The Straits Times, 3 July 1952

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    21 1 The Straits Times -5 M 1952 MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS SIXTEEN PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1952
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    TWO YEARS' NATIONAL SERVICE
    618 1 in armed forces, police or civil defence units KUALA LUMPUR, WEDNESDAY. fOMPULSORY TWO YEARS' SERVICE IN THE ARMED FORCES, v THE POLICE OR CIVIL DEFENCE FOR ALL ABLE-BODIED MEN IN THE FEDERATION HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED BY THE SELECT COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO STUDY THE NATIONAL SERVICE BILL.
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    The 'Happy Padre'
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    ...comes back to Malaya
    95 1 Til/. REV. HARRY THORP£. who inspired thousands of priMiners of war during the orc-'ipalion. arrived in Singapore yesterday after ad absrnt-e of seven years. Hp is here to renew acquaintances with prisoners from hang] Gaol and the Siam Death Railway, who knew hi.n only as "Happy
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    Soldiers go back
    34 1 Sol diers go back BERLIN. Wed Soviet authorities today returned to British author-ties two British sold' rs missing from West Berlin .'ir.ee early Monday. They will face charges of being absent without leave. Router.
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    US ACCUSE REDS OF MASSACRE
    80 1 US ACCUSE REDS OF MASSACRE WASHINGTON, Wed. A UNITED STATES Congressional report officialI ly charged Russia today with killine 15,000 Polish officers 12 years ago. i Representative A. E. j OTConski (Republican, Wisconsin) said this was the un- I animous verdict of a special House committee which heard 110 witnesses
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    TODAY'S JOB
    32 1 A group of Singapore Scouts, headed by Scout Commissioner Mr. L. A, Woodford will call at Government House at 9 o'clock this morning for work in connection with "Job Week."
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    VITAL 'LINK' IN MALAYAN COMMUNIST PARTY HELD
    121 1 AN important "link" in the Malayan Communist Party has been arrested by the Singapore Police as a result of large-scale screenings on Monday to trace the persons responsible for throwing a bomb at American sailors anl others in the White House Hotel bar
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    The dollar drain is checked
    111 1 LONDON. Wed. rpHE Chancellor of the Ex1 chequer. Mr. Butler, totd the House of commons today that the Sterling area has virtually stopped the dangerous drain on its gold and dollar retires. Mr. Butler said one reason for the considerable Improvement in the vital gold
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    Singapore tightens airport security
    237 1 SECURITY measures at Kallang Airport in Singapore are being tightened. Every airline and Civil Aviation Department employee in it is being screened. A spokesman of the Department told the Straits Times yesterday: "These measures are taker, to lessen any possibility of sabotage. "Screenings will help us
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    MAIN CHANGES IN THE CALL-UP BILL MAN CHANGES IN THE CALL-UP BILL
    216 1 MAIN CHANGES IN THE CALL-UP BILL MAN CHANGES IN THE CALL-UP BILL Federation Regt. is on the list IMPORTANT amendments made to the National Service Bill by the Select Committee include: FEDERATION RECT.: The addition of the Federation Regiment to the schedule of the Bill, thereby making it possible for,
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    IN LONDON, TOO...
    36 1 LONDON, Wed— Many London drivers cannot handle a car properly and others are just too careless about their own and other's safety, Scotland Yard complained today in its annual tr«ffic ace'dert report —Reuter
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    Do-everything jet fighter
    48 1 WASHINGTON, Wed— The United States Air Force today announced production of a new, almost automatic jet fighter plane, the "Starflre," which its makers claim, can "spot the enemy miles away, lock on to the target, track, close, aim and open fire all by itself.— Reuter.
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    RADIO MAN SENT FOR TRIAL
    50 1 LONDON. Wed William Martin Marshall, British "Foreign Office wireless operator pleaded not guilty to five charges under the Official Secrets Act at the Old Bailey. Central Criminal Court, here today. His trial will start on July 9. No evidence was given at today's hearing.— Reuter.
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    Britain's aid to colonies
    87 1 LONDON. Wed. BRITAIN spent £14.470.682 on colonial development and rosparch work In 1951-52. "t wis announced today This was the largest amount in any one year since 1946-47. Of the total. £13.238.237 went on development and £1.231,♦45 on research. Since April 1946. £58.346.571 has been MMttt
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    $55-MILLION NEW FIVE-POINT PLAN TO FIGHT THE REDS
    798 1 $55-MILLION NEW FIVE-POINT PLAN TO FIGHT THE REDS KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. \1 ORE than $55,000,000 will be spent in the next few months on defence and the Emergency in the Federation in the most concentrated effort yet to destroy militant Communism. A five-point plan to increase the efficiency of the
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    RAF plane force-lands
    61 1 AN R.A.F. Valetta aircraft from Tengah, Singapore, force-landed on a beach five miles east of Oya, British North Borneo, yesterday morning, after developing an «il leak in the starboard engine. The crew of four were not injured. They were later taken by launch to Sibu, 30 miles
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    Red used schoolgirl as agent
    165 1 Red used schoolgirl as agent jfHOO Ah Loke. aged 18, a former student of Yock Eng School, said to have used a schoolgirl as his agent to spread Communist literature, was in Singapore yesterday gaoled for two years. Khoo. arrested by Special Branch police who raided the school in Tanjong
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    Menzies back
    31 1 SYDNEY. Wed.— The Australian Prime Minister. Mr. Robert Menzies, returned to Sydney by air today after a tour to discuss Australian problems with the British, American and Canadian Gov-ernments.—Reuter-AAP
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    Plane hits houses
    69 1 LONDON, Wed. rjiHREE people were killed ■1 and eight injured when a Brigand fighter bomber crashed today into an estate of prefabricated houses on the outskirts of Salisbury. The plane struck a tree alongside the main road and swung on to a lire high tension cable. The
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    Labour move on 'expat' pay lost
    1217 1 Labour move on 'expat' pay lost KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. ABOUR members of the Federal Legislative Council today attempted to hold up the big expatriation pay increases for Government officials until marriage and family allowances for Asian staff were also Introduced. Unexpected defence of tha expatriation pay increase by Dato Onn
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    Deputy 'named'
    40 1 LONDON, Wed.— Mr. Churchill is likely to name Maj.Gen. Terence S. Airey as Britain's deputy Chief of Staff to Gen. Mark Clark. AHled Supreme Commander in the Far East, Informed sources i said today.— U.P. See Pa/re 3
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    BRITAIN'S EPU CREDIT NEARS
    222 2 BRITAIN'S EPU CREDIT NEARS LONDON, Wed. TiHE TREASURY esti- mates Britain's, including the whole sterling area's June deficit in the European Payments Union was £17,100,000, Including j £2,400,000 of half-yearly interest. The ueflcit is thus gradually declining but too slowly, as Germany has become the biggest monthly creditor while France
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    THREE-LEGGED MAN HIDDEN BY PARENTS
    121 2 LONDON, Wed. A DUNDEE surgeon said yesterday that a Scotsman with three legs, all of normal size, lived as a hermit in Perthshire until his death four yean ago. aged 50. The unhappy recluse died of cancer only three months after he had finally gone
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    Dollar aid to Australia
    50 2 WASHINGTON. Wed.— The International Bank is expected to announce a new loan of $50,000,000 to Australian within the next week or two. The bank is also reported to have accepted the principle of financing Australia's dollar requirements for development purposes for the next three years.— Reuter.
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    Younger voters
    26 2 WASHINGTON. Wed.— The Senate Judiciary Committee today approved a proposed constitutional amendment to lower the voting age to 18 years in at states.— UP.
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    Sex teaching in Japan
    26 2 TOKYO, Wed. Japan Is preparing a bill to introduce instruction in schools on "healthy sex associations and on sex problems"— Reuter, AAP.
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    RAIL CRASH
    22 2 THIONVILLE. (France) Wed.— The Amsterdam-Basle express ran off the rails near here today Four were killed and 18 Injured.— neuter.
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    Plan to expand India's steel
    157 2 Plan to expand India's steel NEW DELHI. Wed. |t|R. George D. Woods, leader of the World Bank mission to India, said last night he would recommend a World Bank loan for the immediate expansion of India's iron and steel industry. Mr. Woods told a Press conference that li tne recommendatiens
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    Found wife was not a virgin
    99 2 BRISTOL, Wednesday. A BRISTOL magistrate's court yesterday ordered 27-year-old Riad Ramal Haggag to stand trial on a charge of threatening to murder his wife's step-(?randfather. The prosecuting counsel Mr. W. J. Hutchinson. said Haggag, an Egyptian, married Teresa Milburn in Cairo in 1951 and
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    CHEAPER
    59 2 LONDON, Wed— The Ford Motor Company today announced reductions in the price of their vehicles. Export cars will be reduced by 10 per cent, commercial vehicles by 7/2 per cent and tractors five per cent. All vehicles sold on the home market will come down five per cent. The
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    Govt. defeats Labour censure move on Yalu River raids
    534 3 BRITISH DEPUTY, CHIEF TO, GEN. CLARK LONDON, Wednesday. A LABOUR attempt to force the resignation of Mr. Churchill's Government over the Yalu River bombings was defeated in the House of Commons last nighk By a vote of 300 to 270, the
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    33 3 FIVE PAN-AMERICAN AIRWAYS stewardesses watch colleague Betty Haas demonstrate the technique of flyIn* the IJ k trainer. la her spare ttane, Betty, who owns alight plane, flies in women's air races in America.
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    Lightning sets afire 40 houses
    104 3 Lightning sets afire 40 houses LONDON. Wed. VIOLENT thunderstorms last night broke Britain's hottest weather in five >ears, causing floods and fires in several areas. In Birmingham, torrential rain flooded several hundred houses. Lightning killed an tigfct-year-«M boy and set fire lo lo M houses. Lightning also killed a beach
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    REBUFF FOR RUSSIA
    37 3 TEHERAN. U>d. P, Ts!a today replied to the Soviet note of last May which prot.'steri against Iran's accepting United States military advisers and military aid The note wit; be published tomorrow, but usuaffly well-
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    RAINS KILL 10
    26 3 TOKYO Wed -Heavy rains •m Japan in the past two days caused the death of 1U p. r-ons and flooded 9.622 houses.— A.P.
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    Assets returned to Austria
    25 3 VIENNA Wi d -Britain has agreed to unfreeze Austrian assets, blocked in Britain during the war, valued at £500.000 to £600,000.—A.P.
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    Students strike
    26 3 BOMBAY Wed. Thirty thousand students went on strike yesterday in Ahmedabad in sympathy with a 16day .strike against higher fees at Gujerat College.— A.P.
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    Woman spy gaoled
    28 3 NUREMBERG. Wed A United States High' Commission Court yesterday sentenced a German woman, Use Weghofer. aged 27. to four years ;-.nprlsonment for spyr Czechoslovakia. 1
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    EGYPT GETS NEW CABINET
    123 3 EGYPT GETS NEW CABINET CAIRO, Wed. rE Egyptian Premier-de-signate, Hussein Sirry Pasha, completed his new all-Independent cabinet early this morning after a flveday crisis following the rexigiiation of Hilaly Pasha's Government last Saturday. Sirry Pasha takes the portfolio? of Foreign Affairs and War and Marine besides the Premiership. Dr. Mohamed
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    U.S. has new tank
    40 3 WASHINGTON, Wed. THE United States army totoday unveiled the first new medium tank developed since the war the 'Patton 48" The tank, named after the late General George S Patton was christened by his widtiw.— Reuter.
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    Peer to wed a Parsee
    64 3 LONDON. Wed A 49-YEAR OLD Parsee woman from Bombay will become Britain s premier marchioness today. She is Miss Bapsy Pavry, who is marrying the marquess of Winchester, Eng1 land's 89-year-old premier marquess. Miss Pavry Is th P daughter lof the late Daturji Saheb Khershedji
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    U.S. ratifies peace pact with Germany
    108 3 WASHINGTON, Wednesday. 'THE United States Senate today ratified the peace x and defence contracts ending the occupation of Western Germany and making Germany a sovereign ally of the West. The vote was 77 to 5. Britain, France and Western Germany will have to raiify
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    Sweden sends new protest
    82 3 STOCKHOLM, Wed.— SWEDEN today sent a new protest to Russia which was understood to suggest the question of two Swedish aircraft lost over the Baltic last month should be referred to the International Court of Justice at The Hague or other such international body if Russia
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    969 expelled
    38 3 HONG KONO. Wed The Catholic Centre reported today that 94 Catholic missionaries were expelled from China In June, bringing the total of deported priests and and nuns since the beginning of th? year to 969.— UP
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    Russia will veto germs inquiry
    142 3 NEW YORK, Wednesday. rpHE Security Council today rejected by a vote of A 10 to one a Soviet demand that Chinese Communist and North Korean representatives be invited to the Council. The Council had before it an American proposal that an international investigating committee be
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    TRICK CYCLIST FALLS 40 FEET
    59 3 LONDON, Wed. ritKICIL cyclist Rafael 1 Mestri, 34, fell 40 feet from a high wire at Battersea today, fracturing his skull and suffering other injuries. The Spanish embassy has booked an air passage for his wife from the island of Majorca. Rafael is unconscious in
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    Rice problem
    44 3 LONDON, Wed—The CeyInn Minister of Agriculture and Food. Sir OCiver Goonetilleke. arrived here by air today for discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr. Richard Butler, and the Food Minister, Mr. Gwllym Lloyd George, on his country* serious rice shortage.— Reuter
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    Fight ends a meeting
    78 3 TOKYO, Wed.— A Japanese .Liberal Party meeting to choose a new secretarygeneral today ended in a melee of shouting, jostling and flying fists. The party, led by the Prime Minister, Mr. Shigeru Yoshida, was choosing a successor to Kaneshichi Masuda. Bickering arose over Mr. Yoshida's nomination
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    Yugoslavs find terror gang
    60 3 BELGRADE. Wed.— A high official of the Yugoslav State Security Service, LieutenantColonel Pane Djuklo, was killed on Monday night in a clash with a group of terrorists who had been smuggled from Bulgaria into Yugoslavia, the Yugoslav news agency Tanjug anounceci today. Thp statement added that
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    Honour for Mao
    29 3 TOKYO. Wed. Peking radio said today the main street In Erfurt, capital of of Thuringia province in East Germany, had been named after Mao Tse-tung. Reuter.
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    Soviet envoy
    17 3 RANGOON Wed— Mr Peter Parfenovlch Vladmirov, new Soviet Ambassador to Burma, will arrive today.— A.P.
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    BANKER (72) ROWS THE CHANNEL
    62 3 BOULOGNE, Wed. Georges Adam, 718-year-old banker, early today completed a double crossing of the English Channel in a skiff. The return trip took almost 14 hours and on arrival he was nearly sunk in Boulogne harbour by high winds. He was so exhausted at times
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    FRENCH COURT FREES DUCLOS
    103 3 >^_ PARIS. Wed. SPECIAL cfiMri, hare yes■i* tMdat" ar&Bted i proviJacques Du£]os. held for 'tan a raortU on a libfff -to'Mie Cotr.-> munist party secretary. M. charge of plottinf againaL the internal security of the State The court also granted provisional liberty to M. rh.iifTpur and
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    LONDON STOCKS
    332 3 Gains for German and Jap bonds LONDON, Wed. OTRENOTH In botta German and Japanese bonds t°as the feature on the London Stock Ex- > change today. Both gained up to five points on new account tpeculatlve. actlvltjr and on buying based en renewed debt settlement hopes. Olltedged were
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    London tin price
    26 3 LONDON. July 2.— Cash Buyers £969: Sellers £970; Forward Buyers £965; Sellers £96S; Settlement £9B9J (up BID. Turnover: a.m. 115; p.m. 10 tons.
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    U.K. RUBBER
    35 3 LONDON. July 2.— Spot 273 id.. Aug. 27* d., Sept. 27 '^d. Oct.-D«c. 26* d.. Jan.-Mar. 25fcd.. AprllJun« 23d.. (oom.). July c.i.f. 27d., Aug. ci.f. 27d., Sept. ci.f. 26*; Market: Quiet and steady.
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    DIVISION IN 'COUNCILS' DEBATE
    1222 4 Amendment by Tengku Abdul Rahman lost KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. WO DECISION was reached after a two-hour debate on local (village) councils at today's meeting of the Federal Legislative Council although 13 members spoke before the President, Mr. D. C, MacGillivray, adjourned proceedings. The adjournment was taken
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    DAVIES: NO NEED TO WORRY GOVERNOR
    134 4 DAVIES: NO NEED TO WORRY GOVERNOR MR. E. V. Davies. Labour Party leader in the Singapore City Council, said yesterday that it was not necessary to protest to the Governor about the City President's ruling which led to the walkout of nine councillors from Monday's Council meeting. "This is a
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    She passes Bar exam.
    76 4 MRS. MERCY RAJAH a teacher at Raffles Girls' School. "Singapore, received a cable yesterday to say that the had passed her final Bar examination A graduate of former Raffles College Mrs Rajah went to England and entered Lincoln s Inn She returned to Singapore last year
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    STAMP CLUB TO HOLD AUCTION
    47 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed Selangor Stamp Club will hold Us third stamp auction on Saturday at 3 p.m. at the British Council Hall. Young Road. KuaCa Lumpur. The auction is open to members. Articles for sale will be on view from 1.30 p.m.
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    Wednesday is now full day at Army HQ
    96 4 Wednesday is now full day at Army HQ KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. ITEADQUARTERS Malaya in Kuala Lumpur, which commands the British Army fighting in the Federation has given up its traditional Wednesday afternoon off In future the headquarters' weekly holiday will be Saturday afternoons and Sundays only. It is understood that
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    DISORDERLY AND DRUNK: FINED
    30 4 Pattalwan Khan pleaded guilty in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday to being drunk and disorderty at Geylang Road on Tuesday night He was fined $5
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    Roma held up in Singapore
    55 4 Three-hundred passengers in the Italian liner Roma spent an extra night in Singapore yesterday when the ship developed engine trouble shortly after her arrival fresi Australia. The Roma arrived at 10.30 p.m. on Tuesday. Engineers traced the trouble to the propeller shaft. It took 12
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    DOLLAR-A-SLIP MAY WIN $50,000 PRIZE
    107 4 PENANG. Wed PROVINCE WELLESLEY branch of UMNO has sent out 300.000 "donation slips" to all UMNO branches in the Federation The slips, at $1 each, are being issued as part of the Province branch's campaign to raise funds for a headquarters building. Ten per cent
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    SOLDIER WHO SANG AT TEA
    158 4 SOLDIER WHO SANG AT TEA SIGNALMAN A. McKennon, aged 26, of the Royal Signals. Singapore, who sang at tea time because he was happy, was found guilty by a Singapore Court Martial at Tyersall Camp yesterday of creating a disturbance in an Army dining hall. McKennon also admitted breaking a
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    Govt. will name body
    85 4 THE Singapore Government has agreed on the composition and membership ot the advisory committee on Chinese education in the Colony, a Government spokesman told the Straits Times yesterday. Names of the committee members will be gazetted shortly. Last month, the Government announced its intention to form
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    3 classes planned for adults
    71 4 3 classes planned for adults rpHE East-West Society, SinX gapore, will start three adult education courses on stellar astronomy, economics, and Chinese culture, next week. Canon R. K. S. Adams will conduct the astronomy course. Mr. Charles Gamba economics, and Mr. Lee Siow Mon e Chinese culture. The classes will
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    Leaving for more studies
    36 4 Nineteen-year-oJd Alfonso Anciano. a former student ot St. Joseph's Institution, Singapore, leaves Singapore today in the Roma for Britaia For the next five years he intends to study architecture at London University.
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    3 labourers arrested
    35 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Suspected of being bandit food suppliers, three labourers were arresed in the Baling area or Kdah. A woman carrying medicine in a restricted area was arrested near Kuala Kangsar
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    MALA YA HALL TO GET 25 MORE ROOMS
    103 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. NEW premises have been acquired adjoining Malaya Hall, in London, which will provide 25 more bedrooms, a library, bill ard room and a large dining hall for Malayan students in Britain. The original premises con sisted of a large
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    S'pore visit criticised
    89 4 S'pore visit criticised Th 2 rerent vlsu to Singaporo ft isht Legislative CounciUjr.-; r.f North Borneo to atf.siic. ihe installation c r Mr. J. E. Nicoll as the Governor has been criticised b> the North Borneo Chamber of Commerce as an "unnecessary expense" The chamber at Its May meei'np; agreed
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    LEARNING BY DOING
    76 4 SINGAPORE cadet police inspectors yesterday received practical training in rescue work when they helped clear debris in a collapsed house in Fraser Street, where a child was killed and three others were injured. Picture (left) shows some of the cadet inspectors at work. RIGHT: Two of the
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    POWERS OF DISTRICT OFFICERS SLASHED
    491 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. rpHE WIDE powers of district officers over village councils, strongly criticised L in the Federal Legislative Council when the Village Councils Bill was read for the first time, have now been drastically reduced The select committee appointed to study the Bill has
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    IGNORED SIGN
    24 4 BATU PAHAT. Wed. -For falling to s top at a r°ad sign, Lim Ah Pal was fined $10 or four days imprisonment.
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    CURFEW IN WEST KEDAH
    77 4 KiJALA LUMPUR, Wed. ANIGHT curfew has been (fdered in the Nibona Tebal area of Province Wellesley and in Western Kedah. The curfew from 7 p.m. to j 6 a.m. each night covers the area of Province Wellesley east of Nibong Tebal from the Perak border northward
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    Colony 'dripped' in all day blackout
    262 4 lIUNDREDS Of S. :i''•pore housewives I mcd yesterday's pro.' 1 blackouts for their spJlled meals. In the B kit -Timah and Dalvey R $;d area, they lasted ;u 6.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m In the morning, the (\ntre of the city was without p.
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    MOVED RICE: $20
    47 4 i JOHORE BAHRU. Wed Po- Koran of Bukit Pulai Estate was fined $20 in the Police Court today for moving three katis of cooked rice w'thout I a permit. He tod the Court I that the r lce w as for his c iild.
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    APPOINTMENT
    22 4 BATU PAHAT. Wed— lnche Othman bin Mohamad. Assistant District Officer. Eatu Pahat. has been appointed Deputy Defence Officer Batu Pahat district.
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    COOPS FACE A BIG TEST GOVT. WHITE PAPER SAYS
    526 5 COOPS FACE A BIG TEST GOVT. WHITE PAPER SAYS Rubber slump may lead to failures KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. A FTER 18 months of very rapid development the co-operative stores movement in the Federation must now get down to "the more exacting tests of consolidation", says a Government White Paper tabled
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    43 5 THI. SIJLTAN or SELANG OR addresses Malay parents and principals of English schools at a tea party. The party was given by the Sultan on Tuesday. Seated on the right is Mr. E. M. P. Payne, Assistant Director of Education. Straits Times picture.
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    3 BROKE CURFEW
    28 5 MUAR Wed. Gan Liang Kok. Gan Seng Kan and a woman. Ang Poh, were each fined $15 at Muar for breaking the curfew at Serom
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    L' driver fined
    35 5 MUAR, Wed. A provisional driving licence holder. Ter Her Sing, was fined $30 at Muar for driving his car without displaying "L" plates and for not being accomDanied by a competent driver.
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    Council meeting
    30 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed The next meeting: of the Pahang Council of State will bp held at the Court House Kuala Llpls. en Wednesday. July 16 at 10 ajn.
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    Govt. to get 65 Chinese affairs men
    154 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. TWENTY-FIVE Chinese Af fairs officers and 40 as- distant Chinese Affairs officers lare to be appointed by the Federation Government. They will be allocated to States and Settlements to meet immediate requirements. Their posts have been ap- proved by the
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    He stole a car wheel
    66 5 KUANTAN. Wed. ]t/lOHD. SALLEH bin Mohd -I" Arshad. a Kuala Lumpur driver, was convicted at Kuantan for stealing a car i wheel from Yong Yuk Siong. i a Kuala Lumpur businessman He was fined $400 or three months' gaol, and six months' police supervision. For
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    Parana attack is alleged
    34 5 SEGAMAT. Wed.— Alleged to have caused hurt to a 'compatriot on Johore Labis Estate with a parang 33 j year-old Doraisamy was produced before the Segamat Magistrate and offered $350
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    Negligent: $50
    32 5 SEGAMAT. Wed— For driving his car in a negligent manner and knocking into a military vehicle. Othman bin Omar, aged 40. was fined $50 at Segamat. His licence was endorsed.
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    $2,450-A-MONTH 'SUPERMAN' FOR FILM DIVISION
    90 5 $2,450-A-MONTH 'SUPERMAN' FOR FILM DIVISION KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. rE Finance Committee has approved the creation of a new post— head of the Film Division of the Federation Government at an i inclusive salary of $2,450 a month. The head of the Film Division will also be responsible to the Member
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    Govt. will give special training to these 'snoopers'
    210 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. rjOST of living; "snoopers" will have to be carefully trained to carry out Fed-eration-wide surveys, recommends a committee of Government officials in a paper tabled at the Federal Legislative Council meeting this morning The committee warns that the public
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    He prefers gaol
    38 5 SEGAMAT, Wed. 'I have no money and prefer to go to gaol," said Tay Teng Siew, aged 21. who was fined $20 or three days' gaol at Segamat for violating the curfew at Kampong Tengah.
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    Motor-cycles hit women
    42 5 SEGAMAT, Wed. Two motor-cyclists, Yahaya bin j A. Ghafar, aged 24, and j Chong Sin. aged 36, were fined $15 each at Segamat for driving their machines lin an inconsiderate manner [and knockine into two wo1 men pedest: lans.
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    Federation will recruit teachers from abroad
    182 5 Federation will recruit teachers from abroad KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. FEDERATION Government is to recruit 39 temporary teachers from India, Pakistan and Ceylon because of the acute shortage of graduate teachers for secondary schools in the Federation. Approval of the Federal Legislative Council to begin recruitment of these teachers was given
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    Manager is fined $30
    52 5 KUANTAN. Wed HAN TOK FONG. manager of Seng Heng, Sungel Lembing, was fined $30 at Kuantan for assaulting Khong Chia Poi. manager of a food store Khong said Han demanded 30 cases of condensed milk when the indent was for 25 cases. In an argument Han
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    PLANTER FINED
    29 5 MUAR Wed.— Lim Kirn. manager of Seng Bee San Estate. 18i milestone. Tangkak. Belading Road, who failed to keep a labourer*' register, was at Muar fined $30
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    Lotion brought him trouble
    78 5 SEGAMAT, Wed.— "There U no medicine shop in the area where I live and so I had to get the eye lotion from e lse where," said 40-year-old Foo Chan when charged at Segamat with taking a bottle of eye lotion out of a restricted area.
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    Stole medicine court told
    51 5 KUANTAN. Wed.— Ool Ah I Chin and Oh Soon Chaw, ot I Bukit Mertajam, were charged in the Kuantan court with 1 theft of $86.60 worth of cough mixture belonging to Lim Thean Sen. The case was postponed to July 31. Bail of $200 each wtl
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    New boss for information services to be named
    115 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. A DIRECTOR-GENERAL, of Information Services, responsible to the Member for Home Affairs for over-all co-ordination of the various information sen-ices, is to be appointed by the Federation Government on August 1. His salary $1.5ft0 a nmn'A with cost of
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    $13 million housing plan 'won't solve the problem'
    817 6 'LESSONS NOT LEARNED' -BUILDING CBDS5 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. yilE FEDERATION'S 1952 $13,580,000 housing programme for Division 1 Government officers will not solve the housing problem for this class, says Mr. G. A. Atkinson, Colonial Building Liaison Officer, in a report tabled
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    Thief's pledge sets a poser
    243 6 Thief 's pledge sets a poser yyHEKE a stolen article is pawned, the owner and the pawnbroker should share the loss equally, submitted Mr. T. W. Ong in the Singapore High Court yesterday. Mr. Ong appeared for Chop Sem Hin Pawnshop, who wer-j appealing against a lower court order returning
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    Plan for joint research on building
    145 6 Plan for joint research on building KUALA LUMPUR Wed. A JOINT building research organisation to serve both the Federation and Singapore may be set up so that Malayan architects, engineers and planners may know the results of building research on Malayan prob'ems This was announced by the Member for Works
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    S'PORE DIARY
    171 6 >T. JO-Kl'il s IXSntlllO.V r- fl tenary celebrations— the Rev Brother Tim Brothers' schools ACS. OLD BOYS ASSN.: Nagle maTs'frUr^m" ha Co e EAT-WEST SOCI.TY: "International Fancy Dres»" social. Darty gamis dance and magic show at British Council Hall. Stamford Road 830 p.m. Admission: 50 cents CHINESE V.M.C.A.:
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    Love led S.C. to absent himself
    44 6 KUANTAN, Wed. Hamzah bin Mat, a special constable attached to Gambang police station, told the Kuantan magistrate that he was in love with a woman and so absented himself from duty. He was sentenced to three months' imprisonment.
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    3 unions to ask for a meeting
    108 6 3 unions to ask for a meeting THE three Service Unions in Singapore the Admiralty Local Staff Union," Army Civil Service Union and the Air Ministry Local Staff Union will ask their employers for an inter-services meeting immediately to discuss establishment rights recently apnrnvprt This was decided at a threehour
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    Today's blackout schedule
    357 6 CUB-STATIONS liable to load shrddinr today are: DAY Arthur Rd.. Spore Swimming Club. Tf Khu. U.E. Shipyard. Rhd Cross. Nanyanjt Ice Works, Tf. Kalont Broadrlck Rd.. Sea View Hotel. East Coast Rd.. Teluk Kurau. Ocean Park Hotel. Bedok. Changi M' mile and Prison, Tanah Merah Besar. Selarang
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    'ALLOW HONG KONG, INDIAN CONTRACTORS TO WORK HERE'
    292 6 KUALA LUMPIK. Wed LjONU KONG and Indian contractors should be offered big buikling contracts in the Federation, and be allowed to brinff complete organisations Io carry them out, suys the Colonial Building Lia^on Officer, Mr. C. A. Atkinson, in his report on
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    Help to save Ayer Biru, pleads Yap
    203 6 SINGAPORE City Councillor* Mr. Yap Pheng Deck, yesterday urged all Roturians in the Colony, in Jnhore -Bahru, and in other parts of the Federation, to support a recent plea to the Johore Government from the youths of the Colony, to spare the Singapore
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    Farewell dinner to acting A.S.P.
    63 6 EIGHTY members of the Volunteer Special Constabulary, attached to Joo Chiat Police Station, Singapore, held a farewell dinner at the Jubilee Restaurant last night to t-heir commanclinsomcer, Inche Mohamed Yusof bin Ahmad, acting A.S P. Inche Mohamed Yusof, accompanied by acting ASP. Mr. Yeoh Bin
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    Higher pay for these men will cost extra $3 mil.
    442 7 EXPATRIATION SALARIES: THE DETAILS KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. THE increased expatriation pay and the new non-pensionable expatriation allowances proposed for Federation officers recruited overseas will cost the Federation Government $3,000,000. The Federal Legislative Council today approved a token provision of $100,000
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    OFF TO THE U.S.
    40 7 Sitiawan, Wed. Miss M. Dirksen, Methodist mission- ary and manager of the Methodist English School. Ayer Tawar, left last week on long leave to America. Miss M. Holmes has taken the place of Mis- c Dirksen.
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    THIS BOARD MET ONLY ONCE IN THREE YEARS
    94 7 THIS BOARD MET ONLY ONCE IN THREE YEARS KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. rE Advisory Board for the CoUege of Agriculture at Serdang never met in 195» nor in 1951. It has met once in 1952, and another meeting has been called for this month. In giving these facts to Datin Puteh
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    New union courses
    43 7 New union courses SINGAPORE Trade Union Congress wiii start regular trade union courses, the general secretary. Mr. S. Jaganathan. said yesterday. The courses will be conducted by students who attended the recent course conducted by Mr. F. W. Dalley. the British trade unionist.
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    Tea money 'just an Asian custom'
    162 7 MR. A. V. Winslow, Crown Counsel, said in Singapore High Court yesterday: "The taking of tea money has come to be regarded by some as a social accomplishment like the taking of tea." Mr. A. J Braga. for Chew Cher Khiang, a motorist, appealed
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    Stole dog court told
    87 7 KAILSAMY KUNJI appeared in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday Qn a charge of stealing a dog, valued at $100, on Tuesday. He was alleged to have stolen the dog, belonging to Loh Yong, from a house in Chiltern Drive, off Braddell Heights. Kai&samy pleaded not
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    ANTI-RIOT TEST FOR 2½ HOURS
    92 7 SINGAPORE police tested their communications system during a two and a half hour islan>-wide exercise yesterday. A spokesman said: "The exercise was to see how fast we can deal with a situation reported to radio control." The radio control worked at full speed as 'incidents'
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    S'pore may have trade union school
    96 7 WELL-TRAINED labou r leaders are essential to free trade unions, particuCarly in countries fighting Communist infiltration, said Mr. Victor Reuther of the United States, who yesterday addressed the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions conference now being held in Berlin. The conference Ls discussing
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    Thrift society officials
    63 7 The Singapore Municipal Employees' Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society, officials ate: President, Mr. T. P. P. McNeioe; vice-presldenfs, Mr. J. Q. Aspmalt. Mr. W. I. Watson, Mr. P. C. Marcus; committee: Messrs. D. E. Siddong (chairman); Cheok Peng Nghee (treasurer), N. Mohan (secretary), K. Muthuvelee, R. Kar.agasabai,
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    DID NOT HAVE $5 TO PAY FINE
    62 7 KUANTAN, Wed. Ja'afar bin Shawal was sentenced to two days' imprsionment for carrying a pifiion rider on his bicycle. He had no money to pay the $5 fine. Wong Cheong was fined $5 for leaving his bicycle unattended while Yong Kirn You was
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    Two nurses' Australian study ends
    120 7 Two nurses' Australian study ends TWO young MaCayan nurses, Miss Mak Chyung Hau of Kuala Kangsar, Perak and Miss Aw Hya Sim of Singapore will return in the Gorgon this evening after a two years' stay in Australia. They have nao postgraduate nursing training in Australian hospitals, under the Australian
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    44 7 SINGAPORE'S Traffic Police Assistant Officer Commanding, A.S.P. Yeoh Bin Cbiat, who leaves to-day by BOAC Argonaut for Britain, where he will take a six months' police training course at Ryton, in Yorkshire followed by a months' traffic police training with the Lancashire County Constabulary.
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    Hero will be guest of honour
    132 7 pUEST of honour at tomor- row night's danre, to celebrate the Philippine Independence Anniversary at Raffles Hotel, will be a taxidriver, Mr. Lin^ See Yeong, who rpcertly r?sc,ued a Filir ptne fßmJ'y from rfrownki?. when their car plunged into Rochore Canal. A special presentation
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    T.U. ADVISER: WHO DOES HE ADVISE?
    228 7 GOVT. ASKED KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. J'HE Federation Government was asked at the Legislative Council this morning whether the Trade Union Adviser, advised Government or the trade union movement. If he was adviser to both, how could the interests of the Government ever agree with
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    Higher pay for these men
    99 7 Higher pay for these men KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. VTEW minimum qualiflca- tions for probation officers, with subsequent increases in salary scales, have been approved by the flnan^ commitee in supplementary estimates put before the Federal Legislative Council today. The minimum qualiUc^tlon 13 now a pass degree of tne University of
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    FIRMS ASKED TO OPEN CRECHES FOR CHILDREN
    246 7 TWENTY-EIGHT Singapore factories and firms, each employing more than 100 women, have been asked by the Singapore Women's Council to open creches for children. A spokesman of a firm employing 1,081 women in sorting and packing rubber in their premises inside the Singapore
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    PENSIONS IN S'PORE TO GO UP, TOO
    63 7 PENSIONS IN S'PORE TO GO UP, TOO SINGAPORE Government pensioners will be given temporary increases pending the settlement of their claims for higher pensions. They will b e paid in one single instalment ten per cent of their emoluments from January 1 to September 30, this year, as soon as
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    LABOUR PARTY CALL FOR CANDIDATES
    84 7 ]i|R. D. STEVENS, general secretary of the SingaiTl pore Labour Party, yesterday appealed to members to nominate candidates for December City Council elections. The appeal states: "So far the party general council haa received only two applications for nomination. "If the applications are not received
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    ABSENT WITHOUT LEAVE CHARGE
    46 7 He claimed trial and the case was postponed to July 6. BATU PAHAT. Wed. -A Special Constable, Veloo, was allowed bail of $200 when he was charged yesterday with absence from duty without leave and with Intent of not returning to work.
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    VICAR TO GO ON TRANSFER
    53 7 SITIAWAN, Wed.— The Roy. J. J. E. Sampson, v.car of the parish of Nor^h Perak. conducted his last service at the Pioneer Church. Kantponx Koh Sitlawan before leaving for Singapore on traj The Rev. Kjell Km Taiping will preach at the Pioneer Church on Sunday,
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    DEATH
    29 8 A MacK MILLS: In Greenwich Hospital. London, on 27 h June. Ln c Chief Engineer. Straits Steamship Co., Ltd. Regretted by member* of the Aasociat'on of Em-in eers.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    81 8 MR MRS R. GRIBBEN th»nk all rela ives and friends for the brnutiful present* sent them lor thflr wedding. MR. GEORGE MASSIEwwive"* y e" to express Ms gratitude for the messages of sympathy ext*nc>d to him on his recent, bereavement. Jasin Estate, Malacca. THE family of the late Mrs.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Thur., July 3, 1952. Expatriate Pay
    812 8 The Straits Times Singapore, Thur., July 3, 1952. Expatriate Pay Engaged officers in the Singapore Government service who have been complaining bitterly about the consolidation and expatriate pay schemes will be disappointed that yesterday's debate in the Federal Legislative Council did not produce any sa;isfactory answer to their griev- antes.
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      Smuggler 'government' in the Colony
      585 8 Smuggler 'government' in the Colony Y^ILL the Governmenl please give us master mariners a bit of real help to put a stop to the smuggling (and its attendant corruption) here on the Singapore waterfront? This the Government can do by permanently cancelling the shipping "papers" of every British "seaman" convicted
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    BLUEPRINT FOR THE PORTS OF MALAYA
    1423 8 WITH confidence In the trade future ol Malaya, the Federal Ports Committee, in a report tabled in the Legislative Council yesterday, makes bold recommendations for the improvement of Port Swettenham and, in a smaller way, of Penang and Malacca. For Port Swettenham it recommends
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    On the Margin
    397 8 Elrpliunt-powcr j— i-t>...^.. .u DB mg company, wouh Borneo Timbers, is lacea wuh a problem ol some delicacy. Is it. me executives as* themselves, quicKer to teach a Du..ua to tajk Siamese or an elephant to understand Dusun? The circumstances are explained in the North Borneo Ne»s.
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    THE PEOPLE MUST FIGHT GRAFT
    301 9 Hogan tells of publicity drive and a commission KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. AN ANTI-CORRUPTION commission is to be established in the Federation, the Attorney Cieneral, Mr. M. J. Hogan, announced in the Federal Legislative Council today. Other measures to stamp out corruption in Government service are
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    No more sugar re-exports
    46 9 Beginning today the Controller of Imports and Exports. Singapore, wlCl stop issuing lic/nces for the im- 1 portation of sugar if it is ro be re-exported. Importers are reminded that sugar may not be im- j ported except against valid import licence
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    Lake Club meeting on Wednesday
    118 9 KUALA LUMPI'R. Wed. MEMBKRS of the Kuala Lu.npur Lake Club were j today notified of tho special general meeting called to receive the resignations of the president and committee. The meeting is to be held next Wednesday. Members were told that the agenda of the
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    New poison spray tested
    119 9 rvvFKRIMENTS to test the jEj effectiveness of a new poison-spray to kHI undergrowth at the side of roads so that it may not give coyer to bandits are still going on in Selangor. A Government spokesman yesterday told the Straits Times that conclusions on whether the
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    ROTARY DINNER
    33 9 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed Dr B. H. Isaac the first president n* the Johore Rahru >'•"•? C'wb. will! be insriirpri SB An Installation r i"'!f be h»ld at the Johcre International 1 Club.
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    Full house enjoy centenary concert
    147 9 BOYS FROM the four Christian Brothers' Schools in Singapore last night staged a variety concert as part of their 10-day centenary celebrations before a full house at St. Joseph's Institution Hall. The celebrations mark 100 years of service which the 3rothers of the De La
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    Man, 50, on rape charge
    59 9 6HOY KOK LYE, aged 50, was in Singapore yesterday charged with raping a 15-year-old girl on June 25 at his home in Tanjong Pagar Road. The girl, Yip Ah Chee, worked for Choy as a maid servant, the prosecution said. Choy was allowed $1,500 bail.
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    More travelled by air
    37 9 X.L.M. Royal Dutch Airlines carried 98,750 passengers during the first three months of this year on all its international routes. This is an increase of 7,776 passengers over the same period last year.
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    2 charged with murder
    104 9 ro Chinese walked into the dock before the Singapore First Police Magistrate, Mr. R. C. S. Bell, yesterday one after the other and heard charges ot murder read to them. Case number one: Chiang Kay Joo, 19, a labourer living at the Singapore Harbour Board quarters,
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    Drunkard gaoled for seven days
    70 9 Refusing a labourer's plea to be fined instead of being sent to prison, the Singapon Third Police Magistrate, Mr. H. B. Livingstone, yesterday said. "There are too many people like you who buy off their offences. They come to court, pay their fines and get
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    DRIVER FINED
    34 9 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed.— L. R. Lawrence was fined $10 in the Police Court today for driving a motor car with a provisional licence and not having a competent driver by his side.
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    Rubber, tin exports up
    77 9 MALAYA exported 72.545 tons of rubber last month against 70,088 tons in May. preliminary figures issued last night revealed Tin exports were also up last month, 4,681 tons against 4,553 tons in May The production of tin in May at 4,949 tons was an increase of
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    Miss Owen back to help Y.W.C.A
    63 9 Miss Gertrude Owpn, former general-secretary of the Singapore Y.W.C.A. arrives in the Colony today from Australia to take up a job as hon. adviser to the Y.W.C.A. A tea party to honour her will be held at Fort Canni^ Road hostel on July 11,
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    ROTARY CLUB PLANS A FREE LABOUR ADVICE
    114 9 A FREE public vocational guidance bureau to offer advice and service to job hunters and employers is b-ir;<T ohnned by SiniaDore Fr'-"v Club. Announcing the plan yesterday. Mr. D. LamnerL chairman of the Rotary Vocational Service Committee, explained to Rotarians that the bureau
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    LOST WAR FOR REDS, SAYS JAP
    243 9 LOST WAR FOR REDS, SAYS JAP '■'MB. tUMMtwisrs and their allies were waging a losing battle In their efforts to impress their power, influence and popularity on the people of Malaya, said Mr. Shigeru Aoki, correspondent of the Tokyo national daily, Mainichi Shimbun, yesterday. The authorities were gaining jj^ confidence
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    Tax on the races took $4.5 mil.
    98 9 Tax on the races took $4.5 mil. SINGAPORE'S revenue from du'»»s on totalisator bets and sweepstakes last year totalled $4,529,660.74, an increase of $1,946,778.34 over 1950. Mr. A. H. Harrison, Commissioners of Stamps, says in his annual report. Duty on sweepstakes paid by the Singapore Turf Club was 53.427.813.20. The
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    Police banned message —counsel
    270 9 Police banned message counsel A PROTEST against a refusal by police to let ian arrested man telej phone his office was [made in a Singapore court yesterday. It was made by Mr. M. Maxwell, appearing for Sain Kai Faye, a Straits Tlmei staff photographer, who Had claimed trial to a
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    Stole cinema fan's cycle
    61 9 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed.— Musa bin Ibranim was stn-jUiii-ed at th? Police Court to I 100 days' imprisonment for the theft of a motor cycle. Musa said that he took the vehicle for a joy iide. It belonged to Choo Eng Kiat who had left' it in
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    'ABSURD' SET-UP AFTER BID TO AID POOR SMOKERS
    237 10 High grade tobacco duty increased KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. "ABSURD" situation which arose out of Government measures to help smokers irnonfc the lower classes was exposed today by Mr. 0. A. Spencer, Member for Economic Affairs, at the Federal Legislative Council meeting today.
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    65 10 PINEAPPLES, bananas and coconuts, so hard to get in Britain, were a favourite with men of the King's Liver-* pool Regiment who passed through Singapore .yesterday on their way to Korea in the trooper Devonshire kneeling. Privates Hackwood (RAOC) a*d G. Allan of Widnes, Lanes, Standing: Privates B. Joynes of
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    STUDY AWARD
    28 10 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed.— Mr. Foo Khee Lim, an agricultural assistant in Johore, has been awarded a scholar- I ship to study in New Zea- and. I
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    Soldier killer is sent home
    85 10 BOMBARDIER John Stewart 27-year-old Scottish soldier who was sentenced to death in January last year for the murder of Eunice Tan, a waitress at an amusement park in Tampin. has been sent from Changi Gaol in Singapore to a gac4 in Britain by the military.
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    BANDIT AREA MINE MADE $655 PROFIT
    140 10 A PROFIT of $655.26 is shown for the year by the Ulu Piah Company Limited, whose mine is in dangerous bandit country in Perak and cannot operate. No income was received during the year from mining. The total expenditure for the year was $411.62,
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    Last ticket won a fortune
    60 10 MALACCA, Wed. A MALAY from Negri S mbilan won the $250,000 first prize of the Social Welfare Lottery last month. The ticket was bought from a kiosk in Malacca. When the Malay asked for five tickets, the woman seller persuaded him to buy the last
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    Two territorial chiefs named
    50 10 IPOH. Wed.— lnche Tawil Azar bin Ahmad Toh Muda Pangllma Kinta, Territorial Chief of Parit District has been appointed Territorial Chief of Dlndlngs District with Headquarters in Lumut. The Imam Paduka Tuan Raja Haji Ali bin Raja Haji Mohammed has been appointed Territorial Chief of parlt.
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    HAD OPIUM PIPES: $1,000
    70 10 BATU PAHAT, Wed.— Lim Ec Kiang. owner of house No. 93. Bandar Rengit, was found guilty of having apparatus for the consumption of chandu. The Batu Pahat Magistrate sentenced him to a tine of $1,000 or 10 months' imprisonment. Goh Tee Toh and Goh Chin Chok
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    Estate clerk took $1,000, court told
    139 10 JOHORE BAHRU, Wednesday. D A. NETTO, a clerk of Sembrong Estate, appeared 1 in the Sessions Court today on a charge of making false entries in the account book of the Mr. D. H. Webber, manager of Sembrong Estate, in his evidence, sajd that
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    A wife looks at husbands
    479 11  -  JEAN WISEMAN WR MEN ONLY —AND WANTS TO HELP THEM By MOST husbands arc far less handsome than they could be— and destined to start go.ng bald years before they need! Tne -average man is a casual creature who rushes into any near-at-hand barber and
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    FOR TALL, SLENDER GIRLS
    165 11  -  VIRGINIA Writter drawn ',y TALL girls are often neglected by the fashion designers, so this week there are two dresses sketched especially for them. One of the best ways of shortening a long, thin figure is to use contrasting band*- of colour horixon- tally (short g^rls
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    GIVING A CHILDREN'S PARTY
    410 11 By Lucy Maguire "ITS the easiest thiny; to give a children's party", they all said when my elder child's second birthday was approaching. "All you have to do is provida lots of food and leave them to amuse themselves". After it was all over, and I'd
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    One No Trump
    414 11  -  Angela Hayward By "YOU won't forget we I promised to play bridge after dinner this evening?" I reminded my husband. "Yes deal," he mumbled from behind his newspaper "Well, hadn't we better get ready "What? Oh no. Plenty of time." I returned to my crossword and was
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      335 11 Straits Times Crossword 1 LJ 2 |3 U* LT y'|7 J 8 i 11 Us 13 U H 7s~ 16 17 16 HH '9 50 IT 26~ ACROSS ft. ChribU.ia.s Eve Is (3, 6). 1. they would have re- 13. Wi h no equal but no game pented long ago
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    'Blind leading the blind' in the schools?
    203 12 (GUESS that the Singapore Teachers' Training College is at present concerned only with mass production of teachers. I hope that your readers are aware that there are two types of training course given to teachers in the Training College One is the Normal
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    M.C.A. SWEEPS
    109 12 I AJtf entirely vi Igrei p with Sir Cheng-lock Tan's statement reported in the Straits Times of June 25, refuting Mr. C.C. Tan's misconception. The MCA. sweeps are utilised for a noble cause for the benefit of the poor squatters, in building schools, refreation grounds, etc. The M.C.A.
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    METERS IN THE TAXIS
    136 12 MUCH as everyone feels gratified to read regular reports about the good conduct, etc.. of taxi drivers in Singapore, my experience as i a newcomer to this city is that the absence of meters <, 1 is the main deficiency. For the very same distance i
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    AGE MOCKED
    102 12 UAVE any of your readers who like to tune in to the Malay Section of Radio Malaya ever noticed that some of the recorded songs have as their theme stale jokes which are an insult to the aged? The worst ones are most offensive, and are consequently never
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      The blood flows sparingly in Ipoh
      599 12 The blood flows sparingly in Ipoh T^ROM its inception on x June 16, 1951, to this date (June 30, 1952) we have had very nearly 300 blood donors registered on the books of the Ipoh Blood Bank. The greater proportion have been Europeans, with a sprinkling of Asians. The greater
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    APPLYING FOR A GOVT. VACANCY
    277 12 APPLYING FOR A GOVT. VACANCY CERTAIN Government Departments send out circular letters to all other Departments inviting applications from serving officers for consideration for posts carrying higher emoluments, which have just been created or have fallen vacant. This is as it should be, giving first chance to officers already in
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    GRASS SKIRT MEANT?
    115 12 MAY 1. as one tccostomed by circumstance rather than design to the frequent wearing of the kilt in Singapore, suggest to our "Visiting Australian Medico" (June 27) that he try to wear one hinrvelf rather than quote irrelevantly from Schopenhauer? If he doesn't suffer from recurring attacks
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    Mining staff: Asian and European
    114 12 VLTE read with much interest a report published in your paper last week under the heading "Mining Staffs' Pledge". In the last paragraph the chairman was reported as expressing the gratitude of the Mining European Staff Association to the employers for the concessions granted to
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    S.T.C. SEASON TICKETS?
    158 12 TT was interesting to read Mr. M. Ibrahim's recent letter suggesting that -the S.T.C. conduct a monthly lottery. I am sure there are many who, unlike Mr. Ibrahim, will agree with me that there are enough lotteries already in Singapore. I feel sure also that Mr. Ibrahim
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    THE WALK-OUT
    71 12 fpHE Labour Party and A .their Independent sympatlasers have done great haxm to our advance towards self-government by walking out of a City Council meeting just because things did not go according to their will. Walking out is always a sign of Irresponsibility. When a responsible matter like
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    JAPS WANT MORE TRADE IN £ AREAS
    103 13 JAPS WANT MORE TRADE IN AREAS TOKIO, Thurs "THE KIIODO News Agency reported yesterday that 'be Japanese Ministry of International Trade and Industry will seek a one-year extension of the japan-United Kingdom overall p yntents agreement, with miner revisions. The present agreement exp'res .on Aug. 31. The new 8 af
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    Shipping
    128 13 gHIPS :n the Singapore Roads and terd.y h «ere DC hOr geB m H,?"''^ R ds: Hal H «"an- Hellce. a«dilla. Empire Langford Star* Betp geuse Norwoy Maru. Pakhol Chong u Castle Peak. Radlev toscinJ Ralthybius. Reynst. Timor Inner Reads: Salong. Kajang Lamongan. Beetoag. Relau. Rimau Susanu. Semenvin. Nangkachindr
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    H.K. EXCHANGE
    34 13 HONO KONG, Weds. Free market currency exchange of Hong Kong dollars was quoted at the do- e today as follows: US$l HK56.50% (cash); HK16.53 r.T.): HK515.92. One tael of jokt HKs299.oo— n.P.
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    £ up in U.S.
    29 13 up in U.S. THE pound sterling advanced one-fourth of a cent (US) to rss2.7B-> 4 cents on the New York money market on Tuesday. Par is US$2.BO.— A J.
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    New York price
    23 13 TVJO. I R.S.S. Sept. 1952 (In x U.S. eent«):— Monday* Tuesday's clorinc clodn* 31.25 traded 31.05 and 31.1t traded Tone:—Quiet.
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    Takuapa Valley Tin
    24 13 Takuapa Valley Tin Dredging's two dredges worked 1,158 hours in June, covered 250.000 cubic yards and won 537 piculs of ore.
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    FALL IN RUBBER PRICE HALTED
    213 13 One cent gain on firmer market By Our Market Correspondent 'THE downward tendency in the price of rubber was A halted on the Singapore Market yesterday when a gain of one cent was registered, first grade closing at 91 cents a lb. On a market
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    TIN: $484½ A PICUL
    14 13 SINGAPORE, Weds— July 2.— 5484.50 a yicul (down 12'i> ceirts).
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    June shipments
    67 13 IjLJALAYAN tin shipments in tons in June were as foillows: From Singapore lo O.K (options) 310; U.S.A. 870; Continent 708; Pacific 9; India J; Sruth America 89^i; Africa 22; Australas :i 44; Middle East li; Total: 2,055 I From Penang to UJC. 765; lU.S.A. 690; Continent 833 v.
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    Australian investments weaker
    160 13 From Onr Own Correspondent MELBOURNE, Wed. T»HE tnves ment market ha-1 a weaker undertone In Me 1bourne today. Downward move' cover**! most sections of the market. Sales vo'ump wns light as buyers lacked confidence. «i!ver and lead stocks were fractionally firmer, while gold r crip fluc'uated erratically.
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    New York Stocks
    49 13 NEW YORK, Wed. T»HE Stock Market began the new month by extending :ne recent rally In improved activity. Industrials and rails moved to new 1952 high grcund an.l. dwpite slight corrective profit-taking, the list clos'd firm with liberal gains of up to a point or so
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    PEPPER UP BY $5
    119 13 PEPPER UP BY $5 A STEADY market was reported In pepper on the Singapore Produce Market yesterday and the three varieties each made gains of $5 per picul. Price per picul s:-l;-ers were Muntok (white) $565, Sarawak (white) $560 and Lainpong (hick) $sjo. The copra market was unchanged, with buyers
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    MORE IMPORTS FOR FILIPINOS
    30 13 MANILA, Wed. QNE-HALF of all imports will be channelled to Filipino retail merchants, starting tomorrow, by a new order which will restrict the business of foreigners.
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    Dull tendency on Share Market
    249 13 THERE was a dull tendency on the Singapore Share x Market yesterday. Most "Interest was shown in the tin section. Price changes announced by the Malayan Share Brokers' Association yesterday were: INDUSTRIALS Bavrri Sell«ri Alex. Bricks Pref. a 10 2 25 Ords 3.40 3 45
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    U.S. hold on track ang field hard to break
    766 14 gwyKcf^flMMPfP (This is the first of the series of four articles reviewing World track and field prospects for the Olympic Games startino July 19 at Helsinki, by Milton Marmor, A. P. Correspondent, who will be covering the Olympics.) lanchik of U.S.S.A.:
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    U.K. lifters are in the dumps
    707 14 From PETER HILL LONDON. Wed. ORITAINS w«i«ht-lifting offl- cials are in the dumps about the prospects of any British victory In the "iron" event* at Helsinki next •month. And well might they be. For the performances of England's beet lifters are well below the
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    VULCAN, GOD OF FIRE, MELTED SUGAR RAY
    1377 14 PETER WILSON'S greatest fight story fHIS IS NOT just the story of a fight but the story of a sweltering city that had forgotten how to breathe. It is 3 a.m. and I am writing this in a tenth-storey apartment overlooking New York's
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      215 14 FROM i IU4S 4'4 TODAY LjlJLmi W Il^j 'tßffWsi 6.30,9.30 NON-STOP WISECRACKS MARIE: 1 thought GROUCHO: "What's I mi*ht as well the matter! I 3 kill two birds there a shortage with on* stone. QKS/BJw' ot stones so I made ihi^ a date /< t "VsKssis» with both > ot
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      256 14 VENGEANCE IS WHAT SHE WANTED DEFYING ALL THE LAWS OF THE WEST.... HUNTING THE MAN A JackBUETEL Mala POWERS Bill WILLIAMS fcZ&WZ&i SKCIAL ADDED ATTRACTION XZ&&Z&is I WITH A SONG IN MY HEART "FASHION STORY" /^fTTTTTTfH^\ froat today KHHsf'll if! |J /'I 11 a.m., 1.30, 4. 6.45 V^HB^j^BiOB^IMHsV^ and 9309
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    SPORTING THE WINNERS
    345 15 SPORTING THE WINNERS > ii iM-s. not n to follow at the Stngapoe Turf Club s July meeting (July 5. •J and 12 1 are: ACCSMB: a striking grey who can go a beautiful gnl'op on top cf the ground: ran he fastest mile at Buktt Timah since Kuala Queen
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    New event at Mercury AC trophy meet
    195 15 fcLUALA LUMPcK. Wed I A NEW feature ol this years Mercury Trcphy i^ter-club an etic tournam nt on the Kuala Lumpur padang od Saturday. July 12. is the "flying squadror.' This was the first-ever relay race, held in 1895. a-wi revived In England
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    SINGAPORE TIDES
    30 15 TODAY: High 0641 (6.8) and 1833 (8 1i; Low 0010 (3 6) and 1155 (4.7). TOiMORROW: 0817 (7ft.) and IP2B i 8.3): 0127 (3 2) and 1305 (52).
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    BUSY FIRST DAY FOR FLANNERY
    293 15  - BUSY FIRST DAY FOR FLANNER Y EPSOM JEEP By Former champ 'glad to be back TWO years of campaigning as a freelance jockey on the Australian Turf, Frank Flannery is back in Malaya and his first impression was the tremendous progress racing in Malaya has made during his briel absence.
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    Barrier test for 'untried'
    106 15 Newcomers Seron'k (J Donnelly). Tonto iWoodst, Gwilvm (Flannery), Short Hairs (Lan own) and MonVs Kuda (Crowei were tes'ei at the sixth-fur.one barrier at Bukit Timah ves'erday morning. Ai; seemeo «ri| oehavfd anr 1 umped away in a perfect line wlien the barrier went up. There was
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    2 schoolboys in Rest XI
    151 15 PENANG, Wed. 'TWO srhoolbo>s, Denis de Silva of St. Xaviers Irstinrion and A. Niiv; ratnam of Penang Fiee School have been included in the Rest team to meet Europeans this weekend on the Western Road ground. Rest who have won all the postwar matches in
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    George Straker quits riding
    340 15 APPRENTICE George Straker has decided to give up riding. After a short but colourful career on the Malayan Turf young George has decided to quit and "go into business" with his father in I Australia. l Strakei will be leaving shortly and may not ride at
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    12 ACCEPT FOR ECLIPSE STAKES
    61 15 LONDON. Wed. Twelve final acceptors for the valuable Eclipse Stakes, over 10 furlongs at Sandown Park on Saturday July 12, were published here today. They are (with weights): Praise Dv Bois 9.7, Taranto, Fellscope and Helenos each 9 st., Tulyar. King's Bench and Hilltop each
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    AGA KHAN HORSE LISTED IN CL. 2
    337 15 ((ABAKA, a high class thrpa- year-old by the French-bred Ascot Gold Cup winner Souverain out of Porza, by Stardust, has been registered and classified in Class 2. according to the latest SRA classification of horses. Bred and raced by the Aga Khan. KabaJca
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    New 3-year-olds are bright lot
    439 15  -  EPSOM JEEP By SOME PROMISING three-year-olds will be making their bow in Malayan racing at Bukit rimah and quite a few seem certain to be winni ijf .his season. There ar e high expectations that some of them may develo" nt-o more than i:sr r
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    New jockey for Malaya arrives
    110 15 New jockey for Malaya arrives A 25-YEAR-OLD Australian Jockey, Jackie Smith, arrived In Singapore by QantasBOAC from Sydney y sterday to ride on the Malayan turf. Jackie, who vtt ride for Kei'n Daniels s stable, hopes to h»ve ?il* first mrunt at Buki* Tiniuh on Saturday. Jackie comes from Newcastle.
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    DATO PAGLAR CUP
    62 15 Entries are invited for the Cosmopolitan Cycling Clubs :,nnual 120-lap grass track race tor the Dato Paglar trophy to be neld on the Slngapcre Chinese Recreation Club ground on July 9. This will be the third event in the. club's Best All-Rounder open cycling competition. Entries .should
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    Sedgman meets Drobny for title
    768 16 FLAMGOESDOWN IN FIVE SETS WIMBLEDON, Wednesday. THE first and second seeded players in the men's singles event at Wimbledon Frank Sedgman of Australia and Jaroslav Drobny of Egypt will meet fer the title. In their semifinal matches today, Sedgman beat his countryman Mervyn Rose by
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    Firemen win 4-2
    123 16 A GIFT goal in the last minute, •f gave Fire Brigade a 4-3 win oter Special Constabulary XI in yesterday's S A.F.A. Div. 3B match at Geylang Stadium. Fire Brigade had all the luck. Ttelib opened the scoring against i the run of play. Specials however. J
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    P.W.D. SPORTS CLUB OFFICIALS
    85 16 At the fourth annual general meeting of the P.W.D. Sports Club held on Friday, the following were elected officials for the year: President, Mr. R. E- Pitt (ex offlcio): Vice President. Mr. J.V.T. Campbell; Hon. Secretary, Mr. S.A.A. Bruce. Hon. Treasurer Mr. Ong Eng Peow; Chairm.in.
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    Leong avenges defeat
    57 16 IPOH. Wed. Leong Khu-n !Nyean, Perak tennis ch«mpt«ri avenged his recent YMCA tourn.'ment defeat by Timothy Lee *-i>en ihey met again in ihefl.i."' o; thi Perak Turt Club comDeti I en locay. ueoi.fc won 6-4. 5-7, 6-4 m 70-jiitiule struggle, thus deorWi:.e Let of the title which
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    Champions out of Perak badminton
    184 16 IPOH, Wed I AST year*s Perak mixed doubles junior champions, Chan Teng Kok and Miss Woo Yuet Kam, were eliminated in a three-set match which was the highlight of last night's session of the Perak badminton -hampior.shlps. The "rubber" was a point by point struggle.
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    DURHAM DO WELL v INDIA
    53 16 LONDON, Wed— The minor county Durham did very well on the opening day of their twoday match against the touring) Indian cricketers. At close they were 302 for six declared (Keeler 135. Coxon 50) and India had lost two wickets (Kaekwad 1, Adhikari 3) for
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    GOOD DOUBLE BY A. DELILKAN
    47 16 A good double by A. Deltlkan featured St. Josephs Institution's win over Victoria School by 41 runs in a friendly cricket match on Tuesday. Scores: S.J.I. 84 (A. Delilkan 55: Eng Hoe 4-16. Laily 4-23). Victoria 43 (A. Delilkan 7-17. Wicks 3-8)
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    Corinthians lose
    36 16 Chinese Athletic beat Singapore Corinthians 4-2 In a friendly soccer match at Farrer Park yesterday. Scorer? for C.A. were Hon Yam (2). Kok Peow and Kirn San. Corinthian scorers were Hussein and Buang Tumin.
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    Triangular boxing meet planned
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