The Straits Times, 26 June 1953

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    VAST NEW RICE PLAN
    478 1 $25,000,000 gift by Britain: 7-year plan to clear South Perak jungle KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. QVER 180,000 acres of juglc swamps in south-west Perak are to be brooghl under padi cultivation during the next seven years. This will raise Malaya's rice harvest by 100,000 tons a year.
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    Lottery ban: Tempier decided
    103 1 Lottery ban: Tempier decided THE ban on lotteries by political organisations was taken by General s.r Gerald Tempier alter consulting the Council. This was stated in Kuala I. ii- s hi by a Federal < rnment .spokesman who thai the ban was not din cted agalnxl any political organisation ><r
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    FIJI CHIEF'S VISIT
    41 1 Mr. Ratu George Cakobau, ol the FIJI i arrive hang) airport. Singapore iy on a 0] Malaya. Mr. Cakobau. who was in 1 for the Coronation. w be accompanied by Mr. Maur cc Scott, a i IJI Legiala-
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    Urgent need for German unity, says Churchill
    208 1 Urgent need for German unity, says Churchill LONDON. Thurs. SIR Winston hurchill today leli Dr. Konrad AdtMKuicr. ihc West Genaaa hancellor, that the anli- omnuinist riots in Kast (ierm:«nv had demonstrated the urgent neiessii\ ol r-unilinu (.irmany in conditions of IriTdom. Thp Prinij- .Minister was replying to telegram from Dr.
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    Talks on Libya
    32 1 LONDON. Thurs —Mr MahMuntasser, Libyan Prime Minister, arrived In London by air yostrrriay to ioin In talks on the future of British troops and bases in his country Renter.
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    AFTER TEN YEARS: No. 1 A-SHELL
    83 1 AFTER TEN YEARS: No. 1 A-SHELL IP soars that new-familiar mushroom -like rloud. hut this time it isn't an atom Ikimili It is caused by the rxplosion of the world's first atom shell, fired in Nevada from the sun on the right. The shell hurst at .".nil (cot seven miles
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    Cricketer freed
    55 1 COLOMBO. Thurs. -An allOylon cricket player. M. Sathasivam. was freed today fmm a charge of '.nurderlne his w:t( when a jury unanimously found him not guilty following a 58-day 'rial. Sathasi...m was charged after his wife was found strangled Leaving the court, he said: "All I want is
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    'Peasant envoy' is welcomed
    47 1 NEW DELHI. Thurs. Russia's new "peasant ambassador" has started his first term in India with a warm reception J in the capital. The evening Press prominently displayed stories of the; farm background of Boriel envoy Ivan Alexandrovich i Brn n 'diktov. -A. P.
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    GURKHAS TAKE THEIR COLOUR TO THE PALACE
    94 1 GURKHAS TAKE THEIR COLOUR TO THE PALACE 'PHK Regimental roluur of the 2nd King Kdward Vll's Own Gurkha Rifles was taken to Ruekingham Palace re,'rcntK ti the request of the ()ueen for her inspection. It was the first time that the colour had been in Rritain since it uipreseuted in
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    CHRISTIE TO DIE FOR THE MURDER OF HIS WIFE
    236 1 CHRISTIE TO DIE FOR THE MURDER OF HIS WIFE LONDON. Thursday. lOHX CHRISTIE, 55, the strangler of Nottin* Hill, was found puilty today of murder of his wife and was sentenced to death. Christie confessed to at least seven sex murders, but the jury of nine men and three women
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    Now Rhee shouts: Fight on
    202 1 Now Rhee shouts: Fight on SEOUL, Thurs. of flag-wavinu A South Koreans began antitruce parades today on the third anniversary of the Korean war. Uniformed schoolchildren in long columns began marching thiough the streets of Seoul at 7a m Thousands more joined in the march as it went on One
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    Action on pact
    36 1 ATHENS, Thurs Greece. Yugoslavia and Turkey yester- I day said they would put Into effect the terms of the Ankara treaty and stand united and! defens.vef.y armed, both in peace and war. UP.
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    Buddha images are found
    67 1 HONG KONG. Thurs. Sculptures a nd carvings dating from 386 to 534 AD have been discovered in a "trea.vire house" of 124 grottoes and shrines in south-west Lanehow. China, the New China News Agency reported The works of art included Images of Buddha, murals depicting the
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    'Free-for-all' Was hoax
    56 1 A telephone call to radio police headquarters repor'ed that a free-for-all' was going on In the Air View Cabaret in Peck Seah Street, Singapore, last ni^ht. Within a few minutes, two j van-loads of police v|r»re there But they were welcomed by the band playing "Beloved ye
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    AZIZ QUERY PUT OFF
    132 1 AZIZ QUERY PUT OFF LONDON, Thurs. A NEW DATE has ben A fixed fcr the House *A Commons question by Mr. Maurice Edelman (Labour) about General Sir Qerald Templer's criticism of Inche Abdul Aziz. The query, scheduled tor yesterday n of the House will now be heard on July 8.
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    RUBBER BAN STAYS: 'WE MUST ASK U.N.
    353 1 LONDON. Thurs. jl/IR. Oliver Lyttelton, the Secretary for the Colo- j nies .said in the House of Commons yesterday that the the embargo on rubber ex- ports from \talaya to China could not be lifted without contravening Britain's obli- nations under the United
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    Aussies lose quick wickets
    224 1 TEST MATCH: CLOSE CF PLAY LONDON. Thursday. AUSTRALIA looked well set for a bis score in the second Test which began at Lord'i here today. The score at the tea interval was 180 io r one wicket. Then the position chanced quickly and two hours later,
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    Queen 'greatest living woman'
    67 1 COLUMBUS. Mississippi Thurs. In a poll of opinions jas to the 10 greatest livina women. '<50 students at Mississippi State College for Wi i voted a.s follows: Queen Elizabeth II of l I land. Helen Hajrcs, Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt. Helen K Mildred Didrikson Zaharui Alicia
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    HE WANTS FULL FREEDOM
    74 1 HE WANTS FULL FREEDOM 1 SAIGON. Thi rs Emperor tarn r 'hicf of State, arrivrd '.\crc by plane today on routr to Francr, whore hr will demand full independence for his war-torn country The former Emperor of Annam. who retained his title after his country merged after the war with
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    Quake shocks
    23 1 DON, Thurs. -Two violent e.ir:;.qu;ike shocks were felt in Azerbaijan and all other North Persian provinces yesterday, Teheran Radio reported Renter.
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    IKE'S DEFENCE DEPT. SCHEME CONDEMNED \
    156 2 IKE'S DEFENCE DEPT. SCHEME CONDEMNED WASHINGTON, Thurs. THE House of Representatives Government Operations A Committee, yesterday condemned the Defence Department reorganisation plan of Mr. Eisenhower as another step on the roat, toward control by the military. However, trip committee, by "a vote of 16 to 14, sent the plan to
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    ROUBLE LOAN
    28 2 LONDON. Thurs— The Soviet Union announced yesterday it is floating of a new state loan of 15.000.000.000 roubles for "further growth of the Soviet economy."— A.P.
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    Gift of wheat
    30 2 WASHINGTON. Thurs. Congress has passed a Bill to give Pakistan one million tons of wheat to meet its threatened famine. The first .shipment leaves Baltimore tomorrow. UP.
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    'Doing well'
    20 2 SAN FRANCISCO. Thurs. I Girl quintuplets, born recently in Chekiang Province. "are doing well.' Peking ralio said. —A.P.
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    'ATOMIC POWER IN 10 YEARS'
    122 2 WASHINGTON, Thurs. V|R. Gordon Dean, retiring 1" Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, yesterday predicted the development of industrial atomic power with- in 10 years. He told the committee the production of commercially profitable electric power from nuclear energy depended largely upon how near th^
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    New U.S. A-chief
    41 2 WASHINGTION. Thurs— I President Eisenhower yester- I day chose a New York flnan- I cier, Mr. Lewis L. Strauss, who I was a member of the original j Atomic Energy Commission to be the Commission's new chairman. -Reuter.
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    AUSTRALIAN WOOL TRADE FACES CRISIS
    103 2 SYDNEY. Thurs. 4 USTRALIA is probably faci\ ing the greatest economic crisis in her history as a result of the increasing output and lowering prices o! synthetic I fibres, a leading wool trader I said yesterday Mr. O. M Falkiner presi- i dent of the
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      751 2 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, SELANGOR APPLICATIONS ars Invited tor 1 the posts of Teachers in Training. Government English Schools. Selan- i gor and should be submitted, on forms to be obtained from the undermentioned, by 15th July. 195 J. Persons, previously unsuccessful In their ippllcaMon*. should. If th«y wish
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      693 2 TENDERS P. W. D. TENDER NOTICE j i TENDERB will be received from Claw "C" Contractors «nd nnwaMs. i at the Office of the Executive Enzliifrr. Kuala Pllah. up to Noon c! the 7th July. 1953. for the constrvir- tlon of Two Police Inspertorn;* 1 Type of Quarters at Bahau
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    Freedom—or we start a war, says Cambodia King
    294 3 Freedom or we start a war, says Cambodia King riMiinnnvL- xt SAIGON, Thursday. (AMHODIVS Kin r Norodon, Sihanouk has stirred un a om "fnr h" KIS Mi a for complete independdoesn't K ?t IV it mI 3 3 r at f W3r aKainSt ™578 ()l»scrviTs in Saigon called the new
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    MILLIONAIRE WILL TRY TO END CRISIS
    107 3 MILLIONAIRE WILL TRY TO END CRISIS NIIUONAIRI Inlib^SgJtoSSv, ,n. i <>vl rnm «'"t <nd Frances HtK Ihrt'o Hoiniuda conference. 'Hi.' politically unknown nommlc expert, v member of the righi of Centre Jj^Pendent Party, i s given one ofthebS cnances „i any candidate to vain the Kationa] Assembly',, endowement H e
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    VICTORY FOR GASPERI
    59 3 VICTORY FOR GASPERI PKOWK Thurs. RKMIBR AleMe I), (las-ix-ri 1 hrisdan Democrat Party won its first minor vir•o'v in llal.v.s n v I'arlia- »'">"( 10ci.,, M Kcttteff its ranrhilaics eleclnl is neaken of itotii m *Um.r (.iovaiini <.r»n, l.i Max r.--eleele,| s sp.akrr of "»e hainbcr of Depatiei «nile the
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    To help youth
    35 3 LONDON. Thun. A Kif. portrait of Rembrandt paintec! !n about 1600 will be sold at Christie's. London auctioneers on July 10 to help British youths settle In the Common- wealth. Renter. I
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    THEY DISCUSS SUEZ ON A NILE CRUISE
    236 3 rr\uv ddiviih-vt t CAIRO. Thursday. T fwCli if M K v\ Pl >l«h«""«« NaKuib. and the Indian 7v? Nehru, spent the «'ml, of yeste.da> cruising alone the Nile as they discussed the Anglo-Egyptian dispute I ln> two leaden, accompanied by the Egyptian Vicein'nn.T.
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    Commissioner Lord's post
    38 3 LONDON. Thurs. Commissioner Herbert Lord, formerly of Singapore, and for three years a prisoner in North' Korea, ha.s been appointed to take charge of the Salvation Army in South Africa it was announced today Reuter
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    MR. EDEN
    22 3 MR. EDEN BOSTON. Thur.s lAHEY chim 'reported la.st night that Mr. ■den planned t<' leave Ne« England Baptist Hospital "i':thin six f.
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    gets'8 Coal CRISIs WORSE
    169 3 gets' 8 Coal CRISIs WORSE The industry that is I MANCHESTER. Thurs T<HE Manchester Guardian today expressed concern a t a growing cr:si s in Brtaln's coal field* Despite all injections of money, social benefits am! nationalisation the coal industry was sick as ever "and Its sickness will drag down
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    Labour stays
    16 3 JOHANNESBURG. Thurs The Labour Party retained this <itv n a Parliamentary by election yesterday.
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    Hillary writes of: My debt
    153 3 Hillary writes of: My debt LONDON, Thurs' THE Times said in an editorial today thai New Zealand bee-keeper Kclmund Hill a r v and Sherpa Tensing, on the summit of .Mount Everest, looked for any faint marks left l>y Mallory and Irvine. The two British climbers died 1»<24. No one
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    STEP TO AFRICAN UNION
    126 3 LONDON. Thurs.— The House of Commons by 188 votes to 165 last night passed a hill paving (he way for the federation of Southern Rhodesia, Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland into one central African Federation of NMN square miles. The Biil gives authority for the Crown to
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    Police fire on rioters
    88 3 JAMMU, Kashmir. Thurs pOLICE opened fire md used tear gas today to disperse mere than 1.000 demonstrators who marched through the streets to mourn the death in Srinagar of Dr S. P Mookerjee. leader Of the Hindu Jan Sangh Party. One person was wounded by bullets
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    LONDON STOCKS
    289 3 LONDON." Thurs. "pHE Stock Exchange generally remained quif-t acaln today though a few bright spots were to be «<?en, particularly among Industrials, where engineering Ihb lookfd better as a result of som» small Investment .support. Textile group wa.s abo firm with Paton and Baldwin outstanding with a rise
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    LONDON TIN
    19 3 LONDON'. .Funr fash Buyers £660: Sellers tfifi:,Forward Ryurrs Cfi.i*". SrMers t6«2|: Turnover a.m" .>> tons; p.m. T.i tons.
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    LONDON RUBBER
    38 3 LONDON. June 25— Spot 2n ri AMU. 20 .d S*p-. 20 .d Or- -D* Jan.-!W..r. 2fM Apr -.Tun*. 1 9 »d.. July ri.f IS ,ri A-ic. r.l.f. 19 .d. Sppt r.i.f 19 ,d Tone: Quietly s'eady.
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    'Free' migration can be danger
    112 3 RAvnoAf j LONDON. Thursday. ANDOIf uncontrolled migration could lead to complete cnaos throughout the British Commonwealth an official report Mid yesterday. A large scale movement of young, healthy and industriou.Deoplt, fro m Britain— the kind most welcomed by the receive r countries— could at the
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    Cup donor dies
    29 3 NEW YORK. Thurs _Mr -jeorge H. Walker. 70 donor of be Walker Golf Cup. d?ed of heart attack yesterday at n lome in New York— UP
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    MAJOR SPLIT IN STAFF UNION
    210 4 rriHERE is a major split among members of tho 700-stronß Singapore Government Administrative and Clerical Services Union. One group of members nas called for a .special meeting to throw out" the new president and secretary. It wants Mr. H. M. Dankftl and Mr. Robert Lokc
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    Fish sellers cut prices
    84 4 The low prices at the Singapore Consumers' Association's fish stall in Orchard Road Market were forcing the other stallrmCders 1 to reduce theirs, the secretary. Mrs. Robert En said yesterday. Mrs Eu .said that many housewives had told her this since the association's stall opened six
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    NOW THEY WILL TRY, TO FIND WORK FOR THE POOR
    267 4 No more welfare food parcels KUALA LrMPI'R. Thursday. CELANGOR State Welfare Committee has decided that it can no longer afford to provide food parcels for poor people. Activities will now be concentrated on finding: work for unemployed. Mr Ray Dawson,
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    New jobs
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    Hit by lightning
    48 4 MUAR. Thurs. Lightning .-truck a building along Jalan Maharanl. Muar. on Tuesday. Several tiles were dislodpfd' and the roof set on fire. The fire brigade was quick ly on the scene and put out the bla?*. The occupants of the buildinc were shaken but uninjured.
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    for two , Govt. men
    142 4 for two Govt. men SINGAPORE'S former Financial Secretary. Mr. i J c: Pepper, will return to the Colony from Britain at the end of this month to become Commissioner of Lands. He will take over from Mr J. A. Harvey, who has been appointed British Adviser, Pahang. Mr. J. L.
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    Speeding: $25 IS THE CHARACTERS LOTTERY STILL A CRAZE?
    355 4 Speeding: $25 IS THE CHARACTERS LOTTERY STILL A CRAZE? The First Traffic Police Court t Magistrate. Mr. R C. Hoffman. yesterday fined Andiynppan f Xrunasalam $25 for speeding al me Bukit Timah Road. Sin- 'capore at 1 a.m. on Jan. 5. < PKNANG. Thurs. £OOK.MAKKRS here today y disagreed with
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    Six Muslims quit board
    104 4 PENANG. Thurs.— Six members have resigned from the Penang Muslim Advisory Board following a controversy over the proposed promotion of a religious council for the settlement. Today the chairman of th? board, Dr. K. Mohd. Ann". and another delegate. Tuan Haji Ali Rouse, called on theResident
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    Shot by accident
    28 4 A 12-year-old Chinese boy was wounded accidentally in Jalan Nun. Singapore, jrwterday by a police dog shooter who was trying t" hit a stray dog.
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    Pleads for man who robbed him
    68 4 Pleads for man who robbed him PENANG, Thurs— A lawyer. Mr. S. MatthewKillam. today pleaded for leniency for a man who had stolen his cigarette case and wallet from his room in the Penang Club Mr. Killam told the Sessions Court President. Mr J.WD. Ambrose that Boey Ah Kong, did
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    Big spree —then comes year's gaol
    89 4 Big spree —then comes year's gaol LEONG AH CHOO, a clerk. was sent to prison for a year in Singapore Fourth District Court yesterday. He pleaded guilty to a charge of criminal breach of trust of $3,485 Leong told the judg-e. Mr. J B. Jeyaratnam that he saw hi lestraiißed
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    MAN WAS KICKED OVERBOARD
    200 4 A MAN was kicked overb >ard from a launch in Singapore harbour because, .t ffll said in a Coroner's court yesterday, he was accused of being a third-clas s passenger en the first-class deck P Kunjan. was in the lunrh Krrt<=i heading for Clifford Pirr on
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    Lift the ban on public meetings, he says
    234 4 MR C. R. Dasaratha Raj. a Singapore Legislative Councillor, yesterday urged the Government to lift the ban on public meetings to political parties represented in the Legislative and City Council. "The present ban has thrown a thick curtain between constituents and elected
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    Taiping dinner
    44 4 TAIPING. Thurs. Th chairman of the Chinese Community Coronation Celebration Committee here vi I Cive a dinner at thr Hokklcn Hoay Kuan en Sund.iy at 7.30 p.m." The District Officer. Larut and Matang. Mr. O. W Woltcrs. will present thr "checng kuans
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    A MEDAL FOR THE SULTANAH
    173 4 A MEDAL FOR THE SULTANAH ALOR STAR. Thurs. THE Sultanah of Keclah. Tunpku Axma ibni almarhum Sultan Sulaiman. la among .srvrral recipient s nf KrcU;! mecals and decorations on :he orrasion of the Sultan's 61st birthday tomorrow. The Sultanah receive* thr Badlishah decoratinm of loyal! tv. Tuan Haji Mohd. Sheriff
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    Rape charge
    35 4 TKT.UK ANSOin. Thurs. Polirr npposrd bail when All bin Tmmat, 18. wn.s chanc<Hl here with raping an Indian girl. Lok.shimi. at Runckup '>n i June 22. Ah was remanded for 1 a week.
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    Police to train in England
    60 4 IPOH Thurs. Two Assistant Superintendents <>f thr polite force in Perak leave in the next few days for MS 1 month UMinine courses at the Ryton Police ollecr KncI land. They are Inche Abdul Rahman bin N^ah. O.( P.l» l Kuala Kangsar and Inche .1
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    Five accused of $11,000 theft
    98 4 PENANG. Thurs— Police opri bail today when five m»>n i ;ipp<:»rcd in the sessions court jointly charged with breaking I i into a house In Tanjong Tokong .md tteaUllc $5,000 cas!i ■and $6,000 worth of jeweller- I The president Mr. JW. D Ambrose nMianded the
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    Gold watches mark their long services
    202 5 S.C.S. MEN REWARDED I -THE Singapore Cold Storage Company yesterday prex sented gold watches to 26 Singapore members of the firm all of whom have 25 or more years service i wiin me company. I The presentations took Dlac e at a party to
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    TUESDAY WILL SHOW EXTENT OF TRADE SLUMP
    300 5 TUESDAY WILL SHOW EXTENT OF TRADE SLUMP By Our Market Correspondent DUSINESS circles in Singapore said yesterday that the half yearly settling period of accounts by banks on Tuesday would indicate how the far trade recession has gone in the Colony. At the end of tne month overdrafts, bills and
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    Council says 'no' to dirt track racing
    71 5 Council says 'no' to dirt track racing THE application from an Australian organisation to hold dirt track motor racing at Jalan Besar has been rejected ny a Singapore City Council committee The committee was told hy the Singapore Amateur Football Association 'hat dirt track racing would spoil the football ground.
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    LAST LINK READY SHORTLY
    109 5 LAST LINK READY SHORTLY THE final two-mile link in Singapore's outer-circular! road Ls to be completed shortly, i The 'ink will connect Alex- 1 andra Road and Holland Road. The scheme was approved by j the Colony Government in 1950 I and the Land Office is aruuir- ing about 68.200
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    'Speed up play ground'
    68 5 Mr. J. If. Jumabhoy Inde-pendent-City i wants the Singapore Government to speed up the handing over of 12 acres of land in the Shenton WayTelok Ayer Basin areas, to the City Council. He will move a motion to th:s effect at next week's City Council meeting
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    380 bandits on Malaya-Siam border
    112 5 380 bandits on MalayaSiam border LONDON. Thurs. riE Colonial Secretary. Mr. Oliver Lyttelton. in a written reply to Mr. Niall MacPherson (National Liberal Conservative i. said in the House of Commons yesterday that the number of Communist terrorists operating on the Malayan-Siamese border was estimated at 380. "They are used
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    AMERICAN VISITOR ROBBED
    78 5 AMERICAN VISITOR ROBBED AN American visitor to Singapore, who arrived from Manila was robbed of US$55O while he and his wtf> were away from their hotel in Beach Road on Wednesday morning. The visitor, who went on in early morning shopping' expedition, left a money belt under his pillow ciontainlnc
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    Didn't go to court: Arrested
    155 5 V ROBERTS appeared ,n c the Singapore City Police Court yesterday after being arrested when he failed to answer an income tax charec on Monday. The Magistrate. Mr J M Devereux-Colebourn. found Roberts guilty of failing to iurnish a return of his income for 1952.
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    U.K. unit may quit Malaya shortly
    176 5 U.K. unit may quit Malaya shortly LONDON. Thurs. Britain hopes to withdraw one British battalion from Malaya in the near future. Mr. Oliver Lyttelton, Secretary for the Colonies, told the House of Commons yesterday "As more local forces become /ully trained and equipped, further reduction of these forces may become
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    Expert advice on sewerage plans
    50 5 A firm of consultants will i advise Singapore City Council and the Rural Board on their sewerage extension schemes. The Rural Board yesterday decided to lay sewers in the i 1 Siglap-Bodok area. It will be j the first rural district to have water-borne sewerage.
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    MALAY N.C.O. TO COMMAND R.A.F. PARADE
    81 5 Sergeant Mohamed Eusoff, an instructor in the RAF 'Regiment (Malaya Depot) Changi, will be in command of 80 Malay recruits at a pa.s.sinß-out parade at Changi today. The inspecting officer will be Air Vice-Marshal W J M Ackerman. A.O.C. Administration Headquarters, Far East Air
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    VISUAL ARTS DOING WELL IN STORE
    223 5 ALL the visual arts, particularly photography are prospering in S.n«apore More and better work than pre-war i s being produced. iDr. c. Gibson-Hill said. He was opening the Slngaj pore Camera Club's first panMalayan Photographic exhij bition in the British Council HaCl yesterday. He
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    68 6 V.HS I .1 KORTEK ;ind family tliank ;ill thosr who sent wreaths. n "I .swnpathlrs and who nttcndrd the funeral of hot late husband, Mr. I J. (Dlrkv. Kostcr, Dlrrctor of Kentet Co. Ltd. MRS. N B. NAIK and famlh thank ;.l] iiio.m- who smi wimtha Of sympathies, and
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    99 6 MADKUNB. Model ROwn.s. elefanrp. comfort ;ind perfrd BnWl IT WAS fUN bmlnE the rW for Coronation Parties I! I You buy Ihe brsl a! low cos! proa rommv Thonwon, G.H nidc Singapore. PROOFS i»l several nundrro tiSMi ptcinrps of Slneapot, Coronation celrbratlons arf on virw on the top floor oi
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Fri., June 26, 1953. Challenge To Whitehall
    918 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Fri., June 26, 1953. Challenge To Whitehall f The Labour Member for <• Malaya, Mr. Stan Awbery, made no impression on the i Secretary of State or on Parlia- 1 1»- 1 it when he asked Mr. Lytteli ton whether the embargo on rubber exports from
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    Korea: The Fourth Year
    394 6 But for Mr. Syngman Rhee an armistice might have marked the third anniversary of the Korean war. Instead, Allied troops yesterday met and threw back a fierce Communist attack along a 2.000-metre sector of the we.vt central front. Three Communist battalions were engaged. In the last
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    Mass screening: does it serve its purpose?
    592 6 Mass screening: does it serve its purpose? AT a time when the Fed-! eration'a Commissioner of Police is trying his very best to restore the confidence of the population of Malaya in their police force, it is questionable whether a mass screening of a whole village will really serve this
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    Migrants from S. India
    335 6 Migrants from S. India I AM surprised at the appalling ignorance of < Mr. S. Ramachandra. In the first place people from j South West India, do not eosnt here as Madrasis though they embark at the j port of Madras. Of the people who disembark at the Malayan ports
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    Gap in the report
    138 6 THE Ritson Report in M commendable attempt at simplification apparently "Ignores an important factor. Present living conditions are by no rneaos as stable at Sir Edward Ritson believes, and houwng allowance must be taken into account in any system of variable allowance which the Singapore or
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    NEED FOR METERS
    120 6 AS ONE who travels by taxi very often. I must support Koh Chiap Yong'.s letter to you (June 17 < on the need for taxi meters. I agree that Mr. V. K. Nair should not worry about taxi drivers taking a roundabou' route. We Singaporeans know our
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      FREEDOM VERSUS REGISTRATION
      223 6 I AM surprised to find that some tin jjods are sutfsrestinu the compulsory registration, of voters on the frround that the public is apathetic. In Singapore the population is cosmopolitan and the candidates are of various preeds. The election will not be affected In any* way whether
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      The reason why
      159 6 I PUT forward the following as the reasons why the response for the registration of voters was so poor: The Governor has the power 10 overrule the decision cf the Legislative and Execu'i Councils. The Government nominated three representatives from the Chamber of Commerces to sit in
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      Longing for dollars
      92 6 WHILST agreeing w.th Co-lony-born Mr. S. Ramachandra. that infiltration of immigrants from India is on the increase. I cannot, however, understand why he should complain that these immigrants speedily find employment in either Government offices or commercial tirms. Employers look for efficient people and there must be
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      NO NAMES ON BRASS PLATE
      90 6 MOST of the money which duilt the Pavilion at Padang Paya Bunga in Kuala Trengganu came from Chinese towkays, and it was decided about "six years ago that the names of the contributors should be perpetuated on the brass plate attached to the i Pavilion.
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    'Immaturity' of Labour Party
    284 6 'Immaturity' of Labour Party rpHE news that Pan -Malayan 1 Labour Party leaders have been upset by the proceedings of the meeting called by the UMNO-MCA Alliance is not surprising. It Ls far from my intention to belittle the efforts of the Malayan Labour Party to promote the political and
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    Too fast
    43 6 AS a regular passenger on th. the Changi bus route, i am surprised to see that somi I drivers continually brea) the speed limit Even inside the RAF area buses sometimes speed a 30 to 40 miles an hour PASSF.NC.F.R. Chanir.l.
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    EASY MONEY FOR LANDLORDS
    160 6 MANY tenants feel under a deep obligation to Mr 'F. P. Shanks for .successfully moving amendments to Singapore's Rent Control Ordinance They can now heave a stah of great reliel and need >»o more spend hours of anxiety daily as to where they should go in
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    On the Margin
    547 6 On the Margin Array me In my mot lev Oive me leave to apeak mv mind. rE Netherlands Minister for Foreign Affairs. Dr. uns. comes a.s a wolromf 1 >,iest He Ls the servant of tree and ancient monarchy, he spokesmen of a small people vith a great history, of
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    MR. HAIDER TURNS UP -HE IS TOURING
    211 7 MR. HAIDER TURNS UP -HE IS TOURING K. LI'MPUU, Thurs 'T'll E in y terjf of Mr. (ihiilam Hai(l c r. a Pakistani handkraftfl expert, has been solved. Hr is already in the Federation and has started work n. ,i surrey of handicrafts ami licht industries. Ml Haider arrived here
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    Lecture course on economics
    66 7 Singapore Council for Adult Education wi r .l organise a tenlecture course on "Labour Economics" at the Raftles Inst.tution. 'Room '< Irom 6p.ii'. t o P.m.. beginning o n Wednesday July 22. Tlie leetur.-s will b,. conducted by Mr. Charle.s Gamba of the Department of Economics
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    SEW MANAGER
    29 7 A cocktail party was held at the Adelphi Hotel. Singapore. hist niuht to welcome Mr. C. D. Palmer, new manager of th.> American Express Company in SineaDore.
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    New appointment
    21 7 JOHORE BAHRU Thurs. Mr. J. Poland, of the Criminal Investigation Department here Wt '.oriay <>n transfer to Kuala I.umpur.
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    Now Govt. may take over lotteries after ban on MCA
    279 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. THE Federation (government Social and Welfare lotteries may be expanded to take over the markets vacated by the Malayan Chinese Association and other political parties. Next week the Governraenl Board will consider a proposal to increase the
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    REGENT VISITS FORT IN A HELICOPTER
    98 7 KUALA MMPI'R, Thursday IMIK UGBNT of Perak became the first number of a Malay ruling house to travel by helicopter when he Hew to remote jungle outposts in the state yesterday. The Regent visited a jungle fort with the Deputy Chief Police Officer for
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    HANDICRAFTS CAN BE BIG BUSINESS
    125 7 KUALA LOMPUB, Thurx. |L|ALAYA*8 handicrafts are to be organised into big business and put on the world markets. Mr. I). Horton. executive secretary of KID A. said in a radio broadcast tonight. .Mr. Horton said that markets in Britain and the United States were clamouring
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    The one that got away...
    222 7 The one that got away... MALAYAN anglers, whose .magination outstrips I the.r periormance. wUI now have to think twice before telling that old ftsh story. I The new:y-formed Malayan Angling Association is going to keep a Register of Record Fish. SubstatfU al proof w;li have to be produced that any
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    INSPECTORS DON'T KNOW THEIR JOBS9
    84 7 INSPECTORS DON'T KNOW THEIR JOBS 9 Mr. H. J C. Kulasingha 'Pa.sir Panjangi said at the Rural Board meeting yesterday ihat some Government land Inspectors did not know their i jobs. fe He cited two instances where inspectors had demolished bouses on crown land in out- I j) lying areas.
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    144 dogs shot
    19 7 One hundred and fortyluur dogs were destroyed and 1 327 vaccinated in yesterday's Singapore anti-rabie.s campaign.
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    Board will allow private markets
    46 7 Singapore Rural Board yesterday agreed to license private markets in rural areas because there are ndt enough government markets. It also agreed in principle to build at tap roofed shed* for ase as child welfare clinics on small islands round Singapore
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    Chinese accused of opium smuggling
    98 7 Chinese accused of opium smuggling PLNANG. Thurs. ,4 bJ-YEAK-OLD (bines.- who was flown to Penang from Singapore yesterday after a 20.V00-mile trip lo Poland and back, wa.s (.ranted Mu.miu bail in the Sessions Court today. Lee Themn liar claim.il trial to a charge of settim; sail on Feb. 27 in
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    Drug haul by customs
    69 7 After an unsuccessful dope search of the P. and O. liner Carthage, from her arrival in Singapore on Wednesday unU mid-day yesterday, cu.ston s me n .switched t<* another vessel and made an opium haul. Tin- raw op urn. weiiihing 10J lb.. was recovered together with
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    LOTTERY BAN TERRIBLE BLOW, SAYS TAN
    231 7 SINGAPORE welfare projects which the MCA. will have to drop because of Mie Federation ban on its lotterr.-.s are: il» A $500,000 sche-ne for' ma.s.s-building houses for ■quattcra on a non-prolU-niak-tag bn.sis. <2> A $100,000 gltt to S.A.T.A. for a TB. senatorlum The MCA.
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    WHAT'S COOKING NOW? SIR DONALD WONDERS
    40 7 UIIAI'S tIK 4>o|jul> It.. Commissioner. Sir Donald Mac(iillivray. looking into now? It's a huge steam pot to be used In the New Technical College kitchen, to cook rice for the students. Straits Times picture.
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    3 took part in fatal Spore shooting
    148 7 3 took part in fatal Spore shooting SINGAPORE police disclosed £3 yesterday that three nil took part in the fatal shootj ing of* a War Department 1 foreman fitter. Mr. Ang Er.s Guen. at the junction <>t Alexandra Road and Delta Road. Singapore, on Wednesday. A C.I.D. spokesman said I
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    This Roman's wife looks the part, too
    180 7 FIRST NIGHT REPORT IMIE Singapore Arts Theatre Production of Robert Sher--1 A-oud'i Road to Rome" Ls an MMgl'lfllCl that should not be minrrt The acting of the principals is drat class, ar.ct it Is a tribute that they .should have perform- td .so
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    Lost identity card last year
    69 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs Although he lost his Identity card last October Chua An j Khoon, 20. had not obtained a replacement when he was arj rested on June 17. When ••harßffj in the Police Court today, he .said that ho hud no money to get
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    Council seats
    33 7 IPOH. Thurs. Twenty-nine candidates will contest the 15 seats on the Gunong Rapat I New Village council, when the satclite town of Ipoh goes to i I the polls on Sunday.
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    WEEKLY PAY PACKETS?
    242 7 For 18,000 workers SINGAPORE Government will soon adopt a new system of payment to its 18.000 monthly and dailyrated employees. They will be paid weekly or fortnightly Instead of monthly. The Government yesterday a*k<»d thr Federation of Okwcrnment Employers Lit ion whether its members wanted wecklv or
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    Bankrupt clerks' back-pay may go to settle debts
    161 7 Bankrupt clerks' back-pay may go to settle debts BANKRUPT Singapore Government clerks, who will be getting some back pay soon following salary revisions, are "fed-up." They were told by the Oft: ciai Assignee. Mr. W. G. AlCOCk, yesterday: You nu have to give some of your back pay towards your
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    Protest at entry | powers
    115 7 Protest at entry powers CJINGAPORE Regional In»s dian Congress s to appeal ;to the Governor. Sir John Nicoll a K ainst the powers vested in the Controller of Immgration under the new Immigration Ordinance which operates from Aug. 1. The congress wants Sir John to set U P a board
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    Red messages
    23 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs CommunLst messages in white paint were found on rubber land and other spot.s ju.si outside Johore Bahru yesterday.
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    Girl of 18 ran lottery
    53 7 An 18-year-old girl, Sirw Beng Khuan was fined $300 in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday after pleading guilty to carrying on a public lottery Chap Ji Ki. Siew, who said she was her mother's help, was allowed to pay $100 yesterday and the balance
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    MALAYAN STUDENTS 'SUPERIOR'
    71 7 Malayan students in Nf-w Zealand are of a "superior type." said the Director of Education for Nrw Zealand, Dr. C. E. Beeby. who flew through Singapore by QANTAS Constellation yesterday. Dr Beeby is goin« to attend a U.N.E.S.C.O. meeting in Paris to advise the organisation on its
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      92 7 The Weather Minimum tf mprraturi<_i'io p.m on June 24 to ■30 am on June 25 S.ngapore <76 degrees P r c nan 17 Kota Bahru 1 io>. Kuala Lumpur not received). Ipoh 72 > Kuuntan 1 73 >. Abiximum i.-,,,,,. 1 «30 a.m. to 7.30 p m "r. June Singapore
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    THINK OF ME THIS WAY, SAYS MR. WARD
    316 8 THINK OF ME THIS WAY, SAYS MR. WARD The chairman of Malaya Hall LONDON, Thurs. VfR. W. A. Ward. Com--ITI missioner for Malaya, in Britain, who retires next Tuesday, said here today that he would rather be remembered as the first chair-; man of Malaya Hall, the student centre, than
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    Lost half propellor— didn't know
    89 8 Lost half propellor didn't know I Captain O. Stoeffler. master of the German coaster Petereins, wondered all the wav from the west coast of India to Penang why his ship was vibrating so much. He found out when a diver discovered that two of the ship's for.r pronelW blades were
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    WELFARE ORDERS NEEDED IN COLONY
    133 8 WELFARE ORDERS NEEDED IN COLONY SINGAPORE Government Is awaiting; further instructions from the Colonial Office regarding the proposal to continue the Colonial Development and Welfare Scheme for a further period of five years. Mr. C. H. F. Blake. First Assistant Financial Secretary, told the Straits Times. Continuation of the scheme
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    WEAPON ALLEY HAS JUST WHAT CROOKS WANT
    214 8 WEAPON ALLEY HAS JUST WHAT CROOKS WANT Toy guns „ii siir in Change Alley. Singapore, and hi other storm in the city look very much like ihi real thing. For a few cents any member of the public, including would-hr hold-up men, can purchase these plastic tovN which have been
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    Big water menace under Shenton Way sends costs soaring
    249 8 Big water menace under Shenton Way sends costs soaring I>l ILDING on reclaimed land along Shenton Way has i become one of the most expensive propositions in the Colony. Revised estimates indicate that the final cost of each building might be close to $2,000,000. Piles for the foundations alone are
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    HE'S HERE TO HELP REFUGEES
    147 8 HE'S HERE TO HELP REFUGEES ifR AMlh ALI re-present Ifltive of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the Far East flew into Singapore yesterday trom Bangkok to help refugeey in Malaya He does not expect to find I very many here. There are probably a few stray cases
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    Civil service officer to aid Medical Dept.
    76 8 A Malayan Civil Service officer will shortly be appointed to the Singapore Medical Department to be in charge of administration and routine business i This is part of the Govern- ment scheme to relieve the heads of major departments Of the strain of
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    A. Othman Ghanyi
    60 8 We hay been asked to point out that A. K. S Othman Gahany. who is now sering a life sentence tor murder and whose plea for Coronation clemency was rejected by the Queen, has never b m member of the Singapore Muslim League and so could not
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    Ritson pay talks start next week
    90 8 Singapore Governmesu will meet the representatives of iLs staff associations and unions next week to dis cuss the "basis for nefrotiations on the new .salary .strurture'rerommended by the Ritson CommLssion. It is unlikokly that there wili be any discussions or negotiations with individual unions
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    Bankrupty case
    59 8 The further pubi'.c examination ;n bankruptcy of H S. Arathoon. which was listed to b< he.d before Mr. Justice Brown in the Singapore Hieh Court yesterday was deferred An application by Mr W G. Alcock the Official Assignee ti reopen the examlnaton was granted by the Chief Justice
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    Workers meet
    25 8 Shell Malay Employees Co operative Society will hold Its fourth annual meeting in Sheil Hou.e. at Collyer Quay Singapore, it 2 p.m. tomorrow
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      103 8 Strait* Times Crossword ~26~ I I ACROSS 17. A poem Indeed (7). 1. Not a blow to a county but 18. Opposition may have doiu Is concerned with draught this to one's style (7). (7. 5). ar A pin (7) 10. Law accompanies this (5). 22. Oo up and round
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      490 8 SINGAPORE \M Dance Music; 2 Close Down; 5 Callln* All Children 530 1.15 am Mornlnf? Star; 7.30 United Nntlon> Story 545 The News; 735 Orchestra; 8 Hill Augmented Radio Malaya Orrh.^Btllies; 8.30 Malay Houstvivrs tra; 6.15 Sc.-nes from Asian HfcCorner; 9 Music; 9.45 Hnuw.v.s lory; 6 4") Strliit; Serenade- 655
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    'Pygmalion' is still good for a laugh
    869 9  - 'Pygmalion' is still good for a laugh BRIAN CROZIER "V 'I HE girl in the middle is June Powell. The young 1 man on the left is Farley Granger and the young man on the rig?<t is Bobby Van. The scene is from "Small Town Girl." a new M.G.M. musical.
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    Tragedy in China
    417 9 Tragedy in China LIE^?E is something have been hoping to see for a long time (writes Brian CrovJer): v Mandarin film with English subtitles. It's called "Singing under the Moon" and the subtitles are on the celluloid itself For those |lk« ir.y.sil! wh i Uun'i know a wuru Of Ma:i
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    OBJEQIVE BURMA
    145 9 I NOTICE that hoary old fantasy. "Objective Burma' 1 has lit last reached Ute MTecn in Malaya reached it to stay. 1 mean. It w..> w.iiHiviwn by litlcial order in 1948 after one midnight .screening. Recently re.subm lied for censorship it w;;> parsed. Tins would hardly merit a
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    One-minute review
    180 9 COR upcountry readers: rut our and keep thii ontminufc review of current films. It will be brought to date week by week and will provide you wil-h a quick guide to films when they reach your area. Three stars: outstanding: two start: above average: one star: average. THE
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      U.S. RUBBER
      39 10 Tho Rubber Manufacturers Association of Hew York leport.s an estimated new rubbei consumption for May at 111.092 tons of which natural rubber was 46.613 tons anci synthetic 72.449 tons. The synthetic total includes 58.343 tons of OR-S
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      A bumper clove crop will re-open trade in the colony
      451 10 Tlll^ 1!)."):mo.">4 rlovc crop in Zanzibar, which will begin lo be harvested early in August, .s likely to be n bumper one of I.VXKUo 18,000 lons. Mr. Chatrabhuj Murarji Jesrani, one of Zanzibar and Pemba*a four larsje clove exporters forecast
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      WHEAT FOR COLONY ASSURED
      72 10 A DIRECTOR of one of 1 Australia's largest wheat and grain milling companies, Mr. Leonard Darling, has assured Singapore clients of dependable wheat shipments. On lils way to Britain by air I Mr. Darling .spent several days in the Colony this week Hr told clients that
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      6 10  - COMMERCIAL NEWS VIEWS GEOFFREY BOLAND ■3
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      VIVID RED PLASTIC TABLES WILL BE COLONY PRODUCT
      296 10 DEMAND is being created in Singapore for" vivid red plastic plywood mahjong hiblrs by the development of ;i new local product by Swedish and Singapore joint capital entreprise. The product is known by the trade name of Perstorp plastic panelling and is
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      Bottles are five times their pre-war price
      153 10 THE cost of bottles and other materials used by Malayan Breweries Ltd. are five times greater than pre-war, the company's sales manager, Mr. J. Mackechnie. told the annual "trade get-together." Mr. Mackechnie said tne rate of duty was another large I factor in
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      Steel output reaches new high
      455 10 Steel output reaches new high The prcniiictinn of steel it now running at a hijrhrr rate than ever before in the) history of the industry.' Supplies of finished steel are similarly at a record level. The demand for steel, I except for plates and some special categories, is beinjr, met.
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      LEADERS OF BUSINESS MALAYA
      252 10 LEADERS OF BUSINESS MALAYA P"M MiKR of the Asia Insurance Company Lid. 29 years aifo, Mr. Lee l.fum Xi has no other business interests apart from the insurance companies he has seen crow. Born in Toyshan District, in Kwangtung Province, 62 years ago. Mr. Lee came to Singapore in 1916
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      MORE RUBBER PRODUCED
      58 11 RUBBER production In the Federation or Malaya last month was 47.592 tons, compared with 44,950 tons in April. Of the May output, 27,820 tons were produced on estates and 19,772 tons on smallholdings. Production for the five months of this year is 23.1.753 tons, compared with 230,816
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      PRODUCE PRICES
      66 11 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange: Noon prices per plcul were: I Copra: quiet, buyers $?2\ f.0.b., seller* S33 1 Coconut oil: sellers 152. Pepper: quiet: Muntok white $510 sellers. Sarawak $505. Lampong 1450 (all varieties down SiOi. Lewi* and Peat: Closing prices were: Copra: steady at, lower level. July
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      Coconut oil exports
      52 11 Exports of coconut oil from Malaya in April totalled 3.727 tons of which ill tons were refined and 3.616 tons were crude. The value of the refined oil was $123,475 and the value of the crude oil was $3,798,452. Most of the exports went to India nnd
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      Soap production
      49 11 Soap production in Malaya in April totalled 35.109 cw*.. of which 16.538 cwt., was produced in Singapore and 18.571 cwt.. on the Federation. Production in Malaya for the four months of this year was 132.281 cwt Stocks in Malaya at the end of April were 28.557 cwt.
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      TIN OUTPUT
      21 11 The Federation of MaJaya produced 6.195 tons of tin concentrates in May, equivalent to 4.647 tons of tin metal.
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      TIN DOWN, RUBBER STEADY
      305 11 TPHE Singapore share market had another quiet day yesterday when the total business done was very small. Industrials remained steady and found some small investment inquiry but tin shares were inclined to ease largely because of the further fall in the price of the metal. Rubbers
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      RUBBER PRICES
      177 11 On the Singapore rubber market yesterday July first grade closed at 67»/ 4 cents a pound one-eighth of a cent abov« Wednesday's close. The market was mainly featureless with a rroderate turnover but there was fair demand for low grade sheet. Closing prices yesterday in cents per pound
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      EXCHANGE RATES
      64 11 The Malayan Exchange Banks I Association selling rate to merchants for Holland guilders was ves'erday altered to 122*4. ready T.T. or O.D. I On the free exchange market in Hong Konr yesterday the U S dollar wm quoted at 6 03 2 3 for ca«h and 05'- for
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      TIN PRICE
      18 11 The price of tin in Singapore yesterday was declared at 534fi.2.-i a picul, down 54.12' 2
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      SINGAPORE SHIPPING
      189 11 CHIPS lying alongside the 81ngapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: i Athos 11 1-2, Carthage 4.-5. Lamongan C.P.. S. Caboto 6-7, Wonosarl 8-9. Benattow 11. KtrldIrecht 13-14. SUnvac Sydney 15-16. Ball 18. Mull 19-20. Bruas N. Wall 3 and 4. Pangkor N. Wall 6 and 8.
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      WALL STREET
      107 11 NEW YORK. Thur*. pRONOUNCED weakness in a few sections featured that Stock Market yesterday. But though till* decline In specialities ranged up to four point*, elsewhere there was predominance of mostly fractional advances us the market moved to around the best levels since early in June. In the
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      CHINESE PRIEST IN AUSTRIA
      67 12 Paul Luc Kao-tang, left, a native of South Shantung, is the first Chinese priest to be given z parish in Roman Catholic Austria. Father Paul, seen below at hi; ordination by an Austri a n missionary in China in 1950, fled to Rome when the Com
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      RUSSIAN MIGHT IN EAST BERLIN I
      128 12 move slowly toward* them. Russ an might was at Spithead recently, too- and sailors aboard the Red cruiser at the Review must have been surprised to see the vessel below, the Italian training ship "Amerigo Vespucci", sail into Portsmouth to honour the Qrieen. After
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      FLEET FIREWORKS
      24 12 ThnrvWuv Rockets rise high over the mass of illuminated ships off Spithead as the Coronation Naval Review comes to a thrilling climax.
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    FAST TIMES AT K L. GALLOPS
    636 13  -  EPSOM JEEP KUALA LUMPUR. By Watch Mona's Kuda Dondang Sayang MONAS KUDA, Pink Treasure, Don/dims Sayanjf, Border Scot and Sound Wave all tame near to clocking 36 seconds for three furlongs on a very fast track this morning, when most of Saturday's probables were
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    Entries open for S'gor meet
    157 13 Entries open for S'gor meet KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— Entri s for this year's Solangoi aaa ehamploaships close ai 8p in on July 1 with the hon. .se:re ary Mr Thong Poh Nyen. 5,0c1,.l Welfare Department. Brickfields Road Kuala Lumpur. The Championship 24 and 25** Pildang on July The rntrance fee
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    LEAGUE RESUMES
    39 13 KUALA KANGSAR. Thurs -The football leaime wax resumed here with a m..u-h between Sebran* Snionc and Bukit ChHndan EnallsJ, School. The schoolboys won 2-1 Scorers •a err Avali and Hawari for the nnni and Ramli for Sebran*
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    Changes needed in S.C.A. points system
    642 13  -  ANG EAM HOCK By 'mil r (ncket Associations senior tournament has become pavmon eaSin y C mmOn SUbJeCt in discussions 7n The The general view— it is almost unanimous is that in view of past experience, the award of eight points for a win
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    CUSTOMS ON TOP THROUGHOUT
    42 13 TELLK ANSON. Thurs Dominatinn the exchanges throughour South Perak Cu-toms Sports Club beat HamlHonla Estate 5.0 in second round ma 'eh of the Low j Perak Football League. Scorrr< were Prank Soo, Din i 3 > and Chegu Arshad
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    Bartlev School snorts
    24 13 Barl ey Se.-or.darj School will nold its first athletic sports or. Tuesday. June 30. at Jalan Besar stadium v 3 pm
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    St. Anthony School
    24 13 lELUK ANSON Thurs _R' Anthony* Srhoo! will hold their annual athletic sports on the Town Px'm on Saturday «t 2.30 pm
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    CRICKET AVERAGES
    124 13 for SeSTCJSr^:^ 00^ 011 Wnl r <™™««« ■verasp. >'"""* H£ Onj Im La w J f 2 >; >•• R C Hoffman J <:. t. Heard I R. da Silva 5 i{s M.v"r.u, I jjj Verllv (,l|, 1 S. VMluplll.l >" An» Kam Horfc J" R. Sandosham 1
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    CHAMIER WINS IRISH DERBY
    75 13 DUBLIN. Thurs. Chamier ridden oy English Jockey Billy Rtckaby won the Irish Derby yesterday after a photo finish and a successful objection. LA'^fconsuMng a P hot °Kraph ol r rm mfsn Trie JixJfe announced that the Ensltsh colt. Premonition had won by a head from Chamier
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    PERAK WEAKENED FOR CUP CLASH
    390 13 PERAK WEAKENED FOR CUP CLASH BECAUSE of injuries, and because some players are unable to get leave. Perak will rot be at full strength fotheir Malaya Cup match aua:ns f Kedah at Alor Star tomorrow. Of the 18 players who are mn fetor the trip, five are newcomers to Malaya
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    Misty Line does good gallop
    312 13  - Misty Line does good gallop EPSOM JEEP By I KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. |/|ISTY LINE (McClnudi galTI loped clran away from winter Lady at the finish >f a sharp two-furlong sprirv >n the training track here his morning. DonxelU cMcCloud> and Peter -harlesi broke from the half mile put l t
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    Amateur boxing revival in Ipoh
    75 13 IPOH. Thurs— Amateur boxing is m.^ 'mSSt m Ipoh The Governed s rvant< Sports Union has asked one of it* members. Mr. Yeoh Chye Lai former Malayan flyweight champion, to organic a rontest Entries will be weened from all h? 7i f 5 5 from
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    H.I.J. Convent sports
    33 13 me convent of the Holy Infant ki' 5 1 hold s cond »nnu»l athletic meet on Monday. June 29 fL Jo e P hs Institution ground i nJ *.3D p.m.
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    AUSSIES START WELL THEN FLOP
    1209 14 Hassett hits 101, retires injured From JACK FINGLETON (Special to the Straits Times) LONDON, Thursday. f]XC,LAND were back in the fight for the Second Test at Lord's today when Johnny Wardle, in a magnificent bowling spell, started an Australian batting collapse just when they seemed
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    Hock Keat enters YMCA semi-finals
    99 14 Ijow Hock Keat entered lhe semifinals of the YMCA Golden Jubilee open Invitation billiards championship when he beat Chin Chi Nen by 300-215 points yesterday. Low made a break of 77 points the highest of the tourney so far and finished with an unfinished break
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    MAXIMBE A TEN IN TITLE COME-BACK
    316 14 MAXIM BE A TEN IN TITLE COME-BACK OGDEN (I'tah). Thurs. ARCHIE MOORE. :'K-vrar-nld world liffht -heavy wei-rht champion, retained his title here last nitfht by defeating Joey Maxim over 15 rounds in the first world championship fight ever held in I'tah. 1 Maxim, who Ls 31. .started I 1 aggressively
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    SCHOOL SPORTS
    29 14 Fairfleld Girls 1 School will hold their annual sports on the school ground at Nell Road at 8.30 am odav. Mrs Elsie Lyne will glv* 'he prt7es
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    TOO MUCH OF NIGHT LIFE? NONSENSE!
    249 14  -  Mr.Davies says SYDNEY. Thurs. "TMn touring Australian erlrket team, is In bad shape because of too much social life and not enourh concentration on the business at hand, according to today's Sydney Daily Telegraph. The T'lefraph correspondent with the team Is distressed herause "tales
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    INDIAN TEAM FOR TOURNEY GAME
    52 14 The Indian Association team to meet RAF Malaya in an SCA Senior tournament game on Saturday and Kundav will be W Sltharam. H. E Ashraff. Verity GUI. V Angullia. V Madari. Dr Hareharan Singh. N K. DavaraJ Gurdlal Singh. R. E Slthamparam. B S. Soln.
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    NON-BENDERS TO XI TO MEET S.C.C.
    66 14 Non-Benders CC. team to meet Singapore Cricket Cli.b at 2 15 pm. on Saturday will be T. J Leljsslus leapt i. J. T. Rea. T M Hart. J A P Cameron. Chla Kenß Hock. R S Tufnell. D. B Burton R V. S Sundram.
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    Rocklites go down by 5-1 to Police S.A.
    270 14 ALTHOUGH Rocklites tried hard to make a fight of It. in their SAFA Div. 2 match against Police Sporting Association, they were beaten 5-1 at the CYMA ground yesterday Outstanding for Police was centrehalf Kok Seng who had Rockllte« attack well bottled
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    RSYC rowing tomorrow
    137 14 T^HE first Summer Rowing Regatta of the Royal Singapore Yactn Club will be held at 3 45 p.m. tomorrow The main event of the day Is th» senior pairs race for the' Clubs championship held ovtr a mile The winning pair will most probaoly represent the Oolom
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    Traction Union still unbeaten
    55 14 Traction Union, still unbeaten in the SAFA Dlv. 3B league, continued their run of success when they edged TampenLs Rovers 4-3 at BODCA ground yesterday. Tony Conclncio < 2 1 Aziz and Husaeln scored lor Traction Union. Tampenis Rovers replied through Thong Kam Poh. Chiang Meng
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    Malaya Cup row: FAS to meet again
    310 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. I A LTHOUGH It lasted three j hours, las! night's emeri gency meeting of the Football Association of Selangor to dls- cuss steps to be taken, in rei gard to the F.A.Ms decision to award a walk-over to Penang against
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    They call her • 'Little Miss half i a Mo' now...
    459 14  - They call her 'Little Miss half i a Mo' now... NORMAN SIEBEL From WIMBLEDON, Thursday. CH)R its fourth day. Wimbledon acain had hot sunny weather and all fancied players prospered. Doris Hart, last year's runner-up, was the first to come off with a 6 6. 6 -0 centre court vie
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    Last-minute goal saves Soccerites
    246 14 LAST-MINUTE goal scored by Ohed enahlrd Star Soccerites to share points with Pulau Brani United in a keenly contested SAFA Div. 1 match which ended in a two-all draw at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday. Socceritps had morp scoring chances, but poor marksmanship robbfd them of victory.
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    Indonesian students XI to play in Singapore
    106 14 Indonesian students XI to play in Singapore ASTRCIWG Indonesian students footbaU team who are now taurin n Sumatra, ii'i'/j arrive m Singapore in the first week n> July to play a series Of matches. Mr Choo Sent) Quee. coach of th,- A Indonesia Foot bar Association tn'd the Straits Times
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      68 14 WOCBBI SAFA Iranur. Div. 3\: < Samajan v Social A.l* Geylane. Div. 3R: Biniang Rulan S.C. v R.K. Works and Service. Mr'A tniund: l>lv. 3C: Anton A.C. v Custom S.V.. him llrvj. I nited S.C. v. P AT.. CYMA ground. \TMI.KTK S St. \nlhoins Bn\s School annii.il -purls. S.I I
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