The Straits Times, 3 June 1950

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 1950. PRICE TIN CENTS
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    MINISTERS GIVE PLEDGE OF 'EVERY AID'
    539 1 'Britain Will See It Through In Malaya Promise From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. J>HE Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. James Griffiths, and the Secretary of State for War, Mr. John Strachey, today made a joint promise that they will return
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    47 1 KENT. 001, 29-year-old Singapore law student in London, rehearses with Trevor Howard for the film "Cloudy Yellow" at Pinewood Studios. He read in a London paper of a vacancy for a Chinese to act the part of a bookmaker with interests on the black market. A.P. picture.
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    $20,000 Haul In Jewels Theft
    174 1 NEARLY $20,000 worth of jewellery— rings, necklaces, bracelets and watches were taken from a Ceylonese firm of jewellers in Capitol Buildings early yesterday morning. A window at the back of the shop was found open, and a door leading into the premises left ajar. "I
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    HOGAN-SHAIDALI FOR VALE?
    86 1 NEW YORK Fri Syed A'lam Edwar'l Hogan-Shrad-a.i. the Ipoh delegate to the New York Heral 1-Tribune Forum, was described by an official of that newspaper today as "certainly one of the most outstanding of ihe delegates," and Mr. Whitelaw Reid, editor of th° newspaper, lu's asked Yale
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    Taximen & Bargees Go On Strike
    147 1 Taximen Bargees Go On Strike LONDON. Fri. MORE than half of London's 7.000 taxis were off the streets today in a union backed drivers' strike for higher pay. Strikes by Thames bargemen and railway workers today threatened food cargoes in the port of London and a complete paralysis on movement
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    SLIPPED IN
    30 1 NEW YORK. Fri.— Two Britons, in a 25-foot yacht, sailed into the harbour and docked at the Brooklyn Navy yard without the cost guard knowing of their arrival.
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    RELEASED
    44 1 The licence-holder of the Browning automatic pistol used in the shooting of Mr. Yong Yit Lin in the Tong Lam Club, who was detained by the C.1.D., has been released, it was announced yesterday by the Deputy Commissioner, Mr. R. C. B. Wiltshire.
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    16 DIE IN 3 AIR CRASHES
    170 1 16 DIE IN 3 AIR CRASHES TWELVE United States alrX men and at least four Dutch airmen were killed yesterday in crashes at opposite ends of the United States and in Holland. 1. Rhode Is., U.S. Nine men were burned to death when a Navy Neptune bomber patrol plane crashed
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    Malan's 'No' To China
    56 1 CAPETOWN, Fri. SOUTH Africa's Prime Minister, Dr. Malan, today announced amid cheers that ihe Union Government had decided not to recognise the new Communist Government of China. He made his announcement in the House of Assembly. South Africa is the first Commonwealth country to decide against
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    HELICOPTER AT KALLANG
    47 1 A R.A.F. helicopter landed at Kallang yesterday afternoon and caused a stir amongst those working at the airport. Clerks, tambies and mechanics rushed out to see the helicopter land. It was piloted by Ft.-Lt. F. R. Y. Pyle who flew the helicopter from Changi.
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    Strachey, Tired, Back In S'pore
    145 1 Strachey, Tired, Back In S'pore THE Secretary of State for 1 War, Mr. John Strachey, returned to Singapore by air yesterday afternoon after completing his tour of the Federation. Mr. Strachey looked tired, but was smiling as he chatted for a few minutes on the airfield with his travelling companions,
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    GOOD RELATIONS
    30 1 MRS. GWENDOLINE DAY, the first passenger and Press relations officer to be appointed by an cirline in Singapore, started work with Q.E.A.-8.0.A C OP Thursday. Straits Times picture.
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    Hindi Compulsory In Indian Schools
    115 1 NEW DELHI, Friday. THE Indian Government has directed state governments to make the Hindi language compulsory in all unoer primary school classes. Hindi, spoken by nearly 70 per cent, of the people of India, has been adopted as the national language. NonHindi speaking; areas have
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    PROCESSION BAN
    26 1 KINGSTON, Jamaica, Fri,— Following recent political street killings the Government of Jamaica has banned the holding of pubic meetings and processions for a month
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    RESTRICTIONS GO
    13 1 RANGOON Frl. Burma has lifted all petrol sale restrictions.— Re uter.
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    VOLCANO'S30,000ft. SMOKECLOUD
    164 1 HONOLULU, Fri. jy|AUNA Loa, the world's most active volcano erupted on its flank last night after 18 months of uneasy quiet. Hilo, (Hawaii) police reported by radio today that boiling lava reached the ocean three and a half hours after the massive volcano erupted. This would cut oil
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    Labour Leaders Flay N.Z. Ban
    244 1 SINGAPORE labour leaders yesterday condemned as "ill-advised" and "ill-conceived" the New Zealand Waterside Union's decision to refuse to handle any cargo of war materials bound for Malaya. They said Malayap workers want the war in <Malaya to end at the earliest possible moment, so that
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    MNP Removed From List
    67 1 THE Malay Nationalist 1 Party yesterday lost its Status as a political association in Singapore. The M.N.P. was removed from the list of gazetted political parties which are exempt from registration under the Societies' Ordinance by an Order-in-Coun-cil by the Governor. The acting AttorneyGeneral, Mr. C.
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    SURPRISE CHECKS ON GUNS
    126 1 SURPRISE CHECKS ON GUNS CTATING that there will b« surprise check-ups on the holders of licences for firearms, Mr. R. C. B. Wlltshire, Deputy Cominissincr of Police, Singapore, ye.sterday made a piea for greater care to be exercised to see that they did not fall Into others' hands. "Licensees of
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    RED MAP 'CLAIMS' MALAYA
    189 2 LONDON, Frl. AN official Communist map claims Malaya, but not Singapore, and most of South-East Asia as influenced by the Soviet. It is published by the Czech Information Ministry. "The forces of peace" are Indicated on the map In red and the areas controlled by "warmongers"
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    GANDHI'S SON EXAMINES SITE
    59 2 WASHINGTON, Fri. Mr. Devadas Gandhi, son of the late Mahatma Gandhi, and Joint managing director of the Hindustan Times of New Delhi, arrived in Washington yesterday to inspect a" site tentatively selected for a memorial to his father. A five-acre site, adjoining the Indian Embassy, has
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    PALL BEARERS
    56 2 LONDON, Fri.--Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery, General Sir James Steele. Adjutant General to the British Forces, Admiral of the Fleet Viscount Cunningham, Air Chief Marshal Sir John Slessor and Field Marshal Lord Alanbrooke, former chief of the Imperial General Staff, will act as pall-bearers at the funeral on June
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    INDONESIA FREEDOM COST £250,000
    69 2 THE HAGUE, Friday. T HE Dutch people yesterday were told officially that last 1 year's conferee giving freedom to Indonesia cost 2,517,000 guilders 250,000). Travelling expenses for delegates cs r to V.loi,jU«, accommodation £90,200; Secretariat £20,500; clothe* tor Indonesian delegates £12,000; publicity £6300, telegrams and telephones
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      Girl Gaoled For Arms Sabotage
      256 2 BORDEAUX, Friday. A MILITARY court yesterday sentenced pretty 21-year-old Madame Raymonde Dien to one year In prison for sabotaging a shipment of tanks to Indo- China. The trial, which lasted 12 hours was held In a single session with only brief suspension. It «/as believed
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    171b BABY BORN -MOSCOW CLAIM
    49 2 171 b BABY BORN -MOSCOW CLAIM MOSCOW, Fri— The newspaper Evening Moscow yesterday reported the birth of a baby 17.6 lb. beating all previously reported records. The baby and mother were reported to be doing well. The sex of the child, which measured 24 inches was not given.— U.P.
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    Rhee Is Optimistic
    83 2 SEOUL, Fri. PRESIDENT Syngman Rhee expressed optimism j terday over the future of his Government despite th? defeat of his strongest supporting party, the Nationalists, in Tuesday's South Korran. elections. Returns from 209 of the 210 districts gave 1 23 se?.U to non-party candidates. Only about 50
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    "PERSONAL"
    68 2 MANILA, Fri.— The Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Carlos P. Romulo said ye day that he had under his "personal advisement" the case of Chinese EmbassyCounsellor, Chou Shu-kai, who was reported to have bee gaoled several hours last week In nearby Taytay after his car had injured a girl.
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      875 2 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS BRUNEI EDUCATION DEPARTMENT Vacancies exist In this Department for two Normal Class Trained English Teachers capable of teaching Special Malay Classes and/or Lower Primary Classes. Salary Scale:— «l4oxlO-220/Bar/ 230x15-335. plus a non-pensionable allowance of $40/- per month. The present High Cost of Living Allowance in Brunei is 30%
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      310 2 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS f UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA Applications are invited for the following appointments In the University: (1) Chair of Dental Surgery. (2) Lectureship In Physics. (3) Lectureship In Dental Anatomy and Orthodontics. Particulars in respect of the above appointments may be obtained from tha undersigned, with whom the applications (7
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      714 2 NOTICES THE MALAYAN EXCHANGE BANKS ASSOCIATION All members of the above Association in the Colony of Singapore will be closed for business on Thursday, Bth June, being King's Birthday Holiday. SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE will remave to Its new premises at 593-A, Serangoon Road (first floor corner building Junction of
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      554 2 NOTICES MALAYAN CHINESE ASSOCIATION 3RD UNLIMITED $1/- SWEEP FOR MEMBERS ONLS Drawing at the Chinese Assembly Hall, Kuala Lumpur, on Sunday, the 4th June, at 2 P.M. NATURALISATION Notice Is hereby given that SUNG SIH UNO of No: 356, Rrver Valley Road, Singapore, Architect. Is applying to the Governor for
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    TRUMAN SAYS PEACE CLOSER—BUT WANTS ARMS
    458 3 TRUMAN SAYS PEACE CLOSER— BUT WANTS ARMS V*AS.iINi;TON v Friday. PRESIDENT Truman told the Press yesterday that the world was closer to permanent peace now than in the past five years and disagreed with the general expectation in America that another world war would arrive within five years. "I am
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    ARAB RULER
    12 3 X' G "BMTI.LAIIor Hashenii'.e Jfr. J -i. A. P. pirture.
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    Abdullah Calls For 'Justice'
    182 3 Abdullah Calls For 'Justice AIM AN, Torc'.an. Fri J^IN. Ab.iiillah of Jordan said yesterday that lasting peace in the Middle E^st could come only with a "hist srttlement" of the Israeli problem. He said Uvt the present boundaries d the new Jewish Sta'e nus' be repavded as "temporary." Ashed if
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    'Took Part In Plot,' Czech Tells Court
    182 3 PRAGUE, Friday. "PHE third defendant, Jiri Hajda, in the trial of 13 x Czechs, testified yesterday that he took part in a plot to stage an armed revolt in which the- former U.S. Ambassador and the brother of former President Benes had played
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    U.K. IS FIRST
    70 3 TWO HELICOPTERS, operated by British European Airways, left Liverpool on Thursday for Cardiff, 135 miles away, to begin what is claimed to be the world's first regular helicopter passenger service. It is expected to be the forerunner of a network of other pasenger services linking the main
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    Jap Reds Call On 200,000 Workers To Strike Today
    286 3 TOKYO, Friday. HTHE Japanese Communist Party yesterday called on 200,000 industrial workA ers to strike tomorrow in protest against the trial of eight demonstrators by a United States Provost Court. The Communists also urged students to demonstrate against the trial. The
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    ITALIANS ON PARADE
    84 3 ROME, Fri. FIFTEEN thousand Italian troops of Italy's new treaty-controlled army today paraded through the ruined forums of ancient Rome to celebrate the fourth anniversary of the Italian Republic. Isolated whistles and catcalls from Fascists in the great crowd greeted a detachment of partisans, taking part for
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    NEW WAR WARNING BY JAP
    211 3 NEW WAR WARNING BY JAP WASHINGTON, yUKIO Ozaki, oldest member of the Japanese Diet, today told the Overseas Writers Club in Washington that he believes a third world war is "inevitable" unless the world can get rid of Russian ■feudalism." He said the United States' job In Japan was rot
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    Australia Intends To Build Island Strength
    166 3 CANBERRA, Friday. A USTRALIAN Security requires that the popular% tion of her external territories of Papua, New Guinea, and the adjacent islands should be built up in strength and quality, the Foreign Minister, Mr Percy Spendrr, told the House of Representatives tonight. In a
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    RUSSIAN PLANS TURNED DOWN
    56 3 BERLIN, Fri. THE West Berlin City As- sembly yesterday unanimously rejected Soviet proposals that all occupation troops should be withdrawn from Berlin as a prelude to city-wide free -Icttions. The City Assembly reiterated its call for elections throughout the city under inter-Allied control similar to that
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    LIAQUAT 'SAVIOUR OF PEACE IN ASIA'
    138 3 OTTAWA, Fri. THE former Canadian Prime Minister, Mr. W. L. Mackenzie King, last night hailed Liaquat All Khan, of Pakistan, as the saviour of peace in Asia. He said during a short meeting with Liaquat and the Begum that the Pakistani loader, by going
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    STONED PLAYMATE TO DEATH
    61 3 CHESTER, Pri: A 13-ye---old boy who battered his 10-year-old playmate Peter Evans to death with heavy stones was found guilty of murder here yesterday and ordered to be detained during the King's pleasure." The boy, Thomas Ant.honv Loughlin, can be kept ir jail for the rest
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    Mass Migration Plan In Red China
    247 3 Mass Migration Plan In Red China HONG KONG, Fri. A CHINESE re- port from Canton said that the Peking Government is planning to move 200,000 Chinese from South and Central China to Manchuria before the end of the current year. This move is believed to be a bloodless social revolution
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    NEW RUSSIAN WALK-OUT
    42 3 LAKE SUCCESS, Fri Russia walked out of the United Nations Trusteeshio Council yesterday when the Council rejected a Soviet demand for expulsion of the Chinese Nationalist delegate. The new walk-out et-rppie'ed Russian non-participation in Uiree i-^ioal United Nations groups.—
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    Three Little Boys Show How It's Done....
    90 4 YOUNG COMPETITORS at the Gan Eng Sen? School's athletic sports n Singapore yesterday show how it's done LEFT: One of the most popular events for spectators as well as entrants was the obstacle race in which the winner is seen drawing a folded
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    Leaned On Bench: Reprimand
    78 4 Leaned On Bench: Reprimand CAPE TOWN, Fri. A YOUNG Malay schoolteacher. Latiefa Bella ri!en. was found guilty here yesterday of contravening railway "apartheid" regulations by leaning against a railway bench reserved for Europeans. Apartheid— literally "separateness"—la the policy of segregating Europeans. Africans. Cape coloured persons and Indians Behardirn was rep-
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    Advanced TB Bed Problem
    95 4 rr-HREE hundred and fortyx live men and women differing from advanced tuberculosi* are waiting for accommodation in the three •wards reserved for such cases jn Tan Tuck Seng hospital. Singapore. Stating this. Dr. C. E Emith, acting T.B. specialist at Tan Tock Seng, said that there
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    16,000-MILE TRIP TO SAY 'HELLO'
    161 4 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Friday. MRS. Cecilia Lo, 26-year-old secretary attached to United Nations Headquarters has returned to America after having flown about 16,000 miles to Malaya to spend a week's holiday with her sister in Kedah. It was the sisters first reunion in
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    Youth 'sßody In Drain
    76 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri T<HE body of a Chinese ycuth, Lim Cheng Yin. aged 19, was discovered yesterday in a drain leading from Petalirg Hill to Lornie Road. Lim had been missing since May 25, when he" failed to return home after playing football. An identity card
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    FED. TO SEE BANNED FILM
    76 4 "CtCRfcTS of Life," a hygiene Him banned by the Film Censor, has been approved for public exhibition in the Federation by the Appeal Board. The Censor banned "Secrets of Life" on the basis of its graphic detailing of venereal disease and caesarian birth. The Censor
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    'GREATER CHECK ON SCHOOLS' S'PORE C.I.D. CHIEF WARNS
    320 4 'GREATER CHECK ON SCHOOLS' S'PORE C.I.D. CHIEF WARNS fjONSIDERABLY greater control is going to be exercised over Singapore schools in future, following new legislation, Mr. R. C. B. Wiltshire, Deputy Commissioner, C.1.D., said at a Press conference yesterday. Evidence that a Malayan Communist Party cell had been at work in
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    2 On Scrap Charge
    134 4 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE 3AHRU, Fri. r[EN charged in the Kluang Police Court yesterday with being in possession of 105 lb. of scrap rubber and unable satisfactorily to account for it *o the Police, Oh Chow replied that he did not know if he was
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    ASSAULT CHARGE
    53 4 From Our Own Correspondent MUAR, Thurs.— Tan Chin Koon and Yeo Kwee Kirn were charged in the Muar Magistrate'^ Court with assaulting Ng Hee at Jalan Hashim. It was alleged that they attempted to steal $20 which Ng was carrying. They were each allowed bail of $150 and
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    9 TEACHERS HELD IN PERAK RAID
    79 4 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Fri. rpHE Heng Choon Chinese School at Sungei Siput was yesterday raided by police, who detained nine teachers eight men and a woman and two students, aged 16 and 14. In the school premises the police found Leftist documents,
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    "U.K. Govt. Shows More Interest"
    230 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. FE overall situation in the Far East is a matter of some concern to shareholders in tin producing companies in Malaya Mr. W. M. Warren, Chairman of Larut Tin Fields Ltd., told shareholders at the annual meeting in
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    26 Chinese Join Police
    108 4 SEREMBAN, Frl. FENTY-six Chinese were selected this morning for recruitment for the Federation of Malaya police force out of 42 at the recruiting, which took place at the Seremban police ground. The Mentri Besar, Dato Abdul Malek, the British Adviser, Mr. H. P Bryson, the Senior
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    F.P.A. To Extend Work To Rural Areas
    121 4 THE Family Planning Association of Singapore will extend its activities into th e rural areas of the island fdr the first time next week. In response to' requests from local residents, voluntary doctors and nurses of the F.P.A. will attend once a week
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    MALACCA TRADITION
    29 4 MALACCA TRADITION MR. AND MRS. YEOW Chim Keng after their wedding in traditional Straits-Chinese style at Malacca this week. The bride was Miss Pang Poh Neo.— Yong Heng picture.
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    5 Die In Two Road Ambushes
    284 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Friday. BANDITS yesterday killed three policemen, including a European Sergeant and a game ranger and wounded two policemen in an ambush on the main trunk road, six miles north of Gemas, in Negri Sembilan. The police were members
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    S'pore Air Arrivals
    113 4 THE following passengers were among those who disembarked at Kallang Airport yesterday from points outside Malaya. X.L.M. From Jakarta: Messrs. All bin Talib. Boentaran. Ismail Reksoprawiro, Tan Peng Whee. Tjong Nam Thoeng, Solomon Edmund V/ong, Jap Soen TJhai, Lie Ke Hwa, Ludwig Theodor Hagberg. W. N. Pntman.
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    CHINESE SCHOOL BOARD MEETS
    163 4 'PHE committee of the Singapore Chinese High School met yesterday to discuss the notice which has been served on the school Supervisor requiring him to show cause within seven days why the school should not be declared unlawful, following Wednesdays police raid. After IVi hours, they
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    ELOCUTION CONTEST
    57 4 TAPAH. Fri. -An elocution contest was heid yesterday at the Government English School. Tapah. Seventeen from the Senior Literary Society of the school took part. Master Abdul Malik won th.. first prize. Master T. V. Tilak the second prize and Masttr °übli Hassan the third prize. The girl's
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    Power Station Orders Passed
    218 4 SINGAPORE Municipal Commissioners have authorised the first major orders for equipment from the United Kingdom for the Colony's new $80,000,000 power station at Pasir Panjang. initial expenditure on which has been approved up to $27,000,000. The latest oniers for equipment Approved by the Commissioners exceed $2.168.000t
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    HEALTH POST
    29 4 From Our Own Corre^pttrwl 'lit TAPAH. Thurs.— Dr. A B. G. Laing has arrived m Tapah and assumed duties as Health Officer, Ba'atv> Padang iinci Lower Ptral;.
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    "BRITAIN DETERMINED TO END TROUBLE"
    983 5 Griffiths Appeals For Wholehearted Co-operation "Battle Plans Are On The Right Lines" From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. \IR. James Griffiths, Secretary of State for the Colonies, at a Press conference in Kuala Lumpur today, said that the first and primary object of the
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    MINISTER AT TWO PARTIES
    70 5 MINISTER AT TWO PARTIES r^rnmSs^ner^^P^nr?' 70 S li te or War (left > with the Penans Resident hS. A«f 4 KlaK 1 am w on Thursday. RIGHT: The Secretary of State for ChinesJ ?MtalSt IhILk 7 L he £fi£ Chamber of Mines and the AH^Malayi man of th? fm^ rhim'LV
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    M.I.C. Plea To Griffiths On Police
    222 5 M.I.C. Plea To Griffiths On Police 1 iom Our SUB lo> respondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. A DELEGATION from the Malayan Indian Congress today told the Secretary of State for the Colon.es, Mr. James Griffiths, that they wanted the .-anks of the police force opened to all Indians and not confined
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    STRACHEY PROMISES 'EVERYTHING NEEDED'
    863 5 From Our Stair Correspondent »/rR M ,,ho 4«,^ *v D KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. MM R mp S n V a f hey *°W the Press today: "On behalf of His Majesty's GovernthP FmirL can y at a ilitar y measures which prove necessary to end Sh?™i
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    MEETING WITH LION
    35 5 MR. JAMES GRIFFITHS, Secretary of State for the Colonies, examines the lion's head at the end of Chinese lion dmcc performed in his honour at a Penang: Residency cocktail party.—straits Times pictare.
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    Sgt. Kapusinki
    29 5 MR. Strachey, Secretary lor War, on Thursday met a )ormer Polish army sergeant now serving wuh Malayan units. Sergeant Michael Rapusinki is instructor in q headquarters squadron.
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    S'pore Week-end Diary
    191 5 Y.W.C.A.. 5. Kaffes Quay Mandwin classes. lO a m an ',j p£? INE8E Se'eKte Road, music class. 2.30 p m basketball. 5.30 p.m.. movie show" 7.30 p.m. badminton, 5.30 p.m. F.M.C.A., Orchard Road, chess club, 3 p.m., movie circle show 8 p.m. UPPER KERANGOON BOAD RURAL DISTRICT
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    Will Make 'AH Out' Effort To Get Staff For Malaya
    482 5 Will Make 'AH Out' Effort To Get Staff For Malaya GRIFFITHS ANSWERS QUERIES From Our Start i oncspundent KUALA LVMPUR Friday. REPLYING to questions by the Straits Times, the 1V Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr, James Griffiths, said that he needed no convincing on the value of visits
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    A TRIBUTE TO THE TROOPS
    71 5 MR. Strachey declared: 1 want to pay a tribute to the spirit of the troops who, month after month, have conducted dangerous and exceedingly arduous operations." He was thankful that the casualties which the Communist bandits had been able to inflict *n the army had
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    Griffiths—A 'Great Man'
    87 5 Griffiths— A 'Great Man' CTUDENTS attending the Victoria Institution, Kuala Lumpur, went home yesterday thinking to themselves what a great man is this Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. James Griffiths. The reason of course was that Mr. James Griffiths, after touring the school in the morning, said to
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    MINISTERS HAD A BUSY DAY
    126 5 MINISTERS HAD A BUSY DAY From Out Sl«tT nricspoinlrnt KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. DOTH the Secretary of D State- ior te Colonies. Mr. James Griffiths, and th»; War Minister, Mr. John Strachey, hr» H ■> -"iv today. Here are their programmes: Mr. Griffiths: Met delegation from Malayan Indian Congress. Visited Victoria
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    CONCESSION FOR SCHOOLS
    64 5 from Our Staff Corrrspondrnt PENANG, Fti At ii« request of parents, buses operating alnn" the Aver Itam route are now charging i special concession rates for school children. These are $2 for a season. ticket of 50 ridos to and from Chung Ling High School in Kampong
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    GARDEN PARTY From Our Staff Correspondent
    32 5 GARDEN PARTY From Our Staff Correspondent MALACCA. Pri.— The Rodent Commissioner. Mr. C. E C. Wisdom, will hold garden party at the Residency on the King** nirthday next Thursday at 5 p.m.
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    REUNIONS
    48 6 OIX> WELLINGTONIAiNS: A Cockiail Party for O.W.s and their wive* will be held at the house of The Comlssioner of Police, Mr. R E. Foulger, 151, Mount Pleasant, on Saturday, 17th June, from 7 to 9 p.m. Those wi.shine to attend please inform Oliphant, Hongkong Shanghai Bank.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Sat., June 3, 1950. Our Tourist Trade
    862 6 People in the Federation may be forgiven if they read with a flicker of ironical amusement the news that a meeting in Singapore last Wednesday recommended the formation of a new body to be called the Malayan Travel Association.
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    Fifty Years Ago.
    130 6 A BACHELOR ON HJS "BOY" (From the Straits Times of May 29- June 1, 1900.) MR. Arnot Reid recommends for employment his "boy" Ah Ming. The "boy" had been trained by two military officers, and brought the certificate of a re^mental Mess President. He thoroughly understands clothes
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    A Salaries Commission In Hong Kong
    155 6 HPHE Commission appointed by the Government of Hong Kong to inquire as to the salaries of public servants, with a view to their being placed on a scale more in accordance with salaries paid to men engaged in the general business of the Colony,
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    17 6 Photograph by Hedda Mo"ison A Happy picture taken in a Melanau village in the interior of Sarawak.
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    As I was Saying
    1278 6  -  Cynicus by 1 I CENSORSHIP is news only when it makes a mistake. Hardly an opinion to which Mr. Jack Evans would subscribe, but I extract the sentence from an article on film censorship written by Mr. A. T. K. Watkins, Secretary of the British Board
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    Singaporeana
    815 6 pROBABLY very few of those who live in the suburbs of Singapore today ever take a leisurely stroll down Telok Ayer Street, In the maze of Chinatown at the back of Cecil Street. Yet Telok Aver Street is a street with a history. To my mind, one of the
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    FEDERATION CLERKS SEE MR. GRIFFITHS
    273 7 Appeal For Whitley Council On Salaries From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. A DELEGATION representing all branches of the Federation Government Clerical Services met the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. James Griffiths, this morning and asked for a joint Whitley Council to
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    40 7 THE Secretary of State fo r the Colonies, Mr. James Griffiths, and the War Minister. Mr. John Strachey, giving their Press conference in Kuala Lumpur yesterday morning at the end of their seven-day tour of the Federation. Straits Times picture.
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    GIRL MADE TO SELL HERSELF
    216 7 FUND guilty of procuring a girl under 21 years for the purpose of prostitution, two middle-aged Chinese women, Chan 800 Mat and Chua Glat Chiaw, were sentenced yesterday to six months' rigorous imprisonment each by the Singapore Fourth Police Magistrate, Mr. Peter Claque. Mr. Claque
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    Dance Hook Is Banned
    107 7 A CHINESE boo*, ,n;bli.shed in Singapore, which describes the actions of a dance which has swept through Communist China the Yangko was yesterday banned from use in registered schools in the Cuiony by an order of the Governor tn -Council. The "Yangko" was first danced by
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    INNER WHEEL PRESIDENT
    85 7 Mrs. R. K. S. Adams is the new president of the Singapore Inner Wheel. She was elected at a meeting which was :neld on Thursday. The rest of the new committee for tlu year 1950-51 will be: VicePresider.t; Mrs. J. Loder Waters, hon. trrasurer; Mrs. J. M.
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    Fisherman Struck By Lightning
    123 7 DURING an injuiry into the death of Qmar bin Sabeh, death of Umar bin Sabeh, a Mr. W. G. Porter, the Singapore Coroner ommended the public-spited action of E. Musa, a shopkeeper who left his shop to retrieve a body which he saw in a drifting
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    Fish In Now Cheaper
    92 7 WITH the fishing season in full swing arounci Johore, large catches are being daily landed in Singapore, and the price of fish has gone down by about 15 per cent. Fish dealers estimate tnat catches have increased by about 100 picuLs a day, and prices would
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    Tribute To Wavell
    57 7 A recorded tribute by Gen- eral Auchinleck. Major Lewis Hastings and Mr. A. P. Ryan, to the late Field Marshal Lord Wavell will be broadcast over Radio Malaya at 9.45 p.m. tomorrow A poem written by Lord Dunsaney on hearing the news of the death of Lord
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    Appeal For Hospital
    49 7 AN APPEAL on the opening of "Hospital Week" to raise funds for Singapore's St. Andrew's Mission Hospital will be made by Mr. Yap Pheng Geek, over Radio Malaya at 7.10 p.m. tomorrow. Fifty thousand flags will be on sale this morning in aid of the Hospital.
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    YOUTH DRAMA FESTIVAL
    55 7 THE special performance of the Singapore Teachers Union's Youth Drama and Music Festival In the Victoria Theatre last night provided four hours of first class entertainment to a full house. The five pri2e-winning plays of the Festival were staged, strongly supported by seven items by 200 girls
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    Going To U.K. On Leave
    53 7 Mr. F. S. MacFadzean, a director of the Colonial Development Corporation in the Far East, is leaving Singapore by air on Monday for a three-months holiday In England. In London, Mr. MacFadzean is expected to discuss Far Eastern projects with the headquarters of the Colonial
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    DETERMINATION
    40 7 A VERY-DETEKMINED looking: Cub races ahead in the event for Wolf Cubs at yesterday's Gan Eng Seng School sports at the St. Joseph's Institution playground. Below, Mr. E. Strickland gives a "well done" handshake to a prizewinner.—Straits Times pictures.
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    EVIDENCE 'LIES' SAYS COUNSEL
    250 7 AT the end of the prosecution case in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday against two Malays charged with theft of seven gallons of petrol, the defence counsel, Mr. Mark Morrison, submitted that "most, if not all, of the prosecution witnesses have committed perjury". The magistrate,
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    'CLASS' IN COURT FOR 70 PUPILS
    131 7 'CLASS' IN COURT FOR 70 PUPILS SEVENTY schoolboys from Standards Seven and Eight of the Victoria Afternoon School sat in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday afternoon and listened to the proceedings. Mr. W D. Hardy, who was in charge of the boys, .said that it was the first time
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    NEW JUSTICE
    29 7 Mr. L. Cresson was elected a member of the Board of Licensing Justices for Singapore at a meeting of the Justices of the Peace on May 10.
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    PROMOTION
    20 7 Mr. A. W. Hayes, Signals Officer in the Malayan Department of Civil Aviation, has been promoted Senior Signal Officer.
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    THIEF HELPED TO TRACE OWNER
    68 7 A THIEF was said in the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday to have helped the police in identifying the owner of a stolen sewing machine. Mr. S. E. Teh, sentenced 44-year-old Cheng Onn to six months' rigorous imprisonment to be followed by a year's police
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    Start Early To Work On Monday
    227 7 OR YOU'LL BE VERY LATE MONDAY'S early morning rehearsal for the forth- coming parade on the King's Birthday may not now result in too many city-workers arriving at their offices late. I The Singapore Traction Company and the Traffic Police yesterday drew up alternative
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    Leper Cure For 15 s.
    94 7 A PATIENT suffering from leprosy can be treated with diaminodiphonylsulphone for 15s. ($6.40). a year, said Dr. G. A. Ryrie, the former Superintendent of the Sungei Buloh Leper Settlement in Selangor, speaking at the annual general meeting of the British Empire Leprosy Relief Association in
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    Sailor Guests At Capitol
    58 7 Thirty boys from the Mauritius, a training cruiser at present refitting at the Singapore Naval Base, were the guests of Messrs. Shaw Bros, at a cinema show at the Capitol Theatre last night. The party in uniform was In charge of the ship's padre, Lieut.-Cmdr. Gil
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    FELL FROM LORRY
    67 7 Lee Foo, of Pontain, Singapore fell from the /top of a lorry into a drain along Rochor Canal Rojj on May 26 and died later In the Singapore General Hospital. At the inquiry in the Singapore Coroners Court yesterday, Mr. W. G. Porter returned a verdict of
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    'JOBS-FOR-$20' MAN GETS GAOL TERM
    109 7 nno women In need of em- ployment, "Mr. Lee" was a good friend— a very Influential man. He could, so he told them, use his Influence to get jobs for them In an amusement park. He even took them to a tailor to have uniforms
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    Chiang Hopeful Says Mr. Lau
    226 7 Chiang Hopeful Says Mr. Lau Back From Taiwan pUNERAL Chiang KaU shek is very optimistia about prospects of invading the Chines* mainland next year, according to Mr. Lau Pale Khuan. Perak Chinese leader, who returned to Singapore from a tour of Taiwan on Tuesday. Mr. Lau went to China last
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    APPOINTMENTS
    35 7 The following appointments were announced in Singapore yesterday: Mr. Ong Kia;i Chong, Assistant Interpreter, to act as Inspector of Immigration. Mr. K. w. Button, Assistant Editor. Department of Broadcasting, to act as Chief Editor.
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    CITY 'SKYSCRAPER' SETS MCs A NEW PROBLEM
    243 8 SINGAPORE Municipal Commissioners have yet another problem to solve for the builders of the new 18-storey Asia Insurance Company building at Finlayson Green. The problem is a proposal to erect a beacon tower on the new building, which will increase its height by
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    For Mental Observation
    115 8 THE Malayalee who was detained by the police after the $700,000 rubber fire at the godown of Louis Dreyfus and Co. at Outram Road. Singapore, has been sent for mental observation, it was stated yesterday by the C.I.D. Deputy Commissioner, Mr. R. C. B. Wiltshire. "This somewhat
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    TAKING OVER
    43 8 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA KANGSAR, Fri.— When Mrs. K. Reeves, Health Sister attached to the Kuala Kangsar Infants' Welfare Centre, proceeds on leave this month. Miss D. N. Simms. who has arrived at Kuala Kangsar. will take over f/om her.
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    S.P.C.A. MOVE
    43 8 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Fri. Mrs. E. J. Strugnell has called a meeting in the Civil Service Club of all Interested In the formation of a Johore Bahru branch of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
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    Week-End Union Schools Plea
    366 8 Week-End Union Schools Plea From Oar SUB Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Frl. ANE of several recommendU atlons made to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. Jam-js Griffiths, In Kuala Lumpur today by the Malayan Trade Union Council was that a specialist should be sent to Malaya to promote a
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    Missing Man's Estate
    132 8 MRS. Sophie Solomon, of 446. Serangoon Road, appeared before Mr. Justice Evans in the Singapore Supreme Court yesterday In support of an application made by her for permission to take out letters of administration in regard to monies left by her husband in the Post Office Savings
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    SELANGOR INDIAN ASSN. MEETING
    39 8 SELANGOR, Frl. A meeting will be held at s-hes -he Selangor Indian Association premises at 6 pm. tomorrow at which Mr. R. Ramani will give an address on "Indians and Nationality, with Refert.-nce to Malaya."
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    NO LICENCE: $10
    25 8 MUAR, Fri.— For hawking ice cream without a licence at Gresik village. Lee Chen Tee was fined $10 by the Muar Magistrate
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    ANNUAL MEETING
    35 8 The members of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Local Staff Benevolent Society. Singapore, will hold their annual meeting at the home of Mr. Lim Choo Beng, 12th mile, Ponggol, on June 11.
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    'Use Postal District Numbers' Plea
    172 8 CINGAPORE has been "rather slow" In using postal distriot numbers, Mr. D. Smith, Director of Posts, told the Straits Times yesterday. Mr. Smith, who was reviewing the postal district scheme which was Introduced three months ago said that It was encouraging u note an Increase
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    STRACHEY BACK
    33 8 MAJ.-GEN. KIRKMAN (left) chats with Gen. Sir. John Harding and the War Minister, Mr. John Strachey, shortly after the Minister's arrival at Kalians airport yesterday from Kuala Lumpur.— Straits Times picture.
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    Housing Plans 'Misunderstood'
    333 8 Housing Plans 'Misunderstood n RIT1CISM of the Singapore Cold Storage Company's plans for staff quarters in Kuala Lumpur, made b.v members of the Municipal Commission's Buildings and Plans Committee was refuted yesterday by a spokesman for the company who said the criticism must be the result of misunderstanding of the
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    RUBBER: 24-YEAR RECORD
    272 8 •THE highest price for rubber since 1926 was reached on Thursday afternoon with No. 1 sheet fob. June at 96 cents per lb., business done and buyers. There were a few mluor factions during the week on proflt-ta~ing, says Lewis Peat's weekly market report, but increased production
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    CYCLISTS FINED
    41 8 From On Own Correspondent SEGAMAT, Fri.— Because he caused an obstruction at Buloh Kasap young Chinese cyclist. Tan Kah Tee was fined $4 by the Segamat Magistrate. An Indian cyclist, Slnggaram, was fined $3 for ignoring a traffic signal.
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      113 8 SINGAPORE 10 a.m. News from KXi.; iJ W Close; 13 Malay; 1 p.m. Dauce Music; 1 30 News, Weekly Snare Market; 1.50 Light Music: 2 Album of Harmony; 2.30 S-ving Time: 2. 45 London Studic Melodies; 3.15 Song Time; I.M res Dance; 4 Play, 5 Interlude, b 10 Sport; 6.30
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      94 8 Music of Mark Warrnow; Hit Parade of America; 9.30 News; 9.4S Mall Bag: 10.30 London Studio Melodies; 11 Dance Music (Lake Club): 1130 Close. PENANG 1-9.15 pjn. As S'pore; 8.15 Tea Dance; 7 News; 7.15 Piano Parade; 7.30 Variety Fare; 8 'Xady In a Fog"; 8.30 Satuidav Prom <Mo«art, Btiet',
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      107 8 FTtnch; 7.30 English M-i'-Hour: 8 "Navy Mixture Melodies": 8.15 Thai; 8.45 Dutch; 9 Kuoyu; 9 30 Burmese; 9.45 Interlude: 10 Radio News Reel; 10 15 Dance Music; 11.15 "Islands of Britain" (Holy Island), 11.30 News and News Analysis; 11.45 Evening Serenade; 12 Close. AUSTRALIA 6.30 p.m. Mews: 6.45 Soft Lights
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    THE SINGAPORE ASSOCIATION'S STANDPOINT
    500 9 THE SINGAPORE ASSOCIATION'S STANDPOINT ATT LEES PLEDGE TO MALAYA CIR Roland BraddelTa letter on British intentions in Malaya, published last Monday, has been received with great appreciation, since loi the iirst time attention has been drawn to the t nil report in Hansard of last March 28. While a repetition
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    HAVETHEHERALDS APPROVED?
    60 9 NOW that the High Commissioner has publicly hoisted the new Federation Flag, may the public assume that this design has received the approval of the College of Heralds and the King in Council? If so. would it not be appropriate for a colour reproduction, stating si-e, etc.. to
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      Life In Lintang Camp
      270 9 Life In Lintang Camp '^THREE Came Home"— from what? Anyone who was in Lintang Camp and has read Agnes Keith's book may well ask. The book as written does not. to my mind, give the slightest impression of what was experienced by those unlucky enough to have been at Lintang.
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      What About The Conductor?
      316 9 TT was really consoling to read your leader of last 1 Monday headed "The Asian Staff". We, the Asian staff on the estates, were feeling that there was none to speak on our behalf. In your leader you compared the clerks with the G.C.S. and the
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      'Listeners' Choice' And 'Mail Bag'
      103 9 AS a regular llistener to Radio Maiaya's "Listeners' Choice" programme, may I suggest that the Tuesday 6 p.m. programme De altered to Monday or Wednesday at the same time, as Radio Malaya Kuala Lumpur is broadcasting its "Mail Bag" on Tuesday at 6 p.m.? It
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      ARABIC MUSIC ON MONDAYS
      121 9 MALAY music, like any other mus:c, is good, but if we hear the same music over and over again on -the air, we are liable to get tired of it. What we need in the Malay section of Radio Malaya is a greater variety of the
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      MALAY AS SPOKEN IN FILMS
      80 9 J HAVE seen all the Malay pictures produced In Singapore as well as in Indonesia. Those produced here cannot really be termed Malayan Malay pictures, because the languages spoken therein are mixed Indonesian and Malayan Malay. Can't we hear the language of Malayan Malays in
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      A. P. HERBERT ON THE RUBBER PLANTER
      103 9 Let us think about the planters and the miners i of Malay, Where the earth is full of riches and the jungle full of foes, Getting tin and getting rubber, earning medals night and day Let us think, for we shall suffer if
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      Chamber Of Mines Tribute
      232 9 Chamber Of Mines Tribute TKE Straits Times of A May 31 contained a letter under the heading "No Tributes For Miners?", complaining that the principals of the tin mining industry did not voice their appreciation of the way in which their staffs are carrying on in the face of great
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      DRUDGERY ON THE DREDGE
      160 9 AS the wife of a tin miner I should like to endorse heartily the comments made by "Observer" in the letter of May 31 headed "No Tributes For Miners?" Families on dredging properties lead the life of internees, and get neither thanks nor compensation from their
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      J.B. COMMERCIAL CLASSES
      99 9 QN May 30 you published a letter signed "Shorthand Conscious," complaining that there were no commercial classes in Johore Bahru. This is not correct. If "Shorthand Conscious" had taken a little more trouble he would have found that commercial classes have been run uy the Johore Education
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      WALKING OUT IN JUNGLE GREEN
      302 9 WALKING OUT IN JUNGLE GREEN WISH to say a few words on the subject ol x military uniforms. The British Army tropical kit is the lousiest (to use Barracks language) and most undignified uniform to be seen in Singapore. I am sure no young Tommy likes to walk in the
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      SERIAH SUPPLIES: $70 TO $130
      132 9 "ANOTHER Builder's" letter of May 30, pointing to the serious shortage of softwood j and timber in general, was most logical. The Singapore Sawmillers' Association statement that there is a big surplus of timber in all mills is unconvincing. The price of seriah timber six
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      A Taiping Plea For Nehru
      83 9 THK opportunity of catch1 ing; a glimpse of Pandit Nehru when he visits Singapore on June 18, on his way back from Indonesia, will be denied to every Malayan living outside the Colony. To make up for this, it would be highly appreciated if the
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      THOSE WHO GO BACK
      198 9 AS was expected, ihe Communities Liaison Committee's proposals for a new form of citizenship for the people of Malaya were strongly opposed by UMNO members. The UMNO Executive Committee has, however, prepared a counter-proposal to the C.L.C.'s, and this will be discussed on June 10 and
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      THE DANCING GIRL
      68 9 I WAS surprised to sec :n the Straits Times of M:y 30 a picture of a nearly nude dancing girl. It seems to me that, in ?iew of the fact that a great many of your readers are young people, you should not have allowed that picture
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    Mrs. Wong takes S'pore curios to Canada
    428 10  - Mrs. Wong takes S'pore curios to Canada DEREK DRABBLE JII-:R luggage crammed with nearly every Malayan art or craft from a kris to a sarong, Mrs. S. K. Wong, president of the Singapore Ladies' Association, left the Colony for Canada on Thursday to represent allMalaya at the Y.W.C.A. World Membership
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    Jap Styles
    29 10 The JapuntsL me uuM entering the pott -tear v.or.d of fashion. Sigh platform soles and heeh unrn uith kimono top to pantaloons inspired by 'lie Arabian Nights.
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    S' PORE PRAISED BY VISITOR
    354 10 i^EVENTY -year-ola Miss Jeannette Rurikin. former social worker, suffragette and member of the U.S C.nipress, who has been visiting Singapore left by the Ocean Mail yesterday. Interviewed by the Straps TVnes during her stay h.^re. Miss Rankin said that she was very interested in the
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    Today's Bride Is Dressed In White
    378 10 Today's Bride Is Dressed In White JO DAY'S bride is 18 yeardid Mavis Chew Seok Pel the fourth daughter of Mr. and Mrs Chew Hock Leong ol Caimhill Road. Hei husband to be, Mr Herbert Lim Eng Kwan. is the son of anochei well-known Chinese family Mr. and Mrs. Lim
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    Say it with flowers (ARTIFICIAL)
    345 10 Say it with flowers (ARTIFICIAL) T*HE cabbage rose for the corsage is oacic— in full-blown glory just as it was when Lily Elsie created the title role of "The Merry Widow" during tne first quarter of this century. Her champagne-Dottle neck and shoulders gleamed above the footli*hU in their swathed
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    COOKERY CORNER More Souffles
    278 10 COOKERY CORNER More Souffles J?RESH pineapple, as I said last week, prevents gelatine from jetting, but Fresh Pineapple Fluff is both cheap and delicious. Core half a vinsapple and crush it with a jorlc on a sieve placed over o bowl. Add to the juice, that of half a lime
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      177 10 STRAITS TIMES CROSSWORD across An Inner p»rt of a violin CROSSWORD No. 70 1 \I;JT*\ l ;JT*% lht lhr ne U^lm^MjmU I' 1|»1 I' I Ml* IMM I" •I Tmi. dii/M anic > held thUl boUnd L— 1.... ISSTaT at 25- Nor trive. Unag > P> f| ■11 T'K-y go
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    London Stocks
    336 11 YONDON. Fri. DOTH Tina and Rubbers were D bright in the London Stock Exchange yesterday. Many gains were shown throughout the Exchange generally. There was less orllllarxe than of late, however, rroAt-taklng and an occasional technical adjustment brought declines of a few pence to miscellaneous Industrial leaders. Small
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    STEADY INQUIRY FOR TINS
    880 11 From Our Market Correspondent UAIRLY steady inquiries continued yesterday for r Malayan Tin shares. Rubber shares still had buying interest, while Industrials remained quietly nrm. Prices quoted by the Malayan Sharebrokers* Association yesterday were: INDUSTRIALS Bmyt Stater Alex Brick* Pref i.» i» Ord 130 2.M At**
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    TIN PRICES
    29 11 SINGAPORE, Fri., Jane Z.— $301.87 Vi (np $1.) LONDON. Frl., Jane 2.— Spot: £6»2— £602*; Forward, £6«3— £603i; Settlement. JS602J. Turnover: morning. 95 tons; afternoon, 15 tons.
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    3½ -ct. Drop In Rubber
    220 11 CINOAPORE rubber prices yesterday dropped by between 3V2 cents and four cents per lb., business for firstgrade June shipment being done at 91% cents per Ib. •At the low level, however there was no panic for selling and trade appeared to have every confidence, dealers
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    THE PRODUCE MARKET
    79 11 From A Market Correspondent QOPRA in the Singapore produce market waa easier yesterday sellers indicating $37% but without buyers. Coconut oil remained unchanged In price, with sellers at $61. Cloves were steadier sellers asking $108 for ex Ruys and $110 and $112 for ready delivery. Prices (pei
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    Katu And Renong Tin Outputs
    42 11 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Frl. TTATXJ TIN Dredging produced 413 piculs of tin-ore In May from 112.000 cubic yards treated. PENONO Consolidated produced 610 plculs of tin-ore from 217,000 cubic yards In the same month.
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    SRC GO INTO 2nd ROUND WITH 12 Pt. LEAD
    542 12 C.S.C. Should Close Gap Soon By OUR CRICKET REPORTER rpHE Singapore Cricket Association's senior tourn- ament goes into its second round tomorrow with the champions, Singapore Recreation Club, holding a lead of 12 points over their most serious challengers, Ceylon S.C.
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    S. H. B. SPORTS
    42 12 Singapore Harbour Board Recreation Club will hold its first annual sport meeting today at 2 p.m. at Keppel Harbour ground. The Shot-Putt event has been held, Oeorge McCully winning with a distance of 37 ft. and 10 in.
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    Johore College Skittled For 25
    278 12 JOHORE English College were dismissed for 25 runs when they met Raffles Institution in a game of cricket played on the R.I. ground yesterday. Raffles passed this score without loss and went on to make 89. For Raffles Rablndar Singh took four wickets for three
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    90 12 THE RICHEST DERUY IN HISTORY, worth 17,300 to the winner, was run at Epsom last Saturday and saw the French merchant AI. Marcel Boussac win with his colt Galcador, who beat the American, Mr. William Woodward's Prinr j Simon, the 2-1 favourite, home by a head. The race was a
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    Sports Diary
    149 12 TODAY CRICKET: Raffles 0.8.A. A.C.S. 0.8.A. (Evan Wong Shield romp.) at Honr Urn Green; S.R.C. v Chanel at S.R.C; Ceylonese A v. S.C.C. A at Balestier; Indians v. Straits Times at Balestier; Scletar v. Raffles Inst. at Raffles (round S.C.C. v. Police at S.C.C. GOLF: Gaw Khek KhL-vm
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    West Indies Bt. Somerset
    176 12 U.K. CRICKET LONDON, Fri. WEST Indies today won their match against Somerset by 71 runs. Declaring their innings closed at last night's total of 273 for three and with a lead of 363 runs, the tourists dismissed the county for 292 before tea today. The match
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    M'SEX WIN
    129 12 In the cunty championship only Middlesex and Leicester obtained decisions. The scores were: At Birmingham, Warwickshire and Glamorgan drew (rain). Warwick 214 and 284 (Wor.on 76. Sheppard four for 21); Glamorgan 289 and 23 for none At Northanthampton, Ncnhar.ts and Yorkshire drew. Nonh&nu 300 and 196 (Brown 60);
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    POLO k.o. FINAL
    28 12 The Singapore Polo CluYs knockout tournament flr.al between Singapore Gunners and Singapore Etceteras will be played off on the Polo ground today at 5 p.m.
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    PULAU BRANI WIN BY ODD GOAL
    232 12 k LTHOUGH dominating A play throughout, Pulau Brani United could only scrape through for full points in their SAFA Senior League fixture at Jalan Besar yes- terday against the Singapore Recreation Club. Pulau Brani won by the odd goal in five At one stage
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    JOHORE GR. PRIX AGAIN IN AUGUST
    279 12 rpHE SINGAPORE Motor Club, organisers of last year's mammoth motoring event the Johore Grand Prix, are planning to hold the event this year on Sunday, August 6. It is hoped to run the race on th P same course as lasl year. Mr. P.
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    Postal Chess Competition
    121 12 A NOVEL competition of chess by post has been started by the Malayan Correspondence Chess Association through the initiative of Dr. Lim Kok Ann, former Singapore chess champion. About 840 postcards will have been used by the time the competition ends In another five months, and each
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    Signals Beat Customs 3-0
    144 12 GHQ Signals played constructive soccer to defeat Customs Sports Clu'3 by three goals to nil In a Singapore Junior A. 1 league fixture at the Geylang Stadium yesterday. For the most part of the first half, Customs were forced on the defensive. Within five minutes of
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    ARMY F. A.
    53 12 A meeting of all Army F.A. referees will be held at the YMCA Orchard Road. on Monday evening at 8 o'clnck sharp. The purpose of the meeting is to form an Army Referees 1 Society in Singapore and all Army personnel Interested, although not necessarily qualified as
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    Upsets Will Ease Leaders' Tasks
    244 12 TODAY'S MALAYA (UP SOCCER THERE will be a lot of wishlul thinking among A soccer fans in Singapore and Penang today, for the Malaya Cup teams of both these States, we nlaced to reach th e final of the competition will have their tasks made
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    K.H.Ip Was In Last Sixteen
    193 12 From A Special Correspondent LONDON, Frl. KH. IP, the Hong Kong tennis champion, who also won the Malayan singles and doubles titles at Singapore last year, gave a fine showing in his first appearance in England recently. In the Priory lawn tennis tournament at Birmingham
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    Indians Beat R.A.P.C. 5-2
    171 12 INDIAN Recreation Club easily defeated R.A.P.C. Nee Soon by five goals to two when they met In a thrilling Singapore A.F.A. Junior A soccer fixture at BODCA ground yesterday. It was a very keen match In which Indians were the better side throughout, but R.A.P.C. gave
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    Inter-Club Women's Golf
    200 12 rE following is the draw, with sUrtlng times, for the women's match between R.S.G.C. and Island Club to vbe played at R.S.G.C. on Monday afternoon First Tee: 2.00: Mrs. Weeks (13) v Mrs. Goss (14); 2.0 c Mrs. Wheeler (15) v Mrs. Paterson (14t; 210 Mrs. Hodgklnson
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    Singapore Title Fight On June 9
    365 12 GWAT TECK v SING If SINGAPORE will have its first title fight since the liberation when Indonesian Chinese Tan Gwat Teck meets the Ipoh Sikh Jagir Singh over 15 rounds for the featherweight title of Singapore at the Happy World Stadium next Friday. The
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    ST. ANTHONY'S SCHOOL SPORTS
    85 12 The 27th annual .ithlptic snorts of St. Anthony's Boys' School v. ill be held on St. Joseph's taMJtuMon ground on Saturday. June 24 at 2.30 p.m. Parents. Old Boys ami wvllwisbers are cordially Invitod ti» attend. There will be two tveota for Old Boys of the
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