Singapore Standard, 23 May 1951

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  • 15 1 Singapore Standard *fc Jt *> VOL. 325 SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 1951. 12 PAGES FIFTEEN CENTS.
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  • 383 1 jequsl l^o__Ban P standard Start Reporter S tn requisition the rubber m the Norbay {1 Molier is now the logical sequel to yesre (io\ ernment announcement of a ban pments to Communist China. The Singapore Government Is to consult with the Singapwe Chan-bear
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  • 40 1 Govt: No Rubber since Holier Ship i the Singasiated t with 1 -i» «>i rai of the a ;i.-r mak h h.t> sitMH_ed b> lorn Minis- m rubber i leaved for S sg spore to the taipositioa mai teatrol M
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    24 1 i Xtnidjojo. I nbas»ador to v Irs, who passSingapore by rdaj irom New 13 to Jakarta He waN met 1 Ra/if. lndoI learn] m
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  • 91 1 For the first time m the Singapore Legislative Council, an Asian, Mr. Tan Chin Tuan. Member for the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, conducted the proceedings of the Council's afternoon session as the Deputy President. Picture shows Mr. Tan (centre) m the Presidential seat usually
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  • 216 1 Standard Staff Reporter HISTORY was made m the Singapore Legislative Council •esterdav when amidst ap.lause from both Unofficial and Official sides, Mr. Tan Chin ruan, Member for Chinese :hamber of Commerce, took n*er the Presidential Chair m .is capacity as Deputy President during the
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  • 114 1 Standard Staff Reporter THE SINGAPORE Chinese Advisory Board yesterday decided to lorm a sub-committee to discuss ways and means of collecting funds for the construction of a hospital forl.B. patients m Singapore. The proposal to build a 18. Hospital was put forward by Mr
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  • 28 1 Hit -And-Run Death YESTERDAY morning, one of two Malay P**destrian*K was knocked down by a hit-and-run driver of a saloon car near tne 7th milestone Bukit Timah Road.
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  • 500 1 Standard Staff Reporter THE SINGAPORE Acting Financial Secretary, Mr. W. C. Taylor, told the Legislative Council yesterday that the Colony was faced with very heavy possible financial commitments m the near future which might total between $40,000,000 to $50,000,000. Bulk of this
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  • 143 1 .lUUUitru OWII. ivcjfui mam. SUPPORT for the Singapore Government's policy to postpone and curtail expenditure for the moment was expressed m the Legislative Council yesterday by the Nominated Member for Singapore Chamber of Commerce, Mr. E. M. F. Fergusson. Mr. Fergusson spoke after the acting Financial
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  • 86 1 WASHINGTON May 28 (AP)— A battleship, New Jersey and a destroyer Brinkley Bass, have been hit by Communist shore fire off Korea with a loss of two dead and 12 wounded. The US Navy said the New Jersey was hit on Monday by a
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    53 1 Seen at a cocktail party last night held on board the Danish ship Galathea now m Singapore are (from len> Capt. Sir Aubrey St. Clair Forde of the cruiser Belfast just returned from Korean waters: Capt. S. Greve. commander of the Galathea; and Mr. Van der Gaast. Dutch Consul m
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  • 96 1 Standard Staff Reporter SUTAN SJHARIR, Indonesian Socialist Party leader held a "private" conversation with Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, Commissioner General for South-East Asia yesterday at Kallang Airport when he passed through by KLM on his way from Jakarta to Cairo. In
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  • 146 1 REAR- ADMIRAL A. K. Scott-Moncrieff, who commands the British Commonwealth and Allied Fleet m Korean waters, had an unexpected thrill when he re-< cently visited his ships m the front line of the Korean naval Tiie Commander of the U.S. Seventh Fleet, Vice-Adrmral Martin,
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  • 331 1 Allies Advance In West Stem Red Push In East TOKYO, May 22 (AP) Allied troops advanced m Western Korea today, probed an ominous Chinese buildup on the east-cen-tral front, and fought to stem a Red sweep m the East. Infantry troops waged see- r saw battles m the eastern mountains
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  • 218 1 Standard Staff Correspondent MALACCA, Tues.— The Malacca Chinese Chamber of Commerce has just presented to the High Commissioner, Sir Henry Gurney, a memorandum for the restoration of the Settlement's free-port status. The memorandum has the support of 82 Chinese associations, guilds and societies m
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  • 67 1 LONDON, May 22 (Reuter >— The British Prime Minister. Mr. Clement Attlee. and his Cabinet colleagues discussed today tne Persian oil crisis. But no decision was taken pending receipt of a reply to the British Governments weekend note to Teheran. The Cabinet also discussed
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  • 45 1 LONDON, May 22 (Reuter) Findings of the three-man Commission set up to investigate Singapore's December riots will be published m Singapore within this month. A copy of the findings will soon be on the way to the Singapore Governor.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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    • 15 1 Other Singapore news and Legislative Council reports on Pages 2. 3, 4, 5 and 11.
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  • 656 2 COLONY FOOD SITUATION SERIOUS Government Urged To Take Immediate Action Standard Staff Reporter THE ATTENTION of the Singapore Government was drawn m the Legislative Council yesterday to the "serious food situation" m the Colony by Mr. E. Uf. F. Fergusson, Member for the Singapore Chamber of Commerce, ami Mr. Lim
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  • 201 2 Chinas Famous Lawyer To Speak OnMarriage ONE OF China's famous women lawyers, Mrs. Tan Ek Khoo, wife of a civil engineer attached to Lee Rubber Company, will be guest speaker at the Rotary Club luncheon meeting at the Capitol Blue Room today. Mrs. Tan, who came to Singapore with her
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  • 190 2 Standard Staff Reporter THE COLONIAL Secretary, Singapore ia satisfied from the information m his possession thai the detention oi Mr. John Eber and certain members of the University o! Malaya and the Co-operative Movement under lhe Emergency Regulat:> ns is Justified This was stated m
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  • 123 2 TWO PROGRESSIVE Party Menbers, Mi Thie Chan Bee .and Mr C C Tan. were elected to the Singapore Executive C unci] at yesterday's meeting ot the Legislative Council. The Labour Party Member for Keppel. Mr. Lim Yew Heck, the tnird nominee, was unsuccessful. Only the six*een Unofficial Member
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  • 69 2 MEMBERS of the Singapore Legislative Council have no legal warrant to the title of "honourable" states Government written reply to questions tabled by Mr. John Laycock Progressive Katong) at the Council meeting yesterday. The written reply also says that by custom the title of "Honourable" is given
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  • 205 2 Standard Staff Reporter THE FAILURE of the Singapore Government to appoint a Master Fisherman, an appointment which was sanctioned by the Legislative Council many, many months ago. was strongly attacked m the Council yesterday by Mr. Lim Yew Hock (Keppel Labours In an adjournment speech.
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  • 38 2 TAY KEE SOO was allowed >200 bai! m the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday for having five gallons of dutiable samsu at Bales-tier Roa<3 on May 21. The case was postponed to May 29 for sentence.
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  • 353 2 JUDGMENT with costs m favour of Miss Lily Chan, a former dance hostess, who sued Mr. Runme Shaw for possession of a flat m the Capitol Building was given by Mr. Justice Fletcher Rogers m the High Court yester- day. Miss Chan rented the. flat.
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  • 138 2 Standard Staff Reporter AMONG 778 persons detained m connection with tne riots, 12 were Government servant.*-, it was stated yesterday by the Colonial Secretary. Mr. W. L. Blythe m a written answer tabled at the Singapore Legislative Council meeting to questions •by Che Ahmad
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  • 282 2 Standard Staff Reporter THE ACTION of the Singapore Improvement Trust m giving summary notices of eviction to more than 60 of their tenants without assigning any reasons was described as "high-handed, most undemocratic and deplorable" m the Legislative Council yesterday. Speaking during adjournment, Mr, Lim
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    15 2 photo. W», Mrs. E. Tan. Mrs. Gordon Co-Tn "d Mb Ed q^S G. S. King
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  • 199 2 A s^ n rd Staff Reporter a CALL to the Singapore Government to immediately appoint a Wage Negotiating Board was issued iir the Legislative Council yesterday by Mr. C. R. Dasaratha Raj (Labour, Rochore). Mr. Raj pointed out that the Colonial Secretary had
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  • 100 2 MR. JOHN S. Dumeresque. Director ol Broadcasting. Malaya left the service of the .Malayan Governments under the provisions of the Malayan Establishment Pension Minute 6<b> "m order to facilitate the efficient integration of Emergency broadcasta with the normal activities of the Department."* T'us is contained m
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous

  • 187 3 Dato Onn's Chances For All In Malaya' Impresses Visitors Standard Staff Correspondent Xi I MPI R. Tues. Dato Onn bin Ja'afar, Member t-ffain and President of tbe United Malays Nationalist lion, told an unofficial Indian delegation from Madras, is m favour of establishing a secular state m which all should
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  • 21 3 Mother Dies Trying To we Son n ipoadc-rt i_. fourPuteh le g >. on girl was I j D:.a tried ram. ____Z___Z__
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  • 49 3 R l A L A LUMPUR, Tues— The Malayan Kailway Administration announced that ewiac to interruption of the line duo to terrorist activity, the Day Mail trains will today be cancelled between Kluans and Gemas. It is anticipated that normal services will be resumed tomorrow.
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  • 59 3 PUPILS ol Sa Francis' Institti- tacca celebrated tne ast 4 Ile founder ol the isl an B iers' Scho i ls, St. i Baptist cie Salle with an eai morning Mass followed ter by a football match m acy costumes a".n iports on the school gr und Mam
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    64 3 This photograph was taken on the occasion of the public meeting held at Sentul, Kuala Lumpur, last Saturday when members of an Indian delegation from Madras were welcomed. Picture shows (from left to right) Mr. Shaft. Mohamed, Mr. S. O. K. Übaldulla, member of the Federal Legislative Council who presided,
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  • 97 3 TELOK ANSON, Tues. Four Indonesians, three men and a woman, were convicted by Magistrate Inche Abdul Hamid for entering the Federation without proper passports or visas. The men, Mujid bin Sais, Manap bin Tungga and Ushak bin Ujang, were each fined $50 or one month
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  • 22 3 BUTTERWORTH. Tues.— Night soil fees m Province Wellesley will be increased by ten per cent, from July 1-
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  • 56 3 Standard Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— The announcement, repeated this morning, that winnings En the Social and Welfare Services Lottery are not subject to income tax m the Federation, should speed up the sales j of these tickets m post offices, j The response thus far
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  • 461 3 HOW he heard a Eurasian, Francis Pereira, shouting for help while m a drain m Geylang Road with a crowd of Malays and Indians armed with sticks and bottles watching him, was related to Mr. J. M. Devereux Colebourn m the Singapore Relief Court,
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  • 195 3 Standard Staff Correspondent IPOH, Mel. Indian State Councillor. Mr. J.V. Morais, was elected president of the Kinta Indian Association for the fifth successive year at the annual general meeting of the association last Sunday. In his address, Mr. Morais stressed the need for more funds to
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  • 85 3 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues A womain, Ng Kong Sen of Bukit Timah Road, Singapore, appeared before Mr. N. L. Cohen m the Sessions Court today and claimed trial to a charge of cheating. It was alleged that on May 19, Ng Kong obtained a diamond
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  • 70 3 TvLALACCA, Tues.— Malacca Buddhists celebrated Wesak Day yesterday with a 2 days' vigil and the usual sacrificial offerings of fruits flowers, lighted candles, prayers and procession m the temple ground at Gaja Berang. On Wesak Day the Chairman of the Trustees of the Temple hoisted the
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  • 286 3 Standard Slafl Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— On the grounds of coercion and duress, Mr. Justice E. N. Taylor, ordered the transfer of certain properties during the occupation be set aside, ami the plaintiff was ordered to refund the purchase money, as revalued
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  • 183 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.— Trying to run through bandit fire m Kluang yesterday, the Chinese driver of a lorry was killed. The passengers m the lorry were robbed. v A belated report from Kajang states that a Chinese civilian was murdered by bandit^ on
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  • 268 3 Adult Education Assn. Proposed For Federation Standard Staff CorreHpond«*nl KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— An Adult Education Association of the Federation of Malaya ja%BBBB aim would be to help and encourage the expansion of ad-ilt education throughout the Federation was prof>o-ed hv Dato E. E. Thuraisingham, Member for Education, m a broadcast
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  • 181 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues An assistant shop keeper, j an Yong Eitiat, told Mr. Justice H. W. Wilson, m the Skipn te Court today, that he saw hit •neighbour. Alamah who was bleeding profusely, run out of her house and embrace his wife. She died later.
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  • 58 3 PENANG, Tues —Mr Elmer Newton. United States Information Service Director for Singapore and the Federation, arrived here this evening on an inspection visit. A cocktail party it being arranged m his honour at ihe E. and O. Hotel tomorrow evening from 6 SQ to 8
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous

  • 646 4 Ring Trying To Squeeze Govt Tan Standard Slaff Reporter THERE was unanimous agreement amongst j officials, unoffi-aials and nominated members of; the Singapore Legislative Council yesterday on a motion moved by the Progressive Member for the City, MR. N. A. MALLAL "that every effort
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  • 182 4 Standard **«taff Reporter FONG Shark Koon. a Siagaporg merchant was found guilts of having I~_ p ■i is of opium, and was sent nc d m the Singapore First District Court yesterday to three years rigorous imprisonment. F-:.g gave notice ol appeal. p
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    5 4 MR A MALLAL Nothing Done
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  • 297 4 Stainlartl Staff Reporter MM, .PORE l,o\ ernment** i_rantiiii_ ol two month** extension uiult r lhe new Passport Regulation-) to allow holders of valid certificates of admission to re-enter the Colony without a visa -was yesterday described ifl the legislative Council as "an attempt merely to -alvt*
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  • 59 4 WANG KOH LIAN, the taikong and chinchew of the motor tongkang 'Lenng Hoi Lee' was ed $906 m the Singapore Fi urth Police Court yesterday, .ond his assistant, Wang Koh Mob was nhed $250 or tr;-ms-p rting an excess o! 2. 236 gallons of petroleum
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  • 266 4 Amok Slew Niece, Then Cut His Th roa t Standard Staff Reporter A 30-YEAK-OLI) Chinese carpenter ran amok m a house at Neil Koad killed his niece a_;ed six months, injured her mother and was later founG dead m a room with his throat slit. This story was related m
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    35 4 Mr. Pan? Boon Kens recently married Miss Yap Bee Gek the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Yap Yew Gee. The wedding took place on Sunday. A reception was held at the Tai long Restaurant.
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  • 36 4 THF. Singapore Chinese Schools Association may call a meeting of all Chinese schools m th e Colony to consider a protest against Government's intention to withdraw subsidies to primary students m Chinese schooli.
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  • 19 4 LIEUT-GENERAL Thosirivanon. Deputy Director of the Thai Police Force, will visit Singapore and the Federation from &**^->-*..a____--____
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  • 411 4 THE Singapore Second Police Court yesterday adjourned tc the General Hospital to record the evidence of a complainant m a preliminary inquiry m which Ong Thian Chor, aged 24, is tentatively charged with attempting to murder his elder brother, Ong Thian Siew, m a house at
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  • 226 4 Standard Staff Reporter ATOP a 70- foot tree a Malay while cutting off a branch was sent clean off his hold and j knocked seven feet m the air, j when tiie branch severed. Split action when he grabbed the branch as it swung on
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  • 166 4 A PISTOL was recov< ed by the police m .1 room at J Besar o;. March 17. This stated m the Singapore Sec .-.fi P Uee Court yesterdi at a prej Liminary inquiry m which a 27--year-old Malay, Karim bin Adaoi was teutativei\
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  • 76 4 SOPER ON UNITY OF RELIGIONS THE Inter-Relioeioris Organisation of Singapore and J i< c will have Dr. Edmund S per as the r guest speaker at the Vie- Memorial Hall this I i jing. Dr. Soger will be introduced by the uommissioner-Ge > Mr. "Malcolm Mac Donald. He lecture on
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  • 316 4 By I*. M. RAMAN, Standard Special Correspondent TIIE reoenl increase of arid throwing by Singapore jiangsters w itii the eyre.- ot the victim a* the epicentre of attack, has prompted the Ophthalmic section of th* General Hospital to take special men-am-- fo <leal
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  • 88 4 MEMBERS te YM CA. and the East -"W t S i t 1 ge is s supersth pas at the Bi Council Hal] I *d Road toi 8.30 p.m. The 1 of the debat \x Professor R E H ttui irhile speakers r the will be
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  • 83 4 INSPITE of the fact that tyre the*:- *c still time a beis of the public are ig P ee advice to record h kc. size and serial number ot their tyres, details of vhii c on the wall ol the tj < A Police statement est«
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
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    • 239 4 i MISCELLANEOUS THE Secret a Good Perm' is the pro Lminary bail out by Mist Vicky oi Michelle Beauty Parlour 13 Batters Road. Singapore Photu .9. NOTICE SINGAPORE TURF CLUB SUMMER MEETING 1951. SATURDAY 26TH, WEDNESDAY 30TH MAY SATURDAY 2ND i JUNE 1951. LW'TRIES CLOSE at 12 noon 1 LJ
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  • 40 5 Photo ual »t Rosenborg (left) chatting with Mrs. K. (i. Lommer wife of the nMii il Siagapare and Mai. (ien. G, G*( arret! Scott. GOT. SinuaDore Dis.rktail parti B*M on the Galathea last night. Standard
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  • 386 5 Will Benefit Family— Leader Standard StaiT Correspondent PENANG, Tues. Mr. Ng Sui Cam, VicePresident of the Malayan Chinese Association, Penang Branch, told representatives from several Chinese schools and associations this afternoon lhat it was to their own interests if more Chinese join the police force. "The direction of manpower provides
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  • 172 5 Standard Staff Reporter THF. CENTRAL Provident Fund Bill, introduced by Mr. C. C. Tan i Progressive. Tanglin) was yesterday referred to a Select Committee of six for examination and report to the Singapore Legislative Council. An interesting aspect of the Bill is that the stipulation
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  • 150 5 Standard Staff Reporter A WARNING that ship-owners m Singapore may include a surcharge on freight to cover the delay caused to ship.? because oi the congestion In Singapore Harbour Board godowns and the possible effect it may have to diverting a good deal of
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  • 89 5 THF ASSISTAXCE of the General Headquarters Singapore. ha s been sought m preparation for the formation of Singapore Regiment. This was stated by Government m reply to Mr. John Laycock (Progressive. Katong) m the Legislative Council yesterday. An estimate of costs has been drawn up and
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  • 627 5 publication of radio weekly SINGAPORE Government was questioned m the Legislative Council on Urn publication ot the Straits Times Radio Weekly. Mr. C. R. Dasa a Kothore) charged that the v Broadcasting Department, under lhe Straits Times started its Radio Weekly, had acted m
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  • 215 5 Standard -Staff Reporter AN ALLEGATION that there has been discrimination m the implementation of the Benham Committee's salary recommendations for Examiners and Assistant Examiners of the Income Tax Department on the one hand and Assessment Officers on the other was made m the Singapore Legislative
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  • 102 5 Standard Staff Reporter THE two surgical units m the Singapore General Hospital left by the two consultant surgeons j who retired recently on medical grounds still exist as separate units although under the overall co-ordination of the remaining Professor of Surgery. Tilts is contained m the
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  • 334 5 Chinatown's Dead-End Kids Fascinate Him Standard Staff Reporter ONE VISITOR to Singapore who has not turned up his nose at the "thousands nf smell" of Singapore is young" Danish journalist tegea Benzon, who arrived m Singapore with Galathea, the Danish scientific expedition ship. He is enthralled hy the "ten thousands
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  • 306 5 Standard Staff Reporter THE CONTROL of Building Bill, designed to restrict construction of luxury buildings costing more than $50,000 except with the permission of the Governor-in-Council, was carried through all its stages and passed m the Singapore Legislative Council yesterday with slight amendments.
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  • 124 5 Standard Staff Reporter A "saving** campaign." week will be Launched by the Singapore Chinese Advis iry Board from July 1. Mr. W. A. Cooper. Direc'or of Posts, who attended the Board's meeting yesterday stressed the importance of saving to curb inflation. The Board has also decided
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 30 5 Os DIARY i: I k IN I K. Ml g I Kal I f*«rt I Hi', By CM Kias \ll oil.-. (M \l.-,!i, in.-fc-ws H- ii CUnico- H Hospital Sl3
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  • 775 6 IT to >k just ovei three years to defeat Japan. But foi over Bye years the victorious Allies have b* en engaged m a diplomatic struggle over the peace treaty with Japan and they are not nearer their goal. From time to time there have been thai
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  • 1712 6 The Police Want Help From The Public By Our Crime Reporter SINGAPORE as part of the British Empire is democratic m its constitution a constituJ tion which sharply limits the powers of its I Police Force. > As m all dci>:ocratic countries the police* I man is not the law
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  • 774 6 iSir, Now th a we have free election to the Municipal Council, it may be of interest to both the voters and the candidates to road the following article which I have taken a I im an old edition by James I Albert Winans
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  • 261 6  -  Leong Hew Meng By THE first Million-Dollar public welfare lottery is o;i sale In every postal department or postal agencies m the Federation. It is quite the most attractive of all lotteries ever to be spon-,. sored m this country having m all 70
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  • We, the People
    • 411 6 Sir:— ln your .Saturday Issue I read under the heading of "U.S.A. for Negroes"' a letter from C.F.V. of Kuala Lumpur. According to him Mr. Truman is reported to have said. "India should be for Indians and China for Chinese etc."' If only C.F.V. bad asked,
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  • 270 6 Mr;— l have written to you several letters on the ab ye el but up to daU n ias been said r d me. 1 taking the liberty of i tting brie B 5 the ba that I have had to go through. 'te
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  • 539 7 JCS Feared Mac A Might Act On Own To Ignite FE War Sradley Explains Support Of Ouster: V\ .SHINGTON, May 21 (UP) General Omar Bradley lodaj thai lhe Joint Chiefs oi Staff unanimously endorsed dismissal of General Douglas Mac Arthur because they feared mighl lake action on his own which
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  • 85 7 Iran Problem To Consult Us Before Using Force N. May 22, (UP) T i said be B- tish Gov< rnnised not tc se t in Ira the -scale :ee whi 1 t:u:*X H e B: ssseel i« 1 tesl i Is 1 iy. r British t to Iran te ests
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  • 28 7 McGrigor To Head Royal Navy In Dec. 22 (AP>— Th€ Mo* v R ick R. s Ro\ >: m the I as First Sea hief of the N. j
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  • 64 7 WASHINGTON. May 21, (Renter). General Omar N. Bradley. Chairman of the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff, told Senators today the United States had no commitment to go into Persia with Britain m the event of any trouble there. He made
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  • 125 7 No US Aid For Nations Helping Reds WASHINGTON, May 2. (AP).— The U.S. Senate yesterday passed and sent to the White H. oa.se an appropriations bill with an amendment whi h would cut of. ail Unit ed States economic aid to am nation which serais war good. C anmunist nations
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  • 31 7 HONGKONG, May 22 (Reu-ter-AAP' -The British freightei Hydralock, 700 ton*;, radioed tc ii mgkong tonight that site had been intercepted by an unidentified warship m the Formosa.) Straits
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  • 132 7 New weapon Believed Pat Into Use In Korea WHERE IN KOREA. May -1 (Reuter-AAP) <De Chinese Mld-tra were climbing cautiously \merii an defences m the Pukhan valley. I nei vi Commander gave ax\ order and the Chinese .ni m a searing mass of flames that roared 200 a.» the a.r
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  • 125 7 WASHINGTON, May 21. (UP).— The State Department disclosed today fhat more than 30 United States nationals have been imprisoned m Communist China for an "extended period." The Department said it is "extremely concerned" over the fate of the' Americans. It said some of them have
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  • 61 7 General Omar Bradley. Chairman of the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff, digs into his brief case for his records, containing much confidential material, for presentation at the closed hearing of the combined Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees on the Government's war plans and
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  • 161 7 Big Four Deputies Make Considerable Progress On Point PARIS, May 21 (Reuter)-— The Big Four Foreign Ministers' Deputies achieved considerable progress today by agreeing "on the placing of German demilitarisation m tin pgenda for a Foreign Ministers <*onferenee. With this step forward, the deputies have agreed on the controversial first
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  • 169 7 No Shipboard Romance Miss Truman WASHINGTON, "May 21 I (UP) Margaret Truman said today that she figured her chances for a shipboard romance on her trip to Europe are nil there will be too many secret servicemen and reporters hanging around. She told a press conference: "You can be assured
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  • 88 7 WASHINGTON. May 21 (Reuter)—President Truman is asking Congress within the next two or three days for more than U552.000.00U.000 for Marshall aid. He will also ask for large sums for economic and military aid to I'nited States allies. Princess Irene, 11-year-old daughter of Queen Juliana of the
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  • 121 7 RANGOON. May 22 (Reuter) —Burma has banned the export nf all petroleum products to China, an authoritative source here said today. Border posts have been set up to prevent the smuggling _of such products over the frontier. The source said that a large part
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  • 65 7 TAIPEI. May 22 (Reuter-AAPi The American Chief Military Adviser to the Chinese Nationalist Government, Major General William Curtis Chase, today set out on his second tour of Nationalist military installations since his arrival here on May 1. General Chase is believed to have already
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  • 313 7 WASHINGTON, May 21 (UP) Stale I)<ai>artiii<Mit »pok<>*iii-iii Michael McDermott today denied lhai the United Slat*** has changed it« policy toward China as charged by Republican leader Robert Tafl*. Senator Taft asserted m a radio talk on Sunday that the United
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  • 117 7 WASHINGTON. May ft (LP) State Department spokesman Michael McDermott announced today that the United States government will prohibit the shipment of critical goods from the United States to any companies or persons m Western Germany which have engaged m illegal trade
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  • 144 7 AIAMLA. May tl W President Elpidio Quirino of the Philippines is scheduled to pa y an "unofficial*' visit Sa ndak a n. British Noi th Borneo, late today or Ml 9 tomorrow, the Malacar.an Pri v Office announced today The British Legation hei* said
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  • 143 7 WASHINGTON, M 12 ll PI De ■<•').:• I said that the United I X res i I ,J casualties In the live days of a Communist itl .ending Sunday They said I Ui ted States I 134 killed and 825 wounded The Sout lost
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  • 179 7 LONDON. M v 22 (DPI Denials from Washington withstanding, tiie British Government is not yet convinced that j the speech b 5 Assistant Secre•a of State Di an Rusk last week does not signal a major change m American policy m I ie Far East.
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  • 38 7 RANGOON, May 21. CReuter) The Burmese President Sao Shwe Thaike assured "fullest cooperation"' of his Government to the first Russian Ambassador m Burma. Alexander Saveliev, who presented his credentials to him today.
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  • 40 7 HONGKONG. May 22: 'AP The Chinese Communists have expelled Professor Dwight Etugh of "Yale In China." a philanthropic association. Rugh, who has been m China since 1930. was found guilty of being an "agent of American imperia ism
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  • 170 8 Standard Staff Reporter THE U\N on Malayan rubber exports to Red China, announced Bunultaneousl) In Singapore ami m the Federation yesterday morning, made no impressioa on the rubber market m Singapore. Dealers had expected swch move for some lime. The
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  • 130 8 Stai-dard _ftaff Reporter EFFECTIVE today, the price ot petrol m Singapore will he $131 per gallon. Other new increased prices lor petroleum products are also introduced by both the Shell company and the Standard Vacuum Oil Company. m spite of constant ra p the pr. c
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  • 183 8 I LUMPUR. May 21 estal trkers, it ii ri. are ana is to get a a c a iges sc de ai ssit c Pi n m. la; m H ibber era Si -i C rnmittee c M-P.l E A it ts under-* c
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  • 190 8 M.nd«-- Stall Beporter s KGAPORE, Tues Quiet turns again pre 1 ai I m the Malayan .-hare market a ate a >>eu iif any fr >at r. i Sa.-r.ing were mostly nominal: ge_ rices •ci c INDUSTRIALS _h*ve:s Seh.rs C n Rn Smelt c- e 20
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  • 141 8 A. UNITED NATIONS survey shows that; since the start of C .i nun ist aggression m Korea, prices of btsic essential commod: ?s h-we risen rapidly with the ir-.-*. pronounced increase- m tin. rui •er aa me rt, which had w *i behind other
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  • 232 8 May Harm Trade Of Singapore' THF SHORT A G E > t Bod- v n space the Singapore Harbour Board would mar the trade ot the Colony, said the outgoing presuieut of the Indian Cuamber Commerce Mr. Ft Jumabhoy at the annual general meeting It i. of utmost importance that
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  • 151 8 THE accc Ta ing U.S defence effort bas created difficulties tor foreign c .mines m the procuremei i scarce equipment and materials from American suppliers. In order to alleviate these difficulties, the U.S. Government bas established a procedure whereby exporters maj request pri
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  • 113 8 A NEW FORM of insurance designed to protect American investments against loss iron; expropriations or confiscation m Marshall Plan countries is being I made ready, announced the Eco- nomic Cooperation Administra- 1 tion. The specific provisions of the] new insurance policy are now j being prepared with
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  • 42 8 These three farmers at a squatter colony tn Braddell Road told The Standard that, m spite of Government's talk of helping them m the way of getting cheaper fertilizers for their farms, nothing has yet b^en done. Michael Goh
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  • 129 8 LONDON. May 22: (AP>— British exports during April totalled £230.200.000. against the Bret quarter average of £193,--400.000. Import* totalled 11.500.000. ten per cent. higher than the average for the quarter. THK British India Company's freight snip Fultala, which arrived here from Japanese ports and Hongkong, brought
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    • 83 8 The latest Singapore rubber prices yesterday (May Zt) were per lb. Cuyeis SellerNo 1 R.S.S Spot loose $1-53 SI. 54 FOB. in bales June. No 1 R S S S1.48 S1.49 No I RS s $1,451 51.46* No i R.S.S. (nom Sl.43 SI. 44 Tone: Stead v. LONDON RUBBER
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    • 37 8 SINGAPORE. Tues The price of Tin to day was $565.56 per picul. Down LONDON TIN Tuesday's prices first session were: Spot £1.125 buyers £1,130 sellers. Three months £1.105 buyers £1,110 sellers. Settlement Price £1,125 Tone: Steady.
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  • 642 8 I E.LEPHONE development m Singapore compares favourably with that of other cities m the Far East. This achievement of the past 70 years of its existence is to the credit of private enterprise. The Story of the Telephone m Singapore, written
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  • 128 8 Standard Staff Reporter COPRA m the Singapore produce market remained more or iess unchanged m quotations yesterday. Business passed at $47 for June-July shipment and $47| for nearby. Coconut oil was dull at $80 per picul sellers, with buyers holding off. Pepper was a quietiy steady
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  • 34 8 INDIA has accepted an offer of assistance to set up a penicillin factory at an estimated co_t of nearly U552,700,000, from the World Health Organization and the UN International Children's Emergency Fund.
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  • 624 8 Standard Staff Reporter THE SINGAPORE (Government yesterday announced a ban on rubber sliimnciits to China. This ban uill operate immediately and result m tiie requisitioning of all rubber sold to China prior to April 9 but yet unshipped. j The Federation Govern ment
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  • 71 8 Britain has reached a provisional agreement with Australia, New Zealand and South Africa on a scheme designed to stabilise wool prices. It provides for the setting up of an organisation to buy wool m Australia. New Zealand and South Africa when the orice tails below
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  • 441 8 Standard Staff Reporter THE Oriental Telephone and Electric Co., Ltd. has obtained some coin-collecting boxes suitable for Singapore's post-war currency and is now giving consideration to the Installation of telephone booths m places m the Rural area where there is public demand. This was
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  • 47 8 Tin Concentrates: April Output Production of tin concentrates In the Federation during April totalled 105.917 piculs. Figures .vere: Perak 63.659 piculs, Selangor 31.775 piculs, Ne<*n Sembilan '2.531 picuis, Pahang 1.229 piculs. Johore 1.247 piculs. Trengganu 514 piculs, Kedah H2O piculs. Perhs 1.075 picuis. and Malacca (JT picuis.
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  • 95 8 GALVESTON, Texas). May 22 Reuter) Over <>5 per cent of new rubber used m the I'nited State, this year will be American made, according to a rubber expert, Mr. Benjamin /wicker. America will soon be producing 850,000 tons of rubber a year, he said. American
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  • 260 8 WASHINGTON. May 21 (USIS): South-East A->ia is now a laboratory m artiici] many different Asian peoples are proving that ihev can solve their problems and work out their own destinies under free and independent and nonCommunist governments, according to the U.S. Eeonornie Co-operation
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  • 57 8 Japan has cut her exports to China drastically since the Japanese Government barred shipments of war materials to the Chinese last December. Japan may still send China and Manchuria textiles, consumer goods. agricultural products and bicycles. There has been an increased demand for bicycles,
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  • 48 8 There ar_ 9.000 different products manufactured m Chicago, according to the "Buyers' Guide and Industrial Directory." The guide is published by the Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry, which distributes nearly 40.000 copies each year m the United States. It also stands many copies abroad.
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  • 19 8 Pakistan has agreed to give direct tariff concessions to Turkey, Italy, France. Austria and West Germany. AP
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  • 33 8 The Board of Directors of the Royal Dutch Petroleum Company has proposed a 12 per cent, dividend m cash for 1950. against the nine per cent, paid for 1949. AP
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  • 84 8 The A us; i -flan Government has seat 12 of its Hue-blood Merino sb eep to the United States to help American scientists produce a better breed This marks the Hirst time ia IS pears that the Australian Gove nment has allowed its hit*
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  • 70 8 Pakistan prew 134 per cent more jute on 19.9 per cent -HS land this year. the Xi rac_M Agriculture Ministry rep >rts tt places the total 1950-51 rrop year field tt 4.4."V2 000 bales of 400 pounds each against 1.-TtjOM hales m the previous year. Trie
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  • 40 8 HONGKONG, May 22 -Special Standard Service —Cl osing p-ice> on the Honqkong Kxeh.angp today were HKSIS 85 to £1 -sterling: KK56.233 to US$l: HK$l BOS to Malayan (1; HKso.33.*) to <>• c Indonesian Etupiah: Gold E-K5318.875 to one tael
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  • 38 8 Bratnard International Co. U.S. firm recently licensed by the Indian Government to set up a ferro-manganese plant, will spend US$l,OOO,OOO for machinery. In addition. Br;*inard is prepared to provide ali capital for the venture. A. P.
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  • 40 8 India's favourable balance of trade with Metropolitan Portugal m 1950 totalled 15.420,000 escudos. as compared to 5.100.000 escudos ln 1949. Main imports from Portugal are cork, slates. cork dust, and bottles for wine and brandy. a. P.
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    • 27 8 N E A T E THE ORIGINAL CADMIUM ALKALINE BATTERy .ANC. AND' -m *>*«. '■^<9B**/ ■555P —P </ ,^aM»»— 2SB^^BS^pw"*^ > ~^»j ■■V A *J SET JSSf rflf d 1^^
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  • 59 9 Tin: Salte 56. anchored m Singapore Outer Roads, was one of the two Japanese-built oil tankers which had to be towed into Manila due to engine trouble. Each of the Salte ships has a cargo capacity of 17.000 barrels with a deadweight tonnage of
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  • 258 9 Standard Shipping Reporter FOl'R Brazilian oil tankers are held up m Singapore while awaiting spare parls from Japan. One tanker, Salte 53, has been here for over a month. In all, seven of these Salttankers have passed through Singapore. Salte 51 and 54 have
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    27 9 THE Orient Line's .8. 000-ton Oronsav. The liner is now on her maiden voyage from the I.K. to Austraiiu and will arrive m Sydney about June 18.
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  • 199 9  - Fast Air Service Planned IVOR KRAAL By Standard Aviation Reporter A 27-HGIR direct service from Singapore to Tokyo the i'a>test one yet planned will come into operation within a fortnight with Pacific Overseas Airlines (Siam) Skymaster aircraft. Each week a 'Businessman's Special' will leave Kallang Airport on Monday at 1.30
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  • 54 9 SYDNEY. May 22 (ReuterAAP I—The1 The British Government's 1,036-ton research ship Discuve; y II sailed from here yesterday m an attempt to sail round the Antarctic Ocean and find out where whales go m winter time. The Discovery II is making a six-month voyage tn south lai regions
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  • 46 9 TWO Russian coastal vessels, Borodin and Musorgsky, anchored m Singapore's Outer Roads yesterday to take on a supply of oil. provisions and bunkers. The ships are of 1.193 gross tons each. They are on their way to Vladivostok from Odessa.
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  • 21 9 More than 92.000 civil aircraft are registered m America. Of the total 94 per cent, are singleengine planes.
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    31 9 TOKYO. (Airmail)— Restitution to Japan of ail Japanese fishing boats seized by the Republic of Korea outside the Mac Arthur Line had been ruled by a Headquarters memorandum SOMC'IIITR SINHASKM
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  • 129 9 Standard Shipping: Reporter XEW YORK. May 22 (AP) Aviation Age said Soviet Russia has reached an estimated monthly production of 160 to 17<i of its Long-range "Frontier Fighter." thc I.A-1. plane designed by Scmyon Lavochkin. It is regarded as -ore 0_ the two or three most
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    • 204 9 SARAWAK STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. (Incorporated m Sarawak) WEEKLY PASSENGERS AND FRSIGHT SERVICE TO KUCHING REJANC RIV-*> PORTS AND BINTULU (with transhipment at Kuching). Due. Sails. Bidor for Kuching 1703 June 2 Buloh tor Kuching 29 May accepts cargo for Bintulu with transhipment at Kuching Rajah Brooke for Kuching In Port
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 173 9 Despatches TODAY: Burma, N. India and Pakistan by Sirdhana, Sibu by Belaga. X. Borneo. Labuan .Brunei and Miri by Katong. Arrivals TODAY: Hongkong and China by Tjiwangi. \AIR A RRI VALS [and DEPARTURES] J* f *jf a" M »_*****fca iv& !L^[l!_3b&! **av.-wf^rs>-i--- Arrivals BOAC fr- n Hor.. koti- J ;ti
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    • 582 9 JZ Ships m Harbour WH4RVE***> I Desmoulea, Acavus, Penrith Castle. Albert Dock: Sumpitan, Puseng, Gdn. 44 Kota Gerie. Sheers Wharf: Ban Ho Wan, Bidor. -i 2 4:< Glengarry, Malim, 38 39 Johilla, 36 37 Anchorage Victory, Victoria Dork: LCT iti. Tat Ann. 33 34 Steel Traveller 29 30 Pachum- Keppel
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  • 913 10 Around The Spore Shops With ULU A N BUCKOKE r rHAT age-old saying: J -'Gentlemen prefer blondes" still holds good, with variations, of course. As far as the Orient is concerned, the sloe-eyed brunette will always gain top marks her colouring belongs to the tropics! Wandering around shops,
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  • 256 10 Beauty Business SINCE career girls usually escape such hand ravaging chores as dish-washing and mop-wringing. many homemakers are inclined to believe that lovely hands present no dirnculties for the business woman. This is rarely the case. Although the working girl s hand problems are quite
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  • 594 10 RADIO MALA* A SINGAPORE ENGLISH PROGRAMME i*-We kcs 4! metres) 16 a.m. News (XL); 10.45 Schools Broadcast; 1 p.m. Heinz Alexander at the Capitol Hammond Organ. Capitol Restaurant, Spore; 1.80 News; 1.48 Lunchtime Prom.; S p.m. Schools Broadcast; 6. 15 Programme Summary; SJll Young People's Programme; K.'AZ Piano
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    • 563 10 I KAVtLLtK 5 M^fk^f GUN duels •Travellers Joy* which is RjP'J Ip. shortly to have its season m §A\\xlS9mm\\%/£i V ''^^mmt¥sjs}*^^o* %1 Singapore. It is the screen yer- _HJ| J tflii 'l mil **F" sion of the popular West End mmKK^T^^^ 1 1 play and is a sophisticated fK_^^l_»-_> >^
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  • 403 11 "Mandartl Staff Reporter DlHl h l, *rrv o«f-TOled 11-11 yesterday m the Lrgi-Jalive < oumi! on an amendment pro- sh, olonial Secretary to a motion by Mr. „„k (Kaftwg). s motion a.sked for improvements m f the Island of Pulau Tekong Besar,
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  • 42 11  -  Slammin' Sam Snead by Iff their .ht f«n yard, as pk downswing Ls under v.a> Willi the ird. kitth-i provided r arm and CH their are a front of the a s gner sets ..ahead i slightly but ba
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  • 116 11 'Need For Religious Instruction Standard Staff Reporter THE SINGAPORE Government must rely on the advice of the Governments educational advisers as to the possibility of instituting religious instructions m schools, Inche Ahmad bin Ibrahim (Nominated) was told m the Legislative Council yesterday by the Colonial Secretary. Mr. W. L. Blythe
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  • 100 11 Prefects Plan Buffet Party THE C mbined Schools' Prefectorial Beard will be holding a buffet party on May 2C m the quadrangle ot the Rallies Gir'.*' School at Queen Street at 3.30 p.m. Principals, prefects and teacher.- of the eight member schools ar.d those of eleven ether secondary schools will
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  • 1018 11  -  Johnnie Johnson by This is the fourth of a series of diving articles which this British expert and coach is writing for Singapore Standard readers He follows up his instructions with demonstrations on Sunday at the Tiger Swimming Pool, Pasir Panjanir. Build Up Your Take -Off
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    45 11 picture. MR. LEE ENG KONG, who has worked m the War Department m Singapore for 18 years, receiving his certificate for outstanding service from the GOC Singapore Base District, Major General A. G. O Carrell-Scott, at the presentation ceremony held at Fort Canning yesterday. Standard
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  • 231 11 Proud Day For s Army Workers Standard Staff Reporter FIVE civilian employees of the Army stood fo attention and Hushed with pride as Major General A. G. O'Carrell Scott, G.0.C., Singapore District told them, m front of their fellow-workers and a host of Army officers, how very proud he was
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  • 60 11 RULES for the allocation of land, purchased by the Government on Pulau. Tekong Besar as a reserve for the inhabitants of tne island are now being drawn up. This was stated m the Singapore Legislative Council yesterday by tne Colonial Secretary, Mr. W". L. Blythe, m reply
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  • 136 11 Standard Staff Reporter THE SINGAPORE Police should adopt stern measures against traffic offenders because of the "alarming traffic situation" which is worsening daily Mr. R. Jumabhoy, representative of the Singapore Indian Chamber said at the Legislative Council yesterday. He urged Government to take immediate
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  • 873 11 Step By Step, Or Medical Plan Will Collapse— Dr. Vickers 'Limit Of Human Endurance Exceeded Standard Slaff Reporter A WARNING that the Medical Thin must iltwi where it it most urgently and desperately wanted, or our whole scheme wmM burst and collapse," was made by the Director of Medical Services,
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  • 84 11 THE Bisbop of Malacca, thc Right Reverend Mer. Oicomendy, will celebrate the sacerdotal jubilee of his priesthood on May 29 with a Pontifical High Mass at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd. The Mass will begin at 7 a.m. and will be followed m the afternoon with
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  • 193 11 Standard Staff Rt-porU-r THE percentage of children attending BCbool m Puiau Tekong Besar is 64 higher than Singapore's G2 per rent. Mr. A \V F*n Iy. D;i< 'or of Education said this yesterday m the Singapore Legislative Council when tie opposed a motion by
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  • 58 11 \> It tat ruin* pour 1 you short i I breath r your health. >•• v trill And it easy] ,to lose a hall pound a tj with tl new Roll h ood n-Mtttti .j lied FORMODE. N ,di tttfi diet or _x«?r< i*j# Atisi a snft'
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  • 772 12  -  OLLIE DAVIES Motion Picture, Bella Marie Do Good Times Bv By WHILE pro*pecti\e Governors Cup candidal* *m took dungs easy with more than 10 days to go before the big event, class 2 horses did some mart gallops at Bukit Timah yesterday m preparation
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  • 147 12 SINGAPORE District Signals F.ah;a Karib SC. j a goalless draw tn a SAFA second ivis a match played at the I DCA ground yesterday. S gnals were swannped m the se md ha!: bui I getting the p mi eredtl .vent to g -a ".keeper tn
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  • 39 12 31 PATRICK'S School wil' t iM their annual sports OO Frid a*f at J pm. on the schoo' s: rand Tner» will be an 880-vard- enl for old boys. Entries wil be taken on the field.
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  • 416 12  - KEWGARDENS ONE TO WA TCH OLLIE DAVIES By TWO OF the most attractive class 1 gallops seen at Bukit Timah yesterday were those of Privateer and Kew Gardens. They are handicapped m the same event and a great race lies between them. To qualify for the Governor's Cup next Saturday,
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    49 12 photo. World middleweight boxins champion Bo_ȣ^ B^7 receive, the traditional Gallic kiss from Madame Auuol. wfe of the French President, at a Paris ceremony on May Iti at which Robinson handed Madame Auriol a cheque for SlO.OOO from the American Damon Runyon Fund for cancer research m France.- AP
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  • 219 12 Tengah Held But Remain Unbeaten UNBEATEN m the Singapore A.F.A. Division 2 League and the United Services League, RAF Tengah Football XI were surprisingly held by Cheerful Ladsat Geylang Stadium yesterday. Play became rough at one Stage and the referee had to appeal to both captains. There-;-.aer the players lorgot
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    219 12 ALI RIZA BEY. 250-pound Turkish wrestler well-known m Singapore, made a successful debut m hi. wrestling tour o_ Australia by defeating Leo Jensen of America at Leichardt Stadium Sydney recently. ALI Ls now wrestling m the principal Australian cities and he is proving a big attraction with the
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  • 91 12 STRAITS TIMES Sports Club beat Bata Sports Club by 5-2 m a Business Houses League "B" fixture on th e Breweries ground yesterday. The Pressmen. dominating play m the first session, scored three times through Tahir Yacob, Osman Hussain and Tahir Yacob again, the last two
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  • 242 12 LONDON. May 22 (Reuter)— Following are county cricket clo.e of play scores: At Birmingham, Warwick-shire-Scotland match abandoned, wicket waterlogged, no play today. Scotland 359 and 8 for no wicket: Warwickshire 332. At Cambridge, Cambridge Uni-versity-Sussex match abandoned, no play today, rain. Cambridge University 300 for 8
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  • 56 12 MALACCA, Tues. Charlie Scow will lead the Settlement badminton team m its Foong Seong Cup tie with Johore at Johore Bahru on May 26 and 27. The team hai been chosen as follows: Charlie Scow, Tay Kah Chong, Tan Kirn Kiat, Tan Kirn Ho, Chua
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  • 418 12 Islanders Re ta in Lead With 2-0 Win Over SRC PULAU BRANI UNITED gained two valuable points to help them m their race for SAFA Division I honours when they defeated Singapore Recreation Club 2-0 at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. The Islanders now have 18 points with nine wins from
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  • 280 12 MCC -South African Game Abandoned LONDON*. May 22 (Reuter)— 1 Only 25 minutes piay was possible owing to rain on the final day of the match, between the South Africans and the MCC. at Lords today, and the game was abandoned as a draw. Tne South Africans scored 33 runs
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  • 123 12 SEREMBAN. Tues. There was a keen fight on Monday evening m the semi-finals of the doubles event m the Negri Sembilan State lawn tennis championships now m progress here. The ties were unfinished and wili be completed on Wednesday. In one semi-final Roberts and Coventry who
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  • 59 12 IPOH, Tues.— A heavy downpour of rain this evening forced th e abandonment of play m the two senior division league soccer games. The 42 Commandos were leading one nil m their match against 45 Commandos while the Police and Malays had one goal each when
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  • 23 12 SEREMBAN, Tues.— The annual athletic sports of the Seremban Anglo-Chinese School will be held on the school grounds on Saturday.
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  • 140 12 WIMBLEDON. Surrey, May 22 (Reuter)— Britain beat France 3-2 today and qualified to meet Sweden m the third round of the European zone m the Davis Cup competition. In today's final singles matches Tony Mottram (Britain) beat Paul Remy (France) 6-2, 6-4, 6-4, and Bernard
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