The Straits Times, 16 May 1951

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 1951. PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS.
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    KOREANS BEGIN TREK SOUTH
    220 1 Civilians flee as zero hour nears ON THE WESTERN FRONT, KOREA, Tuesday. [JEFUGEES are again on the ominous trek south. United Nations soldiers, watching the long patient lines of civilians plodding along the roads say "it won't be long now." Refugees, with their uncanny grapevine telegraph
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    74 1 GuSTI (PRINCESS) Siti Nu ml, a Javanese princess and descendant of the rulers of the ancient kingdom of Mataram, and a "blue-blooded" Arm y officer, Lt.-Col Raden Mas Sury o Sularso, (above) at Indonesia's "weddin* of the year" at Surakarta, Central Java. They are clad in traditional Javanese wedding attire
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    36 killed in sea crash
    72 1 NEW YORK, Tues. THIRTY six men were dead or missing Jast night when a seaplane tender, the Valcour. collided with a coal ship off Cape Henry, Virginia and burst into flames. The tender's store of aviation gasoline roared into name immediately after she was rammed
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    BRITISH NOTE SHOWN TO U.S.
    202 1 LONDON, Tuesday. TtjK. Herbert Morrison, the Foreign Secretary, put the final touches today to a strongly worded note to Persia on the oil crisis. But it Is unlikely to be dsiivered in Teheran before Thursday, diplomatic quarters •6aid. The text is being dis,cussed with the
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    31 1 •MX M. V. del TUFO. CWef Secretary of the Federation 'Government, buying some of the million dollar lottery '.tickets at Kuala Lumpur General Post Office.— Straits Times picture. See P. 7.
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    ARAB-JEW CEASEFIRE
    24 1 ARAB- JEW CEASEFIRE NEW YORK. Tues. Syria and Israel have accepted the •Security Council's cease-fire resolution of May 8. it was announced today. —Reuter.
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    FLYING FATHER BREAKS RECORD
    58 1 NEW YORK. Tues. ■I AX CONRAD, the "Flying Father" of nine children completed a transcontinental non-stop flight from Los Angeles to New York in a Piper cub plane on Monday. He made the 3,000-mile trip in 23 hours 4 minutes 31 seconds, setting a new coast
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    PROTEST BY PAKISTAN
    48 1 KARACHI, Tues —The Pakistan government has lodged a protest with the Afghan Government against violations of Pakistan territory. Reliable sources said armed Afghan tribesmen made two fresh attacks on the Baluchistan frontier last week but were repulsed. The protest is the fourth this month Reuter.
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    Strict security at 3-power talks
    219 1 \H air of tension surrounded Phoenix ±*ark, Singapore headquarters of the Commissioner-General for South-East Asia, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald all day yesterday as the three-power military conference held long morning and_afternoon sessions behind closely "-guarded doors. From early morning until late yesterday evening, when .he
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    RUBBER DECISION SOON
    151 1 RUBBER DECISION SOON CINGAPORE Is expend to make a decision within 48 hours on the question of imposing a ban on the export of Malayan rubber to Communist China. The request by the British Government to impose the ban will be discussed by the Executive Council tomorrow. If the Council
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    COLOUR BAR BILL
    36 1 CARjKpWN. Tues. The Bouttßg^i lean Government's Bill tyremove coloured voters from the common voters' poll passed Its third reading In the House of Assembly last night. Now it goes t 0 the Senate.—
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    SPIES HAD INCHON PLANS
    97 1 SPIES HAD INCHON PLANS TOKYO, Tues. AN American Army prosecutor said in court here today that top secret plans for the Allied landing at Inchon were in the hands of a North Korean-Japanese spy ring when it was smashed one week before th e operation. United States marines stormed the
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    Old hats thwart arson attempt
    155 1 JERUSALEM, Tuesday. pOLICE today cordoned all roads round Parliament in an intensive search for a man who tried to fire the building. The plot failed because two of the conspirators wore the wrong hats out of date army headgear which an usher spotted. The police
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    CRICKET BALL KILLED HIM
    54 1 WOMBWELL. Tues. A BALL bit 29-year-old Mr. Norman H. Fairdough in the chest during a week-end cricket match at Wombwell Yorkshire. He went on batting:, knocked up the top score for his side, finished the innings then complained of pain. He became unconscious. On the way
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    DUTCH ANNUL MARRIAGE
    38 1 BREDA. Holland. Tues. The Breda Civil Court today annulled the marriage in Singapore last year between 13-year-old Maria Hertogh and 21-year-old Malay school teacher Mansoor Adabi. The case was brought by the Netherlands Government Reuter.
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    14-DAY VISIT
    37 1 Air Vice-Marshal J. M Kllpatrlck, who Is to be DirectorGeneral of R.A.F Medical Services, will arrive at Changi today for a 14-day visit to Far East Air Command area before taking up hU new appointment
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    Burma seeks U.S. help
    107 1 WASHINGTON, Tues DIPLOMATIC sources in tv, w hl "S ton said today tnat the Burmese Qovernme.n. t had appealed to the United States for diplomatic help in removing armed Chinese Nationalist troops from Burma. The diplomats said the Burmese Government, which had recognised the Central People's
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    HORSE DOPING WIDESPREAD: S.R.A. ACTS
    277 1 THE Straits Racing Association, faced with strong evidence that a number of race horses have been doped in the last six months, have formed a vigorous plan to join battle with the dope-ring operators. Veterinary surgeons will now be on duty in the paddocks at
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    LATE NEWS
    46 1 KARACHI, Tues. /THEN Army and Air Force JL officers were arrested today for alleged complicity in the dictatorship plot first denounced by Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan in March. They are alleged to have wanted to establsh a government on a Communist pattern. Reuter.
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    'HOW TO WRITE MINUTES'
    264 1 'HOW TO WRITE MINUTES' From Our Staff Corrrspondenl. KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. CENIOR Government official* in Kuala Lumpur reacf with mixed feelings a "secretariat circular" which lay on their desks thli morning. The Government Printer d-.- nied all knowledge of it nst had the Federation's Organisation and Method* Adviser received a
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    Rita wants $9 million from Aly to keep child
    194 2 Rita wants $9 million from A ly to keep child ■•-SUE PROMISES MUSLIM UPBRINGING NEW YORK, Tues. RITA Hayworth is to file a suit for divorce against Aly Khan. She is seeking a U553,000,000 (Malayan $9,000,000) trust fund for their daughter Yasmine and in return she will keep her marital
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    ALY AT CAR RACE
    40 2 ALY AT CAR RACE PRINCE ALT KHAN at a women's car race at Como. near Milan. He Is pictured as he awards the second prise to Mrs. Maria Luisa Carbonara. In the centre is the winner. Mrs. Anna Maria Peduzzi.
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    50 DIE IN BLAZE
    31 2 LAGOS. NIGERIA. Tues Fifty people died and 300 were seriously injured, according to first reports, when fire destroyed, a cinema last night at Kamo, Northern Nigeria— Reuter.
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    'Good night' cost lives
    82 2 PITTSBURGH. Tues. A lingering "good night" co st the lives of a young couple here. A young roan of 21 and his girl friend? aged 16. died of carbon monoxide fumes because they did not know their car had been backed against a coal pile so
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      100 sheep if they catch a killer
      155 2 A REWARD of 100 sheep has been offered to anyone helping the Moroccan police to arrest a madman who shot five people dead and wounded two in Casablanca. Mohamed Bouali, a labourer, first killed his mistress's soldier husband, then took pot shots at
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      MRS. KASENKINA
      54 2 WASHINGTON, Tues—President Truman yesterday signed a bill clearing the way for United States citizenship for Mrs. Oksaa Stepanovna Kasenkina, Russian-bom woman teacher who leaped from a window of the Soviet Consulate in New York In 1948 in an attempt to flee from the Consulate. Now she is a
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      675 2 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are Invited far appointment as Stenographers In Contingent Police Headquarters. Perak, Ipoh, an a salary scale of $150 x 10 230 per mensem plus current rates of cost of living allowance. Qualiaeations arc: (I) must have passed Senior Cambridge School Certificate with a Credit in English. Preference
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      359 2 NOTICES THE SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD PUBLIC AUCTION OF VNCLAIMED CABGO NOTICE is hereby given that, in accordance with the provisions of The Singapore Harbour Board (Temporal- Powers of Sale) Ordinance, 1947. the Board Intends to sell by prblic auction on the 28th May, 1951. and succeeding days, certain cargo which,
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      298 2 ««t)TICES NOTICE BRITISH COUNCIL HALL The roof of the British Council building in Stamford Road is being extensively repaired. This work makes it necessary to cancel all bookings of the Hall up to and including Sunday, 20th May. Apologies are offered to all those who will be inconvenienced: every effort
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    THE IRISH ARE SO SENSITIVE
    48 3 1 OS ANGELES, Tues. TMV. Dean of London's Neurological Institute said lien- that the Irish, Weish and French ar e the m>st sensitive to pain I)r. MarDonald Critchely said that those least sensiti\>- to pain are the Dutch, Si.its, English and Asians.— A.P.
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    India sells rubber only to Pakistan
    139 3 NEW DELHI. Tues OFFICIAL sources said yesterday that rubber exports from India to all foreign countries except Pakistan were banned on April 19. This news came in the midst of widespread wrangling concerning alleged shipment of strategic war materials to China from pon-Com-m inist
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    U.S. using more rubber
    96 3 WASHINGTON, Tues. U.S. Government allocated 97,100 long tons of rubber for civilian goods this month compared with 89.100 in April. Some manufacturers were allowed to increase rubber consumption to 100 psr cent of their 1950 avprage. Some products, including car tyres and tubes, were h «Jd
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    CZECH HELD
    25 3 dcmkauu, Tues.—Yugoslav security police have arrested an employee of the Czechoslovak Embassy on charges of espionage, the Yugoslav Press office announced yesterday— Reuter.
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    SOVIET BUILDS ATOM CITY -REPORT
    267 3 45, 000 at work in the desert TAIPEH, Tuesday. UNCONFIRMED reports reaching Taipeh today from the Communist Chinese mainland tell of a huge Russian "atomic city" being constructed at an unidentified southern oasis in the Chinese Turkestan desert. Pontecorvo, the Italian atomic physicist, was recently
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    LONDON VISIT
    12 3 KING FREDERICK of Denmark W ave s to cheerine crowds
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    NEW ENVOY
    17 3 «ew envoy of Saudi Arabia to Indonesia. Fakri Sheik el Ard, has arrived In Jakarta
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    WEST PUTS IT IN WRITING
    140 3 WEST PUTS IT IN WRITING T PARIS. Tues. HE Western deputies yesterday handed Mr Andrei Gromyko a written statement on German demilitarisation, explaining why they think it should b» treated as a secondary cause of international tension German demilitarisation Is one of the subjects on which the deputies have stumbled
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    TREATY TALKS
    31 3 MANILA, Tues. There was a general exchange of views on the proposed Japanese peace treaty when the 13man Philippine Committee on the pact held its initial meeting yesterday.— Reuter
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    Rubber price drop ruined Rome talks
    334 3 From Our Own Correspondent r»RF*H n«rh* *v LONDON, Tuesday. F^? llghtonthe failure of the recent rubber Financiir n T?mp COmeS fr m Amster *am where the u£n SHc^thf Rn^ eSPOnd ent reports statistics upon which the Rome conference was based in- eluded stockpile needs.
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    He'll rehearse his funeral
    65 3 llfl J. W. Gerhart, aged 75. is to hold a rehearsal of his funeral to make sure that when he dies the service will be as he wants It* A minister will deliver a sermon, a singer joill sing a hymn, pallbearers will practice their duties,
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    Fun despite the chill
    52 3 LONDON, Tues.— Whitsun holiday makers yesterday thronged to London's twin Thames side attractions— the South Bank Exhibition and the gigantic Fun Fair in Battersea Park. In chilly weather queues two miles long shivered for hours in both places. The Fun Fair was packed to capacity by
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    Wheat to India 'act of friendship'
    242 3 gENATOR Guy Glltet^^VS'Sl to U5595,000,000 worth of wheat fSr India S™?!!? th c PaS J a r, of the Bi ™?d be an act of friendship toward India rather than a bid to buy Indians away from Communism I know there will be some
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    Rubber ship misses out Hong Kong
    122 3 THONG KONG, Tues HE freighter Nancy Molier is not going to stop at ?S2?* Kong wlth a cargo of ■J.500 tons of rubber for China from Singapore. She is going ?f*tto Whampoa. roughly 16 miles south-east of Canton. The Nancy Molier left Singapore on
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    ACTRESS FLIES TO SEE OLIVIER
    35 3 GLORIA LANE. American actress, flew specially from Paris to see Sir Laurence Olivier open his Festival of Britain season with Bernard Shaw's Caesar and Cleopatra at St. James's theatre. London.
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    Air officers held
    45 3 KARACHI. Tues. The Pakistan Government today arrested ten more army and air force officers for alleged complicity in a plot to put the country under a dictatorship They included Air Commodore M. K. Janjua, personnel director of the Pakistan Air "Force.— Reuter.
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    Air, sea power cannot end war
    265 3 Air, sea power cannot end war MARSHALL WASHINGTON, Tues. T<HE United 1 States A Secretary of Defence, General George Marshall, insisted yesterday that General MacArthur's plan of steppedup air and sea fighting would not defeat Communist China in Korea. For the seventh day, the Defence Secretary was before the Senate
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    Nazis lose appeals
    67 3 WASHINGTON, Tues.— The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday refused for the second time to review the cases of seven Nazis sentenced to hang in Germany for World War II atrocities. The refusal removes the last pending legal obstacle agamst their executions. The seven are the last Nazis under
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    MORE EXECUTIONS BY CHINA REDS
    127 3 HONG KONG, Tuesday. IytORE executions of counter-revolutionaries were TX announced by the Chinese authorities yesterday. Report from Shanghai said 28 people were executed last week and "large batches" were put to death in Foochow and in North Kiangsu in the last few days of April.
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    ROYAL TOUR LIST
    65 3 LONDON, Tues. The names of the principal personages who will accompany the King- and the Queen and Princess Margaret on the Royal Tour of Australia next year were announced last night. Two doctors are in the list. They are Sir Horace Evans, who will be in attendance
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    Vietminh assault smashed
    85 3 SAIGON. Tues A FRENCH rescue party, supported by artillery and American-built bombers a 1 fighters, smashed a violent attack by Vietminh regular troops near Soctrang .90^ said today. They killed 25 and wound about 50 in the flght whk: took place on Sunday. The Vietminh forces simultaneously
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    U.S. fears overseas Chinese may be fifth column
    300 4 U.S. fears overseas Chinese may be fifth column DANGER IN S.E. ASIA, CONGRESSMEN TOLD WASHINGTON, Tues. •THE House of Repre- sentatives has been told that a potential fifth column of nearly 10.000.000 overseas Chinese exists in South-East Asia. The figure was given In a hearing before a House Appropriations Sub-committee
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    TANKS FOR FED.
    99 4 TANKS FOR FED. A iK-iOK Cromwell tank, one of a group of tanks belonging to the 3rd Royal Tank Regiment in Hong Konjr. is driven off an Army tank carrier (above) before it is hoisted into a Penanr-bonnd LCT (landing craft, tanks). A 28-ton Comet tank is hoisted aboard a
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    Building Fund officials
    157 4 The following are the officials of St. Andrew's School Building Extension Fund: PATRONS: Sir Franklin Gimson, the Bishop of Stagapore and Sir Han Hoe Lim Chairman of Appeal Committee, Mr. A. W. Frtsby. Mr. R. C. H. lim. Chairman Executive Committee. Canon R. K. S. Adams. Messrs.
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    DE LATTRE FOR K.L.
    42 4 General de Lattre de Tassigny. French Commander-in-Chief and High Commissioner in Indo-China, will leave for Kuala Lumpur tomorrow where he will meet the Federation High Commissioner, Bir Henry Gurney, and the Director of Operations. General Sir Harold Briggs.
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    Union ultimatum to the army
    198 4 fiHE 6,000-strong Singapore Army Civil Service I nion sent an ultimatum yesterday to the Army authorities demanding settlement "within a week" of claims of 1,000 storekeepers for higher pay and better working conditions If the demands are nor settled within the specified period the union
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    ROOF REPAIRS AT BRITISH COUNCIL
    70 4 ROOF repairs necessitated by "progressive de- teriotation" are being carried out by the P. W.D. at the British Council Hall, Stamford Road. As a result Mr. K. L. Pearson. Functional Officer of the British Council, said yesterday that all meetings scheduled in the Hall have
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    'Fight in Malaya' is good film
    335 4 'Fight in Malaya is good film From Oar Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. rpHE British document- ary film company "This Modern Age", had a difficult problem o n their hands when they decided to make their first, and only film about Malaya. What sort of a film should it be,
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    Help from her husband
    70 4 MR. CHEW BENG TECK, of Field Records, G.H.Q., F.A.R.E.L.F., helps his bride, Miss Lucy Tab Kirn Neo, to cut the cake at a reception held at Raffles Hotel after their wedding at the Singapore Registry yesterday. Mr. Chew Benr Teck is the eldest son of Mr.
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    BOAC AIR FREIGHTS
    53 4 With the increase in shipments of goods by air B.O.A.C has published a book of reference for shippers all over the world. As B.O.A.C. has one of the world's largest air networks rates can be quoted to every corner of the globe. The booklet Is available at
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    Mrs. M. R. Cropley
    28 4 From Our Staff Correspondent. KUALA LUMPUR, Tues Mrs. Marion Rita Cropley, aged 65, widow of Mr. A. P. Cropley, died today In Kuala Lumpur.
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    THEIR SIX MONTHS CAR DRIVE
    128 4 rpHREE young women will 1 pass through Singapore In a few weeks on a sixmonths motor drive from London and Munich to New Zealand. They tre Miss Joiephinc v.'hltehorn, a New Zealander, Mm. Eunlc Rlexlnger, of Canada and Mian Joan Kings. bury, of England, all
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    Building ban will not hit the school plans: Gimson
    448 5 Building ban will not hit the school plans: Gimson GOVERNMENT'S deciw sion to curtail its building programme did not mean it would not carry out the 10-year and supplementary education plans in full Sir Franklin Gimson. Governor of Singapore, said at the formal opening of the Gan Eng Seng School,
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    Goods left in godowns to save rent
    132 5 From Our Staff Correspondent. KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. CONGESTION at Port Swet- tenham docks is causVd by merchants who refuse to take delivery of their goods, preferring to pay the small harbour godown charges instead of hiring godown space in towns. As has already
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    Robber knifed her as children slept
    203 5 —COURT TOLD A FTER robbing a woman, Png Lai Keow, of her r% jewellery, a man stabbed her from behind with a knife in her dimly-lit room, it was alleged at a preliminary inquiry in Singapore yesterday. Tentatively charged with i gang robbery at
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    Cheated 2 men court told
    117 5 From Our Own Correspondent. JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. rULLY Nandey, a young Bengalee, was charged In the Sessions Court before Mr. N. A. Cohen the President, with cheating Kang Hul Seng and Lee Say on four occasions. On the first occasion, Nandey was alleged to have
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    More Europeans Travel by bus
    225 5 MORE and more Europeans appear to be using Singapore buses as the cost of living increases, the general manager of the Singapore Traction Company, Mr. A. Ewing, said yesterday He added that he had heard complaints from Europeans that drivers had deliberately Ignored their signals
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    5 M.A.T.C. men going to UK
    58 5 p/V£ members of the Malayan Air Training Corps are to go to Britain in August to attend the 10th anniversary of the British Air Training Corps at White Waltham, Berkshire. The party will include four "other ranks" led by Squadron-Leader R. Park. They will
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    POLICE HOLIDAY TRIAL
    123 5 CINGAPORE'S police may get V a day off a week If a scheme in E Division (Orchard Road area) is successful. The rank and file now work a seven-day week. Under the new scheme, which will last a month, men In E Division do an eight-hour duty
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    SQUATTERS MUST GO
    126 5 From Our Staff Correspondent. ALOR STAR, Tues. JTORTY squatter families who last week petitioned the Kedah Government to let them remain In Batu Lima village received a reply today from the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, Mr. W. J. Watts saying that it would be in their own
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    A doubt -so man won't hang
    291 5 A doubt -so man won't hang From Out Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues T^HE Federation Court of x Appeal today reduced the sentence of death imposed o n Chia Kee Koo 15 years imprisonment because it was not sure if the trial Judge had been influenced by an "improper statement"
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    NO ARM BADGES
    31 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. Two trishaw riders Yahaya bin Haji Mohd. Noor and Teh Yee Fong. who did not wear arm badges were fined S2 at Johore Bahru today.
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    Singapore Diary
    20 5 R.A.0.8. Grand Council: Prid of the East Lodge. Weekly meet Ine Bt 8 p.m. at 18 Chulia Btreel
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    DEATHS
    91 6 LOGAN: On April 28th. 1»5!, after a brief lllnem. Gerald Logan, of 7, Connaught Road. Folkestone. In hla 72nd year. THK DEATH took place at the Bungsar Hospital today of Mrs. RIU Cropley. widow of the late Mr. A. P. Cropley. BAIOENT ALBERT ALEXANDER, loet In aailtng accident at
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    52 6 MR. MRS. W. L. Cbeong. thask all friends and relatives who attended their marriage and •ent glfU. THS FAMILY of the late Mrs. B. A. L'Ange'lier thank all relative* and friends who so kindly attended her funeral and s>lso those who tent flowers, wreaths, messages of condolence and contributions
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Wed., May 16, 1951. The Flaming Tinman
    569 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Wed., May 16, 1951. The Flaming Tinman In. his new attack on the Malayan tin industry, Senator Lyndon Johnson has a sentence which we wish he would expand. America is willing to recognise the special problems of tin producers, and negotiate on a reasonable price basis.
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    The Singapore Diocese
    468 6 The Singapore Diocese The clergy are not able to talk about their financial worries from their own pulpits, and it is not surprising that the startling facts revealed by Mr. Justice Brown in his statement at the opening of Diocesan Week were known to very few. A European priest with
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    NEVER AGAIN, SAYS EX-P.o.W.
    59 6 LONDON. Tues.— Applying for registration as a conscientious objector, Michael John Dooland, of Birmingham, produced a photograph taken during; his three years in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp. Asked about his conscientious objection, Dooland said: "I do not want to go into too much detail for it
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    SEFTON DELMER,
    39 6 writing from the Holy Land, warns his readers in the first of two important articles that neglect and United Nations apathy in one of the world's potential trouble spots may help win the Middle East for Communism.
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    ARABS ON THE LOOK-OUT AGAINST ISRAELI ATTACK
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    Russian shadow over Palestine
    998 6 Russian shadow over Palestine SHARP evening breeze was blowing across Lake Galilee, whipping up the waves so that they smacked angrily against the fisherman's skiff fighting its way to the shore. Behind the bare, placid hills the sun was slowly dipping into the mist. But the mayor of El Nuqeib
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      'Man's illogicality'
      184 6 MAY I take one point from "NastikofTs" letter to the Straits Times of May 11, headed 'Fifth freedom': from Japan"? It is a point which seems to me to be so supreme an example of woolly thinking that It is difficult to attach any importance to any other
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      THANKS TO A MEMBER
      179 6 ALTHOUGH the Member system has been in existence in the Federation only a short time, It is very gratifying to note that Members appear to be carrying out their duties, through their Secretaries, much more conscientiously and assiduously than those M.C.S. officers from whom they took
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      BOTTLENECK
      132 6 SHORT traffic story. En route to office at Keppel Harbour. Long bottleneck In Telok. Blangah Road, where sewage work in progress. Bottleneck further bottlenecked by large halted lorry, driver In coffee house; oneway traffic and mounting congestion. Naturally no police. At office, phone Traffic Police. First answer an explosive,
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    On the Margin
    452 6 Gelan Paiuu THE sub-district of the Johore Bahru district 1 called Gelan Patah, where there are no less than tnree resettlement areas lor Chin, ese squatters, has a curious name. It mean* Broken Bracelet (or Ankltt). The romantioilly inclined tell a story that otict upon a time
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    COSTS UP, BUT BUILDING GOES ON
    274 7 Trust will not abandon plan, assures chief THE Singapore Improvement Trust is not shelving its $16,500,000 building programme for this year despite the high cost of materials, Mr. N. Ward, acting Municipal President, and chairman of the Board of Trustees, told the Straits Times
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    ROAD RIGHTS IGNORED
    197 7 PVERY day In Singapore, thousands of people start to walk across a pedestrian crossing and then have to dart back or stop for an oncoming vehicle as the driver ignores the pedestrians' rights. This Straits Times picture showing a violation of the by-laws was taken at the
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    REGISTRY WEDDING
    51 7 IWit. ASD. MAS. Chew li.n^ Teck pictured after t^eir Singapore Registry wedding yesterday. Mr. Chew, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Chtw Woon Kit, is a. Lathed to Field Records, G.H.Q., F.A.R.E.L.F. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tan Yew Hot k. Straits Times ni
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    NEW S.I.T. ESTATE OFFICER
    102 7 WITH the growth of the Singapore Improvement Trust, the Board of Trustees has decided to engage a widely experienced person in housing and estates for their Estate Department in Tiong Bahru. The SIT. has advertised for a crnciidate with at least 15 years experience in an
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    KILLED WHEN CAR SKIDDED
    79 7 The Singapore Coroner, Mr. E Ebert. returned a finding of death by misadventure yesterday on Anthony Francis, aged 45, of Race Course Road, who was killed when his car skidded off Buklt Timah Road on Apr. 15. His younger brother, J. V. Francis, told the Court
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    APPEAL COURT
    22 7 The Singapore Court of Criminal Appeal will sit in the Supreme Court building from Monday May 28, at 10.30 a.m.
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    2 ATTACKS ON TRAINS FOILED
    296 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. gANDITS attacked two trains in the Federation yesterday but train guards drove them off in both cases. The Siam border to Penang train was attacked in Perlis. A bomb on the line exploded as the engine passed over
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    NEW PATROLS CUT CRIME
    55 7 PRIME in Singapore has dropped since foot and mobile police patrols were started three months ago. A police spokesman yesterday said: "The patrols have arrested Communists, thieves and housebreakers. "They have also prevented crimes from being committed. Criminals have been scared by the fact that they
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    DIVIDEND DECLARED
    48 7 The Building Society of Malaya Limited declared a five per cent dividend at its annual meeting yesterday. The meeting re-elected Messrs. S. H. Peek (chairman), Cnew Heck Leong. Lim Koon Teck, W. Munro and Ng Seng Choy to aerve on the Board of Directors for 1951-1952.
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    MORE REGISTER TO VOTE
    54 7 The Supervisor of Elections said yesterday that for the week ending May 11 there were 728 registrations for the Municipal Commission elections and 640 for the Legislative Council elections. This brings the totals for the present registration period to 1707 on the Municipal and 2391 on
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    Wife in tears gives alibi for husband
    176 7 Wife in tears gives alibi for husband WIPING away tears, the young Malay wife of Pungnot bin Taib; who Is one of 14 men charged with rioting and causing mischief by fire, said at Singapre Assizes yesterday that her husband did not leave their house on the night of Dec.
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    NEW CHIEF OF MALCOLM CLUBS
    49 7 MRS. Anne Adams (left) new Area Director of Malcolm Clubs on RAF. stations in Singapore. She returns to the Colony after Just over two years for a second tour of duty. She replaces Mrs. Doris Bell, (right) who has been in Singapore since 1949.
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    HE WANTS BUILDING LIMIT
    108 7 HE WANTS BUILDING LIMIT A BILL which aims to ban the construction of any building costing more than $50,000, is to be introduced at the next meeting of the Singapore Legislative Council. The Bill, which will be moved by Mr. Thio Chan Bee Progressive, Balestler), seeks to re-enact a Bill
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    SAILOR 'MISSING'
    47 7 I.;;auim; axm a.oert Alexander Baigent, 21. son of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Baigent of Stevens Road, Singapore, who was yesterday reported "missing, presumed drowned after a sailin; accident at Londonderry, Northern Ireland." This picture was taken in 1945 when he Joined the Royal Navy.
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    Rubber made bankrupts
    91 7 THE two largest bankruptcies in Singapore were caused by the violent fluctuations' in the price of rubber, reports the Official Assignee and Public Trustee in his annual review. The gross liabilities and loss to creditors in one of these has yet to be ascertained he adds. Of
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    RIOTER GAOLED
    33 7 An Arab, Shaik Osman bin Shaik Arbot, found guilty in Singapore yesterday of rioting in High Street on the first day of the December riots was sentenced to 18 months' gaol.
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    40,000 BUY LOTTERY TICKETS
    126 7 IBOUT 40.000 welfare lottery tickets were sold in the Federation in the first three days, the secretary of the Welfaref Lottery Board, Mr. T. Oj Fathers, said yesterday. Mr. Fathers said that nturns from. all over Malaya jbftd frew -received for -pale.-. on Thursday. Friday and
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    Racing expert gaoled
    68 7 Ismail bin Othman. alias Ismail Racing, described by a police inspector as a bicycle racing expert, was sentenced to two years' imprisonment in Singapore yesterday for abetting, the use of criminal force on the police outside the Supreme Court on Dec. 11. Inspector A. D. Jacob said
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    MAN REMANDED
    28 7 Charged in Singapore yesterday with using criminal force, on woman with intent to outrage her modesty, Ljang Tak Chuan wag remanded to Woodbrldge HosflLULttQtii May 29,
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    Labourers get more in private firms
    135 7 BETTER wages offered by private firms for artisans and other skilled labourers is one of the reasons for the labour shortage in the Municipality today, Mr. R. K. Palayan, secretary of the Singapore Government and Municipal Labour Union, said yester- aay. One dismissed mason,
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    Govt. is urged to settle a poser
    162 7 SINGAPORE Municipality has asked Government to clarify the position of the esplanade lands so that plans for the $450,000 promenade may be completed. Municipal architects planned a 35ft. paved promenade last year. The scheme includes seats along the waterfront and flower shrubs. A
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    2 drowned at Changi
    79 7 TWO airmen from the R.A.F. Station at Changi were drowned in a swimming tragedy at Changi Beach on Whit Monday. The men were missed by a friend after they had been swimming a short distance from the shore. One body was recovered yesterday from a point
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    'Back room girl' for U.K.
    211 7 'Back room girl' for U.K. HPHE first bride to arrive A in Malaya after the first world war and one of Singapore's pioneer business women leaves ;n the Canton on Friday to retire in England. She is Mrs. M. Ainger. 'bark j room girl" of the Government; Statistics Office, who
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    OIL DISPUTE ON THE AIR TONIGHT
    88 7 A special radio feature .is been flown to Malaya by the 8.8.c. and will be broadcast from Radio Malaya. Singapore, tonight at 8.30. It cU- Is with the v.tal topical Question of Persian oil. This radio report will trace briefly the history of the
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    FILM SHOW OFF
    32 7 The Institute of Arch' s of Malaya will be unabu- to hold its monthly film shev. at the British Council Hr-Y try as the hall is closed for renovations.
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    MAN WHO WON LOTTERY GIVES AWAY $1 ANGPOWS
    231 8 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Tuesday. jyjß. Soo Peng Hang, owner of a Johore Bahru printing firm, bought 20 tickets in the Big Sweep at the Singapore Spring race meeting. As he bought the tickets he made a vow that, should
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    12 LIFE GUARDS
    105 8 Twelve members or the Singapore Lifeguard Corps (above) passed thei. intermediate certificate and bronze medallion tests at the Mount Emily swimming pool recently. They are stooping (from left to right) Messrs. Yeo Lian Teck. Leong Hin Cheong, Ong Heng Kwee, Ong Huck Jin, Tan Kok Ho and
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    Winchester House sold for $900,000
    109 8 JHE Rubber Trades' Association of Singapore has completed negotiations for the purchase of Winchester House in Collyer Quay for $900,000. The association has paid a deposit of $225,000, and will move from its present premises at 25, Boat Quay, before the end of next month.
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    WOMAN BROKE IN CHARGE
    69 8 A 34-year-old woman, Yeo Kim Soh, was ordered in Singapore yesterday to be remanded for 48 hours, after which bail of $1,000 would be granted. Yeo claimed trial to a charge of housebreaking at Parkstone Road, Singapore. Alternatively, she was charged with dishonestly retaining an electric
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    CHINESE GIRLS ACCUSED
    64 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. Two Chinese girls from Singapore, aged about 19. Pong See Wah and Pong Lee Wan. were remanded in custody In the Police Court after being formally charged with having documents relating to the collection of subscriptions for the terrorists. The document were said to
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    NO LICENCE
    35 8 In a retrial ordered by the High Court, Chan Chow Cho, a second-hand dealer, was fined $100 in the Third District Court yesterday for storing two piculs of scrap rubber without a licence.
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    PENSION FOR WIDOW OF BOMB VICTIM
    123 8 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Tuesday. jVf RS. Foo Eng Lin, widow of the auxiliary police inspector who died of wounds after a handgrenade incident in Ipoh on April 27, is to get compensation. For the first three months, she will receive $237 monthly
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    DRIVER FINED
    29 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. Tan Boon Heng, who carried a passenger in his car from Singapore to Johore Bahru for $1. was fined $250 or two months' imprisonment.
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    Stole underwear court told
    51 8 Mohammed Sharif Maula Bux of Anson Road, claimed trial in the Third Police Court yesterday to a charge of stealing three brassieres worth $12 in a Singapore Harbour Board godown on Monday night. The case was fixed for hearing on June 8 and bail of $100
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    Helped kill 7 Reds: is awarded DCM
    216 8 pORPORAL Dhanbahadur Rai of the 1/lOth Gurkha Rifles, who was responsible for killing seven bandits during January and February this year, has been awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for gallantry, in action in Malaya, the London Gazette announced recently. Another member of the
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    PARADE SEATS FOR PUBLIC
    92 8 A limited number of seats in the reserved enclosure at the King's Birthday Parade on the Padang on June 7. will be available to the public. Applications for tickets to this enclosure may now be made to the Assistant Secretary (C». Colonial Secretary's Office, Singapore. AH
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      625 8 Today's Radio SINGAPORE n-fzzo"; 10 "Pride and Prejudice": a 10.30 Dance Music: 11 Close. 10 am. New, from K.L.: 10.10 Close; 10.45 Schools; 12 Close: 1 p.n, Dance Music; 1.30 News; 1.45 J^g Jg*. "Lunch-time Prom"; 2 Schools; —12.45 a.m. 17.810 Kc.s.. 16.84 2 50 Close: 6.15 Children: 6.35 metres;
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      MARIAM and the BEE
      414 9 nr>HE btes in the hall x clustered eagerly round Mariam and Bizz, buzzing and z-z-z-ing to each other, that isall except the guard. He was standing In a corner all by himself, and wasn't- looking a bit pleased. "What's the matter?" she called. "Aren't you glad?"
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      14 9 Collect stx of these coupons to join the Children's Corner Club.
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      Rukiah Gets Her Fairy Doll
      643 9 IT was Rukiah's seventh birthday last Saturday, and poor All couldn't think what to do. for he only had ten cents saved. He knew that hi* sister had set her heart on a fairy doll, so he went into town and looked around all the
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      38 9 THESE South African Slack Footed Penguins play 'Follow my leader" at the London Zoo. They don't seem to mind the cold a bit, or maybe they were thinking of the fish which their keeper tossed inio the pod.
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      TALKING OF STAMPS
      152 9 D Dntcun s <( rpHE Vni.ed Kingdom post office is celebrating the Festival of Britain by issuing two special stamps, It value 2\'fd. and 4d. Both stamps are double the normal size. The colour of the 2y%d stamp is red, and the 4d blue. They are different
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      TRY YOUR HAND AT AN INK SPLODGE
      545 9  -  Dear Boys and Girls. I was delighted to find the poem contest so popular. I didn't realise what a lot of talent the Wise Owls have in this direction. It was difficult to «hoose the bet six poems from so many entries. I
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      597 9 i 16mm SOUND FILM LIBRARY You can become a registered member of our film 1 library simply by completing the application form j (sent on request) and returning it to the librarian (address below). When your membership has been confirmed you can hire any of the film listed I at
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      23 9 PLEASE enrol me as member o» the Children i Corner Wise Owl, Club. Md Mud M a badge NAMR ADDRESS DATE OP BIMTM
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      242 9 job &jw<drscwi] fi/£\ a^ B one new mother. /h vt/ c vice of two //aW\ Or more experienced I rjk t\ mothers, the nurse and OfvS£*-452 one qualified physicien. Allow to sink Obtain a tin of Cow 6 Gate Milk Food E£3=^ make up quantities jj c I as indicated
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    THIS DISPLAY WILL TELL YOU
    956 10  -  What is Britain really like? t By T.A. CHAMBERS THE Festival of Britain exhibition in the United Engineers Building in River Valley Road, Singapore, is not merely a "collection of objects proving the continued vitality of Britain. It is far more an example of the
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    A TRAGEDY SECOND ONLY TO KOREA
    700 10  - A TRAGEDY SECOND ONLY TO KOREA By Graham Jenkins HANOI: T»HE tragedy that has x befallen five million Vietnamese on this crowded sector of the world's "cold war'' periphery since World War II is second only to Korea in misery and suffering, according to neutral observers who have seen the
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      318 10 7 DAYS OF CONTINUOUS LAUGHTER.../ A<& A |>«lf •iPl%fc*^^^'™ MM L a^aSr AfleneinlTnii mlem IMJ m MGM'I 1 'Watehtteßinlie \W Leon AMCS P«m BRITTON Richard ROBtR f J Jj I 4 DAILY: 5 HILARIOUS TIMES 1 fC 11. 1.45 4.15. C.45 9.30 p.m. Vf'B.^ «T* WlfXt/M TOPAr COM ING SHORTLY
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      328 10 11.00 1.45 4 -tf|[>tf 6.30 9.30 doris V :y .■■tV^irtiy'' .-:>>::8 I If t i\W "II SINGS AND DANCES IN THE MUSICAL MARVEL OF ALL TIME! 3'■ WARNER BROS. **j—*^r—<=ii=w mm^^mmijfi^ mvsk* I Ha^am^Bl r xJ^ Virginia Mayo James Cagney II OIE OF THE SENSATIONAL DANCE NUMBERS I ALSO STARRING
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      70 10 IV A.NHOE DRAWN BY PETER JACKSON wvAT DO YOU WOPOSI TO QQ P*{ MSJL^wtni I tHB0# OOm* XtALTM. MONOuA PtI*SO«t.«U.T>«*T i^r-TsvoON AS RtCHAROS KTURN IS I I^MMBB 7 FT MM I OU«H0BU6*»<IEP«WMtSC0TO0. «T TXE MOMtNT J IIbUMM ABDOAO. *U IS OVEB WITH US.TMMC I HufflB I f ""W. LtAO M*
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    London Stocks
    310 11 LONDON, Tues. rrXHE London Stock Exchange 1 was depressed today. Small profit-taking halted recent upward movement and brought small price declines to many sections. A note of caution was introduced by week-end news from overseas. Declines were most marked in recently active favourites in textile, rayon, tobacco and
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    LONDON RUBBER
    32 11 LONDON. Tv«.. May 15— Spot 44*4(1., June 44% d., July-Sept. 44d.. Oct.-Dec. 42\d.. Jan.-Mar. 41 May cJX *4' 2 d.. nom, May-June cii. 44d. June-July ci.f. 43',d. Market: Very Steady.
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    H.K. EXCHANGE
    34 11 HONG KONO, Tue». l^RBE martet currency exchange for Hong Kong dollar* wa* quoted at the close today a« follows- US$1 HKS6.20 (cash). HKS6.24 (T): £1 HKS15.80: one tahil of gold HK$320»i— U.P.
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    MALAYAN SHARE MARKET
    894 11 From A Market Correspondent f THE Malayan share market opened yesterday, after the holidays, on a very hesitant and cautious note. There was little buying, and prices in all sections were inclined to sae. Quotations announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association were: Bayers Stair rs Brtesa Pnf
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    TIN: $565 A PICUL
    40 11 SINGAPORE. Toes.. May 15 $565 (down $2.5t.) £1,125 a ton m London LONDON, May 15.— Cash Bayers £1,125; Sellers £1,13*; Forward Bayers £1,1*5; Sellers £1.110; Settlement £1,115 (up £35) Turn-over: a.m. 49 tons. p.m. 15 tons.
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    Effect of G.S.A.
    195 11 RUBBER mHE General Services Adi. ministration again reduced its prices by one cent (gold) on Saturday. This had a general effect on yesterday morning's trade in the Singapore rubber market. Some quantities were sold to G.S.A. at the new prices. The quiet morning tone, however, improved to
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    SHIPPING IN SINGAPORE
    104 11 OHIPS alongside the Singapore Harbour Board godowns at 4 p.m. yesterday were: 44/45 Bronxville, 42/43 Stentor, 40/41 Bulan. 38/39 Tairea, 36/37 Tawali, 33/34 Cyclops, 31/32 Idomeneus, 29/30 Kola, 27/28 Erria, 25/26 Myridon. 23/24 Benvrackie, 21/22 Kistna. 19/20 Bentong, 15/16 Breconshire, 13/14 Burnside, 11/12 Pres. Buchanan, 8/9 Arendskerk,
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      479 11 PRESIDENT LINER SAILINGS To New York and Boston via Ceyfen, India Egypt and Mediterranean Parts Singapore P. Swettenham. Penang s.s. -PRESIDENT BUCHANAN" C 11/12 19/20 May 21/22 May Sails 18 May s.s. "PRESIDENT HARDINC" 19/27 May 28/29 May 30/31 May s.s. "PRESIDENT VAN BUREN" 3/9 Imm 10/11 lune 12,14 |uno
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    COLONY'S FIRST CUP GAME ON JUNE 1
    496 12 Trial fixed for next Wednesday SINGAPORE'S first game in the Malaya Cup soccei competition, scheduled for May 26 at Jalan Besar Stadium, has been postponed to Friday, June 1. In preparation for the game Singapore Amateur Football Association will hold a trial next
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    Reg Parnell sets new record
    113 12 GOODWOOD, England. Tues. Britain's car driving ace, Reg Parnell, streaked round the Goodwood track yesterday to win the Daily Graphic Festival of Britain trophy from a high class field that included Italy's Guiseppe Farina world champion of 1950. Parnell, in a IVi litre Ferari von
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    SUMATRA TEAM
    41 12 The following matches have been arranged for a North Sumatra soccer team which will be on a short visit to Singapore: May 29 v Singapore Business House F.A.; May 31 v Singapore "A"; both matches at Jalan Besar stadium.
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    Rovers and Pulau Brani meet today
    659 12 DULAU BKANI United (16 points from ten games) and Rovers Sports Club (12 points from eight games) meet in a key Singapore A.F.A. Senior League match at Jalan Besar Stadium today Victory for Pulau Branl will practically put them beyond the reach of all
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    S. Africans win by an innings
    321 12 S. Africans win by an innings CARDIFF, Tues. COUTH Africa gained the first victory of their tour when they beat Glamorgan today by an innings and 14 runs. The tourists scored 330 and Glamorgan could only muster 130, and 186 in the follow-on. The county, with 27 for one at
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    Ankarah v Saddler
    32 12 GLASGOW, Tues. Roy Ankarah of the Gold Coast, recent winner of the Empire featherweight championship, may fight Sandy Saddler for the letter's world title in New York shortly.— Reuter.
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    ARTHUR WINT WINS 440 FROM WHITFIELD
    215 12 LONDON, Tues. ARTHUR Wlnt of Jamaica, the Olympic 400 metres champion, won the 440 yards event on the second day of the British Games at the White City Stadium Ijere yesterday with the 440 yards world record holder. Herb McKenley, beaten Into third place.
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    SINGAPORE'S CUP BADMINTON TEAM
    76 12 WHEN Singapore meet Negri Sembilan in their Foonsr Seons Cup badminton tie in Singapore on May 26 and 27. they will be without the services of three of their top players One Poh Lim, Cheong Hock Lenjj and Ismail bin Marian. The Singapore team has been
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    Battle of the Roses drawn
    274 12 LONDON. Tues. rE "Battle of the Roses" saw Yorkshire taking a first-innings decision over Lancashire when the county championship matches ended today. Surrey, co-champions with Lancashire, won by 10 wickets, thanks mainly to Laker who took five for 65 in Nottinghamshire's second innings. Middlesex beat
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    ELLEY BENNETT LOSES TITLE
    44 12 SYDNEY, Tues. Jimmy Carruthers won the Australian bantamweight boxing title here last -night when he easily outpointed the holder, Elley* Bennett, at the Sydney Stadium. Carruthers. who is a southpaw weighed 117*4 lbs. and Bennett 117% lbs.— Reuter— A.A P.
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    Bob Hope will be at British Open
    229 12 ST. ANDREW'S Scotland, Tues. /COMEDIAN Bob Hope was today assigned the opening day starring role In the British amateur golf championship which opens next Monday at Royal Porthcawl. Glamorgan. The Royal and Ancient, remembering the huge crowd that showed up last year to
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    G.H.Q. score four v S.E.R.
    153 12 f*M.Q. proved too good for Singapore Engineers Regiment in a United Services soccer league match at Tanglln yesterday, winners by four goals to nil. G.H.Q. stormed the Sappers' goal from the first minute. Centreforward Henderson was the brains behind the attack and caught the •ye
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    R.I. v St. Andrews
    44 12 Raffles Institution cricket tjun to play St. Andrew'i School at R.I. ground today la: R. Sandosham, Chin Yoon Fook, S. T. O. Krishnan, V. Nathan, A. Rajan, P. Nathan, R. Sharma, Ramaklshnan. Rajaainght, T. Raja, A. Singh. Uth man: KulatlaM.
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    Sports Diary
    60 12 SOCCER: Oiv. 1: Pulau Brmni t Rovers at Stadium; Div. 2: S.H.B. v Rocklites at Geylang; Div. SB: Y.M.M.A. v Tuan Mong O.B.A. at C.Y.M..A.; Business Hse. Lge. B: Chartered Bank v Straits Times at Police ground; Friendly: Jollilads v B.M. Hospital, Kcppel Road. ATHLETICS: R.A.F. SeleUr sports
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    Hock Leng strikes form, beats Holm
    184 12 PRODUCING his best form since he left Singapore Cheong Hock Leng, the Colony badminton champion, beat Poul Holm, the Danish champion, in a badminton tournament held at Londonderry, Ireland, recently. Holm and Hook Leng met in a specially arranged match between a British Commonwealth
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    Hendon draw 2-all in H.K.
    133 12 HONGKONG, Tues. T»HE Hendon PootbaU Club drew with a Hong Kong Selected XI 2—2 In the club's second game, yesterday. The play was 40 minutes each way and the visitors were fortunate to draw as the Colony XI lasted the pace and l.umidily better. The
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    Fridd scores late winner
    139 12 A LATE goal by Pridd gave Royal Navy, Sembawang, a two-one win over Catholic Young Men's Association (PM) In a S.A.F.A. Division 3 "A" soccer tie at Oeylang Stadium yesterday. After the winning goal had been scored, referee J. O. Davtes had to deal with some
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    Sixth win puts SCC among top teams in League
    338 12 Sixth win puts SCC among top teams in League S.C.C 4; BODCA L SINGAPORE Cricket Club scored their sixth victory in the Singapore A.F.A. Senior League when they beat 8.0.D. Civilian Association by four goals to one after a* half -time score of one-all at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. By
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    CHEW BEE ENTERS FOURTH ROUND
    42 12 BIRMINGHAM, Tues. Ong Chew Bee, Malayan champion, yesterday entered the fourth round of the Priory lawn tennis tournament nere. In the second round he beat M. McPherson S-t, 6-3 and then eliminated T. Howarth 8-1, 6-0.— Reuter.
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    ERROR GAVE HK BANK WIN
    82 12 A "GIFT" goal through a mistake by one of Malayan Breweries' defenders shortly before the interval, enabled Hongkong Ban's Sports Club to win two-one In a Business House League A tie on the Padang yesterday. Peters scored for the bank in the 22nd-minute and the
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    4-1 FOR FILIPINOS
    34 12 PARIS, Tues. rIE Philippines beat Brazil, four-one In their second round European zone Davis Cup tie yesterday. Fellcisimo Ampon made victory certain by beating Armando Vielre, Brazle 8-6, 3-6, 6-0, 6-0
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