The Straits Times, 26 June 1954

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    13 1 The Straits Times I'Md. 1845. 15 CENTS. BINGATOBK, SATTRDAY, JINE 26, 1954 He****
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    PEACE RACE SPEEDS UP
    26 1 tret cracking': M. France I'm here to try to make sure that there are no misunderstandings, says cheerful Churchill THE HOST (;rrsT
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    -After Chou gives a pledge
    112 1 :IS. Fri. Premier c MriuU'v l.r quickenpace in his h\ calling 1 Tiimont and leaden for i nsuKatieits. 5 France has no before hia I time limit I ment in IndoI I I I talks -a I r m-Ch with Mr I Jhlnese THEN TALKS
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    Malaya: Question; in the Lords
    69 1 1 ONDON, Fri Lord Oq:: mer Laboui illowing qw of Lords next week: Govern- men( whi tlur they will reg [igh Commissioner of the IFederation of Malaya to arln the near future between the High Commissioner, their Highnessie Rulers and th^ leaders Of th -CA
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    China trade talks
    19 1 NEW DELHI. Fri. TranV tilks between India and the Chinese Peoples Republic began here today. Renter.
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    SKYWAY ROBBERY
    62 1 I Three men t of a Union of pistol point on a bearh iay and i tolo bo il C 22 n nt oil Ices. The plane wn.s later allowed to take off from tlr* boarh and coniinue its scheduled flicht. Bassrin. a town on onr nf the
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    WEST MEETS WEST: 'to talk family matters'
    463 1 WASHINGTON, Fri. 'JIR Winston Churchill and Mr. Anthony Eden landed here this morning and in a few hours were in conference with President Eisenhower and Mr. John Foster Dulles. Tho British Premier and Foreign Minister had crossed the Atlantic in 18 hours aboard
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    EAST MEETS EAST: 2 speak for 960 million
    373 1 Chou sees Nehru twice on first day of Delhi visit NEW DELHI, Fri. THE Primo Ministers of India and China, Pandit Nehru and Mr. Chou En Lai. had two separate meetings here today. It v.is the first day of the Chlneae Prime
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    Eight pretty misses in pale blue swimsuits
    204 1 SEATS for the grand finals of the Miss Malaya quest at the Capitol on Tuesday at which at least eißht of thr most beautiful competitors will parade in identical pale-blue swimsuits— were booked out last Wednesday. There are still some seats for the
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    No more talks
    34 1 PARIS. Fri —Belgium. Holland and Luxembourg have agreed to Inform the French Government that they do not want negotiations on the European Army Treaty to be reopened. Reuter TL'F THE HOST
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    Money, not fuss, is his choice
    153 1 Money, not fuss, is his choice VAN KLEEFS KIN A RELATIVE of the late Mr. Van Kleef, who left money with which the Singapore City Council is building an aquarium, has been traced in Holland. But the next-of-kin is a poor man and would welcome a Rift from the City
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    £10 a year —beer, too!
    59 1 £10 a year beer, too! LONDON Fri London's city fathers yesterday elected four men to drink beer and to be paid 110 a year for the privilege The men have been chosen to fill the office of "Ale Conner." or beer taster, a city sinecure going back to the days
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    50 THE CURRY WAS RED HOT...
    96 1 NEW DELHI. Fri. /CONFUSION over whether or vv not Mr. ChOU V,u Chinese Prime Minister. Is a irlan ended happily today with th*- preparation red h"t Indian curry for his lunch at Government House. Menu arrangements were up-| >< t when a radio inquiry
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    Boy jockey was 'dangerous'
    48 1 LONDON. Fri— Lester PicROtt, 18, British boy iockev who had his licence withdrawn during the Royal A.scot race meeting last week, had ridden in "a dangerous manner." This was announced in yesterday's Lssue of the Racine Calender, official journal of the Jockey Cluo. Reuter.
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    50 arrested
    31 1 KAMPALA. Fri. Fifty Mau Mau terrorists from neighbouring Kenya have been arrested In Uganda in the past two months, bringing the total held to in, police said today.— Reuter.
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    'Must behave'
    29 1 LONDON. Fri. Communist China is willing to consider commuting sentences <>f imprisoned Americans If they behave properly in Kan!, aeeordinß to the new China news agency. -Reuter.
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    Rhee show-off
    35 1 SEOUL, Fri. Almost a mil- 1 lion Smith Korean soldiers and civilians paraded here today In a show of strength markliik the fourth anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean war.— A P.
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    Lord Denman dies
    38 1 HOVE Fri Lord Denrr.an Deputy Speaker of the H of Lords and a former < ernor General of Aa'.t; died at his home here last nicht He was 79. Lady Denman died on June 2.— Reuter.
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    HUSH ORDER MADE SOPIEE QUIT THE PARTY
    532 1 HUSH ORDER MADE SOPIEE QUIT THE PARTY On eve of polls debate he was told: Resign from Council KIALA LI MPI X, Friday. INCHE MOHAMED SOPIEE and Mr. Ycap (himns Kong resigned from the Labour Parfy of ."Malaya because they refused to obey an order of the party executive to
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    Battle 'rages' for key town
    47 1 Battle 'rages' for key town TEGUCIGALPA. Honduras. Fri. DEBEL ;md government spokesmen s; »id heavy fighting "raged" 65 mile's fast of Guatemala City at the road junction town of Chiquimula. The statements made it aPicar the Drst real battle of th« even-day Guatemalan revolt s In progress.
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    STOP PRESS
    130 1 NEW in rxi < HIN* mom r.* in it 1 1 hr vr| up i., Talk; In--ed <in UM i!mn Out I Guatemalan Radio broadea. t a communique .saying government forces were mopping up remnants of the anti-Com-muiua invading army around Chiqulmula but admitted that lal rains and
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    240 YEARS TO PAY UP
    56 1 It would take Tar. HOOf Nam. former proprietor of a biscuit factory, over 240 years to pay off his debt In thr Singapore lii'^h Court yesterday. Tan. who owed his creditors $l-».:wi. was ordered <\ Sir Charles Murray-Aynsley. to pay flvr dollars a month. now
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    Crash investigators told of doctor's check on crew fatigue
    848 2 Crash investigators told of doctor's check on crew fatigue 'GREAT NUMBERS OF LOCAL FAUNA' RULE OUT DARWIN AS REST PLACE SI TIO N S of a confidential report prepared by British Overseas Airways Corporation doctors will be made available to Singapore's Solicitor General. Mr. C. H. Butterfield, Q. C. The
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    A GERANIUM ON THE CRANIUM —IT'S A LONDON HAT
    37 2 IT LOOKS LIKE a garden, but it's really a hat green velvet decorated with geraniums It was shown by milliner Richard Busvine in a London display. Popper picture.
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    INQUIRY SEEKS A NEW HOME
    101 2 ANEW HOM2 is being sought for the crash inauiry. ,Mr. Justice Knight, the presi-t dent, announced yesterday i that the Appeals Court. where the inquiry is being held, would be required by the Chief Justice from July 5. "I see little hope of the in-
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    HE WOULDN'T LET THE MATTER REST...
    74 2 HE WOULDN'T LET THE MATTER REST... TORONTO. Fri. Charles Mortimer, aged 21, of Toronto, went to the police in Vancouver and said that he had tried to rob a laundry tn Toronto last August. The Toronto police did not consider the incident serious enough to pay for bringing him back
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    ROW OVER WHAT A GENERAL SAID ENDS
    188 2 ROW OVER WHAT A GENERAL SAID ENDS From MAKSEY STANLEY CANBERRA. Fri. GENERAL K. M. CARIAPPA, the Indian High Commissioner in Australia, saw Sir Philip Mcßride, the acting Foreign Minister, at Canberra today and gave a "mutually satisfactory" explanation of an alleged attack on the White Australia policy. Reports, which
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    THE BANDIT SAID: UNDRESS
    88 2 THE BANDIT SAID: UNDRESS FREMONT, North C Una. Fri. A lone bandii forcod two women tellers at, pistol point to Lakr oil their drosses and two men tc shed tl trousers whilo he rob a bank of U.S. $18,000 here yesterday. A bank spokesman Mid bandit ordered Mrs Sarr<h Wiggs
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    Atom fish scare Filipinos
    12 2 Atom fish scare Filipinos w 'DOWEATS )b M m m 1 i
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    Going home
    24 2 The president of the Rat kri-shna Mission lr Singaporr Swan.! Nishkama'-ianda. |j turning to indir.. He will be succeeded by Cwami Vitasokananda.
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    AT 15 BOY STONED FRIEND, 9, TO DEATH
    25 2 AT 15 BOY STONED FRIEND, 9, TO DEATH SHREWSBURY A 15-YEAP-OLD K an e lead year-old member of his to prison for five years yes!
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    £35 mil. school vote asked
    44 2 LONDON, Fri. The London County Council will cr asked next Tuesday to approve expenditure in the current financial year of £35.864.665 foi education. Thir- will include the purchase of sites for another 6 primary and 30 secondary schools. Reuter.
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    Ban on paper lifted
    7 2 Ban on paper lifted KAMPAI M I
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    'MUNICH IN THE FAR EAST' CRY
    102 3 Indo-thina is lost, he says P«r Kas, Munich."'' are l e|>ar i "> l *r™ dXL?T Cal and lj In that [hT^V 1 almust VH'tnam 1 f-f.i b a lance of plum" U fall llke a ripe 4Es e^ ad xr rationon: He .said
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    'KISS OF DEATH': 4 YEARS
    57 3 (KYO. Fri. court to<ia ild JaD- I fOUI her lover last ith a "idsj of iik(i Kamata Yukio Takaase he had 1 1 ds her. h other woed to marry Ri-: that to kill Takaya- ■»>-- ium cyanide C held it In her n the
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    Riot in prison suppressed
    36 3 Riot in prison suppressed Illinois, Fri. i»r.:\ •r.viets Acre confinement hor in:i here during B riot in killed. >- held in solitary con- ire described as thr iers durins thi ;..icp a huh guards if tear i-AP
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    Red tractors
    18 3 DELHI Fri. Thref will form the firs! H of Russian uond- dia uno>r t) H -ir-nt.
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    Hard to smile —£1,000
    51 3 LONDON. Fn. A court ruled yesterday that a woman's ability to enjoy a kiss and smile was worth £l.ono Mrs Lily Green said that cai accident injuries made it hard for her to smile, and pressure on her lips was so painful she could not kiss.—
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    He'll write book on Tensing
    66 3 KATMANDHU, Fri— Sherpa Tensing Norkay, eonquerer with Sir Edmund Hillary of Everest, is to be the Mib'ect of a biographical study i > v Mr. James Ramsay Ullmann. American author of mountaineering books. Mr. Ullmann left here to- i day on a 15-day trek to
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    Taipeh talks
    28 3 TAIPEH. Fri. President Chiang Kai Shek summoned a summoned a top-level OOnftr- today to put final touches iiropramme streamlining naltet Chin".< defence or- j atton Renter.
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    Sailor attacked girl, gaoled
    11 3 Sailor attacked girl, gaoled I- wounded a ->ubmamaklng to Bristol. Reuter.
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    THE DUKE'S CAR AFTER SMASH
    61 3 I.IK Hum ot Kents station wa|(on (TOP) is towed away after being in a crash with another cur on the LondonPenzance road at Sunninedale, 25 mile* from London. The Duke is in hospital with head injuries, but is recovering. The other driver, Mr. i: J.
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    CLUE TO LOOTED MANILA GEMS
    284 3 Only two know hiding place MANILA, Friday. A TREASURE in jewellery and silver coins, buried by the Japanese during the wartime occupation of Manila, is hidden somewhere on the outskirts of that city, the Daily Mirror reported today. 1 The newspaper said only a physician
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    LONDON TIN
    25 3 LONDON. June 25.— Cash Buyers £736; Sellers €737; Forward Buyers C 734; Sellers C 735; Settlement £737. Turnover am 30 tons: pm. nil
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    LONDON RUBBER
    35 3 LONDON. June 25— Spot 19\d Aug 19\d. Sept 19, d., Oct.-Dec li .d Jan-Mar 20d Apr-June 20 .d.. July c.l.f. 19'jd.. Aug. c.i.f. 19 9 16d.. Sept. cl.f. 19 -d Tone: Very steady.
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    SALUTE TO A KINGIN BRONZE
    200 3 LONDON. Fri. A BRONZE memorial statue of the late Kins is to be erected in London by the King Oeorue VI Nation/il Memorial Fund, it was announced here. The fund, which raised V: 1.665.000 in subscriptions from many parts of the world, was opened on
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    Anzus Council to meet in U.S.
    56 3 LONDON. Fri— Mr. Richard Casey. Australia's External Affairs Minister, who is leaving for Washington tonight. said today a meeting of the *NZUS Council would probably be held while he was in the U.S. capital. The council is the executive body of the Australia. New
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    Truman feels 'a bit rough'
    46 3 KANSAS CITY. Fri. Formrr President Harry Truman, who had an emergency operation on Sunday for removal of his gall bladder and appendix, was reported to be "feeling a little rough" yesterday but his doctors said his general condition was satisfactory.— Rev-
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    Name cleared
    37 3 LONDON. Frt. Arthur Waters. 64-year-old estate agent, was yesterday found not guilty of demanding about £4.000 from the British War Damage Commission by means of forged documents after a sevenday trial at the Old Bailey.Reuter.
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    WORST FLOOD SINCE 1934 HITS ASSAM
    144 3 CALCUTTA. Fri r-iHE worst floods since 1934 1 are now threatenine the i.Kaon district in Assam, LCtordlmi to official reports reaching here. Heavy rains have flooded three rivers. the Dibang. Subanslni and the Brahmaputra, which has risen 20 feet above flood level and started
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    PIRATES RAID 2 ISLANDS OFF BORNEO COAST
    63 3 JESSELTON. Fri. Pirates have attacked two villages on tiny islands oft the Borneo First village raided was Kamponn Melalin, on the island of Jambonßan. on June 21. There were no casualties. Second village raided was Balambangan. Two people were killed by the pirates
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    LONDON STOCKS
    262 3 LONDON, m. A LTHOUGH there was a tendency to await fur'her International political devaiopmenu before extending commitments stockmarkeu today on the whole made a satisfactory -nowlng and only a small amount of *eek-end selling was noticeable Closing middle prices of selected ■>torka. not Including stamp duty. *ere: Consols
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    Union elects new officials
    52 4 Officials of Singapore Survey Department Technical Employees' Union for 1954-1955 are:— President. Mr. M. John: vice-president. Inche Aman i bin Puteh; secretary. Nr R Joseph: treasurer. Inche Sveri Alwi bin Hassan: committee: Messrs R Ramalingam. N. N j Nair. A. D Davamani. A S Nathan and
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    Bicycle thefts
    16 4 PENANG, Frl. Three more bicycles were stolen in Penang yesterday One has been recovered.
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    Malacca bandit boss one of 4 to die in Johore
    313 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. FOUR more terrorists, including Tan Boon Tian, 29, alias Kwok Man Tin, state committee member for Malacca, have been killed in Johore. A patrol of the Ist Queen's got him and another 1 bandit. Lai Chuan, in
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    Receiving order against firm
    47 4 A receiving order was made against Sherwood and Company in the Singapore Hinh Court yesterday on a banknptcj petition filed by a I judgment creditor Harper Gilt Ulan and Co.. Ltd. Sherwood and Company owe Slthe creditor $8,167.15 on a I judgment debt.
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    5 INJURED IN ROAD CRASHES
    123 4 Two knocked out IPOH, Frl. A SIKH motor-cyclist, his pillion passenger and an elderly milk vendor were admitted to the Ipoh hospital with serious injuries as a result of an accident which occurred yesterday in Maxwell Road. The motor-cyclist. Gurbak, Singh. 30, was carrying D
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    Jobs wanted for 400
    45 4 PENANG. Frl. Seventy-flve women are among 400 lob.>eekers who have registered this month at the Penang Employment exchange. Out of 365 TOO registered last month. 40 men and 21 women were offered jobs. The majority of women applicants were domestic workers.
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    They will deal with detainees
    92 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Fri A new Committee of Review for dealing with appeals from detainees being held under the Emergency Regulation has been appointed The members are: The president. Sessions Court. 'Chairman': Hail Ariffin bin Haii Alias: Haii Abubakar bin Ahmad. Mr Yap Kirn Hock; Mr.
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    Thieves have a smashing party
    51 4 PENANO. Frl. Smash-and-grab thieves last night raided the Penang Street office of John Little's and escaped with one dozen bottles of brandy valued at Sl5O. They broke open a window pane on the first floor to enter the building, and helped themselves only to the
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    $24,500 absence —now he must pay
    274 4 SET-ASIDE-AW A/W all) FAILS KUALA LUMPUR. Friday. i SINGAPORE contractor pleaded in the High Court here today that pressure of work had prevented him appearing in court to defend a suit in which an award of S-i.593 was made agains( him. He was Tou
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    $2,000 homes to serve as models
    95 4 $2,000 homes to serve as models KLAM. M Tilt Rural and Industrial Development Authority has bought two prototype Mi lav houses rolling v'.himi each, in the Ma lav settlement at Kampong Kaia Ida near here. The> are to "serve is morlelv ot homes which every farmer and labourer with a
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    Suicide bid
    34 4 A S. P. Swamynathan. a I workman, of Paya Lrbar Road, was bound over for six months in Singapore yesterday for attemptine to commit suicide by slashing his throat with a razor.
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    EPIDEMIC FILLS THE HOSPITAL BEDS
    157 4 ALOR STAR, Friday. OENGHULUS and kampons kctuas today joined medical teams in fiphtinK an epidemic of gastroenteritis (diarrhoea and vomitting) now sweeping through West Perils. Five more cases have heen reported in the past 24 hours, making a total of 365 since the outbreak of
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    Man owes tax dept. $1,050
    56 4 Toh Chee Song, a businessI man. was adjudicated a bank- j rupt by the Chief Justice, Sir Charles Murray-Aynsley. in the Singapore High Court yesterday on a bankruptcy petition filed by the Comptroller of Income Tax. The debtor owes the In- come Tax Department $1,050.75
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    Penang farm show
    39 4 PENANG. Fri.— Entries are Invited for the first Settlrment agricultural show *o be held at Bagan Jermal, Butterworth, on July 17 and 18. The organising committee will feed and water all livestock entered for the show
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    'L' label missing
    30 4 A learner diiv«T. Abduilah bin Osman. was flnrd $50 In the Singapore Traffic Court j yesterday for driving without displaying "L" pla'es and for carrying three passengers.
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    A dream, he thought—then masked men rushed in
    115 4 A dream, he thought then masked men rushed in PEN/VNG. Frl. A clerk, Ooi Phee Teong told the First Magistrate's Court today, that he thought he was dreaming when he heard shouts of thief, thief." i "But I soon found out it was no dream." he said at a preliminary
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    THEY ARE VOTED GOLDEN VOICE GIRLS OF S'PORE
    113 4 THEY ARE VOTED GOLDEN VOICE GIRLS OF S'PORE THE two ?0-vear-old THeroms. phonograph opriators above tied for iirst place in the Singapore Mi tion of the pan-.Malav.ui "Golden Voice" competition at the Telecommunications Department yesterday They are Miss R>sy Veo (seated) and Miss V. Siivela. both of Singapore. Seven girls
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    Eight Indian ships to visit Malaya
    139 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Frl. PLIGHT ships and 2,261 men of the 22 Destroyer Squadron. Indian Navy, will be in Malayan waters next month on a pood will visit to South-East Asia. Four- t^f Delhi. Rajput, Ranjit and Rama, under the rommand of Rear Admiral F.
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    The yes-too-soon' men still want that $3,000
    156 5 Parents discuss problems with teachers OYPLAN: MITLEY \OT FOR iCKPAYI K|( ill RAL assistJts in <l>< Federation. res too s<m»m j award And 4 over 5360.1 M in ire to ask the ouncU to revrongly ad- 1 lepartmental Inche Rashid, preth€ Malayan Workers'
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    UNKNOWN
    35 5 Fri Wahab bin home guard Home Guard Bentong, who tor absentine ity on Mar. 17. aded guilty to >nd two pairs >rth $20 belong- Ining school. Whirruster bound be of good be- ne year.
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    Maid locks herself up from raider
    104 5 IPOH Fri. A THIEF who climbed the -TV back wall used a skeleton key to open an iron grill gate and entered the house of a foundry owner, Mr. I. am Yoon. in Chapman Street, early today. He ransacked two rooms and stole more
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    Council meeting
    31 5 The next meeting of the Singapore Legislative Council will be held in the new council chamber in the Assembly Hou.se. Empress Place, at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, July 20.
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    19 bottles: $1,000
    20 5 For havine 19 bottles of dutiable brandy. Soh Ah Chwee, 66. was yesterday fined Sl.oon in Singapore.
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    they all want to fete her
    54 5 lANO Fri.— So that all and organisa--^ttlement may her. the Penan:; iation will ask kshml Pandit. 0 N General Assembly President to lengthen her visit in Penang. Madame Pandit Is scheduled to arrive here on Aug. 14. The association plans to ask her to
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    70 BOYS SACKED THEMSELVES'
    184 5 They broke a pledge school SEVENTY Chinese students expelled from the Singa- pore Catholic High School in Queen Street have only themselves to blame, .he principal. Brother Phillipe Wu. told the Straits Times yesterday. They had "expelled themselves by not attending classes on Wednesday, he said
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    The Sultan opens a mosque
    98 5 The Sultan opens a mosque TELUK ANSON Fri. THE Sultan of Perak today urged his subjects not to waste* money In view of the present high cost of living and low price of rubber and copra. He said this at Utan Mclintang, 13 miles from Teluk Anson, when he opened
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    99 pilgrims off to Mecca
    25 5 Ninety-nine Mecca pilgrims arrived in Singapore from Borneo, in the Darvel yesterday. Other passengers were 30 Chinese going to China.
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    THE CHARTER FOR ALL WORKERS
    218 5 THE CHARTER FOR ALL WORKERS SINGAPORE'S new La- bour Ordinance, if I approved by the Government, will have "considerable indirect influence" on the conditions of all kinds of employment in the Colony. The Deputy Commissioner j for Labour. Mr. D. I. GoodI win. said yesterday the ordinance would also lay
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    Motor victim
    26 5 A seven-year-old boy. Tan Ter Tee, was killed in a motor accident near the junction of Braddell Road and Thomson Road. Singapore, yesterday afternoon.
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    7 MUST GAOL YOU.' SAYS MAGISTRATE
    157 5 MR. Howe Yoon Chong, the Singapore Second Traffic Police Magistrate, yesterday told a driving instructor: "The law stipulates that driving a vehicle while under a disqualification is punishable by im- prisonment. "Unless you can givo a spoclal reason why you should not br sent
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    Lights for rural roads
    94 5 The Singapore City Council will be asked to provide $139,250 in the 1955 estimates for a new street lighting programme approved by the Rural Board. The areas covered by the programme, which the Board i adopted this week, are: Nee Soon village. Upper Thomson Road. Leodon
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    SINGAPORE DIARY
    261 5 TODAY 5.1.A.8 Film show and .social Headquarters. Stamford Road, 7.30 pm W.A.Y.: Food and fun fair. Vlclori.i Memorial Hail, 10 a m. DINNER AND DANTE: H Tan School of Accountancy, Capitol Restaurant. 8 pm. V.M.C.A.: (Orchard Road i Cricket aßiilnst Braddell Cricket Club. Balestier Road. 215 p.m.. Singapore
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    Wife saves husband from gaol
    176 5 Wife saves husband from gaol GIVES UP HER MONEY CLAIM KUAL* LUMPUR, Fri A WOMAN'S plea saved her husband from going to prison today when he was sentenced to two months' gaol for failing to comply with a court order. The man. Chan Koon, hart been ordered by a magistrates
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    Chain snatch men gaoled
    79 5 IPOH, Fri.— For snatching a gold chain and two lockets from a four-year-old girl waiting for a bus with her mother on May 25. Ngoo Pek Thong. 19. a lumberjack, and Hing Kok Mci, 26. an exmember of a Jungle Squad were sentenced to ten months'
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    700,000 TO BE TOLD HOW MUCH THEY'VE 'SAVED'
    135 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. THE 700,000 subscribers to the employees provident fund will be receiving their first statement of accounts, Mr. T. Mathews, secretary of the tund board, told the Straits Times today. I The board has already got the sanction of the
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    Rotary dinner for president
    32 5 SEREMBAN. Fri.— The installation dinner for the president of Beremban Rotary Club will be held at the Rest House Seremban on Wednesday Mr Muthu-Ramallngam has been re-elected president
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    49 6 2f) H „r<ii $l« I minimum i THE CMII.DHEN of the late Mrs. ill friends for their kind mecMffM of condolence loan of cars, wreaths, m.i attendance at her funeral. A Requiem High Mass will be sung at the Catholic Cathedral on Saturday Ird July at 7 a.m.
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    111 6 M Hnrrf« (minimum). FOI I (]\V I'FOANI E\rry day In the V r you want to win I tup: COCKPIT" rah on Batorlunchttma The ideal rendezvous for a pre-Rijsttafel drink. HOTEL ACCOMMODATION In -v JlL' Straits i>er mice plan iiere. V 1 VK DKCIDKD on a bottle Gilden-Krone Llebfraumilrh
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Sat. June 26, 1954 Two Great Principles
    805 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Sat. June 26, 1954 Two Great Principles The absence from the Federal Legislative Council of most of the Alliance menibcr.robbed the debate on constitutional changes of nearly all drama, but the dignity and sense of momentous occasion clearly remained. In approving the principles of the Bill,
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    Another Rice Problem
    393 6 It is encouraging to find Federal Legislative Councillors displaying a more searching interest in the problems of the rural areas, and in particular the problems of the padi farmer. Questioners who sought information on subsidised fertiliser for farmers in Kelantan and Trengganu did not get full value
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    LOVELY CHINESE GIRL WITH THE WATER PITCHER
    12 6 Photo by Nk Wen* Chee
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    As I was Saying
    863 6 THE first Victorii Cross was wor just :i hundred yean ago when a British ship opened fire on a Russian battery in the Baltic Sea. A 20- year-old Irish man picked up a live shell which fell, with hissing fuse, on th< ship's deck, and threw
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    FIFTY YEARS AGO
    90 6 Taken from the Straits Times of June 26, 1904: AMR. FOO WA CHENG. Town I*l Inspector of Kuala Lum-| pur, who set an example to his brethren in the path of reform by having his towchans (queue i publicly cut. has been recommended for the appointment of
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    Jungle highways of Malaya
    724 6 Jungle highways of Malaya |j Malaysian Xotebo€>k FAVOURITE high.vays for Malaya's terrorists have always been the broad, often slowflowine rivers which run down to the sea from the i Jungle's innermost reces- 1 I ses. Terrorists were quick j to find they could travel i silently and with little effort
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    $400,000 MORE FOR QUICK PAY FARMERS?
    62 7 \NU. fri. r itivc bankin North (■paid the in thoy borf.IDA last [p padl planbeen their ar they li 5400.--i -ited. the AsNorth. •day he csults ii from the 'nadi planters three unt borrowed." that despite this to old refuse to moveald that eason
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    He stole to Settle debt
    24 7 He stole to Settle debt Fri. In the Court that he stole a that he could a debt. Faffar, the magis- over in $100
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    49 7 R, Fri— Work on a $150,000 rters for itional I n Bat v Road. end of the year. UMNO will move its headquarters here from Johore Bahru. The building will have an assembly hall and office accom- modatlon. Furniture and other fittings will add 550.000 to the bill.
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    Police 'rough' with students, say reporters in court
    739 7 Police 'rough' with students, say reporters in court CAUSED SOME BOYS TO FALL IN DRAIN 9 SIX defS r th"P;^ r pof VC r eVidcn the the resumed triHlnf>r ieC J (ourt >^erday at voluntarih ohstru,sL fh stud e nt \^ar K ed with disperse (in May 13 P llCe
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    A FATHER OF THE CITY TAKES A BRIDE
    32 7 MR. S. JAGANATHAN. a Sinuapore ity Councillor, and Mivs Nit.vakalyani, of Segatnat. who were married yesterday at the Mariamman Temple. Singapore. Straits Times picture.
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    'Turn left' sign means what it says
    97 7 'Turn left' sign means what it says A fr a t GAPORE trafflc magiswhen L VeSerday said th at when there ig a "turn left" Mr.n a t a road junction after he had fined a motorist SlO for failms to conform to VI ypo f a tramc s *?n
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    Y.M.C. Officials
    50 7 KLANG. Fri— The following have been elected officials of Kuala Lan^at Youn~ Malayans Club for 1954: president T. R. Duraisinaam: viee-pre-identa Saniad and Daniel Jayaretnam; secretary— H R. Proctor rotary S. Kanacalir.sam; treasurer EChaw Chin Hin: ant. treaHaabim Talib; comAhsnad Robert Selvaretnam, I.<ma Yatim, S. Navaietnam and Awaluddin
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    Labourer killed
    20 7 A labourer. K"h Chey. was < !:nc stones while working at the City Council Mandai Quarry. Mandai Road. :day.
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    THICK EARS (A SCIENCE) ARE HER DELIGHT
    255 7 THICK EARS (A SCIENCE) ARE HER DELIGHT Vf RS. JAN MAWSON. the aTI world's only woman boxing promoter, arrived in Singapore from Australia yesterday and said: "The most exciting spectacle in sport is to see one man scientifically thickening another's ear." She shrugged when told women in Malaya didn't agree
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    School gets new building on big day
    95 7 School gets new building on big day TAIPING. Fri. rE Hua Lian Hlch School one of the biggest Chi- 1 nese schools in North Malaya i -celebrated it.s seventeenth i anniversary here today. The celebration coincided I with the official opening of a $200,000 new school building at Temple Street
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    Board's expenses
    41 7 Members of the Malayan Rubber Export Registration Board who attend meetings of the board or Tribunal of Appeal will in future be paid transport and hotel expenses and an allowance of $10 a day, it was announced officially yesterday.
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    26 COUNCILS FOR MCA TO QUIT
    239 7 Members to be 'persuaded' IPOH. Friday. THE Malayan Chinese Association has prepared a list of 26 councils, boards and committees in the Federation on which its members serve. These members are to be persuaded to withdraw in compliance with the Alliance's stand on constitutional
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    3 COMPANIES STOP C.O.L. ALLOWANCE
    137 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Friday. THREE bus companies in Malacca have stopped paying cost of living allowances to their employees. And another has eat the allowance by half, says the monthly report of the Federation's Labour Department. A survey of bus company wa^e.s in the Federation shows
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    Government will give a reason now
    114 7 Government will give a reason now Tilt Singapore Government will not in future turn down a request or tricvanir from its employees' unions by merely saying "No case to meet or consider." The annual report ot the Federation of Unions of Government Employees, published yesterday, said that the Government was
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    'One union' call
    34 7 A resolution callinc upon [?cvernment employees' unions to form a single union for all jovernment workers will be •on.sidercd by the Secretarial 3taff Association at it.s annual nceting on June 28.
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    Hostage case: 5 freed
    91 7 Five nun. accused of wrong[Ully confining two men in a tongkang at Telok Ayer Basin one night for the purpose of extorting $100, were t acquitted without being called on for their defence in the Singapore Second Criminal District Court yesterday. Lim Hock Chuan. Tan Chin
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    The new Bar Committee men
    55 7 The following have been elected to the Singapore Bar Committee for this year' Mr. J. C. Cobbett (chairman i, Mr. K. Seth, Mr. C. G Toh, Mr. D. S Marshall. Mr J. Filial. Mr Wee Chong Jin and Mr. G J. Okell. Mr J. W
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    I had no part in the murder, he says
    180 7 GOH KEE YONG. aged 21.1 accused of the murder Of I Teo Sah Tee. a gambling stall operator, in Pagoda Street, on] Jan. 8. told Mr Justlr? Whit-, ton at Singapore Assizes yesterday that hf took no part in the murder
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    FOR ONE DAY IT RAINED DOLLARS
    182 7 FOR ONE DAY IT RAINED DOLLARS nOLLARS rained on Sln'J gapore yesterday. If you mlssrd out. It was pi ->- bably because you didn't tee those thousands of that fluttrrrd over th< < ty from a Royal Singapoic Flying Club piano The leaflets advertised thr fun and food fair, which
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    Classroom (POLICE STATION) scared the pupils
    87 7 Classroom (POLICE STATION scared the pupils KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. I ABOUR Department riflrials were faced v \tti an accommodation problem when they decided to hold a civics course. They derided station. Trainees on the cour id their lectur's in tho monthly report issued today by the Federation's Labour Department Tin.se
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    New post offices next week
    54 7 Mr. I! J. c Kui;i.Mnßha. Singapore I i >uncn« lor. will opfn a new post offlcta* 7th nil).-. p :t .ir P Road, at a m ;i m. on dai The Director nf P<> M. L Durant will op other in the c»l<i Btora Vchard
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    Body in sea
    23 7 The body of an unidentified girl. Rged about three, was found in t lie sea off Marine Parade Sin terdav.
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      196 7 The weather' i MINIMI'M TF.MPKRATt RE: (7.30 p.m. on June 24 to "3 .30 .i m on June 25 1 Singapore "fi d«*. Periang 73 Kola Bahru 75 Kuala Lumpur 74. Ipoh 74 Kiiantan 71 MAX I M I M II MI-IK Ml hi <7.30 a.m. to 7 30 pm.
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    20,000 people can get back vote right
    540 8 EMPIRE CITIZENS CAN GET ON THE ROLLS REGISTRATION of Commonwealth citizens who wish to qualify as voters under the revised Singapore constitution will begin next week. This will give about 20,000 people an opportunity to regain the voting rights which they lost under
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    COMPANY DIRECTOR DIES IN INDIA
    34 8 MR. ADAM ABDIL SHAM. 37-year-old director o> thr firm of Naina Mohamed and Sons Ltd., uhn has died in India. He was an old boy of RafHrs Institution, Singapore.
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    355 NEW NURSES IN TRAINING
    143 8 —that's a record A record 355 student nurses are being trained in Singapore hospitals, the principal matron. Mrs. WE. Warr. said yesterday. This time last year there were only 187 student nurses, j At the beginning of the year 126 recruits were taken on and
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    Gaoled for cheating
    62 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Fri Ng Nam Yonc was yesterday sentenced in the Sessions Court. Pontian. to one day'.s gaol and fineci $200. or a further month's uaol. on each of two charges of cheating. The court was told that he obtained $20 each from two persons, on the
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    Death threat charge
    55 8 Anc Cheng Haw yesterday. pleaded not cuilty to a charge Of attemptinc to extort $10,000 from Yeo Bens Teck at Jalan Bcsar on March 3. It was alleged that Ang sent j Yt-o a letter demanding the money and threatening him with death Ane was offered $5,000
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    Chap-ji-ki: $300
    39 8 A woman. Cheonc Chan. 66, was yesterday fined $300 or I three months' gaol by a Singapore court for helping to run chap-H-ki on Thursday night at he i unction of South Bridge Road and Smith Street.
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    Clerk to pay $30 a month
    53 8 E. N. ric Souza, a clerk. whose liabilities totalled $3,050, was adjudicated a bankrupt in the Singapore Hish Court yesterday. He offered to uav the Official Assignee $30 monthly to so to hLs creditors. The Chief Justice, Sir Charles Murray-A\-nsley. ordered him to pay
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    700 to parade
    30 8 About "00 youne people are expected to take part in the annual cadet day parade of I the St. John Ambulance Brigade in Singapore on July in
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    $7MIL. FIRM SEEKS TIN FROM SEA
    180 8 New dredge will be used PENANG. Friday. A GRAB-DREDGE, the first of its kind in the world, is to be used soon to mine tin from the sea bed off 'Phukit. west Siam. It will be used by Aokam Tin Ltd a new Malayan
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    Pact at last on long leave row
    98 8 TANJONG MAI.IM. Fri. ESTATE employees have reached agreement with employers on the much-dis-puted subject of long leave. This was revealed by Mr. S W Wilfred in hu- address to the Batang Padang District Estates Staff Union at the annual meeting at Trolak recently.
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    THE MUSIC WENT WITH HIM
    94 8 T G BUCK CHOON was yes I t< ill i\ gaoled for six months to be followed by a year's police supervision for misappropriating a gramophone valued at Slo*> from a North Bridge Road shop on May J7. Ng asked the shop assistant to accompany
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    $500 WAS FREEDOM TO HIM
    190 8 $500 WAS FREEDOM TO HIM He didn 't pay— so it's prison A SINGAPORE business- man, Ang Lian Seng, 50, who failed to pay an instalment on a $2,000 fine, was sentenced to two months' gaol by the City Police Magistrate, Mr. J. M. Devereux-Cole-bourn, yesterday. Ang, a timber merchant,
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    Tribute in Council
    81 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. A tribute to the services in the Federal Legislative Council of i the late Mai. Ha.ii Mahmood Mahyldden was paid yesterday by the Financial Secretary., Mr E. Himsworth. "As a newcomer to this country. I relied a great deal I on his sound advice."
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      363 8 26. Kitchen servant iB>. The Straits Times Crossword tL mT mmmm 28. Beheaded the thread for the land (4 1. I -> i i. ksNssvi, 1,, i i 9 Dr waitress, and relation ln Z 3 4 5 6 7 8 hospital (4 TJSJT tssss DOWN HIS Treat hospitably und
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    Dick Tracy
    35 9 WK RFGRET THAT BFCAUBE OF A DELAY W Viir M\ll WE ABE AT THE MOMENT UNABLE TO < on TINI I WITH THF DICK PRACI STRIP IT WILL ,U ItlstMII) AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
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    Malay princess who married an English pirate
    2237 9 Malay princess who married an English pirate TIMES special FEATURE J i was in the year 1697 that London flocked to Drury Lane Theatre Art.c.da a Malay pnncess. If Mr. Johnson was to be believed, the two married 7h Wn SOmewhere in MtdMuc*. happily no l O o k un|
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    SMALL TRADE IN SHARES
    401 10 SMALL TR ADE IN SHARES Australian oils boom 'pHK volume of basinet on the Market yesterday w»n on lh though tin prices tdvanced sliahn" 1 there was ;i steady tone in md In the tin iectiOT come forward as they U ratification of the Ink Wednesday they can afl Rantau,
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    97 10 Singaporp Chinese Produce l\ rhanxe: ncxin prices per picu. Copra steady; July Ul $32 sellers; Au. $32 sellers Coconut 557 selltrs. Pepper >m.ill business reported or. basis; Muntck white $205. Bai Lampong black J. H.C.B. Ltd. rliiviii. prii I oil. |U4 Penant; seller> H.C.B. Ltd. ropi.i pi >.
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      838 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS j GOVERNMENT OF SARAWAK Applications are Invited for the past of Motor Licensing Officer. First Division, Sarawak based In Kuchlng. 2. Any person who wishes to be considered for this post should I submit his handwritten application to reach the undersigned not later than 3rd July, 54. This
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      747 10 NOTICES THE~MAUYAN EXCHANGE BANKS ASSOCIATION All Members of this Association in the Colony of Singapore will be closed for business as from 1 Pm. lon Tuesday 29th June until 2nd July. Wednesday 30th June and Thursday Ist July are gazetted Bank Holidays while early closing on J9tn June is to
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      766 10 RUBBER PRICES Rubber closed in Singapore yesterdrv at 66 4 cents a lb., oneeifr X of a cent below Thursdays closing price and the closir.i; Im was steady quiet. The price opened at 66 cents but with profit talcing and buyers Inclined to hold off sagged away to 65 v
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      155 10 OFFICIAL PR| CE ffi Rl R| i SINGAPORE RED FTJWNEL LINES^ HEAP ENG MOH SS COjjg: »PON BEE STEAMSHirca.J s L?'iß 33 M, Trluk Iyer Street Phon* 3 Passenger «c Freight Scr M V C.I\S(. >|\r."— DIBKI I x 111 ft Spore »pp- I m.v. soon mar— bailing to TANDJOM
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    The SATURDAY FORUM
    308 12 Receptions given to fighting forces DURINCJ t lie Queen's Birthday festivities, the presence nf H.M.S. idland and hrr officers and crew was a t to Peoang. Their turn-out nt official parades was superb and the hospitality and entertainment which were given were beyond thanks. Pica for better
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    Traffic chaos outside a school
    108 12 Traffic chaos outside a school ii'HY can't Bchool provld K id. to that th at thr Dunrarn eery Lane-Barker Road June- At pr thr place. stroll about takin? no n i of thr '-rd to ntrollins thi Oftrn. whl Is waving vehicles on. the other ;i\v;»y i> bu\, waving the
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    Bubbling, gargling on radio
    258 12 rpHE other day, the news reader on Radio Malaya soundrd horrid, when heard in Kuala Lumpur. She seemed to have a tißhtly-stretched handkprrhief covering her mouth all the time bubbling; and Karclinc until one becomes crazy and switches oIT. Sometimes, the men are just as bad.
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    School entry age
    44 12 A IX parents will support Mr A John Laycock in his fleht to get the school admission ace reduced from seven to six years. I hope it will come into effect from next year WORRIt:!) PARKNT Sincaporr. PLIKK.INd THE RICK HOWL.
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    Alliance leaders are still 'politicians'
    455 12 T»HE ALLIANCE has taken the bold, and I contend self-centred step tc withdraw oo operation with the Federation Govjernment. because their demand for seven more unofficial elected seats was not granted by the Government, and also because elections are to be held next year instead
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    Stars to blame for publicity
    140 12 Stars to blame for publicity IT SEEMS the truth upeeta Mr. R. F. Sears. He protests about the publicity given to Susan Hayward and her divorce case. I see no reason why the divorces and remarriages of film stars should be hushed up. They are public figures and they have
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    GREAT NEED TO GO SLOW IN MALAYA
    231 12 THE Alliance has proved by its boycott that, as a A political party, it is very immature. Though the Government of India Act in 1935 which provided for some kind of provincial antonomv and a federal structure contained no seeds of sell -growth,
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    Why not adopt 'middle way'?
    87 12 DR. UM YITANd is reported to havr Matrri (hat politics will not br tolerated in thr Nanvang I'nivrrsily. Thr Westrrn concrpt of politics. I think, is ha>rd on •rverr m»n is essentially a political animal' In the Fast, we have been taught that "politics should
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    Graduates as clerks
    79 12 ANXIOUS PARENT" wonders why the Singapore City Council docs r.ot recognLse Indian academic qualifications. The Council Ls wLst- because the average holder of an Indian B A. cannot speak, understand or write EnglLsh better than one who baa passed the Cambridge School Certificate examination. Some applicants for
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    He wants bus stops put back
    50 12 NO. 19 buses of the S.T.C. do not now stop at Change Alley nor outside the G.P.O. -two successive request stops in the busiest part of the city. The S.T.C. should consider the inconvenience to passengers and remedy matters at j once. ■•KIM Smuapnrr
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    PLIGHT OF KETUA KAMPONG
    147 12 I WAS surprised to read that nothing has vet been done about the request of the Selangor Ketua Kampong Association for increased and uniform allowances. These ketuas are real gentlemen and it must be quite difficult to make their voice heard in a matter that relates
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    TODAYS MILE GIVES PADI FIELD CHANCE TO WIN AGAIN
    486 13 TODAYS MILE GIVES PADI FIELD CHANCE TO WIN AGAIN fnola Gay C 3ii score on Bukit Tjmah form i W live charnossaire. ran a fair W b Her m tho WL.i fourth hv cad to i th 8 04 Gelfani Sprlnttnn i n < md welding M t lie keenest
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    PICTURE TIP
    132 13 BEST BET IS TEN DOLLARS DIM bet n todaj I at Klial Lumpur is In Dollars in Racr Four today. This four-y?ar-old by Bluf iter imprtssod in his first P<'nang last month, wnrn ho won by four length! over 5Jf with 8.08 in Div. :i. Only posMble threat
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    Straits Times Selections
    171 13 EPSOM JEEP CALL BOV WMMIll Race 1. ROSALIND KALSMABIA EVER1 CHAM 2.3* Kir. -I. .111 Roulind Kingnheau -null. n i- Every Chance Rosalind Race 2. I ORGET MK NOT THE CAMBL j WW.SH KINO .1.00 hui. li Parade I t ri Me Not I <•> c< M'
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    'Scholar' is 7-furlong specialist
    357 13 Uiri'l.lMi Kivrr. Kmperor. Exhi- bitor. I'm. M ihm and Quern's Scholar all command respect on their Fennii: lorm In Race 8. Qurrn* Scholar, a It. specialist, I Ls well in on the. weights with 8 OS and I i .ike her as a sound bet In
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    Today's Race Card
    1124 13 A< KPTORS and probable jockeys for today's rac«w at Kuala Lumpur. iir«.t tlay of the Selinfjor Turf Club June-July Meeting, are Riven below. The Double Tote will be held on Races Six and Fight. Treble Tote on Rites Four. Six and Sev»n. Big Sweep will be drawn
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    Take form-horse Capt. Valiant
    149 13 Take form- horse Capt. Valiant kl \l\ UMPIR. Friday. CAPTAIN VALIANT, winner of four races in his last eight starts, is the horse to back on form in Race Five. This remarkably-consistent performer has a nice blend of speed and stamina MM the Kuala Lumpur mile should suit him right
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    WEIGHTS FAVOUR ROSALIND
    128 13 CTKUTI.V on Penan* form. 0 Kintshrau and Roulind should flghr out the finish In thl.-= race. A short head separated them when they chased Rlpphnc Mvgf home over tl On the weights I j ißOMlind. This Magic Red gWJf i receiving 9-lb from Klni;.-beai! for a short
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    BAM standing committee to discuss that tour
    456 14 BAM standing committee to discuss that tour By THE SPORTS EDITOR. THE MALLAIG tea-party in Singapore on April 22 is, after all, not to be the last word on the Formosan jaunt of the Singapore badminton players Wong Peng Soon and Cheon^ Hock Leng:. On July 4 at Kuala Lumpur,
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    WARWICK BEATEN AT LLANELLY
    433 14 LONDON. Frl. MIDDLESEX, by winnins their match against Leicestershire today, strengthened their position and. with Warwickshire falling to Glamorgan at Llanelly, the lead which Warwickshire still hold (108 points) is narrowed to eight points over Middlesex, who have, however, played one match fewer. Yorkshire also won
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    Missed two penalties, lost 2-3
    175 14 Missed two penalties, lost 2-3 TWO MISOSD penalties robbed A HM. IJockyard of two points when they lout 3-2 to Amicable Athletic Association in a scrappy iSAKA BrM division league (jame at Jalan B<s;ir stadium yesterday. 11ns streaky victory sent Amlcables to the top of the league table with 14
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    FIRST DEFEAT FOR SELETAR
    80 14 Seletar F.C.. top team In the HAM Di\ 3A leacue table vufTett-c their first defeat when they went down 3-0 to Rai'.lu Mas Ramblers .it Fairer Park yesurdav Ram- c rroea Budln Kadi and an own goal. \\'.!iasor mmvnn 5-1 In the Dtv 3B same at
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    SINGAPORE TO FIELD SAME XI
    62 14 CINOAPOM will Held the same a team which beat Malacca by :.»lacca last week against Johore In their Malaya Cup soccer match at Jalan Besar today The team Is Chu Cht* Seng Bonllaie Soh Teow Kenc; Foe Hee Jong l\.m Vass Hr Hin Wcng: A\
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    Trabert has high praise for Wilson
    382 14 WIMBLEDON. Friday. TWE 18-YEAR-OLD Biitish Junior Bobby Wilson save i nothor great display yesterday, fourth day of the Wimbledon tennis championships, when ho cavo Tony Trabert. American champion and favourite, a maulinp before losing 10-8. 8-6, 6-2. "If that kid can kceu on practising,
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    FOURTH DAY RESULTS
    481 14 ALL the reMjlt.s yesterday. the: fourth day. are (seeded players In black; MKVS SINOI.KS Third round: Ken Rosen all bt R. Falkenburg 6 2. 4 6. 6—l, 6- 4; J. Drobny bt L. Bergelln 6 4, 6 2, fi 2; K. Nielsen bt J Barrett (Britain) 4—6,
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    Week-end. sPort
    145 14 Week-end. s Port TODAY S()( I I MALAYA (I I. Sinxapnrt' Johorr. Jalan Brsar SAFA DIV. I: MniNlhriff r Hen pital v BOD( Gcjrtoiif; DIV. 3t': P T v I nitrd < i Besar, 4 p.m.: leeaamea M Katong S.C.. Karrrr Park i;n Xl i \KMV (S'porn v \Tnii.Malaya I,
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    IT WAS EASY FOR THE CHAMPIONS
    206 14 By Our Tennis Reporter f)VKKM<;iIT rain afain curtailed pi J pore lawn tennis championsl MWC more the Tanfflin Club court? in town fit for play. I The ricfi ndni^ On?? Chrw Ber. wenl srml-flnal of the sir. isy 6-(i fi L N Arkell whose
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