The Straits Times, 30 April 1952

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAOES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1952 PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS
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    RED JETS ATTACK AIRLINER
    657 1 Two wounded as MIGs pepper plane near Berlin BERLIN, Tuesday. TWO RUSSIAN MIG-15 JET FIGHTERS today attacked an Air France liner over the Russian zone of Germany, wounding two German passengers, and riddled the fuselage with 89 bullet holes. The plane landed safely at Templehof airport.
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    FAINTED ON PARADE
    33 1 TWO POLICEMEN fwlp to carry a cadet who fainted during the swearing -out ceremony of cadet inspectors in Sinaaperr yesterday. Four others fainted because of the heat. Report in Fa*<
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    GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE PALACE, BUT...
    103 1 GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE PALACE, BUT... LONDON, Tues. THt. Royal Academy, the final arbiter of British art, has rejected a picture approved by Buckingham tmmm of the lying-in- Mnii of K«ng George VI. "I was the only artist w'.ih permission to paint the scene," Mr. Frank Be- j rcsford, 70
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    50 Indians held
    33 1 COLOMBO. Tues. Police took away 50 Indians today for offering passive resistance against Ceylon Government action in depriving 200.000 Indians of the franchise at the general election next month.— Reuter
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    'My very darling' letter "found
    1261 1 BARONET SHOT HIMSELF MAJOR SIR VIVIAN TYRELL CHAMPION DE CRESPIGNY, Bart., who was found shot in the R.A.S.C. officers' quarters on Pulau Brani, off Singapore, on March 4, left five letters, one written in pencil to "My very darling", it was stated at a Singapore
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    THE QUEEN SENDS SYMPATHY
    86 1 THE QUEEN SENDS SYMPATHY LONDON, Tues THE Queen today sent a message of sympathy to President Truman on the loss of the 176 crewmen of the destroyer Hobson. "I am distressed to hear of the disaster to the destroyer Hobson and send my deep sympathy to you and to the
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    Sultan goes shopping
    34 1 TWO detectives followed the the Su.tan of Brunei and his P«rty during their shopping tour of Singapore yesterday. The Sultan bought ruby and diamond jewellery from a Jeweller in High Street
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    Seretse Khama: Decision final
    44 1 LONDON, Tues.— Lord Salisbury, Secretary for Commonwealth Relations, reaffirmed in the House of Lords today that the Government's decision to exclude Seretse Khama' permanently from the chieftainship of the Bamangwato tribe in Bechuanaland. South Africa, was "firm and final. ReHter.
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    Minister robbed
    32 1 SHOLAPUR. Tues— Mr. N. V Oadgll. India's Minuter for Works. Pmdon^on and Supply, was today robbed by two men who entered his compartment in (he BombayMaara s mail train.— Reuter
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    Reds increase shore fire
    71 1 LONDON. Tues.— The Royal Navy stated today that the Communists have stepped up coastal defence guns In Korea to protect vital supply lines against bombardment from United Nations warships. The Admiralty said that the British destroyer Concord, which was hit by an enemy shell last week,
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    Empire troops infused
    153 1 Empire troops infused lit Free Japan TOKYO. Tues. B! H3H Commonwealth urces here spent the first day of Japan's Independence with confusion over wlio wa s paying for British Commonwealth facilities. No agreement had been signed covering the activities of British Commonwealth .troop* using Japan as a bafce for Korean
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    50 missing in plane
    58 1 A PAN-AMERICAN Clipper carrying 41 passengers and a crew of nine was reported missing today on a flight from Rio de Janeiro to New York. The plane was reported missing between Belem and Santos, in Brazil. American Army and Navy planes and the Brazillian Air Force
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    Surprise raid on junks
    48 1 SAIGON, Tues. Four Vletminh junlC s and 14 sampans were sunk by French naval units on the Saigon River between the na\ral base of Nhabe, four mile s southeast of Saigon, and the sea in the course of a "surprise operation" last night.— AFP
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    THAR'S GOLD
    54 1 II HIS STOMACH HONG KONG, Tues. CUSPICIOUS customs officers sent Macao visitor Hum Ping-kit to hospital oft his arrival at Hong Kong The hospital took an X-ray and found five gold bars l*i lils stomach. Today Sum was fined $150 for attempting to smuggle gold. The gold (two
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    Spied for East
    37 1 HANOVER. Tues.— A British high court here today sentenced 27-year-old East German. Karl Heinz Becke. to two years in prison for spying on a British unit for the East German state security service. Reuter.
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    Bandits kill 3 at Maxwell Hill
    167 1 IPOH, Tuesday. 4 BRITISH OFFICER and two Indians were killed and a British warrant officer and two more Indians were wounded when six armed and uniformed bandits ambushed the Land Rover in which they were travelling from Maxwell Hill down to TaiDing today. The
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    BRITISH AIR AID PLEDGE
    54 1 LONDON. Tues. Lord Alexander, Minister of Defence, said tonight that Britain believed air power to be the most valuable contribution she could make to Western defence. "We regard the speedy creation of the European defence force as a matter of vital importance," he declared In a
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    Sudan strike
    30 1 KHARTOUM, Tues- Police today arrested some leaders of the Sudan Workers' Federation after it had called a general strike of Its estimated 100,000 members throughout the country. Reuter.
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    Coronation date: MPs not happy
    127 1 LONDON, Tues. MEMBERS of Parliament attendinr the all-party Tourists and Resorts Committee meeting here last night expressed concern at the date chosen by the Queen for her coronation next year—June 2. Among events which make that period the greatest social week of the year is
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    THE 'THING' THEY SAW OVER STORE AT 3.45
    294 1 THE 'THING THEY SA W OVER STORE AT 3.45 HUNDREDS of people in Singapore yesterday claimed they had seen a "flying saucer" over the City— a "cigar-shaped" silvery object with "smoke" spouting from a "tail" streaking across the sky at about 3.45 p.m MR Ytfe HONG PHOY, an employee of
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    ...&at7.15
    99 1 rE "FLYING SAUCER' was seen a sain last night at 7.15 by members of the Singapore Swimming Club. One of them, Mr. J. G. Farmer told the Straits Times: "We were all attracted by it. 1 was with a friend. Mr. U. W. Munx, and we were definitely not
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    2 DIE IN CRASH
    23 1 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues.Two Fijian soldiers were killed today In Johore Bahru in a motor accident near the Police Depot.-
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    ATOM EXPERTS AT MONTEBELLO
    52 1 PERTH. Tues.— The two British atomic .test vessels. Narvik and Zeebmgge are at. the Montebelo Islands. 800 miles north of Perth, accord-. Ins to eyewltnes* report* from Australian journalists They left Fremantte on April 20 for an undisclosed destination with some 300 scientist* and technicians on
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    Floods cut K.L. water supply
    292 1 Floods cut K.L. water supply KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. A BOUT ONE-THIRD yf A Kuala Lumpur's water* supply was cut today by a break In the pipeline from the Kuala Sleh intake near Klang Gates to the town when floods swept away a wooden bridge on Klang River. Forty Indian labourers
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    Pope's appeal
    30 1 VATICAN CITY. Tues— The Pope today called on the world's 400.000,000 Roman Catholics to pray for the salvation of Catholic missions in China and other Communistcontrolled territories.— Reuter.
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    U.K. WOULD BE GLADTOTRADE WITH CHINA
    250 2 U.K. WOULD BE GLADTOTRADE WITH CHINA LONDON, Tuesday. I ORD Reading, Foreign Under-Secretary, said last ni?ht that Brihui had informed the Chinese People's Govenuatiai that, sh% would welcome any trade in goods not on the restricted list and wonW be glad to receive any concrete proposals. JSe told members of
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    Son for Shirley
    42 2 NEW YORK. Tues.—Shirley Temple, one-time child film star, gave b*rth to a son yesterday after a caesarlan operation. Miss Temple, now 24, has a four-year-old daughter by her first husband, actor John Agar. whom she divorced in 1949.— Reuter.
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    Buy enemy guns, says US. pilot
    110 2 Buy enemy guns, says US. pilot MONTREAL. Toes. HARRY Reginald, wartime pilot from Los Angeles, hopes Congress ami the United Nations Command in Korea, will give attention to his idea of ending the Korean war by buying the Red soldiers' runs. Reginald says: "Ten dollars is small fortune to a
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    Siam to expand airfields
    29 2 BANGKOK. Tues. The Siamese Government Is planning to expand and modernise provincial airfields, especially that of Nakorn Sawan and Nakom Rajsima In the north. AJ"J».
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    WIND SAVES ISRAEL
    39 2 TEL AVIV, Tuesday. A WEST wind saved Israel today from locust swarms which crossed Into the country from Jordan last week. An official communique said the wind pushed insect swarms back the way they came. U.P.
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      681 2 PUBLIC APPOINTMENT APPLICATIONS 'ace Invited for the post of Superintendent at 'lie Singapore Swimming Club. Duties will Include supervision ot the pool water treatment 'Uaadfer gntdaace') outside service iad r-lmrrf-t activities! under i k* general direction of the Secretary. Ability to coach hildren in swimming will be an advantage. Emoluments
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      183 2 Every mother knows that during "v. the early formative years, correct feeding for her baby b the most it Important thing of all. The daily jf mfk bottle must have its quota of carbo- J^k 1 hydrates, proteins, minerals, jR vitamins and fat. If natural feeding T jf fails Cow
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    Ridgway takes command in June: Monty hails appointment
    300 3 TRUMAN NAMES SUCCESSOR TO 'IKE' WASHINGTON, Tuesday. PRESIDENT TRUMAN confirmed yesterday that General Matthew B. Ridgway had been appointed to succeed General Eisenhower as Supreme Allied Commander in Europe. General Ridgway will take over on or about June 1. The President said
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    68 3 KARL WARD (left) and John Crockard. two leaders in the Apr.. 21 revolt at Jackson (Michigan) prison, display the makeshift weapons that were bting used by the convicts. At the height of the revolt, some 1,600 convicts were rioting. They had four guards as hostages during their talks with prison
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    Crack Soviet troops in Manchuria
    108 3 Crack Soviet troops in Manchuria TAIPEH. Tues. N\ lIONALIST military sources were keenly concerned about reports that i rack units of Soviet troops were pouring into Manchuria from Siberia during the past two weeks say T'iprh reports. At least two Tresb Soviet divisions have been designated by the Russian Far
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    Seagull turns back a plane
    54 3 COPENHAGEN. Tues..— A seagull last night caused a Scandinavian Airlines plane to return to Copenhagen shortly alter taking off tor S*-df-n. when it flew Into and broke the window of th... pilot's cabin The pilot was injured in the forehead but managed t k"T) control
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    SABOTAGE IN SIAM
    37 3 BANGKOK. Tues. The Siamese Railways Organisation is now certain that the recent derailment of a train from Aranya Prades, on the Cambodian border wa s a result of sabotage. Several passengers were l killed.-A.F.P.
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    Navy inquiry
    19 3 VAoHINGTON, Tues. A Mary inquiry was ordered tori ht into the sinking of the de t-oyer Hobson.
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    MEDICAL AID
    21 3 LONDON, Tues. Soviet medical personnel are operating in Korea, according to the latest issue of the Cominform Journal. Reuter.
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    Cairo denies bid on Farouk's life
    175 3 CAIRO, Tuesday. THE Egyptian Government today denied a report by a National Broadcasting Company, New York, correspondent that an attempt was made on the life of King Farouk last month. The correspondent, Dan turzman, reported to the VBC here that a would-be issassin shot
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    West agrees on note to Russia
    89 3 West agrees on note to Russia WASHINGTON, Tues. rE United States. Britain and France were reported here last night to have agreed on the general terms of a new note asking the Soviet Union for more details of its proposal for unifying Germany. With a peace contract with Germany about
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    Ruler admitted killing emirs
    229 3 LONDON, Tuesday. TWE Colonial Secretary, Mr. Oliver Lyttelton, said today that the Governor of Aden considered the conduct of the ruler of the South Arabian town of l.ahej. Sultan Fadhl Abdul Karim, premier chief of the West Aden Protectorate, gave ground for believing he is "mentally
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    'REDS MAY ATTEMPT NEWCOUP'
    125 3 'REDS MAY ATTEMPT NEWCOUP' JAKARTA. Tues. IN one of the bitterest attacks on Communism ever made by a prominent Indonesian. Kiahi Lsa Anshary. one of the leaders of Indonesia's biggest party, the Muslim Mashumi. has warned Indonesians that the Communists may again try to seize power in this country. Recalling
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    Foreign aid bill cut
    72 3 WASHINGTON, Tues. rE Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted today to cut President Truman's $7,900,000,000 Foreign Aid Programme by $1,000,000,000. Democrat Senator Tom Connally. the committee chairman, said the reduction of about 12.66 per cent would be applied to all items in the BiH. He said he
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    No hearing for Tokyo Rose
    50 3 WASHINGTON. Tues. The United States Supreme Court today denied a hearing to "Tokyo Rose", a Califor-nia-born Japanese, convicted of treason for broadcasting propaganda over the wartime Tokyo Radio. She was sentenced in San Francisco m September, 1949. to 10 years' imprisonment and $10.000 fine.— Reuter.
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    Huks fire on worshippers
    32 3 MANILA, Tues. Huks swept down from the hills last night and fired on a packed village chapel near Manila, killing three devotees and wounding four others A. P.
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    TRADERS CALL FOR S.-E. ASIA AID
    112 3 WASHINGTON, Tues. THE United States Chamber of Commerce directors, here for the chamber's fortieth annual meeting, are calling for recognition of the importance of South-East Asia. i That la one of several de- claratloMs of principle which the membership at large is asked to
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    Church told: end race bars
    138 3 Church told: end race bars SAN FRANCISCO, Tues. METHODIST missionaries in Malaya arc calling on the church to abolish its segregation of Negroes, in a resolutioa presented to the Methodist quadrennial general conference in San Francisco. The resolu'ion, pr«*s2ntea yesterday by Dr: Hobart B. Amstutz, president of Trinity College, a
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    RAIN HALTS ATOM TEST
    59 3 LAS VEGAS. Tues. The I Atomic Energy Commission announces a postponement of j the day's atomic manoeuvres at Yucca Flats because oi over cast skies and rain showers. An atomic blast cannot be staged safely during such weather conditions because of the danger of radiation contaminating
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    Re-export ban on U.S. goods
    46 3 Re-export ban on U.S. good s WASHINGTON. Tues.-Bri-tish and other West European buyers 91 American strategic goods will from Ma y 1 hav P to provide import certificates, witnessed by their governments, giving official assurances that the *ood s will not be re-exported without authorisation. Reuter
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      164 3 MALAYAN LABORATORIES ANALYTICAL AND INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTS SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL CONSULTANTS fhe independent, private. Analytical and Consulting Laboratory set up to give Technical Advice and Analytical Service to Industry. Importers and Exporters. Insurance Companies and Loss Assessors Estates and Mining Companies, the Legal Profession and the Private Citizen The facilities of
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    No steel priority granted for the new Tebrau Waterworks
    182 4 No steel priority granted for the new Tebrau Waterworks ANOTHER CITY PROJECT THREATENED WORK on another multi-million dollar City Council project the water extension scheme at Tebrau, Johore may. be held up because the Council has been unable to get priority in the allocation of steel. The Council applied for
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    39 4 TOGETHER AGAIN: Warried last Jnne, BUI West, of Naval Supplies, Singapore, came to Singapore almost immediately after the honeymoon was over. Yesterday, his wife, Joyce, arrived in Singapore from Britain, in the Chusan to Join him. Straits Times picture
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    MacD. HEADS MISSION HOSPITAL 'CRUSADE'
    146 4 MacD. HEADS MISSION HOSPITAL 'CRUSADE' ST. ANDREWS Mission Hospital, Singapore, is launching a "crusade" to collect donations for supporting more beds in the hospital. First to aid the move is the Commissioner-General. Mr Malcolm Mac Donald, who has renewed his support of three beds at $400 each per year The
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    Red wounded
    24 4 Acting on information, the ''th Battalion, Malay Regiment, found a bandit camp in the Raub area of Pahang and wounded a bandit.
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    Local doctors to discuss unified plan
    99 4 OAN-MALAYAN Council of the Alumni Association of Kine Edward VII College of Medicine will next week discuss In Singapore the Malayan Governments' plan for a unified health service. the Council president, Dr. A. A. Sandosham. told the Straits Times. Asian doctors in Government service
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    GIRL GOES OUT TO PLAY—VANISHES
    129 4 GIRL GOES OUT TO PLAY— VANISHES KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. A LITTLE Chinese girl, un- der the guardianship of Mrs. Ho Ah Loke. wile of a Malaya film magnate, walked j out of Mrs. Ho's home in i Dnraisamy Street, Kuala Lumpur on Sunday and has been missing since. Mrs Ho
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    More fish caught
    109 4 |7»ISH caught in Malayan P and Indonesian waters during the first three months of this year totalled 2,008 tons, compared with 1,965 tons during th e sam» period last year. There has also been an idcrease of nsn from Johore. where fishing off the east coast have
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    Mr. EuTong Sen's domicile wasHK
    327 4 Mr. EuTong Sen's domicile wasHK T^HE CHIEF JUSTICE, Sir Charles Murray-Aynsley, L held in the Singapore High Court yesterday that the domicile of the late Mr. Eu Tong Sen, was in Hong Kong at the time of his death in 1941. Sir Charles gave this decision on an application by
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    Klang display of Malay art
    42 4 The Klang Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis will hold an exhibition of Malay paintings and needlework at the Malay school on Saturday. Ten per cent of the proceeds of the exhibition will be for the association.
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    $3.6 mil. given away in prizes
    275 4 $3.6 mil. given away in prizes IPOH, Tues. DRIZE MONEY from Malayan lotteries and races during April was an all-time record of $3,657,510, shared among 1,035 persons. Never Defore ha s so much money been given away in a single month in prizes in this country. Pride of place, both
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    Strike talk to continue
    91 4 REPRESENTATIVES Of the Singapore Battery Workers' Union and Mr. Urn Yew Hock, president of the Singapore Trade Union Congress, will meet the management of the National Carbon (Eastern) Company again today to end the dispute involving 310 labourers at the company. This will be their third
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    Trishaman had no licence
    46 4 A trisha rider, Nk Ah Thin, was fined $50 yesterday in the Singapore City Court for wearing a rider's badge which had expired. On a second charge of riding a trisha without being licenced, to do so, Ng was fined another $50.
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    Drive for more Friends of S'pore
    146 4 pRIENDS of Singapore will try this year to get new members because of the many retirements of members, states the annual report to be presented at the general meeting on May 9 in the British Council Hall. The society plans to make a suitable
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    Singapore Diary
    88 4 Y.W.CA. Raffles Quay: World's YjW.C.A. membership observance day celebration at 4.30 p.m. YM.C.A. Orchard Road: Singspore Chess club. 3 p.m.: Malay and commercial classes, 5.30 p.m.; games from 5.30 p.m.: Art dub (life class) 6 p.m.; educational flUn show. 8 p.m.; Malay literacy claw. S p.m. CHINESE V.M.C.A.
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    Cement mixer kills her
    80 4 A WOMAN LABOURER. Yee Hour KwsS. s«ed 51. was killed at RAF Chan ?i on Apr. 19 when a heavy cement mixer Ml on her. [.am Kuan I.enr, a forewoman, (old the Singapore Coroner. Mr F. Kbert Ten terday Lam said thii «he »nd h«r rant
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    OLD RAFFLESIANS
    30 5 Because there was no Quorum, the annual general meeting of th e Old Raffleslans' Association Singapore, which was to have been held yesterday who postponed to May 7.
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    70 m.p.h. driver fined, warned
    61 5 Lee Kirn Eng was fined $50 in the Singapore First Traffic Court yesterday when he pleaded guilty to driving a motor car at 70 m.p.h. along East Coast Road on Feb 28. The Magistrate, Mr. J. P. McWilliam. warned Lee that if he appeared in
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    Press Ball will be filmed
    56 5 Tables for the International Press Ball in aid of SATA on Saturday may now be booked by ticket holdes on application to Raffles Hotel. The Ball is being filmed by the Malayan Film Unit, and many distinguished patrons, Including the new Governor of Singapore and
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    2-YEAR LIMIT FOR NATIONAL SERVICEMEN IS URGED
    211 5 2- YEAR LIMIT FOR NATIONAL SERVICEMEN IS URGED CHINESE CHAMBER MEMO ON CALL-UP T*HE Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce A yesterday adopted a six-point memorandum on the National Service Bill which its sub-committee had prepared for submission to the Colonial Secretary, Mr. W. L. Blythe, for Government's consideration. The memorandum
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    Sultan shops for gems
    39 5 THCS SULTAN OF BRUNEI examining a diamond ring at a jewellers in Hifh Street, Singapore, during a shoppin; tour With him is Mr. E. E. F. Pretty, former British Resident in Brunei. Straits Times picture.
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    100th year troubles for school
    164 5 100th year troubles for school TiHE Rev. Brother Ignatius, A Director of St. Joseph's Institution, Singapore, said last night that in Its Centenary Year the school was facing bigger problems than it had a hundred years ago. Speaking at the annual meeting of the Christian Brothers' Old Boys' Association, Bro.
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    25 Guards get badges
    80 5 PENANG, Tues. WEAR your badge with pride." Brigadier W. H. Bordass. Assistant Commissioner for Civil Defence, Nothern Region told 25 Hom P Guards at a presentation ceremony at Bagan Jermal this afternoon. The badges, he said, were an outward sign that the recipients had prepared themselves
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    MADE FALSE STATEMENT
    70 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. K. Samsudeen, a newcomer from Madras, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment by the Police Court for making a false statement to the Commissioner of Oaths. He arrived in Penang from Madras on Dec. 6 and in order to get his brother out from
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    THEY GOT 11 BANDITS IN TEN DAYS
    127 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. [N a ten-day period this month the Second Battalion of the Malay Regiment killed five bandits and wounded six in the Batu Gajah area of Perak. Thp battalion was opera*ing in Pahang from the beginning of the Emergency until last
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    Today's Radio SINGAPORE
    76 5 Today's Radio SINGAPORE 10 a.m News: 10.05 Women s Magazine: U-11.30 London Studio Concerts; 1 p.m Collins Dnggs. Hammond Organ; 1.30 News; 1.45-2 Dvorak and Smetana: 6.15 Astronomy (or the Amateur; 6.40 Radio String Ensemble. 6.55 Announcements; 7 News; 7.15-7.25 This U Communism; 7.30 Radio Rhythm Club; 8 Jack Smith
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    ACQUITTKD
    34 5 JOHORK BAHRU, A »e*. Lee Hon Seng, a motor cyclist awaiting trial on a charge of causing the death of Lee Buck Cheng, a pillion rider, was acquitted in the Police Court today.
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    Blackout schedule
    214 5 SUBSTATIONS liable to load shedding today are: DAT Malayan Brewery, AJJ.C Brewery, Dietaehn Co., Tanglin R4., Phoenix Park. Alexandra Brickworks. Pasir Panjang, Reformatory Rd., Oxygen Factory, Creuonite, St. James, Mlrl Rd., Sllat Rd., Bukit Pasoh, 8.A.T., Trafalgar St., Anson Rd.. Tiong Bahru, Sago St., Ramah St.. People's Park,
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    $25,000 more for literacy drive
    123 5 T<HE BIBLE SOCIETY of Malaya has earmarked $25,000 to continue its campaign against illiteracy in the new villages in the Federation this year, Mr. Lan Findlay, the secretary, said yesterday. The money will be used mainly for the free distribution of Bible portions, Christian literaturp
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    Singapore tug to the rescue
    159 5 mHE Chinese Nationalist cargo vessel Heng Chung. which has been lying at an- t chor 270 miles south of Bang- 1 kok with a broken thrust I shaft since Apr. 21, will soon be rescued by the Singapore C tug Griper. The tug was due
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    Housing Society wants Property Law amended
    180 5 Housing Society wants Property Law amended A PROPOSAL calling on Government to legalise lx the purchase or sale of residential flats in the Colony by introducing an amendment to the present Property Ordinance will be discussed at a committee meeting of the Singapore Government Officers' Co-operative Housing Society on May
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    'Menace' to road users
    88 5 A BICYCLE without a red reflector on the rear mudguard was yesterday described as a "serious menace and danger to all road users," by the Singapore City Police Court Magistrate Mr. K. J. L. Jamieson. He was remarking on the plea of Pang Kee, who said
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    Japs resume shipping via S'pore
    82 5 T*HE first Japanese ship to enter Singapore since the signing of the Japanese Peace Treaty will be the 10,000-ton freighter Ginko Maru, which If due to arrive on May 6. She passed through Singapore waters only once previously, but Is now beginning her regular run
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    Addict sent to hospital
    62 5 JOHORE BAHRU Tues. Teoh Ah Teng, -an opium addict, who was found in possession of ten packets of opium, was conditionally discharged in the Sessions Court today, on his entering Into a bond in $100 to be of good behavlous for one year He was further
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    ANNOUNCEMENT
    14 6 MADELINE LTD., 278. Orchard Road. A Collection of Elegant Afternoon and Evening Gowns.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Wed. Apr. 33, 1952. Houses In The Air
    805 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Wed. Apr. 33, 1952. Houses In The Air Solution of one of the most urgent problems in the Federation— housing— will be taken a step further at the next meeting of the Legislative Council. A report recommending the creation oi a housing trust will be tabled,
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    Korean Pessimism
    298 6 Pessimism get*, Us turn again in Korea, where the truce negotiations continue to be deadlocked by disagreement over the repatriation of prisoners, the Communist claim that they should be allowed to instruct airfields during the armistice, and Russian membership of the neutral team to supervise the armistice. The
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    THERE'S A WORRIED LOOK ON THE FACE OF MOSCOW
    889 6 Harry Scott Stokes, English mayor and businessman, tells of how he went 'rubbernecking' when he attended the Moscow economic conference from April 3 to April 10 r? was as a businessman first and last that I went to the recent seven-day
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      The Malay masses and UMNO
      716 6 The Malay masses and UMNO I TMNO, which came into •J being solely to flght for the rights of the Malays, and which still claims to be the strongest Malay political organisation in this country, will celebrate the sixth anniversary of its foundation in May. When it was formed. UMNO
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      PARTIES FAILED US'
      271 6 TT was heart-breaking to see the response of the Legislative Council meeting in respect of the Rent Control Bill, which provides that landlords may ride over the "man in th e street" more vigorously than they expected. The brains behind the curtain were those of our own
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      CHINESE IN THE POLICE
      237 6 I WONDER if the real reason 1 behind the failure to get I more Chinese into the Police Force does not li e in th e way the publicity campaign has been conducted Seeing i s believing, and what better method i s there of letting
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    On the Margin
    435 6 i Excellent fruit VTHE recent query about th« derivation of the Malay word for a pineapple, nanus, has brought two comments. I Mr. D. V. de Souza. of SiiißaI pore, considers that the word is Portuguese and reminds u» that the Ooanese, in their own vernacular language,
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    JAPS WILL SEEK CONSULATE IN SPORE
    311 7 Negotiations to open up all over the Com m on wea Ith THE Japanese (Government will soon open negotiations with the British Government! for the setting up of Consulates-General in i Singapore, and other important cities in the Commonwealth, the Straits Times learnt from]
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    'Together at night but did not talk'
    588 7 MADAM YEO BACK IN THE BOX His big day— and he fainted MADAM YEO SIEW NEO, who is claiming a share in the estate of the late Mr. Lee Siew Kow in the Singapore High Court, said yesterday at the continued hearing that
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    S.C. ON ABSENCE CHARGE
    45 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. Majid bin Ojoh, a Special Constable on Nigel Gardner Estate, Kuala Selangor, was charged in the Police Court with absenting himself from duty since Mar. 9. The Court ordered that he be transferred to Kuala Selangor for trial
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    DRIVER FINED
    45 7 A crane operator Tan Kok Heng, wwas. s fined $30 i n Sin- 1 gapore yesterday for having driven a motor car negligently causing a collision between his car and a taxi at the junction of Prinsep and Albert Streets on Dec. 2.
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    Welcome for doctor
    72 7 A LARGE number of students from Kuala Lumpur were at the Singapore wharf early yesterday to greet Dr H. D Jesudason, who arrived by the Chusan from Colombo for a short holiday in Malaya. Formerly a pupil of the Victoria Institution in Kuala Lumtmr. Dr Jesudason won
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    C.I.D. OFFICER TOOK EX-RED'S CASH: GAOLED
    527 7 BATU GAJAH, Tuesday. AE. BENCH, former staff officer of the C.1.D., Batu Gajah, was today sentenced to 10 monthsimprisonment by the Sessions Court President, Mr. J. R. Whimster, for criminal breach of trust of $355 belonging to a former bandit, Lav Pang, between Apr.
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    'We are not spies,' says Supervisor
    117 7 'We are not spies,' says Supervisor KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. MUNICIPAL election officers are not spies for the Income Tax Department, the Manpower Directorate or any other directorate, Mr. C. A. J. Potter. Kuala Lumpur Municipal Election Supervisory told the Straits Times today. HPH P said that election was a democratic
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    FIJI'S THANKS
    28 7 The Fijian Government yesterday thanked the G.H.y Signal Regiment. Tyersall Camp, Singapore, for a £24 gift to aid the victims of the recent hurricane In Fiji
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    FIRE IN DOCKS
    34 7 Burning straw outside two godowns in the Singapore Harbour Board area resifted J n .the flr e brigade being called out yesterday evening The flre was put out after 40 minutes.
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    Cycles with radio sets on sale soon
    114 7 Cycles with radio sets on sale soon JJICYCLES with detachable motors and miniature radio sets will be available jr. Malaya in six months. Mr. I V. Mitchell, managingdirector of one of the biggest bicycle and radio firms in Singapore, told the Straits Times yesterday. Mr. Mitchell, who returned from a
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    Acquitted on chandu charge
    29 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues.— Koh Keh Peng, charged with being in possession of two packets of chandu, was acqu.tted after trial in the Sessions Court today.
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    BODY FOUND
    27 7 The body of a terrorist who had died of wounds after a recent battle was found by Gurkhas in the Kuala Kangsar area of Perat.
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    5 FAINT AT SWEARING-IN CEREMONY
    139 7 5 FAINT AT SWEARING-IN CEREMONY EVERYTHING wa s spick and span at the first swearing-in parade of 14 Singapore police cadet inspectors and one Malay constable at the Police Training School in Thomson Road, yesterday. Buttons gleamed, boots shone. The police band was there in full regalia. Then a cadet
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    CID follow Martin Rd. murder clue
    66 7 CINGAPORE'S CID are w looking for a young Chinese whom they believe can lead them to the murderer of Chiong Ah Yin. killed in her home in Martin Road. Singapore, on Sunday night. The murderer hacked Chlbng with a chopper and then turned on
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    Body in sack mystery
    115 7 THE parents of a seven-year-old boy. whose body was found in a straw sack in the Singapore River on Apr. 2. told the Singapore Coroner. Mr. E. Ebert. at an Inquest yesterday that they suspected foul piay. The boy Quek Hock Seng, was reported missing following
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    2 bandits killed in ambush
    44 7 Banaitb fleeing from an airstrlke ran into ambushes by a combined patrol of 2/6 th Gurkhas and 19 Federal Police Jungle Company somewhere in the Federation yesterday. Two of the fleeing men were killed and a third was wounded*
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    Perak success
    31 7 Terrorists carrying, food in the Taping area of Perak i were flred on by a police iunsrle squad yesterday One bandit i. s believed to have 1 been wounded
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    Gieseking to give 2 recitals
    107 7 WALTER GIESEKINO. ono of l the world* leadfni* pianists arrives in Singapore on Tuesday for two concerts by the Singapore Musical Society. Mr Qieselcing's recital on May 11 will lncl«d« Bach's Fht>t Partita. Mozart's Sonata K. 331 (w:th variations anld "alia ,turea."»., Brahms' Inter-, mezr..
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    Eight cyclists fined $110
    44 7 Eight cyclists were lined, a total of $110 in the Singapore City Police Court yesterday for using unlicensed bicycles on Singapore roads on Monday. The fines varfed from $5 to $20 according to the dale of purchase of the bicycle.
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    INJURED RIBS
    32 7 Mr. Patrick Anderson. Lecturer In English at the University of Malaya, was admitted to the General Hospital. Singapore, yesterday evening with injuries to his ribs. His condition 1« not serious.
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    CHINESE BODIES TO HELP GET VOTERS
    135 7 QNE HUNDRED of the largest Chinese associations in Singapore are being asked to help distribute reyised applications forms for registration of voters, the Superviser of Elections. Mr G G Thomson, said yesterday. Several thousand letters, asking people to register again, are also being sent
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    They want to be sure of funds
    203 7 They want to be sure of funds THE Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce i should have sufficient money in hand for its proposed million-dollar building before inviting architects to submit j their plans. This resolution was adopted by the chamber's general committee yesterday after a lengthy discussion. The committee adopted
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    DEBATE ON SERVICE
    31 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. The Johore Bahru Chinese Reading Circle Is planning fortnightly debates. The subject chosen fo- the first debate is "That Conscription has become necessary for Malaya."
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    DEATH
    36 7 L MARTIN. ALEJANDRO at General Hospital on 29th April. Cortege will leave 12 B Glo>ict-.ler Road at 5 p.m. on 30th April for service at Cathedral of Good Shepherd and thereafter to Bidadari Cemetery. R.I.P.
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      143 7 FEATURING THE NEW model hi I 14" BLADES The new QUALCAST model H.I includes man> B of the new features recently introduced into lawn-mower construction especially the steel tublular handle and rubber handle crips Tin cuttint cylinder embodying the use of our newl> j designed steel-plate spiders, is of immense
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    Rally will mark 50th birthday
    182 8 Rally will mark 50th birthday CINGAPORE Battalion of d the Girls' Life Brigade will celebrate the golden anniversary of the organisation with a rally on May 17, the commandant, Mrs. Elsie Lyne, said yesterday. The rally plans would Include a re-dedication of the 300 members and officers to the motto:
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    SIREN TEST
    23 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Hand operated air raid sirens will be tested In Kuala Lumpur on Monday between 9 a.m and noon
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    CITY LEADERS WANT INQUIRY COMMISSION ON BRIBERY
    246 8 CITY LEADERS WANT INQUIRY COMMISSION ON BRIBERY If police investigations fail, then— SEVERAL Singapore leaders yesterday spoke in favour of Government setting up a commission to investigate alleged corruption among Singapore Improvement Trust staff but only if the police fail to deal with the situation successfully. Mrs. Elizabeth Choy. Legislative
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    35 8 MR T V MITCHELL, managing director of T. V Mitchell and Co., Singapore, pictured with his wife on their return to the Colony yesterday after a seven-month tour V rcund the world. Straits Times picture.
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    I.C.F.T.U. wants asst. secretary
    68 8 Singapore trade unions hav e been asked by the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions to submit name of candidates for the post of assistant secretary of the organisation. Candidates should be under 50 years of age and have some trade union experience. Final selection of
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    MALAYA SITUATION BETTER, HE SAYS
    157 8 MALA YA SITU A TION BETTER, HE SAYS From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Tuesday. rpHE chairman of Kapala Rubber Estates Malaya Ltd. Mr. P. B. L. Coghlan, says in his review for the annual meeting on May 20 that the general security position in Malaya has shown some improvement in
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      155 8 ON SALE AT 4 P. M. MAY— "FJLMALA YA TODAY ONLY! n a.m. -1.45-4.15-6 45 9.30 p.m. j|V x THE ACADEMY Jm SbT* award actress fit GIVES HER MOST Km -^jm IMP RESSI YE mM JKWy performance jjjfl ■Fill AS THE LONDON mto% STREET SINC.ER M J! GLORY WHO Vfl
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      350 8 Straits Times Crossword 9 >0 I HI"' ACROSS 7. a correction, pernaps par1. One who appropiiatea liamentary (9). wrongfully (7). 8. Lravens (anag.) (7). 5. It'« a tea to satisfy (7). l2 No la ln tnl Government association (5). 9. In golf to aim a good 15 How th vc
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      But The Little Bird Died
      315 9 Oear Boys and GirU, I am sorry to Ka\* to tell you that rtie little bird which I rescued last week has died We managed to keep it alive lor nearly three days. It ate heartily enough of bread and dried insects at first, but
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      DREADFUL DAY FOR MR. CHAN
      887 9 DREADFUL DAY FOR MR. CHAN IT is a sad fact that not all fairies are good. Not by any means they aren't. Taice for instance, the case of the fairy who lived in Mr. Chan's office. Now this fairy, whose name was Ficiency (short for Efficiency) was supposed to see
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      Make A Flying Feather Model
      402 9 Make A Flying Feather Model T»HIS flying feather costs next to nothing to make, but it does need patience. For it you will need some stiff feathers nine inches long, and some softer ones four to six inches long. The body is a large stili feather. Trim the feathers from
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      Test Your General Knowledge
      321 9 OERE are some more 11 brain-twisters for you. Since these quizzes began to appear many of you have written to me saying that they have started you off looking up lots of interesting facts and figures as one piece of knowledge led to another. I'm very
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      ANSWERS
      41 9 HP II 8 331 C MOU2) 3M VB J«] SB I'M p»U;«*»H ««IJHtJ«d pus jsoq asipejsa siuaod o»i »JH JOj nMOUJi-jsaq si »h sm jo A";oui3ui nj rjßtjar qBiJS An lnnq W ■ameiofnMD jd airiuwi v Z ua*n Sunns^.v I
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      141 9 •*rOJi mum suosesreo likr<!fll i 2ffF"l w/ sue has put us I SIRVIM6 rr n>Hi6HT.tf?SIKX |~v IStj \jk ONTO a sood Ofom J Be bright, drink Mllo. morning, I <Sys I noon and night. Milo gives I o,^-.,0 I valuable vitamins and nourish- ll •X>!?'** >O *j7 ment to one
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    LONDON STOCKS
    260 10 LPNDON. Tues. ACTIVE conditions in the Toreign bond market featured an otherwise dull session of t*»* London Stock Exchange today. German bonds leapt into prominence on sustained buying for the new trading period. Closing middle prices of selected stocky were: Consols Ml Fundin* 4% 97 1 W«r 31%
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    Australian Share Market
    186 10 From oar O»n Currespuadrat MELBOURNE. Tues. INFLUENCED by the improving wool market, share prices took a firmer turn in Melbourne and Sydney today. The wool market cained a furtner 5 per cent in Sydney, while Geelong also reported a rising market. Melbourne Herald's wool expert said today
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    SELLING PRESSURE EASES RUBBER MARKET
    196 10 One cent drop at quiet clos* From A Market Correspondent SOME selling pressure from the Federation caused the Singapore Rubber Market to ease yesterday, but, at the decline, there was fair trade support and offerings were well absorbed. Fluctuations ranged from $1.09 i a lb.
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    U.K. RUBBER
    29 10 LONDON. Apr. 29.— Spot 31 'id, June 31 d., July-Sept. SO'jd., Oct.-Dec. 29' d., Jan.-Mar. 28'jd., May c.i.f. lt%«L, Juae c.i.f. 31d., July c.i.f. 31d. Market: Dull.
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    H.K. EXCHANGE
    35 10 HONO KONG. Tues. FREE market currency exchange of Hong Kong dollars was quoted a r the close today as follows: US$l HK .6 41 (cash): HKs(.4i (T.T.); HK515.90. One tael of gold $299,375.
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    Malayan Shares
    192 10 Malayan Shares Rubbers idle AN increased volume of business was written in the Malayan Share Market, mainly in Tin shares for which there was again support yesterday. Industrials in the main, showed a slightly easier tendency, while Rubbers were again neglected. Yesterday's price changes by tlw Malayan Share Brokers' Association
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    195 10 SINGAPORE SHIPPING CHIPS alongside me Singapore Har- bour Board godowns. or expected there »i 7 a.m. todar. are: 1/2 chusan: 4/5 Calchas: C.P.: Funlng: 6/7 Brncruachan. 1/9 Snnnyvlllr: 11 Wosang; 13/14 Glcnroy; 15/16 Tyndareui: 18 Steel Flyer: 1> Larut: N.W.6 Tune Song: N.W.B Mivai: 21/23 Islander: 23/24 Polydorus: 2S/26 Angby:
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    TIN: $480 3/4 A PICUL
    13 10 SINGAPORE, Tues Apr. $480} a picul (up $2i).
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    London Price
    24 10 LONDON. April 29.—Cash Buyers £965}; Sellers £!»651; Forward Buyers V966J: Sellers £9«6}; Settlement £964\; (down £1). Turnover: a.m. 60; p.m. 60 tons.
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    Price drops in S.E.A. products
    94 10 RECENI drops in the price* of South-East Asian commodities such as rubber, pepper and copra are part of a worldwide return to more realistic levels. New York business observers declare. The Journal of Commerce pointc out that Its dally index of commodity average* was 236.9
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    THE PRODUCE MARKET
    100 10 TVf AJOR sections of the Singapore ii A Produce Market were again slightly steadier yesterday. Sellers moved prices up $5 a picul in the white pepper section. Muntok being quoted at $490 and Sarawak at $485. while Lampong (black) remained at 5385. Better bids were reported in
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    Watch Thaumaturgy at Penang
    486 11  -  EPSOM JEEP By ALSO KEEP AN EYE ON CORSAIR PENANG, Tuesday. JH AUMATIRGY has come on splendidly since his promising second to Rapid Red at Penan? last month and is one to keep an eye on at the Penang Turf Club summer meeting. This Magic Red
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    Negri LTA open meet in July
    118 11 Negri LTA open meet in July SEREMBAN, Tues. PR the first time in the history of the N.S Lawn Tennis Association, the State tennis championships for 1952 will be open to entrants from all OTer Malaya. The championships will be played on weekends, July 5 and 6 and July 12
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    Big bets on French horse
    141 11 LONDON, Tues. IXEAVY supporj for Argur. 1 Marcel Boussac's only run- ner in 2.000 Guineas featured the Victoria Club call over on the race last night. Argur. who is to be ridden by I veteran English jockey Charlie Elliott, was backed to win £l».00O i
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    Volunteer S.C. soccer teams
    75 11 Singapore Volunteer Special Constabulary soccer teams to meet Cheerful Lads (friendly) on Sunday and SMB. Police '3AFA Dtw. 3B> on May 7, will be chosen from, the following: William Ho, T. Nadarajah, D. Kess'.er, K. Gorisdan, Shazall, Saanal Sahib. Luke Lopes, Philip Janes. D. Hack, W.
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    CCC road races on Sunday
    68 11 Cosmopolitan Cycling Club's annual 25-mile and 50-mile massed start road races will take place on Sunday at Lim Chm Kan* Road. The 25-mile event will be contested for the C. P. Pope Cup and a trophy presented by Messrs. Overseas Corporation (Aust.i Ltd. will be
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    43 11 RANDY TV R PIS waits »a Jacques Uairabedian of France takes the full count in the third round of the fight at llarringay, London, on April 22. Turpin's next fight will be against British light-heavyweight champion, Don Cockell. on June 10. Popper picture.
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    Rugby results
    56 11 LONDON, Tues.— Yes'erdays UK. Rugby results: Rugby Inion: Aberavon 9, Cardiff 3; Blaenavon 3. Pontypool 0; Ebbw Vale 1», Neath 10; Fal■Bouth 0. Pontypridd Maestet; 19, Cross Keys 3; Newbridge 18, Abertillery 3; Pensanee and Newlyn 6. Gloucester Torquay Athletic 12. Swansea 14; Treorehy Newport 12. Hiitby League:
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    WALKOVER
    30 11 Jacks Sports Club Were awarded a walkover by Boustead Sport*. Cab. who were unable to field a team in a Singapore B.H.P.A. Dtr. 3 match at Parrer Park yesterday.
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    NEW-LOOKPERAK CUP XI NAMED
    231 11 NEW-LOOK PERAK CUP XI NAMED IPOH, Tuesday. T<HE PERAK FA. selectors have dropped a, packet x of surprises in their team to meet Pahang in their first Malaya Cup game to he played on the Chinese Assembly Hall ground on Saturday. Schoolboy Hamzah who bad been tried in trials and
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    Worcester name side v Indians
    262 11 WORCESTER. Tues (X>LIN Scholey, the young Wor- j cestershlre wicket keeper < batsman, who signed a tbree-year contract laat week, is included In j the county's team for the match against the Indian touring team I which begins on Saturday on his injured right kneecap
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    PFA should not change this team
    355 11  -  THIRD BACK Ry PENANG, Tuesday. pENANG played soccer of rare quality for them on r Saturday when they defeated Selangor in the F.A.M. Cup final. Fire goals did not tell the whole story of the home team's supremacy. If Penang had scored ten, no
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    CUP GOLF TOURNEY
    129 11 SATURDAY May 10 Is openIng date for the Island Club's Eu Tong Sen Cup golf competition. Conditions are: 1. The com- petition is open to members of any recognised golf club; 2. One qualifying rcucd medal stroke play on May 10 under handicap (maximum handicap 18); 3.
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    SHE BEAT THE BILLIARDS KING
    95 11 SAN FRANCISCO. Tueav MASAKO Katsura, petlto Japanese billiard star, tuned up for her national exhibition tour with two victories, one a sensation, over Walker Cochran. Miss KaUura Is tb* only woman ever admitted in world billiard tournament. Cochran has been six-times world champion. Miss Katsura
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    SFB beaten 3-1
    32 11 In a SAPA Oiv. 3B match at Geylang yesterday. Haikowyu S£. beat Singapore Fire Brigade 3-1. Scorers for Hatkowyu were: Hassan (2) and Fadiah. Salleh scored for Fire Brigade.
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    Why these privileges for the Tigers?
    359 12  - Why these privileges for the Tigers? SENTINEL By S.A.F.A. BREAK ANOTHER RULE WHILE the taste of those amazing Corinthian suspensions is still in our mouth, the Singapore Amateur Football Association expects us to swallow another of their pills. The First Division match scheduled to have been played at Jalan Besar
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    51 12 BATTEN, Feathentone Rovers' wing threequarter, means to get bis try, no ma tter what, and roes over regardless of Thomas's lec-pnltinc stunt or Risman ahead of him. This was the Rugby Learne Cap Anal which Featherston Rovers lost 18-10 to Work ing ton at Wembley on Apr. 19. Renter pic
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    SOCCER RESULTS AT A GLANCE
    179 12 MALACCA Aryan Gymkhana Z, Malacca 0. PENANG Eurasians 2. Indian. 7. KUALA LUMPUR DIV. 1: SCAA 1, Chinese R.C. 4; DIV. 3 (.V1 Samaad l. UMNO 9. TAIPINO DIV. 1: Police Z, RASC 1; DIV. 2: AOP Fight 8, SEME 2. IPOH DIV. 1: Chinese
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    Rovers XI for charity match
    52 12 Rovers S.C. team to meet Naval Base at soccer at the Base on Saturday Is: Murray, Suppiah, Teow Keng. Morton, Llm Swang, Vass. Mat Noor. Outhrie. Misson. Mahesa. Chek -Kang. This is a benefit match for a Naval Base player who recently broke a leg
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    U.K. SOCCER RESULTS
    105 12 LONDON. Tues.—Yesterday's IMC. football results: League 111 (Southern): Bristol Rovers 5. Walsall 1; Newport Count} 1 Bristol City 0: S wind on Town 2 Port Vale 0. League 111 (Northern): Halifax Town 1. Rochdale 0: York City 0. Seunthorpe United 1. Scottish League Division 'A': Raith Rovers
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    Atheniansfinal line-up
    116 12 From Oar Own Correspondent LONDON. Tues. f*HE Athenian League are taking A 16 players on their Far Eastern tour which begins In Hong Koiii; next week. They will play three games In Hong Kong and three In Singapore. The 16 are: Goalkeeper: E. Bennett (Southall). Fall-backs; T. McGhee
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    Navy boxer gives Kelly a hiding
    448 12 A 22-YEAR-OLD Bathgate-born Scotsman, AR Aiiffus Friel, on special shore leave for the Singapore amateur boxing championships, last night handed out a sensational defeat to Army's kingpin, Sgt. Michael Kelly, Farelf, Inter-Services and Singapore District light-middleweight champion, at the Happy World Stadium. Friel, who
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    MALACCA BEATEN 2-0 BY ARYANS
    185 12 MALACCA, Tuesday. npHE Aryan Gymkhana tourists beat Malacca 2—o2 0 at the Malacca stadium today before a crowd of about 5,000. The Aryans wer e fast, and excelled In short-passing, but their finishing was none too impressive. The tourists skipper. Rath, man. played a great
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    Airways whip Dunlops 5-nil
    206 12 MALAYAN Airways S.C. trounced w Dunlop S.C. 5-0 In a Business Houses F.A. Div 2 match at S.R.C. padang yesterday. Dunlop were outplayed tn all departments except In goal, where Hock Lay played a courageous game to save his side from heavier defeat. Airways kicked off
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    Windsor Rovers XI v. Tampenis R.
    62 12 Following will represent Windsor Rovers against Tampenis Rovers In a SAFA Div. 3A league match at St. Georges Road on Friday: Sulaiman Suiak, Francis Cheng, Mahmocd Ghani, David Cheng. P. Suppiah, Andrew. Chong Kwee Cheng, Salleh Talb. Low Wing Kee. S. Nathan, Timothy Cheng.
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    SAFA too harsh: Suara Muda
    168 12 KOTA BAHRU. Tues. HAJI Abdullah Mahmud, president of the Suara Muda. Club— Kelantan's premier sports organisation and his committee members today expressed gn at dissatfact'.on over the "severe punishment" meted out to the Singapore Corinthians by S.A.F.A. "It must be appreciated that the Corinthians visited
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    Services XI to meet Hong Kong
    49 12 The following will represent the Combined Services against Hong Kong F.A. at soccer at Jalan Besar stadium at 6.15 p.m. today: f'hlllips (Army); Fisher (R.A.F.), Boniface (Army): Lygoe (RJ4.), Skinner (R.A.F.), Hubert (R.N.); Suleiman (R.A.F.). Walker „R.A.). Slee (Army. Coate* RN Read (R.N.t
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    LADS SLAM IRC
    55 12 Fine opportunism by Cheerful Lads 'A' forwards, enabled them to beat Immigration Sports Club by five goals to two in a BAFA Dlv. 3A league soccer match played on the CYMA ground yesterday. Bcorers for Cheerful Lads were Yacob (2), Omar, Chin Tiang, Zalni Immigration S.C. scored
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    Sports Diary
    78 12 Mrtlll. Hung Kin. v. Comb Serrtrc*— l Bc*»r. BUSINESS HOUSES: State Darby v. Borneo Motors— Police r round; N.T.S t. Rotterdam— F. Park; Robinsons t Hong Kong Bank B— Clerical Union; Borneo Co. Eaat Asiatic—F A N i round; SAFA Dlv. t: K«t» Raja 'V SV >'U— Crma;
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    Late goal win for Indians over SRC
    423 12 I.R.C 2; S.R.C 1. SINGAPORE Recreation Club met with a somewhat unexpected reverse at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday when they went down to the Indians in a S.A.F.A. First Division encounter. The teams were well matched and the deciding goal did not come
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    FIGHTING RALLY SAVES POINT FOR SEMBA WANG
    434 12 FIGHTING RALLY SAVES POINT FOR SEMBA WANG OTAGING a grand second-half recovery after being completely eclipsed in the first, RNAS Sembawang played like men possessed to shar« points with GHQ. Signals in their United Services Senior League fixture played at Tanglin yesterday. The 2—22 2 draw was a fair reflection
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    Mrs. D. Roper beats Colony champion
    252 12 /CONSTANCE ANSELL. th« \j Colony women's singlet tennis champion, was beaten yesterday in the Y.M:C.A. final by Dorothy Roper 2-d, 6-1. 7-5. Mrs. Roper, star right-winger of the Colony women hockey XI, made it a triumph of determination over skill and experience. She was
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    IRC go down 4-1
    49 12 In a S.A F.A. Dlv. 2 league soccer match played on the 8.0.D.C.A. ground yesterday. Cheerful Lads beat Indian Recreation Club "A" by four goals to one. Scorers for the Cheerful Lads were Tony Concenciao (3> and Hamid. I.R.C. scored their only goal through Nadarajah.
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