The Straits Times, 1 June 1955

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    14 1 The Straits Times He**** 1 Estd. 1P45. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 1955 15 CENTS
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    RISIS RULE in BRITAIN
    138 1 THOMAS D «»»ariK two-all in first night's play See Page 14 I I LV TO SEE THE BALMORAL yi strike: free hand for Eden LONDON, Tuesday, ned a state of emergency to tope with the crippling by 70.0(11) workers. us to ensure the main's ;iinl services,
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    FOUR Days to post that entry
    67 1 FOUR Days to post that entry EE your entry for The Malayan Monthly's 520.000 Must-Be-Won Word Puzzle Contest "K"? If not, you should do so NOW. This great all- Malayan competi- tion closes on SAT- URDAY. JUNE 4. only FOUR days from TODAY. Post your coupon, with S postal order,
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    Cheaper cuppa
    19 1 NEW DELHI. Tues. The Indian Government today announced that tea export duty will be halved from tomorrow.
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    Lock icon It's time for laughter when I Sir Winston is returned NOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER, HE SAYS
    124 1 It's time for laughter when I Sir Winston is returned NOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER, HE SAYS THE STRAIN of the general election is over. Lady Churchill, laughing her delight, leans on Sir Winston's shoulder as he looks quizzically down on her after learning that he had been elected. Sir
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    RAF WILL HONOUR GOVERNOR
    73 1 RAF WILL HONOUR GOVERNOR 17-gun salute, too A FLIGHT of Royal A 1 r Force Venoms. Vampires. Meteors and Mosquitoes will stage a fly-past at 1.000 feet over the liner Oranje at 5.37 p.m. tomorrow as a farewell salute to the Governor of Singapore. Sir John Nicoll. Sir John is
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    Lock icon Baby born at 10,000 feet
    50 1 HAMBURG. Tues. A Norwegian woman is in hospital at Raykjavik, Iceland, after givine birth to a daughter aboard a plane flyin? at 10,000 feet over the North Atlantic between Newfoundland and Iceland on its way here from New York. The stewardess acted as midwife.— Reuter.
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    Chinatown killing
    30 1 Wong Yueng Tien, an unemployed youth, was .stabbed to death in a crowded part of Chinatown last night. 500 yards from his home in Upper Chin Chew Street.
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    Bus seats slashed —it's a mystery
    471 1 Bus seats slashed it's a mystery NO ONE SAW THE VANDALS THIRTEEN Hock Lee buses plying the North Canal 1 Road-Tiong Bahru-Alexandra Road route had their seats slashed yesterday. The bus crews made reports to the police between noon and 2.30 p.m. But they could not say who the vandals
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    Film-maker dies in car
    69 1 On way to office Mr. B. S. Rajhan, 50. director of the Malay film "Terang Bulan." collapsed in his car while on his way to his office in Singapore yesterday afternoon. He died before help could be summoned. Mr. Rajhan also directed several other Malay films,
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    Lock icon Capone's trigger man dies
    38 1 MIAMI. Florida. Tues.— Louis Campagna. 54. once a bodyguard to Al Capone. the gangster, died in hospital here yesterday after a heart attack. Campagna had a long record of arrests but few convictions. —Reuter.
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    Casey to visit Singapore
    36 1 Mr Richard Casey, Australia's Minister for External Affairs, plans to visit Singapore in October when the Colombo Plan Consultative Committee meets. He will have talks with Mr. David Marshall, the Chief Minister.
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    _ 'ATTLEE MUST GO' CRY RAISED Party needs youth, warmth, vision
    182 1 'ATTLEE MUST GO' CRY RAISED Party needs youth, warmth, vision- LONDON, Tues. THE Dally Mirror, which supports the Labour Party, demanded today that Mr. Attlee should resign as the party's leader. It described Mr. Attlee as the "chief architect of defeat" in the general election last week. "Labour lost the
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    STC: COUNCIL DECIDES ON TAKE-OVER
    631 1 But notice won't go out yet AFTER 130 minutes of lively debate, the Singapore City Council last night decided to give notice to the Singapore Traction Company of its proposal to take over the concern. By 13 votes to seven, with four abstentions, it agreed
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    DATO TAN
    72 1 Comfortable night, says bulletin MALACCA. Tues. ¥\ATO Sir Cheng-lock Tan, MJ president of the Malayan Chinese Association, had a very comfortable night last night and was progressing satisfactorily, said a bulletin issued by the General Hospital here today. Dato Tan was operated on by Mr. T. Millin. a
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    Smiling mourners
    40 1 NICE. France, Tues.— The mourners went smiling to the funeral of 93-year-old farmer Honore Giaume in a village near here. His last request was: "If you hav e nice memories of me. smile during our last promenade together."
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    Lock icon SAFE LANDING AFTER SOS
    75 1 HONG KONG. Tues.— A 11. S. naval transport plane landed safely at Hong Kong yesterday after an engine had caught fire 15 minutes after take-off for Manila. The plane, with four passengers and seven crew, sent out a general S.O.s. while over the South China sea.
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    Lock icon Four US airmen fly to freedom
    184 1 Four US airmen fly to freedom HONG KONG, Tues. A PLANE carrying four American fliers, freed by the Chinese Communists, left for Honolulu today less than three hours after the men crossed the Red border. When the four men arrived at Hong Kong's city limits they were driven direct to
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    STOP PRESS
    34 1 IMILMEN MEET LONDON. Tues.— The committee of locomotive men's union met all day. <-ni of nice tiny; a spokesman said: "Then: baa lii'iii no change in the situation during thr day." lleuter.
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    'Referee' McNeice steps in
    329 2 'Ref eree' McNeice steps in 'PLEASE STOP THIS PURE AND UNCONSTRUCTIVE ABUSE* 'SHAME' CRY BY AMY SETS OFF 'DOGFIGHTS' THK Singapore City j 1 President, Mr. T. P. F. McNeice, was like a i referee in a dogfight at the City Council meeting last night. Progressive Party and Labour Front
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    Lock icon One...two...three...they pound to the tape in a triple 'mirocle mile'
    111 2 One...two...three...they pound to the tape in a triple 'mirocle mile' LASZLOft'IABOKI. of Hungary, Chris Chataway and Brian Hewson. of Britain, all ran a four-minute mile on May 28 in the international invitation event at the British Games at the White City, London. Tabori won in 3 mm. 59 sec Chataway
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    Lock icon Bannister (who led the way) to wed
    94 2 Bannister (who led the way) to wed DR. ROGER BANNISTER. 26. the first man to run a four-minute mile, pictured with his fiance, Moira Elver Jacobsson, 26, an artist living ln London. They announced their engagement on May 26 and she wears the engagement ring he has just given her.
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    VARSITY HOLDS UP STUDENT GRANT
    168 2 THE Finance Committee ot the University of Malaya has temporarily stopped the second half of its annual subsidy of 5i6.000 to the University Students' Union because the union has not submitted audited accounts since 1951. Mr. Maurice Brown, ihe University Registrar. said yesterday: "The contribution
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    11-6 FOR A MAYOR IN K.L.
    65 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The Municipal Council here tonight decided by* 11 votes to six to appoint a seven-man special committee to go into the question of a fully elected council with powers to elect a mayor. The resolution was moved by Mr. Ong Yoke
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    Lock icon An old film, but oh how it makes Ivan weep
    93 2 MOSCOW, Tues.— Fans are flocking: to 23 cinemas here showing the old film "Gaslight", starring Ingrid Bergman and Charles Boyer. Miss Bergman, a native of Sweden, to enjoying a similar triumph which another Swedish actress, Greta Garbo, had last Autumn
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    Oh, Mr. Marshall, we beg to differ
    358 2 SELF-RULE AS OTHER PARTIES SEE IT POLITICAL parties in r Singapore differ on whether there is any difference between selfgovernment and independence. Party leaders commented yesterda" on a talk by the Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, to the Singapore District Methodist Youth Fellowship
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    Lock icon 4 die in blaze
    23 2 FAIRBANKS, Tues. Four men died yesterday in a fire that destroyed the Alaska communications barracks at Big Delta— A.P.
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    Lock icon Anti-Jap parades
    18 2 SEOUL. Tues.— Koreans yesterday held anti-Japanese demonstrations and parades condemning Japan for its renewed "militarism".— U.P.
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    Slum clearance gets setback
    61 2 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. The work of slum clearance in Jchore Bahru has received a setback. The Member for Local Government, Housing and Town Planning has informed the InfanMd the Johore Government that no fur- 1 ther work can be undertaken until the receipt of the International
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    ROYAL RAm FAN No. i IS THE QUEETS
    123 2 ROYAL R Am FAN No. i IS THE QUEETS T<HE QUEEN is a keener x racing fan than th< Duke of Edinburgh r, Princess Margaret, Mr Peter Cazaiet said h Singapore yesterday. Mr. Cazaiet, 48, is one <>■ England's leading steeple:hase trainers He is on noli lay during the Bat
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    They just felt life a good fight
    127 2 POLICE BREAK UP PARK \E\V YORK t MOUNTED police charged 250 marchV3 M New York park yesterday and brokeuaS ing battle. A gay holiday crowd Negroes, niled fog Park picnic grounds^ Sl n Cases oi fo orought out ar. d C appeared o
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    HOME GUARD DISAPPEARS WITH GUN AND BULLETS
    82 2 HOME GUARD DISAPPEARS WITH GUN AND BULLETS BL KIT MERTAJAM. Tues. A HOME GUARD. Choo Sen Kooi, 21. has been reported missing. He was armed with a shotgun and 20 rounds of ammunition. Choo was on duty on Sunday at Brapit village, and left at midnight. Whan he failed to
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    Lock icon $23,000 pain! stolen I
    34 2 BOLOGNA painting by Ren ii H stolen from riurins an cxl The painting Gaal valued at S2i Renoir painted "W with a brush hand, which arthritis. It ii square— A.P.
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    Lock icon MERICA WON'T BLOCK ROAD TO PEACE " WE BED ARPET
    346 3 MERICA WON'T BLOCK ROAD TO PEACE WE BED ARPET .j-.n acting for President Eisenhower prWc pledge fotore war dead ..president talks of to Four prospects tSHINGTON, Tuesday. Vice President, Mr. Richard m erica would never block of .five wars at Arlington •< -President, in a memorial ng to the forthcoming
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    Lock icon Billy Graham admires uniform
    83 3 MOKE THAN 1,500 ministers and elders of the Church of Scotland attended the openins in Edinburgh of the church's General Assembly. The Duke of Hamilton, the Lord High Commissioner, represented the Queen. The guests included Mr. Winthrop Aldrich, U.S. Ambas- sador to Britain, and Mrs. Aldrich,
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    ence talks
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    Lock icon Egypt and Israel clash again
    230 3 GARBETT: 'FRONTIER IS ABSURD 9 LONDON, Tuesday. EGYPTIAN and Israeli forces clashed again yesterday in the Gaza Strip, with casualties reported at three killed and nine injured. An Egyptian Army spokesman at Gaza said one Egyptian soldier was killed and three injured when Israeli forces
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    Lock icon Yieste Reds denounce Russia
    174 3 the 1 Mr 1 th< it was believed to have been written by the local party chief. Vittorio Vidah. 55. who for nearly 15 years has been the head of the strategically Important Trieste party. The article said that Mr. Khrushchev's declaration on arrival at Belgrade
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    MINISTER FLIES TO BAD SPOTS
    78 3 ALGIERS. Tues.— The French Interior Minister, M. Maurice Bourges-Maunoury, visited four towns in the remote Aures Mountains yesterday flying above bandit-infected roads by helicopter. Ke stopped at Kenchela, Batna. Arris, and Diskra, all of which are garrisoned by French troops fighting 1,500 "Army of God'
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    Lock icon Miners in Moscow
    26 3 MOSCOW. Tues.— A delegation of the Derbyshire branch of the National Union of Mineworkers has arrived in Moscow. T&ss said yesterday. i Reuter.
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    Hungry men protest
    48 3 COLOMBO. Tues. More than 250 members of the British Royal Naval Police in Trincomalee went on a hunger strike today in protest against the sacking of two of their colleagues. The two dismissed men were the president and secretary of a newly-formed police staff association.
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    Lock icon New minister
    28 3 CANBERRA. Tues. Mr. Keith C. Shann will be the Australian Minister to the Philippines to succeed Rear Admiral G. D. Moore, who retires in July.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon ANNA TOLD TO PAY FOR THE FILM SHE DIDN'T MAKE
    104 3 ANNA TOLD TO PAY FOR THE FILM SHE DIDN'T MAKE ROME, Tues. ANNA MAGNANI. the Italian actress, yesterday was ordered by the Rome Civil Tribunal to pay $72,000 and damages to a filnr company for failing to make a picture. The company, the Athena Society, said that it signed Miss
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    Lock icon Show prize stolen
    50 3 LONDON, Tues. Thieves smashed a West End window and stole a show jumping trophy the Weigall gold challenge cup. The prize, put up originally by the late Sir Archibald Weigall, a Governor-General of South Australia, is a top prize at next week's Richmond Royal horse show. Reuter.
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    Lock icon German typhoid abating
    44 3 HAGEN, Tues. The Hagen typhoid epidemic which curtailed Princess Margaret's visit to West Germany, is abating, health authorities here said. Fewer than 10 new cases were registered yesterday, the lowest figure since the start of the epidemic on May 12. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Martial law
    18 3 TEHERAN, Tues. The Persian Government has imposed martial law on Firuzabad to disarm mountain tribesmen. Reuter.
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    Lock icon RUSSIA CAN TEACH INDIA 'GREAT DEAL'
    103 3 MOSCOW, Tues. MR. KRISHNAMURTHY RAO, head of the Indian parliamentary delegation to Russia, yesterday said that India could learn a great deal from the Russia. He told a correspondent of Tass before leaving for Yugoslavia that the delegation had s>een all they wanted to
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    Pacific claims
    29 3 SANTIAGO, Tues. Chile. Peru and Ecuador yesterday reaffirmed their claim to sovereignty over 200 miles of Pacific waters from their coastlines, the Chilean Foreign Ministry announced. AJ.
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    LONDON STOCKS
    315 3 LONDON, Tues. T*HE stock markets wer c very unx settled here today and the good conditions which followed the general election have completely disappeared and with sentiment Influenced by the rail strike prices have suffered a severe setback. This together with talk of dearer money brought a sharp
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    LONDON RUBBER
    30 3 LONDON. May 31.— Spot 27\d July-Sept. 27d.. Oct.-Dec. 26 \d Jan.-Mar. 26d.. Apr-June 25 June c.i.f. 27d., July c.i.f 26*« d, Aug. c.i.f. 26 4 d. Tone: Inactive.
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    LONDON TIN
    23 3 LONDON. May 31— Cash Buyers £717; Sellers £718: Forward Buyers £718; Sellers £718 H. Turnover a.m 20 tons p.m. 50 tons.
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    Lock icon Last attempt
    35 3 LONDON, Tues. London's "swimming doctor," Dr. George Brewster. aged 63, yesterday said that he would make his last attempt this summer to swim the English Channel. He has already failed 15 times.— Reuter.
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    Dock strike talks break down
    417 4 HARBOUR BOARD REFUSES TO BACK-DATE PAY INCREASES BUT OFFER TO ARBITRATE ON OUTSTANDING ISSUES STILL STANDS TALKS between the Singapore Harbour Board and the 1,300-strong S.H.B. Staff Association, which came within an ace of settling the 32-day strike, broke down yesterday. The talks broke down
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    A GARDEN EXPERT POTTERS ROUND Foliage? I am green with envy
    255 4 A GARDEN EXPERT POTTERS ROUND Foliage? I am green with envy MRS. MARGARET DAVIS, the founder and president of the Australian Garden Club, who has Just completed an eight-week tour of South-East Asia, will return to her home in Sydney with many new ideas for Australian i garden enthusiasts. She
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    100,000 names on union rolls
    38 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The membership of the National Union of Plantation Workers has reached 100,000 according to the union's biweekly Sangamani. Union officials visited more than 450 estates in May to recruit members.
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    Council meeting
    37 4 PENANG. Tues. The Settlement Council will meet in the Council Chamber, peel Avenue, on June 16. 'In Kedah. the State Council will meet at the Alor Star Balai Besar at 10.30 a.m. on June 11.
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    Concert to aid MYF fund
    53 4 Mr. Vernon Martinus will be the compere for the variety concert which the Paya Lebar Methodist Youth Fellowship. Singapore, will hold on June 11. The concert, in aid of the MYF. Fund, will be at the Shaw Auditorium. Paya Lebar Methodist Girls' School, Boundary Road,
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    Study awards
    26 4 KOTA BHARU. Tues. The Kelantan Government has awarded scholarships to 12 Malay women student teachers to study at the Women's Training College In Malacca.
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    A helping hand from the doctor bridegroom
    52 4 I)K. WILLIAM CHAN WAI LI.U helps his bride (Miss Chan Tsok Fah) cut their wedding cake at a reception held at the Adelphi Hotel, Singapore, on Monday. The couple were married at St. Andrew's Cathedral. Dr. Chan is attached to the Tan Tock
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    JOBS FOR EXPATS: NO SAY by ASSEMBLY
    153 4 JOBS FOR EXPATS: NO SAY by ASSEMBLY rpHE Singapore Governx ment will not give the Legislative Assembly an assurance that in future the names of all expatriate officers and reasons for their employment will be given t6 the House. Mr. R. Jumabhoy. who asked for the assurance at the Assembly
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    Chosen delegate
    36 4 TAIPING, Tues. Mr. Leow Ah Ping of Taiping an exserviceman, has been selected as one of the two delegates from Malaya to attend a conference of the British Empire Service League in Westminster. England.
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    DATO MacKENZIE TO RETIRE SOON
    179 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. f|ATO H. E. MacKenzie v today left Ulu Tiram Estate where he has been general manager for the past 15 years. With Datin MacKenzie. he will live in Johore Bahru until the end of the year when they will leave on retirement
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    Weapon contest for Ng shield
    64 4 IPOH, Tues. The quarterly weapon competition between teams from the Police Volunteer Reserve, Federation of Malaya Volunteer Force, the Perak State Home Ouaijd. and the Kinta Valley Home Guard for the Ng Brothers Challenge Shield will be held on June 12 at the Home Guard
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    NEW REST HOUSE OPENING
    46 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. johore Bahru now has one of the most up-to-date rest nouses in Malaya. The building, vhlch cost $260,000, will be officially opened tomorrow. The building Is very compact In design and commands 1 a view across the Johore Strait
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    SMALL CHANGE? NOT ME
    229 4 Robber returns 70 cents, takes $10 A MAN held up three men one night then returned the small change he got from two of them after he took $10 from the last man. a Singapore court was told yesterday. Veldyutham Kamalanathan pleaded not guilty in the
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    Bourne's visit
    22 4 SEGAMAT, Tues. The Dlr ector of Operations, Lt.-Gen. Sir Geoffrey Bourne, paid a flying visit to north Johore i toaay.
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    hunter flies
    138 4 Loui, ss bS hunted in ir °n curtain-^ Singapore his jourr world hunt Dr practici his w a: n J Prenc 4 f q va t oria: y o i 1 could S ay started hunt--11 1" since was nine yean to handle' a cd. Dr. Hisgej cleaning
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    Band conce for June
    30 4 Band conce for June Public concei m 530 p.m. and Singapore Pol m month arc as I June 7. Kai Farrer P.irk: 15. V P 17 Kal :.:":M Farrer Park:
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    TUAL BY CANDLELIGHT TO PICK DINNERS
    240 5 TUAL BY CANDLELIGHT TO PICK DINNERS rrr rr on river bank lands a 'medium' in court i r..vi.Mi, i ufsaay. i Nun, was summoned in c's Court here this afternoon riddle" relating to 100, Mtors lotteries at Waterfall t »terdaj magistrate, Mr. Au Ah tomorrow. pector Gurcharan Singh. ■iid that
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    Engineer sees progress of two navies
    97 5 VICE-ADMIRAL Sir Frank Mason, Engineer-in-Chief of the Fleet, who arrived in Singapore by air yesterday after a five-week tour of the Royal Australian and Royal New Zealand Navies. Sir Frank said he was invited by both Governments to inspect naval engineering. He said: "Both
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    Students told: It's still no politics
    170 5 Students told: It's still no politics THE nine preparatory committee members of the Singapore Chinese Middle Schools' Union yesterday saw the Minister for Education, Mr. Chew Swee Kee, in a second bid to have their union registered without the Government's "no politics" clause. They contended that the restriction on politics
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    Public house officials
    86 5 Officials of the Singapore Public House Owners' Association for the year are: President. Mr. Lim Jew Kan; vice president. Mr. Lvi Wai Kok; secretary. Mr. Tay Kirn Seng, assistant secretary. Mr. Heng Eng: treasurer, Mr. Tan Van Huan. assistant treasurer. Mr. Wong Seng Fiu: auditors. Messrs. Wong
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    Telok Ayer MYF meetings
    60 5 The Telok Ayer Methodist Youth Fellowship will hold a series of evangelistic-revival i meetings on the theme "Great Promises of God"' every Sunday this month at 7.30 p.m in the church auditorium at 235. Telok Ayer Street. The speaker for the meet- ings will be the
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    T CLERK FACES TRIAL
    48 5 k altered various entries in account books. He also pleaded guilty to having forced a statement by the Chartered Bank to cover h;> misappropriation of moneyheld in trust by Evatt and Co. The Sessions Court president. Mr. BJ. Jennings, deferred sentence to June 14
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    It was up to Aloya's mother
    246 5 It was up to Aloya's mother She helped court to decide ALOYA binte Mohamed, who had been remanded at the Woodbridge Hospital for observation, stood crying in the dock of a Singapore court yesterday as the Magistrate, Mr.. J. M. Devereux Colebourn, went through the medical report. At a previous
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    Schools concert
    35 5 The Singapore Combined Schools Prefectoral Board will hold a variety concert to raise funds for the Trafalgar Home at 5.30 p.m. tomorrow and Friday and 7.30 p.m. on Saturday at Raffles Institution hall
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    Surrenders
    17 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Two more terrorists have surrendered in the Federation Details are not yet available.
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    GLAMOUR ON RAILS
    101 5 4 smart girls answer first inquiry KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The Malayan Railway's "glamour girls" today tackled their first inquiry a phone call from the Straits Times for their names. They answered in turn in sweet, clear voices: "Marion Kon. June Lee, Ashiah and, Chan Mcc Lin." They
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    Youth dies
    29 5 IPOH. Tues. Lai Chik Choong, 20. of Guntong new village, who was admitted to the Ipoh Hospital yesterday suspected of having taken caustic soda solution, died yesterday.
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    DEATH
    26 6 2l> Hordt f.lO (minimum). JANSZ: Una on May 30. 1955 at her srns residence, 26, Puay Hee Avenue Singapore. (Upcountry and Ceylon papers please copy >
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    133 6 21) HWrft flO (minimum). MR. AND MRS Lawrence G. Leon thank nil lrunds and relatives who attended their wedding on Saturday 28th Mny 1955. sent valuable gifts and congratulatory messages. BARBARA and John Carnegie thank all friends and relatives for their valuable gifts, congratulatory messages and kind attendance at
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    185 6 20 Words fill l minimum). FOLLOW PEDANT Every Day in f t m M ill if you want to win th.it $5,000 word puzzle. JACK and Daphne Barker. Iht well-known London entertainers, are now appearing at the Cockpit every e\enlng except on Mondays •\LOAF OF BREAD a jug of,
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Wed. June 1, 1955. The Pattern Beneath
    680 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Wed. June 1, 1955. The Pattern Beneath Through no fault of its own, the new British government has to face a situation which may involve as much dislocation of industry and discomfort to the I public as the General Strike of 1926. Despite the great! development
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    Preferred
    363 6 Singapore Improvement Trust is going ahead with its plans to offer low-cost houses, built out of its own accumulated funds, for sale to the public. The Trust is right in imposing conditions of sale because the whole intention behind its housing schemes is to provide homes for those who
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    Disease Of Today
    256 6 Vandalism in Kuala Lumpur's Lake Gardens has grown to such an extent that extra police patrols, charged with the duty of preventing destruction of growing trees and plants, have been asked for. This drastic step follows many complaints about the molestation of visitors to the gardens, but
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    'A WICKED LIE: WE DON'T HATE BRITAIN' MAN In the STREET
    308 6 'A WICKED LIE: WE DON'T HATE BRITAIN' MAN In the STREET "FVENTS and speeches in Singapore create the impression that feelings are running high against the British in Malaya. This is a wicked falsehood. Whatever blunders the British may have committed in Malaya— they have a reputation for these, even
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    He'd like to have his vote again
    82 6 He 'd like to have his vote again NOW that the election is over, I. and quite a lot of misguided people realise that we're voted for the wronr party. The riots we've had were bad enough, but letting the Chinese students have their own way In nearly everything is
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    IT'S NOT LACK OF LUCK
    271 6 IT'S NOT LACK OF LUCK MR. PAUL BONG'S letter to the C.E.0., Selangor, is typical of the criminally muddled thinking that goes on in the "I Want" period of Malaya's adolescence. Mr. Bong talks about pupils being "unlucky" when they fail. How often have we heard this term applied to
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    JACK BRAZIER
    79 6 A LARGE section of trade unionists are greatly perturbed at the move to dispense with the services of the Trade Union Adviser, Mr. JA. Brazier. As a member of the oldest trade union in Malaya I write with the hope that both the M.T.U.C. and the Member for
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    NURSES' HOURS
    48 6 AT every Thomas Cup match men and women of the St. John Ambulance Brigade are on duty. The men stay till the end of the game but the ladies dismiss at 10 p.m. Could the nurses also stay until the game is over? LADY FAN Singapore.
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    Atmosphere is different
    56 6 READING reports of speeches in the Singapore Legislative Assembly. I,wonder at the temerity of these I politicians who speak of the Federation being linked with their island's destiny. If fusion was ever talked about, it was certainly under a saner atmosphere and in an entirely different set
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    Leader of the parents
    67 6 Fwas reported that Mr. Lim Chin Siong, 22-year-old Assemblyman, was elected by the students as the chairman of the "Parents' Association" of the Bukit Timah School. Is this because the parents could not find amongst them an older person? We know Mr. Llm Chin Siong as
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    Why not the whip?
    61 6 MR. DAVID MARSHALL says the time is not ripe to use the whip. Why not? The innocent people of Singapore do not ask him to use the whip in all directions, but purely to root out trou-ble-makers, especially those who murdered the American and those heroic
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    Nuclear power-a new field of export for Britain
    855 6  - Nuclear power-a new field of export for Britain SIR FRANCIS SIMON, Profstsor of Thermodynamics ■r A COUNTRY'S standard of living is largely determined by its rate of power consumption. The advent of nuclear power Is therefore bound to affect all of us, but Its impact will differ from country to
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    Key me
    106 6 VBUI forta state of affairs ij mon to most 1 countries (inchd U.S.A.). the ft have managed to up an active con of scientists and! logists. They are tralnlm these key people a than are a!! \:.?m the West put togat Thp A: has given the p# presslon
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    FIRST SEATS SECOND
    30 7 the Indians don't get a :i the Federal elections.. He added: "Our aim is unity with the major comr unities. Not setting seats on tne Ferioral Council."
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    gtice in the jungle—Red style
    228 7 WITH EXECUTION OF COMRADE -AND COSTS BANDITS IS MEM „-oir TERRORIST rfgEXDERED AND ■ODIG0 DIG OPERATION [i LIPB, Tuesday. ition last month of a •cd" has cost the terror- uilty of "wavering" was ingles of Kcrdau. south Communlat justice," sumn d at Kerdau. Information he
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    Introduction on bended knees
    30 7 THE BRIIiE AND BRIDEGROOM kneel before the Penang millionaire, Mr. Lim Lean Teng, and Mrs. Lim. who are the grandparents of the bride. Straits Times pictures.
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    SOMETHING OLD AND NEW Modern bride in old-style wedding
    46 7 SOMETHING OLD AND NEW Modern bride in old-style wedding SOMETHING OLD SOMETHING NEW a modern bitde. Miss Lilly Lim Sob Bee. and Mr. Gunn Chit Tuan. Assistant District Officer, Butter worth. have an old-style wedding, complete with joss-sticks for prayers before the family altar in Penang.
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    No duty on trophies
    125 7 No duty on trophies EXEMPTION FOR FILM UNIT KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. T*HE Malayan Film Unit will not have to pay duty on the silver trophies it won at the film festival in Singapore. i Officials of the MFU were stopped by Customs officers when they flew back to Kuala Lumpur
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    Mr. Mak for Hong Kong
    75 7 Mr. Mak Pak Shee, Labour Front Whip in the Singapore Legislative Assembly, will fly to Hong Kong tomorrow for 14 days to study housing and wholesale vegetable and flsh marketing schemes. The visit is at the expense of the Labour Front, whose spokesman told the
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    Dope smuggler gets jail
    57 7 A man who strapped 41b. of raw opium to his waist with a leather belt was fined $10,000, or ten months' jail, by a Singapore court yesterday. In the Third Criminal District Court Lim Ban Poh admitted having the opium, worth 53.000, in the S.S. Visut
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    Court registrar promoted
    43 7 IPOH, Tues.— Mr. K. Paramalingam. acting assistant registrar of the Perak Supreme Court since his return from England, left on transfer today to Kuala Lumpur as assistant public trustee. He has been succeeded in Ipoh by Inche Tan bin Hussein.
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    The weather
    65 7 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE: (7 30 pm. on May 30 to 7.30 a.m. on May 31) Singapore "degrees Penanß 73. Kota Bharu 74. Kuala i umDiir 74 Ipoh 70. Kuantan 74. LM A X I MUM TEMPERATURE <7 30 a m. to 7.30 p.m. on May 31 i Singapore 89
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    High tides
    35 7 TODAY- Singapore 8 a.m. (7ft. oj, 8 06 p.m. (Bft.) Port Dlckwn 3 26 am (6ft. 4in.) 3.57 p.m. (7ft ?ln, Penang 10.29 a.m. (6ft. 91n.) (7ft Sin/ U 16 p.m. (sft. 9in.)
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    ALFRED HELD OUT BOOK, AND... Moira bought a ticket to romance
    307 7 ALFRED HELD OUT BOOK, AND... Moira bought a ticket to romance ALFRED WEE sold A Moira Tan a raffle ticket three years ago. This week Alfred and Moira, both Singapore teachers, will go to church to be married. It all began when Moira walked with an Australian girl into a
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    66 SOLDIERS HONOURED
    340 7 Operational services in Malaya nutrked OIXTY-SIX Army offi- cers and men have been honoured for operational services in Malaya from July 1 to Dec. 31 last year. Brigadier D. E. B. Talbot, Commander of the 99 Gurkha Infantry Brigade, Brigadier G. T. Denaro, Director of Federation Military
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    YOUTH JOINED GANG TO ROB MOTHER
    112 7 A YOUTH, Tan Kian Sent, who joined three men to rob his mother and sister-in-law at their home in Redhill Road, was found guilty at Singapore Assizes yesterday and sentenced to 30 months' jail for abetting robbery. Tan's mother, Sim Cheng Sim, told Mr.
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    MOTOR CYCLE CATCHES FIRE
    75 7 IPOH, Tues.— A stationary motor cycle caught fire at the junction of Cowan Street and Clare Street at 10 o'clock last night, but the flre was put oui before the arrival of the lire brigade. Mr. P. A. Glosz, Fire Inspector, Perak. who happened to be
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    Funeral of Mrs. Jansz
    53 7 The funeral of Mrs. Una Jansz, wife of the late Dr. N. Jansz of Kuala Lumpur, took place at Bidadari cemetery yesterday. Mrs. Jansz. who was 75, died at her residence In Sennett Estate on Monday after a Ions; illness. She leaves two daughters, two sons
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    Ballot draw of call-up men
    52 7 The third intake of 400 National Servicemen for the Singapore Military Forces will be enlisted in the final week of June. A ballot draw of the names will be held in the Drill Hall, S.M.F. Headquarters. Beach Road, on Monday. The ballot is open to
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    Boy dramatist
    32 7 KLUANG, Tues. John Francis, 13, the only English boy at the Government English Morning School here, has written a play which will be staged ;%L the school hall on Sunday.
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    OTHER PEOPLE'S LIVES GIRL'S LOVE BROUGHT ONLY MISERY
    257 7 OTHER PEOPLE'S LIVES GIRL'S LOVE BROUGHT ONLY MISERY Most tragic life says magistrate THE life of a waitress, Tay Lin Tai, 23, who attempted to commit suicide recently, had been most tragic, said a magistrate, Mr. J. M. De-vereux-Colebourn, in a Singapore court yesterday. Tay drank a solution of water
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    BABY-SITTING WIFE: HE DROVE ME OUT OF THE HOUSE
    336 7 BABY-SITTING WIFE: HE DROVE ME OUT OF THE HOUSE A MAN, who disbelieved his young wife when she said she was babysitting late nights, told a Singapore court yesterday he "would work like a horse to get her back." Tan Kan Tin. who summoned her husband, Lim Seang Ghee, for
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    Three face hurt charge
    71 7 Three men were remanded in Singapore yesterday on a charge of rioting and causing jjrievous hurt to three other people while armed with knives and broken bottles. Kane Kwee Lim, How Hian Kan and Lim Kai Kit were alleged to have attacked Koh Yong Ho. Tan
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    Bishop Archer
    22 7 Bishop R. L. Archer returned to Singapore by air yesterday after a two-week inspection of Methodist missionary work in Rangoon.
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    DEATH
    70 7 GOODBRAND: George Stuart, aßed 13 weeks, suddenly at General Hospital. Singapore, on May 31st, 1955. Funeral at Bidadari at 4 p.m. today. Ess: Victor .Junes, aged 65, after long illness, passed away peacefully at 150-L. East Coast Road, at 6.05 p.m. 31st May. 1955, leaving behind wife, children, grandchildren
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    Holiday by the Sea
    911 8 Holiday by the Sea Rosemary, Teddy and Golly (jo to the seaside for their holiday. They decide to go out for a sail but Teddy hooks a bia fish and takes so long about landing it that after some hours they find they are lost at sea. NOW READ ON.
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    Six prizes await our best artists
    279 8 Dear Roys and Girls, Here are the six winners of our crossword contest, lack Worthing, aged 13. 31 Temiang Road. Seremban, Wllnarn Ramayah, aged 14, 45 Grove Road, Pcnang, PH. Nga, aged '0, Mam Road, Aver Tawar, Perak, (I hooe this is sufficient address,)
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    ON HOLIDAY BUT HE SENDS STAMP NEWS
    300 8 stamps from time to time. I think it is only fair, in order to let Venu Menon and Dhirubhai Mehta know that their kind efforts are not wasted, that we should illustrate one of their stamps this week. There are 50 many attractive
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    But two threes didn't make six
    241 8 But two threes didn't make six AN Englishman was visiting America for the first time and driving along the highway he saw a sign which said "Drive slowly. This means YOU." "Good Gracious," said the man in surprise, "however did they know I was here?" Teacher. "Now Ah Chan, if
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    QUESTION ? BOX ?
    197 8 QUESTION BOX ULRICK Scully of Butterworth says: "A butterfly has a sort of powder on its ings. Can you tell me if this powder Is of any special use? Is the whole wing made of it or is it just a covering? The powder covers the butterfly's wings, and it
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      39 8 ccc. I Collect six of these coupons to join the Children's Corner Club. I D LEASE enrol me as a member of the Children's Corner Wise Owls and tend mt a badge NAME I ADDRESS I DATE OF BIRTH
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      208 8 Fit ana strong WITH 'Jpjj^ Lids from total 15 lbs. N TI I( «l. 2' 2 lbs., and 5 lbs., allowed) M Doll in national castume. Lids from total 5 lbs. of NVTKIru 2>,lbs.. allowed, ran bo exchanged of Spoon, Ptisner Fork *•**>> v C. HOPPEWSTEDT LTi SINCAPORE KUALA LUMPUR
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    Lock icon Scholar braved poverty, jeers to reveal Nile secrets STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURES
    1790 9 Scholar braved poverty, jeers to reveal Nile secrets STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURES SPRING sunshine flooded the library of the old university of Grenoble one March day i 1815 when two of the greatest Frenchmen of the age faced each other for the first time. °i!'.K WaS y Nap I eon
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      128 9 Sherlock Holmes False name JJI' I \J~^*^\ IMOXHK THE RHMJE4DED LEAGUE! J "MSB ANT NO USE TOYINe TO V^Ct Dick Tracy Forgotten j^^F^ I ijl |l{ I [I'M NEARIMG THE HOSPITAL] I AND RAINBOW SLEEPS ONI fTV4E BUhOCIRC WHO SAVED T\*O frviESE KIDS NEEpSIi/T^si AMID THE O3MMOTK>I. UTTLE LJVES IS
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    35 PER CENT RISE IN FEDERATION TRADE THIS YEAR
    328 11 35 PER CENT RISE IN FEDERATION TRADE THIS YEAR the Conservative -eturn to power In >c British General Election, the Singapore Share Market wag firmer again yesterday, particularly in the industrial section. F^teen counters In the industrial section moved up in price, including Singapore Traction ordinaries on the new City
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    368 11 The .Malayan Share Brokers' Association, Singapore section, reported Since the confirmation of the Conservative victory In Britain, the local share market nas firmed in Industrials. Tins, with a lew lrregulari-t-es. also improved while rubbers were quietly steady." Singapore members reported the following business done yesterday: Con. Tin smelter
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    177 11 Singapore Chinese Produce Ex- change: noon prices per plciU yesterday were: Copra: very steady; June $28 buyers. $28^" sellers; July $28 Vi buyers. $28 sellers. Coconut oil: very steady; bulk S4l sellers, drum $44" saData. Pepper; quiet with lack of overseas Inquiries during the holidays, no business reported;
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    RUBBER PRICES
    158 11 June first grade rubber buyers j f.o.b closed in Singapore yesterday ■at 92 cents a lb., one-eighth of a I cent above Saturday's closing price. The closing tone was irregular. I Small trading was reported up to 93 cents on trade support and down to 92\ cents on
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    133 11 The Malayan Exchange Banks Avociation made the following changes in its rates to merchants >? New York: buying airmail. T.T. 32* 13 -6 OD. 32 15 16.90 days 33 1 16 credit bills, 33. trade bills. Canada.: buying airmail. T.T. 32 5 16 OD 32"7 16. 90 days
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      795 11 TENDERS PW.D. ROAD NOTICE Bridge No. 7/5 at sth mile Johore Bahru Ayer Hltam Road will be closed to all traffic between 7 pjn and 6 a.m. on the nights of 4th /sth and sth/6th June 1955 for repairs. R P. BRADLEY. State Engineer. P^WJJ. Johore. TENDER NOTICE TENDERS, with
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      1192 11 NOTICES BERNAM OIL PALMS LIMITED (Incorporated la the Federation of Malaya) NOTICE OF DIVIDEND NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN 1 that in pursuance of a Resolution passed at he 26th Ordinary General Meeting, the following final dividend is declared for the I year ended 3lst December, 1954. vit: RM (Coupon No.
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      611 11 NOTICES LEVEL CROSSING AT 18.87 MILEPOST (T.F.258/6) BETWEEN SERDANG A KAJANG STATIONS ON THE SERDANG KAJANG ROAD. The Public Is hereby Informed that overhauling the guard rails of the above mentioned level crossing will be carried out on the night of Wednesday 8.6.55 between the hours of 6 p.m. and
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      902 11 NOTICES THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES ELECTIONS ORDINANCE, 1950 I THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES (PAHANG) SUCTIONS REGULATIONS. 1955. i NoUm of ewwplftton of Register (Scotetion 3 Notice Is hereby given that the Register of Electors for Sempallt Ward has been completed and that copies thereof are available for Inspection en all working days
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    Ten-goal start
    189 12  -  Malays by MALAYS, playing in their first SAFA Community league game, were too good for Indonesians whom they trounced 10-0 at the Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. After a tame start Malays went on to lead 3-0 at the interval and kept scoring at regular interval in the second
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    Lock icon Surrey, Yorkshire score their sixth victories CHAMPIONS BEAT NOTTS BY 8 WKTS
    303 12 Surrey, Yorkshire score their sixth victories CHAMPIONS BEAT NOTTS BY 8 WKTS tclntyre, Peter May in fast-scoring stand LONDON, Tuesday. CURREY, the defending county cricket champions, and Yorkshire, their strongest rivals, maintained their 100 per cent record in the series ending today. Surrey beat Nottingham by eight wickets after Nottingham
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    Lock icon S. Africans out for 156
    88 12 CARDIFF. Tues. THE SOUTH Africans collapsed after lunch today in their game iigainst Glamorgan. Losing their last six wickets for 26 runs in 50 minutes, they were all out for 156. Glamorgan thus gained a first inning lead of 78. The match was drawn. The
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    Lock icon Vic eixas beaten by Italian
    118 12 Vic eixas beaten by Italian PARIS, Tues. \ric BEIXAS, the American champion and former Wimbledon champion, and his team-mate Budge Patty were both defeated in a day of shocks at the French international lawn tennis championships here yesterday. Seixas, seeded No. 2 for the men's singles, was defeated 12-10, 6-3,
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    Japan win zone
    49 12 TOKYO, Tues. Kosei Kamo beat Feliclslmo Ampon and clinched a Japanese triumph over the Philippines in the Eastern Zone Davis Cup final today by 3-2. Kamo won 1-6, 6-4, 6-2 and 6-0, giving Japan the right to challenge the winner of the American Davis Cup zone.
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    Lock icon English F.A. win 6-0,
    56 12 PORT OF SPAIN. (Trinidfcd). Tues. The English Football Association team which is touring the West Indies. yesterday defeated Trinidad 6-0 Two goals were scored by Geoffrey Bradford of the Bristol Rovers and William Robson of Fulhim and one each by Vie Groves of Ley ton Orient
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    Lock icon Cockell has row with manager Simpson
    119 12 SOUTHAMPTON, Tues. DON COCKELL. 26--year-old British heavyweight boxer, defeated by America's world champion Rocky Marciano. earlier this month, walked out on his manager, John Simpson, at a conference here last night. During a 10-minute interview aboard the liner Queen Mary, which docked from New
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    134 12 LONDON. Tues. SANDOR IHAROS of Hungary, set up a new world record of Bmin. 33.45ec. for the two miles at the White City here yesterday. Iharos, who also holds the world record for 3.000 metres, beat by seven seconds the world record of Bmln. 40.4 sec.
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    SECOND TITLE TO DROBNY
    70 12 BERLIN. Tues. Wimbledon champion Jaroslav Drobny and Hugh Stewart (USA) won the men's doubles title in v international tennis tournament. They beat Lennart Bergelin (Sweden* and Tony Vincent tUSA> 6-1. 4-6 10-8. 6-2. In the semi-finals. Drobny and Stewart beat the Australian team of Jack Arkinstall
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    Australian tennis stars arrived too late
    336 12 SEVERAL hundred tennis fans were disappointed yesterday evening to find the courts marked, chairs arranged but no sign of the Australian Davis Cup players. Lewis Hoad, Rex Hartwig and Ashley Cooper, who were to have played exhibitions. The Australians, who were to have arrived
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      333 12 Straits Times Crossword I I 12 I |3 I 4 5 6~~] 7 8 I ~ii~p~i~i~i~M~M~ _si iII 6 1/ MS (8 «9 20 -I- 1- I Z%Z II I I ACROSS 7 Bookworm's habitat? (7) 1 •Remember" wa» his last word 8 Alternative in river for down(7, 3, 5)
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    Pink Ticket and Acrobat
    432 13  -  EPSOM JEEP EPSOM JEEP'S DOUBLE FOR TODAY'S RACES By pINK TICKET (Race Four) and Acrobat (Race Five) have improved tremendously since their initial races at Kuala Lumpur In April and I think these two promising youngsters can be coupled for a safe double today, second day
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    BEECHNUT FANCIED IN MAIN CLASS 3 RACE OVER 7 FURS.
    904 13 BEECHNUT FANCIED IN MAIN CLASS 3 RACE OVER 7 FURS. rE attractively weighted Beechnut looks a safe each- way bet In today's main event (Race Seven) for Class 3. Dlv. 1 over 7f. Beechnut hit his best form at Buklt Timah in March when he whipped a Dlv. 5 field
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    TODAY'S RACE CARD
    1015 13 Race 1 3.00: Class 4, Div. 4 6 Furs. 1 759 Well-Being 3y Leong 8.00 Mrs. O. H. Oldrldge Daniels 2 935 Santa Claus 3y Paterson 8.12 Gay stable Spencer 3 877 Mlekey Mouse By 8.11 Shaw Stable Spencer 4 -90 Fiona 3y Manning 8.10 T. V.
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    THE GOING AT K. LUMPUR
    36 13 'THERE has been no let up in the hot weather in Kuala Lumpur and the going up to last evening was hard. THERE will be no broadcast on the races today.
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    3 14 NATEKAR v SKAARUP
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    The results
    49 14 Nandu Natekar (India) beat Jorn Skaarup (Denmark) 15-8. 15-13. Finn Kobbero (Denmark) beat Trilok Nath Seth (India) 18-14, 15-11. N. Natekar and R. Dongre (India) beat Ove Eilertsen and Ole Mertz (Denmark) 15-3 .18-15. Finn Kobbero and Hammergaard Hansen (Denmark) beat Hemmady and Guha (India) 15-12, 15-5.
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    DANES (down l-0,2-1) MAKE IT TWOa-AJ
    2477 14 DANES (down l-0, 2-1) MAKE IT TWOa-AJ The battle starts for the right to challenge Majg^ The first night's heroes: Natekar for India, Kobbero for Denmark JNDIA, after being twice in the lead, were held to two-all by Denmark on the opening night of the Thomas Cup interzone final at
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    Hoo Chye may the one out Malayan Cup
    351 14  - Ho o Chy e may the one out Malayan Cup The Sports Editor By TWE last problem for Mala ya's Thomas Cup. selector* was fairly well settled at the team's last full-scale practice at the Singapore badminton stadium yester day When the selectors meet today to name the six players
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    THOMAS CUP TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE
    48 14 THOMAS CUP TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE About 1,000 $10 and $6 tickets for tonight's fames in the IndiaDenmark Thomas Cup match are unsold. Tickets can be obtained from the Majestic Hotel. Bukit Pasoh Road. Any tickets unsold during the day will be sold at the stadium in the evening.
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    GAME POSTPONEL
    43 14 The S.A.F.A. Div. 2A fixture between Argonauts and Younp Men Muslim Association, scheduled to be played at Jalan Besar otadium at 4p.m. on Saturday, has been postponed. Instead, a friendly match between Chinese Athletic "A" and Gurkha Rifles will be played.
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    THE OLD PUTTER HELPED LOCK
    129 14 JJOBBY LOCKE, internationally famous South African golfer, flew into Singapore yesterday fro/i Australia on his way to Britain for the British open championship. Locke, who won the Austra- lian open championship during his two months tour, said his toughest opponent was Norman von Nlda. Asked
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    27 14 SAFA Jll RESULT therhoori Scceras ]M Div. 3A league aa« Union ero-rd wwM and Bakl I Jollllads A.l' %m 3-2 in M C.V.M.A Klntt Hi:** a Div.
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