The Straits Times, 15 May 1954

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    13 1 The Straits Times lst(> i 845 SINGAPORE, SATIRDAY, MAY 15, 1934. 15 CENTS.
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    BIGGEST BOMBS HAUL
    524 1 |lice find 675 grenades JOHORE GETS ITS FIRST 'WHITE' AREA 'first offensive victory of its kind 9 says Sir Gerald MEKSING. Friday. nil li HUNDRED square miles of coastal land here were declared 'White' today in what the High Commissioner. Cleneral Sir Gerald Templer, described as the
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    two Imps lady use
    332 1 two Imps lady use vcsterdaj B,< 675 itrcn- m:i"} high artillerj in ort a r ■nun t" (l Bit leioi I to the first dump about 100 yard* from the main road at the 9i milestone. Police found the dump on Thursday night. Police dug up 650 grenades. They were
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    crashes
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    JUST PART OF THE HAUL
    64 1 V SERGEANT of the RJLO.C. mH a police constable carry .i box <>t shells iiul mortar bombs found at one of the secret .inns (lumps ofT Thomson Koad. Singapore, yesterday. Piled i>> the Irtase of the crmtet which was mkftmutty covered iritta leaves, are mom
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    STUDENTS ARE FREED ON BAIL
    705 1 Chamber man posts $4,800 bond THE 48 Singapore schoolchildren, including two girls, who were arrested after clashing with the police in Clemenceau Avenue and Penang Lane on Thursday won- accused yesterday in the Fifth Police Court of utiim the police and refusing to disperse. Th
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    THEFT OF STORES
    66 1 London, Fri. a statement ernlng large-scale theft of military .stores and equipment i!i Si igapore may be mari^ ha tlie House of Commons on i Tuesday when Mr. Fit/voy Maclean will a.sk the War Min- \>. hai thefts of War De- ■lit property have OCcurred in Sincapore
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    120 register
    19 1 Another 120 youths registered at the National Service Centre at Beach Road in the last two days.
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    Alliance see Lyttelton
    82 1 -AND GET PLEDGE] LONDON. Fri— The Secretary of State for the Colonies. Mi. Oliver Lyttelton. this morning discussed Malaya's elections with the president ol the United Malaya National Organisation, Tengku Abdul Rahman, the .secretary of the Malayan Chinese Association. Mr. T. T. Tan, and Dato Abdul Razak.
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    'Break with Reds'
    33 1 WASHINGTON. Fri. Republican Senator William Jen-, ncr and Democratic Senator Pat Mecarran proposed today that the United States should sever diplomatic relations with Russia and all Soviet satellite nations. U.P.
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    Traffic toll
    27 1 BOMBAY. Fri. There are about 45.000 traitic accidents in Bombay each year. Police Commissioner N. M. Kamte said in ipenins a Traffic Safety Week. UP.
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    Bridges blown
    27 1 RANGOON. Fri -Communist terrorists and Karen rebels have blown un railway bridges and two trains between Pegu and Tounßoo. two important junctions north of here.
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    Second in 2 days
    29 1 HONG KONG. Fri. Hong Konc's second P.re in two days ■wept through part of a chemical company warehouse yes- terday. Three firemen were ln'jured. UP.
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    11 out of 12 bet, says report
    59 1 EDINBURGH. Fri. Eleven) families out of 12 in Britain now bet on footbail pools, ac- I cording to a report to be pre■ented here next month to the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland. "The alarming growth of uambling is an
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    Mystery shot kills cyclist
    158 1 Mystery shot kills cyclist PENANG, Fri. 4 BISCUIT shop cm**ploycc, Go h Ah Hong 25 was shot dead by an unknown gunman in Stewart Lane behind the Pitt Street Temple of the Goddess of Mercy today. The attack was so sudden i that no-one seemed to have seen the gunman.
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    LAST DAY to send in your entry
    155 1 LAST DAY to send in your entry VIAKIA .MKNADO. aged 20, of I i»l .Singapore, (above) one of the entrants in the Miss Malaya Quest. Maria is sft. 3 in. tall and her measurements are: bust MM in., waist 24 in. and hips 35 in. Entries for this beauty contest,
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    Mercy helicopter down: Two escape
    110 1 KIAI-A UMPIR. Fri N s.M hrlicoptrr of I!>4 Souadron. RAF., trash rd today five mile* north-east of Brntons. Pahanß. while I on Us h».v evaluate a| si«k member of a platoon 01 the R».val llampshircs. Thr pilot and his passencer. a iiimlm .il offircr, rsc;iped
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    BURNED AT A STAKE
    126 1 Man kills himself with fire CHICAGO. Friday. A MAN who told his friends he was "a sinful man and should be punished" died in kerosene flames on Wednesday night while wired tightly against a tree Police thought at nrst that ■omeone had poured kerosene over James
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    Card man dies
    35 1 LONDON, Fri Sir Reginald Tuck, former joint manaKitiß director of Rapli:i''l Tuck and Sons, whose Christmas cards are distributed all over tIM world, has died at his homo hero, aged 70. Reuter.
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    France will quit Laos, Cambodia
    178 1 THE VIETMJNH GO TOO GENEVA. Friday M GEORGES BIDAULT. the French Foreign Minis- ter. announced here today that France was ready to withdraw her forces from Laos and Cambodia if the Governments there approved and if the invading Vietminh forces were also withdrawn. M. Bidault
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    Sir John Nicoll
    22 1 IX)NIX)N. Frl. The Govrrimr uf SincHpon-. Sir John Nic-i »11 will \pß\r hrre lor tho i Colony on Tuesday.
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    First of fort wounded fly out
    194 1 First of fort wounded fly out HANOI. Fri. T<HE FIRST proup of seriously woun d r d Prencta Union troops evacuated from fallen Dien Bien Phu arrived by helicopter today at the royal Laotian capital of LuanK Prabang. They were expected to be flown to Hanoi later today. Thr Vletminn
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    STOP PRESS
    63 1 DTOT'S PI \n i Dt INDO < 1 1 1 v MA I Mololm j)'.>|ii>srd csl liili -li.ncnt of 1 1 nation* < ommbtsion C" supervise i I -~.it mn ol hi hiitii's in Inilo Inn I! inn unit c>| th.it lnil> lima i ■onli icin l M
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    The Comet flies again
    39 1 The Comet flies again HATFIEI.I). Hertford. Fri.— Comet test flights, the first sintv- thr- let liner's airworthiness certificate was withdrawn last month, have begun auain. One was carried out at th» jDe Havil'.and airfield here iy and one today.
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    LAST MINUTES OF A FALLEN FORT-THE RED VERSION
    428 2 LAST MINUTES OF A FALLEN FORT- THE RED VERSION HONG KONG. Friday. THE Vietminh rebel radio claimed today that Brigadier General de Castries surrendered on May 7 in his dugout at the fallen French post of Dien Bien Phu with 23 French officers, who offered no resistance when rebels dashed
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    Two votes save Laniel
    138 2 Two votes save Laniel PARIS. Fri. THE votes out of 576 in the National Assembly saved France from a Government collapse last nißht in the face of Krowinß crisis in IndoChina. M. Joseph Laniel, the Prime Minister, won a vote of confidence on his lndo-China doilcy by a hairsbreadth count
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    BLACK MART IN BABIES ALLEGATIONS
    109 2 BLACK MART IN BABIES ALLEGATIONS MONTREAL. Fri. Allegauons oi a C 53,000,000 black market in babies were denied hrre yesterday when two Montreal lawyers were sent for trial cm charge* of falsifying civil birth certificates. .Turise Gerald Almond c!i>oUaaed charge* of forgery and oaspiraoy to commit forgery against the lawyers.
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    BRITISH WOMEN LIVE LONGER THAN MEN
    142 2 Farmers hold the record LONDON. Friday. ORITISH women are tending to outlivp their' men. 1J according to the first mortality fleures published for 20 years, issued yesterday. The report, based nn 1050 i mures recorded by thr Regis-trar-General, splits people into five occupational groups
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    Wife gaoled for killing husband
    59 2 TOKYO. Fri The Japanese witr of an American soldier. Corporal Walter C Jernigan. aßcd 22. of Savannah. OeorgltV wa> sontencod to ita years" gaol here today fnr killing her hus- 1 band with a pistol. Hatsue Tanaka. aeed 22. surrendered to the police after shootine
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    Butchers held
    28 2 BERLIN. Fri.— An estimated fin to 80 But Berlin butchers have brrn-arrr.strd m an apparent Communist attempt to find .scapecoats for the present meat shortace AP.
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    Visit by Yoshida
    37 2 TOKYO. Fri.— Kyodo news service toda> announced that Japan's Prime Minister. Shiperu Yoshida. wiM visit Singapore from July 17 to 19 while on his coming trip to the United States. Europe and Asia. A.P.
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    Still champion
    27 2 MOSCOW Fri. Mikhail Botvinnik yesterday retained his world chess championship by holding challenger Va.ssilly Smyslovto a draw in their 24--match .sours in Moscow.— A P
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    CHINA SHOWS HER MIGHT TO THE WEST
    130 2 GENEVA. Fri— China last night showed her armed might to the Western world j on celluloid. About 500 journalists crowded Into a small Geneva theatre to witch tens of thousands of crack Chinese troops, hundreds of Stalin tanks and jet fighters. in this
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    NOW THE GOOSE STEP SHOE
    64 2 NOW THE GOOSE STEP SHOE BUDAPEST Fri. HUNGARY'S shoe industry is preparing a new line of foowear lor women made from the leg skins of chicken and geese. An i'.nnouncement in a Budapest newspaper said the footwear has ""an amazing resemblance" to crocodile and lizard the skins. The paper said
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    Airport closing
    28 2 LONDON Fri Northolt airport, near London will be closed to civil planes from Oct. 31 They will be transferred to London airport, five miles away.— Reuter.
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    Two Navy stokers 'mind the for the Queen and Duke on
    166 2 Two Navy stokers 'mind the for the Queen and Duke o n LONDON. In. BKST KNOWN baby sitters in Britain today are two young Royal Navy stokers whose duties were to keep an rye on the Queen's children aboard the Royal Yacht Britannia. The mm are stokT mrchanirs Richard MrKrnwn.
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    VANGUARD ROARS A WE
    120 2 PLYMOUTH. Fri. I>HL QUEEN, home after her •i- six months' tour of the Commonwealth, was greeted in the English Channel today by the ships of the Home Fleet. Wit:i her husband. UM Duke of i Edinburgh, and her two children beside her she stood on the
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    TESTS OVER, SAYS U.S.
    212 3 Mg contribution I security \the West' WASHINGTON, Friday. ■-la. i DKPARTMENT and the Atomic Commission today announced the >■■ completion of the 1954 hydrogen iLts the l>atifi{ The annoume- a j o j n i statement from Mr. Lewis L. I an of the CommiMion and
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    chill is et on trials
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    632 years for 63 bandits
    117 3 PALERNO. Sicily. Fri. SIXTY-THREE members of the bandit gang of the late Salvatore Giuhano yesterday were sentenced to a total of o:« years' Charged with crimes ran from armed banditry to sheltering fugitives, most sot sentences of 18 to 21 years. The sentences were passed
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    Exports from Britain up
    61 3 LONDON. Fri. British exports last month rose above the January-March average, despite three fewer working days than in March, the Board of Trade said yesterday. Exports in April were worth £225.000,000 but re-exports dropped by a third to f 8.000.--000. Imports reached C 284.000-.-000. more than
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    Ava Gardner in 'terrible pain'
    38 3 MADRID, Fri. Ava Gardner th< American flUn actress. is in terrible pain In :i Madrid nursing home bet sister saM ftwdner taken ill with kidney trouble cancelled a llrht to New York. Reuter.
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    LITTLE PRINCESS ANNE FEEDS AN APE AT GIBRALTAR
    42 3 HELPED bjf Maj A. 1 J.umv Princess Amie offers a titbit to an ape at Gibraltar when she and Prince Chattel visited the famous apes for second time before leavinß for Britain. A.P. picture.
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    Royal visit
    14 3 OSLO, Fri. Kinp Haakon of Norway will visit Holland in August.— A.P.
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    LANDSLIDE VICTORY FOR BRITISH LABOUR
    139 3 In local povernment elections LONDON. Friday. SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL'S Conservatives suffered a major setback today when Socialists recorded sweeping successes in elections for nearly 400 city and town councils in England and Wales. 1 Final results gave the Socialists a net sain of 510 scats
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    America to try again
    56 3 WASHINGTON. Fri. The United States will use every nwtho.i to repatriate American troops captured in Korea and believed to be held In Russia. a State Department spokesman! said yesterday. He was commenting on the. Soviet rejection of an Ameri- can request for information about reports that
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    £18 million to run London
    44 3 LONDON. Fri. It will MM m orc than ClB million and lake 70.000 people to run Lon"SatoSnSSe of the ~n*J w jll cost £393.590 more. Th<' ftre brigade alone are asking for £100.000 more because of increased wages Reuter
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    Red air force 'biggest'
    47 3 AMARILLO. Texas. Frl Gen. Nathan F. Twining said today that Russia has "by far the biggest air force in the world." He said that the Soviets have "thousands more" com bat palnes than the United States air force, navy and marine combined.— U.P.
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    Exports cut by half
    45 3 OTTAWA. Fri. Canada cut her exports to Russia b\ more than half in March, compared With the prpvin" March— from US$57 to $25 million. The March 1954 exports were 22 lb. of used clothin I,'1 sent as a Rift— A P.
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    Village burns
    28 3 TOKYO, m— Fir* yesterday all but 'wiped out Hantjo villaeo near Oifu. All but three of the villape's 119 homes were burned to the ground— A.P.
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    U.S. wants pact-even without Britain
    215 3 U.S. wants pact- even without Britain READY TO GO AHEAD NOW GENEVA. Friday T<HE UNITED STATES is preparing to go forward with A the formation of a South-east Asia pact without waiting for Britain's agreement, according to authoritative sources here. I The sources said that Washington la prepared to begin
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    He 'entered China deep in sorrow'
    161 3 He 'entered China deep in sorrow HONG KONU. Krl. A BRITISH soldier charged l ■i\ with desertion tQld a court martta] today be wanaered into Red China while aeep it; thought over his mother's i death. Craftsman m. a. XtobfnJ REME. vanished last August lv and was missing until April
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    M.P.s may get tax free expense allowance
    140 3 LONDON. Fri. MEMBERS of Parliament me likely to Ret a tax tree expense allowance of up to fc">oo ■a yen- .aider a Government Scheme put forward In the House of Commons last niiMt Tin Government has rei vted a recommendation of <m ailparty
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    LONDON STOCKS
    321 3 LONDON. Frl. ALTHOUGH the undertone In Stock murkpus whs satisfactory there was no runaway In prices following yesterdays bank rate reduction. British Government securities were somewhat irregular, and aft*r Initial firmness prices reacted to show llttl'S change on the day. There lias been week-tnd profit taking in Unilever
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    LONDON TIN
    26 3 LONDON. May 14. Cash Buyers t730; Sellers C 731; Forward Buvcrs t*3o Sellers C7SI; Settlement C 739. Turnover am. 80 tons; p.m. 80 tons
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    LUNDON RUBBER
    41 3 lONDON. May H- Spr.t 11 i. I June I!W.. Julv-Sopt. 19>,d.. OC Dec. 19'-d. J.i n -Mar 19 .d Apr Juno 19 \d.. May c.i.f. 18 13 I'M June c.i.f. 18 T .d. July -If. 18 l«rt Tone: Q.
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    'Cut hours' plea.
    34 3 LONDON. Fri Britain's i 38.000 senior civil servants! vp.sterday decided to ask the. Government for a five-day v.-rek for its office staff. They now have to work on Saturday mornings. Reuter.
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    MARRY, SAID CHURCH WORKER
    283 4 MARR Y, SAID CHURCH WORKER The two wedding ceremonies of a doctor TWO women said they had fMM through marriage ceremonies with the same man when a preliminary inquiry opened in the Singapore Ninth Police Court yesterday. One of them. Augusta Np 800 Sok. married Dr. Edward Percival Mr Carthy-Heyzer
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    MERCY PLEA FOR BOY
    111 4 MERCY PLEA FOR BOY MALACCA. Fri |)ANG Ah Wui. a 17-year-old I inmate of Henry Gurncy Approved School, was sentenced to death in Malacca Hizh Court today for the murder of Low Wan Fatt. another intnate. on January 10. The jury recommended mercy. This recommendation will be forwarded to the
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    WRAC visitor
    30 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Fii. -Colonel L. E. Holt, as--1 director of the Women's Royal Arniv Corps. G H.Q FARELF. arrived in Kuala I umpur today to visit WRAC cirtaehmr-nts.
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    Flag week
    30 4 IPOH Fri. -Members of the St. John Ambulance Association's Pcrak centre, will begin their annual flag week on June 30 to raise funds for their headquarters here. i
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    TIGER CUBS CAUGHT ALIVE
    62 4 PUTTERWORTH. Fri. TWO ticer cubs have been caught ."Itvp in wild boar pit.? set up on a rubber estate at Labu Rcsnr Kulim. The owner. Mr. Liow Ena Van. has refused a Chinese medicine dealer's offer of 51. 200 for both animals He wants 53.000. Tlv
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    Sultan and grandson meet chiefs
    71 4 TIAGKI SI I. AIMA.Y i.mr-v ir-n|,i grandson of the Sultan of Selancor, sits by his grandfather in the Throne Room or the Istana at Kuala Lumpur is S c Ia n g o r' s territorial chiefs come to pay their respects to the Sultan
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    Death of a racehorse owner
    76 4 Death of a racehorse owner Dr. Adrian Milne D'Cotta. well-known Colony doctor and racehorse owner, died at the General Hospital, Singapore. -.ipht after a sudden 111--nm He was 50 Dr. D'Cotta was admitted to the hospital at about 4.30 D.m. He died within three hours He was a surgeon commander
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    Cut that partner tax, say traders
    130 4 TAN? PA yAS BUSINESS IS BAD KUALA LUMPUR. Friday. CMALL traders have complained to the Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce that this year they cannot afford to pay the full registration and licensing fees. L;w year they paid the rail fee of $100 a
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    Foundry man owes $50,000
    43 4 Tan Soo Feng, a partner in the Chin Wah Foundry, was d. dared bankrupt in the Singapore High Court yesterday He owes $50,000 to 34 creditors He admitted that he had incurred fresh debts to settle i old ones
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    COUNCIL MAY GET LOAN OFF BANKS
    179 4 COUNCIL MAY GET LOAN OFF BANKS SINGAPORE City Council »5 may Ro to local banks for a short-term $30 million loan. It has run out of loan monies with which to pay for big development project! which will cost about $36.5 million this year. Councillors are being called to a
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    $50,000 in debt, says woman
    56 4 $50,000 in debt, says woman MRS. Frances Bohman. a European businesswoman, told the Singapore High Court yesterday that she was $50,000 in debt. At her public examination ud she was ovner of Malaya Borneo Traders, an import and export firm, and the Cincirrella Dress Shop. She said her businesses started
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    Two accused of attack
    60 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Frl.— Two Malay members of the RAF Re»iment stationed in Singapore Mohamed Zain bin Long and Mohamed Shaarl, were charged here today with assaulting a railway guard M K Vrthiah at Buloh Kasap. near Segamat on Wednesday. The two were sent for trial in
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    GRASS-CUTTER, 58, BADLY GORED BY WILD BOAR
    93 4 IPOH. Fri. Nika Sinch aged 58. was attacked and badly gored by a wild boar while cutting grass on the banks of the Pinji River, near Ipoh aerodrome. He was working with two other grass cutters when attacked. One of his companions ran
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      434 4 Today's Radio SINGAPORE ila a:n lime a *f f I and Opening Announcement; 7.16 Morn>r; 730 News: 735 Melody Mixture. 800 Time For Music: 8.30 —900 Hospitals Half Hour. 1 p.m. Programme Summary: 1.01 Light Music; 130 Time Signal A: News. 150 Interlude: 200 Racins Commentaries 5.00 Time Su-n..l Followed
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    Wife-beater will take temple oath to go sober
    191 5 WATCHING HIM WILL BE A MAGISTRATE a noivtiin., KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. AVu V, HAIRKI) bearded Indian will swear in the piUayar Temple in Old Pudu Road to- r r w\ m rnintf never to Ket drunk a K ain «"d issault his
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    MARY DANCES TONIGHT
    50 5 M \RV HOh, 13, who will (lame liuring a charit< nmeeri to he staged at 81. .Mar- y.irel s School Singapore, toniuht in aid of the Kampong Potong rusir clinic. It is 'organised by the civics clubs «if St. Margaret's and St. Andrew's Schools. Straits Times picture.
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    Samsu aid for family
    64 5 IPOH. Fri.— Pleading guilty to two charges of having an illegal samsu still and uncustomed liquor, a 57-year-old woman said that she manufactured the samsu to support her blind husband and children. Tan Gaik Cheng, of Gunons Rapat new village, was fined $250. or two months'
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    'Check shops' call by union
    49 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Frl.— Selangor Sho») Assistants' Union is to ask the Labour Department to inspect shops on holidays and w.irn employers who make their men work on those days. It will also urge the Government to extend the Employees' Provident Fund to shop assistants
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    Rubber tapper accused
    47 5 KUALA KANGSAR. Frl. Liang Kai Sang, a 19-year-old rubber tapper, of Laman Kati new village, accused today of I having two rounds of ammunl- 1 i tion at Kampong Bloh. two miles from Kati. on May 3. was remanded in custody till May 18.
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    President to give party
    42 5 PENANG. Fr —The Penang Municipal President. Mr. L. R. F. Earl, and Mrs. Earl will hold a farewell cocktail party at their Park Road home on June 9 They ire Roing away on lono; leave on June 11
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    Killed man 'on test'
    70 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Fri. Chiam Yah S:an was fined $100 and disqualified from obtaining and holding a driving licence for one year, for dangerous driving. He took motor cycle of a repair ihop to test it. On his way back ho collided with another motor cycle, ridden
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    Lake film show
    25 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— The Information* Department will cive a free film show at the Lake Gardens here on Sunday, at 7.15 p.m.
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    THE SULTAN SAYS GOODBYE
    56 5 TIIK iULTAN OF JOHORE tUto Rood bye Is Ihe HiKh Commissloner General Sir (irr.ilil Templrr. durini; the Templers' farewell visit to Mm on Thursday. Hepresontativcs of more than It' youth, welfare and voluntary organisations ■MMd Ivuly Tempter "hon voyage." Sir Gerald and Lady Templrr were «vest
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    DREDGE FLEET GETS A $60,000 RECRUIT
    125 5 SiNOAPORK s canal c 'uici m- dredced more often and flood;; Il|r Otv Ccuncil had more excavators. But it has only three. So an,,11,, rli being bouKht irom ii at $60,000, said a counPlltor yesterday. The new machine will dc u«ed chiefly t<>r 'tie
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    Matron of hospital to marry
    117 5 Matron of hospital to marry VfISS K. K. RINTOIL. Prin- cipal .Matron of ihe General Hospital, Singapore (above) will be married on Nftf 28 to a retired Army major, .Mr. William Ernest Uarr. Mr. Warr is now a civilian garrison engineer with the War Department. The ceremony will take place
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    Crusade study gifts for three
    48 5 TAIPING. Fri —Three teachers In Method.st Schools in Malaya have been awarded Crusade scholirshtps tor studies in the United States They are Miss Neliya Morelra of A.C.0.5.. Ipoh Mr. P S Nagaratnam of ACS.. Klane and Miss Wu Mcc Chee of A.C.0.5.. Penang
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    ONLY DOGS STIRRED IN THREE 'GHOST' VILLAGES OF PENANG
    153 5 ONLY DOGS STIRRED IN THREE 'GHOST' VILLAGES OF PENANG PENANG. Fri. i YFR ITA.M. Relau and Sun- gel l)ua became "ghost" villaqrs last night when a dusk-to-dawn curfrw was imposed .simultanrously with food rrstriction« in the latest operations against terrorists on Penang Island Over 10.000 villagrrs are affected. Office workers
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    Fireworks for the Queen's birthday
    124 5 PARADE, AND GARDEN PARTY PENANG will celebrate the Queen's birthday with a a fireworks display and a parade at the esplanade on June 10. Detachments Irom the armed and auxiliary services and voluntary organisations will Wike part The Resident Commissioner. Mr. R P. Bingham will
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    Congress to seek votes
    47 5 IPOH. Fri. Perak branch of the Malayan Indian Con- j Kress will contest the Town Council elections in Ipoh Tmping and Teluk Anson. Mr. Janei Ram Yadev the president, iaid that the congress would no* be able to fi?ht in .1! the wards
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    His payment-a knife attack
    48 5 His payment a knife attack PENANG Fri.-A hawker wa.^ struck on the head with a kml> when he demanded payment from his customer, the Penanc Sessions Court was told today Abdul Kareem. 32. was sen- tenced to nine months' gaol for j Abdul Rahman !n Pitt i Street.
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    Grenade find
    26 5 BUTTER WORTH Frl A hand-Jjrenade was recovered by police on Wellesley Estate in Suncei Bakap area yesterday. It was still in a serviceable condition.
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    Religion in Perak pays a dividend
    129 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Frl THE Perak Council of Religion and Malay Customs last year collected 5517.223 in religious taxes. Of this amount about $212,210 came from "zakat". a property tax, and $305,--013 frpm "fltrah" a personal tax. Net collection, however, to- tailed $424,75 because $97.--472
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    'REGISTER NOW' CALL TO PENANG
    270 5 'REGISTER NOW' CALL TO PENANG PENANG. Fri. FE Penang Supervisor cf Elections. Mrs. A. S. M. Hawkins, today asked the Settlements 180.000 potential vo- < claim their rights "Don"t waste time now thinking about Federal elections." she said In a registration eve broadcast. Mrs. Hawkins urged all eligible voters tr
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    Office closing
    34 5 it Commissioner in Malaya at 28. Nallur Road. Singapore, will b<* closed for the Wettk holidays on Monday and Tuesday It will <<pen from 9.30 am. to noon to lastte urgent visa*
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      96 5 IH, I If? II Manufactured at a higher viscosity than I P^^^l paints manufactured in temperate climates jrtsnsz Ip. to allow for the greater thinninp effect of illl!^Hk HI IB* tropical temperatures. /ffl By k Manufactured from specially selected raw materials to ensure the consistency necesI 1 I sar >'
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    DEATH
    31 6 20 Wordt $10 (minimum) BOMTORD on April 29th. 1954. a' the Radcliffe Infirmary. Oxford F'.orence i "Tonie'i nee Dormer. leved wife of the late Rn-mond F. Bomford (Late of pore).
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Sat. May 15, 1954. Right Royal Day
    648 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Sat. May 15, 1954. Right Royal Day To-day Queen Elizabeth, the head of a great Commonwealth that embraces peoples of almost every race and creed and colour, returns to London. Never in human history- has there been such a royal progress as this six months' journey
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    White Mersing Celebrates
    394 6 For Mersing to become a White Area is a triumph indeed !of public co-operation against Communism. General Templer yesterday described this new declaration of restrictions relaxed as "the first victory of its kind in the Malayan Emergency." That is exactly what it is. The area around Mersing
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    Cooling Down
    213 6 The Singapore community's thanks ro to the Chinese Chamber of Commerce whose representatives yesterday peri suaded excited students to j leave their school encampment and return home. It is to be hoped that the hot heads among them wtll now cool down, and that parental authority will help
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    As I was Saying
    971 6  -  fSEfjnßFwfM mm 'THE uuliest side of A Thursday's demonstrations by Singapore students was not I think the pen-knives and the stones, though thesp wore ugly enough, but the conventional trick which the Communists borrowed from the Fascists- putting the girls in the firing line There was
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    Escape with me the islan
    654 6 Escape with me the islan Malaysian Xotehook rpHE Johore Straits are A less thrilling than, for instance, the Straits of Gibraltar. It is rather hard to see where the island starts and the i mainland ends. The land lies low, merges in a i tangle of mangrove swamps with the
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    the 'stay-in' boys go back their homes
    310 7 the 'stay-in' boys go back their homes 10ft OFFICIALS OSE TO ACT M x hoolchildren, including irK vsh<> had camped overnight on f c Chung Cheng School in Goodman irt broke up yesterdt) afternoon to disperse followed assurof Commerce officials that ;!i the authorities. In the is normal again. Only
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    CEMEN KNIFE UNDS CLASH
    36 7 CEMEN KNIFE UNDS CLASH K King K K Hr E ■I H( K| nilHcli i-i(l Km 1 Mr. ■■r rtiliMf fc' tb I I are lorries .ill' I h th. I I fckm iupiiM likr in
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    sity union demands public inquiry
    60 7 si ty union demands public inquiry I The meeting. denouncing the police action as "not in keeping with humanitarian principles in a civilized soo directed the union itlve committee to forihoir demand for an into the British Prime t( r. the Leader of the :<. Chancellor Viee-Chancollor of the rslty,
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    THE MASKED SENTRIES
    48 7 A RR M' D MOTHER is anxious to see her son, one of 1.01(0 self- barricaded students in hung Chen R School. This Straits Times picture shows her civin K particulars to masked sentries. A chit was sent by a courier to tlie wanted boy.
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    'Govt. has brought this trouble on itself'
    472 7 CHAMBER PLEDGES AID TO STUDENTS, SAYS: A 12-MAN committee r of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce was formed yesterday to study the problems of the Chinese High School pupils who demonstrated against National Service registration. The committee will help the schoolboy* and
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    HANDCUFFED BOYS LEAVE FOR THE COURT
    44 7 BOYS FROM THE Chung Cheng High School and Chinese Hich School, handcuffed in twos and with identification numbers round their necks, leave a policr "Black Maria" at the lock-up entrance of the Singapore police courts Straits Times picture.
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    Dump found near K.L.
    81 7 KIALA UMPUR. Police found a concealed arms dump, believed to be a relic of thr Japanese occupation, j 12 miles from hcrr in the I SunßPi Besi area last nijrht. The dump, about a quarter mllf from thr main road, con- t1 1 ii< d many
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    Silver gift from Penang
    78 7 Mr J. T. Rea, acting Pre>idrnt o( the Singapore City Ccuncil. will present a silver .salver on behalf of the Municipal Councillors of Georje Town, Penang. to Dr. C. H. Withers-Payne on Monday. The presentation, which vill take place in the City President's office at 12.30
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    NEXT ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL MAY BE IN SINGAPORE
    145 7 NEXT ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL MAY BE IN SINGAPORE An invitation to the Colony TOKYO, Friday. THE Federation of Motion Picture- i'rodurcrs in South-east Asia today invited Singapore to stage the second Asian film festival in May 1955. This decision was made by thr Federation's Executive Committee last night The Singapore
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    Workers told 'give blood'
    71 7 A move to gel more working elaat people In Singapore to eiv< b'o'ni mado by the Ships' G'-nnral Stores EmDlrvcrs Union. At Its annual meeting ttr°ntly. the secretary. Mr. N. Thancasamy. ni asked to oreanisi rlgorooi eampaien" for voluntary blood donors, md memberi wen lirgrd to
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    New officials
    51 7 Officials of Singapore City Council Electrical Workers' Union, elected for this year., arc- Mr. K. Suppiah. president Mr. H M. Hassan, vicepresident. Mr. P. V. Nathan general secretary Mr. Teo Cheng Sian. assist atr retary; Mr. Sng Joo Leong. treasurer: and Mr R Orvilasamv auditor and a 16-man
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    New stamp date
    22 7 Th(* new .ix cent .sTanps bearing t!.' h n<i of thr Qu-i-r rum June 9 and not June 6.
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    Appeal court
    21 7 Thf S:ni;apoiv Court of Cri•nlnai App< »1 wiil Bit In thf Supromp Court building at i.m. "n May 17,
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      131 7 IDEAL for Ihc bedroom \f VI 0 <iS(S/£ RADIO >I.Mi.*POK». Pitli .HU OK hit MI.V'Mi t 'V'iov pi{io s|.,i, OR W TM« HNItl EIfCT.IC CO 'N*LA»»» LT th« ««f.««>i. luctmc w»» tT or knoi^mo TIVE IN^EALTmT' SERANGOON YOU CAN BUY A HOME FOR AS LITTLE AS $88 PER MONTH AFTER
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      88 7 The weather MINI M I M mm \T\ Rl.: <7 :t'l pin m May 13 lo 730 a.m. on M.iy Mi Sin>;;i|x>re 8U tle-^iri Pen. int; It, Kola Baliru 77 Ku;i..i I unipur 75. I|K)li 73. KunnUn 73. MAXIMUM TKMPKKATIRK: (7.30 a.. -n to 730 on May Mi Singapore 89
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    Terror boss now a wreck
    310 8 Terror boss now a wreck AH FUN'S DEFEAT MEANT FREEDOM FOOD CONTROL KEY IN MERSING MERSING, Friday. IN THE WHITE AREA of Mersing today they 1 remembered again Ah Fun the man whose name once struck terror into the hearts of towkays and peasants on this stretch of the hast
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    'MALAYA ONE OF WORLD'S BIGGEST FILM BUYERS'
    173 8 'MALAYA ONE OF WORLD'S BIGGEST FILM BUYERS' MALAYA was one of the world's largest importers of films last year, says Mrs. Cynthia Koek. official film censor for Singapore and the Federation, in her annual report. Seven hundred and eighty-three feature films :ind 412 short subjects in 35-mm and .16 feature
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    They sent Him 'death letter'
    99 8 They sent Him 'death letter KUALA LUMPUR Fri. TWO youths admitted in Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court today that they had sent a letter to Choy Yew Song threatening to kill him if he aid not give them money. Hor Choy. 17. and Foong Wye Chee. 18. told the president Mr
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    On way home
    22 8 The French passenger liner Kerguelen arrived in Singapore yesterday from Haiphon? and Saigon with 325 troops returning to France.
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    IT IS GO NORTH FOR MORE FISH
    157 8 So haulers hit the trail FOLLOWING the Governments search for new fishIng grounds, Singapore trawlers are now goins: iurther north to improve the catch. Mr Tham Ah Kow. acting Deputy Director of Fisheries, ■aid yesterday that trawlers, which normally went or.lv 80 miles
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    Sir Donald goes up the river
    120 8 Sir Donald goes up the river TELUK ANSON Fr: SIR Donald MacGillivray. Deputy High CommisMoner. travelled up the Perak River by launch and visited Kamponz Bandar, near Teluk Anson. yesterday, where in 1952 1 he ate his first durian. Here he walked tor a mile In drizzling rain t> see
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    Two car owners are fined
    39 8 Two car owners were nned $100 each in Singapore yesterday for failing lo furnish particulars of drivers. They were Wong Quee Leong. of North Bridge Road and Chonc Wee Ling, of Seran- goon Road.
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    Maiden trip
    21 8 The Mitsui Lines latest freighter, the 6.900 ton Haru- nasan Marti, arrived in Singapore yesterday on her maiden voyace.
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    Re-elected
    34 8 Yr. G. H. Kat has been re- elected chairman of Singapore rVntl-Tuberculosig Association. Aith Mr E S. Giles a.s deputy "■•lairman in place of Mr. S. H Peek, who is Koine on leave.
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    'Golden voice'
    26 8 I JOHORE BAHRU. Fri —The Telecoms Department, Johore •Bahru. will hold a "Golden i Voii-e contest on May 20 at the new Telephone Exchange.
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    FEVER STILL A MYSTERY
    90 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. The" mystery fever which spread rapidly amoi.g the boarders at the Methodist Girls' School, Kuala Lumpur, in March. i. s still baffling local medical experts. The fever was of a mild nature and affected 15 boarders at I the school in a few
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    GAOL TERM VOID IF MONEY REFUNDED
    159 8 MALACCA. Friday. fHAN KIM HOE. a superintendent on Malaka Pinda v Rubber Estate, was sentenced to six months' gaol at Alor Gajah Sessions Court today for criminal breach of trust of SI. OBB. Sentence was suspended after a restitution offer. The President. Mr. G.
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    Lorry driver fined $100
    38 8 A lorry driver. Teo Hong Swee. of York Hill, was Uned $100. or one month's gaol, in Singapore for carrying an exicess of 17 passengers. The lorry was permitted to 1 carry 21 people.
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    250 sail home
    18 8 Two hundred and fifty Indians left Singapore for India in the 8.1. vessel Santhia yesterday.
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      408 8 SHAW BROTHERS sm yniAif 11 am 1 45> 40a fVI UlWff 630 9.30 p.m. Mfc Presented EXACTLY *£?5 I^. O as produced without a single deletion of the pictorial comment m RITA! RITA! HAYWORTH as q /Ai*slM** Jose W Fe h rrcr /AC>»f>A<r*~ ALDO RAY A Columbia Picture in M
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      91 8 W TENNER -j LAST DAY! T^J V in nm ■AIM B| NG CROSavl AT HIS DRAMATIC f J A GU MAN I —I O\ ll. lit >,^?J ABOVK THE SAVAI CUES SOUNDED t Maliiici-. Idmni ro« ROUSING ACTION DAZ 1 i is [^jriri ceValj: James Janet MASON-LEKJH \V\iNFf ClNemaScO m.i
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      180 8 M. Enterr.unment for those who Straits Times Crossword 29. •Liquid lapse of murmuring—" tMilioti 17>. "~"^S 8 8 G^'<* flrmness to trousers «6>. 27 HI b^^ i^ SoluUon published tomorrow. 29 I V I NtfßOOM^*Rnn I^S b^^S M I! -f 'f I I! p9-.1.1.1H.1181 n^'.'-i 1 rr/ R I I
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    TIMES special FEATURE The Case of the Six Widows made legal history
    1877 9 TIMES special FEATURE The Case of the Six Widows made legal history JN the year of grace, 1908, the sixth year of the reign of King Edward VII, His Majesty's crown colonies in the Straits Settlements were unusually stirred by a decision of the Court of Appeal in Singapore. The
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      126 9 Shcrtwii #/o/f#f#>.v .l#ff#*/f «ion» svriims I i i 1 i l||M|H^Q99l GSACE PUN9AR id the >^>.^*»X I R^^ I J -4g^- i J>JM THIRD OOVERNE&t, YOU j V^ fjjL *£RE Oi&*issEP I TUOK PLACE l& TOO &<MI_L TO I^^SSM *6<EP #E -«#C^ "^L\ cOR I WOLD BOTHOP U&! EnuEß^^3E~233R Di&CmARGE
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    72 10 Singapore (hi PriMlm I I change: noon prices $31"r sellers; June ?.<n sellers Coconut nil qu:< lers. Pepper quiet ported. 'lnchanEed Mvi $2fis. Sarawak ISM Lewis and Teal: Coconu: oil quir* «.i \*w\\ and Pral conr.i I 1 1 m »3i bojrcn 132 tone steady noon J3tra; tone
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    SHARP RIS IN RUBBER
    444 10 Collieries f a n |«E feature of th, >,„„,.„ was the sharp rise in 't !«r«^^i from Hanoi andV^ at 61 cents a Ib. Tin also react* $3 to its price to r< The Singapore Shan which for the past th had oen practically revived a
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      857 10 public appointments universFty of ~mauya"~ Applications ars Invltrxl for the ■.-inimen- of Registrar. Candid- 1 bu.s ;iiM hold a University degree' ior an equi\aient qualification and should ha' c considerable admlnls- 1 I tratlon experience preferably In University Institution. Further pari ticular.s may be obtained from the Registrar. University of
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      751 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are Invited from My qualified Non Malay ranIdldates under the Negri Sembllan 'Scholarship Fund Enactment, 1960. who are prrpared to undergo a 'course of study leading to the following qualification: Education Department Science Graduate Teacher. Applicants must have obtained j the necessary preliminary quallflr ations and entrance
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      832 10 TENDERS CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE TENDERS WATER DEPARTMENT: Supply of V, 1". IV and 4 W a Meters. Tender Deposit $50. Close p.m. 28-6-54. MALAYAN RAILWAY OiL FIEL INSTALLATIONS Tenders are Invited for the Installation of Tanks and Pipe Lines at three Locomotive Depots on the Malayan Railway viz: Falim,
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      602 10 MALAYAN ADVANCE RATES MAY FALL TIyfALAYAN borrowers need not pxprct Interest ratet In Sinrapore to fall in sympathy because the British bank rate was lowered from 3 2 orr cent to 3 per cent on Thursday, .said Mr. O. A. P. Sutherland, chairman of the Malayan Exchange Banks Association. Mr.
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      64 10 j I t— f SINGAPORE RED ft^^ HEAP ENC MOIL SPUN BEE STEAMj^U. 33 r>, THuU Passenger Frejj MV -OUNO «NC 1.. Sp«rr »ppr Jff'L 1 A. Spore appr. N m.v. •pn.Ai kii>i\n' .V ISKIL. Spore »ppi m.v. -Hrwr- MW«;*Ji A. S'porr M*l T M.V IWDION.. PIV*N« A. Spore api"
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      1103 11 McALISTER <Sc CO., LTD. Tit: Na. 2M41 KLAVENESS LIN* ELLERMAN «c BUCKNALL los ANGELIS SAN francisco, I PORTLAND SEATTLE A VANCOU'.'ER LONDON, HAVRE, ROTTERDAM PORTLAND. ili HAMBURG A MULL Accepting enre.o for Central Saufli American Pert* and tor USA. (■torth Atlo-^tic Port* .rutviLLl ond Canodo via Colombo m «i"-« v
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      Love lor 'pantuns' among Malayan youth rare
      272 12 COME days ago. a few friends got together in a home in Sims Avenue to amuse themselves with "pantuns." "selokas." "gurindams" and "shaers. Of the group that sann "Dondang Sayang" without the accompaniment of the "biola. pong and rebana." two might Interest Mr.
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      3 12 NOT YET CHECKMATE
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      'Strength of UMNO declining'
      164 12 'Strength of UMNO declining' IT IS very well to agree or disacree on some subjects. For that i.s what democracy means and freo expression is the very life of it. But merely to declare disagreement without srivintr any reason is not democratic enough. in disagreeing with my views, Inche Ahmad
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      The Eastern way
      49 12 THE Singapore maci.strate who some time apo rebuked a Chinese in the dock for bowinp to the Bench, .should note this: Dr. G. Chesne; told a British health conference that Westerners should chanse to the Eastern custom of greeting with a bow." Y. K. YAP Kuantan.
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      The danger in kite-flying
      92 12 THE hat n m started, it la an exciting season, a fighting season anvn? yuunc "kite chasers." Kite-flyins is all the ran among children and adults. It has. however, one preat menare chasing .stray kites. Children foolishly risk their lives every clay during the .sea- son
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      Devotion to an ideal
      185 12 Devotion to an ideal IN June I'M two expatriate gentlemen, clad in khaki .shorts, were to be .seen pulling; he.ivy cartloads of timber and stones through the streets of Singapore. They were not alone and they ac-. ccpted their lot with equanimity and fortitude. These two had freely volunteered to
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      Only a piece of paper?
      45 12 Only a piece of paper THK students of the (hung i !'< Hich School must not he given exemption from National Service. Their excuses are puerile Should they be Riven any special consideration. the National Service Bill becomes only a piece of paper. DAVIES WONG Singapore.
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      'Tact and understanding are needed'
      424 12 'Tact and understanding are needed' IT is perhaps not too late to urge tact and understanding in dealing with students demonstrating against National Registration. If relationships had always been characjtorised by these qualities, jone feels that at least Ssome of the misunderstanding might have been avoided. Unfortunately this has not
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      'REST HOUSE BED LIKE TILE FLOOR'
      177 12 'irom Johore Bahru tv Merging was safe, I viMied Merging with I my family and found it a delightful place. The Government rest house there was very satisfactory in every respect except one The beds at UM rwl house consist of wooden slats or
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      The contented patients in a 'free' hospital
      243 12 TWERE have been complaints recently about the management and condition of some hospitals in Singapore and the Federation. I feel it my duty to say that we have in Singapore a hospital that is run on the highest and best medical and humanitarian
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      'A year has passed...'
      103 12 A YEAR ago. 1 said in your paper that "it ti*>k the Government three years to consider the recommendation to raise the retiring ago of i Government .servants to a limit of sixty years and that it would take Ui«'in another three or more years before
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      The empty houses in the capital
      192 12 rERE has been a growing agitation among the houseless people in Kuala Lumpur Although landlord.- h'i:;d plenty of houses, they reject tenants and prefer to close down these houses until their prohibitive rentals are met. The Military la paving rent allowances to it.- officers,
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      Speed ban plan to cut accidents
      186 12 I DO NOT AGREE with your editorial on "Road accidents." I have been driving since 1916 and I have a clean licence. The averaßc Malayan driver i.s not fit to drive even a bullock cart, let alone a vehicle capable of carrying .seven plus
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    Zoologise first, Selangor BA lls Piruz, oon Yam
    102 13 Zoologise first, Selangor BA lls Piruz, oon Yam M vi LUMPUR, Friday. inton Vssociation's tournament hl decided to ask Abdullah Yam, llu< SUte champion aDO |ojrise before they could h e S.B.A. "fold/ Lien Hwa B. P., an become members. the St-langor side littee decided tonijht thai would aeeepl i
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    BANNISTER WON'T GET THAT TROPHY
    206 13 NEW YORK, fit fHL .SECOND threat In two days to the amateur .status of Roccr i Bannister. BrUHtn.sminu.lei; fieclded the Los Angeles Coliseum trophy would be name,! In (Mate? Ut kept in th "«»2S The miracle mile' trophy w« R to 2,"" 11 Presented to
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    ONLY ATHLETE WITH GOLDS HAS RETIRED
    414 13  - ONLY ATHLETE WITH GOLDS HAS RETIRED EDIN PETERS By '•mpetltlon 33-year-old hurdler Kg Liang Chiang hns (I re i t Iff I to ro ti re Mane Chiang told me of his' decision yesterday. It was not an easy derision to make, because only last month, still hurdling almost as
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    Hoc Chin enters singles final
    51 13 lln entered the final Inglej in tht YMCA hips when h* 9-7, 7-5 at Bias Basah In 111 meet A. C, :!:iyed on MonOa% Chew Bee Oiv: and Chia Chin 'he YMCA dou- :--.i\rd doubk ■^s won by and Mrs. P Se-vp:: Khonv and Mrs.
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    SOMERSET ROUTED FOR 48 BY YORKS
    305 13 V'ORKSHIRfc. who are making a determined bid for the county cricket championship, gained their second successive victory today beatini; Somerset b> i.~>7 runs at Taunton. Yorkshire's success wa.s mainly due to fast bowler Dick Apple wood whose match analysis w.is 12 wickets for 78.
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    Hurdler who beat Onn Leng is here
    194 13 Hurdler who beat Onn Leng is here IN SINGAPORE today are x Pakistani athletes who bro\> records at the Second Allan Oames htld in Manila from May 1 to 9. One of then: is particularly grateful to -c ithtet* wii.j helped him to *tt I ecord. He ll mm Khar..
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    Change in junior cricket venue
    90 13 The junior Services Mid Civilians cricket fixture today .md tomorrow will be pl.iyed at Chang] inMeud of Seletar ai v; iniiii.lly m heiluled. The Services team for thi-s game ,ndy iRNi. Daarman (RAF), rrosbie »RN), Le»:s tAnnjr), P:un iRNi, Barron (Amy), Knight; i RAF i,
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    ARGONAUTS HEAT FARRER JUNIORS
    43 13 Argonauts PC. bent Fai'or Junlon 4-1 in a SAFA Div. MS match n! Oeylanp yesterday. Scorns tor Arvonauts were SuHti j (2>, W. Tan and Abdul Riihlm .penalty i while K. da MhW i penalty i replied for Juniors.
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    ANNUAL MEETING
    25 13 The Singapore Amateur Weiclitliftinc Federation will hold theii nnnunl central meetine at the Qurciij Street Boys' Club on May 29 at 3.00] p.m.
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    Peking gets into IOC, Formosa resigns
    286 13 Peking gets into IOC, Formosa resigns ATHENS. Fri. ■T»HE International Olympic A Committee, meeting here, i today admitted Communist China as a member. Nationalist China promptly rfsigned from the Committee In pro- i test. 'lhe committee accepted Comun'M i China by a two vote majority. Voting was 23 to 21.
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    Benson wins FARELF goIf
    195 13 Cuptain H. H. uenson. who tec the first round with 74 on Th'ir*day. returned 76 In the second roun<l yesterday to win the PARELP coll championship L Cpl. D. C. Thomas, who was a stroke behind Benson on Thur«dt\ finished with 77 v«tnd.>v to oecu runner-up.
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    FIFA asked to tighten rules
    49 13 ATHENS Fit The Federation of International Football Associations have been asked by the International Olympic Committee to tighten up their rules on amateur football The 1.0.C. meeting unanimously voted that FIFA rt -draft their present rules so that they conform with the Olympic laws.
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    Pei Wah betters Colony record
    496 13 \SIAN QUM bronze medallitt Teni? Ppi With, of Nanjrang High School, bettered her own Colony record of 12.8mt for the 80 metres huroir: wlim rtw eloctod v- <;«•.■ at the Combined Chin*** Bchoota iporU v Jalan B***T tta&m yesterday. Another ten records were broken and
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    PAKISTAN LEAD ON FIRST INNS
    265 13 CAMBRIDGE. Friday. PAKISTAN'S touring cricketers carried their over- night 270 f«»r six to 311 for seven here today in reply to Cambridge I'niversity's 310 and Ihen declared. Pakistan's seventh wicket ■tand produced 131 runs and ti'rned tlie came back in favour of the touring side.
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    OPENING TIES FOR PARKER CUP
    58 13 The P.trker Cii]> soccer ronipet:- tlon lvi Singapore service unTt.>< wi.l M May 29 with four matches They are: I Huy.ii Kntiliifrrs v Koyal Arwiv Pay Corps at Oillman Barrack-x; Rojral Artillery v REME at HUkaiu \l:.ti. RASC v Royal Signals .it Ayer Raja Road,
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    Mohinder gets 4 for Sikhs
    70 13 Young MphV Sikh Association boat K.itnnc S.C. 6 l in the SAFA Div. 3C Kanir at Farrer Park yesteriaj Motatodar Mack <4>, Harbans Sineh nnd K:trter Singh scored lor Sikhs and QaaaM ior Kntong. Indinn Recreation Club beat HMS Consort 4 2in a friendly mntch
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    SHELL TEAM
    48 13 The Shrll S|x)it Club cricket io meet RAX Chant; at Chsmgl at 2. 1S ji.m. today is U E. FfiKoti. I T. Froßftatt. J D. ataughan. E. Weatherlll. I. CIUMH— laram. O. Holland. C Hiiirls. K Km «'in m. P Cottrell. H i-'.n liin R. Kocd.
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    VENUE CHANGED
    31 13 I ATHFINS Kri The Intenintion.O i Olympic Commit ter today decided luial the 19.">6 Olympic <questrlan pMiits will he held at Stockholm I instead of Melbourne.— A P. I
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      126 13 TODAY ■MM i:k MFA I •.i-nr. lliv. 2: Haikowvu v r...i.M.rr I mini (irvlant; Chi nrsr Alhlrlics "A" I Rovers "A". Fairer Park. IRIKNDLY: Kaja]i S.C. I InrfUn Vouncsters. I .n.i Park. K!( KKT Civilians v Srr\irrs. .SRC pHdanc (IvilUns "A" v Services "A". < hangi; Krirndh S Khai«a Assn..
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    BACK ROMAN GALLEY ON SPRING CUP FORM
    308 14  - BACK ROMAN GALLEY ON SPRING CUP FORM EPSOM JEEP The Strand given as a longshot By ROMAN GALLEY, with excellent recent form, is i m choice for the Governor's Cup "Trial over a milt (Race Six) at Bukit Timah today, opening da] of tin Singapore Turf Club May meeting. If
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    Straits Times Selections
    175 14 KHSOM JEEP < W.I RO\ IMIMIII Race 1 2.15 CINEMASCOPE So Sorry South Pariflc BROWN EYES 'inrmaxropr •(..Hli Pariflc PINKAHWAM.A II I iii.-m.i« ip|»' Brown Eyes Rare I 2.45 BUM S( REI.N Never A Doubt Grazie WIDE SCRKEV Grazie Never A Doubt NEVER A DOCBT Sealed Orders
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    Today's Race Card
    1187 14 Race 1—2.15: Class 3, Div. 6—6 Furs. Whitney 900 Chew Tan Kongsl Daniels 2 Film Fan II Manning 8 .11 Shaw Stable 3 Cinemascope Mulley 8.10 Shaw Stable Spen ff r 4— So Sorry Woods 8.09 Loh Chin 5 -68 Brown Eyes Vlney 8.06 leo Kongsi Martin
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    WIDE SCREEN CAN WIN HERE
    159 14 Vying SCREEN looks a vaMhImproved horse, after a let-up In the hills, and up against a moderate Class 3 field, he should linrt his winning break in Race Two This three-year-old showed fair ability In his last appearance at Bukit Timah in January when he
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    FLAXLEY GREEN BEST BET
    140 14 FLAXLEY GREEN BEST BET \TV BEST BET in toda] m Bukit Timah is Plaxlej i In the Class 3, Dlv 2 6f (Race Eighth tuned up af.er :;ice in Malaya, at Bu-:r January, Flaxley Grew mark in his second appi Penang in March, when cleverly over 6f. in nr. 4
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    Singing Master for Division Two
    522 14 RINGING MASTER ran two splendid races behind Josker II at Bukit Timah last month. Jwker II i* now regarded as a bright Governor's Cup pwpctf Singing Master's chances in this lower division (K.n Four) must be respected. Sin^in- Master was carry;nj 9.0 when he ran
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    AT BUKIT TIMAH TODAY
    47 14 AT BUKIT TIMAH TODAY 1 and sunny day. Bar ring any chance in wrathrr conditions, tin- coins today will be very good. TODAYS 80-st Brt: Phi ley (irern in the fi.>lo. Rest Longshot: Honolulu ii the 3.45. RADIO MALAYA "ill broadcast commentaries on all ruht races today.
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