The Straits Times, 18 May 1954

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    13 1 The Straits Times. Mai***. fcstd. IS45 SINGAPORE, TIESDAY, MAY 18, 1954. 15 CENTS
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    THE PETROV SECRETS
    97 1 His No. 1 job: Build a fifth column OED TO BRING SOVIET ISTS INTO AUSTRALIA CANBERRA, Monday. iilinnedtoset "P ;l flltn Column in Australia, ready for any war. the R«ya! Commission on Espionage was told when it nations into the "I etrov aflfair" in Canberra today Kremlin
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    THEY FOUGHT TO THE LAST BULLET
    377 1 THEY FOUGHT TO THE LAST BULLET De Castries told defenders: Give up when you cannot fight HANOJ. Monday. FRENCH I'nion defenders of Dien Bien Phu fought their Communist-led assailants furiously and without let-up until all their ammunition was gone. Then, as one by one their guns foil silent over the
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    'LOYAL TO BERIA'
    205 1 'LOYAL TO BERIA «ld the do--howed that in rei in Australia. a factor in no indication -ney payments but i evidence of small !ng paid. jrthinf was known the individuals mdd there was blackmail ir pn in :ind nnce In It I -v to |< t out even on wished.
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    LAYA 6,954 YEARS AGO
    51 1 to thr has rr►op| P March 0 <lis(ov<red 100 rxamo! ;in<irnt potteries. sonw in cood condition. Security forces escorted the \n<dition on a :>O-milr man h to (;ua ('ha'ah. Itu Mto of the burials was rock shelter on the side of a limestone cliff about 108
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    MERCY AIRLIFT STOPPED
    145 1 MERCY AIRLIFT STOPPED HANOI. Mon. rl. trench High Command has cancelled its agreement with the Vietminh rebels for evacuating wounded from Dien Bien Phu by air. the Kreneh forces' radio announced today. French bombers will tonight resume attacks on the rebel-held part of highway 41 from Dien Bien Phu tv
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    Leader of 25,000 'Huks' surrenders
    164 1 MANILA. Mon. sioinNFl. 1-uis M Taruc. C I2E oi 25.000 Hukbalahan cuerillas who have fou%t V Philippine Government for nine years, surrendered today. hrld ;.t Cawp viurphy in ,ii Manila. I, rii< surrendered alone to M, M.ni.Ml Mtnahan. Philippin-s newspaper ptib- md lir.rl of President,
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    SHIP FEARED LOST WITH ALL HANDS
    198 1 Typhoon hits Colony trader THE 7,800-ton Shinnihon Line freighter Tatsuwa Maru, which left Singapore on May 6 for Kobe, is feared lost at sea with all hands. She was hit by a 75 mph typhoon in the South China Sea. i It is believed
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    Sleepiest city in the world
    57 1 NEW YORK. Mon. New York is the world's sleepiest city, according to the Western Union Telegraph Co. The company. u'Mch offers a "wake-up" service of telephone calls to customers until they answer their phones, says half i)f Its 150,000 'deep dozers' are New Yorkers and
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    Began to £ear the Suture
    398 1 His duties included watchIng the conduct of the .staff and also investigating the activities of anti-Soviet organisations In Australia. At the .same time other members reported on him and some of the reports were unfavourable. One letter from headquarters rebuked secret police in Australia for
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    Peasant's son rose to boss the spies
    356 1 Peasant's son rose to boss the spies CANBERRA. Mon. THE life story of the son of a peasant who rose to be a Russian secret police chief was revealed here tociay. The man is Vladimir Petrov who sought asylum in Australia and handed over secrets of Russia's espionage system. Mr
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    I was prisoner in Embassy —Mrs. Petrov
    109 1 I was prisoner in Embassy —Mrs. Petrov CANBERRA. Mon. CHIEF Commonwealth Coun-i ell. Mr. W.V.J. Windeyer. told the Espionage Commission today that before the Russians tried to get Mrs. Petrov out of Australia she was not allowed to leave the Embassy building— even to walk in the grounds. "All members
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    A full general
    17 1 Lleut.-Genei.il Mr Charles Lorwen, commander-ln-Chlef Far East Land Forces, has been promoted to general.
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    VIOLET TO TRY FOR ANOTHER CROWN
    143 1 VIOLET TO TRY FOR ANOTHER CROWN YfISS Violet Sleigh, aged L 19. of Kuala Lumpur, is another entrant in the Miss Malaya Quest. She and her 18-y» ar-old sister, Joyce, have been Jointly nominated by Robinson's. Violet won a make-up contest last year and viMted Hollya i>d She Is 5
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    Secret talks anger Britain
    155 1 Secret talks anger Britain LONDON, Mon. Franco-Ameri-can diplomatic discussions in Washington on the Indo-China crisis were strongly critiri.srrl today in reports irom British correspondents at Geneva. The Daily Herald said the ;uns "behind the b;\ck.\ of the Briton Government" were the "most astonishing and alarming development in Allied diplomatic relations
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    STOP PRESS
    44 1 BKIIM.N UM.L bL KtPT l\! OKMH l» t.l HI I Mm I nited n(,iirs win keep Britain fully inform* (I ihoiil thr (Alk 1- Mil I I III! 111 l p<l»M hip \mnii.m intervention in Inrl<>-< hm.i ifIBMiCM spolirxjiMn s.u'l t.»iii?ht. Rrutrr.
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    THIS IS A SURE SIGN OF LOVE
    85 1 THIS IS A SURE SIGN OF LO VE MILWAUKEE. Mon— A Milwaukee salesman has rentrd a huge advertising sign on a j busy street to help him wit): his love affair. Robert Brachman. 29. thought up the idea to regain the girl following a quarrel. He identified her only as
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      122 1 n I \MI> UI M LTO. The people in the case MR. |USTICE OWEN uiirman of the Royal Commission on Espionage. MR. W. V. WINDEYER Chief Commonwealth counsel. VLADIMIR PETROV Former secret police chief at the Russian Embassy in Canberra. EVODIA PETROV His wife, also a member of the Russian
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    Japs flee U.S. shells
    68 2 NAGASAKI. Mon— Six members of the crew of the Japanese fishing boat yesterday said that they had to abandon their nets and flee for safety when stray shots from a U.S. naval firing zone fell around them. The fishermen said they were almost a mile outside
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    RIOT TOLL NOW 234: ALI BLAMES REDS
    11 2 Military patrols roam streets
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    Meat talks planned
    162 2 KARACHI. Monday. PAKISTAN'S Prime Minister. Mr. Mohammed 'Ali. to--1 day blamed the Communists for the week-end riots near Dacca, cast Pakistan. In which 234 people were killed. A statement Ls.su rd after ;i cabinet mertlng hrrc said "information in the Government s possession indicates that Communists and
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    Refugee probe
    86 2 BUENOS AIRES. Mon. The Argentine Foreign Minister Senor Jeronimo Romorlno. and Minister of Economy. Srnor Alfredo Gomez Morales, have I left by air for London. They are expected to discuss with British officials future trade relations in view of Bri tain's decision to throw open the meat market.
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    Moscow kept informed
    88 2 He added: "We however, that in recarri to some matters natl i r tv may require thai ri dice be heard in ■is." At the start of thr Mr. Winoeyer said thi secured t h^ services v later of Major Herbei I who had been pel tcrpreter
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    Mock A-bomb
    24 2 STOCKHOLM M at"m bomb stuck will luted for the drsi Sweden In manoeuvre in tlir BUtun atom bomb ana will catod with
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    BABY ISABELLA TOM WITH DAD-THAT'S FIN
    318 2 BABY ISABELLA TOM WITH DAD-THA T'S FIN Death heals family rift PARIS, Mon. THE wealthy. Patinc and Goldsmith families have agreed thai Jimmy Goldsmith will hrin? up the baby daughter delivered by a Caesarean operation on his wife's deathbed. Jimmy's' father. Mr. Frank Goldsmith, who is a director of the
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    THE SUN, THE STARS AND THE
    26 2 WOMEN'S hair styles have |MH *j iiiuh Th, three thaw, are. from left, the sun, the stars and th, i
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    Musician dies
    27 2 MEXICO CITY. Mon.-Kle-ment Krauss. Austrian musician and conductor, died hem suddenly yesterday a few hours after directing a concert. He had a heart attack. -UP.
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    Joe to speak
    51 2 WASHINGTON. Mon Senator McCarthy yesterday said that he was drafting a foreign DOlicy speech which he might deliver in the Senate before he takes the witness stand in his dispute with the army Renter. Tankers ordered OSLO. Mon Norwecian shipowners have placed orders in Holland for two
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    BEARD GROWS A WOM REBEUE
    22 2 BEARD GROWS A WOM REBEUE M 'I" I."1 2J I I H fl| 9 (a! rt to I I I i 1
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    Ex-Mininster defeates
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    Sailors get free tickets to the
    110 2 AUSTRALIA'S 14.000-ton aircraft carrier Sydney will reach Singapore this" afternoon on Km way back to Australia .rtrr her second tour of Korean waters Some of the Svrinrv's pilots are alrrad> in ihr Federation at a Royal Air Force station on a jet conversion course
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    Off to General
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    Korea meeting
    15 2 SEOUL. Mon Th< I Secretary, Mr l Wilson, ny I man Rher tod
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    Guards alerted
    23 2 STOCKHOLM. Mon. For the third time In 10 years. Sweden's innnnn Homo Qnardi were Alerted yesterday in countrywide exercise, a. p.
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    IN UP W, SAY NATORS
    11 3 IN UP W, SAY NATORS ler I L al yachts winners
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    Asia defence decisions Geneva talks
    352 3 CHURCHILL PUTS INDO-CHINA FIRST gIR WU-U.Gfc^Ol JPS^gtfb*. mons today that until the outer me of the Geneva conference is known final decisions cannot be taken on the setting v p „f collective defence in South-east Asia. The British Government has not cmbaTked on any negotiations
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    Officer shot dead by mistake
    70 3 NAIROBI, Mon. t BRITISH officer leading an anti-Mau Mau operation was .shot dead and two of his men injured when an Army nlstook them for terro.vas omcially announc- rday. Africa Command headwithheld the name bf r attached to the :wth Royal Engineers, until nily have
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    TAILS AT STREET DANCE
    42 3 TOP IlMs and tails i.i the vi n..«c street attracti-d thou;it HrKton. Cornwall. hen the traditional Helston Moral Panic whs held. In this Reuter picture the dancers are seen passing down the crowded street from the parish church.
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    Minister is accused
    43 3 TAIPEH. Mon.— The Conan has instituted imlent proceeding! against -old Lin Pin. Minister Uce since 1950. igalrut him include, -i.lations governinc and gaols, ordering to employ his reprotecting a dLstnet :*:cial accused of emnt. ard delaying th. f t bankruptcy
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    Labour wins 130 seats
    51 3 LONDON, Mon. The Labour Party yesterday said that it gained 130 seats and lost 21 in Saturday's District Council (■lections. Altogether this week. Labour gained 247 local council seats and lost 48. The party took control of 18 Urban District Councils and last control of two.
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    Premier resigns
    17 3 TAIPEH. Mon. The NationChinese Premier. Chen Cheng resigned today He has been elected Vice-Prcsident. Reuter.
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    No busman's holiday
    64 3 MWNFK driver and tonducter of a new bus on the Brighton r Mr F Johnstone. pictured here with John 7 i^H eieht «nd Diana (iaskell. a X ed five. Mf. John- lal V a K fnrJer bus driver, made the bus himself. It can STS niTlnd 100
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    MALAN TRIES AGAIN FOR SEPARATE LIST FOR VOTERS
    235 3 MALAN TRIES AGAIN FOR SEPARATE LIST FOR VOTERS CAPETOWN, Monday T^HE South African I'rime Minister, Dr. Daniel 1 Ma lan, will try again today to secure a two-thirds majority for legislation placing coloured voters on a separate voters' roll at a joint session of Parliament. His bill seeks to validate
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    Four die in border incident
    72 3 Four die in border incident ISTANBUL. Mon.— PUR Bulgarians were reported to have been killed on the Turkish-Bulgarian border The incident occurred when a Bulgarian civilian tried to escape into Turkey and three Bulgarian guards fired at him. He was killed immediately. The Bulgarian guards, trying to recover his body,
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    Waiter Robert wins the race
    38 3 PARIS, Mon. Robert Fribault, a 30-year-old Parisian, yesterday won the annual waiters' race here. Competitors each carried a bottle and two glasses on a tray and had to finish without upsetting either.- -Reuter
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    A-ban sought
    33 3 BERLIN, Mon.— The East German news agency yesterday said that Dean Heinrich Gruber. official spokesman of the Evangelical Church in East Germany had demanded a ban on all atomic tests.— Reuter.
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    MacDONALD AT BURMA SYNOD
    87 3 RANOOOV. Mon. SIX-GUN salute flr« d from A ancient knBHl bamboo more than 10,000 Buddhists Kathered at the cave which took 14 months to carve from a hillside. Insiclr the cave 2.500 Buddhist monks recited and chanted .scripture while di-stinKuLsh-ed Kue.sts. including Burma's Dr. Ba U,
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    Airman saves boy from airtight box
    99 3 Airman saves boy from airtight box LONDON, Mon. AN American Air Force corporal yesterday rescued a boy who had locked himself in an airtight trunk at Fakenham. Norfolk. Corporal James Milbert, 22 of the United States air base Sculthorpe. .smashed the trunk open with an axe to release crying and
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    Japs delighted
    46 3 TOKYO. Mon. The women of Osaka, Western Japan, in a letter today to the British Amr Sir Ester Denlng said that they were delighted to know that British women had reproached Sir Winston Churchill for his statements about the U.B. hydrogen bomb tests. Reuter.
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    LONDON STOCKS
    309 3 LONDON. Mon. 1 VIAHKETS today encountered a i iT* period of extreme quiet for which there seems to be little explanation other than to lake otock of the investment position in Uie light of new money rates. The commodity shares market was I very Idle with both rubbers
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    LONDON TIN
    26 3 LONDON. May 17 Cash Buyers V 724; Sellers t725; Forward Buyers t723; Sellers t724: Settlement C 724. Turnover am 70 tons: p.m. 26 tons.
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    RUBBER PRICES
    31 3 LONDON. May 17—Spot IB',d. June 18' id.. July-Stpt. 19d OctDec 19',d. Jan-Mar. 19\d AprJune 19'jd.. May c.l.f. 18 *d June ci f 18\<' July >■ 11. 18 \j. [Tone' Quirt
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    Army starts big probe into supplies security
    248 4 MYSTERY OF THE 700 GRENADES KM V authorities in Singapore, seriously alarmed at the discovery of over 700 hand grenades in two secret dumps, have started intensive investigations into security on War Department ordnance .supplies. The grenades, together with high explosive shells and
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    2 withdraw 'guilty' plea
    59 4 TOHOFE BAHRU. Mon —Tan 1 Chuan Hock and Lee Seng Kian?. who last week pleaded guilty in the police court to extorting $3 from Loo Chau Yoke, today retracted their pleas Tan. also charged with trying to hurt Loo with a parang, retracted too. his former
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    Indian graduates association
    44 4 The Indian University Graduate--' Association was inaugurated at a meeting of about 50 graduates held on Sunday with Mr K. T. Alexander as chairman. Membership of the assocla- tlon is open to those who hold a degree from Indian univerI sities
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    Driver fined $500 in drink case
    128 4 Driver fined $500 in drink case LIM Chin Seng, 29, of China Street, who pleaded guilty to driving a car while under the influence of diink at the Capitol car park on Sunday, was fined $500 or three months' gaol yesterday. Lim was also disqualified from driving for 12 months.
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    31 returning to China
    40 4 The Rajah Brooke arrived in Singapore yesterday from Kuchlng with 31 Chinese studrnts who are in transit to Red China The students among wnom were six girls, will leave on the first available boat for Chln.i
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    New headmaster
    31 4 KLUANG. Mon.— Mr Ng Ah Ow. Education Officer, formoryof English College Johore 3ahru. has assumed duty iheadmaster of Government English School. Kluang. in place of Mr. C D Westwood
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    Council 'no' to flats in Cluny Road
    135 4 QINGAPORE City Councils building committee does ""ot want flats and staff quarters to be built in Clunv Road, be-cau;-e they would be "proindicia! to adjoining properties." One of two applications for Denni-ssion to build reiected by the committee came from the Overseas Missionary
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    City to borrow from banks
    46 4 The Singapore City council decided yesterday to borr w sums not exceeding $30 million from local oanks on a srnrt term basis to meet the cost of development pr ijWtft The Council's decision is subject to the aoDrova! of the Oovernor-ln-Councll
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    560 NEW HOMES GO TO ATTAP FAMILIES
    150 4 THE Singapore Improvement Trust is to build 560 low-cost houses near the Badminton Hall at Kalians. Tenders will be invited within a week or two The acting Commissioner for Lands Mr 5 G Burloek told the Straits Times yesterday that all families living
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    For P.E.N. talks
    39 4 The Malayan Centre of the and Novelists C:ub hopes to send its president. Dr. Ho Yung Chi. to the international conference ol P K N Clutat to be held in Amsterdam from June 20 to 26
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    Law change to speed up plans
    50 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. Many plans submitted to the Town Council have lad to be held ud because the Johoro Bahru town plan is not vet lesallv in force. To remedy the situation the Johore Town Board Enactment is to be brought up-to-date and amended
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    Puisne judge
    36 4 Mr. I. E. O. Lewti. a former Sinc;iporp .solicitor, has been! appointed a puisne Judge in Uganda. Mr. Lewis practised In Slncapore until his appointment as Registrar of the Zanzibar High Court In 1937
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    KILLED BY BUFFALO HE WAS TRYING TO SAVE FROM TRAIN
    129 4 KILLED BY BUFFALO HE WAS TRYING TO SAVE FROM TRAIN KUALA KANGSAR. Mon. WONG Tiang 70. was killed yesterday when a buffalo he was trying to tug away from the railway track was knocked down by a goods train and pinned him to the ground. Wong was leading two buffaloes
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    5,000 more acres for vegetables
    249 4 THE TARGET IN SINGAPORE rpHE Government hopes eventually to put another A 5.000 acres in Singapore under vegetable produc- tion. This was announced yesterday by Mr. T. E. Cobb, agricultural officer of the Department of Commerce and Industry. He also revealed that a soil I
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    A SALVER FROM THE COUNCIL
    98 4 Til.: ACTING PRESIDENT of the Singapore City (inirn il. Mr. J. T. Rea. yesterday presented a silver salver to Dr. H. Withers-Payne on behalf of the Penan* Municipal Council. It was in appreciation of Dr Withers-Payne's services in designing Penang Council's u armorial bearing; and
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    33 years' service: Now he goes home
    183 4 ment by the Canton today 6 He joined the Colonial Audit Service in 1921 and has served in Nigeria. NyaMalafa. Seychelles anc He came to Malaya as the ?l™ or M Ssi an i Auditor ln ber of the Federation VolunSSr r rces
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      115 4 Today's Radio SINGAPORE AM. 7 16 Hire Sign*! ana Opening Announcement; 7.16 Morning Star; 730 News. 7.35 Melod> Mature: 800—830 Musical C" 1 sh Schools in Scbooli 1.00 pm. Proi;ram.iiP Summ.irv; 1.01 I ps Bii\:er. 130 rime and News; 1.45 Ri-ytlim Broad cast. 5.00 TI :-.d Propramrr.e Summary: 502 Time
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    STOMS SIZE 100.000 GOODS
    22 5 STOMS SIZE 100.000 GOODS „:lrd -bound -lnP- were irinc 'HThad n *fS f i Mirprl^c I for yO wants on 1 timi'
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    GENERAL WILL HEAR UNION
    139 5 Strike plans put aside for travel dispute meetina „KIT.-,ene r a,^i^™^^^ |ava has offered to meet Federation War" Depart ment civilian employees to hear their story of the dispute with the Command Secretary a result the War Department Civile o fo mtion will withhold strike DlTn?
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    Emergency operation in a ship
    56 5 T wardroom mew of H MS. Comus van temngged up as an opeatre at Lahad Datu lor in operation on a seaman developed acute append!Ip WM at Semporna n the seaman became ill. Comua immediately ihad Datu. where was successfully ;i w hours later -Slip's
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    Malays plan 10-day show
    58 5 g£s a uv;rx sss f/ anc T h the Peninsular Ma- Union win present from June 1 to June 10. Kronchong and boria par- 1 ties, beauty, fashion and baby' contests will be held Proceeds will be divided be- rween the P.M U. general fund Lady
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    Flag Week to aid adult study
    45 5 IPOH. Mon. As part of the campaign to raise $13,000 to start new classes, the Perak i Adult Education Association will hold a P'ag Week from I May 31. The district committees will 1 co-operate with their own programmes.
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    Wheel stolen
    28 5 IPOH. Mon. A party of picnicker* who went to the Tanjong Rambutan waterfall yesterday afternoon found their car stripped of the spare wheel and some tools.
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    DATO SIR ONN EXPLAINS
    42 5 DATO SIR ONN BIN I \l \K Member for Home Affairs and president of Party Negara. explains the party's aims at an inaugural meeting of the George Town branch at the Penang Rubber Trade Association. Straits Times picture.
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    'I saw assault with stool'
    297 5 WITNESS AT MURDER TRIAL WTHEN Mohammed Shariff bin Md. Kassim was accused in Singapore High Court yesterday with the murder of Loy Sin Weng, a witness alleged that he saw the accused knock Loy to the ground with a stool. The incident, it was alleged,
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    ROBBER ASSAULTS WOMAN
    93 5 ROBBER ASSAULTS WOMAN A ROBBER assaulted an elderly Chinese woman in a lonely path off Kirn Chuan Road. Singapore, on Friday last. The woman told police she was on her way home after visiting a friend. She said the man pounced on her from behind and dragged her off the
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    Death of Mr. W. R. New
    81 5 Mr. W. R. (Dick) New, a former secretary of the Tanelin Club. Singapore, died on Friday at Kyrenia, Cyprus, while on a holiday. Mr. New. who was the Singapore representative for John Dickinson and Company, left the Colony on retirement a year ago. Mr.
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    Hussars' road
    33 5 The local council of Jemalluang in the Mer«ine area of lohore has named a road Jalan Hussar" as a tribute to hf 11 and 13 18 Hussars who tiave served there.
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    THE NA VYHITS THE BANDITS
    104 5 Less than two days after arrival in Singapore from Hong Kong, two Royal Navy ships went into action against terrorists In the Penggerang area of Johore. H.M.S. Whitesand Bay was first in action. She fired 163 rounds of four-inch ammunition between 3.30 p.m. on May
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    PARTIES PLAN A UNITED FRONT
    267 5 PARTIES PLAN A UNITED FRONT SINGAPORE may have 13 a coalition Government or Joint opposition party after the next leKislative elections under the constitutional setup putlined in the Rendel Report. Interested political partiesl and organisations are working nut plans to form a united front before the next legislative elections The
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    Party talks on boycott
    83 5 IPOH, Mon. The proposed boycott of the Federal elections by the UMNO-MCA Alliance Is to be one of the main subjects to be discussed at the annual meetine of the Pan Malayan Labour Party in Penang next month. Perak delegates to the twoday meeting are Mr.
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      14 5 lIDREN'S V^ <s?t -7a KATE LUNGS r* /P FOR PROTECTION AGAINST DISEASE WATERBURY'S COMPOUND
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      213 5 CALCUTTA Oft WEEKLY flights by swift, comfortable, 4-enqined aircraft crewed by British pilots Single fare $436 Return fare $785 (Via BANGKOK) t.<>n>ull m i MHHrAVtI LI l» i^Mn Buiidinu Si.ißaD"-'' iTH. !7(i«n ir »our tisiiu TRAVFI. AGENTS A BE THE MAN JsrCF§\ THAT WOMEN IXjijS^ ADMIRE/ \^^f f /"Vfc"^ Without
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      341 5 SINGAPORE DIARY POLICE BAND: Public concert U. 5.1.8.: Fret film show— The Katong Park. 530 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. Olympic Games of 1952— a1r-condl-LKCISI.ATIVt COUNCIL: Month- Honed Theatrette. 26. Raffle Place. ly tneelliiK, Victoria Memorial Hall. 1 p.m. 10 am. MIT I I. TRF4TRFTTF- FV»» KiSf.Sd w *s£°s sstr tv
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    The Straits Times. Singapore, Tues., May 18, 1954. What Does It Moan?
    646 6 The Straits Times. Singapore, Tues., May 18, 1954. What Does It Moan? The Singapore Government should not let slip the opportunity of today's meeting of the Legislative Council to make some statement, even if brief, on the matter of the student demonstrations. There can be no comment naturally on events
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    DEATHS
    85 6 tt H'nrrfs fin (minimum) TEO HOCK UAM. fi4 years, of 39. loron? 33. Qvylang, p;isspd away on lfi 5 54. lea vine a wife. Meo, thrM sons. Teo Kim K.inc. Kim Chor.s. onp ihre«> grand Mm rmrl daughter. Fiinei.i: or DCOTTA: At the General Htv<apore. on 14th May. 1954.
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    101 6 Jll H uril, fin minimum FOLLOW PEDANT Every day in '-!alay Mall 1 if you want to win nnn word puzz> COCKTAIL PARMESTICKS ttful cheese appetlrers I makers of biscuits for tganta Robinson's. THEODOLITES. Precision anrt Dumpy Levels. Pfhvery fx stork; I he Scientifir Instrument Co., Ltd.. 51 53.
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    SATA'S Example
    396 6 The work of the Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Association, reviewed in the Association's recent annual report, may he offered perhaps to voluntary associations in the Federation as a guide to the task they have them«elves shouldered. SATA in Singapore has enjoyed advantages which similar associations in the Federation are not
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    End of the Huks
    207 6 The surrender of Luis Tame to the Philippines' Government rrwirks the end of the once formiHahle revolt of the Communist Hukbalahaps. Taruc h;ebeen a fugitive in Centra] Luzon for nearly 18 months. Foi five years before that the Hub were a law unto themselves in large
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    Red China aid to Vietminh rebels began two years ago
    619 6  -  F.K. Wu By HONG KONG. BEHIND the Vietminh onslaughts in IndoChina is the story oi Communist China's aid to the rebels. It is a record of a military assistance plan that began surreptitiously two years ago, and advanced to the
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      'Self-rule means more than change of rulers'
      422 6 .TWERE ARE people who do not realise that when we demand independence, we want to be free, not only for our political satisfaction but also, and mainly, for our economic advancement. Those antipathetic to Maiayan independence usually visualise in a free Malaya a
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      'En bloc application for exemption is nonsense'
      261 6 1 AM only humble clerk. I may not be right, but 1 from Press reports. I gather' that compulsory trainine of two or three hours a week outside school and office hours can only be given due to inadequacy of finance and stafT—
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      Music for pilgrims
      102 6 rIE writer of the letter Send-ofT for the pilgrims" suggests that the selection of records played by the Public Relatioas Office van during the embarkation of the pilgrims for Mecca was unsuitable. The records, however, were selected in consultation with the Muslim religious authorities and included recorded
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      'Fertile ground for teaching of Malay9
      242 6 'Fertile ground for teaching of Malay 9 THE Chinese schools in the Federation and Singapore are a fertile ground for Malay teachers to exploit. In this untouched field are to be found hundreds of potential students of the Malay laneuaup. The Malay language is un- derstood not only in Malaya
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      School heads and parents
      72 6 School heads and parents IHAVE tried on many occasions to see the head of the school which my children are attending but I can never find him in, I am told by the senior teacher that he is away "on official business." Surely there should be a specified time when
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      Mail deliveries and train schedules
      204 6 I HAVE always believed that all public services cater for the public, but the Ma- j layan Railway 'are perhaps an exception. They care not for the convenience of the public and do things to suit their own whims and fancies. Late last year, when
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    Kluang and its toddy shop
    89 6 JT IS imfortunate growing town of K should be spoilt by tion of its toddy shop shop is on the right i of the road leading to the office and the railway The Indian workers who iher there are a dlsgra I only to the
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      628 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. 29 Hordu tl» (minimnm) wife of T. G. n a son at Bunennr Hospital impur on 16;h May 13S4. OP To Georgina. wife of .i n Henry Yallop, a son Peter John, on Mrv 15th at Kandans u Hospital, Singapore. ARRIOI A— T'> EvHvn. wife of M.iv 17th
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      37 6 GERMAN PEN Viniite Crearett ink visible ctptcify. Durable and reliable. Price-worthy b Services. Postage SO centt extra. (Beware of Imitations! EVERBRI6HT OPTICAL CO.. 19. Chulia St. Spore- 1 ENG SENG MEDICAL CO.. 8. Ah Quee St.. Penan*.
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      29 6 s&m J table top\wm Sturdy and comp porcelain enan surface. Inter- <■ plasl List Price less S Hire Purchase 12 Mo..^ Advertisement of THE CIN€« Representing PHI _^^*i^^^ MOTION SMITH
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    7 7 never $wore OATH, VER THE OATH, RAYER
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    A wider choice of cars, radio and cameras soon
    296 7 A wider choice of cars, radio and cameras soon MALAYA LIFTS 1952 IMPORT QUOTAS By Our Market Correspondent yj.U AVA may now freely import on licences from European countries motor-cars com nercial vehicles clocks, watches, cameras, -toys rames, radios and radiograms. The lifting of the quotas on these eoorK *vi
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    A Semai tries his hand on the King's House piano
    83 7 A SIMM ABORIGINE trie* his hand at the grand piano at King's House. Kuala Lumpur. «hilc the High Commissioner, rncr.il Sir drraltl Trmpli-r. and Lady Templer listen to the result. Semai, Temiar, Semelai and Temaun aborigines came from the jungle
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    Killer' drug has saved millions
    114 7 Killer' drug has saved millions i) \:i U.LIN has caused LS but It ll;iUlions of lives, said E s. Montetro of the M U v.i la.-; night. inmcntinR York report that penicild eight people in ro said three 1 died in Singapore "but there are ilso die :r<>m k- n
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    Lorry hits pillar
    16 7 --hed into the pili .shophouse at Mi r- I ipore. yester»ne was hurt.
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    SOS from blood bank
    65 7 Transfusion appealed tor donors to build up tlv in it* bank which is now at a an told the Straits Times: "We axe desperately blood in the O' and ■B groups where the supplies are enough to last one day. "There la a general shortage In
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    Barn dance
    21 7 Bingapon v.M.c.A. wii: hold a barn dar.cr at the tion hall Orchard Road, at V 30 p.m. on Friday.
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    Rotary meeting
    19 7 pore Rotarlana will hold their monthly business mrotinp at the Capitol Blue Room at 1 Dm. tomorrow.
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    Murder bid ease heard in camera
    305 7 1 SUP OF PAPER CHANGES HAXDS 4 PRELIMINARY inquiry in which the headmaster of I^* St. Andrew's Middle School. Dong Chui Sing, was accused of attempted murder of his wife was heard in camera in the Singapore Ninth Police Court yesterday. Dong was alleged
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    Third man on bombs charge
    100 7 Third man on bombs charge TEO Ah Mong was charged in Singapore Fourth Police "ourt yesterday with unlawful lon of 15 hand-grenades at the 9J milestone. Thomson Road, on May 15. He wai remanded in custody till tomorrow. Teo was the third man to be ■harged in connection with last
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    Homo broken in
    30 7 Thieves broke into a Tank Road home on Saturday and -tele S6O. too fountain pens md a bank pay book. Police vrre told of the lass yesterday.
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    Lottery helper is fined $1,500
    35 7 Vans Kea Hint. 29, was -00 ()r MX months gaol f« the Singapore Fourth PoUce CoSt yestlrday for helplm to |l kl lottery early vlisVrday morning at Syed Kiwi Road.
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    Reptiles talk
    26 7 T W F. Tweedie. dlrec- b.ffiM Mu.srum and 1',;..'.;,. 'wi1l talk on Malayan reoti rV at tomorrow 1 reeWy i; SJ?y.w.cA KMtn* in a.m.
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    THREE MONTHS' GAOL —AND CAPT. FAINTS
    151 7 He accepted $700 bribes KUALA LUMPUR. Monday. CAPT. Percy Jones, formerly of the Malay Regiment, fainted in court here today when he was sentenced to three months' s;:ol by Mr. B. V. Rhodes, president of the Sessions Court, on four charges of corruption. pleaded
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    Registration to end on May 22
    58 7 The extension for National Service registration in Singa- pore will end on Saturday. May 22. and not May 27. The registration centre at the Singapore Volunteer Corps in Beach Road is open from 3.30 am. to 5 p.m. on weekdays 1 and from 8.30
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    STUDENTS' MEETING WAS ILLEGAL, SAYS COUNCIL
    76 7 Tut. I.NIVKRSITY of Malaya Students' Council .vpsterday passed a rrsolution declaring that thr President oi the Iniversity Students' (mon \iolated the union's constitution when he railed an emergency meeting last Friday, rhe resolution said: "The niretinc was not provided for in the constitution." The
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    MONTH IN PRISONTHEN $s ROLL IN
    198 7 CINGAPORE Government has introduced a new earnings scheme for prisoners, says the Commissioner of Prisons, Major W.L.P. Sochon. In his report for 1953. ri who have Hni.sht'd a months sentence are ellflblc. Betore this, the rule was that a prisoner must complete six months
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    Burma timber mission here
    51 7 A four-man timber mission rom Burma flew Into Singamrc yesterday for a three-day •urvf\ the Malayan market They were U Ann- Boe eader <>i the mission, who v lurmeae Financial CommlsJanar, v ThaJda San We, v Tun. Members of P.-.rlia-nent. and v Tun Kyaw Director of
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    Road flooded
    20 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The !Bth mile Kampar Degong load in South We^t Pcrak ilooded. the P.W.D. reported oday
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    Science caught man with five names
    181 7 m| ALAYA"S Chemistry Department has proved priceless to the authorities in detecting income tax dodger. 1 The Director of Chemistry. Mr. A. w Burtt. in hit report for 1953, cites a ca.se in which signatures in a suspected tax fraud were examined One group
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    2 SAMPAN BANDITS KILLED ON RIVER
    87 7 2 SAMPAN BANDITS KILLED ON RIVER KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. 4 MORTAR platoon of tho KinKs African Riflrs killrd two torror;.=>ts who wore triivrllinu down a river in thr Kemaman district of south Trengganu yesterday. They were In a .sampan Both rolled into the water nrhen they were hit One body
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    Stolen bicycle pump found
    47 7 Police havr found r> bicycle ramp which is bolieved itoler rom a bicycle at Katoncr Part i week age. The owner should •ontact Mr A A Raja ns.^ it Beach Road Police S A man ha.s beeh arrested ii von with the theft.
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    Hand concert
    20 7 The Singapore Police Band Will play at King Park !mm 5.90 p.m. to 1.30 p m. on Thui
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      30 7 i hildren pr.i> in the temple would never tw\it her I Ri i i (hik. i in s pictare. CAD.S.S4 i B| .C" Mi rich Cadbury T^ BY SIME DARBY
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      249 7 BOOKS ON ENGLISH THK TECHNIQUE <»h (II \K WMTINC Sl.no y, B\ Robert Gunnln;. 1 a io iiCl^i^B •our writing -lenrer m> r •<■• pM^BSI prnducine. Thousand': nf .(eopif bust- *^tB ness, industry, the pr*ss. and thr pro.' been tausht to OTMS <>.>'v by follow i:. methods revealed In this
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      172 7 The weather MIMMI'M TEMPERATI RK: i 7 30 p.m. on May 16 to 7.30 a.m. on May 17): Singapore 76 deprees, Penang 7:t, Kota Bahru 73. Kuala Lumpur 1 1 l|»ih 73. Kuantan 70. MAXIMIM TKMPERAriRE: i 7.30 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. on May IT): Singapore 93 degrees, Penang 82,
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    WHAT A LIFE !
    1146 8 WHAT A LIFE ll v < SirisliiKr MONDAY Husband brings home a pound ol icing a tin of cream and a box ol datrs, announcing that ho is going in make some bjx da] Astounded at triu news I that I havr never heard of cream llilod dates and what'i
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    Here's a rain coat that is DIFFERENT
    512 8 Here's a rain coat that is DIFFERENT ANSWER TO THAT SHOWER says MAXINE RAKICH gUCH unpredictable weather! One never knows how to dross for the day. The answer, of course is a rain coat. But some of the rain coats that have been in the shops have been strictly utility
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      103 8 £?4/)/ift/4*7 Of® Maureen Fong IP jylL Joat look at Umm-mlmn TUt?* Wl l;lll >S BpMkli«^ eves, IIM firm flesh mikl sturdy pliysi.) ues that .-nigur well for M&^ their future oWelppwtsU aswi Mr f* Their parents wan wise A 1o <ll() M I-A'TOCKX uhon I lie time innip f ()r
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      120 8 so fl soluble s0 unob'r^ {me ja .of,. Mf, flancn l 0 -atcrproof back f Or co. the soluble ,ani f^ no extra co Sf TBOXES OF 12 Awai| went tI De Witt PiUj are so tn rclieruig joint and mu%< •the. because they help to right a condmoa tbpromp'Jj
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      205 8 The Straits Times Crossword ACROSS rhewlnij 1 1. Oet^down to a brass tack? «2. 15. Pertaining to first prim ,ple.s 1?. SRSKStm* duuncuon *gS?r 12. Agreement desirable in the first s^B* B d m Mb IS.ImUL (mm*) ,91 18 n f" thls can l/Srd^e'b^war^U, J^£B¥j!J^ <fi- ao.L«ened. and hungry short
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    Gunmen avoided death by not joining gaol break
    1752 9 Gunmen avoided death by not joining gaol break TIMES special FEATURE A\S£tZ tm^ea^f "2ff* N men nreaking into a service station. His foot ctanped down on the .celerator and his truck rattled away tot 1 C r atr lmen S Vau ha r. B. BaiHff w e there, ehattmg w.th
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      8 9 I Sl-70 pnuni I r I Is c
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      236 9 ANNOUNCE NONSTOP SKYMASTER SERVICE SINGAPORE-BANGKOK LEAVING KALLANC 2.15 a.m. EVERY SATURDAY COMMENCING MAY 15th CONNECTING WITH SERVICES TO TOKYO. TAIPEI. RANGOON. CALCUTTA. SINGLE FARE $210 RETURN FARE $378 PASSAGE ENQUIRIES SIME DARBY 5 MALACCA STREET SINGAPORE PHONE ***** Ml KPTO PROPELLER GAIN YOUR/SPEED SAVT^raJJfc dv J Various Sizes and Spcciti-
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      181 9 Shi>ri<M*fi /#o//tf#».v P surt* l' *IW KyJ <~77-i t H y>lS^%XnH r^*TNb TT Js^BkX .J you see^ ve«v i >im S.RE op Xi/ I m l. > 'aw'^mY^S9^J longer <jMm mR\ s. sure op mv6elp. top*v \\7 U- j&k J <". ftV YOUR gjMgpK. V v PEAR' 111 SL-e, SmERIOCk
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    SHARES ARE STILL DUE
    250 10 Buyers and selU,. THE Si.ig.pore Shar, more activity when I, of buyers there u, yesterday. Industrials w, 1>1 wlt'i Gammons. 8 and Cold Stora and Straits i Traders. Union I: Wilkinson Pi The Strait ed an interim di pe. cent, less Singapore M which had sel
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    AUSTRAILA STOCK
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING
    25 10 Mlips Uillj; ilnri. riA porr HuiIhmii Hoard v li i pritrd l«.il.i> 4 5, a: tam 8 Tomnr: ington Mall 4J 43 Pi
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      293 10 NOW OPEN SOUTHERN ELECTRIC AUTHORITY,. OF QUEE N S L A N D^»»««g| M H««i«i« aaaaa^i^E^9Hßp<niV tower JfrOAA r (P/ i/fi ip% YEARSTERM 4^ I^J J i-, J 'iJb^/ Q) Here is a gilt-edged investment without equal. The £22,000,000 resources of Queensland's Southern Electric Authority stand behind it. The Queensland
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      1278 10 I NOTICES HE STRAITS TIMES PRESS LIMITED Incorporated In thr Co'ony of Sln|[«P o 1 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN thai i Interim Dividend of 10' r les; Income Tax In respect of th< ar ending 30th September 195-! been declared on the Orrtinarj ock and Management Shares ol e Company
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      943 10 TENDERS S P. W. D. TENDER NOTICE TENDERS will be received by the j State Engineer. Selangor. •Kuahi I Lumpur up to 3.00 p.m. on 27th May 1954 from contractois ol ,t Class D' and upward res with Public Works Department for r the construction of Two Urn 4 Class
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      65 10 P.W.D TENDER N Tendns «i!l N rout! Alor S'.ir up U 13S4 for (h. Full partti u from the Executive Fr. Peril? P.W.D TENDER NOTICE Alor St. Full from the TENDERS TBfDl supph the 2nd Partu- the om. i Tenders will tM n includini; 14 I CHIEF POI \i i
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      508 11 ;E LD CO.. LTD. t. u» ■k' Pessonr UNNEL LINE hi laad atai ■'■•.chotqe corqo iCNDON, CONTINENTAL PORTS H 1 Moy IS Mny 17/18 woy 18 Moy 19/20 May 22/23 Moy 26, 28 Mey 2»/30 I voy 29 June 4 June S/ 4 June 7/ 8 1 June S June
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      937 11 W EAST ASIATIC LINES for Aden, PorY^ GS < J° C 4T INtNI /SCANDINAVIA Cop.^^-n.^r^i,,,,^-'^ "-bur,. Gdynia Coin, lonHon posse,.". 2/J Jul iul 'co/is B rP» TESmm?* nd X Call. London lp ossen,e,s only), Korlshamn and Aabo •AILIHGS FROM SCANOINAVIAVUK^CONTINLNT S 5* rie honr PenorVs ijisn"'"- was ii/2 i^ /2
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      998 11 BEN LIKE STEAMERS LTD. SAILINGS te O.K. and CONTINENTAL PORTS Spore P Sham Penang Beneiuachan tor Lcsrson, Rotterdam, Homburg 19/25 Mey 24/27 May 28/J9 May Benwyvis tor Havre, Liverpool Glosgow, Hull 20/2S May 24/27 May 28/29 Moy Benledl for Liverpool LXiblin Rotterdam, Hamburg 29May/4June 24/2S May S/4 June Beneleuch for
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      1132 11 McALISTER «c CO., LTD. TFI No. 2«341 £LLERMAN BUCXNALL I KLAVENESS LINE LONDON. HAVR,. ROTTERDAM I po^AN^D .^VaVl^ ft'^VA^'lSuW R HAMBURG I HULL nq L $o(J h ond tor USA North Atlantic Ports American Perls ond Conarin va Co'ombo BfLLEVILLE CITY OF CHICAGO p Spore P ptm P-on"i 26/2"! Mey
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      Britain is now third oil refiner
      154 12 Britain is now third oil refiner BRITAIN If now the third most important oil rent ry in the world I excluding the U.S.S.R.. for which deta arc not according to figures Just published by the U.K. Petroleum Information Bureau. show that at the end if 1953. refining capacity amounting to
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      BIG STEEL PRODUCTION
      79 12 KKITISH stee] production April, the Iron and Steel Board announced. The average of 368.400 tons I week during the month beat the March average the previous record by 3.600 ton.s despite the efleot in some districts of the Easter holiday. Trn i aiinutl rate of 19.155,000 tons
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      America is now our best rubber customer
      538 12 U.K. DOWN TO SECOND JHK I'nited States of America has for the time befog taken again from Great Britain her traditional- position as the best customer for Malaya's rubber. Although in the past the United States in some months has been Malaya's best
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      Buy Indonesian fish, he says
      83 12 MR. R. M. WiiMAJA. chairman of the Indonesian FxServicemen'g Fishing: Society, who is on a visit to Singapore to promote the sale of Indonesian fish. Mr. WMJaJa, Mho is man i Or of Saptadaya. a Jakarta fishing and shipping company wmts the Society's Meet to
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      More car tyre sales forecast BRITISH COMPANY'S RECORD
      281 12 More car tyre sales forecast BRITISH COMPANY'S RECORD QJALES of tyres for private cars in Malaya will slightly increase this year according to Mr. W. J. C. Cowan. Far Eastern representative of the Indfa Tyre and Rubber Co.. Ltd. The reason for this MM Mr was because the last of
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      MALAY TRADERS STUDY
      55 12 TUSVuSL M a laV ■SSLft*"" mp fr <"» »"< rural TVtel t nV!Ti. e !Sr ir>t in ihe MWMW «nd h,ld at uTuSt Mlth Kraduati niiMnHs Sta m Above Inrhe Mohd. Noor bin Harun an assistant HIl» "rnrer. one of the u.stru, („rs. b, srr n helping
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      U.S. COMPANY GIVES AWAY $30,000
      87 12 U.S. COMPANY GIVES AWAY $30,000 A UNITED BTATEB company is spending .viO.OOO in Singapore in fftvtag away free samples of its soap, soapless deterfients and hair sbampnns. The company is the Proctor and (Jamhle Dis tributintr Co of New York which is arrancini; a Wuse to house distribution of samples
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      Lined with rubber
      78 12 yjUNLuP Rubier Company has iixst completed a contract which imolved the lining with 170 tons of corrosionresistant rubber of The Associated Ethyl Company's new plant in the I.sle of Anglesey. The value of the contra -t si .stated to run well into .six figures. The plant ha
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      Selling beer
      92 12 I and ITi distribution manager of Swan Brewery and Co. Ltd. ol Western Australia who will Introduce draught beer into Malay. m clubs and hotels. At thp moment draught beer is only obtainable in Malaya on board ships Mr. Orej is spmdtni m ek in this country to
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      70 12 pt^,' Wr%.< >*»*%! >*{ »< \*i i^<>%< >>„ .^J)%t OK />^, ,x<»^-« 1%A)0i i MANILA i i It f&im i t i ffliffl i gy Rums of Manila Cathedral Pan American World Airways GENERAL ACENTS MALAYA M ANSF!EID &CO IL D i SINCAPORE KUALA LUMPUR PENANC *<».#« MMWM f%.o/rt ivt/(A(i/i
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      150 12 CRAVEN FOR SMOOTH, CLI Largest-selling cork-tipped ci^in the world. i Imported from I ondon /^jflP ON 14 KT. GOLD POINTS TIPPED WITH COSTLY RUTHENIUM iOLE AGENTS: >/#■ ARCAOC BUILDING. RAFFLES HAQ k «eansS«nlh y I For your protection we recommend \A and install I GENUINE 1 EXHAUST AND TAIL PIPES
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    Sad, Trabert seeded to meet French nis final
    85 13 Sad, Trabert seeded to meet French nis final lii THE 'OUTSIDER' PARIS, Monday. c world rlass entry tench I NX Tennis hampionrc tomorrow the most series. Sixteen players the men's single* i M ,t no -is i.n tin.' seleci li^t. r on Lewis exponent of •r One trails n season
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    PATTY BERTS HOAD IN 3-SET MATCH
    118 13 PATTY BERTS HOAD IN 3SET MATCH rutANr** PAKI S MoM L^K\.\(fc reinforcrd br 1 Budce Patty of Los A.iueles and Enrique Morea of Argentina, defeated (ireat Britain 13 4 In the annual throe-day Unnis match which ended here yesterday Patt>. «|,o ii V( s ln Pari>. defeated Uwh lload of
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    4 FIRST DIVISION TEAMS KEEP STADIUM GOING
    282 13 4 FIRST DIVISION TEAMS KEEP STADIUM GOING THE BUD-SEASON soccer lull continued again last week and SAFA had to call on four non-Muslim teams— Rovers, Singapore Recreation Club, H. M. Dock yard and R.E.M.E.— to keep first division soccer going at the stadium. Only two first division games were played
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    Fridays fight postponed
    19 13 tx>*n pos;- f-d the t hitn completed he City Council la ore the ii tdlum c*n
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    Yugoslavia beat England
    101 13 T^ HADE. Mon I wiv plajrtnf FasUr utd more a^-iessne so. cci scored 11 double over En^la: maintain an unbeaten' record in matches between tho two countries Ii: the full int.la won l-o; and in a B" j In the full International mate! tack b. the Yugoslav
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    Penang F.A. tables
    192 13 ma in the Penang Ind Sp XI ft 3 2 0 l.s 3 8 eftgue are: Ramblers 6 3 2 15 4 8 FIBST DIVISION Mislim R C 6 2 3 1 13 7 l< U It I I «Pu pn Hnsp. 6 2 13 714 5
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    POSITIONS
    586 13 MRST DIVISION P W D L P APIs 5 4 1 0 21 3 9 REME g 5 j 2 20 14 11 Kota Raia 7 4 0 3 16 15 8 P. Branl 6 3 1 2 13 9 7 Ro\fis 5 3 1 i 11 5 7
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    PERAK JUNIOR BADMINTON
    122 13 IPOH. Mon TWO teenagers— lB-year-old Cheah 1 Fook Sen and 16-year-old schoolcirl Miss Tong Yee Cheng-won triple crowns at the Perak junior championship finals last night in the P B.A. Hall. Results of last alght's finals: Men's xlncles: Cheah Kook ?m r 04 I.lm Foh Thye la-9.
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    ROGER MAY TRY FOR 880 MARK THURSDAY
    350 13 LONDON. MOl. DOOER BANNISTER S srarthng 1 world record for the mile ol 3mln. 59 4sec. seems to have set or? a series of world records to be mad? In Britain this season. Tht British athletes apparrntly fee! that, since one plum has
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    Games chief offers help
    115 13 CINGAPORb and Malaya should send big contingents -o the Olympic Games at Melbourne in 1956. said Mi E J Holt in Singapore yesterday. Mr Holt technical director of the 1 Olympics in Australia, arrived in the Colony by Qan as-B O AC. constellaUon from Biitaln. He
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    EURASIANS DROP 4 POINTS IN A WEEK
    434 13 KIAI A LIMIMK, Monday. A FTER last weeks games, leaders in all divisions re- tain their places in the FAS league. Police Depot, leaders in Div. 1. will not be engaged until after the fasting month. They have 12 points from seven games.
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    Cheng Wah now lead
    220 13 IPOH. Monday /"*HENG WAH. potential <hampion.< of the senior divisu)n of the Ipoh football leauue have moved up to first place \u:li ;i comfort.ihle lead of onfl potnl and one RMM m hind over their closest rival.s. the Ram- biers. How lota] they vull lie üble
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    India enter third round
    169 13 VIrJNNA. Moll. "INDIA niiulp mk (essf'il dfbut In the Eur<)p«.in /one of the Da\ls Cup tennis competition when they qualified lo mccl FtUßt c In the third round by taking winning 3 o lead i»ver Awtrta here yeMerdiiy Their doilblw <nmbtn:ition of Nare.-h Kumar .urn Ran
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    VIRGULE WINS FRENCH 1.000
    59 13 PARIS. Mpn— Mr Francois I) nre'R Vlryule yestrrday won thr Fr*Tirh 1.000 OnlneHX ovrr a mile 8t Lotlßchamp from Mr .Iran Coutourles' Tahiti »nd the Aga > Khan's BHRhlrheh. TTie 2.000 (MMM »hs won ta Mr .lf>an l.lcnrl.s Cotf Dor. with Mr E C*ssuto San Gins'
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    Huddersfield held
    16 13 COPENHAGEN Mm Hudder--neld Town were hrld to a urorrl-ss draw by Copenhagen here yesterday.
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    FIELD OF 18 MAY FACE STARTER IN BIG SPRINT
    574 14  -  EPSOM JEEP By IN an attempt to brighten up rating at Malayan "headquarters," the Singapore Turf Cluh has, for the first time since end of the Pacific War, lifted the provision limiting fields to 16 runners, at the current May Meeting.
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    HORSES FOR YOUR NOTEBOOK
    237 14 HORSES FOR YOUR NOTEBOOK CO SORKY (late Black Ranger) a staying four-year-old by Harroway. was tunning on when he came in third to South Pacific in the newcomers' race OH Saturday. W.itth him the first tiim he goes over a 1 trip. ft |)ai>i mkii) carrying topweight of 9.(1 In
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    HK not in Asian soccer body
    60 14 Beat Kmii: \<.,m Haat li^is not yet become member of the f Asian Football Confederation which Miied at Manila during U cent Asian Games and wlin-e headquarters will be located In I Beaf Ihi- wai announced today by Mr Jack Skinner, chairman of the
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    Forest Beau, Josker in smart gallop
    263 14 EtHtUT BEAD and JMter 11. who.-;p preparation us carefully taructtod at the SinsaP«rc Turf Club's $19,000 Oov-<rnoi-.s Cup race on Saturday, were uiven a solid workout at Buk:t Timah yesterday morning. Breaking from tho Tilth furlone, they increased the pace to run tho last
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    Top form REME in sth straight win
    332 14 R.E.M.E 4; lI.M. Dockyard 1 OOYAL Electrical and .Mechanical Engineers kept up their consistent form in the SA FA first division league to score their fifth MWCCWTC victor\ when they defeated H. M. Dockyard 4—l in a lively match at Jalan Besar stadium
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    37 14 MI\Y tfING VFW (left) and ll.irold dr (astro, the two Sinßaporr wrichtliftors whi> won bronze medals at thr Asian (lames at Manila, returned by (PA last nicht after a short stay in Hone Kong. —Straits Times picture.
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    Schools get four events at SB A meet
    121 14 'P ipora Barimintou ci.'.tion o intuxi ice iour new events in this year'l CoUn> nptonshlpa A con. mil tee :hS.B.A. hall last night added 'he Iboya and girls singlet doubles to the championship programme. Iso fixed June 1 for a charity 'match
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    Second title to Hee Chin
    128 14 I Ot HEE CHIN WOO Vie TMCA open singles title when I A. G. B Pr.kir 8-6. 6-3 ir !i al the) Bras Basah Read day. I Chin has already won the mi\e<! FTCB Sewcll and he has won the only two ed s<; far.
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    LEICESTER REACH 160 FOR TWO
    43 14 LEICESTER REACH 160 FOR TWO Mon I el baud, were 88 runs behind Pakistan al lunch on i day of their match here They had thru taken Urn of S3 for 1 to ltiO for 2 ,Hnl!nm 61. Tompkin 74 I n'a 199.
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    SMITH STORKS 3
    51 14 R i sell tar ben Jolliiads Athle--4 0 in SA r A match at Gey la tic Stadium yestenlav Bcorari were Smith 13) and O A.P. gained a walk-over from Junior AA. who failed to turn UP foi their Dtv. 3A league soccer match on the M.F.A.
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    COLLEGE VICTORY
    36 14 JOHORE BAHRU Mon Joho:e English CMkge s XI I y 22 runs at cricket here. College «8 ,AiiK Boon Chin 31. Jayastngam *-'.< Rajaratnam 4-i">> Jayaya s XI 4fi iJajasingam 32 Lcong Ah Phre «-7>
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    SUPERIORITY, CINECOLOR BACK IN TOP FORM
    362 14 SUPERIORITY, CINECOLOR BACK IN TOP FORM Superiority and Clnecolor, two o! last Haeoa outstaadlac sprin■re back In torni altar .mh-ii In the Cameron Highlands tanito■lum. Ckaaoalor, with Faggotter up. strode out m "land style in a testing tiyoiv witli Willy L i Hudson I, at Bukit Timah yesterday morning. Breaking
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    SAFA must clean Chee Seng mys
    231 14 SAFA must clean Chee Seng mys Bj THE m>( WHAT IS TIIK true W Singapore's No I Singapore s soccei at th*. recent Second Ti' i( That is the quthe Fodo'-.r Singaporeans Seng, acknowled Far East, is i Whrn Chee Seng Singapore's flrsl tive match against Army-r \i the ril!
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    SCC race prome
    3 14 SCC race prome >
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