Singapore Standard, 17 April 1952

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  • 18 1 Singapore Standard Ik j!L sW X 3L. NO. 289 SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1952. 12 PAGES FIFTEEN CENTS
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  • 107 1 Dato Nik Awarded Laader Grant A imed Kami], i sar of Keiaritan. has a Leader grant taite 1 States this scheduled to on April 24 the United States Nnths studying U.S. an I political instiI a w agricultural si grants, s?:p ot the U.S. nent"j Exchange of i me, arc
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  • 253 1 Standard Staff Reporter THE FIRST unofficial strike of this year started yesterday at the factory of the National Carbon (Eastern) Limited of Bukit Timah Road when a large seelion of the 310 workers still on the rolls of the firm walked out on the factory's
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  • 83 1 Standord London Correspondent LONDON, Apr. 16. The following ore the closing •tica of rubber and Hn on the London Market today: LONDON RUBBER LONDON TIN o^ 32id. Spor £961 per ton ■Ij Sept. 31 Id- buyers, £962 sellers. 3 r Dec. 30 d. Three months: £964
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  • 435 1 2 Others Wounded In Attack By 40 Bandits In Johore Standard Staff Reporter JOHORE BAHRU, Wed.— Three men were killed out right and two wounded in a terrorist ambush this morning at the 1 5th mile Pontian Road. The dead were Chia Siew Mm, Assistant Resettlement
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  • 245 1 ANY extension of. or any *I«*|»h in relation 10. llu* 24-hour etirfew imposed for a fortnight on Siingri I iia «iiiee April 10 as punishment for tin- villagers' r«-lin lance to supply information ahout handits and tlu-ir supporters will he dceided in the light
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  • 324 1 IPOH, Wed. The Perak Nationality Enactment 1951, was unanimously passed by the Council of State, Perak, at its third and final reading today. Not a single voice was raised against it, nor was there any comment from any member on the Select Committee's report on this
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  • 116 1 LA PAZ. Apri! 16, (UP).— Bolivia's tin industry, the second largest in the world and the country's main source of wealth, will be nationalized under the new National Revolutionary Movement. MNB chief Victor Paz Estenssoro announced his new government would appoint a commission to prepare
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  • 116 1 Standard Staff Reporter A FITTING ceremony will be held in honour of the new Governor of Singapore when he is installed to office on Wednesday, April 23, at 10 a.m. He is due to arrive in Singapore on Monday, April 21. Traffic arrangements for
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    41 1 Applicants are here seen undergoing physical tests at the police recruiting centre. Looking on is Mr. T. H. Stockdale, Commandant of tlie Police Depot, who is in charge of the Chinese constable recruiting campaign. Standard picture. (See story on Page 5).
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  • 66 1 Standard Staff Reporter SIIAIK AH bin Shaik Ismail, a Telecom messenger, died in hospital early this morning following an accident in Beach lload at 11.15 p.m. last night when he was dragged for «0 feet by a "large grey saloon. The Traffic Pdlice are
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  • 189 1 LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, April 16, (AP).— The second nuclear blast of the Atomic Energy Commission's spring series flashed quickly yesterday in the Southern Nevada sky. The "device"— the A.E.C.'s term for an experimental weaponwas dropped over Yucca Flat by an Air Force B-29. Even
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  • 79 1 NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, Apr. 16. (AP) General Dwight D- Eisenhower posted a glittering 130,000 vote victory over Senator Robert A. Taft in the New Jersey primary today, regaining a stretch of the ground he lost this month in the rac e or ln e Republican
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  • 45 1 TUNIS, Apr. 16, (Reuter) Two bombs were thrown in Tunis today one tolo the courtyard of the new Labour Minister's home and the other in front of the shop of a relative of the former Nationalist Minister of Agriculture but neither explode].
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  • 115 1 AN aPPf^l to a^' '"dian women in Sin^.ipoiv to come forward and volunteer for local social services with the purpose of bettering the standard of living of the Indians was made by Mrs. B.K. Nehru, cousin of Pundit Nehru, at the Kamala Club jesterday. The
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  • 106 1 THE HAGUE. Apr. 16 (Reuter) Captain Raymond "Turk" Westerling, former Dutch Commando chieftain Who led the Wsfl Bandueii!? revolt In Indonesia, was arrested in Holland today. The Amsterdam Public Prosecutor who announced the arrest, said Westerling has been taken to Amsterdam. The former Comm a n
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  • 45 1 OMAHA. April 16. <AP>— President Truman has railed the governors of Illinois, Nebraska, South Dakota. Minnesota, North Dakota. lowa and Wisconsin to a conference IS the mad Missouri River continues to create havoc and leaving much of its ai cv "i tntsei f.
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  • 53 1 SPRINGFIELD ILLINOIS, Apr. 16 (Beutei 111 tdlal Stevenson. GoveitlcN 'if 1! mots, said today he co ild no; accept nomination foi United Si ites presidentship Mr. Stevenson In state meat "I have repeated j said I was a candidate foi Cove no if Illinois .uid had no
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  • 388 2 Machinemen's 'Strike' Settled At Mock Arbitration A\ adult education class, under the auspices of the Council for Adult Education, Singapore, attended last night a 'mock' Arbitration Board arranged by Mr. Charles Gamba, Lecturer in Economics at the University of Malaya. The Board was part of a demonstration taking place during
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    26 2 MR. JCI KENNEDY of Birmingham. Alabama, who is representing the United States at the 18th All Malayan Methodist Youth Fellowship Institute, now in session in Singapore.
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    71 2 pncto. MR. L.R. WALES. Assktant Manager of Kodak Ltd., does not appear in the picture, but he is the man behind the scenes with a camera which he rigged up and described as "similar to an identification camera with new brackets and light standard so it can make rapid exposures
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  • 131 2 Towgay Men To Visit Changi Jail St.ind.ird Staff Reporter ARRANGEMENT has been made by the Singapore City C 'Health authorities for n sentatives l)I tow g a y grt irera Ie visit the Changi Priscta 00 Sunday morning to see prisoners produce towgay fro n tap water. The representatives are
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  • 120 2 SINGAPORE Rotarian s were told by Mr 'A It red R. Hogg, their chief delegate to the recent District Rotary International conference in Kuala Lumpur, that the Press had sensationalised a speech delivered by the Malacca delegate, Mr H B. Ball. Mr. Hogg < together
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  • 64 2 REBUKING a bus conductor at the City Police Court yesterday, the Magistrate, Mr. K. J L. Jamieson, said that "as a bus conductor you should have a high standard of conduct Ong Chew Tiew, a conductor employed by the Paya Lebar Bus Servfce, was fined $50.
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  • 37 2 THE SERANGOON English School Old Students' Association will hold its third annual general meeting at the school on Saturday, at 4 p.m A tea-party to commemorate the Association's second anniversary wili follow the meeting
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  • 49 2 PCTtI PENG YAM was charged in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday with criminal breach of trust in respect of $100 cash, while in the employ of Messrs. Fraser and Neave Ltd., on Dec. 7. He claimed trial and was allowed $500 bail until Apr. 23. vtwvvwwvvwvwvwvvvwvwvwvvww
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  • 296 2 THE DEFINITION of whether or not Crown Land includes any property on it will be decided in a summons case which will come up for retrial in a ponce magistrate's court in due course. The point arose in the S ngapore Hich Court before Mt
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  • 431 2 Standard Woman Reporter UNIQUE in the history of dignified Singapore is the corner of pore Broadway honky tonk which the American community is bringing to the gardens of the Sea View Hotel where the Grand Easter Ball and Fun Fair will be held on Friday, April
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  • 158 2 THE SINGAPORE Federation of Services Unions, the central body representing about 30.000 civilian employees of the three Services in the Colony. as directed its three affiliate unions launch a strike fund. Mr. Lee Choon Eng. President of the Federation, told The Standard yesterday the
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  • 94 2 THE FIFTH output of recruits for the R.A.F Regiment (Malaya) 65 Malays from all over the Federation and Singapore will pass out from their four-month initial training course at a ceremonial parade at Changi airfield today. They will parade before the Station Commander, Group Captain E. C.
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  • 65 2 THE PASIR Panjang Rural District Committee has opened its own Registration Centre at the Haw Par Swimming Pool in order to help in the registration of voters. The Centre will open from 4.30 p.m. to 6 p.m. on week days and 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. on
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  • 46 2 A CHINESE schoolboy was waylaid by three Ghinese, one armed with a dagger, while he was walking in Cross Street with two other boys on Tuesday night, and robbed of a watch and a gold ring. The two other boys escaped.
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  • 34 2 THE RAFFLES Society is sponsoring a programme of Indian Songs and Dances by the Sangeetha Sabbah of Kuala Lumpur at the Oei Tiong Ham Hall, University of Malaya, tomorrow at 8.30 p.m.
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  • 323 2 THE OFFICE of the Ceylon Commissioner in Malaya yesterday issued a communique from the Ceylon Ministry of Defence External Affairs on Travel Documents to correct previous "misleading" press reports on the subject. The statement is as follows: Citizens of Ceylon in Singapore and the Federation of
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  • 32 2 A FEW hoars after his arrival in the Colony on April 22, the new Governor. Mr. J. S. Nicoli. will open the Chinese Art Exhibition at the British Council Hall.
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    47 2 pnoio. MISS OLGA VANDER PAS and Mr. C.J. Jansen, members of the Dutch community who will sell tulips at the Fun Fair. They hold the basket which will be filled W overflowing with good things from Holland, for the lucky person who holds the winning tulip. Standard
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  • 392 3 Lawyer Demands Govt's Immediate Attention By George Rasiah, Standard Staff Reporter THE activities of Singapore land speculators are creating a new social problem of great magnitude. It demands the immediate attention of the Government. This was stated yesterday by a leading Singapore lawyer when
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    75 3 y \estrrduy, thtse s „f th«- National i ..mp.inv I mplovees ,is»«l tlit-tr hands ■g thrir (I. i.?ation i I ..i!>our Depart- utls <>! their inn their .urr in t MH workt-r> walked r.1.0 >^ .t protest t 'if co tup m> 's reii i cinnpcnsation ■•rfcrn who -liri .-IV"
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  • 53 3 13 Paid Rent Of $10,000 _a pore tenants, at for was Bellamy District 510,000, months 1 their I *he paythe Ju yesterseven i terms ere 1 *or 18. nrtenwhich nday, f 41 his last n d total bj t'ne iriginai gaii I the ordered r each r Hats tticea Trust
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  • 50 3 THE Sii lap »re Afternoon Sch »ls A v tii"". has amend- cci its constitutiwi to permit and supervisors in Gnw: nn aide i afternoon schools to be members of the Ass wiation. The new non >rary secretary of |h« As 'iati >n is Mr, E.S. M ■<<
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  • 242 3 i LABOUR CLAIMS SI B-COMMrTTEE appointed by Singapore City rs and their president Mr. T. P. F. McNeice, t representatives of tlie Singapore City Coun>i:r In ions Federation at 2.30 p.m. on Saturday to discuss members claims. Mi McNeice told The Standard that ihe
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    29 3 i pietaue or Mr. Mil>,.mott and I I»\ the former ra trmklin, was titcr thrir wedlt st Anthony's hangi. on Monday. A reII wun latrr held Offirers* Quarters, PrKon.
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  • 230 3 Standard Staff Reporter A LARGE section of private employees of Singapore commercial fiims and for that matter Government and other employees have reason to be jealous of their counterparts in the employ of Messrs. Guthrie and Company. Reason is that Guthries have taken the lead in
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  • 93 3 UER, Vincent tented in the lower '■■■>'? months' impril .v;ng a trader a cheque far $100 i- \told Mr. Justice a ne Siiigapor* High Court yesterday that he had not been given an opportunity to call witnesses. Nicolini wai appealing against conviction. He admitted, when questioned
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  • 179 3 A PLEA by counsel that his clients. Lee Ah Tee and Lee Chwee Koon, had exercised t;ie right of private defence in an assault case failed before Mr. Justice Rogers in the Singapore High Court yesterday. Arguing the appeal. Mr. A..J. Braga said that the complainants were
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  • 131 3 TENANT GETS A RESPITE AN APPLICATION for stay of execution, pending appeal, was made yesterday in the first Civil District Court before Mr A. W. Bellamy, by a tenant j who was ordered recently to give up vacant possession of land at Duneara Park Estate, now being developed by Messrs.
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  • 358 3 NEWS OF the passing of a bill giving women equal pay with men employed in the same type of work, by President Quirino in Manila, was received with mixed feelings in Singapore^ yesterday. Barring a few exception. Singapore women disagreed with the view that all women
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  • 186 3 "I am a lawful tenant on Dunearn Park Estate, and a squatter," said Mr. Cheng Cho Chua indignantly when he was explained the statement by Messrs. Ideal Homes, published in The" Singapore Standard yesterday. Producing the birth certificate oi his 15-year-old twin boys, Mr. Chua
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  • 227 3 Standard Staff Reporter THREE prefabricated test houses made with wood-wool cement slabs which will probably determine the future of such houses and a possible solution to low cost housing in Singapore have been approved by the City Council and the Rural Board. Two of
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    38 3 photo. MR. TORSTEN STIGNER, Managing Director of Evers and Co. who claims that pre-fabricated houses made from wood-wool cement slabs manufactured by his firm could be put up easily by unskilled labour in a matter of days. Standard
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    • 281 3 If* t A» I I I J From when #W O7 your baby V J» weighs 15 lbs 1 > jy e8&, 20 milk teeth are through I I v <[^ When your baby weighs 1 5 lbs., I ft I start giving youi haby Farei J^kk,,?^ regularly every day
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  • 208 4 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— An excellent example of selfhelp is provided by Karapong dwellers in Negri Sembilan in Sepri, Ulu Sepri and Chembons Halt who have long suffered the handicap of ft proper road. In order to facilitate the marketing of their produce and
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  • 314 4 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— The Delegates Conference of the Malayan Survey Department Employees' Trade Union was held at "the Revenue Survey Office hall, Victory Avenue, here during the Easter holidays. The Conference was attended by delegates from all over the Federation. They were,
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  • 110 4 Malacca Inspector Sentenced MALACCA. Wed. In the Sessions Court here, the President, Mr. S. A. Chua, disbelieved the story of 29--year-old Police Probationary Inspector Mohamed Khir Hashim and found him guilty on two charges of criminal breach of trust as a public servant. Mr. Chua sentenced Khir to three months'
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  • 49 4 MALACCA, Wed. Sa'ari Dang, 21-year-old Police Constable claimed trial yesterday before the Sessions Court President, to a charge of making a false statement to the Police during a Police investigation. Bail of $500 in one surety was allowed and the case was postponed till April 21.
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  • 756 4 Purely Military Approach To Squatter Plan Special cable by arrangement with The Times, London SINGAPORE, April 16.— The decision to impose collective punishment on Sungei Pelek suggests that General Templer is ready to modify the policy laid down by the late Sir Henry Gurney regarding Chinese
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    64 4 photo. A happy group of Indian children enjoying themselves at the Singapore Indian Association's party for children on Wednesday. The party, first one arranged by the LA.'s "Women's Group" at the club's premises at Balestier Road was attended by more than 80 children. Organisers were Mrs. A. A. Sandosham, Mrs.
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  • 473 4 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Security forces scored levers) able soeeess during March in spite of the fart that the figwrr ot 61 killed is the lowest since last October. Thin number Kadu In n men in the Communist organization most of them
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  • 136 4 Slaiulanl Staff G»t'Wi]|lUlnl< tit KUALA lAJMPUK, Wed— To lite m have been killed in the Federation ttii n 14 security personnel and 18 civilians. Early this morning, Johore Bj tacked a police vehicle killing a I civilian and a Special Constable T were wounded.
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  • 102 4 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.Two men and a pretty 1 f»->*«>.« i tiki dance hostess were pro-] 'ifed before Die President of the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court, here today, on a < huige ol extortion. The two men.- Oon Ean Lee (2i) and Lim Huck
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  • 42 4 Ex-Bandit Sentenced X ran < h Me. v. d:t. v Ch.k Mag anri rigoro sertirv: Tan p thai b< trail to P. bi! dm that render bilitat Specij the camp S Ho 111 self from static had no mi Ho v March Ti
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  • 13 4 sion Wong V the P Court 63, for b
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  • 75 4 Standard Staff orre»pond<-ut MALACCA. Wed The Malacca Municipal Electoral Register was opened for revision this afternoon The Legislation ofßcen are the same as last year except that the office for Durian Daun polling district has been removed from the Utinicipal] Club in Wolferston Road to i
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  • 62 4 SEREMBAN. Wed. Hie] Ruling Chief of Rtiinbau. thel Undang Dat o Haji Ipap. today declared open the new Hal ay village of 150 families at Kampong Bahru Padanf bebai Rcmbau. These people began moving from more re mot* Kampong Miku En same (totrict of Negri
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  • 292 5 EXTENSION TO AN OLD ONE i xutY Correspondent X t \-\U. E. C. Hicks, Inspector of Schools. at today's Perak I MMcfl meeting that i (iovernment had I build a «ew I college for Malay a cost of SUM.OOO worn** it was prol« <>\Dand the existing
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    73 5 Standard photo by JEROME Henderson and Jean Chew are plagued with the ever present kid sister Quek Geuk Cheng in a comic tap dance skit, on? of the i>ms of the variety show presented by the Maudrene School of Dancing to be staged at the Victoria Memorial Hall tonight, tomorrow
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  • 282 5 McNeice Stresses Value Of The Voluntary Worker Standard Staff Reporter i o\<;katll\ti\(; tin- st. Amircw'» ,ii Hospital, Singapore on it* 1 *>."> I success;lo»u Mr. T. I*. F. MeNeice, President of iporc ily Council Haiti that Ate St. Andrew's i,| «\i>ts in the midst of this busy, .mi- rily as
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  • 109 5 I :>i U WING we c elected officebri > »j the Catholic Young Me i Associal on iK. is Basah I Soadl Singapore <tt the.: annual H c meet i held 3•■ erduv President ire-elected) Ec Perm I Liang; vice-presidents C v '-c KongTet Mid Ambro c
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  • 118 5 THE S::i4a:>o:e Anl -Tuberculo- >:■; Association acknowledges IMe following donations: Teochew Theatrical Association. towards the cost o! treatment for its member-; $3.51)0. Singapore Cold Storage $150. Siew Sin S;j si«»». C at E Morton (M) Ltd, $100, BAiss Yang Uan Shin $I<X>. Anonymous $I'X>. Raffles D^>eis;uy.
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  • 51 5 THE CUSTOMS and Excise Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society (Singapore) Ltd. wil hold their 16th annual ifneral meeting at the Head Oft c. Custom House. Maxwell Road, today at 3.38 pm Light refreshment will De served and members are urged ll bring copies oi the annual
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  • 24 5 FINDING of death by misadventure returned in the Singapore Coroners Court mtard labourer. A Subra^mj iam. who WM struck b> a ».eel beam.
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  • 153 5 IPOH, Wed.— Twenty-nine Ipoh Chinese youths were accepted as recruits into the Federation of Malaya Police Force this morning. A total of 43 youths presented themselves at the recruiting centre. Disappointment was keen among those rejected, judging from their persistent remarks that they be given
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  • 105 5 SOM All MIX. a en shier employed in a travel service p tablishment who had been bound over in the lower courts to be of good behaviour Cor one year for punching a woman, pleaded in vain in the Singapore High Court yesterday to have the
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  • 46 5 CHONG THIAN Lock was sen tenced in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday to six months' rigorous imprisonment for permitting his premises in Jalan Besar to be u.sed as Lin opium den. for having five opium pipes and three lamps for smoking opium.
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  • 147 5 Standard Staff Reporter MOST Students of the University ut Malaya yesterday said they were "very much taken aback" by the sudden decision of Sir George Allen, their Vicechancellor to leave Singapore. At the same time, they expressed concern over Lady Allen, and wished her a
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  • 118 5 FOUR MEN and a woman, who pleaded not yuiity in the Singapore First Police Court yesterday to a charge of assisting in the management ol a chap-ji-kee lottery, was allowed bail of S.'iO.OOO each. The accused, were Koh Fami Chuan 4 1. Quek Yew Chong (35),
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  • 94 5 \e«* soon. HeleVU Wlm«*v». R. 1.. l»an llork I^OMff. >«»J* KUi .ii..n itaiMiiur. hu«» ripp. SIHHTATION« Sin«:»|H»rr liable to l«atl sihwMlnj tmtoy DAY Happy World. Asia UuWjrf trial <;»•*•«•. Killiiirn Kslale. lm.irarn K«l.. Turf Cliite. Bjf Nru Awrmir. Kwart I™?' lloltaiMl Bd. Adam Park. C.»llup HIM. ltJit»*M>r»B
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  • 123 5 Standard Staff Correspond nil IPOH, Wed. The Perak State Select Committee lppointed to examine and report on the State Nationality Bill has recommended a relaxation of the language and residential qualifications for those 1 seeking state nationality. This Committee's Report which was tabled at today's
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    31 5 Mr S A Durai of Dawn Agency. Singapore and Miss S. Jeyaletehumie daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. K. Selyadoray who were recently married at Suncei liar Estate, Kulun, South Kedah.
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  • 93 5 FOLK and-a-half-month old Miss Emma Oxford, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mix Oxford of Kuala Lumpur was christened by Archdeacon Woods at St. Andrews Cathedral ye> terday. The rhristeuing took plate in Singapore because r. mm a s codn.nthrr Mrx. Reider Johannessen was in the
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    24 5 photo. Mr. and Mrs. D. Shepherd and their eisht-montb-old baby. Patricia Olivia, who was christened at *h«* Presbyterian Church. Singapore on Easter Sunday. Mobile
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  • 266 5 A 26 YEAR OLD labourer, Chins Kirn Hian?, described by his mother-in-law as a man with a "violent temper was tentatively charged in the Singapoie Fourth Police Court yesterday with intimidating her by threatening to burn down her house. He also
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  • 67 5 SALAYA (19> s/o Vengd ..!amander wns charged in the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday with being a member of an unlawful assembly and using criminal force on M.S. Suppiah, at Lorong Lai at on Apr. 15. Suppiah wns in turn rhnrged with by using criminal
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  • 70 5 A CHARGE of robbery wa ex plained to two Chinese youths/ Quay Siong He (17> and Goh Ah< Seng U8» in the Singaporei Second Police Coi«rt yesterday. It was alleged that on April 14 Quay and Goh robbed Wong Konir Far of a wriit watch
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  • 39 5 A CASK oi causing hurl affainst Kv\ak Teay Hoof '28' and Onu Kef Lian <l!»i wm compounded in the Singapore Secona Police Court yesterday when the complainant Onu Thian Kh .ii .i i drop the ch»i Be.
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  • 126 5 A SCUFFLE between I• friends "oi ci p trifle re In the dt'.ith .i!n- v: them, it a:is at;tlffi i i SingßP<l Coi oner** Coui t ctf •(U Tie deceased Ec sunk a Btoi <• keepei a\ the It FM Bum* Workshop in riyer
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  • 105 5 A PUBLIC meeting > ill ba held .it t r it* N'i»k( Enjj Chine School. Tanjong K.«t'>:.!; Etoad on Sunday to dtscusi the pi p<j~.^l to (invert tte iic i 1 Eastern Frade Fair in Gejiang S(*r;u into ;m ■mtiflemeiit parl The meeting i* beitif orsaniscd
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    • 87 5 sSHS Theusophical Society: Lecture today. YWCA: Advanced Malay class at 5 Rallies Quay 5.30 p.m., Dressmaking class at 5 Raffles Quay at 10 a.m.. French class at 5 Raffles Quay at 10 a.m. Singapore Recreation Club: Picture Show/Tombola 8 p.m. Methodist Church: C« eyla n j* Straits Chinese Testimony meeting
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  • 873 6 Singapore Standard Independent Morning Newspaper Wot, No Golf? \V ILL the gentry, conscience striken by Sir Gerald Templet's strictures on their Babylonian mode of existence, proceed to bury their illegal golf clubs until such time as this noble game is freed from the odium which hangs over it now? Will
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  • 1066 6  - Watch for this dateAugust 20, 1953! ED POLLAK By A.P. Correspondent m- mm tf» CAIRO. WHAT will happen on August 20. 1953? Will the date mark the beginning of World War III? An earthquake which will ravage half the world? The death of Stalin? The reappearance of Hitler? Some people
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  • 1209 6  - CRIME AND CORRUPTION IN AMERICA KENNETH HARRIS By WASHINGTON. <r pHE big question and I A put it bluntly is this: has criminal and political corruption reached a point where America, too, must follow the downward path of other nations? I say that we are dangerously close to ruination pomt
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  • We, the People
    • 396 6 Sir;— l was glad to see in The Sunday Standard the picture of the Honourable Mr. V. M. N. Menon handing over a gift of S5OO incash to the representative of the Indians in Tanjong Malim for the relief of the Indian residents there
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  • 386 6 Review of Views Templer's Speech THE High Commissioner, Sir Gerald Templer, should state i specifically what he really wanted the people especially government servants to do when he said that every man and woman must realise the importance of doing something, said Utusan Melayu editorially. The paper believed that all
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  • 318 6  -  TAKAR X V/i i y *jtiKffr*d We'- 'd'J^- TJTAVE you ever studied gold- fish in a glass bowl? If so, you must have noticed how they resemble Government Officials in their weaker moments. They move aimlessly round and round in small circles. They wear a look
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    • 78 6 For Perfumery jase IrP^nß We are stocking for: W II 1 I Musk Ambrette. I 19 J Wm H 1 1 Musk Paste. k J Musk Xylol 100 r e R^ h M3]| M lleliotropine Crystal 100 i gL I fflnfj J^B Cumarin Crystal B^fc^^*^*^ rf^lffl Vanillin Crystal 100% Pff^'l
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  • 491 7 To Sign Military Pact With W. Germany, EDC LONDON, Apr. 16 (Reuter)-The British Government yes- v .xpla,n,d ma Wh.te Paper that Britain had deeded to ...to a treaty of mutual m ili, ary aid with Western Germany ::-^:T.rriY requestmadebythe c—e A communique identical to the White
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  • 257 7 NATO To Ask Truman For Ike's Successor LONDON, April 16, (Reuter)— The newly created mod Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Ortion is to meet at its headquarters in Paris to Urn end of this month, when, according to an uiutive British source here yesterday, it will ini'n sident Truman
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    54 7 photo. MM rOR OF LAWS Queen Jiliuii of the Netherlands tip and gown after iv m honorary Doc■l laws degree of imhi.i Iniversity in a :iv at New York City, Dr. (irayson Kirk, Pi'Mdent and acting t in the absence on leave Ike President, General ■bower, presented the to the
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  • 195 7 LONDON, Apr. 16, (AFP)-For the first time since the Napoleonic wars, Britain has concluded a military alliance with Germany. I'nder this heading most LonH 1 newspapers this morning published the official announcement that Britain had agreed to come to the aid of any
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    51 7 US Admiral Lynde D. McCormick (right), recently appointed Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic, arrives at London Airport from Paris during a recent three- we A tour of the capital:., of NATO countries. Admiral Me Cor w »l k is shown being gweted by Admiral Sir Miotierick McGrigor, Bru tin's First Sea
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  • 94 7 Alexander Sees 'Old Chief Ike NDON. Apr. 16. (Reuter) Brit ism Minister of De.ord Alexander, returnLondon by air tonight spending seven hours in ierned reports that his had been to press for the <>f Field Marshal tni ?vl(>ntgomery as suctc General Eisenhower. E> feDCC Minister said I > see General
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  • 112 7 NEW YORK, Apr. 16. (APV— Arab and Asian members of the United Nations may make one more attempt to get a Security Council hearing on Tunisian complaints against France before pressing for an emergency General Assembly session. Ahmed Bokhari of Pakistan. President of the Security
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  • 234 7 CAPETOWN. Apr. 16 (AP)— The debate on the constitution crisis arising out of the Government's refusal to accept the judgment of the Appeal* Court on the invalidity of the Separate Representation Voters' Act which proposed to place coloured voters on a communal register, opened
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  • 91 7 MUNSAN, April 16. (AP)— Korean truce supervision negotiators took only 20 seconds today to decide they had nothing new to say on the doublebarrelled deadlock. The delegates exchanged oniy 27 words. They agreed to meet tomorrow. In the past six sessions, they have jnet
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  • 106 7 LONDON, April 16, (Reuter) Mrs. Lilian Guest, 50, housewife, who won £70,000 last week in a pick-the-winners soccer pool, hit the jackpot again in this week's contest. The exact amount of yesterday's prize ha s not been announced yet. But Mrs. Guest's husband,
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  • 226 7 LONDON, April 16, (Reuter)— Prime Minister Winston Churchill has invited Mr. Robert G. Menzies, Australia's Prime Minister, to come to Britain at the end of May for talks on a ran~e of matters of mutual interest to Britain and Australia, it was learned officially
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  • 61 7 CANBERRA, Apr. 16. (AFP) Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies told the press today he would be going to -London after May 18 to discuss Anglo Australian relations. After his talks in London, it is understood Mr. Menzies is to visit Washington for talks
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  • 93 7 CANTERBURY. April 16. (Reuter) For the first time in over a century, an Archbishop of Canterbury yesterday conducted the marriage of one of his own children. Dr. Fisher, the Archbishop. officiated at the marriage of his third son. Mr Charles Dougias Fisher, with Miss
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  • 432 7 Fed. Govt. Appeals Decision Lottery Case KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— A two-year-old case up for its final hearing today when the Federation Government appealed against the derision of Mr. Justice Taylor who dismissed the suit in which Wong Hoi Onn, former president of the defunct Selangor Health and Strength Association, was
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  • 38 7 MANILA, April 16. (UP)— Major General William Chase, Chief of the American Military Advisory Group in Formosa, is scheduled to arrive tomorrow from Taipei for conferences with United States military leaders and high Philippine officials.
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  • 639 7 DISCUSSIONS Ix-tween the Government* of llie Federation of Malaya anil Singapore regarding llir formation of a Unified Health Service have rearhrd a satisfactory roneluHion and both Government* hnv«> now accepted propoKal*, which it in anticipated will overcome certain difficult i<> which ha\e been
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  • 52 7 PARIS. April M <1-Pi Lori Istnay, Secretary General the Nbrtn Atlantic Treaty Qrf in tion arrived here todaj \<> take up bis new post. He will becte wick in o provisional NATO headquarter! in the temporary buildings constructed to house the United Matiom General
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    • 38 7 HB^l S< 9WMS. H I WOW J.- |^&U ,i KEEP AAV I WISH YOU'D sst* t Jfermrrf*/ 1 MOUTHSHUT/ V y^O«<^^MKr- m i^Hßß^^L!!^ top. IVSI b y U.M,df.oi w >,ty»d^oi.. ln«. »U S*fA* M c N^" f L
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  • 75 8 photo This photo shows the Convair YB-60, an eight-jet-engined heavy bomber of the United States Air Force, just before engine run-ups at Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Division, Fort Worth, Texas, To carry out the run-ups, the plane would have to be moved from the development hangar
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  • 241 8 RI Aviation School To Operate In 4 Months DJAKARTA, Apr. 16. (AFP). The village of Tjarn- will he the cradle of future Indonesian civil aviation pilots. Several hundred workI ers are daily lahourinjr on an airfield, constructing buildings, hangars and India, Thailand Hold Air Talks BANGKOK. An Indian delegation including
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  • 43 8 IT has been announced that the Cunard liner Caronia. 34.183 tons., is to make a twomonths cruise around South America, beginning from New York early in February, next year. Ports -on both the east and west coasts will be visited
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  • 130 8 MORE NEW SHIPS DUE IN S'PORE Standard Shipping: Reporter TWO recently completed passenger-freighters, the 9,090-ton Wilh. Wilhelmsen Line ship Taiwan and the 5,305-ton Barber-Fern vessel, Leoville, will make their first voyage to Singapore next month. The Taiwan has accommodation for 12 passengers in luxuriously appointed cabins. She has 24.000 cubic
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  • 76 8 ROME. Apr. 16. (AP)— Through American aid, Italy has now the largest merchant fleet which ever sailed under the green, white and red Italian flag. At the end of 1951, the I Italian merchant marine had i seven per cent more than the
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  • 185 8 Heather. Merchant Duke. Ceronia. Ranheim. H. D. Croly. P. Sebarok: Benares. Albert Dock: Larantuka, Stanvac Talang Akar. Angby. Victoria Dock: Belaga, An tonia. Keppel Dock: Dtonms. Par. 2I kor. Charon. Recorder. Sedili. 1 Kah Poh, Ensis, Mirza, Retriever. Bentong. Western Anchorage: Stan. I Sumatra, Danjford, Gulfray.
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    • 564 8 FAST REGULAB TRANS. PACIFIC SERVICE Direct Oferlaid gjn Fraadsco Los Angelea Al American Canadian Cities Ll( IiENBACO 24/26 Apr 27/28 Apt 2»Apr/lMay 22May F-^r hiO particulars of Dry Cargo Deep Tanks and Passenger Bookings etc. Agents ANGLO FRENCH BENDIXSENS LTD. M Spore IWi/J l-u-ipur 3111 P. Sham 2i»3 Malacca 456
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    • 479 8 CHINA NAVIGATION CO., LTD. Kj'Siilar Sailings to < hina and Japao friM-.i Singapore Porl Swrttenham Pfnani; Also diretl Sailinp from Bangkok and Indonesia to tuna Japan Due *'!>««re I>u»- Penang From "Szechoen" In Port Apr 1J I Pakhoi" In Port Formosa •Fuiiing" Apr 26th Djakarta Sails Sails Sails Penane P
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    • 351 8 JAVA NEW YORK SAILINGS Ro>al Hotterdam Lloyd Holland Amerira I me Nvderland I me Koitprdam Rotterdam Arnvtrrdain HALIFAX. BOS lON NFW YOKK PHILADELPHIA. BALTIMORE, MOBILE. S! U ORLEANS •re P Sham Pt»nang SALAWATI (SMN) 1 \\>r ROEBIAII (SMN) 1!» .:?r °J> WApr ?8 29Apr IAPARA (RL) 7 13 May 14
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    • 57 8 Despatches TODAY: Tanjong Pinang 7 :>.m. by Pahud. Indo-China 7 a.m. by'Buloh. Medan 7 a.m. by Selangor, Ceylon. Britain. X. Ireland. Eire, Europe. North and West Africa. West Indies noon by Canton. Djakarta and j Sourabaya noon by Tjimen- terig. Arrivals TODAY: U.S.A. (letters and parcels) by President Johnson. Hongkong
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  • 332 9 EUROPEAN PRODUCERS BEING SQU EEZED OUT isrown s Kev/ew Hits I New Levy, Warns Of Falling Revenue THE Conservotive Government in R«.;»~- l m points out section of the fhas to pay export replanting cess; i income tax in' me tax an d i in the United now the new
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  • 300 9 Big Estates Are Not Thinking Of Retrenching Yet M. T. YONG, Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 16 With the rubber today at over a dollar per pound, large estates in iya have not yet contemplated retrenching staff ro production economy. Standard understands retrenchment may be ;>■ these estates if
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  • 73 9 Japan May Go On Gold Standard !R (AFP>:— I StCf Hayato Ikeda j Of the Bank of i i Ichimada re to be conte.nplating the tjs'lci ex(i and the abanM present con- ■<■: 'v system. :hs measure would Mlizc tht currency international thai a us si.ooq j would be grant-
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  • 45 9 HONGKONG. Apr. 16 (AP).— The prosecution of three Chinese charged with manufacturing and exporting imitation '"A: row shirts from T: .ngkong began in a Kowloon c mri yesterday Complainants in *the case ;uc Dodge and Seymour, Ltd. Hongkong agon's for "Ar:>w" shirts.
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  • 124 9 COMMODITY PRICES I Latest Singapore rub ber prices yesterda y were: Buyers* Seller* No 1 Spot Loose 51.09S Sl.lO F. 0.8 in bales May. No. 1 R.S.S. 51.08J 51. 09 No. 2 R.S.S. 51.06J $1.07} No. 3 R.S.». $1,037 $1,041 Tone: Dull. I.ONIMIN KUBRFIf Wednesday's opening prices per lb. were:
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  • 35 9 Apri 16 <AFP»— c ran *nt has *Pr '•'in !u:n over the *a of Thailand cx'•"c interests and teak concessions will r >.cd. «i !*gai eoncessiont will ißf th« next tin c© «r
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  • 284 9 Protests Made To Chancellor STRONG representations are beins made to British Chancellor of the Exchequer K. A. Builer by a number of Conservative backbenchers about the excess profits levy, writes the political correspondent of The Financial Times. Some M.P.s are determined to table amendments proposing modifications of important provisions, unless
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  • 77 9 CANBERRA. April 10 (AFP)— Australian overseas reserves are still falling- according to government statistics issued here. The figures showed a debit 01 A £30C>.000.000 tor the first six months of the financial year Smoared with the debit of A £19.400.000 for the same period last year
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    85 9 The president of the Johore Smallholders' Association, inche Mohd. Aris bin Ahmed (wearing sunglasses) i s seen supervising the distribution of fertiliser to smallholders at Sunsai Tirara. With h'm are (leit to right): Mr. Low Kai Choy, rubber instructor or the Rubber Research Institute, Che Bakar bin Sa'adon, J.S.A. clerk,
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    60 9 raoto. Picture taken at tfce 73rd birthda/ party of Bia*apore builnessiiian Mr. Teo Soon Bee at vi 292 Xatoa HaJWah. Singapore, shows (from left) Mrs. Lira Chonf Pan*. Mr Lim ?2^u? p/^T^fre EL Thwnpson Mr. A. Charton, Mrs. Charton, Mr. Tan Ken* Sen*. SFlJ?S&* rs>S Mr.^»J?Sod Bei, Mr. Choo Lye
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  • 30 9 Gener.l ot the Agncultu.e De (?r a ops m iS the proving- sou* of Songkhla are *"P« t »J r JS-J? major part coming frox* central province*
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  • 135 9 RI RUBBER ROAD PLAN 'NONSENSE' Standard Staff Reporter JAKARTA, Apr. 16:— The new Minister for Agriculture, Mohammed Sardjan. told the press today that the declining rubber price has resulted in a serious economic situation. He said that in an effort to improve the situation, his Ministry had plans to sub-
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  • 53 9 TOKYO. Apr. 16. (UP). The Japanese Government i announces that it has offered j to deposit U. 5.520,000,000 in the United States "as a token of goodwill toward holders of Japanese dollar bonds. This follows a similar gesture in- volving U. 5.520.000.000 toward j holders of Japan's pre-war
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  • 99 9 1 BANGKOK. Apr. 16. Thailand has decided to allow another 500,000 tons of rice to be exported after September if the international situation does not deteriorate, according to the Ministry of Economic Affairs. So far Thailand has only allocated 800,000 tons of
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  • 139 9 GOOD TURNOVER IN RA UB GOLDS Standard Market Reporter SINGAPORE, Wed.— A good turnover of business in Raub Australian Gold Mining shares was reported today at around $2.20. Industrial shares were^ quietly steady while tins were slightly firmer. Changed prices were Biivers Seller? Henry W:ius>h 2.32 2.42 xd Robinson Co
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  • 308 9 Striking Progress By Johore Smallholders Standard Staff Correspondent BATU PAH AT, Apr. 16: The Johore Smallholders' Association, with a membership now of nearly 1 1,000, is working in conjunction with the Rubber Producers' Council and the Federation Government on schemes for assisting smallholders in replanting and improving rubber holdings. During
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  • 26 9 I THE Indian Government has decided to permit, until June, re-export of 50,000 tons of sugar. Importers include Persia, Afghanistan and possibly Pakistan.- A.P.
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  • 77 9 I MR. JOGINDRA SINGH. Indian Trade Commissioner in Singapore, has been transfer- 1 red as Under-Serretary to the Indian Ministry of Commerce and Industry, and will leave the Colony by the S.S. Carthage on May 15. His successor will be Mr. J. Coeiho, who will arrive
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  • 194 9 PUBLIC INSURANCE CO. THE Public Insjronce Company Ltd., Singoporr, has made good progress since its inception and, despite greot difficulties arising from the Emergency, the results achieved for the first year of business were satisfactory, stotes the chairman, Mr. Aw Boon How, m
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  • 95 9 Standard Hatful K< p<»rtf r DULL con Li the produce yesterday. Copra d and c t( $2 on :i quiet market Coconut oil se'lcn around Ml per picul Busineti in papper 1 standi tih, I •amponj h: quoted Hi 1 i per plcul md tok v.
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  • 84 9 Standard Market Reporter WITH rubber mills reported to be work in? a! T mf 25 per cent, capacity and no appreciable UMptvvemeal in the supply and demand position, dull conditions per' sist in the Singapore rubber market. i i' drift 1 to fefterday md bi ness
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  • 57 9 PROBABLY 150.000 to 180 000 workers are not working this week owing to Lhe closing down of Lancashire's cotton mills. This is over h;)lf the to!;i] number employed in the industry j in Britain and it if e.-^irMted that they lost among them over £1.000.000 n
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  • 76 9 Singai »re (.'t: imbei Con mcr r e Rubbei hum iatia i i pnrcs (pel :s) rterd i iApt it; vere): Bwvp'< S< Pri No I Spot L «c M 091 No 1 EtSS B May 08i SJ Of JToi c 4 1 d, I 1 v;', No.
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  • 52 9 HONGKONG, April l f Special 51 md ird Scrvi c I ing F' id s 3n the H 'Mr- k k change today were UK^i iftS 4 o £1 Sterling; HKsfi?«s US$l HK*i 825 to M ilayan (1 lIK$o 302 to one [ndoi atian Rupiah; Gold HK<:!W (o
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    • 87 9 \LEWISCGRA?JT PLANTER ofyM POLISHERS VL fy AU MACHM£S ARE MADE HiTh Jjß Output of C'c*'*<3 f.i<e ptf f^Ogr. frcn Pjjr^ l^l sy, faj ■B Output of Ck*~*C *ct ft- Kcu>. f'O.T, S*>« I*3 f- r Itt 1 000 I >0C B 9B n too 7:c H Kff Pofti 'equtrtC fc
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  • 39 10 THESE Staurolite Crystals, sometimes called Fairy Crosses, are not hand-carved, but made by nature. They were made deep down in the earth but were pushed upward by geologic action and at last were found by men.
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  • 558 10  -  IDA SMITH CTRANGE little stones shaped like crosses are found in numerous places in America and Europe, the most famous location being Virginia. Specimens from New Mexico are often found set with tiny garnets. In BY the early days people used them as good luck
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    61 10 THK trouble with spaghetti is you get a nice mouthful untied and sorted out, but the moment you open your mouth the silly, slippery stuff starts running away. But, providing you're patient enough. perseverence wins through in the end as little David Kynaston Lea. aged 3, found the other day
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  • 206 10 HERE are definitions of words which have more than one meaning. If you figure out each meaning correctly, you will have the name of a wellknown bird as its other meaning. Another clue is that the number m parentheses alter each definition tells you how
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  • 88 10 ACTOR: "Why did you gitfe up the stage after appearing in that old Rormn play".'' SECOND ACTOR: 'The audience wanted me to be thrown to them instead of to the lions." m SHARPER: "My young friend, just think of the time wasted in playing cards" DARPER: "I quite
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  • 320 10  -  AL KARALFA BY AS a boy, this great artist ■lm- sang in churches of his native city. Naples. His remarkable grift attracted the attention of an officer while he was serving in the Army, and he secured the officer's help in attaining a musical education. Naples, in
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    • 226 10 /A/ie Wyman in "THE BLUE VI II Plus! PATHE NEWS S,M.ial J THE GRAND NATIONAL with SLOW Mormv •8 JUMPS N I^P"Mr. Drakes Duck "I n&^^^^ -nji starrinic I"?* DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS r §|B^^# fl^22*? lls YOLANDI iiom s > S^^^^^T^i?'?* 7lllll^ Distributed t,v TODAY! n f i.i.i 6,0 p IDoris
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    • 447 10 Radio Programmes RADIO MA LAY A BBC (Geaeral Overseas SINGAFOKE Service) 5.25 p.m. II did 2 ***** kcs. <«H« uj uj) 13.9-; ,m s.i"> p m 12.45 p.m 10 a.m. News; 10.05 Music While You J™* 0 kc i l g L|. 5,™,,",, Work; 10.45 The Jack Smith Show; "m
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    • 353 10 l^S S Sf "atEe* t^ Sc rpoDAVS Ol OTATION: No I man is good because bit grandfather was." Ben Jj .lonson. > THIRSDAV FOR EVKRVONE. 2 Promote friendships, hopes and wishes. Attract the cooperation of others and be willing to a.ssi>t 5 tho^e who need your help Evening: get out
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  • 2030 11 Selangor Meet Attracts Impressive Newcomers Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tfted. Two newcomers, who are brothers to the successful Pink Gin ami Wellington respectively will be making their debut at the forthcoming Selangor Turf Club's April meeting which begins on Saturday. They are The Tip
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  • 325 11 SUNGEI PATANI, Wed.— The men's singles title of the i Kedah Lawn Tennis Association championships was won by Oh Lock Hens of Penan?, who beat Syed Noh 1-6 6-2 6-2 in the final of the tournament. Lim Say Chuan of Sungei Pii'::ni and Mrs. Low Hooi Seuh
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  • 54 11 M ulley's Tip To Jockeys SYDNEY, (Ri-uter-AAP) Australian jockey Athol "Get;:;;' Muliey. who by riding 54 winners in seven months became Singapore's leading jo-key, said on his return there wer c great opportunities there for Australian jo< keys. "Tv !';-.:i ;ii! j^ is to have a perfnanetit ke.tainer with a
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  • 185 11  - GOLF Here's How Slammin Sam Snead TSkpuy 5. When the weight is mainly on the straight, but not locked, right leg at the lop c/ lh*» backswing, he left knee, as pictured, has moved in toward the right knee. But bo:h kneet must remain on the sam P horizontal line
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  • 53 11 LONDON. April IS (Betlter) —Buckingham Pal act announced officially here today that the Duke of Edinburgh will attend the Olympic Games in Finland from July 26 to August 3. He will visit Norway and Sweden enroute. No details bad yet been settled, the announcement added. They would
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  • 30 11 pHIA SIAN MEN (Dyak), :*B, eldest son of Mr. Mrs. CHIA JOO FOOK. died on 16-4-52. leaving widow fivo children. Funeral at Bidadari Cemetery at 5.30 p.m. today. (17-4-52
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    • 581 11 IK SINGAPORE VEMENT ORDINANCE I nMTKK 134) 01 PREPARATION snMKNT TO THE \l IMPROVEMENT M)iK THE PROVI 01 ACTION 52 (2) I >i\(.\PORE IM Ml M ORDINANCE. nun I NO. 2 OF 1951 y given that uf the powers l the Singapore ired a plan ed re-align-ol street of .;>■
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    • 281 11 wrote SHERIFF'S SALE In the cause of Distress No. 4 of 1952. 1. Seah Siak Hoe 2. Tan Thiam Hong Plaintiffs Versus Ng Llan Tong Defendant. "Marco" Refrigerator (big), 1 Glass show-case with sundries and 1 "Ritemp" English Elec. Cooker. To be held at the N*w Power Station, Canteen. 4J
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    • 566 11 SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL 5% DEBENTURE STCCK 1926/5666. JVOTICE is hereby given that 1 the Transfer Books of the above Stock will be closed from 17th April 1952 to Ist May 1952, both days inclusive, for the preparation of Interest Warrants in respect of interest due on the above Stock for the
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    • 567 11 SITUATIONS VACANT WANTED manner for 6\+ penaary in P^n^ng. Good proflbecta for the riqhi persoa, Apply Box No T7Bl. Standard, Spore 1 T EADI\(; Bnti-h Import and Engineering po require the scrviros of Europen lady ■tenograpbers B>x No. T7BC, Sta jii a r 1 1 Spore. VVAM Fl) a Junior
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  • 60 12 SEGAMAT, Wed. The annual district football match between Kiuang and Segamat will be played tomorrow on the town padang. The match is organised by the Segamal Sports Council and the entire proceeds will be given over to the University <>f Malaya Endowment Fun i There will
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  • 449 12 A R Y ANS' A RTISTR Y BEATS SERVICES ...But They Made Goal Scoring Look Very Difficult ARYAN GYMKHANA of India won thsir third soccer match in the Colony playing against the Combined Services at Jalan Besar Stadium. Their margin of victory was 2-1 but it should have been 10-1
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    25 12 Combined Services' goalkeeper Phillip, awaits a shot from Aryan Gymkhana centre-forward F. Anthony who has two Services defenders on his heels. Anthony missed this chance.
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  • 290 12 V RECOMMENDATION l>y the Singapore Chinese SwinniM < !til» to the Singapore Olympic Sports < iMi.iril that kce Soon Bee be allowed to accompany ili, swimming rontingotf to Helsinki was accepted by tin- SOSC on rondilioii that kee\s passage is borne by lli,
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  • 284 12 SIGNALS LUCKY TO BE A T GHQ IX an Army lajor units match aye lai 1 |in Bari yestt rdaj SDSR de- ;HQ PAREI F by two A- nprove I GHQ team, g st ol i outfield p -i trifle nlucky to A draw would have I fairer res Signals
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  • 236 12 Chee Kong's Hat-Trick Saves Recs IPOII. Wed A hat-trick scored by centre forward Lam Chee K>:i^. enabled the Perak Chinese Recreation Club to share honours with the Malays in their Ipoh District first division .>occer league tie on the PCRC padang this evening. The Malaya were first to score through
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  • 69 12 Malays Lose To Prisons XI KOTA BAHRU. Wed. On the third day of the Kota Bahru soccer carnival, Kelantan Prisons, who are 1951 !eague and cup champions, beat the Malacca Malays by one goal to nil on the Padang Garong ground j'esterday. Mohamed Zain scored the only goal of the
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  • 106 12 BADMINTON parties and clubs affiliated to the Singapore Badminton Association are requested to submit their applications for Thomas Cup tickets to the honorary secretary of the Association. Mr. Willie Pan, at the American President Lines otlice before April 23 at the latest. The association announced yesterday
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  • 163 12 Lancers Surprise Services TAIPIXG. Wed. 12th Royal Lancers surprised the Combined Services when they held them to a three-all draw in a senior league tie played here yesterday. The Services rallied in the second half when they were two goals down and managed to level the score through a last
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  • 304 12 CHICAGO, April 16 (UP)— Rocky Graziano gets a chance tonight to become the third man to regain the world middleweight championship, but there were few who expected boxing's one-time bad boy could upset the current title holder, Ray Sugar Robinson. Robinson often tabbed boxing's very best
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  • 175 12 PENANG, Wed. Ferry Youngsters, strong contenders in the first division league competition, added two more points to their league total when they trounced the Indian Association by six clear goals on the Victoria Green today. The Indians were outplayed in every department, though they put up
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  • Article, Illustration
    28 12 Arickanathan. goalkeeper of the Aryan Gymkhana, tourists punches clear as Combined Services' forward Slee leaps to a corner kick. Rathnam Manuel. Gymahana's skipper is the an-xious third man
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  • 142 12 SEREMBAN. Wed. The Selangor Sikhs cricket team visited Seremban on Sunday and defeated their Negri compatriots by 60 runs in a single innings match played on the N.S. Club padang. The visitors who batted first knocked up 110 runs. Lokhbir Singh (21 Devinder Singh (18>
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  • 302 12 Xl ALA LOIPI'R. Wed.— Flaying on a uairrlugged pilch llie Selanj:or (ihincse A A surpris«Ml llir Police* Depot 2-0 in the Ural division of the Selan«£or soccer league today. THE SCAA won because they adapted llH'lHf I*M heller to the ground conditions. Both £oal-keepers. Hamdan
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  • 72 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Selangor Teachers' Umon trounced the Singapore Cold Storage Sport Club by five goal* to one in a third division League soccer match played on the Cheraa Road Ground this evening. The teachers dominated play throughout and led by lour goals to
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  • 233 12 IN THE presence of the largest crowd ever at Nee Soon in the second round of the Singapore District Cup, the MBTC beat 37 Coy. RASC by two goals to nil after a hard struggle. The turn of the game came in the first few minutes
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  • 85 12 HARITH. Awang Bakar and Sharitt Madon have been dropped from the team which SAFA selected yesterday to represent Singapore against the Aryan Gymkhana at Jalan Besar Stadium on Sunday. The three Malays are now in Kota Bahru with the Singapore Corinthians and will be back in
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  • 153 12 QS Boys Win In Minute A LAST MIM t, the Queen Str^t Boys 1 11b son. r| B the Ravner Cup f They beat P r i n{ i H Boys by lwo STJ I-' A large crowd, aeep all round saw the b cer. X F: :n "1 Ed
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 110 12 Singapore SOCCER: -S. A FA. League. Div. I—REME v IRC at Jtilun Besar staditt?-.; SCC v. Katong Sajnrah at SCC: Div. 11 -IRC 4 'A" r. i?A T Kranji ut Gcylang; Woodbndge Hospital v. SMV/V at CYMA: Katong Sajarah l A" v. TBA at BODCA: SHBFL— Fraser and Xeai'p v.
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