The Straits Times, 14 June 1950

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 1950. PRICE TEN CENTS.
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    WELFARE GRANT TO STORE
    419 1 $7,802,400F0r ColonyHea Ith, Social Projects THE Singapore Government has received a grant of $7,802,400 from the Colonial Development and Welfare Fund for financing social and health projects, a Government official told the Straits Times. This grant is in addition to several million dollars ear-marked for projects
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    32 1 PRINCK CHARLES. now nearly two years old. held uo to wave goodbye as PrinKlizabeth leaves lo watch the ceremony of the Tmooinß of the Colour, in London last week.— A P. picture.
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    R.A.A.F.Get Ready For Malaya
    129 1 R.A.A.F.Get Ready For Malaya SYDNEY. Tues. TREWMEN in No. 38 Squad- ion, RAAF are prepar- j Jng lor their flight to Malaya j ;uirt active service in Ma- 1 laya's jungle war against the Communist terrorists. Made up of eight Dakota transport planes, the Squad- ron is expected to leave
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    RUBBER DOWN 20 CTS. THIS WEEK
    70 1 BY yesterday evening the price of rubber in Singapore had dropped by nearly 20 rents a Ib. in two days. Monday's eight-cent drop was followed yesterday by a fall of 11} cents. The market closed erratic. Dealers attributed the two-day drop to a change
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    BRITAIN WANTS TO HELP
    253 1 BRITAIN WANTS TO HELP Schumcm Plan LONDON, Tues. THE Prime Minister, Mr. Clement Attlee, declared today, that Britain wished to help, not hinder, the Schuman plan, but qualified his statement by saying the way in which sne helped would appear "only after negotiations have started." The plan, proposed by M
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    Karen Rout North Of Rangoon
    77 1 Karen Rout North Of Rangoon RANGOON, Tues. BURMESE Government troops, supported by aircraft, have routed Karen insurgents 35 miles north west of Rangoon and removed a threat to the vital steamer route to the north. The Karens massed in this area after fleeing from the Henzada district, 50 miles to
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    FREE PETROL
    19 1 NEW DELHI, Tues.— Petrol rationing will end in Bombay, Madras, Ernakulam and Cochin on July 1. A.P.
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    21 KILLED IN KASHMIR CLASH
    138 1 NEW DELHI. Tues. JNDIA charged Pakistan with a "clear violation" of the Kashmir cease-flre agreement today following a clash between Indian and Pakistani troops tn which 15 Pakistani soldiers and six Indians were killed. Indian reports of the incid- ent said heavy mortar, grenade and
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    34 1 POMP AND PRECISION as the Kin* takes the salute from the dais when Guardsmen march past in formation during the ceremony of the Trooping of the Colour at Horse Guards' Parade, London.— A.P. picture.
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    GURKHAS KILL SIX BANDITS
    134 1 From Oar Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. pURKHAS on a "Briggs VJT Plan" operation In the Kota Tinggl area of Johore yesterday killed six bandits. One Gurkha was wounded. The same unit, the 1/10 Gurkha Rifles, on Saturday captured an armed bandit and arrested four other
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    Plane Carrying 50 Plunges Into Sea
    100 1 PARIS, Tuesday. FIVE persons were killed today and 39 were miss- ing when an Air France Skyma.ster plunged into the Persian Gulf, off Bahrein, today. Official reports say six persons have been rescued and five bodies recovered. The four-engined transport, flying from Indo-China to
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    Nationalists Take Ship
    103 1 HONG KONG. Tues. A CHINESE Nationalist warship captured the 1.100 ton British merchant ship Jeep Hee off the South China port of Amoy, its owners said last night. Chinese officers and men, said the owners, swarmed aboard the ship under the eyes of the British frigate St.
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    WOUNDED BY TERRORIST
    42 1 SAIGON. Tues.— Mr. Luong, Vietnamese Director of Information in South Vietnam, was wounded In the left shoulder when a terrorist fired several shots at him early today. Mr. Luong's duties include censorship of the French and Vietnamese Press.— Reuter.
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    School Pamphlets Urge Boycott
    189 1 QTENCILLED pamphlets issued by the Singapore O Students Anti-British League" have be*n found In the Singapore Chinese High School and nave been handed over by the Principal of the school to the P cation- Department. closing this yesterday. N. O. Morris, Assistant Commissioner, Special Branch, C.1.D.,
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    TWO CONSECUTIVE HOLES IN ONE
    71 1 WING Commander T. R. Vickers, of Air Staff Headquarters. Far East Air Force, playing with Wing H. L. Messiter i«i a practice golf match at Changi yesterday did two consecutive holes in one. The holes were the third and fourth, of 100 yards and 130
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    J.P. NARAYAN MAY VISIT STORE
    44 1 The Indian Socialist leader. Mr. Jaya Prakash Narayan, is reported to be planning to visit Singapore and the Federation in September. The date of his visit is not known. He was recently reported to be planning to visit China.
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    SIR A. GRANTHAM
    33 1 HONG KONG, Tues.— The Governor, Sir Alexander Grantham, and Lady Grantham left Hong Itong by air this morning on four months' vacation to visit Britain and the United States— AP.
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    DONALD PEERS
    26 1 LONDON, Tues.— According to the Dally Graphic, radio singer Donald Peers has left the BBC. and may sign a £15,000 commercial radio contract. Reuter.
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    S'PORE JUDGE TO HELP H.K.
    68 1 HONG KONG, Tues.— To strengthen the full court in Hong Kong, arrangements have been made whereby the Chief Justice of Singapore will, on occasion, be available to sit in the full court here. A Bill to this effect will be introduced Into the Legislative Council
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    ATTLEE HEARS ABOUT MALAYA
    47 1 LONDON. Tues— The War Minister, Mr. John Strachey, and the Secretary for the Colonies. Mr. James Griffiths, today gave the Prime Minister, Mr. Clement Attlee. a first-hand account of their recent trip to Malaya. The two Ministers arrived back in Britain yesterday.— Reuter.
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    WHALE KILLS MAN
    32 1 TOKYO, Tues.— A whale that appeared In Tokyo Bay, off Yokosuka, killed one fisherman and injured seven others with a flip of its tail, says the Asahi Shlmbun to-day.—Reuter-AAP
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    FLOOD VICTIMS
    21 1 TOKYO, Tues.— At least 48 persons have lost their lives in floods and landslides in the Tokyo area.— A.P
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    Himalayan Climb
    24 1 NEW DELHI, Tues.— A fourman Scottish mountaineering party has begun climbing 23,645-ft high Nanda Deri, third highest peak In the Himalayas. AP,
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    PERAK UMNO WANTS ONN TO RETURN
    336 1 PERAK UMNO WANTS ONN TO RETURN From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. emergency meeting of officials of the Perak branch of the United Malays' National Organisation, summoned last nitrht at Ipoh, pledged itself to take the first opportunity to move Dato Onn bin Ja'afar's re-election to the presidentship of
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    Exploding Lorry Tyre Killed Boy
    172 1 AS Yeo Koon Kang, a 16- year-old apprentice mechanic, was removing a tyre of the rear wheel of a lorry it exploded in his face and. killed him. Yesterday thp Assistant Coroner, Mr. Choor Btagh, returned a finding of "deyth by misadventure" wh n n
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    SMUTS: THE SAME
    24 1 PRETORIA. Tues. An official bulletin issued this afternoon said that General Smuts spent a satisfactory night. His condition is unchanged. Reuter.
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    'Little Ships' At Dunkirk
    44 2 A FLOTILLA of the little ships which brought back more than 300,000 troops from the trap at Dunkirk in 1940 revisited the French port for a commemoration service. An airview shows the little ships clustered in Dunkirk harbour. A.P. picture.
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      Slim Silent On "War" Statement
      283 2 DAK WIN, Tuesday. fjMELD-Marshal Sir William Slim, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, refused to confirm or deny a statement attributed to him by an Egyptian newspaper that "war is certain. The War Office In London has ordered an investigation of the remarks attributed to
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      No UK Election Before Late '51'
      62 2 LONDON, Tues. TiRITAIN'S Food Minister, Mr. Maurice Webb, predicted yesterday that the British Labour Government, despite its small majority in the Commons, icill last "well into next year." He told a Hatford audience on the eve of Parliament's return from its twoweek Whiisun holiday
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      446 2 NEW MINISTERS: The people of Hyderabad on Monday obtained a say in the state's affairs, when the Nizam administered the oath of allegiance to four new ministers belonging to the state's Congress. The new ministers were not elected but chosen by the Nizam himself. REFUSED:- The House ol Assembly on
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    4,000 FLEEING GERMANS ARRESTED
    71 2 MUNICH, Tuesday. MOKt than 4.O<W persons were arrested as they tried to flee from the Soviet to the American zone of Germany illegally during Mrj, Bavarian border police reported jrest* rday. They sniA BaTspian authorities arrested 349 persons «*<* «*fchl\o rarV*\nV United States zone illegally. Many
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      552 2 NOTICES SINGAPORE ST. ANDREW'S SOCIETY Tbe Annual General Meeting ot the Society will be held at the Singapore Cricket Club on Wed- 21st June. 1950. at 6 15 p.m. Thiough Uir kindness of Messrs. Ro'jlnson ti Coy., Raffles Square, The Scottish Covenant may now be signed by Scotsmen and Scotswomen
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      771 2 NOTICES AUCTION SALE OF 4 bales Indian cotton Icngcloth, bales Indian cotton printed voiis. 2 bales Indian cotton bleached dobby suci. 3 bales Indian uyed Twill 4 bales Indian rot'on unbleached shirting (All damaged by sea water) To Be Held At Our Saleroom No 10 Chulla Street On Thursday. 15th
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      383 2 NOTICES SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY TENDERS (For particulars see Tender Room. Ground Floor. Municipal Office) ENGINEER'S DEPARTMENT Excavation, timbering and backfilling for Sewer Construction. Forms and particulars from Engineer's Office (Room No 218). Deposit $50 (refundable) Close N00N— 26.6/50 TENDER NOTICE Tenders will be received In the Municipal Office. Kuala Lumpur, up
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    U.K. LABOUR AGAINST UNION OF EUROPE
    340 3 U.K. LABOUR AGAINST UNION OF EUROPE 'Must Be Based On Socialism' LONDON, Tuesday. THE British Labour Party for the first time yesterday openly rejected current schemes for the complete political and economic union of Europe. It turned down any idea of taking part in a European Parliament with legislative powers,
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    VETERAN COMEDIAN AT PREVIEW
    19 3 1 HARLIi: CHAPLIN and his wife, formerly Rona O'Neill, at a Hollywood preview.— A.P. picture.
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    £34,000,000 Cost -Little Return
    161 3 GROUNDNUTS SCHEME LONDON. Tuesday. rpHE British East Africa groundnuts scheme, which was started to provide Britain with a v .iluable new source of vegetable oils, had now cost 1:54.000.000 without yielding any appreciable revenue, the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee reported yesterday. The committee declared. furthermore, that
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    LOOKING FOR A GIANT
    90 3 ROME. lues. -A Negro Riant is wanted by M.G.M. for their production of "Quo Vadis" in Italy. We have the lions, the bulls. horses, rhpetahs and Rcbrn Taylor," sii d an M.G M cActel, 'but we have not be^cii able to r.r.6 a Negro gtaal His
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    Smugglers Kill 5
    108 3 Smugglers Kill 5 HONG KONG, Tues. CHINESE newspapers here re- port that five Chinese Communist customs agents were killed and seven wounded by 30 smugglers who attacked the customs station several miles beyond Hong Kong's border on Sunday. Customs officials here could not confirm the attack. Two possible motives were
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    `SHOT AT ME' —SKIPPER
    55 3 DONEGAL, (Eire), Tues.— A young Irishman was charged here yesterday with shooting at James Wayman. 52-year-old skipper of the English trawler Lock Esk, and seriously wounding liim. Wayman alleges that three motor fishing boats, each containing about 20 Irishmen, flred on his ship on Saturday. Ths
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    JOHNSON ON PACIFIC 'TOUR OF DISCOVERY'
    236 3 HONOLULU, Tuesday. T*HE U.S. Secretary of Defence Mr. Louis Johnson, said yesterday that he was making his first tour of the Pacific to determine "oui ability to meet any crisis today or tomorrow in that vast area". Mr. Johnson, his wife, and Gen. Omar
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    FACE-SAVING PLAN
    143 3 ALEXANDRIA, Tues. IRAQI delegates to the Arab League Council here today made last minute "peace" bids to solve the dispute with Jordan over her incorporation of Arab Palestine. Saudi Arabia, Syria and the Lebanon supported an Egyptian expulsion move but Iraq declared that she will not support this.
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    Warning To Times Man
    80 3 Warning To Times Man TOKYO. Tues. QENERAL Mac Arthur s Chief -of Staff, MajorGeneral E. Almond, yesterday warned The Times (London) correspondent in Tokyo, Mr. Frank Hawley, that as a security risk he might be expelled from Japan for writing allegedly inaccurate despatches about the Occupation. Mr. Hawley said that
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    OPERATION ON BEGUM
    49 3 MOSTON, Tues. The Begum Liaquat All Khan, wife of Pakistan's Prime Minister, was operated upon today (or goitre at New England Baptist Hospital and her physician pronounced the operation a success. Her husband was also operated on last week for goitre and is progressing satisfactorily. Reuter.
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    Journalist Goes Over To Reds
    139 3 BERLIN, Wednesday. VIK. John Peet, 34, London-born chief of the Berlin bureau of Reuter's news agency, said yesterday he had requested and received asylum in Communist East Germany. Mr. Alfred Oeiriner. Reuter's chief representative in Germany, said in a statement last night: "John Peet had
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    RUSSIA SELLING DIAMONDS
    59 3 BRUSSELS, Tues. JEWELS left by Russia's pre-revolution aristocrats are being sold by the Soviet authorities on Antwerp's diamond market to buy Belgian ?lectri<-al equipment, Go c rnment sources report. A sourer close to diamond traders n Antwerp revealed that most of the gems were polished between 30
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    ROYALTY SEES RAF
    64 3 THE ROYAL FAMILY on the balcony of Buckingham Palace see the flypast of R.A.F. bombers which ended the King's official birthday celebrations. From left: The Queen. Princess Margaret. Prince Michael of Kent, Princess Elizabeth, the King, the Duchess of Kent, the Countess of Athlone, Quern Mary, and
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    CEYLON RADIO 'PIRATES'
    133 3 CEYLON RADIO 'PIRATES' COLOMBO, Tues. DOST Office officials are trying to track down and close 28 illegal radio transmitters operating in Ceylon, some of which are broadcasting to Russia. The officials have no evidence that the Illegal Ceylon stations and Governmentsupervised Russian stations j exchange anything more than the usual
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    PRIEST GAOLED
    19 3 WARSAW, Tues.-- A Roman Catholic priest was sentenced to six years' Imprisonment for disseminating antiPolish propaganda." U.P.
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    $18 Rent Urged For Princess Flats
    214 4 BUT USSLY tUX FOUR BLOCKS A bid to have the rents for the Princess Elizabeth flats at Farrer Park fix ed at $18 and $20 a month, will be made by the two Municipal repre entatives on the Singapore Improvement Trust, Mr. A. P.
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    CHINESE POLICE RECRUITS
    121 4 CHINESE POLICE RECRUITS From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Tues. PIXTEEN of 25 Chinese who went to the Police Padang. Ipoh, today were recruited by the Federation of Malaya Police recruiting team, which was in charge of Inspector Goh Swee Cheang. Mr. F. K. MacNamara, Commandant of ths Kuala Lumpur Police
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    9 CHINESE CHARGED
    69 4 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. When nine Chinese of Ah Lok Estate. Tebrau. were charged in the Johore Bahru Police Court today with failing ;o notify their change of iddresi.. the manager of the ?state told the Magistrate the men had only moved to i
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    Kesang Paid 20% 1n 1949
    101 4 From Our Staff Corr?s,i .indent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues KESANG Tin Ltd. earned a net profit of $48,103 last year. To this has been added $5,000 from depletion reserve and $16,866 brought forward from 1948. Four interim dividends of five per cent, each, totalling 20 per
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    EXTRA SUGAR FOR MUSLIMS
    57 4 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Tues.— To enable Muslims to obtain a good supply of sugar during the Hari Raya Puasa fasting month, an additional 30 per cent above the normal ration will be issued to dealers in Johore. This extra will be available for
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    Ducked Behind Pillar To Avoid Grenade
    200 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. DESCRIBING the throwing of a hand grenade into a coffee shop in Batu Road on April 26 last, a police motor driver, Mohd. Ali, said in the Kuala Lumpur Supreme Court today that, as he stood on
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    FINGERPRINT RECORD
    53 4 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Tues.— Chew Hong Tiong, a salesman, pleaded guilty in the Sessions Court today to a charge of committing theft in a dwelling on May 30 of jewellery to the value of $1,243 and cash $1000. Sentence was deferred pending his fingerprint record
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    89th BANDIT HANGED IN PENANG
    127 4 From Ou. Staff Correspondent i KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. THE 89th bandit executed under the Emergency Regulations was hanged at Penang this morning. He was Fan Kwong Fui, alias Huan Kwong Hui who was tried and convicted by the High Court, Penang, on Apr. 27 and
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    NEW MOVE BY MALAY TEACHERS
    129 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR Tues. THE Executive Committee of the Pan-Malayan Federation of Malay Teachers' Associations held a special meeting in Kuala L'impur on Sunday to discuss the possibility of transforming the body into to trade union, it is reported in the Malay
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    SULTAN'S ORDER
    53 4 The Sultan of Trengganu has issued an order through the Religious Department stating that the lasting month will commence, on June 17 or June 16 if the new moon is seen on the evening of June 15. All Muslims in Trengganu have been asked to observe fasting for
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    UNAUTHORISED
    38 4 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Tues For setting up street stalls in Layang Layang without permission Pang Chin Soo, Wong Choy Hup and Yit Pay were each fined $50 in the Johore Bahru Police Court today.
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    MARRIED AT KUALA LUMPUR
    48 4 MR. AND MRS. J. A. NETTLETON who were married at St. John's Church, Kuala Lumpur,' last Saturday. The bride is the eldest daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Colaso, and the groom Is on the staff of the Malayan Film Unit.
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    WORTH $15,000 —DEAD...
    31 4 WORTH $15,000 DEAD: Wui Hong, leader of a killer and spying gang, who was killed by security forces at Ulu Gombak four miles from Kuala Lumpur. P.R. picture.
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    Increase In Rubber Stocks
    113 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. RUBBER stocks in Malaya with dealers and at ports increased by about 11,000 tons in May. At the end of the month, the stocks were 82,096 tons compared with 71,117 tons at the end of April, ac+ cording to
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    ENTERTAINED
    40 4 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. Mr. H. E. MacKenzie. senior Unofficial member of the Council of State. Johore, yesterday entertained the Unofficial members of the Council and their wives to lunch at the Royal Johore International Club.
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    SHED MUST BE PULLED DOWN
    55 4 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Tues.— For putting up a timber shed at Kulai without the authority of the Town Board, Kwong Yong was fined $100 in the Johore Bahru Police Court today. The Court, in addition, made an order for the building to
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    THEFT CHARGE
    26 4 SEGAMAT. Tues.— Bail in $500 was offered 49-year-old Tee Kong Yam charged in the Segamat Court with I theft of four pieces of timIber.
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    20 p.c. PAY RISE FOR RUBBER MILLERS
    160 5 20 p.c. PAY RISE FOR RUBBER MILLERS REPRESENT ATI YES Of Labour and management of the Singapore rubbtr milling industry yesterday tentatively agreed on a 20 per centl wage-increase for workers over their existing wage-rates. They reached th<? agreement after a day-long discussion at the Labour Department. They are expected
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    Killer To Hang
    103 5 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Tues. AFTER a two-day trial in camera, 24-yeur-old Wu Aii Kong was today sentenced to death for the murder of i Detective Corporal Lee Kang j Hock, who was shot dead on Mar. 31 this year near the P k Road market.
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    Associates In M.C.A.
    86 5 From Our Staff Correspondent SEREMBAN, Tues. A PPLICATIONS from 12 i\ Seremban residents to become associate members of the Malayan Chinese Association, N.S. branch were approved by the Working Committee of the branch at a meeting yesterday. They are: Mrs. M. Braddon, Mr. Ronald Edward Royston and
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    JEALOUS MAN IN COURT
    82 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— Mun Wing Fatt, a '11-year-old English speaking Chinese who pleaded guilty to a charge of voluntarily causing hurt to Yap Kwal was today bound ovor in $500 in two sureties for a period of two years. Chief Inspector Raja Abbas said Yap was
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    OFFICIAL CLEARED
    33 5 Kronj Our Own Correspondent SEGAMAT, Tues.— lnche Yahaya bin Ahmad, a Government official, accused before the Segamat Circuit Magistrate of violat^n. 1 the hooting ban in town, was acquitted and discharged.
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    Singapore Diary
    87 5 CHINESE V.M.C.A. Sele«ie Road, staff meeting, 9 a.m.. »Jdminton. 5.30 p m., basketball. 5.30 p.m.. film show, 7.30 p.m. ST. ANDREW'S MISSION lIOSriTAL, Linen Guild Mahjong drive. Raffles Hotel, 9.30 a.m. Y.W C.A., Katonx Groups' meeting St. HUcJa f s School. Ceylon hi.id, 4 p.m. PROTEST MEETING arainst
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    How The Reclamation Will Look —With The Pool There....
    94 5 THIS ARCHITECT'S sketch shows how the Beach Road Reclamation will look when it is developed according to the Services' plan. The swimming pool and club will stand directly in front of Raffles Hotel. The proposed new sea-front road runs along the
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    THE SERVICES STATE THEIR CASE FOR THE POOL
    449 5 THL proposed Services swimming pool, over which Singapore Municipal Commissioners are at logger-heads with their President, is part of a $1,250,000 plan for the development of part of Beach Road Reclamation for the welfare of Service personnel in the Colony. Included in
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    CORONER ISSUES WARRANT
    236 5 CORONER ISSUES WARRANT the end of an inquiry yesterday into the death dI a Malay labourer, the Singapore Coroner, Mr. W. G. Porter, issued a warrant for the arrest of Abu bin Haji Salleh, the driver of a latex tanker. Mr. Porter said that he was satisfied that there were
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    Former Ketua Accused
    96 5 rrom uur own i-orresponaeni SEGAMAT, Tues —A former ketua of the Auxiliary Police at Buloh Kasap, Tun Kirn Poey, aged 33, Aas charged before the Segamat Circuit Magistrate yesterday with possession ot 142 rounds of ammunition and two shotguns without a permit. At the end of the
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    TREASURY BILLS
    54 5 From Our SUB Corresiwnntrni KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Tenders for Federation of Malaya Government Treasury bills were accepted by the Accountant -General. Federation of Malaya, to the extent of $12,950,000. Tenders at the rate of .75 per cent per annum were ali l tn full Th- bill* will be
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    SINGAPORE AIRPORT ARRIVALS
    294 5 rE following passengers were among those who disembarked at Kallang airport yesterday from points outside Malaya on the various air services Passengers in transit are not Included in the list. X.L.M. From Amsterdam: Messrs. P. H. Schleinitz. Ernect S. Troug; Lawrence Orred Roberts, Baijnath Tapuriah, Motilal Tapuriaa,
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    Court Claim For Possession Of S'pore Theatre
    383 5 A CLAIM for the recovery of possession of the build- ing known as the Chungking Theatre, situated at the junction of Tanjong Pagar Road and Maxwell Road, Singapore, came up for hearing before the Chief Justice, Sir Charles Murray-Aynsley. in th c Singapore
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    TIGER KILLED
    33 5 From Our Own Correspondent KEMAMAN, Tues. A MEDIUM-SIZED tiger was killed at Bukit Kijal recently. The rarcase vas brought to Chiikai. And good business done in the sale of its flesh.
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    NEW GENERATOR
    36 5 rrom uur uwn uorresponaeni KEMAMAN, Tues. The Electricity Department has installed a new engine and a 75 killowatt generator at the Kemaman Power Station to ease the overloading on the generator now in use.
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    36 5 MR. RICHARD DANNELLT and his daughters. Affiette aged two and a half, Juliet aged four, and his adopted daughter Barbara Joseph, aged eight, who all went to the Singapore Social Welfare Department yesterday. Straits Times picture
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    AGGIE & JULIET NEED A HOME
    260 5 AGGIE JULIET NEED A HOME liflß. RICHARD DANNELLY of Singapore is a very ITI worried man. H e is unemployed, his bank account is depleted, and he has sold practically everything he has to sell. He wants a job— and has been looking for one--but his act- cause her mother
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    BRIGGS 'GOOD LISTENER'
    81 5 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Tues. NOW in Pen an k on a short visit, General Sir Harold Briggs. Director of AntiBandit Operations, held informal discussions at a Residency tea party yesterday afternoon with Settlement councillors and other community leaders. "The general made a deep impression on
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    27 6 MR MRS SIM SEE MIANG thank all friends relatives for their attendance, assistance, valuable gifts greetings on the occasion of their wedding on 10th »une. 1.t.50.
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      A Plethora Of Pools
      842 6 No doubt the President of the Singapore Municipal Commissioners, Mr. T. P. F. McNeice, stated the correct legal and constitutional position when he warned the Commissioners that they had nd power to withhold approval of the plans for a swimming pool on the Beach Road reclamation
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      S.I.T. REGISTER: 1947 AND 1950
      291 6 ACCORDING to the A Singapore Improvement Trust report for 1947 at the end of that year, there were 2,519 registered applicants foj flats, houses and artisans' quarters; the register was closed then, and 107 applicants were given accommodation that year. The S.I.T. report, for 1948
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    MALAYA AND MALTHUS
    1643 6  -  PROFESSOR T. H. SILCOCK The Economics Of Birth Control By T*HE founder of the modern birth control movement was Thomas Malthus, a Church of England clergyman and economist who lived at the -end of the eighteenth century. This is not to say that Malthus himself approved of
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      The two sex films: A father's view
      308 6 PIE 'people of the Federation are fortunate in having the opportunity of viewing pictures like "Secrets of Life" and "Sins of the Fathers". The former tells of a prudish mother who refuses to enlighten her young daughter about her sexual life; the latter
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      BRITAIN AND MALAYA
      194 6 WITHOUT doubt the outspoken comments of Dr. C. H. WithersPayne on the local political situation and other matters, either as pre- i sident of the Singapore Association or as a private individual, are very much to the point. It is understandable that they do not please those
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      WORKING IN THE HEAT
      260 6 SINGAPORE'S climate being what it is, especially in the afternoons, it Is not surprising that the output of work by clerks, either in Government service or in commercial firms, is below par. Taking the penetrating heat of the midday sun on one's head, on top of
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    On the Margin
    392 6 Book Of The Day 'J'HIS IS an appropriate clay on which to invite attention to Mr. W. C. Taylor's little book "Local Government In Malaya," for this morning the Federal Legislative Council will be asked to approve the report of its select committee which has recommended elections
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    FILM CENSOR: COUNCIL QUERIES
    282 7 Mallal Wants To Know More About Evans QUESTIONS on the Colony's film censorship with particular regard to the appointment of Mr. Jack Evans and his duties are being asked at the next meeting of the Singapore Legislative Council on June 20. The questions have been put
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    2 WOMEN AND A PIGLET...
    207 7 2 WOMEN AND A PIGLET... WHEN two women quarrelled over the ownership of a piglet, a police sergeant suggested that they should turn It loose and see to whom It would return But Lee Ah Wan, 44. one of the two women, rejected the suggestion. In the Fourth Police Court,
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    WORRIED MAN TOOK POISON
    68 7 Foo Scow, a 45-year-old labourer from Changi. told the Third Police Court. Magistrate, Mr. C. H. F. Blake, yesterday that he had tried to kill himself "because he WM worried." He was bound over to be of good behaviour lor six months on bond of $100.
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    VICTORY SAVINGS
    25 7 From Our SUIT Corresiwi.dent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— The sale of Victory Savings Certificates up lo and including May 31, 1950, amounted lo $912,282.
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    The Records Troppled One By One...
    82 7 The Records Troppled One By One... "CJINS of the Fathers," »5 the sex-hygiene film which has been banned by the Singapore Censor, is breaking box-office records in the Federation. It has been seen by thousands in Kuala Lumpur. Ipoh. Penang and Malacca. A total of 12.500 people saw the film
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    ....And Film Cost Only $250,000
    69 7 And Film Cost Only $250,000 "CINS of the Fathers," cost Canadian $80,000 /about $250,000 Malayan) lo produce and took only 10 days to make. Already the distributing rights for Europe oat-tide the U.K. have been sold for $300,000. If revenue from ihe U.S.A. Canada and other territories is added to
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    TWO ACCUSED OF MURDER
    48 7 Two men. Tan Lim Bee and Wee Chan Huay. went on trial yesterday in the Singapore Assizes on a charge of murder of Yap Bok Seng at Havelock Road on Feb. 26. Wee was alternatively charged with abetment of murder. The case is proceeding.
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    To Grow UK Flowers
    67 7 MR. Teerth Ram, an Ipoh school teacher and British Council scholar at the London School of Speech Trainine and Drama, is expecting to grow English flowers in Malaya. A keen gardener, Mr. Ram recently visited a famous British nrm and bought flower seeds which were packed
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    FILM SOCIETY MEETING
    32 7 The Singapore Film Society will hold its annual general meeting tonight at 8.30 in the British Council Hall in Stamford Road. The film "Daybreak will Precede" will be shown.
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    'MY DAUGHTER,' MAN CLAIMS IN COURT
    118 7 AN UNEMPLOYED man who trespassed into a school teacher's house in Oxley Road claimed in Court yesterday that she was his daughter and her mother his wife. i— He was Lo Wei, who was found guilty of trespass and bound over for six months
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    STUDY IN FAR EAST
    63 7 A three-man delegation from the 'lnternational Confederation of. Free Trade Unions will leave Brussels within the next two or three weeks to study labour conditions in the Far East. Mr. Fred Dalley, who reported on the structure of trade union organisation in Malaya, is the British
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    TALK CANCELLED
    25 7 Mr. John Duclos' talk on Malaysian Music to the Singapore Music Circle, which was scheduled to have been Riven last night, was cancelled.
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    Mr. Foulger Can Now Give Orders-—From His Car
    52 7 Mr. Foulger Can Now Give Orders-— From His Car THE SINGAPORE COMMISSIONER of Police, Mr. R. E. Foulger, speaking to radio headquarters through the twoway radio set installed in his car. Fourteen sets have been put in officers' private cars, traffic investigation vans, and patrol cars used by detectives.— Straits
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    Youth Caught In Street Chase
    251 7 SLOGAN PAINTING ALLEGED THHE Singapore First District Court was told yesterA day how the actions of a school teacher and an iced-water hawker helped the police to arrest a Chinese youth who was alleged to have written Communist slogans on walls, lamp-posts and pillars in
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    Trick Box Had Drug
    56 7 OPIUM was found In four hollow corners of a box carried by a Chinese seaman, the .Singapore Second District Court was told yesterday. The seaman. Say Cheak Slew, pleaded guilty to a charge of possession of seven tahils of opium. He said he was an addict.
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    Anti-T.B. Assn. Officials
    92 7 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Tues.The following have been elected officers of the Johore Bahru District Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis: President, Dr. Ismail bin Abdul Rahman; hon. secretary, Mr. M. B. Dass; hon.. treasurer, Inche Ahmad bin Prang. Committee, Mrs. J. P. Hodgklnson, Mrs.
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    38 7 SENIOR PUPILS of the Victoria School gave a farewell tea-party to their mathematics master, Mr. Low Kong Lim (seated centre) on Sunday. Mr. Low has been transferred to the Towner Road afternoon school as headmaster.— Straits Times picture.
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    FOOD CURFEW IN PERAK
    125 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. THE movement of all food1 stuffs in the State of Perak has been banned except under permit during the day and totally prohibited during the hours of darkness. The whole of the State of Perak has been declared a controlled area under the
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    3 EXTRA HENS
    36 7 Lim Jui Fong carried three extra hens in his basket and was arrested at High Street, Singapore, on June 12. He was fined $3 in the Singapore Second Police court yesterday for cruelty.
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    MAHJONG DRIVE
    20 7 St. Andrew's Mission Hospital Linen Guild will hold a mahjong drive at Raffles Hotel from 9.30 this morning.
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    LUNCH AT A CLUB FOR LINDA
    290 7 LUNCH AT A CLUB FOR LINDA By Our Woman Correspondent MISS Linda Christian (Mrs. Tyrone Pow-| er), now in Singapore took it easy yesterday. After a whole day of flying, all she really wanted to do was to get herself and her clothes in shape. After all, a woman has
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    VALLETTAS DELAYED
    53 7 The two R.A.F. Vallettas which were expected to arrive at Changi yesterday for two months' tropical trial have been delayed. The Valletta is the militarised version of the Viking, and the Transport Squadron of the Middle East Air Force has already commissioned these twin-engine aircraft on their internal
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    Fishing—By Grenades
    94 7 Fishing— By Grenades From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. THE fish population off the coast of Mersing is diminishing, Ungku Ariz bin A. Hamid said in the Johore State Council yesterday. This was because wasteful methods were employed to obtain fish by unscrupulous persons who used dynamite and even
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    A Badge For Your Blood
    60 7 THIS BADGE, indicating the number of donations made by a blood donor, is issued by the Singapore Blood Transfusion Service. For the tenth donation a silver badge is given, and for the 20th a gold medal is awarded. There are three blood donors in Singapore
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    S.V.C. Only 100 Short Of Target
    131 7 S.V.C. Only 100 Short Of Target rpHE Singapore Volunteer J- Corps (Liaison) now has a total of 400 members, only 100 short of the target expected to be reached in its recruiting campaign for this year. Lt.-Col. R. W. WatsonHyatt, Officer Commanding the Volunteers, told the Straits Times that the
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    The Crash Tenders Were Ready...
    156 7 The Crash Tenders Were Ready... KALLANG DRAMA r<RASH tenders wer v rushed to Kailang Airport, Singapore, yesterday as a U:S. Navy "Privateer" bomber, with one of its four engines out of action, circled overhead for a quarter of an hour before attempting to land. There was danger that It might
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    Body Found In River
    55 7 AFTER more than two hours search of the Singapore River between Anderson anc Cavenagh Bridges yesterdaj afternoon, marine police recovered the body of Tan Kent Wong, a 21-year-old colT< < shop attendant at MidciU Road. There were no marks 01 violence on him. Police say that
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    'U.K. PUBLIC MUST SHED ILLUSIONS'
    384 8 Living Standard Depends On Malaya- Ba ii I lieu From Our Own Tor respondent LONDON, Tuesday. f 1 IV ING a grave warning of the possible consequences of* the political situation in Malaya, Sir Clive Baillieu, chairman of the Dunlop Rubber Company, said, at the
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    BROTHEL KEEPER GAOLED
    113 8 A42-YE\R-OLD widow. Yong Ah Wee. who said she was a seamstress, was s-ntenced to Tour months' rigorous imprisonment by Mr. p C Claque, Singapore Fourth Police Magistrate, yesterday for allowing her premises to be used as a brothel. vnrtß was arrested by a police raiding party under
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    Dr. B. Home Retires
    106 8 AFTER If years as Medical Superintendent of the Mental Hospital. Singapore, Dr. B. F Home, has gone on leave to England prior to retirement. Joining the Malayan Medical Service in 1931 after four years in Nigeria as Aienist Medical Officer. Dr. Pome was attached to the
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    MORE SUGAR FOR PENANG MUSLIMS
    44 8 PENANG, Tues.— As from June 19, exira .sugar rations will be issued to Mohammedans in Penang throughout their tastine month (bulan puasa». Tiiis special allocation will be at the rate of 7»2 per cent over the presen; weekly issue.
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    U.S. Negro 'Crusaders' For S'pore?
    130 8 MR. Henry Lawrence. Director of the United States Information Service In Malaya, said that he was "almost certain" that the airliner "The Ralph Bunche," carrying 50 negro students on a 10-week round the world tour, would stop in Malaya. "The Ralph Bunche," named in honour
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    ON HOLIDAY
    21 8 SfcGAMAT, Tues.— Mr. A S. H. Kemp, Administrative Officer at Segamat, has left the district on a short holiday.
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    37 8 THE YANG Dl-PERTUAN BESAR of Negri Sembilan presenting: a cap to the best Malay Regiment recruit. Private Abdul La tiff bin Hussein, at Port Dickson. In the passing-out parade on Sunday 370 recruits took part. P.R. picture.
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    $1,000 BRIBE TO A.S.P. ALLEGED
    256 8 JUDGMENT was reserved yesterday in the case in which a Chinese, Lim Peng Koi, was charged with corruptly giving a European Assistant Superintendent of Police, Mr. R. T. Cooper, $1,000 as an inducement to withdraw a charge that was pending against him in the Fourth
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    Chandu In His Matchbox
    61 8 A 56-year-old Cantonese. Chan Seng, admitted in the Second Disiricb Court yesterday to owning 21 packets of chandu, found in a match box in his trouser pocket during a Customs raid on a house in North Bridge Road. He also admitted owning two chandu pipes and
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    KAJANG FLOODS
    32 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— The Kajang-Bangi road between the 18th and the 20th milestones was flooded yesterday to a depth of 12 Inches and there was passage for heavy traffic only.
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    No Third Degree, Says Foulger
    242 8 No Third Degree, Says Foulger jyfß. K. Fouiger, Singapore's Commissioner of Pclice, said yesterday that no member of the Police Force was supposed to use third degree methods or corporal punishment on anyoody detained for any offence. If he did. his victim should complain about it. "Such a complaint will
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    Indian Ships At Malacca
    134 8 From Our Own Correspondent MALACCA, Tues. THE personnel of the Indian Navy ships will have a busy time when they visit Malacca on Sunday and Monday. The ship will anchor n the roads. Various games have "seen arranged during the two evenings. School children and others
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    Life Grows Brighter For Britons
    1381 9 Life Grows Brighter For Britons The London Letter LONDON, June .">. pOl'H headlines Pve read in my papers this week oon\t\. between them, .something off Ine atmosphere here in England just now. Hit first headline was In Hie Paris edition of the New York Herald Tribune -"Twilight of Austerity: Life
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    439 9 AN unnamed Guards colonel who fell from his horse during a Trooping of the Colour rehearsal on London's Horse Guards Parade: his identity was not revealed, it being stated that if it were held that his fall were due to lack of skill or attention he
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      738 9 What You Should Know About Your English Are you content with the way you speak show ycu how to make the most of your and write? Are you sure that you are not personality and of your opportunities in life, making mistakes that cause people to underrate y<>u v Why
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      260 9 STRAITS TIMES CROSSWORD amom 23. Titty on an tyt confused CROSSWORD No. 77 X. Fxiday brought him Con- £"<• ma<le t0 < 8 Wlatiin (8-6*. 1» ?"">;,• m n v' Ur tttVtn f, 2 3 4 5 They are uttered la terTOTV ftl^-"^ 7) *"£?,*> or hilarity (7) W- Medieval
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    London Stocks
    279 10 LONDON, Tues. fJAUTION and hesitancy were noticeable on tne London Stock Exchange yesterday. Closing middle prices of seiec'ed stocks, as supplied to the S*ralU Times by special arrang.*uien: with The Financial Times, lollowUnless otherwise stated, shares art of £1 denomination. Consols 71S4 -t H Funding 4% I960-*) 107
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    PRODUCE MARKET
    33 10 From A Market Correspondent QOPRA in the Singapore produce market eased slightly yesterday, quotations bHng around $34 ex godown. Coconut oil was also caller at S5B. Pepper remained quiet and unchanged.
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    MALAYAN SHARES: RUBBERS DROP
    491 10 From Our Market Correspondent OUBBERS in the Malayan share market eased 1V again yesterday in sympathy with the further heavy fall in the commodity price. Buyers of Tins and Industrials were inclined to await further development, though both those sections were fairly steady. Prices quoted by
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    TIN PRICES
    325 10 SINGAPORE, Turs.. June 13_S301.jfl (down $1.) LONDON, Turs.. June 13. Spot: £603 i— £6941; Forward. 1604?—£6051; Settlement. £604. Turnover: morning. 10 tons; afternoon. 110 tons. Rmotau 1.371 Raub OoH 1.46 Rrnong COO 11 Rrnonr Tin II3e!«vang 9/6 Siamese 15/ikm.. I/* 3 Kinta 10'TJ 3 Malayan 23/» j rrooob
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    SHIPPING IN SINGAPORE
    90 10 CHIPS in the Singapore Oul«r and Inner Roads and alongside Harbour Board godowna yesterday were: Outer Roads: Hal Hsuan. La Colorada. Atlantic Dragon, Ulysses. Chip Lam. Chong Tong. Inner Roads: Sin Soon Lee. Matang. Hong; Ann. Katone. Grenadier. Bela»^, Hua Heng, Batoebahru. Taype. Alongside Godewns: MenUkab 45,
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    Rubber ll 1/2 Cts. Down
    399 10 RUBBER prices in Singapore dropped sharply again yesterday, business for firstgrade July shipment being done at as low as 71 cents per lb.—a decline of Hi cents per lb. from Monday's closing quotations. The low level —nearly 20 cents per lb below last Saturday's quotation—attracted
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    SING TAO PLAY NEGRI TODAY
    407 11 67,000 Watched S 'pore Games 'lit' OUIg xau ruviuaii vmu ui riwug lYinig wuu suffered their only defeat since leaving Hong Kong at the hands of Singapore's Malaya Cup team at Jalan Besar on Monday, leave the Colony this morning by air for a Federation
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    Need For Hall More Urgent Than Ever
    262 11 SPORTS LETTER pHE NEED for a first class 1 badminton hall, with al acilitles, has never beer elt more keenly than aftei he exhibition badminton al he Happy World Stadium ast Sunday night. None ol he four matches played w»! Ip to real
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    Yew Chee Sia STTA Junior Favourites
    147 11 Yew Chee Sia STT A Junior Favourites SIONG 800 A.A.. Yew Chee Sia "V" and the Kok Mm Progressive Society are unbeaten so far in the Singapore Table-Tennis Association's junior inter-club competition now In progress at the Great World, where three games are played nightly. Table-tennis fans expect Siong 800
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    SPORTS MEET
    66 11 St. Joseph's Institution Continuation School's sports meet will be held at St. Joseph's Institution Ground on June 36 at 2.15 p.m. A special event of 880 yards has been arranged for the Old Boys. Old Boys who desire to participate in this event should send their names to
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    Junior Badminton Begins On Saturday
    470 11 m.iki win he made A ton Association's jun Clerical Union Hall on S Competitors are reminded that they must be punctual. A walkover will be awarded against competltors who turn up late. The ties for the weekend are: SATURDAY AT 2.30 VM. George Tan and
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    Houses' Cup Final Tomorrow
    129 11 Houses Cup Final Tomorrow SINGAPORE A.F.A. Business Houses' Cup Flna will be played at Jalan Besar Stadium to-morrow between Fraser Neave Sports Club and Sime Darbj Sports Club. Scccer fans favour Fraser Neave to win On paper, Fraser Neave are a very attractive side With Eng Hoe in goal, Soor
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    49 11 TWO VETERANS still dominant in Malayan tennis Lcong Hoe Yenj (left) and Goon Kok Ying who played for the fielangor singles title at Kuala Lumpur on Monday. Kok Ying, a former Malayan doubles title coholder, beat Hoe Yeng, Selangor champion for several yean, by 6-1, 6-3. Straits Times picture.
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    SAFA Cup Opens With 1-1 Draw
    290 11 TN the opening game of the Singapore Amateur 1 Football Association's Challenge Cup competition at Jalan Besa r Stadium yesterday, Indian Recreation Club almost knocked out Tigers Sports Club who had to fight hard foi a one-all draw. After the festival or firstclass soccer
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    Blue Rovers Win With Early Goals
    252 11 Blue Rovers Win With Early Goals DLUE Rovers beat 4tn SupD ply Reserve Depot R-A. S.C when they met in a Singapore A.F.A. Junior B 2 soccer fixture on C.V.M.A. ground yesterday. Blue Rovers could have won the match by a greater margin. They scored all their goals in the
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      234 11 SINGAPORE A» S'pore; 7.20 Band of The 10 a.m. News from K.L., 10.05 Coldstream Guards; 7.30 A/nsri- B.F.E.B.S. Close; 10.50 Schools; 12 Malay; can Jan; 7.45 "Intermeno 11 *v r 1 p.m. Dance Music; 1.30 News; <Th( p atH lan 45 m From th London 1.45 Light Music; 3.15 Ki
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    LEBOMBO TO SCORE MAIDEN VICTORY TODAY
    407 12  -  EPSOM JEEP Lord Frederick Will Make It Close Race By KI'AL'A LIjMPUR, Tuesday. LORD FREDERICK possesses all the qualifications to win the nine-furlong handicap for Class 2, Div. 2, (Race Six) at Kuala Lumpur tomorrow, second day of the Selanjjor Turf Clul> June Meeting.
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    TODAY'S GOING
    133 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Further heavy rain fell in Kuala Lumpur throughout this afternoon and the going tomorrow will be at best on the yielding side. Battleship over 7f. at Penang in his first outing in Malaya. Hopelessly left the chestnut trailed the field into the straight. Porky Donnelly
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    Release II Day's Best Bet
    927 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. A(.OO1) THING beaten on Saturday, Release II should make the best betting proposition at Kuala Lumpur tomorrow. Hopelessly placed 3f. from home this three-year-old put in a devastating laie run and over the line f.e was going better than Ballymun II. the
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    Wise And Smith Given Stiff Fight
    419 12 NS. WISE and R. F. Smith, fourth seeded men's doubles pair in the Singapore L.T.A. Championships, were taken to an unfinished three-set duel by W. A. Kermer and J. H. Kuiper in a first -round tie yesterday. When rain stopped .play the score was
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    Mapua Keep On Winning
    161 12 IVTapua Institute of Technology, Manila, scored their fifth victory off the reel in oingapore last night, beating a strong combined Singapore side by 73 points to 40 at the Happy World Stadium last night. The visitors gave a sparkling exhibition of perfect ball control, accurate passing
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    ASCOT STAKES
    25 12 ASCOT, Tues. Mr. Harry Balgrave's Honourable won the Ascot Stakes (2'j miles) here today. Strathspey was second and Rovaliste third. Twenty-five ran. Reuter.
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    Sports Diary
    38 12 SOCCER: Snr. Igt: Rovers S.C. v 8.0.D.C.A. mt Jalan Besar Stadium; Jnr. B. 2: C.V.M.A. (PJM.) v Star Soccerites at C.V.M.A. CRICKET: Raffles Inst. v St. Andrew's at Raffles (round. TENNIS: Singapore championships at S.C.C. (coat.).
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    Straits Times Selections
    138 12 ACE 1 2.30 BRIGHT MENGSENG Dark Romance Berton BERTON Rosaline Bright Mengseng ROSALINE Greetings Bright Mengseng ACE 8 3.00 NACHTEGAAL Prattlin' Migle Lamp MAGIC LAMP Nachtegaal Prattlin' MAGIC LAMP All Boloney Prattlin' ACE 3 3.30 ALABAMA Sunny Valley Jaunty i t Ml 'SKK.TEER Sunny Valley Alabama ALABAMA
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    Today's Race Card
    1029 12 DOUBLE TOTES— RACES 4 AND 5; 7 AND 8. BIG SWEEP— RACE 8. Race 1—2.30: Class. 4, Div. 5—6 Furs. 002 Bright Mengseng Little 9.00 Mr. Pang Kim Seng Yong 000 Entertainment Jones 8.13 M/s. Shaw Bros Ong Manning 000 Kinta Valley Mawi 8.12 "Double H. Stable"
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    PlansCompletefor BAM Title Meet
    203 12 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Tuesday. HPHE PERAK Turf Club's courts in Ipoh will be the A venue of the ninth annual Malayan Badminton Championships which will take place on Aug. 5, 6 and 7. The tournament had originally been fixed for Easter but, owing to
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    SWIMMING MARK RECOGNISED
    85 12 SYDNEY, Tues.— Australian Olympic and Empire Games swimmer. Miss Judy Joy Davies' time of 5 mins. 23.6 uses, for 400 metres set in Sydney in Dt:c»mber last, has been recognised by the world governing body of as the second fastest world time recorded for that distance last
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    WARWICK WIN AGAIN
    238 12 LONDON. Tues. r«OUNTY cricket leaders Warwickshire won by six wickeU in the series of championship games ending today. Scores were: At Ilorsham. Sussex beat Essex by 8 wickets Essex 274 and 106 (Oakes 5 for 33 1. Sussex 363 and 81 for 2. At Gravwnd, Somerset b\it.
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