The Straits Times, 17 June 1950

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    19 1 The Straits Times MALAY AS NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES. SINGAPORE. SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 1950. PRICE TEN CENTS.
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    MURDER THREAT TO CRASH VICTIM
    246 1 MURDER THREAT TO CRASH VICTIM 'Marked' Men On Airliners K\RIS, Friday. THE theory that sabotage may have caused the 1 double Skymaster air disasters at Bahrein, in the Persian Gulf, this week was strengthened today by a report that one of the men aboard had been threatened with murder. The
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    Sardon To Make Appeal To Onn
    217 1 INCHE Sardon bin Haji Jubir, President of the J Singapore Malay Inion, who clashed with Dato Onn bin Ja'afar on the question of state nationality far non-MaJays at the recent emergency session of I VINO is to apneal to Dato Onn to withdraw his
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    AUSTRALIA MAY GROW RICE
    36 1 LONDON, Fri —Mr. Richard Casey, Australian Minister for National Development, has promised to examine a proposal for growing rice in the Northern Territory and part of N.orth-west Australia. Radio Australia said— Reuter.
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    BAO DAI INSPECTS FORMER REDS
    61 1 SAIGON, Fri. SEVERAL battalions of troops paraded for the first time in Saigon today before Bao Dai. Green-uniformed parachute troops, with modern arms, were followed by units of the new regular army, and Caodist and Hoahmii supplementary troops, a Catholic brigade. Two years ago the
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    Anhwei Hits A Mine
    59 1 HONG KONG, Fri. THE British ship Anhwel, with about 70d Chinese fpassengers aboard, struck a mine outside the South China port of Swatow this afterinoon. Information on casualties and damage are not yet available. The Anhwei was bound for Swatow from Singapore via Hong Kong. Most
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    SINGAPORE FLOCKS TO SEX FILMS
    222 1 SINGAPORE flocked to six j cinemas yesterday to see i three sex-hygiene films which had been released by the Appeal Board with certain deletions in each. These films will constitute: most of Singapore's film fare during the week-end. The three films, which are already showing
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    Plane Turns Back
    89 1 A CONSTELLATION aircraft bound for Darwin yesterday turned back to Singapore when, after an hour's flying, one of its four engines developed propeller trouble. The plane originally set out for Australia at 9.25 a.m. On its return, ground engineers found and remedied a slight fault and the
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    P.I. 'QUAKE
    24 1 MANILA, Fri.— An earthquake lasting 25 seconds rocked the city of Davao on Mindanao Island In the Southern Philippines early today. A.P.
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    RATIONING ENDS
    16 1 CANBERRA, Fri.— The Immediate ending of butter rationing in Australia was announced today.— A.P.
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    U.K. LIBERALS GET READY
    54 1 LONDON. Fri. British Liberals, who put forward 474 candidates in the Febru- ary election and returned only nine Members to Parliament, have already adopted more than 150 prospective candidates "for the next time". Mr. Frank Byers. new chairman of the Party Kxecutive said that this number
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    GEN. SMUTS
    23 1 PRETORIA. Frl.— General Smuts spent a lair night and was comfortable today, accordine to an official bulletin issued at noon— Reuter.
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    28 CHILDREN ARE FEARED DROWNED
    46 1 BOMBAY, Friday.—Twentyeight boys and girls on a pleasure trip are feared drowned in the Gulf of Bombay off the Indian coast. Their sailing vessel is reported to have sunk in a monsoon gale. So far 12 bodies have been recovered.— A.P
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    SPY LAW CHECK
    31 1 OTTAWA, Fri.— The Canadian Government has taken steps to tighten its anti-spy laws by doubling the maximum penalty and broadening the scope to cover offences outside Canada.— Reuter.
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    LEGLESS RAF ACE
    38 1 MR. DOUGLAS BADER, the legless RAF fighter ace, with his wife after they landed at Kalians yesterday in a Percival Prince aircraft which he is flying to Sarawak for the Shell Co. Straits Times picture
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    SABOTAGE ON A WARSHIP
    82 1 SABOTAGE ON A WARSHIP DEVONPORT, Fri. A ROYAL Navy spokesman said here today that "an act of suspected sabotage" had occurred aboard H.M.S Matapan, an Improved battle class destroyer of the reserve fleet at present statioiwd at Devonpon clockyard. It was understood that there was some interference with a Diesel
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    Strachey To Make Malaya Statement
    35 1 LONDON, Fri. The War Minister. Mr. Strachey, told the House of Commons yesterday that he would make a statement next week on his visit to Malaya and Hong Kong.— Reuter.
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    332 LBS. OPIUM FOUND IN 6 SACKS
    172 1 332 LBS. OPIUM FOUND IN 6 SACKS SINGAPORE Customs on Monday made the latest haul of illicit opium on an ocean-going vessel since 1948. On the Norwegian ship Produce which had just arrived from Hong Kong, they found 332 pounds of opium, worth $90,000 m the black market. The seizure,
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    BIGGEST SHIP IN 1950
    80 1 The lartj^st passenger liner to be completed anywhere in the world In 1950. the P O liner Chusan of 24,000 tons, will leave the United Kingdom In November this year for her maiden voyage to the Far-East She will call at Singapore. The Chusan the latest
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    CHINESE MINISTER
    41 1 OAKLAND, California, Fri. —Funeral services will be held today for the Rev. San Hong Lee. 73, believed one of the first Chinese ordained to the ministry In the United States He died on Tuesday after a long illness.— A.P.
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    Nehru Backs U.S.I. Claim For West New Guinea
    199 1 JAKARTA, Friday. THE Indian Prim e Minister, Pandit Nehru, sided openly with the Indonesians today in their claim to western New Guinea, the territory still in dispute between the USI and Holland. He said at a Press conference on his last day
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    'Red' Duchess Acquitted
    85 1 MADRID, Fri. A MILITARY tribunal yesterday acquitted the Duchess of Valencia, the monarchist leader, on charges of undermining the security of the State. Of her four followers, one was acquitted, one sentenced to 18 months Imprisonment, and two to 10 months' on the same charges. The Duchess
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    AFRICANS ISSUE OWN FINDINGS
    132 1 LAGOS Fri. NIGERIAN Nationalists. In a series- of sweeping demands following last November's Enugu colliery disorders, today asked for the resignation or Sir John Stuart MacPherson. Oovernor of Nigeria and for the trial of Mr Frederick Phillip, senior Superintendent of Police. The Nationalists, issuing their own
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    TO LEAVE U.S.I.
    35 1 JAKARTA, Fri— The Dutch Navy will withdraw from Indonesia next year, but for a naval mission which will assist In building up the infant Indonesian .Navy, says Aneta news agency.— Reuter, A.A.P.
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    39 1 ANXIOUS EYES watch every time the Chief Kathi in Singapore answers the telephone seeking news of the new moon on Thursday night. It was not seen, however, until yesterday and Ramadan, the fastnu month, begins today.— Straits Times picture.
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    FLAGS OUT FOR PANDIT NEHRU
    525 1 PANDIT NEHRU, Prime Minister of India, wiil he given a State welcome when he arrives in Singapore this morning o n three-day visit to Malay a. He will land at Kalian? Airport in an Indian Air Force aircraft which will have flown him from Indonesia
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    CWEALTH TALKS AT COLOMBO
    68 1 COLOMBO, Fri. A GOVERNMENT spokes- man said that representatives of Commonwealth countries would meet in Colombo on July 24 to discuss matters arising at the Sydney, conference on South-East Asia. He said it had been suggested that the U.K., Australia and India be represented by High
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    68 2 We, the Nominees of the following respective deceaseds thank The Chinese Mutual Help Association, Singapore, for the Nominees' Fund handed to us: Chang Ylm Chor, Deceased— $1,117, Chan Kuan Eng. Deceased— $1,154. Chua Teck 800, Deceased $1,155. Chiew See Lin, Deceased— $1,156. Ng Wit Poo (f), Deceased— $1,088. Chang
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    'ALLIES WILL NOT LEAVE BERLIN' PLEDGE
    152 2 'ALLIES WILL NOT LEAVE BERLIN' PLEDGE BERLIN, Fri. GEN Sir Brian Robertson. British High Commissioner in Germany, told the West Berlin City Assembly in a tare well speech yesterday that the Western Allies would "never leave Berlin in the lurch". Fears that the Allies might leave Berlin were "absolutely unnecessary,"
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    'STAY HOME' ROTARY PLEA
    64 2 DETROIT, Frt.— Rotary International has asked its members "Please stay at home" from next week's convention unless they are authorised delegates. For the first time only delegates will be admitted to the sessions of the international convention. Rotary expects 6,500 from 48 States and 50 foreign
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    DAILY WORKER HIT BY STRIKE
    77 2 LONDON, Friday A STRIKE last night crippled the delivery system of the Daily Worker, Britain's Communist Party newspaper. The staff of 15 warehousemen who drive the delivery trucks walked out in protest against the htr Tr nf a new foreman in their department. The editor.
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    CLAIMS THRONE
    41 2 THE COMTE de Paris, pretender to the French throne, and the Comtcsse with their eight children at their palatial residence in Portugal. The French National Assembly has repealed a law exiling members of the former ruling families.— A.P. picture.
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    "NO CONNECTION WITH 'TURKO'"
    45 2 "NO CONNECTION WITH 'TURKO' LONDON, Fri.— Mr. Kenneth Younger, British Minister of State, yesterday received the Indonesian Ambassador in London, Dr. Subandrio. The Indonesian Embassy said that Dr. Subandrio's visit had no connection with the request for the extradition of "Turko" Westerling, from Singapore. Reuter.
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      U.S. Grandmother (50) To Swim Channel
      213 2 NfcW YORK, Friday. \|KS. Betty Cohn, 50-year-old Brooklyn grand- mother, told a news confeience yesterday that she is determined to swim the English Channel this summer. She is sure she can do it because she has no fear, she said. She added that she
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    CHIANG'S PLANES POUNCE ON REDS
    265 3 CHIANG'S PLANES POUNCE ON REDS Invasion Fleet Gets Ready TAIPEH, Friday. CHINESE Nationalist planes are swarming over the Chinese invasion coast, where the Reds are reported to have massed heavily armed LST's for a thrust at Formosa. Air Headquarters announced Nationalist fighter planes harassed the mainland of Communist China in
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    55 3 '•(;ORGEOI'S CL'SSIE" Moran. whose lace panties shocked Wimbledon die-hards and set the world talking last year, save London a preview of the new type bloomers she will wear on the centre court for the 1950 championships. Designed in Paris, the dress is in white silk chiffon with 240 pleats and
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    Labour Survives All Night Sitting
    129 3 LONDON, Friday. IVKAKY member-; of the House of Commons went back to work on Thursday afternoon after an all-night silting of 16 hours. The Government, which won a series of nine votes by margins ranging from 11 to 19 during the session, faced another ■triag
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    MYSTERY HAZE CLOUD LIFTS
    65 3 HONOLULU, Fri. AMY.-,. ..JIOIS haze pall which shrouded Hawaii and a vast mid-Pacific ar>a for three days and nights was swept away yesterday by a north-east trade wind. Meteorologists agreed that the eruption early (his month of Mauna Loa, largest n modern records, probably caused the
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    U.S. Chemist Held On Spy Charge
    130 3 U.S. Chemist Held On Spy Charge WASHINGTON. Fri. ALFRED Dean Slack, a 44-year-old American chemist, was arrested in New York last night on espionage charges, the second such arrest in less than a month. The Justice Department said that he had been held as an accomplice of Harry Gold in
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    BURMA REBEL CAPTURED
    53 3 RANGOON, Fri. -The Burmese Government has announced the surrender of Boekyar. leader of the White Band PVO (Peoples Volunteer Organization) rebels. He was taken with his "army" at Prome, 160 miles north of Rangoon, after a career of iron rule in midwest Burma during the country's current
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    SURVIVORS RESCUED BY TANKS
    130 3 ADDIS ABABA, Fri. 'TANKS thrust through dense lion-haunted jungle yesterday and brought to safety six Americans from a wrecked plane. The six, including a woman and child, had spent I five days in the jungle, on the Ethiopian-Italian Somaliland border. A rescue plane flew them to
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    U.K. EXPORTS INCREASE
    70 3 LONDON, Fri.: Mr. Harold 1 Wilson, President of the Board of Trade, yesterday j announced that Britain's ex- ports to the United States and Canada jumped to I U5557,700,000 in May. This compared with an average of U5540,300,000 per month j just before the pound was i
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    ISRAEL TO ANSWER NEGLIGENCE CHARGE
    126 3 TEL AVIV, Friday. T*HE Israeli Government yesterday announced that it would deliver its reply next week to Sweden's charges that the Israeli authorities showed "astonishing negligence" in the search for the assassins of the U.N. mediator, Count Bernadotte. Dr. Walter Eytan, Director General of the
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    BAN ON MRS BA MAW
    68 3 RANBOON, Fri.— The Burmese authorities have refused a passport to Mrs. Ba Maw, wife of Dr. Ba Maw, Prime Minister of the Jap-anese-sponsored Government during the occupation, It was learned here yesterday. Mrs. Maw was seeking the passport for a business visit to Japan. A
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    ACCEPTED
    24 3 BONN, Fri.— The West German Parliament today decided to accept an Invitation to join the Council of Europe as an associate member. Reuter.
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    BEAUTY & THE BIRD
    29 3 BEAUTY THE BIRD STRANGE TRADES include teaching Indian mynah birds to talk at a New York pet shop. They can oattalk a parrot and mimic many animals. A.P. picture.
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    ROYAL OCCASION
    52 3 THE QUEEN, in crinoline gown, being received on her arrival with the King at the Plaza Theatre, London, for the premiere of the British film 'Odette.' The film is based on the wartime exploits of Odette Sansom, now Mrs. Odette Churchill, George Cross heroine of the French Maquis.
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    Deadlock Nears In Canberra
    139 3 CANBERRA, Friday. AUSTRALIA has moved nearer political deadlock on the Government's Bill to dissolve the Communist Party. The Senate, with a Labour majority, approved the Bill, but with amendments which the Government has indicated It will not accept. If the anti-Socialist majority in the House of
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    Trouble In Medan
    75 3 MEDAN, Fri.— This city is gradually becoming the centre of lawlessness, reports Aneta news agency. Reports mention an incident on Tuesday where a soldier of the Royal Netherlands Army was attacked by hostile mobs. Three civil po- licemen wno were irymg w interfere were stoned. The victims
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    BRAB PASSES NEW TEST
    111 3 LONDON, Fri.— The giant Bristol Brabazon, the world's largest passenger plane with wings bigger than the main span of London Bridge, set down its 127 tons on a commercial airport for the first time yesterday. The Brabazon reversed the propellors on its eight 2,500-horse-power engines and
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    TWO KILLED IN AIR CRASH
    46 3 BOMBAY, Fri. Air India today announced that an Expeditor plane on a chartered flight from Madras to Hyderabad crash-landed at Masullpatam, killing the pilot and one passenger. The radio operator and two other passengers were admitted to hospital seriously injured.— A.P.
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    RECORD OUTPUT OF TYRES SEEN
    50 3 AKRON (OHIO), Fri. THE Akron Beacon Journal predicated here yesterday that the rubber industry would produce nearly 90,000,000 pneumatic tyres during 1950. This would be the second largest output in history. Highest tyre production record was set in 1947 when 97,480,000 units were produced. Reuter.
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    KILLED IN BURMA
    58 3 RANGOON. Fri. Selwyn Khin, officer commanding the Burma Air Force, was killed yesterday in a plane crash in the Shan States, eastern Burma, it was officially announced. Details of the crash were not available. Thirty-two-year-old Khin was a fighter pilot with the RAF. during the war and
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    RED REVOLT IN PERU DEFEATED
    104 3 AREQUIPA, PERU, Pri. THHE Government yesterday said it had defeated the Communist rebels who had seized this southern Peruvian city second largest in the country— the night before. B Unconfirmed reports said that more than 50 people were killed and 200 injured in street fighting.
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    WEEKLY HOLIDAYS: 'BACK LAW' CALL TO WORKERS
    413 4 WEEKLY HOLIDA YS: 'BA CK LAW' CALL TO WORKERS A FORTNIGHT today ail shop assistants in Singapore will be entitled to one full day's holiday a week, under the Weekly Holidays Ordinance. And last night Mr. C. W. Lyle, Assistant Commissioner for Labour, appealed to shopkeepers and assistants to back
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    MR. GRIFFITHS IS "GRATEFUL"
    84 4 From Our Staff Corespondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. THE Secretaiy of State for the Colonies, Mr. James Griffiths, in a letter through his private secretary, has expressed his thanks for the hospitality which the Malayan Trade Union Council extended to him during his visit. He sent congratulations
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    Yesterday's Kallang Air Arrivals
    197 4 Yesterday's Kallang Air Arrivals rpHE following passengers were among those who disembarked at Kallang airport yesterday from points outside Malaya on the various air services. Passengers in transit are not included in the list. X.L.M. From Jakarta: Messrs. Leonard Stephen Bennet. O.P. Nicholaas Blom. Chua Beng Chuan, Uttamran Chelabhai. P.
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    STREET HOLD-UP
    28 4 Yunos bin Eli, of Telok Kurau Road, Singapore, was waylaid by two Chinese at Halg Road last night and robbed of $17 and a wrist watch.
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    Briggs "On The Right Lines' In Malaya
    187 4 Briggs "On The Right Lines In Malaya LONDON, Friday. T IEUT.-Gen. Sir Harold Brlggs, Director of Operations m Malaya, "seems to be on the right lines", the Manchester Guardian said m an editorial yesterday. The paper continues: "One of his aims is to bring the Chinese squatters under the regular
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    3 GRENADES, TWO CHARGED
    44 4 from Oui Own rorrespondent TELUK ANSON, Frl.- Heng Yue Koe. aged 68. and Heng Ut Meo, aged 37 were charged at Teluk Anson with having three hand-grenades at Bagan Sunsei Belukant. Rungkup They were remanded In custody till June 19.
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    THE END OF A COW KILLER
    39 4 ELEVENTH TIGER killed by Mr. A. Locke, Administrative Office at Kemaman. It was 8 ft. 8 in. to the tip of the tail and had killed nine cows in that area of Trengganu.
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    OPIUM HAUL
    30 4 TWO OF THE SIX BAGS of opium valued at 590.000 seized by men of the Singapore Customs Preventive Branch on the s.s "Produce" on Monday. Straits Times picture.
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    WEEK-END PLANS
    173 4 pANDIT NEHRU'S programme for tod^ay and tomorrow will be: Today: 3 p.m. Visit Indian community at the Naval Base. Seletar. 4 p.m. Press conference at the residence of the Representative in Peirce Road. 5.15 pjn. Lay the foundation stone of the new premises of the Indian Association at
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    TRESPASSING IN S.H.B. GODOWNS
    65 4 To curb increasing thefts from godowns in the Singa- i pore Harbour Board areas, i trespassers should be given j deterrent sentences, said Ins- I pector Balakrishnan in the Singapore Third Police Court on Wednesday. The magistrate, Mr. C. H. F. Blake, fined Tan Ah Chee
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    H.K.: NEW EXCHANGE RULES
    258 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Pri. MEW regulations govern- Ing payments between Hong Kong and other countries m the sterling area have been made. The following direction has therefore been given under Regulation Six of the Finance Regulations: 1. Except with permission granted by or
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    $24 Million A Year More From Smokes
    156 4 $24 Million A Year More From Smokes increased duty on cigarettes and tobacco (from $5 to $6.50 a pound) is expected to raise Singapore's revenue by about $5,625,000 a year. In the Federation, where the duty has been raised by $2 a pound, the revenue is expected to be up
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    $9,000 More For SATA
    156 4 THis Singapore Anti-Tuber- 1 culosis Associai'nn yesterday announced receipt of donations of nearly $9,000. The list includes: Singapore Institute of Science $1,052 Miss S. Govlnden SlO Mr. N. R. Mlstrl $300. Uttnrr.ram (Singapore) is Co. M, MI, Singapore Mercantile Co-uponUlve Thrirt Loan Society $30. anonymous ?100,
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    TWO FINED
    32 4 From Our Own Corre-spuniiont T A I p I n G, rd.—Pleading guilty to an inconsiderate driving charge, an Indian motor-cyclist. Ongka Chand. was fined $50 by thp Taiptng Magistrate
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    Two Shots, Husband Found Dead
    135 4 Two Shots, Husband Found Dead From Our Own Corrcsj>omlrnt BUKIT MERTAJAM Fri. A WOMAN Ong Or Lay, told the Nibong Tebal Coroner yesterday that, on hearing two shots, she ran out of her house in Simpung Ampat and saw her husband, Aner Klni Hor. lying face downwards The Coroner. Jnche
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    Five Sikhs Sentenced
    93 4 MR. H. E. Kingdon, oi.i a- pore First District yesterday convicted five Si'tha for assaulting Harpal Singh and Saraban Singh. Hari Singh, who had two previous convictions, was sentenced to six weeks' rigorous imprisonment, whi nun Singh, Bachau t Kartnr Singh ami Suiciva Sineh were each fined
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    SCHOOL FOR UNDER 17 DETAINEES'
    80 4 From Our S'afT i KI'AI.A LUMPUR Saturday. OEGCLATIONS gazetted today permit the detention IV under the Emergency Regulations, in advanced approved schools of those who have not reached the age of The notification says that persons so detained will not be subject to the Emergency
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    "TRADE PROSPECTS BRIGHT" POYNTON
    414 5 "No Reason To Be Despondent" TRADE ADVISERS' CONFERENCE r FK VDK prospects in the Federation and Singapore are good, despite the Emergency, according to Sir Hilton Poynton, Deputy Undersecretary of State for the Colonies. Sir Hilton, who arrived In Singapore this month with the Secretary of
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    MORE AIR RAIDS ON BANDITS
    137 5 From Our Staff Correspondent X LUMPUR. Fri. I*ll k R A.F. made wide1 vad air strikes on bm i .t positions vesterdt. ICked targets In tang and Labis areas > >r>\ the Kajang area ingor and (he Kuala I r i if Negri Sembllan. ;rins
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    Seven Now Dead
    77 5 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Fri. NUMBER of casualties suffered by the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry on operation in the Ampang area of lpoh last Saturday has risen to seven with the death today at the District Hospital, looh, of one of the four B 'VR.s
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    No Proper Accounts
    32 5 SEGAMAT, Frl.— Because he fa lrd to keep a proper account of his dealings. 42-y.-.ir-old liquor dealer. Khor Ten* Yam was fined $50 or a month's gaol, at Segamat.
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    LAW LINK WITH H.K.
    41 5 A Bill is being drafted in Singapore to empower the Chief Justice to sit in the full court in Hong Kong and strengthen it whenever required. A Bill to this effect was introduced in the Hong Kong
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    THREE FINED
    41 5 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Frl.— Lim Hoong Sim, Tan Yeow and Wee Kum, of Harimau Estate, who failed to report change of address, were fined $6. $8, and $10. respectively, In the Johore Bahru Police Court yesterday.
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    JOHORE DINNER
    75 5 DINNBB TO DATO ONN bin Ja'afar given by Johore Malay ol'iccrs at the Audience Hall in the Government Offices at Johore Bahru on Thursday. Seated In the fronl row from, left to right are: Dato AlsagofT. Mrs. J. P. Hodgkinson, Mr. Malcolm Mar Donald, Turißku Maimunah. Dato Haji
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    HEALTHIER TRADING AGAIN
    274 5 ENCOURAGED by weakness iii New York in the early part of tin- week, a change Di sentiment Ui the la 6ays brought about the fail in Singapore's rubber price for many years Vory heavy liquidation by !W> trade and "nervous holders caused a decline of approximately 26
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    Threats At Dinner Party, Say Witnesses
    818 5 EVIDENCE IN MALACCA TRIAL From Our Staff Correspondent MALACCA, Friday. piVE witnesses for the prosecution gave evidence of threats alleged to have been made by Tan Kee Gak, Malacca company director and defendant m a charge of voluntarily causing hurt to Lim Kee Jin,
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    GOING ON LEAVE
    32 5 "MRS. K. REEVES. Health Sister at Kuala Kangsar, who was entertained by the Raja Prempuan of Perak and the Medical and Health Club before goinf nn leave to Britain.
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    PLEADS GUILTY
    43 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Fri.— A. K. Sankaran, of Singapore, pleaded guilty in the Johore Bahru Police <!ourt yesterday to a charge of causing hurt to Hong Peng Keng by driving a jeep negligently on the Pontian Pumping Station Road. Sentence was deferred.
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    Committee To Run S'pore Sea Cadets
    140 5 SINGAPORE'S Sea Cadet Corps will henceforth come under the control and supervision of a Sea Cadet Committee, it was officially announced yesterday. The committee will have four members, a representative each of the Government, the Flag Officer, Malayan Area, local shipping interests, and the
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    HAD STOLEN PROPERTY
    58 5 See Ah Moi, 47-year-old trishaw-pedaller, was found to have 36 tins of abalone, suspected to be stolen property, when detained by the police at Hill Streit Police Station on June 8 for "queer behaviour." He pleaded guilty m the Singapore Second Police Court and was sentenoed to
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    SINGAPORE WEEK-END DIARY
    130 5 TODAY Y.W.C.A.. 5, Raffles "*iur, Mandarin classes 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. PANDIT NEHRU'S PROGRAMME: See Page 4. CHINESE V.M.C.A.. Selegie Road, music class. 2.30 p.m., baskett^'l. X*" n"» badminton. 5.30 or" rt •>"-"' show 7.30 p.m. V.M.C.A., Orchard Road, rhcrs club, 3 p.m., movie circle show,
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    TWO ART SHOWS IN S'PORE
    85 5 TWO ART SHOWS IN S'PORE fpwo exhibitions of paintings will be opened today at the British Council Hall. Singapore. The exhibition is under the auspices of the Singapore Art Society and the British Council, and comprises paintings from Australia, reproductions of British paintings by the Ganymed process, and a further
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    Air Cargo Rates
    101 5 NEW low cargo rates for air shipments over Pan American World Airways and X.L.M. routes both ways between Singapore and Amster-dam-Brussels were announced yesterday by PAA's District Traffic Manager m Singapore, Mr. Gordon Jones. Shipments from Singapore to Amsterdam, weighing more than 45 kilos, will be assessed
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    IN MEMORIAM
    22 6 KOCH: In fond and ever loving memory of our dear mother and Ernndmothrr who left us a year R*' today.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Sat., June 17, 1950. Mr. Nehru's Visit
    929 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Sat., June 17, 1950. Mr. Nehru's Visit Today Pandit Nehru will visit Singapore for the third time m his life. When he came here for the first time m 1937 the British Raj still held sway m India, and the old order wa» unchanged m Singapore
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    Kitty Years Ago.
    171 6 [From tbe Straits Times of June 16, 1900] KRETA AVER RATS AT the Commissioners' meeting a return was produced showing that, in the 15 days between May 18th and June 4th, the total number of rats killed and handed in was 3,374. Kreta Ayer was the district
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    56 6 Photograph by Hedda Morrison. The Round Dance of Hie Tagal people of North Borneo. The Tagab are peculiar in that their houses have a sprung bamboo floor in the centre, on which this dance is performed. The interior of the house being too dark to take a p hotograph, this
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    1237 6  - Cynicus —by "WHO'S WHO" is un- communicative, and King's House is silent, as to the sub-editorial experience to which the High Commissioner, Sir Henry Gurney, laid claim in his speech to the Press Club of Malaya. Whatever his memories of the blue pencil and the spike, the sub's chief tools
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    Singaporeana
    826 6 THE first European settlers in Singapore lived in the vicinity of the Padang and '< along Beach Road nearly as far as Arab Street, and the leases which they took out j are to be seen In the Land Office to this day A retired Government officer who has
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    PAY REVISIONS: DATES NEXT WEEK
    376 7 New Cost Of Living Rates From July 1 AT next Tuesday's meeting of the Singapore Legislative Council, the acting Colonial Secretary, Mr. J. D. M. Smith, will move for adoption the third Salaries Revision Report since the liberation, recommending three different dates on which the
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    39 7 SYRI) ABDUL K.iDIK bin Mohamed reading the address from the Johore Malaya Officers to Dato Onn bin Ja'afar at the dinner on Thursday in Johore Bahru. Dalo Onn recently retired from the post of Mentri Besar. Straits Times picture.
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    FILM SHOW
    33 7 The Ex-Services Association of Singapore will screen a film of life in Canada and other features at the S.V.C. Headquarters. Beach Road, tomorrow night at 8.15 for members, and their friends
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    CURFEW MEANS 'PRAY AT HOME'
    145 7 BECAUSE of the curfew, will not be able to c mosques as is customary < "of Ramadan which begins The Jchore religious authorities have issued a circular requiring Muslims in the curfew area to say their prayers at home. Muslim leaders throughout I a waited
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    DUTY ON SWEEPS TO GO UP
    65 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. THE Federal Government intends to increase the amount of Government duty on sweepstakes promoted bya club, association or society on the result of a horse or any other race to 20 per cent, from 15 per cent.
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    'Live Shows' For S'pore?
    65 7 Mr. Runme Shaw, the Malayan businessman, has left Singapore by X.L.M., for Amsterdam. Paris. London and Brussels in connection with the film and show business. Mr. Shaw will explore the possibility of importing "live" shows to Singapore. He will make a trip to Blackpool, the "Coney
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    WOMAN HAD DISTILLERY
    67 7 A Customs raiding party under P.O. Rodrigues dug up 14 gallons of fermented rice and two quarts of samsu from outside a hut owned by a Chinese woman, Lim Ah Wan, m Neo Tiew Road, Singapore, on June 7. Lim was fined m the Singapore Third Court
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    T.B. FIGURES GO UP
    55 7 Last month's figure of 70 cases of tuberculosis reported from the Singapore rural area is the second highest for thi» year. There were 74 cases m March and 42 m April, according to government statistics. Other cases of infectious disease reported last month were diphtheria, 3;
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    LINDA LEAVES S'PORE
    57 7 L INDA Christian, starlet wife of film star Tyrone Power. left Singapore yesterday morning by KIM. Constellation for Bangkok. She was accompanied by Mrs. Lawrence Kent, wife of the general manager of 20th. Centnry-Fox in London, and her manager, Mr. William Gallagher. They will later go to
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    War Veteran Arrives In S'pore
    70 7 THE S. S. DRENTE, of the Java Packet Line Fleet on the Java-Pacific service, photographed in Singapore docks yesterday, has not always been the peaceful cargo-cum-passenger ship she is now. During the war she was the Royal Navy Auxiliary Carrier Rajah, built in the U.S.
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    SCOLDED BOY TOOK POISON
    104 7 SCOLDED BOY TOOK POISON gECAUSE he did poorly in school examinations, a 16-year-old Singapore boy tried to commit suicide by taking poison. In the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday, the boy was discharged by th« magistrate; Mr. A. G. Shears He told the Court: "I was overcome with remorse and
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    NEW PROFESSOR
    29 7 Dr. C. Subrahmanyam, Senior Patholiglst, Singapore, has been appointed to act as Professor of Pathology, College of Medicine, it was announced in the Singapore Government Gazette yesterday.
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    Legless Air Ace Here With A New Plane
    223 7 pROUP Captain Douglas Bader, Britain's legless air aA3, flying a brand new Percival Prince light transport, landed at Kallang airport, Singapore, yesterday afternoon after an uneventful 16-day flight from Britain. Group Capt. Bader, who now works for the Shell Company's aviation division,
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    A Shipload Of Food
    60 7 The Blue Funnel line cargo passenger vessel Charon arrived m Singapore on Thursday from Australia with a full cargo of livestock, eggs, fruit, and vegetables. She carried 1,357 cases of fresh vegetables. 6,000 cases of apples, 4,000 cases of tomatoes and 1,037 cases of fresh eggs.
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    NEW BANK FOR SINGAPORE
    37 7 The Singapore Government has granted permission for an Indian bank, the United Commercial Bank, to open a branch In the Colony. The United Commercial Bank is one of the biggest banks in India.
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    BANK HOLIDAY
    17 7 July I will b« a Bank Holiday In Singapore. Goternment Offices, however, will remain open.
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    The Trio The Reds Fear
    193 7 SPECIAL BRANCH, POLICE AND ARMY A MONG Communist literature found by the Singa- pore police during the week was a cyclostyled pamphlet a issued by the "Singapore City Committee of the Malayan Communist Party* complaining that its "life has been darkened by the powerful trio
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    ACQUITTED
    37 7 A middle aged Chinese contractor, Ng Kirn Seng, was yesterday acquitted by Mr. P. Claque, Singapore Fourth Police Magistrate, of the theft of $4 worth of turf near the, newly built English School at Duchess Road.
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    Search For Man Who Saw Crash
    237 7 Search For Man Who Saw Crash rE Singapore Coroner, Mr. Mr. W. G. Porter, yesterday postponed an inquiry into the death of a motor cyclist m Cairnhlll Road on June 9 until next Friday to give the police a chance to find an unknown man who was at the scene
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    Four Unions To Meet
    73 7 REPRESENTATIVES of four Services unions will meet next week to discuss the reorganisation of the now inactive Singapore Federation of Services Unions. The unions forming, the federation are the Singapore Army Civil Service Union, the Admiralty Local Staff Union, the Air Ministry Local Staff Union and
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    INSULTED P.C. —FINED $25
    48 7 INSULTED P.C. —FINED $25 A police constable, Ibrahim bin Abdullah, said in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday that he was insulted in Chinese by Cheah Eng Teik in the Singapore Harbour Board area when he asked to see Cheah's identity card. Cheah, a lorry-driver, was fined $25.
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    THEY HAD NO PERMITS
    44 7 Two tongkang men, Teo Kirn Huat and LJm Chin, were fined $100 each In the Singapore Third Police Court yestprday when they pleaded guilty fo being found on June IS In protected areas of the Sirr^oore Harbour Board withou permits.
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    $5 MILLION ABATTOIRS FOR COLONY
    265 7 $5 MILLION ABATTOIRS FOR COLONY WITH a $3,000,000 grant for the Singapore Municipality from the Colonial Development and Welfare Fund, Municipal Commissioners are ready to go ahead with its project to build new abattoirs for cattle, sheep and pigs at Henderson Road. The scheme entails the development of 25 acres
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    16-YEAR-OLD TOOK WALLET
    37 7 The Singapore Second Police Court magistrate, Mr. A. G. Sheares, yesterday found a 16-year-old labourer, Chan Sin Seng, guilty of stealing a wallet containing $62. He was fined $100 or two weeks rigorous imprisonment.
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    Scouts HQ To Be Renovated
    172 7 Scouts HQ To Be Renovated iTPHE Scout Commiss:. Singapore, Canon XX 3. Adams said at the annual meeting of the Scouts Association yesterday, present headquarters camp site at Armenian Street was to be rehabilitated at ;i cost of $40,000. Work begin in two weeks, he added. "The Association has $2T.O(i()
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    HAD POISONS
    40 7 Twenty-four-year old William Kong Fook Tsutn, managing partner of Paulclin* Medical Company, was fined $250 by Mr. H. E. Kingdon, Singapore First District Judge, for being in the possession of large quantity cf poisonous drugs without a licence.
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    Is the 'Kum-kum'custom lost?
    370 8 Is the 'Kum-kum' custom lost? WONDER how 1 many people know the real significance of the "Kumk'.im'" mentioned in the St'&its Times recently: With the world as it is, a little knowledge of most races and creeds is much more essential tha-i it us-d to be, so perhaps an ex-,
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    She wants to be Malaya's ambassador
    949 8 She wants to be Malaya's ambassador By Our Woman Correspondent MRS. E. H. G. iTI Dobby, or "Denwyn" as she usually signs herself, is, according to her husband, "a walking fashion show." When she and Professor Dobby left Singapore last week, Mrs. Dobby took with her a wardrobe of clothes
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    Cookery Corner LEFT-OVERS
    387 8 Cookery Corner LEFT-OVERS JN Shakespeare's day, an "eater of broken meats" was what you called someone ivhom you hoped not to see again; and 1 saw very early in married life that my husband was not going to accept "mince" or even Shepherd's Pie. Rissoles; stuffed cabbage, tomatoes, or onions,
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      296 8 Street Fashions It J.JLiI /•p^P^W \_jj- h 7 'HE crowded Streets of T3? *rT **"v^ Singapore are filled with \L V^Tj IC^ wen and women who dress I\.^ l'lt mmm S better, t or less expenditure s I |//'V^k than their contemporaries >\i^ ly//i/L_/v 1 in Paris, the city of
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      144 8 STRAITS TIMES CROSSWORD 6 Promise air <«n»g.l UOty 31 ConfllUoo «tlch tn»» brtna f^"^S SS m """j I- 1 I HH P~" 10. Became Mn. RnlrtUe? IB u.n»aouft*»M*ictHbtt-31 I H P 11 Reputed to rnakßthafina **> mm hihihiim II II I wise n-3-«). JS. SutMreitßfltojhtt; coa." —ss ~TSSS <ss iukJ^lMawl
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  • SATURDAY FORUM
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      A MESSAGE OF WELCOME TO NEHRU
      441 9 A MESSAGE OF WELCOME TO NEHRU THY loyalty to the King is second to no-one's, ami I too am a Colony taxpayer. But 1 strongly oppose "Colonial's" discourteous remarks made in his letter to the Straits Times of June 1M regarding the State welcome planned for Pandit Jawaharlal Neh; v
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      HITCH-HIKING FOR THE SOLDIER
      383 9 HITCH-HIKING FOR THE SOLDIER AS an ex-Serviceman c who has hitch-hiked thousands of miles, and as a motorist who now f does his best to repay a j hu«;e debt of gratitude. I t feel thoroughly stung by I vlr Ralph Champion's allegations of selfishness against Singapore "no- lift" motorists
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      The Labour Party's Members
      240 9 The Labour Party's Members I WAS one of the memoers who attended the annual conference of the Singapore Labour Party last Sunday. Any observer could from the very start feel that there were two camps within the party only a few of those present did not belong to either. My
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      THE UNIVERSITY'S ENTRANCE EXAM
      105 9 I WAS one of those who sat the University of Malaya's ntrance examination. Obviously, such an examination is the best and only method available for selecting students. But if seems to me that the University has overlooked one very vital point. Can the examiners be absolutely
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      A Difference Of Opinion On Near-Nudity
      275 9 FHE interesting observations of your corres- pondent, Khoo Eng Teow, on the matter of art, inspiration and nude danc»ig girls, which appeared in last Saturday's Forum, must surely have amused more than one of us. He was answering the Rev. Goh Hood Keng with
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      "THEM'S HIS SENTIMENTS"
      145 9 A^i,oW m e to say just j tills to "A Citizen By Birth whose letter headed 'Some Artificial Citizenship': A Colony View appeared in last Saturday's For v m— them's my sentiments. It seems to me that the matter of citizenship alone should rule out any -"joinup"
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      PUT THE CLOCKS FORWARD!
      130 9 ANYONE who has studied business efficiency will "warmly" agree with the Uncomfortable Government Clerk" who wrote in his letter of June 14 that present working hours ar? most unsuited to this climate. Could any reader deny having said, after eating his luncheon. "I'd 'ove to be
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      THE SERVICES POOL SITE
      254 9 IN fairness to the "present Army authorities" in Singapore it is important to correct the statement made by Mr. T. K. Chuan in his letter to your paper of June 16. It was the late General Cox himself who, early in 1948, obtained from Government the
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      The clerk's loyalty
      173 9 CECIL STREET," in "On The Margin," has on two different occasions presented bouquets to the teachers. That's all very well, but why at the expense of the commercial clerks and the trade unionists? A teacher works 25 hours a week with 2i months' holidays annually, whereas a
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      A PROBLEM OF LAW FOR LAND-OWNERS
      244 9 A PROBLEM OF LA W FOR LAND-OWNERS ON June 2 a Bill was pubustica in the Federal Gazette to validate the acquisition of alienated land for Federal purposes, on account of the Judgment of the Interpretation tribunal, gazetted on May 16, 1950. Surely there must be sonivitning wrong with the
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      ATTAP SHEDS IN ALOR STAR
      205 9 A i the rate town Wan- ning is going on in Alor Star. I am sure that our grandsons will be unable to see any improvement in the town, altn-mgh other places in the Federation are going ahead Most traders wi:h attap sheds have been
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      The S.I.T. Rents: Overcharged ?
      147 9 The S.I.T. Rents: Overcharged MR. D. Robertson wrote in the Straits Times on June 15 that "post-war two- loom flats are let at $55 a month." The two-room flat which 1 am occupying;, and which was built after the liberation, has been costing me $65 per month since I moved
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      ANOTHER IN THE QUEUE
      169 9 CLERK'S' le.ter, A published on June 14 under the heading "S.I.T. Register: 1947 And 1950," hit the nail right on the head in pointing to the unjust attitude of the Singapore Improvement Trust in allotting accommodation. I am also one of those who applied and were
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    London Stocks
    284 10 LONDON, Frl. RUBBERS were steadier than of late In the London Stock Exchange yesterday. A small gain was shown occasionally m this section. Closing middle prices ot selected stocks, as supplied to Che Bl*%lti Times by special arrangement with The Financial Times, follow. Unless otherwise stated, shaie* trr
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    PRODUCE MARKET
    35 10 From A Market Correspondent QOPRA in (he Singapore produce market was firm yesterday, buyers quoting $34 and sellers $35 U. Coconut oil was auoted around $58. Quotations In the other sections remained unchanged.
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    STEADY BUT DULL SHARE MARKET
    747 10 From Our Market Correspondent QNLY small support from overseas appeared m v the Malayan share market yesterday. The market was steady, but dull, despite some healthy dividend declarations. Industrials showed little change. Prices quoted by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association yester day were INDUSTRIALS Bayer Seller
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    TIN PRICES
    30 10 SINGAPORE, Fri., June 16.— 5299,871 (down $0.87}). LONDON, Fri.. June 16 Spot: £599— £600; Forward. C 600 J— £6ol; Settlement. £599}. Turnover: morning 105 tons; afternoon, 40 tons.
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    Singapore Rubber
    366 10 Thursdays weakness, prices in the Singa pore rubber market recoverec at the opening yesterday and remained steady throughout the day. Trade however, was on the small side. Closing price* yesterday were per lb: No. 1 R.S.S. spot loose buyers 77% cents, sellers 78 cents; No. 1 R.SJ3. f.o.b.
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    SHIPPING IN SINGAPORE
    157 10 gHIPS m the Singapore Outer and Inner Roads and alongside Harbour Board godowns yesterday were: Out*r Roads: Hii Hsuan. Burhill. Chama, Les Glleres, Mvi Nan Bolma, I" '"tier. Inner Roads: Sin Soon Lee. Kafang. Tat Ann. Belaya. Tayoe. Relau. Sinaban°\ Mantin. Dr. Edmond Paoln. Matang. Cham-- Havsbris,
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    STIFF TEST FOR S'PORE CRICKET XI
    488 11 STIFF TEST FOR S'PORE CRICKET XI Malacca 'sChance To Make History By Our Cricket Reporter SINGAPORE, with virtually an "A" team, take on Malacca at cricket today and tomorrow at Malacca and if the old settlement do not make history by winning their first match on record against the Colony,
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    WON 2-0 WITH TEN MEN
    174 11 WON 2-0 WITH TEN MEN gCORING a goal in each half, the Ist. Bta., Singapore Regiment. R.A. defeated by two goals to nil the HQ. Singapore District in a Junior B 1. S.AJ.A. soccer fixture played on the 8.0.D.C.A. ground yesterday. The winners, fielded only 10 men and centre-forward O'Oonoghue
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    SINGAPORE TIDES
    15 11 TODAY: 12.40 ajn. (Bft.) and 11.35 p.m. Oft. 41n.). TOMORROW: 1.15 p.m. (Bft.).
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    Recs Score Close 3-2 Win v R.E.
    318 11 U7ITH a good start of three goals, lowly-placed Singapore Recreation Club looked like piling up a big score against a very shaky Royal Engineers side but the final whistle found them clinging to a very precarious one-goal lead. Engineers, who simply could not
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    HUDSON OUT OF NEGRI XI
    60 11 From Our Staii Correspondent SEREMBAN, Fri. OWING to an injury sustained during last week's match at Kuala Lumpur. Brig. R. E. H. Hudson, Negri Sembilan's leading batsman, has withdrawn from the N.S. team to meet Selangor this weekend. His place in the team will be
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    Falli Wins Sports Cup For Keeps
    488 11 WINNING the individual championship fo r the third year in succession, lanky Ibrahim bin Falli won the challenge cup for keeps at the annual sports of Victoria School held yesterday. He scored 18 points. Runner up was Tan Kay Wah with nine points. Five
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    Northants Beat M'sex By Innings
    161 11 LONDON, Fri. IyiORTHAMPTONSHIRE, surprise \ll team in last season's English county cricket championship, today beat Middlesex, the joint title holders, for the first time since they became a first class County side 45 years ago. This season they promise to do even better and their
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    ST. ANDREW'S BOYS v OBA
    94 11 St. Andrews' Past v. Present Boys for Dr. S. H. Tan Shield at Woodsville today at 2 p.m. and tomorrow at 10 a.m.: Present Boys= Ong Beng Bee, B. Ross (capt), D. Keyt, O. Oefc- lers, R. Neubronner. A. S. Nair, G. Owen. W. Skinner,
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    Cardinals Win 73-50
    304 11 MAPUA Tech. Cardinals continued their winning way, after being held to a hectic iraw by Ho Ho on Thursday by defeatin,; the much heralded Selargor league champions, Clini Woo A.A. of Kuala Lumpur, at the Happy Wo!ld Stadium, last nuht. The visitors took the court without their
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    Sports Diary
    196 11 CRICKET: Singapore Dist. (Army) v. R.A.F. (M) at Seletar, 11 a.m.; S.R.C. v. Ceylonese (A teams) at S.R.C. S.C.S.A. v. Sinhalese (A teams) at Farrer Park; Straits Times v. St. Patricks Inst. at Hong Lim Green; RAF Chanci v. RASC at RASC; S.C.C. v. BOD at SCC; Raff
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      64 11 SINGAPORE 10 n.m. News from K. L.; 10.05 Close; 12 Malay: 1 p.m. Dance Music; 1.30 News, Weekly Share Market; 1.50 Light Music; 2 Album of Harmony; 2.2.S K. b Racing; 6.30 Children. 6.46 Light Music; 7 News; 7.15 Listeners' choice; 8 Jay Wilbur 9urlnfs; .30 "Blue Danube"; 9 Variety
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    TWELFTH OF AUGUST READY
    526 12  -  Should Come Into His Own Over 9f. Today By EPSOM JEEP KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. AS ONE OF MY horses to follow this season, Twelfth of August has not proved a profitable investment. His best effort in six outings was a fourth in a 6-f. spiint at
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    TODAY'S GOING
    26 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. HEAVY rain (ell from early this afternoon and had not ceased by tonight. The Koine will be .yielding at best tomorrow.
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    Top Sprint Intriguing Race
    1180 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. MOST INTRIGUING race on the card at Kuala Lumpur tomorrow is the 6-f sprint for Class 2, Div. 1. Gold Meridian, Buddy and Steel A?e are definitely three youngsters of exceptional promise and we have no line by which we can compare their
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    NATH OUT OF KENT TENNIS
    122 12 BECKENHAM, I'Ti. fiARDNAR MULLOY defeated NJirondra Nath of Ind'a 6-3, 3-6, 8-3 yesterday tf reach the semi-finals of the Kent Lawn Tennis Championships along with Billy Sldwell, Geoff Brown and Eric Sturgess. Sldwell clii'iinited Vie Seizas 6-3, 6-2 and Sturgess beat Fred Kovaleski 3-6, 6-3,
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    SAVOLD SIGNS UP WITH SOLOMONS
    56 12 LONDON. Fri.— Lee Savold, the American who won the world heavyweight champion (British version) by beating Bruce Woodcock in London recently, signed contracts In London today with Jack Solomons, the promoter. Savold, has undertaken not to defend his title for anyone else but Solomons and
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    STARTER GOING ON LONG LEAVE
    44 12 Kuala Lumpur, Fri:— Mr. Rube Billett, Straits Racing Association's official starter, goes on long leave next week. He plans to spend his vacation In Australia. During his absence Mr. J R Forbes 8.8.A. Veterinary Surgeon, will act as starter.
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    Straits Times Selections
    147 12 EPSOM JEEP CALL BOY POINTER RACE 1 2.30 SPRING UP Dark Romance Bright Mengseng ROSALINE Spring Up Dark Romance ROSALINE Spring Up Bright Mengseng RACE 2 3 00 GOLDF.N NEWS Duke San Caravan GOLDEN NEWS John Caravan CARAVAN Duke San Golden News RACE S 3.30 KIMBERLEY Entertainment
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    Today's Race Card
    1002 12 DOUBLE. 1 TOTES: RACES 3 AND 4; 1 AND 8. BIG SWEEP: RACE 8. Rac e 1—2.30: Class 4, Div. 3— 5\ Furs. 024 Bright Mengseng Wahab 8.12 Mr. Pang Kirn Seng Yong 000 Sir Keith 8.10 "Mrs. Dixie" Sullivan 000 Brooking Lansdown 8.09 "Belmont Stable" Spencer
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    Arthur Lim Wins Junior Title
    450 12 rpHE Singapore Lawn Tennis Association's Juniof A Tennis title went to Arthur Lim yesterday evening when he defeated Gordon Lim in the final by, 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 at the S.C.C. The standard set yesterday was not higher though both boys played a variety of strokes.
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    Women's Golf: 1st-Round Results
    58 12 The first round of the Singapore women's golf championship was played off at Royal Singapore Golf Club yesterday and result as follows: Mrs. Weeke* beat Mrs. Lim tr? nd ™\i Mrs Gre <*ry beat Mrs. Wheeler 4 and 2 Mrs Patterson beat Mrs Smart 2 up,
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    51 12 TAN KAY WAII caught as he cleared the last hurd!<* to win the Hurdles A event at the annual snorts meet of Victoria School held yr terday on trte Schrol ground Kay Wah was the runner up in the individual championship with Bine points. Straits Times p<cture. (Results in Pa",e
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    How To Fora Supporters Club In S'pore
    173 12 How To Fora Supporters Club In S'pore By Our Soccer Rrnor er Response to Singapore Amateur Football Association's suggestion for a Supporters Club has be^n good, but no one seems to know how to start it The first step is to call a public meeting to which as many followers
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