Singapore Standard, 18 May 1955

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  • 15 1 Singapore Standard vmn.,m n,j I v SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1955 H> PAGES J5 CENTS
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  • 99 1 Major Strike t SHB ooms OCO TAKE IE TODAY •vcd I 1 1 labourgo on I«J 5 g< nle whetrike to their urd. Id the idlock d the cers re- k the <;n r6 kct Colony s ittpoi Trade dfcid< n I Board LvH arbour Union. and Whari t met
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  • 117 1 1,409 To Contest U.K. Polls LONDON, May 17 dominations of •"ArJidates for B ri tain*s genei>i^ elections ended last night *ith 1.409 people 92 of them women tn the field for the 630 seats m the new HOOSfI of Commons. Conservatives and their ts:iatea will be righting 624 5, Labour
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  • 56 1 WASHINGTON. May 17 (Router* The Defence Department announced today that the US. navy had exploded a small atomic device under water oif the West coast of the United States. The Defence Department said that from early Indications, the test involved no hazard to the American mainland, any island
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  • 571 1 Classes May Resume If 'Bad Students Go GOVT. SERVES NOTICE TO COMMITTEES THE Singapore Government wiM serve a 14 day ultimatum today on the management committees of the Chung Cheng and Chinese High schools to show cause why the schools! should not be struck off the register
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  • 212 1 Hunt For Top Reds Gears Up BANGKOK, May 17, (AP)— High Thai police officials said yesterday British authorities m Malaya had asked them to throw the Thai army into a jungle clean-up on the border to get rid of 500 Chinese Communist rebels among
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  • 59 1 VENICE. May 17: (ReuteD Two Carabinieri policemen who let a murderer escape from their custody over the weekend have begun a personal hunt which may save them from prison sentences. Following the usual custom they have been given tnree months to find the escaped prisoner. Jf they fail
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  • 57 1 INDIANAPOLIS, May 17 (Reuter) The Firestone Rubber Company displayed here a gas turbine car which can reach 140 miles an hour m five seconds from a standing start. It is powered by a 125-pound engine. A Firestone spokesman said the car would be used to
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  • 35 1 PORTSMOUTH. May %r <'Rruuer> Aj-n^v^l nuv^j todaY cr*frhc<r hrfcp tiif nin# nel Of the 36.800-ton British aircraft earner Eagle 40 miles oat &t sea Ixom Portsmouth. The pilot was seriously injured.
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  • 25 1 RAM Gopal, 30. was admitted to the General Hospital Last Dight after sustaining facial and head stab injuries at Pasir Panjang Road, Singapore.
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  • 173 1 Affer Grenade Affack S-MGON, May 17: (UP) French authorities clamped new security measures on all military installations m South Vietnam today after a terrorist bomb wounded 20 French sailors, one critically. Unidentified attackers toss- r ed a hand-grenade late last j night into the
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  • 40 1 SOME of the 500 students who picketed the gates of the Chinese High School at Bukit Timah Road, Singapore, yesterday. The boys were protest5. ing against the closure of their school after L last Thursday's riots. Standard photo.
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  • 75 1 railways excursion* train loaded $*rith 700 school child ren— ploughed into a stallei U.S. marine truck loaded wit] inflammable paint here to day and burst into flames. Six rail cars were burner and two of the students wer injured seriously, the govern ment radio said.
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  • 34 1 PNOM PENH. May 17 (Reuter) The Cambodian Foreign Ministry today announced the signing of a military agreement with the United States, allowing a military mission to set up m Cambodia.
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  • 150 1 MIAMI. Florida. May 17 AP) >_ Officials of a mail order concern selling birth control devices announced through their attorney that all operations of the firm have been stopped under public pressure and will not be resumed. The operation came to light when solicitations
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  • 183 1 PAPHOS, Cyprus, May 17: (Reuter) Several hundred Greek Cypriot students yelling "Enosis" (union with Greece) and "liberate the prisoners' stormed barbed-wire barricades erected by the Police around Paphos courthouse, today. Ignoring the appeals of a group ol black-robed priests and the opposition of unarmed Police, they
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  • 40 1 TAIPEI, May 17 (Reuter)Two Chinese Communist MIG jet fighters and two Chinese Nationalist propeller-driven fighters met m a dog-fight off Matsu Island yesterday without either side suffering damage, the Chinese Nationalist Defence Minister announced yesterday.
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  • 27 1 NEW DELHI, May 17 (Reuter) India and Pakistan tonight announced agreement to cut their border forces and the arms they carry to prevent frontier incidents.
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  • 98 1 DUNDEE, SCOTLAND, May 17: ißeuten Mr. Harry Poilitt. General Secretary of the British Communist Party speaking here tonight called for national Independence for the people of Malaya and Kenya. No nation stood to gain more from this than Britain, he said. "Then entirely new perspectives can
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  • 29 1 THE first German passenger plane to leave London on a scheduled service since 1939. took ofT from London Airport last night, bound for Frankfurt and Munich. Reuter.
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  • 154 1 Tibet Wont Embrace Communism CHOU ASSURES A QUESTIONER NEW DELHI. May 17: (Reuter) The Indian Prime Minister. Mr. Jawaharial Nehru, told the governing Congresr, Party in a speech published today 4 Mr. Chou En Lai Uiiieves it will take 50 to 100 years to convert Tibet to Communism. Mr. Nehru
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  • 85 1 American Siamese Twins Dead DEROIT Michigan. May 17 <AP) Detroit's Siamese twin girl s died on Monday ni^ht after less than 34 hours of life. Authorities at Mt. Carmel Mercy Hospital, where the twins were born on Sunday by Caesarian section to a 27-year-old factory worker's wife, said it was
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  • 70 1 LONDON. May 17 (Reutcr* Mr. Charles Geddrs. Chairman of Britain's eight-million strong Trades Union Congress, said here today he preferred democracy "even m its worst form" to a Communist, dictatorship "If I have to choose between a Communist totalitarian state and a capitalist democracy. I'd choose the
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  • 234 2 THE Chief Fnjjineer of Westrex Corporation (Fai r.ist). Mr. Harro Von Zeppelin, who is a grand nephew of the late Count Zeppelin, inventor of the dirigible, Hew into Singapore on Monday from Manila to MC his company's sound system installations here g tweeted South-E.
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  • 117 2 A DECISION by the Brst working party of the City Health Committee last month t re-ass ss mat ket stall and pitch, rentals was yesterday I at a meeting of the I Market Association and I late I market stall and pitch holders. En i
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  • 233 2 Succeeded Where Govts. Failed' Film Editor THE film producing peoples of Asia have succeeded where governments have failed, to get together said Mr. Glen F. Ireton My heart Belongs to Asia Editor of the Far East Film News who is m Singapore for the South-east Asia
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  • 311 2 U.P. CHIEF: 'I AM FAR FROM SATISFIED Berry Told To Push Probe TOKYO. May 17: (UP)— Earnest Hoberecht. United Press V.icePresident for Asia, said he was "far from satisfied" with the explanation from Singapore for the failure of police there to rescue Gene Symonds from rioting strikers. Symonds. United Press
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  • 124 2 'Fat Man' Is Child Killer Says 'Bomo' THE man who raped and murdered six-year-old Sim Yoke Chan m an unfinished flat In Alexandra Road, Singapore last month, was yesterday described as a "fat and short Chinese living m the vicinity of the crime." This description of the phantom killer who
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  • 96 2 TAIPIXG. Tue5.~2.500 members of the Methodist Youth Fellowships m the Federation and Singapore will bold "Youth Week" from May 30 to Jujfte 5. During the week, each member will also give a minimum donation oJ $1 towards the Methodist Youth Fund to be used for rs^istin:; the Port
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  • 37 2 LIM KEOK MEXG. Manager of Union Motor Works Joh'ore Bahru. was fined SI OO En the Magistrate's Court today for operating an unfired pressure vessel when the Ins- r of Machinery had hibited its use
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  • 293 2 Red Was Convicted By His Own Handwriting ULL personal descriptions of three Singapore Folice officers and their life histories and daily movements were given m terrorist documents found m a house m Bukit Teresa and m another house m Alexandra Koad. This was disclosed m the Singapore First Criminal District
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  • 101 2 Dr. R H Bland. Permanent Secretary to the Singapore Ministry for Health yesterday presented 54 blood donors with sold and silver medals at a ceremony held at the Blood Transfusion Unit General Hospital. Picture shows Dr. Bland pinning a gold medal to Mr Oei Koen Hian. the
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  • 154 2 CLOSING rubber prices (cents per Ib) m Singapore yesterday were: Buyers Sellers No 1 R.S.S. Spot Loose 91 i 911 No. 1 R.S.S. fob June 901 00; No 2 891 B<H No 3 881 882 Tone: Quiet. TIN PRICE The price of tin yesterday (per picul) was S35(>,L (Down
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  • 123 2 TWO Australian "flying dancers' (above) flew into Singapore yesterday from Calcutta The team, known as the "Michells," will open a six week season at the Raffles Hotel today. The male partner of the team, Michael Freedraan and the girl. 17--year old petite Jean Vandine, are renowned for
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  • 33 2 Weekend Violece In Alge killed I the here figures y y Aij < I 1 j of** U I -ra. I Just bcfoi I of g i thro: i 1 1 he the gene.
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  • 14 2 CIVICS F 31 TAW LABOUR! wor, Johore v mori Dv the workSecretarial treltc ers
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  • 329 2 Are you content with the way you speak and i write? Are you sure that you are not making mistakes that cause people to underrate you? Never has the importance of effective speech and writing been more widely recognised than today. If you can express
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  • 110 2 THORNLLY. England, Ma\ 17 tßeuter) Mr. Emanuel Shinweil. former Labour Defence Minister, called hen last night for Communist China to be brought into B:g Power talks. "We all hope that If th< great powers begin to talk aboutj peace something aseful will rosult." Mr.
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  • 84 2 The inflective fclnglish Course Is so planned that you make definite progress from the very first lesson. It will equip you to speak and write fluently and expressively. You can stud? this Course wherever you live. Special arrangements are made for the
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  • 63 2 LONDON. May 17 (Reuter Princess Marrari I I night met survivors < Royal Ail Forces war: raid on the Moehne and Ed dams m West Germar. Later sitting near then: cinema here, she sai I premiere of a film ba their exploit wl. at over 300 million
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  • Article, Illustration
    24 3 5k -John Nlcoll, makes his farewell review of the Royal Air Force KeUmg at Changi sports field m Singapore, yesterday.'— Standard photo.
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  • 280 3 R Chinese, three Malays, three Indians and two Eurasians were selected than .">OO youths who recently applied for the 12 cadetships m the Royal Malayan Navy. Che 12 lucky young hi I to be sub:equ- be was ound to be medically unfit r
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  • 47 3 Terrorist Killed In lash With aborigines Doc Coi ia re- and another m an t al rd at Keleda Re ive miles from Sal arfour m..- ammunition inese hand-gx recovered. of 13, ning t their old their i rists. |D n th< d be 1 the p-
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  • 19 3 Thi I di-Per- nan i minor .ent Dirkson. 1 is a mcd I R at to
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  • 79 3 I I \K(,I amount of extra capital will be required w f Si .pore's demand for telephones can be satisthe Chairman of the Telephone Board, Iho. told The Standard yesterday be I nc peotion I lire* ent and si B E t he ma TEC.
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  • 58 3 Ti:E body of Gene Symonds, the United Press Manager for South-east Asia who died at the Singapore General Hospital of injuries sustained during the recent riots, was flown out to Dayton, Ohio, yesterday, by a Paii American aircraft. Standard Photo shows the coffin about to be
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    33 3 HONGKONG, May 16 Standard Service: s '.<: c Hong- age today were: 74 to El sterli:;^: $5.***** to US$l; $1,831 to Malayan •j.i to i ne Indonesian Ri] Co.d $252.25 to a
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  • 417 3 NICOLL BIDS FAREWELL TO RAF REGIMENT Praises Officers, Men For Part In Anti-Red Campaign SINGAPORE'S Govenor, Sir John Nicoll, yesterday praised the gallant officers and men of the Royal Air Force Regiment (Malaya) Wing for the part they played m anti-terrorist operations m the Federation. At an impressive 30-minu^f~"eere x
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  • 117 3 PENANG. Tues. When Magistrate, Group Capt. G. V. Howard, saw Goh Yew Hau. 20, m the dock, he remarked. "I recognise this young man's face The court interpreter said that Goh was an "old customer.'" Goh. a hawker, pleaded guilty to going about armed with two
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  • 119 3 THE Singapore Improvement Trusi Labour Union yesterday asked the Trusi to reinstate j nine workmen who were disced recently. An extraordinary general meeting of the Union's executive co lasi night requested the S.I.T. to find c:nymen\ for these men immediate ting also decided to
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  • 215 3 SHIPPERS, consignees, shipowners and shipping agents m the Colony yesterday expressed their concern over the prolonged strike action of the S.H.B. staff workers. j were unanimous m their opinion that an '"early settlement" should be reached between the employers and the employees tc expedite loading and
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  • 124 3 Call For Unions To Join TUC THE Singapore Trades Union Congress will hold a representatives council meeting 'on May 27 at 7.30 p.m. at the TUC premises to finalise arrangements for the overdue deiegates 1 conference m the last week of June. The Prescient of the TUC. Mr. S. Jaganathan
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  • 57 3 THE offices of the Consulate General for the Republic of Indonesia on the 2nd and 3rd floors of the KPM building and its Information Section at 108 Robinson Road Singapore, will be dosed tomorrow on the occasion of Ascension Day. The offices will also be closed on
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  • 119 3 SEREMBAN, Tues. A warning that there must be no room lor complacency although the general Emergency situation has improved, is given m the annual report of the Negri Sembilan Estate Staff Union. The report states two members of the Staff Union were injured as
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  • 72 3 t IPOH. Tucf.— Pcrak branch of the St. John Ambulance Association will hold its Flag Day on July 2. to raise binds for its headquarters building project and for running the activities of the Association and the Brigade. The chairman of the P^rak S.J.A.A., Raja Musa
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  • 77 3 vwwwwv ***\\\\\v 3 MISS HELEN LI-ANN FUNG of Singapore who is vice president of the Future Teachers of Anie i rica Club at the Colorado •t. State College of Education. tion. Greeley. Colorado, 2 where she i s a sophomore. A 1951 graduate of Sacred Heart
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  • 116 3 SIXGAPORE is .-ending a tripartite 1 observer delegation to the 38th session of the International Labour Conference to be held m Geneva from June 1 to 23. In the past. Singapore has been represented at Regional and Technical Internat;< Labour Organisation conferences, but this will
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  • 170 3 Tapper To Die For Murder MALACCA. Tues. Sentence of death was passed m the Malacca Assizes today on a young rubber tapper. Ramasamy who was found guilty oi muidenng an expectant mother. Palaniayec. m the Kempas Estate labour Lines on March 4. The jury, alter retiring lor eight minutes, returned
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  • 92 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Tuei Trade Unions tnd •I I ketl should realise theii ;esponsibilities to the community even during Industrial disputes and should b( I B oid c action, Ya'acob bin Abdul U Federal Director of tnformation Services, declared today. Speaking a1 a civics cour o ><<\cc:
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  • 72 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues.— Ng San. a lorry driver, and his attendant, Ng Swee Huck, were charged m the Magistrate's Court today with breaking the curfew. Ng San pjeaded guilty and was fined $50. Ng Swee Huck, who was deaf, dumb and unable to read could not
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  • 50 4 ALOR STAR. Tues. The Indian Commissioner for Malaya, Mr. R. K. Tandon. flew m by Malayan Airways today on a visit to Kedah. He lunched with the British Adviser, Mr. E. C. G. Barrett, and later called on the Mentri Besar. Tungku Ismail and the Sultan.
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  • 153 4 KARTIJAH binti Raub, a mother of four daughters, pleaded guilty m the Singapore Fifth Police Court yesterday to four charges of d'shonestly inducing the Social Welfare Department to pay her $12 a month from Public Assistance Funds. Inspector R. Sandosham. prosecuting, told
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  • 306 4 DANCE TEAM AWARDED £250 WAGES Fraud Charge By Hotel Not Proved Chief Justice THE Chief Justice, Sir Charles MurrayAynsley, gave judgment m the Singapore High Court yesterday, to two cabaret artistes. William Dudley Currie Fryer and Sylvia Mary Martin, against Hotel De L'Europe Ltd. The plaintiffs sued the defendant company
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    45 4 MR. X John Don Bosco. clerk attached to Telecoms Stores and Workshops Kuala Lumpur, son of Mr. Mrs M.J Roach of Malayan Railway Kuala Lumpur and IrutHnvamary daughter of Mr. T. S. Singarayer of The Singapore Standard who were engaged m Singapore last Monday.
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  • 59 4 IHL last delegate from Japan to the South-east Asia Film Festival, .Mr. Yoshio Osawa (above) arrived m Singapore yesterday with his wife He was met at the Kallang Airport by the other Japanese delegates and officials of the local film industry. Mr Osawa said that his departure
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  • 87 4 PEN ANG, Tues. The old Esplanade, which has become a popular rendezvous for young couples every night, will have fluorescent lighting m two or three months' timeThe Municipal Engineer. Mr. R. Bailey, told The Standard today that this will cost about $7,000. There
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  • 114 4 Tronoh To Reinstate 170 Miners IPOH Tues. The manage- ment of the Tronoh Mines Limited will take back 170 dismissed workers who went on strike on March 9, it was stated today. The men will return to the Kampar section dredges tomorrow. Preference has been given to those with long
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  • 83 4 KUALA LUMPUR Tues More than 100 schemes for improvement of rural communications throughout the Federation costing about $150,000 have been launched by the Rural and Industrial Development Authority during the rast month The biggest of these is the $46,000 set aside for the improvement of
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  • 131 4 Ghost Gave Punters A Tip-Off PENANG Tues—Pas-sers-by m Church Street ffot the fright of their lives this morning when a stationary car, a black Vauxhall, suddenly started f o move forward with the gear on and collided with another car on the opposite side of the road. There was no
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  • 32 4 The Resident Commissioner, Mr D Gray wi address a parade and take the salute at the Empire Day combined schools parade at Westlands School ground on Thursday
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  • 248 4 PENAiNG, Tues. Defence Counsel, Mr. Lim Kneng Kooi, threatened to walk out of the Sessions Court today, after he wa s interrupted by the ProsecHenf ffiCer> EJ Selb} WhilC J uestionin S his Answering a charge of possessing $5,478 worth of Ginseng (a Chinese drug)
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  • 95 4 MORE than 300 guests attended a buffet given by the Cons id-General for Japan. Mr. Ken Ninomya. m honour of the delegates of the second South-east Asian Film Festival at his residence m Garlick Avenue, Holland Road, last night. A heavy shower failed to
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  • 321 5 ordered n^T'? Court of Civil A PP eal yesterday onehnh V tml ln the case of Chua Kiat Chci LoZv/nv 'tH SUmS thc Staftpiirc Traction uompanj Ltd. tor damages arising from an accident. Xl "3? v r Wlll be l "»ited to the question ot images which has nut been
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  • 60 5 TAB-DRIVER CHANGED TAR GEAR taea. Sing 24 lf-driv« ca: ari acct U U>- P] lons C irt ided guilty to bound b< >! good tkths 5200. he hired '< R a V..r. 11 t check-up r tied been c. EBcei Sing] said Oal |< .ir:r>_ orlea r ed to Sm
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  • 131 5 5 Fined For Machinery Offences IPOII. T;c>. Rcprcscnta- ■ol five local firms pleaded guilty m t ho Magistrat< Court today to of failing to comply with the requirements of the Ma binery Depart m-. ni Chew Ens Chua, Managing Partner of the Natural Fertiliser Factory m Guntong, fined $100 for
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  • 332 5 Court Proves C ashler's Suspicion Was Correct A CASHIER oi the Singapore Harbour Board, Yap Thian Hock, told the Singapore Thii 1 Criminal District Court yesterday that when he .1 young girl m a trisha on his way to vn one afternoon. whose description corresponded with that of a girl
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  • 68 5 PENANG. Tues The Indian Association will stage both North and South Indian dances, m honour of the visit of the Indian Commissioner m Malaya Mr R K. Tandon, tomorrow Misses Selvamary Charles Ste.la chanes and Pushpa!eela\athy Renqasamy will provide the dancing items Background music will be
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  • 315 5 Owner Disputes $45,459 Award A FORMER schoolmaster, Mr. George Neelankavil, appealed m the Singapore High Court yesterday, against the Collector of Land Revenue's award of $45,459 for his land which was acquired m 1952. for housing development. The land, which rovers about throe acres, is bounded by Kirn Kcat Road
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  • 45 5 MUAR, Tues. For' repairing his temoorary shophbuse m Alan SaJleh, Muar, without the permission of the Presilenl < t Town Council, on Mar* h 15, Han Hoo Siew. 37. was fine-.i $20 or ten cays' jail by the Muar Magistrate, Inche Pawan Ahmad, today.
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  • 175 5 PEXANG, Tues. An Ipoh sundry goods dealer, Chong Choo, admitted m the Magistrate's Court today that from Race One to Race Five, he had placed 213 wins and 124 places with book-makers at the Penang Turt Club on Feb. 26. Chong
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  • 148 5 MEMBERS of the Far East Air Force Band who are taking part m the two choral-orchestral concerts presented by the Singapore Musical Society were given armed escorts to attend rehearsals during the recent riots. Tickets for the concerts one of which is on tonight
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  • 268 5 Land Fall Buried Man In Trench A LONG drought with a sudden break of rain on April 21. could have caused the earth slide which buried alive a labourer m a 1 6-foot deep trench m the new international airport at Paya Lebar. Mr. C. H. Jackson, a civil engineer,
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  • 162 5 K.L Girls Told To Shed This Garment KUALA LUMP UK. flies Kuala Lumpur's Traffic Police are a»am up- in -arms against "tunnel-vi ;<>ned" women cyclists who sport tight scarves to avoid the Malayan sun. Donned mostly by Chinese women worker.-- at mines and building sites, this head-car which impairs the
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  • 46 5 A REQUIEM Hig i Ma be > ;rig st the C the Good Shepl i Brai Basr.ii Road on Frida lor ihe sou! ol the V. .1. Mendii Government Ministers, 'abour Front Aj en ci City Council oi ir< eitpfi 1o attend.
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    • 81 6 FOR THREE and a half hours photographer George Greenwdl waited patiently In the humming bird house at the London Zoo to get this rare picture of a humming bird about to feed from a bottle The humming bird which measures m length from two to three and a
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    • 39 6 GREEK BORN Anfigone Constanda, 21, who won the "Miss World 1955" title at the London beauty contest, trjes belly dancing on a terrace at Rome, where she is currently receiving film offers. AP Photo. 0*
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    • 61 6 A FEMALE Elk that drift- J ed into the city from some 2 woods nearby ran wild two 2 hour s among traffic m Stock- J holm recently. Firemen. Police m sqvad cars pedestrians and child- 2 ren joined the chase. The 2 elk was correred twice once
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    • 59 6 1.0VF.l > [RA anr Cecilia (above plimcnts vA}(>< ffa( a a 1 tuo Mslerv But lh.-'pf,,:* pa\ lhos< (oniph,,.,^. making ;i i,_ n ISenora d. ijr pf wife nl a M,' x And pretty i sixteen-). bt'nor.f the v* < t tan iouj. lovely At r
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    • 203 6 «;\\\\\\\\\\\\a\\\\\\w .\w\\\\\v\\\\\\v\v A MAN who married a woman more than twice Us age had this to say: "Age doesn't matter to the young m heart." And his bride agreed. He is Gwilym Lloyd George James. 'Zi. She is A lite Cobb. aged
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    • 89 6 ...They 're Mu And Daughter im risfen l h» 4 an r, tour £m- v.l boj k u;<d sixtet a ftvi knd m I i nil] i i ga> fOttSf moth* i "11,-tN m I kef ps ,i Koman yond have t" tii a 1 wouM I Mi] womtn Thon
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  • 39 7 Photo. Lrel Pionol -l.'ft> President of the Canne s Film Festival Jury hands over the Golden t |C9 ie9«itiM the top award, to Nathan Golden, official I'S <m£»*V L iU* a«7! rican film, Marty UP
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  • 868 7 c Pantiers 1 Assorted f: Press on I I directed ak and unde■•vho inoa ia well-— gave a pro- to Sir t then MacGiU :vray with reattack G b r\ff\ r hi I V iper ol the Se■Vnsions was i it was debated and
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  • 305 7 RUSSIA'S DRAMATIC SWITCH IN POLITICS Halt To Cold War Policies LONDON, May 17, (Reuter)— Russia's inability to foot the costs of the cold war indefinitely, while at the same time helping to build up the might of Communist China, is probably one cause of her dramatic switch m tactics on
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  • 96 7 CAIRO. May 17. (Router)— Dr. Adhani Nakib, husband of ex-Queen Bffarriman of Egypt, last night confirmed that he intended to marry again and have two wives. "Narriman will never have her divorce."' he said. "She cannot get it ever and I naturally shall marry
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  • 267 7 Decisive Dates In History This Year CLEVELAND, May 17. (AP) Senator William Knowland predicted last night that Russia soon will attempt to "neutralize" Yugoslavia, Germany, Norway and Denmark m an effort to break the Western European Defence Alliance apart. Knowland. the U.S. Senate Republican leader, m a speech. said he
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  • 45 7 RIDGELAN. Mississippi May 17 (AP)— Officers reported an attractive divorcee shot her boy friend to death and then killed herse'f on a lonely road yesterday. The two were identified as Mrs. Juanita Clark. 35. and Harrison Lee Bullock, 24.
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  • 119 7 Men Jail Slipper Slayer NASHVILLE. Tennessee. May 17 (AP)— Mis s Sarah Fly pleaded guilty m Criminal Court yesterday to involuntary manslaughter m the slipper heei slaying of a S. Louis businessman. An all-male jury set her punishment at one day m jail. The former State clerical workei was charged
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  • 143 7 Hunt For 3 Mau Mau Escapees NAIROBI. May 17 (Reuter) Troops and Police yesterday combed Nairobi for three desperate Mau Mau terrorists after recapturing a fourth fugitive wanted on a murder charge Two of the hunted men are Mau Mau "generals" who escaped from a detention camp. The third escaped
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    25 7 QUEEN Frederika of Greece dances to music provided by the local two-man band during her recent tour of Western Thrace.— AP. Photo.
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  • 364 7 LONDON, May 17 (Reuter)— Canadian Secretary of State for External Affairs, Mr. Lester B. Pearson, said here yesterday that his country had as brigM a future as any "if indeed any country m the world has a future." "If we rio not succeed m
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  • 569 8 Singapore Standard Himsworths Warning /|H the day he left the Federation, the retired Financial Secretary. Mr Eric Himsworth, issued a statement which was a blend of optimism and warning. At the moment, he said, there were no Bigna of capital leaving the country, but if conditions changed for the worse
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  • 76 8 Sir, I thought that one sentence m your issue of May 15 very aptly summed up the local government's idea of settling a strike: "It was agreed that the workers will acknowledge the rights of the Management to direct the organization and running of the Company.'* I am sending
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  • 107 8 Sir: Whilst the Harbour Board striker? continue to picket the m^in gates with posters, whi( v would be laughable if they were not libellous. work goes on smoothly at the docks. Importers, both large and small, agree that they can now clear far more cargo e.u h day
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    24 8 "Would you mind getting up very gently and walking slowly towards the door— l want to see how far my spear mint will stretch."
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  • 48 8 Sir:— l understand from a Radio Broadcast given by Mr. Lim Yew Hock. Minis- coming under the Ordinance to save up some money for their old age and to exempt employees from contributing to it is simply an improvident scheme. I would go one step
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  • We the PEOPLE
    • 465 8 Sir;— The reported interview with Mr. Lim Yew Hock published m The Standard of Wednesday 11th May. came as a surprise to the general public, who have followed the passage of the Central Provident Fund Ordinance through the legislature right up to the present time. When
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    • 461 8 Sir; I rongratulate you most heartily on your two magnificent editorials "Another British Guiana"' and "Government by Thugs." For some time past 1 have watched with growing concern the sycophantic attitude of some sections of the press towards the Labour Front an attitude which will
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    • 146 8 S,r; The statement made by Mr. Lee Kuan Yeu\ the P. A. P. boss that anyone who leads the Chinese people m Malays, cannot a *o rd lo be ant iRed, has not ycl In en denied by any responsible Chinese leader. Can their silence be interpreted
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  • 24 8 jt> ri r*iis SiT" try to discover harmony hi friction and find the greatest sphere of Record b.\ •~::e'?ms of compromise and
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  • 697 8 THE NEWS AS IT STRIKES ME THERE are some things for which 1 Rdoire the Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall for example his weekly conferences to which ail and sundry take their grievances and suggestion?, the persona: donation of $200 to the mother of (he student killed m the riots
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  • 487 9 Most Beneficial To the World-Churchill WOODFORD, Essex May 17, (Reuter) Sir Winston hi opcn.ng his election campaign here last night declared might be another New Look" in the Kremlin following Malcnkovs downfall which could be "most beneficial to Lfwhelming masses of people all over the
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    45 9 LONDON. May 17 (Reuter) The King and Queen of Sweden arrived at London airport yesterday on a twoweek private visit, and were met by the First Sea Lord Earl Mountbatten. and Lady Mountbatten and the Swedish Ambassador m London. Mr. Gunnar Ilagglof and Mrs. Hafjjjlof.
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  • 123 9 Betrayal By Tories Alleged LONDON. May 17 tßeuten Two Labour leaders last Bight attacked the Conservative Government m a nationwide television broadcast for allowing Britons' living costs to soar. Mr. Harold Wilson, former Labour President of the Board of Trade, said the Conservative had betrayed election pledges by cutting food
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  • 84 9 Jailed For Attack On Women P.Cs LONDON May It (Reuter) j William George Bar. 29, [a labouref waa jailed Lor ten years yesterday for attacking two policewomen who acted as ,ie > ca: hi:n. Sergeant Ethel Bush and Policewoman. Kathleen Parroti ere m v red when Barneti a i I
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  • 27 9 s Political spirations died By 50 Deposit B A rday I plans to i elect; ::ich i r it ion r la -man *ratic I nd( nt
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  • 9 9 'BIG 3' MINISTERS AGREE ON PI AN Herman Unity
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  • 220 9 France Asks For Recall Of Some U.S. Officials WASHINGTON, May 17, (AP)— France has asked the Inited States to recall some American officials m Southern Indo-China on the ground they are obstructing joint moves to save the divided country from Communists. U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, it was
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  • 147 9 WASHINGTON. May 17 < Reiner* Diplomats here believe the Soviet Union will agree to use its influence to bring about an extension of the Wednesday deadline for north-south movement of Vietnamese refugees m IndoChina. The British Foreign Secretary, Mr. Harold Macmillan. m a
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  • 676 9 But Nothing Must Affect China's Sovereign Rights HONGKONG, May 17, (Reuter)— Chinese Communist Premier Mr. Chou En-lai, repeated his offer to negotiate with the United States, "to ease tension m the Formosa area," the New China News Agency reported today. On the form
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  • 114 9 Apartheid 'Doomed To Failure' BROKEN HILL North crn Rhodesia. May 17 (Reuter) Denut> Prime Minister of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. Sir Roy Welensky. said here last night that the policy of apartheid was m the long run "doomed to failure." He told the Broken Hill Railway Club the
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  • 296 9 LONDON. May 17 (Renter).— A young Indian doctor, whose wife's mutilated body was found floating m a bag j m the sea, petitioned the judicial committee of the Privy Council here yesterday for leave to appeal against his conviction for her murder. The
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  • 751 10  -  John Seymour —By— T stood on a hillside m Kenya's Kikuyuland, dividing my attention between a large gang of women who were digging terraces m front of me, and a battle that was m progress behind me. Not a very fierce battle: just sporadic shooting
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    15 10 "Von must be jolly keen on drums mummy told me to play until you leave!"'
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  • 332 10  - THE STARS AND YOU Rita Del Mar 15 fi #T >AYs QUOTATION: i am not ashamed to M wnai 1 do not know." < icero. \\l])Ms|)\v FOB EVBBY ;»>• alch vv;:h rest "5 ni recreation or odds and ends of tasks thai have bee accumulating B-> tactful courteous Evening: b
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    99 10 This picture of Gina Lollobrigida, the Italian film star, trying on her can-can costume for the film "The Most Beautiful Woman of Rome," has caused a row between her husband Dr. Mirko Skofic, and the Press Agency that took it and a magazine which carried the picture on its
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  • 502 10  - WAITING FOR RUSSIA Rawle Knox By SINGAPORE, WESTERN diplomats m Asia are still hopefully awaiting some Russian reaction to Mr. Chou En-lai's triumph of cordiality at Bandung. The brief from which the anti-Communist countries worked at the Asian-Afri-can conference and there can now bo no doubt that for some of
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    15 10 "Are you going to stop fooling around with tkat dog and come to bed, George?"
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  • 1165 10  - Now Listen Here Harry Lee Donald Moore Says I HPHE principal arg:uA meat of the People's Action Party rests upon its demand for an immediate cessation of the Colonial regime m Singapore and Malaya. Whether the demand is made for its own sake or simply from a vicious desire to
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 205 10 f|l J (Ll KS Across 4. Hint at Eves indi.^crctln' ■9) j 9 Shallow vessel amid A s gets out Lin< < -4. 1 1. Ke; earni about MBW il' 2 12. Restrict an m i i itanee 13. Annul (10) [4. Irritable oH th« i 4 17. Armed m
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  • 31 11 flrr natno is Sarita 3tantiol tllU %h<> portrays her usual Ui >t-bU*»dv€l %<>lf mi n I nilvd \rtisi** nvuvst <>ff<>rin<j. IW« (,/#r. tii thy iapiiol Thvatrv. Singapore* on Friday.
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    18 11 hfl g Pot--1 ;ke WTest- c both Poti i 1 y MM i prvrfitc- Seven
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  • 857 11 FTtHE Bur! Lancaster story 1 is ex Lusi c y Ameri a i —a .vorv enemy, r< Lessness, and artistic enter* I rise Catalg this fusion of artist and esc itive is the man who, a fears back, k a responsive chord d Lan aster, then
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  • 889 11  - SHE'S CHANGED MEANING OF SEX-APPEAL' Bridget Jones By Grace Kelly, who has won this year's Motion Picture Academy award for the best actress an Oscar after her performance m Paramount's "Country Girl" with Bing Crosby, seems to have changed the whole meaning of sex-appeal m Hollywood. Until recently the fill*
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  • 151 11 OICHARD Fleischer, dircc- tor of the new 20th Century-Fox CinemaScope production "Violent Saturday" has left New York for Hollywood following a short vacation m his native city. Fleischer's new picture tells the story of a skilfully organized bank robbery and will open shortly at the Roxy Theatre It
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  • 180 11 RITA MORENO says she is m "an antimale mood these days Rita is not m an antiMarlon mood, however. The Puerto Rican beauty is seen frequently with Marlon, who seems to have forgotten his recent engagement to another girl. Rita insists that there is nothing serious between
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  • 96 12 More Spacious Premises For Travel Firm THE Asia Travel Servi c ias I its »ffl es from I obby of Aiiclphi Hotel to more pacious premises at Grange toad, according to Mrs. Boris lo land, a director of the SerThe ::cv office can he conacted by phone Xos. ***** and
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  • Finance And Commerce
    • 190 12 PENANG, Tues. The textile market throughout Malaya came to a more or less stable condition by the end of 1954 despite adverse factors, states the annual report of the Penang Indian Chamber of Commerce. The report says that most oJ the newcomers
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    • 223 12 Overseas Inquiries For Produce WITH more overseas mr- lines all markets at the Singapore Chinese Produce hange were steady yesterClosing prices "per picu] at noon were: Jopra Si 1 (unchanged on Monday) core:: oil bulk $40 (up 50 cents), Muntok white pepper Si 77. Sarawak white £176 (both unchanged). Special
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  • 157 12 New Rules For Import Of Cloth Into R.I. THE Indonesian Ministry of Economic Affairs m Jakarta have announced new regulations by which it is no longer necessary for textile importers to deliver their goods to the Jajasan Persediaan dan Perbekelan (textile controlling body) but arc free to distribute their imports.
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  • 79 12 MR. G. S. BRENTON [left) film director, Patrick Carey (right), cameraman, md Michael Hcaley, proiuction manager, all of jreenpark Films, London, flew into Singapore on their cay to Indonesia to film the tlory of oil for Caltex. Grcenpark Films, Mr. Brcntou said, produces documentaries for
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  • 52 12 Several new "snack" (be-tween-meal or light lunch) foods have been developed through research by scientists >f the United States Department of Agriculture. These foods include vegetable chips from sliced carrots, beets and parsnips, and "nuggets" from whole peas and lima beans. They are ail prepared by deep
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  • 38 12 APRIL rubber crops announced are: Alor Gajah 16,500 lb.: Aver Panas 56,500 lb; Glenealy Plantations 56.--ono lb.; Kluang 48.000 lb; Pa jam 83.000 b.: Talisman 20.500 lb.; Teluk Anson 43,--577 'b.: XJ]\i Benut Consolidated 32,981 lb.
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  • 30 12 PRODUCTION of soyabcans m 1954 set a new world record.! Most of the increase was m the United States, but Canada also set a new production re- cord.
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  • 152 12 NATIONAL Carbon (Eastern* Ltd., 9i mile, Bukit Timah Road, arc manufacturers ol the famous '"National" brand of Cinema Projector Carbons which are used widely m cinemas throughout South-east Asia. The development of "National" Projector Carbons has always kept pace with the exacting requirements of
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  • 165 12 Ships In Harbour OUTER ROADS Aimee Lykes, Ilocgh Silver--pray. Floating Dock. Bugrino Eidanger, Hem Hoyer Flamina, -lying Eagle. Patagonia, Mating 3ama. Benrinnes, Hydra, Kaloioe. Levrekusen, Leoville. INN I R ROADS Auby, Giang Song, Yin Den Brock, Hua Li. Bidor, Serdang, ndari, Sin Mm Huat, Legundi Larut, Hin Ch iong, June,
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  • 247 12 COLUMBITE HUNGRY' ME SUFFERING BEC LOSS Standard Staff Correspond^ KUALA LUMPUR, Tucs A of "columbire hungry" prospector^! Ed the vanguard of the recent big I have got their fingers burnt US '-I Although the Paya Baki I richest known aiea Cot columl prospectois have been lode which would mean untold
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  • 122 12 (.4 bore): The girl relaxes on a cane model. Both chairs were made locally but are m English style. A variety of designs are available from i/ie classical full~of-curves to t h c contemporary modi tied Scandinavian style. At any price the chair is said to be
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  • 179 12 THE General Electric Co. Ltd. of England has just completed the purchase of 99 per i of the shares of th« A gamated Electric Corporation Ltd. of Toronto. tr. Lesli< irman and joint Manag Director of the G.E.C.. played a large part m the
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  • 180 12 DUNLOP CHAIRS DESIGNED FOR COMFORT A NEW CHAIR designed scientifically to give the maximum of comfort to users has recently bees introduced into the Malayan market by the manufacturers, the Dunlop Kubber Co. (M) Ltd. The chair consists of moulded latex foam cushions on rigid base pans mounted on a
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  • 160 12 SELECTIVE industrials m the Malayan share market continued cautiou advances yesterday, but business In this section was sparse. 'I In shares were irregular, whi c rubber shares were dull. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokcrs' Association yesterday were: INDUSTRIALS Buyeis Sellers Fraser Neave:
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  • 28 12 THE Malayan Exchange Banks Association .selling ratc.s to merchants <T.T. O.l>>: Swiss francs 142;. Deutsche marks 137 i and Rivals 117;. Other exchange rates remain unaltered.
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  • 103 12 SINGAPORE sharebrokers reported the following business done yesterday: Fraser Neave: Ords. 1.70 G -on 2.60 overnight 162j to 2.65 today George t. Disj 2.70 W. Hammer 265 n Co. 1.50 M. Breweries 3.45 yan Cement 1.48 L5O M. C >] 0.72 Metal Box 1.40 Robinson Co. Ords
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  • 27 12 JOHAX Tin Dredging Ltd/* \.pril tin ore output was 96 riculs and sales of total stock.' esulted m a tribute of $2,405.72 or the company.
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  • 20 12 THERE arc new 4,600,000 raci irs providing power tea uitivating the 5,300,000 farms n the United State?.
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  • 12 12 RUBB QUIET STEAD Sing. graci Mon«. I she< In I I I
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  • 34 12 S I I I I I .«ti< .< I cd m to c\| 1 p B trad< I Dill IB| Scil.i toi I il£ X din t i iiiiiont ffifl I
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  • 162 12 RIO DE JANEIRO, May 17: Brad 's totti ring ec< nomy suffered 1 further blow this week with the closing of t.\ private banks following 1 run by apprehensive nts Though M run on the t>ai Ik* 1 wa.s Bpp 1 on y 10
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    • 669 12 NOTICES IX AN HANG COMPANY LIMITED. (Incorporated m Singapore) 7VOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Nineth Annual General Meeting of the Company wil! be held at No. 8. Maiabar Street, Singapore, on Sunday the 29th of May, 1955 at 1 p.m A Ci N D A d> To receive the
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    • 199 12 NOTICES Re CHI A AH TEE alias CHI A HAK THIAN Deceased ALL PERSONS having any claims against the cst,! l of the abovenamed deceased. tte of N". 467, Clemence.au Avenue, Singapore, who died on the 23rd day oi March, 1955, are required to send particulars of their claims m
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    • 90 12 NIPPON YUSEN KAISH* Bingo Maru for Colombo E n Karad i 12 1 3 !^< i£± tian Maru tcr Osaka KoCe Yawoia Yokohama 21 W Awata Maru for Aden, A?.■ > >?.■ d Ccnca. Marseilles. Tangier, Cas«bianca. Lonflcn. Antwerp, kci- terdam. Hamtxiig 10 t r £ncho Maru tot Rangoon C^Uta-
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    • 662 13 f,.FRENCH TRADING CO., LTD. 'the blue funnel line" 7 Mbini<m Md NORTH AMERICAN SIRVICI ,n. New Yeah »elttm«*«, Philadelphia Cult Pettt S pore P S ham Penang an N V 9, 16 Inn* 17 lun« tfe tun* jh 916 Sept 17 Sept 8 Sept 25 Set* r*, IQP^- 4 other
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    • 1132 13 Si? 05 MAS «*IELD «c CO., LTD. Tel: 2412 SHippmli* ilneorixwjttd m Singapore) (12 lines) o.p», THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE t t« PCO fTC?DDo«? fhw ports to loaa d»char« cargo »AILIN« to LIVERPOOL. CLATCOW, LONDON CONtININ? Mam*** P. ham P«nar.g Pt%»ut tor Liverpool Cla>fJOW Alcinou, for Marseilles.' iSwan- May 8
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    • 820 13 MITSUI tjpt LINE Spore P. Shorn Penong FOR JAPAN from Indio Oeson Moru from Bombay, for Kobe, Moji, Yokohama, Nagoya 24 May Meiko Maru from Calcutta, Rangoon for Moji, Kobe 30 May FOR JA°AN from Continent Awajisan Maru for Yokohama, Mo|i, Kobe vio Sa.gon, Bangkok, H'kong 20/22 May Meirinsan Moru
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    • 787 13 EAST ASIATIC LINES SAILINGS TO CONTINENT/SCANDINAVIA For Aden, Port Soid, Genoa, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Copenhagen, Gothenburg ond Oslo Spore P. S'hom Pewong x) "PATAGONIA" Gdns. 23/24 21/21 May xxj "SELANDIA- 3/sJ»ne 6/7 June 8/9 June "MALACCA" 3/5 July 6/6 July 7/7 July x) CHI* ttevrouth, Karlshomn. xx) Coll* London (passenger*
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  • YOUNG FOLKS
    • 853 14 You Would Weigh A Ton On The bun I EVERYONE knows that J the Sun is simply ENORMOUS. But for those who want tv know exactly how big the Sun Is* here are the figure.-: The diameter is 866.000 mllef and the volume or overall size is 1.300.000 times that
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    • 367 14 'RFAT fun! Sarah, a baby J rhimpanzee, has coma l«i stay with tne ana m rupiii'y getting OV«r her firs: shyness. For the Qrsi two days sr-.e hid her head anfl covered her eyes with her fingers. She thoughi f hnt if she euo] in't sec
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    • 159 14 Flying Jumper THE Mayor of Margate, Kent. Alderman Harry Ward, will make a special journey to London Airport on Saturday to meet t i 8.0.A.C. trans-Atlantic airliner and greel a frog. Before seeing the frog otT on the second stage d it* air trip— to South Africa— the Mayor will
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      62 14 Her name is Pom Pom and she is a three-year-old Shetland pony. Whenever she sees flowers she insists on sitting down. No one knows why. but it might be something" to do with the fact that she once belonged to a circus. Pom Pom lives at Whipsnade Zoo. her keepers
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    • 421 14 CCHOOLCHII.DREN at Haydon Bridge. Northumberland, are going to spend 54.250 on baying four Jersey tows to start their own pedigree milking herd. Also, these youngsters of the Shaftoe Trust School will complete additions costing neariy 54.000 to the accommodation for breeding and rearing hens and turkeys. The
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      271 14  -  MICHEL RA l!v v T^HE piano we took from New York to Mexico City flew for hours over great deserts, like the Sahara. Then our plane flying higher and highei because Mexico City I high plateau, surrounded by mountains. Finally we saw m i rmous city below
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      98 14 JUST JOKING MOI HER I sent my ttlc boy for two pounds ol swo ts but you Bt one and half poun SHOPKEEPER: My scales are til rfghl Ravi you weighed your little boy? TOM Dot your unibrella always ieak like this? JACK: No, Only when it rain-. TEACHER: H>
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    • 33 14 y cause skin diseases KJWAJID COOK CO. LTD UDKDOW EMOIJUO Fin est Qua My i ulturtnl M M €*art i\vcklaevs < LANKA JEWELLERS, (THE HOUSE FOR CEYLON GEMS) 20, BATTERY ROAD, SINGAPORE-1. Phone: *****
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 99 14 Appearing On Young Folks Page Each Week Mj rI AM INSTRUCTED TO MY SHIP\/ THIS IS TERRIFIC.JIM-^ WHAT DO YOU MGAN/Y v^ISTA RTED TO TELL YOU, JIM. TAKE OVER THE COMMAND A BETA 1 IS \l WE'LL HAVE FUN UP If rOGE7W£&p-YOU2Zi{ lAM GOING TO MOON gASE IAS IfcßT OF
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  • 570 15 WARCIANO LASHES OUT FOR T.K.O. WIN Came Cockeli Battered Beaten In Nineßnds. -Roek?M«V- KE fAR STADIUM, Son Froncisco, May 17, (Reuter) ba««in y nlS« r 110 rre, et °i n^ L his world heavyweight championship by her! Si ft f tlSh chom P io »o m th/ninth round here last
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  • 78 15 COCKELL HAD A RAW DEAL' n i \N( ISCO. amH he m his \-ueruan aci n rt- Jl, c British hallcnl to have mphatic d b> an r imthe 1 1 nk you tbc sed, that a E UM dar- B»f for -»nd a I uls." ma g c i
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  • 73 15 r.irds of the officials m the ManianoI t I 4 5 6 7 8 fcfer Ink D"An«-\ I I I 6| fj 6 7 B&sraelli fi SI fi til 6 fi 7 •N354i 5 S 4 I nkie Crown I Si Hj H H 7 I 1 II
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    81 15 on Cocke"' Protected thin was sickeningr. In round t seemed that Cockeli would not be'dbie to last another round. But he did— and even more remarkable—he tried to fight back But the strength wa s gone from those heavy leg?, his arms were weary, his body obviously sore
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  • 54 15 Today's Sport BQXING:—Lan Kee Chan VS. Nai Songkiat at Ha World Stadium 9 y> ARMY SOCCER:— Div. 30 Bn. R.A.O.C. (S) vs. Singapore Bare District: Base Workshop RE.M.E. ".-V District Workshop R.E.MJE Coy. RA.S.C. tW.T.) vs. 36 B-i. R.A.O.C. (A";: 443 B.A.D. vs. Army Depot Police: Ist Singapore Regt, R.A.
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  • 115 15 JOHORE BAHRU Mon— The ten between Johore CC ar.ri Fu gam CC wa« m Johore Bahru and res .U d m a victory for Johm*« b y s-x wickets Bertie Barthetoi "4 noj r, u 4 E< c of sixei i conu ibuted to Johore 5
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  • 950 15 «SAN FRAXCISCO. May (OP)— The Wow-by-blow account of the Rocky Mareiano-Don Cockell cnampionship fight: ROIND ONE Cockell led with a left to Marcianos head and they backed o» and sparred. Marciano led witn his left and Cockell backed up and they clinched. Marciano threw right that
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  • 396 15 DOCKYARD EDGE C A IN HARD GAME H. M. Dockyard 5 Chinese Athletic 4 Alien 3, Jacobs 2. Kok Peon; 2, Manner Khoo 2. Referee'. Mr. W. Pearce. H. M. DOCKYARD scored a narrow victory ovc Chinese Athletic by 5-4 m a S.A.F.A. Division I Leagu< match played at the
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  • 119 15 VIENNA. May 16. (Reutcr) Britain beat Australia m their second rouni Davis Cup European Zone match here when their top-player Tony. Mottram. beat Fred Huber toda to give Britai:- a winning 3-1 lead. Mottram won m five sets by 5-7. 2-6. 6-4. 6 4. At Munich. Germany,
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  • 236 15 Can Lim Kee Chan Take IT? HARD hitting Lim Kce Chan, the local boxing ie :i ol has p: that he can deliver punches with steam. Fortified with three yea t of boxing around Malaya and Indonesia. Kee Chan has i n most of his tights via te I route.
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  • 298 15 Mf^/er Archer Puf On 206 Runs Together BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, May 17, (Kcuter)—Australia strengthened their position m the fourth Test against West Indies when they took their first innings to 569 for eight by the close ot the second day's play here today Keith Miller, whj made
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  • 94 15 THE New Delhi Hockey A elation team from India, way to New Zealai d. rive m Singapore on June 7 for a series of game* be c The v isiting team ill consist o' five 1952 Olympic playen many well known Indian play' era. Among
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  • 1129 16 RACE 1: 2.30 p.m.— Horses Class 5, Div. 3—7 Furs. 1 v riMi Vivion 19 9.i><> MM A Gordon Taehv Bagoy I g »r S E*&S5*:::::::::::: T n"s t>v SOS "Excelsior Stable" Allan Wahab ,i'u Gortag S Ml C3apt HF B.oxham Rodgers Mortimer W ''YrWl.ti..., H S.OT
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  • 196 16 Cle\er Bug. who lost no mirks when he came m B ttroof second to Siapa Tahu over seven furlongs on the first day, should annex this race Always prominent. Clever Buc put m ;i smooth run m the •traißhi before going under by a length
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  • 1399 16 BEST BET ON FORM By WINDSOR LAD PENANG, Tues. COURT JEWEL, a three-year-old Hellespont mare, has been so nicely tuned up after her maiden success at Ipoh that I expect her to maintain her winning ways m the main six furlongs race for Class
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    103 16 PENANG, Tues. There has been no rain for the past few days and the going for tomorrow, barring any rain tonight, should be good. YEP, I'm Francis Now that I'm no fugitive from the bookies thanks to Three Dimension on Saturday ....let me generously convey to you the
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    19 16 DENMARK'S Thomas <Up richt: Olr Filcrtsrn. Qfa bero, Mr. R Heilbo ft, arup and Jorgen Hainm. Ho,
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  • 211 16 THE HEAT HITS THE AUSSIES, TOO... TEN MIMTES alter their opponents, the Danes, flew into Singapore, the Australian five-man Thomas Cup team landed for their inter-zone semifinal encounter on May 27 and 28. They were led by Mr. Roy Brady. 4^he honorary secretary of the Australian Badminton Association, who is
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  • 270 16 Gold Train, a Blue Train progeny, is my choice m this moderate lot of Class Four Division Two performers over six furlongs. Gold Train put on a promising show over seven furlongs on the first day, when finishing sixth behind Trow Hill. Smartly away
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    34 16 AUSTRALIA'S Thomas Cuppers, from left to right arc: Alan McCabe (Captain). Rex Collins. Stan Russell. Cliff Cutt, Mr. Roy Brady, the Manager of the team, and Don Murray, the reigning singles champion.
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  • 458 16 By Our Badminton Reporter THE DANES are here early to get themselves thorough! the Danes are here to challenge Malaya for the Thomas njj This, m hailing English, the Danish Thomas Cup I Richard Heilbo. repeated over and over again on arrival m Sii
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