Singapore Standard, 8 May 1951

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    17 1 Singapore Standard /VLI f/'| lc, I NO. 311 SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, MAY 8, 1951. 12 PAGES FIFTEEN CENTS
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    S'pore Fire Renders 1,000 Homeless Brigade Saves Timber Worth Over $1-Mil
    720 1 S'pore Fire Renders 1,000 Homeless Brigade Saves Timber Worth Over $1-Mil Standard Stall Reporter PROXIMATELK ISO Singapore families i a thousand people were rendered es« yesterday when fire gutted their houses Lavetuk Street* iiiiinlx rii»i» nrarU f>o buildings of v. rv b lilt on —tilt— along the hank ol |{i\
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    Woman Hurkls Grenade At Patrol, Shot
    41 1 Woman Hurkls Grenade At Patrol, Shot forces I I a who ing. The c and. c -ingle ed to renc tnd c the h spi .rity sta en a sec oed by the ered 1 i an old a CID rden-
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    Fed. Planning Extension Of Price Control
    161 1 Standard Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR. Monday. The Federation Goven men! is believed to be considering the extension of price control to more essential goods and measures to add to the fight againsi inflation. Discussions were held today m Kuala Lumpur between the Economic Secretary.
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    NEWSMEN TO VISIT UK
    88 1 Standard Staff Reporter MR T. S. KHOO of the Straits Times and Mr. Wong Tan Ming oi the Nanyang Siang Pau have been selected to join the Press Party which is visiting the United Kingdom at the invitation of the Colonial Office during t ie Festival
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    Visits Johore Bahru
    62 1 Standard Staff Reporter JOHORE BAHRU.Mon. Mrs. Stnnton. wife of the American Ambassador to Siam who arrived m Johore Bahru this morning with Miss Mabel Wong of Singapore visited the Johore State Welfare Home m the company of Mrs Malcolm McDonald, wife of the Commissioner General for the
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    WORLD IN 'SORT OF TWILIGHT'
    182 1 LONDON, May 8 (Reuter) Field Marshal Lord Montgomery, Deputy Supreme Commander of Western European Defences, described the world situation^ today as "a sort of Whit is going to follow" he asked "Will it be the dawn followed by sunlight, will it be the darkness of
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    29 1 The overturned Army fire engine was on its way to answer a fire call at Mount Pleasant yesterday evening on an urgent summons from tne Central Fire Brigade, whose_
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    60 Huts Razed
    64 1 photos. A Bid Singapore fire razed about (iO wooden attap huts m the Kampohg LaW&der sawmill area yesterday afternoon. In the ton picture two firemen are seen playing: their hoses on tl:e flowing embers of burnt-out huts. Bottom picture shows seme of the 1,000 victims among their
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    Tory Chief Dispels Two 'Dangerous Fallacies About UK
    289 1 Tory Chief Dispels Two 'Dangerous Fallacies A bout UK L.ui\Du:% t way i (tr; me 01 oruain s Conservative Party said today that one of the most dangerous fallacies perpetrated by the Socialist Government was that the average Briton had lost the will to work hard. Lord Woolton, 67, head
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    Thais Ban Tin, Rubber To Reds
    97 1 BANGKOK. May 7 (UP)— [■he export of rubber, tin and )ther strategic materials to led Russia and her satellites ire virtually prohibited, cus;oms officials said todayThe officials said the export jan which has been m force for some time was contained m an jrder
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    Wants War Declared
    29 1 WASHINGTON. May 7, <AP) Senator Harry Cain, Washington Republican, called yesterday for a declaration of war on Communist China to end the "tragic bloodbath" m Korea.
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    'US Buying Time In Korea To prepare For World War III'
    308 1 MARSHALL REPLIES TO MACA. WASHINGTON, May 7 (AP) George Marshall, Secretary ©f Defence, was quoted Monday as saying that the United States is ''buying inie m Korea to prepare against world war three. A Senator, who asked not to
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    52 1 photo. Five vehicles a motor car. a lorry, a trolley bus, an omnibus and a motor cycle were involved m a collision m Kallang Road yesterday when a Malay motor cyclist was killed. Picture shows four of the vehicles at the scene of the accident. The car is behind the
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    Police Warn: Tyre Thefts Increasing
    184 1 Standard Staff Reporter SINGAPORE police yesterday warned motorist* against the growing menace of tyre thieves because of the current short supply and consequent high prices of tyres. Four cases of tyre thefts were reported during the weekend, and poiice have arrested a number of car
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    UK Trade With Red China
    125 1 LONDON, May 7 (AF)—Britain has shipped Red China £4,900.000 worth of goods m the last 15 months, a Government spokesman said today. Sir Hartley Shawcross, President of the Board of Trade, also told the House of Commons Britain bought £2,700,000 worth of goods from the
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    THREE DIE IN CRASH
    67 1 THREE persons were killed yesterday evening at the 12th mile Mandai Road when a military truck and a civilian lorry loaded with granite were involved m a collision. The three killed were the driver of the military truck, a 8.0. R., and two passengers, a Chinese
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    ENVOY QUITS
    37 1 CANBERRA, May 7 (Reuter>— An Australian External Affairs spokesman said today that the Nationalist Chinese Ambassador here, Dr. Kan Shi Kuang. had tendered his resignation to his Government m Formosa. The resignation had been accepted.
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    US OCCUPY ICELAND
    26 1 REYKJAVIK. ICELAND. May 7 <AP>— Airborne U.S. military forces landed on Iceland today. taking over the sub-Arctic island's defence under the Atlantic Pact.
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    Reds Relax Canton's Entry Rule
    129 1 Standard Staff Reporter THOUSANDS of Chinese m Singapore and the Federal ion of Malaya who are planning 1o return to China, are much relieved by the news received from Hongkong that the Canton Communist Government has relaxed the immigration regulations to facilitate the entry of
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    Court Hears $225,000 Breach Of Trust Case
    702 2 Firm Was Allowed 'Unlimited Overdraft 9 Standard Staff Reporter THE MANAGER of Ban Hock Leon*: Oil Mi IK Mr. Koh Soon Huat tol«l a Singapore Court \e*terday, that lie understood that the Ban Ilin Lee Bank hail allowed his firm an "unlimited overdraft."
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    SHIPPING CHIEF
    29 2 Mr S G. Haznan, director of the Djakarta-Lloyd Shipping Co. arrived m Singapore yesterday by air from Djakarta on a" visit of the firm's local branch office.
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    60 Attap Dwellers Protest
    117 2 ANOTHER 60 attap house owners m Alexandra Road area have petitioned the Singapore Municipality, urging a reduction of the assessment i rates of tb?ir huts, which they complain have been raised from 100 io several thousand percent. These attap-house owners have ct^ked for assistance from the
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    DRIVER CLEARED
    47 2 A TAXI-DRIVER. Tan Leng Hlang, was acquitted m the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday of dishonestly retaining stolen property consisting of a camera, three suits, two bags, a wallet, two spectacles and box of police buttons belonging to Police Lieutenant E. McGreaciy at Amber Road.
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    Maria Sports Diamonds On Every Finger
    563 2  -  J. SPITTEL By THREE African pygmies, two men and a woman, who have just completed a successful two-year tour of Australia and New Zealand as entertainers are now m Singapore awaiting seapassage to return to their tribes m Africa. The pygmies are Qua Qual
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    STUDENTS' FAREWELL TO TWO TEACHERS
    209 2 Standard Staff Reporter "I HAVE spent three of the happiest years of my life m this school/ said Mr. E. H. Wilson, retiring principal of Raffles Institution yesterday, at a tea-party given by his students. The function also served as a farewell to Mr. K.
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    Chinese Teachers Told To Register
    180 2 Standard Staff Reporter. CHINESE school teachers m Singapore, including those, who have registered are being asked by the Education Department, to register themselves within a They have to fill m the particulars of their qualifications, the schools they are teaching, together with two copies of
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    Inspection Missed Them Their Boat
    116 2 FIFTY-TWO Chinese, who were anxious to return to Haihow, are now stranded m Singapore because they missed their steamer, Mvi Nam, two days ago by only a few minutes. Lodging house keepers and ticket agents, who are now responsible for their board and lodging during
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    Driver Who Did Not Stop Gets 3Months' Jail
    228 2 Standard Staff Reporter A MIDDLE-AGED Sikh. Boop Singh, was sentenced to three months' rigorous imprisonment by District Judge. H. B. Livingston m the Singapore First Traffic Court yesterday when found guilty of causing the death not amounting to culpable homicide of a
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    Jail For Trocas Shell Thieves
    80 2 Standard Staff Reporter THREE Chinese. Lim Chen Ann, Ang Bo<_>n Phee, and No Moo Wah were each sentenced m the Singapore Fust District Court yesterday, to one year's rigorous imprisonment. A fourth accused. Ho Siu Tiong was sentenced to 20 months' hard labour plus ti
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    Defence Not Called
    97 2 YEO KWI TONG, a squatter living m Kampong Heap Guan San i:: the Yeo Chu King district was yesterday acquitted of murdering his three-year-oid son, Yeo Kirn Hoo. His defence was not called at the Singapore Assizes yesterday. The boy was found m the hut with a
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    Standard Gets Girl $35
    65 2 AFTER seeing m The Singapore Standard photographs of Tan Ah Pong, a four-year-old girl, the staff of the Government Audit Office. Singapore, has donated $35 to the St. Andrew's Mission Hospital through The Standard. Tan Ah Pong was a girl, who suffered from malnutrition and tuberculosis.
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    APPOINTMENT
    17 2 TUAN Haji Jubir bin Ha.ii Amin has been appointed a member of the Singapore Advisory Board.
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    Piracy Breaks Anew In Malayan Seas
    85 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Moil Piracy, which has been absent m Ma ayan waters for a long time, is making its unwelcome appearance. About three weeks ago. five mi es v.l Port Swettenham. a tongkang carrying sundry g v.is was robbed of cash and go '.is
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    NEW INDIA AGENT ARRIVES IN KL
    44 3 NEW INDIA AGENT ARRIV ES IN KL KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Mr. M. Gopala Menon, the new representative of the Government ol India m Malaya, arrive: here this morning from Singap we and was met at the airport :\v Mr. S. G. RamachanIram, i^e Agent.
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    50 3 A tank crew of the 3rd Royal Tank Regiment now undergoing training on the newly opened Gurun Range m Redah, inspects a "hard target" after engaging it with armour piercing shells. The 77 m.m. guns are extremely accurate up to a range of several thousand yards. Photo by Sgt. Ingram.
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    MINE MANAGER ATTACKED BY BANDITS
    274 3 Car Destroyed Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LIMPI R, Mon,— Early yesterday morning, while he was travelling m a car m Kampar, a Russian mine manager was attacked by bandits. The manager was slightly wounded m the head but managed to escape to a nearby mine
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    Bandits Rob A Beggar
    70 3 RIAL A LUMPUR. .Man. Bandits m the Federation have come to such a plight that they have no scruples to robbing even beggars. The story comes from T.i pah that on Saturday morning, four of them, armed to the teeth, held up a bus the only
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    Bus Held Up, Mails Lost
    128 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. As a result of the hold-up by bandits m Kuantan on Saturday of four lorries carrying provisions and mailbags. some oi which were burned. the P tmaster General announced that one letter and three parcel bags must be presumed lost These contained
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    LONDON MATRICULATION EXAMINATION RESULTS
    310 3 Standard Staff Corre^ondent KUALA LUMPUR. Mon.— The following are the results ol the London Mat notation Examination held m Jliittary. 1951 Pass Lost Kttala fapLpur. first Division. ***** Lit Kirn 7258 Leong Hong. 7311 Tang, John Baptist. Second Division: 7295 Arasaratnan, Rarnasamy, 7320 Arasaratnam, Yeliupiltai, 7i
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    Anti-TB Work In NS Progresses
    102 3 Standard Staff Correspondent SEREMBAN. Tues.— The pro gresa achieved by the Negn Sembilan Anti-Tuberculosis Association was outlined to tne Standard today by the Chairman. Mr B.H. Tan. Mr. Tan said tjpt about $600 m cash is being given as relief to the dependants or T.B.
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    Federation Briefs
    441 3 MANY witnessed the opening of the exhibition of about 700 pictures showing conditions m Free China at the Meng Seng Charitable Association, Malacca, by Dato Tan Cheng Lock. The Exhibition is sponsored by the Malacca Chinese Chamber of Commerce and the various Oversea Chinese Organisations m Malacca and
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    'More For All In South-East Asia'
    292 3 TWO INTERESTING booklets— "More for All m South-East Asia and "Malaya and the New Asia" newly-issued l>v the British Regional Information OHiee may now be obtained free of charge from the Public Relations Departments m Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. "More for all m South-East
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    WARDIEBURN CAMP
    42 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— Wardieburn Camp, where national service men are being trained, is removing to its new site and the call-up men now m residence expect to be settled down m their new place by tomorrow evening.
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    20,000 UK Troops Combating Red Menace In Malaya
    322 3 WASHINGTON, May 7— "ln Malaya, wbm we have been fighting the Communists for three year*, we have now 20,000 of our soldiers and airmen engaged m the eanrpaign and we have launched a defence program* me far bigger than we have ever
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    Negri EASU Meetiag
    31 3 THE thlrfl annual general meeting of the Negri Sembilan Estate Asian Stall union will »>e held on Sunday, May 27. at LO6 r reh Road, BeraidMß, it 1°
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    DETECTIVE JAILED, THREATENS SUICIDE
    249 3 Standard Staff orre-.pondenl. KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— "l would rather commit suicide, than go to prison.*' declared a Chinese detective, Wong Tai Ping, m the magistrate's court today, before Inche Ibrahim, when he was sentenced to three months' hard labour, for wrongfully confining a sundry shopkeeper, Cheah
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    Vaccine Runs Out On 230 Chinese Youths Quitting The Country
    166 4 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Mon. Only 170 of 400 Chinese youths who invaded the Port Health Office, Penang, this morning, were vaccinated and inoculated prior to booking passage to China. iu ii ai Reason was that the Port Health authorities
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    Dress Show In March Of Time Parade
    180 4 Standard Staff Correspondent KOTA BAHRl T Mon.— A mammoth Fun Fair entitled ••Malari. Kesukaan" will be beld at the Biaritz Amusement Park, Ko'a Bahru, on May 17 from 3 lun. to 1- mid-night. tc raise collections for the Relantan Security Forces Amenities fund
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    Aw-Goh Wedding
    76 4 PENANG, Mon tnvitaiions have been issued by Mr. and a t K. i kg< i their sec Mi A-v Khoon Hat to Miss G el lest daughter of Mr. M s G Hee Beng at the X ASS ti B.; 01 lh H 1. oi Sui a: M
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    29 4 Picture by PHOTOS. Miss Tims; Vat Wall w.is married on Sunday to Mr. Wong Mun Choon at the Siew Hin Wai Kuan (Asso- datum), Neil Rd.. Singapore. KIN KONG
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    NEW MALAY SCHOOL
    48 4 TPIE M.i'. iv Sen at Gual p< ri k in the District of Pasir i s v. hie 1 1 wa s star led an d built .it the expense of the rayat will be »niciaily opened; next Saturday by the Sultan of Kel intan.
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    Poisoned Beans: A Warning
    138 4 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Mon.— About 500 bags of beans, recently imported into Penang by a local businessman, were reported to contain poison. This was only brought to light when 27 pigs dit-d after talcing the beans bought by a Chinese pig-rearer, Living m Green Lane.
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    Buddhist Dignitary Honoured
    130 4 Buddhist Dignitary Honoured PENANG, Mon. Penang was referred to as a centre for the Buddhist religion by the Resident Commissioner, the Hon. Mr. A. V. Aston, when he spoke at the pubiic reception m honour of Dr. G. P. Malalasekera at the Penang Buddhist Institute. Burmah Road. Mr. Aston remarked
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    Alleged Deserter
    60 4 PENAXG, Mon.— A young Chinese police constable, Lim Cheng Khuan, appeared before Mr. D. C. B. Wernham m the Magistrate's Court today on a charge of desertion from the Signal Headquarters m Ipoh on Mar. 3, this year. The accused was handed over to a police escort to
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    KOTA BAHRU LOSES GOOD SPORTSMAN
    203 4 Standard Staff Correspondent KOTA BAHRU, Mon.— Some time this month. Kota Bahru will lose a very popular sportsman when Mr. B. R. Allen, Road Transport Officer, Kelantan and Trengrganu goes on leave. Mr. Allen during: his stay here has made himself not only acquainted with
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    94 4 Group photograph of the 10th Port Dickson Rover (Open) Crew taken recently on the occasion of ite First Anniversary Celebration. The Crew is the first of itS k^ganL P d%V D Mr k Ts. Param (seated second from right) X^asr y secretary of the Local Boy Scouts Association and District
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    Kelantan Youth Want Elections —Told To Wait
    211 4 Kelantan Youth Want Elections Told To Wait Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LU3IPUR, Mon.— Speedy elections for all the councils m Kelantan was advocated by Nik Hassan Yahya, representing youth associations m the State, m his maiden speech at the meeting of the State Council. The interest shown by the Raayat
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    47 4 Photo taken on the occasion of the marriage of of Che Azahari bin Ismail attached to the State Treasury, Alor Star, to Che Azizah binti Che Rus, daughter of the Chief Clerk, Treasury, Alor Star. The bridgegroom is the son of Ismail Harun, Assistant State Secretary, Kedah.
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    Manpower Director
    21 4 TENGKU Hamzah. Tengku Seri Maharaja, State Secretary, Kelantan, has been appointed Director of Manpower for the State of Kelantan.
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    Alleged Dodgers Detained
    103 4 PENANG, Mon.— The Settlement Police detained two Chinese youths from Perak who were among the 300 people who left for China m the Kweiyang on Saturday. The youths were said to be draftees who were trying to dodge the manpower call-up. A further batch of 25 Chinese
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    Art Exhibition
    59 4 THE Raja Perempuan of Kelantan declared open on Friday Last the exhibition of art nee.liework and cooking at the Malay Girls' School Merbau. Ko:a Bharu. before a Large gathering including the British Adviser. Mr. W. F. X. Churchill, and the Superintendent of Education. Mr. G. D. Muir. Later
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    4 Chinese Appeal Against Sentence
    255 4 BANK CHEATING CASE: Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG. Mon.— The appeal of four Chinese who were convicted on a charge of having conspired to cheat the Bank of China of $72,000 m July 1949, and sentenced to varying terms of imprisonment by the Sessions Court President,
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    CAR CRASH TWO HURT
    66 4 IPOH. Mon. An Austin 40 with five people inside somersaulted twice but managed to right itself on its four wheels at the traffic lights, near the Gopeng-Tambun Road junction this afternoon. A man and a woman, occupants of the car were taken to hospital injured. The
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    Merah Rubber Get Back Kedah Estate
    238 4 Merah Rubber Get Back Kedah Estate Standard Staff Correspondent ALOR STAR, Mon. Judgment was delivered this morning by Mr. Justice Russell at the Supreme Court, Afor Star, ordering re-possession by the Merah Rubber Estates Ltd., of the Padang China Division, one of the group of estates belonging to them and
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    Nationality Bill Greeted In Kelantan
    96 4 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The introduction of the Nationality Bill m the Kelantan State Council was welcomed by Dato Lela Negara who accepted it m principle He thanked those responsible for drafting the Bill to first reading which was moved under a certificate
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    S'pore Should Get Separate Jute Quota
    202 5 S'pore Should Get Separate Jute Quota T I I E re< ent announcemen I the i Tr« c Commissioner m Singapore that 500 tons of jute goods have boon allotted to Malaya for the January-June shipping period a:id hai I lie g> »od.- \v::l by landed m Penang. has caused
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    Siamese Mission
    99 5 The Deputy C-in C of the Siamese Army. Lt. General Dej Dejpradiyudh (fifth from left), arrived !at Cha n g i yesterday i aboard a Royal Thai Air Force Dakota on a sood- will mission here with six senior Siamese Army J Officers, Mrs. Dejpradi- ji yudh (on
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    $6 MIL. INDIAN BILL FOR INTERNEES
    227 5 Malaya May Ask Britain To Pay Standard Staff Reporter SINGAPORE and Federation Governments are faced with a claim by the Indian Government of more than $6,000,000, which it incurred for the maintenance m India of internees during the Japanese invasion of South East Asia.
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    S'PORE DIARY
    59 5 Y.M.I.A Orchard Road: French 5.30 p m Malay 5.30 p.m.. Gymnastics 6 p nv. Table-tennis 7 p.m Y.W.C.A.. Raffles Quay: Ballroom Dancing (advanced) 5 p.m., Mandarin i advanced i 10.30 a.m VICTORIA MEMORIAL HALL: Chinese V.M C.A Pianoforte Concert Finalists 8.30 p.m. SINGAPORE STAMP CLUB: Social. NAAFI HQ.
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    60 5 MRS. Loh Poon Lip. prcsi- I dent of the Young Women's j Christian Association receives wishes for a pleasant voyage from Mrs. L. C res- SOB at the Y.W.C.A. Social and Dance lield over the week end. On Mrs. Cresson's riulu is Miss Lucy Lim, who is representing the Y.W.C.A.
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    'State Lotteries' Move By Paglar
    168 5 AT THE next meeting of the Singapore Legislative Council, on May 22, Dr. C. J. Paglar elected Councillor for Changi District, will a*k the Government to introduce state lotteries m the Colony as a means of raising revenue to finance Singapore's medical, education ami other
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    BRIDGE DRIVE TO AID CHILDREN'S SOCIETY
    154 5 Standard Woman Reporter A VERY large section of Singapore's international community is expected to attend a mahjong and bridge drive on May m at Raffles Hotel to collect funds for the Children's Aid Society m Tomlinson Road. Mrs. K. L. Emerson, Presi- dent of
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    New Way To Beat That Extra Chin
    322 5 Standard Woman R<'|»ort«*r MISS Annr (Mortis, rcj)ic*M*ntati%e of l.li/ali«'lh A; den arrhed m Singapore on the (hnnan on Saturday. Misa (iortirt will he opening a TYealment Salon m W 'hiteaway Laidlaw and Co, which will b<* run exactly like ihe KlizaSieth Arden Salon
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    Singapore Walla Did Not Turn Up
    49 5 MB SIN< wAPC >RE W Itsapp ted i food ma: I li at Ka Lang when he 1 ed 1 by a BO AC A tut from ttta d tiifi ihe t. His I ed at the airport tiU [Kisseti^er liner U I
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    Voice Of Josey
    789 6 I."'. ERY Sabbath e^ i ing, a1 7.45, the voice oi Mr. Alex n rms, argues and pleads with iyj q rad lisi ?ners. Bii last Sunday, the voice was, we maj use that hackneyed h ase 01 us by absence. Ihe a was not I ial
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    A FAMOUS VICTORY ?
    435 6  - A FAMOUS VICTORY CASSANDRA By THKRE is some evidence that the Duke of Marlk borough, who won the Battle of Blenheim, and Mrs. Bessie Braddock. who won the battle of Bow-street and the Old Bailey m her role as the quayside Boadicca, would not have much m common had they
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      387 6 Dear Colleague:— After reading j >ur open iettei I ov: President, I was waiting so tar i or the President's reply to you, but as he has not replied you, I am addressing you personally, and using the same medium which brought you publicity
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      Indians And The Elections
      159 6 Sir: As a member of the Ceylonese Community and also as one who looks forward to the day when there would be complete harmony between the various races that make up the population of Malaya, I regard the article on "Indians and the Elections" by 'Puvirajasinghe'
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      "Crosswords Too Easy"
      11 6 _Si£^L-My_attention has been ousehold. and I am nevei
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      How To Address A Councillor
      351 6 Dear Mr. Lay cock: 1 am really surprised to read m ;ht? Singapore Standard that you are to table a question at the forthcoming Legislative Council meeting to ascertain whether Councillors have any legal warrant for assuming the title of "Honourable" or being addressed by
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      Fear And Confusion
      128 6 Sir, We. a group of Students agree with what has been written by "Worried Student" on the 3rd instant m the "Singapore Standard." The majority of us poor students are trying to get our School Certificate Examinations to safeguard our future m this competing world. We cannot
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    MAO HAS DEFENSIVE AIR FORCE
    834 6 MAO HAS DEFENSIVE AIR FORCE Russians Hare Given Red China Hundreds Of Jets LONDON. IYJRING the last six U months or so Russia has been supplying hundreds of very good modern jet planes to the Chinese Communist Air Force, as well as training C hmese Communist pilots. Ml the same.
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    Fence Sitting
    218 6 BRITAIN'S attempt to appease Communist China maj be stumbling-block to United States' proposal to the United Nations for an embargo on arms. oil. or strategic materials to Communist China, observed Pro-Kuomintang Chung Shing Jit Puh. The United States proposal, intimated Chung Sling, it approved by the United Nations,
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    Japan Should Pay
    140 6 COMPENSATION for the loss of lives and property Incurred by j the Malayan people during the Japanese occupation should receive priority m the Japanese Peace Treaty, said Inde j pendent Sin Chew Jit Poh. The daily criticised United j State's proposal to absolve Japan from the responsibility
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    What Has Happened To Ingrid's Baby?
    178 6 /"AN you thumb your nose at c ivention and gel away with it? In the case of Ingrid Bergman the answer to bth questions is YES. 1 called to see her and Iw 1 fourteen month old son Renato, Qw innocent cause of mosi
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    RALPH CHAMPION Reports From Rome
    79 6 RALPH CHAMPION Reports From Rome band, Dr. Lindstrom, to settle down with tuW y fta n director, Roberto R lini She cannot see Ler twelve* year -old daimhter Pia now living m America. [ngrid is frank and i repentant. She told me: "After all. I am not the first woman
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    Rooms To Let
    107 6 WHY do the Singapore author! ties grant Dew iicer.cv- foi hotels, asked CJtusan Melaj v, when they know that Borne W per cent of new hotels a:e turned into brothels? Unlike m the past, c ntinued Ufasan. such hotels row spring m respeetel much to tbc people
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    Review of Views
    69 6 Review of Views high expenditure involved m modern warfare. The idea punishing a nation is Entile But, pointed out S:n Chew. a expert on international U :,a> yet denied the rig li i individual people to claim compensation The people of South Ea>: A.- i especially Malay;-:. have tight to
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    Future For Capitalism
    27 6 PRAISING Mr for his p building flats Lmpi conditions, N foresaw capitalism m Capitalism S time, only Malay k after the i labouring clasi
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    Ridgway Praises Argylls
    227 7 Ridgway Praises Argylls TOKYO. May 7: (ReuterAAP)— General Matthew B. Ridgway has sent a letter of commendation of the Ist Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders to the Battalion Commander Lt. Col. G. L. Xeilson on the battalion's departure from Korea. General Ridgway said he took great pride m
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    Accuses Tito
    31 7 LONDON. May 5 <UPi Bulgaria today charged Yugoslavia with opening fire on Bulgarian forces along the border three times on May 1 and with flying aircraft over Bulgarian territory.
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    46 7 Queen Elizabeth is shown above visiting Malaya Stand at the British Industries Fair. Showing the Queen around is Mrs. J. P. Ward, wife of the agent of the Government of Malaya. The King is also present, but he is standing behind the ladies m the foreground.
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    UN Forces Open Attacks On Both Ends Of Front
    308 7 UN Forces Open Attacks On Both Ends Of Front TOKYO, May 7 (UP) Eighth Army infantry men, hacked by fierce tank, artillery and air support, rammed forward on both ends of the 100-mile Korean front today spearing into the only remaining Communist force menacing Seoul and expanding their eastern bridgehead
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    Satellite Air Force Formed In Manchuria
    104 7 TAIPEI, Nov. 7 (ReuterAAP) A usually reliable Chinese correspondent reporting to the English language newspaper "China News" gave further details of the international air force reported to be forming m Manchuria. The correspondent said the force will have pilots from Burma, India, Japan, Communist
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    Reds Said Using New Type Jets
    226 7 TOKYO May 7, (ReuferAAP). The Communists are believed to be employing new type jets m Korea, Far East Air Force Headquarters said today. In the daytime American Sabre-jets were on the lookout for MIGIS<- but the Communists sent none of their jets into Korea
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    Israeli Planes Bomb Syrian Border Posts
    79 7 Israeli Planes Bomb Syrian Border Posts DAMASCUS. SYRIA, May 7 (UP) Israeli warplanes bombed Syrian frontier posts twice today vyhile Jewish ground troops attacked Arabs m the disputed border region between the two countries, a Syrian communique said today. Syrian anti-aircraft guns fired on the planes and Arab casualties were
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    Nazi-Like Party Shows Strength
    77 7 HANOVER, May 7 (AP)— A Nazi-like party led by former Hitler bankers showed startling strength today m a Wast German state election. The Socialist Reich (Empire! Party jumped up among lower Saxony parties with a campaigned pledged to "restore the many good features of Nazism." It
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    Reds To Marry Off Wives Unless Husbands Return
    146 7 HONGKONG, May 7, (AP). Communist authorities m Swatow say they will marry off the wives of husbands who are not m China by June 1. The order was announced by the Communistcontrolled Swatow Women's Association and the Swatow Women Workers Production Group.
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    UK To Reply To Critics On China Exports
    210 7 UK To Reply To Critics On China Exports LONDON, May 7 (AP) Government officials urgently assembled yesterday facts and figures; aimed at rebutting charges that Britain has been shipping large quantities of strategic materials to China despite the Korean fighting. Stung by Gen. Douglas MacArthur's claim that British exports sent
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    Canadian Rubber Works Damaged By Big Explosion
    146 7 SARNIA, Ol 'tl lo May f (AP) A g tic ecplo! today rocked I < P Finer S i Lhetic Rubber and O< i Plant, whuh i., nil tx r I Europe. No .'.as td i but three wer< .ij tho igti not
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    TYRES, CEMENT AND FOOD FOR S'PORE
    204 8 Standard Staff Reporter THE P. and O. passenger and i argo ship Si:rat has brought as cargo for Singapore: 65)~2 pacKages of suni dries, 266 rases of window glass, 822 packages of tyres. 5iM packages of paint. 9H cases of iT.arb c slabs. 940
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    KL Begins Move 10 Lower Prices
    210 8 KL Begins Move 10 Lower Prices Standard N iaiT Cm 1 1 uaosHlml. K[ II MIM i{. Ma} 7 V central nrimhlrr of j(>» Kuala Lusiptir Mii!jirij>a!i!\. wilh promiiK-nt WOBWI irarlcNU aationaiitirs ienriii^ on it. i* to carry out as iin. i.iiiioM ol auurketing produce ano! encourage food growing r-.^r'.n-j.
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    54 8 leischm.inn. tratox i the I" S. n >nal P iu< ton AnIk 1 1 fa defterauaes IS •>! key m s r .rrd for the I irogiwr S PtffCC Maapow-r I).. k or Robert C. Goodwin \vh<. i> m chame of the largest mo: t h-^hly .*i?'J p-;«lufiive labour force
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    Rush To Buy Hoover A Shilling Ords.
    123 8 Rush To Buy Hoover A Shilling Ords. N M Re itei T ere pened i. 1 c this moi rung r■ t 1 ings start {n tr :A me ahi t f t by Jeer: erks ere ii 1 I .1 boor and In ipening. A <■ ea v. --re
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    Bigger Concessions In Duty Sought By Manufacturers
    437 8 MALAYA CAN MEET UK SHOE NEEDS Standard Staff Correspondent XL ALA LI MPIR, May 7: Malayan rubber goods manufacturers, The Standard learns, may seek the help of certain Federal Legislative Councillors to take up with Government the question of better preferential treatment m
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      RUBBER
      76 8 The latest Singapore rubber prices yesterday (May 7) were per lb. Buyers Sellers No 1 R.S.S Spot Loose $1.78 51.79 F.OB, m bales May. No 1 RSJS 51.77J $1.78 No RSS 51.74 V 51.75J No 3 R SLS. (nom > 51.72 51.73 Tone: Easier. LONDON RI'BBER Yesterday's open ing
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      TIN
      39 8 SINGAPORE. Mon The price of Tin to-day was 1569 per picul. l>o\vn $1.12 i. LONDON TIN Yesterday's prices first session were: Spot £1.140 buyers VM.I4") sellers. Three months V! 1.115 buyers £1,121 sellers. Settlement price £1,140. Tone: Steady.
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    MORE US GOODS IOR £ AREA
    64 8 MORE US GOODS IOR AREA AMERICAN* exports to the sterling area should be considerably larger this year than m 19.30. the New York Journal of Commerce said US exports to the sterling ires last year averaged US$lO6 million a month compared with US$l47 million m 1949. Total 1950 exports at
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    Little Trade In S'pore Produce Mart
    115 8 Standard Staff Reporter THERE was hardly anything doing m the Singapore produce ma rjcet yesterday. Copra' was a dull market, no business being reported. Coconut oil was quiet at quo- tations unchanged from the weekend levels. Pepper remained steady, but no deals were reported.
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    Whose Rubber?
    42 8 SINGAPORE police last night said the claimant or claimants of six piculs of rubber sheet now m their custody should come for- j ward within six months, after which the rubber if «till un- j c'.;:imed will become state property.
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    MALAYAN SHARE PRICES
    738 8 Standard Staff Reporter SINGAPORE, Mon. The Malayan share market opened the w^k on a more optimistic' note, but business was on a restricted scale. In most cases transactions were done within quotations. Yesterday's prices were: INDUSTRIALS Bayers Sellers Alex BricKs Prei l.R2i 190 Oids. 2.05 2.10 Atlas
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    25 8 photo. A consignment of 583 drums of coconut oil for Keelun* (Formosa) is seen being: loaded on to the Eastern Prince m Singapore yesterday. Standard
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    Leave With Pay
    60 8 VACATIONS with pay are becoming a standard feature of jobs m American industry, according to the U.S. Bureau of the Census. A survey made by the Bureau during the week of July 2, 1950, shows that about 80 per cent, of the 5.500,000 American workers who were
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    Workers Earn A£100 A Week
    70 8 SYDNEY. May 7: (AP>— Despite a sudden fall m the price of wool sold at auction m March, the price of Australia's most important product still is a lot more than it was a year ago. New agreements between employer and employee organizations give expert
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    S'pore, Fed. To Keep 70pc Of All Sawn Timber
    296 8 Standard Staff Reporter SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT has joined the Federation Government m instituting restriction of timber txports to overseas markets. This should immediately relieve the shortage of supplies for building m the Colony and Effective from yesterday, exports are restricted to the
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    Radrlla To Pay New Dividend
    115 8 RADELLA Rubber Estate reports a working profit of $77,259 for 1950. which is over five times the previous year's figure. The increased profit is attributable the average price realised for the output (nearly double >. says the chairman," Mr G P Noakes The crop harvested
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    TYRES, RUBBER FOR HONGKONG
    96 8 Standard Staff Reporter THE Jarriine Mat .< ger and (reign! s P. Lnce, which < is Loading n« her mam c H tngkong 5.197 b ilei of rubber, 140 tragi pepper, 50 b es f c l.ouo bundles <>t b.esqu ires, 840 pieces v ol t>
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    National Insurance Scheme For Ceylon
    31 8 National Insurance Scheme For Ceylon COLOMBO. May 7: (LT)— A scheme ot national insurar.ee covering wide sections of the people of the country will shortly be implemented by the Ceylon Government.
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    Ruling Money Eschange Sales
    100 8 m i Exc ttANGE rates now m force as supplied by the Malayan Exchange Banks Association are as follows: FREE MARKET CURRENCIES SELLING BUYING yioa is ais inn HoQKkoag 53 9 16 52 1/16 53 Buying ratw for Air Mail Transmission. CONTROL DIRECT RATES BUYING Air
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    America Buys 4,000 Tons Of Malaya Rubber
    186 8 America Buys 4,000 Tons Of Malaya Rubber Standard Staff Reporter.. A FEATURE of the rubber market m SiayaMri yesterday was the large turnover of business, m n&fefc il was estimated that L.S. Government buyers look u\tr about 4,000 tons of Malayan rubber. Most of the trai yesterday concerned grades, which
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    WOMAN IS MANAGER OF BIG RUBBER WORKS
    236 8 Standard Staff Reporter MISS TAY HONG ENG of Singapore Mdi unique distinction of being the only woman mana a rubber factory m the whole of Malaya. Clad m light b:ue blouse at^d navy blue slacks, this "boss" of 1.300 individuals iti the Lee
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    Panic Buying Subsiding
    79 8 Panic Buying Subsiding WASHINGTON VI The steep i*pw ;< i d ■a irld COtt >:. prices since t! break of the Korean to have bee:, "more thai tarily reversed." the Int ti tnal Cotton Adv..- y In a review of 1 1 situation, the Council sa;n downturn m prices can
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    AIRPORT HAS R/T LINK
    270 9 Ipoh Can Pick Up Rangoon Calls Standard Staff Correspondent. IPOH, Mon. The recent installation of the longrange radio-telephonic equipment m the air traffic control tower at Ipoh airport marks another step m the progress of aviation m this town. Calls from as far as Rangoon can
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    USSR Floating Dock Arriving
    88 9 Standard Staff Reporter THE third Russian floating dock to pass through Singapore on its way to Vladivostock m two years, is expected to arrive m Singapore today. The dock Is being towed by the 798-ton tug Vasely Beslaev, accompanied by the 7.839-ton freighter Admiral Ushakov. The
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    46 9 THE Empire Trooper, which arrived- m Singapore from U.K. yesterday. brought Servicemen replacements for the Army, Navy and Air Force. The trooper also brought 169 wives and children of Servicemen. Members of the B.A.S.C. are shown lined up along the S.H.B. wharf after disembarkation. Standard photo.
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    Ship Due With 3 Lions, Prize Bull
    129 9 Standard Staff Reporter THREE lions and a prize pedigree Ayrshire bull will form part of a cargo m the Burnside scheduled to arrive m Singapore tomorrow. The lions are being sent by the Taronga Zoological Park Trust, Sydney, to a firm of Bangkok
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    NZ Servicemen Unload Ships
    131 9 AUCKLAND, May 7. (AP). The queue of waiting ships at Auckland built up as a result of the 10 weeks' dockers' strike is beginning to diminish as the armed forces and new unionists unload cargo. Seventeen of 27 ships at the wharves will be worked today
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    Victoria Peak Arrives At HK
    36 9 HONGKONG. May 7: <AP> The 3,000-ton freignter. Victoria Peak, which caught fi;e on Apr. 17 when hit by Communist shore units at Lintin Island. near Hongkong, arrived here yesterday from Canton.
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    RUBBER CROPS
    22 9 Whittail and Co.. Agents and Secretaries, report that the crop harvested on Bukit Hitam Estate for April was 20.500 lbs.
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    SHIPPING INITELIGENCE
    309 9 EAST ASIATIC LINE Outward From Europe In Port: Panama. TO El ROPE In Port: Flonia. AMERICAN MAIL UNI for U 8 West Coast Ports. Accepting cargo for South and Central America June 9: Island Mail, sails June 14. EVERETT ORIENT USE For H'kong, Japan. May 23: Leneverett. sails
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    34 9 LONG RANGE radio-phone equipment has been installed m the air traffic control tower at Ipoh Airport. Standard picture •hows an air control officer scanning the skies for the approach of a Malayan Airways plane.
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      161 9 Despatches TODAY: Pontianak by Bosnik. Thailand (letters only) 7 a.m. by train. Arrivals TODAY: Thailand by train, U.S.A. by Pres. Buchanan, S. Africa by Tjikampek. w\***t departures] J^^r^g^jF from Darwin. Jakarta 4.30 p.m. R.L.M. from Jakarta 6.40 a.m. from Amsterdam. Bangkok 11.30 a.m. Q.E.A. Skvma^ter from Sydney 6.15 p.m. t\P.Afrom
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      97 9 2RhM in Harbour WHARVES Gdns. 44 45 Israailia. Sheers Wharf: 42 43 Empire Trooper, 41 Kepong, 40 Kistiia, 38/38 Senai, 36 37 Benvenue. 33 34 Aeneas. 31/32 Automedon, 29 30 Fernsea, 27/21 Gorgon, 25/26 Pundua, 23/24 Maron, 21/22 Islander, 19/20 Benvannock, 15 16 Surat. 13/14 Clydebank, 11/12 Thai. 8/8 Eastern
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      91 9 Western Anchorage: Lyria. Gulf Key. Seiko Maru. Godown No. 1: Lam Hai, Marabang. OUTER ROADS Hai Hsuan. Salte 53. Salte 52. Salte 51. Admiral Chase Chong Ya. Tjimenteng Sinabang. Hiwassee. Waingapore. King David, Dardanus. Ruys, Stanvac Ogan, Hoegh Silverstar, Cingalese Prince. Salatiga, Bantam. North Star, Nancy Moller, Panama, San Fernando,
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    Stokes-Hutton Recital Should Not Be Missed
    794 10  - Stokes -Hutton Recital Should Not Be Missed ANACRUSIS MUSIC NOTES By A GOODLY number of seats are still available m Robinson's for the Noreen Stokes Paterson Hutton recital to be held m the Victoria Memorial Hall tomorrow evening. As most readers will know, this is rather a special occassion for
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    54 10 TODAY. <8.30) p.m.): Victoria Memorial Hall. Chinese YMCA Piano Competition. Prizewinners' Concert. TOMORROW, (9 p.m.): Victoria Memorial Hall. Singapore Music Circle presents recital by Noreen Stokes piano) and Paterson Hutton (baritone). FRIDAY SUN. June <* 10 (8.45 p.m.) Choral Orchestral concert b> Singapore Musical Society. Julie
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    For The Discophile
    487 10 LISZT: CHA.MINADE Consolation No m D flat major: Autr«foiv Shura Cherkassky (piano) H.M.V. DB»1183. THIS is another triumph for Mr. Cheixassky. Readers may recall h; s beautiful performance of Chopin s E minor nocturne issued a few months ago iHMV. D *****7". and it now seem» as
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    THROUGH THE SWING DOOR
    487 10 H.M.V. MH. IS? Elmer's Tune; Cradle Son* (Glen Miller his oreh. Toeal by Ray perte and the Modemalres Russian Folk son*). HM V MH. 138 Son* of the Volga Boatmen; When Johnny comes marchln* Horn* <* o refrain by Tex Beneke. Marion Button). GLEN MILLER enthusiasts
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    Concert Climaxes Education Week
    112 10 HIGH-RANKING Government officials and members of the public attended last night's Education Week concert by the Junior Symphony Orchestra and Teachers' Choral Society m the Victoria Memorial Hall The very considerable programme included Beethoven's Coriolan Overture and Ist Symphony, two choral works by Brahms the Song
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    Kee Onn, Mrs Chua To Defend Titles
    412 11 Bottom section: Miss Chin Lee Neo D:nVM?e n £n*. Ca On aUd VETERANS DOUBLES Top section: Choo Chee Fatt and Leong Yee Khean v. r.a. Parthan and Voon Kirn Teck; Dr. Lai Nvean Soon and Lee Te;k Hock v. mj£. Moreira and Leong
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    WELFARE WEEK BADMINTON
    81 11 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. Pontian District Badminton Association will meet Batu Pahat B.A. m a charity badminton to raise funds for Welfare Week. The match will be played at the Java Sitia court commencing at 7 p.m. on May 10. The Pontian team is as follows: singles: Syed
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    CRASH IN RACE
    242 11 FERRARA Otabr) May 6: (Reuter) Five Italian racing motor-cyclists were injured when several motor-cycle^ crashed into each other during a race here today Two were critically hurt. P W D L P A Pts Detention Camp 4 4 0 017 1 8 Ching Churn B 4 2
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    Cheng Wah Top League
    125 11 CHENG WAH lead the Ipoh and District senior soccer league with 13 points from seven games played up to May 4. Ching Chum are a close second with 12 points from seven games The full league standings follow: A photo-finish. Cpl. Wilson of the 40 Commando
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    Olympics For Peace
    158 11 VIENNA. May 6: (UP) Acting President Leopold Figl, Chancellor of Austria, opened the 1951 meeting of the International Olympic Congress today with a fervent hope that the games might help promote democracy and world peace. The viain items on the agenda of the Congress will be the
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    UK LEAGUE SOCCER FINAL PLACINGS
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    Colossal Transfer Fees Highlighted UK Soccer
    654 11  -  Don Ess By LAST Saturday the official football season ended m England, but for many players the summer holidays have not yet started as they are to play games against foreign teams which will delay their summer rest a week or two. The past
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    Davis Cup Results
    133 11 LAUSANE, May 6 (Reuter) Switzerland won the remaining two singles matches m the Davis Cup lawn tennis match with Luxembourg here today to gain the tie by 5-0. They meet Poland m the second round here. ZAGREB, May 6 (Reuter) Western Germany took a 2-1 lead over
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    Thirlmere, Greytown Do Good Gallops
    226 11  -  Ollie Davies THE TRACK was still heavy yesterday when horse* engaged m tomorrow's race* were put through their pares. Best workout appeared to he Thirlmere*# (Spencer) three m 12 m a tryout with Three Kingdom* (Woods). Thirhnere had plenty m hand at the finish. On
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    STORE AS WORLD'S WRESTLING CENTRE
    351 12 Oakes Inviting Camera, Galen to A MOVE to make Singapore one of the main wrestling centres m the world has been initiated by local wrestling promoter, Mr. Wally Oakes, who i« now negotiating with topnotch matmen like Tony Galento and Primo Camera to come to
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    TODAY'S Sport
    70 12 TODAY'S Sport .< -CCER: Die. 7.— Kota Brant United al Bi -it >'• i Dir. 111 B riw S C d Seletar -.it Gei Stadhtm. ii siifESS >: S£:le.-\i;l's: i erica r. S£an r c a1 3 i; n Si "'c D.i rb r■{ c: P. :;> c. Bat: •red
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    67 12 photo. Chinese-owned Xi Ming won the first of Britain's 1951 classics on May 2 by taking the 2.000 Guineas event at Newmarket from outsiders Stokes and Malka's Boy. Xi Mini? is owned by London restaurant owner Billy Ley On who took a record purse of C 14.731. Jockey A. Breasley
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    Williams' XI Win 8-3
    27 12 PENANG, Won.— Williams' XI which comprised the State probables outplayed Seang Huat's XI with an 8-3 win m tkg final soccer trial today.
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    Diving: The Take-Off
    1004 12 THIS IS the second of 4 series of articles written by Johnson which will appear m The Singapore Standard •n Tuesdays. Johnson will fallow up these instructions with demonstrations at The Tiger Swimming Pool, Posir Ponjang on Sunday at 11 a.m. IN LA.* i v.,ks article, the
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    Taniilians Crack Up In Last 5 Minutes
    167 12 Taniilians Crack Up In Last 5 Minutes AFTER holding Rovers Sports Club to a 2-2 draw for about .>0 minutes, Tamil Brotherhood Association cracked up badly and conceded three jjoals m as many minutes to lose 5-2, m a SAFA Division I match at Jalan j Besar Stadium yesterday. Until
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    Island Club Golf Results
    142 12 THE MAY Mixed Foursomes Competition of the Island Club, Singapore played on Sunday afternoon resulted m a win for Mrs. Edith Jones and R. M. Rajoo who returned a net score of 69J. The following were some of the best cards returned: Mrs. Edith Jones R.
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    SAFA Approves Pates' Policy For Singapore Soccer
    209 12 SAFA Council last night approved Mr. K.B.L. fates plans for a long-term soccer policy for Singapore. Items included m Mr. Pates' plan are the present competitions, a league of four divisions with a maximum of 16 teams each, a community league with eight
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    Junior Table-Tennis
    22 12 SINGAPORE Table Tennis Association's 1951 junior interclub championships open at the Great World at 8 o'clock tonight with three games.
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    ON THE AIR
    367 12 RADIO MALAYA SINGAPORE ENGLISH PROGRAMME (7400 km. «Un metres) 0.35 a.m. Schools Broadcast: 10 a.m. I News (K.L.i; 10. 4.% Schools Broadcast: 1 p.m. The Radio Orchestra: LJB i News; L4B Eddy Howard Orchestra; p.m. Schools Broadcast; 6.15 Pro- gramme Summary; 6.1? Four Stars and 1 a
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    GOLF
    180 12  -  Sam Snead mmnaonoooo It is hard to tell anybody how they should feel when they are making: a correct golf swing:. But maybe you can get the idea when I tell you that every time I know I really am smacking the ball I feel as though my hands
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    'REST' TEAM SELECTED
    77 12 THE following have been selected to represent the Rest who meet the Europeans m the annual Singapore cricket match during this week-end: Lall Singh (1. A., Captain) E. C. Thuraisiagham (CSC.) Wee Chong: Jin (S.C.R.C.) C. Colling (S.R.C.) S. K. Sundram (C.S.C.) S. Velupillai (C.S.C.) P. de
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