The Straits Times, 4 June 1949

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  • 20 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 184S 1 ,»KI.VK PACES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 1949. if PRICE TEN CENTS
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  • 695 1 End Not In Sight Of $300,000-A'Day Emergency: Newboult From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. r |']iK bandits were turning from politics to brutal robbery and murder in some parts of Malaya, said the Commissioner of Police, Mr. W. N. (Irav, in a review of
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    47 1 THE OFFICER ADMINIS TURING the (icveriiment, Mr. P. A. B McKerroo, cuts the tape to open ofnYiMlly the new taxi track at Kallang Rirport. In the background ready to tatl on to the trick is the 8.0.A.C.-Qantas Lancastria n, Newcastle. Story in Page Seven. Straits Times picture.
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  • 71 1 From Our Own Coi^cspotulent KUALA LI'MP'.R, Irl. AFTER the recent I'u'ai Valley and IMeratxih squatter operations, there was a better flow of Information to Government, it was revealed at the Press conference today. In Pulai. 36 men, 31 women and 61 children were detained, while
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  • 113 1 BACK TO WORK IN BOLIVIA LA PAZ. Fri. GOVERNMENT official said today ttiu: Bolivia's t n miners will resume work aht the six-day strike which st t oil bloody riots in which two American englni n were killed Guillermo Estrada, prefect nl La Paz department, said fie miners and government
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  • 124 1 SCRAMBLE FOR GOLD SHARES LONDON. Fri BUYERS on the London Stock Exchange scrambled for South African gold shares today following news of a "fabulously rich" gold strike 12 miles south east of Odendaalsrust in the Orange Fre« State. The rich strike by the Free State Gold Areas Company assaying M.105
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  • 71 1 A MALAY AN Airways plane had to circle for 25 minutes over Kallang Airport during the ceremony when the Officer Administering the Government. Mr. P. A. B. McKerron. declared the new taxi strip open yesterday morning. The plane was the first to land after the airstrip
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  • 162 1 "Shanghai Eager For Trade" HONG KONO. Fri AMERICAN President Lines have resumed booking passengers and cargo for Com-munLst-occupled Shanghai. Mr. M. J. Buckley, senior vice-president, said yesterday in San Francisco that assurances had been received from the Line's representatives In i China that the Communists j "are eager to resume
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  • 69 1 From Our Own Correspondent BANGKOK. Fri.— Fifty armoured cars. 100 motor cycles and five motor-boats are to be supplied by British Military authorities in Singapore to the Siamese Police Force which Is being reorganised. Negotiations have been completed and a Siamese police officer has just returned from
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  • 44 1 TOKYO. Fri— Six hundred Toyko tram workers were on strike today in the spreading aftermath of labour demonstrations against public security law revisions on Monday and Tuesday which resulted In the death of one worker and the arrest of 65 more— Reuter.
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  • 50 1 I mm Our Own Correspondent LONDON. Friday. A BATTALION of the Middlesex Regiment U to be sent to Singapore shortly, say» the Daily Telegraph. The paper adds The C.-in-C. FAR.II.F. Gen. Sir Nell Ritchie, U return' or to Malaya greatly encouraged by hla talks with the Cabinet"
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  • 24 1 MANILA, Fri.— Three sol- dlers were killed and two civilians seriously wounded In Central Luzon today In an ambush by Hukbalahap guerillas.—A.P.
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  • 97 1 r BARCELONA. (Spain). Friday. t second bomb in 48 hours exploded her,, today during Generalissimo Franco's visit here. No one was injured in either explosion. A small bomb went off this morning in the St. i'ancras Chapel of Barcelona's cathedral. An unidentified man. praying in front of
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  • 374 1 SAMBASIVAM CASE From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA II Ml'l K Friday. rIK execution of Sambasivam, former secretary, it is understood, of the Rubber Workers' Union In Segamat, which was to have taken place at Johore Bahru prison tomorrow morning, has been stayed by hig
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  • 141 1 BIG FOUR SECRET MEETING PARIS. Fri. THE Big Four Toretgn Ministers met in a secret session this afternoon to begin discussion on a United States plan to restore fourpower government in Berlin. The American plan was j expected to be examined alongside Mr. Vyshinsky's proposals for a revived Ber- j
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  • 51 1 PARIS. Fri. -The Government today annou:ir?d the seizure of two bu&loads of arms and the arrest of 16 persons after invest Igaclon of an alleged plot to demoralise the French Army. Among those -arrested were three high offkial.s of General de Gaulle's Rally of the French People—
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  • 32 1 MOSCOW Fri- -A Soviet whaling expedition which recently returned from the Antaractic brought with it a family of red-headed penguins. They now are on display In the Moscow zoo. A.P.
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  • 186 1 SQUATTERS MUST HELP OR GO I mm Our Staff Correspond* nt KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. OIR Alec Newboult said at today's Press conference that, if squatters did not play their part In efforts to protect them, and continued to help the bandits, they would be repatriated. As&ed What progress had been
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  • 982 1 "MORE POLICE TO STOP INFILTRATION" COMMONS DEBATE MALAYA LONDON, Friday. \JR. Woodrow Wyatt, Labour M.P. who recently visited Malaya, asked in the House of Commons today what security steps would be taken in Malaya, assuming that the internal Communist threat was dealt with fairly soon, to prevent infiltration from outside,
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  • 180 1 THREAT TO U.K. HOLIDAYS LONDON Fri. A BIG wave of industrial unrest sweeping the country threatened Britons 10--nlght with their most troubled holiday weekend since the Labour Government came to power in 1945. Top level officials of ihe Government railways and trade unions sweated ov^r plans to keep the nation
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    • 256 2 WHAT A SC#fAAO/£'hrtiiiy H£# TH&LL IN THE JM I ftt 9 eNTZRTAINMF*" ZKY jEZkj^QM SPECTACLE! t^ \^W Edward O'Brien: Robert Stick: John Rodney M'NITE TONIGHT CATHAY Phone 3400 For Reservations The SINGAPORE PRIVATE ENQUIRY AGENCY hat been opened to till t long-felt want for the benefit of merchants and otheis
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    • 679 2 NOTICES MALAYAN RAILWAY Tenders art Invited for the parchase of two Diesel Engin* Togs D.L. ■■Bernam 11 and DX. "aspang" where lying at Port SweUenh.iin These single screw tugs are of steel construction, length 47 ft. breadth II ft., depth 4 ft S Ins. and equlppad with S Cylinder Diesal
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    • 374 2 NOTICES MALAYAN UCHANGe BANk> ASSOCIATION All meniMn at the above A.« ■odattan in the Colony tf Singapore will be closed for budness on Monday the 6th June, bein* "Whlt-Moodaf" and oa Thursday tIM Mb June. 1949. being the "King's Birthday." VACANCIES FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANTS. Vacande exist for three TV finical
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    • 157 2 aat t Sho«v~S, IS »15 pm. Columbia's "SLIGHTLY FRENCH" Gayest Romantic Mrt-ap! To niu- at Mld-nlte— Paramomnt's WHISPERING SMITH" —In TeehnJcolor- Opening To-morrow Warner Bros* "THE TBRASCKR OF THE SIERRA MADRE" To-manvw at II a.sa.— hrusafi "IiNCONQUERED" -4n Teehnleolor URfcAl ttl»Rl.l> (.It*? >— 1—9.15 "TAP ROOTS" In Technicolor NfcW t\<)Kl.l>
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    • 138 2 a mooucT of aairrot- mvms I NO DENTAL TROUBLE HIM Usy^W/X Because ihe cleans her teeth and 3Wa7 'i masjages her gums twice dally ■I* W-**ts y wlth the dell htful "*t' n i |i^Vl2«^? and antiseptic Ipana. WA IPANA V¥/AX tooth paste SOLC ACCNT& MALAYSIAN TRADERS LTD. 1« tONHAM
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  • 47 3 BURMESE KAREN TO BE BISHOPS The first Burmese and the first Karen to become Bishops of the Anglican Church will be consecrated In Calcutta tomorrow, Whit Sunday. They are the Yen. John Sung Hla and the Rev. Francis Ah Mya. They will assist the Bishop of Rangoon.
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  • 24 3 The Rev. Nigel Edmund Cornwall, headmaster of St. Joseph's College, Chidya. Masasl, Tanganyika, has been appointed Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak. Reuter.
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  • 288 3 VISHINSKY TALKS ON CHINA Policy May Be Changed PARIS, Friday. TMPORTANT talks which may lead to a change in Russia's relations with the Chinese Nationalist Government began in Paris yesterday. The Soviet Ambassador to China, Gen. Nicolai Roschin, arrived from Canton in a French plane early yesterday morning and soon
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    54 3 A BIBLE, A SPEAR, blanket and a belt made up tb* equipment of pastor Robert Salan, 42-year-old minister of the Sevvnlh Day Ad yen list Church from the island of Vella Lavella, In the Solomons, when he arrived recently in New York. He wants to foster interest in his church
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  • 201 3 BATAVIA, Friday. f ED by Dr. Hatta, their Premier, the exiled Indonesian Republican leaders plan to contact the Republican guerilla headquarters in Northern Sumatra tomorrow. They will discuss the DutchIndonesian terms for a cease-fire. Thl« meeting will bring the Republican Government Into direct contact with
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  • 92 3 BENGHAZI, Frl. BRITAIN'S agreement to the formation of a Cyrenalcan Government, and recognition of the Emir, caused great satisfaction In Benghazi. The population was Jubilant at the Emir's declaration of Independence and his intention of assuming governmental responsibility. Arab political circles stressed the common ground between
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  • 43 3 LAKE SUCCESS. FA—lndian delegates discussed with the United Nations Legal Department today a reasonable diplomatic approach to the problem of French possessions in India following •the appointment of two "neutral" observers to examine whether conditions are favourable for plebiscites. Reuter.
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  • 64 3 LONDON, m— The British Colonial Secretary, Mr. Creech Jones, said In Parliament yesterday that Johore, Keriah, Perils, Kelantan, Trengganu and Brunei were "protected States." TheL rulers were styled "Sultans," except for the ruler of Perils who had the title of Raja, he added. Mr Geoffrey Cooper, a
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    • 59 3 THE Pakistan Embassy in Washington said that Afghanistan's attitude toward Pakistan had been growing "increasingly unfriendly and provocative." The charge was made in reply to recent statements by the Afghan Embassy that Pathan tribes In the Northwest Frontier area of Pakistan should be riven Independence. The
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    • 48 3 BRAILLE ROMA m v A near-blind American Ri:l groped her way off the liner Washington at Southampton Into the arms of a blind Englishman who courted her for a year by letters written in braille. The couple met In a training college for the blind last June.— AP
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    • 37 3 SNAKE PIT/— One hundred living cobras were found under a small sweetmeat shop In the town of Begusaral, near Patna. India. The shoo was demolished and passers-by killed the cobras and destroyed about 150 cobra eß*s.— Reuter
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    • 41 3 RITA IN UJL— Prince Aly Khan and Princess Rita Hayworth flew to London from Paris and went to the races at Epsom Downs They saw Aly's horse Susan V finish a poor 15 th In a fl«ld of 17 horses— UP.
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    • 15 3 WOMEN ENVOYS—President Truman said that several women were under consideration as United States Ambassadors. AP
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  • 43 3 BELGRADE, Frl.—Yugoslavia today publicly accused Russia of supporting a group seeking to overthrow Marshal Tito by force. This constitutes on "impermissible and flagrant Intervention" In Yugoslavia's affairs, Yugoslavia said, In an unprecedentedly sharp note nanded to the Soviet Embassy.— UP.
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  • 45 3 PARIS. Frl.— The French National Assembly today adopted unanimously a Socialist moilon tavltlng the government to observe a truce In Indo-Chlna for the safeguard of dams there during the rainy season (May-September >. Hostages could be exchanged during this truce, the .notion cuggested. Reuter.
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  • 53 3 SEOUL. Frl. Constabulary units from Comnrtunist North Korea have Invaded Ongjln Peninsula, about eight miles north east nf Seoul, a Press dispatch said today. The Republic of Korea's army claims that 60 North Korean soldiers wer« killed and casualties among the South Korean forces wera eight dead and
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  • 220 4 Forces Make 2 Big Jungle Sweeps In Cameron Highlands Area From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. TWO major operations were carried out in the Cameron Highlands area last month, it was revealed at today's Press conference. "Operation Ramillies", which lasted from April 22 to 30, was a drive through
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    93 4 THE MAIN TABLE at the P.W.I), dinner at (h- Great World on Thursday in honour of Mr. E. T. F. Elburry, the Senior Executive Engineer, and Mrs. Elburry, un the ere of their departure for England on six months' leave. Picture i.hnws (from left) Mrs. R J. Bee, Mr. E.
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  • 196 4 BANDITS KILL 4 OF FAMILY From Our Stall Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. BANDITS stabbed a Muar Chinese and his wife and two sons to death on Wednesday night. Another son, who was in the house, heard a shot and ran into the jungle. When he returned at dawn yesterday, he
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  • 32 4 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Fri The British Adviser, Johore, and Mrs. J. Falconer, are giving a garden narty at "Saujana* on Thursday In honour of the King's birthday.
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  • 83 4 Five years' rigorous imprisonment was yesterday imposed by Mr. Justice Taylor. In the Singapore Assize Court on Lv Poey Wah on a charge of armed robbery at a shop in North Bridge Road last September. Lv forced the shop-keeper to hand over two gold rings, but
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  • 446 4 LORD MILVERTON ON LONDON, Friday. T OKD MUverton, a former Governor of North Ij Borneo, declared today that the whole future of Malaya depended upon the possibility of MalayanisIng the Chinese community there. As a member «f the Colonial Development Corporation, Lord Milverton went to Malaya at
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  • 197 4 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA TRENGGANU, Fri. IN the golden throne room at the Istana Maziah. Kuala Trengganu today. Tengku Jaya Pekerma spoke into a microphone and announced the start of the coronation ceremonies of Sultan Ismail and the Tengku Ampuan. It was the first
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  • 88 4 Bail of $1,500 was granted to Tan Tal Chco, Government rice retailer of Moulmeln Road, in the Singapore Second District Court yesterday when he appeared* on a charge of moving 1.928 katles of rice and 132 katis of sugar from his shop without a permit. Tan was
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  • 167 4 LONDON, Fri. rIE Commissioner-General in South-East Asia, Mr Malcolm Mac Donald. who has been reporting to the British Government on the progress of the campaign In Malaya, and on other matters, hopes to fly back next week, probably on Thursday. Mr. Mac Donald
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  • 527 5 Defence Opens In Murder Trial From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Friday. MAKING his defence today, Tan Poh Thiam, a iTI prominent merchant, who stands accused of murder, said that his second wife had shot him in the face during a quarrel over some missing money, that
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    69 5 THF PRESIDENT of the American Association. Mr. F. (.nevenback, welcoming the Malayan Thomas (up team at a buffet party given by the Association at the American Club yesterday. Mr. Griesenbeck congratulated the Malayan tea«n and praised their sportsmanship.—Strait* Timen pictnr c. MALAYA'S THOMAS «'IP te»m and members and guests of
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  • 32 5 Arrested during a security check at a village at Jurong. 59-year-old Llm Seng Chin was fined *10 in the First District Court for not having an identity card
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  • 358 5 A GLOOMY WEEK INRUBBER THE week in rubber bas been rather a gloomy one I for Malaya, which has been I unable to stand up to the 1 hammering received by the New York market, says Lew's and Peat's market report. Conditions In New >rk have resulted in nervousneaa ir
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  • 34 5 P. Kuppusamy was yesterday committed for trial at the next Singapore Assizes on a charge of attempting to murder Janagl Rajon with a parang in a house in Enggor Street on April 29.
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  • 134 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. ALTHOUGH no plans had been made for resettling special constables after the emergency, specials were being recruited' for the Malay Regiment and locally enlisted forces and the police would seek recruits from among specials, stated the Commis- sloner of
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  • 178 5 nnHE Hector Medal of the Royal Society of New 1 Zealand, once awarded to the atom scientist Lord Rutherford, has been riven to the Raffles College Professor of Chemistry, Dr. R. A. Robinson. The scientific work for I which the medal was awarded was carried
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  • 348 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. rpHE Supreme Court here today dismissed four of 1 five claims by a former Port Swettenham labour contractor, Mr. A. Chellappah, who had sued the Malayan Railway administration for a total of $243,718. The claims were for labour stated to
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    4 5 PROF. R. A. ROniNS:>N
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  • 52 5 Students of the NetaJl Memorial Library Hindi class, who have passed the Madhyama examination, will receive their certificates from Mrs. D. Kalelkar at 6.30 p.m. tomorrow at 6, Race Course Lane. Mrs. Kalelkar will speak on "India and her National Language," and Miss Leela Menon on "India—
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  • 35 5 In the Singapore First District Court yesterdvy, H. N. Montgomery, charged with driving a car while under the influence of drink, was discharged without being acquitted on instructions from the Deputy Public Prosecutor.
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 140 5 TODAY Hospital Diversions] Therapy Unit, sixth sale of work, RoUinsnns, 8.30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Girls Sports Club, Jumble sale, Victoria Memorial Hall, 10.30 am. to 2 p.m. Singap-.-re Chess Championship ninth round, Schoolboys' Championship, seventh round, V.M.C.A., Orchard Road. 3 p.m. Indian Fine Arta Circle, general I meeting. 143,
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  • 18 6 BERTHA DA BILVA, age 70, at 14 Udlni Road. Penang at 12 noon on Thursday, June 2.
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  • 32 6 IN LOVING memory of Anna von Hartwig. Died in India 4.6.45. A Requiem Mass will be spirt for her on Saturday 11.6.49 at 6.30 a.m. Cathedral of the Oood Shepherd.
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  • 49 6 Messrs. Khoo Soo Choon, Soo Chay, Soo Chye families tender their slncerest thanks to the numerous friends relatives for their night visits, attendance at the funeral of the late Mrs. Khoo Kok Wan and those who so kindly sent telegrams, letters of condolence, wreaths etc., In their bereavement
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    • 783 6 In his broadcast last night on exchange control, there obviously were moments when Dr. Benham, the chairman of the Joint Advisory Board on Export and Import Control, parted company with Dr. Benham .the economist. He was, of course, stating a case, and he did it brilliantly. The gist
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    • 299 6 Not yet is banditry nearing its end, warned the Chief Secretary, Sir Alec Newboult, in a statement yesterday to the press. It is a warning confirmed by the recent small increase in the number of murders and robberies committed in widely different parts of the Federation. The
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  • 13 6 Federation Studies 36 Photograph by C. A. Gibson-Hill. KAMPONG TANJONG DAWAI, SOUTH KEDAH.
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  • 1727 6  -  TUAN DJEK By CUNDAY, May 29.— Yesterday was a red letter day for us in the Dusun. A friend called unexpectedly, carrying a small parcel which he said was ours. Mystified, we opened the package and from it drew a fine pair of modern field glasses, together
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  • 399 6 Vatican Prepares For Holy Year By ROBERT SHEARER ROME, Fn. rvHE twenty fifth Holy x Year in the history of the Vatican will begin on Christmas Eve this year. The Holy Year celebration dating from the early Middle Ages— was originally a time of prayer and penitence. Today It is
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    • 69 6 JLiji.'^ CjnaLst Cjift -^^z -Vision Is life's r<t precious gift" Only those without vision Know to thf uttermost the truth of these words for >nlv when a thing if irremediably none from as forever 6c w* realize the maenitude of our loss So we shouldn't neglect the care of our
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  • 813 7 MALAYA BETTER OFF IN AREA Controls 'Not Causing Real Hardships 9 —Dr. Benham IT is more advantageous to Malaya to stay within the sterling area than to leave, said the chairman of the Joint Advisory Board on Import and Export Policy, Dr. F. C. Benham, in a Radio Malaya broadcast
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  • 203 7 INCREASE IN MAY HOLD-UPS SINGAPORE'S C.I.D. chief, Mr. E. V Fo^/Jer, jesterday blamed "a number of taxi robberies Involving aniformed Malays and in one case a uniformed Ceylonese," for an Increase in robberies without arms during 'ast month. There were 15 such robberies last month, compared with only five in
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  • 64 7 Use of a forged letter was alleged when Thomas John Danes, ol TeloK Kara a Road, pleaded not guilty yesterday in the Singapore Second Police Court to attempted rhpating Da vies was allowed to have drawn $1,000 from ihe Hongkong and Shanghai Bank by using a forged
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  • 87 7 THE $15,000 Thomas Cup "went to lunch" yesterday at the American Club. It was brought there by the Malay in Cup team who were guests of (he American Association of Malaya at a luncheon party. The Thomas Cup winners were introduced to more than 150 members
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  • 238 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. MR. Leslie Weldon Litkie, manager of Mentakab A Estate, Mentakab, and police constable Abdul Majid bin Haji Din have been awarded the Colonial Police Medal for gallantry in action during a bandit ambush in Pahang on April 11.
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    76 7 IMMEDIATELY after Dr. Marl.ar»-n. t/.e Singapore Blood Transfusion Officer, finished her talk on "Blood Transfusion" to members of the St. John Ambulance Association yesterday, a member, Yon; (him Mci, stepped forward and offered to donate a pint of his bloob. The other members gave him a big cheer. h." ♦V.
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  • 214 7 BETTER PAY, FOOD SOUGHT MR. Yacob bin Abdallah, president of the 2.000--strong Malay Seamen's Union of Singapore, and the M.SU. legal adviser, Mr. Mark Morrison, yesterday saw the Singapore Acting Commissioner for Labour, Mr. a. W. Davis, and presented demands for better wages, rations and overtime to five shipping companies.
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  • 29 7 Remittances to Chin i from Singapore and the Federation of Malaya last month totalled $242,127. The amount from the Federation was $152,031 and from Singapore $90,096.
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  • 78 7 THE Economic Advisor to the United Kingdom Liaison Mission in Tokyo. Mr. E. R. Llngeman, who is In Singapore assessing Malayan needs of Japanese goods, has met representatives of the three Singapore Chambers of Commerce, f\nd has civen them an up-to-date picture of Japanese Industries. Japanese requirements
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  • 105 7 REVISED monthly pay for non-industrial grades of Service civilian employees has been approved by the three Service Ministries in London to take effect restrospectively from Aug. 1, 1947, but the Singapore Army Civil Service Union is not satisfied. A decision on the revised monthly pay for
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  • 35 7 25 Fines,. $82o Fines ranging from $30 and $60 and totalling $8'.!0 were imposed yesterday by the Singapore Eighth Magistrate, Mr. S. E. Teh, on 25 moturists charged witn exceeding the 30 m.p.h. speed limit.
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  • 60 7 Charged with using criminal force on one of his dance hostesses, the manager of the Happy World Cabaret, Chew Kay Hong, was discharged In the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday. The Magistrate, Mr. M. H. MacDougal said the offence had been proved, but because of Its "trivial
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  • 61 7 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Frl.— Chua Eng Chlew, a boatman from Djambl, Sumatra, pleaded guilty in the Police Court yesterday to a charge of being found at Kulai on May 28 without a permit to remain In the Federation. The police asked for
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  • 250 7 McKerron Opens New $250,000 Kallang ßunway A FTER oflfcially declaring open the new $250,000 all-weather taxi track at Kallang Airport yesterday, the Officer Administering the Government, Mr. P. A. B. McKcrron was taken for a ride along it in the 8.0.A.C.-Qantas Lancastrian Newcastle. Welcoming the crew of he Newcastle, which
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  • 148 7 NAGGED BY WIFE, HE SAYS 1 DUTCH second mate emn ployed by a Singapore shipping company told Lhe Eighth Police magistrate yesterday when answering a charge of disorderly behaviour at a police station, that his wife 'nagged" him so much that i had to pat her out of my house."
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  • 57 7 For soling 12 ozs. of mutton for 75 cant i, whi' h is 18 3 i cents abov.^ lhe controlled price, Kailasakalidir Luchumanen, of U.anr.e Road, was yesterday nn»a $75 by the Singapore Second District Judge, Mr. Tan Ah Tah. He was also lined $50
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    • 32 7 PH ILCO Advanced Design PORTABLE AIR-CONDITIONERS Capacities to suit every room distributor* SIME. DARBY CO.. LTD. MlM FLINTER S. GRINBERG Diamonds and Jewellery TELEPHONE 7923 67. STAMFORD RD., Eu Court Bldg SPORE
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  • 225 8  -  Eileen Ascroft By TIIK skirUength battle still continues in Paiis niidm—on coUactkms. Christian Dior, who started it by shortening skirts to above mid-calf level in the Spring, is not, taking part. He is In America supervising a new Dior wholesale collection. Pierre Biiimain shortens skirts
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  • 184 8 Royal Garden parties, have companion umbrellas. Something new In evening shoes is a rayon furnishing. velvet sandal, lined with gold kid. Jewellery includes solid dog collars of brass, exquisite little Kla3s perfume bottles to wear as fob brooches and expandable gilt bracelets for wrist or elbow. Other
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  • 51 8 to tempt children to clean their teeth with special coloured strawberry, banana and peppermint cream flavoured toothpaste. by a stocking firm who have woven a special arrow seam indicator into the welt of their stockings to save twisting your neck round to see if the seams are
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  • 91 8 EUROPEAN parents puzzled about disciplining their children should study a new book called Let's Talk About Children, by Elizabeth Bradford. It favours the methods of the Chinese whose children are noted for their perfect manners. No Chinese child U allowed to make himself a nuisance in public.
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    38 8 fie-trill pleats round the hem of the little jacket echo the pleats of the calflength skirt; scalloped edge straw hat, with polka dot veil; long white gloves smart outfit of Miss Mary Farrer as she walked in London.
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  • 787 8  - ASSISTANT TO A HANDYMAN Cynthia Neville By |t|Y husband's a handyman. Sometimes I wonder,whether it's a good thing or not. Of course, it's very useful all my friends envy me. But the trouble about one's husband being a handyman is that "the little woman" automatically becomes chief assistant handywoman. It
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    35 8 Parisian designer Schiaparelli's striking Hying Mercury collar in navy and white striped faille starts at the waist and forma a papoose pocket at the back of this slim navy taffeta evening gown.— A.P. picture.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 138 8 BILL HOLLAND WINS GRUELING INDIANAPOLIS RACE 121.327 MILES PER HOUR on 11^ \Amm immammmm I mftimamkf Ut, H/mmmmmJS^m/ J mm mmmm^mmmmmmm^ l^mt^mmmmmmmmmaaWt^S J^^^mmmm)^mm^m^mm^mr^mTMTmm^Li^L!\l^k:\uKtimi\ -jJy mmmr amMm^MM m Imm M Mtm m I M mmm i mmmm jc*^*^^m^mt^ml^^mT*&mmTjmr^mTmT^A?mX^ Wl» 'M pDAAC AC EXTRA SAFETY M < EXTRA WEAR I TT OR
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    • 176 8 jjgl A word on Packaging hfe iiW Mo»t people wilJ B| jrce thai Riithnians rnß^ De Luxe «re very 6ne cigarettes Indeed. V It U natural, therefore, thai pain* ohould be rakrD to ensure rhat their prtKerrine I 1 Is maintained during their long |ournet /I from England (r rou.
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 167 8 A more caieiul count ot Uie west opened the diamond un distribution that an opponent re- d-ciar., nuT** .«a. nw vealed would have given today 1 declWCT Ue^ w »y E*s.ts declarer the key to the winning Jack. The spade king waa laid play. down; Bast won and returned the
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  • Straits Times SATURDAY FORUM
    • 277 9 The sad sights of Singapore TIME is marching backwards in pertain parts of this so-called progressive city. Walking through some quarters of Chinatown is like being whisked back to medieval Europe with its slinking, filth-cluttered roadways, wretched beggars and slinking, hungry animals. Dogs running with vilej sores, thrown out to
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    • 110 9 I WONDER how many of your readers feel satisfied with the programmes presented at all t'.ie local clnemps I do not consider paying U) sit and look at advertisements being "entertained", yet quite an astonishing percentage of what local cineuom call a "programme" Is advertisement. On Wednesday
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    • 225 9 TWO points of view have been expressed over the proposal of the Penang Teacher's Union for the shortening, by one year, of the present secondary school course in Malaya. In the Sunday Times, your correspondent reported that > the Union's Education Sub-. Committee was In favour of
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    • 512 9 Knights -errant get the cold shoulder J^S a precaution, I wish to tell my readers that I am not in any way a misogynist. In fact, I find myself to be the opposite, but some observations of mine have urged me to write this. I hope the ladies will not
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    • 376 9 /CONGRATULATIONS on your uncompromising stand towards the Democratic League, as shown in two recent leaders and in editorial footnotes to letters from "Ex-Leaguer". The Democratic League wui outlawed by the Chinese National Government In October 1947 on charges that It was r-lplng the Communists In
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    • 526 9 "A BRAVE VICTOR Y" FEEL compelled to pen the following .lines to congratulate the councillors who have won a narrow and brave victory on the question of the establishment of a birth-control clinic narrow, because they were nearly defeated, and brave, because they have won it in the face and
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    • 26 9 Letters signed with a norn deplume are ..ot published unirj the writer's name and address ire communicated to the Editor as i guarantee of good faith.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 87 9 riRST CHOICE OF LEADING I MUNICIPALITIES I •am TaWiK^^L/l. S t l\Tv^\J V GOMMER KARRIER The Commer and Karrier range— built by Engineers AR£ YOU with wide experience of municipal needs includes vehicles for each purpose. Unequalled in reliability and economy, and capable of giving long periods of trouble-free service
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    • 37 9 OIL-BOUND jf WATER PAINT /4G* Provide* a hard-wearing W^ and washable finish. _^g§^^aw For inside or outside use. HL_^ Toughened with H.D. Petrifying Wkg A M Liquid, It withstands damp. I^"|^^P« arTT^a^a^HWrTrj^Bß^Tßßf^lTwsaim^^d^»«Li-JL I J^^ mjt Mr. Attttoma*
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 183 9 STRAITS TINES CROSSWORD M Withered from U»« lak* CROSSWORD No 146 I General orjcuuontr t* <S> V V T Uli 17 Cratultout <4> i Ij 1 I 4 I Is I Is Courier* (7» SO Taxl'i Venetian counterII Found 10 most emfilem* SX A fresh ludicial Mamma- j i ll
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  • 343 10 LONDON. Fri. A STEADIER tendency prevailed for the greater part of yesterday 'B session on the London Stock Exchange. Some bear-covering was prompted by the approach of the week-end, saya Reuter's financial correspondent. The Exchange Is on holiday on Monday. Although man; small galas were recorded among Industrial
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  • 135 10 From A Market Correspondent BUSINESS In the Singapore produce market* yesterday was again small and limited to one or -o section*. There was generally very little Interest. Quotations, however, were unchanged. Yesterday's price* per pteul were: Pepper: Muntok whlU $370; Sarawak white «369; Lam pong black $337.
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  • 800 10 From Our Market Correspondent I SINGAPORE, Friday. I INHERE was little change in the Industrial section of the Malayan share market today. Tins showed slightly less selling pressure at the lower levels. Small London interest was also maintained. Prices quoted by the Mala- yan Sharebrokers
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  • 214 10 SLNUAPOR2, I ri. MEW York at last showed some recovery whtcft produced quite a sharp improvement in the Singapore rubber market ye^Uirday. The market opened yesterday about 1)4 cents higher than Thursdays, close and again steadied further during the afternoon on good support from trading quarters. Closing prices
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  • 89 10 t P3 .i port a." reside the O irfap. Harbr v Board wlu i -lenL'T (trodowns in braciti re' Main Whaif: Ben venue (38--99). F^anclsvllie (38-39), Napoll (43-43). West Wkarf: EelanUn (11). Msntln (3). ResaiiC (3). Oranje (1-3), BreooDshira (6-7), Dorsetshire (11). Kmplre Dock: Tjlbodan (98--30). Silver
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  • 53 10 TAKUAPA Valley Tin Dredging announces that In May the No. 1 dredge worked 613 hours, covered 148,000 cable yards and won 394 plcub of ore. The No. 3 dredge worked 638 hours, covered 1704)00 cubic yards and won 84 plcula of ore. The No. 3 dredc*
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  • 89 10 June 1. June 3. Industriate 167.06 168.18 Rails 44.60 44.39 Domestic Bonds 98.18 96.11 Utilities 84.96 3i.00 Straits Times Service. •en. 4%% IN* 111. JO 111 60 •en. 3% IMS 97.00 J6.00 xi "m 3% 1937 96 39 97.39 »en 314*. IM« 9900 100 60 i.U 3%
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 1239 10 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. (Incorporated m Singapore' BLUE rUNMKL LIMB STRAIT* tirfAMSHIP CO., I Carnar's opMon te proceed? via ether I LTD. ports to raae and mscharga cargo j waT CO ast MALAYA SAILINCS FROM U.K. ft VXA Moramau for Muar lana Vessel for Malacca lane 9 frßjßfß, '"J Vessel for
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    • 328 10 PRESIDENT LINER SAILINGS TO NEW YORK. AND BOSTON VIA CfYLON. INDIA, ECYPT, AND MEDITIRRANIAN PORTS. S'oora P. Sham Panang Pras. lottersan laaa 4 6 Marine Snapper hsne a/11 lane IMI lane 14/17 Pres. Polh kne 22/27 lune U/ luly 1 Mount Da««s isrty 1/9 |ury 10/11 |aty 12/11 TO U-S
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    • 276 10 EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILING FROM SCANDINAVIA UK >AILIN« 10 CONTINENT/ CONTININT. SCANDINAVIA Loading at Singapore, Port Swattanham •M d««.bt Mcl b p for Manila. H'Kong. Shanghai!?). Kobe 6 Yokohama m.s. "Nordf arer" due abt. lune 1 1 for Aden. Port Said, Canoa, M 4 M a M M l« fi^-oJof^StrJr^:
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    • 921 10 McALISTER tfc CO., LTD. tinuMixjtanew n t— s>inr-»r ELL—MAN ek BUCBMALL KLATKMESS LIME LONDON .^^^"lB-aAaj A muk •«I» O»^ro!foHA»aA Osry f|» Central ft 10-11 rarf 16 ZH lf.S» |«t> l h »"V Tatopfjoa* Mo. 590« BOUSTEAD CO.. LTD. Lloyd AgentsTicket Aajents for Malafan Railway CLM Urn •AISM^KAOOEN LINE T e-ae»e»
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  • 139 11 EPSOM JEEP C/IIX BOY RACE 1 2-30 FLYING COLOCB Duke San Kandy KM KWDY KID oron«Uon Lady SHINING WILLOW Wonder Bird Polhh Bride KANDY KID t oronation L««y Franeelene RACE t I-M SHIMNCi WILLOW Polish Bride Wonder Bird WONDER BIRD RACE S S-M Ida. 4 J-00 BADGER
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  • 824 11  - KAISERINE BEST BET AT K.L. TODAY Advantage To Win 7-fur Race EPSOM JEEP By KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. it AISEKINK stands oat as the best bet on the car* at Kuala Lumpur tomorrow, the first day of the Selangor Turf Club June meeting. This mare scored a comfortable win over six
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  • 177 11 IN spite of petrol rationing 1 and bandits, a very good entry has been received Tor the first post-war speed trial to be held by the Aam tomorrow morning at 8 o'clock at Rahang Hoad, Seremban. Major J W. SneUing. Chief Fire Officer, Negri
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  • 398 11  - Qualities Of FirstClass Full-back TOMMY LAWTON Lawton Lessons... No. 17 By T»HE value of a really first-class full-back is judged by his positional play, the way he uses a ball in his clearances, and his understanding with his goalkeeper, wing-half and centre-half. As the game is played today, it is
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  • 896 11 f THE card of events for today's races at Kuala 1 Lumpur is ffiven below. Double Totes will be on races two and four and six and eight. The Big Sweep will be drawn on race eight. Race 1—2.30: Cl. 3, Div. s— Furs. 000 Kandy Kid
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 300 11 BLAZING WITH ADVENTURE! THROBBING WITH EXCITEMENT! H. de Vere SUckpoole's WORLD RENOWNED NOVEL! HIM mm niiml cuut tuNHi urn mm ""JjK^^Pflß^^B ISV* JE.AN SIMMONS Wtf^KHW The Blue Lagoon Jfl A NOEL P'JRCELL CYRIL CUSACK *^J*jfjL JAMES HAYTER JM^^fr' PP^ V*mmi W riA« UkVMDtm fUglUtrf DBT»I»OnOMl Preceded by A Musical Paint
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    • 232 11 IT'S MADNESS TO MISS THIS! TODAY at 11 -1.45 -4.00 -6.30 9.30 Special Morninjr Show s at 9 a.m. Tomorrow: "RIVER LADY" in Technicolor Monday: "LAST OF THE REDMEN" in color Reduced Prices: $1.00 and 50 cts. PHONE P^IIi m HffJ I 5159 TONIGHT AT M'NITE! From actual caie histories
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 102 11 Today's Radio SINGAPORE 10.00 News from Kuala Lumpur; 10.05 (approz.) Close; 1.00 Programme Summary; 1.02 Dance Music; 1.30 News (also at 7 and 9.30); 1.45 Weekly Singapore Share Market Report; 2.00 Album of Harmony; 2.25 Racing Commentaries from the Selangor Turf Club; 6.15 Danqe Music; 6.30 Children's Programme: 6.43 Light
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    • 112 11 English; 8.00 Siamese; 8.33 News (English); 8.45 Dutch; 9oc Kuoyu; 9.30 Burmese; 9. 45 English; 10.00 Radio News Reel; 10.15 Light Music; 10.30 Studies In English Letters 1 'William Plomer'; 10.45 Rhythm on Records' from Radio Malaya; 11.30 News; 11.45 Dance Music; 12.00 Close. AUSTRALIA 5.30 Australian Radio Reel; 5.45
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  • 572 12 FINALISTS Army-Navy, N.S. In Vital Cup Tie VKCiKI Sembilan, Malaya Cup football champions, and Army-Navy, one of the best post-war Service combinations in the South, meet at Jalan Besar Stadium today, and the winning team may well be this year's Southern finalists. Negri Sembilan come to
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    39 12 I. JTT. RAF. Changi's goalkeeper, getc his hands to th. ball before thr onrushing Tee Slang could connect with bis head during yesterday's Senior League game at Jalan B>«ar against the CA. Changi won 4— 2— Straits Times picture.
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  • 446 12 R.A.F. (Changi) 4; Chinese Athletes 2. /'HINESE Athletes' hopes of winning Senior League honours without conceding a single game were shattered at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday before a large crowd. K.A.F. (Changi) a team completely out of the running did the trick. And they
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  • 525 12 Singapore Football Tables Latest positions in the 3. A I.A. league are: '.A. LAFSelrtai Lovers :ota RaJ« I.E. loyal Navy Brani V lAF Changl EMI "amil.s "tgers I.C.C. I! Signals R C P W D I. T A pis. 11 1 1 33 11 19 11 t 1 1 31
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  • 150 12 LONDON. Friday. ALL County cricket games had to be abandoned today i-wlng to rain. The only victory in ihe series ending today went to Essex who beat Kent by 47 runs yesterday. Scores j At Liverpool. Lancashire v Warwickshire. Lancashire 282 and 101 for 4 declared.
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  • 157 12 AKIER six moiiuii of waiting, Navy's boxing sensation, Jimmy Newell, who has scored knock-outs In all his three Singapore fights to date, Is about to meet Som Pong. Singapore's wel-ter-weight champion, the opponent Newell has set Ms heart on fighting. This fight, wnith has been talked
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  • 53 12 •THE Singapore Lawn Tennis AsI soclatlon's women's doubles championship was won by Miss L. Walker Taylor, and not Mrs. M. Burnett, in partnership witn Miss I. L. Butt. Miss Walker Taylor and Mis& Butt beat Miss S. Still and Miv D. M. Roper in the women's doubles final
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  • 288 12 THK Singapore Amateur Athletic Association's annual sports meet will taste plaoe at Jalan Beaar stadium on July 22 and 23. These date* wore decided on at a committee meeting of the 8 A A. A. held at the Singapore Recreation Club yesterday. The events to
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  • 167 12 LONDON, r'n "TIIKRI-. are 33 ttrobable run--1 ners for liie premirr cUmk of the British Uirf. tbe Derby, to be run over one and m half miles at Epsom i»u-,.- al HOO hours GMT tomorrow. They are: Amoar f>rakt iH. Juhnaorvei: Barnes Park I\\ Cook); Big Wig-
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  • 278 12 TAUNTON, Friday. I RAIN slopped play when Somerset had scored 43 for one In their second innings, and the match wa.i abandc i"d is a draw. New Zealand had oi rd 297 for nine declared in reply .o Somerset first Innings total of 191. With the New
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  • 91 12 The S.R.C. crtckri teams (or the week-end are: Against Raffles lnjtitutian on the Padang at 2 p m. today: A. Armstrong (capt. i, C. Alphonso. N. Boudewyn E D'AranJo, M. Oammell. D. Miller. J. Martens. R. Scully. O. Webb. P. Yiselman O. Westerhout. Against R.A.P. Tengah
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  • 323 12 LONDON, Friday. OKI CE Woodcock of England has established him- self as European candidate for the vacant world heavyweight crown by knocking out Freddie Mills his countryman, in the 14th round before 46.000 fans at the White City Stadium last night. Woodcock kept his
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  • 250 12  - Cup Men Put To 'Test Tomorrow I>KF SIEW YEK By A MONG the thousands watching the Thomas Cup team play the Rest of Malaya tomorrow will be many who will have one question in their minds This question is: Did the Malayans beat the Danes and Americans because they had
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  • 67 12 ]N 1 Junior B. Group 1 nwu-h played at the Oeylang Stadium yesterday. Social A P. drew oneall with Borneo Motors S C. Rough play in the second half marred the game. Borneo Motors opened accounts through inside-left. Salleh. during; a melee in front of
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  • 69 12 Th following will play cricket for the Indian A\soU'i.>n auMiui RAP Changi on the I A mound on Sunday at 2 pm: N. Abbasbhoy icapt i. M K Motiwalla. M Bhatrl.'z. Bhatrl. f\' Sltharam. R V. Slngxni. Sclakaft Blngh. C 8 V Sundrsm. Mohaf mcd Shah N
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    • 737 12 (Continued Irom page til SITUATIONS WANTfcU KKIIISH matter open tor en^:igementß. Age 39. Exprnenrvd in Ptif East WKters. Reply Bor N<\ ABS4I. S.T. f.UROP. lady requires ixwt as in. ii i tif manageress, Hotel or t- i house Many years exp. C lertai n.Miketlng St holder of i-.ponsiule po«t. Speaks
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    • 171 12 Race Review In Page 11 fj^ Ory M'NITE f%fcyV TONIGHT MVERS TRAVEL? MOIO TTTT^ -Tt' n^5 v f This new service we offer you means that rhe American operated Pacific Overseas Airlines (Siantl Ltd. takes you direct to Bangkok. From Bangkok you fly to India, to the Middle and Near
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    • 18 12 HJM.APORE TIDKS 111 am ■n< \iri uux /ft flfl/ ■rtiWf»t 4V> %M ■•<■'. t ,i 4 i in nut
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    • 99 12 HMI MM K Miliu US), Sigil Sembilan v Anny-N*vy J. Besar. FRIENDLY SOCCER: Hotspurs v Qaniaa Farrer Park. CRICKET: Europe is v K. t (Clarke Cup)— S.C.C; l< < B.I.— SJt.C; Potlc* y C.S.C.— Thomson Rd.; S.C.C. Cold Storage— Farrer Park; I.A. v SA.0.8.A.— 1.A.; St. Andrew', v Rorklites— HooeWrlile.
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