The Straits Times, 22 June 1950

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    19 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 IXTEEN PAGKS SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1950. •ft- PRICE TEN CENTS.
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    GRIFFITHS PLEDGES MORE AID NAVAL VISITORS
    655 1 GRIFFITHS PLEDGES MORE AID NAVAL VISITORS Amount And Form Is Under Considera tion LONDON, Wednesday. THE Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. James Griffiths, and the War Minister, Mr. John Strachey, reported to the House of Commons today on their recent trip to Malaya. Both stressed the fart that
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    17 DIE IN JAVA QUAKE
    162 1 17 DIE IN JAVA QUAKE JAKARTA, Wed. ,N eaithquake In East Java un Monday evening killed 1 people and injured scores, ccording to Radio Jakarta. delayed dispatch from East ava said violent tremors egan about 8 o'clock in the veiling and sent terrorised idoneslans there fleeing -m their homes. The
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    24 1 Bsi.. WILLIAM JENKIN, ul.o ■ib arrived in Kuala Hum pur from Britain to B"* first technical adviser to ■lli.' IVoVrition CAD.— Straits Times picture.
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    SOVIET NOT IN HARWELL VISIT
    49 1 LONDON, Wed —The Soviet Mi agency was not repre■nted among foreign corre>ondents invited to visit Brllin's atomic energy research ation :it Harwell today. Communist Daily taker was originally excludd from the group but was nally permitted to send a re.tive after loud pro's's UP.
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    Emergency Rubber Law Amended
    107 1 Emergency Rubber Law Amended From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. -REGULATIONS will be published tomorrow amending the Emergency (Rubber Control) Regulations so that where any person convicted under the regulations for being in unlawful possession of rubber is employed on any rubber estate, or is found on or close
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    NEW MEMBERS
    15 1 LONDON, Wed.— Spain and Indonesia are to join the International Wheat Council. —U.P.
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    Mined Anhwei Attacked By Nationalist Planes
    143 1 HONG KONG. Wednesday. I'HK mined Singapore ship Anhwei beached near A Swatow was bombed and machine-gunned today by Nationalist planes attacking the port. A sistership, the Hanyang, which was standing by, wa s also attacked but neither ship suffered damage. The incident followed a
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    Smuts Has A Relapse
    39 1 PRETORIA. Wed. GEN. Jan Smuts had a poor night and his condition is again serious, according to the official medical bulletin issued today His doctor said Gen. Smuts had been disturbed by his heart. Renter.
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    CHANGED SIDES
    26 1 TAIPEH. Wed. Press report* claimed today two Communist landing craft defected to the Nationalist Navy in the Pearl River estuary on June 18.— Ai».
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    Smuggling Ring May Be Smashed
    217 1 BOMBAY C.I.D. IN SPORE RAID A BIG smuggling ring w bay and with agents ir may be broken up after 1 raw opium, (black markei ship in Singapore on Tut ith headquarters in Bomi Malaya and Hong Kong, the discovery of 2501b. of t value
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    'Turko': 2nd Warrant Mentioned
    172 1 'Turko': 2nd Warrant Mentioned FE issue of a second warrant against Raymond Paul Pierre ("Turko") Westerling by the United Stat«s of Indonesia Government was mentioned in the Singapore First District Court yesterday when Westerling made another appearance. Proceedings were over in a few minutes, the case being adjourned to July
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    London Bridge Has Fallen Down
    42 1 LONDON, Wed.— The first span of the Bailey Bridge being strung across the Thames for the 1951 Festival of Britain toppled into the water last night as It was being pushed on rollers upon its supports. U.P.
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    FRANCE RETIRES TWO GENERALS
    164 1 PARIS, Wed. TRANCE'S Council of Minist- ers retired two Generals, Georges Marie Revers and Charles Mast the men who gave its name to "the Affair of the Generals", In which leakage of defence secrets and traffic In influence have been alleged. General Revers negotiated the military
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    DELHI IS A HAPPY SHIP
    173 1 DELHI IS A HAPPY SHIP CMARTNESS combined with great friendliness and cheeriness marked the first day's visit of the Indian Naval Squadron to Singapore yesterday. There was only understatement in the comment by the Commodore, Rear Admiral Jeffrey Barnard R.N., at a Press Conference held during the afternoon: "There is
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    Jap Matches Again
    27 1 TOKYO. Wed.— The Tokyo Boekl Shokai will send the first post-war shipment of Japanese matches to Singapore at the end of this month Reuter.
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    New Powers Over Shops
    439 1 New Powers Over Shops From Our fctaff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, wed. OTATE and Settlement Governments nave been given power, through amendments to the Emergency Regulations, to order the closing of ohops in villages, districts, or areas wner e the residents are known to have aided or consorted with bandits or
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    COMPANY MEETINGS MALAYAN CHAMBER OF MINES
    2809 2 COMPANY MEETINGS MALAYAN CHAMBER OF MINES THE PROBLEM OF SECURITY: MR. A.G. GLENISTERS REVIEW The tir.ru -.<-econd annual genrral meeting of the Malayan C'-i rr.bT ot Mines, Inc., was hold on June 14 at 65. London-wall London. EC. Mr. A. O. Glenlster. the ohrurBan said: Gentlemen, At the end of
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    Boy Says Four Men Ate Beautiful Girl
    363 2 ISTANBUL, Wednesday. TCOUR former Senegalese living near the Black Sea r north of Izmit have been arrested on charges of cannibalism, Press reports yesterday. The arrests followed the testimony of a 12-year-old boy, Bahri, that he saw men devour a 16-year-old youth named
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    VISITORS AT ASCOT
    31 2 AUSTRALIANS at the opening day of the Ascot summer n-eetinff included, from left: Jill Lodge of Adelaide, Lorna Schammel of Sydney, and Jeannette Lodge of Adelaide. A.P. picture.
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    H.K. Court's Writ To Reds On Planes
    236 2 H.K. Court 's Writ To Reds On Planes HONG KONG Wed. lIONG KONG Supreme 11 Court has issued a writ of summons to the ■Jhine.se Communist Goverrunent asking that they auut ar as defendant in the c ase involving ownership ot 71 planes. If the Reds act on the writ,
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    TURNED IN SLEEP, FELL TO DEATH
    46 2 HONG KONG, Wed. TWENTY year old Lan Yun-jen, unemployed, tried to beat the heat last .night by sleeping on a verandah. Turning in his sleep, he dropped 20 feet to a street below. The hospital pronounced him dead on arrival.—A.P.
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    REOPENED
    38 2 RANGOON, Wed— lnland water routes between Rangoon, Prome and Mandalay which had been cut off by insurgent activity have now been reopened. A flotilla of 20 transport launches has left Rangoon for Mandalay with 200 passengers. Reuter.
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    4 ARRESTED FOR MURDER
    61 2 SAIGON. Wed. Vietnamese state police confirmed here yesterday that they had arrested and charged four Vi. tnamese with the murder at Saigon on June 8 of a 47-ye-ir-old British businessman Mr Arthur J. W. Evans inspector for the BritishAmerican Tobacco Company touring South-East Asia, was shot
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    U.S. PEAK OF PROSPERITY
    58 2 WASHINGTON, Wed. MR. Leon H. Keyserling, chairman of President Truman's Council of Economic Advisers, said yesterday thai the United States is at the oeak of postwar prosperity He added: "The outlook is good." Output is higher than ai any time since 1918 and h< does not
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    U.K. jet trials successful
    62 2 LONDON, Wednesday. gRITAIN'S latest jet fighter, the Hawker P.lOBl. has I successfully completed its initial trials, a spokesn nn of the Hawker Company sakl here last ni-jht. The machine, with swept -back wings, is powered by a Rolls Royce Nene jet engine and is believed to
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      825 2 NOTICES NOTICE Mr. Cheng Yong Peng, salesman, is no longer in our employ as from this date, and is not authorised to transact any business on our behalf. SHRIRO (China) Ltd.. (Incorporated in Hongkong). Singapore, June 20. 1950. RAFFLES GIRLS' SCHOOL The Annual Past v. Present Netball Match will be
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      399 2 NOTICES NOTICE DEPARTMENTS OF EDUCATION FEDERATION OF MALAYA AND SINGAPORE LONDON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EXAMINATIONS In and after 1951 the examiLstlons of the London Chamb.-r of Commerce will held in the Spring only. The Autumn examinations will be held lor the last time In the Federation of Malaya and Singapore
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      216 2 THE MOTOR VEHICLES (COMMERCIAL USE) REGULATIONS NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR A PERMIT TO AUTHORISE THE L'SE OF A HACKNEY CARRIAGE I, YAP KIM BOX of Parit Sulong, Ba.tu Pahat Johore, hereby give notice of intention to apply for a hackney carriage permit for one vehicle to operate from Parit Sulong,
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      231 2 P.W.D. TENDER NOTICE Tenders will be received at the Ctatc Engineer's Office. Seremban up to noon on 3rd July. 1950 for the Construction of new English School, Rembau. Specifications can be seen at the P.W.D. Office. Tampin. TENDERS INVITED SrPPLY OP VARIOUS TYPES OF FOOTWEAR TO BE DELIVERED AT GENERAL
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      181 2 THE MOTOR VEHICLES (COMMERCIAL USE) REGULATIONS NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOI A PERMIT TO AUTHORISE THI I'SE OF A HACKNEY CARRIAGI I. LIM JOO SENG of Sepnng gal, Tongkang Pechah. Bati Pahat. Johore, hereby give no lice of intention to apply for nackney carriage permit for on vehicle to operate from
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    SABOTAGE PROBE INTO SHIP EXPLOSION
    303 3 SABOTAGE PROBE INTO SHIP EXPLOSION Death-roll Of 73 Now Feared LONDON, Wednesday. yyiDESPREAD inquiries were being made today about suspected sabotage in the 7,319 tons British ship Indian Enterprise, which exploded in the Red Sea on Monday with the loss, it is feared, of 73 lives, according to the London
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    JUDY GARLAND IN SUICIDE BID
    191 3 HOLLYWOOD, Wednesday. II'DY Garland, the 27-year-old singing star, attempted suicide on Mondu night by slashing her throat with a broken «jlass, Metro Goldwyn Mayer announce. Th P studio had suspended her on S> ''lrr'-v for failing to report for work. After her husband, Vincent Minelli,
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    59 3 NATIONAL FOOT HEALTH Week in London attracted entries as varied as Beryl Grey, a ballerina, and Chelsea Pensioners. An eiv.inent surgeon, examined the feet of the Chelsea Pensioners ("I rub mine down with sandpaper," said the sergeant) as well as Beryl's. He said they were Rood for the job they
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    RED SEA CLAIM
    31 3 STOCKHOLM. Wed. Donmark and Sweden probably will reject within the next few days a Russian announcement that Soviet territorial extend 12 nautical miles into the Baltic Sea. UP
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    CAPTAIN MISSING FROM TANKER
    69 3 SUEZ, Wed. THE tanker, British Faith, 6.955 tons, owned by the British Tanker Co. Ltd., due at Suez from Abadan in the Persian Gulf, has radioed that her captain mysteriously disappeared at sea yesterday. No trace of him could be found aboard the ship, the message
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    'SuddenFlash-Then Scattered Debris'
    311 3 SUEZ, Wed. EYEWITNESSES of the explosion of the Indian Enterprise said in Suez today it "blew up in a sudden white flash that left scattered debris no bigger than three feet across." Captain Johannes Pieslusof of the H. Westfal Larsen said he believed the Pakistanian Nur Hussaln
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    Blockade Runners Mined, Sunk
    155 3 Blockade Runners Mined, Sunk HONG KONG, Wed. TTOE British Navy announced 1 yesterday that two blockade runners struck mines and sank at the mouth of the Yangtse River on Monday. One was a Greek ship and the other of Panamanian registry Fifteen persons were reported to have been Killed. The
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    BLOW AT RIGHTWING TERRORISTS
    112 3 TOKYO, Wed. THE Attorney-General's office today ordered seven "terroristic" organisations throughout the country to be disbanded. Fourteen executive officers of these organisations were purged from public office. The orders said these organisations formed on a "boss and henchman" basis "threatened the peaceful dally life of the
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    CANBERRA UPROAR ON ANTI-RED BILL
    267 3 CAMBEKRA, Wednesday. TTPROAR broke out in the Australian House of Representatives last night when the Liberal Country Party Coalition fought Opposition Labour moves to alter the Government's anti-Communist Bill. 1 Above the shouts of members, the Prime Minister, Mr. Robert Menzies, could be heard accusing
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    VISITING U.K.
    41 3 LONDON, Wed.-^Six Turkish editors, columnists, and other newspapermen arrived by plane in London yesterday on a three-week visit to get a "picture of the British way of life." They are here at the invitation of the Foreign Office.— A.P.
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    SICILIAN BANDITS
    99 3 BANDIT LEADER Salvatore Giuliano went on trial "in absentia" in Italy, for -a mass killing in Sicily on May Day 1947. Reports say that he has sent a defence petition from hiding claiming that the machine-gunning of 400 people near Palermo was an accident. Twelve people were killed.
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    £ Area Earning More $ Than It Spends
    228 3 Area Earning More Than It Spends WASHINGTON, Wed. rPHE international dollar gap shrank to $653,000,000 in the first quarter of 1950. th e U.S. Department of Commerce reported yesterday. It was the lowest for any quarter since the end of the war. It is forecast that the total gold and
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    Protest To U.N. Over Seretse
    193 3 Protest To U.N. Over Seretse LONDON, Wed. /COLOURED People's Or\j ganizations throughout the world are mustering forces for a protest to the United Nations against Britain's five-year exile of Bamangwato chief Seretsp Khama and his white wife Ruth- from the British African protectorate of Bechuanaland. Mr. N Anan, joint secretary
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    JAP BOND POSITION
    86 3 LONDON. Wed.— The bniincellor of the Exchequer, Sir Stafford Cripps, toll Parliament today that the rights of British holders 01 Japanese bonds would be discussed in connection with a Japanese peace treaty. Sir Stafford told questioners that he had no reason ti» think that the Japanese Government
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    VIETNAM IN I.L.0.
    17 3 GENEVA. Wed. Vietnam was today elected a member of the International Labour Organisation.-- Reuter.
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    LONDON DRIVE FOR MORE STAFF FOR MALAYA
    321 4 LONDON DRIVE FOR MORE STAFF FOR MALAYA From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Wed. rpHE Colonial Office is waiting hopefully for the results of the first, nffurti in the new campaign to recruit 150 nolice officers and 55 administrative officers for Malaya. A spokesman said the Colonial Office is especially anxious
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    TIBETANS CAN GO TO WRONG
    145 4 TIBETANS CAN GO TO WRONG LONDON, Wed. g R I T I S H Government sources said yesterday that the Tibetan delegation seeking to contact Chinese Communist authorities would not be prevented from travelling to Hong Kong if they still desired to do so. They added however, that the Tibetans
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    DESTROYER HOLED IN COLLISION
    58 4 BERLIN. Wed.-The British destroyer Wilton came in collision with a loaded German barge while turning in Hamburg Harbour on Monday night. A large hole was torn in the destroyer's portside near the stern. No inluries were reported. The Wilton was preparing to dock for a five-day
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    Bao Dai Flies To France For Talks
    188 4 SAlttON. Wednesday. OAO DAI, head of the Frenth-recognised Vietnam State, whose troops are lighting with French forces against the jungle guerillas of .the Ho Chi Minh's Insurrectionary Government, left her e yesterday by the special plane for Nice, France. An hour earlier, Mr.
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    'Must Share Malaya Problem'
    135 4 'Must Share Malaya Problem CANBERRA. Wed. rE Government leader In the Australian Senate. Senator N O'Sulllvan, declared yesterday that It was a fundamental step to Australia's security that the situation in Malaya, brought about by a foreign-sponsored Fifth Column, should be cleared up. Senator O'Sullivan said: "Though the defence of
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    Malan Fire Escape
    92 4 CAPE TOWN, Wed. COUTH Africa's Prime Minister, Dr. Daniel Malan, was carried to safety from the balcony of his home early yesterday after a fire had broken out in the room next to his first floor bedroom, cutting off his escape by the stairway. Firemen found the
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    P.I. LEGATION FOR PARIS
    45 4 MANILA, Wed.— The Philippines Foreign Office yesterday announced plans to open a legation in Paris. Minister Processo Sebastian, envoy to Italy and the Vatican, will be resident envoy in Paris and concurrently accredited to the Italian and Spanish Governments.— A P
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    MORE CONSULS
    38 4 BONN, Wed.— West Germany plans to extend its newly established consular system to 10 more countries, German officials said yesterday. The countries are Norway, Denmark, Canada, Turkey, Holland, Luxembourg, South Africa, Australia, Greece and Italy. A.P.
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    JEWS KILL TWO ALLEGE ARABS
    58 4 CAIRO. V/ed. The Arab news agency reported last night that armed Israeli Jews killed two Arabs and drove 220 others from their home this week at Sa Issaruiya. a village east of Jerusalem. The British-controlled agency, in an Amman dispatch, also said that both men
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    INDIAN OFFICERS SEE NEW GUN
    44 4 GENERAL CARIAPPA, Supreme Commander of the Indian Army (second from right), sees the new Oerlikon 20mm quick firing cannon with Major General Tara Singh Bal (wearing turban) during their visit to the Wallenstadt Arms School in Switzerland.— A.P. picture.
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    RANGOON WELCOMES MR. NEHRU
    129 4 RANGOON. Wed. A TUMULTUOUS welcome was accorded by a big crowd, mainly the Indian community, at the Rangoon airport yesterday when" the Indian Prime Minister, Pantiit Nehru, accompanied by his daughter, Mrs. Indira Gandhi, and her two children, arrived by plane. He was met by the
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    Sponsored Radio: Ceylon Plan
    177 4 Sponsored Radio: Ceylon Plan pOMMERCIAL broadcasts beamed to India, Pakistan. Malaya and other parts of the world will be a feature of Radio Cey!on' s overseas service by August this year, provided a suitable commercial director Is recruited by then, it is reported. Mr. C. Sittampalam, Minister of Posts and
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    'India will come over'
    101 4 'India will come over' WASHINGTON, Thurs. TJNITED STATES officials are convinced that Jnc;::i eventually will end on the American side in the 'cold war" against the Soviet Union in the Far East despite the protestations of Prime Minister Pandit Nehru that his country will remain "neutral." American officials predict eventually
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    Wheat Council Admit Indonesia, Not Japan
    102 4 LONDON, Wednesday. 'pHE International Wheat Council yesterday adx mitted Indonesia and Spain to membership of the international wheat agreement, but rejected Japan's application. Indonesia was printed 75, 000 tons to be deducted from Holland's quota which, in effect, has been split between Holland and
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    Abuse Made Them Quit
    76 4 HOBART, Tasmania, Wed. >T»HERE'S a £A7-a-week job X going abegging in Launceston. Tasmania. In eight years the city hasn't had a dog-catcher for more than a day at a time. Appointees can't stand the abuse from the public when they make a catch. The Royal Society
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    CHIANG DENIAL
    31 4 TOKYO, Wed.— American military authorities yesterday emphatically denied rumours from Hong K.ot\r that Chiang Kii-shck is in Japan or Okinawa conferring with the U.S. Defence Secretary. Mr. Louis Johnson.—
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    OFFERED $400 BY ACCUSED 'NOT TO REMEMBER'
    495 5 OFFERED $400 BY ACCUSED 'NOT TO REMEMBER' Witness Tells Johore Sessions Court— From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Wednesday. A WITNESS recalled by the prosecution today alleged that he had been offered $400 by a storekeeper accused of misappropriation of 14 cases of DDT powder, to forget certain evidence he
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    BRITISH PHILOSOPHER
    27 5 BERTRAND RUSSELL (Earl Russell) pictured at Kalians Airport, yesterday afternoon on his arrival from Britain. He is on his way to Australia. Straits Times picture.
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    Radio's gift to widow
    116 5 pADIO Malaya is to make a gift of Jean Fuller's last guitar recordings in Singapore to his family and Paris Radio. The French guitarist, who was killed in a plane crash off Bahrein last week, made four 15-minute recordings for Radio Malaya and gave one interview
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    'Keep Sharp Lookout For Smugglers'
    115 5 DR. ISA. the Governor of Southern Sumatra and the Province of Banka, has issued orders to Indonesian naval patrols in the territorial •Aaiers of the area to keep a sharp lookout for smugglers. A spokesman for the Indonesian Government told the Straits Times yesterday that
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    New Groups For Union
    120 5 TWO new Groups will begin functioning within the Army Civil Service Union of Singapore from next month. They are the Stores Personnel Group and the Telephone Operators and Supervisors Group. Mr. V. K. Nalr. pres'dent of the Union, will inaugurate the Stores Personnel Group at 3
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    15 Shopmen Fined
    23 5 MUAR. Wed. Fifteen Chinese shopkeepers along Jalan Maharanl were fined from $7 to $15 at Muar for obstructing the footpath.
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    EARL RUSSELL IN SINGAPORE
    222 5 BERTRAND Russell (Earl Russell), Britain's eminent philosopher a little man with a shock of white hair— arrived in Singapore yesterday afternoon by QEA-BOAC Constellation on his way to tell Australia about "The Ferment in the East". This is the title of one of the lectures he
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    More Work For S'pore Courts
    177 5 More Work For S'pore Courts A CONSIDERABLE increase in litigation and other forms of process is reported by the Singapore District!] Judge (Civil). Mr. A. W. Bel-, 1 lamy, in his annual report for 1949. just published. During the year the total number of actions commenced in the Civil District
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    ACQUITTED
    21 5 MUAR. Wed.— A bus driver, Thye Tham, who was alleged to have carried nine additional passengers, was acquitted at Muar.
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    SPORTS MEETING
    14 5 MALACCA, Wed.— St. Francis* Institution holds its annual athletic sports on Saturday.
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    PRISON SENTENCE SET ASIDE
    164 5 AN appeal by Tay Kiar who used them for the purA Kiar and One Ah Pah i Pose of their trade. against a conviction and sentence of six months' im- j prisonment each for alleged- j ly permitting their premises in Syed Alwi Road to be
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    Spore 'Rep' May Seek Govt. Tax Aid
    476 5 Spore 'Rep' May Seek Govt. Tax Aid rpHE Singapore Repertory A Theatre may appeal to the Government for total remission of entertainment duty. The company may also ask the Municipality to reduce the hiring charges for Victoria Theatre Dr. C. H. Withers-Payne. presiding at the first annual meeting of the
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    Robbed Man Who Helped
    83 5 From Our Own Correspondent SEGAMAT. Wed.—Originally charged with housebreaking, Siaralan, aged 21, was sentenced to a month's hard labour in the Segamat Sessions Court yesterday on a reduced charge of theft. It was stated that the accused was unemployed and was given shelter by a police
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    Penang Student Sent To Gaol
    209 5 Penang Student Sent To Gaol From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Wed. STATING that it was his duty to remove him from "bad influence and the company of dangerous men" for as long as possible, the Sessions Court President, Mr. M. R. F. Rogers, today sent to gaol 19-year-old Peh Boon
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    Talentime Contest
    149 5 ENTRIES are now open for the first Singapore International talentkne contest, to be organised in the near future in the Great World park toy Mr. Khoo Teng Eng and Mr. S. R. S. Naidu. The show to be organised will consist of songs in English. Tamil. Hindustani. Chinese
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    Petition On Flour
    83 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. TWE Selangor Importers and A Exporters Association has sent a petition to the Controller of Imports and Exports, Federation, stating that the free importation of flour should not be confined only to those who were importers before the war. as this would amount to
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    MASS UMNO MEETING
    44 5 The Johore Bahru UMNO will hold a mass meeting on June 30 at 9.30 a.m. in connection with Dato Onn's resignation from the presidentship of UMNO. The meeting will make an appeal to Dato Onn to resume the leadership of UMNO.
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    NO PERMIT
    44 5 A 39-yeax-old Hokkien, Ec Buck Chew, pleaded guilty before Mr. C. C. Claque. Singapore Fourth Police Magis trate, to a charge of having acted as a collector without a permit. He will be sentenced on June 28. Bail of $250 was allowed.
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    GIRL VANISHED AFTER DINNER
    72 5 From Our Staff Correspondent. KUALA LUMPUR. Wednesday. POLICE in Kuala Lumpur are looking, for a young Indian girl, Kishan, aged 20, who has been missing from her house in the Batu Road area since last night. Last night, three other sisters and Kishan were eating a
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    BANDITS WOUNDED BUT ESCAPE
    182 6 BANDITS WOUNDED BUT ESCAPE From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Wed. FOUR terrorists were wounded by a police patro! in the Grik area yestrrday. but escaped. The patrol found a camp which had just br,-\ left. The police cum' across 15 indits who fled after an engagement lasting half an hour.
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    SIX ACCUSED OF THEFT
    78 6 I Him Our Own <ccr.si>o:ii|fnt PARIT BUNTAR. Wed Six labourers of Bemagaga Estate. Bagan Serai, were produced before Inche Abdul Wahab bin Abdullah In trie Magistrate's Court and charged with theft of scrap rubber. Two of the accused are women. The tccuaed are: Cherose bin Artffln.
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    GOAT STRAYED
    38 6 From Our Own Correspondent I PARIT BUNTAR. Wed.- I Fo:- allowing his soat to stray into the police com- i round at Kuala Kurju. Ynsof bin Said was fined $3 in the Parit Buntar Court I
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    LONGER RUNWAY NEEDED AT KALLANG
    526 6 LONGER RUNWAY NEEDED AT KALLANG Otherwise A New Airport By The Straits Times Air Correspondent AERODROME experts and engineers of the Singapore Public Works Department are investigating a proposal to extend the runway at Kallang airport, Singapore, from its present length of 5,500 feet to 7,500 feet, in the direction
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    Opium Runners Are Hard Hit
    342 6 /MM I'M smugglers, hard nl t by Singapore preven- tive measures last year they suffered a record loss of more than S2,soo,ooo— have been forced to find new ways to get their illegal drug into the Colony. Reporting that most of the contraband seizures were
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    1,415 DENS FOR OPIUM SMOKERS
    79 6 IN spite of continued action against opium Mini 'idlers and opium denkeepers, the smoking of opium is still rife in Singapore, says the Customs Department's annuil report for 1!I49. There were 1.571 known smoking saloons on the records at the end of the year, of
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    RASH DRIVING
    23 6 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. N. Sankaram. was today fined $50 here today tor raah driving. His jeep knocked down a Chinese boy
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    GAMBLERS FINED
    21 6 From Our Own Correspondent MUAR. Wed.— Four Chinese, arrested while gambling, were each fined $8 by the Muar Magistrate.
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    Singapore Diary
    133 6 M.Y.F. WEEK: Fairfleld Afternoon Girls School Chapel Service. 1.30 p.m., Wesley Parish meeting, 7.30 p.m. ST. ANDREWS SCHOOL CIVICS CLUB, Mr. S. Velge on "The Slngapcle Fire Brigade," School Hall, Woodsville, 3 p.m. Y.W.C.A., 5. Raffles Quay, art class. 3 p.m., Bible class. 5 p.m.. Malay beginners class,
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    BAIL OF $2,000
    42 6 A 43-year-old Cantonese, Tong Ah Heng, was charged before Mr. P. C. Claque, Singapore Fourth Police Magistrate, with allowing his premises to be used as a brothel. Bail of $2,000 was allowed. The ease was postponed to July 10.
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    NEGLIGENT: $30
    22 6 From Our Staff ('orrrsp«mil:nt JOHORE. BAHRU. Wed. Lim Ann was fined $30 here today for driving a motor car negligently.
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    Policemen On Perjury Charge
    134 6 Policemen On Perjury Charge From Our Own CoirvspouUenl SEGAMAT, Wed. FE fatal shooting of a 14-year-old Chinese schoolgirl at Jagoh in November last year and the subsequent trial of James Gowers MacDonald. [British security officer of Chan Weng Estate, on a charge of causing the death of the girl as
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    Policemen In A Ditch
    90 6 From Our Staff Correspondent ALOR STAR, Wed. NINE constables from a 10man jungle squad were injured today when their truck swerved into a drain in attempting to avoid another vehicle. The crasti occurred near the Kuala Ketil bus station. The truck was going from Tawar to
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    U.S. Officials In Malaya Not Made To Carry Arms
    134 6 TTNITED STATES Consulate officials in Malaya V have not been ordered to carry arms, Mr. W. H. Lawrence, Singapore Ameiican Consul, said yesterday. r~~~ He was referring; to the State Department's Instructions last week that certain Consular officials In SouthEast Asia
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    Penang Unit Of RNVR Open To All
    196 6 From Our SUIT Correspondent PENANG, Wed. UNLIKE in pre-war years, when its composition was entirely Malay with European officers, the Penang unit of the Malayan Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve will In future be open to all communities. Announcing this in a talk to
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    Exhibition Of Oils
    141 6 J7ORTY- n >«a will be exhibited at the Victona Memor.ai ami '.i June 27 by Mrs. Erica Jepson. wife of a former Singapore manufacturer who died, as a P.O.W. The exhibition will be opened by the Governor of Singapore, Sir Franklin Gimson. Mrs. Jepson has recently returned
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    LEARNER DRIVER FINED $15
    38 6 From Our Own Correspondent SEGAMAT, Wed.— A learner driver, Babu Reddy, aged 19, was fined $15 at Ssgamat yesterday for driving a car without a licence and for failing to display the letter 'L.
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    HURT CHARGE
    46 6 From Our Own Correspondent MUAR, Wed.— An Indian woman, Usumbi, aged 29, was charged in the Muar Magistrate's Court with causing hurt to a Malay with a tapping knife at Eng Kee Estate, Tangkak. She was allowed bail of $100 and the case postponed.
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    FINED $5
    36 6 From Our Own Correspondent MUAR. Wed,— lsmail bin Daud, who was found exhibiting bones on the floor of the meat market and making the place dirty, was fined $5 by the Muar Magistrate. t
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    'REPUGN ANT'TO WOMEN
    452 7 Mr. haycock Criticises Pay Report T»HE Benham Committee's recommendations 1 on women's salaries are "repugnant to the women of the Colony and also to many Colony men says Mr. John Laycock, Legislative Council member, in a written statement issued yesterday to the Press. Mr Laycock points out
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    STOLE ON BOARD WARSHIP
    82 7 STOLE ON BOARD WARSHIP A 16-year-old sweeper. Tan Kee Lam, working at the Singapore Naval Ba^e. was yesterday bound over for a y. \r by Mr. S. E. Teh. the t, /a pore Second Police Mali istrate, for stealing a watch from a locker when working m board H.M.S. Mauritius,
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    SENT TO PRISON
    34 7 I mm Our Own Corres;>omlent KOTA BHARU, Wed.— For causing hurt to a compatriot in Kampong Telok Banjuna Tumpat District, JafTar bin Yaacob war sentenced to three months' rigorous imlv isonment
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    $10,000 GIFT TO UNIVERSITY
    75 7 A GIFT of $10,000 from Dr. C. H. WithersPayne and Mr. J. H. Withers-Payne, of Singapore, heads the latest list of donations to the University of Malaya Endowment Fund. On June 17 the Fund totalled $2,771,197.13. Donations received between June 10 and June 17 totalled S27.279.72:
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    RAF HITS BANDIT TARGETS
    239 7 RAF HITS BANDIT TARGETS From Our Stall Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. AIR strikes were made < heavy and light bomber, on targets In Perak and in the Kajang area qf SELANGOR today. Yesterday there was an air strike 4n bandit I positions in the Bahau area of NEGRI SEMBILAN. Yesterday
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    POLICE CHASE AFTER THIEF
    78 7 From Our SUIT Correspondent IPOH, Wed.— How a police jeep chased and caught a bicycle thief at the 1% mile Tambun Road, Ipoh, was descnoed today when Lim Wah Soo, aged 40, pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing a bicycle valued at $100 fron. outside
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    BROKE HOOTING BAN—"A SLIP"
    48 7 BROKE HOOTING BAN— "A SLIP" from Our Own Corrrspontlfnt SEGAMAT, Wed. The Segamat Magistrate yesterday adominsned and discharged a 43-year-old car driver, Tay Hock, foi violating the hooting ban at Labis. "I was turning a corner when my arm slipped on to ihe battery horn," the accused said.
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    POLICE TRANSFER
    26 7 MR. H. B. SHAW. Deputy Commissioner of Police in the Federation, who will be leaving shortly for an appointment in Cyrenaica. C.F. Larm picture.
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    B.B.C. Malay Assistant Going Home To K.L.
    141 7 MR S Mustapha Ismail, oi Kuala Lumpur, a programme assistant with the B.B.C's Far Eastern service, Malay Section In London arrived in Singapore yesterday by QEA-BOAC Constellation from London with the news that he has a Parisienne wife. He and Madame Janine Ismail,
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    'No Business' Here
    36 7 "NO BUSINESS" might well be the sign outside the Singapore electoral registration office at Changi Village. "I'm having a quiet time." said the Deputy Registration officer, Mr. Lav Fook Seng.— Straits Times picture.
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    'Register' Appeal By Councillor
    261 7 rpHE Legislative Councillor lor the Rural West 1 constituency, Mr. Balwant Singh, yesterday urged all persons eligible as voters for the Municipal and Council elections, not to delay in registering themselves for the vote. Mr. Singh tr-ld the Straits Times that '.he principle of the franchise
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    BAUXITE HUNT IN COLONY
    151 7 MINING may be carried out in Singapore, probably for the first time in the Colony's history. The Commissioner of Lands, in the annual report for 1949, says that an application for a permit to prospect for bauxite on the island has been approved over an area
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    UNION MEETING
    57 7 At the annual General Meeting of the Singapore Harbour Board Engineering Workmen's Union held recently the following officers were elected: President: Mr. V. Peters; general secretary: Mr. A. Krishnasamy treasurer: Mr. R. A. Nair; committee: Messrs. R. Supplah, K. Kolandavelloo, R. Gurusatny. S. A. Jabber. S. Baskaran. R.
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    M.C.P. 'EDITOR' MAY BE A VARSITY MAN
    318 7 JUDGING from the "excellent command of English and the polished style" in the English edition of the Malayan Communist Parly's organ, "Freedom News", recently recovered, the Special Branch of the Singapore Police suspects that a few highly educated, intelligent people are employed in
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    DID NOT GO TO COURT—S2O
    34 7 DID NOT GO TO COURT— S2O From Our Own Correspondent TELUK ANSON, Wed.— For failing to attend rouit in a criminal case, Chik bin Mat Saman was fined $20 or three weeks' rigorous imprisonment.
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    HAD NO BRAKES
    39 7 I From Our Own Corresf)onil»nt TAIPING, Wed.— For having no brakes, and failing to maintain efficient control over his bicycle by colliding with an Indian boy Lim Yew Leong was fined $20 by the Taiping Magistrate.
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    'BANDIT' WAS A FALLEN TREE
    66 7 From Our Staff l'orrpsp«m'Vnt PENANG. Wed. f\S receipt cf a report that bandits had eat the telephone wires, a poli:-p jungle squad this morning' rushed to the scene. Post No. 59 on the Nihong To VI main road, and caught one "bandit." Thi-r proved to
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    WOMAN STABBED 9 TIMES
    182 7 Witness From Our Stalt Correspondent IPOH, Wed HOW an Indian rushed into a neighbour's house to find him standing in a bloodstained singlet over th<» groaning body of his mlstren was related in the Ipoh Assize Court today before Mr. Justice Hill when 45-year-old Perumal was
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    BALL AT K.L.
    40 7 From Our Staff Correspondent ICUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— The Women's International Club Is holding a bail at the Chinese Assembly hall on July 1 to raise funds for a club house. Club membership is nor? more than 100.
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    KALLANG AIRPORT ARRIVALS
    190 7 rE following passengers were among those who disembarlcei at Kallang airport yesterday from points outside Malaya on the various air services. Passengers In transit are not Included in the list. Q.E.A.— 8.0.A.C. From London: Messrs. Coon.be, and M. T. Ismail; Mr. and Mr». J. Robinson, and Master
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  • The Straits Times Singapore, Thur. June 22, 1950.
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      Damning The Yanks
      672 8 Damning The Yanks Mr. Chew Hock Leong's complaint (in a letter in this page on Monday) that the production cost of America's synthetic rubber is "constantly levelled at us like a pistol probably is shared by most people engaged in the rubber industry. Opinions must differ, however, when Mr. Chew
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      Entertainment At The Week-End
      424 8 Singapore's week-end entertainment on the screen, consisting of three sex films shown at six leading cinemas simultaneously, has been variously described as a sexologv or gy," venereal vaudeville and "foetal festivities." That these terms should have been coined at all shows that the impression made upon
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      The rubber price: A Gemas appeal
      152 8 I VERY much appreciated Mr. Chew Hock Leong's <™i} te J' P ublishe d on Monday under the heading "What's Wrong With Good Times For Rubber?" I appeal to all vernacular papers to reproduce it. It l^SieVtiSfSS^ 111 11 having at heart He speaks
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      AN EXAM CHECK
      76 8 LIKE "A Candidate," whose letter appeared In the Straits Times on June 17, I too sat the University of Malaya entrance examination. I should like to assure him that impersonation in our examination hall was impossible. Identity cards were checked during the examination. This was just as
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      SENIORITY IN W.D. SERVICE
      144 8 YOUR correspondent "Army Worker" blames ACSU for advocating seniority rolls, based on the length of service, to employees' credit "as the time is not ripe for its introduction in Army establishments." Apparently, "Army Worker" is ignorant of the exact nature of ACSU's policy on the subject.
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      A Doctor On The Sex Films
      97 8 MAY I be allowed to congratulate the Appeal Board and exhibitors for releasing the recent sex information films? They have rendered a great public service. The colossal ignorance of many people was rudely shaken, and I am glad to report that nearly a dozen
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      THE BROTHEL AREA
      113 8 I FULLY agree with Mr. x Dasarathraj. whose letter headed "The Brothel Area Of Singapore" was published in the Straits Times on Tuesday. I suggest that it is high time now for the authorities to take drastic action against those concerned in running the businesses referred to:
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    limber In Malaya: Why Doors Don't Shut
    931 8  - limber In Malaya: Why Doors Don't Shut A BUILDER By TlfUuH information oiv 1T1 the Malayan timber trade has been given recently in the Straits Times— particularly in a letter, written by "C.S.E." of Malacca, published on June 8. It was explained that most of the local building joinery (not
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    'On the Margin
    425 8 A Tangliu Talc THE storm which swept across the south coast o| the island on Wednesday night of last week was the nearest approach to a minia, ture cyclone that I remember. In the morning we found the tiles on one corner of out roof blown off.
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    24 8 WARREN. JAMES. James Warren C«., Ltd., deeply regret to announce the death In London yesterday of their chairman and mampmu director, Mr. James Warren.
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    GOVT. WARNING WORRIES CLERKS
    276 9 'Fighting Fund 9 To Be Discussed Again Tonight MEMBERS of various (iovernment unions affiliated to the Singapore Federation of Government Employees' Unions yesterday met in private to discuss the warning by the acting Colonial Secretary, Mr. J. D. M. Smith, against a "go slow" threat by
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    MEDICAL SPLIT 'A BAD MOVE'
    219 9 MEDICAL SPLIT 'A BAD MOVE' QINGAPORES acting Direc|J tor of Medical Services, Dr. R. D. Gross, yesterday ile.scribed as "a bud move the Select Committee recommendation to set up a separate medic U service in Singapore and to sniit from Federation Dr Gross told the Siiaits Tinies that he thought
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    RADIO INTERVIEW
    23 9 Miss Viola Smith, chief of the Trade Promotion Division cf ECAFE will be interviewed over Radio Malaya at 7.12 p."i tomorrow
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    POLICE GIFT
    42 9 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE, BATRU. Wed. The RAF. Auxiliary Police. Tengah. has sent a donation of $30 to the State Welfare Home. Johore Bahru. for a treat to be given to the blind and orphan children in the Home.
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    CLEARED ON CHEQUE CHARGE
    141 9 CLEARED ON CHEQUE CHARGE JOHN Powell Vaughan, who was a school teacher at the Alexandra Children's School in Singapore, was yesterday acquitted of three charges of cheating by Mr. S. E. Teh, Singapore Second Police Magistrate. It was alleged by the prosecution that Vaughan presented three cheques amounting to $80.
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    Fight Over Taxi Fare
    102 9 A 19-YEAR-OLD British seaman, P. Holmes, and a taxi- driver. Chow Teck Kwee were charged in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday with fighting each other at Telok Belangah Road on June 20. Holmes was fined $5 and Chow was acquitted. A policeman who arrested them
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    Communist Letters
    39 9 COMMUNIST propaganda v» pamphiets continued to appear in Singapore yesterday. Police Inspector Rahman found three Communist posters at Holloway Lane just before 6 p.m. yesterday. Communist letters, sent by post, were received by two Singapore Chinese yesterday.
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    INDONESIAN BOOKS, FILMS
    61 9 The Indonesian Information office in Singapore is to open a new free library and reading room in the first week of next montli. The first consignment of books and periodicals has arrived. The office will start free film shows in different parts of the Colony. The films,
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    HE USED FORCE ON LAWYER
    171 9 AN appeal by Arthur Joseph against a conviction and fine of $200 on a charge of using criminal force on Mr. P. C. Nathan, a Singapore lawyer. was dismissed by the Chiel Justice. Sir Charles MurrayAynsley. in the Singapore Supreme Court yesterday. Mr J Abraham,
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    BUSY DAY FOR THE DHOBY-MAN
    67 9 BECAUSE the men's laundry was left behind at Cochin when I.N.S. Delhi sailed with Prime Minister Nehru on board for his visit to Indo-China, about two thousand pieces came ashore to a Singapore laundry for a hurried job yesterday. One Lieut. Commander told the Straits
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    CHAP JI XI SLIPS IN WOMAN PC's HOME
    252 9 CHAP JI XI SLIPS IN WOMAN PC's HOME MEARLY every house In Singapore Is sub-let to sub-tenants, said Mr. Mark Morrison yesterday In an appeal by a Chinese woman, Phoon Pin Heng, against a conviction and a maximum fine of SJ.OOO, or three months' imprisonment, for having permitted her premises
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    A new home for the Chee orphans....
    56 9 TIIE CHEE ORPHANS, i hon In and Chon Nguok in the garden of the Salvation Army Home with 14-year-old Judy, who looks aftor them. RIGHT, the officer in charge of Salvation Army Homes. Brigadier Bertha Grey, with two-year-old Chon Inn at the Home
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    'ARMY' GOES TO THEIR AID
    202 9 LAST night, the two younger Chee brothers whose parents walked to their death in the sea off Marine Parade last week, slept soundly in the Salvation Army Chidren's Home in Oxley Rise, 'yin cr-.i nnrp 1 But up to late yesterday j afternoon, the Straits
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    Plane Held Up A Day
    90 9 MR. A. M. L. Winkelman, who has been ConsulGeneral for the Netherlands in Singapore for the last three years, spent an extra day in Sinapore yesterday when his Holland-bound X.L.M. Constellation was delayed in Jakarta for 24 hours due to bad weather. Mr. Winkelman Is
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    A HOME FOR HIM
    34 9 A former gardener, Oh Keng Seng, was yesterday sent tc the House of Detention aftei he had pleaded guilty in th« Singapore Second Police Court to a charge of vagrancy.
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    Govt. Asked To Reclaim Sea-bed
    185 9 Govt. Asked To Reclaim Sea-bed THE Singapore Government has been asked to approve in principle a proposal to reclaim an area of fifteen and a quarter acres of seabed between the Royal Singapore Yacht Club and the Teluk Ayei Reclamation. The new reclamation is proposed for two reasons, according to
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    Ship's Cook Riddle
    91 9 gTATING that the cause of death could not be ascertained, the: Singapore Coroner, Mr. W. G. Porter, returned a vedict of "found dead" at the inquest yesterday on Wang Wai Tew. a Hainanese cook of the "Raja Brooke." Marine Police recovered Wang's body on June 14 from
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    TWO ACQUIRED
    39 9 From Oar Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Wed Lian Ong and Tan Kirn who were charged with the theft of 11 pieces of rubber budwood from a Kota Tinggl estate, were acquitted today in the Johore BahriL Police
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    Another Film Banned
    41 9 Another Dim. "Kid from Texas." Starring AuditMurphy, which is the Story of Billy the Kid. an American outlaw, has been banned 'y the Singapore Plkn Censor. It is understood that tlii< distributors will appeal aeainst the Censor's derision.
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    REDIFFUSION NOT AGAINST TRADE UNION9
    338 9 REDIFFUSION NOT AGAINST TRADE UNION 9 REDIFFUSION (Singapore) fctd., has never opposed the formation of a trade union and has no intention of doing: so. This was stated yesterday by M r G. H. Oldndge general manager of the company, in reply to the statement by Mr. Lim Yew Huck
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    Motorist's Sentence Set Aside
    144 9 Motorist's Sentence Set Aside "A sentence of eight months' rigoroiu Imprisonment is X fu iy excessive," said Mr. Mark Morrison In the Supreme Court yesterday, when he argued an appeal by Lim Geok Poh against conviction and prison term for ■Mt driving in Kepnel Road, thereby causing injury to 80-year-old
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    What's it like to live in Kajang these days?
    1892 10 EMERGENCY BACKGROUND rA^AJANGITE^GIVES A REASSURING ANSWER A I a recent party in Kuala Lumpur \v;is introduced ;is a "Kajangite". Believe it or not, people kept away from me after the introduction. A few bold ones came Ui> to me after a
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    'T.B. is a community responsibility'
    801 10 'T.B. is a community responsibility THOUSANDS OF CHRONIC T.B. VICTIMS ARE FORCED TO LIVE IN OVERCROWDED CUBICLES IN SINGAPORE. THIS ARTICLE BY LIAU NYUK Ol TELLS WHY. |^ACK of money, overcrowding and inadequate diets not only aggravate the incidence of T.B. in Singapore, they prolong the course of the disease,
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    Present Fashions in Malaya's 'Varsity
    697 11 Our Woman Corres- < pondent visited the University of Malaya > and found things in < general much the same —the girls still cling V in the main to their national dress. < U'llKN I was ill Raffles College before the war, co-eds included the
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    Have you met the anjing utan?
    385 11 I WONDER how many admirers of Malayan fauna would have had the good fortune of meeting the Malayan wild dog— a close relative of Kipling's "Red Dog"— in its natural habitat as the writer once had. The Malayan variety (cyon rutilans) known as srigala
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    Seven ways of making a million
    677 11  -  FREDERICK COOK by yyOULD you like to be a millionaire? Perhaps you think the opportunities are no longer there, as they used to be. Seven people would disagree with you. They think on the basis of their own lives that it can still be
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    36 11 Ie Shan people of northern Burma are proud ot their native inces Here a male dancer, dressed in an ornate custume, perirms the intricate manoeuvres of their favourite danee the story of "Pan." A. P. Photo
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    Soldiers grave
    230 12 r lD about Iwt miles 11 Se.emban and hidden in 3 rubber estate on the Port Dickson Road is a grave of the i ntish soldiers who were killed in the Sungei U|ong Wars (1875-)«76| The grave is uded by a wire fence and is Ruarded by three
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    IN YOUR GARDEN
    483 12  -  KEBUN by Ql HAVE tried to grow Gerbera s but found them very slow to take advantage of the rich potting medium (compost one part, Virgin Soil one part and cowdung one part) whereas my friend did the same and his plants were extremely vigorous. Is there
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    When an irate trader stabbed the Resident
    1107 12  -  PETERSON This is the story of the two Syeds, Arab traders in Singapore, whose private quarrel almost caused the death of Colonel Farquhar, the town's first Resident. by gOMETIMES the accent of news is on Raffles; sometimes on bandit outrages; recently it was
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    Is Churchill The Man For The Job?
    2227 13  -  A.J. CUMMINGS What lias 50 years of public life done to the Old Master? This question may loom importantly in the very near future by is almost a deadlock in the British Parliament today. It is a pernlex'ins situation, with no certainty in
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      221 13 SVRAITS TIMES CROSS WORD 21. It calls Jor» splint (6. 3>. PROSSWORn TVT*» DQ 1. Chinese philesopher <9). 23. Sound fruit nostl, (5). 7 "-im 1 i wiihout i jniF TTTIl 8 1 l n 10. Fowl with an attribute of 27. In good lime, from the H To" 24
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    London Stocks
    340 14 LONDON, Wed. pUBBERS encountered pro-fit-taking and Tins as a whole showed losses on the London Stock Exchange yesterday. Slight irregularity waa general in end-of-account trading on the Exchange. British Government stocks were without major alteration. The bulk of trading comprised Institutional switching. Closing middle prices ol selected stocks,
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    MALAYAN SHARES DULL AND EASIER
    182 14 From Our Market Coi respondent DULL and easier conditions prevailed in the Malayan share market yesterday. There were small buyers of selected issues. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association yesterday were: INDUSTRIAL* Barer Seller Alex. Bricks Pref 3.2$ 2.30 Con. Tin Smelt. Ord
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    BOLIVIAN ORE FOR GERMANY
    146 14 THE Economic Co-operation Adr ministration, says the magazine Tin, has authorised the German Government to purchase 6.000 tons of Bolivian tin-ore for the account of Berzellus Metal Hutten, a German smelter. The purchase price Is approximately US$250 a ton of ore to be delivered in monthly
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    TIN PRICES
    30 14 SINGAPORE, Wed., June 21— 5299.25 (up $0,121). LONDON. Wed., June 21. Spot: £596J— £597; For ward, £597 i— £598; Settlement. £596}. Turnover: morning. 155 tons; afternoon. 50 tons.
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    Stability At A Price
    191 14 CHINESE CURRENCY HONG KONQ, Wed. INDEPENDENT reports 1 reaching Hong Kong from the Chinese mainland corroborate the Chinese Communist claim that, after almost 13 years of crippling Inflation, China again has a stable currency. But the price has been stupendous. The nation's economy nas emerged greatly
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    Singapore Rubber
    195 14 RUBBER prices In Singapore tended to sag again yesterday. Orders from abroad appeared to be somewhat on the small side. There was a certain amount of selling from up-country centres. The market closed easier. Closing price* yesterday were, per lb: No. 1 R.S.S spot loose buyers 73 U
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    THE PRODUCE MARKET
    84 14 From A Market Correspond**! pOPRA in the Singapore produce market was slightly easier yesterday. buyers opening at around $34' i and sellers at »35. Business was lone at $34 *i with further sellers, but buyers held off. Coconut oil remained unchanged. Prices (per picul) yesterday 'Or other
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    SHIPS ALONGSIDE AND IN THE ROADS
    179 14 SHIPS in the Singapore Outer and Inner Roads and alongside Harbour Board godowns yesterday were: Ont*r Roads: Slberoet, Moshny. BurhHl. Fred. Clover. Admiral Hardu. Hal Hsuan, Floating Dock. Valdai, Orduna; Washington Mail. Marshall Govorov, Ulysses, Empire Pride. Boulogne Sur M<r: INS Delhi, Jumna, Klstna,
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    FAREWELL TO CRICKET Bradman's Hints to English Selectors
    1341 15  - FAREWELL TO CRICKET Bradman's Hints to English Selectors JACK DAVIES. By LONDON, Wed. CRICKET tradition demands that an amateur, playing for the lov e of the game generally because he can afford to do so shall captain England's International cricket t."ams. This policy of a "gentleman" captain, rather than the
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    PENANG LUCKY TO HOLD SING TAO TO 1-1
    466 16 PEN ANG LUCKY TO HOLD SING TAO TO 1-1 Madhavan Plays Great Game From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Wednesday. PENANG held the formidable Sing Tao Football Club of Hone Kong to a one-all draw in the tourists' opening match here today on Victoria Green. Five thousand, saw the game which
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    WORLD CUP MEN
    57 16 Members of England's World Soccer Cup team limber up at their training, quarters in Dulwich Hamlet, London. The team oppose Spain in a preliminary of the championship which opens on Saturday in Rio de Janeiro. Left to right are: Roy Bentley, Billy Wright, Tom Finney. Eddie Bailey.
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    ENTRIES FOR IPOH MAIDENS RACE
    95 16 By EPSOM JEEP IPOH, Wed. ATHRKF. yrar-old Maidens Race for the Perak Plate over 5f will be run on the first day, July 1, of the Perak Turf Club July meeting. Twelve entries have been received for the race which is worth $6,000. The entries
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    Rain Spoils U.K. Cricket
    141 16 LONDON, Wed. "fJEAVY rain in most pars f the country affected first cla's cricket matches starting •oday. The position in the eight ■naUhes at the tea Interval was: At Guildford. Surrey v. Oxford i University; Oxford 220 for eight 1 (Carr 64, Winn 50), rain stopped;
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    Collapse Of Sussex
    89 16 Collapse Of Sussex HOVE, Wad. A great spell of bowling luring I which Worrell took three wickets for three tuns in nine balls saw Sussex vJollapse after Junch and at tea they were 178 for seven wickets after having been 170 for two. John Langridge and J. Smith had a
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    Sports Diary
    37 16 SOCCER: tup-tie replay: Tiger S.A. v. Indian R.C. at Jalan Besar Stadium; Snr. Lge: S.C.C. v. S.R.C. on pad a nc TENNIS: Singapore championship* limit at S.C.C. RI'GBY: Singapore R.F.I. meting at S.C.C. 5.30 p.m.
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    Hat-trick By R.I. Boy
    231 16 RAFFLES Institution "A" team beat C.R.E. (N) by five wickets in a game of cricket on the R.I. ground yesterday. Best performance was by Vincent Nathan of R.I. who took five wickets for 23 runs, including a hat trick. Scores were: C.R.E. (N): J. Martens c
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    Singapore Tennis Ties
    122 16 /YWING to the courts being wet. there was no play In the Singapore lawn tennis championships at S.C.C. yesterday. The revised ties are: TODAY Women's Singles: Mrs. 3. Lynch v. Miss C. M. Rump. Mixed Doubles: Ong Chew Bee and Mrs. A. Greenhlll v. G. K. S'ein
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    Aston Profit By Keeper's Infringements
    174 16 Aston Profit By Keeper's Infringements INFRINGEMENTS by Ahmad, 4the Supply R.D.R.A.S.C. goalkeeper, marred the game and was mainly responsible for six-one win by Aston AC. in a S.AP.A. Jnr. B 2 league soccer matcn piayed at Geylang stadium yesterday. Far the better team of th* two. Aston A.C. played fast
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    S'GORCRCWIN
    41 16 KUALA LJMFUR, Wed. THE Selangor Chinese Re- creation Club, who last Saturday trounced the Sing Tao foocball team, today beat Tamilian Physical Cultural Association by three goals to one in first division league match played on the V.M.C A. ground.
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    ASTYANAX TEAM WIN 3 MATCHES
    70 16 The m.s. Astyanax s soccer team played four matches since arrival in port with the following results: June 18 beat Royal Engineers 2—o2 0 at GilUnan Barracks: June 19 beat Royal Artillery 7—o at Blakang Mati; June 20 beat S.H.B. Dockyard 3—2 at Keppel Harbour
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    HUGE CROWD SEE MAPUA WIN 66-48
    410 16 A CAPACITY crowd filled the Happy World Sladum last night to see the Mapua Tech. Cardinals defeat the Santo Tomas "Golden Goldies" by 66 to 48 points in one of the most thrilling basketball games Singapore has seen in years. This *as the third
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    Bose, Cucelli Withdraw
    146 16 LONDON. Wed. rE withdrawal of Diiip Bose, leading Indian player from the seeded list at Wimbledon, has bern requested by the manager of the Indian Lawn Tennis team, Mr. J. Chlnna Dural. The manager. a barrister residing in London, stated "we were very pleased to learn Bose
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    RADINMAS SCHOOL SPORTS
    309 16 1»ROJAN HOUSE carried the 1 Challenge Cup for the Interhouse athletic championship for the third successive year at the Radin Mas English School annual athletic sports held at Mount Faber Road yesterday. Roman House finished a close second with 76 points to Trojan's 86. Spartan House was
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    SINGAPORE TIDES
    30 16 TODAY: 2.35 a.m. (8 ft. 9 in.) and 3.55 p.m. (7 ft. 7 In.). TOMORROW: 3.20 a.m. (8 ft. S In.) and 4.43 p.m. (7 ft. 7 in.).
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    Singapore Cricket XI's For Weekend
    262 16 Weekend cricket teams are: Ceylon S. C. Indian Assn. (senior tourney) on Ceylon Sports Club ground on Sunday:— S. K. Sundram (capt.), E. C. Thuralsingam, T. E. K. Retnam, K. 8. Retnam, Muthucumaru Yogarajah. S. Velupillal S. Nagalab, Vljlaretnam, Ramallngam, Kulasingam. 12th man, J. C.
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    148 Entries For Ipoh July Races
    728 16 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Wednesday. A TOTAL of 148 entries was received for the three day Perak Turf Club July meeting which begins on Saturday, July 1. There are 112 from Class 3 and 36 from Class 5 The Mile and 110-yard Race
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    R.N. Make One Slip, Lose Game
    243 16 R.N. Make One Slip, Lose Game WASTED opportunities proved the downfall of Royal Navy, who were surprisingly defeated by Tamil Brotherhood Association by an only goal in a SAFA Senior League tie at Jalan Besar yesterday. Navy were throughout tho more polished side. Their attack was well designed and defence
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    Army Golfers Beat R.A.F.
    168 16 ARMY beat Royal Air Force (Singapore) by s'^ matches to 3' 2 in a frienaiy golf match played at Royal Singapore Golf Club yesterday. Detailed scores are: <\: ny mentioned first): Capt Lockhead and ftfej. lost to Sq/Ldr. Walsh and Sq/Mr Duncan-Smith, one up; Col. Tarver
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