Singapore Standard, 22 May 1953

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    18 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD ft If I Vol. 11l No. 319. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1953. TWELVE PAGES 10 CENTS.
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    HIGHER POLICE POSTS FOR 22 ASIAN OFFICERS
    256 1 HIGHER POLICE POSTS FOR 22 ASIAN OFFICERS KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. A further 22 Assistant Superintendents of Police have fo the rank of Deputy Superin,?eLP out of a total af 98 ASPs. fefl flen r promotion of five Asian lintendent and is in keeping plan to open higher posts in the
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    $5,000 REWARD OFFERED
    83 1 $5,000 REWARD OFFERED p|\\ Ml" 1 Interfermtf to Wed Irs. da r>» °S Mr. \i I Hock li„. the a w« i t re.,,(1 "I SS.O»J thr. h ,r for informaliM leading to Um arrest in d r.mvuti perm m persons -nee. I led that hortly Li «.rt Penang 18
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    French Pilots Are Warned
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    Tito Assures
    44 1 MARSHAL Tito said yesterday he was not going to let down hi.s Western allies and :*e wl'i'ii the Soviet limmt. The Yugoslav President said false rumours were circulating in the West that Yugoslavia was negotiating to return to the Soviet fold. Reuter
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    80 1 photos. An unusua] cone-shaped hat decorated with shoulderlength veiling was worn by Mrs. M. Braga a Singapore teacher (right) for the party. U.P. THE Governor of Singapore, Sir John Nicoll, met Malayan students in London at a tea party he gave recently in Malaya Hall. Pictures above show (left) Sir
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    Reds Free Priest
    29 1 THS Reverend Philip Crosbie, an Australian citizen, is to be released after almost three years' internment in North Korea. He will be repatriated via Moscow. Reuter
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    IKE OFFERED TO PLEAD FOR OATIS
    111 1 WASHINGTON. May 21.— President Eisenhower offered to negotiate on the sanctions imposed on Czechoslovakia because of the imprisonment of William Oatis. the White House announced tonight. Mr. Oatis. the American journalist, was released last Saturday and has now returned to the United States. The
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    Thais See Less Danger
    75 1 BANGKOK, May 21, (AFP). Thai Premier Phibun Songgram declared at a press conference this morning that the "northeast situation is less serious than feared previously." Marshal Phibun said the war in this region, nevertheless, would probably go on for several years. He added: "Such a situation
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    BIG 3 TO MEET IN JUNE
    345 1 Ike Calls For Conference In Bermuda WASHINGTON, Moy 21.— Tha White House announced today that President Eisenhower, British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill and French Premier Rene Mayer will meet in Bermuda shortly to forward the cause of world peace. Their meeting, announced simultaneously
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    PEKING JOB
    25 1 HUMPHREY Trevelyan. 47, adviser to the British High Commission in Germany, has been appointed Charge d'Affaires at Peking, succeeding L. H. Lamb- UP
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    Coronation Banquet On BI Vessels
    92 1 Standard Shipping Reporter ABOARD aU British India steamers already famous for their wide range of menus for passengers of many races who travel in them the chefs will go one better on Coronation Day and produce a royal banquet befitting the occasion. A ship's Coronation
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    Sir Winston On Korea
    84 1 LONDON, May 21 (AFP) Prim e Minister Sir Win.ton Churchill today declared In the House of Commons that he was sure the United States Government was as anxious as Britain to bring negotiations about prisoners of war in Korea to an early end and earnestly desired
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    MacDonald Sees Cambodian King
    51 1 PNOM PENH, May 21, (AFP).— Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, Commissioner General for South-east Asia, arrived here yesterday where he was received in audience by the King of Cambodia at the royal palace. Later, Mr. MacDonald had a long talk with the Prime Minister. He left Pnom Penh
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    Colony Declared Rabies Infected
    205 1 SINGAPORE ISLAND has been officially declared a rabies infected area. Strict rules concerning dogs are now in force. idogs may be brought Singapore unless a special Icate has been issued by Zhiet Veterinary Officer. dog may be exported to federation from Singapore I vaccinated and quaranfor
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    UMNO Sends Ultimatum To Perak C'ttee
    166 1 IPOH, Thurs. All th e 16 members of the Executive Committee of Perak UMNO have received individual ietters from UMNO Malaya asking them to choose between the "expelled" Dato Panglima Bukit Gantang and the organisation. The Dato. who is Men'.ri Besar of Perak and
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    TRAGIC NEWS FOR SERGEANT
    60 1 Standard London Cor. LONDON, May 20. There was a tragic note when the second Malayan troop arrived in London today. A message was delivered to Staff Sergeant Ismail bin Ahmad that his wife had died. The broken-hearted sergeant was however assured that his children were being
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    Siamese Twins Dead
    22 1 THE Siamese twin boys bo»-n in Inverness, Novia Scotia, Tuesday died last night .oout 33 hours after birth. AP
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    CENSURE OF PRINCESS CALLED BIGOTRY
    65 1 LONDON May 21 (Reuler)— The widely read Daily Mirror today accused Die Rerkbode, official organ of the African's churches in South Africa of "ill mannered bigotry' in its reference to Pncess Margaret. Die Kerkbode criticised^ Princess Margaret for smoking and said it seemed fashionable to
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    'FLEET AIR ARM'
    31 1 THE title 'Fleet Air Arm", with its "glorious wartime associations,' is to be revived in the British Navy, Commander Allan Noble. Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty, announced. Reuter
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    2 TO RIDE IN ROYAL ESCORT
    71 1 Standard London Corr. LONDON, May 20. Two officers of the Malay Regiment, Second Lieutenant Hassan bin Lolek and Lieutenant Mohammed Noor, who will ride in the Queen's Colonial Cavalry Escort during the Coronation, expressed their pleasure at being in London as soon as they
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    Late News
    27 1 PARIS May 21, (AP)— The French National Assembly today knocked out the nation's 18th post-liberation Cabinet by refusing Premier Rene Mayer a vote of confidence.
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    Some Wilt Get Free C-Beer
    126 1 SOME lucky customers in Singapore will soon be getting free Coronation beer, brewed in Denmark, as a gift from the East Asiatic Company, one of the Colony's largest foreign beer importers. The beer, a special brew called "Coronation Beer". is packed ia special Coronation packages,
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    HK Co: 'We Did Not Ship Reds'
    62 1 HONGKONG, May 21 (AP) —An official of a British steamship company today denied accusations by a US. Senate investigations subcommittee that the firm had transported Communist troops. Mr. F. H. Horman-Fisher, Hongkong manager of the Wheelock Marden Co.. said neither his company nor
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    YOSHIDA GOVT.
    13 1 PREMIER Shigeru Yoshida and his new cabinet took office yesterday. AP
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    C'wealth PMs Face Seven Big Problems
    217 1 LONDON, May 21, (Reuter) Commonwealth Prime Ministers face seven major political, economic and defence problems at their week's conference beginning here on June 3, reliable sources said today. The conference, on the morning after the Coronation, will open with a discussion on recent developments
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    Dies After Accident
    50 1 A SINGAPORE Naval Ba.e European, 22-year-old Galipcan Leon, died in the Johure Bahru General Hospital at 10.40 p.m. yesterday after he had been admitted for injuries sustained when he was involved in an accident with a •Milt This accident took pla^e In Woodlands at about tM 9M>
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    'SUEZ WON'T STOP SUDAN SELF-RULE'
    168 1 LONDON May 21 (UP) The Marquess of Reading, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, declared today that Britain will not let anything that happens in Egypt interfere with the Sudan obtaining self-govern-ment and self-determination. A questioner, asked him in the House of Lords what would be the
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    D-Day For Colony's Dog Owners
    250 2 By AMBROSE KHAW YESTERDAY was D-Day (D for Dog), when more than s*o dors in Singapore were riven anti-rabies inoculations by tbe Veterinary Department, foi low inr tbe discovery of an infected dog in the Colony recently. From early morning, dor owners heeding: radio appeals,
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    Lightermen Not Likely To Strike
    87 2 THE threat of a strike by more than 20 Singapore lightermen receded when the management of the General Lighterage and Transport Company agreed to negotiations on the workers' claim for increased wages. The assistant Commissioner for Labour. Mr. W. I. Galletly told The Standard that
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    GIRL (13) DIED OF TETANUS
    62 2 TAY Tai Heng told Mr. Giam Chong Hing, the Singapore Assistant Coroner, yesterday tliat three weeks before his daughter's admission into the General Hospital, he noticed her left wrist was injured. Tay Ah Moi, his 13-year-old daughter died in the hospital on April 17, the
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    NEXT ASSIZES
    23 2 THE next session of the Singapore Assizes will be held in the High Court on Monday, June 1, at 10.30 a.m.
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    TAXIS MUST FIX METERS BY JAN.
    276 2 New Vehicles By Sept. 1 Standard Staff Reporter SINGAPORE taxis will be compelled by the City Council to fix taximeters by Sept. 1 in the case of new vehicles and in others from the beginning of next year. This recommendation of the City Council's
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    Application By Pawnbroker Lost
    204 2 AN APPLICATION for a writ of certiorari against the licensing authority, the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Singapore, on behalf of Lam Joon Chong was dismissed by the Chief Justice, Sir Charles MurrayAynsley, in the Singapore High Court yesterday. The action arose as a result of Lam's
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    ONLY 1,200 REGISTER AS VOTERS
    179 2 SHOCKING SINCE the registration of voters for both the Singapore Legislative and City Councils started on May 15, only 1,200 people have registered out of a total of more than 125,000 eligible, the Supervisor of Elections, Mr. M. Ponnu duray, told The Standard yesterday. He
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    Support ASW Assn. —Dato Tan
    218 2 SIR Cheng-lock Tan, in a statement to the press, yesterday welcomed the formation of the Armed Services Welfare Association to assist in welfare projects for the security forces. He also appealed to the public to support the Association. The following is the latest list of
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    Postman Remanded
    73 2 HUI AH HUNG. a spec ial grade postman, alleged to have stolen seven letters and booklets which were in the course of transmission bv po*t was brought before Mr. H. D Chapman in the Singapore Fifth Police Court yesterday. Hui wa_ ordered to be remanded in the Central
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    2 Cycling The World
    80 2 PENANG, Thurs. Two English Muslims, Sayeng and Asma Ahmad, who are louring the world on a tandem, told The Standard here today that they have covered a distance of ..0,000 miles. They will be in Penang a fortnight. After Penang, they go to Japan, then to
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      80 2 Weather MINIMUM Temperature: from 7.30 p.m. on May 26 to 7^30 am on May 21 Singapore <«*F). Penang (76F). Kota l.ihru (72F), Kuala Lumpur 25E>' 1 Po»» <72F)^ Kuantan Maximum Temperature: May /S Sinnpere (MF). Penane (87F), Kota Bahru (OOF), Kuala Lumpur (90F), lu«h <tIF), Kuantan (MF). Rainfall: from IM
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    FLY PASTS OVER MALAYA
    603 3 RAF's Mammoth Plans For Coronation Week A PYROTECHNIC display or.r Si„a____._ u u L minated Sunderlands of the For East H w*° ur posts oil ovor Malaya and Brit.sh lO fc W n9 5" W,H "*f RAF's Coronation celebrations h B rn ore ,,onn d tor
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    A FLAG TO REMEMBER
    54 3 MEMBERS of the Hongkong trade delegation to the Singapore exhibition of Hongkong products were entertained to a dinner party at the Happy World. Mr. George Lee (leU) of tin- llappv World is seen presenting a scroll commemoralinc the exhibition to Mr. ll ui Ngok chairman of
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    New Entry Ruling Not Directed At Indians: Haxworth
    352 3 Standard Staff Reporter MR. J. L. J. HAXWORTH, the Singapore Controller of Immigration, yesterday categorically denied that the Immigration Prohibition of Entry Order was directed against the people of the Republic of India. Mr. Haxworth was replying to a charge made by
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    UNION TO PROBE SCHOOL PENALTIES
    170 3 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs.— The Johore Teachers Union is concerned over the allegations made by several Johore Bahru parents that the methods of punishment practised by certain teachers in an English Girls School were harsh, president of the Union, Mr. M. Kanthaswamy, told The Standard yesterday.
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    EFM SERVICE FOR MALAYA
    91 3 With the concurrence of the Malayan Telegraph Administration, an Expeditionary Forces Messages service will be re-introduced in Malaya by Cable and Wireless from May 25 for messages between Army, Navy and Air Force personnel and their relatives and friends in Britain, says an announcement from the
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    A POSER FOR IMMIGRATION BOSS
    248 3 Standard Staff Reporter CAN a woman outside Malaya freely enter Singapore to marry her man under the new Immigration Ordinance? This "wife poser" was a headache to Mr. J. L. J. Haxworth, Controller of Immigration, Singapore, at his press conference yesterday. Would it be necessary,
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    Vice Men Shielded By Girls
    259 3 Standard Staff Reporter THE main difficulty encountered in the Singapore anti-vice war is in getting prostitutes to tell the truth in court and not in obtaining information about premises and habitual offenders, Mr. T. E. Smith, Secretary for Social Welfare, told The Standard yesterday. Mr.
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    Newsman Impressed
    132 3 AN exhibition of cutaway models of various Bristol aircraft engines used for powering many famous British planes impressed Mr. George Tann of The Singapore Standard, a member of a group of journalists frcm British overseas territories which on Tuesday visited the factory of the Bristol Aeroplane Company. "We
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    $1,500 FOR HOSPITAL
    159 3 A FURTHER $1,500 has 1 been received by Singapore's St. Andrew's Mission Hospital towards its appeal in memory of the late Mr. F. J. Kemlo and others who died in the BOAC Comet disaster. Mr. Kemlo was closely associated with St. Andrew's Mission Hospital. THE following is
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    Souvenir Maps
    35 3 THE Surveyor -General, Malaya, ha s produced an outline pictorial souvenir map of Malaya for the Coronation. Some 1,500 copies are being supplied at cost price to Singapore schools through the Education Department.
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    Don't Give Pork Shops A Monopoly' Call
    275 3 IF the Singapore City Council enforces the proposals made that no pork hawkers be allowed to operate within 400 yards of a pork shop instead of 50 yards as at present, they will in effect be giving shops a monopoly of the trade
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    BHAKTI YOGA
    34 3 SWAMI Vamadevananda. president of the Singapore Ramakrishna Mission, will conduct a Prayer Meeting and deliver a lecture on 'Blink* i Yoga' tomorrow at 6.30 p.m. in the Mission premises at Morris Road.
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    Sgt Gave 'Shoot To Kill' Order, Officer Alleges
    511 4 IPOH, Thurs. Magistrate Che Abdullah Ghazalli was told today that a regular Police Sergeant Ahmed bin Amin, 32, who*was in charge of Kampong Simee New Village police station, gave orders ro his n%€n to assault and to 'shoot to kill' o .Polic
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    Warning To Malay Bandits
    145 4 IPOH. Thurs The Regent oi Perak. Kaja Idris ibni \ima_rhun. Sultan lskandar Shah, has railed on Malay bandits t« choose between tbe path nf righteousness and repentance or face a most disgraceful death in the jungle A pamphlet issued in his name says that the Corami'.nist
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    Reforms Made In Penal System
    213 4 Reforms Made In Penal System KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Sweeping reforms have been made in the Federation's penal system since ihe Liberation and every effort is being made to bring the prisons into line with the latest and most modern methods of the system. In laiping. which has the largest jail
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    Islam. Group Told: 'Keep Off Politics'
    133 4 Standard Malay Correspondent THE president of UMNO. Tengku Abdul Rahman, yesterday said the Selangor Muslim Organisation (Pertubuhan islam Selangor) should iaave politics alone since they know nothing about them. He told the organisation to confine their activities to religious affairs and leave politics to
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    Seaman Fined
    47 4 JALAABIN bin Norol Amin. one of the crew of the tanker Burma Emerald who escaped to his ship after he was detected at Pulau Bukom wi:h two pounds of opium, mat yesterday fined $20 or fojr days' imprisonment in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterdav.
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    Development Of Beaches
    90 4 WORK on the building a nd development of public beach and bathing facilities at Singapore's Bedok and Pasir Ris will not begin until next yea: and will probably b e itill in progress in 1955. Mr. E V. G. Day. chairman of the Rural Board told The
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    CHANGED PLEA
    35 4 MUTHUSAMY, charged for loitering with intent to commit an offence pleaded guiltv In the Fifth Police Court yesterday, but changed his plea to nor guilty after the prosecuting inspector had outlined the case.
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    RUBBER, TIN CLOSING PRICES
    53 4 LONDON Ml!"i*l' d Vt"''^,_s ,,,,,4 LONDON RUBBER Spot 21 d July/Sepf. 21 id.' Ocr./Doc 202d. Jon /Mor. 20|d. June/c.i.f. 20id. Morket: Inol.iy. LONDON TIN Spot £747 10t. per to* buyers, £7 SO seller* I"— month*. £740 9***m% £742 10.. tellers. Settlement Price: £750 I********* ,o <>
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    A CHANCE FOR 15 GIRLS
    110 4 AN OPPORTUNITY for girls who wish to become nurses but have not the required educational qualification is being offered by Che* Zaharah binte Noor Mohd., the President of the Singapore Malay Women's Welfare Association. Che* Zaharah needs about 15 more girls to complete a class
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    JUDGE ACCEPTS ACCUSED STORY
    208 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.-Remarkin* that the truth lay between the story of the complainant and that of the accused, and that in his opinion it lay g? accused's story, the Chief Justice, Mr Charles Mathew, acquitted three persons, of a charee of armed robbery, at the High
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    He Found Unity Of Religions
    139 4 A ..8- YEAR-OLD Dutchman, Mr. W. van Kouwen, who went to Java four years ago to teach philosophy at a teachers' college, is now returning home to his family a staunch Muslim convert. Mr. Kouwen. who arrived > n Singapore yesterday on the Johan van
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    Mr. F. Duckworth
    20 4 THE High Commissioner has appointed Mr. Frederick Victor Duckworth an Official Member of the Federal Executive Council.
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    They Object To A Phrase
    99 4 ALOR STAR. Thurs.—Hospital attendants in Kedah are in favour of taking the Operation Service pledge like their conferers in other parts of the Federation. But. they object to the phrase: "To seek no reward beyond my pay." which appear in the wording of the proposed
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    MIUC Nettled By MCA's Trade Union Campaign
    173 4 KIALA IJMPIR, Thurs-Tho Mai Union Council may he asked to lod- YJ Tr possible protest against interference k** str ***N parties in its legitimate and restitution... Mi[ K to the Labour movement in this count, x appr, *l Thiam Siew, Penang division of
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    K.L. Is Looking Festive
    47 4 K.L. Is Looking Festive KUALA r.i Kuala I its i Coronal Arch. variou pt] and shopk ng up p some arc their pi, "S'uvi" gone their p. to tions. All \mtgt Lumpur centre.- "face [il ■men bright. U i It is estin Lun Sioti. nun oi cek
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    Bitten By Snake Claim
    84 4 WHILE reeding pig* OUt_ de her house in Yin Chu Kang Road. Singapore, on Meg. 7. See Ham Chow lieard her three-year-oid son. Tan Ah Kiat. crying. She rushed into the house and found Tan'fl right hand swol.en ud bleeding. She immediately took the child to
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    DEATH
    24 4 MRS. LEE 5 V. Niven R fuily M M and thre* her lon r Mav 23rd leaving S for .1 p ns I
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    'Join A Union' MCA Advises Estate Men
    152 5 SEREMBAN. Thurs.— A drive to make the Chinese rubber workers "trade union conscious" has begun in Negri Sembilan by the Malayan Chinese Association. At a meeting of Chinese workers at Jemima Estate, Siliau, Mr. B. H. Tan. chairman of the Central Labour Sub-Committee
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    Threatened Girl (14), Court Told
    103 5 HASHIM bin Ali. a watchman, was sentenced to six months jail on each of two charges of house-breaking and criminal intimidation, by the Singapore Second District Judge. .Vr E. H. D'Netto. yesterday. The sentences are to run concurrently. Hashim's sentence wil] be followed by two
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    Robbers Hold Up Couple
    83 5 A SINGAPORE Chinese couple was held up by four nun in St. George's Road on Wednesday night and robbed of 5227 in cash and jewellery. One of th j robbers pointed a sharp object at the man, while the others relieved him and his girl friend
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    Driver Fined $80
    28 5 CHOO KOON. a lorry driver, was fined $80 in the Johore Bahru Police Court yesterday for carrying an overload of M) cwt in his lorry.
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    DRIVE ON TAX DODGERS
    193 5 No More Leniency In Fed. KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. No more leniency is to be shown to income tax evaders in the Federation. The Income Tax Department today announced that it is ready to prosecute all tax evaders. ''Considerable leniency has been extended in the past, and
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    3 In Dock Refused To Stand
    116 5 THREE men held on two tentative charges of having terrorist documents and of asfi_ stln Jl ln the management of the Malayan National Liberation Army, an unlawful society, refused to stand up when the charges were read out to them in the Singapore Second
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    65 5 Most Rev Howard MowUAnghcan Archbishop of Sydney and Primate, of Australia, (above) who is flvinff tn I onion for the Coronation arrived in Singapore by Oanta Rn ar" yesterday. He is accompanied by big wife wama HUAL Archbishop Mowll will be robed in the Sanctuary of Westminster Abbey during the
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    65 5 rJ!?« S J* GAPORE fact-finding tour from Ceylon i s Mr. H C Jayasinghe a representative or Radio Ceylon. He has been to Radio Malaya during his visit, and says that the standard of broadcasting ia Singapore is very high A special purpose of his visit was to find out
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    WHY PAY MORE, HE ASKS COUNCIL
    335 5 REFUSE COLLECTING VEHICLES MR. A. R. LAZAROUS, a Singapore Citv Councillor, has written to ask the City Council President why the Council should pay $28,000 or about $7,000 more for a refuse collecting vehicle when several leading Singapore motor firms can supply similar vehicles
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    Maintenance For Daughter
    76 5 LIM TOH NEE of the Bacteriological Department of Singapore City Council, appeared in the Sixth Police Court yesterday on a summons charge of neglecting to maintain his 15-year-old daughter. May I-im Gnek Beng. Kong Chai Lian. mother of May Lim. was present in COUII but Mav was
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    CORONATION JOY FLIGHTS
    48 5 THE Roval Singapore Flying Club will provide the public with joy flights as part of the Coronation celebrations. There will be two types of flights on June 6 and 7. from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Short flights will cost $10 and long flights. $20.
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    Radio 'Snoopers' Not Wanted
    160 5 KL'ALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Letters, most of them anonymous or bearing assumed names and addresses, keep pouring into Radio Malaya here, reporting on people who have unlicensed radio sets. R.i i:o Malaya does not welcome these com p' lints, a spadesman said ♦odiy. It 1 due* not
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    MALAYANS ROAR (God Save The Queen) AS SHIP DOCKS
    261 5 MALAYANS ROAR (God Save The Queen) AS SHIP DOCKS MALAYA'S Coronation contingent shouted "God Save the Queen" from the deck rails when thev sailed into Southampton in the troopship Empire Trooper yesterday, reports Reuter. Eighty officers and other ranks from the Federation ot Malaya and 18 from Singapore were on
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    Ritson To End Hearing
    125 5 THE Ritson Commission in Singapore, which has already had four sittings, may end its hearing tomorrow. The session will be resumed today and continued tomorrow to enable Sir Edward Ritson. who is inquiring into the various allowances drawn by Singapore Government employees, to wind up his
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    72 5 THE newly elected executive committee of the Singapore Teachers Union will meet on Monday to decide how to help their former secretary, Mr. Devan Nair, who has been refused re-appointment as a teacher after release from detention. It is understood the executive committee will seek an
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    49 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Th.r...— For selling controlled »eods for one year without renew::ig his licence Abdul Gaffar was fined $60 in the Police Court todav by Syed Othman. Abdul told the Court h_ had been away in India ind his assistant forgot to renew the licence.
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      189 6 UTUSAN Melayu yesterday expressed disappointment that only three leaders of Malayan political organisations were prepared to comment on General Sir Gerald Templer s statement in London that Britain should not hand over power unless Malayans have formed a stable government. The editorial pointed out that the reluctance shown
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      985 6  -  ROWLE KNOX I'il NEW TREND IN PAKISTAN SIN CHEW JIT POH stresses thai the progress that the Nanyang University has made within the past four months augurs well for the future. No doubt, the daily says, only ;> part ot the problems have been solved but adds that
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    1322 6  - Rubber Workers Don't Want A Strike— But...! ALEX JOSEY fsdfsfdsfsfsfs ?s» ['7M '"TALKS i had recently with important trade union o.Ticials in the Federation have convinced me that the rubber workers are in deadly earnest when they say they will come out on strike in June if the average price
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    398 7 CIVIL AIRLIFT BEGINS AS U.K. SENDS PROTEST CAIRO, May 21. Britons were told officially last night that they should not stay in Egypt unless their presence is necessary, but British sources emphasised there is no question of evacuation of the British civilian population. Already a number
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    94 7 JAKARTA, May 21, (AP)— Dutch charges of Indonesian infiltration in Dutch New Guinea island were described yesterday as "illogical and untrue" by Indonesian Foreign Minister Mukarto. This was the first official comment on an official Du'.ch communique. issued at *he Hague last Saturday, claiming that
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    27 7 RIDGWAY' S DUTIES GENERAL Matthew B. Ridgway said yesterday he would probably take over his new duties as Army Chief of StalT in about a month. Reuter
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    52 7 INDIA, U.S. HAVE SAME PURPOSE -Mr. Dulles \H\ DELHI, May 21. --Mr. John Foster Dulles, luted States Secretary of State, arrived by air on a fore-da., \isit and spent most of the day studying ui figures ol India's development plans. irial i md pi I e in Reuter AFP UP
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    63 7 NE W V O R K. May 21. (Router).— The Asian-African p of countries in the i Nations will meet i:i York today to cons.. ior *he st developments on K prsoners-of-war issue. croup wi!! hear a report from Air. Ka.je-hwar Dayal. India's permanent delegate to
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    55 7 AWARDS were annouu ed for the Captain. Squadron Commander and three ofli ei? of \he British aircraft carrier Ocean, which served in Korean year. Captain Charleg Evana is made a Companion ot the British Empire, Commander Cedric Roberts the Distinguished Service Order and the other three offithe
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      106 7 NEW YORK. May 21 (Reuter) Mr. Joseph E. Davies. United States Ambassador to a from 1936 to 1938, tips Mr. Laventru Beria (So[nternal Affairs Minister) as "a good horse to back" il there ia a struggle for r within the Soviet Union. Boarding the liner
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    68 7 LONDON, May 21, (AFP)— British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden may undergo another operation according to sources close to the Foreign Office. This view was based on ihe latest announcement by the Foreign Office on his condition which indicated that he was not yet entirely cured.
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    199 7 NAIROBI. May 21. (Reuter) The Kenya Government has introduced a compulsory work order alTeiting all Africans, under the emergency regulations, it was disclosed yesterday. The order empowers District Commissioners to compel Africans to carry out work with or without payment "when the present emergency gives
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    68 7 PARIS, May 21, (AFP).— The acting North Korean Foreign Minister Li Dong Ken yesterday strongly protested against the bombing of the reservoirs in southern Pyongyang Province by American aircraft, according to a New China news agency despatch yesterday. Li said that more than 70 villages had been
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    64 7 PALERMO. Sicily. May 21. (AP). Thirty-one members of the once-feared outlaw band of highwayman Salvatore Giuliano were convicted yesterday on charges ranging from theft to murder and kidnapping. Fourteen other men on trial with them since .lan. 26 were acquitted. Two of those convicted were sentenced
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    29 7 RADIO commentator Raymond Swing, resigning his job as political analyst for the Voice of America, says the agency is crippled "by slanderous attacks on its integrity." AP
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    154 7 KATHMANDU. May SI. (Reuter). Worsening weather may have foiled a first assault by the British climbers on Mt. Everest's summit, but if so they will already be preparing for another attempt to conquer the world's highest mountain. All-India Radio aaid last night there was no sign yet of
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    39 7 photo. A British soldier stands on guard in the Suez Canal Zone area where tension has risen In the last few days, following General Naguib's comments on the British occupation of the Suez Canal zone.- U.P. Radio
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    270 7 nu L ?m, D N May (Reuter).-Sir Winston inurcliill, the Prime Minister, turned down a proposal in the House of Commons yesterday that he should invite President Eisenhower to London for talks to reconcile the present Anglo-American differences of approach to the
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    130 7 WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuter) President E -enhower, aeoiding to Congreaa his programme for maintaining tax levels, aaid yesterday that the Truman Administration left behind "a critically unsound state of financial affairs." In a ipecial message. the President told Congreaa that except for the economies
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    32 7 NEWSWEEK magazine said yesterday^ that Wjlhelm Voss, Chief German Military Adviser to Egypt "is in Germany negotiating with Ei n Hcinkel for proposed new aircraft factories in Egypt." A P
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    241 7 COPENHAGEN. Mav Jl, (Reuter).— Danish air experts flew yesterday io Denmark's Sornholm Island in the Baltic io examine a model of the latest type Soviet MIG- IS jet fighter landed by a Polish Air Force pilot. The airman. 13 peon <- suddenly dived ou» of a
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    75 7 Reward— No Claim Yet LONDON. May 21. (IU No Communist ;> r\ h f claimed the 1100,000 < 13.04HM reward otTered by the United Nations Command i M K< for a Russian-built MK; x fighter, the House of C was told yesterday. Mr. Selwyn I Minister of State for Foreign
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    22 7 AT LEAST .5 people were feared drowned after a ■enter motor launch raj yesterday afternoon in the River Ganges. AP
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    26 7 INDIA'S Vice Pr Ident, Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan .r--rived In Washing'on hv air yesterday for ta'ks with Piesident Eisenhower and United States Government official Reuter
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    504 8 WASHINGTON, May 11, (Reuter).— The British Government tonight ordered a wide inquiry into the allegation made before Senator J. McCarthy's Senate Investigating Committee in Washington yesterday that two British ships carried Chinese Communist troops along the Chinese coast last year. The Foreign Office, who
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    95 8 PARIS. May 21 (Router)— A 24-hour "warning strike" by 110,000 gas and electricity workers Inflicted traffic tangles, telephone holdups and cold meals on millions of Frenchmen yesterday. This latest development of the wave of labour unrest throughout the country is backed by a demand for a
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    73 8 NEW YORK. May 21 (Reuter) The National Federation of American Shipping reports that not one passenger ship la being built for the Uiii'ed States. British lines were approachin? 80 per rent -of pre-v/ar passenger capacity, the report states, but the United Sta.es had less than half
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    28 8 A COMET jet airliner few from Entebe to Britain— miles on Wednesday in 1 1 hours 13 minutes including a one-hour 12-minute stop at Cairo. Reuter
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    50 9 COMMODITY PRICES s rubber In,, reaterdai Myers Setteo 1 iii I utm -n Jl j f* null ."M« I*** \**t |,IMI .UM)i:l fhars >|N ol lia lo*»3 jvs ..prrnai ;,s ws S Illrllirnt 1 i M OH l»"' UN iJatVi P»« hrSt buyers. lhr( m*mlhs I.H (-J v '111 1
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    163 9 LONDON, May 21 (Reu'ci —Mr Henry Hopkinson, Ali- nf State for the Colonies -aid a written reply i n the House of Commons today that 4(j tin mines invo*/- |,605 workers had been o ed down in Malaya in the three months. B
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    100 9 Standard Market Reporter THE produce market in e remained quietly copra and dull in •it oil with only ..mall business passing. Copra had buyer*, at around $39 per picul for .lune shipment and sellers at $40. Coconut oil sellers indicated JOO per picul. Muntok white pepper
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    32 9 IBATA Shoe Company ia i Singapore has given Rs show windows a Caronation dressing as I 1 part of the stare's deca- rations for the historical event oa June 2. <
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    340 9  -  ARNOLD C. BRACKMAN MERDEKA By Standard Special Correspondent JAKARTA, May 21.— With the price of rubber now slipping in the 60 cents (Malayan) range, some Indonesians are now thinking back to the days of the Natsir Cabinet when the United States, following the outbreak of
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    192 9 VIENNA, May 21, (Reuter).— High American tariils on certain goods were attacked here yesterday by Mr. J. L. S. Steel, chairman of the British National Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Board of Britain's Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd.
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    39 9 HONGKONG. May 21—Special Standard Service Closing prices on the Hongkong Exchange todav were $15.90 to £1 sterling; $6.***** to U.9 dollar: I $1,827 to Malayan $1: $0,235 to 1 one Indonesian Rupiah; Gold $275.25 to one tael.
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    164 9 Standard Market Reporter SINGAPORE, Thurs.— The Malayan share market today followed the same tiend as Wednesday with tins a shade steadier and industrials fractionally easier. Rubber share? continued neglected. Changed prices were: Beyers Sellers INDUSTRIALS Gammons 2.67 2.72 Str nits Traders 20.25 20.75 United Engineer
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    35 9 SIX officials of the Siamcre Ministry of Agriculture, led by Gen. Udhyananonda, vice minister of Agriculture, arrived in Rome for talks with senior officials of the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation. A.F.P.
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    164 9 Rubber: Oversea Bids Few Standard Market Reporter RUBBER in :he Singapore I market remained quiet jresterday. firs grade rubbei lor June shipment closing nt T I V cents per lb__ (712 cents per lb. on Wednesday) Small turnover of business was reported on a market that was devoid of anv
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    294 9 BUT RECOVERY GOES UNNOTICED IN LONDON MART TJ** risc *t* *he voluc of the sterling since the middle of lost week has been steady though it almost passed unnoticed in the London market, according to "Lombard," the wellknown financial authority in the Financial Times. The Financial Times
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    $3M. COPRA EXPORTED IN MARCH
    113 9 MALAYAN export^ < i during March emo mted *o $...081,817, of which Singapore exported $2.152,4!i_: and "he Federation $929,323. Most of the COpra I I Malaya went to Denmark which imported $724.!'<w. sv.eden ($«.53.060), Japan <««;h.--194). and the United Kingri i ($4.....fi3..). Imports of copra
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    55 9 THE New Zealand HJfl r of Indu i ea and Con. ■> Mr. Jack Watts, jre? erday announced that the imj t licensing schsdule I rl extended to include «n<h «T apan e e rommod tic* camirr.s. micro .cope I bearings, machinery, mi; I tool? and surgic.u. ntal.
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    28 9 THE Japaneae Gove .•n.m.r.t is expediting its r i itl reply to the Philippines, i1 orl'u-ially disclosed the Philippine Departm* tt ol Fore.gn A Tairj. Reuter
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    195 9 BANGKOK. May 21 (UP)— The foreign exchange market was still in a state of confusion when business closed .yesterday Since the spectacular rise the dollar dropped to. its lowest at 18.40 to one while the pound was at 51 to one. The I rates rose today to
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    49 10 MADAME Massigli. wife of the French Ambassador (left) Sir Alexander Korda and Miss Alrxa Boycun, at .li<« party given at the Savoy Theatre. London, to celebrate the 21st anniversary of London Film Productions. Sir Alexander chose the film "Gilbert And Sullivan" to celebrate the anniversary.
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    OF MEN AND MUSIC
    651 10  -  Bill Webb Jones By V ESTKRDAY saw the birthL day anniversary of Thomas "Fats" Waller. Had he been alive today, he would be 49 vears of age It must be nearly a quarter of century ago since 1 first met him in Paris and struck up
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    125 10 "PERDIDO": "BABY CLE- MENTINE" (Woody Herman and His Orchestra) —London L 1159. One looked for Woody Herman in the old days on Columbia, till h e turned up on MGM Now with his 'Third Herd* well on the way to coast to coast popularity, we find some of
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    328 10  -  Barry Oliver By RESIDENTS of the Naval zJ^SLJiSS were unable «Ti. see _> DCAD t Production The Paragon" staged recently at the Dockyard i heat re, missed a feast of drama which had a strong P^t. a tasteful set, and very fine acting to recommend it. Leslie Harrold scored
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    65 10 A LIDA VALLI has returned to Italy after being for seven years in the United States where sh e fulfilled a long term contract. During her stay in the States she came back for frequent trip s to her own country a nd even made one or two
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    758 10  -  UNKNOWN MUSIC NOTES By IMOST PEOPLE know thot Alexander Borodin, tho Russian composer fomous for his opera Prince Igor, was by profession a chemist, and that many of his formulae are still in use today. Music was his hobby, to be indulged in the little
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    51 10 I THERE will be a 1 Students' Concert by 1 some of Mr. Victor Dog- gett's pianoforte pupilj tomorrow at 6 P ML in the j H.M.V. Studio for parents i and friends, i Mr. H. Leslie Wilson i will present the 1952 As- > sociated Board examina--1
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    274 10 rtEBUSSY. Preludes— Book MJ I. Alfred Cortot (piano). H.M.V. BLPIOO6. As we get older we find it increasingly difficult to realise that Claude Debussy was once the "enfant terrible" of music. We have now become used to his sonorities, pungent dissonances, whole-tones and penta tonics although our
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      205 10 1 /SB" I /A^li -8 |_B lAS NEW PAKLOPHONI 8 f 78 RP M RECORDS g /f o///f*\y j w A new tango b the 2 SIDNEY TORCH 3 and his Orchcsfra B THE KISS Tango (Belmontcl w.j MEANDERING (Torch) 1 THE FIVE SMITH BROTHERS H WHEN ARE WE GONNA
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    EUROPEANS SHOULD WIN THIS TIME
    413 11  -  LALL SINGH B on nins.tpurcs own 'Test' main topic among ericket uS( h '^n'lsUn' Europeans versus the Rest nl-urs nd ?l n d m annual encounter which never th s tbr time worn question— Who wDl win fails t« f i\. this time! fi -(!;u»a'
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    THE TEAMS
    101 11 Europeans H. E. Cash in (capt.), Capt. L. J. A. Diplock, WO II D. Green shields, LAC W. G. Pearson, A. Harrison. G. L. Heard, H. F Sheppard, S/Sgi. B. Stacey. Capt. F. O. Reynolds, Capt. Tim Eley, T. H A. Potts. Umpire: WO II V. H. Futther
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    WATER POLO TEAMS PREPARE FOR LEAGUE
    212 11 THE straggle for supremacy in water polo among Singapore^ swimming clubs has reached an interesting stage as the Colony's three best teams— The Singapore Swimming Club, the Chinese Swimming Clnb and the Tigers— get themselves ship-shape for the forthcoming league games next month. Champions
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    Farewell To Mrs. Carson
    82 11 TAIPING. Thurs.— As part of the Coronation celebrations, the Kempe Club, the only cosmopolitan club in this town, will hold a dance and social on May 2k. The function will also be as a farewell party to Mrs. G. L. Carson, one of the Club's tennis
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    Bataan Keeps His Title
    119 11 MANILA. May 21. (UP).— Larry Bataan, Orient and Philippine f eatherweighi champion, successfully defended his Philippine title in a 12--round bout at th e Rizal Memorial stadium last night with Orient bantamweight champion Flash Elorde. The decision was unanimous. Elorde who renounced his Philippine bantamweight title
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    KK RANGERS MOVE INTO SEMIFINAL
    349 11 Kuala R K._r BUN J A^ Thurs.inVo thr raU ?i n moved Cor°ona^ cSStSg oufsoc^e. SadinT Played at Suflß thJ h end Y U Tvf Sters were trier *<> xne end. They were the niDDier Play ani $F l^ ed S>St?onal ___t£_v w ten their
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    Atan Defeated
    51 11 ANKARA, May 21, (AP).— Bertii Antonso n of Sweden, world heavyweight Greco-R<> man wrestling champion, luesday defeated Irfan Atan, Turkey's national champion, in seven minute*. Other members of the invading Swedish team did n ot laie so well, losing 6 2 in the freestyle competition against a Turkish
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      491 11 ACKNOWLKDCMENT L tt THOE "«g Sim. **d Hrng Khoon. Madam Lee KE, and J_oon Cheng of SSSviT* th l. nk aU «rtends g and rerSir^ sent wreaths cndered assistance and attended M lmim Hn 1 v° heir m ot her SITUATIONS VA(_ANT SINGAPORE CITY COUNCIL DEPAnT^i v vt YS I
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      507 11 Noncis DID. TENDER NtHiiK. I TaWDBal will he t+mtr+d from Registered C1...s D Contractors and above at the oftVe of the State Dr.-maK* isnd Irrigation Engineer .Johnre at Johora Bahru. up to n of the Gth June, 1953 for the CONSTRUCTION OF A REIN FORCED CONCHKIE I OUTLET GATE AT
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      127 11 ""Ni /2?" A FOOL TO JILT A GENUINE, X VO'D BETH' )foH, LI'L ABNER- AH'LL G-GLADLY JUMP I9*mm\ WmL. SABSItTV H AH HATES TO BACK IH TH" RIVER --EP 3*_/\* P^~'\B3*\mm^L!^M^ LEADER OF V STAND IN < ?O'P LIKE T R CAT BACK 7 J*\^ M T l S^TryfSw 7
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    L. WRANGLER DOES MOST PLEASING TRIAL
    738 12 By WINDSOR LAD ONE of the most pleasing, though not the fastest gallop, was done by LADY WRANGLER (Straker) on a yielding track at Bukit Timah yesterday. Out alone Lady Wrangler joined Daniels' trio of Hioniti, Quicksand and Sanhora at the half mile and
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    148 12 On the first lap of his Coronation holiday In England Is Malaya's most popular sportsman. A. I. Thillainathan. winner of Standard/ Alfred's Coronation tour contest, who arrived In Singapore yesterday from his hometown Ipoh. Thillainathan. who Is making a trip of a lifetime at the expense of Alfred's Coronation Souvenirs,
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    REPUTATION RETURNS TO THE ROVERS
    669 12 THE enigmatical yet redoubtable Rovers SC redeemed their blemished reputation by scoring a clear cut 3 o victory over a reinforced and relegation conscious Singapore Cricket Club in a tenaciously fought out SAFA Division One game at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday. Rovers now move up
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    ABBOTS HAVEN A HORSE TO FOLLOW
    415 12 ABBOTS HAVEN (Tulloh) showed striking form when linishing live lengths ahead of SUPREMACY (J. Donnelly) in a testing three-furlong spin to return .*K 1/5. Abbots Haven has improved bv the proverbial ton smee finishing fourth to Sangfroid over 51 furlomrs straight at Ipoh in
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    Director Keeps Improving Fast
    298 12 DIRECTOR (McCloud) gave DANCE HALL II (Tulloh) a two-length start in a tryout over three and caught up with his stable mate at the end of the run to return 38. A winner of three successive races Director looks set to score his fourth off the
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    Garrison XI vs The Army
    98 12 m THE Garrison Soccer team who have won all their matches this season wiil play the Army (minus Garrison today. Kick off 5.15 p.m No 1 ground Nee Soon ..They are without two of their regular players, Barratt who is sick and Worthing who fractured
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    GAME OFF – TRAINING ON
    61 12 GAME OFF TRAINING ON The division 3 match between the Star Soccerities "A" and the Cosmos at Jalan Besar stadium on Sunday at 4 pm. has been cancelled as the Cosmos are unable to field a team. As this game Is now off Soccerities coach. Choo Seng Quee, would like
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    TITAN BP.
    33 12 MEMBERS and friends of the Titan Badminton Partv 25 reminded that Party will celebrate its 4th Anniversary on Sunday, o n its home court in Henderson Crescent at 7 30 p.m.
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    RN Kranji Triumph 4-0
    228 12 A SET of thrustful Kranji forwards triumphed over a solid and determined Tiong Bahru Rangers defence to bring off a 4-nil victory in a SAFA Division 2 fixture on the BODCA ground yesterday. After a short spell the Rangers took the game to the other end.
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    RASC Beat Wingmen 4-1
    80 12 In a United Services Division One league match at Ayer Rajah Road yesterday, the superior combination of RASC brought them a convincing 4-1 Vl 2 r <_^ over Fl ying Boat Wing. RASC took the lead through inside-right Rennie but a '•gift' goal, as a result
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    THE HOTTEST TIP
    443 12 THE HOTTEST TIP LONDON, May 21, (AP>— The hottest racing tip in Britain—that the Queen will be "allowed" to win this year's Epsom Derby Anally broke into print today. The tabloid Daily Sketch, which serves the news wellpeppered and steaming, brought the rumour into the open with a cry of
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    COLES RESIGNATION SHOCKS AUSSIES
    228 12 MELBOURNE, May 21 [AP)--Resignation of Arthur W. Coles, guiding hand behind Australia's plans to r* ee t! V_ 1956 Olympic Games, left this city shocked and bewildered today. No one seemed to know just which way to turn. One official said weakly he did not think
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    Blue Rovers Climb To Fourth Place
    221 12 Blue Rovers scored a O nvincing 3—o victory over Town Rangers gt St. Georges Road yesterday to take fourth p:aee in the present division 3C league table. The Rangers had more of the game, but they wasted th«nr opportunities. On the other hand, the
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    SBA Rules To 'Tighten Up'
    201 12 On Sunday. Jeffrey m 9 ports columnist, warned tl, t control our g/iorf that tin v r '"'i J tolerant view of their player* lo professional status in m Wmi/i#t r, J* i^ abroad fod«y f/ie officials <,f S Badminton Association, fully f /acf, meet
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    Aussies Lead By 250 Runs Vs Oxford
    252 12 OXFORD, May 21 (Reu- 1 ter)— The Australians were all out for 330 in their first innings in the match against Oxford University today. They had added 35 to the overnight 295 for eight Oxford University scored 80 in their first innings. Jim
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    Tamils Stay Right On Top
    56 12 Tamils Stay Right On Top Tamil I. l I stronj I I I I -ni I \1 c I Sporl I I I that promoti< match a .uid uritl thi. to thru r 11*. team the txi p. ut f< -nde s The) ma rompli ti A! '■I dominal un;.l>
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