The Straits Times, 27 March 1948

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    19 1 The Straits Times MAL/lttlS LEADING NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 1948 jy> PRICE TEN OEMS
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    TRUMAN URGES PALESTINE TRUCE
    649 1 Blames UK For'Change In Dates' WASHINGTON, Friday. PALLING for an immediate truce between Arabs and Jews to be signed round the Council table of the United Nations, President Truman yesterday gave a warning that "violence and bloodshed" would threaten the Holy Land and endanger world peace
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    21 1 Tne Special Commissioner m South-East Asia (Lord KUlejrn) photographed m the British Embassy m <£»«©• Interview with Lord Killearn m Page (7.
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    " Jap" Browbeats Gen. Percival
    243 1 Jap" Browbeats Gen. Percival From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Friday. I 1 KIT. Gen. A. E. Percival, commander of the British L \rmy m Mateya during the war, was browbeaten by a "Jap orderly officer*' m the heart of London last niKht while his wife and daughter looked on and
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    Call For Huge US Budget Increase
    344 1 WASHINGTON, Friday. '"TODAY another great and despotic power threatens 1 to extinguish freedom m Europe but despite this the oOde are not yet oh Russia or war. The odds are still on the United States and peace, said the United States Secretary for Defence
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    SEAT HELD BY LABOUR
    36 1 LONDON. Friday. The Labour Party retained its Commons seat m Wednesday's BriRK by-election when the Socialist candidate (Mr. E E. Allalieu) defeated the Conservative (Mr. Fell) by 27,333 votes to 22,746.— A.P.
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    U.K. Mission Says Wage Levels Low
    260 1 MALAYAN wage levels would have to be considerably increased before they would be anywhere near equal to those m Britain, the British two-man trade union mission stated m Singapore yesterday. The two members of the mission (Mr. F. W. DaUey and Mr. S. S.
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    The End Of The I.L.P.
    69 1 SOLTHPORT, Friday.— The remnants of the 56-year-old Independent Labour Party, the Darent body from which the present British Labour Party developed, are meeting here tomorrow to vote themselves out of existence as a political Party. The few remaining members will vote on a motion recommending
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    First Round To Britain
    174 1 First Round To Britain THE HAGUE, Friday. pjRITAIN today won tin D first round before the International Court of Justice in her dispute with Albania over the mining of the destroyers Volage and Saumarez in the Corfu Channel in 1946 with the loss of 44 British lives. The Court announced
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    27 1 The British Foreign Secretary (Mr. Bevin) signing the momentous 50-year Western Union Treaty in Brussels last week between Britain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxemburg. Pix photo.
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    BURMA TRIAL JUDGMENT
    50 1 RANGOON. Friday. The. special court which tried Major C. H. H. Young (Electrical and Mechanical Engineers) on a charge of selling arms to U Saw, Burmese exPremier now under sentence of death, is to give Judgment on Monday. Major Young called U Saw as a defence witness.—Reuter.
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    Commission Report Soon
    158 1 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON. Friday. THE report of the CarrSaundtrs Commission on Higher Education in Malaya is expected to be published in Singapore on April 4 The Commission's terms of reference were to make recommendations for the development of university education in Malaya. Its recommendations are
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    TIN SUPPLY ADEQUATE
    87 1 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Friday.— The supply position of tin Is promising and the European countries seem to be getting as much as they want, says the Financial Times. The paper adds that, apart from strategic requirements, production mr.y well be in line with consumption needs
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    U.S. Will Not Be Ousted
    199 1 WASHINGTON. Fnaay. THE United States Seer tary of State (Mr. Marshall), warned Russ a yesterday that the Umld States occupation authorities had no intention >£ being forced out of Bulin. Meanwhile, in Berlin the Soviet-licensed newspaper Berliner Zedtung. commenting on the deadlock in the Allied
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    RED THREAT OF FORCE
    61 1 ROME. Friday. Italian Communist* declared today that they intended to seise control by force if denied "the power the majority will give us" m the April 18 elections. The threat opened a LefUst drive to capture the offensive from Government p;< which are at present receivii
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      Prof. Joad Charged With Failing To Pay Train-Fare
      204 2 LONDON, Friday. A WOMAN magistrate yesterday refused to accept a plea of guilty by professor C. E. M. Joad, philosopher and member of the 8.8.C. Brains Trust programme, to a charge of travelling on a train without paying his fare. A railway
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      "Love Me Sailor"
      109 2 MELBOURNE, Friday.— An incident unique m British legal practice occurred m Melbourne this week when the novel "Love Me Sailor" was read aloud m its entirety to the Judge and jury. The author and publisher of the novel are facing charges of having published an obscene novel.
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      Official Charged
      85 2 MELBOURNE, Friday. A Netherlands Indies Government official, Cornelius van Riemsdyck Kool. was charged m Sydney Central Court yesterday under the Australian Secret Commissiors Act with having corruptly obtained a one-third share (UJS.) $54.300. Counsel for the N.E.I. Government said Kool's duty was to buy ships m New Guinea
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      Truman Confident
      36 2 WASHINGTON. Friday. President Truman told newsmen yesterday that he was reporter described as the "rising revolt" against hi 6 nomination for re-election. Mr. Truman predicted that the Democrats would win the November election. —Reuter.
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      Sacred Relics
      65 2 RANGOON, Friday. Sacred relics brought by the good'vill mission from Ceylon were flown to Moulmein (Southern Burma) this morning for worship by Burmese Buddhists and returned to Rangoon m the evening. They will be taken to Man dalay tomorrow. The Minister for Colonial Affairs (Lord Listowel) who is
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      Bakers Raided
      42 2 PARIS. Friday.— Eleven women were arrested m Paris yesterday for taking part m bread raids on bakers' shops. Police, warning that further offenders would be severely punished, said that the women were evidently following "a concerted plan of action." —Reuter.
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      Old-style Sower
      45 2 >n .lo.in ViatMiii, wife of a farmer of Ryburgh (Norfolk) sowing seed with the old-fashioned fiddle or broadcaster. Mr. Watson is teaching his wioe to use the fiddle, which flings seeds three yards, because of the shortage of farm labour. Mirror Features photo.
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      Indies 'Quake
      48 2 BATAVIA, Friday. —An earthquake here on Wednesday which lasted for a minute and was described as a "shock of uncommon vehemence" may have caused considerable damage m some parts of West Java, it is believed. Seismographs m Batavia went out of order when registering the shock.—Aneta.
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      Officers Needed
      46 2 NEW DELHI, Friday— The Indian army is short of commissioned officers, the Defence Minister < SardarBaldev Singh) said m the Indian Parliament. The Royal Indian Navy on March 31 would need 111 officers, the Army 400 office™ and Airforce 390 officers, he added— A. P.
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      King's Flight
      52 2 LONDON. Friday.— A Viking aircraft of the King's Flight is to inspect airfields m Australia and New Zealand likely to be used during the Royal tour next year. Leaving London on Tuesday, the Viking will fly via Malta. Nicosia, Habbanlya, Karachi, Delhi, Calcutta Mingaladon, Singapore and Sourabaya to
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      Bulgarian Resigns
      45 2 Bulgarian Minister m Lon]on don (Prof. Dolapchiet) photographed just before he resigned his post and fled to an Oxfordshire village with his wife and son. His Government' had betrayed its promise to pursue a policy of friendly relations with Western powers, he said.
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      18 Bodies Found
      83 2 BERLIN, Friday.—The Bri-tish-licenced Berlin newspaper, Telegraf, alleged yesterday that the discovery of 18 graves m a forest solved the mystery of the disappearance m 1945 of a number of citizens of Thuringia, m the Soviet Zone. Some of the bodies, which have already been identified, had bullets
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      Height Record
      62 2 LONDON, Friday. Group CUp am John Cunningham, chief test, pilot of the De Havillar.d Aircraft Company, set an international height record when he reached 59,492 feet ir. a Vampir P Jet fighter last Tuesday. The Royal Aero Club, announcing this today, said the record was suoject to official
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      Strike Ends
      41 2 ROME, Friday. Italy's four-day national printers' strike ended yesterday, agreement being reached after Government intervention. Itajy had been without newspapers since last Sunday. The strike began m sympathy with printers at Turin who had struck for higher wages. Reuter.
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    RED PLOT ON SHANGHAI
    262 2 RED PLOT ON SHANGHA I SHANGHAI, Kid* nOCUMENTS seized by police reveal (hat cii p«> c 1/ underground Communist? here wore pl«!>n r the demolition of Shanghai's major buiMln^ a»<d plants and the disruption of the city's wafer and power services. Mayor K. C. Wu officiated yesterday at a special
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      325 2 AUCTION SALE OF VALUABLE LEASEHOLD SINGAPORE PROPERTIES To be held at The saleroom of Messrs. Cheong Koon Seng Co., Ltd., No. 10 Chulia Street. Singapore, i On Wednesday. 31st March 1948, at 2.30 om Lot 1. 999 years' leasehold land situate at Glasgow and Jansen Roads, areae 3 roods 27
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    NO WITCH HUNT: ATTLEE
    450 3 Red 'Suspects To State Case LONDON, Friday. THE appointment of a three-man advisory body before which any civil servant suspected of Communist or Fascist activities could state his case was announced by the Prime Minister (Mr. C. R. Attlee) m the House of Commons yesterday. Mr.
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    Swimmers "Go To School"
    304 3 By Our Woman Correspondent QEVENTY boys and girls, between seven-and-a-half and 16 years old, have become members of the Singapore Swimming Club's school of swimming and diving. Classes meet every Tuesday and Thursday and last from four to five p.m. An advanced class begins at five
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    45 3 Max fieiinann (left), Communist ex-member of Western Germany's Bizonal Economic Council, talking: to newsmen on March 16 at Frankfurt just after his suspension from the Council. He was voted oat of the Council for two months for an "unbearable insult" to Council members. A.P. photo.
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    Soviet Submarines Sighted?
    254 3 Soviet Submarines Sighted? WASHINGTON, Friday. •THE Secretary of the 1 United States Navy (Mr. John L. Sullivan) said today that "submarines not belonging to any nation west of the 'iron curtain' had been sighted three times recently off our shores." Although Mr. Sullivan named no nation, the Soviet Union is
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    Jap Textile Competition
    125 3 LONDON, Friday. 'THE volume and price of 1 Japanese textiles entering the world markets m the next ten years will be a factor of "immense importance" to the stability of the American and British cotton industries, Sir Raymond Streat, chairman of Britain's Cotton Board, declared today. Writing
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    FORCES' RATIONS CUT
    128 3 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Friday. rE rations of British forces m Malaya and other overseas stations are being reduced roughly m proportion with the recent cuts m Service rations m the United Kingdom. It Is estimated that the number of dollars saved by, these reductions will
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    Singapore Diary
    94 3 TODAY Special Christian Youth meetIng. 178, Neil Road, 3 pjn. The Rt. Rev. Stephen N«UI, Assistant Bishop to the Archbishop of Canterbury, wffl address the meettag. Reception m honour of the Rt. Rev. Stephen Nelll, held by Syrian Christians of Singapore and Johore, Adelphl Roof Oraden, S 45
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    Australian Red Sent To Prison
    195 3 From Our Own Correspondent BRISBANE, Friday. A MEMBER of the Federal Council for the Amalgamated Engineering Union, the most powerful Australian union, Mr. Edward Joseph Rowe, was sentenced to gaol in the Industrial Court yesterday. Rowe was convicted of contempt arising from the tearing up
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    USRENTCONTROLS EXTENDED
    37 3 WASHINGTON. Friday. Congress yesterday passed a compromise bill extending rent controls for one year and giving Federal court the final aay on the lifting of ceilings. The present rent control law expires next week.. AJ*.
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      234 3 FOOD PARCELS Parcels of your own selection nre now packed m airtight tins. A Suftar, packet tea, dried fruits, sweets and other perishable lines can now be despatched m safety. Rnsure that your parcel arrives m •perfect condition. ORCHARD ROAD C.B.C. 7 DINNER BAI.I, AT THE LIDO EVERY MGHT 43
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    ASHESIMMERSED TODAY
    391 4 Last Respects To Mahatma A ROYAL Singapore Flying Club Auster air- craft, piloted by an Indian, will shower rose petals on the urn containing Mahatma Gandhi's ashes this evening as it is taken m procession for final immersion rites. The aircraft will continue to circle round over the
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    29 4 The Sultan of Selancor, who formally inaugurated the new Municipality of Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday, inspecting a police guard of honour just before the inauguration ceremony. Straits Times photo.
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    MOSCOW CHARGES
    87 4 MOSCOW. Friday. Bitter criticism of Anglo-American "expansionist" policy in the Near and Middle East by the "camouflaged" seizure of key oil centres and military bases and the "ruthless exploitation" of cheap labour was made In the Soviet Army newspaper, Red Star, yesterday. The article said: "AngloAmerican imperialism ia
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    Meal Prices Unlimited
    132 4 yHERE is a controlled 1 price of $2.50 on all meals "in Singapore, but it is possible for charges to be made legitimately up to any amount. A Food Control official told the Straits Times yesterday that his department made exemptions of certain luxuries. The luxuries were
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    6 MONTHS FOR ESCAPE
    73 4 Peck Cheng Poh was sentenced on Thursday in the Second Police Court to six months' rigorous imprisonment for escaping from lawful custody on Jan. 24. The sentence is to run consecutively with a 2% year sentence imposed on Peck before his escape for possession of arms.
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    BARBER NOT INTIMIDATED
    71 4 For attempting to extort $16.80 from a Chinese barber In Singapore by showing him the clenched fist sign of a secret society, two Chinese were sentenced to gaol in the District Court on Thursday. Chow Yim Cho received 20 months rigorous imprisonment and Chu Kwan 18 months.
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    GAOL, FINE FOR WATCH THEFT
    70 4 Six months' rigorous Imprisonment and a fine of $250 was Imposed in the Second Police Court on Wong Kok Seng who pleaded guilty on Thursday to stealing a wristwatch from a shop in Bras Basah Road on Mar. 19. It was stated that Wong told
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    SILAT ROAD HOLD-UP
    37 4 Two Chinese, one armed, held up a Chinese school teacher outside his house In Snat Road at 1 p.m. on Thursday and robbed him of $160 cash and two fountain pens valued at $21.
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    Union Boss Fined $150
    116 4 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Friday rS president of the Kota Tinggi Labour Union, Vadivelu, was fined $150 in the District Court yesterday for trespassing on Ulu Tiram Estate on August 18. Evidence was sclven that on the previous day Vadivelu had entered the estate
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    "WORLD-WIDE REVOLUTION"
    115 4 NANKING, Friday. "A world-wide revolution is taking place In Asia and while the lights of freedom are being lit In this part of the world it is very sad to realise that they are being extinguished in Europe." Judge T. C. Davis, the Canadian Ambassador, said this In
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    New Deal Plea For Nurses
    248 4 PENANG, Friday. THE award of more scholarships was urged today by the Penang Settlement Councillor (Mrs. Cfceah Ij.n Kiong). Mrs. Cheah told the Straits Times that any move to give nurses a new deal would find public support. Referring to the proposed establishment of a
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    Expatriation Pay Opposed
    190 4 From Our Staff Correspondent MALACCA, Friday. A COUNTRY which was r\ financially on the debit side and was thinking of borrowing from the Home Government could not indulge in spectacular generosity, stated Mr. Ee Yew Kim at a meeting of the Malacca Settlement Council this morning. He
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    PRIVATE PLANES FOR ESTATES
    240 4 MALAYAN estate managers may soon be flying from their estates to Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Penang or Singapore for week-ends holidays or on business. A number of companies are known to have ordered light aircraft and planter* have shown interest In the possibilities of operating private 'planes.
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    CHILLIES ARE CHEAPER
    350 5 From a market notebook p.XLY a slight drop m the price of one or two types of vegetables took place this week, while most other greens remained unchanged. Although cheaper chillies was not much of a consolation to Singapore housewives, the week's big drop m the price
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    62 5 A p.fAsant aspect of the Lake Gardens in Koala Lumpur where a miniature 100 has already been established. Peacocks and cranes presented by the Tunrku Mahkota of Johore. ducks and reese from the Calcutta Zoo, now grace Sydney Lake which is beyond the bridre seen in the photograph. Malayan pelandok
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    A storehouse of Malayan knowledge
    1175 5  - A storehouse of Malayan knowledge "FEMINA IN THE FEDERAL CAPITAL' By WHEN fee Federal Secretariat's reference library is restored to its pre-war j efficiency and aU the shelves are filled with books that go back past the days of Sir Frank Swettenham, there will be at least one happy woman
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    Lamb Pies For Lunch
    260 5 rUR to flve ounces of lean raw meat from fore-quarter chops can be stretched Into pies for four. Cut the meat Into small pieces free from bone or fat. Dice one onion. Saute onion m one tablespoon of clarified dripping. Add meat. Stir one minute and
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      410 5 Why Wisdom is made this Shape (and only this shape) !^*sf' \V7ISDOM'S cranitea oanJlt dkc every other detail of its shape •cientifically designed to m»« 5X feS^^gl aorrea ceeth deanuig t«sv F<* I example, the oorreo *ay u> :nao C^gjßjiill outside upper back iceib is showi. t pPn2^2flßH left To
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    DEATH
    31 6 DAVIS— At 27, Williamwood P.irk. Wst N ttierke, Olasßgow, suddenly on the 21st. February 1948. William Davis (BUI), dearly beloved husband of May Townend. late Superintendent, G. P. O. Singapore.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Sat, Mar. 27, 1948. LORD KILLEARN LOOKS BACK
    1085 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Sat, Mar. 27, 1948. LORD KILLEARN LOOKS BACK Britain's Special Commissioner m South East Asia, Lord Killearn, leaves Singapore today on retirement after a long and distinguished career m the British diplomatic service. In the normal course Lord Killearn would have retired at the close of
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    ASHIDA'S OFFER
    42 6 TOKIO. Friday.— The Japanese Prime Minister (Hitoshl Ashida) told the Diet today that he intended to allow foreigners to develop mineral resources m Japan. He said the Government would shortly submit a bill to the Diet for that purpose Reuter-AAP.
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    SUNDAY IN THE COUNTRY
    1895 6 A Malayan Countryman's Diary pHONQ How, our Hokkien tapper, called m this morning on his way to church. He had walked, as he could not borrow a bike. He wanted money to buy rattan for tieing-up jungle poles for firewood, as he has exhausted all easilyavailable
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    Japanese Textiles Share-Out
    427 7 Japanese Textiles Share-Out THE Advisory Panel of the Singapore Trade Advisory Committee on Wednesday discussed the distribution of nearly two million yards of Japanese cotton textiles which had arrived in Singapore from Japan. The textiles were consiened to a Singapore company. An official statement reRardinK this shipment was p'ven to
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    KILLEARN ON TWO YEARS' WORK
    803 7 Departing For England Today THE Special Commissioner m South- East Asia 1 (Lord Killearn) told reporters at his final press conference m Singapore this week: 'The ally of subversive doctrines is misery, and the establishment m South-East Asia of contentedness, stability and prosperity will stifle
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    85 7 The Aslant Chief oi Sn X i aceriHK !or the Westrex Corporation. Mr. E. W. McClelUn (ritht) who «ri™^" S gapore yesterday with proposals for Improving einVma equipment. With Mr .McClellan is the of Western Electric Company of Asia. Mr. HE. McFarlano. Western Electric maintains the equipment m many c
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    55 7 Scene during last night's Good Friday service at St. Joseph's Church. The image taken down from the crucifix on the main altar is being carried along the aisle under the black canopy (foreground). More than 5,000 oeoole m the church-yard stood with lighted candles and then followed the image m
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  • Malayan Round-up
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      Wild Deer Damage Rubber Trees
      120 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. SIX thousand young rubber trees were damaged by wild deer in Central Perak durng last month and termites completed their total destruction. The deer ate up the bark of the rubber trees to a height of four feet
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      Bogus Cards
      85 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. About 80.000 bogus and unauthorised ration cards have been surrendered in the Federation of Malaya to the Food Control authorities since Feb. 13. The period of grace allowed for the surrender of bogus ration cards has now lapsed and any person found to be in
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      Graduation
      120 7 IfUALA LUMPUR, Friday.— Thirty one students of the College of Agriculture, Serdang, who completed their one-year course of training held a graduation ceremony on Wednesday night. Twenty of the students were Federal scholars drawn from each of the 11 States and Settlements in the Federation, four were private students
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      Trade Fair
      50 7 THE Great World Amusement Park has invited 200 Singapore firms to submit exhtbits for the Singapore International Trade Fair, 1948 to be held at the park from May 1 to May 15. The management has assigned one-third of the park— about 105,000 square feet to accommodate fair exhdbits.
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      Inner Wheel
      43 7 A BUSINESS meeting of the A Inner Wheel Club will be held at the Adelphi Hotel at 9.45 this morning. The president of the Club (Mrs. R. K. Engelman) will introduce the wives of the visiting Federation Rotarians tcr Club members.
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      Padi Purchases
      27 7 OENANG, Friday.— An offlIclal report issued yesterday, estimates that nearly 900,000 piculs of padi were bought oy Government-ap-pointed mills m Kedah and Perils last month.
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    Veneration By Candlelight
    351 7 ST. Joseph's Church, Singapore, was a blaze ol candlelights last night when thousands of people gathered to venerate the images of Jesus Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary. Long before the "Dur.a procession" of Jesui Christ started, the churci compound was packe( with people of all race;
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    MEDICAL UNITY
    165 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday /CONCRETE proposals V/ that have been made Dy the two Governments for the unification of the Malayan Medical Services were mentioned at the Council meeting of the British Medical Association (Malayan Branch l today. The unification proposals were the main subject
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    EXTORTION CHARGES
    87 7 From Our Own Correspondent BATU PAHAT. Friday. Charged with extortion, Sia Ong Ah was committed for trial at the next Assizes. Lan Kai and Foo See were discharged at the District Court on the same charge. A buffalo owner from Kongkang Bahru, Yong Peng, said that on Jan.
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    NEW CHURCH MAGAZINE
    101 7 A Joint magazine of St. Hilda's Church, School and Fellowship has made Its first appearance this Easter. The magazine is entitled "Go Forward." The editor of the magazine is Miss Ranjl M. Handy. In the foreword the Bishop of Singapore, (the Rt. Rev. J. L Wilson) states
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    LEAGUE CHIEF DELAYED
    89 7 The arrival m Singapore of the Director-General of the Overseas League (Air ViceMarshal Malcolm Henderson) has been delayed. The Constellation aircraft which was to have brought him last night was held up m Ceylon because of engine trouble, according to an official of Qantas Airways In Singapore.
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    Malay Farmers 'Living In *ear' •^ .... --_ ..,_.. v *k~ anru>ai_ i sit* fnr the fair would bring
    300 7 Malay Farmers 'Living In *ear' v *k~ an ru>ai_ i sit* fnr the fair would bring rE hon. secretary of the Malay Farmers Welfare Organisation (Inche Osman bin Haji Ahmed) last night said that Malay farmers at Geylang Serai were living in "constant fear and anxiety." He was replying to
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    Gimson To Present Awards
    362 7 •"THE Governor of Singa1 pore (Sir Franklin Gimson) will present orders and Defence Medal ribbons to 33 people at a ceremony to be held at Government House next Thursday at 3.45 p.m. The Governor will present the Distinguished Service Order to one person and the Order
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    COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP COMPLETED
    586 8 Nomination Of Four Unoff idols CIVE Official and four Unofficial members have been nominated to the Singapore Legislative Council. Contrary to expectation, no woman member was nominated. The five nominated Officials are; the G.0.C., Singapore District (Major-General L. H. Cox), the Secretary for Economic Affairs (Mr. Andrew
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    58 8 Six men who received awards from Sir Edward Gent at an investiture at King's House. Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday: From the top: Inche Mohamed Shohid bin Salleh (8.E.M.), Dr. Linehan (C.M.G.), Mr. P. R. Andrew (King's Police Medal), Mr. H. R. Cheeseman (C.M.G.), Mr. V W. WaUich (0.8. E.) and
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    Sultanah Of Johore At Batu Pahat
    153 8 From Our Own Correspondent BATU PAHAT, Friday THE Sultanah of Johore yesterday travelled to Batu Pahat and distributed prizes to pupils of the Temmenggong Ibrahim Girls' School. The Sultanah was accompanied by the Mentri Besar <D:it< Onm Datin Onn. Inche Azizflh binti JafTar. Dato
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    WORKED UNFIT BULLS, FINED
    53 8 For working two unfit bulls m an oil mill m Singapore a 21 -year-old Indian, Krishna, f Kg. Marican, was fined m tne Third Police Court yesterday. The two animals, who were yoked and were working a grinder, were suffering from abscess: s on their necks,
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    Easter Day Services
    166 8 EASTER DAY services m Singapore churches are as follow: Chorch of England: St. Andrew's Cathedral Holy Communion at 6 a.m., 7 a.m., 11.15 a.m.. Choral eucharlst 8.15 a.m., Choral matins 10.30 a.m. choral evening 5.30 p.m. Today matins and antecommunion 7 a.m., service at Bidadari 5.30 p.m.,
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    ROVERS VISIT SINGAPORE
    89 8 BATU PAHAT, Friday. The Dato Bentara Rover Crew bit here for Singapore today to camp at Kampong Melayu where they will be entertained by the 9th Rover Crew, Singapore. Syed Ahmad Alsagoff, District Commissioner for Malay Scouts, will entertain the visitors at his residence at Siglap during
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    RECEPTION TO BISHOP NEILL
    54 8 Syrian Christians of Singa"pore and Johore will hold a reception today at 5.45 p.m. at the Adelphi Roof Garden m honour of Bishop Stephen Neill. Bishop Neill is a former Professor of English Literature of the Union Christian College, Alwaye (Malabar) the place from which Syrian
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    RUBBER STEADY
    77 8 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association's noon prices on Thursday were: Buyers Sellers Cts. Cta. per Ib. per Ib. No. 1 RJ3.S. Spot loose nominal 40 V 4 40*4 No. 1 RSS fob m bales April 40% 40% No. 2 R.S.S. fob In bales April 39 3»U
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    LORRY DRIVER ON $1,000 BAIL
    80 8 KUALA KANGSAR. Friday. —A man named Slew Kang Kuan was killed when the lorry m which he was riding with another Chinese went off the road and slithered down a 200-ft. slope on the trunk road to Penang. The other Chinese was seriously injured. The
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    Bookmakers: Two Views
    244 8 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. TWO members of the 1 committee of the Selangor Turf Club took different views on the suggestion made m the Straits Times editorial that bookmakers should be licensed. Mr. E. E. C. Thuraisingham said: "If a realistic view is I
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    $225,000 Land Block For Penang Housing
    167 8 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Friday. TO RELIEVE the housing shortage m Penang the 1 Settlement Council today decided to purchase a 20 acre estate which the Municipal Commissioners could not afford to buy. The land is the Heah Swee Lee Estate and it
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    Visits To St. John's Is.
    157 8 THE Board of Visitors to 1 the quarantine station on St. John's Island will detail three members every month to make a trip of investigation to the island. This was decided at a meeting of the Board at the Chinese Secretariat Building. The meeting elected
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    YUGOSLAV TC QUIT COLONY
    285 8 Singapore Immigration authorities asked a Yugoslav editor who arrived last night from Rangoon to leave by the first available plane. The Yugoslav was 28-year-old Dusan Puhalo, editor of Youth. organ of the People's Youth of Yugoslavia. The authorities obtained a berth for Mr. Puhalo on a
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      Problem Of Singapore Traffic
      154 9 Problem Of Singapore Traffic WITH all due respect to Singapore's Traffic I oiice who are doing their Ixst with the barrels in Oicitfird Road, I have dten thought how an American or other foreign viator must smile when h. sees our crude efforts ;u traffic control. v\ hy not rip
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      THE NEW KILT?
      67 9 THE world situation :s admittedly grim but it puzzled me greatlyjudging from their worried looks why it should apparently concern my Scots friends so much more than everyone else until 1 finally discovered the reason for their mental angush. They are in solemn conclave as to whether
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      Birth Control: Is It A Solution ?
      426 9 Birth Control: Is It A Solution I READ with interest recently an account of the meeting of Negri Rotarians, wheii Dr. Seeveratnam spoke on "Some problems m Medicine." I quote, "I do not see the necessity for birth control if we can rectify our political and economic ills." As a
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      Invitation To Sportsmen
      194 9 I WAS highly entertained by the letter from Mr. G. R. Leonard m your issue of March 29, on the subject of the overgrown tiger recently killed m Kemaman District I am sorry to disilluison your readers but this tiger nearly doubled its sise at the hands
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      Travel And Import Restrictions
      231 9 THE ban on pleasure travel from Britain to the Continent ie to end on May 1, Sir Stafford Cripps told the House of Commons recently. Do you remember this little news item soon after this ban was imposed m October last? "During the last 18 months
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      BUKIT TIMAH
      128 9 WE who live in Johore or anywhere at the northern end of the Bukit Timah Road, are all too familiar with the Military genius, who regularly sends a long convoy of learner-drivers, to frolic on this very overcrowded road in the busy hour of 8 to 9 a.m.
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      HAWKERS AND CITY FATHERS
      269 9 WITH reference to the Municipality's unsuccessful efforts to close the five "temporary" markets, may I ask the Municipal Secretary a few pertinent questions. Before doing so, it must be presumed that the following are indisputable facts: 1 The open spaces now occupied by the "temporary" markets
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      CULBERTSON-AND A JAFFA ORANGE
      546 9 WITH reference to "Accord- ing to Culbertson" in the Straits Times of Mar. 16, I am afraid I can't see what is proved by Mr. Culbertson, except the fact that the writer cannot count tricks! It does not require double dummy play for the EastWest hands
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      TEACHERS: THE REAL ISSUE
      330 9 MAY I once more trespass on your columns to iVi reply to the S.T.U. accusation that my crir ticism of their memorandum* to UNESCO was. a "distortion of the truth." Administrative Posts: I Asian teachers on the "European" scale are, m the Federation, eligible for promotion
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      ORCHARD ROAD
      92 9 no the traffic policemen really think that my 12 h.p. car is going to try conclusions with intruding 3-ton lorries, at the Orchard Road roundabout, even though I am "the vehicle on the right" (in English, only), despite their windmill gestures and loud urgings? Don't tell our traffic
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      575 9 e i», he was thorou 8 fa the only outstanding card in the tf "hooked' in today's deal un- suit, and South then led a low le* he could trick the declarer diamond toward the kinT West tfjto a misplay. This, however, of course, hopped rightin with wms an unfortunate
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    LONDON STOCKS
    321 10 LONDON, Thursday. Conditions on the London Stock Exchanre were dull today. With the exception of Pahane, Tins advanced or remained steady. Following were the closing middle prices of selected stocks as supplied to the Straits Times by special arrangement with the Financial Times. (Unless otherwise marked shares are
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    PRICECORRECTIOIN
    36 10 In our Issue of March 30. the price of No. 1 R.SS. F.O3. to bates (April) was incorrectly quoted as Buyers 37% cents per lb. Tills should hare read. Buyers 38 7 eentg per Ib.
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    MLAKA PINDA LTD
    23 10 MaiakA Pinda Rubber Estates Ltd: January. IMS 33,330 lbs. February, 1948 53,527 Iba. New Srudai Ltd: January 30,000 February 38.000
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    Singapore Share Market
    840 10 From Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Thursday. IN VIEW of the Easter holiday there was little interest shown in the Singapore 1 Sharemarket today. However, the market was generally steady. Quotations given by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association were: INDUSTRIALS Atla* Ice 13.00 14.00 Alex. Brick Ords. 1.80 1.90
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    DOW JONES
    50 10 NEW YORK, Friday.—Advancing tendencies prevailed In stocks for the eight successive session although many leaders found the going difficult. The Government's plea for additional billions for rearmament inspired further purchasing. Some professionals took profits. The Dow Jones averages were: Stocks 63.46; Industrials 174.05. Rails 52.79; Utilities 32.80.— A.P.
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    Estate Problems
    494 10 From Oar Own Correspondent LONDON, (By Afar Mail.) THF chairman of New Hayoep Rubber Estates (Mr. F. C. Heley), m his statement accompanying the general accounts, describes the post-war difficulties faced by robber estates m Dutch Borneo. He explains why company directors had no say In the selling
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      Kailasapathy May Prove A Real Asset
      1334 11 Kailasapathy May Prove A Real Asset FEW local enthusiasts give Singapore a chance in the inter-State cricket match which is to be played at Kuala Lumpur this week-end. In spite of the wet weather, which has caused the cancellation of most first-class fixtures in Singapore this season, there have been
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      Why Racegoers Want Legalised Bookmaking
      400 11 By EPSOM JEEP THE Straits Times editorial on Tuesday this week advocating the registration of bookmakers m Malaya has revived a long-standing controversy. While a few diehards continue to resist legalised bookmaking, a great majority of racing men have openly voiced their approval for it
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      North Team To Meet South
      80 11 THE North team to meet South in the Malaya Chinese F.A. North v South trial at Jalan Besar Stadium tomorrow will be selected from: Penang: Tan Swee Hock. Wong Kam Poh, Yeang Kan Chong, Lee Ah Loke, Tap Cheng Eng. Perak: Choy Chooi Yooi. Lee
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      170 11 7.45 Radio Newsreel; 8.00 Mystery Serial 8 30 News; 8 40 Horn- News From Britain- 8.45 Vic Lewis Cichestra, 9.15 Light Music: 9.25 Oxford and Cambridge Boat Rac The Tosa 9.30 Orchestra'; 9 45 Saturday Sport Inc. Oxford Cambridge Beat Race, introduction to the Scottish Cup, giving teams and score
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      158 11 9<M Sinf -nietta; 9.30 Starlit Hour; 10.30 Noel Coward Programme; ll.M Radio Dwice 11.45 Cfc*- RADIO AUSTRALIA Two SUUon«— 9 30 HiU frcm lh« Mcvies; 9.45 Music for Million*; 10.00 Variety Bandbox; 10.10 Request*; 10.30 Australian News; 10 40 Andre Kosteianetx Orch 10.45 Songs from th- Shows; 11 M Violin
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    NO REGRETS IS TODAY'S
    497 12 BEST BET Rosewells Boy For Big Race From EPSOM JEEP IPOH, Friday. NO Regrets, Smiling Through and Foretold are three safe each-way bets at Ipoh tomorrow, the first day of the Perak Turf Club Easter Meeting. No Regrets, unbeaten m his last three outings, has trained
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    Latest Hints
    371 12 LATEST hints on today's Ipoh races from the Straits Times racing correspondent, "Epsom Jeep," will be published in today's Singapore Free Press. "Epsom Jeep" will five the latest state of the going and indicate the horses most fancied on the course this morning. I really cannot see how
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    Ipoh Acceptances
    1039 12 DELOW are the acceptances for today's Ipofa races. D The Double Totes will be on races three and four, and six and seven. The Big Sweep will be drawn on race eight. Race 1—2.30: Horses Class 2, Div. 7— Furlongs 130 Bohrah (Ta.it) 9.00 Mr. A. Shaik Ahamad
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    Island Club Tournament
    294 12 BELOW are the draws and starting times for the Island Club's E. E. Keen competition to be played on Monday morning. Men will play 18 holes and start at the first tee. women nine holes and at the tenth tee. Women: Mrs. T. G. Ong y. Mrs.
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    Malayan Beaten
    31 12 COPENHAGEN Prlday —P. S. I -aii. of Malaya, was beaten m the flr-t round of the international badminton tournament here yesterday Bent Lauritsen of Denmark, winning 15-7. 15-5 Reuter.
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    Special Tryout For Sundram
    200 12 WHETHER the Singa- pore quarter-miler, M. K. Sundram, will be sent to the World Olympics in London will depend mainly on an official tryout by the Ceylonese at Jalan Besar stadium next week. Sundram will be pitted against two Singapore 220yard runners over the 440yard cinder
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    Straits Times Selections
    177 12 -EPSOM JEKF" TKEBPABSEB" -POINTER" 1. PRINCESS TIN PLATE TOMA BACK 1 NUFFIELD t. Lady Kalang Princess Nnffieid Princess Nuffidd S. Pttawiew Printc Y«na Part Star 1. FORETOLD GOLD STREAM GOLD STREAM RACE t 2. MerrM Foretold Foretold 3. Gold Stream Onto Malaka B«rrt 1. IRON DUKE SILVER
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    Malayan Tennis Players Chosen
    226 12 npHE Malayan Chinese ten 1 national sports meet trials held at the Happy W They are as follows: Goon Kok Lem (Penang), Timothy Lee (Penang), Chin Kee Onn (Singapore), Ong Chew Bee (Singapore), Lim Hee Chin (Singapore), Robert Chia (Singapore), Mrs. Low Hooi Seah (Penang) and
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    PERMUDA WIN 4-1
    48 12 JOHORE BAHRU. Friday.— Playing without the service* of Stanley and Hamdan. the Metric Rangers lost to the Permuda I in a soccer League match played yesterday by four goals to one. Dollah (three) and Talib scored for Permuda, and Mohd. Kasslm for the Metric Rangers.
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    Sports Diary
    172 12 TQDAY CRICKET: Singapore v. Selangor, at K.L Peltang T. Perak, at Penang; SRC. T. Shell XI, padan*, 2 p.m.; I. A. v. Johore C.C., at Johore Bahru, 11 a.m.; Rocklitea t. RAF. Para Lebar, at Paya L«bar, 2. IS p.m.; Singapore Kangaroo* RAF. Changi, at Chanel, 11 am.;
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    Fine Display By C.A. XI
    293 12 THURSDAY'S S.A.F.A. 1 Div. I League game between R.A.F. (Changi) and the Chinese Athletic at Jalan Besar Stadium, had everything which made it the best encounter seen since the season be gan. The Airmen won 5 3. A crowd of £29. one of the biggest
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    POINTS VICTORY
    32 12 PARIS. Friday —Luc ien Krawczick. a little-known French midd'eweight boxer, went the ten-round limit with Marcel Ccrdan ?ast night, but lost the decision to the European middleweight champion. A. P.
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    KHALSA BEAT JOHORE C.C
    70 12 AKHALSA Association team scored an overwhelming victory over the Johore Cricket Club in a match played at Johore Bahru yesterday. The Johore C.C., batting first, were all out for 61 (Barthelot 18, Van Scboonbeck 14, Krishnan three for 7, Sulakhan Singh four for 10). Khalsa replied
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    FIXTURE OFF
    27 12 The soccer match between the Indian Association and R.A.F. Tengah, which was to have been played yesterday, was cancelled because the Tengah ground was waterlogged.
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    TOURISTS HELD
    32 12 KINGSTON, Jamaica, Friday. Jamaica and the MCC drew their four-day return match. Scores were: M.C.C. 313 and 221 for seven wickets declared; Jamaica 258 and 178 for three wickets.— Reuter.
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    MONDAY'S GAME
    29 12 Mr. K. C. Gillett. chairman of the Singapore Amateur Football Association selection committee, will referee the game between the Malayan Chinese and Malayan Malays on Easter Monday.
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    Durai Defeated In First Round
    590 12 MALAYAN BADMINTON TOURNEY By Our Special Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. YEO Teck Cfrrye, Selangor singles runner up, sprang the biggest surprise today, the opening day of the seventh Malayan badminton championships, when he defeated S. A. Durai, the All-India singles champion, 12—15, 15—7, 15—13, m
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