The Straits Times, 29 May 1954

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    13 1 The Straits Times. r.std. 1845 BINGAPOEE, SATI RDAY, MAY 29, 1954 15 CENTS
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    UNKNOWN.
    62 1 I By PATRICK CHEE. aided habits deepened yesterday when a third child Singapore*] Kandanj; Kerhau Hospital. I virtually under the noses of hospital staff II police guards had been posted a( the hospital s| Iwo babies. ■ll FOL'WD H 1 m FLASKS i'FORf SKETCH <.| the ground Mmir hi
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    FRENCH SPEED CALL-UP
    147 1 FRENCH SPEED CALL-UP Move to send more troops to Indo-China PARIS. Fn. YEARLY 200.000 youne 11 Frenchmen will be called to the colours two. three or four months before they are normally due for "military service tc enable other troops to be taken off duties at home or in Africa
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    HARDING FOR U.S. TALKS
    101 1 HARDING FOR U.S. TALKS It's official now LONDON. Fri THE Chief of the Imperial General Staff. Field Marshal Sir John Hardins. will represent Britain at five-power stall talks due to upen in Washington on June 3 a zn Office spokesman said 'day. The spokesman said the would cover the military
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    HER BABY WAS No. 2 VICTIM
    43 1 For new home (TXHAVEN. Germany, y- of 893 Germans and lef| yesterriav hv -ip to .settle in Australia. \D\.\l VI I YO( K BAY. I other ol the second victim the •atrage. She has four her children
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    Deputy P.M. badly hurt
    56 1 SYDNEY. Fri Sir Arthur Fadden. Australian Treasurer and Deputy Prime Minister. was seriously Injured when his car overturned late tonicht. I reports said Sir Arthur. 59. received severe head and face Injuries when hi.s car rolled over three times on a Queensland road He \va.s said
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    Siamese arrest ex-official
    46 1 BANGKOK. Fri.-A former hich Siamese official and 22 Hhers. includinc cisht Vietnamese, were arrested !>'■ police in North western Blam on Wednesday and accused of anti-Eovernment and Communist activities. official sources said here yesterday. The Vietnamese were believed to be refugees from Indo-China.— A.P.
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    Their first meal —in synagogue
    50 1 Their first meal in synagogue TEL. AVIV. Fri The hunger s-rke <>' Ml Romanian Jewi in eAded it Tel Aviv's great Synagogue last nlgi.i. 120 hours started. vhl men loufhl to attract world attention to the plight 01 their brethren In Rumania uid the mMS arrests of Jewish leaders there.
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    Beetle breeder told to quit
    16 1 I/tNPON. Fri A man WM -ffTAff -IK! and lelling them Reuter
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    Two banned
    22 1 RIO OF JANEIRO, Frl-Two [tflUn immigrant .ye,terday »ere banned from riisembarkino in Brazil after police reinformation alleging h mm munists.-A.P.
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    A Red Asia if you send troops, U.S. told
    164 1 NKW YORK. Fri. ASSOCIATE Justice William <> Dotißias of the I niteel States Supreme Court said last night that all A-ia uniilri turn Communist if the sited States sent troops to fight in Inil 1 Inn 1 •It would be .1
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    Peace delegates stumped on truce aims list
    83 1 Peace delegates stumped on truce aims list IN (ih.NKVA .senior officials from the nine nations trying to end the seven-year war failed to complete a list thej^had been a.sked to draw up of armistice principles on which Ea.st and West are now acreed. conference .sources said They decidCri to rr.eet
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    858 came back
    39 1 PARIS Fn. A total of 853 wounded French Union prisoners havi been evacuated from Dien Bien Phu, the IndoChina Ministry said here today. There were 624 EuropeansIt of them officers 150 North Africans and 84 Vietnamese.
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    CLUB NAMES NANCY FOR THE QUEST
    58 1 MISS NANCY KOH, Sitiga-\ port air hostess, who has 1 been nominated lor the Miss\ Malaya Ques! (1.1/ the Singapore Chinese Swimming C!uh. Saucy icon the club's last beaut y <" She U a inches tall. weight 102 pounds «"<; her measurementi are: bus/
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    DEEPENS
    14 1 FOUND DON NY DEAD THEN I KISSED HIM, SOBBING DILLY TELLS SINGAPORE CORONER
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    Charlie gives his prize to charity
    35 1 GENEVA. Fri. Charlie Chaplin who was yesterday awarded the World Peace Prize, is to give the money to charitable institutions in Britain. Austria and Switzerland, his secretary said today.
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    Red leaflets
    41 1 TOKYO. Fri. The National Rural Police spokesman said today that the Communists' were distributing leaflets in ■Sapporo city. Hokkaido. Japan's northern mast island opposing a tour of the island by Emperor Hirohito and Empress Nagako late this summer. Renter
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    TV in Siam
    27 1 BANGKOK. 11l ■tJin'l first television programme will be broadcast On June 26. Nal Jong.sanand. nianaginr director of the Thai Tele\i«ion Company, said yesterday AP.
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    Ex-chief justice's daughter spurned him: shot himself
    377 1 DONALD JOHN KING flew into Singapore from India on April 1. bringing a revolver with him On April 2 be proposed mar riage to Anne aßeckett TVrr<T.. daughter of a tormer acting Chief Justice of Sin gapore She turned him down. The next
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    SIR SYDNEY BAILS OUT STUDENTS
    549 1 Seditious document charges (^IR Sydney Came. Vice-Chancellor of the University of Malaya yesterday bailed out seven university students who .were charged in the First, Criminal District Court. Singapore, with two offences under thr Sedition Ordinance. Arrested yesterday morning I and brought to court in the
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    Pope to speak
    36 1 VATICAN CITY. Fri. The Pope will deliver a speech in St. Peters Square tomorrow evening after he ha.s proclaimed the late Pope Piu.s X a saint. Vatican .sources said toe ay v P
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    Back to Paris
    26 1 LONDON. Fri. The Duke of Windsor returned last ni'-:ht to Paris He has been in London since Monday attending to personal bMtneai matters.
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    Cave-in buries five in tunnel
    68 1 KUALA KANGBAR Fn. lmve Malaya were buried 1 m landslide this morning while collecting guana deep m ;i cave in the Qunong I'ondok limrsioin cliffa about seren miles north of hrro. Six Malay., 'limbed about 1.000 feet >n Ounong Pondok and wont into a deep
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    STOP PRESS
    113 1 I 1.1 M II 111 I VI RED SI ITI 1 UNI mp Gen. Item i north linln (Inn i mtlir Iml.iv ,(I. nkrd ■.lid miiill) «rM ill s'ipph Inu-v i«f >H i minh i> Ml i* 1 1 1 Krllfri There was a land after 0 .i
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    Polite Molotov
    27 1 BKRNE. F Foreign Minister, Mr Molotov. rtesy call on the BwUa Federal Oorernmpnt, He came heic Irnm i whe^e he has been attending nference. Renter
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    CONSOLATION FOR 200,000
    63 1 TOKYO Fri. Thirty-three statues of the Buddhist Goddess of Mercy will be taken to Burma and buried there to console the souls of 200.000 Japanese soldiers who died in the Imphal fightine in World War 11. made or hnlr donated by more khan women In Japan, will
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    EVERYONE KNEW THE BIG PARIS 'SECRETS'
    215 2 EVERYONE KNEW THE BIG PARIS 'SECRETS' PARIS. Fri. AN angry and embarrassed Cabinet met today to find that gecrei measure* it was considering to save IndoChina were alreadj published to the world. Early today police sei7rri an trillion ot the influential isxpresa which printed many of the urgent recommendations made
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    Yes to trip
    28 2 LONDON. Fri Earl Alexander of Tunis. Minister of ■nee has accepted an official invitation to visit the Netherlands on June 11 and 12. A P
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    CHAIR FALLS 5 STOREYS ON PLAYWRIGHT'S HEAD
    93 2 M.U YORK. Fri— An old chair pushed off a flat roof fell five floors yestcrdav and struck Alan Connelly an American Pulitzer Prize winning pUywright He suffered head injuries, possihlv serious. He was strolling along the street when the armchair hurtled down Irom
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    Russia issues sports stamps
    43 2 LONDON Fri. Bosjfa is Issuing a new series of stamps devoted to sport, Vast, the Soviet news agency, said today. They show racing cyclists. women hurdlers, the mass start df r< cross country race, jracht racing and .-wimming. -Reuter.
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    'Freakish' 94 in U.S. carrier
    312 2 'Freakish' 94 in U.S. carrier A^ VAL CHIEF FLIES TO DISASTER VESSEL AND FINDS QI'ONSKT POINT, Rhode Island, Friday. ADMIRAL Robert B. Carney, Chief of I.S. Naval Operations, said last nijrht he found "freakish and unique" effects from the explosions and fire that killed 94 men of the carrier Benninfjton
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    Texas tin smelter to carry on
    138 2 Texas tin smelter to carry on WASHINGTON. Fri. THE SENATE Armed Services Committee today unanimously approved a resolution to extend operation of the govern-ment-owned tin smelter at Texas City. Texa.s. beyond June 30. The resolution, introduced by Senator Lyndon Johnson of the Democratic leader ;n the senate. wa> an expression
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    explosion killed
    70 2 GIRL BARRISTER IS MARRIED London wedding for Malayans MKn Noeiinp (or.i Khun. kUffMct daughter ot Or. and Mn Khon Tiang Phean of Penaiiß. aftrr her wedding at Kensington register office, l.nnilon, to .Mr. Vincent Tatt Knont Yoong. son of Mr Ynong Soon Kiew and the lair Mrs. Yonng
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    Reds to abolish character-writing
    136 2 TOKYO. Fn. DEKING radio said today that the Chinese Communists have begun work on languace reform which eventually will I throw out entirely the Chinese characters in favour of an alphabet. A broadcast heard here nuoteri an article by Wei Chueh. described as vicechairman of the
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    25 Mail Mau out
    16 2 NAIROBI. Fn forces battling the M vr.-terdav killed 2S I engagements.— A.P
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    Last speed
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    U.S. HAD IT ALL WRONG
    180 2 U.S. HAD IT ALL WRONG Case of Prof. Dime WASHINGTON, Fri. rVHE U.S. State Department. A reversing ir. formation given out on Wednesday, said yesterday it did not know what action had been taken on an application by Professor Paul Adrien birae to come to the United States. Prof. Dirac,
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    Helicopter ferry service planned
    47 2 LONDON. Fri A private i British airline. Silver City Airways, has applied to the Air Transport Advisory Council tor [permission to operate helicopters over its cross channel vehicle ferry routes This is the first application by any British atrlim operate international helicopnrlces —Reuter
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    257 2 i^yueuon plan f or V|R. OLIVER I.VT U iN sal u h r ro lastmcht policy had always l, rf (•mintries a hasti.,,. IWiIN t!^.' Behind the* forward a policy of so grass," he arir "We have sought mori to restore freedom Wr .srrk to create w within thr
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    world situation demands courage — Sir Winston
    273 3 world situation demands courage Sir Winston .*****--r( j victim H I DBITADra Prime Mi^c V^- Churchill, said yesterday "he SUrttSd Party, he said: "As the v™" sn h v ?h Conservatlve government— l suppose In every ms ho t l of Certain!, in our o P wV B rW ve
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    A DRINK FOR GENEVIEVE
    51 3 Till AM. I I ot IMen Bien I'uu (.en.vitvc «le t ..iil.ml Terranbe is seen in Hanoi after her repatriation trom the fallen French fortress in Inrio- China. The 2!t-year-old nurs,at lirst refused to leave the fortress until all the wounded hid been flown out. A.P.
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    OFFER OF BASES REJECTED
    74 3 OFFER OF BASES REJECTED MELBOURNE Fri K'HARD CASEY, the Australian Minister of Affairs, said la.st night trails could not ac- .tiered by the selfKepublic of South guise the sovereign Indonesian Oovern- thai area." hi ..tii Moluccas seceded Indonesian Republic i hare been tl^hting >;ist Indoneops since Del Minister. Dr. Mantuama.
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    Ban on cotton 'bad blunder'
    48 3 LONDON Fri. Mr. William Chief Minister of t who la having trade last night said that id vi Iced his governin on the import- British cotton goods m ribed the ban. deI to protect the JamaiKtUe mill Ari Guanobo m it serious blunder.
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    Gift for Queen —a sturgeon
    52 3 Gift for Queen a sturgeon LONDON. Fri. The Queen has accepted the oiler of a 23-. pound sturgeon caught by a j Campbeltown fisherman. The I on Ls a rare fish in Bri- I tain, and when one is caught it is traditionally offered a.s ;i gift to the reigning
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    Border shots in the mountains
    42 3 JERUSALEM. Fri.- An Israeli military spokesman s*id yesterday there was an exchange of fire between an Israeli patrol and a group of infiltrators from Jordan in the Judean mountains. The spokesman gave no further details. A. P.
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    Airlift ending
    17 3 OTTAWA, m. The Royal Canadian Air Force will end its airlif to Kor°a tomorrow. Reuter.
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    AMERICA CALLS FOR KOREAN ELECTIONS
    188 3 'Act of faith in United Nation*' GENEVA. Frida GENERAL Walter Bedell Smith, head of the United States delegation, today called on the 19-nation Korean conference to accept the South Korean plan for Korean reunification through national elections under United Nations supervision. General Bedell Smitn declared
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    Russians can buy British ships—if....
    126 3 Russians can buy British ships if.... LONDON. Friday. M.P.S were told yesterday that British shipbuilders were free to sell ships to Russia so long as they were not in the strategic category. I The Minister of State, Mr I Detlck Heathcoat-Amory, outlined the government's policy after questions by Labour and
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    NIGHT CHASE FOR RUNAWAY ENGINE
    94 3 LONDON. Kri. A rail- iv station master and a porter rhased a runavMiv rnfiine for three miles last The eneine thundered through Wnrkimhara station near Readme and vanished down the tract into the night. The station master and the porter jumped into .1 car and
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    The new look
    30 3 CHICAGO. Fri. The "Look of America" has been added to the "Voice of America." It is providing feature films to 23 telvi.sion stations in 17 countries.- Renter.
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    the govt. says it: McCarthy is wrong
    102 3 WASHINGTON. Fri. rE Eisenhower Admintstra- j tion today directly disput- I ed Thursdays declaration by Senator Joseph McCarthy that h th" duty «-r Federal work- l .xM-ut.ve branch of the Government me sole ana essential" responsibility for enforcement of laws and presidential orders
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    LONDON STOCKS
    237 3 LONDON, FYI. I Closing middle prices of selected sloe**, not Inducing stamp duty. a tre LOANI Consols 66 Kundinc r 102'» War 3 y, 86 BANK^ Mercantile (£l2^l 28 Enslern i£s^ 8\ Chartered (tl) 42,6 I Hongkong ($125.) 92 -1 INSURANCE Com Un (utsj 3'i Royal 13-, >,
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    LONDON TIN
    27 3 LONDON Maj 1% (ash Buyers Sellers v:729; Forward Buyers C 729; SellForward Buyers t726; Seller <c;i~,\ Settlement \:~.Vh Turnover a.m. 170 tons; p.m 15 tons.
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    LONDON RUBBER
    40 3 lONDON. May 28.— Spot 1R \4 July 18\d.. Aug. 19d.. Sept 19d. Ort -Dec 19',d. Jan -Mai 19 -d Apr-Juno 19' d June rI f II -d.. JuJy cif. 18 11 I(W.. Aug c.l f. lS^.d. Tone: Steady.
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    Racing week for the Queen
    50 3 LONDON. Fri. The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh will attend both the Derby and the Oaks at Epsom race meeting next week. The Queen s oolt. Landau, is running in the Derby on Wednesday and her nllv. Angel Bright, in the Oaks on Friday
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    Stallion goes over to Reds
    48 3 LONDON. Fri. The first sale of a British thoroughbred stallion to Russia for nearly 50 years was announced today. The stallion, nine-year-old Riding Mill. i.-> to be exported to Russia by an Anglo-Irish agency which purchased the horse from Sir Percy Loraine —Renter.
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    TRAINING BREAK FOR THE GURKHAS
    163 4 TRAINING BREAK FOR THE GURKHAS KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. T*HE crack bandit-hunt--1 ing 1/2 Gurkha Rifles, who have been on operations in Malaya for J almost six years, will rel turn to Singapore tomorrow for re-training. This unit has killed 218 terrorists since the Emergency began. They scored their biggest success
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    Malacca road after Templer
    44 4 MALACCA. Fri.— General Sir Gerald Templer. the departing High Commlsisoner is to be remembered in Malacca with a > road named after him. The road chosen is now I known as Lorong Panjang. on the main trunk road, within the Municipality.
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    Union meeting
    29 4 KLANG, Fri. The Harbour Trade Union, Port Swettenham, will hold its annual meeting at the Daral Ahkiar Club at Sungei Aur Road at 10 am. on Sunday.
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    COUNCIL FINDS LAWYER
    69 4 The Singapore City Council has found the prosecuting solicitor it has been 'ookins for. The establishments commit- tee has recommended the appointment of Mr. F. B. de Souza to the post on a three year agreement If the Council confirms this on Monday. Mr de Souza will
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    Taxi driver knelt to gunman – THEN WAS TIED UP
    206 4 Taxi driver knelt to gunman THEN WAS TIED UP SOLDIERS GAOLED FOR ROBBERY SEREMBAN, Friday. TWO of three British soldiers charged with armed robbery today apologised to the taxi driver involved. E. Perkins, aged 19, and R. J. Brown, aged 26, were sentenced to 18 months' and nine months' imprison-
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    THE CASE OF MR. YEO JIN GUAT
    159 4 IN Thursday's Issue of the Straits Times, under the I heading "Ex-Millionaire for! Trial." it was stated that Mr. i Justice Whitton granted a mo- j tion made under the Bank- ruptcy Ordinance by the Offl- cial Assignee. Mr. W. G. Alcock. I
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    38 teachers pass exam
    36 4 PENANG. Fri— Thirty-eight teachers of English in vernanacular schools out of 52 who sat for the final examination last April, have pased. Nine others scored conditional passes Forty-six passed their first year.
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    Prison for bribe bid
    75 4 TEMERLOH. Fri.— Gan Kirn Cheng. 42, a Mentakab shop i.-.-istant was sentenced in the West Pahang Sessions Court here yesterday to six months gaol on a corruption charge. It was stated that Gan. on Dec. 18 offered $100 to Detective Corporal Chong Yok Lin so that
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    Smugglers trapped by a torn dollar
    253 4 Smugglers trapped by a torn dollar PENANG. Fri. A MALAYAN DOLLAR note torn in half led to the arrest here of six smugglers, who were fined a total of over four million dollars. This battle of wits between customs officers and a gang of contraband operators two years ago was
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    Kampong people want polls
    47 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. The Selangor Government is considering an appeal by people of Kampong Bahru Kuala Lumpur, for elections there Inche Othman bin Mohamed, the Mentri Besar, Selangor. said here today. "We hope that the necessarymachinery will be set up soon." he added.
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    PHONE LINK TO U.S. OPENS ON TUESDAY
    116 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. WALAYAS first telephone link with the United iTI States will open on Tuesday. Five Singapore people have booked calls. A call will cost $39 for the first three minutes and $13 for each additional minute The new service will be
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    Ex-Servicemen pick officials
    53 4 TAIPING. Fn The official* of the Taiping branch of the Ex-Services Association of Malaya are: Chairman, Major G S Sutherland; vice-chairman. Mr. Wong Kum Swee; secretary and treasurer, Mr. Lecw Ah Ping; committee. Col C F H Riches. Mr D. Soward. Mr P A Clauss. Inche Wahiduddin
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      536 4 Today's Radio SINGAPORE A.M. 7.15 Time Signal and Opening Announcements. 7.16 Morning Star: 7 30 News; 7.35 Melody Mixture; 8 00 Time for Music: 8.30-^9.00 Hospitals Half Hour; P.M. 1.00 Programme Summary: 101 Light Musk 130 Time Signal anc". News; 1 5!) Interlude; 200 Racing Commentaries. 500 Time Signal followed
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    A GLUT OF JUMBO POISONED THIS RED
    231 5 A GLUT OF JUMBO POISONED THIS RED P L^ h U T R e. F s ri v Krishnamoorthi. an Indian terrorist leader in the Fed,. i; lt i(, n was announced today af?er d a f b OOd P^ s °m»* alter eating too much ele ?nm n mt
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    His plea is changed
    51 5 Suppiah withdrew hLs plea of guilty in Singapore yesterday and claimed trial to a charge of insulting the modesty of a girl of eight by .shov.ine her an obscene photograph on May 20. Lao canned trial to a charge of .stealing a purse. The case was
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    STUDENTS HEAR JOYCE'S ARIAS
    51 5 HIM I THOMPSON -inns group ol Italian aria* at last night's concert for students at the Victoria Memorial Hall. Singapore The concert of Italian choral and orchestral music was riven by the Singapore Chamber Ensemble. The public performance will !>•• on Monday at 8.45 p.m.— Straits
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    UP CAME THE LATE CALL-UP BOYS —25 EVERY DAY
    109 5 UP CAME THE LATE CALL-UP BOYS 25 EVERY DAY HUNDRED and twentyseven SiniMP<ue youths •in average ol M ;> **1 put their names down lor National Nervier in >he first hve lUjl reftistration dosed. Recistratton "t those m the 1X i«i an. l 20 aue-sroup closed last Saturday. But the
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    Half-holiday for G.P.O.
    73 5 The General Poet Office, sinwill be opened to the public from 9 a.m. to noon on Wednesday, Hari Raya Puasa. Post offices at Hong Bahru. Townei Road. JooChlat Road. Dempaey Road. Kandans Kerbau and Maxwell Road will b»' dosed but other post ofneei and postal agencies will
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    Murder appeal: Judgment held
    44 5 Judgment was referred yesterday in the appeal of Mohammed Noor bin Hassan and Aodul Wahab bin Jono at the Singapore Court of Criminal Appeal who were sentenced to death for the murder ol a banana hawker, Tan Sam Hen K
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    Sinaapore's future depends on youth —says a youth leader
    192 5 Sinaapore's future depends on youth —says a youth leader THE future <'f Singapore Hern ndj on Ita jrauth who Me keenlj aware of tl Urn chairman ol th< I'.mpin Youth su.uiay Bib committee, Singapore V tea broadcast over Radio Ma laya last nl Ball population island was below 21, h«
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    THEY ALL CAME TO SEE THE 'OILY MAN'
    213 5 4 N imruh crowd ol inure than 2.01)0 people n.i\<Singapore police a headache I night when they converged on St. Anthony's Convent Girls' School for the third nieht to look for the oil\ man" reported on the school roof. The crowd held
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    Malaya 'is melting pot of intrigue'
    112 5 PENANU. Fri I>ENANG Government Administrative and Clerical Bervicea Union will consider at Ita annual meeting on June IV a resolution stressing that the end of the Emergency i.< still a way off. It >;i\> thai Malaya would remain a melting pot ol poll- tii'ul
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    Reds stop lorry
    29 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri Six terrorists stopped an estate lorry In the Plentoncr area of Johore yesterday and tfter irtng the tappers allowed them to ro on.
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    RISE WILL COST BOSSES $220,000
    185 5 Rubber pay likely to go up KUALA LUMPUR. Friday AIR. K. G. D. HOUGHTON. secretary of the Malayan Planting Industries Employers' Association predicted today that plantation owners will have to pay 6220.000 more in wages for the quarter starting on July 1. This is the
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    St John order for three
    47 5 IPOH Fri. Three jrncers jt the St. John Ambulance Brigade. Perak centre, have oeen appointed to the serving Brotherhood of the Order of St John by the Queen. They are Mr. Llm Bor Slew Mr. Charles Clan and Mr N« Khoon Hor>g
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    Searchlight crew fired on
    37 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— An unknown number of terrorists fired on a searchlight crew operating outside Rengam town iust after midnight last nieht The area was searched but no trace of them was found
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    DEATH.
    20 6 20 Word* %1» (minimum) MURPHY GEORGE T. iLa'e rnileversi suddenly in London on Tuwda >■■ 185* Beloved Husband of Karen.
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    87 6 211 H'nrrf* (minimum i MR. <fc MRS J. P DE SOUZA thank all friends and relatives for their good wishes and present on ths occasion of their sliver wedding .innhersary. I HE FAMILY of the late Francis Cheah thank* all relatives, friends and others who sent wreaths or ars
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    IN MEMORIAM
    27 6 20 Word. $10 (minimum) IN CHERISHED MEMORY of Arthur Fredericks, killed In the Gemas Railway accident Always loved and remembered by Eve, Donald and Marion.
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    25 6 2n W,,rH< fi.il) (minimum) CHRIBTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY I Orange Grove Roaa. i off Orchard Roar: i BUS School 10.30 Meetings ipt and I
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    281 6 20 Worii $10 I minimum) HANDS. Sale starts on Monday. 31st May. Dresses and Gowns Prices Slashed. 82-1, Bras Road. FOLLOW PEDANT Every day in the Malay Mail' if you want to win ;hat $5,000 word pu/0e HILDAS" 143 Middle Road. having grsnd opening sale, heavy reductions. Phone 6401
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    Singapore. Sat. May 29. 1954 The Opium Addict
    677 6 Singapore. Sat. May 29. 1954 The Opium Addict It is an astonishing thing that Singapore and the Federation should ever have believc-d it possible to eliminate the curse of opium without providing for the treatment of addicts. The Colony has now voted half a million dollars for a curative centre,
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    The Effective Majority
    330 6 The Effective Majority In Tengku Abdul Rahman's last letter to the Secretary of State is an admission although it is not so written which should help Alliance leaders to I take the right course UMNO's 'President refers to Mr. Lyttelton's assurance that in the event of the future Government being
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    Mountains of Rice
    249 6 By their very nature the proceedings of the Consultative Committee on Rice, an international body which meets periodically in Singapore, do not lend themselves to informj ative communiaues. The meeting just ended was no exception. The Committee did report, however, that "the mounting surplus of rice in
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    UNKNOWN.
    684 6 Malaysian IV o l e hook AMONG the loveab'e toconsistencies of Ma- laya, the public transport system is surely not the least. It happened recently that I wanted to go from Singapore to Seremban by bus. Now, you can f;o from Singapore to Malacca by bus You can go
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    As I was Saying.
    1031 6 THE Gold Coast. whose progress towards democratic and responsible self-govern-ment is being watched in Malaya with envy. Is to enlist the aid of the chemists for Its coming elections. It is suspected, apparently nut without reason, that in put election* there has been a bit of
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    SECRET PANEL SAVED HIS SAVINGS IN ROBBERY
    132 7 SECRET PANEL SAVED HIS SAVINGS IN ROBBERY i SECRET PANEL in a wooden chest s.ived its owner from loMn;: hi> life savings in ■i ti armed robbery at a Silal Ko.id coffee-shop in xnu.ipore yesterday. Mr Tan Kiari Jin, part-owner of the coffeenlh>P u;is awakened by three masked intruders. One
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    Farewell to children
    62 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri I ADY TEMPLER said fare1^ well to 28 children in the lie wara of the Genetal here today Blah, aged 14. pre■rnted Lady Templer with in embroidered handkerchief. Templer, impressed by the handiwork, gave Joo Siah Lady Templer visited the r B ward and
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    AN LEADER TOURS U.S.
    44 7 I Municipal Services > U cue^t at a political m conference sponsored CIO United Rubber v- local unions. He has been collecting union tare during his tour of nited States and hopes to to Malaya when he :-.s on July 7.
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    Rail dispute tribunal is set for next month
    289 7 UNION MEN WANT A PUBLIC HEARING KUALA LUMPUR FriHav UK tribunal hearing to settle the dispute between the Malayan Railway Administration and Tr C ,-°P oratlr| K l ™<>n has been fixed for nc lb_l, days after the affreed nxed for The
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    GENERAL HOSPITAL MATRON MARRIES IN SINGAPORE Nurses form guard of honour
    57 7 GENERAL HOSPITAL MATRON MARRIES IN SINGAPORE Nurses form guard of honour The Principal Matron of the (•■■ik'iml Hospital. Miss U. Km ton I. married Major William E. Warr at the Presbyterian Church in Orchard Road, Sinsapore. yesterday. Picture shows the bride and bridegroom walking past a suard-of-houoii- of nurses as
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    2 policemen insulted me —contractor
    156 7 2 policemen insulted me contractor SEREMBAN, Fri. HSADAR MOHAMED, a contractor, today told Mr. E. Corbally. the President of the Seremban Sessions Court, that two policemen insulted him when he asked them to help push a lorry to the side of the road. The contractor, charged with offering $9 bribe
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    $300,000 clean-up
    47 7 It would cost the Singapore j. ritv council $300,000 a year to clean the 90 miles of private streets in the city area. This is the ollicial reply to question* by Mrs. Robert Eli o;i private streets and drains, „nr the cost if Council cleaned
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    FIREMEN'S PLAN IS APPROVED
    137 7 FIREMEN'S PLAN IS APPROVED WHILE the Singapore City Council is considering a scheme for compensating the dependants of firemen killed in fires, the staff sub-commlt--1 tee has recommended appro- val of the men's proposal to Insure their lives. The Singapore Fire Brigade Employees Union wants the j Council to pay
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    ARRIVING FOR THEIR CASE
    156 7 From Page One nu thers in the wards were three who lost their babies alter birth. Mr Peter Claque, the Police Secretary, said: •Police believe that in view of the heavy etiard outside the building, the incidents must have been perpetrated by someone inside." Practically all
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    Dope appeal dismissed
    65 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. —The appeal c t Lee Lai Soh and Lian Chip Seng who had oeen sentenced to 12 months uaol md rtned $13,000 for having raw opium In Klang last year wa> dismissed today in the Selan gor criminal Court of Appeal Lee and Llan
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    Mother gets $2,500 for death of son
    169 7 SINGAPORE mother, X Madam Aw Yeong Yeow rhee was awarded $2,500 yesfrrday for the loss of her son. James Tan. 10. who was killed by a lorry in Jalan Besar U Mr M Ve C o h Mok Choon. owner nf trio lorry
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    Court wrangle on police case costs
    239 7 JUDGMENT /A TWO WEEKS KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. THE Selangor Criminal Court of Appeal today heard an argument on whether it was practical for a court in this country to make an order for costs in a I criminal case. Mr. E Brown. Deputy Public
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    Motor mechanic is fined $150
    58 7 Loh Wrnu Chrong. 25, a motor mechanic, was nnrd $50 or two works Kiiol in Singapore yesterday f < >r driving a car without .1 licence In Buffalo Roarl near Kampong Java Road last August 5. He was ftned another $1(K. or a month's gaol
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    Evening school
    27 7 The Catholic Youne Men s Ltton uS'pore branch' will resume its evening school In the Stamford Girl?" School I at 6.15 pra. on May 31.
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    Public meeting
    35 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri— The Selangor Rent Payers Association will hold a public meeting in the Kuala Lumpur Town Hall at 5 p.m. on June 17 to form a pan-Malayan organisation for rent payers.
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    3 MORE REDS KILLED
    112 7 3 MORE REDS KILLED KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. AN East Yorkshire RpKiment, patrol lying in ambush in thr Rrngam district of Johorc yestrrday saw thrco trrrorists walking towards them. The first terrorist ran:---v ithin a yard of the patrol leader. As he paused the ambush -orr.mander leaped on the Urrorist in
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    New road named
    27 7 JOHORE BAHRU Fri. A road connectinE Jalan Straits View with Jalan Mohd. Amm has been named Jalan Captain Abdullah aftrr Johorc's fir.st harbour master.
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    DEATHS
    83 7 i n ian can. 20. daughter o( Mi ■no Mr (,.tn Boon Gnai General Hospital Singapore. la.M night. FY.neral today. rortPRe leaves No. 10 Idns Ro;iri .i p nv for Bidad:ir: Cemetery. AERIA: Dr. Joseph Reginald Arr:a. at 11.15 p.m. May 28 at 0600*1 Hosmtal. SinnaiAire. after shoi <
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      193 7 Reliability. v.^^ a Jk O your roughest, Q Ijj toughest t yQ> r f i \s^ rtcrftnn r :r Oljmpi.- C.ommillrr frrttntrd O'.r^a mlh thr Otjmpte Cr"'--1 hat's the kind of service the British Government wanted. They wanted a watch that could stand the steaming heat ol tropical lunplcs... the
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    Wanted: New land to check that slide
    428 8 THE DIP IN MALAYA'S TIN OUTPUT pROSPECTIN(! and the development of new mining grounds to replace worked-out areas was an urgent problem facing the Malayan tin industry, Mr. J. T. Chappel, president of the F.M.S. Chamber of Mines, said in Ipoh yesterday. Mr.
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    Incurables to get a home at last
    167 8 Incurables to get a home at last A COMMITTEE formed two years ago to set up a home for incurable tubercular patients in Singapore has at last lound a site in Yeo Chu Kan? Road. The Secretary for Chinese Affairs, Mr. R. N. Broome, who heads the committee, told the
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    Film men pick officials
    58 8 Mr. Lim Chonc Pan? ol the South-East Asia Film Company was re-elected for the fourth successive term as president of the Indian Motion Picture Distributors" Association of Singa- > pore and Malaya. Other officers: Vice-Presi-dent Mr M M. Maalai. secretary and treasurer Mr. R.M.H PateJ: council
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    Car abandoned on road
    54 8 IPOH. Fri. A Ford Consul car bearing a Singapore registration number plate SF 5277 was found abandoned at the i 4 1 mile Gooenc Road. It is believed that the car had been lying by the roadside for about five days. The rar is now at
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    Lorry carried too many
    41 8 A lorry driver. Chua Chu Ben?, was fined $50 in Singapore yesterday for carrying 36 passengers in his vehicle at 1 7 3 milestone West Coast Road on April 24. His lorry should only carry 23 passengers.
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    EDUCATION IN STORE TO HAVE THREE AIMS
    180 8 EDUCATION IN STORE TO HAVE THREE AIMS rpm; GENERAL secondary X school system in Singapore will soon provide three different kinds of education, the Director of Education, Mr. D. McLellan, told the Straits Times yesterday. They are: An academic type of education leading to school certificate stage, more general education
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    TEXTBOOK CHECK A MUST HERE
    187 8 Watch for Red propaganda rptAi HUUMb usea 11 Singapore s uninese .scaoois I are scrutinised for anti-Western and Communist [propaganda, senior officials of the Education Depart--1 ment said yesterday. They were commenting on a statement In Washington, by Mr. M. Saravanamuttu. Ceylon's Commissioner in Malaya,
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    F.M.S. Mines officials
    91 8 IPOH FrL The officials of the F.MS. Chamber of Mines arePERAK: Mr J T. Chappel (president) Messrs M. P. Aubert. A. R. Bruce F. C. Calvert. K J. Cumming. Foo Yin Fong. W. If. Macleod A.C.G. Plenne. Woo Ka Urn One vacancy Is to be filled later
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    Bus man fined
    31 8 A bus driver, Goh Hock Lee. was fined $50 in Singapore yesterday for negligent driving and collidine with a car at 52 milestone. Thomson Road on April 16.
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    FISHING BOAT SUNK BY SHIP: CREW SAFE
    105 8 FOUR MALAY seamen whose fishing boat collided with the 4.148 ton freighter Gujarat last Tuesday 30 miles south of Penang are in Singapore today waiting to go back to Sungei Nibong The four. Panjl bin Bodoh Endek bin Haji and Abot bin Manaf
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    Ran lottery
    30 8 Urn Ah Tee. 44. of Birch Road, was fined $1,000 or six months gaol in Singapore yesterday for helping to run chap-ji-ki at Race Course Road on Thursday.
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    RECEPTION FOR ATHLETES
    55 8 The Singapore Cil." Council will give a civic reception on June 11 to honour the Colony's team which did so well at the Asian Games in Manila. A Council committee voted that $1,000 be spent on a cocktail party at City Hall, to which representatives of local
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    ONLY 11 IN EVERY 100 CAN READ IN BORNEO
    167 8 ONLY 117 people in every thousand in North Borneo can read and write, says the report of the Colony's Education Department. The report adds, however, that the people arc awakening to the benefits of education and that literacy is steadily increasing.
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    $25 fine on motorist
    58 8 John R. Freeman, of Cecil Street, was fin^d $25 in Singapore yesteriay lor Inconsiderate driving on Mar. 29. From a stationary position In Stamford Road. Freeman drove across the road, cutting the path of a passing motor cyclist and causing him to apply brakes and swerve
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    White line: $15
    29 8 For parkine beside a white line in Serangoon Road on Mar. 13 K. D. Home, of GHQ Signal Reeiment. FARELF. w«j fined $15 in Singapore yesterday.
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      319 8 f. 26. Broad speech and acres (9). The Straits Times Crossword iiimuiiji.i Staring .rowds on the Turf. I|2 3 I 4 hi |6 |||||||i| How bafflln X ll>. s?^v SSSRR T^J ysaa f^^ L^» klvl« Is Brown near 10 stars (5v Hi 1^ 3 Keepers r woods and forests 10
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    'Governor is offering $100 each for your heads'
    1984 9 'Governor is offering $100 each for your heads' RICKSHAW^ MEN WERE TOLD: Ik I r Tot VlS ed the for the -econd time. They Sue ihe Xc d° TJ"" here had bee liWe f h-PPe-i^ I ue. the Archdeacon had set a precedent by walking into church in a su,t
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      182 9 Sit itlihSi Holiiu's I h'liu'iitiirif HHH^ I I hOl*E&, mOvv > BlE^E\tak\, *w V W>SSk/^^~^y' Only the wipe op NEi:. I ll^>-^ i gunshot II &D you <uo*> J peak watson... fl K.JR ~~~~?JZj g^s&on thh gold king U— ;^H H^^L^bW *^ou\D > I *AC, I thi& PEAP WOULD WEAK
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    128 10 Shares are T»HE announci m< l| U (II 1 brinK the ftrsl into force next wee] Dicul to $364.25 Althoueh tho pi pile poll, the additional pure domrstir metnl.s will bo un atoly thr programn pertrd later I metals including' titi The news, which tually increased pun I yan
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    123 10 The Malayan Share Bi social ion reported: were easier and tin the local share mi 1 dull conditions s* lll pn j was a further s.'.nri--1 volume of bu^: The members v! 'reported the follow :i, wrttTOay: -Con. Tin Smrl'er 255., 2is 10 ords $1 95. tl J2.97
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    71 10 Singapore CMdmc Prodnec I rhange: noon prires pel b\ivers. 532 seili $3i sellers. COOODUI sellers Pepper: verj ness reported, no bww black 1179. lr«iv and Pral etadni Coconut oil q Lewis and I'eat copi.i i> II am ',si buyen I tone quiet: noon 131 sellers; tone buyer? $31
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    33 10 BANGKOK. Thui matic ml ■tnM 'ed t<i import lnc count lie* Siamese ported today Instrm •iini: been inntameri In mier Phibun Soni:k' I ter. The source this veai totalled only ;i
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      994 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS I JUNIOR LABORATORY ASSISTANT Applications are Invited for appointment as Junior Laboratory int In the Science Department i of Clifford School. Kuala Llpls on I the following monthly salary j scale: $6nxfi 72 First Efficiency Bar snx 138 Second Efficiency Bar 150x6- 216. In addition, cost of living
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      392 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS I UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA Applications are Invited for appointment to a Lectureship or Senior Lectureship in Midwifery and Gynaecology, depending on the i j qualifications and experience of the successful candidate. Further partl--1 culars may be obtained from the Registrar. University of Malaya. Singapore 10, with whom applications
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      154 10 NOTICES NOTICE Concerned please note that Mr. A. H. Natck is no longer employed by ua and has no authority to transact any business on our behalf. EXPRESS TRANSPORT CO.. Singapore. NOTICE Loo Chung Chee, formerly ln our employ as a salesman, is no longer authorised to transact any business
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      850 10 NOTICES Re: LOH HOOD BENG, Deceased 1 All ptT.sons having any claims 1 I against ihe estate of the above- > named deceased, late of No. 2. Si Barnabas Road. Singapore, who died on the 18th day of April. 1954. an required to send particulars or their claims in writing
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      67 10 SINGAPORE RED _j^ N j> HEAP ENG MOHJLS O^ SOON BEE STEAMSHJ^j.^ r.\ 35, Tcluk \v< Passenger 6c Fre«W MV <.IVN<. MNG V -i N»P« J| M> mES B*l S'norr .iit M.l n.M HDJAN* 1.. S p«ir apt" MV ,UH lAIU Sporr MV M I \M>M)\<. 'l' sporf il'i I.RIR-
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      1140 11 McALISTER tfc CO., LTD. TEL: Ne. ***** ELLBRMAN BUCKNALL muruMj mii InTT aniu LOS ANGCLES, SAN FRANCISCO, LONDON, HAVRE. ROTTERDAM PORTLAND SEATTLE, A VANCOUVER HAMBURG A HULL Accepting corgo for Central A South ana try USA. North Atlannc Par's I American Ports and Canada v:o Colombo bilivilli CITY OF CHICAGO
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    Eastern music on Radio Malaya
    52 12 WHY must Radio Malaya play Eastern music during Enslish programme Surely one need not ?o to an extent to provide variety. Eastern music has its own charm, and to thi> end. radio programmes are allotted for all the main lancua^es. Why thrn thi~ mixture 0
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    SATURDAY FORUM.
    267 12 SATURDAY FORUM. 'BANG THE TABLE A BIT LOUDER' f\NE would have expected the Malay Settlement l/ management board to show a more "intolerant" attitude towards the Rural Board or at least to fret at the- long delay their recommendations to improve the settlement have met with. But apparently, the elder
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    Malaya's debt to Templer
    199 12 Malaya's debt to Templer IF Dr. Victor Purcell is entitled to state his view of Sir Gerald Tcmpler, perhaps I may be allowed to state mine. I believe that the only British who will live in Malayan, annals will do so by reason of the force of their character and
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    Citizen's right to hit at Govt.
    141 12 Citizen's right to hit at Govt. I AGREE with "Resident Jalan Bonos" that the Malay settlement la the best. Geylanc Serai. Kampong Amber, and Kebun Übi. all of them predominantly Malay areas, are slums. But this does not mean that' residents of the Malay settlement should grovel at "the feet
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    Role of Church, State and the parent in child's education
    450 12 PERMIT me. as a parent, to reply to your editorials and letters from readers bemoaning the evident lack of understanding on the pnrt of parents of the primary purpose of education. The family, a unit of society, is not a
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    Drains get dirtier
    94 12 fIAVE you tver had to clean drains? Looks like the residents of the roads leading off from St. George's Road will have to do so If something is not done about the lilthy drains. \Y< were to.d that because (tins! of the houses are privately owned, the
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    Can varsity change the students?
    114 12 Can varsity change the students? OECALLINO the defiant attitude of Chinese high school .students towards the National Service call-up, one wonders what will happen when these students go Into the proposed Nanyang University and pass out as graduates? What sort of 'ism will these students try to foist on the
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    'GIVE CALL-UP BOYS SEASIDE CAMP TOO'
    252 12 I HAVE read with interest several of the letters regarding the demonstrations by the students, but the letter from "Esenich" beats them all. This greathearted philanthropist actually suggests that these students, who are registered or who have not registered, should be given free education
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    They walk in mud to school
    121 12 They walk in mud to school 'pHt uovernmmt has (r.i.t an I 1 English school at Nee Soon. The Nee Soon resident* are proud of it. but the road to the .school should be Improved. On rainy days, the children have to walK anklr-dri p in I mud After continuous
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    Bus stop plea
    40 12 rE bus stop along Bellamy Road near Horse Drive Junction has vanished. Now there is no permanent bus stop there. A bus .stop near I the entrance of Bellamy Road is essential. M. BRI NO. Kuala Lumpur.
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    Another pointer
    92 12 1 you PUBLISH a photograph of two young Chinese aboard the Tjiwangi on their way to Communist China. You ■•J that they were among one hundred students sailing by that ship and that "weeping parents tried to dissuade their sons an<i daughters from leaving but without success." This
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    School quiz on languages
    116 12 I WAS surprised to read that parents of children in the the Batu Road English School did not want them to study their mother tODgue. As a parent whose children n to this school, I can say that I never received the questionnaire to which the
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    'Is' is an adverb to this teacher
    98 12 rls time inexperienced and unqualified private school teachers gave up the profession and looked for other jobs. My friend, a standard seven pupil in a private school, was asked to analyse this sentence: "He i.s playing lootball." He analysed it correct- ly:—He (subject),
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    Bouncing car amused passengers
    177 12 rnHERE have been comments: on learner drivers removing their "L" plates and taking their families, friends and relations for joy rides. I watched one such driver re- j i cently. He had stopped at the "half sign at the Junction of Lornie Road and Thomson Road
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    MAJESTIC SIGHT LOOKS SET TO WIN AGAIN
    424 13 MAJESTIC SIGHT LOOKS SET TO WIN AGAIN MUKSTH. W"A at K Ual that oZ su^ est \he has refined the form the T V.J. y? vutory mor Never A B|ank evel woiht rS P Wmner last at ifTSSSJ 1 or the lpoh 7 f (our^form now th a n rf
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    Straits Times Selections.
    149 13 mOM Ir.KP BVERI CHANCK Large Srotrh Ten Dollars trimpin<;ton ii Kincsheau fireatrst Hour (Ml l»«l> POINTER TEN DOLLARS Every Chance Largr Srolrh ROSALIND I f.renlMt Hoar i Trumpincton II '.i; \i.i m i MaU Hari II Little And? PINCH (HIO w .Kh Kln< Pawing Fair MAJESTIC SIGHT
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    PICTURE TIP
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    EVERY CHANCE CAN WIN HERE
    82 13 rFKK is little form to go by and Kverv chance with the "beneraem looks as v. Ra>e One He was impressive In smart .sprint up tllP v rnonUng I.***** Scotch l(K.ks fit after a up. He ran 3f In us 1 1 .n his wine::
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    RACE BROADCAST
    11 13 RADIO MALAYA will broadcast < oiiimcntarics on all s<"\en races.
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    THE CAMEL RATED DAY'S BEST BET
    330 13 DKST BET In today's card at PMUM| is The Camel in the (lass 4. Div. 2— 7-f. handicap (Race Seven). Thil Irish bred four-year-old shaped like a winner on Ute (raining track on Thursday morning when he outsmarted the useful Melnik in a testing
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    Sir Gordon is still undecided
    71 13 LONDON Fi -i. sir Gordon Richards, champion Enfltoh Jockey, has not yet maue up his mind whether he will ride the Queen > none, I-.ui- j dan. m the Epsom Derby next Wednesday. (Uchardj Mid tonight, "He Is fre'.inc better, but he has no! vp
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    Spanish Derby
    23 13 \I\ORID. Kn. -French-Imported coll Rrci Mill, won the Vlllapariiernn =t.i<»s pquualeni to the Spanish Derby, by four lenßtlis here jester- j
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    TODAYS GOING
    273 13 THK Roini; at Penang today should he very Rood. The Treble Tote wil! be on Races Knur. Six and Seven. The Big Sweep will be drawn on KM* Scvi-ii. Welsh Krnn is cotiilii'.: to hand nicely. Hi run I Kood third to .in ..inn over tif. with 89
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    Today's Race Card.
    783 13 ACCEPTORS and probable jockeys for today's races at Penang. first day of the Penan* Turf Club's Summer Meeting, are: Race I— IM Class 4. Div. 3— s\ Furs. 1 000 Kolre Sawyer 9.0 C Chan l.al Hor? A. Sleicl' 2 (ieneral View Bagby 812 Mrs. A Oordon
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    SINGAPORE NOT SENDING TEAM TO EMPIRE GAMES
    341 13 SIM. U'OKI are, after all not to be represented at the British Empire Games, which are to be held in Vancouver in July. There has been some correspondence over the past week from enthusiasts and Neo Chwee Kok, Mary Klas.s, and thp Singapore
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    Graduate to repeat Ipoh victory
    176 13 Graduate to repeat Ipoh victory GRADUATE came out after a long .spell to score a handsome mvi li-lcii' Hi win over thiIpoh tif las) month. Shot up to the top division with M in his second run, he put up good pel torniHiice to finish third to the re-iiiarkably-lmpruved BunkiT
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    French challenge to Bobo Olson
    74 13 NEW YORK. Frl Pierre Langlois. Prenoh mlddleweltiht contender, ixixted a USS2. .SOO forfeit cheque vesterdflv and n«ked for a title fight with middles ric>u champion Carl ißoboi Olson The certified cheque vas sent to Hob ChrtaianbMTjr, Chairman of the i Nrvi York Stair Athletlr CommUsion
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    KOK PEOW GOAL TIED 3 MINUTES FROM TIME
    494 14 A SNAP tfoal by Kok Peow in the last minutes of 1 the Jfame enabled Business Houses to draw 2-2 with Singapore Chinese Football Association in a friendly soccer game played at .lalan Bcsar Stadium yesterday. Five minutes before the end of
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    Strickland 'Temple of athletics'—retires
    248 14 Strickland 'Temple of athletics'— retires rpilE SINGAPORE Amateur Athletic Association, at thrir annual umeral mrrtine hold at Kaffirs Institution xstrrdav. made Mr. V. Stricland. their president tor the past eight yean, a vi( patron in recognition of his services. Mr. Strickland, who declined to stand for re-elec-. tion, said at
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    Trabert used right tactics to beat Patty
    798 14 THE United States are assured of winning the men's singles championship in the French International tennis tournament when their No. 1 player Tony Trubert and left hander Art Larsen qualified yesterday for the final. Trabert. displaying superb general- I ship, beat Hoad's conqueror
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    IN FINALS OF YMCA TENNIS
    80 14 Lim Hee Chin and K S Khong entered the final of the V.M.C.A '■pen doubles championship when they beat A G Paklr and H Khamls B—6. 4 6. o 2 In a semi-final tie en Thursday. They will now meet Ong Chew Bee and Dr.
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    Kliney Cup win
    80 14 Twag Men'.s Christian Association I beat Singapore Recreation Ch.b 4 0 in the Kliney Cup tennis tournament played at Bras Basah Road court? vesteiday Results: Lim Bong Soo beat Dr. E. B La Brooy 6 4. 6—o; Dr. Chan Ah Kow beat J. Martens 6 o. 6
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    THIRD TITLE
    44 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. V J VAN LIDTH won his third I title In the Selangor h:'rrl courts tennis tournament when he and Miss J. S. Harrison beat J Q Danker and Miss J Rawclifle 9-7 7-S. 9-7 in the mixed doubles final
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    'REST ARE UP AGAINST IT
    157 14 I THi turopeaii!, by nine matches to eight, with eigiit ijames arawn. since the inctption in 1924 of the annual Singapore cricket match for the Conr.ta Cup. ll there one mr In which tn scales are weighed heavily on one side it ii this iv
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    NON-BENDERS C.C. TO PLAY B.C.R.C.
    47 14 Noi. -Benders C.C •< S.C.R.C at Hong Lim O:r. today is' F. R. Mas.s<>v P D A. Baker. R. S Tufnell G W( A E Blades. J Iwmrt R. V S Sundram. Gurdial Pinc'i dine. G. E. Boga.iroire: S D. Gauder Lian Hee
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    CRICKET AVERAGES
    203 14 The Senior tournament a\ erases up to Sunilay. May 23 are' BATTINC AVERAOES IQual. 3 completed inns., mm. LShnilT Ice M*>nc Lendnck h;upe lairison irmltace V Ire Won? 25.5 I H8 78.4 36 144 ILJ 1 58 7 81 77 24 148 39 4 U Ri 71.5 16
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    POSITIONS
    75 14 The Senior tournament position." arc; \rmy I A.F. iCC Indians vR C. 'nlice >vlonpse 1.N.8 P li I I 6 I 7 \V I 4 I 2 I 1 L D 1 'l 1 2 2 2 1 3 1 3 2 4 2 5 1 A 1 1
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    Last chance to make local 'test'
    420 14 By Our Cricket Reporter THE 26th annual Europeans v The Rest cricket natch takes place next weekend and tomorrows Batches in thi tournament will resolve, for the selrdm both sides, the choice of those who have not up to now made sure of their
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      114 14 WEEKEND SPORT TODAY TOMORROW ■UIU MMMB B.A.F.A. UUOVB, DIV. 1: Ami- s< (XX cable A. A. v Rovers. Jalan Hfiiar; Singapore "A" Knval NM] HIV. 2: Tionn Bahru KantriA v Jalan feaV, Aston A.C.. Jalan Beaar. 4 p.m I I \(.l K. Dl\ .IB: (.vnikhan* Rovers "A" v Baleatier 1
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