The Straits Times, 25 May 1954

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    14 1 The Straits Times. Nat*"* 1 Kstd. 1845 SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, MAY 25, 1954 <¥■ 15 CENTS.
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    MINH BOAST FAILS Hanoi still holds
    13 1 MINH BOAST FAILS Hanoi still holds ench [the -bel eline 11(111 r} line
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    Students demand: 'Open schools'
    402 1 Students demand 'Open schools' SINGAPORE police have been alerted followj ing a report that about 15,000 students from the eight Chinese high schools which had their I holidays advanced last Saturday plan to return I to their schoois today to demand that they be opened. A Police spokesman told the
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    A headmaster says: This is a disgrace
    107 1 A headmaster says: This is a disgrace MR Vong View Kirn principal of the AngloChinese School, Seremban yesterday said Singapore's Chinese student demonstrators were a disgrace to their community. They should be thoroughly ashamed of themselves he said in an Empire Day talk to hts school. He was confident his
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    GRENADES Two accused
    62 1 GRENADES Two accused One Erin Teck and Ong Ban Boon were charged yesterday in the Singapore Fourth Police Court with unlawful possession j of 658 hand grenades found by police at the 9>2 milestone, Upper Thomson Road on May 13. The two men claimed trial and were remanded in custody
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    News chief dies
    33 1 LONDON, Mon. Brig. Gen. I Stuart Milligan Anderson. 75, chairman and managing dlrec- j tor of Exchange Telegraph, a British news agency, died at his home in Studland yesterday —A.P
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    Pocket first-aid
    29 1 PARIS Mon.— Military surgeons and high civilian physidam are pooling their medical Knowledge for a pocket guide on the best methods of caring j for wounded. A.P.
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    ALLIANCE CALLS FOR ALL-PARTY ELECTION DRIVE
    218 1 The Tengku sees Tempter, then goes to meeting KUALA MMPIR, Monday. THE I'MNO-MCA Alliance will call a national convnix tion of all political parties which demand a "democratic election" to decide steps to achieve an effective elected majority in the Federal Legislative Council This
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    SHIELA, 18, JOINS THE HUNT
    116 1 SHIELA, 18, JOINS THE HUNT Ml>> Mllhl i' i >n\ ««eil IK one nt I.' Singapore girl* who n.iw rnterrd fur thr Miss Malaya Uii'-t Shiela is Ml lUin. tall weigh* 114 ib and hrr mraMiiemrnts are: bust 13 waist ?3l and hips 34 SingaDorr nines rlosrd yestrrday. but thr
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    Russia is ready says Monty
    144 1 Russia is ready says Monty PARIS. Mon. FIELD Marshal Montgomery warned today that 30 days after of a war, Russia and a 400 division army and an air tier satellites could turn loose force comprised almost wholly of jets. The Deputy Supreme Commander in Europe gave this closeup view of
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    Bomb thrown at Britons
    36 1 CAIRO. Mon— British military authorities said today a grenade was thrown at a party of Green Howards returning to their unit from Port Tewfik. Suez, last night. The grenade failed to n::--plode—Reuter.
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    After three slurred years
    367 1 SURGEON SAVED E* "^1 FOR HOUSCWm 7 think he looks like me' Ah Beow SEES her children V SEGAMAT woman who had a cornea-grafting operation at the Singapore General Hospital a month ago saw her children clearly yesterday for the first time in three years. fhe
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    FLYING BOAT BRINGS SAILOR TO HOSPITAL
    142 1 Rescue flight to Sandakan A SUNDERLAND flying boat flew to North Borneo A d back on Sunday to bring a seriously injured seaman to hospital in Singapore. The naval rating is uelieved to have a fractured spine. Early on Sunday the Far East Flying
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    150 held—then released
    35 1 150 held— then released BERLIN. Mon. —More than 150 slogan-shouting Communist youths were arrested yesterday when they demonstrated against the European Army Treaty in various West Berlin districts. Most of them were later released.— A.P.
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    Gib. water threat
    28 1 MADRID, Mon. A Spanish monarchist newspaper warned today that British-held Gibraltar's water supply may be cut ofi in Spain's 'determination to isolate the aggressor." UP.
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    Milk wagon injures 9
    45 1 PHILADELPHIA. Mon A hue"trartor-trallrr load, d with Wo lb "f ririod niilk roa T d JSw?»mUe-long hUI yesterday Sd ploughed into Bund n" injuring nine peqfc Utf heart attack after b*-in R glJted tot minor Injuriw. The driver told poIIM hli
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    The quins 20
    16 1 NORTH BAY, Ontario, Mon. -The Dionne Quintuplets will he 20 on Friday.— A.P.
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    'I am desperate,' said masked man
    145 1 a MASKED man, armed with a chopper, last night told a liinese hoiisrwifr in Kirn hu.in Avenue: "(Jive me all the money in your house. I am desperate for money." The housewife. Madam Lim Ah Nguang. tl, replied; "1 h:ivi> no money." The armed
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    Patients in charge
    63 1 LONDON Von Dr Julius Lipelz sala at the Socialist Medical Associations annual conferen c here uxlay that in some State mental hospitals v England and Scotland mental latlents were left in charge of wards owing to shortage „t nurses The conference unanimous. v resolution v!ew!nu *ith thr
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    Eden is back —with a secret
    173 1 Eden is back with a secret LONDON, Mon. THE British Foreign Secretary, Mr. Anthony Eden, flew back to the Geneva conference on Indo-China today with a secret In the shape of new instructions. his orders in a 50--minute cabinet meeting at No. 10 Downing Street. Prime Mm.- Winston Churchill's official
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    STOP PRESS
    50 1 POBTRESS HI i: >\l I IN lIWHI HANOI Mom I i nursf Gei <\ lere d<- < TerraaW raptand Di.Mi Rich imiii iefendei arrived ln-i >• by air teda Sh«" in he.il 1 Slip v;»l(l helicopter her to i'M .il l.«o> i ItMßg li ih.nu .Hid plan*- completed
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    3 DIE IN FIRE: MAN HELD
    96 1 HONG KONG Mon Fire broke out In a flim.sv Tenement building eiri? today killing three persons and police ar rested i Chinese on suspicion of starting the blaze and >f stabbing nine other H-cunants ot the house Firemen got tne lire under control within
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    McCarthy puts U.S. alone and nearer war: Stassen 'TRADE POLICIES UNREALISTIC
    389 2 McCarthy puts U.S. alone and nearer war: Stassen 'TRADE POLICIES UNREALISTIC WASHINGTON, Monday. JJ S. Foreign Aid Chief Harold E. Stassen said yesterday that adoption of Senator Joseph McCarthy's East-West trade policies would leave the United States standing alone and make world war 111 more inevitable. Americas allies have co-operated
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    The women shock Mr. Hall 57 YEARS IN GAOL
    220 2 The women shock Mr. Hall 57 YEARS IN GAOL HH A(i(). Mon. II'ILLI.VM HALL. who t" went to pi iMMi in 1897 m d came out last week. MM yesterday that he was >horked try the •chanues" in women and wanted to know "who the Sim Hill is this fellow
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    Boys made soup of rabid fox
    56 2 BERLIN. Mon. Several Eas rerman boys round a dead fo; ecently while playing, cut of he tail and cooked it for soup They are now undergoing reatment in the Postdam In titute because examinatior howed that the fox had oeer nfected with rabies, an
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    Hardy better
    33 2 PLYMOUTH. Mon Oliver Hardy, the American comedian taken ill with pneumonia while on a theatrical engaamient here with his teammate Stan Laurel, had recovered sufficiently yesterday to travel to London.- A.P.
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    GOVERNOR DEFIES A LAW FOR NEGROES He still Keeps 'whites' apart
    169 2 GOVERNOR DEFIES A LAW FOR NEGROES He still Keeps 'whites' apart jjj^ju-j ,t GEORGIA. Monday. POVERNOR Herman Talrnadge of Georgia has defied the American Supreme Court to enforce in his h' d n sop:rrsation of wnite a "d Negro school He said in a radio interview yesterday: "It would take
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    Steam again —for a day
    64 2 LONDON. Mon. A steam passenger train ran again on London's underground railway yesterday more than 50 year's after regular steam train ser- '< vires ended on the network. It was a "special" hind hv 250 railway enthusiasts to make i sentimental 48-mile journey r>n the
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    Rain fills Hong Kong's dam
    43 2 HONG KONG. Mon. Hong KonK revelled in rain today Steady showers replenished he colony's depleted reservoirs The rains came v the Gov•iniiieiu anriounced a revision of hours water will be Available to Honi: Rone's. 2.5i)(j.000 residents.— U P
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    A warning to Pakistan
    54 2 SRINAGAR. Mon. The Prime Minister of Kashmir, Mr. Bakshi Ghul.im Mohamm«l. warned Pakistan today to "desist from threatening Kashmir with American military aid." "If ever they venture to atKashmir again, such an attack will be met with determination, courage and all the force at our command."
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    2,000 M.P.H.
    100 2 by atom plane in 30 yearn SYDNEY, Monday AN American aircraft designer. Mi. Hall Hibb. predicted today that atom powered airliners with unlimited range and 2.000 miles an hour cruising speeds would be in world service within 30 vrars Mr. Hibbero, who arrived' nere by air, said he
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    Actress loses $750 bag
    24 2 HOLLYWOOD. Mon. A thief stole a U.S. handbag from French Le.'lic Caron'i home he. There was no cash handbag. U.P.
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    Musical tour
    36 2 LONDON, Mon. Mr. Jacob Malik, the Soviet Amba ,>arlor to Britain, announced here yesterday that a group ol British musicians would leave London within the next few week.s for a concert tour in Russia.
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    RUSSIANS ARE WRITING BERIA OUT OF HISTORY
    103 2 WASHINGTON. Mon. rpHE United States Informa- tion Agency said today the Russians are busy rewriting their history books to rub out thp name of LavrPM\ P. Berla. former Soviet ret pn]ic chief who fell from grace and wa.s liquidated. The agency said that
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    Car injures 50
    35 2 NUREMBERG. Mon —A boy was killed and about 50 people, including many women anri children, were injured her? yesterday when a car crashed into a crowd of spectator* during a race.— Reuter.
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    Comet in the again
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    'TIGER' LEADER GIVES
    22 2 MACASSAR, Fri. Thr der of the Celebes ten battalion H^rimau Indoi ("Tiger of Indonesia"*, lingkas, has surrendered to I
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    'Peace'Cor
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    GENERALS]^ GETS KEUiJ
    53 2 Till: ml. i, cmOHSUONSR, General Sir i.-nlrt Templer. fac? I in unusual "parade" when more than 250 members of Kelantan Women's Institutes gathered at the Residency, Kita Rahru to say goodbye to Sir Gerald and Lady Templer. Picture shows Sir Gerald addressing the women. Lady Templer is
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    DEN WARNS THE COMMUNISTS are still with the U.S. be careful'
    117 3 DEN WARNS THE COMMUNISTS are still with the U.S. be careful' p on the side of the United States. Mr Eden Is reported to have ted in the conversation t he widely publicised ;encles between Britain he United States over r of organising the and security of South Vsia have
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    WIVES OF 3 FORMER PRESIDENTS MEET
    70 3 T*HE wives of three lorx mer Presidents of the United States met at the White House, Washington recently. A party was given in honour of Mrs. Edith Helm, who was White House social secretary under the administrations of Woodrow Wilson. Franklin D. Roosevelt and
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    STRIKERS CAN'T GET SUPPORT
    151 3 STRIKERS CAN'T GET SUPPORT LONDON, Mon. KEY RAIL WORKERS, whose strike in the West of England and South Wales has disrupted communicattOßS. net with little success yi'strrday In their efforts to extend the walk out to other rail depots in the region. The unofficial strike of 2.500 engine drivers and
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    ENGINE TROUBLE MAY HAVE CRASHED PLANE
    209 3 WELLINGTON. Monday. PASSENGERS' accounts of the airliner crash which cost the lives of three children last i Saturday, indicate that the engines of .the National Airways Corporation Douglas aircraft failed as it came I in low to land. The three dead are Murray Sharplin.
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    Mau lose 42 men in single day
    102 3 Mau lose 42 men in single day NAIROBI. Mon. f^ORTY-TWO Mau Mau terr rorists were killed in engagements with security forces in the last 24 hours. East African headquarter.-; announced yesterday. Twenty-six of these fell in a running battle between a large gang and police and troops a few miles
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    'Quake in U.S.
    19 3 LOS ANGELES. Mon. An earthquake described as "light and rolling" shook the Los Angeles area— UP.
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    EXIT FROM NATO-50 FLYING DANES And only 150 more are left
    209 3 EXIT FROM NATO--50 FLYING DANES And only 150 more are left COPENHAGEN. Monday. A HIGH air force commander said yesterday onefourth of Denmark's pilots have decided to quit their role of defending the free world's northern approaches for civilian jobs. He said, at least, 50 of the 200 Danish pilots,
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    'MR UNIVERSE' FLEXED BICEPS JUST TOO OFTEN
    138 3 'MR UNIVERSE' FLEXED BICEPS JUST TOO OFTEN CHICAGO Mon pKNI BOH AIV "Mr \I I'niverse" flexed hi* miiMles once too often and is in county gaol awaiting a hearing toda> on a charge of non-sup-port of his wife and four children. Mrs Fun ic«- Knh.it 3(i. s;tid she had been
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    Battle rages for the 'eye of Formosa'
    88 3 Battle rages for the 'eye of Formosa' TAIPEH. Mon. FIGHTING was still in progress around Formosa's northern Tachen Island outpost system, a reliable source .said today. He said heavy Communist Chinese pressure was continuing on the small islands, which guard the northern approaches, but Nationalist authorities there were confident of
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    Balloon says: Thank you
    80 3 LONDON. Mon. A few mlmit's after noon today the bells of Westminster Abbey pealed, and the two youngest choristers released 1.000 coloured 1 balloons each carrying a card saying: "Greetings from Westminster Abbey. Appral target achieved May 24, 1954 Thank you very much." Britain, and the
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    Soldiers mutiny
    33 3 HONG KONG, Mon— A proNationalLst newspaper reported today that a group of Chinese .soldiers mutinied last month on an island outside Swatow and killed their commander and a political commissar. Uf.
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    AMERICANS THINK IT COULD RING CEASE FIRE
    125 3 AMERICANS THINK IT COULD RING CEASE FIRE i inivsiblc terms for a ceaselire. !h.- British warning to Red i hina is a major factor in' increased optimism in the ulministration about the chances of creating the proposed South-F.ast Asia allianec i ..i one thing, a poll of a num:it of
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    Nicholls arrives
    33 3 LO>roON. Mon. Mr. J. N. Nicholls. Deputy Commissioner of Police in Malaya, arrived in London by air tonight from Singapore with his wife and two children for five months leave. Reuter.
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    RETIRED ADMIRAL DEMANDS COURT MARTIAL TO CLEAR HIS NAME OF 1940 BLACK MARK
    190 3 LONDON. MM. A RETIRED British Admiral demanded a court martial today to prove that Inshould uot have been sacked for letting six French warships tliro.igh the Straits of Gibraltar France fell in 1940. It the fifth time
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    LONDON STOCKS
    305 3 LONDON. Mon T*HE delicate international situation and the trowing rail strike at home had a restrictive influence on stockmarkets and the general trend was Irregular. Far Easterns were dull, with Chinese issues reflecting developments at Geneva while economic uncertainties continue to have an adverse influence on Japanese issues.
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    LONDON TIN
    26 3 LONDON. .May 24. Cash Buyers C 723; Sellers Forward Buyers C 722; Sellers C 723; Settlement IW; Turnover a.m 130 tons: p.m. 5 tons
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    LONDON RUBBER
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    China builds a new jet base
    55 3 TAIPEH. Mon. China has built a new jet air base 200 miles from Formosa and is massing Russian-supplied jets there with Russian auvisers already on hand, a source in Nationalist China's Interior Ministry said last night. The same source said China recentrv acquired 60
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    HUNT FOR CHEATS SCARED THE BOGUS AT VICTIMS
    231 4 They did NOT turn up for aid Social Wei. fare Department's campaign against cheats has produced a surprise result —many people who I were not in immediate I danger of detection have returned to the narrow I path of honesty. The campaign
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    Tamil paper
    15 4 Tamil Mani. a Singapore weekly newspaper, will make its debut on June 6.
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    500 LAUGHING CHILDREN SPEND DAY AT RAFFLES LIGHTHOUSE
    294 4  -  Colony's loneliest man gets surprise By s to nlt ny p30 ut in efl ed he it ad a- FRANCIS WONG TPHE KEEPER of Rattles Lighthouse, Mr. George Childs, has to do without company for months on end, but yesterday rw had
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    Play helps to swell house fund
    93 4 Play helps to swell house fund MORE money was added to I the Melbourne International House fund by proceeds from a play based on the life of Buddha, recently staged in Canberra. The money Ls needed to build a resident ar.d social centre for Asian and Australian students at Melbourne
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    Kallang inquiry may last weeks
    196 4 Crown alone has 50 witnesses THE Kallang crash inquiry, which will open in the Singapore High C mrt before Mr. Justice Knigh on Monday, is expected to last for some weeks. There will be at least 50 Crown witnesses apart from others. The Solicitor-General, Mr
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    Four gaoled for robbing cinema man
    103 4 FO'JR MEN WERE gaoled for two years each to be followed by* two years police supervision —in Singapore yesterday for robbing Mr. L. R. Brown, manager of the New City Theatre. Oeylang Serai on April 20. They were Basrl bin Sasman, Salleh bin Hajl
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    Clerk is put on bond
    69 4 While Stephen Lee was employed as a clerk at the Cathay Hotel. Singapore, he misappropriated $1,149 between April 10 and April 25. the Sixth Police Court was told yesterday. Lee. who pleaded guilty to a charge of breach of trust, promised to make restitution in
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    Decree nisi for wife in Singapore
    87 4 Decree nisi for wife in Singapore A YOUNG woman, Thng Hooi *V Hone was granted a decree nisi with costs by. the Singapore Chief Justice. Sir Ch Murray-Aynsley. yesterday :n her divorce petition against her husband. Tan Hone Boon She was also given custody of her two son.s. Mrs. Tan
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    Not the same association
    72 4 The Association of Eiin Raffles Quay. Singapc: not the Engineering As sociatlon of Malaya whlcl being dissolved. Mr. D. I. Greer. secrete the Association of Engir said yesterday that the ciation, which is sup; mainly by marine enei: has had an unbroken record since 1881. The
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    Liquor under the flowers
    41 4 Hene Ah Geak. 24. was fined 5750, or four months' gaol, yesterday in the Singapore Seventh Police Court for possessing 80 gallons of illicit liauor. The liquor was found buried 'in a flower garden at Braddell Road.
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    Arrested in chase
    59 4 Passers-by chased and arrested a young thief who had snatched away a handbag from a married woman at Jalan Besar on Sunday night. Mr. Desmond McConnell. A.S.P prosecuting, said in the Singapore Sixth Police Court yesterday. Wee Wai Seng, who pleaded guilty to stealing the bag. which
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    Rehearsal
    23 4 The Singapore Chamber Ensemble choral rehearsal of "Missa Brevis" will be held at the Victoria Memorial Hall at 5 30 p.m today
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    TEMPLER TAKES OVER HIS RHINE POST ON DEC. 1
    136 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. GENERAL Sir Gerald Templer will take up his new appointment as Commander of the British Army in the Rhine in Germany on Dec. 1. When he leaves Singapore on June 2, he. Lady Templer and Miss Jane Templer
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    Jet planes 'bomb' Singapore
    190 4 riINGAPORE was "bombed" by O four waves of "enemy" jet planes yesterday. Several people were injured and many lost their homes. Four were •rapped beneath debris and buildings. But It was only a i lemonstration The Singapore Civil Defence •<>ros was holding an exercise t Its
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      116 4 Today's Radio SINGAPORE 7.15 a.m. Time Signal Ing Announcement. 7 16 Star; 7.30 News; 7.3."> Ml ture; 8.00-8 30 Mnv Memoriis. 8.57 EngliM i Broadcast; 11.00 Engli.^ Broadcast; 1.00 p.m Pi Smr.mary; 1 ni Bil!> M Orchestra; 1 30 Time Signal News; 1.45 Rhythm O English Schools Bin,i Time Signal
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    Ex-colony gas engineer dies at 64
    98 5 Ex-colony gas engineer dies at 64 MR. F. BEDFORD, a former assistant engineer of th* Singapore Municipal Gas Works died at F.xmouth. England, on May 12 at the age of 64. Mr. Bedford came to Singapore In 1913 as supervising engineer for the firm of Robert Dempster and Sons, to
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    Girl, 11, says: Father set fire to mother's hair HUSBAND IS ACCUSED OF MURDER
    420 5 Girl, 1 1 says: Father set fire to mother's hair HUSBAND IS ACCUSED OF MURDER R\BY Sami h TEL{] K ANSON > Monday. adonfpH i an t I" >ear. old Chinese girl Tam^n Inrl n In^ lan famil y' said in fluent tShlrZfhlu**? l nquiry here toda y that her
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    5 firemen died—but the two Chinese heroes' dependants got nothing
    224 5 5 firemen died— but the two Chinese heroes' dependants got nothing A SINGAPORE newspaper i has been rriticLsed for the "Incredible manner' in which it distributed x charitable fund. The Singapore Fire Brigade Employees' Union yesterday said that it deplored the action of the L'tusan Melayu in giving the proceeds
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    $200 fine
    33 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. Yeo Siak Peng, of Singapore, who was found moving restricteu foodstuffs in the Pengerang area, was fined $200. or months' gaol, in the Sessions Court. Kota Tinggi, yesterday.
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    Rotary lunch
    27 5 Mr. S. H. Peek will be the speaker at tomorrow's luncheon meeting of the Singapore Rotary Club at the Capitol Blue Room at 1 p.m.
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    STAY-IN BOYS SPOILT YOUTH FLAG DAY
    177 5 rE flag day of the Singapore Youth coancil on Saturday >r the World Youth Assembly fund was not successful because of miblic confusion about' thr Chinese school children's derronstratio-i against the national service call-up. '^VrTold^fpr^s v^ F,l^ -Some oewte Sem to hmfxincr up thl
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    CORONER CLEARS DIVORCEE
    148 5 CORONER CLEARS DIVORCEE Killed man in her own defence KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. A VERDICT ot "Justiflx able homicide" was returned today by the Coroner. Inche Abdul Rani, at the inquest on a military contractor, Mohamed Gul, who died from wounds inflicted by Ramlah binte Omar a pretty 24 year old
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    600 prayed for peace
    78 5 IPOH. Mon.— More than 600 children packed thr Roman Catholic Church of St. Michael yesterday at a High Mass to >ay special prayers for world seace as part of a world -wide service decreed by tho Pope. In the evening, the children vere Joined by many
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    On a new wave
    31 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon rrom Saturday the medium vave transmitter of Radio Malaya. Kuala Lumpur, will be ihanged to »10 KC/S 330 netres. and 740 KC'S 405 netres.
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    20 MORE FIREMEN FOR COLONY There are more fires, too
    150 5 20 MORE FIREMEN FOR COLONY There are more fires, too SINGAPORE has fewer firemen than any other city of comparable size. Mr. J. G. Shaw, the city's fire chief, toid a City Council committee. The number of fire calls had i increased greatly over last year, he said. The committee
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    News photos go on display here
    98 5 News photos go on display here SINGAPORE camera fans will be able to see a collection of news photographs next week. The exhibition which begins on Monday at the YMCA in Orchard Road consists of 178 of the most memorable photographs that have appeared in Life magazine in the last
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    Church theft
    15 5 iPOH, Mon A thief stole a table fan in the Wesley Church yesterday.
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    SIR DONALD'S A.D.C.
    54 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Hon. Richard Beaumont, second son of Lord Allendale. K. G., is to be aide-de-camp to Sir Donald MacGillivray when he becomes Hich Commissioner next month. Mr Beaumont, 27, has already arrived in Kuala Lumpur. He was appointed by Sir Donald when he was
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    69 6 10 WorHi %lt (minimum) IN KHUAN NEO. 83 years old. I eUmt wile of the late Mr. Oan Hor passed away peacefully t r. 23.5.54 at 23 Amber Road leaving 1 sons. Qan Klat Thor, Kiat Puat Dd Klat Ann, 2 daughters-in-law. 2 daughters, Gan Eng Neo and Hong
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    62 6 29 Words $U (minimum) MR. AND MRS. ROBIN S KRAAL wHI to thank all relatives and lends who sent valuable presents ..r.d rendered assistance on the f~asion of their marriage on 22nd 954. THE FAMILY of the late BE Nicholas thank all reli.tives and 1: lends and business associates
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    176 6 JO Wordt tU (minimum) FOLLOW PEDANT Every day In the 'Malay Mail' If you want to win that $5,000 word puzzlf. REFRIGERATION or Alr-Condl-•roninc Troubles? Rtne Bill about it. At *****. ARRIVED AT MADELINES A .sigrunent of our popular California Cottons priced from *39 50 LPORI AHTS THEArRB presents
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    The Straits Times. Singapore, Tups. May 25, 1954. The Crucial Stage
    602 6 The Straits Times. Singapore, Tups. May 25, 1954. The Crucial Stage The Geneva conference probably has reached a crucial stage. After eight abortive, meetings on Indo-China. the political and the military aspects have been separated, and attention concentrated on reach- I I ing agreement on a truce. The test will
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    Life In Prison
    520 6 I The small increase in the 1 prison population of Singapore revealed in the annual report of the Commissioner of Prisons is I not important. It corresponds to i figures yinv in the Police report which show more arrests but on I the whole less crime. In
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    Rubber Publicity
    193 6 The Natural Rubber Bureau in Washington does- much good I work for Malaya's primary industry, but there is point to the criticism that little purpose is served by extensive advertis- j ing in the large circulation of i American magazines and news- papers. Unless, of course, it is
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    World search for peace: Today and 25 years ago
    1800 6  -  Vernon Bartlett By GENEVA. QOMEWHERE among •3 the odds and ends I'm too sentimental to destroy I have an unusual photograph of myself. it shows me inside an ordinary telephone booth with a diamond shaped window cut in its side. The
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      The ill effects of low-grade petrol
      199 6 IMPORT restrictions on vehicles from the European continent have been lifted. Now, we can get the best vehicles that money can buy. But fine engines need the 1 best fuels. At present, cars, trucks and motorcycles struggle along our roads on lowgrade petrol leaving
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      'Use tact in dealing with youths'
      175 6 'Use tact in dealing with youths' I AGREE with Mrs. R. A Smith when she stressed tne importance of tact and understanding when dealing with youths in post-war Malaya Had these been displayed much unpleasantness might have been avoided. The behaviour of the young students when they barri<viried themselves in
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      Whatnpoa up to the present
      87 6 k GOVERNMENT regional school has been named the Whampoe English School in Towner Road. The late Mr. Hoo Ah Kay, the first Chinese appointed to the Legislative Council in 1869, then to the Executive Council, was nicknamed Whampoa. after his birthplace opposite Canton, and had
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      University will help Malayans
      191 6 MALAYA loaders, by agreeing to give Federal citizenship to the Chinese, are not committing a foolish act or being fooled because the Chinese are really loyal to Malaya. The es'ablishmenC of Nanyang Univ?rsity is the proof. Being loyal to Malaya, they will be Malayans. Why should
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    The bigaimof the Party Negara: A United States of Malaya
    1065 7 The big aimof the Party Negara: A United States of Malaya 4 ommunism means slavery-salvation lies with democracy* NA TIONALISTS STA TE 'FAIR SHARES FOR ALL' PLAN KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. IS a Communist satel- lite. Malaya would be doomed to perpetual serfdom," declares the Party N'egara in a policy statement,
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    FILM CHIEF BACK WITH TROPHIES
    106 7 MR. TOM IIOIMiK Director of the Malayan Film I nit. returned to Singapore yesterday from the first Asian Film Festival with two bronze trophies. Rtataja was awarded these for I»M photography and best planning in the non-thea-trical division. The trophies, each weighing 401b5.. were considered
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    INSULT THE POLICE?
    117 7 INSULT THE POLICE? ram TOO respectable for that, he says KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. a R. PERUMAL. who said he was a joint secretary of the Whitley Council and too respectable a man to insult a police officer, was fined $25 on charges of riding a bicycle without lights and insulting
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    SINGAPORE WHO OVER-INSURE THEN WERE IS A BOOM
    49 7 "t ,;:ov gene- U procedures to en- llcy holders t.o revive 1 policies." he added Mr. Geddes said life assur- Malaya wa* encouraged the taxation ordinance illowt a deduction for liuma up to $4,000 or oneol taxable income, which v .ess.
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    'Master mind' in bicycle thefts
    189 7 HE USES SEVERAL GANGS: POLICE PENANG. Monday. DENANG police are looking for a "master mind" 1 believed to be directing the present series of bicycle thefts. "We think this leader empinv.s several gangs," a police spokesman told the Straits Times today. Since the beginning ot
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    Star with a problem in Singapore
    100 7 Star with a problem in Singapore A 24-YEAR-OLD Indonesian film actress flew into Singapore yesterday from Jakarta with a bie problem men. She is Miss Netty Herwati (above), acclaimed "Queen of the Silver Screen" in Indonesia by film critics, and magazines. She said: "Men: They worry me when tin look
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    SIX JOBS GOING AT THE AQUARIUM
    204 7 r RUN' the Singapore Van Kleef Aquarium, due to be opened in September or October, the City Council needs four men and two women. A charge, to be fixed later. will be made for admission and the two women will scry ticket sellers in
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    Airfield talk
    39 7 member of the Singapore P.W.D.. Mr. T. Bryan, is to give a talk on airfield construction at a meeting of the Singapore branch of the Royal Aeronautical Society In the Shell theatrette. Collyer Quay, at 8.30 tonight.
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    15 NEW STAMPS FOR SINGAPORE
    327 7 NEW pictorial stamps in 15 denominations have been designed for Singapore, the Director of Posts, Mr. M.L. iMirr.mt. announced yesterday. They will have to be approved by the Queen before the issue is made. The designs have already been passed by the Governor, Sir John
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    Car on fire
    28 7 A saloon car caught fire v hile under repair In a motor garage at the Junction of Queen Street and Rochore Road. Sinpapore, last night.
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    The chewing gum man
    50 7 Mr Byron E. Wriclev Jnr vice-president of the William Wrigley Jnr. Company, manufacturers of chewing gum. arrived in Singapore yesterday by air from Britain for a three-day visit. Mr Wriglev is here to meet and talk with Ihe people in me Colony who sell chewinc cum
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    Problem: How much for a minister?
    196 7 Problem: How much for a minister? DEFORE deciding the a salaries of ministers in the new Singapore Legislative Assembly, the Colony Government is getting information about salaries and allowances in other Commonwealth parliaments, the Under Secretary, Mr. J. D. Higham, told the Straits Tirne^ yesterday. He said the Government was
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      166 7 The weather MIMMLM TKMPERATIRE: 1 7.30 p.m. on May 123 to 730 a.m. on May 24): Singapore 77 degrees PenanK 76. Kola Bahru 75, Kuala Lumpur 75, Ipoh 76, Kuantan 72 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE: (7 30 a.m. to 730 p.m. on May 24) Mng»pon 86. Penang 85, Kota Bahru (not received).
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    WHAT A LIFE!
    760 8 tty Vhriftiinv MONDAY IT IS Janes birthday this week. For two months we have been busy making her an outsize doll's house big enough to play in. The actual building has been done at Bill's house so that it will be a complete surprise. The project was
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    TOPICAL TOPPING IS A BISHOP SLEEVED BLOUSE
    199 8  -  Frances Dale Fashions back home By RUSTLE of spring in the salons has evoked Victorian wraiths... Miss Spring '541s as modest as maybe with even her briefest of playpants turning demure and discreet. The topical topping is bishop sleeved blouse, deepcufTed. and with
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    You want o learn to ride? Then listen to Cynthia
    399 8  -  Maxine Rakich By CHOW jumping is Cynthia Palmer's main interest and riding is one of her Favourite hobbies. She is one of the very few young girls in Singapore who are realk interested in the art of riding. Cynthia has
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      108 8 It must be the best I for baby \\^j Made specially for baby, Johnson's Lzby Powdor ,j the softest, finest In the world. It p re Irritation, soothes and ■"'-> 4 comforts tender skin. U:e It regularly, at batht ond for nappy-Q- in* po««« y *uoum JXvnr>o» BABYatAM )fJ™*™ BABY
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      363 8 30. Is put In a direoUon for the The Straits Times Crossword 31 Tan^K^^t-or (Dryden> iB>. DOW I 7 4 §sg 5 a HI 1. Gathers together holy readings? s^<3 SSSSJ m JSPS Tv^ \aja TR^ y <8 iit^iiill'ilslli^ii 2 Thelr contents should be In no S3S ISS §i £H
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    TIMES special FEATURE Multi-murderer defied police for over a year
    1495 9 TIMES special FEATURE Multi-murderer defied police for over a year ijjhi of November 6, 1905, four detectives hurled themselves locked door of a small room in a squalid San Francisco L A* tlu s:ime inStant fr m inside the room cam e the sound of jkots in quick succession. The
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      77 9 Shfriovk Huintvs At Th<*r Krhlyv have CAT'S EV£& I CLOCK 19 f [F-t^Wi^^Sf A <Z>>*^- W&l Hivii Trarfg yrtwt pain! 3MBB9HHIH r but tuat V oonY worry. YwE said UNOe<:? ceptajn [We want id see our uncle I GLDWTWAT NURSE. WE f CWEMCAL CONOTIONS IN MER CANHEAD" SAYS SOARKLE. "WUV
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      329 9 design for success 8 M «rcJi<t«cf Of YOur I SOrry S ,r. > yOurse |f V dout M V botW caiibrt wu d«si«n is m (Thinks) N rh«t youve t%«* losing 1 <*«f-Welpit terribly <J<s<»ppoi.if,m ft But'htt i your toucti Wely. I c 1 o"rt" ouartt to > r 'l
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    SHARES ARE STILL EAST
    450 10 Lukuts t0 i%il THE Singapore Share Mark,., tendency yettenUj when weekend and prices in nil continued to easo. ,^1L I Two counters brokers yesterday as i I They mri: Lukut.s. whoa tors have advised shar that they rocommond v r> liquidation in view O f inabl
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    74 10 Singapore ChlnrM- Preduw change: noon prices |*-i Copra: steady: Jur.< i $32 a sellers; July I sellers. Coconut nil quiet; 163 business reixincri changed, olack doun JJ I white $252 j pong black Uvfa a>«l Pi .1 Coconut oil: qulei l^»is and Teal -I" June: lla m $U'
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      753 10 NATURALISATION I NEW TELEPHONE NUMBERS Lye Cheng or a sie»ens nouu, v i,,.,.,- ttnaA timh i.. Singapore's applying to the Cover- at 49 La™™'™ Road, Ipoh. tenor lor naturalisation, and that any 18 15. perm who knows any reason why niNnTNr»<? transport tm i allsotlon should not be grant- DINDINOS
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      679 10 NOTICES "notice Notice is hereby given that Mr. Kdn? Karr. Yuen is no If"*" em ployed by the undersigned, and l has no authority to Incur any liability or to receive any Payment on behalf of the undersigned. THE STRAITS CENTRAL 31 B'ikit Pasoh Road, Singapore. Dated 25.5.54. "united plantations
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      Indonesians are to take over retail trade THREAT TO DUTCH FIRMS
      498 12 Indonesians are to take over retail trade THREAT TO DUTCH FIRMS THK Indonesian Economic Ministry has thrcaten--1 ed to cut off relations with foreign firms in Indonesia if they do not carry out the Ministry s order that their products must be distributed by Indonesian retail traders. This move has
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      Malaya likes Eau de Cologne
      53 12 ■MR. WALTER LEI'SCHNKR export sales manager of 47H Eau de Cologne, who is on a two-month tour of South-Fast Asia, said in Singapore that Malaya was an important market for Eau de Cologne products. Mr. Leuschner has come to srr his aconts (Iporgr Wrhry and
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      Indian marketing officer appointed
      225 12 Indian marketing officer appointed fPHE Indian Government has started ?in intensive export drive for the sale of handloom textiles in South East Asia and has appointed a handloom cloth marketing officer in Singapore. The officer, Mr. J. A. Stanislaus, will act as a liaison officer between Indian exporters of table
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      Makes survey
      69 12 TIIK VICE-PRESIDENT of the Sinuer Sewini; Machine* Company. Mr. A. K. Aurell who i«> now in Singapore to survey the Malayan market. Mr. Aurell. who arrived in Singapore in a IJantas8.0.A.C. Constellation from Britain on Thursday with his wife, is on a round the world business inspection. He
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      'Government is inept' that Bar-Go
      186 12 'Government is inept' that BarGo- Fis only Governmrrv tude that ha.the price of riro fallL per cent, according to Ba low. chairman of High 'and Lowlands Para R Mr. Barlow, who boiird of several oUv: rubber compuiaes. vl It laya in February. In h: ai statement to sharehokii the Highlands
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      MALAYA TAKES LESS INDIAN TEXTILES
      261 12 But reputed brands sell JEWELS FLOWS 42.000 Imitation pear! necklaces, 60.000 pajrs of ear-rings and other trinkets, besides 80.000 loose pearls for ornamental purposes, were transported by K.L.M. aircraft in 1953. These represented a total weight of 2 tons. The jewellery was flown from Spain
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      BURMA TO SEND LIGHTER TEAK
      247 12 Malaya steps up imports U'UTURE supplies of Burmese teak to Malaya will 1 consist of a greater quantity of lighter coloured varieties. This assurance was Kiven by the four-man Burmese timber delegation which visited Singapore for four days last week. U. Tun Kyaw. secretary to
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      LATEX TALKS
      84 12 The British Rubber Development Board 's holding a conference entitled "Latex Foam in Furniture' at London's Caxton Hall on Thursday Following talks by leading members of the British furniture Industry, there will be demonstrations of upholstering. The alms of the conference are to Add to the information on
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      New U.K. ro sheeting will reduce heat
      21 12 New U.K. ro sheeting will reduce heat DRITISH corrugated I H, *> as roof lighta exclu reduce neat arc to be ii
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      Australia visitor
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      K.L.M. gets more trade
      116 12 DURING the first quarter of the year X.L.M. carried 118.125 passengers, 14 r more than in the corresponding period last year when 103,773 people wore flown. The quantities of freight and mail transported in the first quarter totalled 3,938 lonp tons and 543 long tons respectively,
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      Their rubber earns most
      97 12 OFFICIAL figures show that rubber Is still the most important source of foreign currency for Indonesia. Of [i reign currency amounting to Malayan $405.405. 000 earned riunne the first quarter of Utta year. $155,243,000 came from rubber export*. Total rubber exports during three months amounted to
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      BRITAIN SELLS MORE CLOCKS
      61 12 NEARLY 4.750.000 clocks and 2.500,000 million watches were produced in the U.K. last year and about one-third oi thi.s total, worth over £1 million, was exported. These liuures have been announced by the British Clock and Watch Manufacturers' Association who also indicated that last year, for
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    uruGUAY HELD
    21 13 Mon. Uruguay, lolders of the world soccer chamilonahlp. drew 3-: i with Switzerland n an international match here esterriav.
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    WORLD SWIM MARK
    55 13 LONDOH, Moo Marek Petna*- '..ii^ti Ohmpir swimmer. beat the world record for the ion metrei ortbodoi brat 1 1 .stroke by clorkins lniln 9Jmc. in Wroclaw, Una to Hie Poll- h neu.s :c. I The (ifflt ill record Is lmin. I ■c- by Vlnoimir Minaslikin. Soviet liil-in
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    TAbLe TENNIS TIE.
    51 13 Jadu SporU dubs t:itjle tenuLs team afaliwi w n Day*! lava ;it Park al 1 \> m mmorrn*. >ini;i'-M ii. Horn i <>ii r i nek i .in CtXM Ann. Tw Sin Kong. On« (.'luioii Ilu.im Dcmlilrs: V and I/ih Tuck Nam. Tfo .^n. md Oni C'twHin
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    KENROSEWALL BEATEN, HOAD LOSES TOO
    235 13 KENROSEWALL BEATEN, HOAD LOSES TOO PARIS, Men. SV i:\ DAVIDSON. Sweden, defeated Ken Rosewall, Ans tralia, today (i 6, i •'<. 6 "I. in the fourth l( "iii(l of the Turn's singles in the French international tennis championships. Rose wall w;is the defending champion. Rosewall'a defeat was the second upset
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    ENGLAND'S WORST SOCCER DEFEAT
    157 13 BUDAPEST. Monday. IjiNGLAND suffered her heaviest defeat in InterJ national football yesterday when beaten 7-1 by Hungary, the Olympic champions, at the Peoples Stadium. it waa a repetiUoj 5-3 Wembley debacle, with outpaced out- uvred and thoroughly bewil I the brilliant Hun- attacks t falnl hopes
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    QUIT' SAYS THE HERALD
    141 13 I OMDOM, Mob. DRTTISH iportl WrlUrt declared todaj tbat En^laiul have suffered blow to tlieir intern..' football pieMlge from K'hlcta may never recover. All ind'i cbancei in tiie w Cn\) tonrnameol are \i:lually nil. The Dally Herali that md withdraw from Inti tional competition until they
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    'Gallant' say Hungarians
    58 13 BUDAPEST. Mon. paid tribute i to the fighting qualities Of the E>t(Jli*h team and I them for the nay against •V yesterday. i son, Wright ay.d yroadis were picked nut as id's three best planers. hn! ffoalck had no chance With the shot* that her- Irr.i no
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    Penang confident of M.C.F.A. Cup win
    271 13 Penang confident of M.C.F.A. Cup win oil KEE TIANG. PENANO, Men DENANG Chinese Foot- ball Association making every effort to will hack the M.C.I Cud ;lllfi this ls na top priority In their programme for the last'" Saturdays ffet«n **t Chinese once m«re mt<> ih. of UM M.( I V
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    SHOOT RESULTS
    46 13 Results of thi Singapore Riflr A.s■poon sinxit tit Bukit lun.ih orer I lir- wcekrud were: S. R. ib' Gun .(ore I) S Biker 87, Handicap Capt k Mmjooi !»9 6: SH. i..i Clvii M'orc HS M Nockles iB Handicap E. E. A. Newberry 101.13.
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    Rangers protest over SIA replay
    506 13 By NO YOOK ITOON. KUALA I.IMPIK. Monday. OELANGOB Rangers have protested to the F.A.S. against their decision in upholding the Selangor Indian Association's appeal against awarding full points to Kangrrs in their abandoned match on April 15. I- Their lirst division leagW uame WU called
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    Cohen agrees to title fight in Bangkok
    126 13 BAM.KOK Mon. MINAGBB of French bantamweight hover Kohert Cohen has agreed to the proposal that («> hen in i- i- t Thailand's ha in rm ii siin-kitr.it for world championship tight in Bangkok, according to unconfirmed reports here. One newspaper reported that Cohen
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    U.S. CAGERS TO PLAY IN STORE
    59 13 A combined United States col- I len<*^ basketball team will arrive in I pore during the second ween <il July and will play four matches Malayan teams. Proceeds' from one of the Singapore mati will be donated to the funds for the World Assembly
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    QUICK KNOCKOUT
    40 13 SYDNEY Mon AucuMin Acntn tormtr Spanish middleweight boxing i liampion. was knocked out by American Nesro Marshall ri.tyton In one minute 40 seconds after the Mart of the second round of their 12 round bout here tonliht Reuter.
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    ROVERS HAD BEST OF PLAY
    514 14 BUT LOSE I Wilkie star man in REME win K.E.M.E 1; Rovers 0. A SOLITARY 38th minute goal scored by inside-right Russell enabled the vastly-improved Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers to score an upset victory over last year's runners-up. Rovers Sports Club, in a thrilling
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    But Rangers were too good for Rovers A
    330 14 TMONG Bahru Rangers thorough- ly outplayed Rovers "A" In their SAFA Div. 2 leagut match at ier Rnad yesterday and a 5-1 margin was only half of what Rangers should have been capable of. Hangers threw away numerous chances in front of
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    TWO ERRORS COST CLUB A POINT
    431 14 t»u dutaam errors, o> pno 1 Van WaNii:.: -wrepc: Moon ta the latter part o! the second half, cost Singapore Cricket I Club a point In their SAFA Di\ I gam asalnal Hatkovjm s.c. beioria bit: pauang crowd \eslerday. The score was 3-3. 1
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    LEAGUE FOR J.B.
    28 14 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. The Johorr Bahru psjll kl Froth.. 11 on ban decided to run leaeue competition thi> The competition will begin on July I.
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    WONG AND PIRUZ IN EXHIBITION
    159 14 TT lah Pirur.. and Lim Koon Yam. the badminton stars whose recent reconciliation tcith. the Badminton Association of Malaya MM brought about chiefly through the efforts of Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald the Commissioner-General for South East Asia, uill feature tn a badminton match in Singapore
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    BUSINESS XI v CHINESE
    87 14 The Singapore Business Houses Football Assori'Mon XI to play against Singapore Chine.se la ier natcn al Jalan Besar on Friday, M.v JB. will be; Skinner (Shell): Ha.s&an Hongkong 3anki. Johan (Hongkong Bank i. Kok Tone (Btanvac), Vass i Captain. Hor.gkoiiK Bank), IVnidson iSime Darby i Mat
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    LATEST SAFA POSITIONS
    746 14 LeiidiilKKo.il Hem ill S A FA. leaKiu- ,imi rapnm Rahim Omar iS Socc-rites) Pnnj Slang Hock (Tigers) io" Awang Bmst (Polict) !>: Ibrahim Mansoor Marine i 9. Vahab Aou (Marine) 8; Boon Kok Peox ,CA> 7: Krishna ,iHt noon Scons iThmj chi., Boon i .Rovers, 6. Sahar
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    ENGINEERS WILL TEST TIGERS
    293 14 I'FWO upsets marked the resumption of full-scale senior division soccer at Jalan Besar >t.i<lium alter the recent three-week lull. On Friday ELM Dockyard who had been lyini> at the bottom at the league table tmm the start surprised even their supporters when they held formidable Star
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    DOWN BY 1-2
    38 14 Younc C'omp I Junior A A 4—2 in the 3A came at F a*id N gri day Hock Cheng. Tfca Ba Tony and Chua Went for Young Compa: ;.d Kun.iuraj:-. Junior A A illlnwood refereed.
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    Shirai keeps tin with unanimal but close verd
    20 14 Shirai keeps tin with unanimal but close verd defended his title rsr S .innin BJI hard-f«u R h, f r
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    Orient body for boxing is planned
    75 14 |>LANS to form i. I Federation were i n day by boxin and the Philip Ifunehkh ran ib< Boxing Comml loi had signed an .i^ip. which Japan will c. Tiental steps for Fed<Tation TtM first meeting will b. Tokyo. Il is anticip will enter
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    Malayan is H.K, champ.
    73 14 HONG KO.\(. Sv i.im ci Malay* frst oversc. me: open badminton champioi. he beat Bill Funk ol H 15— 5. 15—5. Funk, who piayed in- I minton of the season, howc 1 1 I not match the accuracy and In,; power of the M lrom fetlangor.
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    RANGERS WIN
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