The Straits Times, 9 February 1952

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  • 18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED 184S TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1952 PRICE FIFTEEN CENT?
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  • 468 1 Elizabeth II meets the Privy Council QUEEN ELIZABETH II rose early today and So Palace to make her first formal act as Sovereign— her declaration of accession to the Throne. In the Palace she met the Privy Council for the first
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  • 124 1 THE QUEEN APPROVES PLANS FOR FUNERAL LONDON, Fri. QIKKN ELIZABETH flew home to a sorrowing capital from the heart of Africa today and immediately approved arrangements for the funeral of her father in the resting place of Kings St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, on Friday. February 15. The King's body
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  • 40 1 LEEDS, Fri.— Mr. Denis M. Healey. secretary of the Labour Party's International Department, today retained the Leeds south-east division for his party in a Parliamentary by-election. The Labour majority was reduced from 8.C53 to 7,199 Reuter.
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  • 47 1 TOKYO, Fri. The Japanese Prime Minister. Shigeru Yoshida, called on General M. B. Ridgway at his headquarters today. Their conference, which to keep secret, was still going on nearly two hours later. No information was available on the purpose of their talks.— Reuter.
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  • 26 1 LONDON, Fri. Six Shackleton aircraft of the Royal Air Force Coastal Command today left Cornwall for Nogombo, Ceylon, to loin fleet exercises. Reuter.
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  • 243 1 TWELVE people watched two Singapore amateur fliers in a tiny Gemini twin-engined monoplane take off from Kallang airport. Singapore, yesterday on an 8.000-mile adventure. They were Mr. A. F. W. Andren. chief engineer of the Department of Civil Aviation, and Mr.
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  • 205 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. TWE ceremony for the installation of the new x High Commissioner, Gen. Sir Gerald Tempter, has been postponed owing to the death of the King. The new date will be anBiced as soon as possible. Federation Government today ie day of the ;'uneral
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  • 76 1 Siam plans to mobilise for war BANGKOK, Fri. /GENERAL mobilisation is vf imminent In view of the presence of large numbers of foreign troops on the southern border of China near Siam. a reliable source told the United Press today. The source said that the Council of Ministers, at a
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  • 58 1 THIS PICTURE MADE MALAYAN NEWSPAPER HISTORY. It yya s sent byb v the Straits Times London office to the Straits Times in Singapore by radio this morning. The picture was received by Cable and Wireless direct from London. The picture shows London crowds reading: first
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  • 64 1 KOREA TRUCEMEN AGREE PANMUNJOM, Fri. and Communist negotiators agreed today to a meeting of the full armistice delegation tomorrow to renew discussion on the last item while continuing talks on other unresolved problems. The U.N. Command is expected to present Its views on the three-point draft the Communists submitted on
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  • 35 1 BONN, Fri.— German police, armed with clubs and fire hoses, battled for several hours here today with a slogan-chanting crowd of nearly 2,000 Communists protesting against plans for West German rearmament. U.P.
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  • 47 1 IPOH, Fri. rpWELVE-year-old Wong Weng Kuan was bathing in a mining pool behind his house in Falim village yesterday wTien he >vas sucked into a suction pump. The engine operating the suction pipe in the pool was stopped and Wong's fo'dy was found.
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  • 43 1 SYDNEY, Fri.— Bush fires flared up in New South Wales today and threatened several towns. Flames were only two miles from the centre of Katoomba, holiday resort tn the Blue Mountains about 80 miles west of Sydney.— Reuter
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  • 28 1 CAIRO, Fri. A heavy explosion at the Farouk University training camp at Alexandria shook the surrounding area at midnight last night. There were no casualties.—AP.
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  • 21 1 IPOH. Fri.— Bandits clubbed two rubber tappers to death on an estate In the Tapah area of Perak
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  • 174 1 Forces hit bandits for a '6' j KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. SECURITY forces have j killed six more ban- dits In the Federation. I Three bandits were killed j this morning in a battle In the Kampar area of Perak when a combined police and military patrol surrounded their camp. The
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  • 54 1 MADRID, Fri. 'pHE military prosecutor yesterday asked for the death penalty for 11 men, and gaol terms varying from 30 years to six months for 19 others, at a court martial at Barcelona. The men were charged with three murders, armed holdups and numerous robberies in
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    • 207 2 C.L.C. CONTRACTORS DINMER ig to the death of His V Kins Gftr-ge VI. The ,a Electrtc Co. Ltd., an■(.iiice thai their Dinner at the World on Saturday, 9th military, »a postponed until a lrt<- c^iite KLIM is PURE SAft MILK CSJ KLIM \m am MN 0k MILK first in PreiereiK*
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    • 792 2 NOTICES MALAY REGIMENT TENDER NOTICE Tenders wiU be received at RHQ The MALAY Regiment Port Dickson up to 12 o'clock 25 Feb. 52 for the Supply of Electrical and Engineer Stores. Any particulars required can be obtained from the O 1/c Barracks. The MALAY Regiment Pork DteksonTender Forms can be
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  • 564 3 CHURCHILL LOOKS TO THOSE 'GREAT PERIODS OF OUR HISTORY' 'Famous have been the reigns of Queens' LONDON, Friday. J\/[R. WINSTON CHURCHILL, the Prime Minister, said in a nation-wide broadcast last night: "The King walked with death as if death were a companion, an acquaintance whom he recognised and did not
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    20 3 QUEEN MARY who i s reported to have been treated fur shock caused by the King's death. She is 85.
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  • 169 3 The Briefs Prince plays, doesn't know about death liilKh*. KAK-OI.K Prime Charles and Princess Anne, a^'d IX months yesterday piiw-fl on at lawn at Sandnnsham The v do not know thai the Kins has fli.-d A nephew of the King, the Duke ol Kent, aged 16. vho \m at school
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  • 79 3 No more sea duties for Prince Philip LONDON. Frl THE News Chronicle naval correspondent said today it is unlikely Prince Philip will be given another seagoing command except In unusual circumstances Prince Philip, a lieutenant commander is now on halfpay His last active appointment was as commanding officer of the
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  • 176 3 HONG KONG, Friday. /CAPTAIN Robert Wherey, skipper of the Taikinv shan, which was stranded on the north reef of Paracel Island on Jan. 17, had his certificate of competency suspended for 12 months by a marine court of inquiry in Hong voctor/fo« Thp court recommendec
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  • 85 3 LONDON, Frt. A Post Office spokesman said last night that plans were being prepared for the issue of stamps bearing the effigy of Queen Elizabeth 11. He said however that such stamps would not be issued before at least six months. Designers would be invited to
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  • 81 3 Indies-U. S. tin pact soon WASHINGTON, Fri. AMERICAN officials said yesterday that they were confident they could come to an agreement with Indonesian negotiators soon on United States purchase of about 25,000 tons of tin. They declined to say anything about the price but added they believed the Indonesians would
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  • 21 3 BUENOS. AIRES. Frl.-Pre-sldent Peron today lifted a ban Imposed In August. 1947, on a Socialist bi-weekly paper. Lalvanmiardla.— Reuter
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  • 19 3 BERLIN. Fri—Both pilot; were killed when two Prencr let fighters crashed In flame 1 ""'tprdav after colliding
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  • 279 3 HE URGES GERMANS TO REARM BONN, Friday. TWE West German Chancellor, Dr. Adenauer, called on the people there yesterday .to rearm to help make the free Western world so strong that "Russia will not dare to attack". Opening a debate in the West German Parliament
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  • 169 3 Margaret breaks down at prayer SANDRINGHAM. Fri. pRINCESS Margaret, the girl who until Wednesday was one of the gayest ladies in the land, knelt grief-stricken here yesterday before a silver altar and prayed for her dead father. King George VI. All her life she has loved bright clothes, but yesterday
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  • 54 3 PARIS, -Fri. The three-week-old government of M. Edgar Faure today obtained a vote of confidence by 292 vote s against 275, a majority of 17. The vote was on a proce dural Issue treatment for a wage reform bill but M. Faure had made It
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  • 471 3 LATEST LONDON PRICES STOCKS LONDON ,Fri. WITH many market men attending the proclamation of the accession of the Queen, active interest in the Stock Exchange today was small. A highlight of the glltedged section was the start of dealings in Southern Rhodesia 4'/a% loan, for which a premium of 11,
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  • 77 3 LONDON, Fri. gRITONS will speak the Queen's English during the reign of Elizabeth 11. The change from King to Queen as sovereign means many other twists in familiar phrases and monograms. The 250 King's Counsel now are Queen's Counsel. For two of them it
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  • 35 3 WASHINGTON, Fri.—Representative Overton Brooks introduced a resolution yesterday calling on Congress to recommend to the President that the atomic bomb be used to end the war in Korea If armistice negotiations fall.— A.P.
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  • 126 3 LONDON, Frl. r£ BLACKS, navy blues and greys which dominate the spring and summer fashion collections of London's leading dressmakers will strike the keynote of every official function In Britain In the months of mourning ahead. Designed, made and shown to the Press for the first
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    • 111 3 _.^7_THE WORLD'S FINEST MOTOR CYCLES 1* and the world s most exclusive motorcycle designed to appeal to every class of enthusiast There are five superlative models in the ARIEL 1952 range and they comprise many new features and refinements T>e result is improved ridine comfort olus h ier> oerformance. Distributors
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    • 89 3 (ffitfi We are open today/ i (Thaipusam) -A Singapore Cold Storage Co x Ltd. \V V aY lil^m Trade Enquiries to: L. D. SEYMOUR CO., INC Building. s PO r.. "SPEAKING OF SHIRTS—" —WE OFFER A WIDE SELECTION" OF DAY SHIRTS, WITH LONG SLEEVES, COLLAR ATTACHED. MEKAY' PLAIN SHADES $19.75
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  • 247 4 SHENTON WAY SCHEME TOO AMBITIOUS —ARCHITECT Praise and criticism for Govt. plan THE $22,000,000 development scheme for Shenton Way and Robinson Road, announced by the Singapore Government, was criticised and praised yesterday by architects and land valuers. An architect Mr. Ng Keng Siang, attacked the scheme as too ambitious and
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  • 161 4 'LEAVE ROOM FOR PUBLIC' says 6 Planter 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Frl. Incorporated Society of Planters has protested against Government's "continual inroads" on public accommodation. The I.S.P. states, In the latest issue of The Planter. the official organ of the So- ciety, that Government nas i now taken over an 13-roomed
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  • 72 4 j seaman, Tan Hiang I Kwang. Tan Ah Chong. j and Ng Suan, were fined a totai of $730 in Singapore yesterday for exporting $710 worth of motor spare parts to an Indonesian port without a permit. They were arrested by revenue officers who boarded a motor
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  • 65 4 THE titular feast of the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes will be celebrated at the Ophir Road Church, Singapore on Feb. 17. A Novem. will precede the feast during which period there will be daily mass at 6.30 a.m. At 5.30 p.m. there will be rosary, sermon
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  • 58 4 The first Japanese ship to visit Sweden since the war, the Kyoua M^ru, belonging' to the Nippon Yusen Kaisha Line, will be calling at Singapore on Wednesday. The Kyoua Maru is carryIng a full cargo of 8,300 tons Of steel plates from Hirohata to
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  • 151 4 Claudette to star in a bandit film FILMING of Malayan background scenes for the film "White Blood." a story of 8 planter's life in the Emergency, will begin in Malaya in a few weeks. Mr. John Davis, deputy chairman and managing director of the J. Arthur Rank Organisation, who P
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  • 37 4 YMCA, Orchard Road: Tennis, 5 p.m.; movie circle show, 8 p.m. BRITISH RED CROSS: Handicapped children's club outing at Katong Park. 10 am. CYMA, (Church of St. Joseph, Portuguese Mission): Film show at 7 p.m.
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  • 139 4 AN R.A.F. Sunderland fiyir.g boat on Thursday went out on a mercy mission to a ship, about 250 miles northwest of Penar.g. But h-ti'way it got a message that the man to help whom th^ distress c:>U had been sen* had died Tiie flying boat
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  • 167 4 New bid to avoid power cuts THE Singapore Ratepayers Association has asked the City Council to take steps to compel owners of emergency generators to operate them during peak load hours. In a letter to the City President, the Association says that if this were done, thousands ot kilowatts of
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  • 42 4 A charge of robbery with violence was explained to Murugan Ayavoo and Allagapan Mariyamuthu, in Singapore yesterday. They were alleged to have robbed Muthu Veeran of $29 on Wednesday in Sungei Rd. The case was postponed to Monday.
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  • 68 4 A parcel, labelled "paper toys." burst into flames suddenly in the General Post Office, Singapore, when handled by a postal clerk, Mr. Pang Wee Seng: This was stated by Mr. W. A Cooper, Director of Posts, Singapore, in the Singapore City Police Court yesterday when Poon
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  • 61 4 Officials of the Indian Association. Brunei, this year 2, r e president: Mr. V. T. Cherian. vice-president. Mr. T. K. Menon: secretary. Mr. G. Vasavan. treasurers. Mr. M. Veerasamy and Mr. B. Veloo, auditor. Mr. Dharmadas and committee: Messrs Urn Alex. V. O. Madhavan Na£. P Stephen.
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  • 119 4 New street name plan for Colony vro roads within Singapore City limits will in W future be named after living people, the Public Works Committee has decided. The committee, asked to j frame a policy for the naming of roads and streets decided. 1 No road will be named r
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  • 592 4 ANUUCAN St. Andrew's Cathedral: I a m Holy Communion 8 am Choral Eucharist: Archdeacon 9.30 a.m. Children's Service. 10.30 a.m. Morning Prayer with Commemoration for Hiss Majesty King George VI and Prayers for Queen Elizabeth II: Archdeacon. 11.30 a.m. Holy Communion. 5.30 p.m. Evensong: Rev. Chiu Ban It.
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  • 203 5 yy HLN business is good, businessmen are generous. But when it i* bad appeals for charity often go unheard. So says Mr. Lee Kong Chian, Malaya's rubber magnate. And to remedy this, Mr. Lee is to form a relief
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  • 95 5 SIR GERALD PRESIDES AT WAR COUNCIL KUALA LUMPI R. Fri. ffIUE High Commissionr r. X General Sir Gerald Templer. presided for the first time today at a meeting of the Federal War Council. The De*wty Mich Commissioner, Mr. D. C. MacGillivray, and the Deputy Director of Operations. General Sir Rob
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  • 165 5 Volunteers for camps 'a farce' KUALA LUMPUR, Pn. THE system of forming voluntary Home Guard contingents to protect resettlement areas was a halfhearted measure and a farce, the president of the Malayan Chinese Association, Dato Sir Cheng-lock Tan, told the Straits Times today. He wa s commenting on the directive
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  • 29 5 A meeting of condolence on the death of the King will be held by the Singapore Naval Base Labour Union tomorrow at Bloc* 42. Naval Base
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  • 274 5 m BSTATION liable to load *3 shedding today are: DAT Short St.. New Ice Works. Pire Stone. Mackenzie Road, Bukit Thnah Pomps, Balestier Road. Jalan Ampas, 8.M.8.C.. Mcßitchie. Braddetl Rise. Island Golf Club. I SeleUr Pumps, Nee Soon, Seletar I Wireless. Mental Hospital. Trafalgar Estate. New World, Bendemeer
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  • 107 5 r p HE constitution of the Singapore. Probation Com- mittee was announced in i yesterday's Government gazette. The committee will consist of the Chiet Justice, or his representative; the Secretary for Social Welfare, or his representative: the District Jndge and First Magistrate. Messrs. H. B. Livingstone, R. B.
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  • 70 5 CJHAN Kwai Soon, a 40-year-old woman, of Kluang. Johon?, was charged before Mr. P. Claque, the Singapore n U u rt Police Magistrate, with having taken her married daughter away from her son-m-law "for unmoral purposes." Chan was alleged to have taken the girl to Kluang
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  • 48 5 IPOH, Pri. American women Methodists contributed c entlre c °st of building the $150,000 hostel which will be opened by Bishop Archer, of Singapore, at .the Lady Treacher Girls' School. Taiping, on Monday evening. The hostel, a two-storey building, will accommodate 80 girls.
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    47 5 MX. Fiers i. Perera ami Vr. ss i'auh.ic Lope 2 who ucre married recently at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Joh ore Bahru. Father Fortier officiated. From left (back row) are: Mr. D. C. Fernandez, Mr. R. Fernandez, Miss Helen Perera and Mrs. D. C. Fernandez.
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  • 79 5 Two specials bound over for 'mean act yesterday with assaying WongKoK. a°£& The constables were alleged to have asked Wong f Or a lift for their friends and when the request was refused, they assaulted him. Inche Kadir. in binding them for one year, said that they had been guilty
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  • 59 5 About 400 members and guests of the Union Dancing Party attended a Cha* Ooh Meh dance at the Raffles Hotel last ni^ht in aid of the party's building fund. Mr. Low Poh San and Miss Jenn.' Quek, Singapore's 1952 dance champions, gave an exhibition
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  • 52 5 S pore union plans strike THE Gutta Workers' Union! of Singapore will consider 1 strike action for higher wages j and allowances, which the I management of Malayan Guttai has refused, at the i annual meeting this week. The demand for higher wages and allowances was sent to the management
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  • 278 5 DROMUS BLAST FINDINGS THE explosions ahd fire in the Dromus at Pulau Bukum last August were not caused by sabotage, says the report of the court of inquiry appointed by the Governor of Singapore. The report says an explosion could easily have been caused by
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  • 119 5 Alliance has 'dislocated Onn's nose' KUALA LUMPUR. *Vi Kuala Lumpur UMNOMCA alliance "has dislocated quite severely the noses of Dato Onn and his Independence of Malaya Party followers" says the latest issue of The Planter, official organ of the Incorporated Society of Planters The Planter calls the alliance a "very
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  • 66 5 The following have sent messages of condolence to the Secretary of State for the Colonies Mr. Lytfcelton, on the death of the King: Ceylon Tamils Association, Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple, Ceylonese Association, Singapore Municipal Services Union, Malayan Kaval Force, Singapore Labour Advisory Board. Malay Union Singapore
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  • 36 5 The Singapore Rent Con- I cwiation Board yesterday ap- proved to raise the total monthly rent of four houses. 1198, 119 D, 119E and 119F, Meyer Mansions, from $250 i < to $800. Ij
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  • 94 5 AN application by Miss Rebecca Meyer to have the rent of the Medical Hall. 3. Battery Road Singapore, raised from $875 to $1,700 a month was adjourned by the Rent Conciliation Board Yesterday. "Mr C. W. A. Sennett a former Commissioner lof Lands who valued
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  • 22 6 IN loving memory of Theophane Consigliere wlio passed away on 9.2.1951. at Pulu Samboe. "Sveet JfMis. grant him eternal rest."
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  • 123 6 MR. f? AM PANTHER of Malayan Railways, Oemas, wishes to thank friends, relatives, who attended the funeral, sent condolences and rtnrirred assistance on the death of his beloved wife. Sivapackum. I MRS KOH LIAN CHIN FAMILY gratefully thank all those who rendered assistance, sent wreaths, condolence mess^es and offered
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  • 568 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Sat., Feb. 9, 1952 The British Pledge The profound grief which Malaya has shared with the Commonwealth in the death of His Majesty has for a time turned attention from Federation problems. But no doubt the new High Commissioner, after his installation, will avail himself of
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  • 423 6 The Big Two Arrive The new High Commissioner, General Sir Gerald Templer, and his Deputy, Mr. Donald MacGillivray, have journeyed with commendable despatch. It is less than four weeks since General Templer crossed the. Atlantic for his interview with the Prime Minister, who was then visiting Canada. Mr. MacGillivray, former
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  • 44 6 LONDON. Frl. Both Houses of Parliament will meet on Monday when the Prime Minister and other statesmen will deliver addresses of condolence to the Queen and thr Royal family. The Parliament is then expected to adjourn till Feb. 19.
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    9 6 Photograph by Birte Steincke CHINESE TEMPLE MENDICANTS, KUALA LUMPUR.
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  • 1123 6  -  Cynictis by (GENERAL Sir Gerald "Templer, the Federation's new High Commissioner, made an excellent impression on the pressmen who met him, in Singapore as well as in the Federation. Newspapermen, in the mass at any rate, are shrewd judges, and that their first reactions to Malaya's
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  • 724 6 JN Race Course Road, Singapore, Ls a sight, little known, except to passing airline passengers who go there on city tours. In this quiet street stands a temple housing a great, glistening, yellow enamelled Buddha. 50 feet high quite the largest in Singapore. It weighs 300 tons and its
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  • 389 7 'New heart will be put into their work 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. jyjß. C. M. Harrison, president of the European Civil Servants' Association of Malaya, told the annual meeting in Kuala Lumpur tonight of details of an agreement in principle between the Governments
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  • 298 7 TRAINING FLIGHT 100 A.T.C. CADETS GO FLYING CADETS of the Malayan Air Training Corps, Singapore, took to the air yesterday morning during an official visit to the R.A.F. Station, Seletar. In Sunderlands of the Far East Flying Boat Wing and Valet ta aircraft, over 100 of them circled the island
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  • 116 7 AN increase in the entrepot trade of Singapore and Penang following the recent ECAFE industry and trade committee conference in Rangoon is seen by Mr. R. Jumabhoy, leader of the three-man Malaya and Borneo delegation, who recently returned to the Colony. Mr. Jumabhoy said that among
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  • 74 7 I'HE Commissioner-General, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, has received messages of condolence on the death of the King from the following: M. Andre Guibaut, French Consul-General; Dr Van Woerden, Netherlands ConsulGeneral; Mr. S. Jofre Mannao, Portuguese Chancellor; Luang Sri Sarasombati, Siamese Consul-General; Mr C F. Baldwin, U.S.
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  • 86 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Fri. f$G HENG SAN, a driver, was today sentenced in the Sessions Court to 20 months' imprisonment for possession of 45 Ib. of opium, worth about 5250,000. The opium was found hidden in the doors of a car which was stopped and searched
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  • 42 7 A prayer meeting for the late King will be held at the Bahai Centre, 352A, Tanjong Katong Road, tomorrow at 5.30 p.m. The Indonesia Club's cultural night, arranged for tomorrow at the club's premises, has been postponed.
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  • 37 7 SEGAMAT. Fri. Four cyclists were fined $15 each at Segamat for failing to take Town Board licences for their machines. Two of them were fined additional $5 each for leaving their bicycles unattended and unlocked.
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  • 82 7 SEREMBAN. Fri. Two Ceylonese families, residing in Malaya for more than 50 years were united when Miss Winifred Jeyamany and Mr Robert Duraisingham were married at the Church of Visitation yesterday. The bride is the dauzhrer of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Ponniah of Seremban and sister of
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  • 31 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.-Four big food dumps and a supply dump have been found by security forces, guided by surrendered bandits, in the Alor Star area of Kedah
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  • 41 7 For pretending to be a member of the Singapore Criminal Investigation Department, Abdul GafTor bin Mohamed Shah, aged 22 was yesterday fined $200 or two months' Imprisonment by Mr. p. ciasue. Singapore Fourth Police Magistrate
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  • 39 7 PENANG, Fri.— Security forces have dropped thousands of "safe conduct passes" over Balik Pulau and Ayer Itam bills inviting bandits to surrender. They are in five languages and promise gQod treatment food, cigarettes and medical attention.
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  • 92 7 TELUK ANSON, Fri.— The Board of Visitors for the Decrepits Settlement at Teluk Anson for this year Is: Mr. R. J Morton (chairman) Inc'ie Mohamed Yusof bin A. R'.of, Mrs. Kok D Yin, Inche Ahmad bin Mohamed Jabar, Rain Teh Zaitun binte Raja Kamarulzaman, Mrs Kamslah
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  • 170 7 J^ SPECIAL prayer for the King will be held today in the Chettiar Temple, Tank Road, Singapore, where abouU 100 kavadi-carrying Hindu devotees will make obeisance I to the deity Lord SubramanI yam, to celebi ate Thaiputam. The devotees, decorated with needles and spears, will
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  • 430 7 COMMITTEE REPLIES TO TAN Jlf EMBERS of the pro-tern committee to form a ifX Singapore society for the prevention of cruelty to children yesterday defended their proposal against the criticism of Mr. Tan Chin Tuan, the Deputy President of the Singapore Legislative Council.
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  • 87 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. KUALA Lumpur stores have run out of black ties as a result of an unprecedented rush for them followina the death of the King. The demand has been created mainly by European and Asian Government officers who have been asked to wear
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  • 121 7 MR. D. W. Burnett Rae, the Chief Operations Officer, Department of Civil Aviation, said yesterday that all pilots were advised before they took off from Kallang Airport not to fly over the Singapore General Hospit He gave an assurance that I the Department
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  • 146 7 CHINESE medicine man sued by his wife for the recovery of $60,000 and a declaration that two drug businesses belong to her, walked out of the Singapore High Court yesterday because Mr. Justice Rogers would not grant him a postponement of the case. Tan Cheng
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  • 57 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri The following values have S( been fixed for the purpose of assessing customs duties for the period Feb. 7 to Feb. Rubber $1.36y 8 per lb., F copra $480 per ton. coconut X oil $856 per ton, palm oil' p $977.50 per ton, palm
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  • 23 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. For the past week. West Kents, Cameronians and police have killed and wounded several Selangor bandits each day.
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  • 379 7 T»HE Governor of Singapore, Sir Franklin Gimson, will proclaim the accession of Queen Elizabeth II this morning from a dais on the Padang and not Wo" 1 S f CHy Hal1 aS announc ed preff -F he change of site was made to facilitate
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  • 32 7 KLUANG, Fri. Hussein j bin Sereman, a special con- I stable on Yong Peng Estate was fined $100 or one month's imprisonment in Kluang fori being absent from duty.
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  • 71 7 Malay States won't proclaim the Queen KUALA LUMPUR Fri .T»HE Proclamation of Queen Elizabeth ll's ,n cession to the Throne will b p made in the Settlement* of Penanj, and Malacca ever which she is sovereign, hut not in the Malay States "Proclamation in the Malay States would not be
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  • 76 7 The Queen replies to a message |JVI R- B- O. Sahai, secretary of Serangoon Rural District Committee, received the following message from the Queens private secretary yesterday "I am commanded to convey Her Majesty s sincere appreciation of your message of sympathy." The Serangoon Rural District Committee sent a telegram
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  • 25 7 PENANG. Fri. Penang Government has granted 33year land titles to 55 squatters in the Tassek Glugor resettlement camp i n Province Wellesley
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  • 484 8 LOCKHART IS NOW HEAD OF OPERATIONS, DEFENCEDEPT. Staffs of 2 sections 'completely integrated 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. THE reorganisation of the staff of the Director of Operations, planned under the new powers granted following the murder of Sir Henry Gurney have now been completed, the Straits Times was officially told
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    54 8 THREE MEMBERS of Y.W.CAs in Penang and Kuala Lumpur and one from India who have come as guests of the Singapore Y.W.CJV. for a three months' leadership training course. From left: Miss Ivy Sabapatbv (Penang); Miss M. G. Rachel (K.L.); Miss Fang Chooi Ling (Penang) and Miss Lalitha Sri Hari
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  • 163 8 PETALING PAYS 150 p.c. A final dividend of 30 per cent, making 150 per cent for the year, will be recommended at the annual meeting of Petaling Tin to be held at Ipoh on Feb. 29. The balance sheet shows a profit for the year, after toe deduction of income
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  • 52 8 IPOH, Thurs— Mr. J. D. Donnelly, local lawyer, is going to Britain and Ireland on leave soon. Mr. Donnelly Is a member and late chairman of the Perak Rugby Union selection committee. He l s a former honorary secretary of the Perak Turf Club
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  • 36 8 TELUK.ANSON, Fri. A verdict of death by misadventure was returned by Inche Mohd. Hassan at Sabak Bernam. on Sellasamy, who accidentally shot" himself while out pig-hunting at Sungei Pulai on Dec. 29 last year.
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  • 134 8 THE big problems facing the Federation Government after squatters had been resettled were emphasised by Mr. R. G. K. Thompson, Secretary for Chinese Affairs in Johore, when he spoke to the Geographical Society of the University of Malaya last night. He referred. In particular,
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  • 57 8 KLUANG. Thurs. The Kluang Sports Council proposes to ask the Chinese. Malay, and Indian and Ceylonese communities to offer three scholarships of $300 to enable three youths, one from each community, to bp trained as plane pilots. The Council has made arrangements with the Kluanjj Flying
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  • 42 8 KUALA LUMPUR, 'Pri. There were 63 cases of pneumonia in the Federation in the third week of January Eighteen deaths from the disease were reported. Perak, the most affected state, had 29 cases of pneumonia and clown deaths.
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  • 23 8 SEREMBAN, Fri. Yen Sang was fined $250 or v month for allowing his house at Mantin to be used for gambling.
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  • 99 8 Marine case findings on Tuesday THE findings of the Marine Court of Inquiry into the stranding of the motor vessel Torina, which ran aground off Palo Manis on December 19 last, will be announced next Tuesday. The vessel became stranded when on her way to Singapore from Jakarta with a
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  • 246 8 'UNA WARE OF HIDDEN PACKET' WHEN Tong Chin Leng, of Silat Road, was driving from Singapore to Johore Bahru with his fiancee, a 30-lb. packet of opium hidden beneath the bonnet of his car caught fire, the Singapore Third District Court was told yesterday.
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  • 77 8 SEREMBAN, Fri. fJO one living in a wired-in area of Segri SembUan is to be allowed after March 1 to stock more than a week's ration of rice five katis. This was an order issued by the State Government yesterday in a
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  • 41 8 Brigadier P. H. Denyer and Group Capt. H. G. Rowe have been appointed Assistant Commissioners for Civil Defence in Singapore. Brig. Denyer will be in charge of the city area and G Capt. Rowe the rural area.
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  • 34 8 bENTONG. Thurs.— About 2.500 people including detachments of Gurkha troops, police, civil servants, boy scouts and school children today paraded at the Bentong padang to pay a tribute to the King.
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    • 317 8 C.*iT* _l 26. Odd tricks Of behavlous Straits Times Crossword mi. 27. Given in charge at second *x^^ »»».v. ..>». m IJJIW lA!JJk« >ys?ai offen Cc (4). jj™ jra 2. Reprove on his mad ari- ft rangement (8). fi^ «kj 3. Not easy to run out of |H si 4S4
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    • 145 9 I SEE in Tuesdays Straits Times that "Malaya protests on new Deputy" and that "Federal Councillors talk about resigning". Don't worry. Don't panic. They WON'T resign. In fact, unless you throw them out, you could not get rid of them. Like a flock of geese
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    • 325 9 "\yiTH reference to the two letters in connection with the removal of the Bucdha image from the Budahist temple in Outram Road to Sri Lankarama. appearing in last Saturday's issue, may I brine to the notice of your readers that the temple buildine in Outram Road was
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    • 327 9 A CHANCE FOR MALAYA'S NEW DEPUTY THE Federal Legislative Councillors have had their say regarding the appointment of Mr MacGillivray to the post of Deputy High Commis.noner. May I, a mere man-in-the-street, add my say? I think it most unfair of the Councillors to condemn I a man as unsuitable
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    • 97 9 I HAVE rarely heard a more appalling apology fo r music than the noise which Radio Malaya broadcast continuously last Saturday afternoon, Interrupted only by the commentary on the Kuala Lumpur races. The noise presumably was broadcast from the K.L. studios, and then rebroadcast from Singapore. Actually
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    • 117 9 DISTRESS IN FIJI: AN APPEAL lf J>HE Fijian people have recently made a. spontaneous contribution to Malaya in sending nearly a thousand of their men to help in the fight against the Communists. It is less than a month since they have sailed from home, and Fiji herself is now
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    • 74 9 QN January 28 there was ft I report that Mr. A. P Rajah would put a proposal to the executive committee of the Progressive Party that one of the basic qualifications for candidates for the City Council should be residence in Malaya of at least! 10 years. Mr. Rajah
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    • 207 9 1 HEARTILY agree with "Ratepayer" that the City Council should obtain the opinion of its legal advisers as to whether employees of the War Department are eligible under the Municipal Ordinance for election to the City Council. Undei the Ordinance, employees of the Crown
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    • 214 9 W.D. SEATS SALARIES "pATEPAYER'S" letter on MX employees of the War Department sitting on the City Council raises a very interesting point. If the "Crown" can be split into several crowns, such as those of Canada. New Zealand, Australia. Ceylon, etc.. and these crowns' employees are allowed to contest City
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    • 182 9 r JpHE ioul charge by Mr. K. C. Chia, chairman of the Selangor Labour Party, that Dato Onn, Sir Cheng -lock Tan and Mr. Yong Shook Lin are trying to form "dynasties" must not go unchal- lenged. I can only attribute thu vilification to the intense jealousy
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    • 150 9 MALAYANS IN HIGHER POSTS IT is very heartening to hear that the Government is launching a scheme whereby more Malayans in the Government service will be trained for higher posts. In the past the Government has had to employ nonMalayans to fill the higher DOsts. There were too few Malayans
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    • 228 9 WHILE campaigning this week for the Kuala Lumpur Municipal elections. I find that certain persons seem to be deliberately distorting facts and playing on the ignorance of some of the voters. It seems these persons have given slips to voters with the names of the candidates
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    • 95 9 ]yjAY we, through your columns, express our very sincere appreciation of the timely assistance rendered to us by certain Chinese gentlemen when our car was involved in an accident at the si Milestone, Cheras Road, on Tuesday morning, January 29? We do not know who
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    • 324 9 T APPRECIATE the sudden Interest taken by quite a few correspondents in last Saturday's Forum in the affairs of the working-class Councillors in general and me in particular. While some of these letters are significant for the ignorance of the writers, they can do
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    • 341 9 C.o.L.FOR THE MEN IN JUNGLE GREEN AS a soldier mixing with some of the people of Singapore, I have heard many discussions about the situation in the Federation and Singapore. I usually note that the conversation gradually drifts to the "awful price' 1 of things, and the dangers faced by
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    • 107 9 JT was recently announced by Dato Onn at an election meeting in Kuala Lumpur that certain election arrangements had been sanctioned by the general body of the I.M.P. and by the Election Boards (ward"). As a member of the I.M P I request Dato Onn or the general
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    • 330 9 MR. TAN CHIN TUAN AND THE CHILDREN WITH reference to a report in the papers that a number of prominent people is proposing to form a society for the prevention of cruelty to children, may I as a member of the general public be given a little space in your
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    • 29 9 QOOG luck to the proposed children's protection society m Singapore. Any chance of 13 public-spirited people coming forward with the same proposal for the Federation? INTERESTED. Penang.
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  • 265 10 Rubber Market BURST OF ACTIVITY THIS WEEK A FTER a lengthy period of quietness, the market burst into activity this week, and there was a large turnover on a declining market, says Lewis and Peat in their report issued yesterday. Stocks or consignment rubber in the upcoumry godowns were higher'
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  • 77 10 gHIPS alongside uhe Singapore Harbour Board godowns. or expected there by 7 a.m. today, i axe: 4-5 Indrapoera. Coal Plant I Bentong. 6-7 India, 8-9 Idomeneus, 111 Peleus, 13-14 Bieconshire. 16]l6 Benlawers, 18 Darvel. 19-20 I Maron. North Wall 4 Mallm. North Wall 6 S.'langor, 21-22 Yochow. i
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  • 844 10 rpHERE was fair buying interest in the Tin section of the Malayan share market yesterday, and a number of useful gains were recorded. Buyers, however, were unsatisfied at the close. Rubber declined further, while Industrials were moderately firm. Quotations announced by the Malayan Sharebroker,s' Association yesterday were: INDISTRIALS
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  • 11 10 SINGAPORE, Fri., Feb. 9—5496% (up %V/s).
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  • 173 10 CTEADIER conditions pre- vailed in the Singapore rubber market yesterday. A fair amount of transactions was reported mainly for short-covering purposes. Sellers were inclined to be re- J served and price improve- I ments. especially for lower grades, were recorded. The market closed steady with February first-grade buyers
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  • 87 10 rpHE Singapore produce market was again quietly steady yesterday. Foreign inquiries were limited to a few sections. Copra was reported steadier with bids rising to $31*4 a picul, and sellers at $32', Loose copra buyers stood firm at Thursday's levels of $30 a picul for sun-dried and
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  • 34 10 rpHE Malayan Exchange Banks Association announced yesterday that the agreed rate of exchange to merchants for French francs was 11,530 selling T.T/OJ). Ready. There were no changes In the other rates.
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  • 36 10 I HONG KONG, Fri. C^REE martPi currency exchange for Ho->* Kong dollars was quoted at the close today a$ follows: US$l HK$6.7l (cash), HK56.74 (T.T.); £1 HK515.85; on e tahil of gold HK5325.375.— UP
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  • 833 11 Two groups to contest elections By Our Badminton Reporter J^ LIVELY election contest is on the cards at the 17th annual general meeting of the Singapore Badminton Association which will be held at the Clerical Union hall today. The meeting will start at 2.30.
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    38 11 TRAINER Marinus Van Bre ukelen leads m Sweet M aisie (Mawi) who scored once more on her favourite course by romping: home m the Class 1. Div. 2. 6-f race at Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday.— Straits Times picture.
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  • 308 11 ENGLAND COLLAPSE MADRAS, Frl. JTNGLAND collapsed against the spin bowling of Vlnoo Mankad on the second day of the nnal Test against India and were all out for 266, the last five wickets falling for 42 rune today. At close of play, India
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  • 32 11 There will be a meeting of the cricket section of the Singapore Cricket Club on Tuesday, Feb. 12 at 5.15 p.m. to elect officials for 1 the 1952 season. j
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  • 404 11 Singapore Motor Clud will open their 1952 racing season on Sunday. Feb. 24, with a kilometre standing start speed trial at Dunearn Road. The programme of 20 events is expected to attract a record number of entries and j the organisers are confident that
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  • 463 11 CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand, Friday. CjONNY Ramadhin, the West Indies spinner, finding conditions more suitable than he did in Australia, took five wickets and helped dismiss New Zealand for 236 runs on the first day of the first Test here. I Ramadhin, with 11
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  • 113 11 The draw for the first round of the Youth League competition sponsored by the SAFA was held yesterday. All games will be played at Jalan Besar Stadium from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. The draw is: Mar. 1: Kota Raja MalaySchool v. Serangoon English School: Mar.
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  • 56 11 LONDON. Fri. Luton Town Football Club have been informed by the Football Association that no football will be allowed in London while the Kings body is I lying in state. The Luton-Brentford FA. Cup I fourth round second replay at Arsenal's ground on Monday, Feb. 11 has
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  • 679 11 BOMBAY FVi. IN A DAY of thrills and sensational upsets, England's Johnny Leach (singles title holder) and Richard Bergmann on whom England had heavily banked their main hopes were stopped in their tracks in the early rounds of the world table tennis individual championships here
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  • 663 12  -  EPSOM JEEP TARA STREET HIS CLOSEST RIVAL By KUALA LUMrDB, rrmay. CURLEW has made splendid progress since his smashinß win over the Bukit Timah 9f at the back-end of last season and I take this fine staying six-year-old Irish-bred bay by FJamenco to
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  • 24 12 J-JKAYY rain fell in Kuala Lumpur yesterday afternoon but it will not affect the going, which remains very good, writes Epsom Jeep.
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  • 149 12 EPSOM JEEP CALL BOY POINTER RACE 1 2.30 ARCH SIDE Horijvin Sporting Gesture ARCH SIDE Ice Revue Horizon ARCH SIDE Horizon Sporting Gesture BRAMHALL FLYER Miss Nathan Quicksand ALPHONSUS Acceber Theatre QUICKSAND BRAMHALL FLYER Quicksand Miss Nathan RACE S S.M Bramhall Flyer Star Lodes RACE 3 3.39
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  • 28 12 RADIO Malaya will not broadcast running commentaries from the Kuala Lumpur racecourse on Gold Cup day today as a mark of respect to the late King.
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  • 779 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. AMBASSADOR won in such fluent manner on A Wednesday that I am confident he will complete a double by taking the Class 1, Div. 3 6f. sprint (Race Four). I make this speedy Diplomat gelding my best bet in tomorrow's card. Ambassador
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  • 855 12 Race 1—2.30: Class 2, Div. 1—6 Furs. 1 fill Ice Revue Tulloh 9.05 "Brilliant Kongsi" M j ir ,H] :l 2 B Jack M?Ginty Harper 8.12 Mrs. F. H. Atkinson Hobbs 3 114 Recovery II Crowe 8.10 Mr. Yeap Hock Hoe Manning SS Farad 8.08 Mr. T.
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  • 241 12 LONDON, Fri. rf<WENTY-TWO performances by A athletes from all over the world have been officially accepted as world records for track and field events by the International Amateur Athletic Federation. They were announced today as follows: Ten miles— 48mln. 12sec. by E. Zatopek (Czech). 4xV£
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  • 239 12  - NEW LOOK HAS ONLY SWEET MAISIE TO BEAT EPSOM JEEP By KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. NEW LOOK ran a great race when she just failed to cope with Good Gamble's final flourish last week. I think she would in fact have won had she drawn a good marble. With Good Gamble
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  • 211 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. f IGHTNING has been showing consistent form and, ivith a nice handy weight of 8.0. I think he will flnd his winning turn in Race Eight today Over lVim. I certainly prefer him to Opera who has been a luckless horse. Lightning
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  • 82 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri— Per- i haps for th« first time In Malayan s Turf history two official veterl- i nary surgeons of the Straits s Racing Association will be on duty today, final day Of the Se- i langor Gold Cup meeting. They are Mr.
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  • 26 12 MANCHESTER, Fri. England and France drew three points all in their rugby amateur international here last night. France led 3-0 at half-time.— fteuter.
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  • 54 12 MANILA, Fri. A bill has been introduced in the Legislature today for $100,000 to send a team of 20 to 35 Filipino athletes to the Olympic Games in Helsinki In July. Among the events the Filipinos hope to enter are basketball, wrestling, boxing, shooting, weightlifting,
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