U.P. I TRUMAN RETURNS
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    More voice for Italy in Trieste
    182 1 ROME, Friday. TTALY, the United States and Britain yesterday announced that they would shortly hold a threepower conference to give Italy greater voice m governing the Anglo-American zone of Trieste. The announcement came after four days of riotous demands m Rome and other big
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    Ike to quit 'any moment'
    62 1 CHICAGO. Fri. GEN. DWIGHT D. Eisenhower will resign his position as Supreme Allied Commander m Europe "at any moment now", the Chicago Daily News said yesterday, quoting "sources regarded as completely reliable/ "The General will explain," the paper said, "that his political position makes it
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    NAPKIN FRAUD
    38 1 An American civil court m Frankfurt yesterday sentenced Willem P. J. Moritz 42--year-old Dutch national to 15 months m gaol for trying to defraud the U.S. Army on contracts for $450,000 worth of paper napkins.- Reuter
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    Late drinks extortion alleged
    106 1 Free Press Reporter. THE manager of a hotel bar m Singapore was alleged this morning by the police to have been Induced by a man to pay money. The police stated that the barkeeper says he was given an understanding that he would be allowed to
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    BEST DEFENCE
    26 1 The British atom specialist, Professor Marcus Oliphant, yesterday said that atomic weapon was Australia's best defence as it could annihilate all invasjon attempts. AFP
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    TALK WITH POPE
    37 1 The Israeli flag appeared for the first time m Vatican City yesterday when a limousine bore Moshe Sharett, Israeli Foreign Minister on a tour of Europe to a private audience with Pope Pius.- A.P.
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    Four die in bonfire blast
    59 1 FOUR children wire Wiled and 2fc other persons were injured, several critically, «rK/%« a woman threw a Hoping to liven up a celebration of the Feast Day of -St. Annunziata with harmfless fireworks, the woman adults and children Were sitting, singing hymns. The blast immediately
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    OBJECTION TO JAP BUDGET
    72 1 OBJECTION TO JAP BUDGET TOKYO, Fri. JAPAN'S 1952-53 budget was J adopted yesterday despite sharp opposition to costs under the heading: of defence which had been linked with the possibility of Japan's re-arming. The budget of 852,700,--000,000 yen includes 65,000,--000,000 yen for joint defence expenses with the United States and
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    Seretse Khama is banned for good
    200 1 Seretse Khama is banned for good LONDON, Fri. fTHE British Govern- ment announced yesterday that it had decided permanently to bar exiled Seretse Khama from the chieftainship of his African tribe, and 1 to offer him a job m Jamaica instead. The House of Commons by 308 votes to 286
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    Tea-time strike is over
    59 1 LONDON, Fri. Seven thousand construction workers on the Isle of Grain yssterday ended an 11 -day, strike which began because, they were not allowed to stop for afternoon tea. The workers building a $40,000,000 oil refinery here won a promise from the con-. tracting company that
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    INDO-POLISH PACE
    20 1 The Indo Polish trada agreement was extended yesterday for another year 1 until the end of 1952. U.P.
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    A FILM STAR NAMES HER '10 MOST ATTRACTIVE MEN'
    308 2 f like the 'gentleman' type OATRICIA Medina, a 1 Hollywood film star, has felt the need to name her "10 most attractive men m the world*. "But first of all." says Miss Medina, who is said to be one of Hollywood
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    LIFE THE WRONG SIDE OF FORTY
    461 2 Mary Dunbar Talks About... i FRIEND of mine shocked me the other day when she said that because she was getting some grey hairs she would no longer be able to wear the younglooking, full-skirted summer frocks and all the bright colours which she
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    Beauty's Sake!
    212 2 LETS give some tips to the young girl the "in-betweens" and the older women presumably knowing all the answers! Two lipsticks are essential for the young girl who normally goes m for vivid clothes. She should have one pink-: ish one, and one bright red. Also she should
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    Vertical Lines
    128 2 On Hie left it a dress invented for Hie plump woman. All the lines an vertical. They elongate a plump figure. Unfortunately this type of dress is usually passed by when size 16 goes shopping and the result is shown on the right. Although slim women have Hie
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    Hats Must go on the Right Way
    610 2  - Hats Must go on the Right Way IRIS ASHLEY Says LONDON. T*HE moment of the x year is fast approaching when the man m our lives (yours, too, I mean) is going to say "Good heavens! What's that on your head?"- Our reply to this tiresome sally would be much
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      93 2 New Crossword No* 622 CLUES ACROSS 1. This car is not a motor Pram (4). 3. Such trade requires no mcney^ (6). 8. To Scotland Yard this has a stale taste (3). 9. Encroachments on the highways? (7). io. Like the monk, may be cowled (7, 3). 13. A flare
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      20 2 Solution To Crossword Mo. 621 YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION.— Across: 1. Stable. 4. Byre. 8 Rabbft j riutcti. 9: £e*r garden. 13.
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    3 YEARS FOR MAN WHO KICKED A BABY
    336 3 3 YEARS FOR MAN WHO KICKED A BABY of SS%Sff'S^LSSi with two Uenry Mundy were sit y die l Mr and Mr year-old lAWdSftr^ *****4 fOUr 14. 1951, from a ruptured liver which, as the jury heard, might have been ca^T by a Wck lt was not until January 12
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    Too much turkey bothers UK troops
    102 3 Too much turkey bothers UK troops LOSDOX, Fri. .-■;u toMtfJ m Korea fi* the* get "too ;>■• food is Ame- .v i special conBrush and Ame- tntists at Cranf toftW B r itish doctors tfce Jfo- u'. S. S. Ladell. r c/.m<irfc phy- »/i& vere ta M fl^od I cxceOexi
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    Duty on nylons
    22 3 Zealand to to impose a I jntj on law-priced si Idnisa from Britain j emitting locaJ -a rers Reuter
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    FLOWERS BY AIR FOR A QUEEN
    41 3 More than 4,000 lilacs, roses and tulips and other flowers will be flown from Holland to Washington for the reception and dinner Queen Juliana is giving while on her visit to the United States.- A.P.
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    It is legal to drink on moving ship
    155 3 It is legal to drink on moving ship LONDON, Fri. C CUSTOM lor generations j has made it legal for drinks to be served m ships cruising m home waters, except when moored at a land-ing-stage, Liverpool magistrates were told. Mr. Glynn Blackledge, Q.C. appearing In the case m which
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    KOREAN MUD DIDN'T OBLIGE
    53 3 The tank crews of the British Commonwealth Division m Korea were disappointed that they could not show a visiting general how they pull tanks out of mud. One tank unit spent all day trying to lodge a Centurion tank m the mud but could not get
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    1,700 earthquakes
    26 3 More than 1,700 minor submarine earthquakes have been recorded off the southeastern coast of Hawaii island m the past week, the Hawaiian VOlcano observatory
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    BUCKLEY
    10 3 ■-:<f W4S savvied our I MS vOls'NG FO* NOT
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    YOUR LUCKY STAR
    201 3 gORN todas you are fond ot travel not merely as I louriM. but to study the m and habits of those who m other pirts of the ■■•I It is likeSy that yon •ill nu^e U vf of th«s inform»'Hin, ether as a reporter, a rtipicmat or
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    Dancing! Grave sin or an art?
    188 3 WHAT is danfinr»in rl or TT art? The Vatican condemns the practice, but a prominent Jesuit rise s in defence of it fw we& Wy supplement of the Osservatore Romano, the Vatican newspaper, has warned that dancing might 'easily represent a grave si n
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    DUPLICATE TAKES A BOW
    133 3 DUPLICATE, the hen— she laid two eggs at her first attempt— is setting a record which is confounding the experts. In 88 days, Dulicate, eight months old. laid 211 eggs. In one week she produced 26 nearly four a day or one every six hours. One
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    Bonn remembers Beethoven
    45 3 The 125 th anniversary of the death of composer Ludwig van Beethoven was observed at Bonn with memorial services m the house where he was born. Omitri Shostakovich. Soviet composer, headed a Russian delegation which attended memorial services m East Berlin- A.P.
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    Bridge Hand
    84 3 his sense of Humour. Only a really great player like Charley Lochridge. know throughout the country as one of the finest cardplayers of our time, would come forward with such a story v this one about himself It was a rubber bridge game and. according to Charley, when
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    Wife went home with a stranger
    337 3 LONDON, Friday. WIFE who went home with a stranger succeeded m her appeal against a divorce decree granted to ncr husband. The stranger's appeal was also allowed. They both denied misconduct The wife was Mrs. Lilly Witte. The stranger was Leonard Guest Edwards, aged
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    Budget-even words go up
    41 3 LONDON, Fri. RISING prices has hit the British Budget itself Copies of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's 1952 speech went on sale at the Government Stationary Office at 3s. Last year's Budget sold at Is. 6d. A.P.
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    Germany-Japan air link
    52 3 Germany- Japan air link The British Overseas Airways Corporation announced it will launch a new once-weekly service from Germany to Japan m a week's time. The airline said four-en-gined Argonaut airliners will be out from Frankfurt on April 3, calling at Rome, C&iro, Basrah Karachi, Calcutta, Bangkok, Hong Kong and
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      204 3 Radio SINGAPORE 1.00 pm. Radio Orchestra: 1.30 News; i.45-2.00 Red Norvo Trio; 6.15 News; 6.17 Forces' Favourites"; 6.55 Announcement; 7 News; 7.15 "The Ma n behind the Camera"; 7.30 •Hit Parade"; 8 John Richardson of the Nicobar Islands, tribu c by Compton Mackenzie; 8.15 •Evening Star"^ 8.30 Miss Yang and
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    The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY. Mar. 28, 1952. A black record
    571 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY. Mar. 28, 1952. A black record OEVERE but necessary punishment falls on Tanjong Malim, near which twelve men, Government employees and policemen, were murdered m ambush on Tuesday. For twenty-two hours a day the people are to be imprisoned m their houses under a curfew
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    The Dilemma of Mr.Hormer
    787 4 The Dilemma of Mr.Hormer The tragedy of a Communist m two minds, with two voices and serving two masters THE political schizo- phrenia of Arthur Lewis Homer General Secretary of the British National Union of Mineworkers has again emerged m one of those periodic outbreaks which friends and foes alike
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    WHYMR.BEVAN IS WINNING
    613 4  -  CHRISTOPHER HOLLIS M.P. By jtf R. BEVAN and his iTI friends have won the first round. The Labour party machine has not dared to expel him and it has not dared to demand of him a promise of obedience for the future. Instead, the party meeting has
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    It Seems To Me
    415 4  -  POLITICO fjnb ]^|R. Tan Tock Saik, formerly a reporter on the Free Press, is now employed as a plate layer near West Baling station, London though, as he has ruefully admitted m a letter to a Malayan ex-colleague, he spends most of his time "cleaning blasted
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    They bought some drinks...
    77 4 Lim Yeng Poon and Walter Joy, With good old Wong and Jummabhoy, Abdul bin Taib, van Oatsclimk All went out to have a drink Friends of different races they— Liked a drink at end of day Indirect tax. was not Alas, these once good < honest
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    Terrorists Have Turned on Him
    879 4 EVERYBODY calls him Kashani. But his disciples and followers address him as "Your Holiness". Kashani is the most powerful and influential religious leader m Persia. He is Mossadeq's most important supporter and fanatical about the nationalisation of the oil industry. Two years ago he was
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    SHORT STORIES Window on the world
    241 4 SHORT STORIES Window on the world A YOUTH d r A bull hogj* a scythe m his'^?l and corn m hi s g £>* represent "ARricT,!^ »n a group o ?st a^' c^pleted lor the^ entrance m Jr headquart/r V* r Ministry 0 J v- andFishcn,. mi n Wh l
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    2,000 ARE BARRED FROM ROAD
    183 5 Theyappeal to Govt, councillors M 0 2,000 residents of Kampong Trafalgar, behind the Singapore Mental Hospital, have appealed to the Commissioner ©I Lands to give them access to the main road. The residents said they had. been* living m the kampong for the last 25
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    MPORT CONTROL ON TOBACCO
    65 5 MPORT CONTROL ON TOBACCO sun Keporter I* I Walker, the ,v>' imports and pooo<" re.annwmc«d «v fts from today. >• "ill "be needed for Moce JJ". T anufacture<J a'-^excV-ding cigars, ff and manupacked m :> for retail saie. fences will be required -:.i P o^ 3 Burma, f° n S:
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    33 5 DR. ERNEST SOYZA, an orchid specialist, who arrived m Singapore by air yesterday. He will be one of the judges at the Singapore flower show which opens this evening at the Happy World.
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    BLACKOUT SCHEDULE
    119 5 rL „,;,iM. f [S, i.aMe to blark- -l ST^nuoon Rd.. Xr Off irhW:- Kd.. Kirn i r i Bounds Kd.. HOKd Rd S3! Printing f^jjrih r«k. .BraddeU "•S. \rthar RJ r^njon.? Katfn" 9 1 mile. Chang! 4 ranah Merah Hesar. Sela- »S Rubber Lorong S. Lee Rubber Works,
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    These lights are restored
    55 5 :iHE fuse which was blown 1 at the Katong substation, dimming the lights of houses m that district on Tuesday and Wednesday, has jeen restored. Mr C C Payne the City Jouncil's Electrical Engineer, said yesterday the supply of electricity to houses in i we affected
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    New Malay film company formed
    106 5 New Malay film company formed PENANO. Fri. p^CHE Booty, husband of A Malay film actress, Kasma Booty, hsus organised a new movie company, the Booty Film Productions, with a capital of $50,000. Inche Booty told a Malay reporter m Alor Star yesterday that the company's first picture would be "Chorak
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    S'pore is highly critical of art
    186 5 INDOXESIAIV DANCERS SAY: If EMBERS of the Indonesian Fine Art Movement Troupe, who are m Singapore, said yesterday that Singapore is a cultural desert though the people appreciate art. Impresario Bachtiar Effendi said: "There is no culture m Singapore In the sense that you
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    Ceylon flags allowed tomorrow
    91 5 Ceylon flags allowed tomorrow KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. THE Chief Secretary of the Federation has given permission for the Ceylonese national flag to be flown tomorrow— the day of the funeral of Mr. Stephen Senanayake. Memorial services and prayers for the late Prime Minister of Ceylon will be held m Kuala
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    SCHOOLS CONCERT
    54 5 Jan Smetertta and the «Hii ni&T to an audience oi SLffidmi «t the toria HaU today (5.30 pjnJ Admisskm Is by wamroe ($1.50) obtainable at ttie tow and there are still 150 seals available. There are also a few seats still unsold tor the Smeterlin-Muslcal f^T* Orchestra concert
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    10 COUNTRIES BUY COLONY PLYWOOD
    170 5 SINGAPORE'S new plywood industry, operated by O the Singapore Plywood Co., has had a good market since manufacturing began on Aug. 11, last More than 10 c< untries, mcluding Britain, America, j South Africa, New Zealand, Australia, Ceylon and Mauritius, are being supplied. i f
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    Thousands stared of him
    108 5 THOUSANDS, who A visited the Colombo exhibition which concluded recently stopped and stared at the man with the "bis ears/ He was Mr. H. Jala Tamalai (on right above), a member of the Sarawak section of the South-East Asian pavilion which displayed the wares of this
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    Service at hospital
    111 5 Service at hospital KUALA LUMPUR, Frl j /COLONEL W. A. D. Drum- 1 Vy mond, Assistant Director of Medical Services, attended a short service commemorating 50 years' of Queen Alexander Imperial Military Service held at the British Military Hospital, Kinrara, yesterday. The Q.A.1.M.5., now known as Q.A.R.A.N.C., was formed m
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    24 5 picture. arms, on board the Oranje yesterday before the SulUn e*Hed for wmipe, w Anthony was also one of the Oranje's passengers.- Free Press
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    These now get full allowances
    227 5 These now get full allowances SINGAPORE Government servants whose husbands or wives are employed by quasi-Government bodies like the City Council, Government-aided schools or the Harbour Board now draw cost-of-tiving allowances at full rates, under a recent Government ruling. Previous to this, they were paid at "unmarried*' rates. This means
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    He wants luminous mudguards for cycles
    119 5 He wants luminous mudguards for cycles Free Press Staff Reporter A PROPOSAL that pear A mudguards of bicycles have Scotch>Utes on them, may be submitted to the Traffic Advisory Committee for consideration, Mr. W. R. M. Haxworth, Singapore's Traffic Superintendent, said yesterday. But first Mr. Haxworth wants to know what
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    SCOUT MEETING
    29 5 The first annual general meeting of the Singapore (East) Boy Scouts' Association takes place tomorrow at the residence of Dato C. J. Paglar m Joo Chiat Place.
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    PUBLICITY POOR SAY WOMEN
    203 6 'Tell about need for volunteers 9 WHY are Singapore women not joining the volunteer and civil defence services? Three leading women believe that sufficient publicity has not been given to the need for women m the services. Mrs. Loh Poon Lip, acting president of the Y.W.C.A.
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    LEADERS DEPLORE LABOUR DECISION
    200 6 LEADERS DEPLORE LABOUR DECISION LEADING members of the Singapore Labour Party yesterday deplored 1 the annual conference decision last week to call upon Government to withdraw the National Service Bill. Mr. C. R Dasaratha Raj said he had not yet made up his mind on the Bill. Mr. Lee Choon
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    Grant proposal is shelved
    98 6 A proposal that a grant from Kuala Lumpur Municipal funds be made to the Malayan Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis has been deferred by the Municipal Finance Committee. The Municipal President. Mr. E. C. G. Barrett, said at a meeting that it was not clear
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    THREE HELD IN PENANG
    38 6 Penang police on Wednesday arrested three Chinese on suspicion of subversive activities. In Bukit Mertajam on Wednesday night, a police sentry saw mysterious lights and opened fire m their direction. There were no casualties.
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    Club gives a scholarship
    46 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. rE Eurasian Recreation Club. Selan g o r, has awarded a scholarshin to Miss Edna Xav'.er, a School Certificate student of the Convent. KuaW Lumpur. The club will pay her school fees, cost o f books and examination fees.
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    HE DID NOT GET SUMMONS
    72 6 tree Press Staff Reporter When the case against Capt. Lewin, of 6 10 Gurkhas, on a charge of riding a motor cycle m an inconsiderate manner was called m the Johore Bahru Police Court, the Magistrate was informed that the Captain had left for Captain
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    MINES CHAMBER NAMES CHIEF
    54 6 At a council meeting of the F.M.S. Chamber of Mines neld at Inoh on Wednesday. Mr. D. T. Waring was appointed to act as president of the Chamber during Mr. J. T. Chappel's absence from Malaya Mr. Chappel sailed on the •Oranje' to Britain on an
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    HAD LATEX
    57 6 JOHORE BAHRU, Prl. Soh Senß Choo, a rubber tapper of Fraser Estate, was sentenced to one year's imprisonment for having illegally 150 *atis of latex. Soh was seen covering something with coconut leaves m the Jungle adjoining the estate. When a policeman investigated, two tins of latex were
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    Crew defy death in oil boat fire
    223 6 /OFFICIALS of the X.P.M. Company yesterday w revealed a story of heroism on the part of the Indonesian crew of the coastal vessel, Leok, when their petrol-laden ship caught lire, exploded and sank as she lay on the Sungei Rambei near Pekan Baroe,
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    FOUGHT ON ROAD: FINED
    93 6 FOUGHT ON ROAD: FINED BATU GAJAH, Fri. EVDUND fighting near a bus stand on the main road on Wednesday afternoon. R. P. Williams, 30. Assistant Manager of Kinta Kellas Estate, and A. H. Simmons. 38, of Tronoh Mines Tanjong Tuallang, were charged before the Batu Gajah Magistrate, Inche Wan Sulaiman
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    BANDIT KILLED
    29 6 A patrol of the First Gordon Highlanders killed a Chinese bandit and possibly wounded another m the Tapah area on Wednesday. Two shot guns were recovered. picture.
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    Britain's No. 3 at tennis fights Hypocrisy in snort
    888 6 BY PETER WILSON YOU are 22, unofficially ranked third best lawn tennis player m the country, virtually certain to get into the Davis Cup teamequivalent to being a Test match cricketer or an England footballer and able to travel the world
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    ARMY BOXING FIALS TONIGHT
    420 7 ARMY BOXING FIALS TONIGHT p**- m action mWFNTvi!f Bo*iii« Reporter ,J"j«y w"l be out to Improve on toe indifferent showing o! Four men from the Ulster 2S2L. and t] ree from the Middlesex Regiment are com*^J* tort&tfr^f*^ five finalists irom Singapore there are «£fi n f r?m Malaya District, jni'e
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    25 7 i it,r o> of the Ist. n Middle, v Ke*ihe from Hong gl^til,- of S5 tonre of the Koyal JJJb« who «o> runner- Free Press
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    THE BRUNSWICK MOTHERS SHINE
    469 7 THE BRUNSWICK MOTHERS SHINE R.N. Boxing Finals RiiWL Kit] be able to produce some good men lor the inter- Services boxing championships m April 9 and 10. The Navy provided some skilful Bitches last ni?ht at H.M.S. Terror m the finals of their annual individual championships. Several of* the competitors
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    French ace beaten by unknown
    74 7 French ace beaten by unknown ni:;R h French No. i land top si ted r ayer, a by 19 A. Lan E Mid i •s, m the fe men's l. s the Ec ish open fc ■:.:..> .::.'.o::^hips playing m ship, main- attack to T 23-21, 17-21, I by two
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    POLICE BEAT ROVERS
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    RUGBY RESULTS
    21 7 Yesterday's Rugby Union results were: Birkenhead Park 31 Blackheath 11; Nuneaton 8 Westorv-Super-Mare 3; Pontypridd 0 Neuhrirta* 0- Reuter
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    DAVEY WAS GLAD IKE WAS NOT KNOCKED COLD
    157 7 rHUCK Davey. an ex-college boy, who scorea a technical knockout win over former lightweight knocked unconscious/ And then m Williams' dressing room where he was on a rubbing table with his seconds dabbing cotton on his gashed cheek, his manager said: "Ike
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    FIGHTING TONIGHT
    19 7 FIGHTING TONIGHT PTE COCKS middleweight finalist. DV&BRODSKY meets Mac Donald. CPL MOURANT.... strong and clever. PTE CARROLL.,., kayo wallop.
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    LUCK WAS ON ISLANDERS'SIDE
    325 7 LUCK WAS ON ISLANDERS' SIDE Pulau Brani 4; S.C.C. 3. A LUCKY goal scored ten minutes from the end saw Pulau Brani gain 'full points against Singapore Cricket Club m yesterday's Singapore Amateur F.A. Senior league fixture at Jalan Besar Stadium. The game was very nearly marred by poor refereeing
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    MALAYA WILL RETAIN THE CUP—WONG
    199 7 MALAYA WILL RETAIN THE CUP— WONG MALAYA'S Won; Pen; Soon, badminton champion iTX of the world, believes the Thomas Cup will remain hi Malaya after the games m May. Pen; Soon returned to Singapore yesterday by Qantas-BOAC with the Arthur Hill silver cup tucked under his arm, which he won-
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    'WE MUST NOT FAIL PLAYERS'
    278 7  - 'WE MUST NOT FAIL PLAYERS' Mr. Read Joo Seang "fins want our playeia to be "a credit to the country and to themselves/ said Mr. Heah Joo Seang, President of the Penang Badminton Association at last night's annual general meeting. He was speaking of his confidence m Malaya's ability to
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    BEINS SCORES HAT-TRICK
    165 7 |lONG Kong Bank "A" put In nine goals without reply against Borneo Motors S.C. m pesterdays Singapore Business Souses F.A. Div. 1 league match tt Farrer Park. Betas scored f our pate, Induing three In a row. For the Bankers. Half-time score was three-nil Goalgetters were: A.
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    Turpin to fight for
    154 7 Cockeirs titles PROMOTER Jack Solomong announced yesterday that world light-heavy weight chiinpion. Joey Maxim, will defend his title m Britain during the summer. His opponent will be the winner of the forthcoming boat at White City, between European light-heavy-weight champion Doa[, Cockell and former world middleweight
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    BLUE ROVERS WIN
    31 7 Blue Rovers Sports Club beat K. Muslim League I—91 9 m a SAP A 3rd Division league succer match at CYMA ground yetter* day. Scorer was Jack Choo.
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    BIRTH
    22 8 MACLEOD H to Jean wife of W M. Mar'eod at Bungsar Hospital on Monday. 24th March. 1952. a sou. Gordon Stuart.
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    ORPHANS PENALISED FOR LOYALTY TO PRIEST
    296 8 ORPHANS PENALISED FOR LOYALTY TO PRIEST HONG KONG, Friday. NINE Chinese orphan boys have been arrested by the Communists m Shanghai because of their loyalty and devotion to a missionary priest, a Catholic spokesman disclosed here yesterday. The priest and a nun, both French, were arrested on Mar. 16 and
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    52 8 picture. GENERAL JAMES Van Fleet, Commander of the United States Eighth Army m Korea, provides a piggyback ride and nourishment for a Korean youngester as he visits Seoul's Columbia Orphanage. Some $H»--000 worth of gifts sent to Korean children by men of the U.S. Third Army was distributed during the
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    U.S. honours Churchill's mother
    135 8 NEW YORK, MR. CHURCHILL'S mother Jennie Jerome, was honoured m New York yesterday when the British Prime Minister's daughter. Miss Sarah Churchill, unveiled a plaque at her birthplace at 426. Henry Street, Brooklyn. About 3,000 people assembled outside the red brick building on Brooklyn Heights. Th->
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    He is hopeful on Kashmir
    54 8 GENEVA. Frl. DR. PRANK P. GRAHAM, United Nations Kashmir Representative, said on his arrival here yesterday that there was less tension between India and Pakistan now which might prove conducive to a settlement of the Kashmir dispute. •'lt is mv faith that settlement will \>e
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    House sitting ends in uproar
    218 8 LONDON, Friday. THE House of Commons rose yesterday after a 23--hour session, debating the crisis m Britain's cotton industry. The session started at 14.30 hours. GMT on Wednesday and finally closed at 13.27 hours GMT yesterday. Then it reconvened at 14.30 to discuss controversial government
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    Kotelawala accepts
    83 8 COLOMBO, Fri. SIR John Kotelawala, Minister of Transport and Works and leader of the House of Representatives m the last Ceylonese government has accepted the same post m the government formed by the new Prime Minister, Mr. Dudley Senanayake, 41 -year-old son of Premier Don Stephen Senanayake who
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    PROVING FLIGHT
    28 8 The proving flight to establish a new air route between South Africa and Australia will be made by a constellation of Qantas Airways m June —Reuter.
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    U.N. TALKS ABOUT WOMEN
    157 8 GENEVA, Fri. rE 18-nation United Nations commission on the status of women yesterday adopted a draft convention calling for complete equality m political rights for men and women. The draft, which now goes before the Economic and Social Council at its next session, contains these three
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    BOMB PLOT FILM
    38 8 Ministers and senior members of the West German government yesterday attended a British screening of a captured Nazi film, showing the trial of the conspirators m the July 20, 1944 bomb plot against Hitler. Reuter
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    Why U.S. aid is given to S.-E. Asia
    157 8 WASHINGTON, Fri. ALL SOUTH-EAST Asian countries are "vulnerable to Red Chinese invasion or internal Red Chinese subversion/ Americans were told yesterday by the Mutual Security Agency. Because of this, the agency said m a pamphlet explaining why America is spending so much
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    Expelled from Hong Kong
    49 8 George Beteniz, 24. who claims he is a Soviet citizen, was yesterday ordered to be expelled from Hong Kong for illegal entry. Beteniz pleaded guilty. He begged the magistrate not to send him back to China because the authorities there had driven him out. Reuter
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    Medical charges: Govt. backs down
    228 8 LONDON, Friday. T»HE Government, yesterday placated a section oi its supporters by toning down proposed charges ""m^vi! 16 hithe t0 almost-free state health service. The Government, engaged m a drastic economy drive, had announced that it intended to make the public pay up to £1
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    Fakirs stunt is 'box office' failure
    151 8 LILLE, Frl. JDAKIR A. Rayo, who has pledged to remain for 60 days with his tongue nailed to a piece of wood, was planning yesterday to move to Paris with the nail intact m the wood because of lack of interest displayed by the
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    U.S. RECOGNITION
    19 8 The United States yesterday formally recognized the new government of Cuba headed by Gen. Fulgencio Batista.- U.P.
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    22 8 Three Japanese experts on industrial and labour problems, now on a month's tour of Britain, visited the Houses of Parliament yesterday. Reuter
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      23 8 STRIKE ENDS A four-day general strike of factory and communications workers throughout the Sudan ended yesterday. DUPLICATING R°NE°5OO CREATES A GOOD IMPRESSION (StrlsWq
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      294 8 f Thp Salamander and the Bell Anciently the Salamander was n«mm»d to live m fire, and even to ext.ngu sM to ab^ cold a complexion," wrote Pl, ny that L but touch the fire hee will quench t c as if hee were out into it Hence aat5 tk Peienti
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      10 1 Free Press Supplement SINGAPORE FLOWER SHOW Friday, March 28, 1952.
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      Blythe will open fourth post-war show today
      531 1 Bly the will open fourth post-war show today PLANTS AND FLOWERS HAVE BEEN ENTERED BY BOTH PROFESSIONALS AND AMATEURS IN THE FEDERATION AND SINGAPORE. Iriji. fourth post- if Flower Show n ized by the Sin por e Gardening So!x will open at the Happy World S!:iditim loclav al <> p-ni.
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      CARLSEN'S DAFFODIL
      73 1 ANEW DAFFODIL has been named after Captain Kurt Carlsen, the heroic master of the Flying Enterprise. Two feet high, it has a deep yellow bloom with a golden crown four inches across It was produced by Col. C. W. Long of St. Keverne, m the heart of Cornwall's
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      FLOWERS: FOR THE HOME
      661 1  - FLOWERS: FOR THE HOME Wendy Scott by QUITE a lot has appeared m the Press about flowers for the horne both growing and arranging them. Even so, most of us are glad to have our memories refreshed from time to time and new comers to Singapore may like to know
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      14 1 LAD 7 OF THE LAKE. Water lily m Penang. Photo by C. L. Lim
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      First show was held in 1884
      987 1 First show was held in 1884 Since then great strides have been made m adapting foreign plants and. flowers to Malaya's climate. ANNUAL flower shows were held m Singapore from 1884 to 1900, after which (for reasons unknown to the present writer) the series stopped. No more public flower shows
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      15 2 Four Singapore Lotties admiring Mucuna Bennettii flowering m the home ot Dr. C. J. Paglar
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      FOUR JUDGES FROM ABROAD
      595 2 Four eminent flower and plant specialists from Britain. Ceylon and trie tfriitecl Stdtis <m m Singapore, their visit coinciding with the Colony's fourth post-war flower show. Each is an accepted authority m his field Here are thumbnail sketches of the MR. DAVID SANDER is the third
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      How the judging is done
      266 2 THK following points on judging have been adapted from a booklet on "Rules for Judging" published by the Royal Horticultural Society, England: their purpose is twofold (1) to assist the judges with their work and (21 to help exhibitors m preparing and displaying their plants
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      How much does a tree mean to you?
      844 3  - How much does a tree mean to you? V. R. BALAKRISHNA CITY DWELLERS SELDOM PAUSE TO REALISE THE VALUE OF TREES. by LOOKING through my window over vast stretches of dreary, hot, tiled roofs, many a flash of inspiration has fizzled out without producing as much as a snip Pet
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      STILL LIFE
      130 3  -  Kluanger by I SHOULDN'T UK* to be a plant, I Because, you see, I really can't Perform that most unmanly feat Of drinking water when, it's neat. Were I a plant, I must confess, I'd have to act with great duress, When insects gave me fits and starts
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      A FUSION OF IDEAS, SKILLS
      701 4  -  Prof. R. E. Holttum SMgti{s)Mr Gardening 'Society i s Ay European and Chinese growers m Singapore are cooperating to develop new garden designs and new plants, new uses for, old plants and new ways to handle them. President, Singapore Gardening Society THE Singapore Gardening Society
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      Spring in England
      113 4 From a Correspondent A GROIT of village girls came laughing down a sleep lane carrying the violets of a day's picking. They came m at the yard gate of the flower farm to the packing sh3d, to set the blooms with their glossy leaves carefully m baths
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      63 4 Advertisers Anrwimrmen The products oi Malayan Fertilisers Ltd. have over past 25 years, establis enviable reputui. n 1 gardeners .throughout Three conveniently ioc*«> works, at Singaporp wg Swettenham, and Prai maw it possible to giv c gui« d^. verY of fertilisers insettlcides, and i^eedicides part of the country. The advisory
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