The Straits Times, 28 June 1950

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    20 1 LATE EDITION The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY. JUNE 28, 1950 HRICE TEN CENTS.
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    TRUMAN ORDERS NAVY, AIR ACTION
    446 1 Support For South Korea Standing Firm On Red Aggression WASHINGTON, Tuesday. PRESIDENT TRUMAN today ordered United States planes and warships to the aid of South Korea. He also laid down a policy of standing firm against Communist aggression in the far Pacific. As part of
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    RAAF BOMBERS TO COME HERE
    243 1 RAAF BOMBERS TO COME HERE CANBERRA, Tuesday. JHE Australian Prime Minister, Mr. R. G. Menzies, announced today after a review of the Korean war that his Cabinet had decided to send a Royal Australian Air Force squadron of heavy bombers to Malaya. The decision was made, he said, after discussions
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    THE DIE IS CAST
    302 1 THE die is cast. And we pray history will record that President Truman this day won peace for a world threatened by madmen. The decision America's President has taken is grave. The line has been drawn beyond ivhich Communist aggression may not o<> iiorc even than
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    SANCTIONS DEMAND EXPECTED
    179 1 SANCTIONS DEMAND EXPECTED LAKE SUCCESS, Tues. FE United States Government will tonight present to the Security Council an "important resolution" believed In diplomatic quarters to mean sanctions against North Korea. An official United States spokesman said: "Consultations which members of the United States Mission carried on yesterday afternoon and last
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    THE WAR
    41 1 SEOUL, Tues. NOKlil Korean invaders j today broke a desperate Southern counter-attack j to save this frontline capi- tal. then threw heavy tank reinforcements into a new direct strike at the city's crumbling defences.-Reuter. (Full report in Page 3).
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    U.S. General Appointed
    101 1 TOKYO, Wed. il SEOUL broadcast early today quoted President Syngman Rhee as announcing an American general has been named defence commander of South Korea. It added that General MacArthur had premised bombers and anti-tank guns for a "Joint defence operation." The broadcast named the defence commander simply
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    PARLIAMENT CHEERS TRUMAN DECISION
    141 1 LONDON Tuesday JHE p r i me Minister, Mr. Attlee, read Mr. Truman's statement to members of the House of Commons m a f te rnoon H was loudly cheered. Mr. Attlee announced that the United Kingdom representative on the Security Council had been authorised to
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    "TURKO'S" WIFE FOR S'PORE?
    97 1 "TURKO'S" WIFE FOR S'PORE? AN application has been made to the Indonesian Government for Mrs. Westerling, wife of Capt. "Turko" Westerling to be sent to Singapore to give evidence at proceedings for the extradition of her husband. The application was made several day s ago by Westerling's lawyer, Mr. F.
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    GEN. SMUTS
    25 1 PRETORIA. Tues. Gen. Jan Smuts had a comfortable night and his condition today was on the whole satisfactory, an official bulletin n?portfd.— Reuter.
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    I Want To Go Back, Says Korean
    156 1 I Want To Go Back, Says Korean T*HE only Korean in Singa- pore wants to return to his homeland to "help drive out the Reds.' He may fly back soon He is Mr. Kirn Yung Duk whose wife and four-month-old son are In Seoul. Mr. Kirn. a 28-year-old businessman, was
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    Police Hut Set On Fire
    74 1 A POLICE hut at Aljunied Road. Singapore, was set on fire by terrorists last night about an hour after sunset. Police arrested a Chinese youth who was seen riding away from the scene on a bicycle immediately after the incident. The telephone box and parts
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    S'pore Student Killed In Crash
    244 1 A SINGAPORE student whose relatives spent all their savings to send him to Melbourne University was one of 28 people killed on Monday night in a Skymaster crash 60 miles from Perth, Western Australia. The student, 20-year-old Tan Jee Hoe, son of Madam Lee Chuat
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    RUBBER: 11-CT. RISE IN TWO DAYS
    55 1 THE price of rubber in Singapore has risen by about 11 cents a lb. since the week-end. Yesterday's jump of almost seven cents, to 83! 2 cents and over for first-grade shipment, was brought about mostly by Monday's price jump in London and New
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    15 KILLED
    27 1 CAGLIARI, Sardinia, Tues. —Fifteen people were killed and two seriously injured here when a lorry carrying workers crashed into another lorry loaded with sand.— Reuter.
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    MELLERSH WELCOMES AIR MOVE
    146 1 MELLERSH WELCOMES AIR MOVE AIR Vice-Marshal F. J w\ Mellersh, Air Officer Commanding Malaya, told the Straits Times last night that the new heavy bomber squadron would be "most welcome." He said the bombers would be four-engined Lincolns. of which there are already six belonging to the R.A.F at Tengah.
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    NEW STAMPS
    20 1 NEW DELHI. Tues. New values in India's series of "service" stamps will be issued on July I.— A.P.
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    NETHERLANDS' QUEEN ON TOUR Drawn Out To Limit"
    275 2 NETHERLANDS' QUEEN ON TOUR Drawn Out To Limit" SUCCESS, Tues. INTERNAL aid in the form of capital investment, loans and technical help coupled wi,n more effective mobilisation of domestic resources is still the key to the economic rehabilitation of Asia and the Far East, according to a United Nations economic
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    PAKISTAN APPEAL
    55 2 KARACHI, Tues. South Africa has turned down the Pakistan Government's request to postpone the enforcement of the Group Areas Bill pending a round table conference on the Indian question authoritative sources said. The sources said the Union Government reiterated its attitude towards the Bill in a telegram received
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    Dark Secret Of Lamour's Corsets
    234 2 LONDON, Tuesday. DOROTHY (Sarong) Lamuur will arrive back in Hollywood from her European tour with an 18in. scratch on one of her legs and a new pair of corsets. A steel support In her old set cut her right leg from knee to ankle as
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    SPECIAL COURT GAOLS GAMBLER
    61 2 NEW YORK, Tuesday. FRANK ERICKSON, 54, head of an American nationwide book-making business, was sentenced in New York yesterday to two years in prison and a US$3O,OOO fine Erickson who had plied his multi-million dollar betting trade tor a quarter of a century without spending a
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    SOUTH COUNTER-PUSH FAILS
    389 3 Red Invaders New Strike SEOUL, Tuesday. Korean invaders today broke a desparate Southern counter-attack to save this frontline capital, then threw heavy tank reinforcements into a new direct strike at the city's crumbling defences Ageing South Korean President Syngman Rhee and his Cabinet stood fast in Seoul
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    'Too Little Too Late' Says Rhee
    96 3 'Too Little Too Late' Says Rhee SEOUL. Tues. PRESIDENT Syngman Rhee 1 ol South Korea today il.imcd the crisis on "too little and too late" Ameri- in aid. Thnaigb a spokesman, the 75-year-old President said: vVith American aid coming as late as it has. it is v ■•rv difficult to
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    'WAIT & SEE' SHIPPING
    63 3 'WAIT SEE' SHIPPING HONG KONG. Tues.--Be-cause of the war in Korea, shipping companies in Hong Kong are adopting a "wait and see" policy regarding the sailing of their vessels to Inchon The Butterfield and Swire r Tsinan, however, is presently en route to :hat port, and expects to continue her
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    SHANGHAI 'RELIEF' PLANS
    115 3 SHANGHAI 'RELIEF' PLANS HONG KONG. Tues. CHANGHAI is setting up a programme of "relief work" projects for its thousands of unemployed. The official Liberation Daily reports that thsse include dredging of creeks and rivers, repair of embankments and dykes, tree planting, repair of jetties and wharves, work on drainage systems,
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    Police Battle With Java Terror Gang
    138 3 SEMARANG, Tuesday. DART of the Central Java town of Semarang turned into a real battlefield on Saturday night when police and Army units clashed with 100 strong terrorist gang, reports Aneta. The terrorists were observed trying to force their way into a godown of
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    'Dangerous' Says U.K. Minister
    142 3 LONDON, Tuesday. BRITAIN'S Minister of State Mr. Kenneth Younger, told the Commons last night the security situation in the Far East was "delicate and dangerous". Mr. Younger's statement was made as world -reports indicated '.ar that the Korean fighting might erupt into a third world war.
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    U.S. RED CROSS
    47 3 DETROIT, Tues. HP HE American .Red Cross yesterday ordered its Japanese director to give emergency financial assistance to military, evacuees from Korea. Mr. Henry Janeway, director of Japanese operations, also was authorised to handle emergency communications for all evacuees, military and civilintt Tl P
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    BIG PROFITS FROM TANKS
    81 3 LONDON, Tues. The Minister of Supply, Mr. George Strauss, yesterday dismissed a Conservative member's complaint that dismantled Sherman and Churchill tanks are being sold to Palestine. Mr. W. A. Steward told the House of Commons that the tanks, stripped of their armaments are 'being sold at
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    "DON'T LET SOVIET BLACKMAIL WEST"
    56 3 PARIS, Tueb.— The chairman of the United Nations Economic and Social Council, Herman Santa Cruz, of Chile, said on Saturday that Russia should not be permitted to "blackmail th 3 West into further concessions. He announced that Chile would fight against admitting delegates from the
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    HONG KONG TRADE
    17 3 HONG KONG, Tues.— Hong Kong's May imports were HK5298.000.000 and exports HKS266.ooo.ooo.— Reuter, AAP.
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    ANY JAM. TODAY?
    22 3 A LONDON ZOO keeper ladles out syrup on the first public appearance of the flve-month-old bear twins. AJ\ picture.
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    QUEEN'S NIECE ENGAGED
    39 3 LONDON, Tues.— The engagement of the Hon. Margaret Elphlnstone, a niece of Queen Elizabeth, and Mr. Denys Rhodes is announced. She was one of the bridesmaids at the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip.— A.P.
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    QUEEN'S HOME RAID: GARDENER CHARGED
    84 3 London, Tues. A ROYAL gardener was accused yesterday of raiding Queen Mary's mansion and stabbing her 66-year-old housekeeper. The gardener, Gerald, O'Brien, 26, made no plea. He was found hiding In a basement niche in Marlborough House. Chief Detec- tive Inspector Owen McGrath said jewellery
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    Seoul Cheers Singing Troops
    233 3 Seoul Cheers Singing Troops TOKYO, Tues. UNITED States Air Fcrce completed evacuation of Americans from the Seoul area of Korea at 8 p.m. tonight local time. The evacuees reported that South Korean morale was still good with troops singing as they marched .through the streets waving flags between cheering ranks
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    32 DIE IN U.S. FLOODS
    38 3 WASHINGTON, Tues— At least 32 persons perished in West Virginia floods, the National Red Cross Disaster Headquarters reported yesterday as all possible aid was rushed to 2,400 stricken victims in that area. U.P.
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    "UK GO VT WEAKENING ANTI-RED FRONT"
    207 3 LONDON, Tuesday. Tytß. Anthony Eden, deputy Conservative leader, iTI yesterday accused the Government of weakening the Western Front against Communism by refusing to join the Paris talks on the Schuman plan. He told the House of Commons: "In all its dreams of wedge driving,
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    S'pore Muslims Protest To Reds
    192 4 OiNUAPORE Muslim leaders and organisations, yesterday protested against the alleged Russian "extermination of Muslim peoples". The Muslim Welfare Association, Singapore, stated they would cable their protest against the reported Russian measures against Muslims under their control to the United Nations today. The president of the
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    S'pore Sale Of Property
    128 4 EIGHT properties were sold at an auction sale at Nassim and Co., Singapore yesterday. The highest price paid was $155,610. for Nos. 9 Cavanagh Road and 12 Koek Road or land with an approximate total area of 21.917 square feet. Freehold residential land of approximately 38,764
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    SCHOLARSHIP
    61 4 From Oar Stan Correspondent PENANQ. Tues. -A Bill for establishment of a Penang Scholarship Fund has been drafted by the Settlement Government's legal advisers and it is hoped to introduce it .at the next meeting of the" Settlement Council. This was- announced by the Acting Resident Commissioner, Mr. R.
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    HAD SAMSU: PINED
    37 4 from Our Own Correspondent MUAR. Tues.— For having seven quart bottles of samsu, an Indian Chellappa Pillai, was fined $92 or 40 days' hard labour at Muar. He was arrested in a shophouse at
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    MALAY GETS INDIAN DEGREE
    39 4 MALAY GETS INDIAN DEGREE MB. M. A. HAMID of Penang. one of the first Malays to take a degree in economics and political science at an Indian unirersity. He is now studying law at Aligarh University.— Straits Times picture
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    Naval "Battle" Off Singapore
    482 4 SINGAPORE, Tuesday. FIGHTERS, bombers and flyinr boats from Singapore-based R.A.F. squadrons are engaged in exercises in Singapore waters with the visiting Indian naval squadron under the command of Real Admiral G. Bernard. Two ships of the Royal Navy— the cruiser Kenya and the frigate Mourns Bay—
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    TEA PARTY TO HONOUR C.P.O.
    47 4 From Oar Staff Correspondent MALACCA, Tues.— The Sikh Advisory Board will hold a tea party at the Rest House on Friday in honour of Mr. R. W. E. Harper, CP.O, and the Board's chairman, who was recently awarded the Colonial Police Medal.
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    UNATTENDED: $2
    22 4 SEGAMAT, Tues.— Because he left his bicycle unlocked and unattended at Labis. 52-year-old Chan Chiok was fined $2 at Segamat.
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    GOVERNMENT STAFF CONFERENCE
    65 4 i,LGATES from 15 onions and associations of Government workers conferred at Kuala Lumpur on Sunday. Mr. Tan Tuan Boon, retiring president of the Government Staff Council is seen (right) congratulating Mr. M. Arokiasamy, of the Selangor Government Clerical Services Union, who was elected president. On the left
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    "Implicit Faith" In Onn Expressed
    227 4 From Our Staff Correspodent PENANG, Tuesday. A RESOLUTION expressing "implicit faith" in Dato Onn bin Ja'afar and calling on him to continue his leadership of UMNO was unanimously adopted at a special committee meeting of the Penang and Province Welleslej Muslim League in Penang. The
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    'Jekyll And Hyde Game Will Not Fool The Public'-C.C. Tan
    362 4 SA*U»ON'S PARTY PLANS ATTACKED lifl R. C. C. Tan, president of the Progressive Party, and Mr. Lim Yew Hock, president of the Labour Party, on Monday criticised the reported proposal by Inche Sardon bin Jubir, president of the Malay Union,
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    MIDWIFE DIPLOMA NEEDED
    135 4 IN view of a proposal to bring private maternity clinics In Singapore under Municipal control, greater emphasis has been placed on qualifications for the post of Supervlser of Mldwives. A committee of Municipal Commissioners has decided that the holder of this post should have the State Midwife
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    NO LICENCE TO SELL PORK-$20
    25 4 MUAR, Tues. Tan Khai Hong was fined $20 at Muar for selling pork without a licence at Jalan Haji Abu.
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    SOPRANO'S SPORE DEBUT
    198 4 ANO Kirn Lee. who graduated LR.A.M. with distinction at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music. Glasgow, last year, audfl her bow as a soprano In the British Council Hall, Singapore, last night, with Douglas Tan as her accompanist. The programme, of IS Items, contained some delightful songs.
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    OLD STYLE MALACCA WEDDING
    29 4 MR AND MRS. GOH Benjr Sian after their traditional Straits-Chinese wedding at Malacca. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. An? Seng Poh.
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    P.I. SEEKS MORE MALAYA TRADE
    150 4 MALAYA'S rubber shoe industry, which is doing about $500,000 worth of business a year with Siam, has caught tne eye of Hie Philippines Government. Dr. Jose Moreno, Philippines trade consul, who has arrived in Singapore on his way to India to investigate increased trade with
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    U.N. HEALTH EXPERT
    33 4 DR L. O. ROBERTS, of 'he World Health Organisation, who is visiting the Federation to discuss plans for a BCG tuberculosis immunisation team to visit Malay a. —Straits Times picture.
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    MAGISTRATE'S WARNING
    62 4 JOHORE BAHRUt Tues.— When the prosecution today asked for another postponement in the Johore Bahru Police Court of the case Is charged with attempting aaginst Lim Kirn Hue. who to commit suicide, the Magistrate said: "If you go on asking for postponements you will drive her t make
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    His' Lesson': Day's Gaol, $100 Fine
    92 4 His Lesson': Day's Gaol, $100 Fine From Oar Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. BECAUSE he wanted "to teach him a lesson." a Chinese reported his son to the police when he stole his sister's ring. "I just wanted hkn locked up for a few days," he told the police court
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    DID NOT ATTEND COURT: FINED
    45 4 TAIPING. Tues.— "You can't treat a Court summons like this," said the Taiping Magistrate when he fined Tan Seng Chye for fallng to attend Court on a summons. For obstructing the public thoroughfare with his lorry, Tan was fined $15.
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    TEA PARTY AT KAMUNING
    37 4 Frosa Oar Staff Correspond rnt KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.— The Kamunlng (Perak) Rubber and Tin Co., Ltd., held a farewell tea party for the manager, Mr. B. M. Hembry, before his departure on leave.
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    DRIVERS FINED
    25 4 MUAR, Tues. Two taxi drivers, Tan Ngak Wee and Nfr Yu Tee, who carried an extra passenger each, were fined $5 at Munr.
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    NO CAPS, GOWNS FOR FIRST GRADUATES OF VARSITY
    411 5 NO CAPS, GOWNS FOR FIRST GRADUATES OF VARSITY first graduates of the University of Malaya will be without their caps and g-owns when they receive their degrees from Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald. Chancellor of the University, at the Convocation on July 8. Mr. W. D. Craig, Regis', lai of the
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    SINGAPORE WEDDING
    54 5 MR. NAH WHEE TUAN, a Sanitary Inspector attached to the Singapore Municipal Health Office, and Miss Mary Tan Kah Choo, who were married on Monday at the residence of the bridegroom in Veerasamy Road. The groom is the son of Mr. Nah Yong Moh of the Municicipal Health
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    VARSITY M.B.B.S., B.D.S. RESULTS
    460 5 HpHIRTY-ONE candidates have passed the Seconc x Professional Examination Parts I and II and 4£ have been successful in the First Professional Examination for the degrees of M.B. B S in t.h* University of Malaya. Four other candidates have satisfied the Examiners in certain subjects and
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    13 NEW DOCTORS
    244 5 TME degrees of Bacheloi of Medicine and Bachelor of Dental Surgery of the University of Malaya have been •waraed for the first time to 13 students who have passed the qualifying examination for doctors and six who have passed the qualifying "examination for dental surgeons. Three medical
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    2 YEARS FOR LABOURER
    64 5 A LABOURER. Vaiktish Chltrouply. 35, was yestorday in the Singapore First District Court sentenced to two years' rigorous imprisonment to be followed by two years' police supervision, on a charge of housebreaking. Vaiktish. who admitted to four previous convictions, including one for robbery. broke into a
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    NO LICENCE
    47 5 From Out Own Corresitonrirnt JO^QRE BAHRU, Tucs. Chia Mm Foo, a shopkeeper of Senai, was fined $10 in the Johore Bahru Police Court today when he admitted driving a car without a licence. He said he drove the car because the driver was not available.
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    ALLEGED UNION BAN INQUIRY
    195 5 SINGAPORE'S acting Commissioner for Labour, G. W. Davis, has begun investigation into an allegation that Rediffusion (Singapore) Ltd. was trying to suppress trade unionism among its employees. i The allegation was made by Mr. Lim Yew Hock, in the Singapore Legislative Council on June 20. He
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    DANGEROUS CAR
    32 5 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Tues.— Low Chee was fined $15 in the Johore Bahru Police Court today for using a car which was in a mechanically dangerous condition.
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    BEST SHOT PRIZE
    40 5 MUVATG AIJIM 1. RAHMAN bin Mohamed Don receives the prize for the best shot from Col. C. H. Tarver,. at the passing-out parade of recruits at the Nee Soon Training: and Transit Centre. Woon Siang Boon picture.
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    Red Bills: Four Men Arrested
    120 5 SINGAPORE Police arrested four Chinese on Monday night in connection with the pasting up of Communist posters. A police spokesman said that when detectives arrested the men they were in possession of several bottles of glue and brushes. He said: "It was evident from the
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    Gurney At Premiere
    113 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. ALL the King's Men' -the film about a corrupt Gknremor— which woi Academy awards and was banned by the Film Censor, had us kUi-Maiayaa pieniie^e at the Rex Theatre he:? tonight. Among the guests who attended the premiere, were the
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    ASSAULTED HIS EX-MISTRESS
    69 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues.— Leong Ah Kong and his elder sister were fined $20 and $10 respectively, in the Johore Bahru Police Court today for assaulting a woman named Ho Hee Wah. Ho Hee Wah said that the assault took place when she asked Wong Ah Kong for
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    KALLANG AIRPORT ARRIVALS
    337 5 rE following passengers were among those who disembarked at Kalian;,' airport yesterday from points outside Malaya n the various air services. Passengers in transit are not included in the list Q.E.A.-8.0.A.C. From Sydney: Messrs: Me Alpine, Amstrong, and Dr. C. Smartt; Mrs. A. Lee, and Miss L.
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    'Millions Of Cockroaches' In His Cabin
    296 5 'Millions Of Cockroaches In His Cabin ENGINEER WALKED OFF SHIP ITALF an hour before the Shell tanker Neothyris was due to sail yesterday, the master. Captain W. S. Atkinson refused to take back his Fourth Engineer, Alexander William bond, in a Singapore court. Bond, who had stated that he "walked
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    ANOTHER S.M.C. JOB DEBATE
    159 5 ANOTHER S.M.C. JOB DEBATE CINGAPORE Municipal Com- missioners will go Into secret debate on yet another senior Municipal job when they meet for their ordinary monthly meeting on Friday. This time the Commissioners will be faced with a motion by Mr. K. Jagatheesan (Independent City Ward) which seeks to negative
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    Singapore Diary
    53 5 Y.W.C.A., Katong Groups' meeting, St. Hilda's School, Ceylon Road, 4 p.m. ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ol King Edward VII College of Medicine, annual general meeting, Department of Pathology, General Hospital, 8 p.m. T.M.C.A.. Orchard Roatl. chess club, 5 p.m.. art club, special drawing session, 6 pjn.. Wesley Guild dinner and
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    JEEP DRIVER ON HURT CHARGE
    41 5 From Our Own Correspondent MUAR. Tues.— Bail of $300 was offered Ho Hua Siang, charged at Muar with causing hurt to Chew Tong Heng at Jalan Arab. Ho was alleged to have driven a jeep negligently.
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    £he gtrait 5 ©mrs Singapore, Wed., June 28, 1950. Expatriate Promotion
    901 6 £he gtrait 5 ©mrs Singapore, Wed., June 28, 1950. Expatriate Promotion Sooner than the public expected, the Singapore Municipal Commissioners have been i faced with another of those difficult and delicate cases which are bound to crop up j while they are, on the one hand, trying to implement their
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    IN MEMORIAM
    21 6 IN IX)VING MEMORY of Mr. Tan Leong. late of Municipal Treasury, died 28.6.49. Ever remembered by his bereaved family.
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    Tale Of The Soviet Lands
    306 6 Tale Of The Soviet Lands Ttfß. Jack Evans, the censor, has done it again only this time he has made a blunder of the highest order. He has passed a Soviet film entitled "Tale Of The Siberian Land" for general screening, apparently without realising that by so doIng he is
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    "MALAY DEVILS"
    73 6 I WAS really Impressed by the. remarkable attitude shown bv a group of Malayan Indians when they appealed to Pandit Nehru to have the word "KlinR" banned because it was meaningless. Now. when everyone seems to be conscious of his dignity, what about us Malays, who are referred
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    Hari Raya Pilgrim Ship
    110 6 T*HE next pilgrim ship, acJ- cording to the Jeddah Pilgrim Office advertisement, has been fixed to leave Singapore on Julv 17. which date coincides with the second day of Hari Ray a This means that Intending, pilgrims from, up-ppuntry will have no chance of celebrating Hart
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      THEMUNICIPAL TREASURER'S DEPUTY
      182 6 THEMUNICIPAL TREASURER'S DEPUTY IT was with great disappointment that one received the news of the decision on the post of Deputy Treasurer in the Singapore Municipality. We have always been led to believe that it has been, and still is, the aim of the Commissioners to give the better candidate
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      THE G.C.S. AND MR. SMITH
      317 6 THi purpose of esta- blishing trade unions is merely to enforce the principle of collective bargaining. In a tussle between employer and employee the single employee Invariably loses, but f he is backed up by the whole union the struggle becomes more even. Consequently, trade
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      WHAT OF THE WHITE PAPER?
      143 6 IHAVE read the result of the Marcus-Scales "case," in the appointment of a new Deputy Municipal Treasurer for Singapore. Six Govern-ment-nominated Commissioners, the President and one elected Commissioner voted for Mr. Scales, and eight elected Commissioners voted for Mr. Marcus. Mr. Marcus Is a local-
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      HITTING AT LIVING STANDARDS?
      98 6 |ITE live in enlightened times TT these days and higher education has taught us that a higher standard of living is only to be obtained by greater production per head per day. It is further realised that general, all-round increases In salaries and wages are useless
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    One List For Doctors
    155 6 rFHE select committee of A the Singapore Legislative Council should be highly commended for its bold and imaginative stand in recommending a single seniority list for the Medical Services. To have done otherwise would have been to set at naught the good work that has already
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    On the Margin
    405 6 Collyer Quay rpHE old picture of the Sin- gapore waterfront which we published in this page last Thursday has prompted Mr. F. W. Dlbden, of Ipoh, to send us the even more interesting picture which we publish today. Mr. Dibden remarks that this shows Collyer Quay exactly
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      15 6 When only the best is good enough... musl- be CgrlsWrq beer EMPIRE /{ristoefat PORTABLE TYPEWRITER <<
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    Untitled
    20 6 FLETCHER— At Nelson, New Zealand on June 24th 1950. Belinda Ann, Infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N. B. Fletcher.
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    MALAYA'S TRADE GOES UP AGAIN
    323 7 $64mFa voura ble Balance In Five Months Y| ALAY AS overseas trade continues to rise. Exports in May totalled $214,071,169, and imports $210,802,795, bringing a favourable balance of trade for the fir five months of the year to $64,867,763. For the corresponding period of last
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    CLERKS' WIVES TO MEET
    257 7 CLERKS' WIVES TO MEET Union Move THE Singapore Government and Clerical Services Union will convene a clerks' wives' meeting to "bring home to their employers, the taxpayers, the need for dt>cent living wages for their employees." A Press statement Issued by the Union last night said that this was decided
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    Meeting Of 3 Unions
    81 7 REPRESENTATIVES of the three Singapore services unions recently held a meeting to discuss the re-orgaiU-sation of the Singapore Federation of Services Unions. Discussion was confined to proposals to amend certain parts of the 'Federation's existing constitution to strengthen the organisation, which has been inactive for sometime.
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    TO GIVE TALK
    55 7 Mr. Van Kee Leong. one of the delegates from Malaya to the World Pacific Conference held recently ln India, will give a public talk on "Aims and Objects of the World Pacific Conference," at 6.30 p.m. tomorrow at 8, Cairnhill Road. The talk will be under the
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    ENDS HOLIDAY
    29 7 MiiS. LEE KONG CHIAN, of Singapore, who returned by Q.E.A. BOA C. Constellation yesterday from vacation in Brisbane. Australia. Mrs. i.cc was accompanied by Miss L. l.oh
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    TEACHERS' DANCE
    21 7 The Singapore Teachers Training College will hold an inaugural dinner and dance at 8 p.m. tomorrow at Raffles Hotel.
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    ROBBER GETS 6 YEARS
    133 7 ROBBER GETS 6 YEARS "UAD there been any violence, you would have been sentenced to a whipping. Since there Is no evidence of violence, you will go to prison for six years," said Mr. Justice Thorogood at the Singapore June Assizes yesterday, when he passed sentence on a Hokkien, Niu
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    HAMBURGERS AND HOT DOGS....FREE
    102 7 HAMBURGERS AND HOT DOGS.... FREE gOYS from Boys' Town' will give a novel table nn SS tO Patrons attending the Carnival Ball on Monday night at the Victoria Memorial Hall The food, which will' be served free to holders of admission tickets 0/ $5, will be of the American variety—
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    'MORE VOTERS CAMPAIGN
    56 7 T*HE Labour Party of Slnga- pore, will hold public meetings in different centres of the Colony as a step In their campaign to register more voters The first mating will be held at Fairer Park on July 2, at 5.30 p.m.. at which party speakers will speak
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    AIR VISITORS
    19 7 TwdU.S: Navy 8.26 aircraft arrived at Kallahg airport, Singapore, yesterday afternoon on a "familiarisation" flight from Guam.
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    BABY CARTHAGE IS HERE
    61 7 CARTHAGE is to be the name of this boy born four days ago to Mrs. Sushila Dadlani while a passenger in the P. and O. liner, Carthage, which arrived at Singapore yesterday. Mrs. Dadlani is travelling from Bombay to Jakarta. The ship's surgeon, Dr. Barry, assisted
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    DAYANG MUDA IN S'PORE
    109 7 DA YANG MUDA IN S'PORE fPHE Dayang Muaa of SaraA wak, mother, of Mr. Anthony Brooke, the Raja Muda, arrived In Singapore yesterday with a companion, Miss Joy Dunsford of New Zealand. "I hope to go to Sarawak In about a month's time to see my Malay and Chinese friends"
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    APRIL CARGO
    28 7 Ports In the Federation of Malaya handled 207,230 tons of cargo in April. The total for the first four months of the year was 746,161 tons.
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    FOUR MORE DAYS....
    35 7 AFTER July 1. ho applications will be accepted from intending Haj pilgrims for passage on the "Tyndareus" which is scheduled to sail on July 17, a Singapore Government statement issued yesterday warns.
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    'A Brave Woman' Says Sir Franklin
    126 7 rr%.iE Governor of SingaX pore. Sir Franklin Gimson, yesterday paid tribute to a woman for her courage in returning to a place which did not hold too happy memories for her. 'ir franklin was speaking at the opening of the exhibition of oil paintings
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    Young wife took caustic soda
    187 7 ALL-NIGHT QUARREL, THEN A FTER an all-night quarrel with her European A husband, a young Chinese girl, Low Yuet Meng, drank caustic soda in a fit of temper. She died a week later in hospital. Yesterday, the Singapore Coroner, Mr. W. G. Porter, returned a
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    To Study In India
    111 7 rE Government of India has awarded cultural scholarships to six Malayan students two from Singapore and four from the Federation. Of the four winners from the Federation, Mr. Lam Sit Tin, Mr. Kripal Singh Ball and Miss N. Kamalam, are from Perak fend Mr. Dennis A.
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    ACCUSED OF THEFT
    47 7 Lee Pek Han, aged 24. claimed trial in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday when charged with stealing a box of roller bearings valued at $60 from a military shed at Kranjl. Bail of $200 was extended. The case was postponed to July 26.
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    FLAG COLLECTOR
    46 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues.— Mr. R. Gerard. Mexican National Academy of History and Geography, is visiting world tour collecting Hags -of Malaya In the course of a world tour collecting- flags of all nations.' Designs of the various Johore flags have been given to him.
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    'DON'T TEMPT SHOPS TO BREAK LAW'
    324 7 'DON'T TEMPT SHOPS TO BREAK LAW' I^ONT tempt the shopkeepers to break the Weekly Holidays Ordinance, appealed Singapore's Commissioner for Labour Mr. G. W. Davis last night over Radio Malaya. "After all, shopkeepers aie kind-hearted men", Mr. Davis continued, "and \i you are an old customer and go in on
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    Gambling In Club: Big Fines
    101 7 Gambling In Club: Big Fines PINES of $1,500 each were imposed in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday on Lee Chee Hin, Ng Swee Slong and Yeo Hock Eng, for assisting ln tho management of a common gaming house, the Hai Peng Club in Queen Street. They all gave notice
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    Proprietor Accused
    103 7 THE proprietor" of the PopuAlarA lar Medicine Store, South Bridge Road, Oei Kirn Leong, was yesterday ordered to be kept under mental observation for one week, when he appeared in the Second Police Court charged with two counts of cheating. The magistrate. Mr. S. E. Teh. said he
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    UP IN SMOKE
    29 7 All ballot papers and other secret documents connected with the last Singapore Municipal elections were burned yesterday by the Supervisor of Elections Mr. Lee Slow Mong
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    SPORE WEDDING
    51 8 Mi; Hi Mrs. Hone Took Wai after their wedding: at the Singapore Registry. The bride was Miss Tay Suan Neo. fifth daughter of Mr. Tay Seong Tee and the late Mdm. Tan Tue Neo. The groom is the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Wong Chin Jit. Raffles
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    Death Duty Law Made Clearer
    208 8 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. A BILL to amend the Estate Ordinance will be introduced to the Federal Legislative Council to remove doubts which have arisen as a result of the declaration that the principal ordinance superseded all written laws relating to estate
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    GIVES CLASSICAL MALAY SERMON
    40 8 GIVES CLASSICAL MALAY SERMON From Our Staff Correspondent MALACCA. Tues.— The Rev Carleton H. Foss. of the Methodist Mission, gave his first classical Malay sermon at the Straits Chinese Methodist Church on Sunday He began hlB studies two years ago.
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    HaWKERS: STORE STUDIES HONG KONG PROPOSALS
    370 8 HaWKERS: STORE STUDIES HONG KONG PROPOSALS »THE Report of the Hong Kongr Hawker Inquiry Commission of 1947, released in Singapore yesterday, recommends, as "the ideal long-term policy", the gradual abolition of hawking. Appointed to report on the hawker problem there caused by 10,524 licensed and 50,000 unlicensed hawkers, the Commission,
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    REVISED CABLE CHARGES
    175 8 REVISED CABLE CHARGES From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. REVISED rates for overseas telegrams from Malaya come into force on Saturday. Certain types of messages, including the Deferred or L. C. class, will disappear. Ordinary and Urgent telegrams for overseas destinations will cost about threequarters of the present rates.
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    NAVAL BASE UNION
    115 8 New officials of the Singapore Naval Base Labour Union are: President: Mr. B. Sithiah: vioapresidents: Mr. Ong Chew Chens;. Mr. Latif bin Ahmad: assistant secretaries: Mr. P. Balakrishnan Pillai. Mr. Yee Lai. Mr. V. O. Varghese; treasurer, Mr. A. M. Doraisamy; committee: Messrs K. V. Mathews. P
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    TWO TOO MANY: $4
    59 8 M JOHORE BAHRU. Tuesday. RAMASAMY, a taxi driver, charged in the Johore •Bahru Police Court today with conveying two excess passengers in a car. pleaded guilty, stating that the excess passengers were children, one being an infant in arms. He was fined $4 on this charge
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    OFF TO NEW JOB
    43 8 PIPED AWAY from the Federation, the former Deputy Commissioner of Police, Mr. H. B. Shaw, and Mrs. Shaw left Kuala Lumpur by air for Singapore on Monday. Mr. Shaw is to be Police Commisioner in Cyrenaica. Straits Times picture.
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    Theatre Claim Judgment
    519 8 TAECLAR1NG that the point to be decided was whether or not the agreements established the relation of landlord and tenant and holding that there was only the relation of licensor and licensee, the Chief Justice, Sir Charles Murray-Aynsley, gave judgment in the Singapore Supreme Court yesterday in
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    SPEEDING: $15
    23 8 MUAR, Tues.— Found speeding along the Muar-Batu Road, a lorry driver. Chua Yeo Beo. who fined $15 by the Muar Magistrate.
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    TIMBER: NO ACTION BY GOVT. YET
    222 8 T^HE Singapore Government has not taken any x action yet to a plea made in the Legislative Council recently by Mr. Thio Chan Bee for a temporary restriction in the export of Malayan timber. The Forest Officer Mr. Colin Cairns, said yesterday that Government
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    HIT CUSTOMER WITH HAMMER
    71 8 I'rom Oyr Own Correspondent BUKIT MERTAJAM, Tues. FOR striking his customer with a hammer, Krishnan Velappen, a goldsmith, was fined $150 in the Butterworth Court yesterday. The prosecution stated that, on May 9. the customer Mohamed Salleh. called on Krishnan to inquire about some iewellery. The
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    NO LICENCE CHARGE
    49 8 From Our Own Correspondent SEGAMAT. Tues.— ln the Segamat Court 46-year-old Lim Swee An was charged with selling fish at Labis town without a licence. Hearing was adjourned to enable the police to call an Indian postman to Court as witness. Accused was allowed $25 bail.
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    Traffic Officer Did Not Know
    98 8 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. W/HEN the Johore Bahru Magistrate inquired whether a man had to be prosecuted because he sent a car to be inspected to find if it were unsound, the prosecuting officer replied that he did not know. He again expressed ignorance to the
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    Two Caught After Jeep Ambush
    435 8 Two Caught After Jeep Ambush From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. SECURITY forces following up yesterday's ambush of a railway Jeep in the Mentakab area of Pahang have caught two bandits. It Is now known that in the attack the Malay Jeep driver, two special constables, a police constable
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    SINGAPORE OILS EXHIBITION
    271 8 ERICA Jepson's oil paintIngs, on exhibition in the Victoria Memorial Hall, Singapore, constitute one of the pleasantest little collections seen here since the war. There are 52 oils and one drawing on view. They include still life and flower studies, street scenes, land and sea scapes and
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      The Passing Excitements In London
      1123 9 LONDON. Juno W PIT for the R.A.F/S diso>\ri\ (exclusively reported in the "Daily Herald") that the "Hying saucers" which hoc puzzled the world for so long now are merely air whirlpools made visible by refraction of \\'j,h\, mid-June Ikis no! Ireen newsy Ik-nod in England.
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      PEOPLE IK THE i HEADLINES
      366 9 /M U.I AN Burkwood. ll first British baby to be born by remote hypnotic control, come while her mother, unconscious of the birth, was in an hypnotic state induced by a doctor who did not arrive until just before the child was delivered: When a
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      100 9 NOW AVAILABLE THROUCHOUT SINGAPORE.' Dfie Sign of IR m Sood (Soft&ctwpieUf FRASER NEAVE (CONFECTIONERY) LTD. a SIAK STREET S'POOE »hon( 687 2. VENTILATION DRYING COOLING FUME REMOVAL STOCKED FROM 7/ To 36* ADYT. OF THE GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.ITD OF ENGLAND tiNCAPORE MALACCA KUAIA U/HfUl PCNANC FAMOUS FOR ELECTRO- WMfr DZNTAL
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      245 9 STR AITS TIMES CROSSWORD «»oi» 23 An expert taped (S). PRn^WTIKn Wsk ft 7 j I. Could* forger make one T 24 Where the (uel goes In LKUaaWUKU XNO. P/ 11.4.4). the end of 12 (5-4) I f I, I [T~l T"~| FS*ST« 7 I! Airthip for coaiu) icout- JJ.
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  • FROM A SINGAPORE BOOKSHELF
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      What Churchill said to Truman about Stalin
      1284 10 BY A MILITAR Y CORRESPONDENT IN THE SUNDA Y EXPRESS "1 WAS THERE", by Admiral William Leahy. Chief of Staffs to President Truman. (GOLLANCZ, 25s.) \\THY was the end of the German war- such a "yes-it-is-no it-isn't" affair? Not because the Germans changed
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      Explorer
      178 10 "BAKER OF THE NILE." By Dorothy Middleton (Falcon Press. 12s. 6d.). IT WAS the mlslortune of Samuel White Baker to have great contemporaries; and though Stanley himself ranked him with Livingstone, posterity has until now heard all too little about Baker of the Nile He was born at Enfield
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      A book for parents
      169 10 PARENTS estranged from their children. health ruined by playing games immediately after hurried meals or doing an hour's work before breakfast on an empty stomach, and the boredom of compulsory games and worship are some ot the reasons agaia.it boarding schools put for ward in a
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      LIBRARY LIST
      230 10 THE following !iew books and reprints have been added to Raffles Library:— Developing the print Ed. 3 Bomback. Early Man: A Survey ot Human Origins. A. S Brodrick. Among the Doctors, Alfred Cox. A Hundred Years of Arcl.aeo'ogy. G. E. Daniel. Trials of Frederick Noider. •Vinifred Duke. cd.
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      225 10 l(tS fiteebpff* A V NEVER BEFORE HAS SO MUCH SWORD-SLASHING I ACTION BEEN CRAMMED INTO ONE PICTURE! SEASON TftnAV 11-1.45 4 j STARTS 1 1/1/ M I 6.30-9.30 f wm m I T\ 1 rA« >/aT i \\ft 11 y*\ EOWARD SMALL Alexatidre Dumas ?y(\ the Count of monte riusro
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      198 10 pnH Salzedo. harpist: 10. 'Talking B V e R s SPORE of...."; 10.15 Intermezzo. 0.30 ».*.B.».S. 10 a.m. News from K.L, 10.05 MmSK Close; 10.50 Schools; 12. Malay; 1. O|WM: 5.15 "Report from Britain"; 5.30 MS? 6.3 a 0 nd Ca^.^f 6.4 6 5 Light Music; 2. Close; 6. Children:
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    London Stocks Stocks
    322 11 London Stocks Stocks LONDON, Tues. RUBBERS and Tins, coming on offer, were among the sufferers in a general markIng down which occurred yesterday on the London Stock Exchange on receipt of the news from Korea. A wave of speculative gelling added to JU aowiiward movement. Closing middle prices of sleeted
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    PRODUCE MARKET
    32 11 rE Sir.gapcre produce market remained steady vest?rdav. Prices of all commodities w?re unchanged with the exception of Slak ."ago flour, which dropped onee'ehth of a dollar with no business done
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    MALAYAN SHARES: SELLERS OUT
    741 11 SUOKel Bosl U/» 15/9 Id Suugfl Bdlor 35'- 38/S Klnta 9'3 9/9 8 Malayan 23/- 24/3 Tronoh 17/8 19/- id Sungel Klnta IS/- 16/- CO Sungel Way 1.75 i.«5 Taiping Consol. 1.90 2.00 xd Taniong Tin 7/8 8/Thabawleik 26/3 27/Takuapa Valley 17/- 17/6 xd Talam 1.40
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    TIN PRICES
    31 11 SINGAPORE, Tues., Jane 27— $304.12 V 2 (up $6.50). LONDON, Tues.. June 27. Spot: £600} £601; Forward. £6011— C 601 i; Settlement. £600i. Turnover: morning:, 145 tons; afternoon, 140.
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    Rubber At 83 ½ Cts.
    354 11 Rubber At 83 Cts. CINGAPORE rubber price," 3 again rocketed yesterday morning, following the lead given by London and New York. The market later became somewhat erratic and prices closed slightly off the best. The price rise over the last two days has been of about 11 cents per lb.
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    SHIPPING IN SINGAPORE
    151 11 SHIPS in the Singapore Outer and Inner Roads and alongside Harbour Board godowns yesterdaj were: 6uter Roads: Hwang Mai. Hai Hing, Zulun Maru, La Charente, Ting Yuan, Kamenets Podolsk, Jilong. Ruysdael, St. Djirak, Ulysses. Inner Roads: Sin Soon Lee. Kajang, Scudal, Angby. Merauke, Tung Sung, Relau, Tong
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    W. INDIES CONSOLIDATE IN TEST
    664 12 561 On With 5 Wkts. In Hand: Walcott 148 n.o. LONDON, Tuesday. WEST INDIES made almost certain of victory over England in the second Test match at Lord's today. They totalled 386 runs for five wickets and this gives them an advantage of 561 runs
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    SCOREBOARD
    76 12 WEST INDIES—Ist. Inns—326 ENGLAND—Ist Inn.—lsl WEST INDIES—2nd Inns. Stollmeyor b Jenkins 30 Rae b Jenkins 24 Worrell c Doggart b Jenkins 4.' Weekes run oat 63 Goddard c Evans b Jenkins 11 Walcott not out 148 Come* not out 51 Extras i Total (for S wkts.) 386 BOWLING O.
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    A. Nunes Runs 100 Yards In 10-4 Seconds
    298 12 A. Nunes Runs 100 Yards In 10-4 Seconds a NUNES returned the best J\» time for 100 yards at the Singapore Recreation Club sports heats run off on the Padang yesterday. Nunes sprinted the 1 100 yards (heat 1.) in 10.4 sec. L. O. Valberg, Malayan and Singapore, high Jump,
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    Table Tennis Results
    131 12 KOK Mm United Progressive Society in group A, Yew Chee Sia in group B, and S ong 800 A.A. in group C have each won eight of their total of nine games, in the Singapore Table Tennis Association's junior inter-club championships now in its final stages at
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    45 12 ONG CHEW BEE, seeded second in the S.L.T.A. men's singles championships, rushes to mid-court to smash a high lob from Liem Khe Liang. Chew Bee had to put all he had in the game to win this quarterfinals tie 6-2, 6-4 yesterday. Straits Times picture.
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    Seeded Players Pressed To Win
    562 12 SEEDED players found the going difficult in yesterday's Singapore Lawn Tennis Association championships on the Singapore Cricket Club courts. Ong Chew Bee won his singles quarter-finals tie against Liem Khe Liang 6—2,6 2, 6—46 4 but it was not as easy as the score suggests.
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    BODCA TO PLAY MARIGOLD B.P.
    28 12 jD.O.D. Civilian Association vlh play a friendly game of badminton against Marigold B.P. at the Happy World Covered" Stadium tomorrow at 7 p.m.
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    FRANK SEDGMAN WINS AGAIN
    510 12 WIMBLEDON, Tuesday. TK)P-SEEDED Frank Sedgmnn of Australia w»n A his second round match without dropping a set as the Wimbledon lawn tennis championships entered the second day today in cloudy and rather sultry conditions. <Bm ti .TV. Sedgman was still being troubled by his wrist injury
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    Pearson 123 But JCC Win
    231 12 DESPITE a century by the former Singapore and North cricketer, J. P. Pearson, Borneo Company's cricket team failed in their task of beating the Johore Cricket Club's total of 217 runs in their match at Johore Bahru on Sunday. Johore. for whom Ghani hit 66
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    WARWICK RETAIN LEAD
    234 12 WARWICK RETAIN LEAD LONDON, Tues. ALTHOUGH getting the worst of their match against Kent, Warwickshire keep their lead at the head of the County cricket championship table after the series of games ending today. Surrey with first innings points off Hampshire now have 72 points and share second place with
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    SINGAPORE HOCKEY XI v INDIAN NAVY
    80 12 THE Singapore Hockey Association selected the following side to meet the Indian Naval Squadron on the S.R.C. padang on Monday. July 3 at a meeting held yesterday:— Capt C. F. Brown (Army); K. H. Barth (capt.) and Cpl. Coulter (Army); P. Pennefather, S. Velupillai
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    NANETTE HAS A BRIGHT FUTURE
    511 12 By EPSOM JEEP IPOH, Tuesday. NANETTE date Miss Valley), a three-year-old 11 Australian filly by Sun Valley, has a very solid appearance and judging by her smart dash over three furlongs on the training track here this morning she will take a lot uf beating.
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    M. ALBERT CHAMPION AT ST. ANTHONY'S
    321 12 MARTINEZ Albert with 0 points A won the Individual championship at St. Anthony's Institute's annual sports held at St. Joseph's Institution ground yesterday. He came In first in the 100 and 220 yards: Runner-up was Cllve de Silva with only one point "°ss. Champion
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    Airmen Scramble Home 3-2
    260 12 DAF CHANGI, gallant winners recently over Chinese Athletes, Just managed .to scramble home to a lucky threetwo victory against Junior A2 league team SH.B. Auxiliary Police, in a SAFA Challenge Cup game played at Jalan Besar Stadium yestoiday. Changl could hardly be recognised as the team
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    POLICE SPORTS OFFICIALS
    73 12 At a meeting held at the Special Constabulary Headquarters on Friday, the following were elected officials of the Singapore Pollen Sports Association: Hon. Patron, Mr. T. P. Flynn A.S.P.; hon secretary, Mr. Sunny Tan; hon. treasurer, Mr. E. G. Leonard: sports convenor. Mr. Tan. Hal Tong; sports
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    Sports Diary
    57 12 SOCCER. SAF\ Cup: Chincsa Athletes v Tamil B. A. at lalan Besar; Snr. lire: Tiger S. A. v Indian R. C. at Geylang; Jnr. B. 1: Social A. P. v Haikowyu S. C. at CYMA. TENNIS: C'oU.ny championship at S. C. C. (cont.) CRICKET St. Andrew's School v
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