The Straits Times, 15 April 1952

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    21 1 The Straits Times MALA \a b NATIONAL NEWSHAWK: LSTABUSHtiU M 45 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 1952. PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS
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    TEMPLER'S DEMAND IGNORED
    283 1 One in three Govt. workers take day off KUALA LUMPUR, Monday, f HE first "deaf ears" to Sir Gerald Templer'* demand f;»" more work from every man and woman in Malaya were turned today by Government workers in the Federation. Nearly one third of the Federal Govern
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    TUNIS TALKS
    32 1 NEW YORK. Mon. The Becurity Council Is expected today to end the first phase of the Franco-Tunisian question by voting to let botS parties continue negotiations without outside interference. Reuter.
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    Egypt envoy on mission to London
    113 1 CAIRO. Mon. THE Egyptian Ambassador to Britain is expected to leave tonight on a mission to London which observers believe may bring settlement in the long-standing AngloEgyptian dispute. A special aircraft has been standing by since Friday and the Ambassador, Abdel Fattah Amr. had
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    292 planes attend an air rally
    57 1 BUENOS AIRES, Mon South America's biggest international air rally ended here when 292 Brazilian planes landed at San Justo, m Buenos Aires. They had come from Uruguayana. m Brazil,, as a tribute to the pioneer of Brazilian aviation, Salgado Filho, who was killed m
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    Seaman smelt the fire
    168 1 Seaman smelt the fire AN American seaman ot the cargo vessel Cuba Victory saved valuable cargo when he promptly gave the alarm as soon as he "smelled something cooking." The fire broke out In a batch when the vessel was three day s out from Kobe on her wa v
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    Mrs. MacD. in Britain
    78 1 SOUTHAMPTON. Mon. AM RS Malcolm Mac Donald iTI wife of the Commissioner General m .South-East Asia Canded at Southampton today from Singapore with hei three children on her way to Canada, her home country Mrs. Ma-Oonaid. who travelled m the Oranje is expected to leave England
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    Papers in London back Sir Gerald
    280 1 .^u™^ LONDON, Monday. INHERE is more than a grain of truth m the hard words of General Templer, the new broom m Malaya, the liberal News Chronicle said m an editorial comment on some of Sir Gerald's recent remarks. "Too much golf Is being
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    FOR PEKING
    17 1 SYDNEY. Mon. Australian trade union officials will attend the May Day celebration m Peking.— AFP.
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    Seven saved from underwater car
    290 1 OFF THE ROAD, INTO CANAL A CAR carrying seven people plunged off the road into Rochore canal m Singapore yesterday. And a Chinese lorry driver dived m and saved all seven. The car overturned as it aank and before the lorry driver, Ling See Yeong,
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    Freak explosion kills mother
    42 1 NEW YORK. Mon.— A freak anaesthetic explosion caused by an electric spark, killed a young mother m a New York hospital after she had given birth to her third daughter. The child, borp after an operation was unhurt.
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    15-second peace talks
    81 1 PANMUNJOM. Mon. UNITED Nations and Communist truce negotiators continued marking time today with the shortest session of the talks. They met for 15 seconds— and the United Nation* subdelegate. Major General William K. Harrison, said barely three words. He agreed to an adjournment until tomorrow. Major issues
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    Mr. Farrer in hospital
    73 1 ANE of Singapore s oldest Europeans, Mr. R. J. Farrer, a former Municipal President, Is now a patient in the General Hospital suffering from a couple of fractured ribs. It is understood Mr. Farrer broke his ribs in an accident which sccurred last week. His condition
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    AMERICAN HUK TELLS A LITTLE
    54 1 MANILA, Mon. WILLIAM Pomeroy, captured American exG.I. turned Huk, last night gave investigators a fourpare confession of bis activities as a Huk. He rave no details of the whereabouts of their highranking leaders, for whom there are 400,000 pesos reward. Pomeroy, propaganda head, was captured
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    THOUSANDS LEAVE 'FLOOD' CITY
    109 1 SIOUX CITY. Mon. I^IEHARD citizens of Sioux City already abandoned by many of its 84.000 people 1 are today building defences against a huge flood crest sweeping towards the city. Muddy waters of the Missouri River Were already lapping over theit flood harriers. The flood crest
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    Spore claim for Privy Council
    62 1 LONDON, Mon.— A dispute between the Firestone Tyre and Rubber Co. and the Singapore Harbour Board will come before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council during, the Easter sittings beginning on Tuesday next. The appeal arises from an action for damages fpr breach of
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    Royal Family also took an Easter drive
    160 1 LONDON, Mon. HPHB Duke of Edinburgh, like thousands of other family men. took his wife and children for an Easter motor drive yesterday. The Queen with Prince Charles and Princess Anne piled into a station wagon for a spin round the Windsor Castle
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    Atom ships due in Fremantle
    29 1 PERTH, (WA.) Mon.— Two British LSTs bringing men and equipment to Australia for Britain's first atomic test are due m Fremantle on Wednesday —Reuter.
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    Crowds see gaol break shooting
    73 1 MELBOURNE, Mon.— Easter holiday crowds saw warders shoot one man dead and capture another m an attempted armed breakout from Pentridge GaDl, Melbourne, today M One man had just scaled the gaol wall when a warder m a tower fired. The prisoner dropped the rifle
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    PIPE KILLS 23
    32 1 LUCKNOW Mon A fire believed to hav e been caused by a hookah has killed 23 people, including nine children, m the village of Daloopur In northern India.— Reuter.
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    Water spout hits an island
    34 1 AUCKLAND, Mon. One person was killed, three were injured and houses- were destroyed when a' water spout with a 50-yard radius struck Avarua m the Cook Islands yesterday. Reuter.
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    Vietminh attack French outpost
    70 1 HANOI, Monday. CEN HO SEN, an outpost 15 kilometres from Hanoi on the Hanoi-Haiphong road, was heavily attacked by Vietminh rebels last night. For four hours, between 11 p.m. and 3 a.m.. an unknown number of Vletmlnh attacked with automatic weapons, trench mortars and hani grenades.
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    NO RED SUBS OFF MALAYA, SAY POLICE
    216 1 NO RED SUBS OFF MALAYA, SAY POLICE FEDERATION POLICE Headquarte^todty 7 sa'd that reports that Russian submarines were visiting the north-east coast of Malaya and the South Siam coast to land Runs and Communist agents to help the terrorists were "not true." "W e have regular naval patrols off the
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    The Gurkhas kill four more bandits
    193 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. IN a big operation in Negri Sembilan men of the 117 Gurkhas have killed three terrorists and captured two rifles and some ammunition First reports of the operation, whicn began last Wednesday, were released today In the Kluang area of Johore
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    THE RUBBER CROWERS' ASSOCIATION
    2694 2 (Incorporated) INDUSTRY'S IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION TO DOLLAR EARNINGS REPRESENTATIONS TO GOVERNMENT FOR RELIEF FROM EXCESS PRQFITS LEVY AMERICAN POLICY TOWARDS THE NATURAL PRODUCT MR. A. F. HAMILTON'S SPEECH The Ordinary General Meeting of The Rubber Growers' Association (Incorporated) was held on March 31 m London. Mr. A.
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      677 2 NOTICES THF. SINGAPORE TRACTION! COMPANY, LIMITED (Incorporated In the UnlUd Kincdom) Commencing Wednesday, 16th April. 1953. Limited Btop Buses which operate from Telok Kurao, Katong ana Tampenls Ro»d will be augmented. TELOK IiIIEAU AND FINLAYSON GREEN Limited Stop Buses will leave as under:— lit Bus leaves via Telok Kurau Road
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    'PEACE NEARER' -HARRIMAN
    268 3 'PEACE NEARER' -HARRIM AN Tough policy a success U.S. LEADERSHIP 'CAN STOP WAR 7 WASHINGTON, Monday. JYfR. AVERELL HARRIMAN, director of th? Mutual Security Agency, yesterday said that he believed "we are nearer to peace nowi than at any time" since the American get tough policy with Russia started. Mr.
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    Labour move against 'dumping'
    85 3 Labour move against 'dumping' MELBOURNE, Mon. THE Victoria branch of the Australian Labour Party today decided "to protest against the dumping of goods produced by underpaid workers overseas and to order the Labour movement to take strong counter-action against all dumping." Th e branch were holding their annual Easter meeting.
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    TRIPLE RECORD
    31 3 LONDON, Mon— A British pilot, Tom Mayhew, yesterday set up three new speed records for light planes on a London-Dublin-London nonstop flight His average speed was 125.8 m.p.h— AFP.
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    JAP THREAT
    27 3 PARIS. Mon.- The Australian Labour Opposition leader, Dr. Evatt. yesterday said that the defence of Australia was an essenial task m face of Japanese rearmament.—AFP.
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    REST OF THE WORLD NEWS IN BRIEF
    194 3 The Irish remember of Irish attended a large demonstration at Trafalgar Square, London, on Easter Sunday to commemorate the Easter Rebellion of the Irish against the English in 1916. Speakers of the four Southern Political parties urged the joining of Ulster to Eire.
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    3 New York ballerinas
    56 3 DIVERSITY of headgeai md travelling bags, adopted by members of the New York City Ballet Company, photographed at London Airport. Prom the left: Ruth Sobo t k a, Gloria Vaughes and Barbara Bother, aged 16 and youngest member of the company. The ballet .vas on its
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    Asia is ignored by U.N.—Nehru
    153 3 Asia is ignored by U.N. Nehru NEW DELHI. Monday. THE Indian Premier, Mr. Nehru, last night said that Asia and Africa were largely ignored at the sessions of the United Nations Security Council. Speaking at a meeting closing the festivities of India's National Week, Mr. Nehru said It was a
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    HE WAS SACKED
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    PERSIA EXPELS TIMES MAN
    99 3 PERSIA EXPELS TIMES MAN LONDON, Mon. rPHE Persian government has decided to expel the Teheran correspondent of The Times. Mr. Basil Bunting. He must leave by air within 15 days. Mr. Bunting will be the fifth journalist to be expelled from Persia by the Mossadeq government. No official reason is
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    Japs don't like this
    76 3 TUK.IU, MOn. OH c "I ■■"uff'tiirP" have adopted an old Japanese *c Jaoanese don't like it. The Japanese Ministry of Trade and Industry reports that imitations of Japanese soods are flowing into Southeast Asia and taking over Japanese markets. One example, the Min'str <aid, is Japanese
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    Railway track blown up
    61 3 TUNIS, Mon. Main line rail traffic along the coast was disrupted yesterday when saboteur* blew up 120ft of the track near Sousse, 65 mile s south of Tunis. It wa s the first violence reported in the French North African protctorate since the pro-French Cabinet of
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    Festival dome is for sale
    50 3 LONDON, Mon. An American buyer is sought for the giant Dome of Discovery, the 550-ton metal shell that housed the central exhibit at the Festival of Britain. It will take four months to dismantle the aluminium alloy and steel structure, which k 87ft. high.— A.P.
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    BAN LIFTED
    25 3 COLOMBO, Mon. The Finance Minster of Ceylon, Mr. J. R. Jayawardene, yesterday repealed the 1948 regulation controlling trade union activities of public servants.—Reuter.
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    $529M. PROFIT
    22 3 NEW YORK, Mon.— The Standard OU Company's net profits in 1951 were the biggest, of any single American business— CS$528.460.779.—AP.
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    Police seek scientist
    51 3 VIENNA, Mon. A USTRIAN police and troops i* were searching for a Swedish scientist, Mr. Riec Exestjerna. who bas been missing since Friday. The public were asked to help -the search after radio appeals for Mr. Exestjerna to get in touch with the Swedish legation had failed.—
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    REPARATIONS FIRST CALL
    58 3 REPARATIONS FIRST CALL MANILA, Mon. rwo Philippine Opposition senators yesterday reiterated their party's stand on the Japanese pence treaty, now pending ratification by tl>e Upper Chamber of Congress. Senator Carlos P. Garcia and Senator C. P. Primicias said that something must be done orT the reparations claims of the Philippines
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    P.I. Ambassador to Indonesia
    32 3 MANILA, Mon.— Mr. Proceso Sebastian, former Philippines Minister to Rome, has been appointed Ambassadbr to Indonesia. Mr. Jose Imperial is at present Philippines charge d'affaires in Jakarta.— A.P.
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    Air search for schooner
    42 3 Air search for schooner DUBLIN, Mon. A private plane yesterday searched the sea off the Irish coast for the schooner St. Austell In which Kevin Lawlor set sail on Saturday tb cross the Atlantic. The search started when radio contact stopped.— A.F.P.
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    ADMIRAL DIES
    24 3 HONG KONG, Mon.—Admiral Sah Chen-ping, naval chief of the Manchus and the Chinese Nationalist Republic, has died In Foochow. aged 94.— A.P.
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    STARGAZING
    18 3 MOSCOW. Mon. The Uzbeks— not the Arabs— were the original astronomers cf the East. Pravda said.— A.P.
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    Reds may hit -but not hard
    153 3 Reds may hit -but not hard TOKYO, Mon. r<EN. James A. Van Fleet. Commander of the Bth Army, said today he believed the Communist armies could mount a major offensive but could not sustain it for longer than ten days. Gen. Van Fleet said he thought the Communists did not
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    Rachel tames the trainer
    57 3 LYONS, France, Mon. A SPANISH lion tamer, Fredo Manzano, puts his head into the mouth of Rachel, a lioness. When he did it m Cannes m February Rachel closed her mouth. Manzano went to hospital. He came back for more last night. Rachel promptly jumped on
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    Paper banned for cartoon
    41 3 TEHERAN, Mon. The Persian Government has sup- pressed a Teheran weekly i newspaper, Hamleh, which had a cartoon attacking the President of Turkey. A Government spokesman expressed regret for antiTurkish stories m the local Press.— A. P.
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    5 'SPIES' SHOT
    28 3 TOKYO, Mon. Pyongyang Radio last night said that the Communist military court at Kaesong had shot five Chinese soldiers for esDionage and terrorist activities.— A.P.
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    JAP SHIPS FOR EUROPE IN MAY
    105 3 GENOA. Mon. rpHE first Japanese ship to sail across the Mediterranean since the war will pas s through f -he Suez Canaf in May. says Mr. S. Asaro, president of the N.Y K. who is here to re-establLsh contacts with Italian shipping authorities. The
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    MALAY REHABILITA TION CAMP TO BE SET UP AT MORIB
    288 4 MALAY REHABILITA TION CAMP TO BE SET UP AT MORIB KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. THE long-awaited Malay rehabilitation camp which was to have been opened shortly m buildings already prepared for it at Klang, Selangor, at considerable cost is now to be set up at Morib, on the Selangor coast, it
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    36 4 WOLF CUB ROGER BALDWIN, of Klang, receiving from Gen. Sir Rob Lockhart, Deputy Chief Scout of tbe British Commonwealth and Empire, his "Leaping Wolf* certificate at Castle Camp, Kuala Lumpur, on Sunday night.— Straits Times picture.
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    'POOL' TO AID ROAD VICTIMS
    265 4 'POOL' TO AID ROAD VICTIMS rig acting Colonial Secretary. Mr. Andrew Giimour, has called for a copy of the British motor car insurance companies' plan by which a "pool" pf funds is used to make payments to dependants of persons killed m road accidents, and to injured persons, when claims
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    Perak State Council
    92 4 IPOH, Mon. rE Perak Nationality Enactment will be read •a third time when the State Legislative Council meet s on Wednesday. It is the only bill on the day's agenda and will be moved by the Legal Adviser. The Mentri Besar of Perak will preside at the
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    JEEP RAN INTO A CYCLIST
    55 4 JOHORE, BAHRU. Mon.— Leong Poh Sum, driver of a leep, was fined $200 in Johore Bahru for negligent driving and causing injury to Pung Choy, a cyclist. Leong in trying to oyertake a timber-laden lorry 1 ran into a party of cyclists Purs Choy was
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    Deputy police chief feted
    78 4 MR. W. J. PARKS, the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Singapore, and Mrs Parks, who are going on leave shortly, were given a cocktail party by the Chairman. Mr T. Ernest Fernando. and] members of the Serangoon Rural District Commlltee. at the Sin Min School last flight.
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    NEGLIGENT: $90
    46 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. Mohamed Noor bin Hashim, a lorry driver, was fined $90 m Johore Bahru for negligent driving when rounding a bend as a result of which he forced the car of the OCPD, Plentong, on to the grass verge of the road.
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    Breach of trust
    41 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon— Ramaiah, a tractor driver on Joo Sen Estate, Tebrau. was gaoEed for 10 weeks' and fined $56. m default a further two weeks' imprisonment, for criminal breach of trust of three tins ot kerosene oil.
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    Smallholders urge tapping rate cuts
    182 4 ALOR STAR, Monday. ITEDAH smallholders today said that unless labourers accepted a cut m tapping rates any further decline In the price of rubber would cause B estates to close. smallholder told the > Times that producers f&ce a crisis if the dropped below $1
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    KL teachers married
    105 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. TWO Kuala Lumpur teach- ere. Miss Felicie Mary Wijesuriya and Mr. D. J. Baptist Amarasinghe, were married at St. John's Church, Buklt Nanas, today., The bride is on the tutorial staff of the Kuala Lumpur Convent while the bridegroom Is attached to St. Gabriel*
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    TRANSPORT PAY IS A PUZZLE
    157 4 THE transport allowance sub-committee of the Singapore City Council is puzzled to know City Council employees should be paid transport allowances according to their salaries or according to the nature of their work. The City Engineer, Mr. G. Edmond. has made representations to the committee
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    Three super Connies for London run
    151 4 fYANTAS Empire Airways will have three super Constellation aircraft in operation on their SydneyLondon route through Singapore by tlie end of next year, says Mr. W. Hudson Fysh. chairman and managing director, in his report for last year. Mr. Hudson Fysh says that the
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    Guilty plea in indecency charge
    76 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— Mustaffar bin Yaakob. a 17-year-old Special Constable attached to Petaling Tin Mine, pleaded guilty today before Inche Ibrahim in the Kuala Lumpur First Court to a charge of attempting to commit an indecent act. Mustaffar was arrested after the victim, a 11-year-old
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    Rover rally in Taiping
    67 4 TAIPINO, Moo.— Rovers from all over Perak gathered in Talpwg for a tour-day rally, tht first held In the Btat* Mr. E. M. F. Payne. Chief Commlsslooer for Scouts, Kuala Lumpur, presented ihc Wood Badge ts State Commissioner Choeng Wan Foofc. the Thanks Badge to Mr.
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    S'pore tour for K. Bahru Scouts.
    49 4 KOTA BAHRU, Mon. About thirty Bcouts and Rovers from the Islah English School group. Kota Bahru, under G.S.M. Ahmad Mahayuddin and Rover Leader C. C. Balhetchet. left Kota Bahru at the week-end by the Tong Sung for a twoweek educational tour of Singapore.
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    FIRE IN CUBICLE
    28 4 A short circuit caused a small fire In a cubicle In Cheong Hong Lim Street, off Cecil Street. Singapore, last night. Damage wa s slight.
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      94 4 SINGAPORE 10 a.m. News: 10.05 Tunes from the Shows: 10.45-11.30 Rendezvous with the Stars; 1 pjn. Radio Orch.: 1.30 News: 1.45-2 Milton De Lugg and His Orch.; 6.25 UN. Album: 6.40 Radio Malaya Trio: 6.55 Announcements: 7 News: 7.15 Can We Help You; 7 30 The Adventures of P.C. 49:
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      91 4 Mail Ha*; 8.55-7.15. As Spore; 7.15 Radio Malaya Trio; 7.30 Record Review: 8 Music from Stage and Screen: 8.30 Police Band: 9 Take it Prom Here: 9.30 News: 9 45 Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanlans: 10 Opera Concert: 10.30-11 Dance Music. PENANG 10 ajn.-2 pro. A* Spore; B Melody Time:
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      85 4 BBC (GOS) 5.25 p.m. Science Review; 5.4S Caech Philharmonic Orch: 6.15 Sports Round -Up: 0.30 News and Hews -Talk: 6.45 BBC Listener Competition; 6.50 Prom the Editorials. 7 Forces' Favourites; 7 30 Donald Peers; 8 Ulster Magazine 8.15 Letter from America; 8.S0 News Home News; 8.45 BBC Midland Light Orch.;
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    204 people arrested: Fines, but no gaol terms
    313 5 EASTER WAS NO HOLIDAY FOR COURTS TWO HUNDRED and four people arrested for minor offences during the Easter nolidays were charged m Singapore Third Police Court on Saturday and yesterday. The fines collected totalled no prison sentences were imposed. Yesterday, 90 people
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    PERAK URGED TO APPOINT MORE LADY ALMONERS
    169 5 PERAK URGED TO APPOINT MORE LADY ALMONERS IPOH, Monday. TN a joint memorandum to the Perak Government, 1 the Perak State Welfare Committee and the Perak Anti-Tuberculosis Committee have asked* that urgent consideration be given to the appointment of lady almoners to the larger hospitals m the State. They also
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    3 MISSING IN BOAT MISHAP
    123 5 TELUK ANSON, Mon. A MALAY couple and their four-year-old grandchild are missing after the sampan in which they were travelling with nine other Malays capsized in a heavy storm off Bagan Sungei Besar. SelanKor, on Saturday. The coupCe, Montil bin Nasit and Itam binte Haji
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    HE WILL COMPLETE MALACCA SURVEY
    194 5 MR. YEO BENG POH. of the University of Malaya has been chosen to finish, the research survey into the town of Malacca, started by Mr. Ernest S. Dix, an American lecturer at the university who died last week. Mr. Yeo, who comes from Kuala Lumpur,
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    28 doctors visit camp
    97 5 PENANG. Mon. rpWENTY -EIGHT doctors 1 yesterday visited the Pulau Jerejak Leper Settlement and T.B. Camp. The doctors, who came from all parts of the Federation, were in Penan 2 to attend the annual conference of the Malayan branch of the British Medical Association. The party,
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    Cut tongue to exorcise Penang
    115 5 Cut tongue to exorcise Penang PENANG, Mon. A MALACCA "Kee Ton*" (medium) cut his tongue, walked across a bridge of knives and rolled on a bed of spikes yesterday m a ceremony to rid Penanr of aU evil. After invoking the blessings of the Malacca deity, "Kirn Soon Tee Ong
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    Parent-teacher association
    81 5 The following are the officials of the Pasir Panjang English School Parent-Teach-er Association: President, Mr. C. K. Cheng; vice-presidents, Mr. Ahmad bin Haji Salleh and Mr. P. C. Nambier; secretary, Mr. Ong Say Yeo; treasurer, Mr Tan Wee Hong; committee: Mr. Ong Kim Seng, Mr. Tan Yeow Thuan.
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    ACID CHARGE
    28 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. Glan Siew, a woman charged with throwing acid on D. Peter and causing hurt to him, was allowed $200 ball In Johore Bahru.
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    Bandits fire on police patrol
    56 5 IPOH, Mon. A police patrol, which surprised a bandit food-collecting party last night m the Tanjong Tuallang area, came under heavy fire and one special constable was seriously wounded and another slightly. The patrol returned the fire and rushed the bandit position, whereupon the bandits
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    Rulers have let us down, he says
    162 5 PENANG, Monday. MALAYS m the past depended on the goodwill of the Rulers and the Government but they have let us down, Tungku Abdul Rahman, president of UMNO, said m Province Wellesley yesterday. "If we are to make any progress in future, we
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    City may take over two rural projects
    138 5 PROPOSALS to bring the Pasir Panjang power 1 station and the reservoir at Ulu Kallang within the limits of the City are being considered by Singapore City Councillors. The reservoir is about one mile and the power station half a mile from the
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    54 5 ALtIWM ASSOCIATION: Film Show at Path, Laboratory, General Hospital, 8 p.m. INDIAN ASSOCIATION: Children's Party, 4.30 p.m.; at Balestier Road ALL MALAYA M.Y.F. INSTITUTE, at A.CS. Barker Road. Opening ceremony, 7.30 p.tn SINGAPORE GARDENING SOCIETY: Meeting at No 4 Leonie Hill Road. 5.30 p.m Y.W.I.A. Rallies Quay: Mandarin.
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    One arrest in gambling raid
    90 5 PARIT BUNTAR. Mon.When police raided a house m New Coast Road Kuala Kurau, and surprised 30 to 40 people who were gambling, they arrested one man, Ng Swee Hock, who was fined $15 at the Parlt Buntar Court A sum of $21 found on the
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    BLACKOUT SCHEDULE
    210 5 Sub-stations liable to load shedding today are: DAY Balestier Road. Jalan Ampas. 8.M.8.C.. Ma Ritchie. Braddell Rise. Island Golf Club, Seletar Pumps, Nee Soon Village, Seletar Wireless Station. Mental Hospital. Trafalgar Estate, New World. Brndemeer Road, Ban Hock Leone OU Mills. Milner Road, Jalan Pekan. Jalan Sultan, Beach
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    Historical play attracts 4,000
    73 5 KOTA BAHRU. Mon.— A crowd of about 4,000 saw an historical play. "Che Pulerl". in an open air theatre In Kota Bahru last nlgnt. Descended from the Sultan of Malacca, Che Puteri, or Che Wan Kembang, ruled Kelantan more than 300 years ago and was the
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    Backward youths need a home
    190 5 rERE are at least 15 men-tally-deficient orphans m Singapore hospitals who cannot be placed In the Woodbridge Mental Hospital or any social welfare home, said Miss E. M. Milne, an almoner of the Singapore General Hospital, yesterday. "These t children need a special hortip where
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    90 6 THE FAMILY of the late Mr. Quek Kee Suan thank all relatives and friends who sent messages of condolence, wreaths. •rrolls, paid night visits and attended his funeral. MESSRS. Chiang Seng Lock. Boon Watt. Ha Sun (Ronald Lim>. Boon Kim. Soon Chye and Miss Chiang Neo Nla wish to
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Tues. Apr. 15, 1952. Reform In The Prisons
    798 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Tues. Apr. 15, 1952. Reform In The Prisons So little news comes out of Malaya's prisons, and so little public interest is shown m the penal system of this country, that the very full report of the Commissioner of Prisons breaks a great deal of ground
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    Getting On With The Job
    301 6 There are far too many people m Malaya who sit back m false security, fondly hoping that others will deal with the Emergency without themselves being more than indirectly concerned. Few will disagree with General Templer about that. The Government's greatest failure has been its
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    WORLD AIMS OF THE FREE TRADE UNION MOVEMENT
    1324 6  -  A. Creech Jones By Former Secretary of State for the Colonies T^TO-ONE who follows the proceedings of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions can doubt their serious effort to counteract the spread of Communist doctrine and to create a free trade
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      239 6 A PPARENTLY much criticism has been aroused regarding the punishment meted out to Tanjong Malim. but I for one am fully m favour of Sir Gerald's swift action. At the ssa c time, I wonder Mr. Wilson says there was no real hardship or suffer ing, but the
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      QUALIFICATION FOR KIRKBY
      96 6 THERE iias been discussion about the advantages and disadvantages of Kirkby. I would only like to know whether or not the qualifications of the people sent there were considered by the authority responsible for this scheme. I know, at least m the State of 'Johore, of a
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      SALARY REVISION IN PERAK
      56 6 THE recent salary revision for Government clerks was very unjust. Clerks with three years' service m a certain Department have benefited greatly, m arrears as well as m increment, bu' those with the same qualifications and with over five years' service m the same Department are
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      MR. RAJAH & THE TRAFFIC
      256 6 MR. RAJAH THE TRAFFIC MR A. P. Rajah bas come m lately for much misplaced criticism for his alleged desire to tie up Mr. Haxworth with red tape. He said that he was not opposed to the new Bras Basah RoadBencoolen Street traffic control system, as it should have been
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    On the Margin
    416 6 On the Margin Holocaust MR TOM HARRISSONS letter to the Malayan Nature Journal, quoted yesterday for the sakp of the turtles' eggs, considers at greater length what he calls one of the minor puzzles f Bornean ornithology the disappearance of the Silvery Wood Pigeon (Columba argentina.) It is difficult, he
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    STRIKE—BUT FIRM DOES NOT KNOW
    214 7 STRIKE— BUT FIRM DOES NOT KNOW Five trouble- spots on labour front AFTER A 'PEACE 9 OF 9 MONTHS piVE strikes are threatening to disturb the nine-month-old peace on the Singapore labour front. Three hundred and ten daily-rated workers of National Carbon (Eastern) Company stopped work on Thudsday, but the
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    HER FIRST VISIT TO SINGAPORE
    118 7 VISITING Singapore for the first time is Mrs. B. K. Nehru, whose husband is an executive director of the World Bank in Washington and a cousin of the Indian Prime Minister. After spending the past 2' 2 years in the United States with her husband.
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    2 ON OPIUM CHARGE
    37 7 Two bumboat men, Yeo Teow Kian and Seah Boon Chuan, were charged in Singapore yesterday with having 16 lb. of opium. They claimed trial and wrre each offered bail of] $7,500 until Saturday
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    65 7 MR. FOO CHEE FONG (left), a leader of the Hainanese community m Singapore, with Mr. Tan Cb.ee Joog}, president of the Kua Yu Association, at the opening ot the association's new club house on Saturday at East Coast Road. The club house, which cost $100,000, was opened by Mr. Foo.
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    Govt. to give text books to 7,019
    144 7 Govt. to give text books to 7,019 rE Singapore Education Department will give text books to 7,019 students m 70 government and government-aided English schools m the Colony this year, said Mr. R. E. Ince, Senior Inspector of Schools, yesterday. These students have been selected from the Primary I to
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    Prison warder fined $60
    56 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon.Hussaln bin Awang. a prison warder, was fined a total of $60 for "driving a car without a competent driver by his side, not displaying the 'L' sign and falling to stop after an accident. Hussain told the court that he was afraid to
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    Ship killing charge
    64 7 HITAM bin Sulaiman, a Javanese seaman, was yesterday charged in the Singapore Third Police Court with the murder of Mr J Vink.-aged 21, fifth engineer of the Dutcn steamer Drente. Mr. Vink was stabbed in the stomach on board his ship in the outer roads of the
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    Alarm at Govt. rabies delay
    78 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— Grave concern is felt in Selangor at the State Government's long delay In giving the Veterinary Department power to halt the outbreak of rabies discovered at Ampang. near Kual a Lumpur, several days ago. The State Secretary, Inche Othman, told the Straits
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    Wins scholarship, makes a pledge
    265 7 A PLEDGE to study hard for the sake of his widowrx ed mother was the immediate reaction of a 15-year-old Singapore schoolboy when he heard that he had been awarded the Volunteer Memorial Scholarship of the Straits Chinese British Association. The student, Tau Thian Hock,
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    St Andrew's O.B.A. picks officials
    70 7 Officers of the Bt. Andrew's Old Boys' Association are: President, Mr. Lim Koon T ck, vice-president*. Messrs. Lim Cheng Pang, Tan Ek Khoo. Chao ,Cht* Seng and Dong Cbul Sing; *«cr. tary, Mr. Ooh Soo Toon; asst,' ■fcretary. Mr. Tan Eng Chiangtreasurer, Mr 1 Siong
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    'UNIONS CAN HELP BUILD MALAYA'
    214 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. TWE Trade Union movement had much to contribute to the growth of a strong, secure and demo oratic Malaya, said Mr. Oliver Lyttelton, Secretary of State for the Colonies, m a message to trade unionists attending training courses which began m Kuala
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    More learn crime does not pay
    170 7 More learn crime does not pay MORE and more people In Singapore are finding that the old saying. "Crime does not pay," has an increasing significance for them. More than 45,000 peopleone person in 25 were dealt with by Singapore's eleven Criminal District and Police Courts last year This Is
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    6 months' gaol for theft
    76 7 IPOH, Mon.— While buying a ticket at the booking office of a theatre on Apr. 5, Choong Foong Kim felt someone meddling with his hip pocket and immediately grabbed the hand. The unsuccessful pickpocket was then handed over to a detective. Wong Siew Loong, aged
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    WORKERS TOLD JOIN UNION
    70 7 Mr. Lim Yew Hock, president of the Singapore Trade Union Congress, speaking at the annual conference of the Singapore Harbour Board Labour Union last night, appealed to all labourers employed in the Harbour Board to loin the union. The meeting elected Syed Ahmad president of the
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    S'pore back to normal today
    183 7 S'pore back to normal today SINGAPORE returns to norO mal this morning after relaxing for four days over the Easter week-end one of the quietest ever. The Traffic Police said that no fatal accidents were reported over the holidays and the number of serious accidents was well below normal. The
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    OBA honour President
    106 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Kajang High School Old Boys' Association today sent a telegram to its President, Inche Abdul Aziz bin Haji Abdul Majid, on his new appointment as acting Mentri Besar, Negri Sembilan. The old boys have donated a challenge trophy In his name for annual
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    Onn meets traders
    93 7 PENANG, Mon. ¥VATO Onn bin Ja'afar leadLf er of the Independence of Malaya Party, met members of the organising committee of the Petiang branch at the Rubber Trade Association yesterday. The meeting decided to hold the formation meeting of the Penang branch on May 15. It was
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    Cocktail party on board ship
    78 7 Officers of the I.N.S. Cauvery held a cocktail party last night for 56 guests from Singapore including Mr M. Gopala Menon, Representative of the Government of India, and Mrs. Gopla Menon, Mrs. Vilasini Menon, the Singapore Legislative Councillor and officers of the Royal Naval Volunteer
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    MUSLIMS PLAN WELFARE HOME
    155 7 SINGAPORE'S first Muslim welfare home will be built m the Jalan Eunos area if the Muslim Advisory Board's proposals foi; a welfare centre are accepted by Oovernriierit. A home capable of accommodating, about 40 men. women, and probably some children, v to be built at a
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    REGISTRATION OF VOTERS IN JOHORESTARTS
    267 7 T*HE Mentri Besar, Johore, Dato Syed A. Kadir bin Mohamed, last night appealed to residents of Johore Bahru, Batu Pahat and Muar to register as voters today to elect representatives to their town councils. I The elections, the first ever m Johore. will be held
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    Electoral register open again
    121 7 Electoral register open again THE annual revision of the Singapore Electoral Register will start today and will continue for two months. Registration officers will be on duty at these ctntw: City Ward, General Post Office, Rochore Ward. Queen Street Post Office, Balestier Ward, New P. 0.. Katons: Ward, Geylang P.
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    'Doll' in drain was dead baby
    77 7 PARIT BUNTAR. Mon.— "l saw a doll m a drain. I picked It up and gave it to a man who came along and tnen went home," flve-year-uid Govindasamy told th e Coroner Inche Salleh bin Eckhardt. The "doll" was th e body of
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    PNEUMONIA KILLS 21
    82 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Pneumonia was the biggest killer disease m the Federa- I tion during the second half of last month. It caused 21 deaths. The next most prevalent was dysentery which caused four deaths, according to an official report published m Kuala Lumpur today. Seven cases
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    Trisha in crash
    37 7 Tan Shou Chua, aged 40. a trisha rider, was seriously injured last night when his trisha was m a collision with a car outside the Great World Park. Singapore. He was taken to hospital.
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    .....And then there were three
    220 8 And then there were three WHEN Malaya's Director of Civil Aviation, Mr. A. W. Savage, arrives back from leave on Thursday morning, he wil be met by three men who represent all th« Civil Aviation Department executives left m the Colony. Home leaves and postings to other civil aviation jobs
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    Study groups may expand
    94 8 TELUK ANSON. Mon. THE Teluk Anson branch of the Perak Adult Education Association may start more classes because of increased enrolment. There are now 11 classes In English for men and three classes for women and one class in Malay for bctn sexes In Teluk Anson.
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    'PUT UP SWINGS' PLEA
    217 8 Carpark scheme hits children, says Councillor A MOVE to get swings and see-saws put on Finlayson Green, Singapore, for children deprived of a pre-war playground in Cecil Street, which is to be a car park, was made by Mr. H. A. Jivabhai (Independent-City) yesterday. Mr. Jivabhai
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    43 8 THE GUN CREW of the Indian Navy frigate Cauvery practise loading drill white the vessel lies at anchor m Singapore. The 1,600-ton frigate, which saw action In the last war m the Atlantic and Indian Ocean leaves for India on Friday. S.T. picture.
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    Labour bid to gag its council
    126 8 Labour bid to gag its council AN ATTEMPT to prevent members of the general council of Singapore Labour Party from giving unauthorised information to the Press will be made by the chairman, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, at an emergency general council meeting today. The move follows the publication of news
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    FULL HOUSES
    34 8 BATU PAH AT, Mon.— The hall m the Batu Pahat Government English School was packed out for two nights last week when the School Dramatic Society presented "She Stoop s to Conquer."
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    Remanded on murder charge
    52 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— S. Paraman, a 23-year-old Indian, was produced before Inche Ibrahim m the Kuala Lumpur First Magistrate's court today charged with murder. It was alleged that Paraman murdered Thamby Pillal at Bungsar Road, Kuala Lumpur, on Aug. 17 last y*ear. He was remanded until
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    Troopship in Colony
    40 8 THE troopship Dunera arriv- ed In Singapore from Britain yesterday with 100 Servicemen for Malaya. Immediately disembarkation was finished, shore leave was granted to several hundreds of troops. The Dunera will sail this morning for Hong Kong.
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    They slept in their trishas
    67 8 JOHORE. BAHRU, Mon.— Three young trisha rider* were charged m Johore Bahru with placing their vehicles at night on the five foot way and sleeping Id them. Teo Ah Kow and All bin Othman, who said that It was late and they were too tired
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    SATA to get doctors' aid
    58 8 rE Singapore Anti-Tuber-culosis Association will step up its campaign against tuberculosis m the Colony, with the formation, next week, of a general clinical group. The group will consist entirely of private doctors m Singapore who will give SATA Invaluable advice on certain aspects of the
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    Acquitted on opium charge
    67 8 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. The prosecution offered no evidence against Yeo Wee Meng, charged in the Sessions Court with possession of opium and he was acquitted Yeo had driven a car in which Teo Soh Wah, known as Mimi. a Singapore dance hostess, was a passenger and
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    MOVE TO STOP ILLEGAL ENTRIES
    152 8 MOVE TO STOP ILLEGAL ENTRIES SECRET measures taken by the Singapore Immigration authorities have stopped immigrants from China coming into the Colony on false travel documents, an Immigration official told the Straits Times yesterday. He added: "We have had no case of a person coming into the Colony from China
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    HOSPITAL SPACE FOR DEFECTIVES
    196 8 PART of the Singapore Medical Department's new 200-bed children's hospital, provided for m the 10-year medical plan, will be set aside for mentally defective children. Dr. W. J. Vickers, Director of Medical Services, said yesterday. Though a home for these children is provided for under the
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    CASE PENDING FOR 6 MONTHS
    69 8 JOHORE, BAHRU. Mon When a case against Teh Ah Mee. charged with failing to observe a road sign was mentioned- in Johore Bahru today and a further postponement was asked for, the magistrate allowed the application stating that it was for the last time he
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    Foundation stone still the only one
    109 8 Foundation stone still the only one mHE construction of the new X Outpatients' Department and the Nurses Home at the General Hospital is the business of the Singapore Public Works Department the Director of Medical Services, Dr. W. J. Vickers, told the Straits Times yesterday. Re saw: "Once plan s
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    Registration offices in KL
    99 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. REGISTRATION offices for the annual revision of electoral registers 1° the Kuala Lumpur Municipal wards have been announced. They are: Bungsar: V.M.C.A.. Brickfields Road; Information Centre. Batu Road. Sentul Workshop Municipal market, Sentul; Kampong Bahru, Malays Girls' School.-Setapak Malay Girls' School, Kuala Lumpur
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    MALAY WEDDING AT KEMAMAN
    29 8 IX HE AKIFFIN OMAR, hospital assistant, Kemaman, and Che Zainab Dahlan, sister of Inche Ahmad Daud. A.D.O. of Besut, who were married at Kemaman recently.
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    If Mum Lost Her Figure, Beware
    315 9  - If Mum Lost Her Figure, Beware CHAPMAN PINCHER B\ IF your mother, madam, .ost her figure after you were born take special care to watch your weight when you have a baby The liability to put on excessive weight througn motherhood definitely seems to be inherited. This warning to mothers-to-be
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    DOGGIE SENSE
    317 9 FROM AN ESTATE BUNGALOW I YOU see come very mangy looking dogs on estates as well as m the city streets yet the Indian labourer rarely neglects his animal and those which do not look well-kept are usually so because of ignorance. I still maintain that people are
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    TEACH BABY TO FEED HIMSELF
    424 9  -  NURSE BRIDGET By QNE so often hears a mother complain that her child shows no interest in his food, and looking at the happy, bonny toddler beside her I sometimes wonder if he is really encouraged to take an interest in it, or if «ver
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    DRESSES OF THE WEEK
    136 9 I THE waist-line is on I the march. At I I least this is what the I I Coture 1 other- I wise known as the Rag Trade, would I have us believe. I Sketched here are f I three places you may f I find
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    41 9 .i. ~nlu I..uAG xine- months -Old son oj Ho Wai ti*cong+ of Court House Pon tian, Johore, is the winner the $5 prize for t*ii» week's bonniest baby. The prize is being sent to S.A.TA. at the request of the parents
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    House hints
    111 9 Kctt* »ou» galvjnnfced Mf newspapers m it aft«f emptying, then sprinkle well wit* disinfectant. IF that next power cut last* for hows you cm keep Hie butter Kirn m tkts home-made cooler. Place the butter m a wide topped jar. and stand it m a flower pot, the
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    No shellfish on her conscience
    244 9 No shellfish on her conscience COOKERY CORNER YOU know, of course, that modern scientists say that a crab 01 lobster suffers less if placed, not into boiling j water, but into lukewarm water, which should be gradually brought to the boil. In that way the senses are apparently atrophied and
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    That party problem
    413 9  -  ELIZABETH BALDWIN By GIVING a party is a problem we all have to face some time oi other. First, we have to decide what kind of party to give. A cocktail party Is much the easiest and it would take weeks and weeks to have the same
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    EASTER WEDDINGS
    218 10 MR. AND MRS. THOMAS LEON D'CRUZ (above right) after their wedding at the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, Singapore yesterday morning. (Minifoto Studio picture). Above left are CAPTAIN PETER ARTHUR EASTON. of the Royal Army Education Corps, Seremban, and his bride, the former LIEUT. CWENDA MARY BURBIDCE.
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      298 10 Straits Times Crossword !L Z_Z ZKZ_ n II 15 16 75" 19 20 21 1 I ko>- .iuui iun stfc l. LO*. lor :odglng (13, O*thtri^ wher e the i 10. Judgment but without real flna "P" 1 *>- conviciion (7) 7- This whole Is a comp.e IL Bright object
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    A RECORD PROFIT
    91 11 T»ILOK (F.M.S.) RHbber's chalrman. Sir Sydney Palmer, says the profit far 1951 at £27,923 was record for the company. A net avenge of te 6d per pound lor all grades rubber was realised, but the average all-in coat for 1961 was Is 8V*d per pound. "This steep
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    U.S. opens new rubber lab.
    78 11 THE Natural Rubber Bureau, a private organisation that promotes the use of rubber by U.S. consumers, has opened a new laboratory near Washington to test all phases of rubber used on highways. Sample roads, made paitially with rubber, have been tested In IS U.S. states
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    HK & SB moves out of China
    109 11 HK SB moves out of China fTtHE Hongkong and Shanghai X Banking Corporation has closed its offices in Tsingtao and Swatow and it llnuldating those In Tientsin and Peking because "there is little room for foreign banks to operate in China." 81r Arthur Morse, chairman and chief manager of the
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    Feb. and March rubber outputs
    79 11 /OUTPUTS of robber In Pebruary yj and March from the following companies werer- Brunei United Plantations Ltd. 38,0001 b and 36,000 tb; The Changkat Serdang feiotates Ltd.— 29.9621b and 25,164 lb; Cherrnary; Development Ltd. 125.0001 b anti 132.0001 b; Indragiri Rubber Ltd.— 6o.Bo3 lb and
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    ESTATE SALES NOT DUE TO TERRORISM
    199 11 Advantage taken of high prices r PHE sale by the company of its Sungei Sayong x Estate, Tebolang Estate, and parts of North! Labis and Chumor estates, was not due to terrorism] Sir Eric Miller, chairman of Blkam Rubber Estate Ltd., said at the
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    DIVIDEND OF 32½ p.c.
    142 11 nr»HE directors of Kuala Kangsar Plantations recommend a final dividend of 15 per cent. <• per cent.), making 32', per cent, for the year ended October 31, against 10 per cent. Net profits expanded from £36,418 to £125,395. and with Malayan war risk Insurance claims and
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    TALAM MINES
    14 11 Talam Mines Ltd report the output for March 1952 at 318.37 pieu's.
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    Reds make more rubber
    105 11 pRODOCTION of synthetic rubber In the Soviet Union In 1951 reached a new record of between 250,000 and SCO.OOO metrte tons, close students of the 3ovtet--cbemical Industry believe, according to an article in a recent Issue of the New York Times. Production of 300,000 metric tons
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    Rubber Boots for Forces
    90 11 XIOOD Rubber Co.. Watertown, Mass, a division of the B.F. Goodrich Co., has developed a new insulated rubber combat boot ror the Armed Forces, according to Rubber Age. Operating oo th«f "thermos bottle" principle, the boots will protect against frostbite even at 45 degrees below. Developed
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    1951 OUTPUT OF PALM OIL
    59 11 MALAYAN palm oil output during 1951 totalled 57,990 short tons, compared with 59,552 tons m 1959. Exports of palm ol) totalled 52.133 tons, largely to the United Kingdom. Palm kernel production totalled" 16,490 tong hi 1951. compared with 15,059 tons m 1960. Export* Increased from
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    HIDES FROM U.S.
    39 11 tHJUTNE bides, deer hides and skins, and sole leather can be exported without Individual export licences during the second quarter, except for exports to Russia and ltg satellites. Hong Kong and Macao, the U.S. Department reports.
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    Malaya copra exports
    75 11 rpHE Federation ol Malaya pro1 duced an estimated 171.000 long tons of copra daring 1951. about 21,500 tons above the 1990 output, the C.S. Agriculture Department reports. Malaya imported 100.098 tons of copra ta 1951, about 64.000 tons from Indonesia and about 17,000 from No.lh Borneo and
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    Borneo Timber Co, giving up concession
    221 11 Borneo Timber Co, giving up concession rpHS British Borneo Timber Company Is surrendering its concession. The secretaries (Harrisons Crosfleld Ltd) announce thai the consideration for the eaxly surrender of the toncession and the release of the Crown from the obligation to purchase the undertaking and assets of the company has
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    NEWEY IS 1952 GOLF CHAMPION
    371 12 NEWEY IS 1952 GOLF CHAMPION Wins from Gibb on last green From PATRICK KPJTH KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. fHE Malayan amateur golf champion for 1952 is B. J. Newey (Malacca) who defeated W. J. Gibb (Royal Singapore) a former champion —on the last green after a great struggle over the Selangor
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    Hard hitters in Friday's fight card
    192 12 By Our Boxlnr Reporter gOXINO fans are assured of some really good action at the Happy World arena on Friday night when Little Paras, contender for the lightweight championship of the Orient, fights hard-hitting Ray Oreenway of Australia In the main event over 10
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    HK Bank lose unbeaten record
    215 12 "JJONGKONG Bank "A" un- beaten until yesterday— lost to Shell Sports Club 3—2 In a Business Houses F.A. DIt. 1 match at Shell ground. Hongkong Bank kicked off and swarmed SheTs goal mouth but were unable to score due to good goalketping by E. Krusenan.
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    Weights for 14 races at K.L.
    514 12 rIGHTS tor Saturday's races a> Kuala Lumpur: CL»,DIv. I— s P. Observation y.uo (.iltedged 4.12 taciow Glen 8.11 Loveset 8.10 Beach Park 8.09' Proctor 8.09 Rapid Red <.O8 Thaumaturgy 8.07 Nero 8.06 Radio Artist 8.05 Cabaret 8.04 Flag 1 Peace 402 Malleable Mouldings 8.00
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    41 12 THE SINGAPORE and 2-eJanror cricket team, who took part m the Easter match on the S.C.C. padans The two captains are m the front row. Wee Chon* Jin (Singapore second from left) and A. X Jones (centre. SelangoDT— Strait* Times picture.
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    S.A. TITLE TO DORIS HART
    76 12 JOHANNESBURG. Mon. Miss Doris Hart, the Wimbledon champion, added the South African women's singles title to her long list of successes when she beat Mrs. Julie Wlppllnger of South Africa 8-1. 7-5 In the final of the championships here today. In the men's doubles final
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    67 12 SOCCER DIV. 1: Kota Rajs r S.B.C. at J. Besar. DIV. 2: KoU Raja 'A' v X. Bahru Rangers at BODCA. DIV. 3B: SVI v SHB Police at Gejrlang S.F.B ChIodij at CYMA. BUS HSK. LGE.: Borneo Co. t East Asiatic at Fairer Park. UTD. 8ER VICES LGE.:
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    Crystal Ramblers want fixtures
    51 12 Crystal Ramb'.ers, a new soccer team formed from the residents of the Sepoy Lines area. Singapore, have still to make their debut on the field and Invite Interested teams to write for fixtures. The hon. secretary Is Mr. Wee Koon Kirn, clo Guthrle Cotelephone 5131, ezt.
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    ISLAND GOLF
    53 12 S. K. Gaw won the hidden holes competition played at the Island Club, Singapore, yesterday, with 36 V, points. There was a tie m the wonvn's section, Miss B. Rhoades and Miss S. Baher each scoring 35% points. The prise* w*re given by Mrs. Loke Tew and Mr.
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    QUEEN'S PRIZE
    31 12 KEMPTON PARK. Mon.— Mr. D. Morris's SporUmaater won the 1 Queen's Prise run over two miles here this afternooa. Bas Bleu was second aad Approval third. Fifteen ran Renter.
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    U.K. Soccer
    217 12 LONDON, Mon. T«ODAYS soccer results: 1 LEAGUE DIVISION 1 Arsenal 4. Blackpool 1; Bolton 2, Fulham 1: Charlton 4, Stoke 0; Chelsea 2, Aston V 2; Derby 1, Portsmouth 0; Liverpool 1, Manchester C 2; Manchester U 6, Burnley 1; Middlesboro 2, Newcastle l; Preston 1, Tottenham 1;
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    NewcomerisPink Gin's brother
    428 12  -  EPSOM JEEP By THE TIP (late Pink Sails), a full brother to top1 flight sprinter Pink Gin, is among the many new horses entered for the Selangor Turf Club April meeting. A four-year-old bay by Pink Flower oat of Corvette, by King Salmon, The Tip did not
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    PENANG C.S.C BEATEN 13-4
    69 12 In a friendly water-polo march played at the Tiger Swimming Club Pool, Singapore yestenlay, Tigers trounced the Penang Chinese Swimming Club by IS coals to four. Tan Wee Hock, the Tigers centre-forward scored seven gcals. The other scorers for the Tigers were: Seto Ah Soo (3).
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    MANILA TEAM BEATEN AGAIN
    62 12 HONG KONO, Mon. The Manila Inter-port soccer team received a decisive 3-0 beating at the hands of a Hong Kong selection m the second Inter-port game here yesterday. Playing before a small crowd In intermittent rain, the visitors were never able to break through the Hong
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    R.E.M.E. deserved this win
    321 12 REME i PULAU BRANI 1 rE soldiers deserved their S.A.F.A. First Dlvlsloa win at Jalan Bes»r stadium yesterday because they took the chances that came their way A goal down at half time, REME equalised Av« minute* after the Interval and then got two fine opportunist
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    Sulliman sets 25m. record
    74 12 SEOAMAT. Mon. rpWENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD Sul- liman Awang, Singapore's champion cyclist, set up a Malayan record for a 25 miles massedstart road race at Segamat yesterday m the time of lhr. smin. Champion of the two-day floodlit cycling meet, organised by the Segamat Sports Council, was l»-year-old Raymond
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