The Straits Times, 25 May 1950

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 SIXTKFN PACiKS SINGAPORE, THURSDAY. MAY 25. 1950 PRICE TKN CENTS
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    MALAYA: BRITAIN MEANS BUSINESS
    670 1 Minister's Promise In Singapore JHE Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. James Griffiths, on his arrival at Kallang airport, Singapore, yesterday afternoon gave an assurance that "Britain means business in Malaya". Mr. Griffiths said lie and the Secretary of Slide for War, Mr. John Strachey,
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    DEATH OF LORD WAVELL
    132 1 IORD Wavell. former J Viceroy of India and mi outstanding British niiiiary personality, died In liODdon yesterday aged G7. He had undergone a terloiu abdominal operation recently. Lord Wavell's historic cam P*lgn a.s Britain's ComBiander in Chief. Middle Bast in io« < "in b aught him
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    Late News WESTERLING
    145 1 Late News WESTERLING LONDON. Wed The Wnmit (iovern- Hunt has not :n rdt d to in Indonesian request for the extradition of ('apt. "Tiirko" WraterHag. Mr j. Dagd&le, I nder Secretary for the Colonies announced. "I am auviM'd hy the (iovvernor that while the application was intended to hr a
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    MAN AND WIFE DIE IN CRASH
    102 1 AdINCiAFORE couple. Jimmy Tan Yew Sin and ius ifr. 8 died ..iv afternoon after a the motorcycle carrying them and an R A.F. Lorry at the 8i mile. .ist Road. Jimmy Tan. a clerk em- by tne Straits Times, was on leave and was
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    JAPS MAY BID FOR ENGINES
    67 1 TOKYO. Wed.- Japan will compete with the United Kingdom, the United States, and West Germany in tendering for 66 locomotives warned West Australian Government, according to the Japanese firm of Tozai Boeki. Nine oi Japan's biggest engineering concerns, including the Mitsubishi Electric Company, will jointly
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    S'PORE ROBBERY
    28 1 Won? Yin Seng of Race Course Road was robbed of $1.30 by a Chinese at Stamford Road. Singapore yesterday morning. The police have mndf an arrest.
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    GOVT. FOR GUAM
    18 1 WASHINGTON. Wed. Establishment of a civil government for Guam has been approved by Congress.— A.P.
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    EDEN ATTACKS CHINA POLICY
    228 1 COMMONS DEBATE ON FAR EAST LONDON, Wednesay. T»HE British recognition of Communist China was unfortunate both in timing and method and had brought Britain no advantages at all the deputy Conservative leader. Mr. Anthony Eden said in Parliament today. Opening the House of Commons debate on
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    Operation, Rest For Mr. Bevin
    79 1 LONDON, Wed. BRITAIN'S Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bevin idll re-enter hospital next Tuesday for a further minor operation and rest, the Foreign Office announced last night. Mr. Bevin left the hospital on May 4, just a week before the first Big Three Foreign Ministers' meeting
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    BUS SLICED: 7 KILLED
    40 1 GLASGOW, Wed. Seven people were killed and 40 injured when a crowded doubledecker bus turned over in front of a tram here today. The tram, also crowded, sliced through the upper deck of the bus.— Reuter.
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    Sentenced To Die
    33 1 BEIRUT, Wed.— Two members of the outlawed "Syrian Popular party" have been sentenced to death after they were convicted of trying to assassinate Premier Slad el Solh last year.— A.P.
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    Envoy's Daughter
    27 1 NEW YORK, Wed. Miss Rita Pandit, daughter of Madame Vijayalakshml Pandit, Indian Ambassador to the United States, arrived here by plane from Geneva today. UP.
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    PAPER CAME OUT DESPITE BOMB
    155 1 From Our Stall L um-sponceiu KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. UALF an hour after two terrorists had murdered their Sikh watchman and thrown a hand-grenade into i heir composing room in Batu Road. Kuala Lumpur, last night, the China Press workers and editorial staff were back at
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    31 Chinese May Stay In Australia
    97 1 3 1 Chinese May Stay In Australia SYDNEY, Thursday. 'THE Immigration Minister, Mr. Harold Holt, today reversed deportation order made last year by his predecessor, Mr. Arthur Calwell, against 31 Chinese. The announcement was made by the High Court when a previous application for deportation was called for hearing It
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    Labour Holds Up Anti-Red Bill
    182 1 CANBERRA, Wednesday. A USTRALIAN Labour Senators, who- have a majority in the Upper House, today prevented the Government from declarinc its anti-Commun-ist Bill an urgent measure. Cries of "Fascism" greeted the announcement of President Gordon Brown that the Bill had been transmitted from the House
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    PLAGUE DEATHS IN EAST JAVA
    51 1 SOI'KABAYA, Wed. TWENTY-ONE persons have died in a plague epidemic in two villages in the Modjosari region of Kast Java, Aneta reported today. Twenty-seven villages in the area southwest of Sourabaya have been declared plague-infested. Mass vaccination was ordered by the Public Health Service.— l
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    Maria Appeal In 3 Weeks
    56 1 The appeal of Che Aniinah for the guardianship of 13-year-old Maria Hertogh is rot expected to be heard in the Singapore Supreme Court for at least another three weeks. The necessary documents are now being drawn up ty the legal representatives of both sides for
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    Dugdale Answers Malaya Queries
    293 1 Dugdale Answers Malaya Queries From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Wed T«HERE were four ausx wen to main questions about Malaya, said the Minister of State for Colonial Allans, Mr. John Du^daip. speaking at last nUhl 8 dinner of the Association of British Malaya. "First, we remain in Malaya. Second, we
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    Japs Aid Princess To 'Keep Her Dignity'
    234 2 Japs Aid Princess To 'Keep Her Dignity TOKYO, Wed. rpHE Japanese GovernA ment has voted 4,875,000 yen (£4,875) tax tree to help the exPrincess Taka "maintain her dignity" following her marriage to the 26-year-old commoner Toshimichi Takatsukasa. Ex-Admiral Saburao Hyakutake, Grand Chamberlain of the Imperial Household, has lent the newly-weds
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    SPEEDING UP THE NEWS
    77 2 CHICAGO, V/ed.-A group of independently owned daily newspapers in south-eastern Kansas will begin the use of teletype-setter circuits tc set type on June I, the meeting of the Inland Daily Express Association was informed here. Mr. Richard M. Soaton, publisher of the Coffeyville (Kansas) Journal, addressing
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    700 GUERILLAS WIPED OUT
    59 2 SEOUL. Wed.-Thj South Korean Govern.-neiu announed yesterday that its army had completely piped out a band of 700 guerillas who came from the north on Mar. 27. The Government yesterday invited the U.S. Sacretary of Defence, Mr. Louis Johnson, and Gen. Omar Bradley, to visit South
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    LONDON TALKS
    29 2 LONDON, Wed.— The British Foreign Secretary, Mr. Bevin, yesterday discussed the Commonwealth working parly's findings on a Japanese peace treaty with the Commonwealth Hi?h Commissioners in London.
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    BOMBAY DOCKERS FIND GOLD BAR
    56 2 BOMBAY. Wednesday. DOCK workers yesterday found a 28-pound «old bar valued at about X 10,000 and stamped "Bank of England." Discovered during dreduinsr work in the harbour, it was the 19th. gold find since 1944, when warehouses on the docks were destroyed by an explosion
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      Princess To Defy King Farouk
      317 2 SAN FRANCISCO, Wednesday. DRINCESS Fathia of Egypt will defy her brother, King Farouk, and next Sunday marry her commoner husband for the second time, it was announced. Riad Ghali, whom the Princess married last month in a civil ceremony, disclosed the wedding plans yesterday. He
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    DR. LIAQUAT ALI
    23 2 THE PAKISTAN Premier speaking at the University of Kansas City where he received an honorary doctorate of laws. A.P. picture.
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    ALLIED PROTEST ON E. GERMAN ARMY
    332 3 50,000 Men Claimed To Be Under Arms LONDON, Wednesday. •JHE three Western Powers, in separate Notes to Moscow, yesterday accused Russia of building a 50,000-man army in Eastern Germany in the guise of a police force, and of arming it with machine guns, mortars,
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    41 3 AT^VTIC COUNCIL mem bers— the 12 Foreign Ministers of countries in Western Europe, Canada, and the I'nited States at their closing session in London last week. Mr. Ernest Bevin is at the head of the table on the left. Reuter picture.
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    U.S. Arrest After Talks With Fuchs
    145 3 PHILADELPHIA, Wed. HARRY GOLD, 39-year-old research chemist of Russian extraction, is held today on US$lOO,OOO bail on charges of receiving atomic bomb secrets from Dr. Klaus Fuchs and turning them over to Soviet Russia. Dr. Fuchs, Britain's former top atomic scientist, is servfears for
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    "400 HIDDEN REDS IN U.S."
    105 3 NEW YORK Wed. Louis Budenz, former managing editor of the Communist Daily Worker, said last night that he could n-ime "four hundred concealed Reds" now operating in f .he United States. "I Know the Influence of Ui<> Communists in various key departments In Washington has
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    DUTCH ACCUSE INDONESIANS
    261 3 THE HAGUE, Wednesday. TPHE Dutch Government yesterday accused the 1 Indonesians of using unconstitutional means to achieve a change in the structure of their Republic. It also said it was concerned about the "very difficult" position of Dutch private enterprise in Indonesia and the deterioration in living
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    US Yachtsman Lost Again In China
    246 3 HONG KONG, Wednesday. UOKMER I.S. Navy Lt. -Commander Gordon Ross, who was released from a Canton Communist jail on April 26 after being missing for more than two months, is missing again today. Mr. Ross left for Commun-ist-held Fort Bayard on Liuchow Peninsula on
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    YOUNG QUEEN
    35 3 IRENE DUNNE, who will play Queen Victoria in the film "The Mudlark." Based on a popular American novel, it deals with the period just after the death of the Prince Consort Reuter picture.
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    H.K.—CANTON RAILWAY TALKS
    98 3 H.K.— CANTON RAILWAY TALKS HONG KONG, Wed. pHINESE Communist and British officials met this week at Canton to foreshadow the resumption of train services across the Hong Kong border from Kow- ment announced today that a "full and frank exchange of views" had tajcen- place between British and Chinese representatives
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    KEY TO SECURE WESTERN GERMANY
    88 3 JOHANNESBURG, Wed. gPEAKING at a civic banquet on the eve of his 80th birthday, General Jan Smuts said that the key fo. safeguarding Western Europe from Russ'a :.i> in Germany. The former South African war leader and Piime Minister said: "With memories of the Wchimacht
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    TROOPS PACK BAGUIO
    96 3 TROOPS PACK BAGUIO BAGUIO, Wed. BAGUIO and its environs bristled with troops today as the city finished its preparations to welcome delegations from South-East Asian countries to a political cultural and social conference opening on Friday. The Foreign Secretary, Carlos P. Romulo, chief Philippines delegate, said that all foreign delegations
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    BURMA GAIN
    31 3 RANGOON, Wed.—Government forces have occupied the rebel headquarters at Karkop, near the south coast port of Moulmein, it was officially reported yesterday. Thty killed 31 and wounded 40.— A.P.
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    Lie Peace Plan Details
    143 3 LAKE SUCCESS, Wed. THE 10 points for peace laid before the Big Four Pow-, ers by the United Nations Secretary-General, Mr. Trygve Lie, call for Security Council meetings, prompt disarmament talks, and the establishment of a United Nations army to prevent war, diplomatic sources say. In
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    LAND PROBLEMS
    32 3 WASHINGTON, Wed.— The U.S. Secretary of the Interior, Mr. Oscar L. Chapman, has assigned land expert Mr. Robert Coote, to review the public and private land problems of Guam.— A.P.
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    RAID REPORT
    24 3 JODHPUR. Wed.— An armed band from Pakistan raided the village of Pochlna on the Indo-Pakistan frontier last week, India said today.— Reuter.
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    TWO U.S. ENVOYS
    48 3 MR. LEWIS DOUGLAS, U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom, wears an eye shield as he talks with the U.S. Secretary of State, Mr. Dean Acheson, at the three power conference in London. Mr. Douglas injured his eye on a fish hook last year. A.P. picture.
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    Peking Asks U.K. for 'Clarification'
    186 3 HONG KONG, Wednesday. IMIK Chinese Communist Government yesterday asked Britain to clarify tor the third time her position with regard to diplomatic relations in view of the "extremely unfriendly attitude" Britain has demonstrated toward Peking. A spokesman for the Communist Foreign Ministry, reviewing the recent
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    "Change Of Tune"
    170 3 LONDON, Wed. AS P?rliament prepared for a debate on British policy in the Far East. Comments in the Conservative and Labour press today strongly suggested that Britain should call off her efforts to establish diplomatic relations with Communist China. The Daily Herald, official organ of the Labour
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    Mr. O'Kelly—And The Pope—Are Confident
    88 3 Mr. O'Kelly—And The Pope Are Confident PARIS, Wednesday. PRESIDENT Sean O'Kelly of Eire said yesterday that he is optimistic that the Western democracies can overcome the menace of world Communism. He said: "During my recent visit to Rome, His Holiness, the Pope, speaking to me of Communism, expressed his conviction
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    RED FLEET BATTERED
    69 3 TAIPEH. Wed. Chinese Nationalist warships pounced on 100 Communist vessels gathering in Wietao Bay near Amoy today to lend emphasis to Taipeh's celebration of continued American aaid. Naval headquarters said more than 20 of the Red vessels mostly large iimks, were sunk. Naval guns and Red shore
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    Ships Ready To Sail forS'hai
    189 3 Ships Ready To Sail for S' hai HONG KONG. Wed. British ships are expected to leave in the next few days in an attempt to resume services with Shanghai, discontinued since the Nationalists began their, blockade last year. No Nationalist warshlng have been seen at the mouth. of the Yangtse
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    New Post For Former G.-G.
    72 3 MADRAS. Wod. India's former Governor-General and the King's last representative, Mr. C. Rajagopalachari is leaving Madras for Dolh. on Saturday to be sworn in as a minister of the dcnni cabinet. Mr. Rajagopalachari, who is bedridden here due to eye trouble has made good progress.
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    'MALAYA IS A HOT WAR AREA' SAYS MILVERTON
    297 4 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Wednesday. THE cold war between Communism and free democracy had become a hot war in Malaya, and demanded treatment accordingly, said Lord Milverton, presiding at the annual dinner of the Association of British Malaya in London on
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    Epidemic May Follow 'Quake Fear
    104 4 Epidemic May Follow 'Quake Fear CUZCO, Peru, Wed TMIE Prefect of CUHO, Jose Toree Padre, yesterday said that there was "serious danger" of an epidemic following an earthquake which left an estimated 150,000 homeless. Id the chief concern was providing shelter for the homeless iind tents for them have been
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    EXPORT RECORD
    17 4 TOKYO. Wed.— Japan exgouiis worth about £21.300.000 sterling in April. ,i post-war monthly record, Ron
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    PENANG PILGRIMS
    40 4 DELEGATES to the world Buddhist fellowship conference in Ceylon who left Penang this week. Garlanded are Mr. Khoo Soo Jin (fourth from left) leader of the party, and Mr. Ong Joo Sun, a Penang Municipal Commissioner.—Straits Times picture.
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    VOTE ON U.S. AID BILL BLOCKED
    285 4 WASHINGTON, Wednesday. THE United States Senate last night deferred its vote on a compromise $3,121,450,000 foreign aid authorisation Bill which the House of Representatives approved earlier by 247 votes to 88. The Senate vote is expected today. After the House approval last night, the
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    38 Killed In Strike Fight
    70 4 LA PAZ, Bolivia, Wed nOLICE annmnced yesterday that 38 persons were killed and 141 wounded in clasnes between troops and armed strikers during an abortive revolutionary general strike last Thursday and Friday. The last strikers tc give in, raiheaymen and industrial workers, returned to work
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    Conference Was 'Full Of Promise'
    97 4 Conference Was 'Full Of Promise' PAKISTAN'S Ministry ot Industry, Mr. Chowdhari Nazir Ahmed Khan, who led his country's delegation to the Commonwealth aid conference in Sydney, said on his arrival in Singapore on Tuesday night: "As the first step on a very large and complex problem, the conference was certainly
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    No Proof: Acquitted
    95 4 HYDERABAD, Wed. THE Hyderabad City Magistrate yesterday acquitted a local lawyer, B. G. Keskar, charged with an attempt on the life of the 64-year-old Nizam, Mir. Osman All Khan, on Independence Day, Jan. 26. Keskar was alleged to have thrown a hand grenade at the car carrying
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    CZECH NOTE TO U.S.
    59 4 CZECH NOTE TO U.S. PKAGUE Wed.—Czechoslovakia yesterday demanded that the United States reduce by half its remaining diplomatic strength here within two weeks. The official radio announced a note to the United States in retaliation for the American ousting of 22 of 23 Czech diplomats in the Washington Embassy and
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    DUSTMAN TO APPEAL TO QUEEN
    130 4 BEBINGTON, Cheshire, Wed. THE Bebington Town Council have confirmed the dismissal by the health committee of 46-year-old refuse cart driver Sidney Cooper, father of eight children, whn has been 17 years with ths corporation, for following the Queen's official party in his day of the
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    Dutch Queen Consort In France
    127 4 Dutch Queen Consort In France PARIS. Wtd. QUEEN Juliana und Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands arrived in Paris yesterday on a four-day State visit to the French President M. Vincent Auriol. and Madame Auriol. Paris went all "Dutch for the great occasion the first state visit by a reigning monarch
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    AMERICANS TOLD TO QUIT FORMOSA
    62 4 TAIPEH Formosa, Wed.— The United States Consu-late-General todny "strongly advised" Americans in Formosa to leave as soon as possible unless they intend to remain regardlsss of military developments. An official notice informed Americans: "There can be no assurance that the United States Government will be
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    TO BRITAIN ON LONG LEAVE
    31 4 MR. J. N. MCHUGH, Director of Public Relations in the Federation, who left Penan g with his family this week on home leave.— Straits Times picture.
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    CZECH MINISTRY OF SECURITY
    33 4 PRAGUE. Wed. Establishment of a new Czech Ministry of Security announced yesterday was regarded here as showing the increased importance the Czech Government is attaching to security mattrrs.— Reuter.
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    ARAB LEAGUE
    44 4 CAIRO. Wed. Egypt will insist on the expulsion of Jordan from the Arab League because of her violation of the League's resolution on the unity of Arab Palestine, the Foreign Minister, Mohammed Saleh El Din Bey, told the Senate last night.— Reuter.
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    FILM MEN 'CAUTIONED'
    79 4 HONG KONG, Wee. -A Hong Kong Governi vnt spokesman denied a report that compulsory censorship of movie scripts before production had been imposed. He said that at a meeting with movie industry leaders on Monday, producers were cautioned that they must not produce films that would create
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    Guards Will Go 'Within 14 Months'
    206 4 Guards Will Go 'Within 14 Months LONDON, Wed. THE 2nd. Battalion CoJdstream Guards and 2nd. Battalion Scots Guards are to be brought back home from Malaya in the next 14 months "in the normal course of routine reliefs", War Off.cc officials said yesterday. The total number of Guards battalions serving
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    "Spender Fawned On Soekarno"
    149 4 SYDNEY. Wednesday. i TPHE Australian External Affairs Minister, Mr. A Percy Spender, was accused in Parliament yesterday of "fawning and slobbering" over President Soekarno of Indonesia when passing through Jakarta. Mr. Joseph ChiflVy. opposition leader, made the charges in the House of Rppro?pntatives during a speech
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    AUSTRALIAN GUNS
    44 4 MELBOURNE, Wed. The first 4.5 naval guns made In Australia will be fitted to the latest Australian-built battleclass (3,300 tons) destroyer Anzac, now fitting at Melbourne. Australia's Federal Supply Minister, Mr. Howard Beale, has handed the gun* over to the Royal Australian
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    Military Sent 'Important' Witness Out Of Country—D.P.P.
    295 5 Military Sent 'Important' Witness Out Of Country— D.P.P. 'MISTAKE' HOLDS UP K.L. TRIAL From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. TIIK departure from Malaya to Nepal by a mistake on the part of the military of an important witness was mentioned by the Deputy Public Prosecutor as the reason why
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    PIRACY NEAR PENANG
    113 5 PIRACY NEAR PENANG From Our Staff lwiH»lliWl PEMANG, Wed. PUR unarmed Chinese were stated to have stripped a Penang bound Indonesian junk of two tons of rubber worth $2,500 after they had a.sked the crew for coffee seeds and sujjar. The piracy took place near Palau Rimau at the southern
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    BUMP COST $15
    49 5 I mm Our Staff i:orr<\M»i»n6>nl JOHORE BAHRU Wed.— Pit- Lawrence Low, charged in the Johore Buhru Police Court with faiiing to con.sider the safety of others on the road when driving a vehicle and thereby bumping Into the tear of a stationary vehicle, was fined $15.
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    FOUND HANGING
    45 5 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, WedAfter being ill in bed for ten days. Ho Seng, aged 55. who was stated to be in very poor circumstances, was found hanging from a beam in his room. The Magistrate recorded a verdict of suicide.
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    MALAY RULER & BELL
    33 5 MALAY RULER BELL THE YANG DI-PERTUAN BESAR of Negri Sembilan accepting the bell of H.M.S. Malaya on behalf of the Rulers of the Malay States at Port Swettenham on Tuesday.— Straits Tiiras picture.
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    'Local Youths Think More Of Malaya'
    206 5 'Local Youths Think More Of Malaya' From Our SUB Correspondent PENANG. Wed. "I OCAL youths who are Malayanised do not think of their ancestral attachments as much as they do of this country," Mr. S. A. Abishegam, chairman of the Settlement Youth Council, told Penang Rotarians today. "They regard Malaya
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    THE BANDITS PROMISED HIM GIRLS
    331 5 From Our Staff Conespondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. pROMISED Chinese, Indian and Malay girls and "all he wanted" if he would join a bandit gang which had tfbducted him, a young Malay made a d^perato escape bid and returned to his home, shaken but unharmed. 1
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    Batu Pahat Malays Build Own Schools
    87 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. VAMPONG Malays in Batu Pahat district, by their voluntary efforts, have built eight more schools for children from the kampong. Two girls' schools and one boys' school will be opened Lhis month at Bagan, Pintas Pudding and
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    NO CARD: $30
    34 5 From Our Own Correspondent PARIT BUNTAR, Wed.— An Indian woman, Purusam. was fined $30 in the Parit Buntar Court when she pleaded guilty to a charge of having no identity card.
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    CABARET MANAGER CHARGED
    81 5 From Out SUO C'orresptiijiieni MALACCA, Wednesday. JOHN Chan, manager of the City Cabaret, pleaded not guilty in the Magistrate's Court today to three charges of employing three girls under 1? years without a licence issued by the Commissioner of Labour. Quek Guan. manager of the City Amusement
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    VET OFFICER
    41 5 MR. R. M. DEVARAJ. the first student to receive a Singapore Government veterinary scholarship, has returned to the Singapore Veterinary Department as Assistant Veterinary Officer alter graduating In India. He also holds post-graduate diplomas in poultry and dairy farming.
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    Unsafe Cars: Police Seek Public Aid
    136 5 gECAUSE defective motor vehicles are so hard to detect, the Singapore traffic police are asking the public to help to bring offenders to book. This appeal was made yesterday by the Registrar of Vehicles, Mr. W. A. M. Watts. Eighty-six successful prosecutions have been
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    21 NEW MALAYA VARSITY AWARDS
    214 5 r l wE N T Y-ONE new x scholarships valued at $300 each have been created by the University oi Malaya for undergraduates in the next academic year beginning in October. The awards will be more a mark of distinction than to maintain a student,
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    Singapore Diary
    149 5 Y.W.C.A.. 5. RaTles Quay. lrv.<mnking, io a.m. Bible cla.-s. 5 pin. ST. ANDREWS BCHOOL CIVICS CLUB, Mr. Jumos Hnlesr.n on "Local Government in lli» United States." Sr-hool Hall. Wnodsville 3 p.m. P") rposs oi •< i"O-'T B*S CLUB. Wesley Hall. Fort Canning, 4.30 n.m. to 6 p.m. YOUTH
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    EXTRA SECURITY MEASURES AT GRENADE' TRIAL IN K.L.
    288 6 EXTRA SECURITY MEASURES AT GRENADE TRIAL IN K.L. From Our Staff I onespondent KUALA LUMPUR. Wednesday. gXTRA precautions weie taken by the police today at the hearing of the trial of 23-year-old Tan Choon Chua, charged witb possession of a hand grenade, and 20-year-old Tan Choon Chai. alias Tan Chai
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    40 6 DR. AND MRS. CHEAH Toon Lok of Kedah and their daughters, Choo See (right) and Choo Hong, who sailed in the Corfu this week. Choo See will study law and her sister will study accountancy in England. Straits Times picture.
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    $250,000 WANTED FOR NEW POOL
    358 6 T»HE Singapore V.M.C.A. estimates that $455,000 will be required for the erection of a new swimming pool, extensions to the Orchard Road building and the building of a tennis pavilion, to provide added amenities for its members. The V.M.C.A. annual report reveals that the Association
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    Had Opium Apparatus
    63 6 Tay Kirn Hoay was fined $100 or one month's rigorous imprisonment yesterday by the Singapore Second District Judge, Mr. Tan Ah Tah, for having opium apparatus. Tay was arrested by Revenue officers at Havelock Road on April 25. On a second charge of possessing opium, Tay was
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    Found Dead With Gun By His Side
    93 6 A YOUNG British Army offi- cer who was found dead with a pistol by his side aboard the transport Empire Trooper last Thursday night was buried at sea before the ship docked on Friday. The Empire Trooper was bound from the United Kingdom
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    POLICE BAND
    17 6 The Singapore police band will perform at Kuiim Place j at 5.45 p.m. today. I
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    SON OF LAST "CAPTAIN CHINA" DIES
    82 6 From Oar Staß Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. MR. Yap Tai Chi, fourth son of Yap Kwan Seng, the last "Captain China," has died at his home in Kuala Lumpur, aged 64. A miner, he helped a great deal in charitable work during tne Japanese
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    EXTORTION: 2 CHARGED
    73 6 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Two young Malays, Yusof bin Lutan and Kassim bin Hassan, today appeared before Mr. A. P. Jack, the First Court Magistrate, charged with extortion. It was alleged that they extorted $10 from a Chinese, Lai Lin, by putting him in
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    'Borneo Wants Best Labour'
    208 6 'Borneo Wants Best Labour' From Our Staff Correspondent K. LUMPUR Wed. WARNING against im- porting into Borneo undesirable elements among labourers is given by the chairman of Kimanis Rubber Ltd., Mr. Charles Mann, in a statement accompanying the annual accounts received at Kuala Lumpur today. Despite growing disorder in surrounding
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    Dysentery In Penang
    94 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— Penang suffered heavily from dysentery during the week ending May 13, according to figures issued today. Of the 36 cases reported, twelve were in Penang, where one victim died. Pneumonia continued its high incidence during it.c week, with 81 cases reported and 14 deaths.
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    LODGING HOUSES DISCUSSION
    72 6 The Singapore Lodging Houses Committee has held further discussions to determine measures for control, licensing and charges of common lodging houses and hotels in the Colony. Presided over by the Chairman, Mr. E. C. S. Adkins, the Committee also heard views from Commander L. P. Lane, the
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    Psychology Club
    45 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Members of the Kuala Lumpur Psychology Club are to hold a farewell tea-party at the Lee Wong Kee Cafe, on Saturday, at 5 v.m. in honour of their patron, Mr. A. H. Flowerdew, who is going to England on leave.
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    30 6 MR. SEET PEE HAN, second son of Mr. Mrs. Sect Beng Ong, of Singapore, who has left for Australia for further studies. He is taking up architecture. David Photo picture.
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    Film Censor Has A Champion
    101 6 fVHE Singavoie Film Censor, Mr. Jack Evans, who was present at yesterday's meeting of the Rotary Club, had a champ'on. He was Mr. S. S. Franklin, who said: "While there is so much heavy artillery ranged against Rotarian Evans, I mv.it say one thing. I
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    KAJANG GANG BLITZED
    334 7 Heavy Raids On Sungei Besi Hideouts From Our Staff Correspondent Kl ALA LUMPUR. Wednesday. l^AJANG gang bandits were heavily attacked from 1V the air this morning:. There were three strikes on positions in the SUNGEI BESI area near Kuala Lumpur where yesterday morning a unit of the
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    'COMRADES' URGED TO SURRENDER
    86 7 From Our Staff (01 respondent KUALA LL'MPI'R. Wed. A NOTORIOUS bandit leader who surrendered recently wrote a message to his former comrades urging them to surrender. This message was delivered in the form of a leaflet. says an official statement today. Thousands of copies of the
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    $50 Fine For 70c. Bribe
    77 7 from Our Staff orn ••po.idrnt KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Ltv Tham On was fined $5 for riding a trisha without a light and $50 for offering a 70-cent bribe to a constable. In the Penang First Magistrate's Court Chief Inspector! Raja Abbas said that Lee was
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    PRAHU IN TROUBLE
    59 7 THE INDONESIAN SKIPPER of this prahu. Siera Madina, was fined $10 for having no Singapore landing permit and $10 for not carrying clearance papers. He plans to to leave with his crew of 15 as soon as the authorities release the vessel which was intercepted with a
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    JANET, 3, DIES OF LEUKEMIA
    84 7 JANET, 3, DIES OF LEUKEMIA THREE-year-oid Janet Beth Wagner, who left Singapore in January on a 12,000mile air trip to the United States, died at the Columbia University Hospital on Monday night. A victim of leukemia, blue- eyed blond Janet, was then given I only another six weeks to live.
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    Life Guard Club Needs Funds
    371 7 SWIMMERS READY TO HELP, 8UT.... IF Singapore's Life Guard Club is to bring safety to x the Colony's beaches it must have ample funds, and this has been made clear to the Safety First i Committee, said Mr. George Creighton, a leading Singapore swimming instructor
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    NO BAR TO CHINESE STUDENTS
    102 7 NO BAR TO CHINESE STUDENTS fHILDREN from Chinese schools will be admitted =?h i «newe o w su PPlementary schools in Singapore, said an official statement yesterday The statement said that the report that a large number of boys and girls from Chinese schools were told they could not be
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    Indian Consul For Jakarta
    51 7 Dr. T. G. Menon. Indian Consul to Indonesia, arrived in Singapore, yesterday, from Manila on his way to Jakarta. Dr. Menon was the Consul General for India In Manila. and before that Indian Trade Commissioner In Ceylon. He will be leaving the Colony this morning for
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    UNION FETES NARAYANAN
    91 7 From Our SUIT Correspondent SEREMBAN, Wed. A hope that "what he had achieved for the rubber workers in Ma lay a he would also do for other trade unionists" was expressed at a tea party by the Bahau branch of the N.S. Plantation Workers' Union for Mr
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    Empire Day In S'pore Schools
    386 7 Empire Day In S'pore Schools SINGAPORE'S 50.00U 0 school-children yesterday celebrated Empire Day with school parades, concerts and a halfnoliday. The acting President of the Municipal Commissioners, Mr T. P. F. McNelce, visited the Methodist Girls' School and St. Anthony's Boys' School, while the G.0.C., Singaporr District, Maj-Gen. D. Dunlop
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    Music Exam Passes
    179 7 HPHE following were successX ful candidates in the Theory of Music Examinations of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music held in Singapore last month: (>KADE I: Mm Angelina: Tay. Gertrudt: Lim Siew Poh; Pakianathan. Mary: Syn Wai Lin: Mah Pauy lim; Mah Pauy Khai;
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    POSTAL SERVICE TO HAINAN AGAIN
    90 7 RESTRICTED postal services 11 to Hainan Island have been re-opened, the Post-master-General In Singapore announced yesterday. Unregistered letters and postcards will be accepted at senders' risk for transmission by air or surface routes to China, except Formosa. Clubbed packets, printed papers, commercial papers and samples,
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    FEWER POLICE FOR HIRE NOW
    129 7 HPHE Singapore Police Force does not like hiring out Its men for social functions such as weddings because "in times like this we want every man employed on security work or on crime," the Straits Times wms told on I Ti.../1..» Mr. W. J. Parks,
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    DEATH
    35 8 TAN KEE LIAM— Beloved (,r Tun Sw Kitiw. See Tit. Ki I'ciw. Mrntakab. Pahang, pass\v;iy peacrtullv at Kuala LMDpur, on 24th May, aRed 62 yrar-;. Funeral takes place on Mtti May ;it in p.m.
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    REUNIONS
    34 8 OLD MAIVERNIAN DINNER— intended to hold a O.M. r In Singapore in the near Jiiturr. Will any Old Malvernian 0g to attrnd please write to V Cdr J C. Millar. R.A.F mpi. Singapore.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Thurs. May 25, 1950. Local-Born Ladder
    966 8 The Straits Times Singapore, Thurs. May 25, 1950. Local-Born Ladder I With the unanimous and nost cordial adoption of the eport of the select committee the Recruitment White >aper by the Colony Legislatve Council on Tuesday, the ecruitment of local born ounj; men and women for the ligher ranks of
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    RECRUITING FOR THE CHURCH
    135 8 LONDON, wed. rTHE Church of England yesterday launched a largescale drive to recruit and train ministers. Concern at the decreasing numbei of active clergy and the increasing difficulty in maintaining contact with the people prompted the campaign, it was officially stated. Dr. H. W Bradneld. Bishop
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    THE RAFFLES CHAIR OF HISTORY
    1078 8 THE Raffles Chair of History at the University of Malaya is rightly named for, I think, two distinct reasons; one being that Sir Stamford Raffles tried to found this University in 1823. and was thus much more than a colonial official after whom a college
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      'ThreeCameHome'
      384 8 By One Who Was In The Sarawak Camp AM glad to see that it has been suggested that a 1 special showing of the film "Three Came Home" should be made to enable ex-P.O.W.s and ex-inter-nees to express their opinion on its suitability for public exhibition. I was in
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      IBSEN AND MR. EVANS
      150 8 ■\I7ITH regard to Provv censor's" letter of May 22 headed The Secrets of Life," may I say that It Is the advanced, modern opinion that visual education is one of the greatest benefits conferred by the cinema industry. It is also admitted that ignorance of sexual
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      THE CHAIR OF EDUCATION
      207 8 IN your editorial of May 1 22. "B c n h a m and Burnham," you stated that the Raffles graduate teacher, after his three years at the College, takes the final year of the Normal Class course, and that the first Professor of Education to
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      THE COMMON MAN IN INDIA
      90 8 ILLOW me to thank you and Mr. Andrew Roth for his articles about India and Pakistan. I have recently toured India and Pakistan. and I agree with him in every respect. His articles are an eyeopener for those Indians and Pakistanis who have not been
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    On the Margin
    481 8 At St'inba*u»4 gOME days alter the fall of Singapore, in an area of the island in which the water supply had been wrecked by stupid and useless "scorched earth" tactics, I found myself standing in ;i long queue with a kerosene tin in my hand, waiting, to
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    'Hawkers Don't Want To Be Dirty'
    284 9 'Hawkers Don't Want To Be Dirty' II^vVKERS are not normally dirty people. They do not want to live jn h perpetual aura of filth, darkness and ■tench, and most of them do make conscient efforts to keep clean, writes Miss MarLee, of South Canal Ruitd. in a letter to the
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    JOHORE PLANTERS CRITICISE THE GOVT.
    594 9 Past Year 'One Of Greatest Disappointments PRESENT trends in Malaya make the committee of the Johore Planters' Association less sanguine in its hope that peace can be achieved without further loss of valuable lives and wanton destruction of property, says the annual report of the
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    Jobless, So He Beat His Wife
    156 9 AN unemployed ship's steward, Lim Ah Ping, admitted in the Coroners Court yesterday that in 17 years of unhappy marriage he used to often beat his wife, who had to sell all her clothes and jewels to keep the home going. He was giving
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    MUSLIM MEETING
    24 9 The Geylang Serai Muslim Welfare Association will hold its fourth annual general meeting at 122 Geylang Serai, at 1 p.m. on Sunday.
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    Princess Flats For Singapore Workers
    54 9 FOUR THREE-STOREY blocks with 72 flats costing about $374,400 will be opened at Farrer Park by the Governor, Sir Franklin Gimson, on June 8. They are part of a housing scheme for workers financed from the Princess Elizabeth Wedding Celebrations Fund. Picture shows the new
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    RED SLOGANS ALLEGED
    48 9 A Chinese youth, Chong Kok Ling, pleaded guilty in the Singapore First District Court yesterday to a charge of "acting with seditious intent" by writing Communist slopans on pillars, lamp-posts and walls in Queen Street on Apr. 10. The case was postponed to June 13.
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    LABOUR PARTY TO SEEK GOVT. AID
    43 9 TH E Singapore Labour Party is to approach the Government of the Colony for land to construct a new headquarters. The present office of the Labour Party in Collyer Quay is to be pulled down by Government.
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    DAY OFF
    15 9 All post offices In Singapore will be closed on Monday May 29—Whit Monday.
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    They Queued Up—To Kiss A Hand
    117 9 They Queued Up To Kiss A Hand HUNDREDS of Singapore Muslim Malays, Indonesians. Indians and Pakistanis queued up yesterday at the S.V.C. Hall to kiss the hand of the Pakistan Minister for Industries, Chowdhrl Nazeer Ahmed Khan. ■A-f±ag__t_allrlr>«r tnr nvar Qfl nutes about Pakistan, the Kashmir problem and Muslim brotherhood.
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    PROFESSOR OF EDUCATION
    47 9 PROFESSOR Frederic Alason, Professor of Education in the University of Malaya, is the first full-time holder of such a post in this country. From 1938 until he came to Malaya recently he was Lecturer in Education at the University of Leeds. Straits Times picture.
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    To Explain Theosophy
    57 9 "THE Theosophical Society of Singapore will start today a series of talks to explain the principles of theosophy. The talks will be given fortnightly at 8, Cairnhill Road. A discussion will follow each talk, which is open to the public. Today at 6.30 p.m. Mr. K. N.
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    Accused Of Murder
    47 9 A 47-YEAR-OLD Hainanese, Tan Joo Long, was tentatively charged in the Singapore Relief Court yesterday with the murder of Wei Kirn Wah, in a house in Erskine Road, on May 23. Tan was remanded until May 30 when the case will be mentioned again.
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    Boleh Reaches South Africa
    46 9 THE Boleh, the 38-foot Sin-gapore-built yacht in which three British naval officers, a British civilian and a Chinese cook are making the 12.000-mile voyage from Singapore to England, has arrived at Port Elizabeth, South Africa. The Boleh left Singapore on Jan. 18.
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    CASE 'EASY TO FAKE' SAYS JUDGE
    366 9 CASE 'EASY TO FAKE' SAYS JUDGE Malay Ex-Inspector Wins Appeal "IT must be remembered thai it is very easy to 1 'fake' a case of this kind 7 declared the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Murray-Aynsley, in the Singapore Supreme Court yesterday, in his judgment in which he allowed the appeal
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    Door Had A Special Peep-Hole
    175 9 Door Had A Special Peep-Hole J^ DOOR with a special observation peep-hole, a large wooden table and gaming apparatus were the exhibits in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday when three Chinese, Lee Chee Hin, Ng Swee Siong and Yeo Hock Eng were charged with assisting in the management of
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    'SUGAR KING'S' WIDOW PLAINTIFF IN SUIT
    205 9 A MORTGAGE debt that was said to have been paid off during the occupation of Singapore formed the subject of a suit before Mr. Justice Thorogood in the Singapore Supreme Court yes1 terday. The debt, together with interest, was stated to have amounted to
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    BOSSES, WORKERS UNITE
    62 9 BOSSES, WORKERS UNITE TWO thousand barbers and 400 proprietors of barbers' shops in Singapore have formed a Barbers' Trade Labourers' and Owners' Association to protect mutual interests. Mr.. Peh Chin Lam, President of the .Singapore Barber Owners' Guiki, at the inaugural meeting on Tuesday said that the new association was
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    156 FINED
    50 9 Fines totalling $1,804 were imposed on 156 people in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday when they were found guilty of offences under the Municipal Town Cleansing Regulations, ranging from depositing rubbish in the streets to k:.»lng their rubbish bins uncovered. The fines ranged from $2 to $100.
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    Dance Girl Put Bandit To Flight
    95 9 Dance Girl Put Bandit To Flight 2 GIRLS ROBBED a iiKAcnviL nose Lee, "a dance hostess at the Liberty Cabaret, fougnt a Malay robber who held her up early yesterday morning at Lorong 32, Geylang, Singapore. Rose said that the Malay, who demanded money held something that resembled a. revolver
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    WAITRESS LOST HER JEWELS
    73 9 NINETEEN- YEAR-OLD Miss Ng Wai Kwan was robbed of her jewellery, worth $250, by two armed Chinese on Ihe doorstep of her house in Lorong 10. Geylang, Singapore, just before midnight on Tuesday. Miss Nr. a waitress employed at the Happy World, told the Straits Times
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    SOVIET SHIPS
    33 9 Three Russian ships will call at Singapore for bunkers and provisions this week. The Marshall Govorov and two tugs with a floating dock are expected to arrive from Suez next month.
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    NEW AIRLINE
    42 9 An Indian Aviation Company with a scheduled route from Calcutta to Australia, is to open an office in Ihe Colony soon. On official of the Company is expected in Lhe Colony next week to finalise plans for the new service.
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    They Used Frying-Pan Black In Those Days
    416 10 IDKFORE th e introduction of Western ideas of in. kc up Chinese used to buy s v c h crude articles ;is were (hen on the market Facv powder of many brands was sold in crudely printed boxes. Most powders were perfumed with
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    Sea Cadets, Eves Right!
    768 10  -  ROY FERROA SINGAPORE HAS THE ONLY SCHOOL SEA CADET CORPS IN THE BRITISH EMPIRE by "gEA CADETS, eyes right!" Forty sailor-capped heads turned as one man and gave an eyesright to the Singapore Governor, Sir Franklin Gimson, at the rally of 2,000 members of yout h
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    Afiernoon Breeze
    22 10 A fine photographic study of weaving grass taken against the background of a typical dreamy afternoon sky. K. S. KONG.
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    Wah-wahs can be mistaken for dogs
    708 10  -  ELIZABETH CAMMELL A picture of life in the Camerons by \yiLD life, like mushrooms, is very illusive, but also like mushrooms, often emerges from under one's very feet when least expected, as on the day when I was petrified on beholding a snake wrapped
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    THEY WEAR RED FOR LUCK
    241 10 By E. H POH SAMS I' l women, other wise known as Loo Leng-Poahs, don those bright red kerchiefs when out dulang-washing. because red symbolises luck; the general belief is that more tin-ore can be secured. Other colours do not hold the same fascination as
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    DO NOT TEASE A "LATAH"
    812 11  - DO NOT TEASE A "LATAH" Sagittarius W/ip/i a Malay is "Latah" a trance-like tale which afflicts a few he is apt to copy anything you do by I ATAH is n curious complaint, and ;is far ;is I know, prevelanl only amongst those Malays who are yen highly strung, <■
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    The canal which became a road
    604 11  -  THAM SOON KENG This article tells of the I romance of the origin I of that part of Teluk Anson called Durian i Sebatang. My DOADS, the world over, are usually named after some important people, objects or landmarks in a locality. The road
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    THE GODS ARE MADE TO TALK
    373 11  - THE GODS ARE MADE TO TALK STEPHEN SIM By CHINESE worshippers always get an immediate answer to their prayer from the gods This is made possible by a pair of divining woods. The "pue" consist of two pieces of crescent-shaped wood. Each piece may measure from three to five inches
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      308 11 STRAITS TIMES CROSSWORD _c««i =5 A pa.nfpl meetinf (J) CROSSWORD No. 6£ The Invenucn of ca»- 26 Vm Sue fiod! difficult to iumj 1 skUimu 1 I' I I l» I culaling ir.an 16). gr«sp 17>. 'Iti 2^§l*l| 4^ H* t Sufficient consumed at last 27. Fence started by friend
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    Asiah got her sight back
    606 12  -  The Homo for the Blind in Johore Baliru, tlic first to be built in the Federation, will care for and educate many blind children. by MARK FOENANDER JOHORE BAHRU. rpilK first Home lor Ihe Blind to be built and maintained l>\ Ihe Government <>l' the
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    IN YOUR GARDEN
    625 12  -  KEBUN by Q. Can you enlighten me as to whether Chrysanthemums can be propagated by its leave? If so ivhich will grow faster and bear more flowers a cutting or a ■plant derived from such a leaf? A. Chrysanthemums are not grown from leaves but from cutting
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    Malayan scenes in embroidery
    540 12  - Malayan scenes in embroidery MARY HAMILTON WOMEN TURN TO THE ANCIENT ARTS THESE DAYS by IN these days when women on upcountry estates and tinmines are so restricted in their movements many of them have turned to the ancient art of embroidery. In the shops it is possible to buy
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    Doctors Flee From Canton
    103 12 T*HE meaical ano legal professions in Canton are boycotting Communist, rule. Most of the doctors and lawyers both Cl'ines? and Western-trained-have fled the city. Many of the lawyers left, town in a hurry after the Communists issued a decree that they must be indoctrinated in Communist
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    Chefs of S'pore
    350 12 by DEREK DRABBLE YOU Probably say— This I man must be getting 5' hungrier and hungrier writing, as he does, about cooks and cooking. < You've said a mouth S ful. lam just so raven- ous at this moment a •I really big plate of rice and
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    1869 13  - Pakistanis hate these Pinpricks ANDREW ROTH by Well-known American journalist, who has been touring Pakistan, sends this account of his view of life in the new Dominion. KARACHI: DERHAPS the most distasteful pinprick for ;i Pakistani is to receive a letter addressed "Karachi, India." It irks him to find after
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    He sees the Red Sea as a "Fish Farm"
    514 13  - He sees the Red Sea as a "Fish Farm O. M. MARASHIAN By PORT SAID: DR. Hans Hass, an expert in underwater photography, heading an Austrian scientific expedition to the Red Sea, said his object was to turn that wild. stormy, sharkiriiested mass of water into a huge "Fish Farm."
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      90 13 SINGAPORE 10 a.m. News from K.L.; 10.05 Close; 10.50 Schools; 12 Malay; 1 p.m. Light Music; 1.30 Newt; 1.45 Dance Music; 2 Closi; 6 Children; 6.20 Calling All Hospitals; 7 News, Share Market; 7.12 '"This Is Communism"; 7.20 Interlude; 7.30 Hit Parade; 8 Forum of the Air- 8.30 David Grenville
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      77 13 S'pore; 6 Mall Bag; 7 As S'pore; 7.25 Hawaiian Interlude; 7.30 London Studio Melodies; 8 Forum of the Air; 8.30 Thursday Symphony (Mendelssohn,. Berlioz); 9.30 News; 9.45 Piano Playhouse; 10 Happy Anniversary; 11 Close. PENANC 10.50 a.m. -2 p.m. As S'pore; 6 Children; 6.30 Movie Magazine- 7 As Spore; 7.30
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      74 13 a w e B. s 4.45 p.m. From the London Editorials; 4.55 Ravel; 5.15 "Sterling Value"; 5.30 ''Adventures of P.C. 49"; 8 Indonesian; 6.30 Cantonese; 6.45 London Studio Melodies; 7.15 French; 7.30 English Half -Hour; 8 "Strictly Vocal"; 8.15 Thai; 8.45 Dutch; 9 Kuoyu; 9.30 Burmese; 9.45 Interlude; 10 Radio
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      London Stocks
      294 14 LONDON, Wed. BUSINESS was small throughout the London Stock Exchange yesterday, settlement day. British Government funds encountered frpsh investment buying and moved fractionally higher Closing middle prices ot selected stocks aa supplied to tbe Straits Tunes oy special arrangement with The Financial limes, follow. Unless otherwise stated share*
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      MALAYAN SHARE MARKET
      135 14 From Our Market Correspondent T<HE Malayan share market was dull and lifeless A yesterday. Small business passed within quotations. I Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association yesterday were: INDL'STBIAU Buyer M. Colls 1.721 Strait* Traders 12.10 MINING Bcrjuntal 13/Hongkoug 14/9 Johan 95 K. Kamuntlng 21/9
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      TIN COMPANY DIVIDENDS
      64 14 Killinghall, Hongkong From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH. Wed. AT the annual meetings of the undermentioned companies on June 29. 1950. '.he directors will recommend payment of the following final dividends for the veai to Sept. 30. 1949: Killinghall Tin. five per cent, (less tax> payable od July
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      U.K. TAX RELIEF
      72 14 LONDON, Wed. THE Bri;ih Government intends to relieve British o.Tipan'>s and citizens from being taxsd both overseas and at home. ;cently, such double taxation caused Britain to lose a very important Ceylon contract. By legislation notified ves'er'lay, Britain will simply waive a large part of the British
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      TIN PRICES
      28 14 SINGAPORE, Wed, May 24— 5304T (up $1.50.) LONDON. Wed., May, 24. Spot: £604',— £6Q4£; Forward, £605— £6051; Settlement, £604}. Turnover: morning. 220 tons; afternoon, 60 .tons.
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      The Rubber Outlook
      220 14 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Wed. GOW, Wilson Stanton, the London rubber brokers, consider in their monthly review that the future of the rubber market must be based on the following rons'derations: Production may not reach the Study Group estimates and can quite conceivably be well !,clow
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      Singapore Rubber
      221 14 BECAUSE of the improvement in prices in New York and orders from abroad, the Singapore rubber market opened better yesterday morning, business for firstgrade June shipment passing at 82J cents per ib. In the afternoon, however, buyers were Inclined to be more cautious, and prices sagged slightly. The
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      THE PRODUCE MARKET
      63 14 From Market Correspondent p'OPRA in the Singapore produce market yesterday remained unchanged in price at $39 11 sellers and buyers $39, closing quiet. Cloves and coconut oil were quiet. Prices ipei picul) yesterday tor other commodities were* Gambler $210 (round): $82 'Java cube)- Pepper $850: Muntok white
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      SHIPPING ALONGSIDE AND IN THE ROADS
      92 14 CHIPS in the Singapore Odter and Inner Roads ar.d alongside S.H.B. godowns yesterday were: Outer Roads: Hal Hsuan, Mvi Ann. Chong Ton?, Pigneau de Pieneau. Ib:s. Danholm. Olaf Maersk, Delapur. Inner Roads: Hor.g Tat. Matang, Sumpitan, Edendnle, Rajah Brooke. Sin Hone. Chantra. Marudu. Alongside
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    ANGULLIA, TODD TAKE HONOURS
    446 15 R.E. Win 4-1 In Senior League R.E 4; 8.0.D.C.A t YESTERDAY'S S.A.F.A. Senior League soccer 1 match at Jalan Besar stadium which Royal Engineers won by four goals to one against 8.0.D.C.A. served to confirm the very good form of 8.0.D. and erstwhile Colony goalkeeper Osman
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    23 15 MR. YEAP HOCK HOE leads in Exeter (Jones), winner of the first race at Bukit Timah yesterday. Exeter paid $«7. Straits Times picture.
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    'Glowing Goldies' Play Tonight
    103 15 A record crowd is expt-cea to turn up at the Happy World stadium tonight to see the Phi'.ilpines' crack basketball ieain. the University of Santo Twiaa'l "Glowing Gr.ldips'" make heir Singapore debut. The team, which p.rrived by Mr from Manila on Tuesday, w:>n :he Philippines' national
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    'FEI YAN' CAGERS BACK FROM TOUR
    74 15 The Manila Fei Van Basketball team returned to Singapore by air yesterday after a oO^vietful tour at Penang. During their short stay nt Pen;iner, the Manila Fei Van bi.sketball Team defeated th? Pukten Giiii School by 30-19. Later they ended their Pcnansr visit with
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    Portsmouth F.C. Fined & Censured
    220 15 Portsmouth F.C. Fined Censured LONDON. Wed. PORTSMOUTH Football Club, the English League champions for the past two seasons, have been fined £750 after an enquiry into alleged breaches of the regulations, the Football Association announced today. Mssrs. V. Stokes and H. S. Wain, two directors of the Club, have been
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    Raffles Inst. Beat Guard Dog Unit
    60 15 TN a cricket matcn p:-.yed on the R.I. ground yestercUy, Rallies' Institution easily defeated the 21 Guard Dog Unit. Guards batted ilrst and were dismissed for 53 <Pitt 19. Sando- c ham six for 221. P.I. passed this score with five wickets In hand
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    Singapore Weekend Cricket Teams
    392 15 TpHE following are o. .^..ncre weeKend cricxet teams R.A.F. CHA.VGI R.A r. Changi 2nd XI v. Sinhalese at Changi on Sat. 2.15 p.m: F/Lt. Spencer (capt.t, F/I.t. Dicks, F/Lt. Donaldson, F/O. Robinson, W/O. Sheffield, Sgt, Fleming. Sgt. Vidale. NAY. Bowes, LAC. Morgan. AC. Forde. AC. Ramsey.
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    ONE CHANGE IN MALACCA CUP XI
    329 15 From Our Staff Correspondent MALACCA, Wednesday. WILL Singapore trounce Malacca again like last year by six goals to nil in their Malaya Cup soccer fixture, or will Malacca draw one-all with the Colony as in 1948, the first year of the post-war comDetition. when
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    Oxford Out For 194
    109 15 Oxford Out For 194 LONDON, Wed. THE West Indian cricket tourists dismissed Oxford University for 194 just after tea on the opening day today of their fixture at Christchurch ground. Following their first de.cat of the tour yesterday, the Wot Indians were not made na?p*»r by the weather here today
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    U.K. Cricket
    78 15 LONDON. Wed. rA SCORES in the five County cricket championship matches which began today were: At Lord's Derbyshire 193 (Revill 58 > Middlesex 37 for one. At Huddersfield, Yorkshire 189 CHalliday 57, Robinson six for 71); Somerset to bat. At Hove, Sussex 178 for four (John Langridge 80);
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    LEVISEUR IS CHANGI'S BEST ATHLETE
    541 15 AUTSTANDING athlete at j RAF. Changi's annual athletic sports held at Changi I yesterday was F/O Leviseur of the Flying Wing who canje I first in the Pole Vault, 100 yards, 220 yrrds and Long Jump: and came third in the 120 yards hurdles. In
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    SNOWY OWL, TARA ST. WIN IN GREAT STYLE
    2609 16  -  EPSOM JEEP Talkie's $188 Best In Day Of Big Dividends B> OWL II (late Eastern Flight), a handsome rour-year-oid English grey gelding by Mr. Jinks, proved himself a sprinter of high quality when he trounced top class sprinters like Bright Eyes. Croydon
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    47 16 Total Pool: 5364.130. 1. *****4 (5163.858). 2. *****0 ($81,929). 3. *****7 (545.516). Starter* ($4,137 each) Nos: *****9, *****7, *****6, *****5, *****1. 5«OI51. *****9, *****7, *****0, 408.V19. Consolation (52.730 each) Nos: .:*****, *****6, *****2, *****0, *****9, *****4, *****9, *****0. MW73, *****6. DOUBLE TOTE 50 tickets 5253.
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    Tara Street v Van B. Cracks On Sat.
    283 16  -  EPSOM JEEP By IM'KIT TIMAH'S big event r. n Saturday will be the valuable Governor's Cup race which, I think, will be worth about $16,000 in stakes and added money, over a distance of a niHe and a quarter, but no less
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    Cup Polo In Singapore
    193 16 THE Penang Polo Club will be sending a team to compete In the Malayan Polo Tournament to be held here during the Whitsun Holiday this week-end. Notable absentee will be the Selangor Polo Club whose arrangements to compete m the tournament had to be called off
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    19 16 T*K SINO TAO Footba:: Cl.h )f Hong Kirn;; photographed on arrlva' at Kails"? Airport Singapore. T«»«erday.— Straits Times picture
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    Derby Scratching
    28 16 LONDON. Wed.— High Bandi <100-l) was scratched from thi Derby yesterday, leaving a field o 27 probable starters fo>- Saturday' mile and a half classic. A.P.
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    "We Are Stronger Than In 1947"
    415 16 SING TAO F. C. MANAGE* SAY:: pKiHTKEN of the 21 members of the touring King Tao Football Club of Hong Kong arrived in Singapore yesterday afternoon by a Pan-American Airways plane from Manila, where the team won all their eight fixtures. The three members
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    IPOH RACES
    76 16 IPOH, Wed. THE Perak Plate for three-year-old maidens in Class 3 at the July meeting of the Perak Turf Club carries a stake of $6,000 and a trophy. There will be two runs each for Class 3 and Class 5 horses at the meet scheduled for July 1,
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    ENGLAND TEST TRIAL TEAMS
    114 16 LONDON, '^eel THE ENGLAND Test Selec- tion Committee lastn ght chose ihe fallowing teams for the T*»l Tri.,i beginning at Brail.o.tl on May 31: ENGLAND N. Kardley (Yorks., capt) L. Hull on (Yorks), R. Simpson <.\o'ts.) E Edrich (.M's«-x», l>. Compton (M'sex), C. Vashbn-ok (Lanes.). T.
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    Sports Diary
    24 16 SOCCER: Snr. Ice: Indun. »t*n Lge. v. Pulau Brani .il I ifaM Besar; Jnr. At: UHQ MfMlta v. H.M. Dockyard at Oylanc
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