Singapore Standard, 7 May 1953

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    17 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD HL 3H Vr»l. 11l No. 304* SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1953. TWELVE PAGES 10 CENTS.
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    COUNCIL STORM OVER ONN
    1673 1 Peacemaker Oon Fails -THEN IT WAS HAMMER TONGS Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— Mrs. B.H Oon today unsuccessfully tried to play the role of peacemaker m the Federal Legislative Council on the motion of censure by Mr. Tan Siew Sin aimed at the Federation's Member
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    MURDER HOUSE KILLERS
    21 1 MURDER HOUSE KILLERS DtTE asvE mis COURT OF N Ueu I m here aneith" don, dies aye ap- In rv iked
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    THE BRIDE AWAITED HER EX-PoW BROTHER
    68 1 Not many women tare to hang around after tlu'ir wedding but when she heard that her brother, Rifleman Reggie Roberts, released prisoner of \\.»r from Korea, would n«»t be home until four hours after her wedding Iris decided to wait to show him her
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    'TIME RIPE' FOR LEGCO ELECTIONS
    254 1 Xl ALA LUMPUR, Wed.— There was acclamation m tin* Federal Council today when the president. Sir Mat GiHivr announced that a committee is to be appointed to examine the question of elections to the Federal Legislative Council and future constitutional changes arising therefrom, and to
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    THE REPUBLICAN
    14 1 GENERAL M ed NeEg] pi an Pi Minhim- f a Rep.ib Reuter
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    NO ACTION ON CG'S PAMPHLET
    81 1 LONDON". May r > (Renter) Mr .Oliver Lyttelton. the Colonial Secretary, whs asked In the Commons today if h e could now make a iurther statement regarding an official pamphlet on'i'led "Healing Thoughts" published by the British Commissioner General for Southeast Asm. He told Mr.
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    Quake Shocks
    30 1 MORE THAN ltirt houses wore destroyed In Karaburuii, West Turkey, during the rerent earthquake shocks In the Aegean provinces of the country, according to Radio A lkara Reuter
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    Suez Talks Stalled
    21 1 ANGLO-EGYPTIAN negotiations on the future of Britain's Suez Canal base wore yesterday bogged down by disagree- ment. Reuter
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    Sarongs Get The Queen's Attention
    105 1 Sarongs Get The Queen 's Attention LONDON. May 6. Jail-made Kelantan dolls and sarongs caught the Queen's attention at the Malayan stand of the BIF this morning as she was shown around by Mr. W. A. Ward. She admired the timber and when shown rubber asked what colour latex is
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    2 Trapped In Stricken Ship
    109 1 HARWICH, May 6 (AP) Th^ American transport Haiti Victory and the passenger-till-ed British steamer, Duke of York, collided m \h e lower end of the North Sea before dawn today, tearing away and sink- ing the steamer's bow. Two of her passengers a woman and
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    ARMED ROBBERS TOOK CAR & $2,300
    128 1 ARMED ROBBERS TOOK CAR $2,300 IPOH, Wed. Two armed. masked Chinese m a daring daylight robbery near a Chinese tin mine yesterday, got away with $2,300 m cash, a pibtol and a tar belonging to The robbery took place at about 2.'M) p.m. on a road leading to the Chee
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    DETAINEE ESCAPES
    31 1 DR. RICARDO Rojo. detained m connection with a recent bomb outrage m BuenOi Aires. escaped from a police -*;ition yesterday and took refuge m the Cluatemalan Embassy building.- Reuter
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    The Last Lap
    30 1 A GIANT C-!» 7 Strata miser carrying 3H si' k and wounded fighting men home from Cumnivitiist pri-'in camps took off night from Honolulu lor California.* AP
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    OFF THE DATO'S BAT, SAYS GOVT.
    205 1 KCALA LLMPIR. Wed Replying to an oral question by Mr. Tan Sievv Sin m the Federal Legislative Council this morning, the Chief Secretary. Mr. D. C. Watherston .said that the speech made by Dato Onn bin •Ta"afar at a meeting of the Independence of
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    COMMANDER SURRENDERS
    47 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— Lim Kwee alias Lim Tien Kwee. assistant commander of the 12th Mobile Platoon of the Communist terrorist organisation m Trengganu, surrendered on Saturday. He was on the police wanted list and his surrender makes the seventh from this terrorist platoon this year.
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    Off The Record
    26 1 PRESIDENT Eisenhower and Bob Hope have been playing golf together, according to a White House source. Their scores have not been disclosed.- Reuter
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    SUDAN ELECTIONS
    17 1 GENERAL elections m the Sudan will now only be held m six month.' time.- AFP
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    Siam Asks America To Speed Arms Aid
    192 1 WASHINGTON, May ti (IP)— The (io\ eminent of Thailand today asked the I'nited States for I quick increase m arms shipments to help that country prepare itself to stand against a possible Communist accession. The request was made by Ambassador Pole Sarasin m
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    Nam Spurns Allied Plan
    33 1 PANMU I i < m m u n i s pi ■m I < i so!f! e ivhen The i (l < (heir i| a Gen h i <\ i in A ii
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    CUSTOMS CURB RI TO S'PORE SMUGGLING
    191 2 SMUGGLING from Jakarta to Singapore b coming to an end because of more efficient systems adopted by Indonesian customs and Police, olli- < i:ils Of the Customs service m Jakarta told Ueuter, yesterday. rear ag lo Singapore I rt-<lwf>(\ 'o ',0 per rent of
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    Busman's Sentence Quashed
    136 2 Busman's Sentence Quashed K. PONNIAH, a Singapore 1 raction Company employee, who was -entenced to seven months' rigorous Imprisonn .1 lower court for robbing Francis Aries <,f SI. BO, an identity card and a pawn 1 mi Nov. 8 last year, had liis sentence qua.- bed by the tice, Sir
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    Police Seize Coronation Imitations
    54 2 Police Seize Coronation Imitations TIIK Singapore Commercial Sub -branch. C.1.0. raided shop m South Bridge Road yesterday and found over 7,000 copies of «»xrrcise hooks, bearing Coronation designs closely rrsemblinK thos#* that were th e copyright of a company. The raid was made as a result of a complaint received
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    CRASH VERDICT
    35 2 I MR. Choor Singh, the Singapore Coroner, yesterday returned a v< rdid of misadventure on the deaths of Ang Ban I Hock and Ang Kian Soon. [They were killed m a car crash.
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    BROTHEL HAD CLOAK OF RESPECTABILITY
    111 2 ONE of Four brothels raided by Singapore police was found m ;i "modern housing estate m a highly respectable resfr dential area," says the monthly report of the Social Welfare D irtment published yesterday. Othei -c found ta fawmi der Street, Geylang and the j
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    CORONATION DAY SONG
    159 2 TIIK Prirnipal of the Srrfmban Anglo Vhin c s c J School. Mr. Vong Yew Kirn. has written a "Coronation Day Song" which ho hop^s will be used by schools m Biagapere and the Federation for their Coronation cde- < brations. It is set to music by
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    'S'PORE THE HUB OF S-EA NEWS'
    207 2 AS far as foreign correspondents are concerned, Singapore is the hub round which news on South-East Asia revolves, said the London Times correspondent, Mr. Louis Heren, yesterday. Mr. Heren, speaking at the I Rotary Club weekly luncheon j at the Capitol Red Room, explained:
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    COLD FISH CASE
    30 2 PONG Sai Kow faced a tentative charge of robbery of 10 gold fish m f he Singapore Fifth Police Court yesterday He was remanded until May 9.
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    VARSITY: DISPERSAL URGED
    370 2 Site Faculties To Suit Each Type Of Study THE dispersion m Moloyo of institutions connected with university education was sug gested by Sir Sydney Came, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Malaya, m a talk on the "Development of the University" at Kuala Lumpur yesterday. He said: "If
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    Governor Invites 3,000 Children
    141 2 THE Governor of Singapore. Sir John Nicoll, has invited {.000 school children from primary and elementary schools to a children's party In the grounds of Government House on May 30. The party, to celebrate the Coronation will be tor children between the :<ges of six arui
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    3 Victims Of Food Poisoning
    95 2 A 34-YEAR-OLD Singapore Indonesian woman. Monah jinte Haji Abdul Samat, and ln-r two rhildren. Mardia b n\c Kairon (8), and Hamin bin Kairon (4). were admitted to :he General Hospital yesierday, sutTering from suspected food poisoning. They were taken ill soon after taking cakes, which
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    COUNCIL MEET
    26 2 THE next meeting of the Trcngganu Council of S will be held m The Istana Masiah, Kuala Trengganu ai 10 a.m. on June 17.
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    DISCLAIMER
    24 2 DATO Sir Chens-lock Tan disclaims certain references to Dato Onn and Mohatned Sophiee attributed to him m a report m The Standard yesterday.
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    Footballer Charged With Petrol Theft
    209 2 A SINGAPORE detective alleged m the Sixth Police Court yesterday that he saw (Kman bin Musa.ji Apulia, a Colony footballer, stealing petrol with another man from a Standard Vacuum Oil Co. petrol lorry. Angulia. \hc "u-npany's potrol lorry attendant, was jointly charged with ihe driver.
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    CJ VARIES SENTENCE
    74 2 TAN ENG TIONG. who was sentenced In n Singapora lower court to two months 1 rigorous imprisonment r;i;-h on two charges of possessing prepared opium am) opium utemili had. his sentence a'trred by the Chief Justice, Sir Charles Murray-Aynsley, m the Court of Appeal yesterday. S r
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    Butterfly Wu Meets Press
    157 2 MISS Butterfly Wu, otic of th« foremost Chinese movie stars a decade ago, who arrived m Singapore from Hongkong thU week, gav e a lunch to tr>e local Pijess at th« Capitol Rcitaataut yesterday. Miss Wu (now Mrs. Eugene Perm) told the newsmen that sVi e
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    300,000 Live In Rural S'pore
    222 2 SAYS BOARD CHAIRMAN THE population m the Singapore rural area* Is well oyer 300.000 and is increasing rapidly each year, said Mr. E. V. G. Day, chairman of the Rural Board, yesterday. He WSf opening 'he new $150,000 SeranfMin Socia Centre .< Lim Ah Pin
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    PC 49 Arrested 'Indecent' Man
    15 2 PC 49 Arrested 'Indecent Man A SI Bon: p.c ir hi* H. ir rnt-r H
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    Loitered In The Park, Court Told
    40 2 TAN YAM SING. charged m the 9;:.| p I < Fifth Police Court yesterday with loitering m King <T V Park with Intent to rommil robbery on Tuesday n He claimed remanded until May F
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      83 2 Weather MINIM I'M Temperature: from 7..".0 p.m. on May 5 to 7.1*0 a.m. on May ti. Singapore (74F). Penang i7!>Fi. Kol.i Rahru (71F>. Kuala Lumpur 7tr Ipoh (71Ki. Ku.intm (7"!K». Maximum Temperature: from I.'.'M a.m. to 1.?,% p.m. on May Singa|M>re (84F», Penang (S!»Fi. Kota Bahru <87Fi. Kuala I iniip.tr
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    340 Bombs Bothered The Village For Years
    255 3 340 Bombs Bothered The Village For Years ,r Singathan Imost 5,,,,n mare squad the rday off < .-r of I'.jr liast Air Force Bomb Disposal Squad, R.A.F. .Maintenance Squadinn. Seletar, a team of six experts have been working on the site for a year, whenever the tides permitted. The bombs,
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    Airstrip Is Resurfaced
    4 3 Airstrip Is Resurfaced I
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    Taximan $250 He Found In Back Seat
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    Returns
    5 3 KOH I DDK KUAN
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    Businessman Fined
    13 3 F rst I tfa ft] Jan. 25, a1 I B $25.
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    WOMEN PLAN TO 'INVADE' COLONY
    213 3 I \ny women axe expected to come to Singapore from nearby Indonesia, Borneo and particularly from the Karimoen Islands, to see the Coronation <.<• i rati ms. Tom Mackie. A->u>tant Controller of Immigration, told The Standard yesterday: '•Women tar outnumber men 0:1 applications We have
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    Watch On Bad Food Stepped Up In City
    368 3 THE Singapore City Health Department is stepping up its campaign against the marketing of bad food and drugs, the acting Deputy City Health Officer told The Standard yesterday. r Mil nts for tests >( food Irugs and i tiona the F And
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    'Shady Men' And Elections
    375 3 Unfair To Bar Person For Small Offences Standard Staff Reporter WHILE it is not laid down m the Singapore Municipal Elections Ordinance that a candidate must have an unquestionable character m order to qualify as a City Councillor, several Councillors told The Standard yesterday it would
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    UK Engineers For N. Zealand
    81 3 Standard Staff Reporter THIRTY EIGHT. British technicians left Singapore Qantas BO AC C nstellai n after midnight today, for Zealand to work on the i 18.000.000 hydroelectric dam at Roxbourgh. 100 miles from Dunedin (South Island). The te 'hnicians, recruited from Britain, will stay there
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    ON TRANSFER
    15 3 MR. A P. RICE. O.S of Kota Tinggi, ha fCTTi >TC B ihrU.
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    Decrease In Singapore's Unemployed
    106 3 Decrease In Singapore's Unemployed TUFRF was a eonsiderai la decrease m the numhei <.f unemployed people i with the s; »)<■- t'.n tn ent's employment change >t month With Man n. a. ..ling to olliciai figures Mot,, than IjMi p«-,;pl e reui ttered with the depai tment m March, wheres
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    Police Band in Singapore Parks
    37 3 BY pel N. G Morris, Si iin ler The dil --f Mr H X H following j May 7, Fai George v P Kat Park; M r May 2\ t rei I
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    No Licence-$100
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    CITY'S LUXURY BUSES READY
    80 3 SINGAPORE'S new luxury bus which will coyer a circular route m the city, will come into operation as soon as bus stop fixtures are availab c and have been erected, Mr. G. G. Wilson, acting General Manager of the Singapore Traction Company, told The Standard yesterday.
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    Driver Gets Bad Mark, Fine
    84 3 GOH lIIAAI JONG, a Federation driver, was fined $I^o m the Singapore First TraflV Police Court yesterday on charge of negligent driving. His driving licence was endorsed. Inspector C. Cooke. said that at 9.30 p.m. on May 5. Goh was driving along Bukit Timnh Road
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    Free Drinks On QEA Connies
    47 3 Standard Aviation Reporter CHAMPAGNE, liquers and brandy will be served free on board Qantas Constellations leaving Singapore either for London or Sydney on Coronation Day, June 2. An "exciting" recipe for Champagne Royal Cocktail has been prepared, along with a "delectable" menu.
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    THE RISE AND FALL OF A DOCK
    175 3 THE RISE AND FALL OF A DOCK Standard Shipping Reporter At the Singapore Naval Base, a section of a once mighty floating dock, scuttled by the British, raised by the Japanese, and again sunk by Allied bombers, ha 3 continued for the past month her up-and-down struggle with the sea
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    Two Malayans To Describe Event
    375 3 THE CORONATION i. w»m H n d a rd SHflf Re Porter ■ti v. MAI AIA will broadcast a feature Through Malayan Eyes" and give an on-the-sm.t description ,n London of the Coronation of Queen tlizabeth II on June 2. One of the two men
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    A Bigger Sea Dragon For C-Day
    150 3 Standard Staff Reporter A LONGES and bigger sea dragon than that which appeared during the City Day celebrations m Singapore will "play" at the sea front for one week during the Coronation festivities. The sea dragon will be 400 feet lone. At the meeting
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    31 Charged For Rioting
    112 4 THIRTY-ONE men appeared m the Singapore Fourth Criminal District Court yesterday on charges ol rioting and causing hurt. Eighteen were alleged to have been members of an una vfui assembly and to have Milted a man at the June;i n of Verdun and Syed Aiwi Roads
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    3 PRINCES
    47 4 THREE sons of His Holiness Saycdna Tahe r Saifuddin Sa'heb, religious head of the Dmvoodi Bohra community of Bombay, arc m Singapore on a visit to people of their sect JJvjng m Malaya. They are Prince Sahib Hatim. Prince Mansur Bahi and Prince Abdul IlusaiQ.
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    FINED $5,000
    12 4 TAJ .<*<* Pi ah Was nned $5,000 m the Pengerang court
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    SEAMAN WHO DISOBEYED GETS JAIL
    121 4 A SEAM AX, Tassa, who fused ;o obey the orders ot his captain was sentenced m the: Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday, to two weeks' jail. Captain R. A. Lorains, of the Inverbank. which was sailing from Japan to Singapore, said that he asked Tassa
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    Rotary Tribute To Khoo Teik Ee
    82 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. Tiie Johort Bahru Rotary Club paid a tribute to the memory of Mr. Khoo Teik Eo. District Governor of Rotary Malaya, yesterday. Ro'.arian Dato H. E. MarKenzie. the President said tha» thry were all shocked to read of the tragic end
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    China Remittances
    20 4 FAMILY remittances to China from Malaya for April 1953, totalled $1,731,236. Of this figure $1,169,828 went fro;n Singapore.
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    Big Kelantan Crowd Sees Sultan Off
    98 4 KOTA BAHRH. Wed. Nearly 2.000 people of all lasses turned up at the airport at Pengkalan Chepa yesterday to say goodbye to the Sultan of Kelantan who left for Singapore en route to England for the Coronation. At the airport, the Sultan was received
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    Cheap Fish Sale Again
    51 4 FISH will acain be sold at non-profit prices at the Singapore Tiong Bahru Community Centre at T.liO a.m. tomorrow. Mr. Teo Seng Bee. president of the Centre, told The Standard yesterday that trawlers from the Malayan Fishing Industrie! Lid.. would be arriving at THuk Ayer Basin
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    LOCAL MEN GET A CHARTER
    366 4 Probe To Seek Top Jobs For Them Approved KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— A res suggesting that Government should lose no Hi m appointing a committee to probe the q of affording opportunities to local men to t Q up higher administrative appointments m th Government service,
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    Union To Send Memo To MacG
    24 4 PENAN irnl ..t liooi 'A n Standard bad noi joint i lIISN, !lr ■une ft it the H
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    Unions Discuss Ritson Today
    52 4 MA XV S ment union .fMiv may go I rfor e the Ritsoo Commis n when sits next w« The Anal ck known when which are member* ol man Joint Coun i ol meet to The coun rarii try o pei rist boj nil ion v.-hr
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    Fined $2,500 For Having Opium
    53 4 IPOH. Wrri X... i...\in X tWD-pourui .if i year-old won V S'c w;.s Ancd %2 >i •< i munths Imprison enl bj Mi J. R. Whim-tf r p lent of tho Sessions Court, loday. Yip was arrested by > toms oßwn Bl of Jalan I)
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    DUTIABLE SAMSU
    24 4 TEOH PFCK KOW, miirj. wns fined IMI ihr Johore Bahi Poll* for having m )-.*>: half a gallon i,l which duty had noi
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    WINNER'S GIFT
    32 4 THE winner of |h| [)j i»i irj the strond i\\n.\ .1.-v.i.van InMsan Congre«g |o< v has Rivni JMKmj to •>., •-''ss building rund ng to v M.I C. *v i <-<! jrestcrda/.
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    Ancient Marriage Tableau
    132 4 MALACCA, Wed. As part of its effort m the Coronation celebration* next month, the Malacca Malay Community will stage on a float a tableau depicting the royal Sino-Malay alliance that took place here about 500 years ago when Sultan Mansur Shah married a Chinese prim-ess. daughter of
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    46 4 MR. T. Moreira. a senior master on the staff of the Government Uncivil School. Batu Pahat is toinc on retirement this month after 28 years' .service. He will be honoured at a farewell dinner Riven b> ti»** (»F.S Old Boys' Association at the school premises tonight.
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    'Chinese Mines Cannot Operate'
    297 4 DROP IN TIN PRICE THE recent substantial drop m the price of tin was already affecting the production of Chinese mines m Malaya and, m fact, a number of mines have closed down, Mr. E. M. F. Fergusson, chairman of Straits Trading Company, said at the
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    Three Fined For Driving Offences
    151 4 '1 WO S !)L*.ip"!"e motorists and a 'ovry eir:ver were fined m the Singapore First Traffic Police Court yesterday lor traffic offence*. Lee Bmp Chwee. a motorist, wa* fined $50 on a charge of inconsiderate driving on Mar. l. The prosecution said Lee (irove a;
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    Council To Build Staff Homes
    62 4 .JOHORK BAH Hl'. Wed. The Johore Bahru Town Council has a hou ing scheme for providing accommodation J° r it? emp'.wy. The Council ha- been promised 25 acres ol land n Ayer Molek Estati which the State recently acquired from the Sultan of Johore. A
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    Court Sits Till 9PM
    127 4 IT HAD TO MAKE UP FOR LOST TIME KOTA BAIJRI, Wed.— The Hish Court, presided by >Ir. Justice A. W. Bellamy, sat up to ninr o'clock last night to make up for time lost M Monday when the court adjourned early because some court officials had
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    Kentner's Second Recital
    342 4 Kentner's Second Recital Standard Mastic Critic FIYK «rnata c tip Louis Kentner' Bcrond Btvthuvt'ii recita Id the New War .\K i a Ha la night. 'I hall wiis n; riu' evening i. «c, uncomfortable, but .1 by the onthusiastfc sppta i\c conclusion of i son; ;i. the great music and
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    Annual Call-up Of Youths Now 'Not Necessary'
    76 5 Annual Call-up Of Youths Now 'Not Necessary' ni TWh r 4tSER VICE Ivr \II MIM X, Wed— The annual call-up of 0U ng men m the Federation for a tworice is neither necessary nor practin t states Federation Government ore the Legislative Council today, ol the Federaled to meet tho
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    Entry Law Is Tabled
    112 5 k i i LUMPUR, Wed. The Federation mi m igr a t'l o n Regulations. 1953, to restrict the enti > of undesirable people into the country, were tabled at the Legislative Council thi> morning. With the exception of several cases, the provisions m the rules
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    Pensionable Age Entry Lowered
    53 5 [PUR. Wed. the age limit .i sei c Toe< not foi should be un 20 to 18 This was tgreed m conwit n the Singapore ernmen itate I Ihe Chief div m ien y to a gues- 1: Wo Pak Choy al the Federa Legis ative
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    Council Tributes To Comet Victims
    317 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— References were made m the Federal Legislative Council today to the tragic air disaster m Calcutta on Saturday In which tour members of the Malayan delegation to the Rubber Study Group meeting m Copenhagen today were killed Mr Khoo Teik Ec, who
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    Educational Allowances Under Study
    105 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— The granting of special education allowances I i dren of Government officers who are transferred to stations where educational facilities are not available. is. under consideration, the Chief Secretary told the federal Legislative Council meeting this morning. Replying to questions by Che Din
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    90 5 THIS s no round table conference but a gathering of personal friends of the Mentri Besar of IVrak for a. Satai treat «*t his residence jn Brvwstei Koad, lpoh. on Monday night. The occasion was his 4Kth birthday Seated from left 'an-- Ir Urn Kean Hooi. Mr >an Lai Hong,
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    PENANG A.E. TEACHES THE SPECIALS
    125 5 11 lie Of I ii 4) Pi'-ke'd from special *l who wer a literates. taking the course, the "Id teach special "> who were illiterates. Ijn er, he said, would be 40-hour course by V trainees At the end of •7">d they would be able
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      283 5 JENDERAM MAY BE RESURRECTED KUALA LIMPI R. Wed- The possibility of releasing, conditionally or otherwise, every detainee is periodically reconsidered m accordance with the provisions of the Emergency Regulations and the administrative arrangements. It is not proposed tn introduce any special procedure applicable only to
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      Lotteries And Whom They Help
      193 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed The Social and Welfare Lotteries are Federation-wide and not confined to any particular State or Settlement. Accordingly, it has been the policy of the Board to give first consideration to causes and institutions which are not restricted to helping the inhabitants of
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      New Appointment
      44 5 DATO Sri Nara DRaja District Officer, Kota Bharu will carry out the duties of the President Town Board Kota Bahru duriM :ih* absence on leave of Bat? Sri Amar D'Raja. who will be accompanying the Sultan to attend tht Co£gn.ation m Lo/idon.
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    PARK MANAGER ACQUITTED
    100 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— Che Mohamed Hashim. President of tho Sessions Court, j Kota Bharu. a. quilled arid (discharged Bakar bin Doliah, assistant manager. Biaritz Park, on a charge of criminal breach of trust of a lottery ticket m connection with the Poppy Day Fund m Kota Bharu.
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    They Built A Bridge
    100 5 AT. OR STAR Wed. A br Ige bui I by the peop> of Kumpong Gabus. Baling District, was officially opened oday by the Sate Secretary ol X Tungku Ismail. J atulating people On their eP..?::s. Tungku Isadvised them to try to he ;■> themselves m every
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    Indian Mosque Plans
    37 5 AT a meeting of Indian Mosque Committee, held recently m Kuala Lumpur, it was decided to feed the poor of all nationalities, to decorate the mosque and hold a special prayer during Coronation week.
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    FEDERATION TO PRUNE EXPENSES
    405 5 Dept. Heads Told: Economise Inrtructil t r m r r entsm ents Federotion hove bo* wnw economise wh «'eyer possible. These instruction, or* m M rv/rß^"' o^"? ***** < f° VemmentspokesmOn loid broodco* over Kodio Moloya last night. sDokc S J a h n y^H c
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    A NEW TOWN CELEBRATES
    143 5 JOIIOKE BAIIRIT. Wed— Chaah. a B f» vitiate situated m the Labis area of Johore. ha* grows Into a town. And 2.000 or Its Inhabitant*— Chinese. Malays and Indians celebrated the occasion on Tuesday night The townsfolk sanf and danced. Twenty of the loveliest ftirls m
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    FALLING PRICES WATCHED
    206 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. nmeni j s aware that the fall;; g of rubber and tin i II if i ontinued, have an ad- rect on Govei nment tevenue It has, therefore under ronstani review (deration ures which ma» t>e necessary to meet the situation Horn the fall
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    No Remission Of Sentences
    79 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed The High Commissionei tin in <it th<» > that it would not be ap 1 pri. te to tuthoriai mv sp remission of priso lon the ■> ,i-.hi! ,f t». coining (J r th« Queen The Attorney Onera the Fedei < !eg «ii
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    486 6 Review of Views Malay Union UTUSAN MELAYO yeste.dayj called upon the Kesatuan< Melayu (Malay Union > to^ \v\ike up from its political} lethargy. The Malay Union < il a pre-war organisation l supposedly representing the, interest! of the Malays In the Colony. Th c Union must 1 organisationally and psycho-,
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    THE LIQUIDATION OF RICH LANDLORDS
    1181 6 Agrarian Reform In China -2 "The landlords may be totally dispossessed. Even the clothes they wear may be taken away and they are sent to beg m the villages" 'T'HE second stage of the A land reform ls _o decide the class status of each
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      838 6 Sir; I have been following Mr. S. Rajaratnam interesting articles m the Sunday Standard under the title 4 T write as I Please." He deals with various aspects of politics and I must say that they are very enlightening. I do not mean to say by this
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      422 6 Sir,— Hamlet may have derided that the law's delays like other ills of life, must be endured, but not everyone has his capacity for fatalistic resignation. Is the Government, particularly m Singapore, aware or the litter disgust m the public- mind at the interminable law's delays today?
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    Laos Invasion plotted Before Stalin's Death
    228 7 10RD READING: vm>\ May 6. (AT).— me communist Inuas masterminded before Marshal British Government spokesman said st.ilm 1((I -Secretary of State for Foreign of Lords: 'The Government at a time when there have signs of improvement m the s fresh aggression should have taken
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    French Aid Plea To UK Withdrawn
    61 7 supply hv transport pIaMJ m II ,uthoritati« sonreei I her€ yesterday. I plants h% wW be fo. the tin* beta* adeimmediate resom liovernment Britain mpathesl 101 small .iipmrnt I might re pokesman m close i resell States (iovernlation on t. the the minisi \d
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    Police Break Up Dutch Holiday Mob
    19 7 Police Break Up Dutch Holiday Mob Sq ngled the i Party Di Grott, the pro- i oni •oar rated.
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    HUK DANGER TO ALIENS
    75 7 •.NII.A. May 6. (AP)— The I of the Philippine Armed I s has warned foreign nas to keep off highways nightfall a> a result of ence by the H k ilahapc In a letter to the U.S. Em- Maj. Gen. Claixto Duque said American nationshould refrain
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    RED CROSS WORKERS
    50 7 photo. The President's wife, Mrs. D wight D. Eisenhower (left), and the Vice President's wife Mrs. Richard Nixon, wearing a Red Cross uniform, attend the Spring luncheon of the Ladies of the Senate. The Senate ladies meet regularly and roll bandaepo fnr «h« n a Cross.- UP
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    UK Ends Rationing Of Iron, Steel Goods
    222 7 LONDON, May 6, (Reuter).— The British Government ended one more control yesterday over the distribution of all iron and steel products except tinplate. The Minister of Supply, Mr. Duncan Sand3 r s, announcing this m the House of Commons, said while there will
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    Socialists Lead Polls
    65 7 LONDON, May 6, (UP)— The split British Labour Party sliowed a gain m popularity yesterday m the week-long battle for control of Britain's municipal governments. Conservative candidates held their own 20 gains and 20 losses m results reported up to mid-afternoon, while the Socialists showed a net
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    756 Detained
    21 7 POLICE detained 736 AXttcaa* after throwing a cordon round Kariokor market, m Nairobi, and carrying out an on-the- Reuter
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    JOINT APPROACH TO REDS ON PEACE MOVE
    349 7 JOINT APPROACH TO REDS ON PEACE MOVE PARIS, May 6, (Reuter) Diplomats m Washington, London and Paris are working hard on a joint approach to Russia on her recent peace feelers, according to diplomatic sources here. It is believed here that the driving force behind making a concrete proposition to
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    US TO CUT ARMED FORCES
    113 7 US TO CUT ARMED FORCES WASHINGTON, May 6 (UP).— The Eisenhower Administration's economy plans call for reducing the strength of the armed forces by almost 200.000 men during the fiscal year starting July 1, Pentagon officials said yesterday. They said the planned reduction will be even greater about 250,000 men
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    Egypt Nearer To Republic
    72 7 CAIRO. May 6. (Renter)— Egypt moved nearer to becoming a Republic yesterday when its 50-man Constitutional Committee agreed unanimously to draft a new constitution "on the basis of a Republican regime". On April 29. a 15-member sub-committee recommended a Parliamentary Republican s.vstem as the best regime
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    Austrian Pact For Discussion
    56 7 LONDON, May 6: (Reutcr) Britain will shortly take the initiative m calling a further meeting of the deputies conference charged with negotiating the Austrian State Treaty, usually well-informed London quarters believe here. A Foreign Office spokesman said discussions between France, Britain and the United States on
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    Lawyer Demands Probe Into Two Mau Mau Deaths
    160 7 NAIROBI. May 6:(Reuter) An Irish lawyer yesterday demanded an investigation by the Government of Kenya. Sir Evelyn Baring, into allegations that a European police officer and African policemen last month murdered two Mau Mau I suspects m cold blood. The lawyer. Mr.Peter
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    US AID TO STOP RED DRIVE
    433 7 Threat To Thais Closely Studied —Defence Chief WASHINGTON, May 6-Secretary of "suEE Ch rl ?i < E WW inL n Soid y«^rday y tha substantial o.d from the United States will be required to stem Russian aggression m IndoChma and South-East Asia. an Wilson
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    'TREE LAOS MOVEMENT' IS EXPOSED
    176 7 WASHINGTON. May 6. (UP) The government o f Laos invaded by the Vietminh Communists, hai informed the United State! thai the so-called 'free Laos movement" which U connected with the invasion has "no roots m L.. A State Department spokesman releasing a eonden-od text of
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    Armi To Keep House Now
    91 7 MANILA. May 8, (UP)— Vice president Roberto Villanueva of the Chronicle publications reports m an exclusive dispatch from Tokyo that Armil Kunsela will cancel all public appearances as "M.-s Universe" after her engagement m Honolulu this week to become plain Mrs. Virgil io Hilnrio. Villanueva
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    Stunt Pilot Flies Plane Under 12 London Bridges
    174 7 LONDON. May 6. CAP).— A skylarking, middle aged pilot flew under 12 bridges m Ihe heart of London yesterday by skimming his light plane just a few feet above thr waves of the Thames. Members of Parliament, bus drivers, tug boat captains
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      Link Between Harwell, U-Plant
      54 7 A TWO-WAY remote control which will opecate between South Africa's uranium plant at Daggafontein and Harwell m Britain will start on the opening day of the plant on May 22. A speech by Sir John Cockcroft, chief British atomic research expert will be refrom Harwell during
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      20 7 THE Zelgenberg Town Council said German engineers have started to demolish Hitler's former military head- •marters m the town. Reuter
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      31 7 AIR experts of the Big Jfcdr rtotJtor the ff lirth time ySSWrtfay 'ai French Headquarter* m Berlin to find ways and mean s to guarantee air safety over divided Germany, AP
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      34 7 SUPPLIES of yeast ordered from Britain by the Swedish Co-optrative Societies are expected m Stockholm to alleviate the plight of bakers and housewives m the nation-wide m the food indust- stoppage ries here.— Reuter
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      37 7 A FRENCH military tribunal m Bordeaux yesterday convicted three former mem,ixrs M^,,4he, f^ttmd German Gestapo of Tl atrocitie3 ;i<i*fWst the French underground nnd sentenced them to piison terms varying m length from lour to »tv«u year*. AP
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      22 7 PRESIDENT Eisenhower endorsed the 1T555,000.000lTS$5,000.000 Relief and Rehabilitation fund drive by the American—Korean Foundation. The drive is scheduled for June 7-14. AP
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      34 7 SECRETARY of Foreign Affairs Joaqain Elizalde left Manila yesterday aboard a Philippine Air LJnes plane for Europe en route London where he will represent the Philippine Government at the Coronation of Eliza- beth. UP
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      27 7 JORDAN Premier Teuftc Abul Hade resigned >l*Vf4v and younjr King Hou^M-iil |lIV* ed on Dr. Fawzl el-Mulkl, Jordan's ambassador to Britain, to head a lew government. AP
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    Tory Govt. Survives Censure
    132 7 Tory Govt. Survives Censure I O.NDON. May 6, (Rei, ten. —The British Ciov eminent came through a vote of censure m the House of Commons last nmht with a matoritv of J?| Voting was IM to ZGS on a Labour motion alleKinji inefficiency m the C.overnment's conduct of recent parliamentary
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    I-C DRIVE THREAT TO AUSTRALIA
    59 7 LBOURNE, Mai The a i offensive In [ndo-China a 1 to A Lieutenant G W H I the B forces m X The Melbourni ••If s prospe li ret ly f: m gi go hard with U The t',. idded ""We must rer millions r.f
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    Scots Challenge Royal Title
    152 7 EDINBURGH. May 6, (AP) Scottish nationali I -terda v opened ii legal fight m their ancient eapital to strip the Queen of the "11" m her title. A< tar as Scotland is concerned, they insist, the Queen \a Elizabeth 1 as Good Queen Bess reigned only
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    PEKING AIRLINE
    35 8 A NEW air service from Peking to Chungking via Sian started recently. Operated by the Chinese Peoples' Aviation Corporation, it will link with routes operated by the SinoSoviet Civil Aviation Corporation.— A P
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    Modified Comet Sets Up New Time Record
    289 8 LONDON May 6.— A modified Comet jetliner averaged 476 mile* an hour yesterday to set up an unofficial record between Hatfleld, Hertfordshire, and Cairo It covered the 2,182 miles m four hours 3a minutes beating by over half-an-hour the time set up by
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    22 8 photo. MR. A L. Ctplan. the Far East representative «>f K.K.O. Pictures, and Wait Disney Productions. left Singapore yesterday for Jakarta. Standard
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    GREAT GRANDMA'S 79th VOYAGE
    57 8 LONDON. May 6 (Routed Mrs Emma O'Connor. 75--year-oki great grandmother, the best-known passenger m Orient liners, arrived here yesterday after making her 79th voyage between Britain and India. She has already booked her 80th crossing back to her Calcutta home next October, and next April will
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    Love Figures In French Ships Strike
    138 8 PARIS. May 6. (AP> A score of ships, including all of France's trans-Atlantic liners, were blocked m port yesterday by a strike m which love was playing a b:g pan. Strike-bound m Channel ports like Le Havre and Cherbourg were 42,000-ton He de France,
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    SMALL MEN GET TOP PRIORITY
    665 9 RIDA Shows Great Progress Mn 1952 Replanting Scheme In Perak Is Satisfactory THE requirements of rubber smallholdings continued to have t V m the policy of the Rural and Industrial Development Autho Voted RIDA's progress report *or 1952 which was tabled before the I Legislative
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    61 9 pholo to," trade coniniissiu.icrs tu Smiin-i--ist Ami met m S.ngapore for a two-day tradr on eren i V pro shous ihl tF f V f Cotlinier^ Mrf Industry. Picture shows the conference in session: <1 to r Mr J (oe ho 'Singapore) .Mr. N. Vihhakar (Burma). Mr. L. JV "ia.
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    No Business In Produce
    93 9 QUIET condition- preva on the Singapore prociu c market yesterday with no I ne>s reported. Copra wa? a steady market at S.'-i9 buyers and $39J per p.i'v.' sellers with no bu passing. Coconut oil remained a market at lower levels, buyers indicating $57 per p m
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    COMMODITY PRICES
    106 9 COMMODITY PRICES CLOSING rubber I prices (rents ocr Ib > m Singapore yesterday were: Buyers Sellers No 1 RSS Spot Lam Til 73J No. 1 K.S.S. 73^ 735 No. 5 R.S.S. If] No. K.S.S. 662 ti'i 'lone Barley .steady. SIMiAPORK. Wtd The price of tin today WMm |377| per piiul.
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    12-Nation Talks On Fishing Ban
    65 9 LONDON*. May 6 (AP) Representatives of 12 Dal gathi red here yesterday lor First meetin^of a permanent international commisi to deal with the problem of over-fishing. effective next April 5. the .Mission will control the size of nets which may be used m the national
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    HK EXCHANGE
    39 9 HONGKONG. May 6 Special Standard Service: Closing prices «»n the Hongkong Exchange ti day were $15.74 io £1 sterling, 5~>.972j to U.S. dohar; $1,833 to Malayan H; $0,232 to one Indonesian Ruppiah, Gold $271,625 to one tael.
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    TIN SHARES DISAPPOINT
    115 9 SINGAPORE. W. D the -i wen w the or 1 i v. hare? C i' ere: IXUI I Kl \l S Rufpri Seller* BB. Petrol l/i 94 I Fed Dtsn .'40 2.50 1 tea k> 3 .'.»."> cri cb VV Hami 2 I 2.8'J Pro 1 ">
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    New Federation Preferential Tariff Rates
    155 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Federation Government tabled rules under the Customs Ordinance at the Legislative Council meeting this morning giving details of the lull and preferential rates of duty ot goods for export and import. Under the rules, no manu- factured goods will be entitled
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    World Natural Rubber Output
    69 9 LONDON. May. 6: (AFP)— World production of natural rubber m March amounted to 135,000 long tons and of synthetic rubber 88.000 long tons, it was announced by the International Rubber Study G roup. Consumption m March of natural rubber was 140.000 long tons, synthetic rubber »7«00
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    SELLERS CAUSE DROP IN RUBBER
    155 9 Standard Market Reporter Rl BBKR prices m Singapore eased further yesterday, first grade rubber for May shipment closing at^i.^ cents per lb., two cents below Tuesday's levels. Loca and upcountry iiquidation y responsible for the (Mop m prices which opei.i it half a cent :>olow
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    China Banks To Revalue Deposits
    237 9 LONDON, May 6, (Reuter).— Three British banks which formerly operated m China have adviserl depositors affected by the Chinese Communist govern menfs recent order, that banks m China are to revalue and repay deposits m Chinese Nationally currency which existed when the OmmmmM government took
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    US Rejection Of RI Plan Is No Surprise
    319 9 RUBBER BUFFER STOCK By ARNOLD B»: KM Special Standard Correspondent JAKARTA. May 6. -Highly pl:if aiithorit.it i\e Indonesian rubber sources werr not iwipilmj In Mm American position of rejecting «uiti !-!it Hip Indonesian buffer stock rubber proposal. The buffi i lock scheme
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    Malaya Tops At The BIF
    51 9 THE i nufi ten Con Br. Industries Pair for i>of the 1 i X W A 1 r I npp I imp (rong economic dolli of S and v H m f than 1 mi r all -or <-mv ar 1 ■tU v t ron
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    Charges At IMP Meet Are Entirely Unfounded
    2113 10  - Charges At IMP Meet Are Entirely Unfounded TAN SIEW SIN 4 "fn surf %tt*iit*ti On tht tit Onn MOVING a motion of censure on Dato Onn bin Ja'afar, tho Member for Home Affairs, m rhe Federal Legislative Council, Kuala Lumpur, yesterday, Mr. Tan Siew Sin said that the allega tions
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    2 PG. CROWNING PARADES
    153 10 PENANG Wed. -A military parade to b e held on Corona- 1 tion Day at the esplanade padang and a vehicles parade on June 6, will be among the main attractions when Pcna-i* celebrates the Coronation ol the Queen. Four hundred uniformed men will take part
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    CAR OWNERS FINED $100
    90 10 FIVE motor car and taxi owners were ear-h fined $100 m the Singapore First Traffic Police Court yesterday on charges of failing to furnish particulars of their drivers. They were Madam Ling Ah Eng, Giam Hee Mioh, Ng Theng Khoon. Teo Keok Heng and Quek Sing
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    DAWN ROBBERY
    31 10 While on his way to market at 4..i0 a.m. yesterday, a 70---irtar-old Sir.-up©re Chines! hawker, was waylaid by two men. who threatened and rolled him <>r |20| m Kain-
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    COMPTON 'FIT AS A FIDDLE'
    268 11 wjPi ONf May 6 (Reuter).— Denis Compton, Middlesex English international who is universally known as the "Gay Cavalier" of the cricket world, has prepared himself for the current season with a sense of grim determination. Popular Denis, who was last summer plagued with serious knee
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      272 11 ACKNOWLEDGMENT M~~R TAN }IO CIIEXG and family wish to lhank all friends and relatives for night sent wreaths and attendee funeral of iiis i.:ther tiie Mr. T;i n Eng Hin. MR. and Mrs. Ix>w Keo Sang, of Oveaset Chinese Bank. branch, thank friends and bo gave donations, c:\r% and attended
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      149 11 NOTICE THE BANKRUPTCY ORDINANCE (Chapter 4:>) In the Hish Court of Uie Colony of Singapore, l.sland of Singapore. |N BAXKRUPTCY. Consolidated Bankruptcies Nos. 74, 88 of 1953. Re Koh Liang Hwce a 'so spelt as Koh Liang Hoi, Kiaw Chay Bookbinding Factory. (Lim Tiak Meng partner). Receiving Order made 10th
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      230 11 NOTICES Re: ONG SENG TONG, Deceased. I TT. persons having any claims against the estate iof the abovenamed deceased, late of Christmas Island, who died on the 18th day of January. 1953. are required to send particulars of their claims In writing to the Public Trustee and Official Assignee. Singapore.
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    OTHER RESULTS
    75 12 RESULTS of Fl eague ga M uisti* Id Sport, < lub Im it If 1 I 2 m division Broi Ibral I I Virr ran tile Hank beai M S 8 l iadh I'-ion !•>. !l( 'iry i -i ied foi I 6 Hoax Kong Baak C beat
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    SHELL DECIDES IN FIRST HALF
    459 12 SHELL Sports Club walked oil the fit-Id with a fully deserved >> -I victory when they met Singapore Cold Storage Sports < lub m a Singapore Business Ji<Mi»rs Football Association Division I league match on tin* Padang yesterday. The n ich was keenly contested vas
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    Motormen Outplayed
    183 12 SP \l:ixl I) hv the tl lishtfui optxu tunisut of Budia \/u Mtiiukonu Bask M B" scored a I—l1 1 victors over Borneo Motors Sports lub m Ihvision I matth si lancr P.iik yeslerday. '1 he B dicers opened 'he I ft ft h 1 [h J lin
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    A FRIENDLY
    19 12 5i Recre; lvi Club S ngapore 1 I ion oin a friendly game er on 1 .m'^
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    MARIGOLD BP
    35 12 3 ar c ned ihf Marigold I: I irts 11 tj R >ad iiave the X leng s Dorb> hire H »ad. Pi I are on Wedfrom to B.ix p.m. ca nciM from
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    THE 'POPMEN' TAKE THEIR 1st TUMBLE
    519 12 HONGKONG BANK "A" became the first team this seas— to lower the colours of Fraser and Neave -anti they did this m no mean fashion at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. However, they have to thank their centre-forward Beins who scored three successive goals m
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    JB CHINESE
    65 12 1 owing will i«e sell I <"• ent the Johore Bahru < against Sega- In the Inter-Dis-n iri iim,.,,> football competil<" tonjiprrow at S. gam at:— Ail Bah. lee Vong Lang Ei w t t Liat, Woni? Chit 1 ;n Soil* Poh. Ng Choon 1 at, Ro»)erl Teo,
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    SIME DARBY FIGHT HARD FOR THIS WIN
    444 12 SIME Darby fought every inch of the way to gain a well earned 2 l victory over Chartered Bank Sports Club m their Singapore Business Houses Division I soccer match at the Geylang Stadium yesterday. The score however, does not suggest the trend
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    GES Old Boys Please Note
    46 12 CAX ENG SENG school will hold their annual athletic meet on their ground on Thursday. May L'H. Ol() boys, both working or studying m other schools are reminded that their event will be the 220 yards at about 3 :,o p.m.
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    HASSETT WITHDRAWS
    362 12 BRADFORD. May 6. (Router) I —Lindsay Hassett, the A cricket captain withdrew from the side to play Vorkshire here today becau e of trouble with his right arm. He first felt slight pain t< Leicester and feels thai the muscle tendons between the twist and elbovv may be
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    SAFA MOVE FOR THE INDONESIANS
    269 12 SAFA MOVE FOR THE INDONESIANS THE Indonesians will play m Singapore if the Singaporeans are prepared to play a return m Indonesia, writes Standard sports reporter, Eo Boon Lee. who attended yesterday's SAFA Council meeting at Jalan Besar stadium. The Indonesians, through their liaison officer, have informed SAFA's Vice President.
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    TODAY'S Sport
    48 12 TODAY'S Sport SOCCER: SAFA League. Dir. 1 SCC Star Socce riles m Jalan Bexar; Div. 11l A Kebenoron Club v. Bukit Timah at Geylanq; Dir. 11 SHBRC v. Rocklites at SUB; Div. lUB Immigration v. Netaji SC at CYMA. NETBALL: RAF Women r. YWCA at YWCA .0 p.m.
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    'Little Mo' In 8-Min. Win
    149 12 ROME. Mac 6 (AP) U.S. •> nnis queen Maureen Connolly took just eight minutes yesterday •<> dispose of her first opnt m the Italian internatennis championships. Miss Connolly, seeded No. l m the tournament, beat Italy's Mana Laura Veronesi, 6 l. 6 o. Earlier m
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    Davis Cup: Finns Win
    70 12 HELSINKI. May 6. (AP)— Finland defeated Ireland 4-1 m the first round of the Davis Cup European zone tennis combination Tuesday. Finland is scheduled to meet the Philippines around May 17 m the second round The match will takeplace m Helsinki. Tuesday's results were: Pi'.-itt] Forsman,
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    Colony's 3rd Road Race
    91 12 SINGAPORE Chinese YMCA yesterday announced its plans lor the third annual road race to be held m the Colony on Saturday June 23 at 5 D.m. There will h e two races one for competitors under 18 year- of age over a three miles course, and
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    SAFA To Join The Fight
    126 12 SAFA have paid more than $100,000 on Entertainment Tax m the past three years and yesterday, SAFA president, Mr. U MacGregor Watt said that they should do something about it. Every year the association pays at least $..8,000 mi n tax to thp Government. This
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    Floodlit Soccer
    21 12 trrtm-K f\ i qurstion <>i i money would i rst problem RAF A will i,,,,. matt, i fu BBfeting
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    UK CRICKET CROWDS FROLIC IN THE SUN
    284 12 LONDON, May 6, (AP).— County cricketers ended the season's first full programme m heal-wave weather Tuesday with frolics m the sun that had the crowds cheering all over the country. All eight matches produced definite results -sewn wins and a tie between Northamptonshire
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    Chinese Win Kliny Cuptie
    94 12 SINGAPORE Chinese Rereation Club beat Sing iporc Cricket Club by three ma' to one m tee Singapore inter club tennis tournament foi the Klinv Cup. The results (SCRC playtn first) Wi Singles F. V. Khoo beat G. s Murray 6 l ti i; Ong Keng Chuah
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    Malayan 'Test' In Penang
    59 12 Malayan 'Test' In Penang PENANG. Wed —Tiie annual Malay. ,n test between the North and the South will be played tin. year m Penang on the Western Road ground on August l. 2 and 3. Penang will meet Kedah on May TTT JL and Selangor on .Ume 13, 14 and
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    Ground Unfit
    41 12 SAFA'S honorary secretary, Mr. Lim Yoog Liang, yestei iy announced the cancellation of all junior league match* I on the CVMA ground up t o May l 5 Referees md the tan i cmcerned arc asked to note this.
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    Railmen Win
    21 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Malayan Railways beat Belangor Pt>:. Cheras Road, 3-0 m a FAS division 3S \c match today.
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    Malaya Cup Teams
    71 12 TIN-; Malaya Cap (earns of krl.ini.in flight) and Trenficanu (loft, striped JeraejS) pictured before their Baatera Zon,. match last I'riday. kelantan beat Trencganu ">-'». Kelantan will travel to Kaagaf for the state's, mat<h against Ferlis to morrow. On their way back, the state will play a 'friendly'
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    Internationals
    35 12 LONDON, May 8 \P)— International j i l uesday At Con liagen, a Bi rootball league selection •i a near n-ttior Damsli combination -J-o A i. ?h,. team M Viem military eleven I- 1
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    IKE Vs. HOPE
    27 12 WASHINGTON, (Reutei Pre dent Ei and B) 1 Hope, (he ro have been «ether. accord ng to a W House s<>> ir t\ Their
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    Johnson Is 1st Seletar Champion
    99 12 S I.I 1 H ;m. :i I nir i li 1 111 tin- Mipp|\ Squadron "t Illlfr I till. h«l(l lllls RrirUi end v 100 Ml. Shot Tin i A I RS I XK.l v.l> I I I I MM turn,. I I I, Ward
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