The Straits Times, 28 April 1950

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 1950 PRICE TEN CENTS
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    $159 MILLION DEVELOPMENT SCHEME
    671 1 Emphasis On Utilities And Resources From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. $159,000,000 six-year scheme for the development by the Federation Govern- ment of the natural resources and utilities of Malaya was revealed today when chapter two of the Government's draft development plan was published. Chapter
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    MRS. SINATRA SUESFRANKIE
    61 1 HOLLYWOOD. Thurs.— Mrs. Nancy Sinatra, wife of crooner Frank Sinatra, today filed a suit for separate maintenance on the grounds of extreme cruelty. Mrs. Sinatra, who was married in 1939 announced her separation from the singer last Valentine's Day In Santa Monica Superior Court, today she sought
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    AUSTRALIAN STAR HERE
    37 1 M \n«O LEE. the Australian stiie and screen star, who arrived in Singapore yesterdij Accompanied by her h.isband Mr. Richard Brooks, she is on a world tour Straits Times picture. \nother picture P. 8.
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    U.S.I TO PARLEY WITH REBELS
    122 1 JAKARTA, Thursday. AMBONESE leaders in the Indonesian Federal Government today flew 1,500 miles to Ambon to iti-mpt to quell the South Moluccas rising without bloodshed. The revolt in the Moluccas, where rebels yesterday formally announced the secession of Ambon Island from the United States of
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    Vietminh Attacks Repulsed
    73 1 Vietminh Attacks Repulsed SAIGON, Thurs. A STRONG Vietminh attack on Tuesday on a French post at My Phyoc, near Scotang, about 150 miles southvest of Saigon, was beaten off, says a French military communique. The Vietminh forces, armed with heavy weapons, were bumbed by French airc»ft and suffered heavy losses.
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    U.S. Mining Expert In Tanganyika
    49 1 DAR-ES-SALAAM. Thurs.— An American mining engineer has arrived in Tanganyika to study the development of the country's tinfields under the "Point Four" programme of aid to the world s under-developed territories. He is Mr. R. J. Wrlch. Two other mining exnerts will follow.— Reuter.
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    "GHOST ALIENS"
    36 1 TOKYO, Thurs.— Police Investigating the theft of alien registration cards and irregularities in registration procedures have discovered, up to April 28, 300 "ghost aliens" in the city of Kawasaki between Tokyo and Yokohama. Reuter.
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    1,000 R.A.F. START WORK AT DOCKS
    128 1 LONDON, Thurs. <|IHE first wave of 1,000 Royal X Air Force men marched to i work on strike-bound London docks today and the government reported a slight de-j crease In the number of men out in the nine-day-old Com-munist-led walkout The R.A.F.'s invasion has
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    58 1 THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER Boxer, of the U.S. Seventh Fleet, which arrived m Singapore yesterday morning from th r Philippines (Below). Tile ommander-in-Chief, Far East Station, Admiral Sir Patrick Brind (centre) with the Commander of the Boxer, Capt. John B. Moss (left) and Capt. Walter C. Winn, Commander of the destroyer
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    BRITAIN NOT TO ASK FOR TROOPS
    207 1 .LONDON, Thursday. ORITISH-Australian discussions on possible form of Australian aid in the struggle against th Communist forces in Malaya will stop short c demands for the despatch of Australian troop; official quarters confirmed here today A spokesman at Australia House, commenting on a forecast
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    STUDENTS DUEL OVER GIRL
    68 1 TWO students, one from Stellenbosch University and the other from Cape Town University, are reported to have fought a duel with swords over a woman student at Steelenbosch (Cap* Province). Both students ar e skilled swordsmen and they decided to settle their quarrel with a duel.
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    ANGRY CROWD
    51 1 TOKYO, Thurs. Thirteen thousand angry spectators hurled stones at the track and referees' stand as they shouted "framed" when the No. 1 bicycle racer fell and allowed a mediocre racer to win, here today. Three squads of police were summoned and ejected 3,000 fans from the race track
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    LAUNCH TRAGEDY
    22 1 MANILA, Thurs. Seven persons were drowned when a motor launch sank near the wharf at Merida, in the Philippines.— U.P.
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    "Will Tell Truth About Trust Fund"
    424 1 jl/f R. Gerard Macßryan, former political adviser to 1 the Rajah of Sarawak who arrived in Singapore by air from London yesterday, will leave for Kuching by air on Sunday to "represent the truth of the $8,750,000 Sarawak State Trust Fund to the Governor
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    King, Princess Marry Today
    163 1 PRESENTS FROM BRITAIN AND U.S. BANGKOK, Thursday. fTNITED KINGDOM and United States wedding gifts have been presented to King Phumiphon Aduldet, who marries Princess Sirikit at a private ceremony tomorrow morning. The British Ambassador presented King George's gift of a royal Worcester dinner service for 36,
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    ELECTIONS REPORT OUT IN JUNE
    666 1 ELECTIONS REPORT OUT IN JUNE From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. report of the Federal Legislative Council Committee at present studying local elections possibilities for Municipalities and Town Boards is likely to be ready in the middle of June, the chairman of the committee, the Attorney General, Mr. T.
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    Commissioners Debate Details
    29 1 PENANG, Thurs. FNANG'S Municipal Commissioners, at their ordinary meeting this afternoon, unanimously decided to consider in committee a report of the Penana Elec- l tion Committee.
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    TWIN EPIDEMIC SLAYS 1,000 IN CALCUTTA
    100 1 CALCUTTA. Thurs. rS twin epidemic of cholera and smallpox claimed almost 1.000 lives in Calcutta last week. health officials announced today. Some 485 persons died of cholera last week in the worst outbreak in 10 years, compared to 444 in the previous period of
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    M.P's. Say: "Tell MacArthur Of British Part In War"
    181 2 M.P's. Say: "Tell MacArthur Of British Part In War" BRITAIN'S TREATMENT IN JAPAN QUERIED LONDON, Thursday. MEMBERS of Parliament asked the British Government yesterday U- remind General Mac Arthur that Britain played her full part in the Pacific during- the war and British interests in Japan should be treated accordingly.
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    $250, 000,000 GUARANTEE
    56 2 WASHINGTON, Thurs. The House Banking Committee yesterday approved a U. 5.5250,000,000. 5250,000,000 limit on American government guarantees of private investments tn underdeveloped countries. The previously approved limit was the U. 5.5800,000,000. 5800,000,000 resources of the Export-Im-port Bank. Compensation in United States dollars is provided for loss resulting
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    Lawyers Admit: 'Yes, We Talk Too Much'
    250 2 MELBOURNE, Thursday. \TINE out of 10 Melbourne lawyers have admitted that they talk too much. They were replying to criticism by Dr. G. Sawer, professor of law at the Australian National University. He said Australian judges would soon have to limit court arguments
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    '£170,000 IS OUTSTANDING'
    52 2 TOKYO, Thurs. Director Fujisawa of the Mineral Products Trade Agency yesterday told the Upper House Industry and International Trade Committee: "I believe that the uncollected sum of money is about 170,000,000 yen" (£170,000 sterling). He was testifying in an embezzlement case involving the agency's accountant, Keikichi Hayafune.
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    WEATHER PLAYS TRICKS
    121 2 LONDON, Thurs. 'THE sun got up on the wrong side of the earth yesterday and Moscow sweltered under an 84-degree heat wave while 12-inch snow fell In the English midlands. In Finland, where the lakes usually stay frozen until midMay, swimmers were sticking tentative toes into the
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    WAREHOUSE FIRE
    35 2 TOKYO Tnurs.— Fire at the Kokusal warehouse in Kobe yesterday destroyed 1.267 bales of imported hemp and cotton cloth scheduled for export. Total damage was reported at 200,000,000 yen (£200,000 sterling) .—Reuter- AAP.
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    U.S. VESSEL BLAMED
    99 2 HONG KONG, Thurs.— The Chinese Communist news agency claimed yesterday that more than 70 Chinese lost their lives in a ship collision last Thursday because of American negligence. It sa?d the 1,600-ton Chinese vessel, Hsinan, and the 8.000-ton American Pacific Far East Lines ship California Bear, collided
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    'EDITOR FLOWN INTO EXILE'
    54 2 LIMA, Peru, Thurs. The newspaper La Prensa said yesterday that its editor, Eudocio Ravines, was taken to Mexico and into exile by plane on Tuesday night. Ravines, Conservative Party member," was arrested on April 6 on charges of subversive activities against the military government of General
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    OFF DUTY IN HOLLYWOOD
    41 2 SARAH CHURCHILL, the actress daughter of Mr. Winston Churchill, photogr aphed as she relaxes in a Hollywood restaurant with her photographer husband, Anthony Beauchamp. Miss Churchill is appearing in plays and radio shows in Hollywood.— Reuter picture.
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    SIAM DEATH FOR CORRUPTION' MOVE
    70 2 SI AM DEATH FOR CORRUPTION' MOVE BANGKOK, Thursday. rE Siamese Premier, Phibul Songgram, suggested the death penalty as an effort to curb corruption In Government offices, but legislative and judicial councils informed the Premier that even such an extreme punishment would not halt the practice. They suggested instead a eat
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    Shah Goes By Air To Probe Strike
    106 2 I TEHERAN, Thursday. T»HE Shah flew to Mazandaran Province in north 1 Iran today to investigate the strike by 4,300 workers in seven key towns. 1 On Tuesday the Government announced that five were killed and 50 wounded when security police clashed with
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    JAP MINISTER ON U.S. STUDY TOUR
    76 2 WASHINGTON, Thurs.— Japanese Finance Minister, Mr. Hayato Ikeda. will arrive in Washington today for a three week study or the United States financial system and institutions and confer with officials of international financial organisations. He will study the work of the Treasury Department, the
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    NEW CHAIRMAN
    33 2 WASHINGTON, Thurs. W. Stuart Symington fprmei Secretary of the Air Force, has been elected chairman of the National Security Resources Board, which is empoweretl fo advise the President on mobilisation policies.—AP.
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    BEAUTY ON SKATES
    37 2 GLORIA NORD, said to be the most beautiful girl in the world on skates, who will take the leading role in "Skating Vanities of 1950" which opens in London on May 26. Reuter picture.
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    ARGENTINE U.K. TRADE TALKS
    98 2 ARGENTINE U.K. TRADE TALKS BUENOS AIRES, Thurs. A BRITISH Embassy spokes man said yesterday that i "the United Kingdom is not denouncing the five-year trade agreement," at present under negotiation. Informed British sources say that overall agreement might be expected. Argentina will not denounce the Anglo-Argentine treaty, other sources said
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    ARAB TALKS ON JORDAN
    50 2 CAIRO, Thurs.— The Egyptian Government will ask for an early meeting of the Arab League Political Committee to discuss Jordan's annexation of eastern Palestine. The British-overate;! Near East Broadcasting Co. will move its transmitters from Cyprus to th« Arab Palestine area, recently annexed by Jordan.— UP.
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    ROYAL VIKING HAT
    34 2 ROYAL VIKING HAT PRINCESS MARGARET, wearing a viking-helmet style hat, chats with* Miss Anne Cooper, aged 15, the Mayoress of Stratford, daring a Royal visit to the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-on-Avon, recently. Reuter picture.
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    TO OUTLAW COMMUNISTS
    295 3 CANBERRA, Thursday. Australian Liberal Prime Minister, Mr. R. 6. Menzies, today introduced legislation in Parliament which would make Australia the first English-speaking country in the world to outlaw Communism. In a speech to Parliament broadcast to the nation, Mr. Menzies said the Communists were trying to destroy
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    Doukhobors Fire More Homes
    137 3 Doukhobors Fire More Homes KRESTOVA. British Columbia Thurs. "VIOLOTOV COCKTAILS" •»1 were used to send two re Doukhobor houses up in 11 imes today. Mty-nvp nude men and women marchi'd half a mile through a driving rain and ruire the four-room home < Mrs. Qeorge Woiken here. 1 c "Sons
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    MASS PRAYERS
    54 3 NZW DELHI, Thurs— Mass e s for peace and pros- ;> iv in India will be conducted here shortly. Thei tK avers will be led by 101 higli k'p Brahmins from all over [n lip.. Such mass prayers t\ <ye been held from time iminmorial during war, pesti-
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    India Says No To Red
    120 3 From Our Own lorrespundeat MELBOURNE, Thurs. UAVINO been refused an American transit visa to pass through Hawaii on his i way to attend a conference in Europe of the World Fed- I eration of Trade Unions, the Communist general-secretary !of the Australian Seamen's Union, Mr.
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    Mail Suspended
    16 3 LONDON, Thurs.— Britain today suspended temporarily all postal services to Hainan I Island.— Reuter.
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    Tanks, Troops Get Ready For May Day
    236 3 JOHANNESBURG, Thursday. I IGHT tanks, armoured cars troop carriers and lv ambulances massed in the suburbs of Johannesburg yesterday as a precaution against possible May Day disturbances. The Minister of Justice, Mr. Charles Swart, had announced on Tuesday night that mobile police and
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    Life And Death Battle Warning
    250 3 HONG KONG, Thursday. T*HE Nationalist defenders of the Chusan Islands x have been warned to prepare for a Russian supported Communist attack *at any moment", Nationalist officials In Taipei said today. Major General Chiang Ching Kuo, son of the Nationalist President Chiang Kai Shetc, said,
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    RUBBER MAY GO HIGHER
    106 3 From Oar Own Correspondent LONDON, Thurs. LEWIS and Peat, London. In their weekly market report, say that subject to fluctuations, still higher rubber prices are likely. At the moment, says the report, it is difficult to see any immediate alleviation of the present position. This can
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    "NO" TO JAPS
    50 3 TOKYO. Thurs. More than a dozen Japanese citi1 zens wanted to rid themselves of their citizenship, during the past year, says the Attorney General's office. But none has succeeded in expatriation because the law is that only j those with another nationality can take this step. Reuter-AA.P.
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    FIRST VISIT
    28 3 MR. HANS HEDTOFT, the Prime Minister of Denmark, photographed in London recently when he arrived with his wife on his first visit to Britain. Reuter picture.
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    HOLIDAY IN MALTA
    48 3 PRINCESS ELIZABETH photographed with her husband, r the Duke of Edinburgh, in the drawing room of the i Villa Guardamangia. in Malta. Th c Princess is spending; a holiday in Malta to be near her husband who is serving with the Mediterranean Fleet. A.P. picture.
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    REDS ROUND UP YOUTHS
    134 3 REDS ROUND UP YOUTHS HONQ KONG, Thurs. REPORTS from Communist China yesterday said that i the Chinese Communists are conscripting able bodied youths and adults on large scale for forced labour battalions and indoctrination in Communist cadres. Previously, labour conscription had been confined to beggars, homeless persons and law violators.
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    STRIKE AVERTED
    30 3 WASHINGTON. Thurs A I threatened strike by some i 3.000 ground crew workers of Pan American air lines was averted yesterday by agreement on a new contract.— A.P.
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    End Of Military Rule Sought
    83 3 LONDON. Thurs.— The U.S., Britain and France are consulting on a plan to end military rule in their zones of occupied Austria and appoint civilian High Commissioners, diplomatic sources said yesterday The suggested appointment of civilian High Commissioners is part of a plan to cut
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    BANK REFUSES TO PAY CHIANG'S MEN
    118 3 SAN FRANCISCO, Thurs. fHE squabble for control of the Bank of China funds deposited in the United States precipitated another Federal District Court suit here yesterday. This one asked that U*****,224 be turned over to the Nationalist directors. The suit was against the Wellj
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    Peking Talks Wait On Reds
    271 3 Peking Talks Wait On Reds LONDON, Thurs. 'FHE British Govern- merit has not yet been abe to establish formal diplomatic relations with Communist China. Britain's Minister of State. Mr. Kenneth Younger, told Parliament yesterday. Mr. Younger said the next step in the establishment of relations rests with the Peking Government.
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    EIGHT SAVED
    34 3 HARTSVILLE, (South Carolina) Thurs.— A burning C-54 transport plane and a helicopter sent to rescue its crew, both crashed today, but all the eight men involved In the two accidents escaped injury.
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    NEHRU & LIAQUAT ALI KHAN CONFER
    160 3 NEHRU LIA QUA T ALI KHAN CONFER KARACHI, Thursday. ■yHE two Premiers, Pandit Nehru and Mr. Liaquat Ali Khan, met for one hour and 40 minutes last niffht in Mr. Nehru's private study in Government House. Only the two Premiers were present. Mr. Liaquat Ali Khan said on leaving that
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    ROTARY DISTRICT TALKS IN S'PORE
    127 4 ROTARY DISTRICT TALKS IN S'PORE PHK Governor of SinKa- Sir Franklin Ji.nson, will open the f>r i annual confer•i. c of Rotary DisriH 46 on May 13. s»>!'mban, Kuala Lumm. Ipoh and Bangkok rill attend the two-day In*. A circular issued to the thai the conferil uive .in opportuiltj !oi
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    TWO MONTHS FOR NO CARD
    27 4 TWO MONTHS FOR NO CARD I -on On ()u .irrr iNHnVnt RAI B Thura Wong Yuen 1 to two months' !>v Hie Ruub for failing obtain an
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    SIKHS TO MEET
    29 4 I mm Our Own Corrt"«|M>nileni KUALA K^NGSAR. Thurs. t.)v Perak Slkha A.-.socia-I] hold It* next anmi.il on Sunday, at tbo tinta Indian Association in Ourudwara Road.
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    NEW MAGISTRATE
    29 4 1 mi Itai Own Correspondent KOTA BIIARU, Thurs-In-ia(ar bin Taha, D.O. i i'ore. has taken < duttM of Circuit ate, Kc;a Bharu. from Wan Abdul Rihrnim. Kuala Lian-
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    NONE WAS HURT
    39 4 NONE WAS HURT TWO TAXIS COLLIDED at the junction of Bras Basah Road and North Bridge Road yesterday afternoon, one of them overturning as a result of the impact Thr driver and occupants, however, escaped injury. Straits Times picture
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    25,000 VOLUNTEERS ARE WANTED IN MALAYA
    417 4 25,000 VOLUNTEERS ARE WANTED IN MALAYA ANTI-BANDIT DUTIES PLANNED LONDON, Thursday. THE Colonial Secretary, Mr. James Griffiths, told the House of Commons last night that the Malayan Government intended to continue to use volunteers such as those who helped in the recent Anti-Bandit Month He said 25,000 volunteers would be
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    $5,000 For T.B. Aid
    115 4 From our Own Correspondent SEREMBAN, Thurs THE Central Welfare Council I has made a grant of j 1 $5,000 to Negri Sembilan I Ami-T.B. Association towards the payment of relief to T.B. sufferers and dependants in the State for 1950, it was announced at a committee
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    FAMILY SQUABBLE
    53 4 From Oar Own Correspondent TEL UK ANSON, Thurs.— StaaUl was charged at Teluk Anson with assaulting Robl- tah, a, Malay woman, when he interfered in a family squabble between his son-in-law and the woman. He was bound over to be of good bei haviour~for six months for a
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    Sensed Danger, Escaped Bombs
    471 4 From Our Staff Correspondent 4 PREMONITION of King's Medallist poll the arrest of two men a flung into a small hotel ii LUMPUR, Thursday, danger by a 52-year-old cc officer led last night to tfter two bombs had been ii the heart of Kuala Lum- pur,
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    CORONER TOLD OF HAUNTED' CANAL
    73 4 From Our Own Corrfspoiulrnt ALOR STAR. Thurs. iTMIE Alor Star Coroner, was today told by a Malay padi planter that the Alor Star Wan Saraat canal was haunted. "The canal claims a victim every year." Nayan bin Awang said. Nayan was testifying at the inquiry
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    ACQUITTED
    27 4 From Our Own Correspondent MUAR. Thurs— The prosecution withdrew a charge against Ahmad bin Ardi aged 21, of stealing a bicycle at Parit Ahmad was acquitted.
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    $50,000 SCHEME TO REPAIR ROADS
    157 4 recommended $50,000 programme for the resurfacing of roads in the Katong and Balestier areas, and a proposed priority plan, costing over $27,000, for building pedestrian pavements, will come up for the approval of the full board of Singapore Municipal Commissioners at their meeting today. The
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    AWARDED U.S. SCHOLARSHIP
    31 4 MISS CHAN SUK HAN, daughter of Mr. Chan Ping Kee, Chinese Interpreter, Supreme Court, Seremban. who has been awarded an arts scholarship at Lindenwood College, Missouri, United States.
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    Awards May Be Paid This Year
    201 4 NORTH BORNEO WAR DAMAGE SMALL awards for war damage compensation in North Borneo may be paid this year. The Colony's Governor, Sir Ralph Hone, expressed the hope that this would be possible when he addressed the opening session of the Awards Tribunal of North
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    MR. MacDONALD CHANGES PLAN
    77 4 RANGOON, Thurs. *pHE British Commissioner- General in South-East Asia, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, on a visit here to study local conditions, has changed his programme. He is staring a day longer and will return to Singapore on Saturday, instead of Friday. This aftey.ioon he meets Press representatives.
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    BENHAM VIEW ON WOMEN 'CHILDISH'
    400 4 BENHAM VIEW ON WOMEN 'CHILDISH' "fjHILDISH" was how Miss Kiat Neo. chairman of the Army Civil Servke Union's Wonvn s Group, described the Renham Committee's argument that "even if women are as efficient as men, they are not likel\ to be so valuable ;;s employees over a long period." She
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    No Request Yet For Westerling
    111 4 No Request Yet For Westerling rE Indonesian Government Representative in Singapore. Dr. R Oetoyo, told the Straits Thnes yesterday that as yet Jakarta had not instructed him to make a second application for the extradition of "Turko" Westerlln«. The USI Information Minister in London announced on Tuesday that his Government
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    T. ANSON FUNERAL
    65 4 From O«r Own Correspondent TELUK ANSON, Thurs.— The funeral of Madam Lee Pak, widow of Tan Check, was one of the biggest at I Teluk Anson since the war. 1 She died at the age of 90 and Is survived by four sons, Messrs. Tan Ah Hoe,
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    OBSTRUCTION
    27 4 From Our Own Correspondent MUAR. Thurs.— Chua Keng Hoe. who parked his trLsha on a footpath, was fined $3 for obstruction by the Muar i Magistrate.
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    BIG AIR ATTACK ON REDS
    304 5 Johore Camp Plastered With Bombs From Oui Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. HEAVY air attack was made on a bandit camp in Johore yesterday by Brigands, followed by Tempests, Spitfires, and Lincoln heavy bombers. Twenty-seven sirfies were flown and th e area was heavily plastered
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    TO SEEK NEW LIFE
    43 5 TO SEEK NEW LIFE FOUR JAPANESE immigrants to Argentina, Miss Miwako Hama (19), Miss Yoshiko Shimafukuro (23), and Mrs Mieko Higa and her three-year-old son, Hitomi, who art now in Singapore in the Dutch ship Boissevain. Strait! Times picture. Resort in Page 7.
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    OFF TO THE U.S.
    28 5 MR. F. D. HARRISON, managing director of the Goodyear Orient Co. Ltd., who leaves today with Mrs. Harrison for the U.S. on long holiday.
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    CHINA SOCIETY'S FIRST JOURNAL
    272 5 By Our Woman Correspondent TWE China Society of Singapore, which was A founded last year to promote interest in Chinese culture and history, issued the first number of its journal (intended to be an annual publication) this week. i A speech itg the Governor of Singapore,
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    SIX INSPECTORS APPOINTED
    46 5 The appointment of one woman and five men Inspectors of Labour for the Colony of Singapore was announced yesterday. They are: Miss Q. S. Tham. Mr. Lam Ah Kan, Mr. Kwek Seek Heng Mr. Lee Ah Weng, Mr. A. Nadesan and Mr.Anwar Ibrahim.
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    PEN PALS MEET IN PENANG
    58 5 PEN PALS MEET. Miss Mary Tonouga. a Boston (Massachusetts) school teacher, visited Penang this week U meet her pen pal. Mr Albert Sabapathy. Miss Tonoupa has spent the last three years in Tokyo and Osaka where she lectured to the U.S. Occupation Forces and conducted
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    MILLING WAGES TO BE PROBED
    123 5 "THE first Court of Inquiry under the Industrial x Courts Ordinance, 1950 was announced yesterday in Singapore in a Government Gazette Extraordinary. The chairman of Singapore Harbour Board, Mr. Henry Basten. will preside over the Court. The Court's terms of reference are: To Inquire into
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    Singapoe Diary
    83 5 Y.W.C.A., 5, Raffle* Quay, Malay class for beginners, 8.15 a.m. and 6.15 p.m satay social and dance, 8 p.m. MUNICIPAL COMMISSIONERS, ordinary meeting, Board Room, 2.30 p.m. CHINESE V.M.C.A., Selegie Road, chess club, 5 p.m., weightlifting 5.30 p.m., badminton, 5.30 p.m. H.K. UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, annual general meeting
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    Teachers To Meet
    96 5 npHE annual meeting of the A Pan-Malayan Teachers' Union at Kuala Lumpur today i will discuss action against Implementing the recommendations of the Benham report as far as It concerns teachers' salaries. It Is understood that the Singapore delegation will put forward some proposals In this connection.
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    TWO NEARLY MISSED SHIP
    70 5 Several passengers nearly missed the Dutch liner Maetsuyker on Wednesday afternoon when the ship sailed from Singapore for Australia One of them was Mr. Frank Plckford, the pianist, who for the past two years has entertained guests at Raffles Hotel. Mr. Plckford caught the Maetsuyker with
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    Bandit Is 'Sorry' —But Hell Hang
    106 5 Bandit Is 'Sorry' —But Hell Hang PENANG. Thurs. RAPTURED by police at the \J scene a few hours after a police party had been ambushed by bandits at Jl Kongsi. Sungel Bakap, Province Wellesley. on Jan. 22, a former member of the MPAJA. Pan Kong Ful today was sentenced to
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    CARD OFFENCES
    31 5 SEGAMAT, Thurs.— Because they failed to notify their change of address. Liang Onn, Leong Kwai Lan and Loh Yoon Chan were fined $10 each in the Segamat Circuit Court.
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    S'pore Land Prices May Go Up
    162 5 S'pore Land Prices May Go Up SINGAPORE brokers feel that there is every pos5 sibillty of the price of land B going up within the next year j or two because of the con- tlnued shortage of houses and the "fabulous" sums of "tea money" asked by some landlords for
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    TAIPING CLERICAL UNION OFFICERS
    76 5 From Our Own Correspondent TAIPING, Thurs.— At the annual general meeting of 1 the Perak Clerical Union, I Taiping "branch, the following. officers were elected. Vice-President, Mr. P. V. Nara- > yanan; secretary, Inche Ahmad bin Udoh; treasurer, Mr. Kee Yong Theng; committee members: Messrs. Quah
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    QUARTET'S FIRST CONCERT TONIGHT
    64 5 TONIGHT in the Victoria Memorial Hall, Singapore, the Robert Masters' Quartet will give its first concert in the Colony. On May 5, the piano quartet considered one of the best in the world will give a second concert in addition to a concert for school children.
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      For Common Weal
      713 6 From this distance the Australian debate on the possible use of Australian armed forces in Malaya wears the appearance of a strictly Australian issue. Certainly much of the heat which the Australian Federal Parliamentary Labour Party has imparted to its attack on what it suspects is the
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      Labour And The Budget Battle
      311 6 Labour And The Budget Battle By the margin of five votes i Britain's Labour Government survived the two vital divisions j on the last day of the Budget j debate. There has not been in recent times a more dramatic struggle. Had Labour been defeated in either division, resignation and
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    A Farewell Message To Federation Labour
    1229 6 T AM not interested in the past except to ensure that all the lessons it can teach have been studied. It is the future that matters. A trade union has been described by Sidney Webb as "a continuous 1 association of wage earners for
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      376 6 I COULD not allow "Forever Amber's letter on "Kampong Amber," published on Wednesday, to go unchallenged. As I do not represent vested interests, I can offer my unqualified and unprejudiced views as an ordinary resident In this area for some considerable time. If "Forever Amber"
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      20 MINUTES AT KALLANG
      228 6 TRAFFIC congestion at 1 Kallang, Singapore, is now made worse by road repair near the gas works. At the peak period in the afternoon, cars are at times held up for as long as 20 minutes and lined up lour deep over a considerable distance. This
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    On The Margin
    449 6 On The Margin M.C.S. Memories I ISTENING to Mr. R. Jumabhoy reading out details of Sir Patrick McICerron's career in his farewell speech in the Singapore Lesco on Tuesday, I found myself Oiled with a profound sense of envy and also with sadness for lost opportunities that Will never return.
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    WHATYOU CAN (AND CANNOT) EXPORT...
    132 7 WHATYOU CAN (AND CANNOT) EXPORT... A NEW Malayan Export Guide replacing the ordinal guide dated Dec. 9 1949 has been issued by the Singapore Imports nn_ Exports Control Department. The Department stresses thai this exposition of policy is intended solely as a guide and not as a rigid basis for
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    AUCTION LOTS WITHDRAWN
    105 7 TMREE lots of freehold land 1 with houses were withdrawn from sale at yesterdays auction of properties belonging to the estate of Ihe late Mr. Chia Tian Hock. Bids were far below reserve prices. Highest bids for the properties 'drawn from sale were<18,500 for freehold land and
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    RETIRES
    37 7 I rom Our Staff Correspondent 3HORE BAHRU. Thurs M. T. E. Strong, Director of y. Federation of MaItiya. who went to England on stci leave, has Lem medically bnarded out and has retirei ir.'im the sorv'rp
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    POLICE ALERTED FOR MAY DAY
    180 7 100 Red Posters Torn Down pOLICE have been alerted in Singapore against a Communist May Day "offensive" next Monday since the discovery of more than 100 seditious posters in many parts of the Colony. Members of the public and police tore down posters m such
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    QUEEN'S MEDAL
    34 7 INCHE AHMAD bin Nooralim, receiving the Queen Juliana Silver Medal from th* Dutch Consul-Grneral. Mr A. M. Winkelnuui, for meritorious service as an employee of the Netherlands Trading Society, yesterday.—Straits Times pic-
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    Boy Killed By Tree
    57 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.Death by misadventure was recorded by the Kluang magistrate after an inquiry into the death of Sim Ch:n Seng, a six-year-old boy, who was killed when a rubber free fell on him. The boy was playing outside his home when a strong gust of
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    They Seek New Life
    91 7 rXDRSAKING Japan for the 1 wide open spaces of Argentina. 37 Japanese emigrants are now In Singapore in the Dutch liner Boissev*in on their way to Buenos Aires to begin life anew. A Straits Times reporter yesterday met Miwako Hama and Yoshiko Shimafukuro daughters of storekeepers
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    CERTIFICATES
    37 7 Mrs. G. H. Garlick will present the certificates to the successful students of the Dhama Class Pall section of the Singapore Buddhist Association at 6 p.m. on Sunday at L he^_P. utram RoaiA Sinhala Buddhist Temple
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    Johore Delegate
    47 7 Ironi Our SUIT Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. Mr. C. D. Westwood, headmaster, Government English School Kluang, has been selected as the Johore delef£teJ° attend the meeting of the Central Committee of the University of Malaya Appeal Fund to be held at Ipoh on Mciy 6.
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    Film Actress Arrives
    79 7 AUSTRALIAN film actress Margo Lee and her husband, Mr. Frank Brooks, were welcomed on their arrival in Singapore from Sydney yesterday by Mr. Donald Davies, publicity manager of a local cinema organisation. Miss Lee and Mr. Davies were in the same youth show in Sydney some years
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    FAMILY PLANNING DEFEAT
    278 7 FAMILY PLANNING DEFEAT ADVOCATES of family planning lost their case in a debate at the East West Society, Singapore. last night The proposition before the house was that family planning is the most urgently needed reform in South-East Asia today After a lively 2 H-hour debate, in which more than
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    THE FLEET'S IN PORT.....
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    'CON MAN'
    76 7 EIGHTEEN Singapore women, v victims of a trickster turned up in full force in the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday to testify against the man who had cheated them. The man, 34-year -x>ld Johnny Lee Chuan Teck of Neil Road was sentenced to two months' imprisonment. In passing
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    CHEATED OF $133
    95 7 Lion Ltd. Three days after he left the :irm In December last, he went to Yeo Soo Gek of Tlverton Lane and told her of a big scheme to sell the company's products at the various amusement parks and at the larger theatres In Singapore. Lee got
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    'INVASION' MAY EARN STORE U.S. $80,000
    434 7 YESTERDAY was "Ax Day" in Singapore, when 2,000 officers and ratings of the U.S. Seventh Fleet, which arrived at 8 a.m. from Manila, came ashore for liberty leave at one o'clock. Another 2,000 will follow when their turn for liberty comes, and it is
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    TRAIN FROM IPOH ALTERNATE DAYS
    69 7 From Oat SUIT Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. pROM next Monday the 8.20 a.m. train from Ipoh to Koala Lumpur will be cancelled on odd days until farther notice. The cancellation of this and several foods trains is necessary to permit repair of the damage done
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    HIS 'BEST SUIT'-FOR BEER
    124 7 HIS 'BEST SUIT'FOR BEER THOMAS Dean, an engineer 1 in the Frederick Glover, told the Singapore Second I Police Court yesterday that he lost his "No. 1 suit," which cost him 18 guineas I through having four bottles of beer. He had not enough money to meet the bill, so
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    Queen's Medals For Two Workers
    274 7 Queen 's Medals For Two Workers QUEEN JULIANA'S first gold and silver medals for n Singapore residents were awarded to Mr. Wee an< Thye and Inche Ahmad bin Nooralim, two of the oldest employees of the Netherlands Trading Society at a tea party held by Mr. J. H. van der
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    18 WOMEN
    102 7 registering for the job of a cashier and $3 for the Job of a waitress The women understood that the money they paid was for a guarantee that they turned up for work when called. They were convinced after Lee got a tailor to measure them for their
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    $1,000 BAIL
    41 7 Bail of $1,000 for one week was allowed In the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday when 42-year-old Yong Ah Wee pleaded not guilty to a charge of knowingly allowing premises In Sago Street to be used as a brothel.
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    WAS AT PEARL HARBOUR......
    33 7 ritlST-CLASS STEWARD Edwin Chantrr. of Composite Squadron VC 61, attached to the Boxer Edwin saw service in Pearl Harbour and thr Sicily and houthern France invasions. Straits Times picture.
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    UNIONS MAY SEEK GOVERNOR'S AID
    149 7 THE Federation of Unions of Government Employees. Singapore, is to send a deputation to see the Colonial Secretary, and if necessary, the Governor to protest against the Benham salaries and cost-of-llving reports. The Federation, 'which comprises 10 Government unions whose total membership exceeds 3.000. includes
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      103 7 SHARMA, R k., Teach r, Raffles Institution. Slngapjiv, passed away suddenly on 27 4 50 Cremation at Bidr-.dari Hinru Cemetery today i2<? .4.50) 5 p.m. Lovely to look at TOOTAL Namrit PRINTED SPUN RAYON lasting in wear /^^_k Tootal Namrit r_/ Printed Spun /jS^gL* Rayons are for /wOKiPf women who
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    'USE LOTTERY FUND ON HOUSES'
    421 8 Subsidy Plan Penang Govt. From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Thursday. THE acute shortage of houses in the Federation could be remedied in some degree if the money accruing from the first State lotteries were used to subsidise "sub-economic" housing a field which could not be
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    BARRELS TO BE REMOVED
    127 8 BARRELS TO BE REMOVED 7UORE traffic islands are planned for Singapore to take the place of the unsightly barrels which have been used as experiments. After the experiments car- ried out at Collyer Quay, the Traffic Advisory Committee is unanimously of the opinion that this island should be eight feet
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    POLICE BAND AT CUP MATCH
    62 8 From Oui Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The Federation Police Band will Beat Retreat on the Padangs at Alor Gajah, Jasln and Malacca on May 2, 3 and i 4. It will also play selections before and during the inter- I val of the Malaya
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    $350 BAIL
    38 8 From Our Own Correspondent MUAR, Thurs.— Lai Fook Lai was allowed ball of $350 at Muar when he was charged with attempting to commit hnusebreaking at the house of Iiiche Jaffar bin Kassim at Parit Jawa.
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    $3 Dispute Over Water
    99 8 DISPUTE over the payA ment of $3.13 for water i consumed comes before Sin- gapore Municipal Commissioners at their full board I meeting today. Mrs. Robert Eu (Progressive —West-Ward) will Introduce the subject by way of a motion that the decision made by a committee last
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    COOK ON PARANG MURDER CHARGE
    162 8 From Our Own Corrts^ondent TAIPING, Thursday. EVIDENCE that an estate cook suddenly caught hold of his employer's wife by the hair and slashed her throat with a parang was given at a preliminary inquiry at Taiping into Jhckilling of Beatrice Pereira, a mother of three
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    74 8 THE NEW MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE of the Omar Pulavar Tamil School, Singapore. Front row (from left to right) are: .Mr. V. M. Masood (Hon. Secretary)? Mr. G. Sarangapany (President, Tamil Education Society), Mr. Lim Tew Hock, (Patron) and Mr. A. N. Maideen, (President). Back row: Mr. K. M. Hassan (Committee Member),
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    BENTONG MAN HAD CHANDU
    68 8 From Our Own Correspondent BENTONG, Thurs.-- Bentong Customs Preventative Officers recently seized 2Vi lbs. of raw chandu from a Chinese in Loke Yew Street, Bentong. The owner of the drug, 41-year-old Liew Ngan, was today sentenced In the Bentong Sessions Court to six months gaol. Liew,
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    DRIVER FINED
    32 8 From Onr Own OorrMDondfnl TAIPING, Thurs.— For permitting his attendant to sit on the roof of his cabin, a lorry driver, Ne Van Poh was fined $15 by Talplng Magls-
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    'Timely Warning' Says Dato Tan
    320 8 From Our Staff Correspondent MALACCA, Thursday. /COMMENTING on today's Straits Times headline: "Chinese Must have Role in Malaya", and the London Times on moves to self-government, Dato Tan Cheng Lock, president of the Malayan Chinese Association, considered the article "a timely warning to the Government
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    TWO DETECTIVES IN THE DOCK
    96 8 From Our SUIT Correspondent PENANQ, Thurs. rO detectives, Llm Teik Chye and Tan Suan Leng, appeared with a taxi driver, Lim Kong Tat, in the Penang Sessions Court yesterday charged with causing evidence of the commission of an offence to disappear. All three accused are
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    FLOWERS FOR STAR
    60 8 MARGO LEE Australian screen and stage star (left), greeted on her arrival at Kalian? airport, Singapore, yesterday. On the right >s Miss Pat Harding. QANTAS hostess, who handed to Miss Le e a basket of flowers on behalf of Cathay Restaurant. In the centre is Mr. Donald
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    Govt. Will Not Tolerate Police Cruelty
    151 8 Govt. Will Not Tolerate Police Cruelty LONDON, Thurs. /CONVICTION of two European members of the Malayan Police Force lor voluntarily causing hurt to a detainee to extract a confession was discussed in the House of Commons yesterday. Mr Emrys Hughes (Lab.) asked how the Minister pro>osed to prevent a recurrence
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    Offered $5 Bribe
    119 8 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH. Thurs. ALLEGED to have offered a plain clothes policeman a bribe of $5 when asked to go to the police station for questioning about his identity card, Ooh Seng Tong, aged 22, of Seremban, was today fined $250 or three months' rigorous
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    TO SHOW HOW WE LIVE
    102 8 To show Australia how the people of Singapore live, the Australian Broadcasting Company's Director of Light Entertainment, Mr. Wilfred Thomas, has arrived in the Colony to gather material for a broadcast. Mr. Thomas will see as many aspects of Singapore as he can in one
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    TRESPASSED ON AIRFIELD
    66 8 From Our Own Correspondent BUTTERWORTH, Thurs.— Because he trespassed in a protected place, the Permatang Kuching aerodrome, Butterworth, an elderly Chinese Eow Ah Ting, was yesterday fined $25 by the circuit magistrate at Butterworth. Eow was arrested when he entered the R.A.F. compound at the aerodrome on
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    NEW ADDRESS
    38 8 Singapore Foreign Exchange Control Department moves to the office previously occupied by the Registry of Deeds on the ground floor of the Government Offices, Empress Place on Monday. The new postal address Is P.O. Box 52.
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    BAIL OPPOSED
    34 8 TELUK ANSON. Thurs.— Police opposed ball when Tang Kuan Lee, aged 26, was charged at Teluk Anson with armed robbery and two attempted extortions. He was remanded in custody till May 1
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    Abused Constable
    28 8 From Our Own Correspondent MUAR, Thurs.—The Muar Magistrate fined Koh Lai Kwee $10 or seven days' hard labour for disorderly conduct by abusing a special constable.
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      Paulette is the only "ANNA"
      1144 9  - Paulette is the only "ANNA" by TF anyone could *play Anna in Columbia's production of "Anna Lucasta" hip swinging, tantalising Paulette Goddard is that person. You can never have any doubt about the part she plays and you can never doubt her sincerity when she attempts to break away from
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      MORE FILMS ON MALAYA
      204 9 ACCORDING to her husband, Kasma Booty will end her contract, with Shaw Brothers in June. She will then join the new film company in Singapore which is to start producv tion after Hart Raya Puasa. The film they start work on will be about Malay history.
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      SHAWS MAKE MORE SHORTS
      359 9 SHAWS MAKE MORE SHORTS ANEW departure fo r Messrs. Snaw Brothers Film Production Unit has been the production of short films made for vai ious Municipal and Government Departments. They began some months ago when at the request of a Government Department cameras were commissioned to record the scenes of
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      160 9 I TODAY! JP^A 11 am —1.45 t.IS— «.4S *Bc<^ 7nfteGoodO/d\W%3&M suMMfpmr N»Kf TUNEFUL.... CAREFREE.... Its a GAY M.G.M. MUSICAL ttd we say more? IN SUNNY TECHNICOLOR MISS MARGO LEE Beautiful Australian Film Star will draw I THE LUCKY LETTER at the 6.45 Show TONIGHT during interval MILES ABOVE ANYTMIN6 6LSE
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      175 9 NPW SHOWING 11-1.45-4.00-6.30-9.30 %^Girls! Here's a gj tenderly poignant love £vv U story! Samuel Goldvyn X j§ presents j Distributed W by Wm RKO Radio «g|F Pictures J y Starring 'JFLAJ* Susan Hayward w Dana Andrews ~~PMOIIE X$J/ 5159 Special Mort.ing Shows at 9 a.m. TOMORROW: Yvoune Lie Carlo in
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      254 9 SINGAPORE nalltWs Parade; 8 Talk; 7.15 variety Music; 11.15 World Affairs; 11.30 Bandbox; 8.45 "Just Unpacked"; News and Newt Analysis; 11.45 10 a.m. Newe from K.L. 10.05 g.30 News; 9.45 Music to the Evening Serenade; 12 Close. Close; 12 Malay; 1 p.m. Jay Wll- Home; 10.30 Dance Music; 11 bur
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      The maddest of all mad squires
      708 10  - The maddest of all mad squires GEORGE MALCOLM THOMSON THE STRANGE LIFE OF CHARLES WATERTON. By Richard Aldington Ei'ans 12s. sd. 200 pages. pOD bless the Squiro and his relations. And if the Sqiilre is quite a bit mad, ]\V.o Charles Waterton, vj< n bless him all the tame Are
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      33 10 Helen Gallagher, who will appear in the London presentation of the Broadway show "Touch And Go" displays her new hair style on the balcony of her London hotel the Groevenor, Victoria. A.P. picture.
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      Einstein's New Theory
      33 10 ANEW edition of Professor Einstein's "The Meaning of Relativity" (Methuen, 7s. 6d.), appeared recently and an appendix to it gives an account of Einstein's recently announced "generalised theory of gravitation."
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      Three good books by Americans
      366 10  - Three good books by Americans HORACE THOROGOOD by~ 1 MORE news leaks out of Ernest Hemingway's new novel. "Across The River And Into The Trees." While crossing to New York on the He de France he corrected what he calls "the first clean type-script." When he gets galley proofs from
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      A Maori told them it would happen
      345 10 Moanalua. By Thomas. Woodrooffe. (Faber Faber, 12s. 6d.) (By Robert Gibbings) THIS new book by Commander Woodrooffe gives a pleasant and diverting account of the years he spent as a young naval officer on the New Zealand station which, he says, "we used
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      MERCY WAS STRAINED
      313 10 "Tender Mercy". By Lenard Kaufman (Macmillan and Co. Ltd. London). TT appears to be a post-war trend for writers, both novelists and scriptwriters, to aea! frankly with the question of mental defectives and the effect these unfortunate people have on the lives of others. At long last
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      47 10 "Retrospect of an Unimportant Life". Vol. 3. By Herbert Hensley Henson. (Oxford. 255.). '•Chekhov in my Life": A Love Story. By Lydia Avilov. (Lehmann. 10s. 6d.). "The Making of Pakistan". By Richard Symonds. (Faber. 12s. Mb. "Wessex". By Ralph Dutton. (Batsford. 12s. ,6d.).
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    346 10 Marines at war The Marines Were There. By Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart. [Putnam. 12s. 6d/> By David Divine. THE motto of tho Royal Marine Corps is, as .11 the world knows and I use the phrase advisedly— Per Mare Per Terram. To that, suggests Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart in his
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    A LABOUR OF LOVE
    177 10 SHORT STUDIES ON CHINA AND INDIA. By V. G. Nair (Santiniketan, West Bengal. Rs. 3.) MR. V. O. Nair Is assistant secretary of the SinoIndian Cultural Society of India. His book, a reproduction of articles in Indian journals, is a "labour of love in furthering the
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      267 10 STRAITS TIMES CROSSWORD Acnow 24 you don't'soar with the** CROSSWORD No. 44 I Meet with continued mU- <4>. i. i I i i i i i i i i i fortune (4. J. 4. 5>. 2S. MoUt murmur with j_t«|»»«»»» 8 9. Exaggerated (7>. eod of (St. .g, J L_
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      341 11 LONDON, Thurs. DROFIT-TAKINQ In select1 ed Rubber shares reduced some of this section's gains of the last few days in the Ixnidon Stock Exchange yesterday Trading In most -sections was reduced to the minimum. Closing middle prices or selected stocks, as supplied to the Straits Times by special
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      INDUSTRIALS, TINS EASE SLIGHTLY
      123 11 From Our Market Correspondent rjULL conditions continued in the Malayan share market yesterday. Industrial and Tin shares were inclined to b e slightly easier. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers Association yesterday were: INDUSTRIALS Bayer Seller Con. Tin Smelt Pref JO/S 21/6 Ord 15/6 1«
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      TIN PRICES
      29 11 SINGAPORE, Thurs., Apr. 27— 5292.87 V2 (down $0.50). LONDON. Thurs.. Apr. 27. —Spot: €588— £588}. Forward: £588— £588}. Settlement: £588. Turnover morning;. 35 tons; afternoon, 2« tons.
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      I.T.O. USELESS WITHOUT U.S.
      201 11 WASHINGTON, Thurs. ]yjR. Dean Acheson, U.S. Secretary of State, has stated that the proposed 54 nation International Trade Organisation to promote world trade will not be able to function unless America joins Jt. He was testifying before the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee. The committee
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      THE PRODUCE MARKET
      118 11 I i From A Market Correspondent OOPRA In the Singapore produce market yesterday was ettsier with buyers opening at $39' i and sellers $39 Prices eased further towards the close with sellers indicating $39 i and buyers $39. Coconut oil was slightly steadier, sellers quoting $63 in
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      Telok Rubber Costs Up
      98 11 •pELOK (FMS.) Rubber Com- puny, in Its annual report, I makes a comparison of all-in rubber costs. Compared with 7.70 d per lb. in 1947 (including cost of rehabilitation and replanting), the cost in 1948 was B.oBd and In 1949 8 30d per lb. In 1947
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      Four-Cent Drop In Rubber
      247 11 Four-Cent Drop In Rubber EASINESS In the London and New York markets caused liquidation and profittaking In the Singapore rubber market, which eased in sympathy yesterday. Quotations were from three to five cents below Wednesday's closing prices. Business in the first grade for May shipment was done at 70% cents
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      CHERSONESE (FMS)
      66 11 r«HERSONESE (F.M.S.) Estates profit for 1949, after charging taxation was £33.594 (£37,418 in 1948), TJJC. taxation charged in •jeeounts £34,500 (£**.000); transfer to reserves, replanting £13 000 (£13,000); depreciation of buildings and machinery £4,000 (£2,000); Dividend 8 1/3 per cent less tax £13.947 (total 8 1/3 per cent.
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      S. BUAYA RUBBER
      55 11 A MEETING of holders of the First Mortgage Convertible and Redeemable Debenture stock of Sungei Buaya (Sumatra) Rubber Is to be held on May 2 to consider an extension of trie moratorium from June 30, 1950, until June 30 1953. with power to extend for two further
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      SHIPPING AT THE SINGAPORE WHARVES
      54 11 gHIPS alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves (yesterday (godowns In brackets) l were. Main Wharf: Seland.a (31-32). steei Vendor (33-34). Benm«chan (36). Tjipanaa (38-39), Wakde (40). Gewang (41) Bolasevain (42-43) BOUsevaln We,t Wh>rf: BenUwers (•-->.' Soudan <8-9>. Cyclop, (13-14) Benalbanacn (15-16). EmPlre Dock: Memnon (17-18).
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    TIBERIUS v. BARODA PRINCE TOMORROW
    549 12  - TIBERIUS v. BARODA PRINCE TOMORROW Grand Tussle In Prospect By EPSOM JEEP KUALA LUMPtJR, Thursday. rpHE meeting of Tiberius and Baroda Prince in the 1 6-f. event for Class 3, Div. 1. will highlight the racing at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, last day of the Selangor Turf Club April meeting.
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    43 12 THIRTEEN YEAR OLD MAINTAIN winning his last race at the second day's races m Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday before being retired. Maintain (Lansdown) won from New Era Bagby) and Royal Eagle (J. Donnelly) to pay the day's highest dividend, $98. Straits Times picture.
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    17 12 TRAINER JACK MANNING leads in Jade Princess (Lanrdown) winner of Race 2 at Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday.
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    MAINTAIN FIRST WON IN 1940
    466 12  -  Epsom Jeep S3 By EPSOM JEEP KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. RECORDS are not available but, off hand, I think old Maintain, who ended a Ion; and colourful career on the Malayan Turf in a blaze of glory on Wednesday must have taken part in no fewer
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    N. Y. Yankees Overpower Red Sox
    282 12 N. Y. Yankees Overpower Red Sox U.S. BASEBALL NEW YORK, Thurs. rPHE NEW YORK Yankees over- powered Boston Red Sox, 10-2 on Wednesday in the American Baseball League, pounding four pitchers for seven extra base bits, including home runs by right' fielder Hank Bauer and catcher Yogi Ben a. Young
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    ROCKUTES
    24 12 WIN 3—l T3OCKLITES defeated Indonesian i v "A" three-one In a S.A.F.A. I Junior B 2 league game on the C.V.M.A. ground yesterday.
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    SINGAPORE TIDES
    26 12 Today: 6.55 ajn. (7 ft.) and 8.46 p.m. (7 ft.). Tomorrow: 8.15 a.m. i 7 ft. 5 in.) 1 and 9.20 p.m. (7ft. 41n.).
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    DAVE STAYS FOR RETURN v BROOKS
    118 12 Y~)AVE SANDS, British Empire middleweight champion, will not return to Australia today as he had originally planned. He is remaining behind for a return flght with Boy Brooks, triple champion of the Orient, who could not answer the bell for the fourth round of
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    RACEWEIGHTSFOR K.L. TOMORROW
    273 12 WEIGHTS for to- j Claas 3, Div. 3— 6 F. Class 3. Div. 6— 6f morrow, the third I t and last day of the Vanguard 9.00 Conrtesan 9.01 below Princess Beau 8.12 Tne Blessing 8.H Ambassador 8.11 o First race starts at Ln less 8.10 L
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    Singapore Weekend Cricket Sides
    433 12 fTiHE following are week-end rHrlrpr t^arnsRA F CHANGI Satnrday' v.' S.C.C. at Changi, "30 p™— P'Lt Sriencer (capt) F/Lt. Dicta F/Lt Donaldson W/O SheffieldSgt. Fleming NAY. Mellor Sgt Forde AC Forde, AC Ramse'v Cpl Callls AC Smith. Umpire' Cpl Greenfield. Scorer: AC Temperton Sunday v SJt
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    Mrs.Greenhill Wins Singles
    108 12 npHE Singapore women's X singles champion Mrs. A. Greenhill easily defeated Mrs. T. A, Roper In straight sets to take the V.M.C.A. women's I singles title at Bras Basah Road yesterday. Mrs. Greenhill who won 6-0, 6-1, took no more than IS minutes to win the final.
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    Katong Score Five Goals
    120 12 KATONG SAJARAH S.C. had to flght hard for their five-one win over Aston A. C. in their Singapore A. T. A. Junior B-2 league game at Oeylang Stadium yesterday. Scores of attempts by Katong Sajarah in the first quarter of the game were warded off by
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    ALFIE SANDS v GOLDEN BOY
    44 12 From Oar Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thur— Alfle Sands, who has won decisions over Bobby NJoo and Nal Som Pong, will be fighting Golden Boy In the main event at the Bukit Bintang stadium in Kuala Lumpur tomorrow night.
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    NON-BENDERS v IA
    32 12 The cricket match between the Non Benders and Indian Asson. which was washed out by rain last week, will be played on May 6 on i the Khalsa ground.
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    Kok Peow Nets 5 For Colony Boys
    642 12 Spore Combined Schools 5; J. Combined Schools 2. SINGAPORE schoolboys thanks largely to the sharpshooting efforts of centre-forward Kok Peow won their second annual soccer match against Johore schoolboys at the Engish College ground in Johore Bahrr yesterday by five goals to two.
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    Sports Diary
    47 12 SOCCER: Jnr. A 1: Customs v RNAS Sembawanc at Geylang. Jnr. B 2: BODCA "A" t Cosmos S.C. at BOD (round. TENNIS: V.M.C.A. mixed doubles Anal, 5 p.m. BASKETBALL: Tenfc Kong A. A. v U.S. Navy team at Great World 8.30 for Red Cross Fund.
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    Winner Falls Over K.o'd Opponent
    445 12 IN WHAT was the finest bout seen in local amateur boxing for a lone: time, 17 -year-old Ronald Tan, the K.O. king of the York Body Building Club, upheld his name when he knocked out D. Lazaroo in the third round of their semi-final bout
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