Singapore Standard, 26 February 1951

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  • 19 1 Singapore Standard y^^ m ft I I 'vOL MO. 241 SINGAPORE, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1951. 8 PAGES— 10 CENTS
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  • 233 1 lie iev2et Note: 2"> (Keuter) Russia said she was negotiation* with Britain, in a note MOSCOW Radio said today. it! Britain of "having erven up all Ui«m" hut said |hc Soviet I 'nion would V* anv step n» nuim K aimed at the \iulo-Soviet
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  • 29 1 US Threat To Red China Stirs N'list Capital AP) i to I «nh nuria T here S( [1 action n 51 .me the gainsi s on. that mandr D
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  • 81 1 LONDON. Feh 29 'AP) •us ind spectators and I uncounted I »■;<. nds of televi- itching an inter- j nuti' gby match Saturday England and France 1 I One oi the K.- ish play- st his pants in a sci immage. P yers I
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  • 68 1 MINNEAPOLIS. Feb. 25. <AP>. The Evangelical Lutheran Church is considering Formosa a.s a new field for missionary work because of curtailment of Christian work in Communist China. Dr. Rolf A. Syrdai. mission director, said establishment of missionary work to Formosa was taken
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  • 129 1 US Bombers Attack Red Supply Lines TOKYO. Feb. 25 (UP) American Superfortresses dropped mure than I'M) tons of bombs on railroad yards in three North Korean towns today and hit bridges and other transportation targets to cut down the Sow of Communist supplies to the front. The Superforts, which attacked
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  • 32 1 )hoto. Firemen are seen here putting out the fire in a Singapore Standard station wagon after arsonists had set it alight in a back-lane off McCullnm Street yesterday. standard
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  • 184 1 Arsonists Set Standard WagonOnFire THE C'i) ony's arsonists made the Singapore Standard their objective fur the second time m one r.,>i\'\\ when they set fire to a station wagon belonging to The Standard at 3 p.m. yesterday. The station wagon was parked in a back-lane ofl McCullum street when the
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  • 94 1 KARACHI. Feb. 25. <AP>. j India and Pakistan today signed a one-year pact resuming trade between the two countries, it was announced here. An official note to the press said: "T.:e chief commodities under the agreement will be coal, steel, cloth. and cement from
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  • 46 1 THE HAGUE, Feb. 25 (AP) Maximilian Paul Leon Steenberghe, a member at the Catholic "Peoples Party, told Queen Juliana last night he has been unable to form a cabinet to end the country's month-old government crisis, the Queen's secretariat announced today.
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  • 463 1 BRIGHTON, SUSSEX, Feb. 25 (Reuter) Mr. Herbert Morrison, Lord President of the Council, said here today that in spite of what "mischievous people" said, Britain had a foreign policy of her own. "And it's largely due to that policy that a very dangerous situation
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  • 114 1 Standard Staff Reporter A 15-YEAR-OLD Chinese boy, Khoo Ah Soo, was shot accidentally last evening while > ■he was engrossed in catching spiders near a ledge opposite j a house in Jervois Road. The shooting occurred, it appears when a child handled a revolver lying on
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  • 86 1 LONDON'. Feb. 25, <AP): Two Soviet Marshals, Vassily D. [Sokolovsky and [van Konev, declared toflay Russia's armed forces would smash "imperialism" in any new world war. The Moscow radio broadcast articles by them in [zvestia and Pravda on this iJ.'jrd anniversary of the founding
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  • 28 1 Standard Staff Reporter AN European woman, Jean Stocker, was relieved of $45 cash and her Identity card by a Malay youth at Macßitchie Reservoir yesterday morning.
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  • 54 1 U.S. Secretary of Slate. Dean Aches' m has arrived at ll ami!- I ton (Bermuda) with his wife from New York for a week's rest. Reuter. SYDNEY, Feb. 25, (AP).— The deathroll has risen to nine in the j week-end crash between an inter-state tourist bus and
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  • 193 1 WASHINGTON, Fob. 25 (UP) Skepticism was expressed in official quarters here today that neither th<> new Korean peace efforts nor Big Four talks on EastWesl differences would succeed. Informants at the United Nations said the first approach by the United Nations Good Offices Committee has
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  • 242 1 TOKYO, Feb. 25 (UP) American tanks and infantrv tabbed into the wrecked road junction town of Hoenjjson^ for the second time in two days today while other Americans to the east beat off two nijjht attacks and advanced northward across the
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  • 111 1 TAIPEI. Feb. 25 (Reuter-AAPI Chinese Communist military authorities in Peiping had !V--cently issued an urgent order to all regional headquarters in Central South China to draft 1.000.000 able-bodied youths to make up the heavy casualties suffered by General Lin Piao's Fourth Army in Kore
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  • 50 1 ANKARA. Feb. 25 <AP>— The Turkish Foreign Minister told the National Assembly that the creation of a common defence system for the Eastern Mediterranean had been decided during the visit here recently oi Adm. Robert C. Carney, Commander of the U.S. Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Fleets.
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  • 38 1 Woodlands Hold-up Standard Staff Reporter A Chinese, walking along the 11th mile Woodlands last night just after eight o'clock. was held up by three Chinese armed with knives, and rubbed oi $60 cash and a $80 gold ring.
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  • 193 1 LAKE SUCCESS, Feb. 25 (Reuter) General Oouglas MacArthur reported to the United Nations today that United Nations forces in Korea "continue to retain their strength, firm resolve and high morale". He said that in addition to losses from weather and disease, the enemy had
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  • 187 1 TOKYO. Feb. 25 (APi— Tup American commander- here say the United Nations are winning the stalemate m Korea. Paradoxical as this may sound they contend that UN. forces are making military profit through the destruction of Communist manpower. Disregarding the recovery ol ground and counter -a
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  • 22 1 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. A Chinese detective is reported to have been killed by gunfire at the 26th mile Kulai, tonight.
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  • 56 1 WASHINGTON. Feb 25 (Re* ter>— Two National Guard <Terial divisions have been alerted for duty in Japan to "provide additional security" En that country. The two divisions are to be ready for movement in "the lattei part Of March." The army intends to keep them
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  • 35 1 VATICAN CITY. FVo Zt, (UP). Pope Pius '.id p :<■- tn and alumni of the Greg i in i University that whether the 'world fails again into "barb -ni" depends largely on tern.
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  • 303 2 Standard Staff Reporter GOVERNMENT should expand its present quarantine facilities so that more animals ran he imported to provide meat for the population of "Ths is understood to be one of the points being considered by the Government Sub-Committee on Local Produce
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  • 287 2 Mrs Menon Has A 16Point Plan Standard Staff Reporter I\ HEH firsi public address, Mrs. Vilasini Menon. who is contesting the Selefai District in the Singapore Legislative Council elections, told her voters yesterday to choose anyone they liked, "but bear in mmd that a Councillor should have a sufficient degree
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  • Article, Illustration
    135 2 Standard Staff Reporter WORK on ti»e new Services swimming pool on a piece of l.tnd behind the Shackle Club. Beach Road, is now under way and it is expected to be completed in three months. The pool Is part of the proposed amenity centre to be run by
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  • 90 2 Standard Staff Reporter THE SINGAPORE medical cducution.ii and broadcasting services urgently need streamlining, states Mr C. R Dasara(ha Ka' Labour Party candidate contesting the Rochore Ward in the Singapore Legislative Council elections; in a pera oal manif< ti i Mr. Raj promises that if elected he
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  • 224 2 Standard Staff Reporter (.OrrhK drinkers in Singapore may lia>e to pay I more for tluir cup of coffee if the Government fails to 1 curl) the rifinj: cost of sugar ami coffee-seeds. The Presideni of the Fooch< w Coflee Merchants Associal on, Mr.
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  • 116 2 Standard Staff Reporter A MEETING oi the locally recruited men and women employees of the CommissionerGeDeraTs office has bt-en called for at 10 a.m. on Sunday at the .Municipal Services Union Hall, Farrer Park, by Mr. S. S. Manvam, newly elected Municipal Commissioner for North Ward. The
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  • 511 2 'Elect Men Of In tegrity, A bility WILLIAMS TELLS VOTERS Standard Staff Reporter MONEY under the Colombo Plan for the developmen! of Singapore will start coming in during the toiimof the Ix'jiUlaliw Council to be elected in April ami ii therefore, imperative that there should he in the Coum il
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  • 82 2 Standard Shipping: Reporter MAKING hef first trip round the world and enjoying every minute oi H is Kathleen Smith.. <>f Ca ifornia, (who arrived in Singap re <. the Ehresident Polk Miss Smith i ild The SI ndard that she was attached to the California R-. seal
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous

  • 384 3 Standard Slaff Correspondent PENANG, Sun.— Dato Onn bin Ja'afar, President of UMNO and Chairman of the Rural Industrial Development Authority said that it was not up to Britain to give Malaya independence but that it was up to the people of this country to
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  • 132 3 SEREMBAN, Sun. The! committee of the Rembau division of UMNO yesterday de- I eided unanimously to abolish the deeo-rooted custom of Adat j Perpeteh (matriachal custom).! referring to the distribution of tribal lands. rhree resolutions \v?re pas-; -ri. The first derided that the: Customary Tenure Enactment, should
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  • 98 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. Great anxiety is being felt by several Malay families in Kajanq and Kuala Lumpur over the recent purge of the 1,500 inhabitants of Jendaram. These families felt that their people were visiting relatives and friends in Jenderam when they were caught in the
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  • 69 3 BUTTERWORTH, Sun. A cargo and passenger motor vessel, m v.Jarak was launched at the Sungei Nyor Dockyard, here yesterday. The' Jarak was the second vessel to have been built and Launched a* Sungei Nyor since the war. the other ship being the Renong, which was Launched
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  • 35 3 SEREMBAN. Sun.— The opposition won the day when in an inter-school debate. King George V School, opposed the motion introduced by St. Paul's Institution, that boys should be discouraged from reading comics.
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  • 75 3 Standard Staff Correspondent SEREMBAN. Sun.— A rally, a literary night, a camp fire, a movie night, a musical evening, a football match, a dance and a picnic at Port Dickson are some of the items in the programme planned for the first Negri Sembilan Youth Week
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  • 49 3 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun. A European Police Officer. D. A. Jeffrey, was sentenced to five months' imprisonment in the Sessions Court here today. Jeffrey was found guilty of criminal breach of trust of SliBo entrusted to him to pay four special constables under his charge.
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  • 218 3 Standard St:iff Correspondent IPOH. Sun. The Ipoh centre of the St. John Ambulance Association is the most «;o ahead centre in the Federation. Thin was the impression of Miss I. Richer when she gave a talk on "Essential of First Aid" in the St.
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  • 146 3 Worcesters Lose 5Men In Ambush KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.— Outflanked and outnumbered by more than 100 bandits in Segamat, a patrol of the Ist Worcesters suffered the lass of five personnel, according to a belated report received here today. The Worcesters were called oul to investigate the burning of a lorry.
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  • 118 3 Municipality Launches New Service Standard Staff Correspondent PjSNANG, bun. for the convenience of Ay -r Itam residents, the Municipality here has arranged for the collection of the'r water and electric bills on the spot twice monthly to begin from nexi month. Hitherto, all electric and water bills; were paid at
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  • 69 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.— An application I'or a loan from Government of $750,000 to enable the building of more houses in Kuala Lumpur is to be made by the Co-operative Housing Society. The Society h at present constructing 76 houses in Rifle Range Road. The annual
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  • 28 3 Penang Man Weds Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG. San. Mr. Ong Kean Wan, of the Penang Municipality, was married to Miss Khoo Yeok Eng at the Buddhist Association yesterday.
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  • 36 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. -A proposal to set up Malay Nationality instead of State Nationality as recommended by Communities Liaison Committee was resolved at a meeting of the Peninsula Malays Union ai Kuala Lumpur today.
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 308 3 Federation Biary QITT ATUrTklf REX: Desert Hawk 12.45, 3. 6.45 SLLADIGUK and 9.15 p.m. KUALA LUMPUR ODEON: Macharekai (Tamil) 2, ODEON: The Reformer and the *iU\ nd J^?.™' Aris fEmrotian) Redhead 3. 6.45 and 9.15 p.m. SUN: Baba Ans WPtun) P 1o V lo I N^ S A n}S T1.
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  • 806 4 'THE acting Commissioner of Police. Singapore, Mr. R. C. B. Wiltshire, has been looking for an answei tor a long lime as to why the Police have not been able to attract Chinese to the uniformed branch ol the Police Force. He said this in the course
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  • Article, Illustration
    26 4 A fine view fro.n \e air 0/ Government House in Singapore. Residence 0/ the Governor, it is a landmark familiar to thousands of air travellers.
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  • TWO OFFICIAL BODIES
    • 112 4 GROPING IN THE DARK S:r: Your corresp* indent '"S.G." in his reply, pußlished in your issue of February 21, to the recent Press statements of Mr. A.W. Frisby on the subject of public examinations for entry into the Higher Services, has brought to light some interesting features in connection with
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    • 190 4 Sir, I read w ith interest that Subramaniam, i» pupil of the Senghat Estate Tamil S i and the son of a r ibber tapper, has been offered a scholarship by the Directors, through the recommendation of the Manager there, to study at Anderson
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    • 132 4 Sir:— The residents of Changi are grateful to the persons who improved the condition of Jalan Kembangan Road by dumping a few lorry-loads of red earth to fill the cieep hollows. But red earth is the worst type of material that can bo used for reconditioning
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    • 118 4 Sir:— With reference to the report in The Standard of February 16 regarding piling up of stocks of goods in the various godowns may I ask why there is still a shortage of essential commodities in the market? Is it because there is a hoarding of goods so
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    • 338 4 examinations has lost sight of realities. Certainly I don't imagine that the authorities are claiming that the competitive examinations are equivalent to the professional examinations of the three bodies referred to i y your correspondent, namely, the Association of Certified and Corporate Accountants, the Chartered Institute of
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    • 171 4 S'.r The Lake Garden in Kuala Lumpur attracts hundreds of visitors daily and the number is increas tig day by day because few people can afford an outstation picnic on the i r meagre income. So it will be very helpful to the poor w rkers,
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    • 179 4 Sir; The M. I. C's explanation of the "silk-shirt" reference made by its president recently at Klang is evasive. Indians are not concerned about the composition of the shirt's material. The committee should have considered when, where and to what audience the speech was made; since it
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    • 161 4 Sir: I would like to express my thanks to Mrs. Robert Eu for her part m the successful meeting which resulted in the formation of Consumer's Resistance Movement in Singapore- on February 15. Also my thanks to the writer of the article "How To Enforce
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  • 954 4  - A Latin American Paradox J. HALCRO FERGUSON By Reasons For Solidarity With United States In UN. Voting LONDON. 'THERE has been considerable speculation recently as to why the Latin American delegation at Lake Success cast their votes with the United States on almost every motion raised. Communists and feK low
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  • 62 4 THE Glass trid named "The GOl provided m I .>.! for w. t crime and life, is to keep its 1 ite the wish of some local n rige it. A mmiti Glasgow corporation h. jected a request by the local v. trd ttee that I
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  • 223 5 x \i). Fcfc.2S (LI Lieul.-Gen. George Stratemeyer said today I a ir attacks, wfacfa had inflicted more than 67,000 casualties on lunists -nice >ov. 22, have made it possible for ground forces 111U the offensive in Korea. Gen. Stratemeyer, Commander
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  • 108 5 t Feb. 25 (Heater) Gen MaeArthur is 0 In Btadying measures to provide aid to „1 boat- to protect Japanese fishing boats. 1 MneM and North Koreans ha> e seized 76 thing boat* smce Iv-io. re seized Lone.* 1 Deep
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  • 39 5 B Reutei a rd lucre >- so ie^»d EMM itmcni is i xi uta- j Intel i review Ai tted Nati as eve] pment of the i eeda j Ed j xpansi (I t, e. be
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  • 49 5 Cambridge-educated Mutesa. 26-year-old King ol Uganda, was named as co-respondent in a divorce action brought to Uganda's Hi?h Court by a native official ol the Uganda Government Enoch Mulira claimed damages of £750 in a divorce action against his wife, Sara Kate Ndagire.- VP
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  • 92 5 BarleyAsRice Substitute A WINNIPEG exporter ha? said that Canadian barley is being used as a substitute tor rice in Japan and. in consequence, an entirely new market is being developed. He said that because of the Korean war and Chinese intervention there. Japan had been unable to get her traditional
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  • 19 5 Japanese shipping companies can charter foreign ships without getting official Dermission after March 5.- Reuter AAP
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  • 244 5 Peace May Be Saved Truman CHICAGO. Feb. 25 (Router) —President Truman expressed hope that U.N. action in Korea and "other measures of selfdefence taken by the free world will restrain potential aggressors from other imperialistic ventures." In a message to the Chairman of the American Association for the U.N. Conference,
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  • Article, Illustration
    64 5 photos. Zaki Hachem (above), the "other man" in Egypt's royal triangle, is to wed 20-year-old Amaal Fikry (below), daughter of an assistant governor of the National Bank of Egypt. The 28-year-old Harvard graduate, who was once engaged to Narriman Sadek. now betrothed to King Farouk, has been made a member
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  • 53 5 HONGKONG. Feb. 25. (AP>: Government statistics just published here disclosed that, during December 1950. the month that the United States imposed the ban on exports to Red China, Hongkong exported to Red China the following: raw rubber valued at U557,850,000, tin ingots worth U5525,000. tmplate
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  • 218 5 TAIPEH. Feb. 25 (UP) As lop American and Chinese Nationalist military officials ended their two-day secret conference here today, Governor Thomas Dewey said in Washington that U.S. abandonment of the Chinese Nationalists on Formosa would be "a final act of betrayal.*' Mr. Dewey
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  • 17 5 THE U.N. Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East meets in Lahore today.— Reuter
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  • 43 5 Indo Pakistan trade is soon to be resumed on the basis of Indian recognition of the undevalved Pakistan rupee, a Karachi report says. The new exchange rate between Pakistan and India is t'i be announced this week. Reuter
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  • 203 5 OTTAWA. Feb. 25: (Router).— Cifhada is opposed to the view of Dr. Daniel Malan. South African Prime Minister, that the Commonwealth would disintegrate if Britain continued to encourage self-government among her colonies, authoritative sources said. External Affairs officials were commenting on a
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  • 163 5 WASHINGTON. Feb. 25 (Renter) Mr. Thomas Dewey, Republican Governor of New 1 York, told Congress that U.S. industry would come to a standstill without supplies of critical materials coming from India and other parts of the world. Governor Dewey said that the idea of making
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  • 30 5 The Vietnamese Cabinet has decided to appoint a commission df five to study Emperor Ban Dai's request fur proposals for creating a nominated National Consultative Assembly. Reuter.
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  • 66 5 TAIPEI, Feb. 2.~> (UP)— ViccAdmiral Arthur D. Struble, Commander of the United States Seventh Fleet, left Taipei this morning upon the conclusion of the three-day conferences with Generalissimo Chiang Kaishek and top Nationalist military leaders The tightest secrecy was put <.ver the topics discussed during the
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  • 249 5 THE HAGUE, Feb. 25 (AP): Latest available figures issued by the International Tin Study Group estimated world tin-mine production for December at 15,700 long tons, compared with 13,100 tons in November. Indonesian and Belgian Congo production increased to 2.830 tons and 1,631 tons. Malayan
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  • 231 5 NEW YORK, Feb. 25 (Reuter) North Korean civilians have made clear their "complete aversion lo Communist ruie and their fer\ent desire*' for I protection, Gen. Douglas MacArlhur said. The [LN« Commander-in- 1 Chief in Korea .-aid this m bis latesi official report
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  • 165 5 Anti-Red Flare-up Reported VIENNA, Feb. 25 (Reuter) Pitched battles between Czech Government forces and anti Red partisans are raging in the Tatra mountains, reports the Neue Wiener Tageszeitung. The paper, reputed to have r~A)<e contacts with the Slovak Nationalist movement, said that a great new purge of leading Czech Communist
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  • 83 5 CLEVELAND, (OHIO Feb 25. ißeuter): Mrs Viiaya Lakshmi Pandit India's Ambassador, said here that President i Truman'* "forceful appea to I Congress for the releasi ol 2,000,000 to s i »od grains I i [ndia had "touched the beart ol all India." Mrs. Par.dit said
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  • 82 5 PARIS. Feb. 25 (Beuter)— Sultan Sisi Mohammed Ben j Youssef o! Morocco, ruler of over 8.000,000 subjects, todu dissolved his Imperial Cabinet This is seen here as an indication that he wi.shed to avoid a "showdown" in his dash with the French administration as
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    • 48 5 SALES **y J^^H i/ j; IT to* 0 December 1950 Netfr Sales (for comparison) S Sunday 42,479 copies per Issue Week Day 25.104 copies per issue Total sold in December 840,006 copies Nl number of copies sold since we started publication on July 3, 1950 4,379,487. &tngapote c#>tattfoaro
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    • 302 5 0 Colossal Reductions In 0 0 Shears £lA C 0 Scissors /f^tf C (J MADE FROM JjT 4^ A Finest y 7 f X Sheffield o(.\i Bariwearine Sheffield steel Scissors of first daa qualitx. 7" lcng. Tempered and ledr.ittlv ground. Ver\ suitable for haireuUing. 0 isiali.y SALE 0 0*3.95 and
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  • 242 6 THE SINGAPORE Camera Club, inaugurated in June last year to foster and maintain interest in the photographic art. is successfully supplying the long felt need of every keen camera enthusiast for an opportunity to improve his photographic ability. The Club has now 07 members, young and
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  • 364 6 Standard Staff Reporter LIKE the pig rearer and the poultry raiser, the vegetable farmers of Singapore are eager for expansion and increased production. But a survey carried out by Standard reporters reveals that he needs capital to meet the expenses entailed in clearing
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  • 54 6 Standard Staff Reporter THE EAST-West Society ard the Raffles Society of the University ot Malaya will hold a debate at 830 p.m on Mar. 1 at the Central Ha!!. Faculty >>: Medicine. The subject Is: That the United Nations have made a grave blunder in
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  • 1140 6 Strong Demand For Tin, Rubber Shares By A Special Correspondent AN UNUSUALLY large ume of bu iness was wrii ten during the week on the Singa- poiv share market. With tin and rubber continuing to be soid at well over $700 per picul and $2 per lb respectively, there was
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  • 358 6 Standard Shipping Reporter ONE OF the strangest cargo to be .shipped from Singapore are 15.000 reels of old telephone wires, winch were loaded on to the Sinkiang for Hongkong. The Sinkiang, which belongs to the China Navigation Company, is carrying a total ot 2.000 tons of
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  • 171 6 A PROFIT of (112,182.88 was made by The Wilkinson Process Rubber Company. Limited, in 1950. At the 19th annual general meeting of the comp u y in Kuala Lumpur on Marc I 22, the directors will recommend a dividend ot 10 per cent., less 30 per cent
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  • 29 6 Following the lead of the Standard Motor Company, the Rootes Group. Vauxhal] and Austin, prices have been increased bv Citroen and Daimler Reuter
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    • 23 7 Poi^s— -Believe /t or Not! 4l£ > /^\w 4IHBY V^ 4 MOMTHslftf ER iW S- ov^%JOURNEV iw HISTORY I flfl MSWSD <^?>' 4K£5 <J /WOV7?f
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    • 672 7 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS SITUATIONS VACANT English speaking messenger (Chinese) and Car driver. Appiy personally Seng Hua Sawmill, Kampong Bugis. Established Chinese firm requires a Correspondence Clerk capable of working independently, preferably with knowledge of Shipping and Insurance but not essential. Apply stating experience and' salary required with references to Box No.
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    • 1118 7 JAN. 20 TO FEB. 11 (Aquarius): Several smal. mad pleasing surprises are i; gtone for you this^ wee* together with a disappoinl ment or two. However, o balance you will be well satisfied with your week's activities and you are advised, to take advantage of every opportunity as it comes.
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    • 193 7 promises an exciting new friendship. Handle this with care but beware letting your friend think for you. Keep your individuality when a series of minor problems arise later in the week. You'll win through. NOV. 22 TO DEC. 21 (Sagittarius): The ted lam of the week can be overcome by
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  • 610 8 IPOH, Sun. At this morning's meeting of the Perak Football Association, presided over by the Mentri Besar of Perak, Tuan Haji Abdul Wahab, a motion was introduced asking the association to make strong representations to the i F. A.M. to
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  • 196 8 KU a LUMPUR, Sunday Yesterday's heavy shower of which cancelled the match the women's hockey ■■.> ol K'. i Lumpur and S remban. made conditions ad- se this morning for the match between the visiting team and the PW D women which ended in
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  • 124 8 Kedah Perlis Tennis Tournev S!'\ PATANI, Sunday tral Kedah captured the 'iJ llenge Cup Friday last with a winning total ol 178 games in the first Kedah Perils Inter-Disti ict Tennis competition, pi lyed "ii the courts of me Sun»ei Patani Club and the Muslim Sports Club. The Raja of
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  • 303 8 V SPIRITED second half rally enabled Combined Services to hold Singapore Civilians (SAFA) to a threeall draw at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday in a game organised as a benefit for former J3CFA goalkeeper Tan lurk Cboon badly injured by bandit gunfire while travelling
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  • 74 8 LONDON*. Feb 24 (Rether) Following are the latest Rugby League results: Bradford N. 24 Batley 9 Castleford 27 H.K. Rovers 12 Dewsbury 16 Swinton 11 Halifax 7 Wigan IS Hull 1! Bramley 10 Hunslet 8 SI Heleni 4 Keighley 13 Y irk B Liverpool St. 2 Barrow 11
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  • 57 8 SYDNEY, Feb. 25 (AP) Australian boxer Dave Sands has been offered "a sizeable guarantee" to defend his empire middleweight title In England. Tom Maguire, Sands' manager, said the oner was made by Jack Solomons, English promote:-, in a telephone call, He added Solomons wanted Sands
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  • 235 8 LONDON, Feb. 24: (Reuter).— Birmingham City of Division Two and Bristol Rovers of Division Three South shocked mighty Dirision One opponents in the sixth round of the Football Association Cup today. Birmingham entered the semi-finals with a one goal victory over Manchester
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  • 81 8 On Their Way To New Delhi picture. Confident that they would win honours for Singapore, the Colony's 22 man contingent for the Asian Games left Kallang Airport yesterday for New Delhi. With them went two Singapore flags which were flown at the World Olympics in Britain and the British Empire
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  • 337 8 By J. B. Pow«*ll, Australian Raring Correspondent FINISHING with a terrific hurst over the la^t 200 yards, the jjrey JWvanee defeated the bottomweight River Moon by a neck to win the Spring Cup at Bukit Timah on Saturday. Theatre, closely
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  • 161 8 Move To Improve Perak Tennis Standards IPOII, Sun. Mr. Aladad Khan, well known Perak sportsman, suggested to the Perak Lawn Tennis Association today thai it should buy tennis Instructional films and loan them to schools and cl ibs. This would heip improve the standard of play among the juniors, he
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  • 252 8 THE Naval Base Sailing Club held a suci i »sfu Regatta yesterday when more than 189 boats took part. Except for rain squalls at noun when the wind threatened to upset some boats, the weather kept fine. Mrs. H. \V. Faulkner, wife of
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  • 120 8 A LARGE crowd estimated to be about 3.000 turned up to watch the battle royal between the Jakarta men's teim and the Tens: Kong basket ball team, the lf).">0 Singapore runners-up. The visitors won by VJ points to 31 after a very thrilling
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  • 39 8 ABOUT 100 people attended a dinner held t'> celebrate the 21st. Anniversary of the Social Athletic Party on Saturday night. The party was held at the residence of Mr. Ang Kim Chwee, President of the Club.
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  • 435 8 LONDON, Feb. 2:1 (APV 1 France's international rugby team made history at Twickenham on Saturday in being the only team from across the Channel to beat England on English soil. They did so by 11 points to three and rightly* deserved the honour that has
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    • 33 8 HIGH TIDES at the principal losi iris ut Mala yu. TODAY: A.M. P.M. Singapore 1:10 1.35 Malacca 10.23 10 50 Port Dwkson m 9.04 \).?,l Port S'lum 8.0 1 10.28 Penang 2.59 3.i9
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