The Straits Times, 24 March 1952

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    20 1 The Straits Times NATIONAL NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED IS4o MALAY AS TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, MARCH 24, 1952 if PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS
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    BORDER ROUTE BOMBED
    280 1 China 'aids rebels 9 IHENCH SAY: NORGANISED SAIGON, Sunday. pRENCH planes bombed and strafed Communist supply columns and concentration areas south of the Chinese border today— 24 hours after it had been reported in Washington that Chinese Reds were crossing the border to aid the Vietminh rebels.
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    DELEGATE FROM CEYLON
    37 1 MR X SOMASI NDKAM, permanent secretary to the Ministry of Food. Ceylon who arrived by QANTASBOAC from Colombo jesterday He is a delegate to the Rice Conference which starts in Singapore tomorrow.—Strait* Times picture.
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    Asian youth warned
    117 1 NEW YORK. Sun. T<HE process of change in 1 Asian nations from colonial status to self-govern-ment has been complicated by the struggle between Democracy and Communism, said the Australian Ambassador. Mr. Percy Spender, in a speech In New York today. Addressing the New York Herald Tribune Forum
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    Planes for Burma
    21 1 LONDON, Sun. -The British firm. Handley-Page Corporation, announced today it is buildinc three four-en^ined Marathon airliners for Burma
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    Police use hoses on Italians
    87 1 TRIESTE, Sun DOLICE turned fire hoses on demonstrators here today after the arrest of several had failed to break up crowds of Italian youths who attacked Anglo-Ameri-can military governmenr buildings It wa s one of the tensest day s in the city since the war,
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    Crowd shout: 'Stop talks'
    56 1 TEL AVIV. Sun Nearly 1,000 people demonstrated in Tel Aviv's main streets last night shouting: "Btop negotiations with Germany." Representatives of Israel and West Germany are In the Netherlands discussing Israeli demands that Germany pay a billion dollars in reparations for wrongs done to the Jew
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    RETURN VISIT
    32 1 NEW YORK. Sun.— Sister Elizabeth Kenney back in Australia— has written to New York that she will return to the United States to demonstrate her method ->f polio treatment. -UP.
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    Airliner crashes —and all sate
    38 1 BANGKOK, Sun.— A KLM Constellation crash landed three miles from Bangkok airport today— and all the passengers and crew escaped. After the crash the aircraft burst into flames. It had flown from Karachi.-
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    HYDE PARK ARTIST
    25 1 INDONESIAN artist Affandi, whose home is in Jakarta with his wife, pictured at work on a canvas at London's Hyde Park Corner.
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    SECRET TALKS ON POWs
    91 1 MUNSAN. Sun 4 LJUIED start officers at Panmunjon today told the Reds they were willIng to held secret sessions nn the thorny problem of pri-soner-of-war exchange The Communists said they would consider the matter There was no Immediate indication when the off-the-record negotiations might start. Both
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    Missionaries have to leave
    30 1 HONG KONG. Sun.--Mis-sionary sources in Hone Kong estimate there are fewer than 100 foreign Protestant missionaries still In China, compared with more than 3.000 in 1949.
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    Jungle squad gets two bandits
    199 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. rjURKHA police recruited from Burma for hunting down Communists in the Malayan Jungle went into action recently after completing training and this morning ba^ed their first two bandits Acting on Information eivpn by a member of the public the Police Gurkha Jungle
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    TREATY SOON
    25 1 TAIPEH Sun A SlrtoJapanese peace treaty might be signed before the end of the mpnth It was rpported in Talpeh today.— A F.P
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    OIL CHIEF DIES
    26 1 SHARON Connecticut. S'lfl —Mr Wlngat*. M Anderson ftgei 57. retired Prcsdont >>t the Biandard Oil nf Bn«* died it his home today —UP
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    MONKEYS' TRIP 'NOT MORAL'
    70 1 LONDON. Sun qpHL Royal Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals said yesterday it is immoral to send monkkeys on a rocket Journey into space. Assailing recent American rocket tests at White Sands New Mexico, using mice and monkeys as passengers, the Society asked "where are
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    Landslide kills 6
    24 1 TOKYO. Sun.— A landslide killed six people, injured two others and destroyed 12 houses at Fukio village on Shikoku Island.— A.P.
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    DULLES BREAKS WITH TRUMAN
    127 1 WASHINGTON Sun. AMR John Foster Dulles, the top Republican foreign affair* expert and the man who arranged the Japanese peace treaty for President Truman is cutting his ties with the Truman Administration this weekend. Mr Dulles is reported to want a completely free hand to attack
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    Nehru calls for party discipline
    156 1 MESSAGE TO CONGRESS CALCUTTA, Sunday. THE Prime Minister, Mr, Jawaharlal Nehru, pre- sident of the Indian National Congress, the Government party, called upon Congress today po reorganise itself into a disciplined unit, so that it might successfully discharge its chief responsibiHtjrwW strengthening India Addressing the
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    They may yet see Eleanor
    96 1 They may yet see Eleanor HUNDREDS or Singapore women who ire waiting to meet Mrs Eleanor Ro^sesevelt may yet get their chance if plans materialise *o allow Mrs. Roosevelt an hours stop-over .at Kalian g Airport on Mar. 27 while changing planes fos- Jarkatra. Mrs. Howard O Chappell President of
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    Russian agents refused entry
    47 1 nAVANA, Sun -Two Russian agents, bringing five packages to the Soviet Em p*?f» here from Mexico City were forced to return on the next plane yester- They said they and the packages were diplomatically privileged and refused to open them for customs inspection.
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    Envoy drives in
    23 1 MERIDA. Sun.— Mr. Lincoln Maeveagh, the new U.S Ambassador to Spain, arrived here yesterday by car from Lisbon —A. P
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    Tributes to Ceylon's Premier
    290 1 COLOMBO. Sun 1 CONDOLENCES on the death <" y of Ceylon's Prime Minister, Mr. D. S. Senanayake and tributes to his leadership 1 continue to pour into Colombo. Britain's Premier, Mr Wins- ton ChurchiU. yesterday sent trie following message: Please convey my deep sympathy to Mrs.
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    OFF TO COLOMBO
    34 1 SAIGON, Sun.— Vietnamese Minister of National Economy Tran Van Kha. left today by plane for Colombo to attend the British Commonwealth Economic Conference. He will stop In Karachi en route U.P.
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    'LOST'GUINEA PIGS SEEN IN JUNGLE
    409 1 'LOST' GUINEA PIGS SEEN IN JUNGLE From A Correspondent FOR nearly 48 hours this week-end the Borneojungle held secret the whereabouts of the K..VF. volunteer party ploughing through it to test survival equipment under actual conditions of use. The party entered the Jungle near Kuching last Monday, and from Tuesday
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    ALY IN TOUCH
    66 1 PARIS. Sun.— Prince Aly Khan flew into Paris yesterday from India, on his way to th P bedside of his sick father, the Ag a Khan, spiritual leader of the 10,000 000 Ismail! Muslims Asked about his wife actress Rita Hayworth, who has filed a suit fo
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    Radar bombs cut up Red force
    97 1 Radar bombs cut up Red force TOKYO. Sun. GREATLY outnumbered Allied patrols fought a series of clashes with powerful Chinese infantry yesterday. Allied bombers flew low over the front dropping radar-guided bombs to smash one Chinese force. The force estimated at a size of a reinforced company, tried to overrun
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    Trusted now, says Jap
    69 1 TOKYO, Sun. THE Prime Minister, Mr. Shigeru Yoshlda, has called the U.S. Senate's ratification of the Japanese peace treaty a demonstration of the "unswerving American policy of reconciliation and trust toward Japan." He said In a letter to General Ridgway that the US.-Japan security pact was
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    Leaders warn Dr. Malan of disorders, bloodshed
    240 3 AFRICANS PREPARE TO FIGHT PREMIER CAPETOWN, Sunday. 'EARS of civil disorders and bloodshed spread across South Africa yesterday following the rime Minister, Dr. Daniel Malan's statement lat he would curb the power of the civil courts y Parliamentary legislation. Tension mounted as leaders
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    Honolulu 'arrest' mystery
    182 3 SYDNEY, Sun. i HMHMt official of the Government-owned Trans. Australia Airlines said in .MHliourn-- on Saturday that the U.S. Immigration Service stopped him in Honolulu on his way to America last month and held him in prison for 13 days without an explanation. ustralian newspapers prominently featured
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    IKE'S DEPUTY IN WASHINGTON
    35 3 WASHINGTON. Sun. General Alfred M. Gruenther, deputy to Gen. Eisenhower, flew in yesterday from headquarters of the Allied Powers In Europe, with reports of improvement of European defence against Communism. AP
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    A TALK ON INDIA'S FOOD
    20 3 A TALK ON INDIA'S FOOD Mrs. Roosevelt is pictured above talking with Mr. K. M. Munshi, the Indian Food Minister.
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    MRS. F.D.R. RECEIVES HONOUR
    118 3 MRS. F.D.R. RECEIVES HONOUR CALCUTTA. Sun. RATHINDRANATH Tagore, vice-chancellor of Viswabharati University, conferred upon Mrs. Franklin Roosevelt yesterday an honorary degree of Doctor of Literature. Tagore, son of the late rlabindranath Tagore, iairt Mrs. Roosevelt consistently upheld the cause of international amity and universal brotherhood. Earlier in New Delli], Mrs.
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    PLAGUE KILLS 600
    25 3 TAIPEH, Sun.— The China Union Press reported today that an outbreak of bubonic i plague in Canton had killed I 600.— AFP.
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    'America on road to Communism'
    204 3 America on road to Communism' MacARTHUR ATTACKS AGAIN JACKSON, U.S., Sunday. fENERAL Douglas Mac Arthur alleged today that VJ bankrupt leadership was steering the United States down the road to Communism as surely as if the Kremlin were charting the course. General Mac Arthur renewed his attack on the administration
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    Unionists worried over cloth crisis
    100 3 LONDON, Sun. TEXTILE trade union leaders were yesterday considering proposals to deal with the unemployment crisis in Britain's textile industry. They will meet Members of Parliament for Lancashire soon. The United Textile Factory Workers' Association have appealed to Government to ease the situation. They said
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    Arabs plan mutual defence body
    189 3 CAIRO, Sunday. A BDUL Rahman Azzam Pasha, Secretary-General 1 rt of the Arab League, said today the Arab world j would not Join any foreign sponsored Middle East .defence scheme "before the national claims, rights and interests of the Arab nations are fully safe guarded".
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    THEY WANT NEW BUDGET
    48 3 MONTEVIDEO. Sun.— Ten thousand Uruguayan public hospital workers came out >m strike yesterday demanding that Parliament approve a new public health budget. Doctors, medical, students, nurses and administrative personnel in public hospitals were idle A few volunteer nurses and private physicians were working. A.P.
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    44 DIE IN AIRLINER CRASH
    120 3 44 DIE IN AIRLINER CRASH FRANKFURT. Sun. FORTY-FOUR people were killed when a X.L.M air liner crashed and burst ""to flames as it came Into I here yesterday. It wa worst civilian air crash In German history Four persons survived the crash, but two of them were so badly burnt
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    A war's toll
    33 3 PARIS. Sun.— French and French Union forces have lost 27,562 men dead and missing in seven years' IndoChlna fighting, M. Jean Letourneau. Minister for the Associated States, announced today.— Reuter.
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    een Juliana flying to U.S.
    148 3 AMSTERDAM. Sun. QUEEN Juliana of the Netherlands will leave on April 1 by air Tor the Unitf d States Since she ascended the throne In 1948 "he Queen has visited Britain France and Luxembourg Her United States tour will be the long est she has
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    HONG KONG TRADE FALLS
    70 3 HONG KONG. Sun.- Hong Kong last month suffered its worst trade slump since July, 1950. The total volume of trade in February H. K. $543.300.000— was 30 per cent less than the monthly average. Compared with 1951. the monthly average of imports from Japan went up
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    300-MILE BELT OF TREES
    66 3 300-MILE BELT OF TREES HONG KONG, Sun.— China has started planting a 300mile long belt of forest along the coast of Kiangsu Province from the mouth of the Yangtse River off Shanghai all the way north to the Yuntaishan mountain area near Haichow. It will protect one-third of northern Kiangsi's
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    Carrier lent to Australia
    61 3 SYDNEY. Sun —The aircraft carrier. Vengeance, is to be lent to the Royal Australian Navy, the Australian Premier, Mr Robert Menzies. said yesterday. The carrier, which will arrive in Australia early next year, will be on loan until the second Australian carrier, Melbourne, has been modified
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    Tornado deaths in U.S. now 229
    151 3 Tornado deaths in U.S. now 229 ARKANSAS, Sun. f ATEST reports state the aftermath of winds and floods due lo. the series of tornadoes had killed 229 people *n the five Mississipi River states. The black winds, plunging from rain and lightnlng-fllled clouds Killed 149 dead in Arkansas, 46 in
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    Barbed wire comes down
    83 3 ISMAILIA, Sun. BRITISH troops yesterday removed the last barbed wire barricades from the area north of the Sweet Water Canal, freeing a milelong trip which they have occupied for the last two months. The whole area now is controlled by Egyptian police, and normal civilian traffic
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    BOMBS STOLEN
    36 3 FRANKFURT, Sun.—Fourthousand wartime German smoke bombs were stolen from a depot, police reported. They said that they believed scrap metal thieves stole the bombs, which wer c scheduled for demolition by German authorities.— A.P.
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    SPAAK ON TOUR
    27 3 BRUSSELS Sun.— The Former Belgian Premier, Mr Paul Henri Spaak, will leave on Tuesday for a month's lecture tour of the United States— U.P.
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    ARSENAL DRAW LEVEL WITH THE LEADERS
    683 4 Cup and League double (first in 55 years) nearer LONDON, Sunday. ARSENAL, the crack London team, drew level on points with A Manchester United at the top of the English First Division yesterday to strengthen their bid for the Cup and League 'double But
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    Thailand to make Olympic debut
    40 4 BANKOK, Sun.— Thailand will compete in Its first Olympic Games this summer at Helsinki, it was announced yesterday. An Olympic committee will choose t> seven-man team to compete In track and field events. A. P.
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    Wales fight hard for 4th triumph
    277 4 SWANSEA, Sunday. IVTAI.ES beat France by nine points (two penalty V goals and a dropped goal) to five (one goal) here yesterday to make a clean sweep of their four matches in the international Rugby Union championship, but they had to fight hard for
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    GENEVA CYCLING
    33 4 GENEVA, Sun— World champion Ferdinand Kub!er < Switzerland i won the 60th Tour of Lake Geneva, the oldest cycle race in the world, beating Italian veteran Olno Bartall by a wheel vesterday.—AP.
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    Varsity golf
    26 4 LONDON, Sun. Cambridge University defeated Oxford University by nine matches to four, with two halved, in their annual golf match on Saturday". A .P.
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    Oxford crew work well
    165 4 LONDON, Sun. /VXFORD yesterday rowed an KJ excellent final full course trial for next Saturday's boat race. They covered the course in the reverse direction from Mortlake to Putney In exactly 19 minutes to beat Cambridge's time yesterday by 35 seconds. It was a fine performance
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    To defend title
    33 4 GLASGOW, Sun.— Peter Keeran said last night he will defend hi European bantamweight title against Jean Sneyers of Belgium, the former European flyweight, In Giasgow some time In May.— AP.
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    U.K. LEAGUE SOCCER RESULTS & TABLES
    1342 4 U.K. LEAGUE SOCCER RESULTS TABLES LONDON, Sunday. YESTERDAY'S U.K. soccer results and League positions to date are given uciuw FIRST DIVISION C \rsenal S Mlddlesbro 1 1 Astan Vflto 4 Burnley 1 i Blackpool t W. Brom. t < Chelae* 1 Stoke 1 Derby County 1 Chmrlton S 1 Huddersfleld
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    U.K. rugby Union, Lge. results
    289 4 LONDON. Sun. International match: Wales 9. 1 Prance 5 (played at Swansea) inter-aervlces tournament: The 1 Army 9. Royal Air Force 6 (played 1 I at Twickenham i Club matches: Quy s 11. OKI Paulines I; London Irish 10. Ai- dershot Services 9; London Welsh
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    Squatters from Paya Lebar can choose homes
    288 5 Squatters from Paya Lebar can choose homes GOVERNMENT .BUILDS MODEL HOUSES OQUATTERS on the •^new airport site at Paya Lebar will be given a choice of homes by the Singapore Government when they go to Bedok for resettlement, said Mr. S. G. Burlock, of the Land Office Several models of
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    Service for 'Brigade'
    83 5 THE Seventh Singapore Company of the Boys Brigade, attached to the St. Andrew's School, held Its 14th annual enrolment service and inspection at St. Andrew's Cathedral. Singapore, yesterday. Watched by a large crowd, 14 new members Joined 26 old members and officers at an inspection by the
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    Reception for absent couple
    182 5 Reception for absent couple A GAY and unusual wedding reception was held In Raffles Hotel, Singapore, yesterday. The bride and bridegroom were away In Australia. Mr. S. C. Lu, Singapore manager of the Bank of China, was host to more than 600 guests. His son. Dr. Earl Ming Teh, had
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    FIJIAN 'GIFT
    28 5 Fifty Fijian s oldier s stationed at Nee Soon Singapore, were among 90 people who gave their blood to the Singapore Blood Transfusion Service last week.
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    Vocational data to help students
    257 5 Singapore Anglo-Chinese School is compiling x data of professions and vocations in the Colony for the guidance of students. Dr. H. H. Peterson, prin- I cipal, yesterday said: "We are collecting all available information on vocations and professions open to students, who have passed secondary
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    HE HAD 184 RATION CARDS
    46 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun.For having 184 ration cards which he was not entitled to have. Liew Cheng Ming, a Plentong shopkeeper, was fined $50 at Johore Bahru today He was also fined SBO for making false entries In respect of controlled goods.
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    Blackout schedule
    205 5 The follow-in? areas are liable to load shedding today: DAY Alexandra Brickworks. Paslr Panjang, Reformatory Road, Acetylene Factory, Cressonite Industries, St. James. Miri Road. Sllat Kd.. Bukii Pasob. 8.A.T., Trafalgar St., Anson Road, Tiong Bahru, Sago St., Rama St., People's Park, Nelson Rd., Guan Hin Oil Factory, River
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    SINHALESE PAY THEIR RESPECTS
    218 5 Vf EMBERS of the Singapore Sinhalese Association iTI held a special condolence meeting at 176, Anson Road, yesterday, for Mr. D. S. Senanayake, the late Premier of Ceylon. Mr. H. J. C. Kulaslngha, the president, was in the chair He said that the news of Mr.
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    Prayers by Buddhists
    83 5 A SOLEMN prayer was said at the Sri Lankaramaya, St. Michael's Road. Singapore, yesterday evening by Sinhalese members of the Singapore Buddhist Association in memory of the late Mr. D. S. Senanayake. The prayer was conducted by the three priests of the temple, the Revs. M. M.
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    C.G.s message to Ceylon
    123 5 The Commissioner-General, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, has sent the following message to the Governor-General of Ceylon, Lord Soulbury: "I send to the Government and people of Ceylon the profound sympathy of my colleagues and myself on the death of Mr. Senanayake "He was a memorable statesman
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    Today's Radio SINGAPORE
    77 5 Today's Radio SINGAPORE 9.35 a.m. -9. 55 Schools; 10 Emergency New*; 10.05 "Tunes from yesterday and today"; 10.45-12 Schools; 1 p.m. "Monday Matinee"; 1.30 News; 1.45 "Home on the Range"; 2-2.50 Schools; 6.17 Children; 6.35 "The New Road"; 655 Announcements; 7 News; 7.15 Interlude; 7 30 "Spot the Favourites"; 8
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    RAFFLES' HOME AS HOSTEL
    275 5 RAFFLES' HOME AS HOSTEL OINGAPORE Legislative O Councillors welcomed as "an excellent idea" the suggestion that Highwood House, the London home of Sir Stamford Raffles, should be bought by the Colony Government and converted into a hostel Tor Malay and Straits Chinese students in the United Kingdom. Sounding a word
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    University post for Mrs. R. You
    57 5 Mrs. Renee E You has been appointed organising secretary for the University of Malaya's new course in social studies which begins In October. An economics graduate of London University. Mrs. You was formerly attached to the Government Statistics Department. She is the wife of
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    DIDN'T KNOW OF PREMIER'S DEATH
    71 5 It was only after Mr. W. Leo Fernando, Ceylonese Member of Parliament and transport millionaire, arrived in Singapore by the "Marseillaise" yesterday morning that he heard of the death of his Prime Minister and personal friend, Mr. D. S. Senanayake. Mr. Fernando had. left Ceylon
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    ROAD BLOCK DIDN'T STOP HIM
    188 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. A BRITISH soldier drove a scout car over a bandit road block under heavy fire which killed a British officer. It was reported from the M"ar area of Johore. The soldier was knocked unconscious, when he tried to. drive over the top
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    60 6 Dr. 4c Mrs. Tow Siang Yew wish to thank all the.r friends and relatives for their good wishes and gifts on the occasion of their wedding on March 15th. 1952. MR THONG SOO YONG and children thank all relatives and friends who sent wreaths, gifts, paid night visits and
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    IN MEMORIAM
    40 6 P. G GEORGE MATHIAS PAMADASA Killed by Enemy Action: 24th March 1944. Fondly Remembered by hie sorrowing brothers P G Michael G. Mahindasa. M 8.E.. J.P.. P. G. Dennis M. Darmadasa. and sister Mrs. G. C. Senanayake iCeyloni.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Mon.,Mar.24, 1952. Citizenship By Birth
    979 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Mon.,Mar.24, 1952. Citizenship By Birth Other legislative business iin the Federation has disi tracted attention from the new citizenship proposals which have now been laid 1 before the Federal Council in the Select Committee's Report on the bill to amend the Federation Agreement. When the bill
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    109 6 SINGAPORE and the Federation intend to spend thousands of the taxpayers' hard-earned dollars on civil defence. We approve of this as we do not want to fall into the same pit as we did in 1941. However, by kind consent of our City Council, we won't have much of
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    AN ISLAND DEPENDENT ON IMPORTS
    887 6 AN ISLAND DEPENDENT ON IMPORTS The problem of food in Singapore— l A Straits Times Staff Correspondent, in the first of three articles, writes on the parts played in the Colony's economy by the smallholder, the foreign producer and the middleman CINGAPORE, even with the assistance of the Federation, does
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      Heating the water up again
      149 6 I -WONDER whether other users of electric water1 heaters are having the same experience as I am. During the almost continous blackouts, day and night, mv heater goes out of action and the wate; This necessitates an extra expenditure of current on each occasion to
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      INFLUX AND EXODUS
      213 6 IN his recent letter Mr. A. R. Lazarous tries to explain the shortcomings of his countrymen without much success. The average Malayan is a little puzzled at this sudden influx and exodus, and the political exuberations or vituperations, that pour torrentially on this land of milk and
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      DUTY OF EVERY CITIZEN'
      112 6 I WISH to thank through the medium of your paper the Malay Regiment Lleut.Colonel who so kindly stopped his Land Rover and conveyed my cousin and myself to the Ipoh Hospital aftej we had been involved in a motor accident on the main trunk road one
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      ASSISTING ONE'S FELLOW HUMANS
      185 6 ASSISTING ONE'S FELLOW HUMANS "POMMONSENSE" (last V» week's Sunday Times) should bear in mind that giving assistance to anyone under any circumstances, especially during an accident, is not the duty of a policeman only. It is the duty of every human being to assist his fellow, being in time of
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      OPEN THROTTLE IN SEREMBAN
      65 6 OOME months ago you O published a letter headed "Throttle all out in Seremban". After its publication the motor cycle nuisance abated somewhat. Lately, however, a few hotheads have resumed their stunt-riding display, roaring dotyn. the street with their silencers removed. totally ignoring the speed limit.
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    On the Margin
    392 6 On the Margin Poltergrislfe ARE you numbered among the friends of the poltergeists It seems very well worth while, according to a correspondent \vh claims fairly close intimacy with them. He has been moved to write on tlem by our recent story of "blajk magic," bottles, tins and crockery doing
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    2 SERVICES WILL NOT RETRENCH STAFF
    291 7 Navy* RAF may recruit more men this year TWO Services in Singapore the Navy and the Air Force— do not intend to retrench civilian personnel because of the British economy drive. They may, in fact, recruit more local staff this year, the Straits Times
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    Smallpox danger in Colony
    140 7 Smallpox danger in Colony f\R W. J. Vickers, Director of Medical Services, told the Straits Times yesterday that because of the unsatisfactory vaccination position in Singapore there was always the danger of smallpox spreading In the Colony. Some nearby countries had smallpox and this could easily be carried and spread
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    DEATHS
    54 7 SUT^H Mark Jam**. after' snort illne&s. 23rd March 1952. our beloved little darling Joan :ukJ Hans Suler. EE KWEE KEE ape 54. passed away peacefully on 23-3-52 at 775. North Bri-Jge Rd.. leaving behind fit* beloved widow, one son and one daughter to mourn his loss Funeral on 24-3-52
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    DATIN GAWLER
    42 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun.— The death has occurred in England of Datin Gawler, widow of Dato W. N. Gawler, who formerly lived in Johore and was a member of the Executive and State Councils and chairman of the Johore Planters' Association.
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    43 7 THE ARCHDEACON of Singapore, the Rev. Robin Woods, inspects the Seventh Company, Boys Brigade, attached to St. Andrew's School. With the Archdeacon are Captain Philip Law. Dr. D. D. Chclfiab and Mr. Cheong Hock Hai, honorary Captain of the Brigade. Straits Times picture.
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    Labour Party is against 'call-up'
    288 7 AFTER HEATED DEBATE— SINGAPORE Labour Party, after a heated two-hour debate, yesterday adopted a resolution by their general secretary, Mr. Peter M. Williams, to call upon the -Colony Government to withdraw the National Service Bill which was introduced in the Legislative Council last Tuesday. Only
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    SELF-RULE PLEDGE URGED
    89 7 SELF-RULE PLEDGE URGED CINGAPORE Labour Party members were urged by their pfesident, Mr. Lim Yew Hock to "pledge body and soul" to work for a* united self-government in Malaya. Mr. Lim, who was speaking at the party's third annual general conference at the Victoria Memorial Hall, said: "If we have
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    21 motions approved
    136 7 rE party approved 21 resolutions and the new draft constitution of the party. One of the resolutions" passed unanimously by the conference stated: "The. Labour Party of Singapore views with alarm the immense powers accumulated by Government under the Emergency Regulations, and reasserts the fundamental human value
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    No reply on armour
    145 7 No reply on armour REGARDING reports that ■I* 1 shipping delays were res- ponsiblc for non-delivery of armoured cars to Malaya, the manager of a Singapore firm writes: "We have offered armoured cars of English origin, to the Military Secretary's department of the Hfch Commissioner. Kuala Lumpn. out have not
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    C.G. TO OPEN RICE TALKS
    39 7 Mr. Malcolm MacDonak). the Commissioner-General, will open the fourth J meet in c of the Consultatlr- Committee on Rice at Phoenix Park tomorrow. i Representatives of 24 nation* and United Nations men will attend.
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    WRONG ADDRESS
    31 7 MUAR. Sun.— Ei?ht Indians.! two Chinese and a Javanese who failed to change their I addresses at Payamas Estate, i Tangkak. were each fined $5 > by the Muar Magistrate.
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    FIRM FINED $700
    52 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun.— The Johore Cold Storage wsu fined $700 today for failing to affix price tags on sugar and condensed milk. Poo Tee Kum. manager of the firm, who pleaded guilty, said thai the price tags had fallen off the goods and the sweeper had swept
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    59 7 1.1-VD A SUSANA. faur-verk-old daughter t> f Mr. »nd Mrs. S. FavJlJiird. was christened at the Cathedral of the G*ad Shepherd. Sintapore. yesterday. Pictur,. shows Mrs. P. M. Rohan (sodmother), Mrs. Pavillard iarryin« Linda, and Mrs. R. Fltmpleton. (Back row) the Rev. W. Briscoe, Chaplain to the Nivv, who officiated.
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    OUTSIDE MEN WILL PROMOTE
    110 7 THE Singapore Public Services Commission will b» asked to deal with senior appointments and promotions in the City Council, if a recommendation bjy the Council's Procedure Committee is accepted by Councillors at their meeting on Mar. 31. The committee has accepted the principle of an independent
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    P.R. SECRETARY IN HOSPITAL
    44 7 Mr. G. G. Thomson, the Singapore Public Relations Officers, who is in the General Hospital suffering from a nervous breakdown, is recovering well, and will be discharged today. He will convalesce for a week at Changi before going to work.
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    PLAN TO CHANGE EXAMS
    284 7 PLAN TO CHANGE EXAMS PRINCIPALS of secondary schools In Singapore have been told by the Singapore Education Department of proposals suggested by th« Cambridge University authorities for overseas students who will be sitting for the School Certificate examinations in 1954. The Education Department's Examination Secretary, Mr. Arnold Halliday, has asked
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    Public library as memorial to King
    465 7 A PROPOSAL that a memorial in Singapore to King George VI should take the form of a central public library has been made by Professor C. N. Parkinson/ Professor of History at the University Johore targets Vampire jet fighters, Brigand light bombers and Sunderland
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    THEY QUERY THE JENNINGS RESIGNATION
    194 7 THEY QUERY THE JENNINGS RESIGNATION KUALA LUMPUR. Sunday. MEMBERS of the IMNO-MCA alliance on the Municipal Council told the Straits Times today that they will demand an inquiry into the sudden resignation of Mr. C. O. Jennings, the Kuala Lumpur Municipal Architect. They said they wil awkward questions at tl
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    BEAUTY CONTEST
    79 7 ONLY thn»«- more d.i»> .ire left to enter the Sintapore Roiiinans Beaut? Que»>n contest. Final date for accept nc entries is »n Wednesday. To enter the compel ition. send a post-card s:ied photograph with your mine and address clearly m:"-k. »t on tile hark in BI.OC X LETTERS
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    Templer in Perak
    43 7 IPO H, Snn— The High Commissioner. General Sir Gerald Ternpler, arrived in Ipoh by plane yesterday on his first official visit to Perak. He was met at the airport by the British Adviser, Mr. I W. Blelloch and other officials.
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    This Was Germany's Neutrality
    265 8 By HALL ROMNEY A SLIGHT lifting of the curtain on the arms traffic through Singapore before the war is afforded oy publication of documents from captured archives of the German Foreign Ministry and Reich Chancellery. They include a memorandum by a German official instructing that "business
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    Perhans Women Were Tougher Then?
    633 8  - Perhans Women Were Tougher Then? WILLIAM TOWNSHEND Y6UR BOOKSHE]lF\i§ll t*y WEST AFRICAN EXPLORERS, edited by C. Howard (Oxford University Press, 7s. 6d). ARE the women of today— r idi n g in steeplechases, piloting airplanes, driving racing car s braver than their Victorian grandmothers? Are they— with their hiking trips
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    U.N.s Work For The Health Of Asia
    353 8 THE Lamp of Mr. THE LAMP IS LIT by x Calder's title is the Ritchie Calder (Publishlamp of health, which ed by World Health the World Health Or- Organisation, 1/6). ganization seeks to light amid thp riarknpw nf stronger. Because they were SSS»
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    THE BRIEF FLOWERING OF EUROPE'S CITIES
    606 8 THE publishers of this book have had the fortunate idea of commissioning a dozen essays on the capitals of Europe in their flourishing prime. The conception Is excellent, the realisation uneven. Why include New York among these European cities except from servility? Why omit
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    Sven Hedin's Diary: A Naive Record
    258 8 Sven Hedin s German Diary. Translated by Joan Bulman. (Euphorion Books. 155.) By HUGH TREVORROPER SVEN HEDIN, the Swedish explorer of Central Asia, now eighty-six, is no friend of England. He is. in an odd way, a German nationalist. A firm (not to say
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    Seria Oil Output Exceeds Five Million Tons Yearly
    1057 9 With the denial of Persia's oil to Britain, the importance of Borneo oil h—, increased. Here is the story of post-war developments in the most important Borneo field. BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT THE output of Seria Oilfield, in Brunei, has risen to
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    HONG KONG PREPARES TO BREAK FOOD 'BLOCKADE'
    198 9  -  GEOFFREY RUTHERFORD By i CHIPPING firms are working on a plan to feed Hong Kong, whose supplies of fresh meat, vegetables, fruit, and rice have been stopped by Communist China. A pool system is being considered to meet the stepped-up cold war that
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    CHINA'S FARM WORKERS STILL OPPOSE IT
    600 9  -  FRED HAMPSON Communist Land Reform By THE land-owners and farmers of China are still fighting the Communist land reform so viciously that the Communist workers engaged in land reform are finding their Job more thankless and more perilous every day Thie information comes not
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      300 9 Straits Times Crossword erous flBh nfl DOWN IP ll* I *"1 5I H 8 j 7 [Hi 8 (a golfer s?> sKSSaTo" cr ys'«J one was built a 19 v century ago (j) LmuJ Lav grop jgjgj m 3. "Make former times II I I Ssl 72~ A frterxlly drink
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    Largest figures in 98 yrs.
    148 10 Largest figures in 98 yrs. fHE Chartered Bank's report for 1 1051 shows total balance sheet figures ut their largest in its 98 years trading and a similar happy slate is found in Profit and Lrss Account where the result for the year was shown, after provision for taxa ion,
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    Rubber Crops
    61 10 The following rubber crops for February are announced: Alor Oajah Rubber Estate Ltd. 19 000 lb: Ayer Panas Rubber Estates Ltd. 75.000 lt»; Glenealy P'antations Ltd 53.900 Ib; Kluang Rubber Company Ltd. 54.C00 lb; Pajam Limited 96.000 lb; TaiUman Rubber Company Ltd. 27.000 lb: Teluk Anson Rubber Estate
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    FOOD BOOK
    56 10 AS an aid to teachers, techni•rl clans and scientists, the U.S Agriculture Department has published a new book which gives the nutritive value of 362 foods familiar to Asians. Called Composition of Foods used in Par Eastern Countries the publication lists the amounts of calories, proteins and vitamins
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    EXCHANGE TO MERCHANTS
    82 10 *P Hfe Malayan KxrnHiiirp uanu Association announced agrt*«»d -a te» of exrharee to merchants at the weekend as follows: MTVMU \i< Mall r.i u.o mi d ii ■M York S3t m*"' 833|B 33| Canada 31 IS'U 33 1/16 J3 5/16 rr»*» Mill. New Yorlt 33 7/ij Si«
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    MALAYAN MARKETS SUFFER 'ATTACK OF BLUES'
    529 10 Despondent week with reduced business From A Market Correspondent MALAYAN markets lived through a despondent iTI week when a reduced volume of business was written. Buyers did not greatly care whether they bid or not and. save for a slight reaction at the end.
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    Lumut Rubber Estate Mtg.
    92 10 THE Lumut Rubber Estates produced 3,528.550 lbs. of rubber against an estimated crop of 3.420.000 lbs. last year. Sir Eric MacPadyen, chairman ot the Company's Board of Directors, declared when he addressed the annual general meeting in London. Profit before taxaMon was £322.963 Trade investments as
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    Business Done
    230 10 OUSINESS done in the Malayan Share Market last week included: Industrials: Fraser St Neave Ord $3.72 ,4 cum to $3.72^ ex div.; Goodwood Park Hotel $1 60; Great Eastern Life $42.50; Hammer $43.00 cum div.; Hongkong Bank (Hongkong Register) $765. (London Register) £82.10.0.; Jacksou Co Ltd. $2.50; Malayan
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    BRITISH TIN INVESTMENT
    55 10 DRITIBH Tin Investment Corporation showed a Consolidated Profit, after British Profits Tax. of £538.394. from which dividends aggregating 27 per cent, less tax take £298.396. Income Tax £*****6 and Carry Forward is better by £6.382. Quoted Securities and Net Current Assets In Consolidated Account work out at
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    Australian share market
    161 10 From Our Own Correspondent MELBOURNE. Sat. INVESTMENTS had a weak closing market on the Stock Exchange yesterday. Prices fell over a wide range of stocks. Isolated rises were in the main small recoveries after recent sharp knrcks. 8.H.P.. Australians leading industrial company, was steady at 45/- following
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    Eight points each to I.A, Chinese
    314 11 RAIN SPOILS LGE. CRICKET By Our Cricket Reporter RAIN again spoilt yesterday's Singapore Cricket Association's tournament matches. In the senior B games, first innings points (eight) went to Singapore Chinese Recreation Club and Indian Association who beat their opponents Royal Navy and Singapore Recreation
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    SENIOR SCORES
    349 11 SCHC V NAVY GINGAPOKE Chinese R.t. beat Soja. Navy on first lans. at Hoof Urn (ireen. S.C.K.C— IST. INNB. Khoo Ong Lee b Pillar SO Ang Earn Hock run out 6 Eu Cheow Chye b Eckesley-Maslin 4] Cheong Thiam Slew c Dunn b Eckeslry-Masltn 10 Tan Huck Chuan
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    POLICE 165-5
    39 11 Police were in scoring mood when they met Diplock's XI on the Police ground yesterday. Rain stopped play at 3 p.m. Scores* Police 165 for 5 (Devadas 48. Kirn Swee 48, S. K. Sundram 26. Sandosham 33).
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    CSC did not play
    42 11 Owing to the death of Mr Senanayake, the Prime Minister Of Ceylon, the cricket match bet-, ween Ceylon Sports Club II and RAF I Seletar to have been played on the CSC ground yesterday did not take place.
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    THE JUNIOR MATCHES
    139 11 YESTERDAY'S S.CJV. Junior tourney matches resulted as follow: SECTION A At Chanel, RAF Chantf beat Sinhalese on Brst inns. Sinhalese 85 (Fernandez 22. Williams .17* Vldale 3-7) and 71 for 5 (N Perera 32 n.0., M. Perera 22 Vidale 2-18). Changl 139 for 8 (Orbell 41. Hlzzett
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    Schoolboy star
    21 11 Dae to pressure on space, No. 4 in the Schoolboy Star series i s held over until next week.
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    30 11 DITCHBURN. Tottenham's goalkeeper, tabes the ball a s Davis, the Sunderland inside-right, makes a wry face because he has failed to jump high enough. Tottenham won 2—o2 0. Popper picture.
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    U.S. defeat Canada
    198 11 CALGARY. Alberta. Sun. rpHE United States last night 1 won the American zone final of the Thomas Cup badminton competition by defeating Canada five to three The United States will meet th» winners of the Denmark-India tie. for the right to challenge the holders, Malaya. The Americans
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    JOHORE GOLF
    35 11 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun.— The February Monthly Oclf Medal competition at the Royal Johore International Club resulted as follows: .Men's Medal won by Flt./Lt. Hamilton Brown. Ladies Medal won by Mrs. E. A Clampit.
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    VSC's DRAW
    25 11 V.S.C. 'A' Division and V.S.C of •F' Joo Chlat Division drew 2-all In a soccer friendly at Princ# Edward Boys Club ground yesterday.
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    BAN TOUR AGENTS' CALL
    222 11 BAN TOUR AGENTS' CALL KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. AN item for discussion at the annual general meeting of the Football Association of Malaya next Saturday at the S.C.R.C., Kuala Lumpur, is a proposal to ban the system of agents for overseas teams coming to play in this country. The matter was
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    VETERAN WINS 25-m RACE
    76 11 Veteran Kwa Chin Swee of the Singapore Island Ramblers Cycling Team beat A. Morrison and Hillier In a closely contested final sprint to win the Singapore Cycle Racing Association's 25 mile massed-start road race held at Changi yesterday. Kwa clocked lhr. 6mln. 25sec. for the distance.
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    All-England results
    93 11 rE finals of the All-Eng-land badminton championships which ended on Saturday night resulted: MEN'S SINGLES: Wong Peng Soon (Malaya) bt Eddie Choong (Malaya) 15-11, 18-13. MEN'S DOUBLES: E. L. Choong and E. B. Choong (Malaya) bt Poul Holm and Ol e Jensen (Denmark) 9-15. 15-12. 15-7. WOMEN'S SINGLES:
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    SOCCERFR ONT
    885 11  -  SENTINEL By TWERE should have been jubilation in Kampong Glam. home of the Kota Raja club, last night but rain ruined it the afternoon rain that made the pitch at Jalan Besar stadium a morass, and caused postponement of Kota Raja's match against Chinese Athletic. Kota Raja, bared
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    LEAGUE TABLES TO DATE
    166 11 S.A.F.A. FIRST DIVISION P W D L F A pto KoU Raja 3 3 8 1 6 Rovers 2 I 4 4 S.B.C. 2 2 < 4 4 Fathul Karib 3 2-1844 IRC. 5 113 7 8 3 Tirer* 1 1 S &&<< -2*>C3*»i H ChineMi
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    'Jambar Melayu heads 'classic' candidates
    431 12  - 'Jambar Melayu heads 'classic' candidates EPSOM JEEP By fAMBAR MELAYU (late Casting Vote), a four- year-old by Hyperion out of Plebiscite, a Fairway mare, rocketed to the top of the list of this season's "classic" aspirants by the facile manner In which he slammed the opposition in the Spring Cup
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    THE CROWD GAVEDOUG A BIG HAND
    419 12 THE CROWD GAVE DOUG A BIG HAND WHEN Nortbmond hit the front a furlong out In the last race at Bukit Tlmah on Saturday, i a tremendous cheer went up to the crowded grandstands. Racegoers were not only cheering on a well-backed fancy but were ringing out a top-flight Jockey
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    59 12 SOCCER DIV. 1: RF.MF v Rovers at J Besar. DIV. 3 A: Rovers *A' y NeUJi MFC at Geylantj: Wonderlads K. Muslim Lfe. at CYMA. BITS. HSE. LGE: SUnvac F N at Shell; 1.C.1. 9. Dnnlop at Farrer Park. FRIENDLY: Singapore -A' Combined Schools at R.1.: St. Anthony's
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    Mulley says farewell with top honours
    210 12 ATHOL Mulley. 1951 champion Jockey, bade farewell to Malayan racing with a splendid treble at Bukit tlmah on Saturday to easily top the winning Jockeys list at the Spring Meeting with six winners. Mulley won the Spring Cup— the plum of the meeting on
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    ONE LEAGUE MATCH ONLY
    70 12 Rain washed out all but on* of yesterday's Singapore scccer competition matches. I:> the only game played, a BAFA Dlv. 2 match. HM Dockyard lost at home to SHB Recreation Club by 5-1. Scorers for SHB were Bird t3). Salleh and Choon Chee. All scored for
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    Cherry Ling carried on Bt. Timah tradition
    236 12 Cherry Ling carried on Bt. Timah tradition RANK outsiders pop up regularly In big sprint races at Buklt Timah Remember Byron's sensational 1239 win in the Liberation Cup and Melbury Court's spectacular upset in the Summer Cup. On Saturday recently-promoted Cherry Ling carried on the tradi tlon when he flashed
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    P.S.C. 242-7 BUT DRAW
    100 12 PENANG, Sun. Penang Sports Club chalked up one of the biggest scores In local Inter-club cricket today when they closed their Innings with 242 runs for seven wickets against the Butterworth Recrea'ion Club at Western Road The match ended in a draw, the BilC. replying with
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    Selangor Club just beaten
    81 12 KUALn LUMPUR. Sun. rpHERE was a close finish in the 1 cricket match between Selangor Chinese R.C. and Selangor Club on the Pudu Road ground today. Chinese won by two wic- keU Selangor Club lost their first five wickets for 32 runs but a sixth-wlcket partnership
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    SINGAPORE TIDES
    28 12 Today: High 0944 (8.8) and 2250 (8.2): Low C 358 (3.7) and 1629 (0.5). Tomorrow: 1035 (9.4) and 2311 (8 5)- 0435 (2.6) and 1708 (0.5).
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    B.A.M. MAKES THOMAS CUP FINAL DECISIONS
    443 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. A CUP has been offered for a women's inter-State badminton competition on similar lines to the Foong Seong Cup, it was revealed at a meeting of the Badminton Association of Malaya standing committee here today. The B.A.M. decided to accept the
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    PAHANG BEATEN BY INNINGS
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    Jones to lead Selangor
    166 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. ALAN JONES. Joint captain of the Selangor Club, has been selected as Selangor cricket captain for the current season. The following seven players have been chosen to represent the State against Singapore during the Easter holidays at Singapore. A. K. Jones (Capt.) H.
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    S'gor Indians win by 71 runs
    72 12 KOALA LUMPUR Sun -Belanitor Indian Association beat R.A.F.. Kuala Lumpur, bjr 71 runs In a cricket match at Taylor Road today Indians scored 140 IT R. Amln 34 Leslie /tow 31) RAT were si; out for 69 (CbeeM man 15 Cowan 13. Doxey II).
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    He is Empire champ Tho Fook Hung, now lifting 675 lb.
    518 12  -  GUNN CHIT THYE By PENANG, Sunday. NOW it can be told. The Mystery Medallist— in colleague Sentinel's phrase the Malayan with a great chance of winning a gold medal at the Olympic Games at Helsinki, is British Empire bantamweight
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    BOXING Steve Brian impressive
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    WINNING HIT WAS A SIX
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