The Straits Times, 26 May 1952

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAGAS NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1X45 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDA MAY 26, 1952. PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS
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    MANAP ('THE JAP') JEPUN, $75,000 BANDIT, SHOT DEAD
    354 1 Gurkhas bag Pahang's Number One terrorist BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT KUALA LUMPUR, SUNDAY. MANAP ("THE JAP") JEPUN, $75,000 11 MALAY REBEL, WAS SHOT TO DEATH NEAR KUANTAN, PAHANG, THIS EVENING BY MEN OF THE 1/10 GURKHAS. Commander of the 10th (Malay) Regiment
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    Car dives into canal
    51 1 rUR people, one European, were injured last night when a car plunged Into the canal at 5V 2 m.s. Bukit Timah Road, Singapore. Traffic police told the Straits Times that the canal had only three feet of water. The cause of the accident was a punctured
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    TOUR ENDS
    34 1 BAODAD, Sun.— Emir Abdul Illah. Prince Regent of Iraq, and General Nuri AlSairf Pasha, Iraqi Prime Minister, returned by air yesterday at the end of their visit to Britain and Spain R«M''er.
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    MISSING CAR IN ACCIDENT
    43 1 One hour after It was reported missing, a sports car was found damaged In an accident near Changj Prlfon Singapore, last night. A European, who was In the car, was admitted Into the Royal Air Force hospital at Changl
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    Now they meet the US
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    POLICE SWOOP ON ARMED MEN AT CEYLON POLLS
    279 1 POLICE SWOOP ON ARMED MEN AT CEYLON POLLS COLOMBO, Sunday. OOLICE last nifht arrested 88 men carrying 1 "miscellaneous weapons'* who were waiting oatside a registration office for results of polling in the first day of Ceylon's general elections. The men, said to be workers from the mining town of
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    RUSSIA ASKS AGAIN FOR TALKS ON GERMAN UNITY
    155 1 RUSSIA ASKS AGAIN FOR TALKS ON GERMAN UNITY LONDON, Sun. RUSSIA today again called on the Western Powers to hold four-power talks without delay on the unification i of Germany. The Note, which replied to the West's note of May 13, said the agreement ending the allied occupation of West
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    INDIA MAKES IT 6-3
    78 1 INDIA last night won the right U meet the United SUto/in the Inter-xonal final of the Thomas Cap. Starting the match with an overnight 3-1 lead, the Indians won tholr first two ■ingles to put the Danes out of the running. The Danes won the third
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    Pilgrim tax abolished'
    69 1 LONDON. Sun. rpHE Saudi Arabian Gov--1 eminent has abolished the tax on Muslim pilgrims making the annual pilgrim- I age to Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia This was announced by a spokesman of the Saudi Arabian Embassy in London. The tax wa s about £28 per
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    Two arrests in armed attack
    46 1 THE HAGUE Sun —Police here arrested two men yesterday in connection with an armed attack on the Indonesian military attache. Lieut. Col. H. T Harjono In The Hague. One of them has made "a complete confession." a police statement said. Reuter.
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    Two Czech army 'spies' to die
    36 1 LONDON. Sun -Two former Czech army officers have been sentenced to death In PUsen for spying "for foreign Imperial st Dowers, the Soviet news agency Tass reported from Prague today.
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    QUEEN MARY
    8 1 Queen Mary is 85 today.— A.P.
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    African labour seeks help
    49 1 JOHANNESBURG, Bun. The National Executive of the South African Labour Party has cabled the British Labour Party asking for its support in "the fight to preserve the Labour movement from the vicious attempt by the South African Government to destroy the trade union movement."— Reuter.
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    G.I. beaten up
    37 1 TOKYO, Sun —Police today reported that an American soldier was In hospital with a broken spine after an attack In downtown Tokyo early this morning by four or five Japanese students in uniform.— Reuter
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    OFF WITH HIS HEAD
    40 1 BERLIN, Sunday. rE Supreme Court of East Germany tonight sentenced to death by the headman's axe Johann Burianek 39. for conspiracy In a plot to blow up a Russian train. Six others received prUon sentence*.— AJ*.
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    TO BE PAID BACK
    35 1 WASHINGTON. Sun. The United States has agreed to aay back to South Korea •.35 000.000 it had drawn from local currency to support Amerlcap ♦'■oops ther e since Jan I.— TT.P.
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    Aid for postmen
    26 1 SEREMBAN, Sun— The Postal Uniformed Staff Union of Negri Sembilan and Malacca today raised $500 for the Singapore postal strikers at a meeting.
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    Rioting in South Africa: 38 hurt
    178 1 JOHANNESBURG, Sunday. persons were injured today when police charged thousands of angry demonstrators protesting against the arrest of an alleged Communist trade union leader. The fight started when police whisked away Mr Solly Sachs, named a Com munL«t by the Government. 10 minutes after
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    The postman will knock on the door again today
    308 1 3-DAY 'TRUCE' TO TALK WITH MR. BLYTHE SINGAPORE'S POSTMEN will be on their round > again this morning:, tomorrow and on Wednesday. On Wednesday night they will decide if they are to go on delivering the mails or go out on
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    Italians to be sent back
    34 1 LONDON, Sun— The British Government will send back to Italy some 1,000 Italian coal miners if they do not find jobs by next Saturday, it was revealed here today.
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    U.S. LIFTS BAN ON USE OF OIL
    91 1 U.S. LIFTS BAN ON USE OF OIL WASHINGTON. Bun. WITH som c 35,000 of 90.000 striking oil worker* back at work, ail restrictions were lifted yesterday on the use of petrol, paraffin and fuel oil. The United Btates Government, cancelling the ban, said it would relax control on aviation petrol
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    IKEL WINS
    31 1 IKE WINS WASHINGTON. *Sun. /GENERAL Eisenhower scored U a 20 to 4 victory over Senator Robert Taft in a long battle last night for Washington State's Republican Presidential convention at Spokane—Reuter.
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    2 soldiers die
    25 1 DOLGELLY, Sun. Two soldiers were killed and 14 injured when an Army lorry plunged into a 50-foot ravine near here last night.
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    Gifts for the judges —from Dr. M
    76 1 Gifts for the judges from Dr. M TEHERAN. Sun. rE Persian Premier, Dr. Mossadeq. has bought 12 of the best Persian silk carpets, worth 1 15.000 to tak> to The Hague, this week. He will present the carpets to Queen Juliana and to some of the International Court judges The
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    Bomb No. 6 explodes LAS VEGAS. Sun.
    50 1 Bomb No. 6 explodes LAS VEGAS. Sun. rE sixth atomic explosion of America's test series in Nevada went off today with a %right flash visible in Las Vegas, 65 miles from the Yucca Flat test site. One thousand troops were j stationed in fox holes several miles from the blast.—Reuter.
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    Hate Ridgway campaign
    45 1 PARIS, Sun— Small groups of Communists clashed with the police in widely separated areas of France last night following the call by the French Communist Party for a "hate campaign" against General Matthew. Ridgway, the new Supreme Commander in Western Europe. Reuter.
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    'I have plan to end war in Korea', Ridgway tells senators
    349 3 'I have plan to end war in Korea', Ridgway tells senators fIEDS EXPLOITED LULL IN FIGHTING, BUT— WASHINGTON, Sunday. TEN. MATTHEW RIDGWAY told a Senate Committee that he had a very definite military plan for ending the war in Korea, but the end of the fighting depended on political decisions
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    90 3 MRS. ANN DAVISON, XSyear old British writer. *eea in her 23ft. yawl Felicity Ann in which she i» trying to cross the Allan tn sin* le -handed Reuter yesterday reported that the craft was towed into Douarnenez, Rritanny, after reporting engine trouble off dangerous Ushant Island. ill,. b*4t wa s
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    CAIRO TALKS ON SUDAN
    109 3 CAIRO TALKS ON SUDAN KHARTOUM, Sun. I^NVOYS from the Sudanese religious leader, Sayed Sir Abdel Rahman El Mahdi Pasha, will fly to* Cairo on Tuesday for discussions with the Egyptian Government on the future of the Sudan. On Wednesday, delegates will meet the Prime Minister, Hiialy Pasha, at Alexandria. Mahdi
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    REDS IN FAR EAST STRONGER
    127 3 TOKYO. Sun. SUPREME United Nations Commander jn Korea. Gen Mark Clark, said ne knew thf capabilities of the Russian military buildup in th,* Far East, but would like to know more about Russian Intentions. In an interview, he said: 'I have been uAa of an
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    TRADE ENVOY
    37 3 CALCUTTA, Sun.— Mr. Taketora Ofata, special envoy of the Japanese Government, who is studying possibilities of economic co-operation between Japan and South-east Asian countries, arrived here last nieht en his way to New DHhi.— Reuter.
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    Reds release an invalid
    41 3 HONG KONG, Sun -Mrs. A. Sanchez, an Australian music teacher born In Japan, arrived here yesterday from Shanghai. Mrs. Sanchez, who Is an invalid, is 50. She was the youngest passenger aboard the vessel from Shanghai.— Reuter.
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    ANOTHER AIR SERVICE SOON
    41 3 CANBERRA. Sun. A new international air service between Australia and South Africa will begin on Sept 1 when a Constellation aircraft leaves Sydney for Johannesburg. The aircraft will csM at Perth, the Cocos Islands and Mauritius.— Reuter.
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    'Get tough9in the camps-and Reds say 'We'll obey9
    270 3 'Get tough 'in the camps-and Reds say 'We'll obey' KOJE ISLAND, Sunday. REBELLIOUS Communist prisoners bowed today to the new l T nited Nations "cet tough" policy and brsnn hauling down their illegal flags and banners. The prisoners' spokesman advised Brig-Gen Haydon Boatner, the island's new commandant, that the prisoners
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    RUSSIA STILL ON TOP IN THE AIR
    58 3 WASHINGTON. Sun. RUSSIA, aernrding to present indications, is producing 12 to 15 military planes for every seven the United Stales buiMs. Daring the period from the en* «f World War Two until recently, when American production began to gather steam again, the ratio
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    Allies lose more planes to MIG jets
    135 3 TOKYO, Sun. COMMUNIST MIGs got the better of Allied planes for the first time in the Korean war last week. Fifth Air Force figures disclosed today. American Sabrejets shot down four Communist MIGs and damaged four others, but the United Nations lost 12
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    Mghtning hits war memorial
    77 3 Lightning hits war memorial ATHENS. Bun.— The Commonwealth wsr memorial in Athens, unveiled by King Paul of Greece a month ago, wis struck by lifhtning and damaged yesterday. The memorial is a tribute from the people of Greece to the British, Australian, Mew Zealand and South African soldiers who died
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    77 missing in three ships
    47 3 LONDON. Sun.— Three Norwegian sealing vessels which left Tromso. Norwegian port, on March 16 for the sealing grounds north of Jan Mayen have been given up as lost, a Lloyds message from Tromso said The ships had total crews of 77.— Reuter.
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    The bride wore 4-inch heels
    42 3 LONDON, Sua. BRITISH actress Joan Collins wore K*M-laced shoes with 4-inch heels fe-r her marriage here yesterday to British actor Maxwell Reed. Reed. 30 Is 6ft 4*ns. UIL NHieteen-year-«ld Miss Collins is sft 4ms. wttlMat shoes.— AT.
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    NEW GOVERNOR
    34 3 NEW DELHI, Sun. Sir Girja Shankar Bajpai, secre-tary-general of the Indian External Affairs Ministry, has relinquished his office to take over as Governor of Bombay at the end of this month. Reuter.
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    U.S. Svins on Tunisia issue'
    119 3 U.S. 'Wins on Tunisia issue' TUNIS. Sun PANCE yesterday was reported to bare decided tc yield to American demand* for speedy reforms wlrten would urant hom*-rute tn Tunlsiji i— Reliable sources said that th« French had about given up the idea of having home rule reforms worked out by a
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    Pakistan envoy to Peking
    72 3 HONO KONO, Sun.—lftrshar All. of the Pakistan For eign Service, arrived here yesterday (ram Calcutta on bis way to Peking. He Is relieving Ahmed All, who Is at present Counsellor of the Pakistan Embassy in Peking Iftikhar Ali expects tc leave by train for Canton tomorrow
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    West German pact ready
    186 3 West German pact ready BONN, Sun. rEIE Foreign Ministers of Britain, France, the United States and West Germany today finished drafting the treaty ending the occupation of West Germany. Leading Allied official* said full agreement was reached on all points. The four ministers had I prolonged their talks to overcome
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    Ships idle in U.S. ports
    65 3 BAN FRANCISCO, SunAmerican Pacific Coast shipping came to a halt yesterday when the sailors' union of the Pacific began a aeries of "stop work" protests against rejection of their demands for wage increases and Saturday overtime pay. A score of ships were tied up The
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    New Air Service
    25 3 LONDON. Sun.— The Czech Air Lines announced last night that it is establishing a regular service between Prague and Red China.— AP.
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    1.L.0. DELEGATE
    33 3 I.L.O. DELEGATE TAIPEH. Sun.— President Chiang Kai-shek yesterday appointed Mr. James Yu, the Chinese Nationalist Ambassador to Italy, chief Nationalist delegate to the 35th international Labour Organisation conforence in Geneva next month. Reuter.
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    HEALTH TEAM
    27 3 LONDON, Sun.— A medical delegation from Pakistan visiting the USSR has been received by Mr. Yefln Smlrnov. Soviet Health Minister, a Tass message said.— Reuter.
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    EDITOR HELD
    20 3 PARIS. Bun— Andre Btil, news editor of the French Communsit Party's official newspaper Humanite, has been arrested.— Reuter
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    BRITAIN PROTESTS AT RED CLOSURES
    131 3 BERLIN, Sunday. 'THE British Deputy High Commissioner in x Germany, Mr. J. G. Ward, has protested to the Soviet authorities in East Berlin against the "precipitate" closing of some East- West German border crossings. Mr. Ward wrote that he "d.'ptored the serious inconvenience caused to
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    Yorkshire show batting strength I
    578 4 Yorkshire show batting strength WILSON HITS A DOUBLE CENTURY LONDON, Sunday. UVIDENCE of Yorkshire's batting strength after early failures was seen at Sheffield yesterday when Vie Wilson, a left-hander, made a double century in their county championship match against Derbyshire. Yorkshire, favourites for the championship, were put in to bat,
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    Star Signal wins Victoria Cup
    54 4 HURS r PAKK 'Surrey), Sun.— Mrs F W. Wig iall* Star Signal won :ne seven furlong Victoria Cup ti'-rr ypyterday. Turco II was second »nd Silver Gate third. Fifteen tan Betting: 100-7 Star Signal. 8-1 Turco 11 25-1 Silver Gate. Abadan and Leading Light started
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    Cricket Academy—No. 7 TICHTEir UP~ON YOUR DEFENCE
    929 4  - TIGHTEN UP ON YOUR DEFENCE ALF GOVER Cricket Academy—No. 7 LONDON, Sunday. f\F all the different kinds of back play— hooks, pulls. y7 leg glides, square and late cuts the ordinary defensive shot is the most important. To master this is essential for executing other back foot shots. Here let
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    Century by Sohoni
    119 4 MANCHESTER. Sun. INDIAN professional cricketers In the Lancashire League enjoyed themselves yesterday, Ghul Mohamed and 8. Sohoni being at the top of their form. Mohamed hit 73 for Ramsbottom against Rawtensta and then followed with six wickets for 37. Ramsbottom won by five wickets. Sohoni hit an
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    'BLACK FLASH' BAILEY DOES HIS BEST EVER
    138 4 'BLACK FLASH' BAILEY DOES HIS BEST EVER LONDON, Sun. I >I.AC K Flash' McDonald* O Bailey, British sprint champion, ran the fastest 2<M) metres accomplished by a British athlete in this country when he returned a time of 28. seconds at the White City yesterday. It was also the speediest
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    INDIANS AVERT COLLAPSE
    241 4 INDIANS AVERT COLLAPSE LONDON Sun. A SPLENDID eighth wicket stand of 78 by Adhikari and Gopinath, follow-to? a solid opening partnership by Manlri and D. Gaekwad. saved the Indian tourists from collapse when they began their match yesterday against Essex. The game was a personal triumph for the Essex bowler.
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    COUNTY TABLES AND AVERAGES
    361 4 LONDON. Sunday. pLACINGS in the County championship table after matches md -< on Friday were: Xo Ut Inn*. P. M L. D. T. Decision Lost Drawn Pts. Middlesex S 4 1 0 0 48 Northants 3 2 10 0 1 0 2ft Surrey S I 1
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    Spore wins Cup shoot
    113 4 S'pore wins Cup shoot BISLEY (Surrey), Sun. SINGAPORE'S "A" team won the Lynch -S taut on Challenge Cup for revolver shooting in the 1951 overseas rifle and revolver postal matches, the National Rifle Association announced today Hong Kong were fifth in the revolver shooting with the Singapore "B" team tenth.
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    SCOUTS IN KUALA LUMPUR Tt ADOPT, HELP NEW VILLAGES
    371 5 SCOUTS IN KUALA LUMPUR TO ADOPT HELP NE W VILLA GES More to do regular 8 oo# tnrw' i KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. gCOUTS in Kuala Lumpur arc to "adopt" the new villages in the district and patrols of boys will pay regular visits to do "good turns" by helping to
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    34 5 MB NKtU. MOaUUS ike aetk»* Cotmmkuimmtt el Paliee, Singapore, wbo re* on, «f the Jnd«ea. examine* a coaipetttov's car at yesterday's Concours dTSrefance aiM Rally bet* ay the "hafi»nrr Automobile AmaelatioM. Straits Tinaaa pietarc
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    He sees a swing to Labour
    197 5 He sees a swing to Labour PENANG, Sun. "V have good reasons to be--1 lieve that a certain section of the electorate is beginning to realise it has not backed the right horse," Mr. Yeap Choon Kong, chairman of the Penang Labour Party, said at the members' first annual conference
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    SHARKS MAY GET SHOCK
    54 5 PENANG. Sun.— Malayan sharks may in future be caught by electrical methods, Mr.. J. S. Scott, fisheries officer attached to the panMalayan Fisheries Headquarters said in Penang. But these methods are still in the experimental stage and would require big capital. At present there is «o
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    THIEF GAOLED
    40 5 Por*. Dickson, Sun For stealing a ring, a pair of trousers, a pair of shoes and a pair of spectacles from a house at Buklt Raja, Lukut, M Arjunan waa sentenced to four months' imprisonment in Port Dickson.
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    Driver fined
    37 5 MUAR. Sun. Sithambaram was fined a total of $35 at Muar for negligent driving and for (ailing to produce his driving licence. The lorry he was driving collided against a police sign board at Pagoh.
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    Farewell dinner
    39 5 MUAR. Sun.— lnche Mohamed Yassin bin Ahmad, chief clerk, of the Town Board. Muar. was entertained to a farewed dinner at the Muax Club by the Town Board .staff. He Is leaving for Johore Bahra on transfer.
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    Buddhists take gifts to children
    121 5 MORE than 50 members and friends of the iT Singapore Buddhist Union visited child patients of the St. Andrews' Mission Hospital yesterday They broueht hisrntts milk i mi uiuuuit sucons, mil* foods and other presents for the children. They were tbowa round the wards by
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    WOMAN'S PLEA
    51 5 PARIT BUNTAR, Sun.— "l bee for leniency. I have marry children and my husband b ill." said M-year-old Lim Ah Huah when «ac appeared before Incbe 3alleh bin Bekhantt on charge of possession of three bottles of liquor on which <tnty had not been paid She was fined
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    HAD NO CARD
    30 5 TELUK ANSOH Sun —A 61--rear-oid Hokkien woman, Teh Phoon, of Bagan Datoh was fined $25 or two weeks' simple imprisonment for. falling to ?et an identity card.
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    'No great threat of unemployment'
    171 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. DESPITE the fall in the price of rubber M marked changes in wages or large-scale movements of labour back to the large properties from smallholdings have yet occurred, states the Labour Department's report for last month. Reductions In wages hay been made
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    2 HURT IN KLUANG AIR CRASH
    110 5 2 HURT IN KLUANG AIR CRASH THE PILOT and passenger of a Tiger Moth from the Kluang Flying Club v ere injured when the plane crashed on Saturday afternoon. The pilot. Mr. C. M. Wheeler, and his passenger, Police Lieutenant Knight suffered head injuries and are now at the Kluang
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    Assault, theft by woman
    52 5 MUAR Sun. A womaa. Hong Bent, was charged before the Muar Magistrate wtth assaulting a girl and attempting to steal the jewellery she was wearing The incident was alleged to have oreurred in a backlane off Jahui Abdullah She was kond over In 1150 for six
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    Spore fast starts today
    70 5 S'pore fast starts today rC new moon was not sighted in Singapore last ni£ht but the Chief Kathi of Singapore. Hajl Ali bin Hajl Mohamed Syed Salieh, told the Straits Times that the 30-day fast preceding the Had Raya Puasa will begin today. Muslims across the Johore caaseway began their
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    42 5 MEMBERS of tk* V W.C.A. Wednesday Mania* flab, at lh« ■■adhwrt Temple Tenpie Road, Kuala I.umpw. Tk« visit was organised b y the it Chairaaaa. Mrs. Elsie Somasundram. The party heat* a taft by YeaerabU Kirtnie Dhammananda, the resident Monk, on Buddhism
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      95 5 T MJCJL.I Fttr and Talr WorKinij P.nv »t Bras Bauh Rd J 15 pm:: VU'.ay and Commercial Clashes 530 U m Judo md Gymnastics 630 p m Lltrracr Class Bpm: Fetf and Pair W>rkin{ CommitU'q Mrrtln* t p m V.W.C.V: Conking Class at No' 5 RalT. n Quit Spa ItcrMKsiM
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      279 5 To-day's black spots in Singapore THE Ciß«»hn areas are liakat U Brickworks, Fmafcr Paajanc Kr- racki. AtUs Ice. Happy WorM. Waclu»iU Uda?:— forma tory X*, Ozytra Factory, Asia Rabbar. toroar 3. Sim's DAY Cmaoaite. Si. Janes. MJri Rd., Avenue Sawmill. Shell Co.. Leo Hmme Industries, Rheem, Ford TraUlcar St, Aoaoa
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    16 6 A NEW shipment of model millinery has just been received tt Madeline's 278. Orchard Road.
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      Unrest In China
      610 6 The announcement from London that British firms are 'to withdraw from China is testimony of something more than the difficulties which are deliberately put in the way of foreign traders operating in the China market. It is further evidence of the crisis in China's economy. Generalisation is.
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      Free Tin Market in U.S.
      451 6 Free Tin Market in U.S. A hint that ihe U.S. Government may soon give up its I role as soje buyer and seller of American tin comes from Mr. Jess Larson, head of the Gener.nl Services Administra- I tion. There could be no better news for Malayan tin J producers,
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      Cripps' ashes buried
      38 6 SAPPERTON. Sun. The ashes of Sir Stafford Cripps were Interred in the graveyard of the Church in this Gloucestershire village yesterday. at- Stafford, former Chancpllor of the Exchequer, died In Switzerland on Apr. Jl.— Renter.
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      289 6 Profit on house rentals IN a recent meeting of the Kuala Lumpur Assessment Committee reported by you, the president admitted the prevailing discrepancies of house rents for landlords and that the value of money was now about one third of the pre-war value. Mr. Ramanl was quoted as saying that
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      OPENING THE DOOR
      151 6 Fis heartening to learn that the Government is opening the door of the Civil Service to non-Malays. Certainly many a Government employee who has already been in the service for a number of years will not hesitate to apply for the post of a Chinese Affairs Officer
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      NEWS OF WAR DAMAGE
      679 6 rpHOSE who have read the answers given by the ■1 Financial Secretary to the questions asked by Mrs. B. H. Oon at the last meeting of the Federal Legislative Council must have felt considerable astonishment, though the replies did give information that has for too long
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      The men who work in shops
      383 6 The men who work in shops DURING the last two years, and more especially in the last few days, there has been much talk among the public regarding the low wages and poor living conditions of workers engaged In various big organisations and Government Departments. The present strike of the
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    758 6 Health spirits in Malaya CIR GERALD Templer gets powerful support in his call to the European community of Malaya to "take an active part in the life of the community" from Dr. R. Tredre. deputy director of the Ross institute of Tropical Hygiene. Dr. Tredre has recently written a 60-page
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    447 6 On the Margin Sporting exchange rE combination, in the news columns, of the abortive attack on an Indonesian envoy at The Hague and the small bomb which exploded harmlessly in the Ministry o( Works buitding at Tunis last Thursday inI pvitably recalled to us those I febrile days when we
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    'WEEK-END' SOLDIERS JOINING UP AGAIN
    316 7 They are back on the parade grounds fend in lecture rooms World War II grievances are forgotten in bid to do bit KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. THE FEDERATION'S Volunteer Forces-week-end soldiers, sajlors and airmen—are now moving on to the parade grounds and into lecture rooms to
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    The Thomas Cup teams line up
    70 7 THE DANISH THOMAS CUP team being introduced to the Deputy High Commissioner, Mr. D. C. MaeGillivray, before the first night's matches with India in Kuala Lumpur. The Danes, who arrived in the Federal capital on the morning of the tie, lost three of the
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    'Religion a reason for unity'
    90 7 'Religion a reason for unity' TWO HUNDRED members of the St. John Ambulance and Nursing Cadets, Singapore, were told yesterday that religion should not be a cause of division, but a reason for unity. At the Empire Youth Sunday meeting at brigade headquarters in Stamford Road, they were told that,
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    Union branch officials
    46 7 The officials of the Selangor branch of the Central Electricity Board Junior Officers' Union for the year are: President. Mr. Paul N. Dawson: secretary, Mr. Christensen; committee: Messrs. Xavier Anantarow. Mak Khong Kuan, Sarnbried bin Bagong, Khoo 800 Chuan and Miss Benedlcta Delores
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    COLONY WANTS ITS SHARE
    113 7 COLONY WANTS ITS SHARE Singapore city council O i s to ask for the Colony's share of the $12,000,000 Indian Immigration Fund to be spent on welfare schemes for Indian labourers, including a home for the decrepit and the unemployed The Council is represented by Mr. J. M. Jumabhoy dndep.
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    Position of Blood Bank
    77 7 DURING the week ended May 23. four teachers and the headmaster of the Paya Lebar School, Singapore, and six men from R.A.F. Station. Jurong gave blood to the Singapore Blood Bank. The position of the bank at the end of the week was as follows: Group
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    Year's gaol for jewels theft
    44 7 MUAR. Sun. A Malay youth, Tallp bin Hashim was at Muar Sessions Court sentenced to one year's Imprisonment for theft of Jewellery worth $145 belonging to Sedek bin A. Ma] id in a house at Ram pong Raja, Pagoh.
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    NO LICENCES
    29 7 MUAR. Sun— Found selling fish without a licence at Parlt Bakar, Tang Seng Jo. Tan? Ah Pang and Heng Ah Kow were each fined $10 at Muar
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    RUSH TO BUY 'ANTIBULLET' TALISMAN
    114 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Sunday. if ALAY YOUTHS who are serving in various iTI Security Forces in the Federation are reported to be buying a talisman which, it is claimed, makes the wearer impervious to bullets. The maker of the talisman is Lebal Omar, popularly known as
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    SCHOOL FAIR
    33 7 TAIPirJG, Sun. St. George's Institution, Talping, will hold a fun fair on July 5 and 6. The school held a tery successful fair In aid of their building extension fund last
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    Schoolboy drowned in Spore
    64 7 Schoolboy drowned in S'pore rfIEN-YEAR-OLD Wong Kok 1 Kran, a Singapore schoolDoy, went for a swim at Pasir Ris yesterday morning and was drowned. The boy went to the beach with his father who left his son playing on the .sand. When he returned he saw a crowd. The boy
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    To Beat Retreat
    35 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Bun Four mass bands and five massed pipes of Army units jwi" Beat Retreat on the Kuala Lumpur padang on the eve of the Queen's birthday parade on June 4.
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    The Queen greets C"wealth youths
    205 7 The Queen greets C 'wealth youths MORE than 25,000 youths in the Colony were told yesterday by the Qudtn that she was strengthened by the knowledge of their loyal support as a member of "our jreat Family of Nations" with Hi traditions of brotherhood, chilvary and service. She was greeting
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    37 7 >l X JOSEPH ROCHE is presented with a gift by Mr. E. Barrett, president of the Kuala Lumpur Municipality, at tea party recently to mark his retirement after 38 yean' serriee with the Municipality. Eastern Photographer* picture.
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    Amusement park plan is refected
    108 7 Amusement park plan is refected A PUBLIC meeting of Malays at KoU Raja Club. Istana Kampong (ilam. Singapore, yesterday voted against the proposed conversion of the Great Eastern Trade F*i'. Geylang Serai, into an amusement park. Three people spoke in favour of the proposed conversion and thre* others against it.
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    Girl knocked down, dies
    30 7 KLANO. Sun. A K£ang Convent girl, K. Sarojlni. was knocked down by a motor eyefe on the main road. She died in the District Hospital, Klang.
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    Price of sawn timber falling
    134 7 I>ECAUSE of improved trade between Indonesia and Singapore, and other supply conditions, the price of sawn timber is falling gradually, the Singapore Forestry Officer. Mr. C. Cairns, told the STaiu Timt* yesterday. "Logs have been coming forward steadily from Indonesia arm there is now an
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    NEW ANTI-RIOT CAR CAN GIVE YOU A SHOCK
    369 7 SINGAPORE Police Force's new anti-riot car made its first appearance yesterday at the Singapore Automobile Association's annual rally and coin ours d'elegance in Empress Place. The big, bright red van has barred windows and a "conning tower" with a searchlight from which
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    Found with throat cut
    34 7 LOW CHAK MUN, 25-year-old Cantonese, was found with his throat cut in his house in Wong Poh Road, Singapore. He ls in the General Hospital. His condition was not serious.
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    Bail opposed in hurt charge
    38 7 TELUK ANSON. Sun.—Doraisamy. a son of Govindasamy, 30. was charged In Teluk Anson with voluntary causing grievous hurt to Nagalingam with a knife. The case was postponed to May 28. Bail was opposed.
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    Bandits wound 2 in bus attack
    179 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. DANDITS shot up a bus '**in the Jasin aria of Malacca yesterday, wounding two passengers. When the bus was puiled up, the bandits ordered the passengers out, robbed them and then set fire to it. Police at nearby Selandar village heard
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    $8,226 for varsity fund
    118 7 T/HE University of Malaya Endowment Fund now stands at $4,815,850. The following donations, totalling $8,226, were received in the week ending May 17: Perak: Malay teachers of Kroh, $3 87: Bou Kanan. $53.38: Taiplng. $81 65: Matang, $57.85: Batang Padang. $11.85; staff of the Education Department,
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      144 7 "OVIS ARIES" 2 y> i i r uK ~A i r W/lv I w i 18 HIS FORMAL NAME J This is a Scottish black-faced sheep whose springy fleece forms the busis of B.M.K. Wilton rugs and carpets. These are made in the finest export quality and are all g
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    India Through One Man's Eyes
    623 8  -  II E. BATES MY INDIA. By Jim Corbett (Oxford. 10s. 6d.) By WHATEVER your India is or has been it is quite certain it is no-one else's. Mr Corbett's India, which is that of simple hill peoples and tiger-valleys and remote lakeland in the country
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    ANqVEL OF DEEP FEELING
    204 8 A NOVEL OF DEEP FEELING TIME AND CHANCE By John Connell. (Constable. 155.) TUB is a novel about a Dolitical event the ending of British rule in the mythical South American colony, OraRoya. But passionately although Connell cares about this Imaginary incident, he relates It to the emotions and personalities
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    A FRENCH T.E. LAWRENCE
    212 8 THE WISDOM OF THE SANDS. By Antoine de Saint Exupcry. (Hollis and Carter, 215.) SAINT-EXUPERY was an impoverished French aristocrat and a counterpart to T. E. LAwrence, a lite ran.' man of action, the object of a cult. He was a Lawrence without pose, and without
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    NO TWENTIETH CENTURY ELIXIR OF LIFE
    749 8  - NO TWENTIETH CENTURY ELIXIR OF LIFE SIR DESMOND McCARTHY FOR YOUR BOOKSHELF^ By COMMENTARY ON OLD ACE. By Kenneth Walker. (Cape. 12s. 64.) THIS Is a valuable book about old age, but rather too cheerful to givs me intellectual satisfaction: Mr. Kenneth Walker is an eminent surgeon, very many of
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    History
    393 8 Biblical History THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS. By A. Dupont-Sommer. (Basil Blackwell: Ovford 7s. 6d.) By WALTER WARWICK INTO a cave nollowed out of the steep rock rising alon e the western side of the Dead Sea walked a Bedouin, looking for a lost sheep. In the half-light he saw a
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      302 8 BRIDGE -By IAINMcLEOD M.P. I SAW only the second half of the 1952 Oxford and Cambridge match in which after a fairly even start Oxford forged ahead to a decisive win. (Cambridge in this period played with increasing wllclneas and desperation.) The outstanding pljyer was Robert D'Urtienvllle of Oxford. who
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    Singapore Student Looks At The Commonwealth
    1180 9 Singapore Student Looks At The Commonwealth C. LEICESTER By This essay, written by Colin Leicester of Raffles Institution, has won a prize of a silver scroll for an essay competition run by the Overseas League. It tells you something of "The Meaning Of The Commonwealth." 'THE Commonwealth 1 is an
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    THEY WAIT FOR THE U.N. 'THAW
    533 9  - THEY WAIT FOR THE U.N. 'THAW DONROTHMAN -By IMPORTANT diplo- matic moves will be made between now and September to thaw the freeze on United Nations membership whicn has resulted from the cold war. And some observers believe there is a good chance for a break in the stoppage that
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    Mao Tse-tung's Influence Rules These Chinese Schools
    530 9 Communism has a grip on the Chinese schools throughout the new Republic of Indonesia, say» 808 KROON JAKARTA. IN Indonesia, Ihr majority of Chinese youngsters between 8 and 20 look up to Mao Tse-tung as the savioui of their sprawling, tumultuous fatherland. They
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      194 9 NOW ON SIMULTANEOUSLY AT SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR PENANG DRASTIC REDUCTIONS! Wonderful opportunity to purchase the finest of carpets for your home at GIVE-AWAY PRICES JUTE CARPETS 20% AND MATTING REDUCTION WOOLLEN 30% DRUGGETS REDUCTION SHROFFS (malaya) LTD ACENCY SHOWROOM 47-49. STAMFORD RD., SPORE. 6. TEL. ***** 139, BATU ROAD. KUALA
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      319 9 26. Sawing a leg (anag.) (10). The Straits Times Crossword Far Near or MWdle (4) DOWN H 2 H 3 *H 5 HI 6 H 7 Hi «r,uT l desirable CIOS£ m S^ SSSS 2 Odder foreigner 8). 8 I 3 No more smoking, no more g§§ I toil (3.
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    Incrtease in new insurance
    174 10 Increase in new insurance /"RE AT EASTERN LWe Assur- ance Company's report for 1951 tells of a large increase in new business, bringing Insurance in force to the highest figure In the company's history. The triennial actuarial valuation was made at Dec. 31, 1951, and resulted in $103,233 (»tt per
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    I CHERSONESE (FMS)
    72 10 CHERSONESE (FMS) [•THE CHERSONESE (F.M.8.) Estates Ltd: Profit for 1951 after charging taxation £49.653 i £69.221). U.K. taxation charged £58,000 £72.000 >. transfer to replanting reserve £25.000 < £20,000 1 depreciation of buildings and machinery etc.. £14.000* (£15.000 > general reserve nil <£10.06a> dividend 10 s 'l2th per cent (14
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    EXCHANGE TO MERCHANTS
    79 10 The Malayan Exchange Banks Association announced agreed rates of exrhange to merchants at the weekend as follows: BtYING Mr Mali T.T. OJ>. N d »t. Cradlt Bllla New York 32 33 33', Canada 32 5 16 32 7/16 33 11 '16 Trade Bills 33 316 SELLING T.T.
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    SELLERS PREVAIL IN THE SHARE MARKET
    381 10 No improvement on last week From A Market Correspondent VL'ITH negligible support forthcoming from Arac- rica and with no early prospect of recovery in Malaya's major source of Income, buyers for shares behaved in a most realistic manner. In all the market, except a
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    Business done
    227 10 BUSINESS dooe In the Sbare Market last week included:— litdnstriaU: BriLUh MaJ»y:i Trustee »6.00; Fraaar A Noa>ve $3.62 l i to 53. 37 4; Gammon $2 50. Hongkong Bank. London Rwriste£Bo; JaekMal »1.97' i; MaJa«m.n Cement 80 cent* uid 7t cents; MoJayaa Cofllenes $1.55 to Si 45. SlraiUs
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    RECORD PROFIT
    84 10 T*HE Ovu sea -Chinese Banking Corporation's report for 1951 shows profit at a record figure which, if adjusted to a before Income Tax basis, cannot have bean less than $3,647,667, or 38' 2 per oast Final dividend 5 per cent, and bonus 5 per cent hnre been paid,
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    DIVIDEND OF 80 p.c.
    106 10 DARIT PERAK Rubber Company made a profit in 1951 of 1428.5*3 (142.8 per cent.) and 'he dividend recommended at SO per cent wtl make a total of SO per cent for the year. Net liquid assets at $4»4.832 are equivalent to $1 14 per share. Cost
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    Wall Street quiet, steady
    39 10 NEW YORK. Sun Wall Street was quiet and closed steady on the last Saturday trading before the summer break. The list showed rather evenly divided fractional variations either way. with most pivotal groups trendies*.— Reuter.
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    IHADDELIGHTFUL RIDE ON GAMEAR MELA YU'-TULLOH By EPSOM JEEP
    367 11  - 'I HAD DELIGHTFUL RIDEONGAMBAR MELAYU'-TULLOH EPSOM JEEP By "fAMBAK MELAYU is super-game', said jockcv Colin Tulloh in the jockeys' room after Gambar Melayu had won the valuable Governor's Cup over 11 miles with remarkable ease under a record weight of 9.7 at Bukit TJmah on Saturdav. "Gambar Melayu was always
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    297 11 lIIOHMOHT of the Summer 11 Meeting at Buklt Timah was tr# outstanding succei; of the Trainer Spencer. Jockey Tulloh combination. They brought off a grand double with Shaw Stable's Oambar Melayu in the Governors Cup and the Belmont Stable's Zanzibar in the Summer Cup. Trainer Jack
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    104 11 fOSMOS Just managed to hold V/ luckless Tuan Mong O. B. A. to a 2-2 draw in a Div. 3B game at Geylang stadium yesterday. Midway through the first half Cosmos were awarded a penalty. Chandra scored. Tuan Mong fought back and they, too were
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    Sulliman Awang wins cycling
    73 11 Twenty-one-year-old Sulliman Awang Cosmopolitan Cycling Club), the Colony's sprint and marathon champion won the Singapore Cycle Racing Association's 62'- mile massed-start road race held on the Lim Chu Keng Road in the record time of 3 lir. 20 inln. 10 sec yesterday. Sulliman beat Mansoor bin
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    NEW GSC TENNIS COURTS OPENED
    50 11 Oirls Spurn Club* nrw tennli court* were opened on the club* old ilte In Srrangoon Road yesterday Mr* Z Te«sensohn the club* president, performed the opening ceremony after which Mr* Maisie Eber and Mr* L. U. Pennelatner. both former Singapore champion*, played an exhibition match
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    2 FOR JOLLJLADS
    19 11 Jollllads beat Singapore Improvement Trust 2-0 In a Dlv. SB match at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday.
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    NAVY LOSE 1-0
    23 11 In a friendly soccer match at the Naval Base yesterday, an Indian XI beat Combined Navy 1-0. Avthar Singh scored.
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    Mottram and Trabert out
    151 11 FRENCH TENNIS PARIS, Sun. "TONY rraoert, United SUtea. was the. first seeded player to je eliminated when the French iwn tennis championships were continued here yesterday. Trabert. seeded No. 5, was beaten 7-5. 3-1. 6-1 by Fellcisslmo Ampon. of •Jie Philippines, in the fourth round. In
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    Athenians home
    26 11 LONDON. Sun— After a successful soccer tour of Hong Hong and Singapore, the Athenian League party of amateur footballers arrived back here yesterday Reuter.
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    331 11 By Our Athletics Reporter r VHE Olympic trial over 100 1 metres at Victoria School ground yesterday afternoon were disappointing. None of the four .■■printers taking part Tan Kng Voon, Sgt. McQuarrie, Tang Pel Wan and Eleanor Ross got wlth- in the qualifying times set
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    Siam Police failed to keep it up
    305 11 Siam Police failed to keep it up I HPHE visiting Siamese Police XI started off brilliantly in then annual encounter against Singapore Police at Thomson Road yesterday but failed to keep it up and eventually went down by 2-1. Although there waa very little good football, the spirit of healthy
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    Island Club results
    30 11 Island Club remit* »t«t»rd«y wert M«v monthly (bogeyi "A" DlvUlnn iv won by O. AddUon Uo> *li up: "B" DlvUitn by B O Boudorm < 16 four up
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    128 11  -  Sports letter fys Sunday evening thousands of badminton fan* throughout Malaya, many of them probably not regular listeners to Radio Malaya, were cloae to radio receivers to bear tht result Of the i.itiia-Df nmark lnter-aon* Thomar Cup tit. The result a win for India— was decided
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    Indians beat Denmark 6-3 in zone match
    1165 12 NG YOOK YOON GREAT WINS BY SETH, MOHAN By KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. INDIA TONIGHT scored a signal triumph in international badminton by eliminating Denmark from the Thomas Cup by the margin of six matches to three and earning the right to meet the
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    21 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. lEE Gl AN KHTE will be <• official referee for the inter-ione final between India and America.
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    FEW THOMAS CUP TICKETS FOR SALE
    92 12 There will be a general sale of Thomai Cap badminton ticket* at the Cathay Cinema, first floor, at t a.m. today. There are a few tickets available far the challenge round on Saturday and Sanday at the Happy World. These tickets were not claimed
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    SUNDRAM SCORES GOOD CENTURY
    464 12 By Our Cricket Reporter A FOURTH wicket stand of 201 highest for any wicket in tournament cricket in Singapore by S. K. Sundram (130) and S. Vellupillai (76) for Police against Army at Nee Soon stood out in a week-end of good performances in the S.C.A.
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    ARYANS' 'GOAL RUSH' ROCKED SINO-MALA YS
    693 12 ARYANS' 'GOAL RUSH' ROCKED SINO-MALA YS SENTINEL By Aryan Gymkhana 5; Sino-Malays 2. FOR 45 minutes this game was full of interest— 1 fast, even, and with plenty of intelligent soccer. Then Sino-Malays, after scoring a goal they did not deserve, went to pieces and Aryans hit four past them
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    Len Hutton to lead England
    31 12 LONDON. Sun— Len Hutton of Yorkshire has accepted an Invitation to captain England against India In the first cricket Test beginning at Leeds on June 5
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