Singapore Standard, 21 June 1955

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    19 1 Singapore Standard Z m m m Vol. V. No. 350 SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 1955 14 PAGES 15 CENTS
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    Lock icon How S'pore Saw It
    46 1 How S'p ore Saw It PHOTO shows the eclipse of the sun at its maximum at about 10.50 a.m. yesterday. It was taken by Dr. Lim Thean Po with a specially constructed telescopic camera m Stamford Road, Singapore, pictured below. Story and photos m page 8.
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    Lock icon NIGHT STREAKS OVER ASIAN SKY AT NOON
    361 1 Total Eclipse Lasted 7 Mins MANILA, June 20, (AP)— The longest total eclipse m this century some scientists say the longest m nearly 1,250 years— today rolled an 18-mile wide path of darkness over Asia. The moon blanked the sun over an estimated
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    Lock icon & BRINGS SICKNESS IN ITS TRAIL
    159 1 BRINGS SICKNESS IN ITS TRAIL I COLOMBO, June 20 (AP) —The solar eclipse today sent a shudder of superstitious fear along its path —and m Ceylon brought sickness m its trail. Men. women and children are being rushed to hospitals all over the island with symptoms of poisoning and acute
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    Lock icon Terrorists Strike Oil
    58 1 MEDAN, June 20 (UP) A terrorist gang armed with carbines and Brenguns set fire to an oil station m north Achen on Sumatra and afterwards broke the track. Reports from the rebelridden parts of North Sumatra island said that the same sang cut an oil pipe line
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    Lock icon LEAFLETS DROP
    32 1 TAIPEI, June 20 (Reuter) Nationalist Air Force planes dropped millions" of anti-Communist leaflets last night over the mainland provinces of Kiangsi, Fukien and Kwangtung, it was officially announced here today.
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    Lock icon KONOYE'S SON IS ALIVE
    61 1 VIENNA, Austria. June 20 IUP) The long missing son of former Japanese Premier Prince Konoye is alive at Alexandrovsk prison camp m Russia, Austrian returnees from Soviet slave camps said today. They said the young Konoye was living m the camp with some 400 other Japanese
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    Lock icon Red Flags Found On Trees, Wires
    275 1 7th 'Emergency' Anniversary COMMUNISTS m Singapore commemorated the occasion of the seventh anniversary of the Emergency m Malaya yesterday by stringing "Red" flags m various parts of the island. They slung them on trees and overhead wires by weighing one end of the flags
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    Lock icon HOROSCOPE WASN'T RIGHT
    54 1 PHOENIX, Arizona, June 20 (AP) Police arrested a 30-year-old man struggling with a woman m a downtown alley last night and booked him for investigation of attempted rape. In his pocket was a scrap of paper with a prediction apparently copied from a horoscope "Opposite sex will
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    Lock icon H.K. Awaits 3 Released Men
    50 1 HONGKONG. June 20 (UP) S.M. Back, head of the consular section of the United States consulate-general, went to the Communist Chinese border today to await the possible arrival of three former American prisoners. But there was still no firm indication whether they would arrive here.
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    Lock icon TWO REACH HIGH PEAK
    38 1 KARACHI, June 20 (Reuter) Two members of the Princeton University expedition to Tirich Mir Mountain m Pakistan, have conquered the 24,242-feet Istornal Peak m the Western Karakorums near Chitral, the Pakistan Radio reported tonight.
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    Lock icon Man Is Only As Old As He Feels
    122 1 DETROIT, June 20 (AP)— A 70-year-old painter parachuted from a private plane yesterday to prove a man is only as old as he feels. m Jack Clapp, a professional daredevil m his younger days, had been planning the stunt ever since he
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    Lock icon MocD WAS THERE
    21 1 STANDARD photo shows Madame Songgram, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald and Field Marshal Pibul Songgram at Singapore's Kallang airport.
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    Lock icon REVOLT IN SOVIET 'HELL' CAMP Hundreds Killed, Say Ex-Internees
    477 1 REVOLT IN SOVIET 'HELL' CAMP Hundreds Killed, Say Ex-Internees WIENER NEUSTADT, Austria, June 20, (Reuter) Several Austrians who returned here today from Soviet captivity told of a revolt m which "we simply tore Russian guards apart with our bare hands and trampled on them." The insurrection took place m what
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    Lock icon Italian Cabinet Reshuftle
    99 1 Italian Cabinet Reshuftle ROME, June 20 (Reuter)— The members of Italy's 16--month-old centre coalition government today tendered their resignation to enable Premier Mario Scelba to reshuffle his government. The ministers handed m their resignations to the Christian Democrat premier at a Cabinet meeting. A rift m the Christian Democrat party
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    Lock icon Work Started To Raise Sub
    57 1 PORTLAND, Dorset, June 20 (Reuter)— At first daylight today salvage workers were fixing four buoyancy pontoons to the 1,000-ton British submarine Sid o n which sank on Thursday after an explosion with the loss of 13 officers and men. The salvage crews hope to raise
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    Lock icon Big Welcome For Thai Premier
    159 1 LAST LEG OF WORLD TOUR THE Prime Minister of Thailand, Field Marshal Pibul Songgram and his party of 21 arrived m Singapore yesterday from Colombo by a charter plane, on the last leg of his world tour. The Commissioner-General for South-east Asia, Mr. Malcolm Mac
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    Lock icon IKE TELLS WORLD TO HALT RACE IN ARMS
    186 1 IKE TELLS WORLD TO HALT RACE IN ARMS SAN FRANCISCO, June 20, (Reuter) President Eisenhower today appealed to the world for an end to the present "race m armaments." He was addressing the United Nations' tenth anniversary meeting of the General Assembly here. President Eisenhower said: 'We, with the rest
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    Lock icon Red Plans Of Conquest
    62 1 TAIPEI, Formosa, June 20 (AP) Nationalist China's Tatao News Agency said today that Red China has plans for the conquest of Singapore and the Malayan Federation within three years. The agency, operated by the Interior Ministry and claiming underground contacts on the mainland, said the Reds
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    Lock icon TAPPERS ENSNARE 2 HUNGRY REDS
    182 1 BANTING, Mon. Two bold tappers near here made their hungry terrorist "guests" wait between rubber trees last week-end while, m the guise of preparing the meal, they went to inform the manager of their presence, Police revealed today. The tappers were approached by two terrorists
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    Lock icon New Police Order: One Wife Only
    74 1 New Police Order: One Wife Only BANGKOK, June 20 (Reuter) Police here have been forbidden to have more than one wife —"I eg a 1 or illegal"— under a new police department order. Police said that if a policeman had more than one wife he could not properly concentrate on
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    Lock icon JOHORE BAHRU INSTALLS 999 POLICE PHONE
    162 2 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. The "999" emergency call for police, fire or ambulance will be introduced for the first time m Johore Bahru from 10 p.m. on Thursday when the new $750,000 automatic switchboard is connected with the present exchange. The new exchange, however, will
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    Lock icon Problems Differ From Hongkong
    143 2 Problems Differ From Hongkong THE All-Party Committee on Chinese education yesterday concluded that overall problems of education m Hongkong and Singapore were "quite different" after hearing the views of Hongkong bilingual educationist, Mr. Lim Hoy Lam. Mr. Lim. who testified at a previous meeting of the Committee, yesterday stressed the
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    Lock icon DEAD OFFICER NAMED
    58 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The non-commissioned officer of the 22nd Special Air Service Regiment who was found dead m his camp m Coronation Park here with a gunshot wound m his temple on Friday morning is StarT Sergeant P. Pearce. A bachelor aged 28, Sgt. Pearce had been
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    Lock icon Thoy're Engaged
    52 2 MR. Lim Thean Hok and Miss Soo Siew Ying, whose engagement was announced m Telvk Anson last Wednesday Mr. Lim is the second son of Mr. Lim Yew Hock, proprietor of the Happy Store, and Mrs. Lim. Miss Soo is the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Soo
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    Lock icon The Brave People of Banting
    47 2 THE people of Banting on Sunday paraded through the streets of their Town carrying banners bearing anti-Communist slogans. The procession was organised by the Banting. Good Citizens' Committee to demonstrate the people's stand against the Communists. Above is part of the procession.
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    Lock icon Four Bandits Killed In Johore. Two By Gurkhas
    210 2 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon.— ln two separate operations last week, security forces m Johore killed four terrorists and wounded two others. The news of these successes came today, the anniversary of the declaration of the Emergency m Malaya seven years ago. Two were
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    Lock icon ALL-CHINESE CLASSES AT TRADE SCHOOL
    262 2 ALL-CHINESE CLASSES AT TRADE SCHOOL Mr. Chew Teils Of Govt's Plan 2 More Centres To Open PLANS for the establishment of a Trade School where the medium of instruction will be wholly m Chinese were revealed yesterday by the Singapore Minister for Education, Mr. Chew Swee Kee Paying his first
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    Lock icon COMMODITY PRICES
    153 2 CLOSING rubber prices (cents per lb.) m Singapore yesterday were: Buyers Sellers No. 1 R.S.S. Spot Loose HOi 110& No. 1 R.S.S. f.o.b. June 108* 1081 No. 2 105 106 No. 3 1001 1002 Tone. Steady. TIN PRICE The price of tin yesterday was 5361 per picul. (Down
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    Lock icon Will City Councillor Be Sacked?
    55 2 THE question whether Mr. A. R. Lazarous, a Labour Front City Councillor, be asked to resign was raised at a meeting of the Council's Finance and General Purposes Committee yesterday. No decision was taken. Mr. Lazarous is stated to have absented himself from three consecutive
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    Lock icon Rotan, Jail For Assault
    58 2 KOTA BHARU, Mon. Nik Hamid bin Nik Hassan was today ordered by a Magistrate to receive three strokes of the rotan m addition to a sentence of one year's imprisonment when he was found guilty on a charge of assault. Nik, the court was told, attacked
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    Lock icon He Had His Legs Up
    72 2 PENANG, Mon.— A trisha rider. Khoo Ah Poon, 24, admitted m the Magistrate's 'Court today that he had no control of his trisha when he had his legs on the handlebars at Pitt Street on June 18. He was cautioned and discharged. Khoo, however, was
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    Lock icon Symphony's Visit Unites Cousins In K.L.
    225 2 Symphony's Visit Unites Cousins In K.L. KUALA LUMPUR. Mon.— The threads of a "friendly family tie" that were broken oft 38 years ago, were taken up again today when the 92-member "Symphony of the Air" Orchestra arrived here from Singapore. The story reaches back to Petrograd. capital of Czarlst Russia,
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    Lock icon Three Fined Under New Regulations
    105 2 SEREMBAN, Mon. Lav Lai. was fined $15 or three days' imprisonment m the first case under the new regulations prohibiting from riding more than two abreast, by the Seremban Magistrate. Inche Harun bin Hashim today. Inche Hashim said he was treating Lav leniently as this
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    Lock icon Robbery: 2 Charged
    45 2 YEO PENG KWEE. alias Jiak Kong, and Tan Thye San, alias Ah Kow. were yesterday tentatively charged m the Singapore Fourth Police Court for alleged armed robbery at Yio Chu Kang Road m October last year. Both were remanded till June 27.
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    Lock icon City Will Float New Stock
    120 2 City Will Float New Stock THE people of Singapore will soon be able to subscribe to a $30,000,000 debenture stock which the City Council proposes to float. The loan, which will come up for approval at a special meeting of the Council on June 24, will finance extension schemes for
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    Lock icon They Expose The Reds
    79 2 THE atrocities and false promises of the Malayan Communist Party are being told to the villagers m Kelantan by surrendered bandits through live shows. At Pasir Puteh near Kota Bahru recently, a party of surrendered bandits and field, officers of the Information Services renacted their experiences.
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    Lock icon HK EXCHANGE
    38 2 HONGKONG. June 20 Special Standard Servir^l Closing prices of the Hongko.J Exchange today were: |15.60 to £1 sterling; $5.***** to US$l: $1,840 to Malayan SI; $0,120 to one Indonesian P ipiah; Gold $250,875 to a tael.
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    Lock icon $5 MIL. PADI 'GIFT' GOES INTO CO-OP BANK
    270 2 $5 MIL. PADI 'GIFT' GOES INTO CO-OP BANK PENANG. Mon.— The Government subsidy of $5,000,000 to fight the "padi kuncha" system will be entrusted to the Federation of Malaya Rural Co-Operative Apex Bank Limited at Bukit Mertajam. The money will be distributed as loans through State and Settlement Rurai Co-opera-tive
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    Lock icon THE 'BLACK WIDOW' COMES TO CAPITAL
    131 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The "black widow," much malinged road safety poster withdrawn m the United Kingdom after considerable controversy. was on display outside Traffic Police Headquarters here today. Arguments for and against the display of the poster once reached such a cresendo m England
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    Lock icon Colony Photographer's Entries In UK Show
    119 3 THREE out of four entries submitted by Mr. P. S. Teo, a Singapore photographer, were accepted for hanging n the exhibition of Professional Photography held at the R.B.A. Galleries, Suffolk Street, near Trafalgar Square, London, recently. All three are portraits, but of greatly varying
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    Lock icon Unions Told: State Your Claims CITY WORKERS' THREAT
    211 3 Unions Told: State Your Claims CITY WORKERS' THREAT THE Singapore City Council has received no •"specific" claims from the City Council Labour Unions Federation, which threatens to call a strike by its 10.000 members. The Deputy City President, Mr. J. T. Rea. told The Standard yesterday that unless the Federation
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    Lock icon He Points To Danger Of Erosion
    80 3 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. The attention of the Town Council was drawn by Mr. W. Ismail, to the erosion along the coast at Stulang Laut at a meeting of the Council on Saturday. Before he went on leave he made a suggestion to build an
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    Lock icon Malayan Angling Association
    70 3 Malayan Angling Association THE following are the new office-bearers of the Malayan Angling Association: president Mr. H. J. Kitchener, secretary and treasurer Mr. G. E. Vinell auditors— Mr. Chan Teng Hong and Mr. W* S. Longley. Messrs. F. W.Dibden. C. S. Ogilvie and G. A. Ransome were elected committee members.
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    Lock icon Workers Had Morning Off
    84 3 THE report m The Sunday Standard that the assembly plant of Ford Motor Company of Malaya. Limited, was locked against strikers returning to work was not correct. A Company official yesterday said that Ford workers who returned for work on Saturday morning requested the morning off
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    Lock icon LOKE GIVES $1,500 TO KATCHEN FUND
    160 3 FILM magnate, Mr. Loke Wan Tho, yesterday donated $1,500 towards the Singapore Musical Society's Katchen Scholarship Fund. Accoraing to tne Society's chairman, Mr. John. Ede. this is the biggest donation so far received. With Mr. Loke's donation, the fund now stands at $2,500. The
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    Lock icon 3 Killed In Week-end Accidents
    127 3 THREE people were killed after being involved m accidents during the week-end m S.nsapore. Two died m collisions with trains, the other In i road accident. A Malayan Railway emr. :e. 50-year-old Marimutttra, was knocked down by a train that was shunting m the marshalling
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    Lock icon 4 Per Cent Dividend
    64 3 nHE Singapore English S 1 Teachers' Co-operative I rift and Loan Society, will declare a four per cent cat! on all credits held by embers on June 30. 1954. c annual report to be today also reveals that lers who were members ed on an average
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    40 3 A LECTURER and tutor m tl Youth Service of the ersity of Swansea. Mr. T. •Jeslreys Jones, will visit s ■■^apore m July to conduct a a leadership training irs« scheduled to run for 16 weeks.
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    Lock icon HAD BREAD-$200
    45 3 HAD BREAD -$200 TOXG Kong Eng. a mother ol three, was fined $200 by the t anjong Malim Magistrate. be Ismail bin Muhammad nil, on Saturday for at- noting to carry a loaf of b^aci outside the Behrang Vil•a^e perimeter fence on 1 DC 3.
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    Lock icon They Forgot Differences
    75 3 POLITICAL differences were cast aside as leading Singapore politicians wined and dined with people of all walks of life m Ferrer Park on Sunday night More than 100 people attended the dinner, given by the Singapore Public House Owners' Association to celebrate its second anniversary. "Although our
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    Lock icon Promotion Of Friendship
    51 3 THE Singapore Geylang Straits Chinese Methodist Youth Fellowship yesterday elected Miss May Yeo as the chairman of its World Friendship Commission. The aim of the Commission, according to Miss May, is to communicate with various MYF organizations to "know each other" and to "learn more" of their
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    Lock icon COMING OF AGE PARTY
    82 3 THIS Standard picture by Lee Thong Choon is self-ex-li,«*tor? hct for the personalities. On the left "Daddy" ?l a J:S7f«S al local businessman, hands over the "comin* of "S^keMo hifonTdaughter, Janet Lav Kit Jan. 01 a*e JtrJ ,iwV*i Uncle T. C Kang performs a similar and
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    Lock icon ASIAN SEAMEN'S LOW PAY CONDEMNED
    457 3  - ASIAN SEAMEN'S LOW PAY CONDEMNED BERNARD WILLIAMS By Standard Shipping Reporter Union Seeks Minimum Wages, Standard Hours THE present rates of wages paid to Asian seamen m Singapore are condemned as the lowest East of Suez by Colony seafarers and several maritime unions of the Colony. A cross-section of opinion
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    Lock icon He Wants To Be A Fed. Citizen
    109 3 He Wants To Be A Fed. Citizen JOrIUKE BAiIKU, Mon. Tow Siong Mvi appeared before a court of inquiry here today to show cause why he should not be deprived of his Malayan Citizenship. In his application for Federal Citizenship Tow stated he had resided 15£ of the past 20
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    Lock icon Promotions In Hospitals
    73 3 THE question of promotions of hospital assistants will be discussed at the Singapore Medical Services Union annual meeting at Vickers Pavilion on Saturday, June 25. Members, The Standard understands, will adopt a resolution asking the Medical Department to take note of the growing dissatisfaction among its employees
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    Lock icon Cycling Trio Robs Couple
    44 3 THREE cyclists armed with knives held up a couple walking along Simon Road at midnight yesterday and demanded money. When the couple said they had no mcney, the three men took the girl's two bangles worth $40 and rode away.
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    Lock icon Work Stops In Two Colony Firms
    218 3 Sixty Employees Involved NEARLY 60 employees of two Singapore firmsSin Kian Huat Saw Mills and Chop Foon Chin Seng Motor Works— went on strike yesterday for better con ditions of service Immediately after the workers downed tools, the managements approached the Colony Labour Department,
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    24 3 THE Serangoon Association, Singapore, will hold a general meeting at their club house, Upper Serangoon Road at 7.30 p.m. on June 23.
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    Lock icon Defendants In Civil Suit Get Walk-Over
    148 3 Defendants In Civil Suit Get Walk-Over JUDGMENT with costs for Isaac Penhas and Flora Penhas was given by Mr. Justice Whitton m the Singapore High Court yesterday, when the matter of the estate of Abraham Penhas (deceased) came up for hearing. Isaac Penhas and Flora Penhas. were defendants m a
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    Lock icon PRISON TERMS REDUCED
    87 3 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon— ln the High Court today, Mr. Justice Slorr varied on appeal the sentence imposed by the Sessions Court, Kluang, on Araba and Karim Singh who were sentenced to six months' imprisonment, a fine of $200 each or a further two months' jail and tin
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    Lock icon Charged With Intimidation
    61 3 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. In the Magistrate's Court, today, J. C. Binns, of Rubber Estates of Malaya, Ulu Tiram, was charged with intimidating the Officer-in-Charge of the Police Station on May 2. He was also charged with behaving m a disorderly manner when armed, at the same time
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    Lock icon Borrowed Jewels And Pawned Them
    74 4 Borrowed Jewels And Pawned Them KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. A woman borrowed $420 worth of jewellery from her compatriot for a wedding but pawned them after use, the First Magistrate was told today. Tarumah binte Mohamed, 23, of Hale Road, was charged with criminal breach of trust m respect of the
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    Lock icon Schoolchildren Listen Spellbound To Hendl's 'Symphony Of The Air'
    204 4 Schoolchildren Listen Spellbound To Hendl's 'Symphony Of The Air' KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— For over two hours this afternoon the noted American conductor, Walter Hendl wooed the children .of Kuala Lumpur with the sweet music of the "Symphony of the Air." More than 3.500 young listeners of all races, making a
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    Lock icon Plans For Amphitheatre In S'pore
    427 4 Plans For Amphitheatre In S'pore Opinions Differ As To Real Need SINGAPORE may have an amphitheatre next year, the City Architect, Mr. Irving Watson, told The Standard yesterday. He said the plans for this open-air theatre will be ready at the beginning of next year. The conductor of the National
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    Lock icon Drivers In A Hurra Get A Warning
    126 4 KLANG, Mon.— Police here today issued another warning against speeding on the five-mile Port Swettenham Road, which with eight fatal accidents this year, is regarded as a potential "death trap." Count ering "step-on-the-gas" drivers with their own traps, Police warned that anyone caught
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    Lock icon She Walked Arm In Arm With Men'
    205 4 Brother-ln-Law Tells Court PENANG, Mon.— A clerk, Yeoh Eng Kow, said m the Magistrate's Court today he had seen his sister-in-law, Cheng Gek Tee, walking arm m arm with other men to "dark places'' m Ayer Itam Village. Yeoh was a witness for
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    Lock icon SULTAN VISITS AN ELECTION FESTIVAL
    49 4 ABOUT 20,000 people attended a two-day Festival of Elections m Kota Bahru Above the Sultan of Keiantan with his Consort, at the Festival. Others m the group are Che Ibrahim Izuddin, State Information Officer, Mr. G.S. Rawlings, the British Adviser, and the Tengku Mahkota.
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    123 4 PENANG, Mon.— News has been received that Municipal Councillor, Inche Abdullah Ariff, Arts Supervisor of the Anglo Chinese School, here, has been duly elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, England. Known as the pioneer and father of Malay artists, Inche Ariff has also
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    Lock icon KWANGTUNG MEN CALL FOR BABEL IN BOTH LEGCOS
    241 5 JtasSoii And 5-Year Citizens IPOH, Mon.— The Federation of Kwangtung Association m Singapore and the Federation yesterday gave their support to the use of multilingualism m the Legislative Councils m the two territories and the Malayanization of the public services. Fifty-eight delegates
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    Lock icon Nine Men On Trial For Rioting
    174 5 Nine Men On Trial For Rioting ELECTION fever and tempers ran high on March 13 when two supporters of a candidate stuck up election posters outside a coffee shop and they were assaulted with bottles, stools and sticks. Yesterday, nine Indians were charged m the Seventh Magistrate's Court with rioting
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    Lock icon Boatman Saves Dance Hostess
    54 5 LUCY Chan Yoke Chan, a 30-year-old dance hostess fell into the sea off the Master Attendant's Pier at 1 a.m. this morning. A passing sampan man, hearing the splash, rowed to the spot and rescued her. She was taken to the General Hospital where she was
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    Lock icon Minister At School
    55 5 EDUCATION Minister, Mr. CheW Swee Kee, shows interest m the work of a student at the Junior Technical School, Balestier Road, yesterday. In picture below on Mr. Chew's right i s hi s Permanent Secretary, Mr. R. M. Young, and on his left the chief instructor of
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    Lock icon She Spends Holidays Travelling
    93 5 She Spends Holidays Travelling CHARMING Miss Lakshmi Kundanmal, 18, who arrived m Singapore yesterday, talked about th» heat of Manila, the charms of Tokyo, life m Hongkong and wondered how Jakarta would be. The second daughter of a prominent Sindhi textile merchant m Ceylon, Miss Lakshmi said the best way
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    Lock icon Dishonest Son Ruined Me — Man Tells Court
    281 5 Dishonest Son Ruined Me Man Tells Court A BUILDING contractor with three wives failed m his business, because of the dishonesty of one of his sons, employed by him as a clerk. The contractor, Lim Chim, said this to the Singapore Sixth Court Magistrate, Mr. J. P. Trainor, yesterday, and
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    Lock icon Scholarships For These Two Cadets
    114 5 ABLE Seaman Phua Kok Peng (left) and Leading Seaman Ng Chwee Cheng, the winners of training scholarships to Japan and England, respectively, were yesterday feted to tea by 50 cadets of Nelson Unit of the Singapore Sea Cadet Corps, at Gan Eng Seng School. The
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    Lock icon HARBOUR BOARD STRIKE TALKS – TRUCE IN SIGHT
    262 5 HARBOUR BOARD STRIKE TALKS TRUCE IN SIGHT I A TRUCE between the Singapore Harbour Board and its 1,300 employees o have been on strike for the past 54 days is now m sight. Yesterday, the Labour Ministry failed m another attempt to settle the dispute. The Minister for Labour. Mr.
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    Lock icon Court Calls Witness A Coward
    215 5 Court Calls Witness A Coward THE Singapore Fourth Police Court Magistrate, Mr. J. M. Devereux-Colebourn, yesterday called a prosecution witness, Tan Ah Moi, "a coward," at a preliminary inquiry m which a man, Robert Kum Koon Hoe, was tentatively charged with attempted murder. It was al'.eged that Robert Kum with
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    232 5 His Words Made No Impression A MAN. Leong Fong Saw, i who was charged with outraging the modesty of a woman, told the Singapore Sixth Court Magistrate. Mr. J.P. Trainor. yesterday: "If you are unable to execute me I will be just my same self. But if you convict me
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    245 5 THE advance party of top men who wou Id shoot a major portion of the J. Arthur Rank film, "A Town Like Alice," m Malaya arrived m Singapore yesterday by Qantas/BOAC from London Mr. Jack Lee, the director of the film, said it
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    257 5 SOON after his return to Singapore yesterday, after a 21-day holiday. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew" secretary general of the Peoples' Action Party, held discussions with the Chief Minister. Mr. David Marshall. No comments were available on the subjects they discussed. However, it is believed
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      842 6 rpHE well-planned efforts of its opponents and of communist -inspired labour leaders to make the Marshall Government an Apple of Sodom have failed. It could have been a Pyrrhic victory had Government not moved quickly and effected the arrest of men whose guilt or innocence will be established
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    466 6 Sir; I fully endorse the views expressed m your editorial m the Sunday Standard of June 12 with regard to Col. H. S. Lee's choice to await nomination rather than come into the open ond contest the forthcoming Federal Elections. But :f you were to
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    8 6 Here comes Smith; playing to the gallery again!"
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    119 6 Sir; The People's Action Party's leader m the Legislative Assembly; Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. is conspicuous by his absence from the colony at a time when his services could be put to good use. Officially he is on leave somewhere m the Federation. But the fact that he has
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    62 6 Sir; I am dead curious to know why the City Council allotted pitches No 124 to No. 128 at Queen Street are vacant, giving neither hindrance nor obstruction to a relevant business-house, whereas other shops are affected and also remote pitches at Queen Street are occupied. Don't tell me
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    428 6 VIEWS REVIEW OF Genuine Expressions 2rriHE Labour Front Coali- A tion Government should realize that the widespread strikes the Colony is facing today are genuine expres- < sions of dissatisfaction among workers. This dissatisfaction has long been S dormant under the sup- pressive conditions of a Colonial society and it
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    131 6 Sir; Your editorials every day since the Singapore riots and frequent strikes m the city give sound advice to all Singaporeans. Union leaders are not thinking of the incovenience and harm caused to the public. The present Labour Government has been elected by the masses of Singapore and
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    267 6 Where 's The Promise? Sir: The statement made by the Secretary General of the MCA, Mr. Leong Yew Koh, to the press on the allotment of 15 candidates to the MCA by the UMNO to contest m the coming Federal Elections, can at best be interpreted as a belated apology
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    140 6 i^^r** Sir;— l am sorry Mr. Mohammed Tufail did not understand me. The Ahmadiyyah Movement m Islam is hostile to Bahai religion for its anti-Islamic policy and I am sure a study of this religion will convince Mr. Tufail that a true Muslim is bound to
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    148 6 2 Sir; Further to 2 John Doe's letter m < 2 Tuesday's Standard, I saw a similar scene m Z Victoria Street on Sun- 2 day night; a blind man 2 was being helped across 1 the road by a policeman j much to the vexation of 2
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    1257 6  - Decline Of Class Consciousness In Britain KENNETH HARRIS —by tain since 1939. Indeed, m a sense, some of our strikes including the recent locomotive engineers' and footplate men's stoppage [which ended on June 14, after 17 days], are a reflection of the reduction of some of the economic differentials which,
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    105 7 NICOSIA, Cyprus. June 20 ZZ A bomb was thrown an English-owned bar r r last night shattering windows and damaging the watts and ceiling. Nobody was uri though 20 people were at the time of the exm n Ihej all ducked to the when the
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    305 7 Britain U.S. Agree To Exchange Information Twc .government white papers (Parliamentary c meats) issued here gave details of the AngloA i ican agreement signed m Washington on June 15 I nder these the two countries agreed to co-operate In developing the civil uses of atomic energy and
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    114 7 200 HOA HAO MEN ARE KILLED T SAI 9P N South Vietnam, 200 soldiers of the Hoa Hao religious sect army were killed m four hours of furious combat m Vietnam's far west. Premier Ngo Dinh Diem's Government reported on Monday. n delayed reports from the battlefront. 85 miles west
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    254 7 TOKYO, June 20 (UP)— Japanese demonstrators shouting "kill us if you want" halted American artillery practice at the foot tamed Mt. Fuji today by U icing their way into sin American camp and into the shell impact area. f iring was scheduled to
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    90 7 Jakarta's National Monument JAKARTA. June 20 (UP) A 64-meters high national monument will be built m the central square of Jakarta and will be recognisable for everybody who approaches the capital by plane or boat A huge square will surround the monument. A railway station, a telegraph office, police headquarters
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    70 7 SOUTHAMPTON. June 20 (Reuter) Thirty disappointed pilgrims yesterday had to abandon a plan to drop wreaths off the French coast m memory of more than 4.000 British soldiers drowned when the troopship Lancastria was sunk by German bombers 15 years ago. The pilgrims had chartered a flying
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    42 7 KARACHI, June 20, (Reuter) Economic experts of the eight member countries of the Sotith-east Asia Treaty Organization began a four-oay meeting m Karachi today to plan economic co-operation m the area. The proceedings of the conference are secret.
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    83 7 TOKYO, June 20 (AP) -British Film Director. "avid Lean, has found a Japanese leading lady M his forthcoming piclure "The Wind Cannot Read." The director said today he has picked Miss •\<*iko Kishi, Japanese Z* tress who won first prize for her acting m "The Refugee" at the
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    56 7 CHICAGO, June 20 (Reuter) B. F. Goodrich Company and the United Rubber Workers' Union have agreed on terms of a new five-year agreement covering pensions, insurance and severance pay thus forestalling a strike set for midnight last night The agreement covers 14,--500 production and maintenance employees m
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    55 7 LONDON, June 20 (Reuter) Britain's locomotive drivers, whose pay claim recently plunged the nation into a chaotic 17-day railway strike, were today awarded a rise of between one shilling and three shillings a week. Railway firemen', who also took part m the stoppage earlier this month,
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    34 7 NEW YORK. June 20, (AP) Margarine heir Mickey Jelke will be taken to Sing Sing Prison tomorrow to start serving a two-to-three year sentence for compulsory prostitution, it was announced yesterday.
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    65 7 LAHORE. June 20 (UP) The cease-fir© line m Kashmir was violated by Indian troops when they shelled border villages around Samaini and killed" a Kashmiri refugee and seriously wounded several others, it was announced here today. United Nations observers inquired into the incident and were understood to
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    53 7 BANGKOK, June 20 (Reuter) The Thai Government's Public Welfare Department is planning to go into the barbering businesss. Many Thais find that they cannot afford a haircut because prices ajre too high. The Department said they would set up shops of their own to bring
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    146 7 LONDON. June 20, (UP)— Britain's flaxen-haired Princess Anne, who will be five on Aug. 15, has a boy friend and he is a commoner, a British gossip columnist reported yesterday. As is traditional, the Royal family and the sparkling-eyed Princess Anne maintained a discreet silence
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    83 7 LONDON, June 20 (AP) Striking dockers m tne port of London voted today to end the unauthorized walkout, now In Its fifth week, which has piled up shipping m Britain's six biggest ports. At a mass meeting outside the dock gates, the strikers elected a
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    58 7 TAIPEI, June 20 (AP) Nationalist China announced today its warplanes attacked a fleet of more than 400 Chinese Communist vessels about 15 miles from Matsu. a Nationalist. Island, and sank more than 20 The vessels presumably were a supply convoy. This was the largest number of
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    208 7 New Series Of Border Blasts Step Up Tension TEL AVJTV. June 20 (UP)— A pipeline blast severed the water supply of Israel desert settlements along the in-cident-scarred Gaza frontier last night, an Israel army spokesman announced today. The spokesman said telephone lines into Kisuffim, the hub of Israeli communications along
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    113 7 Duke Meets Malayan photo. I iftwwvuv \\vw\> 2 The Duke of Edinburgh j is seen talking with 1 Malayan Automobile As- 2 sociation patrolman Yeow Peng Whatt, from j Kuala Lumpur, when he 2 reviewed foreign auto- ji 2 mobile association re- j* presentatives m Regent's 2 j Park during
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    179 7 Eden, Adenauer Agree LONDON, June 20 (Reuter)— Sir Anthony Eden and Dr. Konrad Adenauer, said last night it was essential that the Western Powers should be m "continuous contact" with the West German Government "at a time when the Western Powers are making a sustained effort
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    90 7 Govt. Critic Sent To A Madhouse BANGKOK, June 20 (Reuter)— Nai Cham, a National Assemblyman, was arrested and sent to a lunatic asylum here after criticising the government. But a week later a reporter on the "Bangkok Post" met him m the street, the newspaper reported. Nai Cham told the
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    244 7 'Dictator Peron May Topple At Any Moment' NEW YORK, June 20.— The New York Times reported today that the fall of General Juan D. Peron as dictator of Argentina may be a matter of hours, according to indications given m a telephone conversation yesterday with the New York Times' correspondent
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    145 7 Crisis Talks On Revolt In N. Africa PARIS. June 20 (UP) French Premier Edgar Faure called a full-scale Cabinet meeting tonlgnt to examine the alarming upsurge of terrorist violence m North Africa which may threaten the stability of his Cabinet. Faure was determined to act promptly to restore calm m
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    40 7 TAIPEI, June 20 (Reuter)' Major General W. Smythe will succeed Major General William Chase as chief of the American Military Assistance Advisory Group (M.A.A.G.) m Formosa on June 28. it wa s officially announced here today.
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    40 7 STOCKHOLM. June 20 (Reuter) Sweden and Indonesia have signed a protocol on exchanges of goods. Sweden will import from Indonesia mainly copra, rubber, tobacco, coffee, tea. spices sucff as pepper and cinnamon, oilcakes and hard fibre.
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    175 7 HEUSS, Germany, June 20 (AP) British Group Captain Peter Townsend finished second m an amateur horse race here yesterday and afterwards was mobbed by feminine admirers seeking autographs. Townsend, whose name has been linked romantically with Princess Margaret, rode his first race at a German track
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    357 8 They Stared At The San Through Smoked Glasses. As... Women's Clatter Beat Off 'Heavenly Dog' FOR three hours yesterday morning, the beat of drums, the clang of kettles, pots and pans, assorted tins and dustbins filled the already noisy air of Singapore's Chinatown. Thousands of superstitious
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    201 8 PENANG, Mon.— Pregnant Indian women here today refused to use a knife altogether fearing that if they did so they would give birth to deformed children. This was what they thought of the solar eclipse. > The Chinese also regarded this phenomenon as a
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    121 8 Did Not Keep The Record KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Three men were fined 550 each m the Second Magistrate's Court here today, when they pleaded guilty to the charge of failing to record particular of occupants of their houses last night. The offenders. charged under the Emergency Regulations, were P. P.
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    102 8 Banker Is Entertained To Dinner MALACCA. Mon. Rao Sahib Arasu. assistant general manager of the Indian Overseas Bunk, now on a tour of the bank's branches m Malaya. Java and Japan, was entertained to a dinner by local merchants and traders at the Capitol Dance Hall last night. Mr. K.
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    63 8 Lower row of photos shows the eclipse on the wane. Starting at 12 noon and with ten minute intervals, the last picture m this row shows the eclipse five minutes before the phenomenon was over. Photo below by Standard cameraman Chen Ta Khoon shows
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    168 8 PENANG, Mon.— The Labour candidate for George Town constituency, Mr. Ooi Thiam Siew, today called for abolishing the privileged positions of the Sultans m the Federation "This is the first prerequisite of having a single common nationality m this country." said Mr. Ooi. a former
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    75 8 KUALA LIPIS Mon. Mr. J. R. Whimster. West Pahang Circuit Magistrate, on Saturday sentenced Muthan. 47. to three months' imprisonment for theft of a bicycle valued at $30. on May 3 The court was to.j that accused took the 'machine from the verandah of the
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    51 8 MALACCA, Mon. Sandra. 28. a local sportsman was today acquitted and discharged by the Magistrate, Mr. Ramantha Iyer, on a charge of theft of a fountain pen worth $20 at the Hospital Junior Dressers Quarters on April 28 last. He was acquitted without his defence being
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    81 8 No! He's Not 'Shooting' The Sun NO he's not 4 *shooting" the eclipse! Lt.-Gen. Sir Geoffery Bourne, GOC, Malaya uses his miniature camera to record events during a parade and mock air supply drops staged by the Royal Army Service Corps at Batu Cantonment Kuala Lumpur last Saturday. Lt.-Col. C.
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    109 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. A youth, who was convicted 11 times m the last 12 years on 14 charges ranging from theft to house-breaking, heard his 12th sentence from Mr. I. C. C. Rigby, m the Sessions Court today. Twenty-four-year-old Raju Suppiah of Kampong Siam. Sentul.
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    523 8 ANOTHER 10 DENTISTS FOR MALAYA Standard Staff Reporter TEN new dentists were successful m their final examinations held at the University of Malaya last month. Of these, Miss Lim Keow Chim and Mr. Choo Teck Chuan scored distinctions m preventive dentistry and periodontia for the degree of Bachelor of Dental
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    Lock icon Slowly A Corner Of The Sun's Face Was Darkened
    89 8 THESE eight phases of yesterday's eclipse of the sun were taken by Dr Lim Thian Po m Stamford Road, Singapore. Top row shows the shadow of the moon encroaching on the surface of the sun. Dr. Lim started working his specially,
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    265 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— The UMNO-MCA-MIC Alliance today won yet another round m its battle with officialdom over the political campaigning for the forthcoming Federal polls. The Commissioner of Police today reversed, on Alliance representation, a ban on open air rallies between 7
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    219 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— Labour Party candidate for Kuala Lumpur Barat, Mr. Tan Juan Boon, promised more than 500 New Villagers at Jinjang Village near here today that he would strive to free them from "barbed wire barricades and curfews," if they returned him to
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    40 8 photo. DR. R. S. Corbit of the Singapore City Council Health Department, who was one of the three doctors successful m their Diploma of Health final examinations held at the University of Malaya last month. Standard
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    46 8 LEE Wye. 61. who plead' guilty to a charge of attempting to commit suicide hanging himself, was boui i over to be of good behaviour for six months m the sum $100 m one surety by the Muar Magistrate, Inche Pawsn Ahmad, on Saturday.
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    173 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The Drums of the Federation Regiment are to *play the role of the proverbial Pied Piper m the latest drive for "Rookies" to serve with the youngest army m the British Empire. At 5 p.m. on Thursday the i Drums
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    2309 9  - SECRET OF THE ROCK A. GARBUT A NEW STORY OF AN OLD TALE By gold." And Morgianna, who was genuinely fond of her master, said: "Allah is wonderful. Let us face the East and pray." "Yes. let us pray," said Ali." Now the asses were listening to all this, and
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    58 9 DO what you think BEST accident. But it is imposstble to say whether he should swerve into the face of traffic or brake and go towards the cyclist. It is just up to him to do what he thinks best." "That's the worst of having an elder sister, Mr. Smith
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    295 9 AND GERALD LEAVES MALAYA SOON TO MARRY HER CEVENTEEN-year-old Dawn McFarlane's eyes used to fill with tears as she thought of the boy she loved. For he likes dancing, cycling and icalking and she was a cripple. Dawn felt she was a handicap
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      165 9 run s ACROSS 1. The slings and arrows of— fortune < Hamlet* (10* 6. Collection of old Norse poems, etc (4) 10. Either way the opinion will be the same (5) 11. Malt beast (Anag) (5.4) 12. He is m camera (8) 13. The nursery still lisps out m all
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      111 9 8. Get smart tone, for a real mix-up (10) 9. Concerning paper needs? (8) 14.. But these act against other birds as well (10) 10. Singular O of E O E (8) 18. Butcher, grocer or draper (9) 20. If a mad ship capsized one would be more than this
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      27 9 Begin The Day With A LAUGH AmL Ar^ JKht**. _<• \/_^H "I like your new wig, dear!" m "But we can't have a wedding without a train, mum."
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      58 9 "Don't you think it is rather noble of Dad to economize when we go to the pictures, Mum? He makes the maid share the same room as him and they put the lights out and sit m the dark all the even3m-. W ing. "An old rag to clean the
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      147 10 Standard Market Reporter NEWS of the excess world consumption over production and the possible resumption of work at all General Motor factor- >ies caused a sharp rise m the Singapore rubber prices yesterday, first grade rubber for July shipment closing at $1,082 per lb., a
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      160 10 SINGAPORE sharebrokers reported the following business done yesterday: F. "and N. ords 51. 70 overnight. $1.72.: Gammons $2.65. $2.62*: Metal Box $1.50 overnight and today: Overseas Chinese BanK $32.75 overnight: Singapore Cold Storage $1.70 overnight and today: Traction ords 26/-: Straits Times $2.90 xd overnight; Straits Traders
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      60 10 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association noon prices (cents per lb.) yesterday were Buyers Sellers Spot loose 1091 109^ RSS f.o.b. July No. 1 107* 107S Aug No 1 105* 105} July No. 2 104. 104} July No. 3 99£ 100 RMA on reg tender: July 107|
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      215 10 Standard Market Reporter INDUSTRIALS showed further improvement on the Malayan share market for the opening of the week yesterday, and closed steady at slightly higher levels. Tin shares continued dull and irregular, while rubber shares were quietly steady. The turnover of business was moderate. Price
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    241 10 Govt. Studies Oil Millers Protests TRADE WANTS TO IMPORT P.I. COPRA Standard Market Reporter THE Singapore Government is considering proposals put forward by local oil millers on. copra traders for measures to ensure adequate and regular supplies of copra for the trade. The Permanent Secretary for Commerce anc Industry, Mr.
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    112 10 SOME 400 guest* attended a reception to mark the opening of The Oversea Ch'nese Banking Corporation Ltd's 28th branch office at No. 5 Malacca Street, Singapore, yesterday. The Bank now has three branches m Singapore. Two others, one m Selegie Road and the other m Joo
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    119 10 A NEW ZEALAND party of 19 Morris- Wolseley 19 Austin delegates will arrive m Singapore by a specially chartered BOAC plane on June 27. The party will be on their way to England as guests of the British Motor Corporation. This plan, which has been given the name
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    295 10 PAKISTANI RICE FOR MALAYA PLAN EXPORT SURPLUS SEEN PAKISTAN, which m recent years has had good rice crops, plans to send her export surplus to Malaya and other South-east Asian countries, the Pakistan Trade Commissioner m Malaya, Mr. M.H.E.A. Baig, told The Standard yes> terday. Quantities of different varieties of
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    69 10 A BOLIVIAN diplomat, Dr. G. Q. Galdo, just back from Asia said m New York that Japan is looking to South America as an outlet for her goods, capital and immigrants. Dr. Galdo. Bolivian Ambassador to the United Nations, told a news conference that Japan
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    61 10 DRILLERS mi n May set up new records m Shell's Seria oilfield and at outstations when they drilled 22,216 feet ofJhole at four locations within the Seria field itself and 7,235 feet at four exploration sites. The previous best figure for Seria m postwar years was
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    171 10 THREE specially designed landing craft, now being completed m the United Kingdom, will take teams of oil explorers into jungles and swamps of Papua, New Guinea, which have proved inaccessible m any other way. Helicopters are invaluable for carrying food and light
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    61 10 FOREIGN imports of tin concentrates into Malaya, excluding movements between Singapore and the Federation, totalled 865 tons m May, 68 tons less than m the previous month. Of this amount of 760 tons with an estimated tin metal content of 565 tons came from Thailand and
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    126 10 GOOD overseas buying interest strengthened the copra market at the Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange yesterday with June shipment, closing at noon at $28i per picu!, 12_r cents above Saturday's close. Pepper was again quiet, closing at quotations un- changed from Saturday. Coconut oil prices were
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    173 10 Standard Staff Correspond, ni KUALA LUMPUR. Mon The Malayan Railway authorities see m the United Kingdom railway and dotk strike a "golden opportunity" to relieve the g real congestion m the purt transit shed. In an appeal to importing concerns and commercial organizations. the
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    114 10 The Malayan Exchange Bm ki Association made the follow changes m its rates to mcrchh! s yesterday New York: Buying. airmail, T.T. 32 13/16. O.D. 32 IS 16. M day s 33 1/16 credit bills and .Z_ trade bills. Canada: Buying, airmail. TT 32 5/16. O.D. 32 TIG,
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    23 10 AN agency of the Comn cial Bank of Australia •;> been opened at Shelford. V toria, attached to the Bannc kburn branch.
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    74 10 photo. Standard BUSINESSMEN and officials were guests at a dinner party given on Saturday by a Singapore textile trader, Mr. Hajee Abdul Kassim, m honour of two leading members of the South Indian Muslim community who are now on a visit to the Colony. Picture shows
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    169 12 ITALIAN girls are wearing four heels at a time. It's the litest fashion crace. Heels have become so high and slender that they need two to a shoe, one immediately m front of th* other, each a different colour. Right now it's a rose parade m Rome.
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    150 13 Z MANS, France. June 2 j (AP)— Using toy cars J J n a miniature track, amp mp of experts attempt- C S on Sunday to recon- --.ct the June 11 auto accident which kill- i 1 73 persons. J ft was the first step m 2
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    106 13 ACS WHIP ESTATES TELUK ANSON, Mon. Anglo-Chinese School avenged their first round defeat when they beat the Lower Perak Estates Staff XI by six I ils to three m a thrilling Division I league soccer here on Friday. Kong Fatt who was prominent m the school attack. netted four of
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    128 13 ADELAIDE, June 20 (Reuter) Sir Donald Bradman said here that though Australia should be happy with their well-merited victory over West Indies m the cricket series just ended, they are likely to encounter much stiffer opposition m England next year. Sir Donald, who is
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    698 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— Only the best railway athletes from the Federation will be taking part m the annual All Malayan railway athletic sports on th» Kuala Lumpur Beereation Club grounds here on June 25 and June 26. Entries have been restricted to those athletes
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    413 13  -  ED FITE By DALLAS, Tex., June 20 (UP)— Dean Smith, a slender Texan with a tremendous starting block "kick", may be the next m line of succession for the title of "world's fastest human." The 160 pound Graham, Tex., youngster whose massive Leg
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    196 13 GEORGE YAP ELIMINATED IN IPOH B'TON IPOH. Hon. Ex-Malayan school buy runner-up George Yap of Malacca, was eliminated m a preliminary tie by Perak Slate reserve Lim Foh Thye m the Perak Open Badminton Tourney. Another mild upset was Ihe defeat of Perak Junior doubles champions. H. A. Mokhtar and
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    64 14 IMOLA, Italy. June 20, (AP) Cesare Perdisa of Italy drove his Maserati 2.000 to a 22--second victory on Sunday over Italian Umberto Maglioli m the Shell Grand Prix on Theimola track. Perdisa roared 50 laps around the 5,107-kilometre track m a record average speed of 141,394
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    476 14 IPOH, Mon.— The weights for the first day of the Perak Turf Club's June-July Meeting on Saturday, June 25, are as follows: Cl. 2, Div. I—9 F. Rigoletto 9.00 Lindos 8 10 Border Scot 8.09 Sudden Choice 8.08 Canterbury 8.08 Delivery 8.07 Kam Loong 8.06 Olympic 8.05
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    396 14 SEREMBAN. Mon.— Abdul. lah Lincha of Malacca, last year's holder of the Negri tingles tennis title, survived a shock m the opening day's play of the Negri Sembilan Lawn Tennis Association championships which began here during the week-end. The president of the N'SLTA. Inche Maarof bin Sheikh
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    68 14 PARIS. June 20 (UP)— The International Olympic Committee provisionally accepted Communist East Germany as a member today on condition it forms a common team with free West Germany for the 19f)6 Olympics- It made the decision at final session here. West Germany is already a member
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    73 14 I THE Singapore Olym- pic Sports Council will meet at the end of this month to decide on a suitable send-off to j the Commissioner-Gen- 2 eral. Mr. Malcolm Mac- 5 1 Donald, Mr. C. C. Tan, president of the Singa- 2 pore Olympic
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