Singapore Standard, 17 May 1952

Microfilm: NL2289
Total Pages: 12
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  • Title Section
    Masthead
    19 1 Singapore Standard ■fa JL H S. VOL. II NO. 319 SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1952. 12 PAGES FIFTEEN CENTS.
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    Yong Quits MCA Post
    152 1 M VI 1.1 >lIH X Iri Mr Yuiii Shook l.in un;i >!jin today his n iijnati'Mi from his post .i-< llonor <• <nn»T.il Secretary of tin- M.il.iv.in (him v«- A-.-o- i ;.>m huh h« Ins held ,-\.r xiiii'i- the %s>soeiatiea*a m rptiOM m F* lnu.irv I''i9.
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    Fined For Disorderly Conduct
    86 1 .> > ridrd -''lice' Mv H H hiring tiO S ■;■:>■.. I .<'::;. Pel N •r« im« "jar end the mat wot tl ere mrt >• y I ~>w people her« art ci added 1 T-.r/i disorderly j tha Sixoa pore HttrL < Pass; Office, was
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    Malay Boy Carried Away By Crocodile
    29 1 Mar.af. runea a> cara crocodile at I Rasau >;\ miles He i a bathing ."h big younsec c ta carried away. I the kam-
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    31-Day Strike Settled
    180 1 31 -Day Strike Settled Standard StafF Reporter 'Ii IE &37 daily-rated employees of the National Car-' bon E i stern C wnpany noembers ol the Singapore Batter? Workers 1 u. >: i -may return I i work today. Their 31-day-old strike was settled yesterday by Mr. Lira Yew Hoik. President
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    Gen Urquhart To Bid Farewell To Army Units
    137 1 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. -Be- j fore he leaves Malaya next moi th i>^'.: r :ie command of British troops m Austria, Major-] Genera R. Ui quhai who has alreach covered about 100.000 miles by air during his years General
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    DEFENCE COUNCIL FOR S.E. ASIA
    320 1 3 Pacific Powers To Set Up Body For Cold War Strategy WASHINGTON, May 16, (UP):— The United States, Australia and New Zealand plan to set up a defence council soon to map a cold war strategy for South-East Asia, it was learned today. The council,
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    40 Red Planes Cause Stir In Formosa
    130 1 TAIPEI. May L 6, (UP) .Th- Chinese Communists for 'the third time since the cessation of the Pacific hostilities tried to mount an air attack un Formosa today. Like the two other times, Chinese Communist airplanes were within shooting distance :of Formosa's west
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    Comet Piloted By Majendie
    99 1 Standard Aviation Reporter CAPTAIN Michael Majendie, the year-old BOAC pil >t who Hew out the first De Havilhind r.>met jetliner to Singapore from London last October will I land the second Comet at the RA.F. airfield at Changi tomorro .v. The Comet has i board aboul
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    3 Surrendered Bandits Given $12,875 Rewards
    74 1 3 Surrendered Bandits Given $12,875 Rewards Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fri The three members of the 11th Independent Platoon sth Regiment. Deputy Platoon Commander Chin? Kien alias Ah Liat. Section Leader Liew Sui Pin alias Siau Liew and ordinary private Yip Miin Hoh alias Siew Kw:»I who surrendered to
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    Collins: US Army Has Gun That Can Fire Atomic Shells
    250 1 I .OS ANGELES, May 16 (Al») Gen. J. Lawlon Collins said today the U.SvHS^ 1^ ias a Bun8 un lnat can lire atomic as well as eon»e"nftorial shells*. He also disclosed m an Armed Forces Day speech thai the army
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    US Services Pay Raised
    38 1 WASHINGTON, May 15, (.l r P>. Congress passed today and sent to the White House a bill increasing the pay of the armed services by four percent and rent and food allowances 14 percent.
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    Reds Dare UN To Break Off Parleys
    185 1 MUNSAN. KOREA. May Ifi (AP> For the ninth straight day Red truce negotiators blasted the Allies and again virtually dared them to formally break off the armistice talks. Vice Admiral C Turner Joy. senior Allied delegate, spoke for only two niinute..- of the
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    Gaitskell Calls For World Economic Talks
    139 1 CHICAGO. May 16, (Renter) —Mr Hush Gaitskell, former British Chanclelor of the Ex- chequer, called today for an international economic conference to draw up a realistic programme to deal with the three major economic problems I confronting the world. He said these were: 1
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    American Rubber Magnate Optimistic Over Prices
    365 1 Standard Staff Reporter EMPHASIZING the vital importance ol the natural rubber industry's efforts to pull through the present temporary Eeriod ot lo.v prices. Dr. W. Cake, president and chairman of the board of Malayan American Plantations Ltd. »a subsidiary of United States Rubber Company
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    Pensionable List Revised By Govt.
    184 1 Standard Statt Reporter THM Sineapore Cihiiiihm-HI \r«»i«r«lay sjmkUm a r«'\is«*d li>t of pcniiomhir vflfeca m MsvenNNNsi Her% ice. This list inrltnl«*s ln«*|MM-tor> of l*o^tiu«-n. I'o^lmmmi Special Grade and Tuaeacafe, Mail fMRem ami Mail Driven m ili<* Postal Servfcßea ami llrail Ickgrafii Messenger m ih«* TdecoßMnunicatwißi
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    Siam Admits Malaya Reds Take Refuge
    147 1 Siam Admits Malaya Reds Take Refuge BANGKOK. May 1»5. (AP) The Thai Chief of Police, U.Gen. Phao Srivanond. admitted yesterday that Communist terrorists from Malaya were slipping over the border and taking refuge >n Thailand rubber estates The Thai government therefore planned enforcement of the new alien registration fee to
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    Ordered To Leave
    30 1 JAKARTA. M; y 16 'AP^ The Indonesian governrrifent lias ordered Bob L. Kroon As iiriated Press cotrespondeni m Jakarta to Leave the country bj II v -l
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    Britain's Newsprint Ration Increased
    53 1 Britain 's Newsprint Ration Increased LONDON ftfai '■>• ■Re ite i British rie irsp ipei i are theii ration^ M: I- A Bishop, chai I the Newsprini Suppl >mp ing ist night thai Gtfvernmeni ipproved ;i re commendation to tfi I it 'i ie i the I posi tion egai
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    Had Red Papers, Youth Jailed
    149 2 for unlawlnl pauunMi of i seditious publication erUiti.'d. The Significance of the 00.0--bef Revolution." Tan Boh s. nfl was sentenced In the S:ngapan rirsl District Court yesterday to one years n^ro i* imprison meat. Tan pleaded; -jilty. ASP Boyle pm^erutins. >ad l na j .^ing
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    Camera Club Exhibition
    31 2 Ie si: i exhibit i > strike 'ancel the take her phon^ n S I on 228, T t (8201 Mr. r. Boat Qua) I 6506): Mr. Hria 3
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    RENT UP BY $30.50
    58 2 \N APPLICATION to r sc i mac m Park- .4 w £8€ by the B H Coti- Board ■■<■- lay. fhc c No H Park tone Fa a bed aa i IdiUon, mod< m anitai recently m•- i1 4 < 9M r appliral on roved the
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    6 Women Fined
    45 2 S -V. > IF.\ Lian Ah Yin, T i Sit Ngoh, Lee Ah Tai, Soh Sue Ngo* r lon Yen Geak and 1 n I ':i.,:: were fined 5111 < "h m Singapore ycatciclay i lam \in& m West Hill B «i May 14.
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    Hanged Self On Souls' Day
    38 2 Hanged Self On Souls' Day A FINDING ide was m Sing ipore 1 yesterday into tag Bah Liang (2 hanged himself on A S s* Day I \prfl 4). found m a p s itar near the I
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    3 Vagrants For Detention House
    43 2 TWO MEN. Ho Chuay (55) and Hang Chiang (35), and a woman. Kvvang Kee Lee (52). were charged m the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday with vagrancy, and were ordered to b<> sent to the house of detention.
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    NICOLL SEES FOR HIMSELF
    547 2 I Mcfiea) Art}TH^U>»e«^P™ Governor Visits Four Colony Hospitals, Clinic Standard V'^naii Reporter IN \N 4ttempt to assess the present work of the Department pf Medical Services m Singapore md to form an opinion on the «**!»"»»■!>* need, under the 1 Year Medical Pan^ he (,«vernor of
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    'The Next Move Lies With Govt.'
    436 2  -  POSTAL STRIKERS SAYS Standard Staff Reporter THE POST and Telegraph Uniformed Staffs' Union, whose strike involving 480 postal workers entered its fourth day yesterday, told the Press: "The next move lie> with the Governmeak" To to date no reply has been received to the
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    Limit 'L' Period
    32 2 A T-PJITATIOX on the total j period fo* winch a provisional i licence is held by a learner driver, is i ct'ommended by the Singapore Traffic Advisory i Committee.
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    Progressives Record Successes
    168 2 Progressives Record Successes MRS ROBEERT EU. West Ward City Councillor, is pressing for funds to be alloca'ed for the improvement of the Orchard Road market, says the "Newsletters.* 1 publication of the Progressive Party of Singapore. It is Mrs. Robert Eu's intention to have the floors of i the .market
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    Only One Registered
    102 2 ONLY one person turned up to register as a voter at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce registration centre since the it wax set up two days ago. And the man was an Indian. Meanwhile, a'r r a ngements have been made for leaders oi various Chinese communities
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    New Centre For Mails
    172 2 AS FROM Monday, all letters for Postal Districts Nos. 1. 2. 6 and 7 will be delivered to callers at i special delivery office installed at the lower hall of the Victoria Memorial Hall, instead of at the General Post Office. The public urged to cooperate
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    STC Bid To Halt Racket In Tickets
    166 2 Standard Staff Reporter SINGAPORE City Councillors are not concerned with any legislation the Singapore Traction Company may wish to introduce into the Legislative Council prescribing penalties for passengers "travelling without tickets" m their buses, j This view was expressed by i the Vehicles
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    CAUSED HURT
    34 2 CHIA THUAN TECK (20) was fined $20 m the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday for causing hurt to Lim Cheng Yeo with a nail extractor on May 2 at Telok Aver Market.
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    LETTER FROM CHINA LED TO SUICIDE
    178 2 A PRETTY married wom.m. Sng Waah hanged herself horause of a depressing letter she received from her mother m Red China. The letter said that her brother had married for the second time and that he and his newly acquired wife would not allow
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    Man Who Shot Wife Is Fined
    334 3 FOUND GIILTY of causing hurt to his wife, Teo >ln>w Hiang (20), U\ shooting her with a double barrel .hot^un. a lorry driver, Ng Lian Chong(3s), was fined > >0 m the Singapore Second District Court yesterday, hi de fault three months' rigorous imprisonment.
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    BANG! AND THE COURT ADJOURNS
    88 3 PROCEEDINGS m the Singapore Third District Court i yesterday came to an abrupt end. when the Judge, Mr. H. A. Forrer. adjourned the case, alter defence counsel, Mr. 1.. A. ,T. Smith banged his fist on the Bar table, while crossexamining a witness. The case
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    STC STRIKE IS BROKEN
    457 3 Strikers Heed Public Opinion Standard Staff Reporter SINGAPORE'S transport facilities returned to normal yesterday following a unanimous decision by the Singapore Traction Company Employees 9 Union m the morning to rail off lly strike, begun on Wednesday. Stoppage of work by the employees was originally scheduled
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    Progressives Want Action
    241 3 Standard Slaff Reporter UNDER the heading "Masterly Inactivity" the Newsletter, organ of the Progressive Party of Singapore, prints the following news briefs: "1. Exemption of School i Playing Fields from Paying Assessment. A? the result of a move i instigated by Progressive PartsCity Councillors, Government promised about
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    SUBWAY URGED IN CITY
    65 3 THE SINGAPORE Traffic Advisory Committee recommends only the white "zebra" type of pedestrian crossings for use m Singapore and for the pedestrian crossing system generally to be on United Kingdom lines. The committee also recommends additional pedestrian crossings at Orchard Road (Cold Storage Building) and North
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    $20,000 For S'pore FPA
    63 3 THE FAMILY Planning Association announced yesterday that they had received a grant from the Singapore Government of $20,000 for 1952 which was double the amount they were given last year. The money will be used as running expenses for the 12 clinics which they operate. 10
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    YWCA Centre Will Aid Slum Dwellers
    229 3 Standard Staff Reporter BROADCASTING over Radio Malaya on the cv€ of today's Y.W.C.A. "Brick Day" appeal, Mrs. Elizabeth Choy, Singapore Legislative Councillor, last night stressed the need for the Y.W.C.A. Women's Centre that is to be built m Singapore's Chinatown and urged the public
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    1-Way Plan Govt. Told To Share The Cost
    180 3 1- Way Plan Govt. Told To Share The Cost THE SINGAPORE Government is to be asked to bear part of the cost of implementing the North-South one-way traffic scheme approved by the City Councillors two months ago. The Finance and General Purposes Committee of the City Councillors has directed City
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    Brian Hawes Is Buried
    70 3 CAPTAIN Brian Reginald Hawes, 29-year old Malayan Airways pilot who died on Thursday morning at the Singapore General Hospital without regaining consciousness from injuries received m last Sunday's Gap Hill Climb crash was buried at Bidadaii cemetery yesterday. About 200 people representing Malayan Airways. Singapore Automobile
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    Shell Co. Keeps A Promise
    93 3 Standard Staff Reporter A PROMISE made two years afo by the Shell Company of Singapore Limited to its Malay employees at Pulo Bukom to build a mosque and a club, has been fulfilled. The new Malay Club and the Mosque at Pulo Bukom will both
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      42 3 I (»°o? ryE never \oH,NO..ruer is talklm^^h>jj^^i oH^roprrvou Xhev\ rM a princess. eh?ui-uw! 1 HE^DOFr^jDo) INDIAN TALK.- DAUGHTEROF IIVENEVER i i MOOVIANSALLyoOPTALKUM THATMEAN? /GIRL... SQUAVW I A GOSH J POWHATAN.CMIEfV HEARD I TALK WITH j^SOUAW..LOTS >X^¥T^]S^t^ HTi^M OF THE*ALGONKJN \OF 'IM.' f
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    OVER 20 TERRORISTS GAVE UP SINCE MAY 1
    246 4 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUK, Fii.— Wliile a Police! party with an OCPD m charge was out inyesti-j m formation of a terrorist ambush m Kroh,| Perak this morning, they were fired upon by; four terrorist sentries. The Police returned the Tire
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    No Change In Status Of Malaya House
    131 4 No Change In Status Of Malaya House KUALA LUMPUR, frt— No change m U>f status oi Malaya House is involved m the decision of the Governments of the Federation and Singapore to the change of nomenclature from Malayan Information Agency to the Office of the Commissioner for Malaya m the
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    24 Hours Cost Him His Life
    188 4 KUALA LUMPIR. Fri. Had a youth, Chieh Ah Mm. been jl day yonnser he would have escaped the rallows. Chieh's appeal against sentence of death for carrying ammunition without authority, previously passed by Mr. Justice Thompson m Perak, was today dismissed by Mr. Justice
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    'No Money For Bail'
    168 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— Dimitri Peter Bovlin. a 33--rear-old Russian, was produced Mr. A. P. Jack m The Mrst Magistrate's Court here ;oday ob a charge erf beinv, ;n jos.ses.sion of a deleterious drag without lawful authority at Port Swettenham on April 24 Bovlin pleaded guilty to
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    Study Gifts For Malay Boys, Girls
    123 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Government of the Federation has approved the award of pre-Univer-sity scholarships to Malay ba/s and ffirls studying m post-Scnool Certificate classes* la makinff this announcement the Director of Education states that the maximum value of any scholarship will be SI
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    300 Lose Homes In $100,000 Fire
    400 4 300 Lose Homes In $100,000 Fire Youth Dies From Burns Standard Staff Correspondent kl ALA IXMPIR. Fri. A young Chinese furniture apprenriee has died from burns he received, and almut 300 people living m the San Peng Road area have lost their homes as the result of a (ire which
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    Urquhart Addresses Commandos
    145 4 Urquhart Addresses Commandos Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, .Fri.The GO.C. Malaya, Maj.-Gen. R. E Urquhart, who is leavm- the country m a few weeks, addressed the 42 Commando Royal Marir.*s who are leaving Malaya next week, at the Kajarrg High School this morning when a service of re- membrance for
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    Mr. Lee Kong Chian
    50 4 WITH reference to the report whirh appeared on this pa^r yesterday concerning the leadership of the Malayan Chinese Association, we regret that the name of Mr. Lee Kong Chian was inadvertently mentioned. Mr. Lee Kong: Chian is not a member of the Malayan Chinese Association committee.
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    Railmen Want Some Form Of Security
    567 4 Mandartt Malt t.orrespomteiit KUALA LFMPUR, Fri.— Commenting on the statement m The Standard of May 13 that the General Manager of Railways was commending drivers for making up time on night trains, Mr. George Fonseka, President of the Locomotive Engmemen's Union, remarked that "what
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    Malacca Programme For Minister
    179 4 Standard Staff Correspondent MALACCA, Fri.— The Concalo Velhu is expected to arrive off Pulau Java early nfxt Monday with the Minister for Portuguese Overseas Territories, Commander M. M. S. Rodrigues on. board. Commander Rodrigues will be I met by representatives of Vhe Portuguese community and others
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    Rose Bowl For Gordons
    108 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— The planters of Tapah. Bidor and Sungkai districts m Perak showed their appreciation of the protection afforded by the j Ist Battalion Gordon Highland-! ers when they presented them \vilh a rose Low! on the eve of their going on a two-months' retraining
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    Electrical Shock Killed Girl (10)
    234 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri A verdict of death by misadventure was returned by the Kuala Lumpur Coroner, Raja Chik Ja'afar today, at the conclusion of an inquest into the death of a 10-year-old girl. Wong Soo Khoon, who was killed as a result of electrical shock.
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    Girl Missing
    63 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.- A 13-year-old Chinese girl living at 355 Batu Road, was reported missing from her home ■yesterday. No other description was given by the Police. LEE All SIANG. aged 51 a dog owner at Parit Jawa, Muar, was fined $10 by the Muar Magistrate for not
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      8 4 HEALTH WARD OFF DISEASE TO KEEP YOU FIT
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    Plan To Build Cheaper Homes
    183 5 Plan To Build Cheaper Homes PENANG, Fri.-The pro-; bl m of housing or re- I i king ♦hose, who at pre- ■enl live In overcrowded biclei has not been -i i out every method has been and is being •ik m to meet the exigetu f, says the Building S
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    Get A Vote, Women Told
    75 5 ;\C. the women of j > accept their res- les a> voters. Mrs. j i b Tuan m a bttMidcasl (alaya last night, .1 n the ;n"esent register n i ori'.r one out 01 lid thai perhaps women <•■ sexvative and jhl thai their piace
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    Road Deaths: 'Resolute Action' Call
    103 5 THAT resolute action is require,! immediately to bring about arijr aayrtciabie reduction m 'iie daily toil of injury, destruction and dea'h on the road* ;>t the Colony, is the considered opinion r >f the Singapore Traffic Advisory Committee, ac< ording to their fifth annual report.
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    Currency Note Charge Fails
    54 5 CHARGED with using as genuine fU\ 1,000 Rupiah Indonesian i rency notes. Chin F'»o(i.^ \.\.is acquit ted b 3* Air. Justice Knight al the Singapore Assizes yesterday. I *o'i alleged lo have attempted negotiate the aaie of Ihe notes m h nesian > later reported the
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    GOVT. DECIDES TO TALK IT OVER
    328 5 Standard Staff Reporter REPRESENTATIVES of the Singapore Government Scaaen^ I mmmi will nieel the Colony Government at 2.M) p.m. «n Tiirmlay to negotiate a settlement of their «-l;iiiM« for higher pay scales. The meeting will !>e hel«l m I lie ronfrrrnee room of the
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    GOOD NEWS FOR UNION
    120 5 Standard Staff Reporter MEMBERS of the Changi Bus Workers' Union aacr c to g<?\ an increment m pay following their petition to the company. The Standard vva* told yesterday. A spokesman of the company said no strike threat had been made by the workers, and that
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    COURT HEARS PRIEST's WORD
    257 5 Standard MhH «»rri--|»«m«lrni PrA'ANG, Fri.— Ooi Ah Knw, an ;»uen< of an insurance company m Alor Star, was alleged to hive (old Inspector Didar Singh at the latter's office that he had been to a certain tokong m I'enang *n<\ was informed by the priest there
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    DR. LEE CHOSEN TO HEAD PENANG IMP
    419 5 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Fri. Alter a four-hour meeting, which wa* taken tip mainly by speeches from the various political head* Dato (fan, Sir Cheng-lock Tan, Messrs. G. Shelley and Heah Joo Seang about 300 men and women unanimously decided to form a
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    Expert To Get $2,800 A Month
    82 5 SINGAPORE City Councillors are to *et an Organisation and Methods Officer to assist the Council m a review of its organisation. An officer is to be brought from the U.K. on a two-year agreement with the option of a further year's extension to fil!
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    STUDY AWARD
    41 5 UNGKU ABDUL AZIZ, lecturer m economics at the University of Malaya, has been awarded a LeaderSpecialist grant to visit the United States as a guest of the U.S. Government. He leaves for the U.S. early m August this year.
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    MCA Men Keep Mum
    98 5 IPOH. Fri. Divergent views have been expressed m the press over D;;to Sir Chenglock Tan's "MCA a political body or I quit" statement recently. Tiiis statement is said to have Led to the reported demand for the Dato's resignation as leader of the organisation Perak Branch
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    Gilmour In Ex. Council
    48 5 MR. Andrew Gilmour has been nominated Orfkial Member of the Executive Council, m place of Mr. George W. Webb, who has resigned. During the absence of Mr. P.A.T. Chrimes on leave, Mr. Andrew Grey ha* been appointed local Chairman of the Singapore Harbour Board.
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    $669.5 M. Trade
    32 5 PRELIMINARY figures the total external trade of Singapore and Malaya for April amounted to $669.3 million. Imports showed $332.5 million while the b:i lance is made up oi exports.
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    New Hotel Opens Today
    98 5 PASIR Ris Hotel. Singapore's new pleasure resort, off the Hi} mile Tampenis Road, opened for business today with ps >»i its 50 room-* already booki* ■<. The proprietor of the hotel. Mr. Ho Meng Kee. said that the rooms were booked by the Town Major of
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    Tengku Tours Pahang
    151 5 Tengku Tours Pahang KUANTAX, Fri Tenjjku Abdul Rahman. UMNO chief, arrived m Ktiuntan on his East Pali anc tour today. This is his first visit to Kuan tan. At the airport he was met by (he Was Abdul Axiz bin Unftku Haji Abdullah, the president of thr Kh ihUh branrh
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    Two Of 10 Given Bail Re-arrested
    104 5 THREE MEN Itrv Hlj Let- Kirn Oi-v md *k •<.. Sw*\v Honf and b* en Foil A i JiMin, \f \'n N.« Tan Gtoofc F'.'ic Goh Kjh«i Tan. Aii^ Hung Siif Trr II t\ Tun slid Tau Xi M v.civ i iidi 51'J m
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    TODAY'S POWER CUTS
    228 5 SINGAPORE '.n»»>tJtiitn. liaMe to load shedding totfaj DAI Simi Avenue. r.<> i.<-i.ir Pomps, J<»<» iiiat I'l.iic. lataa i-\n. •luhui Bhbos, RJMSWNi K«J.. Towner RH.. S^rtUtgOOß Xii >finwtt ISt.ttr. Rol.ifii Aycr, McPlierson IM., Kirn (hum im boandarj Rii.. Pioreßoe Kd I IM»'T ><I J!U<Ml!i. IO h(l Kull< ltd.
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    Union Meeting
    30 5 Till MQ STRONG s pore Governmei Wm Union til ho d i i emm gen< eel ing to considei Go m m on r-. toon ol -.i.ji i
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      Tryst With Destiny
      881 6 HEN we look around, we seem to feel that the people of Malaya are living m a world of unreality, ol self-complacency, of criticism and petty factions, of communalism and parochialism, forgetting all the while the neat task and the urgent duty that lie before them." So
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    Author Attacks "White Snobs" Of Malaya
    878 6  - Author Attacks "White Snobs" Of Malaya NOEL BARBER By A WITHERING attack on the white administrators of Malaya has been launched by Woodrow Wyatt, Socialist M.P. m a new book "Southwards from China a survey of South East Asia since the war, published m London by Hodder and Stoughton (10s.
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    Review of Views
    281 6 Review of Views Save! RF\DERS of Utusan Melayu, were advised to throw away, the habit of extravagant, spending m order to face, the approaching slump. Slump means little income for mostly every one. the paper said. "If we still do not want to change our way of living it will
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    USELESS EUSTACE
    12 6 *'CV...J] "Blimey! —Xo wonder the t perishers won't stay put!" <
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    SPEAKING FOR MYSELF
    365 6 TT is to the everlasting credit of Singapore, usually so selfish and indifferent, that the public has been almost unanimously sympathetic towards the postmen's strike despite its great inconvenience. Strikes are always a bad thing an indication that Reason has broken down somewhere along the lire. The
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    Things Will Be Better For A While....
    248 6 Singapore allowance, subsidised housing, and other etceteras) from $150 a month to $250 or $300. I am told that, the Government has decided to defer this move for a while, presumably until the nasty taste left by the postmen's claims has abated lit
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    By RIMAU
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      Democracy In The Villages
      381 6 Sir:— ln the new Village Councils Bill which was given its second reading at the last meeting of the Legislative Council m Kuala Lumpur, the village population would be placed on a basis of self-reliance, so that the cross currents which prevented their feeble voices reaching
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      GIVE THEM A BREAK
      115 6 Sir;— Will the Government and the Hon. Councillors explain through th c newspapers how the postmen can make ends meet on their present salaries when the high cost of living has induced the Government to increase its own postal rates? As a humble labourer who is
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      TANGLED
      42 6 Sir: I see that "Middle Easterner 1 has been belly aching just because I said that it was time that Britain asserted herself m the foreign policies of the democratic camp and made it clear to the Americans that we were
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      MR. A. P. RAJAH REPLIES
      65 6 Sir: Ong D. A. is not ri^ht when he says that I have not cared to visit Mergui Road. In fact I have done this on a number of occasions since I was elected. However. I propose to visit Mergui Road at 8.30 a.m. on
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      HISTORY
      297 6 not prepared to fight Uncle Sam's wars. "Middle Easterner" too is intensely irritated with my statement that there are a pack of v brash American statesmen from President Truman to Senator Joe Me- Carthy, whose vocabulary is limited these days only to war and threats of war. I wonder
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      Apathy — A Disservice To Malaya's Future
      254 6 Apa thy A Disservice To Malaya's Future Sir: The apathetic and Indifferent attitude of the people m Malaya towards their right to vote is really unique. Time and again, it has been proved m Singapore, Penang. Malacca. Kuala Lumpur and now Johore that the majority of the citizens are oblivious
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      TIRED OF DEMANDS
      102 6 Sir;— -Whoever sible for ftllowi meat Bervmtfi fon unions should I iv- mdci their dtecisu a Jit right that a to tKlfu! people, engaged m Otw most import, >nt kwai communication, sho i lowed to disrupt I and cause DonsiA i convenience to the who foots their
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    MALAN COURT BILL PASSED
    427 7 House Votes 82 To 57 After Heated Debate CAPETOWN, May 16, (Reuter)-A Bill to set up a High Court of Parliament m South Africa was passed by 82 votes to 57 on the third reading m the House of Assembly yesterday amid loud government cheering and
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    STATUE OF KING TO BE SET UP
    117 7 LONDON, May 16 (Reut, r The representatives vi about 50.000,000 Britons unanimously decided today It up a statue of King Ceorse VI m London amd to r^tuhlish a philanthropic srheme wßich would benefit the whole country. The scheme details of which are still
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    4 'Presumed Dead' In US Tanker Blast
    147 7 W I LM INGTON DELAWAB F. it> ißeuUn A collision v. i another ship ignited 700.000 (a uns of high octane petrol m American tanker F 1.. Haves ti.iuu tons) early yesterday and four of htr fifc-.v oi ten were last night reported
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    House Probe On Koje Affair Turned Down
    179 7 WASHINGTON, May 16, (UP)— Chairman Carl Vinson yesterday rejected demands that bis House Armed Services Committee investigate the Koje Island camp incident on the grounds might endanger American soldiers held captive by the Communists. Be spoke after Representative Mike Mansfield had introduced a
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    80 Fijians Do Skirt Dance
    89 7 RAFFLES HOTEL diners witnessed some unique entertainment last night when about 80 Fijians turned up to perform a number of exotic dances on the ballroom. The occasion was the St. John Ambulance Brigade's drive for funds. Altogether, the Fijians went through rive items, including a
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    Ike On War In Malaya
    80 7 LONDON, May 16 (UP)— Genera] Dwight D Eisenhower said today that the fight against Communism m Korea, Malaya and Indochina is just as much part of a global struggle as the task of building up forces m western Europe The retiring NATO Commander, winding up
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    Karen Chief Gives Up
    48 7 RANGOON, May 16, (Renter) —Saw Maung Dauk. one of the chief leaders of -the Karen rebels, has surrendered to Government forces, it was .officially stated last night.. A former member of the Bur* mese Constituent Assembly, he went underground with the rebels m 1948.
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    Blaze Guts Furniture
    47 7 ALL the furniture on the ground floor of a Joss-stick shop at New Bridge Road was damaged when a fire broke out at 7.45 last night. Two fire engines which answered the call, put out the blaze. The cause of the fire was unknown.
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    Asian-African Bloc To Meet On Tunisia Row
    242 7 Asian- African Bloc To Meet On Tunisia Row NKV* May In. (Renter).. The Asian\iriran «roii|» called an urgent meeting of their 15 litigation* for II a.m. today to consider the latent de\elopnients m Tunisia. This would make no change m the p'.ans to hold a ioint meeting on Monday with
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    Tunis Bey Appeals For Calm
    155 7 TUNIS, May 16, *Re .<>\) The Bej Tunis yesterday asked his Prime Minister, Sa.uh Eddin Baccou -he. to broadcast an appeal foi ca m aiii'r a fresh outbreak ol bomb attacks m the protectorate Terrorism was still going on as be made the icquesi Two
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    President Sidesteps Question
    234 7 IS US AT WAR? WASHINGTON. May 16. (UP) President Truman at his news conference yesterday avoided declaration as to whether United States is at war or not m Korea, but said it was action to prevent aggression The question has bearing on the historic steel industry seizure
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    Wife: Husband 'Teasing Me'
    78 7 SECUNDERABAD, India. May IT) (UP)— Twenty-five-year-old Narsingrao Leilamani walked into the Criminal Court on Wedneday with her nose and ears missing to testify against her husband, who was accused of cutting them off. The prosecution said Narsingrao cut off his wife's nose and ears four days
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    AEC To Show Atomic Test Colour Film
    143 7 WASHINGTON, May 16. <UP>— The Atomic Energy Commission is releasing next Tuesday a motion picture showing m flaming colour what a king size A-bomb does to buildings. The film wa s made last spring at Eniwetok where the AEC tests its most powerful
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    Dulles Calls For New Foreign Policy Keyed To Warning To Reds
    252 7 BSRTHDAY 'PICTURE < i PITTSBURGH, May 16, (AP). John Foster Dulles called last night for a new United States foreign poiiey keyed to a firm warning to the Communists that any further aggression will be met hy "retaliatory punishing
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    MacA Hits Europe First Mentality
    202 7 MacA Hits Europe First Mentality LANSING, Michigan, May 16 (UP) General Douglas MacArthur, m a speech before a joint session of the Michigan legislature, charged that American leaders had "become so infatuated with one area of Western Europe they largely ignored Communist assaults m many other sectors of the world."
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    Algerian Leader Flown To France
    123 7 FECHTELER REPORT* PARIS. May 16, vßeuter) Algerian Nationalist leader Messali Hadj arrested m his own country by the French, was yesterday taken under escort to Niort. capital of the Deux Scvre"s Department of Western France. He will not be allowed to move out of the
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    Leakage By Admiralty 'Absurd' PM
    227 7 LONDON, May 16, (Renter). Prim? Minister Winston 4 hit rt'liill said v«**t**rday it was "absurd" to suggest that the Briti.-h Admiralty j>a»-«d a rrpnrt to the French ii««u>.pap«T, \lond*\ m \%hicli Admiral William FwhteltT. I'nilcd State* .\\ivt of Na\al Oprralions, waa alleged to ha\e said
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    Keel Of First US A-Sub To Be Laid June
    177 7 WASHING io\. May (Router) ihe keel of A ca'i firs? a'. B-powen i gubmarine P/ill bl ftid ttCKi motlttl, the Na i > inn «I■ ■< sterday. I: '.v: be b;: I H the Eleci B,;w< D. igion of the G<
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    Ex-Minister: Bey 'French Prisoner'
    74 7 CAIRO. May 1»; (BeutCT)— The Tunisian ex-Minister ol Justice, Salah Ben JTpussef la«-t niyht appealed to all Arab rulers to intervene to safeguard the Bey <if Tvm s whom be said was a "prisoner of French imperialism." Salah Bon fToussef who Hod to Cairo when other
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    Red 'Peace' Confab
    61 7 TOKYO. May m rp Peking R..d,0 rh i sda^ l. pn paganda ti ••..'".< .> peace conference Foi A i the Pacific area" des ri •"I v c We ■< i irity Biirei i that are J;.p;tn A p i.-.-it.r v contn < -ins Is sched lied
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      76 7 RUBBER, TIN CLOSING PRICES Standard London Correspondent LONDON, May 16 The following are the doting prices of tubber and tin on the London Market rodoy: LONDON RUBBER LONDON TIN Spot 26} d. $Pot £965 per ton June 26id. buyers, £966 Julv/Seot 25 4, Three months: £958. SS/SE 24id. buyer. £958.10,.
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    RED CHINA SHIP SHIFTS ANCHORAGE
    193 8 RED CHINA SHIP SHIFTS ANCHORAGE Fouling vessels In Spore Roads Standard Shipping Reporter THE BLACK and yellow funnel of the Chinese Communist freighter Hai Hsuan— a Silar sight m Singapore's Outer Roads for nearly two and-a-half years-was not visible nt her usual anchorage yesterday evening. Aft order by the Singapore
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    Norway's Fastest Ship In Harbour
    112 8 Standard Shipping Reporter COMPLETED two months ago, Norway's Wilh. Wilhelmsen Line's latest addition to her fleet of 49 ships, the 5,500-ton passenger-freighter Taiwan, arrived m Singapore yesterday on her maiden voyage to Far Eastern ports. Fastest ship m the Norwegian fVet. the vessel ha* i
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    HOPES FADING
    31 8 DARWIN. May lo (ReuterAAP) Portuguese and Indonesian aircraft joined m the search yesterday for the missing fliers, Captain and Mrs. Cherry, but all aircraft reported they had been unsuccessful.
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    More Airlines Cut Services Through S'pore
    154 8 Standard Aviation Reporter BECAUSE of the oil strike m the United States, international airline services operating: through Singapore have been cut down. BOAC has reduced the number of Argonaut flights on the London to Singapore route. and temporarily suspended the York freighter services. Two
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      565 8 CHINA NAVIGATION CO., LTD. Regulai Suitings to Cfainu and Japan fntm Singapore Pori Swettenbatn Penans Also dirert Sailin^v from Bangkok and Indonesia to Chin* Japan Hue Q i «rf Diif Prn:Hiy Fr«»fn "Fukien" May 2«">Ui Maj :V.H\\ Japan June 6th June 11th Hongkong Sail* Suil> Nulls Penane P S'lujp Swire
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      487 8 JAVA NEW YORK SAILINGS K u.\.» l Rotterdam I lo>d Holland America Line Nederlund I me RoUcrdum Itotterduin Amsterdam HALIFAX BOSTON MW VOKK PHII M>tl PHIX BAtTIMORC MOBILE NEW OKLfcANS S [tore P S'haiD Penang SOESTDYK (HAD 23 27May !B>!ay Z9M*J 'W\ XI I (S\lN i 11 Was lu».e 4
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      494 8 Spore P. Sham Penaiif "KOREA" for 'Barqkok Saigoo Hongkong Et-Wlt>F ':C-27May ?4 -^r»!>i*| "KIN A' for Bwnltofc, o3)i-twli riOligKOua t\Ooc Yokohama WTO— 18 19JuBe 16 KJucs FKOM JAPAN NO NJi KONG "PRODLTE" for Bangkok 16 ir.June SAM INGS IO ONTINt M SCANDINAVIA For Colombo Aden Port Said Genoa Antwerp KnUtrdam.
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      174 8 m Jittßoyg_ WHARVTS Straat Maka< 38 39 '1 Ship Godown Gate Taiwan 1 \treua 42 43 2 Pulau Bukoin: Macoma, Opalia. .:i» 2 Bridge Water Mantin. Elona. Batoela 21 22 2 Sylvia Field. Benaldei R/9 7 i Albert Dock: Fusus, Talang Breconshire 13 14 4 Akar. j Beluru 5J3 2
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    'SHIP RUBBER TO RUSSIA' CALL RENEWED IN RI
    287 9  -  ARNOLD C. BRACKMAN By Standard Special Correspondent Sumatra Exports At A Standstill And I 1 rade Is Paralysed JAKARTA, May 16: Rubber exports from Djambi, south central Sumatra, have come to a dead halt and traders have renewed cries to ship rubber
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    RUBBER MARKET IS HEALTHIER
    179 9 Standard Market Reporter THE FALL m the rubber price m Singapore was jeeenruated over the post week-end, the lowest point reached being on Monday, after which a welcome reaction set m, say Lewis and Peat m their weekly statement, reaction was caused mainly by covering of
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    6,000 Tons Of Ceylon Rubber For China
    40 9 1 the Poli said <uld H>- i ci. a 100 t iol rub Chat ig 1 l sii er shipmeoi go ft an t will ig übbei Ceyloi I v to 13.500 AP
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    HK EXCHANGE
    35 9 c sk \w. m.iv it; spe- ..i.i Service— Closing I ■ht Hongkong Fxdaj were HKsla v to Stei HKJ6.5725 to HKs] 834 to Malayan W .:io to nnc toooacsiafl Gold HK5303.00 to one
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    TB Drug Cheap As Vitamins
    160 9 NEW YORK. \kiy hi .UP) A new anti-tuberculosis drui; will be available soon m the United States and m other lands at a price as low as vitamin capsules. This prediction A-a s made here by H. B. Burns. President ot the United States Vitamin
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    'Rubber Price Is Now Equal To Production Cost'
    154 9 Standard Staff Correspondent LONDON, May 15 Leading Malayan rubber au--1 thority Sir John Hay sounds a warning thot the present rubber price is exactly equal to the cost of production m March m Sua Beto.ig estates one of Malaya's more efficient producers.
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    US Is Easing Bans
    40 9 l Ii r. v i ii.ii i lias kook** I Is ua:i on amusement and recrea I ien COTistructioo, and given oui vord that free ceilings "n w cottm are abuut to be iispended A. P.
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    BROWN'S REVIEW SEES Weeding Out Of Costly Producers
    360 9 BROWN'S REVIEW SEES Weeding Out Of Costly Producers THE natural rubber industry must take steps to increase its competitive position with synthetic without relying on the goodwill of the Americans, says Brown's Malayan Economic Review, commenting on the International Rubber Study Group conference m Ottawa and the possibility of another
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    Produce Dull, Prices Lower
    82 9 CONDITIONS m the produce market yesterday were dull m all sections, with prices drifting to lower levels. Copra had sellers at ?27} per picin with buyers holding off Coconut oil prices were easier with sellers indicating $4.*) per picul and buyers holding off Betel nut $:?2
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    US Lifts Controls
    41 9 The U-S. National Production Authority has revoked outright its controls over lead 1 antimony, cadmium and bismuth. In addition, allocation and limitations on the use ot zinc were lined, leaving this metal subject to inventory controls. A. P.
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    MALAYA TO HAVE SECTION IN BIG UK PUBLICATION
    416 9 "THE for Greatness", a bumper publication to be published by the Associated Newspapers Limited, London to celebrate the official birthday of Queen Elizabeth II on June 5, will have a special Malayan section. Mrs. Beatrice Church, now m Singapore to undertake the
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    GUIDE TO SINGAPORE: NEW ISSUE IS READY
    273 9 "GUIDE TO SINGAPORE/* by far the most atlrac live gufde to ihe city yet produced by a local publisher ;»n«l printer, will be on sale «t bookstalls i" the City oext week at $2.75 per copy. The 200-page publication <"arrie.s an unusual seven-colour
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    SHARE PRICES EASING ON LACK OF BUYING
    121 9 Standard Market Reporter SINGAPORE, Fri.— Quiet conditions prevailed m all sections of the Malayan share market today, with prices tending to ease m the absence of any sustained buying support. Changed prices ■'■'f.'c: INDrSTRIAIS Buyers Sellers Fra.-er Neave Ord. 355 3.65 Ga nmons
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    Fine Newsprint From Bagasse
    47 9 NEWSPRINT i c;ir.e ialt ai Savannah. I üba i U.S. ne vcpop* others who termed ■'very irhitei rtroof tsei than ordii ;•< Joaquin de La Idea 4 Ame! lean In (^,'uy cess mid it would c, better and chc.-ipp.-Bagasse ;> ilm tietic ti b AP
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    Export Of Timber Declines
    169 9 Export Of Timber Declines Standard Market Reporter THE volume °f graded timber exports from the Federation m 1951 decreased by 18.000 tons over the previous record figure of 46.456 tons. says the "Malayan Forester' in' its latest quarterly issue published yesterday. Total exports, both graded arid ungraded, from Malaya amounted
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    'Keep Your Land Fertile' Plea To Malayan People
    518 9 'Keep Your Land Fertile' Plea To Malayan People A CALL to the people of Malaya to develop o new moral code on the proper utiiisct on cf lend is made «n on article entitled "Land Use Moralily" by Mr. Colin Marshall, published m the latest issue of the Forest Department,
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    'Only Lip Service Paid To Forestry'
    203 9 'Only Lip Service Paid To Forestry THE "Malayan Forester" m its editorial supporting the article "land l"*e HwaHty" says that (iovernuieiit i* forest conscious "but onl* m a vague and NhmbHul "When we Ret dcun to practical administration onl\ \i\\ service. to pu* th, in.itti-r bluntly, is paid to forestry.
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    1318 10 The CINEMA, The THEATRE and The ARTS A SPECIAL SATURDAY FEATURE t FRANCE.— Of all the ills to which this human flesh is heir, none is so difficult to* cure or so infectious— as intellectual snobbery. The intellectual snob must not be contused with the barbe bleu or blue stocking.
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      236 10 TODAY 9am "STORY OF HOLLI TOMORIIOm 9am -fO^I Ol Till: < O\< < Sfomn^ >77:r/v COCHKW j TOMORROW jP^ I I By Demand W^ BRAND NEW PRINT WfLl 1 of Warner Bros' jfes^ "DODGE fiOTi I ERROL FLYNN I OLIMA 111-: HAMIJAM) Wj^tovJ^B ann siu:inn\N /I A nhbtle, a »ink.
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      38 10 CROSSWORD (Solution to last Monday's puzzle SHAMPOOI'C I RA H t lEII|V|D|N^V|A^ AMATTEROF COURSE |Llßlß|RlH^NiTp BODEGAJjgCRESCENT IClllliAlSfUtEt SKITTLES PH CLOTH MURMipiHtaA^M SCRA P^HA CCURATE iA|!Plo|iWAr^of TRAPDOOR IRAOMAN |AillFlM|R^.R^S.r AMANOFMANYPARTS KJEgoKBgNKOiiCgiE; BLES S E D^U N REA D V
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      407 10 Today's Radio Programmes Sl\(i\l'OßF SpotHgrht on the Emergency; 7.-»0 ProKTIXVj granini- Summary; 7.:;» Listt-ners Calltng; 8.30 East Meets West; 9 p.m. (Ml metres A 41 metres) Calling All Forces; ».:t0 News (S); ».45 Concert and Cabaret: 10.15 Voices m Hi a.m. News; 10.05 Housewives' Harmony; 10.80 Saturday Kallroom. Choice (K.L.t;
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      370 10 < qnODAVS QIOTATIOX: "Hap- X Piness lies rather m achieve- input than m possession or satiation."— Lincoln Ellsworth. 1 SATIRDW FOB EVERYONE: For the most part this Is a con- 5 structive day. especially for at- J tention to matter- which require an ingenious approach or fresh 2 impetus step
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    THOMAS CUP TICKET SALES NEXT WEEK
    617 11 SUCCESSFUL applicants for Thomas Cup tickets will be able to bay their tickets from the gallery lounge of the Cathay Cinema on Wednesday May 21, the Standing Committee of the Badminton Association announced yesterday. Due to the postal strike, the Committee has abandoned the
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    Bailey Invited To Skipper MCC
    70 11 Bailey Invited To Skipper MCC LONDON. Muv 15 -Reuter'— Trevor Bailey, the Essea ;md F;iii aiid all rounder, has been mviud to captain the Bf.CC. team againal the Indians «»t Lords on Saturday instead of F: tddie Brown. By »wn has lad to withdraw from the game because ut >
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    YMMA Hold Haikowyu
    166 11 YOUNG MEN'S Muslim Association drew one all -vith Haikowyu Sports Club m a keenly contested SAFA Third Division "B" league soccer match played at the CYMA ground yesterday. YMMA. stiJL at th e top of the league table have iiu.v 10 points from sevtn games. YMMA opened
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    Record By The 'Duke'
    47 11 BERN. May 16, (AP) Geoffrey Duke (England), riding a Norton, hroke the Bremgarlen 50&-CC track-record during Thursday's Swiss motorcycle Grand Prix trials. He Juppecl the (4 1/2 miles) course m 2 minutes 55.6 seconds at a;i average speed nearly i>3 miles pc hour.
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    Semi-Final Drawn Again
    107 11 MALACCA. Fri For the second time Police and Malays drew 2-2 m their .soccer .semifinal for the Yeow Kirn Swee shield at the stadium today. The same was played on difficult ground cort&tions. It was a scrappy one but had its exciting moments The Malays took '.h
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    'Danes Will Beat Indians '—Skaarup
    383 11 'Danes Will Beat Indians '—Skaarup COPENHAGEN, Ma) 15, (I P). Jecrn Skaarup. !)(tiniurk*> greatest hope iii the forthcoming Thomas Cap f 'onipelition. is "Mire** thai Denmark nil! lual India the heal." lie thinks thr IHdKS liav** to ti;Jit liaril against llie American-. But, aiiainsl the Malayans fc it the I>ane*
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    FI. Records Win 6-0 In Rain
    92 11 FIELD RECORDS trounced RASC by six goals to nil m a United Services League match played at Nee Soon yesterday. Heavy rain fell making playins conditions difficult but Field Records played well nevertheless. Amos, fully recovered from a motor accident, played an extremely good
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    Selangor-Perak Battle Again
    405 11  -  LEONG HEW MENG By lI'OII, Fri. The memory of a water-feliigg»"£ match m which IVrak emerged victors against Selangor when the two met m a Malaya Cup soeter match at Ipoh last year is* recalled aa both teams renew their rivalry totlay. But rain or shine, Perak
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    GOLF
    186 11  -  Slammie Sam Suead kljxgshgg PICTURED is a player standing a hlile too upright. He'd be m betier form if he were bent forward a bit from the hips But his s'yle is good. He is fully up and back. His hips have rotated about 450* feu shontterx 90' from
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    Negri Schools Win Soccer
    114 11 SEREMBAN. Fri.— The Negi Sembil.in Combined Schools scora four to two victory over the Malacca Combined Schools at soccer on the Station padang her e this evening. The match was well contested throughout. The home team led by three clear goals at half time but m
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    No Ref.. Match Off
    33 11 SINGAPORE Fire Brigade S C. and Seletar Football Club postponed their SAFA Third Division "B"" League soccer lie the BODCA ground yesterday. The referee had failed to turn up
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    ATHENIANS FORCE DRAW
    346 11 A THENIANS FORCE DRA W ENGL.\Nrf*S \thrninn League hoerer team «Ti«? not inakr a v**rj MMpicious «lel»ul m lh*ir Sinprap«»rr lour Teslerrfay vli«-n ihry drew 1-1 tvith Comhiiu il Servicm Europeans learn at Jalau Boar Stu<liuni. In farl, they nearly walked ofl the field lo<mt-. only a late goal by
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    Soccer Star Wins R.A.F. Athletics
    285 11 RA F toeem stmi i was *'> itstanding p< c* at vc ■<<;.• fi RAr Rei (Maiaj a) .<■ d r With »ix firsts, he [\m Vir 1 1 AKJkM IMB tooph) iI win 1 i f the I" 11 h i firdn imp hop-step
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      542 11 SITUATIONS VACANT i 'HINESE cook, either sex. for Malacca home. Apply ••g foil particulars and g wa#C9 required to Box j^\. Standard, Singapore. \t \MF.D by British En- spneenni Company Regis> ed D.esel Engine Driver to .;e generating set two m y 8 a.m. to 12 noon 0 m, to
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      277 11 GCDOWN VACA? T 4 'uDOivx vacani possession ii 3 mths, Approx. 6500 sq.ft. Brick walls asbestos roofing with jaga's accommodation at rear of building Close hv S H.B area TB2l. Standard, Singapore 1 NOTICES TENDER NOTICE 'PEXDEHS which will close at 1 \2 soon on 28ft May. 1952, are invited
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      306 11 MERRY PARK RESTAURANT BAR HAW PAR SWIMMING POOL l| Milestone. 19, Pasi r Paajaag l{oad Tel. ***** BAJ\€IJV€Z A MV(;/Vf, #OV#f,ff l Mr. NX «m«i (liiri I on^ Baiul and <II Kbo*B Songlresi !«i Estertaia Please Reserve your Tables l-arlv 1 Siraip] Of^^^B^H TONIGHT A WILD AND FURIOUS CASCADE OF
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      156 11 SINGAPORE SOCCER: safa League— Kotfl Raja "A" o Rockliies CDm 2 1 Jalan Bexar stadium 4 }>■>«.: CA r !>BW (Div 1) Jn'iiu Besur sluduun; Div. 3A YCAA p AML at Geviany: Blue Rovert c Tempenis Rovers pu\ :',A ul CYMA SBUFA LeaaUK Bntu v Dunlov fit Thomson Ron<l; Borneo
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      26 11 1 HIGH TIDKS at the principal resorts m Malaya: TODAY: A.M. P.M. Singapore 3.37 5.59 Malacca I*3 Port Dickson 1 Port Sham .11.44 Penang 8.19 7.17
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    STANDARD'S SELECTIONS
    149 12 Windsor La«l Cay Reveller 4 Free Rein si V .F SHOW lIOKI/.ON STACJK SHOW irehsldc *«-ll Sunny Way Kart 1 K«»yal Hiram litnliiial PulT Cardinal Puff nTTvs PINK IKKXSIKK FILL STOP Cnm-dracon ikisii abbot tow« Happy Tra\Hlrr KmH Dor Capf H»rn -II i:K CRls|~ VASCO DA OAMA Kare
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    Standard's RACE CARD
    1261 12 Standard's RACE CARD $>U:E I. Horses (lass 1\ Div. 2 6 Furs. 2.15 P.M. l i.:.' Mag,- Show 5v 9.00 "Shay S ible §Pt2F er rJolw »l Ceasefire 5v I.U M Leon* Hoe Yeng Hobbs C:iat!e> i 131 irdin.il Full Ij 8.12 r, i Stable' Tankard Lansdown i r..» Horiaea
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    PARMITER IS READY NOW
    231 12 NEWCOMER Parmiler appear s b« •> I 3 H t went At-ii m 14 mo tout on Thursday morn 1 ij. He m impressive home record, winning three out ol his tvea irts two year <>: 1 He was a model ol consistency H»v>/ >n th»»
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    Gambar Melayu, Tara Street Duel Likely In Mile Event Today
    1844 12  -  WINDSOR LAD By G \MBAR MELWU or Tara Street? This is a poser which racegoers Mill try to resolve m the Governor's Cup rehearsal over the mile to be decided this afternoon, the opening day of the Singapore Turf Club
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    Zanzibar For The Main Sprint Race
    195 12 THE MAIN sprint race for Class I. Div. I. over six furlongs should develop into a keen tussle between Zanzibar. Woodcote Inn, Scotch Express and the lightweight Billdaw. Zanibar was not disgraced when he ran third to Sundown here m March. H e has
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