Singapore Standard, 3 June 1955

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    17 1 Singapore Standard m 'MS. 01. V. No. 332 SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 1955 14 PAGES 15 CENTS
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    Lock icon $1 MILLION OPIUM SEIZED
    418 1  -  EE BOON LEE By Radar Aids Customs In Night Vigil FLOATING TORCH MARKED CHAIN OF 17 BUNDLES Standard Crime Reporter SINGAPORE Customs seized 2,000 lbs. of Persian opium, worth more than $1,000,000, that was thrown over the side of the 5,000-ton Ereritt Star Line vessel Thai,
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    Lock icon S'PORE BIDS SIR JOHN BON VOY AGE
    282 1 Retiring Governor Says Colony On Right Path THE retiring Governor of Singapore, Sir John Nit- oil, said aboard the Oranje yesterday, a few moments before he left the Colony, that Singapore was striding on the right path and that it would lead to
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    Lock icon GOODE TO BE OAG
    51 1 The Chief Secretary, Mr. W. A. C. Goode. will be the Officer Administering the Government of Singapore till the arrival of the Governor designate, Mr. R. B. Black, on June 30. During this period. Mr. A. A. Williams, the Deputy Chief Secretary, will act as Chief
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    Lock icon RUSSIA BUYING MALAYAN RUBBER
    126 1 RUSSIA BUYING MALAYAN RUBBER m Economists Are Puzzled LONDON, June 2 (UP)— Russia has started large scale rubber purchases m Singapore via London and other British ports after an interval of nearly three years, official sources reported today. Bw exact quantities of rubbe: purchases are not disclosed, but reports today
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    Lock icon MARILYN CAUSES TRAFFIC JAM
    39 1 NEW YORK. June 2 (Reue:i— Blonde film star. Marim Monroe, and her ex-hus-Jand Joe Diammagio. stopped traffic m Broadway last light when they attended a preview of Miss Monroe's new Hrn "The Seven Year Itch."
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    Lock icon Final Chat With Ministers
    74 1 Final Chat With Ministers (ABOVE) The retiring Governor of Singapore, Sir John Nicoll (extreme right) seen talking to the Minister of Education, Mr. Chew Swee Kee. the Minister of Lands and Housing, Mr. Hamid Jumat, the Chief Minister Mr. David Marshall, and the Assistant Minister of Commerce Mr. J. M.
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    Lock icon Cabinet Meets To Plan New Emergency Measures
    251 1 Rail, Dock Strike Crisis Worsens LONDON, June 2 (Reuter)— Sir Anthony Eden, summoned his Cabinet here today to decide whether more sweeping emergency measures are necessary to cope with the rail and dock strikes whicn have caused the nations gravest industrial crisis m
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    Lock icon GAS WILL COST MORE
    58 1 GAS will cost more from July 1: The new rates are: Gas consumed within city limits, not exceeding 1,000 cubic feet, $6.50 a month; «_.oeed-in_r 1-000 cubic feet $6.30. Minimum charge $3 a month. Exceeding 3,000 cubic feet $6.20 a month. Outside city limits, $7 for
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    Lock icon No Solution In Sight Union Chief
    84 1 LONDON, June 2 (Reuter) A rail union leader declared today that there was "no immediate hope of any solution" to Britain's five-day old strike. The union chief was Mr. Jim Campbell, secretary of the 400,000-strong National Union of Railwaymen, whose members are not striking.
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    Lock icon Troops—'No Opposition'
    65 1 Troops— 'No Opposition' CANBERRA, June 2 (Reuter) External Affairs Minister. Mr. Richard Casey, told the House of Representatives today he knew of no expression of direct opposition by the Singapore Government to the stationing of Australian troops m Singapore. The leader of the opposition. Dr. Evatt. had asked whether such
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    Lock icon GEN. ELY IN HK
    30 1 GENERAL Paul Ely. Com-mander-in-Chief of the French Forces m Indo-China arrived ln Hongkong by air yesterday on a two-day unofficial visit before returnina to France. Reuter
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    Lock icon Dato May See Visitors Soon
    65 1 MALACCA, Thurs. The latest bulletin on Dato Sir Cheng-lock Tan, issued today by his two surgeons, Mr. Terence Millin and Mr. C. J. Hassett. says: "Dato Sir Cheng-lock Tan continues to make satisfactory progress after his operation. He is being allowed up m his room
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    Lock icon NO COMPLAINTS BY FREED AIRMEN
    131 1 HONOLULU, June 2 (Reuter)— The four American jet pilots released by Communist China, sat m the tropical garden of Hickam Air Force base here last night and told the Press of their two-year imprisonment m Mukden and Peking. They said the treatment was "better than
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    Lock icon Asian Defence Meet Put Off
    38 1 BANGKOK, June 2 (Reuter) The meeting of military advisers of South-east Asian Collective Defence Organization has been postponed from June 6 to about the beginning of July, the Thai Defence Ministry announced today.
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    Lock icon Sex Deviate Killed Girl (8)
    155 1 KALAMAZOO, Michigan, June 2 (AP) An autopsy showed today that little Jeannis Singleton had been raped, beaten and apparently choked to death by a sex deviate. The bruised body of the eight-year-old school girl was found late yesterday m a lonely pine woods 15 miles
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    Lock icon Red Gang Kills 2 Specials In Ambush
    173 1 Red Gang Kills 2 Specials In Ambush KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— A gang of between 20 and 30 Communist terrorists ambushed a Security Force's Patrol m the Tapah area of Perak, on Tuesday, killing two Special Constables, the Federal Government announced m a statement today. The terrorists were armed with Brenguns
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    Lock icon Peking Executes 52 'Saboteurs'
    157 1 HONGKONG, June 2 (Reuter)— Communist China has executed 52 people and sentenced 450 others to prison terms for planning armed revolt and sabotage m the north-west province of Shensi, according to reports m Communist newspapers reaching here today from Sian, the capital of Shensi. The reports
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    Lock icon THEY HAD NO BLOOD TO SAVE A MOTHER
    264 2 THEY HAD NO BLOOD TO SAVE A MOTHER Plea For Bank' In Klang KLANG, Thurs. A mother of nine died on the operotion toble m tht Klong Hospital, because there was no blood to give her a transfusion. Town Councillor Mr. G. L. Labrooy, said yesterday. She was the latest
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    Lock icon They Made Off
    202 2 As the Customs vessels came into view for a moment, the smugglers realising the game was up, turned their boats and made ofl at high speed. Customs launches raced to the spot where the objects had dropped and found 17 bundles, wrapped with black rubber sack and
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    Lock icon Two-Piece To Replace Bikinis
    56 2 Two -Piece To Replace Bikinis '"MEDUSE" m Angel Skin made of Lastex spun threads, Is one of the many models that are going to replace "bikinis" and traditional two pieces suits on the French shores this year. A delicate incrustations snakes around the skirt and strapless bodice. It is a
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    Lock icon 3 Die In RI Train Mishap
    75 2 JAKARTA, June 2 (UP) At least three persons were killed and scores seriously injured when terrorists sabotaged a train m bandit infested northern Sumatra, delayed reports lrom Medan said today. The incident took place last Sunday. Terrorists sabotaged the track m an isolated sector
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    Lock icon Japan-Soviet Peace Talks
    62 2 LONDON. June 2 (Reuter) The leaders of the Japanese and Soviet delegations to the peace talks here will make formal opening speeches when the full conference opens tomorrow. A Japanese spokesman stated this after a second 30--minute meeting between Mr* Shunichi Matsumoto. Chief Japanese delegate, and Mr.
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    Lock icon Snowman Exists Says Hillary
    69 2 MELBOURNE, June 2 (Reuter) Sir Edmund Hillary, conquerer of Everest, told a Press conference here today he does not rule out the possibility that the legendary Himalayan "Abominable Snowman" exists but he thinks it might be a kind of bear. "I have seen its tracks." be
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    Lock icon Chosen For Her Russell Silhouette
    88 2 Chosen For Her Russell Silhouette LONDON. June 2 (Reuter) Thirteen judges 12 men and one woman yesterday picked a beauty with an "English" shape to represent England m the Miss Europe contest at Helsinki. Finland. They chose her for her Jane Russell silhouette her ngure statistics are bust 37, waist
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    Lock icon West-Tito Talks Fixed
    71 2 LONDON, June 2 (Reuter) The British, French and United States ambassadors m Belgrade will meet Yugoslav Ministers shortly for a review of the political situation following the visit of Soviet leaders to the capital, the Foreign Office said today. The talks suggested to the West by President
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    Lock icon Chinese History Over 800 Yrs.
    244 2 Chinese History Over 800 Yrs. THE Chinese have, throughout the ages, followed a policy of fragmentation— a policy of divide and rule. Kublai Khan pursued it m the 14th Century; the Communist regime pursues it today. Professor D.G.E. Hall said this last night m his talk on Chinese influence m
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    Lock icon STRIKERS RETURN
    37 2 COLOMBO. June 2 (Reuter) Colombo port went back to normal this morning when 435 coal yard labourers who staged a lightning strike yesterday over the compulsory retirement of an overage colleague returned to work unconditionally.
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    Lock icon WIDOW LOSES SUIT FOR $3,700
    167 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Mr. Justice Wilson m the High Court here today gave judgment against a widow. Ang Kirn Chong, for $3,700 which she borrowed from a woman shop assistant by palming off five dud cheques. The judge ordered "Ang tq pay the plaintiff interest
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    Lock icon DISMISSED MAN REINSTATED IN NAVAL BASE
    150 2 DISMISSED MAN REINSTATED IN NAVAL BASE THE threatened strike by 10,000 Asian industrial workers of the Singapore Naval Base over the dismissal of a co-worker for alleged "insubordination" will not now materialize. The strike was called by the Singapore Naval Base Union, of which the dismissed man, is an official.
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    Lock icon C'ttee On Education To Meet
    149 2 C'ttee On Education To Meet TODAY'S meeting of the 15-man Joint Committee on Chinese education m the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce is expected to have a crucial effect on the future of Chinese education m Singapore. Composed of leaders of the Chamber and representatives of all Chinese education bodies
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    Lock icon Negligent Driver Fined $300
    89 2 Negligent Driver Fined $300 AN ELECTRICAL mechanic of H.M.S Simbang, Arthur John Sterry. was convicted •-md fined $300 by the First Traffic Court yesterday on a charge of negligent driving resulting mi n the death of Soon Beng Chik at Mandai Road on Jan. 15. The court was told that
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    Lock icon Weather Report
    68 2 Minimum Temperature: From 7.30 p.m. June Ist to 7.30 a.m June 2nd: Singapore <B'.F>; Penan* (72F); Kota Bahn. (76F); Kuala Lumpur (74F), Ipoh (7 IF); Kuantan (74F). Maximum Temperature From 7.30 a.m to 7.30 p.m. June 2nd Singapore (89Fi: Penang OOF): Kota Bahru (90F): Kuala Lumpur OOF); Ipoh
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    Lock icon COMMODITY PRICES
    154 2 CLOSING rubber prices (cents per lb) ia Singa pore yesterday were: Buyers Seller* No. 1 R.S.S. Spot Loose 94 i 94. No. 1 R.S.S. f.o.b. June 93 g 93; No. 2 91 1 91; No. 3 891 89. Tone: Uncertain. TIN PRICE The price of tin yes terday
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    Lock icon SCENE OF THE RAID
    30 3 photo. THE kampong ketua's home which was surrounded by terrorists, and below: Ulu Benut home guard section commander. Halida bin Kadir. with his shot gun. Standard
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    Lock icon 'NO WASTE' PLEA AS TOWN'S WATER LEVEL RUNS LOW
    224 3 'NO WASTE' PLEA AS TOWN'S WATER LEVEL RUNS LOW KLANG, Thurs.— This town's water supply i s so seriously menaced by continued drought that more than 110.000 people living m a 75 square-mile coastal belt may soon have to suffer a cut m the daily supply The water ±evel m
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    Lock icon UNION CHIEF QUITS
    123 3 KLANG, Thurs.— Mr. K.R.R. Choudhary, President of the All -Malayan Estate Staff Union, has resigned because of alleged rivalries and rifts within the union. In a letter to the Union's "Executive Council. Mr Choudhary said today: "There is no turning back as far as I am cor.
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    Lock icon TWO GIRLS MISSING
    47 3 TWO young Singapore girls. Lee Toi, 17, and 16-year-old Suliam binte Nance, were reported missing from their homes yesterday. Lee was reported missing from her home m Yio Chu Kan? Road on Wednesday night. Suliam, frorti her house m Woodlands Road since May 31.
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    Lock icon 14 Wives To Face Trial
    56 3 MALACCA, Wed— Fourteen housewives, including the wife of a private medical practitioner, today claimed trial to a charge of gambling m a house m New Market Road on the afternoon of May 31. The Magistrate. Mr. Ramanatha Iyer adjourned the case and allowed the women
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    Lock icon Shopmen Want 8-hr. Working Day
    95 3 Shopmen Want 8-hr. Working Day THE Singapore Shop Employees' Union is shortly submitting a memorandum to the Labour and Social Welfare Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, calling for an eight-hour working day for thousands of shop workers m the Colony. It also wants Government to stipulate a minimum wage scale
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    Lock icon Trishaman Accused Of Double Murder
    301 3 Trishaman Accused Of Double Murder A TRISHA rider, Yip Teng, was charged before Mr. Justice Knight m the Singapore Assize Court yesterday, with the double murder of a woman, Lee Huan Ying, 36, and her two-year-old son, Yee Ah Wak. Armed with two knives. Yip was alleged to have killed
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    Lock icon CASH WENT WITH WOMAN
    58 3 PENANG. Thurs.— A soldier spending his leave at Sandy croft, Tanjong Bungah, alleged that $280 was stolen from him m a hotel. He alleged he took a woman to the hotel and when he awoke the next morning, he found the woman gone and so was
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    Lock icon SOCIALIST TALK
    33 3 THE chairman of the Labour Party, Penang Branch. Mr. D. S. Rama/iathan. will give a talk on "Socialism" at the Indian Association premises m Bagan Jermal Road, at 6.30 p.m. today.
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    Lock icon KAMPONG REFUSED TO BOW TO TERROR
    304 3 KAMPONG REFUSED TO BOW TO TERROR Bandit Gang In Search Of Guns Is Beaten Off JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs.— The people of Ulu Benut, o Malay kampong about SO miles from here on the main road to Ayer Hitam, refused to surrender their guns to Communist terrorists last night. A gang
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    Lock icon MAJOR MUST PAY WIFE $150 MONTHLY
    77 3 MAJOR MUST PAY WIFE $150 MONTHLY MALACCA, Wed. The Magistrate. Mr Ramanatha Iyer, today ordered Major G. A. Lopez, a doctor m the Malay Regiment to pay his wife, Amelia Lopez, a Johore School teacher, $150 monthly maintenance allowance. Mrs. Lopez alleged that her husband was living with a Chinese
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    Lock icon A BREATH OF FRESH AIR
    86 3 LIKE a breath of fresh air m the heat wave, Jacquelyn Whitehead, 20, is easily the prettiest singer m town today She arrived m Singapore a few days ago and will make her debut at Prince's tomorrow night. Jacquelyn was formerly a fashion model m
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    Lock icon LOTTERY MOVE IS CONDEMNED
    208 3 RELIGIOUS leaders yesterday condemned any attempt by Government- to raise money for welfare purposes through a public lottery. First to condemn tne principle of a lottery was Canon R. K. S. Adams, Principal of St. Andrew's School: "I consider that it is not a right and
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    55 3 S I N G A PORE'S National Servicemen will take part m the Queen's birthday celebrations for the first time next Thursday. The grand parade starts on the Padang at 6.30 p.m. Cancellation of the trooping of the colours m Britain, because of the emergency will
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    Lock icon THIS IS BANNED
    32 3 NO more imports of safety matches of all types to Indonesia will be allowed under Barter Trade transactions, it was officially announced by the Indonesian Consulate m Singapore yesterday.
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    Lock icon DISCHARGED HIS RIFLE IN CANTEEN
    239 3 LANCE-CORPORAL Morris Hawkins of the G.H.Q. Signals Regiment was sentenced to 112 days' detention at a court martial held at Tyersall yesterday. He pleaded guilty to the first charge of being drunk while on duty and was found guilty on the second charge of so
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    Lock icon Inaugural Meeting Of Assn.
    80 4 Inaugural Meeting Of Assn. JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. Th e inaugural meeting of the Malayan Association of -Social Services will take place at the Roof Garden of the Hotel Majestic, Kuala Lumpur, on June 12 at 10.30 a.m. The inaugural address will be given by Dato H. E. MacKenzie, chairman of
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    Lock icon Betrayed His Friend's Trust
    55 4 PENANG. Thurs. Sentencing Goh Chooi Koon to three months' imprisonment for criminal breach of trust of a bicycle valued at $25, Mr. Au Ah Wah, the Magistrate, told him: "You have no honour at all to betray your friend's trust." Goh had sold tlie bicycle after
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    Lock icon Wrestler Takes Joy Ride To Boost Film
    104 4 Wrestler Takes Joy Ride To Boost Film A WELL-KNOWN wrestler. Mr Sarban Singh, dressed as a mahout and a 60--year-old elephant are being used tc publicise an R.K.O. picture, "Escape to Burma," now showing at the Capitol Theatre The elephant was acquired by Shaw Brothers about three months ago for
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    Lock icon Colony Land Buying Comes To Standstill
    312 4 Colony Land Buying Comes To Standstill By Standard Market Reporter SPECULATIVE land buying m the Singapore property market has come to a standstill and little activity is likely to take place until the terms of the Labour Front Government's proposed legislation on the freezing of lands are made known. In
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    Lock icon Hotelman Given Benefit Of Doubt—Acquitted
    300 4 Hotelman Given Benefit Of Doubt— Acquitted HO MENG QUEE, proprietor of the Pasir Ris and White House hotels and owner of a rubber estate, was given the benefit of the doubt and acquitted m the Singapore Second Criminal District Court yesterday on a charge of making a false statement before
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    Lock icon Two To Get Training In Australia
    111 4 Two To Get Training In Australia TWO long-time employees of the Social Welfare Department will leave Singapore by air for Australia on June 14, to take a six-month course of training under the Colombo Exchange Plan. Mrs. P. H. Lim, of the Women and Children's Section of the Department, will
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    Lock icon Philosophy Conference On June 25
    132 4 THE three-month-old Philosophical Society of Singapore has decided to hold a conference m Kuala Lumpur on June 25 and 26. which will be opened by the Deputy Secretary of the Federation. Mr. F. Brewer. There wil be discussions on the following subjects: the function of
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    Lock icon RC TOURS RICE BOWL
    48 4 NIBONG TEBAL, Thurs. The Resident Commissioner, Mr. D. Gray, made a walking tour of the irrigation and drainage* scheme areas m Sungei Acheh, a rich rice bowl m Province South, today. He went through several acres of padi land, which are now being replanted.
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    Lock icon Arrest This Man, Orders Coroner
    91 4 THE Singapore Coroner, Mr. K. T. Alexander, yesterday ordered an immediate warrant for the arrest of Ah Ter, who was alleged to have murdered a hawker m Chia Keng Village (off Yeo Chu Kang), on April 27 at 9.30 p.m. The hawker, 21-year-old Chan Choo
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    Lock icon COPTER SON'S TRIBUTE TO THE GURKHAS
    153 4 COPTER SON'S TRIBUTE TO THE GURKHAS A TRIBUTE to the prowess of "Johnny Gurkha" was paid by No 848 Squadron, when a Whirwind Mark 21 helicopter flew from Sembawang Royal Naval Air Station, Singapore, to Kuala Lumpur yesterday morning proudly bearing tne insignia oi the Gurkha Roya* Engineers Regiment The
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    Lock icon Murder Verdict
    62 4 The Coroner returned a verdict of murder against Ah Ter and two others, who assaulted Chan m Chia Keng Village, where a Chinese theatrical show was m progress. A hardware dealer, Chua Ah Kwang. told the Court that he saw Ah Ter and two others drag Chan from
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    Lock icon STOLE BICYCLE AS HE LEFT COURT
    151 4 STOLE BICYCLE AS HE LEFT COURT THE day he was put on 12 months' probation for the theft of a tin of tobacco. April 13, K. Veerasamy stole a bicycle from the compound of the police courts. Three days later, he went to a sundry shop at Upper Weld Road
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    Lock icon HE CUT MAN ON THE HEAD
    49 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs In the Magistrate's Court today. Joseph, a rubber tapper on Pheng Hin Estate, Ulu Tiram, was fined $100. m default two months' imprisonment, for causing hurt to Maniam on March 19. by cutting him on the head with a scythe.
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    Lock icon COCKTAIL PARTY
    59 5 photo. MR. J. G. PAPINEAU. of Papineau Studios which moved to its new office m Clemenceau, House, gave a cocktail party to newspaper executives last night. In picture Mr. Papineau. centre, and Mr. Aw Cheng Taik. Managing Director of The Singapore Standard, are enjoying a joke while Mrs.
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    78 5 CANBERRA. June 2 (UP)— Australian Brigadier, I. T. Murdoch has reached Singapore and is preparing to establish a headquarters for Australian army forces to be sent to Malaya, Army and Nary Minister Mr. Josiah Francis announced yesterday. Brig. Murdoch, who has been appointed to head General
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    Lock icon Founder-Publisher
    64 5 THE founder-publisher of two United States national magazines Small Homes Guide and Homes Modernizing Mr. W. W. Wood, arrived m Singapore yesterday with his wife on a world tour to study the progress of housing m free countries. Mr. Wood told The Standard yesterday that their three-day stay m
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    Lock icon TEACHERS' MEET
    56 5 KLUANG. Thurs. The National Union of Teachers. Johore branch, will hold its annual general meeting at the Government English School on June 9. Among the items to be discussed will be inter-school hockey and tennis. A social and reunion dinner will be held on the eve of the
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    Lock icon Govt. To Build $5,000 Homes
    154 5 For Sale To Small Men A PROPOSAL to build housing units at under $5,000 each to be later offered for sale on instalment terms without profit, was announced by the Singapore Ministry of Local Government, Lands and Housing yesterday morning. These houses which are to
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    Lock icon Gang War Goes On: 2 Stabbed
    53 5 SINGAPORE'S Chinatown gang rivalry etupted again last night when thugs from two secret societies clashed with knives m Duxton Road just before midnight. Two Chinese were found at the scene with stab wounds when a Police radio car arrived. The gang war had i
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    Lock icon Cocktail Party For Bhabhas
    69 5  -  Jumabhoy By THE Assistant Minister of Commerce, Mr. J. M. Jumabhoy, gave a cocktail party m honour of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Bhabha at his residence m Margoliouth Road, last night. Mr. Bhabha is chairman of the Eastern Shipping Company and a former Minister of
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    284 5 Students Seen As Colony's Future Political Bogey MANCHESTER, June, 2 (Reuter) Apprehension about the recent riots m Singapore was expressed by the liberal Manchester Guardian which also stated that apart from the political, the economic situation also was a cause of anxiety to Mr. Marshall's Government. "One
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    Lock icon Slump In Tea Trade
    68 5 TEA business is suffering a slump, the Director of Mackwoods (Ceylon) Tea Exporters, Mr. G. K. Newton, said on arrival at Singapore's Kallang Airport yesterday. Mr. Newton is here to boost the tea imports of Malaya.. He said that m Ceylon 75 per cent of tea
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    20 5 TWO milk vendors were fined $250 m the Kuala Lumpur Second Magistrate's Court yesterday for selling diluted milk.
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    Lock icon 175 CHILDREN INOCULATED
    26 5 KUALA KANGSAR. Thurs A team from the Health Centre, Kuala Kangsar visited the Jerlun New Village yesterday and inoculated 175 children against diphtheria.
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    Lock icon Contest Winners
    84 5 THE' five winners of the recently held "A Star Is Born" contest at the Capitol Theatre, Singapore, got their prizes last night. The distribution was done by the beautiful Filipino film star, Miss Paraluman. Each of the winners received $400 and a parcel of House of Westmore cosmetics.
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    189 5 THE Singapore Factory and Shop Workers' Union, yesterday submitted a 13-point claim to the management of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company Ltd., on behalf of the firm's 650 employees. The Union requested the Company to expedite settlement of the claims to maintain harmonious industrial relations
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    120 5 Negri Joins Insurance Co-op Group SEREMBAN. Thurs.— A decision to affiliate the Negri Sembilar. Government. Servants' Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society with the Malayan Cooperative Insurance Society was arrived at the 20th annual general meeting of the former on Monday The meeting presided over by the Acting State Finance Officer,
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      976 6 JTOR decades the Malays and the British have harboured the fear that Malaya might one day become the 20th province of China. Yesterday we wrote that the worst enemies of the Chinese were to be found within their own ranks. Today we will provide the proof to this
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    701 6 Shorts From The Talks "AUDIENCES for holes !i roads are far mori faithful and much les, critical than theatre audi ences. even when the holi Is not a particularly exciting one or when the sta; (foreman, we call him lacks a strong forcefu personality and Just sit: around waiting for
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    905 6  -  Paul Ferris VWWWWWt A\VVVVVV\*£ I By i I LONDON. i[ "JV"EARLY a million tourists L from overseas are ex1 1 pected m Britain this year. 1 1 It will be a record year, just 1 1 as last year and the year be- i
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    224 6 Sir; I submitted my income tax return for the year 1952 wherein I had stated that I was married on 15-5-52. But when I received the notice of assessment from the Income Tax Department for the year 1952, I found that no personal relief due to my
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    404 6 VIEWS REVIEW OF Urgent Task 'JTiHE most urgent task fac--11 ing every nationalist ln 1 the country is the achievement of Malayan inde- pendence. says Utusan Melayu. Whether a free Malaya should ally itself i with Indonesia or should i be tied to the Commoni wealth is not the issue
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      208 6 Sir;— Recently the BAM announced that the Shaw Organization have been given the exclusive rights to film the Thomas Cup games and that no other movie camera? would be allowed m the Badminton Stadium during the playing of the matches. This means amateur movie makers
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      158 6 Sir;—The story published m your newspaper datelined Kuala Lumpur about Mrs. Margaret Mary Perera who successfully petitioned for divorce against her husband makes interesting reading indeed. The parties were married m a Roman Catholic Church, and, according to the report, when the rift came the wife saw
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      143 6 Sir: Commenting on the Conservative victory m the British elections, the Chief Minister of Singapore gently expressed regret and said: "We would have expected from the Labour Party far more expeditious recognition of our struggle for self-government." It is Singapore's ability to do the hardest of all
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      178 6 Sir; Your report of the City Council debate on the nationalization of the S.T.C. was very interesting, but the report omitted a rather important part of the proceedings. It did not disclose the names of the City Councillors who voted for or against the motion. The reader seeking
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      180 6 Sir;— ln his election manifesto, Mr. Wong Foo Nam said "To elect a person is to fight for the rights of the common man. By electing a person to represent you. something can be done about your views. He mu_t have the time and the ability to
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      108 6 Sir;— Further to my letter on the Opium Rehabilitation Centre on St. John's Island, I am glad to learn that some action has been taken on the points 1 raised m my letter. This prompt action has strengthened my confidence m the present Government and indicates Government's readiness
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    205 7 KARACHI, June 2 (RevI The Pakistan p: tine Minister, Mr. Mohammad Ali, today v elded to the clamour c: his country's women and announced that a pational commission to ;dy Pakistan's marnage laws would be api inted almost immediately. m Prime Minister, who set B
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    149 7 BLACKPOOL. June 2 (Reuter) Trade Union representatives m conference here were told today that the new C r>ervative Government night make arbitration compulsory m future industrial disputes. Sir Richard Coppock, General Secretary of the Federa- m of Building Trade Operatives, told their annual meeting that
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    48 7 NAIROBI. June 2 (Reuter)— Five women were among 18 Mau Mau terrorists who surrendered to security forces m the past 24 hours, an official communique revealed yesterday. The total number of Mau Mau who have surrendered since Jan. 18 has now reached 567.
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    31 7 SIX tons of go.d bars were delivered by Soviet Russia to Persia at the frontier of Julfa yesterday under a recent Soviet Iranian agreement. Teheran Radio announced yesterday.
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    84 7 WASHINGTON, June 2. (AP) —A plain brown envelope pest- wi Ridgewood. New V cv. arrived at revenue serYadquarters yesterday D_ what was presumed to' be S3 MM worth of someone's s ing conscience. I' was cne of the biggest I "conscience fund" contributions received by the government m
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    111 7 Big-3 To Confer With Tito WASHINGTON June 2 (Reuter)— The State Department stated yesterday that it. believed that a meeting between Britain. France and United States and Yugoslavia would take place to discuss mutual problems. Mr. Henry Suydam. the Department spokesman, made this statement when asked about press reports which
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    194 7 'Big Four' Conference CHICAGO, June 2 (Reuter)— The Vice-President, Mr. Richard Nixon said today that the "Big Four" conference might be the world's last chance "to avoid a catastrophic war." Mr. Nixon, speaking at the final session of the annual convention of Rotary International,
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    117 7 ZAGREB, Yugoslavia, June 2 (AP)— Nikita S. Khrushchev, the Soviet Communist Party boss, told Yugoslav workers yesterday the Soviet Union is willing to adopt American industrial methods Khrushchev visited the Rado Koncar electric motor factory here with Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin and A.
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    400 7 AND A 300-YEAR-OLD TOMB IN KENT MAY PROVE HIS POINT Shakespeare Was A Stooge' Soys U.S. Drama Critic... LONDON, June 2 (Reuter) A 300-year-old tomb may next month reveal secrets that could brand William Shakespeare as an imposter. It will t>e opened by Calvin Hoffman Dapper, American drama critic, who
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    44 7 photo. WOULD-BE holidaymakers sit down to a long wait at London's Waterloo Station on Whit Monday. The indicator board is blank result of the railwaymen's strike which began at midnight on May 28/29. Only a few trains are running. A.P.
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    152 7 WASHINGTON, June 2 (UP) The United States has demanded that Red China free 63 American military and civilian personnel believed still held by the Communists. The total includes 52 .American military and civilians known held by the Chinese, and 11 more navy and coast
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    45 7 LONDON, June 2, (Reuter)— The Queen nas approved the appointment of Vice-Admiral Sir John Eccres as Commander-in-Chief, the Home Fleet, the Admiralty announced today. Sir John will also succeed Admiral Sir Michael Denny as i Commander-in-Chief, Eastern Atlantic Command.
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    69 7 SYDNEY, June 2 (UP) Some 3.000 fans broke through police lines last night to greet Bob Hope when he arrived at a local theatre for the world oremiere of his latest film "The Seven Little Foys." A band of women bagpipers led Hope's limousine through a klieglighted
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    55 7 TAIPEI. June 2 (UP) The Pescadores, halfway between Formosa and mainland China, went under a short air alert today when six unidentified planes approached from the north-west, it was reported here. The six planes were picked up by Nationalist radar on Makiang, capital of the Pescadores.
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    163 7 MOLINE, Illinois, June 2 (UP) Sunshine means death to one family m southern Illinois, a skin specialist reported yesterday. To prolong their lives, the family members work m the mines by day and venture outj doors only after sundown. 1 Dr. Otto C.
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    30 7 DAMASCUS June 2, (AP)— The Syrian government will open a legation m Jakarta as .-oon as possible to strengthen relations between the two countries. Foreign Ministry circles said.
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    286 7 BELGRADE, June 2 (Reuter)— Yugoslavia's leaders at their last conference with the rulers of the Soviet Union here today were stated, m informed circles, to be making: an llth hour attempt to get the Russians to agree to a condemnation of world
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    201 7 DARJEELING. June 2 (Reuter) The British expedition led by Dr. Charles Evans has conquered Mount Kanchenjunga. the highest unclimbed mountain m the world. The expedition stopped only a few feet from the summit of the 28.146-ioot Himalayan peak m order to avoid offending the local
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    71 7 ST. JOHNS, Antigua. June 2 (Reuter) About 100 convicts serving criminal sentences here were released from jail m the care of four guards to see the Australian touring cricket team play the West Indians. The prisoners, who are all held m a jail next to the
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    209 7 Ho Shows His Hand In South Vietnam SAIGON, June 2 (AP)— Ho Chi Minh and the Vietminh high command have dropped the nationalist line and come out at last before the masses as international Communists. In this capital of free South Vietnam, Vietminh propagandists have opened an intensive campaign to
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    27 7 THE Laos National Assembly has adopted a bill postponing the date of general elections to Dec. 25, the French press agency reported from Vientiane.— Reuter
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      187 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Mr. Oscar Spencer, Acting Financial Secretary, today paid tribute to the 'dist inguished and devoted service' of the L c g i slative Council's Standing Committee on Finance which is about to be dissolved. He singled out m particular, Dr. Kamil Mohamed
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      37 8 LITTLE Miss Rita Tan, daughter of Mr. Mrs. Sunny Tan, above with some of her friends and her brother Daniel (extreme right) at her home m Singapore when she celebrated her second birthday last Sunday.
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      352 8 Political Bias? -Pooh! KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Johore Government won a "battle of the dollar" m the Legislative Council today for an additional allocation of $765/000, money which the Finance Committee had rejected despite the recommendation of the High Commissioner. At the close
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      269 8 DEALERS MOVE TO CHANGE THIS LAW THREE hundred Singapore licensed second-hand dealers last night strongly protested against the enforcement of a clause m the Second-hand Dealers (Fees and Forms) Ordinance 1947. The particular clause requires all licensed dealers to keep records, including serial numbers, of all goods bought and sold
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      181 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Leslie Norman Hall, executive of a commercial firm said m the First Magistrate's Court today that on returning: home one night m March this year, his young Malay maid staggered to his sitting room m agony and collapsed m a pool of
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      29 8 KLUANG. Thurs.— The Eurasians' Association here is organizing for the first time a talentime show, to be held at the Government English School hall on August 6.
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      97 8 Methodist Mission Applauded KUALA LUMPUR Thurs.— Members of the Federal Legislative Council loudly cheered today a tribute paid by Mr. L. D. Whitfield, the Education Member, to the service of the Methodist Mission, m Malaya, for the cause of schooling. Moving a bill to provide for the holding of property
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      291 8 Negara Pressure Stops 2nd Reading KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Federal Legislative Council today vetoed Government's bid to have a Bill seeking the creation of a Public Service Commission read a second time on grounds that such a mat- ter involving major policy should not be
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      40 8 photo, THE retiring Governor of Singapore, Sir John Nicoll, seen shaking hands with Mr Tan Lark Sye who had come to wish him a bon voyage aboard the Oranie yesterday, before his departure for Britain. Standard
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      186 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Thure.The Federation Government today obtained the Legis.ative Councri approval ir print copies of the Fedcr;,tion Agreement from time tc time to bring it up-to-d^.,. with all amendments accepted. Commenting on this 'very welcome' measure today. Mr. M. J. Hogan, the Attor-ney-General,
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      123 8 A MANUFACTURER of jet engine parts and the proprietor of a chain of restaurants m America who are on tbeir way to catch elephants and rhinos m Africa, arrived m Singapore yesterday. Mr. Fred. C. Crawford, is. a director of the Thompson Products Co., which manufactures airplane
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      105 8 Burma Air Chief Visits KL KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Air Commodore T. Cliff, Burma's Chief ol Air Staff, paid on official visit to Royal Air Force Station, Kuala Lumpur today and flew m a Pioneer and a helicopter later. Air Commodore Clift, who was accompanied by Group Captain A. R. L.
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      68 8 THIRTEEN waterfront workers' union s will meet tomorrow to discuss tne pro sent strike situation of tlie Singapore Harbour Board Staff Association m order to bring about a quick settlement. A spokesman of the Singapore Transport Vessels Workers' Association and convenor of the 13-union meeting
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      31 8 PENANG. Thurs.— A record crowd of 8,000 well-wishers bade farewell to 1.193 pilgrim* who left here for Mecca by the Anking. A total of 771 embarked Penang.
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    591 9 SAVING SAVAGES FROM THEMSELVES The Wise Man From The West By Vincent Cronin. (Rupert-Hart-Da vis. 18s.) jt is surprising that Matteo Ricci is not one ol the heroes of the West. He was certainly one of its most brilliant missionaries and no one has ever set the
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    966 9 BOOKS of The WEEK Disillusioned But Wiser STUDENT'S EXPERIENCES IN COMMUNIST CHINA most timely for Spore says CHRISTINE DIEMER THE UMBRELLA GARDEN, by Maria Yen, and adapted from the Chinese by Maria Yen and Richard M. McCarthy. (The MacMillan Company, New York. U.S. $4). TJERE is a book most timely
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    727 9  -  ERWIN D. CANHAM By The Public Philosophy, by Walter Lippmann. (Boston: Atlantic-Little, Brown Company, 189 pp $3.50) T OOKING deeply into the 1 disorder of modern times Walter Lippmann m this slender, powerful book argues that the passions of mass democracy have usurped the
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    78 10 REPRESENTATIVES of the East Coast Traders and Salt Fish Association, Singapore, will meet. Mr. David Marshall, Singapore's Chief Minister and Minister of Commerce at his office m Fullerton Building, at 10 a.m. today. The representatives, led by the Association president Mr. Ho Boon Eng, will discuss
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    112 10 OUTER ROADS Lapaz. Tankhaven. Thelma Cornelius Maersk, Maun Bama Stavropal, Hem Hoyer Drente. Pleasantville, Van Swoll, Sandalwood, Ondina. INNER ROADS Tong Hong, Hai Hua. Bidor. Kampar, Senggarang. Cornfish. Scudai, Wah Sing Van Dem Brock. Puseng. Darvel, New Susanna, Larat. Caltex 9.< Lakota, Sadao, Hin Seng. Playaran. Indari,
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    284 10 AUST. TO BUY MORE LATEX FROM US Fed. Ports Impress Trade Official Standard Market Reporter DEMAND for Malayan latex m Australia/ which has grown steadily since 1953, will increase further as more bulking facilities become available at Malayan ports, said Mr. H. M. Le Marchand, the Australian Trade Commissioner for
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    41 10 photo. A GROUP of Hongkong manufacturers who are displaying their products at the Singapore exhibition arrived m the Colony by the Victoria on Wednesday. Mr. Ngan Yoke Yin (with white cap) is the leader of this group. Standard
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    184 10 Rubber Up On Good Orders GOOD overseas orders for Malayan rubber steadied the rubber market m Singapore which closed half a cent above Wednesday's quotations, first grade rubber for June shipment closing at 93£ cents per lb. Most of the orders came from the United Kingdom and the Continent which
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    141 10 WITH more stocks arriving m Singapore, pepper was a quiet market at the Chinese Produce Exchange yesterday. Buyers were holding back. Noon closing prices (per picul) at the Exchange were: Muntok white $177, Sarawak white $176, Special Sarawak black $140 (unchanged). Copra closing at $28 (down 12
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    209 10 HONGKONG holds exhibitions of her products abroad to refute unfounded accusations that the Colony was merely re exporting Japanese goods m the guise of Hongkong products. This statement was made by a spokesman of a group of Hongkong Chinese Manufacturers' Union prior to the
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    328 10 Drought Reported In U.S.S.R. Standard Staff Reporter WHOLESALE prices of sugar on the Singapore market have gone up m sympathy with the upward trend of world prices for the commodity resulting from the recent Russian drought, Mr. K. H. Tan Chong Teng, produce manager of Kian
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    78 10 A NEW light-weight, inexpensive spike, that will not damage golf shoes, has been developed by a. North Wales engineer, Mr. Harry S. Budge, of Abergele, who is himself a golfer. The new spike has a large base, which keeps the stud permanently vertical and, by distributing
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    47 10 The Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following changes m its rates to merchants yesterday:: Canada: buying, airmail, T.T. 32 3/8, O.D. 32 1/2, 90 days 32 3/4 credit bills, 32 13/16 trade bills; selling, T.T. or O.D. 32 1/16 ready. Other rates remained unchanged.
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    232 10 SINCE Cathay Pacific Airways operated the fast DC-6 service m April this year, the airline has carried more than 65 psr cent of the passenger traffic ia the Singapore /Bangkok /Hon rkong run, a CPA spokesman told The Standard yesterday. Previously DC-4 aircraft operated
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    24 10 INDUSTRIAL production m the United Kingdom during April continued the rapid rate of advance achieved m the first quarter of this year.
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    59 10 A POWERFUL tug built at one of Britain's most famous yards, has recently sailed from Southampton, to augment the berthing services m Colombo harbour. The vessel, which is named Barana, after the ancient Sinhalese general, was constructed to the order of the Crown Agents for Overseas
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    110 10 THE 15th congress of the International Chamber of Commerce, held m Tokyo recently, was a complete success, said Mr. John V. Gray, who attended the congress as a member of the British National Committee of the I.C.C. Mr. Gray is the Far Eastern Representative of the
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    170 10 PLANS for the 15--storey Shell Office Building on Collyer Quay, Singapore, have been approved and work on this S4_ million project is expected to begin m August or September, when details are finalized. The new building which will stand between Change Alley and the existing
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    159 10 SINGAPORE sharebrokers reported the following business done yesterday: Alex Bricks' ords $2.25: Con Tin Smelt Ords 30/9; Fraser and Neave ords $1.73 overnight, today: Hammer $2.65: Gammons $2.70 overnight. $2.67£ to $2.70 lodav, $2.65 (odd lot) today; H. Waugh $1.52 1/2. $1.50: M. Breweries $.350 cd: Malayan
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    234 10 INTEREST IN SHARES REVIVED DESPITE the political "what-nots" there appears to be a growing realization of the healthy trading conditions m Singapore and this is reflected m the confidence regained m the Malayan share market. A revival of interest m tlii market is apparent, thougthe performance by loca politicians has
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    301 12 SOUTH AFRICANS THRASH ESSEX BOWLERS FOR 503 COLCHESTER, Essex, June 2, (Renter)— Essex bowlers have been punished by touring teams since the war and today was no exception. The South Africans total of 503 for four declared was easily their best on the current tour. Previous high was 434 for
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    107 12 PENANG. Thurs.— The High School. Bukit Mertajam, will hold its annual athletic sports meet on Saturday afternoon. June 11 on Jacob's Green. Highlights of the meet will be the invitation events the 100 yardc flat race. th e 440 yards flat race and the open mile
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    201 12 THE Persidja soccer team of Indonesia, who open their Colony engagements under floodlights tonight, when they take on the Combined Services, will most probably field five of their Asian Games men. Tf_^ visitors who arrived m the Colony yesterday will play four matches. They
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    107 12 AH KUAN SHINES IN TRIAL WEE AH KUAN, turned m a fine performance for the Whites m yesterday's hockey trial scoring all five goals m a 5—3 victory over the Colours on the padang. Ah Kuan by his brilliant performance has virtually played himself into the Singapore XI which will
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    51 12 IPOH, Thurs:— The 1/6 Gurkha Rifles beat Detention Camp by four goals to one m a First Division soccer league match played on the town padang this evening. Gurkhas led one-nil at half time with Aziz equalising early on resumption. Shivcharan (3) and Dan Bahadur were the Gurkhas'
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    47 12 IN a SAFA Div. 3A soccer match played at Woodlands yesterday, Corinthians "A" trounced Woodlands Sports Club by seven goals to nil. Halftime score was 2 o. Samaon 2, Salam 2, Osman 1. and Matis 2 were the scorers. Mr. P. C. Hedger refereed.
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    27 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— The 656 Air Observation Post beat Headquarters Malaya 3-1 m their Army league soccer match on the Malaya Command stadium today.
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    78 12 Today's Sport SINGAPORE SOCCER:— Persidja of Jakarta v Spore Combined Services at Jalan Besar Stadium, 8 p.m.; Div. 2B Y.M. S.A. v Balestier United at Jalan Besar, 7 p.m.; Div. 3B: Alexandra F.T. v S.C. F.A. at Geylang; Arab Union v Keben'aran Club at M.F.A.; Blue Rovers v Katong S.C.
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    72 12 PRINTERS SWAMP SHELL SC KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Government Printing Sports Club routed Shell Sports Club B—l8 1 m their Business Houses Division Two league soccer match on the Chan Sow Lin ground today At half time Printers led 4—o. Right-winger Osman, insideright Ramli, centre-forward Kasmani and inside-left Palany scored two
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    161 12 IPOH. Thurs.— lpoh Ramblers Sports Club will play a friendly football match against the Penang Chinese Club on the Chinese Assembly Hall ground here on Sunday. June 5. The Ramblers team will be chosen from: Fong Kam Choy. Wong Hor Sum Loh Hon Yian. Wong Kong
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    114 12 THE Singapore Cricket Club beat the Kinta Rangers by three clear »oals m a S.A.F.A Division 2A League match played at the Padang yesterday. McDonald, Van der Meij and Davids were the scorers. Results of the other S.A.F.A. Division 3A League matches were: Corinthians "A" be£t
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    105 12 KLUANG, Thurs.— The Johore State XI will meet the Singapore Combined Services at a Malaya Soccer Cup fixture on Sunday June 5. at Kluang. The Johore State XI line-up will be selected at the field from the following: Ong Kirn Hock; Kwong Chong Yin; Tan Kirn
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    74 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— The First Battalion Royal Hampshire Regiment created a big surprise today when they beat the Royal Air Force "A", the league leaders 4—l m an Army Garrison league soccer match on the RAF ground. At half time Hampshires led 3 o. Inside-left Newton,
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    185 12 MALACCA, Thurs: Six new records were established and another equalled yesterday, when the St. Francis' Institution ran off some of the events of their annual sports scheduled for completion on their Koon Cheng Road ground next Saturday. In Class One, Koh Hong Seng set a new
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    245 12 MALACCA, Thurs.— A large crowd at Kubu stadium yesterday saw Malacca, without Tiam Tye Peng Chuan and Kong Chee share two gaols with a strong Muar side m a soccer friendly m aid of the Malacca Christian Women's Association. The Resident Commissioner Mr. H. G. Hammett.
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    352 12 SOCCERITES TAKE THINGS EASY WITH WOODBRIDGE Star Soccerites 5 Dollah Zainol 2, Charlie Chan, Thiam Huat, Vivian Roberts. Woodbridge Hospital Kejeree: Mr. Adnan bin Isa. STAR SOCCERITES took things easy m beating the Woodbridge Hospital by five goals to nil m a S.A.F.A. Division 1 league match played at the
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    198 12 NS Police Humble The Hussars SEREMBAN. Thurs.-N e *ri Sembilan Police scored 1 three-one victory over the llth Hussars m a NSPA League fixture here yesterday afternoon on the Station Padang The match although lacking m thrills was nevertheio I well-contested affair. The Hussars had the better of exchanges during
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    129 12 IPOH. Sun.— The 1955 Malayan Amateur Athletic championship will be held m Ipoh on August 26 and 27. This will be the second time m 49 years that this State capital has been given the honour of organizing the national meet. The first was
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    69 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs Unbeaten Malay Mail Sports Club edged Medical and Healia Sports Club 3-2 m their Business Houses Division 111 league soccer match on the Circular Road ground today. Thi s victory now put s the Malay Mail as virtual champions m the league. PICTURES by
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    405 13 AMERICANS ARE SET ON VICTORY ST. ANNES-ON-SEA, Lancashire. Jane 2, (Renter The British amateur golf championship which has progressed to the last 32 here looks more than ever like producing an American victory. Nearly a third of the sur--Hors are Americans and ,Y. nclude several members Jl the victorious Walker
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    88 13 LONDON, June 2. (Reuter)— Dai Dower, the British. European and Empire flyweight champion, scored one of his rare victories inside the distance last night, when he clearly beat Pierre Grees (France) and the referee stopped the fight m the ninth of 10 rounds. Grees was
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    39 13 Two -mile Record SANDRO Iharos, 25, of Hungary, smashes the world record for a two-mile run as he breasts the tape m eight minutes and 33.4 seconds during the British Games at London's White City Stadium on May 30.
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    190 13 Aussies Score Freely On Easy Paced Pitch ST. JOHNS, Antigua, June 2 (Reuter)— The Australian cricketers sent m to bat on an easy paced pitch, scored 345 for the loss of five wickets on the opening day of their three-day game against the Leeward Islands. All rounder Ritchie Benaud was
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    594 13 THREE MEN IN 4min. MILE WHAT A SHAME! Says JACK PEART I STOOD with Franz Stampfl, famous Austrianborn athletics coach, at the White City, London, as three runners, gasping and grimacing, panted over the line m the most fabulous mile ever run three men inside th four-minute barrier m the
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    322 13 Bowlers Batsmen Reap Harvest In County Games LONDON, June 2 (Reuter)— Although there were some good individual scores m the cricket programme which opened yesterday, bowlers too reaped a good harvest and m 10 of the 11 major games an innings was completed by one side and the other started
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    372 13 Sunshine Helps Springboks To Score 390 For 3 COLCHESTER. June 2, (Reuter)— Hot sunshine and probably the fastest pitch so far encountered during their tour proved much to the liking of the South African batsmen who scored 390 runs for the loss of three wickets against Essex here today. The
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    68 13 MOSCOW. June 2 (Reuter)—' Vladimir Struyanov of Moscow beat his own world swimming record for 400 metres individual medley m Baku. Struyanov, clocked 5 minutes 9.5 seconds to better his ••> minutes 15.4 seconds set last October at Minsk, which still awaits ratification. The official record
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    696 14 DISMISS THE THOUGHT: DANES ARE NO BOGEY-MEN The Cup Will Remain By THE SPORTS EDITOR FROM a mere whisper by Wong Peng Soon on his return from the All England championships to an outright warning by Eddie Choong after his American trip, the Danes have graduated into Malaya's challengers for
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    212 14 AGASKAR GIVES WARNING AFTER the draw, the official referee, Mr. Agaskar, called the captains of the two teams and spoke to them for five minutes, writes EDIN PETERS, who was present there at Mallaig yesterday. Mr. Agaskar told them that he would not like to see players lingering on the
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    134 14 PENANG. Thurs. Several groups of enthusiastic Indians, mostly of the Labour class, gathered m coffee shops and roadsides to hear the commentary over Radio Malaya and Rediffusion of the inter-zone final between Denmark and India last night. It was, indeed, a great blow to
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    117 14 Perak Men To Meet Penang In Cuptie IPOH. Thurs. Nineteen players have been selected to represent Perak m the Settlement's third Malaya Cup match against Penang on the Chinese Assembly Hall ground here on Saturday. They are: P. Gunaseelan. Fong Kam Choy, Chan Peng Slum. Wong Kong Chak. Wong Hor
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    84 14 PRISONS Sports Club went on a goalscoring spree to trounce Income Tax S.C. by 12 goals to one m a Government SFA league soccer match on the P. and T. ground yesterday. Hodri led with seven goals, Yunos scored three, and Ibrahim and Samad one each
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    234 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— The Danish, Australian, Indonesian and Burmese entrants to the Malayan open badminton championships starting here from Monday, will visit a Malayan tin mine and a rubber estate during their stay m the Federal Capital. The Selangor Badminton Association, as the BAM's Malayan Championships host
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    368 14  -  WINDSOR LAD Watch this newcomer: Marvel of Peru Thrown By Three Dimension By KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— There was a mild stir at the training track this morning when Three Dimension threw his rider and galloped once round the track before returning to his stall. Jockey Patterson who
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    45 14 KUALA KANGSAR Thurs.— The second annual sports of the Abdul Aziz Malay Orphanage, Kuala Kangsar. will b e held on Saturday, June 4 at 4 p.m. at the Town padang. The V.M.M. Raja Perumpjan of Perak will give away the prizes.
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    1222 14 'STAGE FRIGHT' PUT THE INDIANS OUT A Peter Kum 'Post -Mortem THERE must be thousands of people both m Singapore and the Federation who are still smarting from the beating that the Danes handed out to the Indians. They have every reason to feel sore. To them, the defeat was
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    54 14 THE newly formed Indian Youngsters cricket XI will meet the YMCA m a friendly match tomorrow -t 2 p.m. at Balestier Road. The team will be selected from the following:- A. Kader, R. Sharma. A. Razak. Sunderaj, Kanchanlal M. Yunus. Krishnan. Kader Jr. Haroon. I. J. Singh, Nagu,
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