The Straits Times, 19 February 1952

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER ESTARUXHKn /<MS TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1952. PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS
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    THIS NEWS PUTS BRITAIN ON EQUAL FOOTING
    439 1 f-^~ LONDON. Monday. f BRITISH-made atom weapon will be tested ta Australia this year, it was officially iT^SSJ^ hornvS Street yesterday. r r i -Yesterday's Page One lead in the Singapore Free Press. —And it will have a new 'trigger', also British made
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    34 found dead in plane wreck
    104 1 34 found dead in plane wreck BURGIO, Sicily, Mon J^LL 34 people m the British Viking airliner which crashed 3,600 feet ur Mount Rose on Saturday were killed a search party reported today. Earlier reports listed only 31 aboard the plane on its chartered flight from Bovingdon. England, to Nairobi
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    EXPERTS TO SEE THE BLAST ON T.V.
    203 1 MELBOURNE, Mon. A TELEVISION camera may be put up near the site of the explosion of the Bri-tish-made atomic weapon to be tested in Australia this year. This would enable scientists at a safe distance to see details of an atomic explosion that
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    Queen Mother's wish
    39 1 LONDON Mon.-The King's widow ha s explained that she wishes to be known as "Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother." Since the King's death British newspapers have' referred to the Royal widow as the 'Queen Mother".— Reuter
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    LORRY ON FIRE
    20 1 An estate lorry was set on ir c by bandits in the Tanjong dalim area of Selangor
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    Red phone call puts off talks
    79 1 i MUNSAN, Mon. I "pHE Communists today postponed the full delegation cease-fire session, by putting through a telephone call to VM. cdvance headquarters 70 minutes before the session was due to start. The United Nations agreed to the request and the meetIng was r.rranged
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    Battle flares again
    57 1 SAIGON, Mon. French Union artillery bombarding the rugged -western extremity wn he Tonkl n delta have Killed several hundred Communist Vietminh rebels the French reported today The 10-week-old battle for the area flared again last XK d th u £|°n strongpoints along the French supply line from
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    Big drop in shares
    57 1 a C Tm m LONDON Mon. A SLUMP in rubber share prices provided a feature to the London Stock Ex3s. 9d. followed fresh weakness in the price of rubber Heavy share offerings found dealers unwilling buyers and pi ices tumbled. Petallng rubber lost 3|9 at 355.
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    34 1 FOUR of the party of six that was "missing" in a varht for more than 24 hours. From the (left M? j»m. Wickenden Mr E G Leach, Mrs. L^ch^.^nVyeTold John Leach.— Straits Times picture.
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    6 'MAROONED' BY WEATHER
    264 1 piVE Europeans and a Malay from Singapore who were reported missing in a 26-foot yacht were back home safe last night. They went out on Sunday to Pulau Senang, nine miles from Singapore, and could not. rptnr« h«).oi». of the weather. In the yacht were Mr.
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    Times wins case
    47 1 Times wins case r™, LONDON, Mon. THE High Court today disJ^ missed the charge against The Times of committing a breach of the electoral law during the recent General Election. The newspaper published an advertisement by the Tronoh Mines Ltd. which severely criticised the Labour Government. AFP.
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    COLONY GOVT. HAS ONE Q.C.
    41 1 With the death of K.ng Georee VI all King's Counsel nave automatically assumed the title of -Queen's Counsel Mr E J Davles. Attorney- I General Is the only Queen's Counsel in the Singapore i Government service
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    NO PROGRESS.
    27 1 NO PROGRESS TEHERAN, Mon.— The Persian Premier Dr. Mossadeq and the International Bank delegates made no progress again yesterday in the search for an oil agreement. AP.
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    The test may be in September
    70 1 LONDON. Mon. T HE ato »n»c weapon test in Australia will probably take place late in September or October, it was unofficially reported today. Three top scientists will probably lead the British team Sir John Cockroft, Director of Atomic Energy Research. Sir Henry Garner,
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    ATOMIC FILM
    22 1 LONDON, Mon. A film on the atom is being preP^dby the Moscow Scientific Film Studios. Tass news agency reported today
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    Wanted to make Japs 'goosestep' on ship
    195 1 HrnvvvT ADELAIDE, Mon. ILTON Harrison, 54-year-old former war prisoner was remanded today on a charge of "loitering after going aboard a Japanese ship with a 52? lnt t ndin to march the crew around the deck going the goosestep to see how they
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    Decision on police chief
    43 1 LONDON, Mon. FINAL decision regarding Singapore's new Police Commissioner is expected td be* taken before the weekend. A statement regarding Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald's duties by Mr. Oliver Lyttelton is also expected in the House of Commons on Wednesday.
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    Sir Stafford Cripps
    42 1 ZURICH, Mon. Sir Stafford Cripps. who is in the University Hjjspital In Zurich for special ray treatment for his tubercular infection of S? c pin S wUI return to the Bircher Benner Clinic In the next few days.— Reuter.
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    THIS TIME THE LION CLOSED ITS MOUTH...
    108 1 mi» r> CANNES. Mon. THE Great Manzano, Spanish cabaret performer, put his head in the lion's mouth every night. But last night the lion shut its mouth. Horrified people In a Riviera night club, separated from the act by a sheet of plate
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    Murdered five allegation
    19 1 SARDIN! A Mon Poiictoday held a 32-yaar-ola shepherd, Beniamino Porcu, on charges of murdering five people.
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    JAP CABINET TO BE SUED FOR REARMING
    98 1 J A £^S P rlia r ntary opp?S O p^t°ie SS d ?o y da y said that after the next budget is passed they will suethe government for breach of the conffitTon by rearming. Leftist Socialists said they win open an all
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    Atlantic boss to make tour
    52 1 d a m f lral T Mc Cormick will come to London on Feb 29 iteuter. LONDON, Mon.-U.S. Admiral Lynde D. McCormlck anfii y^ appolnted Supreme a«L Con ?mander of the Atlantic, will begin a month's i°"f f Europe next week. Atlantic Pact Organisation here
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    Grade weds
    16 1 CAPRI. Mon— Singing star Grade Fields and Boris Alperovlc were married here today.— Reuter
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    ABDUCTED
    15 1 A Chinese rubber tapper was abducted In the Tanjong Malim area of Selangor yesterday.
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    JET CONTRACT
    29 1 OTTAWA, Mon. Canada has received a contract to produce F-86 Sabre jet fighter aircraft for the United States Air Force, the Government announced here last night.— Reuter.
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    MR. RAO CLEARS BRITAIN
    168 1 'Forced labour 9 charge fails GENEVA, Mon. EGYPTIAN charges that the British mritary authorities in the Suez Canal zone have been using forced labour practices with Egyptian workers have not been substantiated, the International Labour Organisation said in a report today. The report is the result
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    Keep it up, says A.O.C.
    82 1 \IR Commodore J. L F Fuller-Good, Air Officer Commanding the R.A.F in Malaya, who leaves Singap )re by sea tomorrow fo r Britain has sent a farewell message to all ranks H e says: "1 should like to wish you all the best of good
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    Bride, groom die in crash
    29 1 KAYSVILLE, Utah, Mon.— A car carrying a wedding party collided with a lorry yesterday killing the bride and groom and five other passengers.— AP.
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    'I THANK YOU ALL '—QUEEN MOTHER
    338 2 'I THANK YOU ALL '—QUEEN MOTHER LONDON, Monday. THE Queen Mother today thanked a multitude of people in all parts of the world for the "sympathy and affection" she had rece ved from them at the time of the death of her "dear husband, a great and noble king". She
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    Taft:'Britain can't act'
    76 2 DENVER. Mon. Senator lobert A. Taft, a candidate or the Republican nominaion for President, said here 'esterday that America will lot send ground forces to ndo-China if he can pre'ent it. "Great Britain and France an or will do nothing effecive. Have we no friend who :an
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    The Queen revises order Ear mourning
    127 2 The Queen revises order Ear mourning LONDON. MM. I TMIK Queen revised Bnuins national mourning totlav. A special announcement from the Lord Chambrrlain's office said: "To avoid misapprehension, the Lord Chamberlain is empowered to state it is the Queen's wish that public dinners and entertainments associated with the Government, trade,
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    The UN must succeed, says Truman
    85 2 The UN must succeed, says Truman CHICAGO, Mon. PRESIDENT Truman today declared his faith that the United Nations would succeed in achieving a "just and hasting peace." In a message to the delegates of 100 organisations meeting here under the sponsorship of the American Association for the United Nations, he
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    Her last trooping voyage
    52 2 LONDON. Mon.— The 21.833-ton troopship Empress of Vustralia left here today for Hong Kong on her last rooprng voyage. Nearly 2,000 British relief troops for the Tar East were aboard. When she returns to Britain she is to be sold by her owners, the Canadian Pacific
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    COMMUNISTS SURPRISE CONGRESS
    373 3 Reds now second strongest party in India NEW DELHI, Tuesday. Congress has gained overall successes in India's elections, Communist successes in the south have shocked the party. Few results remain to be counted, but it is clear that for the next five years India will again have
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    49 3 SOME of the many thousands who queued in London to pay their last tributes to the King lying in state in Westminster Hall. The Duke of Windsor (BELOW), wearing black armband and tie, raises his hat to people waiting outside Marlborwgh House, the home of Queen Mary. Reuter pictures.
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    REST OF THE WORLD NEWS IN BRIEF
    158 3 REST OF THE WORLD NEWS IN BRIEF A'H.VSS-SIDED coffin bearn.h' th# body of Pope Pius X. was carried to its last resting place v. the Vatican on Sunday. The Pope, who died after thr outbreak of the first world war. may be deilared a saint next year, llr was beatified
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    Rioters clash with police
    49 3 CASABLANCA. Mon TROOPS were confined to barracks in Casablanca last night after shots were fired by Moroccan nationalist demonstrators j n a clash with police. Police surrounded the old Medina (Arab town) a nd prevented i uropcans from entermi sualrips wore reported irrm the shooting.—Reuter
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    Crash pilot back home
    54 3 ROME, Mon— Manor Lualdl. Italian reporter whose sports plane crashed in Sumatra last month, has arrived in Rome from Sydney. Lauldi was slightly injured but had to abandon his plane He continued his tour to Australia for a Milan newspaper by airliner. Lualdi visited Singapore before
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    TRAIN DERAILED
    30 3 TUNIS. Mon.— Six railwaymen were injured yesterday when a train of empty coaches was derailed between Sousse. Tunisia's east coast and Sbeitla. 100 miles to the southwest.- Reuter
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    Big Three face hardest job
    206 3 GERMANY THE PROBLEM LONDON, Monday. T^HE Foreign Ministers of Britain, France and the 1 United States, meeting in London today, faced the hardest part of their task of clearing away obstacles before this week's Lisbon Atlantic Council conference, which is expected to complete plans for
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    Black magic helps Sight against Reds
    84 3 Black magic helps Sight against Reds KOREA. Mon. MARINES of Air Group XII are fighting the Communists with a new secret weapon voodoo. They learned the magic from two South African flyers who put on voodoo rain dance One chanted words be had learned deep in Africa. The other danced.
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    BRITAIN MAY GET COMMAND IN MED.
    104 3 LISBON, Monday. DRITAIN unci lav U.S. will hold top-level talks "here this week on the controversial Mediterranean Naval Command issue. Informed sources expect that General Omar Bradley. Chairman of the U.S. Combined Chiefs-of-Stafl, and Marshal of the R.A.F., Sir John Slessor. will try to
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    U.S. has new plane
    35 3 NEW YORK. Mon. The U.S. Navy revealed yesterday that a new jet fighter, capable of speeds over 600 m,.p.h.. is being produced at the Grumman aircraft factory in New York— U.P.
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    US needs tin for defence
    70 3 NEW YORK, Mon. AMERICA needs British tin and aluminium to defend her own borders, the U.S. Defence Production chief, Mr. Manly FleLschmann. said here yesterday. "American self-sufficiency in raw materials Is a myth," he added. "Even our great steel industry can support expansion only by
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    'Siamese only' in rice export
    44 3 BANGKOK. Mon. The Siamese Minister of Commerce, Luang Vichit Vadharkarn, revealed yesterday that his Government is planning to allow only Siamese-owned firms to export rice. Most of the rice export business is now handled by foreign firms.— A.F.P. V
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    Another 20 to get freedom
    39 3 TOKYO, Mon Twenty additional Japanese war criminals will be freed on parole on Feb 26. it was announced today They are minor war criminals, serving sentences ranging from nine to 15 years. A.F P.
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    ISRAEL-GERMAN TALKS SOON
    44 3 TEL AVIV. Mon.— Foreign Minister, Mr. Moshe Sharett, declared yesterday that Israel-German negotiations on reparations will start within a few weeks. Mr. Sharett. who returned from London, added that it was likely that the negotiations would be conducted in Brussels. A.F.P.
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    U.S. gets first 'swop' rubber
    43 3 NEW YORK. Mon.— The first shipment oi rubber under the recent Anglo-Amertcan raw materials exchange agreement was unloaded in New York yesterday. Two thousand ton s of rubber from Britain's stockpile came over in the 13,000- ton Parthla.
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    EGYPT READY TO AID BID FOR PEACE'
    181 3 CAIRO, Monday. T*HE Egyptian Premier, Ali Maher Pasha, yesterday said that his country was prepared to co-operate in the maintenance of world peace through a strong and remodelled regional organisation functioning within the United Nations. He made this statement of Egyptian policy on
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    Faure will win Europe Army debate
    126 3 PARIS, Mon. THE French Prime Minister, M. Edgar Faure, is assured of a majority in tomorrow's debate on the European Army. un]ess the Socialists- withdraw their hesitant support. M. Robert Schuman, the Foreign Minister is expected to report to the National Assembly on his
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    OPIUM SEIZED
    20 3 BANGKOK. Mon.— Siamese police yesterday seized 400 kilogrammes of opium concealed in gunny bags bound for Singapore. A.F.P.
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    POLICY ON GAMBLING 'A FARCE'
    246 4 'Banned on one hand, approved on the other 9 PENANG, Monday. "IT seems a farce that Government should frown on gambling and pass laws to suppress it on one hand and, on the other, encourage this very evil by approving welfare lotteries", Mr. N. Ponnudurai,
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    2 received $100 bribe, court told
    137 4 A LLEGATIONS that a detective, Kang Tian Poh, and a constable, Abdul Rahman bn< Puteh, had received a 6100 bribe from Ang Ah Wan for not arresting him and three others for gambling were made at the Singapore Assizes yesterday. It was alleged that
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    Acid attack on farmer
    46 4 A SINGAPORE vegetable farmer. Lim Soon Tong. was attacked with acid on Sunday night at a house in Jurong Road. He received burns on his face and chest. The General Hospital says his condition is not serious. Police have made an arrest.
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    Singapore Diary
    55 4 V\V( A Raffles Quay, M:fidarin: beginners, 9.30 a.m.; advanced. 10.30 a.m ballroom dancing. 5 p.m. >V< V Orchard Road: Malay. French and commercial classes. 5.30 p.m.; judo practice, 5 30 p.m.: St. John Ambulance meeting at T-Pitvillion. 5.30 p.m. Life Guard Corps mteiing, and gymnastics cla.s.s, 6 p
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    Seven promoted cadets in J.C.S.
    82 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. Seven members of the General Service have been promoted Cadets in the Johore Civil Service. They are: Mond. Ghani. who Is at present In the Co-operative Department, Kuala Lumpur; Syed Othman bin Ali, Legal Assistant, Johore Bahru; Hussain bin Mohamed, Confidential Clerk,
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    18 GAMBLED
    34 4 Eighteen Chinese admitted gambling in a house at 1342 Upper Serangoon Road on Feb. 16 in the Fourth Police Court yesterday and were fined $20 each by the Magistrate. Mr. P. Claeue
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    Fijians present the C-in-C with a whale's tooth
    426 4 Fijians present the C-in-C with a whale's tooth rpO th« accompaniment of ritualistic chanting and hand clapping, the men of the Fiji Regiment at Nee Soon yesterday gave their Commander-in-Chief, General Sir Charles Keightley. the greatest gift a Fijian can give a whale's tooth. To the Fiji islanders, the tooth,
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    Caught with 'gold coins
    87 4 When Sohan Singh, a busliess man from Jakarta, was charged with exporting 20 sold coins to Jakarta without i permit, h e told the Singapore Third District Judge. Mr. S. E. Teh, that he had bought hem for his daughter. Mr. J. V. Lane, a senior
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    CORONER ORDERS OFFICER'S ARREST
    206 4 KOTA BAHRU, Monday. THE Kota Bahru coroner, Inche Wan Mustapha bin Haji Ali, after a twn-day inquiry, ordered the irrest of Police Lieut. James William Barber on a charge of causing death by negligence. Barber had testified that on the information of a MaI lay. he
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    VARSITY FUND
    45 4 IPOH, Mon. The Perak State Appeal Committee of the University of Malaya Endowment Fund announced the following donations: Reliance Omnibus Co. Ltd., $300; Tin ore dealers:— Ban Foong $265.25, Malay Sandiwara and Kronchorig (University Week 1951) $350, Sri Guru' Singh Sabha, Larut, $130.
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    Boy sees his 2 brothers drown
    95 4 TELUK ANSON. Mon. TWO brothers were drowned late yesterday afternoon while bathing oft the Teluk Anson town jetty in '•Cinq Street. They were Wong Ah Cheong. aged 13. and Wong Tai Seng, asted 12. A younger brother. Tan Yong. aged 8. saw hem drown.
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    DEAD BANDIT
    48 4 ALOR STAR. Mon.—Security forces chasing a gang of bandits in the jungle off Pelam Estate. South Kedah. yesterday found the body of a bandit in a vacated camp. The bandit had been wounded earlier by four Home Guards who killed another bandit in the same engagement.
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    Blackout schedule for today
    288 4 GUBSTATIONS liable to load shedding today are: DAT AtlM Ice, Happy World. Asia Bobber Lorong 3, Sims Avenue Sawmill, Shell Co., Lee Bubber Works. Spore Swimming Club, Tanjong Rhn, I.E. Shipyard, Bhu Crow, Nanyang Ice Works, CaUwy, Maedonald House, Tan Chye Place/Fort Canning, Seak Rt./Waterloo St.,
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    54 5 THfc LORD MAYOR OF LONDON congratulatin e Col A E. Young City of London Police Commissioner after irivest"Jp h'™ with the King's Police and Fire Services Medal ai tne Mansion House, while Mrs. Young looks on. Col. xoung. who is now in Koala Lumpur. i s the new Commissioner of
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    City may end long leave for officers from abroad
    279 5 'TOO DEAR', SAYS SINGAPORE REPORT :> r p l iP- h-*'-^— 4- i 'J'HE practice of granting long reave to expatriate officers of the Singapore City Council will be reviewed shortly by the Council's Service Committee. The Committee will consider whether,
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    Red Cross Flag Day
    92 5 A FLAG Day will be held In all States and Settlements on March 1 to raise funds for the work of the Red Cross in the Federation Activities at present undertaken by the Red Cross Include infant and child wellare clinics in kampong areas, clinics in
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    PRAYED FOR KING
    26 5 The Indian community of Nebong Tebal, Perak, held a memorial service in the Sri Vinayagar Temple last Friday—the day of the King's funeral.
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    INDIANS MUST UNITE
    216 5 INDIANS MUST UNITE 'Or they'll lose' PENANG, Mon. ]yjR, R. RAMANI, formei president of the Federation of Indian Organisations said in Penang today that it was imperative that Indians in Malaya should unite under one bannei so that they would "not be lost in the struggle for power between the
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    Officer is fined
    119 5 ANTHONY John d e Courcy Harrison, aged 22. second officer of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessel Wa r Hindoo was fined $250. or four months' rv 0 i n S in eapore Second District Court yesterday for causing grievous hurt to George Daw. a seaman at the
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    THREE CHARGES OF THEFT
    77 5 Abu bin Haji Hussien and Hashim bin Bakar were charged in the Fourth Police Court yesterday with stealin" a^garette lighter valued at $25 from 3. Woollerton Park on Dec. 20, a handbag containing articles valued at $80 from 18, Leedon Park, on Dec. 24. and another
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    COSTLY VISIT TO HIS FRIENDS
    41 5 JOHORL BAHRU. Mon For breaking the curfew at Kulai Chai Choo a hawker was fined $25 i n the Johore Bahru Police Court Chai said that he had been visiting friends and was late getting home
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    OFFERED BRIBE
    25 5 SEGAMAT Mon.- Karuppa Kaundan. aged 44. was fined $250 by the Segamat Magistrate for offering $10 as a bribe to a special constable
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    Seven to fight for ACSU presidency
    113 5 candidates will conO test the presidency of the Army Civil Service Union at the annual delegates' conferonce on March 9. They include the retiring, president. Mr. M. P. D. NaltV and both vice- presidents. Mr S. S. Manyam and iftr V. X NSir— all
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    CG's staff hold art exhibition
    117 5 CG's staff hold art exhibition MEMBERS of th e Commis-Fioner-G-eneral's staff their relatives and children cr e holding an art exhibition at the British Council Hall. Singapore. The exhibition was opened by the Deputy CommissionerGeneral Mr. W. R. Addis. There are not only a large variety of subjects and indLvidual
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    REPAIRED SHIP SAILS AGAIN
    51 5 The French cargo vessel Cape Saint David which has been in the Western anchorage at Singapore since Jan. 4 for engine repairs sailed today for Saigon. She discharged 228 tons of cloves here from Madagascar and is carrying more than 3.000 tons of general cargo to
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    CHAMPIONS OF YOUNG MEET ON MONDAY
    148 5 A PUBLIC meeting to form a Singapore society for the prevention of cruelty to children will be held in the Social Welfare Department Council Chamber, old Supreme Court building, High Street, at 5 p.m. on Monday. The convenor of the meeting, Mrs. Joanna Moore,
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    OCPD gets medal
    83 5 IPOH. Mon. ]yjR J. D. KELLY. OCPD Teluk Anson who was awarded the Perak Meritorious Service Medal in the Sultan's Birthday Honours received it from the Sultan today in the Council Chamber in the presence of the executive councillors. The citation say s Mr Kelly completely reorganised
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    Skymen wound two bandits
    118 5 i KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. pARATROOPS of the Special Air Service Regiment operating in the remote Belum area of North rerak, near the Siamese border, reported today that they wounded two bandits in an nmbush yesterday. While patrols continue tc search deep into the area, food dumps
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    CHARGED WITH STABBING WIFE
    59 5 IPOH, Mon.— Alleged to have stabbed his wife with a jackknife yesterday, L. N. Joseph, an employee In a local military camp, today claimed trial on a charge of voluntarily causing hurt to Milly Joseph at No 2 Kuala Kangsar Road. The case wa s adjourned
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    DID NOT PAY TAX
    28 5 JOHORE JBAHRti, Mon. ,Por using a car. without paying road tax, Wong Tan Meng, of Kuala Pllah, was fined $25 in the Police Court:
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    HAWKER FINED
    26 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon For selling vegetables on the five-foot-way of a shop in Kulai. Lim Keng Lai was fined $7 in the Police Court
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    Rent too high, says union
    92 5 The decision of the Singapore City Council to increase the rent of the Singapore Admiralty Local Staff Union office at Farrer Park was described by the S.A.L.S U. bulletin— official organ of the union— 4* "designed to ftiflc the heaithy growth of trade unionism." The
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    Customs seize 16½ lb opium
    57 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon Customs officers thl s morning seized 16J lb of opium from a car at Tampoi. Koh Tian Seng, a soap manufacturer was charged in the Sessions Court today with possession of the opium and was allowed $5,000 Sail pending trial The opium
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    FOUR B.O.R.s ACCUSED OF ASSAULT
    100 5 FOUR B. O.R.s ACCUSED OF ASSAULT riOUR British privates of the r 31st Battalion R.A.O.C. stationed i n Singapore claimed trial in the Fourth Police Court yesterday to two charges of breaking into the compound of Mr. Choo Kar Tong's house in East Coast Road at one o'clock yesterday morning
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    SIR FRANKLIN WILL URGE CLOSER LINK
    274 5 SIR FRANKLIN WILL URGE CLOSER LINK rpHE Governor of Singapore, Sir Franklin Gimson, is expected to stress the need for a closer link between the Colony and the Federation when he speaks this morning at the Colony Legislative Council's first meeting of the year. Sir Franklin will pay tribute to
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    The Sultan names six for Council
    104 5 The Sultan names six for Council KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. TWO Europeans, one Eurasian, one Malay, one Indian Muslim and one Ceylones? have been nominated by th<> Sultan of Selangor to the Kuala Lumpur Municipal Council. They will attend the first meeting- of the new Council tomorrow. The Europeans are Mr.
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    Landlord wants his house
    108 5 Landlord wants his house A LANDLORD. Ahmad Pillay bin Asnah, told Mr. A. W. Bellamy in Singapore Civil District Court yesterday that since returning from India last year he had lived with friends as he -;ould not get possession of his house. Ahmart Pillay was suing N. E. Kumarasamy, who
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    DEATH
    19 6 W D. SESHO. retired suoPostmaster expired on Feb. 17th. at 23. Flower Road. Singapore. Federation papers please copy.
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    IN MEMORIAM
    71 6 LT. LIM CHIAM GHEE. "D" Chinese Co. 3rd BN SSVF (P and PWVC) Fallen In the Glorious Path of Duty for His Late King and Country Feb 19. 1942. Rrir.rnibered by all ranks. IN loving memory of Scow Tiong Kirn who was taken away by the Japanese and
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    The Straits Times Singapore, TueS. Feb. 19, 1952 The Fall In Rubber
    768 6 The Straits Times Singapore, TueS. Feb. 19, 1952 The Fall In Rubber Since the beginning of February, the price of rubber has fallen by over 28 cents a pound. The decline represents a loss in Malaya's earrings of the order of $34 million a month. For the Federal Government it
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    Technical Skill
    299 6 Mr. V. W. Frampton, chairman of the Singapore branch of the Technical Association of Malaya, has complained of the dearth of trained technical i men in Singapore. The complaint is not new; it has been heard in the Federation as well as Singapore before. And the complainants, usually
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    IN CONFERENCE
    34 6 CANBERRA, Mon. The Australian Prime Minister, Mr. Robert Menzies, today opened the Commonwealth Scientific Conference. Delegates from Britain, Canada, South Africa. New Zpaland, Southern Rhodesia, Pakistan. Ceylon and Australia are attending— Reuter.
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    EUROPE'S HUNDRED MILLION SLAVES
    903 6  -  SCRUTATOR By A MEETING held recently in the Albert Hall, London, served the purpose of usefully recalling attention to the problem of Central Europe. Between Western Europe and Russia He nine nations which are completely enslaved to Moscow. Taking them from northwest to south-east, they are
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      Nonrcommunalism in politics
      261 6 BECAUSE Malaya is a future can never be in posed of only onf: commi Malays National Organ [and of mixed races, herthe hands of a party comxnity, such as the United isation or the Malayan Chinese Association. No matter what the results in the Municipal election, the
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      A POLITICAL FIZZLE-OUT?
      112 6 SEVERAL days ago you gave prominence to a thundering statement by Mr. M.P.D. Nair that he would resign from the Council of the Labour Party if he and his fellow Party Councillors were censured for their failure to follow the party line on the towgay question. The
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      TIME FOR A PARTY CONFERENCE
      56 6 noES the Singapore Labour U Party legally exist? There has been no annual conference for roughly two years, which is contrary to the party's constitution. The conference was promised by Mr. Lim Yew Hock for January, and then in early February. It is now postponed
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      EMPLOYMENT AND MINIMUM WAGES
      242 6 EMPLOYMENT AND MINIMUM WAGES ¥N last Friday's Straits Times Mr. M. Weinberg deplores the absence of minimum wage laws in Singapore. If, as he says, unskilled labour can be bought by an employer at $1.50 per day, it Is certainly a state of affairs that should cause some anxiety. A
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      Business at the Customs 'gate
      432 6 ON the Saturday before last we took a presentation radio set for the poor people of the Portuguese Settlement in Malacca, who have been without meaa s oi hearing radio news since 1945. At the Customs "gate" we asked whether we had to pay tax.
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      The price on 'The Brain'
      79 6 r" 1 is many months since a reward of less than $100,000 was offered for the capture of the brain behind the scenes in the present campaign of terrorism. At the time, I thought how inadequate the sum was. A great personality in I Malaya
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    On the Margin
    415 6 On the Margin Royal past "GTOOM West Australia comet r a letter from "Haji" Hamilton about the royal past of Singapore. Having observed our comments of a few weeks ago on the Belleyue Hotel in Kampong Bahru Road, at JTelok Belanga, he now says that hotel might, well be unknown
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    COALITION: 'LET MCA BRANCHES DECIDE'
    285 7 Sir Cheng-lock favours giving them more freedom 'pHE president of the Malayan Chinese Association, Sir Cheng-lock Tan, told the Straits Times yesterday that he favoured each branch of the association deciding for itself whether it would co-operate with IMP or UMNO. "Some .branches might co-operate
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    THE A.A.M. GIVES NO EUROPEAN PRIORITY
    242 7 THE A.A.M. GIVES NO EUROPEAN PRIORITY 'THE Jack of Asian members in the Singapore and Johorp branch of the Automobile Association of Malaya ii perturbing, says the A.A.M. annual report. H says there is an impression amongst Asians, and Chinese in particular, that the association is a "European Association" and
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    GOING TO BRITAIN
    33 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon Inche Suffian, Deputy Public Prosecutor, Johore. and Che Suffian, will leave for Britain on Feb. 28 They will return to Johore towards the end of the year.
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    TWO ARRESTED
    18 7 Malacca police have arrested two suspected memoers of the town committee of the Malayan Communist Party.
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    Back from defence talks
    43 7 MAJOR-GENERAL J. 11. N. POETT, Chief of Staff Far I East Land Forces, who returned to Singapore yesterj day by Qantas-BOAC after defence talks in Washington, pictured with Mrs. Poett on his arrival at Kalian? airport. Straits Times picture.
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    Fort 'sign of justice'
    51 7 PENANG. Mon. PENANG Settlement Council today decided to preserve historic Fort Cornwallis a s an ancient monument Thp proposal wa s made by Mr. O. L. Phlpps (Eurasian Unofficial), who said the fort was "symbolic of th e establishment in Malaya of the British principles of
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    I COULD NOT PAY, HE SAYS
    54 7 KUANTAN. Mon Abdul Kadir, aged 19, who pleaded guilty to a charge of breach of trust of a bicycle, was allowed $100 bail. Sentence was postponed for his fingerprints Kadir said he did not return the cycle to its owner because he could not
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    Scotch: no news is good news
    132 7 Scotch: no news is good news THE price of Scotch whisky is unlikely to be increased in Singapore, a spokesman of the Whisky Importers' Association said yesterday. An export price increase of ss. a case was announced in London on Sunday by the Scotch Whisky Association, but the Singapore spokesman
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    THEFT CHARGE
    34 7 KUANTAN, Mon.— K. Subramaniam, 23, claimed trial here on a charge of stealing $10 from a Malay woman. The case was postponed to Feb. 27 a nd bail of $100 was allowed
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    MANYAM 'RAN TO PRESS'
    175 7 MANYAM 'RAN TO PRESS' »pHE "hasty resort" of Mr. S. S. Manyam to the Singapore Press to announce his resignation as president of the Singapore Federation of Services Unions was strongly criticised last night by Mr. Chew Seng, secretary-general of the S.F.S.U., and Mr. P. K. Chan, acting President of
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    Naval Base booklet
    68 7 BOOKLET containing detailed Information on conditions of service for locally recruited staff of the Admiralty is now In the course of preparation by the Naval Base authorities, states the S.AX.S.U. Bulletin official organ of the Singapore Admiralty Local Staff Union Issued yesterday The booklet will contain such
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    Loss of Persian oil more than made up
    194 7 HTHE loss of Persian oil has been more than made x up in tonnage, said Mr. T. S. Powell, manager of the Public Relations Department of the Shell Company in London, when he passed through Singapore by Qantas-8.0.A.C. en route to Australia
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    JOURNALIST ON S.E. ASIA TOUR
    52 7 Mr J J Singh, president of the India League in the United States, will arrive in Singapore thi s morning on a South-east Asia tour. A journalist. Mr Singh will be here for four days before going to Jakarta He returns to thp Cnlony un
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    WOMAN TO SUPERVISE
    41 7 PRAK has appointed a woman to the Rubber Supervision Licensing Board. Che Khadijah bintl Abdul Aziz, a member of the Perak Council of State, who is on other public bodies in the State, U to represent Upper Perak.
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    DUMPS FOUND
    30 7 Bandit food dumps and camps have been found in the Bahau area of Negri Sembilan. the Sungei Siput area of Perak and in Trengganu, Kedah, Selangor and Pahang.
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    MGM CHIEF HERE
    29 7 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's regional director for the Middle and Far East, Mr. Seymour R. Mayer. ha s arrived in Singapore on a routine tour of M.G M offices.
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    SIT board wants to carry on
    147 7 'KEEP POLITICS OUT' THE Board of Singapore Improvement Trustees A will hold a special meeting shortly to consider the proposal to scrap the Trust and transfer its functions to Government and the City Council. Dissolution of the Trust Is recommended by Dr. L. C
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    134 get long service emblems
    126 7 134 get long service emblems gHELL Petroleum Company (Singapore) Ltd., yesterday presented Jewelled emblems to 115 long-service employees in appreciation of their loyalty The Singapore branch manager, Mr. W. B. Dobree. himself a. shell employee for 25 years, presented the awards at a tea-party at the Adelphi Hotel. The oldest
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    2 on opium charge
    63 7 WILLIAM Bunnewell, a 28-year-old engineer of the s.s. Incharran. and Lim Cheng Mei. 36. a clerk, were charged In the Singapore Third District Court yesterday with possession of 68 lb. of opium valued at about $27,200. The opium was allegedly found in a taxi near the
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    Bandit victims buried
    62 7 IPOH, Mon.— The officer and six men of the Ist Battaion Gordon Highlanders wflo were killed in an ambush at Narborough Estate in the Tapah area of Perak yesterday, were buried with full military honours at Taiping this afternoon. The Rev. W. D. Crombie, -^aplain to the
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    FINED $100 FOR THEFT OF TOOLS
    54 7 TAIPING, Mon.— For theft of a chisel and a pair of tongs valued at $10 from the Kamunting Tin workshop, Chor Soo was fined $100 or one month's imprisonment by the Taiping Magistrate. Chor was seen by a special constable coming out of the
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    A.P.S ON PARADE
    30 7 TAIPING. Mon. A party ot auxiliary police from Ipoh staged a parade at the Esplanade here yesterday. The band of the Royal Marines Commandos was In attendance.
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    Russian 'fleet' leaves
    113 7 'J'HE 33 Russian trawlers, with their mother-ship, Irtish, which arrived Singapore waters on Friday, sailed for Vladivostok last night. During their three days in the outer roads, only Commodore Paul Pshenov and Captain Ilya Bakag were allowed ashore. When the captains told their crews on Saturday that
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    LEADERS SAY ALLIANCE SHOULD GROW
    287 7 LEADERS SAY ALLIANCE SHOULD GROW KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. rjALLS for a widening of the MCA-UMNO alliance have been made by the Federal leaders of the two •rgamsationjs. T H J S Lee chairman of Selangor branch ol MCA, today received telegrams from the MCA president, Sir Cheng-lock Tan, and from
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    S'pore may tell people 'eat less rice'
    121 7 S'pore may tell people 'eat less rice' THE Singapore Colonial 1 Secretary, Mr. W. L. Biythe, may propose an amendment to the motion on rice to be introduced by Mr. C. R Dasaratha Raj in the Legislative Council tomorrow. In place ot Mr Raj's resolution that Government should take steps
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    THEFT FROM A S.C. ALLEGED
    38 7 KUANTAN, Tues. Syed Darus bin Syed Hamid, aged 19, accused of stealing $1 from a special constable In a jungle company camp, was allowed $100 bail. The case was postponed to Feb. 27.
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    FINED $100 FOR SPEEDING JOHORE BAHRU. Mon.
    59 7 FINED $100 FOR SPEEDING JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. Tan Seng Watt, a lorry driver, was fined $100 In the Police Court for speeding. On a charge of not carrying an attendant in his lorry, Tan said that he could not do so because he had to cover and tie a tarpaulin
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    He scaled a rain pipe
    90 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon A YOUNG Chinese, who tried to enter a Kuala Lumpur hotel by scaling a rain pipe, was today sentenced to four months' imprisonment, followed by 12 months' police supervision. The noise of his attempts to enter the hotel awoke a hotel worker.
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    ENTICER GAOLED
    38 8 SEGAMAT, Mon.— For enticing a young woman from her husband at Voules Estate, David, aged 44, was sentenced to 31 days' imprisonment and fined $100 or a further 50 days' imprisonment by the Segamat Circuit Magistrate.
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    LOTTERY PROFITS GROWING —A PROBLEM FOR THE MCA
    305 8 i,>» mkf become an Irish Sweep* CIR Cheng-lock Tan said yesterday that the Malayan Chinese Association, of which he is president, would have to consider soon a wider field for disposal of its lottery profits. He agreed the lottery was growing enormously
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    44 8 MR W PJUSSEL, who has been with the Shell Petroleum Company for over thirty years, receives a Shell emblem (above) from the Singapore manager. Mr. W. B. Dobrce. (Below) Mr Son* Lian Sionjr. with over 30 years' service, receives his emblem. Straits Times pictures.
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    Flower show 'will be best and biggest'
    147 8 THE secretary of the 1952 Singapore Flower Show committee, Mr. Max Lewis, said yesterday that If the weattier is good he expects this year's show at the Happy World on March 28, to be the biggest and most varied ever held in the
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    Tried to evade tax: fined
    78 8 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon.— Wong Lim Fong, of Chop Soon Ho Hin Yik Kee, Johore Bahru. was fined $650 in the Police Court for attempted evasion of $103 Customs' duty on 800 pillow cases, 60 bed sheets and 60 window curtains valued at $2,971. He declared
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    TO MERGE WITH RED CROSS
    73 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Women's Service League of Malacca has agreed that with the formation of a branch of the British Red Cross Society in Malacca the League should become the Welfare section of the Red Cross. Mis s Jorden, headquarters representative of the British
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    ALLOWED BAIL
    34 8 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. Charged with offering $7 as a bribe to a constable at the prison ward in Johore General Hospital, Ho Kek Beng, of Geylang Patah, Patah, was allowed $300 bail.
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    SECOND BODY FOUND IN PERAK RIVER
    73 8 TELUK ANSON, Mon. PR the second time in a week, a body was found by the Teluk Anson police, in the Perak River, at Rubana Estate, over the weekend. An identity card in the name of 25-years-old Lee Fook Chong was found on it.
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    Govt. 'creating inflation'
    272 8 'EXTRAVAGANT WITH TAX KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. pRITICISM of the "extravagant" manner in which the Federation Government was spending the proceeds of the enhanced export duty on rubber was made in a statement to shareholders issued today by the chairman of the Sendayan (F.M.S.) Rubber Co., Ltd., Mr.
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    Justice Mathew in Penang
    62 8 PENANG, Mon.— The Chief Justice of the Federation, Mr. Justice Charles Mathew, sat in Penang for the first time today when he presided over a full Court of Appeal. Sitting with Mr. Justice Mathew were the Chief Justice of Singapore, Sir Charles Murray Aynsley, and Mr
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    BACK IN HARNESS
    27 8 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. Mr. W. H. Brockett. Town Supervisor, Johore Bahru, who has been on leave in Hong Kong, has returned to Johore Bahru.
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      180 8 SH£ H£JIRiri£T TH£ COMMtrrtf DOWN V 9 C-£ IV CHARGE Or THE PANTOuiMt.l ER PUT YOU'LL HAVE y $mt&tf&[ 9 UE ALL KVOW HOW WOVDETvrLafr TO EXCISE ME THI!> J&~ I"]' ?e"ar. iou'rTVJi'feel miserable] TM£ DOCTOR I $O HORLICKS I I THE ONLY ONE WHOrTADOUT SAVING NO' TOLD HER I
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      328 8 ciur Aunnr 9 30 Time 9ignal Si News, 9.45 Re- Band, 9 Take It Prom Here. 9.30 am\»ArWMU t on the proceedings of the Time Signal and News, 9.45 Nights Sineaoore Legislative Council at the Opera. 10 Music lor Dancer J° ?A°!U En>w*ency w i, from Meeting by Radio Malaya's
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    If Your Baby Gets Ear-ache
    707 9  - If Your Baby Gets Ear-ache NURSE JANET MO THERCRAFT IN MALA YA By L^AR-ACHE is quite a Ij common complaint among children and babies, but it should never be treated lightly. Every mother should know what symptoms to look for, especially in babies who cannot speak for themselves, and therefore
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    DOCTOR JOAN IS NOT GOING TO APPROVE OF THIS
    859 9  -  Nan Hall By rpHE new young lady A doctor in charge of the St.Andrew's Mission Hospital for Children is not going to like me. She thinks I am going to write a moving plea about how many more nurses they've got
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    Bonniest Baby Of The Week
    30 9 Jenap bin All, 11- months-old daughter of the mandore of the Singapore Cricket Club, wins the $5 prise for the Bonniest Baby of the weeek.
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      99 9 1111 I 1 MB ■i 'qga IH i. mi \^^Bi _~*j9 w VH Photo by Nora Vissengt Meadow Studio Yes, BABY JOVINA TSENG is the Champion Baby Girl in the 7 to 18 months group of the 1951 International Baby Show, Katong. Singapore. Jovina, who is an outstanding example of
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      316 9 25. Approaching insurrection Straits Times Crossword l6 26 He surrendered at York- t I 4 s| 5 §§S§ e 7 27. "Deep in trie shady sadii§ HI S§S§ >- ss r a <Keats) (4) jSQ« S**' DOWN isHs Glooni y. and couid be was vs.^ 3jm; Tjwj ncre (6 >-
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    THE VILLAGE PAYS ITS LAST TRIBUTE
    1652 10 yyK \ve«e staying near a country town in the Home Counties. It was about 1 1 o'clock in the morning and there was a telephone call to make. But when the receiver was picked up no answer came from the telephone. One, two, three
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    Looking At Life
    393 10 A MOTORIST was summoned at Blaenavon in Monmouthshire for causing hurt to a man "then passing upon the highway." The magistrate dismissed the cisc saying that as the man admitted he was standing still, he could not t> 11 passer-by. JJEFORE a Woolwich court martial a soldier,
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    The Queen To The King'
    129 10 Writing of the devoted married life of King George VI and his Queen, the "Sunday Times published a poem composed by Mr. Laurence Whistler and engraved on a glass and silver-gilt casket which the Queen Mother gave to the late King at Christmas. 1949— Fond
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    LONDON STOCKS
    282 11 LONDON, Mon. I CLOSING middle prices of selected stocks, as supplied by special arrangement with The Financial Times, were: HUH Coufola tit Funding 4% Mi War 3f% »0 i MMM Chartered i£5r 1<H Mercantile 4U»i '£12 DO M Hongkon* (IU5) tf 1/■.■firm M INSURANCE Com. Un (uU.l 104
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    PUSING DIVIDEND
    38 11 IPOH. Mon puSING Rubber and Tin Ltd., has declared an interim dividend of 10 per cent In respect of the financial year ending Feb. 29. 1952. payable on Feb. 28 to shareholders registered on Feb. 12.
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    U.K. MARKET
    36 11 LONDON. Feb. 18— Spot 33 2 d Mar. 33', d.. April 33U. Apr.-June 32 July-Sept. 31 'id., Ort -Dec 30>,d.. Feb c.i.f. 30\d. (nom.). Mar. c.i.f. 33d.. Apr. c.i.f. 32\d. Market: Easier after steady.
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    134 11 From Our Own Correspondent MELBOURNE, Mon. INVESTMENT trading was on subdued lines today. Prices continued on their easing trend ana rises were few and small. Dunlop ordinaries were offered down following the announcement that more capital was required Wool eased in New Zealand and Sydney to produce
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    Singapore Shipping
    69 11 £JHIPs alongside the Singapore Harbour Board godowns, or expected there by 7 a.m. today are: 1-2 Carthage. C.P. Sanana 6-7 Overijsel, 8-9 Autolycua. 11 Ozarda. 13-14 City of Coventry 15-16 Teucer, 18 Pernland, 19-20 EttrickbarJc, N.W.4 King Bay N.W.6 Rergam. 21-22 Larut. 23-24 Tjitjalengka 25-26 Harpalion. 2728 Lawak.
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    RUBBER MARKET RALLIES AFTER ERRATIC OPENING
    231 11 RUBBER MARKET RALLIES AFTER ERRATIC OPENING From A Market Correspondent DUSINESS opened for the week in the Singapore "rubber market yesterday on an erratic note, with further price drops registered in all grades. The lowest price reached during the morning was $1.09 a lb. for March first-grade, but the market
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    THE PRODUCE MARKET
    173 11 yERY dull conditions prevailed in most sections of the Singapore produce market yesterday. Slightly lower prices were recorded, but buying interest was generally scarce. Pepper was again quoted lower, sellers offering Muntok at $805 a picul, Sarawak at $800 and Lampong black at $595. With no buying
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    Malayan Shares
    318 11 Marked absence of buying strength r pHERE was a marked absence of buying strength in all sections of the Malayan share market yesterday, investors being content to await more stable conditions in the rubber market. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers" Association yesterday were: INDUSTRIALS Bayers Sclleri
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    TIN:S4B7V4APICUL
    10 11 SINGAPORE, Mon. Feb 5487.8748 5487.874 (down $0 5 i).
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    25 11 LONDON. Feb. 18— Cash Buyers £978. Sellers £980: Forward Buyers £978. Sellers £980; Settlement £9811 (up S.IV). Turnover: a.m. 45 tons; p.m. 120.
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    H.K. EXCHANGE
    35 11 HONG KONG. Mon. fREE market currency exchange for Hong Kong dollars was quoted ai the close today as follows. US$1 HK$6.1425 (each). HK$6 77 (T.Tt: £1 HK$15.85 one tahil of gold HK$324.5.— UJP.
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    FIJIANS AGAIN DOMINATE SCC 'SEVENS'
    925 12 FIJIANS AGAIN DOMINATE SCC 'SEVENS' Did not drop a single point THE Fijians "B'» and "C' f teams yesterday entered the quarter-finals of the Singapore Cricket Club's seven-a-side rugger competition by handing out sound thrashings to their opponents, Naval Rase "A" and R.N. C-in-C Staff respectively. The Fijians, neither of
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    NZ follow on 386 behind
    282 12 NZ f ollow on 386 behind AUCKLAND Mon. MEW ZEALAND were all out for 160 in reply to the West Indies 546 for six declared on the third day of the second Test here and followed on 386 behind At close New Zealand were 17 for one in the second
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    Craig makes fine debut for N.S.W.
    204 12 Craig makes fine debut for N.S. W. SYDNEY, Mon. SIXTEEN- VI-' AR-OLD Ian Craig made a distinguished »nfcrance Co first class cricket r.ere today wher. he took 91 rmv; off the Sourt. Australian attack Craig wus playing in jals first Sheffield Shield match for Nc» South Wales who before stumps
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    JOLLILADS 1952
    49 12 Jollllads officials for the year have been elected as follows: President, Mr. A. K. Isaac; VicePresdent, Mr. M. S. Da wood; Hon. Secretary, Mr. C. P. Mohamed Yusoff; Hon. Treasurer, Mr. Abdul Rasak. Hon. Sports Secretary, Mr. M. P. Samy: Committee, Messrs. Dollah and Wong Ah Fook.
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    SEDGMAN WINS SECOND TITLE
    194 12 COLOMBO. Mon A USTRALIAS No. 1 player, Frank Sedgman. captured a second title in the Asian lawn tennis championships here yesterday when he beat Tony Mottram, British Davis Cup player, by 6-1. 9-7. 6-0 In the final. After Sedgman had taken the first set without much
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    SINGAPORE TIDES
    15 12 TODAY: High 0311 (8.6) and 1637 (6.6); Low 0959 (2.5) and 2131 (4.8).
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    Woodcock to fight again
    53 12 LONDON, Mon.— Bruce Wocdcock. former British, Empire and European heavyweight boxing champion, has decided to return to the ring. He has applied to the British Boxing Board of Control for a renewal of his licence, <md he says he is prepared Immediately to right the most
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    Naval Base regatta will end season
    69 12 Singapore's yachting season will come to and end on Sunday, when the Naval Base Sailing Club hold their annual regatta. More than 100 entries have been received for this meet and among the boats participating will be the International Star class, international Tornado, airborne
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    Danes win; but Swede was hero
    235 12 COPENHAGEN, Mon r\ENMARK beat Sweden by six matches to three yesterday in their semi-final tie in the European zone of the Thomas Cup badminton tournament. Denmark will meet England in the final Denmark held a three-one lead at the close of Saturday's play but
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    Red Wolf will be hard to beat
    356 12  -  EPSOM JEEP By IPOH, Monday. RED WOLF is likely to start a firm favourite in the BJ-f. handicap for Class 3, Div. 2 horses at Ipoh on Wednesday, second day of the Perak Turf Club February meeting. This staying five-year-old by Pappageno II
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    TURPIN-ROBINSON RUBBER' MAY BE ON JUNE 10
    95 12 LONDON Mon. piGHT promoter Jack Solo mons, Is schdnled to Hy to New York next Sunday to nego. tiate for a third world title light between Sugar Bay Robinson and Britain's middleweight champ'.'jn Randolph Tv p n If Selomons get* the f.jrlil be
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    Hayashi in final
    39 12 CALCUTTA, Mon.— T. HayasM the Japanese No. 2, reached the final of the men's singles In the East of India table tennis championships here last night. In the final he meets Richard Bergmann of England. Reuter.
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    M.C.C. RECEIVE A BAD BEATING
    411 12 COLOMBO, Monday. TWE Commonwealth XI beat M.C.C. by an innings 1 and 259 runs here today in the second day of the match. M.C.C. totalled 103 and 155 to the Commonwealth's 517. The last three MCC wickets fell this morning for the addition of 25
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    U.K. GOLF STARS TO USE CENTRE SHAFT PUTTER
    374 12 Dai Rees, Weetman in Singapore THE recently legalised centre shaft putter will be used on Malayan golf greens for the first time by Britain's Ryder Cup player and former match pl«".y champion, Dai Rees, who arrived in Singapore by Qantas-BOAC yesterday. Rees.
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    Sports Diary
    40 12 RUGBY: S.C.C. Srven-a-side starting 4.30 p.m.: G.H.Q. t R.N.A.S. Sembawang; R.A.F. Tengah v B.A. Blakanr Mat! 'B; S.C.C. 'A' t M.R.N.V R Fijians 'A' v 5.H.8.; R.A.S.C. 'A' t R.A.F. SeleUr. HOCKEY: Europeans r Rest at S.C.C. 5.15.
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    Police teams in splendid hockey draw
    205 12 Police teams in splendid hockey draw KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. TN the semi-final tie in the Selangor Hockey Association's knock out tournament played on the padang this evening Police Depot and Police Circle drew one-all. A large crowd which watched the game was treated to some excellent hockey, the match being
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    4 gold medals for Norway
    110 12 OSLO, Mon. jS^ORWEGIAN skiers scored upset victories In two Olympic events today and took over the first place in the unofficial team standings as Halgier Brenden won the 18-kilometre cross-cour.'.ry race In record time (1 hr 1 mln. 34 sec.) and Simon Sla vik tjok
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    STTA men play at Bangkok
    74 12 Ftur of the five Singapore players who took part in the 19th World Table Tennis Champ -raiips held in Bon.bay arly this month stoppM at Bangkok o n their return ro take part .n exi'bition games, Mi. P. C. Lam, mailer of th? ron'ingent, told
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    S.C.C. SOCCER
    28 12 Secretaries of clubs wishing to arrange frendly soccer matches with the Singapore Cricket Club are requested to write to L. E. Lake, 9, Holland Hill, Singapore.
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