The Straits Times, 3 June 1949

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    20 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTAHLISHKI) IS4S 1 M.HT PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JUNE S, 1949. if PKICK TEN CENTS
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    ALEXANDER FLYING TO H.K.
    576 1 Stopping At Singapore On Defence Tour MR. A. V. Alexander, British Defence Minister, left London yesterday for Egypt on the first stage of a journey to Hong Kong, where he will study the defence position on the spot. "I shall be visiting a number of places
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    29 1 HELICOPTER (RASHKS: A helicopter earning materials to men repairing a dam on the heights of C'ricbt, In SnoHdonia. north Wales, crashed recently, but (he pilot was unhurt. A.P. picture.
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    BOLIVIA: ORDER IS RETURNING
    221 1 LA PAX, Thursday. fIRDEI appeared to be returning slowly today to riot -torn Bolivia, but her rich tin mines remained •Jiut and sympathy strikes continued to spread. Officials at the Patin > mines said 40 persons were killed and 83 injured In the tour days of
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    Rescue By Woman & 2 Men Praised
    152 1 Rescue By Woman 2 Men Praised FOR goi:'.K to the rescue of iwo Cli)ne>e boys who got Into difficulties while bathing, Mr*. Phyllis Osrnan, L/Cpl. By bin Hamid and Sapper Ainin bin Haji Ru< I were yesterday commended by the ('.> oiier. Mr. ChOOC Siuah Th? boys. Lan Swan Hln
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    Smuggling Ring Smashed
    131 1 Smuggling Ring Smashed TOKYO Thurs fAPANESE police hae J broken the biggest smvjftling ring ever discovered in Japan according to the customs division of the FinanrMinistry. Thp ring successfully smuggled seven consignments ol medicine, valued at over £130.000. from Ho'.g Kong to Japan aboard vessels plying Between Au*"ral'a and Japan.
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    APPOINTMENT
    29 1 LONDON. Thurs. General Sir Brian Robertson. British Military Governor and Commander-in-Chlef in Germany has been appointed first British High Commissioner for Germany, the Foreign Office said tonight.— A.P
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    HAVANA FIRE
    20 1 HAVANA. Thurs. -A spectacular fire raged for hours on the Havana waterfront yesterday causing damage estimated at US$2OOOOOO
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    Court Stops Calwell Deporting Chinese
    124 1 MELBOURNE, Thursday. CIR George Rich in the High Court has issued v orders .restraining the Immigration Minister. Mr. Arthur Calwell. from deporting three Chinese because they are not prohibited immigrants within the meaning of the Immigration Act. The High Court In March granted two of
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    New Edition Of Souvenir
    50 1 rE Straits Time* Thomas Cup Souvrnir has been sold out and a second edition is being printed. The souvenir tells in pictures and special articles the story of the Malayan badminton team's successful tour of Europe. Place your order for a copy with your newsagent today.
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    U.K. LETTERS TO CHINA
    53 1 LONDON. Thurs The British Postmaster-General announced today that only unregistered letters and postcards could now be accepted for China owing to the present conditions in that country. Other correspondence and parcels, which have already been accepted but not yet despatched, are being returned to the senders,
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    THE RAINS CAME
    43 1 LONDON. Thurs.— Villagers at Wlsborough Green Sussex, held an open-air service to pray for the rain which would save their crops. As they prayed, the rain suddenly came— so heavily that the service had to be completed in church. Reuter.
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    U5585,000,000 Aid Plan Outlined
    214 1 LAKE SUCCESS, Thursday. 4 PLAN for spending more than 1 T 5585,000,600 in two years to put new life into under-developed countries was outlined by the United Nations today. The plan is the UN. response to President Truman 8 call fur a bold new programme designed
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    WARLORD RETURNS IN CHINA
    165 1 CANTON. Thurs. AN old warlord was nom.nated today as Premier of Nationalist China. Gen. Yen Hsl-shang. who ruled Shensi province be--1 fore the Communists came was selected by Acting President Li Tsung-jen and approved by the Central Poli tlcal Council of the Kuomlntang Most political sources
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    BRITAIN WANTS VOLUNTEERS
    154 1 LONDON. Thurs. nRITAIN is to call for vu lunteers— men and women —to create a national civil defence corps trained to cope with the effects of modern weapons including the atom bomb. It ais announced tonight. Particulars were slven lit draft regulations presented to Parliament under the
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    BIG FOUR SPLIT ON WAY TO RULE BERLIN
    246 1 BIG FOUR SPLIT ON WAY TO RULE BERLIN PARIS, Thursday. Foreign Ministers Council yesterday aii"?^ 1 in P rinci P |e on the revival of the Allied Kommandatura to govern Berlin. But they split on a Western proposal to limit the veto in the four-power body. Their first attempt to
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    Siam Grant For Allied War Claims
    156 1 From Our Own Correspondent T BANGKOK. Thurs. HE Siamese Government has allotted 60.000 000 ticals to the Allied War Claims Committee to meet part of the war c:aims by Allied nationals, the Siannv;.' Deputy Foreign Minister. Phot Sarasin. revea'oil today. Phot added that the
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    EMERGENCY DECLARED
    69 1 MADRAS. Thurs.— An Indian Government spokesman said today that "major Communist trouble Is reported in the southern Tanjore district" causing it to be placsd under a state of emergency. Meetings of farmers organisations have been banned in the area for two months, he said. In May. police arrested
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    BRITISH CARS
    38 1 LONDON Thurs BriU*h motor manufacturers d*Miy that car exports are falling. In the first quarter of the year 57.500 cars. 23.000 commercial vehicles, and 25.500 tractors were sold overseas--more than in any similar previous period— Reuter.
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    HK TRENCHES, CURFEW ON CHINA BORDER
    201 2 HK TRENCHES, CURFEW ON CHINA BORDER HONG KONG, Thursday. AS promised by the Governor Sir Alexander Grantham, in a recent speech, Hong Kong is actively preparing for a Communists offensive, but anxiously hoping that the Reds will halt at the Sino-British border. Measures designed to prevent Internal trouble Include a
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    34 2 NEPAL'S ENVOY. Gen. Shanker Shumshrre Jung Bahadur leaves Kensington Palace Gardens, London, for Buckingham Palace, where be presented his credentials to the King. Be is the Nepalese Ambassador t9 the Court of St. James.
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    New Muslim State For Cyrenaica
    105 2 BENGHAZI, Thurs. DRITAIN announced yester- day that she recognised the Grand Senussi, Emir Idrlss el Senussi, as head of the State of Cyrenaica and accepted the formation of a national Government. Cyrenaica, eastern part of Libya bordering Egypt, Is Inhabited r>: 250,000 Senusst, united a
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    NO "BLACK" RICE FOR P.I.
    58 2 MANILA. Thurs. President Quirlno said today that the Philippines would not be a party to any International black-marketing of rice, although he would welcome a legitimate opportunity to buy rice at reasonable prices. The statement was made In connection with a reported offer by a
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    TOO POLITICAL
    44 2 LONDON, Thurs. The British National Union of Journalists announced that Its members had voted to withdraw from the International Organisation of Journalists, which 'has been consistently used fo* pyrDnses of violent political propaganda rather than for con.«i aeration of professional questions."— Reuter
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      No Soldier "backed" For Being A Red
      91 2 qpHE British Defence Minister, Mr. A. V. 1 Alexander, told Parliament that no-one had been dismissed from the Forces because he was a Communist or had Communist sympathies. A Communist member, Mr. William Oallacher. said that Gen Ivor Thomas had told the Yorkshire
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      32 2 "SNAP" ELECTION:— The Labour Government is very likely to call a ".snao" general election in late October, eight months befor* the constitution requires, said Lord Woolton, chairman of the Conservative Party AP.
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      39 2 BETTER TREATMENT. Eight hundred Austrian prisoners of war who returned to Vienna from Russia said their treatment during the last year had improved tremendously. They hud been able to buy food and supplement their rations with money earned.— A.P.
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      29 2 VISIT TO PRINCESS— Sir John Weir, physician to the King, called at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday to see Princess Elizabeth who has kept to her room with a chill.
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      35 2 BOMBAY BLAZE. A big fire broke out in the warehouses of the Royal Indian Navy dockyard at Bombay. Flames were visible ten miles away. Severe damage was caused.— Reuter. I PLANE HIT— A bullet fired
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      33 2 from the ground hit an Indian National Airways pas- 1 sender Diane from Calcutta as It flew over the Talkkyl area, 20 miles north-west of Mlngaladon airport, near Rangoon. No-one was hurt— Reuter.
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    City Faces Standstill
    60 2 RANGOON, Thurs. DANGOON Corporation, faein» a "serious financial crisis," broadcast an appeal last night to the city residents to pay their taxes "before the activities of the Corporation are brought to a standstill." The speaker said tax arrears now totalled 3,700.000 rupees. Last week the Corporation announced
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      724 2 NONCES AUCTION SALE OF Oreen duco tt polished teak Bedroom St Dining Room suites. Gold pattern Chinese cupboards, Europe made cocktail cabinet complete with wine glasses. Chest of drawers. Wardrobe trunks, 23 cases Brilliantlne Hair Oil, A Quantity of Clothings, Curtains. Wallets. Pursers. Eau-de-Cologne, Buttons etc. TO Be Held At
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      612 2 NOTICES MALAYAN EXCHANGE BANKS ASSOCIATION All members of the above Association in the Colony of Singapore will be closed for business on Monday the 6th June, being "Whit-Monday" and on Thursday the 9th Jane, 1949. being th« "King's Birthday." TENDERS will be received at the Office of the Director of
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    BEEL HANDS OVER HIS POST 'WITH REGRET'
    249 3 BEEL HANDS OVER HIS POST 'WITH REGRET' BATAVIA, Thursday. HR. Louis Beel, retiring Dutch Royal Commissioner in Indonesia, today handed over to his successor, Dr. A. Lovink, at a meeting of the provisional Federal Government in Batavia. He regretted that he had not been able "to fulfil what was expected
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    30 3 MR. N. MAH/VAGXAM. who Is retiring after 37 years service In the Postal Services Department. Most of his time was spent in Negri Sembilan. He is retiring as Postmaster, Seremban.
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    Lull Before The Storm In China
    174 3 CANTON, Thurs. A LULL— possibly before a storm of Chinese Communist attacks settled yesterday over the crucial Changsha front 400 miles north of Canton. There were reports of troop movements on both sides. I These may presage the attack which Government sources insist is
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    SLEPT IN OPEN: GETS ROTAN
    51 3 From Our Own Correspondrnt TAIPING, Thurs.—Govindasamy, aged 15, was convicted by the Taiping Magistrate for sleeping in the open and was given five strokes of the rotan. Oovinda&amy said he was afraid to pass a police post at night as he had lost his identity
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    FINED $55
    40 3 From Our Own Correspondent MUAR. Thurs. A shopkeeper. Sheikh Hussein, was fined $15 at Muar for falling to display a current price control list in English and $40 for selling condensed milk one cent bbove the controlled price.
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    REFUSED BAIL
    27 3 From Our Stiff Corrrcpondrnl PENANG, Thurs.— Alleged to have several copies of an unlawful publication, a 37--year-old Chinese. Tan Ah Hool. was today refused bail.
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    Monkey Business
    71 3 From Our Own Correspondent TELIK ANSON. Tuurs. WOMEN tappers at Daly Estate in Bagan Datoh refused to work because the previous day a marauding band of monkeys chased them. Mr. R. King, an assistant on the estate, later shot dead five of the monkeys. They were about three
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    Third World Bloc of Asian And Pacific Countries
    169 3 NEW YORK, Thursday. THK chief Phiippines delegate to the United 1 Nations, Brigadier-General Carlos Romulo, in an interview with the United Nations World Magazine an unofficial publication says: "What the peoples of Asia really want is a third force," of countries which
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    34 3 •TAVERN" ON THE TRAIN The first of eight "Tavern Cars" which are being Introduced on British Railways was recently on view at Waterloo Station, London. Picture shows the interior of the car. Reuter picture.
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    FINED $50
    36 3 From Our Own Correspondent SEGAMAT, Thurs.— Sixty six-year-old Vow Ah Lai was at the Segamat court fined $50, with the option of a month In gaol, for failing to take out an identity card.
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    Saw Nehru
    38 3 WANT TO JOIN INDIA: Some of the member, of (he I.adakh (nerth of Kashmir) delegation which recently saw Pandit Nehru, Prime Minister of India. Ladakh wants to be allowed to join the Indian Union.— AT. picture.
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    OFFER TO BERLIN RAILMEN
    147 3 BERLIN, Thurs. WEST Berlin's 14,000 rail- waymen, striking for payment in Western marks, were voting today on an offer by the Soviet-controlled railway authorities to pay 60 per cent of their wages in the West German currency. The 12-day-old strike, marked by disorders and via- lence
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    Higher Posts For Malayans Pledge
    125 3 LONDON, Thursday. VI R. Wood row Wyatt. Labour M.P. who recently ITI visited Malaya, asked in the House of Commons yesterday what was being done to ensure that higher civil service grades in the Federation of Malaya and Singapore were progressively filled by Malays and
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    Mrs. Eisler Likely To Be Deported
    137 3 Mrs. Eisler Likely To Be Deported NEW YORK. Thurs. A RECOMMENDATION that Mrs. Gerhardt Elsler. wife of the fugitive Communist, Oerhardt Elsler now tn Europe, be deported to Poland was made by the presiding officer at a hearing on Ellis Island by the Immigration and Naturalisation Service of the U.S.
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    Duty Hits Shoe Works in Colony
    160 3 Duty Hits Shoe Works in Colony HARD-HIT by trade restrictions In Indonesia and by higher Federation import duties, Singapore rubber shoe manufacturers are setting up branch factories on tire mainland. The Sin Hub Rubber Manufacturing Co. one of the largest ir> Singapore, has opened t branch at Johore Bahru. which
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    3 MONTHS FOR CHANDU
    35 3 From Our Own Correspondent SEGAMAT Thurs—Charged before the Segamat Sessions Court President, Inche Abdul Hamld bin Dato Mustapha. with possession of chandu. Tan Chong Hiang was sentenced to three months' goal.
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    TRADE WITH ASIA
    52 3 NEW DELHI, Thurs— Dr. P. Lokanathan, executive secretary of the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East said today: Japan should seek to increase trade with tne rest of Asia, thus increasing her ability to buy from non-dol-lar areas and speed the recovery and developments of
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    English For Burma Law
    62 3 RANGOON, rhurs. Thf Burmese Supreme Court has ruled that all Court proceedings should be conducted in English rather than In Burmese. When a Burmese lawyer was replying in Burmese to an address in English, the judge ruled that until the translation Into Burmese of If gal
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    Menzies To Move Vote Of Censure
    93 3 CANBERRA, Thursday. MR. Robert Menzies, Australian Opposition leader suspended from Parliament last nifht for 24 hours, gave notice today that he wil move a vote of censure against the Government tomorrow. V: alleged the n««rnm»ii« i was "unreasonably and Improperly restricting the right of
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    No Federal Council
    160 3 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. THERE will be no meeting i of the Federal Legisla- tive Council this month becaise the joint SingaporeFederation select committees, set up to deliberate on the War Damage Scheme, the Land Bills, the Moratorium Bills, and the Agency Bill, have
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    REMANDED
    29 3 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs.— Abdullah bin Awang was today remanded after being charged In the Police Court with theft of $2.50 and criminal breach of trust of a bicycle.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    95 4 THE FAMILY of the late Mr. An* Poh Sertc sincerely thank all relatives and friends for their night visits, wreaths, condolence messages, scroll.', and loan of chit, lorries; etc., for the funeral. S. G. DHASTHAGIR. wishes to thank all the friends, relatives and well-wishers who attended the dinner party
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      UNIVERSITY APPEAL
      636 4 "This speech is partly a blatant appeal for money," said the Commissioner General, Mr Malcolm Mac Donald, broadcasting as Chancellor of the University of Malaya a few days after the two Legislative Councils had passed the bills which founded the University. In two months the blatant appeal has
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      Fast Boat To China
      388 4 The British Cabinet's decision to send the Minister «f Defence, Mr. A. V. Alexander, to Hong Kong so soon after the visit to London of the three British Commanders-in-Chief in the Far East, should not be taken as implying fear of a sudden deterioration in the
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      U.N. SUPERSTATE'
      49 4 CAPE TOWN, Thurs. On his return from Lake Success, Mr. Eric Louw, South African Economic Affairs Minister, tonight 1 accused the United Nations of "gradually developing Into a sort of superstate which assumes for Itself the right to Intervene In the domestic affairs of Its members Reuter.
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    Trengganu: The Story Of An Old Dynasty
    1369 4  - Trengganu: The Story Of An Old Dynasty M.C. ff Sheppard By This history of Trengiftinu, which has been condensed by Mr. M.C. ff Sheppard from material collected over a period of several years, should be of particular interest to readers in view of the installation ceremonies of the 14th ruler
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      Vain Singapore Search For Culture
      194 4 I HAVE been a resident in Singapore now for nearly six months and am very disappointed at the seeming lack of culture and cultural organisations in this metropolis of the Far East. I am a poet and author and I edit a magazine for private
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      ST. JOAN "A GREAT STAGE THRILL"
      213 4 ST. JOAN "A GREAT STAGE THRILL" I AM sure that those who saw the first night of Bernard Shaw's 'St. Joan' will join with me in thanking the Teachers' Repertory and their producer David Lyttle for providing us with the greatest stage thrill of the year. We will not forget
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      REFORMISTS CRITICISED
      108 4 MY friends and I are surprised to. see some reformists interfering with religious customs such as fire-walking and kavadl which are many centuries old. Religious tolerance has been the corner stone of British rule In the East for over two centuries. No devotee Is forced by anyone to
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      814 4 (iA>MKIKU MIS. MILTON: To Elisabeth, wife of Colin Milton; A daughter at Randan* Kerbau Hospital oa June Ist. SITUATIONS VACANT THE ADVERTISER of P.O. Box No. 650 wishes to thank all those who applied for the position of Stenogrnoher. The vacanry is now filled LARGE European firm requires th? *?rvices
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      84 4 |fl*^» OPTICIHN Fellow Institute Ophthalmic Optician* ttng) Fellow Worshipful Co of Spectacle-Made^ fEng) Freeman of rh* Cltv of Landw By Appointment to HM. Torcet, South Bast Asia 6 KarfUt Plact Singapore Pfcon« ***** DIESEL GENERATING SETS 1.5. K.W. TO7SK.W THE EAST ASIATIC CO., LTPT jyL FURS A t b k^LV
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    COCOS ISLANDERS ARE MOVING OUT
    289 5 'Surplus Going To Christmas Island, Borneo rjOCOS Islanders are being moved oat of their home island to neighbouring Christmas Island and to Ta wan in Borneo. Cocos Island, roughly two square-miles in area, now has a population of about 1,900 more than double the number
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    77 5 THE leader of the 26 Cot- .Minds Malays emigrating to Borneo, his wife, and hit. daufhter, were entertained to a tea-party by members of the Malay Welfare Council yesterday at the residence of Inche Sardon bin Haji Jubir Seated left to rifht are: Che. Pendek (daughter of Inche Zainal bin
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    MYSTERY DEATH OF SEAMAN
    146 5 MYSTERY DEATH OF SEAMAN MYSTERY surrounds the death of a 53-year-old Pakistani seaman, who was found dead late on Wednesday night in a waiting room at the Singapore Immigration Offices, East Wharf. Tanjong Pagar. The dead man was Nazir All. who came to Singapore from New York on May 26,
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    Seeking Jobs To Aid Fund
    103 5 RAFFLES College Union committee is sending circjiars to Government J' I-p.u-tmenis asking if College s 'idents could be given tempp >rary tobs during their ..i.iu vacation in order t lat they may set aside 60 per cent, of their earnings for the UniverFtty of Malaya
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    WOMAN FINED
    40 5 Mrs. Elma Sabrielo was fined $75 on two charges of driving a car on April 21. w :hout a certificate of competency and secondly, not being covered by a third party insurance, at the Eighth MagLstra:e's Court yesterday.
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    True Spirit Of Shaw
    144 5 SAINT JOAN rIE Singapore Teachers' Repertory production of Shaw's Saint Joan, after surviving a series of calamities during rehearsals. Is better than last year's success. Macbeth. In the English camp and > trial scenes, particularly, the teachers capture the true spirit of Shaw at his best.
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    4 ON ROBBERY CHARGE
    79 5 On a tentative charge of armed robbery Fook Hum Choon, aged 21, Chow Tong, 21, Lee Yong Chua. 22, and Cheong Kwa, aged 17, were remanded in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday. It was aliened that the four, armed with a pistol and a knife,
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    TIN EXPORTS
    37 5 turnpe Dougnt i.usu tons of tin metal from Malaya last month out a total of 1,777 tons foreign export of tin from this country. The U.S.A. i purchased 461 tons and British possessions 260 tons.
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    TYPHOID IN J.B.
    23 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.— Three casrs of typhoid were reported in the town in the past week. One case proved fatal.
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    Salt Fish In Demand
    102 5 UONG Kong is buying large v quantities of salted fish from Singapore and this, coupled with a steady reexport of the fish to Indonesia, has led to a local boom in the product. In the first four months of this year, 300 tons of salted fish
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    Trust Move To Aid Housing Survey
    260 5 r FHK Singapore Improvement Trust is completing a schedule of background data, which, officials hope, will prove valuable for a diagnostic survey of housing needs for devising any future master plan for Singapore. The schedule Is drawn up from answers to a questionnaire sent
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    Co-op Store Network ToOpenSoon
    271 5 Co-op Store Network ToOpenSoon From Our turn Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. THE Malayan Co-Operative I Wholesale Society Ltd. will start operating next month. A network of cooperative stores, selling goods at market prices but returning profits to the customers, is envisaged by the society's officials. It may be given a
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    SWORN IN AS REGENT
    59 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.— At a meeting of the Johore Executive Council this mornIng, the Royal Proclamation was read after which Sir Ismail, the Tungku Mahkota, was sworn In as Regent during the absence of the Sultan In Europe. Dato Abdul Rahman bin Mohd. Yassim was next
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    48 5 DELAYED and damaged, the troopship Lancashire with a Malay squadron of the K..VF. Regiment aboard, left Singapore for Hong Kong yesterday. When moving from the wharf on Wednesday, its stern struck the waU below water level. Repairs were made after divers inspected Its hall.— Strai Is Times picture.
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    Watch Thief Gaoled
    30 5 For theft of a wristwatch. 18-year-old Rasip bin Mamoo of Changi Road was sentenc ed in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday to seven days' simple imprisonment.
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    MILLING FACTORY DISPUTE
    137 5 rpALKS will continue today J. between representatives of the Singapore Rubber Workers Union and officials of the Labour Office over the dismissal of 150 workers employed by the Joo Seng rubber factory at Buklt Tlmah. The factory stopped milling operations on Tuesday "in view of the shortage
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    J.B. Welfare Week Opens
    124 5 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Thur«. JOHORE Welfare Week had a good send-off yesterday when a brisk sale was done in flags by Chinese school pupils who Invaded the streets and button -hol<»d everyone for a flag. Malay women and girls meanwhile "patrolled" the Government
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    TAXI HIT BARRIER
    56 5 A taxi driver, Moharpmed Buta bin Selamat, was fined $25 yesterday In the Eights Magistrate's Court, for driving Into the airport barrier at Mountbatten Road and damaging It. Belamat's plea that there was no warning light and that the barrier was lowered when his taxi was within
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    Fourth Conviction
    36 5 Sentence of three months' rigorous imprisonment was Imposed on 18-year-old Mhater Shah, who pleaded guilty in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday to theft of $34 on Jan. 20. He had three previous convictions.
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    CHEATED OF $45
    53 5 Wee Kirn Lye. aged 3* pleaded guilty In the Singapore Third Police Court yexterday to cheating Tan Tin Kwee. a shopkeeper in Kampong Chye Hin. of $45 by promising to supply aerated water and beer. He was a former employe* of Fraser and Neave Ltd Ball of
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    G.S.C. FAIR
    27 5 The Girls' Sports Club will hold its fun fair at the Victoria Memorial Hall tomorrow to collect funds for the rehabilitation of Its playln* field.
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    INSPECTORS TAN BE HIRED
    168 5 DOLICE Inspectors can be hired by the public for escort or guard duty at three dollars an hour. NCO's at $1.50 and constables at one dollar. These rates are announced in an official statement Is sued last night. The statement makes it dear however, that the
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    RAF HANDS OVER TO MALAYAN AIR WAYS
    126 5 RAF HANDS OVER TO MALA YAN AIR WA YS THE Royal Air Force has handed over the operation of the Borneo courier service to Malayan Airways. The service started on April 18, 1946, and the R.A.F. made its last flight late last month. In recognition of the services rendered by
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    SPEEDING LORRY DRIVERS FINED
    47 5 Two lorry drivers caught speeding in Dukit Tlmah Road, Llm Poh Hong and Teo Ah What, were fined $50 and $35 respectively in the Singapore Eighth Magistrate's Court yesterday. Llm Poh Hong, who had a previous conviction for speeding, had his licence endorsed.
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    15 GAMBLERS
    28 5 Fifteen men were fined $19 each In the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday for playing palkow In a house In Bouth Bridge Road on May 12.
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    STORE TUC: NO CLASH, SAYS COUNCILLOR
    218 5 •pHE Legislative Councillor representing trade unions, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, told the Straits Times yesterday that the Trade Unions Congress of Singapore which he had proposed to form was "separate from but does not conflict with" another organisation which 27 non-English-speaking unions early this
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    PARADE ON KING'S BIRTHDAY
    234 5 KING'S Birthday on Juno 9 will be celebrated in Singapore with a parad'; on the Padang. Special traffic control regulations will be enforced from H;5 on the morning of June 9 until 13 minutes after the departure from the Padang of the Governor. During this period,
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    FIRST TO USE NEW TRACK
    94 5 A BO AC .-(juntas Lancastrian will be the first aircraft to use the new taxl-ing track at Kallang Airport, Singapore, which Is to be opened today by the Officer Administering the Government. Mr. P. A. B. McKerron. The Lancastrian, commanded by Capt Beachamp of 8.0.A
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    BANDIT RUNNERS CAUGHT
    165 6 BANDIT RUNNERS CAUGHT From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Thurs. NINE Chinese trishaw pedallers identified as bandit messengers were arrested in an early morning screening of certain sections of Ipoh town today. In addition. Security Force* have detained in the last 24 hours five women and tour men all Chinese connected
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    INDIAN CLOTH TO BE CHEAPER
    309 6 10 Per Cent Cut In Malaya THE removal of export duty on cotton cloth in India will mean lower prices and so increase the trade in textiles between India and Malaya, the president of the Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce (Mr. Hardial Singh) said yesterday.
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    11 6 MISS JEANNE NASH, a Sydney beauty expert, who Is visiting Singapore.
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    MURDER TRIAL REOPENS
    129 6 MURDER TRIAL REOPENS Krom Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Thur« THE new trial of Tan Pun Thlam, Teluk Anson businessman who Is charged with murder of his second wife. Llm Oek Inn, at Teluk Anson on Nov. 27, began today be fore Mr. Justice Thomson. with new assessors as ordered by
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    Meeting With Millionaire 'Was Arranged'
    342 6 Meeting With Millionaire 'Was Arranged' REPLYING to Mr. Justice Gordon-Smith in the Singapore High Court yesterday, Madam Tan Sot) Eng said that her first meeting with Mr. Abraham Penhas in the Botanical Gardens, Singapore, was not a fortuitous one, but had been previously arranged. She said this under cross-examination in
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    21 6 MR. LEE SIOW MONO, of the Straits Settlements Civil Service, who has been appointed Supervisor of Elections, Singapore. Straits Times picture.
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    NO PASSPORT FROM SIAM
    59 6 Found sleeping on the Padang without an identity card. Lee Ah Kay, who came to Singapore from China overland without a passport, was remanded in custody for a fortnight by order of the District Judge, Mr. E. P. Shanks, yesterday. Lee told the Court that he
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    Salute From 'Hill Of The Fairies'
    318 6 INSTALLATION If TRENGGANU From Our Special Staff Correspondent KUALA TRENGGANU, Thursday. SEVENTEEN Runs will boom from Bukit Petri ("Hill of the Fairies") tomorrow to signal the start of a week of Malay pageantry culminating in the installation of Sultan Ismail ibni Sultan Zainal Abidin
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    CHILDREN GET PRIORITY
    84 6 CHILDREN GET PRIORITY Krom Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU Thurt rE new drug sulphon-* which has been successfully used in the treatment of leprosy in the Sungei Bu lon camp, is now avallabla for the treatment of Inmates in the leper colony at Tampol. Johore Bahru. Supplies of the drug
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    European Drowned
    67 6 PENANG, Thurs. A EUROPEAN serviceman, 30-year-old William Charles Byde. was drowned in the sea at Tanjong Bungah yesterday near the holiday home for BORs. Byde, who was spending his leave in the home, had gone for a swim with a friend, Corporal Simpson. The latter, after swimming out
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    GAOL, LOST CARD
    32 6 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHHU. Thurs For failing to report the loss of an identity card, Singaram was today sentenced in the Sessions Court, to three weeks' imprisonment.
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    UMNO Move Welcomed
    91 6 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Thurs. THE Pakistan Association of 1 Perak has sent a telegram to Dato Onn, president of UMNO, and to Inche C. M. Yusof, president of UMNO, Perak, praistng the "noteworthy achievement and leadersaip laying open membership to non -Malays. "Pakistanis are wholeheartedly
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    GAOLFOR CHANDU
    58 6 GAOL FOR CHANDU Ten Hock Kok. a trlsharider aged 29, was sentenced to three weeks' rigorous Imprisonment in the Singapore Second District Court yesterday for possession of 19 leaf packets of chandu. He was also fined $50 for possession of one chandu pipe and three chandu lamps, found in his
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      244 6 TOD AT St. John Ambulance Brigade. Dr. MacLaren on "Blood Transfusion." Headquarters. Stamford Road. 5.30 p.m. Beng Choon Kok. special ge.ieral meeting. 16. Craig Road. 7.4s p.m Y.W.C.A.. 5, Raffles Quay. banei class. 2.30 p.m. and 4 p.m.. keep fit class. 3.15 p.m. Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan, presented by Teachers'
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      Bolivian Unrest Raises A Tin Supply Query
      213 7 BOLIVIAN unrest has befun to raise a question mark in the minds of American industrialists concerning possible repercussions on the world's supply of tin. Since about half of Bolivia's tin output roes to the American Long horn smelter at Texas the Implications are
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      WORLD TIN OUTPUT
      112 7 THE H.Uil'r Thurs. WORLD production of tin In rw lisa— tmtwmm* fram U,«M rent tons la Febraax) to 15.300 la March, according to Urn May kajt of ike laternaUoaal Tin Stady oroap taUeUm. This bfiags mine prodortlon back to whav* H was la S«ptem ker-Oetoker 194*. befare
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      LONDON STOCKS
      287 7 LONDON, Thura. WALL Street weakness upset the London Stock Exchange yesterday. The recent downward movement, says Reuter's financial corresoondent, Rained momentum in all sections on a wave of bear selling Sales volume was not great, but with the markets vulnerable sharp declines were registered. Falls of Is. were
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      RAUB GOLD OUTPUT
      107 7 J_>AUB Australian Gold M'"'"g Company's, 20-head stamp battery gave the following output tn the period since Oct. 10, 1948: Period Tonnage Fine gold to crushed prod., ozs. Nov. 6 2,085 *****8 Dec. 4 1.614 539.194 Jan. 1 1.649 688 280 Jan. 29 1.600 634.903 Feb. 26 1,632
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      PRODUCE MARKET
      49 7 From A Market Correspondent J-^ULLKR conditions were evident In the sago section of the Singapore produce markets yesterday. Quotations for sago flour sUd down to Llngga $11, Siak $9 Sarawak $9. A small Interest In some items returned but generally the produce markets were quiei and unchanged.
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      MALAYAN SHARES
      145 7 From Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Thurs. TINS In the Malayan share 1 market today *ound only small buyers at the lower levels. Industrials were quiet. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokera' Association were: INDUSTRIALS Buyer Bellcr 8.8. Petrol 38/- S9/- cd Oon. Tin Smelt Ord. 14/1 15/Gammon
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      Sandycroft Rubber
      242 7 CANDYCROFT Rubber Coma pany in the year to Jan. 31, 1949, made a profit of $6,842 on a crop o! 279.750 lbs. which was sold at an average price of 35 49 cents per lb. These results are lightly less satisfactory than lasi year's, says the chairman, Mr.
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      Singapore Rubber
      270 7 Singapore Rubber RUBBER In Singapore yesterday dropped about 1% cent* per lb. in price. Although the Singapore -üboer market eloKd fairly steady on Wednesday. New fork howed s sharp decline, which again Influenced the local market The mark t In Singapore yesterday wa. on the weak side aa a result
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      Guthrie & Co. Open In Negri
      101 7 Guthrie Co. Open In Negri From Oar Staff Cerrespomient SEREMBAN, Thurs. MXW branches of Outhrie and Company were opened yesterday at Seremban and Port Dlckson. This Is the latest step in the progress of Outhrie's which first started business In Malaya two years after Sir Stamford Raffles landed In Singapore
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      EST. & TRUST AG.
      67 7 EST. TRUST AG. rTATE cte Trust Agencies iMHj showed profit for 194*—clearly after Income tax—of $13 n (8.7 per cent) and a dividend of five per cent b proposed against six per cent nald for 1946 tsd 1947. The very substantial sum In balance sheet which may be regarded as
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      SHIPPING AT THE SINGAPORE WHARVES
      51 7 SHIPS In port alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharvea yesterday (godownt In brackets) were: Main Wharf: Kelaman (36). i Charon (40-41), NapoU (42-43). West Wharf: Dorsetshire (11), Sirala (8-9). Empire Dock: Star Betelgeuse (11-18) Djipondok (2S-26). Today's Wharf Departures: Landbrls (44), TJlbodas (2S-30), Silver Walnut
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    YADI WINS TENNIS TITLE FOR THIRD TIME!
    559 8 YADI WINS TENNIS TITLE FOR THIRD TIME! Singapore L. T.A. Tourney Ends HK Yadi, best known of Malaya's Malay tennis players, became the Singapore singles champion for the second year in succession and for the third time in his career when he beat youthful Ong Chew Bee B—6, I—6, 6—2
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    15 8 YADI receives the singles trophy from Mrs. P. A. B. McKerron yesterday.— Straits Times picture.
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    64 8 MRS. PAT TODD, si« th ranking American lawn tennis player, who Is competing in the Surrey championships. Mrs. Todd, nho is 28 years old and the mother of five children, is said to have the best figure among American women players to appear on British courts this year. She was
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    No Regrets Can Rank With Best
    648 8  -  EPSOM JEEP »>■ KUALA i.i .un k, inursaay. JUST how good is No Regrets? If I were asked to pick out one horse in training at the moment to match such pre-war "giants" as Bay Dragon, Depot, Eelgrass, Derby, National or Counsel, I would*
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    Holiday Golf At R.S.G.C.
    256 8 THE following is the draw for the Royal Singapore Oolf Club's mix^d foursomes play competition to be played at 3uklt Tnnali on Vhlt-Monday afternoon:--3. Mr. d: Mrs R. Cidik -nd Mrs. O O Crulckshank tc F. H King; Mis. E. A Elder 3. A. B'i\U and
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    SOMERSET OUT FOR 191 v. N.Z.
    32 8 SOMERSET OUT FOR 191 v. N.Z. TAUNTON. Thurs. Somerset were all out for 191 in their first innings against New Zealand today. New Zealand had scored 69 for two at tea.— Reuter.
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    HOTSPURS S.C. XI
    72 8 The Hotspurs 8. C. will meet Qantas Empire Airways in a friendly game of soccer to be played at the Farrer Park to-day at 5.15 p.m. The team to represent the I Hotspurs XI will oe selected from: Teo Heng. Kirn Hlan. Ec Bin; I Doilah Hamld.
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    WEEKEND CRICKET TEAMS
    309 8 /CRICKET teams for the week-end V/ games in Singapore aje. C.S.C. t Police at MS p.m to morrow at Thornton Road: Dr K. S. Retnam (capt S. Yogarajah. 8 Kula&lngam. N Balasiiigam John Raja, T. V. Brohler. Lt. H. Perera, P. Yin Rooyen. R. V. Smgham. Bob
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    JOLLILADSWIN4 1
    42 8 In a friendly saint of soccer played at Farrer Park yesterday. the Jollllads AU v beat the Duf h Club by tour voals to one. Hii;ri-ni tot tin winners were: TtMaf, Munlandy (3). mru v i-d fur the Dutch Iciuto.
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    Americans Entertain Cup Team Today
    126 8 MEMBERS of the victorrimis Thomas Cup team and their wives will be j guests of the American > Association at a luncheon I to be held at the American Club. Cathay Building at 12.45 p.m. today. A spokesman of the American Association said that n.i
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    Bedser Needs 18 For 100 th Test Wicket
    323 8 LONDON, Thurs. ALEC Bedser, England's and Surrey's medium-fast opening bowler, who has already been chosen for the Orst Test against New Zealand on June 11, has had a splendid chance this season of becoming the eighth England bowler to take 100 wickets
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    Royal Forest, Swallow Tail Favourites
    170 8 Royal Forest, Swallow Tail Favourites LONDON Thursday. ROYAL Forest and Swallow Tail, fhst ir.d becond favourites respectively, were well backed when the card was ca.lert over on the Derby at th« Victoria Club here last night. Royal Forest clowl at 5-1 :«nd Swallow Tail at 8-1. Nimbus, displaced as second
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    S.R.C. ATHLETICS
    32 8 JHE Singapore Recreation Club will hold Its annual a We tic meet on Saturday. July 17. Mem bars wishing to participate should call at the Club to sign entry firms.
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    Musidora Scores Notable Double
    421 8  -  VERNON MORGAN From EPSOM, Thursday. VOKTH country filly Musldora, winner of the 1,000 Al Guineas, scored a notable double here this afternoon by winning the Oaks from French filly Coronation by a neck with another French-bred flllv Vice-Versa two lengths away third. It was a tremendous
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    RN Gain Mastery In Second Half
    252 8 Royal Navy 4; Tiger Sports Assn 1. DOYAL Navy made a good job of it when they 1%1 beat Tigers by four goals to one in a Senior League game at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. It was a fine game and play was fairly
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    NS Chinese Meet SCFA On Sunday
    185 8 IJEORI Sembllan. Malaya >;up 1» champions, meet the powerful Army-Navy combination. I.i a vital southern section Cup ;i\inn at Jalan Besar Stadium t .an and the Malayan Chinese F.A. have taken this opportunity to arranges a game between itvt Negri Sembllan C.R.C. and the
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    OLD BOYS WIN
    26 8 FAN Mong 0.8.A pla\tng] with ten men. oeat Shell S i.c. two-one m a friend!/ game of I soccer at Kallang yesterday. I
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    HOTSPURS S.C.
    28 8 A general meeting of the Hotspurs Sports Club will be held at 10. Alsagofl Estate (opposite Oerlang Police Station) at 9 a.m. on Sunday June 5:
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      46 8 LEAGt'E 8OCCEB: C.A. v. B.A.F. Changi J. B«sar; Jnr. B. Grp. 1, hints* Hurricane* T. V M A < VM A i 50.i.l \.P v. Bornao Motors— (rfvlan, FBI» 1)1 > SOCCEB: Tiong Bahrn Ranfrrs t. Gathrie* S.C. —Farrer Park; B.C.C. JolMUd* S.C.I'; Hotspmr* t. Qanias— Farrer Park.
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      24 8 SINGAPORE TIDES TODAY: H.W.. 2. 0S a.m. (Bft. •In), 4.15 p.m. (7ft Jin i TOMORkOW: H.W, 3.11 am. (Bft. Jtn», 5.17 p.m. Hft. 2int.
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