The Straits Times, 18 May 1951

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    19 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1X45 TiVEI.VK P/MHEN SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1951. if PKICE FIFTEEN I'fcftifl
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    LIFT COMMUNIST SHADOW, SAYS MacD
    494 1 LIFT COMMUNIST SHADOW, SAYS MacD Resolution will defeat Reds fHE peoples of South-East Asia are by nature, religion, and custom averse to the Communist philosophy and practice which small fanatical minorities in their midst strive desperately to impose on them, said the CommissionerGeneral, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, over Radio Malaya last
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    NEW C-in-C OF FARELF ARRIVES
    246 1 I T. GENERAL Sir Charles Keightley, the new Commander-in-Chief of Far East Land Forces, arrived in Singapore yesterday by Qantas 8.0.A.C Co 'isolation from London. Sir Charles will take over c mar.d cf FARELF tomorr-- from Sir John Harding. wi'o leaves for Britain by s
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    HORSES BURNT IN STABLES
    69 1 MONTREAL. Thurs. B?.tw.vn five and 14 valuable race horses were burned to <!'th today in a tire that roared through the stables a the Blue Bonnet race track, where the season opera tomorrow. Most of the 700 horses asse nbled for the races were turned loose
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    BIRDWOOD DIES
    38 1 LONDON, Thurs. Field Marshal Lord Birdwood, who commanded the Australian and New Zealand troops in the Middle East and in France during the first World War, died at Hampton Court Palace, London, today aged 85— Reuter.
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    He ca stop his heart
    77 1 SURAT, Thurs. AN amateur yogi claims he silences his pvlse and heart beats for eight seconds at a time and says he will be able to do it for hours when he attains greater proficiency. The man. L. Dos. gave a demonstration before a 2,000-strong
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    ENVOY TO PEKING
    36 1 HONG. KONG. Thurs. Hoang Van-hoan. first Viet- minh delegate to China, was I welcomed recently at Peking by Chu Teh. vice-chairman o« the Chinese Red government and Commander-in-chief of the Ri-'d army. -A.P
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    Marriedafter 2 cups of coffee
    131 1 LAS VEGAS. Nevada. Thurs. AFTER two cups of black a\ coffee. John Agar. former husband of Shirley Temple, was married in Las Vegas to brunette model Loretta Barnett Combs, of Los Angeles. The ceremony was performed by Judge Frank McNamee after Agar who was "too
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    'AS YOU WERE'
    26 1 RANGOON. Thurs—Burmese will replace English for ordering Burmese soldiers to "look lively, there." and "straighten that line 1 from January 4. 1952— A.P
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    Persia oil dispute may end 'soon'
    197 1 NEW YORK, Thursday. T»HE new chief of the political department of the Persian Foreign Office said in New York he was "very hopeful" of an early settlement of the Anglo- Persian oil problem. Mr. Bagher Varesteh, adtto the Persian United ns delegation for the
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    Soviet boycotts embargo talks
    576 1 FLUSHING MEADOWS, Thursday. OOVIET Russia today announced to the United Nations Political Committee that she would boyi-ett discussion of an arms embargo on China 1 and North Korea. When the Committee opened its debate on the embargo, Mr. Jacob Malik challenged its right to impose the
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    CHINA BLOCKADE WARNING
    113 1 WASHINGTON, Thurs. MR. Joseph C. Grew, former U.S. Ambassador to Japan, said today an American blockade of the Chinese mainland could lead to a shooting war against British shipping and imperil the North Atlantic Pact. In a speech prepared for the National Council meeting of the Atlantic
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    KOREA ARREST
    30 1 PUSAN, Thurs. —K. M. Yung-kin, commander of the now dissolved north Korean National Defence Army, has been arrested in connection with the embezzlement of 5.000,000,000 won (about £300,000».—Reuter.
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    293 DIE IN KOREA AMBUSH
    166 1 WEST-CENTRAL FRONT, KOREA, Thurs. gOUTH Korean troops today ambushed a Chinese battalion and killed 293 when they counter-attacked across the Pukhan River just before dawn. They were still engaged at noon today In an attempt to annihilate the Communist unit. The ROKs crossed the river
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    Britons can spend more abroad
    128 1 Britons can spend more abroad LONDON, Thursday. DRITISH tourists to European countries can now u spend all their travel allowances inside the country of their choice— without deductions for the I cost of travel tickets. This wag announced In a I Treasury statement today. I which said that Britons going
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    New Commander
    32 1 TOKYO, Thurs. Major General A. H. J. Cassels arrived in Japan from Australia to assume command of the newly created first Commonwealth Division of the United Nations in Korea.— Reuter.
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    ORCHIDS BY AIR
    80 1 MA* \YAN orchids to be sent this morning by Qantas8.0.A.C. Constellation to the Savoy Hotel in London, where they will grace the tables, and evening gowns of women in the ballroom, when a ball is held on May 52 in aid of ex-servicemen. Princess Elizabeth will be
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    SINGAPORE TALKS AGREE ON PRIORITIES
    444 1 gARLY differences about the priorities io the Indo-Chinese front at Tonking which held up progress during the first day of the thr?< power military talks at Phoenix Park. r ipore, have now been smoothed out. General de Lattre de Tassigny, French H. Commissioner in Indo-China,
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    LONDON ON S'PORE TALKS
    297 1 LONDON ON S'PORE TALKS From Our (Hta 1 nl LONDON, T.iur.; I COMMENTING on the thiv >- power military tal:^ id Singapore, the Sou'h-E ;i Asia correspondent ot i J Times states that appareni!/ the French delegation's a;• titude has been that Britain and the United Stafes do not realise
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    TRUMAN: WE MUST BACK OUR ALLIES
    334 2 TRUMAN: WE MUST BACK OUR ALLIES Arms cuts would invite war WASHINGTON, Thursday. PRESIDENT Truman said today that unless the I'nited Slates helped her allies she might hive to Face the world danger alone. "Unless our a'liei are strong the Kremlin might take them over and the danger of war
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    TOKYO RAIDER
    32 2 1.T.-GEN. JAMES DOOI.ITTLE who personally led the U.S. Air Force to set up the carrier-based air attack on Tokyo in 1942, is helping a new Air Research and Development Command.
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    'LONG TOMS'
    55 2 MKMBtK^ C f a L.S. Army J 55-millimeter *un battery batti r i Position, a short distance behind the lI Jr Kor J* These ■el'-Propelled runs, nick?o Thru IT* TT K ms haVe a ran e of 15 mil d to shell enemy build-up and supply points in
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    JORDAN REGENT
    30 2 AMMAN, Thurs. Emir Naif, second son of King Abdullah of Jordan, yesterday took the constitutional oath to replace Emir Talal, the heir apparent, as Regent of Jordan.— Reuter.
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    US senators pass India food bill
    199 2 WASHINGTON, Thurs. rpHE U.S. Senate yesterday approved a bill authorising the shipment of 2,000,000 tons of grain to faminethreatened India on a loan basic. The U*****,000,000 loan is repayable at low interest raies over a period of more than 30 years. A similar measure
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    Church tries to sway poll charge
    136 2 ROME, Thursday. T»HE Nenni Socialist Party today protested against x Catholic Church intervention in the Municipal election campaign. Slgnor Pietro Nenni and five members of the party demanded that the Government expflaln In Parliament what it intended to do about prelates who had entered
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    GARY COOPERS SEPARATED
    86 2 HOLLYWOOD. Thurs.— Mrs. Gary Cooper's lawyer said in Hollywood yesterday she and her film star husband have separated. It i s not known whether she plans to seek a divorce but negotiations for a property settlement are underway The Gary Coopers have been married 17 years and
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    FEROCIOUS RATS INVADE TOWNS
    56 2 BRISBANE. Thurs.— Thousands of gluttonous, ferocious bush rats are plaguing the citizens of the Queensland townships of Muttaburra and Longreach, about 850 miles from Brisbane. Police Sergeant J. W. Simpson of Muttaburra said the local baker caught 118 rats in hit bake-house In one night. "They'll
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    Indonesia to ban China rubber
    277 2 ivnnvrc. JAKARTA, Thursday. INDONESIA Is to submit to the U M. embargo o shipment of war and strategic materials to Com munlst China, it was learned today. Indonesia demanded, however, in return, that her economic difficulties, which would be worsened by the stopping of rubber
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    10,000 HUNT'MAD MOOR'
    91 2 10,000 HUNT 'MAD MOOR' RABAT, Morocco, Thurs. rE French authorities today proclaimed a "danger zone" in the Atlas Mountains near Azilal where 10.000 armed police and civilians with an aircraft and police dogs are hunting for Amou Nait Tademalit, the "mad Moor." He has shot and killed seven people in
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    SURRENDER
    37 2 BERLIN. Thurs. Two of four British soldiers, alleged by Soviet authorities a month ago to have sought asylum in the Soviet zone of Germany in March, have surrendered to the British military authorities In Berlin.— Reuter
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    JAPS IN W.H.O.
    21 2 GENEVA, Thurs. Japan was today admitted to the World Health Organisation along with Spain and Western Germany. Reuter.
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    JOBS FOR CEYLONESE ONLY
    174 2 JOBS FOR CEYLONESE ONLY COLOMBO. Thurs CEYLON'S Minister of State. Mr. A. E. Goonesinha. said here yesterday that, a provisional agreement had been reached with the Colombo Brokers' Association not to employ non-Ceylonese in clerical and lower grade jobs in their member firms The Minister mnde this statement after a
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    GOODWILL TOUR
    36 2 MOMBASA, Thurs. The fngate. Loch Quoich, of the British East Indies squadron has arrived in Mombasa from Tnncomalee, Ceylon, and the Seychelles Islands, on an annual naval goodwill tour of East African ports. .—Reuter
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    Norbay worries Panama Consul
    232 2 Norbay worries Panama Consul HONG KONG, Thurs. IF the Panamanian freighter, Norbay, comes to Hong Kong, as indicated yesterday by her Singapore agents, her cargo of 750 tons of rubber for China will be seized, reliable sources said today. But It is considered doubtful that she will go to Hong
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    NEW GUINEA TO GROW TEA
    63 2 COLOMBO, Thurs. Seventy-five years hence Ceylon may have to compete with a newcomer in the Far Eastern tea market New Guinea according to Mr. Max tone-Graham, an agricultural officer there. Mr. Maxtone-Graha|i on a tour of Ceylon, said tnat 5C acres of land there had
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    SHIPOWNERS OF 15 NATIONS MEET
    126 2 PARIS, Thursday. SHIPOWNERS of 15 nations, including India, met in Paris today to consider seafaring conditions in Europe and Asia. These delegates to the 55th annual meeting of the International Shipping Fedp ration will meet privately for two days Main Items on the agenda— j-
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    U.S. $9,000,000,000 FOR AID IN '52
    56 2 WASHINGTON, Thurs Government officials told Congress yesterday that the Administration plans to ask for some $9,000,000,000 for foreign economic and military aid during the fiscal year 1952. The Under-Secretary of State, Mr. James Webb, and other Administration spokesmen made TTie estimate in testimony before
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    Cargo Pilfering cost 14 Singapore firms $163,490
    258 5 'THEFTS ON EVERT VOYAGE* DISAPPEARANCE of rubber, textiles and other goods shipped between Singapore and Indonesia since July last year has cost fourteen Singapore Chinese importing and exporting firms $163,482. After several months of unsuccessful negotiations with shipping and insurance companies the firms
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    'Specials'are looking for Varsity men
    75 5 'Specials' are looking for Varsity men SINGAPORE Volunteer Special Constabulary needs men from the 'better educated for N.C.O.'s and office >s. Tii e Adjutant. Mr. J G. Watson. A.S.P. told the Straits Times yesterday: "Our problem is to get men with .seventh standard to university education." •The majority of the
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    STOLE THREE FANS, GAOLED
    105 5 Ong Keng Seng was sentenced to 18 months' Imprisonment by the First District Judge. Mr. H. E. Kingdon, yesterday, for breaking into the store of Mr. Kheng Chin Hock, at Stanley Street and stealing three ceiling fans on AprU 6 Detective Staff-Sgt. Tan Khye Hong, who
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    WEEKLY TALKS ON POLITICS
    70 5 The East- West Society, Singapore, will start a weekly series of about 12 to 15 lectures on elementary politics next month. They will be delivered by Mr. Francis Thomas viceprincipal of St. Andrew's School and former president of the Singapore Labour Party, beginning June 1 at
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    BROKE CURFEW
    19 5 From Our Own Correspondent. SEGAMAT. Thurs.—Ratnam, aged 32, was fined $20 for violating the curfew at Labis.
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    SNATCH THIEF GAOLED
    78 5 Chua Thiam Bock, who snatched a wallet from Ong Yong Seng on Nov. 3 last year, was recognised by Ong three months later travelling in the same bus with him. While being detained at the Tanjong Pagar Police station. Chua made an attempt to escape. In the
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    TRESPASS CHARGE
    38 5 From Our Own Correspondent. MUAR, Thurs. Charged with committing house trespass at the 15th milestone. Muar-Tangkak Road Papoc Kochi was allowed $250 ball It was alleged he entered the house of a woman, Khoo Kei Tong.
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    MALACCA'WESAK'
    22 5 MALACCA 'WESAK' MALACCA. Thurs.—Malacca Buddhists will hold three-day Wesak celebrations at the Lord Buddha's Temple, Gajah Berang Road, starting on Saturday night.
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    HAD SAMSU
    45 5 From Oar Own Correspondent. SEGAMAT, Thurs. A charge of possession of four bottles of illicit samsu was read out to Cheah Hal, aged 65, in the Segamat Court yesterday. Cheah pleaded guilty but sentence was deferred a week. Bail In $100 was allowed.
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    STAFF RUNS ITS OWN CANTEEN
    48 5 From Oar SUIT Correspondent IPOH, Thurs.— Mrs. A. D Weaver, wife of the Assistant Controller of Telecommunications, Perak, on Tuesday opened a canteen for the staff of the department. The canteen is beinp run by the staff who gave the furniture and crockery.
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    Two Danish planters will see the world
    317 5 Two Dani sh plant ers will see the world From Our Own Correspondent T TELUK ANSON. Thursday. WO young Danish planters, with the lure of travel in their veins, will leave Malaya early in June to tour the world in a specially equipped Land-Rover which will be arriving from London
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    TUNGKU AMPUAN AT PARTY
    50 5 TUNUKU AMPLAN of ScLn gor is greeted by Mr. S. G. Ramachandran. Agent of the Government of Inftia rn Malaya (centre) and Mr. M. Gopala Menon. Representative of the Indian Government in Malaya at a dinner in honour of the Representative last week. Eastern Photographers picture.
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    CHINESE KEENER ON ELECTIONS
    155 5 SINGAPORE Chinese are showing more interest in the voters' registration drive and at least another 50,000 are expected to have been enrolled by June 15 when the register closes. The campaign is being conducted by the Chinese Chamber of Commerce and the Straits Chinese British Association.
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    POLICE TO TRAIN THE 'WATCHDOGS'
    85 5 SINGAPORE police will help 3.000 people living in Balestier area, who are forming a voluntary constabulary unit, to fight 'bad hats' in their area. Mr. J. P. PennefatherEvans. Commissioner of Police said yesterday: "We shall give them every assistance training in the use of arms,
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    Father ill, girl flies
    108 5 TWENTY-THREE-year-o 1 d Miss Foong Swee Lim, dropped her studies at Melbourne's Technical College and flew to Singapore yesterday to be with her father. Mr. Foong Sow Nam. who is seriously ill in Kuala Lumpur Miss Foong, who wqpt to Australia two months ago said yesterday
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    BROADWAY OFFICIALS
    112 5 The following were recently elected office-bearers of the Broadway Musical Party. Singapore Patrons: Messrs. Chia Teck Chye, Ng Buan Hong, Teo Hock Chuan, Ang Kim Chwee, Yeo Kim Tay and Tan Cheng Kim; president: Mr. Tan Ah Goo; vice-pre-sident: Mr. Llm Eng Koon, secretary: Mr. Bek Swee Hoon;
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    ENTICED CHARGE
    41 5 From Our Own Correspondent. SEGAMAT, Thurs. Charged with enticing away a married woman, Krishnan, aged 20, was offered bail In $300 by the Segamat Magistrate The woman's father, Muthusamy, aged 51, was charged with abetting and allowed $200 bail.
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    TAIPING SHOW
    33 5 From Obt Own Correspondent TAIPINO, Thurs.— A Talping Talentime Show will be held on July 21. It will be open to all Taiplng youth organisations, affiliated to the Perak Youth Council.
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    30 FOR MECCA
    38 5 From Our Own Correspondent. SEGAMAT, Thurs.— Thirty Muslims are making the oilgrimage to Mecca this year from Segamat district. Four were entertained to a fare•.ve!l t*a DMty !>y riember* of the Segamat Malay Club on
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    BIG DRAINAGE PROBLEM, BUT NO WORKERS
    276 5 JHE Singapore Public Works Department knew of the "enormous" drainage problem in the Bukit Timah area, the director, Mr. E. A. Gardiner, staid at the Rural Board meeting yesterday. He was replying to Mr. E. Galistan who mentioned "alarming" soil erosion on the banks
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    Bill against hoarding for council
    144 5 Bill against hoarding for council THE tightening of the law against hoarding of controlled commodities Is being sought in an amendment to the Food Control Ordinance, which will be introduced at Tuesday's meeting of the Singapore Legislative Council. Under the existing ordinance, a person is prohibited from acquiring any controlled
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    2 MARKETS PLANNED
    81 5 IPOH, Thurs.— lf suitable sites could be found, two subsidiary markets would be built In Green Town and Pasir Puteh, It was stated at a meeting of the Town Planning Committee held recently. Mr. J. M. Brander, chairman of the Town Board, Kinta, said that there had
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    NOT HIS METER
    25 5 For fraudulent possession of an electric meter. Tan Keok Bok was sentenced in the First District Court yesterday to six months' imprisonment.
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    Singapore Diary
    51 5 V.W-C.A., Raffles Quay, Malay class, 9.15 a.m., and 5.30 p.m.. Mandarin class, 10.30 a.m. Y.M.C.A., Orchard Road, SPC.A meeting, 5.16 p.m movie circle committee meeting, 5.30 p.m.. Judo practice, 5.30 p.m., French class, 5.30 p.m. SINGAPORE CONSUMERS' ASSOCIATION (Tanglln branch), mass rally, Y.M.C.A. Hall. Orchard Road, 5.30 p
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    IN MEMORIAM
    15 6 POTGER In loving memory Of Coum;mce Maud, died 18 5.47, rest in peace
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Fri., May 18, 1951. Rubber wages and prices
    1063 6 The Strai ts Times Singapore, Fri., May 18, 1951. Rubber wages and prices The Arbitration Board's award to rubber workers probably pleases neither the unions nor the employers. It has the virtue of compromise, but a compromise which will require considerable explanation, especially to the workers. The unions had demanded
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    SIR STAFFORD'S CONDITION
    62 6 ZURICH, Thurs. Lady Oripps, in a statement issued yesterday, said that in addition to a tubercular Infection, Sir Stafford Cripps is suffering from a "rare md dangerous disease." Lady Cripps' statement added: "The X-ray treatment given at Lausanne helped to arrest its development locally and to reduce
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    Nationalists hatch the Red eggs
    907 6 Nationalists hatch the Red eggs MIDDLE EAST CUCKOO COMMUNISTS -SEFTON DELMER, in the second of two articles on the Communist danger in the Arab countries, describes the undercover Soviet technique now in use including the bag of gold ALEXANDROS. PatriA arch of Antioch, is 83 years old. and he looks
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    10 6 "IT'S MY OPINION. YOU WARMONGERS OOMT WANT TO TALK PEACE"
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      Curfew: announced by radio van
      461 6 ON Friday May 11 a police radio van announced that a curfew had been imposed on this area (4th mile Ampang Road, Kuala Lumpur), and would be in force from 3 p.m. to 6 a.m. and from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. until further notice.
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      ATOM SMOKE AT NAGASAKI: HE SAW IT
      218 6 ATOM SMOKE AT NAGASAKI: HE SAW IT "17X-P.O.W." argues, in his letter of May 14 headed "Grateful for "The Bomb'," that the use of the atom saved 300,000 prisoners from massacre by the Japanese. This opinion cannot be proved or disproved; I will only say that I was in Japan
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    On the Margin
    415 6 On the Margin The Victorian S.T. POLLOWINO recent comments in this column on the shocking intrusion into the Malaysia Message of a Cold Storage advertisement dedicated to the vices of tobacco and alcohol, I read in the latest number of this religious journal that the same topic cropped up ha.l
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    'TAKEN MORE LIQUOR THAN WAS WISE'
    1151 7 Says padre at inquest into fatal shooting From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. fHE padre and adjutant of the Ist Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, said in evidence today that Mr. W. E. Evans, an Inspector of Mines "had certainly taken far more
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    50 7 MR. E. L. Spooner-Lillingst on, chief conipli oiler, P. and T speaking at the opening of a new canteen for the s-iaffs of the Telecommunications Department at Ipoh. On left is Mr. A. D. Weaver assistant comptroller, P. and T who is president of the canteen committee. .straits Times picture.
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    ROAD WORK HELD UP IN K.LUMPUR
    177 7 from Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. OHORTAGE of labour and materials is holding up work on road maintenance in Kuala Lumpur, the Municipal Finance Committee was told today One reason for the present acute shortage of labour is the fact that a large
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    SCHOOLS ONLYFOR SINGAPORE BORN
    37 7 SCHOOLS ONLY FOR SINGAPORE BORN Children born outside Singapore will not be admitted to Coiony schools in future without the permission of the Education Department. The aim is to reserve accommodation for the children of Singapore taxpayers.
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    SHOT PLANTER DIES
    151 7 SHOT PLANTER DIES From Our Staff Correspon Vnt. IPOH, Thurs. and seriously wounded by a group of bandits while he was on foot on field duty yesterday morning 22-year-old Mr. James Hill, an assistant on Kinta Kellas Estate. Batu Gajah, died about 12 hours later in Batu Gajah hospital. A
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    DEATH OF MR. W. JENNINGS
    44 7 Print?n? lng 44 P re^ oVemmen t t~£ i g mce The 'uneral Mr. Jennings was a former general manager of the Times of Malaya Press, Ipoh, of vhlch his eldest brother the late Mr. Jack Jennings was proprietor.
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    RUBBER PRICE
    73 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.The Chief Secretary Federauon Government, today announced that the price of r ubber for purposes of assessing Customs duties has been fixed at $1.68*i per lb. for trie period May 17 to May 23 a ther prices are: c °P r a. Per ton; coconut oil.
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    DRUNK—FOUGHT
    38 7 DRUNK— FOUGHT From Our Own Correspondent TAIPING, Thurs.— Pleading guilty to fighting in the Taiping Amusement Park, Charan Singh and Natchamuthu were fined $10 each. Both said they were drunk and did not know what they were doing.
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    50 7 \!\R. J. A. Harvey, Singa"l pore Rural Board Chairman, yesterday presented members of the Board and Press with "rainbow"' multi-coloured pencils which he invented. Mr. Harvey is going home on leave on May 29 and v.'ll be succeeded by Mr. A. B Ramsay, of the Federation Government.
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    VSC WANT 20 WOMEN SPECIALS
    258 7 VSC WANT 20 WOMEN SPECIALS T3E Singapore Volunteer Special Constabulary want 20 women volunteers to look after women and children in an emergency. The Adjutant of the Constabulary, Mr. J.G. Watson, ASP., told the Straits Times yesterday: "During the December riots we found that we could do with more women
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    K.L. SIREN TEST
    19 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Another siren test will be held in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday and Sunday.
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    CAN'T AGREE—11 FLYING HOME
    106 7 CAN'T AGREE— 11 FLYING HOME J7JLEVEN Japanese seamen who arrived in Singapore last week on their way to Brazil, will be flown back to Japan from Kallang airport today. The reason is that the with the Brazilian' members of the crew of the light tanker Salte 53, which arrived In
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    First Asian to be 'Governor'
    145 7 lt| R. Tan Chin Tuan, vice-president of the Singapore Legislative Council, will preside over part of the Council meeting on Tuesday. He will be the first Asian in Malaya if not in the Commonwealth to sit in the chair normally occupied by a Governor or
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    Judgment for Gian Singh
    120 7 Judgment in favour of Gian Singh and Co., Singapore, was made in the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday after an inquiry into the disposal of 31 bales of cloth. Sze Huat and Co. of Singapore, which contested the claim, lodged an appeal. Execution of the order
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    HAD TODDY: $30
    31 7 PORT DICKSON. Thurs.— M. Karuppiah, 35. was fined $30 by the Port Dickson Magistrate for possession of one and a half gallons of fermented toddy In a Jar
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    IGNORED SIGNAL
    25 7 stuAMAT, Thurs. A Singapore van driver, Fazal Karim, aged 31, was fined $10 at Segamat yesterday for failing to observe a traffic signal.
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    THEY HAVE SOUVENIRS
    58 7 RUSSIAN sailors from the three-ship flotilla now in lK>rt spent a happy day yesterday buying souvenirs in Singapore. Crew members we r e seen In the above picture after their day's tour. The most popular reminders of Malaya turned out to be shoes, closely followed by nylons
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    Secret poll for new Executive
    192 7 Secret poll for new Executive rE Royal Instructions, amending the Constitution of Singapore and enabling the election of two Unofficial members of the Legislative Couhcil to the Executive Council, were gazetted last night. The election will be held during Tuesday's meeting of the Council. The expanded Executive Council will include
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    HUNT STARTS FOR CAR VANDALS
    32 7 Singapore police are determined to catch the men who damage parked owner-driven cars in a bid to keep them from parking lots, a spokesman said last night.
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    3 Asians get hon. degree of L. D.
    447 7 3 Asians get hon. degree of L. D. A MALAY co-operative officer, a Chinese doctor and a Cninese banker are the first Asians to receive honorary degrees from the University of Malaya. These will be conferred on them at a Convocation in Singapore on July 14. They are Dato Haji
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    AOC SEES RAF HIT RED CAMP
    129 8 AOC SEES RAF HIT RED CAMP UAMPIRES of the Royal Air Force in Malaya destroyed a bandit rest camp in Johore yesterday. The Air Officer Commanding the R.A.F. in Malaya, Air Vice-Marshal R. S. Blucke. watched the operation from his Devon communications plane. Later, at the Vampires' base, the Air
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    THE JOSEPHS LEAVE TODAY
    78 8 To the strains of "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow," the president of the Singapore Teachers Training College Association, Mr. D. Thambivah, yesterday proposed the :oast at a snack party given to Mr. and Mrs. J. D; Joseph, before their departure for Britain on long leave.
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    BELMONT ROAD TO BE REPAIRED
    60 8 The Singapore Rural Board yesterday decided to take over and repair Belmont Road, the cost of which would be recovered from the frontagers. The Board also decided to construct a drain along the crown reserve parallel to Swiss Club Road. The cost would be recovered
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    SHOWS ALLOWED DURING RAMTHAN
    68 8 From Oar Staff Correspondent. ALOR STAR. Tburs. TINEMA shows will not be banned in Kedah during: the Muslim fasting month. Bat entertainments of all forms will not be permitted between 6 p.m. on Thursdays and 6 p.m. on Fridays throughout the Ramthan (fasting) month. This has
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    HURT IN CRASH
    39 8 TELUK ANSON. Thurs. Miss Anne Chin, aged 31. second daughter of Mr. Chin Leong Seng, a wellknown businessman of Teluk Anson. was injured in a motor accident on Tuesday morning. She was removed to the hospital.
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    CONSORTING CHARGE
    56 8 From Our Own Correspondent. TAIPINO, Thurs. B hue Yeow Kwang. 19, was committed by the Taiping Magistrate, Inche Abdul Aziz, for trial at the Perak Assizes on three charges of possessing a 32 pistol, six rounds of .32 ammunition and 11 shotgun cartridges, and for consorting with bandits
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    BUDDHISTS'WESAK' PLANS
    276 8 BUDDHISTS' WESAK' PLANS No decision on pig-killing in Singapore SINGAPORE'S pig: slaughterers have not been approached to stop killing: pigs on the eve of the Buddhist Wesak Full Moon Day on Sunday although Penang's slaughterers have agreed to this request. The Penang request was in accordance with Lord Buddha's first
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    Rubber decision due next week
    152 8 AN announcement on the Singapore Government's decision regarding Britain's request for a Malayan embargo on rubber exports to China will be made early next week, a spokesman said last night. Earlier, rubber circles were disappointed that the Executive Council, which met yesterday, did not discuss
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    Murder Victim: estate claim
    379 8 Murder Victim: estate claim A CLAIM for $23,861 was A brought against the estate of Mr. Yong Yit tin, the former president of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce, by Dr. Suat Chuan Yin and others, in the Singapore High Court, yesterday. Mr. Yong, who was murdered on May 25.
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    Penang first vote record: good start
    279 8 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Thursday. T«E Federal Member for Health, Dr. Lee Tiang Keng, and two Settlement Councillors, Dr. N. K. Menon and Mr. N. Ponnudurai, were among the earliest batch of Penang people who registered todav as voters on the Settlement's first
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    Rice retailer charged
    97 8 LIM Siang Poh and Tan Ah Chlan. the proprietor and shop assistant of Chop Siang Hln at Spottiswood Park Road, were charged in the Third Police Court yesterday with selling 38 katls and two tahilg of rice of Tung Mel Shiew for $10.73 cLs. which was 81}
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    DRIVE FOR VOTERS
    34 8 The Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce will meet on Monday to discuss olans for enlisting Chinese :n the Colony to register themselves as voters for the Municipal and Legislative Council elections.
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    FAMILY PLANNING DELAYED IN K.L.
    98 8 From Our SUrT Correspondent. KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. THE setting up of family planning clinics in Kuala Lumpur will be held up indefinitely, it was announced at a meeting of the Municipal Finance Committee today. Dr. (Mrs.)- S. Kin ah an who wu to hav« organised
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    27 8 SIR HENRY GURNET, High Commissioner for the Federation, trying- a tractor which has been rented by R.I.D.A. to padi planters at Tanjong Karang to work their land.
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      WITHOUT ROSE TINTED GLASSES
      633 9  -  BRUCE FRASER talking about FILMS pKW French films come to Malaya, and most of them for private showing under the auspices of the Alliance Fran caise. All the more credit therefore to Shaw Brothers, who have defied the accepted rules for Malayan boxoffice success and brought
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      Gable & Mitchum Team Up
      226 9 Gable Mitchum Team Up HOLLYWOOD REPORTER fLARK GABLE has shelved his independ ent picture plans maybe for good. With the proposed increased taxation on capital gains, the headaches of making your own pictures are not worth the diminishing dollar return. Clark Will have Robert Milchurn costaning in his 7 Wayne
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      Hollywood Rediscovers The Bible
      500 9 UOLLYWOOD has rediscovered the Bible as one of the great sources of spectacular motion pictures. The good book, virtually untapped since the twenties when "Th? Ten Commandments." "Ben Hur,' "King of Kings" and "Sign of the Cross made movie history, has be?n getting a thorough thumbing.
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    More Widespread Asia War Threat
    476 10  -  JOHN L. SPRINGER -By CK>R the first time last week, Chinese Communists began referring pointedly to the Allied "sanctuary" in Japan the area, at present free from Communist attack, at which United Nations forces can build up manpower and supplies for their Korean operation. Sudden
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    Steel Men Spy On Mosquitoes
    308 10  - Steel Men Spy On Mosquitoes THOMAS HENRY By STEEL meri are helping solve the mosquito problems of the North American forest lands. They are stainless steel dummies, dressed in wool sweaters and jerkins, each filled with 100 pounds of water and kept at a constant temperature of 98 degrees. They
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      414 10 Today's Radio SINGAPORE Mendelssohn. Grieg); 10.30 Dance Music; 11 Close. 10 ajn. News from KI.; 10.10 RRr (oai Close; 1 pjn. Radio Orch.; 1.30 S LA 4 5 redd y Martin Orch.; 7 JO ajn. "Radio Newsreel"; 7.45 2 Light Music; 2.30 "UnlTerslty of 'Adventures of P.C. 49"- 815 Inthe
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    STOCKS
    329 11 LONDON, Thurs. THE international situation weighed heavily on the London Stock Exchange today. Buyer s were again holdIng off and smaH speculative sales created minor losses in most sections. Terms of the £5.000.000 World Bank loan 3J'r stock 1966-71 at £97 per cent, were considered competitive with existing levels
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    H.K. EXCHANGE
    35 11 HONG KONG, Thurs. pREE market currency exchange for Honjr Kong dollars was quoted at the close today as follows: US$l HK$6.2l> 7 tcash> HKJ6.2S': (T>: £i HK$l5.BO- one tahil of gold HKS32I' ..—UP.
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    CANADIAN DOLLAR
    33 11 rpHE Malayan Excnange Banks Association announced at the week-end that control direct rates for Canadian dollars were- Buvin* T.T. 35'k. Airmail (OJ)> 35't. 190 darst 355; SHllng T.T. O.D. readr 34\.
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    RUBBER CROPS
    19 11 APRIL rubber crops announced in Ib are: Malaka Pinda fist. 48.680 New Scudal 41,000 Suloh Fst. 10.555
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    TIN: *****/2 A PICUL
    36 11 SINGAPORE, Thurs., May 17—55C7.50 (unchanged). £1,155 a ton in London LONDON. May 17.—Cash Bayers £1.155; Sellers £1,166; Forward Buyers £1.130; Sellers £1.155: Settlement £1,154; (up£2o). Turn-over: a.m. 45 tons. p.m. 40 tons.
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    RUBBER MARKET
    244 11 G.S.A. lowers its prices again; finds no sellers From A Market Correspondent r THE Singapore rubber market opened yesterday at 'ten cents below Wednesday's close of $1.55 a lb. Only a small amount of business was reported. The General Services Administration again reduced its prices by one cent
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    The Produce Market
    135 11 From A Market Correspondent. rE Singapore copra market opened slightly lower yesterday with buyers at »45 U a plcul, but it steadied later In the day with some business reported at 946 a picul. The market closed with buvers at *45\ and sellers at 146',. Coconut oil
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    Malayan shares
    248 11 Malayan shares A few Tins show improvement A FEW Tin shares showed a slight improvement in the Malayan share market yesterday. Rubbers and Industrials were inclined to ease. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association were: m'imuhu ■»y«r» Gammoui 1 go M. CoK» l.tt Rafl>s Hotel a so S'por*
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    15% INTERIM FOR K.M.S. RUBBER
    27 11 KMS. (Malay States) Rubber o Plantations directors have declared an interim dividend of 15 jser cent., less tax payable on June 27.
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    Shipping in the Roads and alongside
    206 11 CHIPS in the Singapore Roads and alongside the Singapore Harbour Board godowns at 4 pju. yesterday were: Outer Roads: Hal Hsuan, Salte 52, Salte 53, Chong Ya. Admiral Chase, Hai Hingh, Salte S3. Hiwasse. Geddington Court, Mui Ann, Samnrinda. North Star, Yangtse. Waibalong. Merkur.
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    FOX'S HORSES WORK BEST AT B.TIMAH
    920 12  - FOX'S HORSES WORK BEST AT B.TIMAH EPSOM JEEP Good use made of Ideal conditions By SINGAPORE trainers, anxious to take advantage 1 of good going while they, can get it, gave their horses some useful work when training started in ideal conditions at Bukit Timah yesterday for the Singapore Turf
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    40 12 RANDOLPH TURPIN, British and European middleweight champion (right) tries to get in with a straight left in his fight against Dutchman Jan de Bruin at Coventry, London on May 7. Turpin knocked out de Bruin in six rounds. Popper picture.
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    S.C.S. score five without reply
    100 12 Singapore Cold Storage S.C. ran out easy five-nil winners in their Business Hse. B tie against Bata S.C. on the Y.M.C.A. ground yesterday. Murray, Cold Storage outsideleft played an outstanding game, scoring two goals. Mazuki, their inside-leTt, also scored two goals. Murray opened the scoring
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    Gloucester follow on v. tourists
    366 12 BRI8TOL, Thurs. THE South African cricket tourists were in a commanding position at close of the second day's play against Gloucestershire here today. Declaring at their overnight total of 388 for nine, the tourists dismissed the county for 207. In the follow-on Gloucester had lost
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    India want 2 Malayans for tourney
    137 12 From Our Staff Correspondent. KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. India may again see two Malayan badminton stars In action at the open badminton championships in Bombay this year. The Cricket Club of India have invited the Badminton Association of Malaya to send them "two leading players
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    Archers for world shoot
    162 12 rE Singapore Archery Club will take part in this year's Seefab Annual International Contest. This was announced at the annual general meeting of the club held on Wednesday. The contest will be shot here next month and the results will be posted to Denmark where the
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    SELETAR WIN 2-0
    30 12 In a United Services League soccer match played at Seletar yesterday, R.A.F Seletar defeated Lodger Units by two goals to nil. Hamxah and Murray were the scorers.
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    Far East Command Golf: Army v RAF
    218 12 REPRESENTATIVES of the Army and the Royal Air Force from Far East Command will play a golf match at the Royal Singapore Golf Club on Wednesday. It will be the postwar revlva. of a. popular pre-war annual competition. Each Service will be repiesenled
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    WEEKEND CRICKET SIDES
    462 12 FOLLOWING are cricket teams for the weekend: S.C.R.C. Tomorrow rolice al Honf Mm Green al tMi Khoo Ong Lee. Cbua Eng Cheng Wong Slew Choon. Francis Lee. A'.ex Tan. Chu» Kee Meng. B. L. Chua. Lian Fook Choon, Ho Ail l.oke Lim Cheng Ean. A. N. Other.
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    ONG, MARJAN BACK SOON
    94 12 QNG POH LIM Ismail bin Marjan, the Singapore ana Malayan badminton doubles champions who participated in the All-England championships will leave London for Singapore by air next Tuesday. Mr. L. A. Edwards, President of the Colony's Bournemouth B.P. told the Straits Times that the Poh Lim-Marjan
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    SIONG 800 XI TO FLY UP FOR GAME
    64 12 Siong 800 Athletic Association will meet a Kluang XI in a charity soccer match to be played at Kluang tomorrow. (Saturday) in aid of the Kluang Sports Council fund. The Siong 800 team will be flying to Kluang tomorrow at 2.30 p.m.
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    SCOTLAND, WALES WIN NARROWLY
    34 12 LONDON, Thurs. The results of Festival of Britain international soccer matches played yesterday were: Scotland 1 Prance 0 (played at Hampden Park) Wales 3 Switzerland 2 (played at Wrexham) Reuter.
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    Adams's hat-trick gives BOD victory
    326 12 A FINE hat-trick by centre-forward Adams* enabled 8.0.D.C.A. to score an unexpected four-two win over Chinese Athletics in an S.A.F.A. Senior League same at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. I 8.0.D.C.A. 's fine form came 1 as a surprise after their sorry display against the S.C.C.
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    DUNDEE UNITED PLAYER HERE
    97 12 THU recent arrival in Singapore of a former Scottish Football League player hai raided new hopes of strengthening the Colony Malaya Cap team. A S.A.K.A. official yesterday Mia that Gathrie. who will play for H.M. Dockyard, is reported U have played aa inside right for Dundee.
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    Sports Diary
    53 12 SOCCER: DIV. 1: R.E.M.E. v KoU Raja at Stadium: DIV. 3A: Mental Hosp. R.C. v Hotspurs at Gey lane; BI'SINESS HSE. LGE. A: Stan vac v r A N at V.M BUSINESS HSE. LGE. B: Guthrie S.C. T N.T.S. at F N; JENKINS CUP: Mansfield 'Married t Single*'
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    13 major ropmes for S.S.C. galas
    550 12 13 major ropmes for S.S.C. galas By Our Aquatics Correspondent major trophies will be at stake in this 1 year's championship galas of the Singapore Swimming Club, the first of which will be held at the club poo] on Saturday, May 26, starting at 3 p.m. Pride of place among
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    MULLEY TO RIDE FOR SHAW AT S'PORE MEET
    168 12 ft I STR All AN jockey Athol Mulley. who rode Mr. Runmr Sbaw's Great World to victory in the Rand wick Jubilee Cup in Sydney on May 9. will arrive in Singapore next Monday by plane to ride for Mr. Shaw in
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      29 12 SINGAPORE TIDES TODAY: 8.22 am (7.3), 8.48 pm (7.7); 3.16 am (3.3), 2.32 pm (2.8). TOMORROW: 9.21 am (7.8). 9.21 pm (8.1); 3.02 am (2.4), 3 18 pm (3ft.).
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