The Straits Times, 18 June 1952

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    24 13 The Straits Times. 18 JUN 1952 MALAYA b NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 184S IWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 1952. i if PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS
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    'CHAOS AND BLOODSHED' PLAN
    1760 13 Singapore Council is told why Williams tvas arrested ]^|R. P. M. WILLIAMS, former secretarygeneral of the Singapore Labour Party, was arrested because he had proposed starting a movement which would have delivered the people of this country to the bondage of Com munist dictatorship, the Colonial
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    Police see his friends
    63 13 rptfREE people "intimately connected" with Mr. Williams have been interrogated by the Special Bra -h about a message he was purported to have riven to the Singapore Press after his arrest. A Special Branch spokesman yesterday said: "We made inquiries and we came to tbe conclusion
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    For Washington
    26 13 LONDON. Tues— The Australian Prime Minister Mr. Robert Menzles. will fly to Washington today after finishing economic and defence talks with British leaders Reuter.
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    800 SEAMEN WANT A DHOBY -BUT IT MUST BE QUICK
    247 13 800 SEAMEN WANT A DHOBY -BUT IT MUST BE QUICK EIGHT HUNDRED officers an<j men of the Indian Navy frigate squadron arrived in Singapore yester-; day on a flve-dav operational visit And their biggest problem is to find a dhoby who wlii launder and starch their uniforms fast enough to
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    Commons query on Williams
    49 13 Mr. Stanley Awbery, Labour M P will ask the Secretary of State for the.Colonies, Mr. Oliver Lyttelton, in the House of Commons what is the offence for which Peter Williams of the Singapore Labour Party has been arrested and when his trial will take place.
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    Police remove demonstrators
    33 13 COLOMBO, Tues— Police today removed 11 demonstrators who tried to squat on the steps of the Ceylon Parliament. The demonstrators were members of the Ceylon-In-dian Congress satyagrahis (passive reslsters).— Reuter.
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    Pusan explosion under control
    35 13 PUSAN, Tues— The fire at the ammunition dump north of Pusan was almost under complete control at 7 a.m. today. No additional casualties have been announced since yesterday's series of explosions.—Reuter.
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    Discrimination, say local men
    273 13 NEW GOVT. PAY SCHEME CEVERAL Singapore Government workers yester- day condemned the new pay scheme (see Paf c 4) accepted by the Legislative Council at Its meeting earlier in the day to increase basic salaries and cat cost of living allowances. Mr. C. Karthigesu, presid- ent
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    TALKS ON S.E. ASIA DEFENCE
    84 13 LONDON, Tues. MR. CHURCHILL said today that he thought it "very desirable" that a Commonwealth economic conference should be held at the earliest possible moment. He was making a statement in the House of Commons on the visit to Britain of Mr. Robert Menzles. Australian
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    No. 12 of Manap's gang is killed
    96 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. fTHE Federation's champion bandit killers— the 1 1/lOth Gurkha Rifles— have killed yet another member of the gang of Manap Jepun In the Kuantan area of Pahang. Since they killed Manap Jepun himself three weeks ago th< Gurkhas have eliminated
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    Berlin
    24 13 meeting PARIS. Tues.—The General Council of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions will meet in Berlin from July 1 to 5— Reuter.
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    Locust threat
    28 13 LONDON. Tuts— lndia and Pakistan face a serious lmjnlnent threat from new locust swarms appearing in fcran. the Antl-Lqcust Research Centre In London stated today.— Reuter.
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    Bid to save 4 from gallows
    143 13 ■pUNOKU Abdul Rahman, Of president of the United rt Malays National Organtsa- th tlnn, arrived In Singapore uy se air last night to present an Co appeal signed by thousands of Federation Malays asking Ka ftH a reprieve tor four Malays T sentenced to
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    Indian naval flotilla arrives
    43 13 TU£ INDIAN frigate Jama* (TOD at anchor in the Singapore roads yesterday BELOW: JalaiiraJ Sir Gay Russell. C-ln-C.. Far Bast SUttm. Me» aboard the Jumna to be greeted by the smmtm'* ooatntander, bearded Caai M.K. Heble. <trfft» TB»e» pictarrs
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    A DAY'S HARD WORK-AND CURFEW IS OFF
    243 13 A DAY'S HARD WORK-AND CURFEW IS OFF I IPOH, Tuesday. THE 22-HOUR CURFEW on the new village of A Kuala Kuans, 11 i miles north of Ipoh, on the Jelapanf-Chemor Road, was lifted at 4.45 this afternoon. The villagers, however, were able only to move out of their houses, and
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    Armed men rob S'pore Naafi shop
    90 13 FUR men, two Malays and tw 0 Chinese, held up a Malay watchman of a NAAFI shop In Wessex Estate in Sin- j gapore at gunpoint early yes- terday morning and robbed tne shop of $3,000 worth of cigarettes. The two Malays were armed.
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    10 troopers injured
    46 13 WINDSOR. Tues. fWVEH TROOPERS were lnX Jured. two seriously, wiien a bomb exploded in the cavalry barracks near Windsor Castle today. The explosion occurred during a demonstration at Cumbermere Barracks. The troopers, members of the Queen's Household Cavalry, were experimenting with gun cotton.
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    Red shot
    31 13 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. SECURITY forces operating In the Kulal area shot a Chinese bandit this evening The man was admitted to Johore Bahru General Hospital in a critical condition.
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    BOAT FIRE
    27 13 A 17-year-old boatman, Lee Ah Pow. suffered minor burns when his bumboat caughf ore in Singapore River last night. The boat's engine was slightly damaged.
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    Position very good— Templer
    126 13 Position very good— Templer From Our Own Correspondent LONDON. Tues. rjEN. Sir Gerald Tern** pier, who is in London for talks with the Colonial Secretary, Mr. Oliver Lyttelton, said that the position in Malaya had been very good in the last few days and he hoped lt would last. Sir
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    Praise for Fijians
    83 13 MAJ. OEN. W. Q. GENTRY, Chief of the General Staff of the New Zealand Army, on his arrival In Singapore by Qantas-BOAC yesterday, praised the Fijian troops on their Initial success against the Malayan bandlU. Gen. Gentry and Lt. Oen. S. F. Rowell. Chief of General Staff
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    Reds barred
    32 13 BLACKPOOL (Lanes). Tues.— The annual conference of the National Union of Enginemen, Firemen, Mechanics and Electrical Workers today decided to bar Communist* from holding any office Tn the Union. Reuter.
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    Be Proud of Your English
    460 1 Are you content with the way you speak and write? Are you »ure that you are not making mistakes that cause people to underrate you? Never has the importance of effective speech and writing been more widely recognised than today. If you can express yourself
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    POLICE GUARD BED EMBASSY
    249 2 Angry Swedes protest 'PLANE WAS MILES FROM RUSSIA 9 STOCKHOLM, Tuesday. policemen last night guarded the Soviet Embassy in Stockholm where crowds had been demonstrating all day in protest against the shooting down by Soviet fighters oi a Swedish Air Force Catalina rescue plane over the
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    29 2 PRINCESS MARGARET recently visited ex-service-men's homes at Rnislrp. Middlesex. In this picture she raises an inquiring Anger as she talks to the tenant of one of the ten bouses.
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    CHURCH HAS BEAUTY AID CLASSES
    126 2 LONDON, Tues. rpEEN-AGE girls of a Lon--1 don church youth club are learning about makeup, fashion and preservation of the figure with the full approval of the minister. "Anything that develops personality Is good," says the Rev. H. T. Davies, minister of Dulwich Grove Congregational
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    24-hour watch on U.S. skies
    63 2 V\ ASHINGTON. Tues. Th? United States Defence Dej^rtment today ordered air- raft spotting stations in border states to go on 24--hoi:- duty on July 14. Mijor General Frederic H. Smith, Deputy Director of tru* Air Defence Command. 53:.". the round-the-clock Wslch Is essential because "t!.?
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    Soviet plan for U.N. candidates
    39 2 NhW YORK, Tues. The Soviet today again proposed a "package" plan to admit all 14 countries now awaiting membership in the United N;.i 'ns matter will be discussipcl by th» Security Council however -Reuter.
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    Ford workers' token strike
    47 2 DAGENHAM. Tues— Nearly 10,000 production workers at the Ford Motor Works stopped work for an hour today to protest against the management's rejection of a wage claim. Another 9,000 workers at the nearby Briggs Motor Bodies Factory are also stagIng token strikes -Reuter
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    Tourists still visit Berlin
    45 2 BERLIN, Tues.— More than 1.000,000 tourists and busiI nessmen will visit West Berlin in 1952. the US. High Commissioner's Office predicted Monday. Despite a blockade scare in May, visitors totalled 86.000— 3.000 more than in the same month last year.— A.P.
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    World Bank loans
    28 2 NEW YORK. Tues. The International Bank announced today that so far it had loaned over $1,300,000,000 to finance 250 project* in $9 court: 'rs— Reuter.
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    Egypt 'grateful'
    27 2 CAIRO, Tues— Premier Hilaly Pasha today expressed Egypt's grateful appreciation" of Pakistan's recognition of King Farouk's title as "King of Egypt and the Sudan."— Reuter.
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    US may not force price lower
    238 2 LONDON, Tuesday. rpHE FINANCIAL TIMES, in an editorial today on the present rubber situation, said there were hopes that American policy would be influenced by the need to prevent rubber prices from falling so low as to aggravate further the political instability In South-East
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    Asian pact? No9 says Bradley
    154 2 Asian pact? No 9 says Bradley WASHINGTON Tues. /GENERAL Omar Bradley, :\J chairman of the Joint I Chiefs of Staff, has told Congress that the United States lacks the military power to support any Asian defence group patterned on the North 1 Atlantic Treaty Organisation. Today's official transcript of General
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    30 hurt in fight at political rally
    134 2 JOHANNESBURG, Tuesday. A BOUT 30 people were taken to hospital after fist fights and stone-throwing at a United Democratic Front meeting at Vrededorp, a Johannesburg suburb, last night. The meeting, organised by th 3 United Democratic Front fThc United Party, the Labour Party
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    Lady Templer in Hong Kong
    33 2 HONG KONG. Tires— Lady Templer arrived here this morning aboard the British troopship Empire Orwell for a short visit to the colony, accompanied by her daughter Jane.— Reuter.
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    Saucers again
    18 2 PARIS. Tues.— Several areas in France today reported seeing "flying saucers" streaking across tbe sky.— Reuter.
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    RUSSIA TO RETURN LEASE-LEND SHIPS
    96 2 WASHINGTON. Tues. RUSSIA in a surprise move today agreed to return the 186 Tend-lease naval vessels which the United States has been demanding in rain for lour- years. The offer Was contained hi a note handed to the Bt.ate Department only a few hours after
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    NO TALKS WITH RUSSIA
    105 2 NO TALKS WITH RUSSIA LONDON. Tues. A FOREIGN OFFICE spokes- man today denied that Britain, France and the United States had agreed to invite the Soviet Government to a meeting to discuss setting up a neutral commission to study electoral conditions in East and West Germany. A report from Paris
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    LONDON STOCKS
    266 2 /<//e session LONDON. Tues. r THE end of the current trading account today saw a marked lack of active Interest in all groups of the London Stock Exchange. Industrials were narrowly Irregular In a practicaliy idle session. Closing middle prices of selected stocks were: Conaola ||i Funding 4%
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    London tin price
    28 2 LONDON, Jane 17— Cash Buyers C 97«, Sellers £971; Forward Bayers £9M; Sellers £9<7; Settlement £97« (down £5' 2 Turnover: a.m. nil; p.m. 15 tons.
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    U.K.RUBBER
    41 2 LONDON. June 17— Spot 26' 4 d Jury 26"-« d Aug. 26>«d.. Sept. 26a.. July-Sept. 26% d., Oct -Dec. 25' 2 d Jan -Mar. 24\d.. June cJ f 25 -.d. July ci.f 25 \d Aug. cj.f. 7&\&. Market Quietly steady
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    PAY IS UP, C.O.L. DOWN BUTNO NET RISES
    351 3 PAY IS UP, C.O.L. DOWN BUTNO NET RISES INCREASES in the basic 1 wages of all daily and monthly paid Colony Government servants were approved by the Singapore Legislative I Council yesterday when it. passed a report by Xl Finance Committee. Total earnings will remain the same however, as the
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    Tiong Bahru secretary acquitted
    138 3 PWEE SYE CHEOW. aged 36. secretary of the Tionfc Bahru Community Centre, was yesterday acquitted in 'he Singapore Relief Court of allowing the centre to be ised as a common gaming house. Pwee was arrested on Feb 7 when, it was alleged, that members were found
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    It's the food, says opera star Helen
    161 3 HELEN TRAL'BEL. New York Metropolitan Opera •tar. arrived in Singapore yesterday and said: -I'm «o *lad to be here, but I am so hungry." With a fflanee towards the dininc room, she relaxed for a few minutes in the lounge of her hotel
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    S.T.C. union to meet
    40 3 The Singapore Traction Company Employees' Union will hold its annual meeting on June 27. The present executive committee will be dissolved three days before the meeting to enable members to nominate candidates for the new committee.
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    She urges more donations
    43 3 Mrs. Elizabeth Choy (Nominated) said in the Singapore Legislative Council yesterday that many others in Singapore should follow the public spiritedness shown by Messrs. N. R. MLstry and Lee Konp; Chian who have made generous donations for social services.
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    SOON SHENTON WAY WILL GO FARTHER
    160 3 T*HE dead-end road at the Shenton Way-Anson x Road roundabout in Singapore will be carried through to Palmer Road before the end of this year and will probably reach the Singapore Harbour Board's main entrance by 1953, it was stated at the Singapore Legislative
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    'Spore proud of its youths'
    101 3 M**. r. r. iviciNi'ire president of the Singapore Cltv Coundl. ta*t nliht told 3 000 people at fie Happy World stadium that the Inter denominational evangelistic meetings now being held »n the. Colony were or historical significance to Singapore. He was presiding over the second
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      136 3 S.C.Y.C.: Inter-denominational evangelistic meeting at Happy World Stadium 7.30 p.m. Chairman: Mr. Ysp Pheng Geek, speaker: the Rev. Joe B. Kennedy; theme: "Quo Vadls?" Free admission. Spore Rotary Club: Weekly lunch business meeting at Capitol Blue Room 1 p.m. Chinese V M.C.A.: Basketball badminton and body-building 5.30 p.m.; Commercial School
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    VILLAGES SURVEYED FOR SLUMP
    199 4 Back 'home la hour market, he I asks managers KUALA LFMPUR, Tuesday. CELANGOR LABOUR Department staff are; concerned with the threat of unemployment in the new villages after the fall in the rubber price. They have surveyed 19 new villages In the State and hope to
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    I THREE ON A I HOLIPAY
    67 4 TUBES AMERICAN STUDENTS who arrived yesterday by Pan-American Airways from the United States to ■Vend then- summer vacation with their parents, from left are: Grant Hill (18) son of the National City Bank manager Janet Fennle (17) daurhter of the assistant manager of Gets
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    $181 tor naval ADC's "tassels'
    55 4 TUIE Singapore Govern--I- ment is to spend 5181 for a set of naval aijrnillpttes for the extra A.D.C. to the Governor, Mr. NrfoM. Aiguillettes are the long metal-tipped tassels which officers wear hanging from the shoulder on ceremonial occasions. A.D.Cs wear them from the left
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    HARIRAYA MAY BE ON JUNE 24
    102 4 HARIRAYA MAY BE ON JUNE 24 THE Chief Kathi of Singapore, Tuan Haji All, thinks that Hari Raya Puasa will probably fall on Tuesday, June 34, a statement by the Muslim Advisory Board said last night. He is arranging for a party to go out to sight the moon on
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    $8,450 fines for price offences
    43 4 Fines totalling $8,450 were imposed by Singapore courts in 128 convictions for food and price control offences last month. The majority of prosecution* were for failing to dis» play price tags and selling cigarettes above the marked price.
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    Govt. says it's impossible
    53 4 It is impossible to make provision by next January to Lake all the 1,600 pupiLs, expected to pass from Standard V in Singapore into Standard VI in Government English schools. The Government said this yesterday to a question by Mr. Thio Chan Bee, (Prog. Balestier) In
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    Teachers' union meeting
    50 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues,.— The Johore Malay Teachers' Union will hold its annual meeting at Batu Phat on June 26 and 27. The meeting will be opened by Inche Seth, District Officer, Batu Pahat. The meeting will discuss whether English should be a subject In a Malay school.
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    Teach the children co-operation—call
    138 4 Teach the children co-operation call THE Municipal Employees' Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society wants the Singapore Government to include "co-operation" in the curriculum of senior classes in Colony schools A resolution to this effect will be tabled by Its chairman Mr. Lim Toh Nee at the annual meeting of the
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    Trinity Bar results
    107 4 From Oar Own Correspondent LONDON. Tues. TUtlNITY Bar examination A results announced today by the Council of LegaJ Education are: Class 2: Mr. 8. T. Chung (Queen's 8cholar, Singapore). Ciass 3: Messrs. R. C Hoffman, S. K. Ong, D. K. Y. Lee, M Sundram. T Rajah (ail
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    HELPER FINED
    35 4 A 33-year-old trisha rider, Yang Teck Leong, was fined $400 or two months'imprisonment in the Singapore First Police Court yesterday when he pleaded guilty to assisting in the running of a chap-jl-kl lottery.
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    Blackout schedule
    288 4 CIBSTATIONS liable to load sheddinc today are: DAY Chartered Bank, Asia P. uilding George St. SUUc. U. Croat St./PA(oda St., U. Hoklen SU, PickerIng St./C'hurch St.. U. Circular Rd. Carpenter St.. t'avanah Kd./ Collyer Quay, V.M.H. 1 At. Prince St. Market St Kaffirs Place/Malacca St., Boat Quay. Union
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    MOVETOABOLISH TOP MCA POST
    105 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. THE ABOLITION of the appointment of the x M.C.A. secretary-general will be proposed at the central working committee on Sunday by the Negri The resolution Ls expected to cause considerable discussion. The association is almost 'equally divided on this issue. The appointment has
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    MCA gift to Malay detainees
    51 4 KUALA LUMPIR. Tues. MALAYAN Chinese Association today rave 52.000 for 11 Hari Raya present* for Malay detainees at the Morih rehabilitation camp in Set angor. The rift was made in re sponse to an appeal by Turku Abdul Rahman, president of the United Malaya National
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    INQUIRY INTO WIDOW FUND SPENDING
    193 4 INQUIRY INTO WIDOW FUND SPENDING Yf R. W. L. BLYTHE, the Colonial Secretary, told l the Singapore Legislative Council yesterday that an inquiry is to be made into the spending of contributions under the Widows and Orphans Pensions Fund. Mr. Blythe was replying to Dr. C. J. P. Paglar, (Progressive
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    Death of Mr MA Lopez in J.B.
    69 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues The death occurred here today of Mr. M A. Lopez, of the Government Printing Office. Johore Bahru. He was 52. The funeral takes place tomorrow afternoon, following a service at the Church of the Immaculate Conception. His wife died eariv
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    Rape of girl, aged 14, is alleged
    174 4 HARRY WEE was charged In Singapore yesterday with having committed rape on a 14-year-old girl, at Jalan Eunos in September last year. Tay Guat Neo. the adopted mother of the girl, said: "On Nov. 21 last year, my daughter complained of a pain
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    He fought for his sister
    52 4 Pleading guilty to a summons charge of causing hurt to Abdullah bin Dulawl at Grange Road on Feb. 2, Ahmad bin Ghani said in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday: "He pestered my sister, who waa his former wife, and I struck him." He was
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  • Obituary
    DEATH
    23 5 FALCONER: Tupha Dith. peacefully at Mission House. Davidson Road. Ki'ala Lumpur. Funerr.l service at house 10 a.m. and Cheros Cemetery 10.45 a.m.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    37 5 MR. MRS. OEOROE FERNANDEZ wish to express their sincere thanks to all relatives and friends who a'tended their wedding on the 14th of June. 1952, and gratefully acknowledge the congratulatory messages and glfis on the occasion.
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      The Case Of Mr. Williams
      972 5 The case for and against the detention of Mr. P. M. Williams, member of the General Council of the Singapore Labour Party, depends upon the seriousness one attaches to the action which led the Government to give orders for his arrest. It is an important
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      CEYLONESE AND INDIAN
      154 5 I AM indebted lo M.R.V. for his remarks (your issue of June 5) in reply to my recent letter to you on Ceylon Indians. I entirely agree with M.R.V. 's statements, but would like to remind him that Indians who migrated to Ceylon centuries before British rule,
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    Tyranny & corruption in South Korea
    897 5  - Tyranny corruption in South Korea RICHARD HUGHES By PUSAN. SCORNING protests from the United Nations, which founded his republic and which is now protecting hU people in battle, 77--year old President Syngman Rhee, a great patriot and a great despot, has staged the world's latest military coup d'etat in this
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    On the Margin
    428 5 Touch of colour IN a day or two our eyes will be gladdened by the sight of our Malay friends, men and women, old and young, strolling abroad in their festival finery. Harl Raya Puasa is a day of colour. The latest issue of "The March of
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      POLITICAL PERSONAGES
      429 5 Mr. Mac Donal d and Dato Onn r THE London Daily Express is occasion- ally taken seriously. This is a mistake. Nobody would be more surprised than the Daily Express leader writers if anyone really took to heart what has been described as the political baby talk which
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      Subversion and naturalisation
      80 5 BRITISH nationality confers j many advantages which are well known to, and hlghlv sought after by, subversive elements to shield them In their nefarious doings. It is. therefore, most essential that the strictest screening be carried out in order to ensure the exclusion of undesirables It is
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      THE LC.F.T.U.'s FUTURE
      140 5 I -HAVE just read Mr. Dal- ley's reply to my last letter. I hope that Mr. Dalley will forgive my associating him so closely with the I.C.F.T.U. and can only offer reports in the local Press and his own stout defence of that institution as my excuse.
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      THE WORKING MAN'S HOUSE IN SINGAPORE
      228 5 THE WORKING MAN'S HOUSE IN SINGAPORE r\ESPITE the hundreds of flats and other houses that have been and c.re now being put up all over Singapore, and despite the many unoccupied houses, the housing situation is still acute among the poor wage-earn-ers. The reason for this, as everyone knows, is
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      27 5 < •rrespondrnU are asked keep their letter, brief. Letters signed with a nom-dr-plume matt be arrompanlrd by the writers name and address as a guarantee or rood faith.
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      Gandhi letters: an appeal
      237 5 ONE of the objects of tne Gandhi National Memorial Trust is the preservation of places and articles associated with Mahatma Oandhi, particularly his correspondence. The Memorial Trust has arranged for making microfilms and photostats of his letters. A large number of letters and documents avaltable in
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    THIS FARM WILL BE S'PORE'S BIGGEST
    247 6 Squatters will produce more food on their new land in Bedok THE Bedok, Singapore, resettlement area for farmer-squatter families moved from the new airport site at Paya Lebar will be one of the biggest food production centres in the Colony. A Land Office spokesman
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    NOW THE? GLUT THE MARKET
    97 6 NOW THE? GLUT THE MARKET ROOFING TILES, which last year were under Government control in Singapore and the Federation because of shortage of supplies, are today glutting *he Singapore market. Prices last year were 80 cents to dollar but today tiles are selling below 30 cents each. One dealer estimated
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    Pakistan army gets adviser
    36 6 The Queen has approved the appointment of Brigadier P. St. Clair-Ford. Brigadier General Staff, General Headquarters. Far East Land Forces, to be training adviser (Major-General to the Pakistan Army from August. 1952.
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    K.L. Psychology Club officials
    47 6 At the fourth annual general meeting of th e Kuala Lumpur Psychology Club, the following were elected officebearers: President. Dr. C. L. Chin; vice-presidents. Messrs. Yaw Weng Chew and Kenneth M Huang: secretary, Mr. Vong Szo Lett and treasurer Mr Wong Fook Seng.
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    Operation case fails
    65 6 Hitam binte Ali, aged 89, was yesterday acquitted in Singapore of carrying on an illegal operation on Sim Oi Lan, a woman. Hitam was alleged to have carried out an abortion on Sim, aged 23. kept mistress of a Singapore businessman Sim died on Apr. 8. The
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    PLEA FOR MORE ELECTED MEN IN THE COUNCIL
    162 6 PLEA FOR MORE ELECTED MEN IN THE COUNCIL 1'LtA to increase me eieciea meniDersnip oi me Singapore Legislative Council was made yesterday by Mr. John Laycock (Progressive Katong), at the adjournment of the Council meeting. He said that following the recent revision of electoral rolls, there had been an increase
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    PARKING METERS AID SATA
    129 6 PARKING METERS AID SATA SINGAPORE Anti-Tubercu-losls Association has been given $2.s7— the coins of the curious who put them into the two parking meters on show- at the Registrar of Vehicles Office in Middle Road. The meters are to let people see how other cities in the world make revenue
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    Wagon on fire
    62 6 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. A WAGON attached to a goods train from Kuala Lumpur arrived in Johore Bahru at 6.40 p.m. yesterday with its wooden roof on fire. It contained 814 empty beer cases The wagon was stopped under a water tank and a ho.se was played on
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    For trial on murder charge
    52 6 A former Special Constable. Periasamy Krishnasamy. aged 25 was in Singapore yesterday committed for trial at" the Assizes, on a charge of murder. He was alleged to have caused the death of K. K. Madhavan with a dagger at the Canberra Asian Quarters on May
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    He wanted gaol without bars
    434 6 ONE REGRET IN 20 YEARS fOMMANDER G. -E. W. W. BAYLY, Singapore Commissioner of Prisons, who sails today for Britain and retirement after nearly 20 years In the Malayan prison service, has only one regret. It is that he was not here long enough to
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    Detainees get cloth gift
    72 6 JOHORE BAHRU Tues.— The Regent of Johore yesterday made a gift of 90 yards of cloth to 18 Johore Malay detainees, now at the detention camp in Johore. These Malay detainees, when they read in the Straits Times, that the Regent had made a gift of
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    Rifle Range
    26 6 Rules for the re-institu-tion of a rifle range at Btekang Mati for the training of local troops were approved yesterday by Singapore Legislative Council.
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    Olympic hopes
    64 6 THE IMREE WOMEN MEMBERS of the New Zealand Olympic contingent which arrived in Singapore by Qan-tas-BOAC yesterday en route to Helsinki On the right is Tvett Williams, who holds the unofficial world record for the long Jump and is the team's main hope for a gold medal, with
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    $500,000 bail in dope case
    86 6 Al OK STAR. Tuc» BAIL of 5506.000 Id four sureties was granted to a Penang-Kedah trader. Chens Siok How in the Alor Star Sessions Court today, when be was charged with being concerned in the importation of 6,000 Ib. of opium at Pulau Paya off
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    'No offence meant'—magazine
    118 6 'No offence meant'— magazine PHE EXECUTIVE editor of the U.S. magazine New.sweek, Mr. Chet Shaw, has replied to the protest by Singapore Muslim against the publication of a "portrait" of the Prophet Mohammed. The picture, he said, "intended no offence to tf>e Muslim faith" and that Newsweek "had used the
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    RAOC private hanged himself
    50 6 While awaiting trial on charges of desertion Private Parthasarthy, aged 23, of the 30th Battalion RAOC. hanged himself in a military guardroom at 3 BOD. Alexandra Road, the Singapore Coroner's Court was told yesterday. A verdict of suicide by hanging was returned by the five-man Jury.
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    Relief body to meet
    81 6 *pH£ Singapore Joint Relief Organisation will meet on Saturday to appoint an acting chairman in place of Mr. O. W. Webb, who will go on leave on June 26. The meeting will discuss payment of -$4,981 for housr ing plan fees, and admlnis- tration of the
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    9 months for cheating
    66 6 HUSIN BIN AHMAD, aged 23, was yesterday sentenced in Singapore to nine months' imprisonment for fraudulently using a letter purported to have been written by Dr. Mohamed Rasif. Consul-General for Indonesia. He was further sentenced to nine months' imprison- ment for trying to cheat Raja Mohamed
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    Girl Guides' camp for T.V.
    60 6 Plans are being made to televise an international girl guide campfire by the BBC when 1,000 guides from 36 countries. Including Malaya and Hong Kong, attend the British Girl Guide Association's international camo from Aug. 11 to 18. The camp will be at Hall Barn,
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    Portraits spoiling in Memorial Hall
    143 6 rrHE 22 valuable portraits of past governors and distinguished Singapore citizens which hang in the Victoria Memorial Hall are deteriorating, Mr. Anatole Shister, the artist, told the Straits Times after he had inspected them. Mr. Shister renovated the pictures in the hall in 1926 and
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    5-man body for wages council bill
    211 6 gINGAPORE Legislative Council yesterday referred Government's Bill for setting up wages councils in the Colony to a five-man select committee. The appointment of the committee was moved by tht Commissioner for Labour Mr. O. W. Davies, who said that under the bill wagecouncils may
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    Guilty plea
    25 6 TAIPING, Tues— Jah binte Hussain pleaded guilty to failing to register and obtain an identity card within the prescribed period. Sentence was postponed
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    German assets to meet claims
    220 6 German assets to meet claims SINGAPORE'S Attor*3 ney-General, Mr. E. J. Davies, told the Colony Legislative Council yesterday that all local claims against the Germans would be fully met from assets now in the hands of the Custodian of Enemy Property. Mi. Davies was speaking on the Dis.ribution of German
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    Contest for pianists
    51 6 Entries for the Singapore Chinese V.MC.A. second annual amateur piano competition, open to all amateur I pianists in the Colony, will now be received until July 10. The competition will be divided into three age groups j under 12 years, between 12 I and 16 and above
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    Tour of Britain
    33 6 Sultan Omar All Saifuddin of Brunei who is now In Britain on a visit will today begin a 12-day motor tour of Britain under the auspices of the British Council.
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    BL YTHE SA YS: GOOD SCHEME, BUT IT WONT BE EASY9
    335 7 BL YTHE SA YS: GOOD SCHEME, BUT IT WONT BE EASY 9 Provident Fund BUI read again THE SINGAPORE Colonial Secretary, Mr. W. L. Blythe, welcomed the second reading of the Progressive Party's Central Provident Fund Bill at the Legislative Council yesterday, but warned of the administrative difficulties. The Bill,
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    93 7 MX RAYMOND YONG NEN YIU a former Singapore student who has been awarded an AssisUntship to specialise on rubberised roads in a highways research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United State* of America. An old boy of the Anirk>Chinese "School. Mr. Tong graduated at the Massachusetts Institute
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    Delay in grant of citizen certificates at Whitehall
    168 7 Delay in grant of citizen certificates at Whitehall NuT one of the 135 applications for naturalisation from non-English speaking Singaporeans since October last year has yet been granted. Mr. C C. Tan, (Prog., Tanglin), was told this yesterday at the Singapore Legislative Council meeting, when he asked for the monthly
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    Absented from duty charge
    42 7 TAIPINQ. Tues —Ahmad bin Abdullah, a former special constable stationed at Padang Gajah Estate pleaded guilty to unlawfully absenting himself from duty between May 20 and June 11. Sentence was deferred to Thursday. Ahmad was allowed $250 baa
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    They want tax interest abolished
    103 7 They want tax interest abolished IPOH, Tues. pOVERNMENT la to be ask- ed to cancel the five per cent, interest charged by the Income Tax Department on payments made to tne department In instalments. At a meeting of the Perak Chinese Chamber of Commerce committee held yeaterday. It was decided
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    RAIL UNION CHIEF OFFERS TO HELP
    133 7 KUALA LUMPUR Tues. MR. J. LEO. president of the Malayan Railway Traffic Operating Union, which also represents marine crews in the Federation, Is offering to take Mr P. M. Williams' place as a representative of the Singapore Government Seamen's Union in the coming wage
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    Corpus Christi
    15 7 TAIPINO, Tuea.— Talplng Catholics celebrated Corpus Christ! on Sunday with a proc esslon.
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    Had no licence
    22 7 SEOAMAT. Tuea.— For manufacturing ice cream without a Licence. Tone Man a ted 33, was fined 150 in Segamat.
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    DR. LEI PLEDGES UNITED ACTION
    155 7 DR. LEI PLEDGES UNITED ACTION PENANG, Tues. TIE CHAIRMAN of Penang branch of IMP., Dr. Lee Tiang Keng, today pledged to work for "united action based on communal harmony and co-operation". In his first statement since the formation of the branch last month, Dr. Lee called for "co-operation from all
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    Ban on weddings of 'under 16 s' from next month
    184 7 Ban on weddings of 'under 16 s' from next month TWO BILLS, passed by the Singapore Legislative A Council yesterday, will from July 1, prohibit the marriage of any person under 16 years of age in "the Civil Registry and, except in certain circumstances, In churches as well. The exceptional
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    COLLAPSIBLE POST OFFICE
    43 7 SINGAPORE is to have a folding post office. At a cost of 54.000. the Govrrnmrnt intends to bay a collapsible prefabricated aluminium hot. It is intended to use the temporary post office at trade fairs conferences and other suitable events.
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    CAUSED DEATH
    30 7 SEGAMAT, Tuea.— Charged with causing the death of a cyclist near. Labis by a rash act, 29-year-oJd lorry driver Chin Chow was fined $350 by the Segamat magistrate.
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    Today's Radio SINGAPORE
    73 7 Today's Radio SINGAPORE 9.30 am Schools; 10 News; 10.05 Rendezvous with the S'axs; 10.45—13 Schools; 1 p.m. Ken* Savard Ore)).; 1.30 News; 1.41 Lunch Time Prom; 2— 3.20 Schools: 6.17 Nature- Club; fi 40 Radio String Ensemble; 6.55 Announcements; 7 News; 7.15 This Is Communism: 7.30 Radio Rhythm Club; 8
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    KUALA LUMPUR
    40 7 9.35 a.m.— 3.20 p.m., 6.17— 7.38, A« B'pore; 7JO 1 Know What 1 Like; 8 Theatre The Barretts o« Wimpole Street; 9 Top of the List; 930 News; 9.45 Variety Comer: 10 Solo and Ensemble; 10.30—11 Dance Music
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    PENANG
    41 7 9 30 a.m. -3 p.m. As Spore; 6.03 Listeners Calling; 6.66—7.30 As Spore; 7.30 Records on a Raft; S Adventures of P.C. 49; 8.30 Wednesday Prom; 9.30 News; ».4» David Ng Piano; 10 London Studio Melodies: 10.30—11 Ono Night Stand.
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    8.8.C.
    87 7 525 p.m Meet the Commonwealth 6 Mortmartxe Players; 6 15 Sports Round-Up; 6.30 News 6 News Talk; 6.44 Dally Quotation- 650 From the Editorial*; 7 Dance Music; 7.15 Return to Pakistan' 7.45 Colonial Commentary; 8 Scottish Magaalne; B. IS Put It Into Words; 8.30 News a Home News; 8.45
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      44 7 1 WHY PAY MORE? Consistent with our. policy of offering our patrons good footwear at the 1| lowest possible prices, we have the pleasure to announce |j A FURTHER 20°/o PRICE REDUCTION I 1 ON ALL RUBBER -CANVAS SHOES I I NOW BUY j
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      286 7 t ~~7 ACBO8S Sometime* heard before M» The Straits Times Crossword i. crewe. f<» example a »>. 7 S££ J£V <* verb u van»bi. I'H I* I H T II 1 I I* I IM N lO^SKtfl). LmJ iimJ BBS UsaaJ MB SSR SsS H n ThU sort of bill
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      Road Safety Poem Contest
      487 8 Dear Boys and Girls, It took me a long time to sort through your Peninsula entries. There is no doubt that you thoroughly approved of Soonan's suggestron, and my post-bag was even bigger than usual last week. I had one entry from a certain Mr B
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      64 8 Major, a Great Dane, car ries his five-year-old master on his back and finds it no trouble at all. This splendid dog belongs to young Godfrey Pickles of Yorkshire, who has to feed his pet two pounds of meat and a large loaf of bread every day. Godfrey was given
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      C. G. C.
      15 8 Collect s;j n/ these coupons, to join the Children's Corner Club J
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      TALKING ABOUT STAMPS
      312 8 rE stamps of Sweden have much to offer enthusiastic collectors, there is also ample tcope to specialise. I would suggest starting a collection from the date when Sweden made her first stamp issues in the Ore currency which waa 1858. The collector will then be able to
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      Terrible Danger On The Moon
      1006 8 The story so far AH and Rukiah visit Professor Knowhow who shows them a moon rocket he has built. Rukiah accidentally touches the starting lever nnd the rocket rushes off into space towards the moon. After many adventures on the way they reach the moon
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      Hari Raya
      35 8 TIERE will be a special Hari Raya Children's Corner on Monday June 23. The page will be packed with stories, puzzles and many other things, so don't forset to order your Straits Times.
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      QUIZ CORNER
      163 8 Here are three more questions, children. I will give you the answers next week 1. The word "woollen" has two sets of duplicate letters, double O and double L. Can you think of a word which has three sets? 2. A man divided $10 between his children. How
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    US BILL ON SYNTHETIC
    74 9 1 1 1 n i I ues. Tip House of Representatives (ave final Congressional appi i>\ .1 1 ye»tei day to s bill to keep the (iovrrnmrnt In the synthetic rubber businrsn at least until March SI. 1954. The measve now foe* to the White House.
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    JAPANESE ORDERS RAISE RUBBER PRICE
    180 9 2 cts. gain on steady market From Out Market Correspondent IAPANESE orders and good European Inquiry sent J the price of rubber up by two cents a lb>r. on the SineaDorp Market vesterdav July first grade stood at 87% cents a lb. at the close
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    New York price
    53 9 \!t> 1 K.S.S. Sept. 1932 tia t S. rents): Friday'! Mondays cutting cloeJnf 29.55 traded 29.0Q traded Tone: Qulel Crude rubber futures closed <o SS points lower yesterday Sales totalled 40 contracts. Offers were: September 29.00 1081 cents per pound: Dec 27 50; Spot No 1 Ri'jbed
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      Keener buyers for Industrial shares
      176 9 From Our Own Correspondent MELBOURNE, Tuesday. STRONG closing markets for wool in Sydney and Adelaide had a brightening effect on share trading today. Melbourne and Sydney Exchanges reported that buyers of front rank industrial shares were keener. Good recoveries were scored in several instances. The
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      WOOL SALES
      48 9 MELBOURNE. Tues. VyoOL values showed a definite tendency to rise again at the Sydney sales, while in Adelaide prices were very firm on the pretlous sales. Quality merino fleeres and cro^sbreds showed a small rise. U.K.. the Continent and Japan we--e au;i In the main buyers
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      T!N:S4B4':APICOI
      12 9 SINGAPORE, Tues. June 17.— $484 a picul (down 87' 2 its).
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      PEPPER PRICE UP $10
      83 9 ABOUT 180 plculs of Lam pong (black) pepper were sold In the Singapore Produce Market yesterday. This caused sellers to raise the price by $10 to $465 a picul. Muntok and Sarawak white pepper remained unchanged at $525 and $520. respectively Copra maintained Its steady tone,
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      H.K. EXCHANGE
      34 9 HONO KONO. Tues. Free market currency exchange of Hong Kong dollars was quoted at the close today as follows: USSI HKSRS2 (cash): HK56.55<4 (T.T.): HKIIS 91 One tael of sold HKS3OO 62
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      RENONG TIN
      22 9 'pHK Renong Tin Dreditlng Com- pany's output for May was 30.53 tons: total for financial year tn <11 819.39 'nn*
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      Industrials marked up
      145 9 •THE Singapore Share Mar■L ket was slightly easier yesterday and some Rubber* and Tins were quoted lower. Industrials were generally marked up. Yesterdays price changes by the Malayan Share Brokers' Association were: Bayers .Sellers A In Bricks Ord* 3 50 3 S3 cd Otmmmu 1.S6 j 85
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      Federation tin exports
      57 9 T<IN In concentrates exporUd by producing sUteg in the Federation to Singapore and Penang last month amounted to 4.714 tons. 39 tona lea* than In April. Cumulative export* to Penang and Singapore for the five months this year totalled ***** tons. Biggest exporter was Perak with 2.904
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    STORE SHIPPING INFORMATION
    158 9 gHIPS alongside the Singapore Harbour Hoard godowns. or eipected there at 7 am today. are:— l/ 2 Sieuw Hol'and <'S Tegelbre: Coal Kant Wellington Court: «/7 India Mall: B'9 Bendoran: II Cltv of Chicago: 13/14 Martin Bakke; 1518 Charon: 18 Bonneville- 19'20Ord.a N W 2: Senal: N.W.
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    INTERIM DIVIDENDS
    263 9 INTERIM dividends have been declared by the following tin companies: riKET TIN DBEIX11NG LTD:— The Directors have declared a Third Interim Dividend of 3d per share less Income Ta» at 9 «d in the In rev pect of the year to Drr 11. 1951 The Dlrertors have also
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    Chinese girl enters K.L. speed trial!
    807 10 fi/G FIELDS FOR LORNIE RD 'KILO 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. A CHINESE girl, Lilian Lou, is among the motor iA cyclists entered for the "Kuala Lumpur Kilo" to be held at Lornle Road here on Sunday, starting at 8.30 a.m. Lilian is entered for
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    49 10 THE equalising coal in a tensely fought draw in the M.C.F.A. Cap semi-final between Selangor Chinese and Penang Chinese: Chenf Earn's pile-driver beats Swec Hock, the Penang goalkeeper. Penang Chinese led threenil at one stage but were held to a draw by a great Selangor rally. Straits Times picture.
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    Germans win the Le Mans 'endurance'
    189 10 LE MANS. Tues. nPWO Mercedes Bens cars finished 1 first and second in the 34- hour Le Mans endurance race which ended on Sunday. This was Qermany's first major post-war motoring victory, and the first appearance of the Mercedes Benz in this race since
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    H.K. BANK WIN AT BADMINTON
    126 10 In a return friendly game of badminton last Sunday. Hongkong Shanghai Bank Sports Club defeated the Borneo Motors by six games to one. Results ißank firttl: Singles: H. W. Deafcer lost to Hassan Buang 18-14, 0-15. 3-15 K W. Nonis beat J Mlsson 15-3. 15-7.
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    U.K. OFFER TO YOSHIO SHIRAI
    61 10 WEST HARTLEPOOL, <Dliham). Tvb Mr. Walter Ha«eltine. the West Hartlepool promoier. yesterday announced that he is willing to offer Yosltp Sl.irai. Japanese holder of the world flyweight Utle, £5.000 to meet Teddy Gardner. British Empire and European flyweight champion. Mr. Hazdtine said he was prepared
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    Tommy Burns plans a come-back
    71 10 MELBOURNE. Tues. -Foiner Au.vi:iii<ti. welterweight rhamplon itfjßßjf Burns plans i^ gn t»ck Into thi game. Bur;"; has not fou^sit since »c wao dtltnted by Len DiUmar in a title bcv.t last year. Sp«r-.s writers !:ad aii'itred he had retired. Biuix, said in Sylae; h* did
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    Parlett injured
    55 10 LONDON. Tues— John Parlett the European 800 metres champion, will not run for Britain in the Olympic Games in Heteinkl this summer because of a troublesome thigh Injury Parlett has asked the British Amateur Athletic Board not to consider him for the Games according to Mr. Jack Crump.
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    1953 Epsom Derby
    45 10 LONDON, Tues— The 1953 Epsom Derby wOl be run on Saturday June 6 Instead of Wednesday June 3 as originally planned. The change has been made because the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth Is due to take place _on Tuesday June 7. Reuter.
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    RSGC June Medal
    71 10 The June medal competition of the Royal Singapore Golf Club was won by J. P. Shearer (93— 24— 68>. Other cards returned were: C E. Hudson (93— 22—71) P. D. Harrison <9«— 23— 73). A W. Savage (94— 20— 74 i. Ball Sweep on the first nine
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    Hunt Cup broadcast
    49 10 RAYMOND Glendenning wm be giving commentaries on the Royal Hunt Cup at Ascot Heath, at 10.4$ p.m. in todatTs BBC General Overseas service. He will be assisted by Claude Harrison as race-reader. The Royal Hunt Cup, run over seven furlongs 155 yards, was founded in 1843.
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    The veterans will play bare-footed
    31 10 PORT SWETTENHAM. Tues Veterans of Port Swettenham R.C. and Klang Coast Club will meet at soccer on the Klang Padang on Thursday. They will play bare-footed.
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    Watch Elegant Kid at Ipoh
    265 10  -  EPSOM JEEP IU gLEGANT KID a recent win- ner «t Penan*, worked attractively on the track here thU morning. He strode out over 3f. in 41 45 With apprentice Moharoed Padek astride, the "Kid 1 finished ahead of TJoa's pair, Dar-Bs-Solaam (Lnnsdown) and Good Advic*
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    Sedgman & Doris Hart top seeded
    337 10 Sedgman Doris Hart top seeded WIMBLEDON LONDON, Tuesday. PRANK Sedgman (Australia) and Doris Hart 1 (United States) have been seeded number one in the men's and women's singles events in the AllEngland lawn tennis championships which start at Wimbledon on June 23- Dick Savitt (United States' holder of the title
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    SUGAR RAY HAS GOOD REASON TO AVOID TURPIN
    124 10 SUGAR RAY HAS GOOD REASON TO AVOID TURPIN I)»7HY the great Sugar Ray Robinson Is not at all anxious to swap any more punches with Britain's Randy Turpin may b* easily understood after you have seen the way the British champion disposes of Don Cockell In the newsreel filmed by
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    MISS BUTLER IN FINAL
    65 11 DESULTS of the two semi-final. IV In the Singapore women's golf championships played at the Royal Singapore Golf Club yesterday Mrs Smart beat Mrs Morrison 4 and 3: Miss Butler beat Mrs Cavenagh 7 and 5. Mrs. Smart will meet Miss Butler in the final, which
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    Penalty earnsr a draw for Aryans
    293 11 THEY WERE THE BETTER TEAM IPOH f Tuesday. A PENALTY four minutes from the end grave Aryan Gymkhana a I—l1 1 draw with Perak in their match on the Chinese Assembly Hall ground today. After an early setback the visitors Improved play against a
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    48 11 A LTHOUGH Penanf's schoolboy centre forward, Heng A Yeng, Mem to be sitting on his back, M-W^ ChlneM foaUe Hack G.y managed to etar th« b«U safely -BtrmlU Tlrnw »l«t«re token d«rlnf the M.CJ^ Cup semi-flnal at Koala Lumpur On Sunday which F ended In a 1-* draw.
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    Bagby's injuries worse than expected
    51 11 WALLY BAGBI, who was involved in last Saturday's race crash at Kuala Lumpur sustained more serious Injuries than were suspected earlier. It is now known definitely that bis injuries are: left lef broken in two places, broken left collarbone and shoulder blade. He is prorressinjr
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    U.K. cricket results
    244 11 LONDON. Tues. f OUNTY cricket result* are: arrfi brmt [mi »< IM run (O»»ll: Surrey 3M for 7 dec! and 200 tor 7 dccl Ihcx 111 and KM <Alrx Btdier Bvt tor 471 H»r«li kahlrr fetal lliford I nl.nilli •j «n laalaft and 71 ra» (OtfOTtf): til
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    WONG'S MANNERS ON THE COURT
    161 11 fTCE subject of Wong Peng 1 Soon's "court manners" has. of late, become a topic widely discussed In the local press As an Impartial observer, please allow me to express my opinion of this "champion" The critics have oeen right all along in branding Peng
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    SPORTS LETTER
    118 11 manlike quail' les on the part of a champion was re-enacted again at Kuala Lumpur, where he took the ccurt against Joern Skaarup of Denmark. He made no attempt whatsoever to correct his behaviour which angered the spectators Immensely, who watched with Indignation Peng Soon's gestures to Skaarup.
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    IKIN OUT OF TEST TEAM
    290 11 LONDON. Tue.. JOHN Ikln. Lancashire all- rounder who pulled a back muscle while batting against Somerset at Old Trafford yesterri:.y. win not be able to Join the England Test players at Lord's on Thursday. David Sheppard. the Cambridge University captain, has been selectrd to take
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    McNair Juniors beat S.J.I.
    65 11 In a friendly cricket match played on the 8 J I ground yesterday. McNalr Juniors beat Bt. Joseph's Institution "A" by three wlcketa. St Joseph's: 105 (W Stanley »7. E. Earnest 22. Tan Heng Hoe 4-19. M. Lailv 5-33) McNalrJuniors: ISS for 7 (Eric Retnam 34
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    Flighty Frances wins Ascot Stakes
    55 11 ASCOT, i Berkshire V Tum. Mrs. F. Jackson's Flighty France* won the Ascot Stakes over 2 miles here this afternoon. Mrs D. Cooper's Crudwell wa* second and Mr 8amue! Sanger'i Vldl Vlcl third Twentythr«« ma. Won by one and a half lengths with two lengths
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    (MANGI AIRMEN LED, BUT COULD NOT HOLD S.C.C.
    418 11 S.C.C 2; RAJ (Changl) L AM AINTAINING their reputation of never letting T1 up till the final whistle, S.C.C. staged a late first half recovery to level scores, then in the second half gradually out-manoeuvred the airmen to gain a meritorious victory
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    N.Z. Olympic team arrive
    167 11 >THE New Zealand Olympic conUngrnt arrived in Slng?por. yesterday and win spend two days) tn the Colony before continuing their Journey to Helsinki Among the 16 who arrived wa. Yvett Williams. British Empire women's long Jump champion, who hold, tne unofficial world reenrd for the long
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    United Services League results
    50 11 Results of United Servita League senior division matched yesterday were: RAP (SeletaiO 4. RAOC 1: 8ER 1. RNA8 Sembawang) 0: th« match between RAF (CAiangl) and RAF (MUl was postponed. In a United 8ervlces League Junior division match, RAPC held RNAS (Sembawang) to a scorelesi draw.
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    Ascot Gold Vase won by SoueDi
    43 11 ASCOT, (Berkshire i. Tue.. Mr. George Digbv's Souepl won the Gold Vnse run over two mile, here this afternoon. Mrs. L. W. Smith's Klngsfold was second and Comte L. De Kerouara's Kslrl iv third. Twentyone ran.— Reuter.
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    BalestierCC win by only goal
    75 11 Balestier Community Centre collected two points by a goal scored five minutes before the Interval against Wonder Lads in a SAFA Dlv. 3A game yesterday at Geylang stadium. The goal came from a corner kick when Tan Hock Seng BalestlerV Inside left, rushed in and
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    INDIA DRAW
    41 11 BELFAST. Tues The match between India ara Ireland was drawn here today, rain halting play wtvn Iceland were 68 for 6 in their second innings Score-, were: India— lst Inns 289 for 8 dec! Ireland— lst Inns 150 Reuter
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    Tanjrlin tennis
    41 11 Oeorge Holloway yesterday beat B W. Francis 6-1. 6-1 In the Tanglln Club tennis men's singles final In the married couples' final. Capt and Mrs. R. W Collis beat Lt. Col and Mrs H M C Smith 6-3. 7-5.
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    Holm & Skaarup win in Bangkok
    58 11 Holm Skaarup win in Bangkok BANGKOK, rue* Danish badminton players won three and lost one of the exhibition matches played at the Rajadamnern stadium yesterday Poul Holm beat Slam's single, champion Pinlt Pmttaphong 15-1. 15-8 while Joern Skaarup beat Slam's No 3 Dlrek Kachadphal. 15-10. 15-13. The Danes woo one
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    S.I.F.A. beat Navy visitors 7-4
    50 11 Singapore Indian Football Association beat an Indian Nary XI 7-4 In a friendly soccer match at Fairer P»rk yesterday. Scorers for S.I.P.A. were M. I. Osman (3). Nadarajah (3). Bala, SaUhudln and Supplah. Centre forward Vats Moped three for the sailors, and Charles the other.
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    Soccerites win,but concede a goal
    428 11 Star Soccerites 5; H.M. Dockyard L NETTING four goals without reply in the nrst half, Star Soccerites went on to win comfortably over H.M. Dockyard at BODCA ground yesterday and thereby remain undefeated in the S.A.F.A. seconddivislon thi, season i ii <j v b n
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    LTAM meet date changed
    126 11 PENANO. Tues. rkRIOINALLY fixed for Aug. 34 v to 38. this year's Malayan lawn tennis championship, will now be held from Aug 38 to Sept 1 These dates have been approved by the Lawn Tennis Association of Malaya. The venue will be the Penang Sport. Club
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