The Straits Times, 24 May 1955

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    14 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, MAY 24, 1955 15 CENTS flew*"** 1
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    bED PLOT IN SCHOOLS
    525 1 Control of students is now M.C.P's chief aim, says Government ethod: rhe Itriot' ipeal d K ipi'» 1 n schools w ha« never and that i (>m Pam has ex-iht-t condi- Ihl full i tht Colony s report t'»r phlMied today. Com- n i- r lio
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    Lock icon WASHERMAN PHYSICIAN
    24 1 in line into the boy's stomach. The boy. Guido Tosatti. had -wallowed the hairpin only 15 days after an appendicitis operation. Reuter.
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    FIRE SWEEPS LEXA MAERSK WRECK AGAIN
    290 1 FIRE broke out again yesterday on board the hulk of the Danish freighter Lexa Maersk which was beached off Tanjong Rhu, Singapore, five months ago. At 10 p.m. seven hours after the fire started— the blaze was put out. Frremen stopped training their hoses
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    Lock icon Champion frog
    46 1 SAX FRANCISCO. Mon.— An American frog named Tule Pete yesterday won the 28th annual frog jumping jubilee with a three leap total of 15ft. sin. Californian bred frogs won even events of the jubilee defeating competing frugs from Iceland, Australia. Japan and Ireland. Reuter.
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    Burnt-out freighter blazes once more
    42 1 BLACK smoke billows skywards from the hulk of the burnt out Lrxa Maer.sk. now beached off Tanjong Rhu. ><'.ap metal, which workmen from a Hong Kong firm were dismantling, is seen in the foreground. S. T. picture.
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    ALL-PARTY PROBE: CHEW ASKS APPROVAL
    180 1 ALL-PARTY PROBE: CHEW ASKS APPROVAL rpHE Minister for EduA cation, Mr. Chew Swee Kee, will ask the Legislative Assembly tomorrow to lay down terms of reference for the nineman all-party committee set up by the Government to study the problem of Singapore Chinese schools. He will also seek formal approval
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    Lock icon Cab drivers fight whip duel
    86 1 Cab drivers fight whip duel BARI. Italy. Mon. ONE cab driver was dead and another was gravely injured in hospital here today after a furious fight with whips last night. Police said the two men quarrelled over which should get a passenger. They lashed out with their whips and then
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    Lock icon Deaths mount in Morocco
    65 1 CASABLANCA. Mon. The death roll in French North Africa continued to mount ominously today as terrorists switched their attack from alleged Muslim collaborators to Europeans. Ten incidents were reported in Casablanca alone yesterday, bringing death to two Europeans and injuries to six other people. These new
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    Lock icon Rue de Lattre
    37 1 SAIGON, Mon. Vietnam has decided after all to allow one of its main streets to bear the name of the most famous French commander-in-chief In Indo-China— the late Marshal de Lattre de Tassigny— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Templer on tour
    25 1 LONDON. Mon.— General Sir Gerald Templer left London airport today for a fortnight's tour of military bases in the Middle East.— Reuter.
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    SURVEYORS CAUGHT IN RED AMBUSH
    61 1 SURVEYORS CAUGHT IN RED AMBUSH KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Three terrorists ambushed a Government topographical survey team in an isolated area near Kuala Krai in Kelantan on Saturday. The terrorists escaped with the survey team's theodolite, compass, umbrellas, parangs, a tent and maps. They also stole food and clothing from the
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    Lock icon Red China-Soviet military talks
    32 1 PEKING. Mon.— The Chinese Premier. Mr. Chou Enlai and top-ranking military leaders nave conferred in the Port Arthur area with senior Russian officers. Peking Radio said today. U.P.
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    Lock icon Brief visit
    34 1 BONN, Mon. Princess Margaret arrived here today to visit British troops. Because of a typhoid epidemic in the Ruhr she will stay only one day instead of until Wednesday as originally planned.—A.P
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    Tiger Moth crashes at Ipoh rally
    117 1 IPOH, Mon. A TIGER MOTH belonging to the Selangor Flying Club crashed today into thick unriercrowth. near the Ipoh aerodrome. The pilot. Mr. J. M. Brown, escaped unhurt. The plane was taking part in the All-Malayan flying clubs' air rally here. i The plane
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    RED TROUBLE SPOT IS JOHORE
    75 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. INHERE were 29 terrorist incidents in Johore last A month out of the Federation's total of 53. 1 Other states were comparatively trouble free. There were six incidents in Perak, four in Negri Sembilan and four in Selangor. Security forces killed 40
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    Traffic problem
    25 1 LONDON, Mon. Norwegiafc drivers and officials are arriving in London today for a week to compare Oslo's traffic problems with those of London.
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    2 more give up
    19 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Two more terrorists have surreendered in the Federation. Details are not available.
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    30 BANDITS IN RAID ON ESTATE
    277 1 30 BANDITS IN RAID ON ESTATE Big haul of food and medicine KLUANG, Monday. THIRTY Communist terrorists last night hacked their way through the perimeter fence at Talisman Estate in the Niyor area of Johore and spent nearly an hour going from house to house in the labour lines, collecting
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    Lock icon AIR CHIEFS WORRIED
    97 1 Reds too strong WASHINGTON. Mon. An acticie in the magazine Aviation Week said today that the Soviet Union had displayed over Moscow on May Day aircraft so advanced and so numerous that senior United States Air Force officers were perturbed. The article by the editor. Robert Hotz.
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    GUN SALUTE SHAKES DATO'S HOME
    75 1 GUN SALUTE SHAKES DATO'S HOME SEREMBAN. Mon. Tiles came down and ceiling planks shook when Dato Klana Jaya Putra. Sungei Ujong, held a Hari Raya feast in his housp here today. This was caused by a gun firing ten-inch shells in the compound of his house. As a major chief
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    Lock icon Strike talks
    32 1 LONDON. Mon. Sir Walter Monckton. the Minister of Labour. today summoned loaders of Britain's Transport Commission to discuss the threatened strike by 70,000 railwaymen timed for midnight on Saturday.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon 5 ports hit by union dispute
    154 1 5 ports hit by union dispute LONDON, Mon. rjROUPS of dockers marched together to work through strong picket lines at British ports this morning as civil war between rival unions flared up into a national dispute But once inside the dock gates many were unable to work as other dock
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    Lock icon STOP PRESS
    34 1 300 CHINESE GULRII.LAS KILLED RANGOON, Mon.—Burmese forces killed more than Stt Nationalist Chinese guerillas in operations in the Southern Shan states between March 7 and May 18. War Oflice announced tonight. Renter.
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    The White Maria
    32 1 LONDON, Mon.— For the first time in the memory of officials connected with Bow-street Court there were no offenders to be taken to prison wnVn thn Black Maria called.
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    NANNY'S LITTLE SURPRISE
    65 1 BUTTERWOPTH, Mon. A goat named Che Mah gave birth to a three-legged kid at Kampong Bahru on Friday. The kid, with two forelegs and a right hind-leg, has been named Ahmad "This is the first time we have come across such a freak, and we are very
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    Mr. Marshall's problems
    1329 2 A CATALOGUE of problems which the new elected Government has to face is given in the annual report of the Colony of Singapore for 1954, which is published today. The list includes: A population increasing by 40.000 to 50,000 a year, needing more schools, more hospitals and
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    Three girls became mothers at 12
    174 2 THREE 12 year old Colony girls bore babies last year, says the Singapore Annual Report for 1954. Two were Chinese and the other Malay. There were 246 births by girls 15 years old or below, including two Europeans one at 15 years and one
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    Cancer studies carried out in Colony
    132 2 EXTENSIVE research in almost all fields of medicine including important work in the study of cancer —took place in Singapore last year. The Singapore annual report for 1954 lists the following medical research done in the Colony by Government doctors and university pro- fessors
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    TEACHER ACCUSED AFTER CANING
    190 2 But court acquits him of assault RAUB, Mon. Abdul Aziz bin Sulaiman, a teacher in the Malay school at Temau Dong in the Raub district, waa acquitted on a charge of assaulting a pupil by caning him. The headmaster who gave evidence before the West Pahang
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    UMNO for Prise
    33 2 UMNO for Prise Muslim ::-:-,'^B Char. ji and o:^^ gapore receive-^M cakes an: ganisation H Inche A Juir.at. Minis: ernmei I H who is the c.\. in Sir.-,; n H the jails. M
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    — IPOH AIR RALLY WON BY SELANGOR
    223 2 IPOH AIR RALLY WON BY SELANGOR IPOH. Mon INLYING chros from Sin- gapore, Selangor Penang ana Perak took 1 part in an air rally j n Ipoh yesterday and today that included competitions for four challenge trophies. The Selangor Flying Club von the Dane Cup, the major Item on the
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    Smugler on runs
    84 2 Smugler on runs T H E 1 Pore h day. *h repoS3,* Skichartered The report u >< al menwh Ow l^ °P»um smuS h "igf the drag smugglers hieh rates fo t J commensurat, J that havetoi»t2 trate the p^ th e report quS "Although ife Powerful ,JJ have been
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    Lock icon BRITAIN SAUNTERS TO THE Section
    389 3 BRITAIN SAUNTERS TO THE Section nd deadest political campaign of the century drags on to its climax I joters have already he up their minds LONDON. Monday rod into general election I md deadest political cam- neared its climax. rople will po to the polls use of Commons, with the
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    THE PRINCESS GOES RIDING
    99 3 ....And she uses Peter's saddle blanket gift THIS picture of Princess Margaret riding in Windsor Great Park which the Royal Household released for publication last week has been printed in most newspapers in Britain and the United States. The lambskin saddle blanket was given to the
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    passed customs not a camera
    77 3 passed customs not a camera ..u: diii .ippro- -,».!> champi"!! £«r. Pine who A cf»id«-able ,Tihai ttw b«it*: »1* iron a> Efcdu' ■j« n m received, K ni.s men ■b for S H lor his ms kept Kt«luitin Hit' K»ni lo c<-i her H ard of H not .in H
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    Lock icon HONG GIRL'S MURDER -MAN IS CHARGED
    85 3 KOX(i. Mon. JllUll B» M.X Royal 1 »rps lias I til. Jr iO j> l.velyn r-old I relyn's d with I: hillside Kou |i,on section of the colony. The girl, who worked for the Rev. Haigh Brown, a British clergyman at the Hong Kong
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    Row on freight surcharges
    151 3 INDIA MAY BAN FOREIGN SHIPS NEW DELHI, Monday. CHIPS of foreign firms planning to place surcharges on freight bound for Bombay and Calcutta are to be banned from Indian ports. Authoritative sources said I India has sent warnings about the ban to the New Delhi embassies
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    Lock icon The quins inherit a fortune
    98 3 The quins inherit a fortune TORONTO. Mon. rE four surviving Dionne quins will each inherit more than Ui5.5200.000 next Saturday, their 21st birthday. Cecile. Yvonne. Annette and Marie will receive the I money from a trust fund built up by their father through the sale of picture, magazine I and
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    Lock icon Art treasures go to the nation
    57 3 LONDON. Mon.— Mr. Ernest Cook. whose grandfather founded the worldwide travel agency of Thomas Cook and Sons, has left the entire collection of art treasures in his home at Bath ■to the nation. Mr. Cook, a shy bachelor who was one of Britain's richest
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    Bronze Winston
    35 3 LONDON, Mon. The City of London's full-size bronze statue of Sir Winston Churchill by Oscar Nemon is to be unveiled at the Guildhall on June 21 by the Lord Mayor, Sir Seymour Howard.
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    31 3 OSLO. Mon.— Field Marshal Lord Montgomery has arrived here for a three-day visit to confer with Norwegian defence chiefs and the Oslo North Atlantic Treaty Organisation headquarters.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Ascari drives into the sea
    60 3 MONTE CARLO. Mon—Alberts Ascari's Lancia shot over a curve and into the sea yesterday during the Grand Prix d 'Europe motor race but the Italian ace was not seriously Injured. Ascari. who was second at the halfway mark, was taken to a hospital suffering from
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    Lock icon Billy goes to Windsor for Royal service
    205 3 Billy goes to Windsor for Royal service WINDSOR, Mon. AMERICAN evangelist Billy Xl. Graham yesterday preached before the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh in the private chapel of the Royal Lodge here. Later Dr. Graham and his wife were the guests of the Royal couple at lunch. The invitation
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    Lock icon £60,799 gift
    37 3 LONDON. Mon. Princess Alexandra of Kent attended a colourful ceremony at the Royal Albert Hall here last nieht to receive 191 purses totalline £60.799 on behalf of the Young Women's Christian Association of Britain.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon COMMUNIST H.Q. WRECKED
    44 3 TOULOUSE. Mon. A Rroup of French soldiers and sailors wrecked the local Communist Party headquarters yesterday. The glass front of the build- mc was broken in. furniture destroyed, and literature, a typewriter and a copying machine thrown out the windows. A.P
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    Lock icon SCIENTISTS TO MEET
    138 3 84-nation talks on atoms ROME, Monday. r^IGHTY-FOUR nations including Russia and the United States are expected to send scientists to Geneva in August, to form an international agency for the study and development of "peaceful" atomic energy. The agenda for the meeting Si being prepared by the
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    Lock icon Chou is willing
    45 3 HONG KONG. Mon— lndia's top diplomatic adviser. Mr. V. K Krishna Menon. returning home from a visit to Peking, said here today that he had always found the Chinese Communist premier. Mr. Chou En-lai willing to be friendly towards the United States.Reuter.
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    Lock icon Debtors unite
    27 3 CALCUTTA. Mon. Five hundred debtors in Orissa State have organised a debtors congress and will ask the government to write off all their debts.— UP
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    Svmonds buried
    22 3 NEW YORK. Mon.— Gene Svmonds. United Press correspondent killed in the recent Singapore riots, was buried SS at Lima (Ohio>---U.P
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    LONDON STOCKS
    315 3 LONDON, Mon. HPHE market moved irregularly over the day with labour troubles a cause for caution while the dominating feature was a strong belief of a Government victory at the general election. The recent weak state of sterling and the current tight money conditions have resulted in some
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    LONDON TIN
    23 3 LONDON. May 23— Cash Buyers £714: Sellers £715: Forward Buyers £716: Sellers £7174: Settlement £715. Turnover a.m. 10 tons p.m. Nil.
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    LONDON RUBBER
    34 3 LONDON. Ma> 23.— Spot 28d.. June 28d.. July-Sept. 26 7 hd.. Oct.Dec. 26'sd.. Jan.-Mar. 25-S,d Apr.June Unquoted. May c.i.f 26- l id.. June c.i.f. 26-vd., July c.if. 26! 2 d. Tone: Dull.
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    Malaya—land for pioneers
    329 5 Malaya— land for pioneers f ROOM FOR DEVELOPMENT W»a» ff ftm> alqhq mro BAHKS 1/r s7 PUSH INTO THE itOOR TO GROW LfOOD, SAYS EXPERT KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. o i,,no(^ llst soon P usn '"to the 1 i nnon up jungles qnd swamps for ton ili(1 the rctirin Federation's priinape
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    New school in Johore
    61 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. A new secondary school, pro- viriing accommodation for 800 pupils in Johore Bahru. has been declared open by Mr. F. T. Laidlaw. Chief Education Officer. Johore. The school which is known as the Union English School, is under the supervision of Mrs. 1
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    Headmen take a civics course
    55 5 KULIM. Mon.— Forty Malay kamponfj ketuas and headmpn from Banda B'ahru district will attend a one day civics assembly in Serdant community hall on May 29. The field staff of the Information Department will a mock election durins the course, and lectures will br* delivered
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    Food offence: $600 fine
    46 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon.— Tan Tong Choo. a 59-year-old yegardener, was fined $600. in default five months' jail, in Sessions Court. Pontian. ysUrday having lj katis dried fish, half a katis of salted \iblr\s and 10 katis of maize in a prohibited area.
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    Forum on films
    35 5 Mr. David Loan woll-icnnwn British film director and pro--lucrr. will hold an open for\im >n the film industry at tomorrow's luncheon meeting of the Singapore Rotary Club at the Capitol Bluo Room.
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    all the first, the strate
    101 5 all the first, the strate CIUUJM Nl n here. Mr. j Mrrnham told Lutmt nftif^,,fd \hnud Mi not I»|M_ f »sf> to (»»rt Ml Thr P"l' t(> tforf mmi" 1 Ul ft Twin tlUil 13 t rubber belongt^uli hin \hriiil rf nulltH hf rrportrd fc-thr IflM of IJ 1 *tn
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    centre youths or Star
    28 5 centre youths or Star mcii The youth cenThe total raise that nine sent c of incil May Nair with m and Che Mohamed Zain Mr. riam imed ad-
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    officials union
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    UN AWAY WITH ESTATE'S $500
    77 5 I'h,ted him romis■■n 15 of 'hfroh Estate had advanced the money to Sinnasamy. who said he could Ret the labourers througn Munickam. his friend. LaJca absconded with the money and was arrested in Kuala Lumpur, the court was told. Laka denied having taken 'he money.
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    WAS IN HER POCKET
    43 5 RL Mo Yak I .'ithI loou restricted area of Manchis new viliaKe on May 10. Moo said the rice, found wrapped in paper in her inner blouse pocket, was for planting in her earden, two miles from 'he village.
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    A family celebrates Hari Raya
    36 5 MOHAMED ARSHAD, a civilian employee of the Royal Army Service Corps in Singapore, enjoys a feast of Han Raya cakes with his family at their home in Ceylang. Straits Times picture.
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    THEY WERE IN ROGUES'GALLERY
    193 5 THEY WERE IN ROGUES' GALLERY So taxi-driver spotted two hold-up suspects A TAXI-DRIVER who was robbed by three Indians at the point of a dagger on Friday night, later picked out two suspects from the Singapore police force's "rogues' gallery." Senior Investigation Officer. Mr. S. K. Sundram. attached to Orchard
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    DATO PANGLIMA TALKS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT
    110 5 LONDON, Mon. Dato Panglima Bukit Gantang, Mentri Besar of Perak, who is among representatives from Commonwealth countries attending a course in Britain sponsored by the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, was a speaker at a lunch at Colchester in Essex. "We Delieve that a Government can
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    Quarantine for 232 passengers
    41 5 The 8,500-ton State of Madras arrived in Singapore yesterday with 288 Indians, who were returning from India. Of the deck passengers. 232 were placed in quarantine as soon as the vessel dropped anchor in the Outer Roads
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    Empire Day
    29 5 One hundred thousand schoolchildren will celebrate Empire Day today with parades and assemblies in Singapore after which school will be dismissed for the rest of the day.
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    Fight to save the cattle
    97 5 Vaccinations ordered KOTA BHARU, Mon. THE Kelantan Government has ordered mass vaccination of cattle to curb the killer known as "haemorrhagic septicaemia." The present epidemic has killed several cattle in Kota Bharu. Pasir Mas, Bachok and Pasir Puteh. It is now under control except in
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    Concert to aid youth fund
    60 5 Mr. Lim Choon Mong, Progressive Assemblyman for Paya Lebar, will be the patron of a variety concert by the Paya Lebar Methodist Youth Fellowship in aid of the Methodist Youth Fund. The concert will be at the Shaw Auditorium of the Paya Lebar Methodist Girls'
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    Man accused of suicide bid
    55 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. At the General Hospital, yesterday Kg See Tang was charged before Inche Mahmood bin Ali with having attempted on Maf. 31 to commit suicide by drinking poison. The delay in charging the man was because the Police were not notified earlier of
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    Fun for a road
    35 5 RAUB. Mon. The Methodist Girls' School, Raub. will hold a fun fair on June 4 at the .school premises to raise money to pay for a road built nt the school.
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    A WOMAN HIT GOVT. MAN, SAY POLICE
    208 5 A WOMAN HIT GOVT. MAN, SAY POLICE A WOMAN was accused; A in Singapore yester- j day of assaulting a public servant while he was doing his duty. Lim Chew Chen claimed trial to assaulting Wong Yoke Heng at 9.25 a.m. on May 9 and was allowed $100 ball until
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    English for adults
    58 5 PENANG, Mon. The Penang Adult Education Association is sponsoring a course in "practical English" to be conducted next week by Mr. W. J. K. Mandy, Regional Director of the British Council. Penang, and Mrs. C. Fisher. The course will start on June 1. Those interested should call
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    Concert to help missionaries
    49 5 The Singapore Wesley Guild will hold a concert in aid of Methodist missionary workers at the Wesley Church hall, 4. Fort Canning Road, at 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. Highlights of the programme will be two one-act plays "The Oak-Seattle" and "The Lonely Summit."
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    Talk by author
    36 5 Mrs. Bernadine Bailey, an American author, will give a talk on inter-racial marriages to the Chinese Ladies Association at the new American Club. 21. Scotts Road. Singapore, at 4.30 p.m. on May 31.
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    161 6 tO Her*, lit (minimum). FOLLOW PEDANT Every Day in the Malay Mail' If you want to win that $5,000 word puzzle. BOY! I'VE DECIDED on a battle Oildpn- Krone Liebfraumilch 1950 Its the finest dinner wine I know! Agents Robinson's. SMELLS FISHY to me" said Georpe. That's neither pleasant
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    Qte Strait Times Singapore, Tues. May 24, 1955. The Pattern Of Crisis
    932 6 Qte Strait Times Singapore, Tues. May 24, 1955. The Pattern Of Crisis The Singapore Annual Report for 1954, published this morning, is the most important one in the series issued so far. It comes at a time when the Colony is in the midst of a continuing crisis the gravity
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    The Undeveloped Land
    312 6 The Undeveloped Land Malaya is still an undeveloped land. The vast rubber estates and the smaller oil palm estates tend to obscure this truth for two reasons. The estates follow the roads and rivers without eating deep into the jungle; the revenue rubber brings outweighs every other source of income.
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    Labour is ignoring foreign affairs but is split on H-bomb issue
    1321 6  - Labour is ignoring foreign affairs but is split on H-bomb issue LEOMRD ROSHTON By LONDON. YN THIS election the Conservatives are making the most of Churchill and his retirement They still have his name and record, with its glamour burnished by time, his oratory and the benefit of his unequalled
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    MAN IN THE STREET
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    Firm hand is needed to avert chaos
    220 6 rpHE open defiance of the Government by students is creating an uneasy feeling in the minds of the general public. If these "children" can do this now, what is going to happen when men take up the cudgels on their behalf? Surely, we
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    An end to this farce
    57 6 P Singapore to be the laughing stock of the world? Its Government is dictated to by a handful of half baked teen-agers, who have the* cheek to complain of "high handed" methods. The many thousands of long-suffering citizens should rise in their wrath and demand
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    Rude shock to citizens
    118 6 rpHE first recommendation L of the all-party committee appointed by the Chief Minister to study the problems of the Chinese schools has come as a rude shock to law-abjdlng citizens, for it is asking the Government to set aside the drastic measures it has announced against
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    Proper use for schools
    109 6 rpHE Government appears to 1 be patting the students on the back instead of the knuckles. This complacency Is dangerous, and measures should Immediately be taken. They should be made to understand that schools are educational institutions and not places of indoctrination. I think that no
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    Speaks for the people
    80 6 I THANK Inche Ahmad Ibrahim for voting in favour of the Marshall Government in the last Legislative Assembly. I hope, like many, he will not join with extremists who want to destroy the new Government and the public safety as well. r Inchp Ahmad Ibrahim has
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    Praise for Mr. Goode
    81 6 LITE need men of the calibre ff of Mr. Goode. who is not afraid to speak his own mind, and until such time as our ministers are capable of distinguishing good from evil. I would suggest that they stay at home and mind the baby. The
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    NO MORE LIVES FOR SALE
    278 6 F there is such a union as the United Chinese Seafarers Union, and also if there Is an active Seamen's Social Welfare Officer, then why should I have to tell a government department to stop appealllng to me to come to the aid of brokendown
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    ationalise airways, he urges
    188 7 yy/,> WANTS THE GOVERNMENT TO BACK UP ITS 'BELIEF IN SOCIALISM' L r *L „i the 5 has made ii l 1 i bout air, rail and bus transport. Up has put his proposals in the form of <|iiestions to the Assembly. Questions asked too late
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    DIDN'T LOOK FARMERS
    27 7 nays Dato RHARU, Monday. walked out of a meeting on Saturday night when Nik Daud bin Haji Nik Mat. ..irmers and could not re|)l
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    So sorry to stop you— the Govt. apologises
    109 7 So sorry to stop you— the Govt. apologises BIKIT MERTAJAM. Mon. Government pamphlets distributed in four languages today apologised to travellers for fond checks at various points but explained they were necessary to prevent supplies reaching Communist terrorists. "The Government is vnrr\ to have to stop. question and search you.
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    I was sent on wild goose chase for jobs
    270 7 I was sent on wild goose chase for jobs Unemployed man's reply to Tyson AN UNEMPLOYED Singapore clerk. Mr. G. Sundaraju, yesterday said that the Chief Employment Offlcers's "offer" of five jobs had cost him money borrowed for transport. He was referring to Mr. F. G. Tysons remark that "the
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    GAY HOLIDAY IN FEDERATION, DULLINCOLONY
    236 7 GAY HOLIDAY IN FEDERATION, DULLINCOLONY jyt USLIMS in the Federation yesterday marked Hari Raya Puasa with traditional prayers and f astivities but in Singapore there was an unusual restraint in the celebrations. I In KUALA LUMPUR many children and women thronged the Lake Gardens. Cinemas and amusement parks were crowded
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    Mr.. Leong blazes sky trail
    104 7 Mr. Leong blazes sky trail KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. MR. Leong Ming Sen. 34, the first Asian captain of a passenger aircraft in Malaya, made his first flight today with the Federation Air Service. He flew a chartered Beaver aircraft from Kuala Lumpur to Malacca and back. His passengers were Civil
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    Leopards at the clinic
    62 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon.— Two leopards, a bear and three monkeys were among the animals treated at the Animal Infirmary, Johore Bahru, according to the annual report ot the Veterinary Department for 1954. Dogs provided the largest number of patients at the infirmary, with 1,123 for the
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    Scout gift to Nicoll
    84 7 Scouts, cubs, rovers and scouters will present to the Governor and Chief Scout. Sir John Nicoll, a gold-topped Malacca cane when he attends the annual meeting of the Singapore Boy Scouts Association at Sand House. Armenian Street, at 5.30 p.m. on Thursday. Canon R. K. S,
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    DISPUTE HELD SECRET
    7 7 DISPUTE HELD SECRET the Lee Bus be-
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    Club delegates
    27 7 IPOH. Mon. even representatives from the Ipoh Boys' Club will attend the fifth Malayan Youth Council meeting at Kuala Lumpur on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
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    Gangs clash
    23 7 S:x people were injured, seriously in a clash between two gangs at King's Dock. Singapore, last night. Police detained six men.
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    ONE DEAD IN HARI RAYA CRASH
    65 7 ,i m*\ v \s KILLED and four others were injured when this car hit a tree at the 7th A i hnkitTtmah Road, yesterday evening. The dead man was Mawi bin Mohamed, 17, a £n eSDlovSTbv the Utusan Me4ayu. The injured were Ahmadon bin
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    The M.M.I. is of 'no importance'
    148 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon.—Political observers here do not attach much importance to the "Movement For Malayan TnrieDendence" started in Indonesia by Malays living there. A United Press report from Jakarta during the weekend said a united front for Malayan independence had been Lrmedby representatives of
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    Former U.S. Consul in Australia
    80 7 Former U.S. Consul in Australia MR. ROBERT J. BOYLAN, a former U.S. Consul and Public Affairs Officer with the U.S.I.S. in Singapore, who has been appointed treasurer and member of the board of directors of the United States Educational Foundation in Australia. The Foundation is responsible for the annual interchange
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    $27 MILLION SHIP ON MAIDEN TRIP
    103 7 $27 MILLION SHIP ON MAIDEN TRIP The Cracker State Mariner, one of the new freighters belonging to American President Lines, arrived in Singapore yesterday on her maiden voyage around the world. The third of four "Mariner" class ships which AP.L recently bought from the U.S. Maritime Administration, the Cracker State
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    M.C.A. LEADER TELLS COLONY: BE FIRM
    171 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. TWO Federation political leaders today deplored the conduct of the Singapore Chinese middle school students in the recent riotin gin the Colony. Mr. Leong Yew Koh, secretarygeneral of the Malayan Chinese Association, blamed the whole thine on Communist sympathisers and criticised
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    Free show
    23 7 There* will be a free show of Commonwealth films at the British Council Hall, Stamford Road, at 8.30 p.m. on Friday.
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    MARSHALL TO TALK ON PROBLEMS
    119 7 MARSHALL TO TALK ON PROBLEMS The Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, and the Minister for Education, Mr. Chew Swee Kee, are twp of the three speakers who will take part in a youth forum on "You and Your Problems" on May 30 at 10.45 a.m. during the District Methodist Youth
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    COMMITTEE IS SUSPENDED BY SHB UNIONS
    314 7 COMMITTEE IS SUSPENDED BY SHB UNIONS Split over statement to Press TVIE joint action committee formed by three labour 1 unions, representing 5,000 daily-rated workers, to negotiate with the Singapore Harbour Board on IS claims, was suspended yesterday. This follows a split both In, the committee and the rank and
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    The holiday keeps a liner at sea
    107 7 The holiday keeps a liner at sea TWE liner Oranje (20.100 A tons) could not come alongside the 'Singapore Harbour Board wharves when she reached Singapore yesterday from Europe because of the Hari Raya holiday. Malays working the board's tugs which bring in and take out liners were celebrating and
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    Mac Donald will open cinema
    56 7 The Commissioner-General. Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, will open the King's Theatre, the new cinema in the Tiong Bahru area of Singapore, at nine o'clock tonight. About 1,200 guests have been invited to a cocktail party in the theatre lounge to celebrate the opening and also
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    New dates for fashion show
    56 7 The postponed "Festival of Fashions and Masked Dance" programme in aid of the Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Association will now be held at West Point Gardens, Pasir Panjang, from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. this week-end. Tickets bought for May 14 will be valid for Saturday and
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    Licensing board
    31 7 The Singapore Board of Licensing Justices will meet in the Court of the District Judge and First Magistrate, District and Police Courts building, at 2.30 p.m. on June 21.
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      73 7 High tides TODAY: Singapore 1.01 pjn. (8 ft. 4 in.); Port LUckson 8.04 a.m. (t. 8 in.) 8.34 pan. ft. 6 In.); Penang 2.16 a.m. (7 ft. 1 In.) 2.19 pjn. (8 ft. 5 In.). TOMORROW: Singapore 12.11 a.m. <9 ft. 6 In.) 1.48 p.m. (8 ft. 2 In.); Port
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    There ARE advantages in this miilti-lingualism
    669 8 MONDAY I f ASK Tom to bring mr a book from the 1 library on his way home, and he comes back with a lurid novel. "Whai on earth \s this?" I ask In dismay. I"I don't know. says my dear husband. "I lost
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    WIVES DON'T LIKE 'NO BACK-Tai, CLAUSE' IN WEDDING PACTS
    343 8 RUSSIAN husbands who divorce their wivef Leaving f rl rules of behaviour as "Don't insult your hus- band, and if he insults you don't answer." are being toguneed in the SS»S J^fiSSdS" theT most famous of Russia's satirical periodicals, to the
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    CLOTHES FOR THE CHILD GO SOBER
    660 8  -  f ITTLE girls' clothes have not changed for many, many years, they have always been sweet and simple with masses of frills and bows— the ideal style- for the littlest woman in the family. But now there is a new influence making these small
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      'Struck with horror'
      111 8 'Struck with horror' IWAS struck with horror when I saw the picture of Miss Maria Menado depicting the latest kebaya fashion. The Oaruda of Indonesia embroidered on the kebaya is the symbol of the state, and is regarded with highest esteem by the people. The choice of this symbol for
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      82 8 IN this age of pin-up girls, beauty contests, bellydancers, strip-tease shows and popular magazines featuring pages and pages of scantily-dressed damsels, it ls not surprising that a great deal of interest has been roused by the columnist who said that Chinese girls are the most beautiful In the world This
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      62 8 JOHN WALTERS could be right about the beauty of many a Chinese woman, but I am inclined to think that he was struck by Cupid's arrow when he saw one. I think that talk of the Chinese women being the most beautiful is all nonsense. I think the glamorous actresses
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      62 8 I ENTIRELY disagree with the statement by John Walters, that Chinese girls are the most beautiful in the world. As I am a Straits-born (Christian) Chinese bachelor. I should say that Indian girls are more beautiful than other races, such as Hindi girls from Bombay, with natural beauty and personality.
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      358 8 forest (9) Straits Times Crossword 27 fc-1 f of <. i r iet on lee ls «JIICIIIO 111 lit? d VIUODWUIU 28. Halt these are related (7). 29. One T garment (7) ,i I x I anjsjsi I DOWN 23 5 6 1 8 Chap gets older (7). L__ -rcnr
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    Ageing princess shocked world by marrying dishwasher
    2525 9 GUESTS BOYCOTTED RECEPTION THE medieval palace of Bonn was ablaze with light one day in November 1927. Banks flowers lined the walls of the reception rooms. n the vaulted banqueting hall. French chefs i final touches to a wedding feast for sis. In
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    May holiday picnic
    74 11 Mr. Bek Swee Hoon, a Singapore magician, will perform at the May holiday picnic and social diyicc at Mr. Ching Kee Sun's bungalow, Tay Lian Teck Avenue, off Siglap Road, on Sunday. Mr. Lam Joon Khim and Miss Sardiah Abdullah, who were last year's Singapore professional tango
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    Ministers for school sports
    52 11 The Haig Girls' School, Singapore, will hold its annual sports on June 7 at 3 pjn. on the school ground. Mrs. Loke Wan Tho will distribute the prizes. The Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, and the Minister for Education, Mr. Chew Swee Kee, are expected to
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    French trooper in port
    38 11 The 9,600-ton tro pp ship Florida arrived in Singapore yesterday from Saigon with 1,000 French troops for France. The trooper stayed in port for a few hours to take on water, supplies and bunkers.
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    HELP RECRUIT MORE MEMBERS PLEA
    96 11 SUNGEI PATANI, Mon. TpHE executive secretary of the MCA, Kedah and Perils, Mr. Yeoh Yonj? Hooi, yesterday urged members to help recruit more members. "If every member can get one other Chinese to join the association, our organisation will be very much stronger," he told
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      AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
      117 11 MELBOURNE, Mon. Investments were firm, although turnover wa& slightly below average on the stock Exchange today. In minings a firmer trend was noticeable. Trading were light. Loans were firmer. Loans 3V£% 1956-59 £95 5/32 Loans M4< 1955-58 £96% Con. Zinc 58/9 xd Bank of N.S.W unquoted Mount Lyell
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      TIN PRICE
      45 11 The tin price in Singapore yesterday was $357.50 per picul. which was 50 cents more than on Saturday. The rubber, share and produce markets together with the member banks of the Malayan Exchange Banks' Association were closed for the Hart Raya Puasa hallday.
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      EXCHANGE RATES
      38 11 On the free exchange market in Hong Kong on Saturday, the U.S. dollar was quoted at 5,85 Vi for cash and 5.86 for T.T. Sterling was quoted at 13.70 and one tael of gold at 253.
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    CHINESE APATHY OVERCOME
    170 11 CHINESE APATHY OVERCOME ESTATE UNION WINS AN OLD, OLD BATTLE Intensive drive is on to get more members IPOH, Monday. AFTER years of apathy, Chinese estate workers are now beginning to join the Perak branch of the National Union, of Plantation Workers. Earlier this month, a group of 300 Chinese
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    Youth rally in mufti: No panic
    184 11 pADETS and Scouts who at\j tended an Empire Day rally at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd on Sunday in mufti did not do so because they were afraid to wear their uniforms, Brother Ignatius, director of St. Joseph's Institution, told the Straits Times
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    Home Guard course to replace expatriates
    112 11 IPOH, Mon A FEDERAL training coarse for District Home Guard officers will begin on Monday in Ipoh. It is designed to equip them as replacements of expatriate officers. Thirty-two officers will attend the course which will be spread over 23 working days. It will
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    Russian dock towed in
    65 11 THE SECOND new Russian floating dock to arrive in Singapore within two weeks was towed into Colony waters by the 533-ton tug Murometz yesterdayAccompanying the dock and the tug is the 5,064-ton freighter Dimitri Donskoi which is the feeder ship on the voyage. The dock is
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    Good citizens praised
    72 11 Thief jailed JOHORE BAHRU, Mon.— Ma Chee Heng and Hui Kual Heen were praised by the Sessions Court, Kluang. yesterday for reporting a case of housebreaking. Ong Bee, of Kail Malay Estate, Paloh, was sentenced to 12 months' Jail for housebreaking and stealing $500. He was also
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    Hindu festival
    33 11 The Hindu staff of the War Department in Singapore will observe the "Sathurthi" festival at the Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple at Ceylon Road on Wednesday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
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    $750 fine
    28 11 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. Ang Chua Choon was fined a total of $750 in the Sessions Court, Pontian. yesterday for possession of chandu and opium smoking utensils.
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    LAND GIFT FOR 10,000
    65 11 KULIM, Mon.— The Kedah Gr. /eminent plans to give agricultural lands to new villagers in South Kedah. More than 10,000 are expected to benefit by this scheme. "Each family will be given half an acre," an official told che Straits Times today. The land will be
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      ENGINEER GOES ON LEAVE BUT WILL BRING BACK LATEST METHODS
      156 12 ENGINEER GOES ON LEAVE BUT WILL BRING BACK LATEST METHODS MR. M. R. TREFFREY. resident engineer of Holman Brothers Ltd.. manufacturers of compressed air equipment, is leaving Singapore at the end of this month for Britain on six-months' leave. He will be temporarily replaced by Mr. F. F. L. Morgan,
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      CHINESE RUBBER MEN PROTEST
      444 12 Stop provident fund request CjINGAPORE Chinese businessmen engaged in the rubber industry are up in arms against the proposed amendments to the Central Provident Fund ordinance under which employers alone must contribute to the fund for staff who earn under $200 a month. They have requested
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      Colony unrest halts demand for factory sites
      431 12 Colony unrest halts demand for factory sites JHE demand for industrial sites by Colony fend overseas businessmen has practically come to a standstill partly due to the present labour troubles, a leading Singapore real estate dealer reported yesterday. The lack of interest was also due to the uncertain political future,
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      Profit jump for James Warren Ltd.
      152 12 Profit jump for James Warren Ltd. JAMES WARREN and Co. Ltd. made a profit of £163,919, before taxation, last year, compared with £94.841 in the previous year. The company received Malayan war damage compensation totalling £2,027 during the year, making a total with the profit of £165,946, compared with £95.730
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      INDIA NEEDS OUR RUBBER URGENTLY
      236 12 INDIA plans to increase her present imports of Malayan rubber in the next few years for use in the country's growing rubber manufacturing industry. Mr. K. M. Philip, a representative of the Indian Rubber Industries Association, said during his visit to Singapore last week. The
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      Caltex company gets new name
      65 12 rE United Overseas Petroleum Co. Ltd.. a British member of the Caltex group of 92 companies operating in 67 countries, has changed its name to Caltex Services Ltd.. announced the resident director. Mr. George M. Murray. The change in name, which was made to identify
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      Money machines in action
      98 12 MRS. YVONNE YEH, a demonstrator from the Singapore office of the National Cash Register Company (Malaya) Ltd., waiches as two employees of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. Penang branch, try out the latest type of accounting machine incorporating an electric typewriter. The bank is the
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    0 TENNIS TROPHIES 0 SOUTH
    332 13 W« I>lW b Y North women in deciding match Qgicell in top form ,-pfii I r morning with the score at t-all and two-all in the rubbor". Ong Chew Bee and Lim Hee Chin beat Moms Tay of Perak and Goon Kok Lem of Penang
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    | A 'well done' for Lim
    52 13 A 'well done' for Lim LIM HEE CHIN, of Singapore (loft) being congratulated by Eu rak champion Moses Tay whom he beat 7-5. 6-3 in the Chua Choon Leong Cup tennis played at Kuala Lumpur during the week-end. Singapore retained the trophy by winning all five matches against Perak. Straits
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    Lock icon England end tour with a 3-1 defeat
    214 13 PORTUGAL SCORE BIG UPSET OPORTO. Portugal.' Monday. 4 MID wild scenes of enthusiasm from the crowd, Portugal caused an upset in form by beating Engand 3-1 in a soccer international here yesterday. Defeated by France and held to a draw by Spain, the
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    Lock icon 41 NATIONS FOR 1956 OLYMPICS
    121 13 MELBOURNE. Mon. SINGAPORE and Malaya are among 41 countries who have accepted invitations to compete in the 1956 Olympic Games. from Nov. 22 to Dec. 8. in Melbourne. The entries were sent in 16 months before the deadline. The total number of participating nations, however,
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    Lock icon 25 left in far Derby
    125 13 LONDON. Mon. THE 25 revised probables and jockevg for the Derby to be run over l'-ini. at 14.30 GMT at Epsom on Wednesday are: National Holiday (J. Wilson) Kookaburra (E.J. Crecknell), Marwari (P. Canty). National Anthem (A Breasley), Acropolis (D. Smith), Tlppercanoi (E. Britt), Starlit
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    Lock icon Yorkshire declare: Derby 131-5
    136 13 Yorkshire declare: Derby 131-5 LONDON Mon. /^OUNTY cricket tea scores today: Chesterfield: Yorkshire 272 for 9 dccl. Derbyshire 131 for 5. At Glasgow: Worcester 382 for 4 dccl. Scotland 232 for seven (Mendl 59. Aitchison not out 69). At Leicester: Leicester 114 and 151 for 7 (Tompkln 50, Palmer not
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    FERNANDO, CHALK PASS 50 MARK
    51 13 Nee Soon Garrison beat Wanderers by two wickets In a cricket fixture at Nee Soon yesterday. Wanderers 185 (C. Fernando 68. D. Sullivan 27, B. Sullivan 17. Barron 6-69) Nee Soon 187-8 (Hewlett 47. Chalk 55 no.. Barron 19 n.0., S. Ferreira 2-15, D. Sullivan
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    TEAMS TODAY
    107 13 MALAYAN Chinese will meet Singapore In a soccer friendly at Jalan Besar stadium at 5.15 p.m today. Teams are: Singapore: Pook Teng; Kot: Cheng, Johan; Kirn Beng, Vass Osman Johan; Omar Awang, All Radln, Awang Bakar. Rahlm Omar, Abdullah Zalnol. Reserves: Idros Albar, Rashid Glman, Yong Kong. Ibrahim
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    WEIGHTS FOR S'GOR MAY-JUNE MEET
    558 13 y\T EIGHTS for Saturday, first day of the Selangor Turf Club May-June Meeting, are: ci.3,divi— s4r. Happy Life 9.00 Magic Eye 8.13 Stage Show II 8.11 Southern Cross 8.08 Solidarity 8.08 Townsman 8.07 Waikikl 8.07 Applause 8.06 Grail. 8.04 Proctor 8.03 Talkie II 8.00 Marvel
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    Second-half rally by South Chinese earns two-all draw
    298 13 Second -half rally by South Chinese earns two-all draw a FTER being down 2-0 at the interval, South staged a fine recovery in the second half to force a 2-2 draw against North in the annual Malayan Chinese F.A. match at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday. Extra time of 10 minutes,
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    Lock icon MCC ALL OUT. FOR 8t
    221 13 MCC ALL OUT. FOR 8t Hutton ill LONDON. Mon. T EN HUTTON, who has been apRJ pointed to captain England In the five Test matches ihg^lnst South Africa, was unable to batiar M.C.C. against the tourists this rrtotning because of lumbago. In his absence, M.C.C. crashed to some steady bowling
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    Lock icon HUTTON CAPTAIN IN ALL TEST AGAINST S. AFRICA
    137 13 LONDON, Mon. LEN HUTTON, the Yorkshire and England batsman, has teen appointed captain of the England cricket team lor all five Test matches against South Africa this Summer. This means a break with tradition In previous Test series at home, the England
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      70 13 BADMINTON Thomas Cup: Inter-ione semifinal; America v India.. Badminton Hall 8 p.m. SOCCER Singapore Malayan Chinese, Jalan Besar; S.A.F.A. League, Div. 3B: Springdale v Netajl, Geylang; Rajajl v Social A.P.. Clerical Union; United Services League: Div. 1: R.A.O.C. v R.A.F. Seletar, Alexandra; R.A.F. Changi v Naval Wanderers, Changi*. ntv. 2:
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    KEY MAN FOR THE INDIANS
    7 14 KEY MAN FOR THE INDIANS SASDU NATEKAR
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    The boys will play for Ken
    142 14 -ABA CHIEF MALAYA'S badminton boys arc good, but then we have pretty good players ourselves," said Mr. Charles Ncwhall. President of the American Badminton Association, on arrival in Singapore by air yesterday. Mr. Newhall is here to watch the Thomas Cup games. Asked what
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    ONLY 77-GRAIN SHUTTLES MAY BE USED TONIGHT
    175 14 THE Indians and Americans may have to play with 77-gram shuttlecocks tonight when they meet in the first night's play in the Thomas Cup inter-zone semi finals at the Singapore Badminton stadium. Shuttles of lower grains, 74. 75 and 76. urgently ordered by
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    U.S. count on Mitchell, Alston for early lead
    751 14 IT'S THOMAS CUP BADMINTON TIME IN SINGAPORE AMU ltus> riunu* BRINGS YOU ALL THE LATEST NEWS AND VIEWS By The Sports Editor rTHE AMERICANS are very happy about the draw for their Thomas Cup badminton inter-zone tie against India which will be
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    ORDER OF PLAY TONIGHT
    38 14 The order of play tonight in the IS. -India tie is (U.S. mentioned first): Mitchell v Natekar: Alston v Seth; Rogers and Williams v Hemmady and Guha; Loveday and Armandariz' v Natekar and Dongre.
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    BRILLIANT POH LIM BEATS PENG SOON
    298 14 MALAYAN champion Ong Poh Lim struck brilliant form last night when he played a practice match against Malaya's captain and All England champion, Wong Peng 3oon. at the Singapore Badminton Stadium. Poh won 15-8. 15-3. Poh Lim. who is fighting hard for a singles
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    GATES WILL OPEN AT 5 p.m. TODAY
    104 14 The gates at the Singapore Badminton stadium will be opened at 5 p.m. today for the first night's play In the Thomas Cup inter-zone semi-final between India and United States. Tlcket-holaers are advised to oe in their seats as early as possible but
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    Eddie's in bed now— with a cold
    132 14 Eddie's in bed now with a cold EDDIE CHOONG. All England runner-up and contender for a first singles berth in Malaya's Thomas Cup team, who was not able to practice with the team all last week owing to a sprained wrist, is now confined to bed with a cold. The
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    ALL FIVE TEAMS WILL BE AT OPENING CEREMONY
    225 14 THE FINAL stages of the third in- tematlonal badminton tournament for the Thomas Cup will be declared open after a brief ceremony at the Singapore Badminton Hall tonight. At 8 o'clock, with the flags of the five participating nations fluttering above the
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    BADMINTon DEFENSIVE SA YS SIR
    123 14 BADMINTon DEFENSIVE SA YS SIR OADMINTON these day. P .is played too defensively and a little more emphasis on attack would make the present 1 champions even greater players. This is the opinion of the mm more closely connected with international badminton over the past 50 years than an J
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    Greatest was Sum Freeman. Wong
    281 14 Greatest was Sum Freeman. Wong II7HEN asked to name the three greatest singles players he had seen, Sir George without hesitation named G. A. Sautter as the best he had ever seen. Sautter, who won the All-Eng-land in 1911, 13 and 14. would have beaten Dr. Dave Freeman had they
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