The Straits Times, 26 June 1952

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYAN NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED ls4s TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1952. PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS
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    TEMPLER FLIES BACK TODAY
    337 1 He has last-minute talks with Mr. Churchill in London I Sir Gerald Templer had last-minute L ***** talks with Mr. Churchill at 10, Downing Street, last night. From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Wednesday. "TORNADO TEMPLER", as he is known here, today ends his almost non-stop round
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    POLICE ON TRAIL OF 2 SLAYERS
    97 1 gINUAPORE police are on the trail of the two myrderers of Lee Lai Heng, 37--year-old foreman in a tinsmith factory in Jalan Besar. who was shot dead outside the factory on Tuesday Chios picked up by the police after the murder enabled them to
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    Anti-Acheson
    32 1 OXFORD. Wed -B:g s;gn> reai.ng "Acheson Go Home" and 'Yank Go Home' were fou id on streets and bu IdirviN n >*» today The U.S Secretary of State is visiting th<city AP.
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    No work for 12,000
    22 1 DETROIT. Wed.— General Mot ni blamlne a st»el shortage, yesterday ordered mor> th<" '2.000 workers to off -A.P.
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    Bandies ambush police party
    41 1 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed A police party travelling in a van to Johore Bahru was niDPd at by bandits in ambush on the Jalan Scudal tonight One constable wns wounded and was taken tn Johore Bahru General Hospital
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    Mentri Besar returns
    39 1 THE Ml.Mltl BESAR of Perak, Dato Panglima Bukit Gantang, who returned to Singapore by Qantas-BOAC yesterday after a twomonth holiday in Britain. He is flying to Canada for a short holiday in September. Straits Times picture
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    FISH FROM H.K. FOR S'PORE
    82 1 FISH FROM H.K. FOR S'PORE SEVERAL fishing boats will be bringing more fish H Singapore from Hong Kong very soon said Mr. T W Burdon. Deputy Director of Fisheries, on his return to the Colony yesterday Mr Burdon was sent to Hon e Kong by the Government to study the
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    Submarine ace dismissed
    47 1 PORTSMOUTH. Wed. Lieut-Commander Alastalr Campbell Mars, aged 37, wartime submarine ace, today was dismissed from the Royal Navy by a courtmartial He was said to have told the Admiralty that he had lost faith in the "present Government hierarchy" and mistrusted the Americans. Reuter
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    Rebel attack
    20 1 RANGOON. Wed. Rebels yesterday attacked a military outpost 60 miles outside Rangoon and killed four military policemen.— R»uter.
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    JUNE-it may be the best month yet
    186 1 JUNE-it may be the best month yet KUALA LUMPUR. Wed JUNE'S chances of beinsr "best month of tht 1 Emergency" increased coday with news that two more terrorists haw Riven themselves up to the police and another five have been killed. Part of a police jungle ■auad in the Kuala
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    The Queen in Edinburgh
    47 1 L EDINBURGH. Wed OW-FLYINO jet fighter* and a Royal salute of 21 guns welcomed the Queen to Edinburgh today— the first visit of her reign to the Scottish capital Thousands cheered her aj •he was driven down Princes Street to Holyrood House— Reuter
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    Mere male is first
    48 1 LONDON, Wed. THE National Needle Arts Bureau announced today that a man had won Its annual national sewing contest Harry Leonard, a 49-year-old health inspector, won the E5O first prize by sewing himself a blue suit in 330 hours of his spate time.— AJ».
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    140 m.p.h.
    32 1 OSTEND. Belgium. Wed.The Rover Company's turbocar clocked more than 140 miles an hour in the world's rtrst trials for a gas turbine on the Uabbeke Road ne;ir here today.— Renter.
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    Talal leaves today
    41 1 GENEVA. Wed— King Talal of Jordan will leave Switzerland for home tomorrow. Nothing is known of the Queen's plans. She has been in hiding from her husband since he arrived in Lausanne about a fortnight ago. Rev ter
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    French supply line cut
    41 1 SAIGON, Wed. The Vietminh yesterday broke the main French forces' supply line from Saigon to the east coast. They tore up a mile of railway line a few hours before a conroy of trains was expec ted^—Reuter-AAP^^
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    Acid thrown at General in Tokyo
    150 1 ANTI-AMERICAN RIOTS TOKYO, Wednesday. of an ti- American rioters battled A with police up and down Japan today second anniversary of the invasion of Korea and an American General was burned by bottles of acid and flaming petrol thrown Into his car. Police said
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    GENTLE HINT, SAYS THE GENERAL
    139 1 ITmr Dm TOKYO. Wednesday. LV I P We y lan d. Commander of Far East North rces said today that the attacks on the ♦h£ Vh K rean P° wer P lan ts were "gentle hints" tnit the Communists may exDect mnr» nf th#» same
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    RUBBER FOR PEKING
    25 1 COLOMBO Wed. The Polish ship Jednose Rabotnicza is due to leave here for China on Sunday with 4.000 tons of Ceylon rubber—Reuter
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    Stock Exchange attacks tax
    124 1 LONDON Wed. THE Council of the London Stock Exchange yesterday came out against Briu'ns heavy taxation of BrlM Mi companies operating abroad In a memurandrm to the Royal Commission on taxation of profits and Income, the Council said companies should, generally speaking, only be taxed on
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    Last gangster dies
    26 1 s*N FR** T ClPro. Wed Wjvey Gordon \*st of the 1 note's and vice overlords died lpst night in Alcatra'. «t v Let
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    Maimunah is off to get a new face
    56 1 MAIM UN AH BINTE MOHAMED. afed 14. of Johore Bahru (rifht) shakes hands with two of her Meads, Salman hint* Abdullah (left) sad Kami* bintr Haji Dsia, before she left for Australia by Qsatss-BOAC yesterday. Mmimunah is roinf to Sydney to have
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    JAP TRADE ON MacD's AGENDA IN TOKYO
    104 1 JAP TRADE ON MacD's AGENDA IN TOKYO TOKYO Wed rE Japanese hope to expand their trade with Snuth-East Asia. This is one of the points they want to discuss with the Com-missioner-General. Mr. MarDonald, when he arrives next Sunday Preliminary talks are already believed to hav# taken place Mr Mac
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    Girl killed
    35 1 A 11 -year-old Siamese girl was murdered by terrorists in the Kroh area of Kedah yesterday. The girl was with three special constables when the terrorists opened fire. One special constable was wounded.
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    WAR TOLL
    24 1 TOKYO, Wed— A South Korean spokesman said today that half of South Korea's population had suffered war damage either directly or indirectly.
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    Boy (11) stabbed
    31 1 A 11 -year-old hoy. Ah Sim. was stabbed last night near his house in Middle Road. Singapore. Police detained a Chinese youth. Ah Sim was admitted to hospital
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    U.S. AHEAD 6 TO ONE -LOVETT
    61 1 WASHINGTON. WedAmerican troops hold a "six to one superiority over the Russians," according to the Secretary of Defence, Mr Robert Lovett. This is supplied, he said, by present weapons and "enormous quantities of ammunition." This was the first official estimate of the relative power
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    'No love for US'
    31 1 OSLO. Wed. Europe doe* not know the US. and therefore "cannot understand or love her." M. Paul HenriSpaak, Belgium, told the first congress of European-Ameri-can Associations today.
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    New bid to kill Rhee fails
    152 1 New bid to kill Rhee fails PUS/.N. Wed. DOLICE today held a 62--1 year-old member of ,he. "Patriotit* Blood 3roup*' for an unsuccess*ul attempt on the life jf President Syngman Rhee Ryu Shi Tae tried to flr» twice at the president during a Pusan political rally. Each time his American-made
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    'Brass hat,' says M.P.
    79 1 LONDON, Wed. MR Woodrow Wyatt. a for- mer Labour Under-Sec-retary for War. was reproved by Mr. Churchill in the House of Commons yesterday for calling Earl Alexander a brass hat. Mr. Wyatt said that British soldiers wer c not likely to put legitimate questions to the
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    Import tax up
    25 1 KARACHI. Wed. Pakistan Government has raised the import duty on all cotton goods, except British, to 60 per cent from today. Reuter
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    Games invite to Red China 'a mistake'
    182 2 Games invite to Red China a mistake' LAUSANNE, Wednesday. £OMMUNIST CHINA was invited to the Helsinki Olympic Games by mistake, Mr. Otto Mayer, Chancellor of the International Olympic Committee, said yesterday. Mr. Mayer added, that the Chinese Communist Olympic Organisation did not meet with the requirements of the international committee,
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    Police on the alert
    48 2 LUEBECK. Wed WEST German frontier guards were today stationed east of the Rat^eburg Lake on the East-Wes: German border to prevent any possible "unilateral border corrections" by the Communists Officials explain -rt the move arose out of th? recent incidents at other sectors Reuter.
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    RUSSIA WARNS SWEDEN
    145 2 RUSSIA WARNS SWEDEN LONDON. Wed. RUSSIA last night replying to Sweden's Inquiry about the loss of a Dakota over the Baltic, on June 13, warned Swedish military aircraft about violating Soviet territory. Moscow Radio said that the Soviet Foreign Minister. Mr. Vyshinsky, had delivered a Note to the Swedish Ambassador
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    Guarantee to U.S.
    25 2 TAIPEI. Wed— The United States and Nationalist China today signed an agreement to guarantee American investment of private capital on Formosa Reuter
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    Ingrid loses bid for daughter
    74 2 i.O.S W.KI.Kv Wednesday IM.KII) BER(>.MAN yesUrday lost in her attempt to have w. 13 -J rear I daughter Pia. visit her this summer in Italy, where she lives with her present husband the film director Roberto Rossellini. Judge Mildred Lille refused Miss Bergman's application. She.
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    BRITAIN 'KEPT IN THE DARK'
    572 3 Attlee condemns Yalu raids SOME CONCERN, EDEN ADMITS LONDON, Wednesday. ]y[R. ATTLEE, leader of the Labour Party, said today that Lord Alexander, Minister of Defence, had been "kept in the dark" about the American air raids on Yalu River power stations even though he had
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    ASIAN STUDENTS
    50 3 ASIAN STUDENTS studying at Melbourne University hold their first monthly get-together. Most of them are in Australia under the Colombo plan. From left: Miss Moses (India), Miss Doray (Ceylon), Miss Wikramasuriya (Ceylon) Mr A. Latif Mirxa (Pakistan), Dr. S. Biswas (India), Mr. Benebig (Noumea) 'Mr. Mohd Ismangil (Indonesia).
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    Alexander back
    18 3 LONDON. Wed. Earl Alexander. Defence Minister, flew into London today from Washington. Korea and Japan Reuter
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    U.S. LAGS IN AIR POWER
    131 3 WASHINGTON. Wed. T T.-OEN. OTTO P. WEY- LAND. Far East Air Forces Commander, asserted today that America Is not making adequate efforts to meet the Russian challenge in thp air. He said. In a message from Tokyo that the free world's air power has spread
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    U. S. aid mission general found shot
    120 3 WASHINGTON. Wednesday. DRIG.-GEN. Francis G. Brink, chief of the United "States military mission to Indo-China, has been found fatally shot in a Defence Department office, with a pistol by his side The pistol was reported to be a small automatic of the type
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    CARS MORE DEADLY THAN KOREA
    50 3 NKIV IOKK. We«L AN insurance industry survey issued today reported that in the hurt foot months the motorcar in the United States has MU»<l more than 21 times the number of Americans who hav e died in the Korean war in the same time Reuter.
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    AID TO ITALY WILL GO ON
    47 3 WASHINGTON, Wed—President Truman said today he would continue defence aid to Italy although she had shipped a war-useful machine to Communist Rumania. The president said that to end assistance to Italy would '"seriously jeopardise Italian participation in our united effort." Reuter.
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    Middle East talks end
    68 3 LONDON. Wed. rf: conference of British Middle East envoys ended this afternoon and iU cor elusions were presented to the United States Secretary of State, Mr Dean Acheson. It is believed that the conference, though useful, has been Inconclusive. A communique said that th? object of
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    GERMAN PACT APPROVED
    41 3 WASHINGTON. Wed. -The Foreign Relations Committee of the Senate today (rave its final approval to the West German peace contract and its associated military treaty It passed them to the Seriate with a recommendation for prompt ratification —Reuter.
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    Yalu raid 'bad policy change'
    175 3 BRITISH PRESS CRITICAL LONDON, Wednesday. THE heavy bombing of the Yalu River power plants by American planes has developed into a major issue in Britain. The Times said It was Irresponsible to take for granted that the Americans had made a breach in agreed Allied
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    Acheson to meet Eden on S.E.A.
    102 3 LONDON Wed. UNITED States official sources stated In London today that there was no basic disagreement between the United States and Britain on the broad policy in the Middle East. The UJS Oovernment was in favour of any policy that brought peace and stability
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    Africans say: 'keep the whip'
    36 3 NEW YORK. Wed— Britain has informed the United Nations Trusteeship Council that It la prepared to abolish corporal punishment in Tanganyika but that the native* are opposed to the idea Reutcr.
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    Envoys hit by mistake
    45 3 SANTIAGO. Wed. (X>MMUNIST demonstrators outside the Chilean Chamber of Deputies last night attacked the British Ambassador. Mr. Charles Stirling, and the Swedish Minister. Mr. Folke Wennerberg. in mistake for Deputies. Police intervention orerented the attack from taking a serious turn. Reuter.
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    17 NOW BACK ASIAN GROUP
    64 3 NEW YORK. Wed— Six countries nave replied to the United Nations' request sponsored by the Ar ab- Asian African group of nations, for a special session of the Gen eral Assembly to discuss tnt Tunisian issue. Seventeen countries now support the request. Before a special
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    The Queen gives her consent
    42 3 LONDON. Wed— The Queen formally consented today to the marriage of her 27-year-old cousin, the Honourable Gerald Lascelles and Miss Angela Dowding, S3. The marriage will tak. place at Saint Margaret's Church, Westminster on July 15— Reuter.
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    President again
    28 3 DUBLIN, Wed. Mr. Scan T. OTCelly, 69, was today inaugurated President of the Republic of Ireland fur a I second term of seven years.— 1 Reuter.
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    DEATH OF MAN WHO LED 31 TO SAFETY
    78 3 WASHINGTON. Wed. UR J. Hall Paxton, Amerlcan Consul who In 1946 led a group of women and Vhtldren safely across the i Himalayas from a CommunI ist-threatened area of China, died on Monday at Ispahan, Persia. Mr. Paxton, 53, was Consul at
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    LONDON STOCKS
    334 3 General tone improves LONDON, Wed. AN Improvement in ihe general tone of the Stock Market wu seen here today, but again trading was a thin affair. With recent selling now ended, GlHrdgrd was steadier, though one or two nationalisation stocks lnclinied slightly lower. Industrials closed quietly firm. with
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    London tin price
    25 3 LONDON. June. 25— Cash Buyers £970, Sellers £971; Forward Buyers £967, Sellers £9<B; Settlement £97«V2 (unchanged) Turnover: a.m. lit; Pm. 175 tons.
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    U.K. RUBBER
    34 3 LONDON, June 25— 8 pot M' 4 d., Aug. 28>4d.. Sept. M.d Oct-Dec J7>-..d.. Jac -Mar. 26Vid.. AprilJune 25 \d., July c.i.f. 27%, Aug elf 27\d.. Sept. c.lf. 27H<L Market Barely steady.
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    EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL WORK, URGES ALUMNI, PRESIDENT
    412 4 EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL WORK, URGES ALUMNI, PRESIDENT Medical men hold annual dinner DUBLIC services in Malaya would seriously deteriorate if equal work was not given equal pay pr opportunity and the best man, irrespective of caste, creed or colour, not appointed to the best post, said Prof. A. A.
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    33 4 MR. GOH POH SOON, who won the Singapore Best All Rounder Open Cycling competition in 1950. and Miss l.im Lye Neo. cutting the cake after their wedding in Singapore yesterday. Straits Times picture.
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    Three very busy girls in white
    90 4 Three very busy girls in white mHREE young women are JL going to be very busy at Kallang airport for the next few days. For the three, Qanta« ground hostesses, will be doing the work of seven hostesses. Three of their colleagues are on sick leave and a fourth is
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    Yogi gets gift, gives it away
    41 4 KLANG. Wed.— Yogi Shuddanda Bharati was given $1,250 by the people of Klang yesterday but gave the money to the Petaling Orphanage. The Yogi spoke on "Daily Life" at Anglo-Chinese school hall here last evening.
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    Doctor takes a diploma
    38 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. Dr. S. Appuduray of the Johore Medical Service, who was sent on a study course to Britain, has secured a DiDloma in Child Health He wi'l return In Ai» w n«t
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    Not a holiday, but they get day off
    200 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. MANY Government offices in the Federal capital were short of clerks and tambies today as Malays celebrated the second day of the end of 'Government servants are entitled to have the day off as an extra holiday', a Government
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    Smart girls give them a complex
    98 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. A FEW SMART girls in a Penanf cigar factory have given their fellow workers an inferiority complex. The factory recently started an incentive scheme *nd awarded prizes for good work But after a few rounds of prizes had been given, a
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    Chartered Bank
    23 4 The Earl of Inchcape has been elected to the Court of Directors of the Chartered Bank of India. Australia and China,
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    Engineer is transferred
    36 4 TAIPING. Wed. Mr. Boughton of the Connaught Bridge Power Station, Klan?, has arrived in Taiping to assume duties as Electrical Engineer Northern Region. North. H e is a keen cricketer and hockey player.
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    STRANDED CONNIE PASSENGERS HERE
    111 4 OASSENGERS on the Qantas-BOAC Constellation, I which made an emergency landing in Butteri worth on Monday, were flown to Singapore yesterday in a chartered Malayan Airways plane. Three of the 22 passengers i returned earlier but the other 19 spent two cays in Penang Among the
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    $7,387 stolen
    17 4 Thieves stole cash and jewellery worth $7,387 in Kuala Lumpur in the past two days.
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    Today's blackout schedule
    352 4 stations lUble to led iheddiny today are: DAT nmv Babra. Adelahi. CapiUl, N>wUn 1 ft Z. Wayanc Satu. Balmoral R4., DaJvey Kd Chartered Banhf A.U Bide.. Gcorfe St. SUtie. Crow gl./Pa«oda St., I. Hokirn St.. Ptekerlnr St hurrh St.. V. Circular Rd./Caraentcr St. C«»«--na f h BdVCoUyer
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    Police saw him take dust-bin
    65 4 When a man was seen carrying a dust -bin away from a shop in Merchant Road a radio patrol car officer arrested him, It was stated in the Singapore First Police Court yesterday. In Court 39-year-old Ng Kok Mo] admitted stealing the d iisl-bin worth
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    KK hospital expansion
    82 4 REFERRING to recent statements concerning the expansion of Singapore's Kandang Kerbau Hospital, Mr. R. E. Pitt, acting Director of Public Works, yesterday said that much of the design work, both for the hospital building and reinforced concrete framework, had still to be done before tenders could be
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    Shield offered for blood
    184 4 Shield offered for blood SINGAPORE Blood TraJiifuslon Service has offered g challenge shield to the St. John Ambulance Brigade for an annual blood-donat-ing competition among its 27 divisions for men. The shield will be awarded to the division whose members give the most donations in a year The first presentation
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    Plane fails, General has to wait
    84 4 Plane fails, General has to wait MAJ.-GEN Sir Hugh Stockwell G.O.C Malaya DL< trict, and Lady Stockwell spent two hours at Kallanp airport yesterday waiting to fly back to Kuala Lumpur. Gen. and Lady Stockwell boarded an RAF Anson and took off from Kallang. but 15 minutes later they were
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    They plead ignorance
    67 4 DLEADING guilty to stick- ing bills without authority on a lamp- post at the Geylang Serai bus terminus on Tuesday, Salleh bin Mohamed and Abdul Kader bin Syed Daud said in the Singapore Fourth Police court yesterday that they did not know that it was an offence
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      114 4 s pure Ku.ai'} Club: Installation dinner and dance at Radie&HotU B p.m. Spore I.odte Throsophiral Society: Public lecture on "A Riddle 01 life" at 8. CairnhiU Road. 6.30 p.m. Chinese V.M.C.A.: Basketball I 5.30 p.m.: commercial school p.m. to p.m.; free mathematics class .5.30 p.m. to 7 p.m fret English
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    Man with no account gave cheque
    195 5 Man with no account gave cheque RAM OOVINDA PILLAI was yesterday bound over by the Singapore First Police Magistrate, Mr. R. C. S. Bell, in $200 to be of good behaviour for a year on a charge of cheating. Pillai had cheated Khushl honestly inducing him to give the money
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    MCA 'LOTTERIES CAUSE MISERY'
    580 5 Call for ban is not a disservice, says Mr. C.C. Tan THE PRESIDENT of Singapore Progressive Party, Mr. C. C. Tan, yesterday denied that he was doing a disservice to Malayan Chinese by calling for a ban on the Malayan Chinese Association's lotteries. "Does Dato Sir
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    Stole pants charge
    71 5 RAMASAMY ARUMUGAM. aged 30, was drunk on th e morning of June 22. and entered a house at the 7' 2 mile-stone. Bukit Timah Road, Singapore, and took three singelts and cne pair of inner pants to wipe his mouth It was alleged in Singapore Fourth Police
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    Police watched for two hours
    64 5 After observing the movements of a woman for two hours detectives of the Gambling Suppression branch found on her a bundle of chap-jl-kl slips, the Singapore First Police Magistrate. Mr. R. C. S Bell was told yesterday. The woman Goh Chye Woo, 30 was found
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    42 5 FIFT&KN -YEAR-OLD Miss ITasanna Balan a standard VI student of the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus, Singapore, handing a gift to the Rer. Mother yesterday. Mlw Prasanna will leave for India on Sunday to study classical Indian dancing. Straits Times picture.
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    HAD FOOD FOR REDS CHARGE
    61 5 SEGAMAT. Wed. Alleged to have been found with food and drinks at Kuala Paya under circumstances which raised a presumption that .t wad meant for bandits. Llow i He e Haw, 36. and Tan Hee Liong, 53, were produced In th P Segamat Court Police
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    Man in a hurry
    56 5 SEOAMAT. Wed.— "l was in a hurry and did not wish the constable to waste time by examining my car," said 18--year-old car driver Wong Slew Kee, of Singapore, charged ut Segamat with offering 30 cents as a bribe to a special special constable at a
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    To prosecute tax cases
    79 5 To prosecute tax cases AFTER 18 months' retirement in Britain, former Assistant Superintendent of Police. Mr. J. E. Jeans, has returned to Malaya to prosecute arrears cases for the Singapore Income Tax Department. Yesterday, the Singapore Comptroller of Income Tax, Mr. D. H. Tudor, told the Straits Times: "There is
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    'Every week is anti-bandit week'
    109 5 'Every week is anti- bandit week' KUAXA LUMPUR, Wec|. EVERT week was antl. bandit vradc In the< Pederatloß, the head of the 1 Emergency Information Setfvlc«i. Mr! A. W. ft. Jame*.. declared today when he detJied reports in a Chinese and an English language 'newspaper today that l a|i antlbandtt
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    THE HERE-FOREVER SHIP MAY HAVE TO DO HER SECOHD MILE
    214 5 L¥ING at anchor off the Singapore Swimming Club, th» here-forever Red China ship Hal Hsuan yesterday showed no signs of ■teaming back to the anchorage from which she was blown In last Thursday s storm, although the Master Attendant, Commander
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    Recruit aliens if really needed
    165 5 WOMAN'S PLEA ON DOCTORS IF THERE IS a real need for more doctors in Singapore hospitals and the shortage cannot be met locally, then the Government should look for foreign doctors to fill the breach, said Dr. S. V Wang, secretary of the Singapore Chinese
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    Oil mining lease is signed
    83 5 Oil mining lease is signed A NEW oil mining lease be- tween the Sarawak Government and Sarawak Oilfields Ltd. has been signed In Kuchlng. This means that Sarawak can expect very substantially Increased revenue from its oil Lidustry through higher royalty. Jha new lease provides for a working obligation. The
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    'A mistake,' she pleads
    71 5 AN aged woman, Heng Soy Keow. tried to commit suicide by drinking a solution of disinfectant at a house In Aljunied Road on June 21. it was aleged in the Singapore I Fourth Police Court yesterday. Pleading not guilty. Heng said i that she took the
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    FILIPINOS TO HOLD DANCE
    25 5 Singapore Filipinos are to celebrate the sixth anniversary of the Philippines Republic with a dance at Raffles Hotel on July 4.
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    Doctor loses $7,000
    49 5 PENANG Wednesday BURGLARS made a $I.H* haul from a doctor's home last week-end. Tho broke iota the Pierce Road House of Dr. 00l Tian* Eng and left with a box containing cash and Jewellery. The burglars entered the house after forcing open a back door padlock.
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    SO MANY 'IGNORANT' ABOUT MALAYA
    214 5 SO MANY 'IGNORANT' ABOUT MALAYA SENT to Britain specially to find 54 Britons,, preferably Chinesespeaking, for work in the new villages in the Federation, Mr. Ray Dawson. former resettlement officer in Segamat district, returned to Singapore yesterday and reported a "fair measure' 1 of success. He was looking for men
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    Man, wife gaoled
    64 5 LAU SLAW HENG. 26. was sentenced to seven years 1 imprisonment by Mr. Justice Knight in the Singapore Assizes yesterday on two charges of unlawful possession of arms and ammunition and of assisting in the management of the Malayan National Liberation Army, an unlawful society. His wife,
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    DEATH
    18 6 JAMES Wilfred Barrel!, ated 25. on Monday. 23rd June 1952. Selaba EUate. Teluk Anson. murdered by Communists.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    48 6 MR. At MRS. DANIEL D'SILVA thank nil relatives and friends for the beautiful presents sent them on the wedding day THE family of ihe late Mr. J. B. MrKeuna wish to thank all rcla- lives and friends for their messages of condolence, kind attendance •nd floral tributes
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  • The Straits Times Singapore, Thur, June 26, 1952
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      Tough Policy In Korea
      876 6 Tough Policy In Korea There seemed a faint hope yesterday that India nvght intervene effectually to end the Korean armistice deadlock. That hope is fading as the implications of the bomb- ing raid on the Yalu river power stations become apparent. The projectiles which the five hundred American fighter-bombers rained
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    A VAST WELFARE STATE IN AMERICA
    895 6  -  RODNEY CAMPBELL By NEW YORK. 'THE lean, bearded 1 figure of Uncle Sam has become the world's biggest businessman, and the nation he symbolises has become the greatest welfare state in the New World. These are the somewhat surprising facts of life in a
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      THE POSITION OF DATO ONN
      227 6 ELIGIBILITY for member ship of Dato Onn's proposed Council group is strictly confined to past and pre sent members of the Federal Legislative Council and the present members of any State or Settlement Council. This constitution clearly provides for close contact of our Councillors to
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      Colonial education
      301 6 TRAVELLED TEACHER' thinks that the political structure is stable for the present and will inevitably be better in the future if the British con- tinue to rule over us. But all true Malayans are easterly looking forward for the earliest possible date when Malaya will obtain her independence.
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      'POSSESSION OF PAPERS'
      102 6 MANY, if not all, of the prominent people who have been arrested for their association with the Communists have been found in possession of papers relative to their Communistic activities. As this was emphasised again on the occasion of Mr. Williams's arrest, I won't be far from
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      POLITICAL SIDE BEING ABSENT
      94 6 MR. G. Stewart Sutherland, who states an opinion of the Commissioner-General in five questions to V.M., stresses that he takes no political side on the Issue of Mr. MacDonald. I take "political" to mean "pertaining to the state, ifs government and policy." Surely any discussion of,
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      EXPLOITATION ACCUSATIONS
      233 6 rpHE word "exploitation" has A frequently been misused by the local public in the Press. Having worked under the director of a local European firm for many years, and having witnessed the way business is conducted, I feel the urge to defend the Europeans as this word has
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    The 'young girl student' replies
    660 6 The 'young girl student' replies IN the Straits Times of June 20 your "London Log" correspondent, in an article headed "The British Way of Living," mentioned "a young girl student who recently returned to Malaya from London (who) described the British meat ration as the 'size of a matchbox' I
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    On the Margin
    442 6 Sermon in stone THE Sarawak Gazette which gave us yesterday's notes lon a possible Borneo Man, I still to be excavated by j archaeologists, yives us also the inkling of an ancient j Bornean cult, now In process of rediscovery. A peculiar, caived stone I figure, on
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    'GENERAL SLUMP FEELING' DURING MAY
    457 7 Kedah, Penang badly hit by rubber fall —Labour report KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. J^EDAH AND PENANG have been badly hit by the rubber slump. In other parts of the Federation, rubber factories have had to close down and smallholdings have stopped tapping. The May report of*
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    No replies make him worried
    97 7 No replies make him worried BECAUSE he thought the Singapore Postal strike might have held up a circular letter, Mr. D. Fox, treasurer of the Singapore Polo Club, made about 100 telephone calls yesterday. He was reminding members that its annual dinner and dance would be held tomorrow at the
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    ALL-OUTDRIVE FOR $150,000 BY RED CROSS
    308 7 ALL-OUTDRIVE FOR $150,000 BY RED CROSS rpHE SINGAPORE BRANCH of the British Red Cross Society will conduct an all-out drive between July 12 and July 22 to raise $150,000 for its work in the Colony. A programme, including an international bazaar, a gala ball and Chinese opera, has been drawn
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    Govt. scraps plan for C.D. Hqrs.
    134 7 Govt. scraps plan for C.D. Hqrs. fHE Singapore Government has scrapped a plan for a new Civil Defence headquarters building in Upper Chin Chew Street. Colonel L. T. Firbank, the Colony's Civil Defence Commissioner, told the Straits Times yesterday. The plan envisaged a sixstorey building, with several lecture rooms, administration
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    Dead man is identified
    55 7 Singapore Marine police have identified a Chinese found floating in the sea oft Beach Road on Tuesday as Wong Chooi Wong, aged 59. The dead man's son wen' to Marine police headquarters to identify the body after reading in the Press that the body of an
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    Guilty plea in gambling case
    40 7 Seventeen pecp:e, iic-ud-Ing six women. pleaded F uilty in Singapore yesterday to gambling in a common gaming house at West Hill Road, off the 13'j mile-stone, 6embawang Road, on Monday. They were fined $10 each.
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    SICK WOMAN TOOK POISON
    43 7 Because her one -month old baby was in the General Hospital sufTering from dysentery, and she was very sick herself. 27-year-cld Lim Ah Yoh ended her life by drinking caustic soda, it was stated at a Singapore inquest yesterday.
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    CHILD RAN IN FRONT OF BUS
    49 7 When Wong Sam Kirn, 15--year-old schoolboy, ran across the road from behind a stationary lorry, he was knocked down and killed by one of 30 buses travelling in convoy along Sembawang Road on Mar 15. A verdict of death by misadventure was recorded.
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    39 7 ittih OIAXT EARTH KEMUVER and traj'er were unloaded at the Singapore Har- hour Board wharves yesterday, ft is the first of its type to be used on the new inwnational airport being built at Paya Lebar.— Straits Times picture.
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    'Consent makes marriage valid'
    414 7 -COUNSEL TELLS COURT II'UFK i: there was mutual consent between a man TT and a woman to live together as husband and wife that itself constituted a valid marriage between (he parties, said Mr. N. A. Mallal, for Madam Yeo Siew Neo, in the Singapore Court
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    SOLDIER BROKE 2 DOORS
    206 7 SOLDIER BROKE 2 DOORS A 19-YEAR-OLD British soldier, who broke down the doors of two cells of the guardroom of Calcutta Camp in Ayer Rajah Road. Singapore, on June 9 this year, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment by a Singapore court martial yesterday. Signalman John Baird, of the Singapore
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    Ships get a warning
    76 7 •pHE Master Attendant. Singapore, Commander L. v Lane, yesterday received complaint from the City Council that bathers at Katong Park have been deter red from swimming becau^f of large quantities of black oil in the sea. A warning was sent to all shipping firms in the
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    $300 bail on Customs charge
    52 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. Lee Kirn Pong, of Kulai, was allowed bail In $300 pending trial on a charge of being in tx>ssession of a lens, shutter and bulbs belonging to a camera on which duty had not been paid. He claimed that the goods were
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    Party for the children
    41 7 CHILDREN OF 1M STAFF of the Majedee Detention Camp being entertained to tea yesterday at the bunga* low of the Commandant. Lt.-Col. R. W Heal, and Mrs. Heal, on the occasion of Hari Raya. Straits Times picture.
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    STUDENTS NOW LIKELY TO RETURN TO UNIVERSITY
    161 7 STUDENTS NOW LIKELY TO RETURN TO UNIVERSITY LOH WAH LEAN, one of the three University of Malaya students released after IS: months' detention under the Emergency Regulations, yesterday applied for readmission to the University. Yesterday, the Registrar of the University. Mr. Craig, told the Straits Times: "Lob, who was a
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    Cheated her of bicycle
    64 7 Three weeks after Teo Boon Soon, 25. bought a bicycle on behalf of a woman, he rode away without returning the machine to her. it vas alleged in the Singapore >urth Police Court yesterJ.V. Teo pleaded guilty to criminal breach of trust of the bicycle valued
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    Jamboree fund
    30 7 The Singapore Boy Scouts South Western) district association will hold a variety concert in aid of its Jamboree Fund at the Victoria Theatre on Friday at 9 p.m.
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    For re-education
    31 7 JOHORE BAHRU ,Wed— A 16-year-old Chinese girl who distributed Communist documents in the new village, Kulai was ordered by the Juvenile Court to be sent tc an approved school.
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    Baby show at Hari Raya treat
    175 7 Baby show at Hari Raya treat JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. j T<HE children of the subi warders of the Majedee Detention Camp were given a Hail Raya treat today in the grounds of the Commandant's bungalow. The party was organised by Mrs. Heal, wife of Lt. Col. Heal, the Commandant. There
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    Varsity B.Sc. exam results
    264 7 ►THE following have satisfied the examiners in the preliminary examination for the degree of Bachelor of Science i pass degree) at the University of Malaya: Abu Bakar Othman Merican, Chan Ling Man (Miss). Chew Wee Lek. De Witt. O. F.. Dutt, M. C Gabriel. D, Hashim
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    Half the books were not suitable
    236 7 Half the books were not suitable SINGAPORE Education Department has askt-d the Yock Eng School authorities for an explanation about the purchase of unsuitable and objectionable books for the school library. The department stated last night that of the 86 book- in the Yock Eng School library examined by the
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    Colours for Boys' Brigade
    73 7 The dedication and presentation of the Company Colours to the 10th Singapore Company of the Boys' Brigade will be held at the Chinese Christian Church of the Presbyterian Mission, 7*£ mile Bukit Tiniah Road, on Sunday. The colours, donated bf Mr. O Jiak Sek, a lay
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    MCA SHOULD ADMIT MALAYAN CHINESE ONLY, HE SAYS
    269 8 MCA SHOULD ADMIT MALAYAN CHINESE ONLY, HE SAYS UMNO chief welcomes Sir Cheng-lock's plan BUTTERWORTH, Wednesday. TUNGKU Abdul Rahman, the president of the UMNO, said today the MCA, to be a successful political organisation, must confine its membership "only to Malayan Chinese, who are loyal to this country and regard
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    26 8 POPULAR MALAY SONGSTRESS Nona Aisah. coes on the air is Radio Malftya'f studio* en Tue«Uy nljht.in a ■ptslal variety propunme broadcast for Hart Raya StraltoTlmea picture
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    PLAN GETS S'PORE BACKING
    150 8 PLAN GETS S'PORE BACKING pi.wrOSALS by Dato Sir x i heng-lock Tan, president ot the Malayan Chinese Association, to reorganise the Singapore MCA. branch Into a political body will Lv givii every support by its members, the branch vicepresident, Dr. Ho Pao Jin. told the Straits Times yesterday. S-iious thought
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    He will lecture in Calcutta
    40 8 Dr. You Poh Seng, ot the University of Malaya, will lecture in Calcutta as a representative of the International Statistical Institute. He will leave Singapore next month and is expected to b» iy u^'il S.'ptfmber.
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    Kept $100, gets gaol term
    107 8 PH PENG YAM, a bill collector of Fraser and Neave, was given $100 by a sundry goods shopkeeper. Pang Kirn Toh, to open a deposit account with his firm. Poh kept the money and did not open the account. Yesterday, In the Singapore Third Police
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    CHEATED 13 TIMES CHARGE
    95 8 CHEATED 13 TIMES CHARGE WITHIN three months, lim Beng Chee, it was alleged In the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday, cheated -James Tan Meng Yong, a cashier of Lion Limited, 13 times. The alleged sum Involved was $1,730. On Mar. 25 this year, lim is said to have told Tan
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    Dearer land far City Cauncil
    219 8 DUBLIC UTILITIES COMMITTEE of the Singa- pore City Council has accepted the offer of the Land Office of two lots of land along Shenton Way on a 99-year-lease at a premium of $26 a square foot Tills Is $4 a square foot more than the
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    He cheated two traders of $14,000
    137 8 ¥)OSING v a representative 1 of a Chinese firm in Ku chine. Enr Shak Chin, 27. went to two Chinese merchants in Singapore and collected a total «f $14.85*. In return, he promised that they would receive pepper, copra and rubber. Mr. J. B.
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    'Orgy of buying in Malaya'
    325 8 'Orgy of buying in Malaya' From Oar Own Correspondent LONDON, Wed. LT.-COL. C. W. S. Gardner, chairman of Sungei Rinchlng Rubber Estates, in his review for the annual meeting on July 16, speaks of the "orgy of spending" which followed the very high prices for rubber from 1950 onwards. Much
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    Students get U.S. degrees
    105 8 TWO Singapore students, Arthur Chiu Nank Lick and Arthur Choo Chong Seng, were among the 1,176 J seniors and graduates who received thlr degrees at Oregon State College In the United States recently Arthur Chiu Nang lick, son of Mr. S. J. Chiu of Sophia Road,
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    20 join new course
    79 8 20 join new course YESTERDAY was the closing date for enrolling for the new social studies cour r e at the University of Malaya. In all 20 people have joined, the Registrar, Mr. W. D. Craig, told the Straits Times. The oourse is scheduled to begin in October. MiSs Jean
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    It's SO Simple To Be Pretty
    557 9 JUST A FACE PACK —Laments KATHLEEN HICKLEY "WHY not try a home facial?" asked a writer in a women's magazine. "You will find the process simple and inexpensive." Well, why not, I thought. The inexpensive part certainly appealed, so for that nialter did the
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    180 9 -Bread 320 Toast 432 Biscuits 300 Cake rhorolate 410 Cake, fruit 4XO Cornflakes 460 Po'atoes boiled 113 Rice boiled Potatoes chipped 71)0 Baron broiled t.X I Butter 960 Cheese Cheddar 530 Cherse Gorton/ola 01 Cheese Swiss 480 Cheese Camemhert 39ft. Cream whipped 360 Custard 137 Ekks..
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    SOME HINTS FROM AN ELEGANT DUCHESS
    288 9  -  VIRGINIA DRAWN WRITTEN by H.R.H. The Duchess of Kent, whose forthcoming visit to Singapore m October is causing flurry in the dress businesses of the Colony, clams our attention as a most graceful and elegant person?'" How does one become one of the best-dressed
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    SLIM BY EATING
    229 9 IT is not difficult for' the over weight woman to lose weight; without enduring nerve-} wracking pangs of hun- ger provided she knows I what foods can eaten, and in what quantities. Each type of food generates a diticrent number of calories. th e term given to
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    NEW-STYLE PARASOL HAT
    29 9 This is Jane Pickeii* wearing a ration stole and parasol "hat "in spurt rayon with a eh*ck w design—U't the latest from the V nited State*.
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      278 9 The Straits Times Crossword i I ia j~|j j-" 7 To" ?< ;2 rs ACROSS sueger (7). 1. An island fresh from the 18. No Instruments for betjiriners Mint? (1, (7). S. An incantation ends with In- 19. "O. a ki&s Long m my Jury (5). sweet as my revenge"
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    3 Colony athletic marks bettered
    395 10 ACHILLES GAIN EASY VICTORY r |MIKI.I. Singapore records were bettered at the 1 friendly athletic meet, organised by Achilles Club, and contested between Achilles and a REMEGHQ Combined on the S.H.C. padang yesterday. Achilles easily won with a total of 70 points as against REME-GHQ's
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    H. de Castro for Helsinki
    92 10 rptlE Singapore Amateur Wrichi--1 lifting Federation derided list night to send Harold de Castro, Colony middleweight champion, to Helsinki as coach to the lifters who will represent Singapore in the Olympic Games. De Castro is also a qualified referee and will probably art as an
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    Last-minute P.Brani. rally succeeds
    298 10 Last-minute P.Brani. rally succeeds UNINSPIKING soccer was witnessed at Jalan- Besar stadium yesterday when Pulau Br ant United beat Indian Recreation Club 2-1 and" so maintain their interest in the S.A.P.A. challenge Cup. It Is hard to say which wa* the better side, or which the worse, as bot teams
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    Paras v. Bell tomorrow
    114 10 ITTLE Paras, light and welter* weight boxing rhampton of South east Asia win take on Irish Jackie Bell over 10 rounda ai the Happy World arena tomorrow night in the main event in a programme of six fights BeO, who Is reputed to be a very
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    Johore XI to meet Singapore
    46 10 Johore XI to meet Singapore JOHORE BAHRU. Wed.— fha following win represent Johore at cricket against Singapore on this weekend D. Burton. D Allport W. Vmls, A Barthelol. V. Broi«h. R. Van Schoonbeck. D. P. Beta; Cap: Blowers, W. M. Moore. Major Kent. Chadd.ck or Dunsford*
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    IRC GIVEN W.O.
    37 10 Indian Recreation Club A' were I given a walk -over by Woodbrtdge H. pital in Lhetr SAP A Junior cup I soccer tie which was to have been I played at Geylang stadium yesterday
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    TBA athletics
    60 10 The Tamil Brotherhood Association wiD hold their athletic heats on Sunday. June 39 at S a.m. at Raffles Institution ground. Heats mill be for the following events:— Men: 100. 330. 440 yds. and the three miles and long Jump final*. Women: 100 and 330 yds. (post entries accepted).
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    'Little Mo' clears another hurdle
    654 10 WIMBLEDON, Wednesday. MAUREEN CONNOLLY, 17-year-old American women's champion, who has been suffering from fibrositis and a pulled mus«le In her shoulder, beat Miss Angela Mortimer (Britain) 6 4, 6 3 in a third round singles tie here today, here today. Miss Connolly, who was examined
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    Onan Rangers
    44 10 The Onan Rangers celebrated their first anniversary on June 21 with a makan ketcnil and joget modern. More than 100 members and guest* attended. Mr. John Laycock. a patron of the Rangers presented prtoes to winners of tournaments held during last year
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    India start well
    25 10 GIUJNOHAM. (Kent). Wed Indi, wrre 115 for two at lunch today first day of their twoday match against the Combined Services —Reuter.
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    2 records by Ruth Ferreira
    560 10 RUTH Perrelra, clearing 4ft. 7'-^ In. In Division "B" for girls, improved on the Singapore record of 4ft. Mn. at the annual athletic sports meeting of Raffles Girls' School held at Raffles Institution grounds yesterday. Ruth's Jump yesterday was hai: an Inch less than her
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    SINGAPORE XI v. MALACCA
    70 10 The Singapore team for the first Malaya Cup match of the season, agaimt Malacca at Malacca on Sunday. It: Chee Seng: Johan. Teow Keng: Vass (capt). Davids. Htn Weng: Mat Noor Boon Seong. Awang Bakar. Boon Leong. Rahlm Omar. The following will travel as reserves: Yew
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    SOUTH CHINA NOT PLAYING
    48 10 South China touring team are unable to play against Singapore at Jalan Besar stadium this evening, as hoped. They have left for Jakarta. The SAFA Challenge Cup tie between Kota Raja and 223 BOD. scheduled for the stadium today, has been postponed until Sunday.
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    R.S.G.C. RESULT
    55 10 The 18 holes mixed foursomes competition played on Tuesday afternoon resulted hi a win for Mrs. I. K. Lewis C. E. Hudson 188—21: 87). Other cards returned were:— Miss M. Ackers R. M. Young (89—304: 68H). Mr. ft Mn. R. Cralk (to— lo',: 89Vi). Mrs. W. >. Gladstone
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    OLPMPIC TORCH ON ITS WAY TO GAMES
    238 10 ATHINS. Wad. rpHE Olympic torch, which U to be carried by athIrtes all way Iran Qreec? to Helsinki for the IM3 Olympic Games, will be Ut today in the stadium at Olympia where for thousand yean the ancient Greek Games were held. At
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    RUBBER GAINS 2¾ CTS. ON CAUTIOUS MARKET
    259 11 RUBBER GAINS 2¾ CTS. ON CAUTIOUS MARKET By Our Market Correspondent. AGAIN of 2] cents a lb. was made In the rubber price on the Singapore Rubber Market yesterday when business was resumed after the two-day holiday. At the close, July first grade stood at 941 cents a lb. It
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    N.Y. Price
    21 11 WO. 1 8.5.8. Sept. 1»52 (In U.S. trikl:Monday's Tuesday's closing i loMnr 31.00 traded 31.25 traded Tone: Not steady.
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    Local shares show price improvements
    232 11 T»HE Singapore Share Market opened yesterday 1 after the Hari Raya holiday on a quietly steady I note. There was only a small volume of business, but price improvements were recorded in all sections, Batu Selangor, Berjuntai i and Allenbv Rubber announcjed dividends yesterday and
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    WALL STREET
    41 11 NEW YORK Wed. I Wall Street, closed irregular yes- terday. While some sections responded readily to encouraging individual news, the main body of stocks at- tra:tea some further selling on I failure to hold Monday's addi'ional I 'gains. I
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    TIN: $485½ A PICUL
    14 11 SINGAPORE, Wed. June ZS.- -$485.54 a picul (up 50 ets.)
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    Need for two Bank Holidays
    104 11 rpHE members of the Malayan Exchange Banks' Association will close their banks on Saturday and Monday for the half-yearly accounting period. There was some discussion in Singapore business circles yesterday as to why two Bank Holidays were needed this year. A banker explained that three
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    S'PORE SHIPPING INFORMATION
    204 11 CHIPS alongside the Singapore Harbour Board godomns. or expected there .it 7 a m today. are: I 2 Canton: A 5 Br Councillor. Coal P'.ant: Tjimfnteng: t/7. Mapia: </>. Java iEA Co.i; 11. Memnrn; 13/14 Breconshire: 15 t6. Tana IB Raju'.a; 19/20 San Fernando: 21 22 Beluru:
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    Increased produce business
    139 11 THE Singapore Produce Market 1 was reported very «ctive yetterday and the price of Muntok (white) pepper Increased by »35 a plcul. idlers asking *575 a plcul. Business was done In loose parcels at $570 a plcul. 50 piculs changing hands. Two-hundred piculs of Lampong (Mack) chajaged
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    H.K. EXCHANGE
    33 11 HONG KONG. Wed. Free market currency exenange of Hong Kong dollars was quoted at the close today as follows. US$l HKS6 54 (cashi; HKs6.s7'» <T.TM; HK115.93. One tael of gold HKMOl'i,.
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    Upward price trend loses its impetus
    147 11 AUSTRALIAN STOCK EXCHANGE From Our Own Correspondent MELBOURNE. Wed. THE upward trend of investment prices lost its impetus on the Stock Exchange today and. at the flu c of trading, rises just balanced i falls. Federal Loan issues moved variably, three rising and seven
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    Wool sales
    32 11 DTJYERS bid confidently for good quality wool at the Melbourne .sales today at prices firm on last week's Sydney values. In Melbourne, the Continent and local mills were prominent buyers.
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    Billy Bagby scores fine double for Lewis
    2035 12  -  EPSOM JEEP CHINA TOWN WINS AGAIN By IPOH, Wednesday. A PPRENXICE Billy Bagby stole the honours at Ipoh today, second day of the IVrak Turf Club June meeting, when he landed a splendid double for the Lewis Stable with Demonic and Dentunny. Young
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    198 ENTER FOR SINGAPORE
    784 12 4 TOTAL of 198 horses— Class One 77 and Class Three 121 have been entered for the Singapore Turf Clubs July meeting at Bukit Tlmah on July 5, 9 and 12. There will be nine races on the first and last days and eight on the
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    Australian cricket team for HK
    63 12 HONO KONO. Wed. The Jockey Club has been apatoarbed for a donation of $10,000 to defray the expenses of a possible visit of an Australian cricket team, including several Test prayers, together with a Malayan eleven. In October. The Hong Kong Cricket League is holding
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    Tamil BA beat Rangers 3-1
    64 12 Tamil Brotherhood Assn. beat Tlong Bahru Rangers 3-1 In a SAFA Junior Cup-tie at St George's Road yesterday Chandra scored the first goal for TB A to lead 1-nll at the Interval. On resumption Ah Chong equalised for Tiong Bahru T.B.A went ahead again through
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    BANKERS ON TOP WITH 16 PTS BUT MAY BE BEATEN
    348 12 S.B.HJ.A. League LTONGKONG Bank's chance of winning th« n Singapore Business Houses F.A. senior league championship now rests with the team Sim 4 Darby— they beat 4 o at the Fraser and Nea^J ground yesterday. Yesterday's game completed Hongkong Bank's
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    London 'wid open' for o Olympic tea
    163 12 London 'wid open' for o Olympic tea WHEN Slngapcre's Games team read early next mon'h enj Helsinki, members j^fl city "wide open days of their s'.h^H laid on by the j^H 'he invr^i'ioti^H Thomas, the Cc^B representative. Mr. Thomas Time!, last nlgh^J sents big ;n'.omß at the mnment^H gaix>ie team's
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