Singapore Standard, 19 May 1953

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    18 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD n. at m Vol. HI No. 316. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, MAY 19, 1953. TWELVE PAGES 10 CENTS.
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    Templer: Crisis Going To Time
    72 1 Templer: Crisis Going To Time General >ir (icrald Xempler, High I mis I Malaya, said, rre( thai theComstill reis .nmcd potential. q •>.e.r had j the i e xto .-.Tied view, -■ng Tern■ndon and ith's nbers m I 25 four we 1 and I, -v nmu* > far the 1.050.
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    2 APOLOGISE FOR McCARTHY
    15 1 (Reuteri ading yesi ml stateQueen tish peu- and ill i Me-
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    Barbara And Tom
    32 1 FILM actress Barbara Payton and Tom Net!, the actor, arc planning lo bt- married m Europe this autumn. Her divorce from F Tone, will become ftnal next Thursday. Reuter
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    EGYPT PROTESTS
    21 1 EGYPT has protested to Briigainsl incidents m the Suez Canal Zone, it vyas officially announced m Cairo vp=tprdav.- Reuter
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    'CHEONG SUM': A DEFENCE
    125 1 'CHEONG SUM': A DEFENCE PENANG, Mon. The well-known Hongkong sinuim; star. Miss Loh Lias, today told The Standard that she would he on the look out for a suitable husband during her stay m Malaya. Looking preti* m her "cheoag sum." Miss Loh said *I prefer a businessman uho is
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    UNIONS OFFER TO SUBMIT TO ARBITRATION
    352 1 UNIONS OFFER TO SUBMIT TO ARBITRATION THE threatened strike by more than 10,000 industrial employees of the Singapore Government is likely to be called off. Instead of serving a 14-day strike notice on the Government as originally planned, the unions yesterday offered to submit their case to an independent arbitrator.
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    Three Girls Robbed By Taxi Driver
    135 1 PEXAXG. Mon. Three young Chinese girls made a report to the police late lnst night that they had been robhed of jewellery, worth $1,000 by the Chinese driver of a car which they had hired to take them to Sungei Nibong "-esterday afternoon. They
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    NO JOB FOR DEVAN NAIR
    533 1 a Jsr Na§ S yesterda y l»°»* no hesitation m Pin-pointing the responsibility for this decision on ZFZTZZii' tMng for ImJ^L aYe heen tO üb »*'y withdraw its VSSSZSi m tn «e<"' 'amto be further victimised to save Government's face British Justice A Mockery, He
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    Terrorist Unit To Fight Terrorists
    152 1 KUALA LIMPLR, Mon.— A new Volunteer Force will be raised from terrorists who surrender outside the field of battle. It will be known as the "Special Operational Volunteer Force." The new force, which will be established under Emergency Regulations to be published shortly, will only
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    FLOATING BASE
    26 1 A HUGE U.S. Air Force cargo plane, toting an eightton bulldozer has landed on the Air Force's floating Ice Island near the North Pole.
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    Anti-Peron Plot
    23 1 ARGENTINE investigators reported yesterday to have unearthed a vast plot to bomb President Peron's office and burn major public build- AP
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    100 Flee To HK
    19 1 KFAqr.v IHO refugees from Rod (iii !I( r»-4von" iaU and »tiip oa Sunday. Ai'. i
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    Unwilling Bride To Pay Husband
    202 1 Unwilling Bride To Pay Husband JOHOKE BAHRU. Mon A young Malay bride who refused to let her husband touch her immediately after her marriage one year ago, was ordered to pay S6OO comp< nsation to her husband by the Johore Bahru Kathi, Tuan Haji Ahmad Shah, m the religious court
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    Seat Ballot Was A Flop
    97 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— As there were no applications for all the 800 seats available, it was not necessary to hold a ballot for seats for the Coronation pageant to be held m the Lake Gardens on June 4. People who wrote asking for their names
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    RAF Wife Faces Murder Charge
    62 1 PENANG, Mon. Mrs. Evelyn Parsons, wife of Flt.lieutenant D. R. Parsons who died m a Hornet crash on Thursday, was charged on two counts of murder before the Magistrate, Lt.-Col. Weston. m the General Hospital tocTay. The case wa postponed to a later date. Mrs.
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    Winston On Korea Talks
    72 1 LONDON. May 18. (AP) Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons tod;iy Britain and the United Statei are having "constant exchanges ol view" on the Korean Truce talks. Churchill said under questioning he still holds the view that the United States should continue negotiations with
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    INVISIBLE' ATTACK'
    37 1 CLARITA Villaneuva. 18. who for several days now has baffled police and medical authorities m Manila, this morning again suffered another "attack" reported ly by an invisible man who wants to do her harm. AFP
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    New Commander
    18 1 GENERAL Henri Navarre, tne new French Commander-in-Chief for Indo-China left Paris for Saigon last night. Reuter
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    Christine For UK
    20 1 CHRISTINE Jorgensen left New York yesterday aboard a Pan-American Airways plane for London for the Coronation. UP
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    Lunch With Wilton
    21 1 GENERAL Sir Gerald Templer lunched yesterday with I Sir Winston Churchill at No. I 10 Downing Street. Reuter
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    Police Dig That Grave
    112 1 LpNDON, May 18: (Reuter) Diggers lifted from a pauper's grave at dawn here today th e coffin of Mrs. Evans and her baby daughter both murdered m 1949. The two bodies were being exhumed at the request of lawyears defending John Reginald Halliday Christie, waiting trial
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    ROAD FLOODED
    29 1 T H E main Ipoh-Kuala Lumpur Road at the 16/18 mile from Ipoh is flooded to a depth of three feet and is impassable to all traffic.
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    CLARK PONDERS
    33 1 GENERAL Mark Clark and his chief truce negotiator Lt. Gen. William Harrison conferred m Tokyo yesterday on the next U.N. move to break the Korean armistice deadlock. UP MR. DEVAN NAIR
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    JUNE 3 A HOLIDAY
    21 1 TUNE 3 will be a public holiday m Penang m addition to the public holidays already declared.
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    VOTE NOW FOR WORLD TOUR CONTEST
    368 1 ?HE SEARCH is on for Malaya's most popular personality. Readers of the Singapore Standard are asked to vote for the man or woman who, m their opinion, has contributed most to the enrichment of the social, cuM«ral, political, economic or sporting life of Malaya.
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    CHAMBERS FIGHT TODAY
    533 2 Govt. Seeks Amendment To Motion By Mr. Lim Standard Staff Reporter THE representatives of the three Chambers of Commerce m the Singapore Legislative Council will strongly urge Government to retain their special seats m the Council when the motion by Mr. Lim Yew Hock (Labour-Kcppel) comes up
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    Police Call On Samad Once Again
    116 2 Police Call On Samad Once Again TWO members of the Singapore Special Branch railed at the residence of the former detainee, Inche Abdul Samad at about 11.10 p.m. on Friday last. This was their first visit sin<-<- May *J. when Inche Samad protested to the Colonial Secretary au.iinst the late
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    CONFUSION ON TRAFFIC C'TTEES HIT
    156 2 Standard Staff Reporter SINGAPORE City Councillor. Mr. Philip Williams (Lab.Rochore) yesterday attacked the confusion m the Colony with regard to responsibility for traffic matters. He was; commenting on a proposal to form a new advisory body to replace the Train": Advisory Committee which is to
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    Singapore Customs Needs Informers
    200 2 SINGAPORE'S Customs Department needs more informers to help it smash smuggling syndicates and tax dodgers. A senior official from the Department told The Standard yesterday that generous rewards were being oiler od to informers on the value of their information. "We have received information from the
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    Appeal To Motorists
    73 2 MR. W.R.M. Haxworth, the superintendent of the Singapore Traffic Police, yesterday made an appeal to the motorists not to use their headlights within City limits because of the additional lighting facilities from this week onwards. He said that there are more street lights now that the second
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    TESTIMONIAL ROM G.O.C.
    69 2 photos. MaJ. Gen. A. G. O'Carroll-Scott, G.O.C. Singapore Base District, yesterday presented Ihe C.-in-C. Testimonial to two men working m the Engineering Base Installation at Ayer Rajah Road Singapore for their "outstandingly good work." One of the recipients WO 1. D. Boland (too) is seen receiving his
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    Officers' Quarters & Leave
    208 2 Officers' Quarters Leave SINGAPORE'S City Councillor. Mr. S. S. Manyam, yesterday suggested that local senior officers be allowed to retain their quarters for seven months while on vacation leave instead of the four months now given to them. This suggestion was made m a letter to the President of the
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    3 Year-Old Girl Drowned In 3ft. Pool
    128 2 A three-year-old girl, Lim Eng Bee, was drowned m a cesspool containing three feel of water on Mar. 10. outside her house m Sungei Kad'it Village, Woodlands. Singapore. This was revealed at an inquest yesterday. Mr. Giam Chong Hing, the Coroner, recorded a
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    Sir Edward Discusses Expat Pay
    78 2 SIR Edward Rilson. the independent Commissioner inquiring into the various allowances drawn by Singapore Government employees, yesterday discussed with representatives of various staff associations and trade unions the nonpensionable expatriation allowance. The joint council of action gave their reasons for regarding thes<» allowances as an
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    Men Disappeared And So Did Rope
    55 2 AN engineer of a ship anchored m tlie Singapore Outer Roads woke up shortly after 4 a.m. on Sunday and saw three dark figures slip oft the starboard, into a boat and disappear m the dark. A check later revealed that three coils of
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    BRITAIN PLACES 'URGENT' LABEL ON PAYA LEBAR
    257 2 Standard Aviation Reporter BRITAIN has pot an urgent label on the plans for the new $37 million international airport at Paya Lebar, Singapore. i *v Ministry of Civil Aviation officials see the urpmt need for speedier action on the construction of the airport
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    Malayans Urged To Aid Forces
    94 2 THE Commissioner-Gene-ral. Mr. Malcolm Mar Donald. made an appeal to Malayans over Radio Malaya last night to support the Armed Services Welfare Association. Mr. Mac Donald said the funds would be used to provide magazines, books and games, playing fields, sports equipment and better amenities
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    Consul Gets Here-Two Years Late
    25 2 Consul Gets Here-Two Years Late d! Con [an Wi! -i mon I \v Grai be n p •i Men tin. r twee Mv and that
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      89 2 Weather MIMMIM TEMPERATURE: from 7.30 p.m. on May 1? to 7.30 a.m. on May 18 Singapore (73 I Penan* (75 F), Kota Bahru (75 F). Kuala Lumpur (73 I I p<>li (74 F), Kuantan (73 F>. Maximum Temperature: from 7.30 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. on May 18 Singapore (81 I\,
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    Bid To Avoid Strike
    21 3 Bid To Avoid Strike i rmal Com- Mr. W.I reaten- :i 120 :>t by /age dit- i the y be- be
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    New Vessel For Straits Company
    32 3 van a «om- i rst cl ]50 deck I will i DockJo m f (his n the i •ks and com- 1 f 1954 lition of i
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    Took Planks From House
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    Molested Girl
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    BANK DIRECTOR
    31 3 rHE Singapore branch of ml c Bank of India. has received information from its London head oTice Mr. C. A. Innes. of E>:Devon, h;i recanHy re »rate of the
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    Birthday Party
    57 3 photo. MISS Gloria Tan. (centre) a student nurse m the Singapore General Hospital celebrated her 21st birthday en Saturday with a social and dance. The party was attended by more than 60 friends at her home m Geylang. Picture shows Miss Gloria Tan cutting the birthday cake with
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    RED CROSS LOANS FOR THE NEEDY
    244 3 Standard Staff Reporter PEOPLE m Singapore who are too poor to buy crutches and other such medical appliances should approach the local branch of the British Red Cross j Society. Miss G. W. Smith, the branch director of the Society, said at a press
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    Beating Of Retreat By 3 Services
    177 3 Beating Of Retreat By 3 Services HIGHLIGHT of the Singapore Cricket Club's i Coronation Celebration's l will b,» a "Regency" eric- kel match on the Padang <>:i Jue 3, at 4 p.m. On liMe li the Army, on June 4. the Navy, and June ti, t!i«- Air Force will beat
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    CITY HOTELS REPORT 'BOOKED UP FOR C-WEEK'
    291 3 CITY HOTELS REPORT 'BOOKED UP FOR C-WEEK' Up™ some hotels will be 'adjacent ho* route of the Procession notel managers reported preparations m full swing At Rattles Hotel, party <pace s more sought after than accommodation. "It's rather m«i y t0 forecast °ur accommodation position," said the manager, "but w>
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    Red Cross Plans More Lotteries
    159 3 THE Singapore branch of the British Red Cross Society might organise two lotteries a year. Miss G. W. Smith, the branch diiector said vasterday. The second lottery this year would be raised m September. The first $50,000 lottery, she said, only benefitted the Society by
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    Surplus Equipment For Auction
    102 3 THE auction sale of new surplus public works equipment, which is ch;e to take Dlace at j the P.W.D. Store. Singapore, ]on May 27 and 28, is the residue cf materials ordered by the Malayan Planning Unit for the rehabilitation of Malaya. Mr. R G. lies,
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    City Co-op Gets Rid Of Its Stock
    142 3 THE winding-up of the assets of the Singapore Cooperative Stores i.s progressing well, Mr. C. M. Soosal, Bonior Co-operative Officer nnl official liauidator of the Society, told The Standard yesterday. "Th r ee-quariers of *^c stocks at the ftor« m Tlong Poh Road
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    23 3 M THE Sir. Bedoh Methodist Ch II I food .<■••'• 'c »nd r ci'iic'i 0:1 May 25 frutJi 1 p.ui to. 7 p.m. 1
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    Big Day For Filipinos
    123 3 THE Filipino community m S::igapore is planning a grand programme to celebrate their country's Independence Day on July 4. They will also contribute an item at the International Dance to b e staged on the City Hall steps o n May 30 as part of the
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    Party For HK Men
    36 3 A DINNER m honour of the trade delegation of the Hongkong Chinese Manufacturers' Union, will be given m Singapore by the Happy World and Nanyang Siang Pau m Tai Thong Restaurant tomorrow.
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    Mr. E. P. Shanks
    45 3 MR. ERNEST Pattison Shanks, acting Solicitor-Gen-eral has been appointed to perform the duties of acting Attorney-General m place of Mr. C.H. Butteifield. who is on sick leave. Mr. Shanks will take his oath at today's meeting of the Singapore Legislative Council.
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    Bather Awarded $4,670 Damages
    236 3 A BARBER, who told Mr. Justice Brown m the Singapore High Court yesterday that six months after an accident, he could not "dig his customers' ears" nor crop their hair because of his attacks of giddiness and "double vision." was awarded a total of $4,670 damages,
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    Court Awards $2850 Damages
    99 3 m TAN BOON ENG. father of a nine-year-old boy Ta n Choon Seng, was awarded $2,500 general and $350 special damages by Mr. Justice Brown mi n the Singapore High Court yesterday. The claim was made by Tan as compensation for the death of his child
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    GERMAN SHIPS FOR FE RUN IN JULY
    394 3 THE first German service to Far Eastern ports since the war will be opened m early July when the first ships of the new Hamburg-Amerika and North German Lloyd joint service arrive In Singapore. Mr. Werner Traber, a managing director of the Hamburg-Amerika
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    MASKED THIEVES $6,000 HAUL
    212 4 MASKED THIEVES $6,000 HAUL KUALA LUMPUR, Mnn- A Chine-e woman, the wife ol j a local cosmetics munular.twrer. was robbed by two Ynasked Chinese, armed with daggers of $6,000 m cash at her home m Toilfl Shin Terrace, during the early m of tlii' morning, .Tl);s is the second robbery
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    He's Lucky He Wasn't Imprisoned
    110 4 He's Lucky He Wasn't Imprisoned KUALA U.'MJ'UR. Mon. Appavoo, a Pub:. Works De- i part men t lorry driver, who was convicted and fined by the Magistrate at Kuala Selangor for driving a lorry while under the influence of I Liquor was further disqualified from driving for one year, by
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    Bail Allowed
    49 4 .lOHORF. BAHRU. MOa Abbas bir. Sulieman of Kiang. was charged m the Johore, Bahru Police Court. with fraudulently attempting to! evade Customs duty on a ra- J dio and record changer by valuing Ihem at SHOO instead Of $731 He was allowed bail m $274 pe.iding trial.
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    APPENDIX REMOVED
    23 4 THE Deputy Director of Medical Services, Federation. Dv RE. Anderson, was operated on for appendicitis at the Penang General Hospi yestcniay
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    POLICE DRIVER JAILED
    120 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon.— Hashim bin Abubakar a Police driver, wa s this morning sentenced by Mr. E Brown m the Sessions Court to three months' imprisonment for criminal breach of trust of three gallons of petrol belonging to Police Headquarters. It was stated that on April iv
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    30 4 photo Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Maby who were married at St. Mary's Church. Kuala Lumpur, on Saturday. Mr. Maby is at tuched to Customs Headquarters, Kuala Lumpur. Light Studio
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    Two Boys Killed As Lorry Runs Into A House
    202 4 PENAXG, Mon. Two schoolboys, Ong Eng Leong 12, and Lim Cheng Sou, 8, were killed early this morning by a lorry which crashed into a house m Brick Kiln Road. Two others, Ang Thoon Chuan 19, and nine-year-old Ong Eng Hai,
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    DRIVER LOSES APPEAL
    157 4 DRIVER LOSES APPEAL KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— Mr. Justice Bri^S> 8.1 the SelangOf Criminal Court of Appeal, today, upheld the conviction and sentence of 12 months imprisonment passed <>m one Tanggavelu, employed ;i a lorry driver by the Military, on charges of driving a lorry m a rash and negligent manner.
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    Impersonator Bound Over
    53 4 KUAT.A LUMPUR. Mon. Charged with impersonating a criminal investigating officer and m that capacity assumed to arrest the manager of the Lido Cinema. Kuala Lumpur, a youth Victor Rajaratnam (17) was bound over m the sum of $200 to be of good behaviour for six months by
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    Gurkhas Bag Red
    44 4 ONE more Communist terrorist was killed yesterday by a patrol of the 1/10 Gurkhas n the Mersing area of Johorc. He has been identified as Ng Ok. who was on the Johore Police wanted list. A rifle and ammunition were recovered
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    RABIES CONTROL
    25 4 THE vacc-ination of all dogs over four months old m the Klang District begins today It will be carried out for three days.
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    Helped Run 'Chee Fah'— Fined $600
    115 4 Helped Run 'Chee Fah' Fined $600 KLAXG. Moo. Chan Thiam Huat. was charged m the District Court before Inche Harun, with helping to run an illegal public lottery. 'chee iah.' The prosecution officer. Indie Ibrahim, told the court that the accused w a s arrested on April 7 whrn the
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    PRODUCERS HIT OUT AT PRICE PLAN REJECTION
    361 4 PRODUCERS HIT OUT AT PRICE PLAN REJECTION KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— Me n v producers are "disgusted" at Ar,-< tion of the rubber buffer stock ptor notional Rubber Study Group Ccnfcrci Copenhagen. However, they said ,Ql would not be very great as most expected this decision. They accuse America of "infid
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    39 4 Mr. and Mrs A. J. Morris who wrre married at St. Anthony's C hurch. Teluk Anson, recently Mr. Morris is attached to the Survey Department, ivuaia Lumpur. The bride is the former Miss Jan** De Silva of Tehik Anson
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    70 Reds Killed In April
    113 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Moo.— Official Emergency statistics isbued today show that Security Forces killed TO terrorists m the Federation last month, bringing the total killed since the Emergency started to 4.075. Twenty-three terrorists were wounded, bringing the total to 2,045. Six were captured making the total
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    Poor Response To KL Election Registration
    111 4 KI'ALA LUMPUR, Mon In spite of the use of a mobile re-gist rat ion office, Jess than 100 peop'e have added their names to the electoral rolls here With only 15 more days before the c"d of the registration period the results are disappointing,
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    NS-Malacca MYF Cabinet
    84 4 OFFICE-hcarcns of the XegriMalacca Methodist Youth Fellowship Cabinet elected at the annual general meeting m Klang were: President: Mr. P. Arulrajah (Sercmbun Wesley ">: Vice-President: Mr Peter Ch'ao Pen (Malacca Wesley); Secretary: Mr. Lim Hen* Fong (Serembnn Wesley): Treasurer: Miss Lily Wong (MaUcca Wesley); Commission Chairman; Worshio
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    Teachers' New Union
    52 4 IPOH. Mon— Teachers of English m Chinese Schools m Perak met here yesterday and decided to form a union to fight for better conditions of service. Mr Lav Hoi Leong and Mr. Yeoh Sinn Wah, both of the Ipoh Yuk Choy School, were elected president and general
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    MTUC Busy On Plan To End Strikes
    63 4 KUALA I Th«» Malayan J i C oum il m w, rk to rvUbli>}) plovee nr-: v.• f»)r all inJ MTCC sniifi. prepared In v taib on th< p! It is unil. that thr aim i> better IcUtionsl i employers and thin rn-uoti.it.
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    C-Day: Ipoh Gets Ready
    58 4 C-Day: Ipoh Gets Ready IPOi! begun h ernmcr.t ilium ih c P W D Bin me c urt B FV build ng tnri.-it. i irt, n v put i;r> >l Hepanrru p .1 (1 -lucid? front of 1 the Town i Perak C nei II [nst i t v The
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    Retrial In Opium Case Ordered
    44 4 Retrial In Opium Case Ordered .lOIK'. The q>. peilant t \«> Ifi I) Pa B Johore D Chea v guilty a char ix m fur I r t In that sjnunli sions < 'herr ,the a| he k:.. df his Th»» I and tl b.nl o!
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    QUARTERS NEXT YEAR
    24 4 JO.i' Sinit* by i bt Bahn. aecotn merit 1')54 I itrw I racks I ried f A avai;i otir v Luift.
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    Bandit Core Is Shaken. Templer
    436 4 LONDON. May 18. (Router) The hard con of the terrorist organisation ha<j been •'shaker) a bit" by the cjsuaitics and by internal disruption but it was not fIVBIg up. General Templer said today. Some 48 Communists, ranking as branch co nmittee menoers or above, had
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    RAF Man Fined $90
    5 5 RAF Man Fined $90 I
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    Official Opening Of Trust Estate
    100 5 AT NZCOLL'S REQUEST Standard Stall Reporter M.iS. T. P. F. McNelee, wife of the chairman of he 5 igapore Improvemeßl Trust, will officially open the Huts low-cost housing estate at Buller Camp on May 26. I tl n- 1 5 g he at j the
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    74 5 photo. Three top information officials from Burma ar- <» rived m Singapore by air yesterday on a tiireeWCI k study of the work of (fee information ser- vices m Malaya. Pictured from left are: I' Tin Aung, the Gov- ernmeiit's Chief lnforma- J tion Officer. Mr. H. E. J Pereira,
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    FOOD SELLERS SEEK LICENCES
    66 5 .TOHORE BAIIRU. Mm Licensing of severs oi boiled ducks, fish balls, prepared chicken and 'trepangs' In the Johore Bahru market is being considered by the Town Council. Some of those prosecuted for selling these foodstuffs have now applied for licences to sell by the side entrance
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    Robber Jailed
    43 5 CHOOI WING CHUAN was sentenced to six months' imprisonment m the Singapore First District Court yesterday for robbing two men of three fountain-pens, a watch and a ring valued at $107 m a back lane of! Desker Road, on Mar. 27.
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    Appeal For Witnesses
    73 5 NG KIT LING, who was admitted to the General Hospital last Saturday after a [ai j from a Traction Company n.»^ at Keppcl Road, near Gate 3, died yesterday. Singapore's Traffic Police are appealing for any eyewitnesses of this accident. Witnesses should contact Inspector G. Thumboo of
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    'Dream Ship' Here
    204 5 'Dream Ship Here IN SINGAPORE today is a .sailor's "Dream Ship," the East Asiatic Cunipanys Songkhki. the first m tne world to be fitted with a turbo-charged diesel engine.It was the same company which pioneered diesel-en^med ships four decades ago. In the Songkhia today, all the crew, with the exception
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    Kallang Runway Now Resurfaced
    54 5 KALLANG Airport's 6.000--foot runway has now been completely resurfaced. The last <*f tin* perforated steel planking eororing 860 feet lias been removed at the southwest end and replaced with a thin carpet of asphalt premix. The Public Works Department took 10 days to carry out the
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    Baby Dies From Scalding
    62 5 AW TEC'K BENC. a two-year-oltj Hainjmese boy, died from shock as a result of icakding, ttio day after n«> was admitted Into the Singapore General Hospital, tin- Coroner was told a I an inquest y« lei day. The boy's mother snid thai B< foil into a
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    $500,000 HEALTH TRAINING CENTRE
    214 5 Site In Kedah Is Chosen The spokesman said that the World Health Or^nicati^n j will be provided from local services. It is expected that the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund will also help by providing som c equipment for the centre. The spokesman said he
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    33 5 photo. THE last Coronation decoration was hoisted into place outside the Hongkong; Shanghai Bank mi n Singapore yes terday. Olher decorations for I'nion Buildinsr aro exoected to be m place by today. Standard
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    ROBBER, TIN CLOSING PRICES
    74 5 Stondord London Correspondent LONDON, May 18. The following ore the closing prices of rubber and tin on the London market: LONDON RUBBER Spot 21 id. July Sept. 21 id. Oct. Dec. 20sd. Jan./ Mar. 20|d. June/c i f 20sd Market: Quiet. LONDON TIN Spot £762 10s.
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    HUTS TO BE 'SCREENED' FROM SENNETT HOMES
    194 5 Standard Staff Reporter ATTAP huts m the new Singapore squatter resettlement at McPherson Road are to be "screened" off from the Sennett Realty housing estate, Mr. T. P. F. McNeice, chairman of the Trust, told The Standard yesterday. Mr. C. W. A. Sennett,
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    RURAL AREAS SET FOR CELEBRATION
    380 5 THE City's "country cousins" m the Singapore rural areas yesterday completed their plans to celebrate the Coronation ot Queen Elizabeth. They are expected to spend some $25,000. Said Mr. H. J. C. X i, Chairman of the Kural District Coronation Celebrations Committee: "The will be
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    Chamber Seats
    739 6 jyjß. LIM YEW HOCKS motion that the Government should make a review, m consultation with Unofficial members of the Legislative Council, "of the provisions of the Singapore Legislative Council Elections Ordinance, 1947 under which the three Chambers of Commerce are severally given the right to elect a member
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    MURDER-most vile!
    746 6  -  ALAN FAIRCLOUGH —By PARIS \V HEN spring comes to the Boulevards, Paris becomes a holiday city overnight. But Death doe s not take a holiday. In fact, the latest oflidal statistics indicate that a Frenchman is more likely to be murdered m the sunny half of the year
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      Majidi Detainees
      215 6 THE UTUSAN MELAYU criticised Government's handling of Malay detainees m liajidi Detention Camp. The paper < w;i< commenting on a report* by the West Pa hang Branch* of (JMNO that Malay detainees I In Majidi camp, especially i those over 30 years old. werei m a "very unhealthy
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      Nanyang University
      88 6 NANYANG SIANG PAU is confident of the success of the proposed Nanyang University. Now that plans are under way the daily says that concerted efforts are still necessary. The establishment of the university is looked upon as a pioneering project of overseas Chinese and it must emerge as
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      Register Now!
      60 6 SIN CHEW JIT POH urges all eligible voters to register for Singapore elections. While the number of voters registered within the past month hai been encouraging there are a great number who are still indifferent. 1* must be kept m mind the daily adds, that the voter is
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    Singapore's Great Wealth& Poverty
    1179 6  - Singapore's Great Wealth- Poverty ALEX JOSEY Attain I B ]VOT without pride does the 52 Singapore Annual Report describe the public finances as healthy. There is likely to be a surplus on the year's working m 1952 of more than $38 million. This will bring the general revenue balance to
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      247 6 Sir; Last Sunday a friend and I motored to a village about five miles from one of the most prosperous towns m Selangor. The village wa s surrounded by a barbed wire fence and at the ga:e stood a "nothing-in-the-world-to-worry-about" sentry drawing vigorously at a cheap cigar He
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      CLEAN THIS PLACE UP
      112 6 Sir If the Municipal au horilies wouUl just pay a visit to the Public Larines at the back of Batang Berjuntal Town, ni the District of Kua'a Selangor. they will got a shock. The latrines. I think, hay© no\er been cleaned or wash* c.l for a
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      No Smoking
      129 6 Sir; I fully endorse the timely statements made by various correspondents m the papers m favour of banning smoking m buses Fumigation m buses and particularly m congested buses is a nuisance. Many cigare:te addicts may find it rather a strain to refrain from puffing while travelling m
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    Arabs Kill 2 Israel: Guards
    15 7 18: iR. lera from I and lid. ad been -Jordan
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    MAKINS EXPLAINS 'THE RIFT'
    539 7 ATTLEE GETS AN APOLOGY FROM A U.S. NEWSPAPER WASHINGTON, May 18 (UP) British Ambassador Sir Roger Makins commenting on Anglo-American relations said yesterday. "I do not believe that anybody, least of all the Communists, can push a wedge between us," but added that a break could
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    NO SEAT FOR RED CHINA: SENATORS
    61 7 WASHINGTON, May 18 (A l'). —Dissatisfied Reis may call on I.S. Secretary of State Dulles soon to clarify the Eisenhower attitude toward giving Communist i m the I'nited Nations. A.P i .1 book I 1 ct.tl V 1 ould have nii.i once imunists gained
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    Tactics Changed —Not Strategy
    83 7 LAHORE. May 18: (Retlter) Mr. Adlai Stevenson told a questioner at a press conference here yesterday he thought there was no change m Soviet Foreign Policy. "There fa only a change of tactics and not of strategy." Aiked whether he supported United States policy m Southeast
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    GOODWILL VISIT
    20 7 VICE-PRESIDENT Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan of India has left on a goodwill visit to the United States and Canada. A.P.
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    Migrants To Resist Eviction
    104 7 I SYDNEY, May 18. 1 (letter) British I migrants have organised I 1 "shock troops" to resist j eviction from Bunnerono (iuvi-rnment's hostel near Sydney and have planned to barricade themselves 1 1 m their quarters, the Sun- i day Sun newspaper re- ported here yesterday.
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    DULLES IS GUEST OF KING FEISAL
    116 7 BACH DAD. May. 18 (Reu-n-n Mr. John Foster Dulles. United States Secretary of State who arrived here yesterby air from Beirut." was t y 's guest at dinner night. In a grey tropical suit and 'raw hat, he looked cheerful us lie Mepped from
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    Accord On Suez Nearer
    126 7 CAIRO, May 18: (Reuter)— Aly Zein El Abdin. Secretary to the Egyptian delegation at the Anglo-Egyptian talks on the Canal Zone issue said here tonight that despite the present deadlock "agreement with the British government is not far off". El Abdin who is the Director of
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    'Winston' Reaches Finals Of Jumping Contest
    136 7 'Winston' Reaches Finals Of Jumping Contest FOURTEEN foreign frogs led by Win>ion of England waited yesterday for the thunder clap of a jet plane breaking the sound barrier at Angels Camp California to start the finals of the jumping frog CaUveri County Contest against 15 domestic hoppers. The jumping frog
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    World News In Brief...
    238 7 World News In Brief... MOSCOW Radio said last night ffiev c United Nations planes were shot down and two damaged by anti-aircraft fire over North Korea yesterday. Reuter AN AUSTRALIAN theatrical company has cabled the Manila chief of police offering a contract to an 18-year-old Filipino girl who was said
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    Queen Ends Holiday: Ready For Crowning
    136 7 LONDON. May 18. (Reuter). Queen Elizabeth ended her short Scottish holiday at Balmoral Castle last night and motored to Aberdeen to join the overnight train lor London. The Queen had spent a quiet week at Balmoral, the Royal residence m Scotland preparatory to the
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    18 Feared Dead In Plane Crash
    51 7 LONGVIEW, Texas, May 18 (UP)— A Delta Airlines DC-3 passenger plane crashed yesterday near Waskom. Texas, along the Texas-Louisiana border. Longview police repoited Ninr »tfn people were reported to aboard the plane. Police lid aj least three survived trie crash, two ol whom died
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    52 7 pnoio. A Ml SIIROOM cloud from a recent A blast over the Nevada M is -< <n ibm 280 mm cannon at Nollis air force base. II miles away f.om the exploit, Ihr ,-.in ion wSI be one of the two used on May Uto fire the fir H American
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    UNESCO's New Hqrs.?
    65 7 UNESCO's New Hqrs.? photo. PLANS for a new building to be the permanent seat of the United Nations Educational, S c i c n t i fi c and Cultural Organisation will be studied by the central committee of the UNESCO. The building, m the form of "V" will be
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    Russian Threat Has Not Lessened
    346 7 WASHINGTON, May 18 (IT). Gen. Matthew £m T I Way v S u P reme Alli ed Commander m Furope, said today he knows of no decrease m Russia's oflVnsive capabilities that would permit a big slash m overseas military spending, i Ridgway made the
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    Nehru Has Plans For Big Talks
    93 7 LONDON. May 18 i AFP) The diplomatic correspondent of the Sunday Keynolds News rapt ltd > esterda y that Premier .lauaharlal Nehru had drawn up plan for a bie power conference which I will submit to the Commonwealth Premiers* conference m London a i
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    Japan's New Craze: Nude Photo Studios
    249 7 TOKYO, May 18, (AP). "Photograph claming nudes! You don't even need a camera we furnish 'em!" This stirring appeal comes from Tokyo's liu*;e strip-tease industry, still thriving after numerous tips i and downs. The new twist— -"mult' pi studios" is a mushi 4 .speciality
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    One Kiiled In Air Crash
    61 7 MALTA. May 18 t ßouter)— A Royal Air Porot V'aletta plane carrying Commandos to the canal zone crashed .voterday killing one and severely burning and injuring others. The plane was just leaving Luqa airfield with 21 Commandos and crew aboard when it hit an airfield
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    U.S. A-Weapons Enough For War
    142 7 U.S. A- Weapons Enough For War WASHINGTON, May 18, (IT).— Representative Carl Hinshaw, a member of the joint Congressional Atomic Energy Committee, said yesterday the Inited States has several times as many atomic weapons stockpiled as would be necessary to combat Russia. The California Republican said m a radio and
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    Ike Prepares Major Speech
    84 7 ANNAPOLIS. Maryland, May, 18: (Renter) President Eisenhower and a .^Mf of assistants on board the Presidential yacht worked into the .small hours of ftfttrday morning on a major >peech he will broadcast m a roast-to-coast hook-up m Tuesday night. When Mr. Eisenhower came ashore from the
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    Join Armed Forces: Ike
    133 7 ANNAPOLIS. Marylaii.l. May 18. (UP>.— Pn t Eisenhower yesterday rtcuinmended the life of the »»'<.- fessional soldier or Miloi <j young men who want to become something ipecial i the eyes of their ttiildren jl the reit of the nation. He told 3,600 midship n assembled
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    LYTTELTON INSPECTS WORSTMAU MAU AREA
    258 7 NYKRI, Kenya. May 18: (Reuter).— A Royal Air Forcp Harvard roared off a bulldozed airstrip near here yesterday to bomb a Man Mau hideout m the Aberdares, only half an hour after the British Colonial Secretary Mr. Oliver Lyttelton had left Urn same improvised airbase
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    MISSION SHRINKS
    20 7 EH '.11T more f the S- v et Mission h;ivc left f"r i: > :ti of the < I AP
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      64 7 HEN IN THE /KIEf be ieen «t the sea edq« Sl^^^*^^^^^^ V •**> wth another of its -th never m Or than T P r «'erj s dndi offihoreto i PLOVER an" aircraft of Malayan Airway*" is a common sight t' 'oughout Malaya and neighbouring countries where It is m
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    HK SHIPPER REPLIES TO McCARTHY
    456 8 HK SHIPPER REPLIES TO McCARTHY HONGKONG, May 18 (AP)— A Hongkong Shipper whose company drew the fire of Senator Joseph McCarthy for trading with Red China states Senator McCarthy "uttered words without knowledge.' Horman Fisher< Direc tor of Wheelock Marderi Company Ltd., said the American senator had exaggerated a few
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    FREEDOM FOR 33
    46 8 BUTTERFIELD and S\viro\= Hupeh arrived from Tientsin on Sunday with 33 North China refugees, under ih? auspices of the International Refugee Organisation. Mr. H H. Mackenzie secretary of the British Consulate m Tien'sin his wife and son were also among the passengers. AFP
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    Hatner Honoured
    29 8 MR. Raoul Hafner, British helicopter designer, was today named the winner of the Dr Alexander Kremlin trophy. highest honour of th(» Am t.can Helicopter Socie: r. Reuter
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    Share Mart Opens Dull, Featureless
    268 9 Share Mart Opens Dull, Featureless r.HIS P ingati 11/9 12 3 I! i 150 160 cd Kjrnbutan 11/- 12/Rantau 2.69 2.72 ib Gold 220 2.30 rang Con. sb'/ 6 57/6 •ig Tin 10/- 10/3 .g Con. 14/- 15/- iv;jng 8/- 9/Siamese 17/- 18/--4 3 5/- hern Kinla 12/6 13/6 Malayan
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    World Trade Meet Starts
    60 9 VIENNA, May 18 (Reuter)— ►00 nessmen and xperts from the world over] will meet here today m the of the International of Commerce. •^gari of th c meeting is: Id Trade i.s everybody's n< President f heodov of Austria will add-! opening meeting, ns Chancellor. Herr
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    Ike's Message
    32 9 PRESIDENT Eisenhower said j« to the InternaChamber of Commerce neeting at Vienna today that Governments should adopt •r.onet..ry and commercial powhich recognise the often of other free and peon'es.- Reuter
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    US TYRE SALES UP IN MARCH
    183 9 US TYRE SALES UP IN MARCH NEW YORK, May 18, (L'P) p omejtlc manufacturers' shipments, production and inventories of passenger tyres increased during March, the Rubber Manufacturers' Asso c:ation reported Shipments rose 15.47 rer rent, m March to 6,873 747 tyres from 5.952.768 mi n February. Output wa s up
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    He Opposes World Plan
    112 9 NEW YORK. May 18. (AP) John L. Collyer. chairman of the Goodrich Rubber Co.. said he is opposed to any world plan for "control of production, distribution, or use of rubber except m a national emergency." Coliyer told newsmen as he sailed aboard the United States
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    Advice On Pak. Rice
    84 9 KARACHI. May 18. (Rcu- ter).— Dr. Y. Togari. leader of the 11-man Japanese Agricultural Mission, said here yesterday that rice productiorjt m Pakistan could be raised by JO per cent by proper use of chemical fertilisers. Dr. Togari. whose mission hag been studying rice cultiva- j
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    45 9 Mr. John L. Collyer, president of B.F. Goodrich and Mr Lenox Lohr, president of the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry, ride on the moving rubber sidewalk which is one of th e features of the BFG exhibition of the Story of Rubber at Chicago.
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    Indonesia's Tea Production Hit
    260 9  -  ARNOLD C. BRACKMAN By Standard Special Correspondent JAKARTA, May 18.— In the face of Government exhortions to increase all estate production, tea production has continued to slump badly with an estimated 20 per cent of Indonesia's tea crop last year destroyed by blister-blight, the dreaded plant
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    RUBBER PRICES STEADY
    127 9 RUBBER PRICES STEADY Standard Market Reporter RUBBER prices m the Singapore market steadied yesterday largely on good trade support, and a lack of upcountry celling. First grade rubi>er dosed at 12\ cents per lb. (71 rents on Saturday). The market opened uncertain m the morning at 70? cents per lb.
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    NOON PRICES
    76 9 Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association noon prices iin cents per Ib.) yesterday i May 18 > were: Buyers Sellers RSS Loose No. 1 RSS Spot Loose 71 i 715 No. 1 June 71 i 72 No. l July 71} 72 No. 2 .Tine 68 69 No. June
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    HK EXCHANGE
    39 9 HONGKONG. May 18. Special Standard Service. Closing prices on th e Hongkong Exchange today were $15.86 to £1 sterling $6,065 to U.S dollar; $1820 to Maiayan $1: $0,240 to »ne Indonesian Ruppiah Gold $276,625 to one tael.
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    Bank Of Vietnam
    25 9 PREMIER Nguyen Van Tarn of Vietnam announced yesterday the creation m the shortest possible time, of a National ber of Commerce AFP
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    New RI Trade Rules Put 'Paid' To Mushroom Firms
    290 9 Standard Special Correspondent JAKARTA, May 18.— Virtually all the new IndoMt?sian import houses which mushroomed m the past thice years since the birth of independence have been wiped out. They have been forced against the wall, ironically enough, by the same
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    MAMMOTH SHOW WILL TELL THE STORY OF RUBBER
    314 9 MAMMOTH SHOW WILL TELL THE STORY OF RUBBER USIIS. fc?BoJ3!^'"*' »a* n.., 9 Cawrmg 8.500 sq. feet, the "Story Of Rubb. r" i pared o rubber exhi^tTon cv t r p,- A feature of the exhibition moving rubber sidewalk first of its kind, carrying tors through four larg c disP'a.vj
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    COMMODITY PRICES
    103 9 COMMODITY PRICES 1* CLOSING rubber Prices (emu Mr Ib \u Singapore vevterday were: Bu > viifn No I RSS Spot i 911 n\ No 1 R.S.S. 7? l li) No. R.S.S. «S«J No 1 R.S.S. Ml 6ii{ Tone: Steady SINGAPORE. Mon The price of tin today was $381 per picul
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    21 9 photo. MR. TAN PIAY KB, of Singapore, sren at thr International Kubbrr Cmferrnt-e at th P Krr^masonV Hull. Cuprnhagrn. rrrrntly. UP
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    Ail Quiet In Produce Mart
    72 9 THE produce r>-.-«rkct hi Singapore was q <r< tiOM with only nul I tMM passing. Copra quo* around $39 per p I for J shipment Coconut oil was a .lull market at $.">7 per pi< ij' Sine. m produce pi picul) rju »ted by betel
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    Japan Buys Cheap Oil
    69 9 TOKYO. M..v FPV Keen rompttiliou i? m the oil industry signs that cheap oi into this country. Already the Idtmita Kosan Company hu< nnu| tion to secure chtafl o Dm company's oil tanker b n bet second mission to Iran. 11 |j expected that a third
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    U.S. COTTON CROP
    18 9 AMERICA'S cotton crop totalled 15.U6.000 bales of MM pounds valued at US$2 617--346.000. A. P.
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    W. BORNEO, RI's 2nd RUBBER AREA
    167 9 W. BORNEO, RI's 2nd RUBBER AREA JAKARTA, May 18.— West Borneo Is today Indonesia's second largest smallholding rubber area topped only m output by South Sumatra. South Borneo is running a close third. This situation was revealed recently when West Borneo administrators, m a veiled pro- test against the Central
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    Wheat Deficit
    60 9 D't HARRY RFKD. r-f :u- American Hf i sion which h;is P;ik-;\ri for tho p d«'i\ i i -re tha: wowltl be lei of n o year Reuter ENFOR lED that the ltd S Commission has r- 'to Pre«i 1 I thai I the .Li 1 :it dllt«
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      143 9 Chined l« stor y a glimpse of thine THE BEAUTY OF BEAUTIES y£bJ#(.wL YANCKUEIFEI The most femcu, ,1 //|\\f V;Sk beauty of China lived /V f f\ during the reign of Em- f 1/ V n 7 peror Ming Huong tth JX*± 1 I' P Centur AD. Chosen as ./j
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      588 9 SINGAPORE \t' 9M l l l m lAum l oh SURFACE MAILS 6.30. 913 „m Lmpw^'lpak Taiping. K »"ACt MAILS PAVIMON: Koh Wong Kaen 1. 3. OIARY r <■ Alor Star, Kota Bahru OF.SIWTCHES: Medan at 12 noon *J£LJ P, m^ •MIIU2, 731 am by Bandjermasin Thailand at l>: h;
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    They Wined And Dined At The Embassy
    421 10  -  OSWALD HENRY DOING THE TOWN with and hts Camerc 'OQMPH GIRL' Ibove): IT was lull house" on Saturday night at the Cathay Restaurant and the dance Moor u. s packed to rapacity. Settinr the beat to the Latin American rhythm are hi lingual
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    Saturday-Nighters At The Chicken Inn
    60 10 X I Mrs bof«>r»- dinner a t the (hicken Inn on Saturday night were enjoyed by Jessie ii.inn.iti. David Ad.tuis, Mu-!iael Km ness and Phyllis von Bulow who tabbed themselves "all members of the medical profession." It I I v Inn!',. i' Po ,vV t
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    -AND SO TO BED!
    42 10 (Below): THE end of a perfect day or was it? Back In Standard office flash caught dogtired reporter relaxing after daylong beat m City. He also "did the town" but m different style to get his Sunday "scoop."
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    Germany In Davis Cup Third Round
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    Davis Cup: 2nd Round Results
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    BMH Trounce Rehab. Camp
    15 11 ii the five (2) Sch< T pii i !*»*<->»"»<-W>.«-v^»_i-. n n
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    Champions
    24 11 llog Jrsiidasoa and Seah Tons: Kan? of Sesamat, who won the Novices Doubles mi n the Jofaore State Lawn Tennis Championship; held recently.
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    ENGLAND-ARGENTINA REPLAY IS UNCERTAIN
    221 11 BUENOS AIRES. May 18. (Beater) The chances of replaying yesterday's abandFsjjrjfd Argentina International soccer game were down tcsero early this morning. Sir Stanley Rous, Secretary oi the English Football Asso--4 on, told Router that the h 1: 'ials arid players most anxious for the re•o take
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    Aussies Shake England's Test Hopes
    512 11 Aussies Shake England's Test Hopes LONDON, May 18, (Reuters-Australia's touring cricketers have early m their tour struck several ereat psychological blows m their forthcoming battlfc fnr the "Ashes" which England have not won since thl "bodyline" year of 1933-34. smce tne The bowling of Len Hutton. England's probable captain for
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    Kluang DFA League Table
    106 11 th? LL NG Mo: Standings m the K:iiB-K District Football Association League to date are Kl* Chnes* L DF A Pts "A"' 5 .S -24 110 E^r A> 6 4 i 9 Training Ce-tre 5 4 1 14 3 8 Casuals 4 3 1 ]7 ->
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      341 11 ENCACBMENT 'T'HE ENGAGEMENT l| an nounced between Mr. Chuah of Ipoh O o°n Vl£ SS Ir Chon ArKNOWLKOr.MKNT M R A^'P iMRS LEE ™eah «A would like to thank all their relatives and friends for Withes, kind assistance and valuable presents on the occasion ?953 mar riHge on May 17th.
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      627 11 NOTICKS KUALA LUMPUK MUNICIPAL KIH miss RE(;iSTRATION Ob ELECTORS Utei is l ration OOkta at 4 YMCA Brickfle'ds Road. Information Centre. Batu Road, Railway Institute. Sentul Malay Boys' Jm booi Kampong Bahru, Malay Girls' School, Selapak. P.*sar Road English School. Fire Brigade Station. Malacca Street Mala\ School P.isar Road. Chinese
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      599 11 PriUK TUasf TUB JINK Mhl lING lf»M IST DAY— i.lll JUNfc. l»S.t 2ND I»AY lrtTll JL'NU. 1 3RD DW-I.IH JINK 1951 S! < \SII SWtKPS pOstWABD BAI H of ti-kets ■re n illahle I ticket^ an on .^ale at thr 1 OfTice. Members mny biiy f.'a«h Sweep lick* ti oo
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      182 11 fY^t>X NT *4^V^\ li^ PONT VA3RRY A I (-'THIS ALL REMINDS MS O' OLE MAfT\ /v- N mr r X~** «r» <"^a- 1 lS A t^/ H <> JEV ah is |/#os^!TA«?£-z>/CA'i>/o!v- < 4v'/7a- < rry4i| V^ '^rr s^~J N'-iHTMARfMI STRONG AS I >-^ -AEI'_L,WKATCHAtC4OVv.'! I ■T^OMEHOW, 1 THINK. I
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    MCC Collapse Against The Aussies
    314 12 LONDON. May 18. (R< uter) The Australians won the and put the MCC m to \> Loi da today. P'*t w;i complet< hed out on Saturday. f of the three-day match. The MCC collap ed <i! m !y. losing nine wickets for 75 runs t>y
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    YOUTH TAKES OVER AT JALAN BESAR STADIUM
    943 12 THE accent on yesterday's Singapore Business Houses F.A. versus Singapore "A" match at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday was on YOUTH X and the result, a hard, clean and fast game with the result m doubt to the very end; and when the Combined
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    26 12 Narayanan, Singapore's goalkeeper, under fire m yesterday's Jalan Besar match. He failed to punch the ball clear, however, and Singapore Business Houses obtained their first goal.
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    Asian Tennis
    42 12 CALCUTTA. May 18. (Reuter).— The next Asian Tennis Championships a:e likely to be held m Manila m February next year, according to Ganesh Dey. a member of the All-India Lawn Tennis Association Council and Secretary of the Calcutta South Club.
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    REME Score 13
    27 12 TAIPING, Mon. REME created a goal-scoring record when they overwhelmed the Reh; bilitation Camp m a Junior League fixture by v loals to nil.
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    ASTONS BEAT B, ROVERS 7-0
    279 12 ASTON Athletic Club chalked up their fifth successive victory to remain unbeaten m the SAFA division 3C league. Showing marked superiority, the Astons beat the Blue Rovers 7—o at the Geylang Stadium yesterday. Astons have now 10 points and are close behind the Customs, who
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    SHELL WIN
    62 12 SHELL Sports Club beat the Indian Association by 10 wickets m a friendly game played at Balestier Plain on Saturday. The Indians batted first and were all out lor 73 runs, only Verity Gill batting with any confidence, scoring 20. Shell, left with 1J hours to bat, went
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    CAMPO OUTPOINTEDSHIRAI KEEPS TITLE
    312 12 TOKYO, May 18 (AP)— World flyweight champion Yoshio Shirai of Japan jabbed his way to a 15-round decision over challenger Tanny Campo of the Philippines m an outdoor bout tonight. It was Shirai's second successful title defence. Both judges and the referee awarded the decision to
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    WEIGHTS FOR S'PORE RACES
    601 12 WEIGHTS for the first day on Saturday and three races for the second day on Wednesday of the Singapore Turf Club's Coronation meeting are: Cl. I— Div. I—6 Frs. Parmiter 9.00 Klturius 8.11 Mystic Melody 8.09 Northern Circuit 8.08 Billdaw 8.06 Sanhora 8.05 Melbury Court 8.04
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    Indonesians Won't Come
    273 12 THE PENALTY BOX Soccer news anc/ views £>y c Standard's team, of soccer reporters. THE Indonesians win noi come w oiuK«|turr— ana n> r mrw i r L They say that SAFA have not yet invited them, which according Tt reports, the association intended to do. 2
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    HERE COMES... CHARLIE CHAN
    313 12 LOOK out, you aspirants to Malaya Cup Inside forward positions! Here comes Charlie Chan, very much m evidence lately, who is one of this Colony's brightest prospect among the younger generation of soccer players. 'Pop" Yong Liang. Singapore's sage ot the Colony cer world, confirms thil
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    BOXING IN MALACCA
    114 12 UM Kee Chan and Thep Vithool will head a card m Malacca on Saturday night under a new promoter Chua Soo Eng. The last occasion Kee Chan and Vithool met, the verdict was a controversial one and fight fans have always been divided m their opinions as
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    Island Club Golf Results
    55 12 THE results of the Singapore Island Club Women's 18--hole L.G.U. Competition played at the Uland Club on Sunday. There wore 16 entries. '♦A" Division: Winner. Mrs. Anderson 92 18=74 "B" Division: Winner: Miss W. E. Davisor !».i— l»7=(iH; Runners-up: Mrs. Teo 106— M =69 tie with
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    Farewell To Alan
    51 12 MAKIN'C ■OG I who with R rat left! m M Those v.', Kin I-. 1 i Ifal th<> i young Rahim <> Hon i i Pc: A Xl tn Bisf A X the l he Am b« i n for i' will ere; SAFA Bu« A luck
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    Off To See The Test
    103 12 Off To See The Test >IK. K. mr n president •>! |h M Cricket Association »l>" 193t played f« d" (ivmkhim t. mi .n leaves lodat >••' > uat(h thr lit I England .im! Aiislralu Mr. iilii— ri i X l srat for thr Tm »>»» W postal order m
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    Rest Team For 'Test'
    55 12 THE I P »ta U m thr ii Satt.i I on the S.CC 8. K. Sundi C. Thur ii Gill (M (CSC) i (SCI« I S H AX I > k (S( R (PoliCi I I! I and M N R Korrvrs: I M y (IA)
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      29 12 Kir '"dZjt SINGAPORE SOCCER: SAFA-CA. r. R.E.M.E. Div I Jilu.i Begar; CYMA (P.M.) v. H M. Dockyard— Div. 2— Geu' '.>>•,: Rovers 'A' v. Tam t e,iti Rovers— Div. 3B—BOD'\\.
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