Singapore Standard, 16 May 1953

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    18 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD fo W 4 Vol. 11l No. SIS. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MAY 16, 1953. TWELVE PAGES 10 (E.NT9
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    TIN INDUSTRY WANTS PRICE STABILISED
    218 1 TIN INDUSTRY WANTS PRICE STABILISED .UMPUR, Fri. Malayan reI next working party meeting iroup at Brussels on June 15, dcrstands, may ask for some Dnal action designed to achieve price of tin. r slide m the tin industry is Malaya, especially Chinese tin tion uneconomical. auction Chinese owned tin mines
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    Briton Told To Get Out
    27 1 day Cedf the New newi ether •age y actness irthy Mr. res:red :es w ation for i to I be years •o
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    Airman To Hang
    11 1 man, 22. hang a 19Rose eping 9 of
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    BUSY DAY FOR GEN. TEMPLER
    45 1 I.OXDOX. May 15 (Renter* 1 Sir Gerald Templer, British High Commissioner m Malaya, wrho arrived here yes--1 ipei I al day today at the Colonial Office talking with the heads of various de- He 1 s ing a press conferMond.;
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    6 Die In Fire
    19 1 SIX >ns were burned to :day at Hamamatsu, abj., 1 150 mice west of A.P.
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    A Senator's Olive Branch
    317 1 WASHINGTON, May l 5 Senator H. Alexander appealed yesterday for an early 'Big Two" conference between President Eisenhower and Prime Minister BUT Winston Churchill to close the United States-British nit over Korean war policy. The New Jersey Republican, a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations
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    INDIA BACKS CHURCHILL
    421 1 And Advises UN To Stick To The Plan Jowaharlol Nehru, Prime Minister of India, m a major foreign policy speech m Parliament here today, said he welcomed Sir Winston Churchill's call tor a big power conference. "The stakes are the highest that the world offers and war
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    No Progress Reported At Panmunjom
    14 1 No Progr ess Reported At Panmunjom TOKYO H i v rison said a! if
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    Attlee's Brother Dies
    15 1 ROBKH r All' brother of C (lied toHav. He B 2 AP
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    DATO FLIES WITH A SILVER CASKET
    241 1 DATO Panglima Bukit Gantang, Mentri Besar of Perak, flies from Singapore by Comet jetliner for London this morning carrying a silver casket containing a message of loyalty to the Queen signed by the Malay Rulers. The message Is written on two parchment scrolls one
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    What Young Really Meant — Carbonnel
    130 1 What Young Really Meant Carbonnel KUALA LUMPUR, Fri Inquiries made by The Standard on the statement made m London by Col. Young, former Federation Commissioner of Police that the terrorist activity m this country was "certainly guided from outside." brought an explanation from his successor Mr. W. L. R. Carbonnel
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    Adenauer In London Talks
    80 1 LONDON. May 15. (Reuter) Sir Winston Churchill and the West German Chancellor, Dr. Konrad Adenauer, went into conference here today to discuss the stand the Western powers will take over Germany m any high level talks they may have with the Soviet Union. London diplomatic quarters
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    Tornado Deaths
    29 1 THE death count from Waco's tornado rose to 106 on Thursday a* searchers dug m the rubble for more bodies m another day of cold rain. A.P.
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    MILITARY TATTOO
    44 1 THE massed pipes and drums of the brigade of Gurkhas who have come from Malaya to take part m the Coronation, will play a big part m this year's military tattoo on Edinburgh Cattle esplanade from Auff. 23 to Sept. 12. Reuter
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    40 BOATS MISSING
    26 1 ABOUT 40 fishing tKjats were missing as a sudden storm swept over Flower Island m the vicinity of Penghu Archipe!aj{o on Thursday. U.P.
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    Sultan Denies Union Report
    82 1 KUALA BEI.AIT. Brunei. May 15. (Reuter) The Sultan of Brunei today issued a statement denying that any federation or union m Borneo involving Brunei. Sarawak and British North Borneo was contemplated. The Sultan's statement was read by his secretary, Tuan Haji Ibrahaim Sultan, at a public
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    Only The First Half
    68 1 A 111 (.1 section of a Russian floating dock was t mi i-(l into .Singapore* harbour yesterday morn m? by the Russian freighter Marshal (iovorov and tug Moguchii. The dork, a huge affair towering about 80 feet above the water, is being delivered to Vladivostok. Its
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    PEEPING TOM LOSES CLAIM
    91 1 MANILA. May 15, (Re. A Manila court today missed a case tiled by a peep--1 ing torn claiming compensation for having lost his arm as a result of a fall from the I roof of a house a contractor was building. The complamI ant while on
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    Trade With China Charge Is Denied
    156 1 LONDON, May 15: (Reuter)— The British Government today denied that strategic goods m rubber, explosives, chemicals, fuel oil or machinery were being re-exported from the British colony of Hongkong to China. Mr. Henry Hopkinson, Minister of State fot C'oluniai Affairs, told the House of
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    Frogmen Smugglers
    77 1 HONGKONG, May i~> (Router) Revenue officers were searching today for frogmen smugglers seen operating In Hongkong harbour. The first frogman was letected last Wednesday night swimming under water toward a Macao ferry and dragging inflated rubber bags. When a" alarm was raised the frogman fitted with flog fins
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    4 Unions Continue Pay Talks Today
    124 2 REPRESENTATIVES of Tour Industrial unions, reprf anting more than H.ooo Government emp oyet m Singapore, fruity make another atU to f ome to a settlement with Government for their claim of a $20 Increase m 'heir monthly total emolumei Tiie unions ;ire n.-.king this
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    Animal Lovers To Affiliate With R.S.P.C.A.
    91 2 THE Sing pore Animal Lov- is co iation with the Br: R al Society for the Prevention <>f Cruelty to Animal. 1 will -rlonominntiona for a 3 iday, which i i Emi Youth Sunday, at the Stamford Girls School. After en the Queen's i
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    Thrift Cap
    60 2 photo. "So this is the cup!" said those boys of Std. 1A of Singapore's Gan Knj? Son;: School They are admiring the Gan Tianu Kwec Thrift Cup which is awarded annually to the eJass which puts the most money m the Post Office Savings Bank. The cup was
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    'Base C.O.L On Individual Need'
    310 2 UNIONS TELL RITSON AT the resumed hearing <>t the Kitson Commission m Singapore yesterday, the Joint Council of Action, representing 12 Government employees' unions, said there, should be differentiations m the cost of living allowances depending on the family circumstances of officers drawing less than
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    COUNCILLORS WARNED
    230 2 Absentees Must Vacate Seats Automatically Standard Staff Reporter SINGAPORE City Councillors who are absent without leave from three consecutive ordinary meetings will have to vacate their seats automatically. An amendment to the Municipal Ordinance provide for this is now being drafted. Mr. T. P. F McNeiee. President of
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    Broke Leg In Fight
    64 2 Broke Leg In Fight A SINGAPORE hinrsr broke his leu m a igM with two robbers, one armed with a knilr. .it Sea AvcniH' shortly after 2 a. ai. yesterday. Ibe robbers Rot aujy with >_\ The man was walkUlg home alone after baviag supper with tw.i frieada at Marine
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    Musical Training In Schools
    112 2 Musical Training In Schools THE Singcpi ue Go> is to buy M,OM i of musical Instruments from I tain m the near future for the "musical education** of children, the Deputy Din of Broadcasting. Mr A T Read said yesterday. "We have nut yet nUMSI any definite plan< sa to
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    THIS IS FINAL, SAYS McNEICE
    134 2 THE demolition of a house at Pulasan Road Singapore. has been* deferred m order to atTord more time for the tenants of the premises to move out. the president of the City Council. Mr. T. P. F. McNeice. said yesterday. He said that he had
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    POLICE EXEPCISE
    33 2 1 vVO troops of the Singapore Police Force Reserve Unit took part m a routine exercise at Wh I Road. Paya Lebar Road, B ley Road. Serangoon Rojd and Shenton Way.
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    Govt. Gives 6 Musicians Contracts
    120 2 IX ORDER that a number of musician* may be on hand when required, the Singapore (Government has approved the employment of six members of Radio Malaya orchestra on a permanent basis. The Standard learned yesterday. These six musicians will each be given three-year contracts, until
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    Talks On Animals
    43 2 THE Singapore Animal T or's League has started asi of talks over Radio Malay experts who will talk al animal welf; re. The ftrst 1 i Wan Tho, was about I I her talks by police experts have been arranged.
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    Popular Varsity Man To Leave
    176 2 Popular Varsity Man To Leave THi: I Diversity of Malay i will !ose a popular staffer when Dr. H. Strahan .prmrmm of Social Medicine and Public Health leaves the Colony at th«. end of this month to join the World Health Organisation" m Manila. "With his pleasing personality, he was
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    Committed To Assizes
    41 2 THE Singapore S Vice Mag Mr. E H D*Netto, c >mm th d S< Bok. to stand trial on a robbery, at the minai an ed rol i r c In at Loi I the night i I'
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    FATAL FALL
    39 2 A SINGAPORK rcr. Low Peng. «rai at yesterday morning, wh< n he fell from the nd fl >r ot a hotel In Coleman S 1 while white-wa ins*. He died at the General Hospital the same afteriio.
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    DAY-OLD AUSTRALIAN CHICKS AGAIN
    301 2 THE trade m day-old chicks which flourished between Singapore and Australia m previous years will reopen tomorrow when a consignment of 2.000 day-old chicks arrives at Kallang airport m Perth" 1 airliner from The Deputy Australian Trade Commissioner m Singapore Mr. B. G. Dawson, told The
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    15 3 photo, nrSJlitiitl.* first orize to the top boy of Standani IV-A, IsmaU bin Vusolt.- Standard
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    Singapore Govt. To Engage Four Musician In UK
    181 3 Singapore Govt. To Engage Four Mus ician In UK le standard of music in Singapore recruiting the services of tour o will arrive before the end of Radio Malaya Orchestra and. in Singapore Musical Society's Ion to promising schoolchildren. ting, Mr. A. T. leave told The Standard the musicians in
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    52 3 grown in the Singapore Botanic lay on the Comet for London, where t the Chelsea Mower Show. The Snnday, iinil it Is expected that they several nreeka. Aasoag the selection purple, yellow and spider orchids ne typical!) Malayan type plants t<» the show from Kuala Lumpur, tad red sU'tnmed palm.
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    Plans For Developing S'pore Park
    14 3 Plans For Developing S'pore Park Mr. th of ators i The own r list
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    25 Die Of Pneumonia
    32 3 i A FXTV-FIVE persons died pneumonia m Singapore isi v sek ay against 31 fur the before. Enteritis took 20 1 ring this eriod while s tool; 15.
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    Door Planks Off, $358 Stolen
    57 3 FORCING open two ba k door planks, a thief ed into a house In Lorom? rii Seng, Singapore, early on Thursday, and stole $280 m •'i. a gold ring, worth $20, and a wrrist watch, worth while the Chinese occupant 'ill asleep. 1 '■■An found
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    1,000 TRANSMITTERS TO BROADCAST CROWNING
    127 3 ONE thousand radio stations throughout the world, including Radio Malaya, will relay commentaries on the Coronation from the 8.8.C. m London on June 2, and according to a BBC official the number taking the service is increasing steadily. tntariea will be given m U4 languages,
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    OVER MILLION PLASTIC I-CARDS TO BE ISSUED
    284 3 OVER MILLION PLASTIC I-CARDS TO BE ISSUED Boom Ahead For S'pore Photograph*,.* Standard Staff Reporter MORE than 1,000,000 plastic identity cards to replace the present cardboard identity cards will be issued to Singaporeans before the end of the year. Mr. E. II. Sealy. Chief of the Government's Or ganisation and
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    38 3 photo. WHEN Louis Kentner gave a recital at the Singapore StetaSaT le^w"a&jrs?™? nl nt **ST2?l Kin?n« y «K y Ke,, ,7 P'*™ Co. Pictured above is Mr. Ktntner playing an all-Chopin programme to a large Army audience. Standard
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    PRAYER MEETIMG
    37 3 SWAM I Vainadevananda, President of the Singapore Ramakrishna Mission, will conduct a prayer meeting and deliver a lecture on 'Karma Yoga' (Secret of Work) today at 6.30 p.m. m the Mission premises at Xorris Road:
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    5 Death Sentences Last Year
    94 3 FIVE persons were sentenced to death by the Singapore High Court last year, says the annual report of the court published yesterday. Two of these had their sentences confirmed, two sentenwere commuted to penal servitude for life. The appeal of one was allowed and a
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    THIEF MISSED $90 CASH
    73 3 A THIEF who stole a packet containing $300 of a Singapore Chinese amah's savings at the R.A.F. Changi servants' quarters, overlooked another $90, which was kept i rl the same rattan basket. The amah discovered her money missing on Thursday, when she wanted to take it
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    100 COLONY FISHERMEN REFUSE TO GO TO SEA
    317 3 Standard Staff Reporter MORE than 100 Singapore fishermen have been on strike for the past two weeks and have refused to go to sea because their employers were several months behind m paying their salaries, The Standard was told yesterday. Fishermen from
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    50 3 photo MR. C. E. Siesertsz, General Manager for 20th CenturyFox of Indonesia, Inc., (left) m conference with Mr. S. A. Rao, Managing Director for 20th Century-Fox Film (East) Ltd., Singapore, yesterday, soon after his arrival m the Colony on a periodical visit to select 20th CenturyFov nrodurts for Indonesia. Standard
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    Mission Hospital Now Has 50 Beds
    217 3 THE 30-bed St. Andrew's Mission Hospital Singapore, began to function as a 50-bed hospital last week. This expansion was made possible by the removal of the Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Association from the building. Besides the enlargement of the bed capacity of the hospital, other alterations,
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    Blue Riband Dance Contest
    99 3 THE FEDERAL Association of Teachers of Dancing, Australia New Ze«iaitd, sponsor the "Blue Rib;.:*-;" ballroom championships, open U) all dance teachers m Malaya, m Singapore on June 18 and 19 at the Happy World Cabaret. This competition is b organised by the Malaya branch of the
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    PLANNING C'TTEE
    24 3 THE SINGAPORE Nanya-ig University's planning committee will hold a meeting today. The committee was wrongly referred to yesterday as the Interim Committee.
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    R.A.S. MEETING
    25 3 THE Singapore bnv\ h of the Royal Aeronaut! al Su ty will hold i.i next m« May 21 at 7 p.m. al SbeJ
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    PENANG HOSPITAL ATTENDANTS TAKE SERVICE PLEDGE
    222 4 PENANG, Iri. An imnjr><;\c ceremony, In which over 3M hospital attendant! tram the various hospitals m Ten: .114 pledged themselves "to render faithful service to the sick," took place at the Central Hospital this rrorning. The A istant Direci r of Medical Services, Ped
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    2 REDS PAY THE PENALTY
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    Centre For Rural Areas
    47 4 yIRS. 1.. Cf presi- Workers >■ i nther Social ncr of P;«lm entre to oe nth. 1 ol the S to provi itrea m th< m the rura ore. Thi r xport: »7 and II hope: De par) ne an; for the ccii tre<.
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    Accord On Chinese Texts
    124 4 THE G of S i ration h for the publicacertain lard ap- < schools m the two 1 he books will lie publi ;hed by the United Publishing Hov e Ltd iv Singapore. The J !overnm< ni h.r. c c tablished 1 B< < Committees which
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    Year's 1st Group Of Pilgrims Sail
    218 4 Standard Shipping Reporter WITH many a tearful salaam, this year's first batch of 307 Muslin pilgrims from Singapore, the Federation and neighbouring territories, sailed for Mecca yesterday m the 6,224-ton Anshun. The ship was decked gaily with flags and banners from stem to stern,
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    Tan Gives C-Day Talk
    106 4 MR. TAN CHIN TUAN, chairman ol the Singapore Coronation Celebration Cornaid over Radio Malaya light lie was proud of the spontaneous response he had received and expressed his thanks for his fellow work- making this programme as varied and interesting as it promises to be. He
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    39 4 photo. MR. H.L. Vincent. Singapore Branch Manager of Fraser N>ave, Ltd.. speaking at tlv annual dinner given I)V the company to its lt>* agents m Singapore and Johore a t the Tai Tong Restaurant, Happy World, last night. Standard
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    ACTION ON TIN URGED
    285 4 LONDON. May 15. (UP) The monthly trade publication Tin today called for immediate government artion to implement an international commodity agreement on tin to avert the dangerous threat to tin production caused by the recent collapse m the price of tin. The next 12 months "will
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    G. Pahat Civics Course Ends
    35 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Fri.— Thirty Chinese villagers from Batu Pahat district returned to their homes yesterday with a new conception of what the Government is doing and how it does it
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    34 4 MR. Cbew Swff Chens;, youngest son of Mr*. Chew Sim Wan. who wa s married to Miss Winnie Trh Chin Sui third daughter of Mr. and* Mrs Teh Khem Han, at Kuala Lumpur, reienth.
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    QUEEN'S MESSAGE TO YOUTH
    162 4 THE fallowing is the Queen s Imessage to youth in •■onneVvon with Empire Youth Sunday (tomorrow): -I am very grateful for the kind message which I nave received f<>r Empire Youth Sunday. l»M, and I send my good wishes to the young neoDle of many lands
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    SNATCH THIEF ROBS WOMAN
    90 4 A DARIXG snatch-and-run theft In Singapore occurred m djvlight near the busy South Bridge Road-Nankin Road junction shortly after noon yesterday. The victim wai a Cantonese woman, who was robbed of $12,000 m ca>h. She was carrying the money m a parcel under her arm and
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    Right To Occupy Allotments
    167 4 Right To Occupy Allotments PERSONS who have the right to occupy the Malay 9 Eunos and ipe :■< for continued oc< of the allotment. nr» Hi I \u a Government Gazette notification issued ye tt-rci The right of Ot f of an allotment. state- the Gazette, may be granted only
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    He Stole From In-Law
    104 4 LIM Geok Inn p in the Singapore Fifth P Court before Mr. D. H. Chapman yesterday ♦<> theft money from h s brol law. Inspector A. D. Jacobs, prosecuting, said that LinTl bro-ther-in-law. Cheong An Long, left his trousers w.th SHOD in it when he went
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    Lady Templer At JB Dance
    52 4 JOHORE BATIRU. Fri. Lady Templcr, president of the British Red Crou Society, Federation of Malaya, atti ed the dance sponsored by :he Johore Bahru Rotary Clwh. In aid of the funds of the Johore branch of the Society, held night at the Johor c Civil
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    FEELERS TO PATCH Up UMNO RIFT SENT OUT
    236 4 FEELERS TO PATCH Up UMNO RIFT SENT OUT IPOH, Fri. The departure Panglima Bukit Gantang, Mcntn and Divisional chairman of the f the United Malays National C the United Kingdom to attend t may lead to steps being taken t ferences between the Perak U. central organisation. There is evei
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    Duty Unpaid-Three Fined $75,000
    67 4 Duty UnpaidThree Fined $75,000 PENANG, Fr.. A Marine I' were each fault Ifl bjr Mr. J I hart*e of 1 conveying I Igara <jf v. wai $2.ni Another sarr.p.iri Ah Eanjj, \\j, Doed 5 1" 1 nine nior.th the same charge, wl Bo Ilork. sum oi bt of I behaviour
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    Watch Dogs Are Useful
    59 4 WATCH DOUS t important ir. preventing burglaries In S gapore, the Atsistam C Police Mr. W. .1 Park letter to the Animal I 1 1 League. "'Even if the .''>n dot* attack the Intl ing is often iufllcienl frighten him away. Bif loose dftg v- ni
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    'Pay More For Tin, Rubber' Call
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    STILLS SEIZED
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    YOUNG: BANDITS GUIDED BY MOSCOW
    358 5 YOUNG: BANDITS GUIDED BY MOSCOW But Outside Aid Is Nil LONDON, May 15 (Reurer)— Colonel Arthur E. Young, who reorganised Malaya's police force, said here yesterday that the Communist' terrorist activity he had been fighting for 15 months is "certainly guided from outside. 'There's not the slightest doubt that it
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    Share Owner Owed $5000 Maintenance
    33 5 Share Owner Owed $5000 Maintenance SI. ('(to PrmM K£YS FOUND A Bl \\< H a! keys. Indu ling nd i po r\v- > c, at 4 ;>u p.m. Tne owner G. R. Nalla S after
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    Conditions Better — Sir Gerald
    126 5 Conditions Better Sir Gerald lON I) ON. May 15, (Heater) Geaeral Sir Gerald Tempter, High Commissioner for the 1 <<lrration of Malaya, on arrival at London airport ye' t«*rday, he was glad to be able to make a favourable report about the .situation m Malaya. He added: Conditions are getting
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    HOME GUARDS ARE CRIPPLING REDS
    138 5 HOME GUARDS ARE CRIPP LING REDS I 111 Although the greater part rk m Johorc was completed m Tons changes and amendments ttlement areas settled down and to their status <>t "New Villages," it. n improved and Home Guards lesponf 1 lange f P .h rsonnel funo f crime. 1
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    Certificates Of Honour
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    School For Builders To Be Ready Oct.
    157 5 CONSTRUCTION of Singapore's first trade school for workers m the building industry is expected to be completed before October thi s year. Mr. A. Wear Director of Public Works, told The Standard yesterday that plans were being finalised for the construction of the
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    Study Tour Fund Grows
    133 5 THE three academic societies of the University of Malaya, which plan to send 40 1 students on a study tour of India and Ceylon, have had their funds swelled by recent i'ions from prominent residents m Singapore arid the Federation. Among those who contribute I was
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    Woman Is Remanded
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    No Deaths On 1-Way Route
    5 5 No Deaths On 1-Way Route
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    New Hospital Ward
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    RUBBER, TIN CLOSING PRICES
    53 5 J*«HJ London Correspondent The following ere the closing 1 on the London marVet: R J J lit LONDON TIN Spot £755 per to* bucrt, £7 5/ 10*. letters. Tlirea month* £742 1 0«. bu, rs, £747 10s. *e»!crs. Settlement Price: £760. Sa!* .Morning: 75 tons. Sal-*
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    Lamp Explodes: Woman Burned
    56 5 A UHirstat, woman nawKei was badly burned ast nif ht ii Singapore when the pressure lamp she was pumping exploded. The woman, Yonf ChowHong (45) who was a wayside hawker at Pagoda Street, received burns all over her body when her lamp exploded. She was sent
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    Policeman Tells Of Sikh's Arrest
    194 5 Policeman Tells Of Sikh 's Arrest POLICE Lieutenant 11. E. Pike told the Singapore Fifth Police Court yesterday that he arrested a Sikh, alleged to be a murderer, while the man was trying to get into a shed m a timber yard. Pi at a pre- al- Fagar Smgh. and
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    'Keep Seats In Council For Chamber'
    97 5 THE S.ng^pore Ch Chamber <>f Commerce has sent a letter to the Colonial Secretary, Mr. W. C. Taylor, a-kmg him to su| the maintenance pt a Chai seats m the Legislative Council, The Standard was told yesterday. A motion to abolish th ;se seats
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    Chinese Sawmillers Will Train Malays
    273 5 Chinese Sawmille rs Will Train Malays KUALA LUMPUB, Frt. Two local Chinese sawmillers have agreed to train Ma ays m sawmilling free of charge. The Standard learnt today. It will be a six-month course and Malays from all over the Federation will attend. There will be 12 attending the course
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    RAJAH SEES LCC
    28 5 MR. A. P. RAJAH, a Singapore City Councillor, recently visited the London County Council as guest of the chairman, reports the Evening Stan- j dard.
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    70 5 Miss Cllad>s M. Dodds. London gynaecologist, (centrr) arrived In Singapore by Qantas BOAC from Sydney yesterday. She is on a lecture tour of Commonwealth countries. Miss Dodds will fly to Hongkong tomorrow, but return to Singapore later for an eight-day visit to act as an External Examiner m gynaecology at
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    15 5 I)r. Herbert V. Evatt photoijraphed with lm wife on their arrival at Kallune: Airport yesterday.
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    What's The Test Score? Asks Evatt
    244 5 What's The Test Score? Asks Evatt Standard Staff Reporter DR HERBERT V. EVATT. Labour Party Leader of the Opposition m the A tstralian Parliament, g<>: on I ank looks yesterday when he asked those about him m I S _:.'P')re. including newspapermen, what the rt Test cricket score was. N--
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    Fed Provident Fund Nets $4M. A Mth.
    94 5 Fed Provident Fund Nets $4M. A Mt h KTAI.A LUMPUR Contributions i i -n« ployees Provide. X 1 j now coming In at tht of $4.:*00.000 p«r month m respert of over 2.JMX ers m the F< FeHeration fomm loner '»r Labour. Mr. J P H Mid In a broad
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    TOWN BOARD IS CHARGED WITH NEGLECT OF DUTY
    252 5 IPOH. Fri. -Mr. D. R. Soenivasau :im, iefCBCC counsel m a Magistrate mnt summons case today charged the Kinta Towa Hoard with "derclii -lion of dut> Mr was commenting: on the erection of 4: unauthorised houses at Kamponi: Ml*, lpoii. Mr. Seen
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    Pharmacists Take exception To Rule
    76 5 Ma ml aid SUf Reptrtef THE JOURNAL, aaldal trgai «»t Use Matoyaa Pharanceaikal Aindatl— deMribrs a provision m Use Res;istnitioa ot Pkarmacisti Ordkwaee, m list Federation, as a M Uirear to Use livelihood of ■Milled pharmacists. '1 :>•■• «1 i 1 f B to the
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    SC Fined For Driving Dangerously
    48 5 \I. (Oil Rid o D t 1 raffl Disti rhe pro* ed a 1 i EngHua.ii O Str< v I driving Ad In a im i■• ng t qualified to driving ilr iving I I party m m Moh for negligent driving Hi
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    YOUTH DELEGATES
    35 5 MALACCA, F:i. The Malacca s ent Youth Council delegates to the Malayan Youth Council r h.rd annual conference at Kuala Lumpur on May If, IT are Tan H'»c-k Lin a:id Ong Sek Pek.
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    TWO WOMEN FINED
    21 5 TWO s.nd Ng i 1 $100 i tnight's the M Magistrate ti Bakri vi |c I nission OCPD.
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    Policy For Asia
    797 6 IT IS a tragedy of our times," complained an American Senator, Mr. John C. Stonnis, this week, "that the English-speaking nations get together on Asiatic policy." The Senator's remarks were in the nature of a reply to Mr. Attlee's accusation that there were some elements in the
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    An Astronomer Looks At Flying Saucers
    819 6  - An Astronomer Looks At Flying Saucers CHARLES DAVY A scientist who has exanrinZ carefully most of Ihe about flying saucers sets 0,,/ to clear away all the mysi(> n By THERE are signs of a new wave of interest m flying saucer stories. In several parts of the world groups
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    412 6 Review of Views Fasting Month UTUSAN MELAYU m. tpi editorial welcoming the aci- 1 vent of the Muslim fasting* month (Puasa) pointed out 1 that the "Puasa" this year' falls at a time of deepening crisis jn the lives of the rayats occasioned by the fali m the price of
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      131 6 Sir;— Will you please be k enough to mention in y ir paper that I have writ- I the Secretary of S te for the Colonics, the Labour Party leader in the Hous I Commons and to the S Colonial S ire whetl hey have I
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      154 6 Sir:— Permit me thro gh your „.>o columns to say something regarding the Cambridge Examination F(">s for this yonr. Two years ago the rost was $23.50 and last year it was raised to $28.50. The reason given for the rise m COj t was that the paprrs were
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      129 6 Sir: While reading the headlines, "Singapore Fish Indus' ry Debated In House" one felt that at last tomething concrete was going to be done. UnfortunaUflji reading through the debate one felt d'wusted at Mr. Stanley AWber/j performance. How does such silly question! about Malay fishermen or
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      Parking Law
      124 6 Sir; There is much to be said against the new Parking Regulations enforced m Batu Pahat town. Pavements originally used for walking are now used as parking places, thereby causing pedestrians to walk between stationary and moving vehicles. This definitely contradicts the principle of Safety First. Streets become
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      Radio Malaya's Tamil Talks
      249 6 Sir; I do not normally listen to the "talks" m Tamil put over by Radio Malaya for consumption by estate labour but last Sunday evening, just after a short musical interlude, it was announced that there will be a talk by a Malayan Indian on the
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      136 6 Sis; It is with astonish" ment that I read m a paper that the Si pore Police has visited Che Abdul Samad's house on eight oc n since his release on April 9. V r readers would be interested to know whether it's Just of the Singapore Police
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      TWO NAIRS OBJECT TO SMOKING
      234 6 Sir; As a tax-payer who has hitherto lived as I pleased without infringing the law, I could like to know what the two Nairs are up to. I refer to th c two City Councillors, Mr M.P.D. Nair and Mr. V. K. Xair. One wants
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      152 6 Sir; Allow me to congratulate you for your editorial of May 13 relating to the reinstatement of Mr. C. Dcvan Nair. It is characteristic of the Standard to come out courageously on the side of fairplay and justice. If I may say so, this lorthrightness of
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      127 6 Sir.— Should elected Councillors carry out the mandate! and wiahei of the tU torate, or are they entitled to impose their will on the people? If the latter is the case, the elect i have appointed somi dictator! I i the Councils. it appeal Mr. V. turned I
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      133 6 Sir, I have two or throe suggestions to make. Firstly since the Tamil programmes contain not only Tamil but also Hindustani Nepalese, Malayalam an 1 Telegu programmes and PO it would be appropriate to have the title of ♦'Tamil 1 changed to "Indian." Secondly, I think listeners to
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    177 7 VIETMIN G CHIEFS CAN 'T MA KE OWN DECISIONS:SALAN (AFP)— General Raoul Salan, mmander-in-Chief m Indo-China, ♦hat seven years of war m Indo-China Yictminh leaders are not »d decisions." st of honour at a din- of North Vietnam said: "I landing with the Vietble. the conflict m Indorise to re
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    Evatt Welcomes PM's Peace Bid
    47 7 SYDNEY, May 15, (AP> \o:i leader. Or. Herbert V. Eyatt, last Mi: »ent vi p vel talks be- the greal I had i ich a meet- have nied by 5 iaper Editors' t of the D Zamindar, to 14 imprisonment, i Reuter
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    FAROUK'S NEW FAVOURITE?
    36 7 photo. RIMOIRS of an allefted romance between ex-King Farouk of Egypt and bellydance'' nightclub entertainer Farida Riboton (above), presently billed at El Djazair cabaret m the Paris Latin Quarter have been reoorteH UP
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    CORONATION SEEN AS RELIGIOUS ACT
    166 7 LONDON, May 15 (Reuter)— The Archbishop of Canterbury Dr. Geoffrey Fisher told a conference of 500 leading industrialists here yesterday that there was a real feeling throughout Britain that the Coronation v.as a religious act and not just a secular festival. "People have said the
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    Queen Frees Iron, Steel Industry
    68 7 LONDON, May 15, (Renter) Queen yesterday gave Royal asseni to a Bill to restore Britain'- state-CNyned iron and steel industry to private hands. This is the second denationalisatic Bill to become law m ghJ days. The other Bill put; the road transp rt industry ler
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    Challenge To Duel Costs Him US$500
    156 7 FRANKFURT, May 15, (Reutei Blondell Groselose, 39 year-old I'nited States Army prison sociologst, was yesterd. r fined ISSSOO by a United States M Commission court here for challenging an Army lin to a duel m "a matter of love and honour." But the court
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    'US INFRINGEMENT'
    28 7 BRITAIN'S mini Tr: Union yest< i lay denounced the presence of 35,000 American servicemen m the country as "an infringemei I of national I sovereignty." AP
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    Iron Curtain In Shanghai
    90 7 HONGKONG, May 15. (AFP) Shanghai's famous Hungjao area, once the most fashionable residential district of pre-war Shanghai, is today "sealed tighter than a drum." The palatial homes of Hungjao today are occupied by some 2.000 Soviet advisers and technicians who rarely venture out into the city
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    ATTEMPT TO END FRENCH STRIKE
    69 7 PARIS, May 15 (Reuter) The Secretary of State for the Merchant Navy, M. Jules Ramarony last night announced a "final attempt" to settle the fortnight old strike of ships' officers, failing which the French Government would fix their leave by decree. The officers are striking
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    IKE: NO SHIFT IN U.S. EMPHASIS TO ASIA
    329 7 IKE: NO SHIFT IN U.S. EMPHASIS TO ASIA Fi« WASHINGTON, Moy 15. President Eisenhower at his press conference yesterday reiterated that he can see nothing in the orgumen D som 1 e ab Europe versus Asia. lhe President made that observation a/hen he was u m out th °P inion
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    Secret Talks On Pacific Security End
    105 7 lIONOLI LIT. May 15. (AP) The closed-door Pacific Security Conference ended yesterday on the same note of complete silence on which it started four da\s auo. The conference brought together key State and Defence Department offici.ils from Washington and top navy commanders m the
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    Red-Owned Ships Fly British Flags
    158 7 McCarthy Charges; WASHINGTON, May 15 (Router)- Senator Joseph McCarthy (Kepublican, Wisconsin) said vcstcida\ "sizeable number ot ships' lyfag the British 11 a-s and trading with Communist China were actually owned by Communists. Th t Senator ma le the »1 mcnt m departure from pn pared
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    'IRON GATE' PACT
    21 7 yuu< )>la\ la and v admin iti tti n t The "Iron G sector of the Danube. Reuter
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    'R.I. Facing Armed Revolt'
    93 7 NEW YORK, May 15, (AP)— Saturday Evening Po<t says Indonesia today i s beset by armed rebellion 'an economic crisis and suspicion that the Dutch may come back and try to reconquer its islands. In a story entitled "Asia's Prime Headache," the magazine tells of varied
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    79 7 photo. NOW m the last stages of completion is the above Bible which will be presented to the Queen at the Coronation ceremony on June 2. Begun m February last year, running to 1,430 pages, it will be bound m Cape Levant red leather with a white panel on the
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    THAI ENVOY: REDSIMPERIL ENTIRE S-EA
    95 7 THAI ENVOY: REDS IMPERIL ENTIRE S-EA MANILA, May 15. (Router) Nai Chitti Sucharitkul, new Thailand Minister to the Philippines, said here yesterday the Inuo-China war "mean? only one thing— a Communist attempt to overrun all Sou t laEast Asia." Meeting the press on arrival here, he Mid Thailand had its
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    'US GIFT TO COMMUNISM'
    184 7 LONDON. May 15, (AP)— The head of Britain's TradeUnion Congress (TUC) yesterday said Senator Joseph McCarthy was "a greater gift to Communism than Judas Iscariot was to the High Priests and Pharisee-." Mr. Tom O'Brien, Labour member of Parliament as well as president of the 8,000,000-strong
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    Lyttelton In Nairobi For Second Visit
    141 7 NAIROBI, May 15, (Rev —Mr. Oliver Lyttelton. the British Colonial Secretary, almost came face to face with one of Kenya's alleged Mau Man leaden when ho arrived at the airfield here ye terday on a five-day visit. Barely 10 minutes before hi plane touched
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    UK: No Proof Of 43 Suez Attacks
    98 7 UK: No Proof Of 43 Suez Attacks LONDON. M.iv 15, (Reuter) —A Foreign Ol man saiii yesterday Britain had no evidence bearing out th< i tian charge thai Bt iti h d Zone troops made i I is on ptians between April 3 and May 12. The charge wai made
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      Free Coffee For Speedsters
      76 7 OUT-OF TOWN motorists get the surprise of their lives these days when they are flagged down for traffic infractions m Tucumcari. New Mexico, once reputed as very tough on violators. Instead of a ticket and a lecture first offenders now get a smile from the cod.
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      23 7 BOMBAY states air-tight prohibition has dried up the city's last oases the diplomatic and consular parties at which liquor nnrmallv served freely.— AP
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      31 7 SEVENTY days' martial law m Lahore ended last niffht. Martial law was imposed m March when demonstrations against the Ahmadiya Bret a Moslem minority ended m rl«t« Ustiac several days.— Reuter
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    27 7 SARGENT. N .May 15, (AP) Nine persona }>. > r era sh outhwesi of ben ted. aid ther< I survivor i to 1 i
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    75 8 photo* AN artist's impression of the liners Arcadia (top) and the Orsova both 28.000 tons which were launched on Thursday. The Arcadia was built this year for the P O 1 me and designed for the Australian trade. It will to into service early next year. The Orsova, for the
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    BRITAIN'S TWO NEWEST LINERS LEAVE THE YARDS
    244 8 GLASGOW, May 15, (Reuter)— The most expensive liner ever built m the Clyde Bank shipyards and the world's first mastless liner were both launched yesterday. The coil of the 28. 000-ton Arcadia, launched here for the P. O. Line, is expected to be
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    Jap Pearling Fleet For Arafura Sea
    142 8 TOKYO, May IS, (UP) A .Japanese pearl-shelling fleet left Yokohama yesterday for the first expedition by the Japanese into the Arafura Sea In 1.1 years. Ati Australian agreement at Canberra to permit the ships io op^ru;e north of Australia before a fisheries agreement is
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    SPEED TRIALS FOR 'SULTAN'
    65 8 THE modern twin-srrew B.V foot n-'.ai! and passenger vessel built m Singapore by Thornycroft's for the Brunei government underwent rpeed and engine trials In Singapore waters on Thursday. The vessel, to be rhristcned "Sultan" will sail for Brunei on Monday. It wiii be commanded by Captain
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    Sen. McCarthy Surprises HK
    70 8 HONGKONG. Mat 15, <\P>. Local officials of Britain's Blue Funnel Line e\pr«surprise yesterday at is Senator Joseph McCarthy*! recent attack on the company for shipping goocU to R< China. An official said one ihip month wa s sent to Taku Bar. North China, with non-ttrate-gic Jiiaterials.
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    37 9 iy 15, Renter) Am 1 ben Brim and West Gernitialled here I >IM nts c British Trea- nig thei details are id rates Gerstesiing area I m D 2 insi i m precedign
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    13 9 US- Canadian Board 3 trd to ii ecool the i m Washing- AP.
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    Rubber Closes Steady At 70¾c.
    265 9 Rubber Closes Steady At 70 ¾c. Standard Market Reporter RUBBER prices m the Singapore market closed steady yesterday at 70J cents per Ib. for first grade rubber for June shipment, a rise of cent above Thursday's levels. It was dull al) day with only small business passing The market fluctuated
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    91 9 PRODUCE {apore markei f 1 ne as c prevailing on Thursday. Small bi tnd quotai ona both copra and c Copra remained ai $38J per pi. May shipment Coconut oil buyers indicated $57 per pi> Pepper q ations were per picul for Muntok w U and $500
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    43 9 HOXOKONG. May 15. Sperial Standard Service. Closing Prices on th c Hongkong Exchance today were $15 81 to £1 sterling $tf.053 to U. 9. dollar; 51. 817 to Malayan $1: $0,240 to ane_ Indonesian Ruppiuh Gold $27") 75 to one tael.
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    LEAVING RFC
    32 9 EDWARD C. Welsh, the man who led the U.S. Government's battle to drive down the skyrocketing price of tin about two years ago, is leaving the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. AP.
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    Price Of I-C Rice Up After Devaluation
    89 9 Price Of I-C Rice Up After Devaluation HANOI. May 15— The prkt of rice, basic food for all IndoChinese, rose ytfttrday from Bvt piastres to wn all-time' record high of 18 per kilogram. This bI it came French Government*! <'- luation of the exd alue of the Indo-Cliineve piastn for
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    57 9 photo. MR. Lan L. Patterson (left), acting Chief Inspector of Minos of the Federation of Malaya, and Mr Harold SorvTce Director of Geological Survey, who wore two of three rZ presmtatives of the Malaya and British Borneo Groun at the ECAFK Mineral Resources Development conference m
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    NO AGREEMENT ON BUFFER SCHEME
    269 9 COPENHAGEN, May 15 (UP)— So far representatives of countries with big synthetic rubber t'Voduring capacity have refused to accept a buffer pool scheme as drafted by the working party of the International Rubber Study Group, according to an Indonesian delegate to the group's meeting m
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    247 9 BIG HK INVESTMENTS IN MALAYA EXPECTED Standard Market Reporter CAHTAt amounting to many millions of dollars is expected to be invested in industries in Malaya as a direct result of the visit of Mongkong manufacturers who are holding a trade exhibition of their products in Singapore. inrln.tH^ I P"?™ le
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    COMMODITY PRICES
    110 9 COMMODITY PRICES CLOSING rubber prices (mil per lh m Sinc,i|, v, i \rvtriday were: Bu\en» Sellers No 1 |{ss Spot Loom- ?0| ~.t> No. X s.*. 70j ;i No. 2 X S.s tiij 681 No. R.s.s 64! 'lone: Ste.nU SINGAPORE, Fri. The prite of ii n today Was "s per
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    ECAFE TO SHIFT HQ TO CEYLON
    82 9 COLOMBO. May 15, -(Rev ter).— The ECAFE (Economic Commission for Asia and 'he Far East) is negotiating with the Ceylon Government to shift its headquarters from Bangkok to Ceylon. usually reliable sources sr,ld here today. Dr. P. S. I.okannthan of ECAFE, who is cine
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    New Chemical Will Cut Synthetic Costs
    160 9 NEW YORK, May 15, (UP)— A new chemical activntor which will reduce the manufacturing costs of GR-S cold synthetic rubber, speed up its production and make a more uniform product, has been developed by Naogatuck chemical division. United States Rubber Company, the Reconstruction Finance
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    Industrials, Tins Easier
    60 9 SINGAPORE Fn. vn n qir.ct ar v both tins and I >cr Sh) -re mmi viri \i x Bum-:, <rllm MR' M l i Robinson i Oi (is to Sime Dnrbv j Straiti '1 t B W. HammMINING Bangrin S > .1 14 i K. Kan n
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    63 9 BANGKOK. May 13, <Ko ter)—Free rates soared to new els yesday and remained gnant. Local bar: I dealers wrere rel t to q rates be sterling and Vr. ted St itei I n m the local mi .< Reliab'e buted trie •< exeh < Rum :r ted
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    89 10 MEXICO CITY, May 15 ±f± (AP)— Long-time film beauty Dolores Del Rio has started work on a new motion picture. Titled "The Boy And The Foe" (El Ninon La Niebla'), it i s being filmed by a Mexican Company in the Tuxpan and Poza Rica
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    "C" Concerts
    46 10 'T'HE Musical Society's Coronation concerts, featuring the conductor and pianist Walter Susskind, are fixed for Friday and Sunday. June 5 and 7. The booking plan at Robinson's will be open for Members only as from today; non-members may book from Monday. May 18. onwards.
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    'Thought Policeman'
    43 10 photo i til VMolKil s Miss Kciko Ki-lii with Vuji II i m "Thought Police" ('Kcmpei') now being produced by the Shintono Company m Tokyo. The film is b;wd on a best-seller written by a former "thought policeman." Kiyotaka Mivazaki. UP
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    Kelantan Hail Colony Tax Action
    90 11 KOTA BARRC, Fri—Kelansportsmen, hailing Singapore's decision to waive the Entertainment Tax on sport, hoped that the Federation Government "would follow suit." Mr. Osnian Daim. secretary of the Kelantan AAA said that the waiving: of the tax would be a memorable occasion for sportsmen this Coronation
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    Socials Score The 1st Point
    138 11 SOCIAL Athletic Party red thrir first point of season when thov held Titan Mobs Old Boys' Assoi ition to a all draw m a v \i Divtsioa teaf«e i r rnmuntrr .it the ,:i Stadira yesterday. is II n cay. i I th( se e
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    Easy Win For United SC
    157 11 Sporta Club scored an victory over the Cos- ts Club in their SAFA Division C league match played e M.F.A. ground yesterday. U ited swung into action the kick-of! and shocked Cosmos with goal in the fourth minute by Van Derbeck. Cosmos taught back in
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    Another 5 More Records Broken
    604 11 CHINESE SCHOOLS MEET AN early afternoon downpour of rain which deteriorated an already deteriorating track and field did not prevent Singapore Chinese school athletes from another record-breaking session— five this time m the second day of the Singapore Chinese Inter School meet at Jalan Besar
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    FARRER PARK FRIENDLIES
    29 11 GilQ Signals forward! went 2° a B< ing spree and ed ou r a <i-l defeat to the Royal Engineers Survey Department m their friendly encounter
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    PENANG CHINESE SHOOT 5 PAST KEDAH
    459 11 PENANG CHINESE SHOOT 5 PAST KEDAH PENANG, Fri. Penanq Chinese i despite the fact that they played l wth 10 mer for r'h d ?*> artm nt the P second half, trounced Kedah Chinese ™o the MCfT'c >*'* petition match^layed on Victorio^eenje^;" SSSZ noon. Only San Kwok Hin m the
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    Police Match
    13 11 KOTA 1 tSGGI, F:i.— X I Police Bahru Police I—o1 —o
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    Cambridge Beaten By An Innings
    267 12 LONDON. Nil 1"> FVuten —V.unlanA'H Test linpri took Mother setback jresteribM as tli.- Xuvtralian tourists rontlnu. «il Hi* i r devastating form with »i«t«»ry over Cambridge Unlvrrsitv by an innings and 166 runs. Cambridjt were di.-,mi ed for 130 ;<?!fJ then for 147 m ieply
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    Pg. Chinese Play In Ipoh
    125 12 IPOH, Fri.— A haritj *orcer match m a d of the Yuk Choy Building Fund between the P'-nnng Chin, c Club and •n ipoh Chinese Combined I en n-ill b» played off on tho- ('hiriese A^- embljr haii fi >(\ on Sunday. The Ipoh Chinese
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    Jaya Stia BP Win The Shield
    106 12 Tk; OK ANSON, FrL— The Jay i S 4 a l>; n the G. J. i! i Shie I {ourtjj sin ,ye yeai v ey defeated Hie Angkatan S:ia Bariminlon Party by two games to one m the key match of tl p Perak
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    MBS Cricket XI
    73 12 THE following will repre•eni the K. L. Methodist Boys S 10 against the Police Del 1 v at 2.15 p in. on the Depoi ground: 1 Jayatiiaka (rapt) K•• S Mgh, Mok iak Kirn. S Ma dn raj ah, Chua Eng W;ih. X Kai "randan, Terrence Ja-
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    TODAY'S SELECTIONS
    170 12 Windsor Lad Gay Reveller Goodwood nK\ KllU.lt BKYBIDEB ftKYggIDHI 1 Krauman Mr. 1 m Mr. I m l»iin<li»ii.il(l Brauinan j Bran man I nT K'M~Y YKVIT KM V s I'F.RP V 2 «a»aller British I -iim ra<*at>lanca ItritNhlilm HenUOvrr < a\:ill«-r SUKWAB SALMON I .CIKI. UK-WAI Dragon ireuthall
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    McCLOUD PICKS APPLAUSE
    483 12 Follow His Choice Urges Windsor Lad THE Sprinters Plate (Race 6) at the ncl n^ day of the Penang Turf Club's summer meeting today should resolve into a terrific speed duel between trainer Rodgers' Punters Delight and Applause, two last start winners. In such a race it
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    Standard's RACE CARD
    985 12 Standard's RACE CARD RACE l: Z.I S p.m.— Class S, Div. 3—6 Furs. 1. 00t> Boater 5y 9.00 "Kiel Kongsi" Allan J. D°J}P ell J t. 450 .Ashok «y 8.11 "Bharat Konga!" Daniels Whitney 3 9»i! Skvrider 4y 8.09 -Playmate Stable" u \!L van fei 4 4«l Brituman 6y 8.08
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    Give Yesterday Another Chance
    201 12 YESTERDAY ruined his chances when he ran a bit wide out at the top of the straight losing valuable ground to finish sixth to Bright Sagittarius over seven urlongs on the first day. Give him another chance to atone He gets 11 more but is down
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    MALACCA REGATTA
    67 12 MALACCA. m Ent.ies ■of the Coronation Regatta to be held here on June 7 miia* be .sent to the Fisherfel Office! lla nne office, belore 3 p.m. on .\ljy There will be race* for owing, paddle and sailing boal*. K-oleh and outboard motor boats m 5. 7 Rnd
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    SBHFA Team
    49 12 A team to rcprttcn* the Singapore Business Houses F.A. against Bingapora "A" on Monday will be chosen from the following: Ar>had. Bng Hoe, Johan Hassan, Haji' Garhan, Vivian K;iss. Hoon Leong, Yattin, Davidson. Suleiman. B. R >„i--rio. Boon Khim. Kok Pebu A King. T. Mission. P. Peteri
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    Dewar Will Beat Rivals In Race 3
    190 12 Dewar who skipped hit last engagement over given furlongs is fancied to beat his rivals over the mil* m this race 3 for class 5, div. 2 lot. He is maintaining hit Kuala Lumpur form when ht scored m very stylish fashion over
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    Glamorgan Beat Kent By Innings
    148 12 LONDON, M:,v IS (Reuter) (•larnotgan t<,.,k only two daws '■> it.- »> Kent In- an "innings and fu:i> m their county cricket match Cardiff ve.vterday At Southampton: Hampshirei<e Aunv uwo day friendly mutch) ch-awv Hampshire 383 fur even declared: The Army KM f.SunpMMi t.i pemaby
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    4. Hurry Up Safe Bet
    148 12 Hurry Up ran a great race before going under to Picture Fan over seven furlongs on Wednesday. He made up considerable ground m the initial stage of the race as he drew position. 13. He -hould make no mistake this time m ipltt of running
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    Yielding
    28 12 ALTHOUGH thei> was no rain yesterday the going for today's races is still likely to be on the yielding side, says Windsor Lad In last nights cable.
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    Badalona Will Keep Improving
    287 12 Badalona Will Keep Improving THE Summer Cup fun o\ n open. My vote Roes to iMlliiu ing, Badalona scored vleverlv v lengths clear of Honeymoon o\,, Badalona has yet to reach his p< of producing extra, to account iNeil Hobbs* pair Fair S r and Bright Sagittarius are m splendid
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