The Straits Times, 2 June 1951

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 1951. PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS.
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    CIVILIAN AID IN BANDIT WAR
    593 1 'Now dare to give us news 9 Griffiths From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Friday. gPEAKING of the anti-bandit war in Malaya, the Colonial Secretary, Mr. James Griffiths yesterday said: "One of the most encouraging things of the past few months has been that we have
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    64 1 PART of the fuselage of the crashed R.A.F. plane lying beside the gutted kitchen of a smallholding where 16 peopie narrowly escaped. BELOW: Mr A. F. W. Andren, inspector of Accidents, Department of Civil Aviation mn^J^S? of J he Auster crash in Malacca yesterday morning. Standing beside him is Mr.
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    'Not a bit frightened'
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    U.N. re-take town lost for a day
    145 1 fTNITED NATIONS troops probed^orwa'rd* along the whole Korean front today and In tfe east central sector a patrol re-entered Yaneim It did not meet the bitter resistance the Commimists had been putting up there in the past two days Allied troops had been
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    19 HURT ON EVE OF SAFETY WEEK
    61 1 THERE were 19 road accidents in Singapore on the eve of Safety First Week which begins today. Although none were seri•us a Chinese boy was admitted into the General Hospital after being knocked down by a lorry. The accidents took place during the
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    S.A. MAY GO REPUBLIC
    50 1 CAPETOWN, Fri. The South African Premier, Dr. Malan, last night said that British interference in South .Africa's internal affairs might drive her to establish a free independent Republic. He was referring to overseas criticism of South Africans as persecutor of the rronwhite section of the population.—Reuter.
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    NOTORIOUS RED CHIEF KILLED
    189 1 From Our Staff Correspondent K«^ e.x^ KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. t»Nt» SANG, a notorious Kuala Lumpur terrorist chief, wanted for two murders and two grenade throwing incidents, was killed last night with a member of his gang when they were cornered by £om the"" 11 1 P
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    He left dollar to daughters
    63 1 LOS ANGELES Fri jyjAURICE Costello, first of the silent screen idols, who in 1938 sued his film star daughter Dolores for support left one dollar in his will. His other daughter Helene, was also bequeathed one dollar. The remainder of his USS219 estate was left
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    HK HUNT KILLERS
    27 1 HONO KONG. Fri. Kong Kong police today detained about 80 Chinese in a manhunt for the killers of two Chinese constables shot on Monday.—Reuter.
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    HIS BAT WAS NO HANDICAP
    73 1 HIS BAT WAS NO HANDICAP fOHNNY LEACH, the 2Btl year-old all-England and world singles table tennis champion, gave a unique exhibition of the game at the Happy World stadium last night. During the evening, he asked the women present if they wanted to play against him A European lady volunteered.
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    U.S. CUT IN TIN PRICE
    73 1 WASHINGTON, Fri The Government today cut the domestic price of tin from U.S. $1.39 to U.S. 1.36 per pound in a new move to force met 5 W rld PriCe of the Mr W. Stuart Symington new head of th.c Reconstruction Finance Corporation announced the
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    38 MINERS FOUND DEAD IN PIT
    38 1 EASINGTON, County Durwor n kin Frl H R "cue teams anri dan 8 er °us fumes aeravais^cii sresss* in Tuesday>s whlsw hl5 !f ft 43 stm mining 900 feet underground.— Ren rpr
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    DE VALERA LEADS
    24 1 DUBLIN, Fri.—Former Premier Eamon de Valera's Fianna Fail Party forged well ahead today in the vote count up new Irish Parliament-
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    'U.K. profiting by war in Korea'
    113 1 'U.K. profiting by war in Korea' Mr. Raymond Blackburn a former Labour member who caused a Parliamentary sensation lost month by attacking British rubber deliveries to China, returned to the fray in an adjournment debate. He called for a blockade of all war materials going to China. Sir Hartley Shawcross
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    Quake shakes Luzon
    12 1 MANILA, Fri.—An earthquake shook Northern Luzon U>day. damaging buildings.—
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    19 1 d RR T 72» rt* Ch« Bnr Seng, with his wife {£W^ mouisWttt»em ou i5Wttt»e wrf-jr r home. afUr
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    YUGOSLAVIA AID
    26 1 LONDON, Fri. American, British and French officials in conference here have now agreed in principle to £50,000,000 economic aid to Yugoslavia, it was dlacloaed
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    Two notes by Truman
    102 1 LONDON, Fri Truman today A made an attempt to ;:ei.tle the Persian oil crisis I oy sending personal messages 10 the Persian and the British Prime Ministers calling it the opening of negotlai message to Dr. Moham-mi-u Mossadeq, delivered in Teheran today by the United states
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    2 DIE, 1 HURT IN R.A.F. CRASH AT TENGAH
    542 1 Plane demolishes home TWO of the crew were killed and a third injured when a R.A.F. Brigand bomber, on an exercise flight, crashed near Tenirah aerodrome yesterday. ft nrf T^Sn b H Ot K^ S and their wives and 12 children
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    Mr. Lie seeks Red reply on ceasefire in Korea
    170 2 Mr. Lie seeks Red reply on ceasefire in Korea OTTAWA, Fri. UNITED Nations Secre tary-General, Mr. Trygve Lie, today urged the Communists to say whether they would agree to a cease-fire in Korea in the vicinity of the 38th Parallel. At the same time, Mr. Lie warned that if the
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    Duke opens London tin centre
    152 2 Duke opens London tin centre LONDON, Fri REPRESENTATIVES of tin producers from all over the world saw the Duke of Gloucester open the new laboratories of the International Tin Research Institute here yesterday. The Institute is the headquarters of the Tin Research and Development Council, an organisation maintained by tin
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      Wants specs same colour as panties
      260 2 A WOMAN with a liking for spectacles the same colour as her panties brought first a stare, then a faint blush, to the face of Mr. C. May, a London optician. At his shop in the heart of London's famous fashion centre, he received
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      EX-MAHARAJAH THEFT VICTIM
      53 2 WALTON, Surrey, Fri. rpHIEVES who broke into X the home of the deposed Maharajah of Baroda yesterday stole three fur coats worth £20,000 Furs worth several thousand pounds were stolen on Tuesday from the house of the late Maharajah of Rajpipla at Windsor, 10 miles further up
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      KARENS LOSE STRONGHOLDS
      51 2 RANGOON, Fri.— Burmese Army operations against the Karen rebels are "progressing well" in the Toungoo area, 150 miles north of Rangoon, where two rebel strongholds have been reoccupted, a Burmese Army communique said yesterday. The operations are directed against renewed activity by the insurgents in the area.—
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    'NASTY LETTER' IS DEFENDED
    136 2 WASHINGTON, Friday. JUNIOR Lieutenant William Evans jr., aged 29. dismissed by the Navy for writing a "very nasty" anti-administration letter, yesterday defended his action by saying that his oath required him la defend the nation "against all enemies at home and abroad." I He told a
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    66 2 TWO OF THE armed Arabs who live, in the Israel-iyria border area, scene of Arab- Jew clashes over the Lake Huleh drainage scheme. The scheme, operated by the Jews, was recently halted by the U.N. Security Council, pending an investigation into Arab complaints that the Jews were chasing them off
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    Syrians shoot
    23 2 DAMASCUS, Fri. An Israeli fighter aircraft was shot down by Syrian fighters over Syrian territory yesterday. The pilot was killed. UP.
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    China SOS for tanks
    88 2 SAN FRANCISCO. Fri. THE Peking radio said yes1 terday that a Chinese Communist delegation back from the Korean front reported that planes, tanks. ?uns, anti-aircraft guns, anti-tank guns, trucks and cars were needed. The broadcast was somewhat unusual, since the Chinese Communists do not ordinarily advertise
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    Bergman's marriage challenged
    106 2 Bergman 's marriage challenged ROME, Fri. THE validity of film star Ingrid Bergman's marriage to Roberto Rosselini was challenged in Rome's superior court yesterday where a public prosecutor asked that the film director's former marriage be declared valid in Italy. If the court should agree, Miss Bergman's marriage to Rosselini
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    U.S. TO SEND 50 AIR GROUPS
    59 2 MINNEAPOLIS, *ri.— Most U.S. Air Force tactical units, now more than 50 groups, will be available to the North Atlantic defence force, Mr. Thomas K. Finletter, Secretary for Air, said yesterday. He warned that unless estimates were incorrect the Communists had a substantial force
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    U.S: DON'T LET POLES GET TANKERS
    62 2 LONDON, Fri. THE United States Is 1 seeking to bloek delivery to Poland of two new oil tankers now being buflt in Britain, in formed sources said last nigtit. The approach to Britain so far has been informal. A Board of Trade official said
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    BIG RED ATTACKS IN I-C
    277 3 'Foreigners in Vietminh ranks 9 say witnesses SAIGON, Friday. yiETMINH troops— 4o,ooo strong— today renewed their attack in the southwest of the French-held Tongking delta. The attack came following a five-day battle to break through the French defences in the delta. Yesterday French troops, outnumbered
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    Defence delegate
    32 3 WELLINGTON, Frl.— Prime Minister Sidney Holland announced today that the Minister of Defence, Mr Thomas Mac Donald, will attend the Commonwealth Defence Minister conference in London on June 21.— ReuterA.A.P.
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    Empire to discuss defence
    136 3 LONDON, Fri. THE conference of Defence Ministers of Britain, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Southern Rhodesia >vill begin in London on June 21. An announcement said the Ministers will "consider certain defence problems arising in regions of common concern to these countries, including the Middle
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    Korea: 'no peace move'
    87 3 Korea: 'no peace move LAKE SUCCESS, Fri. NEITHER the United Nations Good Offices Committee nor the 14-nation Committee which meets in Washington appear to be contemplating any new moves for peace in Korea, spokesmen for these two groups said today. Rumours that peace moves were being made in Korea were
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    ACTION SETTLED OUT OF COURT
    61 3 HONGKONG. Fri. Action brought by the Entertainment Enterprises Limited of Singapore against the Hongkong branch of the Chinese National Amateur Athletic Federation has been settled out of court. The claim was for HK55,071 being the balance money due and payable by thjj defendants' football team
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    QUITS HOSPITAL
    32 3 WASHINGTON. Frl.-Rober* A. Vogler. American businessman imprisoned for more than 17 months by Hungary will be released from the Navys Bethesda Maryland Hospital today after a four-wi't-k convalescence.— U P
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    DRIVERS RETURN TO WORK
    107 3 DRIVERS RETURN TO WORK LONDON, Fri. ]Vf ANY of the 13.080 British long distance lorry drivers, who have been on strike since Monday, were returning to work today. The whole nationalised transport system was expected to be running at full pressure again tomorrow, following a vote to return passed by
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    CHANGES PROPOSED IN KENYA CHARTER
    169 3 LONDON, Friday. T>HE Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. James Griffiths, announced yesterday that he proposed to set up a body to consider what changes should be made in the constitution of the British colony of Kenya, East Africa It would represent all groups
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    Round world in 30 days
    95 3 LONDON, Fri. A BRITISH sports car left this morning on the first stage of a 30,000-mile round the world trip in 30 days The car, an A-40 Austin sports model of 1,200 cc was heading for a Kent airfield to be picked up and ferried
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    U.S. lawyer 'disappears'
    71 3 HONG KONG, Fri. A SHIPPING executive whr. reached Hong Kong from Bhanghal said that Mr. R. T. Bryan, the American attor- '> ney, who was arrested several months ago, has disappeared Mr. Bryan, who once served as attorney for the Old Shanghai Municipal Council, I was held
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    Gold seized in S'pore ship
    47 3 HONG KONG, Frl. POLICE seized yesterday 1,500 taels of gold and 400 taels of opium valued at about $500,000 aboard the Inter-Ocean Lines ship Tasman a few hours before she was due to sail for Singapore. The gold was hidden in an
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    Unions urge ban
    35 3 KARACHI. Pakistan, Fri.— Leaders of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, representing 10,000,000 workers in 11 Asian countries, called on all governments today to ban war supplies to the Chinese Communists.—U.P.
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    BOMBS AT MEETING
    32 3 TEAR GAS bombs were thrown at a meeting of anti-Moscow Communists m Paris. Here a gas victim is being carried out while the meeting; ends in uproar. A.P. picture.
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    Four doctors see the King
    185 3 T LONDON, Friday. HE King has catarrhal inflammation of the lung, it was officially announced from Buckingham Palace today. A bulletin signed by four doctors said: "The King ha s been confined to his room for the past week with an attack of SSS,, Th
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    Gable sued for divorce
    42 3 SANTA MONICA, California. Friday. \jADY Sylvia Ashley filed a suit for divorce here today against film star Clark Gable on charges of mental cruelty. The complainant said they were married in December 1949 and separated last Saturday.— VJ*.
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    10 against wider pact
    64 3 LONDON, Friday. TEN nations have expressed doubts about the wisdom of bringing the Turks and Greeks into the Atlantic pact, officials said yesterday. They said only the United States and Italy are in favour of. admission. Turkey and Greece are already associate members of the pact.
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    I.A.F. CRASH
    36 3 BOMBAY. Fri.— The pilot of an Indian Air Force Tempest fighter died yesterday when his aircraft crashed in the Arabian Sea, during exercises with seven Indian Navy ships a naval message reported here.— Reuter.
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    FLAME GREETING FOR BIRTHDAY
    36 3 MARSHAL TITO. Yugoslavia's Chief of State, receiving one of the relay runners at the White Palace, Belgrade, when "flaming greetings" were brought t» him on the occasion of his 59th birth day.
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    Russia gets British electrical gear
    90 3 rfcRTTATM v, LONDON, Friday. Sl^ Hartley Shawcross told i ffr ouse of Com mons that iiki first three months of 1 nl, y. ear Britain also sent 4,061 tons of rubber to the soviet union and 14,425 tons irom Malaya. 1 wa s maintaining such
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    Yard men on Royal guardin Belfast
    215 3 Yard men on Royal guardin Belfast BELFAST, Ireland, Fri. of police lined the route and two police cars headed the procession when Queen Elisabeth and Princess Margaret drove in an open car through Belfast today. Tight security precautions were in force because of threats from Irish Nationalists agitating for the
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    Under-20sin casualties
    109 3 r LONDON, Fri. E War Secretary, Mr. John Strachey, was asked In a written question yesterday how many men under 20 had become casualties in Malaya and Korea and their length of service. Mr. Strachey said between May 1, 1948 and Mar. 31, 1951 in Malaya 47 with
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    URANIUM FIND
    20 3 NEW DELHI, Fri.— lndiin scientists are investigating uranium deposits in Udaipur. Central India, authoritative sources said today.— Reuter
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    More aid for Far East
    76 3 mzj WASHINTON. Friday. T«HE E.C.A. yesterday anX nounced the following allocations: Nationalist China (Formosa)—USsl,96o,ooo for ocean transportation and nitrogenous fertiliser from the US Canada Belgium, the Netherlands, Austria and West Germany. Burma U551,211,000 tor construction, mining and conveying equipment from the U.S., the Netherlands, Japan
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    DOLLARS SMUGGLED IN PAPERS
    47 3 MANILA, Fri. POSTAL officials have unearthed what Is believed to b* a racket of smuggling They have found $5 andi $10 notes between pages of local Chineae papers addre<-l Investigators said they have found 44 notes totalling $325 to date, but believe «mugglers
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    PENANG TRADERS DENY PORT IS ADEQUATE
    255 4 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Friday. DENANG commercial leaders today challenged the statement by Mr. D. F. Allen, shipping adviser to the Commissioner-General, that port facilities in Penang are "at present sufficient." "Mr Allen's report might have been correct when he wrote it last
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    JOHORE SCOUT FOR AUSTRIA
    33 4 PATROL LKADES Ibrahim hi Hiii /ihdul Ma.iid. of the Government English School, Muar, who will represent Johore at the World Scout Jamboree in Austria next A'iri'st.— l.im Photo Studio
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    FRIENDS LEFT HIM TO DIE
    119 4 From Our Own Correspondent TAIPING, Friday. RADZI bin Haji Yassin, shot on a wild boar hunt, was left dying under a tree by three companions, the Taiping Magistrate was told today. Mat Rus bin Pandak, Sha Cha Thew and Jamaluddin bin Eshak, all of Batu
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    18 cts. EXCESS COST SHOPKEEPER $160
    79 4 IN a retrial ordered by the High Court. Tan Yanjj Mriig, managing partner of a sundry shop in Sorangoon Knad, Singapore, was fined a total of Sl6O in the Third r> i<;< rict Court yesterday. He was found guilty by Mr. S. E. Teh.
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    ROBBERY BID CHARGE
    59 4 Son Sf-njj Eng, aged 19, oi North Bridge Road, was tentativrly charged before Mr. v Claque In the Singapon Fourth Police Court yesterday with attempted armed robbery ot Tampenis Road on May 2? He was alleged to have been armed with a 6-inch kntfp In <■• iinany
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    Rover crew den opens today
    48 4 <>nr Own Correspondent. TELUK ANSON. Fri.— The tin of the First Lower Perak B rer Crew will be officially opened at the Teluk Anson flock Tower at 7.30 p.m. tomorrow. Senior Scout officials. ra and Scouts from I rak will attend the cereii.or.y.
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    WATCHMAN STOLE MAGAZINE
    51 4 Govindasamy Rasu, a watchman employed by the tinKapore Harbour Board, p loaded guilty in the Singapore Third Police Court yesicrday to a charge of stealing a copy of Saturday Evening Post magazine valued at 50 cents. Sentence was postponed to June 8. He was offered ball In
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    C.I.D. DETAIN 16
    28 4 Singapore C. I. D. antigambling squads detained 16 Chinese on Thursday night in two raids on gambling houses in Tras Street and New Maiket Road.
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    Broke into house charge
    59 4 Cher Yang Siew. aged 19. was tentatively charged before Mr. P. Claque in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesteroay with housebreaking shortly after midnight yesterday. Cher pleaded guilty to an alternative charge of dishonestly retaining articles which were suspected to be stolen property or fraudulently obtained.
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    COMMANDO BAND
    38 4 TAIPING, Fri. The dance band of the Rfyal Marines. No. 3 Commando Brigade, will play at the charity dance, at the Hokkien Hoay Kuan. Taipin£. tomorrow, in aid of the Larut and Matang Police Welfare Fund.
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    SPEEDING: $60
    22 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.— Atan bin Haji Mohd Shah was fined $60 in the police court for speeding along Jalan Scudai
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    FREE FILMS
    27 4 A series of free film shows will be screened at the Victoria Theatre for visitors to the Road Safety Exhibition from today till June 11.
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    Singapore Diary
    180 4 TODAY. FESTIVAL OF BRITAIN EXHIBITION*. U.E. Building, Rivtr Valley Road. 9 a.«— 6 p m. Supporting film at 3.30 p.m. Y.W.C.A.. Rafnes Quay: Business and Professional Women"! Club luncheon. 1.15 p.m. Y.M.C.A.. Orchard Ro-id: 61ksapore Chess Club 3 pan.: Movie Circle Show 'The Treasure of Sierra Madre" 8
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    LAYCOCK REVIVES HIS BILL
    142 4 LA YCOCK REVIVES HIS BILL F[E Lay cock (Marriage Age) Bill, designed to ban non-Muslim marriages in Singapore between those under the age of 16. is being re-introduced at the next meeting of the Singapore Legislative Council on June 18. The Bill, when introduced by Mr. John Laycock in the
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    NEW SCHOOL FOR MALACCA
    40 4 MALACCA, Fri. The Resident Commissioner, Mr. G. E. C. Wisdom, yesterday opened the new village school at Machap Umbor. Eighty children of squatters in the resettlement area and children of estate labourers are in the school.
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    He made improper suggestions: gaoled
    223 4 AFTER waking up the young wife, of a Malay soldier, who lived in the next room and whose husband he knew was away on duty, S. Govindasamy, a fitter, made improper suggestions to her, it was stated in the Singapore First District Court yesterday. Govindasamy,
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    S. C. GETS 6 MONTHS
    47 4 From Our Own Correspondent KLUANG, Fri. Special Constable Kasim bin Omar of Ulu Remis Estate was yesterday sentenced to six months' rigorous imprisonment for causing hurt to Ahmad bin Achl, another special constable, with a Sten gun. Kasim said the gun went
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    She beheaded rooster to prove claim to house
    52 4 TO prove that she was the tenant of a house, Moey Siew Kirn, defendant In a civil case, cut off the head of a white rooster outside Penang Sessions Court, while her daughter-in-law, the plaintiff (ri-rht) watches. The suit was withdrawn. Straits
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    Quality pines is Malaya's aim
    227 4 MALAYA is no longer satisfied with producinjj cheap canned fruit— pineapples— but is aiming at a quality product which will compete favourably with other canned fruit in world markets, said Mr. Yap Fli'eng Geek, chairman of the Central Board of Pineapple Packers, over Radio Malaya
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    MALACCA VOTERS
    27 4 MALACCA, Fri.—A total of 753 persons have registered as voters for the Municipal Elections, up to May 25. The Rr-'ist^r is open until June 25.
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    48 4 NICKNAMED "HANS" by the crew of the Norwegian freighter Nordhval, now in Singapore, (his two-year-old Siamese tiger is en route to Hagenbeck Zoo, Hamburg, with two elephant companions. Hans, awakened from his afternoon siesta by the popping of a flash bulb is snarling his disapproval.— Straits Times picture.
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    HE BEAT UP MAN IN BUS
    203 4 HE BEAT UP MAN IN BUS TWENTY-one-year-old Omar bin Ali, of Kulal, Johore was convicted by the Singapore Fourth District Judge. Mr. S. E. Teh, yesterday of rioting at Jalan Besar at 6 pjn. on Dec. 11 Chief Inspector C. W. Such, prosecuting, said that Omar had five previous convictions
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    3 police in crash —lieutenant dies
    132 4 3 police in crash lieutenant dies From Our SUIT Corrrespoo4e»t ALOR STAR, Pri. pOLICE-LIEUT. J. P Hugo. who was injured yesterday when a car driven by another police' officer crashed into a tree at Jalan Bakar Bat a, one mile from Alor Star. died last night in hospital. Two others,
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    Grandma Ong loses her daughter: Lim Sung dies of spinal T.B.
    393 5 Grandma Ong loses her daughter: Lim Sung dies of spinal T.B. ]y|ADAME Ong Kirn and her 10-year-old grandson, Koh Ah Toh, now live alone in the three-room hut that Singapore built for them behind the Changi Prison. Her daughter, Lim Sung, died on Thursday evening: of tuberculosis of the spine
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    ST. PATRICK'S OLD BOY
    33 5 ST. PATRICK'S OLD BOY -W t. ROY RKDRITP an old St. Patrick's School. Singapore, no w studying law n< I Micoln's Inn. who pass«d his <ir>t bar examination hfld in London in April.
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    DEAD MAN'S SON SEEKS REVENGE
    183 5 From Our Staff Correspondent mllftv/ KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. T I T hau Yoon S« son of Pulai's murdered Penjrhulu is out to avenge his father's murder. He is flying to Kuala Lumpur to begin training as His father Thong King Nyen. a British Empire Medai
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    CAMERA CLUB FORMED
    75 5 From Our Staff Correspondent SEREMBAN, Fri. Negri Sembilan photographers have decided to form a camera club. Its aims are to promote "the enjoyment, mastery and furtherance of photography through co-operative effort and good fellowship." Membership is open to all over 16 Entrance fee is $3 for adults
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    JOY AND SORROW IN 1 DAY
    122 5 THE birth of a daughter and 1 the wreck of his racing M.G. car made it a day of joy and sorrow for Capt. C O. Jennings, Kuala Lumpur Municipal Architect and one of Malaya's leading motor sport enthusiasts From Perth, Australia, came the
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    Nationality question
    92 5 THE Johore branch of the Peninsular Malays Union may call a special meeting to discuss the question of State Nationality. The branch, at a recent committee meeting, decided to urge Government to make Malay the official language of Malaya. The decision will be tabled fo r discussion at
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    BALL TICKETS ON SALE
    66 5 You can still buy tickets for the grand summer masquerade ball which Is being held tonight at the Victoria Memorial Hall, Singapore, proceeds of which will go to Boys' Town. Tickets are priced at $5 each. The ball which begins at 8.30 P-m. will go on
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    CONCRETE PIER AT PONGGOL
    44 5 Government Is calling for tenders for the constructloo of a $20.000-concret c pier at Ponggol Point, Singapore. This pier will serve holidaymakers going to the Ayer Biru holiday camp and Coney Island. It will also be used by neighbouring Islanders.
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    530 Govt posts: no local men for them
    213 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday THE Malayan Establishment Office i s finding it difficult to get professional men to fill the 530 vacant Government appointments. The oosts are being advertised in Britain as there arVno local men qualified. "Qualified men
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    Bill to aid hotel-keepers
    102 5 SINGAPORE hotel keepers will be able to sell by public auction any goods belonging to a lodger to cover overdue board or lodging fees if a Bill to provide relief for innkeepers is passed by the Legislative Council. The proposed legislation follows, icuh modifications, the English
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    80 police, army MORs celebrate
    202 5 80 police, army MORs celebrate EIGHTY Malay other ranks of the Army and Police met at the Capitol Blue Room yesterday to celebrate the first anniversary of the Police and Army (MORj Liaison Committee. "You are doing a tremendous job for your own country. Unity in Itself is most important
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    30 CENTS A DAY C.O.L.
    41 5 F 2SL,P! lr SUa Corespondent. PENANG. Fri.-About 200dally paid workers at the Straits Steamship Company's Prai dockyard in Province Wellesiey have accepted the management's offer of a flat rate of 30 cents a day cost-of-Hving allowance
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    New congress officials
    68 5 Officials of the Serangoon Local Indian Congress were elected at the fifth annual general meeting as follows: President: Mr. R. N. Kashyap vice-president: Mr. C. K. V PaniJcar, secreUry: Mr. T. K. Alexander, treasurer: Mr. m. p. veloo, committee: Messrs. Joginder Singh M Supplah. a. R. Oop»l.
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    AWANG, 15, PROTECTS BLIND FATIMAH
    278 5 AWANG, 15, PROTECTS BLIND FATIMAH From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. El O H T- YEAR-OLD Fatimah binte Sulaiman said of her first aeroplane trip "it felt just like being in a big Fatimah could not see that she was up in the air— she is blind. With Awang
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    Twelve paid holidays for city workers
    88 5 LABOURERS of the Singapore Municipality will now be able to take 12 days holiday with mil pay a year it, was decided by Municipal" Commissioners at their meeting on Thursday. They will also be eligible for leave with full pay on any three gazetted
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    Petition on compensation
    78 5 THE Singapore Government and Municipal Labour Union, with a membership of over 1.800. petitioned the Singapore Government yesterday to widen the scope of the Workmen's Compensation Ordinance The secretary of the union, Mr. P. K. Palayan, said that the present ordinance barred many of 'the relatives of
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    1,000 ATTEND CONCERT
    50 5 About 1,000 parents and schoolchildren attended the Wesley variety concert presented by the Women's Society of Christian Service at the Anglo-Chinese School last night. The programme included 12 items of songs, dances and plays one of which was "The Prize Money," produced by Mrs. H. B. Amstutz.
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    DEATHS
    178 6 THE FUNERAL of Messrs. R. Eyre W. F. Fitrpatrick and RM. Murphy, will take place at 10 a.m. today at Bidadan Cemetery. EYRE: On May 31st, near Malacca, as a result of a flyinu accident, Reginald Eyre, dearly loved husband of Alison. Funeral Bidadarl Cemetery, Saturday. 2nd June, at
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    32 6 MR. A MRS. GEORGE TAN BIEW SENG wish to thank all friends relatives, directors staff of Messrs Harrisons Crosficld (M) Ltd.. Spore, for their generous gifts presents, loan of cars. etc.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Sat., June 2, 1951. United Sua Betong
    464 6 The United Sua Belong rubber company, whose estates in the Port Dickson district are one of the showplaces of the plantation rubber industry, made a profit last year of £1.637,726 and has declared the very handsome dividend of 50
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    An antiquarian holiday
    856 6  -  By "PETERSON" IT is rather hard to expect a child to teli of its own birth, socontinuing our search for the early history of Singapore— we took a ship north to ask its elder brother, Penang. We wrote first to trie Penang Library, explaining the reasons lor
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    THE EUROPATICS
    809 6  -  By "CAPRICORN" I CAN never understand why the people of Asia object to being called Asiatics. However, if they wish, and if they must lump themselves together with one label round their necks. I shall be content to follow their whim and call them Asians. That is their
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    "CYNICUS"
    11 6 "CynJcoß" to on local l&ave, and his Saturday article will
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    Singaporeana
    836 6 rS column utters a loud and poignant "Hear hear" in support of Mr. E. V. Davies, who told the Municipal Commissioners on Thursday that there are quite enough places named after the Founder in this city already, and that the proposal to name the new road to the docks
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    MORE 'COURTESY COPS' FOR S'PORE PLANNED
    417 7 MORE 'COURTESY COPS' FOR S'PORE PLANNED At least 10 traffic offences have been committed by the various drivers and cyclists in this special picture taken by the Straits Times at the junction of North Canal Road and New Bridge Road. Singa- Ior traffic lic mc Pitted to the following offences:
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    Practical, says union chief
    121 7 MR. Lim Toh Nee, president lfl of Singapore Municipal Services Union, yesterday welcomed the Municipal Commissioners' decision to co-opt a representative of the union to the newly-appointed committee to revise salaries of permanent Municipal employees to bring them into line with Government scales. He said the
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    Everybody should see this show
    232 7 rE Governor of Singapore Sir Franklin Ghnson, will today open an exhibition that everybody m Malaya should e -^i ause Jt ml n t make the difference between life and death. It is the Safety First Exhibit on a t the Victoria Memorial Hall— and
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    6 ON MURDER CHARGE
    83 7 Six men were tentatively ge ij in the Singapore £"t Police Court yesterday wiA tn e murder of John William Davies while being members of an unlawful asS fZ? ly Q f at the Unction of Hugis Street and North Bridge tioad on Dec. 11 ntT£^
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    Chinese divers fear Jap ghosts
    295 7 A LEGEND that ghosts of Japanese haunt the flooded engine rooms of the 17,000-ton Horai Maru, Japanese ship torpedoed during the war ha c s h s wJ h ?.™*«r tting the shlp for scrap grope in the green darkness among the skeletons. Today, yet
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    130 GIVEN QUIT NOTICES
    154 7 130 GIVEN QUIT NOTICES QUIT notices, to come into effect at the end of this month, were served on 130 Chinese, Indian, Malay and Eurasian families living In the Burlington Hotel, Coleman Street. More than 500 people are living in the building. A member «f the legal firm representing the
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    New stove cooks by sawdust
    165 7 New stove cooks by sawdust A STOVE using sawdust fuel has been arrived in Singapore. The fuel it uses will cost an average family about $2.50 a month Cylindrical in shape and made of steel it is about twelve inches high and ten Inches in diameter. Such stoves are extensively
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    $20,000 BAIL
    44 7 Bail of $20,000 in two sureties until June 19 was granted in the Singapore First District Court yesteniay to Sim Chwee Chuan. who clainipcl trial to a charge of importing 174 pounds of raw opium; or alternatively to possession of the opium.
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    PROBLEMS OF A CHINESE MOTHER
    260 7 M P m ese mothers who went to the Singapore family planning clinics had never heard of contraception and expected to be given medicine or an injection, a woman doctor told the Straits Times yesterday. "After receiving advic half of them have come back to
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    S'pore stage club play
    130 7 CINGAPORES new amateur theatre group— The Stage Clvb is holding a get-to-gether meeting at Mac Donald House at 6 p. m. on June 11. to try out parts for a projected new play, J.B. Priestley's "The Linden Tree." "We are still open to sug- gestions," said
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    40% INTERIM FOR LAHAT MINES
    68 7 From Our Staff Corr respondent IPOH, Fri. J^AHAT Mines directors have declared an interim dividend of 40 per cent, less tax for the financial year to Mar. 31. 1951 It will be payable in London on June 21 1951. to shareholders re-S'-stered on May 30.
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    'CREDIT' PLAN FOR S'PORE CO-OPS
    165 7 T^HE establishment of a branch in Singapore of the Malayan Co-operative Wholesale Society to supply goods "on credit" to Singapore co-op stores, is now under active consideration by the M. C. W. S.'s board of directors In Kuala Lumpur There are at present five '-op.^fchuas.
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    Traders support Anti-TB clinic
    144 7 J»HE proposed $600,000 clinic to be built near the f Marine Hostel in Anson Road by the sSiranoro Anti-Tuberculosis Association will receive fSfl ?un port from local Chinese busine™ meT P This assurance was given i yesterday by Mr. Kwek Soan Loh, president of the Singapore
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    THOMSON DENIES CALL-UP RUMOUR
    77 7 JHE Supervisor of Elec1 tions, Singapore, Mr. G. G. Thomson said last night there is no connection between registering for the Municipal and Legislative Council elections and putting one's name for service with the Manpower Bureau. He said: "The coincidence of the opening of the Manpower
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    150 ATTEND DINNER
    44 7 More than 150 people attended the second annual dinner of the H. Tan Accoun. tancy School, organised by the Students' Circ!e at the Great World last night. After the dinner. Lady Han Hoe Llm presented certlflsates and prizes to 60 success-
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    THE END OF A SHIP
    24 7 A CHINESE cutter »t work with his oxy-acetrlene torch on the wreck of the Horai Maru. StraUs Times picture.
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    Army to train local boys
    222 7 Army to train local boys FOR the first time in x Malaya, the Army authorities in Singapore and the Federation are offering to take local lads of fifth standard English education and train them for highiv skilled army trades. Major a. W Bradford, of GHQ Singapore explained, the scheme yesterday
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    Paya Lebar airport
    90 7 ost of the 600 acres of land needed for the construction of the $25,000,000 internitlonal airport at Paya Lebar will be required within six months after the "go ahead" signal of the Sin»apcre Legislative Council Tne remainder of the land would be required after another six months,
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    13 CASES FOR ASSIZES
    37 7 Thirteen cases h.ve been listed for hearing before MiJustice Spencer Wilkinson In the next Singapore Arizes beginning on Monday. They include two cas^s each of murder, rioting, unlawful possession of ammunition and robbery.
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    FLYING BOAT 'SHADOWED' RUBBER SHIP FOR 5 HOURS
    292 8 FLYING BOAT 'SHADOWED' RUBBER SHIP FOR 5 HOURS THE radar of a Sunderland flying boat, based 1 on Singapore, found the rubber ship Nancy Moller and led to her interception by the Royal Navy, the R.A.F. revealed last night. The Sunderland was flown off from its temporary duty post at
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    Steady week in rubber
    177 8 THE Singapore rubber mar- j ket has remained steady since last week-end, mainly on short-covering and with small outside orders for lower grades, says Lewis Peats weekly report issued yesterday With the increase In the Indonesian export duty as from July 1 heavier arrivals may be
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    TEA DANCE
    37 8 IPOH, Fri. The fortnightly tea dance of the Perak Dance Association will be held at the Celestial cabaret on Sunday from 5 p.m .to 7.30 p.m. The dance will be open to members and guests.
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    'No quit' tenants now wait
    119 8 'No quit tenants now wait THE SINGAPORE Improve1 ment Trust may seek court orders to evict the 62 tenants of Trust flats who have ignored notices to quit by May 31. None of the families had moved out yesterday. A spokesman for the tenants told the Straits Times yesterday that
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    CAR CRASHES INTO LAMP
    39 8 IPOH. Fri.-After hitting a lamp-post a car crashed into a ditch at Lahat Road early today. A front wheel and mudguard were torn off. The Chinese driver injured an arm, but a woman passenger escaped
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    CURFEW RELAXED
    33 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— The curfew will be relaxed in certain parts of the Ulu Langat district of 3elangor between 7 p.m. and 10 p.m., from tomorrow, because of the fasting month.
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    THIS IS YOUR VILLAGE, THEY'RE TOLD
    58 8 IPOH, Fri. THE people of Jeram resettlement camp, recently established in Kampar. yesterday elected their own citi.ens' committee to run the village Thir ty-one contested the seven seats. Mr. J. H. Lock, assistant district officer Kampar. told the people It was their village and
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    'THEY DIED TO GET YOU VOTE'
    128 8 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. TN one peaceful step the women of Kuala Lumpur had attained the privilege and the right to vote which others had died to achieve, said Che Saleha blnte Mohd. All, In an appeal over Radio Malaya last
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    Special leave for S'pore city officer
    85 8 SINGAPORE Municipal Commissioners have grant ed three months full pay leave, on compassionate grounds, to a Municipal officer to go to Australia for specialised medical attention. 1 The officer. Mr. D. E. Siddons. Chief Building Inspector, will sail on the Gorgon on June 14.
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    DIVORCE FOR DOCTOR
    47 8 Dr. Daisy Lee was yesterday granted a divorce, in the Singapore Supreme Court, from her businessman husband, Mr. Lee Fong Lim, on the grounds of "legal cruelty." Mr. Justice Fletcher Rogers granted Dr. Lee a decree nisi to be made absolute In three months.
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    NOBODY WAS HURT
    32 8 WHEN these two cars were involved in a collision ncir Port Swettenham three people— one a woman— estapea with slight injuries. The car below turned over in a fleld.
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    Australian trade envoy on transfer
    166 8 MR James Payne, Commercial Counsellor and Australian Government Trade Commissioner in Malaya for the past four years, will leave shortly to take up a similar appointment in San Francisco. Mr. Payne came to Malaya in 1947 from Cairo and during his stay here, has done
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    MORE HOMES FOR IPOH
    77 8 From Our Stall Correspondent. IPOH, Fri. Costing about $400 000, a 20-unit housing project is to be built in the Fair Park area before the end of the year. The Stern Construction Company, which is sponsoring the scheme, will build two types or detached houses on
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    BICYCLE THIEF
    33 8 From Our Staff Correspondent. KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Chee Kam Yong, agf* pleaded guilty to stealing a bicycle at Kuala Lmnpur Sentence was postponed «> June 6 and bail of $200 was allowed.
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      243 8 31 "From whom all holy Straits Times Crossword ,^«ff"7^ S2 -set Diae" (anag.) CO g DOWN. I I t^j 1. Marked lor life (T). 13 H| 2. Such a man la of no subs- I ~'BB M _JP IB P ZJBZ woolUe8 ofl and a 4. Ocean (8). 9 9.
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    4 9 THE JOYS OF POLYGAMY
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      'YOUNGER BROTHERS' IN THE HOUSE
      156 9 'YOUNGER BROTHERS' IN THE HOUSE •'/CHINESE Simple Simon's" letter on polygamy on Monday revealed anything but proper reasoning. Would he permit his wife to have a second or third husband if his spouse's heart were big enough to have room for another? On his own reasoning, however much a woman
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      THE WOMEN'S FIGHT
      100 9 MEN like "Chinese Simple Simon" can speak up for themselves and their sex, but what about their wives? The "infinitely wise" Chinese forefathers to whom he refers wrre lords and masters, who intended to keep things so by the "mental conditioning" of their females. This must have
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      Tamil, Hindi, Sanskrit?
      51 9 "lANGUAGE Lover," in last Saturday's Forum letter headed "A Chair of Tamil Studies?", asks Malayan Indians to come forward to endow such a University chair He forgets that India's national language is Hindi. If he is against Hindi, why doesn't he advocate a Sanskrit chair MALAYALEE. ntakab,
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      'SIMPLE SIMON' ANSWERS
      238 9 I had expected, all criticisms of my letter on polygamy, published on Monday, have been based on blind sentiment and abuse. Nowhere have I been able to find a logical answer to the reasoning set out in my letter. Some of the criticisms are based on the
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      Ten-year-olds in the ronggeng
      150 9 AS a local-born citizen believing in the welfare of the people of Singapore, I am shocked to see that, in the so-called modern ronggeng in the amusement parks, children under the age of ten are allowed to dance with professional dancers I have made complaints to
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      UP-COUNTRY DRIVER
      119 9 TWO drivers quoted In the Sunday Times of May 27 thought the standard of driving in the Federation was worse than that of Singapore. I doubt whether they have ever been to the Federation. I was for a couple of years resident in Singapore and learned only too
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      22 9 Letters to the editor signed with a nom-df-plnme must be accompanied by the writer's name and address as a guarantee of fool
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      FLOOD IN ULU SELANGOR
      118 9 r £HE Kuala Garing-Pengka-lan Kundang village road (Ulu Selangor District) is flooded to a depth of three or four feet whenever it rains for two or three hours. The reason is that the stream at Pengkalan Kundang village is vny shallow and the road is also
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      BIDOR INDIAN WAY OF LIFE
      106 9 ILLOW me to express the disappointment of Indians at not being allocated a separate locality in the resettlement scheme at Bidor. Representations were made to the Resettlement Officer and the District Officer by responsible Indians in Bidor requesting a separate locality for Indians. They were
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      KOTA BAHRU C.o.L.
      74 9 THE present cost of living 1 allowance given to Government pensioners in the Federation is less than that paid to Government pensioners in Singapore, although food and commodities of all kinds are dearer in the Federation than in Singapore. I suggest that the allowance for the lower
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      Broadcast news priorities
      301 9 Broadcast news priorities I THINK a great deal 1 could be done to improve Radio Malaya's news broadcasts. I can never understand why the news invariably opens, not with the latest Information on the international situation (which is what most people want to. hear when they switch on their wireless
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      THE TAPPER'S PRIVILEGES
      119 9 I AM an estate rubber tapper. I bring in a daily average of 20 lb. of rubber, which may fetch about $35 for the estate. But when labourers ask for an increase in pay nobody cares to do anything. When we claim privileges as citizens, or ask
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      'EUROPEAN-OWNED AND DRIVEN'
      195 9 IN reply to "Eur. O'D" (May 26) I can give one motorist's explanation of the words "European-owned'- 'n connection wiih second-hand vehicles offered for sale. If one is to judge from what one daily sees on Malaya's roads, the basic principle adopted by the average Chinese or
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      K.L. experiment in Municipal democracy
      443 9 'pHE ushering in of democracy in the Federation, with elected members for the Kuala Lumpur Municipality, has started badly. To judge from my taJks, with persons eligible to vote, there seems to be much confusion. Despite the qualifications enumerated by the Supervisor of Elections, there
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      MALAY VOICE FROM SOUTH KEDAH
      164 9 MALAY VOICE FROM SOUTH KEDAH WE Malays -think that the time has not yet come for the Kedah Nationality Bill to be introduced Until the Malays are put in the same position as other races with regard to industries, commerce, etc., we consider it totally unfair to open wider our
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      MALAY GURUS GALORE
      135 9 ACCORDING to a Straits Times report the Penan? Teachers' Union has been unable to form a Malay class for its members, despite a pressing demand for it, because of difficulty in obtaining a suitable teacher. There are hundreds of qualified experienced Malay teachers in the Settlement, who
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      Nationality Bill: a Colony view
      129 9 SEE, in Wednesday's 1 newspapers, statements that four Malay States in the Peninsula do not favour the proposed State Nationality Bill on the ground that the time is not yet ripe for such legislation, and that the other five Malay States have already sent their
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      ENGLISHMEN AND BRITISH
      91 9 J SHOULD like to correct Mr. Onraet on one point which came up in his letter, published on May 28, headed 'T.ie Colonial Police." The London Police are not Englishmen deajing mainly with Englishmen in England. They are Britishers dealing mainly with Britishers in Britain. m When
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    London Stocks
    321 10 LONDON. Fri. THE week in the stock market ended on a quiet note and with market men adopting aro slow policy whilst awaiting developments in international politics. With trading volume at a bare minimum many sections were inclined to drift lower, particularly giltedged which closed with fractional losses
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    CANADIAN DOLLAR EXCHANGE
    38 10 ■pHE Malayan Exchange Banks Association announced at the week-end that control direct rates for Canadian dollars were: Buying T.T. 35 5/16, Airmail (0.D.) 35 7/16, (90 days) 35 11/16; Selling, T.T./O.D. ready 34 15/ 1«.
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    MALAYAN SHARES
    939 10 Jl/lORNING optimism in the Singapore share T1 market yesterday was not sustained and prices closed slightly easier in all sections. Tin shares still remainedthe main source of Interest; Industrials and Rubbers were dulqfci Quotations announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association yesterday were: 1 inuis ibiau Boreri Sellm A.ex
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    TIN: $564 1/4 A PICUL
    40 10 SINGAPORE. Frl.. June 1 $564.25 (down $1.25.) £1,100 a ton in London LONDON, June I.—Cash Buyers £1,100; Sellers £1,105; Forward Buyers £1.080; Sellers £1,085: Settlement £1,115; (down £10) Turn-over: a.m. 140 tons, p.m. 150 tons.
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    Slight drop in rubber
    216 10 gUSINESS in the Singapore rubber market yesterday was reported at slightly lower levels, but the tone remained steady, mainly through short-covering. Business volume was fair, at levels ranging from $1.48 to $1.49 alb- for first-grade. June shipment, In the morning. The market showed a very slight
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    THE PRODUCE MARKET
    88 10 From A Market Correspondent. THE Singapore copra market was 1 steady yesterday with tmvers rising; from $43 a plcul In the morning to $44 In the afternoon. Sellers quoted $44 U a plcul in the morning and held off in the afternoon. Coconut oil changed nands at
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    H.K. EXCHANGE RATES
    31 10 HONG KONG, Fri. riREE mantet currency exchange r for Hong Kong dollars *as Quoted at the close todaj as follows: US$l HKS6.2B (cash), HKS6.3I (T): £1 HKSIS.7S.— U.P.
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    S'PORE BEAT JOHORE THREE-NIL
    687 11 All scoring in second half By Our Soccer Reporter SINGAPORE, the Malaya Cup holders, had to wait for second-half goals to beat Johore three-nil in their opening Cup game at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. It was not nearly as convincing a display as Singapore supporters had
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    CIVILIANS v TOURISTS
    45 11 TH E Singapore Civilian soccer XI against Sumatra Police at Jalan Besar tomorrow is Chee Seng; Johan, McGregor; Vass, Harith. Hee Jong; Sharif Madon, Ibrahim Dollah, Awang Bakar, Boon Leong, Raliim Omar. Res: Yew Chang. Ismail Bujang, Ah Hoe, Ibrahim Yusof, Yassin.
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    Essex just fail in great bid to win
    423 11 ILPORD, Essex, Fri. A CENTURY second-wicket partnership between McGlew (56) and Fulleiton (167) was the feature of the South African second Innings In their match against Essex which was drawn. Continuing from their overnight 12 for no wicket (five runs ahead), the
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    Hospital XI get W.O.
    35 11 Mental Hospital R.C. were awarded a walk-over In a Singapore A.F.A. division 3A fixture when Social A.P. failed to turn up at C.V.M.A. ground yesterday, day 4 (kick-off at 5.15 p.m.).
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    Today's Radio
    76 11 SINGAPORE 10 am. News from K.L.; 10.10 Close; 1 p.m. "Saturday Ballroom"; 1.30 News: 1.50 Plantation Music: 2 Spore Racing; 5 Close; G. 15 Children; 6.40 Fred Waring Si his Pennsylvanians; 7 News; 7.15 "Police :nd the People"; 7.20 "Listeners' Choice"; 7.50 "Spotlight on the Emergency" 8 "Hook,
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    HK v tourists tomorrow
    162 11 TABLE-TENNIS T<HE Hong Kong table-tennis stars, Sit Shu Chor and Fu Chi Fang, will meet Johny Leach, world champion, and Michel Haguenauer, French champion, at Happy World stadium at 8 p.m. tomorrow night. This meeting, to have taken place last night, could not be held as
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    SCOTS KEEP THEIR TITLE
    121 11 LONDON, Frir. Scotland retained the women's international golf championship of the home countries in the series of games which ended on the Broadstone links, Dorset, today in the customary curtain raiser to the women's open championship. This starts on Monday. Scotland were always favourites to win
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    Danes praise Spurs
    45 11 COPENHAGT'JN, Fri.—The Tottenham Hotspur football team of England left Copenhagen today with two victories and a draw and an Invitation to return next year. Copenhagen's Politlken newspaper called the Spurs a "wonderful team—the best we have seen in Denmark since the war."—A.P.
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    47-RUN WIN OVER H.K.
    200 11 OOYAL Navy beat the Hong rv Army XI at the Naval Base yesterday by 47 runs in a cricket match in which the bowlers were generally on top throughout. Scores were: NAVY: Chaplin b Hoskins 5, Cotton c Wilson b Nicolson 4, Stuchbury lbw Nicotoon 31,
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    RAF athletes best at Triangular
    359 11 THE Royal Air Force, with seven wins, eight second and four third places, finished the champion team at the Triangular Athletic Meet held on the Singapore Recreation Club ground yesterday. Singapore "B" were run-ners-UD with three wins, seven seconds and four third places. Times in
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    Sports Diary
    203 11 TODAY SOCCER: Indo-Maiays v Sumatia Police tourist* at Jalan Beaar; Div. 2: Star Soccerites Cheerful Lads at Geylang; Div. 3B: Tiong Bahru Rangers v Customs at CYMA. CRICKET: J.A.M. Ede's XI v H.K. Sc Spore Army on padang; Raffles Inst. v GH.Q. at RJ.; S.R.C. 'A' v S.CC.
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    1 PRIVATEER 2 BIRTHDAY GIFT 3 AVALANCHE
    907 12 1 PRIVATEER 2 BIRTHDAY GIFT 3 AVALANCHE Epsom Jeep's Governor's Cup forecast Battleship best outsider DIKTHDAY GIFT is likely to start a warm 13 favourite in the Governor's Cup over lim at Bukit Timah today, concluding day of the Singapore Turf Club Summer Meeting. His record demands it. Colonel Daly,
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    Today's Race Card
    1510 12 CAKD of events for today's races in given below. The Double Tote will be on Races Six and Nine; Big Sweep on Race Eight. Race 1—2.00: Class 1. Div. 4— 6F 19 Yds. 1 000 Oregon Straker 9.00 Mr. Chng Boon Huat Daniels 2 003 Ropewalk McPherson
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    AT B. TIMAH TODAY
    133 12 AT B. TIMAH TODAY WEATHER OUTLOOK: Yesterday's weather was fine with a nice drying wind and barring any more rain the going on Cup Day will be very good. Back in 1936 a tiny apprentice jockey named Jackie Tait had his first big-race ride on Herbe Folle In the Singapore
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    DAVIS CUP TEAM
    36 12 LONDON. Fri.— Britain's team to meet Sweden at Scarborough on June 14 in the third round of the Davis Cup tennis is: Tony Mottram, Geoff Palsh, Hedley Baker and A. S. Roberts. A.P.
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    Straits Times Selections
    154 12 EPSOM JEEP CALL BOY POINTER RACE 1 2.M ROPEWALK Texas Star of India ROPEWALK Texas Star of India ROPEWALK Ballroom Texas RACE 2 2.30 BELLA MARIE Inky Bill Decanter INKY BILL Bella Marie Decanter INKY BILL Vincent Decanter RACE 3 3.0* DEWAR Harcourt Courage sudXn Harcourt Courage
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    Another Pink Gin-No Regrets tussle
    258 12 Another Pink GinNo Regrets tussle SUMMER CUP SHOULD BE... DINK GIN showed outstanding quality when he romped home a length and a quarter in front of No Regrets and the smartest sprinters in training in the Summer Cup Trial at Bukit Timah on Wednesday, and I am prepared to accept
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    Perverse and Billdaw again
    695 12 Perverse and Billdaw again TWO sound each-way wagers in a pretty difficult card at Bukit Timah today may be Billdaw and Perverse. Billdaw won so readily against a fine lot of Class 2 sprinters last week that I have no doubt he can come up to top class requirements. Perverse
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    Neasham Belle wins the Oaks
    197 12 EPSOM DOWNS, London. Fri. MAJOR Lionel Holliday's fllly Neasham Belle today scored an easy win in the 173 rd. running of the Oaks, the fillies' classic thoußh starting a rank outsider at 33-1. Neasham Belle, ridden by Stan Clayton, went to the front rounding Tattenham
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    COMBINED ARMY XI v EDE'S TEAM
    83 12 The combined Hong Kong and Singapore Army team to meet A M Ede>s XI in friendly cricket match to be played on the S.C.C. padang today and tomorrow is as lollows: Lt. Col. S. Moore-Coul on (Spore) capt., Maj K. H. S Wilson (H.K.),
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    W. I. AGREE TO COVERED WICKETS
    56 12 ADELAIDE, Fri.— lt is !e ;-d here that the West Indies cr i ers have agreed to wickets L^init covered during the Test ■er'et of the forthcoming tour against Australia. On the completion of th~ West Indies tour Of Australia. Indies or Australian team
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      28 12 SINGAPORE TIDES TODAY: 9.52 a.m. (8ft.), 9.27 pjn. (8.4); 3.29 a.m. (1.7), 3.41 p.m. (S.7). TOMORROW: 10.40 a.m. (8.1), 9.59 p.m. (8.7); 4.10 a.m. (1.2), 4.16 p.m. (4ft.).
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