Malaya Tribune, 27 May 1950

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  • 60 1 MALAYA TRIBUNE BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PZGFLE S'pora. Pubhahed aimultaneowily at Singapore. Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh an* rena»g. iARGER ZALc~> THAN ANY AFTERNOON PAPER L\ MalaYA phone Mttfl Nine bnt* TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MAY 27, 1950 TEN CENTS THE MALAYA TRIBUNE LONDON REPRESENTATIVE E. Maurice Glover, Malaya Tribune Office,
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  • 192 1 Promises Not To Blockade Hongkong U.P. HONG KONC, Friday. THE Chinese independent daily, Sin- T;io Jit Pao, reported today that 1 the Chinese Communists offered Britain live concessions in exchange for British acceptance of their conditions for the establishment of diplomatic relations. The concessions
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  • 113 1 Tribune Film Reporter "QIJICKSAND" —a Mickey Roonej picture übout a down-and-out which was banned a Censor Jack Evans on March 16 this year has been pnurfl for screening in Singapore without a cut by the Film Appeal Board. The Censor's ban was based on the
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  • 61 1 STOP PRESS A.P. WASHINGTON. Fri. General J. Lawton Collins revealed today the United States began building secret Paiiiic bases before the sneak Japanese attack on Pear Harbour. The Army Chief-of-Staff told the Senate Armed Services Committee that work on air bases on islands between Hawaii and
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  • 90 1 U.P. MELBOURNE, Fri. y A single rat today eaus- ed the biggest trans- portation snag in Mcl- bourne* history. The rodent somehow j nianug.'d to short cure wit I th*- entire* power system of the suburban electric railways. Hundreds of < trains were delayed and j
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  • 91 1 U.K. WASHINGTON. Fri. Marshall Plan Director Paul Hoffman announced the creation of a new Far East programme division to ai<l non-Ccmmunlst countries of South-East Asia. He named Harlan Cleveland, formerly head of th<* China programme. to bo director of the new division. It
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  • 201 1 Reuter LONDON. Friday. RING George tonight discussed defence problems with the Commonwealth Chiefs or Staff at Buckingham palace. The King and Queen re-/ ceived 12 of the leading military figures in the Commonwealth, headed by the Chief of Britain's Imperial General Staff. Field Marshal Sir
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  • 32 1 Reuter. COLOMBO, F i. —'Ceylon Premier Don Senanayake issued a call for international peace when he welcomed delegates from 27 countries today, to inaugurate a World Fellowship of Buddhists. Reutei.
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  • 25 1 Reuter. LONDON, Fri.—The Queen today received at Buckingham Palace the Indonesian Ambassador and Madame Subandrio and the Afghan Ambassador, Marshal Shah Wall Khan.—Reutei.
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  • 24 1 A.P. SOUTHAMPTON, Fri. The troopship Empire Orwell with 1,350 troops and families sailed today for the Middle East and Singapore.- A.P.
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  • 62 1 Reuter. LONDON. Fri. capt. '•iurico" Westerling, whos? reoel troops captured tne Wesi Java town of Bandoeng lor a brief period this year, will shortly b-' deported trom Singapore, according to usually reliable sources nere. He recently completed a 40-day sentence tnere lor illegal entry into
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  • 40 1 The four best each way wagers for BuRit Timah today should be Four O'Clock II, Game Law, Grey Bloom and Mayfair. The going will be fast if the weather holds. (For selections see page 11).
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  • 86 1 Tribune Staff Reporter A man lying en a bed in the prisoners' ward of the General Hospital was charged this morning with causing the death of Mr. Yong Yit Lin, the well known Singapore businessman. Mr. Yong who was shot on Thursday afternoon in the Tong Lan Association In Bukit
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  • 155 1 U.P. TAIPEI. Friday. fHINA'S famous woman pirate "Two-fcun" J Huan Pa-mei arrived in Formosa to prepare a Nationalist counter-invasion of the Chinese mainland. Two-gun. who is also a Major-General in the Chinese Nationalist Army, is not concerned with the defences of Formosa which
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  • 135 1 Reuter. A.P. U.P. SYDNEY. Fri.—A crisis 01 major proportions loomed today as Australian seamen revolted against Government moves to oust Communist union officials, following the House of Representatives approval to the anti-Communist dissolution bill. When the seamen returned to their ships last nignt and today they were
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  • 56 1 Mr. Malcolm Mac- Donald. Commissioner- General for South East Asia; Maharaja Duleep- stiihji, Indian High Com- missionei- and Mr. rrea- crick W. Doidge, New j Zealand's Minister lor 1 External Affairs iound time to talk crlcaei, our- i ing the tea-break at > the Com mon rai in
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  • 224 1 A.P. Tribune Staff Reporter MUNICIPAL Commissioners are to ask Govern--11 ment to set up a competent body to look into the whole question of local Government in Sinp^oore. The Municipal procedure committee has recommended tnat commissioners should request Government to set up a Commission
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  • 23 1 Reuter. PARIS. Fri. The French cargo steamer Lieutenant Saint-Loubert Bie (6.269 tons) struck a mine in Saigon River today. -Reuter.
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  • 45 1 U.P. ROME. Fri.— Actiess Ingrid Bergman and Italian motion picture director Roberto Ros-.-elini. who weie married by civil proxy in Juarez. Mexico, aie "still living in .sinful adj'tcry in the eyes of the Catholic church," a high church official said today.— U.P.
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  • 472 2 Support For Communists Curbed Says CID Chief THERE are about 3,500 Commuiiist sympathisers in 1 Singapore today, Mr. R. C. B. Wiltshire, Deputy Commissioner of Police C.1.D., yesterday told pressmen at a conference. "The public should not be misled by a report that appeared in
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  • 55 2 The Friends of Singapore Society has received a letter from the Acting Colonial Secretary proposing the formation of a Committee of Official and Unofficial Members which in co-ope-ration with the Public Works Department, will be entrusted with the supervision of the preservation of certain historic
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  • 39 2 Yew Foo Ghlnk, 18, was bound over for six months with $100 and one surety, in the Fourth Police Court yesterday for attempting to commit suicide by drinking mercurchrom on May 21 at 75, East Coast Road.
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  • 164 2 Fish from Malaya find their way regularly to the paddyfields of Ceylon as a result of a mutual aid programme between the Fisheries Departments of both countries. Mr. T. W. Burdon, Fisheries Officer, disclosed yesterday that supplies of "Sepat Siam" fry are sent by
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  • 118 2 MALACCA. Fri.—Speaking at a tea-party given in his honour by the Malacca Local Indian Congress, Mr. K. Ramanathan, the new-ly-elected president of the Malayan Indian Congress, said that various attempts have been made from time to time to set up political organisations parallel to the Malayan
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  • 179 2 A PRE-WAR bankrupt, S. Nalliah, an engine driver n on a motor launch, told Mr. Justice Evans in the High Court yesterday that he had not met any of his creditors since the liberation and that he did not know what had happened to them.
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  • 151 2 THREE men and a woman discussed polygamy at the East-West Society debate held in the British Council Hall on Thursday night. They were: Mr. Lee Siow Mong, Assistant Controller of Foreign Exchange, who said, "Polygamy can be considered civilised If the women do not
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  • 141 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. THE Department of Agriculture has organised courses in agricultural mechanization at the Federal Experimental Station, Serdang, approximately 14 miles from the Federal capital. The object of the courses Is to produce more men trained in the operation of mechanical equipment including tractors
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  • 171 2 WHEN the Bishop of Malacca, the Rt. Rev. M. Olco- mendy, led his flock of 58 Malayan Catholic pilgrims to Rome on board the Italian liner, Surriento, last Tuesday, he refused an offei to travel firstclass The BiFhcp shared a third-class cabin with five Malayan priests.
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  • 64 2 A receiving and adjudication order was made by Mr. Justice Evans in the High Court yesterday against Wong Yew Huat. The order was made on the application of Caldbeck MacGregor and Co.. Ltd., the petitioning creditor, on a judgment debt amounting to $379. Wong
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  • 22 2 The Singapore Legislative Council will hold its next meeting on June 20 at 10.00 a.m. at the Victoria Memorial Hall.
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  • 76 2 V. Subramaniam was sent to prison yesterday for six months for stealing a blanket belonging to Tan Hong Chin. Subramaniam, who had two previous convictions, will also undergo one year's police supervision. It was stated in court that Subramaniam tried to make away with
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  • 31 2 No further applications from the public for tickets for the King's Birthday Parade will be accepted. Successful applicants will receive their tickets by post within a few days.
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  • 34 2 The direct London to Singapore telephone link onened recently. First caller was student George Ang. of Singapore pictured her* as he puts through a call to Singapore from London.
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  • 129 2 AN application for a creased rent for No Z Meyer Road, from %m, 5275 a month f rZ A P ri S last was approved by Vf Rent Conciliation Boa 5 yesterday. ard The nous b-lones estate of the lat( Sir Mi nasseh Meyer. ii trap snf
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  • 40 2 French Ship Dugnav-TioUiD wearing the flag cf CorrtreAdmiral F. T. Jourdain < French Navy; Commander of the Naval Division Far East wi'l proceed from Naval Uasi Singapore to man-of-wa' anchorage today. She wiU remain there till Wednesday.
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  • 61 2 This baby elephant, believed to be the smallest ever captured, makes friends with D. L. Mobley of Catalina. California, in a wild game farm in Bangkok. The year and haJf-old elephant was found in Thailand. It is only 32 inches aigh and eats only bananas and boiled rice. Mobley estimates
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  • 293 2 THE mother -of a self-confessed member of the Malayan Communist Party, who fell on her knees and pleaded for her son as he was being led out of the dock of the First District Court to serve a term of three years' gaol,
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  • 84 2 MALACCA. Fri.—The City Fathers have agreed to place the employees on time-scale, and revise the current establishment list. In the present system of grading, a clerk who has reached the top scale has to wait until a vac any occurs in a higher grade. At present
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  • 79 2 Chan Kirn Huat, 26, was yesterday acquitted in the Police Court on a charge of running Chap Ji Kee. Chan was arrested when a police party led by ASP Kerr raided a house in Bukit Teresa. It was stated in the court that Chan was found
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    • 420 2 RADIO MALAYA SSEWS? wLth si T Rf f TIP VI-'TU i U?U *ilm Songh; 12.15 Hindustani L>l>l r. At,l\\UKJr\ l>get Sons*.; 12.30 News; 12 40 Recorded Music; 12.48 Closini KXiLI.SU PROGRAMMES Annct. with Sig. Tune; 12.4. 10.00 am. News from Kuala Chute Down. Lumwir; 10.03 Close Down. 5.00 p.m. Time
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  • 889 3 Only Way To Allay Disquiet- Withers-Payne' CALL for a clear-cut statement By the British Government on its policy with regard to Singapore was made by Dr. C. H. Withers-Payne at the annual general meeting of the Singapore Association yesterday. Said Dr. Withers-Payne: "Public disquiet
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  • Article, Illustration
    23 3 Father V S. dement of st lon in (hurch. Taiping So left by the Sumento Iteenttj m pilgrimage to Rom»*.
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  • 190 3 KUALA. LUMPUR. Fri. THE Selangor State Committer ol the University Malaya Endowment Fund j is sponsoring a pos••r competition in all is throughout the state in connection with the Brick Fund. n Airways is tirst prize, a to Singapore a July returning on July
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  • 335 3 Three New Council Seats J|R. C. C. Tan, Legislative Councillor and President of the Progressive Party, will discuss the question of Whitehall approval for the three new elected seats 1 in the Singapore Legislative Council, with Mr. James Griffiths, the Colonial Secretary, when he
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  • 76 3 The Municipal Council Chamber will, for the hist time to-night, be the scene of a mock "Municipal Ordinary Meeting." The students of SC. Anthony's Boys' school will take part in the play, which will be on a full scale, from the Municipal President, the respective wards,
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  • 69 3 The Chinese Section of the Education Department in it> hall-yearly report revealed that 9.958 first second-year primary students receive 1 free education in 309 school: Of these soho% only 01 receive grant-in-aid. The totai expenditure for the first half of this scar is estimated at
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  • 41 3 The local train at 6.30 a.m. and the 8.20 a.m. semi-express train from Ipoh to Kuala Lumpur will be cancelled tod-ay and tomorrow. The local train at 1.40 p.m. from Kuala Lumpur to Gemas will run as usual.
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  • 122 3 REGISTRATION of private maternity homes would be a good step, but it would be a hard blow for the poorer classes, said representatives of various homes yesterday. Registration has been suggested by several Municipa. Commissioners upon receipt of reports that certain private maternity wards have been
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  • 61 3 Seated in the stern of a boat as they were recently rowed to the "Wooden Wall" Frigate Foudroyant at Portsmouth. England are Princess Margaret (stern, left) and Miss S. (i. Clarke. Assistant Commodore of the Sea Rangers. The Princess is wearing the uniform of the Commodore of
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  • 110 3 A POLICE party searching a motor vessel. Tong Hong, anchored in the Singapore River, found nine packets of opium wrapped in brown paper hidden in a b?.7 of mangoes. This was stated in the Second Police Court yesterday at the trial of Kee Keng
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  • 124 3 DR. Harold A. Ehrensperger. former teacher of dramatics at the North Western University. Chicago, arrived in Singapore yesterday. He is on his wav to Juobulbore. Central Provinces, iiima, where he will teach dramatics at Leonard College. The doctor, who arrived on the Steel Voyager, said:
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  • 22 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— The police have arrested a Municipal Health Inspector for corruptly receiving money in reinject of a licence.
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  • 191 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. THE pilot train of the Kuala Lumpur-Penang night mail was derailed through terrorist action one mile south of Sungei Merbau in the Tapah area of Perak today. No injuries occurred, but the line was temporarily blocked. A Malay hacked to death one of the
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  • 113 3 The Presbyterian Boys' won the Junior Choir Competition ii the Youth Drama and Music Festival held at the Victoria Theatre A unique method of prctlaj a play wa;< seen by the audience on Thursday when the Paya Lchar MYF ;u the Open Section leave the
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  • 16 3 PENANG. Fri. A motor ear went On lire in town yesterday. Arson Is suspected.
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  • 233 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. THE new Federation Mag was officially broken for the first time in an impressive ceremony at the Istana Selangor at 9.40 a.m. today. The ceremony was witnessed by the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. James Griffiths, and War Minister, Mr John
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  • 33 3 Lee Poh. 29. a Chinese Hakka. who fell from a lorry at the Junction of Roehore Canal Road and Short Street -esterday morning, died in hospital a few hours later.
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  • 120 3 A Chinese trisha rider yesterday accidentally received a pellet between his eyes from a dog shooter's gun, about 200 yards from his home in Telok Kurau Road. His mother, wife of the proprietor of a sundry shop, said that her son left the house early yesterday
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  • 264 4 Liaquat And The Begum In America LATEST personalities from the East to enjoy Hie lavish hospitality of the United States Goverr is the Prime Minister of Pakistan. Mr. Liaquat Ali Khan and his Begum. As the representative of i Tfm but great Eastern nation the Prime Minister
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  • 1301 5 (A.T.S.). •ON THE TOWN" y, S Hg UIC Sights f nyw York jnay be one nC hut seeing them in brilInt trctinicolour can somea headache. In fact, rV.crdo.-e of any colour V liable to give one nd:g estion I found J.. oi i this latest effort [mm
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  • 331 5 IN a lecture to the Cardiff 1 Film Society recently, Mr. A. T. L. Watkins. Secretary of the British Board oi Film Censors described the working of the Censorship Board in England. After tracing the history of the British Board of Censors, he went on as follows
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  • 451 5 TOUCHER LIFE FOR TERRORISTS Reuter-AAP. SAIGON, Friday. lIFE is getting tougher for terrorists in Saigon. Police are beginning to shoot first *ml argue afterwards. Gun h? f i*ave been fought in city streets r-cently. Civil police squads have reinforced by army patrols. Communist inspired
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  • 70 5 Reuter. WASHINGTON, Fri. Tire United States House of Representatives Judiciary Committee has approved a bill waiving immigration requirements on behalf of two Burmese nurses who volunteered to aid American troops in China and Burma. They arc Ruby Thaw. 27. andHlaSein, 29, holders of the
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  • 54 5 Reuter. LONDON. Fii. Queen Mary will be the toast of the Royal family and the nation today when she celebrates her 83rd birthday. The King will propose his mother's health at a Koyaf family luncheon party at Buckingham Palace where Queen Mary will be
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  • 74 5 Reuter-AAP. SYDNEY. Fri. A man claimed by relatives to be 114 years of age recently paid a visit to his "youngster" aged 84 years at orange. New South Wales. The son refused to give his fathers home tddre.s.v saying "My dad is a publicity hater and
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  • 36 5 Reuter. LONDON. Fri. Britain s new House of Commons built on the ruins of the old chamber destioycd by German bombs in 1941 will be onencd by King Gcoigc on Oct. Oct. '26.- Reuter.
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  • 92 5 U.P. LOS ANGELES. Fri. —A New York gambler, described as a "big time" member of a nationwide crime syndicate, was arrested yesterday on charges of trying to arrange police protection for his gambling operations. Police said Yoshito "Tokyo" Tagawa, 42, of New York,
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  • 534 6 MR. Malcolm Mac Donald, the Commissioner-Gen-eral. has striven to dispel some of the clouds of foreboding surrounding the outcome of the Commonwealth Conference at Sydney. He refutes reports of disagreement between the various Commonwealth delegations, and stoutly maintains that the British Government, far from being tardy, was, in
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  • 1114 6  -  by RALPH HARRIS Reuter. WASHINGTON. THE United States Goverment Is about to launch one of the greatest Investigations into gambling and racketeering since the days of prohibition in Ihe *****. Following the recent murder of a gambler in Kansas City, an important step was taken
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  • 543 6  -  by RUSSELL BRINES A.P. TOKIO. NATIONALISM is coming back fast in Japan. The Japanese are regaining new pride in their country. They are showing an increased desire for independence and international equality. So far that is neither aggressive nor militaristic. Most observers
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  • 83 6 i I ATEBT weapon in the 1 *i American Medical I Association's war against t President Harry Tru~ I man's social medicine programme: c Monday's child shall have a wig, Tuesday's child free l milk to swig; J Wednesday's child shall have free classes, L Thursday's child new
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  • 703 6  -  by ERNEST SANDFORD Reuter FABI3 PJiIS pet lovers are angrily discussing two new laws: cats straying more than 200 yards from a house may be shot, and animals may not perform or be offered as prizes at fairs. Colotte. Coctĕau and other famous literary
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  • 257 6 Sir. I am amused at Fair Play's reply to my remarks on Benham's inconstiences. He has missed the point I was referring to—the proposed salary scales for Hospital Assistants and Laboratory Assistants being indentlcal, the question of two additional increments for some hospital assistants qualifying
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  • 522 6 Sir, As a regular reader of your paper I feel that I should draw your attention to the way your leader in this issue has wandered from the point. You "invoked the shade of Arthur Augustus (White Australia) Calwell" against fhe Malay Graduates Association. I would like
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  • 430 7 NEW CRAZE TAKES THE MIGHT CLUBS BY STORM A.P. FRANKFURT, Friday. fIE American strip tease has got German night life tied firmly to its G-string. Nearly every hig-citv night club features at least one damsel who specialises in undressing in public.
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  • 138 7 Reuter. SWANSEA, Friday. THE dreaded "black death" of the South Wales coalfield last year claimed more than three times as many miners' lives as pit accidents—its heaviest toll ever. "Black death" is the miners' name for pneumoconiosis, a disease caused by the action of
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  • 92 7 FIVE SAIGON NEWS PAPERS SUSPENDED U.P. SAIGON. Fri.—Five of Saigon's ten Vietnamese dailies were ordered yesterday to suspend publication under a censorship order issued on Tuesday. The annoncement said one had been suspended for publishing a press association dispatch quoting the New China News Agency as saying that French forces
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  • Article, Illustration
    74 7 These are the first two pictures of the wedding ceremony of King Pumiphon of Siam and the coronation of his Queen-bride. Princess Sirikit in Bangkok. Top: Lustral water is poured over the kneeling King Pumiphon by the Queen Grandmother during the wedding ceremony. Left to right: The Queen-bride,
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  • 293 7 Reuter. LAKE SUCCESS, Friday. THE high rate of mortality is under-developed areas of the world is one of the most difficult problems at present facing the United Nations. A report just issued oy the Nations Secretariat for the Population Commission says that although some
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  • 100 7 U.P. LONDON, Fri. An American singer offered to display her shapely midriff i n Britain's august House of Lords for the first time in history yesterday, but, the peer she wanted to show it to hid in his chambers and would not look.
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  • 31 7 described as bandits have attacked the Burmese frontier town of Kyukok after crossing the tmnly detended border between Bui ma and China, according to reports reaching here today. -A.P.
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  • 138 7 A.P. RANGOON, Friday.—Men and women in sultry Mandalay don't bother'with new-fangled notions like embedding dry ice in clouds when they want rain. They just stage an old-fashion-ed tug-of-war —and down it comes. This time-tested Burmese Tainmaking device was tried out again this week as
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  • 105 7 Reuter-AAP. SYDNEY. Fri.—A woman's good nature in a queue won j for her a half share In the first prize of a £A 12.000 lottery here. When she went to the lottery Office here to buy a ticket an old man was behind her in
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  • 100 7 A.P. HOLLYWOOD. Fiiday. Clifton Webb, who disciplines children with firmness and finesse on the screen, says that at home his mother still treats him as though he were 16-years-old. "I command no respect at all at home," says the man who plays the father of
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  • 246 7 ALEXANDRIA, Friday. A FEW words muttered by an unconscious, sun A smitten man have started the Egyptian police on a widespread search for smuggled drugs. A coastal patrol found the man, a weather-beaten fisherman named Gabr Mustafa, half conscious on the beach at Anfushy,
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 46 7 ALLEY OOP V. T. Hamlin Cl 69 1 51 mv I "1 fMY IF ANY- 1 fOH, ALL EKSHT, FC* X 1 y _JA L \»M X b Al Ca M» > m w?£z)/& 3 SHbs^o<VW F WArn r«o no o<m> *puag ch«sk me~j gg™ CsAKjE.AN'f MOST
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  • 74 8 Dlsoxvned ard disinherited by her brother Kins Faronk of Egypt for marrying v Coptic Christian, Riad Ghali (extreme left) in a San Francisco Registry. Princess Fathia (iar rig at) > esteraay married mm all over again in a mosque. The Queen mother Nazli icentrc) blames
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  • 378 8  -  People Talk About 'When' —Not 'If the Reds Arrive fry CHARLES P. GORY AP. TOKY.O, Friday. THE day of the White Man is ending in South-East Asia and the day of the Asian and Communist is dawning. That is the major impression
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  • 149 8 Reuter. LONDON. Fri. Britain's 4.000 railway police have launched a nation-wide-drive to cut down thefts and the careless handling of. goods which last year cost the British nationalised railways £2.852,379 sterling in claims. This figure was a reduction of 38 per cent £13.000 sterling over
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  • 109 8 He Travelled 75,000 Miles Free Reuter-AAP. ADELAIDE. Fri. Hitcnhiking Swedish scoutmaster. Borje Johnson, who arrived here recently, claims to have travelled 75.000 miles in three years, visited more than 40 countries and used 460 types of transport—all for nothing. He says he has worked every sea mile coveredr and hitch-hiked
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    25 8 The of dances with Colonel Birdar K.S.B. Ahluwalia at the party held in Paris to Celebrate her husband's 57th birthday.—A.P. Photo. A.P. Photo.
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  • 165 8 U.P. CHICAGO, Friday. A CROWDED street car ran through an open switch and crashed into a gasoline truck last night, touching off an explosion that enveloped the trolley in roanng flames. A police official said at least 33 persons were killed. He aid
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  • 30 8 Reuter. LONDON, Thurs.—Britain is wi'llng to provide £1.500.--000 to help Malta regain economic stability. Mr. John Dugdalc. Minister of State for Colonial Affairs, told Parliament today.—Reuter.
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  • 81 8 Reuter. MANILA, Fri. Two Manila women recently dumped a problem on the lap of the Manila Police Department. One of them lost $150 in bills which she said she hid in a pillow belonging to the other. The second lost $1,--400 in $50 bills which
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  • 30 8 A.P. DAR ESL SALAAM, Thurs. —It was announced that J.C.F. Thoughton, Financial Adviser to the East Afiica Corporation—which runs the British groundnuts scheme has resigned through vi health.—A.P.
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  • 157 8 U.P. NEW YORK. Fri. The longest and deepest underwater motor car tunnel in the Western Hemisphere was opened today. It is a 9.117-foot US$BO.--000,000 tube through which Mnnhattanis may go to Brooklyn in 3-1/2 minutes for 35 cents. Ten years after President broke the
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 661 8 FOR U.K. CONTINENT. Singapore: Ft. Swet.: Penang: "Bencruachen" for L'pool, r G'gow, Dublin, A'werp, R'dam T2 Ods. 17/18 4/5 Jtme "Bennevis" for Genoa, L'pool, A'mouth, Havre, M Rotterdam 2/5 June 6 June 29/31 May "Bcncleuch" for London, An twerp, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Hull 30 May 3 Jur 4/5 June. C/ 8
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    • 601 8 SAILINGS FROM SCANDINAVIA UK CONTINENT m.s. "NORDHVAL" due abt. Jun for Banerkok m.s. "MALAYA" fuft abt: June It for RimtftSM m.s. "INDIA" S** bt j Juno 26 for Bangkok, Saigon, Manila. Hongkong, Kobe, Yokohama and Takubar. M.s. "FALSTRIA" due abt j U l v 1(J for Saigon Bangkok m.s. "MORBLIA"
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  • 132 9 Reuter. THE HAGUE, Friday. if UK International Tin Study Group m advance 1 statistics estimated world production of tin in nt rates in March at 13,800 long tons, compared with 12.600 in February. Malayan and Indonesian production both into 1.729 and 2,616, respectively. Bolivian ri figure
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  • 62 9 Antara reported yesterday that the new currency notes for the Republic Indonesia Serikat recently ordered by the RIS Government from abroad are expected to arrive in Jakarta today. Minister of Finance. Dr. Sjafruddin Prawiranegara. went into session yesterday with the Committees of the RIS Parliament and
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  • Article, Illustration
    65 9 A giant column of thick black smoke loomed over the Surrey countryside on May 22 as 50 firemen and 10 fire appliances fought a fire at a rubber dump at New Maiden. Surrey, England. This outbreak was the i c eorul rtrh ber blaze rsear London within a
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  • 188 9 Malayan Fx. hange Banks Asyo iatkm am j ;t) the following i urren<-\ rales now in force. Free Market Curren iea. Salltna: Buy: n g T.T. O.D. T.T. o j.. JQ t«J d B 9» d I UMdN 2/4 32 4 T33 2/4 14 245 16 2411 32
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  • 56 9 Luxmi (44); Oiaf >laer*k (42-43); Gianfe Sang (41); Rampar (40); Kambodia (38-39); Steel Voyager (30); President Tyler (33-34); Kut Sang (31-32): Bencruachan (17-18); Rubystone (19-20); Giang Seng (21-22): Tjibadak (23-24); Surikov (25--26); Twecdbank (29-30): Sirdhana (15-16); Glengyle (13-14): Indrapoera (11); Friesland (8-9); Dolius (6-7): Malabar (Coal Plant):
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  • 71 9 SINGAPORE. May 26: Tin price in Singapore was ***** per picul ex-smelter. Down 821. LONDON. May 25: Spot £6021- Down £1?. Three months £603,'. Down £I|. Settlement price £602. Down £1?. Turnover: 220. Second session Spot £602. Down £2j. Three months £604. Down £1. Settlement price £602}. Down
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  • 100 9 Copra was slightly easier in the Singapore produce markets yesterday with sellers for June-July shipment asking $39 1/8 per picul f.o.b. Buyers were not in evidence but were possibly indicated at $383. The London copra market on Thursday was idle with Straits-DEI copra fair merchantable, at £89 per
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  • 35 9 A.P. WASHINGTON. Fri Mone in circulation in the Unites States declined <US>s72.ooo. 000 during the week ended May 24 to a total of (U5)526.908.000.000. the Federal Reserve Board reported on Thursday. -A.P.
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  • 29 9 SINGAPORE. May 26. There was little change in the share market today. Business was on a restricted scale despite the higher prices for rubber and tin. 1
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  • 24 9 jY CARTA Fri. The Indian Government opened a trade office in Djakarta today to boost the interchange of Indian and Indonesian goods.
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  • 194 9 rpiHE past week has been i quiet, traders are exercising caution at present levels and consequently there was a sma ler turnover, aayy the rubber market review for the week Issued by Lewis and Peat Ltd.. last night. Good enquiries from outside sources have been received for
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  • 160 9 W th better advices fum Lor> doa and New York it>cie. ne»« cood Maria* orders in the lubber con.mod:ty market yesierday. Prices grained 2 18 ceatfl from Tlmrsdav. Business was done towards the lose at 84 7'B and durtM ti tlast few minutes before dot mat 86
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  • 93 9 Highest and lowest prices during 'he week ending May 26 1950 are:Spot I^oosp R.M.A. 1 R.S.S. k.U.B. J ine R.M.A. 2 R.S.S. F.O.fl. R.M.A. 3 R.S.S. F.O.B. R.M.A. 1 Pale Lrepe FOB "C" Blanket Cr»pe "C" Blanket Loose Godowti Singapore June l«t. half Jul; S.q.R.S.N, o'. O.T. June
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  • 883 9 Singapoic. May 26. IN DU STRIA US Buyer* HaMai9 Atlas Ice 11 90 12.25 Alex, brick* Pref. 2.25 2.35 Ord. 3 17% 2.25 8.8. Petrol 33 34 X.d B.M. Trustees 7.00 7.50 Con. Tlx Smelt Pref. 20/3 21/6 ad Ord. 15/6 16/3 E. Utd. Assur. 38.7? 39
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    • 528 9 SHIPPING BOU STEAD CO., LTD* SINGAPORE Lloyds Agents In Singapore. Ticket Agents For Malayan Railways GLEN LINE ACCEPTING FOR ADEN. LONDON. ANTWERP ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG. Due GLENGYLE 0 13/14 May 30 GLENROY Jum n V[ a > FROM U.K. FOR STRAITS, HON*,KONG WaKqWjUAND JAPAN. GLENORCHY ..due Penang June 1 CARRIERS OPTION
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  • 857 10 THE REST EXPECTED TO RETAIN TROPHY THE twenty-second Test between the Rest and Euro--1 peans for the Conrad Clarke Cup starts on the S.C.C. Padang at 2.15 today and will be resumed tomorrow and on Monday at 11 a.m. The Rest are represented by a
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  • 66 10 IPOH. Fri.—Teoh Seng Khoon, Thomas Cup player, captured the Perak single title from Tan Jin Eong tonight after three hari fought sets of 1-15. 18-15 and 15-9 in the Perak badmintou championships. Valentin*' Chan baca/n the woman singles champion *h*n she l>eal last year's tit
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  • 72 10 EUROPEANS: R. G. Lynch (Capt.), Copley, Lt. T. Grant. S Ldr. Hudson. Sgt. Hutchinson, Sgt. lee. Major Munro, J. P. J. C. Smith. Major Wilcocks. CFM Wright. Reserves, Bristow. Major Sweet. THE REST: Lall Singh (Capt.), R. H. Bain, Che on g Siew Tiam, C. Colling, Khoo On*
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  • 446 10 LONDON. Fri. Skilful spin bowlins by Eric Hollies played a big part in Warwickshire's fighting win over Sussex, which enabled the Midlands county to consolidate their position at the top of the English cricket championship table Sussex. 26 runs ali.-ad ■>;". i!.<' Oral Inainsa,
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  • 168 10 OXFOH.D, Fri. Batsmen found runs so hard to get on a pitch slowed up by yesterday's tain that 15 wickets foil tor only 164 runs in four hours pay here today in the match between the West Indies touring team and Oxford University which
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  • 17 10 ('ampnnilr srcn mr.ults U>.- mvm>U. racr on ,r m P:Uh,,n< r w PM lhr w, d hlrt
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  • 196 10 DRITISH Soccer stands at the crossroads. The serD ies of disasters on the Continent allied to the flight of Neil Franklin and George TOountford to South America has brought about a crisis only comparable to the time when the present Amateur Football Association
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  • 143 10 The second so'.-er match between the bidders, the Jolliiads A.U.. and the Singapore Harbou-- Board, for the Govindasamy Memorial Cup will be play -d at the S.H.B. Recreation ground, Buki Cheramin. tomorrow at 5 p.m.. when the band of the R.A.F. Seletar will bo
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  • 549 10 BROWN won the House Championship at the 12th annual athleiic anorta of Hie St. Patrick's S< hool at the school ground yesterday. Brown House scored 77 points, followed by Red House w th "7. while Greĕn House was third was third with 47. Terence de Souxa
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  • 45 10 Some of the members and guests at the second anniversary dinner of the Titan BadmSmn Left to right: Chua K+^ Cheng (him^t^ry> Mr* l valbert Lloyd Valbera, Anthony Thomas (asst. secretary). Lim Cheng Kwee <ho«i. treaVurer (patron). Yeo Ban Van and Yeo Ban Seng (Tie*president).
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  • 252 10 A.P. PARIS Fri. Only 19 matches could be played in the French lawn tennis championships here today as a thunderstorm flooded the courts soon after lunch. Felicisimo Arapon reached the third round of the men's singles with a straight sets win over John Horn.
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  • 67 10 Reuter. RIO DE JANEIRO. Fri Eire and Israel may be invited to rill the two vacancies in the last 16 cf the World Soccer Cup competition which is due to begin heie next month. It was officially stated today that India had withdrawn and
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  • 36 10 A.P. VIENNA. Fri. LuxemDourg and Holland advanced to the second round of the international football tournament In Vienna yesterday with victories ever England 2—l and Switzerland 3—l. Austria and France drew first round byes.—A.P.
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  • 160 10 The eagerly awaited leturn match between Sam Hurmister and King Kong wiil take place at the Happy World tomorrow. It wil: be remembered that in the first meeting a month ago BuraoJater smashed Kinj; Kong's no c and apart from a broken bone
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
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    • 340 10 HOW TO KEEP YOUNG To live long and to keep yourself young, healthy strong and active and to enjoy life ii the primary desire of every 'iving- man and woman. When old age sets in. or at any stage of life when vitality starts decreasing and youthlul vigour slowly diminishes,
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  • 345 11  -  BY ALBERT SPENCER The Man with 2,000 Winners. The going was good when a few candidates for today's races were given their final training. Vary few were let off the bit. and the b-.-st worker was Croydon (Tulloh) who seems to have improved
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  • 310 11 A.P. LONDON. Fri. Prince Simon, an American colt foaled in Kentucky in 1947 and owned by New York banker Wi'liam VVoodwaid. is firm favourite in the pre-race betting for tomorrow's Epsom Derby. The h hay tliree-year-old. always -i little sleepy >>oKinK in the paddock, eats
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  • 37 11 Reuter. MELBOURNE. Fii.—The Siamese welterweight boxing champion. Patta Perk, was outpointed over 12 rounds here tonight by Jackie Daniels, of Victoria. At the weigh-in Perk scaled 10 st. 3'j lbs. and Daniels 10 st. lbs.—Reuter.
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  • 186 11  -  Bt SPOT W[LL In<iian Heaincr be able to vercome the weight ti IMW an( heat nine others home in The Governor? Cup ever one and a quarter Bales? I doubt it very much, as no horse carrying over nine stones has won this coveted prize Since
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  • 94 11 Four i'ii„k 11, Flying Arrow II and Clynor are three horses who. 1 think, wil be the atumb' ing bl eks to Indian Heather's Utant.es. 'ihc nrst two should be safe each way wagers. while 'he third should be the best outmm, 4 wh? impressed by the way
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  • 60 11 The visiting Manila basketball team Santo Thomas, last night easily outclassed the local team Ya Yu by 67 points to 33. The match was played at a fast pace throughout in the Happy World Stadium. The highest scorer of the evening was the Santo Thomas
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  • 1056 11 Below is the Race Card for today at Bukit Timah, the last day of the Singapore Summer (Governor's Cup) Meeting. The Double Tote is on Race 5 and 8, and the Big Sweep will be drawn on Race 7. RACE 1, 2.ls—Class 3, Div. I—6* Furs. 19 Yds.
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  • 108 11 ST. ANDREWS. Scotland, Fri.—Frank Stranahan. winner in 1948. and Richard Chapman, runner-up in 1947. will meet in an allAmerican final of the British amateur golf championship tomorrow over 36 holes. Stranahan's colossal driving and machine-like golf gave him comfortable victories over American-born Alex Taylor by
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  • 134 11 Reuter. LONDON, Fri. Denis Compton, who has been resting this week with an injured knee, has withdrawn from the England team In the Test Trial Bradford next week. Compton's knee is mending satisfactorily but his doctors are anxious to continue his daily treatment in London
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  • 70 11 The Malay Football Association XI to play against the Sing Tao team at Jalan Besar Stadium May 29th. will be selected from the following: Osman Angullia, Arshad. Abdul Bahman. SalP h Bujang. Harith. Laji Graliam, Sharif Madon. Awang Bakar. Hussian. Halim. Khamid. Madon. Duang Tumin, Awang
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  • 46 11 S. S. Bencruachan football team defeated Singapore District Headquarters by 5-1 at the Singapore District grounds, Fort Canning, yesterday. McKlnnon and Kinnamont each scored two goals for the Bencruachan team, and Hutchinson one. The lone scorer for the Headquarters team was Kelly.
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  • 102 11 In a friendly return match, played at the former's curt. ?h«Sect Kirn Cheng 8.P., defent.'l the Bushey Park Badminton Party by live games to two. BeauKs (S.K.C.B.P. tti.t): SINGLES: George Ton beat M. Yunoe 16—8. 7—15. 15—10; Sect Cheng Hua lost to Syed Salim I—ls,
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  • 612 11 A THREE-ONE victory over Singapore "A Stadium yesterday, gave the touring Sing Tao football team their ninth consecutive win since they left Hongkong early this month. This win, however, came as no surprise to local fans, as Singapore's line-up was vir;uallv a new one.
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  • 39 11 Mr. Mrs. Sng Kheng Hwco, thank alf friend* a**d relatives for their kind attendance at the funeral of their aon-in-'aw Jimmy Tarf Siew Sin and their daughter Theresa Sng and those who sent wnfiths and messages of condolence.
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    • 124 11 TROPHIES THAT GLORIFY ONES DEEDS OP SKILL VALOUR I I S. P. H. de SILVA 45, High St., Singapore. The Embankment, K. Lumpur. 43 Station Rd. Ipoh. TONICHT At 9 p. m. SENSATIONAL WRESTLING AT THE HAPPY WORLD I THE FIGHT J OF THE YEAR SAM BURMISTER THE PHENOMENAL JEWISH
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    • 464 11 NOTICES NOTICE Notice is hereby given thi the Powei of Attorney data some time between the latt part of the year 1948 and ti early part of the year 194 granted by Chop Loh Kec Ser of Nc. Wing Lok Stree Victoria. Hong Kong, to M Charles Peng Siong Wong
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    • 572 11 NOTICES TENDERS TENDERS will bo received at t\%c Colonial Secretary's Office, Singapore, up to 12 noon of June 12th, 1950. for the sup ny of (a) Ration* to Prisoners 'or 6 months; and (b) Ration" to Prison Uniformed Staff for 3 months, of H.M. Local and 1 Convict Prisons Singapore,
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  • 268 12 Reuter. LONDON, Friday. AFFICIAL quarters said today that it would no, be possible for the British Government to accept all the conditions made by the Chinese Communist Government for the establishment of diplomatic relations. The official said the question of ownership or 70 former
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  • 134 12 Reuter. HONGKONG. Fri. —General Lin Piaos 44th Field Army troops occupied Tai Man Shan, main island in the Ladrone Group at the Pearl River Estuary yesterday, according to Chinese reports from Macao. Nationalisi warships, however, are reported to be sti'l active in the vicinity of
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  • 105 12 A.P. HONGKONG, Fri. The United States yacht Volador, owned j by Gordon Ross, and held by the Chinese I Communists since Feb- j ruary, arrived at Hongkong today and imme- I diately five former J crewmen sought a writ N detaining the craft. I They
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  • 71 12 Reuter. LONDON. Fri.—The British Government considers the recent Commonwealth Conference at Sydney has "laid the right foundation for a long-term development of the whole of South-East Asia, the Minister of State. Kenneth Younger, told Parliament today. For that reason, it regards the
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  • 81 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. James Griffiths, and the Secretary of State for War, Mr. John Strachey, visited headquarters of the Federation of Ma'aya Police at Bluff Road Kuala Lumpur yesterday. They were accompanied during their inspection by the
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  • 113 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— Mr. M. D. M. Grant, president of the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court today convicted Kenneth Wood, a 30 year old British Warrant Officer attached to the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers at Malaya District and sentenced him to two years' rigorous
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  • 151 12 Reuter. 7m LONDON. Fri.—lntense excitement in the London Stock Exchange todsy followed the news of petrol derationing in Great Britain. A large crowd of dealers trath'red in the oil share cp and prices moved sharply higher. v re and kindred Issues also advanced, and gains in oils were
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  • Article, Illustration
    26 12 Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek talking to K. W. Yui (half hidden) Minister in the Chinese Embassy in Home. Italy.—A.P. Photo. \nr L umrrv -A.P. Pbolo.
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  • 152 12 Reuter. CANBERRA. Fri. It is authoritatively learned that the Australian Government has in principle decided to give aid to Malaya. Australian aid will probably take the form of air transport aircraft and other equipment which the British authorities in Malaya need urgently. No troops will
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  • 62 12 Reuter-AAP BRISBANE. Fri.--Two now models of an Australian 10 h.p. car to sell at less than £A5OO will be produced here early in June- it was announced recently. The car. to be known U the Reville after the speedway driver Jean Reville. head of the firm
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  • 153 12 ATUMBER 40 Commanno 11 part of the 3rd Commando Brigade of the Royal Marines, which is on its way from Hongkong for service In Malaya will disembark from H.M.S. Jamaica at Penang today. H.M.S. Jamaica is commanded by Captain J. S. C. Salter, D.5.0.. 0.8.E..
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  • 23 12 Reuter. SYDNEY, Fri.- Australia has decided to withdrew her 2.374 troops frcm Japan. Prime Minister R.G. Menzies said today -Router.
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  • 28 12 A.P. HONGKONG, Fri. The Jardine Matheson's 3.372 ton Mausang sailed for Shanghai last night, on what is considered in local trade circles as a trial run.—A.P.
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  • 184 12 YOUNG MEN MUSLIM AssN.: Tabie term a tournament at the premises of the All Malay*. Muslim Missionary Society at 4 p.m V.M.C.A.: Cricket match against Borneo Co.. 2 p.m. Sin uapore che— dub 3 p.m. and Movie ere c show "Boya Town" at 8 p.m. CHINESE Y.M.I'
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  • 432 12 SEVENTH DAY ADV'ENTIST CHURCH: <5. Penang Road): sabbath School 3.3t) p.m. preaching service at 5 p.m. TOMORROW ST. (11 ifu.ii, 0 GARRISON CHI RCH, Tanglin. Holy Co mmunion and Sermon—9.9Q a.m.; Sunday Communion 7.15 a,m.; Morning I*|nvei n O.urch T 9.45 a.m.; Evening Prayer—6.3o |ht%i. METHODIST: Wesley Chuirh
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  • 194 12 CATHAY: "On the To-n" at 11, 1.45, 4. IS, 6.45, cud 9.30 p.m. Midnight tonight: 'Stambeae." CAPITOL: "D.O.A." at 11, 1.45, 4, 6.30 and 9.30 p m. Midnight ton'ght: "It's a great feelin«r." ALHAMURA: "Aneka Wcrna" (Malay) at 4.15, 6.45 and 9 30 p.m. Morning matinee today and tomorrow:
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  • 308 12 TODAY RACING: S.T.C. Governor's Cup meeting (last day). CRICKET: KUIWMM v Re M (Clarke Cup match* >n p&dane from 2.15 p.m. Friendly: UA* Chang' v Sinhalese at Changi. S.R.C. v RAF Tengah at SRC; Raff es Inst. Old Boys v Present at RL; RAF Seletar v No 1 Sig.
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  • 249 12 U.P. BAGUIO, Friday. THE delegates of seven Asian Nations on the 1 borderline of Communism painted a Slim picture of the conditions in their arcn today without menlt'minq the R»d menace that indirectly brought th°m together. President Eloidio Quirino came closest to calling the
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  • 164 12 Reuter. LONDON. Fr; Brita'n today abolished petrol rationing. Parliament was told that American oil eorv oanies had agreed to brin» in additional supplies £r sterling, on condition the rationing was dropped Fuel Minister Philip Noej. Baker said that two American companies, the Standard Oil Company ol
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  • 28 12 U.P. BOtNiiKOhG, i-n. Tieer Balm King Aw Boon-haw today sent a telegram of condolences to the family of Yong Yit-lin who v. as shot dead ycotei'.ay. U.P.
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  • 19 12 Reuter. LONDON. Pit Paniament tooay adjouiiu-u AM tne MrUtsun nohuay. it wih resume ou June 16. -Reutei.
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  • 222 12 A.P. RANGOON, Frid.. DETER Robinson, a professional photographer r of Orchard Road, Singapore, today srmiea. bowed and said, "Thank you, Your Honour a Burmese magistrate who gave film llPeny. A local Chinese businessman, Shan 80. accused Robinson of misappropriating 551,200 entrusted him to buy a
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  • 46 12 KUAL.A bUMi'UK, Fri. The Rulers and Regents of the nine Malay States gave a Garden Party at Istana Selangor at Kuala Lumpur, yesterday, to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. James Griffiths, and the Secretary of State for War, Mr. John Strachey.
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    • 141 12 Bloml Bag Group B lj bo < Donors jj* ■AMINAH'S APPEAL FOR BERTHA Notice of »1 eal on beh*ir of Che Aminah. foster motto of the 13-veat-old Date* Maria Hertogh, has been ft.* in the Buprerm try against the order*** Chief Justice, ii M u "fJ e Aynsley. giving custody*
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    • 106 12 V lO- >" A foFFICER JOHNSOKI,TbUT-1 .OH, WELL- VO J s7^T^|r ==1 THERE* nrg^— 1 IS IT? *YOU CAN'T JME \\MAY &E NO HERO, At. c A °r* 1 5k BLARNEY ME WITH <NEVER J/ BUT YOU CAN HELP T i %iIll i r,K= WORD fcrnrr— IT'S ME, YOUR FLOWERS-
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