The Straits Times, 10 April 1952

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    19 1 The Straits Times MALAYA S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER; ESTABLISHED li*4S SIXTEEN PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1952. PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS
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    TANJONG MALIM CURFEW LIFTED
    174 1 20,000 people now back on full rice ration TANJONG MALIM, Wednesday. •pHE 22-hour curfew imposed on Tanjong Malim two weeks ago was lifted today by Sir Gerald Templer. %The 20,(HH) people in the district will also rcI their full ration of five katis of rice^— but
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    It's all day shopping again
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    Colonel tells the town: My soldiers will avenge these murders
    448 1 TANJONO MALIM. Wed 'THE band of the Royal West Kents played this afternoon as home and kampong guards, men and boys of the town, and 400 students of the Sultan Idris training college marched on to the padang for their
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    The town heard 3½ hours late
    236 1 INDOORS, BUT CURFEW OVER TANJONG MALIM. Wednesday. THE people of Tanjong Malim, confined to their homes for 308 hours m the last two weeks, today suffered m silence as they waited and watched from their houses for the end of the hated curfew. It
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    GOOD FRIDAY
    26 1 The STRAITS TIMES and the SINGAPORE FREE PRESS will not be published tomorrow. Good Friday Both newspapers will be published on Saturday, Apr. 12
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    Amnesty for tax evasion
    72 1 PARIS, Wed. r THE French Government last night won the ninth and most difficult vote of confidence on the proposal for an amnesty for past tax evasion. The voting was 250 to 237 according to semi-official figures. Earlier, the Premier. M Pinay, won the eighth confidence
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    DEATH FOR $51
    23 1 LOS ANGELES Wed Detectives killed a man fleeing from a house with a child's money box containing $51— A. P.
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    Precautions
    48 1 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Wed— Mr. Tom Driberg (Labour) will ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies on Apr. 23 what steps are being taken m chemical spraying for destroying undergrowth m Malaya, to ensure that food crops are not destroyed at the same time.
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    'UNEASY' PEACE IN 6 MONTHS
    153 1 r ;f TOKYO, Wed. ORlTAlN's Far Eastern land Ja> force commander, General Sir Charles Keightley. today predicted "an uneasy peace" would be reached in Korea within six months. Gen. Keightley, who is here on a visit from his Singapore base, said he had formed this
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    Lancashire men see Ministers
    31 1 LONDON, Wed. A deputation from the Lancashire and Merseyside "Industrial Development Association, with Members of Parliament, discus?e d the textile situation with Ministers hi London yesterday.— Reuter.
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    Colonel is murdered
    53 1 LONDON. Wed pOL. R. PALMER Bey. a V British military specialist attached to th e Jordan Arab Legion, was murdered in his nousp at Amman today, an Arab Legion spokesman said today. Col. Palmer. It was stated in London, was a local contract officer with the forces
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    This 'cure' is a sin, they say
    111 1 VATICAN CJTY. Wed. rPHE official bulletin of the Roman dtrgy *aid today: "It is difficult to excuse from mortal sin anyone who uses psychoanalysis as a method ulcure or who Submits to &ucb a cure. 'The psychoanalytic method easily becomes a school of
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    Chief of staff
    23 1 LONXXJN, Wed— Colonel E R. O. Sucsmith has been appointed Chl(rf-of«-$taff at Far East Land- Forces headquarters, effective this month.
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    Talks on labour for Borneo
    41 1 CALCUTTA, Wed. The British Colonial Development Corporation representative, Mr. F. R. Skermer, discussed with the Indian Government the question of the employment of Indian workers m rubber, hemp and palm oil plantations m British North Borneo.
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    M.P.s HAD TEETH IN IT FOR 15 HOURS
    156 1 LONDON, Wednesday. yyEARY M.P.s left the House of Commons early this morning after reaching only the ninth line of the National Health Services Bill m a debate lasting 15 hours. The 8111. which puts charges on dental and certain medical treatment, contains
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    7.30 knock on door starts the arrests
    286 1 7.30 knock on door starts the arrests TANJONG MALIM, Wednesday. 40 CHINESE suspected of being bandit couriers or food suppliers were arrested m Tanjong Malim today as the High Commissioner, Gen. Sir Gerald Tempter, announced the end of the 22-hour curfew which he personally imposed exactly two weeks ago. The
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    IN LONDON: M.P.s fight punishment
    167 1 IN LONDON: M.P.s fight punishment LONDON. Wed. A MOTION, signed by 12* Labour Members of Parliament, protesting at the imposition of collective punishment on Tanjong Malim wa s tabled in the House of Commons last night Among those who signed the motion were Mr. Tom Driberg, Mr. Woodrow Wyatt, Mr.
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    A bloodless revolution
    62 1 NEW YORK, Wed. NEW YORK Radio quoted despatches from La Paz, Bolivia, today stating that a revolutionary movement had succeeded in Bolivia and members of the military junta government had been arrested. A broadcast from Radio La Paz heard in Washington said the Army and police had
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    -And now the penalty is faced by others
    305 1 -And now the penalty is faced by others KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. qTOE THREAT of similar treatment as Tanjong Mallm hangs over thousands of Chinese. Malays and Indians living on the northern outskirts of Kuala Lumpur. They have until tome-vow morning to give Information about 60 bandits who have been encamped
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    Spying charge
    34 1 STOCRHOLM, Wed.— Two more Swedish Communists one a town councillor and the other the head of a local defence squad have been arrested on suspicion of spying for the Soviet Union.— Reuter.
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    TRUMAN TAKES OVER U.S. STEEL
    350 3 But exports to Britain ban is lifted WASHINGTON, Wednesday. PRESIDENT Truman early today took over on behalf of the U.S. Government the whole of the country's vast steel industry in a dramatic effort to avert a nation-wide strike of steel workers. But. within 30 minutes
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    CHURCHILL FACING ANOTHER TORY REVOLT
    195 3 CHURCHILL FACING ANOTHER TORY REVOLT LONDON. Wed. PRIME MINISTER. Mr Churchill, today faced formidable pressure from 48 Conservative Members uf Parliament. Including Influential figures in thp Conservative Party, who arc demanding that the Government at once carry out Its election pledge to denationalise steel and road haulage. Phe move is
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    Deserter back
    38 3 BERLIN. Wed. An American soldier who, the Communists said, deserted to the East "to be a peace fighter" almas t two years ago. has been recaptured m West Berlin and is facing court martial trial.— AP
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    Homes for Germans
    16 3 I BONN. Wed. West Germany plans to build aboit pWOOOO houses by IS.i.i
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    U.N. ships bombard Red targets
    107 3 U.N. ships bombard Red targets TOKYO, Wed. UNITED STATES battleship Iowa ended her retirement since the Pacific War and Joined the United Nations naval forces off North Korea yesterday. Moving through thick fog in the Japan Sea, the U.S.S. Iowa fired 145 tons of shells on Communist shore targets More
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    SPIES TO DIE
    29 3 NEW YORK, Wed. The Appeal Court refused today to review the death sentence of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, the husband and wife who spied for Russia
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    Aid bill vote
    28 3 WASHINGTON. Wed.— The I Senate Foreign Relations Committee will start voting on its version of the government's $7,900,000,000 foreign aid bill on Apr. 16.— Reuter
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    FINED UNDER RACE LAWS
    48 3 EAST LONDON, Cape Province, Wed.— Turee Africans, delegates to last Sunday's protest meetings here against the government's racial discrimination legislation, were found guilty today of travelling from one province to another without authority The accused were each fined 10s. or seven days imprisonment.— Reuter.
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    BIG OIL SALE
    18 3 LONDON, Wed. Persia will sell 2.500,000 tons of oil to Denmark. Norway and Finland.— A.F.P.
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    FIRST ENVOY
    21 3 BONN. Wed. Hans von Hen tig, first German postwar ambassador to Indonesia, will leave for Jakarta shortly.— A. P.
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    14 Polio cases
    22 3 PORT LOUIS (MAURITIUS), Wed. Fourteen cases of infantile paralysis have been registered here m the past 24 hours.— Reuter
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    Historic post
    20 3 ANKARA, Wed. For the first time m history Turkey Is establishing diplomatic relations with the Vatican.— A. P.
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    No plan to wed
    20 3 NEW YORK, Wed. Margaret Truman denie s a report that she will marry this year. U.P.
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    REST OF THE WORLD NEWS IN BRIEF
    182 3 REST OF THE WORLD NEWS IN BRIEF RECRUITING for Britain's *V 900.000 Home Guard, a part-time volunteer force to prevent sabotage in wartime, is to start on Monday Apr. 28, the War Minister, Mr. Antony Head, announced on Tuesday. A SECOND balloon, carrying equipment for studying cosmic rav activity in
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    Queen becomes their colonel
    45 3 LONDON, Wed. Queen Elizabeth has become Colonel-in-Chief of several British army regiments in succession to her father. They are The Life Guards, the Royal Horse Guards, the Royal Engineers, Grenadier Guards. Coldstream Guards, Scots Guards, Irish Guards and Welch Guards. Reuter.
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    TUNISIA WANTS ALL PACTS SCRAPPED
    119 3 NEW YORK, Wed. THE Tunisian representative at the United Nations said yesterday Tunisian nationalists were now seeking not only self-government but the cancellation of all treaties with France. Mr Mohammed Bahi Ladgham also appealed to the United States to support an African-Asian demand that the
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    SHIP SEIZED
    16 3 MANILA, Wed. Another Formosan fishing vessel has been seized m Philippines waters. A. P.
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    WAR LEGACY
    20 3 ROME. Wed. Over 1,400 children were killed In Italy last year by abandoned mines and shells.— A. P.
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    NEW FIGHTER
    22 3 NEW YORK, Wed.— First delivery to the UJ3. Air Force of a new Sabre F-M fighter was made yesterday A.P.P.
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    Saw manacled man shot, court told
    143 3 NEW YORK, Wednesday. A SIX-FOOT model of the Flying Trader was shown m the courtroom as a government exhibit yesterday during the trial of Captain Franklin Weaver, charged with the manslaughter of William Harvey, steward, while the ship was off the Japanese coast last
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    China, Britain make trade pact
    349 3 DEAL ON 'NEW GROUND' MOSCOW, Wednesday. V|K SIDNEY SILVERMAN, Labour M.P., how atx"* lending the world econom c conference in Moscow, last night announced the conclusion of a trade agreement with the Chinese delegation to the value of £10,000,000 on each s de. The goods
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    U.S. troops for Japan are warned
    103 3 TOKYO. Wed. AMERICAN troops embarking at United States ports for the Far East are beinc warned to make no mistake about the fact that the war with Japan is over. In a record broadcast welcome to futur P contingents of United States forces. General
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    56 3 PUSH-BUTTON DESTROYER: H.M S. Daring, one of Britain's latest destroyers,, is a vessel m which the technique of remote control has been very fully developed. Picture shows: Ratings on board H.M S Daring load the "squid" anti-submarine device. The projectile is fired from aft on the ship although It explodes
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    EASTER IN FAR DISTANT LANDS
    359 4  -  JANICE PORTER By OTHAT different me- mories are awakened by the word "Easter"—the coloured eggs of our childhood, with our names written on them in shiny white icing to lick slowly. I have been thinking a little of the Easters spent in various lands, beginning
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    General Templer's Day
    169 4 Since his appointment the new High Commissioner has covered a lot of ground. Here m pictures taken on his recent J oho re tour is a sample of rh.sneavy ormoured car belonging to The 1 3/ 18th Templer (second from left) on his tour. On the left
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    He went to India in Japanese submarine as saboteur
    872 5 He went to India in Japanese submarine as saboteur POSTAL CLERK SUES GOVERNMENT KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. A FORMER FMS Postal Services clerk who durjng the Japanese occupation went to India m a Japanese submarine for underground activities, today sued the Federation Government for $14,880 as arrears m salary and damages
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    TENANTS RETURN 41 FLATS TO TRUST
    339 5 TENANTS RETURN 41 FLATS TO TRUST THE Singapore Improvement Trust was yesterday given judgment by consent In a Singapore court for the possession of 41 flats in which the tenants had continued to live after the expiration of notices to quit served on them. The applications by the Trust were
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    All his rents went to pay the fines
    180 5 "T'HIS is an unfortunate case and the man today stands in the position of a rent' collector to the City Council," stated Mr. H. E. Hilborne in the Singapore High Court yesterday for Jagdeo, who was appealing against a fine of $500
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    Tungku Ampuan Besar ill
    42 5 Tungku A mpuan Besar ill JOHORE, BAHTU. Wed. Tungku Ampuan Besar. sister of the Sultan of Johore suffered a stroke today This evening she was said to be recovering. Tungku Ampuan Besar is the eldest child of the late Sultan Abubakar. I
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    50 5 THE DUTCH FRIGATE Johan Maurits Van Nassau sailed into Singapore early yesterday proudly displaying a shark's tail nailed to her bows the first »«d only one she caught during her ten months m Dutch New On'nea Cpl. Eduard Lap caught the shark with a rod from aft of the ship.
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    Singapore Diary
    133 5 Y.W.M.V Raffles Quay: Malay class, 5.30 p.m.; dressmaking, 10 am.; French class. 10 a.m. s Y.M.C.A. Orchard Road: Johnnie Johnson's art exhibition, 10 a.m.; games from 5 p.m.; French and commercial classes. 5.30 p.m.; service of sacred music and rededication at Wesley Church, Stainer's "Crucifixion" by the choir,
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    URBAN TYPHUS
    20 5 IPOH, Wed— One case of urban typhus occurred m the Ipoh area during the week ending Apr. 5.
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    2 BOATS FOR SEA SCOUTS
    169 5 2 BOATS FOR SEA SCOUTS AFTER a lifeboat, the Sea Shell, was launched at Tanjong Pagar Dockyards yesterday, she was handed over with a dinghy, the Sea Rover, to the Singapore Trafalgar Sea Scouts. The boats were presented by -Shell Company and AngloSaxon Petroleum Company (Eastern) Limited to foster interest
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    One way traffic planned
    67 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed.— To relieve congestion and bottlenecks on certain roads in Johore Bahru town, the Town Board plans to, introduce one way traffic schemes at Jalan Tan Hiok Nee, Jalan Dhoby, Jalan Pasar, Janan Pahang and Jalan Wan Jasoh. The public are asked for their
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    SERVICE BEFORE STATUS, HE SAYS
    239 5 SERVICE BEFORE STATUS, HE SAYS KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. STUDENTS of the College of Agriculture a8 Serdang, Selangor, were told today by Mr. O. J. Voelcker, Director of thd Department of Agriculture, that they should lay accent on "service" rather than "conditions Mr. Voelcker was replying to a statement last week
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    3 DIED WHEN LORRY HIT HUT, COURT TOLD
    109 5 BUKIT MERTAJAM, Wed. ALLEGED to have caused three deaths when his lorry crashed Into an attap house two years ago, Ooi Ah Bee was produced in Bukit Mertajam Court today on f /e counts. He was charged with causing the -deaths of
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      126 5 Today's Radio SINGAPORE 10 a.m. News: 10.05 'Music While You Work"; 10 45 "Jack Smith Show": 11-11.30 "London Studio Melodies"; 1 p.m. George Melachrlno Orch.; 1.30 News; 1.45-2 Ouy Lombardo Orch.; 6.15 ■Calling All Hospitals"; 6.55 Announcements; 7 News; 7.15 "Radio Scientist": 7 30 Radio Orch.: 8 "Calling All Forces";
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      108 5 7.30 Hit Parade; 8 Talk; 8.15 Evening Star; 8.30 Friday Prom; 9.30 News; 9.45 Latin American Serenade: 10 The First Good Friday; 10.30-11 Take Your Partners Please. KUALA LUMPUR 10 am -1.45 p.m. As S'pore: 6.15 "Happy Anniversary"; 6.557.30 As S'pore; 8 "The Lady on the Scieen"; 8.30 "Thursday Symphony";
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    IT WILL BE A QUIET EASTER IN SINGAPORE THIS YEAR
    115 6 Stores expect little business rpHIS year's Easter celebrations m Singapore will be on a moderate scale, although there have been heavy air and sea bookings by holiday makers. Unlike previous years, Colony stores expect little business due* to the "poor
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    33 6 THE TRAP that caught the monkey Yap Seng Chin adjusts the box with which he caught the stray monkey on the rooftops >n Robinson Road, Singapore yesterday. Straits Times picture. Story Pace 9.
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    26 6 Mn J P. CHOY of Hong Kong, who after winning a car m the Penang St. Xavier's Fun Fair, has donated $1,750 to the school orchestra.
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    CURFEW IN NEGRI VILLAGES
    113 6 SEREMBAN, Wed. A SEVEN -HOUR curfew has f\ been enforced by Seremban Police in the following new village areas in Seremban district which have been declared controlled areas: In and within a radius of hall a roil? of the perimeter of Paroi, SIkamat. Pantal Rasah, Mambau.
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    I was there, says Bishop
    69 6 BISHOP Basil Roberts, former Bishop of Singapore, who ha s just returned to Britain after a tour of the Far East, said he travelled 150 miles m a motor-bus m Malaya through bandit-infested country. Describing his tour, he said, "Within 48 hours, temperatures fluctuated between
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    Lighter owners elect officers
    63 6 At the annual general meeting of the Singapore Lighter Owners' Association, the lollowing office-bearers were elected. Hon. Presidents. Messrs. Chionh Oh Mee, Tan Chwee Peck and Lim Kok Tai. President. Mr. Ong Slong Bee. vice-presidents Messrs. Lim Kah Cheng and Chua Hong Hoon. secretary Mr. Soh
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    4 broke curfew, fined $25 each
    45 6 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. Chia Chong Hup, Liew Chee, Wong Sam and Liew Hoi were each fined $25 for breaking the curfew. They told the court that they went out to attend to a cow which had just giver birth.
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    PRIZE DAY
    31 6 KUANTAN, Wed.— Mrs. D j F. Thompson, wife of the District Officer, Kuantan, gave away the prizes at the annual prize day of Abdullah Scho~' at the Sultana Theatre
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    NEGLIGENT
    18 6 PARIT BUNTAR, Wed. Ding Gong Gong was fined $100 m the Parit Buntar court for negligent driving.
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    EASTER SERVICES
    176 6 EASTER services in Singapore are as follows: ST. ANDREW'S. CATHEDBAL: MAUNDY THl RSDAY-Matins. 6 45 a.m.; Choral Eucharist. 7 a.m.; Evensong and Devotional Address 8 pm. GOOD FRIDAY— Manns and An:. Communion. 7 a.m.; Children's and Family Service. 9.30 am Three Hours' Devotion 12 noon. EASTER EVE: Matins
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    Services in J. Bahru
    112 6 CHIRCH OF THE IMMAClLATi. Conception: Thursday: Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament at 7.30 p.m. followed by the Maudatum at 8 p.m. Good Friday: A Mass will be sun* at 7 a.m. and at 3 p.m.; Service of the Way of the Cross. Eatler Sondir: High Man
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    NEGRI COUNCIL OF STATE
    52 6 SEREMBAN. Wed. At next Tuesday's meeting of the Negri Sembilan Council of State, the State Secretary, Capt. Mohamed Salleh, will move that a Finance Committee be appointed consisting of the State Financial Officer as ex-offlcio Chairman and all the Unofficial members of the Council of State,
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    The few want so much for so little
    168 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. /X)OKERY classes for young women are to tie started by the guidance sub-committee of the Selaneror State Welfare Committee. A sub-committee report states that two weeks after it took over the running of the Kuala Lumpur Servants' Bureau It
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    SHE WILL WORK IN NEW VILLAGES
    29 6 MRS JfcAN CHANDLER, the first of 50 Red Cross volunteers who will work m the Federation, arrived m Singapore yesterday Straits Times picture.
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    SHE IS FIRST OF 50 TO ARRIVE
    125 6 OEfJANCf-BORN Mrs. Jean Chandler the first of 50 Red Cross volunteers who will work m Federation resettlement camps i arrived m Singapore from London yesterday morning and left eight hours later by plane for Ipoh. Mrs. iftiandler, whose operational area will br Batu
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    FOWL THIEF GAOLED
    73 6 PARIT BUNTAR, Wed Stating that there had been an increase in fowl thefts in the area. Inspector Ahmad bin Haji Yaacob pressed for a deterrent sentence when A<*shad bin Haji Karim pleaded guilty to a charge of theft of stveji fowls from Hashim bin Mohamad at Titi
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    Taiping school exhibition
    38 6 TAIPING, Wed. Crowds of parents and well-wishers attended the opening of ;?ie two-day Art and Handicraft Exhibition by King Edward VII School yesterday. The exhibition shows the workings of the English school system In Malaya.
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    AWARDED $2,880
    43 6 MU AH Wed. Alwee bin Sahat, a bus driver, who was wounded m the leg when bandits fired at his bus at the Yong Peng— Batu Pahat Road, was awarded $2,880 compensation* by the North Johore Commissioner for Workmen 'a. Compensation
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    Assn. will strive for freedom
    298 6 UNITY POSSIBLE, SAYS MCA THE Malayan Chinese Association should strive for the creation of an independent state of Malaya, including Singapore, within the British Commonwealth, says a statement issued by the association. Those who regard this country as their home and the object of their
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    Malays plan a language society
    88 6 Malays plan a language society MORE than 100 people are expected to attend the two-dav conference of the All-Malay a Malay Linguistic and Literary conference at tt> Sea View Hotel, Singapore, on Saturday and Sunday. About 20 societies from the Federation and Singapore will each send three delegates to the
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    6 broke curfew
    33 6 MUAR, Wed.— Four men, a woman and a boy were charged at Muar with breaking the curfew at Bukit Kangka. The boy was fined $5 and the rest $15 each.
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    Plans for strike go ahead: 'Long delay on our claims'
    245 7 DEADLOCK ON CITY WAGE DEMANDS THE Singapore Federation of City Council Labour Unions is going ahead with plans to call a strike after a deadlock in talks between the Federation secretary, Mr. S. Rengasamy, and the City President, Mr. T.
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    32 7 MISS CHU YUNG YUNG, former Shanghai singer, asks for good luck from her two "lucky mascot' dolls. Sh« will be giving a concert at the Majestic Theatre, Penang. tomorrow. Straits Times picture
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    Appeal for funds
    61 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. A CIRCULAR asking for donations to help the Malays in Tanjong Malim. was sent yesterday to members by the UMNO headquarters in Johore. Malays in Tanjong Malim, said Inche Zulkifli bin Mohamed Hashim. the acting secretary-general of the UMNO, were poor folks who lived
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    Radio catches fire, 3 burned
    58 7 A 12-year-o!d boy and two women aged 71 and 52 were burned last night when the radio set m their house at the 14th m.s. Mandai Road. Singapore, caught fire. The women were slightly Injured, while the boy had severe burns on both hands. AH
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    Schools put on Easter pageant
    90 7 Schools put on Easter pageant PENANG. Wed. FR the first time since the war, Methodist Mission schools in Penang will combine to stage an Easter pageant today and tomorrow. Taking part are postSchool Certificate boys and girls of the Anglo-Chinese schools Fifteen students will enact the principal roles in Marguerite
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    Blackout areas
    220 7 SUBSTATIONS liable to load shedding today arc: DAY C'avanah Rd. t'ollyer Quay, Victoria Memorial Hall 1 2, Prince St. Market St., Raffles Place/Malacca St., Boat Quay, Union Building. Home Pipe, Rheem. Ford, Bin Seng, Wire Mesh. P.W.D. Quarry, Nanyang Mfg.. Buklt Panfang, National Carbon. Princess Elizabeth Estate, Dairy
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    NEW MISSION HALL
    69 7 A mission hall in Havelock Road, Singapore, will be dedicated by the Archdeacon of Singapore, Ven. Robin Woods, at 6 p.m. today. The hall which is connected with St. Andrew's Cathedral, will hold children's and evangelistic meetings. On Apr. 17— and every Thursday thereafter— a doctor and
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    BLOCKED ROAD
    27 7 KUANTAN, Wed.— Lee Soon, Yeo See Fong, and Yap Choon were each fined $15 for causing obstruction to the back lane at the Kuantan market.
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    $320,000 fuel units ready for Comet
    123 7 fN PREPARATION for the Comet jet airline ser1 vice to the Far East, four high-speed refuelling vehicles, each costing about $80,000, have been designed and built by the Shell Company at their Kallang garages m Singapore. The vehicles called "Thornets," can refuel at more
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    More 'squeeze' now, says Sir Thomas
    236 7 More 'squeeze now, says Sir Thomas From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Wednesday. ALTHOUGH there were fewer crimes of violence so far as the Traction Company was concerned, there was a general increase of corruption m Singapore reflected, m the case of the S.T.C., m an increase m "squeeze"— Sir Thomas
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    Gamblers fined
    37 7 JQHORE BAHRU, Wed j Fourteen Indian labourers, of Ulu Tiram Estate were each fined $5 lp the police cowt today fdr gamf ling. A pack pf cards and $5, exhibits in the c«e. were confiscated.
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    MENTRI BESAR FOR U.S.
    82 7 MENTRI BESAR FOR U.S. THE Mentri Besar cf Kelantan, DatO' Nik Ahmed Kamil bin Haji Nik. Mahmood, is the recipient of the second USIS Leader Grant scholarship for Malaya. Dato Nik Ahmad will leave Singapore by plane on April 24 for a three months' tour of America. He will study
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    3 ARRIVE TO SHOW BRITISH RADIO
    211 7 3 ARRIVE TO SHOW BRITISH RADIO TWO General Electric Company officials from London arrived in Singapore by BOAC Argonaut yesterday co make arrangements for a big British radio exhibition at the Happy World later this year. They were Mr. A. E. Frost, O.E.C. Radio Export Manager, and Mr. F. W.
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    HINDU ASSN. OFFICIALS
    64 7 TAIPING, Wed. Office bea;-rs of the Young; Men's Hindu Association Talping, are: President. Mr. Arumugam: vicepresident, Mr. Chlnniah; secretary, Mr. S. Sabaratnam; treasurer, Mr. Nadarajah; auditors, Mr. T. Kumarasamy and Mr. Ponnampalam; committee, Messrs. K. Chelliah, K. S. S. Maniam. Kathigamar, 9. Ampalam and Manickam; temple manager,
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    Cattle strayed
    26 7 KUANTAN, We d.— For allowing their cattle to stray within the town board area, Sanipillai, Muthu and Duraisamv were each fined $15 m Kuantan.
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    DEATH
    92 8 MRS. NO 800 BEE (nee Madam >oh Neoh) passed away penrrfully at the ripe age of 85 years on April, 6th, 1952 at 115 p.m. at No: 2, Upp.r Museum Road. Talping. She leavrs behind 4 sons Messrs. Ng Aun Cheng, Nk Au n Chong, Ng Aun Chuan. Ny
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    92 8 FATHER TELESPORE GOMEZ, Thumbay, Kazhakuttam grat-1 fully thanks all his well-wishers. who have been participating In his happiness on the occasion of i his ordination to The PriestHood and First Holy Mass. MRS. Oilroy wishes to thank all friends who sent flowers and messages of sympathy and whe attended
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    ANNOUNCEMENT
    48 8 IF it'i a Duncan's dress li'a j GUARANTEED washable. All materials pre-washed to ensure' co'our fastness and avoid shrink- age. Over 1,000 morning and •fternoon frocks. Including a! larjie selection of maternity dresses. No two alike. Duncan's 11. D Almeida St., Spore, l (Just off Raffles Place).
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Thur. Apr. 10, 1952 Franchise & Citizenship
    665 8 The Straits Times Singapore, Thur. Apr. 10, 1952 Franchise Citizenship 1 siderrd approving fhe electoral principle provided there were a number of reserved seats for each non- Malay community to ensure that they would not be swamped by the Malay vote. The danger would be, of course, the encouragement of
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    Punishment And Reward
    398 8 About forty arrests were made in Tanjong Malim yesterday, and in the afternoon the 22 hour curfew was lifted. The area as a whole is now under house curfew*from midnight to five in the morning, with a dusk to dawn curfew in parts of the district. There
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    MALAYA'S PLACE IN THE TEXTILE PROBLEM
    1132 8 From a Special Correspondent LONDON. P^EW piecegoods mer- chants in Malaya, worried though they may be over the state of the market, will have been losing a night's sleep because of their difficulties. Yet the problem kept the lights burning all night at Westminster
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    SELADANG FOUGHT TO THE DEATH
    355 8 THE tiger population of the 1 King George V National Park is now about 150 pairs says Mr. C. S. Ogilvte, the Park's superintendent, in diary notes quoted in the Federation of Malaya Game Department report. There are also small herds of elephant, and two
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    Madras faced with famine
    579 8  -  ROBERT TRUMBULL By MADRAS. EXAMINE and drought, striking at the heart of the huge Southern Indian Stafte of Madras, have left more than 10,000,000 Indian peasants in acute distress for food and water, according to th e State Governor, Sri Prakasa, on his return from a
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    On the Margin
    364 8 On the Margin Double Dutch THE Dutch wife is still with us, we fear. When the subject of this peculiar bolster was first raised by a correspondent or. April 1, we had an idea that people might have much to say on it. Among the letters that have flown in
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    RAUB GOLD MINE MAY HAVE TO CLOSE
    434 9 'Grave trouble 9 warning then the shares drop to $1.90 THE Kaub Australian Gold Mining Company may have to close its mine because of grave financial difficulties, shareholders were told yesterday. A circular from the secretaries, Charles A. Clarke and Son, said that
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    IT THE ART SHOW
    38 9 MR. W. L. BLYTHE, the Officer AAvninisterfng the Government, Singapore, is seen looking over rare Chinese paintings exhibited at the Chinese arc show m the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce yesterday. Straits Times picture.
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    ROAD VICTIMS SAW RASCALLY QUACK—COURT
    333 9 ROAD VICTIMS SA W RASCALLY QUACK— COURT A RASCALLY quack supplied worthless prescriptions for fantastical fees to people injured in a road accident, said Mr. Justice Rogers in Singapore High Court yesterday. Three Chinese who received injuries in an accident in Pasir Panjang Road on the night of Sept. 26,
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    THEN THE OPIUM WENT UP IN FLAMES
    240 9 THEN THE OPIUM WENT UP IN FLAMES rpHIRTY pounds of raw 1 opium, hidden under the bonnet of a car, burst into flames before it could be smuggled into Johore. the Singapore First District Judge, Mr. Tan Ah Tah, was told yesterday. The driver, of th 0 car Tong Chen
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    Child cruelty stopped
    72 9 The Social Welfare Department investigated five cases of ill-treatment of children In Singapore last month. In one case, a 16-year*-old youth reported to Social Welfare that his adopted parents held him •'upside down w4th j my head m water.' 1 The youth also said that he had
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    Rail income in Feb. was $4,401,898
    73 9 Rail income in Feb. was $4,401,898 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. MALAYAN RAILWAY revenue for February was $4,401,898, compared with $3,850,924 for January. Passenger train fares accountcJ for $1,015,259 and goods train :r«ight $2,468,260 while revenue from wharves was $660,486. ferries and road services $89,210, and rents and miscellaneous $*****3. Eighty-five ships
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    Prison sentence quashed
    55 9 Kuppusamy Arumugam. who appealed against sentence of six weeks' Imprisonment for housebreaking and theft, was cleared of the offence on appeal m the Singapore High Court yesterday Arumugam was alleged to have entered the kitchen of a house m St. Francis Road and removed a thermos flask
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    Fine confirmed
    51 9 A fine of $1,000 imposed m I the lower courts 'on Aik Hoe I Co.. Ltd.. on a charge of storing rubber at 394, Kirn !Chuan Road, without a ll- cence. was yesterday coni firmed on appeal by the Chief Justice, Sir Charles 1 Murray-Aynsley. In Singapore High
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    Residents told to vote
    84 9 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. An appeal has been made to all residents in Johore Bahru town to take an active part in the first elections to the Town Council. The appeal is signed by the Government Junior Staff Union. Johore Bahru Chinese Reading Circle, UMNO, Rotary Club,
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    MALAY PUISNE JUDGE
    87 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. ACTING Puisne judge of Kedah and Perlis, Inche Abdul Hamid bin Mustapha, has been made a Puisne judge of the Federation of Malaya. He is the first locally-toorn officer to be appointed to this post. Inchp Abdul Hamid, who is 49 years old. joined
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    HOME GUARDS PUT 3 BANDITS TO FLIGHT
    154 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. UOME GUARDS battled with three armed bandits 11 m the Kuala Langat area of SELANGOR last night and made them flee. The bandits left food supplies they had collected. Gurkhas believe they wounded two bandits in the Kluang area of
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    MISADVENTURE
    48 9 PARIT BUNTAR, Wed. Death by misadventure was the verdict returned by the Coroner, Inche Salleh bin Eckhardt, at the conclusion of an inquest on a cyclist, Oopala Pillay, aged 35, who was knocked down by a lorry at Sungei Gedong on the night of Jan. 23 last.
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    Govt valuation of land contested
    309 9 AN AWARD made by the Collector of Land Revenue, Singapore, for 118 acres of land acquired by the Crown from the Singapore United Rubber Plantations at Yeo Chu Kang Road for the R.A.F. wireless station was contested m the High Court yesterday. The applicants. th
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    3 hurt in road crash
    75 9 rpHREE Indians were injured when the car they were travelling in overturned at Kampong Bahru Road, Singapore, last night. One of them was admitted to hospital. Mr. B. Williams, a traffic clerk employed by the Singapore Harbour Board who was j passing by, rendered first-aid
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    TWO-DOOR BUSES PROPOSED
    172 9 TWO-DOOR BUSES PROPOSED A PROPOSAL that all orani- I buses and trolley buses in Singapore should b P fitted with two doors one for entrance and the other for exit will be made by Mr. H. A. Jivabhai. at the meeting uf the Vehicles and Traffic Committee of the Singapore
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    17 months for clerk
    48 9 Paul Manickam Raj, a 26-year-old delivery clerk of the Express Transport Company, was sentenced to 17 months' imprisonment by the Singapore Third Criminal District Judge, Mr. H. A. Forrer yesterday, for criminal breach of trust of piece-goods valued at $13,679.23 belonging to his employers.
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    Identity card renewals
    60 9 The work of renewing identity cards, repairing torn cards and entering a change of address will be continued after the Easter holidays, a spokesman for the Registration Office in Singapore said yesterday. He said there are still a number of identity cards that need replacement before the
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    BOTANY TALK
    30 9 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed.— Professor E. Holttum, Past Rotary Governor of Malaya, spoke on botany In Malaya to members of the Johore Rotary Club at their weekly meeting yesterday.
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    Dental conference
    44 9 One hundred dentists from all over Malaya at th e annual general meeting of the Malayan Dental Association *J? n d m Singapore next week. wfTl decide whether or not to admit members of Her Majesty's Foree s to th e Association.
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    Patient man catches monkey
    148 9 AN empty wooden box, a mirror and a patient man ended a two-day- hunt for a stray monicey on the rooftops of 80-foot high buildings In Robinson Road, Singapore. Yap Seng Chin, aged 22, a clerk, spent three hours m a room on the top floor
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    MacG's first river trip
    267 9 IPOH, Wed. rpHE Deputy High Com- missioner, Mr. D. C. MacGillivray, today took his first river trip in Malaya when he travelled in the Sultan of Perak's $35,000 motorboat, Sri Andalan, from Parit down to Layang Kiri. It was his first visit to Perak. and at
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    'Fooling about'
    49 9 K U L I M. Wed.— Charged with using criminal force with intent to outrage the modesty of Choo Ah Heng, a shop assistant, Tan Kim Seng, said in court today that he and the gin were friends and were "only fooling about." He was fined $50.
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    Panel of experts will tackle T.B. problem in Singapore
    235 10 'BEST BRAINS' W NEW ORGANISATION A PANEL of experts to fight tuberculosis is to A be formed soon, Mr. E. M. F. Fergusson, chairman of Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Association, said yesterday. SATA, he said, had the best medical brains m Singapore for
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    Sick survey report is ready
    140 10 Sick survey report is ready THE first draft of a report 1 on a pilot survey of illness In the Colony has been completed, reports the Singapore Social Welfare Department. Copies of the draft will be circulated to members of the Social Security Working Party,, Government departments interested m the
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    Cyclists fined
    29 10 KUANTAN, Wed.— Sew Kat I. am. a woman, and Alwi bin Lodong were each fined $3 for leaving their bicycles unlocked m frcut of the Sultana Theatre.
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    Green Howards private fined
    53 10 MALACCA, Wed.— Private W. I. Hiscoe of the Green Howards was fined $75 m Malacca today for using criminal lorce on a police sentry and on a policeman and resisting lawful arrest. Hiscoe was with another soldier, Riley, when the offences were committed. Riley was fined
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    52 10 THE JAPANESE flag was seen for the first time since the war m Singapore when the Komei Maru, under Captain Masuro Okado. (above) came into the Colony flying her national flag. Previously all Japanese ships had flag of the Allied Control Commissions. The Komei Maru brought 7,089 tons of coal
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    Negri Mentri Besar ill
    57 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Wednesday. THE CONDITION of the Mentri Besa r of Negri Sembilan, Dato Haji Abdul Malek bin Yusof, who had an operation this week "had given rise to some anxiety" during the past three days, it was stated by the Negri Sembilan Government today. However,
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    Trade handicapped by Emergency
    138 10 EAST ASIATIC'S REPORT TIRADE of the East Asiatic Company Limited m A Malaya last year was severely handicapped by the troubled situation, says the annual report of the company. The report adds, however, that nevertheless the Singapore, Penang and Kuala Lumpur branches, and the affiliated offices
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    $100-m. for Jap textile quota
    83 10 $100-m. for Jap textile quota HPHE Singapore Government has reached complete agreement with all three Chambers of Commerce in the Colony on the operation of the quota of textiles trade with Japan during 1952, Mr. T. Van der Gaast, Deputy Secretary of Economic Affairs, told the Straits Times yesterday. The
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    His cows strayed
    24 10 KUANTAN, Wed.— Naimat Khan was fined $20 m the Kuantan court for allowing seven cows to stray at Telok Sesih Road.
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    TIED GOLD ROUND HIS WAIST
    86 10 TIED GOLD ROUND HIS WAIST DURING a routine check on the crew of the Thong Hong, revenue officers found two gold bars tied round the waist of Loi Chee Ann, the Singapore Relief Judge. Mr. S. E. Teh, was told yesterday. Loi was charged with attempting to export two gold
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    DID NOT REPORT
    31 10 Tr> HORE, BAHRU, Wed.— Manikam, a police supervisee, who did not report to the police, was sentenced by the Johore Bahru Police Court magistrate to two months' imprisonment.
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    SAILED YACHT SINGLE-HANDEL FROM SAIGON
    220 10 SAILED YACHT SINGLE-HANDEL FROM SAIGON 'THE 33-foot yacht Marie Therese, with her owner A who is also the one-man crew, Bernard Moitessier, on board, arrived in Singapore two days ago, after a 10-day voyage from Saigon. Today, the lone voyager, who is on his second long sea journey, is celebrating
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    Barber used scissors to stab girl
    183 10 Barber used scissors to stab girl A BARBER, who stabbed his chief tenant's daughter in three places with his scissors, inflicting a 3 Vi -inch wound in her stomach, a 2 1 4 inch wound in her breast and a one-inch wound in her shoulder, was gaoled for day and
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    18-foot python caught in Ipoh
    79 10 IPOH, Wed. Labourers at the Ipoh aerodrome this afternoon caught an 18-foot python which had just swallowed a whole young goat and was taking his usual post-meal siesta near the concrete runway. Using a noose, three labourers finally had the reptile trussed up securely after
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    Motorcyclist fined $105
    48 10 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. Kua Mia Soh, a labourer, who rode a motorcycle m a negligent manner and without a licence and third party insurance policy, was fined a total of $105 m police court today. Kua had collided with a lorry and broke hjs arm.
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    WORKERS' DEMAND REJECTED
    120 10 WORKERS' DEMAND REJECTED A DEMAND for threa months' wages as compensation by the 240 dailyrated workers of the National Carbon (Eastern) Ltd., who were temporarily retrenched on Tuesday, was turned down by the company yesterday. After a two-hour discussion with the workers at the Singapore Labour Department, the management said
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    Trust may be told of racket in flats
    114 10 rE Singapore Improvement Trust expects to get all the Information it seeks about the manner in which some people had obtained tenancies of S.I.T. flats, although some tenants had been warned over the telephone by anonymous callers not to talk. These tenants
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      ONE GOOD IDEA IS NOT ENOUGH
      615 11 ONE GOOD IDEA IS NOT ENOUGH BRUCE FRASER talking about FILMS RATHER a lot of film companies, specially British ones, obtain v script with a single idea, often quite a good one. and then rush into celluloid without adding the necessary ration of secondary ideas m the way of dialogue
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      Quo Vadis Has The Critics Squabbling
      547 11 The fashion for the epic has returned to Hollywood on a tide of box-office success, and M-C-N/i, hankering after the superlative as always, have spent three years producing "Quo Vadis," a story of ancient Rome, whose scope can be judged by the fact that
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      BEST OF THE CURRENT SHOWS
      329 11 HERE aacr c pocket reviews of the best films at present n circulation, m Singapore and the Federation. Three stars indicate an outstanding picture, two means above average, and on? star indicates good entertainment. A Place In The Sun. Outstanding direction, photography and acting make
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      C.C.C.
      12 11 Collect six of these co#p<ins to join the Ctiildren'a Corner Club.
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    Fenced in but unguarded
    226 12 IN a district not fifty miles from Kuala Lumpur there has recently been gazetted an order forcing a number of estates to fence round their labourers' lines Some of these estates are in safe areas, no doubt because there is no jungle nearby and there have
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    LOVE SET ON THE PADANG
    265 12 HOW delighted Mr. A. Helliwell would have been had he been present at the Singapore Padang last Saturday afternoon on the occasion of the Combined Services-Civi-lians cricket match. Ruin had stopped play at 12 50 p.m. after the Services had "bundled out" the Civilians for
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    SENSATIONAL READING
    108 12 I ADVISE the good people of Singapore not to worry overmuch about the reports of monkey brain feast s appearing m the London Sunday newspaper The People. The People, Daily Mirror and Sunday Pictorial are newspapers well known for their addiction to cheap sensationalism. All three newspapers publish
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      A FEW SHOTS IN THE DARK
      592 12 A FEW SHOTS IN THE DARK MY writing will not in any way hasten the day when blackouts are a curse of the past. One may, with, as much hope of success, ask for the moon. But, notwithstanding the futility of complaint, is it not reasonable at this time to
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      THE DOGS DO BARK
      53 12 COR many nights the resi- dents of Siang Lim Park (Oeylang) have been disturbed by the continuous barking and howling of dogs. We understand that this nuisance is being committed by unlicensed dogs. Will the authorities look into this matter and do the needful immediately AHMED
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    Bit of a mix-up in the traffic laws
    354 12 Bit of a mix-up in the traffic laws MR. McNEICE was right when he said that there was a bit of a mix-up in the traffic laws. The Road Traffic Ordinance, 17 of 1941, section 2, says that the highway authority is the City Council, but section 70 (1) shows
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    PATIENT'S DILEMMA
    213 12 A SHAMED" asserts that ten stubborn doctors refused to render medical aid to his idling father-in-law. The present attitude of these professional men is I truly an insult to the noble profession. Perhaps the Medicai Association would consider disciplinary action if the names and addresses of these practitioners
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    LUNCH-TIME RUSH
    68 12 r THERE would be no heavy traffic during lunchtime in the area of Bras Basah Road, Victoria Street. Queen Street. Waterloo Street, Middle Road and Stamford Road if the present interval-times of schools of the above area were arranged either before 12.30 p.m. or after 1.30 p.m. and
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    15 12 Photograph by Hedda Marrison, FREAK OF NATURE— Batu Sapi ("Ox Rock"), near Sandakan, North Borneo.
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      397 12 this— so were the blind mice Straits Times Crossword K to be m ja Pan <«. 28. A Spoonerism Is one 12 3 4 5 M 8 (4, 2, 3, 6). DOWN K~3 *SSi 2 plu 8. herb or twist (7). illwllilllllltllillll 3. This deputy seems to be of l__
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    LONDON STOCKS
    252 13 LONDON, Wed. ALTHOUGH the market tone continued to improve, trading was again small. Industrials showed widespread gains though advances were halted owing to thin trading. Closing middle prices of selected stocks were: Coo»oU M4 Funding 4% 97j War 3|% 1* if BANKS Chartered (£5) 81 Merrantil* i£3b: i£:2>
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    U.K. RUBBER
    31 13 LONDON. April 9.— Spot 32\4d.. May 32Hd., June 33d., JulySept. 31Vid.. Oct.-Dec. 30d., Tan-Mar 290... April c.l.f. 32'^d. day til. 31 "id.. June c.i.f. 3VA6 Market' Hesitant, after firm.
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    BATU LINTANG RUBBER OUTPUT
    28 13 OATU Llntang Rubber Co Ltd., D produced 74.300 lbs. during March. The Parit Perak Rubber Co.. Ltd. produced 33.890 lbs. over he same period.
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    Australian Share Market
    175 13 From Our Own Correspondent MELBOURNE. Wed rpHE improved inquiry lor market leaders was s ill more noticeable on the Stock Exchange today. Several key issues which had been marked back sharply made good recoveries. Second rank stocks participated m the Improvement. The Sydney Exchange also showed a
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    RUBBER STEADIER AT $1.10 1/4 A LB.
    194 13 Lower grades in better demand From A Market Correspondent E^EW orders from abroad were received in the 1 Singapore Rubber Market yesterday and conditions were generally steadier than on the previous day. Turnover was again moderate, and prices fluctuated narrowly between $1.10 and
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    TIN: $477 A PICUL
    11 13 SINGAPORE, Wed.. April 8.—5477 a picul (unchanged).
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    London Price
    25 13 LONDON. April 9. Cash Buyers £862; Sellers £962 >/ 2 Forward Bayers €964; Sellers £965; Settlement £961; (up Turnover: a.m. 40; p.m. 5 tons.
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    THE PRODUCE MARKET
    76 13 ABOUT 20 plculs of Muntok white pepper changed hands m the Singapore Produce Market yesterday at $575 a pleul f.o.b. sellers remained unchanged at that level, wbllt Sarawak was also unchanged at $570. Only Lampong (black) dropped $35 to $425 a plcul through continued lack of enquiries.
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    H.K. EXCHANGE
    33 13 HONG KONG. We-1. pmEE market currency exchange x for Hong Kong dollars was quoted at the close today as follows: US$l HK56.525 (cash); HK56.55 (T.T.); HK?l5.B!>. One tael of gold $305.5.
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    Malayan Shares
    161 13 $1.55 plunge by Raub Gold FEATURE of yesterday's Malayan 'Share Market was the plunge of Raub Gold Mine shares from $3.45 to $1.90 buyers on the report distributed to shareholders bv the Company's secretaries. Tin shares generally were Irregularly higher, whilst Industrials and Rubber fi remained quietly steady.
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    TIN DIVIDENDS
    45 13 The Klnta Tin RWies, Ltd., and Tanjong Tin Dredging, Ltd.. have declared Interim dividends of 10 per cent and 25 per cent respectively for the financial year endIng Dec. 31, 1951, both payable on April 10 to all shareholders registered on Mar. 13.
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    Renong Tin output
    22 13 The output of the Renong Tin Dredging Co., Ltd. drfdges during March 1952 was 1,154 plculs of tin ore.
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING
    194 13 CHIPS alongside the Singapore Harbour Board godowns, or expected there at 7 a.m. today, are:— a Empire Orwell; 4 5 Benmacdhui; Coal Plant: Komei Maru; C- 7 Templar; 13/14 Rajula: 16 Kator.g; 19/20 City of Norwich; N.W. 2: Mawal; N.W 4: Selangor; 21 22 Rajah Brooke; 23 24
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    S'gor badminton fans are angry
    502 14 S'gor badminton fans are angry DROPPING OFKEL FONG CRITICISED KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. THE SUDDEN decision of the Malayan Thomas Cup selection committee to drop Lim Kee Kong, the Selangor badminton runner-up and a member of the 1948-1949 Cup side, from the list of "probables" for final training in Singapore, has
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    Singapore heat too big a handicap: EDDIE
    252 14 Singapore heat too big a handicap: EDDIE EDDIK Choong. who was beaten by Won* Peng Soon in the All-England badminton championships list month, had some Interesting comments to make yesterday on the Thomas Cop. He thoufht it wa s not quite fair for challengers to play in Singapore and said
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    Nigel Howard to lead Lancashire
    45 14 Nigel Howard to lead Lancashire M^NCHFsrFR W*d— Nlije. Howard hai ncwrrt from pleurisy which krni him out of thr concludlnii mat-.'li-es af the M c C train's tour of India and Cevtoa. and has accepted an in vltation to Irad Lanca»hlr» again thl< •nniin-'i H-''iier
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    Charity basketball
    41 14 The Nanyang Slang Pau is to pluv -he south China basketball team from Hong Kone- at the Htppv World Stadium tomorrow at 8 30 p.m The proceeds of the gate are to go to the Singapore Join Relief Organisation
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    H.K. SWIMMERS
    31 14 HONO KONQ Wed The Colony's swimming team taking part In the Olympic Games In Helsinki will leave here by air on July 11. it was announced here yesterday —Reuter.
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    CHAPLIN SCORES 70 FOR R.N.A.S.
    69 14 Chaplin was m flne form for RNAS Sembawang yesterday, scoring 70 runs and taking three wickets for 37 m a cricket match against 6th Minesweeping Squadron at Sembawang yesterday. RNAS won by six runs. RNAS batting first scored 143 for S dccl. Chaplin 70. Dunn
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    ONE-ALL DRAW
    30 14 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed.— J.B. Chinese on Sunday drew 1-1 with Muar Chinese m a inter-District soccer match played here Scorers: Meng Tuck for Muar: Ah I.in for J.B.
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    Indian team versus Danes
    149 14 LUCKNOW,, Wed. INDIA'S selection committee for th« Thomas Cup yesterday announced the names of eight players from whom a team of seven, captained by Davlnder Mohan, will be selected In May India, winners of the Pacific zone, meet Denmark, who won the European zone, for the
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    EDDIE LOSES FINAL
    119 14 COPENHAGEN. Wed. JORN SKAARUP (Denmark) beat Eddie Choong (Malaya i 7-15. 15-9. 15-7 to win the Danish men's singles badminton championship here last night. Choong disappointed after winning the first game. He lost many points through faulty footwork and stumbling "whereas the Dane played admirably and scored
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    SAFA HAS MALAYA CUP WORRIES
    227 14 By Our Soccer Reporter r[E S.A.F.A. selection committee has come up with some surprises m the Singapore "A" team for the match against Aryan Gymkhana at Jalan Besar stadium next Sunday. It clearly reflects anxiety over Singapore's Malayt. Cup forward line. The regular Cup right
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    S.A.F.A. reception & ground squads
    107 14 S.A.F.A. reception ground squads S.A.F.A. reception and ground tquadfc (or tills Hiion. under tht rlitlrmin•hip of Soh Glut Soon, are: Reception: Clioo Kwal Low. Ye» Cheok wah. D. K. Samv C. B. Ian S. R. P. Naldu. Adam Iia Oround squad No. 1: Ibrahim Iaa B. A. Rodrigues. Tan Kong
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    C.A. hold out to take full points
    285 14 Chinese Athletic 3; Katong Sajarah i. ASTING the pace better, Chinese Athletic just J managed to wrest f >11 points from Katong Sajarah m the S.A.F.A. First Div sion match at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday. Prom the outset the game wu a ding-dong
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    TO COMPETE AT IPOH
    87 14 COMPETING with some of the latest models of raring cars and "specials" at the Ipoh speed trial on Sunday will be two pre-war Lagondas that have been entered by an Ipoh doctor for the Ipoh speed trial next Sunday. One of them (above) is a 4'
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    WALLY THOM BOXES DRAW
    94 14 LONDON, Wed. WALLY Thom, British welter- weight champion, drew over 10 rounds with middleweight Danny Womber of the United States, at Earls Court last night. Thorn has Improved considerably since winning the British title and on this form will be difficult to beat In the welterweight
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    Johore CC v. RAF
    33 14 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed.— The Johore Cricket Club open their season with an away match against RAF iFengah) on Sunday. Johore will be led by the new skipper, J AUport.
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    RASC school win
    34 14 BASC Schoo: (Nee Soon) beat A.C.C. or 87 runs in a friendly m»tch at Nee Soon yesterday. ■ASC 1M > Burden 53 retired). A.C.C fl 'Ewer* 25 no, Homer eight for Ml.
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    Wonder Lads rally to win
    111 14 AFTER holding Wonder Lads to a one-goal lead m the first half, Windsor Rover» went down 3-0 yesterday at Oeylang stadium m a BAFA Div. 3A match. Windsor Roveri. who drew with Rovers "A" 3-3 In their flrst match, had themselves to blame They had
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    POSTPONED
    53 14 Today's S.A.F.A. Dlv. 2 match between Kota Raja "A" and Marine Dept at the BODCA ground, and the Dlv. 3B match at the CYMA ground, have been postponed. The S.A.F.A. Dlv. 2 match between Chinese Athletes "A" and K-ong Sajarah "A", scheduled to have been played on the C.Y.M.A.
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    Corinthians ready to defy SAFA
    668 15  -  SENTINEL By PLANE SEATS FOR X BAHRU BOOKED THE Singapore Corinthians —they have certainly made a slambang entry into Colony soccer —have booked seats for players and officials on Malayan Airways planes to Kota Bahru, where they intend to play a series of charity soccer
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    YMCA TENNIS TIES TODAY
    96 15 Today-s V.M.C.A. tennis ties at Bras Basah Road courts: Men's singles: Ong Chew Bee v A. W. Arnold. H. Ramanathan v Tan Pul Kee, A. M. Murphy v O. T Holloway. Koh Boh Aik v A. L Alsagoff. Y. P. Wee v Llm Hee Chin. Men's
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    TEACHERS T.C. CRICKET XIs
    102 15 The fnl^wing will represent Teacher* Training College In two friendly cricket matches to be played during the week-end. Against University of Malaya at Sepov Lines tomorrow at 11 a.m.: P. Rajendram. Ajlt Singh Oil: Wong Fong Weng. Jayes Aerla. Balachandran. J. Almeida Avtar Singh. Soocelera]. D.
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    Dockyard win ,5-0
    27 15 In a friendly soccer match at Farrer Park yesterday H. M. Dockyard beat Town Rangers 5-0. Scorers were Sivam (2), All. Mutthusamy and Paul.
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    F.A.S. SUSPEND TWO PLAYERS
    99 15 KUALA LlMPl R, Wed. 'pWO players wero suspended by the Disciplinary Board of the Football Association of SeUngor at their first meeting this season held recently, the Association announced today. Jaffar (Police Depot) was barred for one month from March 23. Re was sent off the
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    MCC urged to take full control
    197 15 MCC urged to take full control LONDON, Wed. A PLEA for the Marylebone Cricket Club to become the governing body of cricket in England, "with full and absolute powers of control and responsibility," Is made in a letter to yesterday's Times from Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery of Alamein. Comparing various
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    Mansfield S.C. go down 7-0
    92 15 IN a one-aided game chartered Bank S.C. beat Mansfield SC 7-0 In a Singapore B.H.FA. Div 1 match at Thomson Road yesterday Mansfield were saved by Francis Ooh who played a brilliant game In goal. Chartered Bank scored through C Marshall (3). Salleh (2). Hock
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    Sports Diary
    98 15 TODAY BOXING: Inter- Services (India Cap) finals— S.V.C.— 8J» p.m. SOCCER: Business Houses, Slme Darby v Pulau Bukom Shell g round: OTEC "B" t Bousteads— Clerical Union. Div. 1. S.C.C. v Kota Kata J. Besar; Div. 3A, Yf Companions t Blue Rovers Geylanr. BASKETBALL: Prise* v H.K. A
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    FAM CUP SEMI-FINAL POSTPONED A WEEK
    170 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. T*HE F.A.M. Cup semi-final between Selangor and Johore fixed for Friday on the TPCA ground has been postponed to Friday, Apr. 18. The postponement was made at Selangor's request, the reason bein? that the TPCA ground Is being used for the
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    Army and R.N. share honours
    210 15 Army and R.N. share honours INDIA CUP BOXING ■^AVY and Army snared honours in last night's semi-finals of the Inter-Services Individual and team boxing championships held at S.V.C. Drill Hall. They each won four bouts with the remaining two bouts going to the RAF. Three fights ended in knockoats. Sgt.
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    V.I. Old Boys take Cup from St Johns
    419 15 V.I. Old Boys 4; St. Johns Old Boys 1. KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. GETTING a scorching pace m the first half which ■3 completely subdued the fighting S.J.I. Old Boys and earned a commanding 3—o3 0 lead, Victoria Institution Old Boys wrested the
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    68 entries for Jubilee golf title
    430 15 68 entries for Jubilee golf title KOALA LUMPUR. Wed. CIXTY eight entries, believed to be a record, have been received tor the Jubilee Malayan golf championship to be play«d on the Selangor Golf Chib course during the Easter holidays. They Include the present holder, K R. Jackson, and six previous
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    Two 3-figure winners at Ipoh second day
    2291 16  - Two 3-f igure winners at Ipoh second day EPSOM JEEP By CHERRY LING TAKES TOP SPRLVT IPOH, Wednesday. rHERRY LING, cleverly handled by Harry McCloud, got through on the rails in the last few yards to beat No Regrets by a head in the $15,000 Class 1, Div. 1, 6-f.
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    34 16 BELLA MARIE (Spencer) gifts a horse laugh perhaps he was sharing a Joke with The Amateur Tipster after landing the first race at Ipoh yesterday to pay $115 for a win Straits Times picture
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    Big Sweep
    44 16 Total pool: $*****5. Ist. No. *****8 ($117,044) 2nd. No. *****5 58,522) 3rd No. *****7 29,261) Starters ($3,251 each): Nos. *****1. *****7, *****2, *****2, *****3, *****3, *****9. *****5, *****2. Consolation ($2,000 each) Nos. *****0 *****5, *****5, *****6. *****5. *****7, *****5. *****5. *****9. *****6.
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    Faulkner suggests pro tournament
    140 16 rpHE British Ryder Cup golfer, 1 Max Faulkner, said m Singapore yesterday that he hoped the Colony would arrange a professional tournament for golfers on their way to the MeWAltans Wine Tournament m Sydney next year. Faulkner arrived m the Colony by Qantas-BOAC yesterday on bis
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    ENTRIES FOR SELANGOR T.C. APRIL MEET
    642 16 ENTRIES FOR SELANGOR T.C. APRIL MEET KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. f)NE HUNDRED and sixty-six entries have been received for the Selangor Turf Club's April meeting to be held on the Apd. 19, 23. 26. They comprise 89 Class Three horses and 77 Class Four horses. The entries are: Class Three 1st
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