The Straits Times, 19 April 1952

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  • 18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA !> NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1X45 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 1952 PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS
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  • 615 1 MacG gives hint m KiL. KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. THE SOLUTION TO MANY PROBLEMS in Malaya might well lie in the vesting of responsibilities in local committees or councils, the Deputy High Commissioner, Mr. I). C. MacGillivray, told the Malayan Association at its quarterly meeting in
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  • 109 1 Russians pay tribute to Frenchman PARIS, Fri. TWO beribboned Russian army officers stood behind General Eisenhower today to honour a French General who mapped Allied sijpply lines across Western Europe for the Supreme Headquarters. General Eisenhower postponed his visit to the Netherlands to attend the funeral of MaJ.-Gen. Henri F.
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  • 84 1 MANILA, Fri. CELIA MARINO, wife of William Pomeroy (seen above, hatless, after his capture on Good Friday) the American ex-soldier turned Huk propaganda chief, was reunited with her husband. She wept unashamedly. The Pomeroys are 13 and 19 respectively in the Huk hierarchy. Mrs. Pomeroy said
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  • 61 1 NEW YORK, Fri. AN American correspondent William Oatis, now in a Czechoslovak prison for alleged espionage, has been awarded the George Polk Prize, given each year by the Overseas Press Club to the journalist showing exceptional courage, integrity and initiative. An award was also made to
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  • 132 1 A deadly peril,' says Truman WASHINGTON, Fri. PRESIDENT Truman in a speech to war veterans said today that the United States was "still in deadly peril" from the possibility of Russian aggression. He said: "The words that come out of the Kremlin promise peac> one day and threaten violence the
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  • 57 1 BRIGAND light bombers flying air cover for a convoy of police boats on a river in Northern Johore on Thursday dived to attack terrorists who opened fire at the boats from the jungleshrouded riverbanks. Brigands -flown by Sqn Ldr. Peter Norman and Flying Officer lan MacPherson raked
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  • 78 1 LONDON Fri.— Britain today called home her two senior diplomats m Cairo and the Sudan fo r consultation m a last-minute bid to prevent a complete breakdown of AngloEgyptian negotiations The Foreign Office instruc'ed the Ambassador m Cairo, Sir Ralph Stevenson, and the Governor-General of the
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  • 35 1 WASHINGTON, Frl.— The President of the American Society of Newspaper Editors yesterday renewed his demand that representatives ot Taes, the official Soviet news agency be banned from the Congressional Press galleries. Reuter.
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  • 39 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Frl.The first prize of the Social and Welfare Services lottery draw tomorrow in Seremban will be $226,000. A total of 907.242 tickets were sold. 100,000 tickets more than for the previous draw.
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  • 224 1 AIR VICE-MARSHAL H L. Patch, Air Officer in Charge of Administration. Far East Air Force, announced yesterday that the Air Ministry in London has approved the grant of Establishment Rights to certain locally-engaged R.A.F. staff. This means that local civilian blackcoat workers will become
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  • 91 1 CJPIRITED leadership which > led to the killing of five bandits In the Beruntang area of Ulu Selangor last February has earned the Military Cross for Second Lieutenant O. H. W Howlett, Ist Battalion. The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment The entire group of
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  • 22 1 MOSCOW. Fri.— The death of Mr. Andrei Siliaev, aged 56. one of Russia's financial leaders, was reported today. -AP.
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  • 89 1 Flying saucers FLYING SAUCERS ar now back m the nev^ following an official statement by the U.S. Air* Force urging people m all parts of America to look out (or saucers and report them to the authorities. From other parts of the world have come reports of mysterious objects m
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  • 262 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. RIGHT terrorists seized a terrified Malay woman and her four small children and dragged them with them as a shield as they retreated from a patrol of auxiliary police in the Taiping area of Perak. i The bandits made for the cover of
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  • 46 1 LONDON, Fri.— Mr Churchill is suffering from a heavy cold, lt was announced last night. A statement said the cold was taking a normal course, but Mr. Churchill had been advLsed to stay at home. The Prime Mfiilster is 77— Reuter.
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  • 116 1 CAPETOWN. Fri. rE South African Prime Minister, Dr. Daniel Malan. told the House of Assembly today there would be a general election within ten or 12 months after the end of the present parliamentary session. The Minister of Justice Mr. Charles Swart, told Paliament that,
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  • 31 1 'TURKO' IS WANTED THE HAGUE. Fri.—lndonesia has Instructed its representative here to request the extradition of ex-captain Raymond "Turko" Westerling who was arrested, then reTeased, in Hofiland two days ago.— Reuter.
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  • 61 1 BRAZZAVILLE, Fri. FOURTEEN people died and several were injured in rioti-'g yseterday which broke out after demonstrations by defeated election candidates. The demonstrations, at Logone in the Tchad area of Northern French Equatorial Africa, were begun by several African candidates defeated in local elections and their followers.
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  • 20 1 PERTH. Frl.— Two more ships have Joined Britain's secret atom test, fleet now in West Australian waters.— Reuter.
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  • 131 1 WASHINGTON. Frl. r|*HE Chief of Army Engineers ■I appealed today to "every able-bodied person over 18" to help fUht the Missouri River floods. As the river was still rising. Lt.-Gen. Lewis A. Pick saio It will continue serious for several days and nights. H P
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  • 383 1 THE GALLANT ROBINSONS TAKE A REST From A Special Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. THIS is the story of two people with courage. It is about Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Robinson, of Rasa, Selangor. Tomorrow they return to a tin mine at Rasa after a two-day holiday in Kuala Lumpur. During
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  • 21 1 WASHINGTON, Fri— The U.S. Navy Secretary, Mr. Den Kimball, reported to President Truman yesterday on his Far Eastern tour.
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  • 145 1 LONDON. Frl. rE United States has taken infonn.il soundings among the members of the Atlantic Pact suggesting that General Matthew Ridgway, Commander in Korea, should succeed General Elsenhower as Allied Supreme Commander in Europe, a usually reliable source here said today. General Elsenhower Is due to
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  • 52 1 MEXICO CITY, Fri. A princess of Mexico City's spring festival was killed and four other girls were seriously injured yesterday in a car accident. The girls were being driven to the airport to greet a U.S. delegation to the festival when their car crashed into a
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    • 1320 2 NOTICE OF REMOVAL This Is to Inform all student* of PCORMAN'S MUSIC ACADEMY of »4, Wilkinson Road, that we have removed to i 101, Branksome Road* Singapore. Tel. ***** (Next to Wilkinson i Road). THE PRINCIPAL TENDER NOTICE Extension of the alrconditionlni? system at Radio Malaya's Studios. Kuala Lumpur. The
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  • 249 3 RED AMBITION 'CHECKED IN ASIA' But keep on our guard warning ELSAH, ILLINOIS, Friday. ]yjR. JOHN ALLISON, American Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs yesterday said that the Communists had utterly failed to achieve their objects in Korea. The free world could not afford to relax its guard
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    52 3 THOUSANDS of people turned up in Hyd? Park, London, to see the traditional Easter Parade. Picture (above) shows cameramen perched high above the crowd. Below: The actress, Helen Jessop, who is appearing in the play. "Reluctant Heroes" at the Whitehall Theatre. London, wears *n Easter bonnet adorned with
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  • 63 3 PRESIDENT Truman has signed a r&solution voted by Congress to set aside one day a year for nationwide prayers for world peace. Sir Frederick Hover MWur has been appointed per- manent British represent- ative on the NATO Council Hie newly-elected ftidian Parliament assembles on May
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  • 58 3 The first international helicopter competition will be held in Paris on May 2b. About 170 delegates from 46 countries are attending the International Wheat Committee talks in London. ft Two Japanese shipping firms will soon resume liner services betwter. Japan and Australia. Lord Greene, a former Master of
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  • 23 3 JAKARTA. Fri— Nine Filipinos have been arrested by Indonesian authorities at Sitangkai Borneo, charged with entering Indonesian te/ritory without visas.— AFP.
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  • 33 3 CANNES, France. Fri. The Aga Khan yesterday said that he planned to go to the United States as soon as he had recuperated from his recent heart seizure. U.P.
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  • 33 3 DETROIT. Fri— Mrs. Bertha Lanstra. who was 102 yesterday attributes her long life to never drinking plain water. "I drink coffee or tea and may be a little beer." she said.
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  • 56 3 HOUSTON (Texas), Friday. BEAUTIFUL Samia Gamal King arrived "home" in Houston today and was greeted with a big hug and a kiss by her wealthy mother-in-law, who once threatened to disown her son for m arrying the Egyptian dancer. Samia told newsmen that she hoped to settle
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  • 58 3 NEW YORK, Fri —The United Nations Statistical Office has estimated the world population at about 2.399,900 000, half of it m Asia Details for the period *****1 are: Africa 198.000 000- North America 216.300.000; South America 111.400,000; Asia (without USSR) 1,272.000 000Europe (without USSR) 396.300.000: Oceania
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  • 16 3 CANBERRA. Fri.—Dr. Edward Ronald' Walker has been appointed Australian Ambassador to Japan. —Reuter.
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  • 106 3 Knife attack in Nehru's office NEW DELHI, Fri AN officer of the Prime Minister's Secretariat was .suiobed here today by a man who came to seek an interview with Mr. Nehru. The officer, Mr. S. P. Khanna, assistant private secretary, was taken to hospital with minor injuries. The assailant, a
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  • 50 3 TOKYO, Fri.— More than 2,700,000 Japanese were stranded today as the major privately-owned railways and bus companies went on strike. This was part of a stoppage which partially paralysed Tokyo as more than, 1.000.000 workers carried on their 24-hour protest against an anti-subversive Bill. AP.
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  • 129 3 Article was seditious H.K. Govt HONG KONG, Fri. THE Government today opened its case against three Hong Kong newspapermen charged with the publication of a seditious article m the vernacular newspaper Ta Kung Pao. Opening the case, the prosecutor said: "There can scarcely be a more seditious publication" than the
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  • 59 3 PORTSMOUTH, Fri. The submarine Alliance yesterday left Portsmouth with a flower filled torpedo compartment for a memorial service to the 75 men who died in the submarine Affray a year ago. The service was planned for the spot off the Tsle of Alderney in the
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  • 19 3 BOGOTA, Colombia, Fri A military assistance pact between Colombia and the United States has been signed.— A.F.P.
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  • 196 3 LONDON, Friday. /MJUNTESS Mountbatten of Burma, who has just returned from a 25,000-mile tour of the Far East and South-East Asia, said here yesterday she found one of the best answers to the Communist menace in welfare work being: don e in the Hone Kone
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  • 42 3 MUNICH. Fri— Thousands of Russians were training' in the Caucasus, the Pamirs and the Tien-shan range for a Mount Everest exped'tinn this year. Dr. Guerter Dyhrenfurt. sun explorer, said. Only 150 ujd be chosen, ne said. Reuter
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  • 60 3 BANGKOK, Fri. SIAM i s ready to join Burma in building an international highway linking the two- countries Slam proposes to build a road from Kanburi to the border town of Dan Phra Chedi Samong, which would Join the road from Moulmein In Burma. The road would
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  • 62 3 HILDESHIEM, Germany. Fri. A GERMAN former captain. hom c after eight years in Russian captivity, yesterday said that eight German generals were still held in a Russian camp Hans Taube, a Protestant pastor, said the generals were held with about 1.500 1 other German ex-soldiers. Treatment
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  • 135 3 TALSARNAL, (Wales), Fri AIf£***** passed a police car on a Welsh road (bis morning. In the car was Mrs. Alicia M. Roberts on her way to court here. In the hearse was the bori> of the husband she is accused of murdering. .fohn Gwilym.
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  • 152 3 POWER THEFT RAZED A CITY TOKYO, Fri. I A UTHORITIES at Totj±* tori, in western Japan, estimate the equivalent of $15,000,000 damage was caused in a flre which swept the city for 11 hours until early today. The hre otarted In Hotspring Hoiel, in the centre of i the city,
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  • 74 3 RAHWAY, New Jersey, Fri. ABOUT 250 prisoners tried to break out of the state prison here last night. Meanwhile. 69 convicts still held out in a mutiny at the state prison in Trenton. 40 miles away. In the fifth prison disorder in New Jersey in
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  • 41 3 SAN FRANCISCO, Fri.— The U.S. State Department yesterday declared the California alien land law unconstitutional. The ruling ends racial discrimination In holding real estate and lets alien Japanese own homes and other property in the state. A.P.
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  • 15 3 HONG KONG. Fri. The Chinese Communists have formally abolished Peking's American-financed Yenching University.— A.P.
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  • 28 3 NEW YORK. Fri.— Mr. Franklin D. Roosevelt's "dream house" and 500 acr^s of the Hydp Park estate have been sold for about U.S $150.000— U.P
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  • 44 3 BANGKOK. Fri. Because of the difficulty of meeting the official rice export commitments to foreign countries, the Siamese Government will let private merchants export one ton of rice to every 4y 2 tons turned over to the government. A.FP.
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  • 44 3 WELLINGTON New Zealand, Fri. Mount Ngaruhos erupted yesterday and hurled boulders down its slopes as a cloud of smoke rose to 20.000 ft. There was no threat to life or property as the volcano i s in an uninhabited area.— U. P.
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  • 41 3 CAIRO, Fri.— Twelve Egyptians yesterday were sentenced to a total of 32 years' hard labour by a military court for having looted and set In to the premises of a'< small arms gunsmith in the 1 Cairo riots. Reuter.
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  • 267 4 Effect would be reverse to that intended QINC.APORE lawyers last night criticised the select committee's suggested alterations to the Kent Control Ordinance, which will dispense with the need for a demand for rent by 1 c Th" P new Section proposed by the committee would,
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  • 220 4 The Oliver Twists at Spore hospital THE "worst meal ever was how two nurses at the Singapore General Hospital described their lunch yesterday. And. the Straits Times was rld all the nurse* were Indignant. They lauehed at the thought I of Singapore obtaining suf- firient nurses when the food for
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  • 36 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Fri. Collapsible gates and grills have been fixed at all entrances to the Government Offices because thefts of brass and copper fittings were bp coming rife. The installation cost $7.500
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  • 41 4 BATU PAHAT. Fri.— To relieve congestion at the ferries over the Batu Pahat and Muar rivers, the Company controlling the ferry system has decided tc start additional services over both rivers. The work on them has aJready begun.
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  • 54 4 Register as voters Nair rpHE Singapore City Coun- wi^remain^pen to^June^S^ A cillor. Mr. M. P. D. Nair j yes t e rday that he plans to cLab.-South) yesterday ap- distribute several hundred pealed to his constituents to 1 copie^of^appeal ,n English register as voters. the three community centres Council! electoral
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    128 4 A mother who wants to be i nearer her son fighting in Korea has come out to Malaya to do welfare work. She is Mrs. M. Bordass. of London, one of four Red Cross nurses who arrived In Singapore by QantasBOAC yesterday to work in the Federation's new villages. Her
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  • 241 4 EXPERIMENTS in the use of cheaper building materials in rural areas oy the Singapore Improvement Trust and by a private firm may resuu alterations to the Singapore Rural Board building by-laws. This was stated at a meeting of the Singapore Rural Board yesterday
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  • 438 4 MR. John Fearns Nicoll, the new Governor of Singapore, will arrive in the Colony by air from London on Monday, it was officially announced last night. The first to greet him at Air Port will be Mr. W. L. Blythe, Officer Administering the GovernMr' Blythe will
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  • 20 4 KUANTAN, Fri. Palanlappan who pleaded guilty to driving a lorry without «n attendant wa s fined $15
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  • 80 4 MR. Kulasingha asked the Board not to enforce i stringent rules for rural dairy i farms. He said that one rule was that an adequate supply of pure water should be available on these farm* He pleaded that if Rood well water was available the Board
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  • 80 4 The Board gave the green light to the Colony's Traffic Police Chief. Mr. W. R. M. Haxworth, to conduct traffic experiment* In th» rural areas. Mr Haxworth, in a letter to the Board, suggested the laying of a traffic Island, a halt sign and the drawing
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  • 52 4 Plans to convert a building put up by the Japanese in the Pasir Panjang park in Singapore, into a community centre have been '"wLr^Kulaisingha. president of the Pasir Panjang Rural Dus^ Committee, said that the estimated WO 000 for repairs was "a colossal amount" to spend on such an
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  • 36 4 The Board has accepted the re- ommendation of the S ngapore Traffic Advisory Committee find agreed to make the propos ed dutf »rriage way along Bukit Tirnsh Road a uniform width of 22 feet.
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  • 68 4 Today's Radio SINGAPORE ;0 a.m News: 10.05 Housewives Choice: 11-1130 New Records^ om Saturday Ballroom, 130— 1.50 News: 2 Album of Harmon> 2 1 -5 Racing Selangor; 6.15-6.j0 Children: 7 News; 7.15 Listeners Choice- 7-50 Spotlight On The Emergency: 8 The Advantures of p C 49- 8.30 Music in The
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  • 20 4 KUANTAN. FrL— 8_ Chinese tappers were fined a total of 630 in Kuantan for aambtin* in Semanbu Estate.
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  • 82 4 v M.C.A Orchard Road: Cricket "2 p.m. (Balestier); Chess club 3 pm.; Malay. 5 p.m.: movie *___£3 SlT-HMk Handicapped children's club: Outing at institute A.C.S. Barker Road: service I p.m.: sacred music concert, /jo P ALL MALAVA MUSLIM MISSIONARY SOCIETY, 31 Loront 12 Geylang. Annual general meetSerangoon English SCHOOL OLD
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  • 143 4 QUB-STATIONS liable to load shedding today mrt: DAY Sumbawa Rd.. Boon Tat St.. Aljunid Kd.. Sims Aw- Paya LeW Fumps, Joo Chlat Place. Jalaß Yasin. Jalan Eunos. Cambridc* R«U Rangoon Rd- Towner Rd.. geranfoon Rd, Sennett Estate. Kolam Ayer, MePherson Rd.. Kirn thuan Rd.. Boundary Rd.. Florenc* Rd Upper
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  • 164 4 schedule NIGHT Trafalgar St., 8.A.T.. Malayan Refrig. Co.. Anson Rd.. Sago St., Ramah St., People's Park, Nanson M Urn Soon OH Mills. Guan Sin, U.E. network. U.E. Factory. River Valley Bd.. Stralto Ice WtaKiUiney Rd., Orchard Rd., Armenian St. SUtlc, Adelphl, Capitol, Newton 1 2, Wayang Sato, Chancery Lane, Balmoral
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  • 270 5 Sumatra- Penang coastal tradd rules eased PRODUCE WILL NOW BE VALUED AT DESTINATION PENANG, Fri. OEGULAR coastal trade between Penang and Sumatra is expected to b e resumed following Important concessions by the Indonesian Government to allow exports of several types of Sumatran produce. The first consignment of goods from
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  • 106 5 TWO HUNDRED-AND-FIFTY daily-paid workers of the National Carbon (Eastern) who failed to report for duty on Wednesday are now on the labour market, because the company wrote their names off from the employees list yesterday. They had been away from work since Apr. 10, in sympathy
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  • 310 5  - COUPLE GET TWO OFFERS OF ROOMS By A Special Correspondent MRS. Claudette Mason iTI 20 and her young husband, Raymond, a Writer in the Royal Navy, who were told this week they might have to sleep on the road if they did not vacate Naval quarters, prepared to move out
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  • 38 5 A receiving order was made against Yong Kwang Trading Co. by Mr. Justice Knight in the Singapore High Court yesterday on the petition of a judgment creditor who had obtained Judgment against the firm for $15,584.89.
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  • 44 5 A bankrupt Joe Low whose liabilities amounted to $1,159 and who was reported to have Daid enough to pay a dividend of 100 per cent, was granted an unconditional discharge from bankruptcy by Mr Justice Knight in th e Singapore High Court yesterday
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  • 54 5 fon Cher Hoo (34), Lim Beng swee (36), Tan Ah Hai (29), and Koh Chin Seng (27) were charged with armed gang robbery in Singapore yesterday. They were alleged to have robbed a Chinese family in Parrer Road of cash and valuables worth $6,200 at pistol point.
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    36 5 MR. GREGORY GILLES H OLBROOK o f Muller and Phipps. seen with his bride Miss Barbara Edna Margery Martin, of the Singapore Economic Secretariat, after their wedding at the Singapore Marriage Registry yesterday. Straits Times picture.
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  • 198 5 "THREE trade unions and a federation of nine trade 1 unions in Singapore will meet today and tomorrow to decide if they should go on strike The unions are: the Singapore Federation of City Council Unions, the Singapore Government and City Council Labour Union, the Singapore
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  • 171 5 Judgment is reserved in land appeal MR. Justice Rogers reserved judgment in the Singapore High Court yesterday in the land valuation appeal in which the Singapore United Rubber Plantations are asking the court to raise the valuation of the Collector of Land Revenue. The valuation was on 118 acres of
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  • 62 5 Ng Kee Chor, a youth was tentatively charged with attempted arson before the Sinpore Second Police Magistrate, MrRB.I Pates yesterday. Ng was alleged to have attempted to set fire to an omnibus along New Bridge* Road on Feb. 23. He was ordered to be remanded
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  • 29 5 Hashin bin Bakar was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment in Singapore yesterday for dishonestly retaining a stolen wallet and cigarette lighter. He had four previous convlctionsr
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  • 156 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. pLEETS' of armour-protected vehicles for the Federation Police Force are now arriving in regular shipments from England. Last night, a long convoy of over 40 armour-plated weapon carriers rumbled into Kuala Lumpur after a day long journey from Singapore The" vehicles are
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  • 165 5 SINGAPORE CHINESE leaders yesterday would not M comment on the statement made by Mr. C. C. Tan (Prog. Tanglin) in th e Singapore Legislative Council on Thursday that while there existed a right to conscript aliens he did not think it was desirable to do
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  • 37 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Fri. RENGAM and Tong Feng, In Central Johore, are t 0 be provided with a courthouse. The buildings a i> estimated to cost $55,018. Quarters for Government employees will cost $155,700.
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  • 154 5 taxi-drivers who have been forbidden to vs c the centre of Coleman Street as a rank say that their business has fallen off badly in their new rank, against the Cathedral grounds, facing the City Council building. One of them said yester- day: "No-one can
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  • 36 5 Malaya had a favourable trade balance of $24-millions at the end of March, statistics issued last night revealed. Imports totalled $343.1 mIX Uons, and exports $367.8 millions. Total trade amounted to $710.9 millions.
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  • 128 5 THREE receiving and adju- dication orders were made by Mr. Justice Knight in the Singapore High Court yesterday. Sect Boon Chuan, a clerk, whose liabilities amounted to $«,235 due to 21 creditors, and whose salary, including allowance, was $574 a month, offered to pay $30 monthly Sect's offer
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  • 18 6 CARMICHAEL: On 17th April, 1952. at Edinburgh Estate, Kepong. Gelangor. Lewis Drummond Carmichael. beloved husband of Malri.
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  • 615 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Sat., Apr. 19, 1952 A Principle Approved The principle of compulsory national service has now been approved by both Malayan legislatures, with only a single dissentient voice in the two Councils. Mr. Lim Yew Hock, President of the Labour Party, was obeying a party resolution of
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  • 361 6 A week has elapsed since the Communists announced their readiness to discuss again the question of the exchange of Korean war prisoners. We shall see this morning whether this means that a formula has been reached ending the deadlock begun when the Communists insisted that every man
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  • 100 6 April 13 to 19 1902. ANOTHER amazing inciflent is reported from the Siamese Native States. The Sultan of Tringanu has decoyed a Christian Eurasian girl— a British subject from Bangkok as governess to his family. She is now detained there under all the humiliat ing duress to
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    10 6 Photo jraph by Yong Peng Seong THE AGE OF WONDER
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  • 1130 6  -  Cynicus r b y IF the mail had not begun yesterday to bring in the letters, it might have been thought that General Tempter's assault upon golfers and race-goers had sailed harmlessly over the target. Having perhaps first pinchtd themselves to make sure they were not
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  • 829 6 MR. J. F. NICOLL, Singapore's second Governor, Is expected in the Colony on Monday. His coming reminds us again of his predecessors in office In this part of the world. Of Colonel Harry St. George Ord, for instance, whose Prussian face and manner drove local merchants nearly to despair,
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  • 345 7 'Serious epidemics warning CAMP CONDITIONS SHOCKING— DR. KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. A WAKNINCi that serious epidemics might break out in the new villages because of lack of medical services was made today by Dr. K. A. Lamprell, at a meeting of the Malayan Assi»ciation in Kuala
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  • 41 7 M. ANDRE GUIBAUT. the Consul-General ror France, speaking at th« opening of the' third annual exhibition of the Singapore Art Society yesterday. On his right, is Dr. C. A. GibsonHill, chairman of th e Society. Straits Times picture.
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  • 130 7 Government IS tackling theproblem KUALA LUMPUR. Frl. THE Deputy High Commissioner Mr D C. MacC.illivray. told the meeting that Government tully appreciated the medical and health needs of the new villages "The extent to which we can improve our health and medical services will depend to a large degree on
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  • 52 7 About 40 Singapore police officers, mostly from the C.1.D., attended a special screening of a Mm on crime detection in America at the Shaw Brothers theatrette yesterday. The film called "A day with the F. 8.1.'' depicts some interesting aspects of the scientific methods of trackIng
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  • 174 7 He appeals to Govt: KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. FEDERAL and State Governments were today strongly urged to support the new Federation Volunteer Force in its efforts to get adequate buildings and training facilities. Volunteers were joining up and it was of vital importance that this keenness should
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  • 109 7 WHEN the passenger liner Sydney left Singapore for Europe yesterday there were more than 40 Italians on board They were returning to Italy after unsuccessfully attempting to settle m Australia. Within the past week, more than 70 Italians have passed through Singapore on their way
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  • 126 7 SHORTLY before she died in the Singapore General Hospital 18 days after taking caustic soda. Lee Gee Eng. a 17-year-old schoolgirl, told Inspector Edwin Ware that she was in love with Soo Kum Meng. a labourer, but Soo had disappointed her Inspector Ware tpld the Coroner,
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  • 51 7 The String Orchestra and 60-member choir of the University of Malaya will give a choral concert at 8.30 tonight ar ihe Oei Tiong Ham Hall Guest artists are Miss Millie Iverson-Wood (soprano) and Mr. Geoffrey Ablsheganaden who will Rive vocal solos. The concert is open to the
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  • 28 7 Nearly 1,000 people attended the dance in aid of the St. Andrew's Cathedral War Memoriae Appeal Fund at the Sea View Hotel Singapore, last night
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  • 67 7 Wong Seek 'Loon, aged 25, pleaded guilty in the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday to stealing a handbag from a woman, Scow Siew Not at Onan Road on Apr 17 Wong was caught Dv a school-boy who heard the "rie s of the woman Th^ hand-bag-
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  • 28 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Frl.— For not haying a permit to be In possession of a full jar of toddy, D. Naidu was fined S5O tn Johore Bahru
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  • 131 7 A 'GREAT CULTURAL FUTURE' rE Consul-General for France, Monsieur Andre Guibaut, yesterday predicted that In 10 years Singapore would be a great cultural centre Monsieur Guibaut was addressing nearly 100 people at the British Council Centre, where be opened the Singapore Art Society's third open exhibition of works by local
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  • 146 7 REMARKS on the exhibition were favourable. Mr. M. P W. Tweedie of the Raffles Museum said: "This Is streets ahead of last year." Colonel L. T. Firbank of the Civil Defence Department said it was "a marvellous effort." Chen Wen Hsi's "Bullock Cart" appeared to have
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  • 195 7 KUAUV LUMPUR, Friday. Li/lUST people wait to be told what to do for the iTI country? asked the Attorney-General, Mr. M. J. Hogan, at the Malayan Association me* ting sn Kuala Lumpur this evening. "We have heard it said In the
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  • 58 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Frl. AH Ah Kong, Tham Yew Yin v and Chan Nee Poo were charged in the Sessions Court with possession of 12 Tb of opium. Tham Yew Yin pleaded guilty and the other two claimed trial. Tham was sentenced to 15 months' imprisonment. Oh
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  • 82 7 Lee Yong Giek, aged 20, was yesterday sentenced to eight months' imprisonment by the Singapore First District Judge, Mr. Tan Ah Tah. on a charge of robbery. Lee robbed a shop assistant, Sect Wee Choo, at about 9 p.m. on Mar. 17 at Jalan Sultan Road,
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  • 60 7 More than 150 people attended the Indian culturad recital staged by the Raffles Society of the University of Malaya at the Oei Tiong Ham Hall, Singapore, last night. Among the loudly applanaed items were the candle dance by Miss T. Rani ann Miss T. Valll, and a
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  • 28 7 Two Indians were taken to the Singapore General Hospital last night after a fight at the 5| m.s. Dunearn Road Both had severe body injuries
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  • 118 7 KUALA LUMPUR Fri V|R M X SOONG will be appointed to act as Director of Fisheries. Federation of Malaya and Singapore when Mr D. W. l e Mare, the Director, goes on leave after the South Pacific Commission conference In New Caledonia next month. Mr J.
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  • 330 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. AN attack on Government for its "pre-war ineptitude and post-war broken promises" in its dealings with volunteers was made today by Mr. F. J. Woodward, secretary of the Former War Prisoners' (Malayan Union) Association at a meeting of the Malayan Association today.
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  • 152 7 S.I.T. gets possession of 7 homes SINGAPORE Improvement Trust, were awarded judgment In the Singapore First Civil District Court yesterday for possession of seven premises in which the tenants had continued to live after thn expiration of notices to quit, had been served on them. Judgment agalnsr three tenants. Chong
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  • 43 7 The Army. Civil Service Union yesterday asked the Deputy Under-Secretary of State for War, Sir Q. David Roseway, who Is now in the Colony, to allow the union representatives to meet him to discuss the union's claims with the War Department.
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  • 276 7 |>AYA LANG new village. i»t I the Jungle fringe about three miles from Men<kuant, In south-west Pah ann and easy prey to the bandits is to be moved again Despite this second move, the inhabitants are happy t»aj more than willine to go tn a new
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    50 8 THIS BUST of Mr. A. W. Frisby, Singapore's Director of Education. Is the work of Mrs. A. Gunaratnam. It is one of 169 exhibits at the Art Society's third open exhibition which began at the British Council Centre, Singapore, yesterday. Admiring the bust is Mr. Francis Thomas. Straits Times picture.
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  • 250 8 PAN-MALAYAN COUNCIL of the Alumni Association of King Edward VII College of Medicine will discuss the Malayan Governments' latest proposals for a unified health service, Dr. A. A. Sandosham, president of the southern branch of the association, told the Straits Times yesterday.
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  • 144 8 A 19-YEAR-OLD Chinese girl from the Treacher Girls' School at Taiping, Miss Lee Kirn Yuen, became the Malayan Methodist Youth Fellowship champion orator in the All-Malaya M.Y.F. Institute oratorial contest in the Anglo-Chinese School Hall, Singapore. Seventeen competitors representing M.Y.F. chapters in Singapore, the Federation
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  • 56 8 The Commissioner-General Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, left Singapore by air yesterday morning on a brief visit to North Borneo. Mr. Mac Donald will be the guest of Mr. J. A. Calder, the Officer Administering the Government in North Borneo He will meet leading personalities in
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  • 29 8 KUANTAN, FrL— Lum San and Wong Fook were each fined $50 in Kuantan for being their house In Semambu Estate as a common gaming house.
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  • 118 8 UEW additions to the Johore n Zoo are a lion and two lionesses which arrived In Singapore on Wednesday by the Tjimentang. The animals were ordered from Australia by the Regent of Johore, Tungku Mahkota, about six months ago, when they were fourmonth old
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  • 43 8 KUANTAN. Prl Chew Suan Tok wa R fined $100 ln Kuantan for allowing another person to drive his lorry ln contravention of his haulage permit. The other person was Chew Piu Han. hl s brother, who was fined $30.
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  • 210 8 lf v vc KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. MALAYANS will be able to watch "live broadcasts through the glass walls of a radio studio sln^e^in^usV* W fld Stadium The exhibition, which open? on Aug. 2, will last a fornight. it will be sponsored by the Singapore representatives
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  • 134 8 New clue in hit-and-run car hunt ANEW clue has been discovered by the Singapore Traffic Court Police in their two-day hunt for a hit-and-run grey saloon car which killed a Telecoms messenger, Shaik All bin Shaik Ismail near the junction of Beach Road and Jalan Sultan on Wednesday. The car
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  • 41 8 KUANTAN. Fri. Kuantan U.M.N.O. 1* preparing to receive Tungku Abdul Rahman. U.M.N.O. president, when he tours East Pahang. No date has been set for his visit. Thu will be hi s flrst vlalt to this arpa
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  • 54 8 JOHORE BAHRU, Fri.— For failing to stop at a police gate at Scudai, Chew Ben* Tuan. a Singapore businessman, was fined $10 in Jobor* Bahru. He said that a lorry loaded with logs ahead of him obstructed his view and he failed to see
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  • 219 8 LONDON, Fri. rpHE Manchester Guardian A defends the chemical defoliation on main roads in Malaya as sensible and unobjectionable. Of the possibility of using chemicals to destroy Communist crops in remote parts parts of the Jungle, It asks: "Is thereanything to be said against this measure
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  • 76 8 JVIISS Suk Hun Chan, daughu* ter of Mr. and Mrs. Chan fin? Kee of Seremban, has been awarded a President's Scholarship for 1952-53 at the Llndenwood College, St Charles, Missouri, U.S.A. The scholarships, presented at a student convocation are based op grades for the past two
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  • 94 8 IPOH, Fri.— Three women education officers are joining the Perak education department. They wil be posted to schools In the State when tne next term begins in early May. They are Mrs. E S. Ford who joins the Sultan Yusuff English School in Batu Oyah;
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  • 53 8 At least six Malayans will be selected by the Federation and Singapore Buddhist associations to attend the second world Buddhist conference in Japan on Sept. 25. The conference, expected to cost 50,000,000 yen, will coincide with the 1,400 th anniverf, ar V of the introduction of
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  • 39 8 SUICIDE BID ALLEGED JOHORE BAHRU, Prl Lam Kan Kew, aged 20, waa charged in the police court with attempting: to commit suicide at Scudai by throwinv herself into the a»a. She was allowed ball In $100 pendine tr'- 1
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    • 337 8 Straits Times Crossword £0^ SiLnSffiKV 0 M An<J It's on pies (12). 5 It I I I. I I, fck'ik'Jv^Nl DOWN ***** 2- "Here at the quiet ot s^S I I I I ft^ the world- (Tennyson) (5) 8 HI iH l^ I^l 9 Blflck magic (10). 4. I belong
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      9 9 FORE! (He's a folly good Sallow, and to 5ay....?)
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    • 282 9 /COLLECTIVE punishment, although sparingly inflicted, seems to have come to stay. Unless it can be justified it is time that some-one in authority stopped it. Whether this form of punishment is justifiable under the c:k umstances in which it was inflicted on several towns and
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    • 585 9 IT is to be hoped that the Federation Government will not b P carried away oy enthusiasm over what it considers the erflcacv of the Tan'ong Malim brand of collective punishmert to indulge in thp indiscriminate and widespread imposition of it in other areas in the
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    • 232 9 NATIONAL SERVICE REWARDS I TAKE my hat off to you for the timely reminder to the Government, in you editorial of Thursday, to take some constructive and concrete steps regarding pay, gratuity, compensation and sp ific conditions of service applicable to all those National Servicemen who may serve this country
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    • 88 9 HELLIWELL has been vindi- cated: there's no need for him to worry; he can i now come out of hiding. I have discovered greater horran in high places in K.L. At the Rotary Convention luncheon a few days ago I Rctarians. unashamedly and i with
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    • 161 9 I CAN quite believe what "Played Out" complained ab-om recently. Some time ago I boarded a i bus at Bras Basah Road, which clearly indicated in Fnglish that its terminus w\s at Collyer Quay, but which actually went to Outram Road. Alishting en route, and pointing this
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    • 268 9 MR. NEHRU, ASIA AND THE U.N. BY far the greatest political talking point of the moment, is tile recent condemnation by Pandit Nehru of the Uniced Nations for ignoring the Tunisian question. 3aid the Indian Premier, who today symbolises the fauh of millions of Asia, "The voices or Asia and
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    • 242 9 TEACHERS KIRKBY ANOTHER Educationistrefutes my charge that student-teachers are sent 1 wholesale to Kirkby. He mainI tains that t lose sent "were, in fact, 'most carefulty selecti ed" and that "onC v a relative [few of the really deserving candidates were cno«en I shall le: "Ezamed" (Tuesday), whom I do
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    • 62 9 Planter 's endorsement REGARDING the letter I I signed "Anti-Belsen" of i April 10. I, as one of the 1 oldest practical planters in i Malaya, endorse much of < what your correspondent had to say. I have had to put up with much inconvenience from ignorant young O.CP.D.s and
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    • 228 9 GATHER from His Excellency s outburst against golfers and party-goers a tacit complaint that precious time is being squandered. In all helpfulness, may I draw gubernatorial attention to the way in which many of the Departments in the Government which he heads reply
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    • 216 9 PENERAL TEMPLERS re- cent criticism of certain sections of "pleasure-crazy" Malayans for their dormant attitude in the Federation Emergency has been interpreted by the Press as a demand for non-indulgence in all forms of recreation. Thu.s the Straits Times on April 15 declared that Gen. Templer's demands
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    • 47 9 YOUR remarks on Antl- Bandit Month, in your leader of April 15 "Getting On with the Job," are very much to the point. General Templers cry of "do something" is unhelpful. After all, golfers follow a course laid down for them. TUAN KECHIL.
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    • 44 9 rE area in Kampong Bahru Road opposite Spooner Road, Singapore, is badly in need of a public telephone. Whenever there is an accident one has to travel a distance of about 700 yards to telephone for an ambulance. O.T.E.C. please note! TBS. Singapore.
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    • 127 9 QIR GERALD TEMPLERS recent criticism of the people who indulge in luxuries and seem to forget that here is an Emergency in he country was long overue. I suggest that the people ho are not disposed to do ithout their luxuries entire■y might help by other means. The>
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    • 242 9 y> IT is four years since the Federation of Malaya came into being. The Federation Agretnnnt., among other things wai ropposed to give equall opportunities to all those born In the country, and to all those who have stayed in the country for a certan
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    • 52 9 TiHE Singapore Police Band has not performed in the public parks for a long time. At least I haven't seen any programmes in the Press for over six months. Can the Commissioner of Police please enlighten us on what ha s happened to the band?
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    • 56 9 WITH reference to the strikes < threatened or lin progress) in Singapore, is jit a fa.it that workers are I not getting a family living wage? If not. are they not justified then In going on strike? It would be useful to keep the discussion on
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    • 242 9 I j?AVE ad o Wlth cx sE me 1 disgust the Press notiflcation concerning a conference between the Federation of Clerical Unions and the Malayan mining employers held at ipoh on Apr. 4. lam not at aCI impressed with the suggestion that, as a consequence
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    • 106 9 V THE v »Li "-<*)*) ACHIEVEMENTS In a world of competing claims Lon&ines can state these simple undeniable facts IBest result for timing EVER achieved by a wrist-watch at NEUCHATEL Observatory. LONGINES watch No. *****75. 5 POINTS. Standard of absolute precision 0 2 Best result for timing EVER achieved by
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  • 277 10 LONDON. Frl. mHE London Stock Exchange 1 had rather an irregular appearance today as operators evened up commitments before the week-end. Th P recent attraction for foreign bonds appeared to be diminishing and British Government, securities took over as the market favourites. Closing middle prices of selected unite
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  • 70 10 /CONTINUED absence of buying V* support caused another sharp price drop of white pepper in the Singapore Produce Market yesterday when sellers quoted Muntok at $535 a picul and Sarawak at 5530. Lampong b'.ack remained at $415 a picul. Coconut oil was stecdier. sellers quctlng $41 a
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  • 926 10 BUSINESS RESTRICTED ON STEADY MARKET From A Market Correspondent FLUCTUATIONS in the Malayan Share Market were again between narrow limits yesterday, and the volume of business continued to be restricted on a quietly steady market. Quotations announced by the Malayan Share Brokers' r^ 1" 1 4'fs INDUSTRIALS Bayers Sel ers
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  • 174 10 Rubber up x k cent I AFTER opening at slightly .r\ lower levels yesterday, the Singapore Rubber Market steadied somewhat following j enquiries for lower grades. Prices showed an Improvement and sellers were inclined to be reserved. The turn-over was moderate, and the market closed on a steady not* with
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  • 30 10 LONDON. April 18 Spot 32Vd.. May 32d., June 32d.. July-Sept 31d., Oet.-Dec 29\d., Jan-Mar 28-\d.. April c.iJ 32d.. May c.t.f 3i\d.. June c if 31 'id. Market: Easier.
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  • 13 10 SINGAPORE, Fri. April 18— $476 a picul (unchanged)
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  • 25 10 LONDON, April 18— Cash Buyers £962; Sellers £862*; Forward Buyers £964; Sellers £965; Settlemen* £961}; (dp £I>. Turnover: a.m. 225; p.m. 19 tons.
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  • 86 10 CHIPS alongside Uie Singapore 13 Harbour Board godowns. or expect: d there at 7 a.m. tcdayare: 1/2 Mecnla; 3 Benvee. 4/5 Tjimenteng; Coal Plant. Rajah; 6/7 Beluru; 8 9. Steel Admiral; 11. Tegelber^: 13/14. Slamat; 15/16, Carpentaria; 18, President Johnson: 19/20, Chaxon: N.W 4. Kampar »KPJ»I.); N.W.
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  • 263 11 Decision on Corinthians today By the Sports Editor SINGAPORE Amateur Football Association will hold an Emergency Council meeting in the boardroom of McAlister and Co. at 3.30 p.m. today to discuss the Singapore Corinthians. This new-formed team of Kota Raja "rebels", among whom are: Singapore skipper Harith, ace oentreforward Awang
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  • 245 11 TODAY SOCCER Europeans-Eurasian* v Aryan Gymkhana at J. Beaar. YOUTH TOURNEY: St. Andrews School v Victoria School a* J. Besar, 4 p.m. DIV. 2: Cheerful Lads v Marine Drpt. at CYMA; Woodbridge Hasp. v RN Kranji at Yio Oiu Kang. DIV. 3A: Cheerful Lads 'A* v
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  • 114 11 SINGAPORE LEAGUE DIV. 1 Casuals Z, BODCA 3; DIV. 3A— Windsor Rovers 5. Netaji 1; DIV. 3B— BODCA 'A' 1. Postals 1; BUSINESS HOUSES DIV I— Ol'EC 'A' 2, Slme Darby 1; DIV. S— Guthries' 3. N.T.S. 1: Dunlop 1, Rotterdam 1; DIV. 3— Mercantile
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  • 311 11 BODCA rally brought full points AFTER being down by two goals at half time, 8.0.D.C.A. rallied to score a fine 3-2 win over Chinese Casuals at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday in their S.A.F.A. Ist. Division fixture. Casuals lived up to their name. They had the better of the first half
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  • 110 11 j» O.D.C.A. "A" and P A T. "'shared points at Geylang Stadium yesterday in a Div 3B SAPA League soccer match The score wai one-all after a dull and poor game. After 15 minutes' play, hi which BODCA were slightly better, Jayaairi, outside-right of the 10-man
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  • 85 11 t.2£ r Aimr«lt«n Air Torce cricket P»«y B.C.R.C. «l Hong IJm Green tomorrow (friendly) will be chosen from: F/O N w. Barrie, Wf. Cdr R p Robert*. FJt. U. I. k. Jullen. LAC U F. Clark, F/O J. T Byrne Cdl W J Daly LAC P.
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  • 94 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Frl— Selangor made no mistake in disposing of Johore 3-0 in their Football Association of Malaya Cup semifinal on tbe TPCA ground this evening but on this* performance their chances of beating Penang In the final next Saturday are practically nil. Johore, fielding five
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  • 75 11 Teams for the Singapore Cricket Associations Senior tourney match at Thomson Road today and tomorrow Police: S. K. Sundram (capt.), Ourdial Singh, Chia Kirn Swee, S. VellupiUai. S. Deva&as. J. C. Cooke. R. Delilkan, H. Perera, Q. Krishnan. R. Sandosham, K. Thambyrajah. Army: J. Bennett (capt.),
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  • 70 11 Combined Schools cricket team against Non-Benders at I. A. ground today at 2.30 p.m.: A. DelUkan <SJI> capt., V. Gill (RI). P. Martens (SJI), K. Wickramesinghe (SJI), James Quek (SJI), V. Nathan (RI), H. Sitha walla (ACSi. Abdul Kader (ACS). Laily (VS). Eng Hoe (VS),
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  • 19 11 Windsor Rovers yesterday beat Netajl MJ.C. 5-1 In a S.AJ.A. Div. 3A match at St. George's Road.
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  • 264 11 Business Houses Soccer OTEC, WITHOUT 3 STARS, WIN 2-1 rVTBC '.'A" scored a 2-1 victory over Slme Darby S.C. in tne Singapore Business Houses FA Div. l match played at T <feN ground yesterday. OTBC were without three regulars, two of whom are on tour with the Singapore Corinthir.ns (Arshad
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  • 435 11 DAY GREENWAY (134i-lb.) of Australia proved too fast a puncher for an obviously undertrained Little Paras (135-lb.) to win on po nts over 10 rounds in promoter Nene's main event at the Happy World arena last night. I The tight was a colourless affair,
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  • 261 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. '|<HE Selangor Badminton Association tournament committee held an emergency meeting tonight to consider a request irom Denmark to stage their Thomas Cup inter-zone match against India in the S.B.A. hall now being completed here. The cable, sent by Mr. N.
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  • 169 11 fJ»HB results of yesterday's YMCA Tennis Championship matches and ties for today are: Singles: fan Puay Kee beat K. H. Ang 3-6, 6-8. 6-4; Dr. Chan Ah Kow beat J. J. Glalster 6-1, 6-2; Liem Kh? Liang beat Norman P. Parker 6-2, 6-3. H. Kamls beat H.
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  • 396 11 LONDON, Prl J7ACH season at an eve of the Cup Final dinner a player steps forward to receive a statuette which marks him as the "Footballer of the Year," presented by the English Football Writers' Association Skill with the ball Is obviously a
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous

  • 165 12 Home leads Silver King qualifiers MOOR PARK. Frl. DEO HORNE, British Ryder Cup player, led the 50 qualifiers with scores of 148 or better for the final 36 holes of the Silver King 72 holes «*roke golf tournament here yesterday. Home gave a polished display of first-class golf to score
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  • 88 12 IPOH. Frl. Plj<AK Turf Club have been asked to submit to Government their plans for the proposed I $300,000 grandstand extension which is expected to be built in time for the last race meeting of the year. The proposed extension include an additional wing to seat
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  • 73 12 JOHORE BAHRU. Fri:— Johore C.C. will play the SCC at crlckrt on Sunday on the Civil Service Club ground, Johcre Bahru. This will be the first match this season in Johore Bahru. Another match which Johcre Is looking forward to with keen interest will be
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  • 1083 12 ACCEPTORS and probable jockeys (or today races are given below. The Big Sweep will be drawn on Race Nine. Double totes: Races 3 and 5; 7 and 8. Scratched from all engagements: Cadzow Glen. Thaumaturgy, Corsair, Sang uine, American Band, High Descent and Peter. Race 1—2.15 Class
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  • 424 12 Early speed a big advantage in KL By EPSOM JEEP KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. rpEARAWAY Flag of Peace with an attractive handicap mark of 8.2 certainly appears to have a first-rate chance of outsmarting Observation 8t Co. in the Class 3, Dlv. 1, 5Jf. handicap (Race Eight) at Kuala
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  • 1122 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. PHILANTHROPIST and Floor Show will certainly 1 find plenty of support in the Cl. 3, Div. 1, 7f. event (Race Six). Philanthropist, a likeable four-year-old by Starmond, won two races at Bukit Timah in January in convincing style. Floor Show brought off a clever
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  • 159 12 KUALA LI T MPUR, Friday. A SINGAPORE racehorse owner has successfully negotiated for the purchase of SCARLET ADMIRAL, a classy three-year-old bay by Nearco out of Salmon Pink by King Salmon. Scarlet Admiral ran with the best of his age as a two-year-old m England
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  • 23 12 'TWERE was heavy rain again at Kuala Lumpur yesterday and the poinjr for today's races will be soft, reports Epsom Jeep.
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  • 70 12 of the South African Jockey Club, has arrived to take over dudes as official stipe of the Straits Racing Association. Capt. D'Arcy has wide experience on the Turf and before he became an official he owned and trained horses in Australia and India. Mr. Norman McLachlan, who has been acting
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  • 18 12 LONDON. Friday. Leigh beat Widnes 8-7 in a Rugby League match yesterday. Reuter. n-r^r ::l
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  • 173 12 H-son IEKP CALL BOY POINTER RACE 1 STURVETA Show Girl I'rsinla HARCOURT Show Girl Ursinia STURVETA Hmrrourt IrsfnU RACE 2 2.30 BRECONGILL Gay-de-Lyon 12th of Aw. GAY-DE-LYON Hector Epsom Derby SEALED ORDERS Steeltrap Film Fan GAY-DE-LTON Jo-Jo Hector RACE 3 3.00 STEF.LTRAP Sealed Orders Mombasa SEALED ORDERS
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  • 180 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. LATIN AFFAIR may not be near her former brilliance but she can still go a good gallop. She has been running fairly consistently since she showed a return to form and, down where she is, she is definitely worth an each
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  • 48 12 »T<HE AMATEUR TIPBTER (I'm showing a profit, he claims) says that, with a name like this, RUNNING FOOTMAN should be too fleet for the Race Seven field. But If It Is beaten, he says WHY WORRY ie the last race should get your money back.
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  • 65 12 Lee and coach in Singapore PENANG. Frl.—Thomas Cup team probable Lee Hoo Chye left for Singapore by air this morning, Lee, one of the three Penang badminton players selected for "final Intensive" training, was accompanied by Cup team coach Tan Boon Piew Ooi Tel* Hock hero of th«laat Thomas Cup
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