The Straits Times, 1 May 1952

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  • 21 1 The Straits Times MALAYA 3 NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 IWKI.VK PAIiKN a SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MA* 1, 1952. if PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS
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  • 683 1 NOW IT'S $250,000 FOR PUBLIC ENEMY No. 1 if brought in alive KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. JUK FEDERATION GOVERNMENT today announced a reward of $250,000 for "bringing in alive" or giving information leading to the capture of the leading Malayan Communist terrorist, Chin Peng. The new reward is three times the
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  • 301 1 GEN. TEMPLER MAKES THE CLERKS JUMP ■1 SEREMBAN, Wednesday. CJTARTLED clerks jumped to their feet in \eg*l bMMUi. JfCMtarUt. In Seremban t«la> Mtte Ugh OmAmmt, Gin. Gerakt papier. I MMprtw v%K, watted throrfhtheir Sir Gerald dlscussedtS&ys* clubs with Mr. Justice Abbott Mr. Justice Abbott said he was keen to start
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  • 51 1 HR P F. wOODMAS Senior tiecutive Engineer. Waterworks. P.W.D (<n swimming trunks) supervises labourers repairng a broken pipeline at the Bth mile. Klang Gates. Kuala Lumpur, the p i peHne gave way when the flooded Klang River washed atomy a supporting pier Straits Times
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  • 13 1 SAIGON. Wed. Vietnam is to ban all public gatherings and demonstrations
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  • 361 1 Water situation in the capital 'desperate AS LABOURERS WORK ROUND iffE CLOCK- KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. yHE WATER SITUATION in Kuala Lumpur became desperate today. In thousands of homes and in hospitals, hotels and hoarding houses in the town, there has not been a drop of water from the taps since
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  • 77 1 MUNSAN. Wed. rpHE Communists are ex pec t--1 ed to call for an armistice meeting In the next few days which may make or break Korean truce talks The outcome will depend on Communist reaction to a secret United Nations' offer. Dispatches
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  • 76 1 WE WILL HELP, SAYS EDEN LONDON, Wed. THE Foreign Secretary, Mr. Eden said today that if Indo-China was invaded, it would create a situation no less menacing than that which the United Nations met and faced in Korea. Replying to a question in the House of Commons, he said: "We
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  • 29 1 LONDON, Wed.— Sir Ralph Stevenson, British Ambassador to Egypt, is flying to Cairo tomorrow -with new British proposals for the Egyptian Government, the Foreign Office announced tonight
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  • 46 1 LONDON Wed SPOKESMEN for natural rubber will urge that the United States synthetic should be priced on a commercial basis at the ninth meeting of the International Rubber Study Group which opens at Ottawa on Monday says the Financial Times today
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  • 20 1 AIR BATTLES TOKYO, Wed. Fifth Air Force pilot* this afternoon shot down six Communist jets and damaged three others.— A.F.P.
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  • 31 1 NEW YORK. Wed. PanAmerican Airways said last night that the search for a Stratocrulser airliner, missing over Brazil with 50 people oi> board, had been called off— AJJ
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  • 165 1 CAPETOWN, Wednesday. I)R MALAN'S GOVERNMENT last night was asked to explain why more than 100 extra police had been drafted into Capetown in the past three days, some carrying rifles wrapped in blankets. Answering Opposition questions In the House of Assembly, the Minister of Justice,
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  • 40 1 TUNIB, Wed. Police are questioning the younger daughter of the Bey of Tunis, wife of the ousted Health Minister,. Ben Salem, who they suspect of supplying 50,000 francs to "a small terrorist organisation" discovered on Sunday.— Reuter.
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  • 21 1 Mr. Hans Arber. an executive of the Scout Council of Manila, arrived in Singapore on his way to London.
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  • 28 1 FRANKFURT, Wed.— Gen Dwlght Eisenhower, Supreme Atlantic Pact Commander, bade farewell to American forces stationed in West Germany at a mass parade here today.— Reuter.
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  • 27 1 LONDON, Wed The Prime Minister. Mr. Winston Churchill, presided today over a meeting to discuss preliminary steps for a memorial to the late King. Reuter.
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  • 24 1 TOKYO, Wed. Japan has recognised temporarily the status of the South Korean and Chinese Nationalist missions In Tokyo pending formal arrangements. A.P
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  • 22 1 TOKYO. Wed.— Japan is to ask nations holding Japanese war criminals In custody to grant a general amnesty.— A. P.
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  • 19 1 CHICAGO, Wed. More than 90.000 oil workers went on strike today In a dispute oxer wages.— AP.
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  • 42 1 ROAD blocks were set up In all of the Singapore Police Force last night, as police went on the alert for the Labour Day celebration today. Hundreds of people were screened. No arrest was reportToday's celebrations P. 7.
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  • 151 1 And Mr.MacG finds area of promise KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. rpHE PEOPLE arc ripe for I local government at kampong and mukim levels," declared the Deputy Commissioner, Mr. D. C. MacGillivrav today after a 58-mile tour of the TanJOBf Karang district. Mr. MacC.illivray. who was probing every aspect of Pfe in
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  • 21 1 ROME. Wed— Film actress Ingrld Bergman is expecting twins in June, her husband Roberto Rossellini, said today.—A.P.
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  • 43 1 BUEMOB AIRES. Wed. President Juaa Peron said i here that bt'htn* the Iron curtain men wore turnMtfci^* to insects, while bt-hindtßr* I "dollar curtain" they were subject to "capitalism which alms to rule the world with money and arms."— Reuter.
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  • 34 1 LONDON, Wed.— Leading members of the Japan Society including Sir Robert Craigie former Ambassador In Tokyo, attended a dinner given last night by the Japanese Charge d'Aflaires, Mr. Kolchiro AsaW. A.FJ».
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  • 172 1 Russia protests, to France BERLIN, Wed. T»HB RUSSIANS last A night protested to the Frenrh that a French Skymaster airliner broke air traffic rules between Berlin and West GerfAany and did- not «Wy SBfflfcJlghter orders u> land. The Russian protest, tn a note delivered o^ ItojorOen Trusov. Deputy Gins', Staff
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  • 218 2 Balanced development the aim LONDON, Wednesday. £OLOMBO Plan countries have decided to increase their production of rice, it was learned here today and this emphasis on the immediate need to step up food supplies is expected to lead to modifications in the various
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  • 83 2 Railway rents out stations LONDON, Wed. rjPHK latest idea of a quiet 1 holiday in Britain is hiring a railway station and watching the trains rush past the front door. It's cheap, and the rented stations are in English and Scottish beauty spots along branch lines where there are not
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  • 75 2 The .Pop; rebukes Red China VATICAN ClTY\J»>d. T^HE Pope today deßse»|d a A-frtraße*fy4J>e cqgjrnwiist authorities In China forHhetr "most lying indictments' of Catholic missionaries who had been imprisoned or expelled. He said: "These heroic missionaries well understand that they live down 'here under pressure. They stand paralyzed by the disintegration
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  • 78 2 TORONTO. Wed. SKATING star Barbara Ann Scott was robbed of thousands of dollars worth of furs and Jewellery last week when thieves broke into her North Toronto home, police disclosed today. The loot Included a mink coat, mink caps, an ermine coat, a mink neckpiece, a Russian
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  • 45 2 HONG KONG. Wed. Catholic Father A. Maer'ens reached Hong Kong from North China aboard the British ship Hupeh last night in "a condition of mental derangement caused by Communist persecution," Bishop L Morel said. Bishop Morel also arrived in the Hupeh.— A.P.
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  • 30 2 TOKYO. Wed. Nippon Vusen Katoh* anr.oun&j|Moiay it would resume itfturoJean shipping service. The Heiyo Maru 6,851 tons will reopen the run. in late June. -A.P m.v. Tel. SU
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  • 90 2 TOKYO, Wednesday. ITNITED Nations air forces in Korea would continue using napalm Jellied gasoline bombs against the Communists despite a protest by the Archbishop of York, the Right Rev. Cyril Garbett, v spokesman for the United Nations Far East Air Forces said today.
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  • 35 2 HONG KONG. Wed —British authorities have s ?ized nearly 567,000 kilos of raw opium and over 21.000 kilos of refined opium in Hong Kong during 1950. it was announced yesterday —A. F. P.
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  • 241 3 Truman seizure quashed BUT GOVT. STEPS IN, STOPS SALES WASHINGTON, Wednesday. STRIKING workers began to pour out of steel mills throughout the United States las! night when it became known that earlier in the day here a Federal judge had restrained the Government from carrying
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  • 50 3 LONDON, Wed. The House of Commons last night rejected by 269 votes to 238 a Labour motion for the complete suppression of the purchase tax on textiles. The vote was regarded in the lobbies as being equivalent to a vote of confidence tn the government.
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  • 109 3 5,000,000 TAKE SHELTER NEWARK <New Jersey), Wed. NEW Jersey's 5.W0.M0 residents got a taste of war today in the first statewide air raid test in America. Caught by surprise, they flocked U> shelters in every fi y, town and village throughout (he state. Industry halted and res.aurants. a p a
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  • 63 3 TUNIS, Wed. An Arab was killed and another injured in a burst of machineRun fire late yesterday at Bousse. !n Tunis itself, a bomb exploded near the residence of a Cabinet Minister, injuring a passer-by. These were the lat3st incidents in the Tunisian situation, where some
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  • 57 3 TOKYO, Wed. Peking radio today said that British, Indian and numerous other delegations from Europe had arrived in Peking for May Day celebrations tomorrow. The broadcast said that the city was "spring cleaned" for the occasion and a special discount was available for
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  • 55 3 NOT TRUE' SAYS RUSSIA LONDON, Wed. THE official Soviet news agency, Tass, last night denied President Truman's recent statement that he sent an ultimatum to Russia in 1946 demanding the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Persia. The agency said President Truman's statement to the press was a "figment of the
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  • 67 3 TOKYO. Wed A MERICAN Air Force head- quarter s announced that all four occupant, s were killed when a Flying Boxcar air transport crashed last night. The spokesman announced the loss of a Mustang fighter plane over the same area the previous night. The fighter plane
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  • 70 3 LONEtoN, Wed— The Earl of Lindsay, 51. Scots Peer with an American accent, today asked for volunteers for the home guard from among the cooks, footmen, butlers, drivers, handymen and gardeners on the Queen's staff at Buckingham Palace. Lord Lindsay, who is six foot three inches
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  • 42 3 TOKYO, Wed. The British Ambassador designate. Sir Esler Dening, today called on Japan's new Foreign Minister, Katsuo Okazaki. The call was to arrange for Sir Esler to present his credentials to the Emperor around May 6. Reuter.
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  • 53 3 NEW ORLEANS. Wed. Two stowaway dancing girls from Turkey will be deported as soon as their case i s disposed of in the Federal Disi trict court Two sailor^ charged with trying to smuggle them into i the country are held in the county prison
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  • 28 3 HONG KONG, Wed— The Indian cultural mission to China arrived in Peking by air from Canton yesterday. It is headed by Madame Vijaya Pandit— Reuter.
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  • 25 3 MANILA, Wed. French Vice-Admiral Ortoli, Commander of French Naval Forces In the Far East, arriver here today by air from Hong Kong— AFP.
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  • 189 3 LONDON, Wednesday. ORITAIN was today consulting the United States about true serious deadlock with Egypt on the Sudan question, it was believed in diplomatic quarters here. r The decision to consult the United States accounts for the delay of at least a day In
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  • 105 3 CAPETOWN, Wed. I EGISLATORS representing the mainly Englishspeaking province of Natal met unexpectedly last night to arrange ways of calling a national convention on South Africa's constitutional crisis. This surprise move came on I the heels of a week-end I warning by the opposition I
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  • 39 3 VIENNA. Wednesday. Rumania is following the Nazi and Soviet practice of rewarding prolific mothers. The National Assembly recently conferred the title of "mother heroine" on 1,185 mothers who hare raised t*n vi- more f hildren. A.l*.
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    48 3 LATEST additions to tbe ranks of tbe West German border police are deepwater divers, complete with diving suita. Six divers and 16 assistants are being trained at the Steinbaeb dam basin, in northern Germany. Photo shows one of the divers climbing aboard a flat after a practice descent.
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  • 143 3 THEY WANT NO OTHER LEADER LONDON, Wednesday. MEMBERS of the Bamailfwato tribal delegation now in London said today that they were still unaware why the British Government had refused to recoeni.se Seretse Khama as their chief. Keaboka Koamane, their leader, said the tribe had
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  • 48 3 SAN FRANCISCO, Wed. PAUL Robeson, negro singer and admirer of Russia, Is tarred from Riving a conceit in San Francisco's War Memorial Opera House because of his polities. The Opera House trustees voted unanimously yesterday to reject an application for a May 22 concert—A.P.
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  • 38 3 HONG KONG, Wed— Fire broke out late last night in the residential district of Kowloon. destroying about 1.200 huts. It is estimated the damage totalled HKH.OOO.ooo causing more than 10,000 people to lose their homes.— Reuter.
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  • 88 3 FAMINE IN SOUTH INDIA BOMBAY. Wed. f UDDAPAH District 150 'v> miles northwest of Madras, was in the grip of a severe drought which brought famine to 825 villages and made 600.000 persons unemployed, official reports said today. Water has become extremely scarce and there Is almost no farming. In
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  • 14 3 TAIPBH. Wed— The Cabinet this morning approved the Slno-Japanese peace treaty.— Jleuter.
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  • 31 4 The Eastern District Buy Scouts Association will hold a dance at the Adelphi Hotel on Friday night to rafce funds for the South-West Pacific Jamboree at Sydney in December.
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  • 71 4 Vijay Dass was finod $10 and was disqualified for 12 »nionths in the Singapore First Traffic Court yesterday, when he pleaded guilty to riding a motor cycle along Orchard Road on Feb. 15 without displaying "L" plates and without third party insurance. For allowing Vijay to ride the
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  • 236 4 Singapore plans new school for Chinese policemen OFFICERS TO STUDY H.K. METHODS gINGAPORE POLICE FORCE hopes to have by the end of the year a Chinese training wing, with six Chinese teacher inspectors, for non-English and non-Malay speaking Chinese police recruits. Mr. Nigel Morris, acting Commissioner ol Police, told the
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    46 4 THE CO.MMKSSIONERGENERAL, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald. proposing a toast to Queen Juliana of the Netherlands at a party held at the Dutch ConsulGeneral's home last night to celebrate her birthday. Behind Mr. Mac Donald Is Dr. F. A. van Woerden. the Consul -General. Strait* Times picture.
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  • 96 4 They don't have to take exams FEDERATION and Singa- pore Chinese students in junior middle classes will not be compelled to sit for their examination in October, the Singapore and Federation education Departments have decided. The decision was conveyed to the nine Chinese high schools in Singapore yesterday. The schools,
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  • 30 4 Mr. D. McVey, managing director oi the Auslra.lan Metal Manufacturers Pty and i Director of Qantas Empire Mi ways passed through Singapore by Qantas-BOAC yesterday en route to London.
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  • 24 4 Part of the ceiling on the top floor of a bookshop in Bencoolen Street, Singapore, collapsed yesterday but no one was injured.
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  • 25 4 A poultry dealer. Oh Beng, was fineM $50 in the Singapore City Police Court yosterdny for putting 45 fowls in one basket.
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  • 116 4 MEMORIAL OFFER TO SATA A LOCAL businessman has offered the Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Association a large sum of money tor a memorial to the work of Mr. C. L. Edwards. SATA'S recently retired chairman, a spokesman for the association told the straits Times yesterday "The exact amount and the name of
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  • 24 4 Mr. R. W. Jakeman will act as Under-Secretary, Singapore, in place of Mr. D. K. Daniels who is going on long leave.
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  • 161 4 YWCA— speediest way to goodwill T*HE Young Women's Christian Association offers the speediest route towards peace and goodwill among all people, Mrs. Loh Poon Lip, acting vicepresident of the Malayan Y.W.C.A., yesterday told three girls preparing in Singapore for Christian service She told them to keep up their faith as
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    91 4 ACKNOWLEDGED as one of the best Chinese artists today, Mr. Chap Shao-An (above) arrived in Singapore yesterday from Hong Kong to give exhibitions of his paintings in Malaya. Mr. Chao, aged 48, will open his first exhibition in the Colony this month. He will be in Malaya for three months
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  • 84 4 •fHE Mohammedan and Hindu Endowments Board is planning to build a new Hinou Temple to replace the old Perumal Temple between Race Course Road and S_>rangoon Road, Singapore, a spokesman of the Board toJd the Straits Times yesterday The new temple will occupy half of the Board's
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  • 128 4 CORONER TOLD OF CAR. CHASE A CLERK, Low Kam A Lim, aged 22, told the Singapore Coroner. Mr. E. Ebert, at an inquest yesterday, how he chased a hit-and-run motorist who had killed a Telecoms. messengeV. Shaik All bin Shaik Ismail, on the night o? Apr. 16 at Beach Road.
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  • 32 4 MUAR, Wed— A van driver Lee Ah Kow, who broke a traffic regulation and drove a car without a licence, was fined $125 or 25 days' hard labour at Muar.
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  • 151 4 PLANS to build two children's social centres in Upper Serangoon and Bedok, in Singapore, at a cost of $300,000 have been completed and work M expected to begin in June, Mr. Carl F. de Souza, assistant secretary for Youth Welfare in the Singapore Social Welfare Department,
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  • 34 4 KUANTAN, Wed— Tay Boon Chong who kept 100 watei melons on the five foot way in Main Street for two days in .spite of warnings was fined $10 for causing obstrur tion.
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  • 41 4 KUANTAN. Wed— Foo Te« Fatt, who told the Magistrate he had already demolished one side of his house, was fined $15 for not demolishing the whole building. It was a temporary structure in Telok Sesih, within the town board
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  • 102 4 A SCHOOL for Porvlce children in Chang) will opened in Singapore today by Lady Fogarty, wife of the C-ln-C, Far East Air Force Described as perhaps the finest Service school In Suuth-East Asia, the building incorporates shadowless lighting, facilities fof projection lectures, coloured walls and
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    • 322 4 1848—1952 IN ENTIRIC FIVER have prescribed "Serravallo's Tonic" in cases of Anaemia resulting from Malarial Fever, and in convalescing cases of Enteric Fever and have much pleasure in saying that the beneficial results from its use have been most marked. It is very palatable, and should hold its own against
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 123 4 Y.W.C.A. Raffles Quay: Advanced Malay class, 530 p.m.? dressmaking, 10 am. French class. 10 a.m. V.M.C.A. Orchard Road: Game* from S p.m.; French and commercial classes. 630 p m. Judo practice 6 p.m.. b.vimminft committee meeting 6 p.m. "The Vigil" 8 p.m.; Rev. Gordon Perkins to speak on "How we
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  • 281 5 r City Councillors will be hosts I»JIOT^9AO\ IT r \f h r* JHff CITY OF SINGAPORE will give a civic reception to all participants in the Thomas Cup badminton matches played in the Colony, the City Council decided yesterday. The Council voted $2,500
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  • 215 5 STRIKE MAY BE AVERTED THE threatened strike by 1 8,000 Singapore City Council labourers may not take place. This was indicated by the President of the City Council. Mr. TP.F. McNeice, when he addressed the meeting of the City Council yesterday. Mr. McNeice said that payments of arrears of housing
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  • 98 5 A DELAY of nine months by the Government to give permission to the City to build flats I at Bukit Tim ah niters has resulted in the City Council having to spend an extra $100,000 on the protect. This was stated by Mr. D. Robertson (Progressive- South)
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  • 65 5 r»OUNCILLORS confirmed recommendations made by their Procedure Committee which would Impose a 10-mlnute time limit on speeches in a debate. They also decided to seek the advice of the Traffic Advisory Committee and the Traffic Police on the number of taxis which can be allowed in Singapore, before
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  • 47 5 »T»WENTV-NINE senior posts for the Electricity Department were approved by the Council. These posts are to be advertised both locally and in Britain In agreeing to these posts. Councillors gave their Establishment Committee the authority to appoint overseas candidates If local men were not available
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  • 74 5 /CONCESSION rates for boys under 18 years of age at 30 cents for ail games except Malaya Cup and tourist team fixtures were approved by the Council for Jalan Besar stadium. A special gate to admit the boys win be made at the stadium The staff on
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  • 55 5 COUNCILLORS gave general authority to the Commis- 1 sioner of Police to erect and maintain, at Government expense, traffic signs oa or near any road within the City limits. They also delegated full powers to the Public Works Committee to authorise the City .Engineer to construct, at
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  • 96 5 DURING the adjournment at yesterday's City Council meeting Mr. Chan "''urr Chee (Progressive-East) said that the two City Councillors who lost their seats when their names were taken off the electoral register had been shabbily treated. He had asked the City President to convey them the
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  • 45 5 I)URING tiie adjournment, the President. Mr. McNeice said he regretted there still existed an impression that the City Council did not see eye to eye with Mr. W.R.M. Haxworth. the Traffic Police Chief. He hoped the public will "get it right this time."
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  • 22 5 (COUNCILLORS referred back the health committee a decision that the new Esplanade hawkers shelter should be let out on tender.
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  • 149 5 HTHERE was a sharp increase in building in Singapore last year, despite higher production costs and limited labour. I Mr. W. I. Watson, City Architect and Building Surveyor, in his annual report tabled at yesterday's meeting of the City Council gave the following facts and
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  • 101 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. A FEEDING scheme for children, worked out by the Johore Bahru District Welfare Committee, has been started at the Ayer Moleh Malay School. The scheme provides for one meal per school day and will only cost the child's parents $2.50 a month.
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  • 317 5 TRIBUTE IN STEEL TO— rpHE steel riggers at the Pasi r Panjang power station, Singapore, who are said to have put up I more steel since last July than almost any British team has done, are very modest about it. Their &ecret, says old-. timer
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  • 140 5 The setting up of a music library in Singapore and the purchase of musical Instruments for use by local musical organisations are two decisions which the 10-man Orchestral Performances Committee made when it met last week. The Committee, which Is headed by the Colonial Secretary, Mr.
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  • 67 5 MORE than 500 daily-rated employee- of George Wimpev and Company at the Pasir Panjang Power Station. Singapore threaten to strike to reinstate 49 workers who were dismissed on Apr 25. The workers served a sevenday ultimatum on the company yesterday. If the company fails to settle th
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  • 99 5 It was recently announced in- Montreal that the Canadian Pacific Steamship Company will resume its transPacific freight «ervice. which was disrupted by World War 11. Yesterday, a spokesman of Boustead Co., Singapore agents, told the Straits Times: "As a start, two of the Company's post-war Beaver ships,
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    • 176 5 TODAY'S BLACKOUT SCHEDULE CUBSTATIONS liable to load NIGHT Carbon. Prince*, Elizabeth Estate, k 7 nhrddlnc today are: y Hokien St. Pirkrrint it I> ir > Farm, t'la Pandan. Juronr DAY I, 2< 3, Bukit Timah Village Balestler Rd.. Jalan Ampas. Church St., U. Circular Rd. Car- fnlted Chinese Rubber Works.
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  • 27 6 I'M MB» AIRI.IE Renfrew. Scotland, late of Singapore Harbour Board. died 19th April, aged 69 years. Jarnen Hamilton dearly loved husband of Sarah.
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  • 32 6 MR. and MRS Peter Hee wish to express their sincere thanks to •H relatives artd friends who attended their wedding and praiefully acknowledge' the congratulatory messages and gifts on the occasion.
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  • The Straits Times Singapore, Thurs. May 1, 1952.
    • 754 6 The Colombo Plan countries have decided to increase theii production of rice. If this Was the main accomplishment of the Karachi conference, as is suggested by a news report j which appears to be a preview of conference conclusions, then the planning has not got very
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    • 372 6 The lack of a hundred tons of steel for the main pump house building at Tebrau now threatens to hold up the completion of Singapore's water extension scheme. Six months ago the City Council applied for priority for this steel. But the British suppliers were not
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  • 1176 6  -  John Marks By VIALAYAN AIRWAYS ITI celebrates its fifth anniversary today an occasion on which to pay tribute to a venture that has gone from flight to flight of success. Since its first regular passenger service was inaugurated on May 1. 1947, Malaya's own
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    • 612 6 ITNDER the veneer of prosperity in Malaya lies a mass of humanity living in abject poverty, but still refusing to throw in their lot with Communism. The simple reason? British justice, of course. In Italy and France, where the rule has been more or less government
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    • 133 6 MALANISM TWO POUNDS DEPOSIT I AM surprised that the South African Opposition leader, Mr. Strauss, who is a staunch opponent of Dr Malan's Apartheid legislation, is sorely troubled by reports that South Africans passing through India and Pakistan "are forced to pay a deposit of two pounds simply because they
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    • 83 6 r THE other day I held up my hand to stop an almost empty bus on the Pusing-Batu Gajah Road But the bus driver ignored my signal and swept past. A hundred yards ahead of me he automatically stopped at the sight of a few
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    • 62 6 pOLICE in patrol cars often I direct traffic at busy .centres in indistinct and haughty tones. I fail to see how road users are going to follow their directions if they cannot understand what the DOlice are talking about. I hope their Commanding Officer will see that the
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  • 428 6 Beltane WE have of late beea stumbling around so much In the realm of philo- logical derivations that II I comes as a relief to announce that we know beyond the shadow -of a peradventure the derivation of the old name 1 for today Beltane. Thia U
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    • 837 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. i McMAHON: At K.K. Ho«)lt«l. Singapore, on M\h April, bro.her for Shael. f PKARCY: To KoOxt. *«c of John Pearcy, a daughter. Diana, Both well. ENGAGEMENTS THE ENGAGEMENT Is announced between Mr. Foo Yoon Kal. .on of Mrs. Foo Choong V and the late Mr. Foo Choong Yit
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    • 29 6 '•Clothes Maketh The Man" For High Standard of Tailoring combined with the Finest Materials from England, consult BEE CHOW CO., Merchant Tailors 21. CHULIA STREET. SINGAPORE. 1. PHONE: 6S3S
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    • 227 6 Nickel Nickel is sometimes found in meteorites, alloyed with Iron, but ia the earth's crust it does not occur in the metallic state. More than four-fifths of the world's supply of this valuable I element is mined in the Sudbury district of Ontario from deposits of pentlandite a mineral containing
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  • 400 7 They will hold meetings only: Police ban parade FIFTY-THOUSAND Colony workers will today celebrate May Day with meetings in different parts of Singapore. There wUI be no processions today as theso have been banned by the Singapore Police, who have* been standing by since last
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  • 138 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. IT was the duty of every i penghulu and ketua In the State to explain to the j kampong people what they could do to help in the present Emergency, the Regent of Johore today told the annual meeting of Johore I
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  • 67 7 JOHORE BAHRU. WedIbrahim bin Ahmad, who has held a driving licence since 1921, had It endorsed today and was, in addition fined $30 for negligent driving i along Scudai Road as a result of which his car turned over. Ibrahim admitted that it was not
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  • 403 7 —COURT TOLD A REVENUE OFFICER, Hashlm bin Awang, told Mr. H. A. Forrer, Singapore Third District Judge, yesterday that he detained five cases of shirts labelled "Made in U.S.A." at the Harbour Board on Dec. 2. as the accompanying shipping document, stated they were manufactured
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  • 168 7 U.S. ATTACHES STUDY JUNGLE FIGHTING IN MALAYA pOLONEL Earl Stewart, the V United States' Military Liaison officer attached to the U.S. Consulate-General in Singapore, and Col James Michael, his assistant, have made several trips into the bandit areas of Malaya as observers with British military patrols. Commenting on a report
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  • 43 7 Abdul Mohamed Abdul Karlm Ghani. former president of the Singapore Muslim League, who was released from detention 10 days ago fl'es to Karachi early this morning. Karim Ghani was detained by the Special Branch after the December 1950 riots.
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  • 56 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed.-M. Ponan, an attendant of the General Hospital, Johore Bahru, wa s charged in the Police Court today with causing hurt with a knife to Anjapillay. Ponan admitted causing hurt but said he did not use a knife but his fing?rna:l. He wa
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  • 26 7 MUAR, Wed— Two motorists. Sheikh All and Chiam Heng Lem, were each fined $10 at Muar for Ignoring a traffic signal at Jalan Sulaiman.
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  • 56 7 "The overcrowding of motor cars in Singapore has got to stop," s.aid the First Traffic Magistrate, Mr. J. F. McWilliam. yesterday after he had fined a driver $50. The driver, Lim Peng Seng pleaded guilty to driving a car carrying eight excess passengers (all children*
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  • 767 7 ESTATE CLAIM SUIT JUDGMENT was reserved in Singapore High Court yesterday in the probate suit in which Madam Yeo Siew Nep is claiming a share in the $600,000 estate of the late Mr. Lee Siew Kow as his lawful secondary wife. Mr. Justice Rogers said Lthat
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  • 82 7 IjV)UR hour s after a woman ■T was found suffering from caustic soda poisoning in the I first floor of a hou.se In I Hokkien Street. Singapore, a I flra, broke out in the top floor. The woman, Mah Ah Soo was gent to the
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  • 76 7 LADY TKMPLER. wife of th c Federation Hijh Commissioner, with her daughter, Miss Jane Tempter, and Miss Ella Jorden, general secreta ry of the British Red Croas, looking over plant for sites of houses for Red Cms teams in the new Tillages of Pendamaran
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  • 88 7 DRINCE Charles, hl s sister Princess Ann, and their father. Prince Philip, have had new roads in Singapore named after them. The City Council, at its meeting yesterday, decided on the following name s for three new roads and a square in the SIT Alexandra North
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  • 82 7 IPOH. Wed PLANES ol Perak Flying Club will assist security forces In aerial reconnaisancr and photography from July The Diane* the first power Ed machines to be owned o\ the club since the war art two Tiger Moths. They '.eft England by shio! today and
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  • 20 7 Lieut.-Col. H. J. Rae has resigned from the Singapore City Council as nominate Councillor, because of "hi > ness reasons."
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  • 65 7 rE Select Committee appointed by the Singapore Legislative Council to consider and report on the National Service Bill invites representations from the public on the provisions of the Bill. Representations, which must be in writing, will be received up to May 15. They should be addressed to
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  • 208 7 CINGAPORE Rotarians turned the spotlight of their weekly meeting on youth yesterday with a pledge "to be firm friends and constant companions of young people as they prepare themselves to be worthy citizens and leaders". Mr. A. W. Frlsby. Singapore's Director of Education, who made
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  • 155 7 Union plan for working conditions THE Singapore Harbour Board Staff Association, representing monthly-paid employees, will submit alternative proposal^ for an improved salary scheme, housing allowance, overtime rates, Singapore allowance and leave facilities to the board thi s month. The secretary of the association, Mr. P. C. Plllai, told the Straits
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  • 239 7 Private doctors can help S.A.T.A. 'THE Singapore Anti- Tuberculosis Association needs the help of private doctors in its fight against TB, Dr. G. H. Oarlick, SATA 3 chief medical officer, said yesterday. In an appeal to private doctors to Join SATAs new Joint committee, he said: "Private practitioners can help
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  • 52 7 A man who admitted previous conviction for dangerous driving was warned and fined $25 by the Magistrate. Mr. J. F. McWilliam, in the Singapore First Tiafflo Court yesterday. The man, Rasid bin Zain, pleaded guilty to driving a bus negligently along East Coast Road on July 8
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  • 443 8 'Saucers 9 were probably jet fighters VAPOUR TRAIL, SA YS THE RAF THE "FLYING SAUCERS" seen over Singapore on Tuesday afternoon and night by hundreds of people were probably two R.A.F. jet aircraft flying very high in unusual climatic conditions, an R.A.F. spokesman said last night.
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  • 125 8 SUFFOLKS KILL 8 IN 5 DAYS KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. THE Ist Suffolk Regiment, now stationed at Kuala Kubu Bahru. killed two bandits yesterday, making their "bag" eight in five days. Acting on information, a patrol of the Suffolks waited in ambush at a chosen spot. Three terrorists walked into It.
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  • 67 8 TELUK ANSON, Wed.— A woman, Suramah. and Simarhalam, both of Bagan Datoh Estate, were charged with giving false statements. They were alleged to have given false statements in the Teluk Anson Sessions Court in October, last year, when supervisor Kanagaretnam stood charged with voluntarily causing grievouo hurt
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  • 67 8 SEREMBAN, Wed. After being discharged by the President of the sessions Court, Seremban, on a chandu charge, the discharge not amounting to an acquittal. Ng Chen, was re-arrested when he left the court and allowed $3,000 bail In two sureties on a charge of being found in
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  • 52 8 He punched his Father-in-law KUANTAN, Wed.-Renga-samy was fined $15 in Kuantan for assaulting Amboo Nair his father-in-law. He told the magistrate: "My father-in-law told me I did not know how to look after a wife so why should he send his daughter back too me. I was insulted, so I
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  • 58 8 IPOH, Wed.— Mr. Foo Wai Heng, chief meter reader of the Central Electricity Board. wa.3 killed when his motor cycle crashed into a concrete mile post at the 7th mile on the Tanjong Rambutan-Ipoh road. He was 38 and leves his wife and seven children. The funeral
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  • 26 8 BATU PAHAT, Wed— Mr. C. D. Hitchman. O.SP.C. Batu Pahat, goes on long leave to England. Mr. V. D. Oerhold will replace him.
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  • 299 8 BISHOP HAS 6-POINT PLAN IPOH, Wednesday. rIE Bishop of Singapore, the Right Rev. H. W. Baines, suggested dx ways to revive church activities when he opened a two-day session of the Synod of the Anglican Church in Malaya here today. The Bishop's alms
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  • 96 8 MALAYA'S exports to Australia dropped by nearly 50 per cent, in March, the total was 57.746.899 compared with $15,102,961 in February. The Australian Trade Commissioner, Mr. A. J. S. Day. said yesterday that it was "possibly due to th e Australian import
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    54 8 Mli»S U. M KHENG lIAR. of Raffles Girls' School, speaks for Singapore girb when the Singapore Rotary Club obserred Rotary "Boys and Girls" Week yesterday. Mr. James Sebastian, of St. Joseph's Institution (on her left) spoke for the boys. At right is Mr. A. W. Frisby, Singapore's Director of Educat
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  • 34 8 BATU PAHAT. Wed. —Dr. K. Sukumaran assistant Medical Officer. Batu Pahat. has gone on transfer to Johore Bahru, and hi* place has been taken by Dr. A. 8. Sandhu from Johore Bahru.
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  • 70 8 SCOUT leaders from Singapore and the Federation of Malaya will attend the first world "indaba" (conference) in Britain in July. The conference, to be held at Gilwell Park, Essex, will be attended by contingents from 37 countries. Lord Rowallan. the Chief Scout, will open
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  • 38 8 Telephone call body found BUTTERWORTH, Wed. A telephone call last night led police to the discovery of a body at the' llth mile of the Pokok Sena-Tassek Glugor Road in Province Welleiley North. Several men have been detained.
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  • 25 8 KULIM, Wed. For haying a plcul of rubber seeds without authority, 36-year-old Mat Isa was gaoled for 15 months at Kulim today.
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    • 174 8 SINGAPORE S-pore; 6.15 Happy BBC b£sS<£ JRBg!&£ &fSi el S dle n 1 M P .w«-y«2 Art^Tn PrJnienade Orch.; 10 VaHety MititaU; 7 Sporting %£L Quintet 6 15^Canine All Bandbox; 10.30-11 Dance Music. 7 15 Bnd Livenamme Quintet, 0.15 calling aii „__i,. nah Raruiv McPherson 55? ,V S 5 £SSSS;
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  • 324 9  -  JUNE WISE By HOW about some iced coffee with cream? No, not to drink. I mean a New Look for your complexion. It Is the rage in make-up tones in the island of Bermuda, where, with sunshine all the year through like Malaya, "tropical" make-ups
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  • 12 9 Collect six of these coupons to join the Children's Corner Clvh
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  • 77 9 Here in the new "Gibson Girl" look is a going pi«ce& afternoon dress Complete with dashing straw "boater" and parasd it goes to th« races With other accessories it goes to garden parties, exhibitions or any formal daytime functions. The dress has full, elbow length sleeves,
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  • 139 9 TWO New Boys have leaped to the top of the fashion world John Cavanagh in London. Hubert de Givenchy in Paris. In common THEY are the youngest top-line designers. Gvenchy is 25. Cavanagh 37. Givenchy hes worked with Piquet and Schiaparelli; Cavanagh with Molyneux
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  • 278 9  - WOMEN'S FEET GROW THREE SIZES HEATHER BLACKMORE By UfOMEN'S feet have grown more than three sizes in the last I two generations, but they look smaller m the new airily constructed shoes consisting of" a few wispy straps, a thin sole and a teetering heel, say leaders of the America^
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  • 57 9 WOMEN have found another use for the new French elasticised knitting wool. Origin ,y intended for swim sn.ts. they have now discovered it is perfect for knitting a roll-on. In weight, elasticised wool is equivauent to ordinary 2ply. If knitted up firmly, it gives all
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  • 205 9 WOMEN will be in- Industries Fair (Earls terested to know Court and Olympia. that among new mater- London, and Castle ials which will be on Bromwich. Birmingview at the 1952 British ham, May 5 to 16), are 1 lace nets that cannot OHM delicate fabrics
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  • 118 9 DRITAIN is to send **six men and two women mannequins to the first international men's style show at Tn« Hague in June. OttJfcCT: To prove that Britain still leads the world in tailored clothes. Paris is jealous of the British market on the Continent. Americans like
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    14 9 TMt, neat nOia wa icn m designed for business women who favour •man-tailored" suitt.
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  • 232 9  -  SUZANNE By a NYONE looking loi bargains' 1 I mean real bargains. Ah even ing dress, for instance at $25. a cotton washing frock for $5. or maybe children's romp ers at $2 or $3. These, and many more items of clothing ar e on
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 349 9 cealed (6> Straits Times Crossword 5 S rm. n try 8) DOWN i I ii 2. No more sars? Ask them I i 2 3 4 i 6 1 .11). I j 1 J m t j 3- U unwelcome in the memt RSs^i lS§§ \SSS ration (7). t |H
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  • 336 10  -  EPSOM JEEP By PENANG, Wednesday. (MIKSIKKKS (Bagby) showed plenty of galloping zest on the training track at Penang this morning when he beat his well-performed >t alternates Ocean Snare (Bagby Jr.) and Roman Warrior in a testing gallop. Running wide out, Chesieres broke away
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    56 10 KOOKES. Hone Kong s goalkr«pt>r. dives for the ball and full back Etheridge (No. 2) runs in to bis assistance but Slee got bis boot to the ball first and scored the first goal for Combined Services (Singapore) who beat Hone Kong Combined 4-9 at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday Straits
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  • 289 10 JLf V ten best hcrses to follow < at MM Penang Turf Club} Summer meeting are: Steeltrap: Showed sterling qualities at K.L. when he 1 battled on gamely to beat Sealed Orders over 7f. Right at his peak. Chesieres: Staying four-year-old by Chamossaire who is coming to
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  • 63 10 The Royal Singapore Golf Club's April Mixed Foursomes (S'roke) Competition played on Sunday afternoon resulted in a win for Mrs. F. J lies *i C. H. Harris (41-9 32. Other cards returned were:Mr. <fc Mrs. F. V. Mlchell (42-9. 33*. Mr. Mrs. A. B.
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  • 64 10 CINGAPORES team to meet Combtneo Services at Jalan Besar s'adlum on Sunday, In aid of the Colony's Olympic Games Fund. Is: Chee Seng: Johan. Teow Ken*; Vass. Davids. Yassln: Mat Noor. Boon Seong, McDonald. Ismail Yusoff. Ruhlm Omar. Reserves: Yew Chang. Aman. Ahmat Yusoff. Ibrahim Yusoff. The
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  • 42 10 SUNNINGDALE (Berks). Wed —Max Faulkner. British open champion and master golfer, recently back from the Far East, led the field of 16s at the end of the first round In the Dunlop professional 2.000 guineas golf tournament here yesterday.— Reuter
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  • 526 10 NEWMARKET, Wednesday. (\SE of the five French challengers, M. Eugene l Constant's Thunderhead 11, won the 2,000 Guineas, the first classic of the British flat racing season, over one mile here today. Ridden by Roger Poincelet, Thunderhead, a 100-7 shot, pulled away up the finishing
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  • 58 10 Singapore Civilian Association Football Referees' Society officials elected for 1952: Patrons Messrs W McGregor Watt. C. G Wlmbush. Soh Ghee Soon. Anx Soon Hoe. R 8.1 Pates. President. R. N. Bell; vice-pre-sident. John Ferguson: secretarytreasurer. Chua Ban Hock: committee members. C B Tan. O de Silva.
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  • 36 10 The Singapore Oun Club's next Sunday competition will be held from 10 30 am and will consist of: Match I—lo Double Rise Match 3—5 Single Rise; Match 3 —20 Skeet Including 5 Doubles.
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  • 115 10 LONDON, Wed. TNDIA'S greatest left »rm slow 1 spinner. Vina* Mankad, who is also considered oorn r of the greatest bowler* of his type In the world, will play far India as a professional probably in all four Tot matches agaiast England this
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  • 72 10 BATU PAHAT. Wed.— As e«pected Yon bin Mian again beat Lim Seng Slew In the open singles final of the Batu Pahat District lawn tennis champi n- < ships by 6-1. 6-0. Ahmad Amran. tipped for ihe junior singles surprisingly lost to I Tik Ahmad
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  • 58 10 KUALA LUMPUR Wad— The annual athletic meeting of the Kuala Lumpur Garrison will take place on the HQ Malaya ground this weekend Heats and five finals will be held on Thursday and Friday, and the other finals on Saturday, starting at 230 p.m. each day. Mrs Urquhart. wife of
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  • 194 10 VAC Johnson and SAC Redmond put up good performances, winning three events each at yesterday's R.A.F. Seletar 390 Maintenance Unit athletic meet at Seletar. Johnson Drovw himself tc be the best sprinter in the Unit b y winning the 100 yards and 220 yards.
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  • 344 10 'BRIDGE THEGAP' CALL FAM and SAFA SEREMBAN, Wed. TTHE need for the Singapore ■1 Amateur Football Association and the Football Aswclation of Malaya "to bridge the gulf of differences that 1 exist between them and form one organisation for the benefit of Malayan soccer," I wa s strongly emphasised last
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  • 62 10 Teachers Training College cricket team to meet Dockyard at Dockyard on Sunday in a Junior tourney "A" match is: Ajlt Singh Gill. Almeida, Aeria. Avtar Singh. Wong Pong Weng, Soocelaraj. Keyt. Ballasundram. Rajaratnam. George Tan and Harbans Singh. Reserves: Jeyasingam. Poh CTiia Players, except those with
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  • 58 10 IPOH. Wed jyjOHD NOORDIN and M A Hassan, an Ipoh Malay comoinatlon who received a walk-over from Chooi Chee Seng and Wong Mun Sok in the third round, defeated Clioog Cheong Weng and Ho Lai Choon 18-14. 15-11 in a very close fight, to enter the
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  • 403 10 KLUANQ, Wed. TPHE Johore lawn tennla championshipis start here tomorrow and will be continued on Friday and on May 8 and 9. Among the entries for the men's singles event Ls the newly-crowned Batu Pahat champion Yon bin Mian. Entries are: Open Single*: Yon b. Mian
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  • 275 11 LONDON, Wed. TMIE start of the new trading period brought little new business to the London Stock Exchange today Active Interest In all departments gradually vaned and a lower tendency developed. Closing middle prices of selected stocks were: Consols M —i Fundinf n War 31ft TH ■MM Chartered
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  • 171 11 I rum Our Oti CcrrcipondFßi MELBOURNE, Wed. SHARE prices moved variably In Melbourne and Sydney today. The Oeelong and Sydney wool markets gained slightly on yesterday's higher levels and this imparted a more confident tone to some share issues. Uncertainly about the economic outlook was still the
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  • 180 11 Selling pressure ceases From A Market Correspondent llflTH smaller trade support, a dull and slightly easier tone prevailed in the Singapore Rubber Market yesterday. The spate of selling pressure had, however, ceased and prices were fractionally lower. The volume of business was on a very restricted
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  • 28 11 LONDON, Apr. 30.— Spot 31 d., June 3l'«d.. July-Sept CO.d. Oct-Dec. 29d., Jan-Mar 28d May c.lf. 31 %d., June%.i.f. 3 1d.. July ci.f SO^id. Market: Easier.
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  • 52 11 Garing (Malacca Rubber Estate GAB I N G (MALACCA) RIBBER ESTATE— Net profit to September 30 £15.143 (£4,150), afteY taxation £19.962 (£1,045). Total dividend, already reported. 25 per cent (10 5-12ths per cent). To general reserve £5,000 (nil), replanting provision £8,500 (£2.000). Forward £984 (£1.256). Mr. L. J. D. Mackle
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  • 12 11 SINGAPORE, Wed. Apr. 30— 5478 a pirul (down
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  • 24 11 LONDON, April 30 —(ash Buyers £%4; Sellers 965; Forward Buyers €964); Sellers £965; Settlement £964}; (unchanged). Turnover: a.m. 65; p.m. 5 tons.
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  • 68 11 T"HK Malayan Exchange Banks Association yesterday announced the following changes In the agreed rates of exchange to merchants: BUYING Air Mail N el it. T.T. O.D. CreeJit Kill* N. York 33 It 3314 333* Canada 22 7,16 •as.ie 32 13:16 Trade Bill* New York 33 7 16
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  • 35 11 HONG. KONO. Wed. FREE market currency exchange of Hong Kong dollars was quoted at the close today as follows: US$l HKS6 5325 (cash): HKS6 44 (T.T.); HKSIS 92 One. Uei of gold $299.25.
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  • 211 11 CHIPS alongside the Singapore k Harbour Board godowns, or expected there at 7 a.m. today, are:— 1-2 Chusan: 4-5 Calchas: C.P. Punlng; 6-7 Bencruachan; 8-9 Dunera: 11 FJ. Luckenbach: 13-14 Olenroy; li-16 Tyndareus: 18 Steel Flyer: 19 Unit; 30 Labuan Hadji; NW (8) Mawal: 21-22 Islander; 23-24 Polydorus:
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  • 134 11 Interest in Tins INTEREST in the Tin section of the Malayan Share Market yesterday- wag conffned to market leaders, while other counters remained steady. Yesterday's price changes by the Malayan Share Brokers' Association were: Bu vrti 8* If r« Son. Tin Smelt Pitt MA Fed. Dispensary 1»5 Ml
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  • 87 11 DETTER enquiries from India and Burma for copra and coconut oil steadied these sections In the Singapore Produce Market yesterday Copra for June shipment was quoted at $25 a plcul buyers and $26 U sellers, while coconut oil fob. Singapore was bid $41 2 a plcul against
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  • 528 12 SERVICES DID AS THEY LIKED By Our Soccer Reporter Combined Services... 4; Hong Kong Comb. 0. 4 DISPIRITED, disjointed Hong Kong team com prising six Servicemen and five civilians were a poor match for an eager, hard-running and tackling Combined Services (Singapore) team at
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  • 128 12 SINGAPORE Honf Kong o, Combined Services 4. DIV t: KoU Raja 'A' J. SMWT I. DIV. SB: Bt. Tlmah S.C. S. Jollllads 1. BUS. HOUSE LGE: Sime Darby 6, Borneo Motor* N.T.S. 4. Rotterdam 2; RoMnaons H.K. Bank B 7: East Asiatic 4. Borneo Co.
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  • 198 12 Kota Raj 'A' break losing sequence IT OTA RAJA -A" ended a sequence of defeats when they took a 3-2 margin against Singapore Medical Workers Uuiod in a SAPA Div. 2 1« ieue game played on the CYMA -round yesterday Kajas, cl^irly the master of SW.M.U. frMn 'he start, had
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  • 81 12 IPOH. Wed.— A last-mlnu'e goal by Toong Nam enabled Perak Chinese R.C. "A" to beat DC RE two-one In a Dlv. 2A fixture on the PCRC ground Joday Yone Pook scored the other PCRC goal from a penalty. AnseU notched DCRS's goal. Scoring five goals
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  • 118 12 j£VEN the average of a goal every ten minutes fal'ed to bring out gcod football from the opponent* in yesterday's SAPA Div 3B league game at Oylang S'adlum. Bukit Timah's aU round superiority earned them a 5-1 victory against Jollllads But it was a
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  • 34 12 Cable and Wireless were trounced by Klnta Youths by six goals to nil In a friendly soccer match at Parrer Park yesterday Scorers for You'hs were Bamy <3>. Nadarajah Majld and Osman
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  • 36 12 Singapore Table Tennis Association will meet tomorrow to decide on the possibility of staging the first Asian championships in the Colony this year. The meetIng will be at the V.M.C A.. Orchard Road, at 5.30 pro.
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  • 212 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed MAKING full use of their chances, Belangor Eurasians '>eat Indian Assn. 4-0 In a Dlv. 1 fixture on the Taylor Read ground this evening. The game was not up to first division standard. Eurasians' defence showed good understanding, covering up well, ar.d Ooontlng
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  • 279 12 GIME DARBY S.C. trounced Borneo Motors S.C. 6-0— with a hat-trlcs- by Salahudln thrown In— in a Business Houses PA Div. 1 mstch at Thomson Road yesterday Sime Darby opened scoring In the 17th minute through Ma' Noor from a penalty. Midway through the half Ismail All
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  • 394 12 ARMY with 17 points won the handsome Fraser and Neave Challenge trophy In the Singapore Amateur Boxing championships held at the Happy World Stadium last night. Runners-up were Royal Navy with seven points. Pni!e*> Civilians Combined had four points while the »vooden -spoon ists were
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  • 56 12 LONDON. Wed. Yesterday's UK football results: League 111 Souther.-: Southend United 5 Ipswich Town 0. League in Northern: Oldham Athletic 2 Sou Ih port 1. Seettlah Leagae "B" DWislon Supplementary Cup Final Second Leg: St. Johnstone 2 Clyde 2. Clyde win on aggregate score of 73. Other Matches:
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  • 25 12 8.8. Chusan, now In port, beat Singapore Cold Storage 2-1 at soccer on the padang yesterday Scorers: Hannah and Peters for Chusan; Mouna for SCS.
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  • 280 12 A™, M IPOH, Wednesday. FTER trailing 2— at the interval, Klnta Indians made a fine second half recovery to brin* off a 5—2 victory over Tamilians in an exciting First Division match on the nadanr today On their first half display paaang today. Tamilians looked
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  • 30 12 LONDON, Wed— India scored 455 all out In the opening day's play of their two-day match against Indian Oymkhana ben today, Phadkar hit 158 and Hasare 60. Reutar.
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  • 399 12 TiHE Singapore Corinthians have been given until 1 next Tuesday to appeal against the suspensions imposed upon them by a Commission of Inqu'ry on Monday, it was announced yesterday by Mr. K. B. 1. Pates, S.A.F.A. public relations officer. qii rv on by Mr R.
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  • 203 12 001 TEIK HOCK TAKES PENG SOON TO THREE SETS pENANO champion 00l Tel* Hock took his old rival. World No. 1 Wong Pent Soon, to three se's when the Malayan Thomas Cap team probable* continued their practice matches) last* nlf ht In Singapore. 00l won the first set 15-1* bat
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  • 148 12 'J'HI reigning S<i«apore tenn-j doubles champions. Low K»e How a..d Llem Khe Liang y'.mday gained a 6-4. 6-1 win over H. Kamlg and A. O. B. Paklr .19 enter 4ie YMCA open toumimen: final Kamis and Paklr, winners of UiU <;vent last year,
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