Singapore Standard, 21 April 1953

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    12 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD at »H 5> SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 1953. TWELVE PAKO.
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    Curfew And food Bans In Straits
    221 1 Curfew And food Bans In Straits ment by the ice to ting re- m the the a ong s on lar Bank Buoy t o Taniong Johore or Tanjong Pengelih on the Johore mainland. No persons, unless m possession of a proper curfew permit issued by the Police are permitted
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    Lower-Paid Talk Of Boycott
    171 1 Lower Paid Talk Of Boycott I ild I for a- ard p •ed fur I .i ion 1 negotiation i :nent ami th< i corned. Mr Pet* n*. i secreutrv ,< Work t*rs" Union >.i H iai i inion did DOt lh« iim negoU.i". m exhausted, and > Ike <
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    Raoul Flies To Laos
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    Came Back From Death
    92 1 OTTAW V April .'0 (Keuler) L.IIIIC Corporal Paul Dugal of Quebec, first Commonwealth soldier to reach "Freedom Villaee' m Korea, was listed by the madia n Army a^ "presumed dead" ten days auo. Ducal »>» tlie Royal 22nd. Regiment w.*v captured on Jan. 23. In Quebec,
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    Man Falls Into Sea
    95 1 UP TO early this morning, launches of the Singapore Marine Police combed the inner Road< of the Singapore Harbour for the body of a pass«rccr of the Raja Brooke. The Indian passenger. I Kunjan. missed his footing, as he was about to transfer himself from {he
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    50 HURT IN HUBLI RIOTS
    99 1 BOMBAY. April -''i (AP Bombay report-- of the riot Hubli last night :i d that, m addition to about •'<• 20 police wore injured The jx »p c, Who inhabit Mysore state ami part of Bombay, Madras and Hyderabad, are demand the.r own >tdt<- on
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    ELECTIONS FOR PG. COUNCIL
    359 1 Select Committee To Be Appointed PENANG, Mon.~A solid step towards elections m the settlement or fencing was taken today when the Settlement Council at its meeting unanimously passed a motion moved by the Settlement Secretary, Mr. G.C. Dodwe I that there should be a number of
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    61 1 ™V l C^ntan,. has <o mp ,eted a three-day visit ed n>o,e tha. 3.«5 f This Den. rtm^ SlV°r Ur 1(i village s an^ addressBesar (holding ha T distributing nSth ,^n 1 °m latiOl J p t oto shows thc Mentri Th^e'^ itiipf* k? iL t0 the s ltlers r
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    SMILES AND TEARS AS THE CAPTIVES RETURN
    396 1 turnpri i J^ a Pnl r° < lP >-° n e hundred United Nations soldiers returned to freedom today m the first exchange of Communist and United Nations Prisoners of th« Korean war. The first. South Korean Pvt. Lee Chai Kock, walked across
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    Liberal Party Wins 42 p.c. Of Seats
    145 1 TOKYO, April 20. Pro-American Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida's Liberal Party won 42 per cent of the seats m the House of Representatives yesterday. i Complete returns toda} showed that the second national election m seven months gave the Liberals 1W seats m the
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    ADLAI HAS FIRST TASTE OF DURIAN
    162 1 Standard Staff Reporter BEFORE leaving; Singapore by air for Bangkok yesterday. Mr. Adlai Stevenson, former U.S. Presidential candidate, for the first time tasted durian. ate pineapple, and wore a Malay songkok, the silts of a Singapore businessman, Mr. I. A. Elias. Mr. E was
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    He Hugged An Officer
    62 1 FREEDOM VILLAGE: <AP» One returning British Po\V t was so overcome by the of Allied uniforms that he threw his arms around an i American Army lieutenani and burst into tears of joy. Sgt. Robert Farrel. who was standing by, said: "He grabbed 'hat lieutenant and
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    Gromyko Leaves
    35 1 MR ANDREI Grotiyko, Rl S'i retiring Ambassador to Britain and ne w i Drnvitv Foreign Minister, ler Bon by the boat train to Pnris yesterday on h«s w *o back to MOSCOW.- Reuter
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    Mission To Pakistan
    21 1 A THREE-MAN military mission from Iraq arrived m Karachi yesterday for a sixdav tour of Pakistan. A P
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    Clark Has A Narrow Escape
    62 1 MUNSAN, April 20. (Reu'er-) C.eneral Mark Clnrk United Nations Supreme Commander narrowly escaped death or serious injury today when a whirling heilcopter blade missed hil head by about three inches. General Clark decked quk'klv as a helicopter, landing with the first batch of sick and
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    RAF Ambulance Plane For Moscow
    49 1 LYNEHAM (England). April iii (AP) A four-entfined ambulance piano took off today for Moscow to bring home seven Br:t..--h internees re-]ea.-ed by the North Koreans. The ambulance plane, belonging to the R.A.F. Transport Command, carried a crew r>f eight, a doctor and a nurse.
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    Burma Bows To Mao
    124 1 ACTION AGAINST NATIONALISTS TAIPEI, April 20, (I'D The Burmese Government has bowed to a Peking demand for the dispatch of one Chin 1 Red army corps into Northern Burma for action against Nationalist remnants there, it was reported here today. The report was carried by the
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    Changi PoWs Meet Again — In Court
    96 1 Changi PoWs Meet Again In Court SYDNEY, April 20 (UP) The long arm of the law recently brought a reunion between three men who remembered each other as fellow PoW's at Singapore's Changi Prison more than 10 ago. The men met a^nin m the police court at Oosford. a fruit
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    US YACHTMEN IN CANTON JAIL
    155 1 HONGKONG. April 20 (UP) Information reaching Hongkong from highly reliable sources said three Americans captured by Chinese Communists were de finitely now being held m a Canton jail. Sources which has connec lions with the Chinese Reds said Canton authorities had •asked Fcipins lot iustruc-
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    18 WARDS FOR LEGCO PLANNED
    105 1 Standard Staff Roportor THE report of th c Electoral Reforms Committee- appointed by the Singapore (lovenunent J.'ist July will bo tabled at the meeting of the Legislative Council this morning. The Committee has recommended the redistribution of the existing nine electoral wards into 18 wards
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    Woman Fell 100 Ft.
    30 1 A 19-ytar-old *rif€ dropped over 100 fee: to her death m M ami. wlu osl her lon a helicopter ca rhicn lifting her fron l)oat. Reuter
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    Perak Election Scheme
    147 1 Perak Election Scheme IPOII. Man.— The Mentrf Besar of Perak has devised a NMM by which .some of the "working principles" of representative (Government are to be applied immedl. ately m the State. H Is paving the way for representative election* to the Perak Council of State Fourteen unofficial memhers
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    Hopes For Big 4 Talks At Top Levels
    127 1 LONDON, P) Prime Minis U i Wii I I chill today »\j R overtures power tall /> levels**. Mi. Churchill mi temenl H C <>:7ii r i m .< <)• Bra I British solidarity v iiii I po.,;i P DuiKh: I) h
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    To Study In UK
    23 2 SS I..:)-) Phaik JOO, <ka:4:i--t Mr. and Mrs. Lim I Taiping. wi 16 United Kingdom to the Midd.e »ie
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    43 2 photo. J\ KATT made D.v tne Mini fcl. Anthonys brnool Scouts to cross a lake This demonstration was made at the annual Singapore Western District Junior Scout* pioneering competition at Woodsville. o n Saturday. This troop came m third m the competition. Standard
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    COLD WAR AT THE VARSITY, STUDENTS BODY SAYS
    234 2 COLD WAR AT THE VARSITY, STUDENTS BODY SAYS Standard Sfaff Reporter THE Malayan Undergrad, official organ of the University of Malaya Students Union, says that "little short of a cold war" exists between the "authorities" and the union. The union fought for strength, unity and student rights, it says, adding.
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    Education Dept. Not Courteous: Kulasingha
    146 2 MR. H. J. C. Kulasingha. chairman of Singapore's Pasir Panjang Rural Disti t Committee and a member of the Legislative incil yesterday charged iie Department of Education with discourtesy. said t ii«it> the Department .ally opened a mimbcr of ..:i schools without informj:;k' i» i
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    Ritson Probe Must Be Public—Unions
    276 2 MiiKl THAN 18.000 domiciled employees of the Singapore Government, from daily-rated manual workers to executives, want the one-man Kitson commission (o hold m public its inquiries into the allowances for government employees. They also want an assurance from th c Government that all officers, irrespective
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    VOLUNTEER TURN OUT DISAPPOINTS CD CHIEF
    145 2 A DISAPPOINTING situation has been created m Singapore's civil defence system because a large number of volunteers have failed to put m the required two-hour training every fortnight. Col. L. T. Firbank, Commissioner for Civil Defence, told The Standard yesterday. He said that a
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    Put $1 In PC's Pocket
    93 2 FOR offerinu a bribe of «i to a special constable on S night, a youth, Chna H Song, was fined $50 m the Singapore City Court jre v rday. The prosecution raid that 1 was stopped n Mount:i Road because he had been ryr'r.ng without
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    Slavery Charge By WD Firemen
    50 2 FIREMEN emploj the :n Singapore passed ;i rethe W abour." eting 1 nch a up within Servici tin y ".vork 80 hours w< i orm menial tant threal al." 8. .k was plccted group eh; Said m Tatary. They firemen m the ACSU Executive Couj
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    Girl Robbed In Cemetery
    87 2 A SINGAPORE Chinese schcx ent to pry\ with her younger brother ai their gran [mother's grave ir Bidadari on S in lay, was robbed by two Chinese of hei wrist v. nd gold chain $100. B »th robbers wi re un« armed. One > n caught
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    Another Skyscraper For S'pore
    116 2 SINGAPORES newest skyscraper, a 12-storeyed bui'ding with aluminium honeycombed projection for sun and shade corrrol, and air-condi-tioning, will be bui't at the Robinson Road Telegraph j Street junction by the Amen- 1 can International Underwriters Corporation soon This is one of a chain «>f buildings the
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    Teachers Discuss Visual Aids
    96 2 TEACHERS frorr of Singapore, rural areas. ro. ounted their experiences on the teaching of the English ai ter lay lull a( ~hr day of their 'r.< Seminar now m Telok Paku, Changi. The use of SUCfa a~ gramophone re >. and charts. <if their sion* whi
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    Muslim Society Names Officers
    138 2 IHE All Malaj .1 M islim Missionary Society has < the -following «.fli ials foi 1953 President: Dato S.I O gcf-prcwdents: Mr ""bin Mohamed Ibrahim .Tuan Haii Mohamed Khan. Tuan Shaikh Hussein F >h. honorary secretary: Mr A. Wanjor. aist; secretory: Mr Ismail Pasha, treasurer: Mr.
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    KEPALA GAVE PARTY FOR 'SECOND WIFE'
    74 2 -COURf TOLD tax S i v S n, a former No 1 k» pa .i ol the PirttCfl I < i (i wife In a i>« -i Sam Leo; This w; H d In bel .^l! Justice Bi-i'V. n it I > v..r Foon
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    Varsity Concert Tomorrow
    79 2 THE variety trt of E and I phici exits Oei i < t 10 ai |i x I Sothi Dura r« a (Ballet Cii le (H a Ro.nano. and S t Dance 1 j n i. A the D.v a k s s riffa) n R« 1
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    Bazaar To Aid Blind
    89 2 1 HE -i inia] bazaar of the s >gaj A ocial for j lh e B hi Id on M.ir I Victoria noi la] $26,100. Including the' Day*' a| v d m the ''t'tJ 1 olid te-i was $Q{ Nexi month the A^- o iatiori is
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    Youth Remanded
    38 2 FAN .1 w Kheng, Si Ppre outh was charg d m the Second District Court yeaterday with attempting to Mlur Pilrher on Apr s JMf g him with a knife. Hi v.;- remanded Until April 27.
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    C.J. Stanbury
    33 2 MR. C J STANBUHY has aken up duties as Kelantan Mate Information Officer Mr btanbury is a linguist and has. travelled extensively as a foreign correspondent Tor various papers m England
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    No Bonus For Paynes Men
    188 2 THE Public Utilities Committee of the Singapore City S U k CII as rejected 9 proposal by Mr. A. R. Lazarous. City Councillor, that a n hanoranum be paid to Electricity Department employees He had suggested that the honorarium should be proporc M al*Engg;ee P
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    Housewives Rush For Cheap Fish
    110 2 ABOIT 200 Singapore housewives mobbed the Tiong Bahru community centre hall vestrnlav morn ing to buy fish sold by the Centre at slightly more than half the market price. The housewives paid between 58 t<' Thi< was about two-thirds to half thr p kind of
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    Mother Dashed Her Hopes...
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    GIVEVAGR ANTS JOBS
    217 3 GIVE V AGR A NTS JOBS prison Chief Asks Chinese To Help SINGAPORE'S new Commissioner of P c ac hon yesterday appealed to l oca Chm7c IS nS/ M ior W P. tsc vagrants out of the House of DetcS to take .oloce to stay «n. enTl °n and g,y
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    Pk. Orphan Held In Singapore
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    Jailed For 3rd Offence
    41 3 I r A GREY-HAIRED m m, Ng X sentei the S Fifth I" y to Impri for nvas covering a lorry. tWO D I COi ions, pleaded g The t 11 be j v 'c BU] i
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    Teachers To Fight For Parity
    204 3 Standard 8U« Keport.r ■•ORE th.,,, 5| sin,.^ S?su" IBel the Teachers' t nioil J^ aa> to discuss the position of women, parti! jularlv awrried women teachers i,, th< propose n d Service The Standard was told that the married take up their itronle f« r
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    AAM Woos Asian Motorists
    152 3 AAM Woos Asian Motorists CHINESE i ma on ice vans of the Automobile -ciation of Singapore, and gual signboards for the Association's premises and service sites are among the many new innovations with which the A- ociation has begun its allcampaisn to increase its d membership. Mr. Sand\» Pillal, chairman
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    48 3 This party of student nurses from the Federation's Regional Training School visited the World Health Day exhibition m Singapore recently. They wer<» accompanied by their Sister Tutor, Sist«r J.M. Boston. The Federation nurse s showed purti«'i!ar interest m the nursiru; demonstrations staged by their sistor nurses from Singapore.
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    Aged Couple Struggle To Build New Home
    197 3 A NEW HOME m a properly laid-out plot of ground is dream of every one m Singapore. To attap dwellers bein;; moved from Government land into the new settlement m Upper Aljunied. Road, it is a relief from fear of evirtion* and prosecutions.
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    Seen At Art Show
    41 3 photo. Iwo Indian Boys* 1 by Chen Wen llsi. one of the works ny local artists on dKplay at the Sinsapore Art Society's exhibition at the British Council. The exhibition i s open till April !6. Standard
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    Popular S'pore Pilot Leaves
    186 3 Standard Shipping Reporter CAPT. W. A. BALCH, one ot the most popular pilots iii Singapore, said goodbye to the Colony yesterday. As the Dutch !in< r. Nieuw Holland, on which he is Leaving, sailed out <>f the harbour, he watched, "perhaps for the lasi time, a
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    INDIAN MUSICIAN
    44 3 PANDIT Davendra Vijay Dave, a well-known Ii lian light and classical an, will hold free meetii between 8 and 9 o'c i1 the lence of Mr i abrai ram Xi m Thiam Slew Avenue I I Tang Katong Roa ihtly May 5.
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    SERVICES PRASSED FOR PART IN HEALTH SHOW
    194 3 THE part played by the Singapore medical services, social services and voluntary organisations at the World Health Day exhibition earlier this month m showing how health problems were being dealt with were a credit to those organisations, Dr. W. W. Yung, W.H.O. representative
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    KEIGHTLEY HONOURS 4 YOUNG MALAYANS
    237 3 Standard Shipping Reporter GENERAL Sir Charles Keightley, Commander-in-Chief FARELF. yesterday honoured four young Malayans when he visited the troopship. Empire Trooper, to wish the Malayans a good voyage. The M<.i'aya'i- are Sergeant Asmit bin Mohd. Said, RE.; Sergeant Samad bin Sham, R.F.; W/O II Tcc-k
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    Restrictions On Samad Eased
    60 3 THE Singapore Colonial Secretary. Mr. W.L. Blythe, has relaxed one of the condition: imposed on Che Abdul Samad Ismail. Malay join I and an ex-detainee. Che Samad was informed on Saturday that he must remain m doors between the hours of 11 p.m. and 7 a.m.
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    University Tea Dance
    109 3 THE first tea dance of the University of Malaya's newly formed Dance Society was held on Sunday at Oei Tiong Ham Hall, when a good number of undergrade attended. The aim of the society Is to promote healthy social relationship between the staff and students and other
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    Woman On Opium Charge
    67 3 ong np:e MUAI, n 17-year-old woman, claimed trial In the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday to two charges of being m possession of opium. She was charged with being In possession of ten packets of raw opium weighing 18$ lbs. m Oeylang, and of 1,260 small
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    Birthday Booze Ends In Crash
    90 4 KUALA LUMPUR. I Heng, a 20 y« i store keeper m the R. A. S lay convicted by *^c the X irt Mr. J. G. Adams, and fli c ('riving lis ear dang* i under the influx i H< from driving for lant uho a
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    PERAK THE WORST STATE FOR BANDIT ACTIVITY
    291 4 PERAK THE WORST STATE FOR BANDIT ACTIVITY KUALA LUMPUR, Mon Perak was the worst State m Morch for terrorist activity. Thirty nine of the 1 17 incidents which occurred m the Federation took place m Perak, 30 m Johore, 17 m Pahang, 15 m Kelanran four m Trengganu, three each
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    45 4 MR. ATIIILIO Yap and Miss Maggie lee (Malacca) runners-up, and Mr. T. K. Choo and Miss Dolores Marcello (Selangor) winners of the M a I a v I n Amateur Dance Championships for lf).">3 at the Wembly Cabaret on Saturday. Photo by Sam Kai Yee.
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    DENTIST TAKEN TO HOSPITAL
    56 4 Standard Staff K» i MR. LIM Ken Eok. i eration dental turni turned to Singapore by c jetliner from London daj vick man. lh- \\\i< removed In a stretcher to !he General Hospital for treatmant, Mr. J.im was accompanied from London by hi s brtj Mr.
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    NEW AIRFIELD
    26 4 MLAR. Mon.— An aaficiu big enough for Beaver ai to land, is being constructed m Muar. Work comm. need early m March this year
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    Society Alarmed By Divorce Rate
    148 4 IPOH, Mon.— The All Malaya Muslim Missionary Society is gravely concerned over the "alarming: rate of increase" m Muslim divorces and the abuse m the practise of polygamy as allowed by Islam. A' i committee meeting of S i yin Ipoh. yesterday. U i to
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    False Evidence
    46 4 MUNIANDI, son of Ma.ckan was charged m the Kota Tinggi court with having given false information to a Dolke inspector by stating that a person named. Chiniah, had ny« rounds of ammunition. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to six month* 1 rigorou* imprisonment.
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    Central Agency In Education Dept. Urged
    113 4 PENANG, Mo i- A central m the Education Department w here a'l pa r en's could and register tie names of 'heir .rcn \va- gg< sled by Dr. X Mop.'): i at the adjourn-:-!ien; c SettK nent Council meeting held thij afternoon Pan nta
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    The Richer Prize Was Overlooked
    57 4 Thieves m ke into 8 Singapore photograp -r.op m Marker Street, over the weekend and t ok eight camera? and a flash gun, worth about $2,000. Bu t they overlooked $30,000 worth of cameras, which were a kept m a steel cabiiit't. They entered the
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    BEACH THEFT
    47 4 A SINGAPORE Malay schoolboy, returning to the beach after a swim at Changi on Sunday, found a thief had stolen his pn r of blue short?. I Wrist watch, school badge, two fountain pens, a bo M le of hair oil and $.2.50 m cash-
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    HELP RICE GROWERSMRS. CHEAH
    190 4 PEXANG. Mon. -A ufffestion to help Malayan ii o growers financially go that the country could become independent of outside sources, whs made by Mrs. Cheah ln:i Kiong at the adjournment of 'he Settlement Council meeting this afternoon. "The problem of ;he cost of living s
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    Journalists At Luncheon
    107 4 FORTY Singapore and eign journalists listened I talk by Mr. Rawle Knox of the Sunday Observer on Sii frontiers with Malaya, I China and Burma, ai a cheon m the Capitol Re.i Room, yesterday. It was the second lun< I address to be sponsored by the Singapore
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    Threatened Fishmonger With Sten
    121 4 COURT TOLD TWO soldiers threatened 8 Chinese with a Sep. gun a kdoog m the Straits of Johore, and robbed h m of |6 worth of fish, Mr. Justice Butt rose at the Si:. 4. Assizes was told yesterday. The prosecution said Hashim bin Harun and
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    POLICE LAID TRAP TO NAB TWO EXTORTIONERS
    173 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.-Following a trap Hid by the police, two Chinese were arrested after they had extorted $160 from a coffee-stall keeper The man who 'actually received the money was arrested on the spot by a detective, while the other was caught after
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    Representation Of Minorities Urged
    156 4 Pg. Municipal Council PENANG, Mon.— Provision should be made for representative bodies to advise the High Commissioner to appoint Municipal Councillors so as to ensure some representation m the Council for every substantial minority not adequately represented by the electoral process. This is contained m the
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    SHOOTING IN CAR CHASE ALLEGED
    266 4 KUALA Ll'MPl'K. Mon. A radio patrol constable told the First Magistrate today that tuo shots were lired from a car he was chasing and that when the car stopped two men ?ot out and ran away. Thn i ing Chine i ►ted inw bery, were
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    Home Needs A Nurse
    66 4 A RESIDENT trained nurju is required to MtUt the Matron of the Singapore Red Cross Crippled Children i Home at Tanah Merah B Preference will be liven to a local girl with experience m children's nursing, bat a 1 will be considered. A salary of $350
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    PC JAILED FOR 80 DAYS
    51 4 .JOHORE BAHRU. MonExtra Polka Constable, Mohamed bin Haji Ibrahim, -was sentenced by the Police Court today to 80 days' imprisonment for dishonestly retaining a motor vehicle battery. The batter, according to Ihe owner, Cheng Yok Fatt. was left m a lorry at Kulai on Nov.
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    CHINESE EDN. CONFAB SUPPORTS NANYANG U
    89 4 rr wm KUALA UMriK Mon ,-Th, s M sity received unanimous support ference on CTHactt Kduratimi hf conference also slronßlv supp.uuM suegestinu: that repnsentativr. be Federation to join UM university p tee m Blßgaporc m discussions the university. express* ■h c i In I
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    HG Jailed: Had Rice For Reds
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    Two More Bandits Killed
    12 4 Two More Bandits Killed 1 k 11 i r c G 1!
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    Colourful Send-Off
    60 5 Scene at a Singapore wharf yesterday when the liner Nieuw Holland sailed for Australia Oirl (m centre) is 4>ear -old Geraldine Lm daughter of Dr C A Lea' of Singapore. She was more interested m another little Rirls attempt to retrieve Nomo of the <-»lourrd streamers than m
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    RUBBER, TIN CLOSING PRICES
    64 5 Standard London Correspondent W April l 20— TH. rollow.n, .r. tK« c lo.in fl ond tin on the London market •-DON RUBBER 20 d 20 d 20 d 20, d 19id. 19id. 19Jd. Dull. LONDON TIN Spot £700 per ton buyers, £710 teller* Thr«« months. £695
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    MANY FED. GIRLS FOUND IN S'PORE VICE RINGS
    220 5 MANY FED. GIRLS FOUND IN S' PORE VICE RINGS WHILE trafficking m young girls from China is being end«d, a large proportion of juveniles for the Colony', brothels are coming from the port* r for IO l l 952 >y Sm 9°P ore Social Welfare Department's annual reresnrt 5 mmi
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    HE RAN OFF WITH BRIDAL CHAMBER CASH
    101 5 A SINGAPORE troman Madam Tan Chwee Heo, test fled m the Second I) yesterday. thai her prospective KMI-io-law v ;'ii» from her on the pretext of furnishing the bridal chamber and disappeared. lie would be son-in-law Seng Haut. wrai charge I with criminal
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    Day To Open New Centre
    85 5 MR. F v. 0. DAY. chairman of the Singapore R Board, will officially open the, new Serangooti Community Centre at 5.18 p.m. on May rt. The Centre which :s |itua c 1 m Lirn Ah Pin Road (*J mile i L'pper Serangoon Road) will j
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    Ist FLOOR FIRE
    42 5 FIRF. broke oui at a Singapore import an<^ export Hrm on the first floor of a building In Robinson Road yesterday, due to an electric shon circuit. It was put out m IS minutes i)v two tire engines photo
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    They Work To The Bitter End
    96 5 PEOPLK In the lower income group m Singapore generally kept worklag until they were no longer fit to do continue. This was the result of a sample survey conducted last year for the Age of Retirement Committee.* says (he Social Welfare l>epartment's annual report
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    METHODIST CONFERENCE
    55 5 FORTY delegates aid over ten observers amended the Southeastern Asia Cenral Conference of 'he Methodist c nurch which opened yesterday. It Is held once m four reari to discuss ;he policy of the Methodist Church. Delegateg represem church's m Burma. Sumatra. Sarawak and Malaya and comprise Chinese. Burmans.
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    JB Settlement Plan Begins After 4 Years
    161 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. A Malay settlement scheme m Johore Bahru, similar to the Kampong Bahru scheme m Kuala Lumpur, is today making steady progress, after having been shelved four years due to the emergency. Embracing about 800 acres of land at Majedee it
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    57 5 IUP women's sub committee of the Singapore Teacher* Inlon met yesterday nmrnlnK to discuss their position In the proposed education scheme About .10 members were present. A number of uun memhrrs who attended wrr* at the end of the meeting. fj m extreme risht b Mrs. Scow Peck l.rng le.tdrr
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    Drug Addicts Using Needles, Say Police
    219 5 SINGAPOBE drug addicts are beginning to use hypodermic syringes to inject solutions of morphine and other drugs. Mr. E. J. Linsell, officer m ekarge ot the Anti-Narcotics Branch, told The Standard yesterday. "The administering of dangerous drugs by unqualified persons, other than dortors, dentists
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    MRS. HATTA
    29 5 The Regent of Johors and Ungku Tun Aminah entertained Mrs. Hatta, wife of the vice-president of th« [ndonei sn Republir to lunch «t the Istana Stulani?. yesterday.
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    Robbers Blindfold Victims
    129 5 FOl R women and a man! were blindfolded, gagged had them hands bound beh I their 1 backs by three amw-ti robbers m a house m Sibu Road, oM Nelson Road, Singa- pore yesterday. The robbers, all Cantonese ■peaking and earh about 26- I fears-Old, entered r
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    Medals For Blood Givers
    135 5 TWENTY-FIVE Singapore blood donon will be pu M'n'cl with tilvei medals at .< ceremony to he held m the »nVe of the Director of Medical s Palmer Road a* a p.m. on Mjy 5. 'l ■>■ n- ipienti will be Mr. G. Warrington. Mr lee Bee,
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    PLEADED GUILTY BY POST
    92 5 JOHORE BAHKT. Mon.Chan Hfjiig Fat:, who pleaded i v by letter from Kuala T -i i n 1 1 > ir to charge of speedI m Johore Bahiu between 4" 19 tile per hour, was askc,i to send :"80 as a deposit to •he Polite Court
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    Clara Makes Her Bow
    158 5 ATTRACTIVE Clan Wong' first day as a Singapore Kallang airport receptionist yesterday, began with briny a^ked out. An admiring Austra ian jockey "galloped" up to the "box" where Clara sit In the terminal building, grinned, and asked btr out to the p: tures." Miss Wong demurred
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    Let's Civilize S. Africa!
    706 6 IT IS a time of fear for all good and civilized men m South Africa. Thanks to the racial chauvinism of the majority of the white South Africans. Dr. Malan and his National Party are m the saddle lor another five years. The cult ol the
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    INDEPENDENCE: IS RADIO MALAYA READY?
    870 6  - INDEPENDENCE: IS RADIO MALAYA READY? ALEX JOSEY Arrmir* IF, as the United Malays National Organization hope, and the Malayan Chinese Association fear, complete independence were to come to Malaya by 1957, would Radio Malaya be ready to become the BBC of a free and independent Malayan nation? I believe the
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    Review of Views
    386 6 Review of Views Stand Firm! THE Utusan Melayu on Monday editorially urged UMNO to remain linn and resolute"' m (ace of attempt by itl own leaders to sabotage 'ti unity. 'The paper aas commenting on the stand taken by the Peraki branch ol UMNO Executive i Committee supporting Datoi Pangtixna
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    TRADE RECESSION: A TEST FOR ANTI-COMMUNISM
    756 6 By The limes' Singapore Correspondent r PHE latest fall m the prix ces of rubber and tin has not unduly agitated Malaya's two major industries, perhaps because it has been expected tor many months. No immediate effect on production is expected, except on rubber
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    USELESS EUSTAGE
    10 6 "The wife soon put a »too to that!"
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      441 6 Sir: I have read v. th interest the publication on the tront pa^e of your issue of the ith: instant wherein the Cabinet of the M.C. A. advises membfl not to join either the National Association of Perak or any other organization thai may be
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      INTELLECTUAL ACROBATICS
      196 6 Sir: Mr. A.ex Jdaty, self professed Socialist m •he Malayan political firmament, likes to indulge m intellectual acrobatics which invariably ends up m further confusing his woolly arguments. I refer to Mr. .losey's article published m The Standard of April 10. Mr. Josey rightly deplores the lack of
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      60 6 S.r: T for anyone gret with Mr. i V Di m Xair That the imposition of 'he four con- s on ease aid tha- of hi« Che Abdul Samad I f: detention wa by Governnv nt to hun I emment*i imposit: j tha s .1 md N in*x
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    Settlement Of I-C, Malaya Urged In Korean Truce
    41 7 iSHINUiwj, April 20 -Senator Robert Taft Republican leader saw* [act "f k. SoaH be made to settle the taffr£* at oblems as part of the Kor^an'^* feared a.-.- h AFP Reuter s Reuter
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    Miss France
    75 7 F E IMt Sir! drawing your WS i> artist Dianka Matejnsov- a 2t-year o»d Czerh wh., InBritain < n^ \g jetting m form for the All N ad« Bf >on; and mn (> to be held At thf Albert Hull London on Ma^ 10 There waa n« mu>a
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    PM To Be Queried On U.S. Peace Call
    61 7 LONDON April 20. ißeuten.-Mr. Herbert Morrison, acting leader of the Opposition, will ask Prime Minister Winston Churchill m the House of Commons today to define the British Government's attitude towards President Eisenhower* -peace call" to Russia last week Scottia itives at E
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    Ike Given Bad Advice, Says Bevan
    26 7 Ike Given Bad Advice, Says Bevan pnoti p r Pan Rust i -c I a ipr 3 B E EL A. E I Beva risi I
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    French Battle Second Red Invasion In North Laos
    157 7 French Battle Second Red Invasion In North Laos SAIGON, April. 20 iUP >— French Union troops battled strong Red armies m northern Laos today as yet another Vietminh column invaded the 4ndc-Chinese kingdom. The French Command announced the French- fortress of Huong Khoua 110 n Luang Prabang. cap tj rf
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    46 7 photo PREMIER I Nu of Burma lef; and Premi«r r Jawaharlal NVhru. risht. of Ind.a sharr x joke j with a head-hunting Na?a 5 chieftain. centre who however. looks serious j and siem The Premier* were touring the tribal belt*, on the lnd<>-Burmese border r»*fenti> AP
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    Mau Mau Chiefs Held
    17 7 NAIROBI E. I tht T M formed a Ma Ma T X 1
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    French Economy 'Not Too Bad'
    16 7 31 Frt Bourg as alar er ha ■»cer er a ioriti«
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    Duke Will Lead Homage To Queen
    22 7 ice E a n on June 2 B traditiot th« Cante Bri- A 32--e I rg
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    Pleven Returns
    20 7 I Pleven, ri Pa S Pr« E Reuter FISHERME r th€ S bavi thai the per >• j Reuter
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    49 7 photo FRENCH screen "Ur Andr^ I*»»bar who lo zn to Bufm^ Aire> ne\t month t< a*k p«» -mivMon of Pr^ident Juan Peron to nortra\ th»* Ut»- hrj. P«»ron m a film version of Evas life «tory to br adapted from h«r autobiography •Thf Rf j«ion of m Life AP
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    'Frenchmen Must Not Drop Guard'
    54 7 EX-MINISTERS URGE~ F'\Rl* April 26. (Reuter.— Two French fi Ministers uarned Frenchmen a«ain>t siditKening their deience effort or dropping thr tu-< pean a^n^^ plan under the influence of >o\if! pr*< gesture- he to ona t Z•- ir 1 E V we 1 von to I
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    Israel Observes Independence
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    Exercise Snowdrop
    21 7 Re iter rpr I Z9. A 1 called "S M F ted Brigad F tnfi t R Ser Genera
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      BABY FOR MART A TOREN
      20 7 CLAMOROUS Sv p liru Ton a-n- :o a g--"- I rea r:ter Leonardo B-. A.P
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      46 7 ON his arrival m Bonn by pianr Sundi> \*4k*rx\ (nan rlJor Konrad Adenauer said I it his trip to \.~>«Tua had r^n a fr»at MKCCfIi for (ferm-iny' Hr add**d th** < .i>v» rr> operation b^twe^n the t'nit^d Btalti and Lur.)r?^ vtauld be partu jLirlj ad ViiUC'-uat. AFP
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      23 7 one rfottaf i c itnot 1 i ter] Sund th« body of krab Ily if tIM Briti er UMM fr n Ini.tf AP
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      44 7 UVI T DISNEI was urda-v awarded thr ro^* of tn*« Ch^vili<»r of th«* fr«*n L^anon ot Honour by u\+ V rt»nch Mini^t^r of Iniorma trtjn Emiif Hu^uf^ affcr the »nowmg of Disney s film *P*ter Pan at the Film Y festival ai Cann**-» AFP
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      22 7 CROWN" Prine* Ak Japa trig Kami j m intad anc Japai tofetbei for "trie c pea c v ojt the vorld. UP
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      29 7 PHILIPPINES Ambassador Carlos P. Romuio said yesterday that the prrcfnujf basis of txrbaJiff of disabled prisoners of war MM I United States and noi IN dec i> ion. A.P.
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      16 7 SID I MOHAMMED Suttai Morocco, tia ordered to bed I I after hiz accident yesierc*. Reuter
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      24 7 NINE m«*mber> of a Japan e«se ship were arrested 'or aliened illegal coral fishing off the Indonesian coast last week. Indonesian radio <. yesterday AFP
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      31 7 MANILA pi sear-:nmg for je-*e er 501) ou<> pesos J--0<)0) reported ftolen from tne boot of c. owned by Madar. c A r ra Pa^.«wife of the O en Abra Reuter
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      28 7 GENERAL Mark Clark arrived m Munsan Sunday and said the possibility of a truce m Korea "looks more encouraging than it ha- m th. na*t few months A.P.
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      21 7 THREE pecp-.e were k:~ed and 18 were injured wr.er. a train I*l the ra. mUei ea^*- of Osce las* r..gr.* Reuter
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      24 7 THE U MAN British E V «J--est expedition. ied by 4--vcar-old Colonel John Hunt, has started its fateful march into the Khumbu ftacierv A.P.
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    HK Port Hit By China Trade Ban
    188 8 HK Port Hit By China Trade Ban HONGKONG, April 20. (UP). Responsible unofficial quarters here said today United States insistence on a China trade embargo constitutes a bigger danger to Hongkong's future than the threat of Communist invasion. A number of Chinese and British prominent residents but »ot m official
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    UK Workers Boo Jap Baron
    120 8 photo. LONDON. April L'O, (AFP), j —The Sunday Express reported yesterday that when tiie I Japanese steel rnagna'e. Baron Okura. visited an aircraft factory at Westianti. Yeovil, "workmen booed and banged their hammers or wrenches on to their benches The newspaper quoted Okura as saying:
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    Allies Urged To Find New Trade Channels For Japan
    202 9 Allies Urged To Find New Trade Channels For Japan BOSTON: April 20, (UP) To keep Japan from future R. d China and to compensate it for the expected loss of American military expenditures m Japan on the heels of a possible Korean truce, the United States and its Allies were
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    Rice Sheds For Rangoon
    77 9 WORKMAN pause to have Hirir pirlure taken m t?ie I bird rice storage shed at Ahlone Wharf m Rangoon The reconstruction of rirr sheds m RanKoon is part <if the plan m preveal damage to Bnraui*i thi.ihif rice i'ip. The sheds are being built with I
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    COMMODITY PRICES
    108 9 CLOSING rubber prices (cents oer lb.) in Singapore on Friday were: Buyers Sellers No. 1 R.S.S. Spot Loose 68 J B8J No. 1 R.S.S. 68 1 II No. 2 R.S.S. fi.V. tiff No. 3 R.S.S. R] S3 Tone: Quiet SINGAPORE, Mon The price of tin today was 354
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    HK EASES BAN ON JAP GOODS
    62 9 HONGKONG, April 20, (AP) The Department of Commerce and industry has lifted its restrictions on the import into Hongkong of a wide variety of Japanese goods. Listed as free from restriction are rayon yarn, household utensils, enamelware. toy-. cigarette lighters. fountain pens, pencils, bicycles,
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    Share Market Op ens Dull
    605 9 SINGAPORE, Mon.— The Malayan share market opened dull m all sections today. Small business passed at ;u-ound quotations. INDUSTRIALS Buyer? Sellers Alex. B. -icks Pret. 215 130 Ods 340 3.50 Alia* Jte 12 25 13 25 B.B. Petrol 35/6 36/6 Cnri Tin Sir I p
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    CUT-THROAT OIL WAR' PROPHESIED IN JAPAN
    254 9 CUT-THROAT OIL WAR' PROPHESIED IN JAPAN TOKYO, April 20 (AP) Foreign oil interests will stort a "cut throat dumping wor" m Japan next month when the 18,000 tons of cheap Iranian oil arrives here from Abadon, the newspaper Yomiuri reported. The pap< i «,ui the hi^ British oil Interest r
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    Rubber Market Remains Steady
    167 9 THE rubber market m Singapore remained quiet but steady yesterday at slightly higher prices than those prevailing at the weekend. The steadiness was attributable to inquiries from A tr:>lia rid reports of a possibility of Russian buying. Sellers were reserved. S nail turnover of bustaes* was
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    HK EXCHANGE
    29 9 HONGKONG \r I M Spc Standard priros on lh« H<mtl iing chnm:e tid;< -I < <;-,•• S.')M!h. il US$l: $1 Htf to Malayan *1 oh- m r,(»wj 5265.37 St-> ■-!.<
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    Gammon's Show Profit Of 1½Mil
    165 9 GAMMON (Malaya) Ltd. report profit «»f $1,457,381 for the year ended Jan. 31. ItSl after providing for depreciation, commissions, stall bonus, directors' fees and taxation. Thr director! recommend $700,000 transfer to the general reserve, $771,790 for payment of proposed dividend of 35 per cent less
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    Small Deals In Produce
    112 9 THE produce market m all 1 sections was quiet yesterday with only small business passing. Gopra had buyers for .March shipment at $421 per picul and $42], while those for May shipment were $41 and $42. No deals were reported. Coconut oil was a dull market
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    GOVT. TRADING PLAN REJECTED
    73 9 COLOMBO, April 20. (AFP) A proposal to form a National Trading Corporation was put forward by the Minister of Commerce Mr. Senanayake and was rejected last night by the Government on grounds of the expense invo]\cd. The scheme would need an iniiial capital of 25 million
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    THAI EXPORT BAN
    24 9 THAILAND if contemplating me;. ban the export. of soft woods and hide-, according to M Vorakarn Banehn, Minister for Ecoru Affairs.
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    CAIRO COTTON EXCHANGE TO REOPEN SOON
    79 9 CAIRO. April M »AP) A dec ret ordering -Jie reopening of th e F-s>ptian cotton cxc hanye. closed by Premier Mohammed Naguib six months ago to i H' k ha drafted m Cairo, it was learned from rt liable sources In (it ree. it
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    Milan Oil Sellers Roll Out Carpet
    153 9 MILAN, April 20, (Reuter).— ltalian businessmen rolled out a large and rare type of Persian carpet hrre today m a bid for orders for Persian oil. The carpet, decorated with peacocks, wag laid m front of the stand taken by the Italian Super Company
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    US Sub For Dutch Navy
    92 9 NEW LONDON. Conne* t, l1 Apr:! 20, (UP). A snorkel equipped United States submarine which sank five Jap.Tn«"e ships m as many days m World War Two be lent to the Royal N< land? Navy m a ceremony here tomorrow The USB Hawkhill will renamed
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    UluBenut Profits $89,316
    80 9 UluBenut Profits $89,316 BENUT C dated RublM C I repoi ted a proftl of $89 for 1952 T !ic T You: With lh« ir ill .siirpl viou fur di i ibul mi tax I '717. din $3,732 l leaving i ft.v The dirt t<>r N n i Ira', replai f
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    At The Esplanade
    103 10 Mr. Beda Lira. Arts graduate of the University of Malaya had no thoughts on Sunday night of baby-sitting which he did three years ago to raise money for the University Endowment Fund. He was having a very enjoyable evening with a small party at the Cathay Restaurant.
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    BON VOYAGE TO PRINCIPAL
    329 10 Mi; Percy F Aroozoo, Pri ?n 1..11 of dan Em Seng School &oos on a \s»Ml earned holiday t» the I K. early next month and will be one of the lucky Malayans to be m London .More thai 40 teachers wished him boi voyage at
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    Last Dance In S'pore
    128 10  -  DAVID TAMBYAH MICHAEL GOH H ith Doing The Town Till: s.M C*4H of the >»\ir. Mr Nf I «miX Kli.ui oi > iN l »n Division ns.is mil of honour at a vn» i.il by Ml senior students of Gil Ek| Senn Sthool and ef|-.ial numlxT
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      247 10 Star Contest No. 12 Can You Name This Actor? week JB& Pfe^N. tntries lor tUi« contest ai!l a close next Ihursday. And the <t>. prize uinner< names will be published m 4he Movi e Page N <> correspondence will be »<*& entertained mi n this matter V^l ,-*xt*& r W%
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    They Remember An Old Friend
    57 11 The South Korean soccer tourists. now r laid a wreath at the plinth in memory of a "old friend" the late Mr. Aw Hoe, who Hke, SOUth F:ast A**'* most terdlv^ S enthusi s t yesTh e picture shows the Koreans he fore the plinth
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    8 CLUBS TO PLAY fOR KLINY CUP
    215 11 I elnba have entered for the Kliny Inter Club fOinp ,,i on to be run by the Singapore Lawn Tennis ition trom April 2d. tennis ,i AssociaClub, Malay S .^apore "ion R< < .i--islim t Cri VMCA tall m I I will 1
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    Ismail ES
    45 11 KOTA BAHRU, Men. The second annual badmintorl match between the Past and Present Boys of the Ismail English School, Kota Bahru for the Lim Tons Sun Challenge Cup will be he'd at the Custom's Indoor Court, Kota Bahru on Friday ai 8::0 a.m.
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    Malacca State Trial
    166 11 MALACCA. Mop.— The first Malacca s.a-.e irial will be he.d on Wednesday on the Banda Hilir ground a* 515 p.m. whe.i the Colours, the :nos: probable state side, will be opposed to the Whites. The Colours will be a young team, the average a?e of the players
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    Island Club Ladies Golf
    166 11 THE results of t ,r Qualifying Rounds oi the Inland Club J-adie s Club Championship Duffer s Prize which w^tj played on Sund.iy were: Club Championship: l.adirs Section, Qualifiers: Mrs X Smart 84: Mrs. Christiansen 85; Mrs. Anderson 92: Mrs. McMullan 94; Mrs. R. Urn 96;
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    Taiping SCRC Lose To The Chamberlains
    177 11 IPOH, Mon.— The Chamberlain Tennis Party of ipoh beat the Taipin* Chinese Recreation Club by mx gam *s to one at the former's courts 0:1 Saturday* The results (Chamberlain players mentioned first) were: Tan Cheng Phor and Lim Thiam Chin bael H S. Ong
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    VS Meet YMMA
    41 11 VICTORIA School will mccl YMMA tomorrow on the Raffles Institution ground. Kick off will b 0 at 5.15 p.m. Winners of this tie will meet Pulau Branj Boy s in the semi final on Sunday a] .Ju'a-i Besar.
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    Manap Wins Best Performer's Cup
    349 11 e;x KAJANG, Mon. The athletic meet of the P-W.D. Snorts Club, Kajang was nin off successfully on the new sporta field, Hill Street. Kajang. ihe Best Performance Cup Was won by Hashim Ma:iap. He also won four other event The Inter-Unit Championship .von by Headqr.ar'ci
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      316 11 f V>f •oil tian Tour 4Jontest I^CADtKS of the Singapore Standard *i» choose the Most Popular Sportsman or Sportswoman of Malaya who will be honoured as an Unofficial Representative of th«s land to attend the Coronation Ceremonies m London during May and June this year. The Contest which will last
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      200 11 k'S GAME/T— THEiaTSTAKJOS X L-I'L RED.T- /FURRis;ER VO'DON > T I y» wiga— O^F GOVERNMENT BRIDGE. J FOR GRADUATE. \OU SOUAW </ MAH BOY IS G»T MORE'NI 1O A LOOK. CHI tF.I''- "~"n 'N DOGFATCH.'.'- am^mmm*^^,. FELL OFF GOVERNMENT BRICX3E.) TOO HEART PCRCELNT O'Tm'H HARVARD G. POLECAT >^_ > f,
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    Amicables' Final Rally Rout Club
    407 12 AMICABLE Athletic Association scored a 4—2 victory over ihe Singapore Cricket Club m a SAFA division 1 match at .la lan Besar stadium yesterday. It was the Club's filth successive defeat this season. The Club began well and held tli t Chinese to a 1
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    Aussies Retain 'Games'
    69 12 Aussies Retain 'Games' BOURNE, A] AP) :rnc- pc until lead the news g Sun« W effoi 0 mak< s 5," he S T m fa >ti iper urg i c n« S Even tion oi hi h re R ne will F bet 's pr one tni g 1 thai
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    Ong Leads SCFA Again
    118 12 T. W. ONG was re-elected President of I Singapore Chinese F Association at tlie annual general meeting of the i ial »n I d m Singapore yestei d iv Ang Soon Hoe, Tay Soo j Yong, Soh G Soon and Tan Cheng < i ec j
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    LINDWALL RECOVERS
    56 12 XDOX. Apr Renter) n trouble vhi after arri ast vith the A 'tarn expected I his i| m the other of am practi i I > h at 1 ere toThe wi warm and wore fey nt er of pa< n IS isn 'he a ins opt n
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    SAAA COACHING PANEL FOR COLONY ATHLETES
    169 12 A PANEL of coaches, with a former British AAA coaches l n Singapore ail th c Pallett coV-. j, ,ey not official. Sidney Coleman, the British AAA coach d to th c Army and ii .nod here, will lead a sel- •;< pf those
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    S'PORE BOXERS TAKE THE LEAD
    681 12  -  FRANCIS BOEY A night at the Australia Spore Youth Boxing The Boxers... clever.. .courageous... eager to give... ready to take... and to smile winning or Jf* losing... The Spectators... amused... excited... thrill^ the core... so pleased to have come o 0 4* By ptcturej b'j
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    KL RACE WEIGHTS
    553 12 WEIGHTS for Sat- Z.iloxix 8.13 nesday second day' urda> first day of the *****% v .>.» St.ir 8.11 of Selangor Turf Selangor Turf Club Pietur,. House 8.10 Club April Meeting;! April meeting:: BfIUOMI 8.09 Horses. (L 4— Div. I—l M. xbuud.im.- 8.07 CL 4— Div. 2—6 F
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    MUSLIMS FIGHT FOR VICTORY
    321 12 KADAYANALU X Muslim League had to fight all the way to score a 2—l victory over Tons Mong Old Boys Association when they met m the S.A.F.A. Division 3A fixture at (ieylang Stadium yesterday. Despite a heavy ball and a slippery ground. Ihe might have been
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    DEPLORABLE
    34 12 Yesterday's SAFA Division •>B league match bel „,-,> 822? m'^ and Gymkhana Sports Club which was to have been played at M.F.A. B round was postponed as the ground was m a deplorable condition.
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    Shellmen Beat Recs
    199 12 SHELJ S Club scored a convincing 61 run victory over 1 Singapore Recreation Club m a friendly crickei match played at P Saturday. Full i ores S. R C. E. Tess< Fi i _-...tt 7 D. Ki*yi i> i. ;,>«>•.,( 3 S. Olivei o c Wilson b
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    MULLOY LOSES
    63 12 HAVANA. CUBA. April M (UP> An Larsen of San Leandro, California. former United States singles champion, won the men's singles tit.,, m the Vedise Tennis Club invitation tournament today by defeating C.aidnar Mulloy, top ranked United States player from Miami, Florida, ti-^-4, ii— 4. Mr>. Thelma Long of
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    BP CHINESE TROUNCE JB IN DISTRICT GAME
    268 12 JOHORE BAHRI, Mon Batu Pahat Chinese displaying good teamwork and ball control, beat the Johore Bahru Chinese 5—2 m the inter-district soccer competition for the Dato Teoh Scow Khor Cup on the knghsh College ground yesterday. Johore Bahru were th c first r
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    Gaffar Scores 3
    142 12 Yo Companion! Aw. on, tit' ten-men team, went down I B jTimata Snorts Club 4-0 m their SAPA D: lie match ■< Bt. G Roa I v, t< r lay. V Compa B;;k.' 'l imah on the deft for the first l.'> minutes. '1 hen Billy Teo,
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    Army v CSC
    107 12 THF fo have been selected to pi;, :m n t.ie sc A tournameni match agam-M Ceylon Sports I Nee Soon on Saturday, a! 2 p m and Sunday at 11.00 .1 Colonel Knox r<iiig SD» <Capt.) Major Singleton ISRHA L,t Ford ISRRA: Capt. Ele. IGHQ ORD»: Capt
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