Singapore Standard, 27 May 1955

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    17 1 Singapore Standard Ij_lL-l-! r ODicir cvaav a— SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, MAY 27, 1955 14 PAGES 15 TENTS 1
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    Lock icon BRITAIN GOES TO THE POLLS
    411 1 I™ jiMtti Af LAST-MINUTE CHEERING MASSES HORSE RACING VOTING STATIONS ELECTION STUNTS AND TV SETS CANCELLED Record Turn-Out Expected The Weather Is Kind BIG VICTORY FOR TORIES PREDICTED LONDON, May 26 (Reuter) Polling >egan briskly this morning in the British jeneral Election to decide whether
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    Lock icon TORNADO KILLS 70
    29 1 TTr_.TT 0, UDALL, Kansas, May 26 (Reuten More than 70 people were killed and hundreds injured by tornadoes which caused destruction through three states last night.
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    65 1 LONDON. May 26 <AP> The Ja Panese Government yesterday handed over £4,-500-000 to compensate Allied troops who "suffered undue hardship" while prisoners of war> the British Foreign Office announced. The payment was made to the International Committee Of the Red Cross. Main claim ants for the money are Brltain,
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    Lock icon ANOTHER TERM?
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    Lock icon Red China Purges ToP Writer
    104 1 TOKYO. Ma:-' 26 (UP). CommnnLst China today .unnounfceci that Hu Feng, one of Peking's leading novelists. i been purged from two of IRed Chinas leading literary organizations. Kuo Mo-jo, powerful vicechairman oi the Central Committee of the People's Congress and president of the China Federation
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    Lock icon CLOSED-DOOR TALKS
    115 1 inMnnM x/r^,. na cd~,,+ LS2?°JJ;n^ y 2J*%2&l\ made to^av to end h?! old strike of dock- y !)UIKI U1 u^^a*TV n SIX T ajor Britisn portslt ls understood delegates botn sides were noldin rt l scussions on views expressl d at a tclo^d^ oor meeting h^re yestel>day by
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    Lock icon 10,000 BASE WORKERS TO STAGE STRIKE
    178 1 -JNE 13 ULTIMATUM GIVEN TO DOCKYARD JfSS rHOUSAND Asian industrial workers of the jptjn' Naval Base will so on strike on June 13, if mi authorities do not reinstate one of their tl--. dismissed for alleged "insubordination." Base I Union, representing the :ve a
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    Lock icon Marshall Seps Into Harbour Dispute
    30 1 E S Chief MinisI Marshall, last •he dispute B-did N jiatlon, t Labour I- ck, tor 1 gotiatiozui Ispotllll parties. It) resun t] s .—.piny
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    28 1 fm ri, M 26 m te Sultan of Mahmood n given per- iched to the Rural District Summer. r.- at the -.'.nical Col-j
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    Lock icon EX- MALAYAN AIR CHIEF DIES
    203 1 EX- MALAYAN AIR CHIEF DIES nn FI I CDCU MfM mm mm Mm mm M\J MM Mmf MMMMm Fm O%# llf LLC V 0 '/"AATf II X MJ§J Mr Mm WEST ITCHENOR, Sussex, May 26 (Reutcr) Vice-Marshql Sir tt VSi v v Jrancis Mcllcrsh, ob. who was Air Officer Command;n^
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    Lock icon R.I. Rebels Attack villages
    119 1 houses were burnt down by terrorists m the Tjiandjiir area about 50 miles south-east of Jakarta. [Several small villages were attacked by fanatics of the so-called Islamic Indonesian Army which is part of tne rebellious Darul Islam movement. Armed rebels murdered three villagers among whom was
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    Lock icon UP Asks For Full And Fair' Probe
    84 1 UP Asks For Full And Fair' Probe WASHINGTON. May 26 (UP)— The United Press asked for the State Departmenfa co-operation today m obtaining a "full and fair" Investigation into the death or Gt?ne Symonds. U.P. manager for South-east Asia. who was killed by a mob m Singapore while reporting a
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    Lock icon 'FORCES VITAL FOR MALAYA'S SAFETY'
    137 1 'FORCES VITAL FOR MALAYA'S SAFETY' ~*Says Mr. Casey CANBERRA, May 26, (Reuter) The safety of Singapore and Malaya was only possible if there was a large force available and ready, External Affairs Minister, Mr. Richard Casey, told the House of Representa- tives today. Mr. Casey, who was answering a question,
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    Lock icon S'PORE BOUND SHIP RUNS AGROUND
    77 1 S'PORE BOUND SHIP RUNS AGROUND CALCUTTA, May 26 (AP>— Reports here today said the 5,074-ton ship Semigamis I, en route from Calcutta to Singapore with a cargo of 7.000 tons of coal ran aground on Landfall Island m the Bay of Bengal and was listing seriously The report aid the
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    Lock icon DIONNE QUINS COME OF AGE
    56 1 i'-\LL\NDER Ontario May 26 (UP). The four surviv\n° Dionne quintuplets will cefebrate their 21st birthday on Saturday without a hus- band m sight. The young women, who never have had a date, have shown little interest m matrimonial Drospects. Although now coming of age, they
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    Lock icon SOEKARON'S TOUR
    22 1 PRESIDENT Soekarno Is scheduled to leave Jakarta on July 15 for the Moslem pil- grimage to Mecca n\n*(>(\ Thursday.— U.P.
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    Lock icon WILL LABOUR RULE BRITAIN?
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    Lock icon STORK AT HOME
    38 1 SCOTLAND Yard received a telephone report yesterday that a stork was on the roof of the maternity ward of Hackney Hospital, m London. >\ police car was sent to re- the bird to a zoo.— U.P.
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    Lock icon MALAYANS VOTE IN U.K. POLLS
    175 1 C*j.l ll'l f^ btudents Help Parties LONDON, May 26, (Reuter)—Out early m London {2?^ f !S Pe«Ple fh wen t »b»ut decidln& tne fate of their country for the next five years was the Mentri Besar of Perak, Dato Panglima Bukit i Gantang. He vlslted,
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    Lock icon STRIKE TALKS FAIL
    25 1 EFFORTS to avert the (strike by 70,000 British train drivers and firemen scheduled to begin at midnight on Saturday failed yesterday.— Reuter
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    43 1 GENEVA. May 26 (Reuter) A new anaesthetic known as Viadril. claimed to be safer and more efficient tnan any yet discovered, was presented by United States doctors at the 20th Congress of the International College of Surgeons here today.
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    Lock icon SIR HOHN BECOMES A FREEMAN TODAY
    179 1 Ay i?i aroratit nrno-rammo ha«s hp#»n nlannpri a AN ELABORATE programme nasDeen piannett for the conferment of the honorary Freedom of the City upon the Governor, Sir John Nicoll, on the steps nf p;j v Ha ii t^Hav y nA l w Jl More
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    129 1 ft. LAUDERDALE, Florida, May 26 (UP) Nudema. a red-haired stripper who takes champagne »>aths, was sued for divorce today m a complaint charg- nX that she took up with thp "infamous Rubirosa" anc| bragged she knew where he kept his birthmark* The suit wa s filed
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    Lock icon 20,000 HIT BY DROUGHT
    379 2 Kampong Has Waited Tk b Years For /f s wn Water /ik 9. l-UK three months everv vear „k I rural dwellers in the Romping Chi °r^ 1 of Singapore are hit by drought, 0 L they took their problem to Govern..** I were told: "Wait
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    35 2 a uroup 01 villagers, with an assortment of cans and tins anxiously wait for their turn beside the water pump. The queue at one stage stretched the entire length of the village street.
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    Lock icon Sharma Forms A 'Fred Malaya Ctiee' In Bombay
    163 2 Sharma Forms A 'Fred Malaya Ctiee' In Bombay f. v. snAriivm, a iormer presiaent 01 tne Singapore Teachers' Union, who returned to India in 1952 after being detained here for about two years under :he Emergency Regulations, has formed a "Free Malaya Committee" with headquarters in Bombay. According to reports
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    87 2 Teachers Ask For More Pay ocj\L.viD.-iA, i nurs. i ne Union of Malay Normal Train?d Teachers Federation of Maiaya. decided to press for a better salary scale at the and of their two-day meeting at the Century Hotel, today. They will ask for two increment? lower than college trained teachers
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    152 2 COMMODITY PRICE vi.vj^mvi ruDoer prices (rents per lb) in Singapore yesterday wereBuyers Sellers No 1 R.SS Spot Loose f>35 944 No. 1 R.S.S. f.o.b. June 92 S 93i No. 2 91 9f| No. 3 89} 89 J Tone: Slightly easier TIN PRICE J I The price of tin yesterday was
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    Lock icon MINISTER PRAISES 'FIGHTING FIJIANS'
    187 2 tf/iiu rAtiAi, inurs. iviemners or ine nrsi rijian; Infantry Regiment have been complimei d for their W& "sterling service" fighting the bandits in Malaya by the New Zealand Minister for Defence and External Affairs, S Mv T" I \TinnnnoU MM ivir. 1. ju. macijonaia. In a
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    Lock icon Bandits Kill 'Comrade'
    68 2 JS.UAL.A i^UIUJr'UK. 'inurs. I Koon Kow. a member of the t Malayan Communist terrorist I organization was "tried" and i executed earlier this month by t his own comrades in the jungle t near Kerdau, Pahang. the Governmeuf announced today. t Koon Kow's crime, accord- ing to
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    Lock icon SYC Urges Need For New Board
    108 2 SYC Urges Need For New Board iM ala L.UMPI R. Thurs, I A reso!;;tinn urging the Federal Government to set up a "youth board*' will be moved at the fifth annual conferee o of the Malayan Youth Council begin:ng here tomorrow. I It will he moved by the Selangor Youth
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    42 2 a w kj i\ u n ur, May 1 1 1 Renter I —Communist China's i head of State. Mao Tse-tung, I today received the Indo- i nesian Premier and Mr?. Sastromidjojo at 6 p.m.. 1 Peking Radio announced j<
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    30 2 HONGKON I ter) The Kon an G vernment si day thai Soutl S dlSj boats had m territorial 1 I to "smuggli into the 1 munist Agency reported I
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    Lock icon Thais Prefer Tragedy In Films
    164 2 ixiAio ai present preier lnsui tragedies in films and dramas Princ because they are verv happy worke in real life. Prince Prem of th Purachatra of Thailand told Cripp The Standard yesterday. Worm The Prince and his wife conne were returning to Bangkok and after
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    100 2 A Mai l< n b:n I: bound the Fifth Mag tr; Pat* [guilty o! empJ Gocidcs. propn. < Singapore Miss Gedd tJ3 on thi asked Maideen! Tan KliagpnjJ tion v riid notcS deen told he: his job. "Then on the i a piec. tened M ed me pay tiS
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    Lock icon JUNK YARD BLAZE
    25 2 FIREMEN spray jets of water on the ,ui f n l3 J and wood shack of Chop Sions Lcc junk ,f photo
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    Lock icon COURT REJECTS DRIVER'S PLEA
    66 2 TAN K.1M FUIMli. 01 Cieylang Road. Singapore, yesterday blamed the headlights of an oncoming military lorry which caused his car to come into collision with three pedestrians But that did not satisfy the First Traffic Court Magistrate, Inche Ahmad Ibrahim. who found Tan guilty and fined
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    Lock icon $60,000 LOST IN HALF-HOUR FIR
    162 2 NEARLY $60,000 worth of roppn chloride powder and used tyres went up in na^ y terday afternoon, when a junk yard in W -03 off McPherson Road caught fire The yard, which belonged i to Chor> Sinne T.pp nf Kallane i Road, had not been
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    16 2 met 5" i 01 E^ral p A 0 tlOl an A meet ins the g
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      381 2 1 hey Ve tried(Oh, how they have tried!) TO MAKE A CLEANER AS GOOD AS VIM BUT NO-ONE'S YET SUCCEEDED 4^^v/w/^a/S There have been many imitations of Jp\MTl j \Jw fly 7 Vim But if imitation is the sincerest O MM form of flattery Vim is happy. Of course, the
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    181 3 'APRIL FOOL STORY NO JOKE FOR SINGER SO SHE SUES THE EDITOR T p H f>t d Cour?fh a 5 h 7n e$C mo3 l ui 'newspaper told the Singapore Flfth Police Court that 70 per cent of the sforJes b|ishe(J f n P th Aprl 1 .ssue were untrue
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    113 3 Reminder: Swordstick Is Banned vl \I I.CMPU R, rhe Federation nm< nt today w arn- 11 the import of >tv ks and sw ord .is prohibited „nd»-r the hn.er_;ency ib .m they were m capons. B m c n t also i fM.it (turkha is on India rein import licence,
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    41 3 'IS BI MG a cinema vs a ng n rhird Cri- terM] 1 1 A I tlngl kI t $106 fi n tti tall owner Da id In Street ai p m i n tted thi is eonvicl
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    16 3 POll E'S Ninl InterH tai Congi Sv They S re- Mi try
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    59 3 LDE'S famousi i I E I I c hea. X Singa .1 i 29. the p' v i i.\.>t was by Miss Kenliss ur T: plot centres round a you ig V; orian WORian who commits the indiscretion of vi ting a man's apartment
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    85 3 HOLIDAY POSTAL SERVICES SINGAPORE'S General Post Office will open for business from 9 a.m. to noon on Whit Monday, May 30. a public holiday. AU other Post Offices and Posta] Agencies will be open from 9 a.m. to 10.30 a.m. with the exception of Joo Chiat, Kandang Kerbau. Maxwell Road,
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    Lock icon Give Us A Doctor' Call To Govt.
    136 3 Give Us A Doctor' Call To Govt. THE Southern Islands o;T Sin_:apore, :nay get a resident medical officer it a Rural Board recommendation is agreed to :hy the Health Ministry. At a Board meeting yesterday, the chairman Mr. S. T. Stewart to' 1 Mr. 11. .1. C. X asingha that
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    38 3 .KONG. May 2fl ie lar I Sen lie I the Hongkong Ex .hai ge la^ were: 15.74 £1 sterling: $5.84 to US$l; 832 t< Malayan 11; c Indonesian Rupiah. Go I $252 375 to a tael
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    321 3 U.S. Symphony Orchestra's Visit Is Certain _r AFTER a period of uncertainty, when tlie matter of simultaneous transportation for 92 men to Singapore from Bangkok presented obstacles, the Singapore Musical Society finally announced yesterday that the American '"Symphony of the Air" would give two concerts at the Singapore Badminon Hall
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    48 3 A SINGAPORE man living m Loyang Lav, was robbed of his wallet containing $70 while entering the Kandang Kerbau Maternity Hospital, yesterday evening It i.s believed there w r as a rush to enter the hospital, and m the meiee someone picked his pocket.
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    26 3 A PARTY of Singapore Youth Council members inspect a U.S. Navy helicopter aboard the heavy cruiser Los Angeles which they visited yesterday.
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    48 3 Som° ol the hundreds of teenagers (below) who thronged Clifford Pier with the hope of boarding thc U.S. Navy ship Los Angeles, were disappointed when they were told that the invitation to visit the cruiser was open only to Singapore Youth CouncU members. Standard photo.
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    170 3 95 Youths Get A Peek At Guided Missile Ship Standard Shipping Reporter NINETY-FIVE members of the Colony's Youth Council literally "took over" the visitDig U.S. Navy's guided missile ship, the Los Angeles when they went aboard for a two-hour tour of the heavy cruiser yesterday. Trim naval launches from the
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    79 3 0 'SEAS LEAGUE OFFICIALS At the annua! general meeting of the Singapore Branch of the Overseas League yesterday, the following were elected to the Committee: Mrs. G. C. Thomson Messrs: Tan Kheng Hee. H. D. E. MacVitie. G. H. Kraal, J. O. Davies. Christopher Ng. L Cresson, M S. Lee.
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    72 3 THE following were elected officials of the Pasir Panjang English School Parent-Teacher Association: President Mr. Tan Bah Chee. vice-president Mr. Sadhu Singh, hon. secretary Mr. N. A. K. Jothi, hon. treasurer Mr. Ec Tian Boon. Committee: Parents Messrs. P. N. Anthony. K. M. Mathi. K. P. Sabapatny,
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    28 3 PART of the 9£-man "Symphony of the Air," of New York, rehearse for the concerts they will give at the Singapore Badminton Hall on June 18 and 19.
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    355 4 'QUEENS CHINES MAY JOIN COLONY POLITICS Special Meeting Called To Decide i a> THE Straits Chinese British Association is like- ly to enter the political arena in Singapore. This was incTicated at yesterday's annual meeting of the Association presided over by Mr. T. W. Ong. No decision was taken on
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    462 4 'STC WILL NOT CHANGE POLICY' r j THE General Manager of the Singapore Traction Company, Mr. A. A. Ewing t told The Standard yesterday the Company's policy remains unchanged regard- less of whether there is a take over or not. 1 "We are .servants of the public and will continue
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    Lock icon R.C. To Open New Building
    60 4 R .C. To Open New Building MALACCA. Ihurs. The Resident Commissioner, Mr. 1. G. Hammett, will open the ew building of the Hwa Chiac Chinese School at Masjid on Sunday, June 5. at 1.30 a.m. After the opening there will e a tea party, basketball ex- ibition match, students' arts
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    Lock icon 'Make The Wells Safe' Demands Kulasingha
    120 4 'Make The Wells Safe' Demands Kulasingha MR. H J C. Kulasingha told a meeting of the Singapore Rural Board yesterday that about 2» children were drowned in unprotected wells in rural areas over the past few vears. He called for immediate action to see that owners of wells provide safety
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    206 4 Watch PAP -It's Out For Power Economist Gives Warning -.-**j avvijils ntuuu rany is out ior power ana want watching, warns the latest issue of the Economist. t~ J points out "is clever enough that with the failure of the 5 riots and the firm action taken by the Chief
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    232 4 Malaya's most up-to-date Rest House in Johore Bahru, built at a cost of S260.000, will open on June 1. Senior Government officials on transfer to Johoie Bahru from other States who previously I had to seek accommodation in Singapore on account of the housing shortage
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    231 4 Denial By Education Secretary THE Permanent Secretary for Education, Mr. K. M. Young, yesterday denied i allegations in the Rural Board that parents of pupils in a girls school in Bedok j were forced to buy uniforms for their children. Making the
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    48 4 Khaw, 23, at the New World Park, was taken to the hospital last night suffering from poisoning. Her condition on admission was critical. "If we can keep her awake up to the morning, she should live," a doctor at the hospital said last night.
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    100 4 inc. aa_xu5icr lur i Commerce and Industry. Mr. j J. M. Jumabhoy, yesterday visited the Department of Imports and Exports, the Department of Supplies, and the Seamen's Registration Bureau to see for himself their work and to discuss their problems. With the Registrar of Imports and
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    Lock icon 3 YEARS FOR STEALING CAR
    47 4 jynurvt -Annu, inurs Tay Bok Liang, who stole a car on Mar. 10 at Kluang was yesterday sentenced in the Sessions Court to three years' jail to be followed by 18 months Police supervision The lost car was found in Kemaman, Trengganu.
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    Lock icon CLERK'S DEATH
    29 4 uiiivjfn vjujj snipping clerk, Mr. Quek Seng Hoe, 51, fell off his chair in his office in the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank building, and died yesterday afternoon.
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    496 5 END COUNCIL PL AN CRITICIZED Why Scrap Half Of The Rendel Scheme, Councillors Ask Standard Staff Renoi-rer THE SINGAPORE Coalition Government's plan to set up a Committee to scrap the Rendel recommendations and to decentralize the City Council and the Rural Board came m for strong criticism from City Councillors
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    38 5 i nor as patron i Seoul .sat at his ng ol the Scout vt'sterday. Others rem right), Chief ,,„mer Mr K. E. lff the Governor, the < anon R. K. S. 1 honorary secPetei Peng. photo.
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    41 5 ipore Co-::' -A us .ey, *Ir. or anri Mt I u i ma-d- jberj appeals were i i -ide i st tei I nt for house I i ronviction and respeo Khoo i rears 1 I
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    25 5 I the 1 wn C an nt a as requ Ice for u ting nl Head- I ■BH-_H___H-_HB__H_H-HP--f a a f
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    Lock icon 'A Strong Youth Movement Would Have Prevented Recent Student Troubles'
    280 5 THE Governor of Singapore, Sir John Nieoll, said yesterday the "horrible business of the recent student troubles' would not have happened if the Colony's youth movement had been stronger. He told the annual meeting of the Singapore Scout Council in
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    54 5 Colony Ballet Trio In Ipoh I IPOH. Thurs. Mr. Gobi hoc Chiat and Misses Goh oo Nee and Blossom Shek. ;udents of the Saddler Wells's School of Ballet i ancing in England, will a performance of Ballet i Anglo-Chinese Girls' j !h< m I hall on Saturday. 1 lay 28
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    Lock icon Youth Sent To Jail For Attacking Shopkeeper
    229 5 Youth Sent To Jail For Attacking Shopkeeper A YOUTH. Ong Choon Teek. Was sentenced yesterday to four months' jail by the Singapore Fourth Police Court Magistrate, Mr. J. M. Devereux Colebourn, when he pleaded guilty to two charges of house trespass and causing voluntary hurt to Wong Sian Fang. Police
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    59 5 x ma^v^, inula. inv Senior District Officer. Pro/ince Wellesley. Mr. J. L. H. Davis, will declare open, the lew Home Guard Command Post at Mengkuang Titi at >.15 p.m. tomorrow. The ceremony will be broadcast by Radio Malaya. nang. Following the cereony, there will be a
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    27 5 oxim vj.-vx^v^jn.xj .rome are investigating the death of Kim Ah Sai. 70, whose body was found on the five-foot-wav in Boat Quay yesterday morning. I
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    292 5 Appeasemant Is No Solution THE retiring: president of the Singapore Associa- mm, .»ii tuiuiu'i vicsauH, wauicu 111c vjuv ciiuucut yesterday that pandering to any group of people or temporary appeasement is only "a postponement of what might develop into a state of affairs worse
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    116 5 inquiry mio me ueam 01 lacoo Din Usman on Dec. 23 as the result of an electric shock, the Coroner, Inche j Mahmood bin Ali, said he was satisfied that Yacob was electrocuted and that no one was to blame. Yacob received the shock I I
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    307 5 "The Biggest Ot The Best In The Finest" That Spells Mr. Rogers iHJi most interesting visitor Singapore has had in recent times flew into Kallang airport yesterday. He told Pressmen and airline workers who crowded around him that he was the oldest active newspaperman. "My name is F. Theo Rogers.
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    374 5 Sergeant Reduced To Ranks ACTING SERGEANT Hamid bin Shariff. 31. of 2; Company, Royal Army Service Corps, was sentenced jy a Singapore District Court Martial yesterday to be reduced to the ranks for receiving "a gentle squeeze" .arious sums of money from soldiers of
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    107 5 SUN ECLIPSE ON JUNE 20 THERE will be a total eclips of the on June 20 fn several countries of Asia but it will be only a partial j eclipse in Singapore and I m Maiaya Prof. J. C. Cooke University, ol Maiaya. said f yesterday. The eclipse in Singapore
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    22 5 KOH JOO CHEOW. 22. was I( stabbed during an argument with another man in River Valley Road, Singapore, yesterday, j
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    59 5 KOALA LUMPUR, Thurs. President of the Srlaneor Indian School Teachers Union. Mr. K Rasiah. to day criticised managers of Government Aided Schools for what he (ailed their "despotic attitude" in respet of staff dismissals. He alleged the managers had sot rid of teachers withou' consulting their
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    969 6 \0 one cm blame the public for reacting as it has done to the strange series of turnabout tactics of the Labour Front Government. Confidence has been shaken and badly shaken by the series of retreats and withdrawals on matters v. Inch the citizens of this Colony expected
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    1771 6  - THE BRITISH ARE ON THE SIDE OF THE COLONIAL PEOPLE Peranakkanw r-*v?""i TT is a truism witl rational argumen that its exposition, fol lows along self-eviden lines when emotive factors are removec from the subject mat ter of the discussion Retention of illogical attitudes despite conclusive empirical 01 rational evidence
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      178 6 me iiovernments capitulation to the students makes the "atmosphere of calm" quite complete. The "calm" with which certain leaders of the Chinese community have reacted to recent events has indeed been amazing. The last time these certain leaders were heard from publicly was some weeks ago when they
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      204 6 Why Not Broadcast Full Thomas Cup Matches on 11 is ratner disappointing to the Malavan public that Radio Malaya should have delayed, to the last half hour of their day's programme, the relay 'of commentary of the 1st night's play of the Thomas Cup Inter Zone Semi-final between the U.S.A.
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      97 6 Tamil Education oir; vviu uie mi-rany Committee for the Chinese education considering the position of vernacular edu- cational machinery in the Colony look into the poor i fate of the Tamil school education system prevailing in this Island country? Is 2 it because the Tamils are 2 peace loving community
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    469 6 Firms Donate U.S. Education LWL'UATION in the United States will benefit from recent large grants donated by in- d u s t r i a 1 firms and > foundations. Leading the move to j stiengthen higher educa- tion. the Ford Foundation a private philanthropy, announced early in March 1955
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    336 6 REVIEW OF VIEWS Time For Rejoicing FOLLOWING two or ee| i s business ret 1 sion. the n* the $46.4! 000 .able trade balance f >r Ma .ya for the first quara of something call.' for rejoicing i as a stima m to spur Malaya commerce and indusl greater efforts.
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    93 7 Cause Of A Siege ARMY Private Charles Schmidt (right) is shown as he was turned over to civil authorities in VVinthrop. on May 20. ending a "war" between officials of the town and officers at Fort Banks. Winthrop polite laid siese to the fort when the army refused to turn
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    155 7 Sikhs Want State i.fiiwAonn, n»j ,n. vNome 300 ex r SiklH have been arrested m the Punjal Mate-wide demonstrations urging formation ol >i-speaking State on Indias North Wesi Frontier. I exircmisis o I the Akali D group i tefied ;1> on Urn
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    161 7 IMMORTALS IN COMPANY OF A NUDE harly mornini through entra South .Mali > t-s--rubbed theii eye 1 jred. Among suit i btmic neigh- \> P'»t t Roben vml author \N alt*" stood -i p!.l->tei ol .i Qude Minn. n, ii ».p.i per me n nd nh-rs arrived K< si ene
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    154 7 o t>vn\ut\, .uay zb: (.\f) a move is being made here by the Thai Central Intelligence Bureau to set Chinese middle schools or secondary schools started m Thailand. i— !*"6ence B reau ta t>ncerned over a -8 B« ni er ol i
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    438 7 Election Eve Upsurge In Labour Support Lunuun, iviay (Keurer) After tne quietest ever election campaign Britain elects a new 630 member House of Commons today with Sir Anthony Eden and his Conservative Party chiefs confident of winning a fresh spell in office. Party canvassers late last
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    77 7 Catholics Clash With Police '(A.P.i Roman Catholics shouting ••Christ, yes— an other, no." clashed wltl police and hose-swingini firemen at scattered point throughout Argentina yester j day were jailed and seven polio were Injured m the kites phase Ol the dispute between the Church and th« government of President Juai
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    24 7 $12M. FOR AN ATOM SHIP asked Congress yesterday fo] u.s. 5i2.650.000 to start construction of the world's firs' atomic powered merchant ship. -A. P.
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    178 7 RUSSIA'S YES TO BIG-4 TALKS MOSCOW, May 26 <Reutcr: Russia today formally agreed to a meeting of leaders of the Big Four power: to discuss world problems. But in a note to the West Moscow charged that the United States was trying tc exert "inadmissible pressure' on the forthcoming conference.
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    245 7 'Division Could Be Fatal For Britain' tusjNiLiWuni H, os a y za (Reuter) Sir Anthony Eden declared here that it could be fata] for Britain in world affairs dow to elect a Government tomorrow "with B Party behind it divided completely on foreign policy." The Socialists he told nn eve
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    126 7 tsLLCiKADL. May 26 (Renter i Nikiia Khrushchev, Soviet Communist Party Chief, who arrived here today, in a speech blamed Lavrentl Beria. executed secret police chief, for the 1948 break between Russia and Yugoslavia. Mr. Khrushchev arrived in Belgrade tonight at the head Of a
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    108 7 Give Up Or Die Warning To Rebels SAIGON. May 26 Prime Minister. Ngo Dinh Diem is preparing to launch a general offensive on Saturday against the private army of the Hoa Hao Buddhist sect in South-western Vietnam if Hoa Hao leader. Gen. Tran San Soai does not come to terms
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    82 7 SECRET TESTS IN AUSTRALIA i a w is t k k a, May 26 (Reutert One of Britain's top secret four-jet Valiant, bombers will visit Australia soon for high altitude tests at Woomera rocket range, the Minister for Supply, Mr. Howard Beale, announced today. He revealed that bomb ballistics tests
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    42 7 TRIPOLI. Mav 26 (Reuter) —General Sir Gerald Templer. Chief of the Imperial General Staff designate, accompanied by General Sir Charles Keightlev. Command-er-in-Chief of British Middle East land forces, arrived here yesterday on an inspection tour of British troops.
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    136 7 THE WEAPON AGAINST POLYGAMY C.47RO. May 26, (AP) Dr. Doria Shajik, leader of th? Egyptian feminine movement, Bent El Nil (Daughter of the Nile), appealed to Muslim women of the world not "to give your vote to polygamists in your country's next general elections.'' The attractive, Frencheducated woman is waging
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    62 7 Anw yukk. May 26 (AP)Singer and film star. Jear.netK Mac Donald, was ordered to b< arrested because a roominj house she owns on West 97tl Street ha? not been kept ir proper repair. Alter she failec for a third time to appear ir court to answer
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    28 7 a i-KtKuii mountaineering expedition ha s conquered th< 27.790-foot peak of Maralu ir Nepal, fifth highest m th( world, the All-India Radic said last night. Reuter
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    54 7 THREK vcars ago Mr. and Mrs. Clarke, of Slough, lived m s one-room house with their six-year-old daughter These twin* Peter and Roger, arrived and at the age of six-month.s wen sent to a welfare home. A month ago the larkes moved to bigger house and the
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    134 7 HONGKONG, May 26, (Reuter) Mao Tsc-tun? i Communist China's head of State, tonight reeer v. the Indonesian Prime Minister, Dr. AH Sas*roamidjojo anc his wife at a Peking reception attended by top official of the Chinese government, Peking Radio reported. Dr. Sastroamidjojo had driven with
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    67 7 HOLLYWOOD, May 26 (UP) —A Hollywood television producer said yesterday he has offered Sir Winston Churchill j a Job in television and the m British statesman has indil i cated "he likes the idea Jack Chertok, head ol Cher;;tok Productions Inc.. said his j J
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    216 7 TORONTO, May 26, (AP) —A 30-year-old Italian carpenter who, friends said "didn't have an enemy m the world" was shot four times on Tuesday night by an unknown gunman. He died clutching a six-inch stiletto with which he tried to protect himself. Natale Brisante.
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