The Straits Times, 17 June 1952

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    18 1 The Straits Times. MALAYA* NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1X45 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1952. PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS
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    SWEDEN PROTESTS TO RUSSIA
    368 1 Two planes shot down in Baltic mock 'war STOCKHOLM, Monday. AN emergency meeting of the Swedish Cabinet was called today to discuss the loss of two Swedish aircraft over the Baltic. Then the Premier, Mr. Tage Erlander, called in the Soviet Ambassador, Mr. Rodinov, and protested
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    Man kills 2 women in 20 minutes
    81 1 LAUNCESTON. Tasmania, Mon. TWO young married women were shot dead by the same man within 20 minutes here today in houses a mile apart. One of the women was the mother of a 15-month boy ana was expecting another child within two months.
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    Crashes hurt 14
    48 1 Fourteen people were injured, one of them seriously, in six road accidents In Singapore yesterday. The badly n jured man, an Indian, was in a car which overturned in Changi Road. A lorry overturned in Keppel Road and a car overturned in Middle Ru. 1.
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    Fire kills horses
    27 1 Nfc-W YORK, Mon. One ■kin was killed and 21 horses burned to death earjy today In fire at the Belmont P -ice track— U.P.
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    Winston Wo 'to big 4 talks
    137 1 LONDON. Mon. MR. Churchill today turned down a proposal in the House of Commons to invite the leaden of the great Powers, including the Soviet Union, to prepare an agenda for an early meeting. Mr. Hector Hughes, Labour, said an early meeting was desirable
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    'RIOT SQUADS' FOR CAIRO
    54 1 CAIRO. Mon. The Egyptian Government Is organising an armoured police force of 5,000 officers and men, to be ready within a month, to preserve order and security in the capital, the Interior Minister. Ahmed Mortada El M3raghi Pasha, announced today. The force will get equipment from
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    US$ 12 MILLION FOR STRIKE PLAN
    36 1 CLEVELAND Mon —A US $12,000,000 strike fund is proposed in a reso'ution before the 300.000 strong Communications Workers of America which began a five-day meeting in Cleveland today.— A. P.
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    THE PLANTERS WIFE...
    29 1 iHIDITTI COLBERT and Jack Hawkins, at Liz am* Jim Prater, rehearse a love scene for the film "The Planter's Wife." which it about Malaya. Eeuter picture;
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    Yen rumour
    22 1 TOKYO. Mon. The Japanese Finance Minister, Mr Hayato Ikeda, today denied reports that the yen wa» to be devalued— AP
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    Woman ex-spy is murdered
    200 1 M LONDON, Monday. RS. CHRISTINE GRANVILLE, aged 37, whose work as a secret agent in World War II won her high British decorations, was stabbed to death 1p a London hotel last night. Police today questioned Dennis Muldowney, a 41--year-otd London club porter, in connection with
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    Buffalo gores Spore man
    35 1 A 55-year-old Arab, Abdullah bin Mohamed was seriously injured at Prince Edward Road In Singapore yesterday when he was gored by a buffalo H e was admitted to the General Hospital.
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    JOURNALIST PLEADS GUILTY TO SPYING
    118 1 STOCKHOLM. Monday JOHAN FRITIOF ENBOM, a 33-year-old Cora- munist Journalist, pleaded guilty today to espionage from 1941 to 1951. He is facing charges of syping for Russia and plotting treason in the event of a new world war. Swedish Prime Minister Tage Erlander today protest
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    Spectator dies in race crash
    50 1 MILAN. Mon.— One spectator was killed and four others Injured near here today when a motor cyclist competitor in the marathon Milan Tar an to race skidded off the road. The accident occurred only about 20 miles from the start of thf 875 miles race.—Reuter.
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    TEMPLER'S THERE
    22 1 LONDON, Mon. Sir Gerald Templer arrived in London h? air tonight for consultations with Mr. Lyttelton, the Colonial Secretary. Reuter.
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    Ships trapped in dock basin
    123 1 LIVERPOOL. Mon. AN incoming freighter tore t\ off the 800-ton lock gates of Liverpool s Hornby Do:* basin today trapping 20 shlos Inside and loosing a 'orrent of water from the TtM fatM sank after the I collision causing eight feet of water to pour
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    Scared pilots
    25 1 COPENHAGEN Mon —Four i DanUh Air Force fighter pilots were dismissed yesterday because they said the\ were afraid to fly jet planes AJ».
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    WOMAN GA YE GAMBLER $40,000 AND CAR, THEN LEFT HIM I
    441 1 Suicide offer plea for money fails TWO DATS after Mrs. K. Dobbs, left him to live In the Convent of the Good Shepherd, Andrew Lee, aged Zl, a businessman, killed himself by taking a sedative drug, it was stated
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    Mac Donald 'resigning,' Slim tipped
    103 1 Mac Donald 'resigning,' Slim tipped From Oar Own Correspond' nl LONDON, Mon. rE COMMISSIONER General for South-East Asia, Mr. Malcolm Mat Donald, is expected to resign in the near future, the political correspondent of the Daily Telegraph said today. Field Marshal Sir William Slim. Chief of the Imperial General Staff,
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    Africans kill one more Red
    84 1 Africans kill one more Red KUALA LUMPUR, Mon AFRICAN troops killed another terrorist yesterday. Operating In the Bentonc and Temerloh areas of Pahang, the Ist and 3rd Battalions. King's African Rifles, are now reporting successes almost daily. Yesterday's kill was by a oatrol of the First KAR In the Bentong
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    Ahmed Hussein for trial
    42 1 CAIRO. Mon.— A high mllitarv court yesterday ruled itself qualified to try the Socialist Party leader. Ahmed Hussein, and five others accused of instigating the Jan. 26 riots. The prosecution has asked the death penalty for al six.
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    China atrocity
    25 1 ROME. Mon. Chinese Communists recently burnt to death about 100 lepers of the Hinychuang (Yunnan) leprosarium, the Tides Catholic News Agency reported to,day.
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    Ridgway inßome
    13 1 ROME. Mon Gen Matthew B. Ridgway arrived In Rome today— UJ.
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    Bandits fire rubber works
    45 1 |}ANDITS taut night set fire to Tong Chan rubber factory, at Gey lan g Pasar, 12 miles north of Johore Bahru. Three hundred piculs of rubber were lost. The factory is owned by Singapore Chinese. Johore Fire Brigade was called cut
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    Korea arms dump blows up
    147 1 Korea arms dump blows up PUSAN, Mon. AMERICAN soldiers in A tanks today moved Into an ammunition dump near Pusan to direct nre fighting after terrific explosions. Four Americans and ona South Korean soldier were killed and one American officer and seven soldiers Injured The huge dump caught fire at
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    Unions may press claims
    56 1 LONDON. Mon. 'J'HREE British unions today rejected the Chancellor of the exchequer's appeal for restraint in putting forward new wage claims. They are: the 800,000--member National Union of General and Municipal Workers; the National Union of Enginemen. Firemen, Mechanics and Electrical Workers (45.000 members); and the
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      1055 2 notices the british. rubber development board Chairman'i Review at Amhul Meetkw Tne fourteenth Annual General aTeet'ig of the British Rubber De- velopment Board was held on 16th June. 1852 at Market Buildings Mark Lane, London. E.C.3. The I following is the statement of Uw Chairman. Sir Sydney Palmer, I C.8.E.:--I*sl
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      1085 2 SINGAPORE CITY COUNCIL NOTICE Licence fees In respect of the andernoted vehicles not having been paid under Notice within the period prescribed in Section (7) of toe Road Traffic Ordinance. 1041, Warrants for levy and seizure haw been executed under Section 8(t) of the said Ordinance:— Lyanr at Refittnr of
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    E. GERMAN REVOLT QUELLED
    231 3 30 injured in pitched battles j VILLAGERS TRY TO FREE FAMILIES BONN, Monday. FIVE THOUSAND German Communist police appeared today to have stamped out the revolt in more than a dozen Soviet zone villages where East Germans protested at their eviction from the Communist frontier security
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    ARMED GIRLS
    31 3 OLUMNS of girl members of the Free German Youth, armed with small calibre rifles, marching past the reviewing stand daring a display of East Germany's armed forces in Leipzig.
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    ATOM ORE WAS GIVEN AWAY
    117 3 ATOM ORE WAS GIVEN AWAY DAKWIN, Mon. A CONSIGNMENT of uranium ore which has been lying unprotected and unguarded in the railway yard here may be moved to a local barracks as a result of security instructions issued in Canberra over the uerkend. Tin- uranium 100 tons has been lying
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    BACK TO WORK
    31 3 SYDNEY, Mon. Sydney dockers returned to work today ending a strike which began on June 12 over a request that they start a shift at 1 p.m.— Reuter.
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    East Germany gets no mail
    154 3 BERLIN, Monday. V(> mail reached East Berlin from the western sectors today after a dispute last night when East German security police stopped and searched a West Berlin mail van on the sector border. I West Berlin postal officials said the question of deliveries will
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    'Friendship garden' for Jap woman
    116 3 'Friendship garden for Jap woman MELBOURNE, Mon. DAFFODILS and hyacinths are shooting up in a newly-planted "friendship garden" of a suburban Melbourne home where the first Japanese wife of an Australian ex-Serviceman to come here after World War II will soon live The Japanese woman is Mrs Gordon Parker who
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    ANTI-JEWISH RIOTS
    30 3 TUNIS, Mon.— Five persons were injured today as antiJewish riots flared in Tunis for the second day running. Four Muslims and one Jew were taken to hospital. UP.
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    New pilots killed
    31 3 OSLO. Mon. Four Norwegian airmen, three of tliem newly returned from training in Texas, were killed today when two Fairchild training planes crashed In midair near Trondheim .—Renter
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    King of Sudan
    23 3 KARACHI. Mon. The Pakistan Government today announced its recognition of King Farouk as King of Egypt and the Sudan Reuter.
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    Soldiers hurt
    25 3 HONG KONG, M^on. A military truck overturned at Laichikok, Kowloon. yesterday resulting in injuries to six British soldlvrs. three of them seriously. Reuter.
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    For Portsmouth
    25 3 VALETTA. Mon The former Greek submarines Upstart and Untiring, returned to the British Navy at Malta earlier this month, sailed for Portsmouth yesterday.—AP.
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    Grenade attack
    23 3 SAIGON. Mon. One Vietnamese was killed and five people, one a Frenrhman, were Injured last night by Vletmlnh hand -grenades Reuter-AAP.
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    Rhee boycott of assembly ends
    237 3 t> USAN, Monday. PRESIDENT Syngman Rhee's minority bloc today ended its week-old boycott of the South Korean National Assembly. When the assembly convened at 11 a.m. today, 120 members were in their seats. The boycott began after he assembly of June 9 with 52 adherents
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    WEST INDIES FEDERATION
    57 3 KINGSTON. (Jamaica), Mon. The Jamaica Labour Party leader. Mr. William Bustamente. said today he favoured federation of the British West Indies, provided Jamaica was not forced into it without full guarantees. A meeting attended by the governments concerned is to be held in London this summer to
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    SECRETS' ENVOY STAYS ON
    74 3 SECRETS' ENVOY STAYS ON LONDON. Mon. PVEL S. Kuznetsov, Soviet Embassy official named in a British spy charge here on Saturday, is still in London a Soviet Embassy spokesman said today. Kuznetsov. second secretary at the Embassy, was alleged in court to have been given official secrets by a British
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    Indian beauty stays clothed
    44 3 NEW YORK, Mon Mm. Indran. Rahman. "Miss India." disappointed photographers here today by refusing to change from her sari into a bathing costune. She said she would wear bathing costume only for the "Miss Universe contest on June 23— Reuter.
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    Villagers fight fire threat
    34 3 JAMMU. (Kashmiri, Mon.— A forest fire has been raging for the last five days over a seven-mile area 15 miles north of here. Villagers are still fighting the blaze.— Reuter.
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    RUSSIA LOSES A RECORD
    66 3 WASHINGTON. Mon. DR. Walter Goede. claimed to have beaten a Russian-held world record today when his model plane stayed in the air for 49 minutes 27 seconds. The Russian record, established in August 1951, was 23 minutes 7 seconds. Equipped with two extra petrol tanks, giving
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    MORE RICE
    28 3 BANGKOK. Mon— Slam is taking steps to boost rice production to 3,000,000 tons annually to close the rice supply gap in South and South-East Asia.— A.P.
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    Defence call
    30 3 NEW YORK, Mon. President Anastaslo Somoza of Nicaragua has called for an early meeting of Western Hemisphere state heads to set up a defence organisation against Communism. Reuter.
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    ALLIES MUST BE FREE TO TALK
    107 3 PARIS Mon. Ade GAULLIST spokesman. M. Ga.ston Palewskl. last night- called for an attempt W reach a settlement with Russia over Germany before ratification af the capteacrual agrreemtnts, with Wwt Germany and of the European army treaty. "The allies must talk to Russia with
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    LONDON STOCKS
    341 3 Very little activity LONDON, Moo. VTERY little activity was discernible on the London Stock Exchange today, primarily due to the fact that tomorrow ia the last day of the current trading account Qlltedged mostly eased oneeighth of a point in small business. The short-dated stocks, however, were supported
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    London tin price
    27 3 LONDON, June 16.— Cash Buyers €974, Sellers €975; Forward Buyers €967.., SeUen £9«84. Settlement £9754 (down t> 2 >. Turnover am 15 tons; p.m. nil.
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    U.K. RUBBER
    31 3 LONDON. June 16— Spot 25-\d July Js\d. Aug. 25*.d.. Sept. 25V4d.. July-Sept 25».d.. Oct.-Dec 29d.. Jan-Mar. 24 ',d.. June cJ.f 25V,d.. July c.l.f 2o\d Aug. elf 3Sd Market: Quiet.
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    DOCTORS ARE ANGRY OVER 'V. D. 800K9
    332 4 DOCTORS ARE ANGRY OVER 'V. D. 800K 9 AN allegation in "The Naked Island", a re-cently-published boon about war-time Malaya, that 99.9 per cent of Malayan women had venereal disease has angered Singapore doctors The book was written by an Australian. Russell Braddon. who came to SinKaoorp as a gunner
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    Rubber roads in Canada and U.S.
    288 4 BIG FUTURE FOR INDUSTRY KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. IT IS in the great area of the northern United 1 States and Canada that the Malayan rubber producing industry can expect rubber to be widely adopted for roads, the chairman of the British Rubber Producing Board,
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    NO 'L' SIGN
    34 4 JOHORE BAHRU,. Mon. Cpl. Low Soon Watt, of the Regimental Military Police. Singapore, was fined $10 in the Police Court today for riding a motor cycle without displaying a "L" sign.
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    LOCAL FISHERMEN'S CATCHES IMPROVE
    186 4 T*HE most encouraging feature of Singapore's fish trade is the improvement in catches by local fishermen, an official of the Fisheries Department told the Straits Times yesterday. Catches from local waters rose from 267.4 tons in January this year to 335 tons In April, against last
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    RED CROSS HOUSE
    33 4 RAUB. Mon.— A building is being erected In Raub for the British Red Cross team in West Pahang. The building ls expected to be rrcupled by the end of Juljr.
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    INQUIRY INTO ROAD DEATH
    56 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. At an Inquest held by Inche Kadir, Circuit Magistrate, Johore Bahru. on the death of All bin Mohd. Amin, of Tenglu, Merslng, a verdict of death by misadventure was recorded. Ali was knocked down by a car driven by Mr. H. W. Lamond.
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    CRUEL, FINED
    21 4 KUANTAN. Mon.— For using two sick bu'Cs to pull a cart. Nadesa. o Slnnlah was fined $20 in Kuantan.
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    Fraudulent use of letter alleged
    189 4 HUSIN BIN AHMAD, aged 23, was yesterday charged before the Singapore Third District Judge, Mr. H. A. Forrer, with trying to cheat Raja Mohammed Yusoff bin Ahmad, a clerk, of $30. He was also charged with fraudulently using a letter purported to have been written
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    75,000 on Electoral Register
    90 4 75,000 on Electoral Register f THE total on the electoral register for the Singapore City Council and the Legislative Council elections reached 75,000 yesterday when 806 new names were sent to the Supervisor of Elections from the rural districts. The total number represent* approximately one-thin) of those elitible to rerfoter.
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    Rush to buy veg. at cut prices
    133 4 Rush to buy veg. at cut prices HOUSEWIVES in Newton Road, Singapore, flocked to a shop in that area and bought nearly every stalk of cheap vegetables sold by tlv; Singapore Consumers Association yesterday. In two shops in Orchard Road where the same type& of vegetables were sold by the
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    Penang funeral
    92 4 PENANO, Mon. TTHE acting Resident Com- 1 mlssioner, Mr. N. Ward. 1 was among a large gathering of Government offlcaLs and commercial leaders who attended the funeral this evenbig of Mr. E. V. C. Thomson, I a partner of Messrs Evatt and Co. Six ex-Servicemen. Messrs. iH. fc
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    Fifty attend Jawi class
    40 4 RAUB, Mon. The Jawi class sponsored by the Raub branch of the Pahang Adult Education Association has 50 pupils. Inche Mahmud bin Jin tan Assistant Inspector of Malay Schools. Pahang, is in charge of the class.
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    M.C.A. GIFT
    23 4 RAUB, Mon.— The Malayan Chinese Association has conrributed $63,000 towards the/ erection of Chinese schools in the new villages In Raub
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    Today's blackout schedule
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    RAJ WANTS TO ASK ABOUT WILLIAMS
    321 5 RAJ WANTS TO ASK ABOUT WILLIAMS Nicoll told: 'lts urgent matter SINGAPORE Legislative Councillor, Mr. C. R. Dasaratha Raj (Labour) yesterday applied to Mr. John F. Nicoll, the Governor, for a certificate of urgency to enable him to ask questions at this morning's meeting of the Council on the detention
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    52 5 LORD GIFFORD and Lady Gifford who arrived in Singapore by Qaiitas-BOAC yesterday. Lord Gifford. who is managing director of Ashton and Mitchell Ltd., and Messengers Ltd. in London, will spend two days in the Colony before going to Australia. They are staying with Commodore Walton, of the Naval Base.— Straits
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    75 5 MISS sISnEELA DA VIES, daughter of a City Councillor, Mr. E. V. Davit-s, returned to Singapore by Qantas-BOAC yesterday after studying music for five years in Britain Miss Davies. who plays the violin, studied at th»- Royal Academy of Music and the Royal College of Music, where she obtained hex
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    $5 a month? You pay $75, says judge
    118 5 AN instructor at the Social Welfare Department, Singapore, A. R. Ratty, who appeared in the High Court yesterday on a judgment debtor summons, was ordered by the Chief Justice, Sir Charles Murray-Aynsley, to pay $75 a month. Ratty owes Mr. Kong Thlan
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    Radio set theft draws gaol
    47 5 SUNGEI PATANI. Men For stealing a radio set. Chin Khoon Seng, an unemployed youth, was yesterday sent to prison for six months. Inspector Didar Singh, who prosecuted,- said Chin sold the set for $105. It was later recovered from a radio shop.
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    2 broke curfew
    25 5 PORT DICKSON Mon For breaking the curfew at Bute Estate. Sepang. A. M. Rayan and Sithamparam were fined $25 each in Sepang.
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    SELANGOR ASKS FOR DETAILS
    212 5 SELANGOR ASKS FOR DETAILS KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. SELANOOR Labour Party today wrote to the Singapore Labour Party for more details concerning the arrest last Saturday of Mr. P. M. Williams. Meeting In Kuala Lumpur yesterday, the Executive council of the Selangor Labour Party heatedly discussed the subject for more than
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    $5,000 fine to stay
    50 5 PENAao. Mon. Mr. Justice Spencer- Wilkinson today dismissed an appeal by Mak Ho Khan against conviction and a fine of $5,000 imposed by the Province Circuit Magistrate. Mak wa^ convicted for attempted evasion of customs duty of $1,007.91 on playing cards, face cre>im and talcum oowder
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    BISHOP BAINES VISITS MIJAR
    43 5 MUAR. Mon.— A service was hetd at the Muar Civil Ser vice Club on Saturday evening during the visit to Muar of the Rt. Rev H W Baines Bishop of Singapore. It was followed by a Communion service yesterday.
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    FOUND DEAD NEAR KNIFE
    55 5 IPOH. Mon. A 72-year-old- woman servant, Yoong Ngan, living at a dhoby shop opposite the New Town police station was found with her throat cut on Saturday night when occupants of the house returned from the cinema. She was dead in her room, with a blood-stained
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    350,000 GET CITIZENSHIP
    37 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. There were almost 350.000 registered Federal citizens, most of them Chinese, by the end of March, state statistic? issued today. During March, certificates of citizenship were issued to 3 895 people
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    FOUR WOMEN VICTIMS OF ALLEGED RUSE
    122 5 T'EO BOON SOON alias Teo Bah Chee, aged 22. L was brought before the Singapore Second Police Magistrate, Mr. R. B. I. Pates, charged with cheating four women of $50. He was alleged to have promised employment to four women whom he accosted outside
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    ALUMNI TO MEET IN IPOH
    77 5 IPOH, Mon.— Doclov.s liom four States in North Malaya Perak Kedah, Penang and Perlis— will meet in Ipoh on Saturday, July 5, for the annual general meeting of the northern branch of the Kins Edward VII College of Medicine Alumni Association. One of the items
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    Hindu New Year
    28 5 PENANG, Mon.— The Penang Settlement Council today voted In favour of retaining the Hindu New Year as one of four additional Settlement holidays for 1953.
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    NEGLIGENT: $50
    29 5 PORT DICKSON, Mon. Abdul Rahman bin Bidin, a corporal In the Malay Regiment, was fined $50 for negligent driving. His driving licence was ordered to be endorsed.
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    3,000 hear of cable to 'Uncle Joe'
    119 5 rfHE REV. JOE B. KENNEDY, Methodist youth evangelist from America, last nighi. told more than 3,300 Singapore people he would send a telegrarii Jo "Uncle Joe Stalin" saying t^iat Sifigapor? .Clirlstians would not take bis decelt and false claims lying down. ■I wHI
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    LAW BANS LOWER HOSPITAL FEES
    137 5 MEDICAL DEPARTMENI to grant reduction of 1 said Dr. G. A. Mott, Dei Health Officer, Perak. "Regulations implemented a few months ago," he said "under the Fees Ordinance, 1951, provide only the High Commissioner in Council the right to remit fees, either in part or
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    CRUELTY FINE
    21 5 PORT DICKSON. Mon.'Loo Kirn Tin and Yap Su Bu were fined $15 each in Sepang for cruelty to fowls.
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    PENANG ADOPTS A FLAG BADGE
    76 5 PENANG, Mon rh Settlement Council today adopted Penang's crest as the flag badge of the Settlement The crest shows "an arc anut or pinang tree leaved and toileted proper on a mound with a wreath of the colours of the settlement arms." Adoption of this
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    More TB victims given help
    195 5 More TB victims given help ILfORE tuberculosis suffiTA erers asked Government for financial help in May than in any other month, said Mr. W. S. Woon, assistant secretary in the Public Assistance Section of the Singapore Social Welfare Department, yesterday. Help was given to 1,019 people against 40 sufferers who
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    New Assn. for Perak
    77 5 IPOH. Mon. A MEETING to form the Perak Playing Fields' Association will be held In the board room of the Klnta Town Board at 4.30 p.m. on Friday. The meeting la being convened by Mr. J. M. BrarGer. tne State represent*Uve of the Malayan Playing Fields'
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      192 5 LEGISLATIVE COfNtlL: Meeting at Victoria Memorial Hal) 10 a.m. S.C.Y.C.: Inter-Denominational Evangelistic Meeting at Happy World Stadium 7.30 p.m. Chairman: Mr T P. P. McNeice. pr«akient of City Council: speaker The Rev. Joe B. Kennedy. Prea admission. CHINESK V.M.C.A.: Basketball and badminton 5.30 p.m.. Commercial school 6 p.m to 9
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    ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
    117 6 MRS. TAN SOO KIAM and faintly of Malacca thank all relatives and friends, who sent scrolls. *eng!ays, wreaths, gave help, paid night visits and attended the funeral of the late Mr. Tan Soo Kiam MR LIM CHENG BAN and family wish to thank all relatives and friends who kindly
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    ANNOUNCEMENT
    20 6 DRESSES made from Grafton Anti-shrink fabrics from $25— 550. Harrows Ltd 7. Orchard Road. Amber Mansions. Singapore Phone 4800.
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      One In Three Now
      532 6 There is cause for satisfaction, qualified though it must be, in the fact that there are now over 23,000 more names on the registers of voters for the Legislative and City Councils than there were two months ago. Satisfaction is justified because this result is very
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      The Colonial Services
      600 6 So much emphasis h laid in parliamentary discu. ions in London on the need for colonial development that the uninformed might easily draw the conclusion that comparatively little development has taken place. Study of the annual report by the Secretary for the Colonies and its comparisons with
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    THE TEACHER: EUROPEAN AND LOCAL
    1494 6 THE TEACHER: EUROPEAN AND LOCAL WHEN I wrote you m.v letter on "Quantity and quality in education". I did so with a certain amount ot misgiving. I knew I would be raising a hornets* nest about mv ears, for my letter touched on a subject on which local pride and
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    On The Margin
    420 6 On The Margin Blustcd hope EDUCATION, understandably and as witness the correspondence on the subject which keeps coming up In this page,, is a matter of deep ana pressing interest to Malayans. It Is with no thought of derogation or sabotage that we ask the solemn question. "Is literacy really
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      The Chettiar and the smallholder
      436 6 I AM a smallholder. LiKe me there are tens of thousands of Malay smallholders in the country who, faced by the disastrous fall in the rubber price, are cursing the day that the Federal Legislative Council passed the Money Lenders' Ordinance, wnk-h has forced the
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      ESTATE PAY REDUCTION POSSIBILITIES
      204 6 ESTATE PAY REDUCTION POSSIBILITIES 1 QUOTE from your editorial of June 10: "It is not helpful to relations in the industry to hint that as soon as a period of low prices comes the first thought ot employers is to cut salaries and wages." I am also sending you a
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      Ambush during 'Periander'
      241 6 WITH reference to the points raised by a reader last Saturday relating to bandit troubles in the Yong Penu area during the period of "Operation Perlander. the following is a detailed reply from 26th Gurkha Infantry Brigade headquarters In Johorr: Although the company located at Yong Peng
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    SINGAPORE NEEDS 13,000 HOMES A YEAR
    177 7 And heavy building must go on for next 20 years, says McNeice SINGAPORE will have to build 13,000 homes a year for the next 20 years to solve the housing problem, Mr. T. P. F. McNeice, City Council President, said yesterday. Mr McNeice, who
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    They need not have paid at all
    214 7 They need not have paid at all TV/JOST people who paid tea 1 money to get Singapore Improvement Trust accommodation need not have done so. the chairman of the Trust, Mr. T. P. F. McNeice, Mid at a Press conference yesterday. "I have personally investigated dozens of allegations of this
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    PROGRESSIVE PARTY HITS AT STORE GOVT.
    365 7 SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT is severely criticised by the Progressive Party in its latest news letter for not taking any action on the formation of the Singapore Regiment and also for its slowness in granting naturalisation to Chinese, as offered by Mr. Oliver Lyttelton, during his
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    Had false document charge
    157 7 Had false document charge JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. HAJI MAHMOOD bin Paseh a Bugis, was charged in the Sessions Court with having in his possession on Feb. 2 a certificate stating that he had lost his identity card which he had reason to believe was a forged document Haji Mahmood, it
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    6,0001 b dope charge
    66 7 PENANG, Mon. A SUNOEI Patani man. Cheng Siok How, was today charged in the Penan? First Magistrate's Court with being concerned in the importation of 6.000 lb, of opium at Pulau Paya Kedah on June 7. The Circuit Magistrate, Inche Abdul Rahman bin Mat, ordered Cheng
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    Co-operate for democracy
    243 7 GOVERNOR TELLS UNIONISTS— rpHERE can be no progress, no happiness and no 1 attainment of the democratic ideal without the spirit of co-operation, said a message from Mr. John F. Nicoll, Governor of Singapore, to 30 trade unionists, including four Burmese, who began an eight-week training course
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    Benefit fund for union
    170 7 Benefit fund for union KAJANG. Mon. MR. V. M. N. MENON, Federal Executive Councillor and secretary of the AllMahyan Estate Asiatic Siaft Union, told members of the Ulu Langat branch at a tea party at Kajang last night that a union benefit func scheme would be started in July. Admission
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    Pick-pocket sent to gaol
    99 7 DESCRIBED as a professional pick-pocket by Inspector T. S Zain, 19-year-old Teong Tee Kiat was yes- terday sentenced to three months" imprisonment by the Singapore Second Police Magistrate Mr R. B. I. Pates, for stealing a fountain-pen valued at $36 from Pang Chin Peow. Teong was
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    Charged with having arms
    57 7 Koh Ben* Scan, aged 20, an alleged deserter from the Army, was brought before the Singapore First Magistrate. Mr. R C. S. Bell, yesterday on a charge of unlawful possession of two .38 revolvers and 12 rounds of ammunition. He was remanded until June 27. when
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    Four stars for Malaya
    71 7 jy|R. Donald Peers, stage, broadcasting and television artiste, will arrive :n Singapore on Thursday by air from Britain with a party of three to entertain troops in Malaya. The party will leave for Kuala Lumpur on Saturday Mr. Peers will be accompanied by Mr. Donald Phillips
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    Collect your licences
    51 7 More than 1,500 driving licences and provisional driving licences are now in the Traffic Police Headquarters at Maxwell Road, Singapore, awaiting collection. The Superintendent of Traffic Police asks drivers who have obtained driving licences or applied for provisional licences to col'«ct them or send 30 cents for
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    Mr. R.W.I. Band going on leave
    45 7 Singapore's Secretary for Social Welfare. Mr. R. W. I. Band, will be going to England with his family at the end of this month on four months' medical leave. Mr. T. E. Smith, deputy secretary, will act as Secretary.
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    TRADE UNION COURSE OPENS
    22 7 I'KADE unionists attending an eight-day course at the British Council Hall, Singapore, take down notes. Straits Times picture.
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    Told her mother: 'I'm dying
    204 7 Told her mother: 'I'm dying TAN AH LAY said in the Singapore Relief Court yesterday that shortly before her daughter died in the General Hospital, she told her: "Look after my children, I am going to die." She was giving evidence at the trial of Hitam blnte AH. aged 69,
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    THEFT FROM SHIP CHARGE
    72 7 Yeo Cheng Lye, aged 19 claimed trial In the S:nga- pore Fourth Police Court yesterday to a charge of stealing 30 katls Of doves va'.ued at $30. The cloves were alleged to have been taken from the vessel Baud while lying in the Singapore Harbour on
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    M.C.A. DINNER
    47 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. Mr. Chia Hoi Yuen, president of the Kluang branch of the Malayan Chinese Association, who was awarded the B.E.M in the recent birthday honours, was the guest of honour at a dinner given by the MCA. Johore. in Johore Baharu last night
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    More work, so more probation officers
    149 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. MORE probation officers are to be recruited in the Federation soon to cope with the increased probation work, Col. L. F. Morling, chief probation officer, told the Straits Times today. He said he hoped to be able to advertise next month
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    Jewellery row—fined
    53 7 Jewellery row fined DISSATISFIED over a pair of ear-rings she had bought, 20-year-old Lucy Kam argued with the jeweller, then slapped Kwek Ngo Kir. his wife, it was alleged in Singapore yesterday. She was fined $10 and ordered to pay $25 compensation to Kwek. Kam, who denied striking Kwek, gave
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    More time
    23 7 The closing date for pntries o thr social studies course at the University of Malaya has been extended to June 2S.
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    Legionnaire applies for writ
    108 7 PENANG Mon. JOHANNES SCHMOLKE. a German in the French Foreign Legion, today applied to the Penang High I Court /or a writ of a habeas, err j>u* on the ground of I alleged illegal and Improper detention. Speaking in German, Schmolke said he Was being detained
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    Took clothes by mistake
    81 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. ELIAS bin Ahmat, a special constable was charged in the sessions court with the theft of a pair of trousers and a shirt from a room-mate In the Police barracks at Kota Tinggi. Etias told the Court that he took the articles by
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    Alleged hurt
    38 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon.--Awan e bin Atan, a woodcutter, was allowed bail in $250 by the police Court pending trial on a charge of having caused hurt to Cheah Ho Hoe. of Geylang Patah. with an axe.
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    6 weeks' gaol
    30 7 Bonaventure Monteiro, aged 20. found guiCty of retaining a stoten wallet, cigarettelighter, fountain-pen, pair of socks and $10, was yesterday sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment in Singapore.
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    US move will support rubber
    341 7 US move will support rubber 'THE United State* A General Services Administration, which has announced that it will sell 40,000 tons of low grade rubber from stockpile and will replace \it with high grade rubber, will carry out the operation under an orderly "rotation" system, it was learned yesterday. Fears
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    Rubber price 'No' alternative to subsidy for Malaya4
    337 8 Rubber pr ice 'No' alternative to subsidy for Malaya 4 LONDON, Mon. rE view that there would seem to be no alternative to some form of subsidy for Malaya, if the economy of that country was to strengthen, was expressed by today's Daily Telegraph. The paper was commenting on the
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    The Chief tells his men: Let me know your troubles
    161 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. /'in. A. YOUNG, the Federation's Commissioner of Police, wants his force to be founded on "confidence and affection" and is leading the way by inviting his men to tell him their problems. He is also urging the
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    77 8 CIX YEARS ago, a Swiss watch firm received an order to make one watch every year. There were two conditions: each watch had to be original in movement and design; the plans had to be destroyed immediately it was finished to prevent duplication. This latest model took 18 months. On
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    Lost $500 at races—to pickpocket
    90 8 Lost $500 at races to pickpocket KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. WHILE watching the running of the races at the April meeting of the Selangor Turf Club, Mr. Chan Kwonp Hon. a tin-miner and secretary of the M.C.A. branch in Selangor. felt someone pushing him. A few moments latrr, he found his
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    Bound over for assault
    37 8 MUAR. Mon.— Piah binte Khamis was bound over In $50 for three months for assaulting another woman Rablah binte Ibrahim, at Jalan Sisi. Muar. Plan was also ordered to pay compensation of $10.
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    Demand for recall of Mr. Mac Donald
    135 8 rpHE Dally Express today criticised Mr. Malcolm Mac--1 Donald, the Commissioner-General, and called for his return to Britain. The Daily Rapte— asked whether Oen. Templer. was gettlnz all the support from Parliament that he deserved. "Are the men around htm and above him
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    MANAGERS INVITED TO UNION MEETING
    145 8 IPOH, Monday. VIANAGERS of estates in Kinta, Kuala Kangsar, Matang, Larut, Bagan Serai, Krian and Dindings have been invited to attend the Central and North Perak Estates' Staff Union's annual meeting at the Station Hotel, Ipph. next Saturday. The annual report says that, the union
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    free falls on woman
    45 8 free falls on woman BIKII MERTAJAM, Mon. HAJI Saayah binte Bermatanf, 58, was killed yesterday afternoon when a coconut tree fell on her as she was pinching m»ngosteens in the kampong outside her noose. There was no storm then. The tree fell suddenly, killing Saayah.
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    WORKERS ARE WARNED: PAY CUTS COMING
    199 8 KAJANG, Monday. pSTATE staffs were warned to prepare for lower wages when the president of the All-Malaya Estate Asiatic Staffs' Union, Mr. V. D. Nair, spoke at the annual meeting of the Ulu Langat branch of the union in Kajang last night. Mr. Nair
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    Lottery on bus tickets is 'illegal'
    100 8 SINGAPORE Traction Company cannot start any form of "numbers" lottery on bug tickets to get the travelling public to demand and retain their bus tickets, because, a S.T.C. .spokesman told the Straits Times yesterday, "it Is illegal". A Straits Times reader recently suggested that
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    MORE TIN LICENCES
    55 8 IPOH, Mon. MORE tin ore dealers' licenses to meet the legitimate needs of Chinese miners in Perak are to be issued shortly it is understood. Early this year 48 such licences were cancelled and. since then, representations have been made to the mines department by the Perak
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    YOGI TO TALK
    24 8 SITIAWAN. Mon. Yogi Suddhananda Bharatiar will talk at the Chung Cheng Chinese School, Kampohg Koh Road. Sitiawan. at 5 p.m. tomorrow.
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    BROKE BAN: $50
    28 8 PORT DICKSON, Mon For removing restricted articles outside the perimeter fence ai Sepang, Arumugam was fined $50 or two weekrf imprisonment by the Sepang magistrate.
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    Bribe In mouth, he bit ClDman
    192 8 Bribe In mouth, he bit ClDman ILTHEN DORANA Nair, a detective-sergeant, tried to stop a police constable from swallowing two SI notes which he had accepted as a bribe, he had his fingers bitten. This was stated In Singapore First District Court yesterday when Mohammed Jai bin YusofT, the constable,
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    PIRATE TAXI
    22 8 MUAR, Mon. Tan Kal Kon, of Parit Jawa, who used a private car for hire, was at Muar fined $50.
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    A Child's Tads' Are Natural
    548 9 MOTHERCRAFT IN MALAYA A MOTHER writes that A mealtimes have become a struggle since her four year old son flatly refuses to eat his vegetables. She tells me that he is good in otheways and has nevei before given her cause for worry. Children quite
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    WARNING OFF A THIEVING CROW
    372 9 QNE of our most constant visitors to the bungalow has been a big, black, solitary crow. He looked so tame that I wondered if he had been somebody's pet. He seemed fearless and came very close to the door of the bungalow, arriving punctually every
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    BEAUTY PROBLEMS OF THE YOUNG
    506 9  -  JOAN HERBERI By A FLOWERLIKE skin A and slim figure are the prerogative of youth, yet so many ycung girt? have beauty problems that this article is dedicated to them, to try and help them to overcome those very problems peculiar to their youth. A
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      384 9 The Straits Times Crossword SsL-Sl to itart tenHe DOWN I 3 4 Si* 7 8 j 1 A road, but not »t home i 4). I j SJgS 3 An ill-fated vie Im of the 5 i| x li| HI H| 4. It m««n« lost to thoee' Involv--9 SS> BS*
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    Malayan History In The Back Garden
    999 10  -  Gv ml dine Horton By ~HE road from Kuala 1 Lumpur twists into many hairpin brr 4s to Klang and from uiere to Kuala Selangor runs straight and flat flanked only by a monotony of coconut pandanus. dead rubber and the soft green fuzz
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    CUKE OF EUROPE'S DEFENCE IS FORGED
    664 10  -  WAYNE THOMAS «i£^«%v [jy $&$&&&&> WHEN Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway to<jk over on June 1 as supreme Allied commander in Europe he did not have to start from scratch as Gen Eisenhower did 16 months ago. The cora of the defensive ring in western
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      Rubbers & Tins easier
      201 11 Rubbers Tins easier WITH no sign of the devaluation of the Sterling, despite the rumours of last week, the Share Market opened on a quieter note. Sellers came out with tin and rubber Issues, but buyers were somewhat cautious —the reversal of last weeks position. Tin and Rubber shares were
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      MALAYAN RATES OF EXCHANGE
      90 11 The Malayan Exchange Banks Assncia'ion announced agreed rates of exchange to merchant* yesterday as follows: Air Mail T.T. O.D. N 4 'ft. Credit Dills New York 32 U|16 S2 13'16 12 15 16 Canada 31 15 16 32 1 16 32 5 16 Tradr Bills 33
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    SELLING PRESSURE EASES RUBBER PRICE
    198 11 85 3 /4 els. at quiet close From Our Market Correspondent f IQUIDATION of stocks by holders on the Singapore Market caused the rubber price to ease yesterday. July first grade closed at 85? cents a lb. Sellers who had waited for a higher price
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    TIN: $485 3/8 A PICUL
    14 11 SINGAPORE, Mon— June 16.— 5485% a picul (down IK).
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    1951 profit of £24,065
    65 11 EOW SENO Rubber Company's profit for 1954. before tu. £60.365 (£36,133). Taxation t3«.300 (£15.700). Net profit £24.065 (£30.433). Off rehab!llt\tion nil (£7.000),' replanting and cultivation M.uOO (£1.000). general reserve £6,000 (nil) reserve for retirement £5,000 (ail). First interim dividend 10 (S) per cent, (net) £4.830 (£2.530
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    PEPPER PRICE DROPS AGAIN
    63 11 PRICES In the Singapore pepper market dropped further yesterday on continued lack of support, sellers offering Muntok at 5525 a picul, Sarawak at $520 and Lampong (black) at $455. Copra continued steady, with some business passing at $27 a picul. Sellers quoted $27 li with bids
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      Industrial issues stage recoveries
      164 11 From Our Own Correspondent MELBOURNE. Monday. CEVERAL front rank Industrial share issues staged recoveries on the Melbourne and Sydney Stock Exchanges today under the impetus of a firmer Sydney Wool Market. Base metal shares were sought at higher levels Gold shares also improved. Federal Loans lost
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      BRISK BIDDING AT WOOL SALES
      61 11 MELBOURNE. Mon. AT the Sydney Wool Sales to- day, Japanese competition helped to lift values at least 5 per cent, on the previous Sydney sales. A further advance Is predicted. Good quality fleeces showed the best rises. Bidding was the most animated for a last
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      H.K. EXCHANGE
      32 11 HONO KONG. Monday. Frea market currency exchange of Hong Kong dollars was quoted at the close today as fallows: US$l HKS6.S3V (cash*; HK56.57 (T.T>; HK515.91. One tael of gold HKtMIV
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    STORE SHIPPING INFORMATION
    166 11 CHIPS alongdfle the Singapore 13 Harbour Board godowns. or expected there at 7 a.m. today, are: 1-2, Nicuw Holland; 4-5. Tegelberg; Coal Plant. Wellington Court; 6-7. India Mall; 8-9. Bendcran; 11. City of Chicago; 13-14. Martin BaUce; 15-16. Pres. HardiiiK 18. Bonueville: 19-30, Melampus: N.W.4: Hong Soon;
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    Britain out of Davis Cup
    132 12 BOLOGNA. Mon. ITALY. winning both singles yesterday, beat Britain by four matches to one in 'heir Davis Cup European «one quarterfinal tie here. Fausto Oardlnl beat Tony Mottram 4-6. 4-6. 6-3. 6-1. 6-0 and Rolando Del Bello beat Geoff Paish 6-3, 6-4. 6-2. Italy now
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    FRENCH DERBY
    39 12 PARIS. Mon.— Marcel Boussars crack three-year-old Auriban (Pharis-Arriba) scored an easy victory In the Prix Dv Jockey Club, the Preach Derby, here yesterday, breaking the record time for the race after losing two lengths at the start.
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    Wong takes P.L titles
    87 12 MANILA Mon. yjLTONa Peng Soon became men's singles champion of the Philippines by beating compatriot Cheong Hock Leng In the final last night by 15-3. 15-3 In a one-sided match. Peng Soon played an aggressive game and bad Hock Leng off balance with his continuous feints,
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    SRC SPORTS
    79 12 Heats In the following events In the Singapore Recreation Club's athletic meet will be held tomorrow on the Club padang at Spm 100 yds., 440 yds. and hop. step and Jump. Kicking the football finals will also be held at the same time. On Thursday at 5 p.m.
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    Fashion and sport at Royal Ascot
    458 12 LONDON, Monday. T*HE Royal landaus will swing through the golden 1 gates and jingle down Ascot racecourse tomorrow to mark the opening of another Royal Ascot, the race meeting founded by Queen Ann e in 1711. Aristocratic Ascot, as it na- often been called,
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    Cricket final should be played at H.Q.
    472 12 Cricket final should be played at H.Q. MATCHES ARE POPULAR By Our Cricket Reporter U'HKN the time comes for a review of the 1951 cricket season v* Singapore to be written, then is no doubt that there can be nothing but prais< and satisfaction to express at the way the
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    Weights for 12 Ipoh races
    475 12 RELOW arc Ike writhu far Saturday* 1 p c h races: Cl. 4, Dlv. 1-4 W. HtII t 9 02 Gay Emign 8.11 M*vie II tM Mo'lon Pletare 849 Quern'» SehoU- 898 We'linfton BJ7 Ahandance UT Kind Regard* X.OS Clonagh" S.t« Pax Haven 8.84 Aladdin
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    TPCA SUFFER A REVERSE
    105 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Moo. TAMILIAN Physical Culture As--1 sociatlon were given another shock in the First Division of the fas league when they were beaten by two goals to nil by the Selangor- Eurasian Association on the Kuala Lumpur padang this evening This is TP.CA.'s second reverse
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    SINGAPORE TIDES
    28 12 TODAY: High 0621 (7.8) and 1846 (BUK Low 0004 (3.4) ar.d 1330 (3.5). TOMORROW: 0748 (7.8' and 1938 -8 3. 0120 (2 8) and 1340 (4.1).
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    Swim gala for Olympic fund
    159 12 JtfEARLY 100 swimmers. Including Neo Chwee Kok S.ngapore represent*' lt <• to th« Olympic Games if Helrtnkl jefct ma'ch will take part in a swimming gala at the Chinese Swi.-:mi:n; Cub Dext Saturdus In nM of the SUignpore Olympic Sports Coun--1 ell's Fund. Major E.
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    The end for Don
    65 12 DOWN AND OUT: Randolph Turpin (you can only sec his left arm and leg in this pletare) hu jnt sent Don Cockell down for a count in the 11th round of their British lightheavyweight title fight at the White City en Jane 11. The referee with
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    Rovers, Tigers vie for league title
    137 12 By Our Soccer Reporter DULAN PCASA has slowed down the tempo of "Singapore soccer more than somewhat. We ha\». had occasional Cup ties and Community League fames but the S.A.F.A. league championship is very little nearer decision. Rovers, favourites to repeat their IMS winning
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    SAFA LGE. TABLES
    704 12 REME 13 a 3 2 22 18 19 Tigers 11 9 j 38 s 18 Rovers 8 7 1 21 7 IS CA. 10 4 3 3 16 17 11 SC.C 13 4 2 620 19 10 Kou Raja 9 4 I 3 13 18 10 Pathul
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    W.O. for R.N. (Kranii)
    29 12 Royal Nary (Kranjt) were given a walk-over by Tamil Brotherhood Association Ir. B.A.F.A. Div. 2 match vrhrduled to have been played at Oeylang stadium yeateriay.
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    phadkar ma Ray will if money is good
    208 12 phadkar ma Ray will if money is good BELFAST. Mon— lndia scored 289 for declared In their first day's play against Ireland here today Phadkar hit 103 and Siantrl. who opened. 71— Reuter THE RUBBL.. POMPTON LAKES, (New Jersey), Mon. RAY Robinson, world middleweight champion and challenger for the world
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    Johore E.C. win by eight runs
    80 12 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon En*> llsh College beat the Johore Bahru Youngsters at cricket on -he College ground yesterday by eight runs In a one inning match. English College scored 74 for A, declared. O. Selvarajah 37, D. Puthucheary 13; Jayaslngam two for 38 and
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    Women's golf match
    29 12 Island Club women will meet the Keppel Club women in a friendly golf match to be played on the Keppel Club course at 3.30 p.m. tomorrow.
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    Kolandasamy Cup
    24 12 Indian Recreation Club "A" won the Kolandasamy Cup at soccer at the Naval Base on Saturday, not the Oovindasamy Cup as reported.
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      64 12 SOCCER SAFA CUP TIE: S.C.C. v RAF Chang! at 1. Besar stadium. DIV. 2: SUr Socreritea v HM Dockyard at BODCA. DIV. 3A: Balesder C.C. v Wonder Lads at Geylang. FRIENDLY: SJ.F.A. v Indian Navy at Farrer Park. SF.RVICES LGE.: Senior: RAF (M) v RAF (C); SER v RNAS: RAF
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