The Straits Times, 2 June 1955

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    14 1 The Straits Times {fat***** 1 Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1955 15 CENTS
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    27 1 K IT'S DENMARK vs MALAYA FOR THE THOMAS CUP j Kobbero leads rout of Indians in the singles— 3 wins in a row: See Page 14 j
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    Lock icon CISIS DAY in BRITAIN
    249 1 %en acts to move Ital goods (PEACE BID FAILS LONDON, Wednesday. rgency powers proclaimed at lidnight, the Prime Minister, i, today set to work to marshal rucks, bu«es and private cars to I workers for essential services railway strike entered its wheels may be thrown into
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    Beautiful Here's you chance
    232 1 I A FREE trip to the United States and an opportun- Entry forms are now obtainable from the j|| if ity to compete with beautiful girls from all over Straits Times office, Cecil Street, or Shaw Bros |jp m the world for the title "Miss Universe.*
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    The right spirit – but new headache
    346 1 The right spirit but new headache THAT WHISKY PEG MAY HAVE TO j BE TAKEN DOWN... j WHISKY drinkers are TT likely to be the first people affected in Singapore if the dock and rail strikes in Britain continue. The heads of the big import firms said that whisky supplies
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    Lock icon Rubber demand
    36 1 WASHINGTON. Wed.— World rubber needs are B^ng faster than rate of natural rubber production in the Far East, according to the United States Business and Defence S c r v i c c Adminlstration.Reuter
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    Lock icon Burying hatchet
    24 1 LONDON. Wed. Japan and Russia today began discussions here aimed at ending their 10-year-old state of war and bringing about normal relatlons.-ReuTer.
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    Blaze damages 5 shops
    100 1 Blaze damages 5 shops 50 HOMELESS-AND] ONE IS HURT FIRE broke out in a shoe shop at Joo Chiat Road, Singapore yesterday evening and damaged the top floor of flve shophouses. The damaged buildings include two goldsmith shops, a sundry goods shop, and pawnshop Two fire engines had the blaze
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    Lock icon Chiang says no to Red offer
    56 1 TAIPEH, Wed. Nationalist China yesterday rejected a Peking offer to open direct negotiations with Gen. Chiang Kai-shek on an "internal and general basis." in New Delhi, Mr V- K. Krishna Menon, said that the Chinese communist Government had no objection to negotiating with Gen.
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    Royal .visit I
    31 1 LONDON. Wed. King Hussein of Jordan and his 23-year-old bride. Queen Dina. are coming to Britain on an official visit on June 16. it was announced here today.
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    Royal visit II
    30 1 NEW DELHI, Wed.— Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethopia will pay a state visit to India this year at the invitation of the Indian President Dr. Rajendra Prasad.
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    Lock icon Mountain wins
    25 1 KATMANDU, Wed. A Swiss-German expedition has failed in an attempt on 21,795--feet Dhaulagiri peak in Cential Nepal, It was reported last night.— A.P.
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    Lock icon Rail crash
    25 1 MAINZ, Wed. A passenger train plunged into the rear of a stationary freight train at Mommenheim station last night, injuring 55 people. U.P.
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    DATO TAN
    76 1 He is allowed to be up in his room MALACCA. Wed. Dato Sir Cheng-lock Tan, 72-year-old president of the Malayan Chinese Association, was allowed to be up In his room for the first time this morning, a bulletin issued by the General Hospital here said today. Dato Tan
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    Australian troops will go to Penang
    134 1 AUSTRALIAN troops for Malaya are kely an J° sutloned Sn Penang island j the Melbourne Heralds sDecial correspondent in South-EMt 'Asia Denis Warner, said yesterday. -The Singapore Government's opposition to stationing Australian troops in the Colony has caused this sudden change." the correspondent Sa
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    U.S. LAUNCH SINKS
    340 1 Two Britons picked up nearby A $30,000 MOTOR LAUNCH, the Astalusna, belonging to the United States Naval Attache's office in Singapore, is at the bottom of the sea off Changi following its disappearance from its regular anchorage near the Master Attendant's pier on Tuesday light. Two British
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    Your Sunday paper
    91 1 rpHE proprietors of the 1 Sunday Standard and Sunday Times regret that the increasing price of newsprint makes it necessary for them to raise the selling price of their Sunday issues to 20 cents per copy. Newsprint prices have reached the highest level in history more than
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    Lock icon Orphanage girls flee
    50 1 BUENOS AIRES, Wed. Sixty-five girls have fled from an orphanage in Mar Del Plata, about 200 miles south of here, to seek asylum in Catholic institutions after the new management banned mass. Catholic nuns, who ran the state-managed home, were replaced last week by lay nurses. Reuter.
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    GROOM-TO-BE GETS A REAL SHOCK
    81 1 TWO MEN, Tan Bock Leng, 27, and Tham Ah Kay, 24, narrowly escaped being electrocuted in a house in Tanjong Pagar Road, Singapore, yesterday afternoon. Tan, who is to be married today, was being helped by Tham to prepare the house for the wedding, when
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    Send in that entry TODAY
    33 1 The Malayan Monthly's $20,000 Must-Be-Won Contest "K" closes on Saturday, THREE days from today. If you have not already done so. you should send in your entry TODAY.
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    French pull out
    35 1 SAIGON, Wed— The bulk of the French Expeditionary Corps pulled out of Saigon today, leaving control of IndoChina's largest city to Vietnamese forces for the first time in nearly a century.— AJ».
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    Lock icon Record US entry
    28 1 SAN FRANCISCO, Wed. State Department specialist reported last night that immigration to the United States reached a regular yearly record of 208,000 in 1954.— A.P.
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    Lock icon Church visitors
    22 1 LONDON, Wed. High Orthodox Russian churchmen have accepted an invitation from the British Council of Churches to visit Britain A.P.
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    Lock icon THE DAM BUSTERS
    74 1 are COMING BINBROOK, (Lins.), Wed. FUR CANBERRA Jet bombers left a R.A.F. base here today for Malaya where they will take part in operations against terrorists. They are due there on June 6. The bombers are part of the famous wartime 617 squadron which carried out the
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    Lock icon 26 die in ship
    33 1 LONDON. Wed. A Yugoslav Navy ship sank in a storm off the port of Senj in the northern Adriatic yesterday and 26 crewmen were drowned. Belgrade Radio reported. A.P.
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    WATCH for SEAT SLASHERS
    42 1 Detectives rode in Hock Lee buses all day yesterday watching out for seat-slashing hooligans. But the vandals who dam- aged 16 buses on Tuesday did not re-appear. No arrests have yet been made in connection with Tuesday's incidents
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    Terror village swoop
    229 1 Terror village swoop 10 held guards' guns taken away KOTA BHARU, Wed. SECURITY forces swooped on Jerembong Village in the Pergau Valley in South Kelantan early this morning and held ten people for interrogation. After a house-to-house search they took 32 guns and ammunition from the village Home Guards who
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    Lock icon STOP PRESS
    47 1 FIVE WOMKN MAO MAO GIVE L'P N ÜBOBI, Wed. PIT* ii were ainon; 18 Man Mas terrorists who surren'derei to security forces In past M hours. Total of .Mm M;ni who lave surrendered sinif [an. 18 when Government offered amnesty, has now :1 rifii.— Renter.
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    AIR ZOO LANDS ON 3 ENGINES
    89 2 AIR ZOO LANDS ON 3 ENGINES A YORK aircraft carrying a cargo of monkeys, orang utans. snakes, lizards and a cat. made a safe landir on three engines at Kalian^ a.rp ti ft Two fire engines from the City Fire Brigade and the fire-fighting staff at the' airport were alerted
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    Lock icon Touring Russia
    21 2 TORONTO. Wed Fourteen Canadian newspaper and radio correspondents have had visas approved for a 12-day tour of Russia. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Up—the cost of a bride
    89 2 Up the cost of a bride £100 each now in boom areas FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, j Wed.—" Can I afford to buy a wife?" is the question which most young Africans along the West Coast are asking them- j selves these days. Whereas, in the past, £10 to £15 was
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    Lock icon SON CUT OUT OF A WILL
    84 2 WASHINGTON. Wed. The Supreme Court yesterday denipd a hearing to Harold B. i Gordon, who was cut off from his father's will because he j married a girl not born a Jew. Gordon, fighting for a chare in the father's USssoo.ooo estate, contended that
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    Lock icon 'POLICE MUST HELP ALL'
    60 2 BANGKOK. Wed. Listening to complaints from prostitutes of exploitation was one way the Siamese police paid attention to public opinion and acted democratically. Gen. Phao Siriyanondh, Siam's police chief, said here today. It was important for the police to take heed of public opinion if they
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    107 th birthday
    21 2 NEW YORK, Wed. Mrs. Nancy J. Moody, believed to be Maine's oldest woman, was 107 yesterday. A. P.
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    AFTER TWO YEARS of TOIL A WORKERS CHARTER
    803 2 The chief provision is that all who work for a living should be protected against exploitation by their employers KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. ALAY A S first charter of workers rights, providing for introduction of labour courts and guaranteeing protection of workers, wa*
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    Lock icon Loan to Spain
    26 2 MADRID. Wed— Spain has signed an agreement with four New York banks for a credit of £10.714.000 to keep the peseta stable. Reuter.
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    MAN WITH $4 mil. TO SPEND
    177 2 Only one condition: $250,000 limit on any one item KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— The Financial Secretary is being entrusted with $4,000,000 to spend during the weeks after the elections when a Finance Committee will not exist. He will be assisted for part of the time
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    For 'Mr. Speaker5 a higher salary
    199 2 For 'Mr. Speaker 5 a higher salary $2,000 A MONTH FOR UDA KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. THE next Speaker of the Federal Legislative Council, x Raja Sir Uda, will receive a higher salary and allowances than the present holder of the office. Dato Mahmud bin Mat, who is to retire soon.
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    Maps to get a new look
    73 2 $30,000 is voted KUALA LUMPUR. Wed The Army. Air Fotce and Survey Department are to bring up to date the maps of the ivest coast of Malaya made some 20 to 40 years ago. Security forces cannot find an these maps new villages, new
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    Gen. Templer in Amman
    52 2 AMMAN, Wed. Gen Sir I Gerald Templer, the next Chief of the British Imperial General Staff, arrived at Amman from Iraq yesterday and met the new Prime Minister of Jordan Said El Mufti. Gen. Templer was accompanied by Gen. Sir Charles Keightley, British Commander-ln-Chief of Middle
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    Lock icon Freedom of city
    37 2 NAIROBI. Wed. The freedom of the City of Nairobi will be wanted tomorrow to the Ist Battn.. the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in recognition of iti £1 months of action against the Mau Mau.— Reuter.
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    U Nu is freeman
    20 2 TEL AVIV. Wed— The Burmese premier, v Nu. was made a freeman of Tel Aviv yesterday.
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    NOW OFFICERS MUST HELP THEMSELVES
    161 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— The day of a personal orderly for gazetted police officers has nearly but not quite From Nov. 1 this year, gazetted officers— "with certain exceptions"— will receive an allowance (non-pensionable) of $60 a month instead of an orderly. This, says a report
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    Priests held
    27 2 BUENOS AIRES, Wed.—Police disclosed? that two more Roman Catholic priests were arrested several days ago at San Cristobal, a village in Santa Fe Province A.p
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    Those 57 varieties are really 152
    236 2 Those 57 varieties are really 1 52 BUT Mr. HEINZ WILL KEEP OLD NUMBER FOR LUCK ALTHOUGH Heinz tinned food products have become wellknown for having 57 varieties, there are now actually 152 varieties, Mr. H. J. Heinz, president of the company, said in Singapore last night. "When my grandfather
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    Ike will 'flee' from capita]
    66 2 WASHINGTON, Wed.—President Eisenhower will flee from Washington for three days starting June 15 a few hours in advance of a mock hydrogen bomb attack by enemy planes. Announcing the President's plans, the White House said he would join 15,000 other Federal employees in moving to
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    Lock icon AFTER THE POLLTHE GLAD AND THE SAD
    69 2 AFTER THE POLLTHE GLAD AND THE SAD THE TWO PICTURES above leave no dnnhi the recent general elections in BriuS to »fc On the left, smiling and full of (y >A rh thony Eden, who was retarded to >ffi" !'i I ister. r aN rr.tr. On the right, glum and
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    Ballet dancer(3 dogs, a pistol is finally evicted
    164 2 CHICAGO. WedDCIJ FOR more than a year Lenena Davis. 32. a m 1 ballet dancer, has defended her small hoiixl the help of a pistol and three Afghan hounds I Yesterday, weeping and I kicking. Miss Davis lost the I final round
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    Lock icon THEY Kill TO FINANCE A WEDDIN
    59 2 THEY Kill TO FINANCE A WEDDIN EAST LANSDi Wed.— Two brothers ij fessed robbir.z and fcl finance the i i were jailed y< I thoritic.s continue*! l( QUlry into thp William Joles. 23. brother. Daniel. H i the slay. I son. 18-year-( attendant. Th alter a four-hour p by police.
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    HAYMES CAN STAY IS U
    69 2 WASHINGTON. Wed. Dick Haymes. crooner husband of R/ta Hayworth. yes- j terday won a ruling in U.S. District Court against his deportation. The judge ruled that Haymes. in effect, never left the United States when he went to Hawaii in 1953. The U.S. government had
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    Lock icon The Queen cancels Trooping the Colour
    268 3 The Queen cancels Trooping the Colour WMGEANTBY OFF AS EDEN GETS BEAT-THE-STRIKES POWERS Sr^Til birthday s r Anthony i*TJ .in ir lTip r P ,rli"» rnt >£ ir «eck *Z*n the k W* iv.lnioril, M* lo^ nn holiday. '£3 hn<i flown Control and distribute liquid fuel, such as petrol and
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    FACCINE FOR AR VIRUS THE way
    39 3 FACCINE FOR AR VIRUS THE way CHICAGO, Wednesday. idcr said he believed nations of crn world were on the right track i^ht "vaccine against the war there s.ud. nee in flit track be- to- ircine ination to ■.-.while geneWest
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    Gunman shot 3 in banks 'for his god'
    135 3 NEW YORK, Wed. A GUNMAN, who said he •did it for his god." charged into two banks in Dayton. Ohio and shot three people. including a former football coach, before he was fatally wounded himself by police bullets Killed were: former Univertit)
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    Lock icon Air crash: 7 die
    34 3 ALAMOGORDO, New Mexico, Wrd. Seven men four crew and three passengers were killed when an American Air Force Dakota crashed in the Sacramento mountains, 20 miles north-east of here, yesterday.—Reuter.
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    THOUSANDS WILL MISS THIS
    67 3 THE GRAVE strike situation in Britain has caused the cancellation of the annual Trooping the Colour in London on the Queen' 9 official b irthday on June 9. Thousands of Britons and overseas visitors will be disappointed at missing this colourful ceremony. This picture, taken at
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    Lock icon U.S. schools told to lift race bans
    152 3 NOW IT'S UP TO LOWER COURTS WASHINGTON, Wednesday. T^E U.S. Supreme Court directed yesterday that race segregation in all public schools should be ended as soon as feasible. The tribunal's unanimous decision passed the problem to loca) school authorities and to lower Federal
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    Hospital strike is over
    36 3 SANTIAGO, Chile, Wed. A nation-wide hospital strike which lasted five days, and caused the death of five people, ended last night when President Carlos Ibanez gave in to the strikers' pay demands.
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    Lock icon Papa-san loves mambo
    246 3 Papa-san loves mambo AFTER 4 YEARS. A NEW CRAZE HITS JAPAN TOKYO. Wed. of Japa--1 nese, teen-agers and adults alike, are < now turning from jazz to mambo. Mambo, invented by Perez Prado of Cuba in 1943 and imported to Japan through the United States four years ago, was given
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    Lock icon HAN FLIES AT 708 m.p.h.
    34 3 of the ent, M. lir w>cc\ ***** m.p.h., it was announced here today. Her time beat the previous mark of 674.18 m.p.h. held by an American, Jacqueline Cor•liran. Reuter.
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    Lock icon ship abandoned
    53 3 ship abandoned CALCUTTA, Wed. The 5,070-ton Srmiramis, which went aground near Landfall Island in the Bay of Bengal on May 22. was abandoned by her captain and crew of 44 on Sunday, according to reports received here today. The Semaramis was carrying a cargo of 7,000 tons of coal from
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    Lock icon SEATO talks
    33 3 KARACHI, Wed. Economic experts of eight South-East Asian Treaty Organisation countries are to meet here from June 20 to plan the implemtntation of the economic clauses of the Manila treaty.— Reuter.
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    Britain opposes
    24 3 LONDON, Wed.— Britain remiuiis opposed to the entry of Spain into the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, the Foreign Office said.— A. P.
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    Lock icon UP THE LAW—OVER WIRE AND WALL
    157 3 UP THE LAW— OVER WIRE AND WALL HONG KONG, Wed. FIFTY Hong Kong police today cut barbed wire and climbed the wall of a Kowloon warehouse occupied by employees of the People's Chinese Airlines, to enable a court bailiff to execute a writ for possession of the premises. Four streets
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    Lock icon HIGH COST OF LOVING
    62 3 BANGKOK. Wed. Officials who spend too much money nn mistresses will be dismissed from the government service if a proposal of an anti-cor-ruption committee is adopted. Many officials have taken minor wives from among prostitutes, newspaper reports said. "Such vulsar women tended to make officials lose
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    LONDON STOCKS
    346 3 LONDON. Wed. HOPES of an early settlement of the rail strike brought Arm conditions to stock markets today aftei initial uncertainty. Industrials staged a good recovery with steels, motors, engineerings, textiles and electrical issues prominent on the turn round. Leading miscellaneous Issues closed higher on balance while other
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    LONDON RUBBER
    32 3 LONDON, June I.— Spot 28 ■»<!., July-Sept. 27Hd., Oct.-Dec. 26\d.. Jan.-Mar. 26' id.. Apr-June 25' 4 d.. June c.l.f. 27>,,d.. July c.i.f. 27d.. Aug. ci.f. 26 4 d. Tone: Very steady.
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    LONDON TIN
    26 3 LONDON, June 1. Cash Buyers £718: Sellers £718' 2 Forward Buyers £718; Sellers £718 V. Settlement £718... Turnover a.m. 40 tons p.m. 60 tons.
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    Pope's guest
    22 3 VATICAN CITY, Wed.— The Pope will receive Field Marshal Pibul Songgram, Premier of Siam, in private audience today.— A. P.
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    YOU MUST HAVE A UNION CARD TO SHOW
    303 4 68 Singapore Improvement Trust houses going cheap, but there's a snag Government told: Your scheme is unfair THE SINGAPORE MINISTER for Local Government, Lands and Housing, Inche Abdul Hamid bin Haji .In mat, yesterday said that trade unionists would be given preference
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    Fleets for Singapore
    93 4 Fleets for Singapore 15 WARSHIPS TO JOIN SALUTE FIFTEEN warships of the Royal Navy, the Royal Australian, Navy and the Royal New Zealand Navy are now steaming to Singapore for the Queen's birthday celebrations on June 9. It will be one of the biggest concentrations of naval power in Singapore
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    Malay Regiment gets a 'kill'
    46 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. A patrol of the 6th. Bn., Malay Regiment, killed, a terrorist In the Temerloh area of west Pahang yesterday. Another terrorist with him was wounded, but escaped. The patrol recovered a rifle, ammunition and small quantity of supplies.
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    Cables cut
    23 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Terrorists cut telephone wires beside the railway line in the Sungel Patani district of Kedah on Sunday night.
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    Ballet success
    32 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Thiee younc ballet dancers Soonee Goh. choo Chiat Goh and Blossom Shek— performed before a packed town hall here last night and were given an enthusiastic reception.
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    'Badminton, builder of goodwill': Thomas
    117 4 Sir GEORGE THOMAS, donor of the Thomas Cup being competed for in Singapore this week, yesterday said badminton had helped to foster understanding and goodwill between nations of the East and West. Sir George, who was speaking to Singapore Rotarians, said his convictions of the
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    Re-register for aid, victims told
    120 4 Re-register for aid, victims told THE 1951 flre victims of Kampong BugLs. Singapore, will have to re-register themselves for aid if they j want a share in the 5586.150. realised from the auction sale Of 96 houses, built by public charity. Mr. On» Eng Lian. secre tan of the Singapore
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    Woman missing
    20 4 Low Ng Yang. 30 has been missing from her house in Ah Hood Road, Singapore since Tuesday evening.
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    THE MAN WITH A LOAD OF NOTES
    236 4 He flashed a wad and tempted two robbers A MAN flashed a wad of notes one night in a Singapore! restaurant and minutes later j when he left the shop two men tried to rob him, the First 1 Criminal District Court was
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    Johore bid for bigger grant is rejected
    195 4 Johore bid for bigger grant is rejected KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. rE Finance Committee has turned down a recommendation by the High Commissioner to provide an extra grant for Johore, the Federal Legislative Council was told today. The High Commissioner in Executive Council had considered Johore's application for a supplementary vote
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    PERAK PARTY DENIES DISCUSSIONS
    79 4 PERAK PARTY DENIES DISCUSSIONS IPOH, Wed. The president of the Perak Progressive Party, Dr. 8. Kanapathypillay, today denied press reports that the P.PP. and the National Association of Perak were in consultation regarding the Federal elections. "Neither the P.P.P. nor the N.A.P. have -approached the other regarding any arrangement as
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    THOSE PLASTC SHADES ARE LEGAL HER
    234 4 THOSE PLASTC SHADES ARE LEGAL HER invy ««re caused n,, T»HE use of coloured plastir L lC| 1 illegal In Singapore. SUnsha^ Acting Traffic Chief Mr < a n on the proposed banning of thT Raja h. c&> Federation, told the Straits Time SUn «2?! was no law in Singapore
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    Death re pay-out News So
    11 4 Death re pay-out News So frt by the™ liance, hfUn lfl
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    Party Negara campaign
    35 4 KLANG, Wed.— Party Negara is to launch a recruiting drive in Klang and the surrounding areas this weekend The party now has more than 2,800 members in the Selangor Barat (West) division
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    Meet* the people
    33 4 Mr. David Marshall. Singapore's Chief Minister, will hold his next "meet the people" session at the Public Relations Conference Room, Assembly House, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday.
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    Pensions re ready soo
    45 4 Xl ALA LUMp-b The Financial SelJB Oscar Spencer *M federal Legislative c 9 sues ion time todav^H special committeeiM been set up to co-> 9 service pensioni-M its flnai meeting 'fl "Their report I form, said Mr. Speofl will be signed
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    British Advi at Yong Pi
    33 4 Mr. R. L. Piel. Adviser in Jchore ji visited the Y.r.. ?a nese School to fa possibility of IntnM lectures for the ctHa Mr. Peel ib MM councillors.
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    REFORM PLAN IN COUR
    51 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Posts of magistrates in the Federation are being rearranged to bring in legallyqualified officers, the Straits Times was told today. The X-;..-- Supreme OOBt I Shackles, said R n to have at leiftM the magistrates ia ration lefiHj jam vrf THURSDAY. JUNE 2.
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    The Speaker ticks off two newspapers
    317 5 M. ACCUSED HIM OF BIAS 1M lismo rt^ VOTE LET NEW COUNCIL TAKE ACTION KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. fWO MALAYAN NEWSPAPERS, The Malayan Mirror— orpan of the Malayan Chinese Association—and the I tusan Zaman— a Malay Sunday paper published in Singapore— were criticised by the
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    Wages from robot paymasters
    125 5 Wages from robot paymasters KUALA LUMPUR Wed 'pHE Federal Treasury is to set up a mechanised Central Pay Office to deal with the salaries of 10,000 employees. The two accounting machines and addressing machine equipment needed will cost $58,000. for which the Federation's Finance Committee has passed a .supplementary vote.
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    Probe into rubber theft
    53 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Selangor police are investigating several reports of rubber thefts in the Banting area. A total of about 2.2001 b. of rubber was reported stolen from some houses on private estates around Jenjarom new village, near Banting, in recent months. Police have detained a
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    Rehearsal parade
    69 5 A rehearsal of the Queen's birthday parade will be held on Sunday on the Singapore padang between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. The roads leading to the padang— Beach Road from Bras Basah Road corner. Stmford Road between North Bridge Road and Connaught Drive. Coleman Street between North
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    111 RE FILMS BY M.F.U.
    45 5 1 c Mr. Watherston said that at the moment th^ unit could not produce long feature films with its own resources but arr.insements might be made to •> technical skill in coniunction with the facilities of I local film companies. I
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    GOVT. BANS OFFENDING LIFE MAGAZINE
    120 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— The Federation Government has banned the sale of the December 1954 issue of the American mapazfhe Life which contained a coloured picture of the Prophet Mohammed. Announcing this in the Federal Legislative Council today, the Member for Social and ludustrial Relations. Inche
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    A MANCHU GOWN FOR SINGAPORE DRESS BALL—
    129 5 A MANCHU GOWN FOR SINGAPORE DRESS BALL MRS. MIRANDA Xl gives a preview of an ancient Manchu ceremonial gown she will wear at the Chinese Ladies' Association Fancy Dress Ball at the Victoria Memorial Hall on June 11. The judges, who will join in the fun by also, appearing in
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    $4,600,000 WILL GO TO KEDAH
    106 5 $4,600,000 WILL GO TO KEDAH Govt. announces padi aid plan KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. KEDAH will get the biggest share of the $10 million which the Federation Government is to pay for the relief of padi planters who suffered losses when the guaranteed price was cut. The State will receive $4,600,000,
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    Market opened by Assemblyman
    45 5 Mr. Lee Choon Eng. Singapore Legislative Assemblyman for Queenstown. yesterday opened the $125,000 Alexandra Market, which has 173 stalls at Prince Philip Avenue. The stall-holders and their wives celebrated the occasion with a dinner party, joget modern and a stage show.
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    SAPIN WAS WILLING
    132 5 But his wife wouldn't remarry him A twice married gardener offered in the Singapore Sixth Police Court yesterday to remarry his first wife. But. after a consultation with both parties. Mr. J.P. Trainor. the Magistrate, ruled that Sapin bin Sumika should comply with Mos binte Jastro's demand
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    Picnic called off
    20 5 The Young Progressives' picnic arranged for Sunday at West Coast Road has been postponed to June 19
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    The gag is off
    198 5 COUNCILLORS CAN NOW TALK FREELY KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. T^HE lips of Federal Legislative Councillors are to be unsealed. They may now legally tell the Press what, they propose to bring up in the Council. A standing committee of the Council has recommended the revocation of the
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    Three hurt in collision
    60 5 Three occupants of a van were injured when the vehicle left the road and crashed into a tree at the junction of Dunearn Road and Kheara Hock Road. Singapore, yesterday evening The driver. Arjan Singh. 40. was admitted to hospital. The others. Dewan Maideen. 30. and
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    64 6 20 Wnrrf* BJt < minimum). MR. AND MRS Pong Ylnc Chew think all Friends and Relatives for md Wishes Valuable Present* and Assistance on the Occasion of I on 30.5.55. IHK CHILDREN of Ih«*late Mrs. A. D thank all lriends ana i messages r. mass stint ace at tne
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    IN MEMORIAM
    42 6 M M..irf. <11l (minimum). LUMIMUT In Fond Memory of Robert Chestnut killed by Communist terrorists on 2nd June, 1954.1 M Ma IN MEMORY of Robert Chestnut and William R. McConnorhie who* ii June 2nd. Badly missed. Clare and! Gordnn V.
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    84 6 20 H cirrfv |fi {minimum). FOLLOW PEDANT Every D..y in you want to win that $5,000 word puzzle. COTTON PRESSES Largest American Styles In all sizes Prices $25. 535. J4B at both Town Country Stores. CONTEMPLATING Baying a c a ZeJ is ikon— •The Hallmark of Perfection". Ask your
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Thurs. June 2, 1955. Backdated Deadlock
    593 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Thurs. June 2, 1955. Backdated Deadlock Negotiations to end the Singapore Harbour Board strike, which at one stage were making excellent progress, are now deadloked. The main obstacle is back pay, that familiar issue that has bedevilled so many attempts to settle v. ace disputes in
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    The Drivers Change Over
    672 6 The Drivers Change Over Perhaps Mr. David Marshall should have threatened, in the Legislative Assembly last week, to take over the Singapore Traction Company forthwith. Perhaps he should have declared His Government's willingness to disburse the "peanuts" necessary for the purchase of this company. Had he done so he would
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    Atom propulsion for flying-boad may put the 'Princess9 back in the air again
    870 6 Atom propulsion for flying-boad may put the 'Princess 9 back in the air again IN Britain to-day the 1 flying-boat is passing through one of the darkest periods of its history. Whereas before the war the Short Empire class fly-ing-boats of Imperial Airways were the most advanced types of aircraft
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    MAN IN THE STREET 'Hands off SATA' warning
    370 6 MAN IN THE STREET 'Hands off SATA' warning ONE of the reasons which brought SATA into being was the avowal by Government that it was quite unable, financially or ortherwise, to take any special steps to combat TB. because of the greater overall need for general health measures. This avowal
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    CHOICE WAS WISE
    134 6 ■GDI ANTHONY Eden is to be congratulated on having picked Mr. Malcolm MacDonald to be the new High Commissioner in India. In view of the emergence of a New Asia, and Delhi's evergrowing importance as a key international diplomatic centre, great responsibility falls upon an envoy there.
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    Slave labour laws will create lifetime exiles
    870 6  -  WALTER BRIGGS By HONG KONG. AT a brick kiln in Tientsin, on a state farm in Manchuria, in the forests of Inner Mongolia across vast China unnumbered prisoners strain their muscles through long days of penetrating winter cold and under summer's blistering sun
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    ang war—all over a fruit machine
    52 7 ang war— all over a fruit machine )V fl THEN PURSUIT- AS SIX FLED RY tup JtArtr FROM TEN BOTTLE. A ND-KNIFE MEN 10S: ONE MAN [OTMR HURT ;i nothcr badly injured in a two secret societies over a fruit (hew Street, Singapore, I Y;ien Tien, 20. Injured i a
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    No pay rise for Malayan soldiers
    129 7 No pay rise for Malayan soldiers KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. rE Federation* Government does not intend to raise iy of members of the Regiment to the same .is that of the British Army units stationed in this itry. Thi.s was stated by the Se:y for Defence. Mr. A. H. Humphrey, in
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    Klang blood bankruptcy
    52 7 KLAXG. Wed— Mr. George Labrooy i nominated' told the Town Council today that lives had been lost because the Klang District Hospital had scrapped it t blood bank. He asked the council why the bank was no longer operating. The chairman, Mr. T. J. Mathias, said he
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    A polite note instead of a warning
    199 7 A polite note instead of a warning NEW POLICIT FOR MINOR ROAD OFFENCES SINGAPORE Traffic Police have introduced a new system in the handling of minor infringements by motorists. The system does away with the previous practice of "warning*' offenders and entering the warnings in record cards kept at Traffic
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    Police offer $2,000
    63 7 to trap -killer A REWARD of $2,000 was offered by the Singapore police yesterday for information leading to the arrest of t l murderer, of Tan Kum Nin 17. of 24A Eu Tong Sen Street. Tan was hit on the head while he was sleeping outside a
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    MAN, WIFE, 20 CENTS -PARLEY AT SUMMIT
    138 7 RAWANG, Wednesday. WHEN a labourer at an estate near here accused his 18-year-old wife of stealing 20 cents from his pocket six officials went into a parley to settle the dispute. Two officials came from the Social Welfare Department, two from the National
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    Insurance man jailed
    87 7 A cook told a Singapore court yesterday that an insurance agent, to whom he gave $521.40 as payment for two years' premimum on his $4,000 policy, did not pay the money to the insurance firm. Wong Chee Jim was giving evidence in the Third Criminal District Court
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    Sh! There is gold in this report
    111 7 Sh! There is gold in this report A survey of Malaya's economy and recommendations for future development made early last year by a 13-man mission from the International Rank for Reconstruction and Development, will be published in Malaya and Washington within the next month or two. Mr. Wi 1 1
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    GOVT. TO GET ADVICE ON PROBLEMS
    71 7 GOVT. TO GET ADVICE ON PROBLEMS KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— The Malayan Association of Social Services is to bp formed at a meeting here on June 12. It will seek to advise the Government on social problems and decide on priorities of schemes needing help from voluntary organisations. It will also
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    Boy falls off verandah
    46 7 Tan Chong Yin, 14, a student at Geylang Road English School, was admitted to hospital yesterday evening with head injuries. He fell about 20 feet off the verandah of his house in Geylang Road, while at play. His condition was not serious.
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    STUDENTS UNION: NEW MOVE
    99 7 STUDENTS UNION: NEW MOVE The preparatory committee members of the Singapore Chinese Middle Schools' Union have told their legal adviser, Mr. Tann Wee Tiong, that they are seeking the views of their schoolmates on the Government's refusal to register the union unless its constitution contains a "no polities'' clause. The
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    Absence makes a heart burn
    244 7 MAGISTRATE WAITS FOR Mr. LEE ]i|R. LEE KUAN YEW, a Singapore lawyer and As--IT* semblyman who failed to notify the Singapore Fourth Police Court in advance that he would be unable to appear on behalf of two clients, was censured yesterday by the magistrate, Mr.
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    Lazarous may have to resign
    88 7 MR. A. R. LAZAROUS, Labour Front member for North Ward, who will be asked to show cause why his seat should not be declared vacant, because he has not attended three consecutive meetings of Singapore City Council. He will be asked to appear before the
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    MARKED AND MISSING $5 NOTE WAS FOUND IN MESSBOY'S POCKET I
    123 7 MARKED AND MISSING $5 NOTE WAS FOUND IN MESSBOY'S POCKET I KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— When Mr. B. S. Carter, Selangor's senior auditor, lost $10 which he had left in his trouser pocket at the Senior Government Officers Mess on April 4. he decided to trap the thief. Next day he
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    HUME INDUSTRIES STUDY WAGE DEMANDS
    217 7 Naval Base men meet today in bid to avert strike rpHE Singapore Factory and 1 Shop Workers' Union yesterday submitted a list of claims for pay rises and better working conditions to Hume Industries (Far East) Ltd., on behalf of 1,250 employees. A spokesman for
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    The switch-on
    20 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed The Regent of Jchore today turned a switch to give Mersing its first electric supply.
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    THE MALAYAN RAILWAY! GLAMOUR GIRLS'
    56 7 THE FOUR KUALA LUMPUR "glamour girls" of the Malayan Railway. From left to right: Miss June Lee, Miss Ashiah A. Manan, Miss Chan Mci Lin and Miss Marion Kon. Wearing their smart new uniforms, they started work yesterday as receptionists at the Kuala Lumpur railway
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    KELANTAN TRAY FOR SPEAKER
    77 7 KELANTAN TRAY FOR SPEAKER KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The retiring Speaker of the Federal Legislative Council, Dato Mahmud bin Mat, was tonight presented with a Kelantan silver tray by Federal Legislative Councillors. The presentation took place at the annual meeting of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (Federation of Malaya branch) at the
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    Brengun gang kills 2
    173 7 Brengun gang kills 2 30 Reds ambush 10-man patrol IPOH, Wed. TWO Special Constables 1 were killed early yesI day in the Tapah area when 30 terrorists, armed with bren guns, automatic weapons and rifles, ambushed an area security unit. The security unit fought back an,d are believed to have
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    $3 MIL. FOR WAR ASSETS
    54 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed The War Department and the Royal Air Force will get more than $3,000,000 from the Federation Government in payment for certain "fixed assets." These comprise Bailey bridges, bridging materials, barracks, water supplies and aircraft hangars, all built either in 1940-1941 or since
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    A.I.A. exams
    41 7 Candidates sitting for the examination of the Association cf International Accountants in Singapore tomorrow and on Saturday are advised that It will now be held at Beatty Secondary School Hall, Beatty Road, and not at Gan Eng Sens School.
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    Nominated men lose last-ditch battle
    314 8 BACK-TO-WALL PLEA: MINORITIES SHOULD HAVE SAY IN COUNCIL' ITS 11-6 FOR MAYOR AND ELECTED MEMBERS ONLY KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. A NOMINATED member, Mr. H. M. Fuller, told A the Kuala Lumpur .Municipal Council last night that he strongly objected to having a fully elected council
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    190 8 Officer slain alone he fought 3 Reds A LEADING aircraftman who, after his officer had been killed in an engagement with three terrorists in Malaya fought them singlehanded and drove them off, has bppn awarded the military Medal for Distinguished Service, it was announced yesterday.
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    Easy, simple method tried by FPA
    134 8 Easy, simple method tried by FPA ANEW, simplified method of birth control which American experts say may help snlvr Asia's population problem. Is now being experimented with in Singapore. The Singapore Family Plann:ns Association is carrying nit tests at a clinic serving Malay fishing community. The new device consists of
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    Gurney Fund
    26 8 r\.u.-u..\ LL.wriK wn. The Sir Henry Gurney Memorial Fund, which has raised $406,601 in public donation.cince it opened in March. 1952. has now closed.
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    This meal led to his death
    93 8 This meal led to his death RAWANG. Wed A 10-FOOT python swallowed a prize White Austrolop chicken here yesterday and then went to sleep in the fowl house where there were 20 other hens. When the snake was discovered coiled up in one of the boxes, Mr J. R. Cooper,
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    Board to help the Chinese
    64 8 An 18-man Chinese advisory board has been set up in Johore to advise the authorities on matters concerning Chinese residents In the State. Mr. David friend. Secretary for Chinese Affairs, is secretary of the board. Apart from advising on Chir.ose rights, customs and ceremonies within
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    Students for Indonesia, Australia
    131 8 mHIRTY students from the University of Malaya, the Technical College and the College of Agriculture will visit Indonesia and Australia In August. The visit, for -goodwill and study", la being organised by the Pan-Mplayar. Students' l Federation. The students will be selected by their unions. Students
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    Fressanges for London
    47 8 Air Marshal Francis J. Fressanges. Commander-in-Chief Far East Air Force, will leave Singapore for London by air tomorrow to attend the annual conference of the Chief of the Air Staff. He will also have consultations with the Chief of Staff and other Service chiefs.
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    '300 HAWKERS PROSECUTED EVERY DAY'
    169 8 MR. C. H. YIN, honorary adviser to the Federation of Hawkers and Petty Traders Associations in Singapore and the Federation, has offered to help Mr. David Marshall, Singapore's Chief Minister, solve the hawker problem. i A Hawkers' Advisory Board is to be set up in
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    Wartime arms stock spotted at wreck
    173 8 Wartime arms stock spotted at wreck KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A ROYAL AIR FORCE team will leave here tomorrow to inspect the wreck of a wartime Liberator bomber, discovered by a security force patrol 2.800 feet above sea level near Kroh on the MalayaSiam border. One of their tasks will be
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    ROBBER JAILED FOR NINE YEARS
    171 8 CHUA SEE Hock alias Sai Ho, who with three others, robbed four people of cash and jewellery worth $1,471 in a house in Canal Road on Sept. 7, 1954, was sentenced to nine years' jail by Mr. Justice Knight in the Singapore Assize Court yesterday.
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    Chee Fah slips get him jail
    35 8 KLANG, Wed. Sin Peng Nam. 32, was convicted here today for having with him Chee Fah betting slips on Apr. 24. He was fined $800 or six months' jail.
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    Hats on show
    48 8 A fashion show of hats is an attraction of the charity ball in aid of the St. Andrew's Mission Hospital Week which will be held at the Sea View Hotel, Singapore, from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. tomorrow. The show will begin at 11 p.m.
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    'SPECIAL' HIT OLD MAN WITH A TORCH
    237 8 'SPECIAL' HIT OLD MAN WITH A TORCH A VOLUNTEER Special Constable who hit an old man with a torch on the face and caused an inch cut was in Singapore yesterday fined $200. VJ&.C. Philip Png was convicted of voluntarily causing hurt to Ng Cheng Hua at Short Street on
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    School for the blind
    54 8 The $350,000 Princess Elizabeth School for blind children at Johore Bahru will be opened by the Tengku Mahkota of Johore on June 18. Che Ann binte Abdul Majid has been appointed principal of the school. Che Ann recently received training at the College for Teachers of
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    Any complaints? Then see Mr. S.
    53 8 Mr. K. V. Sugavaneswaran, Deck Passengers' Welfare Officer. Government of India, is arriving in Singapore on Saturday for a four-day visit. Any member of the public with complaints about unberthed passenger traffic is requested to see Mr. Sugavaneswaran at India House, -31 Grange Road,
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    Lessons on elections
    66 8 MALACCA, Wed. Presiding Officers and their staff at the 85 polling stations in Malacca will undergo training before the first Federal elections to be held on July 27. A three-day course consisting of lectures and films showing how polling stations are run, electorate laws and dutie. and
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    Sculpture show postponed
    44 8 The exhibition of sculptures by Mr, Khoo Kean Mm in aid of the St. Andrew's Mission Hospital Week at the Garden Cabaret. Great World, from Saturday to Monday has been postponed. It will now be held from July 4 to 6.
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    'Demob' costs
    40 8 KUAI^A LUMPUR, Wed. The Federation Government has paid out nearly $11 million to demobbed special constables to help them on their return to civil life, states a White Paper tabled at today's meeting of the Federal Legislative Council.
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    'MODERATE' WINS AT JAIL MOCK ELECTION
    107 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. —Indian prisoners in the Pudu Jail here held mock election today and voted in a "right wine' 1 candidate. Two Information Service officers stood as 'candidates'. One of them made extravagant promises and offerrd free food and free houses for everyone.
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    1835 9 chief marched to build empire STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE FILES of Zulu warriors watched silently as a huge black body, streaked with blood ;ind dust, was dragged by the heels through their ranks and tossed into a disused well in a village in northern Natal one day in 1828. The
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    169 11 June flrst grade rubber buyers f?o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at 93 '< cent.* a lb., a quarter of a cent above Tuesday's close. The closing tone was steady. There was a small turnover with little inclination to trade. The quarter cent rise at the end of the
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    182 11 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange: noon prices per plcul yesterday were: Oopra: steady; June $28 18 buyers, $28 3 8 sellers; July $28 1 2 buyers, $28 3 4 sellers. Coconut oil: steady bulk $41 I' 4 sellers, drum $44 1 2 sellers. Pepper: quiet with no business reported:
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    KRIAN RUBBER PROFIT DROPS
    89 11 The Krian Rubber Plantations Co. Ltd n.ade a pn:flt oJ «.J*23 in 1954 compared with £10.404 In the previous year. The company declared a capital cash distribution of Is. 3d. per share (not subject {o income taxi mvnble on June 7. Taxation amounted to £2.400 compared
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    32 11 On the free exchange market hi Mnruz Kong yesterday, the U.S. doUar wm quoted at 5.82 for cash Sterling was quoted at 15.71 and one tael of gold at 251 >.*.
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    SINGAPORE UNREST SLASHED SHARES BY $100,000,000
    443 11 SINGAPORE UNREST SLASHED SHARES BY $100,000,000 By Our Market Correspondent MALAYAN investors yesterday took stock of the position on the Singapore Share Market which in May had passed through its most depressing period for several years. Last month the riots, political uncertainty and continued industrial unrest accentuated the drop "n
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    258 11 The Malayan Share Brokers' Association reportec: "On the local share market both industrials and tins showed narrow and irregular fluctuations with a steady undertone and a moderate turnover. Rubbers were quietly steady." Singapore members reported the following business done yesterday Fiv.ser and Neave ords *1.75; Gammon $2.67 >
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    Sounds that can make you forget* the heat
    387 12  -  ELIZABETH PON By IF there isn't such a word as "coolth," there ought to be and I hereby invent it. We have "warmth" (a little too much, perhaps, in Malaya), why not "coolth," for which we long? We have so many days
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    'THE DOG CRIED AT THE SAD PARTS'
    459 12 'THE DOG CRIED AT THE SAD PARTS' COOKIE'S CHILD at the cinema COOKIE'S child loves our two dogs and has taken, in a big way, to the litle dachsund ***** we are looking after for a friend. Along with many others she thinks the little animal is a puppy, because
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    26 12 The Begum Ago, Khan is shown here during her visit to Epsom races on the first day of the summer meeting. A.P. picture.
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    365 12  -  R. MITCHELL-HILL By IGNORANCE of the dangers of electricity in the home has caused many fatal accidents. Here are some hints on how to keep such a tragedy away from your home. DON'T interfere with the fixed wiring of your home. If you do. you not
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    Exit the bikini and no regrets
    271 12  - Exit the bikini and no regrets KATHLEEN HICKLEY tiyt fFHANK goodness the A bikini suit has had its day. Women throughout history have worn some ugly,, even c6mic, fashions, but surely never anything quite so awful as this. This fashion horror does absolutely nothing for the female figure except to
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      169 12 takes gooil t arc ft{ •Viyella* is perfect L- jfo for babies. It is soft and light fj 'I I and washes wonderfully. 'Viyell.' v\ 'J lasts. Nurses and clinic pre f er \^J •Viyella* every time-for health, for long astiag Vivella If IT SHRINKS WE repuq KlydeltfUalsomacUbyihemaJcertof'Vivtlla'twlfoh HOW QUICK
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      413 12 fm, 21 The whole lot Is in with this! Straits Times Crossword h game (6. 4) I 9 3 a s 6 7 25 Overlooked by the Vikings (7) 26 Mentally abstracted (7) -t— tstt -^kt -^7 I r-r. 27 Benevolent use of sheets and fiH *****1 l 8 M
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    Bagby Stable lands a treble
    221 13  -  EPSOM JEEP STEWARDS AWARD RACE TO SOOKA AFTER OBJECTION By FRANKLIN, BOUGOURE SCORE DOUBLES Bagby Stable scored 1 a splendid hattrick with Acrobat, Sooka and Beechnut at Kuala Lumpur yesterday, second day of the Selangor Turf Club May June meeting. Acrobat (Franklin) scored a popular
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    SPORTS DIARY
    78 13 SOCI hii SAFA Lea<rue, Div. 1: Star Soccerites v tVoodbridge H.. Jalan Besar; Div. 2A: Kinta Rangers v S.C.C.. padang; Div. 3A: R.E. Civilians v Serangoon M.V GeyfcMag; Setia Java v Junior .U, CO ground; Corinthians "A" v Woodlands, VMA ground. Government Services League: Div. 2: S TT
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    PERSIDJA FLY INTO STORE
    67 13 Fifteen members or the Persldja football team, of Jakarta arrived by Garuda Indonesian Airways yesterday to play four matches in Singapore and two in the Federation. Thirteen of them are players and two are officials. Five more players and three officials will arrive tomorrow. Persidja will
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    Teams for SHA trial today
    67 13 The Singapore Hockey Association will hold a second trial on the S.R.C. padang at 5.15 p.m. this evening. Teams are: Colours: Dollah Hamid, Ajlt Singh, Gellaid, Pennefather. Vellupillai. Devadas. Fernandez. Dalbara Singh. Ajit Singh Coutts. Jeyathural. Whites: Pillai, Kim"Foh, Stevens. R. Sharma. Hay, R. Foo,
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    TEACHERS SCORE SEVEN OFF MAAF
    55 13 Teachers' Training College "A" beat Malayan Auxiliary Air Force 7-0 in the Government Services first division soccer league game on the P <St T ground* yesterday. Henry John (3). G. Grosse, Suppiah (2) ana Kee Seng scored. In the other first division game Customs conceded
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    DOCKYARD WIN
    52 13 H. M Dockyard won the Coronation Cup when they beat Royal Navy 2-0 in their annual match at the Naval Base yesterday. Roberts the Dockyard Inside left, scored both goals, in the 15th and 18th minutes of the first half. Navy had won the Cup In the previous
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    UK. SWEEP
    60 13 TOTAL POOL: $201,700. IST: *****2 ($54,459) 2ND: *****3 (527.229) 3RD: *****6 ($13,614) STARTERS ($2,722 each), Nos: *****3; *****5; *****2: *****9: *****0. CONSOLATION ($1,210 each), Nos: *****0; *****4; *****3; *****0; *****8; *****6; *****7; *****7; *****1; *****0. TREBLE TOTE: 14 tickets ($125 each). FORECAST TOTE: Race 3: 17 tickets ($52).
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    152 horses entered for Singapore T.C. June meter
    611 13 A TOTAL of 152 Class One and Two horses has been entered for the Singapore Turf Club June Meeting, which will start at Buklt Tlmah on June 11. Horses entered for the meeting, according to the training list, are given below. The
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    ALL THE RESULTS DIVIDENDS ami CASH SWEEPS
    1815 13 Race One CLASS 4, DIV. 4—6 FURS. Mr. M. K. Chen's (8) KINGFOLD 8.0 carr 8.1 (212—115) Mawi 1 Mystic Code 8.6 (219—102) Donnelly 2 (2) Santa Clans 8.12 (471—179) Paterson 3 (5) Brown Eyes 8.10 (193—124) Bagby 4 (4) MICKEY MOUSE S.ll
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    Lock icon Trabert in semi-finals
    179 13 PARIS. Wed. rfiONY TRABERT, the defending L champion, and his U.S. Davis Cup teammate, Hamilton Richardson, gained the semi-final round In the French International tennis tournament here yesterday. Trabert beat Mervyn Rose (Australia) 6—2. 3—6. 6—3, 6—o and Richardson beat another American, Herb Flam, 6—3, 4—6. 6—l,
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    RESULTS
    62 14 Finn Kobbero (Denmark) beat \andu Natekar (India) 8-15. 15-6, 15-10. Ole Jensen (Denmark) beat P. Chawla (India) 15-4. 18-14. Jorn Skaarup (Denmark) beat T. N Seth (India) 15-10, 15-3. G. Hemmady and M. Guha (India) beat Ole Mertz and Ove Eilertsen (Denmark) 15-10. 3-15, 15-3. F. Kobbero and J.
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    SINGLES ROUT PUTS INDIA Oil
    2440 14 Kobberos great recovery starts Danes on road to challenge round JENSEN and SKAARUP WIN IN STRAIGHT SETS: FINAL SCORE 6-3 One each in the night's doubles JENSEN WAS TIRING yyHEN .lorn Skaarup, the Danish captain, saved four successive smashes by the rival Indian captain, T.
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    MALAYAN v DEN
    76 14 MALAYAN v DEN THE Thomas minton >el« nijht ar.nom team 4 $j will defend againM Den Saturda* ai day at the s Badminton? The lean Pen? Son Choon;. Oi Lim, Ooi I( and On? H Tan Jin I Urn Keefo without 3-3 wh 9-3 when 3i cross drop. Skaa::;.'' superb
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