Singapore Standard, 1 June 1954

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  • 16 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD j Vol. IV. No. 334. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 1954. TWELVE PAGES 15 CENTS.
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  • 567 1 Guns And Cheers In Final Tribute Hope Well, Meet •aksBBtSBI Again Day. KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. General Sir Gerald Templer, Britain's "strong man" High Commissioner, who more than any one else helped the Federation to wrest the shooting war initiative from militant Communism, left here today with plain
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  • 48 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon.—Sir Donald MacGillivray was sworn in tonight as High Commissioner for the Federation of Malaya at King's House in the presence of the members of the Federal Executive Council. Sir Donald will make his first policy speech at the installation ceremony tomorrow.
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  • 42 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon—Within 24 hours of the departure of General Sir Gerald Templer from the Federation this morning, the Malayan Film Unit film of the event will be released for general screening in Kuala Lumpur and Singapore tomorrow.
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  • 1120 1 CRASH INQUIRY OPENS pJ|P Bjj P j HaBa|Hap a V BJBBBBBJ THE Solicitor General,! Mr. C. H. Butterfield, Bnd Mr. Christopher Shawcross dominated proceedings at the ing day of the inqulry into the air disaster ar Kallang Airport on ireh 13 in which 33
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  • 29 1 FOUR persons were killed I and at least 15 hurt, three critically, when a series of tornadoes hopped over northeast Nebraska early yesterday morning. AP.
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  • 127 1 CALCUTTA. May 31 (Reuter) A Gurkha runner is on his way to the icy wastes of the Barun Valley in the Himalayas to offer the assistance of the Nepalese government to Sir Edmund Hillary, reports reaching -.here said. The exact whereabouts and
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  • 502 1 Tearful Farewell For Lady Templer Towards the hushed crowd which stood with tear-soak-ed eyes and muffled handkerchiefs, the Templers now walked in slow, deliberate steps for the final phase of what many leaders later described as "the end of a glorious epoch In Malayan history." Consular and trade repre- sentatives
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  • 202 1 LONDON, May 31 (Reuter) The ind eper.. lent Times said today General Sir Gerald Templer was leaving; the Malayan people and administration "in much better heart to undertake the tasks which confront them" than they were, two years ago. "The tasks themselves remain much
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  • 124 1 PERTH. Western Australia., May 31 (Reuter)— Six-year-Old Emil Schoenpfl'ug beamed happily today as he poured over a letter from Queen Elizabeth's lady-in-waiting, accepting two hand made stamp albums he had given I Prince Charles. Emil had devoted three hours to copying a letter written
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  • 37 1 MR. POTE Sara.sin. Thai Ambassador to Washington, left Geneva for New York yesterday to present to the United Nations his country's appeal for the despatch of peace observers to her borders with Indo-China.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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    • 42 1 Change Of Address THE offices of all departments of The Singapore Tiger Standard are located at 23, Lim Teck Kim Road, Singapore 2. Telephone numbers have also been changed for the new address. Five lines, *****-5, have been installed for all departments.
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  • 138 2 The Big Send -Off In Pictures SCHOOL children [seen above) along the route from King's House to the Kuala Lumpur Airport yesterday wave the Federation Flag and the Union Jack as the Templers drive past on the first stage of their journey for Britoin. It was part
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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  • 257 3 BY LATE yesterday afternoon 11 telephone calls to the United States had been booked by n.errt* bers of almost every community in Singapore, for tonight's inauguration of the first telephone link between Malaya and America, the Chief Radio Supervisor, Mrs. J. R. Nesbit.
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  • 195 3 $30,000 LOSS IN 3.45 A.M. BLAZE A SINGAPORE timber yard, fringed with zinc-and-wood shanties became an inferno when a fire broke out at 3.45 a.m. yesterday. The fire is believed to have originated in one of the shanties. Woodcutting machinery and timber worth $30,000 were lost in the flames. The
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  • 74 3 THE Secret Society SubBranch, of the C.1.D., Singapore, yesterday detained three Chinese, one of whom was found in possession of a loaded revolver. The three men were ambushed at Dunlop Street at 12.15 a.m. A Police spokesman told The Standard, that the three men, one aged
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  • 46 3 SINGAPORE has a new trade union. It ls the Factory and Shop Workers' Union, which claims a potential membership of 15.000. Its newly elected president. Mr. Tang Koon Wai, said the Union will soon start a benevolent scheme to help members.
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  • 156 3 FOR the first time, the. Intermediate and Final examinations of the Faculty of Secretaries, England, will be conducted by the Singapore and Malaya District of the Faculty. The Intermediate tests will begin on June 3 at the College of Secretaryship and Administration. Singapore, according to the
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  • 198 3 THE Singapore Labour Party will function as a division ot the Pan-Malayan Labour Party, if the latter's constitution is accepted by its annual delegates conference to be held in Penang on June 5 and 6. According to the proposed constitution, all Labour parties in
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  • 48 3 KENKAYA Pillai Sokalingham was fined $100 in the Singapore Sixth Police Court yesterday for molesting a teenage girl, Ng Kwai Chin, on the night of May 12 in Serangoon Road. The court was told that Kenkaya touched Ng's body as he cycled past her.
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  • 125 3 THE Ayer Hitam Planting Syndicate, Ltd.. reported a net profit for the year ended March 31, 1954, of $48,225. With the net credit balance brought forward from the previous year of $31.. r l3. tax refund deducted from investment income $105 aad refund of first replanting
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  • 407 3 $2,000 Fine Is Quashed PENANG, Mon. Mr. Justice T. C. SpenserWilkinson deplored in the High Court today the tendency in recent years on the part of prosecuting officers of all departments to think that, where a confession had been obtained from an accused, it was sufficient
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  • 249 3 Lewis Denies Al legations Standard Staff Reporter ALLEGATIONS by the Singapore Progressive Party that "certain" Legislative Councillors were hawking school seats to voters by "advertising themselves as having school accommodation within their dispensation/' were denied by the Education Department, yesterday. The Party's newsletter alleged that
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  • 122 3 A VETERAN journalist. M. Jacque Marcuse (above), who has covered several international incidents such as the oil crisis in Iran, the Suet Canal trouble in Egypt, the Mau Mau uprising in Africa and political upheaval in British Guiana for Agc.u-n France-Presse. has now been appointed chief
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  • 65 3 THE Singapore City Council Water Department Labour Union yesterday protested against the alleged "misbehaviour" of a Departmental officer to a Union official. In a letter to the acting Citv President. Mr. J. T. Rea. the Union states that this officer, though approached by its official several
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  • 40 3 FOR riding a trisha along Keng Cheow Street on Sunday without a licence and using a rider's badge which had expired, Lim Choon Seng was fined $100 by the City Magistrate. Mr. J. M. Deve-reux-Colebourn. yesterday.
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  • 37 3 TOY Ah Pet <20» of 31-5 Jalan Arab. Muar. was sentenced to one month's imprisonment by the Muar Magistrate for theft of 12 fowls valued at $40 belonging to a woman, Lau Ah Tai.
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  • 63 3 MR P. M. FRAMROZ. a Colony industrialist, was elected president of the Parseo Association of Malaya, at iu first meeting held at 17 Dalvey Estate. Singapore, recently. The meeting also elected Mr. EL R. Mistri as vice-president. Mr. K. M. Medora secretary and treasurer and Messrs. P.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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    • 92 3 j^^ of moving p^7[ _J Remember there's akvavs the best way of doing it! Here are some of the advantages of Alcon» J J pumps Portable, most reliable* self-priming, air cooled For Farms; Dairy Farms, Contractors. Estates. Mines and Rural Domestic uses Capacities from 3,000 to 12.000 gallons per hour
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  • 234 4 Manager Is Ambushed KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. As all Kuala Lumpur was preparing for the big farewell to Sir Gerald and Lady Templer last night the Somersets killed two terrorists within six miles of the Federal capital. A patrol of the First Somerset battalion contacted three
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  • 1239 4 Editors Asked To Show Cause __IF a newspaper prints something bad against an accused person, then it can be charged with contempt of court, but if it prints somethings good, tnen it cannot be held for contempt/ said Mr. Phillip Hoalim, counsel for the
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  • 37 4 HONGKONG. May 31. Special Standard Service; Closing prices of the Hongkong Exchange today were $15.67 to £1 sterling; $5,78 to US$l; $1,822 to Malayan $1; $0,225 to one Indonesian Rupiah; Gold $253,625 to 1 tael.
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  • 42 4 BATU PAHAT. Mon.—Renovations expecting to cost over $10,000 are now being made to the Tye Kuen Cinema. Batu Pahat, of the Cathay Organisation. Singapore. When completed, the theatre will have a"n improved sound system, new seats and a wider screen.
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  • 158 4 MALACCA, Mon. Saayah binte Ali, 23, the second wife of Mohamed Taib, today pleaded guilty in the Magistrate's Court to causing hurt to Taib's first wife, Besah binte Abdul Hamid last Saturday. r Inspector S. If. Pillay. prosecuting, said that while Saayah was riding into
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  • 52 4 He Turned His Back On Enemy ALOR STAR, Mon.— A Malay padi planter, Saadon Saad was squatting in house near Alor Star last night when someone came underneath his house and attacked him with a spear. It pierced his buttocks, and he died after half an hour. Police are investigating
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  • 172 4 MENON HITS POLITICIANS' VAGUE PROMISES PENANG, Mon. Dr. N. K. Menon. speaking during the adjournment of t' 3 Municipal Council meeting today, turned to the ageold question of improving the flood areas of Gaunter Hall and Jelutong and remarked that if a number of European families could be induced to
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 308 4 CATHAY ORGANISATION ATTRACTIONS, __Kttv anne araatar m ||||V £3fc?aL ONNINS VEAHON 10M MIIMIF W |#\MfltflC W0« ***** Al^CO«DlTlO«o_ffilfc.Tl fnCpA/fJ =LAST DAY!^ ftQfaTf^Py 11 a.m.— 1.45—4.15— 6.45 coitvattTECNNlCOlOll and 930 p.m. mm GRAND OPENING TOMORROW!^ ALL THE SWEEP OF THE NEW MODERN MIRACLE MEDIUM 'mCimbmaScoP-.v ENHANCED BY THE WONDER OF ill
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    • 69 4 If il *Ec4l 3 <; 30 B!l3i_i3UtJl 9.15 LAST DAV "HONG SIM KOOK" (Mandarin) Tomorrow: "ILZAM" (Hindi) EJAa_U_Alst_s 7.30 p.m "MANOHARA" (Tamil) Starring Sivaji Ganesan. Free List Suspended I_^"4_H^6 J- Bahru. Today 3.15. 6.45 9.15 "SAVAGE DRUMS" Plus "BEAU HUNKS" From Tomorrow "GELORA HIDUP" (Malay) Today 7 9.15 p.m. "CITY
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    • 207 4 SHAW BROTHERS 5 JUNE ISSUE now •ST MOVIE NEWS Z CapitoL OPENS TODAY 11-1.45-4-6.30-9.30 Exotic rites pogan h>vi> met inn BURT lANCASTER as HIS MAJESTY O'KEEFE j WITH JOAN RICE A WARNER BROS. j SOUTH SEA ADVENTURE In Tvilm'h trior PLUS; MFLS "PAftSWELL TO TEMPLE*" -WT- x 11 am 145.
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 106 4 ft CLOSING rubber prices (cents per ib in Singapore Monday were: Buyers .Sellers No. 1 R.SS. Spot Loose til; 623 No. 1 R.S.S. 62S 62& No. 2 R.SS. 61 i tili No. 3 R.S.S. 60S 61| Tone: Dull and slightly easier. TIN PRICE The price of tin yesterday was $361
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  • 160 5 WHO'S WHO AT THE CRASH INQUIRY FOLLOWING are the principal figures who are participating in the inquiry: .Mr. Justice Knight (Commissioner), Mr. C. D. Waldron, Commandant Renfrew Airport, Scotland, and Captain L. Metz. Chief Pilot, KLM, (Assessors). Mr. C. 11. Butterfield. Q. C. Solicitor-General, and Mr. G. S Hill, Crown
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  • 104 5 2 Die In Causeway Collision JOHORE BAH|LU. Mon. Two men have now died as the result of a motor collision which occurred on the Causeway on Saturday. I "She first man died on Saturday night in the hospital. The second, died last night without regaining consciousness. The two who were
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  • 35 5 EVERYTHING from cutlery tq evening bags will be displayed at the Jumble Sale on Friday, June 4. at the Presbyterian Church Hall, in aid of the Singapore Family Planning Association.
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  • 201 5 His Lite Was Worth Only $2,000 Court Told Alleged Murder Bid In Coffee Shop SECRET society thugs were promised $2 ooo to kill a coffee shop proprietor, alleged Tung Chung Kwang, the intended victim, ot a preliminary inquiry held yesterday in the Fourth Police Magistrate's Court. Tentatively charged with attempting
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  • 290 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. A 21-year-old National Serviceman, Private Raymond Long, of the East Yorks, stationed at Kluang. who was ori^.nally charged in the Sessions Court with causing the death of three persons by a rash act not amounting to culpable homicide, pleaded guilty yesterday
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  • 59 5 Seventeen -year- old Ng Chwee Bock, appeared in the Singapore Fifth Police Court, on charges of voluntarily causing hurt to a detective on May 30. and unlawful possession of a dagger. It was alleged Ng stabbed the detective. Wong Hock Yin. in a back lane off Upper
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  • 232 5 ENSEMBLE CONCERT WELL RECEIVED THE concert of Italian classical music given by the Singapore Chamber Ensemble, featuring a violin concerto, a flute concerto, two concert! grossi, six arias, and a mass, received an enthusiastic reception from a packed house in the Victoria Memorial Hall last night A marked improvement in
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  • 188 5 TWO seamen. Malcolm George Barnes and Alan Johns, both of the Royal Navy, are facing trial before Mr. Justice Whitton in the Singapore Assizes on a charge of robbing an army doctor. Lieutenant J. W. Spriggs. of a watch, a pen and $25 cash and
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  • 272 5 He Hits At Cyclists Who Show Off To Girls THE antics of some mot-or-cyclists who need "brainwashing" and taxi drivers who "seem to have forgotten the rudiments of road courtesy," came in for criticism when the Singapore City Council held its ordinary meeting yesterday. Mr. Chan Kum Chee < ProgEast)
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 107 5 ANNOUNCEMENT Asian Carpet Emporium 15 BATTERY ROAD, SINGAPORE. L CLOSING DOWN CLEARANCE SALE IS NOW ON! Rare opportunity to purchaser ol tmenggint* Persian untt Kokhara Carpets and Hugs at very moderate prices 9.10 A.M. TO 6 P.M. OPEN TAILY FROM 9. Early visit solicited t m For your future requirements
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  • SINGAPORE STANDARD
    • 748 6 j]OW deep is the rift between America and Britain? Is the rift serious enough to bring crashing down the edifice on which Western democratic policy is based? In Britain, the rift over South-East Asian policy is variously described as "the worst since the war" and as a "mere
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  • 534 6  - A Drop of INK R.B. Ooi By ASTRONOMERS, sweeping the skies nightly with their giant telescopes and working on their abstruse mathematical calculations, make less fuss when they discover a new galaxy far. far beyond the Milky Way than our Malayan watchers for the faint sickle of the new moon
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  • 1229 6 Mr. Attlee Recaptures His Past I A Times' Special Correspondent "TV"OSTALGIC memories, A mostly happy, flood my mind as I think back." So writes Mr. Attlee in his autobiography, "As it Happened." in which he beautifully recaptures remembrance of childhood and youth. No public man is less to bef suspected
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  • We, the PEOPLE
    • 247 6 Sir: One would have expected the Malay Settlement Management Board to display a more "intolerant" attitude towards the Rural Board or at least to fret at the lonfT time their recommendations for the betterment of the Settlement have been pigeon-holed. But apparently, the elder members of the
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  • 159 6 Review of Views Clarification Wanted UTUSAN MELAYU says that very little is heard now about the April demand by UMNO's General Assembly for a fully elected legislature in the Federation. The Assembly then decided to demand a fully elected legisture instead of a three-fifths majority in the future Federal Council.
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 20 6 _nIL CMXE I (Jhfo^ I CAMERAS ll __J A PROJECTORS EXPERT SERVICE AFTER SALE aamlJmVl^^gJ^ P. O BOX 221, SINGAPORE
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  • 141 7 CROWD SLAYS BRITON IN SUEZ ISMAILIA, Ma/ 31. (Reuter). A crowd of Egyptians murdered a British soldier in the outskirts of the Canal zone town of Ismailia, a British military spokesman said last night. The murdered soldier who belonged to the Parachute Brigade was acting as armed tscort to an
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  • 125 7 TAIPEI. May 31.— The Chinesc Nationalist Air Force ciisclosed its planes bombed i-.nd sank a 500-ton Red Chinese gunboat and machine-gunned 21 motorized junks yesterday off the mainland where there has been an outbreak of air and naval activity recently. An announcement said the f-.t
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  • 68 7 PARIS. May 31 (AFP>. The police yesterday arrested nine persons following clashes at three different points in the city between sellers of the Communist Sunday newspaper. Humanite Dimanche. and a group of veterans from the IndoChina war. The nine persons arrested were later released pending further
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  • 25 7 PEIPIXG RADIO last night renounced th;it a through passenger train service between Peiping and Pyongyang will ipen ofTirialiy on June 3. A. P.
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  • Article, Illustration
    77 7 QUEEN Elizabeth the Queen Mother enjoys a joke with Lt.-Col. C. A. Joss, Commanding Officer of the Inns of Court Reg i m e n t, in Temple Gardens. Her Majesty presented new colours to the regiment, a territorial unit attached to the Household Cavalry and the only
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  • 58 7 PARIS. May 31 (Reuter)— Mr. Charles Dollfuss. 61--year-old French aeronaut, and his 29-year-old astronomer son. Audein. came down near Troyes. 92 i "les east of Paris, yesterday in the hydrogen balloon from which they had planned to study Mars. They took off from Meudon near here earlier
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  • 291 7 Troops Are Called Out To Restore Law And Order KARACHI, May 31, (Reuter). The Pakistan Government yesterday ousted the provincial ministry in East Pakistan, called out troops and vested power .in a "strong man" Governor in a bid to restore law and order in the riot-torn
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  • 245 7 COVENTRY, May 31. (Reuter). A mocki hydrogen bomb attack on this Midland in- dustrial city where the Labour-controlled City j Council have voted for I i the abolition of the Civil Defence Com- j mittee today developed Into a "battle of the amplifiers."
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  • 293 7 Britain May Sacrifice SEVERAL Comets In Test LONDON, May 31, (Reuter). Britain will, if necessary, sacrifice several of her £500,000 Comet jet airliners to solve the riddle of why some of these planes have met disaster. One Comet in perfect working order is now submerged in a watertank for "tests
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  • 60 7 CASABLANCA. May 31 < Reuter)— A Moroccan was shot dead by police today after stabbing a policeman in the back at Oujda, Morocco. The Moroccan was haranguing the market day crowd in an Oujda square and urging Moroccans to rise against the French when the police intervened.
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  • 39 7 LT.-GENERAL Sir Terence Airey. Commander British. Forces. Hongkong, will leave tomorrow for England on retirement in the m.v. Victoria which is due in Singapore this afternoon Lt.-Gencral C. S. Sugden is taking over General Airey's command.
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  • 49 7 LEEUWARDEN. Holland May 31 (UP)- A team of five surgeons will attempt to separate Holland's "Siamese twins," Folkje and -Tjitske de Vries, on June 12. Dr. Jan Hakens said today. The twins were born last Nov. 8. The girls are joined at the abdomen.
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  • 66 7 THE United States nircraft carrier Saipan with the Marine Attack Squadron 324. equipped with Skyraiders. will arrive today after six months operational duties tn Korean waters. Accompanying the light carrier which was attached to the Task Force 95 will be th 341st Destroyer Division, which
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  • 66 7 CALCUTTA, May 31 (Reuter) Nurse Gehevieve De Galard. the heroine of Dien Bierf Phu. said here today that she will write a book on her experiences in the besieged fortress. A publisher has already offered^ her U5525,000 for it, she added. Nurse Genevieve, passing through here
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  • 76 7 Standard London Correspondent LONDON. May 31. The following are tfll closing prices of rubber and tin on the London Market. LONDON RUBBER Spot 18id. July /Sept. 181 d. Oct /Dec. 1 8. d. |an /Mar. 191 d. A r/|une 19} d. June c.i.f. 181 d. Tone:
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  • 136 7 Big Rail Strike Is Called Off LONDON, May 31. (Reuter). The threatened strike by drivers and firemen on the easterly section of British Railways, which would have caused the worst dislocation in Britain since before the war. was called off yesterday Upwards of 30,000 men from London to Aberdeen, 550
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  • 16 7 Princess Margaret attended the annual Empire Youth Service in Westminster Abbey yesterday. Reuter
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  • 45 7 TUNIS. May 31 <UP (-Algerian reinforcements and five squadrons of mobile guards are being rushed here to restore order. ResidentGeneral Pierre Voizard announced today, as both French and native residents called on the government to protect them from terrorist attacks.
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  • 31 7 HELIGOLAND, bomb-shat-tered North Sea island, used as a practice target by tlie British Royal Air Force until two years ago is booming as a tourist resort. Reuter
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  • 158 7 HANOI, .'May 31 French authorities announced today the bulk of four Communist divisions marching on the Red River delta from Dien Bien Phu, had advanced to within 42 miles of Hanoi. French intelligence reports said heavy artillery and supply convoys of Molotov trucks arrived
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    71 7 photo. EMPEROR HAILE SELASSIE I of Ethiopia waves to greeters following his arrival on the line r United States. .May tS. for a :>O-dav tour of the 1.5.. Canada and Mexico and a state visit lo President Eisenhower. The til-veai old ruler is seen here with his granddaughter Princess Svbel
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  • 99 7 MELBOURNE. May 31 Renter).—- Fourteen people have reported seeing an object like a "flying saucer" over the rooftops of Melhouri > suburbs yesterday. I)a\nl Reece of East Malvern suburb said an "oval shaped thing as big as a railway carriage" shot over his house with
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  • 67 7 PARIS. May 31 «AP» Premier Joseph Laniel today offered Raymond Schmittlein. a follower of General Charles de Gaulee. the n>b of Secretary of Slate for the Associated States Indochina». Schmittlein vaid. u h< left the Premier's office, that he had withheld a definite reply until he
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  • 29 7 ONE man was killed and about 15 people were lnjun-d when two trains collided near Belllnzona. Switzerland, yesterday blocking the St. Gotthard railway line to Italy. Reuter
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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    • 1242 8 mm BLUE FUNNEL LINE Mitit (20 line.) MANSFIELD €43., 'tTO. ftßg l Incorporated In Singapore Carriers option to proceed rla other ports to load and discharge cargo SAILINGS to LIVERPOOL, (iLA^cow LONDON CONTINENTAL POBTS Due Sail P Sham Penanp Anchlses for Liverpool. Dublin St Swansea G.33/34 June 4 June 5/n
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  • 296 9 Standard Staff Reporter EIGHTEEN young: white-garbed Singapore workers, working: under stringent hygienic conditions, operate an electrically-controlled bottling plant which turns out 144,0041 bottles of soft drinks in 20 flavours in 24 hours. The plant, a complex maze of automatic bottle washers, automatic conveyer belts and
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    30 9 photo. MR. P. McNFF. Director of Drainage <_ frrigatio*. Federation of Malaya. Is seen attending the hydraulic resources development ronmittee of ECAFE which held its six-day conference in Tokyo recently. U.P.
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  • 859 9 THE Malayan share market opened the week on a dull and cautious note with the political news influencing both buyers and sellers. Industrial shares were steady and tins irregular. Onh one deal was reported for ni °r shares where interest s again at
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  • 31 9 I MORE than 2.000 experts I from o4 countries are eonferj ring in Pari? on the future of nylon and other man made i "Textiles cf the future." Reuter
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    • 529 9 HI Khuat B r At Capp t pap-* iSorT-nKj- ~H fZ rfomrr yjm^fr t*> < A prncM-OMK./ /tauk cjkk\ /SmS i_f-T> f A 6EVILISH LOCX #S^m. -OMEHOJ- J FCfMAH V_-HCTjr- 7 N^ftMOUT -N inner_^emt u_ y^T. FI 7 > If H AUey Oop By V.7. Hamlin MD JLBT JO 9uf^
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    • 1174 9 _ri_ ruboer market in Singapore yesterday closed I dull and slightly easier at 1 622 cents per lb. for first grade rubber for June shipment (632 cents on Saturday The market was quiet all day with a ktek of overseas interest. Both London and New York orders were lacking, j
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  • 751 10  -  Victoria Chappelle COTTONS will be highlight rd in London this year And designers ire vying with one another to produce elegant styles. Some of them will look very luxurious indeed. (Below): Featured here is a multi-coloured evening dress in Horrockses Poplin, with a wide spreading
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  • 365 10 TODAY'S QUOTATION: "She's onerous to a fault— if It's her own."— Arthur Baer. TUESDAY FOR EVERYONE: The day is stimulating; it inclines toward inquiry, practicality, new Ideas and methods. It favours friendly relationships with others, and is a time when you should get out and mix
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  • 384 10 AfANY thoughtful wives A today are asking themselves, "What cao I do to show my husband bow much I appreciate him I heard of one wife recently who surprise 1 her husband on his birthday by handing him the paidup deed to a lot
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  • 310 10 W/HAT can a conscientious wife do to win and hold the love of the average husband, so that he will remain her boy friend instead of becoming her sparring partner? Too often women think that the way to do this is to spend money on clothing and
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  • 318 10 a "WO glamour girls met on an airplane flying from Europe to America. One was Shelley Winters, the other Yvonne De Carlo. "I'm going to divorce Vittorio (Gassman)," Shelley said sadly. "Oh, are you?" said Yvonne. "Yes. and I've decided I'm not going to talk about tt."
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  • 925 10  -  C.B. ACKWORTH By MANY a married woman holds a full-time job in these days working, in office or in factory the same hours as a man. Some have risen to responsible executive positions, and others will follow them. Now there is more than one side to
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  • 366 11 LONDON, May 31, (AP) England's soccer selectors yesterday dropped a hint they intci:d to include old maestro Stanley Matthews in tiieir party for the world championships in Switzerland next month. Matthews has been told to report in London today to train with 26 other world
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  • 94 11 First Public Playfield In J. Bahru i juhukc _/\rinu. Mon. The first public playing ground has b.'en constructed and handed over to the Town Council. The ground Is near the Police Depot. Jalan Tebrau. Though not of full size it provides a much needed amenity and has been well patronised
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  • 232 11 LITTLE MO IS TRIPLE CHAMPION PARIS, May 30— Mis.s Maureen Connolly became triple champion when 1 she won the mixed doubles final in partnership with Hoad. They beat Rex Hartwig and Mme. Jacqueline Patorni 6—4. 6—3 In the singles final she retained her title wilh a 16 4. 6—l win
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  • 58 11 MELBOURNE. May 30. i Reuter I Tommy Uren, former lightweight, welterweight .nd tr.iddleweight champion of Australia, red today aged 60. Urea began fighting before the Qrst World War in the nays if 2ft' round fights. When he won hi? Miple titles he was' fightim; top-rankers from
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  • 395 11 MALACCA, May 31 Malacca beat Johore in their inter-State cricket fixture by six wickets on the English School ground at Segamat yesterday. Once again Kailasapathy. Malacca's* skipper, played an important part in *»ic He knocked up 6.'* runs in the first innings and tvasounbeaten when
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  • 259 11 Zatopek Cuts 5, 000 M. Record PARIS, May 30:— Emil Zatopek. _ech Olympics champion, today beat the world record for 5.C00 metres at an international athletics meeting here today. Zatopek's time was 13 minutes 57.2 seconds one second better than the previous record rf Sweden's Gundar Haegg which had stood
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  • 155 11 ORO6BINGERB. New York. May 30 »UP-. Heavyweight champion. Rocky Marciano. boxed four rounds today and then got mH for tht longest rest period he will enjoy i before def^ndins his title on [June 17 at Yankee Stadium [against Ezzard Charles. Cnder orders from manager
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  • 125 11 Mysore Soccer Stars For Malayan Tour lilE Mysore State football team, several times National Champions of India, will visit Singapore and the Federation on a five-week soccer goodwill tour. The team will play against Colony and Stat<> teams in the Federation, after which the Indians will leave for a tour
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  • 106 11 IPOH. Mon Joviallads Badminton Party, ot Ipoh. eliminated the Sm King B P., ol Taiping. from the P« rak I Inter-Party Knockout tournament at the PBA Hall laat night i Results (Joviallads ftrst): Singles: Chan Ii m Kit. b *at Oh Hong fang 15-1, no-15.
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    • 729 11 BIRTH I \I-LIN, wife of Peng Heng at "wK K. Hospital on Fridav _»tli Februarv 1954 a son Heng Terk Both well. PERSONAL MR. A P. ANTO of W.H. Singapore is admitted in ward 1 General Hospital, to undergo an operation. SITUATIONS VACANT "~TWO YEAR CERTIFICATE COURSE (J954 561— TEACHERS'
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    • 1182 11 SITUATIONS J/ACAMI CENTRAL ELECTRICITY BOARD OF THE FEDERATION OF MALAYA HOSPITAL Assistant Probationer required for the Central Electricity Board Dispensaries. Applicants should be below the age of 30 and should be intelligent with a good background. Experience an advantage. Basic «alary_according to qualifications in Tne scale $102x6-114. In addition the
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    • 190 11 ANNOUNCEMENT W."E have pleasure to announce that we have! appointed Messrs. WING ON FIRE MARINE INSURANCE CO.. LTD., Singapore; Branch. as our General; Agents for the Colony of j Singapore, Federation of Malaya, North. Borneo. Brunei and Sarawak. The Wing On Life Assurance Co.. Ltd. Wing On Bank Building. Des
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    • 232 11 Help Your Piles l' s..ci r Itchlnc. 'r. trrti.ii or protruding l"ilea. rt«-n"1 r »nnli .r day witho.it tr*i»iei'i nirj'i) In IS miWMtrx. Chmaraid atarta nchtinc your i*iir» in i »*ya: I. Soothea pr. in and ili-lnng Z Hrlpa ahrwtk aora. swollen liwiur* 1 Help* I -it irritated iwintimnrii. M«.'i«-jf
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  • 537 12 JeSSery James... Frankly Speaking TONIGHT, our world champion goes into action again. And we will cheer that dancing figure; we will remember that its the same blue pair of shorts he wore before he became the world's most controversial figure in badminton; we will marvel
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    88 12 SELANGOR'S Lien Hwa BP team on arrival in Singapore yesterday for tonight's encounter against the Mayflowers, show. Sitting, left to right: Thong Poh Wah. Mrs. Ng Tow Foo. Ng Tow Foo (President), Sieh Yew, Mrs. Sieh Yew. Standing. 1 to r: FAX. Gonzaga. Lim Leng Hin, Johnny Lim. Mrs. Yap
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  • 100 12 In a friendly return badminton match played at Cltrica?±Union Hall Merrytime "B" defeated Merridale B" seven games to nil. Result (Merrytime first): Willie Tay beat Lee Chin Mgee 15-10, 15-11; Chiem Dow S:ng beat Choo Liat Eng 15-3. 5-15. 15-8; Lim Peng Hooi beat Stanley Choo
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  • 34 12 ROME. May 31 CAP) Tiberlo Metri. who won the European middleweight boxing champidnship from Randy Turpin on May 2. left yesterday by plane for London where he will fight Gordon Hazell tomorrow
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  • 674 12 First Defeat For The Champs In 2 Years HEME, resolute and reliant, reaped a rich reward for their fighting football when they scored the season's most sensational upset in earning a 2 l victory over Tigers, last year's undisputed league and cup champions. It was the
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  • 216 12 Seletar In Sight Of League Title R.A.F. Seletar. favourites for* the championship beat the Netaji Memorial Sports Club by five goals to nil in a S.A.F.A. Division 3B League match played at Geylang Stadium yesterday. The Airmen top the League with Kinta Rangers a close second. They meet in the
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  • 84 12 THE Singapore Amateur Boxing Association open ■hampionships will be held on June 16 17 and 18. The Police Training School will be the venue on the first day while efforts will be made to hold the next two days' boxing at the Singapore Badminton Stadium. For
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  • 373 12 THE following are the weights for the Second day (Thursday) of the Penang Tu?.f Club Summer meeting. Horse* Class 2 Div. I Beau Matin 8.06 i The Club Cup 1-6 F. |Siapa Tabu 8.01 I rL 4 DIV I—l m, saraJ5 ara JS a Ln M? c'ambSdf.
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  • 115 12 KANSAS CITY, Kansas. May 30 (UP).— Wes Santee. Kansas runner who ran the second fastest mile in history on Saturday night on an Injured leg, will have three more chances to crack the four-minute mile barrier. Santee was clocked in 4:01.3 in the Missouri Valley
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  • 24 12 RAUB. Mon. The Royal Lancers. Raub. beat the Youngsters XI 5 2 goals in a friendly hockev match on the public field.
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  • 403 12 IPOH. Mon.— The most disgraceful exhibition of sportsmanship on the soccer field was seen on the Chinese Assembly Hall ground today when the Ramblers Sports Club eleven, not accepting the decision of the referee in sacking one of their players in a first division league match against
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  • 684 12  -  VERITY GILL By PROVIDED the weather keeps fine exciting, first-class cricket should be seen on the padang this weekend when Europeans and the Rest meet in the Conrad Clarke Cup. Both teams are strong and the standard should be fitting to mark the
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  • 45 12 A furious Tiger raid, with Boon Seong making an attempt with a header in yesterday's SAFA division I league match which Tigers lost for the first time in two years. REME. their opponents, left the field with a creditable 2 l victory.
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  • 27 12 A TEAM from the USS Saipan. now in Singapore will meet the Colony basketball champions. Nanyang Slang Pau. in a match at the Happy World tonight
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    • 48 12 TODAY 'S SPORT Soccer: SAFA League: Div. 1 Dockyard v Chinese Athetotic at Jalan Besar; Dir. 3C Town Rangers v YMSA at BODCA. Basketball:— USS Saipan v Nanyang Siang Pau at Happy World. Badminton: Mayflower (Spore) 7)s Lien Hwa (Kuala Lumpur) Ht Singapore Badminton Stadium 7. 1S p.m.
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