The Straits Times, 11 June 1953

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  • 12 1 The Straits Times Established 1845 SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JI'NE 11. 1953 15 CENTS
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  • 343 1 The truce men 's next mcc ting may be their last PANMINJOM, Wednesday. J'HK United Nations and Communist top-level negotiators today completed all policy worl on a Korean truce, then handed staff officers the job of putting an armistice into final form. Their biggest jobs are
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  • 109 1 IN SEOUL: 2,000 shout 'Yankee go home!' SFOIL. Wed. At least '.MO students, shouting Yankee co home!" and other slogans, paraded through the streets of Seoul today, the second day of angry demonstrations against in impending armistice. Tlie new demonstrations erupted as President Sy tig-man l.'hiv announced through a spokesman
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  • 135 1 Ritson will give his pay report to-morrow CIR Edward Ritson. who! has been examining the allowances drawn by moro than 15.000 Sin- 1 papore Government servants, will personally hand his report to the Governor. Sir John Nicoll, tomorrow morning. Sir Edward has spent (wo months In the Colony. He flies
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  • 240 1 LONDON, Wed.— Britain, Australia and New Zealand begin private talks here today on Pacific and South-East Asia defence problems. The three countries were represented by their Prim; Ministers at discussions on the ANZUS pact, the Pacific defence alliance of Australia. New Zealand and
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  • 58 1 ROME. Wed—Spaghetti-eas-ing Italians turned thumbs down on Italy's half-humorous I half-serious "beefsteak" party which promised a daily steak on every plate. The party, headed by chubby Corrdo Tedeschi. Florence economics professor, polled only 4.298 votes. Tedeschi had promised a fr>ur-hour workday a 30-hour school year and easy
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  • 55 1 NEW YORK, Wed.— The imminent Korean truce was blamed today as Wall Street stocks fell to their lowest point since October last year As selling pressure increased, buyers became very cautious. Losses ranged to about $1 a share, but a few high priced issues declined
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  • 62 1 PORTSMOUTH. Wed. The heavy Russian cruiser Sverdlov, first to enter British waters for many years, thundered out a 6-inch gun salute shortly after dawn today when she steamed to her anchorage i for the Coronation review at I Spithead. Tne Sverdlov will be one of the
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  • 28 1 VIENNA. Wed. -Russia has decided to appoint an ambassador to Austria and re-esta-blish full diplomatic relations with this occupied country. It was announced here today A.P.
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  • 25 1 MANILA. Wed. A World War II grenade explosion on Cebu Island today killed two 12-year-old boys and seriously injured a third. A.P.
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  • 68 1 DKi'BV DAY at Kpsom and PruwcM .ritaret ware* ai.ti shouts as her lancy runs p.tst. The ({in -n smiles as her horse. Aureole, follows Pinza to the finish But the I Mike of Kdinhurch nervously ehewi the end of his sunglasses. Right: The Our. m and
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  • 1806 1 Mrs Parsons said: 'I couldn't leave myba bies beh ind court is told PENANG. Wednesday. 4 FEW hours after she was told of her husband's death in an R.A.F. Jungle crash. Elizabeth Parsons, wife of Flight Lieut. D R. Parsons, said f o close friend: "Darling, we loved him so
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  • 21 1 BOSTON. Wed -British Foreign Secretary Mr. Anthony Eden, underwent an operatior, lor a gall bladder condition here today Reuter.
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  • 20 1 NAIROBI. Wed— Security forces have killed 18 terrorists in the past 24 hours, a communique said yesterday.
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  • 49 1 Till: Ul KIN shakes hands with Sir <iordon Richards —the world's only jockey knight mil wishes him well in the Epsom Derby. Soon after Sir Gordon rode Pinza home four lengths ahead of the Queen's own horse, Aureole, for his first Derby win. A.P. photo.
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  • 137 1 It is up to free nations MINNEAPOLIS, Wednesday. PRESIDENT EISENHOWER said today that the 1 United States, though the strongest nation on earth. innot make our own decisions, fight and stand as only we ourselves may choose". All the free nations of the world
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  • 28 1 RANGOON. Wed.— River traffic between Rangoon and the rest of Burma was paralysed yesterday when 1.300 merchant seamen stopped work demanding better wages and working conditions.
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  • 25 1 WASHINGTON. Wed. President Elsenhower Ls believed to be corusiderinß dfsicnatinK July 4 as a national day of prayer for world peace.— U.P
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  • 82 1 LONDON, Wed. THE taxi drivers of Leeds began to organise a protest petition yesterday immediately they heard (hat a woman had been granted a licence to drive a taxi by day and night. "Taxi-drivin< is no job for women." said one taxi proprietor. "There has
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  • 67 1 KINGSWINFORD, England. Wed— Thomas Arrowsmlth told in court how he chased a burglar down the street in i his underwear and captured the culprit complete with loot--£440. And the burglar, John Homer, 63. explained: "I surrendered because of my :;ense of morality. It didn't seem right
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  • 185 1 Reds let wives leave for U.S. MOSCOW. Tues. fFWO Russian wives of Amrrican citizens are to be given exit visas to leave for the United States, the American Embassy said here tori. >y. Tv.'o children of an Amen.iii woman, formerly married <> a Russian, will also be lUowed io leave
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  • 42 1 TOK\O. Wed. Empero r Hlrohto and Empress Nagako today KBI a message to the Queen thanking her for her hospitality to tho-; r son. Crown Prinre Akihito of Japan, while h*' was her guest at her Coronation. -Reuter.
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  • 13 1 LONDON. Wed— The Duke of Edinburgh is 32 today. AP.
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    • 164 1 S P-H- de SUVA +s its* sr S/»&*»o*t 6 BUTLER: Will he take over from Churchill? LONDON. \V»-d. The mass "Sir Winston Churchill cannot circulation Daily Mirror to- be Prime Minister for ever," day singled out Mr. R. A. the M.nU Mirror said. Butler, the Chancellor of the "The one
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    • 1015 2 BRITISH INSULATED CALLENDER'S CABLES TURNOVER OF £85,000,000 <MR ALEXANDER ROGER ON WORLD-WIDE RAMIFICATIONS The Eighth Annual General Meeting of British Insulated Ca!lender's Cables. Ltd.. will be held {on June 18 In London. England. The following is an extract from the circulated statement of the chairman. Sir ALEXANDER ROGER K C.1.E.:
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    • 925 2 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPOINTMENT OF PROBATIONER TEACHERS Go\rrnment Schools Penang <k Province Wellesley. I Applicants are invited for ap- polntment to vacancies for Probationer Teachers, Government Schools, Penaag and Province Wellesley, and will be received up till June 20th, 1953, on forms obtainable from the Department of Education. Northam Road, Penang.
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    • 798 2 NOTICES I W. HAMMER CO.. LTD. j WILL our Customers please note that snturday 13th June. 1953 being Harl Raya Puasa, no water will be supplied to Shipping on that date. THE MALAYAN EXCHANGE BANKS ASSOCIATION I All members of this Association lln the Colony ol Singapore will be closed
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    • 619 2 TENDERS P. W. D. TENDER NOTICE TENDERS from Class "C" and above registered P.W.D. Contractors will be received at the office of the State Engineer, P.W D.. Johore. up to 12 noon of the 23rd June, 1953, for the CONSTRUCTION Ol' 2 THREE) CLASS VII QRS. AT HOSPITAL COMPOUND. SEGAMAT.
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    • 223 2 TENDER. P. W. D. TENDER NOTICE NI'FSFS HOSTEL. SF.RF.MBAN. i The date of closing of the above tender has been extended from I] n.53 to 2R.6.53. P. W. D. TENDER NOTICE 1 Tenders from Class "C" (old classification! registered contractors and above will be received by the Superintending Eiißineer. Puollc
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    • 113 2 YOU CAN DEPEND ON IT!/ SPORE- 1850 FED: $915 LESS 10% CASH H-P- TERMS ADVT. OF THE GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.. LTD. OF ENGLAND MNCAPOM MALACCA KUALA LUM7U* IPOH rt.iAM--. DIEUTK q Marins engines VM Type £pL reversible and nonj reversible for seagoing Iff*- ships with or without P 7^^^^^' i""
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  • 122 3 40 more killed in new tornado NEW YORK, Wed AT least 40 people wore killed and hundreds injured when B tornado, rare in New England, tore through the Wor Cester area yesterday About 200 hou.scs and buildings were destroyed ami many people are feared dead under the wreckage. The houses
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  • 46 3 Tokyo, v. Casualties of the heavy storms and a typhoon in Japan during the eek total 33 ..cad, 53 injured ana M missing. About 200 houses were desand -another 1.452 flooded. The worst hi; area was Kyushu, Japan's southernmost Island. Reuter.
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  • 44 3 manii.a. Wed. Two F:::pino Battalion combat teams— about 2.400 men— operating in mountainous Southern Luzon Island in the pa.st week killed 30 Communist Huk rebels and captured 16. Mai. Gen. Calixto Duque. Armed Forces Chief of, Ftaff. disclosed last night. A.P.-
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  • 350 3 Everest guide reached top first and went up again with Hillary KATMANDU, NEPAL, Wed.— Sherpa tribesman Tensing Bhutia climbed Mount Everest twice 'ast month, it was learned last night. He made the first climb on Ins own on May 29 and was the first man to
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  • 202 3 NEW SNAG IN KCREA PEACE PLAN WASHINGTON. Wednesday. SWITZERLAND has told the United States that she will not serve on the Five-Nation Prisoner-of-War Kf patria.tinn Commission unless the South Korean Government accepts the truce agreement. Officials now fear that Switzerland's decision, added
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  • 158 3 NEW DELHI, Wed. The United Nations Command has 1 not yet told India how many troops will be required tc guard the 48,000 prisoners who will remain to be repatriated The view here is that if Indian troops are to go Into Korea with cnly
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  • 63 3 PARIS, Wed.— The French Presg Agency reported today from Hanoi that Chinese aid to the V'ietminh rebels in In-do-Chir.a haa increased since the end of the i.oa- campaign last month. The Chinese are .•-ending more 120 millimetre mortars and non-recoil puns, the agency :,aid. Airmen
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  • 31 3 BOGOTA. Wed. -Eight peoi pie have died from poisonine because a chemist sold rat poi?on by mistake for inclusion in a popular Colombian drink called "Aqua de Panela."—Reuter.
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  • 92 3 HE SURVIVED SIAMESE TWIN OPERATION "WHYS h e taki.ig MV picture* 20-month-(i| Rodney Brodie seems to be asking. Answer is that Rodney is the survivor of the oprration last December which separated him from his Siamese twin brother Roger at the I'niverNity of Illi.iois Hospital. Chicago. Roger died on Jan.
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  • 171 3 NOW IKE'S ASIA AID PLAN IS APPROVED WASHINGTON, Wed. THE United States A Senate Foreign Relations Committee today tentatively approved all the major items in President Eisenhower? U. 5.55.474 million foreign aid authorisation bill. The chairman. Senator Alexander Wiley i ßepublican i said the committee had not made one cut
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  • 38 3 CAGLIARI. Sardinia. Wed Rescue teams of firemen and troops today tried to reach Urn 8.000 marooned residents Of Bosa. on the Sardinian west coast, which is completely cut off by floods afte- torrential rains. Reuter.
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  • 27 3 WASHINGTON. Wed.— Thirty countries are being asked to participate in a trade fair at Seattle to promote Pacific commerce, especially amone Asinn countries. A.P.
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  • 145 3 The home-sick soldie had four fingers cut off BFRLIN. Wed. A 21 -year-old Korean veteran told an army ccurl martial at Goepplngen today that he got a German to chop off four fingers of his left hand because he wanted to be sent home to his bride of six months.
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  • 39 3 LISBON. Wed. -India has decided to "lose down its legation in Portugal after a Portunuesr Government refusal to discuss the transfer to India of PortußUP.se territories in India, it was officially announced here today. Router.
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  • 117 3 Bail for Briton held in U.S. NEW YORK. Wed.— Mr. Cedric Henning Bcllrage. BritLsli editor of the New York left wing weekly National Guardian. ha.s been granted bail while proceedings for hL> deporution are pending. Judge Edward Weinleld yesterday a.sked lawyers on both Mdes to submit suggestions on the amount
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  • 23 3 WASHINGTON, Wed Mexico and the United States yesterday signed a new currency stabilisation agreement to berome effective on July 1. Reuter.
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  • 97 3 LONDON, Wed. The Russians are supplying fighter planes to their air squadro-as twice as fast as Britain, a Government report said today. Soviet production is estimated at 300 a month. The report, by the House of Commons Select Committee on estimates, published evidence
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  • 321 3 LONDON, Wed THE London S'ork Exchange turn- ed dull In late dealings today ufter It had manaßed to surmount I early rautlon Induced by overnight action of Wall Street. An exception was the Government securities section which remained linn under &ood all-round demand Ootn by the institutions and
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  • 23 3 LONDON. June 10.— Cash Buyers Cfi!>2' Sellers C 695; Forward Buyers £6!>2'_.; Sellers C 695. Turnover a.m. Ig.'i tons; p.m. nil.
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  • 34 3 LONDON. June Ift —Spot 20". d. ill., Auc. 2C -d S*pt. 20!, d. July-Sept. 20". d.. Oct. -Dec. 2O',d. Jan.-Mar. 20 .d.. June r.i.f. 20d. i 20d All*. c.i.l. 20d. lone: Steady.
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  • 227 3 De Gasperi by short head ROME, Wednesday. ITALY has voted to continue along the road 01 Western democracy in breath-takingly clo>e national elections. Premier Alcide de Gasp pro-American coalition ot tour centre parties captured 303 of 590 seats :n tin- Chamber of Deputks and 125 out
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  • 342 4 4,000 who perished in Borneo are honoured SINGAPORE VOLUNTEERS AMONG THEM LABUAN, N. Borneo, Wednesday. gINGAPORE representatives attended a simple ceremony for nearly 1,000 Commonwealth servicemen who died on the beaches and in the jungles of Borneo during the war against Japan. Highlight in Labuan's war cemetery, was the unveiling
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  • 114 4 FIFTY SEVEN thousand schoolchildren will see the Coronation film.s in the Singapore cinemas In the next few days. Schools have arranged with the theatres to show the film.to children at special morning shows. From today 42.000 students from English schools will go to the Cathay and
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  • 76 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed.— A father who failed to obtain an Identity card for his son was fined SlO in the Police Court here today. Saibon bin Ma'ar of 63, told the court that the boy was being looked after by his brother and
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  • 155 4 How blue is the bulb? It cost soldier $8 to find out /MIAK(.KI) with the V theft of an electric bull) from a Coronation arch, a soldier told the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday that he removed it to settle an argument. Pte. Sidin bin Dirun of 75 Company. R.A.S.C.
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  • 69 4 The City's traffic chief Mitt. R. M. Haxworth. last nisht warned motorists that traffic entering or leaving town tonight might have to to diverted. This will be done, he said, if big crowds tuin out to watch the international dancing on the City Hall steps. The
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  • 224 4 THEY TRAV ELLED FREELY IN CHINA And saw the showpieces NEWS of yet another Communist gesture of good faith came yesterday from an Indian politician and trade unionist. Sri Kandan Nair, who has Just returned from a six-weeK visit to Communist China. With more than 150 Untied Trade Union Congress
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  • 49 4 KUALA LOMPUR, Ved Felt toys, Infant garment* and other Materials, made by British Red Cross members in Selangor. will be on sale at St. Marys Church Hall in Kuala Lumpur on Friday at 4.30. p.m. Proceeds will go to the Red Cross fund.
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  • 242 4 Water for morning tea killed husband NOT MURDER, COURT DECIDES KUALA LI'MPI'K. Wednesday. THE Kuala Lumpur Supreme Court today accepted a woman's story that she had accidentally poured boiling water on her husband. Shi» was acquitted on a charge of murder. Mr. David Anthony, DPP told the court that at
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  • 70 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed— The Regent of Selangor has ordered that if the new moon Is .seen on Friday night, in any part of the Federation. Saturday. June 13 and Sunday. June 14, will be observed as Hari Raya Puasa in the State. Otherwise Huri Raya
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  • 37 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed The honv ol a European in Jalan Kolann Ayer. Kuala Lumpur, m burgled yestn day mornuii;. The thlevca made off uiih i Jewellery ;".n:l a camera worth a total of 5J.200.
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  • 232 4 GOVT. TO BE TOLD: LIFT THISBAN KUALA LUMPUR. Wed AMOVE to ask the Federal Government to allow its workers to contest the elections a*, municipal, state and federal levels is now being unofficially discussed in UMNO circles, the Straits Times understands. The move is said to have been inspired by
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  • 148 4 Rabies war: most dogs immune now NEARLY ALL does in Sincapore have now n anti-rabies vaccinations, the Chief Veterinary Officer Mr A. H. Foster, said yesterciny. Two anti-rabies vaccination centres, at the Holland Road police station and at the Veterinary Quarantine station at Tclok Ayer. were closed ye.^trrday. From today,
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  • 35 4 KOTA BAHRU, Wed— Mr. A. N. Ross. British Adviser. Ki-hintan. loaves Kota Bahr-.i next work for Singapore en route for Europe on Idhk leave. Mr. D. Headley has arrived Lo relieve him.
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  • 106 4 irpiiE 7.109-ton British frelgh- ter Darfleld with 10.006 tons of Formosan sugar, which she loaded at KM- shiiinß, arrived in Sinnapore I yesterday bound for Britain. The freighter had on bu.uil four Sonuii stowawa) Mm...--ned Ahmed. 18. Mohatned Alt 17, Ismail Ahmed. 16. and Abdulla
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    • 165 4 .< ominoiiHcallh l'arliamrnUr> AsstM-iation: OORMWthNI COCktal] part) Victoria Mrmorln] H.ill. HJn pm. I'ulilic Rrlalinns Oflier: MoMIS Film Unit's free themt ;it 83 C'a\an;i:h Road. 4 pm Qurrn r,nd Coounonwealth" i>osiei pxhibitjon at Vlrioil.i Mfiiu>ll:.i li.ii:. 9 am. 10 b p in. i las! d.i\ i I .5.1.5.: K:ee film ihow—
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  • 381 5 'Be independent 9 call IPOH, Wednesday. DECLARING open the $1,000,000 Veterinary Research Institute that is to serve the Federation and Singapore, General Sir Gerald Templer, the High Commissioner, today emphasised the importance of Malaya becoming selfsufficient in food supplies. "This is a
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  • 185 5 They lost key locked Sir Gerald out IPOH, Wed. 80 excited were t.ie family of a clerk at the n>w Veterinary Research Institute this morning that they could not unlock the door of their house to allow the High Commissioner, Gen- cral Sir Gerald Templer, and his party to enter.
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  • 68 5 Four Singapore motorists were fined a total of $180 for •Deeding yesterday, and had their licences endorsed. The motorists, Nr Way Thons. Lee Hong Chu. Koh Ensr Hoon and Ong Boon Un admitted they had exceeded 30 m ph. in built-up areas. Onp. wno admitted to
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  • 46 5 Taipihg. Wed. A 41-year-old woman. Lee Yoke, claimed trial before the Taiping magistrate on a charge of voluntary causing hurt to Foo Choo Fonp at the Taiping bazaar by throwing acid. The case was postponed to Friday, bail of $300 wa.s allowed.
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  • 100 5 JOHORE BAHR'J. Wed The following have been appointed to serve on the Kluang Hospital Board for the current year: Unpku Maimunah bite Man■or, Che Saadiah tinte Ad-, am, Che Zaharah binte Mansor, Mrs. Lim Chin Kh°a:i. Mrs. Cheong Soo Khena, Mr< Soo Ho Kam Chin.
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  • 156 5 30 will visit India and Ceylon THIRTY undergraduates from the University of x Malaya will leave Singapore next month on a short tour of India and Ceylon to acquire a generalised picture of the social, economic and political structure of the two countries. I The
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  • 151 5 ALL WILL ENJOY BIG DAY Even prisoners will get gift* JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. DISTRESSED Muslims in homes, hospital gaols and detention camps, will all join in the enjoyment of Han Raya day here. The Religious Affairs Department in Jchore has made arrangements to distribute Rifls of food and clothing to
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  • 76 5 The following have beer, elected officials of the Sinsapore Filipino Association for 1953: President. Mr. If. R Anciano: vice-president. Mr F. A. Undasan; secretary. Mr F A Nerva; ant, secretary. Mr. S. M. Orteea; treasurer. Mrs. B. de Leon Raquiza; auditor. Mr. B. P. Nerva. Committee: Messrs
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  • 50 5 For helping to run a chapji j r*ee lottery in ;i back lane on Serangoon Ro.id in Sinnapore on May 25. Lim Kirn was yesi terday fined $400 or two months' gaol, to date from the day of his arrest. The fine was not paid.
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  • 35 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed— An architect, Yuen Shui Kee, who was charged with giving false information during police proceedings, was acquitted and discharged in the Magistrates Court yesterday. His defence was not called.
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  • 171 5 Smoking ban moves burn them up MANY SINGAPORE smokers are getting "burned up" about City Councillors' moves to limit their smoking. Several councillors have said they will seek a ban on smoking in cinemas after the ban on "lighting vp 1 in biuscs comes into effect [Smokers point out thai
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  • 63 5 PENANG. Wed. One Malay i wa.s among 11 candidates seiected lor training at the monthly recru!tin e of Penans Ch nese at police headquar- sterday. Of the 30 candidates 24 were Chinese. Ten of them were accepted. A poUee spokesman said al'. selected recruU.s would
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  • 51 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— ln the Labis area of Johore on Monday morning a terrorist went up to a railway worker at Tenanc station and told him he wanted to surrender The terrorist, Ah Hene. ni on the police wanted list. He handed over a riftV anr)
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  • 125 5 ALOR STAR. Wrdncsday. 4 PRIVATE of the Fifth Battalion Malay Regiment was killed, two other men were seriousiy wounded, and an officer slightly injured today when an unknown number of bandits ambushed their I, and Rover on the Pokok Sena-Naka Road. One
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  • 93 5 PICTURES cf the Coronation in London attracted more ■pectators than Singapore celebrations photograph! at the Straits Tlmej exhibition at Robinson.-, Ralllo.s Place, yes- terday. They said the photograph! made them wish that they had 1 boon in London. Men skimmed through the pictures quickly,
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  • 31 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Federation Post Office Savings Bank announced to1 day that during the period from Jan 1 to May 31 this year, deposits exceeded with- by $1.*****.
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  • 23 6 the death U announced of h! 1 Firth Smith, lormcrly of Malaya, aa 2nd Jane m the resuii, <■ ot nenr Fwirv v
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  • 20 6 MR. lIOR PENO thank all d relatives lor thrlr kind pn nis on t!" on 7Mi Junr. Borneo con-.
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  • 7 6 Singapore, Thurs., June 11,1953
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  • 753 6 The increased attention now bring given to replanting by rubber smallholders presumably explain! the appearance in .i sm£l<\ slender volume of three annual reports of the Smallholder.-.' Advisory Service the Rubber Research Institute They aro "recommended" reading for anyone interested in the smallholders' problems, even although many questions
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  • 499 6 Singapore's Traffic Police Hhief appeared yesterday in an unusual role. The public, said Mr. Haxworth in an address to the Rotary Club, must kick against the apathy and indifference of higher authority towards the city's traffic problems. Motorists, cyclists and pedestrians have largely themselves to blame
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  • 1723 6 New Fields of Study at University THIS is the second article of a series drawn from a 1 recent address by Sir SYDNEY CAINE. Vice-Chan-cellor of the University of Malaya. In yesterdays article. Sir Sydney made a general survey of the University's problems and achievements, concluding with a reference to
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    • 242 6 EMPLOYEES PR O VIDENT FUND RULES vuuk ecmonai on tne federations froviaent Fund 1 was really an eye-opener I congratulate you on this. If the various suggestion contained therein are implemented by Government. I am sure many employees in commercial firms and Companies will be much benefitted. Prior to the
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    • 157 6 May i reier to the letter on the matter of the arangements for the sale in Singapore of Coronation stamps at the General Post Office on Coronation Day. The side gates to the General Post Office were opened promptly at 9 a.m.. the adver- tised time. The
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    • 100 6 IN view of the great display made by the Singapore community in general in celebreating the Coronation of Her Majesty, it was mast disappointing to see that so few British Europeans troubled to decorate their homes, even in a small way. One saw dinner jackets and
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    • 313 6 Wages and the price of rubber T HE Straits Times of Juno 8 carried a statement by Mr R.G.D. Houghton, Secretary of the Malayan Planting Irdustries E.. ployers' Association, to the effect that the practice of tying wages to the price of rubber was obnoxious, that the practice had been
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    • 97 6 \'K\KI.Y threr months 'ago Mr. R. Graham was reported in the Press as announcing a further substantial dividend payment for War namac*-. bui there has been complete silence since. A previous "hold-up" of dividends was alleged to be due to lark of funds from the IK.
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    • 179 6 TVO reciprocate the good 1 deeds of the police through "Operation Service. it is ti-ne that the public took it upon themselves to launch their own campaign of "Opcr ation Police". it is strom?iv rumoured that the Federation local inspectorate, comprising of Malayan sons of the
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    • 249 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. Francis On ii c mil June m mary, wile ol Peter \V MR. SIM SWEE BEN, younjienl brother <>i Mr Bin Swet Blong, Tans r ol Mr. A: lIM .V 1011 1 took p!:icp im 111 h .Mine. IMS, br twrrn Mr. Urn Kens Watt, only f i.mi.
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    • 24 6 A WIPE RANGE OF BEST ENGLISH WOOLLEN SUITINGS w/fflcm 'firrms WORKMANSHIP AT MODERATE PRICES BEECHOWCa MERCHANT TAILORS PHONE: 6535 21, CHULIA ST.. SINGAPORE 1.
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    • 194 6 Shooting ax On Well SlsaVaaaWSßßßi -^"''•W 1 Oil-bearing rocks do not always release a How when penetrated by the drill. In such instances ihe ruck at the bottom of the borehole must be opened up by other methods. Early in 194y this problem arose at an oilfield in Pakistan when
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  • 174 7 Pilot TV 'would suit the colony' A PILOT television ser- 1 vice should be launched by the colony Government, a Marconi Wireless Telegraph engineer in Singapore suggested yesterday. That would not cast more than $300,000 initially, he told the j Strait.s Time*. It could be expanded Into a fully million-dollar
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  • 56 7 A Malay soldier was killed and ,-ix other Servicemen were Injun d w h n a military lorry carrying Ju militay poll overturned at a hmd at the B' 2 mile, Upper Thomson Road. Singapore, yesterday. The dead man was Privat Omar, of the R.M.P.. stationed
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  • 114 7 AN instructor in geography at the University of M a Joo Jock, is Dying to Rangoon tins mrrning to spend itlon lecturing to stuM: Urn, a 1952 Queen's Scholar, was invit d by the univi rsity In Rangoon I bis vacation there, lecturing on
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  • 541 7 'Mr. X' was childish, counsel tells court THE LA WYER WHO KEPT A WITNESS 'OUT OF THE WA V' JVfR. N. A. MALLAL, counsel for a lawyer, referred to as "Mr. X," submitted in the Singapore Hijjh Court yesterday that his client had acted childishly when he kept out of
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  • 126 7 WANTED: Men for 2 top jobs SINGAPORE is to have two deputy Financial Secretaries one responsible for the economic held and the other to look after routine administrative matters. The new deputy for whom the Government have searched in vain in the Singapore and the Federation establishments will be a
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  • 45 7 BishoD R. L. Archer, head of the Methodist mission in SouthEast Asia, has returned to Singapore by air from Burma after attending meetings in Rangoon. Bishop Archer, who was away for a month, also opened a new hostel for girls in Pegu
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  • 171 7 FULL AID IN SERVICE OF MALAYA Xl ALA LI'MPI'R. Wednesday LEADING firms in the Federation have promised full support for Gen. Sir Gerald Templer's Coronation appeal to the people to dedicate themselves to the service of Malaya. One of them. Socfin Co Ltd has ordered
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  • 160 7 THE Singapore Legislative Councillor. Mr. N. A. Mailal i Prog. CUy>. wants the Government to increase the length ol residential qualification of a city council candidate I'om three to seven years. At Tuesday's meeting of the Legislative Council, he will ask for a
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  • 70 7 SOLELY FOR 200 MALAY FAMILIES KLANG, Wed. An area opposite Port Swettenham aerodrome has been set aside solely for 200 Malay families, Mr. John Hamer, chairman ot 1 Klang Town Board, said d I the board's meeting today. Six houses had been put up to serve as models for those
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  • 283 7 Rioters threw man into drain, court told DETECTIVE Corporal Muzaffar Khan told the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday how he saw a man tossed into a drain while bottles and stools were thrown into a coffee shop Sixteen men were charged with rioting at the Junction of Syed Alwi Road
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  • 189 7 In the 'gents only' saloon, too THE hair-dressing saloon at Robinson's in Raffles Place, caters for 'gents only So when Hollywood ictress Constance Smith pushed through the swing ioors yesterday to have a trim the barbers' eyes learly popped out of their sockets. The staff
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  • 271 7 TIIK WIFE of the President of the City Council, Mrs. T. P. F. McNeice, last night ap- pealed to the v omen of Singapore to fullow the example of brave leadership shown by the tjueen when she readily accepted her duties and responsibilities at
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  • 214 7 GAOL FOR MAN WHO WASN'T AT HOME 4 WEEK after the Sin- 1 gapore Hie;h Court acquitted him on a mur der charge, Lim Poh Huat. 20. who was on a •house detention" order, was missing when police celled at his home on the evening of Feb. 9. Lim mi
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  • 67 7 When his life savings were finished, an unemployed Federation man. Foo Kwai Heong. drank a solution of caustic soda op. Muy 27. Foo. who pleaded guilty In the Singapore Fifth Police Court yesterday to attempted suicide, said that he did not want to run into debt.
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  • 133 7 Three breakaway unions get a snub from Govt. 'pHE SINGAPORE Government last night said it di<! A not recognise the newly-formed Council >f Government Industrial I'nions as a body suitable fo«--conducting negotiations on salary increases. Last week, Mr. Peter Williams, the council'? secretary, asked the Government to open negotiations for
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  • 32 7 Tan Ho Soon, who robbed a cofleeshop near Woodbrid^" Mental Hospital, on the night of Feb. 10 .ast, was sentenced to seven years' gaol at the Singapore Assizes yesterday.
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  • 71 7 T^jORE AND MORE people in Singapore are laain sleeping tablets. Mr. A. I Mega, Chief Chemist, said yesterday the "cases" examined by his depart ment so far this feat show rl a three-fcld increase over thr numocr for 1950. Al! 'ho.;e cases did not
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  • 51 7 Ten geography students of the University of Malaya will carry out a detailed survey of the new University site in Johore during their long vacations. The students will produce five-foot contour map which i urgently needed by the arrhi tects before they can dosici the new
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    • 80 7 ties Si y\ LATEST y TESSELLATED /Tm^J^ OESICNS j/fjj Rayon Silk hjy f $3.75 Pure Silk From $7.50 WE HAVE YOUR TIE! The Man's Shop ROBINSON Co Ltd Singapore We invite you \mws\ to view the wide range of 1953 Model e^^si PHILIPS CAVALCADE Rad.os and Radiograms. Prices from $80
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    • 85 7 THE WEATHER Minimum temperature: 1 7.30 p.m. on June 9 to 7.30 am. on June 10 Singapore <77 degrees >, Penang < 76 >. Kota Bahru < 76 Kuala Lumpur <75t. Ipoh 1 76 1. Kuantan (71 Maximum temperature: (7.30 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. on June 10 1 Singapore 88
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  • 403 8 He's fed up with the traffic problems, too SIM.AI'OKK'S Traffic Police be really annoyed." he said Chief. Mr. W. R. M. Hax- "While it Is the duty of the worth, yesterday told Rotar- Traffic Police to prosecute ians
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  • 286 8 MAGISTRATE'S ACT 'BAD-TEMPERED', SAYS PERAK JUDGE IPOH. Wednesday. |||K. JUSTICE THOMSON, in the Perak Appeal "ourt today, referred to a magistrate's written reasons for refusing the prosecution's application for an adjournment in a gaming case as "a long and somewhat had-tempered justification of his actions." He was giving Judgment in
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  • 47 8 Consumption of natural rubber in the United States in Apr;] t> 'tailed 49.140 long tons. according to preliminary estltrates released this week by the U.S. Department of Commerce. The April consumption lev<o csntinued the trend toward higher usage on natural rubber
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  • 162 8 BAN WILL BE RE-IMPOSED IF BUILDING COSTS SOAR THE BAN on luxury building in Singapore, which will h* lifted on Monday, will be re-imposed If the Government finds that the building of low-cost houses is affected. The chairman of the building control advisory committee. Mr. A. Wear, toid the Straits
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  • 56 8 The 8.1. shiD Sirdahana which reached Singapore yesterday brought 35 saloon and 783 Indian deck passengers back to the Colony from India. All the deck passengers were sent tn the quarantine station on St. John's Island as soon as the vessel arrived They are expected to be
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  • 57 8 PAYROLL ROBBERY: 2 CHARGED T*WO MEN were charged in Singapore yesterday with robbing Yap Giau Jin. a cashier of the Lee Rubber Company, of $18,000 on Thomson Road en Monday. The men were Osman bin Abdullah. 29. and Muniandy. 28. It was alleged that a revolver was used in the
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  • 28 8 Chairman cf the Singapore Rural Board, Mr. E. V. G Day. will open the new Bukit Timi.h Post Office at 830 a.m. on June 15.
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  • 23 8 The Singapore Youth Council will hold its monthly committee meeting at the YMCA, Orchard Road, at 5.30 p.m on June 16.
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  • 22 8 The Singapore Police Band aill give a public concert at Katong Park from 5.30 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. on Sunday
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  • 123 8 Comet victim's name for TB settlement KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. rE proposed $700,000 seaside Tb scttli-menr at Morib. Sflangor. is to be named after the late Mr. Khoo Te!k Ee. This was decided today at an emergency meeting of the Malayan Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis. Selancor branch Mr. Khoo.
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  • 262 8 'Get us justice,' the Chinese ask Templer KI'ALA LI'MPI'R. Wednesday. A CHINESE petition will ask Gen. Sir Gerald Templer. the Hiph Commissioner, to urge the Government to "hold, the scales of justice more evenly". The petition— by the Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce accuses the Government oi jmocratic country. The
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  • 90 8 TWO HAD $50,000 OF OPIUM rpwo sampan men, Goh Whay Yam. and Goh Boon Pene. were each sentenced to two and a half years' gaol by the Sinetar>ore Second Criminal I District Judge, Mr. E. H. D'Netto, yesterday for possession of 1271 b 15oz. of raw opium worth $50,000. On
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  • 239 8 Our 'Miss' may yet reach California SHAW BROTHERS hope to hear from the California organisers of the "Miss Universe" contest today. If entries have not yet closed and there Ls still time to meet the conditions of the contest. there will be a contest to find a "Miss Singapore" to
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  • 54 8 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. I Charged with offering a $2 bribe to a constable Chioh :Teng Hal stated in the Police Court here today that the po- liceman asked him for it. He said that he paid up because he was afraid. He was allowed bail of
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    • 148 8 K CONTROLLED CULTIVATION at your FINGER -TIP j with the FERGUSON TRACTOR SYSTEM 1 combines tractor and implement, at will, in ONE UNIT 2 automatically adjusts its weight to the job in hand 3 automatically maintains an even depth of cultivation No planter or plantation can afford when DIRECTLY LINKED
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    • 193 8 as^^^!^ AT I. Ju -4-6. 45 y.oU pm w^*v~n^v»-^^ (Note 4 shows ONLY) JAVA m r^4 FAD ADVENTURE! pNgk SAVAGE LOVE! Jm^WL HfitHl j KMtS FRED MocMURRAY VERA RALSTON IT CONSOUDAttD with VICTOR McLAGLEN-BUDDY BAER Wll.l. PATKONS PI.KASr. NOTK THAT THERE WII.I. BE OM.V 1 PERFORMANCES TODAY fc TOMORROW AS
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    • 324 8 CTMrAPARP .Children's Corner; 6.45 Promenade a CT imrwM Orchestra; 7 News; 7.15 Voices Id 7.15 A.M. Morning Star: 730 Harmony; 7.30 Radio Malaya News; 7.35 Frank Petty Trio; 8 j Slrlnu Ensemble; 7.45 If I Could London Studio Melodies; 8.30 Malay [Choose; 815 Guest Artist; 830 Housewives' Corner; 8.57 For
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  • 302 9 •U.N. MUST MAKE DECISION' My Our Market Correspondent "TOO EARLY** was whit Singapore rubb ?r and commercial leaders yesterday, said of tho reported call by the rubber magnate, Mr. Lee Kong Ohian. to lift the ban on the export of Malayan
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  • 184 9 4 Sandhurst men to train local boys KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. IjiOUR CIVILIAN instructors from the Roya; Ml. ta;-y Academy at Sandhurst will start teaching at. the Army Boys' Company SdlOO] Ln Port Dickson this nunth. Tiie sehool'i n (i w Director ot {Studies. Mr. H. C. Wallwoik ::;vec! in Singapore
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  • 147 9 Life is hard and tough —so she stole and cheated SINCE she became on orphan at 14, life had always been hard and tough" for Lee Mcc Kien who had no relative to support her. Lee, now 26, told the Singapore First Criminal District Court yesterday that she had to
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  • 147 9 SPARE THOSE ATTAP HOUSES, HE SAYS THE COLONYS unauthorised housing problem could be solved if the City Council reiaxed its regulations on tern porary structures. Mr. Phillip Williams (Labour-Rochoro told the Straits Times yesterday. He said the City Council was still negotiating with the Government for about 200 urcres of
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  • 150 9 CAPITAL WILL ASK GOVT. FOR $20 mil. KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. I T*HE Kuala Lumpur A Municipality will soon ask the Federation Gov eminent for about $20 million which it needs for essential work A Joint Government-Muni-cipal Committee has been examining the financial state of the Municipality since early this year.
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  • 34 9 Mariners were warned yesterday that firing practice would be held on Blakang Mali Island between the hours of 8.00 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. each j day from June 22 to July 3.
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    • 262 9 i NEW >"'"'/ mmmdt PAOLO MARTINEZ <£ his SYNCOPATION SEXTET make their debut b TOAIGHT at the I Capitol Restaurant At your Service Tony Clerici Manager NEW l<><» Sitotr! The 52.00 SEATS AXE CASH BOOKABLE IN ADVANCE! NOW ||TYtf||il]ss& SHOWIKC l**U*ft'^s 6.30,9.30, Itie rifle that made i he rope, the
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    • 282 9 TODAY tfO i» fffi 10.45 AM rfe^ili MIL 1-30-4 DAILY «>A^.jkALiAt 33&9.30PM SHOWPUCE Ot-' m i ...ND CONSTANCE SMITH JEFFREY HUNTER WILL MAKE PERSONAL APPEARANCE NIGHTLY AT 6.30 AND 9.30 PM SHOWS FOR ANOTHER SIX DAYS GREGORY PECK SUSAN HAYWARD AVA GARDNER IN THE GREATEST LOVE STORY YOU HAVE EVER
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  • 81 10 Bargain of the week A COTTON morning dress that is perfect for the office or shopping. It is of silk- finish pique in light toffee tan piped with pastel green. The collar is high witn turn-back tabs that button dorm. The dress is button- through ivith bone buttons. These are
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  • 55 10 UERE is Her Majesty wearing the Norman Hertnell gown that she wore under her Coronation robes. It has been described as "the most beautiful dress in the world." a glorious combination of simple design and fabulous embroidery. Basically white satin, it shimmers with glowing colours, amethyst to palest
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  • 463 10  - The finishing touches DENISE HOME DRESSMAKING-4 ihi AFTER your dress has bpen hanging up for about a day it will hay-: fallen into its natural folds and be ready for the final touches. If you have not neatened oft* all the seams on the wrong .side do it now. A
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  • 578 10 Make use of our tailors SINGAPORE and Malaya have many hundreds of skilled tailors, many more so than in the corresponding area in Britain. Women who for years have bought their clothes 'off the peg" and either made alterations themselves or just worn them not quite fitting are delighted to
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    • 205 10 mfKjy/^voux r//OM//r CONTAINS CHLOROPHYLL FREE FROM ANIMAL FAT «fll^'^< J*-*^ T^^*"^ I VV Vffl I Lfcffl i OBTAINABLE i^^^^^HHß EVERYWHERE r i\ c c 7^ ~n^ With each cake of Soap you buy, you receive a picture of a famous Hollywood star. IMPORTERS:— Hvg HARMSEN VERWEY DUNLOP N. V. NO.
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    • 61 10 o«fr Elizabethan JUST for fun, these beach clothes have an Elizabethan Navour, Shades of Raleigh and Drake in the swm-suit on the left. It is of dark red watei proofed poplin, the doublet" slashed with cream satin. Henry VIII would approve the Royal blue beach coat made of terry towelling.
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    • 175 10 Enjoy this delicious drink around the clock Yi»u nn-it never «»y "no In Instant PoMum Drink it mnrnirnr or night, with incals i>r rwiwcen Miiy lime you want a delicious heveraßf. instant Postum is a hfnlthful beverage inadi- from wholeaom* wheat »n<f hran Inotani Pontum contains no caffi-in PtflS^^^S^ Just
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  • 912 11 The great annual Muslim fast of Ramadhan is nearing its end as Hari Raya approaches. In this article, MOHD. HANIFFA SAID KANOO discusses Ramadhan and the methods used to determine when it shaH begin. I^ASTING was generally 1 resorted to in times of mourning,
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  • 695 11  -  JOHN HOOD By TAKE a boy— any boy t j x Educate him. clothe him. feed him special food prescribed by nutrition experts, steep him in the traditions ot the police force and In next to no time there will develop, in embryo
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 291 11 Sfraiis Times Crossword ACROSS 7 An overdue attempt (9) 6. Washington Is said to have Term It sex (anag (9)' stopped tv, growth .8-4). 10. Throw ln a timid way (3) it NS a2Xr«r ri af »on J^Jfei, not 12. One of those commonly »t- 19 gSE? or i" re
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  • 375 12 SHARE MARKET IS QUIETER: FEW PRICE CHANGES TIN RISES, RUBBER STEADY T*HE share market had rather a quieter day yester- day with considerably less interest in industrials and tins. Prices, however, were well maintained, there being few changes of importance. Rubbers were completely neglected. The fall in the tin price
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  • 160 12 Rubber last one-eighth of a cent on the Singapore market yesterday. June first grade closing at 68'„ cent a pound. The market was again steady on continued demand for ah grades. Prices were slightly above Tuesday's closing level but the market closed quiet and s!lghtly easier. Closing prices
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  • 184 12 SHIPS lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are> Mangalore 12. Liverpool Maru 45. Sumatra 67. Chyebas-sa 89. Nlchlrel Maru 11. Tabinta 13 14. Stanvac Sydney 15 16. Wakashima Maru 18, President Buc.ianan 19 20 Salong 21 22. Asia 23 24. Bidor 25. Benveu' 26.
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  • 70 12 Singapore Chinese Produce Ex- chance: Noon prlies per ptcul were:Copra: quiet, weak; $36 4 buyers fob., sellers *36 Coconut oil: quiet; $^9 sellers. Pepper: quiet, no buying Interest; Muntok white $535 sellers, Sarawak »530. Lampong black $470 (all varieties down $15). Lewis and Peat: Closing prices wereCopra: quiet,
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  • 40 12 The followine crops of rubber are reported for May: !t> Allenby Rubber Co. 30.500 Benta Rubber Estates 67.000 Jeram Kuntin Rubber 63.000 K'mdonc Rubber Estate 36.500 Mentsk.ih Rubber 74.800 Sunset Bacar. Rubber 112.000 Tanjonc Pan Rubber 56.000
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  • 18 12 The price of tin in Srneapore vesterria? was declared at 5353.75 a pirul. up 75 rents.
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  • 164 12 MELBOURNE. Wed. THERE was little buying support j for metal leaders on the Stock Exchange today and prices con- tinued to move against holders. Oeneral investments maintained their steady undertone on a moderate volume of trading. B.H.P. scrip eased. Bonds held j I firmly. i Closing prices of
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  • 148 12 NEW YORK. Wed 'THE Stock Market yesterday followed the line of least renlstame j and on balance movrd Into new low i uround for thL* yeyar. Trading was Unfely featureless and very slow. The market responded to an Increase In liquidation during the .ifternoon, and all sections declined
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  • 39 12 EXCHANGE RATES On the free exchange market In Hone Kone v«st^rdav th<* US dollar wa< r»iotfd »t 6.02 5/8 'or cash and i fi.fl.S for T.T. Sterling was quoted »t IS 78 and onr? tuel of eolrl at 270.875.
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  • 503 13 A bold English team can beat the Australians From JACK FINGLETON (Special to the Straits Times) LONDON. Wednesday. DRILLIANT sunshine covers England today. The *^Queen has been crowned. Sir Gordon Richards has won his first Derby and now all thoughts turn to Nottingham wondering whether England in this Coronation series,
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  • 22 13 TRAINER Sullivan loads in Kirn's Ppt (Franklin) winner of tin- third race at Ipoh yesterday. Straits Times pit-
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  • 75 13 Ball-by ball commentsiries on tbr England-Australia Test matches nre i being directed to Mai. va by the 8.8.C. on 17.89 mc/s, 16 metres, and 15-36 me, s, 19 metres, from Ml p.m. to 1.15 a.m. continuousiv. These commentaries ate also being relayed to Auntrali* by the British
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  • 200 13 Ten records at Johore schools meet BATU. PAHAT. Wed ►yEN new records were set up at the third annual athletir championships of the Johore Chinese schools held here. More than 500 athletes from :>a schools took part in the two-day meet. Ong Soon Keng. who won the women's high jump
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  • 126 13 Mrs O. Anderson led the eight qualifiers of 'he Singapore Women's soli championship with a score of 174 over 36 holes. There were 14 entries— nine from the R.S.G.C. and five Irom Island Ob. The qualifiers were: Mrs. O. Anderson i lsland' 174. Mrs. Slattery
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  • 38 13 Seletar FC beat S.H B Police 3-2 In a SAFA Div 3A game at Jalan Besar yesterday. All (2 1 and Ah Peow scored for Seletar Mlnjoot and Omar replied for Police. H. Angullla refereed.
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  • 384 13 Rahim Omar hits three in U.K. Bank 5-3 victory A "HAT-TRICK" by Rahlm Omar helped Hongkong Bank i B" to beat Guthne Sport* Club 5-3 in a Div 2 game at Harbour Board ground yesterday. Rnhlm Omar scored three goal* In the first half to give Banker* a 3-0 lead
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  • 120 13 Resul's of last night's ties In the STTA Coronation Cup tournament Rt the Singapore Badminton Hall were Women's open singles- Mabel Haves bt Tan Kent Choo 21-15. 21-10. 21-8. bt Tan Kit Fong 21-15. 19-21. 21-16 21-12: Mary Voon bt. Tnn Kenc Choo 21-18. 21-18. 21-12;
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  • 44 13 St Joseph Institution beat Raffles Institution by 78 runs in an Interschool cricket match at Raffles Kround yesterday. A Delilkan claimed nine wickets for 11 runs. St Joseph scored 116 for eight Raffles were all out for 38 (Javathurai 14).
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  • 317 13 POSITIONS up-to-date in thr Business Houos F.A. lognea are: P W n I, F A ptl lonrJror.K Bank R 7 1 0 33 13 1 '•*N. 9 ft I 2 38 H 13 •f* 7 5 1 1 23 9 J.TEC. 7 4 1 2M !4 9 Sime Dnrbv
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  • 116 13 Bank beat Malayan Airways 2-0 In their First Division fixture at Geylang stadium yesterday. Airways goalkeeper, Movd. who was in fine form saved a number of tricky shots. Hon Yam. at lnslde-rlght, was the only other player that stood up to the Bankers with any
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  • 215 13 ALL THE BUSINESS HOUSES SOCCER Vf ERCANTILE Bank moved to the top of the SBHFA second division table when they administered a i 3-1 defeat to Mansfield S.C. on the padang yesterday Play was srarppy. with Man.?- field defending "most of the time— they
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  • 62 13 n.e Non-Benders CC. team to meet Indian Ao.sociation at 2.15 p.m. on Saturday will be: T. J. Leljsslus (capt >; J. T. ReT. J. A P. Cameron. E. V. G. Day. N Branbtirv. V. C. Westerhout. W. R M. Hunrartk, R S. Tufnell. P. D'Aimeida. R
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  • 21 13 Ro\al Na- will meet HM Dockyard for tr Coronation Cup at the Na'. al Base Dockyard ground tomor I
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    • 117 13 SINGAPORE TIDES TODAY: High. 1117 (8.3 1 and 2217 (9.2 i: Low: 0434 (0.4 i and 1638 .4 5 i TOMORROW: Hißh: 12<13 (8 4> ar.d 2258 .i9.4>; Low: 0520 tO.l > and 171 ft ,4.7). SO<( ER HONG MM Chinese v MBJBpore, Jalan Besar; SAFA IKKIII. DIV. 1: S.C.C.
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  • 1637 14  -  EPSOM JEEP BIG SWEEP V i i I i i By Splendid double by Arthur Ward f ORALITA, a speedy daughter of Pink Flower slammed a useful Class Three sprint field up the 5 f. straight course at Ipoh yesterday, second day of the Perak Turf
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  • 1031 14 Xl ALA LI'MPI'R. Wed. rpHE New Zealand Rufby I o"t- ball Inion has replied to the Malayan Rugby I nion, accepting an invitation to the All Blacks to play an exhibition match when they pass throujh on theit way to England this year. The All
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  • 220 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. VORTH has selected a strong team to meet South In the first annual tennis series for the Gulllemard Cup imeni and the McCabeReay Cup (women, to be played if the Lake Club courts here this weekend. Teams are: I II I KM AKD
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  • 55 14 SYDNEY. Wed Lt. -Gen. Wil- Ham Brktgeford was appointed last night as chief administrative officer lor the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne at a salary of A£ 2,750 a year. Bridgeford. 58. replaces A. W. Coles who resigned three weeks ago I following disagreement with the executive
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  • 70 14 NEW YORK. Wed— England's football team left for home by air today after their 34 days and 20 000 mlle.s tour of South America and the United States. Of the four international matches played one was narrowly lost to the world champions. Urufjuay. two were won.
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  • 74 14 Officials of the Aston Athletic Club elected recently were: Patron: Low Tang Chang, president: chin Yong Lock, vtce-pre- sklents: Loo Cheng I.im. Wee Enc Chye, Goh Eng Watt. Tan Choc Seng, secretary: Llm Fook Hee. asat. secretary: Koh Bah Chit treasurer: Wong Swee Wah, sports
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  • 30 14 LONDON. Wed— D SrharenRinvel. of Ceylon, beat O Spolght ,Biitain> 6-2. 6-2 In the !hl-d round of the men's «lngleii In the West of England tennis championships yesterday. Renter
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  • 244 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. j yHIS year's Loinie Mile speed I*■ trial will be held on Sunday, I July 5, starting at 8 a.m. The Malayan Motor Sports Club is organising the event with the Selangor. Pahang, Negri Sembtlan and Malacca branches of Hat A.A.M.
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  • 170 14 rpODAYS S.A.F.A. First D:vi■l slot, match or. the padane betwren the Cricket Club and the Recreation Club may rirride which ol these two MMBI will be relegated to the seconi division with Katonß Sajarah. who aro already doomed A win for S.C C. would give
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  • 460 14 From a Special Correspondent LONDON. Wednesday. RANDOLPH TURPIN. won the British version of the world middleweight title at the White City stadium here last night when he easily outpointed Charles Humez. the French ex-miner, over 15 rounds. It was not a good fitxht to
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  • 108 14 LONDON We.l Prank Johnson, ol Manchester, who forfeHsjd Mi British Kghtweighl title when lie weighed in overwekzhl ircaterday outrxiintrri l>y chal•enter .toe Lucy, of London, in n ci.ti liwei::ht boil' rertuceri to 12 rouads at the White City st.idtum fetal nlßht. Johnaotl l>ei;;in siowlv and
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  • 44 14 LONDON Wed.— Nareah Kumar. N R I^-wi.s ißrlUtn) h-1 4-fi in the second round Ol fie men's singles in the Kent tennis championships yesterday. Another Indian N Nath beat Britain 6-3. C-l In the first round of the men's atncsH Re'iter.
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