The Straits Times, 6 June 1950

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    19 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED IS4S TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY. JUNE 6, 1950 6JUW»SO <£ PRICE TEN CENTS.
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    GRIFFITHS MEETS UNION MEN
    281 1 90 Leaders In Two-Hour Discussions READERS of more than 90 Trade Unions, representing an almost complete cross section of organised labour in Singapore, yesterday met the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. James Griffiths, at a tea party at Government House. They ranged from government
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    29 1 MISS LIM KWEE LIANG 21 -year-old dance hostess was one of those who appeared for an audition with Mr. Carol Rred yesterday. Story in Page S?v«mi. S'.raits Timps picture.
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    AW TELLS REDS THEIR ERRORS
    364 1 HONG KONG, Monday. |L|K Aw Boon Haw in a statement published in his newspaper, the Hong Kong Standard, today asserted that the Communists had "created an extremely unfavourable reaction" among the overseas Chinese, and called upon them to "act bravely and correct their own mistakes."
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    Liaquat Ali To Visit S'pore
    30 1 TI. Prime Minister of Pakistan, Mr. Liaquat All Khan, will visit Singapore during the third week of August, while returning from a tour of Indonesia.
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    USI Plans Big Welcome For Nehru
    105 1 USI Plans Big Welcome For Nehru JAKARTA. Mon. NEARLY 2.000 Indonesian soldiers marched past President Soekarno's palace today in a rehearsal for Wednesdays welcome for Pandit Nenru. Vmle 1.000 Indonesian p<;l:ce cordoned off two square miles in the city's centre. Harvard training aircraft of the Indonesian Air Force flew over.
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    'Guarantee' On N. Guinea
    129 1 JAKARTA, Mon. INDONESIA'S President, Dr. 1 Soekarno, declared here today: "We can guarantee Australia and the whole world that, if we obtain sovereignty over West New Guinea, it will not become Communist." He said in an interview that it had been reported there was an impression
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    ATTLEE BACK IN LONDON
    63 1 LONDON. Mon.— The iVim? Minister Mr. Attlee, who returned last night from a holiday in France, today had a conference with Mr. Herb;rt Morrison, who has been acting head of the Government during the Pr'Tie Minister's absence.^ Mr. Attlee also visited the Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest
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    HOT CATS
    36 1 LONDON, Mon.— lt was so hot in London today that 20 cats got drowsy and fell off window ledges. The Royal Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to animals picked them up.— A.P.
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    SHINWELL TO VISIT AUSTRALIA
    34 1 MELBOURNE, Mon. The London correspondent of the Melbourne Herald stated today that the British Defence Minister, Mr. Emanuel Shinwell. Is to visit Australia to discuss coordination of Commonwealth defences.— Reuter-
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    MANILA FIRE
    28 1 MANILA, Mon.— A fire of undetermined origin swept through 20 business establishments early today, causing dam a g estimated at US$2O,OOO. No one was hurt— AP.
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    Communists Swamped In Jap, Belgian Elections
    406 1 ELECTION results declared yesterday in Japan and Belgium show that Com- munist candidates have fared badly. In Japan they were swamped, in Belgium the party lost half the seats it formerly held. Exiled King Leopold's long fight to regain histhrone came to a successful
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    STRACHEY FOR H.K. TODAY
    53 1 HONG KONG. Mon. MR. Strachey, the War Minister is due to arrive here from Singapore by a special R.A.F. plane tomorrow afternoon. He will be accompanied by Gen. Sir John Harding. Commander-in-Chief, Far East Land Forces, MajorGeneral Redman, Director »f Military Operations, War Office, and his
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    BRITISH VESSEL SHELLED
    124 1 BRITISH VESSEL SHELLED HONG KONG, Mon. SIX passengers were killed and six were wounded yesterday when two Chinese Nationalist warships pumped more than 200 shells into the British blockade runner Cheung Hing off Amoy. The attack took place on the high seas some 20 miles outside territorial waters, the manager
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    SMUTS NOW ABLE TO CONVERSE
    49 1 JG SfNESBURQ, Men Field Marshal Smuts felt well enough yesterday to chu with members of his family for the first time since he became ill a week ago. A medical bulletin said "signs of heart embarrassment are less and have responded to treatment." A.P.
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    TERRORISTS WOUND VIETNAM MINISTER
    124 1 SAIGON. Mon. today fired X several revolver shots it Vuong Duane Nhuong. Vietnam, Education Minister, at a girls college here, wounding 1 him in the jaw. The terrorists covered their escape by throwing a hand grenade. The Minister is in a "serious but not hopeless" condition.
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    Rubber Market 'Squeeze' Considered To Be Over
    118 1 Rubber Market 'Squeeze' Considered To Be Over From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Monday. /COMMENTING on the Rubber Study Group's April statistics showing greatly increased Indonesian exports, the Financial Times says that some market quarters assert that to all intents and purposes the immediate "squeeze"' may be regarded as over. It
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    BROADCAST BY STRACHEY
    26 1 The Secretary of State for War, Mr. John Strachey, will be -heard In a broadcast from Radio Malaya Singapore this evening at 7.12.
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    GIRLS' SCHOOL GETS 7-DAY ULTIMATUM
    342 1 fHE Supervisor of the Nanyang Girls High School, King's Road, Singapore, was served notice yesterday asking him to show cause whv the school should not be declared unlawful. The notice was served under Section 19 (1) of the Registration of Schools O?d; nance. This section
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    'Terror' Dies Singing
    107 1 MANILA, Mon TEODORO Barrameda, 5G. the "Terror of Batangus" province, died in the electric chair today for wartime atrocities and murders of Filipino and American members of the anti-Japanese underground. Barrameda, a member of the Makapili pro-Japanese Organization smiled as he sat in the chair at Muntlnglupa
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      Divorce Judge In Annulment Suit
      287 2 ELIZABETH, (New Jersey), Monday. DOUGAL Heir, 67-year-old former divorce court judge and author of a legal text on marriage and divorce, has filed a suit for annulment of his six-month-old marriage to his British wife. Herr alleged non-consum-mation of his marriage to the former Louisette
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    MISS AUSTRALIA
    51 2 MISS MARGARET HUGHES who won a trip to England in a nation-wide contest. Because of a dispute between New South Wales organisers and those in other States, she is now sponsored by New South Wales, and not recognised as "Miss Australia" by the rest of the country- A.P.
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    RADIO STATION AT TANGIER
    80 2 WASHINGTON, Man. THE United States Defence Department announced yesterday that one of the most powerful radio stations in the world will be added to the Voice of America when the Navy completes Installation of its building at Tangier, North Africa, by Oct. 1. The announcement said
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    WEDDING IS "CONFIRMED"
    61 2 CAIRO, Fri. The marriage between Princess Faika, beautiful 24-year-old sister of King Farouk, and Fouad Sadek was confirmed by the Mufti of Egypt in a ceremony at Kubba Palace yesterday. The original wedding took place at Sacramento Mosque, California, in April. At yesterday's official ceremony, the ceremony
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    HUKBALAHAP SUPREMO STILL ALIVE
    52 2 MANILA, Monday. f>BIVATE Bonald Dorsey, of Massachusetts, who join1 ed the Communist-led Hukbalahaps— and claimed that he did so to gather Information about the organisation—has disclosed that Lois Taruc, the Huk Supremo, is alive. The former G.I. is at present in custody at camp Murphy, north-west
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      658 2 NOTICES LONDON MATRICULATION EXAMINATION, January 1951. The London Matriculation Examination will be held In the Federation of Malaya in January 1951 In Kuala Lumpur. Penang and Malacca. I Enetries from candidates offerIng a Special Language (Other than Chinese. Sanskrit or Tamil) must reach local Education offices not later than 1st
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      251 2 UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG FACULTY OF MEDICINE Applications for admission to he Faculty of Medicine in September, 1950, must be in the lands of the Registrar, University >f Hongkong, by July 15, 1950. B. MELLOR. Registrar. TENDER NOTICE Tenders will be received at the Office of the EXECUTIVE ENGINEER. PWD,
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    U.S. BID TO END SCIENCE LAG
    355 3 10 Years Behind Britain In One Field WASHINGTON, Monday. THE U.S. State Department plans to send scientists throughout the free world to gather information vital to American security, it was disclosed here yesterday. A leading scientist will soon be employed to advise the Secretary
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    SOILED UNIFORMS ON DELHI
    139 3 SOILED UNIFORMS ON DELHI NEW DELHI, Mon. THE crew of India's flagship, Delhi, who sailed on Saturday for Indonesia with the Indian Premier, Pandit Nehru, aboard, left with all their uniforms and clothes soiled. This was mentioned in a Sunday news article which said that the soiled linen had been
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    AMOK RESPONSIBLE FOR ENVOY'S DEATH
    146 3 PORT OF SPAIN. Trinidad, Monday. IT has been disclosed that Mr. Frank Doy, the assistant U.K. Trade Commissioner, who was killed on Saturday died when, a man with a shotgun ran amok in the British West Indies Airways office. Gwaltimente Franco, w)io had applied to
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    95 Japs Go On Trial
    79 3 LOS NEGROS, (Admiralty Is.) Mon. rE long-awaited war trials of 95 Japanese for murdering Australian servicemen and other atrocities began today under Brig. K. R. Townley, Supreme Court Justice of Queensland State. The charges include mutilation of the dead. The tfrst case to come before
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    LUNCH WITH COMMUNIST LEADER
    31 3 tl AHSHAL TITO, wearing; uniform, celebrates his 58th birthday with an official lunch at Belgrade for couriers who brought greeting* from all parts of Yugoslavia.— A.P.- picture.
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    Weeping Siamese Say Farewell
    276 3 BANGKOK, Monday. AT least 100,000 Siamese this morning gave an emotional farewell to th e King and Queen, who took off by air for Switzerland for a year's stay. Ten thousand armed police and servicemen on the 16mile highway from th e King's Palace to the
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    Egypt Seeks Settlement
    95 3 CAIRO. Mon. piNANCE Minister, Zaki Abdel Motaal, said on Saturday that Egypt "will insist on immediate settlement" of the question of sterling balances wilth Britain. The Minister said that Egypt did not "envisage. any future annual agreements" with Britain towards releasing part of the sterling credits accumulated
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    U.S.I. Bid To Accept Ho Chi Minh
    135 3 JAKARTA, Monday. THE United States of Indonesia Parliament on Saturday side-tracked a motion by Leftist members urging immediate recognition of Ho Chi Minh's regime in Indo-China. A substitute motion calling for further study of this ticKlish question, was put through by 49 votes
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    MONTY BACK ON BEACHES
    52 3 CAEN, Mon.— Field Marshal discount Montgomery, cheered by thousands of people, went on foot through the bomb-shattered streets of Caen today, to commemorate the sixth anniversary of the D-Day landings. Field Marshal Montgomery, now Western Union defence chief was beginning a three-day tour of the invasion
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    NOT ONLY MALAYA
    21 3 NOT ONLY MALAYA BAO DAI, Chief of State in Vietnam, examines a helicopter to be used for ambulance work in Indo-China
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    SLIM TALKS ON SUEZ DEFENCE
    143 3 CAIRO, Monday. piELD Marshal Sir William Slim began discussions 1 today with Egyptian defence leaders who. informed sources say, will insist that Egypt can defend the Suez Canal against any aggressor without British assistance. I < Y.'si^rciav the enief ol the Imperial General Staff was
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    House Theft Charge
    23 3 SEGAMAT, Mon.— Bail of $250 was offered 21 -year -old Siaralan, charged at Segamat with housebreaking and theft near Labis.
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    RELICS FLOWN TO RANGOON
    40 3 CALCUTTA, Mon. Some relics of Buddha, handed over to the Burmese Prime Minister, Thakin Nu, during his recent visit to Calcutta by the Mahabodhl Society of India, were flown to Rangoon today by special plane. Reuter.
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    Briton Held Captive By Karens
    98 3 RANGOON, Mon T>EBEL Karens in Burma were reported yesterday to have imprisoned their "military adviser," Captain R. Vivian, a former British Army officer. The reports by civilians fleeina from the Karen occupied territories, gripped by a cholera epidemic, gave no reasons lor Captain Vivian's seizure.
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    U.K. EXPECTED TO JOIN STEEL PLAN
    265 3 U.K. EXPECTED TO JOIN STEEL PLAN NEW YORK, Monday. ]y|R. Averell Harriman, Marshall Plan Roving Ambassador, predicted on his arrival from London yesterday that Britain will eventually; take part in the Schuman coal-steel European merger plan. While he endorsed the Schuman plan as a "bold and imaginative proposal" Mr. Harriman
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    U.S. Aid Bill For Asia Is Now Law
    116 3 U.S. Aid Bill For Asia Is Now Law WASHINGTON, Mon. PRESIDENT Truman signed 1 the US$1,222,000,000 Foreign Aid Bill today and called it "a major contribution to peace and freedom in the world." The measure authorise.* continued aid to South East Asia, the Republic of Korea, and non-Communist China. It
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    NEW LOAN TO PERSIA
    64 3 TEHERAN. Mun Thn Anglo-Iranian Oil Companv, it is announced here, has lent. the Persian Government £6,000.000 free of interest <m account of current royalties Persians expect that the new United States Ambassador to Teheran. Mr Henry F. Grady. will implement UnAmerican programme of a'd to Persia
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    WANTS TO ACT
    48 4 St'HARA EFFENDI brought some pictures to show the British film director, Mr. Carol Reed (centre) how photogenic she Is. Mr. Reed and Mr. Guy Hamilton, bis associate producer stndy her pictures before they interview her at Singapore yesterday.— Straits Times picture. Report in Page 7.
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    $750,000 Building For ILL.
    166 4 $750,000 Building For ILL. A START Is being made this V«ek in Pudu Road. Kuala Lumpur, on the building in* n:w $750,000 premises for Wearne Brothers. Ltd motor <\ir and vehicle importers and n.v'rt car dt\Ui-rs An additional $200,000 is to b spent on expansions by the compani to its
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    MR. R. HIGGINS
    28 4 Frsni Our Staff f'orresyondent JOHORE BAHRU, Mon Mr. R. Higgins. who recently returned from leave, has been posted to the Criminal Investigation Department, Johore Bahru.
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    3 POLICE, 2 TERRORISTS KILLED
    436 4 Two A m bushes In Grik Area Of Perak From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. TWO bandits were killed and a quantity of ammunition was recovered by security forces in the Grik area of Perak yesterday following two clashes with the bandits. The police
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    IPOH DOCTOR ON BRIBE CHARGE
    109 4 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Monday. rvR. C. Murugiah, a 53-year-uid Government doctor attached to the Ipoh District Hospital, appeared today before Mr. M. Garton, President of th e Sessions Court. «np three charges of accepting illegal gratification. The charges were: Accepting $10 in cash
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    6 Guides To Go To Perth
    79 4 Fran Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Mon. SIX Penang Girl Guides who hold First Class badges have been chosen to go to Australia next month lor the Perth jamboree. They are Marjorle Lee, Sally Ong, Maureen O' Keefe, Bainan blnte All, Yiap Saik Poh, and
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    SUPPORT FOR UMNO SCHEME
    117 4 SUPPORT FOR UMNO SCHEME Prom Oar Stall Correspondent IPOH. Mon. AT an extraordinary general meeting of the Perak branch of UMNO yesterday at I poh, with Dr. Hajl Megat Khas In the chair, it was unanimously decided to support the decision of the executive committee of UMNO regarding Federal citizenship.
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    OPIUM OFFENCE
    48 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. Chia Ah Chiew was fined $300, in default 2i months' simple imprisonment, in the Johore Bahru Police Court today for permitting his room in Jalan Meldrum to be used for the consumption of chandu. Two complete smoking outfits were ordered to be confiscated.
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    DEATH IN LONDON
    52 4 MR. F. O. RASMUSSEN, who has died in London, was one of the best known proprietary rubber planters in Malaya before the war. He owned Cetor Estate, near Rantau, Negri Sembilan, and had lived in Malaya for 38 years when he retired shortly before the war. Straits
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    230 WERE DEPORTED IN MAY
    157 4 230 WERE DEPORTED IN MAY From Oui SUIT Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. IN MAY, approval was given a to deport 222 aliens and eight British subjects under the Emergency Regulations. This brings the total number of deportations to 6,639 aliens and 135 British subjects. The total number of deportations last
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    INJURED IN CAR CRASH
    39 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. \IR. C. V. Allen, Assistant-in-Charge of SOCTIN and Co, Port Swettenham, was seriously injured in a motor car crash near Klangr on Saturday night and is now in Bungsar Hospital, Kuala Lumpur.
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    SEX FILM 'VERY GOOD'-PARENTS
    250 4 From Oar Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. SECRETS of Life" the sex hygiene nim banned in Singapore but allowed in the Federation, startled the 40 men and women who saw it at a preview at the Pavilion Cinema in Kuala Lumpur this morning but most of
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    OPEN VERDICT ON GIRL'S SKELETON
    75 4 Fro-n Out SUitt Correspondent ALOIi STAR, Mon. AN open verdict was returned yesterday on a eirl's skeleton found in the hlukar at Sungei Bongkok Estate, Bedong. on Sept. 7 last year. The Coroner held that there was no evidence to show the circumstances of death.
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    NO PERMIT TO CARRY LATEX
    51 4 JOHORE BAHHU, Mon.— Gamin bin Amman and Kadir, two Singapore drivers, were fined $40 each in the Johore Bahru Police Court today for carrying latex In their lorries without a haulage permit. In addition they were each fined $30 for not having a goods vehicle
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    Nursemaids To Ten Elephants
    74 4 From Our Stall Correspondent PENANG, lion. "QHIEF headache" of Chief Officer E. Dansiru? and Boatswain P. Holmgren of the 7fiOO-ton Lelandia, now in Penang, is being nursemaid to 10 female baby elephants. "We art particularly worried as to how our charges will face toe .south-west monsoon
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    S.I.T. PROGRAMME "LAGS FAR BEHIND," SAYS FRASER
    312 5 S.I.T. PROGRAMME "LAGS FAR BEHIND," SAYS FRASER 5-000 Houses Needed Each Tear In Spore yHE Manager of the Singapore Improvement Trust, Mr. J. M. Fraser, in his annual report for 1949, says that the housing programmes, as at present conceived, are a long way from solving the housing shortage in
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    Red Tape Blamed For Suicide Bid
    134 5 Red Tape Blamed For Suicide Bid I OW NGO MUI said in the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday that he attempted suicide because of delay by the Vehicles Department in renewing his trishaw licence. Low was found hanging at Craig Road on May 28. The Magistrate, Mr. S. E. Teh
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    STOLE WATCH
    56 5 SEGAMAT. Mon.-The Segamat Circuit Magistrate fined a 20-year-old special constable. Abbas bin Mohamed. of Eldred Estate $100. or 50 days in gaol, for theft of a pocket watch. While at the tapping area as escort for the estate manager, he saw a labourer's shirt on a bicycle and
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    Penang Poll For Govt. Clerks
    239 5 From Our Staff Correspondent o,,w< PENANG, Monday. I,? a po11 now being con ducted among its 300 members, th e Penang and Province Welleslev General Clerical Union is seekin* a mandate fo r it's Executive Council to "take joint action o n a panMalayan basis"
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    VESAK DONATION TO SATA
    36 5 The Singapore Vesak Celebration committee have given $1,500 to SATA frcm contributions received from Buddhist associations, organisations, temples and Individuals on Vesak Day held at the Victoria Memorial Hall on May 1.
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    DID NOT ATTEND
    36 5 From Our Own Correspondent MUAR. Mon. Two Malays. Daud bin Mohamad and Ibrahim bin Yassin. who failed to attend court to answer a summons case were each fined $1 by the Muar magistrate.
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    FIGHT FINE
    41 5 From Our Own Correspondent MUAR. Mon.— For disturbing the peace Ng Cham and Tan Ah Yok were each fined $5 or three days' hard labour at Muar. Ng and Tan were found fighting with another person at Lenga village.
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    Singapore Diary
    63 5 RAFFLES INSTITUTION, Founder's Day, School Hall, 8.30 a.m. Y.W.C.A., 5, Raffles Quay, 'ballroom dancing, 5.30 p.m. POLICE BAND, Farrur Park, 5.45 p.m. to 6.45 p.m. LIAN LI BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION, Twa Loh Koh practice, 4. Borneo Road, 7 p.m. ANSON ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, monthly general meeting, 52-A, Nelson Road, 7.30
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    Widow Wanted Klang Burial
    219 5 Widow Wanted Klang Burial SULTAN'S MATH TTHE coffin bearing the embalmed body of the Sultan of Brunei was taken to Kallang Airport yesterday morning from Johore fiahru where it had been lying in State and was flown by R.A.F. plane to Brunei. The Sultanah of Brunei had said she wished
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    THE SNIPER SNIPED!
    53 5 THE SNIPER SNIPED! MRS BEAMS, wife of Warrant Officer Beams of R.E ME tu^JftP'w PictU i e the Minister of War when he T f ii «v W ef^ x housm S estate yesterday morning. But she told the Straits Times, "I think he was moving," so the Straits Times
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    ROYAL MOURNERS RETURN
    73 5 The Sultan of Selangor, I accompanied by his wife, the Tengku Permaisuri, left Singapore by Malayan Alriways 'plane yesterday afterI noon vo return to Kuala Lumpur. They flew down the I day before to attend the lying-in-state of the Sultan i of Brunei. Other members of the
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    Talks To Settle An Old Pay Dispute
    249 5 Talks To Settle An Old Pay Dispute THE first industry-wide negotiation to settle a long- standing dispute over wages and working conditions of about 2,000 workers in Singapore's rubbermilling industry began yesterday at the Labour Department. r Representatives of labour and management confined their discussion to the questions of flxrng
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    SPORE WEDDING
    54 5 MISS LUCY CHAN and Mr. Charlie Lee Gek Seng who were married on Saturday at the Singapore Registry. Miss Lucy Chan is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chan Seng Ann and the groom is the only son of «Mrs. Lee Kirn Choo and the late Mr. Lee
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    KALLANG AIRPORT ARRIVALS
    178 5 rE following; passengers were among those who disembarked at Kalians airport yesterday from points outside Malaya. Passengers In transit are not Included In the list. QEA-BOAC Prom London: Messrs. Lee Kong Onlan. K. Muhiudeeii. and T. O. MM, AIK CBTLON Fr«m Sydney: Messrs. J. Q. Mox- ham,
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      309 5 $ome things you 'just cant mask, Rgcon Cute costume, slave girl. I3ur what good is your o»ascjunade if underarm odour pi\c> you away Don't take crunccs. Rcl\ on Mum. Tonight's bath was tine fot washing away p<i>t pti-pir- atmn. Hut to guard against Juturt underarm odour, play tafe use Slum
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    26 6 THE FAMILY of the lat« Mr. L Q. Laporte. thank all friends »ho attended the funeral, sent wreaths, St rendered assistance Jn their recent bereavement.
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    IN MEMORIAM
    23 6 IN MEMORY of my beloved sister i Gladys who died June 6. 1948. Forever In my thoughts. Inserted by Veronica Pilgrams
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Tues., June 6, 1950. The Squeeze That Hurts
    630 6 The Malayan Governments' I sharp- reply to the charges I which American rubber manufacturers have made against I Malayan rubber producers is to be commended as much for its promptness as for its content. A statement giving the
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    The Chinese Bus Companies
    480 6 The petition which has been submitted by the Singapore Chinese Bus Owners' Association will make it necessaiy for the Municipal Commissioners to reconsider the legislation under which the Singapore Traction Company operates, if it does nothing else. If a Chinese bus company wants to start a
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    THE COLONIAL OFFICE
    1633 6  -  ARTHUR CREECH JONES TS there need for some reorganisation of the Colonial Office and its administration, and should changes be made in Ministerial responsibility? In the opinion of the Crown Colonist, as expressed in the April issue, the time is ripe for some review. I studied these
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      A Chinese warning to Mr. Griffiths
      221 6 MR. Griffiths has said that the emergency will be I brought to a speedy conclusion when the civilian f population gives its support to the Government. This is not news to anyone, but, please somebody, tell these highly paid Ministers now visiting Malaya that
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      BARONSANDA BANNER
      147 6 BARONS AND A BANNER WHEN the price of rub- ber dropped and the future of the commodity was overshadowed by American synthetic, the rubber barons raised a hue and cry; the world was called upon to witness their "calamity." Now the price of rubber has gone up even beyond their
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      SOONLEEAND THE S.T.C.
      240 6 SOON LEE AND THE S.T.C. READING the letter "Holland Road to Town" in your issue of June 2, one cannot help beintr struck by the utter lack of commonsense or a sense of fairness on the part of the writer, he is perhaps not aware that in the matter taken
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    On The Margin
    397 6 Hilda Galistan |X)R some years past I have been interested. as an admiring ignoramus, in the new orchids which have been appearing in Singapore, but 1 have always supposed that the crossing of ohe species with another to produce a new variety had to be done within
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      869 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. TO ANITA wife of Harry Van Praagfa a boy. at Penang Mater»itv Hospital on stn .une. AT BUNGSAR June 4th to KathlMn. wife of W. J. Metnu, irremban Kstate— a son— (Richard Aumi) TO PATRICIA, wlf« of Wing Commander J. C. Millar, a daughter, Diana, at RAP Hospital.
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      66 6 (curlsberg KING OF BEERS f* £dDID^Di CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS Announce the introduction of a special excursion fare of Str. $515. by 4-engined Skymaster from Singapore to Hong Kong and return within 28 days Flights leave Kallang and Kaitak (Hongkong), every Tuesday and Friday. For particulars and bookings please apply: Australian
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    EDUCATION: 'DON'T LOSE A DAY'
    334 7 Griffiths Says: There Is No Time To Wait f HE Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. James Griffiths, told teachers, students and educationists in Singapore yesterday that the provision of educational opportunities for the children of Singapore and the Federation was an essential measure
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    STRACHEY PROMISES MORE DOCTORS
    239 7 STRACHEY PROMISES MORE DOCTORS WHEN Mr. John Strachey, the Minister of War, visited the British Military Hospital in Singapore yesterday afternoon, he was told by the CO.. Col. Charles Chambers, that, due to feeding upcountry stations where the need was more immediate. Singapore's military hospital was under-staffed. Four general practitioners
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    PARK ATTACK ALLEGED
    62 7 A dagger was stated to have been used by two Chinese, Sonny Tan and Robert Tan, both of Geylang, in the alleged assault on a Malay on June 3 night at the Happy World Park. They claimed trial to the rhacge of causing hurt, and the case
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    Mr. Griffiths Sees How It's Done...
    98 7 MR. GRIFFITHS looks in on a little girls' class at the children's centre. In the group accompanying him are Mrs. Cresson, and Lady Gimson. Straits Times picture. THE COLONIAL SECRETARY, Mr. Griffiths, takes a close look (left) at an intricate mechanical operation in one
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    KNOCKED AT DOOR, THENFLED
    148 7 COUR men who knocked at the door of a house in Kampong Potong Pasir shouting "Open the door Identity card check," lied when the suspicious occupants started banging kerosene tins to attract the attention of neighbours, the Singapore Assize Court was told ves^rday. In the dock
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    2 ACCUSED OF CHEATING
    68 7 T'..O men who were alleged to have offered Hcertces to time hawkers to operate coffee stalls in prohibited places, yesterday claimed trial in the Singapore First District Court to three charges of cheating, Involving $570. The two men, Mohamed Khan and Webster Smarten Noordin, were alleged
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    DECREE NISI
    42 7 A decree nisi to be made absolute in three months was granted yesterday by the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Murray-Aynsley, to Constance Winifred Orr, who petitioned for 3 divorce from her husband, Edward Malcolm Orr, on the grounds of desertion
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    SONG AND DANCE TREAT
    218 7 MEMBERS Of the Y.W.C.A. International Eortnightly Club and their friends had a musical and visual treat yesterday. Many had turned up specially for the occasion, and among them were Mrs. John A. Thivy, Mrs. Jogindra Singh, Mrs. Tay Llan Teck, Mrs. H. W. Baines and Mrs.
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    Aircraft Delayed
    33 7 A Dakota belonging to Pacific Overseas Airways (Siam) Ltd., was delayed 2Jhours on its flight to Bangkok yesterday afternoon because one of its wings was damaged by a high passenger ladder
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    TROOPSHIP ARRIVES
    37 7 The British troopship Empire Trooper arrived In the Singapore Outer Roads yesterday from Hong Kong with about 290 military personnel for Singapore. The vessel also carried 277 other Servicemen In transit to the United Kingdom.
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    POLICE BAND
    18 7 The Singapore Police Band will perform at Farrer Park from 5.45 p.m. to 6.45 p.m. today.
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    BOY (13) DIES IN ACCIDENT
    43 7 IEE JCHJENG CHJJA, J$- year-old cyclist, who wu in- Tolved In a collision with an omnibus at North Bridge Road, near the junction of Ja&sn Sattan yeiterday morning:, died in the General Hos pital a few hours later.
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    KING'S BIRTHDAY
    37 7 The Singapore Admiralty Local Staff Union will hold a dance at Bk. Hilda's School Hall Ceylon Road, Katong. at 8.30 p.m. tomorrow to, celebrate the King's Birthday, John M/ Kteiman's narid will provide the music.
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    O.R.A.
    29 7 DANqE The Old Rafflesians Association will hold its annual dinner and dance at i the Capitolßlue Room tonight, The school wfll celebrate Its founder's day in the morning.
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    Children Beat Up Mother
    208 7 STORE COURT IS TOLD A MIDDLE-AGED Chinese woman who claimed A that she was assaulted by her two sons, daughter and son-in-law, was yesterday awarded $200 compensation in the Fourth Police Court. The two sons, Toh Seow Chai and Toh Hwa Huat, the daughter, Toh Mul
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    SIX EX-DETAINEES ARE GRATEFUL
    92 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. THE Taiping Rehabilitation Camp has received a donation of $100 from six Johore Chinese who were recently released from the camp and resettled. The Assistant Secretary for Chinese Affairs in charge of the camp stated that the gift was
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    $10,000 DAMAGES FOR INJURED WOMAN
    110 7 IVAMAGES in $10,000, with costs, were awarded by the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Murray- Ay nsley, in the Singapore Supreme Court yesterday, to Mrs. M. E. Waters, wife of Mr. A. G. Waters, of Blakan Mati, against Mr. E. K. H. Lindeboom. The claim was
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    FLY UNION JACK, CHINESE URGED
    47 7 WHE Singapore Chinese JL community is being asked to hoist the Union Jack over business firms and houses on Thursday in honour of the King's birthday. This request was made by the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce through the Chinese Press yesterday.
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    ONLY 8 GIRLS TURNED UP TO SEE Mr. REED
    342 7 By Our Woman Correspondent yyHEN Shaw Brothers arranged for would-be film stars to meet Mr Carol Reed, the wellknown British film director, for a special audition yesterday morning:, they thought that their office would be swamped with aspiring actresses. Singapore girls,
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    TOOK NETS
    39 7 A Naval rating. Leslie Raymond Saunders, 24. was bound over for six months on a surety of $100. by Mr. O. H. F. Blake, the Third Police Magistrate, on a charge of theft of two mosquito nets.
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    217 Lepers Appeal For 'Puasa' Aid
    119 7 r'O hundred and-seven-teen Malay inmates of the Sungel Buloh Leper Colony have appealed to the Selangor Religious Affairs Department for help financial or otherwise to "keep us happy" durinrf the Puasa and on Hari Raya. The appeal is also directed to the Muslim public
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    WAITRESS FINED
    28 7 A waitress, Lam Ah Kam, was fined $50 in the Second Police Court yesterday for criminal breach of trust of a wristwatch belonging to her employer.
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    PUBLIC MEETING
    23 7 The Singapore Theosophical Society will hold a public discussion on "Theosophical Fundamentals" at 6.30 p.m. on Thursday at 8, Cairnhill Road.
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      111 7 The latest addition to the CONA" range of Coffee Makers The CONA KITCHEN MODEL The "CONA" is the original Class Coffee Maker and has enjoyed p^ _p j^g a world wide reoutatlon (w^ for forty years. ijjjjj.. i Th« CONA Method is the only way of f} KJ making good
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    The old club's pool was useful lure
    664 8 The old club's pool was useful lure FROM AN ESTATE BUNGALOW DECAUSE of the erstwhile bus\ European Club here we are blessed with a swimming pool. In this way, although the club itself is now abandoned, we manage to get quite a number of people to come and see us,
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    MOTHERCRAFT IN MALAYA Don't worry about teething
    723 8  - MOTHERCRAFT IN MALAYA Don't worry about teething NURSE BRIDGET fEETHING is always a worrying time to both baby and mother also fathe"r especially with a first child. Firstly it is not an Illness but a stage, ordained by nature. On the parents parts It calls for a great deal of
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    Malayan Homes and Fashions
    156 8 Malayan Homes and Fashions > f"LORIA NASSIM, S in a party frock •I pink taffeta, is pick- > ing a bunch of flowers in her garden in Tan5 jong Rhu. I- She lives in a fasci- < nating house built right over the sea on I* stilts, with a fine
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    Schoolchildren today prefer the truth
    328 8 I ATTENDED the 1 finals of the school quiz arranged by Radio Malaya last week and was surprised by the fund of general knowledge which Is stored in the minds of our local schoolchildren. While two teams of boys from the Johore English College and
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      81 8 P V Boby Maureen $i#r^ I of Kuola Lumpur L. ucnNDr FOR THE WORLD'S BABIES Baby Maureen is the happy example of a LACTOGEN Baby. She sleeps well, her flesh is firm, skin clear and eyes bright. When artificial feeding is required, put your baby onto LACTOGEN, the powdered milk
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      224 8 One of these is your favourite Kraft Gorgonxolt Cheddar Cruyere from Australia Camembert Danish Blue Gorgonxola Petit Cruyera from Denmark Bel Paesa Bebe from Italy Edam Couda from Holland The world's finest cheese from COLD STORAGE Singapore Cold Storage Co., Ltd. We claim to have the largest stocks various types
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    Australian troops to leave Japan
    1000 9  - Australian troops to leave Japan BOB GILMORE AUSTKALIA is withdrawing one iron from the Asian cauldron and inserting another. Tin Federal Government says it is calling home .the 2.000 Aus trvJ'an remnants of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force in Japan; and it is sending men and planes from the Royal
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    Italian Reds Attack Holy Year Pilgrimage
    309 9  -  GAULT MACGOWAN By [I^ASSACHUSETTS- born Maria Frances Harvey returned to her desk in the military post Finance Office in Wiesbaden, Germany, after a brief vacation in Italy, declaring: "I have Just run the gauntlet of the Communists' spring offensive!' 1 The indignant AnKi.~.n girl
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      135 9 Your money buys more in MORRIS OXFORD .^^^S^^B^fc-^ Seals five. 41 h. p. engine. I^^ 't' Independent from Jy£ B^Ba^h^^^Sa^PQl^v!«SmW wheel suspension. T"~-^^B B^Lk^^^-^ /^fliaHßMt '^^S Lockheed hydraulic jj^jß^fc^Hs4^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^JsP B» brakes. Over 10 LJB ta«J[ *J^K^ W^^^^K&S^Fll cub.c feet or »<- Z2z± luggage space. Jsffe** *J» "^SSBb^bI ■■■I ■Ssl' .^^^2fiP^""^\
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      177 9 Use as mucK as yai need $-$f) > put ariae -tie lest" wTt\ in die tin it can't sour Ssays ELSIE the BORDEN cow KUIi^VMILK S^sr--FIRST IN PRFFIRINCE THI WORLD OVER II PROTECT YOUR SIGHT WITH MODERN LIGHT ELECTRIC LIGHT FITTINGS giwe maximum light without glare SEE THEM IN OJI
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      202 9 STRAITS TIMES CROSSWORD Not. rtMri two l?E2nffSaP,2i i. Uncommon^ mid n. Tlajr bM 16). iB "»1 I "I PI P"l i9 srjjm--***^ l «^.^53! -J- j- JJ y y U SeoH. pcrhapl T) (O. v I H J U Stall* l <6^« Me oriw' t E^°! a> F^T 81 felBj
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    Gland Extract May Preserve Youth
    293 10 THE growth hormone of the pituitary glandsecreted in such minute amounts that the glands of 1.000 cattle are required to obtain a 30th of an ounceappears to be a youth preserver. This is the finding of two Yale researchers, Drs. Alfred E. Wilhelmi and Jane
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    BEVAN: the bad tempered failure
    871 10  - BE VAN: the bad tempered failure W. J. BROWN IF 1 were to say that there is no Housing Problem in Britain, but only a Bevan Problem, I should run the risk of being misunderstood. So 1 will put it this way, that it is impossible to dissociate the housing
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      198 10 DEMAND fL«~J PERFORMANCE p 5 Times V gf- m 11 -1.45-4 6.30 9.30 T& Mj GARY^f^ COOPER FKANKCAPIUi m*wB£l™/ A Columbia Picture TODAY tfMj&L. OTE TIMES: SHOWS PHONE \P4042 5.***** 7' \l i 7> ~i 10™ rRO«l* B t O W CHICKS MYSTfttlOdS G'Rl HtLP'OK THC Mf Af\ CHICK MHO
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      321 10 ™CATtL\\\\VMll><°° miles above fl Hanvthin« else DAILY 11a.m. 1.45, 4.15. 6.45 V 9.30 MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE IN THIS WORLD... She Wanted to Love and Be Loved GREER Uf Al OU^ C IU FORSYTE WOMAN' |T/] janetLEIGH -^^Vt mlr*~ I •AY oLT.. WHN UISHWHY'S "DC fORSTTt Utt" 1W M Plus!
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      67 10 SINGAPORE 10 a.m. News from K.L., i<) i>& Close; 10.50 Schools; 12 Malay; 1 p.m. Light Music; 1.30 N«ws; 1.45 D;<nce Music. 2 Close. tf V*teners Choice; 7 New«. Srture Market, Interlude; 7.30 *h ji Temple and the Madison Mystery; 8 7 Music Shop"; 8 30 ltd* of tf.t fown;
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      51 10 It LUMPUB 9.55 a.ra. Music. 10 Emergency News: 10.10 Close I '.50 2 p.m. As S'pore; 6 vi <n ,mg: 7 flews, Share M^i**' 2 London Cotitert Oroh/. < •>- ousjy Yours"; 7.45 R,adio iJO'iwr. 8 Fortnightly Recital (Bee'hnen. Carl Nlelson). 8 30 As dpo.t Danube; M).3O '-si Wtru The
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      58 10 PENAMC 10 a.m. 2 p.m. As S'pore 1 Children; 8.30 Folk Music; 6 45 Fred Waring and hi* Pennsylvania nsi 7 Newt, Share; 7 IS Hawaii Calls; 7.30 Jazz Jamboree; 8 "Nigfata at the BaU«t"; 8.30 As S'pore; 9 Take it l'rom Here; 9.&0 News; »45 PiaMgor«ky ,'«elk»; 10 "Lady
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      U.S. Boom Benefits Sterling
      183 11 U. S. Boom Benefits Sterling LONDON, Man. A MERICA'S business upsurge A has caused a world-wide boom In raw materials, raising the prices of rubber, wool, copper, Jute, cotton, cocoa, diamonds and metals. The United states la buying more of these materials at rising dollar prices to supply her prosperous
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      Kuala Reman Rubber
      14 11 T/'UALA Reman Rubber Estates In May produced 195,000 lbs of rubber.
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      U.S. Has No Need Yet Of Stand-By Synthetic Plant
      254 11 WASHINGTON, Monday. rpHE United States of America has no plans and "no A necessity" for bringing into production her standby synthetic rubber plants w hich exist idle but ready for any future war emergency, ac cording to a spokesman of the
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      MALAYAN SHARES: PRICES HARDEN
      148 11 From Our Market Correspondent THERE was a rather better undertone in all x sections of the Malayan share market yesterday and prices again hardened slightly. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers* Association yesterday were: INDLSTBIALS Baj.r SflLr 8. Steamship IS 50 18 00 StralU Times
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      TIN PRICES
      27 11 SINGAPORE, Mon. Jane 5-»301.25 (up |OJU.r LONDON. Mon., Jane 5.— Spot: £ffti}— £M3i; Forward, £6«3{— £6d4; Settlement. £€63. Turnover: moraine, 25 tons; afternoon, 55 tons.
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      EXCHANGE RATES
      173 11 ITXCHANGE quotations, as announced by the Malayan Exchange Banks Association, are: Free Market Currencies SelUne 1.T./OJ* London 3s. 4 3/3 Jd. Australia 2s. 11 l/32d. New Zealand 2s 4 l/16d. India, Burma Ceylon 155% Pakistan 108% Hong Kong 53 9/16 Baying T.T OJ>. London 2s. 7/32 d. 2s.
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      Singapore Rubber
      172 11 THE .Singapore rubber mar- ket was very quiet yesterday. There was moderate trade buying interest but tellers were holding off. Prices moved up to around 94 cents per lb. for first-grade July shipment. Closlaaj price* yesterday wore, par lb: No. 1 R.S.S. spot loose buyers 91% cents, sellers
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      TIN COMPANY OUTPUTS
      53 11 pAHANG Consolidated in May treated 12,000 tons to produce 200 tons of tin concentrates. TPOH Tin Dredging's No. 3 dredge (Puchong section) produced 626 piculs of tin-ore In the same month. QUNGEI Kinta Tin Dredging last month produced 376 piculs. TTINTA Kellas Tin Dredging In x May
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      PRODUCE MARKET
      31 11 From A Market Correspondent J3EPPER continued dull In the Singapore produce market yesterday. All other sections of the market were quiet. Coconut oil was quoted at around $61 >/4.
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      SHIPPING ALONGSIDE AND IN THE ROADS
      102 11 SHIPS in (he Singapore Outer and Inner Roads and alongside Harbour Board godowns yesterday were: Owter Roads: Hal Hsuan. An Lul, Danholm, Ulysses, La Colorado. Chit Sein. Inner Roads: Sin Soon r„„ j^a- tan*. Ban Hong Leong, Segamat, Hong Tat, Easterner, Pangkor, Puseng, Stla.
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      658 11 PRESIDENT LINER SAILINGS EAST ASIATIC LINE TO NEW YORK AND BOSTON VIA CEYLON INDIA. ECYPT and MEDITERRANEAN POUTS SAILINCS FROM SCANDINAVIA/U.K./ Soore P. Sham Panang CONTINENT JAILINCS TO CONTININT/ AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES. LTO. UNION BUILDING. TO. St2l. for P^t Swettennam b P.n^,. Ag^H: Sin,.. Oarby Ca. gtS^'iU^AVl Mmf m- .M
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      906 11 McALISTER <Sc CO.. LTD. (Incorporataa in Singapore) Telephone No. f«o« «LAVENBSS LUiX ISLXBBMAN <Ss BUCB.NAU inntnnnn m suwmau tos ANCIL r, t SAH FRANCKCO, LONDON, HAVt*. ANTWERP T^ N ROTTEROAM HAMBURC Accepting cargo for Central 6 South American Ports CITY OP CHELMSFORD CAJTLEVILU rpore P. S-ham Panang .nL^?. P S
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    FULL CUP TEAM v TOURISTS ON MONDAY
    483 12 Only 2 Regulars In Today's XI By Our Soccer Reporter SINGAPORE'S fuU Malaya Cup team will meet the visiting Sing Tao Football Club of Hong Kong on Monday (June 12) to compensate for the Colony's inability to field their full team this evening.
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    BREAKS RECORD
    37 12 MILAN. Mon. Reg Harris (Manchester), world nmfrssional sprint cycling champion, yesterday bettered his own world one kilometre record by a tenth of second here. He covered the distance in 1 min. 9 7/10 sec— Reuter.
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    BRITISH PRESSMEN PICK BRUCE
    130 12 LONDON, Mon. THE British Press, has picked local boy Bruce Woodcock (left in above picture) to whip Lee Savold tonight in their fight for the British and European versions of the world heavyweight title. Woodcock sot the edge by six to four in an informal poll
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    Sek Poh Does Hat-Trick
    265 12 A "hat trick" By Sek Poh lea- tured last Friday's cricket match at the J.C.C. ground, Johore Bahru, In which J.G'.S.A. defeated J. B. Youngsters by two wickets. Sek Poh, J. B. Youngsters' bowler, had a final analysis of four for 12. Youngsters compiled 90 runs,
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    VALENTINE ROUTS LANCASHIRE
    284 12 MANCHESTER, Monday. TWENTY-year-old left-arm spinner Alfred Valentine, youngest member of the West Indies cricket teani, took eight wickets for 26 runs in helping the touists to dismiss the strong Lancashire batting side for 103 runs today The West Indies, carrying on this morning In perfect j weather
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    Jungle Path Is By Precipitation
    447 12 By EPSOM JEEP KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. 4 FOUR-year-old by Precipitation, sir c of the 1946 Derby winner Airborne, and a three-year-old who ran second to Diableretta last season, are among the batch of promising newcomers entered for the forthcoming Selan?oi Turf Club June meeting. Jungle
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    District Gain 6-1 Victory
    143 12 IN a scrappy Junior League soccer match played at Geylang Stadium yesterday, H. Q. Singapore District easily beat 61 Company RASC by six goals to one. District had the run of play right from the start, opening the scoring early in the game through centre-forward Herbert,
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    50-m Cycle Race On June 25
    102 12 After a break of more than two months, the Singapore cycling season will be revived this month when the Cos--mopolitan Cyling Club, organisers of the Singapore Best All-Rounder Open Cycling competition, will hold a 50-mile massed-start Road Race on Sunday, June 25. The event
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    Schroeder Not Defending Title
    81 12 LONDON, Mon. Ted iSchroeder, of the United States, will not be defending his singles title in the Wimibledon lawn tennis championships which begin on June 26. The Calif ornian's name was not among the entries for this year the closing date for which was today. Col.
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    S'pore CSA Win Cricket
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    162 12 FLLOWINO are cricket teams for Thursday (King's BlrthN on -Benders f S.B.C. on the padang at 11 ajn.: T. J. Leijssius (Capt), H. Ward, Evan Wong, H. Noon, V. C. Westerhout. R. P. W. Leonard, O. Westerhout, J. W. Ewart, C. E. Gascoigne, I. all Singh, G.
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    228 12 rPHE Island Club's men v wjuien match will take place on Thursday from 3 p.m. The match will be singles over 18 holes. The ladles will receive difference in handicap and a start of one hole. The draw, with starting times, are: Firat Tee:
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    WINS JUNIOR T.T.
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    333 12 pOVERS Sports Club were made to fight e very inch of the way for their four-one victory against lowly-placed Indonesian League in a SAFA Senior League game played at Jalan Bcsa r Stadium yesterday. I Indonesians looked at one stage of the game as
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    RSGC WOMEN WIN
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