The Straits Times, 29 March 1948

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, MARCH 29, 1948 PRICE TEN CENTS
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    JEWISH CONVOY WIPED OUT
    516 1 'Bombers' In Battle With Arabs BETHLEHEM, Sunday. A LAST-ditch stand was being made today m a house m the Hebron Hills by the survivors of a big Jewish convoy which was ambushed by Arabs yesterday when over 30 armoured vehicles were wrecked. As four Jewish bombing
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    51 1 M*tS I KANKLIN D. ROOSETELT, widow of the Li 1 American President, i m one of her special dresses ordered for her forthcoming visit to England next month. In England. Mrs. Roosevelt will viMt the King and Queen. The dress is of pure silk crepe with long sleeves. A JF.
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    'Corrupt Officials' Blamed
    82 1 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Sunday. THE unrest in southern Siam was caused by corrupt officials who have since been removed from office, according to a high Siamese official who passed through Kedah yesterday. He said that in place of unsympathetic and inexperienced administrators, the Siamese Government
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    Gurkhas' Wives In Colony Camp
    365 1 THE first quota of wives for the Gurkha Regiment began arriving m Malaya last week from Nepal. The Army is allocating them special quarters where they can look after their husbands and children. At Nee Soon Camp, Singapore, the recentlyarrived l/2nd King Edward's Own Goorkha
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    REDS SEIZE OIL LAND
    67 1 VIENNA, Sunday. Soviet experts were reported by Austrian sources yesterday to have carried out successful borings for oil at Gaenserndorf and Malzen in Eastern Austria. Farmers in these districts have complained that their land has been confiscated without compensation by the Soviet authorities. Further borings were
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    Nehru On Policy In S.E. Asia
    223 1 NEW DELHI, Sunday. TH E Indian Prime Minister (Pandit Nehru) today rejected the idea of Indian domination of South-east Asia, but called for cooperation with other countries in building up a "common sphere of action in the economic, defence and other fields." Addressing the
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    Synthetic Problem Faces U.S.
    175 1 Synthetic Problem Faces U.S. WASHINGTON, Sunday. A JOINT House-Senate Committee will get down tomorrow to work out a compromise on synthetic rubber legislation. They will have to race against time because the present temporary law governing the nation's synthetic rubber industry expires at midnight on Wednesday. Their main task is
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    Ipoh Races
    15 1 THE programme, review and selections for today's Ipoh races appear m page seven.
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    Hawkins As Secretary For Defence
    82 1 Hawkins As Secretary For Defence IT is officially learned 1 that the Elections Superviser (Mr. G. Hawkins) is to become Secretary for Defence for Singapore and the Federation. ntment expectbe gazetted m a few :me. Iklag at an R.A.F. Asso- .m dinner m the Me1 Hall on Saturday, the Secretary
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    SIAMESE RICE FOR CHINA
    97 1 From Our Own Correspondent BANGKOK, Sunday. An appropriation of approximately 12 million baht for the development and expansion uf Siam's rice farming has been approved by the Siamese Parliament. Meanwhile, approximately 20.000 tons of rice, part of 30,000 tons of Siamese rice acquired by the United
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    Pope Warns Of 'Grave Shadow'
    325 1 j ROME. Sunday. •PHE Pope today spoke of 'a shadow of singular gravity" hovering over Rome in a special message to the world spoken to a crowd of 300,000 outside St. Peter's here. "Have faith." he told a cheering multitude of Italian pi* pie who
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    Armed Pickets In Rangoon Streets—Report
    296 1 Armed Pickets In Rangoon Streets Report A BRITISH businessman who arrived by air from Burma told the Straits Times m Singapore yesterday that a strike has "virtually immobilised" road transport m Rangoon m the past week and that armed strikers have mounted pickets m Rangoon streets. The businessman brought from
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    RED CHIEF HUNTED
    187 1 RANGOON, Sunday. RANGOON police today raided the headquarters of the Burmese Communist Party and tried to arrest Thakin Than Tun, SecretaryGeneral of the Party, who however, was still at large tonight. The raid was part ol strong measures taken by the Government to combat alleged Communist interferences
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      "Un-American Mr. Wallace Should Be Shot"
      110 2 "Un-American Mr. Wallace Should Be Shot" NEW YORK, Sunday. MR. HENRY WALLACE, the Third Party Presidential candidate, told a nation-wide radio audience that a police chief m one of the nation s largest cities had recommended that_he (Mr. Wallace) be shot. Mr. Wallace said that the police chief had written:
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      Ration Experiment
      78 2 BOLTON, Sunday.— A Boltom vicar and 30 of his oongregation yesterday ended a week-long experiment In living on as little as do the Germans and he reported them all "a bit hungry, but disciplined." "There was a quickening of spiritual life," reported Rev. Eric Stopford. 'It drew us
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      TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT
      68 2 Applications are invited from suitably qualified persons for appointment to Grade n of the scheme for Technical Assistants. Candidates are required to be fully competent and experienced in radio service work and the possession of City Sc Guilds or other Certificates in Radio Communication or allied subjects will
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      TEMPORARY ARCHITECTURAL DRAFTSMAN
      99 2 required for the drawing office in P.W.D. Kuala Lipis, Pahang. All applicants should have passed the grade II architectural draughtsman proficiency certificate examination of the Institute of Architects of Malaya and without this they will not be considered The salary offered is $lbO to $200 according to
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      Trawler Dead
      38 2 CROMER, Sunday. The inquest opened and adjourned at Cromer on two of the crew of the Air Ministry salvage drifter Hatreen who died m hospital after a boiler explosion m the vessel yesterday off Norfolk.— Reuter.
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      200-YEAR-OLD EASTER MOTHER
      102 2 DUDLEY, Sunday.— There was a real Easter occasion at Dudley, Worcestershire, yesterday when a giant African tortoise laid three eggs. The tortoise, a native of tropical Africa, was brought to the zoo with many other specimens last autumn. It weighs two hundredweight and is thought to be
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      Students Object
      50 2 CAIRO, Sunday. Sixty students from Transjordan. shouting anti-British slogans, marched through Cairo yesterday in a demonstration against the new Anglo-Tra^s-jordan mutual defence pact. The noisy but non-violent students paraded past the Egyptian Foreign Office carrying Transjordan and Egyptian flags and banners inscribed "no treaty with imperialism." A P
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      Cotton For USSR
      63 2 MOSCOW, Sunday. The Soviet Tass news agency reported from New Delhi that Russian trade with the Dominion of Pakistan has started. Russian trade organisations purchased several lots of Pakistan cotton and first shiploads already were en route. Pakistan traders are showing "great interest" in the purchases from
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      U.K. Film For U.S.
      60 2 U.K Film For U.S. WASHINGTON. Sunday. Mr. Arthur Rank is to send America 30 films in the coming year. Announcing: this in Washington yesterday, Britain's number one film magnate said he was "very pleased" that England and Hollywood are now back on speaking terms, and predicted keen competition between the
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      Brussels Welcome
      96 2 BRUSSELS, Sunda y.— Gen. Ho Ying-chin, former Chinese War Minister and Chief of Staff of the Chinese Army in the last war, now member of the United Nations Military Staff's committee, arrived here yesterday. He was greeted by Colonel De Fraiteir, Belgian Minister of National Defence, and was
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      Aluminium Plan
      48 2 NEW YORK, Sunday.— The Reynolds Metal Company has signed an equal partnership contract with the Nanking Government for operation of a Chinese aluminium industry, it was announced here yesterday. This U the first major link of its kind between American capital and the National Government. Reuter.
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      Camb To Appeal
      59 2 WINCHESTER, Sunday. James Camb, former deck steward aboard the Union Castle liner Durban Castle, who was sentenced to death last week for the murder on the high seas of actress Eileen "Gay" Gibson, is to appeal. Formal notice of appeal is to be given next Tuesday, Mar.
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      Eggs For Oraphans
      43 2 LOS ANGELES. Sunday. Easter eggs— 6,soo of them— have been sent by a friendship plane to orphans m London. The eggs were supplied by the Pacific States. Butter, Egg, Cheese and Poultry Association, and the expense paid by donations. A.P.
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      Fishing "War' ?
      80 2 Fishing "War' LONDON, Sunday— Complaints by Cornish fishermen that foreign trawlers bore down on their vessels on Friday off Eddystone lighthouse and churned up lines and hooks, causing heavy losses of gear and catches, are being investigated by the British Admiralty. The fisheries protection vessel Cygnet, will call at Cornish
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      Election Lottery
      65 2 ROME, Sunday— The Ministry of Finance has approved a lottery based on the out>come of next month's national elections. Benefits from the lottery to be known as "totalvoto" will eo to Italian unemployment relief. Winners (those who guess correctly the number of Assembly seats which will be won
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      Fire At Sea
      48 2 BUENOS AIRES. Sunday.— The British liner Andes went to the aid of the Norwegian tanker Jenja off the Brazilian coast, but found that the fire in the Jenja's engine room had been brought under control. The Jenja had radio a for help yesterday morning.— UP.
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      Atom Secrets
      41 2 NEW YORK, SundaySecret files of the United States Atomic Energy Commission were moved to new New York quarters under armed guard. The moving operation, from the Empire State building to further uptown, was completed under cover of darkness.— Reuter.
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      Murder Charge
      39 2 NAIROBI. Sunday.— Patrick Grigmile Duff. 26, civil servant employed by the East African High Commission, was committed for trial yesterday on a charge of murdering his wife. Pamela, at their home m Nairobi on January 2. A.P.
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      Tornado Havoc
      35 2 CHICAGO. Sunday.—Tornadoes that whipped into six Southern and Mid-Western American states left at least 26 known dead last night. Nearly 140 persons were injured and property damage ran Into miUioos of dollars.— AJ.
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      604 2 NOTICES DUNLOP RUBBER PURCHASING CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Singapore) Registered Office: S.H.B. Godown 750, Keppel Road. FOR admir.wtrative reasons, tbe above Company has been formed to take ovt, as from 1st April 1048, the business of The Rubber Purchasing Department of The Dunlop Rubber Co. (Malaya) Ltd. NOTICE. Y.M.C.A. RESTAURANT
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    RED H.Q.s CLOSED IN BENGAL Extra Police For Calcutta
    556 3 RED H.Q.s CLOSED IN BENGAL Extra Police For Calcutta CALCUTTA, Sunday. DOLICE patrols were strengthened m Calcutta yesterday as Communist offices throughout West Bengal were being sealed up following the provincial Government's ban on the Communist Party of India. As a further precautionary measure, assemblies of more than five persons
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    42 3 Top: The garlanded urn containing Mahatma Gandhi's ashes after it was landed from the special plane at the Pengkalan Chepa aerodrome, Kota Bharu, last Monday; and Saturday's ceremony of the immersion of the Mahatma's ashes in Singapore Harbour. Stcy on page 1.
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    To Speed Up War Claims
    286 3 To Speed Up War Claims From Our Own Correspondent BANGKOK, Sunday. QETTLEMENT of war 1 »J claims by Allied na- tionals against the Siamese Government is to be speeded up. This matter and also cer- tain proposals for settlement made by the former Thamrong Government were re- cently discussed in
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    NEW KOREA MOVE
    55 3 SEOUL. Sunday. High American officials said yesterdav that Korean rightists were welcome to go to Russia.. -occupied North Korea to eoefer on a Sovlet-spon»ored government plan. Broadcasts from Pyongyang, Soviet occupation headquarters, yesterday invited Kim Koo and others to a meeting of the North Kon an Peoples
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    33 3 1.t.-Col. Chapman. liirf Welfare Officer and the Yen. Narada Thera. Buddhist chaplain to the Royal Pioneer Forces, discussing matters concerning the C'eylonese troops and their welfare at the Buddhist Temple, Outram Road. Singapore.
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    FUNERAL OF MR. HUNTER
    257 3 The funeral of the late Mr. i A. H. Hunter, who was killed as the result of a car accident last Saturday night, took place at Bidadari Cemetery yesterday morning. Many friends and business colleagues artondrd. The Rev. Father Bonamy of the Cathedral of the Good
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    U.K. COTTON SWITCH
    66 3 LONDON. Sunday.— British cotton spinners will be allowed to substitute American and other cheaper types of raw cotton for Egyptian cotton because of the increased prices for Egyptian types announced last week by the Raw Cotton Commission. The Commission said the increases had been made to bring
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    Chiang On His "Worst Blunder"
    378 3 NANKING. Sunday. pENERALISSIMO Chi- ang Kai-shek told the People's Political Council today that "my worst blunder was my tolerance i of China's Commun during the war of resis- tance." Speaking at the Anal meeting of the Council, which is an advisory group to the rnment.
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    19 Die As Plane Hits Mountainside
    188 3 NEW DE> HI, SuniUy. ■NINETEEN people were killed 3 ei-lay when an Indian National Airways plane Clashed into the side of a mountain m Corsica. A rescue party from Venaco reached the scene of the crash last night and found the bodies lying in
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    3-1 Majority Expected For Aid Bill
    155 3 3-1 Majority Expected For Aid Bill WASHINGTON, Sunday. HOUSE of Representatives leaders expect to have the US $6,205,000,000 China-E urope Foreign Aid Bill passed through the House this week by at least a three to one vote. They are so confident that the Speaker (Mr. Martin) said the leadership Is
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    60 3 NEW DELHI, Sunday.— India tonight announced the appointment of Sirdar K. M. Panikkar. former Prime Minister of Bikaner State and a member of the Indian Constituent Assembly, as Ambassador to China. Panikkar, one of India's foremost scholars, a former Secretary to the Chancellor of the Chamber of Princes and former
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Mon., Mar. 29, 1948 WOT, ANOTHER EXPERT!
    1024 4 The Straits Times Singapore, Mon., Mar. 29, 1948 WOT, ANOTHER EXPERT! Last week Eh". G. F. Clay, Agricultural Adviser to the Colonial Office, arrived m Singapore from London and left the next day for North 3orneo and Sarawak. The latter colony is too accustomed to paternal rule to ask questions
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    A MUNICIPAL ORCHESTRA
    172 4 IN the Radio Malaya programme called "Forum of the Air" recently, the discussion group agreed that Singapore was "not lacking in culture." Music as a form of culture, however, was not considered urtll the attention of the speakers was drawn to it by the Chairman. This seems
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    7 4 100,000 ACRES OF PADI IN NORTH BORNEO.
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      Malayan Soil And Sunshine: Hopeful Signs
      364 4 Fis most refreshing in a consideration of such a serious topic as the government and the governed that one should think also of flowers in connection with it, and the choice of an English rose, beautiful both in sound and sense, by "Anak Maiaya"
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      A WARNING!
      71 4 f\N behalf of the boys of a certain secondary school, I wish to make you wise to the fact that for the next two weeks we intend studying your editorials during our English lessons and we hope to improve our English by this means. We would consider it
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      TELOK KURAU VOTERS
      328 4 MR. LAYCOCK'S letter of last Wednesday was a masterpiece of irrelevance. Neither "A Voter" (March 18) nor your editorial (March 20) nor my reply (March 22) even mentioned the Progressive Party m this connection, let alone suggest that the Progressive Party emblem was the rose. If your
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      STRATEGY OR COINCIDENCE?
      81 4 MAY I inquire whether the announcement of the immediate advance ol 80 per cent of one month's salary towards a retrospective increase to all Govern ment servants in receipt of salaries up to $400 per month on the eve of Polling Day was just a coincidence, or
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      THE DUTY OF PRESIDING OFFICERS
      439 4 pREAT praise is due U VJ all those voters who went to the polls on SaU urday. The first Singapore election proved a great success. Voting was most orderly. The fact that tfoere were so many spoilt votes proves that the voters were not quite
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    SINGAPORE'S FIRST PORT CHAPLAIN
    176 4 SINGAPORE'S FIRST PORT CHAPLAIN J SHOULD like to mention, as a point of accuracy, that the Rev. R. J Lloyd is not the first Port Chaplain to arrive in Singapore since the libera tion, as mentioned in the Straits Times of last Thursday. Rev. J. R. Fox. M.C.. who was
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    How We Honour Our Dead
    194 4 How We Honour Our Dead I AM one of those who spend their breath n railing at the surfeit of State superintendence from which this world id dying. But there aie places nevertheless where we feel justified still m calling upon the Government to act. As governments step farther out
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    ENGLISH IN KELANTAN
    142 4 AS 1 am interested m education, I would like to say something about English education m Kelantan. There are or.ly two Government English schools here one, for boys and one for girls, but the number of children who wish to be admitted are twice the number of
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    Commission Proposed
    123 5 From Our Staff Correspondent. Kl IIMPIK, Sunday. A PROPOSAL for the creation of a Public Services Commission for the Federation of Malaya will be moved by Mr. K. E. C Thuraisingham in the Federal Legislative Council, when it meets on Tuesday. March 30. The demand for a Public
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    Debts Bill Attacked By Chamber
    200 5 Debts Bill Attacked By Chamber KUALA LUMPUR Sun. rHE Selangor Chinese Chamber of Commerce alleges that the Debtor and Creditor (Occupation Period) Bill "tends to lay too much emphasis on the interests of the creditors," in a memorandum to the Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce of Malaya. The committee of
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    BISHOP FLIES THIS WEEK?
    92 5 yUE Bishop of Singapore, 'the Right Reverend J. L. Wilson) will probably leave by air for Britain on Friday. The Bishop will attend the Lambeth Conference, and then go to Amsterdam for the World Council of Churches and the International Missionary Council which will be held
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    EASTER WEEK-END ROAD TOLL 5 Lives Lost, 36 Accidents
    317 5 THERE were 36 road accidents m Singapore during the Easter week-end. In two crashes, five people were killed. Three Europeans were killed and four others were injured when their station-wagon crashed into a tree near the Dunearn Road-Adam Road junction, Singapore,
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    52 5 PROUD GURKHA: Twenty-four-year-old Bugle Major Lilbahadur Rana uf the 1 2nd Kin? Edward's Own Goorkha Rifles m camp at Nee Soon, Singapore, seen with his wife, Damanti and his baby daughters, Durga, on the left, and Kesari. Bugle Major Lilbahadur served m the Western Desert and m Italy. A Straits
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    LAYCOCK AND HONOURS
    147 5 In a letter of thanks to the electors of the Municipal North East (Katongi Division, Mr. John Laycock says: "Now that I am a member for this constituency, I do not only represent those voters who voted for me but also those who voted against me. "No
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    Arrival Of 15 Malay Deportees
    174 5 FIFTEEN Malay seamen L deported from Sydney under Australian immigration regulations arrived m Singapore yesterday on the troopship- Dilwara. They are the second group of Malays to have been deported from Australia this year. Two of the men who arrived yesterday had previously escaped fcom
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    44 5 MRS. Joan Grant, who ran Singapore's Little Theatre, sailed for the United Kingdom on Saturday on the P. and O. Strathnaver, with her three children. Her husband, Col. Grant, whe is remaining in Singapore, will run the Little Theatre until a successor is found.
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    Singapore Diary
    49 5 TODAY Union Jack Club. North Bridge Rcfcd. W.v.a. Farewell Dance, 8 p.m. TOMORROW: Singapore Boxing Association, annual general meeting. Happy World Boxir.fr Stadium, 5 30 p.m. Ys Men's Club dinner meeting 8 p.m. at Y.M.C.A. Mr. T. P P McNeice will speak on 'Impressions of EiiRland Today."
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    28 5 District Governor T. H. Stone speaking at the Rotary dinner last Saturday, when the annual conference of District 80 of Rotary International was opened m Singapore. Orient picture.
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    Health Needs In Malaya
    189 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. IT was a matter of urgency and impor--tance in the public health of Malaya to solve the relationship between nutrition and economics, declared Dr. J. A. Strahan, president of the British Medical Association (Malaya branch) at the annual meeting on Friday. The health
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    Teachers' Pay Demand
    243 5 "LITE demand a respectable f? basic salary for teachers holding accepted standards," the president of the Malayan Teachers' Union (Mr. Lionel Van Geyzel) said on Saturday morning. He was addressing the first annual general meeting of *he Simapore Teachers' Union. Mr. Van Geyzel said the sa-\-x\\ Miould
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    Canon Adams Appeals For Youth Workers
    593 5 T»HE Rev. Canon R. K. S. Adams, Principal of St. Andrew's School, Singapore, on Saturday appealed for more youth centres, more camp sites, hostels, boys' clubs, settlements, more qualified teachers and more pay for teachers. He was SDeakin? at the i I first post-war
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    EXPATRIATION PAY MOTION
    111 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. The acceptance, "In principle," of the "expatriation pay" recommended in the Trusted Commission report will form part of a resolution to be moved by the Chief Secretary of the Federation (Mr. A. T. Newboult) when the Legislative Council meets on Tuesday, March 30. The
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  • Malayan Round-up
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      More Dentists For Schools Urged
      123 5 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Sunday. rpHE new president of the Malayan i>ental Association (Mr. Ong Kee Yearn) urged yesterday that dental service in schools must be thoroughly reorganised. He was addressing the annual general meeting of the Association held at the General Hospital. Referring
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      Good Month
      71 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Sunday.— The blackmarket prices of rice In Kedah have been considerably reduced this month as the result of a good padi harvest in February. Last month 69,000 acres were reaped under ideal weather conditions in Kedah. In the baling district, the blackmarket price of padi is
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      Buddha Stamp
      105 5 CINGAPORE Buddhists have forwarded a resolution to the Government of India disapproving of the Buddha stamp issued by the Government of India. The resolution, proposed by the president of the Singapore Buddhist Association (Mr. William Sena) and seconded by the president of the Singapore Buddhist Union (Mr. Sew
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      Golf Lover
      85 5 IfUALA LUMPUR. Sunday.— Awang bi.i Hashim cad-die-master of the Selangor Golf Club has completed 30 years' service with th Cluo. At c,o. he. is still m Harness, but feels he is not luwiig enough to play the game which he loves so well and to which he has
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      T.B. Film
      67 5 THE hcxi. secretary of th3 Singapore Harbour Board Boys' Club (Mr. Choo TCck Poh) reports that a crowd vt nearly a thousand sp ctatnr.s were present to see a film on tuberculosis given by courtesy of the Public Relations Office, Singapore, on Thursday night at the S.H.B Boys'
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    Malayan Share Review
    629 6 From A Market Correspondent nUSINESS on the Malayan share markets was written m satisfactory volume t) last week despite the Easter slackening, but on steady markets there was little variation m quotation. In Tins, Petaling were again outstanding. Heavy arrivals of scrip with further London selling coincided
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    EAST ASIATIC DIV.
    56 6 A 10 per cent dividend is recommended m the 51st Annual Report of the East Asiatic company, issued from Copenhagen. A profit of Kr. 20,488,066 for 1947 was declared. The company's shipping fleet was expanded, and good business was reported from Singapore and Penan)? branches and from
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    U.S. Treasury Profits From Banks
    34 6 WASHINGTON. Sunday.— Ths United States Treasury has announced that it made a profit of U.S. $23,000,000 m guaranteeing loans of private banks to finance war production contractors. A. P.
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    EXPLOITING BANKA TIN
    99 6 rC Metal Bulletin correspondent in Holland says the Bllllton MaaUchappU and tlie NJLI. Government hart come to an agreement concerning exploitation of the tin mines on Banka Island. The Bllliton MiJ. Is expected to exploit these tin mines for th» next five yean. It Is intended that
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    ACTIVE TRADING IN SINGAPORE RUBBER
    189 6 THE firmer tendency which developed m the rubber market towards the end of last week was further accentuated by the la»"Be apparent decrease In production during February. The improvement, however, coincided with a certain amount of liquidation of stocks before the holidays "Hiis, says Lewis
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    AMERICAN BUSINESS
    369 6 NEW YORK, Sunday. 4 MERICAN business and 1dJm. dustry, already nervous over the coal miners' walk-out, had their ears assailed by war alarms last week. Government officials lashed at Congress with everything but th» precise date of another war in an effort to drive home the idea that
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    MINSTREL BOY TO WIN AT IPOH
    535 7 Second Day Of Easter Meeting From EPSOM JEEP IPOH, Sunday. THAT brilliant little sprinter, Minstrel Boy, is 1 in top form and, despite his welter burden, he will be very hard to beat over the straight course at Ipoh tomorrow, the second day of
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    4 Straight Winners
    51 7 rE Straits Times racing correspondent, "Epsom Jeep," tipped four straight winners and eight places in Saturday's Ipoh races. The winners were Princess Nuffield ($16), Foretold ($10), Smiling Through ($9) and No Regrets ($7). These included his three best bets for the day No Regrets, Smiling Through and
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    England 183 For 5 Wkts.
    183 7 KINGSTON, JAMAICA, Sunday. pN GLAND have done badly on the first day of the final Test match with the West Indies, for a score of 183 for the loss of five wickets was not good after the opening stand had produced 129. Once that partnership
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    TENNIS TEAM ANNOUNCED
    87 7 NEW YORK, Sunday.— America's v.<ightman Cup team for the women's annual lawn tennis encounter against Grea: Britain at Wimbledon on June 11 and 12 was announced yesterday as follows: Mis6 Louis Brough. Mrs. Margaret O.sbom e Dupont, Miss Doris Hart and Mrs. Patricia Todd with Mrs. Mabel
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    TENNIS TITLE TO MRS. SUMMERS
    73 7 JOHANNESBURG, Sunday The remaining flnals m the South African lawn tennis championships, played yesterday, resulted as follows Women's single*: Mrs. Sheila c>unmers beat Mrs. Kay Menries of England 6-1, 6-4. Women*, doubles: Mrs Betty Hilton and Mr S Kay Menzies of England beat Mrs. aheila
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    INDO-CEYLONESE TOURNAMENT
    87 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday —The semi-finals in the men's open singles and men's open doubles were reached today at the Seventh All Malayan Indo-Ceylonese tennis tournament played at the T.P.C.A. courts. J. V. Chinniah won the veterans' singles event by beating Dr. S. S. Rajanayagam, who retired after losing
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    Straits Times Selections
    145 7 "EPSOM JEEP" ''TRESPASSER" "POINTER" RACK 1 IXADY K A LANG I. Eoftogism Gay Argfe TIN PLATE Lady Kalang Port Star GAY AGGIE Port Star Yoraa RACE 1. PRINCESS 1 NUFFIELD t. Gold Chain 3. Young Lucius PRINCESS NUFFIELD Gola Malaka Young Lucius PRINCESS NTJFFIELD Young Lucius Sky
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    Today's Acceptances
    759 7 ACCEPTANCES for today's Ipoh races are given below. The Double Totes will be on races three and four, and races six and seven. The Big Sweep will be drawn on race seven. No Regrets, who scored his fourth successive victory on Saturday, has been promoted to class 1.
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      134 7 RADIO MALAYA SPORE 9.30 am Dance Music; 10 00 Albert Sandier Orchestra: 10.30 Film Music 1 1 00 Close. 1 p.m. Dance Music; 1 30 News; 1.40 Light Music; 2.00 Military Band; 2.30 Hawaiian Music;* 3.00 Nothing But Music; 4.00 Variety Programme by Negro Artist; 4.30 Dance Music; 5.0 Sports
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      117 7 BBC 7.45 Music For You Geraldo Concert Orchestra; 8.30 New«: 40 Home News From Britain8.45 British Music Miscellany 820 Easter Monday Sport including commentaries on Kempton Park Races. Queen's Prise, France t. England, from Paris, West Hum United v. Cardiff Oity; 11 30 News: 11.40 News Analysis; 1K45 Scienc* Review;
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      118 7 in a programme by Beethoven: 11.30 News News Analysis; 11.45 Science Review. 12 Close SSAC a.m. Music; 8.45 Morning Star: 9 Here We are Again; 9.45 Sweet and Lovely; 10.15 Odds Ends; 10.45 Plain English; 11 Weekend Magazine; 11.30 Collector's Corner; 13 Week's Composer: 13.15 In Concert Style; 13.45 Yankee
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      134 7 Popular PiiiKo Classics recital by Gieseking; 11.15 Waltz Time; 11.30 Oloee. 4 p.m. Andre Kostelanetz Orchestra; 4.30 Australian News; 4.40 To Town on Two Pianos Geraldo Sydney Bright; 4.40 Services Concert Hall; 5.00 Variety on Record; 5.15 Australian Industrial Scene; 5 30 Inviattion to Muaic; 5.30 Forces' Favourites; 5.50 Agricultural
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    EXCITING END TO K.L. CRICKET
    187 8 EXCITING END TO K.L. CRICKET Singapore Lose By 12 Runs From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. TN an exciting finish Selangor defeated Singa pore by 12 runs in their cricket match 01 the padang here today. Singapore were in sight of victory at oik stage, when they needed only
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    Clarke, Lauriston In Golf Final
    278 8 From Our Staff Correspondent Xl ALA LUMPUR, Sunday. y. C. CI\KKE. captain of the Selangor Golf Club, W" and K. S. Lauriston, of the Ipoh Golf Club are the finalists m the Malayan golf championship. The* play the final tomorrow morning. Clarke defeated R. JIsherwood,
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    SRC Beaten In Cricket
    152 8 T^HE St. Andrew's Old Boy's Association beat the Singapore Recreation Club by 21 runs in a cricket match played on the padang yesterday. The S.A.O.B.A. compiled 130 (Anchant 62. A. Wilson 30 not out. Collins three for 21, P'Almeida three for 38). The Recs replied with
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    SCOREBOARD
    223 8 Selangor Ist. Inns. 98 Singapore Ist. Inns. 88. SELANGOR—2nd. Inns. Lee Soon Wee b Kailasapathy 23 G. be Silva lbw b Pereira ..8 I. Ingleton b Kaiiasapathy 8 La 11 Singh lbw b Kiilaspathy 36 H. O. Bennett lb* b Pereira 0 Khoo Bin Kheng b KalUsapathy 8 C.
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    JOHORE TRIAL
    95 8 By way of a State soccer trial. Johore Bahru District opposed am eleven representing the rest of the Districts m the State on the Is tana padang on Friday, the match ending In a victory for the home team by five goals to nil. Johore Bahru led In
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    JOLLILADS WIN
    45 8 The Jollilads Athletic Union defeated the Changi combined civilian XI by three goals to one In a game of soccer played at Changi yesterday. Muniandy scored all three goals for his side, the first from a penalty. Awang replied for the Changi XI.
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    Record Lifts At Trials
    302 8 rVO British and threej Malayan records were, smashed at the Malayan Chinese wcightlifting trials held at the New World, Singapore, on Saturday for selecting representatives for the China naI games. In the banlamweight class Pook Hung cf Penang. lifting 196J lb.. broke the Briti.sn two-hand press
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    CHENG HWA BEAT EAGLE TEAM
    52 8 MVAR Sunday.—After beinj? one (foal down m the first half, the Cheng Hwa Club. Muar staged a brilliant recovery after the resumption and emerged worthy winners, by four froals to two, over the Easle Chinese football team of Singapore at soccer on the Muar Club
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    Ceylon's Bowlers Master Australian Batsmen
    377 8 COLOMBO, Sunday. STOPPING here for a one-day match with Ceylon on their way to England, the Australian cricket touring team scored 184 for seven wickets and then declared, and had taken two Ceylon wickets for 46 runs when rain brought the match to an end.
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    Sports Diary
    84 8 TODAY SOCCER: Malayan Chinese v. All-Malayan Malays, Jalan Besar stadium, 5.15 p.m.; S.A.F.A. League Div. II: R.A.F. Tengah v. Pulau Bukom S.C., S.R.C., 5.15 p.m.: Mansfield XI v. Sime Darby XI, Geylang stadium, 5.15 p.m. TABLE TENNIS: AllMalayan Chinese trials, Great World, 8 p.m. CRICKET: I. A. 1.
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    35 8 Yau Tee Hung:. Perak's No. 1 player, is doing well in the Malayan Chinese table tennis trials now in progress at Singapore. He beat Chua Kirn Hearn and Loh Kum Soon of Singapore on Saturday.
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    Best Aggregate By G. Valberg
    282 8 G. VALBERG returned the highest aggregate at the Singapore Rifle Association's Easter shoot held at the Nee Soon range during the weekend. The highlight of the twoday meeting, which was held under favourable weather conditions, was the "Sniper" competition, a novelty shoot introduced for the
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    Perak 71 All Out
    306 8 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Sunday. ONLY 45 minutes were sufficient to dismiss the rest of the Perak team when play was resumed this morning in their inter-State cricket match against Penang on the International Club ground. Penang had scored 44 for i one wicket in
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    S.C.C. CRICKET
    25 8 Cricket-playing members of the Singapore Cricket Club are Invited to turn up at the Club today at 11 a.m. for a home-and-home match.
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    £5,203 PROFIT
    21 8 £5,203 PROFIT LONDON. Sunday—Middlesex, last season's county cricket champions, made a profit of £5.203, the balance sheet of the Club discloses.—A.P.
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    2 Records Broken In Penang Trials
    389 8 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Sunday. TWO Malayan Chinese records were broken s*t the athletic trials concluded here this evening. In the putting-the-shot event yesterday Yeap Kooi Chew of Selangor registered a distance of 11.07 metres, smashing the 1937 record of 10.70 metres. The
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    OOI TEIK HOCK ENTERS SINGLES FINAL
    614 8 ■f Our Special Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. FOR the first time in eight years, Wong Peng Soon, the title holder, was eliminated from the Malayan singles championship when he lost to his most formidable rival, Ooi Teik Hock of Penang, in the best of
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    4 Goals In MCFA Trial
    184 8 PLLOWING yesterday's North v. South trial. the following soccer players were chosen to represent the Malayan Chinese against the AllMalayan Malays in today's match at the Jalan Besar stadium. Wong Kam Thor\g (Selangor): Choy Chooi Yool (Perak), Wong Kam Poh (Penang); Ng Kok Thong (Ncgri);
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    Race Hints
    32 8 Race Hin ts FINAL hints for toda.v's Ipoh races from Ike Straits Times racin? correspondent. "Epsom Jeep." will appear m today's Singapore Free Press. Review, card and selections appear m page seve.i.
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    Singapore Chinese Win Aquatics
    255 8 Singapore Chinese Win Aquatics From Our Stall Correspondent PENANG. Sunday. rHE Easter aquatic meet between the Singapore and Penang Chinese had an exciting finish at Tanjong Bungah this afternoon, when Singapore snatched victory by 46 points to 43 The issue was decided by tne water-polo match, which the visitors won
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