The Straits Times, 27 June 1951

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    19 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S 'NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 1951. if PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS
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    BRITAIN SENDS A CRUISER
    569 1 Persian oil situation very serious Morrison MPs CHEERED A WARNING LONDON, Tuesday. TV JR. Herbert Morrison, the Foreign Secretary, announced today the cruiser Mauritius has hi'cn ordered to go at once to the neighbourhood of Abadan, key port in the Persian oil crisis. In his gravest
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    Along the road to disaster....
    113 1 Vk'ASHINGTON, Tues. MR. Dean Acheson, U.S. Secretary of State, said Tiday there was every indication that the critical situation in Persia was .noving directly alone: the road to disaster." '■Ir. Acheson was testifyin.- before the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Mrs. Frances Bolton (Republican Ohio) asked
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    Reds turn to Ceylon
    68 1 HONG KONG, Tues. pOMMUNIST trade agents in Hong Kong have switched their attention to Ceylon, who has refused to go along with either the United Kingdom or the U.N. embargo on strategic exports to Red China. Local trading firms have already ordered 800 tons of rubber
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    28 1 SHE FLIES through the air with the greatest of ease' trapeze artist Andree Jean m Bikini swimsuit demonstrate m London her daring from a helicopter. Paul Popper photo.
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    7 navies in war games
    75 1 PORTSMOUTH, Tue*. EIGHTY-FIVE warships of seven North Atlantic Treaty Organisation countries began a convoy exercise in the English Channel and southern North Sea yesterday. The exercise ends today. Those taking part are ships from the navies of Britain, France, the United States, Norway, Denmark, Belgium
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    Mr. Malik too ill to talk peace
    198 1 Mr. Malik too ill to talk peace NEW YORK, Tues. THE United Nations General Assembly President, Nasrollah Entezam, flew from Washington late yesterday only to find that Russia's representative. Mr. Jacob Malik, was too ill to discuss the new Korea cease-fire proposal. The Persian diplomat found a message waiting at
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    Big 'quakes recorded
    51 1 PASADENA, California, Tues. EARTHQUAKES, some heavy enough to have caused damage if In a settled area, were recorded yesterday at the California Institute of Technology. They apparently originated about 100 miles from Pasadena. No local reports of earthquakes were received. Earlier, shocks at Anchorage, Alaska, were reported.
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    KILLED BY HIS OWN BAYONET
    33 1 EDINBURGH, Tues— A Scots Guardsman was killed when he fainted during drill and fell forward on his bayonet. The bayonet thrust through his cheek into his brain— UP.
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    GRENADE ROLLS TO BEDSIDE MOURNERS
    108 1 Relatives scatter as son shouts From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Tuesday. IIfHILE relatives were gathered round a woman lying dead m her home m Victoria Street, Penang, last night, a Mills bomb rolled towards them. But it did not explode. No one knew where the
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    AID FOR COLONIES
    39 1 UNITED NATIONS. Tues.--Sir Gladwyn Jetob, chief British delegate today signed an agreement between the United Kingdom and the United Natlonj Technical Assistance Board laying down basic plans for technical assistance m territorial under British administration.— Reuter.
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    KASHMIR VISIT
    35 1 NEW DELHI, Tues. The Indian Prime Minister, Mr. Nehru, flew to Kashmir today for the second time this month on a "week's private holiday trip." He will be returning on July 4. A.P.
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    A new life for 10,000 people
    52 1 THE START of a new life for 10,000 Kuala Lumpur people. Girl« of Segambut (top) move their belongings ready for the lorry to take them to Jinjang resettlement area. At the resettlement area (below), they have already started to build their new homes. Strait*
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    Police hold 15 in anti-Red raids
    185 1 rpHE Singapore Special Branch made a total of 15 arrests on Monday m their swoop on people suspected of being connected with Communist activities in the Colony. The first seven arrests were made at four o'clock on Monday morning and the others during the
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    REDS SHELL SAIGON
    31 1 SAIGON, .Tues.— Vietmlnl: rebels today shelled Saigon for the first time in six months. Five shells from mortars dropped near the Saigon River. There were no casualties.— Reuter.
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    Mrs. Felton: no criminal charge
    86 1 LONDON, Tues. /pHE British Government is X not to take any criminal proceeding against Mrs. Monica Felton. who charged British and American troops with atrocities after a visit to North Korea, the Attorney General, Sir Frank Soskice. told the House of Commons yesterday. MPs had
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    ROK's KOREA SCOREBOARD
    63 1 PUSAN, Tues. The ROK Army announced today that its troops killed 257,416 Communist troops and took 27,538 prisoner during the past year of the Korean war. The South Korean Army also claimed It captured from the Co'mmunists 183 airplanes. 288 tanks, mere than 1,200 lorries and other
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    Manchester Regiment returns
    163 1 TiHE Ist Battalion of the Manchester Regiment, which formed part of the fortress lefence between Changl and Kallang, and m Pengerang on the mainland, during: the Japanese Invasion returns to Malaya tomorrow. Some of the older "refulars" who fought for Malaya m tho«e fateful WDjfl. »re still
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    10,000 WILL MOVE FROM SEGAMBUT
    497 1 Biggest 'terror' evacuation From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. biggest evacuation of the Emergency started today m the Kuala Lumpur suburb of Segambut. Nearly 10,000 people are being moved to nearby Jinjang resettlement area. Segambut, rambling village m the Kuala Lumpur Municipality, has been
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    Fresh fish from Indonesia
    145 1 Fresh fish from Indonesia rE Indonesian Ministry of Agriculture announces that Indonesia will deliver monthly 40 tons of fresh fish to Singapore as a result of a recently-concluded agreement, according to a ReuterA.A.P. despatch yesterday. The original request by the Singapore Government was for 200 tons. The Deputy Director of
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    'NO TIN CARTEL'
    32 1 WASHINGTON, Tues.—Bolivia has denied a U.S. charge that she was participating m an international tin cartel with Britain, Belgium and the Netherlands, m an effort to increase prices. A.P.
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    Acheson says China menaces all Asia
    214 2 Acheson says China menaces all Asia THREAT TO 'THE GREAT CRESCENT WASHINGTON, Tuesday. 7 S. Secretary of State, Mr. Dean Acheson, 'warned Congress today that the great crescent of Asia, stretching from Japan to Afghanistan, is under the direct threat of Chinese Communist imperialism. Testifying before the House Foreign Affairs
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    HER BIGGEST HAT
    32 2 PRINCESS Elizabeth wore her biggest hat when she arrived at Earl's Court, London, for the Royal Tournament. The hat is of white straw, square rimmed and edged with satin.
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    Truncheon fight at Royal Home
    99 2 Truncheon fight at Royal Home IVER, Buckinghamshire, Tues. "INLYING squad men and F police of four counties flung a wide dragnet today to catch men who broke into the grounds of Coppins' country home of the Duchess of Kent, late last night Check points were set up on all roads
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    Oil ship diverted
    84 2 MALTA, Tues. THE 16,400-ton British Ad- miralty tanker, Wave Sovereign, which was bound for Abadan from Singapore, was diverted to Aden today to take on a full load of furnace oil for Britain The Wave Sovereign, one of the largest Admiralty tankers, has a fuel storage capacity
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    Muslims on strike
    34 2 ALGIERS. Tues. Eight hundred Muslim workers m the canning factories at Nemours. Oran department of Algeria, went on strike yesterday following the arrest of 12 Muslims m a riot on Sundav.—Reuter.
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    WARRANT FOR WESTERLING
    59 2 BRUSSELS. Tues.— A war., rant for the arrest of Turko Westerllng was issued here today. The ex-Indonesian rebel leader is alleged to have used a passport made out under the same of Lembrechts when he left Belgium for Tangiers in January. Westerling was given refuge In Belgium
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    He wanted to be alone
    92 2 LOS ANGELES. Tues I>RITISH film actor Richard I> Greene's brunette wife won a divorce yesterday on the testimony that he was "cold" and "wanted to be alone." Mrs. Greene— actress Patricia Medina— also British, bowed her head and wept after telling the court, "my husband
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    WARSHIP SABOTAGE WAS 'AMATEURISH'
    104 2 MELBOURNE, Tues. AN attempt to sabotage the Australian aircraft carrier Sydney, due to sail for Korea, was disclosed tonight. The Acting Navy Minister, Mr. Josiah Francis, said someone had damaged a radar set on the ship. The damage was minor and would not delay the Sydney's
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      576 2 NOTICES CHANGE OF TELEPHONE NUMBER Prospective callers of Johore Labis Estate, Labis, Johore are hereby notified that as from 1.7.51 the telephone number of the Main Office Exchange will be Labis i'48 and not Labis 228 as hitherto. The Factory Exchange number will continue to be Labla 217 as at
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      447 2 NOTICES SUNGEI KINTA TIN DREDGING LIMITED (Incorporated In England) Telegraphic advice has been received from London of the recoftimendation of a final dividend m respect of the year ended 31st December, 1950, of 3/- per stock unit, less Income Tax at the rate of 9/6 m the payable on 9th
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      298 2 NOTICES PLANTATION FOR SALE OFFERS are Invited from principals (no brokers) for the purchase of a completely equipped oil palm cum rubber estate situated In a "quiet" area of the Selangor Coast District. Cultivated area 1550 acres. Apply to Box No. A6039. S.T.. for further particulars. CONNAUGHT BRIDGE POWER STATION
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      242 2 NOTICES SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY TENDERS ENGINEER'S DEPARTMENT: Road and Drain work at Cavan Road Details from Engineer's Department (Room 218K Deposit $50. Security $1,000. Close NOON— 6.7.51. ELECTRICITY DEPARTMENT" Supply of 28 3 x 80 Watt Fluorescent Street Lighting Lanterns, complete with lamps and auxiliaries. Forms from Electricity Department (Room 109)
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    BRITAIN TO APPROACH RED CHINA
    462 3 Malik to be asked four questions on his plan LONDON, Tuesday. JJRITAIN will make direct representations to the Peking Government in the name of the United Nations to find out whether China wants a cease-fire in Korea, an authoritative source said last niirht. Such a
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    Daredevil girl clerk 'chutes for hobby
    68 3 "DAREDEVIL" Phyllis Weir. 21-year-old insurance clerk, of Muswell Hill, London, dressed for a parachute jump, which is her hobby (TOP). "It is the best sport I know," she says. Phyllis was to make her third jump against five of the best civilian parachutists at
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    U.S. MUST KEEP UP EFFORT
    138 3 U.S. MUST KEEP UP EFFORT NEW YORK, Tues. THE Defence Mobilisation Director, Mr. Charles E. Wilson, said that America could not afford to relax its defence effort even if the Korean war ended tomorrow. He said that in the eyes of the Kremlin, Korea was but a skirmish in the
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    WOMAN MP ACCUSES AMERICA
    144 3 WOMAN MP ACCUSES AMERICA RANGOON Tues A British M.P. visiting here described the United Btatd as a trouble-maker bent upon war in the East. Mrs. Dorothy Woodman. Socialist, said America was guiity of provocative acts 'n sending secret agents to th»Chinese mainland, maintaining a military mission in Formosa and imposing
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    Flogging in Colonies
    102 3 From Our Own Correspondent. LONDON, Tues. THREE colonial governments 1 have this year appointed committees to consider corporal punishment, and a fourth intended to take similar action, the House of Commons was told by Mr. T. S. Dugdale, Minister for the Colonies. Mr. A. E. Baldwin (Conservative)
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    MINIMUM WAGE
    25 3 GENEVA, Tues.— The International Labour Conference today voted m favour of. a convention and recommendation for minimum wage fixing machinery m agriculture. Reuter.
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    'India aware of Red menace'
    149 3 WASHINGTON, Tuesday. A SSISTANT U.S. Secretary for South-East Asian Affairs. Mr. George McGhee. said yesterday that India is fully aware of the menace of internal Communism and has taken steps to safeguard herself. In an interview with a magazine, Mr. McGhee ~dded that India appears
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    'Letcolonials run schemes'
    88 3 LONDON, Tues. THE Secretary for the Colo1 nies was asked In the House of Commons If, In view of the proposals to decentralise the administration of the Colonial Development Corporation, he would consider placing on its managing bodies in the colonies some of their local administrative and
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    1,650,000 TONS FOOD FOR INDIA
    44 3 NEW DELHI, Tues.—During the first five months of this year, India received from abroad 1,650,000 tons of food grains wheat alone totalled more than 1,000,000 tons official sources said. Nearly half of this came from the United States.— AP.
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    Cheaper, better S-rubber
    67 3 AKRON, OHIO, Tues. 'THE General Tyre and Rubber Company said yesterday that it has developed a "revolutionary" synthetic rubber formula that loill produce a cheaper longer-wearing tyre. Mr. W. O'Neil, the company's president, said that one compound of the new product gives 32 per cent more tyres,
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    H. KONG TRADE DOWN 20%
    97 3 H. KONG TRADE DOWN 20% HONG KONG, Tues. UONG KONG'S trade in April 11 showed a decrease of 20% in value in imports and a reduction of almost 11% in exports compared with March. April imports totalled HK $427,833,190 and exports HK $496,806,255. The Colony exported to the Chinese mainland
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    RUSSIANS FORM AN 11-NATION ARMY
    159 3 WASHINGTON, Tuesday. SENATOR Pat McCarran told the Senate yesterday 0 that Russia has a secret 11-nation, 500,000-man "Communist International Brigade" m Manchuria to supplement Soviet armed forces m the Far East. Senator McCarran, chairman of the Senate Internal Security Sub Committee, which has been investigating
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    JAP PEACE TALKS
    29 3 LONDON, Tues.— Mr. Lester Pearson, Canada's Minister of External Affairs, will disucss the Japanese peace settlement with Mr. Herbert Morrison, British Foreign Secre.tary, here today.— Reuter.
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    NOW HE HAS THE HUMP
    57 3 MASTUNG. Pakistan. Tues. A young Pathan gambled his pretty wife against a camel and lost, it was disclosed in court. The camel owner won the same, snatched up the wife and rode away with her on his camel, the plaintiff said. He asked the court
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    Sloop hits liner
    60 3 COLOMBO, Tues. rE Pakistan naval sloop Zulflguar was In collision yesterday with th e 23,580-ton P O Liner Strathmore m Colombo harbour. Both vessels were damaged. The Zulflguar, which Is oelieved to have developed engine trouble, struck the Strathmore's starboard side while the liner was anchored. The
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    'SKYLON' HAT
    40 3 FILM ACTRESS Patricia Dainton wore a "Skylon" hat swathed m net when she attended the 49th Theatrical Garden Party m the grounds of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea. The party was m aid of the Actors' Orphanage. Reuter picture.
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    U.S. Forces now total 3,341,000
    174 3 U.S. Forces now total 3,341,000 WASHINGTON, Tues. 'pHE United States has about 1,841,000 more men m uniform today than it had at the beginning of the Korean war a year ago, according to a well-informed source m Washington In June 1950, the total m the Armed Forces was about 1,500,000.
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    PEASANTS ATTACK ESTATE
    103 3 PEASANTS A TTA CK ESTA TE CAIRO, Tues. THOUSANDS of angry peasants stormed the estate of a rich landowner In Northern Egypt, burning down his mansion and grain stores and lighting several hours pitched personnel, stated Cairo newspapers yesterday. One peasant was reported killed and 18 wounded m the fight
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    BUILDING: S'PORE MAY SEEK AID FROM WHITEHALL
    175 4 V:IK Government of Singapore is considering a proposal to import building materials thraagh tn e Colonial Office in London and to reserve a certain per centage of the materials for (Government building projects in its educational and medical plan. The select committee of
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    Fanner saw plane crash into his hut
    168 4 Fanner saw plane crash into his hut CBng Seng, a 52-year-Old farmer m Lim Chu iad. yesterday told the ton: r that he his life when, a R.A.F. light bomber crashhul on June 1. giving evidence into the death Qg Officer John Keith n, FUght-Sertceant "■tv Gregory, ami Flying OJR-er
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    STOLE TO FORM CLUB
    129 4 A young Chinese clerk yesterday tolcl the Singapore First Police Magistrate, Mr. R. C. S. Bell, that he had stolen $3,000 worth of batteries "because J wanted to build uu a sport? club in Pasir Panjang." The clerk, 27-ycar-old Tay Keag Lin, who worked in Exide
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    GIRL ROBBED
    30 4 A Chinese cyclist armed wiih a knife robbed a schoolsirl of her gold chain worth $160 at Marine Parade ve<=terday. She was with a schoolboy at the time.
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    4 ACQUITTED ON THEFT CHARGE
    75 4 Four Singapore Harbour Bo;rd godown clerks, who were alleged to have been found m a god own by a polie? corporal drinking beer with a broken case of beer lying nearby, were yesterday disrharged by 'the Singapore Third Poiire Court Magistrate, Mr. T. E. Smith,
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    Singapore Diary
    93 4 Ol ■UN EX- lON, UE. B iicinu 9 am. Raffles Quay. Katong V H.C.A. meet at St. Hilda's p m, V.M.C.A. Orchard Road. Combined Staffs meeting, 11.30 a.m.; *onvers3Uonal class, 5.30 p.m.; Judo group. 5.30 p.m.; bodyb i'.lulng. 5.30 p.m.; Art Club. Life Chinese Women** 6 p.m.; Ec'ucatlonpi
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    182 4 SIX Royal Air Force officers, all former inmates of the P.o.W. Stalag Luft 111 camp at Farran. Breslau German?, and now senrinr with the K.A.F. m Malaya were last night presented to the Governor. Sir Franklin Gimson. at the London Films Dremiere of "The Wooden Horse", based on the book
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    Theatre 'quit' order appeal
    366 4 TWERE is no class of tenant who should not be A protected by the Control of Rent Ordinance, said Mr. F. R. N. H. Masssy m the Singapore Court of Civil Appeal yesterday. He was arguing an appeal for Malayan Theatres Limited against a Court decision
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    Retiringage: more reports
    115 4 REPORTS on the retirement age in force in Kenya and Aden are now being studied by a Singapore Government committee set up last year to report on a suitable retirement age for European expatriate officers. A committee spokesman told the Straits Times yesterday that reports from three
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    FOUND SLEEPING IN BUS
    54 4 FOUND SLEEPING IN BUS Two Chinese youths, Lar Hian Boon, .18, and Wong Ah Fook. 17, found sleeping in a stationary bus In Paya Lebar Road on Monday night, were yesterday charged In the Singapore Fourth Police Court with vagrancy. They pleaded guilty and were ordered to be sent to
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    BOY DROWNED IN PADDY FIELD
    71 4 from Our Own Correspondent. TEMERLOH, Tues. A VERDICT of death by misadventure was recorded at Tetnerloh on Hashim bin Mohamad, aged 13, who was drowned in a lake at Faya Taram. Sulong Ahmad bin Dollah, a student of the Malay school at Paya Taram, said
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    CAR IN SEA
    32 4 From Our Own Correspondent J JOHORE BAHRU, Tues Tan Chin Chuan. was fined $35 today for inconsiderate driving as a result of whirr another car fell Into the so
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    Letters degree for the C-G
    243 4 Letters degree for the C-G THE University of Malaya will confer an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters on its Chancellor, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, at the Convocation at the Oei Tiong Ham Hall at 3.30 p.m. on July 14. Mr. Malcolm MacDonald will receive the degree from one of the
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    KNOCKED BY CRATE, DIES
    72 4 While working aboard the s.s. Sandviden on June 1 in the Outer Roads, Lee Chock Tow. 39 kepala of a gang of labourers, was knocked overhoard and drowned when a crate of 12 jars of salted ve getables being hoisted out of a. hatch hit him.
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    LABIS POLICE LIEUT. DIES
    64 4 From Oar Own Correspondent. JOHORE BAHRU, Tues.— Police Lieutenant T. Darling died at Labis on Friday from gunshot wounds caused accidentally, it is understood. Lt. Darling had been m the police force for about a year. He was stationed m the Segamat Police Circle. He is
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    Trisha rider hit passenger
    62 4 Because he was not paid the fare he demanded, a trisha rider, Cheong Wong Koul, hit his passenger with a screwdriver, it was stated m Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday. Cheong, who was charged with causing hurt to Neo Tan San, was fined $35 or two
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    25 new buses for Singapore company
    57 4 FWENTY-five new buses will augment Singapore 1 Traction Company services soon. They will cost Five new chassis have arrived, and are being equipped Another 20 are on the way. The company Is now operating 293 buses. Because of rising costs it is considering an
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    TAXI OWNERS WILL NOT ASK FOR MORE
    69 4 rjINGAPORE taxi owners O have decided not to add to the rising cost of living m the Colony by asking for increased fares. At a meetine of the committee of the Singapore Hire Car Association yesterday, it was agreed that although taxi-owners were
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    BANK HOLIDAY
    16 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. Banks In Johore will be closed on Saturday, a Bank Holiday.
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    'SAVE WATER' PLEA IGNORED
    105 4 SINGAPORE ryis paid no at- tention to appeals made last week by engineers of the Municipal Water Department not to. waste water. Except for la*f Sunday when consumption dropped by 1,000,000 gallons, the daily use of water has averaged 38,000.000 gallons all during this month. This
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    1,000 people want to leave when island rule changes
    167 5 APPROXIMATELY 1,000 inhabitants of the Cocos Islands want to leave the islands when Australia takes over the administration, a Government spokesman said yesterday. He said the islanders had been told of the transfer of administration from Singapore to Australia by the
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    'MR. and FAMILY'
    42 5 MR MOBAMED ABDULLAH a Jakarta merchant who has made the largest single booking yet received by BOAC In Singapore. He has booked himself, wife, two children, four brothers and five sisters to French India via Colombo. Straits Times picture.
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    LIGHTER MEN WANT MORE $
    80 5 LIGHTER MEN WANT MORE The Joint. Consultative Committee of the Singapore lighterage industry is now preparing a memorandum for submission to the Labour Department on the claims or lighter workers fo r higher pay and cost-of-living allowances The memorandum will be the basis of their new claims for higher pay
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    SINGAPORE GOVT APPOINTMENTS
    43 5 Mr. C. W. Lyle has been appointed Commissioner for Labour, Singapore, and Mr R. Middleton-Smith, Deputy Commissioner. Dr. R. J. Grove-White has been appointed Medical Officer in charge of Trafalgar Home, and Mr. W. W. Rawlinson Deputy Controller of Customs.
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    CAUTIONED
    39 5 from Our Own Correspondent KLUANG. Tues— Malcolm Thomas. Peter Halleth and John Alty were cautioned and discharged at Kluang for alleged theft of clothing worth $78 from a house occupied by Ah Yong at Jalan Haji Ma ran.
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    13 Abdullahs go home by plane
    147 5 THE biggest single booking to date at the B.O.A.C. office, Singapore, was mad^ yesterday by Mr. Mohamed Abdullah, a 25-year-old Muslim merchant from Jakarta. Mr. Abdullah, who arrived by K.L.M. Constellation from Jakarta on Monday booked 13 seats for Co'.ombo for himsHf, wife, two
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    3 NOVITIATES FOR BRITAIN
    71 5 Three Malayan novitiates of thp Franciscan Missionary of thp Divine Motherhood will leave Singapore for Britain early next month. They are MLss Agnes Tan. 20. of Singapore, Miss Marie Therese Magness. 18 of Kuala Lumpur and Miss Hedwig Marie de Cruz of Penang The :hree novitiates
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    6 MALAYANSGET U.S. STUDY AWARD
    81 5 6 MALAYANS GET U.S. STUDY AWARD The U.S. IS. announced yesterday the awards of U.S Government scholarship Rrants under the SmithMundt Act to six Malayans for study in the United States during the 1951-52 academic year. This is the first time that Malayans have been awarded these grants. The six
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    Coconut oil price
    33 5 The Controller of Supplies, Singapore, announced that the price of coconut oil was $22.50 per 28-kati tin and 87' 2 cents per bottle, (one kati two tahils) as from yesterday.
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    Re-open dormitories urge school heads
    175 5 U'RESH appeals have been sent by the principals of the Singapore Chinese High School and Nanyang Girls' School, asking the Education Department to reconsider the re-opening of the dormitories of the two schools which have been closed since June last year. Mr. Cheng Ann Lan.
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    Timber yield on increase
    89 5 from our Own Corretpondm. JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. TniMBER output from JL Johore's forests, in spite of the Emergency, is on the increase In April the yield was 1.000,000 cubic feet compared with 850,000 cubic feet for the corresponding month last vear Three hundred and fifty thousand
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    DUE TOMORROW
    28 5 The 8.000-ton Josef Stalin is expected to arrive m Singapore tomorrow from Europe on her way to Vladivostok. She will anchor at the Eastern explosive anchorage.
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    38 5 HIGHLANDERS RETURN: Nearly 1,500 men who fought m Malaya and Korea, returned to Britain on the trooper. Empire Fowey. These men of the Seaforth Highlanders were m a jubilant mood when the ship pulled into Southampton. Reuter picture.
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    1,480 students ready to save
    191 5 r\NE thousand four hundred and eighty students from five English schools are ready to open accounts m the Post Office Savings Bank when the Singapore Savings Week begins on Monday, July 2. The five schools are Bukit Paniang English School. Stamford Girls' School. Telok Kurau
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    RATION CARDS
    32 5 The Controller of Supplies Singapore, yesterday said tha. the date for completing the renewal of ration cards has been extended to July 7 and there will be no further extension.
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    BIG JAP ESTATE IS SOLD
    170 5 BIG JAP ESTATE IS SOLD From Our Own Correspondent. JOHORE BAHRU, Tues TEMBRONG Estate. In Batu Pahat district, once owned by Japanese, has been jok» by the Custodian of Enemv Property. Tembrong. 4.339 acres in size, is the first big Japan-ese-owned estate which .hCustodian has sold since all Japanese property
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    $750,000 FOR 1,219 ACRES
    70 5 Jeram Rubber Estates Ltd have accepted an offer for their Bukit Jalil Estate (1.210 acres) near Petaling. Selangor as a going concern at $750.000. the company to retain ail proceeds from war damage claims. The company acquired Bu kit Jalil as a replanting proposition In 1939
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    ALL AMERICANS ARE INVITED
    82 5 All members of the American community and their guests have been invited to the annual picnic to be held by the American Association at the Thomson Road Polo Ground this Sunday, from 2.45 p.m. to 7 p.m. in observance of the 175th anniversary of the Declaration
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    SPCA BRANCH IN JOHORE
    71 5 From Our Own Correspondent. JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. A branch of the Malayan Society for the Prevention ol Cruelty to Animals has been formed in Johore— with headquarters in Johore Bahru Dr J. N Dugdale has been appointed president. First public function of the branch, which is
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    FIRMS THANKED
    57 5 The Singapore Blood Transfusion Service thanks al'. firms who have given their goodg for use m the recovery room. The Service especially thanks Nestles Products (Malaya) Ltd.. who gave Nescafe. Mil j and milk, the East Asiatic Co for gifts of Carlsberg beer, and Jackson and Co. for
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    EYE SURGEON BACK FROM UK
    58 5 Dr. Wong Kin Yip returned from a year and half's stay in Britain as a Queen's Fellow on the Corfu yesterday. A brilliant eye surgeon, he is assistant to Dr. A. D. Williamson, principal eye surgeon at the General Hospital Dr. Wong will deputise for
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    PARANG ATTEMPT
    49 5 KLUANG, Tues. Constables while drinking coffee In a shop m Chamek village overheard Tan Geon Chin quarrelling with his father next door. When they went over, they found Tan with a parang, which he tried to use. He was fined $100 or one month's gaol at Kluang.
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    ONLY 17 OUT OF 35 GET MEDICAL DEGREES
    267 5 OF the 34 medical students m the University of Malaya who sat for the final professional examinations Part II tor the dexree of MB. B S only 17 parsed. Of these, only four are from Singapore, the remaining la being from the
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    DEWEY TO BE URGED: SEND MORE AID
    203 5 DEWEY TO BE URGED: SEND MORE AID SINGAPORE Chinese leaders hope to have v important talks with Mr. Thomas E. Dewey, Governor of New York, when he visits the Colony on July 18 during his month's tour of the Far East. The talks will be held at a reception which
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    1,783,817 birds now inoculated
    133 5 NEARLY 500,000 po Utry have been inoculatejd against ranlkhet this year, Singapore's Chief Veternary Officer Mr R A. Wright told thp Straits Times. Since inoculation Degan about two year s ago. 1,783.817 birds have been Inoculated. "We are inoculating at ihe rate of 5,000 birds a
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    ANNOUNCEMENT
    22 6 TAMOUN CLUB: Due to the lack of rain the start of the TfTinls Tournament has been postponed until Friday. 6th July.
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    IN MEMORIAM
    19 6 NISBET: In ever precious memory of my dear husband Billy died P.O.W. In Thailand. Ji.p« 21th. 1943
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Wed. June 27, 1951. The A.C.S. At Kampar
    877 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Wed. June 27, 1951. The A.C.S. At Kampar It was a pleasure to present in our columns last Saturday a very able criticism, of the Barnes Report by Mr. V. D. Kuppusamy, headmaster of the Anglo-Chinese School at Kampar. As a headmaster and as president of
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      The goose's eggs
      152 6 TWO recent pronouncements have created a sensation among at least the literate sections of the Malayan communities. One is about the independence of Malaya m seven (now ten) years; the other is the Barnes Report. If I. as a local-born Indian. who feel it my duty to
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      Helicopter hops
      138 6 IN last Thursday's article on the terrorists wlrn lurk in Kelantan, It is stated that hours must elapse before a wounded man can be lifted out of the jungle by helicopter because the hellcopter has to be flown in short hops from Sineapore." Anything wrong with keeping one
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      THE INDIAN BONDS
      93 6 MR. John Laycock 1b reported to have stated at the last Singapore "Legco" meeting that the issue of bonds in India, similar to the suggested Premium Bonds in Singapore. wa R a failure. This is absolute rubbLs.i. Many tens of millions of rupees-worth of Rs 10 and
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      HAVE BANDITS FIRST TO BE CHALLENGED?
      217 6 "ipOR three years the police have been on Ah Ban's trail. On Wednesday evening at 6 p.m. information that Ah Ban was tn a certain hut was given by a civilian. In an hour the police had planned an i attack. They crept up
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      CAPTURED ALIVE
      64 6 AFTER a chase through rough undergrowth and scrub, four of the terrorists were captured alive,'" says a recent report. Long live democracy! Don't kill them! Capture- them so that: (a) the taxpayer may pay Tor their keep during the months till their trtafl: and (b) they may be
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    HOW DO THE MALAYS REACT TO IT?
    1353 6 HOW DO THE MALAYS REACT TO IT? Resettlement, welfare services, defence, the anti-bandit campaign.... From a Malay Correspondent MALAYS generally are deeply disappointed over the handling of the antibandit campaign, so far as it affects them. In both kampong and town there is a feeling of frustration, engendered by the
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    On the Margin
    403 6 Anglo-Malay AFTER reading in our paper about the latest scare In Penang, where housewives were refusing to buy fresh fish because the fish occasionally have worms Inside them (as fish have always had, and always will), a bard in Negrt Sembilan who signs himself '"Tangan Tua" sent
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    S'poreMAAF: women not interested
    156 7 S'poreMAAF: women not interested By a Woman Reporter. CIXTY intelligent, educated L women, with a few hours to spare each week are needed to help make Singapore safe from air attack. But Singapore women are not interested. "It's not our business." thev say. Officers of the Malayan Au\iliary Air Force
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    Girls in bus tour country
    76 7 From Our Staff Correspondent. IPOH, Tues. A PARTY of 38 senior pupils of the Singapore Nanyang Girls' High School are here in the course of a three-week tour of the Federation. Accompained by three teachers, the girls are travelling in their school bus. Most of
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    Welfare of workers 'vital'
    180 7 Welfare of workers 'vital' SINGAPORE labour circles yesterday said that it would be a great danger to the prosperity of the country if Government ignored the welfare of the labourers, who formed the backbone of the Colony. Mr S S. Manyam. Progressive Party Municipal Commissioner, and the president of the
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    HALF-STARVED PEOPLE PLEAD FOR HELP
    401 7 HALF-STARVED PEOPLE PLEAD FOR HELP Doctor says: Too much fuss THE Social Welfare Department m Singapore confirmed yesterday that it was receiving appeals for help from half -starved jfeople. Dr. J. \V. Vickers, the Director of Medical Services, Singapore, will visit the General Hospital today to see the Indian workers
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    Thuraisingham is pleased
    49 7 Frojn Our SUIT Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues The formation of the Kuala Lumpur Chinese Teachers Association was welcomed today by the Member for Education, Pato E. E. C. Thuraisinghanr. He told the Straits Times,— "I am very keen that there should be contentment amone Chinese teachers."
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    CHARITY DANCE From Our Own Correspondent
    39 7 CHARITY DANCE From Our Own Correspondent SEREMBAN, Tues.— An allcommunity dance will be held at King George Fifth School hall on Saturday, m aid of the Y.W.C.A building fund. A dance band from Kuala Lumpur will be' m attendance.
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    Planes bomb 20 targets in Johore
    76 7 jyt ORE than 20 bandit targets in Johore were hit yesterday by Royal Air Force planes. In addition, four targets in Perak Were attacked. Vampire jets, Sundeiland flying boats and Lincoln medium bombers of the R.A.A.F operated in both states. Dakota supply-dropping planes flew
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    OFFER FOR ESTATE
    55 7 Eow Sens; Rubber Co. havf received an offer to buy their Sungei Duri division for $160. 000, and negotiations ar* going on. The trees are all original seedlings and are approaching their economic iife says Mr. H. B. Yuille, chairman of the company. The offer represents over
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    'WRITE IN JAWI TO VILLAGERS'
    75 7 INCHE Ibrahim bin Abdul Rahman, State Secretary, Johore, has told all heads of Government departments that all future communications to people living in villages and suburban areas should be in Malay (Jatt-i), together with an English »r Chinese version. Inche Ibrahim told the Straits Times
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    9 ex-Liberty ships call at S'pore
    143 7 "THERE were nine American-built Liberty ships in Singapore harbour yesterday, belonging to five different nations. All but one had their wartime gun mountings removed: The only ship that sti! 1 carried its original gun platforms six years after thf cessation of hostilities was the
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    FIVE S.A.T.C. MEN FOR U.K.
    85 7 Five Singapore Air Train ing Corps men have been Invited to attend the 10th anniversary of the formation ol the Air Training Cores In tfK United" Kingdom on Feb. 1 next year. They are Flt.-Lieut R. Park. Flt.-Sgt Teh Sin Yan. Sgt Lim Yew Ku.
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    FORBIDDEN HOURS
    33 7 JOHORE BAHRU TueS. Lee'Kam Leong Yin Peng and g woman. Chan Lam, tappers 6i' Kota Tlngßi were pach Qned $15 of. io^oro Bj^Juiv far- being out of klqoes during curfew hour*.
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    2 exchanges to cut bad calls
    234 7 From Onr Own Correspondent LONDON, Tuesday. T*HE new Bukit Timah exchange of the Singapore Oriental Telephone and Electric Company, which opened on April 1, and another new exchange at Paya Lebar, which will open shortly, will reduce the number of ineffective calls. Mr. Evelyn
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    Stole before 18 months
    78 7 trom Our Staff, Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. T SUPPPIAH was gaoled for U» 18 months today in the Kuala Lumpur Supreme Court for theft. Mr. Justice Fletcher Rogers told Suppiah that he could not treat him leniently as he had been convicted on a similar offence
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    INDIAN PORT DUES
    57 7 The Indian Government Trade Commissioner m Malaya announced yesterday that light dues at all ports m India will m future be one anna and six pies per ton for all ships, other than sailing shi?s, arriving at or departing; !<ora any port m India. The rate for
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    YOUTH COMMIT THE CRIMES
    90 7 Most oi the crime m the Colony is committed by people between 18 and 22 years of age said the Acting Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Brown, m Singapore Court of Criminal Appeal yesterday. He dismissed the appeal of a 21 -year-old Chinese, Goh Chin Juay, sentenced
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    INDIAN TO BE TRIED AGAIN
    55 7 The Court of Criminal Appeal yesterday ordered a retrial for a young Indian, Govindaraju Konichsamy, who had been sentenced to five years' imprisonment. Govindaraju was originally charged with the attempted murder of another Indian, DoraLsamy Oanasan, but a jury who retired three tjlmes found him
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    HIS CLAIM
    39 7 Frrtm Our Own Correspondent. JOHORE BAHRU Tues. R. Govindan, of Kampar. charged at Johore Bahru with voluntarily causing grievous hurt to Hassan in Jalan Campbell, claimed he was hit first. He was 'Allowed $200 bail pending trial.
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    Blackout areas
    212 7 Blackout areas Electric power may be cut off in 1 the following areas today: DAY Mackenzie Ro«d, Bukit Timah Pumps, BalMtier Road, Jalan \mpas. 8.M.8.C Mcßitchir. Braddell Rite. Seletar Pumps, Nee Soon. SeleUr Wlrelew, Mental Hospital, Trafalgar Estate. New World, Bendemeer Road, Milne Road, Jalan Pekan, Jalan Sultan, Beach Road,
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    INCREASE IN MALAYA-U.S. TRADE
    99 7 MALAYA S exports to the United States which reached the $L00,000.000mark m April this year rose by a further *4t«37.196 la*>t month Figures Issued by the aotT ing Registrar of Malayan Statistics yesterday showed that Malaya had a favourable trade balance of $190,588,780 at the *nd
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    This lorry broke piano cycle, table
    110 7 THIS lorry, carrying; sand from Ponggol into the city, left the road and crashed into a house at the 6} mile Upper Serangoon Road, yesterday. The lorry missed Mr. Cheng Teik Men*, 20, who was in the front part of the building. The driver
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    MR. LIM WAITS TO SEE AGAIN
    273 7 Half-blinded by acid A 46-YEAR-OLD Chinese schoolteacher sits m his home m Tiong Bahru, Singapore, patiently waiting for his eyesight to be fully restored so that he can work to support his family again. He is Mr. Lim Hui Pek, a former teacher at
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    For observers only
    97 7 SINGAPORE police have been advised by the Colonial Office that the colony would not gain materially by joining the Internatior.al Criminal Police Commission m Paris. "We could, however, sena observers." said Mr. J. P. Pennefather- Evans. Singapore Police Commissioner, yesterday The Commission deals with crime detection on
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    Padi may turn to rise on wheels
    140 7 From Our Staff Correspondent K. LUMPUR, Tues. DORTABLE rice mills are planned to help Kelantan padi planters to get a bigger share of the profits from their work. The Kelantan Government said today that an application had been made to RIDA for a
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    Registration of staffs for elections K.L. MUNICIPAL MEN DISAGREE
    276 8 Registration of staffs for elections K.L. MUNICIPAL MEN DISAGREE From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. TWO Municipal officers today disagreed on the question of getting the Municipal staffs to register for the Municipal elections. They were Mr. C. O. Jennings, Municipal Architect, who started a drive among the Municipal
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    51 8 BRIGADIER C. G. Robins, llq Singapore District, peers into a giant cooking pan yesterday when he went to th« R.A.S.C. school at Nee Soon to judge the finals, Malay section, of the inter-unit cookery competition. On his right is Lt.-Col. G. P. W. Finzel, commandant of the school. Straits Times
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    PENANG HAS 6,000 VOTERS
    212 8 PENANG HAS 6,000 VOTERS From Our Stan Correspondent PENANG. Tues. A MARKED spurt during the week-end has raised the number of voters m Penang to more than 6,000. In addition to the latest returns, an estimated 50.000 forms have been sent out and It is expected that when they are
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    S.P.C.A. DANCE
    34 8 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. A dance in aid of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals will be held at the Royal Johore International Club on Saturday.
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    $2¼ m. more on new CoLA
    63 8 rE Singapore Municipal President Mr. Norman Ward, told a press conference yesterday, that the new scales of cost of living allowances proposed for Municipal workers will cost the Municipality $2,235,000 more. Mr. Ward said that the increased allowances for daily rated workers of the
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    Camp man charged
    40 8 From Our Own Correspondent. JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. Quek Ah Shin, a military camp employee m Singapore, was charged m Johore Bahru today wfth dishonestly retaining stolen motor car spares. He was allowed bail of $200 pending trial.
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    USIS LITERATURE IN DEMAND
    61 8 More Chinese schools In Malaya now want to be on the mailing list of the United States Information Service in Singapore. A USIS spokesman said that 950 schools in Singapore, the Federation and Borneo are receiving th*» pamphlets, pictorials and posters distributed free by USIS regularly
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    DERAILED TRAIN WAS RIFLED—FINED $40
    103 8 DERAILED TRAIN WAS RIFLED— FINED $40 From Our Own Correspondent BUKIT MERTAJAM. Tues. i^IGARETTEs and beer dllKj appeared from a wagon during a train derailment berween Simpang Ampat and Bakab on April 12. it was stated when a labourer Subramaniam. charged with fradulent possession of the goods, was t ned
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    Opium gang 'uses court stooges' -THEY SHIELD BOSSES
    205 8 Opium gang 'uses court stooges' -THEY SHIELD BOSSES 4 Singapore opium ring used stooges to plead guilty m court for higher-ups, said Mr. J. H. S. Jenkins, Court Customs Officer, m Singapore First District Court yesterday. I Sin Chwee Chua, aged 24. a shop assistant, was sentenced to two ana
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    MALAYS FORGET DEPOSITS
    122 8 MALA YS FORGET DEPOSITS gEVERAL thousand dollars^ belonging mainly to Ma-' lays, have been lying unclaimed for many years in the Post Office Savings Bank in Singapore. Mr. W. A. Cooper. Director of Posts, yesterday said that the money represented savings and interest of depositors who had not made use
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    FOUND WITH RUBBER: GAOL
    65 8 Koh Chwee Seng, a bumboat man. was yesterday sentenced to two months' imprisonment by Mr. P Clague in ihe Singapore Fourth Police Court lor fraudulent possession of six bales of crepe rubber, valued at $2,500. The rubber was found in Koh'j possession when a party of
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    BREWERY TOUR
    41 8 Twenty-one dealers m Fraser and Neave and Archipelago Brewery Company products from all over the East coast of Malaya were flown to Singapore yesterday by d specially chartered Malayan Airways plane for a two-day tour of the companies' plants.
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      192 8 What kind of a car is the Wolseley? /^JpUt&UyL Both th Slx K Bhty >nd r<MU Tttlr WolMk arc otrs fbr discerning owners tnea »n«l woom* whoM social status sttrops them as arbiters or good last*. In the Wotsaley they get the oar ityling that hokls IU quiet dignity througfc
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      140 8 Straits Times Cross w crd TT 5 i I [7~T TTI fiTT I II "2 '5 To" 21 22 23 26 8278 27 Z 8™ "I I I I Hi 37 33 ACROSS. 13. This wind?r is a k<V 1 Royal cogunndf can go watch (4) round nicer coils (6,
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      197 8 12 American cattle-farms (7) 33. If you are not this you have .nurreUed (2, 8. 5). DOWN i. Withstand (6). 3. Uncertainty about the French taroMnt (7). 3. "There be land and vater I mean pirates," said ■hvlock (4). 4. Rook a stronghold (6). A. Repulsive to the eye (4).
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      153 9  -  UNCLE BILL By I HOPE Elizabeth ot (ohore »i,. oce This note on Latvian stamps. After world war I when paper was very scarce, Latvia used to print her stamps on old bank notes and war maps left behind by the Germans, thus giving the impression that
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      THE MAGICIAN TELLS A STORY
      898 9 ISMAIL (who tells this story), Ah Tong and Fatima are given an old carpet for their hut by an old man they help. The carpet turns out to be a magic one, and agrees to fly them to Kuala Lumpur. Halfway, however, its strength gives
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      CAT INTO CARTHORSE
      50 9 A rare sight m any street This is Mr. Henry Bchrens. a 30 inch high midget who is being drawn along m a tiny wagon by his Brazilian cat, Blackie. 57-year-old Mr. Behrens hails from Brazil. He is appearing with Burton Lester's midgets on the London stage.
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      QUESTION CORNER
      162 9 a friend to write a word on a sheet nf paper, then tell him to fold it so that you cannot see what is written on it, place it on the table and put his hand over it. "Now," you say. "I'll tell you what is on that
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      SPECIAL HARI RAYA PAGE
      377 9 S> Dear Boys and Girls, There will be a special Hari Raya Puasa Children's Corner on Friday July 6. This page will be filled with contributions from you, so let's have some m right away. i You may send drawings, short stories, poems, tricks, > games,
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    THESE SOLDIERS SELDOM PUT ON UNIFORM
    578 10  - THESE SOLDIERS SELDOM PUT ON UNIFORM SYDNEY WEILAND |N tweeds and flannel trousers, some of the most promising men m the British army are {earning the scientific side* of warfare. By SHRIVENHAM, Wiltshire: COUR hundred solr diers who wear uniform only once a week are leading a drive to make
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    Empire-Builder's Dream Comes True
    175 10 Empire-Builder's Dream Comes True A FRICAN Empire builder Cecil Rhodes, who dreamed of an all-British railway from the Cape to Suez, never dreamed of a day when an American scheme to "develop backward areas" would help the project to come true. This* week the British Colonial Office and the Marshall
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    Are The Russians Sheltering The Missing Diplomats?
    365 10  - Are The Russians Sheltering The Missing Diplomats? C. FOPY By IF the missing British diplomats have taken refuge in the Soviet Embassy in Paris or in one of the satellite legations there the search could be a stalemate. All the legations are being watched by the French police, but a
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      223 10 "Festival in Britain" (talk); 6 SINGAPORE PENANC -Announcer's Choice"; 6.30 News n 10 a.m. 2 p.m. As Sin- and News Analysis; 6.50 "Prom 10 a.m. News from K.L.; 10.10 apore 6 "Listeners Calling"; the Editorials": 7 "Hunting with Close- 10 45-12 Schools; 1 pjn. 7 News: 7.15 As Singapore; the
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    London Stocks
    315 11 LONDON, Tues. RECENT speculators In commodity shares were unloading today. Share prices rumbled with offerings In an unwilling market as holders hastened to take profits, an inclination prompted by Korea peace hopes. Falls of from a fe% pence to two shillings were recorded by rubbers, tins and other
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    SHIPS ALONGSIDE
    62 11 CHIPS alongside the Singapore Harbour Board godowns at 4 p.m. yesterday were: Straat Malakka 44. Pres. Polk 42-43. Kina 40-41, Trevethoe 36-37. Antenor 33-34. Radnorshire 31-32. St Valeric 29-30. Palamcotta 27-28. Katong 25-26, Sedenak 25, Megna 23-24, Maxwell Brander 21-22. Trevose 19-20, Benlawers 15-16. FernAeld 13-14. Winter Hill
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    MALAYAN SHARES
    904 11 NEWS of Korean peace possibilities made Duyers 01 Tins and Rubbers in the Malayan share market hesitate yesterday, awaiting the commodity trends. Most interest was still cen- i tred on Industrials, a' few of which were marked up. Quotations announced by tne Malayan Sharebrokers' Association I yesterday were:
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    TIN: $458 A PICUL
    37 11 SINGAPORE. Tues.. June 26. $458 (up $6.62/*.). £930 a ton m London LONDON, June 26—Cash Buyers £930 Sellers £940; Forward Buyers £895; Sellers £900; Settleir—.it £910 (unchanged). Turnover: a.m. 120, p.m. 80. tons.
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    Prices up in rubber
    263 11 "TVESPITE the news of Korean peacu possibilities from various sources, the Singapore rubber market reported a steady tone throughout yesterday price levels moving up to those of Saturday's close. Rubber dealers and brokers were puzzled over sellers' reserve, which caused the market tc steady and prices
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    PRODUCE MARKET
    113 11 From A Market Correspondent. ABOUT two tons changed hands in the Singapore pepper market yesterday at ex-godown pricea. With more Inquiries from overseas, the tone Improved to steady and sellers raised their prices to $1,045 a picul for Muntok and $1,040 for Sarawak. The copra section opened at
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    H.K. EXCHANGE
    34 11 HONG KONO, Tues. r^REE maxtet currency exchange for Hong Kong dollars was quoted at the close today as follows: US$l HK56.26 (cash), HKS6.3O (T.): £1 HK115.73. one tahU of gold HKSBI3.— U.P.
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    AWANG BAKAR STRIKES TOP FORM
    564 12 Scores 5 goals v Europeans By Our Soccer Reporter SAFA 6; Europeans SINGAPORE'S ace centre-forward Awang Bakar. came into his own again yesterday when he scored five grand goals in Singapore Amateur F.A.'s six-two victory over Combined Europeans at jalan Besar Stadium. m A good
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    Warwicks win again
    234 12 LONDON, Tues. WARWICKSHIRE, beating Gloucester by eight wlckels today,l ncreased their lead m the County cricket championship ta'jle to 88 points from 11 games. Next come Yorks (76 points from 11 games), Lancashire (72 from ten) and Essex (72 from 11). All these counties won today, Lancashire
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    Rain delays Wimbledon start: Miss Brough wins
    196 12 Rain delays Wimbledon start: Miss Brough wins WIMBLEDON, Tue«. RAIN cut deeply into the second day's play in the All-England tennis championships at Wilmbledon today when 78 matches in the first rounds of the women's singles and men's doubles were scheduled to be played. After a delay of more than
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    Simon wins SSC trophy
    82 12 SINGAPORE Swimming Club's annual 500 metres handicap freestyle event for the Hay Taylor Cup was won yesterday by C. Simon after the first two home. Duff and Holliday, were disqualified. Simon's time was 8mins. 2secs. G. Wishart, who switched to the backstroke in the last over
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    SBA TIES FOR THE WEEKEND
    205 12 rE Singapore Junior Badminton Championship ties for the week-end, to be played off at the Clerical Union Hall, are; MIIKIHI AT 7.15 r.M. Heng Kwang Hock v Tan Hoe Thong: A. Rahman bin Othman r Lim Chwee Bock; Chou Siu King v Tan Boon. Tow;
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    ATHLETIC MEET
    59 12 The Singapore Amateur Athletic Association will stage a triangular meet between the Army. Johore. and Combined Schools on the SRC. ground on Friday at 5 p.m. The programme of 11 events comprises: 100 yds. 220 yds. 440 yds. 880 yds. 120 yds hurdles. One mile. High Jump. Long
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    SIGNALS BEATEN
    25 12 In a United Services League soccer match played at Tengah yesterday, R.A.F. Tengah trounced Singapore District Signals Regiment by eight goals to two.
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    ONE SHORT, BUT LADS WIN 2-1
    181 12 /CHEERFUL LADS achieved a notable victory yesterday when they fielded only ten men against H.M. Dockyard m a SAFA Second Division match at St. George's Road. Lads won by two goals to one. Cheerful Lads were hard pressed aU the time but their indomitable
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    Wimbledon first-daY results
    416 12 r. .ltd result* o< Monday's play Id tot Wimbledon tennis chaat- frank Sedgman (Aust.) bt. R. Devra iP.I.) 6-4, «-J «-4. J Drobny iEgvj)l> bt. Von Cramm lUtrmmiyi »-7 6-4 6-4. Art Larsen .US- bt Merv Rose (Aust.) 6-1. 6-2 0' 1 Budge Patty (U.S.) bt. U
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    NYLONS FOR TENNIS
    64 12 TENNIS FASHIONS: Mrs. Bari*a» Scofield Davidson (left) and Miss Beverley Baker, the An e r an t n is stars at the Highgate, North London, exhibition matches held m aid of the National Children's Playground Association Mrs. Scofield-Davidson wears British nylon lace and Miss Baker favours white
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    Salleh, King in Cup XI picture
    602 12 By Our Soccer Reporter o ALLEH Bujang, Singapore's regular left fullback since 1938, is back m training with this years Cup squad, and it is my conviction that he will be the selectors' choice for Singapore's team to meet Negri Sembilan m the key
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    R.A.F. MALAYA TEAM v S.C.C.
    65 12 The annual R.A.F. Ma.aya v Singapore Cricket Club cricket match wlR take place on the padang on ■aturday and Sunday. The RAF. team is: Sq Ldr. Hudson icapt. i. J. Tech. Woodman. AC Mason. AC Nickleson. FO Cleyfleld. FO Cosh. Sgt. Burton. Sgt. Hutchinson. LAC
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    WATCH ICE REVUE & THE ARCADIAN
    354 12  - WATCH ICE REVUE THE ARCADIAN EPSOM JEEP From KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. TRAINER Jimmy Martin's promising pair, ICE REVUE and THE ARCADIAN, measured strides m a striking workout over 3f. m 38 3/5 sec. on the training track this morning. Ice Revue (Tulloh), on the outside, had his neck m front
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    Kranji win 5-1
    42 12 Royal Navy, Kranji, proved too. good for Jollilads in yesterday's S.A.F.A. Div. 3B League match ati Geylang Stadium. Kranji won by* Ave goals to one. Scorers for Kranji were MacMillan (2>, Winter (2) and Sides. Ec'.die scored for Jollilads.
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    Sports Diary
    36 12 SOCCER: Dlr. 3A: NeUji M.F.C. v Social A.P. at C.V.M.A.; Friendlies: SUnvac v S.C.C. at S.C.C.; S.E. Anthony's Past v Present at SJ.I. ground. CRICKET: Navy f RAF Tcnjmh at H.M.S. Terror, 3 pjn.
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    BREUKELENS SHOULD DO WELL AT KL
    468 12  - BREUKELENS SHOULD DO WELL AT KL EPSOM JEEP From KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. THE van Breiikelens, uncle Marinus and nephew Rinus, have seldom had such a poor meeting as the recently concluded one at their headquarters. At the Perak Turf Club's June meeting everything; seemed to go wrong for the stable
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    Lee wants 4 selectors for B.A.M.
    256 12 From Our SUB Correspondent IPOH, Tues. MR. Lee Guan Khye only remaining member of the three-man selection committee of the Badminton Association of Malaya to name the Thomas Cup team, has resigned. "I have sent, in my resignation in order to psve ihe way
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      386 12 CLASSIFIED ADS. (Continued from previous Col.) VEHICLES FOR SALE FORD PREFECT, registered 1948, mileage 13.000. Comprehensive Insurance till March 1952. Mote. Telephone *****. 1947 CHEVROLET, registered 1948. Blacl: Saloon. Excellent condition. See at No. 130, Sophia Road. A. Vincent Joseph. STANDARD VANGUARD black 10.000 miles excellent condition awner returning U.K.
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      25 12 SINGAPORE TIDES TODAY: 4.28 a.m. (8.3). 5.26 p.m. (8ft); 10.58 a.m. (2.9), 11.33 p.m (3.6). TOMORROW: 5.46 a.m. (7.8). 6.17 p.m. (8ft); 11.56 a.m. (3.7).
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