Singapore Standard, 18 June 1953

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    17 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD Vol. 111. No. 31«. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, jlve j B l9 3 TWELVE PAGES 10 CENTS.
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    Hillary Clamps A Foothold At 19,500 Ft
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    MARTIAL LAW TO BEAT BERLIN RIOT
    370 1 The Russians clapped martial lector of Berlin today to break up mnuinist riots. a fro<n the Volga to the Spree. The Russian action was an open admission that Soviet authorities had lost confidence in the East German Communist government's ability to police its own
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    FOR A MINUTE HE GOVERNED TOKYO
    58 1 TOKYO. June 17 (Reuter) i Donald B Kohiman c IHiw is, became Governor of Greater Tokyo for just one minute lay. He re iv« I the key of an inauguration fto i rk his arriva is 1 5 ,000th G.I j ave. d Corpora]
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    SIX BANDITS HID IN WELL
    406 1 an underground chamber a well and a trapdoor just above the water level six bandits screened in the burrow and bamboo poles sticking out of a hill near the well ...Smoke Bombs Got The Lot Out Standard Staff Reporter L S j CUrify forces usin
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    Pay Rise Then Talks They Say
    124 1 TIIK Singapore (Jov<rnmfnt Senior Officers' Association will not nr;«»tkitr with Government the Kitsoa Com; mission's recommendations until the Government ucredes to the demand of the lower income group of worker*, for a living wa;e. This derision. The Standard understands. wa> Liken at meeting of
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    'BEAUTY CONTESTS INDECENT'-PRIEST
    50 1 'BEAUTY CONTESTS INDECENT '-PRIEST MANILA. Jun« 17 (AP) Catholic parents here have been advised ■l nl>1 »t illowing their daughter! to participate i:j beauty tomes: s. Father Honorio Munoc, a Dominican prie.-t. said su h tstj foster "the lust of the fle^h and eyes'' and are a "immodesty and in-dCv-e:icy."
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    Wilson's Damper On Truce Hopes
    36 1 Wilson 's Damper On Truce Hopes SECRETARY of Defence Charles E. Wilfon said yesterday it would not be safe to )ri.'.s L'rrted S^tes troop? home fro:n Korea in less than six months after art armistice. UP
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    OVERCOME BY GAS
    44 1 A MALAY employee of the Sirigjpoie City Council Gas Depar.Mient was overcome by gas while uoiking on a leaking sa> main in Seleg.e Road, yesterday morning. An ambulance rushed him to hospital where he .vas revived and treated as an outpatient.
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    AID FOR GERMANY
    18 1 PRESIDENT E>enh« ver ii a> cing for $3.'i8.527.0«jti for militarr aid to West Germany. Reuter
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    EDEN'S 1st MEAL
    28 1 EDEN 'S 1st MEAL MR. An'.honv Eden vciler \va» reported for the fir.. tin::* >ince hi* oper: ;.on las' U' :.iv to hav« had a a Ditfoi. Reuter
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    SCORES BACK THE 'RAT' WHO WENT TO THE CROWNING
    923 1 I THE ROUTE TO I \MOUNT EVEREST I SEVERAL journalists and union officials in the Federation and Singapore criticised the incident between the High Commissioner, General Sir Gerald Temple r. and Inche Abdul Aziz Ishak, I'tusan Melayu's chief representative in the
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    Rubber Bad, Ceylon Told
    82 1 COLOMBO, -Tune 17 (UP) China hu> protested strongly agai: s1 the irtage and the baa fj r of the rubber! shipped by Ceylon under I long-term trade agreement tween Ceylon and China, H wa? disclose i today. Ch >.i is rtati i thai an examination of
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    FRIENDS AGAIN
    12 1 AUSTRIA plans n res ime diplomatic relations with Cey.on. AFP
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    108 1 The story of the conquest of Everest was first told to Malayans in the Singapore Standard. Today The Standard brings to its readers the first pictures of the assault on the mighty mountain, to show stages in the preparation made by the British expedition to roach Hi* cammit. Above: A
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    The Rosenbergs Battle For Life
    177 1 WASHINGTON, June 17.— The Justice Department today requested the Supreme Court to annul the decision by Judge William Douglas to stay the Rosenberg execution. Earlier th e Supreme Court decided to stay th e executior. The action was taken Supreme Court .Justice William Douglas on
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    TOP TRUCE MEN MEET IN SECRET
    128 1 PANMUNJOM June 17 (UP) Top level truce ne2Q- tiators he'd a mysterious 20- minute session oday setting off speculation tnat the document ending the Korean war was complete except for one item the ceasefire line. Uni.ed. Nations chief delegate Gen William K Harriminute^ for
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    Great Hand For Everest Heroine
    62 1 KHATMANDC. .\'ep;,:. .1 i 17 iAPj— Mr Tensing Bhutia, j wile oi trie Everest conq hrj ing Sherpa, g r >'. nn entbu I tip welcome to Nepal*! rapiv r ihe arrived here todjv with her two daughters to join her husband. The va I
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    52 Held In Dawn Clean-Up
    104 1 niTY-roun p o i i i and I met led undei the i H -*.!>-(),) g P > the K Lan-^nt D- ttr ol S eivnij a't ve I tam i the C" miv i 'j ,t terroi I the &r*n The Poiire and troop
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    Link Is Wanted
    12 1 EUROPE'S ■no Stec Commui to propose a BFGFDG Reuter
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    REDS BOMB SEOUL
    23 1 NKV. YORK Run. i d trrriay Mia I.} Lomn 1 >' Kimpo ail > 5 .rig huf ■■-■.•> e for 40 m. Reuter
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    STOP PRESS
    64 1 SEOUL. Jun r 1* (AP) The fighting dird abruptly rarly today on thr Korraa front in th^ wake of j reported a^reenirnt at Paaniunjom on a cras«'-firr line. Thr hill* of eastern Korea, which bad rocked for a wrrk to the greatr>t Communist offensive in two years. *rre
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    Bondfield Dies
    23 1 MISS Margaret B 80 Bntai'i\ Brst v.jrn.iri üb:--net minister, died y. She w;»- Minister oL L~ j'-U Irom li'JJ tvi I»3L
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    Blythe To Hear Jury Verdict
    200 2 Blythe To Hear Jury Verdict LOO BOK CHWKE was yesterday ordered by Mr. Justice Whit ton in the Singapore High Court to be remanded in prison until a report had been made to the Colonial Secretary, who would decide his future. Loo was convicted on a unanimous verdict of guilty
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    High Court Appeal is Dismissed
    97 2 TH f: Chief Justice. Charles Murray-Aynsley, said that he took a serious vuw of the case in which a man bad assaulted his fatherin-law, di »mi aed dm appeal in the S ngapore High Court. He said that the sentence imposed OH him was a
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    Spies Trained For S-EA Move
    67 2 A "SPY SCHOOL" das been < up in Hankow. China, to train youths from Malaya, Burma Thailand, Indo-Chln^ a:.l Laos as ugerit> in preparation foi n Communist invasion of South-Ea^t Asia, the pro-Kuomintang Chinese newspaper in Singapore, the Chung Shing Jit Poh, reported yesterday. Quoting
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    176 DOCS SHOT
    15 2 YESTERDAYS anti-ral.ic-s campaign in Singapore 4:',H doffl were vaccinated and 17t; destroyed.
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    Waited Four Months Four Rice Trial
    155 2 Waited Four Months Four Rice Trial A SINGAPORE Special Constable who has spent four months in remand custody on a fraudulent possession charge, pleaded guilty when his rase was mentioned in the Third District Court yesterday. He said that he was tired of waiting for his trial. lie was Hashini
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    MR. FRANCIS LAUDS MALAYAN STUDENTS
    166 2 THE Colombo Plan has given Australia an opportunity of helping, in a practical way, to foster closer relationships with Malaya, the Australian Minister for the Army, Mr. J. Francis, said in broadcast over Radio Malaya, yesterday. He wa s the leader of the Australian delegation
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    Seminar Talk On Education
    81 2 PROFESSOR A. Sandosham, Singapore delegate to the World University Seminar now being held at Mysore, India, told other fellow delegates there that the educational problem in Malaya was very complicated. He said that education in Malaya had to satisfy the Malays, who are mainly agriculturists and
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    NAVAL BASE DOCK IS UP -BUT FOR HOW LONG?
    225 2 AFTEIt rtiare than 10 years of *ps' and downs, a section of Admiralty dork No. 9— at one tim.e the largest in the world— at the Singapore Naval Base is now on the way up and is likely to remain up
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    41 2 caUon Th? ?f«2 P pk k Ru^^X. Whcn tllC Deput Ecclesiastical Counsellor for EdaStaMiSJ A.,« r I h p Met! l e i in centre) with th ConsuMn-neral for Siam, in Singapore, Luang bri Sarasowbati. visited the Buddhist Union in Singapore.
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    Tax Payers Must Give Their Aliases
    441 2 Ordinance To Be Enforced Shortly By CHEE KOON LIN Standard Staff Reporter SINGAPORE income taxpayers, particularly Chinese who go by more then one name, will be compelled by law to disclose in their returns, a;! their aliases. The law, the Documents (Uniformity of Names)
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    59 2 SELVAOURAI Thiruchelvam of Singapore, graduate student at Cornell University on a Rotary International Fellowship, chats with friends on the University (J ID PUS. Thiruehelvam, studying business and public administration at Corneil, is considered one of the outstanding students among the 111 from 34 countries who are studying in countries other
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    Girl Down With Polio Gets Gift
    110 2 Girl Down With Polio Gets Gift JOIIORE BAHRU, <f^d. Soon Chro, a 19 year-old Chinese girl who is suffering from polio at the Johore Bahni Hospital, will get her biggest thrill when the Johore Bahru District Welfare Committee presents her with a sewing machine tomorrow. The girl's arms and legs
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    HOME AGAIN
    30 2 SOME 100 British servicemen with their wives and children arrived at Southampton last night in the troopship Asturia s from Hongkong Singapore, Colombo, Aden and Port Said. Reuter
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    Found Her With Another Man
    161 2 JAIL FOR MAN WHO STABBED WIFE A SINGAPORE lorry driver who discovered his wife in bed with another man one night, stabbed her several times after the man ran away through the back door, District Judge, Mr. H. A. Forcer was told yesterday. I The
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    Charged With Possessing Gun
    48 2 TAY TEONG was tentatively charged in the Singapore Eighth Police Court yesterday with unlawful possession of six rounds of a .38 revolver and on another charge of unlawful possession of six rounds of .38 ammunition. The case was fixed for hearing on June 26.
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    Voters' Apathy: Govt. Clerk Should Lend Hand
    209 2 SINGAPORE Government clerks should go from door to door asking people whether they had registered themselves on the electoral roll. Mrs. Shirin Fozdar, secretary of the Council of Women, said at the end of a talk by Miss Anna Lord Strauss, head of
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    Ritson Plan Will Up Pension Bill
    145 2 THE Government pension h=!| win u side; able increase in future a a lr i of the Ritson Commission v f I* accepted at the Legislative Cmi day, Mr. M. C. Compton, I)r > ""'T* k told The Standard yesterday'. Mr. Comnton Raid 'I
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    REHAB CENTRE CLOSING SCON
    46 2 THE Rehab set up by the 5 ernment in No n Chna Chll K under the f tioni m of t'nis month I of detained h.. i ■tates an offi<-\. rd last niqht. The premis< 0 r to the D.i' t ion
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    Results Of Safety First Competition
    228 2 FOLLOWING arc the winner? in the Singapore Sen Safety Fir>t Poster conation sponsored by the S pore Safety first Council: English Section, Group A. (14 years and under): 1 On Chye Ger>k (Tanjonf Katonq Girls'); 2. Magdaline Lini (Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus); :i.
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    CAUSED HURT
    58 2 A 60-YEAR-OLD man pleaded guiltv in the fingftpora Seventh Police Court yesterday, to 'ausinf hurt to Samat bin Alam by wounding him on the chest with a parang on Feb. 18 in a hut at Pu!au A Merlimau of! Singapore. The man. lerfiadta h Kasim, was ooend over
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    FINED $190
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    51 3 phot«» f* of bl L ''V., >( ■■l'-iTiay J™* W^H Slnfapore's depleted stock at the Blood Transfo♦i4u Mr m u *t, v n st "d«nt teachers from the Teachers 1 Training Col- Mr v K f^^ndran; Mr. Antony Gome/: Mr SS. Knrrah; Mr. *»"4Muk!uiii: Mr. E. Lakshtuaya: and 3li^ Anna
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    136 3 H H ipore I H >per, I H H They H I I Of a di{- iifh and i atelisti column in a i and paper received said Singapore lower deation samps under 50 i will picture local ship- the SI stamps Sir Stamf>H Raffles, the 52 the Singa--1
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    Dance Finals On Tonight
    65 3 THK final competition for Malayan "blue riband" I for ballroom dancing held tonight and tonight at the Singa- Happy World Cabaret at i<) p.m. F fteen couples will compete four groups slow foxwaltz, quickstep and They will be judged by 'ii ballroom expert. Webber, who is
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    ORANJE IS BACK WITH A NEW 'NOSE'
    161 3 Standard Shipping Reporter A MIX TRY liner which ■ailed hallway round the world to get a n?w "nose' n-tiirned to Singapore yesterday morning bearing no sign of her former disfigurement. She is the flagship and pride of |ke Nederland I. in,, fleet, the
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    Opinion Divided On Stadium Issue
    535 3 TO ASK the Singapore public to subscribe to the cost of buildino a sports stadium, even though Government has allotted a vast sum to acquire the site would be committing a moral wrong, said some Singaporeans yesterday. Others thought the stadium could only materialise under
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    Lim May Head Nanyang
    142 3 Lim May Head Nanyang A LOCAL man might be the Chancellor of the Nanyang University if Dr. Mei Yu-chi. former President of Ching Hwa University in Peking, refuses the appointment offered to him. The alternative candidate. The Standard understands is likely to be Dr. Li m Koh Seng, son of
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    Couple Robbed
    71 3 A SINGAPORE Chinese couple who were seated in Fairer Park at 8.30 p.m. on Tuesday, wer 0 robbed o[ $143 in cash arid valuables by three Chinese, two of whom brandished daggers. After robbing the couple, the men hurried over the open field to a point leading to
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    Negotiations Ate Still On-Williams
    103 3 THE assistant secretary and negotiating representative of the Singapore Medical Workers' Union, Mr. Peter Williams, yesterday said that the Union is stiM negotiating with Government on the workers' claim. i He said that any talk of "defeat or victory" at this moment is premature as the
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    WANTED MAN SURRENDERS
    56 3 W ANTED MAN SURRENDERS V. ROBERTS, for whose arrest a warrant was issued, surrendered to the Singapore City Police Court Magistrate Mr. J. II Devereaux-Cole-bourn yesterday. Roberts had failed to appear in court to answer a charge of failing to furnish tax returns to the Income Tax Department. He was
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    New Plan For Playground
    105 3 A REVISED p!an for the development of Hong Lim Green has been approved by the Estates and Fire Brigade Committee of (he Singapore City Council. In place of the club house originally proposed for use by youth ori^n isat ions it is now proposed to build
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    Historical Society
    31 3 A GENERAL meeting of the newly-formed Singapore branch of the Malayan Historical Society will be held at the British Council Hull, Stamford Road, on June 22 at 6 p.m.
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    ARGYLL'S PLAQUE FOR THE ASKING
    219 3 THIS bi-onze plaque. a trophy awarded to the 2nd. Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders for shooting in 1928, has come to light after eight year s fa a Singapore home. It* temporary owner (if eight years ownership can be called temporary) Mr. Wee Chwee Siew
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    Councillors' Views Differ On 7-Year Stay
    273 3 Councillors' Views Differ On 7- Year Stay Progs Favour Revision Go»™ S °J^ C ty CoMncl "<>» w«re divided in their opinion on th« «?Is'J^" B d^ lslo i > roise the 'esidentiol quolificoHon of futur* cond.dates for C.ty Council election s from three to seven yeor, revis on in
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    Coronation Troops Are Coming Back
    197 3 Coronation Troops Are Coming Back LONDON. June 17. (Reuter). The party of about 90 officers* and men of the Malayan Poli'.v. Army. Navy and Air Force who put up such an impressive show in the Coronation processions embarked at Southampton yesterday in the Empire Trooper for Malaya. Six officers and
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    'Tea Money Law Obsolete'
    233 3 the law against the paying i and demanding of »*tea mmiov" i> an unpopular one and such has bcorr.r DO Mr. John Laycock Singapore I i lative Councillor told The Standard yesterday. Mr. Laycock said: "I am f the opinion that whatever 'he people who pay
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    Pawners Redeem Their Pledges
    68 4 MALACCA. Wed. Ban ShLig Tong Pawnshop, now in the hands of the Malacca Asst. Official Assignee, was opened today for pawners to redeem their pledged property. Mr. Siew Mun Fook. the Asst. Official Assignee, collected over $3,000 from pawners Meanwhile, depositor-credit-ors of the shop continue to
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    Watch Out For These Frauds
    79 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. In view of the fact that there have been cases of persons purporting to represent the Telecommunications Department and thus obtaining money from the public, the Director General of Telecommunications warns the public that they should not make any payments un'css these
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    CONGRESS: ALL ARE INVITED
    296 4 KUALA LUMPL'R, Wed.— Whether the political parties now in link with the National Conference accept or not they would be invited to the National Congress, a spokesman of the IMNO-MCA-Labour Alliance said here today. "II is our duty to invie them but ii is up to
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    The Queen Thanks Malayans
    87 4 The Queen Thanks Malayans THE Queen has acknowledged a message of greetings and good wishes sent to her on the occasion of the celebration of her birthday by the High Commissioner. General Sir Gerald Templer. The Secretary of State for the Colonies, in a telegram to the High Commissioner, states:"Your
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    Govt. Speaks On The Lottery
    216 4 KtTALA LUMPUR, Wed.— The Federation Government today denied that there was any discrimination in the imposition of its ban on lotteries run by organisations with political affiliations. A similar statement given to The Standard yesterday, was withdrawn. In its statement Government says it wishes to
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    BUDGET RISE PASSED IN MALACCA
    84 4 MALACCA. Wed.— The Maiacca Municipal Council at a special meeting today passed its first supplemental budget, adding 5*7.408 to its 1953 approved estimate of expenditure. The amount would have oeen larger but for a $37,035 savings on items in the original estimate. A supplement of
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    Jeannette's Great Day
    37 4 MISS JraTlnettr Wijasuriya celebrated her twenty-first birthday recently at her house in Bukit Kuda Road. Kl.ing. Picture shows her blowing: out the candles on a a large horse shoe -shaped cake. R. l.im photo.
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    Successful
    52 4 MR. C. PARAMJOTHY, son of the late Dr. and Mrs. C. Chelliah of Srgamat, who recently passed the Trinity Bar Final Examination of the Inns of Court. Mr. Paramjothy. who was a student of Lincoln* Inn, will return to Malaya soon after he is called to the Bar on
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    Perak UMNO Ignores Ultimatum
    276 4 WANTS REPLY TO ITS LETTER OF APRIL IS IPOH, Wed.— The Executive Committee of the Perak Division of I'M NO i* in %to£tf%£??£S i5 he central organisation so long a h ids i vvtren.. On May 18. UMNO Malaya, after two previous ultimatums to Perak sub-branches
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    Two Fires On Hari Raya Day
    86 4 TELOK ANSON, Wed. Two fires on Hari Raya day were reported here today. Police in their new year clothes were called upon to fight a fire at a Malay house at Rungkup. They tore down the porch and prevented the flames from spreading to
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    WHEAT EXPORT
    23 4 EXPORT of wheat from stocks in Malaya to Sarawak or Brunei is permissible as from Aug. 1, states an official release.
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    Ballot Papers Will Be Burnt
    45 4 ALL ballot papers and other secret documents used in the elections of Penang Municipal Councillors on Dec. 6 last year, will be burnt in the Municipal incinerator in Kampong Java Bahru. on Friday, June 19, between 9.30 and 10 a.m
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    DAILY PAID MEN NAIL MPIEA HIGH PAY STATEMENT
    272 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— Government daily paid workers today disagreed with the statement by the Malayan Planting Industries Employers Association that they were being highly paid. The MPIEA had stated in its annual report that wage rates for unskilled and semi-skilled daily rated
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    Federation News Briefs
    344 4 THE Mentakab Amusement Park which was closed down for carrying on excessive gambling, re-opened on Sunday for Hari Raya. The park was thronged with people from villages all over the Temerloh District this being the only amusement park in west Pahang. HUNDREDS of photographers professional and amateur,
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    New Deal For Teachers in Villages
    209 4 New Deal For Teachers in Villages GOVT. PLAN] BENEFIT 2,(ta KUALA LUMPUR, Wed sand teachers employed in l t Villages throughout the FcdeS* 1 given a "new deol." acroho or,, They have been told b Go m. now apply for the now Cl ers' scheme Introduced I It will mean
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    Plea For Bail Turned Down
    64 4 IPOH. Wed.— A plea by 19--year-old Cheong Chai to be allowed bail to enable her to return home and look after her aged father and young brother was turned do\v n today. Instead. Magistrate Captain Salleh remanded her until next Thursday when she will be
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    The Story Which Strarted The Row
    422 5 T. |/e-«ntnefj account of the CoronaUf Abbey by Che Abdul Aziz ration representative of Utusan drew severe criticism from the General Sir Gerald Templer, who s author f se e yesterday's Standard reporf right) r before ''inn K H i ng i ind, ave
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    A Man, Woman And A Girl
    200 5 A Man, Woman And A Girl AhD WHAT A MIX-UP IT WAS IN attractive girl, her foster-mother and the husband, appeared in a Singapore ■the girl charging the man with havk i .ultrd hrr. i they rl I .m- T.ti Loi: "i >ther Kampong deCheng 1 the H D'Netto there
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    RUBBER, TIN CLOSING PRICES
    59 5 inwr»An Sta "rfard London Correspondent i»r»kk Junc 17 Thc following 'ore the closing price* ltr -bbc ond tin on the London market: LONDON RUBBER M^> QuLH Steady. LONDON TIN Spot £672 10s. per ton buyers, ,£675 sellers. Three month: £672 10s. buyers, £675 sellers. Settlement Price:
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    Tenants Hail The New Law
    201 5 TENANTS in Singapore yesterday welcomed the newly amended Rent Control Bill, under which landlords who wilfully refuse to accept rents from tenants can be punished. The legislation also fixes the increase in rent for a dwelling house where the standard rent is and up to
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    Fermented Rice Cost Him $2,500
    78 5 PHUA YENG KHENG, was fined a total of $2,500 in the Singapore Third District Court yesterday on two charges of being in possession of 75 gallons of fermented rice and a complete still for distilling. The Customs prosecutor, Mr. M. F. A. Rodrigues, said a
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    47 5 photo. LADY TEMPLER is shown being presented with a framed embroidery work during her visit to the Kuala Lumpur Kuan Chen? Girls' School on Tuesday On the right is Miss Chung Mun Chong. Inspector of Chinese Schools. Miss Lin Poh (Muan. the principal, is on the Standard
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    359 5 141 candi-l > their ■■•.mination. th. Third HKI.IS Hashim, ikilSha- Ahmad wnan bin fii <-'t:. Rachel Chon C K«3 sheik M d Ar 11 bin Zain. bin M^. 2/ l^ Khoo Noo. 3 H y' m arud- an bin lia biu Ab Manaf, Raja RafTnan Shah
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    FIRMS URGED TO USE THESE BADGES
    91 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Firms and organisations ar«» being encouraged to order special "Operation Service" badges for distribution to their staff. This is being done as part of th e extension of "Operation Service" in the Federation. Among the firms who have so far ordered
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    Templer May Stop Food For Colony
    415 5 JOHORE VILLAGE WARNED THE Federation High Commissioner, General Sir Gerald Templer yesterday issued a stern warning that he would stop food reaching Singapore from South Johore if supplies to bandits were not stopped. He issued this warning to the people of Kampong Sungei Rengit
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    LABOUR IS WARNED OF RED RUSE
    214 5 LABOUR IS WARNED OF RED RUSE LONDON. June 17. (Reuter) A warning that the Communists in Malaya may try to infiltrate into the ranks of organised labour appears in the report on the colonial territories for 1952-53, published today. The reduction of incidents of violence, the report states, may well
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    Driver Looked Behind—Inquest
    131 5 Driver Looked Behind— Inquest GOH TECK BENG, the driver of a Singapnre-Johore Express omnibus said yesterday in the Singapore Coroner's Court that before he reversed his bus he had looked out on the offside and saw no one beihind the vehicle. Goh also sounded the horn twice and added that
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    THIEVES HOLD 2 AM. 'PICNIC'
    71 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. Thieve:-, who broke into two European houses, today held a 'picnic" at 2 a.m. after taking four bottles of beer and $48 cash. Police investigating. found two empty bottles of beer and an empty cigarette box a few yards away from one
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    Inspector Denies 2 Trust Charges
    118 5 irOII, Wed.— Police Inspector Abdul Razak bin Abdul Rahman (31) was today produced before the President of the Sessions Court here, Mr. J. R. Whimster, on two counts of criminal breach of trust of $12,722.82. On June H tfclfl year. Inspector Abdul Razak. as Adjutant
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    Police Raid
    75 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed Police swooped down on United Malay s National Organisation's fun fa:r oppo-ite the railway station last night and prohibited more than MM person at a time from trying their lurk at the gaming Italic Police declared that IMVB than one person Making at one tirv.e
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    Whose Award?
    493 6 r PIIE Malayan Planting Industries Employers Association is reported to have ratified an agreement reached between them and the Pan-Malayan Rubber Workers' Union. It is understood that the Union representatives will consider the question of ratification sometime before the end of the month. However, some sections of the
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    "Rat" In The Abbey
    301 6 is no doubt that Sir Gerald Templer committed a grave error in biology when he described, Che Abdul Aziz, Utusan Melayu's chief represe?itative in the Federation, as a variety of rodents. We trust that His Excellency, will, in future, distinguish between the particularly loathsome quadruped which
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    1031 6 CLIMBING EVEREST FOR 3s 6d A DAY By The Times 9 Special Correspondent (With The British Everest Expedition) This article was written before Tensing and Hillary made their successful climb to the summit of Everest MANY remarkable Englishmen have pitted their souls against Everest; and in its high places "some
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    560 6 THE Government's decision to ban lotteries has come as a big blow to the MCA. which has already conducted 17 draws, says Sin Chew Jit Poh. Others likely to be affected will be the UMNO which will stage its first draw shortly, and the Malayan
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      SORRY-NO VACANCY
      385 6 1 Sir, As a British subject 1 and a citzen of this City, may I know, what sort of Justice is being meted out to those unfortunates who had the misfortune of having spent a lew months in local prisons. I refer to friend of I mine whose
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    Patience Of Graduate Teachers
    325 6 S r. According to a statement to the press by the Graduate Teachers* Union, Government has informed tae Union that "Government's offer, (basic time scale $280 $500 wn :i was rejected) made in February 1932 during negotiations, is final and that it is not prepared to
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    Review of Views
    96 6 Review of Views 1 ss I IMMO I i :s I I s.\\]> in V,,. K I aV Lt jm plains the apottfßt imJ of the leadership **£m •aMaaj n {C j I latel> Whsi do is 1 1 wh.it t\- i J fO! laV H Utui the i I
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    Marie Will Try To Form French Govt.
    26 7 i ar-old told I he irm a i solve lys can- But ind Fi 5 in (.000.000.000 trea ury.
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    52 7 photo PATIICE WUNSEL, sfcifrlifNt star of the Metropolitan Opera Com■ny tries »n waspiiaishd town inspired In tli«- fasbiwi made famous h Nellie Melba, turn •of the ivntury pnma donn.: Mis.s MunKJ mil wear the allur- "arui'iil .»t the Rala world prrriii'-re of Ihr film Musiea] "Melba," I m }if« V<»rk
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    Absentees Halt Work Of Coal-Steel Pool
    86 7 I KG, June 17, (Renter).— Urgent calls ws from the French and German National Last night halted the work of Europe's W rederal Parliament, the common Assem--1 iv nation Coal and Steel Community. t< i. it id- and will not lay. te will I.
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    47 7 phot*. THE 24.211 5-ton P. and O. liner Chusan, which rollid- in tog with the 6,165-ton merchantman, Prospector, recently shown with a Jagged rip from her prow 20 feet above the waterline The Cbusan was ouiward bo:ind from London on a holiday cruise in the Mediterranean. A.P.
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    Flaming Death
    31 7 FIFTEEN men \ver e killed and five burned seriously on Tuedsay when a fuel pipe bur^t and spread flaming oil over the Greek destroyer Pole- mistis in Athens.— A.P.
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    Cambodia PM: Freedom First
    122 7 PNO.M PENH, June 17 (AFP) Premier Pen Nouth of Cambodia today stressed that only an independent Cambodia could conclude a pact of friendship and alliance with France. In a statement to the press here. th e Premier also stressed the necessity for changing what he tanned
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    Soviet Cruiser Complimented
    74 7 PORTSMOUTH, June 17, (AP) The Soviet cruiser Sverdlov steamed out °f British waters yesterday with the compliments of the British Naval Commander-in-Chief here for the warship's smart appearance in the big Spithead Coronation review. Admiral Sir Edclsten snid goodbye to the Russian visitors in a message in
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    PM: A-Bomb Is NATO's Strength
    10 7 PM: A -Bomb Is NATO's Strength J in i La-
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    Nehru Sees Swiss Chief On Korea
    122 7 Nehru Sees Swiss Chief On Korea BERN, June 17, (AP)—lndia's Premier Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru arrived here by air«,from London yesterday^and was received at the airport by Swiss Foreign Minister Max Petit-Pierre. Mr. Nehru met Swiss President Philipp Etter and discussed the part to be played by India and Switzerland in
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    JAPS TO RECEIVE U.S. MILITARY AID
    181 7 WASHINGTON, June 17, (UP).— The United States is prepared to negotiate a bilateral agreement with Japan to furnish military assistance for limited rearmament of Japanese forces, it was revealed yesterday. C. Tyler Wood. deputy Mutual Security Director, told 'lie HoU£e Foreign Affairs ComI mittec
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    SURVIVORS TELL OF ORDEAL, IN BIG KOREA DRIVE
    406 7 KOREA, West Central Front, June 17, (UP).— Exhausted American survivors told yesterday how they ran headlong, swam and crawled for miles to escape waves of Chinese driving south in the biggest push in two years despite the truce talks at Panmunjom today.
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    TELEVISION: UK CABINET MOVE TODAY
    97 7 TELEVISION: UK CABINET MOVE TODAY LONDON. June 17, (Reuter) British investors, who have big stakes in commercial television, are hoping for a speedy decision setting a date for the start of sponsored programmer. Television in Britain is now a state monopoly under the British Broadcasting Corporation but the Government has
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    NAGUIB IS SICK
    20 7 GENERAL Mohammed Naguib, Egypt's Prime Minister, was confined indoors today with tonsillitis and a rising temperature. Reuter
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    Teheran Editor-MP Duel
    91 7 TEHERAN. June 17. (AP).— Abol Hassan Sairafl. a Teheran opposition newspaper editor, announced yesterday he has accepted a challenge to a duel from Majlis Deputy Mahmoud Nariman— but* with swords or pistols, instead of boxing gloves as Nariman offered. Sairafl said in a published letter that as
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    NOW HE SEEKS RAIN CONTROL
    118 7 I O\ T DON. June 16. (Rcutcr) —With rain falling almost daily since the Coronation, the British Government was asked 'o;*':v to do something about the weather. Labour member GcofTrey De Freitafl told the House of Commons the Government should look into the possibility of
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    U. N. Delays Mao Decision
    168 7 |j World N«**» I j In Brief THE United Nations Trusteeship Council voted. 10-1 yesterdny to postpone indefinitely a decision on the Soviet demand for immediate admission <>f Communist China to the Council. The Soviet Union opposed the postnorr meni and Syria abstained. The United
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    THE ROSENBERG DRAMA
    400 7 Ike Adamant That A-Spies Be Executed WASHINGTON, June 17.— A mounting wave of sympathy for the atom spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, scheduled to die in the electric chair tomorrow in Sing Sing appears to have had no effect on President Eisenhower. British scientist, miners and clergymen
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    Rok PM To Confer With Ike, Dulles
    117 7 Rok PM To Confer With Ike, Dulles WASH! ail ON. .Juno 17, (APj i Korea's Prime Mir Too Chin Pmk Cttnc to Washington kail night to nsluss truce problems with President Elsenhower mm Secretary of State John F<» ter Dulles. Prime Minister Paik. who has an appointment to see Mr.
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    BABY MURDER: GIRL ACCUSED
    78 7 AUGUSTA, Maine. June 17. (Reuter) A pretty 21 -year-old undergraduate has been released on bail of (C3.570) here after pleading not guilty to murdering her illegitimate baby. The county prosecutor, Mr Joseph Campbell, quoted Mist Harriet Sart as saying she bore the baby unassisted m January
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    BERMUDA: U.S. MAY WANT WEEK'S DELAY
    106 7 BERMUDA: U.S. MAY WANT WEEK'S DELAY LONDON, June 17. (Router) The United States Ambassador Mr. Winthrop Aldrieh. called on Prime Minister. Sir Winston Churchill at 10 Downing Street yesterday a few hours after arriving here from week's visit to the United States. In usually well Informed quarters here it was
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    LAST FAREWELL IN SING SING
    261 7 They're Innocent, Says Mike (10) NEW YORK, June 17.— Two brothers started their school vacations yesterday on a "perfect day in June" by visiting their parents for the last time in* the gloom of Sing Sing prison's death house. Robert Rosenberg, 6, and his brother
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    Queen Takes Thames Trip
    83 7 LONDON, June 17. (Reuter) Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh ended a day at the Royal Ascot races yesterday with an evening trip up the river Thames to watch the coronation celebrations of Eton College. Accompanied by Princess Margaret, the Queen and her husband boarded
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    The Stone Of Scone Stays
    258 7 LONDON. June 17. (A.P.)-Triidition-lovins; Sir Winston Churchill Is against giving up the Stone of Scone to Scotland The Prime Mini-i z'.cr told the House of Commons yesterday: The Coronation stone has been in Westminster Abbey for over *>50 yearj and that is its customary position."
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    BURNING TANKER BEACHED AFTER A 16-HOUR BLAZE
    206 8 BURNING TANKER BEACHED AFTER A 16-HOUR BLAZE VANCOUVER, June 17, (AP).— A burning, gasoline-laden tanker was beached yesterday afternoon alter menacing Vancouver's waterways for 16 hours. It still held the smouldering threat of a tremendous explosion, but marine officials expressed confidence the high octane gasoline 'cargo would not detonate now.
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    72 8 photos. j Two vfews of an artist's impression of Britain's nrw Avro "Atlantic" delta-wing turbo-jet airliner, details of which were announced recently. It will be able to fly from London to New York non-stop in five to six hours and at the low operating cost of about one penny per
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    Comet Sets Another 1st
    93 8 OTTAWA, June 17, (Reuter) A British Comet jetliner bought by the Royal Canadian Air Force yesterday made the fastest ever Atlantic crossing by a jet transport plane. Its flying tim© from London to Goose Bay, Labrador, was nine hours 23 minutes compared with the 10 hours
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    Rum Ration Doubled At Review's End
    139 8 Rum Ration Doubled At Review's End PORTSMOUTH, June 17. (Reuter). On^y three foreign and a few British and Commonwealth warships remained anchored tonight at Spithead, scene of Tuesday's big Coronation naval review by the Queen. The great Armada of more than 200 warships. gathered off Portsmouth from many parts of
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    8 SHIPS FOR R.I.
    31 8 THE Senate has approved and sent to the House of Representatives a bill authorising the sale of eight "cargo ships" to Philippine shipowners for inter-island trade.— Reuter
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    29 8 FIFTY ships in Rio were tied up on Tuesday by a general strike of 80.000 seamen and officers of Brazil's mer- 1 chant marine.- A.P.
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    50 9 RUBBER DROPS ⅝c.; DULL f;.nd.'f-' i n sindull and I ei lay with to of t<> i ibbef ing at a drop of I conwhile .< I .mrl i until I fly was itivc in- ol orrv cial ic>n noon ei i 'I 4 i K hii '..4 B7j 67]
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    34 9 gaporc lay con- the lower ii e nd io ng r picul. 5 lyers at mice* dea len j nut $28 copi a $31 i i bier $280. :'tC>. $480
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    MAY CROP FIGURES
    26 9 I" .owing Alor Estatt Ltd Rubber Ib. Glenealy 55.700 ib. i Ltd 45 ">i»o 0 Ib.. Co Ltd. Anson Rubber ib., uiu Rubber
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    Armistice Will Boost HK Trade
    142 9 HONGKONG, June 17. (UP> Firai reaction here to the apparent approaching ceasefire in Korea was hope in industrial and trading circles that the times were looking up. Chairman of the kowioon Chinese General Chamber of Commerce Robert Der told a luncheon meeting that "if the
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    JAPAN PREPARES
    16 9 I ernment I •■'Paring lor an armistice will have tance of AmeVgency Foreign AFP
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    HK EXCHANGE
    38 9 HOXGKOXG. June IT. Speci.iJ Standard Service ciosing prices on the Hongkong Exchange todav were $15.75 to £1 stoning: $6,035 to U.S. dollar $1,844 to Malayan $1: 50.225 to one Indonesian Ruopiah; Gold $271,125 to one lael.
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    A U.S. RECESSION WILL HIT ENTIRE WORLD: GAITSKELL
    225 9 A U.S. RECESSION WILL HIT ENTIRE WORLD: GAITSKELL < t I Ul i^ Bl i RGH Junc 17 (Reuter).— Mr. Hugh Gaitskefl, Chancellor of the Exchequer in the last Labour Government, said that even a small recession in the United States might lead to a depression in the rest of
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    British Trade Body In Canton
    50 9 HONGKONG. June 17, (Reutcr) Eighteen members of the British trade mission to China is staying a few days in Canto:), according to Chinese Communist press reports reaching here today. The mission left Hongkong on June 13 and arrived in Canton by train the same evening.
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    PARIS TALKS ON TRADE WITH RUSSIA
    136 9 PARIS TALKS ON TRADE WITH RUSSIA PARIS. .June. 17. (Renter)— Senior French and Soviet olficials are meeting here to negotiate a trade part between the two countries, the French Foreign Office said. These negotiations follow Parliamentary talks held recently in Geneva under the auspices of the United Nations Economic Commission
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    Steel Price Up U.S.$4
    51 9 PITTSBURGH. June 17. (Reuter)— The United States Steel Corporation is raising the price of steel by US$4 a ton to USSI2O starting today, it was announcedThe announcement came four days after the company had granted a pay increase of 8i cents U.S. an hour to its
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    WORLD FOOD OUTPUT UP
    101 9 ROME, June 17: (Reuter) Agricultural production throughout the world excluding Russia and China has risen by 20 per cent over prewar figures, the 18-nalioh Council of the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) was told here. But in North America, where the production level is very high,
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    Jap Eyes Are On Red China Trade
    164 9 TOKYO, June 17, (AFP .—The Japanese Government is seriously considering the dispatch of a commercial attache to Red China to advance trade with that country, according to a high official of the Liberal Party. Miko Mizuta, Vice-Chairman of the ruling party's Political Research
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    BOARD TO PROBE JAP COMPLAINTS
    218 9 Rubber Samples In Today THP ui Stondord Market Reporter recently shiDDtrf y M"| s>Or btrrtlon B °«<« will .tudy samples of todav bv Mv Fr M i g hr °Y* h back from Japan.— Board a n u V Hollda y. a leading member of
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    COMMODITY PRICES
    112 9 COMMODITY PRICES CLOSING rubber prices (ran t« per th in Singapore wstrrday ere: liinrn Seller* No 1 KSS Spot Loose tit; ft Ml No. 1 K.S.S. 614 S'l No. 2 R.S.S. 65* cr»2 No. 3 R.S.S. SS| SS| Tone: Quirt .mil slightly outer. TIN PRICE The price of tin jesterday
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    U.S. Business Will Hail Peace: Weeks
    196 9 U.S. Business Will Hail Peace: Weeks WASHINGTON, June 17. (AP)— Secretary o f Commerce bimlaif Week s said he believes businessmen will welcome a Korean truce as a chance to shift from making war goods to making products for poa<e. In a radio interview. Mr. Weeks said: "The whole belief
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    Travel Allowance
    45 9 A NETHERLANDS U»».k announcement said the annual maximum of eoo gunners which Dutch tourists were allowed to take out of the country would be rai ed *o 1.000 guilders for each journey irrespective oi the DOmbCf of journeys mud© in a year.— Reuter
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    RUBBER STOCKS HIGHER
    91 9 SINGAPORE'S end of the month rubber storks at 4:*.:<04 tons in May were sliqh'y higher than the April ftgur* (41.8H6 lorn), according to official statistics. Dealers' stocks were 34.319 tons against 32.04:t tons for April, but port stocks at 8,930 tons in May wore below the April
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    'WARM WELCOME'
    31 9 THE leader of a Soviet trade union delegation, which recently visited Britain, said in a Moscow newspaper interview that "everywhere the workers gav> us a Wiirm. friendly welcome." Reuter.
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    93 9 CEYLON'S rice supply from China under agreement will, according to the food authorities In Colombo, not be interrupted despite reports from London that heavy crop losses have occurred in China, due to severe drought. U.P. photo. wwwww T H I S machine which J turms out inexpensive
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    Inquiries For Jap Co.
    43 9 ASAHI Industry Company in Os.nka has received laigc irQ'iiries for machinery, including 50,000 spinning spindles and rolled steel, ironi a ?tate-operated trade agency in Tientsin. Inquiries also included weaving machinery, galvanized iron, copper wirt and cable lin j>iate. A.F.P.
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    Industrials Steady, Tins Weak
    135 9 Industrials Steady, Tins Weak THE Malayan hart m...\-' remained dull for the third day In uccession but >•»-- < day industrials \\< ri ill uiy while tin -ii^ies \vt, ;i > weak at the lower level. Rt' v u> r harai continued neglected. Changed prices were: INMJSMIAU I'.uxi-is itllm Clown
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    70 9 photo. NO alcoholic drinks, no smoking, no onions. Not for Anthony Barwick (right). Not for five years. For Anthony 19, is training to be Britain's only full-time water-taster. And nothing must be allowed to dull his already sensitive palate. If hr fftts the job, he will take over from his
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    1405 10 THE STEEL AGE COMES TO CHINA In this the second of three articles the Hongkong correspondent of the Manchester Guardian tells how China has subordinated its policy o£ "Agrarian Reform" to an ambitious programme of industrialization 'TRANSFORMATION of China into an industrial country is a major aim of the Chinese
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      304 10 Sir: The Coronation has come and gone Malaya is to be congratulated for' having p;it up such a magnificent performance in honour of our Beloved Queen. Honours were lavishly bestowed on several members of our heterogeneous population of course all rightly deserved. The Coronation medal
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      51 10 Sir; It may interest you to know that the so-called "unidentified escort" of Princess Margaret in the photograph on page six of the Singapore Standard of sth June 195:< is Prince Nicholas of Yugoslavia, a friend and contemporary of mine at Oxford from 1948 to 1951. "OXFORD". Kuala
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    NORTH PROSPECTS ARE SHOWING FORM
    922 11 NORTH PROSPECTS ARE SHOWING FORM Says LALL SINGH, reviewing last weekend's Inter State Matches In The Federation. WHILE COLONY cricket was at fever nnint l^t Straits of Johore, throughout the length and brEdtn m .1,"% iUross the was the toast everywhere. breadth of the Federation, cricket Penang were hosts to
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    172 11 v. MM \MV. (I 1 Sports Writer. li, tIT)- A grimy, wiry little ielson, doesn't get the usual Skirt n he shuffles into a West Madison B ked out Cans title mal 'i in 2 1 < tain the 135-pound all throe times."' "The foul decithi first fifcht was
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    REME Soccer For Doyle Cup
    77 11 REME Bukii Timah Civilians team to meet the Military XI i.-i a return soccer match for the Doyle Cup at Fairer Park on Saturday will be selected from (he following players: Abdul Aziz, Joseph Au. Tan Yew Chien (Capt.). Too Yeow Lam, Yohanan Cruz, Au
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    YMCA Team For Shield Cricket
    60 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The following \vi i represent :hc YMCA at cricket in the semi-final of the Navaratnam shield against Se'angur Po'.ice ion the Gur:iey Ruad ground on Sunday. M La Faber. D Chelllah, !.•■•> Nathan, D. Schubert, K. i Lingam, R. Rozario, N. Sequerah,
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    Friends Who Met
    40 11 Nee Soon and Standard Sinc h e w badminton teams pictured after their friendly match on Sunday at Nee Soon. Standard Sinchew won by three games to one with two matches drawn. Picture by C. T. Wong
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    'Y' Jubilee Swim Meet On Saturday
    159 11 BY kind ro-operation of the Joint Service Administration Committee, the Y MCA. of Singapore will hold its Golden Jubilee Swimming Carnival at the "NuAeld Swimming Pool. Beach Road. on Saturday starting at 4.45 p.m. He: ts are necessary for two events only: The 100
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    Netball League
    41 11 THERE will be a meeting for a'l ladies' clubs interested in the Net Bad League ior the ""Clarke" Challenge Shield at the Singapore Recreation Club tomorrow at 5.15 p.m. Will those Interested p>ase send their representatives :o this meeting.
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    Royal Patronage
    23 12 A I. OR STAR, Wed The Bullaa of Kedah has consented to Dfl a patron of the aewlf lormed Kedah AAA.
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    KEENER SOCCER AHEAD
    453 12 Chartered Bank Surprise Shell In A Belated Bid AFTER the characterise ically high scores of previous Singapore Business Houses league matches, yesterday's goal scoring was on a modified scale a pointer to keener competition and lesser individual brilliance. In the three division I matches played in the
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    Results At A Glance
    72 12 dcMKink beat Mansfield DIVISION 3 East Asiatic beat Borneo Company (>— o; William Jacks drew with Rotterdam I— I; Cable and Wireless beat Chartered Bank 4— I: S\w\l brat Oversea Chinese B.ink :>—?. DIVISION 1 OTEC beat Singapore Cold Storage 4 Charter- ed Bank beat Shell
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    OTEC Cruise Through To An Easy 4-1 Win
    326 12 WITH hardly any teamwork and technique to match their fighting qualities. Singapore Cold Storage were compelled to bow to the power-packed Oriental Teh-phone Electric Company S.C. who cruised through a hollow 4—l victory in a SBHFA Division I League game at Jalan
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    Letvinne Star Of F&N Win
    192 12 Letvinne Star Of F&N Win PLAYING more constructive soccer Fraser and Neave beat Pulau B>:kom 8-1 in a Singapore Business House div, 1 came »it F A- N ground yesterday. The nr.an who made victory possible for the popmcii was rt«ht winder Letvinne who ■cored two goals and was instrumcntal
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    S'pore Team Vs. Manila
    89 12 I Hi: Singapore soccer team to pl.i.v the Manila inter-port if.un at .lll. in Besar stadium on Saturday have been sel-rrt'-J jrea4er4ay, Ifiis is tht> second gamp In tiie wries, Singapore having u.mi t\w first fame in Manila 1»> lour goals to nothing. The Singapore team
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    Affiliation Fee Protest
    65 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— Three Old Beys Association have protested against the Increase of affiliation fees decided by the FAS and it is likely that they might boycott the O.d Buys KO soccer tournament to be run by the Association this year. The Old Boys Associations claim that
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    Referee Again Played Truant
    302 12 Kl ALA LUMPUR, Wed— Once again the appointed referee in a division I league soccer match between the TPCA and the SCAA (Cheng Wu) failed to turn up on the Princes Road ground today where the same was played. After consultation both captains agreed to Mr.
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    Batu Pahat To Hold Sports
    102 12 BATU PAHAT. Wed— At the general meeting i>t the Batu Pahat District Amateur Athletic Association last night it was decided to hold the second annual spoils meet at the Government P;;d.ang on July 1(J All entries must be submitted 'u tiio hon. secretary Mr. J.
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    Old Boys Race
    41 12 ALL old boys of the Victoria Continuation School, under 25 years of aqc. are invited to take part in \hc old boys 440 yards race which will take place on trie school ground at 4 p.m. on Saturday.
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    Australians Bat
    26 12 CHESTERFIELD, June 17 (Reuter)— Australia made «:i tor four at the lea interval agjitjst Derbyshiifc today Repeated shower- caused play to start alter lunch
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    Queens Horse Wins
    36 12 ASCOT. June 17 (Reuiei) Queen Elizabeth's Choir Bov y.<»n the Royal Hunt Cup vt just over seven fur.ongs here this afternoon. I-ord Durham* a Brunetto was second ;ind l.;<ov Zia Weniherj Hiiit.jp third
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    PRINTERS WIN 2-1
    41 12 PRINTERS WIN 2 -1 KUALA t.UMPUR. Wed. PwfiSO'V 1 Printi »i sc be^ I wDsc Reserves 2—l In u div (S) league on tl> Ch.in Bow l.i n Road ground today n another came Ramnad beat I svei Bios. S.C 5-1
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    BE Champ Wins
    24 12 SSKEi '^'^ered a unini! moua decision over Vic Cardell round bout at Ririsewood Grove noli 14. i 4 p O ,,nds
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    Draw Favours Nath & Kumar In Wimbledon
    303 12 Draw Favours Nath Kumar In Wimbledon LONDON'. June IT (Renter*—. Narendra Nath and Naresh I Kumar. India's nominated players for next week's Wimbledon lawn tennis champion- j ships hid better luck in the draw tod;«y than they experienced last year. in the 19.V2 championships both clashed with high seeded Americans
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    Kolek Races At Siglap
    114 12 A Knlek racing competition In celebration of liari Raya Puasa will be he'd ai Kampon? Siglap (Jalan Sempadan) on Sundav Juno 2H starting al P.M a.m. Tlicie will be six events— Koleks manned by 9, 7. 5. 'A. 2 persons. The tixth eventfishermen's koieks manned by
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    SCRC Triumph In Cup Tennis
    83 12 SINGAPORE Chinese Recreation Club scored 4 o victory over Sintapore Cricket Club in their Klinjr Cup tennis encounter played at the Hong Lim Green Courts in the iust t .v t > days Results: S.C.R.C. mentioned firs': Singles:— Di. F. Y. Khuo beat Keel;«n *i-4.
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    Cheng Wah Going Strong
    150 12 IPOH. Wrd. Cheng Wah strengthened their position at the top of the league with n easy 4— 1 victory over the Ist Battalion Worcestershire Resiment In a fust division soccer match today. Cheng Wah took an earlv lead when Swee Meng score. l »n th e
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    Morris Hits Out
    46 12 1 Photo above shows \.R. 1 Morris of Australia, smashes the ball clean past uirketkeepcr T. G. Kvans and 1.. Hutton to the boundary, from a ball by A.V. Bfdser. during the first Test which ended in a draw at Nottingham on Tuesday.
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    Surrey Beat Kent And Lead Table
    591 12 LONDON, June 16, (Reuter).— Rain severely restricted the county cricket programme which ended today but Surrey managed to beat Kent by an innings and took the lead in the championship table. The Surrey attack depleted by the üb-sence <>t Alec Bedser on Test duty
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    'International Cinder Track Plan For S'pore
    242 12 'International Cinder Track Plan For S'pore THE Singapore CtU < Brigade Committee vest,. a K I build a cinder track tint win l n «i J& requirements. M ll(^ to N The Committee re ed a 440-yard rum cycling track estitn ,i 535.000. This tr;u k \m |o l at
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    812 12 KUALA i.UMPUR, Wod A total of 188 entries has been entered for th e BelaOffor Turf Club meeting o n June 17, J.ily l and 4. Deiow are the entries. ■••MM < l \^s it IS I !M"N r-D RUN ssar- 5 s s 5 JSB- g 5 g
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    Big Crowd At Ascot
    94 12 ASCOT. R Cotonati »n i; in I \\v\c Qiit>(.Mi the Duke of Edii ;md the bi thr war pit 1 r well backed P the rhlel pri/r ol I riic Queen <ii.jri' and n' D w .i .-I ii |re.« raormoui rrow I drove diAvt: il
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