The Straits Times, 29 March 1950

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 1950. PRICE TEN CENTS.
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    COURT FREES THE HAI HSUAN
    339 1 Ship May Now Sail For Red China THE Singapore Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Murray-Aynsley, in the Supreme Court, yesterday set aside the writ issued on the acting master of the steamship Hai Hsuan, at the instance of the U.S. Consul-General, who claimed the ship on
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    Sarawak Message To Seretse
    102 1 Sarawak Message To Seretse LONDON. Tues. pEPRESENTATIVES of four Nationalist Sarawak organisations, which opposed the cession of the territory to the British Crown, have sent a message to Seretse Khama. exiled chief designate of the Bamangwato tribe, criticising Britain's "high-handed, unprincipled" handling of his case. Mr. Anthony Brooke today announced
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    FLEW RED FLAG AFTER ARRIVAL
    213 1 The Hat Hsuan reached Singapore In January and two days later hoisted the flag of Communist China. A month later the ship became front page news when a party of IS men led by an American, said to be representing the Nationalist Government of China,
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    ARMED AMBON TROOPS REBEL
    159 1 JAKARTA, Tuesday. A SKKIOUS armed rebellion by Indonesian troops Aof the Dutch Army on the island of Ambon, East Indonesia, was reported in Jakarta today. 1 The Commander-ln-Chief of the Netherlands forces has sent top-ranking military officers by air to Ambon to investigate. They were accompanied
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    Nine Hurt By Grenades In Saigon
    127 1 Nine Hurt By Grenades In Saigon bAItiUN. Tues. FIVE hand-grenade s thrown here last night wounded nine people. Vietnamese police earlier arrested 15 Vietnamese in a Saigon suburb and seized six land-mines. 17 grenades, minor arms and ammunition and Vletminh leaflets. Agitation which followed riots and arrests in Saigon on
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    SUICIDE INSTEAD OF RUSSIANS
    53 1 VANCOUVER. Tues. Two refugee students from North Korea, stowaways from the Canadian ship Lake Chilliwack told the Immigration authorities that if they were sent back, "we will die at sea rather than be shot by the Russians." They are Pong Che Yue, 21, and Yung Wan
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    DERAILED TRAIN CAPSIZES
    176 1 DERAILED TRAIN CAPSIZES RESTORED only a fortnight ago, the MentakabBahau railway line was tampered with again on Monday and the south-bound train derailed. Fish plates and dog spikes had been removed. There were no casualties. The derailment occurred between Kemayan and Ayer Hitam. and resulted in the engine and five
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    BALLET TANCERS DETAINED
    55 1 NEW YORK. Tues.— Yvette Chauvlre. star of the ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, and her husband were taken to Ellis Island. American immigration detention centre, on arrival today. They have come for the opening of the ballet season at the Metropolitan Opera House. Her husband Is Constantine
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    'QUAKE REPORT
    31 1 POONA. Tues.— An earthquake shock of moderate Intensity with epicentre to the west of Cape Navarin in Russia was recorded last night by seismographs of the Poona Meteorological Office.—Reuter.
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    Spender Calls For Early Jap Treaty
    184 1 MANILA, Tuesday. THE Australian External Affairs Minister, Mr. Percy Spender, urged today that a Japanese peace treaty be signed this year. Mr. Spender, climaxing hii four-Hay goodwill visit to the Philippines, told a press conference that he was "more concerned" about a treaty conference
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    Q.S. ENVOY KILLED IN PLANE CRASH
    33 1 OTTAWA. Tues.— A United States Embassy plane, carrying the Ambassador, Mr. Lawrence Steinhardt, to Washington, crashed near Ottawa today, and all persons aboard were reported killed.— Reuter.
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    GEORGE MEDAL FOR SELETAR M.O.
    231 1 GEORGE MEDAL FOR SELET AR M.O. THE George Medal has been awarded to Squadron Leader Robert Ellis Wolley, Senior Medical Officer of Seletar RAF Station, in recognition of his courage, skill and determination when a Sunderland flying boat crashed in shallow water in the Johore Straits in November last year.
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    'Send Griffiths To Malaya'
    314 1 M.P. CALLS FOR GOVT. ACTION LONDON, Tuesday. A CONSERVATIVE Member of Parliament, Air Commodore Arthur Vere Harvey, is to ask the Prime Minister if "in view of the disturbed situation in Malaya" he will send the Colonial Secretary, Mr. James Griffiths, to visit that area at
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    45 1 ALONE but "not afraid," 12-year-old Michelle Lee, a Singapore schoolgirl, left by X.L.M. Constellation yesterday for Amsterdam. Michelle, who will join her parents in Amsterdam, will study music in Holland. She will see her father for the first time in eight years. Straits Times picture.
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    U.S. MISSION FOR BANGKOK
    57 1 1 BANGKOK. Tues. The Seven-man *U.S .mission investigating President Truman's Point Four programme which is touring South-East Asia, is scheduled to arrive here in the first week of April and will spend about a week conferring with technical experts and Government authjoritles. The mission is headed
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    ROYAL VISIT
    37 1 LONDON. Tues.— Princess Elizabeth left London by air today for Malta where she will remain for about a month with her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, who is First Lieutenant on the destroyer Chequers.— A.P.
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    Late News
    65 1 LONDON. Tues. The Prime Minister. Mr. Clement Attlee, today reaffirmed in Parliament that Britain's policy towards Malaya was one of "steady democratic progress towards self-gov-ernment within the Commonwealth." Mr. Attlee said: "We shall not be diverted from that policy and have no intention of relinquishing our responsibilities in
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    INDIA AND PAKISTAN TO TALK PEACE
    341 1 INDIA AND PAKISTAN TO TALK PEACE CALCUTTA, Tuesday. fHE Prime Minister of Pakistan, Liaquat Ali Khan, announced in Parliament in Karachi today that he will meet the Indian Prime Minister, Pandit Nehru, in Delhi to find "a speedy solution" to the riots in East and West Bengal which have disturbed
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    ONE-DAY FRENCH DOCK STRIKE
    69 1 PARIS. Tues. APART from Marseilles and Cherbourg, all French ports are tied up by a dockers' strike ordered by the Communist-led General Confederation of Labour. At Marseilles, where the arrest of union officials after a riot last week precipitated the strike, most of the 4.000 dockers
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    Red Report On 'Bandits'
    125 1 HONG KONG, Tues. GENERAL Lin Piao, Red *> Commander-in-Chief In Central South China, has reported that there are 150.000 Nationalist "bandits" In his administrative area, which embraces six provinces. In a report to the Central South China Military and Political Affairs Commission, General Lin Plao stated
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    Leopold Crisis Upsets Atlantic Arms Pact
    216 2 Leopold Crisis Upsets Atlantic Arms Pact BRUSSELS, Tues. OELGIUM'S prolonged crisis over King Leopold's possible return to his throne has thrown the North Atlantic Pact —a matter of urgent importance to the rest of the free world out of gear All signs point to a dissolution of Parliament and new
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    VOTING ON JERUSALEM
    80 2 GENEVA, Tue3. The Council yesterday completed its second reading of the 1948 Statute for the Internationalisation of Jerusalem The third and final reading, with an article by article vote, is expected tomorrow Israel and Jordan representatives have strongly opposed the Statute, which the General Assembly ordered the
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    SHIP WITH TNT ABLAZE
    70 2 BALBOA, Tues— With fire raging under 4,250 cases of dynamite, the 8,297-ton U. S. freighter. Santa Rita, is heading for Balboa at her maximum speed of 17 knots, says a message radioed from the ship 200 miles away yesterday. The ship carries a crew of 52
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    PRINCESS SAYS YOUTH NOT LAZY
    94 2 LONDON. Tuesday. PRINCESS Elizabeth, who Is 23, said today that It is not true the younger generation is lazier than its predecessors. "It is inspiring to know that so many of oar young men and women of today are giving the lie to the reproach
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    EASTER BONNET
    38 2 EASTER BONNET UNIQUE in London'! Easter Parade will be this new bonnet designed by Lady Newborough. A gay rabbit, a chick, and a bunch of violets decorate the brown straw hat, edged with dark brown grosgrain.— Reuter photo.
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      She Found His Kiss Shocking
      223 2 A YOUNG Australian found that kissing his girl- friend in Sydney last night was a shocking business. Mr. Ronald Wade-Ferrell, standing at the front door with her, clinched in a soulfull goodnight kiss. She said she tingled all over liked it, so Ronald kissed her
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    WALKOUT NO. 16 BY SOVIET
    174 2 WALKOUT NO. 16 BY SOVIET LAKE SUCCESS, fuel ■RUSSIA extended Us boycott of United Nations organisations by* walking out of the Commission <<n Human Rights and the Transportation Commission over the Chinese repre;;en'ation Issue. The Soviet proposal fin exclusion of the niiiimw rlalegate was ruled out of order by the
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    BURMA ADVANCE
    31 2 RANGOON, Tues. Burmese Government troops, making a two-pronged advance against insurgents In Central Burma, are expected to link forces in a few days near Pyinmana, a Communist stronghold. Reuter.
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    U.S. MOVE TO AID ANTI-RED COUNTRIES
    259 3 U.S. MOVE TO AID ANTI-RED COUNTRIES GovL Urged To Begin Survey WASHINGTON, Tuesday. gENATOR Robert Taft yesterday joined Senator Arthur Vandenberg, leading Republican foreign policy expert, in urging a non-partisan survey to find out what aid should go to antiCommunist countries when Marshall Aid ends in 1952. Senator Taft said
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    U.K. WILL HALVE $ DEFICIT IN 1950
    133 3 U.K. WILL HALVE DEFICIT IN 1950 LONDON, Tues. THt British Treasury's Fconomic Survey for ly^U, published today, foreshadows a stern budrH for Britain next month because Britain Biffin In cut the Sterling Ar\i.<- gold and dollar f! iiit by half, from Si M 2.000.000 last yea r to $7<*s nnn.noo
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    ROUBLERATE PROTESTS
    64 3 BRjI'AIN will follow the f'nitPd States in its protest lo Russia asaiivst the Soviot Government's decision to drop the soerlal rouble exchange rate for diplomatic mlsHons in ttntetm a British Por»f«n Office spokesman s; i:j f n London last nicht. ri > special diolnmatie rate eavp (he British
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    SERETSE CASE IN DEBATE
    178 3 SERETSE CASE IN DEBATE LONDON. Tues. TUIE House of Commons will A debate the case of Seretse Khama, claimant to the Bamangwato chieftainship, tomorrow but the British Government's conduct of the negotiators with seretse will not be questioned The debate in Parliament will be raised by Mr. Roderic Bowen, one
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    U.S. QUERY ON H.K. PLANES
    99 3 WASHINGTON, Tues. A FULL report on a Hong Kong court's release to the Chinese Communists of 71 American-built transport planes was call' ed for yesterday by a U.S. Senate ippropriuMons Sub-Committee. A British tour; in Hong Kong had ruled that the Chinese Communists were the
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    THIS DRYER ENTERTAINS AS WELL
    59 3 A GERMAN FIRM has developed a hair drying hood with built-in loudspeaker which can be connected to any radio receiver. The drying hood, made of plexl-glass is also said to apply a novel "whirlwind" drying method. The hair is raised by the suction of a
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    FREIGHTER SINKS
    27 3 HAMBURG, Tues.— The 750ton Panama freighter La Rosa sank in Hamburg harbour early today after catchIng fire, shipping circles reported. No casualties were reported.— A.P
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    SENATE BLAST AT ROSSELLINI
    123 3 WASHINGTON. Tu^s. CENATOR Edwin 'ofrison said last night tbar the Italian film director Roberto Rtjssellini, was an "Infamous Nazi collaborator," who is "inspired by cocaine." Mr. Johnson made the accusation in the Senate. He said that Rosseilini associated with a "international gang of dope smugglers,' who
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    CADETS PARADE
    52 3 CADETS OF ST. CYR, famed Training College for French Army combat officers, were the guests of the Paris Polytechnic— training centre for Technical Officers at a ceremony recently. Highlight of the function was a parade by cadets of the combined colleges. St. Cyr Cadets are at left. A
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    Govt. Forces Armistice In Australian Strikes
    204 3 MELBOURNE, Tuesday. A USTRALLVS Coalition Government, armed with new powers of imme- diate arrest against disorder and Communism, forced a two months armistice today in the national strike wave Tiade union leaders, at inter-state emergency talks here on the critical opening day of the
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    'MASTER SPY IN AMERICA'
    111 3 'MASTER SPY IN AMERICA WASHINGTON. Tues. "WRECKAGE" of American TT foreign policy indicates there is a "master spy" in the US Department who had b»er. aiding the world Communist movement. Republican Senator Styles Bridges s&id ve.svrsrday. Mr J Edgar Hoover. P. 8.1, director, told Senators that the bureau's work would
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    NO RED SPY HUNT IN U.K.
    155 3 NO RED SPY HUNT IN U.K. LONDON. Tues. THE Prime Minister, Mr. Clement Attlee, has rejected the lb>a of a rtoyal Commission to probe Communist spying in Britain in 1946. Sir Waldron Smithers (Cons) urged this in the House of Commons because of facts that emerged from the trial of
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    Gunman Sings On Way To Scaffold
    223 3 LIVERPOOL, Tuesday. PEORGE Kelly, a small time gangster who proy moted himself gunman on Britain's toughest waterfront here, went to the gallows at dawn today singing his mother's favourite tune, "I Love the I Sunshine and the Roses." Last night his family came to
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    INQUIRY INTO AIR CRASH
    91 3 THE HAGJE Tues. The Dutch Aviation Council yesterday held a public inquiry into the crash of the X.L.M. (Royal Dutch Airlines) Constellation near Bombay last July in whicn 45 people lost their lives. Among the victims were 33 of America's top newspaper correspondents, An Indian Government
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    FUNERAL PYRE FOR SIAM KING PREPARED
    246 3 FUNERAL PYRE FOR SIAM KING PREP A RED BANGKOK, Tuesday. 'JHE towering pyre for the cremation of the former Siamese King" Ananda was capped yesterday with a nine-tiered umbrella. King Phumiphon Aduldet, 22-year-old brother of the late Ananda Mahidol, raised the ceremonial parasol on top of the pyre that will
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    Czechs Had Enough Of Communism
    118 3 ERDING, Germany. Tues. fWO Czech airline pilots who fought with the R.A.F. in the war said that they organised last Friday's aerial escape of 26 anti-Com-munists from Czechoslovakia with only 24 hours advance planning. "We wanted to get out because we had had a bellyful
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    U.S. DEBUT
    26 3 HOLLYWOOD, Tues.—English actress Kathleen Ryan signed a contract today to make her American movie debut. Miss Ryan's bipjest British hit was "Odd Man Out."-.U.P.
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    UNDECIDED
    40 3 QUEBEC, Tues.— Uerar Levesque, defence counsel fc Albert Quay, Canadian ewp] ler sentenced to death ft the murder of his wife la: September, on Monday rienie that a decision hod bre made concerning an an against the sentence.- A.P.
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    DRESSERS PRACTISE AS DOCTORS
    240 4 DRESSERS PRACTISE AS DOCTORS okpoRTS that dressers in Johore were being Poisons Licences Mid allowed to set up in ■rafttcc have been reprrod to the Principal a I Officer, Johore.; fcyfl the annual review f the Malaya branch of hi British Medical Assort.r ion. just published. The irvii-.v says that
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    NEW O.C. FOR 1st MALAYS
    52 4 F'o.n Our Own Correspondent TAIrINO. Tues -Lt. Col S 'iriffltha is the new Oflice:- <'<>. invaliding tlie 'st BaltaI'ori Malay Regiment in place nl I Col. G 1 D.maro, who urr.od 1c Turope to Co ii. 'land his own Regiment. Ti: j.,: Malay Regiment is
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    GIRL 'BURNED WITH HOT IRON' Prison Term For Aunt
    284 4 GIRL 'BURNED WITH HOT IRON' Prison Term For Aunt THE story wrs told in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday of how a 15-year-old Cantonese girl was brought from Kuala Lumpur by her aunt on the pretext of finding work, but was beaten and burned with hot irons to force
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    Rail Washouts Delay Trains
    64 4 From Our staff Correspondent KVALA LUMPUR, Tues. JJEAVY rain yesterday afternoon caused viinor washouts in the railway track at two places between Kajang and Sepw.ig Road. The day mail train from Singapore had to be held at Sepang Road until repairs were made. Departure of the
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    School For Chiefs ?
    63 4 School For Chiefs From Our Own Correspondent KUALA TRENGGANU Tues.— Some village chiefs in Trengganu are still -.lliterate and are hindering 3overnment efforts to improve conditions, Inche Wan Mohamed Nor. Welfare Officer of the Malay Youth Union of Trengganu. told the union at Kuala Trengganu. The union decided to request
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    Boat Was Too Long
    44 4 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BARU, Tues.— Toh Ah Sam was fined $40 in the Police Court today for being in possession of a koleh exceeding 15 feet in length without a licence. An order for its confiscation was made.
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    Elections 'Simply Tremendous'
    218 4 Elections 'Simply Tremendous' "CIMPLY tremendous" said the three Malayans of the general election in Britain last month when they arrived at Kallang Airport yesterday. "The interest shown by the British people in the election is an eye-opener to all of us in Malaya," said Inche Osman bin Taib of Perak,
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    SIR FRANKLIN RETURNS APRIL 4
    42 4 QOVERNOR of Singapore, Sir Franklin Gimson, will return to Singapore in the P and O Carthage from England on Apr. 4. Sir Franklin left Singapore for England in November, last vc.ir. and snrnt his lraw in Yorkshire
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    FLYING SQUAD IN SELADANG HUNT
    162 4 Two Cored To Death From Our Staff Correspondent SEREMBAN, Tuesday. A POLICE "flying squad" has joined 100 Malays in the hunt for a seladang which has killed two people a woman and a soldier 15 miles from Seremban. The seladang, a Malayan wild ox, Is
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    Bodies Of Airmen Recovered
    80 4 Bodies Of Airmen Recovered THE bodies of Fl./Lt. H J. 1 Kearney and Aircraftman J. J. Gillett were recovered yesterday morning from the wreckage of an R_A.F. Sunderland flying boat, which sank in the Straits of Johore on Sunday as the result of an explcsion. The funeral of this officer
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    1,000-Mile P.R. Tour
    90 4 From Our Staff Correspondent THE Public Relations mobile public address and cinema unit has just completed a 26-day railway tour during which it travelled nearly 1,000 miles, from as far south as Johore Bahru to Padang Besar in the north. A special coach was provided by the
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    East-West Society
    54 4 Officers for Singapore's EastWest Society elected at the annual meeting on Thursday were: President, Professor R. E. Holttum; vice-president, Mr. G. P. E. Ed- ward; joint secretaries, Mr. James Sinclair (re-elected), and Mr. Khoo Kirn Eng; treasurer, Mr. S. Markandu. Committee: Messrs. V. W. Frampton. P. S. Raman
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    Lorry Driver Fined
    54 4 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. Ong Tuck Tay, a lorry driver, was fined $100 today in the Police Court on a charge of pulling out on the wrong side of the road when towing another lorry. He collided with another lorry which overturned as a
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    TENNIS WIFE ENJOYS HUSBAND'S DEFEATS
    138 4 yERONICA Brown, 21-year-old wife of Australian tennis star, Geoff Brown, never worries when she watches him play in championship tournaments. She almost enjoys the occasions when he loses. "We usually go out and celebrate. We've had some of our best times after Geoff has lost,"
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    PIONEER DIES
    23 4 From Our Own Correspondent TAIPINQ, Tues.— Mr. Ong Tong, 71-year-old pioneer Chinese business man In this district, has died in Kamunting.
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    No Offence Says Magistrate
    59 4 From Oar Own Correspondent SEGAMAT, Tues. REMARKING that she had committed no offence, inche Abdul "Hamld, President of the Segamat Sessions Court, yesterday discharged 59-year-old Minah binte Sangsang on a charge of failing to notify a change of addrett. "I travel about between Singapore ajid Segamat
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    EXTRA FEW DAYS' FOR THE MONTH
    268 4 EXTRA FEW DAYS FOR THE MONTH Stayed To Cheer* From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. fHE critics who scoffed at Anti-Bandit Month had, to a considerable extent, stayed to cheer, the Selangor State Organiser, Mr. (J. \Y. Somerville, told the Straits Times today in a review. The Month should
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    IPOH GROUP FOES POLICE DUTIES
    77 4 From Our StalT orrrs|«>'i<i> m KU.^A LUMPUR. ANE oroup of auxiliary police volunteers, formed to assist in normal police duties in Ipoh, has done ov. 1,200 fo-ir-h r duties each week. The men in this group are rel; virg regular r as static guards at
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    Hostel For Ipoh YMCA
    107 4 From Onr Staff Correspondent IPOH. Tues. WORK on the 18-ro.rn hotel for the Ip;>h V.M.C.A. is expected to start ■within two months and construction of a sports pavilion at Anderson Road is planned. it was announced at the annual meeting of the association. Mr F. G
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    COLLIDED WITH CYCLIST, FINED
    33 4 From OV uwn uorresponacin MUAR, TU2S. Mohamed bin Omar was fined $30 at Muar for driving his truck and colliding with a cyclist at Jalan Paya Mas in Tangkak.
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    WAITRESS SHOT
    41 4 From Onr Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. LJmah binte Awang Kechil, a waitress at the Kota Bharu Amusement Park, was fatally shot In her bedroom yesterday morning. The police report I states that she was visited by a policeman.
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    STORE ASSN. OPPOSES CONTROL OF IMPORTS BILL
    551 5 STORE ASSN. OPPOSES CONTROL OF IMPORTS BILL THE Colony's Control of Imports and Exports Bill is the type of legislation "to which the strongest objection is taken", says the Singapore Association in a memorandum submitted to the Government. Under the provisions of Section 4 of the Bill, far-reaching orders may
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    O.A.G. To Open Flower Show
    333 5 RARE BLOOM THE OHicer Administering the Government, Sir Patrick McKerron, will open this year's Singapore Flower Show at the Happy World amusement park at 6 p.m. on Friday. This is Singapore Gardening Society's second oostwar show. More than 2,000 individual exhibits will be on display.
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    Brigadier's Wife Tells Of Crash
    183 5 Brigadier's Wife Tells Of Crash From Our Stall Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. S L.iiov Hedlcy, wile <<t ill Brigadier R. C. O. y, gave evidence in the Police Court on Sunday when Ali Hassan. a senior technical assistant of the P.W.D. Johore Bahru, was rharged with driving his car without
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    HAD TODDY: FINED $50
    73 5 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Tues.— For illegal possession of four galldns of toddy at Masai, Valiiappan was fined $50 in the Police Court today. He claimed trial to a charge of failing to produce his identity card for Inspection. He said that when he
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    6 WEEKS' GAOL FOR RUBBER
    50 5 From Our Own Correspondent BENTONO, Tues. Convicted in the Bentong Court of failing to satisfy that he was in lawful possession of a gunny sack of lump rubber, Yon H tier labourer of Hph Yoong Kee Estate, Bentong. was sentenced to six weeks' rigorous Imprisonment.
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    TRIAL CLAIMED
    50 5 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. .inn Thean Chee was charged in the Police Court with removing a signboard. He was asked to show cause why he should not be bound over. Charged with him was his nephew. The parties claimed trial and the case was adjourned.
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    Singapore Diary
    120 5 BOOK EXHIBITION, British Cornell Hall. Stamford Road. 9 i.m to 5 pm. YJW.C.A., Orchard Road, combined staff meeting. 9 a.m.. chess club, 5 p.m., French and Malay classes. 5.30 p.m., art club, life model rirawine. 6 pm.. free educational film show, 8 p.m. V.W.C.A.. Raton* Seniors' busl- "«<=<:
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    INCREASE IN REVENUE
    65 5 From Our Staff Correspondent SEREMBAN, Tues. There was a increase In the revenue of the Seremban Town Board In 1949, according to the annual report. The total revenue collected last year was $438,150.14 compared with an estimate of $372,750. The main reason for the increase was higher
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    ACQUITTED OF HURT CHARGE
    56 5 from Our SUIT Correspondent PENANO. Tues.- After the Medical Superintendent of the Tanjong Rambutan Mental Hospital, Dr. M. Cocheme, had testified that the accused was of unsound mind when he committed the alleged act, an elderly Malay, Mohamed, was acquitted In the Penang Sessions Court of
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    BREAD: 16 Retain Price, 1 Cuts It
    272 5 BREAD: 16 Retain Price, 1 Cuts It THE Singapore Bakery Trad* Association, representative body of 16 Chinese-owned bakeries In the Colony, has not yet decided to reduce the price of bread because its members feel that flour is 'till not cheap enough, the president of the Association. Mr. Teo Wee
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    TWO OVERLOADED FINED $120
    40 5 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. Cheng Ah Bee, a lorry driver, was fined $73 In the Police Court toe' ay for overloading. Ong Sing Kow, of Singapore, was lned $50 for a similar offence.
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    "Pay Councillors For Entertaining"
    222 5 *Rom Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. MEMBERS of the Selangor State and Executive Councils should b e paid entertainment allowances of $50 and $100 a month respectively According to a recommendation by the standing committee appointed to report on the privileges which should be accorded
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    $14,500 ROBBERY —TWO HELD
    57 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. I7TALA Lumpur police yesIV terday arrested two men tn connection with a $14,500 daylight robbery at a warehouse in Sangef Besi Road on Sunday. The godown was being used by the Anglo-Thai Company. The goods were taken off in a lorry which had
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    PARTING WIFE SAYS HUSBAND STOLE CARD
    123 5 From Our SUB Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. tiHARGED with stealing his wife's Identity card when she was planning to leave him. Ng Tee Chow was remanded at Johore Bahru to April 28. The wife. Ang Oek Eng, told the Court today that after some
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    OFF TO EUROPE
    36 5 SAPTOHUDOYO, the 23-year-old Indonesian artist, is seen packing some of his paintings which he is taking with him to Europe. He leaves Singapore for Holland by the Napoll next week. Straits Times picture.
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    TUC Wants Friendship In Industry
    114 5 TUC Wants Friendship In Industry From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. THE hope that employers would co-operate with the new Trades Union Council and would curb any extremists among them was expressed by the president of the council, Mr. P P Narayanan, in a broadcast from Kuala Lumpur tonight.
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    PILLION CHARGE
    27 5 From Our Own Correspondent SEGAMAT, Tues. For taking a pillion iider on his bicycle. R. Kunju. aged 28 was fined $5 by th^ Sesramat Magistrate
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    DEATH
    20 6 WAGNER. Hereward, Marplen. luckmill at Perth West Australia «m 34.3.50 aged 60. Late of Dour »>i«t« Batu Caves. K.L.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    41 6 ACKN OWLEDGMENT MR. H.O. A- MR. MRS. H. BHUYNS fly. thank all relatives friends who sent fsths St attended the funeral «>f their beloved mother A Requiem High Mass will be sung at Kxtong Catholic Church at 6.30 am. April 1.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Wed., Mar. 29, 1950. Tailor-Made Rubbers
    724 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Wed., Mar. 29, 1950. Tailor-Made Rubbers The most radical change in rubber marketing since the beginning of the Malayan rubber industry was the prospect I put to dealers and exporters by Mr. F. J. Kemlo, chairman of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association, at the
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    Two Years Ago
    375 6 There has been comment in many quarters in Malaya on Mr. R. H. Onraet's assertion in a letter to the Manchester Guardian that "if the Malayan Governments had listened to their police there would never have developed such a.serious state of affairs as now exist?" It is
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    THANKSGIVING
    59 6 LONDON. Tuev- Contributions totalling £100,000 have already been sent direct to the Lord Mayor of London, Sir Frederick Roland, fi»>m all over Britain since he opened his Thanksgiving Fund last Wednesday. £2,000,000 is to be spent on overseas students centres in London and Scotland. f»s a token of gratitude
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    BUKIT TIMAH FOREST: FOR POSTERITY?
    1353 6  -  R. E. HOLTTUM By Professor of Botarty at the University of Malaya and formerly Director of the Botanic Gardens, Singapore. CINGAPORI Islant was once covered with forest, but even as long ago as 1819 a good deal had been cleared (as we know from the
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      273 6 IN a letter from "A Worker" on "F.P.A. Slides in Cinemas", published on Mar. 27, one finds a one-track mind bewildered by modern trends and closed tight shut against reasoning and common sense for fear of old convictions being shattered. To condemn publicising the use of contraceptives just
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      JAFFNA TAMIL AT SENTUL
      136 6 WHILE Malay and English are supposed to be the official languages of Malaya. I am surprised that the cinema show organised by the Public Relations Department for the railway staff at the Railway Institute, Sentul. on Mar. 24 was conducted in Jaffna Tamil I quite realise
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    On The Margin
    348 6 On The Margin Worth ii\ing! WELL-known resident of Taiplng has been personally pressing the Japanese Government to honour his banana notes. This resident first wrote to the Finance Minister of Japan, asking when find where the banana notfs could be cashed. The Minuter wrote back politely that the claim should
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    'FEWER' DOING OVER 30 M.P.H. NOW
    256 7 And Accidents Go Down By SO Per Cent nearly two months of speed traps, Singapore police yesterday reported that "there is a visible slo wing-down" of motor traffic in many areas of Singapore, including the busy Bukit Timah and Mount batten roads. Nevertheless about
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    60OWNERS JOIN PROTEST TO CLUB
    220 7 60OWNERS JOIN PROTEST TO CLUB t n m Oar Staff t'«rreap*ndcnt PENANG, Tues. J^JORE than 60 Singapore and Perak owners have JiiiKci the Penang protest against the recent decision of the local turf club to con■iraet a dance floor at Its In pavilion for the use of I li> International
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    Mr.G.F.Leembruggen
    31 7 The president of the StudenU' Council of the University of Malaya is Mr G. F. Leembruggen His initials were incorrectly stated In our leading articie Ragpjne At The University" yes-
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    K.I. REJECTS SPEED LIMIT PUN
    57 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. THE Kuala Lumpur Municipal Traffic Committee today rejected a proposal for a 30 mile-an-hour speed limit throughout the Municipal area. The committee recommended that the officer in charge of traffic be approached for a list of names of
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    Rails Round Flat Roofs
    47 7 /GUARDS rails will be built \M around the flat roofs of the two new blocks of flats being constructed at Monk's Hill for Singapore municipal employees. This new item, will add another $900 to the cost of the buildings which was originally $233,000.
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    Stahbed By A File
    130 7 SINGAPORE police state that the Chinese woman who was found dead in a drain at the 6th mile Ayer Rajah Road on Monday was Leong Wai Fong. aged 41 wife of a mee-hawker In New Bridge Road. Mr P X Broadhurst of the C.1.D.. said that
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    AMMO FIND
    26 7 Twenty-five rounds of .303 rifle ammunition and a rusty hand grenade were recovered from the compound of a building in Pasir Panjang yesterday afternoon.
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    FIRM ON 24 '$' CHARGES
    165 7 FIRM ON 24 CHARGES THE case in which the firm 1 of Muller and Phipps (Malaya) Ltd., and E. Q. Sellers are charged on 24 counts of offences against the Finance Regulations, came up yesterday before Mr. E V. A. Peers, Third Singapore District Court Judge. Sellers, on behalf of
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    $500 DONATION
    16 7 Mr. V. Pakirisamy of Singapore has sent $500 to the University of Malaya Fund
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    GAVE FALSE TIP TO C.1.D., COURT TOLD
    257 7 A MARRIED man was yesterday alleged to have caused the wrongful arrest of another man under the Emergency Regulations because the man drafted letters for a girl asking him to stop court- ling her. He was King Foo Sung, of Enggor Street, who
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    RAF MEDICAL CHIEF HERE
    62 7 THE Director-General of RAF. Medical Services, Air Marshal P. C. Livingstone, arrived in Singapore yesterday from Hong Kong. Air Marshal Livingstone will spend five days in Malaya visiting RAJ 1 Hospitals at Changi and R.A.F. stations in Singapore and the Federation. Before his present appointment, Air
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    CHURCH MISSION
    25 7 In preparation for Easter, the Redemptorist Fathers are preaching a mission at the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul. Queen Street. Singapore.
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    ANNUAL POLL
    27 7 The annual general election of the Serangoon Local Indian Congress will be held on Sunday April 2. at 6 p.m. at 6 Race Course Lane.
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    Clan Celebration
    25 7 Singapore Teochew Lee clansmen will celebrate the third anniversary of their Mutual Help Bociety with three days of festivities beginning on April 5.
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    STUDY TALK
    29 7 The Sure and Stedfast Club circle study talk on "Is Christianity the only religion that matters" will be held at 77 Prlnsep Street at 8 p.m. tomorrow.
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    Lily (14) Wants To Join The S.V.C.
    197 7 A 14-year-old Singapore school girl was one of two interviewed at the SVC. Drill Hall yesterday for the women's section of the Anti-Aircraft Battalion of the Singapore Royal Artillery (Volunteer). Miss Lily Lim, a school girl, and Miss Marjorie Klyne, 25, office assistant
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    Taxi-Owners To Petition Commissioners
    269 7 Taxi-Owners To Petition Commissioners SINGAPORE taxi owners yesterday decided to petition the Municipal Commissioners against the Hackney Carriage by-laws which will come up for approval by the Commissioners next month. Mr. T. A. Simon, president M the Singapore Hire Car Association, told a special meetIng of taxi owners that the
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    MALAYA AT RAIL TALKS
    122 7 MALA YA AT RAIL TALKS From Oar Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. LIEUT-COL. A. J. Ball, of the Malayan Railways. Is attending a meeting of colonial -railway experts in London as an observer for this country. Chief mechanical engineers from the colonies are discussing the standardisation of railway equipment The
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    GOVERNMENT BAN ON TOY PISTOLS
    124 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Tuefi. IHE Federation Government has banned the import of toy pistols. "We do not approve of those which go bang or can shoot any kind of missile," said a police headquarters spokesman to the Straits Times. "Water pistol* and
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    Appeal Judges Reverse High Court Judgment
    279 7 Appeal Judges Reverse High Court Judgment TpHE Singapore Court of Appeal yesterday, by a J majority verdict, reversed the judgment of Mr. Justice Brown In favour of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company for the value of 17 tyres, missing from a Harbour Board godown in 1946. The Chief Justice,
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    $1,113 TRUST OFFENCE
    49 7 Thirty-two-year-old Ragaya I Crishna Swamy Naidu, of I pnta Road, an employee if Mr. Sandy G. Plllay f Laidlaw Building, pleadd guilty in the Singaiore Second Police Court esterday to criminal breach f trust of $1,113. Ball of $1,500 was allowed 'ending sentence on April 4.
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    PREVENTION OF CRUELTY
    33 7 Singapore's Society for the reventlon of Cruelty to nlmals will hold its annual leeting today at In the ouncil Chamber, Secretariat t 5.30. All members are trongly urged to attend.
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    ROTAN & PRISON FOR YOUTH
    146 7 ROTAN PRISON FOR YOUTH OENTENCE of one year* rlO gorous imprisonment ut<\ 12 strokes of the rolan was imposed on 21-year-old Gwc« Beng Kok, who was found guilty in the Singapore Flirt District Court yesterday of attempting to extort momy from a shopkeeper. The shopkeeper, Tan Btng Kla, said Gwee
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    Party On New Danish Ship
    96 7 Captain P. T. Eritcsen of the Danish pi.isenger-irr .yt,\i r Ellen Maersk, and his ottkns, were host to ISO people hi a cocktail party aboard the \»v»l in Singapore last night. The 5.000-ton ship is oi> mr maiden voyage. Built in Japs a by the
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    Religious Plea By Muslims For Own Hospital To Be Reopened
    349 8 Religious Plea By Muslims For Own Hospital To Be Reopened SELANGOR TO STUDY 'COMMUNAL' PROPOSAL From Our Staff Correspondent < KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. A MALAY plea for reopening the Kuala Lumpur Malay hospital on the grounds that separation of Muslims was needed on religious grounds was attacked in the Selangor
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    46 8 OVER 450 Girl Guides, Brownies and Guide Commissioners attended a parade at King's House, Kuala Lumpur, recently when Mrs. A. W. Pinnick, Guides Chief Commissioner for Malaya and Singapore, was presented with the Silver Fish by Lady Gurney, President of the Girl Guides Association.— P.R. photo.
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    EIGHT DEATHS IN PILGRIM SHIP
    37 8 More than 1.500 Moro pilgrims arrived in Singapore yesterday in the" Panamanian ship Christobal from Jeddah on their way to the Philippines. There were eight deaths and one birth during the voyage.
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    100 PARENTS ASK FOR JUSTICE
    287 8 DUE to what is described as "wrong interpretation of the law," about 100 parents of volunteers killed in the Malayan campaign are stated to be ineligible for pensions under the Personal Injuries (Civilian) Scheme, 1941. These parents have now filed claims for pension with the
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    Troublesome Hawkers
    116 8 From Our Staff Correspondent SEREMBAN, Tues. rHE "trouble" caused by uiv licensed hawkers lncreas »d during 1949 due to tin 'larger floating population n Seremban town, state ;he annual report of th Beremban Town Board. Raids were carried out Aurin the year and stalls, handcarti etc. were confiscated.
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    Less Malaria In Serembai
    101 8 From Our Staff Correspondent SEREMBAN Tues. THE incidence of malaria in 1949 had been "very low" with 21 cases of malaria notified in the controlled area compared with 26 the previous year, states the annual report of the Seremban Town Board. In all, 210 surveys were
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    SUNDAY SERMON
    37 8 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. TursRev. Dr. Paul B. Means, o! Trinity College, Singapore will be the preacher at tin Methodist Church, Johon Bahra, on Sunday. The ser I vice begins at 5.30 p.m.
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    ASSAULT CHARGE
    46 8 From Our Own Correspondent SEGAMAT. Tues.— Mr. S. K. Pillal, an Indian estate conductor of Labis yesterday summoned three Malay members of his estate security force in the Segamat Court for allege i assault. The Malays denied th* allegations. Fearing was adjourned a week.
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    TOOK OVER LAND
    35 8 From Our Own Correspondent MUAR, Tues.— Fines ranging from $3 to $6 were impos- ed by the Muar Magistrate on I four Malays who unlawfully occupied State land at Ulu i Ring.
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    Secession: Early Reply To Be Sought
    136 8 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Tues. THE Penang Secession ComI mittee have decided to press for an early reply to the secession petition which they sent to the Secretary of State for the Colonies in October last year. At a meeting held here last
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    BOAC MOVING OUT FROM TENGAH
    216 8 THE BOAC-QANTAS Empire Airways ground organisation in Singapore moves on Monday from Tengah to Kallang airport. The last two Constellations i to use Tengah will leave at seven and eight on Monday morning and the first of two scheduled to land at Kallang will arrive
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    18-YEAR-OLD ON TRUST CHARGE
    64 8 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. EIGHTEEN-year-old Chew Chow Sens, a cashier at the Kirn Seng Cafe in the Buklt Bintang amusement park, was today charged before the Kuala Lumpur First Magistrate, Mr A. P. Jack with criminal breach of trust of $1,409. Chew was
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    B.M. MEETING
    26 8 BUKIT MERTAJAM. Tues. The Bukit Mertajam Old Boys' Association will be holding its annual general meeting at the school hall on Sunday April 2.
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    ARE YOU DOING ENOUGH?
    258 8 ARE YOU DOING ENOUGH? Mr. Frampton Asks: MEMBERS of the East-West Society of Singapore are urged by their outgoing President, Mr. F. W. Frampton, in his annual report, to give the most serious thought the question of whether, in the present emergency, they are doing sufficient to safeguard their existence.
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    INFORMATION ON PENANG
    70 8 The April issue of Young Malayans is devoted to Penan&- Issue wlll be valuable for reference pur- poses. Effective use is made of more than 100 pictures of Penang. There are biographical sketches of Penang's leading citizens, a good tourist map of the island, a street map
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    7 FINED FOR GAMBLING
    51 8 From Our Own Correspondent PARIT BUNTAR. Tues.— Five Malays and one Chinest were each fined $10 in the Parit Buntar Court when the? pleaded guilty to a charge oi gaming in a house at Tanjong Plandang. Khor Ment Lin, the owner of the house was fined
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    PLANTER'S APPEAL FOR MORE TROOPS
    257 8 From Our Own Correspondent TAIPING, Tuesday. MR. O. H. M. Sturges, chairman of the Taipinj District Planters' Association, said today tha he considered it was neither necessary nor desir able to introduce martial law in Malaya. Speaking at the annual general meeting of lie as?
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    1638 9 How trouting opened in the West Country.... From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, March 20. r pHk week in which March 16 occurs is nn important one for many more people in ll'is country than might'be supposed. Soon after the dawn h; Mte. surprisingly warm and clear, I join- i id
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    446 9 SOME Jresh ideas moo- i ted during the last 1 day or two have been: /CHILDREN can be <( \j taught good habits when they are asleep (aeeordtng to a lecturer v at St. Andrew's Univer- slty, in Scotland) "by the mother repeating quietly, over and over
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    917 10  -  BOB GILMORE The Australian Scene by MELBOURNE, Mar. 23 IN the first test of its determination to buck the Labourdominated Senate, the Federal Government has dismayed its more doctrinaire friends and probably encouraged its opponents. The Government in its election platform promised to kill
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    563 10 STRIPED PANTS TAKE OVER FROM BRASS HATS One year later, Britain follows the U.S. lead in running Germany BERLIN: -THE rule of the Bri- tish Generals in Germany, five years after Hitler's defeat, is over. That to Britons in Germany, and Germans on both sides of the Iron Curtain, is
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      241 10 STRAITS TIMES CROSSWORD tmm n rinuh pa^ion md expo.*. CROSSWORD No. 23 7. ThU Übnd figure, in URe an<l .HI i d.«nal ttk (5). tx htn t mother. II 8 Such a pin la without both twetl lhJng» tßor- Kg|p§£ __B§B g2S m BSkSifc purpoM row) 15. 3. 3>. H
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    TIN PRICES
    29 11 SINGAPORE, T«es, Mar. 2&— S297.50 (down $0.87 V*). LONDON. Taes.. Mar. 28. —Spot: £59«— £»7. Forward: £5SSi— £599. Settlement: £597. TnrnoTer mfirninc 7t tans; afternoon, SS tons.
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    Singapore Rubber
    202 11 WHILE the Icwci grades of rubber were somewhat neglected, good Inquiries continued In the Singapore rubber market yesterday for first grade April-May shipments. Sellers, however were reserved. The market was steady throughout the day. Closing prices yesterday were: No. 1 R.S.S. spot loose ouyerr 5» cents, sellers 57K
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    THE PRODUCE MARKET
    65 11 From A Market Corr* >p«Ddent A LL wc^oos ol the Singapore produce mar<et were quitt yesterday except for copra, buyers of which opened at $Mi, ir.th sellers asking 539: but prices eased later to MS', buyers and t38>: seUers. Coffee had seiiers at $131 for Rio 5
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    SHIPPING IN SINGAPORE
    86 11 SHIPS alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves yesterday (godowns in brackets) were: Main Wharf: Andre Lebon (4243 Rebcverett (40-41); SHsen (39); Rantau (38): Leneverett (36); William Luckerback (33-34); Telemachus (31-32). Weit Wharf: Olaucus (15-16): Glenearn (13-14) FaJstrla (11): Manila i9-10); LettUa Lykes (6- 7): Bumside (4-5); Austrias
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    SHARE MARKET IN THE DOLDRUMS
    906 11 From Our Market Correspondent ALL sections of the Malayan share market were A extremely dull yesterday. With little support from overseas, the tendency in the market was slightly lower. Prices quoted by the Malayan Sharebrokers" Association yesterday were: Pepper M70. Muntok white $865 Sarawak white
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    London Stocks
    334 11 LONDON, Tues. 'THE London Stoci Exchange was hesitant and somewhat dull yesterday. British Government funds were widely a quarter per cert down, with an additional advene tactor supplied by the farther setback tn national savings. Industrial shares were mixed. Changes In Oils wen to lower levels. Small declines
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    'A' DIV. VASE RACE LOOKS LIKE GOLD MERIDIAN'S
    238 12 'A' DIV. VASE RACE LOOKS LIKE GOLD MERIDIAN'S 'B Division Has Open Appearance ponD MERIDIAN has definitely made further headway since his two unlucky defeats at Kuala Lumpur in February. This three-year-old grey by William of Valence looks more solid he has done all his work in th c manner
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    27 12 AWANG BAWAR (Kota Raja) loses this tussle with goalkeeper Suppiah (T.8.A.) in yesterday's Senior League soccer at Jalan Besar Stadium. Kota Raja won four-nil. Straits Times picture.
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    OTHER WORKOUTS Grey Bloom Is Greatly Improved
    370 12 OTHER WORKOUTS Grey Bloom Is Greatly Improved From Oar Staff Correspondent IPOH, Tues. GREY BLOOM'S trial with brilliant No Regrets at ipoh this morning was certainly a surprise to those who saw this grey a month ago. Given his first serious teat against the watch this promising newcomer with Mickey
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    SCOTTISH CUP
    37 12 LONDON, Tues.— The fourth round of the Scottish Cup played at Ibrox Park, Glasgow yesterday resulted in Rangers beating Ralth Rovers two-nil Rangers now meet Queen of the South in the semlfii.al next Saturday. Reuter.
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    Plays Today
    81 12 The 1946 Wimbledon finallist, Australian Geoff Brown, will be seen in exhibition tennis matches against local stars on the S.C.C. courts today from 5 p.m. Admission is by ticket, at $2, obtainable at the entrances. Today's exhibition promises a rare treat, for Brown is doubly attractive with his
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    KOTA RAJA WIN AS THEY LIKE
    599 12 I THIRD GOAL FOR KOTA RAJA Kota Raja 4; T.B.A. Nil; DEFORE the start of yesterday's S.A.F.A. Senior League match at Jalan Besar between Kota Raja and the Tamil Brotherhood Association, it did not seem to be a question of who would win but
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    S'PORE SCHOOLS XI WIN ALL MATCHES
    100 12 NEWS has been received in Singapore of the success of the Singapore Combined Schools cricket team now at Perth, West Australia. The Singapore boys have so far won all three matches they have played since last Wednesday. The results so far are: Beat Christain
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      United Should Return To Winning Form
      200 12 United Should Return To Winning Form LONDON. Tues. MANCHESTER United, favourites for the Football League championship, should return to wirming form against the beaten Cup semifinalists Everton. in Saturday's First Division programme. They slipped up against lowly Huddersfleld last week, but should be too strong at home against I Everton
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      Manor Wins March Golf
      168 12 W. P. MAVOR U) with a score of 35"» won the 'A' Division and C. L. Ackerley (24) with 41 points won the B r Division in the Island Club March Medal (Stableford). Next best returns were by: 'A'Div: J. V. Gray (6) 35%; him Boh
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    PAKISTAN WIN BY INNINGS
    45 12 LAHORE. Tues. PAKISTAN beat Ceylon by an innings and 45 runs in the unofficial Test match today. Ceylon were all out in their second innings for 151, after having been dismissed for 166 in the first innings. Pakistan scored 352.— Reuter.
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    Penang Swimming Team For Easter
    274 12 Straits Times Staff Correspondent PENANO, Tues. rjiWENTY-SIX swimmers, inL eluding nine women, have been chosen to represent the Penang Chinese Swimming Club at the forthcoming two-day Easter tralngular meet against the Singapore C.S.C. and the Kinta Swimming Club at Tan] ong Bungah. The Penang team
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    SINGAPORE TIDES
    21 12 TODAY: 5.30 ajn. (6ft. 81n) and 9.25 p.m. (6ft. 51n>. TOMORROW: 7.25 a.m. (7ft.) and 9.55 p.m. (7ft. llm.
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    SNOWY OWL WILL BE WINNING SOON
    405 12 IPOH, Tuesday. OWL II, a fine looking grey, is coining to hand beautifully but unless he is thoroughly wound up the chances of his winning first start on Saturday ar e against him. This four-year-old by Mr. Jinks has the speed to win any
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    ALL RACING NOTES ARE BY EPSOM JEEP
    260 12 ALL RACING NOTES ARE BY EPSOM JEEP brilliant three-year-old Gaucho. This grey was brought to his top at Bukit Tlmah but he did not race on account of the heavy going. Gaucho looked a picture when he was trotted round by Flannery. His stamina of course comes under suspicion since
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    Jupiter Has Near Miss
    106 12 RAVB, Tues. C1X-F00TER Portland, of A Squadron, Fourth Hussars (Raub), was most affected of 22 players and the referee when a particularly vicious flash of lightning struck across the playing field during a soccer match. This occurred when Raub met Lipis at Lipis on Saturday, the
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    Postals' Goalkeeper Taken To Hospital
    208 12 NINE goals were scored and the goalkeeper of the Postal Telegraph Sports Club was taken to hospital with an injured collar-bone in yesterday's Junior A 2 league football match between Singapore Engineering Association and Postals at Geylane Stadium. The Engineers won by the wide margin
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    SIME DARBY WIN
    44 12 In a fast and thrilling game of soccer at Farrer Park on Monday. Sime Darby Sports Club beat Hongkong St Shanghai Bank XI by two goals to nil after a scoreless first half. Scorers for Sime Darby were Bell and Hussein.
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    PENG SOON LEAVES
    24 12 LONDON, Tues Wong Peng Soon, who won the All-England badminton championship this month, returned to Malaya from London Airport today. Reuter.
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    Mistake Cost Supply Depot One Point
    164 12 Mistake Cost Supply Depot One Point THE C.Y.M.A. (Portuguese Mission) and 4th Supply Reserve Dept. R.A.S.C. shared four goals in a Junior B2 league soccer fixture after an unenterprising game on me C.Y.M.A. ground yesterday. In the first half the teams were level with a goal each. Woolley scored for
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    Sports Diary
    41 12 SOCCER: Chinese Athlete- v Indonesian Lge at Jalan Desar; Jnr. B.1: C.YJtf.A. v In* S'pore Regt. R.A. st C.Y.M v. POLO: Singapore Polo Club, Mackrajr Cap from 5 30 p.m. TENNIS: Exhibition games by Geoff Brown, 5 p.m., S.C.C.
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