The Straits Times, 8 May 1953

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    14 1 The Straits Times tie**"** 11 Established 1845 SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, MAY .8, 1953. 15 CENTS
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    ONN'S GREAT TRIUMPH
    3682 1 The council votes its faith in him 40-9 DEFEA T FOR TAN KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. TYVTrt ONN BIN J A' AFAR, Member for Home Affairs, scored a personal triumph in the Federal Legislative Council's battle of Malayan politics today. Mr. Tan Sirw Sin's motion, calling on the
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    Quiet Reds fall into an ambush
    77 1 Quiet Reds fall into an ambush PKN.WO, Thurs. SKCI RITY forces ambushed bandits on Penan* Island tufiay in their Btll CMttaCt with them siiuv "Operation' Knut" i.tst ft Details of t(i(, opec>ti"i> were not to be as it was fearr-d they mlfbi .jeopardise follow-up activity. Pcnans; has been romppra- lively
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    Kidnappers ask for $700,000
    52 1 MACAO, Thurs. A boy. son of a multl-millionnaire pro- prietor of a gambling cartno. wa.s reported today to have been kidnapped. Fu Ta-kiam, grneral manaper of the Macao De Luxe Hotel and Casino, said he had received HKS7OO.OOO ransom I demands ror the return of his
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    Mr. Salmond flies to the rubber conference
    164 1 Mr. Salmond flies to the rubber conference rIE new, chairman of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association, Mr. I. G. Salmond. was due to leave this morning to represent the Colony at the International Rubber Study Group meeting, in Copenhagen. Mr. Salmond was flying to London and then on
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    De Gaulle to try again
    56 1 PARIS. Thurs.— General De Gaulle yesterday dissolved the executive committee of his party, the Right Wing Rally of the French People, and forbade further use of the party's name in the National Assembly. He said ne will try to form a new political group which
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    Home to Tibet
    16 1 Five Tibetans arrived in Singapore from Hong Kong yesterday on their way home.
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    THE CROWNING
    221 1 Jk simrvnir #>/* an historic vrvnt O commemorate the Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II The Straits Times has produced a 152-page fc'lyillustrated publication in tabloid form. With a full-colour cover, and a magnificent full-colour inset of Her Majesty, it will be on sale throughout Malaya very
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    Those gambling instincts are controlled by thin nut
    276 1 Those gambling instincts are controlled by thin nut KUALA LI'MPUR. Thursday. pm Federal Legislative Council today passed a Bill which, the council was told, will control the l imblitip instincts of the people of Malaya. Th e Attorney General, Mr. T. V. Brodie, said that in recent years lotteries had
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    THE SACRED B 0 TREE CUTTINGS ARE SAVED
    157 1 THE SACRED BO TREE CUTTINGS ARE SAVED THRKE Bo IREE cuttings, which were confiscated because they were not covered by a pest-free certificate when they arrived in Singapore have been returned to the owner, a Buddhist priest. For a while it looked like the sacred tree cuttings might have to
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    The Queen sees Henry VIII
    36 1 LONDON, Thurs. The Queen last night attended the premiere of a new production of Shakespeare s Krnrv VIH, the play chostn by the Old Vie Theatre for the Coronation season. Reuter.
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    Eden improving
    37 1 LONDON. Thurs— Mr. Anthony Eden, the Foreign Secretary, had another good night and made further general progress, the Foreign Office stated today. Mr. Eden is recovering in a London clinic after two major operations.— Reuter.
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    Papal audience
    27 1 VATICAN CITY. Thurs. Pope PiiLi XII today received in special audience 100 tennl.s players who are taking part in the international Italian championships in Rome.—Reuter.
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    THE CRASH THAT KILLED 43
    46 1 THIS FIRST PICTURE of the Comet crash in Calcutta in which 43 people lost their lives was received in Singapore last night. Prominent Malayans were among the victims. The picture shows the main wreckage. A.P. picture. Another picture in Page 7.
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    THE £ WILL NOW COST YOU MORE
    91 1 THE WILL NOW COST YOU MORE BECAUSE of the present trading recession in Malaya, the Malayan dollar has weakened in terms of sterling New rates fixed by the Ma- 1 layan Exchange Banks Association meaft that you will have to pay Vnore Malayan dollars for sterling. t The difference nmoiir.'s
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    Shoots 3, then himself
    68 1 ROME. Thurs.—Mario Costanzo 30 puCled out a revolver T. :n the Sp:gno Saturnla Church near Latina late last night i and killed Onofrio Fusco. a merchant. Hp then killed the Rrv. An- ton'o Gaspano. the arrhpriest d Mi.vs V.ncenzlna Zanfrillo. 23. and shot himself fal.ing dl,ad
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    Labour claims 77 gains
    77 1 LONDON. Thurs. The Labour Party claimed today it bad made net rain* of 77 seats in a turnover of more than 4,00* vacancies about tfialf the total to be filled In the local govern- i ment elections. It claimed to hav p captured 64 seats in
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    Aid Laos demand may go to U.N.
    323 1 Aid Laos demand may go to U.N. r PHE United States may A call on the United Nation.', to act against the Communist Vietminh aggressors in Laos. The Secretary of State, Mr. Foster Dulles, told Congressmen yesterday that he was considering an appeal with France. Siam and Vietnam. Mr Dulles
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      928 2 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS VACANCIES for Federal Citizen* as Enforcement Officer, Road Transport Department, Federation .of Malaya. Appointment is penv I slonable but successful candidate will be on three years probation. Salary $504 x 24 744. Usual r Government allowances payable. 1 Maximum age. 35 years. Minimum j qualifications (1) Passed School
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      460 2 NOTICES SINGAPORE CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL NOTICE ELECTRICITY DEPARTMENT Work In connection with electrical extensions In Buklt Timah Area of i Singapore will necessitate the cessat ion of supply between the hou-s j of 12 mid-rilght Saturday, 9th May. 1953. and approximately SCO A.M. Bundav. 10th May. 1953. The substations supplying
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      629 2 NOTICES UNBERTHED TICKETS FOR THE "SIRDHANA" SAILING FROM SINGAPORE ON 22.5.53 Unberthed tlckeU for the "Sirdhana' sailing on the 22nd May. 1953. for NagapatUnam and Madras will be on sale at our Unberth- i ed Ticket Office at Trafalgar Street on the 12th May, 1993. at 900 a.m. IBLAY KERR
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      420 2 NOTICES IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE COLONY OF SINGAPORE ISLAND OF SINGAPORE Originating Petition No. 17 of 1951 In the Matter of OIM HOA COMPANY LIMITED And In the Matter of the Companies Ordinance, 1940. NOTICE Is hereby given that t Petition presented to the* High Court on the
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      360 2 NOTICES KUALA LUMPUR 1 MUNICIPALITY Municipal Election* Revision of Electoral 801 l Registers will be open up to and including 31st May. 1953. at the following centres between 5 p.m. i and 7 p.m. V.M.C.A. Brickfields Road Information Centre. Batu Road Railway Institute. Sentul Malay Boys' School. Kampong Bahru Malay
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      408 2 NOTICES CLOSING OF ROAD BETWEEN TELUK ANSON TOWN AND BAGAN DATOH. HUTAN MELINTANG. The above road will be closed to nil traffic between the hours of 7 40 p.m. on 12th May. 1953 and 535 ».m. 13th May 1953 to enable repairs to be carried out to the level crossin*
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    Her son Joe comes home from the war
    46 3 THEY ARE crying for joy. For Private Jo? Giir-ia, of Los Angeles, California, is home from the war in Korea. He had been a prisoner and when he got link home his mother couldn't hold back the tears.
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    Experts see the Comet wreckage
    83 3 CALCUTTA. Thurs. BRITISH Civil Aviation experts who are here to help the Indian Government's innuiry into the Comet crash Vi.sKcd the site today and collected evidence to place before t!ie court of inquiry. A special train will tomorrow carry equipment for sottinti up a camp
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    Publicity bomb
    36 3 NEW YORK. Thurs— A crude home-made bomb exploded in a locker at Grand Central Station here today as crowds of Manhattan office workers were en their way home Police blamed a "publicity seeker."- Reuter.
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    Boyd Ned's post
    29 3 TORONTO. Thurs. Dr .onis Boyd Neel. one of Briain's leading conductors and musicians, has been appointed Dean of the Royal Conservaory of Music of Toronto. Renter.
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    M.P.s WANT BRITAIN AT THE TALKS
    133 3 But Sir Winston says: No LONDON. Thursday. SIR Winston Churchill yesterday brushed asido Labour suggestions that Britain should have a ■epresentative at the Korean truce talks. 1 Mr. Woodrow Wyatt nskec Sir Winston to propose to President Eisenhower that Britain should have a man
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    'IMPORTANT' OFFER BY REDS IN KOREA
    182 3 'IMPORTANT' OFFER BY REDS IN KOREA CHmb-dotvn an prisoner deadlock PANMUNJOM, Thursday. THE Communists today submitted an eight-point compromise proposal to settle the prisoner-of-war deadlock and reach an armistice in Korea. In a major concession, they agreed to an Allied i plan to keep in Korea until their fate is
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    ! !lau gang ambush I troops
    123 3 Mau gang ambush troops NAIROBI Thurs. AMAU MAU gang equipped with automatic weapons today air bushed a patrol of the King's African Rifles in the South Nyeri reserve, killing an African lance corporal and capturing a private soldier. A police patrol In another part of the same forest area killed
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    Vatican warning
    40 3 VATICAN CITY. Thurs LOsservatore Rcmano yesterday called upon Italian Catholics to combat Communism in the national elections to be held next month and told 'hem not to be deceived by propaganda that the Commuiists do not oppose religion.—
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    Why be so eager for peace in Korea?
    221 3 Why be so eager for peace in Korea? ASKS VAN FLEET NEW YORK. Thurs.— General j James Van Fleet, former Commander of the United States Eighth Army in Korea, said in an article in Life Magazine tcday that the war in Korea was costing the Chinese Communists "much more than
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    ACTOR DEAD
    25 3 LONDON. Thurs. Harold Warrender, stage, scroe:. and radio actor, died at his home at Gerrard's Cross yesterday H e was 49— A P
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    ROYAL ASSENT
    29 3 LONDON. Thurs. The I Queen gave her assent last night to a Bill restoring roac transport to private ewnershir after six years of Statf I ownership.— Reuter.
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    Chiang's 'little' army in H.K.
    188 3 BARRISTER TELLSCOURT OF— HONG KONG, Thursday. i BRITISH barrister said in court here today that the Chinese Nationalist Government paid Chinese Army officers in Hong Kong to try to prevent ships slipping through the Nationalist blockade of Commu- I nist China. The barrister. Mr. A
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    Concern over 196 Chinese
    41 3 MANILA. Thurs.— The Chinese Nationalist Ambassador. Chen Chi-plng, called on President Elpidio Qulrino today and expressed the Chinese Government's concern over the continued detention of 196 Chinese nationals held by the Philippine authorities as Communist suspects. A.P.
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    U.S. prestige down, he says
    75 3 WASHINGTON, Thurs. The prestige of the West including the United States has progressively deteriorated among the Arab nations since the war and urgent and decisive remedial measures are needed. Congress was told today. Mr. Harold Stassen, director of the Mutual Security Administration, told the Senate
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    PEKING 'HAS MASTER PLAN'
    55 3 COLOMBO, Thurs. The Chinese Communist Government had devised a "master plan" to step up China's trade with the sterling area with Hong Kong as the chief distribution centre, the Ceylon Daily News 3&IH today. The plan was aimed principally at Britain, India. Saiga pore, Ceyion, Hong
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    MORE TRADE
    20 3 JAKARTA, Thurs Indonesia and Poland signed a trade agreement yesterday that increases trade between them by half.— Reuter.
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    THE DUELLISTS WHO DON'T GET HURT
    103 3 MONTEVIDEO. ITruguay, Thurs. The President of the Uruguayan Senate and a journalist fought a pistol duel at dawn today waiched by the President of the National Council, Dr Martine Trueba. The duellists, Dr. Alfeo Bnim and newspaperman Reverel Ulises, each fired two shots, but
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    ATROCITY STORIES LIES, SA YS PEER
    137 3 LONDON. Thursday. 4 LABOUR peer claimed last night that stories of atrocities committed by the Communists against some United Nations prisoners-of-war in Korea were lies made up for psychological warfare purposes. Lord Strabolgi told the House of Lords that freed British prisoners related the
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    Export control
    31 3 WASHINGTON. Thurs.— The United States Senate yesterday Rave the government power to control for another year the export of strategic and scarce materials needed in the defenre programme— Reuter
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    LONDON STOCKS
    265 3 LONDON. Thurs. TJMR Eastern Issues generally had a good day. Reports of a more conciliatory Communist attitude at the Korean peace talks aided Chinese bonds, which gained up to three points. Among commodity shares tins were firm on the firmer tone of the metal and more optimistic views
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    imwu tin
    21 3 LONDON TIN LONDON, May 7. Cash Buyers C 775: Sellers t777' Forward Buyers t772'.; Sellers £770. Turnover a.m. 140; p.m. 110
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    LONDON RUBBER
    35 3 LONDON. May 7 Spot 21 \d. Juno 21 \d. July-Sept. 21 *d Oct D*c. 21 'id.. Jan. -Mar. 21\d., May c.i.l 21 '-d.. June c.i.f. 21 '-^d.. Juiv c.i.f. 21';, d. Tone steady.
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    Girl, 18, gave birth to 7
    37 3 LISBON, Thurs. An 18--year-old girl gave birth to seven children in Bissau, Portuguese Guinea, a Portuguese I news agency reported. All were boru dead and the eirl died next day. Reuter
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    FIND THIS PEKE, AND YOU GET $500
    174 4 FIND THIS PEKE, AND YOU GET $500 A BROWN Pekinese dog named Cherle, with soft curls and a black mouth, In missing -somewhere in Singapore. Madam Busch, owner of the Busch Circus, hms offered $500 for his recovery. Cherie went missing from the circus in Queen Street during a rainstorm
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    Social welfare's new address
    54 4 The Singapore Social Welfare Department will be at thp new Government offices in the Chinese Secretariat building, Havelock Road, from next Monday. The department's telephone numbers 5056 to 5059 and 5959 will be th e same but there will be no telephone communication during the change-over
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    Party says Govt. is not sincere about regiment
    118 4 THE Colony Progressive Party says the Government has been "deplorably insincere over the formation of a Singapore regiment. Criticising the delay, the party's newsletter says: "If recruiting for the regiment is not as brisk as it could have been if conducted at
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    GOVT. GUARANTEES FULL PAY TO VOLUNTEERS
    268 4 Families will not suffer in case of call-up KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. T<HE families of men in volunteer forces in the Federation will not suffer financially if the men are called up for full-time service in an emergency. The Local Forces (Civil Liability) Bill, providing
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    RIDA asks for $7 mil. more
    54 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— The Rural and Industrial Development Authority toda> asked the Federal Legislative Council for $7,000,000 more this year to pay the cost of its expanding activities. An earlier provision of $5,000,--000 had been fully allocated for major and minor schemes and projects,
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    300 ATTEND SERVICE FOR COMET VICTIMS
    163 4 MORE than 300 relatives, friends and Government I officials attended yesterday^ memorial service in St. Ardrew's Cathedral, Singapore. for the 43 people who lost their lives in last week's Co- I met crash. The Archdeacon of Singapore, the Rev. Robert Wood, paid tribute to
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    Siglap's centre
    38 4 The Slglap Social Centre at East Coast Road will be opened by Mrs. L. Cresson. president of the Voluntary Workers' Group, on May 15 at 5 p.m. The centr" is run by the Social Welfare Department.
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    'Bigger and better9 trade show
    162 4 'Bigger and better' trade show ONE hundred and two Hong Kong Chinese factories will be represented at an exhibition in the Happy World Stadium at 5 p.m. tomorrow. On sale at the 104 stalls wilt be products from over 50 factories. These include textiles, nylon goods canned food, toothbrushes paint,
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    Govt. writes off $429,173
    79 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— The Federal Legislative Council today agreed to write off a loss of $429,173 caused by stockpiling a large quantity of coal five years ago when there was a serious shortage of coal in the Federation. "It should be appreciated that coai does not
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    'Slack' directors cost firm $15,000
    269 4 'Slack directors cost firm $15,000 IPOH, Thurs. SLACKNESS by Gajah Transport Company directors caused shareholders to lose over $15,000. the Ipoh Magistrate, Capt. Mohamed Saflch bin Haji Sulalman, was toll I today when five Malays were I summoned under the Companies Ordinance. Four of them were Dr. 8. iCassim, Inche
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    300 FAMILIES GET EVICTION RESPITE
    132 4 DOOMED KAMPONG CHANGI immediate action would be taken on May 31 to A evict the 300 families at Kampong Changi, said a government spokesman last night. The 1,500 persons, mostly Malays, had been ordered to quit by May 31 as the land was needed by
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    That march will cost us $147,000
    98 4 That march will cost us $147,000 K. LUMPUR, Thurs. rE Federation's military contingent will march in the Coronation procession in London next month at a cost to this country of about $147,000. The Federal Legislative Council was told today this was the estimated cost of passages and other charges. The
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    NOW IT'S PLENTY OF FISH
    157 4 NOW IT'S PLENTY OF FISH IN the next few days, Singapore housewives will have an unusual problem on their hands too much fish. More than 15 ton? were brought in by a pair of trawlers which returned last night from a fishing trip to the East Coast. The Deputy Director
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    OPENING WILL STAR MacD
    53 4 Singapore's most morirrn cinema, the new Odecn In North Bridge Road, will be formally opened by th? missioner-Oer.eral, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, on June 8. The ceremony will be followed by a film Dr.rrWe. proceeds of which the Cathay Organisation will give to the University of
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    'Sneezy' Leong flies his first night solo
    113 4 'Sneezy' Leong flies his first night solo A MALAYAN Airways' wireless operator, 26-year-old Ah Choo Leong, made his first night solo night last night. Ah Choo, known to hifriends as "Sneezy." was the second Malayan Airways' student piloi to fly night solo with thr Royal Singapore Flying Club this week
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    A DEPOSIT 'WOULD HIT JUST-FOR-FUN L-DRIVERS' M
    223 5 A DEPOSIT 'WOULD HIT JUST-FOR-FUN L-DRIVERS' A SUGGESTION that learner-drivers be made to deposit $50. refundable if they qualify within three months, was "a jolly good one," the chairman of the Singapore Automobile Association, Mr. P. J. Darnell, said yesterday. It would increase revenue and deter people without cars from
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    Joshua sails for US after a hectic day
    179 5 EARLY yesterday morning, 58-year-old Pakistani radio operator Joshua Sampson left Singapore for San Francisco on a Swedish tinker, after the busiest day of hLs life. On Wednesday afternoon, .lii-t:ii. i was still in Hong Kong. He caught a plane and \\:is in
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    On hurt charge
    37 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs S Sinniah. of Bukit Pulai Estate, was charged in the Police Court, Johore Bahru, today with voluntarily causing hurt with an axe to Ponu-,-amy. He was allowed bail of I $300".
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    Elections plan is 'great step forward'
    164 5 STORE COUNCILLORS SAY ■ORE Legislative and City Councillors yestervelcomed as a "great step forward" the prointroduce elections to the Federation LegislaI tive Council. They said they honed the committee appointed to examine the proposal would report soon. Mr. N. A. Mallal (Legislative Councillor) said:
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    Dance girls help a university
    52 5 SINGAPORE CABARET GIRLS gave a floor show at the Happy World Cabaret last night in aid of the Nanyang University. Picture shows: Miss Anna Tham (extreme right) selling orchids to Misss I. urn Choy Wan (left). Miss I. urn paid $25 for her orchid. Straits
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    COUNSEL PROTESTS: 'THIS MAKES CHARGES GRAVER'
    477 5 'Omit accuseds description' A SINGAPORE LAWYER objected in the First Traffic District Court yesterday to Inspector Abu Ba'tar bin Ismail, of the Traffic Police Headquarters, being described in two charges against him as "assistant licensing officer." Mr. David Marshall said that the designation of
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    Cheated of $25,552 by friend Says merchant in Spore court
    133 5 Cheated of $25,552 by friend Says merchant in S'pore court SOH PENG KEE, a merchant, alleged in a Singapore court yesterday that he was cheated of $25,552 in June last year 10 days after he had Riven the money to a friend as a toao. He wa s testifying in
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    New power station opening in July
    117 5 SINGAPORE'S Paslr Panjang power station will be officially opened in July. Mr. Cnan (Cum cnee, of the City Council's Special Electricity Committee, told the Straits Times yesterday that details for a "simple and dignified" ceremony were being worked out. He said pamphlets explaining the
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    College meeting
    21 5 The English College Old Boys' Association, Johore Bahru. will meet in the college hall at 7.15 p.m. on Sunday.
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    Praise for man who grabbed a thief
    126 5 Praise for man who grabbed a thief A STUDENT teacher, Mr. V Ramalingam, who saw a man steal a pen and grapplec with him till a detective arrived, was yesterday praised by the Singapore Criminal District Court judge for his public spirit. Mr. Tan Ah Tah, the judge, sentenced Chan
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    Girl tells of robbery
    59 5 Tan Nyah Nyah 17 a girl student, told the Singapore Sixth Police Court yesterday how two men entered her home on Feb. 17 and look cash and jewellery worth $143 She was testifying at a preliminary inquiry in which khoo Kee Gian and Poh LeongHuat were
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    Tenants' meeting called off
    55 5 The inaugural meeting of the Singapore Improvement Trust Tenants' Association, scheduled for Sunday at the Trust playground in Kampong Bahru, has been called off by the pro-tern committee. The secretary, Mr. Francis Hong, told the Straits Times last night that a police permit to hold the
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    Home on leave
    24 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. Mr. C. S. Pendrigh, manager of Sedenak Estate, accompanied by Mrs. Pendrigh. has left for Britain on holiday.
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    COURT ASKED: DOES TAX COME FIRST?
    156 5 rwwiE Singapore High Court X yesterday was asked to decide whether the Comptroller of Income Tax lg entitled t o any preferential payment from a man adjudged a bankrupt because he had been unable to oay a judgment debt owed to the comptroller. The
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      167 5 u23£ N METHODIST GIRLS SLMOOL; Opening and a>dicat:o n ol exifnsion buildm*. Al-junled Road RELATIONS OFFICE: Mobile Film Umr» free show, at MRNVR Kalong Boys' CXuto and Kampona Tengah off 84 mltestone Ponuol Road 7pm T.S.IJi.; Frw aim show- Inwctg a, carrier, of disease. Tuberculosis Thuv nerd not d:e. White
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      84 5 Today's Radio SINGAPORE 7.15 a.m. Morning Star; 7.30 Newt; 735 Dance Music; 8 Hill Billy Half Hour; 8 30 Malay Housewives; 9 Music While You Work; 9.45 Housewives' Choice; 10.30 Morning Matinee: 1 p.m. Light Music; 1.30 News; 145 Dance Music; 5 Call in* All Children. 5.30 U.N. Story; 5.45
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    DKATII
    29 6 DEATH VR. SEOW SOON JIN (Frank Beow died peacefully at his residence No. 33, Loronu Mydln, on Wed., 6th May. 10.30 p.m. Burial will take place on Sunday morning.
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  • Singapore, Fri., May 8, 1953. The Federal Elections
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      The Federal Elections
      706 6 The announcement by the Deputy High Commissioner that the Government is to appoint a committee to examine •he c.uestions of elections to the Federal Legislative Council apparently took the Council and the country by surprise. It should not have done, for although conversations on this subject between
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      Victory For Onn
      565 6 The Federal Legislative Council yesterday spent nearly another two and a half hours debating the now famous speech i by Dato Onn. The debate was on a motion described by several speakers, quite erroneously, as a motion of censure, although had the House approved Mr. Tan Siew
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    PAYMENT UNDER PROTEST
    207 6 PAYMENT UNDER PROTEST ON BEHALF oi' the Councii of Joint Action of SJ.T. tenants, I wish to state emphatically that the movement against payment of 15 per cent increase in rents Ls not collapsing nor does the council intend to give up the 'fight.' While awaiting negotiations, tenants are in
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      'IT'S INHUMAN' SA YS SCHOOLBOY i
      426 6 'IT'S INHUMAN' SA YS SCHOOLBOY fTTHAT is going to happen to the livelihood of the 50.000 people who live in S.I.T. flats? Although I am only a schoolboy, I hope you will permit me to express my views on this much- discussed subject. In school I learned the expression about
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      STOP THIS SMOKING
      82 6 I FULLY agree that smoking in cinemas and buses shouM be prohibited by |aw, if such a prohibition is to be effective. Though smoking is a habit, smokers could easily curb it for a short while if rtiey care to think of Hie inconvenience they »re causing
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      TAX 'SNAG' FOR WAGE-EARNER
      94 6 rE present untaxable allowance of $3,000 was logical in 1948, when the Income Tax Ordinace was drafted. Since then the cost of living has gone skywards, creating a situation fraught with immense difficulties for the wage-earner. It is a mockery that in Malaya, where old people
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      A 'quick one' and a dash!
      124 6 W*Y is It that we who love our pint of toddy as others do their beer are unable to consume it in favourable conditions? The only legalised place where one can obtain toddy is the "Toddy Shop." To frequent the "Toddy Shop" la to
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      No dual loyalty possible
      266 6 No dual loyalty possible AS a Chinese, i have noth- 1 ing but praise for Mr C. H. Koh's invitation to thr organising committee of the Malayan Chinese Association to rebuild the association along the three lines he so well .described in the Stralxs Times recently. But as a British
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      THE MALAYAN AT HEART
      105 6 DISAOREE with any suggestion that a Chinese ha? rot yet Decome a Malayan if he "yearns for the preservation of Chinese institutions" I have regarded myself as a Malayan ever since the day I was able to read such magazines as "British Malaya But I have
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      'Interpreter is needed'
      45 6 THE non-English speaking Indians, especially, South Indians, who have to deal with the Immigration office are much handicapped In the matter of filling up necessary forms. It would be a great help ir the authorities concerned could provide an Interpreter OBSERVER. Singapore.
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      ANOTHER TAX BURDEN
      197 6 I AM somewnat surprised that there has as yet been no comment in your paper on the latest Imposition by the Federation Customs Department. The long-suffering people who live in the Federation will now have to pay dut> based on Singapore selline prices and not. as hitherto,
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    Indo-China Command under fire
    406 6 Indo-China Command under fire from Michael Jaeobson in Paris STRONG criticism of the French Hign Command in Indo-China and local French civil servats is expressed in a Parliamentary report by four members of Parliament who recently returned from Indo-China The High Command ls blamed for being constantly surprised by Vietminh
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    HOW TO NAB THESE RADIO PIRATES
    212 6 HOW TO NAB THESE RADIO PIRATES WAKE UP, the Broadcasting Department. Let me offer you a few suggestions for detecting evaders of radio licences. Licensed and the unlicensed radios are at present In the ratio of one to four and the department Is to be blamed fcr its negligence. Here
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    Monstrous' increase
    104 6 T^HE new electric tariff rate.s Introduced by the C.E.B have cost me an increase of over 56 per cent, in my light and power bill. This is monstrous. How on earth could anyone devise a scale which obviously ls beneficial only to people in big homes where a
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    On the
    519 6 Margin Force of gravity RECALLING the discussion in this column on Apr. 28 concerning the strength of creatures in relation to si/r. Mr. Baker of Ipoh remembers having seen pictures of a horse pulling a cart compared to a beetle pulling a match-box, showing the greater proportional strength
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      71 6 The Earth is Born Three thousand million years ago (radio-active rocks give the date) the earth was born In the void and darkness the Bible describes. Here's how scientists believe our world began, how it Is changing and how the sun may finally destroy It, as prophesied in Revelations. Read
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      99 6 6. Raffles Place Phone *****. R.V. Ui€lit/l Vj-.' ff|*»OPTICIAN \jjn|^ SHEAFFERS Sfcup i-^/W to avoid the clotting, clogging -rm\ and corr.Mon couscd by IW^jl common mkj A switch fo y^r^^ jkrip con save many dollars y^^r in costly report or complet* reploccincnt Sknp never clott Mr or clogs. alwcyi flow*
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    CURB 1954 NEEDS, GOVT.TELLS ITS CHIEFS
    118 7 CURB 1954 NEEDS, GOVT. TELLS ITS CHIEFS HEADS of Singapore Government departments have been told to be "most economical" when they budget their needs for next year. All Items of expenditure this year are being reviewed periodically, Mr. M. C. Compton acting Financial Secretary, said „,rsterday. They will be even
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    Controls cut] off Kuantan bandits' food
    123 7 Controls cut off Kuantan bandits' food KUALA ULMPUR. Thurs. NEW food restrictions have been introduced in the Kuant;in -rea of Pahang on the east coast to prevent supplies reaching the terrorists. Transportation of food and other restricted articles from j Kuantan to Maran. Pekan, Sungel Lembing and the Trengganu border
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    IN HOLLOW OF A TREE —A RED ARSENAL
    128 7 IN HOLLOW OF A TREE A RED ARSENAL KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. A COMMUNIQUE tonight announced that a Selangor terrorist leader, who surrendered recently, had led security forces to a Carge arms dump. The surrendered man Chen Kow. was a senior section leader In the terrorist regiment in Selangor. and commanded
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    Snooping on the employers to check jobs |^^^^^^^H is now legal
    218 7 Snooping on the employers to check jobs is now legal WATCH ON TERMS, CONDITIONS OF WORK KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. 'pHE Government can now legally snoop for information on employees their work, and terms and conditions of service. This power is provided in the Employment Information Bill, 1953, passed at the
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    Jalagopal brings 512 passengers
    32 7 The Indian owned passenger freighter Jalagopal reached Singapore from Madras with 54 saloon and 458 Indian deck passengers yesterday. The deck passengers were sent to the quarantine station.
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    MORE CHINESE THAN MALAY INSPECTORS
    80 7 MORE CHINESE THAN MALAY INSPECTORS KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs ALTHOUGH there are 10,50 ■i* Malay police constables i: the Federation force, compar ed with 1,931 Chinese, then are more Chinese than Mak inspectors. This was stated In wrltte: replies by the Secretary fo; Defence, Mr. A. H. P. Humphrey, to questions
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    TERRORIST BOSS WAS KILLED BY HIS OWN MEN
    262 7 TERRORIST BOSS WAS KILLED BY HIS OWN MEN KUALA LI T MPI T R, Thursday. THE deputy commander of the 7th Terrorist regiment was shot dead by his own men after an argument over food, the Government announced today. The killing was confirmed by three terrorists who surrendered in the
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    Mystery No. l The man who leapt 60 ft. to death
    115 7 Mystery No. 1 The man who leapt 60 ft. to death SEH Kan Soon, 37, a tinsmith, who jumped off the Singapore Improvement Trust flats at Tpper Pickering Street on Mar. 27 and fell 60 feet to the ground, died in the ambulance as it reached (he General Hospital. The
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    The baby dead in a river
    85 7 MR. Giam Chong Hing yesterday returned a verdict of "found dead" at the inquest on a baby boy found floating; in the Singapore River on Mar. 20. A watchman, Rafli bin Haji Baharawi, employed by the MacAlister Import Store at Havelock Road, saw many
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    Coronation ball
    16 7 TAIPINO. Thurs. -The Chinese Recreation Club will hold a Coronation ball on June 5.
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    These hard times win laughs—now
    134 7 These hard times win laughs now RONALD Jeans "Young Wives' Tale' a frank bedroom farce which relies lor incidental huaiour on the difiicuity oi getting fooa and i nursemaids in Austerity br;- tain, entertained post-war London vastly because nobody ca n laugh at himself like a Londoner. Last night, the
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    Estate meeting
    33 7 People living in the West Hill Estate. Sembawang Road. Singapore, will meet at the Sultan Theatre on May 9 io appoint a covnmittee to draw up plans for the Coronation celebrations.
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    I SEARCH AFTER THE CRASH
    54 7 SEARCH AFTER THE CRASH TWO JKNDKI O POLK KMEN and labourers helper! to recover the charred bodies of victims of the Comet crash in Calcutta. Picture shows workers, under tbe supervision of police officers. Koing through the debris for valuables belonging to the 43 passengers and crew who perished in
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    Appeal made to High Court
    79 7 In a report on Wednesday in the Straits Times, it was stated that the appeal of Police Lieutenants C. H. Ward and J. H. Lea, against a sentence of six months' gaol for stealing furniture from a house on an estate In Johore, was heard
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    A dress rehearsal for the dragon
    66 7 THE 250-FOOT dragon which will be one of the main features of the Singapore Chinese community procession on Coronation night, June 2. is seen getting a try-out. It requires nine men to brine it to life, besides two "thunder" men to help to snort
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    There IS something in a name
    86 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. r PHE name for Malaya's A Borstal-type institutions at present called "advanced approved schools" will be changed to "Henry G v m c y schools." This name with "meaning" was approved by the Federal Legislative Council. Mr. T. V. A. Brodie,
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    'What is it all about?9 they ask
    122 7 'What is it all about?' they ask HUNDREDS of people who had never heard of the ConMiissloner-General's pamphlet Healing Thoughts got busy on the telephone yesterday when they read the comments on it of the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. Oliver Lyttelton. Healing Thoughts, an extract from a
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    Engineer sues his ex-boss for $5,800
    275 7 CLAIM FOR BACK PAY KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. AN engineer today sued his former employer in the Kuala Lumpur High Court for $5,800, claimed to be arrears in salary and bonus. Andrew Paton, the engineer, said that Ng Fian Teng, of the Klang Motor Company,
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    HE TOOK OUT $15,000 FIRST
    216 7 HE TOOK OUT $15,000 FIRST PNG HIM YONG, owner of the Yick Wah Hing watch shop, said in the Singapore High Court yesterday tliat he took out $15,000 from the shop a few days before ho Hied his petition for bankruptcy. He added that he had taken the money to
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    Venue changed
    39 7 The Johore Bahru Young Malayans Club will hold a special r, c neral meeting at 3 p.m. today at the Johore English College, instead of at Bukit Zah.irah School. The meeting will draw up the club's constitution.
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    DEATH
    42 7 MRS. TAN SOO BEE (nee Wee Guat Inn), passed away p .irefn'lv at 12.15 ajn. on May 7. 1953 at her residence No. 21 Noiris Ro;td. Cortege will lemv for Thomson Ro;u1 Crematorium Ground at 10 a.m. on Sunday May 10.
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      137 7 ©Mi O A SUPER-UJRTERPROOP RUTOmRTIC iti.OUU airrrrws of the RAF and the R.C.A.F. have surcewfully trstrd the Omrtn <rr matter. Farther, science confirms the facts: After a It hours stay In 1200 F. oven followed by a sudden Immersion In an ire-rold bath, the Seamast<*r's accuracy remains as perfect as
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      81 7 The Weather Minimum trmrvr .tin 7.30 p.m yn May 6 to 7.30 a.m. on May 7>: Singapore '75 degrees!, Ppnang 76 > Kota Bahru (73 >. Kuala lumpur (73>. Ipoh *74 Kuantan <70>. Maximum temperature (7.30 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. on May T): Singapore <88». ?enang <86). Kota Bahru 92
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    CASE OF THE BARKING DEER
    113 8 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs. Varuthappan, who was fined $350 for poaching a barking deer at Kota Tinggi. had his fine reduced in the High Court here today to S'^. Barking deer are protected animals in Malaya, and no one is allowed to shoot or trap them
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    Stamps for the Royal tour
    42 8 Three postage stamps will bt issued in Austral'a next year to commemorate the visit ol the Queen and the Duke ol i Edinburgh The stamps will be in three denominations. The design I w'.H be announced later.
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  • FILM NEWS of the week
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      Portrait of Hoiiynvood
      810 9 Portoi t of Hollyood iGiibert Roland) to engage her in a spoi of romantic lnte.e>... ALL this Is told In flashb: ck lorm. When the fllm opens. Pebbel. the producer nas ih? younx director, the fllm star &110 tIM proftsior, now all at Ih3 io.j of '.he tree ;n Hollywood.
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      One-minute j review
      186 9 One-minute review HERE is a selection of films now in circulation in Singapore or the Federation. ing fi'm two start better than average, on* star good entertainment DREAM6OAT Clifton Webb skit on television. SON OF PALEFACE: Bob Hope bubbling over with gag* and cracks. ***LIM: Simple but enchanting story of
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      Soloists needed for 'Eli ah'
      193 9 IN OCTOBER this year, the Singapore Musical Society will present Mendelssohn's 'Elijah" 'with full Chorus and Orchestra. The Society has engaged the famous bass, baritone, Harold Williams, who will fly here from Australia especially for these concerts. Harold Williams is probably the best-known living interpreter
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      Emergency on the screen
      94 9 ASTRONQ action film on Malaya during the Emer- gency Is promised in "Kampong Sentosa", produced on the spot by Sound Masters. In,-., of New York. "Kampong Sentosa" is in Malay and has an all-local cast. It tella the story of a village in the Federation which
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      YES, IT WAS WORTH WAITING FOR
      552 9  - YES, IT WAS WORTH WAITING FOR BRIAN COZIER —says SPEAKING as a renegade Irishman, I was delighte with "The Quiet Man." As a lover of good film I was impressed. As a Malayan filmgoer, I envy othe Malayan fllmgoers, who have a delight in store f( them, after waiting so
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      422 9 1 1 In V A I IJf JLfrlf, 63()i 9 30 WAKNffW BEOS ASTOUNOING FEATURE Hire ol Polaroid dlasses .;i)c- plus iTrjMll Me. which will be refunded on rrturn of Spectacles ALL. GLASSES ARE HYGIENICALLY DISINFECTED PLUS! Paths News SPECIAL F.A. CUP FINAL offtorro<#- %VniU» OC W\ W I T.^
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  • Bata shoe director on Malayan market
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      Bata shoe director on Malayan market
      375 10 jy|R. Thomas J. Bata junior, son of the famous Czech who founded the world's largest shoe business at Zlin, 48 years ago, visited Singapore last week to survey the future possibilities of the Malayan market. Mr. Bata. who is 38. is the managing director
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      110 10 MISS Pauline Chan, vicedirector of publicity, with the Hong Kong trade delegation, which will hold an exhibition of Hong Kong products at the Happy World. Singapore, from tomorrow until May 24. She \s director of the W. Haklng Wong Industries (Brush Works) Ltd., sales manager of the Hong Kong Rubber
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      No quorum at Indian meeting
      137 10 rE Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce will attempt again tomorrow to hoid Its annual general meeting which had to be postponed last week for lack of quorum This is a frequent happening at the annual meeting of the Indian Chamber of Commerce and docs not
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      8.1. FAIR INLONDON Buyers from Malaya
      264 10 B.I. FAIR INLONDON Buyers from Malaya BUYERS from many parts of the world, including Malaya and Singapore, have already been active at the Coronation British Industries Fair which opened last week it is reported from London A transportable town, a dlsDlay of jewellery worth k,i million, one of the biggest
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      SHRINK-PROOF WOOLLENS
      257 10 New process used in Australia r FHE world la about to benefit A from the result of four years Australian research into the problem of making woollen fabrics shrink-proof. Last week a Melbourne knitting mill began using a new process on men's hosiery, under special licence from the
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      LEADERS OF BUSINESS IN MALAYA
      193 10 MR. ANTOMN Jindrich J v jj a s. managing director of the Bata Shoe Co. Ltd., Singapore, began as a junior costing clerk with the famous Bata Shoe company in Csechoslovakia and now controls 138 branches in Malaya and Borneo. Mr. Jugas was born 51
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      NEW PLASTIC FACTORY FOR SINGAPORE
      377 10 Will be financed by Swedish capital J^HE first company to be formed in Singapore with Swedish capital Wendt (Singapore) Ltd. is to build up an export business in locally made doors after they have been treated with a Swedish plastic. Mr. Hendrik. Maandag, director and
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    at cluse ajnd ruw PRICE CHANGES
    377 11 HARES FIRMER AT CLOSE AND FEW PRICE CHANGES TIN AND RUBBER IMPROVE THE Singapore share marh terday and was encouri price of tin and the impn turnover was only moder movements were small but were upward. Toward the C tin shares to improve still f In the tin section. PeUllng
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    178 11 MELBOURNE. Thur«. /•ENERAI. Investments had a stronger tone on the Stock Ix- j change today. The m.-.ln firming Influence whs '.he strongly holding wool marki-t where pncis are bcin- 1 luHv maintained at their best levil lor the season. The salrs volume was normnl. Price moves were mostly
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    WALL STREET
    91 11 NEW YORK. Thurs. 'pHE B°ock Market yesterday malntaioed an even keel as it returned to mostly featureless and limited deMinss Price changes were either way fractional and evenly divided In the afternoon infrMn r'ln-*d the market The market cln*»d Irregular vi'h little change from 'he earll»r oat I'm
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    Rahman Hydraulic
    12 11 Rahmnn Hydraullr Tin produced 752 plculs of tin-ore In April. <
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    TIN PRICE
    17 11 The price of tin in Sincapore vevterdar was (Winreil a( SS«MI a pirul. nn RUJi,
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    RUBBER PRICES
    165 11 Rubber Rained one-eighth of a cent on the Singapore market yesterday closing at 73' 2 cents a pound for May first grade. There was a narrow fluctuation between 74 and 73' 2 cents and a moderate offtake. The close was quiet. Clo.'i.i pir-es yes'erdav were In rentu per
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    83 11 Ttir Malxynn Exrhanef Bunks Association mftctf 'he followine altpratloiui tn Hi rstf* to merchants yM'erday: CANADA: buying. T.T. 32 11 IB air mall. OD 32 IS 16 90 da^ 33 3 If! credit bills. 33 >« trade bill«. .selltnf. T.T. or O.D. 32 1 ready On the free
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING
    158 11 SHIPS lying alongside the 8lng»- 3 pore Harbour Board wharvm j or expected today are: Lokaanx 1/2, Japan 4/5. Hstanj; Yung C.P. Tal Ping Yang 6/1. I Deucalion 8/9. Cinko Maru 11. I Preaident Oran t 13/14. Ka*imb*r 1 1 Obm 19/20 Merllmau N Wall 4. I Inlander
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    TIN-ORE OUTPUTS
    58 11 The following outputs of tin-ore i for April are reported by companies I ;In the Austral Malay group: Plrnlft ore Kampong Kamuntlng 255 'Thabawlelk Tin 1.280 Puncah Tin 1.021 I Austral Amalgamated: Asam Kurrbang i tribute) 59 Ulu Tarn Section 228 Puchonc Section 1.785 The Ulu Yam section
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    63 11 Sinfapore Chinese Produce Exrhanc Noon prices per plcul were: Copra: easier- buyers 139 fob sellers 540% I Coconut oil' quiet: »80u sellers Pepper: steady, more Inquiry: I Muntok white t590 sellers. Sarawak ISSS. Lamport* block 1500 Lewla »r>4 Pe*t: Clr.Mne prices wrrf Copra: May 139 buyerx »40 I
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    623 12 NEW DEAL' in the PRISONS 2 ■pVERY man, woman and child sent to prison in Malaya costs the covntry at least $85 a month. Total cost of keeping the prisons open this year is expected to be at least $4,309,000. The only way to justify this expense, which will rrrur
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    Today's motto is: 'Keep them busy'
    842 12 Today's motto is: 'Keep them busy' By a -laff Correspondent in kuala Lumpur by prisoners wa? carried out at Penang prison, where they built cookhouses, workshops, a female prison and a segregation block. BECAUSE of the various diets eaten by prisoners of different nationalities, there Is a constant need for
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    HOME COMFORTS-at $27 a week
    333 12  - HOME COMFORTS-at $27 a week From ri II K 3111 I in lO\IMI\ rWERSEAS students ir London have found benefactor in Tern Driscoll. an English enei neer. who can provide them with home com forts at £3. ss. ($27,601 a week. Fifteen years ago. Mr Driscoll invested an inherit ance
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    I acquire a horse
    939 13  - acquire a horse THE SCOUT by Britain's best-known racing journalist ALSO I ride a tearaway for a trainer ALSO I do NOT back' my own winner tf ALSO I get to know the great jockeys NO WING Steve Do- noghue was enough to give anyone a false sense of values.
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    4 13 Dirty play doesn't pay
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    803 13 SO WHY PICK ON THE BIG CHAP VHE Press called me x Dynamite Dooley, the Juggernaut. and such fanciful titles. Here and there, however, was the insinuation I was a rough, tough player— that, in fact. I was a danger to other footballers. I used to sm;ie. I knew I
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    CYNOSURE WINS TRACK TRIAL
    469 14 Ready for first win at Penang By EPSOM JEEP PENANG, Thursday TYNOSURE, with apprentice John Manning astride, strolled away from Meditation (Russell) at the finish of a strong 3 F. trial in 38 on the track here today. On this performance. Cynosure, who has been "knocking
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    Sharp Look and Jackpot are ready
    296 14 Sharp Look and Jackpot are ready y^HARP LOOK and Jackpot II tLate Swordflshi, two attractive looking three-year-olds, are coming to hand splendidly and it will not be long before they s^art paying their way. I Sharp Look with Abdul Mawl up i showed a nice easy action in a 1
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    Hassett out three weeks
    150 14 LONDON Thurs. I INDSAY Hasaett. captain of the Australian cricket team, nas been ruivised to rest hi s Injured forearm for three weeks Yesterday he complained of pain in his right arm and withdrew from the match with Yorkshire at Bradford. A doctor diagnosed the trouble
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    MALAYS, S.R.C. DRAW TENNIS
    90 14 In the remaining two doubles of their Kliny Club tennis fixture. Singapore Recreation Club won the first doubles but iost the second to Malays. Both teams scored three points in the tie. Malays won the first singles and lost the second on Wednesday. In the championship
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    MOSS IN CRASH
    59 14 NORTHAMPTON. Thurs—Stirling Moss. Britain's leading motor racing ace. crashed on the Silver I stone track near here today on a practice run. He was brought into the pits by ambulance, dazed and bruised He was driving a Jaguar at the time and became involved with two other
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    DEFENDS TITLE
    45 14 OGDEN. UTAH. Thurs.— Archie Mocre will defend his world ligh 1.--heavyweleht boxing title In a return bout with former champion Joey Maxim here on June 24. Mocre won the title from Maxim on points over 15 rounds at St. Louis last year. Reuter.
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    PERAK LEAD IN CUP TENNIS
    94 14 IPOH, Thurs. Perak led ?dah 2-0 at the end ol the firsiv's plav in their Chua Cho n "one Cup tennis semi-final on the loh Town Board courts today. The Pertk champlcn. Timothv :e. made short work of Abdul ahlm. the 1951 Kedah llle holder.
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    POMPEY AGAIN FOR SINGAPORE
    45 14 LONDON. Thurs. JACK BURNS, manager of light-heavyweight Yolande Pompey, said today he has accepted terms for Pompey to fight in Singapore in early June. He said his Trinidad fighter may meet either Joey Maxim, former light-heavy-weight champion, or Jake Lamotta. A.P.
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    EU TONG
    324 14 SEN CUP THE draw and times for the Eu Tong Sen Cup qualifying round to be played at Island Club on Sunday: FIRST TEE 8 a.m.- T. L. Thompson (12), G. Addison (4), F. Jones (4): 8.05 Chua Boon Onn (12). D. P. Knlghnan <18i. Franklin (12); 8.10
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    Business Houses F.A. tables
    385 14 HONGKONG BANKS convincing victory over Fraser and Neave at Jalan Besar stadium on Wednesday gave them a clear lead In the Business Houses FA. first division. Only a disastrous loss of form can rob them of the champldnship. Shell S.C who began badly with a draw
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    Table tennis film show a success
    78 14 The table tennis film show held at the Shell Theatrette on Wednesday night was a great success. The Singapore Table Tennis Association will hold a repeat performance ntxl Thursday, May 14. at the same, place at 5.30 p.m. for the benefit of those who
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    SCC shock Star Soccerites 1-0
    345 14 SINGAPORE Cricket Club, strengthened by the return of Davids at centre half, caused the biggest upset in the S.A.F.A. first division this season when they beat hitherto undefeated Star Soccerites by the only goal of the game at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday. It was no
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    SINGAPORE v PHILIPPINES MATCH OFF
    158 14 rPHE Interport soccer match between Philippines Amateur Athletic Federation and Singapore scheduled for tomorrow at Jalan Besar stadium has been cancelled. The PAAF are unable to make the trip. In a cable to SAFA yesterday morninx they said that owinf to unforseen transportation difflrulties tiirv
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    SHB score 4 in 2nd half
    170 14 MAKING thrustful raids ir the second half. Singapore Harbour Board R C. put tht ball into the net four times ir this period to beat Rocklite* S.C. 5-2 in a SAFA Div. game at the Harbour Board ground yesterday. Although playing with ten men
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    Two victories for HK Bank
    142 14 BUSINESS HOUSES UONOKONG Bank "B" trounced Borneo Motors Sports Club 7-1 in their Business Houses Div. 2 match at Parrer Park yesterday. This was Borneo Motors' worst defeat so far. Scorers for the Banker* were Milliken (3) Budin (2) arj Leesler (2). Johnny Lim scored
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    Services soccer
    54 14 Results of the United Services league matches played yesterday were Dlv. 1: Flying Boat Wing beat RAF. Changl 3-0 at Seletar. (McMMlllan 1 2) and Walton scored); H.M.S. Terror beat R.AOC. 4-0 Dlv. J: R.A.F. Tengah beat RNAS Sembawang 3-2 at Tengah: R.A.P.C. beat R.A.F. I Chanel 5-1
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    DRAW AT GEYLANG
    42 14 Kebenaran Club and Buklt Tlmah S.C. shared point* when they drew 2-2 In the SAFA Dlv. 3A game at Geylani; yesterday. Jaffar scored both goal* for Bukjt Timah Kebenaran Club scored through Khamls and Abu Bakar. Salleh Angullla refereed.
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    CUSTOMS WIN
    28 14 In a soccer friendly at Farrer Park yesterday. H.M. Customs beat Younjj Companions 2-1. Mahmood and Ratrav scored for Custcms. and Hock Sen K for Companions.
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    CRICKET COUNTY
    99 14 LONDON. Thurs. THE close of play scores in the first class cricket ma'ches today are: At lord's: MC.C. 150 i ßailey 67. Alex Bedser i 39) and 222 for 5. Surrey 21* (May 59 1. At Oxford: Oxford University 1)3 iStatham 4— 47 > and 24 for 1.
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    DUNLOP CUP FINAL TEAM
    83 14 Singapore Malar* meet FYnanp Malays In the final of the Dunlop Cup badminton tournament at tIM SB A Hall in Kuala Lumpur tomorrow. Singapore's team will be rho<.en from: Ismail Marjan, Omar Ibrahim. Salleh Hj Kurshl. Maabroai Hi Siraj. M Sadall 4 »nd A Am Mohd.
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    Lindwall bowls Hutton in first over
    243 14 Lindwall bowls Hutton in first over BRADFORD. Thurs. T*HE Australian orickr' A tourists, who declared at the lunch-time total ot 453 for six wickets, went on to dismiss Yorkshire for scores of 145 and 26 for none by the close of play today, second day of the match. Lindwall struck
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    116 14 \l <TRAI.IA— 4.I3 for 6 derl. BOWLINC: Cowan 23— 0—1 ns 0; Burgin 34—4—117—2; Y.»rdlcv 11—0—45—1. Wardle 64—28—103— j 2: Halliday 21— 2— 6b— 0. YORKSHIRE— Ist INNS. Hutton b Lindwall n Halliday cde Courcy b Lindwall 6 Wilson b Benaud 26 '.p.ster c Langley b Davidson 8 Watson
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      964 14 WANTED WANTED for production of a Malayalam film a loan of one lakh of dollars which shall be guaranteed to return as one and a half lakhs ot dollars In one year security negative of the picture with all Its rights and a personal undertaking by a responsible gentleman working
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      38 14 SOCCER Dlv. 1: S.R.C. v REME. Jalan Besar Dlv. 2: V.M.C.A. v Kota Raja A l MPA ground. Dlv. 3A: Civil Services Assn. v Tuan Mong OB at OeylangTENNIS Kllney Cup: SRC. v Tanglln Club at Tanglln Club
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