The Straits Times, 22 February 1952

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NLWSPAPEK ESTABLISHED 1846 SIXTEEN PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1952 PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS
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    WHISPERS KILL 6 BANDITS
    374 1 Man beckons— and 3 die: Forces get 12 in day yyHISPKRS from the public helped to kill fix of 12 bandits in the 24 hours ending yesterday. Best "bag" of the day was in Selangor. where Commandos, operating for the first time in the State, killed
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    BANDITS BURN DOWN PERAK RAIL STATION
    418 1 Jji ruins— after the outrage IPOH, Thursday. HALF a million dollars damage was caused by bandits early this morning in the mining town of Kampar, 24 miles south of Ipoh, wheVe they oufned down the railway station and a godown containing 150 tons of
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    BRITAIN HAS TO CUT ARMS DRIVE
    191 1 BRITAIN HAS TO CUT ARMS DRIVE LONDON. Thurs DRII UN'S rearmament programme will have t be spread over more n the three years originally proposed, a Govi rnment White Paper armour ■< d today. isMnnl spend ins estinia l i the year 1952/53 of fc1.500.CG0.000 fixed by the Laboui Government
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    Health 'levy' postponed
    64 1 LONDON Thurs •THE' Government has post- poned legislation to impose charges on dental treatment and medical prescriptions, now free under the al Health Service, it was learned here. Apparently the scheme is to be revised. At a meeting of Conse rvativ MPs.. a group of back benchers
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    Adml. Power is Channel Commander
    200 1 Adml. Power is Channel Commander LONDON. Thurs All. ANTIC Pact headquarters here today named Admiral Sir Arthur John Power present naval commander at Portsmouth, to be first Allied fommandrr-in-Chief of the Channel area. Air Mar.shal Alick Stevens, present head of Britain's Coastal Command, was at thp same timp named Air
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    GAOLED FOR KISS
    26 1 CAIRO. Thurs. Ahmed j Ali Khalifa, a 21-year-old workman was gaoled for 12 1 months today for kissing his i neighbour's wifr.— Reuter
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    80,000 GET WAR DAMAGE
    135 1 80,000 GET WAR DAMAGE LONDON. Units. THE Colonial Secretary, Mr. Lyttelton. told the House of Commons yesterday that about 200,000 claims ifor war damage had been Udsed in Singapore and the Federation. He was replying to questions bv Mr. Frederick Bgrden. Conservative. Mr Lyttelton said thai final awards had been
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    11 smuggling ships caught
    41 1 MANILA. Thurs.- The navy announced today that it had captured 11 Philippine sailboats smuggling merchandise into the South Philippine Island of Sulu from Borneo. The Government confiscated cargoes of American cigarettes, textiles, glassware, china and coffee —Reuter
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    U.S. may cut price of rubber again
    125 1 uc fIO NEW YORK, Thursday pit U.S. Government is considering another eui in the price of the natural rubber it sells to industry, the New York Journal of Commerce reported today. The paper said an official reported that foreign rubber markets had dropped
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    Govt to get morepowers
    70 1 BANGKOK, Thurs. THE Siamese Government 1 has drafted a Bill providing "special powers" in the event of an emergency, as the result of increasing tension around her national borders, reliable sources said here today. The draft will be sent to the Cabinet Council for approval shortly.
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    Red who burned bishop gaoled
    53 1 BELGRADE. Thurs. A Communist worker was sentenced to 10 days in jail here today for throwing gasoline on a Roman Catholic bishop and then setting his clothes afire. The Incident occurred during a demonstration at Lubljans on Jan. 24 Bishop Anton Jouk was badly burned
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    BANDIT DUMPS
    15 1 Two bandit supply dumps have been found in the Raub area of Pahang.
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    U.S. DEMAGOGUES...
    70 1 Governor Dewey answers them NEW YORK. Thursday. MR. Thomas Dewey. Governor o/ New York, last night attacked the "demagoguery" of people who kept saying the United State* was doing all th e fighting In Korea. He told a meeting of ex-Servicemen that other Western powers had forces In
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    BRITISH TRADE ON INCREASE
    48 1 LONDON, Thurs. BRITISH exports in January totalled £250,000,000 and her imports t; 357,1 CO, M0 Both figures were higher than the average for the previous quarter The export average for the last three months of 1951 was £227.900,000 and that of imports £331,700,000—Re uter
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    America's offer to Indonesia
    108 1 A merica 's offer to Indonesia LONDON, Thurs. A REPORT from Washington says that in the tin I negotiations between the United States and Indonesia, at present suspended while Indonesian delegates lay the American offer before the Indonesian Government, the Americans offered the Indonesians the British agreement price of $1.18
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    THE GREAT BLUNDER'
    64 1 CANBERRA. Thurs. The Labour leader. Mr. Evatt. said today that the Opposition will vote against the Japanese peace treaty. He said: "This is contrary to the principles of international justice and a great blunder. The intended rearmament of Japan is viewed with the deepest anxiety and resentment.
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    STAB ROBBED
    34 1 LONDON, Thurs.— London's elusive "Ladder Gang" struck again last night, raiding the suburban home ot a film actress, Celia Johnson and escaping with an estimated $25,000 worth of furs and jewels.— Reuter.
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    All is quiet in village of terror
    86 1 All is quiet in village of terror KULIM thurs. THE little village of Pahau, 14 miles from Kulim. is all quiet but desolate following the night of terror on Tuesday when enraged Malays, blowing whistles and bugles. killed seven Chinese and burnt four huts in retaliation 1 for the murder
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    THE CARDS GO
    26 1 LONDON. Thurs. Numbered identity cards carried by every Briton for the laat i 12 and a half years were aboj lished today.— Reuter.
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    Britain to lift Suez road ban
    246 1 Britain to lift Suez road ban ISMAILIA, Thurs. T'HE British Army will x lift all day-time road restrictions tomorrow between the Suez Canal zone and the rest of Egypt. Road blocks and check j points will be removed from jdawn to sunset. Egyptians will b e allowed to travel freely
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    Russia is not acceptable
    45 1 PANMUNJOM. Thurs— The United Nations told the Communists today that Russia was not acceptable as a neutral i ceasefire supervisor because Ihe Soviet Union lies too close to Korea and has a "record of past participation" in the Korean war. Reuter.
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      580 2 GOVERNMENT HOUSE NOTICE Owing to the curtailment of tocijl activities at the result ot the death of Hit Ule Majctty King George VI. person* who have received invitation to the Cocktail Party to ke held at Government House on 28th February. 1952. are kindly atted to note that Hie function
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      886 2 NOTICES SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT AUCTION SALE 17 lots, of valuable Crown land at Shenton Way it Robinson Road on 99 years' lease to De sold by public auction on 6th March 1952 by Messrs. Cheong Hock Chye Co.. Ltd.. 14 16 Robin&on Ro&d. Singapore. Full particulars can be obtained from the
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      65 2 NOTICES AUCTION SALE OF Tea* dressing table, Baby's Cot, Divan. Chairs. Pressure lamps cooker. Electric shaving rarors, weighing scale, perambulator. Semi-crystal glassware. Crockery, Cutlery. Kitchen utensils. Clothings. Suitcase, Carpet, etc. To Be Held At Our Saleroom No. 10. Chulia St. On Saturday. 23rd February, 1952, At 10. 3r a.m. NOW
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    Mr. Churchill denies he did not 'do duty'
    214 3 COMMONS QUERY ON 'FREE TRIPS' LONDON, Thurs. THE Prime Minister, Mr. Churchill, yesterday denied that he did wrong by accepting free Journeys in ships and trains during his visit last month to the United States and Canada. He said in the House
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    33 3 SOME OF THE WREATHS on the lawn surrounding St. George's Chapel at Windso r Castle, which were sent from all over the world in sympathy for King George VI, being admired by visitors.
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    MR. SUBARDJO RESIGNS
    54 3 JAKARTA. Thurs The Indonesian Foreign Minister. Mr Achmed Subardjo resigned today. A Government spokesman said after the Cabinet session today that the Government did not agree to Mr. Subardjo's commitment of signing the agreement with the American Ambassador, Mr. Cochran, for American aid under the Mutual Security
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    REUNITED AFTER 37 YEARS
    205 3 Sisters separated by earthquake ROME, Thursday. AN Italian woman was reunited today with the sister she lost when, as children, 37 years ago they were buried alive by an earthquake that killed their widowed mother. When the earthquake struck Avezzano, central Italy, in 1915, the lost
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    REBELS FIRE ON GROUNDED SHIP
    37 3 RANGOON, Thurs. Two passengers were killed and 12 injured when rebels fired small arms and mortar s for ten hours at an inland steamer that went aground at Henzada. 66 miles north
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    A-BOMB TESTS?
    30 3 SANTIAGO, Thurs. A newspaper here reported yesterday that a Chilean air force plane, flying near the Argentine frontier, had seen two explosions "similar to atomic bomb explosions." Reuter.
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    Riots in five Jap cities
    46 3 TOKYO, Thurs. Press reports said that Communist groups began riots in five I Japanese cities for an hour j tonight. Groups of up to 400-strong attacked police stations and mobbed railway stations. Seven rioters were arrested. Fourteen people were injured.— U.P.
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    Former Marshal loses medals
    41 3 ROME, Thurs.—Ex-Mar-shal of Italy. Rodolf Graziani, has been relieved of four military decorations for valour. In 1950. Grazlani was sentenced to 19 years' gaol for collaboration with the Germans. Amnesties cut the term to 14 months.— A.P
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    2 FOR TRIAL ON SPY CHARGES
    32 3 STOCKHOLM, Thurs.— Two former Communist Journalists yesterday were committed for trial in Sweden's third spy trial in four months. Russia was the foreign power named.— Reuter
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    US air probe is ordered
    58 3 WASHINGTON, Thurs. PRESIDENT Truman, seriously concerned at the recent wave of air crashes, set up a special commission yesterday to investigate them, with the famous flyer, James H. Doolittle. at its head. The President's action follows three crashes within two months at Elizabeth New Jersey,
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    INQUIRY ON TWO DIPLOMATS
    41 3 LONDON, Thurs. Mr. Anthony Nutting, the undersecretary of the Foreign Office, told the Commons yesterday that the investigation concerning the disappearance last spring of two Foreign Office officials, Guy Burgess and Stuart Maclean, was still open.— AJ\P.
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    Mrs. Roosevelt honoured
    45 3 KARACHI. Thurs. The Freedom of the City of Karachi was conferred on Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt yesterday. The Karachi Corporation also presented her with a silver replica of the Royal Mosque at Lahore, built by the Mogul emperors in the 16th century.— A.P
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    Vietnamese beat off violent Red attack
    125 3 SAIGON. Thurs. VIETNAMESE national guardsmen beat back a violent attack by Vietmlnh Communist rebels on Phumy outpost, 30 miles south of Hanoi, this week, a French Union Arm v bulletin said today. It sqtrt tfce rVbeLs withdrew '*t dawn y*st£rdav leaving a number of
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    AMERICA 'NOT COMMITTED ON MORE TROOPS'
    124 3 WASHINGTON, Thursday. PRESIDENT Truman yesterday said that he had 1 not made commitments to Britain to send troops anywhere in the world. His statement was a belated reply to a question asked him at his news conference earlier in the day. Earlier the House
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    Many nobles want to be champion —for Queen
    181 3 Many nobles want to be champion —for Queen LONDON, Thurs 600 YEAR OLD court will meet soon to select a "Champion of England" from the nobility to challenge and fight anyone at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth who publicly opposes her rule. Many noble families have petitioned to perform this
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    Premiers of the Empire may confer
    168 3 LONDON. Thurs. A COMMONWEALTH Prime Ministers' conference is expected to take place In London at the time of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth, a reliable source said here today. No official announcement has yet been made about the I date of the coronation i
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    BIGGER RISK
    20 3 LONDON, Thurs.— British shipping insurance companies may increase the premiums on Liberty ships built during the war. AFP.
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    1,000 JAPS STILL IN PHILIPPINES
    169 3 MANILA, Thursday. /X>LONEL Nobuhiko Jimbo, here to convince i group of Japanese stragglers to surrender, estimated that "at least one thousand" Japanese are still hiding in the islands. Mast of the stragglers, he aaid, are probably holding out in the mountains of northern Luzon and
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    PARIS FASHION
    35 3 THIS SMART NARROW SKIRTED dress lust displayed in Paris is characterised bu the bold embroidery at the bottom of the tight fitting coat and the bold row of black buttons down the front
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    Radio helped Miss Taylor to marry
    186 3 LONDON. Thursday. ELIZABETH Taylor, 19-year-old Hollywood star, was married here today to British film actor, Michael Wilding, after last-minute cables to the United States had produced radio pictures of the essential divorce papers which the bride had left behind. Hysterical fans surged outside the
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    TOP NAZI HELD
    36 3 BONN, Thurs\- Dr. Franz Riehter, neo-Nazi member of the West Gertnan Parliament, who was arrested yesterday, has confessed 1 to being Fritz Roesller, a senior Nazi official, the Public Prosecutor Sftid today.- Reiite^
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    Singapore Is Hard On The Old People
    531 4  -  FRANCIS WONG By IX>R the poor people of Singapore-the hawkers, labour- ers and the pavement traders-there is ScJS&\ffiJsS c JS&\ffiJ5 retirement The hand-to-mouth nature of their live lihood makes them rely for tomorrow's meal on today s hard work, whether they are 16
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    PASSING OUT PARADE
    71 5 KUALA LUMPUR Thurs Malay Regiment recruits who lormed the guard of honour when the new High Commissioner, Sir Gerald Templer arrived will pass out at a parade at the Malay Regiment depot i n Port Dickson on Sunday, March 2. The parade also marks the 19th anniversary
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    FOOD ORDER
    14 5 SEREMBAN, Thurs.— Rasah resettlement area has been declared a food restricted area.
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    Students pledge aid to woman leader
    184 5 Students pledge aid to woman leader \|RS. Shirin Fozdar, mover of the scheme to form a Council of Women to emancipate local women from their subjection to men, said yesterday that male students at the University of Malaya had been teasing the women students about the idea This week, she
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    Kedah Council changes
    93 5 ALOR STAR. Thurs. Changes and new appointments to the Kedah State and Executiv£ Councils are: Mr. Soon Cheng Sun, who recently returned from a trip to Britain and America, has resumed his appointment as State and Executive Councillor. Mr. Urn Teng Kwang, who acted in Mr. Soon's
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    FOOD BAN IN MALACCA
    38 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs The Alor Gajah and Jasln police district* i n Malacca have been declared food restricted areas under the Emergency Regulations. This is to deny supplies to the bandits in the areas.
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    Maria: Court application
    61 5 MR. Justice Rogers will hear, in Singapore Supreme Court tod»>. an application by Inche Mansur Adabi Zl t0 ppeal J? th Priy y Council against the ruling that his marriage to 13-year-old Maria Hertorh was null and void The wilin* was made by Mr Justice Brow n
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    KILLED MANFINED $200
    185 5 KILLED MANFINED $200 K. LUMPUR, Thurs. WONG Yit Kim, driver fT of the car which knocked down and killed Mr. Derek Green assistant director of the Malayan Film Unit, was today fined $200 for dangerous driving by the Kuala Lumpur First Magistrate. Wong, defended- by Mr. s. M. Yong. was
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    Founder's Day broadcasts
    55 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Tnurs The Deputy Chief Scout of the British Commonwealth and Empire. General Sir Rob Lockhart, will give a talk from the Kuala Lumpur station of Radio Malaya at 8 pm. tomorrow. Tomorrow is Founder's Day for Scouts. The Chief Scout Commissioner, Federation Mr. E. M.
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    TOWN BOARD OFFICIALS
    80 5 TELUK ANSON, Thurs.Six Officials and seven Unpfflcials have been appointed to the Lower Perak Town Board for the year They are: The District Officer, Lower Perak (chairman); the Assistant District Officer, Lower Perak (deputy chairman); the Health Officer, Lower Perak; the IJxecutive Engineer, P.WX)., Lower Perakthe O.C.P.D..
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    TWO HONOURED
    46 5 PENANG. Thurs— Penang Anglo-Chinese School Union will hold a tea party on Friday in honour of two leading members— Mr. Khoo Soo Jon, on his appointment as a Justice of the Peace, and Dr. Cheah Cheng Poh on his election as a Municipal Councillor.
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    'I am the engineer of the Ship of State,' he says
    321 5 'I am the engineer of the Ship of State,' he says MR. MacGILLIVRAY OUTLINES HIS TASKS KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. J^JR. D. C. MacGillivray, Deputy High Commissioner, in his first broadcast over Radio Malaya, tonight said that one of his main tasks was to ensure that the Civil Service was a
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    $45½ m. duty collected last month
    131 5 $45½ m. duty collected last month KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. J^AST month's Federal revenue, collected by the Customs and Excise Department, amounted to $45,642,943.17. Of this, $18,372,505.88 was the export duty on rubber while another $393,980.94 was the cess on rubber. The export duty on tin and tin ore was $6,092,730.20.
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    GERDA SEEKS NEW LIFE IN AMERICA
    78 5 GERDA SEEKS NEW LIFE IN AMERICA MISS GERDA SAMUEL, receptionist at a Singapore hotel, who left in the Fernland yesterday to emigrate to the United States after a two-year wait. She has been almost round the world since she was 16. when her parents were killed by the Nazis in
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    BROKE CURFEW
    23 5 TELUK ANSON, Thurs.— For breaking the curfew at the 46>2 m.s. Ipoh-Teluk Anson Road. M. Vellu and Gnenadikam were fln%d S2C-
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    GAOLED FOR C.B.T.
    33 5 TELUK ANSON. Thurs Tamsir bin Mohamed, aged 23, was sentanced to three months' Imprisonment to be followed by six months' police supervision, for criminal breach of trust of a bicycle.
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    Schools to get libraries
    66 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs Malay schools in Pahang are to be provided with libraries under a State Government scheme, It was announced today. The libraries will be open to adults living near the schools, as well as to children To start the scheme the Government Is contributing
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    BISHOP LOSES GEMS
    77 5 <ruii!. Bishop of Singapore x the Rt. Rev. H. W. Baines. has lost four topaz stones th ,s2o?u, $20 ?u from hls yeUow 1 Andrew>S i^ 0Uc t, a J" c lnve stigating the logs, which was discovered I before the Colony's memorial service for the late
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    COLONY GOVT DEFEATS 'VOTE OF CENSURE'
    381 5 CINGAPORE Government narrowiy survived what amounted to a vote of censure on its agreement to lease a portion of the Collyer Quay car park to a private club at Wednesday's meeting of the Singapore Legislative Council. A motion, introduced by Mr. N. A. Mallal
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    'Send me to China to die' plea
    193 5 IPOH. Thurs. WHEN a 37-year-old exTT reservist of the Malayan Peoples' Antl-Japancse Army Leonsr Pool, was sentenced to death today for having a shot gun and ammunition at Sinlu. in the Ipoh area. In January this year, he told Mr Justice Hill before
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    PRICES FOR DUTY ASSESSMENT
    51 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.-, The Chief Secretary has fixed the following values for assessing customs duties for the period from Feb 21 to 27: Rubber $1,20 1 per 1b copra $428 per ton, coconut oil $800 per ton, palm oil $977.50 per ton, palm kernels S514.25 per
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    Govt. is silent on the two 'ineligible councillors'
    269 6 Govt. is silent on the two 'ineligible councillors' OINGAPORE'S centre of Government, Empres> Place, was silent yesterday on the 'Case ot the Ineligible City Councillors', and all that Government spokesmen would say was We are considering what to do." The acting Supervisor of Elections, Mr. George G Thomson, was not
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    132 6 SIXTY members of the Prince Edward Road Boys Club, in Singapore, yesterday bade farewell to their friend. Mr. J. P. Pennr-father-Evans. at a tea party. Mr. Pennefather-Evans. retiring Commissioner ol Police, told them: "It is with feelings of real regret that I leave you. •Unfortunately, the choice Is not in
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    Badges will be sign of fair rates
    133 6 A BADGE, luminous at night, will be displayed for the first time next month on the right hand bumper of 1.300 Singapore taxis The public will then see it advertised on the screen, in the newspapers and on billboards. The oadges will be
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    Tanker sails for Sumatra
    75 6 PENANG. Thurs. THE American-owned 1,164ton tanker, Stanvac Meifoo. which arrived in Penang on Tuesday after signalling that she was in distress 60 miles off Aero Island, in the Malacca Straits, left Penang last night. Repairs to her steering gear were carried out by Penang Harbour Board
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    400 AT PARTY
    41 6 Four hundred people attended a cocktail party given by Singapore Indian merchants at the Sea View hotel last night in honour of Mr. J J Singh president of the Indian League of America, who is visiting the Colony
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    CURFEW IMPOSED
    32 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— From six a.m. to-morrow a 24-hour curfew will be imposed on the area south of the Kluang to Mersing Road, Johore, between the 21st and 26th milestones.
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    2 TONS TOO MUCH
    27 6 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.— Lim Vane Mui. a lorry driver, was fined $200 in the Johore Bahru Police Court for carrying two tons overweight.
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    5 WEEKS for BOARD TO PASS PLANS
    199 6 5 WEEKS for BOARD TO PASS PLANS MR. J. A. Harvey, chair- man of the Singapore 1 1 Rural Board, yesterday j again stated at the Board's meeting that the i i average time taken last j year for a building plan j to be approved was flva i weeks.
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    CURRENCY NOTES IN MALAYA
    36 6 The total amount of currency notes in circulation in Malaya on Feb. 1 was $789,262,351. the Board oi Commissioners of Currency said yesterday. The average amount in circulation in January was $778.333.480.
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    LORRIES FIRED
    17 6 Bandits set fire to lorries in the Kluang and Kota Tinggi areas of Johore yesterday.
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    RIDA lends $20,000 to craftsman
    83 6 RIDA lends $20,000 to craftsman KOTA BAHRU. Thurs. rw\HE Rural and Industrial JL Development Authority has made a loan of $20,000 to a Kota Bahru furniture maker. Ismail Yusoff. to build a new workshop and equip it with electrical machinery. RIDA has also granted $6,100 to Kelantan State to build
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    Blackout areas
    228 6 Blackout areas glB-STATIONS liable to load shrddinr today: DAY Trafalgar St.. Anson Rd.. Sago St.. Ramah St.. People's Park. N'anson Ed., Lam Soon Oil Mills. Gnan Hin. U.E. Network. IE Factory. River Valley Rd.. Kllliney Rd.. Orchard Rd.. Armenian SI. Static, Adelphi. Capitol. Newton 1 and 2. Wavang Satu. Balmoral
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    COMPANY DINNER
    31 6 Mr T J Garner export manager for Evans Medical Supplies, of Liverpool, was entertained to dinner by members of the Singapore branch of the company at the New World.
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    CURFEW KEPT THE BUSMEN HOME
    98 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. BUSES on the five-mile route from Ampang Town, Kuala Lumpur, were stopped yesterday by a curfew imposed in the Ampang area from 5.30 a.m. which kept drivers and conductors of the Len Chee Bus Company in their honw»s all day. The curfew
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    Singapore Diary
    101 6 Y.W.C.A.: Malay classes, beginners 9.15 a.m. and 5.15 p.m. continuation class 10.30 a.m.; mandarin classes, beginners 9.30 a.m.. advanced 10.30 a.m. V.M.C.A.: Tennis at Bras Ba r ah Road 5 p.m.; MYF s.vimmine gala sub-committee meeting 5.15 I pm.; commercial classes 5.30 pin.; judo practice S.3P p.m.; weightlifting
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    KUALA PILAH SERVICE
    41 6 A service of worship In English will be held at the Chinese Methodist Church. Kuala Pilah. Negri Sembilan. on Sunday at 9 30 a.m. The Rev. Abel Eklund of the Wesley Church. Serem- ban. will conduct the service
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    Crushed dead: misadventure
    54 6 PENANG, Thurs— The Peiiang Coroner, Mr. D. C. I. Wernham, recorded a verdict 1 of death by misadventure today on L. A. C. Harry Wormald, of the R. A. F. Wormald died on Christmas Day last year when he was crushed between an R. A. F. ambulance
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    HURT ALLEGED
    32 6 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. Haji Hassan bin Kastr. charged in the Johore Bahru Police Court today with causing hurt to Marsirah binte Kalimi and Marian binte Chokro. was allowed $300 bail
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    IPOH SOCIAL
    42 6 IPOH, Thurs.— The St. John's Women's Fellowship will hold their annual mothering social on Saturday at th? Anderson School hall at 8 p.m. Admission will be by tickets at $2 each. Proceeds will *o to the church hall building found.
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    Charge this girl, says magistrate
    296 6 THE City Police Court Magistrate, Mr. K. J. L. Jamieson, yesterday recommended that a 16-vf>ar-nIH irirl. Lee Ah Kwee, be prosecuted for per- ury. Lee witness in a case in which Soon Ah Sai wa s charged with operating a "pirate" taxi, was questioned about
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    Council to appeal on sheds
    97 6 OINGAPORE City Council will appeal against a decision made yesterday by the City Police Court Magistrate, Mr. K. J L. Jamieson. Mr. Jamieson dismissed a City Council application for a mandatory order against the Singapore Baggage Transport Company. The order sought the demolition of four
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    WHAT CAUSES TOOTH DECAY?
    259 6 Decay, the commonest form ot dental disease. Is often the result of neglecting to keep teeth perfectly clean. The biting surface. the spaces- oetween teeth and where gums overlap them are the danger spots. Small particles ol I food tend to get embedded In these I
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    $20,000 WILL TIP THE SCALES
    88 7 $20,000 WILL TIP THE SCALES SINGAPORE market stallholders have placed an order for 960 English scales costing $20,000 the biggest single order of its kind. This follows the City Council's decision to enforce the use in markets of scales instead of tlachings. A spokesman of the United Markets Association yesterday
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    Lessons for electors
    85 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs. rpHE executives of the UMNO X divisions of Johore Bahru Kota Tinggi and Mersing will hold a conference at Kota Tinggi tomorrow to discuss a proposal that UMNO should familiarise members with State Council elections Other proposals are that the Johore Bahru division should
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    NEW FIRST-AID CLASSES START
    38 7 SEREMBAN, Thurs.— Some 40 people attended the first of a weekly series of first -aid cla&sfts held at the King Georgt v School here last night Doctor Moh Said lectured ar.«< gave first-aid demonstrations
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    Electricity men to get a $2,000,000 housing unit
    288 7 Electricity men to get a $2,000, 000 housing unit 'BETTER THAN FLATS 9 A $2,000,000 scheme to build a 12-storey housing unit for Electricity Department officers on a seafront site adjoining the new Pasir Panjang Power Station has been approved by City Councillors. The building, which will provide accommodation tor
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    Chinese hail directory
    48 7 SINGAPORE Chinese telephone subscribers yesterday welcomed the Oriental Telephone and Electric Company's publication of their directory in Chinese The translation of the directory, which was done by the Nany'ang Printers took five months. The Chinese edition contains 228 pages About 15.000 copies have been printed.
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    WOMAN FINED
    39 7 TELUK ANSON, Thurs. For possession of apparatus for the manufacture of intoxicating liquor and of two gallons and one pi'it of samsu. Tan Ah Hee. a 53-year-old woman, was fined a total of $350 at Teluk Anson.
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    FIRST MEETING
    33 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs.— The first meeting of the newly formed Rotary Club of South Johore will be held at the Johore Bahru General Hospital on Tuesday, Feb. 26, at 5 p.m.
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    HE DIDN'T DELIVER THE GOODS: GAOLED
    143 7 PENANG, Thursday. SHOPKEEPERS used to order goods from a young salesman, V. S. Subramaniam, and they used to pay him deposits on their orders. But, the magistrate's court was told here today, the shopkeepers never received the goods. Then they started writing to the
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    Calligraphy contest
    63 7 Calligraphy contest jyjORE than 100 students from Chinese middle and primary schools in Singapore will take part in the fourth annual calligraphy contest at the Chinese Y.M.C.A. o n Sunday. The contest is divided Into two sections— middle school section and primary school section. First, second and third prizes will
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    30 grandfathers in new village guard
    253 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Thnrs. THIRTY grandfathers turned out at a Home Guard parade at the Sun*el Tua Malay resettlement area, 10 miles from Kuala Lumpur, today. They were inspected by the Mentri Besar of Selangor, Raja Uda bin Raja Muhammad. The grey-haired, toothless warriors of
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    Navigator dies in air crash
    96 7 Navigator dies in air crash A SERGEANT navigator wa& killed when a twinengined Mosquito aircraft from R.A.P. Tengah crashed yesterday six miles from Pontian Kechil, on the west coast of Johore. The pilot, Sergeant Philip Holden -Rush worth, aged 23, escaped by parachute and was slightly injured. When the pilot
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    CATTLE BAN
    22 7 ,?T EMBAN. Thurs.-Move-ment of oxen and buffaloes from Negri Sembilan except by licence, has been forbidden Br event indiscriminate slaughtering.
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    20 MEN, 7 WOMEN HELD IN NEGRI
    41 7 In three screening operations in the Seremban area of Negri Sembilan, police arrested 20 Chinese men and seven women. Bandits murdered the deputy kepala of an estate in the Tanjong Malim area of Selangor.
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    Alliance move in Penang
    112 7 PENANQ. Thurs. THE UMNO president, Tungku Abdul Rahman, has held informal talks with local MCA leaders on a possible extension of the UMNOMCA alliance to Penang, but no decision has yet been reached, the Straits Times learns. Penang MCA leaders said today they would defer a
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    Chinese asked to train Malays
    147 7 Chinese asked to train Malays 1 TELUK ANSON, Thurs. j I OWER Perak Working Committee of the j Paloh Club of Ipoh wants Malays between 17 and 20 years of age to be apprenticed to Chinese j artisans so that they can be trained to help their own people. The
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    $7,290 gold in his shoes
    41 7 i^i^xw^&r I**1 tbe cJony 1 7125 LL w S s foun(l in ttle false "PPe'S of a pajr 1 o/ shoes whibh he was wearing when he was arrested- diTbbard a mdtor sampan In Tne Singapore
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      55 7 SINGAPORE 10 aan. Emergency News from K.L.; 10.05 "Matinee"; 11-11.30 'Music for Strings"; 1 p.m. Radio Orch.; 1 30 News; 1.45-2 Dance Music; 6.15 News; 6.17 "Forces Favourites" 6.55 Announcements; 7 News; 7.15 "Reporter^ Notebook"; 7.30 "Hit Parade"; 8 Talk; 8.15 "Evening Star"; 8.30 "Friday Prom"; 9.30 News; 9.45 "Latin
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      67 7 10 30-11 'Take your Partners Please". KUALA LUMPUR 10 a.m. -11. 30 As S'pore; l d m. of Popular Music 1.30 News; 1.45-2 Sammy Kaye and his Band; 6.15 "At You Service"; 6.55-7.15 As S'pore; 7 15 "Latin American Serenade"; 7.30 "Take It Prom Here"; 8 Talk; 8.15 "K.L. Radio
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    ENGAGEMENTS
    35 8 THE engagement Is a""™"^ tfT Sing 0 S Ke"nKam rick' Klat youngest «»n o Madam Urn P"* n e0 Kelantan. to Urn Sian Chit eldest daughter of Mr. Mrs Llm Tee Teong of Trengganu.
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    DEATH
    15 8 PAGE: Mrs. tticnstru died in London on 18th February J952. after a long illness.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Fri., Feb. 22, 1952. The Price Of Rice
    724 8 The Straits Times Singapore, Fri., Feb. 22, 1952. The Price Of Rice would sell their nee bi me lowest possible price for th«» sake of friendship and in the interests of humanity. No-one who has followed Siamese market manipulations will expect Bangkok to do less than fight for the last
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    The Badminton Hall
    333 8 If the public of Singapore are not prepared to pay for a badminton hall, then they do not deserve one. It is difficult for even the most rabid badminton fan to quarrel with Mr. Blythe's curt description of the plight of the Radminton Hall Fund Com- 1
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    IPOH TO HAVE ITS FIRST SYNOD
    64 8 IPOH. Thurs —For the first time, the Anglican diocesan synod will be held in Ipoh for three days starting on Wednesday. Apr 30. About 100 people will attend The Bishop of Singapore, the Rt Rev. H W. Baines. will preside. Tbe sesssion will be
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    Central Java in the grip of revolt
    1105 8  - Central Java in the grip of revolt BOB L. KROON By SEMARANG, Java. THE rich rice and sugar-cane lands of Central Java, fairly peaceful since the days if the Indonesian struggle for freedom, have suddenly become the scene of bitter fighting between the Indonesian army and the armed terrorists of
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    The noise about graft in Communist China
    639 8  -  Fred Hampson By HONG KONG. TTOE Chinese Com- munists' newspapers, radios, magazines, pamphlets, speeches and discussions are so full of "confessions" of Gov ernment graft, that a Hong Kong onlooker gets the impression tha the Red regime is abou 1 to collapse from
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    On the Margin
    401 8 Of a horse TUESDAY'S Free Press headline, "Trip to Pacific to meet a fish," naturally recalls the story of the Irish horse-coper, which will probably be unknown to most Asian readers. The horse-coper (a man who, among other things, sells horses) took his stance at the fair,
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    CHIEF SECRETARY'S FUNCTIONS CUT
    451 9 Watherston to take over temporarily from del Tufo KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. \yiTH the retirement of Mr. M. V. del Tufo, announced officially this morning, the functions of Chief Secretary, formerly the second highest official in the Federation, will be greatly reduced. A hint of this was
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    H.K. STAGE STAR
    32 9 HONG KONG ACTOR. Kuan Tuck Hing. portrays a war hero of the Sung Dynasty in a Chinese play now being performed at the Lucky World Park in Kuala Lumpur.
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    3 more rural health clinics for S'pore
    176 9 THREE modern Infant Weifare and Health centres are to be set up in Singapore this year, Dr. M. Doraisingham, Chief Health Officer, told the Singapore Rural Board yesterday These clinics will be at Holland Road, Nee Soon and Pulau Tekong. They vAll each
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    $50,000 gift
    18 9 The RingaDore Turf Club has sent a donation of $50,000 to the Singapore Anti-Tuber-culosis Association Fund
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    HE TELLS COURT: 'I KILLED MY WIFE'
    148 9 HE TELLS COURT: 'I KILLED MY WIFE' A CHINESE coppersmith, Neo Liang, told Mr. Justice Knight at Singapore Assizes esterda v that he killed his wife because she tried to strangle their year-old baby boy. Neo was alleged to have killed hlg wife with a chopper at a house in
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    Board & Dr. Hill report
    58 9 Board Dr. Hill report rE Singapore Rural Board will consider the report on local government drawn up by the Special Commissioner appointed by Government. Dr. L. C Hill, at a special meeting. Mr. J A. Harvey, chairman of tiie Board, asked members at their meeting yesterday to submit their views
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    'Indo- American Relations'
    49 9 The Singapore Regional Indian Congress will hold a public meeting at 6 p.m. today at the Indian Association grounds at Balestier Road, Singapore. Mr. J. J. Singh, president of the Indian League, who is on a visit to the Colony will s peak on "IndoAmerican Relations."
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    BOY, 4, DROWNED
    31 9 Ng Ah Lei. a boy aged four, was found drowned in the Serangoon River on Jan 5 the Singapore Coroner, Mr Choor Singh, was told yesterdiy. Verdict: Misadventure.
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    WOMAN ROBBED
    29 9 An armed Chinese held up a Malay woman. Zahara binte All, behind the Changi market in Singapore yesterday and robbed her of $21 and her identity card.
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    New camp to hold a battalion
    177 9 ALOR STAR, Thursday. IV'OKK will start next month on a $6,000,000 Army camp on State land at Kepala Batas aerodrome seven miles from Alor Star. The Kedah State Engineer Mr. Weir, told the Straits Times today the camo would accommodate a battalion, with houses
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    Temporary homes for police
    134 9 GOVT. SAVES THIS WAY SINGAPORE Government may build temporary k quarters to relieve the acute housing shortage facing the rank and file of the Colony police force. This week, Government voted $176,850 to convert Kigs at Pasir Panjang, Eunos, and Kolam Lane into temporary rs for
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    Royal names for estate in Singapore
    117 9 Royal names for estate in Singapore ROADS at Princess Elizabeth housing estate, Buk i t Timah, Singapore, are to be named after Queen Elizabeth 11, Prince Charles and Princess Anne. Other roads may be named after the donors of the land. Credit Fonder. Singapore Rural Board yesterday agreed that three
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    Police seize toy pistols
    45 9 pLASTIC toy pistols—replicas of a 38 automatichave been seized b^ the Singapore C.I.D. from a local dealer And the C.I.D. yesterday warned shopkeepers to stop selling these toy-pistols A spokesman said: "They might be dangerous if used by the wrong people."
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    His partner disappeared
    112 9 TAN Pong, part-owner in a bumboat business, described in the Singapore Coroner's Court yesterday how he searched for two hours for his partner, Ong Tan Swee. 22, after he had fallen overboard in the Outer Roads of Singapore Harbour on Dec. 29. Ong's body was never found.
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    Bandit camp
    31 9 A small bandit camp was located by a patrol of 92 Squadron. R.A.F. Regiment, Malaya, in the Sungei Besi area, near Kuala Lumpur yesterday. A Chinese was arrested nearby.
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    REUNION SOCIAL
    26 9 The postponed Bedok M.Y.F., Singapore, reunion social and fancy dress competition will now be held at 25, Sea Avenue, tomorrow at 7 30 p.m.
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    YOUTH RALLY
    29 9 The final rehearsal for the Youth Week Rally that is to be held tomorrow on Raffles Institution ground, will start at 2.30 p.m. instead of 4 p.m.
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    'Let them go to gaols at home' Bill
    148 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. THE Federation Government today published a Bill to i let British and Commonwealth prisoners gaoled in the Malay States complete their sentences at home. The Bill seeks to apply the Colonial Prisoners Removal I Act 1884 to the Malay
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    Templer 'to keep the same plan'
    156 9 LONDON, Thurs. rfHE Daily Telegraph's Singapore correspondent understands "from those close to General Templer" that General Tempter's initial plans for dealing with the Communist problem are unlikely to change materially the framework devised by General Sir Harold Briggs. Resettlement will continue as a basic
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    Tea-party to Inspector
    71 9 SEREMBAN, Thurs jy^ORE than 200 people, including principals teachers and committee members of Negri Sembilan Chinese schools, gave a tea party to the Rev. Y. Y. Huang. Assistant Inspector of Chinese Schools, Negri Sembilan, last night on the eve of his retirement after 22 years in Government
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    Presbyterians' annual meeting
    55 9 The annual general meeting of the congregation of the Presbyterian Church, Singapore, will take place In the Tomlinson Hall, next Wednesday at 8.30 p.m. It will be followed by a social. Apart from the usual business, the meeting will consider suggestions for accommodating the Sunday school in
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    Charges are withdrawn
    55 9 pEORGE Teo Peck Tiew, of VI Tlong Poh Road was yesterday acquitted in the Singapore Third District Court on three charges of cheating Mr. Vas Dev. Bajaj, manager of Malayan Impex Company, of $30,308. Mr. Peter Ball, ASP., prosecuting, said he was instructed by the Deputy Public
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    UNCOVERED RICE
    33 9 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs.— All bin Mobi and Hodri bin Rais, who carried rice in a lorry without covering it with a tarpaulin, were each fined $70 in Johor e Bahru today
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    He will try again —next year
    108 9 y[R. Lim Yew Hock, president of the Singapore Trade Union Congress, said yesterday that he would .vintroduce his motion for Government employees unions to be allowed to join the T.U.C. at the first meet- ing of the Singapore Legislative Council next year. When it
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    DRIVERS WENT ON A SPREE AT NEW YEAR
    165 9 DRIVERS WENT ON A SPREE AT NEW YEAR SINGAPORE Traffic Police said yesterday that an a "almost unbelievable deterioration" in driving standards over Chinese New Year caused the high road toll for January. There were 1,088 accidents and eleven people were killed. But the monthly police report says "Constructive criticism
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    Malaya may enrich its rice
    151 9 Malaya may enrich its rice K. LUMPUR, Thurs. itfALAYA may enrich iT1 white rice to prevent beri-beri and other diseases if a report on rice enrichment in the Philippines by a flve-iran international team is satisfactory. The team includes a representative from Malaya— pr. I. A. Simpson, senior biochemist attached
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    FIVE FINED $1,525
    52 9 FIVE FINED $1,525 PARIT BUNTAR. Thurs.— Repeated complaints about the high prices of cigarettes in Bagan Serai led Food and Price Control inspectors to take action. Four coffee shop employees and .one proprietor were fined a total of $1,525 In the Parit Buntar court vesterda.y. Cigarettes sei/f-d from the shops
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    HAWKING—$3
    43 9 HAWKING— $3 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs Denying that she had hawked fowls and ducks Tan Ming Heok told the magistrate that as she alighted from a car. bargain hunters surrounded her and she was arrested She was fined $3 for hawking wthout a licence.
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    Board with $10 calls fOR tenders
    147 10 Board with $10 calls fOR tenders CiNUAPORE Rural Board has called for tenders to build markets at Bukit l*anjang and Jalan Kayu but the Board has only a token grant of $10 for the jobs. The chairman, Mr. J. A. Harvey, told the Board yesterday that when the estimates were
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    COURT TOLD OF LAND DEAL
    295 10 '3 times I was threatened with death —BUSINESSMAN POOI Kim Lian, a businessman, told Singapore U First Police Court yesterday that Soh Keng Hwee, a 45-year-old broker, threatened, on three occasions, to kill him unless he received commission on a land deal. Soh was sent
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    BOY SCOUTS OFFICIALS
    58 10 OEM AS, Thurs. Police Lieutenant S. L. Hooker was elected chairman of the Gemas Local Boy Scouts' Association. g— The other office-bearers are: Mr. Anthony Yeow (secretary and treasurer), Messrs. D. G. Riley. Lim Chin Koon. Yahaya, G. N. Nair (committee members). Incne Ahmad bin Kanu (scouter-in-charge)and
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    University Fund is now $4,762,669
    153 10 DONATIONS for the University of Malaya Endowment Fund for the week endIng Feb. 16 were $2,021.42. The total of the Fund lg now $4,762,669.58. Latest donations were received from: Johore: Staff of Supplies Department, Segamat, (13.10. Malacca: Mr. J. V. Chlnnlan, $10; Mr. J. A.
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    CHENG STOLE $1,200 FROM CHNG: GAOLED
    117 10 r<HENG Fook Kai, aged 26, of Sembawang Road, was sentenced to three months imprisonment by the Singapore Fourth Police Magistrate, Mr P. Claque, yesterday, for stealing $1,200 from Chng Kiah Phuang. Chief Inspector C. W. Such, prosecuting, told the court that Cheng visited Chng,
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    KUANTAN INDIAN ASSOCIATION
    57 10 KUANTAN, Thurs.-r-The following office-bearers oi the Indian Association were elected at the general meeting President. Mr. D. P. Vijyadhl: vice-president, Mr. M. N. Subramaniam Chettiar; secretary. Mr. Kabal Singh; treasurer, Mr. M. Sreenivasan; sports secretary Mr. Alex Eaveliy; committee: Messrs S. C Das. Dey, Velautham, Philips, Kasl
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    Move to extend dual Bukit Timah Road
    139 10 SINGAPORE Rural Board, at their meeting yesterday, decided to get the sanction of the Governor in Council to buy two lots of private property needed to extend the present dual carriage way along Bukit Timah Road from the 7f mile to the tenth
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    25 10 PHILIP LOH. (right), son of Dr. Loh Poon Lip of Singapore, who U studying parasit ology at the University of lowa In the United States.
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    $1,125 FINES
    31 10 TELUK ANSON, Thurs. A woman and 44 men paid $1,125 in fines at Teluk Anson for playing chap jee kee at a food stall. An informer was awarded flOO.
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    Appeal for squatters in Kedah
    78 10 ALOR STAR, Thurs. FE KEDAH-PERLIS branch of the M.C.A. will ask the Kedah Government to extend the time limit for moving 115 squatters ordered to quit by March 10 the area between the 39th and 43rd Milestone of the Sungei Patani-Kuala Ketil road, Mr. Soon
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    ARCHDEACON SAYS: PRAY FOR HOMES
    167 10 THE Archdeacon of Singapore, the Yen. Robin Woods, is asking members of his congregation to pray for relief of the Singapore housing shortage. "It is of prime importance that the people of Singapore should be housed," he said yesterday. "Social headway in any democracy depends
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    Witness for the defence disappears
    161 10 JOHORE BAHRTJ. Thurs. THE chief witness for the I I defence at the trial in the Supreme Court here of Lee Kian Huat on a charge of consorting with bandits, was reported to be missing today. The witness is Lee's wife, who was present in
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    T'GANU SULTAN BETTER
    29 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— "Hie Sultan of Trengganu, injured In a motoring accident in Kelantan last week end, left Kota Bahru Hospital today and returned to Trengganu.
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    Lights for Thomson Rd.
    80 10 nnHE Rural Board yesterday approved plans to light Thomson Road (up to Thomson Village) next year. The chairman said It was essential to light up this section along Thomson Road, because of the heavy traffic it carried. Under this year's lighting programme, 72 street lights will
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    Cheap coal: A new promise
    191 10 Cheap coal: A new promise THE present stocks of coal held by the Singapore City Council's Gas Department will keep the gasworks going for a week to ten days. A local Indian firm which promised to deliver 10,500 tons of coal at a cheap rate In two shipments at the
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    HURT IN JUMP FROM TRUCK
    63 10 NIBONO TEBAL. Thurs.— While travelling in a polica truck under escort, a 19-year-old detainee. Tan Hool Kim. Jumped out and was injured Yesterday, in" Nlbong Tebal court, a charge of escaping from police custody was preferred against nlm. Tan. who Is in Butterworth Hospital, could
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    Access to P. Panjang beach sought
    116 10 J^R. J. A. Harvey, the chairman of the Singapore Rural Board, was yesterday, authorised by the Board to find a suitable site for public access to the beach at the .seventh mile Pasir Panjang I Road. At present, the public, especially villagers from the
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      'Callaway' Still Has Me Laughing
      565 11 'Callaway' Still Has Me Laughing BRUCE FRASER talking about FILMS VOW and then some brave soul in Hollywood writes a script in which the film city really takes an honest look at itself and doesn't like what it sees (rumour has it that every script writer has scores of such
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      BEST OF THE CURRENT FILMS
      282 11 HERE are pocket reviews Of outstanding films at pre1 sent in in circulation in Singapore and the Federation. Three stars Indicate an 1 outstanding picture, two j means above average, and I one star indicates good enI tertainment. I No Highway In The Sky Entertaining
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      Hollywood Thinks Of Malaya By WALTER WARWICK
      427 11 Hollywood Thinks Of Malaya By WALTER WARWICK has made A Malaya a still more important market for American films, says Mr. Wolfe Cohen, foreign manager of Warner Brothers, now visiting Singapore with Mrs. Cohen. The movie Industry has been seriously affected by television. In "all big U.S. cities cinema attendances
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      158 11 DAILY Jte| .7 SHOWS Pi I" j£ TECHNTdbtOR oPyr| NELSON LPlus! FulS Pictures of tb e Royal Funeral TOMORROW M'NITE RIDE the MAGIC CARPET to FABULOUS BAGDAp and 1,001 NEW THRILLS! w> WIJM Mn^adßVes s Columbia d' N QIIPpD Pictures presents C^ CINE COLOR Mabc Carpet Lucille BALL John AGAR
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      273 11 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS Thls ls <>t*P'ayed In trying to hide a loss (5). H. May t* tried for a penny jherg a cha rm In the ll 'f P ler «>• salt main (8). 9. Married farmer? (10). 13, Palliates (10). it). Mixed dances (6). 15 pine Bea -foam
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    The Fatal Weakness Has Not Been Eliminated
    865 12 The Fatal Weakness Has Not Been Eliminated Probing Britain's counter-espionage system CHAPMAN PINCHER says he discovers lYJ x Churchill's decision that every scientist working on secret weapons must be screened again suggests that he is not satisfied with the existing methods of combing out Communist agents. The defect in Britain's
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    'Insult' to the real stuff
    101 12 'Insult' to the real stuff BRITAIN'S liquor industry experts charge that some Europeans are taking liberties with their pride and joy and major export item —Scotch Whisky. Some leaders of the trade charge that genuine Scotch is being blended with local whiskies in Holland and Denmark and resold in Britain
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    History Goes Begging In The Jungle
    1116 12 History Goes Begging In The Jungle The treasures of Malaya's past are being lost or destroyed because of apathy and lack of trained staff, declares E.C.JANARDANAN TREASURES of 1 vtolovq'c gnnipnt nast Malaya s ancient pas>t are being lost or des- troyed by vandals because of the lack of experienced
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    Feline Food Tasters
    214 12 BRITAIN'S multitude of cats owe a debt of gratitude to ten of their kind at Slough, Buckinghamshire. These ten cats are "employed" at one of the largest .mimal food factories in the world, and their job is to veto any cat food which they find to be
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      Provident Fund adm in istration
      223 13 THE rules of the Employees' Provident Fund Orcnn- ance appear to be extremely complicated, and will cost the taxpayers a considerable amount in administration. In England, in factories employees clock in and clock out. and don't take holidays just when they want to, as estate
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      PROVINCE POLICE
      171 13 YOUR correspondent "Ordinary Man" states that "the public view the police authorities in Penang with suspicion," and that "the police force in Penang is weak and inefficient." How true! But they are not inefficient when they want to requisition somebody else's house to house one of their officers.
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      TEACHER STANDS IN K.L.
      65 13 IN their fight for better conditions of service the Aided school teachers recently stated that they were bound by the same Government Orders and Regulations as Government school teachers. I notice Mr. K. V. Thavei was one of the candidates in the K. L. Municipal elections
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      LABOUR AND BADMINTON
      105 13 REALLY the actions of the Singapore Labour Party are hard to follow. I reter to Mr. Lim Yew Hock's latest proposal to ask Government for a loan to build the Badminton Hall. What is the idea? It cannot be a means of gaining popularity, because Labour i
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      IS GOVT. READY FOR A SLUMP IN RUBBER?
      470 13 IN May of last year I wrote a letter, which you published, advocating that Government should consider in advance its course of action should there be a slump in rubber. The Natural Rubber Bureau of Washington thought fit to republish this letter
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      UNDER THE CROWN
      251 13 \IY critics are mistaken if! they take me to mean I that the W.D. employees on the Singapore City Councilor to make it short the W.D. Councillors represent W.D. civilians. However it is convenient to refer to them as such, to distinguish them from the rest of
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      A holiday in Kelantan
      201 13 JT was announced by special broadcast on Feb. 6 that there was to be no holiday in the Federation on the following day a s a result of the death of His Majesty King George VI. In Kelantan, .iowever. Government offices and commercial houses were ordered
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      Queen of Scots
      58 13 GEK' (today, Thursday) is quite right about the Scots who wish to call their Queen "Elizabeth I" instead of "Elizabeth II." They're petty and quarrelsome. Like the English who call James VII "James II." The trouble about these irritating Scots is that they remember too much British
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      A MALAYAN CONGRESS?
      171 13 rE parties engaged in tiie K.L. elections, fought on the same platform. Each claimed to promote communal harmony and to safeguard communal Interests. Each promised to advance the social progress of the poorer classes. Each promised to be mor e progressive a.r the watch-dog of the interests
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      Business as usual on Feb. 15
      413 13 Business as usual on Feb. 15 [T is not often thut 1 j L feel ashamed of my i Jritish nationality but Friday's performance, as :ar as the Singapore Harjour Board is concerned, made me feel ashamed In the extreme. I am an Australian serving in a vessel under Singapore
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        150 13 THE sponsors of a society for the protection of cruelty to children have no political axe to grind, no monetary desire as far as their works are concerned. To decry such a noble institution as is suggested clearly indicates lack of a democratic way of thought and life. Let us
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        339 13 COMING from England, where we have had a society for the prevention of cruelty to children ever since I remember, I have been interested in the cutt rent correspondence about it, and amused and amazed at the queer things people say. Thfi letter which suggested that such a society could
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        167 13 THE proposal to form a society for the prevention of cruelty to children has been construed by Mr. Edwin D'Cruz as an intrusion of outsiders in family affairs. "If the parents Inflict a little injury on the child, it is to avoid future greater misery," he says. I do not
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    LONDON STOCKS
    258 14 LONDON, Thurs. (-'LOSING middle prices of selected stocks, a* supplied by special arrangement with The Financial Times, were: Consols HI Funding 4% M War 31% M BANKS Chartered (£Si 10t Mrrcautile c«3*. (CIS (M I JO Hongkong ($1251 84/Eastern i£S) «t INSIBANCE Com On mts 101 Prudential "A"
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    K.L. RUBBER
    28 14 Kuala Lumpur Rubber's report to June 30. 1951, shows consolidated current assets at £564,072. Including 124.181 Investments, 183.445 cash and tax "ertiflcates 130.000 Current liabilities £320.518.
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    TIN: $488¼ A PICUL
    10 14 SINGAPORE, Thurs., Feb. 21—*****4 (op %fM.
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    Australian share market
    148 14 r rom Our Own Correspondent MELBOURNE. Thurs. TNVESTTHENT prices continued their downward trend on the Melbourne and Sydney stock exchanges today. Australian ICI Ordinaries dropped 3/- to 29/- to provide the main fall, but many issues lost 1/- or more. The further sharp fall on Wall Street
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    RUBBER MARKET TAKES STEEP PLUNGE 6 1/2 cents drop at close
    274 14 RUBBER MARKET TAKES STEEP PLUNGE 6 1/2 cents drop at close From A Market Correspondent SINGAPORE rubber circles yesterday took scant notice of the report that the General Services Administration is likely to divert the rubber trade back to free channels, and this was reflected in the Singapore rubber market
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    U.K. MARKET
    33 14 LONDON Feb. 21. Spot 33d., April 32Vid.. May 31 \i.. June 31'id.. April-June 31*id.. JulySept. 30'id., Oct.-Dec. MVid.. Mar. ci.f. 3H 4 d., April c.l.f Sl^d.. May c.».f 31V4d. Market: Easier
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    London price
    25 14 LONDON. Feb 21.— Cash Buyers £979. Sellers £980: Forward Bayers £979; Sellers £980; Settlement £980 (down £J). Turnover: a.m. 104 tons: p.m. 20.
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    THE PRODUCE MARKET
    155 14 A further big drop of $15 In the price of pepper was reported in the Singapore Produce Market yesterday lollowing continued absence of foreign inquiries. Sellers quoted Muntok at $755 a picul and Sarawak at $750. Lampong black was unchanged at $585. The copra section suffered another
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    Malayan Shares
    158 14 Quietly steady rpHE Malayan share market was quietly steady in all sections yesterday. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association yesterday were: Bayers Praser Neave Ords 3.87 M Breweries 5.15 Malayan Cements .(7 s port Cold Storage 4.90 Straits Times 3.79 United Engineers Ords 16.00 MINING Batu
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    H.K EXCHANGE
    33 14 HONG KONG. Ttaurs. CTREE, market currency exchange for Hong Kong dollars was quoted ai the close today as follows. US$l HK6.7675 <cash), HKJO.7C (T.T.); £1 EKSloao, one falii: of gold H1<«24.875.
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    RUBBER CROPS
    67 14 Harrison and CrosfieM (Malaya) Ltd. adVise the following estate crop outputs for Japuary: Allenby Rubber Co. Ltd. 30.000 lbs; Benta Rubber Estates Ltd. 55.500 lbs; Jeram Kuantan Rubber Est. Ltd. 47.500 lbs; Kundong Rubber Est.. Ltd 34,000 lbs; MenUkab Rubber Co. Ltd 40.000 lbs: Sungei Bagan Rubber Co..
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING
    169 14 OHIPS alongside the Singapore Harbour Board godowns. or expected there by 7 a.m. today, are: 1-2 Falitria. 4-5 Merkur. Coal Plant Eastern Queen. 6-7 Overijsel 8-9 Tabian. 11 Ozarda. 13-14 Radnorshire, 15-16 Manoeran. West Side. Emp Dock Entr: Gorgon, 18 Soudan. 19-20 Ettiickbank, North Wall 6 Laiwul. 21-22
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      453 14 PRESIDENT LINER SAILINGS To New York and Boston via Ceylon India Cgyst and Mediterranean Petfs. Singapore P Swettenham Penang Cdits 38/39 s.s. "PRESIDENT VAN BUREN" S3t 26 Feb. 27/28 Feb 29 Feb/2 Mar. s.s. "PRESIDENT ARTHUR" 3/9 Mac. 10/11 Mar 12/14 Mar. s.s "PRESIDENT POLK" 4/10 Ma*. 11/13 Mat. To
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    Evergreen to tackle the sprinters
    384 15  -  EPSOM JEEP WINDS UP WITH SMART TRIAL By IPOII, Thursday. EVERGREEN, a useful staying four-year-old by lj Biff Game, showed plenty of galloping zest on the training track at Ipoh this morning when he beat Lord Dhoti easily in a tryout over a mile. Trotted
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    32 15 TUNY MOTTRAM. one ot Britain's top tennis stars and Davis Cup player, who passed through Singapore last night with his wife Joy Gannon, a British Wight man Cup player. Straits Times picture.
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    Two horses suspended
    40 15 UNAWARE, who was badly away in race one, and Seventy Seven, who was left at the post and took no part in the last race at Ipoh on Wednesday, have been suspended from racine for six months.
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    Mottramand wife fly in
    125 15 'TONY Mottram. one o( Britain's top tennis stars, passed through Singapore last night on his way to Manila. He was accompanies by his wife. Joy Gannon Mottram and his wire, who is i British Wlghtman Cup p'.ayer, are going to play In the Philippines national champlonsmps
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    U.K. get first Gold Medal
    158 15 OSLO rhurs. IEANEITE Altwegg, 21-year-old British "ice queen," last night captured Britain's first gold medal in the Winter Olympic Games here by winning the women's figure skating title. Altwegg beat Tenley Albright ot the U.S. by two points, with Jacqueline Dv Bief (Franco third. A
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    INDIAN R.C. 1952 OFFICIALS
    62 15 Singapore Indian Recreatton Club officials elected for 1952 are: P't-fii."... Mr A Rajai; VitrPresuirms. Mr S. N S-ipp.an and Mr. iC Joseph Wllay. Hon S(.c:etar>, Mr. P. Acpuvca: Ass' Hon. ft«. Mr N. Krlslir.nn; Hon r-'«i!u!fr Mr S Ch;i:i'Jlon. Svor's Secmarv Mr M Pnkln.'aniy Comm'v**: Messrs.
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    BASKETBALL WIN FOR SOUTH CHINA
    61 15 ••Golden Boys", a South China basketball team, outplayed Singapore Chinese A.A. Federation at Happy World Stadium last ni nt to win by 52 points to 21. Outstanding for China were C M. Lee and T. K. Yee and for the Colony team Ng Kiat Chong.
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    S.C.C. PARKING
    38 15 Members of the Singapore Cricket CluD who intend to watch tomorrow's rugby match between the S.CC. and the Pijians are asked 10 park syce-driven cars in Empress Place, in order to avoid congestion around the padang.
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    CRICKET MEETING
    15 15 Singapore Cricket convenors are reminded of today's mrttlng at SC.C. at 5.15 p.m
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    STABLE BOYS GETTOGETHER
    93 15 IPOH. Ihursday— Stable nands from all over Malaya mci at Ipoh and formed a Malayan Stable Hands Association with headquarters at Ipoh. The chief aim ot the Association is to hold Malay and English classes for its illiterate memh-Ts it was stated at the meeting Officials are:
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    Weights for last day at Ipoh
    366 15 U'KltiHJs tor all eight races at Ipoh tomorrow, final day of the Perak Turf Club's February mrrting. are: THE PERAK CUP Cl. ft, Dlv. 1-6 P. Maslerman t.OS Brilliant Mart 8.11 Liberty Flag 8.10 Princeling 8.10 Flag of Peart- 8.10 Steelt.ap 8.09 Windy Island
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    Malay Regt. enter unit hockey final
    305 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. rtEPOT Malay Regiment proved the superior team when they beat First Gordons in the replay of the Federation final of the FARELF inter-unit hockey tournament on the HQ Malaya ground this evening. After leading one-nil at the interval. Depot won by
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    Sports Diary
    24 15 BOXING: Singapore Oist. boxing finals at Tanglln Gymnasium, 8 p.m. BASKETBALL: South China v. To Kong A.A. at Happy WorM 8.30 p.m.
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    COLONY CHESS TOURNEYS
    120 15 Chess results in the Singapore Championship Lim Boon Keng Cup are: Round 5: J. E. M. Fagei beat Billy Chan; Mah Beng Cuan beat G. Singh; Peier Seng drew F. Stuart Pett; N Littlewood drew J. C Hicfcey. Tay Kneng Hong beat Sardar Mohaineu; Lee Mon Seng
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    Penang trials were failures
    164 15 PENANQ I'huis. f|'HE PENANO Football Association had to abandon its P 1 lor a referees' refresher coarse last year because the response was poor, says Mr. A. R^iiman, •he nonorary secietaiy. In bi» annual report to be presented on Peb 29. No certificate*, were awarded lut
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      229 15 V L^*"tmi i FRUIT SQIASHES j with a noble lineage r It is no coincidence that Hose's Fruit Si|ua»hes havt Cthe entree to the best bars and moat exclusive club* in the world. The very knowledge that they are made 4/ by the makers of Rose's Lime Juice i* a
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      26 15 SINGAPORE TIDES TODAY: High 0659 (7.9) and 2221 (7.4); Low 0039 (6.3) and 1503 (1.7). TOMORROW-. 0836 (8.3) *nd 2254 (8ft.) 0320 (5.9) and 1602 (0.9).
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    Fijians 'A' sevens rugby champions
    746 16 TENGAH BEATEN 14-8 IN FINAL FIJIAN'S "A" took the honours in the Singapore Cricket Club's seven-a-side rugger competition which ended on the padang yesterday. They thoroughly deserved their victory which was achieved by superb handling of a wet, greasy ball. In the final yesterday Fijians
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    40 16 USAIS Lomavata, with puffed cheeks, moving up 10 field the ball. On the right I. Vulatulu slides in to tackle an airman with Misikini on the right. Yesterday's semi-final between Fi.jians 'C and Tengah lasted 35 minutes. Straits Times picture.
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    SYD BARNES CHALLENGES THE BOARD
    159 16 From JACK FINGLETON CANBERRA, Thurs. A USTRALIAN Cricket Board president Aubrey Ozlade kept up a solid defence to a battery from pressmen hi Sydney today when they sought his views on the statement which Sydney Barnes made this morning concerning his alleged rejection from Australia's
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    56 16 WORK on the much discussed Singapore Badminton Hall is loinjj ahead and i> expected to be completed in May. The hall (now estimated to coal about SBOO.UM) will be the finest In the East, says Mr. Lim Chuan Geok, president of the S.B.A. Straits Times picture shows two of the
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    HUMEZ GIVES UP HIS TITLE
    104 16 LILLE. France, Thurs.— Charles Humez of France. European welterweight champion, announced tonight tnat he was relinquishing hif tit.c and his right to challenge world champion. Kid Gavilan The announcement confirmed I reports that Humez would abandon his welterweight crown in I order to pursue tlie
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    The Hall will be completed in May
    395 16 UM CHUAN GEOK SAYS: WORK on the $800,000 Singapore Badminton Hall will carry on and it will be completed in May, the president of the Singapore Badminton Association. Mr. Lim Chuan Geok, told the Straits Times The result of Wednesday's decision of the
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    Keith Miller was sorry
    123 16 KEITH MILLER. Australian Test all-rounaer. who passed through Singapore yesterday on his way oack to Sydney, said at Kallang Airport that he was sorry he could not play in Singapore. Miller, who was returning after representing a Commonwealth eleven against the M.C.C. at Colombo, added "Maybe
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    U.K. SOCCER
    44 16 LONDON. Thurs.— Yesterday's ioccer results were: Third Division (Southern): leading 5 Port Vale 1. Scottish Leaeue "B": Forfar \thletic 2, Queens Park I: St. lohnstone 0, Kilmarnocfc 2: Stenlousemutr 3. Hamilton 0. Irish Cup (second round replay) Portadown 1. Ltnfleld 1 Reuter.
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    American methods 'unsportsmanlike'
    76 16 OSLO, Thurs. Lyman Bing- 1 hBm, secretary of the United States Winter Olympic team, list night denied reports that Switzerland would "break illations" with America over a brawl during the Swiss-American ice hockey game on Tuesday night. He said: "If they want to break relations with us
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    TITLE FIGHT
    40 16 NBW YORK. Thurs.— The Daily News says middleweight champion Ray Robinson has been unable to undergo heavy training and may seek another postpone- ment of his title fight with Carl (Bobo) Olson, now scheduled for March 13.— A.P.
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    'BANG BANG'WINS
    28 16 'BANG BANG' WINS GLASGOW, Thurs. Danny "Bang Bang" Womber. Chicago welterweight, easily outpointed Bob Frost of London in an eight-round Qght last night. Both weighed 148 pounds. A.P.
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    FINNS WIN 5-2
    26 16 OSLO, Thurs. Finland beat Norway by five goals to two In the ice hockey tournament of the Winter Olympic Games her* yesterday. AFP.
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    SEVEN 'CAPS' IN ARYAN SIDE
    271 16 ARYAN Gymkhana— a team of Heet-footed footballers reputed to be the strongest in all Indiaare expected in Singapore on April 10 for what will be the first stop of an extended Far East tour. The 24-man Aryan touring contingent includes seven All-Indian internationals and among
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    TEN TICKETS TO HELSINKI
    894 16 rHE decision of tne Singapore uiympic tuunui 10 provide for a team of ten at the Olympic Games at Helsinki, and their call to individual organisations to hold early Olympic trials, is a clear indication that the door is being left open for the inclusion of
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