The Straits Times, 4 August 1953

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    16 1 The Straits Times Nat** 61 Established 1845 SINGAPORE, TI'ESDAY, Al ST I, 1953. JL 15 CENTS
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    MILLIONAIRE KIDNAPPED THEN FREED
    351 1 MILLIONAIRE KIDNAPPED THEN FREED Gunmen held him in Johore hideout for eight days Straits Times Reporter 1 MEMBER OF THE SINGAPORE MILLION AIRES' CLUB, MR. THIO SOEN TIOE. WAS KIDNAPPED RY THREE MEN. TWO CHINESE \N!) MALAY. FROM HIS HOME IN LOYANG LOYANG, OFF TAMPENIS ROAD, SINGAPORE, EARLY ON .11
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    Prisoner train nears freedom
    124 1 Prisoner train nears freedom rx.NMI n.iom Man Tw« freedom trains can thr ,«fl\.iu«r fffMsp of II M 4 UIM u.ir prisoners from North Knrr.in (.imps nr.irrri Basaasßf Ismisij bjml the SjSSS] of .1 Ion t; |iirn<\ to librrt\ .it I'.innniu jom on HXnwiay. Tin- i itmniiMiisi r.ulio re- lf»i I
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    Second phase, says Dulles
    74 1 ffAMIINGTOM M.n r Dulles, brfon- Irnini; on h|i fliftht to iwl. said the otruejlr Inr pp.iir «j(h jiintirr- m K-.n-.i mm* ml mi "m.i phase Miih the Irare. <id "It i.i li trl\ i| ;n i, prialr in it there shun!, prelimmirv rxrhanffc «f MM R.puhlu
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    Fighting breaks out in Laos
    19 1 Fighting breaks out in Laos HAI hart I "Whirti i i Fr> In* Cf Bar I harl slim I
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    A king is 81
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    NO CUTS IN GOVT. STAFF SALARIES
    131 1 Mr. Higham denies a rumour "THE Sineaporr Govrrnmrnt yesterday denied 1 rumours that the Federation Government had asked it to reduce staff salaries because of Malaya's .mancial difficulties. Ml J D Higham. the Under'iry. told the Strait> "There Is n<> truth In it was
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    Two holiday road deaths
    63 1 There were only two fatnl accidents during the three-day holidays -both on Saturday A 28-year-old woman. Nr Sow Kyan. fell from a bus in Tion Bahru Road and died on the way to the Oener:il Hospital. A five-year-old boy. Tan Boon Koriß was knocked dov. n
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    Royal birthday
    19 1 All ships lyinc in Singapore harbour today will "dress ship" In honour of the Queen Mothers birthday.
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    Tensing off
    18 1 OFNFVA. Mon Sherpa Tensinp left here by air today I for Bombay and home— U P.
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    Everest man In Singapore HE PLANS NEW BIG CLIMB
    147 1 Everest man In Singapore HE PLANS NEW BIG CLIMB If VER E S T conqueror Sir i Edmund Hillary is to lead j a New Zealand expedition to the Himalaya* next March. h r <airi when hr arrived in Sinjiapore by air from London la>" men*. Hi> objective is the
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    HE STAGED A SIT-DOWN STRIKE
    101 1 THIS WAS Norman Kit.' vita's wav of r«-cisterine his protest as spectators interrupted hiv singles semi-ri"nl thr Australian star. Neal* Fraser. in the Malayan championships at the S.C.C. yesterday. In thr middle of the s-cond set. spectator* who had been watching the On* Chew Brr
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    The holiday crowd gets in the swim
    56 1 IT WAS KIDDIES' day at the seaside at Katonjj Park yesterday. Father takes a dip with baby while elder brother holds his sisters hand so the waves wont frighten her. And on the steps junior holds tieht to dad as the water gets
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    BACK TO THE COLONY BY ROAD, RAIL AND AIR
    215 1 BACK TO THE COLONY BY ROAD, RAIL AND AIR T'HtM SANDS of office workers and their families from Singapore, who had been enjoying the August bank holidays in the Federation, returned to the Colony yesterday. And by last night, they had arrived home by rail, road and air. tired but
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    First flight
    16 1 CANBERRA. Mon. Australia's Rrst Sabre jet fichtor made a successful test flight today— Reuter.
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    Came helps Ceylon plan secretariat
    82 1 Came helps Ceylon plan secretariat COLOMBO. M on SIR Sydney Came. Vice-Chan-cellt r of the University of Malaya and leader of the World Bank Mission which was in Ceylon last >«ear. arrived in Coiimbo by air from London today. H iwl he nad been Invited by the Ceylon Government under
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    Let Red China join UN, says Sunarjo
    86 1 Let Red China join UN, says Sunarjo DJAKARTA. Mon. INDONESIA'S new Former Minister. Mr. Sunarjo. saic today that Communist China should be admitted to the United Nations. Mr. Sunarjo said that an ■Independent foreign policj was best for Indonesia and for United Nations. Mr. Sunarjo bringing toeether thp two toki
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    Plane in sea with 41 aboard
    88 1 PARIS. Mon AN Air France Constellation with 41 people aboard vru fcarerl to have crashed today in thr Mediterranean off Turkey. Air Fiance «aid the passmger list of 33 included no Bri-ti-h. The airliner was bound for Teheran It radioed that its j two
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    the area. Ship, 75 aboard is missing
    59 1 the area. Ship, 75 aboard is missing SYDNEY. Mon. An a r ariu set search was under «a\ today 'or thp 240-? on m I sh.n Monigue. missing on fr'<";n the Loyalty [alanri.s with 75 pa.ssrngors and crew A report Mid the Maniqur left thp slands on Friday and since
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    Sir Winston visits the Queen
    29 1 LONDON. Mon. Sir Win.ston Churchill last nisht visitor" thr Queen at Windsor the Ant .iudier.ee he had had wWt\ her sinr-r June 22. Reuter.
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    Big food .riots in Germany NEW STRIKES
    140 1 Big food .riots in Germany NEW STRIKES BKRLIN. Mon. r VUF. Communist* rlamp- od a road and raft blockade on 18.000.000 people in 'he Soviet zone oi Germany today. And In t>wns throughout tnti-CommunUi government bu Idingi on fire, tought pollc* an<i called strikes n a new attemDt to overthrow
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    STOP PRESS
    23 1 C.S. ARM* TOKM) M lod.t. announced pi. in for release <>f and warrant i certain duty i i tUI armistice—l .P.
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    Slump in U.S. rice exports
    34 1 WASHINGTON. Mon— Urn Icri states rice exports espoto Japan. Cuba. Ceylon and Indonesia— slurhprrt sharply in May. reaching tho monthly level sin.p August 1052. the Agriculture Dopirtment reported today.
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    WE HAVE FAITH IN FRANCE, SAYS BAO DAI
    230 2 WE HAVE FAITH IN FRANCE, SA YS BAO DAI Talks on 'freedom NICE, Monday. gX-EMPEROR Ban Dai of Annam, now chief of J state of Vietnam, said yesterday that he will negotiate in France for the complete independence of his country, i The Indo-Chinese to arrived here by plane for
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    VILLAGE TENSION RETURNS
    142 2 VILLAGE TENSION RETURNS LURS. Sculht-rr. France. Mon. TENSION has returned to the v village of Lara with r; report that police ar c to re•one their inquiries into the roadside murder of the British .^cier.tist Sir Jack Drummond j rvs wife and daughter almost a year aeo I- ;.s believed
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    Attlee arrives in Yugoslavia
    82 2 BELGRADE. Mnr.. Mr. Clement Attl«p. leader of the Opoos.tlon. arr'ved here today for a thrro-'AT'^ij .>— t to Yugoslavia at the m;uton of the Yugoslav Government He was n#t at the station t»v the Yugoslav Vce-Presid-i eat Mose P;jade. Serb:a n Pre- mier Petar Stabol:c. Presid»nt
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    TWO DANGERS FOR KASHMIR
    40 2 NEW DELHI. Man. Kisnmir Premier Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah said ih-.it his country must avoid two dangers—merger with India or Pakistan He made the statf;nent in a spe«ch to a meeting n^ar the capital. Srinagar. A. P.
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    Islands to vote
    39 2 KINGSTON. Mon -The people of the Turl/ and Calicos Islands, an Atlantic Orean dependenrv of Jamaica, will vote for the first time next month. The population of the Ifi tiny islands is about 6 500. AP
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    Red penicillin
    33 2 LONDON. Mon— The first penicillin fcory in China, at Shanghai, is now making large quantities ol the drug of international standard, the Communist New Chjna news agecy said last niffht.— Reuter.
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    Dog went on a world cruise
    53 2 ZEEBRUOGE. Mon A woman, two tun and a doc sailed into harbour here today completing a round the-world cruse i n two masted 46-foot yacht They started their voyage from Nicp in July. 1951 The last stage of th P two-year cru sr was
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    TYPIST WINS NUDIST PRIZE
    50 2 LONDON, Mon. Ivy Yn-irg 25. a typist, was crnwnrd Mua British Nudist of 1935 yesterday at an outing of 300 m^n. wemr-n and children. Miss Young, asked by reporters what she planned to do i with the prize of £10. replied I "Buy a dress." AP
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    Leaning out on the victory road
    46 2 HHILF his partner leans Sinisallia. ltalv. Ridiru danferouvly out. Cinmnn SOO-c.r. Norton Schmidt rovmotorryrlist Otfo Schmidt rred th» rourne at an avcrflaAhes round a bend in the a*e speed of Tl mil.s an hour 'idr-rar motorcycle ra-e at and won.
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    U.S. may revise agreement with Japan on troops and bases
    142 2 U.S. may revise agreement with Japan on troops and bases TOKYO. Monday. THE I'nited States and Japan are likely to begin talks later J'»is week to revise the agreement undrr which the American army, navy and air force arc lllowed to maintain bases in Japan. Government sources said here today.
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    20 2 A FOURTEENTH birthday picture of Princess Irene, secnnrl daughter of Queen luliana and Printr Bernhard. of the Netherlands.
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    LESS OIL
    31 2 TULSA. Oklahon a. Mon. World and .U.S crude o:l production n May d.pp»Ti i slightly compared with the previous month's output, but I both increased over May. 1953 AP
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    Haakon is 81
    18 2 OSLO. Mon.— Kins Haakon of Norway Ls celebating his aist. birthday in Oslo today.— Reuter.
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    2 million workers 'freed'
    135 2 2 million workers 'freed' LA PAZ. Bolivia. Mon. I 1 Victor Pa 7. E.ston?oro. President of Bolivia, 'odav siarxH an agrarian reform dec ree whicn. he said, freed and a half million farm workers from srrvr Under the decree, land at promt farmed by tenant farmvill become the tenan 1
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    RUSSIA BUYS FISH FROM ICELAND
    105 2 REYJAVIK. Iceland. Monday. ICELAND will soil nearly half its annual hernnp A production and a third of its frozen fish production to Russia under a new Russo-Iceland trade pact signed in Moscow yn.stcrday. The Dact is valid for two years and can be <>n Wro
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      265 2 SINGAPORE l rr: 64S Pl no: 7 Nrwx; 7ls p dl v> vkxl, 'Doctor; 7 30 Many Happy Returns. ■IS a.m. Mornlnc St.ir; 730 News: 830 Happy Oo Lucky: 9 R«vord 7.35—9 Music: 12 In Malay; 1 p.m Rcndeivous; 9.30 News 945 Tale to Radio Malaya Orchestra; 1.30 News. Tell;
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    Ike waives aid ban on 4 West nations
    208 3 ASHINGTON, Monday. THE Tnited States is to make efforts to get more co-operati*n amiinc free nations in the banning shipments of strategic goods to the Soviet blot officials said tod.r President Eisenhower told Congress he will lei Frnncr Britain. Western Germany and
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    The Duke wins yacht race
    98 3 The Duke wins yacht race I ONDON M.M Ih. iiukr <f IdinKurshs x^(ht Hlii'-to'.«lr won the dragon i l.«ss r veil I in Ih. Ko>.«| I h. trues \.nhl i lnl> rre.jll.j .»t thr |sl,- Wijht yest«-rd.t> It m IX sr« units .1 h<- id ol' UM British \.i«hi I
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    Open-air service
    82 3 Th' <)u«M<n Mnthir fid Inn Marcarrt ioin<-d th> lion xrslrri.o in pr.nrrv of t h^nkst n itit for thr -nil of thr fichtint in hi" Thr> attrnrird an oprn-.iir <-rr\ n U thr ml<- the ruinrd M Bci'it* \hh<-\ on the hanks of thr Burr Rivet in F.Hvt
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    Heat kills 7
    24 3 BAGHDAD. Mon Seventeen -ople have died from a heat I rait, -he i town. The temperao 125 rir?rees Fihren- < rday Reuter.
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    FLORENCE GIVES UP BUT I'LL TRY AGAIN'
    206 3 FLORENCE GIVES UP BUT I'LL TRY AGAIN' DOVER Mon. IjM.ORKM F (hadwirk ■pictured al>nve with hrr trainer) failed tnnipht in swim the English h.m ml both w.»\s. Kilt Florence. 3.1. a former tvpiM Irom San l>ieeo California, said she would (ry again a.s soon as conditions permit. Her first aim
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    55 Elizabeths
    33 3 VIENNA. Mm One in 11 of i son baby eiris born here in 1 .Tune, the Coronation month, i was "hristened Elizabeth, the; Vienna Mun.cipa; Administ- ration reported today.— Rcu- i
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    Rebels' refuge
    26 3 GUATEM.V.A CITS' Cuban revolutionaries 'ukon do] t r 1 1 asylum ;n 'he Guatemala Fmha na following unsuccessful revolt against the Cuban Government. Reuter
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    De Gasperi goes off to his hill villa
    123 3 ROME. Mon. A LCIDE Do Gasperi. 72- leader of Italy's rentre policy for the last five years, left the political scene temporarily tonigh' for his summer villa in the Alpine foothills in the north. He left to his Vice-Premier <>: tht last
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    CHANNEL SWIMMER
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    McCarthy records 'waste'
    132 3 WASHINGTON. Mon— Senator McCarthy said yesterday he had a tape-recorded, detail- i ed report of waste in U.S. propaganda operations in Indo-China which might amount to many millions of dollars. He said he was turning the re- j cording to Mr. Theodore Streibert. new head of the
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    The Black Watch reaches Kenya
    51 3 NAIROBI, Mon— The Ist > Battalion the Black Watch with pipes and drums playing arrived here today from Korea to relieve the Ist Battalion th P Lancashire E oslliers The Black Watch moved off immediately for the Rift Valley; where jt will prepare for, anti-Mau
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    British ships may carry Ceylon's exports to China
    156 3 British ships may carry Ceylon's exports to China COLOMBO. Monday. SHIPS of a British lino may carry all Ceylon's exports to China, excrpt rubber. Negotiations are in progress betwpen the Ceylon Government and the I shipping line. The China National Import I and Export Corporation has agreed with these plans,
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    Soviet subway
    15 3 LODON. Mon —A fifth underground subway line will be built in Moscow.— A.P.
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    Dies at 78
    24 3 NEW YORK. Mon Mrs. Eli--1 zabeth Ruth Stewart, It, mother of movie actor Jimnn Stewart, died in Indiana. Peninsylvania. haspital yesterday
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    Farouk's former friend shot in bar
    161 3 Farouk's former friend shot in bar MUNICH. Mon Dawlath Soliman. a former favourite dancer <jf ex-Kinc Farouk. was wounded in the shoulder last nieht by an unknown man who fln-rt a pistol at. her i in a bar where shp was dancing. MiAs Soliinan hid under table whil*" the Runman
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    TEHERAN VOTES TO DISSOLVE THE MAJLIS
    149 3 yHE people of Teheran today voted by referendum In I favour of dissolution of the Majlis (Lower Housr of Parliament), as urged by the Prime Minister, Dr Mossadeq. Teheran radio said more than 100,000 people were t stimated to have voted in the referendum
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    They shall have music
    40 3 HONG KONG. Mon— The Band of the Ist Battalion the Dorset Regiment sailed on the troopship Asturias today for Korea to play to repatriated prisoners of war. ALso aboard was the Ist Battalion the Essex Regiment.
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    Public pay tribute to Taft
    102 3 WASHINGTON. Mon. r r O thousand filed past the body of Senator Robert Taft in half an hour as it lay in state in 'he rotunda of the Capitol here yesterday. When the public was admitted the crowd of mourners already stretched four abreast for
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    ASIA FEARS AMERICA MORE THAN RUSSIA
    173 3 Says Mrs. Roosevelt NEW YORK, Monday. VIRS. Eleanor Roosevelt, widow of the former PreiT1 sident. said today that the people of Asia havp an unrealistic conception of Communism and are more afraid of the United States than of the Soviet Union. Mrs. Roosevelt, returning
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    i HOLIDAY '; _ SCENE f
    210 4 i HOLIDAY SCENE f In Singapore, the Royal Singapore Yacht Club's round-the-island race, attracted a large entry. With ballooner and mains'! billowing and only a few inches of freeboard. the skiff Cora Lyn 11, is caught by the Straits Times cameraman. Yesterday, enthusiasts competed in the At Kuaia Lumpur, seme
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    15 POLICE ON GUARD AT ROWDY BUS MEETING
    415 5 Shareholders ask about sharp drop in profits KUALA LIMPI'R. Monday. A SHAREHOLDER of the Foh Hup Omnibus Cntnpany called out during the annual general meeting yesterday that the company's secretaries are getting more pay than the High Commissioner. Fifteen heavily armed police
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    'New chapter in Labour story' MEETING NEXT MONTH
    239 5 'New chapter in Labour story' MEETING NEXT MONTH CirCUS date \irc R. Dasaratha Raj. a Colony Labour Legislative tpoh Mon The Rjusrh Councillor, said yesterday: "The general meeting Berlin opens its of the Singapore Labour Party to be held on Sept. 6 n hcrr on Friday. will open a new
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    2,200 have not made tax returns
    62 5 2,200 have not made tax returns PENANG. Mon. IN Ponan*. 2.200 people have not made income tax re- turns for the year. Mr. C. L. Morris. Assistant Comptroller of Inland Revenue, Penang. today warned that these people may be prosecuted. "But we do not want to make hundreds of prosecutions."
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    She is held in custody
    99 5 In Singapore Emergency Court yesterday, pretty 24--year-old Tan Kirn Soi. was tentatively charged with having failed to appear in the Sessions Court in Kuala Lumour <>n May 11. to face a charge of criminal breach of trust. Insp K. B Ong said Tan was wanted
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    Drainage officer
    29 5 TELUK ANSON. Mon —Mr. R R. Bruce has become drainage and irrigation engineer. Lower Perak. in place of Mr. H. J. Tennent, who is on long leave.
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    5 FIRMS MAKE GIFT OF BUS TO LEPERS
    73 5 5 FIRMS MAKE GIFT OF BUS TO LEPERS Inmates of the Sungei Buloh leper settlement, have received a |lft of a 26-seater bus to enable them to go for outings and get longed-for view of the outside world. Five firms made the gift. The Kuala Lumpur, Klans and Port Swettenham
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    Robbed of $40, he says
    69 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon._ Hamat bin Saman. 48, a cripple and beggar, alleged in the Kuala Lumpur Second Court today that two Malay youths. Dosing as detecf.ves. robbed h m of $40 at 2 a.m. on July 11. The two youths were Abdul Lat IT bin
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    His licence had expired
    53 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon -K. Kunchi Mydin, a shopkeeper. bo .sold price-controlled good.s with an expired licence ni fined $35 in court here today. He told the court that th»re VM no one to helo in the sho n and he wns so busy he had forgotten
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    MR. LEE'S DREAM TEMPLE COMES TRUE
    167 5 It will be completed soon FOR 20 years, a Singapore millionaire and Buddhist r leader. Mr. Lee Choon Seng, dreamed of builiins a temple for the Chinese community. That dream is now being realised with the construction of a $70,000 temple oil the 5|
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    No licence, Ls or insurance
    69 5 In a Singapore Court yesterday a schoolgirl. Tan Blew L n 19. pleaded guilty to driving without a licence. "L" plates ana third party insurance Ng Teck Yong. 23, admitted abetting Tan. A radio patrol car stopped Tan at the 6th mile East Coast Road
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    Accused of $2,000 theft
    43 5 An RAF civilian employe^. Goh Ah Huan yesterday claimed trial in the Sincapore Emergency Court :>n a charge of stealing a Juel pump worth $:!.000 belonging to the Air Ministry. Bu,. $2,000 was allowed, and postponed to Aug. 11.
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    Accused was dead
    27 5 IPOH. Mon Lim Boon Pak. 46. who should have faced i theft charge herr today coin,tied suicide while on bail the Magistrate ni told.
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    HE'LL SPEND HIS HOLIDAY IN STORE
    55 5 HE'LL SPEND HIS HOLIDAY IN STORE AMIRI W M\l 11 stcpSM of h.trltv I.i tr.:i< N C -in-C Far t.i^i. and I wU I .imhr. arrived in NaffaMVC h^ B o omct from l.nnrinn to spfiid si\ ut-rks holiday Hr i> seen with Sir < harlrs and 1 ad\ l.amhr.
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    SITUATION IN EAST IMPROVED,' HE SAYS
    158 5 SITUATION IN EAST IMPROVED,' HE SAYS MR. John Armstrong, deputy i leader of th* opposit on •n thr Australian Federal Senate flew nto Singapore yesterday by 8.0.A.C. Argonaut from Hong Kon«» on a faet-nndinc tour of the East He .said at Kallang a'rport that the political iltuat'.oo n the Fast
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    She fired at us, Sakai guards say
    170 5 She fired at us, Sakai guards say IPOH, Mon. Sakai home guards were the main witnesses against a weman. Cheong Siew Cheng, 22, who pleaded not guilty to a charge of having a rifle at Bay as Tujoh Kampar, on Apr 26. In the Assize Couit today. Mr I. Talcg-Davies.
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    21 6 Janie*. In hi* tieep i at her Roan. (0 a.m. Cboo, Tan Pu»\ Ker. sons in•'^ndrhlldren I Cori a.m. Bukit
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      The Silent Treasury
      839 6 In the place of filarming •if the Federation immediate financial future there is a danger that the full problem may not be recognised. The Federation balanced its budpetary estimates with the aid of the $100 million security But it has .-ince increased estimated expenditure by .supplementary vrtes
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      The Unions And Mr. Bvrne
      403 6 It is to be hoped that both the Government and the Government unions will return to work from their August bank holiday in a mood to deal with the ease of Mr. Byrne on commurwnse lines. On the one side it means giving Mr. Byrne
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    His work spans thirty years of growth
    1066 6  - His work spans thirty years of growth HARRY MILLER **y \IR. Wilfred Lawson A Blythe is one of the few remaining pre-war Malayan civil servants who made an absolute career out of knowing about all things Chinese, because they were officers of the old Chinese Protectorate. The operations of the
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      A plea for vernacular education in Malaya
      364 6 TIME and again, our educational author. ties have -tressed that parents in Malaya do not send the r children r.o vernacular schools, unless they are unable to secure admission Ln English schools. The indifferent attitude of tho public towards vernacular languages and the
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      TAXING POLICY
      299 6 IHAVE been requested to refer to the letter published in your ed.t on of July nod by an "e>tite owner of Sungel Siput. to make the following clarification: Tiie statement that the first thinu the Government dd "during thp boom period... was tv impose an export tax •n
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      Stalls in street
      76 6 ANY roadside coffee stalls have been set up In ihe vicinity of Serangoon Road, i especially in Kerbau Road. Cuff Road and Buffalo Road. Paradoxically, the City Council Is issuing licences for the.«-e very stalls which were once considered unhygienic and offensive. One cannot understand the need
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      SPORT ON RADIO
      135 6 HOW is it that matters of local interest do not seem to find a place in the daily programmes of Radio Malaya? Do they not often hear fn-m certain stations items provided by "our BBC reporter or "our AIR eonre*pTrMPeni In there no such thing locally? In
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      '$500 limit protects workers'
      258 6 '$500 limit protects workers' Mr C R Dasaratha Raj ha.s explained his opposl- 1 tion to the Immigration law But af'er careful perusal of his letter. I have not found any argument to .support a claim that thr $500 limit i.s i measure designed "to exploit this country and Its
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    On the Margin
    415 6 Name calling I HAVE been asked whether I can specify am of opprobrious epithets formerly applied to democratic governmen's and Western rta men ln the controlled Soviet press. There are 178 and I am afraid there is no room to rite them all. But here are a
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    Mr. Gan says Chinese textile merchants face crisis
    311 7 Mr. Gan says Chinese textile merchants face crisis 'IT IS MOST DIFFICULT TO COLLECT YOUR CREDITS NOW Xl ALA LUMPI'R. Monday. (HINKsK textile merchants in Kuala Lumpur face a serious crisis, the Straits Times was told today. Seven Chinese textile wholesalers closed down I month. Mr. Gan Yee Tee. secretary
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    PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
    177 7 PEOPLE IN THE NEWS 111! It < ill!.. UM M. u»l pr.-suJ. n! ol tBM Niliiiii.il R.tnk of Now ork who .ir rivrd in Simcnporr yrstord.o h\ BO \r nn^iit from lomion Mr .tlhonn. Mho is on a business trip, h np^nd a fortnight in the MI SAMPANTHAR I.lt .m
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    IT COST SYD $78 A MILE
    218 7 And worth it, he says AUSTRALIAN racing motorist. Syd Anderson, reckons it cost* him $78 a mile to race 41 miles in the Johore Grand Prix on Sunday. This includes return fare from Perth cost of transporting the racer and four days hotel charges.
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    The man who kept silent in court
    120 7 The man who kept silent in court SEVEN t mes they called the name of Er J.n Nguang in Singapore Emergency Court yesterday. Seven times there was no answer. And then the usher saw Er ting on a bench behind the dock called forward and the interpreter slowly explained, that
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    He took money: 6 months' gaoi
    78 7 KUALA LUMPUR Wong Fook Lian was sentenced to six months' gaol on three charges of criminal breach of trust by the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court this morning. Wong, employed at a shop n Peel Road, pleaded <:uilty to taking $57.60 on July 20. $84
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    Extra holiday
    26 7 PENANG. Mon— Most business houses here closed today although it is not an official holiday Government and Municipal Departments and bank* opened as usual.
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    25 victims
    42 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Mast There were 49 rases of pn--:i-mon a resulting in 25 d durine the week ending July 18. the Federal Health D»partmont stat<d today. Th. rVdcration was again free ol chc>ra plaguo. filltw f-n-rr. smallpox and crebro-spina] fevrr.
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    He hears 115casesin 92 minutes
    130 7 IN a 92-minute sltUSf, Mr. T. j Kula.-kaiam, presiding in the Singapore Emergency Cour 1 yesterday disposed 01 11 j eaaas, It was the only court which dealt with arrests ovc: the holiday. The Offences included petty thefts. fighting in public, opium .smoking. trespassing and
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    Indian meeting
    19 7 PENANG. Mon— The Malayan Indian Congress here will hold an independence day public meeting on Aug. 15.
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    OFFICERS FOUND IN HOTEL RAID
    172 7 We were chatting, girls claim KUALA LUMPUR. Monday. THREE Army officers and a civilian engineer were found with girls when police raided a Kuala Lumpur hotel at 2.30 one morning, the Sessions Judge. Mr. J. G. Adams, was told todaj Mr Adams fined Lee Say
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    First trade show place for Amoy
    146 7 First trade show place for Amoy 'pHE Amoy Canning Corpora- tion. Singapore, won first J and fifth placr.s in the Sinata- PON Trade Show Exhibition > which opened in the Happy > World on Saturday. Thus waa announced at a dinner in the Tai Tong Restaurant in Singapore last night.
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    Malay union call big meeting
    63 7 }>"n- Malay Uniun. which discussed the critical state of the Union last Sunday, has decided to call a general n. 10. The committee appointed Inch.- S'.din Abdul Hamid. Inche Hassan and Inehe 8 man bin Haji Siraj to be the Unions representatives to the conference
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    Rice expert to check on new rice seed
    179 7 Rice expert to check on new rice seed MALAYA i.s taking part in a United Nations scheme to increase rice production r .n Asia, Dr K. Ramiah, rice exI pert of the Food and Agrtculi tural Organisation, told the sti;,.t.s Times la Singapore tlay. Dr. Ramiah will leave for the
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    Flying guests
    34 7 MALACCA, Mon Two Malacca girls. Christine Rodriand Irene Numis. leave here by air tomorrow on the first stage of a ourney to Lisbon, where they will be official guests of the Portuguese.
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    URGED TO MERGE FOR 'STRENGTH'
    209 7 1 I Mr. Lee Moke Sang, secretary- > ■••■iitt ill of the federal ion. told the Straius Time* that "packet unioa-i" stfMtfMd on v Slate bu.sls were out-mmled in the pre.sent trade union 1 development. At the start of the Malayan trade union movement, this
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    $500,000 pool
    32 7 PENANG. Mon— ln spite of a $150,000 increase in the estimates, the Chinese Swimmrag Club will go on with Its pain to build g $500,000 clubhouse and pool this year.
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    16 UNIONS
    90 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Sixtei^n Government unions, representing more than 15.000 clerk.s and admini-lrative ollicer.s in the Federation, an now ronilrtarini v proposal to merui' into a centra national union for greater strength, unity and eHiclency. The proposal i.s in a circular from the secretariat of tinFederation of Government
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    ON HOLIDAY DREAMING... OF A HOLIDAY
    53 7 ON HOLIDAY DREAMING... OF A HOLIDAY RACING CABS roar past, tyres street h. thousands are thrilled by the spectacle uf the Johore (.rand Prix. Rut the excitement pass.es this «i rl by. She sits tin the grass. sucking a lollipop, dreaming perhaps of holidays to enme for this one is
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    'Favour' costs him $10 fine
    66 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. Foo Fung Ngow. a taxi driver, wh.i obliged a Singapore photographer, by taking four pack bromide paper, to his brother in Kota Tinggi. was fined $10 today in the Pulice Court tor mov.ng a restricted article without a permit. The photographer, who
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    UNION CHIEFS WILL TALK ON WELFARE
    174 7 UNION CHIEFS WILL TALK ON WELFARE ASIAN oflicers in tho Singapore and Feder.M 101 A (iovernment services arc planning ro-ordinatioi on work and welfare problems. Two representatives of the Federation of Govern ment Employees' Unions in the Federation arrive li Singapore today for dismissions with the Council o Joint Action,
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    Round the island race ends
    181 7 Round the island race ends SKIPPERED by the Royal >3 Yacht Clubs Commodore. E O. Holiday, the sixteen-foot .-.k ff Ruth was first o.*st the lin.shinK lne at the end of the .second and last day of t!i». Club's Round the I -land R.uv vrstcrdav. The race Is claimed to
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    Wounded man is still silent
    69 7 Singapore C.I D. men have .^o far been unable to inleview Lav Tiun Poh. i 29 who is on the "danger list" in the Gen- eral Hospital w here he Wai admitted on Saturday with throat wounds. Lav was found In a house in Ah
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    589 go to polls
    28 7 IPOH. Mon. A total <>f figs 1 "ut cf oPt went to the polls in trosol new v !luge near Sungej Sipu' P<-raK yesterday.
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    Secret meeting
    40 7 PORT SWETTENH/* I A secret ioin f council meet ing was held to so Handiinc > tion and the Harbour Workers union. The recent dismissal of 20( dock workers was riisr Thr Cargo Handiinc ation blamed adverse trarii conditions.
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      114 7 The Weather Minimum temperature '7 30 n m on A 730 a.m. on August 3): Singapore (81 Penans (77) Kot.i Banru Kuabi Lumpur i 73), Ipoh 1 74 1. Kun ntan < 74> Maximum temperature '7 .1(1 am ,o "30 pm. on August 3> Singapore Prnanc (87 1. Kota Bnhru
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    BIG LAND DEAL UPSET BY COUNCIL'S NEW DECISION
    218 8 'Government's terms are too heavy' OINGAPOKE City Council has decided not to buy land facing Shenton Way because it considers the Government's terms too heavy. The Council, which had originally agreed to buy the land, reversed its decision after seeing a draft
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    A doctor in steel awaits his patient
    57 8 A doctor in steel awaits his patient A "surgeon in steel". Mr. F D. Blake, is now in Singapore waiting to operate on the tanker Liseta. which has a break in her main engine. This is the first major ship* repair job in Singapore this year. Repairs on the Liseta
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    'Qualified man can get highest job'
    95 8 'Qualified man can get highest job' IF a City Council officer is Qualified and is suitable for a higher past, he will be promoted, regardless of the grade or class of his present job. The City Council told thus t. its 1,000-strong Services Union which had protested recently about the
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    KNIFED MAN MAY DIE, COURT TOLD
    72 8 KNIFED MAN MAY DIE, COURT TOLD Abdul Rahim bin Mohamed Yusoff yesterday appeared in a Singapore court on a charge of knifing two people. He was remanded in custody till 'oday Inspector K B. Ong said that one of YusofTs victims may die and because of this he opposed bail.
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    World to help fight yaws
    60 8 PENANG. Mon. The United Nation-International Childrens" Emergency Fund, and the World Health Organisation have indicated >hat they are prepared to lu-Id Malaya to iit;ht yaws. This was stated in a report submitted to 'he Federation Medical Headquarters by the World Health Organisation yaws expert Dr.
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    The old river men will stay on job
    117 8 The old river men will stay on job MR. Khaw Ah Son. above, and four other Chinese boat builders will not he forced to move from their picturesque yard on the Srneapore Kivcr by a 5480.000 bridge and causeway scheme. The boat builders have used the banks of the river
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    City Council writes off $1.1 m. losses
    54 8 City Council writes off $1.1 m. losses rE Singapore Cily Council ha* decided to write on* mure than $1,100,000 representing the value of capital assets of the Cily Engineer's Department lost during the Japanese occupation. Certain assets of the department, bought with rehabilitation money from 1948 to 1952. totalling over
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    Three on robbery charge
    91 8 PENANG. Mon. -Yeoh Boon Teik. Khoo Eng Choon and Din bin Awang. charged with robbing a Chinese shopkeeper ;it Kampong Bahru of $1,593 on the night of July 6, were ordered to be remanded when their case was mentioned in the Magstrates Court. The Magistrate. Mr.
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    Ex-Servicemen
    33 8 TELUK ANSON. Mon. There will be a meeting at the Lower Perak Club on Wednesday at 7.30 p.m U) discuss the formation oi' a j Teluk Anson branch of thr Ex-Servicemen's Association.
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    THREE COUNCIL MEN WARNED, TWO SACKED
    133 8 For breaches of discipline I'WO sub-inspectors of the Singapore City Councils x vehicles department, and a stores watchman were warned by the Council for breaches of discipline Two other watchmen were dismissed. The Council's establishments committee has told one of the sub-inspectors that for
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    Big art show may come to Singapore
    119 8 Big art show may come to Singapore SINGAPORE may see Kuala *-5 Lumpur's art exhibition some time next year, an official of Raffles Museum and Library said yesterday. Some of the world's most treasured pictures will b* shown the Kuala Lumpur exhibition in September •There is little possibility of the
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    Skyscraper steelwork goes up in record time
    98 8 THE STEEL framework of the Asia Insurance company's skyscraper, which will tower 270 feet above Finlaysoti Green. Singapore, will be finished by the end of the week. When the last rivet is driven in. it will mark the end of one of the
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    Repairs on liner in Spore roads
    47 8 The Messageries Maritime* luxury liner, the Vietnam, which arrived in Singapore on Sunday on her maiden voyage with engine trouble, is expected to leave for Saigon tomorrow. Engineers are working on the repairs while she lies at nr.chor in the roads.
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    Theosophical Society chief
    52 8 Mr. N. Sri Ram, international president of the Theosophical Society, is expected to arrive in Singapore today for a short stay. He is on h;s way to Australia on a lecture tour. Mr. Sri Ram will address a public gathering tomorrow under the auspices of the Inter
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    50 trishaws examined
    35 8 ..'OHORE BAHRU. S-in Traffic Policr today, following reports received about tlv condition of trishaws in th<* town, rounded up about 50 fnr xamination. The riders were told how lo maintain their vehicles.
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    For Seramban
    23 8 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. Inche Ismi. State Supervisor of Elections, leaves tomorrow to help in Seremban Town Councils" nomination day on V/ednesday.
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    To attend course
    30 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. -Mr C. G Watts, Assistant Social Welfare Officer, Johure. will attend a course on administration, for welfare officers, which opens in Taioing this week.
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    More ambulances
    26 8 Because of the large number of calls, the Singapore City Council has agreed to provide i $36,000 next year to buy twoj more ambulances.
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    Crime-free town
    15 8 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon Johoro Bahru was free of crime on Orand Prix day.
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    Aquarium gets its first fish
    44 8 Singapore City Council has received an offer of sold flsh for the Van Kleef Aquarium at King George V Park six months before it is due to be completed. The gift comes from the Quek Kwang Hong Acquarium. Singapore
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    STRIKE CALL NOT 'IDLE THREAT'
    196 8 THE SINGAPORE Medical Workers' Union yesterday wrote to the Colonial Becre- J tary. Mr. W. A. C. Goode. and the Deputy Director of Medical Services. Dr T. T. Strang. saving that its intention to rail a strike was not an ie c threat In a
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    WHY DOES A NEW BABY CRY?
    721 9  -  SISTER CLARE lAM frequently being asked, Does it harm baby to cry?" The answer is I Ordinary crying is not harmful in itself, and will not cause a rupture or hernia unless there is one there already, la which case It might increase it.
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    Do your own smocking
    555 9  -  JANICE PORTER Rt HAVE you ever tried to smock your children's clothes yourself? I often hear the cry "Oh, I wish I could smock, it makes Jane's dresses look so much prettier, and it costs the earth to have them uuuc in tne siiup. But smocking
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    Cake for the dog
    275 9 •PHERE is an old Chinese bachelor who lives in our lines. He keeps a great big stout old dog who. in the span of doggy years, must be considerably older than the man himself! The said dog probably does not hold thr record for old age
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    172 10 OUR USUAL TUESDAY FEATURE "COMMERCIAL NEWS AND VIEWS" IS HELD OVER UNTIL TOMORROW. MELBOURNE. Mon. HAL investments had a n opening market on thf May, Mores j .shtrp nwi 'he turnover most swilOM. H H Difkir. tnwPl manufuc'ur- the sharpest market Ml 3s. on vhe raisin* o[ i
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    NEW CHAIRMAN
    67 10 MR. F. S. Phy.vck has been npnninted chairman of Remb'a Rubber Company and I.ondu Rubber Cnrrpany :n nlace of Mr H. S Russell. who rot. red fro m both Boards it the b' zinnine of this month PUw- ek la chairman of P rak Rubber PlanRubber K lala
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    JAPANESE STEEL PRICES REDUCED Effort to capture S. E. Asia market
    484 10 JAPANESE STEEL PRICES REDUCED Effort to capture S. E. Asia market JAPANESE iron and steel manufacturers have aßrred that they must export at prices below the cost of production in order to meet international competition, which they say has been stiffened by the operation of the Schuman Plan. In particular,
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    New company formed
    201 10 Commonwealth Venturers A Elm. appeal for the forma'inn o! a "company of i I Commonwealth venturers" i.« being made by Mr. Peter Baker Conservative M.P. for Norfolk S. Immediate objects The companys Immediate objects must be: 1 1 To bring the leaders of tho spiritual faiths in
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    New Australian loan
    60 10 MET BOURNE Mon. Thr> Bectrtdty Commlwinn nf Vtetorta is about *n rnmf on »h" m^irkPt for a £2.600 000 loan »t 4 per cpiv which has b»>#n unt*n hv J B WrTf ft Son. i This is thr> bipppst smniint tn hf nflßßd In any vinelr- amoun'
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