The Straits Times, 13 June 1951

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 1951. PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS.
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    ONN 'BREAKS AWAY' FROM UMNO
    501 1 IMP will be formed soon: 'Want to stay m Commonwealth 9 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. JYVTO Onn bin Ja'afar, president of the United Malays National Organisation, today decided "to all intents and purposes" to break away from UMNO. He wi 11 form
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    44 1 MISS MARGARET BAKER (27), Municipal Lady Assistant Welfare Officer, who was elected secretary of the committee of management of the Singapore Municipal Employees Co operative Thrift Loan Society. Ltd., at its meeting yesterday. She is the flr«j woman to hold office m the society.
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    PADRES BOYCOTT CEREMONY
    235 1 TOKYO, Tuesday. DKITISH and Australian padres today boycotted the dedication ceremony of the British Commonwealth War Graves cemetery m Yokohama. The padres, representing Protestant, Catholic and NonConformist faiths, alleged that British Commonwealth CoiTimander Lt. Gen. Sir Horace Robertson, refused to allow them to conduct religious services at
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    MAN DIES IN GANG FIGHT
    63 1 MAN DIES IN GANG FIGHT ANE man was killed and anX other seriously injured m a* Singapore gang fight. Knives, bottles, sticks and chairs were used m the fight between two gangs outside a coffee shop m Narcis Road. Police said last night that the clash was over "protection money"
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    DEPUTIES' 67th MEETING
    59 1 PARIS, Tues.— The four deputies yesterday held their 67th meeting without producing any positive results. The meeting, described by a French spokesman as "unproductive," was entirely about the western refusal to include the question of the Atlantic Pact and 'military bases on the agenda ax demanded by
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    MORE PETROL FOr INDIA
    49 1 NEW DELHI Tues. India plan* to import 237 880.000 millions of petrol In 1951. Commerce and Industry Minister. Mr. H. K. Mahatab told a questioner m Parliament. The 1951 total exceeds <he 193,844,025 callons imoorted m 1950 and the 168.007,648 Imported m 1949.— A. P.
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    CxERMANS IN
    24 1 GENEVA, Tues. We Germany was today elected v member of the International Labour Organisation by 165 votes to 12. with rive abstent'ons.—R«ntw
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    AMNESTY CAUSES CRISIS
    120 1 AMNESTY CAUSES CRISIS JAKARTA, Tues. 'THE six-week-old Indonesian Government is faced with a crisis over the announcement that 950 political prisoners are to be released without trial. The government is to ask for a vote of confidence on Friday. The Minister of Justice. Mr. Mohammed Yaniin, last week Mid that
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    Mao's UNbid: 'wait awhile'
    46 1 LONDON. Tues. MR. Kenneth Younger, Minister of State, said yesterday that the Government thought consideration of China's admission to the United Nations should be postponed for the time being. He was replying In the House of Commons to Mr. Duncan Sandys. (Conservative.)—Reuter.
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    8 DIE IN CRASH
    20 1 BUENOS AIRES, Tues— A twin-engined plane crashed today In central Argentina, killing eignt persons aboard. AP.
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    Government to free the Nancy Moller
    166 1 THE Nancy Moller will be de-requisitioned by the British Government next Tuesday, when her ■11x00.000 rubber cargo is unloaded. She will go under charter to X.P.M. about June 19. She was taken over by the British Ministry of Transport after being turned back by
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    Father says: It's ridiculous
    226 1 Father says: It's ridiculous LONDON. Tues. THE biggest international manhunt since the search for Nazi war criminals at '•"wfp end of the last war kept baffled British officials busy today. The search for the two Foreign Office officials extended into the Pyrenees mountains between France and Spain and to ships
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    New peace move hint
    75 1 WASHINGTON, Tues. rE United Nations Good Offices Committee was preparing to make another approach to China to try to arrange a cease-fire m Korea, saic authoritative sources yesterday. This time, they said, the approach would be made through Sweden, whose permanent U.N. delegate and 8 member
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    BRITISH GEAR ON RED CAPTIVES
    105 1 TOKYO. Tues. UNITED States infantrymen who smashed a Chinese unit found most of the Communists carrying or wearing British army equipment. One had a Gloucester cap badge. The unit was believed to be I battalion of the Gloucester^ m April. Among the articles of the
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    Teenagers run away to China
    344 1 FATHER FLIES TO BRING GIRL BACK A WELL-KNOWN Johore and Singapore Chinese leader left for Hong: Kong by plane last night to search for his teen-aged daughter who left secretly last Saturday with five other Chinese schoolgirls on a ship for Communist China. He planned
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    FIRST FLIGHT
    40 1 MANILA, Tues. A plaque commemorating the first Madrid-to-Manila flight was unveiled this morning m the presence of Spain's Air Minister, General Eduardo Gonzales Gallarza. who made the flight 25 years ago with the late Captain Joaquln Loriga U.P.
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    AID—A SECRET
    42 1 AID— A SECRET CAIRO, Tues.— The Egyptian War and Marine Minister, Mr. Mustafa Nosat Bey, declared here today that it was not In the Interest of either Syria or Egypt to reveal the nature" of military aid being given to Syria.— Reuter.
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    SHELL STRIKE
    22 1 CAIRO. Tues.— Shell Oil Company employees at Suez went on strike today demanding better conditions. Police were standing by Reuter
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    TWO-DAY SESSION
    14 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The Federal LtgWative Council will meet on July 11
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    TWO MEN STARED AT THE WATER
    50 1 rJO Singapore Harbour Board police lieutenants were on their rounds yesterday. One pointed to the water. "That's where a bargeman fell m and drowned," he said. They both stopped and stared And there floating on the surface was the body of the drowned bargeman.
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    HEDY WEDS
    24 1 HOLLYWOOD, Tues.— Hed\ Lamarr and the nightclub' operator, Mr. Ernest Stauffer. were married m a surprise ceremony here late last night.— AP.
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    libel case settled
    241 2 HONG KONG, Tuesday. A LIBEL suit brought by a firm of solicitors against Time Incorporated and a correspondent, Dwight Martin, over an article m the Feb. 12 issue entitled "Hong Kong— Keep Right on Sitting", has been settled out of court. The article, written by Martin, had
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    MRS ROONEY SEEKS DECREE
    51 2 LOS ANGELES, Tues. Mickey Rooney's third wife, Martha Vickers, aged 24. sued him for divorce yesterday. She charged "habitual cruelty." Under a property settlement, Rooney who is 32. will pay an undisclosed amount m alimony and his wife will have custody of their son. aged one.
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    PRINCESS SMILES
    41 2 FRiNCESS MARGARET wears a rose-adorned gown and a wide smile as she arrives for a ball, eiven by the Victoria League at Hurlingham Club, London on Wednesday. The Princess is the president of the League's young contingent. AP. Photo.
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    TROOPS HUNT 25 CONVICTS
    55 2 KHARTOUM. Tues. THE Sudan Defence Force and a smattering of police 1 from Khartoum's strike -ridden force combed the area around Khartoum yesterday for 25 prisoners still missing from a mass jailbreak on Sunday. Thirty prisoners, spurred by the police strike, burst out of prison and
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    PERSIA WONT SPLIT OIL PROFIT
    288 3 Minister says: Well sell TEHERAN, Tuesday. ITAZEM Hassibi, special deputy finance Minister on the mixed oil commission and one of the "brains" behind Persia's ofl nationalisation, said today that Persia will not agree to a 50-50 split of the National Oil Company profits with Britain.
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    RED PLAN WILL BE REJECTED
    150 3 WASHINGTON, Tu«*. A STATE Department spokesman indicated yesterday that the United States will reject the latest Soviet proposal on the procedure for holding a Japanese peace conference. While Department officials are still studying the Russian Note, "it appears to convey nothing new and repeats the
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    Street siege
    47 3 ALAS l)..ia X POOLE. aged ,'0 sought for the killing of Kent policemen, was found dead m his home m Simons Avenue Chatham after a gun battle. Picture shows tear gas smoke curling from the doorway of Poole's house as the police cordon closes m.
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    Reds won't let Britain visit P.O.Ws
    107 3 LONDON. Tues. rE British Charge d'Affaires m Peking has no facilities for visiting British prisoners of war, whose whereabouts are unknown, the Minister of State, Mr. Kenneth Younger, told the Commons yesterday m a written reply. 'The Chinese Government," he said, "maintain that United
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    EGYPT 'NOT SATISFIED'
    73 3 CAIRO, Tues. |JRITAIN"S counter-propo- sals for revision of the 1936 Anglo-Egyptian treaty are considered "not very clear and still far from meeting Egypt's demands fully' according to well-inform-ed sources here. But these sources believe the door is still open for a further exchange of views. The British
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    TSHEKEDI KHAMA IN COMMONS
    69 3 LONDON. Tues. rrSHEKEDI Khama, former Regent of the Bamangwato tribe m Bechuanaland. gave an atklress on "British Administration m Bechuanaland and its Impact on the South African Social Order" at the House of Commons last night. He addressed a crowded meeting of Members of Parliament of
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    Uranium in Canada
    96 3 OTTAWA Tues DEVELOPMENT of the largest uranium field yet discovered m North America has begun at Beaver Lodge Lake m Saskatchewan. It is expected to yield five times &s much uranium as the mine at Great Bear Lake m Canada's northwest territory, hitherto the only producer on
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    General advises: get men out of Korea
    203 3 WASHINGTON, Tuesday. T T.-GENERAL Albert C. Wedemeyer, commander V of the U.S. Sixth Army, said yesterday that the United States should get its troops out of Korea. "I just don't think we are going to get anywhere", he said. i 1 Gen Wedemeyer,
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    ROMULO ILL
    44 3 MANILA, Tues.— The Foreign Secretary Mr. Carlos P. Romulo, was suddenly taken 111 while conferring at the Foreign Office with the Chinese Ambassador, Mr. Chen Chih Ping. Mrs. Virginia Romulo later •aid, however, that the Foreign Secretary "1* feeling much better."— UP.
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    U.S. hears a voice
    128 3 WASHINGTON, Tues. QOVIET Radio has doubled the number of its English broadcasts beamed to the United States during the last six-months, according to monitors of the Federal Communications Commission. Signal strength of Soviet broadcasts directed at the middle western United States was so strong last week
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    More Red films in S.E. Asia
    233 3 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Tuesday. TPHEKE had been a spectacular increase m the 1 number of Russian films shown m South-East Asia, said Mr. David Gammans m the House of I Commons. He asked the Foreign Secretary, Mr. Herbert Morrison, if he knew
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    FOOD BOARD MEETS
    55 3 ROME, Tues. The Council of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation yesterday opened its twelfth session to review the world situation and its own policies. Viscount Bruce of Melbourne, chairman of the Council will preside over the two-week session which is being held m the Organisation's
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    FOR INDIA RUN
    40 3 LONDON, Tues— The Polish liner, Batory, banned from entry Into New York harbour, is being fitted for the tropics and will sail between Poland and India and Pakistan, the official Polish news agency, Pap, said yesterday.— UP.
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    LOAN FOR INDIA
    32 3 WASHINGTON, Tues.— The Senate passed and sent to the White House yesterday a compromise bill to lend India U*****,000,000 on easy terms to buy 2,000,000 tons of wheat. U.P.
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    GOOD WHEAT CROF
    29 3 WASHINGTON, Tues.— The Agriculture Deprtment today estimated the 1951 wheat crop at 1,053,825,000 bushels, the eighth consecutive year It has passed the 1,000,000,000 bushel mark.— U.P.
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    NEW LAWYERS
    32 3 The following Malayan students of the Inn« of Court have been called to the Bar: Messrs P.H. Yong, Wee Tiong Tarn E.W. Barker, Ewe Hock Am, and Cheng Poh Urn.
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    BOOK INSULTS PROPHET' CHARGE
    56 3 KARACHI, Tues. INFORMED circles yesterday Mid Pakistan had lodged a 1 strong protest m New Deifei About the "most objectionable remarks against the Holy Prophxt mad the Holy Koran" In m book for hifh schools. Pakistan was understood to hare asked that the book be banned
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    Tough fight rebels warned
    147 3 Tough fight rebels warned SAIGON, Tues. fHE secret Vletminh radio yesterday told army political workers that Vietminh troops must be prepared for a "long and arduous war" to force the French from Indo-China. "Cadres do not yet understand that our resistance will be difficult and of long duration," the radio
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    Russia 'now leads in industry'
    158 3 Russia 'now leads in industry' GENEVA, Tues. T*HE Soviet delegate, Mr. Amazasp Arutiunian. told the Economic Commission for Europe here yesterday that the Soviet Union was now the greatest industrial country m Europe. Soviet industrial output was now 73 per cent above the 1940 level, he said. He claimed this
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    U.S. ADMIRAL APPOINTED
    61 3 LONDON, Tues. The appointment of United States Admiral Robert Carney to command the southern flank of the Atlantic Treaty European command under General Elsenhower was approved m last week's talks between GenOmar Bradley and the French Chiefs of Staff, a usually re liable source said here It
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    Two shot dead
    39 3 MANILA, Tues.— Two people were killed and at least five wounded, one seriously m a knife duel that developed into a shooting affray among neighbours m Talisay Town, Batangas Province, 60 miles south of Manila.— UP
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    STATE OF SIEGE
    28 3 GUATEMALA, Tues.—Nicaragua Radio reported yesterday that a state of siege had been extended to the entire country as strike against the Government had become general.—Reuter.
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    Rubber development plan makes 'excellent progress'
    468 4 Rubber development plan makes 'excellent progress From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Tuesday. a background of the most sensational year m rubber planting history, excellent progress was made m implementing the first part of the programme under the five-year plan, says the 1950 report of the British Rubber Development Board. The
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    Inconsiderate—$10
    29 4 Inconsiderate $10 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues Ahmad bin Abubakar of the Trade School Hostel. Johore Bahru. was fined $10 for Inconsiderate during. Hhe came into collision with a motor cycle.
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    HOME MAY COLLAPSE
    77 4 yiCTIMS of Monday nigh fire m Upper Chinchew Street were not allowed to return to ;heir homes yesterday for fear of the building collapsing. \Vomen and children stood on the road and five-foot w,ay waiiing to salvage their be- longings. A Social Welfare investigator took details for
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    Singapore Diary
    113 4 HißWt OF BRITAIN EXHIBITION, U.E. Building. 9 a.m. 6 D.m. Y.W.C.A.. Raffles Qu»y. Annual General MeetUig, 4.30 pjn. Katong Y.W.C.A. groups meet at St. Hilda's School. Ceylon Road at 5 p m. Y.M.C..S, Orchard Road. Chess Club meeting. 5 pjn.. Conversational MaJay Class. 5. 30 p.m.; Judo club.
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    BIGGEST LAND SALE ENDS
    151 4 r\NE of the biggest post-war sales of land m Singapore was completed yesterday, when two remaining lots at Lim Chu Kang were auctioned for a -total of $13,300. The lots covered an approximate area of six acres t«ach. Twenty-seven lots of this land have already been
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    Tin men say 'no' to freeze proposal
    81 4 Tin men say 'no' to freeze proposal rE Malayan tin mining industry Is strongly opposed to the Federation Government's proposal that part of current tin and rubber proceeds should be frozen to combat inflation, says the Financial Times of June 9. Although the tin industry has not made any official
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    GIVE GIRLS MORE EDUCATION GALL
    76 4 From Our ()>•. n respondent. i- OH. Tues. Che Khadijah unite Abdul Aziz, m her maiden speech at the Perak Council of State today, made a strong plea to Government to provide more educational facilities f o Malay women. Stressing the importance of educating Malay
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    NEW UNION
    34 4 Mr. S. S. Manyam. Progresive Party Municipal Commissioner for North Ward, told the Straits Times yesterday he intents to organise a trade union for about 1.000 employees of United Engineers Limited. Singapore.
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    62 4 THE SULTAN AND SULTANAH, of Johore (centre) talking to Miss Florence Crouch, a patient at the Royal Home for Incurables at Pntney. i hry were taken to the Hospital by Sir Richard Winstedt, a member of the Board (seen on the left with Lady Winstedt). The Sultan recently rave a
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    CORPORAL GETS DCM AWARD
    165 4 CORPORAL GETS DCM AWARD From Ow Stall Correspondent. KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. A YOUNG Marine Commando, who took over a section after his officer had been wounded m a night attack against a big bandit gang m Perak, has been awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal. He is acting Corporal G. R.
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    Stole tenant's clothes—gaol
    62 4 Stole tenant's clothes— gaol Abdullah bin Said. 19. who stole clothes worth $62 from mis chief tenant. Sidek bin Haji. was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment m Singapore yesterday. Abdullah, who admitted seven previous convictions, pleaded guilty. Police traced Abdullah and his wife on a boat travelling from Pulau Bajau
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    MAN AND WOMAN ON $6,000 BAIL
    43 4 A woman, Lok Soo Chin and a man. Thon Kee. were charged m the First Police Court yesterday with assisting m a oublic lottery In Sago Lane. They claimed trial and were allowed bail of $3,000 each
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    Only four people offer plane crash evidence
    144 4 /\NLY four people have come forward to make about the Auster crash m Union Estate, Malacca, a fortnight ago m which three Singapore men, Mr. Reginald Eyre, Mr. R. Murphy and Mr. W. F Fitzpatrick, were killed. Mr. A. F. W. Andren, chief
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    Singapore suffers another day-long 'blackout:' Husbands go to work hungry
    309 5 Singapore suffers another day-long 'blackout:' Husbands go to work hungry A STORM of protest came from disgusted Singapore housewives and office-workers, as the Colony suffered another day-long blackout, which affected most of the western part of the island. Several housewives m the Tanglin district who use electric cookers said that
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    IS etc road may be Shenton Way
    146 5 IS etc road may be Shenton Way gIR Shenton Thomas, former Governor of the Straits Settlements, will have a Colony road named after him if Singapore Municipal Commissioners approvp a recommendation of ,#.e Public Works committee. The road (part of it pictured above) Is the new 80-foot highway faring Telok
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    Malay youths are wanted
    77 5 ]y|ALAY youths between the ages of 18 and 23 are wanted immediately by the Mn.lay Regiment for specialised trade training. There are about 20 trades from which an applicant can make his choice. All offer good opportunities for advancement. Applicants must have passed standard five m
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    1,893 MORE MOTOR-CARS
    37 5 There are 18,484 motor cars on Singapore roads today 1.892 more than last December. There are, however, 405 fewer trishas than the 6.823 registered at the end of 1951. Bicycles have increased to 115.268.
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    411 SINGAPORE BOYS ARE TESTED FOR BCG IN 1 DAY
    284 5 UNICEF team has 'good day' ■PHI-: INK XX B.C.G. team had one of its best days A during its Malayan tour when it visited the Anglo-Chinese Junior School m Coleman Street. Singapore, yesterday and carried out tests on 411 boy
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    Stole cloth worth $5,000 charge
    58 5 Buntat bin Sipan. a tally clerk the Singapore Harbour Board, was charged yesterday, with stealing two bales of cloth worth $5,000 from Godown 9 on March 2. Mastan bin Lakir Packir, who was said to be an employee of Oian Singh and Co was charged
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    TEXTILE FACTORY FORS'PORE
    131 5 TEXTILE FACTORY FORS'PORE A MULTI-MILLION dollar project by three Hong Kong industrial firms will soon enable Singapore to start a textile industry to make enough piecegoods to meet the needs of Malaya. Indonesia and neighbouring countries. Approval to provide money to build a large factory has been given by the
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    NO SCARE' AMONG SPORE STUDENTS
    100 5 DR. Herbert Peterson, principal of the Singapore Anglo-Chinese Secondary School yesterday denied a report of a "scare" among the students when the B.C.G. team visited it for testa on Monday. The report said the "scare" was due to an antiB.C.G. article that had appeared m
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    He calls for one weight
    93 5 THE need for standardising weights and measures In the ECAFE region of South East Asia was yesterday stressed by Mr. R. Jumabhoy. Singapore Legislative Councillor, and Government's nominee on the ad hoc committee for ECAFE affairs. Such standardisation. Mr. Jumabhoy said, would be very essential
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    Married yesterday
    25 5 MR. ELMIE WILBUR JONES and Miss Margaret Mona Ware, who were married at the Caihearal of the Gooa Shepherd, yesterday.— Straits Times picture.
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    PC FOR THE 'CROSSING'
    160 5 FLLOWING complaints from Singapore motorists that the corner of New Bridge and North Canal Roads was a dangerous uncontrolled crossing, the O.C. Traffic Police told the Straits Times yesterday that a traffic policeman would be posted there today. The O.C. said It was not intended to
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    TRIED TO ESCAPE ARREST' CHARGE
    42 5 I ■rii:i 1 Our l)»:i I orrespondrni jpHORE BAHRU. Tues. Talib was charged In Johorc Bahru today with intentionally resisting lawful arrest after Jie was convicted under the Emergency Regulations. He was refused ball pending further investigation.
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    Blackout for today
    251 5 l'he kub-sUUons from which loud-shedding will be made today are: EASTERN AREA: Milne Road; Jalan Pekan, Jalan Sultan, Beach Road, Alhambra, Kaffirs Hotel, iiembawa Road, Boon Tat Street, Aljuneid Road. Sims Avenue, Paya Lebar Pump, Joo Chiat Place, Jalan Eunos, Rangoon, Srrangoon Road, Kolam Ayer. McPherson *oad,
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    ANNOUNCEMENT
    15 6 SINGAPORE MUSICAL SOCIETY Chorus Orchestra Meeting Thursday 14th June 5.15 pjn. Victoria Memorial Hall.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    35 6 MR. MRS. V. Arunachalam. Railway, Ipoh thank relatives and friends for their kind attendance, assistance and presents at the wedding of their daughter Inthumathlammal, M.G.S., X.L.. with Mr. K. Onanayogam of Malay College, K.K.
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    PERSONAL
    22 6 WOULD James Lawrence Reddy please contact 22. ScotU Road Kuala Lumpur, or could any publie contact me of his whereabout? Immediately.
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    RE-UNION I
    47 6 OLD WELLINGTONIANS: A CockUll P«riy will be held, if sufficient support Is forthcoming. in the Card Room of Tang»n Club on Wednesday, 20th June, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Will those wishing to attend please write R. Todd, P O. Box 86 j. Singapore.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Wed. June 13, 1951 Barnes And Clementi
    1061 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Wed. June 13, 1951 Barnes And Clementi Unless the views of the Barnes Committee are clearly understood, they are capable of causing as much ill-feeling among the Chinese m Malaya as the late Sir Cecil Clementi did twenty years ago, when he offered free primary education
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    "PILGRIM STATUE" IN AUSTRALIA
    58 6 BRISBANE, Tues. Nearly 100,000 Australian Catholics turned out to receive the "Pilgrim Statue" of Our Lady of Fatinia on arrival here. It was a demonstration surnassed only by the 1945 Victory parade. Many crippled children took oart m the procession-through the stree^ riding In taxlcabs. A
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    'I SURRENDERED'
    1145 6 The psychological warfare backroom boys set the open-air stage, the villagers turn out m force to listen; therepentant steps up to the microphone to say By a Special Straits Times Staff Correspondent f AST month's figures show a dramatic increase in the number of bandit surrenders in the
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      Dato Onn and the Malay masses
      311 6 I SHOULD like to know exactly, from Dato Onn bin 1 Ja'afar and other Malay leaders, if the Malay States are a British Colony. If they are, the Malay leaders were very lucky indeed to be able to refuse the Malayan Union and to
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      BOOKWORM'S NOTE
      28 6 IT seems a pity that E.G.S., 1 writing Qn Monday "On learning how to speak English," committed a syntactical solecism m his second paragraph. PTINI'S Bfll'XNEl'S.
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      CERTIFICATED SPEAKERS
      293 6 TT seems unwarranted that K.G.S. should assert his Intellectual superiority by castIng a slur on holders of the Cambridge School Certificate m the manner indicated by the contents of his letter headed "On learning how to speak English," published m the Straits Times on Monday. If what he
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      THE INDIANS' PLACE IN THE BODY POLITIC
      326 6 RECENT outspoken comments by Mr. John Laycock and others, on the question of the predominance of Indians at the last Singapore Legislative Council elections. should serve as a warning to the Indian community. It Is evident that the other communities do not like
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    On the Margin
    435 6 On the Margin The Jungle Cycle I have been pondering in my Ignorant way over my bed of Ceylon spinach. If I try to keep up Its fertility merely by means of a mulch of rotted grass and garden sweepings, the spinach leaves *<x> n become so smail as not
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    CHILDREN SEE 'RIOT, BATTLE'
    146 7 They jump into ditch as tear gas is thrown ANTI-RIOT exercises by more than 100 Singapore Harbour Board policemen put people m the Robinson Road area yesterday m the middle of a "battle." Police m the area near Robinson Road where two new roads are being
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    BURNED MAN'HAD NO HOPE'
    133 7 BURNED MAN 'HAD NO HOPE' —Trial evidence A MEDICAL officer of the General Hospital, Singapore, said m the Singapore Assizes yesterday that while on duty at the hospital on Dec. 11, 1950, a European with burns on the upper part of his chest, back, neck, hands and legs was admitted.
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    MORE LEFT MALAYA
    75 7 The number of people who left Singapore and the Federation m the first three months of this year exceeded those who arrived here by 9.541. according to migration statistics published by the Singapore Government. A total of 91.515 left this country by sea. land and air against
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    THOMSON TO VISIT BRITAIN
    30 7 Mr. George Thomson. Public Relations Secretary, will leave for Britain by air on Friday to attend a conference of Public Relations Officers from 23 British territories.
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    Mr. Lee studies fruit growing
    83 7 Mr V S. Lee. of the Department of Agriculture m Malaya, has just left London for four weeks, stay m Devon and Cornwall. He will be attached to the Devon and Cornwall County Agriculture Committees to study m particular the work of advisory services m
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    RECTOR'S VISIT
    48 7 The Rev. Canon Bryan Green, Rector of Birmingham, is due to arrive m Singapore by Qantas BOAC Constellation from Britain on June 18. Canon Green will spend two or three days m Singapore before going on to Australia to deliver this year's Moorhouse lecture m Melbourne.
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    He could not have started fire -COURT TOLD
    116 7 He could not have started fire -COURT TOLD A SINGAPORE lawyer's clerk told Singapore First Police Court yesterday he was sure that Ng Kirn Hock, aged 56, could not have set fire to a house m Beach Road on Nov. 19. A man and six children died m the fire.
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    Man gaoled for lying
    76 7 From Onr Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Tues j^HMAD bin Hassan, charged with giving fake information to a public servant, was sentenced to four months' imprisonment In the Police Court today. Ahmad, who wanted to be enrolled as a. special constable, had toid Inspector Ami that he
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    Committee for village
    56 7 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. The resettlement area at Kempas has formed a village committee with Mr. Choonj? Foong; Slew as chairman and village headman. The members of the committee are Messrs. Chin Sit Har. Chia Tai Kleu. Choon? Fai Teng, Poon Shu Chew Wong
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    30-cent bribe—slo
    36 7 30-cent bribe— slo JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. Kirn Toh Lan. a groundnut dealer In Johore Bahru. was fined $40 here today for offering a 30-cent bribe to an mxiliary policeman to stop him from searching his car.
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    'OUT OF DOORS'
    30 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues Kwnk Wai Pak a carpenter m Singapore, was fined $10 m Johore Bahru today for being out of doors at Kulai during curfew hours.
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    FIRE DAMAGE
    32 7 The .■*?<». r.d floor of a ?hop"rouse In New Market Road Singapore, was dan-.aged by fire caused by a K&ir.i circuit ?arly yesterday. The iloor was occupied by iree CHnr.ese famUtM.
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    RIOTERS' CHASED
    29 7 POLICE CHASE rioters through clouds of tear gas m upper picture during riot exercises by Singapore Harbour Board police. In lower picture a fallen rioter is arrested.
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    Court move to get farmers out
    257 7 A PPLICATION will be made to Court tomorrow for a warrant to evict 22 squatter families from their farms m the grounds of the Singapore Mental Hospital, a Land Office spokesman said yesterday. However, the warrant will not be executed immediately, ho said. The
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    MORE SAVE MORE
    45 7 Deposits m the Post Office Savings Bank In Singapore exceeded withdrawals by more than $500,000 lasr month. This is the highest figure recorded since the re-opening of the Bank m 1945. A total of 895 new accounts wer? noened during the month.
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    OBLIGED POLICEMAN FINED $10
    62 7 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. "F|ON'T oblige policemen m future." warned the Magistrate when he fined a taxi-driver, Manikam. $10 for carrying an excess passenger. M-uiikam had told the Magistrate that the excess passenger was a policeman whom he had to oblige. The Magistrate
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    SHOP 'TEA MONEY'-S6O,OOO
    294 7 SHOP 'TEA MONEY'S6O,OOO ■fEA money" for a shop1 house m High Street. Singapore was about $60,000, said Mr. N. A. Mallal. m Singapore High Court yesterday. He was appearing for the proprietor of Singapore Silk Store. Mr. Thakurdas Kessamall, who was suing Wassiamull Assomull and Co., textile merchants, for possession
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    ON VACATION
    23 7 Fifty-one Malayan students, who are on vacation from Hong Kong University, arrived m Singapore yesterday aboard the P O liner Carthage.
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    Riot Unit to close: response poor
    189 7 T*HE Riot Investigation Unit, started by the L Singapore police after the December riots, will wind up at the end of the month. The Unit officers have returned to former posts, except A.S.P. A. H. Frew, officer-in -charge, and A.S.P. Patton. Mr. Frew yesterday
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    APPEAL FOR WITNESSES
    71 7 APPEAL FOR WITNESSES Singapore Traffic Police last night issued an appeal for eyewitneses who saw an elderly Chinese woman knocked down by a Chinese motorcyclist along Serangoon Road yesterday to contact. Inspector Osman of the Traffic Branch, Maxwell Road. The woman, 56-year-old Leong Ng Mvi, died as a result of
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    GENTY WILL SEE A SPECIALIST
    113 7 THE French concert pianist Jacques Genty who arrived m Singapore by air last night from Jakarta with his wile Lola Bobesco, said he would fly to Paris later m the year to seek expert medical opinion r?n "lugcul^r t* .ruble in his hands. The trouble
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    Farewell to judge
    128 7 "iHE staff of the Singapore 1 District and Magistrate courts yesterday sad farewell to District Judge Mr. H. E. Kingdon. seated ninth from left, who win be leaving ty the Carthage lo- Seated lrom left to right: Mr. Lim Choon Aun. Chief Inspector K. Ramakrishnan, Mr. Chia
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    REDS' WHISKY BOTTLE BOMB FAILS TO POP
    253 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. LH)RTY bandits tried to wipe out a section of the 4 R.A.F. Regiment, Malaya, with the aid of a whisky bottle a home-made bomb. But the explosion they were waiting for did not come. This incident
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    MORE AID TOR CHINESE SCHOOLS
    60 7 From Our SUff Correcpoßfeat KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The Federal Government nas recommended to all State and Settlement Governments an Increase of 100 per cent m the grante-in-ald to Chinese schools. The Member for Education Dato E. E. C. Thuraisingham revealing this today said that several
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    YOUR BOTTLE OF LEMONADE WON'T TASTE THE SAME
    112 7 WORLD shortage of sulphuric acid may soon change the taste of some Singapore soft drinks. Citric acid, which puts the lemon taste into lemonade, is made from the action of sulphuric acid on citrate, an extract of lemons. It has gone up
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    DENTIST TO THE KING
    82 7 Surgeon Captain CD) L. B. Osborne. who arrived m Singapore on the P. O. liner, Carthage, on May 29 to take over as Far East Fleet Dental Surgeon, has been appointed an Honorary Dental Surgeon to the King. Capt. Osborne was managet of the British Isles
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    $5,000 RECORDER
    24 7 From Onr Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. Tape recording facilities have been installed m the Council Chamber at a cost of $5,000.
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    S'PORE PUBLIC WONT HAVE TO PAY FOR BCG TESTS
    322 8 g C.G. tests and inoculations will be available free of charge to the public of Singapore through Government dispensaries, hospitals and Municipal Infant Welfare clinics by August soon after Colony students have been dealt with. This was disclosed yesterday by Dr.
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    Journalists in Glasgow
    99 8 QN a visit to the works of the North British Locomotive Company m Glasgow, journalists from Malaya, Hong Kong and Mauritius saw the whole process of locomotive building. Scotland built its first locomotive for Malaya about 1888, for China about 1866 and Mauritius about 1862. The delegates
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    CLOTHS BLAZE KILLED GIRL
    70 8 While Moy Noi, a 10-year-old girl, was cooking rice m a kitchen at her Geylang Road, Singapore home, her clothes caught fire, it was said at an inquest m Singapore yesterday. Mvi Kwai Lin, a neighbour, said she heard cries from Moy's house and found the
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    BUS WORKERS WANT RISE
    74 8 The 1.300-strong Singapore Traction Company Employees' Union, will meet on June 15 to discuss a demand for an immediate wage rise. The Union is also to appeal to the Singapore Municipal Commissioners to help them to ga: a wage increase. The company has refused a one-dollar-a-day
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    EVADED CUSTOMS
    35 8 From Our Own Correspondent. JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. Sadasican, a Kuala Lumpur, draughtsman, was fined $300 m the PoMce Court today for attempting to evade Customs duty on a wrist watch and toilet articles.
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    55 8 COACHES DANGLED precariously on the edge of a 40foot embankment m one of the worst .Malayan Railway derailments after the track had been broken by bandits. A breakdown train and 40 ton crane (above) worked all week-end lifting; the wrecks off the line. The train was the Gemas Kuala Lumpur
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    Singapore voters drop by 18,000
    216 8 'I'HFRE are 18,000 fewer names on Singapore's 1 electpral lists tor Legislative Council and Municipal elections today than on April 15 when the lists were reopened for revision. Following a house to house check, which is now nearing completion, the names of people who could
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    The Chief checks on road hogs
    110 8 The Chief checks on road hogs SINGAPORE'S chief of Traffic Police, has taken a personal hand In checking bad road manners during the evening; eastwardhound traffic jam at the KaHang Road Crawford Street roundabout. At five o'clock m the evening, just as the Colony's road hogs are stacking up six
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    500 AT DINNER
    44 8 More than 500 people attended a dinner held at Raffles Hotel, Singapore, last night given by the Indian textile firm Maganlal Nagindas and Company m honour of Mr. Hiralal Nagindas, a partner of the firm, who was married m India recently.
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    MEDICAL TALK
    32 8 Professor V. B. GreenArmytage, vice-president of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, will speak on fertility at the Faculty of Medicine. Sepoy Lines. Singapore, on Friday at 6 p.m.
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    $1,000 may be invested
    44 8 THE Singapore Municipal ISlnployees Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society will invest $1,000 m shares m the Malayan Co-operative Wholesale Society if a branch office is opened m Singapore. This was decided at the annual meeting of the Loan society yesterday.
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      222 8 Fly to^ Britain m s Festival Year V Plan now to fly to the Festival .^Ui ,of Britain, 1951 Every\f where you'll be "welcoma to Britain" its Exhibitions and Anniversaries Musiral an d Dramatic Festivals .1 Agricultural Shows and International Sporting Events. M Britain will be "at home" to the
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      116 8 Straits Times Crossword 12 3 4 |6 I |7 I fi [""""1 -r^ ■wjjj to— 10 5§K! §S§ wjSjt Ttjjs -j-t I■■ <M» S§B| 12 7i~ BZ1B8" ~1"~1~B 14 15 ,6 1 HI —S^^ HHH H^ 18 l 9 20 2f 22 I M t^ r^^ 23 t^. tfiSi. S^
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      136 8 II: e ta SU 4-1^ note of praise" (Gray) i7>. DOWN. 2. "I's a devil an* a an" an orphan-child m one" (.Kip3. Obstinate people (5) 4. The meter doesn't get cu° ofT with It (8). Duke's deputy m strange. lovely wa v« <6> 7- Birds of sentence (8). B.
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    GOOD GAME FOR A WET DAY CHILDREN'S CORNER
    435 9 GOOD GAME FOR A WET DAY CHILDREN'S CORNER Dear Boys and Girls, I wonder what you do with yourselves on wet days when you can't go out to play? You might try this game sometime, when you have nothing to do. Two or more people can pJay, and all you
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    Forced landing in the magic carpet
    802 9 '•yES\ replied the A carpet m its dry old voice. "Now that your little friend has awakened me from my long sleep, I will take you wherever you command me "I may add," the carpet continued (m rather a pompous way, we thought), "1"
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    14 9 Collect six of these coupons' to join the Children's Corner Club.
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    Surprise From The Seabed
    89 9 Surprise From The Seabed THEY got quite a surprise m the Mediterranean Sea 120 years ago. In the year 1831 there suddenly appeared, a rocky island it popped up from the sea and it was promptly named Ferdinandea. Then the fun began. England, France and Italy began to argue about
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    EDUCATION WEEKESSAy
    228 9 rjpHE winning 'Educa- tion Weel? essay was sent by Tan Beng Watt, of Serangoon Road, Singapore 8. Here it is. EDUCATION Week is a celebration m which all schools participate. The object of this celebration Is to show the public, and parents of pupils, Just what the schools
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    SLIPPER SLIP-UP
    63 9 SLIPPER SLIP-UP 1 lf/£ are told that Ci*-5 1 derella's slipper was\ made of glass, but it was 1 almost certainly a fur 1 slipper. The story of I i Cinderella is a Frenchl i legend, and, m the trans- 1 I lation, the translator mis- 1 I took the
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    London Stocks
    289 10 LONDON, Tues. DUYERS paused and little profit-taking was sufficient to bring slightly lower levels to many sections of the London Stock Exchange today. Dunlops at 675. showed little alteration following the annual report. Coppers were flrnr but diamonds were lower where mentioned Closing middle price* 01 selectee stock*
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    SHIPS ALONGSIDE
    60 10 CHIPS alongside the Singapore Harbour Board godowns at 4 pm yesterday were: 44 Merkur. 42/43 Carthage. 40/41 Maetsuycker. 38/39 Holmjaland, 36/37 Toulouse, 33/34 Pulau Laoet, 31/32 Glengyle, 29/30 Benwyvis, 27/29 Eurybates, 24 Sedenak. 23 K. Weiyang. 22 Kilwa, 19/20 Burnside 15/16 Antilochus, 13/14 Peleus, 11/12 Sango!a, 8/9 Somali,
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    Hitam Tin output
    12 10 JJITAM Tin m May produced 72 piculs of tin-ore.
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    UNKNOWN
    463 10 SELECTED Industrials wpre Ib good demand m the Malayan share market yesterday, and m many cases prices improved. Tins were inclined to ease. Rubbers were steady. Quotations announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' I Association were: INDUSTRIALS Bayers Seders Kjsx. Bricks Pref 182* 1.90 Ords 2.15 2.35 Atia* lea MOO
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    TIN: 5517 A PICUL
    454 10 SINGAPORE, Tues.. June 12— $517 (down $7,621). £992| a ton in London LONDON, Jane 12.— Cash Buyers £9924, Sellers £995; Forward Buyers £970, Sellers £971; Settlement £990 (down £10). Turnover; a.m. .65 tons. p.m. 30 tons. Southern Klnta 13/3 14/ 3. Malayan SO/- 31/3 rronoh 23/-
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    General decline
    207 10 ALL grades declined m the Singapore rubber market yesterday; lower advice from London was the reason. Business was reported at levels three cents below Monday's close. More sellers were m evidence In the afternoon, and the selling price for first-grade, June shipment, dropped half a cent from the
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    THE PRODUCE MARKET
    134 10 T«HE Singapore copra market was 1 dull and unchanged yesterday, with buyers at Ml% ft plcul and sellers at $42%. Buyers In the coconut oil section of the produce market were still uninterested m a selling price of »74 a picul. Pepper prices remained unchanged m a
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    H.K. EXCHANGE
    34 10 HONG KONG, Tues. FREE market currency exchange for Hong Kong dollars »M quoted at the close today as follows: US$l HK56.27 (cashi, HKS6.3OU (T); £1 HK515.77; one tahil of f?old HKS3IS.— U.P.
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    KIND REGARDS FOR, A DOUBLE
    274 11 KIND REGARDS FO R, A DOUBLE Won very easily on Saturday From EPSOM JEEP IPOH, Tuesday. ITIND REGARDS broke the ice at Ipoh on Satur- day after a series of disappointments. Always within reach of the pacemakers this four-year-old cleared away m the straight to beat Thumbs Up and Admiral
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    GOOD GOING
    19 11 gPSOM JEEP reports that Ipoh is having hot, dry weather. The going today should be very good.
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    Constance best on track form
    166 11 Constance best on track form IPOH, Tues. (CONSTANCE has been galloping with all her old dash. She went every bit like a winner on the track on Monday morning, and I do not intend to recommet d anything to beat her m Race Five. Constance has not shown up In
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    Noble Light has little to beat
    649 11 IPOH, Tuesday. VOBLE Light looks a fairly safe each-way proposin tion m Race Three on his second to Shmoo over 7f. at Kuala Lumpur m April. It was his bestever performance and he has little to beat here. I cannot imagine Mr. S. A.
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    Charles feted
    59 11 From EPSOM JEEP TPOH, Tues.— Herb Charles, champion iockey on the Malayan turf last season, was honoured by his fellow jockeys at the fourth annual dinner of the Malayan Jockeys Association held last night at the Ipoh Club. Doug. McPherson. President of the association, presented Charles with a
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    114 11 EPSOM JEEP CALL BOY POINTER RACE 1 2.J« DUNDONALD Azad Reral Aire DUNDONALD And Siieknesa nrsnoxALD Recal Air* Aiad RACE 2 3.05 KELVIN Fountain Lady Sanlana KAKAMA Fountain Lady Kelvin KELVIN Jaunty Sanlana RACE 3 J. 4« NOBLE LIGHT Mimnw Ganymead ATOM BOY NoMe Light Ganymead MR.
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    Today's Race Card
    869 11 OELOW is the card for today's Ipoh races. The °Big Sweep will be drawn on Race Seven. Race 1—2.30: Class 3, Div. 3— Furs. 1 --0 Regal Aire Charles 900 "Lucky Strike Stable" Hobos 2 000 Clonafh Lewis 8.12 M/s. T. T. &K. K. Teo Yong 3
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    SOUTH AFRICA WIN TEST BY 71 RUNS
    471 12 A Rowan, Mann skittle England NOTTINGHAM, Tuesday. SOUTH Africa won their first cricket Test match for 16 years when they beat England by 71 runs m the first Test here today. The last time they won was m 1935 when they beat England
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    SCOREBOARD
    175 12 SOITH AFRICA-Snd INNS, t Rowan c Ikln b Bcdsrr 11 Walte c Jkln b TatternaM 5 McGtew it. Erans b Bedser Futlerton c Brown b Tattersart Ij Cheetham b Ber»er Van Ryneveld Hitln b Bed»er A Rowan c E»ans b Bedser Mann b Tat»er»a* Chubb not o«t MrCartb; b
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    SECOND TEST XI
    68 12 NOTTINGHAM, Tues.— England make one change for the second cricket Test against South Africa beginning at Lord's on June 21, Brian Statham, Lancashire's fastmedium bowler, replacing Trevor Bailey. The team: F. R. Brown captain; L. Hutton, J. T. Ikin, R. T. Simpson. D. Compton, W. Watson. T.
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    Warwicks keep lead
    212 12 LONDON. Tues. ■OTARWICKSHIRE kept their place at the top of the County cricket championship table with a 83-run victory over Notts today. Leading counties are Warwicks (64 points i, Yorkshire 56, Hampshire 54 and Lancashire 44. Results today: LEICESTER bt OXFORD 0. BY AN INNS. AND 37
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    AAA TRIANGULAR
    40 12 Singapore Amateur Athletic Association will hold a triangular meet on the Padang on June 29, Mr. E. Strickland, president of the S.A.A.A., told the Straits Times yesterday. The three probable teams are Army, Job ore and Combined Schools.
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    JUNIOR ROVERS
    56 12 Hovers B.C. Junior soccer team to meet R N AS. at Farrec Park tomorrow wHI be selected from W. Skinner, Yoon Fook. DoEah Hamid. B. Rahman. O. Suppiah. Kee Seng. Quee Cheng. Ismail Talb. Mat Noor. Boon Khlm. Wtng Kee. Click Kiang. A. Gomez. 3 A. Rahman. Syed
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    HOW MUCH IS "LITTLE VALUE?"
    170 12 HOW MUCH IS "LITTLE VALUE?" Neo's watch NEO CHWEE KOK, Singapore's four gold medalwinner at the Asian Games, will have to wait a little long--er before he can get the gold wrist-watch which the wellknown Colony sportsman and Legislative Council member, Mr. P. F. de Souza, had offered to present
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    Spore Army hit 304 for 9 v. Hong Kong
    237 12 Spore Army hit 304 for 9 v. Hong Kong SINGAPORE Army batsmen made merry at the expense of tht visiting Hong Kong Army cricketers on the matting wicket at Nee Soon yesterday, scoring 304 for nine declared In the opening day's play of their two-day match. Singapore recovered from a
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    43 12 JACK GARDNER, his face bloody, holds on to Cesar Brion of Argentina during their 10-round fight at the White City Stadium, London, last week. Gardner clearly shows the wear and tear of combat, especially around the eyes. Brion won on points. Reuter photo.
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    JOEY MAXIM WAS DRUGGED THEORY
    77 12 CHICAGO, Toes. rpHE Illinois Athletic Commis- sion has decided to question light-heavyweight champion Joey Maxim about suggestions that he might have been drugged on May 30 when he tried unsuccessfully to wrest the heavyweight crown from Exzard* Charles m Chicago Stadium. The Commission ordered Maxim
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    Soccerites took chances
    183 12 MAKING good use of the chances that came their way, Star Soccerites defeated Chinese A.A. by three goals to one m a S.A.P.A. Div. 2 league game on the 8.0.D.C.A. ground yesterday. This was Soccerites' third win m seven games. Soccerites got their first goal In the
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    R.I. SPORTS
    48 12 The annual athletic sports of the Raffles Institution will be held on the school ground on Saturday, June 30 at 3 p.m. Included m the programme are two events for old boys: 100 yards handicap for competitors over 30 and 440 yards for competitors under 30.
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    H.K. BANK WIN 'A' LEAGUE TITLE
    267 12 H.K. BANK WIN 'A LEAGUE TITLE Hongkong S'hai Bank 2; Fraser Neave 0. lIONGKONG and Shanghai Bank clinched the Singapore Business Houses, Football League "A" championship by defeating Fraser and Neave twonil at River Valley Road yesterday. Bank thus maintained an unbeaten record m League matches this season and also
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    RAF veterans steal show from IS'pore 'A'
    368 12 THREE R.A.F. Seletar veterans stole the show from the youthful Singapore "A" XI at jalan Besar stadium yesterday. The experience of 38-year-old Charlton (left-wing), 40-year-old Cooper (centre-half) and Hampson (right back) subdued the dash of the Colony youngsters who were beaten by three
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    "Dyson course is bearing fruit"
    352 12 rE standard of athletics m Singapore has never been higher than it is today, Mr. E. Strickland, president of the Singapore Amateur Athletic Association and Hon. secretary of the Singapore Olympic and Sports Council, said yesterday. "This shows that the Dyson ning to bear fruit
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    S'pore RASC win at K.L.
    115 12 From Oar Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. TN a game of low scores at HeadA quarters Malaya on Sunday, the Singapore R.A.S.C. beat the Malaya R.A.S.C. by 28 runs. Batting first the Singapore team scored exactly 100. Fuller and Da vie took four wickets each
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    Terry Allen wins flyweight title'
    61 12 LEICESTER. Tues. Terry Allen, Islington, the former world champion, won U\e vacant British flyweight title when he narrowly outpointed Vie Herman, the Scottish champion, over 10 rounds here last night. Herman (111$ lloz.) fought hard and attacked for most of the fight but he could
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    POLO FINAL TODAY
    26 12 The final of the Singapore Polo Club's Junior Cup will be played at the Polo Club ground, Thomson Road, at 5.15 pjn. today.
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    Faux Pas wins Ascot Gold Vase
    94 12 ASCOT, Tues.— Mrs. R. Foster's Faux Pas won the Gold Vase run over two miles here this afternoon. Miss Dorothy Paget's Snowdon was second and the Aga Khan's Shahanshah third. Fifteen ran. Betting: 6-1 Faux Pas. 20-1 Snowdon, 8-1 Shahanshah. King's Colour was 5-1
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    PAN-MALAYAN COUNCIL: NEW MOVE BY FED.
    266 12 PAN- MALAYAN COUNCIL: NEW MOVE BY FED. NEW proposals from the Federation for the formation of a Pan-Malayan Olympic and Sports Council were discussed at length at a committee meeting of Singapore .Olympic and Sports Council held at the V.M.C.A. yesterday. I A letter from the convenor of a meeting
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    P.I. SHUTTLERS SUSPENDED
    96 12 HONG KONG, Tues.— The unofficial badminton Inter-port between Hongkong and Philippines fizzled out last night as a result of the suspension of four of the Philippine players by the Philippine Amateur Athletic Federation because they failed to obtain permission to take part In matches outside the Philippines.
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    SINGAPORE TIDES
    27 12 TODAY: 3.49 am (7.8), 5.17 pm (7.4); 10.28 am (2.6), 10.56 pm (4.3). TOMORROW: 502 am (7 4), 6.08 pm (7.5): 11.25 am (3.1 1
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    Sports Diary
    49 12 CYCLING: Cosmopolitan Open champiolshlps (cont.) at S.C.R.C. 4.45 p.m. CRICKET: Singapore Army v H.K. Army (last day) at Nee Soon: Raffles Inat. v G. Dog Unit RMP at R.I. 2.30. SOCCER: Dlv. 1: Casuals v I.R.C. at sUdlum; Div. 2: H.M. Dockyard v I.R.C. 'A' at Geylan<.
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