Singapore Standard, 17 June 1954

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    17 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD tt an Vol. IV. No. 350 SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1954 TWELVE PAGES 13 CENTS
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    Korea Topics Freak Down
    125 1 Korea Topics Freak Down GENEVA, June 16 ter) The 19-nation Korean conference collast night with both the United Nations nd the Communist side ling ie blame s „prpiv i each other. Dommunlsti declared wanted the seven-week-on Korean unity to I But the 16 United Nations allies declared in a joint
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    'Free For Any Action'
    128 1 :-:VA. June 16, (Reuter) an Yung Tai. South •an Foreign Minister, said today that his country no I »ng< r felt obliged to abide by the Korean armistice. told a press conference the collapse of the 19--n. it ion Korean talks here yesterday meant that South
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    CONGRESS PROBE
    37 1 WASHINGTON, June 16 fßeuter) President Eisenhower disclosed today that was caDing a meeting of mgresskmal leaders in both parties next week to discuss the iaiiure of the Geneva renca to solve the X >rean problem.
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    POLICE DENY BATON ATTACK ON YOUTHS
    36 1 photo. SOME of the Chinese students who turned up for the trial of 48 of their colleagues seen in the compound of the courthouse in South Bridge Road yesterday. Standard
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    Student Freed As Trial Opens
    799 1 ONE of the 48 students arrested during the May 13 student-police clashes in Singapore, was acquitted yesterday when the stu- 3 dents' trial opened in the Fifth Police Magistrte's Court. Mr. E. P. Shanks, DPP, said the prosecution was not offering any evidence against Ho
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    Smuggling Ring Bared
    64 1 KOBE, June 16, (AP) Police in this central Japanese port have uncovered the biggest smuggling operation since World War 11. Kyodo News Service said today. Tsai Chi-ning, 32, of Osaka and 14 others arrested, were accused of smuggling more than US$lOO,OOO,OOO worth of merchandise into Japan during
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    ALI IN SYRIA
    13 1 PAKISTANI Premier Mohammed All arrived in Damascus by air yesterday.
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    15Ft. WAVES HIT B'WORTH
    51 1 15Ft. WAVES HIT B 'WORTH BUTTERWORTH, Wed.— A four-hour storm this morning whipped up huge waves off the coast here. Waves rising 15 feet Up the sea wall flooded the Pariang and smashed a benoh Op the shore embankment. This was the worst buffeting against the sea wall for many
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    For Katmandu
    33 1 KATMANDU. June 16. <Reuter.t— Sir Edmund Hiilary. the New Zealand mountaineer, will visit Katmandu before going home after his expedition to Barun Glacier. North East Nepal, it was learned here today.
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    GOVERNOR CHIDES THE PARENTS
    264 1 GOVERNOR CHIDES THE PARENTS PARENTS of students camping out at the Singapore Chinese High School in protest against national service, were chided yesterday by the Government. In a letter sent to them through Mr. Loe Kong Chian, the multi-million-aire Chairman of the Chinese High School Management Committee, the Colonial Secretary,
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    Sucked Up By Jet, Lives
    67 1 MARIETTA. Gegia, June 16. CAP) A mechanic of the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation here was sucked head and arms into the air inlet section of a huge and powerful Jet engine yesterday and survived. The power of the engine, one of six on a giant 847
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    LEWD PHOTOS IN 3-D SEIZED
    56 1 NAPLES, June 16. (Reuter) —Police here said today they have handed information to IXTERPOL, the International Police Commission, which T.ay help to break an International agency distributing pornographic photographs. Police said they have arrested one of the agency's Italian distributors and confiscated thousands of photographs,
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    PEKING ADMITS SEIZURE OF YACHT
    120 1 TOKYO. June 16, (AP>—Communist China announced today that nine British Navy men aboard a motorboat "bearing no national flag" were seized off the South China coast on June 1. Th* vessel apparently was the 27-foot Royal Navy yacht Elinor on which seven seamen and two
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    'CABINET' JOBS VACANT
    843 1 Govt. Accepts Resignations CHAMBERS DECIDE TOJOINWALKOUT KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— The Federal Government las accepted the resignations of Col. H. S. Lee, Member For Transport, and Dr. Ismail bin Dato Rahman, Member For Natural Resources. Both Col. Lee and Dr. Ismail, The Standard was told, received acceptance letters
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    COOPER, THE PRACTICAL JOKER' GETS 18 MONTHS'
    361 1 COOPER, THE PRACTICAL JOKER' GETS 18 MONTHS' MR. Justice Storr today sentenced L C p 1 George Cooper to 18 months rigorous imprisonment on an amended charge of causing the death of his wife Vera by a negligent act. Cooper, who was serving with FARELF Training Centre in Kota Tinggi
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    3 Killed In Road Mishaps
    132 1 THREE people were killed within three hours in road accidents In Singapore yesterday. ACCIDENT No. 1: At 3 p.m. at the 5i mil»\ Dunearn Road, a motorcyclist and a cyclist were involved In a collision. The cyclist. Toh Sai Vow. 46. died on the way
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    Vietnam Govt. Dissolved
    38 1 PARIS. June 16. < Reuter) Bao Dai. Vietnam head of State, today accepted the resignation of Prince Buu Loo as his Prime Minister and asked the Catholic Nationalist leader. Ngo Dinh Diem, to form a government.
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    Talks To Strengthen UK-US Friendship
    208 1 WASHINGTON, June 16 (Reuter) President Eisenhower said today that he would seek to strengthen the Anglo-American bridge of friendship in his talks with Sir Winston Churchill here later this month. The President told his press conference that he and the British Prime Minister intended to
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    TRUST CHARGE
    87 2 PENANO, Wed— A clerk. Ho Chuan Sze, 37. pleaded guilty in the Magistrate's Court here today to a charge of criminal breach of trust of SI.ToO belonging to Yik Aim and Co.. of Campbell Street. The Magistrate postponed sentence, pending the appearance of the manager of the firm,
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    I THINK IT'S GOING TO HIT THE SEAWALL
    1385 2 I THINK IT'S GOING TO HIT THE SEAWALL Airport Ey«-Witness Tells Of Constellation's Approach MRS. Sheila M. Col ton, an eye-witness of the BOAC Constellation disaster at Kallang Airport on March 13, told the crash inquiry yesterday the aircraft came in so low on its approach to the runway that
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    No Blame On Fire Brigade
    98 2 ALL allegations made at the crash inquiry against the fire fighting service at Kallang Airport on March 13 were directed against tbc Airport fire fighting unit and not the City Fire Brigade. This was made clear by the Solicitor-General Mr. C. H. Butterfield at yesterday's
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    COMMODITY PRICES
    103 2 t CLOSING rubber prices (cents per lb.) in Singapore on Wednesday utre: Buyers Sellers No. 1 R.S.S. Spot Loose 65* 66 No 1 R.S.S. 66} 66ft No 2 R.S.S. 65ft 651 No! 3 R.S.S. 64| €-4? Tone: Steady. TIN PRICE The price of tin yesterday wa s $362!
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    GURKHA RECRUITMENT CRITICISED
    73 2 GURKHA RECRUITMENT CRITICISED KATMANDU, Nepal, June 16, (Reuten Opposition members in Nepal's Advisory Assembly are criticising British recruitment of Gurkha tribesmen from Nepal Ui light in Malaya. Mr. Vaidyanand. lead< r cf the Terri Congress, one of the opposition parties, said on Monday it was "shameful that Nepalese troops were
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    CURATOR TO GIVE A TALK
    68 2 TAIPING, Wed. A talk on "Malaya in the 16th Century: The Excavation of Johore Lama" will be given by Dr. G. de G. Sleveking. Curator of Museums. Federation of Malaya, at Lady Treacher Girls" School Hall oh June 25 at 8 p.m. A short coloured
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    Reduced Cost Vital To The Rubber Industry
    351 2 Reduced Cost Vital To The Rubber Industry Financial Times Says LONDON, June 15, (Rcuter) The h Times, Britain's leading daily business i>< «v today called for a reduction in costs of r 'rubber production >>;>1 the future nil ter depended o i tlriiamc of F., r E. lent The m■■
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    Lawmakers Set Aside Principles
    144 2 MALACCA. Wed— Municipal Councillors, by four vote? 1c three, today decided to ignore an embargo on new businesses in residential a re*. 5 they set in 1947 and issue v licence for a tallow melting shop Jn Heeren Street. Mrs. Amy Joseph (Labour) said the applicant
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    Hush-Hush Talks Start
    104 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Malayan Railway wage dispute tribunal began its "hush-hush" hearings behind closed door today under the chairmanship ot Inche C. M. Yusoff. Only members of railway unions were admitted as observers. The workers are b< ing represented by Mr. J. Led. president of the
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    BREACH OF TRUST CHARGE
    42 2 PENANG ptoyee of Rem nj Inc.. V. Venga claimed trial in I tnte'i Court charge of crioiln trust of $1 073 the firm on Jun Bail in tti wa^ allow, i mad postponed. 10 July 2 1 ing
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    WHITE SLAVERS' NOW GO BY AIR
    293 3 A Close Watch Kept In Colony TRAFFICKERS in women and girls between the Federation and Singapore have now resorted to air travel in their illicit trade, according to the Colony's Secretary for Social Welfare, Mr. T.P. Cromwell. r^*!? told The Standard yesterday, one suspected
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    THEY WANT PAY TALKS WITH AIR MINISTRY
    218 3 THEY WANT PAY TALKS WITH AIR MINISTRY HUNDREDS of civilian stenographers and typists employed by the Air Ministry in Singapore, want to meet the Ministry authorities immediately to discuss their grievances. This request was made in a 1,000-word memorandum submitted to the Air Officer (Administration), Far East Air Force, by
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    MR. TAN TO DONATE MACE
    72 3 THE University of Malaya ha 3 accepted the offer of Mr. Tan Chin Tuan. Deputy President of the Singapore Legislative Council to donate a Mace to th^ University. Sir Sydney Came. the Vice Chancellor of the University, told the press yesterday that two other persons
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    THIS SCHOOL NEEDS FUNDS
    93 3 YOXG PENG. Johore.— An appeal has boon launched for fund.s to build a school for the community here. Makin? tne appeal. Miss K. M. Griggs, a member of the Yong Ptng English School Commiliee said the ground is now being levelled and it is hoped to
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    The Sex Prowler Is Back Again
    139 3 The Sex Prowler Is Back Again A SEX prowler who annoyed women residents' of the Idris Road, Ketnpaa Road and Bendemeer Road areas about six months ago is reported *d be active again. A resident. Mr. S.L.M. Salahuddin, described the prowler as a Chinese in his early twenties. His "modus
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    HOLDEN FLIES IN MONDAY
    145 3 DUE to a flight delay, 1 William Holden. "Best Hollywood actor of 1953," will now arrive in Singapore on Monday evening, instead of in the morning as originally planned. He will be accompanied by Paramount's Far East Divisional Manager Hank Henry and by the head of
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    CHIEF CLERK HONOURED
    60 3 SEREMBAN. Wed.— Mr. Lim Ah Chong. clerk in charge of Messrs. Fraser Neave, Seremban, was honoured at a dinner last Saturday by the members of the staff on the eve of his retirement after 27 years' service. Mr. R.A. CenfOfd, Manager of Kuala Lumpur branch, paid tribute
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    60 3 THE Governor of Singapore, Sir John Nieoll, yesterday inaugurated the first radiotelephone link between the Colony and India. He spoke to Sir Girja Sanker Ba.jpai. the Governor of Bombay. Wishing the new link with India every success. Sir John said: "This most welcome additional contact with India will, we can
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    Phone Link To India Is Opened
    87 3 Phone Link To India Is Opened port. and bring even closer, those ties which have existed between them for very many years." Sir Girja conveyed his cordial greetings to the people of Singapore. After the phone link was established, there were four calls. Three were from Singapore, while one was
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    Fountain To Be Floodlit
    52 3 IV a month* time the Tan Kirn Sen? memorial fountain which occupies a prominent £»sUio?°n anSore's brautlful Estfanade will be flood-it at night Improvement on ill ieieril appSance I* now under way and this Standard picture shows the fountain ji* .mt I*l *vw the process of
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    For $2 You Can Be King For 1 Day
    268 3 For $2 You Can Be King For 1 Day FOR a mere $2 and with a measure of luck, any person between the age of 15 and. 35 stands a chance of becoming "King" or "Queen" of Singapore for one day and earning a free round-trip to Hongkong. The '"King"
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    CLUB APPEALS FOR GIFTS
    76 3 THE Malayan University Socialist Club. eight of whose members were c-harged with alleged sedition, is appealing to members of the Club and friends for cash donations to help towards the defence of their members. The eight members were on the editorial board of the Club's official
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    Charged With Causing Death
    55 4 PENANG, Wed.— Chan Ooi Hong. 40. was tentatively charged in the Magistrates Court yesterday with having committed culpable homicide not amounting to murder, by causing the death of one Chan Seng Ho. at Presgrave Street on January 18. Chan was allowed bail of $3,000. The case
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    No Defect In Plane When He Plunged
    152 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The death plunge of Mr. Cheong Cheng Ec, a Singapore law firm clerk, from a Malayan Airways Dakota on April 12, cannot be attributed to any defect in the aircraft or its operation, the Chief Inspector of Accidents, Mr. M.
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    POLICE' ITEM COST $250 A WEEK
    289 4 Former Gambling Promoter Tells Court Sergeanf Faces Graft Charge KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— Liew Seng Kiew, a former promoter of o "fan tan" gambling organisation, said in the First Magistrate's Court today that his corporation hod a weekly $250 item of expenditure headed "Police." Liew,
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    H.C TOURS PROVINCE WELLESLEY
    98 4 PENANG. Wed. After a heavy day in Penang Island yesterday. the Federation High Commissioner. Sir Donald MacGillivray today toured Province Wellesley accompanied by Mr. R. P. Bingham. the Resident Commissioner. Penang. At Nibong Tebal where he was met by the District Officer. Mr. Yeap Kee Aik.
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    TWO-DAY FAIR
    49 4 PEKAN. Wed. The Pekan Branch of the Women's Institute held a successful two-day fun fair at the Istana Kota Beram grounds in conjunction with the Sultans birthday celebration. The fun fair drew large crowds during the two days. There were games and food stalls at the fair.
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    Reds Murder Two Tappers & Leave Pamphlets Behind
    132 4 Reds Murder Two Tappers Leave Pamphlets Behind KUALA LUMPI R. Wed.— Seven Communist terrorists yesterday shot dead a 66-year-old man named Low Sin Fatt and left a "red" note pinned on his shirt. This happened in Liang Fong Estate in the Pagoh area. Johore. Another 30-year-old tapper. Wong Seong, was
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    Forces Kill A Woman Bandit
    175 4 Forces Kill A Woman Bandit PENANG. Wed. A woman Communist terrorist, Lim Swee Thuan, who was an armed member of the Communist terrorist organisation in the Changkat cell area of the Sunei Bong Branch, was killed by an Area Security Unit in the Changkat area of the food denial operation.
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    20 Teachers For College
    87 4 MALACCA. Wed—Six rm n and 10 women teachtrs hay« been selected for training either at Kota Bharu or at Kirkby. Those selected ar< Messrs. Abdul Khalil Mohamed tfasin. Mow Ah Kww. An to Austin de Cruz. Lte Hfxxl Tuan. Cheong Hoon Hoe and Tan Pao Chan.
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    SULTAN OPENS EXHIBITION
    43 4 PEKAN. Wed. The Suit an of Pahang opened the Malay Schools" handicraft exhibition at the Malay School here yesterday morning be lore a iarge gathering. The sale of the exhibits took place when the exhibition was opened to the public
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    A Change Of Name Didn't Help
    97 4 A Change Of Name Didn't Help BUTTKRWORTH, WedEven though the name of the village has been changed from Kampong Derhaka (Village of Despair) to Kampong Pertama (Kampong No. 1) and the road repaired, there was yet another serious motor accident on the Kampong roatl last night. A car returning to
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    Cushion For Lady MacG.
    83 4 PENANG. Wed —Lady MacGillivray bought a beautiful patchwork cushion made by a patient of the Pt rak Road Hospital when she inspected the Red Crass Occupational Therapy Section of the Hospital this morning The patient Koa Lee Hye began his first lesson in cushion making only
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    ALLEGED CRIME BY DETAINEES
    49 4 PENANG. Wed Two detainees. Ng Chong Kong and Liew Ngen Siap. were charged in the Magistrate's Court today tor causing the death of a detective. Khuan Jin at Ayer Itam on June 26 last year. They were committed to stand trial in the High Court,
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    Control Of Toy Pistols Sought
    199 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Federation Government is to impose shortly "very rigid control*' on the possession and sale of toy pistols, as they are being: used by thugs and secret society gangsters to scare victims in "held ups" and extortions. The Chambers of Commerce have
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    All The Varsity Exam Results
    1286 4 SIXTEEN men and one woman have qualified to k dental surgeons, according to results announced yesterday by the University of Malaya. In the Preliminary examination for the Degree of Bachelor of Dental Surgery, only two students passed out of 21. The following are the new
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    Teachers Union School Fills Cap
    187 5 Teachers Union School Fills Cap SEREMBAN, W e d.— Negri Sembilan eachert 1 Union Afternoon School, established in 1951. for children who are shut out from morning schools is continuing to play an important part in easing the educational problems which confront parents here. The school began in May 1951
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    BRITISH AND N.Z. WARSHIPS DUE IN SPORE
    106 5 !IREB warships of the Bth si royer Squadron of the I oyal Navy are expected to arriTf in Singapore in the; ivar future. They are H.M.S. Cockade. Constance, and Charity under the commands of Cmdr. H. A. Corbett D.5.0.. D.S.C., Cmdr.; P. J.
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    Suspect Is Acquitted
    81 5 YONG Siew Peng, accused ol ihe theft of a small car. was acquitted by the Eighth Police Court Magistrate, Mr. M Kartigesu. yesterday. It was alleged that on March 10. at 10.30 a.m. Chan Wall Seng, the owner, parked the car at the Odeon Theatre car park
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    HE WAS SURE TO LOSE CASE
    53 5 A SINGAPORE Traction Company driver. Tian Choc Pui. told the Second Traffic Magistrate, Mr. Howe Yoon Chong, yesterday: "I prefer to; plead guilty because I am cer- tain that I will not win the :ase." Turn, who had two previous 'tions. was fined $100
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    PHONE LINK TO U.S. GROWS
    48 5 THE Malaya— U.S.A. radioi'Phone link has proved, *uch a success that the Direc- of Telecommunications. s n^apore has decided to ex- i md the service to include Saturdays. The new schedule is now from 9.30 p.m. to 10.30 p.m. Mondays to Saturdays inclusive.
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    Students Won't Get Assurance
    305 5 PRO Replies To Letter Standard Staff Reporter SINGAPORE Government cannot give an assurance to Chinese school students who seek postponement of national service so that their studies would not be interrupted by military duties. This was the reply given by the Colony's Public Relations' Secretary, Mr.
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    Malayans In UK To Form New Society
    116 5 The Malayan community in Britain has formed an interim committee to draft a consti- tution for the formation of a proposed Malayan Society in Britain. Tentatively known as the Malayan Cultural and Display Society, its aim is to encourage more personal contacts among
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    Court Was Convinced
    97 5 CHI A Kum Wan 33 >. a Naval Base fitter, told the Singapore Second Criminal District Court yesterday that he accidentally stepped on the accelerator of the lorry he was testing and caused it to crash into a bus shelter near the 13) milestone. West Hill Road,
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    'Show Business '54' Matinee On Sunday
    86 5 IN RESPONSE to numerous requests. Vernon Martinus. producer of the revue "Show Business '54." announced a special matinee will be held in the Victoria Theatre on Sunday at 4.30 p.m. The revue, which opens today, with a 9 p.m. performance, followed by a repeat
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    Two Years' Probation For Lying
    109 5 LEE Boon Huat «23>. who' made a false declaration before the Singapore Sixth Police Magistrate, was yesterday placed under two years' probation by the Singapore Second Criminal District Court. "The offence is a serious one but I am giving you a chance to make good."
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    $25 FINE FOR LOITERING
    53 5 WONG Wing Fook. wept after he was fined $25. in default two weeks jail, by the Singapore First Traffic Magistrate. Mr. A. W. Ghows for loitering near a parking place. A dollar lound in Wong's pocket was ordered by Mr. Ghows to be placed in the
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    St. Andrew's O.B.A. Meeting
    49 5 OLD BOYS of St. Andrew's School. Singapore, will hold a general meet ing of their Association at the residence of Canon R.K.S. Adams on Sunday, June 27, at 2.30 p.m. For further particulars, please contact Mr. Tan Eng Chiang. Asst. Hon. Secretary of the Association.
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    Four Tell Of Chopper Attack On Woman
    302 5 Four Tell Of Chopper Attack On Woman K.P. NARAYANAN, charged with murder, heard four persons testify before Mr. Justlce Whitton in the Singapore Assizes yesterday, that hej baw him hit a woman, AUmelu Tharmalingam, with a nit at chopper on March 2 ?1 the Bth mile Yio Chu Kang Road.
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    SEEKS FUNDS FOR VARSITY'S PLANS
    370 5 Sir Sydney OK To U.K. Standard Staff Reporter SIR SYDNEY CAINE, the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Malaya, will fly to Britain tomorrow to try and obtain more money from the Colonial Development and Welfare Fund and elsewhere for the development of the University. He
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    Clerk Is Acquitted
    99 5 A SINGAPORE clerk. Lee Teck Haw, employed by Henry Waugh and Company Ltd was acquitted without his defence being called in the Second District Criminal Court yesterday, on a charge of breaking into the Company's premises in order to commit theft. It was alleged at about 8.30
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    32 HEADMEN RETURN HOME
    57 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. Thirty-two Penghulus from all over Johore this morning returned to their homes after completing a three -day civics course organised by the Information Services. Yesterday evening the Penghulus were entertained to a dinner given by the State Government. It was attended by the
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    3 GALLONS BLOOD GIVEN
    48 5 MORE than three gallons of blood were donated by members of the Volunteer Special Constabulary (Rural West) to the Singapore Blood Bank, this week. The first donation by 19 persons was made last Monday. A second group of 10 persons gave their blood yesterday
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    SHADOW RACED ALONG ROOF TOPS
    113 5 SHADOW RACED ALONG ROOF TOPS WHEN a Singapore shop assistant. reclining on a camp bed in the attic of a photographic shop in Lavender Street, saw the shadow of a man on the ceiling attempting to force open a door on Tuesday night, he raised an alarm. He was soon
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    U.S. Banker Arrives Here
    48 5 MR. George L. Hill who is to organise a branch of the Bank ot America in Singapore arrived at Kallang airport from Tokyo yesterday. Mr. Hill is no stranger to the Colony, which he visited 1928 and 1932. and again in 1939 and 1941.
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    Broke Bar Of Lock-up
    81 5 LIM Hung Peow sent to the Traffic Court lock-up for not paying a fine that was due. broke one of the bars of the lock-up window. Lim who was fined $75 on May 24 on two charges, was allowed until May 30 to pay the fine,
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    Block Named After Vickers
    42 5 THE Governor of Singapore Sir John Nicoll. has agreed to naming the Nurses block in the General Hospital. "Vickers House." after the former Director of Medical Services, Dr. W. J. Victors. The suggestion was made by the nurses.
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    Woman Questions Her Hubby's Sex
    298 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— A claim for $1,298 against Indrupathy, a young expectant mother, her second spouse, Arumugam, and her aged father, was today dismissed with costs by Mr. Justice Wilson in the High Court here today! The suit for the amount was filed by Sinniah.
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    HINDU OUTLOOK"
    35 5 MR. C. R. Dasaratha Raj. Colony Legislative Councillor, will lecture on "Hindu Outlook on Life" at No 9 Norris Road. Singapore, on .June 19 at (> p.m under the auspices of the Ramakrisluia Mission.
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      82 5 Weather MINIMUM Temperature: from 7.30 p.m. on June 15 to 7.30 a.m. on June l<> Singapore: <75F). Penanf (71). Rota Bahru (75F). Kuala Lumpur (73F), Ipoh (73F). Kuantan (73F). Maximum Temperature: from 7.30 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. on June 16. Singapore: (86F). Penanr (B!Fi. Kota Bahru <B<>F), Kuala Lumpur tXKFi,
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    The Next Step SINGAPORE STANDARD
    890 6 The Next Step SINGAPORE STANDARD ONE can appreciate the alarm manifested in certain quarters over the Alliance's decision to walk out of Executive, Legislative, Settlement, State and Town Councils and Municipalities and Town Boards. Such an action, these critics are aware of consciously or unconsciously, could well lead to the
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    A Drop of INK
    607 6  - A Drop of INK R.B. Ooi by A RECENT report said that the Abominable Snowman was heard to have emitted a noise resembling 'Koo koo!" Perhaps it was enjoying a Malayan mango.steen or durian! This la not as far fetched as it seems. Some 25 years ago the Agricultural Department
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    Review of Views
    383 6 Review of Views Courageous Move CHUNG SHING JTT PAO refers to the MCA-UMNO walk-out as a courageous move. It shows, the daily says, that there Is a spirit of unity among the various communities and parties. This unity and co-operation is a major factor in the progress towards a free
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    8 6 The National Aquarium Exhibition has opened in London
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    TEH McGARTHY HEARINGS
    988 6  -  ALASTAIR BUCHAN By ....a remarkable sight WASHINGTON. I'HE McCarthy-Army hearings look like a painting by Hogarth. There is the same sense of tumult and of crowd, the same strongly marked faces, good and evil, the same clarity of light and shade. For thirty -two days the Senate
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  • We the PEOPLE
    • Letter
      Beggars Cant Be...
      295 6 Sir:— l fully endorse Unemployed^s view if he is Singapore -born expressed in your issue of the 2nd inst. on the uselessness of the Havelock Road Labour Exchange, and sympathise with him. In 1949 I registered with the Exchange but did not put my full faith in
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      Three-Purpose Survey
      263 6 Sir: Recently it was stated that the Singapore Youth Council would conduct a three-purpose island wide survey < 1 > to ascertain what leads Youth to crime <2> how the youth of the Colony spend their leisure time and <3» what facilities are now available In the form
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    Diplomat Change Will Be Clarified
    205 7 Diplomat Change Will Be Clarified XONDON, June 16.— A statement about the exchange of diplomatic missions between Britain and Communist China will soon be made. Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill told the House of Commons last night. fl« plying to a question by Labour Member Desmond Donnelly, Who asked if
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    Airlift For Wounded Tomorrow
    93 7 Airlift For Wounded Tomorrow HONOLULU. June 16 <AP> The U.S. Air Force airlift ol 1.000 wounded French de- lenders of Dien Bien Phu to 1 Praam via the United States will begin Friday, an Air Force spokesman said yesterday. The first wounded will leave Indo-China on that date for Manila,
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    JAP PALACE IS OPEN DAILY
    45 7 TOKYO. June 16. <APt Japan's Imperial Palace was opened to sightseers on Tuesday for the first time on a 'i.iily basis. Previously the moat-sur-rounded home of Emperor Jlirohito and Empress Nagako was open to the public only «-n special occasions.
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    Riot In Colombia
    42 7 pnoto. COLOMBIAN army units (right) stand fast after firing: into crowds of students staging a demonstration in Bogota a few days ago. At least IS persons were killed and 40 wounded so far in the Ked -inspired riots.— UP
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    REDS TIGHTEN CONTROL ON WRITERS
    105 7 MOSCOW. June 16. <AP> The Soviet Writers' Union has renounced author Ilya Ehrenburg for his latest novel. "The Tli aw "contains drawbacks '■-inch require our serious and fundamental criticism," said a report of this top literary organization made public on Tuesday by the Literary Gazette.
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    Red China Offers To Trade' Prisoners
    269 7 Red China Offers To Trade' Prisoners GENEVA, June 16.— Red China yesterday offered to trade the release of the "law abiding" among 83 Americans held behind the Bamboo Curtain for Chinese students it claims the United States is "detaining." There was no immediate indication what the Chinese term "law abiding"'
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    TORPEDOES KILL NATIVES
    72 7 MELBOURNE. June 16 UP Seven New Guinea natives were killed In the explosion of Japanese World War II "bangalore torpedoes" which they had used to build a sort of fireplace, it was reported here yesterday. The natives made their crude fireplace with upright brass shell cases with
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    An Apology For A Riot In Jap Diet
    103 7 TOKYO. June 16 <AP> Japans Lower House early today ended 12 days of political turmoil by apologising to the nation for a riot in the Diet on June 3. A resolution of apology was adopted unanimously pledging lo 'recover the lost trust"
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    BODIES FOUND
    27 7 TWELVE bodies were found In the wreckage of the plane crash On Yarushima. Japan late last night, the Navy announced today. A. P. A P
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    MISSING WIFE TRACED IN UK
    64 7 GENEVA, June 16. (Reuten Mr. James Patino-Ortiz who arrived here by air yesterday from Rome said his missing wife had been traced in London. Mr. Patino-Crtiz said this information was given him by the Italian police as he boarded an airliner for Geneva. He intended
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    Minister Quits Post
    52 7 TUNIS. June 16. (Reuter)— Mohammed Saadallah, Minis- j ter of Moslem Affairs in the j three-month-old Tunisian Government, resigned today "in view of the difficulties encountered in realising Tunisian aspiration." Two other ministers, Mohammed Ben Salem (Health) 'and Tahar Lakdar (Justice), are also likely to resign, reliable
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    REPEAL ORDER'
    31 7 U. S. SENATOR Joseph MrCarthv yesterday described as •"trailorous" the order to American warships to prevent Chinese Nationalists and Communists from attacking each other across the Formosa Straits.— Reter
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    IKE-CHURCHILL MEETING NO EMERGENCY
    478 7 IKE-CHURCHILL MEETING NO EMERGENCY Informal Talks—Dulles WASHINGTON, June 16. The United States Secretary of State, v\r. John Foster Dulles said yesterday the planned visit of the British 'rime Minister and Foreign Secretary to Washington this month did not irow out of any emergency. Mr. Dulles told his weekly press conference
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    5 ARE HELD FOR INVESTIGATIONS
    39 7 CANANEA. -S o n o r a. Mexico*. June 16. <AP» Five persons have been arrested and jailed here for investigation in connection with inciting a mob that stormed the city jail last Tuesday.
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    Mr. Truman Renders An Encore
    80 7 Mr. Truman Renders An Encore MILWAUKEE. June 16 »AE) Former President Harry S. Truman and James C. Petrillo. president of the American Federation of Musicians, played a piano- trumpet duet Tuesday before 2.000 delegates and guests at the AFM's national convention. Thunderous applause greeted their efforts and they responded with
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    Babies Join Queue In Election
    128 7 Babies Join Queue In Election ACCRA. Gold Coast. Jun. 16. ißeutm- African voters of this British colony, many of them women with babies strapped to their backs, queued and moved slowly into the polling booths yesterday to return the All-African Assembly by direct vote for the first time. Queues formed
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    POLICE PLAN FOR UGANDA
    57 7 KAMPALA. Jun.. 15. < Renter > -The highest priority la to be given to .strengthening the Uganda police force und< r ;i three-year plan presented to the Legislative Council yesterday. A Government randum refers to the "increasingly difficult public security system in Kampala and the urgent
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    FOREIGN SERVICE CHANGES
    138 7 FOREIGN SERVICE CHANGES NEW YORK. Jim* 16. «AP> -Secretary of Star.- John Foster Dulles was reported yesterday to have approved i major reorganisation of the U.S. State Department and U S. Foreign Servi^" The New York TlmM and New York Heralti Tribune printed Washington dispatehts along similar lim concerning the
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    Egyptian Relics Found
    62 7 CAIRO, June IC, <AP> Gold bracelets and a <o>m«tlcs case used by Egyptian beauties nearly 5.000 yrais ago have been discover* d in the underground tomb of a third dynasty Pharoah. which was recently uncovered at Saqqara. it was announce d here yesterday. The discovery was made
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    GEN. ELY LEAVES
    19 7 General Paul Ely. French C-in-C. in Indo-China. will leave Saigon today for Paris by air. AFP
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    13 Burned In Gas Explosion
    51 7 TAMPICO. M* xico. June 16. APi The gas tank of a bus travelling between Tampico and Guadalajara exploded late Monday night, burning at least 13 persons to death. Cause of the explosion was not determined immediately, but investigators said it might have been a discarded
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    RUBBER, TIN CLOSING PRICES
    79 7 Standard London Correspondent LONDON, June 16. The following are the closing prices of rubber ond tin on the London Market LONDON RUBBER Spot 192 d. July September 19« d. October/ December 19 id. Jonuary /March 20 d. April/June 20ld. July c.i.f. 19 7/16 d. Tone: Steody.
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    French Govt. Denies Pondicherry Landing
    130 7 NEW DELHI, June 16. The Indian Government announced today that French troops had landed at the French-Indian settlement of Pondicherry and demanded their immediate withdrawal. In Paris, however. the French Government formally denied that any French troops had landed in Pondicherry. A statement by the
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    Reefs Renew Attack in Red R.Delta
    98 7 Reefs Renew Attack in Red R. Delta HANOI, June 16. (UP) Fighting flared today in the Hooded rice paddies of the Rod River delta's south sector, the French High Command announced. A Franco-Vietnam unit fought off attacks on the rice-rich area north of Ninh Binh by Vietminh rebel regional marauders.
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    Grandmother Gets B. A. Degree At Age Of 57
    256 7 Grandmother Gets B. A. Degree At Age Of 57 BERKELEY. Calif.. June 16. <AP>— Mrs. Margaret Nelson Smith, who said she travelled to Japan to obtain a better understanding of her fellow men. will be the oldest member of the University of California's graduating class this Friday. She la 57
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    JAPANESE TO BUILD SHIPS FOR INDONESIA
    80 8 TOKYO, June 16, (AFP). Final agreement has been reached between the Japanese Mitsubishi Ship-Building Company and Indonesia on the shipbuilding programme for Indonesia, it was reported here today. Netherlands ship-building firms will build ships worth 4.500,000,000 yen for Indonesia and Japan just as much.
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    CHANGES FOR INT'L BODY ARE PLANNED
    102 8 CHANGES FOR INT'L BODY ARE PLANNED TOKYO. June 16 (AP) —A proposal to revise the organization of the General Agreement For Tariffs And Trade (GATT) is being planned by the Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Kyodo New* Service reported today. The Chamber decided to present the plan to the
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    TALKS ON AIR LINK
    53 8 MOSCOW. .June 16 (AP) A special French air mission opened negotiations on Tuesday with Soviet officials for a direct air connection between Moscow and Paris. The mission was headed by M. Moroni. Director of Air Transport of the French Ministry of Transport. and M. Hymans. Director
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    £4.5 Million Increase In Business
    124 9 £4.5 Million Increase In Business THE year 1953 was outstanding in the annals of the General Accident Fire and Life Assurance Corporation Ltd., and its associated offices. Premium income from all sources increased by over £4,500.000 as compared with the year before to nearly £45.000.000. At an extra-ordinary general meeting
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    TIN SMELTER TO REMAIN OPEN
    77 9 WASHINGTON, June 16: (Reuten The Banking committee of House of Representatives yesterday approved unanimously the resolution that the Government-owned tin smelter at Texas City be kept in operation until at least June 30. 1955. This was a reversal of policy as the administration had planned
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    URANIUM FOUND
    17 9 URANIUM has been found at Choda in Bombay, a reliable source said on Monday.— AFP
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    INDONESIAN RUBBER TOO DEAR -SAY JAPS
    390 9 INDONESIAN RUBBER TOO DEAR -SAY JAPS TOKYO, June 16, (UP). Japanese rubber importers said yesterday that Indonesia is offering rubber to Japan at prices 10 to 15 per cent above world levels and above its own prices on the New York and European markets. The Japan Rubber Import Association admitted
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    43 9 phot THIS young girl is using a "Vorwerk Foletto" the latest in vacuum cleaners as a hair dryer. A German invention, it is capable of performing 14 diftront duties. Complete with 15 accessories for the vinous appliances, the unit only costs ITSSB4 UP.
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    Tin Miners Air Their Problems
    198 9 THE increasing difficulties of tin mining industry in Malaya as a result of the Emergency and its effects on prospecting and the problems of obtaining mining land, are described by spokesmen of the Malayan miners recently. Tin. the magazine devoted* to producers and consumers states
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    MARKETS
    141 9 AFTKR opening nv< tubt<r prices In the Singapore market steadied in Um A\'rnoo n and closed at 664 rent! per Jb. for first grade n >tr U)t .luiv shipment (66* >nti en Tuesday) Prim at the opt;:ing WOT! »POUl half a cent below 'he previous day's close but ,,>.
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    PRODUCE
    167 9 FRODl'CE prkva in the Singapore market ruse ilifhtljf in sections JMterdajT with fai r business passing Copra prices Wl< sto i i v all day with quotations nearly $1 1*t pjcui higher. Coconui oil rt nainad Jil $M per picu) Jor sellers at Pi '-ang. Pepper ro^e sharply to
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    SHARES
    119 9 A VERY small volume of business was written on a dull and featureless share market in Singapore ye terday. Prices moved boU-.-n narrow limits and in the e of tin shares prive n v-rm-nts were to louer level! despite the unaltered tin metal price for three days IMH'STKIAIfc Buyer*
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      203 9 lit Abner 'Pi "gWJ r C ,lr- THEAR AWORD^^'^ 1 1—' r J tll _*V M Ca **i* UHI^ \HESSAV'N'.'-TH' <V NICF O- «m S T j^^\ WHAT^S 1 r POD *W/ i_.<-. M fl ieT P ,-^^n, jhum ,r~^ X T^^^ Th^jeurt Ol Juliel Jones By Ston Orofce PrlSCiU
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      918 9 MMdinfllnonimiwwwi ■■<■■ ,JA{,i n a fi <»««*/« land :U3 7 and 9.30 Irr iSINGAPOREI 'V^i^r^ M< i: tt»> _^H ■•^■■•^■■■■■■^■■■■■■■l^ WINDSOR; Manohara <T.ui; j3< hp^^^ -^HR niTTfIT 1 till iritT^H h Ir liini^ aw? I n LIIJIISk MAX FACTOR: tiemonstration 1-v t" L^^^BIRkISVS „!J( v 9 :!r Amy Tan at
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  • We the PEOPLE
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      A TAXI-DRIVER'S GROUSE
      379 10 Sir.— On behalf of taxi drivers in town particularly and elsewhere in general, I would like to ventilate a few standing grievances in the hope that the travelling public may better understand our difficultties and deal with us a little more sympathetically. We are often reviled and
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      Hawking School Seats
      149 10 Hawking School Seats Sir;— l gui agree with "J.M.M." and "A.D.R." in their viev/s that the Progressive Party should follow up its charges that "certain" Legislative Councillors have hawked school seats for voters. These charges have cast slurs on our headmasters and headmistresses who unfortunately, as government servants, are unable
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      A PARAGON EXAMPLE TO FUTURE WRITERS
      370 10 Sir;— l think that you will agree that I found it necessary to deal with the construction of Mr. Ravi's letter rather than with its subject matter because he had so contorted the former with so much juvenile sarcasm and inappropriate expressions as to
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      SCHOOLS
      157 10 i Sir; Paul S. Markandan's articles about the schools problem here are indeed a matter of great Importance. Although there are many vernacular schools (Tamil) in some parts of the town, parents of this community are sending their children to English Schools. I am not against sending children to
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      YES MEN
      126 10 Sir.— What Mr. D G. Smith writes i n reply to my letter is stale news to me. I hope that either the Trengganu Youth Council or any other constituent member of the M.V.C. will bring an amendment to the Constitution at the next general meeting to exclude
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      SO LET US SCRAP ALL ELECTIONS...
      410 10 SO LET US SCRAP ALL ELECTIONS... Sir;— The decision arrived at by the Alliance to withdraw all Councillors and perhaps boycott elections is the fulfilment of a threat because they could not have their own way over the election issue. There is one big point which has been brought to
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    THE STARS AND YOU
    371 10  -  Rita Del Mar By J"« Ol>A V S QUOTATION L "It Is hotter lor a woman 2 to marry a man who lines her than a man she 5 loves."— Arah Proverb. j THURSDAY FOR F.YFRY- > ii.Nh: Be careful in transit; *hun confusion Be guarded
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    Pen-Pals Wanted
    580 10 Pen-Pals Wanted Chans Fook Seng. 210 Rare Course Road. Singapore 8. Hobbies: Swimming, gold fish rearing, stampcollecting, exchanging photographs, reading, songs, and friendly correspondence. Wants pen-pals all over the world of either sex. Macdonald Litn. 127 Lorong Selamat, Penang. Hobbies: Cycling. view cards, songs, picnics, and friendly correspondence in English
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      299 10 Foot Itch Healed in 3 Days Do your feet Itch, smart and burn so badly that they nearly drive you crazy? l>o.-s the ykin crack, peel or bleed? The real cause of these skin troubles is a perm that has spread' throughout the world, and is called various names such
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      288 10 I BROTHERS^ I Capiial today daily lla.m. 1.45 4.00 6.30 9 3| A, I)IVH\SI()N/^ lj S^ in > Warnrrcolor -f i THK HORROR OF P \RIS_ 1 1 PHANTOM OF THE 1 1 RUE MORGUE I J J STRIKES. LKAVINCi A TRAIL OF Tl KRmi- NO ONE WHO im SAW
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    OTEC Begin In Earnest Their Bid For Double
    262 11 OTEC Begin In Earnest Their Bid For Double CONVINCING proof that the senior league champions Oriental Telephone Electric Company, mean to make a brazen bid for the double came in their opening game of the SBHFA "A" Division League Cup game at River Valley Road yesterday, when they battled through
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    SBHF A Results
    102 11 < S J'.V LL results yesterday's MiHFA League and Cup matches GROUP A Bukom 5 HK Bank 1 OTEC 4 F. N. 0 Shell 4 Mercantile B. !J GROUP B Sime Darby 3 SCS 3 MJP.H. 5 Breweries 0 ST -S. 3 Chartered B. GROUP C Bata
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    Bouts For Tonight
    122 11 POLICE boxers could not turn up in last nights SABA open championship at the Happy World. There was no contest. Bouts for tonight: Light Welter: Spr. G. S. Mills (Army) v E. W. Fawcett iRN>; David Saunders "Unattached) v T. P. Debuse iRAFi; Winner of Mills and
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    Reminder To GES Old Boys
    43 11 OLD BOYS of Gan Eng Seng school are reminded that the 100 yards old boy s race will be run off at 5.30 p.m. today at the school's annual athletic meet. Entries will be accepted On the field.
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    Army Cricket XI
    48 11 The Army versus the Singapore Chinese Recreation Club at Nee Soon on Sunday is: B. G. Duggan <Capt». J. E. Evans G. W. Lewis. A. Stepto. P. D. Short. M. W Ford, C. R. Barron C. B. Flinders. T. Angus. D. Dent, A. G. Jackson.
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    Sgt. Hamzah Best Changi Athlete
    709 11 SGT. Hamzah and Cpl. McClusky were the outstanding: athletes at the Royal Air Force Athletic Sports held at Changi yesterday. Sftt. Hamzah, the local boy who has made good in the RAF, won the 100 yds., long jump, and 220 yards events. In the 4
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    TODAY'S Sport
    79 11 TODAY'S Sport SOCCER: SAFA League Div. 1 Pulau Brani v Fathul Karib—Jalan Besar Stadium; Dh\ 3 A Bukit Timah v Radin Mas Ramblers Harbour Board ground; SHB Police v Seletar FC BODCA; Div. 38. Bintang Bulan v Windsor Rovers Geylang Stadium. ATHLETICS: Gan Eng Seng School Sports at Gan Eng
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    TWO STATES DISAPPROVE
    353 11 DontThrowOpen Cship, They Say KUALA LUMPUR, Wed— The Amateur Athletic Associations of Kelantan and Trengganu are not in favour of opening the annual Malayan championships to other countries. This was disclosed by Mr. N. M. Vasagam. secretary of the MAAA, who said that north eastern states' main
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    SHELL BEGIN WELL
    291 11 SHELL Sports Club befrnn their Singapore Business Hoiim s PA. Division "A" League It Cup campaign with an MM Via over formidable Mercjuit.il.* Bai.k at KeppH Harbour yesterday. The score w;i s 4—3 Shells victory cam* tn :hr last minute through a goal <v their iuMd<*-nght S.»'i.u
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    ENTRIES FOR MAAA CALLED
    112 11 THERE will be 29 items in this year's Malayan AAA meet in Kuaia Lumpur On August IS and 14, antries for \vhi( close on July '-H at 10 a.m. The events will be the 100. 220. 440 and 880 yards, one mile, three miles, 120 varcis
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    Why Blame Skinner, He Asks
    446 11 Why Blame Skinner, He Asks With reference to the last paragraph of the article "CHEE SENG WILL PLAY" which reads as follows: "Since the failure of young Skinner, selected to replace him at the Asian Games, the Colony selectors have been worried about the key posi-' tion which only a
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    ISLANDERS PROVIDE FIRST UPSET
    379 11 ISLANDERS PROVIDE FIRST UPSET PULO BUXOM provided the first major upset in the opening round of the Singapore Business House Football Association's League Cup competition when they beat Hongkong Bank 5-1 in a "A" division tie at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. Bukoms moves mainly r— stemmed from their defence where
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    Altons, Choongs Coming
    103 11 Altons, Choongs Coming HONG KONG, June 16 (AFP) Ten of the world's best badminton players, of both sexes, are expected to visit Malaya in November this year to play a series of exhibition games. The team will include Eddie Choong. his cousin David. Joe Alston, former American champion, his wife.
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    Six Goals Shared At Shell
    157 11 Six Goals Shared At Shell SINGAPORE Cold Storage and Sitne Darby netted three goals each to share honours in their Singapore Business Houses Football Association League and Cup competition at Shell ground yesterday. The score at half time was twoall. Ismail Omar, the SCS right wing, opened the scoring. Salahuddin
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    RAFFLES WIN AT CRICKET
    208 11 RAFFLES Institution bent St. Joseph Institution by 15 runs in an inter-school cricket match played on the RafTle s giounci yesterday. Raffles Institution Ramakrishnan b S. \Vick s 14 Abdul Raxak Ibw b TtMcnsoha 20 Thomas Wong run out 14 A. Rajan b E. Wicks Yap
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    Swing Beat Wembley 6-2
    110 11 Swing Bt*. beat Wembley B.P. 6-2 in a friendly return match en Saturday, at Wembley's Court. Results: (Swing first): Men's Singles: Lim Seng Kok beat Chan Soo Gua n 15-M. j 17-14". Kuek Kian Beng beat I Mohd. Yusofl 18-16. 15-10: Bujang b. Jabba beat Ang
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    SCORES 4, THEN SACKED
    167 11 MALAYA PubUahiaf Hot M started their S3HFA. Oi nip B League and Cup BMtcti With a s—o5 0 victory over Mm Breweries Sport < Cl«k at UM Ov Stadium ye-iterd jy The Publishers plljnd witli tea men towards the en.i when referee Turner nvi marching Oi
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    BRIGHT EYES II SCORES A FINE WIN
    2453 12  -  WINDSOR LAD By BIG SWEEP TOTAL POOL $251,094 Ist Prize No. *****2 $70,329 2nd Prize No. *****7 $35,164 3rd Prize No. *****2 $17,582 STARTERS (81,953 each): *****7, *****3, *****3, *****0, *****3, *****2, *****3, *****1, *****6. CONSOLATION ($l,OOO each): *****7, *****1, *****2, *****1, *****7,
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    176 ENTRIES FOR SELANGOR RACES
    699 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A total of 176 entries has been received for the Selangor races on June 26. 30 and July 3. The entries comprise 104 from class 3 and 72 from class 4. Below is the full list of entries. class ?> Ist Run
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    Wales Join Thomas Cup Tournament
    66 12 LONDON. June 15, (Reuter). Wales have entered for the first time in the Thomas Cup competition. Entries are: European zone: Denmark. England, Ireland, Scotland. Wales, France and Sweden. American zone: Canada and United States. The challenge round will be played in Singapore on June 4
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    Mile Time Recognised
    64 12 LONDON, June 15, (Reuter). Roger Bannister's 3 minutes 59.4 sees, for the mile has been recognised as a world record by the International Amateur Athletic Federation. The British Amateur Athletic Board announced this today. Bannister accomplished the time, to become the first man to run a mile
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    SBHFA Team vs. Indonesians
    50 12 SB UFA team against Indonesians on Saturday at the Fraser Neave ground is Fook Teng. Hassan. Johan, Kok Thong <Capt). Aman. Davidson. Ktishnan, Kok Peow, Stephenson. Mission, Yong Huat. Reserves: Arrifin, Van Walsun, Hoon Leong, C. Van Huizen Boh Chong. Salim, Chong Ah Wing. Omar Alsree.
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    Marciano Remains Firm Favourite
    308 12 NEW YORK, June 16 (AP)— Rocky Marciano today remained a solid 3| to 1 favourite to beat exchampion Ezzard Charles' attempt to regain his world heavyweight boxing title tomorrow night as betting interest began to rise. Promoter Jim Norris, Pre- sident of the International Boxing Club,
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    Middlesex Only Side To Gain Outright Win
    571 12 LONDON, June 15. (Reuter). Middle returned to the top of the County championshi. table today but are only level on points with wickshire who gained a first innings advanti^ make their total 84 points. Middlesex were the only side to gain an oul
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