The Straits Times, 24 May 1950

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    19 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PA<;F.S SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 1950. tAt price ten cents
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    TOP GOVT. JOBS OPEN TO ASIANS
    863 1 TOP GOVT. JOBS OPEN TO ASIANS Colony To Aid Advancement A FAR-REACHING scheme of advancement in the Singapore Government services, under tvhich locally domiciled youths can be assisted to reach the highest posts, was unanimously adopted by the Singapore Legislative Council yesterday amid the warm applause of Unofficial members. Moving
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    MALAYANS MEET CHIANG KAI-SHEK
    304 1 MALAYANS MEET CHIANG KAI-SHEK TAIPEH. Tues. GtiNERALISSIMO Chiang Kai-shek received from a Malayan, Kuomintang delegation this morning a pledge that the Malayan Chinese wholeheartedly support the Nationalist government in its last-ditch fight against Communism Mr. Tan Kok Clioh, publisher of the Chung Shing Jih Poii of Singapore, and Mr. Lav
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    TAN KAH KEE IN HONG KONG
    44 1 HONG KONG Tues.— Mi. Tan Kah Kee, known for his strong leftist sympathies, has arrived here from Singapore en route to China for three to four months' tour of inspection on the progress of the Communist reeime. UP.
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    TWO MINISTERS ARRIVE TODAY
    252 1 'THE fullest police precaution- will be taken at Kallang airport this afternoon when the Secretary of State for the Colonies. Mr. James Griffiths, and the War Minister, Mr. John Strachey, arrive from London. Plain clothed detectives will mingle among onlookers at the airport. The Governor, Sir
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    'Horror' At Attack On Governor
    136 1 'Horror' At Attack On Governor HORROR at the. recent bomb attack on the Governor of Singapore, Sir Franklin Gimson, and thankfulness for his "providential escape" was expressed by Mr. R. Jumabhoy in the Legislative Council yesterday on behalf ot the Unofficial councillors. Sir Franklin, replying, said:. "I am sure that
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    RETURN OF LOOT
    32 1 TOKYO, Tues.— The Japanese Government has been ordered to return some (U5) 544,000 worth of looted coins to the Netherlands and 116 radium needles to the United Kingdom. A.P.
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    OATH TO CHIANG
    66 1 TAIPEH, Tues. Central Headquarters members of the Chinese Nationalist Party Uhe Kuomintang) took a solemn oath yesterday to die with Generalissimo Chiang Kaishek, If need be, in the war against the Communists. They swore personal allegiance to Chiang and vowed to go througn "tire and water" to
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    GUNS AS REWARD
    44 1 CALCUTTA, Tues. Shotguns with ammunition have been awarded to four young villagers by the Government lor catching a fugitive Communist leader. Rewards in cash and kind also have been awarded to 150 other Indian villagers for operations against subversive elements.— A.P.
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    COWARD'S WAY OUT
    74 1 LONDON, Tues. THE 8.8.C. ruled today that nobody can sing on the British air the words "New Jersey dames go up in flames if someone mentions bed." The line is from a song in Noel Coward's new revue, "The Ace of Clubs," which opened In Manchester last
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    "DATO ONN OFFERED NEW POSITION"
    118 1 from Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. F|ATO Onn bin Ja'afar h:is been offered the chairmanship of the proposed new Rural and Industrial Development Authority, which was discussed in a letter from the High Commissioner. Sir Henry Gurney, to Dato Onn at the assembly of
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    11 HUKS KILLED
    21 1 MANILA. Tues. Eleven FTikbalahap dissidents were rilled yesterday In a clash with government forces near Rosario, Batangas. A.P.
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    Ceylon Minister In America
    38 1 WASHINGTON, Tues.— Sir John Kotelawala, Ceylon s Minister of Transport and Public Works, arrived yesterday for conferences with government officials. He is proceeding to Montreal later to attend the International Civil Aviation Conference. A.P.
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    RUSSIA WARNED
    48 1 STOCKHOLM, Tues.—Sweden has warned Russia not to "capture or molest" Swedish fishing vessels in International waters, and has claimed compensation for losses incurred by her fishermen through Soviet naval action. In reply to the Swedish protest, Moscow has promised to investigate and reply fully "later."— Reuter.
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    PERU QUAKE
    37 1 WASHINGTON. Tues Over 100 people were killed and 200 Injured In an earthquake that shook the Peruvian city off Cuzco on Sunday says a re nor t received by the American State Department yesterday. Reuter.
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    Lie In UK: Rumours Of New Peace Plan
    220 1 LONDON, Tuesday. THE United Nations Secretary General, M. Trygve x Lie. arrived in London today for talks with the British Prime Minister, Mr. Clement Attlee, and the Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bevin. M Lie said he had no new statement to make
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    AVA IN MADRID
    53 1 AVA GARDNER, American actress, and the bullfighter, Mario Cabre, sign the golden visitors' book in a Madrid bar. Later the crooner, Frank Sinatra, arrived in Spain. On his return home he had to deiy stories about a romance, valuable gifts for Ava and a flight- from the
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    Colony Grenade Law To Stay
    245 1 TTOE Emergency Regulation, introduced in Singax pore on the eve of the Colony's Youth Rally, which imposes the death penalty on anyone possessing explosives was extended by the Legislative Council vestpnlav until fh e end of the Emergency. The Colonial Secretary, Mr. J. D. M.
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    New USIBid For 'Turko'
    85 1 A REQUISITION for extradition of "Turko" Westerling has been submitted to the Singapore Government by the Indonesian Representative in Singapore, it was officially announced last night. The requisition and connected documents are now being examined by the AttorneyGeneral with a view to advising the Governor whether
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  • Article
    JAGA SLAIN IN NEW K.L. BOMB ATTACK
    312 1 JAGA SLAIN IN NEW K.L. BOMB ATTACK From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. £JHINESE terrorists today murdered a 50-year-J old Sikh jaga who tried to stop them flinging a grenade into the China Press newspaper office just off Batu Road in the heart of Kuala Lumpur tonight. After pumping
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    LORDWAVELL
    32 1 LONDON. Tues.— The condition of 67-year-old Field Marshal Earl Wavell, who underwent a severe abdominal operation 18 days ago, "is unchanged and very serious," a hospital bulletin stated early today.— Reuter.
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    RED BILL PASSES ALL STAGES
    53 1 CANBERRA Tues. -The Australian Government's Communist Party Disolution Bill passed through all stages in the House of Representatives tonight, and will now ro to the Senate. There the Labour opposition has a majority over the Government and is expected to use its strength to press
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    'No Claim On East New Guinea'
    144 1 'No Claim On East New Guinea' JAKARTA. Tues. PRESIDENT Soekarno today reiterated Indonesian aspirations towards West New Guinea, but -categorical >y denied that the Indonesian Republic had aspirations to possession of Australian-con-troiled East New Guinea. In an Interview, Dr. Soekarno said he hoped West New Guinea would be Incorporated in
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    MALAYA: NO INDIAN SOLDIERS
    200 2 NEW DELHI, Tues. rE Indian Prime Minister, Pandit Nehru, was asked at a Press Conference yesterday whether Britain could call upon India, as a Commonwealth country, to provide soldiers to fight In Malaya and whether India would agree to do so. "This Is a very extraordinary
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    DROVE BEHIND QUEEN: FIRED
    95 2 BEBINGTON, Cheshire, Tuesday. A GARBAGE truck driver, Sydney Cooper, aged 46, drove his bright orange vehicle behind the Queen's procession, nodding and waving to the crowd. For this he was fired from the job he had held for 17 years and denied a pension. The incident
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      Interfered—Nose Bitten Off
      335 2 DETROIT, Tuesday. IVIILES Nelson, aged 26, has decided to be more 1 careful about poking his nose in other people's business. He interfered in a family dispute between Mr. and Mrs. OUie Henderson and Henderson bit off the end of his nose. t Henderson was held for
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    ENVOY TO TITO
    15 2 INDIAN rtint>assaaor. Binary Ranjan, who has been appointed to Yugoslavia. A.P. picture
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    RUSSIANS CAN SNOOP UK SAYS
    169 2 RUSSIANS CAN SNOOP UK SA YS LONDON, Tues. A BRITISH Navy spokesman said yesterday that the 31 Russian mystery ships now in British waters could go right ahead and snoop on the Western Union naval exercises if they wanted to but a secret aircraft carrier was discreetly moved out of
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    US GRAVESFOUND IN HOLLANDIA
    67 2 US GRAVES FOUND IN HOLLANDIA JAKARTA, Tues. The graves of 18 marines and an. American nurse who died during the Pacific war were found recently in a marine camp at Hollandia, says Aneta news agency. The graves are now looked after by the Royal Netherlands Navy pending a further decision.
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      776 2 i 1 1 Notices NOTICE PURSUANT TO SECTION 29 OF THE TRUSTEES ORDINANCE (Cap. 59) la the Estate of Leaw Mm Hlanc deceased late of No. t9, Keng Cbeow Street, Singapore NOTICE is hereby given that all persona ha Ing claims against the estate of the abovenamed deceased who died
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      383 2 TENDERS TENDERS will be received by the Mechanical Engineer. P.W.D. Factory, Brickfields Road. Kuala Lumpur, up to noon of sth June, for the purchase of two 1945 Model Austin 10 H.P. Saloon Cars in running condition. Inspection during office hours. CENTRAL ELECTRICITY BOARD Tenders will be received at the Office
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    RUSSIA WALKS OUT OF UNESCO ON CHINA ISSUE
    287 3 RUSSIA WALKS OUT OF UNESCO ON CHINA ISSUE bLORENCE, Tuesday. J|l SSIA, Czechoslovakia and Hungary yesterday walked out of the annual meeting of UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation. They said they could not sit at the same conference with delegates from Nationalist China who "represent nothing
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    BURMA WRITS
    54 3 RANGOON Tues. Five women and two monks were «inong 160 applicants for writs of habeus corpus filed at the Burmese Supremo Court this month. The 160 were arrested under Burma's Preservation ot Or d.r and Peace Act. which p -rmits arrest on suspicion and detention for six months
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    BRITONS MAY JOIN DIGGER ARMY
    70 3 MELBOURNE. Tues.—Britain is to recruit 4,500 single men in England for the Australian regular army, the Immigration Minister, Mr. Harold Holt, said at a Press conference yesterday. He said the recruits, between 18 and 30, would serve six years in Australia before discharge. The Australian
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    Poison Warning In Staffs. Town
    98 3 LONDON, Tuesday. I OUDSPEAKER vans of the Staffordshire Police patrolled the streets of Tipton today, warning people that enough poison to kill 10,000 people had been stolen. The culprits were probably children. The poison was in the form of about 100 white balls, the size
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    S. AFRICA TO STUDY RED BILL
    150 3 CAPETOWN, Tues. COUTH Africa's House of Assembly yesterday approved last Friday's proposal to refer Us anti-Communist Bill to a select committee, "in the hope that consultation with the opposition might produce a united front against Communism." The Assembly's only munist member, Native Representative, Mr.
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    BANDIT ATTACK
    35 3 ASMARA, Tues.-A gang of 15 armed bandits yesterday attacked and robbed 30 native dustmen who were within 300 yards of a police post. Eight lorries containing refuse were thrown over a cliff.— A.P.
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    7 NATIONS FOR BAGUIO TALKS
    51 3 MANILA. Tues.— The Philippines President, Mr. Elpidio Quirino, said yesterday that India, Pakistan, Ceylon, Siam, Indonesia, Australia and the Philippines would Jae the participating nations at the conference at Baguio on May 26 to discuss economic co-opera-tion among the non-Com-munist nations of the Pacific area.—
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    PIGEONS BLAMED
    36 3 CAIRO, Tues.— A man and woman were burned to death on Sunday when pigeons, with their feathers ablaze, set fire to a row of ten cot tages at Marg. eight miles from here.— UP.
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    Obituary
    103 3 BeathOfMr. F.Thompson fjt'd F D THOMPSON, forma er director of the Fireit' Tire and Rubber Co. <S.S. p Ltd.. died at Melbourne, ria. on May 10. Born in Leeds. 67 years ago, M. Thompson went to Austr ilia as a child. He represented the Singapoi Chamber of Commerce on
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    No Aggression, Says Mao To India
    148 3 No Aggression, Says Mao To India NEW DELHI, Tues. FE Chinese Communist leader, Mao Tsetung, told In d i a's Ambassador to Peking, Sardar K. M. Panikkar, that China had no aggressive intentions against anybody, least of all against India, according to authoritative reports. Mao, according to these reports, talked
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    Colour Bar Law Held Invalid
    188 3 mnr CAPE TOWN, Tuesday. T»HE Appellate Division of the South African Supreme Court ruled yesterday that the Government's regulations separating Whites from Blacks on trains were invalid. The Court, sitting at Bloemfontein, held the regulations were invalid because they resulted In unequal treatment of different
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    500 mph Je1 Flying Boat
    95 3 LONDON, Tues- SAUNDERS-ROE, the Cowes aircraft firm, have designed and will shortly produce a smaller— but by no means baby— sister for their giant tenengined "Princess" flying boat, which has been buildinp for two years The machine, to be called the "Duchess," will be a
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    But Peking Warns Tibet
    115 3 SAN FRANCISCO, Tues. rE Chinese Communists have offered Tibet "regional autonomy," if Tibet will join the Communist regime peacefully. Peking radio however, warned that Tibet was "certain to be liberated" anyhow. For many ye?.- nas been under the nominal suzerainty of China but for Durposes has
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    WRECKED BY REDS
    56 3 SABOTAGE is blamed for India's worst rail disaster in which 95 were killed and more than 150 injured when the Punjab mail train crashed 50ft into a riverbed near Patna. Two lengths of rail had been tampered with where a few weeks before Communists" had tried to
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    YEAR-BY-YEAR CONTROLS URGED FOR SINGAPORE
    299 4 'Should Not Be Permanent' 1 KCISLATION for the control of imports and J exports in Singapore should apply for only one year from the date of enactment, a Select Committee recommended to the Legislative Council yesterday, adding that continuance »fter t*»at period should be by
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    2 DIE IN FOREST AMBUSH
    291 4 2 DIE IN FOREST A MBUSH From Our Staff Correspondent KU4I.A LUMPUR Tues. A KAJANG gang unit, lurking in the Ayer Hi'.arri forest reserve ten miles south of Kuala Lumpur. attacked a police patrol in the jungle early today, killing special constables p. id wounding a Europea*) sergeant and two
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    SUCCESSOR TO FOLLIOTT
    47 4 From Our SUIT Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. Mr A Pearce. from Seremoan. has been appointed to succeed Mr. G. B. Folliott as Officer Superintending the Police Circle. Kluang. Mr Folliott, who was injured in a bandit ambush, is at present in Australia undergoing treatment
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    INDIAN PARTY
    35 4 MALACCA, Tues. The Malacca Local Indian Con gress will hold a tea party in honour of Mr. K. Ramanathan, the newly- elected president of the Malayan Indian Congress at 3 Fort Road tomorrow
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    FAREWELL SCHOOL
    36 4 FAREWELL SCHOOL MRS. F. M. SMITH, headmistress of the Sultan Ibrahim Girls' School at Jobore Bahru, was given a farewell dinner by the staff.* She is leaving for a holiday in Britain— Chau Wan Studio picture.
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    To Get Mill Back From Custodian
    248 4 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Tuesday. A 73-YEAR-OLD ric c merchant, Khor Chee Chooi, tv told the High Court today how rice mill owners during the occupation were forced to sell their mills to a Japanese firm to "prevent a rival Japanese concern from
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    Dogs Unmuzzled
    24 4 TELUK ANSON, Tues.— For leaving their dogs unmuzzled, Yon Hai Tong and Lim Ting Kooi were fined $10 each at Teluk Anson.
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    NO SHOWS FOR PASTERS
    73 4 NO SHOWS FOR PASTERS From Our Mala> Correspondent A proposal to ban public entertainment during the coming fasting month is contained in a resolution adopted by tbe Council of Religious Affairs and Malay Customs of Kedah, the I'tusin Melayu reports. Fasting month will begin on Jane 17. Among public entertainment
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    Engineer Is Acquitted
    96 4 From Oar Staff Correspondent IPOH, Tues.— When the case in which the European mining engineer, Joseph Campbell Garden, of Pengkalen Lahat Mining Co., stood charged with causing grievous hurt to Johari bin Rahman with a shotgun on April 16 was called up again this morning, the court
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    Indian To Die For Parang Murder
    243 4 Rom Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Tuesday. rvAMODKA.M Nair, aged 35, was yesterday senten17 ced to death by Mr. Justice Hill in the Perak Assize Court for the murdei of Mrs. Beatrice Pereira, wife of the assistant-in-charge, of an estate near Taiping. i I Nair
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    Ice Cream Tests
    77 4 From Our SUIT Correspondent PENANG. Tues.— The Chief Penang Sanitary Inspector, Mr. J. E. Miller, says in his annual report to be presented at Thursday's meeting of the Municipal Commissioners that samples of ice cream from several licensed manufacturers and retailers were taken. "Manufacturers were ready to
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    DRUNK ON ROAD
    45 4 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRD. Tues. Krlshnasamy, a shop assistant at the Naval Base, who was yesterday found lying on the road near the Customs Causeway checking point, was today fined $5 In the jTobore Bahru Police Court for being drunk.
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    "INSURE STOCK AGAINST LOSS TO BANDITS"
    206 4 "INSURE STOCK AGAINST LOSS TO BANDITS" From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. COMPULSORY insurance of goods against loss due to terrorism in Malaya is to be discussed at a meeting of the Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce of Malay-* in Kuala Lumpur on June 3. The debate on this
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    School Burnt By Mischief
    70 4 From Our SUB Correspondent ALOR STAR, Tues. pOLICE suspect that the 1 fire which destroyed the Rambong Malay school on May 14 was caused by mischief. To provide temporary accommodation for the school's 100 pupils Rambong villagers near Kulim have started building a shed. The Baling
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    TRAFFIC CHARGE
    44 4 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. Ho Chee Kiong, of Kuala Lumpur, who was charged with driving along the wrong side of the Ayer Hitam Road, nearly colliding with a motor car, claimed trial in the Johore Bahru Police Court today.
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    TRIAL CLAIMED
    33 4 RAUB, Tues. Mohamed charged in the Raub Magistrate's Court with unlawful possession of rubber, claimed trial and the case was postponed to June 5 for hearing. Ball of $300 was allowed
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    "U.K. Is Not Tied By Tin Plan"
    146 4 "U.K. Is Not Tied By Tin Plan" LONDON. Tues gRITAIN'S Supply Minister, Mr. George Strauss, yesterday said that the British Government *ras not committed to the drait agreement, recently drawn ud at Paris by the Tin Study Grouo The Study Group proposed scheme for control of tin export? and for
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    Life Guards Active Soon
    147 4 MOST of the spade-work required for the formation of a Singapore Life Guard Corps to make the Colony's beaches safe has been done and the Corps will start active duty soon. Mr. Andrew Lee. secretary of the S.L.G.C. said that the Safety First Committee had negotiated
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    Appointments To Federation
    108 4 LONDON Mon.— The C uonial Office announces the oi'ov.'lnz appointments: FEDERATION Ot> MALAYA: Messrs J Fudge and L. D. Hayncs. cadets Customs Service. Mr. J. Robertson, Education Officer (General ScteT^t Mr. R. M. WooLfendeu. Assistant Engineer, PWD. Messrs. W. C. Fatrbairn and R. C. Cla/ke 'Land Surveyor
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    Aminah Invited To Holland By Hertogh
    192 4 npHE father of 13-year-old Maria Hertogh yesterday 1 offered a home to Che Aminah, the fostermother who is appealing against the decision of the Singapore Chief Justice th her parents in Holland. But the former Dutch sergeant said |c has no money to pay
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    "Speed Malaya Self-Govt"
    338 5 "Speed Malaya SelfGovt" MALAYA'S approach to s c 1 f-government shojlrj be accelerated to offset the danger of "alien forces which try to impose on Malays the idea tii&t the only way to gain freedom is by force." the Indonesian Gov eminent Representative in Singapore, Dr. R Oetoyo told the
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    FOR AUSTRALIA
    40 5 From Our SlafT Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU Tues.— Tuan Hajl Mohamed Nojh bin Omar, a member of the Johore Executive and .Slate Councils, sails with his son for Australia •omorrow. Tuan Haji Mohd. Noah's wife will follow by nlane.
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    AIR CHIEF'S TOUR
    31 5 Mr. William Ruedi?er, Re- *< vations Superintendent of Pacific Alaska Division the Pan American World ways, arrives in Singa- tp this morning on a tour to inspect reservation facilities.
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    MARRIED IN SINGAPORE
    20 5 INCHE ABDI L KAIUK. bin Sultan Ibrahim and his hride after their marriage at l>eritt Road, Singapore.
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    Uniform Weights For East Urged
    98 5 I JNIFORMITY in weights and measures as a means of *J promoting trade in Asia and the Far East was urged by Mr. R. Jumabhoy, Malayan delegate to the ECAFE session in Bangkok. Mr. Jumabhoy said that as piculs and katties appeared 10 be in
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    RUBBER TALKS 'SUCCESSFUL'
    353 5 Morley Tells Of Malaya 's Big Role At Brussels From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. THE need for ample preparation and organisation to take parr in international conferences was stressed by Mr. J. A. E. Morley, Acting Deputy Economic Secretary, in a broadcast tonight. Mr. Morley
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    VARSITY, AWARDS BEING REVIEWED
    163 5 VARSITY, AWARDS BEING REVIEWED MEW draft regulations lor Federation scholarsnips and bursaries to the University of Malaya are now beine considered by the Government and some changes may be made in th e amounts of the awards, the Straits Times understands. The new regulations arc expected to come into force
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    NO STALL FOR BANDIT VICTIM
    67 5 From Our Own C'orrrsi>«"<l<-il ALOR STAR. Tues The Kota Star Town Board his rejected a bandit victim's application for the erection of a temporary s'all at Pekan Melayu, Alor Star. He stated that he was shot by bandits at Bukit Siipmbau in April and for
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    HAD TODDY: $10
    24 5 From Our Own t'orresnnndrni TELUK ANSON Tues Bodiah was fined $10 for 'inlawful possession of a qu^r er gallon of toddy.
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    Third Time Unlucky
    20 5 THE EIGHT-FOOT SHARK with its captor. Mr. Henry Heas (left) cook of the Ulysses.— Straits Times picture.
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    A 400-lb. Shark For The Cook
    190 5 AN eight-foot shark which for four days had been "playing around" the s.s. Ulysses, anchored in the Outer Roads of Singapore, was caught by the ship's British cook, Henry Heas. on Monday evening. Henry told the Straits Times yesterday that 'Jack Shark" who weighed
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    ROBBERY CHARGE
    45 5 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Tues— Alleged to have held up an Indian at pistol point and taken $15 from him. Loh Yooi Weng and Von Koon Koh were charged before the Ipoh Magistrate with robbery. The case was postponed to May 29.
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    EXCESS LOAD: .$100
    30 5 TELUK ANSON. Tues.— Loh Lne Heng who pleaded guilty by letter to carrying an excess load In his lorry, was fined $100 or two months! rigorous Imprisonment.
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    $48,672 For Estate Duty Refunded
    182 5 $48,672 For Estate Duty Refunded FE Singapore Government has had to refund 548.672 in estate duty collected on three estates, according to a report of the Finance Committee tabled in the Legislative Council yesterday morning. On the estate of Mr. J. M. Meyer, who died In 1934, estate duty was
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    NEGLIGENCE COST HIM $50
    43 5 Kpom Our Own CoiVespondenl MUAR. Tues —Summoned before the Muar Magistrate for negligent driving. Er Cher was fined $25. or three weeks' hard labour. In addition Er had to pay $25 to the P W.D. for damaging its lorry
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    NO BAILOR
    51 5 SEGAMAT, Tues. "I cannot find a bailor unless the police aid me in yetting In touch with my friends." declared 20-year-old Kanusamy at Segamat when charged with attempting to use a penknife to cause hurt in Kempas Estate, Bekok. The Magistrata told the police to help to find
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    Singapore Diary
    93 5 CHINESE Y.M.U.A., Selcfjie Road, staff meeting, 9 a.m., chess club, 5 p.m., welghtliftingr, 6.30 p.m., badminton, 5.30 p.m., mouth organ class, 5.30 p.m. F AIRFIELD GIRLS' SCHOOL, Kmpire Day Celebration, School Hall, 10.15 a.m. Major-General Dunlon will address the students. YOUTH DRAMA AND MUSIC FESTIVAL, VJc'-oria Theatre, 5
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    Impressed by Singapore Shoemakers
    136 5 Impressed by Singapore Shoemakers ITJHE ingenuity with which small Chinese shoewokers In Singapore duplicate the latest New York and Italian styles straight from advertisments Impressed Mr. Thomas Bata, head of the Bata Shoe organisation, when he visited the Colony recently. He said this in London at the conclusion of a
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    ANNOUNCEMENT
    50 6 THE MARRIAGE took place on Friday 19th May 1950 at the Registrar ot Marriages, Singapore, between Mavis Theresa Jansen, nee' Plunkett, daughter of the late Mr. Mrs. W. Plunkett Of Singapore and Capt. P. L. Gardner MB E. Son of Mr. F. E. C. Gardner of Cheltenham, Gloustershlre. England.
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    DEATHS
    40 6 DORAISAMY -Gnanumirthamal. brloved mother of M. S. Doraisamy. Govt. Health Dept.. died In India on 20th May. THOMPSON P. D. late managing Director. Firestone Tire Rubbrr Co. <S.S.» Ltd. at Melbourne Victoria, on 10th May, after a short illness.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    17 6 MR. MRS. PETER CHEW thank all friends <fe relatives for »cndin? presents attending their on 20th
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  • The Straits Times Singapore, Wed, May 24, 1950.
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      Seeing For Themselves
      707 6 Seeing For Themselves The visit to Malayu which the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. James Griffiths, and the Secretary for War, Mr. John Strachey, begin today will not be as extended as Malaya could wish. No doubt the two Ministers share this regret. But that they should come
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      "Canvassing" For War Claims
      354 6 From a town in the Federation which shall be nameless we have received a letter from a claimant for war damage compensation. This correspondent states that another claimant known to him has been approached by a "canvasser" who let it be known that he is prepared
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    The Freemasons At The Horsburgh
    986 6 The Freemasons At The Horsburgh By Commander L. P. LANE Master Attendant, Singapore JJORSBURGH Lighthouse is the oldest and most isolated of the Singapore group of lighthouses, Deing built on a small, rocky island known as Pedra Branca. This is in the centre of the eastern approaches to the Singapore
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      A local graduate looks at Income Tax jobs
      468 6 VjY curiosity was aroused by an invitation (adverlTl Used in the Straits Times of May 18) for applications for the post of Examiner in the Income Tax Department, Singapore. The Benham Report fixes the qualification required of Assistant Examiners at Raffles Diploma
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    On the Margin
    425 6 Kirk Terrace QNE day last week two strangers in Singapore set out to visit an address in Kirk Terrace. They did not know where Kirk Terrace was. but they had been told that it was one of the streets leading off Hill Street. Accordingly they searched in
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      82 6 ANDRE KOSTELANETZ and his Orchestra. 1045/8 Rhapsody In Blue. Love walked In. 1183 Liebestraum flJat). Poem (Piblch). 1306 Caprice Viennote, Stars In my eyes. IS4I Poinclana (Simon). Song of India. 1384 Music of Jerome Kern. 1396 Tambourln Chlnois, The Old Refrain. 1482 In a Monastery Garden. Lotus Land. 1488 Ritual
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    'BAN TIMBER EXPORTS' CALL TO GOVT.
    446 7 'Shortage May Slow Down Colony Bu tiding A CALL for a temporary restriction in the export of Malayan timber from Singapore was made by Mr. Thio Chan Bee (Nominated) in the Legislative Council yesterday. Both in a written question and in &n adjournment speech,
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    PAKISTAN MINISTER IN SINGAPORE
    45 7 I LIiTAITS MINISTER ol Industry, Mr. Chowdhari Ni/ir A!i:npd Khan (right) chats with Singapore Legisli'ivp Councillor. Mr. M. J. Namazie on his arrival ai Killang Airport yesterday afternoon* Mr. Nazir Ahmed Khan attended the Commonwealth talks In Sydney Straits Times picture.
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    POLICE WATCHED For STOWAWAYS
    196 7 OPECIAL and Auxiliary Polite guards were posted at the two gangplanks of the s.s. Surriento to prevent possible stowaways before she sailed yesterday. Among the passengers were 86 Holy Year PilgriaM from Malaya for Rome and 32 Jews from Singapore bound for Israel. The ships representati
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    Councillor Ruled Out Of Order
    78 7 Councillor Ruled Out Of Order THE Councilor for Rural East, Inche Sardon bin Haji Jubir. was ruled out of order by the Governor, Sir Franklin Gimson, when he d to the Benham Report during an adjournment speech, at yesterday's Le?isla'ive Council meeting. The Governor ruled tn&t a? the Benham Report
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    INDIAN NAVY VISITOR
    71 7 Lieut. Commander Krishan Dcv of the Indian Navy arrived in Singapore yesterday to make arrangements with the local naval authorities for the forthcoming visit to Singapore of the Indian Navy Flag Ship, I.N.S. Delhi, The ship Is expected in the second week of June. It is first
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    NO DEMAND FOR OVERTIME
    77 7 Twenty-flve iaeiub»rs of the Recording Staff at the Singapore £*™J B«* have written to the straits Times to deny that they have made any representations either through the Naval Base Labour Union or through other channels demanding either overtime or overtime jy rotatica. They say that
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    OWNER'S CLAIM
    39 7 Judgment was reserved by Mr. Justice Evans In the Singapore Supreme Court yesterday in the case in which Ng Keng Boon, a Chinese business man, claimed possession, as owner, of premises at No 37. Telok Ayer Street.
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    SAWMILLS SAY: NO SHORTAGE
    246 7 SAWMILLS SAY: NO SHORTAGE MALAYA will lose several million dollars of overseas trade should any ban or further restriction be placed on the export of timber, the Singapore Sawmillers Association states in a letter to the Straits Times. Export restrictions on a commodity which is very much in excess of
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    BLOCKADE SHIP
    30 7 The American freighter Brooklyn Heights, which in January left Hong Kong to run the Nationalist blockade of Shanghai but diverted her course to Tslngtao, arrived In Singapore yesterday
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    YOUR $350 CHEQUES: DELAY EXPLAINED
    205 7 TWE War Damage Commission is anxious to get A on with payments of the first $350 of all assessed claims, but difficulties about the identity of claimants are being: encountered. This statement was made by the acting Financial Secretary, Mr. J. E. Pepper in answer
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    S.I.T. CAN NOW CUT RENTS
    136 7 EXTENSION from 40 to 60 years of the period for of a $10,000,000 Government loan will enable the Singapore Improvement Trust to reduce rents by 11.3 per cent. The chairman of the trust, Mr T. P. F. McNeice, told the Singapore Legislative Council yesterday that
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    THREE SOVIET SHIPS DUE
    68 7 Three Russian ahips are calling at Singapore for bunkers and provisions in the next three days. They are the Admiral Senyavin. which arrives today, the Surlkov, due tomorrow, and the schooner Krab due from Colombo on Friday. The Marshall Govorov and two tugs Stalingradic and Moshny
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    WIFE ACCUSES HUSBAND
    62 7 Chong Way Ylng, a middle aged Chinese woman pleaded not gailty In the Singapore Police Court yesterday to a charge of attempting to commit suicide by drinking caustic soda. She alleged that it was forced down her throat by her husband after they had quarrelled. She was
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    FREE FLIGHT
    47 7 EIGHTEEN YEAR OLD Sergeant John Gilmore Dobson, of the Air Training Corps, England, pictured last night on his arrival at Changi by RAF. Hastings after a free flight to Singapore. He win remain in the Cojony two days and then return home. Straits Times picture.
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    Carol Reed For S'pore
    62 7 iTAROL Reed, Britain's lead\j ing film director, who was responsible for "The Third Man," "The Fallen Idol" and "The Way Ahead." arrives in Singapore next Tuesday. Mr. Reed will be accompanied by two or three other film executives. It is understood they will spend several days
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    ROTARY MEETING
    24 7 The Canada-UNESCO Fellows of Singapore, Mr. Roy Ferroa and Mr. C. S. Jansen, will speak at today's luncheon meeting of the Rotary.
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    11 MISSES MAKE A BIG HIT
    99 7 £LEVEN little girls of the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus, stole the. show at thei Victoria Theatae. last night, th» second day of the Singttpor« Teachers Union Youth Drama and Music Festival Last night's programme consisted of five plays and two choirs. The
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    Labour Party Gets 'Quit' Order
    151 7 THE Singapore Labour Party and a group of trade x unions, which all have their registered offices at No. 34, Collyer Quay, will have to find alternative accommodation soon because the Government wants the land on which the building stands to extend the car park.
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    18 MONTHS' GAOL
    34 7 Tan Ah Mong, who assaulted an unemployed man because he refused to pay extortion money, was yesterday sentenced to 18 months' rigorous Imprisonment to be followed by two years' police supervision.
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    Pilgrims Start Voyage To Rome
    27 7 SOME OF THE Singapore and Federation Holy Year pilgrims boarding the Surriento yesterday for Rome. Straits Times picture (Report in this pace).
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    He Gave His Wife A 'Black Eye'
    111 7 He Gave His Wife A 'Black Eye' A BRITON employed at the Singapore Naval Base, P. E. Davies, who gave his wife a "black eye." was yesterday fined $80 in the Second Police Court on a charge of assault. Davies was stated to have pulled his wife's hair and twisted
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    Returns To Council
    71 7 Mr. E. M. F. Fergusson took the oath as member for the Singapore Chamber of Commerce on the Singapore Legislative Council at yesterday's Council meeting. In welcoming Mr. Fergusson back to the Council, the Governor, Sir Franklin Gimson, said Mr. Fergusson had been absent from the Colony
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    LIBERAL VISITOR
    27 7 A senior research officer of the Liberal Party In Australia, Mr. W. S. Bengtsson, arrived In Singapore by Qantas Constellation yesterday for a three-day visit.
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    $1 Mil. AMonth Building Scheme
    357 7 $1 Mil. AMonth Building Scheme A N extensive ImproveA ment Trust building schqjne to provide blocks of flats and shops in several parts of Singapore Island will cost the S.I.T approximately 51. 000,000 a month, the acting Municipal President Mr. T.P.F. McNeice. told the SingaDore Legislative Council yesterday. Mr. McNeice
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    AMERICAN FILMS 'NOT ONLY ONES CENSORED'
    418 8 AMERICAN FILMS 'NOT ONLY ONES CENSORED "THE fact is perhaps overlooked that the case for and against the present censorship system is not limited to American films only but also concerns British, Chinese, Indian, Malay and Egyptian films." says a spokesman of the film industry in Singapore. He was referring
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    PORTRAIT COST TAXPAYER $460
    83 8 rE copy of the portrait of Sir Cecil Clementi. which was made to be hung in the Victoria Memorial Hall so as to complete the gallery of past Governors. cost the tax-payer and the ratepayer $460.72 fnd $4f>0.71 respectively, and the Frirnds of Singapore 51.725. The
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    "HELLO PENANG" FROM U.K.
    180 8 From Our Stall I'orrcspuiiilrnt PENANG. Tues. PENANU had its lirst radio telephone call from the United Kingdom yesterday evening when Mrs J. M. Mankin wile ol the Consumers Engineer. Municipal Electri oartment talked for three minutes with her rr Yvone. in Manchester I'h nrst call some
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    Malaya's Bell Handed To MNF
    220 8 Malaya's Bell Handed To MNF From Out Stall Cnrrespo.iiivnt KUALA LUMPUR, lues. PORT Swettenham was enF fete today for a naval occasion The Rulers of the Malay States received from the British Admiralty the ship's bell of H.M.S. Malaya, and nanded it over to the Malayan Naval Force "to honour
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    PSYCHOLOGY CLUB
    27 8 MALACCA. Tues.— Mr. Tan Teng Poey will speak on "Man and the Universe" to the Malacca Psychology Club at the Methodist Girls' School on Thursday.
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    MR. NEMTCHINA WALKS OUT
    42 8 SOVIET WALK-OUT: Mr. S. 8. Nemtchina, chief of the Soviet delegation, walking out of last week's Bangkok conference of the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East in protest at the presence of the Chinese Nationalist representative.
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    S'pore Accepts M.A.A.F. Report
    338 8 THE Select Committee report on the Bill to set up a Malayan Auxiliary Air Force for the defence of Malaya was adopted yesterday by the Singapore Legislative Council. Mr. John Laycock (Municipality North-East), in a rider on the report, said, that the Bill goes beyond the
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    STAFF UNION TO MEET
    63 8 From Our SUII Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. rhe annual general" meeting of the South Johore Estates Staff Union will be held on Sunday at the Johore Civil Service Association premises at 2 p.m. Mr. V M. N Menon, a •nember of the Federal Council, who is
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    CAUSED HURT
    39 8 Koh Siang Eng and he/ daughter-in-law, Tan Siew Imm, were fined $40 and $30 respectively in the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday for causing grievous hurt to Ang Slok Kiang with a changkol handle and a broomstick.
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    League Plea On Reds
    129 8 AN Empire Day message from the Central Council of the Overseas League in London to the Singapore branch has appealed to Colony members to add to their ideals a determination to combat Communism by ?very possible means. The message, signed by the World Secretary, Mr. Philip
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    ROTARY SPEAKER
    23 8 MALACCA, Tues. Major Strutt of the Malay Regiment. Port Dickson, will be the speaker at the Malacca Rotary Club meeting tomorrow.
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    On Spies In New Law
    236 8 On Spies In New Law I'i-om Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. LIEAVY punishment for 11 offenders is provided in the new Secrets Ordinance, which was passed at a recent meeting of the Federal Legislative Council and has now received the consent of the Rulers. The ordinance aDtfears in the
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    GAOL TERM FOR LAWYERS CLERK
    227 8 A 32- YEAR-OLD cashier and general clerk, Kagav a Krishna Swamy Naidu, employed by the law firm of Sandy G. Pillay and Ibrahim, was yesterday sentenced in the First District Court to three months' rigorous imprisonment on a charge of criminal breach of trust of
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    COLONY WEDDING
    20 8 MR. AND MRS. LIM Soo Pen» who were married recently m Singapore. bride was Miss Lan Soo Lan.
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    Peaceful interlude in Britain
    1230 9 The London Letter LONDON, May 15. fHERE are times when life in Britain seems to quieten for a short sjkkc to something resembling that placid, peaceful contentment which for many people made this country such a pki'sant place to live in during those early *****, licfore
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    HERE AND! THERE IN THE U.K.
    524 9 CJHOP windows in Lon- V don, which until 313 1 lately held mostly se- r cond quality goods, and were seldom re- < arranged, are new All- j ed with the finest X things Britain can pro- J duce (chieflly to tempt dollar- visitors,
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      196 9 STRAITS TIMES CROSSWORD ILESI2 «i mt c for CROSSWORD No. 62 I Ii li ftructi in badminton neckw««r <3) ill) 24. Open grand (aoag.) M I 3 3 4 S la Quick bui pr*p«re«J (S) With rw«et musk-roiei I|§|!| 11 iss-diR ta W. oiJft styffttai* i BMB- w 111 IS
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    London Stocks
    330 10 LONDON. Tues r^XPECTATIONS that the Ju British Government is to halt its nationalisation programme assisted betterclass Industrials in the London Stock Exchange yesterday. Oils opened firm but eased on the belief that forthcoming dividends would show no Increase over the previous year. Closing middle price? of select ed
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    MALAYAN SHARE MARKET
    900 10 From Our Market correspondent THE Malayan share market was again quiet yester- day. Interest was confined to certain specific issues. No particular tendency developed Prices quoted by the Malayan ShareDrokers' Association yesterday were: Bayer Seller Alex Bricka pret 4.20 Ord v 2.20 MJU ice 11.80 B.B Petrol
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    TIN PRICES
    29 10 SINGAPORE, Tues, May 23— $302 50 (up $1,121). LONDON. Tues.. May 23. —Spot: £601— £602; Forward. £602]— £603; Settlement, £601}. Turnover: morning, 235 tons; afternoon. 60 tons.
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    Singapore Rubber
    216 10 CINGAPORE had a dull rubJ ber market yesterday, with prices slightly below Monday's. Little business passed. Noon quotations were about seven-eighths of a cent per lb lower than the previous day's. Business for flrst-g ra d c May shipment passed at arcund -60% cents per lb. Closing prices
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    MALAYAN TIN-ORE PRODUCTION
    45 10 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. rpiN-ORE production in the Federation of Mala' 1 in April totalled 106,622 piculs. Perak produced 66.820 piculs, Se'-neor 27,684, N"~-= hllin 3,423, Pahane 4,446, Johore 1,219. Trengganu 616, Kedah 685, Perils 1.489 and Malacca 240.
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    SHIPPING IN SINGAPORE
    93 10 CHIPS in the Singapore Outer ana Inner Roads and alongside S.H.B. wharves yesterday were. Onter Roads: Hal Hsu-.n. Chong Tong, Pigneau de Plgneau. Ibis, Ulysses, Olaf Maersk, Incharran, Belapur, Carpentaria. Inner Roads: Hong Ta', Matang. Serampang. Edendale. Lanikai, Rajah Brooke, Chantra Van den Brock. Alongside Godowns: Mcrlimau
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    DEFEAT BITTER PILL TO SELANGOR
    455 11 Had Huge Slice Of Bad Luck From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. defeat in Saturday's Malaya Cup soccer tie at Penan; was a bitter pill for the team's supporters. That it came in spite of territorial superiority enjoyed for nearly the whole of the
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    Joe Louis To Return If Charles Quits
    338 11 Joe Louis To Return If Charles Quits NEW YORK, Tues. TRAINER Mannie Seamon, 1 -who has worked 13 years with Joe Louis, said yesterday he was positive the retired heavyweight champion would return to the ring for j. September fight In case Ezzard Charles is forced by a heart condition
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    A.C.S. SPORTS
    44 11 A feature of the 36th annual athletic sporta of the Anglrt-Chi-nese School, to be had at Jalan Besar Stadium on Saturday, will be the introduction of the 440-yds Inter-school invitation relay for girls. The programme of 38 events includes four for girls.
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    Davies Wins Cup Match
    165 11 RSGC COMPETITIONS FE following are the results of competitions played at the Royal Singapore Golf Club during the weekend: GUILLEMARD CUP: D. A. O. Davies beat J. M. King 2 and 1 in the final. NINE-HOLES MIXED FOURSOMES: Winners: Mrs J. F. Pearcy and D. A.
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    REME Team Of 10 Had Better Of Draw
    251 11 DLAYING with ten men for threequarters of the game, R.E.M.E. had the better of a one-all draw with Chinese Casuals in a SAFA senior league fixture at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. In 'the 15th minute insideleft Duffy, in trying to head a
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    Big Entries For Singapore Tennis
    848 11 T^HE annual Singapore Lawn Tennis Association championships which begin on the Singapore Cricket Club courts from Monday, Jun e 5, have attracted a very large entry, there being as many as 35 names for the men's singles event. In the other events, the men's doubles
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    C.Y.M.A. BEAT ROCKLITES 3-1
    128 11 A LTHOUGH Rocklites Sports A Club were first to score in yesterday's Singapore A.F.A. Junior B-2 league game, they were finally defeated three-one by the C.V.M.A. In the 15th. minute. Dragon scored the only goal for t!|? Rocklites following a pass from the right wing. Five
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    GREY BLOOM CONFIDENT TIP FOR BIG SPRINT
    470 12 Carefully- Prepared Croydon Chief Rival By EPSOM JEEP fREY BLOOM ia my confident choice to beat Bright Eyes, Croydon and Persian Lord in the big sprint test (Race 6) at Bukit Timah today, second day of the Singapore Turf Club Summer Meeting. I
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    H. Quadrant HasTheForm To Win Mile
    456 12 /GOLDEN Grove is always a \J "good thing" outside a Class 1. Div. 1 field and the style In which Natural has been stretching out on the track suggests he has regained his best form. Added to this pair are some really useful Class
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    Tara St. To Keep On Winning
    930 12 i.N.NhK OI- three races in his last four starts, Tara Street is still in the "piogressive stage, and it is my considered opinion that this Flamenco gelding will be a hard hors c to beat even in a top class field. I make him
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    EUROPEANS v REST: PRACTICE NETS
    70 12 PRACTICE nets will be up for European and Rest teams encaged in this weekend's Clarke Cup cricket match. Europeans will have their nets at S.C.C. today and Friday and Rest members' nets will be up at the S.R.C. today and tomorrow. The trophy match play
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    TODAY'S GOING
    29 12 I\tSPITE rain in the course area on Monday and again yesterday evening, the going at Bukit Timah this afternoon will be good if the weather keeps fine.
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    Sports Diary
    32 12 RACING: 2nd Day, S.T.C. Summer Meeting at Bukit Timah. SOCCER: Friendly: Hong Bahrn Rangers v. GHQ Signals at Farrer Park. CRICKET: Raffles Inst. v. 21 Guard Unit on R.I. ground.
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    Today's Race Card
    1169 12 BELOW is the card of events for today's races at Bukit Timah. The double tote will be on Races 5 and 8, and the Big Sweep will be drawn on Race 7. Fairfelt has been withdrawn from all engagements. Race 1—2.15: Class 3. Div. 4—6 F. 5
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    M.C.C. Beat W.I., Sims Takes 7-65
    410 12 LONDON, Tuesdu}. PVEN ALLOWING for some One spin bowline by 46-year-old Jim Sims, the West Indian cricket tourists gave a surprisingly poor display of hutting when beaten by the M.C.C. by 118 runs at Lord's today. The tourists could not advance any real excuse
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    2 OLYMPIC MEN IN ST. TOMAS TEAM
    76 12 r |iHK basketball team of the University of St. Tomas, Glowing Goldies, arrived by plane in Singapore from Manila yesterday. The team, lead by Father. I. Alejo, the athletic director of the University, comprises 10 players and four officials. There are two Olympic
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    Top Counties Beaten
    264 12 LONDON. Tues. "CHDUR of he five leading teams r in the county cricket championship were beaten In ilv s«>ries of games ending today. Warwickshire were beaten by Lancashire, Surrey lost by 17 rurs to Essex, Worcester lost by ten wickets to Gloucester while Sussex were beaten by
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    SVC MOTOR CYCLE TRIALS ON SUNDAY
    63 12 The S.A.S.C. (Volunteer) are holding Motor Cycle Reliability Trials in competition with R.A.S.C. Units of Singapore District at Ulu Pandan on Sunday at 10 a.m. All volunteers are invited. Motor transport for spectators will leave H.Q., S.V.C- at 8.30 a.m. and 9 a.m. Refreshments
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